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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1905-09-28, Page 6b : i0c+ 0. NQ+i0fi0+0+0+0+1)+A+iR+iO 40+0+0+0+30+040+0 REGINA FAIRFIELD; OR A TERRIBLE EXPIATION. Q 0+0+3:(+0+*+*+0E+ti+ +BOE441+ 0 +0+0+10E+0+0+*.f +*+*+f)♦ CHAP'1'i:It II. I do not know what was the pow- er that attracted me so strongly, so inevitably, so fatally, to Wolfgang Wallraven; whether it was ntgnet- istn, sorcery, or destiny, or whe- ther ho-ther It was the gloom and mystery of his manner and appearance. Cer- tain it is that there was a glamour in his dark and locked -up counten- ance and in the smoldering fierceness of his hollow eyes that irresistibly drew mo on to my fate. He did not seek sty acquaintance—he sought the society of no one. On the con- trary, he withdrew himself into soli- tude—iilto surliness. This was un- usual in a schoolboy, and it made him very unpopular. 'Co Ine, how- ever. his sullen reserve and surly manner had more interest, more fascination, than the openest and blacdest demonstrations of social afTectiop from any of the other boys could have. There was evidently something behind and under it. He was not all outside. Perhaps ho piqued my curiosity, or interested some feeling more profound than mere curiosity. I inquired about int. "Who is he? Where did ho come from?" "We call hila the Prince of Dark- ness! Oh! he Is a haughty fellow. The eldest son and heir of an im- utensely wealthy Virginian. You ctlre't make anything of hien; let.him alone," was tho answer. • I turned my eyes on hint. ere was sitting at his distant desk—a single, solitary desk in the farthest corner of the schoolroom—his elbow leaned upon his desk, his brow supported pots his left palm, his eyes bent ori the the book lying open before his dark. rich locks hanging his fingers. by does the professor give him distant. single desk, apart nil the other boys? Seems to that would make him unsocial." Why? It is his choice. The young Ince is an aristocrat, and does nt choose to sit upon a form and iix with other boys. I say, you ad better let him alone. You can .o nothing with him." i looked at hint again and more ttentively. There was more suffer - than scorn revealed in the ruling curves of his mouth—a th that would have been per - beautiful, had not the lips too closely compressed and the ers too sadly declined. I gazed int under the influence of a sort. fascination. Yes, there was more rrow than hauteur darkly written poll that young regal brow. My Bart warmed, glowed toward him ith a mysterious and irresistible mpathy that compelled me to outer toward him. ('Phis was in 0 recess between, the morning and erieem sessions, a period which, th the exception of a few minutes thedinner table he always s s ent -his solitary studying desk.) I tltercd toward hint slowly, for I W some degree liko an intruder, d In opposite and contradic- thoughts and feelings. My in- lect was seeking to explain the esters of his solitude and reserve, d to excuse my own intrusion, by i' Is ressonitg. 'Ile is the eldest seen and heir of immensely wealthy Virginia anter. Ile is Of an old, haughty wily. and has been nccustohted to vereign sway and innsterdotnall life. lie is now, however, in a nine republican school—and he 11 Onset( in a mixed company of whose fathers peddled needles thread about tho town. and u mothers sold apples under the nnd made fortunes at it; and, itis senseless and anti-republt- Virginian hauteur, ho thinks If above these, and withdraws elf from them. Ah! 1 know pseud. aristncratic Virginians 1. My haughty uncle wits 0 Vir- nian, and emigrated to 1MU18ana. pun the part of Itis schoolmates, ome are' proud ns himself, .and Wi11 not make unwelcome advances; while some are only vain 0nd conceited, ashamed of the newness of 1h6ir wealth, sore upon that point. secret- ly hnnorinp• old respectability, and. fearful of being suspected of court- ing it. will not seek tho acquaint - alive of this young aristocrat. lest they be misunderstood. With 'no, however. it is different. Myself de- t:c••ndwl from Lard iI , Governor ( f Colonial Virginia. the possessor of a handsome patrimonial estate in Mamma when i shall become of age. and the heir-nppar•ttt of an immense 5x181' plantation and set -- colt hundred resident ne'grues. I need not fear to approach this young gentleman upon at toast an equal footing." So T reasoned. as i said, to ac- count for his re:.erve. and 10 excuse my own intrusion. But nny feelings nt t'•rly revolted ar•ahnst my thunmies. My head aright think w•hnt it pl. nsev1. but my heart felt c.•rtnhl that pride of place had no- thing to (lo with the surliness of the strange, lonely hot'. As I drew near hire T felt a rising embarrass- in:rnt—a diI ktilty in addr"sial him to whom T hnd never vet spoken one word. Suddenly n brieht idea was lret:ir"d. f hnd by chance lav 'Thucydidl•S" 11) nny hnnd T no - tinselled his lonely desk, opener! Inv ick, and 'mid. "•fir W'allrave•n. 1 nave r rev..r to of you. 1 ate In a difficulty about a (:reek particle. if you assist Ino I shall feel under a very great obligation." Neter shall I forget the effect of his picturesque attitude and expres- sion of countenance as I stood by hire. His form was turned from ine. and toward the corner window against which his desk sat. He was leaning. as 1 said before, with his elbow on the desk, his head on his hand, the fingers of which were lost aurid dark, glossy locks which drooped over his temples and side face, concealing his face at first from me; but, as I spoke, ho quick- ly, as a startled raven, turned his head. and heave me a quick, piercing glance front his iight-gray, intensely bright cye—a glance dilating as It gazed, until it blazed liko broad sheet -lightning upon ere. 1 had always thought his eyes dark until now. His skin was sallow, his hair, his; oyebrows, his sweeping eyelashes. such a jetty, resplendent black that dark eyes were taken for granted. When now, however, he raised tho deep veils of those long, black, sweeping lashes, light -gray Saxon eves, of that insufferable white fire, that vivid lightning, at once so fierce and so intense that none but Saxon eyes possess, flashed broadly forth upon me. He did not reply to me at first. I repeated my re- quest. ITo silently took the book, examined the indicated passage, pre- sently solved the difficulty. and re- turned the volume to my hand. As I received it and thanked hilts I said: "Mi. Wallraven, we stand in the same class every day. I trust. we shall become better acquainted." Ile 10014181 at ate inquiringly. "You know my name. I ant the son of the late Governor Fairfield, of Alabama, formerly of Fairfax Coun- ty, Virginia. You, being of that State, probably know something of that family, or of the IS s, who are connections." "Yes. I have heard of the Fair - fields of Fairfax. and I know the B s by reputation." "Very well! Now you know who I ani, I shall bo glad to cultivate your acquaintance, hoping that we may bo ft iends," said I, thinking surely that I had made a favorable impression upon the queer, difficult boy. I was undeceived, however, when, with a dry "Thank you," he dropped the light of his beaming eyes again upon his book. I almost fancied I saw two bright spots on the page. like roflcotions cast from a sun -Weiss. There was nothing further for me to do than to turn and leave him. The school bell ,also summoned us at that moment to our afternoon stnulfes. My attraction to, my affection for, that strange boy was rising almost to the height of a passion. Never did a lover desire tho affections of his sweetheart more than c I did the friendship and confidence of my queer, outlandish classmate. Never did a lover scheme interviews with his mistress more adroitly than I plun0151 opportunities of cemversingt with Wolfgang, without seeming to obtrude thyself upon him. I felt as if, notwithstanding his extreme youth, his lan'.c, and his pride, he was by some circumstance an object of compassion—but re- spectful compassion—as if, notwith- standing his handsome person and fine intellect, ho was in reality suf- fering in heart and brain; and i felt as if. notwithstanding his proud re - servo with Inc. I was his necessary medicine. T felt upon the whole not disappointed with his r'ception of Inc. At last, the Ice of nen-in- tercourse was broken, and 1 might at any timo go to him with a Greek exercise and ask his assist- ance, which was certain to be lent., and at each interview some little progress was sure to he grade. It was true that I really never did nerd his assistance—my classic at - I tainnients being as good as his own —as he blight have known, had he taken the trouble to think about me at all; but that appeal to his beno- vul:•nce was the only manner in which it was possible successfully to approach n haughty, reserved• but noble and generous nature, such as i felt his to Ix'—one, ton, so deter- minedly bent upon solitude. !flat slow progress T made! (lore! hea- vens! At the cert .it six the our ncepnn}ntnnce had scarcely progressed 1beyond o(casinnnl conversations, commencing with a (.reek root. This was. however. much more ground then nny other boy held in his good graces. At the end of the winter session a very handsome traveling carriage. with the Wallraven yams painted on its minds, drawn by a pair of splendid black horses, a well-r!t..•-+1•tl Mothers Ear d 1. t,l ki 'i A wo^.o M A'0TN0R•5 ! •Oi 1••I'r.11 MUA,I,VGI AR IA•PRTT, IH r1111 MG.Y THAI THAT COM H 0iro.a THAT TIME, SCOTT'S El.• ... 310Al ay. -rues rH?ATr,-e.45THSA^*H Ann 1'Iv:1:,SHP.-':, 59 rf.c.SOA.✓ f':AI TNN HAALTH OP OOTti MOTHER Ada CHILD. Send t r fere r Irrtpte. f.COTT A r.')w'N E, Cherilo(. j'orotl:q Outii (o. cU dnt«!its. GIVE THE 4 %sACHANCE and it will make one pound of flesh on less food than any other farm animal because its diges- tive juices are stronger. It is the ideal meat making machine. Hence every effort should be made to keep it "up" and growing from birth. No let up because it is too much effort to get it back. It is less effort to draw a wag- on a given distance if constant- ly in motion than if stopped and started every once in awhile. Clydesdale Stock Food will keep your hogs "up" and growing because it gives a bet- ter appetite, thereby increasing the digestive fluids, and these dissolve and assimilate more food and at a profit. It keeps them in tip-top health enabling them better to resist disease, thereby making a firmer flesh. It gets them to market weight much sooner, saving feed hill. Nothing better for runts, Equally good for Horses Cattle and Sheep. Nothing injurious in it and can stop feeding it without harmful effects. If you arc not satisfied after feeding it your money cheerfully refunded by the dealer.' Same for all Clydesdale preparations. Clydesdale Carboline Antisep- tic will keep your pens and pigs clean. TRY HERCULES POULTRY FOOD CLYDSSO41.E STOCK P,1O1) CO., LIMITED. TORONTO sound of suffocating sobs reached nt., and, throwing open the door. I went in and found Wolfgang sitting at his writing -table. his arms ex- tended upon it, his head down upon them, abandont<1 to the utmost agony of sorrow. 1 never shed a tear in my life. I saw my beloved mother, my adore! father, die, and I sutfer[d the ex- tremity of bereavement and grief, but never wept, or felt disposed to weep; therefore, it was dreadful to sere a tear in the boy's eye, and here was Wolfgang lost, convulsed with anguish; and sobs and sighs, such sobs and sighs as rive the heart in their passage, bursting from his bosom; and copious tears, such tears as scald like molten lead wher- ever they drop, fulling from his burning eyes. I saw, yet scarcely saw, an open letter ou the floor. My heart sank within me to see hint so violently shaken with agony. I went to him, scarcely knowing why ther, in his uncertain mood, ho would throw himself into my arms, or knock me down. I wont to hi►n, and. stooping and speaking low, said: 'Wolfgang, my dearest Wolfgang, what is this? ('an I 1n any way comfort or assist you?" "I confess that I was surprised when he turned and full weeping t:p- on my bosom, in the very collapse of mortal weakness, murmuring: "Yes—yes; comfort tae, if you can. I ant weak—steak as a child—weak as an infant. Oh! hold me—comfort ine—love me! Love ate, if you can." 1 sit{myself to soothe him. I spent some time seeking to console and sustain him, merely by reiterated as- surances of sympathy and constant, unfailing friendship. At last I asked: "Is there anything I can do for you?" "No, nothing! nothing! Only give ate your sympathy, or I die! I die without that support." "You have my sympathy, dearest Wolfgang. my adopted brother; but will you not relieve your bosom of its burden of grief; will you not lay it on my breast. that I may help you to bear it?" "Not nowt l.ot now! I cannot." I•could only try to strengthen and soothe him by assurances of affec- tion and esteem. until again observ- ing the letter, I said: "I see you have a letter, Wolf- gang. Is it front home? Are your family alt well?" His eyes flew wildly around and fell upon the letter. Ho sprang from. me. stung to a sudden strength and, seizing it, tore it to atoms and flung it from the window, exclaim- ing. furiously, while his gray eyes blared with intolerable light: "By Heaven, if it were me! if It were mei that which T deserved and had a right to, I would seize and make my own, though Satan him- self and all his legions stood be- tween!" "Is this. then. a matter of pro- perty, Wolfgang?" "Property! Property!" he echoed. with bitter scorn. "Do you sup- pose that all the money, all the 'property' in the world is worth ono such tear of blood as the millions my heart has dropped tojnight? No," ho added, With contemptuous coolness, "it is not. 'property.' " (To be Continued.) colored coathinan, and a smart out- rider, arrived to convey Wolfgang lVallravon away. I thought—nay, I ant sure—that ho betrayed some emo- tion at parting with etc. Ile went, and I also made hasty preparations to return by stage and steamboat to my distant home in Alabama, where I longed to meet again my lovely and beloved young sister, Regina. Tho end of tho Ia►ster holidays brought us back to school. 'There, shortly after my arrival, came Wolf- gang Wallraven. He was more gloomy, surly, and solitary than ever to all the other boys; of ate, however, he was more tolerant. In- deed, in the course of a month or so, our acquaintance began to take the form of intimacy; and as his character began to develop itself to my view, never, I think, did I meet, In life or fn books, so strung.. a be- ing. if 1 had before been inclined to favor the philosophy of the dual mind, I should then have been in danger of being a convert to that theory. Two natures net, but did not unixor lendhim; two na- tures blend in n o to IIr'es s o ► os' t a opposite nto and antngunisiic•nl as were his fierce, light -gray Saxon oyes and the sweeping, jet-black lashes, brows and hair. If any one trait of character stood distinctly out one day, it was certain that its very opposite, in all its strength, and even excess of strength, would reveal itself tho next. As his heart gradually, very gra- dually, ulfolde(1 itself to me—or ra- ther to my sympathy—he would Oc- casion Inc a succession of surprises, and even shocks—pleasing, painful, ecstatic, agonizing, according to the nature and power of new, op- posite, and unexpected trails. He possessed the highest. order of talent, lett exhibited a very erratic application. lf, for ono week, he appliesd himself concentratively to his studies, the next week he would be sure to throw away his books, and p885 into the ino:•t distrait ennuye� and despairing mood con- ceivable, from;which no rennon- strauce, no reroof, of the master professor would arouse hint. As time went on, I still made slow but certain progress in his affec- tions; but little and very precarious 1 gr sung 1 held in his confidence; (though still in his manner to me, as in everything cls,', he was inconsis- tent, contradictory, incomprehen- lsible 011(1 often astounding. • 1f, upon ono occasion, he would treat ti,' with unusual nnrnnth and kind- ness, upon the next ho would be (sure to freeze up in tho most frigid reserve. He was, indeed, it combination of the most discordant elements. As 1 became intimate with hint. T wit - !legged the 1110st stupendous nreta- tnorphoses of character. A sover- eign, overmastering haughtiness would alternate with n slavish. al- most spaniel -like humility; a fierce nnd wolfish tr.oroeellese of temper !give place to nn almost womanish tenderness. T confidently. logically expected the time when this frozen ire of his reserve wool.1 thaw, and drown me will) his confidence; on one particular occasion i felt sure it was coming 1 went to his room nfter school, In n!tlutinlmetnt. i snvv the boy Who 'Molted, or rat h. terrier! arntsnd 1.•ttors through the house, com- ing toren the stairs as T was going un, nnd, nnusine only long enntlgh to tnkc the letter fir mvself from Pial. 1 h'trri •d on. intending then to excuse niyo •If to W'olfft;vtg. end re- tire to my roeon to read my letter. which 1 snw was fr.+m nn' si:1er. Ilut as 1 approached Ids room, the E•c 1.1-'1-1-M" 041+M -s 1-11!4'141.4' `rhe Fiirm 1+1 LESSON ON FAR3f ?IETHODS. While Iessotls in line with tho suP- ject of this article aro constantly occurring, it is, perhaps, seldom that they spring up side by side, and thus give most striking emphasis to the point. Harvey and Julius Jones were the only suns of Eliakint Jones, a West- ern farmer of many striking chara,:- teristics. Ho was a just man, bet opinionated almost to doggedness. •. man who did not readily assimila'c new ideas, but who clung teuacieusl+ to the old. Harvey was a later edition of Ilia father, who believed. as had his father, that whatever was good enough for his direct paternal ances- tor, and tho preceding uncestol s, was certainly good enough for hiut- selfrf. om boyhood Julies had chafed at t ho old -tint.' methods, and rho oil fogy notions that bad rulwl tole ection of the crops, rho planting and tho cultivating, the harvesting, and then the storing or selling of the farm primitive Yet recognizing the fact that the farm was his father's, the 8011 had only suggested and urged changes; then had carried out t time -worts mcthnds. But in time changes cone to every life, and so lelinkim was laid awes 111 the same nlanner as had Leen h,. fathers. His will left the fnrtn equal- ly to the two 81)1)5, to I e worker) to Bother, or divided, if thee saw lit With the tenderness to remaining members of a family inct•cueed, :1s the passing over of ono member al- most invariably docs increase it, the brothers decided to carry on the farm between thein. having jointcon- trol with their joint ownership, and sharing jointly in all expenses and revenues. But it was duly a cone parntively short Brno before the loll,+ of this arrangement became obs 110.s to both. In the first place. Ilarv-e•: was the older. and cla:nn. If moms degree of superiority by reason ni this; so to all desires of ,Julirs's urging any ilnprovem.'nt s cr shale fr the old -bale method when th • reit ernt"e1 81 at anent th,t "(nth r used" to do so or so, faile:l to be of weight, the fact thatns the elder all points of difference 1 f ())talo 1 most be decided by himself, ref .l..iin. ..ani. .,i.j..., i for i:.i• prnvelnl•nts of any lied Tho nuaiuess of the faint to it The Cup Drawing Merits of LA Ceylon Tea makes It the most satis- factory Tea In the world to use. Black, mixed or green. Sold only le sealed lead packets, 4oe, sec, 61c, Ib. By all Grocers. thriving town of several thousan 1 population, which included a more than fair proportion of wealthy re- sidents, who were willing to pee liberally for fresh farm produce of various kinds, lod Julius to belies() that truck farming, properly niaua,(- ed, would pay much better than d:tl tho sowing of ao many acres entice-- 1y nticesly to TI1} HEAVIER CROPS. Ho believed in tho theory of inten- sive farming—that it pays better to thoroughly cultivate one acro by the latest method than it does to cul'i- vate ton in the old way. lie believ- ed in the rotation of crops, and, in fact, in modern farthing. But this was only in theory, for the men never had been given an opportunity to put this modern method to the test, and he soon came to the opin- ion that with Harvey to the ford Pe never would be given ono. 'Chen, ton ho had seen a young woman whom ho believed, were tho old farm on'y paying properly, he should like to see established thereon as his wife. Tho culmination came ono evening, after Julius hud been to town and learned from two or three sources that people were looking for special- ly good milk, and in one or two in- stances that it was wanted from one cow, for infants. That evening, an article he became interested in while reading his paper proved very con- clusively, to hien, that a smell dairy farm, or a few cows of the best breed, could bo made to pay in the high prices that could be got f,.r their milk right in the nearby town. So ho broached the subject to h'a brother, only to find that all his '►r • guments were cast aside in the same old wathey. 7Te n asked for a division of the farm. Ilut again. "Fattier had al- ways kept it as it was." Finally. however, tho younger brother gained his point in this particular. by con- vincing the elder that he was deter- mined upon a division, and if it could not bo made within the wee without trouble, or ill feeling, he should certainly invite the latter by instituting a lawsuit. The far.n was of such shape and so situate 1 that it seemed the fairest divisum could be grade by running a lane right through its centre, which would bring it also through the centre of the house. Tho farmhouse had ori- ginally been a small two-story struc- ture, with an entrance door in the middle, two rooms on each side downstairs, with a long, uarrcw kit- chen running across their width in the back. A wing of equal dimen- 5io11s had been added on each sides. There were six rooms In all and a largo attic upstairs. It was decide! that llarvey should take for his own use the west half of the house. 'I'hty would leave Julius the east, and for tho present they would shore house- hold expenses, using the kitchen in common. andcontinuing t0 hire C "Aunt Iletty" ae general housekteper and cook, as had done their father. MUCH (1001) 31I':.\DOW-LAND fell to the share of Julius, and in- stead of leaving all this for hay, as had ,been .done in the post, ho detar- minerl to at once carry into exe''l- tion his now scheme of a small daisy. ')'Ito pasturnge was so excellent, that while looking at and thinking over the project he vecame so enthusinst'.c as to almost see the herd of beauti- ful kine and hear the sound of the rich milk as it streamed into Inc. pails. Common stuck, what Julius now called "scrubs" and of t.h,vo only aioitgh for family use, hail hitherto been kept. Itwas necessary to build additional stables, for with slight alterations and repairs, his ' sharp of those on the place would bo ample. As soon as everything wesi ready, registered stock was pnrchuse 1, a milk wagon, attractively lettered, was bought, and .Julius started cue to secure customers. He found a suf- ficient number ready and glad to take milk of hint, he guaranteeing the quality and freshness, ut ten cents a (mart, while other milkmen were getting but eight. Everything In thu lino of food was high just at. that time. He promised that no brewer's grain ::hound be used. that his cows should be "kept up" an.I that wholesome grain and meal its well as grass and hay should be fed. Then ho bought liberally of fertili- zers. As ho thought it best not to branch out too largely in the now departure, at first, ho placed it fiver acre lot that had "lain out" the 'melons year. tender intense cullit a- non. II. was twice plowed, harrowed and cultivated, until 11. was as smooth as a floor, and all the stir - face soil had been thoroughly pulvc'r• ized. Then begnn the fertilisation or enrichment of the soil. Well -rotted manure was plowed in, a heavy top - dressing added, and arrangements were ;mole for forcing the vegetatrl. s . ns well as for laving one crop ready to set 1.etwec1I the rows of another before the first had been cleared n11 1 tho loud. The acres 1 hat were plant - /el to pewees. the yi,:iiger 8011 determined should be highly enrich- ed. The field that "father has al- ways" • planted .with corn ahem) he che.nged to potatoes, and where eye had been grown, a crop i hat K [►n!'1 take different cl(ments from the soil. sl 1'1 ho planted!. And trotter; tnachinery should largely take I!.e lila(, of the old hnudeork. Hervey, it is nesdlieso t o 5 ta' c, i wast much distressed et this litter •l'' and (.IsturLcel:ce of tae ul..-rim; 1.1s thods. He shook his hetid and pulled at his long whiskers; fur while Julius was clean-shaven, Harvey wore a beard, "just as father" had. Ifo spent more than the usual amount of time at the store, telling the! neighboring farmers that Julius hal I ruined tho old plate, or his half of ! it, and he would be bankrupt, for ha guessed "father had known how to run that farm, as many years .►s he had owned and worked it.." Julius, too, stayed on tho farm less than usual. th u I Ho plumply refuses! ORNAMENTS FRO14 COAL JAI'S d>< MAKE THE" CRUDEST MACHINERY. '"ho Very Hardest of High Gtt►de Coals Ara Selected For p This Work. The queerest jewetery 1 over saw is in .Japan, which country 1 had ec- elision to visit last year. writes a correspondent. of tho Jewelers' Cir- cular -Weekly. Ono day I was of- fered a chance to purchase a cane of hard wood, neatly polished ctnd fin- ished, n ith rho top putt set off with some block glistening gents. 1 examined the glossy black specimens and discovered them to bo coal. Ilut the tinis11111g e,Tect and • the general design presented a beautiful appear- anc•r, and I bought the cane. After that I looked about for some of, the shopv to Nagasaki winer-e rho thrifty Jupaneso jewelers product or- :laments from the coal heaps of tho wharves. It appears that it is a practise of the ,Japanese coal work- ers to save out ea'rt8in samples of e the coal which aro suitable to dis- pose of to tho metal workers. In the course of the duty two or three Mesitaof hard, brittle, glossy black coal aro selected. to work from daylight until dark, The agent of the Jeweler appears and thea find himself too weary to on the scene on his regular trip, and do anything but eat a hearty supper for a few pennies buys up the chosen and go to bed. The improved mach - portions. These piece's of coal are il:ery that he had introduced where bun(1led together in a sack and tat: - ever it could be practically uso'l on to rho shops of the lightened the labor were „much an I shortened tho necessary hours. ale reasoned that brains as well as brawn were needed on a farm, and that even a farmer, if he did not want to become a clod, little better than the soil, and perhaps not oven as useful, must give himself TIME FOR READING, for thinking and for mingling with other people in a social way. What Julius was doing on his farm soon became a kind of neighborhood topic of conversation. Tho improve- ments ho instituted weft; sufficiently striking to induce people from town to drive out and see thein. When those people saw how tempting the people saw how tempting the vege- tables looked growing out of the "BLACK DIAMOND" WORKE1tS, so called. This is th•: term applied by the tourist to the busy little Ja- panese workers in metals and coats. Of course the Jewelry thus inade is exceedingly inexpensive. The Japanese metal worker docs notexpect to make more than halt a dollar n day. He usually makes cane heads, umbrella heads, artis- tic corkscrews, neck g[ytus, rings, and trunkets in general f[lr the pub- lic. Often these arc made at his home in his little shop. 'Then, again, I found several of the work- men engaged together, with a boss to direct them. It is customary for ono or more members of the work- in; party to solicit custom fro- rich, dark, soil, unsolicited orders quently. In fact, some one is out for them began to conte in, and not'; all the time with samples. content with these. Julius made it in I The process of attaching the coal his way to solicit others. Everyone; bits to the article is not difficult ns spoke a good word for his .Jersey; practised by the Japanese. There is milk, and soon ho was asked for a base matte by grinding and goug- cream as well, and latents for pot- ing, and this base (s furnished with cheese. High prices wore obtainedia surfacing of cement stuff t►er.ring for all. Gradually new cows werol the properties of the elasticity of added. A desirable strip of adjoin -'''rubber. Into this rubber -cement ing meadow a neighor had for sale.; composition the particles of coal was purchased, and in five -cars, are pressed and the composition is time tho brothers' farms were paying., allowed to harden. When hard, a in tho proportion of about six to perfect grip is obtained on the coal, one, Hnry even with the'olid the pieces will not work loose. object -lesson off his brother's success- One workman devoted his spare tel farming before him, would not time for weeks in modeling about, change from "father's" honored me thods. On the same number of acres ten inches of links. A tourist pur- chased it for $2. Tho links were made on the plan that the ingenious boy makes the links of a chain from a solid stick of wood. These black links were given a good polish by being dipped in some native polish- ing solution for a coating, causing the chain to shine brilliantly. The natives do a great deal of grinding and rubbing when finishing the coal jewels. The more friction all his market produce into four applied. sizes. The smallest ho kept for his TIHE RICHER IS ')'Ili: GLASS. stock to eat, laying aside a liberal supply for this purpose, and getting fancy prices for tho two larger sizes, while the smallest size he sold com- manded om- uan t 1o regular Isar market t prices. small ll fruits 'u planted t ni .1 had .►u 1 s } u1 a p quite largely and these were now paying u good profit. Tie used judg- ment in sorting these also, and this, iu connection with the fact that he had planted only tho finest kinds, had cultivnted extensively, and sel- ettcd careful pickers, resulted in fancy prices for about two-thirds of them. Julius himself had tomo to be con- sidered it man of parts, not only among his farmer neighbors, but al- so in the nearby gown. !lis judg- ment was appealed to, his ideas de - trawled, and ho was appointed on comnnittee9 and elected to certain town offices. Altogether, he had be- come 0 "lending citizen." Modern improvements had been placed in .Julitis's halt of the old home, %Odell had been refurnished nnd tens »Ow presided over by the young woman whole ho had believed it in his power to win if he could only make the old bunt pay, but was de- termined not to ask her tet it he had. A foolish idea, however, particularly for so sensible a noun, for the right kind of a young woman, ant she be- longed to this class, tcould have Icv1'el hien for himself alone. Which way would you, or do you farm? Docs not this little story point the right way? of ground that llarvey raised about 800 bushels of potatoes from his own seed, Julius, by his system of rota- tion of crops, through heavy fertili- zation, and the buying each year of seed potatoes, instead of planting rho little ones ho had himself raised, which were too small for cooking purposes, dug a little over 2,000 bushels, Harvey's potatoes were sold without. sorting. Julius sorted + ITE WAS AN OLD S'I'OIIY. When Louise was a baby her mo- ther died, and for severed veers she and her father lived very quietly. ilut ellen Louise was six yenrs old her fnth•r marries' (wain. end then wondcrlhl chn11r's Rema. 11e moved into a larger house, Height horses. employed a corps of servants, cud !again took up his 'o• int duties. I One day Louise fast o formt?u• neighbor, the mother of one of her pinymstes. ''ell. Louise. how are you getting 'lung?" she w:ts asked. ' "oh, Is'nutiiully," replied Louise. "You must come ever and nee sus. Everything's new but paps!" i I FI HST (-1111'AT i'Ll'HEMSTON, "What. may 1 Fink, tins the keen. est discti'pointment of your career?" asked tFo enxi'n•s interviewer. The great livaucier :eared ' . coldly nt the ink bottle."it was when 1 v.,•: 1 '.1.1r8 1.111. T tl•iuk ,. Le drawl- s•'. •t 1 , el • 1c1' one morning1•14.i t , •e..' i'r .'•tl 1> .Ilseet shrnn' o:n /„ 'nCs) sift/ of the Cay Ono may find several patterns of eatery tvltes's, buffing wheels and other types of wheels in use. Tho workmen of this country are not nearly as up-to-date iu -(1ate wi sh their ir me- chanical devices as aro the soldiers at the front with their modern equipments of wnr. 1 found many jewelers and other artisans employed with the crude apparatus used generations ago. The artisan calculates to have a boy or two about the place to turn tho cranks for grinding and polishing wheels. Now and then I saw foot power used. Occasionally I discov- ered that an engine or electric motor had been installed and power secured front these sources. but the great hulk of this kind of work is done by manual exertion. No (doubt after the tvnr there will be innovations in the mechanical work in the shops of the artisans. and those of tl'o coal workers will be supplied with up-to-date cuntrl- vaneps, but at present they aro very crude. 1n speaking tfith one of the pro- prietors of a black diamond shop I was told that the vary htarshst of high grade coals should be s:.lectell for this ornamental work. The pieces should be ground down to the proper form and should be liberally polisl-.ed. 'Then comes the setting of the cents nr piece of coal in posi- tion on the article, •fuliowod by a final glossing by the 1150 of oils end o soft cloth. This final polish is usually done by hand. 'Then the jewels aro ready for the market. AN INCIDENT M' 'rile: ROAD. An automobilist who was touring through the country saw, walking ahead of hint. a man followed by ' deg. As the machine drew near them the dog started sudeenly to cross tho read; he was hit by the car end kill- ed immediately. The motorist stop- ped his machine and approached the owner. "I'm very soreY , my man. thet thio hes happened," ho (aid. "Will $r fix (VP' "Oh, yes," said the tnnn; 85 will fix it, I guess." Pocketing the money ns the err dis- nppeared In the distance, he loo` od down at the dead animal. "T wonder whose dog it was?" he said. Tromp—"Reg pardon, 'lr, f.na you help a poor scan? I've lost my veice, nnd now I'm net of work." Old (1cetlenlan: "Out of work., be- cause you lost sour voice! Are poll a singer?" Tramp; "No sir; 1 sone fish." 4