HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-05-24, Page 2At+(1/ A6A,voiviM!ling-gown and slippers, arid holding thevdit; he buy his ticket?" inquired lawyer
letup above ilia head, he was Itnlf- Barlow, intensely relieved, and thankful p
way down the old, oaken stairway.
Love Came Too Latc;
Scarcely had he opened the door ere
1-ritvyer Barlow sprang past bun with
his dripping burden.
"You see, I have taken you at your
word, Dr. Baxter." exclaimed the lawyer
grimly. "1 have brought you ray daugh-
ter fur safekeeping."
"Good God! brought her here on such
OR --- ; a night us this!" gasped the doctor, In
amazement almost too great for words,
tasking in the sante breath: "Has she
fainted through the fear of the terrible:
storm?" and without waiting for an an-
swer, 'he continued very indignantly:
"Upon my soul, sir, I do not wonder;
and, indeed, 1 marvel much that the
y fright of being out in all of the fury
(1 the thunder and lightning did not
CHAP'ff;lt \.frighten her to death. Wereyou, mad,i have sunk qurrLly into an early grave, thetaird Barlow, to bring
our d
when Richard Barlow reached the thus saving hint the trouble of ridding 'may from her comfortble home ontca
front porch, tie found the carriage in Unmet( of them by means of the court. tempestuous night like this? I firmly be.
waiting; but the coachman, instead tt Al last, he did not take the trouble of lievo you have lost your senses."
Icing mounted on the box, was stand- niarrying his victim to secure her cash, "Never mind railing at me just now,
ing at the horse's heads. as in the case of one Estelle \Ittrshall, doctor. replied his friend! "Kindly give
"Thar's groin' to be an orful storm, ; for instance. fie became betrothed to my daughter your attention, and while
Morse Barlow," he began, an' I thought this young woman, and ere the (lay ar- you are thus en err 1
plain
aps you rnoubht want the horses tali- ` iived which was to see the marriage be- to your satisfaction, hole,ed, Itill what'seems
en back to ttie stable fee a spell to oe:e tween them solemnized, he had wheedled to you now very extraordinary proceed-
ef her out of every cent of the fortune lrgi4 on my t "
A MAN'S FALSE HEART.
par .
"You are not to think or act—regard!- which a deceased father had just left Corine was conveyed to the pleasant
ing my affairs—but are here to do as' tier—and then—fled from her. it would room which had been put in readiness
you are bidden," exclaimed Lawyer Bar- have been better for her had she died fcr her. and the servants were sum -
low, harshly. "Mount the box at onto like the rest, but—she did not—and, moiled at once.
and whip up the horses."finding herself all in a single hour For a moment the doctor bent over
As he spoke, he threw open the door Plunge] from affluence to actual want, the unconscious form of the girt, study.
of the vehicle, deposited the forst of the her affections bankrupt, she went from Ing her Intently, then said, slowly:
unconscious girl upon the cushions, took i rad to worse. and Is now one of the Little Corine shows no sign of sun -
a seat oposite her, and drew the door i most widely known adventuresses that stroke; Mrs. Sheldon, the housekeeper,11 after him with a resounding bang, menace society. misl('r,k and ordinary ease of fainting
which meant that no delay would be "of what need for me fo say more, for it. it would seem. i should not have
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-tolerated.efriend Barlow? You ore berm* unposed
it'll be rainin' in torrents afore we can
upon by one of the most graceless
get to the main road," muttered old scamps in the community. 1 think it RI -
thick Joe, scrambling to his box and most unnecessary to all my advice that
E'rasping the lines. NMI get rid of him with seant courtesy.
The thought had scarcely passed . Free your son at once from his contain -
through his mind ere a loud peal of 'reline! influence. and keep n sharp look-
during this road gree th a elle slept A not I t
thunder reverberated through the air, nut thnt the sellnin does not attempt to -- the storm would have frightened a the bi'd's powers in a curious ruann
h.eartding the approach of the corning 1 Ile was awakened from his sleep one
storm.
g make Imre to end carry off your street delicate girl like her into hysterics,prob-e• and Innocent young daughter. Glad to 1 ably.,'night by hearing cries of distress in
It is as horrible a night as could well French. Someone was being murdered
n fora trip over the Lonely the bottom of my heart that tette daughter I o receive .,,y 6
not far away, so much was absolutely
certain. There were cries for mercy
and help, tittered in excellent French,
st ricks of agony and groans. Jumping
to his feet he awoke his Indian guides,
saying that they niust all go to the as-
sistance of the victim. At that very
moment the same voice uttered a shout i
et ironical laughter, followed by "tion./ tion," and the guides turned over with
a grunt of vexation. The learned na-
teralist had a great deal to learn, they
remarked sarcastically.
The tion -tion is the worst of chatter-
bcxes; it can, and does, imitate every
sound it hears with the utmost fidelity.
It can speak all languages, giving the
proper accent and intonation. This is
a strong statement, but it is correct. It
will shout for assistance in the best
English or German, and you will really
believe that some fellow -countryman is
in dire distress, until the bird interrupts'
Its own pleadings with a derisive laugh.
Then you feel like one who has been
the victim of a 1st of April joke. If the
bird could be caught and so far domesti-
cated as to be happy in confinement,
the parrot would go out of fashion as a
home pet.
that a disagreeable duty had been token
eft his hands by a turn of fortune's
wheel.
"New fork, sir. That is where t
heard trim say." The man had not heard
(Gilbert Forrester remark In a low voice,
which only the ticket agent could hear,
that he wanted a stop -over ticket.
Richard Barlow held out his hared for
the note. not that tie eared one whit for
the written worts that it contained, but
tot appearance sake, before the servant.
It contained but a few words of regret
that a business matter had called hint
home without an hour's delay. Ile
thanked hint for his hospitality, declar-
ink that his deepest regret was not be-
ing able to say farewell to him and
the young ladies, but he hoped he would
express to them his sorrow at depart-
ing so unexpectedly, etc.
Lawyer Barlow did not take time 10
et en finish it.
"Thank Heaven. he hes gone." he
rr,nttered, tearing it into a dozen shreds
ends /tinging,► them into the cuspidor.
"\1v fear 'as premature. or groundless,
wither. I nor sorry 1 yielded to impute()
and took Corine away 5o soon; still 11
is always boiler to he sure than sorry."
(7'o be Continued.)
REMARKABLE 11111».
The ''Tionerion" of Guinea Can Speak
All Languages.
There Is a bird of Guinea which de-
serves to be widely known; this is the
"lion -tion" (pronounced tee -yawn tee -
yawn) on account of its cry. This bird
oldcred the opiate given. ns she would i.; valued by the natives for Its brilliant
have done much Netter without it and plumage. especially, the tail feathers,
she has in all probability, given an'ov,r. which they wear in their head-dress
lose, at llrnt; still, no very great harm
seems to have been done. On the other
hand, it is quite as well that .1
- , otherwise he fury
and make clothing of; but the most in-
teresting characteristic of this strange
bird Is its imitative faculty.
ora is became acquainted with
he chose t I he of service to you and trusting from "When I asked you t
road to Ashton,"muttered Lawyer Bar-) has Come to you ell in my tr g, RS your guestytfor t few weeks,
lots, n trifle uneasily; "hut it is too late I avert env mischief in contemplation byy explain n lm and in my tetter that !would
abandon the project now; one should the ever -scheming Fnrrester, 1 remain, Quest later on. 1 aason m repine the re -
to o
never take a step backward; no,weprepared to ego
must push on."your old, tried and true friend, ro now, if you will give me your atten-
1'hd deephoarse,ANDREW KELCEY." tion, and then, I think. you will believe
growling thunder, No wonder Richard Barlow hod hesi- mc• justified in bringing Corine away
which sceted to shake both heaven end tared et nothing—not even the fierceness from home, even brnvin th
earth. was quickly followed by flashes of the terrible storm—to convey his be- night like this." g e fury of a
of vivid lightning, that lighted up the leved Corine from home without loss,
road which they had grained by this time. r It ryas not n long slot) to tell, and
tune with a blood -red glare; followed lied he opened his old friend's leiter; even he oreading ld him ahis it f friend's rom g`leiterfor hod,
instantly by such a terrific downpour of t,eforze dinner that evening, he would +hart'
rain that for a moment the horses stood not have allowed Gilbert Forrester to i would l•sympa well
k with thathimn from Baxter
stark still; then they began to rear and have set at his table and have broken ! very depths of his heart, for the reason
plunge so furiously that it required all head with hint. but would have turned that there was a Secret sorrow hidden
of old Joe's strength M hold them in hirn from his 1 away from the world's sight and know-
! grown so pitchy dark that ih would ledge which the old doctor would car-
ry down to the grave with him. Many
' olight-Ito take Corine away without the loss of . and many n year ago he had had a
ring that lit 'ip the heavens from time a single hour, and upon his return deal Lenutifnl, young daughter whom he had
to time. i sumtnarily with Gilbert Forrester. Ile j worshripped as the very apple of his
On and on through the terrible storm • had appeared upon the threshold of his eye. Iter beauty attracted the attention
and the darkness flew the maddened,' daughter's room just in time to hear r' a handsome profligate—a forger, who
bewildered) horses, the vehicle swayingg `the girl murmur: "Gilbert, mylove, ur • rarely escaped
to end fro after them, threatening ac ' love!" and to hear the old ousekeeper' that those who should have prorison for the s eased
moment to overturn as it struck some' remark to Alice Warren: "1 fear me that I him showed him mercy in refusingitto
log, stump or stone by the wayside. (this Forrester has been making love to 1 aepenr against him. The doctor was
"De Lawd knows, 1 may be drivin' en our little Corine! Did you hear the bitterly enraged that a men with such
de road to Ashton, or jest d'rectly in ole t cry on her lips just now?"And Alice'. an unsavory record should dare to res
op'site d'recsum," groaned old Joe had d
pre to the hand of his beautiful, young;
daughter. The upshot of it was, that
the rascal wooed and won the girl in
secret—and thus he wedded her, br ek-
ing. her heart in less than six months
efferwnrd. She crept hark to the ole!
home to die; and that was the end of a
sweet, young life that opened so fresh
and fair in the hard.
No wander the old doctor listened to
Lawyer Barlow's story with arch keen
rick, and it was some moments inter J Interest. and et the conclusion of it. his
had roc • , door as ruthlessly as he
e have spurned a rabid cur.
old man could not see the road before' After reading it, his first impulse was
him, save by the blinding, sheets t
another peal of thunder rent the air, fol. in my heart, Mrs. Sheldon, he saine f but ear 1 also
lowed by a blinding flash of lightning, to heaven that our fears may not be
which felled a giant oak near by, send- grounded in fact. 1 am glad my uncle
ing it earthward with a stunning crash, was not here to hear her words, for it
Again old Joe held in the horses by a would have tilled his heart with such
most superhuman effort --laying on the keen alarm."
lash—then urging them for•werd will) They were both leaning over the couch
% Mice as well—wondering all the time if upon which Corine lay, and their backs
hi: master had gone stork Hari to sub- were toward him. Obeying a sudden
mit Miss Corine, the girl whom he lov- impulse, Lawyer Barlow had drawn
e 1 so well, himself, and his coachmen, `
to the furies of a storm such as they
were encountering, and which would end
- in a horrible accident if It were not pre-
vented by little short of n mise!
tie made
ere his appearance in the • head sank on his trembling hands;
chamber, and what he had heard clinch -1 the veins Mending out nn his forehead
ed his determination that the girl should1;ke whipcords, and he murmured
Lc taken to Ashton that very night. huskily:
With t "It was hest. !het you removed lrltle
Corine without loss of lime from the
companionship of such a villain --an
hour --is sometimes—fatal. She shall
remain herewith my old wife and my-
self. end 1 hope that your fenrs may
Five no foundation in tenth. that site
—is Weedy in love with the scoundrel.
Absonce+ works wonders with young
girls: out of sight. he will soon be nut
r f her mind. no doubt."
After another hrur spent in earnest
(r.nverention. Rlehar•d Barlow took tiis
trove. (Mine hnmpier in his mind than
he hod fell for mint• a long day.
The return home was neenmplished
with mirth less difficulty. for the storm
hnd abated. and the early dawn of n
Jule morning 'woe breaking fninfly
thrnfgh the eastern sky.
"I ought to thrust the fellow from my
dlnnr without n moment's loss of lime."
h•' rnrreedl. "bid 1 rannnt eendl hint c 11
u•ithnrrt, at fend. hrenkfnsl. 1 wi11 send
fo • him the moment he has finished it,
to corse to my library, and then I must
tell him that the hospitality of Linden
lull can be extended to hire 110 Idnrgd'r.
don a� midnight ere the mud-bedrag- "Such men as that have no fine fee•l-
cchorn your .nn brought home with him 1 gled conch reached Its destinntinn, the g y
t e share }r;; x•acatlon—\fr. Gilbert For- fr. s to hurt; they used to rebuffs n[
lrnely inrmhotrse on the outskirts e,[ y description, and worse; 1 fancy,
n'aer• ; A.hMn villa . ecce
"My der.r friend, t went up to Her- ; ge' and good hr. Baxter' after he has had an interview with ore,
yard to lenge, e ; !wee as startled beyond all words tit hear' he will take himself off at once, stay -
Yard everything pas- ; the old Kress knocker on the front don» I ing not upon the tore* r; lite going."
"
crldle nertnining to the v. ung! mon 1hnI . renting rig±nrorsel• •1
I
Reify
to y earl treatment, but the nal l,nmt hot to [err) them. 1t is is nt present tun your enol, 1 feel that . twit had resoled to sleep but 3 n age-
{ believerng the knnekine was nit t an hour a 1'1 It
Although the rain was healing madly t trembling hands, Mr. Barlow
agninst the window pane, and the sound 1 folded the letter of his friend
of thunder and crashes of lightning ' turned it to his pocket, and re .
were most deafening, Lawyer Harlow "I pray (leaven that I am in time," he
seated within the coach, never heeded muttered, a cold, dump moisture over -
them. lie hod lighted a little silver elec- sr reading his face, which hod
tris lamp attached to the ceilingof the unnaturally grown
t Y pole. "Great Grid
carriage. and by cls light was sr
l• 4r the twentieth time a letter which the
tind received that afternoon, end whose
contents had disturbed him not a lit -
tee It was from a lawyer finned ef
Nom.York. ani r•eadl as follows:
"7'o Richard follow. E.q„
\Inyville., Kentucky:
"Dear old Comrade Dirk: It is with
much pleasure that 1 acknowledge your
letter. 1 was almost beginning to think
that you lead dropped me from your
list of exon occasional rnrrt'ctrnndtents,
end 1 wondered cytint I hail (lone to dle-
serve Such treatment o1 )•nor• bonds, for
hod been such triedl and tare friend is
ftt Ilrr' .tries of mild! Inng s� no. or, more
poverty. %risen time tuns young ct•ith
us. Now:. I d'rnne in ttie Poiret %vhfd•h
[cereus the main part of your }eller: your
"rq'tfr v concerning the general repute-
fid.n-- and habits --of the cohlegte eh
• rots
scamp. this woman fascinator, this heir-
ess hunter this libertine and breaker
M young girls' hearts, thrown into con.
tact daily with my innocent, little girl!
II she has been saved) from falling in
love with the villain. It is eeertninly the
work of Providence, and not my wateh-
h:I care, though God knows i pride -'d
myself with being so zenlrnts in my
guardianship of my darling child."
ile listened to the terrible warring r f
the elements outside, but with no feel.
ing of regret flint he had undertaken the
perilous journey along one of the moa
dangerous roads in Kentucky, but. ra-
fter, one of relief that he was Inr;ing
C. rine nwav from n terrible danger.
it was well for 111111 that he could not
read the pitiful future,
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GENERAL OFFICE AND WORKS - TORONTO /UNCTION.
�`�"�'4'�4A lock of hay or other forage may be
given to the sow when confined in the
pens or yard. Ensilage or roots are
often given.
The sows should have plenty of water.
it Is well to keep a lroughful of water
ill the pens, and when sows are run-
ning in yards or fields the water sup-
ply should be looked after and the pond
holes kept clean.
�'�'T•v"r' The boars should be kept well guard-
ef
NOTES, ell and away from the sows. Some
grain with other foods, such as roots,
When attempting to cheapen the cost ensilage hay, may be given. About two
of rearing; the flock, the wool and the 4r three pounds of grain a day should
carcass should not be forgotten, but flit !;c three sufficient.
them be steadily improved every your. It looks sickening to me to see hogs
Lambs can be readily taught to drink %ceding around in a mud hole. Any
ecus' milk and by adding oat meal to man who will keep his stack in such a
rhe milk /t• i
place as that, never ought to hove any
hogs. It Is a shame! Don't do ill
Where hogs are kept out in the open
fleld, use a little common sense about
getting there from one place to another.
The man who sets out to drive hogs has
his hands full; but by being kind
arm
icy will grow rapidly from
the first day of their existence.
Neither very heavy nor light feeding
is attended with the best results, but
there is a medium which all experienced
feeders try to follow.
A ewe in very poor condition is very
nht not to own her lamb, so that it is can teach them to follow him almost
an Item to keep the ewes in a good con- anywhere, Kindness niwnys pays best.
dilion at this time. Better say, "Come Piggy!" when you
1\ ool is a product that depends upon want to get hogs along, than to whack
the condition of the soil out of which theta over the hack with a club. Even
it grows, the same as any plant, growth a frog knows when he Is used like a gen.
depending on the soil. Heinen.
Docking and casterating ore operations
that should be performed when die 11()W MANY E ►
lambs are rightly started or when they GS SHOULD A HEN
are two or three weeks old. LAY?
In caring for the flock, the aim should The natural egg production of a hen
lie to prevent disease and prevent the would be a sufficient number to produce
disaster. which so often happen to the cele or two broods during the natural
useless end inprovidlent owner of sheep. breeding season of the string, and no
FACTS IN ANIMAT. BREEDING. (:hanging sheep from grass to dry more.
It was never intended by Nature
Professor G. Liebscher, director of the toed in the fall nndi from dry feed to ns should be bred, trained, and
egric
Professor
l institute at Gottingen. Ger- grass again in the spring are the two teal to produce from 200 to 250 eggs per
many, says the most important facts for critical periods in the managetnedt of c' nr. If the laws of Nature ld were still
the animal breeder to understand are. tht flock, (tuCc sued in, the hen would only pro-
f. That the more valuable the parents i Ol't sleep should now duce from fifteen to twenty five=
p en he sePar•aled most ieggs ,n
arc the greater is the possibility of se- from the rest of the flock and given e..lra a season, which would likely each
et;ring; good offspring;, can'. They can he unproved in flesh cite of them produce a living chick, and
Y. That the more dissimilar the par- and sent to market cohere some return the
producerisfledof those eggs might well
t rni, will >,, the realized Ihem, satisfied with these results. But
when we strain the condition of Na -
lure up to the point of producing five
1) ten limes as many eggs as Nature
et Cr intended there to do, we nuts!
e• up Nature's ►nssit ilTe
encs the more mane' 'll I ' j (an 1►e real f from
new forms re.eulhngf front sexual pr,i J (ells and ewes that do not own nr
g;ntion. rear their lambs properly, mey bei
3. That the more easily alike they are turned off in fhe satire way,
IN larger will be the proportion of the The larnt►s should be well fed by at•
simply c
offspring having; a liermonious 01 Ib, Untag them arae Inn side pen con- divide
1 s
ong,r of -the parental characteristics. srrud•fedi se Ihnt the Inmhs cnn Pass 'n and is ;noel
ler that the fertility oofver
the
through creeps that will not admit the eggs is mn,l likely to sprcndl mer the
� � r tt eg They can 1 } url ire egg KM/11010i f the lien in
alil
gBCOldaoaB0014Ci
given oats. ,ere ,e • about the seine proportion es � to the in•
oil meal and
middlings, ground wheel, -
1CJOOSOs.
byeof !Itl elna toeggs
%c creeks old, some corn. KK5 that she producin-
It sold at about Six to Pigrh! 1. eksand der the
that lays 2 rung per year, lin-
t(
should bring a top price. If kept the lna• of Nature as it originnll
1,-n or Ihey evil! reeet the competition
The latcyer cvns so tatigcued when he, rhe season's first Cold of the later ones, and not bring so gore
gtht Ix+ rrhle 1n 8n.:wer your inquire - •tn if he ow on n reached his froom that he threw himself may n price.
"\\'lin in the tingle! c, 3 be slight—ma field
I urn snr•ry to make the r'e'port right like this!'' exe•laimedl the doctor, upon his couch without removing his y �' Of of the men «•hn keep you that ! Pune to make; still, ns 1 e ; rnl•bing his errs 1n h0cyildd'rment clothes. Ile h ' tU r - k p Sheep do
'HOUSE OF MANY O R
j111 GoLOKS
(,\1: 1> \tt - tut:f\r: It1It.1' IN I.t)N.
It(g\,
Palace of Peacock flue•, and Nrntely
1lesiun i, Ile ale 1:1.., led for
Wealthy Merchant.
A house for \!r•. E. 11. Delientrrrrn, c;f
the well known drapery tight of De-
bttriurur & F'reebody, is being built in the
west end of London, England, lib-
It
every other house in that a hi-
eratic neighborhood luck i:•.signit ant
and colorless and cheap.
It is nothing less than an Italian pe-
tit
lace—on a moderate scale as r ggar
size—and when it is finished it T'i•orttW
es to eclipse any house en that side of
the Atlantic or the other in stateliness
of design, richness of color, and exquis-
ite beauty of proportion and internal
decorativeness.
Il is planted, like any ordinary Lon-
don box of bricks and mortar, in Adl,ii-
son road, half -way be tween Kensington
High road and Shepherd's Bush.
It is a square building, with its
"'face" to the road, but each face is as
rich as the others in design and nta-
i lerial,
1 EMERALD GREEN TILES
•
The square face towards the road is
glade up of four bays, or slightly re -
e. ssed spaces, running up nearly to
the cornice, and round -arched at the
hp. They are divided by pillars of
cream -white terra colla, front which etre
arches, of the snare material, spring.
The four spaces, save for the long, se-
verely cut windows, ere made of highly
glazed bricks, of n rich sea color.
Above the arches and below the cor-
nice there runs a kind of deep plain
fr :eze of sapphire—also of glazed brick;
while the smaller hand between the cor-
nice and the roof is a blue of the most
g;( rgeous peacock hue. The ribbed roof,
of emerald green tiles—especially im-
ported from Italy in about sixty great
crates—rises from projecting eaves ef
cream -while terra cotta. The stately
chimneys are of white terra cotta, with
spaces of blue tiles.
The effect of the masses of rich color,
cooled by the pillars and orches and
cornice of cream -white terra cotta, is
cine of splendid harmony, end the whole
hv,use crystallizes into a picture of per-
.
fcctly balanced parts and the most beau -
DECORATED
DECort -%TED FRONT.
The "front" of the house is like the
road face. save that at each extremity
projections, something of the "bow -
window" type, but running up from
ground to cornice, have been skilfully
added. There is the same wealth ef
color and masterly design.
The sides are further dignified with
arched, recessed porticos, of great
height, ttie mein entrance being nt ono
side, and a garden entrance at the. other.
The centre of the interior is a large
and lofty hall, the wails of which nre
now in course of being faced with pe
cock -blue tiles, of deep tints. The #
roof is domed, and through ar; h, 1
spaces below the dome nnc sees a gal-
lery on three sides of the hall, giving
access to the upper rooms.
Most of the rooms in the house aro
et comparatively modest dimensions,
but the ilt,rary, overlooking the garden,
is a royal apartment.
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A NARROW F.SCAi'E.
An Adventure in the Alps Which Might
Have Been fatal.
The author of a recently published
book, "In the ileart of the Canadian
Rockies," turns aside from the course r 1
his narrative to recall an adventure
which befell him years before in the
Alps. His story is of interest because,
of the description of the Ice which haft
been centuries in forming. The flssuroe
in i1 are produced by the bending nn ;
turning of the glacier as it moves ahoy
ly dawn the mountain valley. That Ihu
snow could conceal the crevasse be-
neath will not seers strange to any one
familiar with winters In the north,
"Before us stretched a gently sloping
plain of purest snow, Its surface scarce-
ly marked by any fissure. Of course we
were roped and ready for any emergen-
cy, although expecting none. Our guide
was an experienced man. well -versed in
all the problems of the glaciers, and he
was no stranger to the mute.
"Not a depression of the tiniest des-
cription, no crock, no epecirtl softness
of the snow gave the slightest indica-
tion of the presenee of n crevasse, al-
though we knew that numerous huge
caverns lurked beneath the heavy man-
tle of eternal snow.
A halt was rand,' to taken photo-
graph. 8 p The phntr,g,rnPlje», who hap-
pened to he seeond on the string, set up
his camera on the level surfnce and
e!,Isimdl, one egg in ten would produce, stepped back a price to focus the lecture,
a chick. So the ratio would go. Men; when in nn instruct he was not ! r+nl_v
may plan and contrive, and may su,•. 1 a hole In the while crust. was visil,lo
eyed In having an egg machine in his %%'here but a second previously my
liens that will produce even gen Rene.., friend had sin mi. and two Harr,,
lake for man to • r g mine eggs as Nature intended, but, grooves cut h the straining tv
Carmol me ton rnu,�h hnaP to inform in,n . e n ,is n i tc. I,rcahfasl bell should Kn heavily int ShM� Y g rnpe4 Ihnt
rnntion, instead of a r^^1i1y, ring.It rang, next cold a'lll �la1l� Oil antes, he now what to do with Ihem beyond this he cannot
yon of the chrtrncfer of the •'1•he. , at the rt�rrnl borer, but he go. ( bound the (lepelletI In hrf st! -' '%ed1
gleed who is hest wits, to ascertain flint is to did not eters hear it, profound sheep lOngCr •, it will lie I ore S;`mc' ns anything else. cnmpnnlons. In a few minutes !►e ;w:d9
cleimine your hospitality, end IP thrown re d eon nail fine! out. replied Mrs.: lecke(' his weary senses so tom �lelel� : C:AR1?FUT. MIL1�lYG, hnulecl out, none the war=e rr 't
,� f 1 eenuise sheep will Pal brush and
Into daily cnttr8rl with --verger family, Ttnxlrr. Holding: "1'nu nine I,e sure that nor did he awaken until one of the f,e';. trotibieso11)e, too. t n - ether sf,tff of that livery milker thinks he knows 'and he me 'd %. d'r e en.,l,
"TR bruin with. the vmntg man never the set:vents are ton niav frightened by theat ktnct. don't luck Ihem milk, but it the cows colt] how .o P ed le.l % slh hie itnrinietdedl
wnnlft feeling anxious over his longs l7eC('SSd'lt'j' to take chances
a off Into a lot UiBt has nolhingt! clop 'n(' express the•ir1 picture, after hn•iegt self reed enrollee
%ens a rnllPgre studient. either at ilnrvar,t. brriflo thunder end the red, glaring, p, came to call him nt the anon hole
P Y 1 l�r'ntinn. the stability r► d ,
\'a1P, or elsewhere. Ile is known es q lightning site rt to feed! upon. \ mon can eat hard- °!'inions lite• wine(' ,ro ably inlirr►,ster or !i !r�_ r: ,; �•
g, tet slit their heads from Rett' "1 shot!! not be down to luncheon.
Ohl t hat second one. Scott' 1 rack and such stuff, hitt i never saw float . a few lessons in the g;d'nlle art ;limp look the prevnul:ten n[ csln s
g=ergot►ler find n libertine by the students. ('f the bedclothes. Whoever 1 i:r nnnotuncetl. Ile fell that he con 1 end+ who rnn)ly liked it orgrew v %% eve a nal unnecessary.lons 1! is not ta' • t ,'vend d radon l e blr bin„
r is there' iscryn , P nt it .
n� mon who pin�•e the races ,and! Is an growing impatient, and no wonder, for not break bread, even al his table, l�tI111lSlUIl is a preventive fa upon if. treatment to sit down In a cow and to When i peered into i
rill -round sport. Ile makee a ►re'enrieue the rein is comings (keen in torrents." , To prevent boffin ,, f. p !,e hole u hir•tr lie
the/Mood. it is commonly reported. (', t,ythought I hens! horses'hoofs. noel it,e� mon «ho►rri tae sti dislikeel. as well as a cure. Take g. lie a stick or ,d, And haul on her until she slops around! hod se rulhlPssly innle. 1 saw n ch��
"I ' As the servant was turning an•ay, .ee i f in the stall and acts as if she were bad- with
1 c int= off the teeny eerria a wheel. Lod,• shepole Three feet long to the buck's horn, 1 glistening tvnlls of iro', of every
rtnllit•ld' students— R event on, as culled! rifler hint, saying: incl 10l it drag on the ground. �Y hurl. Sometimes a cow will slopeat. shade of blue mr>a! e. • �igt.
v 1,., fall under Uta baneful. nay. 1 may i''' was tumhllti nt,ouiI to light a longi,. "telt Mr. Forrester that after ise h. xc} ri. ly gr•, dee
adt t total. Inrllrrned'--rd're "1 do hope That it is no one who wishes, lunched 1 Rhdntl(' 1i d Ing and whit until the ordeal is over In the deepest hues if night. whd•re fr.r
i ilnless sheep are caught with a crook, t c•fore she! cull! resume her meat. The below, the rin.rKne*a htrl I ►
l•d' fr•,rn their P � more, or IecR wool will be wasted nt
indulgent home folks. T.ilte the deadly "I take you out to *ee' sne folieis I, l nch c%ith him l my libr,�hate.laghall cow that does that is not meal.rinhle the cav11r f he bottom of
octopus.declare, when 11 ddwlor it8v finished! prne- i nweit him there." st.eeP•shd'nring; lime. Sheep and lambs from view.
P he never releases his hold un. , 'Pahl a hand often lose handfuls ,i1 and an uncontforinble cow will not dIo This erevnsse� was f ro'•ul
-1
no his victims; t.v what means he ge}dt t;cingt, after a long; lite of it, ldentle! "�1r. Forrester went a%ray nn the lt'�1t'I1 COl(1S ahe.i n%•eCo, 1101- hest leer her owner. Some men have three hundred e t nt 1• he
them into 1)15 snare he pinrPs for them should allow him to rest in ,core', lin(! atl(1 1 n way (if milking that so pleases the upper fee! In depth. hrn�dl 81 the
cannot he readily ascertained. ns his '1' '• not go, doctor; your life is wlrth1''Iletnex expressed the runt ,sinlied cere egretTaket.
cow that st►e clearly shows that shePp rime. yet set entirety mnskPdl that
victims tvrnrld rather Nets death, it nn- 4 h to you and to me a, any regret �•O[( ll llfl\-t', no CUldl. it 1106 NOTES. I en- the g,el& end goy friend) .•nosed ;,d•'e it
pro al no sed' Thumps 1s caused by the youngpigs f joys 1t. These are the men whose mei. ,
peers. than reveal the secret of his fatal seeing vela and the young laid.,: «'h�'il t llC CUICI 1S c(intr�tl'te(l bProminu ocertat ns f 1 unwitting;ly. and nett one of es moll('
.xvrr. Why. they dare refuse him no. I. forpmctoitcer titre outtontrnn a%v him Ilnd�tohis
which c:ruse'tl! P g thod should be copied. Observin the►r,
he result of too we *Pr that they never shout at, strike, tell whets the sprier* ended and the sn'.idi
.ing:.pack[ tmnnleau al Rncc',� and It checks 111�.'1I111I1a- much feed. The pigs should he alfrredf; nor otherwise i!I•Irnat (heir cows. They Ice hetXnn hPnenth rhe snowy covering.
f•r: night like this. Just listen Io that 1 drone hirer ov.�r to the station, and .et cert of the nest when not turned out, sit down quietly, take hold n Y
"Ili* paellme Is In wedding heireeees t^ tl(►11, heals the membranes t the cow's
li gt ental ft's like
b h to break every • and! thus mode to move nboul.
—lineage willow,• daughter,. who have of glees in the window, and they house 'won i to loseje�ittwee moving rain. and iout rres 1 of the throat (cats gently, no molter how much of a
�o one to fight their t:a111e, for thorn. t` ao•lnlly rocking like a crBdiP Irnm jumped bark upon the plaffortn, Mr, lir "11 The sow should he well fed, so that hurry they may be in. and begin to draw
Hr. het, had heft a score of ndrrntuns peal of thundler, ,� , and drives the ,��11r1 111I1b5 ;� n pigs will get plenty of milk. \fir!• the milk without ,resin to
Ihaf Inst and fire lif K o hard 1,r
m ibis line alre8gly, end ere the hone .
fling may have set the lore' it i t ere _ 1' r wrote a hurried now, cvht••t( lc, t: ol(1 out. r (fling:. oats, wheat or rye should be giv they are touching her at a tender point,
rr,n .n is %c,11 .e%.� hr has *pent every all 1 know. It struck somewhere r.Ruta or he b dthmftnn�rlaHt r yeti.
milking his ex• n. 81141 Recite corn may be allowed al- then they keep steadily at it until
paper than n loaf Sr"'� °r j•« `•emelt. ter the pigs are a few weeks old, or et- last drip is out. It pays to milk care-
(loiter
,af �e
(h ;ler of the fortune thus brought him. 1 am sure. Vrnv, mind. tl i I r, von arm front his ntemnrnmfum )'4'ok 'e,is obla,,t• s
Ar appall egg )fat of hrnken hearts f� retutP tar IravP thin hnu:e with any s! le', rind having; In tier n pencil. host ter the sow is past the danger of having fully.
roves the rr,;ht of this ben�• tion. \\•ith i SCOTT & RO�i,1F., Chemists milk fever''ls
ho r ne to -night. Do vnu hear" lc u fr-,t that von couid deeiptier i " Toronto, Ont. t`• hen suckling; pigs, the sow should
Pe and lore so cruelly t►llghted, they But the doctor did not hear; in dress- '`i\'herr dtd hd' go !o? 1'ur whaj vet rhrrn to tour pounds
` point 80r.. old 61.00 • • • All et'"sstoto I day, t>o n s of wheat a
1' 4*.:t4ly all men horn free
end opal. but it Is ieii, .s:ihle to keep
Verne of them in that contlitw,
i11' LA11GIll:D.
Ata regent Pnlitlenl meeting in Frig -
lend. the speaker merle a j 'st • meet fig, l•
ing that his audiend'P heti missed I',R
point of it, sate, playfuily:
"I hoped. gentlemen, that yet; %%i'i'e1
lough ht."
A plaintinttvae voice cr• a fhrot gh the
sf fence,
"I laughed mister."
Thsn everybody did.