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erssalmost pa
o• road .(the fol
agiption:
A, Wank pace Wat 'eft ftersthat
st words plainly iluwing that the
??erson who had caused thc monu-
ment to be, erected had been in ig-
norance or doubt as to the dates
of the occurrence of the event.
A nsiglity shock of joy went quiv-
ering through Gerald as he stood
gazing upon this shaft, which mark-
ed the 'spot where his mother lay,
for it proved, beyond question-,
at least, to him -that the es,tient,
eorrowinge
the lawful wife. of Adam Brewster.
rt-Ntsl-shinr:t. o-ise-thess
-
he wiire hiiTTThe
self , could have been instruesental
in erectingthis fitting memorial
and otherwise beautifying the spot.
It must have been recently done,
--liesiudgesitsslorstliesgranitesr
, comparatively fresh, while it was
,also evident that °retests for the per-
_ ptstaal care of the _pi:see:had been
given iii-jekrite One, for the grass
had been newly cropped.
No ornamentation in the way of
shrubbery or flowers had been at-
tempted, but the turf was solid and
handsome, and the gravel Walk
around the place absolutely free
from weeds and grass.
Tears of gratitude involuntarily
rose to Gerald's eyes, for it was in-
expressibly .comforting to him to
fitid . this sacred spot' so attractive
--ti) know that Adam' Brewster
, had, Oen after years of apparentl
'indifference and neglect at last
done his duty in proclaiming to
whoever it raight concern that
Miriam Harris had been his lawful
wife.
He was also very thankful that
he had obeyed the impulse which
had prompted hint to corne to the
plaess, instead of returning directly
from New Ila,ven tes-New York, as
he had been tempted to do. •
After looking about a' little, 'and
• reading some of the names inscrib-
Cs1 upon various headstones he
. made a note of the name of the
marble -worker, which he had found
eut into the pedestal of the monu-
ment marking his mother's grave,
• then retraeed his steps to the vil-
lage, where he sought the sexton
and inquired who had fitted up the
Winchester lot.
"I -don't jnow, sir," said the
'man, studying with curious eyes
the fine face of the young stranger;
'some workmea came) here, nigh
onto three years ago, and turned
, the whole lot topsy-turvy. I tried
to find out Who cent them' but they
said they were working fora New
York firm, and 'that's all I ever
lsnew abottt it. The places never
had no kind o' care afore that, but
the thing was dorsesup ,han'some
then, and two hundred dollars put
in the bank, with orders to have
;the interest used every year to keep
it in Shape."
"In who -se ** name was the money
deposited V" Gerald inquired.
..4Nohodes, sir; it was just left
• there for the Winchester lot, and
I goes and draws the raoney-eight
slotlarsesat the, end of the season.
I. try to earn it, too, sr," lhe.man
concluded, ' with an anxious, gleam
• in Ins 4eyes,
1, "I am sur you do," said 04a141
kindly; "t13 ht is looking- well."
lie thanl4d him for his informa-
tion, slip ed a silver dollar into
his hand; thci proceeded directly
to the tatonJ and was soon on his
sway, baek to New Y .rk, with aVery
much lighter heart than he bad ex-
&tcd to (awry thitherwet4 that
• morning. ,
He was still very imieltrmystified
vgarding thoe names in the New
refiister, anti., it seemed to
him that it would b very,-dicul
to _prove &hat bs Mother was the
• Tawrir *if he the legitimate
heir, f Adam 1rewtr.
Trtie,•lie he certificate ,and
*cskieng,,rang, lad Ins °Wu baptut-
mai certilleate. There Was 'also
that monument bearing the name,
„Priam Itariis brow'ster."
kittev wsid ii a ve*
str4mifs IsssItit if it could he prod
that the 'Date banker had authorised
the plao,ing of it; but ingess
rred wa,3, fofthceming, the
would undoubtedly he rejardct1 as
st-iiiA any one might bae
'made t -e et to establish a, poin
it. fd r2osc,-,r be accepted as
tivc, ki a lawful marriage,
. Assisirg Xetv N'erk, Grah1 at
r...14atirlffs,1
***oro
,
at -Moiitinua
/MAYA -ter had lien e,rected. itbo
WinelteStet
Gerald, would alfloUflt to nothing
in the Way, of evidence unless Mr.
Brewster's agency. in the )334ktter
could be indieputably proved, and.
this did not appzstr. 1ik1y, tinett
was patent that to had taken apeel-
al pains to preveat 6tIch a diScOV3.
cry. .
"The 'first thing to he done is to
hunt Alp- that firm of marble -work-
ers, and try to ascertain who ,gave
them the order," the lawyer
served, during their diseussion of
ways and means regaislingi future
action.
Accordingly, on 'the following
ruing, Gerald atarted out supon
search.By referring to & directory three
ds-htr-4earnett-•-wherts- he
tateitstatkati*
oca , sut upon preseutiroriime
self there was greatly disappoiated
to find that the works shad changed
hands.
This, of course, only eerved to
omplicate nuatera,ssinge theno
firm had in their possession noniCal
the books of the old, except those
of the previous year, which contain-
ed a record or uu6ett1ecritecoint§
and orders received, and which had
accompanied the "good -will" of the
business.
But Gerald was fortunate enough
to obtain the address of one of the
members of the old firm, and, hast-
ening to seek him, ascertained, to
his great relief, that the books
showing the- last five years' busi-
ness were still in existence.
He told the man his errand -
namely, that he wished to learn
the name of the party or parties
who had ordered a monument and
the granite border for a certain lot
in the cemetery in Ashton, R. I.
His listener smiled. at his re-
quest. '
"I can't id y'eu that, Mr. Win-
chester," he eaid ; "the transac-
tion was a very queer one, from bes
ginning to „end, and I know all
about it, for I did all the business
in connection with it. Let me see,"
he eontinued reflectively; 'it must
have been more than three years
ago that we received a letter re-
questing us to send softie designs
of monuments, with descriptions
and prices, for inspection', to room
number forty-two, Hoffman House,
on- a- certain dates and stipulating
that no questions were to he asked,
at the hotel, regarding the oecu-
pant of the roora mentioned. The
writer-swishedsto-make a selections
and would afterward remail the de-
signs to us; and, if suited, give u$
an order. We complied with the
request, .strietly Observing the con-
ditions. • Three days later we received the sketches back and upon
one, was written `This one chosen.'
,Arcomp,anying it were two bank -
checks -ones for Ave hundred dol.
lars,-from which the price of the
moutimmit was to 1i fivluded, and
the.remainder used to erect a. gra-
nite, border to enelose what was
known as the Winchester lot in the
cemetery of Ashton, R. I. We were
authorized to use our ,judgment
the matter. Titeinseription to be
:cut on the tablet was given, all
hut the date, of the death of the in-
dividual, which wm unknown 'to
the Writer; hut we were ordered
to make, inquiries in the town, and
affix it later, We made inquiries,
but were una le to learn when the
4
so weripl obligedi
011us other
ehcek, for hundred dollars,
to be deposited in the bank
of the phe,, upon the completion
of. our work, the interest accruing
therefrom to be devoted yearly to
the care of the lot ---the same to be
paid the sexton, or whoever would
assume, the' eare for the sum
named."
• "And you never say the rarty
o autborize4J You to 410 all tliiS.
raid inqui,red as bus comp*nion
pauted.
'Never ; the man suppose it,
riian---c'idntly desired to
hve his agency intile matter
unInown; he gave .us direc-
and * certain *Mount to tar -
m Ont. The cheeks- he sent
us were het Signed Ify him, :but
bore only the', signature of .the
thier of the bank upon which they
v reldra*u. So, you Atet our at
adopted every pretaution to
ouiea1 his identity. It was our •
diy toifollow his instrutions* ask,:
gitestionl, '&1141 think we t
pretty Itefki lob of it," the ,
tontluded, in * tOnt
*on wit
hi*
'IN; *Ad ilia other otraug
feature of the hi* compau-
eturned. Wc were in the ha-
Aliug all *Otos, but, this en
tomer otpeei*ily /stated that
nutuniratinni re:to
u
instructiona ints
they ip-
writtefl, and,
retort's f yu'
'patittieu
or
bt n
• getartdr:vicitoholttl
erv,ri
ei
at, ev
very dihezrteuing
he had'
tiel4nt4"Priledrnight, if oints ough, euelY,din
W
Adam Brewdr as the man who
b44 ordered the' _improweent of
the Winchester lot and the erection
of a monument to the memory of
his mother, hut the factsgleaned
froMiAbo),tiarble-worker would be
SO vague auk' onsittisIactorY, it was
XobOdingly doubtful if they would
he admitted *a evidence.
Can 37,6u give tile the date CZ
%phial YOU sent 60os designs to
the rfOltrUS4 acouert Gerald in-
o,uireds, after & lament of. troubled
thought.. •,
"Is -might possibly be able to 40
LO, sir," the; geittleman returned,
iatittinsofineeeihukyesititeaffioinns 110,4t rb4:1 41,--W
to regardthe wislieis of our inysteri-
o atron. I eirould.-Vo very-gbat
faith wit any one, .oneti having
given my word.?
"I appreciate your position, and
respect you for your fidelity," Ger-
ald frankly responded, "but there
•
deatist-sWeeiv-this-rata.
ter; a. fortune is involved, it hav-
ing passed into tlui hands of a
sharper, --:thus wronging -the only
direct heir, and as the gentleman
in, question is not now living—"
I" here interposed the mar-
ble -worker, "that makes a very rats-
terial difference; can you explain
the position a little more fully to
me 1"
Gerald did so as briefly as pos-
sible, mentioning, in conclusion,
that as a lawsuit woukt probably
ensue, he might have to call upon
him to testify in his behalf.
The gentleman then arose, and,
going to ashelf,ktook down a large
aceount-book, laid it upon a table,
and began to turn over the leaves.
Pausing itt last, he laid his fin-
gers upon ts line, remarking:
Fi
"ore, Mr. Winchi
ester, s tho
order for the atone we always
copied every commission into, our
books. This says November 10. I
tent the desigris to the Hoffman
House three days earlier,"
Gerald made note of the, date,
then, thanking the nian for his
courtesy, he bade him good day and
hurried away.
"It is but a, Straw, and may lead
me only on a wild-goose chase," he
muttered, as he hoirsksr a -car for
muttered, as he boarded, a ear for
fort."
He proceeded directly to the Hoff-
manznan. House, and, going to the
office, inquired of the clerk if he
mai' tell by inspecting his- books
who had occupied • roma number
forty-two on November 10, three
years previous.
• "Certainly," replied that °Mist
ing official, as -he beckoned to an at-
tendant-; who sprang at once to do
his bidding.
He ordered him to bring him the
second volume of the year which
Gerald had mentioned, and, when
•ist-Was 'brought, himself sseareled
for the entry desired.
"Ah here you ha,ve it, my
friend," he saki, in a brisk, cheer-
ful t4rie. "Room forty-two-Adarn
Brewster, of New York City;" and
the elerleindieated the name as he
read it. ,
, For a moment Geraters, sight was
so blurred that he could "not leo the
writing, and his, heart, gave ,such
is lea,
brea
But
th" Iie 9zlinv4Dtiog:Peleedaredf°:
and he so1ute!y steadied his
nerves ze1 bent forward and read
the banker worm., which had been
inscribed in his own familiar hand-
writing:.
There was no doubt now that be
had traced his man, but it might
he difficult to make •& jury sot, it
in the tame light. .
The's* was a. possibility Oa,
ther party Wight have oeupied
he same roam on the same ,t1
either prior to or succeeding Ur.
ewster's oretifiatiey of it.
lik that .ease he would be all
agarn and thus it was with
et ng €A i nervous inward tre-
mor that he put attother question
to the clerk.
Can you, tell me whether Istr.
treWster occupied the room exclu-
sively on tha.:; day, or whether it
way not have he,mt vacated by him
and assigned to On* out 14,0
ter r he ,•asked. '
ten .-/t-ou. of 013r4e," wat
the affable iTloitidsr. and thtnthc
man ran his eye raOdly over two or
three plit:~1 of naties,
”No,” saf.d 'at last, co
testy -two Was cecti x,4i,*')12 that date
Ly no cnie save thegrutlerniar.
read, riamitesli.tatTI;tividerisittofea.117tintiey,
tortes :Fro* New Zeataad •
Night 14,ati4,Itittraws'..
Prof. Drummond, the. New ,Zea-
and.naturilists Writing'othe sub;;,.
et of the loqueys of $4003413 oh -
• that ,renideerrAoxes,,..hlre
eals, ikhalOrt ratSk 0004:spade* of
feW..species, of reptile, .an
ery
iteltainifittioda, eltfit), 41:ilt 41 'b ctrliaoinstintittagerrattal!no:11741:Yi:v, the
This plant,astensitselfstti pl:r6frs' etesteother
.-whee st; ' All, notable
main crop, and sans olo life out of castes seeks are known ' to act out.
sham, Dealing with fhis, post: ow upon long journeys and to return to
New York Experiment Station, at their old borne* *434014-1.114 the
43Ignkws,s deserthet the Will, te ralgrati4nfi or the Maori rat; espeeir.
fAlIa In a 'bUiletiu, a fellows:elly i, the Nelson and Zoirlhorough
"Dodder is a yellow, thread-like; districts, where eountless thous
twining weed wiie1i is exceedingly sands, led ,hy an invislble- Pied
trouhlesome in aIfalta fields. It 'ap- riper,swarated, for -many Aiwa
pears in eircul r spots '3 to 30 feet across fields, thriugh villages, over
or more in disineter. At the center rivers and up, hill and iovin tye,
of the spot the 4Ifalfa is killed out, have become, important events in
while around th1 niargin the ground the loeal history.' The migrations
is covered. with e. mat of 'yellow of eels have not attracted as much
threads which twzno closely about attention as the movements Of other
the sterns of the alfalfa plants and animals, but are quite AS remark -
slowly strangle them. Tho spotsin-t able.
crease insire from year to year. U. 0. Bracer of Ngaruru „states
Many. fields have been complete'," that recent dredging operations by
ruined by dodder. It i* net often, Vessels fitted out for_p_hilosephicitt-
.11311404-44)--"h'ers proved-b-eyond
redsplover); hutsonce eatablialied in
satlfalfasfieldrsit is__ very- difficult • doubt not only that eela breed
an
to -eradivateliout kilhui fff fltl.0?
Pear-Preeauti"s"---Ishouta '1)01(1ifund* Maoris on the west coast of
taken to sow clean seed. Sonie-
the North island state that when
times it is found necessary to re• -
the eels go toward the sea in a
move dodder and other 'foreign
seeds after a supply has been Pro.
ured for -sowing, -Tiny followmg-
advice is given by the Geneva auth-
orities regarding alfalfa seed:
"Alfalta-seed-is-larger-than-dod-
der seed, and advantage was taken
f this fact by the Station to per-
fect a method by which commercial
alfalfa seed may be made practic-
ally free from dodder, and safe to
sow. It was found that dodder
large, body they are led by two in-
dividuals -of -au enormous seises -
John R. Macdonald, of Levin, told
Mr. Bruce that he once saw one of
tbesatious,-witk--two-large
eels in the van.
• Overland journeys at night, which
are characteristic of some eels,
have been noted in New Zealand.
Mr. Bruce has been told by some
very old Maori friends that they
seeds are readily removed by sift- have known .eels to undertake fairly
ing through a wire sieve having 20 long journeys by night. On one oc-
meshes to the inch. Since ready- casion the Maoris had camped for
made sieves of this mesh are not the night on a spur that is the
readily obtainable, it is advised to watershed between the, Wangaehu
construct a lights wooden frame, 19 and Mangtowhesd rivers. About
inches square by 3 inches deep, and midnight their Went:on was at-
tack over the 'bottom of it 20 by ,20 rested by their dog. which was
mesh steel -wire cloth of No. 34flinch excited and was barking
This quantity of wire cloth ought
not to cost more than 15 or 20 centS.
In cast!brass or copper wire cloth
is used, the wire should be No. 32,
on the English gauge. It is impor-
tant that the wire crab used be
exactly 20 by 20 ,mesh, which may
be determined by placing a ruler
on the sieve or cloth and counting
the number of spaces to the inch.
With a sieve of this kind, it is esti-
mated that a man can clean from
three to seven bushels of alfalfa
seed per day. From one-fourth to
one-half pound of seed, and no
more, should be put, in thesieveat
a time, and vigorouslyshaken for
one-half minute. To make the
work uniformly thorough, the use
of a. cup holding not over and -half
pound of seed,and careful timing
i
of the -sifting, s recommended. If
the seed contains little dodder, one
sifting may do; but when much dod-
der is present, and particularly if
it is of the large -seeded kind, two
siftings, both, made strictly as di-
rected, are advised. In *experi-
menting with this method, it was
observed that, besides the dodder
seeds, various- other small seeds
broken seeds, and dirt, as well a.4
vault) of ithe smaller alfalfa se
were also removed by sifting. Tho
siftings varied from about' 1 to
poutids. per- bushel, according to
the originalcleanness of the seed,
and the thoroughness of tile sifting.
The, rejeetion of the siftings is con-
sidered as causing but little, if siny,
loss. • "
• FARM NOTES,,
Ilave you noticed tthe wonderful
increase of -grass growth' in the
.rneadows after the application of ii
light dressing l of manure Bur
yard manure May be applied to the
meadows in winter as well as in
tarty. spring.
It a perhaps all right in genie in -
Stances for a: farmer who has earn-
ed 'a competence to retire and take
his family to town, if he . wishes.
But it is exceedingly risky for him,
pr any other man, to put bit money
Into a busbies* for which he, bat no
special training.
It is difficult to find work during
inter for farm hands.. If farm
laborers could be kept -at work *11
winter as well as summer, we would
have no diffieulty in finding plenty
of farm help at moderate wages.
It is the duty -,pf everyone- to give
his men as much "work as possibie
during winter' and to lay plans to
that end., There it mueh thot.can
he done. '
"While the subject of railroad
rates is engaging the attention of
practkzlly v;eq-body at the' pre-
ime, the possibility of an im.
reduetion in, the cost of
itsportsition on wagon roads is
er.trti overlooked. The average
cost of hauling u er the wagon 'roads
rt. 2$ O1it5 per ton,mile, and in torte
2:4 e.entt Tor ton mile, and irk tottio
cost runs hi her than in
01413.,
No truth, is undo Lott wittii it lit
obeyed.•
_• Croats are made' hi, tryiu *0
dodge around duties.- '
It
is always safe to o wher. you,
1142 hell) another. •(
lightens the world with°
eonUiinng itself. •
rice j the
traiuing tor author*
• lks who have ,tn4t*
often need it ot.
ve xs always a poor thi
tries*" save ittlf
-No nisn an make life joyeu
doesnot 1iirnscf enjo
• aye wa
• When you are
There is nothing itwro div
•this World than sunplc humai-
• The 'man. who nd-ertise
doubts often dreads truth mot af
all. • • •
. Luck may knock door, hut
it takes herd work to foreit open.
The hest way to flee from the
tenlpter it to Ay ti) your ibrother'*
1 -
A utanis faith is to be nown by
his alley as well as by his front
yard.
Shielding a fool from the fruits
of his folly is fostering his foolish-
ness.
The loss of sympathy would
too high a, prise for the los of al
sorrow.
There are too many people way
printing -the golden rulo on
Re who is too busy to enter into
littia oLotherL-gives--ibe
eatt,
because he has a longing to give
what he has not got.
When you see a prophet striking
attitudes you nuts be sure be has
some habits to hioe.
'Tifiresalr Issirld-Sitdintenees
tween trying to seem pleasant and
Seeking to give pleasure.
Some peotile are so active reli-
giously on Sunday because thei
piety has been restivig all the week.
It is better to climb up though
but lamely than to run down hot
foot and free.
NO CAUSE FOR COA
. IOLINT.
"I thought you said this house
had an extra large back yard?"
said the prospective tenant.
"So I did," answered the agent.
"But it is only four feeteeti,
by actual measurement," protest-
ed the p.t.
"Well," rejoined the wily agent
furiously. When they went out to 'the ordinary yard is only thr
ee
ascertain the cause of the disturb- feet, you know."
ance they found that the dog was
following sip auvrionnotis-eetwhieb The Norwegian Army include
was on one of its land journeys. corps of skaters, arnied with r
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