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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-3-14, Page 74A{ "3;0A.5.1.1:E4i;B:E40.3:61;h8d:t9a9):0049:6:41)3:403:43:reCE*3:0:49144.3;t3;% ella ne4theliirg We- 44 . . 'H . astily• folding the pink eiln dre Hsa in a small bundle, sbe flew into the. . e eires of h Or; street, and, in her excitenteot, Rreetly into the arms of a gentiennn who ape passine She reeoiled wife. , a white fz• et. ti rul a low Tee eron a 11: • BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY gentleman was Mark Forrester. TIelena—alies .elena! 41e cried, with tremulous emerion. 'neat, Ins Author of 'Miss IVIiddicton's Lover,' 'A Forbidden been kind to int.. When you tie/ not. come to the studio, 1feared I had aget" '‘DaiSy Brooks,' Etc., Etc. lost. e-ou, and I deferred nay trip from fhty to day e. ith the vain hove that :yotl NV Wild Conte." Pi ct-n" replied. Helena, tSvith a 1117.Sli.'y so!), "A terrible. sota - row hes fAlett nin:n me since./ neacie that promise, air. Forrester—a sta-- . row that has bile/did me life, alai left ine all alone in the creel woriti." Maria 1. ars springieg to his blue eyes. " Surely it is not sa bad e.s that; you have home and friends left. Come with me to Vrutienee, and weep e•our grief out on Ler breast," he sail. sylepat hie i teeter he will know how io comfort you." • " No, no!" replied Helena, remeni- berine the cold. merciless gray. tea's. I "111 call a carriage, eoa vide with in through Ceturel Peek ? . would lithe to ta2if. to you," he field, .1:9;4=eine:(+=4.3:8:(.0:(4);S:i.•):M4K1*.•3;itt**3:iftiK43:8:4): How dare you etatel teeetee me and tell me that witen 1 ewe' eou ine self deshing past me in the rain at. eleven eSelovit last nieitte• Two of the salesiedies wero ith ziie. Wo ell recoguizecl you." Helena stature back ivith a low -cry and a startled., dismayed faee. "Ho you dare deny this, 31ise Heatheliff?" denizinded the forewo- man. No arfswer came from the Orr* 'white lips. "There was gent in your actiorie last Weld as you dash d by us. We all remarked it," Oa went on. heart- lessly. "And now Iny suspicions are .confirmed by your insolent false- hood. 111, indeed! You are dis- charged. Miss Heitheliff," eie Con- tinued abruptly. "There's five (101/EUi5 Sitit V 'nts te•our beta: due you. We sitall Seep ft back nue til Miss Kwood`s petit dri.ss is returned to us. It will take. pea a week longer to finish it. I Pre- -sumer * • The forewoman turned awae scowl - For tWo long yeere tier Argus eteeft had been on the wateli to discover sonm flaw in Ih.dena's work which, would efforther a titian; (+Neese for discharging her. She lvas jealous of her cleft fingers ttnil pretty ways, and was heartily tired of hearing Mule. floyt's customer's remark, as they stepped Into the liaca• room to try on their (Mesa.% "What a lovely youog girl? Who e She?" nodding' toward Helena. Fairly dived with pain. Helena Staggered from the work -room and out into the street. "What shall I do?" she groaned, pressing her .hands against her hoe, throbbing temples. "Discharged. U0 food at home, and not a dollar to pay the rent that falls due so soon. Oh. what shall 7 do? How an I tell poor, patient, waiting AguhS what has happened'?" she itiOnned, the hot, scalding tears fairly blind- ing her. Only those who know whet "die- •eharged" means can pity poor Hel- ena. Only those who have bad a page of just 'Shell an experience in their own past lives can understood what Helena seCierecl, and an answer. - lug eltOrci will thrill in their heuxte Cor her. She had scarcely proceeded a dozen 'blocks ere sit2esauree"ittee aoaftwe with Mark J'orrester, her companion at "-Ur Kirnival. "Why, is it possible—Miss Hel- ena!" he exclaimed. If her eyes ho.ci not been suffused With Jeers she would have noticed the keen delight in Ids fave. "Pray forgive me," he said. "I saw you were not'doing to recognize me, and I could not pass you without ohe word. When you left Me so abrupt - 4,/ at the carnival, I feared that I mightnever see you, again, not keowing your full name or address," he added. Helena raised her dark eyes to his face, and to his surprise, he saw traces of bitter tears in them. "You have been grieving over some- thbag, Miss Helena," he said, "Oh, how I wish I might console you! Come up to my studio. My sister Is there; she will be delighted to show you my picture. I told her lest ttighte that I had seen a face at -the carnival' that realized my ideal, liSe eiretun, and I had asked the owner of it to sit. for me. Will you come up to say studio tend see the picture?" Iris sympathetic voice touched her. "Yes; she would go and see the pic- tures, and, in looking over thein, she might forget her misfortunes for a few brief moments. Miss Prudence Forrester, the ar- tist's sister, a, tall, thin, angular woman, was standing thoughtfully 'before one of her brother's paintings when 'the door suddenly opened and he entered the studio with Helena. "I have found my ideal again, Pru- dence," he said, his fair face Mashing as he went through the •form of in- troducing them. Helena shrunk back from the eol.d, pitiless grey eyes bent so critically upon leer, and she almost wished she dead -not carie. "She has a benatiful face for that picture," was Miss Prudence's meatal continent; "but just as sure as fate Mark will lose his head over her; he is acting foolishly already." -, And the experienced woman of the world read danger signals for Mark in, the dark, velvety 'eyes raised tin - idly to hers. e "What fools men 'make of them; eselefes over a pretty -faced girl!". she thought, with growing disgust, as her sharp eyes noted Mark's flushed face and evident confusion. "I used to think that Mark was sensible; now I,finel that he is like all the rest. )3ut he shall not lose his heart over her, if I can prevent it," she told 'herself, grinely. "I will save him.from rush- ing blindly to his ruin. She's' cer- tainly •a working -girl. Mark meat, marry an heiress—ft has been the . dearest hopeof my heart; but ar- tists, like poets, are creatures of, ira- te:Ilse; when they see an ideal face, they succumb at mice," • And while Prudence was planning how she ,could guard his heart,- 'the heart in ,question had slipped out.. Of his keening, and had gene out to He- lena evith a paesioaate love that frightened even hinaself-a love that . ends iiaa tragedy when the heart's idol is shattered ,and the ' love -dream broken; and standing there . before his pictures, he vowed to himself that he Would win Helena at whatever cost.• • 'Prudence." hesaid, turning ea.ger eyes upon his sisfer, "add your -entreaties -to mine, and inditce -Miss Helene, to ceme to me for the first sitting this afternoon. Yoe know I I am called away for three weeks, and I start to-nierrow. 1 weuia be delight-, ed to make a commencement before I. I go." —1 should be pleased if she will , come," eeid Miss Prudence, stiMy. And, to her intense annoyance. and Merles intense joy. Helena promised , to come. "I ought not fo have promised to go," thought. Helena, as she hurried toward her home. "I ought not to waste my time so." With weary feet. and a still weari- er heart. she toiled up the steep eeflight of stairs that led to her dismal room, where she knew Agnes area busily at work, Poor Agnes had been_e.x dieuppoi ea at not being ttiele to ()Mein tt paskune of goVerleas at Ilar:ent. an She would be doubly sled whe . Helena told her site had been Mee tharged frent work. On the first Inning she Met their itendlodY, duelled and Angry, and Hel- ena noticed with horror that she held a, rent rereipt, hi her hand. • "It's you. Is la Miss Heathelifir she said, plenting herself directly be - Come her. "I've been on the watch for h either of you two sisters, knocked at the door a dozen times, but there was no answer: yes, when looeed through the hey -hole, I gear your sister's hat and shawl on a. chair. It's a clever way lo do to I keep out of sight oil rent -day; but eau* can't work that game on me. I've been taken in that It40,' before." oeveee end 1 quite believed It was not, due until %tomorrow." replied Helena, faint at heart, yet whit an ' Outward dignity. "I will speak to my sister about it, and come (hewn euanestleh and quietly leading her to the edge of the pevemeat, be aseiete• ' , eu her into ti, tamp.? anti aloIt a seat ' ! beside her. "We attracted too much. attention talking on the street," he 2 i said, ellitdiet as lie gazed tenderly on 1 the lovely. girlish, grieiestricken face. p "Now, then," be (sold. taking her ; luind in his strong,: firm Oast), "cone • eider nie your Plead. and tell inc if ithere is any way that I can help you. , r would give my life to be Of fer-, 'Nice to you." he said, his earnest l blue eyes misty with emotion. . ; How he longed to tell her hew ! dearly he loved her—to hiss away i the tears from thoee beautiful dark eyes'—tocie. - • his i "The only relative I had in all the world was laid to rest two days agch" .501i. Salti(11. "1 thought of coin- • ing to you and telling you about It. hut: 1 WUS, too weeteheth Sir. Forme- : ter." i "You really thought of me?" be cried. Ilis eager voice Woke through ' all restraint of will. and thrilled in a fervor of intense passion on the girl's ears. "And I have done nothing ' but think at you. Helena, since are . first met." he said, sloWly,, raising her white band to his lips. "Now ! that I hate eeen you. 1 eatt go away happier," he said, gently, "and to retell the outgoing train, 1 mush start within an ham; but before 1 leave you I have something to say to ,yon, Helena—word' that have burn- ed their way from one heart to my 1 lips. Promise nue you will not be angry if I utter thent?'- "A, 1 will not be angry, Mr. For- rester," she eaid, simply: "but 1 think I know what you mean. When you Iirst saw me, you behoved 1 be- longed to soune wealthy family, and now you are surprised to know that I am friendless, alone be the world, homeless, and poor," she sobbed. , "It is that very knowledge which jives me courage to speak," lie (Tied, hAstiIy. "Oh. Helena, listen to noel 1 love you, Helena." He held out his arms to her, pour- ing out such passioimte words— such prayers and pleadings as seldom , fall from the lire of num. 4 Poor Helena, she was so young, so ' friendless and forlorn! Had heaven sent his love to her to shield her it this the darkest hour of her life? She was carried away by the burn- ing torrent of love he whispered to her. If Agnes had only been spared she would have gone to her with this love story and asked her to choose for her whether she should ac- cept him or send him away. She was all alone in the world, and there was no one to whom she could turn. Her heart went out to him; but the feeling was eompassion, net love. But when he folded her joyfully in his arms Helena, did not resist. It was so sweet and restful to know that she was dear to „tome me in this great, cruel world that had seemed such a blank to her one short hour before. "I am not ii, wealthy man, Ed- ema.," he said, with a. happy laugh, "and I never expert to be—that is, as far as money got'sref we will enjoy the sunshine of the world as we go through it, and let the shad- ows take eare of themselves. Re clasped Helena, in his arms and teaderly kissed the beautiful lips and fair flushed face. "You are mine now, Helena," he cried, rapturously; "nothing but death shall separate us." ' He took an opal ring from. his finger anti placed it upon hers. "This ie an improMptu engege- me/It-ring, but lie will serve until 1 can replace it with another one. Opals— are not considered Welty, dear," he said, laughingly, "bat what are omens to you and me. You 'shall never be alone in the world again; we evill be all in all to each The moments flitted by as :happy momenta always do, ahd Mark knew that in.five minutes more he must leave, ,her ithe would catch the • _ He lea settilA it that she should .go at ogee to his Sister Prudence, and live with her the. •three weeks i(hat he sholde be absent; and When he returnee, he should. claim her for his bride, , . "You will never be out of my . thoughts, .waking or dreaming, Heb. ena," lie said, "and I am beginning to dread those weeks,. I can. not tell why I have such a nervous forebod- ing lest something slimed happen you. Ah, Helena.. it Would break 'my Ileere if..I were tolose yeti." . ' "I, have mo one in this woeid but you, Mark,'' she eeid, timiciee, and you will not lose nee—hew could yo' 1' 1Il\CLI°sYo'u':itssaid l°v lee''Ishould go nlad,N,erefa1s.e to ine, :Helena," he co 444.4. ',`If - . 3,0.:14itit Were--- .,votact you. d9?„ ,,,!;i1,, ,03k.o, wondering at his intense lave, , I would either kill inyeelf or you, Helena passed her hurriedly, and : tapped nervously upon the, door. There a as no answer, and. as Helena always carried R. latch -hey, she open- ed the door and entered. When, to 5, her surprise, she raw her Sister ea- ting by tile window with her bead , resting on her hand, her sewing in her lap. "She did not. hear Ine," thought lielena. Swiftly erossing the renrit, she burst into a Muni of tears as she flung herself ather sister's feet, sob- bing out, broke:elle: "Ohl Agnes, dear, 1 have just been discharged from work. Heaven only knows what we will do litm, for they will eot pay me whoa is due mo On the books: and I met our landlady with the rent receipt in her hands. She says she came here to collect it. God pity us, Aguesi what shall we say to her" The thin, pat lek. face was not lifted front tire ton -worn hand upon which it rested so heavily, and the lips that were wont to breathe words of consola,tion were strange- ly silent now. No gentle hand was laid caressing- ly on the bowed, vilely head; no ten- der voice answered that intern's rtp- peal. Agnes IleatiwilIT's voice wend 1 ense.er her nevermore. 1Vith a, low, .star tied cry Helene. glanced up into the stilt white facn and the glazed eyes that flashed no look of recognitioa upon her. Then a piercing shriek ran through the lonely attic room, " 'lm Heaven pity mei Agnes is dea cir" Yee. she was dead, leaving Hel- ena, ler darling and her idol, home- less, friendless, and aloft to the mer - MS of the bitter world. Two days after the funeral, Hel- ena stands gazing around the meag- erly furnished room which her land- lady had just left be a towering rage, her last words ringieg in Hel- ena's ears. "You must pay your rent before nightfall,' or out of this house you go, bag and baggage!". The long, beautiful mirror that had been Agnes's pride in by -gone days, the quaint bedstead, and even. ber rocking chair, had gone to pey the expenses of the funeral; but not a dollar was over to pay the rent, And, in the midst of all her trou- ble, which never comes singly, a messenger came to her from Mme. Itoeft, with the heartless and terra fyhig. words: "Death or no death in the fainily, yoil are expected to have Miss Kirk - wood's dress dem by Saturday night without She brought out the pink silk, laid it over the apology for a bed., and kneltdown before it, hiding her white face' in its shimmering folds. And at thet momeet, the darkest hour in her young life, goaded -on to madness by the chains Of fate that ev-er,e, elosIng m around her, ,a thonght born ef desperation occur- red teller: Alt! reader, you hvho have never known a teraPtation like this which crept into poor Helena's heart, pity, donot blame her, for what followed that never -to -be -forgotten clay! • .Let your own heeet,' plead for her pardon—you who have followed her through, her sorrows and know how serely she was tempted. , Por one moment only thd dark, curly liCad W0F3. buried amoepe the Shimmering satin and gleaming pearls, then she sprang up with a desperate, sobbing cry: Will take this dress to the mis- fit parlorand dispose of it. ' She cried out, 'bitterly. "I will send the mOney that it brings to Miss Kirk- wood, except, enough to take- .me awaysomewhere, and I .will make up the balance to her before I die." And thee, ,desperate, reckless re - Wye was the tea -meg point in Hel- pertaps both," he replied. She drew back and looked up. tate his e bite faee quite friglattne.d. "Do not make me say Such terrible things, darliag." he said. "The words sprung unconsciously to my lips. The horrible pain that even the thougbt of losing eou Me:teed nne, Stone; no to madness. Therie- was never a love like mine, Helena. Oh, my derling," be _continued, taking, a hurried glance et hie watch, 'death me bow I ean,. leeve you-L.:or leave ,you 1must— and I een not do it, my heart cries out so stronely against if. say that you love Inc. Helena." he cried; "pat your arms arourd my neck of your own wetted, and say. I will he your wife, alark. on the day teat you re- turn. and let those words le our parting, for I have but one moment loeger." Like one fn a. dream Helena obeyed. yet in that moment not ono thrill et that great, passim:ale Jove that throbbed in his heart awaleened tt echo in hers- "I will come back and elaim you," he eried, and with orie lieeering kiss he turned and Dinkel at Ler. And c,s Mara reeve -ear saw her then, be rreuemberee, hr for tong, dreary year afterwards. dee Tonna!, dimpled ewe inzezeel in dark curling hair; the lane. ae-h, lustrous eyes, and the smiling Ups gat!: had prom- ised ever to he fiz:Eq t 4) MM. Mit a fair. Juitetisoe-e• err4Ei to rise b twee% ttem and mar the hap- piness of their livcs; evai now, the fatal shadows were gethering darmy above their uneonseloes heads. Hastily ecribbluig a note to Pro- denee, explaining oietters, he put it into her hands awl left her, fairly tearing hinNelf #1,waY. and Helena, found herself In the emu% alcine the depot, while from the rear plate form, of the outgoing train a. tall, ttandennae figure leaned eti,er the rail, waving his handkerchief to her, with (3, world of pathetic sorrow in that mute farewell, until an abrupt curve in the road bid him from sight., /le was gone. and never in her whole life di Helena feel so utterly Wrote life did Helena feel so utterly Nvr,e!'sll'ehdicae.k bad nidden her, eine pre- sented Jnereelt tiiuidly cot the studio, 011(1 With n facc.,+ covered with blushes gave Mias vorm5ter her brother's note. -Well. well. 1 Lever!" cried Miss Prudence, fairly quivering with rage, when elie bad mastered the contents of Week's hurried wee. "Receive you as a sister; naked. Mark Forrester nowt, have lost his eenees." She look- ed at tine small, compact bundle, the ruined eilk dress, width Helena. still carried in her hand. and her anger deepened. "Sit down," she said, "while we talk this matter °yell" but she did not asIL Helena Co re - 3 101' hat or eacque. -I shall 1101;" er give ray consent to ;Nitwit's marry- ing you," she said, bitterly, "be- cause you have come betWVell tue and may clearest hope." "i'nAtr.ame!" exclaimed llama. ro. "1 repeat, you have laid in ruins the one hope of my life; for 1 had intended Mark should marry an heir- ess, never a poor girl. and if he heel not met you, in the course of time he would bare married the woman of 2215 einoice, Meaner Kirkwood." A low cry broke from Helena's lips as Miss Forrester's last words fell fromn her lips, and her hands in- stinctively tightened over the Pack- age she held in ger lap. "(norm hack to -morrow; let me think this matter over till then," exclaimed Miss Forrester, bitterly. Helena sprung to her feet with flashing -defiance la her dusky eyes. "Never! Miss Forrester," she pant- ed. "1 shall never cross your thres- hold media I will never pardon you while 1 live, never—not even for Mark's sake! Some day you may feel sorry for this," she went on, "for you have dealt, the last blow to a, breaking heart:" and like a flash Helenaturned and iled. "Mark, Merle!" she sobbed, when she had gained the street, "I would rather die than stay three weeks be- neath her roof!" but with the next breath came the appalling thought that before nightfall her few little articles of furniture would be set into the street unless she could raise money to pay the rent. Alas! where could she find shelter? With a weary heart she wended her way baek to her lonely attic room, and, flinging herself upon her knees before Agnes's arnachair, hid her face in the cushions, and wept the bit- terest tears of her life. Suddenly, and. with renewed force, came the temptation that hes assail- ed her that morning. A voice seem- ed to be °whispering to her: "You can not meet the penalty that will overtake you when Mad- ame Hoyt's messenger finds that the pink silk dress is ruined. If you only had money to go away end escape it all!" 0 Helena cowered beak among the cushions, and looked the temptation full in the face. "If I could but get away and did not have to face it," she sighed, "I could spend all the years of my life paying Miss Kirkwood•back every cent of my wages, until she had been remunerated, dollar for -dollar, for her -loss. Yes, I would devote ;nay life to repaying her for the dress." . She looked wearily around at her little store, an old-fashioned, small black trunk in the corner, 'and, with trembling fingers, threw open the lid. The, first article that met her gaze Was Agnes's India shawl, which she had prizea beyond all her earthly possessions, "Oh, how could 1 part with this?" sobbed Helena, burying her tear- stained face in. its .soft, rich folds. "Heaven pity me, bow can I. part With Agnes's shawl? it seems like tearing my heart -strings!" But seem poverty left: no choice, and, with the team adling like rain from the dark eyes, 'I -Telma wrapped sutpreter.sheetvl and steppee into the NERVOUS HORSES, important route en TheIr Treat - nett ac4 efaxinfeemeat. The mest nervous horses are those finely bred, highly organized awl Often the most intelligent, says Dr. .3", C. Currer in The Practical Farmer. They are on the alert for everything. quiek to take notice and equally quick to take alarm and 14 moments of sudden terror act so quickly in what seems to there necessary to prevent bodilytarm that they are really dangeroas api- na1s under the -circumstances by shy- ing, bolting and running away from an imaginary enemy., all 0 which might be obViated by a proper early educa- tions Time Dors% bibe ourseiveS, must learn everything, and the more highly organized he is the more readily he will learn, tbrongli the agexley of tnan, what to he frightened at and what will him harm. Ifew eau we tell what awful suggestions strange objects offer to the minds a horses? A. baby car- riage may appear to the horse a verita- ble dragon, a sheet of white paper in the road 44 awful chasm, an open nut- brella a terrible bugaboo, a man on a bleYele eoming; toward bine Some dying devil frem which be must dee Or his life. and when we stop and ibis* 0 the matter seriously we cannot blame the horse for what be does not under- stand. But how different the actions of the horse when he understands what ERraiezera, AVegctablePreparatiouforAi- thaTood the5t •zrbz; ardDoweis or THAT THE sANATuRE Pi-omno1esDgesUon,Chee1fui- ne5s.aw.IRest,Cofitairts yteither .01)1a4orpiliae trr X.4.0 c -Tic. ,wataar.,gge:42Zol1YIa ReefeeTie cilenk^ ..dinseeree Aagrics.lo•-• :Siateradhr 4.00eleffateZefee KaffeettoS .w41-44 A ported Rem tion Sour SIochie11S. bugs gormtisionsireve s11B11LOS5 OF` SLE12 RAPPER .BITZU Wet Sande WiRgfaffeeEdientREAMMIETNEMitiowe Cartula pet !uptt ene-etre t•Attn cnbre ia nett EA ia but alue eeerne testa 'ittexieltiee dheItttl,:e tha ezeeene eat It ',tet gc;d" and 4* V:M Qr4;77T:' GW.7 4-7.74 ae,t, AFFICR. bese things are. Then att opportunity to calmly an examine them and every othe new thing, be beemnes perfectly i1eent to them all. Therefore whet the horse shies at anything is the time and place to make him acquainted with that ob- ject without punishment, but by en- couraging words, and if neeessary go to the object of fright in advance of him and show him that it is nothing' to be afraid of. Let biro examine It with his nose, 10011 at itfrom both sides repeatedly* and the job Is done for all time. But ti.7 to force him past 11 with tho whip, and he will become more and more afraid of it; AS 120 associates tbo frightful object with that of the punishment, and the more sensitive he Is the more dangerous be becomes. While we should be firm with our horses, we must at the same thue let hem know that we are their friends, protectors, providers and educators. Everything the horse does for us Is a matter of education. Then is it not the plain duty of every one who handles horses to understand this matter to its fullest extent? Whatever the borse Un- derstands ho is willing to perform. Then let no take great pains to edlleate our horses In the line of work we desire them to do, and themx there will be but little complaint in relation to their bad habits, their unreliability or treacbery. • Cow ueeit. .A. western paper is quoted ite the Chicago Drovers' Journal as saying that at a meeting of stockmen recently they expressed the opinion that the price of COWS when sold for beef was entirety too low, While nominally classed as "canners" many of them served as good purpose us beef steers and when well fattened would cot up as well on the block as the steer. If this is true, and we see no reason to doubt It, it accords with what has been said many times in our dairy notes, that farmers who find themselves short of forage this fall and have cows that they think are so old or give so little milk that it is doubtful if it would be profitable to buy feed for them should fatten and kill them. Ever since the large packing houses have been sup- plying our markets with dreesed beef thee' have been trying to educate the people to believe that cow beef was not fit to eat. and the inarketmen have been ready to assert that they never handled anything but steer beef. Vet We believe that no small part of what is sold as "light steer beef? is really cow beef and none the worse for that. We would prefer beef from a well fattened cow to that from a thin steer, and we have tried both. * IrnttenIng How. Now is the time to be totehing along the hogs that are to be slaughtered tbis 40,winter. says The American Cultivator. We never fount) anything that would put the fot ou eglial to geed cornmeal or that would make pork more to our liking. We remember a statement by Professor Stewart in which be says that with good hogs and proper feed- ing one should make .8 pounds of pork from a bushel of raw corn or 10 pounds, from a bushel of raw meal, 12 pounds from the, corn if boiled and 15 pounds from the meal if boiled. He referred to live weight, but we think if he bad said dressed weight be would not have been far from right. And yet our expe- rience has been more with what we called scalded meal, or such as we bad poured boiling water over and Stirred well, nllowing it to stand untli cool enougb to feed. Whether a more thor- ough cooking would have improved it we do not know. We think Theodore Louis, who is very good authority on pork raising, eaves, boiling the meal until well cooked, but what a feeder can de for hundreds of anlinals might etwt too yeeet for inhor enh fuel if e. • e Oh, howt the brilliant sunshine mocked her! Gay, young girls dashed laughingly past her in their natty phaetons; while she, poor child, hur- ried along, with Agnes's shawl in her arms, watching the sign -boards as she passed, to find some place where she could dispose of it. , At last a sign -board which suited her purpose mi., lor e": ':d0Me CuNTI, TIED. KNOW titiAT YOU'RE BUYIN would you buy a pig i hag? So what about your shoes— that most iMpertent item tif man's dress, as comfort or misery depends 'on their fit. Remember that a corn is no mi cause. hut a consequence. "Slater Shoes" are all Good- year 'Welted, perfectly smooth *rinicie, just as much care taken with tile parts unseen as those seen. Any shape your foot wants. Aay leather or eoloryou want. When the name and prim ap- pear on the sole in a slate frame they're genuine $5.00 or S3.5o. CATALOGUE FfIEE iTsor "Two; • .,13111qtrallg,Our -ZarY$t lieeu Z13::1 7:C111i V r writers' Asssematleu. CONSURIPFE artling Statement by Sir James Grant, of Ottawa. 3000 Die muaflv Ontario Alone Throvrale ages of the Great 10'‘'hite Ticlorio thc4 Cata411curi 11(41 cm ,• (+smut; a Dew 6s3s 1541. nixie mamma, wade tee:eat 1 ° • • ," • :let 9,ele et: Mau dies uni.ual4y lim t..a 1 :4,, w calasb.. tet.illtiartiOla li. tl.e ot 111 the ur.eid. It la the :tree st eaes ;Va. Meg the eat; eeet, tar it quarter ot a century Dr, I', . fro of the, 01e11 etUtriout scientIsla of he eat E eeilo the tole et towinintion Ille !AO< • / ns suet mesa WI ompouildiag a e*reic, rot t... d/t t:e8treTrei a'sittc'1314:,t2Y2.1,7:' /Osten* and ereati, t tree mat 'blood 'I i.1:4 110 1IIIII1111U1' about ereaceue he ;au 4..31 1° Ins treatment %%14 de et 6 UCertri• "J.I7 t1..1 It etIrrS itt Inety p r ccEt e.: < • ILO cioetor ?ns sueb coefeei re a 140 ate., vt;ut that he arerstreetreati pore -rivet y • tt r.t, an who desire a cure. titre Is the You or your ..tek trIends ea,n have t. LE.1'.,-eree of Treat ment. Simply write le TriE ; ru ran r rat'/.L 00., Lie:dee. lee %tire et we.i.1. rem- . tee .• log posm ofUce and express cr.:c. AceLT,..tanct the free matelne dThe Slocum 1%2.9 ...IA he prat: utly rent. NVI'en tsraIng fOr them always Ir6-1.thm ode tort: emsous In (anode, seeing sioeuxo's Imo, ear 131 American 'steels will 'please send tor saniniai tO the Toronto iaboratorles. AIRRIFLE given for ingon13i dor,. packages Sweet Pea. Seed at 1021. each. Each pack. contains a splendidMixtare of tberaostfeng.. rantvarietien °fall colors. nonstais of tbebest make and mod- el. with polished nickel barrel, triggerguard and a ide plates. It has imprOved Globe sights, pistol gripand walnut stock, and shoots witlitarlfleforco :tad greataccunicy Emil us this advertisement and Wo will forward 212,5 5422120. Sell them,returathemoneyand Riflo Will be seu; You Imo by Express, The seasonforsolling seeds la short, so order atone. seed suppir Co., Toroo306 We airs ahandsomoWs.teli with polished:Nickel caso,ornrimented ed ge. hour, niinute and second , bands, keylesswind, American Loverbiovement,forsell. ingonly2tles.daintygold and silver flnisltd Horseshoe Rini eh 10c. each. Mantilla advertise. melit and we'll sendtheltorse. shoes. SelltheroreturnmoneY anti 3 -our Watch win bo stnt you. absolutely free. The Dix Co., Box bid Toronto. 'SOLID g:dirl'irl•Itivr.nriasifylt goo n mai two pearis,for telllng onlyllisets Parisian Dean- ty Phu; at aset These Phis are litti<bed he gold and enamel, prettilY engui.,,e1 eau neatly carded, three to a sit. 'they ere silehAplenaia value our r.ronte•,etithentinalmostevery house. Stasi n<liti< advertisement aud so WM drum) the Pins Sell them, rettirit the money, a lid thl s beauti- inirloitiOoldninewill liosotttgott by ne urn mail, atsolotelY frac leiticiinlisit Novelty Coe, Box 103 5'urmi;10, CaAt• 50 YEARS' EXPERIEN0e, TRADE MARKS DESIGNS , COPYRIGHTS 8tO. Any011e sending a sketeb and description may quickly ascertain 3ur opinion free Whether au Inv -maim is probably patentable. Communion.. tons ;Wetly confidential, rfandbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents talten through Munn & Co. receivp special nottce, without charge, in the Stientifie .1111tericani hoMdsora ely illustrated weelsiy. Largest eir. dilation of any scientilit lournal. Terms, *3 a year; fear months, U. Sold 03 011 newsdealern. MINN P"' Nr -.7 Yrrk .„ .... Mr: John MeCh re of Godericl town- ship, del'vered seven hogs to lite 0. Wallis in Clinton en Monday for which he realized eighey six dollars and a quarter. The porkers w re not six months old so that. Mr McClure made good. money out of' them. A DAUGHTER'S DANGER. A Chatham Mother Tells how Her Daughter, who was Troubled with Weak Heart Action and run Down System was Restored to Health. e Every mother who has a daughtere.clro ope ing and fading --pale, weak and listlese---. whoss health is not what it ought to be, should read the following statement made by Mrs. J. S. Heath, 39 Rielmeond Street, Chatham, Ont: " Seine time ago I got a box of Milbi Heart and Nerve Pills at the Central Drug Store for my daughter, who is now 13 years of age, and had -been afflieted with weak action of the heart for tieonsiderable length of time. "These pills have done her a world of good, restoring strong, healthy action oj her heart, impierving her geueral health and giving her physical strength beerefid our expectations. They area splenS ia remedy, and to any one snflering from weakness, or heart and nerve trouble I cordially reCommend them." lVlilburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 500* ,t:rbox or 3 for $1.25, at all druggists.