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C.HAPTER tilstesteful errand on whet' she
"Well, 110 -rather giudgingly, "111It:creed is at peesent, bound, At the
fact, between yuu mut me, considering Aniiraute, its I say, they get out ; antl
ithat it is they \vie) have brouglit 111m turning under a grolnet1 rouf 111111 look
Into this plight, I ((111)11 11)01' might have ne if it were the ('1,0111 of a, chinch, fin
tsbown a little 111010 solicitude about L'iwinstIvi's Pue""IlY UP0
11 1110 101.1
int. In the lest ten days I do net Im• stone brealcwalem Mat runs out into tie
nth
eve at tbey have been 'Once to the bay. 11 was built, they05, tell , In 01
.dooe lnquitte." days by the weetehed Cheistian cep
"Yen do not seem to lie aware," says lives; but the sea lins taken care 11111(1(1, in a voice which, though quiet, is not much 01 1110 original labor of bloo
mot pacific, "and that is odd, reinsitter. and tears has survived.
Mg how often I told you, that 1.0111 you The wind is high, and the (011181110).5111111) Mrs. Le Merchant nursed him ardnt. eand splenditl. On their eight as
like a mother ; not Iflut n. 1001(101' 1.11- they \\elk, with the wind offielously
sieed"-e.coreecting himself, with a some- helping Mein from behind, in a world
what malicious intention -"foe mothers of dancing sapphire, each blue billov
:grow fliteeted, and she never did." while tipped. On their left agr
re ea
"You melon iltat she nursed him ()et. blocks of masonry, built, .strong and
tee than 1 do," in a jealoue tone. "Well" square, with narrow intervals between
-more genemusly-"how shabby of me LP break the might. Of the \Valet% II6W
10 mind, if She did I do not mind. Mlle their steength- has availed agains
.God illees her for it 1 I always thought" that of their tremendous opponent is
oomptinctionely-"that she looked a seen at °sever Glop, since nearly half the
nm
ice woman.""
"She is nice-fis nIce"-deseendlng in- blocks Inc overthrown or in semeruip
though 1110 dte aengraveu
d pon them
- to a slang unworthy 01 11(5 ripe years- shows rothow few seasons they have
as they make 'ern." been exposed to the ravages of the 100
And tho giel-I suppose one can pestuous sea. They walk on to the end
therdlY -call her a giri-looks Mee too." 1111 they can go no further, since, jus
They are posing the Cushals the solid altead of them, the waves are rolling
:Moorish fateffications, about which now In halt -fierce play --though the day is
long only a few guitered, sunburnt, all smiles -over the .beealcwater; and
baggy Zoutives. even where they stand, their footing is
Jim has a silly hope that, (1 110 main- made unsure by lengths of slimy sea -
tains an entire silence, the emend. of Nis weed Mae set them slipping along.
(companion's ideas may drift into ano- felizabeth insists upon the eldee woman
thee channel; but 1m Is soon uncle- taking bee slight arm -Insists upon ent•-
•ceived. eying her wraps, and generally wailing
"I suppose that she must have been upon and ministering to her. Front the
,quite, guile young When -when those eollone of her heart, Mee. 13yng wishes
dreedful things Iteppened that Willy that she would not, since every instance
"talked 01)0111 111 Ids delirium " of her soft helpfulness, so innocent and
"ls it possible" - Indignantly -Nivel, spontaneous, makes mere difficult the
:you lake the ravings of a fever -patient answer to Mat question W111011 she has
me pled de la lettee?" been asking herself ever since they set
No, I do net; buff -with an °lisle- foot upon the elole
male sticking lo her pointSibere was a "How shalt I begin ?"
:substratum of truth In them ; that was It is unanswered still, when, eetrae-
-01113' too evident." Ing their steps a little, they sit down
Jim shuts his teeth tight together, under the leo of one of the half -wrecked
.fles vow of silence is harder to keep blocks to enjoy the view,
'than he had thought. From here the sea is a lake, the dis-
• "Since he came to himself he has ne- tent mountains and the brealeronMr
ver mentioned nee to me," continues his seemby-though in reality parted by
teompanion a/exhauster ; "has he to you?" how wide a wet waste -to join In em-
eesto.,,
bracing it. The mountsins are dim and
"I quite tremble weenever he opens flimy to -day, Cape elatifou scarcely visi-
ble lips, lest he shouIcl be going to he- ble; but the leoubali shows white-
& the subject, and one could not con- domed on the hillside, andall the da', -
Media him yet awhile; he is so quix- zling water is hot through with blind.
..otic, it is quite likely that he may hove Ing light. The (own, Arab -French, is
-some distorted idea that her being -how dazzling loo ; the al:ceded gully, Me
-shall I say ?-fletele-is an additional fortifications, one can scamely look at
reason for standing by her, veliabtlital- any of Metn. Two or three steamers,
:Mg her, marrying her. He is Sr °Meal- with a Mlle vapor issuing from their
nous." ugly black and red funnels, lie moored
tehey have left the Prison Civile and and othee smaller craft 1111 their spars
rt.'s: &mese Barracks behind (hem. A against. the heaven. Near by a man is
'longer interval than that usually sup- silting with his legs dangling over the
?posed to elapse betwen a ecimafic and its water, fishing witlt 11. line; and two or
(rejoinder line passed, before Jim can three Arabs, draped In the dignity of
"being himeelf to utter Um following sem their poetic rags, he couched round a:
itenee with the calmness which he flee that they have kindled. Beneath and
-wishes : around them is the banging and Limn -
"Has it never occurred to you that daring of the sea. Augu.st noise! "A
4110 may he chivalrous too?" Voice like the sound of many waters."
Perhaps Ales. Byng does 1101 readily Could there be a more awful compete -
(find a response to this question; per- son ? Just beneath them, where the sea
haps it sets her off upon a train of spec- has made a greater breach than usual,
ololion whish does not conduce to gat, ft is boiling as 01 a cauldron. Looking
Centain 11 is that. for the rest of down and in, they see the water com-
the drive, she is as silentas elm could partitively quiet, foe a moment ; then,
'wish her. 11 is a sharp surprise to him with a shone 011(s jubilant voice, rush -
two clays later to be mysteriously aallod (ng and surging in, tossing its metes,
outside the sick num'S door by her, in Elizabeth's 031115 nee resting on the Ilea -
soder to be informed that she has in- 'only sapphire plain.
rvitetl Miss Le elaechant to accompany "How blue I" she says, under 11411'
Ther on s delve. breathe "one cannot believe that it is
"I went to call upon them," she says, not really blue; one feels that it one
;avoiding -or so he fancies it -his eye as toolc up a little in a spoon 11 wouldbe
she speaks ; "and I asked (Ito girl to just as blue as 0 , is now."
strive with me to the Mole, and get a "I cirmesay it will not feel so blue
yet -id -blowing about."when We are oe. 11," replies MIs. Byng,
"Hon(' kind of you le crtos Jim, a flash lugging in somewhat awkwardly, as seo
of real . pleasure in les serious look; feels, the subject which she finds it so
"Meter inee you -like youreeal self, that hard to introduce, "as I suPPose we Shall
1$ 1" be within 11 week new..
And he takes her hand to thenk it by Her charity bids her not gInnee ab her
et friendly pressure. But, she draws it conmanioa as she spanks, so she is not
:away rathee hastily. guile pure whether or net ahe gives a
"Oh, -11 was nothing so very 11011(101- start.
til-nothins to thank me for. "Mr. Burgoyne thinks I env sanguine;
Slie seems contused and a little guilty, but 1 tun all for moving him as soon aS
rand escapes with some precipitation rossible; it cannot be too soon."
ftom Ids gratitude. Mrs. Byng is not a She Mies to throw as much signifl-
'womell addicted to double•clealIng, and canoe as Mey are capable of holding In -
if eine ever makes eny little essays in to the latter words, and feels that she
'Met directien, she does them, as on line succeeded.
this present occasion, villainously. "Of course he may, refuse to go," con-
13ue1)0y0e is not at the ball door to Unties she, with a rattier strained laugh.
110111 the ladies into the carriage when "Do you remember \nettle Ilugos deft
-
they set oft. Perhaps this iney be be- ration of heaven as a place where 01)11-
'05110 he is in attendance upon the in- (leen are always little and parents aye
valid, Perhaps because -glad ashe had alweys young? 1 am continuallS citioS
ea first( felt and expressed himself al Me IL 131.11, unfortunately, one's etill•
'their frIendliness-serne misgiving may, dime will not. stay Mlle ; thee, grow big,
upon reflection, have beset hint al so end get wills of tittle OW11, and it is
strenge a conjunction, A.1 all events, quite possible he may refuse to go."
it is only Fritz who throws the light "Yee r
Arab rug over their knees anti gives "But," -reddening slightly at the mi-
tt -tern his encouraging parting smile. toolly-inkinded application or her next
Poor Miss Le Mewl -tent netotIS his en- sentence-eaneone tea WaS Mild 011110)
ccuregemenl, foie Indeed, it is In a very -anyone Mal, liked 111111 really and -
frightened 801111 tha1 elle sets forth en and disinterestedly, I mum must set.
tor plensuring, 13titbefore the !mese- Mel, Um only hems: comem foe hIiii
bens have jingled to the hottom of Mus., woUld be to go ; that if. would, be. ItIR
`t .Stiperieer, her epirits ere Hefty, salvation to gel away ; Ihey--they would
The sun shines,' and he hes shone 00 not My to lender him."
:seldom in Elizabeth's We that a vet's, "I should think that net one would do
few of his beams, whether real or meta. 11111 1."
plorleal, suffice to send no her quick- There Is not n 1011e11 or esperily 10 -11111
. She does not consclottely admit 11010 8011 VOW, litil More is a shaSe ut
ter a second !he hope 11)8( 111 the pre- digntly,
sent :overtime en the part of her oom- "When 110 meg ill -while lie was de -
Denton lice (my significance. nut 11 n 111 I1l Mine 111111 11 1.111111easent 11
Vey trembling bliss now and then (ape is I" li) an (Ingle:tiled Internet (reele)--
tit her Melees chew, and slie puslins 0 "1 could 'not 11111) hetiring-
away but feebey. drawing 111 fere'
leckiee they have reached 1117 Artie. 'rho melee of the eliese ejes 11 angtosbed
tee, where they 000 to get net, she hes het. (Mo)ey, mid she is hei
thenketi Ilyng with sleet peelly 1111101 13111.„. In do her 11) 1,1 the "1'
end unsuspecting gratitude for bringing olio 01 11(1 Ifibete shores her. (MI 11(1"
her, end Ions 11111110 her 11111g11 SO hire- 1111 le 'aged, pin el fed Mee, 1111 111 es (I
peeesIbly by bee gay and nelve emit- 'Wed twee, so full of wee end Mime, he
onente effen the 100110S Pesseee-liy, 0111111 one Mal Millie:I inlo
111* lellent le filled Willi 11 cmnpunclious longtime Miff 5l11)10111' ego 111 Um sigrif of'
'regret Mae a person with 01101 10114111 1.1110 dirty Old (11(11 hi T* 'h 1(11,1
mermen, and eitelo 11 081180 of tt joke, (thine and well ginghent umbrellas, Ws-
eltoutti htive t-enle Fto diseetroits 11 fineme leg enter °Ilse' by the elasquee de la
or liar life 11) Venders neeeSsaey the de -1 peeheriel
"0/ college it waR till incoherent," elle
feces on hurriedly, suateliing 111 lite fleet
pression that occurs to hoe as likely
to undo, or al Meet a little modify, hoe
work-"nolhIng thee one mild maks
, sense ef. Only your- name rtsureed oo
ineessantly ; IL was nothing but `Eliza-
beth, Elizabeth,' I an) sure" -with ve•
moiseful if clumsy ullempt to be kind.
and a most tineney smile -that I do nol
wonder id 11l"
ln the narrow eilersenee between tile
blocks and the pe th-nol aior Ilion n
couple of fingers wele-.1ow the sea
forces Itself I anti up vanes Its forum
fountains, throwing their spray aloft in
suit !nighty piny, as It they would bit
heaven's arch, Whet exhilaration in ils
great. glut] itoese, superb and battle.
ready !
"1 cennot express how dislestefill
tesic this Is to ii" -in a tone Mat cer-
tainly gives no reneon to <linen the
Muni of her statement ; "hut, after all,
s 1 ain Ii1. nothee h Is all I have in
d Ute world, and I run sure that you are
11 lho very laSt person who would wish to
e do 11110 en injury,"
d How ourionely still and slow her voice
• is I Ales. Byng has resolutely averted
her eyes', so that her purpose may not
d again be shaken by the sight of the
havoc oho has wrought, and has fixed
e them upon smne eongulls that are riding
up and down union lhe merry. waves,
making them, with their buoyant mo-
tion, even more jocund than they were
ve be'rur.
eeeents an impossible thing to sey
to you -a thing loe led to apolagiee foi.
-but yet, 1 must say it" -In a tone of
ex.ee,esive disivess, yet firmness. "Un-
/ dee the circumstances, it would -would
throw a blight over his whole life."
"Yes, I lcnow that it would ; I hove
; always n knowit; that Is why we left,
Florence."
"And very good it was of you. too !
. Not that, I tun quite certain of the judi-
ciousness or the way in welch Yee did
t (1-; but, however, I aro sure you meant
it for the best."
"Yes, 1 menet it for the best."
The sea•gulle have risen feom the bil-
low, and aro turning and wheeling in
the air. The light is catching their
wings, and melting them look like
whitest silver. IL seems as if they wore
at conscious play with it, trying exp.eri-
ments as to how they can best catch
thole bright playfellow, and again seance
ti off, and yet again recapture it.
"What a. monster you must think
nee I" breaes,out the elder woman pee.
sently.
Nov that the Impression -has some-
how been conveyed to her mind that her
mission is likely to bo completely suc-
cessful, the full brutality of the method
by which she has accomplished it buests
upon her mind.
"How freacherous luring you out
here, under the pretence or friendliness,
11 say such horrible things le you I"
Elizebeth's narrow hands aro olasped
mem her knee, and her small heart-
Mot:en, while face is looking out
sir:night befoto leer.
"No, I do not think you a monster,"
she answers -"you are a kind-hearted
woman 1 and it must have been very,
very unplensant to you. el. am quite
soery"-With a sort of smile -"for you,
having to do 11; but you are his mo-
ther. If I had 1111011 his mother, I should
have done the same; el least, I supposo
so."
"I am sure, if things had been differ-
ent, there is no one that I should have
--T do not 110011, when I ever saw nny-
one whom I took such a fancy to. 01 11
had not. licen for the disparity -I mean,
if he had 1)800. less young and. unfit to
Lake upon 110180(1 the serious responsi-
bilities of life—"
How deplorably lame even to Mrs,
Ilyng's eaes sound her tardy efforts to
place the grounds of her objection on a
less cruel basis then that which 5(10 has
already made so nakedly p1011) to be the
real one 1 Even the sweet -mannered
Elizabeth doe's not think IL necessary to
express gratitude for such insulting
,.„
"I do not quite understand what yeu
wish me to do," she says, with quiet
politeness ; "if you svill explain to
"Oh, I do not want to dictate to you ;
please do not imagine I could think of
being so impertinent; but, of course,
he will be aslcing, for you. Since he
came to himself, he has not. mentioned
yrou as yet ; but of course he will. I am
eepecting it every moment; probnbly
he bes not felt up to embarking upon
the subject. 1 -le evil] ask km you -will
want to see you."
"And you wish nie not eo see hen?"
(To be continued).
INTELLIGENT BLIND HORSES.
The way in which blind horses can go
about without getting into more all -
cultic.% than they ordinarily do is very
remaelcable, They rarely, if ever, hit
their heeds against a fence oe a stone
wall. They svill sheer off when they
come near one. It appeers from caverul
observation that it is neither shade not'
shelter which warns them of the thin
-
ger, On an absolutely stmless and
windless day their behavior Is the same.
'Their olfactory, nerves•doubtless become
very sensitive, for they will polce their
heads doWnwand in scarce 01 111110(41' fifty
yards bekne they come, to a stream
ceessIng the roadway. It cannot, be an
abnormally developed sense of hearing
which leads them to do this, for they
will act alike though 1110 Maar be , a
stagnant pool. Men Who haVd been
blind for any gloat length of Mite dee'
velop Senletellat 5111111117 hostInets 10
blind horses.
TOBA.CCO CONStlefren101(
eonstimpilon of lobeceo avernges
about 1100,000 tons yearly foi- the whole
world,
SCOTT'S EMULSION .serves et a
bridge to tarry the weakened and
starved syston along until 11 can tied
0:011 eueport ortenery feed,
Send for Nese:41e.
ter:Mr ee LenvOit, Otesters,
Toronol, Oritollo,
1110 .15,1 hit &nests,
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Voter Quesno lore awny yesterday's
leaf from his calendar, anti, with eyes
accustomed to note every detail, read the
evolution disclosed foe tien day. lle
locked al, ft with a second glance and
murmured the words to himeelf ; "Hron
ins head they placed a fruitless Crewe,
• . 110 son of mine succeeding."
Those words, in conjunction with a
certain letter he had veceleed the night
before, had a curious effect upon the
num, giving a DOW warmth to Ids heart,
a new interes1 to his life. A chorl was
touched, long dormant, almost dead -a
okord of love, One of Um foremost
ithanciets of the day, reputed to he of
enormous wealth, he was still a lonely
man -a. num without wife, childless.
Ito glanced at the memorandum of
business awaiting him, and afMe a few
minutes' conference with his chief clerk
he dictated a score of letters, attended to
innumerable calls upon the telephone,
Interviewed a. 405111 fellOW.11111115110115,
sent out messages te as many other
callers, and was soon mentally sub-
merged in the full morning flood of
business.
Presently a card was brought to 111m.
Ife made a sign 11)01 1(10 caller was to be
admitted, and a few momenta later a
num about 1115 011111 age enlered-a sub-
dued -looking mem with a weak, irreso-
lute face, 101 1(1)141)', honest eercs.
The two men loolced at one another in
silence until the clerk had departed,
theo tho new -comer smiled a sweet, ra-
ther sad smile, and held out his hand.
"I coulti hardly believe that it, was teme
wheo you Wer5 pointed out. to 010 a few,
clays ago as Peter Quesnal," he said,
slowly ; "you, the inan I had known in
other days, and under a different mune,"
"Quosnal was my mother's name," re-
turned the financier. "I dropped my
own, which seemed unlucky, and toelc
hers in place of it. A superstition, that
was all -my sow superstition," IIe
paused a moment, then added quickly,
"I got your letter. Need I say that its
centents surprised me? I can hardly be-
lieve that what you assert is tme."
"You know that Ilis true, for I have
never lied 10 you-exoept once," replied
Stephen Hayden, simply., "I thought
you must bo dead, as I had lost sight of
you for many years, or I should have re -
waled to you that the son whom I have
brought up as my own, and who re-
gardS me as his father, is your son -not
mine. 111s right that you should both
lcilow this now, for I am o. pool: man,
with no influence to exert on his belmif,
but you -you have everything to give
your sen, your heir."
cannot believe it," murmured
Quesnal, yet in tones that belied Ms
words, "for 11 (1 is true, what could have
boon your motive in providing for an-
other man's child? Answer one that."
"11 -was a woman's wish," responded
Hayslon, slowly, "the wish of a deed
woman -my wife. You and I, Peter
Quesnal, married two sisters. Your OW11
wife dled within three years of your
Marriage-clied of a Molten heart, hor
sister always declared."
"That- felse," he said. "It 0 neglected
Margaret, 11*'as only because I WaS ab.
sorbed in business. But I loved her, and
that she knew."
"Perhaps; I rather doubt it myself. Al
any rate. terh your wife died you gave
us the charge of your son, and went
away, forgetting all about 1001 beyond
an occasional letter. Isabel and myself
geew attached to the boy. and when our
own one child dted, a boy al.so, we re-
presented to you that IL was yours. You
accepted the 11e111'S 11'111101a question -
perhaps you Were indifferent."
Quesnal crossed over to where Ithydon
tens standing, his eyes flaming, Ills looks
satanic. He placed his bands on the
other's shoulders, locking them in a
grlp of steel.
"Is it (('1.10?" he demanded, huskily r
"14 it true? You have admitted one 11e to
me -is Illis another?"
"Whet I have told you Is the truth,
Peter Quesnal," lie replied, in unfalter-
ing tones. "And DONN' that you know,"
lee went on, "Is 11 11. welcome gift that I
bring you, or do yoU halo the thought
of a son? Foe, if so, Cecil need never be A babel of voices rose in Thengenorlon
be told." Sfroet, making a storm of sound. Panic
"Weleome?" Quesnal echoed the reel set in on the Stock Exchange, and
weed. "Yes, welcome, indeed 1 Man, pieces were falling, itanbling done), Ex -
don't (role understand," he continued, perienced men, whom judgment was 111.18
"that 1 have 511111 myself up in a house of with years, lost their heads, affeeted in
steel -a temele in which gold has been snipe dome by the huge combination of
werehipped as a god I It was for her Anne:leen millionaires who had formed
sake 1111.a 1 labored -yes, and for the tegether to achieve ft ceetain result,
sake of our ehild. I wanted big things This object was the crushing of Peter
oul 01 life --I wanted success ; but be- Quesnal. Ills own schemes and theirs
yond °Very embition I weritecl 0)110101111'S had clashed on several occasions, tind in.
love -the love of my son. 13111 such the ruthless tyronny which marks such
things have been dented me. Heave won men they had reeolved lo squeeze him
gold, but have) lost everything else- out of the markets M.( once and forever.
robbed by death of one, robbed by you Pelee Quesnal, his mind contemned in
or the other."
Fro .epolce with a role of deep molten
sounding in his voice. Breaking the
silence mune a sharp ring at the tele-
phone, and Quesnal started..
Ile took down 1110 V00011,01' and altimet-
er' to the mill, speeking in his sheep
hard voice -the mon or granite once
more. Within a couple of minutes a hig
transaction 111/15 Sealed, and he turned
again to fleydon.
"Send the boy to Inc to -night," he said.
"Ile nuisl dine wil h Ine-.5 1 eight.
e 171
ntre luleennniwlit°spitilel h1
itnel eftvi10),PY81!;11111.11tetililnal
scene. I don't want, sentiment, but 1
shall expect, my son to possess common
seiree,"lopped
iruptly, then glaneed at
Ileydon.
"Is the late -worthy?" he eseed, in low
tones. "Not 01 ,tioeseee
queer lough -lint of ids mother ; wor-
thy or the women 1 knee 9'
Tho 11118Wer came without hesiletion 01
praise. '
"Yes," told 1 Myclon, stoney, eyeter son
17 worthy:,
furnished Nome, he was usbeeed by 0
quietly -dreeeed 111t111 1:eyeful t into
small oval ehember, when. Peter Clues.
1i01 emoted eine Tee new monkey,,
and fallwr end son skeet teeing one
omelets Those keen, openly-erilicai
eyes of Quesnal brightened in u Alfonso',
fie manner, and he took his son's hand:
in"altlllg
ii:igooltirlstIti; have you here," he said,
slowly. "Welcome to put' home, my
boy,"
They Utilise little during dinner, wherth
wag utmost at once servetl, but eller,
wards Pelee (swami 11010111 lia aim
through Ms Ron's, end lovelier they
wandered through Met great mansion,
Presently he began talking oI his plans
fee the bore futuse, leading up geadually
le the point which had been settled in
his mem mind from the moment lie had
discovered that Geell WaS living.
"You must marry. my son," he said,
"choosing your wife helm a class above
nue own. As I have succeeded in the
financial world, so must you eueetted /11
the world 0011011 is so apt 10 look down
upon .self -mads men."
"1Juitie it.'svenit
eianted
rently chosen 011 -)'wife,
sir,
"Eh? \Vhat do you mean?"
"I've been engaged for a year to 1110
girl whom I shall marry."
"Vellat is lute name?" asked Quesnal,
slowlY,
"She is called Judith," he said ;
dith Ainfree. Judith, my sweetheart,
who will 0110 day be Judith iny wife."
There was a certain challenge in his
words and in his confident, sniffing eyes,
but his father did not tette it up. Yet
the planning brain was active, weaving
ilS 011'11 web.
• • A • • • •
Cecil came baelc to the great house,
which be could hardly realize was his
home, a few weeks later in a slate or
alarm and ineignation. Judith lied Ms-
appeered. She bad vanished like a sha-
dow from his life, leaving him despair-
ing. desolate:. She had written him a
rht'.
111s
ealsihe said lee must forget
His mind filled with suspicion of the
truth, he soughb his father.
"leather," began Cecil at once, "I
want to ask you a question. Have you
11
10e:er0 n 1than,IyudiiitnittoArinteee? Have you seen
"l'es, I have seen her."
"And -and you urged her to give me
fuitpi.pretending it was for my own bene -
"I admit that suc11 was my inteetion in
going lo ber. But there was no need
foe such persuasion, She told ine that
she had made to) her mind to end the
engagement when she first learned that
was your tether. It appears that her
own father WaS ruined, and she places
the blame of his subsequent death upon
me. He dropped his money a cam -
pony that I had something to do with
peomoting-lhat WaSone of me, early
mistalces. She called my nioney gold
with a, curse on it. She does not under-
stand that there is 110 room for senti-
ment business. If ever you became (1
poor man she would marry you, she
said, but riot uns. thers The girl lacks
common sense. Slee would keep any
man down."
"No," Cocil replied. "She would lift a
man to her own high level-somewheee a
((1110 neerer to the angels. You do not
understand, fathee; y•et, surely you
must, realize that there are some
to whom 11101183' is of little value
save for the power it has to soften Lhe
pain and sorrow that clarken the world.
Judith is such a woman -My Judith."
Iro spoke in tones of reverence and
passed out of the room. Hull an hour
P101' he came back,
"I am going to leave you, father," he
said. "I have come to say good-bye. I
ani going lo find Judith. I1
nel. come
back again then, 10 (0(1 wish it."
leut. Peter Quesnaes face was set in
stem grey lines.
"If you go now it is forever," he re-
seontled. "Let there be no doubt in
your mind upon 11101 1)11101. If Judith
Motive marries you she will mtirry 11
pelmet'. I have made other plans for
you, as I have hinted. Think well, Cc-
; I am a man to keep my word. 11 15
between this woman and a great fortune
that you ave deciding."
"I have chosen," he said, quietly.
"Very well," replied °wenn!, harshly.
"Go from me 1101111 and forget that you
have a father, as I sheet forget that
have a son,"
01111'!' matters,. 1)111 518 Mat [OMS0111)11(1
lilm despite himself, lind been
caught tisleep. Before his 1111(11101 agility
of actiton was spurred into ehowing
fight an., finding escape he WaS down
helpless before lits lintagoniste' on.
ruined. For onto his hand had
been forced anti himself conmelled to
play a losing game. So fee as Milne
Memel& mailers Were concerned Peter
Quesnal would have as little power as a
611fiel d
11111
111
1not: complain, he made no .generally remain down One and mune
mime. Tinse, wertit 11t5 ow(1 methods lel' 11111111105 While la Ceylon (Ile pearl
used against, himself, Teo num was noi feeler.% can eeldoni stay bet= tor 01811
only crippled in nelinn, but broken inielil• enlIm10. Thora la a 0150 Verd
e"
sp1r11 11 wen, The 1841111(1) oe (('011 11(1 svhere a diver had (115410114-
(('001)101) over Imre '110 11118, itio'nid to I 2,1 eigbly Mel, and on giving the signa1
begin again. The man of iron will end IV" ant") 0100113'1 SO lt Was IWO
1101'Vl"; of steel 'Wag inert 0001, down in inniion,r 1,\:trubleftio(030111 hheisreenershezdula11110110s51.,;e,fzelent:
ti
h 711111, entire were settled un, 110 Was Insodalblo. 1 lo dittl without
and &Most all that bi, 1il pos070:1;11(1 ellenldngt Insens11.111IY, however, cloes
taken from him, somehow It wil.; 1(0111(5 11)' 111W11301 1111'01Ve death, for in merry
lose or ilmin whet effected him lime!, eases person may be resueeitated 'by
Ile \\milted 11114 hey Melt with him, he fee use of energetic menstires. The
biolt
‘11°.111logind tvf(e)ls' 111,11800447101(11Y tiCt )31111(111111111'111711111,111111/11 11:11;1111.10grin0gvnitir (IftorP(x)thl')010iro(In1s1?irtilittittI‘
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bo ceco 1114110 41.7ntilig‘hylit6b.nck lo 111111 111011101 it'#i (It ilia 411eS, linWevor, iS considered doubtful
Q1i05001- 0'11
Mel 141111111',l 101 111111111)1' te 111111, giving He could not complain ,or ingratitude
_s_sree_„e.
Ifite 1he feeling 11111 he WAS ntesquered. lumens(' the woeld seemed 1111(endy to !urn Nnttttly-'01r
111g 115 50,11m110 (1st,. -AS 11 1,,' lied found haVe forgotten hie neme--Iliere was 1141 1.1-11111 ATISIT`
his way 11110 en enelinnted enlace 111111 oM whO owttl 111111 gralllude, Even The following gem et 011 retract from
1tig1it--T1(e num whom Pence childhnotl Cecil lied Mien. mailing from 1(11111(811itura emriPosilion 010 1110
lie had 111)1101110 to. be tether lied from whom ne word had mulled Mtn evils or strong drink
told him the Ir11/11 8 few limns before, since Me Tad hail left tile linnet' INNO "AkX)I1+31 it 111001C0r++ Alt lag le 1)11.0111
Passing through a suite Of eequisitely. years ago, though wIllnit Me hearl 1111.• 11-101 01 eoevant and sthigellt like hatter."
iteknowledged oven Ile himself, be had
many times yearned to Ilene from hem,
fie walked home one night to WS
eheeMess romns, feeling ill and ABM,
weary of lite, Ire ',assert u- the badly.
lighted etafeenen and enteeecl the dismal
chamber, But some full')' (ouch had been
111 Work Whilia lie Woe awes, fur flowers
made n bleze of bloesten, summer flow-
ene, .and the smell of jonquils snd 11101<
eifeeited ecenting the ale,
lie eel down, overcome by 0 Weakness
(hut elcmdtel his senses, and from out a
mist, 11 even -led to 111111, two faces peered
-tho fuee of Gocil, his sins and one
other face -a grave, tendee faro. witli
soft pitying eyes, Ina dark 11001 W1111 in.
dignallon, as belted seen them emcee but
glowing with tha light of love, gliseen.
lag with teats of sympathy, Th, n a bind
01 durkness pressed down on him,
and ho heard words which c0110170.1 but
little intelligence to him, heard of se-eies
long search rewarded at last by finding
Judith, heard of (bele mareiege. knew
Wei these two evolve num ancl nibs and
that they had come to lake care ot hon
and love hirn-lhese two who alone were
ON THE FAR
WeeerNeeterVesetesseevAteWites"AtA0M0
ABOUT THE HOGS.
Years ago, before w" read farm papers
very much, we male Me 11111110(00 of al. .
lowIng the pigs to depend too 1311)411) 00
grass alone clueing the 500(11180 season,
writes a coereepondent.
Geese and 170010150e gave them plenty,
of creme, but not much fat. Our pigs
W0111 to market after 1W6 months' feed,
ing in cold weather, when, they ehuuld
have gone <01(1)11'<01(1)11'in the SeaSon.
'rhea we nought that we were grow,
leg perk cheaply,. Now we feed pail
ration of grain while the pigs fire on
grass; not enough grain to matte Me
pigs lazy, but enough to keep them
growing faster Mon they ever did. On
grass alone, and they wind up Omit ea,
reel- before the *1811110411' gets very cold.
faithful now that fortune was false,
a dengerous illness, but one that left
Peter 0005051 had a king Illnees: not lit''51 t
h
aa
rot 3101aokesyottlnegh°asrOlnxIothtell'ile"b100581
• . • • 6 • •
0110s.
IL is the SOW that is Aye or six years
him Wry Weak, W1111 no strength lo
strive against he gentle rule of love, geS°1. of‘n.:ri n1,171S0 11111: plTnYsanatindeliLireitil ei4pe igt<is
11(11,11 110W seemed to encompass his 1) see them run. Fun for the ehildrene
whole life.
us -yo
NV1111 1.15-alWa3'S," whisperisi Judith to but not so mueli foe the pigs,
"You will stay with u will live
him one cloy, when he spoke of making can
11.• runs the fleet). off faster than you
plans. "Foe your place is with us, And put it on. Better not do it, boys.
04 for a burden, you 1111111 never 1)8 that. -else than in the pig pen.
All right to run, but do It somewhere
We love you -father -yes, for 1 look Cleanliness is next to good poeldsm.
Cecil is making way -he is climbing. In inost p
upon 3010 almost as if you were my own ens the one is just. os uncom.
denr father -and we cannot let you go." noon as the other.
Ha patted her hand soles, but them 1131`0Ngotilisinggbub a
ooaen(miglgcor.thheirnere
lfois ainhyis.
Suddenly he asked to sec a newspaper
the way your folks look at it? If so,
was a look of indecision on his face. no wonder that you have never "done
well" with pigs. We must never speak
ihnik slightingly of anything, if WO
expect to succeed. Same with pigs as
with anything else.
It hikes ten to thirty per cent, more
feed for 100 pounds of gain on a scrub
Or DO purpose hog, than It does to
make an equal gain on a hog of the
desirable form and bred foe the purposm
A good bog man will not try to pro-
selyte a Berkshire or Duroe Jersey de-
votee inlo a Chester or Essex breeder.
He will rather admire the special
breeders's favorites, and be glad that
he is urging improvements in stock, al-
theugh they are not quite his own style
of swine.
Even a careful breeder and improver
of common hogs Is worthy of praise.
Such men are frequently led to try one
step further in advancement.
Sows should be weeded out as well
as cows. Keep only good milkers.
Clean out the swill barrel. Rotten
and when she bad given him that morn -
eagerness to the Money Merkel. ictiluMnS•
ing's Telegraph, ho turned with utmost
Ito van leis eyes up and down, then lie
gime a little cry -a cry or surprise.
"Judith I"
She looked neross at him, then went
over to his side al once.
"Look at this. Telt me, are my eyes
playing ino tricks? Read me these
figures."
She obeyed lifm, and Pelee Quesnal
got up to his feet. There was a flush
upon his sunken face.
"Can you send off a telegram at
awe?" lie inquired, glancing at his
watch. "I want to wire to a, broker who
bolds certain shares of mine. Fortune
is'smiling again, my dear; PeMe Ques-
naes luck has returned. Theee years ago
I bought 20,000 shares at abobt a shill-
ing a share, believing at the time that
they might be worth money one of these
clues. But for onoo it seemed Mat my
judgment had erred, for I had begun to -"ill Is unfll f'°1' hogs.
price with a rush, and are quoted at 20s. * il?t,o in,otit your field work Interfere
regard them as valueless. But now -
read this eepoet-they have gone up in `vset —
buy them. And they shall be satisfied so A hog can be reared in the pasture
for as 1 am concerned -we won't risk ‘re;ii tah 1 etahren eltiotliloel,, ea andlniosit,3 efvoi 11110(311,u t.th_cooset4
a share, and the public are howling lo
be, sold at once." as will a oet sheep. Free range hogs
in Juditdispatching bis telegram. The reply are healthy.
' to have
Ile
holdibee iliem another hour -they must If penned out of doors be sure
to it mine back within an hour. The a shelter from rain, and an awning of
Urged 11111(11 not to lose a moment
settlement
completed, the shares trees to shade from the sun. Hogs
bad changed hands at 2s. a share,when and easily blister and suffer. Give them
transaction next ment arred nearly- gcod water.
n4a2n2M000atwil°1enibdanblac, SHEEP NOTES.
"Enough for a fresh start," he mut•
placed in Qu17,01
The breeding buck sliould be welt
of failure. One
tercel; "enough to iift me feten the nitre first of September. Give him some
Lf?:81.1 and kept away from the flock a()
he will be ready for service by the
day yet Ill cry quits bran, oats and good bright 114Y. W
with my enemies, and delve them into him in a cool pen with. a yard attached,
the valley of humiliation, where they if convenient; or, if it can be so arrang.
have driven 1110." e
'd
The ,old Mon lines, the ruthless ex- e.xeecgislvahim a bit of grass andsome
e. .
pression 01 1(1-,) man who lives by crust- Lambs should be weaned at about
ine ahem, canoe back into his face. ele three months and put on fresh clover
skod staring at the flaming promise of pasture. Each day some grain should
the future, dazzled, and restored by, its ne given In the trough to make growth
glow.
A. soft touch made him glance up. elmauciseadvebryeAlernvecani
Judith was at his side; Judith with sad, They will also be more likely to re.
((10 01)0011 that might Le
grave, beautiful face, and with a won- mein quiet than if poorly fed. One er
tle
fezorrttifire.compelling radiance 01101'tv
eVery twe good quiet ees left with the flocic
mitred, in soft, entreating tones. whekeefenp c1eheshloamulbdsbgeuijoeto.lsed
after and
"You won't begin again ?" she mur.
The flame in Ills eses burnt. fiercely for lambs might break through.
put in order at any places where the
a moment, and he matte a half move- II the lambs are put out of the bear.
ment as if to escape from thel, touch. trig of the ewes, there Is less danger
Then the lIght in Ills eyes flickered -.-the of their breaking out or becoming un-
titled', fierce light -and died out,
ruly. Give the501)10 moments. Ife looked at her at Hungry sheep see weeds in fence cote
them 5011, and look after
There nets silence between them for the water supelY.
last, with that gentle gaze that was new nem quicker than farmers' do.
to his eagle eyes. Ile petted hee gently it's in the corners of old fences that are
on the hand, reassuringly,
won't begin again. I've done with the sheep will do n good work, to say no -
"No• my dear," he 501<1,eollellYt "1 thrive, and a small band of inoffensive
not often seen or thought of, that weeds
old methods, the oid like Besides 1 will thing of the returns which they freely,
net risk this money, but instead" -be give 111 1111.11i011 and evool,
enneed a moment, I1101 placed his hands ff you can fence a bit of Shady woods.
gently upon her soft, brown hair, adding into tho sheep paeleire, do it. It will
In low bones, "I will hold 11 111 Muse not efford the sheep a place of retreat from
for ine-self, nor for Gectl, nem foe anyone p e -torment of flies and bring many
yet living, hul-foe a little life -to come."
. dollars Into your pocket.
-London TibIlits.
11 will do at ane, iitne to change
,
DINGETIOUS DIVING. sheep from a dry to a watered range;
but the reverse 01 this has been always
found injurious, particularly to Duesing
Drowning is a quicker death than ewes and thole lambs.
most peorde sunreese• Ineensibility is Never allow strangers to Intrude into
oft:leant 11)1111,accotnisseedioudeinleesrss
aid to begin in about one minute, and the sheep posture. Of all Animals,
geteutiiell.avelliymustlisuenji. stolitee‘pvetow:es.most sensitive to fright. The
dvie(Inelsvoliteeptheinovereeigthhblio17000(111101111utieeVO:nldtenne• eight of a dog will often worry tho fleck
To be chased by dogs means the rUiit
11011, 111111 111s bellenbh (118 51111000 - jyeinvfgic,iatle,rie11311.01111011:311:11,1trt: oihrmillineneheirl toliebvemsplgoedwnbyira-tve:
i
pert divers who plump Imo 1110 noa iireigbeeverdlt. itocwotrletiallievrm,Vrgtif, The sheep
.
after sponges, not 0110 wns found win —
)
0111141 remain under water for two min- ADOCT C1 -18:S -N4 SErAnAT°118..
tiles. In the lied Sea the AIM) divers It is just as emey hendle the 501)'
(171117111' right as it Is the plow, or 0017
other implement, Prot. Sr( leys down
Mese four Importent poInia,
1. The speed of the bowl lins an ire
fluence on the cream, .A, thange 111
epeed from one eoperalton to nnother,
olvinges the per cent, of the fot of the
(cream.
2, The temperature ot (he Milk effects
the cream. If the IntlIt is warm Ihe
crenno will be thicker than if celd,
.13 The amount separated per lour 10
Onetime Motor, Thie Is espectelly
portent. For, if the Milk Le unevenly
Me into the Uotvi, the thickness of the
Ort4euinhios ne;ler01illyntinottlitme,iamteelt,1,00 816111,5111k
used to flush the bowl tvill aged the
quality of the crehm,
, All ;these Mood to elleet that tho sop- .
1111101 be heridled with etre and
good judgment. 11 1) didleult (0observo
all the points mentioned, 0(11 1(10)' arti
50 511111310 and Apparent that it woula
to Very (may Tor the 11001110$5 operittor
14 1)ass snrer thent•