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A TAN of Love and Disappointment
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CHAPTER XIV,—(Cont'd), car for you?" Rebekah asked meg-
The Jamie went to Leighton Ma-
nor, and both Rebekah and hare„
castle were glad of the respite, for
the latter stayed in town. Ile wee
aeginning to feel that Rebekah was
not satisfied that all was right. At
times he almost wisheel that
she would break off the engage=
menta He had vainly endeavored
to forget Ethel Fetherston. Iia
felt thankful that Fate had not
thrown them together *me their
last interview
A few days quiet in the country
enabled Rebekah to come to a de-
cision. She determined to set her
naiad et rest, for once and for all.
She e -rote to Hareeastle to meet
her at their house in Park Lane and
went there with a foreboding of
evil, Sbe found there many peek-
agescontaining wedding presents,
to be opened. One was from Ethel
Fotherston, and her memory went
back to the rumor which she had
.heard of the engagement between
her and Hareeastle. ane unoertainti
ty was making her utterly miser-
able, and she longed to be able to
satisfy herself that her suspicions.
were unfounded.
Efarecastle was astonished at the
change that a few days had made
in Rebelcah's appearance. He
missed the frank, open look, the
welcoming smile, and he wondered
what had caused the alteration.
"Cyril," she began quickly. "I
want to ask you a question. Do
not answer without thought, dear-,
est. I implore you to be frank
with me."
I always try to be, Rebekah," 1
"I know that, I have been very 1
miserable lately. Sometimes I fear e
that you do not levo m really• "
e
g
she said sadly.
Should he accept his Iiberty? Tho
thought leapt at him, for here was
a chance. He had but to say that
he did not love her, and he would
be free. The temptation was acute,
and for a moment he wavered. But
then he reinemhered all that de-
pended on this marriage. Joel
would never believe but that he
himself had caused the rupture. He
must lie, and lie firmly.
"Do you love nee, Cyril?" she
asked pleadingly, "Don't hesitate
to give me path, Speak tea truth.
r, ,. e , „xurr. a weld bear it
now, but to discover later—" e
She broke off and looked at him c
appealingly. 1V
"I love you," he said in a hoarse
voice, but his eyes did not meet
hers, and she sighed deeply.
He went me to speak of the ar-
rangements for the marriage, and
he affected an interest that deceiv-
ed her into believing, for the mo-
ment. that he spoke the truth. But
then it was her desire to do so, and
it is easy to pereuale oneself that
a state of affairs exists, when it th
coincides with one's passionate an
wish, ye
With an effort Rarecastic redou-,se
bled his attentions, and in the end th
succeeded in smothering her so- va
,n
He took her in his car, and as w
they were making their WAN' along to
erly ``Any clay this week will suit
pie, To -day is Tuesday. Shall we
say Thursday?"
Ethel was possessed by a natural
tlosirc to know more of the woman
that Cyril was about to. marry, and
she decided to accept the invitation,
eo she consented to go on the
Thursday.
Rebekah returned at 'once to
Leighton Manor. She did not quite
know why she lead eked Ethel
Petherston to visit her, but deep
in her heart there was an intention
of trying to ascertain if there was
any truth in her suspicion that
Hareeastle eared for her.
CHAPTER XV.
He had heard the news of Hare•
gastle's engagement to. tT99'8
daughter with great interest, for
it explained what had bitherto
pnxzled him, namely the reason that
had animated Joel in buying the
cipher lettere for so large a sura,
Naturally he had no idea that the
letters had been need as a lever to
force Lord Hareeastle to marry the
Jew's daughter, Ito merely
thought that the engagement was
on the tapis and that Joel• bad
thought it advisable to destroy evi-
dence that might injj7ure,the family
with evhieh hie daughter was about
to ally herself,
During the journey Ackroyd
easefully thought out his plan of
campaign, He .looked with interest
as lis approached the palace that
housed" the famous millionaire, but
it was with trepidation that he
asked the footman, who answered
the door, to send in his name to
his attester,
He had not long to wait, and was
ushered through the vast hall into
a cosily furnished library, The
room was a large one, and we
evidently the one in which ,Joe
worked. On the writing -table rest
ed a telephone, and an open door
led to another room, which Ack-
royd imagined might belong to a
secretary.
Joel was evideatiy in no hurry
When Ackr„ yd received Joel's to see him, for a half an hour pass -
second cheque ne had fully deter- ed and still he did not come. Aek-
mined to invest the proceeds and royd's nervousness increased and
to retire into the country, where he he dreaded the interview more than
could live on the interest in com- ever. Were his need not so des -
fort. But he was inoculated with perate, he would have turned feel
the fever of gambling and his good and fled, but money he must have,
resolutions vanished. He changed and quickly, The luxury which he
nothing of his extravagant manner had employed for the last few
of living, and he revelled in luxur- weeks had become a necessity to
ies. The City ones more engaged him. The thought that he might
his attention, and he launched forth have to return to his former pov-
iato speculation. At the outset he erty struck terror to his limit.
was ftairly cautious, and if he had If this delay was intentional Joel
continued to bo so all would have wac acting astutely, for each mo -
been well It might have been ment rendered .Ackroyd less fit
thought that he would have learnt mentally for the battle which he
a lesson from his former expect knew he would have to wage. But
company hex husband into the.
Laef pf Voybnd, Here ie a native
oommieeioner for-Nortbeas ern
Rhodesia taking hie wife and QIild
to some distanb outpost Only to -be
reached after perhaps ten or teen,
ty days trek. One looks at the we
man with a sense of awe, She is
young,pretty and charming, and
out there where she is going there
is no °thee woman, Ile doctor with-
in perhaps eighty miles, no other
child for her child. to play with—
nothing but days and weeks of mo-
notony and the silence one eat
hear. We look at her with awe be -
cameo we know she is a heroine. We
know she is going in a nmeasure to
a silent martyrdom, unless the man
for whom she goes can be all things
to her.
Later on the station master re-
galos us all with an excellent pho-
nograph, and, the rows of glistening
teeth glisten more persistently than
ever as the natives gather around
both awed and aelighted.
Then once more we all retire to
asleep and next morning awake re-
s freshed to the contemplation of the
1 loveliest part of the whole route,
ence, but such natures are not cas at last a termination was put to
ily taught even by such a bard task his suspense, for Joel entered
master. briskly,
Copper mining shares were then "A surprise visit, Mr. Ackroyd,
he rage, and he decided to buy What can I do for you?" he Aske
argely. Their value at once in- curtly, "I am very busy and ca
reased, and in consequence he not spare you Hutch time."
ratified a desire for an expensive "First I must, congratulate yo
touring car. For a while everything upon your -daughter's engageme t
suceeded, and in his dreams he saws to Lord Harocastle," Ackroyd b
himself rivalling Joel Josephs in • gap coolly. "It supplied a motile
wealth, But that imp of ill leek! that was puzzling me."
that had pursued him all his life! 1 am glad that your curiosity i
determined to have a sayin the! satisfied ' Joel a'
said sarcastirali,
matter. Down came the shares like l "But surely you haven't come dove
a rocket, Paper that had repre-� here to tell me that"
rented forty thousand pounds wase "Not entirely, Mr. Josephs. I
soon worth but twenty, then fifteen fact I am here to throw myself o
and finally ten thousand pounds. your mercy."
But this was not all for there was a "That f a means more mane I un
!Y
liability attached which would more; dcrstand you've: been snaking a foo
than swamp all the money that he l of yourself by investing largely i
possessed,copper mines. You should hay
ue was confident that all would ! asked my advice. I should ha
eme right if he only had sufficient • told you to leave them alone."
apital to tide over this bad time.! "I am in a tight corner," Ack-
rzte were issued and judgments/ rood said quickly.
for large amounts were signed' "You must remain there then,
against him. Then came threats of , that is if you are relying upon my
bankruptcy, and he began to rea- help to get out of it. We have had
lize that he was in a tight corner, i our little busiuces transaction to -
Five thousand pounds would tido { gether. That is terminated, and I
him over hig present difieulties,:take no further interest in you,
and he felt that in a few months Mr, Ackroyc',."
he would once more be in affluence, Ii "But you took an advantage of
But where to get this money! 1 me. If 1 had known that Lord 1
His thoughts naturally turned to Wolverholree's treachery interested
e Earl, and he determined to go :you so personally, you would have
d see him. He found him at Wul- had to pay a mnclt Iarger sum bo-
rholme Castle, but when he pre -!fore I should have handed the evi-
uted himself he was informed that' donee over to you. I asked you to
e Earl was unable to see him. In 1 give me the balance."
sin he sent a pressing note de -1 "Mr. Ackroyd," Joel said coldly,
ending an interview. The reply "your impertinence approaches the
as a curt refusal. He wrote a sublime. I have every mind to
ng threatening letter, but this telephone to the police station and
the hilly district between Kafue
and Lasaakas. Kafue we haa pass-
ed the previous afternoon and gaz-
ecl in surprise at the fine bridge
across the river, the.longest bridge
in Africa.
All through the last day the scen-
ery is again chiefly forest. and at
one plrice the spot is pointed out
where the engineer recently alight-
ed from his caboose and shot two
lions while the train waited. He
explains himself how.there were
three -or. four playing together quite
near the line, like huge dogs, and•
how, being at the back of the train,
he got in the first' shot and killed
one instantly. The guard and en-
gine driver came hurrying along
then, but before they arrived he
had put in his second shot and
bagged a second animal.
TRADERS BANK PROSPERITY.
It is very comforting, to Cana-
dians to review the history of the
d past eighteen months and compare
n- the manner in which their coun-
try has come through the dangers
u of the recent panic, with the trou-
t blesome times experienced in the
0-, United States and other countries
e older but less fortunate from the
banking standpoint. The perfec-
s t tions of the Canaaian banking sys-
1'• i tem and the services which it has
rendered to the Dominion as a
whole and to individual Canadians
21 are not always adequately a p •e -
y q Y PPz ci
n ; ated by the Canadian people. We
Jere apt to accept. as a matter of
course such unobtrusive, smoothly
1 working business institutions.
n One of the greatest banks in
etthis very excellent system of ours
hay is the Traders Bank. In factin
point of capital it is our sixth
larg•ect banking institution. The;•
potation ox its management For f
conservative, save progressiveness.
has been amply borne out by the.
business of the 24th fiscal year
which was completed on December
net, 1903.
The Annual SharehoIclers' Meet•
ing was held in the head office
,wilding, Yonge street, Toronto,
au January 27th The statement
of the year's operations presented
by Mr. Stuart Strathy, the Gener•
al Manager, shows a position of
exceptional strength and very lane
profits on the y'ear's business. The
high esteem in which the traders
Bank is held by the general pub.
lie is evidenced by the large in-
crease in deposits. This is parti-
cularly noteworthy in view of the
disturbed financial conditions of
the past twelve months.
The net profits ut the past year.
amount to the large total of $500,•
217.00, after making prodision for
bad and doubtful debts and reserv-
ing accrued interest. The amount,
together with the premium of
$100 on the issue of new stock,
and the balance, $25,364,89, at cre-
dit of profit and loss account,
brought forward from last year,
gives a total of $525,088.99. This
was disposed of by the payment of
four quarterly dividends at 7% per
annum, amounting to $304,899.40,
and by writing off 520,000 from
hank premises and furniture for
depredation and transferring to
o Guarantee
Officers' G x e Fund,'$5,000,
,
and to Pension fund, $5,000, and
carrying forward to Profit and
Loss, $190,982.4:9.
The amounts now on deposit
have reached a total of25 885
$ , ,-
117.02. The liquid assets of the
Bank now amount to over 30% of
the liabilities to the public,. while
the total assets have reached the
large amount of $34',859,590.
The address of • the President,
Mr, C. D. Warren, as well as .that
of the General Manager, Mr.
Stuart Strathy, reflected an opti-
mism that is most encouraging and
e caution that is admirable to the
last degree. The shareholders and
depositors of the Traders Bank are
indeed fortunate in having ae pre-
sident of their itistitution a man of
the business experience and great
aiiilfty of Mr. Warren,
,.
Bond Street, they were pulled up w
by the traffic. A lady, in a victoria, a
paean( them, just as they com-
menced to move again. She looked
at Hareeastle and bowed. His face
flushed, and he turned away, but "B
not before Rebekah had observed Jo
his confusion. de
"Who was that's" she asked
quietly, lik
"Miss Fetherston," be replied. re
Sho made no comment, but this otl
accidental encounter once more ac
aroused her suspicions.
During the afternoon she chanced
to call upon Miss Stanton, the
friend who had told her of Ifare
castle's engagement to Miss Feth-
erston.
She had been there a few minutes
when she saw the
object of her
J
thoughts n
g s e ler the room.
"Please make me known to Miss
Fotherston," she said to her hos-
tess, and the introduction duction wa
s ef-
fected.
"We passed you in Bond Street
this morning," Rebekah remarked.
"I was with Lorci Hareeastle."
"Yes, I saw you," Ethtel replied
quietly.
"You are an old friend of Cyril's,
are you not?" she asked wistfully.
"Yes, wo have known one another tha
for years," Ethel answered rather
coldly,
"I wish so much that his friends
should be my friends," Rebekah a 1
said pleadingly. You know that' an
1 do not really belong to your' tog
world.''
lthel looked at her curiously, and
was agreeably surprised at the re-
fined beauty of thedaughter of the ov
Jewish. millionaire. Sho felt thingno-
but contempt for the wayshe 1 ire
had been treated by Hareeatle, ire
but. this girl was not to blame for
d3. , J 5
i !•
she could not .have known of their in
engagement;. She would have for-
given anything, save that he shoiilc]'
go straight from having jilted her
to hiyecl himself, to another,
Will you come to see sno at
Leighton Mater 1 May I send the
as returned to him, enclosed in give you in charge for blackmail
pother envelope. Your punishment wool.' not be a
He evidently does not know light one."
(To be continued,)
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SOUTH AFRICAN NIGHT.
A Stopping Place en the Cape to
Cairo Railway.
The dark comes down with Afri-
can swiftness, and at 8 o'clock the
utmr st fear of getting himself fn- train stops for the night at Cho -
to his clutches, and he was suftici- mal says a writer in the Landon
ant of a lawyer to know that he Daily Mail. Instantly all is life
would be rendering himself liable and bustle. In an incredibly short
to a long 'term of imprisonment if time all the natives on the train—
they should dare to have him ar- and they often number a hundred,
rested. either going to 01 returning from
That was the crux ofthemaem.the mines—
are busymaking Pros
Would they dave? Joel was just by the side of the track upon which
about to ally himself with the to cook their evening meal. One
Earl's family, and he would natur_ own boy is busy wish the rest, mak-
ally be desirous shetldi
ng a fire also and boiling o
gwater
be made public that would reflect for tea.
upon his daughter. . In fifteen minutes you have the
Yes, he would take the risk and new experience of a dark African
beard Joel, night, with its brilliant southern
As soon as he had come to this stars and the blazing fires, each
decision he drove in his car to his within its circle of laughing, chat-
chambers in St. James', By the tering nativee, whose white teeth
use of the telephone be ascertained gleam in the _firelight as they throw
t Joel was ab present staying at their heade back in huge enjoy -
Leighton Manor, and he decided to merit of any joke, They are almost
go there to see him. uncanny,- those gleaming white
He went to his safe and took out teeth! Evorywilcre just firelight
urge envelope, which he opened, and black, indistinguishable figures
d from which lie took some pho- and rows of gleaming teeth!
raphs. The second evening we stop at
They were copies of the ciphee C o'clock, while it is still daylight,
lettere which he hand had taken be- and so we get a longer stroll. We
fore he had handed the originals hate now made friends with the
er to Joei, one or two other travellers, and a
And so Ackroyd still possessed little friendly gossip passes the time
efntable evidence of the Earl's until a meal is ready: Itis so in-
achery. Wresting to know why these other
oral after lunch Aekroyd started travellers are thele, each in his
his ear for Leighton Manor, Ile way to different from the traveller
was not possessed of the Bpi 1 -von- at home, who excites neitlier.inter-
ildonce that sustained him upon his est nor surprise.
first journey to blackmail the Karl, dere ie a Belgian going to the
for in Joel he r«aired that he was Congo, manaer, of coutae of some
dealing with a loan adifferent big rubber manager,
an or .nine,
calibre, whose wi,°a it crave u ,eughto aa -
that I got back the letters. Shall
1 tell him?" Ackroyd ruminated.
ut perhaps he is acting under
el's advice. I think I hacl better
al with the Jew."
This course was not at all to bis
ing, for he field Joel in profound
spect. If he could have seen any
ler alternative he would have
aided the interview. He had the
A man addicted to walking it his
sleep wont . to heel all right one
night, but when he awoke he found
himself in the street in the grasp
of a policernan, "Hold on," he
cried, "you mustn't arrest pie,
I'm a somnambulist. To which
the policeman replied} "I don't
care what your religion' is—yer
can't walk the streets In yer night-
shirt."
}IORSES EE.D TOO MUCH HAY
Farmers, and horsemen general-
ly, have very mugh to learn about
feeding hay to home, Too fre-
quently the horse himself is left to
judge how much he shall eat, and
that means all he can ietuff into
himself, and in this way many a
good animal is ruined.
The writer has had sixteen years
experience handling draft horses,
tinder all sorsa of conditions, in -
chain four years at a state ex-
periinent station and has found.
that it answers all purposes best to
feed not over one pound of hay for
each hundredpounds of the horses
weight. A thirteen hundred horse
would receive thirteen pounds of
hay daily, and so on. This amount
of hay' and a grain ration compos-
ed of corn, oats and bran, =zee)
in the proportion. of fifteen pounds
of corn, fifty pounds of oats, and
twenty-five pounds of bran, will
make any horse fit for a hard day's
work. One will generally have to
feed from one to one ant a half
pounds of grain per 'clay to every
hundred weight of horse; The
smaller amount may do when he
is at light work and the larger
amount when at heavy labor, Such
a mixture es this fed along with the
amount of hay mentioned will keep
a horse in good spirits. The grain
ration is sufficiently fattening,
while it is also flesh -forming enough
in character to impart a decidedly
wearing quality to the muscles.
It is true that some horses will
eat much more bay than amount
mentioned, but it is a mistake to
give him any more, as a horse can
only digest and assimilate a cert•iin
amount. - Keep in ` miner that hie
appetite is like that of many of hie
drivers gener 11y bigger than his
powers- of a-.: enation. In many
eases' horses that eat large amounts
of hay become hard -looking, while
they have little life or snap in them.
Men go on from year to year WW1
horses in this condition with rut
knowing what causes it.
Ib is usually advisable to feed
only a small amount of hay in the
morning and at noon, making the
night feed more liberal, though not
so much so that the horse will not
clean it up in a reasonable length
of time and then. lie down for a
comfortable night's rest.
It should be mentioned in this
connection that horses should be
watered before and never immedi-
ately after a meal.
It goes without saying that hay
should always be clean and bright,
and if this is the ease the kind of
hay does not matter so much,
though I have a preference for tim-
othyl aiid clover raixed in about
equal parts. Timothy is not really
so very rich in nutrients, but there
is something about it of which the
horse is exceedingly fond, and as
palatability has much to do with
digestibility it is wise to cater to
SOME) extent to the animal's tastes.
Those who feed thirty_ and forty!
pounds of hay a day to a work,
horse will have little faith in the
weights above mentioned, but, as
already stated, this has not been
guess work with me, as it has been
necessary here, in connection with
our experiment work, to weigh all
the feeds used for the live stock on
the experiment station. Under
such treatment our horses have al-
ways looked well, while they have
been obliged to put in a good ten-
hour day through the season of the
year when they had work on the
land.
Contractors and draymen who do
heavy work will tell you that a
horse works better if he is not fed
too much hay. One eepeciall'' care-
ful and successful contractor that
we have in mind never feeds hay
to his horses in the morning or at
noon, but feed§ about fifteen
pounds at night. He claims that
on this ration he can get much bet-
ter work out of his horses than if
he kept his mangers stuffech with
hay, and his horses always look
well.
By overfeeding hay you not only
injure your horses, but you• waste
hay that is always s v r
th good
money. Remember it is not what
an animal gets down into his sto-
mach that gives him health and
strength, but that it's
only that
pniailatert ths,
at he fully digests and mei-
Think this over carefully and
make a, test of it for yourself. You
know there are some facts that are
bettor than our own ideas at least
sometimes,
THE WEALTH OF FRANCE
SHE ILA S L11NT .$3,200,000,000 IN'
SIXTEEN YEARS.
C
°fleets Annually in Interest
Something Like 5309,000,009
I7rein That Source.
M, Edmond Thery, one of
Franee's soundest experts on eco-
nomic and financial statistics, has
just published a book on "The'Eco-
nomio Progress of Franco Sipco
1899, which tells once more 'the
story of the enormous increase in
the ;wealth of the country:
Ib showy that in the felt sixteen
years France has lent $8,240,000,000
in gold to foreign eountrioa after
making deduction for repayment1
during that period.
At the same time thegold in
France has increased by $785,8Q0,-
000 for the same sixteen, years.
This means that between the end
of 1891 and the end of 1907 Franoo'a
balance of accounts with foreign
-countries leaves her nearly 54,000,-
000,000 to the good, of which these
foreign nations have paid her.four-
fifths .fn eeeui'ities and
ONE-FIFTIT IN GOLD.
The world's production of gold for
the same period was about 54,000,-
000,000.
Of the $785,800,000 gold wbieh
France. has received, $411,800,000
has been converted into French
coins, $224,000,000 has been absorb -
,ed by the artistic industry (jewelry,
gold and silver manufactures etc.),
and the surplus, $150,000,000 re-
mains in the form of ingots or fore-
ign gold money in the Bank of
Franee or the vaults. of ,other big
banking firms,
Id. Thery explains the origin of
these large revenues from abroad
in this way: Before 1892 France ex-
ported every year an average of
$153,600;000 worth of food products
.(wines, butter, fruits, vegetables,
etc.) and bought an average of
5297,600,009 worth of wheat, cat-
tle, coffee, tea, etc. Thus she paid
out every year a sum of .$139,000,-
000.
Since 1892 the annual production
of wheat has increased by 11,000,-
000 hectoliters, wine has increased
by an annual average of 17,000,000
hectoliters, sugar by 275,500 tons,
alcohol by 286,000 hectoliters, and
all export food products have in-
creased to a great extent, so that
France now pays for her coffee,
tem and all imports by the surplus
of
HER OWN FOOD 'PRODUCTION.
M. Thery pointe out that on the
other hand Germany's apnual de-
Boit in food products has increased
in the same sixteen years from
$161,404000 to $381,600,000 and
England s deficit has increased from
$651,400,000 to 5937,200,000.
Another source of France's
wealth and one that cannot be
valued with any accuracy is the im-
mense amount spent by strangers
who came to visit the country or
to settle down in it. Public wealth
has developed enormously in the
last sixteen years in America, Ca-
nada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
Chile, Australia, South Africa,
etc., and France has benefited by
this development, which has allow-
ed the inhabitants of these coun-
tries to visit Europe.
The French in 1891 drew an an-
nual revenue of $220,000,000 from
their investments in foreign coun-
tries, while to -day they collect
something like $360,000,000 from.
that source.
HANDICAPPED.
Two boys who managed to be ra-
ther unruly in school so exasper-
ated their teacher that she request-
ed' them to remain after hours and
write their panus one thousand
times.
They plunged into the task. Some
fifteen minutes later one of them
grew uneasy and began watching
his companion in disgrace.
Suddenly the first one burst out
with despair, and, between his
sobs, said to the teacher:
'`'Tain't fair, mum! His name's
Bush and mine's .Schlutermeyer."
"My youngest boy, 3 years
old, was sick with fever
last June, and when he got
better the doctor prescribed
Scott's Emulsion, and he
liked it so well that he drank
it out of the bottle, and is
nowjust as plump and strong
as any child of his age any-
where . , . two bottles fixed
hip 0 Y.'—MRS.. JOHN F.
TEDDER, Bon 263, Teague-
Freestone
Teague'Fceestone Co., Texas.
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ROBERT' S BOG.
"Faber, her, may1 I?ave five rents,
for a load'peneii1". asked Robertip.
as he threw Iris cap back on Ina
head and gathered up his school -
bemire.
. "Again 1" asked his father, in.
some surprise, "I think that is:
the fourth time this week,"
"Yes, but I loco thein. I don't,
know where they go," declared.
Robert, warming to hie subjeet,
I cant keep a ball, either.,'
Hie father reached slowly down.
into his pocket and drew out hice
hand empty. "I and that is so•
with my money," he said, quietly,
I have very hard work to keep
my email ohmage, I haven't a.
nickel this morning;
Robert was silent with surprise.
No money! "But, father—" be
began.
"You will have to learn to keep•
braek of your belongings. T have
decided to keep track of my pen-
nies, and I can't throw them.
away."
Robert knew it was useless to
argue, and he turned and ran back.
in hie room. They heard him turn-
ing over things and hurriedly •
searching. He was not a boy to
whine.
That evening the subjecb of the
pencils was not resumed, but as
Robert' sat by the fire, he broke
out suddenly, "Father, : T "wish
that marshy land down there by
the tennis -court could be filled. in.
Sometimes' we lose our balls over
the 'net, . and it's too wet to get
them. ' Couldn't you have the men
fill in the place with gravel or
something and sod it over?" •
His father laid down his paper
and drew up near Robert's side
of the fire. "Gravel or something,".
he said, ."costs money, and the
land would not yield anything but
greed after that. Do you think it
is right to throw away anything
BO valuabl^S" •
"Throw away?" asked Robert.
"Yes,• throw away property just
as you throw away your pencils
and your balls. How would you
like to have ma' show you the fun
there is in saving something?"
"I'd like it—if it is fun," laugh-
ed Robert.
"I think it would be. Now T
will give you all that low marshy
place to use as you like. You can
plant it with cranberry vines—just
as the men are doing down op the
big bog. You can do the work
yourself; except for a little prepar-
ing of the land. All I will charge
you for that labor is the lead -pen-
cils you use between now and the
time your money comes in from
your crop, -Every time I give you
money for a pencil we will- set it
down, and at the time you sell
your cranberries we will subtract
the amount."
Robert thought a moment.
"When will the crop be ready?"
"Three years 'from now—the full
crop."
"Whew!" Robert shook his head.
"That means work," he said,
doubtfully.
"Yes, but it means,a lot of fun
is learning how to value the re-
sults of labor. Try it."
Robert decided to take his fa-
ther's offer, and as the next day
was Saturday, he worked with the
men who prepared the, strip of land
ready for the vines. It was the
fall of the year, just the time to
begin. He was eager for the next
Saturday to come, when he was
to begin to set out his vines. These
he obtained from his father's land.
The vines were set, out one foot
apart and in squares of ons foot.
It was hard work, but Robert was
not a boy to turn back' from.,a
task, and when it was done and .
the even rows laid out before him
he was proud of his work. It was
strange how pleasant it was to
think about the crop that would
come to him, and how easy it was
to keep track of his pencils, and
how easy it was to go without the
taffy or the svhistla and buy 'his
ownn encu
s when he had
whittled
them down tothe t] e smalls
stP oint.
The next year there wore a few
oianbeiries—jusb It few quarts that
he sold to his mother, but which
more than paid
for any pencils
l
s
furnished, by his father.
He spent .some time during the
next year keeping the little bog in
order, but as he was a whole year
older, he did not mind the work.•
On the third year the crop in the
bags was better than for all previ-
005 years, and Robert watched
every cranberry, ea it were, with
jealous eye, When September
came and it was time to gather
them, the little bog yielded three
barrels of ripe red berries! Robert
sold these with his father's crop
at twelve dollars a "barrel, and
from the money thus earned he
had to subtract '•b.ut seventy-five
Cents for_ lead -pencils, Ho had
learned three things -to be careful
of his belongings, to work for an
object patiently, ancl, to consider
his father -in the spending of
money.--Yout}l's Companion.
IIINT TO HOUSEWIVES,
Moat wives should remember that
while the average husband is al-
ways partial to home cooking, he
hates home roasting,
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