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CHAPTER XXIY.
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Tintt Hcals Most Wounds
A Tale of Love and Disappointruent.
We Riled with compassion at this
The Earl was greatly fatigued confession of human weakness,
efter his long interview, and Lord "I don't know, dear. I am truly
liareeastle was very aoueerned at sorry for what has happened. I re -
his weakness, gret ib deeply, but the thing that
"1 em afraid I was not too kind terrifies me is that if the same posi-
tc that young woman," he remark- tion were to occur epee, I do not
ed to his son, "but tell her not to kw, t
'snow I should notagain act
mind, It was myself I woe punish- in the same way. These last few
hag, My lad, I havo about reached days I have been busy with my
the and of my tether. I shan't be thoughts. You, dear, have taught
sorry, Cyril," me a lesson. And I air jealous, for
"Try to rest, father. You will, i have begrudged the time that
soon he strong again, Lord Hare. you, have spent by the bedside of
castle said with a cheerfulness that that dying old than. l feared that
he was little feeling.
Rebekah had spoken to him for
a moment and had delivered Ethel's
message. It was curious, but it
was a relief that he had not seen
her before her departure. The in -
though ib were already teuehed by
the hand of death.
They mado'tbeirway to the be 1.
side, and Rebekah looked at the
figure of the Earl lying there. Bet
his eyea were glazed, and his
breath came in pants. Tim doctor
motioned heraway. and she drew
back for the end was near, What
vete the words falling brokenly
froze hie lips?
"Christine ---my beloved, 1 am
coming to you," And then he was
silent, but only far a moment.
"Yes, 1 am—guilty, '''reason --
and I have—suffered. But I air
forgiven, 'Gyri, forgives—and you
—Christine. You will understand,"
They stood around and watched
his feeble struggle for life. Thole
eyes were wet with tears, Ethe
found herself by Cyril's side, and
she placed t ;r hand in his.
Rebekah looked at them with
shining eyes and then at the Earl
"Obristine—my beloved—Chris-
tine."
And with his dead wife's name on
his lips the seventh Earl of Wol-
verholme .passed away,
yeu were be inning to love him They left Cyril to his grief. and
ore than your father." the two girls went from the oham-
ber of death.
• "I do love the Earl, father,. and 'tGod-hyo, dear, T am - poi ig
1 pity him, But I am so glee you a g
have spoken to mo I have been back T shall be ever grateful'tha
very miserable, and I cannot look you brought me to him, It will bo
terview with the Earl must have a comfort to know that he wanted
shocked her, and it would be bet- for card tea lee of lhove,h Fate has to see me. Good-bye."
ter that time should have an op no gran ma a appiness•
portunity of applying its salve. But after all levo is not all that life
contains. There is the pleasure of
In the morning he ,•eceived her
letter and
he read her words of self- and he was wounded to the knowing that elle is doing oneen
quick
'as Self-sacrifice is not all bit -
abasement; and his first impulseer pain."
eyes to rush to her, But his fa- Her e
s fil led with tears and she
ther's condition kept him prisoner, threw her arms round her father's
for there was no question, but that i neck,
his life was hanging by a thread. I "I, too, want comfort. Let us go
He telegraphed for Sir Francis back to the old days. Noy, let us
Lockyer, who told them that there', look forward to better days, for we
was no hope of the Earl's reeov- are beginning to understand one
eraweaknesses
and I will go away by our two
`He may linger on for a week or and can fight against them. You
two but—"
stopped expressively, and but—"
Hselves. We will travel and see
Lord Hareoastle gathered the signi- strange lands. Be sure that hap-
piness will come to us."
"You put me to shame, dear.
And so we will start afresh, and
fieance of his meaning. His man -
per to his father became even more
tender, and the old Earl smiled his
grateful thanks. He, too, knew you are once more my dear little
that the end was near, but he did girl," he said quickly, but his voice
not flinch, for he'no lnger had a was expressive of great content.
dlesiret to live. His affection for Rebekah, too. could see that the
Rebekah seemed to increase, and
he was unhappy when she was ab-
sent.
Joel looked on at the approach-
ing end of the man he hadtortur-
ed so cruelly.
The Earl now and then asked for
his presence, and he always went
to see him, but his manner was con-
strained and he was ill at ease.
It was at one of these interviews,
when Rebekah wes present, that
the Earl suddenly blurted out—
"Aren't you going to forgive your
father, dear?"
Father and daughter looked at
one another, and Rebekah stretch-
ed forth her hand, The Earl
shuckled softly—
"And so T am to be'a peacemak-
er, at the end. Treasure this child,
Teel. She is ono in a thousand.
If I had her I shouldn't be anxious
to marry her off."
They left him together, and Joel now Rebekah replied, beckoned to her to follow him to , P i I am
the library. Itis manner was def- glad to see that he and the Ea 1
dent, and he Nee evidently labor- aro better friends. ..I
• nm' es reat emotion. relief to me
clouds were beginning to disperse.
That holy joy which comes to one
who gives up treasures to enrich,
another possessed• her, and her eyes
beamed forth a serenity that told
of the battle bravely fought and
won.
But she was not given mush time
for self -communion, for the Earl
required her constant presence. He
was rapidly growing weaker, and
ac she sat with Harecastle watch -i
ing his life slowly passing from her,
she felt that she was usurping an- ,
other's place.
Mrs. Goldberg quickly noticed'
the improved relation between her
brother and his daughter.
"1 am so glad, my dear, that
you and your father are friends;
again. I never thought that he'
would give in," she remarked mole
evening.
"Ho has told be a lot about him-
self, and I understand him better
"But you must not go," Rebekah
pis ailed.
But Ethel shook her head and
went downstairs. A ear was seen
ready sled she started on the return
journeY.
Sho was clutched by a horrible
fear that Cyril diel not need her.
Had she forfeited his love?
(To be continued.).
HOW THE ARMY IS MADE VP.
Bulk With Irish Next.
Tee si'ttipt.eal record of the to
gular British Army shows that it
comprises:
Englishmen ...... , .. .. 181,406
Welshmen ...... 3,437
Scotsmen 18, 480
Irishmen 23,480
From overseas ......... ... 8,452
British Subjects born abroad .283
T' ref
o gners .. 2..0
Place of birth
a unknown ..
81
The figures for the past year
shows that there are fewer for=
eigners in the army than has ever
been the ease before. In 1903 there
were 636 foreigners serving, and no
fewer than 18,881 men who failed to
declare their place of origin. These
classes combined now number only
103. The army, as divided up ac-.
, sting to ir.ligious denomin,L ,0.
shows the following numbers:
Church of England 165,288
Presbyterians .•, ,. 17,492
Wesleyans 10 749
Baptists • 3,370
Other Protestants ...... 1,581
Boman Catholics . , ... , 34,542
ews
Hindus, etc ...... 2,108
Enplisleriicn Comprise the
.Great
d, great
,, oar, is it, James?"
'I must have it o - out ''e as: ed as a servant entered.
Rebekah " be be an nervously."Tho Earl is taken very bad and
"I am goinggto try to explain he wants to see Miss Rebekah."
myself to She hastened upstairs; and she
on. Don't think I am
snaking excuses. That's impossible. quickly saw that Lord Wolverholme
But I want you to understand me, had but little longer to live.
with all my fault. These last few "You will stay with me to the
weeks you have become a woman last, Cyril," he asked, and his
and you possess a woman's un- voice was becoming weaker. 1
derstanding. You should havo wanted to see you once mere, Re -
known me in the days of my strug- bekah, and to thank you for your
gles when T was fighting my way in kindness to an old man. You have
Africa. Every • man's hand was made my last days less bitter, and
against me. It is true that I was T am almost happy. Dying gives
not a pauper, but I was dealing one curious ideas, for I should like
with men with inillions. My God, to see that girl Ethel. Do you think
how, I fought. It was the joy of she would come? I did treat her
My . `life, and I grew to love it. rather roughly, and I don't want
Gradually it became part of niy her to have too bad an opinion of
nature, and if your mother had the man who will be grandfather
been different I believe I should to her children."
have fought her. It is not quer- "I will go and fetch her," Re-
rclling that I mean, Not vulgar bekah said eagerly. "I am sure
nagging.. But a right down, naked she will regret it If she does not
to the waist, fight. It is the joy sea you."
of overcoming difficulties that ani- "Yes. Go, child. But do not be
mated me. It obsessed me." too long. Give me a kiss first."
He paused for breath and she It seemed a long and wearisome
1c•oked at him with wondering eyes. journey to Rebekah, but she
"I was wealthy, but I was not. grasped at the chance that might
content. I longed for more and II bring together Cyril and the wo-
r btaiued it, by fighting, I longed . man he loved. To her joy she found
for more and I obtained it, by fight-
ing, But this pastime became too
easy and lost its interest. My
hands were kilo and the devil
found something to occupy them.
At first, dear, it was the thought
le yoti that moved me to work for
this marriage. For a long time
no other idea was in my mind.
There were many difficulties in the
,way, and I overcame then; all. Not
1 y fair means, I know, but that has
been my way. I always told my
self that it was for you. But a time
^.ams when I could not make that
excuse, for I' was striving with vou.
1 was possessed with the lust for
m own way, which is the most ter -
that Ethel was at home,
"I want you to come at once,"
she said hurriedly. "We fear the
Earl is dying anti he wants to see
you. You will tomo?"
"But why does be want to 009
mel I thought he bated me,"
"No, You are mistaken. De
be quick or we shall be too late,"
I.ebekah said impaitently, for c'he
was consumed with an anxiety to
be back in time.
No time was lost on the road, for
they raced along as fast as the car
could travel. Ethel remembered
her last journey and the painful
interview that followed it, and she
yy wondered what fate now had in
ible of 'vices, and i. swore that my store for her. The passage of tinct
will should prevail, be I.he evil what had elven her mind the chance ef
it may. .T. seemed to have lost ell viewing her conduct more gentle.
cousic oration for you. In my mad but it had not brought her comfort,
passion I could have coldly watch.' .She still blamed herself sever''.;,,
ed : yoi, go to the altar, even if 1 and without mercy, but the though',
of.ance more seeing Cyril was crit
so terrifying as it had been.
A t laet Leighton Manor came in
' sight, and fichekah gave a cry of
"This kind of man is your fa- joy, when she saw that the flag was
tier." he wound up nervously: still flyitrg at the masthead, t,-
"`tVas--ftether dear, for you are they were to be in tune. But the
MINN ' ,het m.1,1 tan..LAi•ly n rue/ 1,,.« I.,,,,. n cru mall strangely hushed. SA
had known that it would entail up -
0n you a life of misery."
He s,t.opped and lookedat her
uxiouhly,
Life is a tr
-r. seer grist, inn
worth grinding.
Blessings of poverty may look
good to the millionaire.
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is at a standstill.
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and have found it a won-
derful remedy. Before I
took the Emulsion I had no
appetite; was weak; had
lost nearly fifty pounds of
flesh, and now I eat well
and am gaining every day.
I find Scott's Emulsion to
be very easily digested and
a good food for all weak
people. FLORENCE
BLEEKER, No. 1 Myrtle
Avenue, Bridgeton, N. I.
This is only one of thousands of
cases where
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has given an appetite. It's so
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the digestive organs and they rest;',
}et the body is wonderfully nour-
ished and built up. The digestion
is improved -then ordinary food
is sufficient.
Growing boys and gh-s, who need
so much food to keep them well
and strong, and also growing,
should be given a bottle of Scores
Emin.arox every few weeks. It
does wonders for them. It pre-
venlstheir getting run down and
spindly. Nothing does them so
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On the Farm
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KEEPING MILD RECORDS.
In; Great Britain, leading dairy-
men do not hesitate to point out
the "advantages of keeping regular
milk records. At a Farmers' Club
meeting, a short time ago, H. M.
Everard, of Terling, Essex, dealt
with the report fully. A report in
the Agricultural Gazette states
that, after referring to the import-
ance
of
good breeding, and P
arti-
cularlYrho use
of a sire of un-
doubted milking strain, he spoke
as follows regarding his herd,
composed largely of grade Shore
horns
"Our object is to provide as
large a quantity of good -quality
milk as possible, and, when we have
obtained it, to havo a record of
whence it came. I fear a large
majority of the dairy farmers of
this country do not know which
cows are paying their way and
which are not. They have to de-
pend on their head cowman for
what answers are given to their
questions, and it is not a very sat
isfactory position for any master
to have to depend entirely on what
is told him by his servants, wish
out being able to verify it in any
way himself. I have :.
u auy
say that they quite agree
in keeping milk records, but that
they are rather reluctant to start,.
owing to the labor which it en-
tails. I think they would be great-
ly surprised at the little time and
trouble it involves, and that they
would be, amply repaid by the pplea•
sure they would obtain in look'ig
through their book when the co Ns
are doing well; and when they
are not doing well, to be able to
point out the individual cow to the
responsible man, and obtain. his
reason for the difference. For any
ordinary farmer, 1 think measuring
the cow's milk one day in the week
would be quite sufficient. Of course,
this would not do where pedigree
herds are kept, and where an ac-
curate record is essential. On the
estate with which. I am connected
upwards of 1,000 cows are kept, and.
their milk is all measured and re-
corded one day in the week. At
the end of the year this is multi-
plied by seven, and the result is
near enough for our purpose. Some
other farmers 1 know of measure
their milk (or weigh it) fortnightly,
but I consider the weekly system
the best. The time it would take
(say for a herd of fifty cows) to
measure and enter up in the milk-
record book would not bo more
tlsan three hours at the most, so
the question of the time it takes
ought not to be considered. I think
the best way :is for the farmer, his
son, or the bailiff, to be present
for the entire time of milking one
morning and ono evening every
sleek, with a list of every cow's
name, and, as the milk from each
animal is measured, to record the
quantity given ; also a note taken
et the time whether any animal
has been bulled during the week.
It can also be seen at the same.
time if any animal is off its feed,
and a reason can be asked for and
a note made of it. This list can
be copied into a mills -record book,
`'The average quantity ef.:milk
given by the sows here is about
000 gallons per annum. I suppose.
the quantity given by the cods of
the country generally woo
something under 000. When we
realize the possibility of this being
increased, by judicious management
and breeding, to 700 and 800, we
sea` the insmonse.impoi•tance of this
subject; and even when we have
attained the 800 minimum, we must
not stop there, as we know it is
possible for cows to give 1,40Q and
1,600 gallons in Lbe soar. .Cha larpc-
est quantity of milk we have ever
had from a cow in one year was
from a Shorthorn cow, which calved
on October 28th, was bulled on De-
cember 17th, and dried off on Sep-
tember:14th, during which period
she gave 1,674 gallons, and aver-
aged, for 30 weeks, no less than
2434 quarts daily.."
ALFALFA POINTERS.
Among things to be avoided, if
one expects to succeed with alfalfa,,
says Bulletin No. 305, of the Ge-
neva, N. Y., Experiment Station,
are wet . soil, sour soil, shallow
soil, adulterated.. seecl, dodder-in-
fested
odderin-fested seed, eeed of poor vitality;
seed from warmer, irrigated lands,
and weed seeds in the soil. Factors
-that aid in securing good yields are
thorough preparation g p p o of the soil,
usually best begun the year be-
fore by planting a cultivated crop
to which a liberal application of
stable manure is made, and good
dodder -free seed, usually sown
without a nurse crop, and put in
after weed seeds have been worked
out of soil. In most cases, the use
of half a' ton to a ton of lime to
the acre, and of 200 to 300 pounds
to the acre of soil from a sueeess-
ful alfalfa field, will prove profit-
able, and one or the other often
changes a failure to a success.
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130Y DESPERADOES.
Gang Terrorized
y O Not-
...tg1lam, England.
.One of the most remarkable.
gangs of boy criminals ever brought
to book has been: captured by the
Nottingham police, and sentenced
at Nottingham CLildren's Court.
Of the .lads, five in number, the
youngest was 12 and the oldest 16.
They pleaded guilty to twenty
specific charges, and the police de,
glared that a hundred other cases
could have boon brought against
them. For two months they had
kept the trading community, es-
pecialy the lane market, in a state
of absolute panic, and had defied
the most strenuous •and cunningef-
forts of the police to capture them,
Their robberies took the form of
the letter -box thefts from ware-
houses and the rifling of telephone
money boxes. So numerous had
been the complaints ,that, many.
warehouse boxes `lead been tem-
porarily closed, and the postal
authorities directed to deliver
lettersby hand only. The tele-
phone company had caused special
electrical nevices to be installed in
connection with their kiosks, but
when on one occasion, the signal
wasreceived at the 1
c centra office
indicatingthat oneof the o t e tnone3'
boxes was being tampered with
an officer despatched on a bicycle
found on arrival that the thieves
had decamped, cutting off the re-
ceiver.
Skellington, George McClure and
Richardson were stint to a reforma-
tory for five yearn ; Harold McClure
was ordered six strokes with the
birch, and Winters three months'
imprisonment, under the Borstal
system. None of the lads, who
were well dressed and intelligent
looking, had been w trouble before.
The parents declared that they
were astounded when the cons i -
a0y was re
D . ellington's
snunntr wept hysterically incourt
and the younger McClure cried out
in terror when ordered' to be
birched.
It is easier to dodgeresponsibil-
ity than it is to dodge the result.
Kind Lady (at children's party)-
Well, my little man, what are you
going to be when you grow up?'
(Little Man (tugging at uncomfor-
table neck's ear) Somefin what
don't wear a collar!"
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"TERRIBLE Worn A i'u."
ACeentplishments of the Late Ein.
prods of Chime
Teli•hsi, "the Great Ancestress,"
the wonderful old Empress of
()Idea who recently died, was s, .,
canning and ruthless rifler, whose
eeaevrfnnmeeonmegitenh1whdeeeonlrvdseoeulwtvh000enfft caiteisoa rspeadread
teorfrgiabonlydet
woman," But she was, in private
life, a high -bred lady of charming:
manners and many accomplish -
,l
nients,
Her beautiful hands, even bane
pared as they were by nails several
inches iii length, protected by span,
der nail -shields of gold and jade,
were skilled in graceful arts, She
ombroidered flowers, and painted'.
them; natural fiowers, especially
such as the Chinese, to better bring
out their fragrance, cut without'
stems and use without water, she
arranged exquisitely, placing them"
ir shallow bowls in stsarthse designs,
formed wholly of the sweet cord
las of jasmine or lily. She was an
adept in writing, and the written •
character is with the Ohineee a
matter of great importance, Espe.
cially was she expert in drawing,
with her brush full of India ink
such a single "great character". i
one signifying peace, prosperity of
longevity—as the Chinese execute
as a gift of honor or friendship;
a character often four feet long,
and executed with such perfection 1
as to be truly a work of art.
Her elaborate coiffures of real
or artificial flowers,eher dresses.
and the eettirgs of her jewels site
designed herself, and with taste.
She invented rcceipes for dainty
dishes.' The soaps and perfumes
for her own use were made in the
palace byher maids, tinder her di -
rent supervision. Oftena steam-
ing compound with . the stirring -
stick yot in it would bre brought to
her, and she world: stir, sniff and
test it herself. She composed per
fumes of the oils of ditierent flow-
ers in new and delicious combina-
tions as a housekeeper invents and
makes new dishes.
Hei• own voice and enunciation
were admirable: She had no pa-
tience with poorly spoken Chinese.
She once, broke off an interview
with '
a . director e r of her gardens
whose accent was crude, saying to
an attendant, as she walked away:
"Let him tell you, and later you
can translate to me. I can't stand
any more of that language."
She knew by heart many of the
classics of the tongue she so re-
spected, and when her favorite
daughter-in-law visited ' her, the
two would amine themselves by ex-
changing and capping quotations,
often for ahalf-hour without stop-
ping. "The Great Aneeatress'
would' sit at her throne table, with
her flowers or other light occupa-
tion, and the younger princess
odanri beA tr'ln'eF; i nn eirftkrie3»
lighted with pleasure, their voices
often mingling, as they would re-
peat in concert some favorite
phrase or verse, for sheer pleasure
in its beauty.
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MARS IS DYING OF `1' IST.
It is n I+lat 'Expanse of Waterlose
Desert.
It is rather a curious coincidence
that Professor PercivalLowell
whose discoveries of evidences of
the presence of living beings on tin.
planet Mars are creating so muckk
interest 111 scientific circles, should
have conducted his .astronomical
observations in Arizona.
And'for this reason: Mars, so
ear -ding to Mr. Lowell, is a dying
world, a fiat expanse of • waterless
desert, whose few remaining inho.
bitants are only kept from perish.
ing of thirst by a wonderful systen
of canals which brings to the equa
torial regions the melting snows
from the Martian polar ice -cape.
Well, Arizona, too, is a water•
less desert, except where it is irri
gated by canals, the reason being
that its few rivers run along the
bottoms of terrific gorges, called
canyons, soma of which aro over
two miles deep. Of ordinary rain-
fall there is little or none, just as
Mr. Lowell says is the case ie
Mars, In fact, if a Martian were
transported to Arizona, he would
probably detect little if any differ -
once between his own country and
11.
Not even the worst portions of
the Sahara are so utterly barren as
1, this great lone land. The South-
ern Pacific Railway, which grosses
IL, runs for hundreds of miles
through a see of sand. There aro
no houses, no inhabitants; nothing
but sand,
Every twenty miles there is a sec-
tion house, wherein dwells a gang
of .Chinese coolies, whose duty it
i•• to keep the track clear of the
over -encroaching, eenstently shift-
ing sand, These men are called
upon to endure a temperature that,
during the daytime, seldom falls
below 120 Fahrenheit.
Naturally they havo no use for
fires. _ Even their' cooking is Bono
by the heat of the sun, the rail's
serving as frying pans whereon
they grill their "smelly" dried fish
and rashers of coarse bacon.
Nevertheless, there is excellent
reason for planting an observatory
fn this detest.tble desert, for at
night the stars loom larger than
anywhere else, actually seeming to
the •observer to draw perceptibly
nearer to the, earth when viewed
through the dive, translucent air.
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