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OR, WAITING THROUGH WEARY
YEARS.
CHAPTER V'.� (Cont'd) until the morning, He stowed his
drawing and painting materials be-
hind it.` And Marie promised to
take of the whole lot.
1 e felt vett' much disappointed
of his usual evening saunter with
Mario, for now he knew that etre
had no washing to take to the vil-
lage, and, therefore; n0 excuse for
awalk.
But the old woman came, like an
unconscious Fate,to his assistance.
"Marie!" she exclaimed sharply
while rummaging among the little
round grocery boxes, "Mario,I
don't know what's come over you
lately, you are grown that care-
less 1 Do you not know there ain't
that look aright.• so much as a grain of coffee in the
But the poor blind and Foolish old box for breakfast to -morrow ino..t•
The next morning the artist ars
rived. early et (:Tiff Cottage, Ho
- aviaho(' to have thea morning light,
he said. •
But early es'it was, Marie and her
grandmother had had their break.
fast, and Marie had set tho room
in perfect order for the 'reception
of Mr. Talbot.
The old woman greeted him very
graciously, and set a chair for him.
If she had not been half blind, as
well as half -silly, with age, she
must have' seen the vivid blush, the
beaming eyes, and'smiliog lips with
which the maiden met her lover,
and must have read the language of
woman saw nothing but the painter
and his subject.
Talbotwas leaded like a pporter,
with his easel, pallet, portfolio, pre-
pped canvas paint -brushes, and
all the paraphernalia of a travel-
ling artist's profession.
One by eche he placed them on the
floor, mad commenced his arrange -
=Ants.
"BO bow about the washing,
Marie 1 You cant sit for your pia -
tar and get that done in time to
take it hone this evening."
"No, granny, I told the ladies
that I should not have time to do
any more laundry work for a week,
or may be more, And so I didn't
bring away any clothes," answered
Marie, as she took a seat and posi-
tion according to the artist's dire°
tion.
"That's all well enough. long as
IItr. Talbot does the right thing by
me, 'cause it's more profitable to
me for you to sit than to wash! Still
a bird ut the hand is worth two in
the bush, and the washin' was a
sure thing, certain to last, and the
sfttin' ain't,' So, I say, you ought
to a held on to ft even if you had
to sit up nights to do it! That's
what I say!"•
Marie said nothing in reply to
this.
tut as for Talbot, he could scarce-
ly control the indignation he felt
at the wear/does old creature, who
,would have heavily overtasked the
delicate 'girl without the slightest
compunction.
He applied himself to this de-
lightful work. He wished to "paint
her as he saw her" now, and after -
Ward successively as "Hope," as
"Peace," as "Joy," as "Miriam,"
and as the "Blessed Virgin.'
Ile could never tire of painting
that lovely face. Thus, in fancy, he
sketched out a Long summer and
autumn's work, careless of how
much time and Money it might cost
him.
He worked away at the picture,
while Marie sat patiently before
him, and the old dame waddled
about the house, looking after her
own affairs, until the little cracked
clock, on the corner shelf, jangled
out the twelve strokes of noon.
"I have tired you,. Marie!" said
the artist, throwing blown his brush.
"I have been merciless in taxing
you to -day, but, indeed, I did not
know hew late it was till the clock
struck."
"I dui not tired the least," said
the girl, 'smiling.
"You think so 1 But come, let us
have lunch! _I have brought some
fine cordial; and other dainties, for
grandma," he added, rising.
After the luxurious luncheon he.
had brought into the poor cottage
had been taken, and thoroughly en-
joyed by the little party of three,
and Marie had cleared the table,
and made the room tidy again, she
resumed her sitting, and the artist
recommenced his work.
The old woman fell sound asleep
in her old armchair.
There was but little painting done
that afternoon.
It was near sunset when the dame
suddenly sneezed and coughed and
opened her eyes.
And she thought site saw the art-
ist and her • grand -daughter sitting
.close, together, he with his arm
around her waist, and she with her
head upon his bosom. But the
next instant she thought she must
have dreamed it, for when she rub.
bed her. eyes and looked again he
was• standing quietly before his ea-
sel, with his pallet in one hand and
Lis brush in the ether, studying the
Picture, and Marie was sitting mo-
tionless in her seat.
"Ain't
'n most tee dark
it a gettingg
for to do any more painting?" she
inresired, ronstng herself.
Yes, dense, I think it is," an-
aerc cthe a fiat, laY
ing
down his
paliet and brush, "You ,have
had
a refreshing sleep, I hope?"
The granny ar ' wer conly by a
loud yawn,
The artist prepared to depart, He
rctereed the picture on the easel,
' and mond the easel up into a cor-
ner, whore be begged that it might
to permitlttd to remain enamelled
Mgt"
I can go to the village and get
some this evening, granny," easer•-
ly replied the girl
"Well, go then. I must have my
coffee for breakfast. I can't enjoy
of my breakfast without coffee:"
Mario sprang joyfully ep to get
ready. Here was to be a deiighz-
ful walk without even a heavy kaa
ket to be carried,
The lovers went out togeths•
As they crossed the threshold of
the cottage the sun suddenly sunk
behind the mountain, casting all the
vale into shadow.
Alas! for the correspondeece.
That night the sun went down uprn
Marie's happiness. casting all her
youthful life in sorrow!
That night, in a small neighbor-
ing hamlet, and under assume!
names, there was a secret marriage
contracted between the lover,, a
marriage fraught with woe.
CHAPTER VI.
Summer passed, and the 'first
month of Autumn was drawing to
its close. The company, even to the
latest loiterers, .had all left the ho-
tel—with one exception, that of tha
artist, Talbot, who still lingered.
"The woods," he said, "are so
glorious in ,October, that I must
paint thein."
This was the excuse he gave to
the last of his companions that
shook- hands with him on parting.
But neither his comrade nor any
one else believed him.
In a little mountain hamlet like
Pine Cliffs, isolated from all the
rest of the world, everybody knows
everything—and a great deal more
—about everybody else.
All Pine Cliffs knew what kept
Roland Talbot, the artist, linger-
ing in the neighborhood; all in
fact, except the blind and doting
old woman at Cliff Cottage,
The gorgeous month of October
passed away.
All the portraits of Marie in the
various characters the artist had
thought of had been painted, and
were carefully packed and dispatch-
ed to his studio in a distant city;
yet still the artist lingered, though
no other work was undertaken, no
glorious autumn landscape was
transferred to the canvas.
The day at last came when he was
compelled to depart.
Then he would have persuaded
the beautiful cottage girl to accorn-
pa.ny !rim to the city. He cleserib-
ed to her the vastly superior com-
forts and conveniences, pleasures
and splendors of the capitol. He
painted them in the most glowing
colors. But she was not tempted by
the picture.
"If I could go at all, love, it
would not be for any of these
things, but for you, the love and
the lord of my life. But I cannot
leave the poor old woman to die
alone in her ago," she answered
meekly, with her head upon his
bosom.
Then he pleaded his own love and
his loneliness without her; and he
pleaded with all the ardor, earnest-
ness and eloquence of a devoted lov-
er who was determined to win Isis
cause. He even promised to own
her as his wife, if she would go with
him.
But still clinging tenderly to him,
she answered sadly through her fal-
ling tears:
"Oh I I wish I could 1 Love! I
have given ep to you in everything,
because I love you. It makes me so
happy to obey you, and so wretch-
ed to oppose you ; but I must not
leave her in her age and poverty to
I
die alone."
Finding allIris efforts to
l
ersu-
ads Marie to go to the city in vain,
the artist left her in real or pre-
tended anger.
And e returned urned in despair to
t
her cottage home.
ome.
Marie had known Roland Talbot
since- May. And he had been her
lover from the first, It was now
November: The weather had con
tinued fine up to the day of Talbot's
departure. The day after he left it
suddenly changed, and there was a
week of 'dark and clouded skies, and
of fierce wind irrid rain, that:abrip-
ped all the glorious woods of their
gaudy auaumn foliage. So that
when at length the weather cleared,
there was nothing but baro branch-
es Above, and brown leaves below.
Ah! then the weather changed
with Marie's spirit also, clouds and
darkness and desolation took pop•
session of the soul once so radiant
with sunshine and happiness,
Her physical health and strength
had been failing for some time past.
She could not now resume her laun-
dry work, and toil between the vil-
lage and the cottage with heavy
baskets of clothes, even if she oould
have got custom at this dull sea-
son, which ,was doubtful.
Tho absence and silence 'of her
lover, too, made her unspeakably
wretched, and the more acutely so
beeause within a week after his de-
parture she had become assured of
flys terrible fact that she, an'unac-
knowledged wife, would be a mo-
ther. But for her own extreme ig-
norance and simplicity, she might
have known this months before, for
it was already known to the mat-
rons of the village, who were equ-
ally unsparing in their denuncia-
tions of the artist and "hie dupe,''
as theyealled her.
The discovery filled the poor girl
with dismay.
Her anguish and despair were all
the fiercer and deeper that they
must be suffered alone. She could
not tell her fatal secret to any one,
or seek sympathy or counsel any-.
where. Shemust pass through the
fiery furnace alone t
Whenever now she went to the
village to sell the woolen cooks and
stockings that her grandmother had
knit, her neighbors would look con-
temptuously and speak coldly to
her, if they spoke at all. But often to become too dry, even on the sur -
they would turn away without no- face, and from time to time in hot
tieing her. All this wounded her dry weather it should be watered.
sore heart to the quick, even before I0 is also a good plan to plant trees
she understood the reason. by the side of the dungstead, so
Now since her own discovery of that the foliage in summer may
her fatal secret she understood their shelter it from the sun.
hatred and contempt too well, On the other hand an excess of
At length an incident, a triflling moisture is also injurious, and the
one in itself, filled her cup of ser- heap should not be allowed to lie in
row and humiliation to overflow- water as it, may sometimes do in
ing. heavy rains unless measures are
As I said before, she was pas- taken to prevent it:
sionately fond of children. A superfluity of water involves
One clay she had been out in the the washing out of some of the sot -
woods all the forenoon gathering uble nitrogenous compounds and
chestnuts to sell. In the afternoon part of the phosphoric acid and pot -
she was taking these to the village ash. For this reason a trench
when she !net a crowd of children should be dug round the heap into
out for their ramble, She knew which the superfluous water can
them. They had been her darling run.
pets. It will thus be understood that
At the sight of their happy faces, the proper management of farmyard
she almost forgot her terrible trop- manure consists in hindering rapid
ble. ,She smiled on them, opened decomposition and in preventing
her basket of chestnuts, and invit- loss by draining. At the same tinie
ed them to come and help them- a certain amount of warmth in the
selves. heap is desirable to promote the
But the children shrank from her slow process of rotting; as every
in fear and aversion, and huddled farmer knows, rotted farmyard ma,
together as if for mutual support. were produces better results than
"Won't you speak to me, Emma? fresh manure; and it is this factor
Won't you Ida?" she pleadedin that is meant by the judicious man -
heart -broken tones, as she held out agement of farmyard manure.
her hand beseechingly.
Neither of the children addressed FERTILITY AND PLANT FOOD.
replied to her. To produce profitable crops and
"Mamma says we must not speak at the same time to maintain, and
to you ever again, because you're a
even to increase the productive ea -
wicked girl," answered Jenny, the parity of the soil mayrightly be
eldest of the group. And the other termed "good farming." Many
Childrenhuddled around her as if farmers are able to do this, and the
for protection. knowledge of how to do it has been
Anel none else spoke to the strick- largely acquired through years of
en girl, except the tender-hearted experience, during which the char -
two -year-old Gladdy, who said: atter of the soil, its adaptability for
"Poor May-ee I and ran towards crops, and the methods of its man-
her with outstretched hands. agement and manuring have been
But the nurse snatched the child g
upand carried her followed byCo rho owevcr, a yadefn study,
off, without, however, any definite and
the other children. accurate knowledge concerning ire -
Wild with anguish, Marie cast her aures and their functions in vele-
basket of chestnuts away, and threw tion to soils and crops.
herself upon the ground, crying to Soils vary greatly in the capabil-
the only Merciful Heart she knew :
" !ties of supplying food to crops.
ave I been so wicked? Lord Different ingredients are deficient
and Saviour, who never yet rebuk- in different soils. Thr way to
el a poor, loving woman, have I learn what materials aro proper in
been so wicked? Loving Lord, who
had no words but words of pity for
sinning women, forgive and help
me new 1"
Stretched face downward upon
the dead leaves, she wept and sob- materials can be most eeonontically
bed in a wild storm of sorrow and supplied is to put the question to
humiliation, until she heard the the soil with different fertilizing
footsteps of some approaching pas- materials and get the reply in the
senger, when elle started up, and crops produced.
forgetting her basket, hurried to The chief use of fertilizers is to
wards her home. supply plant food. It is good farm -
It was nearly dark within the !rut ing to make the most of the natural
when she entered the door. resources of the soil and of the ma -
The old woman was hovering over nares produced on the farm, and
the wood fire that she now stirred tc depend upon artificial fertilizers
into a blaze to see the face of her only to furnish what more is.need-
gra nd--daughter, ed. It is not good economy to pay
That face, seen in the bright light, high prices :for materials which the
was pale and haggard with anguish, soil may itself yield, but ib is good
and the oyes were still streaming economy to supply the lacking onus
with tears. in the cheapest way. The rule in
"Why, what on the yeth is the thepurchase of costly contnsercial
matter with you, gall" inquired the fertilizers should.be to select those
old woman aghast. that supply, in the best forms chose
"Oh, Granny! Granny 1 the chil- at the lowest cost, the plant food
dren hurt my feelings so i They whichthe crop needs and the soil
wouldn't even speak to me. They fails to furnish,
wouldn't!" cited the girl, bursting
into fresh tears and sobs. FARM NOTES.
On the Farm
(do't -¢ et4-04 Oo•1-(1+0+7I
FARMYARD MANURE,
Farmyard manure consists of the
soil and liquid excrements of ani-
mals and the litter with which these
substances are mixed and absorb-
ed. Its value for fertilizing pur-
poses depends to a great extentn up
en the way in which it is handed n
the dungstead, In this respect its
management too often leaves much
to be desired, and taking the coun-
ty all through, enormous quantities
cf valuable plant nourishment are
lost,
The atmosphere is .the chief agent
which produces the decontpostion of
the ammonia in the manure and
causes it to escape, and therefpre,
the air must bo shut out of the ma-
nure heap as much as possible.
The freer the air can penetrate the
heap the more rapid is the decom-
position and consequent loss of am-
monia; indeed,' it may be said that
a rational treatment of the manure
does not exist unless the heap is
tightly compacted.
Keep it moist and tread it tight,
And it will you care requite.
Absence of moisture in the heap
is another cause of loss in thequa-
lity of farmyard manure. In sum-
mer the heat of the sun dries the
heap; and, thus contributes; to the
loss through decomposition. There-
fore, the heap must not be allowed
a given case is by observation and
experiment. The rational method to smbmcrge the head, •
for determining what ingredients of England's prison population is
plant food a soil fails to furnish in 90 per 100;000 of her inhabitants,
abundance, and how' these lacking
Why not take a Cup of
every morning through the fall -and winter ?
BOVRIL IS ALL BEEP
It contains all the nutriment of the beef In a eonoOntrated
and tasty form.
It will renew your blood .and give you strength of nerve
and muoote.
It will tone up the whole systortn.
Bovril gives Heath and Strength
likely to be plenty of moisture pre-
sent. Then, too, barley loses its
leaves two or three weeks earlier
than oats, and can be harvested and.
removed before dry, hot weather
comes.
It is a well known fact in prac-
tical agriculture that soil rich in
humus absorbs More water, pos-
sesses more capillarity, warmth and
air than a soil deficient in that pro-
perty, although it may be even rich-
er in natural mineral fertility.
Hence it is found that an applica-
tion of barn manure often has more
beneficial effects as a mechanical
than as a fertilizing agent. This
being well understood, the consid-
eration of bulk is a very intportent
one in measuring manure values.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
' •Provide harm, dry quarters for
al] stock,; young and old;. do not
shut them •in closely until the cold
weather demands.; shelter them
well, but do not confine them in
close quarters.
For the combination horse that
does about twelve'to fifteen miles a
day in harness or under' saddle,,
twelve quarts of good oats in three
feeds, and from eight to ten pounds
of hay, given at the night feeding,
should be a good sustaining ration.
In addition to this he should occa-
sionally have a few carrots, pota-
toes, sweet apples, etc.
WORTH KNOWING.
Littlie Bits of Iafornta>tion About
'Most Everything.
Dundee exports over 1,600 .tons
of marmaiaolo a year.
Zoologists aver that in a hun-
dred years the lion will be extinct.
We call our day 24 hours, but i,
is really 23 hours 56 minutes 5 sec -
ends.
The English Channel at its nar-
rowest breadth is twenty and a
,quarter miles across.
The Royal Palaces and Marlbor-
ough House cost £60,000 to Lee,-
000 a year ne repairs.
Norwegians and Lapps, the tal-
lest.and the shortest people of the
world, live side by side.
Korean tailors do not stitch gar
ments. They paste the edges to-
gether and press them down.
The hide of -a cow produces about
thirty-five pounds of leather, that
,of a horse about eighteen pounds,
In Berlin the pawnshop is a Roy-
al and philanthropic institution:
Any profit that ismadeis spent on
ch arity.
In making champagne, the grapes
are squeezed six times, each pres-
sure making wine of different qua-
lity.
Sea -bathing causes many diseas-
es of the ear. Cotton should be put
in the ear when it is the intention
"And why wouldn't they speak
to sena 1d like to know 1 Drot
their impidcnce! ain't my grand-
dnrt.er as good as any o' them?"
wrathfully inquired the dame.
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h. nn,nr.no, cried e n
1, ,
unable longer to 'bear the load of
hr than oats,be-
cause
is better B
y
cause it grows earlier in the season,
and therefore makes its demand on
the soil for moisture when there is
i t that, I couldn't do
Oh, nn,ni a c
her secret anguish, and goaded to that 1 But, olr granny 1 I'in lost!
t 't e girl,sinking at
confession. "(}}r ! YIO , no 1 11 � . 1 ], nl 1 tat! cried the �,
am a lust and welched creature N' the dame's feet,
'"What --what - - what-- what do ( And with her face in the :darno's
you meant .: You :ain't : been ±Lead• 1 lap, and i,t will! and broken words
ing ? (al, ].old : s ,n ain't been steal- the poured forth the story of her
t .e 1,-rrl n i::m.t betrayed!
ink]" loitered regi 1. old t,c Dan in and
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tvildr,.rracntuad terror: (To lex continued.)
tbaeof Ireland 06 per 100,000, of
Scotland only 62 in the sante num-
ber.
The horse has a smaller stoansoh
proportionately than any other ani-
mal, because the horse was created
for speed. Had he the ruen±nating
stomach of the ox,- he would be
quite unfitted for the labor. which
he now performs.
The domestic cat is quite a dis
tinct species, probably 'amended
from the Egyptian oat, which was
certainly domesticated more than
3,000 years ago, and worshipped in
some cities, and embalmed after
death. The cat was domesticated
in Europe more than 2,000 years
ago,
When a passenger pays for bis
dog to ride by rail, is the dog en-
titled to occupy a seat in the car-
riage like a human being? In Bel-
gium a man turned a dog eft a seat
to sit down himself. The dog's
masterbrought an action against
the individual• and the Courts have
declared that the deg is as much
entitled to a seat as his master.
Special attention is /being given
by the French military authorities
to the questions of suo0oring the
wounded on, battlefields when night
comes on after a great battle. It
has been practically determined
that..the ambulance oorps men shall
weer Little inoandes;ent glow -lamps
in their bats. Each man is to carry
a little primary battery in his pack-
et for the production of the cur-
rent. The wounded in need of -suc-
cor will look out for the little mov-
ing lights, and - if possible drag
themselves towards them.
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The little kittens !rad stayed out
overnight, Flor'anoe found there,
in the morning cuddled' together
close to the back door.
afraid they're taken cold,"
she mourned. "Rut I couldn't find'
them anywhere last night."
"I hunted the yard over'," said'
Philip, after you had gone to bed.
I don't see where they were."
"You'll have t0 look out for them
these gold nights," said Aunt'
Gladys, "or some morning you will
find them stiff."
"Oh, I'll keep them inside!'!.
cried k'lorence. "1 won't let there
go out at nal I I can't lose my dear
little kitties!" And she stroked
and petted the white one and the
yellow one and the black one—she
could not have told which she loved
best.
"It isn't good for them to bp.
cooped up in bbe house," replied.
Aunt Gladys. "I. don't knew bow
you can 'manage."
Philip did not say anything. He
was thinking. Later he asked:
"Mother, may I have that long
board in the cellar—the ono across
the coal -bins?"
"That piece of oak that was left•
from the dining -room floor? What•
do you .want of 10 1"
"For the kittens," said Philip,:
laughing.
Florence puckered her face in
curiosity. 'What do you mean 1"
she begged.
"Oh, you'll see some time! Mo-
ther, may I have it?"
"I don't care what you do with.
it," Mrs. Maynard replied. "I don't
know of what use it could ever be
put to,"
"I do," and Philip chuckled.
"Oh, what?" coaxed Florence.
"You wait I The kittens may nob
take to it at all."
Floreneo followed her brother
down -cellar, excitedly eager to find
out what that board could possibly'
have to do with her kittens;
Philip's own room was on the,
ground floor, and he carried the
hoard outdoors and set it up against.
theside of the house, one and rest-
ing on the sill of the side window,
the other on the grass. Then be•
ran inside and opened his window
about a foot. "Now we'll see," he
said, laughingly. "Bring on the
kittens}"
"What are you going to do—make
them walk that board 1"
"We'll teach them to, if we can,"'
replied Philip.
"Oh, I see nowt" cried Florence.
But at first the little cats did not
think it was nice at all. They had
to be coaxed with dainties: and play
things for a good while before they
learned to walk, on Kitten Street,,
as Philip named it. But as they
were not allowed to get in or out -
of the house any other way, in a•
few days they would scamper up
and down by day or night, and they
never had to stay out in the cold
after that.
"I'm glad I've got a brother who
thinks of nice things!" sighed Flo-
rence, . contentedly. --Youth's Com-
panicn.
REST AFTER MEALS.
Hurried eating of meals, followed
immediately after by some employ-
ment that occupies the whole atten-
tion and takes up all or nearly all
of the physical energies, is sure to
result in dyspepsia in one form or
another. Sometimes it shows itselt
in excessive irritability, a sure indi-
thee that nerve force has been ex-
hausted.
The double draught, in order to
digest the food and carry on the•
business, has been more .than na-
ture could
ature'could stand without being
thrown out of balance.. Nature
does not do two things at a time and
do both well, as a rule. AU know,
that when a force is divided it is
wcakeued. If the meal were eaten
slowly, without preoccupation of
the mind, and the stomach allowed
at least half an hour's chance to
get its work well undertaken be-
fore Lite nervous force is turned in
another direction patients suffering
from dyspepsia would be compara-
tively few.
FOR INVALIDS.
Beef Juice. -Take lean round
steak. Heat it slightly in a pan over
the fire, then squeeze in a warm
lemon squeezer, Season with a lit-
tle salt. Serve in It colored -claret
glass, as invalids otben object to
beef juice on, omelet of the color.
Baked Milk. -Pub the milk in a
jar, covering the opening with
white ,
bitpaper, and bake in a moder-
ate
p
ate oven until thick as cream. May
be taken by the most delicate sto-
mach.
Glycerin and Lemon Juice, --Half
f sorbenb
half f on a trete n ab
a, d a
n 1
cotton is the best thing to moisten
n
o
tlr } g
lips and tongue of a fever porch
ell patient.
Onion Gruel, --•13x11 a few sliced
odions in a -pint of fresh milk air -
ring in a little oatmeal end 'i. remit
c f stilt; boil un the c• :Inns becr,ulo
!,ender axil take at, :'Kett,