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}OIITIINE FVOR8 TF}LBRVE:
OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST
CHAPTER VII,-(CDnt'd)
Lady Burton coughed slightly;
she felt annoyed at the remark,just
when she had settled in hes' own
mind that her sweet Maude shon1d
reign over the Crawahaw bank
notes.
"My dear Mrs, Darnley, you for-
get," she said, blandly, "Mr.
Crewel -law is quite a personage in
shire; and besides, his wealth
gives him any position in society
that he wishes to occupy. Person•
ally, I- find the man quite charnl-
ing,. so refreshingly original,
such--"
"Pardon nee," interrupted Mrs.
Darnley, curtly, "as I have no
marriageable daughters, you will
excuse me if I do not join you in
this eulogy of a person whom I con-
sider it an insult to be asked to
meet l"
And with that Derrick's mother
turned to Lady Merefeld, and be-
gan an eager conversation, which
treated entirely of poor Nancy and
her ,position at Ripstone Hall.
Lady Burton was not in the least
offended.
"So like Anne Darnley," she said
to harsel$, "uncompromisingly
frank, and, consequently, extreme-
ly disagreeable! Welk, I only hope
ale will find no „rouble with the
future of her marriageable son. I
can see through a brick wall as well
as most people, and the interest
Derrick Darnley evinces for that
very dangerously pretty protege of
Sir Humphrey would not altogether
please me were 1 his mother !"
which thought proved Lady Burton
to be a woman of some perception
and common sense.
Dorothy Leicester progressed to
the end of welcoming her guests at
last, and then every one trooped
off to the tennis court to see the
match which was the original raison
d'etre of the fete.
Nancy was kept busy in the tept
seeing that all the elderly ladies
were served with ice drinks or tea,
and Darnley had no chance of get-
ting near her. He planted himself,
however, near the entrance to the
refreshment tent, and, it must be
confessed, he grumbled a great deal
under his breath at the crowd, the
heat, and, last of all, at the fact
that his darling was separated from
him, and buried all the afternoon
W such a spot.
Sir Humphrey was careful to car-
ry out his daughter's instructions,
and presented Miss Hamilton to
all the smart people of the neigh-
borhood.
It made Derrick Darnley both
smile with pleasure and foam with
anger as he heard snatches of re-
marks about the girl he loved; his
jealousy was up in arms, too, as he
saw the men stare hard at her,
and then ask Sir Humphrey to
introduce them.
"A set of countrified bump-
kins! I should like to kick them
all!" he savagely declared to him-
self, forgetting, with a lover's sel-
fishness, that, as yet, Nancy was
not publicly allotted to him as his
property, and that other eyes,
doubtless, found her as charming
to gaze on as his own had always
done.
He grew moody after a while; his
love for this.fair young creature
was not all smoothness ; it was so
great, so thorough, it possessed him
so oompletely. that he could think
of nothing else; it seemed to him
now as if he had known Nancy all
bis life; he read her simple. frank,
sweet nature as clearly as he read
book. He had no wish to dive
into her past. for he knew she could
not deceive, even had she tried to
do en, and he would have staked
his existence on her girlish record
being as ober and pure as Doro-
thy's itself.
Only once in their frequent con-
versations had he broached the sub-
_ ject of that January night, when
his strong right arm had struck the
Coward into the getter ; and though
lie had hadno right then to question
further, he learned enough to
know that Nancy hated to be re-
minded of the scene, from no shame
on her part, hut from a woman's
pride and dignity. Yes, Darnley
trusted her; now he would trust
her to death! Could such rnagnifl•
cent eyes be faese?—and did not
truth and nuritv be buried in their
deep -blue hearts?
Come what man the die was cast
—he loved her as he should n• icer
love mortal woman again ; and
against mother, family, friendv, the
whole world, he would cling to her
till death, parted them !
These were the thoughts ti at
surged in Derrick Darnley's breast
that he was neglecting his' duty most
disgracefully, and that, instead of
standing feasting hie eyes an Nancy,
he should have been by Dorothy's
side, assisting her. Everything was
lost but the exquisite joy of his love,
a joy made greater by the know-
ledge that he was beloved in re-
turn,
e-
tx
u 'n
Suddenly there was a break in the
erowd, and he saw his chance.
He went hurriedly up to Nancy.
"Do not forget—the lower lake --
seven o'clook. How shall I live till
then, Nancy 2" •
Her hands were trembling so
much she could scarcely give him
the cup, of tea for which he Kari
made a pretence of asking.
His eyes dwelt on hers so long
that she was drawn by the magnetic
force to meet his gaze. The inten-
sity of his love amazed her—it sl -
most frightened her -and yet how
sweet it was!
"My darling one!" be whispered ;'
ho had just a moinent to touch bar
hand, and then he was compelled
to move away and let another taire
his place.
The afternoon progressed veil Ito
Darnley it seemed as Though i,
would never come to an end; to
Nancy, she had no knowledge of
what was happening, so dazed was
she by the sweet dream that had
come to her. The tennis match was
played, and, to the immense and
unbounded delight of the Hon. Ella,
the diamond brooch was hers.
To pass the time Mr. Darnley had
unwittingly strolled up to her to
congratulate her, and there found
himself seized on by Mrs. Fair-
fax, who was a desperate flirt, and
who admired his stern, dark, hand-
some face tremendously.
No slave working for his liberty
struggled to free himself with
greater ardor or eagerness than
Darnley did—in vain, he could not
escape. He heard the tower clock
chime seven, and in fancy be saw
Nancy wending her way to the si-
lent and distant end of the lake.
He resorted to all sorts of strategy,
but Mrs. Fairfax was not to be
shaken off.
It may be that the pretty, passe,
little matron had guessed something
of the truth, and in pique determin-
ed to spoil sport; but whether that
was so or not, she successfully man-
aged to prevent Mr. Darnley from
escaping, and roused him nearly to
the verge of madness and anger.
It was just half -past seven when
'he .got free at last, and then he
had to manoeuvre to prevent re-
mark being passect on his strange
eagerness and haste. •
"Confound that woman 1" he mut-
tered, under his breath, "we shall
not have a moment, and my poor,
precious one has been waiting down
there all alone. I could willingly
pitch Mrs. Fairfax into that foun-
tain!"
ountain!"
Once free of the crowd, however,
he strode along quickly. and
breathed a deep sigh of relief as
he left the buzz of voices and the
strains of music behind him.
He hurried through the rose gar-
dens, past the spot hallowed for
ever in his memory, as the place
where his . lips had first touched
Nancy's, then through many nar-
row paths to the lower lake.
His heart thrilled with the in-
tensity of his love. In another mo-
ment all the misty dreams of the
past week would be realized, and
Nancy would be in his arms—Nancy
herself—no myth—no tantalizing,
illusive spirit, but Nancy in her ex-
quisite beauty and enthralling
sweetness,
One more moment.
He pushed aside a low -hanging
bough, and then he paused.
She was sitting on a rustic chair,
gazing ever the sunlit lake, her face
was eloquent in its silence, the pur-
ity, the shy color that mantled it
as she heard his step woke another
and deeper throb in the' man's
heart.
Without a word he drew her from
the chair, and clasped her in his
arms. It was not easy to speak at
such a moment, for both their
hearts were full.
"My own -my very own !" mur-
mured the man, breaking the long
silence; "Nancy, did you think I
had deserted you—that I was never
coming?"
She shook her head.
"No," she whispered, in soft, low
tones, "I—I felt—I knew you would
come 1"
Darnley stooped his head and
kissed her lips tenderly.
"You know I leve you, Nancy-!"
She smiled faintly, but there was
a world of gladness in her eyes.
"And now you belong to me—
as ho stood gazing over the heads yes, to tap alone, Nancy, I warn
of the crowd at the sweet, pi.etil;- you, 1 shall share von with no one
usque face. with its russet -drawn •-4 am selfish and ,Jealous in my
locks acrd %egos of heaven's rove l'sa, hit I oannot help it, my der-
=lalaae, Jae rites obelono of the fact ling; when I look back on my life,:
end realize that I have 'lived so
many years without you, I wonder
how 1 have managed to exist at
all!"
"And you have known ane such a
short time; how do you know you
will not tire of—"
"Hush!" he cried, almost fierce-
ly, clasping her still closer in his
arms, "never say such a thing,
Nancy --tire of yon—lay love --my,
queen—my very life!"
Her face paled at his vehemence;
yet her strong woman's' heart was
won still further by this devotion.
It was 'as if a ,sodden ray of gol-
den sunshine illumined her entire
being; she was conscious of :a great,
a marvellous sense of happiness -a
happiness which seemed to stun her,
and stop her heart beating.
The touch of his strong arms
about her—the whisper of his love-
laden voice—the touch of his lips.
as he rained passionate kisses on
her sweet. upturned face awoke
flood of ectasysuch as she,had never
ear
felt before, and
would remember in
all the years of her life to come.
Long after, when despair was eat-
ing out her heart, Nancy recalled
the beauty of this scene—the peace-
ful lake gliding serenely at her feet,
the faintly moving boughs, .the rud-
dy glow of the setting sun, the soft
murmuring breeze, balmy and lad-
en with a thousand heavy scents,
stealing slowly upon them, as
though ib would join in their rap-
ture and learn their joy,
Suddenly a clock from afar struck
eight. With a start, Nancy drew
herself from his hold.
"I must go. They will wonder,"
she murmured, shyly.
"Let thea. wonder. What do we
care? Are you not mine now 2 By
an hour's time all here shall know
that,"
I No, no ! Not to -night please!
Derrick Darnley laughed at the
blush and shy modesty that came
on her face.
"It shall be as you will, my dar-
ling," he said, kissing her again
and again ; "but I warn you I shall
only wait until to -morrow, Nancy;
then I shall -claim you before all the
world, my own dainty witch!"
"'Man proposes, You know the
rest," laughed Nancy, nervously,
as she picked up her gloves and
prepared to start.
How little did she think, poor
girl, that the trite proverb quoted
so lightly would be only too griev-
ously proved in her own easel
"Do not defy me?" Darnley ask-
ed, with mock anger. "Beware,
madam! or— Well, for two pins,
I will pick you up in my arms and
walk off with you to the house,
there !"
Nancy shrank back, as if she ac-
tually feared this, whered.t Darn-
ley broke into hearty laughter. He
pushed aside the boughs for her to
pass on to the path; then just as
she was going he stopped.
"Do you really love me, Nancy ?"
he asked, softly, yet with deep eag-
erness. "You have not told me
yet."
She lifted her eyes to his,
"I love you with all my heart. I
shall love you till I die," she an-
swered, solemnly.
Their lips met in a last kiss, then
the boughs slipped back, and the
sound of their footsteps died away
in the distance.
When they were quite gone, a
man crept out from behind some
bushes. His swarthy face was pal-
lid with anger and jealousy; he
strode to and fro with clenched
hands, muttering angrily every now
and then between his pale lips: Few
of the guests would have recogniz-
ed in this agitated, haggard, in-
furiated -looking man, the self-sat-
isfied, important, yet undeniably
plebeian millionaire, Thomas
Crawsliaw, whose appearance at the
fete had caused such a flutter
among the fair sex; and little 'lid
Nancy think that in this, the very
birth of her exquisite happiness, a
cloud no larger than a man's hand
was rising slowly from the horizon
—a cloud that would darken and
destroy her supple, peaceful life.
(To be continued.)
'1'
BAD CASE.
"My wife faints on the slightest
provocation."
"What do you use to resuscitate
her 1"
"The last time it took a sealskin
coat."
"1 wish you'd lend me your
whistle," said wee Tommy to his
sister's young man. "I'll take care
of it." "Whistle?" cried young
Morarity. "I have got no whistle,
Tommy." "Oh, yes, you have,"
Tommy persisted, "'cause daddy
says you're much too fond of wet-
ting it."
We cannot shut our eyes to she
fact that great changes seem to be
coming over every department of
our national life—religious, social,
and political,—Prebendary Moor,
There is always room for the man
who does not get tired, who does
not watch the eloek, who has imag-
ination and ambition.—Mr. H,
Gordon Selfridge.
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FRESH All IN PNEUMONIA.
In' talking of pneumonia to pee-,
pie in general, it is necessary to
say and repeat many times that
pneumonia is not a bad cold 'run
mad, for this oonvlcticn appears to.
he invincibly lodged in the lay mind..
Pneumonia is first, last, and all
the time an acute local disease of
the lungs, which, according to the
gravity.. of the case, become ..mere
or less consolidated or ehoked up.
The more of the lung tissue that
is thus choked, the less the lungs
are able to breathe. The first con-
sequence of this helplessness on the
part_ of the lungs is that the heart
—that gallant organ—labors to get
enough blood to keep things going,
and this is why we sec the distress-
ing rapid and shallow breathing so
characteristic of the disease.
With all the heart can do it can
only pump blood, it cannot oxygen-
ate it—that is the function of the
lungs. Presently, Therefore, the
blood stream becomes more and
more impure, owing to lack of oxy-
gen, and in those cases ending in
death one of two things happens—
either the heart gives out entirely,
unable to stand the strain put up-
on it, or else the system is overcome
byetoxins, that is to say, by the im-
purity induced by the lack of oxy-
genation.
It has long been recognized that
what the pneumonia patient needs
is oxygen, and we are now sure
that this is best supplied by a direct
current of fresh air from outside,
and that this fresh air should be
the basis of all treatment from the
very beginning.
Too often has life been lost by a
failure to recognize this truth, or
by a belief that rushing in canned
oxygen at the last moment would
effect a cure. There is less pneu-
monia. among country dwellers than
among city people. There is less
pneumonia among people who ven-
tilate well than among the stuffy.
And there is less pneumonia in the
summer than in the winter. because
in the summer there is a free circu-
lation o€ air through all our houses.
The ideal treatment of pneumonia
is to carry the patient into the open
air and keep him there with pro-
per precautions against wind and
weather. But as this cannot al-
ways be done, the patient can at
least be placed in the largest, sun-
niest and best ventilated room in
the house. If possible, a room with
windows on -two sides is much to be
preferred to one which can be open-
ed only to one point of the com-
pass. By a system of screening, it
can always be managed that a direct
current of very cold air shell not
blow right on the bed, but the air
of the room should be constantly
renewed and always cool.
Of all "cranks" the "fresh -air
crank" is the sanest, and his re-
ward in the pneumonia sick -room is
a rich one.—Youth's Companion.
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NOTABLE SENTENCES.
Some Speeches of Recent
Date in England.
Sabbatarianism is dying, if not
dead.—Mr. George henson.
Conscious sacrifice is the very law
of love.—Mr. A. Haworth.
Wisdom and integrity are the
poles of industrial life.-efr.
Blight.
Our school children are talked to
death, and given no time to think.
—Mr. A. bearp,
Life has more in it than has ever
been revealed, or realized.—Canon
Scott -Holland.
Some of the very best singing is
to be found in the very worst
neighborhoods.—Dr. Borland.
No leader ever existed worthy of
the name but was a sublime optim-
ist. Dr, Walter R. Hadwen.
Every Englishman, every man,
who takes an interest in his country
ought to be a politician, Dr. Chev-
asae.
If the present laws of libel were
not in existence many biographies
would make very good reading.—
Mr. Edmund Goss.
Co -partnership is quietly though
slowly building up a type of charac-
ter which will make a new era.—
Mr. Henry Vivian,
In industrial life men are work-
ing up to such a high standard that
the slightest failure must spell dis-
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There is no man so sure of him-
self that he can afford to say he
could never learn anything from his
neighbors.—Lord Derby.
There never was a time in history
when ingenuity and capacity' in
boys and girls were so marked as
to-day.—Mr. Will Crooks, M.P.
Men who are so afraid of doing
foolish things that they lack the
courageto attempt rise ones will
never do much.—Lora Mayor of
Norwich.
Society is divided into two clas-
ses—the men who do all the work of.
life, and those who find fault with
it when it is done. -Sir Benjamin
Johnson.
••mats,.
Which is Your Choice ?
Sloppy, leaky wooden troughs,
or clean, durable Concrete ?
Wooden drinking troughs are about
as reliable • as the weather.
They are short-lived and require re-
placing every few years --not to mention
continual patching to keep them in repair,
The best of wood cannot withstand,
for long, constant dampness and soaking.
Its tendency to rapid decay soon shows
itself in leaks and stagnant pools of
water around trough. •^ ;:x01
Contrast with this the durability,
cleanliness and well -ordered appearance
of Concrete.
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The dampness which destroys lumber
only intensifies the strength and hardness
of Concrete.
You can impair a wooden trough with
comparatively little use; but it takes 'a
powerful explosive to put a Concrete water
tank out of'business.
Which
is your choice—expense-producing Wood,
or money -saving Concrete?
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on the Farm
WORTH THINICLNG ABOUT.
If your cows lie on a cement floor
without a board tottering or deep
bedding look out fpr udder trouble,
Some folks say the plow horses
ought to be curried every day in
the winter and their hair kept
short, but Nature does not any So.
If you are willing to pay your
boy the $30 a fuonth you would
have to pay a workman to fill his
place, you will not hear so much
about the drudgery of life on the
farm.
The tree agents are •abroad
the land now. A/I right if you •.
know the houses they represent.
But be careful, to get a guarantee
that will
old,
If the wind blows the mulch oft? ,
the strawberry bed replace it in a.
hurry.
Scald thoroughly once a week the
feeding troughs and drinking ves-
sels for the poultry.
Some college men say horses,
kept in a stall in the winter do as
well as those that have plenty of
exercise. Ours never did.
All farm animals get hungry for
a ohmage of diet about this time of
year. Here is where the roots tomo
in handy.
In localities where there are no
live worms or bugs for the hens
these days, they must have as a
substitute some animal food.
Do not try to stimulate the hens
to lay more eggs by feeding pepper
or other hot stuff, It is bad busi-
ness.
Incubators can be set without
much trouble, but it takes a mighty
careful person to hatch the chicks
and then raise them.
Go over the fruit and vegetables
in the cellar. Not a pleasant job,
but it pays.
ORCHARD NOTES.
If your apple trees are affected
with scab, be sura to spray with the
boiled lime sulphur mixture just
before the buds burst, and always.
before a rain, because the spores
of blight can be carried by the wind
to other trees.
Bordeaux mixture is likely to
cause russeting `of apples on young
trees, as it produces excessive de-
velopment
evelopment of cork cells in the skin.
The spraying of fruit, which was
practically unknown only a few
years ago, is now a well-developed
science.
No careful grower of fruit al-
lows his trees to OQme to the bear-
ing stage without spraying them
several times during the season.
He must understand when to do the
spraying and the reason for mak-
ing the applications to the trees,
for blind work is of little avail.
When properly sprayed, the fruit
comes from the trees in perfect con-
dition, unmarked by any inmate or
worms. The work is done by small
pumps operated by gasoline en-
gines, in the larger orchards. The
appartus is hauled from tree to
tree, and an artificial shower start-
ed.
TO FATTE I8POULTRY.
The fattening should bo done as
quickly as possible to insure tender-
ness. Too much time will make the
fat tough as well as the lean por-
tions. Two weeks at the outside
should see the fowl ready for the
block. But do not make the mis-
take of giving too much food at
first, or the appetite will be sati-
ated at once and they fvi11 not
make the required gain after that.
Begin with what they will clean up
three times a day, of corn meal well
scalded with boiling milk, and keep
whole corn, grit and charcoal be-
fore them constantly. Also fresh ,
water. Gradually increase the feed
to five times per day, the first meal
being very early and the last being
very late. Some breeders mix one
part of chopped suet to four parts•
of meal, scald with boiling water
and feed four times a day, but fat
will be acquired rapidly by the first
process.
DISC MANURE UNDER.
Manures and .roots of plants are
especially useful in controlling soil
moisture.' Hence crops grow bet-
ter whore manures and grasses are
largely used. , A heavy coating of
coarse manure plowed under in the
spring may result unfavorably by
separating the furrow slice and sub-
soil and causing the surface soil to
become too dry. It is often better
to make lighter applications of ma-
nure and to dist it into the surface
rather than t9 plow it under,
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FOOD VALUE OF BARLEY.
From the viewpoint of food value
parley is said to be ahead of other
Crop"s;. and 'compared with bran at
$20 a; ton, the average yields per
acre of food value are f Barley,
$13.25; oats, $9.91; wheat, ;e8.83 ;
flax, $13.35. The Minnesota experi-
ment station says that barley has
the advantage over flax tor clearing
the land of wcecla besides being
nft'n fed on the farm 'tt a ts•,ofit
over the market prior,