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CIIA,PTli)R I,-teeontinued,)to her -thinking also of her own
"Miss From hoe gone for a waik on �lunelp lot. Thinking., too, of the let-
tho otitis," said blrs. Jordan as mg Iter which she posted, and wondering
1'etherick seated himself. "it is $1( i tvho the Earl 01Arrowdalo ought be
lnucit better for hor to he out; in - ;ane( why 1.'cttherino had written ton
deem alto almost lives in no opm him. Thn dying woman lead. hinted, i
air," in broken sentonces, of something!
`"Vory healthy, i1111," sawetr, which she night tell Norah; had Mei
Pethorlck, nodding approvingly, something a.y ommeeLion with the
"Nothing like fresh air for young,
earl?
people, and old onus. •1131. 7311, to Thn quoslimn rose in a vague form
tell you the truth, I am rather glad only, and with little of earnestness
that Miss Ferro is mut, for, though in. it, for her life had been so un -
I have come to see her, lam glad of eventful, so changcloss, that sho was
an opportunity fora little talk with not on tha lookout for surprises or
You in her absence." mysteeies, as persons with more n(1-
1:10 coughod a little dry cough be- tion lives a1•e wont to be.
hind his hand, and his keen eyes For sixteen years she had lived 10
scanned Mrs. Jordan's face. It slid the little cottage on the cliff, cou-
ncil; need a very strict scrutiny, foe tent with her gold lite, happy in
it was porfeetly honest and genuine, the beauty of the place, serene in
and, but for its kindliness of 0* tho protection of the devoted Ciotti -
pression, commonplace. swine, and for hel:sclf "in maiden
Mr. Potheriek s gaze relaxed into meditation fancy fr'e'e."
a persuasive smile. Life was still a sealed book to her •
Let 100 see, my dear lady," ha and s110 was scarcely even curious
said, "I think Miss Froth has lived about 11,
here with you for some years?" After a time she left tho gulls, and
"Yes, sir," said Mrs. Jordan, roaehing the cottage passed through
"nearly sixteen. Sho was only four the tiny hall and entered the parlor.
years old when she came and she is Mr. Pel.herick had been standing
now nearly twenty. Time passes hooking at ono of the etchings and,
very quickly, sir.",swinging round as sho entered, utter -
"Yes, ma'am, it does," assente; 0141 an involuntary exclamation of •
the lawyer. Noarly sixteen years." surprise and admiration.
Ho looked round the room. "Let liven to the dry, matter-of-fact old
mo see -I've a bad !lead for dates, lawyer, she seemed rather an ether -
ma'am, although I ant a lawyer -het' eal vision there in the sunshine than.
)riot.her, airs. Freie, died---" he flesh and blood, and he stared. at'
"Mrs, Jordan is kind 311111-011on1-
all that?"
Yes," eon] Norah, "I halo al-
ways s lived hors slrxce T was a child,"
i see, and pato grown attached
to the pima,. It, is eery qui1)t '
''es, and very boautifuh"
"I see; attaclied to Airs, Jordan
and fond of the place. Upon my
word, it is a pity."
'Vho last :moony,. wen not Intent
for Norah, huther cars were t11
and she 111•11)(1 1101' eyes upon h
with a surprised wheelo11111g t
made hire cough trgain.
"1
moan -clear mei-that-that p
haps it would he as well to tet w
enoltg'11 moue, Certainly for yo
Sald1),"
Norah still locked at hire, puselotl
and 1mc01'141in, and he hurried on,
Titin -tubs life is a lifo of change,
Mies Frere, a life, of cluungn:; and
surprises. you would 'Ic1)' that you
had not 101(111 ft 130, but ,yours le
an exceptional a v0ry exceptional
easy,b'liev 1 ( c >
t 1 t a u e. An 1 you I( not
knotho i 1 Earl of Arrowdnlc iq
whom out1111/14e,i s
y 1 Mrs. Hayes,
wrote?" ho asked, with sudden
abruptness, •
"•No. Until I saw his name upon
the envelope of the letter 111101 not
know such a Person exlsL,(L„
"Dear ate," h3) said aloud. Th
1)0 muttered; "Confound it, ho
511ai1 I. tall her with those oyes
hers fixed on mo like -like gimlets?"
which they certainly were not. "Dear
me, that is so strange, because, you
sec, my dear Miss Frere, the earl
knows you so troll."
"Knows me? T think you must be
mistaken. I 111m sura that I have
never seen him nor heard of him till
now,"
"No, I should have said that the
earl knew of you -of you, There is 0.
difference, is there not'? And -and to
pun. it abruptly, whi.;h I have been
trying not to do this time, it is by
his request, I should say conunand,
that I ate hero to -day,
"Hy tho command of the lat•1 of
i\rr0w'dale?" said Noted).
"Yes; his lordship takes a very
groat interest in you. In fact -ahem,
you have no other sante than Nora11
-Norah 'Prone, I believe?"
She shook her head,
"1)icl you ever hear your mother•
speak of your father, Bliss Fiore?"
"No," said Norah in a low voice.
'I think he is dead."
"Now we are coating to it," he
muti3Oter1. "fly clear young lady,
your father is not dead; in fact -
hem -he is very much alive.
thought it likely that you may ha
earned that ho and your motile
weh•e separated -frons no fault o
our moto'r's," he added as th
eautiful face grew suddenly pale an
Ino dark eyes became moist; "n
led
i4lc
ills dogs. Irmo thein straits whinlper-
hat inn; ltiillituna felt malty 841433 that
senlothing zoos wrung. 11: 7in,ht
°7'- tines ht' would have called the does
ell to 111311 and laid into Lhemt with (t
we whip, for Williams knew no fear, clad
tho hounds respected his liens yet
kindly redo.
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The clew' was rising from the gross,
the silence of the ptrlee•t ,uor•n?l
wile 'broken by tho uneasy crlos of rho
011
3y
of
waited, the lovely ovnl face, with its dark
"Little more than a twelvemonth eyes and sweeping lushes, tee wemith
after they cam° to imago bore," of auburn -red gold -hair, and tho
yes, yes," he murmured, making slim girlish figure with its graceful
a rapid calculation; and since her outlines, in speechless astonishment.
mother's death the young lady has A faint blush rose to Nor'ah'e face, '
been living in the charge, and under though the dark eyes rested on 111111
the the care, so to speak, of her with ")laiden serenity," and she was
mother's confidential servant -House- the first to speak.
keeper -what shall we say?"
Bars. Jordan inclined her head.
"Mrs. Hayes; yes, sir. A most ad-
mirable woman, Mr. Petheriok, end-
er; -ranch above her class, She was
devoted to Miss Norah; I think she
would bavo laid down her life for
her at any moment. Poor woman!"
"Fes, yes. And she died e. week
ago?"
"This day week, sir," assented
Mrs. Jordau. "It was a terrible
blow to dear Bliss Norah-tho first,
for, of courso, she was too young to
feel her mother's very acutely. A
terrible blow, and bliss Norah has
suffered a great deal, though she
hasn't made nnrch.---" Sho hesitated
a moment for a better word than
"fuss," but could not find it. "She
is not a young lady who gives way
to htr feelings."
"Oh, indeed! Happy -cheerful dis-
position, oh?"
"Oh, yes, very, sir. I say she is
"I beg your pardon," sho said,
And "Great heavens, what a sweet
voice:" flashed through tho old man's 1
mind,
"I diel not know any ono was et
here," and sho turned to go, b
llut 11111411141 3'418 fn :in exenp110n-
It11,v good !eloper this Inortdng.
2svlrything had turned out ns he had
hoped for and anticipated, mutt the
literal lcdckiug-out of Benson the
Previous (eroding was still fresh tote
sweet in Ills )111111ur,v. 13 would he
smoothin • to boast of ' n his (l'c 'n-
6
li 1 s e 11•
llig year's.
Drat elle dogs," he exclaimed.
"Now, what's tho matter? I had
bettor go and see. (lot a fox in a
Ione, perhaps? Wo shalt have to ttu
('nl up in future,"
Williams darted into tho thicket.
Then he cranio full upon Menson .y lag
on his back with his white uncon-
scious faro and staring oyes 1.4)•3)14
to the sky, and two dogs fossil)
uneasily about him. A big ;)up ,'los
by had a largo swelling on her heat
13y llenson's side lay tho ash stir]
110 lta(1 picked up when pursued b
1%Iel•1•ltt.
Williams bent over the stark, stil
figure and shuddered ns ho sate -ho
his clotluog was all torn away Pon
tho body; saw the deep tvoull'ls i
1.1131 chest and throat; he could se
that 1lonson still hroathccl. 11,i
loud shout for assistttoce Brough
Prank .Littline• and the lodge-t(ewPe
to the spot. Together th('y clurie
tdto body to Lite lodge and sent for
the doctor,
"Tho (4080 is ah541111tely hopoloss,"
Walker said, after he had )lade his
examination. "The poor fellow may
examination, "'Pito poor follow
may linger till tho morning
but I doubt 1f he will recogni50 use,
body again. Does anybody !(now
how the thing camp about?"
Nobody but Merritt could Witco
thrown any light upon the mystery,
0nc1 11(3 ut'aa far away. Williams
shook his head as he thought ',f his
I parting with Ilenson the previous
TO (117141..
r' I let him out and closed the gate
f behind hlln," he said. "Ile most
e havo came back 1014 5omothiug later
d on and gond fol• the dogs. 3-11 1•
11-
o t0inly hit ane of the pups over the
- head with a stick, and that l/re1(a-
Y lily set the others on to hire. No -
o body w 211 es70r know the rights of
No-
e° the bnsincss."
• And nobody ever did, for Henson
lingered on through tho day and fat,
into the night, At the house Lord
Litlimer was entertaining a Party
c at dhow. Everything hacl been -ex-
, plainod; the ring had been produced
• and generally admired. Ail was
peace and happiness. They were all
on tho terrace in the darkness when
Williams came up from the lodge.
"Is there any further news?" Lord
Littirner asked,
• "Yes, 1ny lord," Williams said,
1 quietly. "Dr. Walker has Just memo,
and would like to see you 0.L• 031.0,.
8.1r, Reginald Benson died tun min-
- tits ago."
A hush, camo over tiro hitherto
noisy group. It was a01)10 little t1111e
before Lord Llttimer returned. Ile
had only to 001111(1 the news. 1107111.
111141 ens dead; ho had escaped bailee
Y 011.04'4111.
"Well, I'm not sorry," Lady l.lt-
tlnner said. "It Is a raro disg1ae,e
saved to the faintly. And there has
been trouble and sorrow enough and
to spare."
".13nt yottr own good nam0, my
clear?" Lord Littimer said. "Anti
Frank's?"
"We can live all that down, my
dear husband. Frank will ho too
happy with Cllrls to caro tviutt gOs-
sip8 may, .'And Dr. Deli and 11)1(1
will bo as happy as the others."
"And Ruth and myself, too,"
David said, quietly. "'Later on I
shall tell in a book how three shens
got 1310 into a perfect sent of 011s-
chi0f.
What s1111 you call the blols?"
Littilner asked,
"What hotter title could I hove,"
David said, "than Tho Price of
Liberty?"
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
An ill wind never came from a fan-
ning 111111. I:lomernbei' this and ap-
d pre(4iate the Taloa of clean Siert,
Farming is a 11 0 1 1 114 55 and to carry
a it on successfully it should be cou-
t• ducted o11 business principles,
Tho tared help problem. is a most.
Y perplexing one on the farm. The
1na11'icd 311411 fs 3(5 a rule steadier,
hot but a single loan of good habits will
often make the totter hand of the
!n two.
Tho mot's carefully accounts are
kept on the farm the paster it is
to 1el1 where the dollars go to or
how it comms in, Keep farm ac -
(t counts in some form and you will
find that. the habit will grow and de-
velop° into system of great value, If
the forme' thinks he is too busy to
do this let hint get the boy or girl
to help him. They wi11 liko it afro
v it may he th0 means of keeping them
, on the farm,
lYh're a man raises hie own( colt
v he will know ail about their breed-
ing and in the handling' of the colt
from. ('01t1>nod up gives him an op-
portuzlity to study the tenfperment
and value of the animal that can bo
obtained in no other way'.
Brains leave the farm for the city
but brains also return to the farm
now -a -days fron>, our agricultural
schools and colleges wonderfully Im-
proved.
Do not keop Diel corn in one bin
too long, lost insect enemies get a
foothold.
Do right, keop 0n doing right and
you will prosper In happiness if not
in great wealth. Above all bear in
mind that the saloon is a rich crop
of it'ouhles,
1)fd you ever stop to think that
the farmer is the chap who stands at
the top of the financial ladder, Our
statistics show that there are less
failures an10117 farmers than any
other business class.
Do not fret about your work.
IToavon pity the mann who frets, for
fretting shows a want of confidene0
in ono's 01111 intelligence, Ifappy is
the homer whose lun0w'IOdgo is wicto,
whose confidence in his ability to
pxec)1.41 tho mandato of reason i8
equal to any emergency, and selioso
patience paver forsakes .him. Not
only are 11113 family benefited but his
neighbors also will lists up and call
hint blessed.
If farmers would clap old' the clays
at both ends, just as much work
would ha arc0,mpiished, and farts
life would have less drudgery and
he 1110re attractive,
Farmers ought to b0 thin most
grateful class of people in all the
world, Every drop of 'dew, ove1y
shower, every ray of sunshine, 1:ri3gs
a blessing, What we 1141011 most of
all aro lioarts to appreciate our
mercies.
Success is not measured altogether
by capital. '.1'hoI' must be a combin-
ation of pluck and hard work with.
it.
Living to -day on to -morrow's in-
come will undermine the stoutest fin-
ancial
in
ancial digestion.
Ho who is pulsed up with the first
galo of prosperity will bend beneath
the first blast of adve=rsity,
Knowledge Is like. troubin; it should
not he used Until well 5eas011 i 1,
Whether a 111411 expects to sell lits
farm or not, he should 1)4deavor to
bring it to a state where, if it has
to he sold, it can be disposed of to
advantag0 instead of at a sacrifice,
While here and there m; man may
succeed with a specialty not common
in, Ills 1leighbo•hood, the trio (40,11•130
for farmers in general, is to slick to
thein• farthing and to try continually
to farm Litter with tho crops that
they leave, been long' accustomed to,
and leave Lin fads to those who have,
money to throw away. -
A sandy or muddy road doubles 111m
work,
In matching -up tho plow ho:sos' for
sprint; plowing and 0tlior work, 11:'13
scnSitle to regard size, strength and
gait,
If they are not so equally stilted it;
will nae, impossible for tho hatter
hor811 to accomplish all that he other-
wise could, while (h° poorer o1(' will
1 (10.111111111 to work beyond 11(5
811'1'13g111 to I(,eop rep,
A )'iSO of only one font bn tett
u
131 Iles the draft,
Shying is vary Often caused by
abuse, ov(rin0d(ng or tight harness,
'1'h••. )'hip costs more Ulna it eaves.
1i1(i if. no ttj'..
Quirt 08,1 po-tion!: drivers are.
'mewl twlo, 0.1 much 118 any ((thorn,
'1(r,;• hiar13) Woods to please yen
bat dot's not, always know 3.010'
w iehes,
Dark or damp stables canna low
spirlt.s and va>'lo(s-fliseasns.
Agit) grease; pays one thousand per
(int, 1u'oft. -
"Stop -I bee.-" he said, with a t
atilt of hors - whatever. )(r-incom
atibility of temper. Yes, I me
ay, with all due respect to my 1101)1
rliellt that tiny woman, would hal
mind it difficult to live with hint
Your father, tate earl-"
"What did you say? 11'1'34 labor,
leo earl---"
"Well, I've let it out. note, thanl
eaven! Yes, )my dear young lady
our father is the Earl of Arrowdalo
onto. (longe, come, it has surpl•isc
red upset you, I know, and -and
light have broken it bettor; though
you my word, I did my Hest. Wil
Ou sit down? Pray sit. down,"
Norah sank into the chair and pre
c1• hand boforo hoe oyes, Tice bra11
was in a whirl and she almost doubt
d the evidence of her senses,
She the daughter of an cnrll Soso
y there must ho some anlstake,
"Nott sae, Lady Norah--"
Lady Norahl Norah let iter hand
fall from her oyes and lookod at him,
he was still pale, but sho had mss
eyed her emotion, or, at ].east, en
gas of it, and the dark eyr5 turner
poll tie) old lawyer were full of
root dignity and patience.
"You see, tho secret has hem kept
o well -I really don't 1111110 any
no knew of your exiStance or identi-
y excepting the earl and your moth-
, and the nurse, Mrs, -Mrs.--"
"Catherine Bayes,'' surmised
Norah.
"Thank you, yes; and myself, of
course -that is only natural you
should bo surpi'lsod, But I beg you
will not distress yourself or feel any
alarm, Tho cart las nothing but rho
-ahem-kindest intentions, and, In -
(food, is -or -anxious to see you.
Beavon forgive lac," ho added inaud-
ibly. .
" To see ono?" said Noah. "110
has neve• soon me,"
"No -o, 110, he has not. Your were
born a few months after tlto separa-
tion, and -and eircumstanoes-in fact,
as you say, the earl has not soon
you. "
""Why does he wish to see m0
new?" aslcod. Norah, in a low voice,
her lip quivering,
"Well, his lordship having become
made, with a black sash and a little q.' sue- )° he suggested Il
knot of black o1( 1110 shoulder, and
No," sho said; then as she re- 1111
littlo flurried tow, whereas she W05 i'
perfectly calm and self-possessed. p
You aro Bliss -Frere?"
"Yes," assent0d Norah, with a
taint hesitation.
"I -I thought so," ho said, strug-
gling
truo
gling bravely to suppress all further
signs of slIrIWISe• "Yell My name is t
Petheriok-Yethorick & Gregson, of
Cray -'s Inn, and T-er--in fact, bliss IX
Frere, I have come down to see you.' 7
"To see Ina?" said Norah, U
"Yes -ahem! Will you not sit a
down? On business,"
"It's -it's nothing to he alarmed '
at."
"I am not alarmed."
like a 1)11•11 about the house, and it's
"Heaven! Tho most lovely crone h
the stopping of her singing and her terel
bright laugh that has made the place 1 m -I'm glad to hear it," ho e
seem so dull late! said aloud. )nor s, young ladies
",rust so. All, y especially, aro generally frightened at 1
yes -Whom," said the '701.7 sound of the word."
the 11111-I'lawyer. f1• ow will you tell me, egos; but I know nothing of bust-
y m afraid you'll thunk me Mess, gold so-"
very inquisitive --but have you ever "Just so, pat 00. Fou -have 007034
Reared the yotug lady or Mrs. Bayes hoard of mu. Miss ismer,
spear(: of me?"
"N -o, sir, T think not."
"Not once? Not just mentioned
the name? Petilerick & Gregson, of
Gray's Inn?"
"I never heard your name mention-
ed, sir,"
"Does Mise Prone see much com-
1)any, ma'am? Young people are
tho monkeys-grcganious and fond of mere?
chatter, and -and so on." Norah macre no reply and he huts -
"Not much, sir. This is a very rigid on.
quiet place, you see. Sometimes the ,.Of comae, of course. Yes. poor
rectors daughter and sometimes the woman! Most d0yoted to you Airs.
squire's lady tali, and Miss Norah -)11•13, Jordan 1)2113 ate. you,
loss,
goes up to the rectory or the Manor yery, vary,
House to tea, but that is all." Norah wanted in silenco as ho fln-
"Very good, Inti am," ho said, ished his condolence,
"And now," he glanced through the "Acrd she Clever mentioned mo to
open window, "I wonder how long you?"
Miss 1''1•01•) will be?" "No," said Torah uioi.ly,
"Not long, 1 hope, sir," she said, q
"Meanwhile, I will get you some tea "/441(1 -ahoy" h3) expend again, It
-or perhaps a glass of wine?" was difficulty
that he experienced tole1cod 80010
"O1, tea, ma'am, tea, thank you, /less ulty is proceeding the busi-
very notch."
Hess he had alluded to. "Anel she
At. that moment a slim figure Ina slice not toll you anything also?".
white dress Was coming with a quick( don't ing else?" repeated Norah,
springing stop up tho path on the ,.I don't understand-"
edge of the cliff. Sho was dressed T thought that she might have
be-
en a white (rook, simply and plainly
made 501110 communication 1.0 ,you be -
P Y f , l d' d,"
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t.
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"I'm afraid not," said Norah 0t- 131
tar a moment's pause, u
"I thought that you alight have s
done so; that Mrs. Iiayes--"
"1-I beg your pardon!" Tie s
glanced. at the white dress and black o
sash. "You feel your loss -yes, yes; t
dear sne, yes! Ahem( You were or
very much attached to her, Miss
hare, by tho letter 01 your ours(,
'S. Hayes, of your lonely emoti-
on, has decided that you should. go
d llv0 with him."
"Go and !ivo with lam?"
"Yos. He is ,your father, my clear
cry Norah, 41111-01111 though I have
doubt yet would bo quito oonl0trt
remain hero with this extremely
Inhlo old lady, Mrs. Jordan, still
s. -manly, T think then arrangement
e earl proposes is only tete natural
dl mover etre, and 1 -e1. -trust you
11 find it a happy one." Rut
mgh Mr. Pothet.ick smiled and
dried, his cough nand a certain corn -
(Iselin) of the lips were scarcely six-
coltrag;ing•
"231y father' wishes it?" said Norah,
'"'you may ho Sure of that, Lady
Norah, I eon assure you that the
'1 never did a11,yt.hf(17 he didn't
sit 1.o--" lie stopped atvkwarllly,
11, yes, certainly."
'Whore does 11, live?" asked Norah.
'At present, indeed for a greater
'L of Om year, 01. Sn01111e:1i Count,
most beautiful place, oh, bea0lf-
1 niol-.-or--•-" he Look out; his
tell, "'I think, if it is not hurry -
you too 11111)11, we must be stat-
, say, in 4111 hour,"
111 cul lunir1" exelnimed Nornle
blr, Petheritk 80111011 and nodded
C4l0O'11•1l *In 1.
ti gy
Yes. My ifa1rnletlnn5 evere to re-
turn as cfuicklyr 0s possible, 1lfs
Tordellip'5 commands were explicit,
ar1d-*ahetn*ollo Is accnstomod 1.0
obey thorn. No need to - trouble
about packing, Lady i4'brah; that is,
So than you leant los the ,loorn7.
woos a. straw hat, plain though it, 4311111111 -alt, how vivicllyl-the dead ti
teas, like hoe dress and son(Whtit woman's; last Words, sir. added: "No, no
tamed by the sun, sat upon 1141• load+sin told me nothing. 1 think" -silt,
as gracefully as tho dress sat upon
her figure.
Within a couple of hunched yards
paused a moment -"I think that she
wished to tell ono something and La
that she triol, hut sho did not." no
0f the cottage, x110 stopped, and lean- "Dens me, you, yes," said Mr, to
fag upon tho rail s 1110 very verge. Petherlek. "And it messal,;e now? nm
of the cliff looked out to see, as She
l bid she [give yon any message to de --e
had dole tine out of number, at ltvtl "No,"
' -say any ren(:?" th
that vary spot, for 131x1.311111 years. r Iplied Noralt "Sho asked at
'1'1131 face was thoughtful rattler ran to post a inter which she had 1.v{
than sad, far grief. 41111•1 youth aro ;elation that was rill," 1..hc
50011 divorced, and once or twice a "A 11•.11°r, yefi," h° said, 5/11811/7 no
1311x110 cnnvrrl her lips at 11131 antics of the opening thus afforded and bend -1 pr
the gulls which wheeled screeebingly 111g' forward whit a ]ii;tle Jess ern-
beloty her, And yet, though sho ba rassmcnt. "A lel ter to---"
8m1l0d, sho was whirring of the (lead
w0ma11 W110 had been so dovotod a
servant, so tender a second mother
t'Ve like best to call
SCOTT'S EMULSION
a food kecatlSe it ,,9t511128 5o OM-
phaticaily Rq}• pdtfbct nutnitipn,
A Ahd yet ill the platter of Met
4 ing a ietttite, of giving neW
Strength io he ti , '
g . , �,. , A5up.7, erli5epi#�I y
to the
V � lt9 41)11011 9 '
}�� - t�' i that
.
Y" I
Of a taac.l88438,
SCOTT 23 of fine motels,,
COIT sr BOWelit, Cizgain((b�
Tordnid, - 00161•14,
i;?e,zPoa3r,?df aildrugglau,.
'"Po the Earl of Arrowdalo," said
Norah, seeing that he wa reel,
"Lx --•wetly," he mnrnlured, "Note, et
havo ,volt any knowledge, any idea Wi
of the contents of that letter?" 7
(
"No, no idea at all."
"Ne1n," ho commented. ""I think(
T ought to tell you at one(. thni: I pa
am Lord Arrow'dale's 5011011011, Mho? it
Prer•e.'' fol
,X'310?" said Norah, man simply, we
Zug
1.g
She wag only faintly )04(31(1.11,
"Yes. And, lnay I ask, Miss I'roro,
if you havo formed any plans for
year futuro?"
"Anplans?
No .T. have f
Y a a om0d no
Masts; I -.I did not know that ariy
wer•o necessary, I thought that I
should go o1( living here as 1 Have
done, and ----"She stopped,
"You are quite happy hot'e?" ha.
asked,
'011, ',yce, y3.5," alto assented, With Ina
0 other. wrings cart follow you,',
Tittle sigh, "quite happy,`' - Th
4
MOST AGGURATI7 FRONTIER.
As an instance of the. jealousy ex-
isting in Lho rotations between Nor-
way and Sweden, it may be noted
that the boundary line between tact
two cotuttries in 11131 most minutely
exact in I'lurope. In every parish
touched by the lint: there is clopositod
an elaborate plan which is renewed
every ton years, the whole of tho
work of surveying, eto, being care-
fully ropoat4d each tinro.
"It took you an awfully long time
to pull that follow's tooth," acid the
assi5i.allt. Yee," a11Sw41•ed the den-
tist grimly. "He 'unrried the gill
I
loved!"
Norah rose., her hand resting on
the table, her face pale, her eyes
fixed on the nervously blinking 01108
of the old lawyer'.
"1 havo n
a a over 11(1411•(1 of my 1'41111311• (
till nolo; 1117 moth4r novo• spol(o of
him -he could have 1101m nothing to
her; suppose X vera to refuse -to -to
go to him?" '1
"'Cod ?loss my 8131111 Refused 011,
my dear yonr7 lady, snob a -thing
is net to 110 tho07ht (If. Yon --it i5
ev(clent that yen 110 not 1(1101 , have
not heard of your father. 011, pleas0
for my sake, go and get, ready,
Lady Nol'nh," and ho mopped his
Men with hishandkerchief,
Shestood tut if thinking t t bug dorply for c
a moment, thou sho raised her hood,
"T will go,"
"Moss my soul! There'll be trouble
l;etween those two, (311, Lord, I'm
sorl;v• for her, 'i'as, - there'llbe
trouble,"
(To
be Continual)
eat too much. That acts as a physic
and ham a direct bearing on the
amount of butter fat in the. milk,
nava aro salt where
the COWS tax x .get
6
it every day.
When the caws firr+t go out of the
stable in the spring, they are just
like you and me when we have been
allot in several (nonlife, tilny are
weal( in 1111th and aced a little cod-
dling, Cleo them Homo wheat bran
and a little oat ovoid for a 211110 1111
they get used to the added exercise
they gel clueing the clay,
There Is just ono way to wash tin-
ware used in the dairy. Find, rima)
wit1 colt] w'alcr, Then use scalding
water; then rime, again with cold
and s`{it Out 111 the sunsedn(+ nod open
air to dry. That will settle with
tho bacteria, and leer year .lilt( per-
fectly sweet amt pore,
Tt is no sacrifice to pay a big
prier, for a cow 11 you are 111112 of
gel l ing big' money lack again, Where
the loss c00013 in is in buying a
pool• cow just he:cause she is (hoop,
The poolcst thing a lona can have
on the 141)'4(11 i8 a, poor cow.
It is dreadfully ensu to t,'orli cows
to be unruly. A hole in the fence
neglected for a single hour may be
just the thing Clint will do it,. Starr.
for the brook the minute you dis-
cover it, and keep your eyes open for t
it
7 day.
O01'31.no of the neglected things in 1
dairying is where 1110 f(u'nlr1• fails to
1001( up the family history of the
dairy hull that ho is about to per- 0
chase to build up ]lis dairy herd.
It does not. always say to try to 1
Patton tho old rows. '711,1' had better e
sell them for what they will bring, ,
We raise all the heifers from our a
good cow's, taking thorn from the e
cow's when about a week old; give
them 110w still( for about a weak, )
then g•ivc it mixed with skein 811lk for
a while, after which we feed theta t
skirnlnirk as long as we can spare 11, f
if until they are a 70411• old. In that. t
way they are as wrrn developed at
two years as heifers usually are at h
'hecto,
Nothing is more injurious to a cow ri
than irregular milking. She should (1
always be milked to tho last drop, f
as the Iast portion is always the s
richest, t
'+ t
IRELAND SICK UNTO DEATH. a
11
Lord Dunraven Paints a Gloomy 11
Picture. s
Lord Dunraven, of int.nrnational
yacht -racing fame, has started a re-
markable crusade. To mond, articles fir
and pamphlets upon Ireland he p0.ints (>
a remarkable p10101•0 of the -country,
and propoSos self-government as the L
thief remedy, Lord Dunraven oleos,
'eters to the clovolutiun scheluo pro- 1O
posod by the 11.281, Reform Associa-
tion, Ino points nut that it did not
0117inate with anyone ut Dublin Cas-
tle, and explains the share that Sir
Antony Meni)onnoll took in formulae
ting rho scheme.
'Ireland,'' says Lord Dunraven, "is
al: a crisis in her history, Year by
year tho oountey has been sinking
doepor and deeper 10 misfortune, and b4
(1010 it, has reach1d the point at ac
which it must be decided whether the st
downward tendency is to continue to sI
the inovi1ablo and most melancholy o0
enol, or whethrl• a supreme effort
shall ya
be )nada to lift the country out of
tho national bankr'uptc'y in loon,
power, and iotolligence and nlnterial
prosperity, which so iuun0diateiy
threatens it.
"Ireland is sick almost to death."
Lord Dmlrnvon than quote's statis-
tics (lading with population, lunacy,
pauperism, etc„ 111 )rolalcl, which he
says discloso a tloplo•ablo position
or affairs.
Money is wanted for the dovolop-
ment of the (mouthy; the people re-
gtde° education; tbcy' must be drawn
out of thole despondency,
"'They must be shaken out of
apathy, lifted out of desp(lir, and
though much may he done in minor
directions rho real motive p0tvcr can
only bo fond in, self-govnl•nnlmnt-in
1 ±
'ALTH
D1t11':ST11'M 11t'1401{111.1115,
One of Lho Most common syrup-
31(14413 of f our 140:11 1011 is lack of
13111•1'1.;;', with 110 (105(1•(. to 0x1)1'11410,
To one in mieror1 health exercise is
11'0
pleuinr), ui01 nut It burden; but
LO tin pool• dvsPt'1>Llc, llie 11(1(17141
of a (Mitt walk is anything hitt pleas -
ants Meet stop is toruli•(, for ho
curl hardly lift his feet, Dig anus
hang llulp at 1118 slues, and porhaps
rid mind) and liI'el '513. Again, he
may ha'o queer nen4atinn8 ill any
Oast of I110 hotly --pain in the shout -
dors s or beLwcrn the shoulder -)1111•1)13;
may be pain 01' n sort of "dead"
feeling 1 111111
c 11•'•13
F, ono dl [ •
b iv and suule-
wht.le els) tho next. Not two days
alike, unit yet always ntisvrable, noel
the lnnr0 so if he Ides to 110 any-
thing.
5n ili0 1001' snffere(• goes on from
clay to flay, trying this ('0>110(1yt and
that, the refit euro, the diet (afro, but
all of no avail. Ona rood monolog
oven in midsummer, he feels a ter-
rible chill.
Iris baud, arc cold, itis fac0 drawn
1,(ld pinc110c1, yet 110 has not. !if°
en00711 to work and wenn bio8e11
up, as hu could easily do it he would
lrlako the effort,
This ono thing 0(3070 all 011]31•5
ho need.5-0x31.11111•, and yet it Is tho
last: thing 11e thinks of attempting.
Ile 001(!8 exorcise, )weans) his whole
body is filed with poisons from put-
rif3'ing foods. lie may obtain sumo
roli1)1 from the 154' of a strong tunic,
which so 4'x)111.13 his lioart that 104'
the time his blood circulates more
1•ap11117, incl 513111❑ of the poisons aro
carried off, but he is left only weak-
en' and Weaker aim. the 01230015 0f the
various drugs wear off, 130 that he
almost gives up to despair. Vigorous
exln•ciso in the open air will 110 all
that rho drugs will do in melting
ha heart to greater action, and
Loch more besides, heaving none of
he bad results.
In order to get the Hest results,
xerriae in these cases must he v(g-
r0115 ('00(1711 to cense fres perspire -
ion; for in this way alone, as a rule,
Till the heart's action be ircreasocl
nu17h to carry off the accumulated
0isnns from the tissues. Many make
1ulSLake 111 not exercising with
sough vigo'r to get thoroughly
A up, and SO lose much of ilia
xs1OJlt that would he more to follow
11 duo One if they would persist in '
eking sultbnicnL exercise to cause
nee parSpiration each clay or several
Imes a day.
Tlxercis0 not only in01•easee the
cart's action and the notion of the
(e1)(4p7o8 •by hurtl1(t (4.aid0s(114dibrerecaylhefnnut(
igesti7o process themselves by shale -
113 utr ileo 1131(1 ht 11
LOu,ach 014(1 intestinases 11(1lies 14 helpintheg
o move it. along. This Is especially
rue of s'uchl exercises as running, and'
11 aril cxcrci(rs. 'foo much camlot
e said in favor of aria work in
lose 00505. Shovelling, hoeing,
awing, hanuuerlilt;, lifting', ca•1;ying
cavy objects 111 the hnutis, and num-
orlc'ss kinds of ordinary work in
Idols the Molds and arms aro
('ought Into else are all good forms
1 exorcise_ Tho lady who ails at
01(10 land floes Tetley work or ral.er-
sins cowpony while the work is ho
g done by some ono )12(1 would
often hay) More rotes 011 her chn01(3
and would need 1(11 cosmetra if she
would spend several hours every day
Wn511ing and ironing or baking and
sweeping. 1f to this she will add
lona: wants in the frosh ail• and
snns1i1n0 elm may save many doctor's
1,1115, -
SUN7)ItY DAIRY NOTES,
()rico a week 18 not often 0n0ug4> to
salt ` 1141 COWS, '!'hey Will gel. 3111
lttlog1.1r by that Ono that they will on
1(xerci>o not only aids digestion,
it at the salve time imlprovos rho
tial of the bowels relieving con-
ipatlon, and thus removing the ob-
ructiol whlt'h so (111(44) prevents re-
very from digestive cllsoielars. If
u wish health, work for it. .
T1'.EIA't' PATIENTS L IK1,
"It is as much a doctor's business
to find out and cater for the Neon-
arit08 of his patients us it is to ef-
foot 0 cure," said a doctor rec0ntly.
"A patient goes away best satisfied
when ho 13 71rr11 somothhrg to drink
out or a bottle. The drinking, ac,-
cording
rrcordirng to ancient ritual. must not
ho Iess often than theca times a day,
and the ceremony must havo som0
reference to meals. 7.91e draught, to
Ito cltlalent, 'should be colored, 7t
7111.18t have a marked odor, so that
he may Inot to his 111(4113 to emelt
it. It should he loathsome to rho
sue, so that the taking of it may
1 for some heroism. Alio*: 3111, it
els to • possess an evil -looking sed -
vitt, which will require n. lorna1
shaking of the bottle."
anactive interest in 00 management to
of their own 011411115.nee
cal
"Ono Parliane)t is 1117 contra; its 4,1
ultimate offectivo supr0maoy is my
circumference; but 3811(010.11417 from
that centre, and within that circum-
scribing limit. T desire to sae tho
largest possi110 freedom of action
and soli -governing powo' clelag'at0(1
to Ireland,"
-.
LAl)Y Ci tU1tCITWAPT)d11NS,
The parish. of Croat Staughton, In
Runts, England, Is probably unique
in the possession of two lady church-
wardens, Roth ladles Bayo served 21(
this capacity for several years, and
no can(Ud(11.0 of either sex has boon
found to oppose tion), 7'1ioy do not
collect the offerings 111 parson, dole -
gating this office to sida3men, but
they 01'0 40(41111005 in their eliru•c 1
dialog. 1n the 901110 village a girl
acts ns postman and a woman 113 of-
ten 01npl0yed as tel4gea1r11' 1u°asen71t1',
4
T. lA1.IT1I1S'.l'-WOb!Klul:) WONTT1N.
'.1'1101 ha Meet-1vo'ked munch in Eng,-
1•r 1111•, ell 1
.
101•111 a nit ala tel s 0f CradloY
Reath, Staffordshire, '.These women
have bean !mown to 'work at the
anvil for fifteen 'tours and then go
Tiomo to do the housework and the
Washing, They ;rat. 4s, or es, 101•
every hundredweight of chatty they
inane),
which 31.0(nllyy takes a day
s a half,
)TOW '1.'O SAVE THE EYES,
Avoid reading in a dark 1.0(1111, in
the dusk of evening, of by a poor
light Avoid yielding (1111in
i, 7 b !, sirknr5a
and after measles, scarlet fever, and
any exhausting disease, Avoid road-
ing while lying (town. '1'his is art
unnateral 14315010)1, etralnlogtltc
eyes and peoc111cing congestion. Avoid
trading in a stooping position, for
this interferes with the return
ca.
(.11ntion, end congests (.he coin nal
th0 brain. Avoid rubbing the ayes
with the hand or with a eoug'1 cloth,
Mit teatime bathe Mont in cold writer
twice a day. Avoid prolonged use of
the eyes for near or tine work; rest:
the 0y>0 by looking at oi1Jccts ret a
distalcn. Avoid dazzling lights 0.011
sudden changes, and never use 1.1131
eyes when 04'Or7thfng apps is itazy
and h tate1
a the tatters t bathf.1.t 13 1
v t n t[f�
glasses,
1a�s8cs ,
k
A OUI4.T11 POT1 ASP11'3IA,
T used to have astimle( terribly, but
was cured eating 4reoly s1. thick ,Jell
of ripe et('erbeln1,3ns, -It is splendid
for a hued coir, eapoef0.1131 for chile
clron',-(;11@:4., it -i, l#c'oil,1