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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-7-25, Page 2THE drag 0; MUTE ROSE. i~7 7 11~:ie l=47MiC'-Iell1 ' "'tlfg= SYNOPSIS Off PR,I]OLIIING C13AP- "T1 dl7 1i• Slr Merl .Allenwlore Is about towed »ol.;zse,14, Lady i1bysworth, Iola 'Terme has pressedher love upon him but it hos been rejected sad she vows 'vengeance en the object of Ms affee-dA , Lola, goal abroad, "1,Yo years Pelle s bat . nl when e Y vh0 n o¢1 night eg des out u can mystexiona business. 13e does. net,l•etura. Mutters seem to potent to hlFl having eloped with Lola. Dolores dro Psher title, t 1 n q and gs with oeher children on Co Italy. Y Sixteen years 6601 pass when Icor daughters maeei oot - dentally Harry and Lady Fieldon, old neighbors of Dolores. The gIris lame you, I am quite Vigil,'' lnadal 0 u answered, coldly; mid the you gill drew back with a chilled - and disappointed air, Alio, St. Augo did not hear whist els ei ASS d' i seemed m P cd to e • 1 1 her Lrat her1 match Was all o hao 1' some s. That s o one i n spoke 0 hoc PLa 0 d ridden k Y e n s to knew; then the beautiful girl was gone, and Oho eat there with her grapes before her, S hea r feet 1 normi bl s r e a eeye s to the woman who had just served her. "Who is that young lady?" she asked, emu their mothers story. Ger-1h had ue nomanlrepiied coldly, Sho trude, Sir Karl's daughter goes t repulse of Gertrude P 0e td de the stranger s England with her mother's friouds' kindness, s well -meant to endeavor to And hor father i "That is a visitor of Lady Field .Sear• ch is made for Lola who returns on's—Lady Fielders of Fielden in al SOonor," sho said. "But who is she—what is her name?" " ? cried 0 Dime. St, Ange. g The voice i e was so earnest oat til a t the woman a n fel t compelled pa ed to answer. "Her name is Alianmore," she re- plied. "She Is the only child, 1 Have heard, of Sir Karl Allaninoro, who ran away from his wife and his home many years ago." "He --what?" asked a voice that was hardly human. "Ran away from his wife," was the brief reply, "And his daughter is on a visit to her mother's friend Lady ridden." ors old. "And her mother—is she living or dead?" ? asked s od madame. . 0 "Ilei ladyship is living abroad—I believe with her other daughter." ""And Scarsdale?" "Scarsdale is shut up; only the servants are living there; and a great loss it is to us at Deping. Sir Karl was the best customer that ever carne into this town.` The grapes are three shillings. Thank you. Good afternoon." The next minute Dime. St. Ange was standing In the sunlit street, scared and bewildered, and really more at a loss than ever. s urs 0 0 g t And 1 . wl she Is Y m sought. t, g CHAPTER XX XIV a The freshly, morning 1110 ks more r was in thou groat oaks, the blackbirds were sing - g the hedgerows, the whole earth lay smiling and glad, when Mine. St. Ango left the hotel to re- visit the places she had once loved so dearly. They were all in the vi - home of y herr iival�was Hurst. The then came Scarsdale; Beaulieu lay at some little distance tele e to the west and el Fi den Manor toward the south. IL was a neighborhood singularly y rich in grand old historic houses. Mme. St. Ange decided to look first of all on the home of her youth—Beaulieu —again; she attracted no attention as she went through the streets. Very soon she had lett the town be- hind her. She was a quick, grace- ful walker, and the few miles of country The trees and fid elds, the turns tofo lthre river, the winding of the green lanes, were all familiar to her. Presently she reached Beaulieu. It was occu- pied by new people, but she deter- mined to go up to the well-known door whichand would somesk question her1Otoosee other the place. There was a fierce pain at her heart, yet she could not shed a tear. She recalled her bright, happy lost life—the time when her gentle, kindly mother had been so proud and fond of h er so sure of l • let success ess i life so hopeful for her, g0 caressing and indulgent er. Ah Heaven, the bitter, terribleldihTerezzic between then and now! Once more site trod the 01d famil- iar paths winding through the grounds round to the side door. In her mind's fancy she could see her mother's face, as site had seen it hundreds of times, looking out of the great bay window, with its wreath of passion -flowers around it, waiting, with loving words to welcome her. Could ' rt be that but a few years ingo she had nocent child?a She could remela beautiful, nbel• so vividly the day when Dims, Clief- den came from White Cliffe, bringing with her Dolores, and how madame had said they were to. be friends and to love each other always. A cruel, bitter smile curled her lip. "Well," sho said, "if I have suffer- ed, sho has suffered snore; and that was all I asked." Her heart grew hard and cold again. She looked into the old hall; nothing was ehnged. It might have been only yesterday that she placed the flowers she had gathered on the 11a11 table, and laughed at her own Taney for calling herself a red rose. She was glad to move away; she had seen her old home, and the sight of it had been like a searing iron to her. She felt ill and tired; she would go back to the hotel and par- take of refreshment, and then she would begin to make inquiries. She would have to exorcise great cau- tion, but she must know why she had been sought, and what those ad- vertisements meant. She walked back to Deeping. In the High Street she saw a fruit shop whore some fine grapes and peaches were for sale. She was thirsty and faint from fatigue, and sho thought that nothing would be more deli- cious and refreshing than a bunch of purple grapes, She went in to pur- chase them, and sat down. There was some little delay in serving her, and, while she was thinking that this would be a good opportunity to ask a few questions without attract- ing attention, a smart little pony carriage stopped at the door, and a beautiful girl in a blue dress de- scended from it. Mine, St. Ange, watching eagerly ck with a with low, startled cryes full of y when lshe l asaw the girl's face, and clung to the chair, as though to prevent herself from falling, It was Sir Karl's face un- der another guise; there were Sir Karl's clear blue eyes. There were Itis clustering waves of hair, there was his mouth, at once so gracious arid proud. For a few moments it was as though the sight had stricken her dumb; Then the girl was by her side, and a sweet silvery voice was saying— "I should like some of these nice grapes, Mrs. Grey, for a sick woman whorl I am going to see," The low voice was Sir Karl's, Tho soft blue eyes glanced carelessly. but' kindly at the bent figure in the black dress. If each could have but known! If some good spirit could have told Gertrude that this was the woman for whom she had sought, the wo- man with whom rested the know- ledge of her father's fate, what grief and trouble might have been spared Iter CI Mine. St. Ange watched every movebtont of the graceful girl, She listened to each word she 8pcice; she Could have 14141)1 out: '!Karl. Karl!" She was nearer losing her senses and reason just then than she had over been, Ke,ef's eyes, Karl's voice! Hei•'head drooped on her breast; she could not !told it up. "I Am afraid ,yoil: ere 111,'• said a. awed, kindly velee; and the eyes Was it p Ince, HOrl's were bout upon her coin. been youn ps411s1.'s5sabeii I behaved She had seen Sir Earl's daughter, the very apple of his eye, the pride of his life, the little child whom he had loved with a great, tender love. And she was slaying at Lady Field- en's. Was it this girl who wanted her? Was that the solution of the mystery? She had a a strange of ear of g asking g more questions, q but she mustprose- cute her inquiries. She had thought of walking over to Scarsdale. As it was in charge of servants, she thought site might go over to the house and see for herself the rooms in which her hated rival had spent the happiest hours of her Ole, and in which her heart had been broken. Bute sweet face of Sir rKarl's ndaugh dauginto hter, had not the strength. She wanted to see the girl's face again. She decided on going home and resting; and then, when the shades of evening fell, she.would make her way to the Fielden Manor. Sho re- membered the keeper's cottage; she could call there under pretext of having keeper's wife—she could inost her way, and that man- neralk to perhaps learn something of what was going on. She lay down to rest, but she could not sleep. Karl's daughter! She must see her again. How cruel- ly she had repulsed her! When the gentle hands had touched her why need she have shaken them off? Yet —strange contradiction—she Bated her! 1ncing acctaent caught Tile had b_-. .. Gertrude, glancing tawa'z"d the win, -lit any Parson had been noticed there, doW bybbs 1 poo1le at the lodge had sten. the glean of the darer mleerahle vyma no 0440; they Were quite eerta(A that and the white hair, on which the no strange woman had passed light shone. She started with a cry through the 1ate0--ln tact, no pereon --•rt cry of fear quite unusual withrcould puss through thorn without her, for she was naturally brave. I their knnvledgo; nor did the be- "R'arly," she exclaimed, ""there Is Bove that 114 Was likely any person a taco all the wjnchne--a - woman's eould get Mt() the Park by the :other fa110 sprungfree his 1 entrances• chair and 'Lora Pielde.'s suspicions is n h st n v ed i c• to the window. 1lutled, The woman had evidently zoaa- Mmm. St. Ango was gone; elle had ed Y gaint caught the 1001 of fear oe Gortrudo's I manlier; stherefore lir park 1n .Horse 0 0rot n1 h face, On purpose and ul dcar understood Il stoodd it ui l � a as not t !ave 7 be v 11 ' n it Ilan' inn e e 91 g at Ut• , 10. honest. hall a 04, ares 3 the lawn, e a n as I 1 t t Ni s idle to to the cedal Hees down by tllo coppice, had been 14!10 1nQ14veo that robbely and into the g'rotuids; she remember- Harry was more convincedconsequently and 0(1 a dark nook near the waterfall that the $trallgor was some person ever who• }o size' • could i In d herself tet IP so d a n who „ „... n to t had -ul ertisom c awn 4P looking for her, about L eat wanted to As. the '0nglt the that she' ec, If he latera th h could ul d Lo begin that t rt ' 3i the Ino mopeCsa o P 14 tonin g• night -bird owls hoot- , leaped ailing of get. from as all he and he t of his last to toed so. is h Dart a sound g steal - side of a rust - cling of 6 ht! Tho resently dm. He grasped woman ed; but as too hat he seemed silence' woman herself, I,ord old ale cm are e, and ra ad' the o a „ dv d r1 n u :old de I errn s, and Meanwhile Lord 1Gioldea had Luraoti discover to Gortn•udo, the reason for it• woman lead not passed the "A. woman's face!" he said. "Aro gates, it seemed probable you quite shire, aortrudo? It must I might still be in the ppal have been the shadows that startled could but find lterl I e you." had site c grounds, well himself, but"e recovered q d from her not decide at what point thfright now, and walked at once to a search; He vowed to himself e window, 1 o1v he would pu linger or all "It „ g night was no sliado}v, she said. "It .park rather than elle should was a woman's face, with wild, dark him, oyes and white hair; she was looking He g stood quite 1 still, q s 11 in 1 1 through u o h •1' to s g aro of l P ass." Every el now Y w nn a then apt Lady t ridden 1 v don came am e ter, to 1 tt. ca llod • ft pini the e tre • e s Lh e ' "I think, she said. "you must , ed from ilio woods �a rabbi have been mistaken; no woman could in the grass; there woods, a ru get in here without thio servants' wings, .and a sweet soft el knowledge, and they would not ad- the night-wind—but that w. snit a stranger." She drew the lace hoard. hangings back. "I have no doubt,"I More than an !hour passed she said "that it was ono of the was no nearer the objet pale passion -flowers that blew 1 search. Ile felt inclined at against the glass." go indoors. One more he s Gertrude etnud e Slll fled. still ho could almost 414 ll0at• "You 11 X u„ Itno v t Fi l said, Lady a don she' beating. Surely there was ” that I do not suffer from at last—that of slow, creepin nervousness. I was startled for a thy footsteps •on the other moment, but by no means nervous, 1 the ,beeches. Ho could hear. and I am perfectly convinced that it ling over the grass, the tide was a woman's face I saw. I natio- underwood. Yes, he was rig od the dark wild eyes and whitelfootsteps crone nearer and p hair; there could be no mistake. You they sounded quite close to 1 will wonder rare perhaps when I tell put out his !lands, and they you that I am sure those . eyes are a tvotnan's garments. The familiar to me, that I have seen stopped with a faint low cry thein before." "`Who are you?" he exclaim "My dear child, I am convinced Hither° was no answer. is a tarty," said Lady FIekien, st11i1- dark to Hoe. He only knew t ing—"quite convinced... ( clutched a tall figure that Gertrude raised her hands with a frozen with fear. There was pretty ,graceful gesture to her tem- for a minute, and then the phos. struggled violently to free Let me think," she said; where 'all without a word, have I seen that face before?" I `You shall not They looked at her fn astonish- Fieldon, "until youohaveitd meat. I who you are! Tell Inc who y Now I remember," she. said, "and and what is your business her I can verify called to en T will let at Gr. s o purchase She struggled with such violence, some in grapes, id L1 that woman was to free h • et self f+1 r sm his in 1 grasp the IA that stog aL. P I the P thought t she g was go- the black ing to faint; but, when I spoke, he her bonetefell off, and owith re it some - answered answered coldly—almost rudely, poor thing white and soft. She knew it creature! I noticed her oyes then, ' was the wig which lead so effectually how dark and wild they were, and disguised her, and with the know - what a weird contrast they present- ledge cause an access of despair; it od to her white hair." !made her so strong that this time t Lord ridden was listening intently she almost t I # T'LIES ON• CA'1TL4q, 'Tile little fly is small indeed, it requires c0mparativelyebut th •' of cam to nuance cat4lp lose in Aeah and milk, and , tura from. It nervous u !e a t 1 $ q }d sd sot t a t i 'I'his llaa Y b and Iwnys animals nrpbably ativays, bcom tiro ease, but the advent of the little horn f1 early Y, r r1 ' Y 1 the nineties, seem- ed to make bad matter worse. These Ales appeared izl certain sqc- tions slid• Clustered about the lower parts of the horns when they were not on the body ,proper, so that' they dubbedhorn flies." Much was written about thorn and var- iousr remedies l09 r' 0 p Posed or op'en'ed to Oho, public, These posts in some Pastures, occurred on the cattle in immense numbers, and t•o tl a 6 wor- ried " Y them, While 11 eon or 0 a dH less s ' of , s those fly v sts Pq now t than t bo a ut f! f L Y years s ago, g there is no doubt that they aro filth as but Y Cwer 142 if not more so, than ,they wore t! m hey aro much like the common uoitse fly in appearance, only slight- ly smaller, The writer has employ- ed various methods to reduce these fly pests. Several forms of maim-' factured fly killers are on tlhe mark- et. ir. one has but two or three cows, on -ofthese preparations me be Ve`' Y 1 Y satisfactory, of but it Y,is a serious er. r U nous problem om to handle ndl 0 a I • ar o herd, the expense and preparation boroans of application 'i'itis substance is applied with a wide, flat brush, or by spraying it on, the latter being the only pram-, ticable method with many cows, One quart will do for ono applica- tion on 40 to 50 cows. Pine t Pr operations have been used some -1 fr some - What, but those aro sticky, and their a use is not to be recommended. The materials above referred to are in- b tended to keep off flies, but not to., i kill them, they being ollllefisivo to ' insects. Pure kerosene, • however, has an advantage, in that it may be t sprayed on the cattle, and will ea- I sl may flies, if it hits them to a res- tl sionablo extent. Each season we do considorabla spraying• of kerosene •lain:, the bairns, tlm9 killing flue MVO are on Pasture. during the Waren weather far lees tool is re- quired to fltrnish heat to the body, and the grass keeps the bowole in good teue so that the concentrates fed are thoroughly digested. When feeding Skim -Milk to pigs it should be 510On in 000110gt1044 with seine etar•012 food. Ona pound Corn- meal to three pounds of skim -milk Is a good eombinationl, Wheat middlings aro a I feed r 41 sN enc when od f a 1p oe la l p 1 Valuable Y abl e aro they for ins stook, both during gram at maturity. .The bone and building• tendencies of the uai develop strong, p o robust u t 1 s los A ration , g, of ' I L wo-the rd s c0 I and' one-i:hird Middlings is a} lent one for fattening flogs. 111a15 should' not be kept bn rt for more than three months, 1 11116 time of full capacity ex assimilation weakens and the gain is materially . e tan. lac Y tea spa.. 1 forlspecia better left uis ng, special reasons it that the pasture should 91001011 roof 0o ed. The host ofrh hs g pigs pg andcumbersome ' ' ones Ina. licit L 1 thin .and emaciated. We a aim to give the pigs as nisch door and as near natural tend as we can. In handling ,pigs around a sow Or among other hogs it is to keep thein from squealing, can bo done by lifting them tail. Just why this has a qui etrifeet upon' tllo pig BUSINESSES GIVEN AWAY W?E1, '1<''Q't7R R1>!IPLOa""t,'A RAM, HENT YOF WIT�c Y PIStance8 Where Employes have Peen Rewarded Ey Their Run- ployers. valuable There el i o s o l not u: r m q. 17 sit s philanthropy I an thr 0 Y in modern ado' P i business, s + r in09a 0 1411( b i +o Od l ab b. . P 1 t h a 1119 t al e Y les 011 k l I1 katOrd, of ando t } 1 • flosses !nave been reed to bees- znusclo • P'r osentod to om- lleos 1 or Y r In i e Lve dd s -abs absolutely v to !t s 1 free io e to the recipient, aro xiot ' Inuttier. - t'n-meal4P11att such things have been done the } excel following instances will show. Ani- I A proprietor 01 a Scotch distiller ill feed , had made a fortune, and, in fact, ns sties had more )honey than lie know what. .5 0110, J to do with, 8141d ho dOtOkminod tP re- 1 o from H e son t for. hi co t ofs s 1 011 clerk, who had been invaluable to Jtin}. unless leave it to religions s societies, t s, I Ortant I To the clerk's amazement his em i a un I P O• n offered P Ybun the di till s o' as lY a worry gift to nvoi•lc for his own' benefit keen Y C I When be I Mould -uni the clerk ventured his ecsuggest free- ilial ho had not nearly sufficient Mons working capital to run the business; but his mind was set at rest on that cross point, for the distiller agreed to fin - best once Hint. He carried on the distil - This lery satisfactorily and prospered, by the and it is estimated that to -day his etinng fortune exceeds that of his generous tl ted an Predecessor. As to whether he will as herepeat oa p t the. x e crime P 114 } bywhich tch 11 0 '11iimsolf was enriched, and give away the business when his pile has suffi- ciently accumulated,' we can only surmise. P Perhaps iL' is Pexpecting I t,�o much oP human nature, and. besides 1little eccentricities of that kind aro ound rarely infectious. Another' instance of a business tinging hands on similar- terms, sown ' that of a firm of soap makers, so ' The familiar saying, "There's noth- ing.like leather, was invented be- vice 'fore the soap boom, for there. aro ado few articles of common use which have proved -more remunerative to suit- . the manufacturer. The members of ented the firm alluded to had each netted by I about a ofas-1 QUARTER Or A. DSILLION, tato and they were evidently satisfied ill, • with this amount, as many of our hoe readers would be. At any rate, they ted presented the business right. out to two of their employes,. who had 131 eyed an active part in. the building up of the business. Theemployes of a certain n firm Lancashire, 1 u England, credited their employer—a bachelor, crusty and pe- culiar—with being the meanest man bo in the district. Ho paid the lowest irate of wages • and seemed to part of even with that with an i11 -grace. rad I reasoe of the employes, however, had 01 reason to form a different opinion, s for one morning the master sent for ty- 1 them and offered thein the business, as he purposed retiring. The em- d ployes regarded 1 l oiler as a grim joke, 0 or a species 1 of new aggrava- tion, }hiolwhich the crusty ono hade- l0 wised. Ono of the men, however, mustered up pluck enough to say 0- that he thought the three of thein 0 could run the business very well. It up was handed over to them as a fres gift, the only condition being a pay- of ten per cent. on working I advanced. beneficiaries did not fully re - what the gift was worth until the first half year's profits came to 11and. We should say that such ba- chelor manufacturers are. not coma - mon. ; mon. R youth went into the employ of a London tradesman and eventually, rose to be manager of the concerns The annual average profit of the Magness would bo a matter of $10,- 000 or so, not a very big thing, but - still •an income not to be despised. The tradesman in question had no family, so he recognised the services of his manager by leaving him the business absolutely, with a sum of money sufficient to provide work- ing capital. The concern to -day. is one of the most, prosperous and ex- panding in London, and the erst- while manager has good reason to revere the memory of . ITIS GENEROUS EMPLOYER, It has been said ; "Happy is the man who has no relations, for he shall have peace." At any rate, ft not infrequently occurs that rela- tives fail to come up to our legiti- mate expectation in litany ways, and do not always show their sense of favors in the spirit one could desire. A north of England tradesman re- tired a few years ago, and handed his business over to a nephew, whom he naturally supposed would continuo to carry 'it on and maintain the continuity of the family in this particular lino. Two years of the business, however, seemed to satisfy the young man, and an opportunity to soil it to a syndicate was taken advantage of, $150,000 odd, being the purchase price. The uncle was displeased, and did not hesitate to express his senti- nlents with regard to the matter. Ilut the young man was suffering from a sense of all -importance and self-sufficiency, and he coolly told his uncle that 11e knew 1119 0w11 busi- nen and did not require any advice or guidance from him. Nay, more than that, he "cut" this generous Uncle to whom he owed so matin. If gratitude is a sense of favors to come, then ingratitude must surely be a luck of se11s0 of favors already bestowed, 1 s a u es q but that don't ' n t ma t for so long don't tau eai. • q SIXPENNY DOCTORS, Patients who Want to be "'W up Sharp." In London there are quite a num ch leer of niers-elle are familiarly kl as sixpenny doctors, and clearly om the fact of their fee for ad nd medicine usually being Od. o These particular practitioners ut little visiting and their con ng rooms are a much frequ ondezvous. Many queer patients are seen his branch of the medical pr 'on, notably those who plainly s nit they cannot afford to be and the case of a little jobbing s Icer in Lambeth !night be quo by way of illustration, Co'd n nn t '. influenza a Yes" Three days ?" "Can't afford it," "Day and a half ?" "Yes, not more --I want to wound up sharp," This brief consultation revealed Ilnat the shoe -mender 1 ught the influenza ; that instead ing able to lie up for three day could spare no longer than thh• hours. Further, his desire to be "woun sharp" related to a wish w11 had previously expressed, to t nee doctor, that by giving a doub 'of a shilling he, the patient, d d to have tho medicine of daub, gth so as to be "wound rp „ i v my words T all then hers of Ries, immense num- the mat •or' t I S. a you 'o. On the cooler ni his g flies collect act on the ceilings rill d warm w CI spots s i P n the e bar n and u1d t1 ler wo close Blom, using ordinn4ry lceroseue in a cheap hand splay, 812011 as sells for 50 cents. We -also spray then! on the cattle. TL is a good policy to break up heaps of manure in the pasture, for he flies breed in these, and th "Did she speak to you, Gertrude,• " !captor's grasp,°re herself from her he asked, It was as much as he could do to hold the strange . woman but 11e kept her hands tightly grasped in How t time the terrible struggle ea he coulds otmtell He found presently that sho was panting for breath, that her strength was failing her, and that to et diel t It 0—only a few words. . I think sho said, 'I am quite well.' " "Did you t notice w her voice—any pe- culiarity about ft?" he asked. "No; I cannot say that I did. rut you see, Harry, it was no fancy. Was it, Lady ridden?" No, my !tear, I begin to think Limo she must be still from sheer not. 1Imry, you had better take a, exhaustion. So it happened. After couple of men out with you and a few more efforts to free !lotsetf. she search the grounds. I feel uneasy." ..gave up struggling, and stood i,:ibir "I will go first," he said; and he Ing and trembling. Then came a did. 'long -drawn sigh, and a ;ow, lit But he found no one. Close to the 01.34'• piteous window, however, there was a brok- To Be Continued. en spray of passion -flower and some rose leaves, as though# some g one had pulled aside the breaches in ardor to KING EDWARD'S ROYAL OIP- look in. That was the only suspi CIF - '73:R77 cions circumstance. Then the butler It was r and two footmen accompanied Design gowing dusk when she took Fielden through the grounds Man the road which led toward Fielden St. Ango, from her hiding -place Manor, It !rad been one of her fa- amongst the ferns, saw the reflection vorite spots; she knew the grounds of the light that they carried, but quite as well as she knew those of they failed to discover her. Beaulieu, She would like in the Harry was grave and thoughtful dusk to steal up to the windows and that evening. Lady Fielden said get just one sight of Gertrude is her that there was no cause for any anx- evening dress, and then she would iety; evidently it was a woman who spend n hour or two in the keeper's had some idea of begging from them, cottage. She felt that the key of and who was curious to see the in - the mystery would be _found there. mates. So, in the -falling evening light she So the household retired to rest, a stole round amongst the tall trees little anxious and more on the alert where once she had been proud to than usual. The rumor that show her face. In the dark dress roan had made her way through the. and with her light footsteps she pas- park and had been found looking in sed on, making no sound. She knew at the dining -room window had the road too well to make any mis- somewhat startled the servants, bat take, and fortune favored her. The no one was seriously alarmed. Lord night was so densely dark that it ridden was the only one who could was almost impossible to see even not rest. An idea had entered his one's own hand. The moon was hid- mind, Who could be rude 1211(1 den behind a mass of clouds. abrupt to the beautiful, kindly girl? Madame hid herself behind the thick Who would come creeping up to the leaves and sprays of the creepers house and run such a risk as stand - which clustered around the bay -win- ing by the window, unless it was dow of the dining -room. The blinds someone whose interest it was to were but partially drawn, and she watch Gertrude, one who hada keen could see into the room. In the curiosity to see her? Could i', -ad dark shadows, with the thick over- the very thought made his heart pal - hanging leaves, she was sure of not pitate—could it be someone who had being discovered herself• read the advertisements, who had something to tell them, but who CHAPTER XXXV. wished first to satisfy all curiosity. respecting the advertiser? It was a wild idea, yet in some way, ho felt, there might be grounds for it. Oth- ers might go to rest if they would; he was resolved to wait and watch the night through. "Good -night, Gertrude," he said; "forget all about the woman peeping through the window and, sleep well." "I do not think T shall ever forget her," was the answer; "but I am not in the least nervous, if that is what you mean, Harry," How little they dreamed of what would pass before they feet again! Gertrude went to her room, and soon forgot her troubles in sweet, s, and slumber; while I.Iarry, with 111e new idea growing in his brain, felt more and more sure that there was "something" in it, and determined to go out once more and see if ho could 0 ]d discover Oven• anything before to I retired to r l e est. It was a pretty home -scene that the miserable watcher gazed upon. Tho room was largo and lofty, with a few priceless pictures, and a magni- ficent oaken sideboard with gold and silver plate, of which Lord Fielden had been very prone]. She remem- bered every detail, and clinched her fingers as site looked on the silver and. glass, the fruit and flowers, gleaming in the full light from the chandelier. Wliat a comfortable, lux- urious room it was! She saw the footmen all or the alert, the butler solemnly occupied at his post, and then those whom she wanted to see entered and tools their places. Lady ridden, looking very stately and beautiful even in her old age, was attired in a warm -looking dress of maroon velvet; a cap and • flehu of delicate lace completed a most re- cherche costume. Lord ridden look- ed handsomer r eve- ning -dress, nc1 Gertrude bright and beautiful in a robe of white lace and rich ruby sills, a spray of white jas- mine in her golden hair and in the bodice of her dress. As her eyes rotted on the group, the miserable watcher at the win- dow drew back, unable to l•estrain the burning tears and hitter ebbs that would come In spite of het CHAPTER XXXVI, r Use Throughout His Army, Ring Edward V1I has personally selected a design for the' Royal cip- her which is worn on badges, but- tons and other devices throughout the army wherever the Royal Cipher is at present borne. This cipher, of which an illustration is given from the London Daily Graphic, consists of "ID" and "R" impaled, with "VII" inserted in the lower loop of the "E" the whole surmounted by a crown. The design has been made plain, without foliation, at His Majesty's express wish. No decora- tion. , whatever will be permitted, and 110 device or ornament will be plac- ed above or upon it, Special in- structions•air, given as to the crown, there being 111 1180 at present some half dozen crowns of different pat-' terns, some of thein'of foreign shape, o' deviations differing from the brit,. ish. That now adopted and to be- come the sealed pattern for the army is the Tudor 'Henry VII" crown stated to have been chosen and al- ways used by Queen Victoria person- ally, and 1 other patterns, ricins are to be abolished. o shod, A FAMILY EXPOSURE. "I never see you lounging in the Lord Fielden was in no way daunt- hammocks, IFIr. Subbs." od by the darkness of the night. If "No ; these gay, front -porch ham - the moon or the stars had been anodes are for company and for shining, the woman, let her be whom plant ; the old rope thin • the folks she might.„ would never have yen- IDL• me saving in is around 111 the L'uod through the park. The dark- back-yard,"miss the ossible that she had once favor hahim av 1(4 finding hertcl aIle "She says g, beautiful, bapp'Y, and thought that the best thing to do n'I 5110 her aier new dressmaker but the diel as that fair gating girl? was to go down to the lodge and see gfit, "No, but the bill gave icor husband ono.'. • tear development will bo repressed. 1 ea In any event, it is necessary to wage 1 be constant war against these flies, if ! he one is to get the best possible re- I six tort is fro m either dairy a1 or beef of c •- tle. The suggestionp cat- tle. to keep the cat- up the in the barn during the summer he days, soiling them there in darkened s stables, and then turning them on fee pasture at night, is worthy of adop- sire tion by those situated to do so. strew Cows should thrive under such con- sho dltions. This fly question is a most important one, and the injury these pests do to dairy cows in depreciat- ing milk yield is no doubt very great. Readers who have successfully solved 141 1 at would confer favoreasonable on many stock- men by contributing their experience to its columns. DAIRY WISDOIr. Don't waste feed on flies. Keep the cows in clean, darkened stables during the day, and then turn them out in the pasture at night. It will make a little more work, but the gain will more than pay for the extra trouble. • Keep the stables clean and as soon as there is a load of manure take it directly to the field. Hero will be another gain. You cannot meet present competi- tion if you stick to all this old ways; You will be left behind the proces- sion. There must be bo leaks and everything must be made to pay, 'if only a little. ox stalls. Hangthe Keep sacking the Os over clean windows. This will slightly darken the stable and the flies will not torment the calves. Feed regularly and keep them clean and they will grow and thrive every minute. The cow that is due to calve should be kept in out of the hot sun. feed her wheat bran and do not excite her. Every milker should wear a clean duck suit or overalls. Never allow persons to milk in clothes loaded with perspiration and filth. Wash the hands and face, and with a clean milking suit the work will be a pleasure and the results profit- able. Now bring on the fresh soiling crops all ready for the cows. A GOOD OLD ADAGE, "A stitch in 111110 saves nine," is an old adage that might be applied to more things. than woman's- use of a needle. A nail in time saves just as much labor, and is economical as well, A great fault with some farmers is carelessness about repairs. Tlfoy ne- glect to mond the fences until com- pelled to do so because of the dam- age done by some predatory 0019. The garden palings remain broken u lxtil4 t 1 o sera fowls havoc with the vegetables ;a and ve made 1 buildings, loose boards and shingles aro left until their very necessity de- mands attention. Whether the farm be largo .or shall this natter of repairs or non -repairs manes the owner as prosperous or u1prosporous, foe in farming, as well as other work, attention to lit- tle hatter's helps success. TIIE SWINIEII7!IIID. We pig fattening duringsmum weather4when the If the sixpenny doctor visits aent patient then there is an additional ' rcapita sixpence, but a curtain discount in The thethe form of attending for a week, alise every other day, at a net total of three and sixpence for four days. Sixpenny doctors aro of groat ser- vice in connection with certificates for the -excuse of children too unwell to attend school, and there is in such cases not only medical advice, the usual bottle of medicine, but al- so a certified statement as to the little patient's health—all for half a dozen pennies only. The large numbers who consult the skilled medical men of moderate -fee must enable these physicians of the poor to acquire a particularly wide• experience of the ills that flesh 3s heir to. Small as their fens aro, the six- penny doctors have patients who fail to pay, and such 'ungrateful de- faulters are usually allowed a grace they so little deserve. It says much for the talent and careful attention of the sixpenny doctors *Rat, al- though even the greatest of our na- tional hospitals have been associated with what in South African war news is sometimes described as "an unfortunate incident," yet there is never a complaint read of in. the press questioning the treatment of patients at the hands of sixpenny doctors. street quacks seek to raid the medical profession in general, but the poor man's medico can ignore such opposition, well knowing that 111 the hour of sickness the street vendor is not sought, and if he were, such services could not be of the value even of his paste diamonds and pewter modals. REMARKABLE MEMORY FEAT, An extraordinary feat was per- formed the other day at Naples by M. Aniirli, a professor of rhetoric, in presence of a large audience, which was mainly composed of actors, authors. and journalists. Without hesitation and with hardly a pause ho repeated from memory the fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty lines that are in the Divine Comedy, of Dante. It 4008 eight o'clock in thio evening when he began to recite and he did not stop until a quarter past two in the following afternoon. The task, therefore, occupied him 1,095 minutes, which wee at the rate of 880 linos an hour. During all this tiltol. ho recited ec.nl',ca 1 me eosin �1 6 he exec )L 0.14 rare intervals, when he stopped for a minute or two to sip a little brandy and water, The feat was the result of .a Wager. Husband: So a palmist once told you that you would meet with a ter- rible accident during your eighteenth year, I suppose you don't believ my eighteenth year during r that I mot you London's 980 common lodging - houses have nearly 130,000 inhabit- ants., Q.UICKLI? TIIAAN TIIOUGIi'T. A little boy .hearing, some one re - !mark nothing was quicker ti an thought lit of g said he Knot v bohtc' t than that; whistling f istlhig was quicker than thought. Doing asked to explain, he said: "111 school the other ring 1whis- tled before I thorulht, and got a lick- ing for it," "Yes,. he's a nice fellow, but he rove' did know his own mind..' "Well, now that he's married he wort't vto," "1 dohan'te think it• was felt.," said bobble, after his hie brother 1,4,11 n",v ,411041ai- 1110slost t athal ll ilioice, time, PutMach ‘1...'1:11083/ 1210341a FT,4ve21 prize !,o the man 1114.1 waif sheer.( ;,t. 1 lY LL keeend klfit i,G 1140 ,113d1" •