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tt t l t 1 t"LI'\'1' 4L hl nlP4K of the holey- i '" I blunight. ynit had NaLlled thAt by tho r �' fr'rdulg .pot the {;rc1n hill side, ix truly an
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n cup a ,1110100 on the wall."•
c d fano : how I drained oit,ht after eight 1 _..... o ,)e t of pili
of the work 1 hal laid 001:10 With regret ; " i believed they were bin at !Met, butA1111 allall 15',! N'Ly 1111!1'0 (a beauty p0e811)10
—._. wh011 the light failed ; with what, foverinit not whe111 )nave 0111.1111110a the Will'
Cle0.nhneoo in 0. tah'.o in the hog ? Yee, we will ;not quite the
when •,)n foal chill nod the traps bolted, on'n!ruooe 10 11011cd 1011whnnthexlownitn " 11'hy?'• . I A men it'om the city went 10 a farm to same keel of beauty we 0.111,1 ,1iseover 111
CHAPTER XX 1f t0( t 3,,,11 ,. buck to the bedside, R r.g1lre mill, for family nee, When Inn Naw 11," motel steed, hot, Io a Well bred hog, a
I x.11,1, you 101110 alma rurin•onl. lura 1 ala'nru l,1) lai0nuae 11010 is nu sign in 11000 that Berkshire, an 1'000x, 0 Poland (7111111, 14
• air wu+1t u.tlur 'ru 111' 1,1. Her ores vera still cblsad, 1111' ielttnrea un" give the Conch tied should uxpease t
tidy wife had not touched the bread I hied a "h to awnlu, !and purity 1 found in !, 1'orkshiro, with their plump loco), rooter -
onY moved, 1 had mode ludo c1) ng 1106141110 sweetness 3
sou the oly 5110 had oaten nothing ,u,onew a' ml111 0lity ly 0(110011 front 8„11111. 111 tail 01111 transverse -
for orduuary slealm t l r 1 - her feateres 1 l v' ly, )here to 801118111ng satisfying, and in a
i'or uonrly four•a 1', 1lnty hoar•+. That uhaugo,l suspiulun Cu uonvi°1inu, Sh0 was When 1 got to that singe when an artist ung 1
did not disquiet me, I had known prison• s l:uumill doubts whether h° is doing good wont et n,
geed 'll , y 1 i t litter of young pine, porn black or pure
• ere Who tried to mauve Went:AVON 111 .order h , 1),0(10 n) Yenl' mind to get hod 1 loft off, My baud wits wet and e0(] ° . Y l l 1 I 1 I If 1 ' hi t I white, there 14 reel l eo, I ,
•-ire et on the sick list, but Chen• resolution ' You have t 1 . o is ho .hose ht t 11x0 In the do.inc•slil• 1001, the 11111810111
g way before the pangs of away from mo where Kit may tinct yon," trembling, 11 was so long since 1 had nsod j 1 l Y 1l
iururiably gore Y P sail I a n'•L- •still louder. . 1're 111.1 0 1t t° soul] work, cul f had sat .over the
myself 1 i tl 1 hi i 1 y tl 11),; ' If -.rants of the horny mil or the poultry yard
i l g (the Marie is mull preferable) why not have
bountiful birds as well ae those that give no
please'° 111 the eye? And hero some of the
pure breeds or erases of the gum breeds
meet the welt hotter than the old clung -
hill fowl. Savo 04 from the long thanked
Asinties, o• the snake head long legged
antes, but the Plymouth Rocks, the
\V1ondor.tos, the Black Spanish, the Donk-
lugs, tho Wilito Leghorns, and litany other
been is are very comely. We once had a
flock of pure White Loghorns that woe
ns attractive when feeding .upon tho groan
lawn an hour before roasting time es a
flock of white doves.
Tnesenv011Wobjcats01be.ttity, those min
Were tom 11'sdelight aro all within reach o
the 01100asxitl farm lr, and if he falls to an
joy 11101,1 he has 6111 himself to blame,
he hal thought of 1110,"
That'sn grul'um.'swill [ wtl11anhoarse
111ngh, '' 1)id you expect to 1h111 it 11attet'-
wrter t.
" 1 looked for what you led me to
expects t on tohl ape pt the horrible K1111.
prison. 1 expetted 111 see
,n t H ran • °1 bylull 011 hing,"
she spoke with vehemence and broke otr
Abruptly, covering her ]1000 with her 1,1411110.
Y01l oxpee10d to sea your destiny re.
voided as a picture of merit rewarded, eh')"
1 .tottered, driving in the mail with a sin -
the t,tt'nimat cowl or the eondillln they
were in,110 d1oide'l to have nu Blit from
11ut farm. If° reasoned that a11i,,,tgll the
non's in the condition they were might. give
.not 1111 c 'eta fernier win wax011 aeg001.
MI 1I of1 to welfare of 110 cows might It n° ,e
over -clean) with the milk he su) )11011 his
01l011ilp0rs,
'1'hi, nen looking ter milk sate 1011'L1 may
bo seen 10 the full and winter 111 m1tny far.
mar's stables, \1'Ieu the enws came ht front
pasture they wore °lean, but when they
carte to stay in the stable they bagel to am
hunger had injured thou: health, and 1 r0n-
.00ied that a woman could not snceeed
'where a dogged ('.1110101 failwd.
"She is prep1ariI) smother mortification
for lneroelf, theng�it 1, " It will all hole
to break her spirit,"
After bolting the trap and taking away
the steps, 1 went up to the loft and fell
asleep m the hay, fairly well conleutod
with the day's events.
I celled, I I
up my mind you shall stay here till you find
hind. \V shall see who wins,"
The foreboding 11101 I mast lone ht a
struggle with her iudonitalde spirit en-
raged ole, tier unmoved face seemed to
mock ole with its placid calm. 1 doubled
thing too long. Seek and giddy i wont to
1110 open door for air.
" What shall 1 clo with it?" 1 asked my-
self, goineeback to tete table. I fol t a 001•
tai, ail'eotion. for the work ill Itself t it was
to .. myself of the passive good. Ino longer th.m Lhui oft detacinwhichg 111
the advantage 3 that wile a brutality a g l a
policy 011 both adopted, 11010 was mural
wakened Sensibility 01 an 011101 revolted,
strength ; mine purely physical. I waw It Wa0 a bit 0l: rood eler'ving-•-•notlliue 1)1010.
Von can cora down," cit ec , w inn half needed to shame her out of )tar pre- There was no aeut1ment. in 11 as it was ;
had set a the stepami unbolted the tra tended 1110op, and force her to go down be- there might be if 1 di,ligurud it. I swept
the next mornil101 l) law. Itnt that in itself w1)° a tacit adults -
the chips off and put them 111 the stove ;
Then I lit the tire, made a cup of coffee, sent of defeat in one direction that I could thea 1 tarsal haul: the cover as nen Found
1 not re•enitile myc0lf t,,. And, after ell, if
and cooked n rusher of 11tLC011 for myself. ,er wi;1 were more inllexibl0 than mine, it' 1 i' 1 the stable in the marling, I
After that I raked out the tire that Bebe !lo\v cold I faruo her further than that? On examining ° g g
might have to light it again for her own
pine rr 'o hoc found that I aonld 10:1110 roost for 1110 cow
pose. But I alight have saved myself that `'lin '7.4°1'.
ight compel ma to 10x10.0 11 't 0..111 by removing the partition at the end end
trouble. She :lid not comm downy ,','(ands, . 1 seek medical , by tab0. t \
\Vbe) Ihid finished my breakfast I call- result in the sae° tiling, by persisting in
ed to her. She made nn response. 110,1 starving herself int,,' dengetouscondition,
heard no movement ovevliond and felt um told that within a few days,
easy, t;oiu a the stn )s 1111• my shoulders es I turned away from her side in savage
against ,boli and opened it east) enough. Mira: iem°e• I euu,1,' sight of on empty
lie had thought to secure it by wedging an glass open tete table; liable it stood the
old nail in the Opening. >ly wife was s at- `tater pitcher; that was nearly empty.
ed at the other end of her room in an ittti- She had not twee able to overcome the
tilde of dejection. she 1140 hastily en,; ..ravings 1.t thirst, I saw aG 01100 1110 power
stood in en attitude de that was almost defiant alt`s,11•000011• gave pe,
11 o shall sec who win+,' I repeated,.
as 1 thrust my bend above the. door.will savage exultation. I took the pitcher pine out the light there."
Do 011 want ma to brio your fond un Awa ,titin nee, dent >in the trop with u Slle (ante in alto a tnnine 1 '0 ,011 101
to you `!' I waited savagely. • I hnu ` test sln.k the 11001, .ltd bolting 11 Witt' nee pride, and stool loafing her bund
" Leave 100—that is the only favor I have I - en the corn bin.
un 1-rn,.e 111:
to nsk of you," she answered, "Well, 0\hat is it?" I ached, picking 1)p
"'That s easily giallted. I shan't have 11)01 lllet
ii
11, pang as if toy life le09711'0[e
er"1°i1 a ''1 w And put;.ink it 10
its place,
much trouble with you if tb 0111 all you esilll11 .nun 1110 nnthi�ta .0 New'o,, �o A "1 trill n•ait till yon num give mo your
want" attention."
1,,,Ipiek011 up the sol I ltd 1,1_01 out, Ti stool in the rick•yard. He wwuu' d c+V listen to von without n•nstiug
and, looking at it wit 11 a laugh, 000(11 I1M,1./13,1::%;.%",;d: co 0 tlo sl•1 t''tI , ked), lo'o, 1811 cel talk till I begin hammer.
downstairs. In the 111g of tools there was
He sheik his head x10011. That did not ing and g1) on again whan 1 atop. If 1
Ian old heir. 1 to,k it pp 0i1h tie, 1101200 doe t wolf you may n _w ft, as a sago that 1
eery ural, and It few scr,:w4 and iaoteuo.l it j in a l 1 ry toe. :•t careful dval0t• is never don't welt to hear any- more,"
on the upper nide of the trap where the m a 1001>' to sea, She did not accept this invitation et
1 "710.0 are cow., in the meadow over
outer bad been. once. I coiled the phaah Lop and bottom
there : villain do they 6010110 to?-'
"'rh�ra," said I, when the Joh wns 111th t g Y
akicg in a piece of the shod beyond. The
job was three parts done, and I was nailing
11p the crossbars 111 their new poeitIo0,
whoa the light from the door being blocked
out, 1 t'utned mud saw Hello etaudiugthere.
"(111, point Borne down 't iest." said I ;
adding after 1 had 1111.0:, iw,uo ., nail,
"Going to try another gang tr•dny'2"'
"1 want to speak to you, she said,
quietly, ignoring my sneer,
"Yon can come 111, 10 1,11 are 01113' stop•
'•\le. ort ettinga word. Sudden] as I
finished ; "now yon 0an100k yourself in if , „� , ,, 011 x1 some palls 1 had selected ,or the
"Well, d, can't you let me have one ; 1 don't
you like." next plank in my month, asuspieion seemed
I expected fully she Weald corm, down; [14111 001," 1 pay?„
in a few minutes; but atter 0aiting lei "What are you ? Von ain't a farmer, I
-hour, weditating tvhnt i might say ro i know. ere) you don't look like a butcher."
humiliate her upon her defeat, ] grew i "1'111 a gentleman serve/.t," said �,t an " .,'jo I was, but 1 learnt carpentry at
weary ofinncticn. "Shewhich will heat rue at: assertion which shaven face might, Dartmoor. Preferred going into a work -
this game," said 1 ; " 01(00 „sed to doing 1 11ung11, bear out. "Die young misses is she to doing the wont 01 a hose .n the
nothing ; T'm pct" So I looked about for 'low. 110'0 for
have lungs,
and toil 1110 dogayer.'qua) ries : that's where I met Kit."
oeanpatiou. Accustomed to the order and edict her P " Yon can't carve wood."
nor 0001)0 to think she's going to bo cared „\Vith a saw, Icon," said I, after nailing
the 11101118111. she gets it, That's why ho's
sent nee off with orders to lie hack again in the plank 0111110 gave m0 time to think of
a couple of hours. If you can't let ole have the evasion.
one 1 won', waste your time 00 my own, " lint not as my 10x111.011 did.
master." I gave my pony a nudge with my I shook my head as 1 dragged out a fresh
heel. plank and salt tor. There was atothee in-
„ Hold herd. If it's to oblige some of the tarsal of silence. When I turned to select
gentry at Novtou as 1 hear are in a bad more nails 1 said—
way," he said 11 nodded acquiescence) "why " Is that all ,you've got to say?"
I daresay I could part with one, bet they She raised her bead quickly, as of to
are that good it grieve3 eie sore to let ere a change the current of her thoughts. I
drove in three nails, with a pretence of
whistling.
" When slid you last see my husband?"
s110 asked.
"I was drafted to Portland May twelve-
month, and I saw lilt the day before I
went."
, 10‘.:hen did you first conte to know hint ?"
" In '82, when I was put in the carpen-
ters' workshop."
" When you lest saw him 0.100 he think-
ing of escape?"
Why, he was always thinking of ft ;
always trying some genie to escape, being
caught, and put in punishment for it. 'lost
all the old hands get some ntad nntion ;
that was his."
Yon knew hint six years ; did he alter
much in that time ? "
" Well, that is u silly question ! Do yon
think there'd bo a trace of goodness left in
you after being treated all that time like a
boast."
"I'm only a woman ; be is a man 1 " ;tumult the suggestions marls with a view
" Don't see much choice betwixt the two.
• mit01 the
01 communication (cation with the
Any way, all the goodness and manhood too ,onside world when the exploring party is
was Itnocked out of Kit." in winter quarter°, is oue which bears the
stamp of novelty. lino writer, while pro•
mixing that the breeding quarters of the
knot are its yet absolutely ttnknown, gives
reasons for supposing that they will he
found somewhere within the mystic Arctic
circle, and that there the intrepid explorer
will encounter them. As these birds ha-
bitually visit the east const of England,
whore they are shot in large quantities 111
the autumn, it is suggested that they be
employed as messengers of communication
between the ice -bound travellers and the
civilized world. The ingenious originator
of this idea, proposes that a number of those
birds should be caught and marked in some
way that wottld attract the attention al
sportsmen and intrusted with missives aftor
the method adopted with carrier pigeons.
The expedition )n question is apparently
the best designed attempt that has yet been
made to reach the unknown Arctic region,
and it is the general impression that if ever
the North Pole is to be won it is now.
Nensen's scheme is not to force his way
through the ice in the manner hitherto at.
tempted, hub to piece his little vessel in
such a position that the ice shall carry kiln
to his destination. He believes that the
currents of the Arabic Seas set frmn the Si.
beriau islands across to Greenland by the
way of the North Pole. His idea, there•
fore, is It simple one, Ho will run his ship
into the toe and drift with it in the proper
direction.
to strike her.
" I thengh1 you wove a watchmaker," site
111
neatness ea a pets in, tine state of the teen
displeased me.
" Etule Twentythree," said Ito myself :
•' prisoners shall keep their cells, utensils,
clothing, and bedding clan and neatly
_arranged, and shall sweep the yards, pas-
sages, and other parts 01 the prison as may
bedf.ecre11, unless provision for the per-
formance of these darter is otherwise made.'
.As provision don't look like being executed
so -,lay, 1 must do it myself."
Pleased with the notion of doing some.
thing, 1 set to work with a will : sweeping, ono g., n, de."
brushing, t.olishing, and setting everything 1 He turned down towards the meadow,
in order with something of the saisraction with another shake of the head, and I fol -
S had found in the old "good -conduct" days i lowed, The cattle mune towards hint when
when I mads my cella model for the ward- 1118 '3311° 1.
era to show to viiitorsinspeeting the prison. I " 11 e r i they are, and as its getting on
Nevertheless it irritated me to remember ! rewa'''anikmg time you can see for your -
that I had resolved to for00 my wife to per. i self 111,, • ohooso as you may, you eau t go
form the offices I wee now doing myself. Iastray, uo 1110 saying is."
consoled myself for this disappointment by I 1 01,040 one which, of course, happened to
reflecting that she could net hold out much i be the v., 1 " flower of the flock, and the
longer, and that my triumph would be ellmost Imre to part with ; but eventually, a
the greater when she did yield to my direr. I price being a .lied, I counted out the money,
4. ions. '1'o show her 1ha1 I was not in theaft nd 130))0 owith my purchase, left the
]east alarmed by her voluntary etar0illg I I farmer bettor pleased than I found him.
made an effort to sine, but breaking down IThe 01111 was setting when I reached the
In that by reason of my disused voice being i cottage after the tedious return journey. I
as tuneless as a °row's, I had recourse to :Milted the cow, and filling the pitcher,
whistling. Even this, however, was e, foal -
ore, and degenerated into the hissing noise
with which grooms rub rlo\vn horses.
By about three o'clock there was nothing
carried it up to my wife's rain. She was
seated beside the bed, but her head rested
on the pillow. She rose as I came up.
"[here's something to drink," said I,
more to be done. Everything was in urs I Putting the pitcher on tie table.
plane as neat and clean as hands could stake She stepped forward eagerly as I turned
it. I away. When I looked back from the stops
I had not heard or seen a sign of Helm I she wastnking the holf•emgtled glass from
all the morning. When I knocked off of I her lip'.
midday to fry myself a rasher of bacon, 1 I, The light was beyond her ; she stood out
called her without getting any response ; ill eilhonette, with tho glass in her hand,
]ler prolonged obs1ieacy exasperated ms ; motionless and silent. It seemed to 100 010
her endurance perplexed me. I had never had just discovered that whet shelled drunk
heard of a convict holding out longer than I so eagerly was not water, and that site tu00
forty hours against the temptation to eat,deehtlul whether I had not substituted
and I was too dull to perceive that a refined I p015011.
woman has infinitely greater 'attitude in I was content to leave her in that terrible
supporting physical suffering than a brutal's-
eel man,
I went again up into her room, She had
not troubled herself to secure the bolt. I,
was like o stove, for the sun had boon shin•
ing down upon the slates, and tie skylight
was closed. Bebe lay upon the bed ; she
did not move as I put back the trap noisily.
The fear that she was dead dismayed me,
and I drew near the bedside with a fore-
boding inexplicable to me then. Why with-
out a spark of tender feeling did I dread
losing her ? The only explanation I own find
is that in losing her 1 must lose the sweets
of a revenge that had formed my only hope
for six years.
She lay with her face to the wall, her
head bent bank, her cheek pillowed upon n
tumbled mass of dark, soft hair that threw
up in relief the delicate line of her white
throat and chin, her parted lips, and white
teeth. Her cheek was flushed, her boson)
rose and fell to a regular reepiratiou, and
and her eyes were closed. Her tranquility
was a fresh aggravation when I found I ham
nothing to fear from it.
" You're a olever women," I said aloud,
as I bent over her. " Kit told me all about
you, and 1 didn't stand in need of this
pr^of. But you're not olever enough to de-
ceive ole as you deceived him with your
acting. I'm not such a soft muff as he was.
Oh, you're not asleep 1 You'd have bolted
the trap before lying down if your motive
for it was to get a deco. But it wasn't,
'You knew I should COMO up, and you left
the crap open that I might cone in and see
you with your heal in a pretty pose, and
your hail' artfully arranged to show your
Moe at its best. You thought that if you
hod made it fool of one man you could
make a fool of another. Bus, yon see, I'm
not greenhorn of twenty, and your beauty
makes no more impression 011 111e than if
they were all dead. I'm not to be led by
the nose. A fine fat lift must have boon
not to see through you. Perhaps he'd be-
lieve in you now—think it was innocent elm•
plicity that )made you prefer to leo all day
in an even like this when you wore freo to
got fresh air. 1 know your m01100. You're
frying to matte yourself ill. Yon expect to
frighten rn0 into fetching o rineto', through
whom you could communicate with that old
rascal the major and get a release. But Pin
not to be frightened. You're not ill, and
Pll take eau you shan't make yourself
ill I".
With that I pushed ftp the skylight and
secured it, to 101 a current of air pass
through.
"You'll know how to shut it at ndgbt
uncertainty for the night,
CHAPTER \XXI1.
I
1111T1AY:$100(01.8.
To house the cow I had to turn the pony
loose in the welled enclosure intended for a
garden. This reminded me that I must en-
large the stable to shelter both animals
when the rough weather set in. So when
I had finished my supper, cleared away 111e
thinge, and lit the lamp, I turned back the
table cover to )rake a drawing of the alter-
ation to be made. That true tu) affair of
five minutes, but long after it was done I
still hong over the table, idly tracing the
outline of n stain on the white wood.
My thoughts ran continently on the wont.
an upstairs. Her dark figure standing out
against the light as 1 had seen her last
haunted me. What )vas site dolug up there
in the dark" What visions did she see in
tie darkness? What voices came to her
from the silence? Was she trembling with
fear of the husband who should call her to
recount—weeping for the ohildren she should
never take into her arms again? In some
forth she must be suffering. For the flat
time that reflection failed to give me de.
light.
Preeently I found a resemblance to hor
face in the outline of the stain I had been
drawing. The pencil mark was indistinct
upon the dark polish. 'Beside me lay the
penknife with which I had sharpened the
pencil. I took it up, and almost as idly as
I had begun I continued the sketch, It was
apple wool varnished to look like maim.
gany, The lines outwith the knife allowed
up eleorly, and the likeness became more
evident, Gradually nay inter0stgrov in the
work, developing at length into a'1 II1'tis110
ardor that impelled me further end f ur bher,
I cut deep into the wood, bringing the out -
Hite into relief ; got light and shadow im10
the face, and gave softness to the hair by a
trick that 101100 thought was my own. I
tried to roproduos tho prefile as I had seen
it in the afternoon 1 the oyes closed, the
lips parted, the head thrown back, giving
an unbroken line from the chin to the
spring of 111e throat, I wished it to be
faithful to her beauty that in the end 1
might have the savage gratification of
burning it on1 with a hot iron, "If I rub
paraffin into the wood and sot light to it,"
thought I. "I shall see the beauty eaten
away ns if vitriol had been thrown into her
living Iwo." '
lint he 1 worked on, Mlle malignant fool•
ing gave plea to one of soiling sorrow as I
recalled to mind the old days when I first
girt blow. I turned to look et her, Iiet' cumulate tee filth of the stable. Lying
tigers stilt trembled before her eyes, clown in the manure, some of it clung to
1t didn't strilto you that he might then) till the bind quarters from hip joint
choose to forget you and think of a more clown was 0000(0,1 with layer after layer of
(0011110e dried 011 111 01111)0 010000 1011 10e11
thick.
There can be no queeti011 that the cow so
coated is, to say the least, "uo,onlforlable,"
'think of it, ! The hair on thallic I quarters
filled with .manure till it is so longer
viaible. It is true rite cow is an animal of
" sluggish sensihlli1ios,'' but slow awl slug•
1x11 ae elle may be, the elects of ntelllre
hanging to hor six months in the yeti: must.
have :tome affect upon the cow's 111°—u1,1a1
matte the life it little unnatural, and, fn
proportion to the siisttu•bence of the normal
t•nndltino, will the product of the cow be
affected. rhes disturbance el the condition
of some 4.011,0 luny be slight, while in others
it may bo considerable.
It is simply extraordinary that some
101010rs, apparently humane and consider•
ate of the welfare of the animals in their
keeping, will allow their cows to carry
those slabs of manure on their quarters six
pleasant subject.
"011, hu until not forget me. No man
wield forget—" she p0110ad.
" Sault i (110100 ax hooves to you," I sug-
gested.
' Von have proved that Ito did not forgot
ate. Oh, I know whet mist have been in
his mind when ho tried again and again to
escape, 1 could not hope that he lout for-
given me, Ont. he 00111,1 pity ole, that his
live could outlive all, and I wronged him in
that."
1 110111)1 it."
" I .011 sure 1" she said, firmly, droppiFng
her lend and raising hor heel proudly.
" Wait till you see him,"
" I will wait cheerfully."
!' .111, you maty have to wait long enough
fur, according to your OW11 showing, there's
no proof that, he's ant of prison yet.
lint there is proof, 1 know he has os.
ea tea ; that Is what I cause to tell you."
.[ looked at her in potpie:ray. months in the year, If eon's leo in tom
"Cone with nu' and 1 will show you ,,0.11 filth in the stable it is 11°eetae they
what I 1 ave toed,' elle stud, going towards most, It is not possible to keep a cow kept
the door, i i ll I
1 throw down the hammer 0011 followed
hely not yet pe1cetrng what had happen-
ed.
She crossed the cuelosure and mitered the
house,
There!"she exclaimed, triumphantly,
pointing tothe table.
The cover was thrown back revealing the
worst I had done over night and forgotten
in the ocetpation of the last three hours.
"1 t is my Moe," she said, as I went
round and looked at it with feigned curios•
icy " Not as you see it now, but as he saw
it years and years ago.
Ail avast often fails to see the fault that
is obvious to the first critic ; and pow [saw
what it was in my work that had displeas,
ed me when I glanced as it before sitt(ng
down to breakfast. Unconsciously I had
repro:limed in the eliarauter of the facie the
work I had done in my workshop he the old
days : guided, may bo, by the subtle in.
finance of the memories that recurred to me
in doing it.
"No hand but his eould have clone that,'
she continued, her voice trembling with
excitement. "And 3. have reason to think
of him as he was—a man, generous and
tender, since that shows that ire still thinks
of meas I was to him in these days."
1 could have undeceived her on this point
but not without betraying myself.
" Well it looks as if you were right in
one thing, anyway," said f ; " Kit's out "
A smile ('rept over her face, making it
young again. -
" And maybe he's gone soft, that's 1rue,"
I continued. " P'raps he fell sick."
The smile passed in an instant from her
lips.
" I wonder if sickness could make you
generous." she said, bending her brows,
"I wonder," she added, with growing dis-
dain and spirit, " I wonder if anything on
earth could make you like my husband."
" Not if he's the fool you take him for,"
I answered.
(T0 BE CONTINUED.)
Oommnnioation With Arctic Regions.
'1.'100 pails to which Arctic explorers are
exported are enumerated in a recent article
on Dr. Naoseu's polar ex edition, and
There was at contemptuous smile on her
face as she met my eyes and shook her head.
" You're like that fellow who 100111 to
sleep ever so many years and eonldn't un-
derstand the change that bac) taken place
when lie woke," said I. " But you'll have
to understand it. You won't find Kit
pretty nor pleasant, not: pliable neither ;
)rake tip your mind to that. fie ain't what
he was whon I first know him."
" No, no," site said, mournfully, Then in
an instant, plucking up spirit, she added—
" But happily ho is not what he was when
yott last knew him."
I did not understand her, and being no
nearer a oo101001on after nailing a plank
top and bottom, I changed the snbjoot.
Was the cow in the garden' when you
came through?"
" Yes. You got that for ane:"
I grunted, and hammered afresh.
"10 w148 good of you to think of that,"
she said when I stopped. "I could not
eat ; 1 muss have died. It was good of
you," she repeated, as if to oonvhneo herself
that I was not altogether a villain.
" I promised Iint I'd look after you,
didn't I? Besides I bought it with your
own money."
Pulling out a new plank, I lost hor re -
spoon.
"How long have you been up."
"A long while."
" What lave you been at ?"
"1 have been down 06 the stream for
water. You aro not afraid of my running
away now."
" I said Pd look after you, but
I didn't promise to watch you night
311111 day. Yoe know pretty well what
the consequences would be if you tries,
to erose the moor. You can try if you
like, but-."
"I don't intend to try. I believe yon
were right in your conclusions, though you
put them in such a form that I could not at
first reconcile myself to except then.
But I have slime thought a great deal about
my position and whet course I ought) to
take, and now I see that there is no 010(011'
flee of self-rospo00 in accepting oven your
guidance when ibis reasonable.
" Well, you haven't misspent your Wino,
anyhow."
1100 chin woe on her breasb, and sho eeem-
ed absorbed In meditation when I looked at
her mph].
Have you had a look rotmcl the place?"
I asked.
"I havo been looking everywhere," sho
answered, quietly,
"What for?"
rr My husband,"
The reply startled mo. I waited,' uty
finger on the 0111, the hammer •half raised,
for an expla,ati0u. Icor attitude 011'0 un-
changed,
"1 wan10d to make sure wh ler helhad
been bore or trot," oho said
Twenty Things Worth Snowing•
Keep the cover on the canister.
Rab lane chimneys with dry salt.
Throw 011100ide of lime in rat holes,
Wash oilcloth with eltfmmed milk.
Beat carpets on wrong side first.
Cover apple barrels with newspaper.
Keep everything cleat around the well,
Apply !mrtshe!' 1,0 the stings of inse')ts.
Pour boiling water through fruit stains.
Drink °ream for a burned mouth and
throat.
Put your .eoffe0-grounds of ynnr I1ot180
planta.
(Mood eggs alwoye have 11011 -looking shells
1loiled vinegar and myrrh are good de-
odorizers.
Use oatmeal instead of soap for toiletper•
poses.
Camphor is the hest anti -tooth propara.
tion known.
Use whisky instead of water for making
liquf d giuo.
Sponge roughened skin with brandy and
ro0e•water.
Uso hartshorn to bring back colours faded
by acids.
Waggon grease will take ole warts ;and
pr06018111ng 101)100.
If en'ozing be induced it will stop a die-
greoablo hic001gh,
in the stall absolutely c can every hnur in
the day, but. there is no reason why the
manure: 011 a now should bo allowed) to am
cumula11.
Bedding is one preventive o• help, and if
the shahs are Inade right, if the floor is of
the right length end built above the trough
or channel at the Dal, thon the droppings
will fall below and beyen11 the lying clown
place of the cows, and if the lying down
place be kept clone, strewed with bedding,
then the caws will not. take to themselves
such 10001imlla110ns of manure. A little
caro at the right time every day will suffice
to keep the cows clean. The cotes are
better for 11, and the farmer Itao then stock
to the inspection of which he is not asham-
ed to invite visitors.
Make Your Animals Beautiful.
And why should not farmers odti\mte
the beautiful in all their surroundings? Nat.
arc makes everything beautiful ; our laud-
s0ape, our trees, our plants, our flowers,
the green grass, the growing grain, all kinds
of vegetable growths and tde birds of the
air. $hen why should not, nature's moist.
aft, nature's co-worker, make everything
in which he has a hand also beautiful?
Shall we be told that utility le the grant
end of life's activity? Granted, but then
is not booty the highest utility?
That is most impot tent, that is of highest
utility which contributes most to the de-
velopment of the highest, noblest manhood,
and what among man's environments,
among the influences that go to the build-
ing up of character, aro more potent than
beauty.
Men has it in his power to make this
earth a veritable paradise. In that pathetic
story of the expulsion of our first parents
from the original paradise—tho " Garden
of Eden," it is related that God ('weed the
ground for Adam's sake and said: " In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat broad,
trill thou return unto 01 ground." All 1 how
slow has man been to discover the in-
finite blessing concealed in that apparent
eorse, for by labor shall men yet regain
paradise. Dy labor man not only uses his
muscles in working out rho Mettle of the
mind, but be has began to use the forces of
nature and than yet call in to his aid all
the mighty forces of the universe to work
out the conceptions of his ]hind, to register
his will.
As 0(e come to understand, more and
more, the haws of evolution we shall be still
more able to control the development of
the living forms around ns, vegetable or.
ganisms and animal organisms. By selec-
tion, crossing, cultivation and feeding we
shall be able to improve, through labor, the
primeval curse, the real blessing, all things
to which we apply ourselves, our domestic
animals aid the pro/lnats of our fields and
gardens.
There aro different kinds of beauty—
beauty of form, beauty of Dolor, and beauty
in adaptation toemir, in concord, harmony.
All these the farmer may realer.° in his do.
mestio anitmtls. Whet is more beautiful
than the perfect horse, with his noble, sym-
metrical form, his large, bright, speaking
eye, his distended nostrils, his curved neck,
his flowing mane, his cheep, broad chest, his
rounded body, his long, heavy, curving
tail, his slender but strong limbs, his shape-
ly hoofs, ail informal, animated by his al-
most resialloss eter1y. Why may not the
fanner enjoy all the beautiful qualities. He
has only to properly employ the means that
nature a)d science have placed at his tie.
poen); to choose his ideal of beauty and
breed accordingly. There are several'
colors desirable in a horse. Some 11114y
choose a bright blood bay ; others a Deal
black ; others a dark chestnut ; others a
dappled gray, and still °there, perhaps a
bright sorrel, with white mane and tail.
Any well defined color becomes a well form-
ed horse, and there le a wide margin for
choice.
When the choice ie matte and the horse
obtained, he will soon part with his beeu1y
if not proporl housed, fed 011(1 groomed.
No horse 10 so beantifnl, nate l'nlly; tlnh that
visible ribs, a dull, seering coat and a•droop•
ung head will destroy it, while even the
hottvy draught horse, with ribs well covet-
ed with Iles)), a glossy Dont and head erect,
is a thing of beauty.
So in Oho bovine race, When in our boy.
ltootl wo were obliged to drive two or throe
yoke of oxen to " plow the stubborn globe,"
we greatly preferred the dark red, shapely
Devon, with long, clean, olondor borne, to
the nondescript scrub, and eteppod tnuoh
more proudly alongside the former then the
latter. As for cows, we once were aoetls•
1001001 to say that a handsome formed cow
oanuot be a great mflklir or.btittor maker,
and we still say so of a 8001)1; but of lat0
years wo have seen fino•formed 'spoolmons
of the Holstein'Irriosia) that wore great
milkers, tined some beautiful little fawn -like
Jerseys that heal great records 11.0 bathes
make's, and have cone to the mm011181°11
that it le possible to combine beauty and
mtiiity in the , ow, oven,
In sheep, 301110x1 all the pure breeds aro
beautiful. The Cotswold, the Lieoeeter,
the South Downs, the Shropshire Basra,
the Oxfordshire 1)0510(1000110 heavywoolod
Merieo, and whoever le tunable to see beauty
Fraotiozl Points.
11 is an old saying that "he is the far•
thest front market who has nothing to scll,"
Pet nearness to market is a factor not to
be disregarded by those who hove something
to sell.
])airy ewe wading in muddy barnyards
and beef cattle browsing en frozen stray
stacks, indicate that there i•) still roan for
Improvement in some of our stook -keeping
method..
Sureesa 111 feeding depends upon getting
the greatest gain in the least lime. This
wnnld ileo ,,lean getting it from tho least
amount of fend.
If the cora fodder in mut before being fed,
it will save mach lab('' when you come to
hnndle the manure.
The corn fodder that is left smutting in
the field i° two-thirds wanted, oven if the
cattle are pastured on it. It would be about
as sensible 10 past ere tint timothy, instead
of elating it
Hogs that require more than tot months
to got, to market do not give the host profit.
Got the contact early maturing breeds end
you need 11ov0r take more time than this.
The continued low priori of wheat should
show farmers that It is best to prow other
than the strictly staple crops. Diversifi-
cations mean bettor profit for all.
Kindness in the dairy returns avery largo
dividend on the investment, and it need not
stop there, for all domestic animals eppreci.
ate good treatment.
Rolled land becomes warm mall sooner
then land left loose after plowing. This in-
sures more rapid and oven germination of
the seed.
All animals like variety of food and will
gain flesh faster when so fed. One reason
is that digestion end asoio,ilaliotl are more
complete.
Linseed meal, cotton -seed meal, gluten
meal and wheat brat help to produce loan
meat. They 0110001 be fed in connection
with corn when that is desired.
When fattening an animal it is best to
plum water frequently and in small quanti-
ties, rather than much at a time, and never
directly after feeding.
Beep the quarters of the stock clean.
Then the animals will keep themselves clean
and this will uondue° to their health and
your profit.
Iu breeding, do not think so much about
the sire that you wholly forgot the dam.
Tho best progeny cannot bo secured unless
there are good qualities in both parents.
The difference in the profit from growing
good stook and poor stock is becoming
wider all the time. The profit from the latter
is bust represented by ciphers.
The poultry business is rapidly becoming
o most important branch of farm industry,
Lioubatore are no longer playthings, but
machines of practical utility.
The time has come when the fruit grow-
er who metros to stay in the business must
prepare to fight insects. This is the only
way in which he can win success or profit.
Planting strawberries in the spring, tak-
ing off a crop the next year, and then plow-
ing under is an easy, sensible way of manag-
ing this crop.
There are few crops which will yield more
stoney per corn, under high cultivation,
than celery. And few 80011008 in which a
man could not make it a profttable specialty.
One of the reasons why many people find
no profit 01 poultry, is that they try to
keep too many fowls in a flock. It is a
fact that a )lock of fifty (tens otten prodnoe
fewer eggs than m (lock half as large.
There aro some icons in every flock 01101
,lo not pay for their keeping, These de-
tract from the profit of the whole. Single
them out and get rid of them.
Itis good to drain land when it is prop-
erly done. But it is easy to !blunder,
Study some good work on the subject be-
fore you bog. operations,
A milking ma01in0 has been shown at
some of the fait's the past season. It hes
some good points. I1 neither swears at the
cows, kiolts them, nor bangs them with the
milking stool,
Other grain besides corn will make good
pork. Under certain markets conditions
and in certain sections wheat and barley
can be fed with profit.
Tho price of farm labor has increased
much since farm machinery was lirsl iutro-
clued. Yet now crops are produced more
cheaply than ever before.
''leapening production is the most aer-
taln way to insure a profit. We can further
Ode matter by making the soil richer and
giving better anitivotion,
Some dairymen think the Jerseys do not
produce milk enough to make their keeping
profitable. Yet an occasional one in the
herd will give a color to the milk that can
ho obtoioed in no other way.
Experiments in seleat;ing heavy seed
wheat hav° uniformly resulted in producing
hotter crops. We should pay more aft°n •
-
lion to this matter,
Let 110 grade tip our send, our lend, and
our steak. It is nob good fanning to pro-
g181(1000,ress along ono line, and stand still upon
Did you over teen, man with a thoroughly
good horse who could not hind a ready buy.
or? If not, it should suggest to you what
sort of horses to raise.
As lands have advanced in valtl01 the
Eng11011 farmer has found his tnborest to He
mere and more in the growing of stools.
This indicates where wo should loolt for
our best profit,
Cold storage for pv0111010 inoreoeoe i,hc
season for marketing, and should give rho
prodnOo• bettor results than when the whole
crop had to he used et °nee. The' trouble
is Oise a the warehous0•tnan gets most of the
in a well-bred and well-fed flock of sheep, added profit.