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Or, Married to a Fairy.
CIIAPT1311 ZrIII.—(C0ntinued), waves, coaidn't you?" she asked eagerly
I wish That 111. MY inadequate we•da I.) • No, deur'. 1 never palht 110ures, Yet
1111001 be a. good girl, end do110 . 1
could for a moment picture 10 00110 1111- 1 g g 1 t as
0ginla t ion halt- the 110111 111 grace.. the 'ea 011
daintiness, and 011111'111, oe, thio YOUllgi .1311( Whttt 10111 be the grad of 211 eta-
atrealure. Aar beauty--th0 080/111068 enough
If it's note(• 10 matte nut good
and regulal'itY of her features, the 1(011- emmgh for you? burn Into 10018 deet.
cote softness and fai'11eoo 01 her shin,11y, and forthwith 'ltll burst Into teal's.upon
the absolute symmetry 'of. 1101' haute. 1113• shoulder;
slender as any -fairy chancing . 011 dew" • 1rou lid hd beeld do 1(a loss Lhnn slit/ p 1110 arm
hung leaves by moonlight t'but perfect and 00othc and conher,
111 shape as a sculptor's model—these at: . jie(1 1'a y.liandr fpr a1' very few second
traelicna were by as 1000118 111e 0(1101 1 she turned a moist -eyed but redian1 face
bound in the
bar. tSomethig iso n 1101' 111 'un to mine, with soft It ps curved into a
'1'fublo io3'ollellees WM. 811M/Y 110111- lase.,
)o-,ntedness, ill the fra111111000 of 111'.1' , "Nips me, :\ Ir. Hervey!" tbe she lent and "fuel I13 promise 11( be obedient mud
childlike cllatler. and in her affectionate. good."
.70nt1dhlf tl'ieli8 of manner,. fascinated I Kissed her cheek softly, but she
inc so absolutely that even true', at this rruickie brushed her ftiee against mine
spite)) of time, i can hardly sit tad and offeredmeher lips.
write about her ullllln\ cd;. and i11 any- "otherwise I shall thirds you are (Toss
thing In nty008111101 strikes 1 reader as with ((1e," she s•tid,
extravagant o' absurd, I ('011 only say: I kissed her, then, as coldly as I could,
lied you seen Lil! 111 Saxon as 1 saw and led 1100 home to 111rs, Nokes,. in
31er, and loved her as 1 loved her, a11)' whose care I ptaeed her. being resolved
thing and everything done for her 011110 to 110 at once to London in order to Ells -
would appear to you comprehensible and cover her lawful guardian. 1 ('00111
(10111011b10,' tee i1111te plainly 1 should never Have 111
Ilapplly, no doubt you 10110 read this moments pence until this most un -.I
1v111 think but most disastrously us I pea0oI((bre 11tte 02 1,21 was safely 1111.,
consideredit at that '1110m0111, -the figure e bate or elder bends than nil
t
der mine.'1
of Lady Madg. Lorimer stood between 1 avoided (culla 7.1111'0 ofl,
t > de -1
Ino 0nd this lovely child, who alight well mixture. test she might (11.110Me ( 1l 0 21
have :posed as the heroine of the old t
Greek poets' tales of Psyche, the bride protracted and all, se demonstrative seven-end-twenty
of Love, a1g, fur, after all, seven-and-hvcut.r IN
hardly a. chit rehial age, for could I
Her AMC clouded 0 little as 1 laughed, expect 1110 child
away her sugP,0011ons, (110011 men did to enotf lite with awe,
1101 engage themselves to little girls who and (1(0. tion, at least far 001110 years!
lead not to Cmnie.
Yet left .0012 ht•nw']ng. 1 assured 1 therefore slipped off very quietly 1
her;
brSOnie he ev me old mar, 11 would. while (,ilio( was in her room, telling;
e (tear as I went •to the absaluteatruth, "Mrs. 1o110s I would return in a day or!
Somehow the tele a1' 1110 engagement to two, and giving her my address anal
my Cousin Wedge stuck 111 1ny t11'o0t. more holey than she lcoulde wt, uossibh• re- 1
13eside0,. how should it (0neern tills ualre for eeen i r turn in wants.
child that I 1Yas. 10. n1a1•rY this person 00 Before eutn .returning to 010 sta811-,
that? tiers was merely a childish fate), I sought out the Reverend here. Prhe,
Tor rite, whldl would disan 001' when she 0111.1( art the 1'l[+• church pelIle, at the
passed to long j;owns and time of his daugbter's elopement with,
grown -Un Horatio Stumm he had been officiating,.
Coiffures. 'So - I argued with myself, as curate. And Here a complete (lis- I
while aloud I laughed at L111Ut's dread appointment awaited rile. Tho Reverend
of seho01-life, and at her last and most ,Tones I'rltcha•d had been dead for more,
startling proposition that site should go than four years, and I was shown his 1
up to town to serve as a model for nu' headstone' in the adjacent cemetery,
plcfures. - Dispirited and troubled in mind, 11
i
"I'm not too young for that!" she had made the best of my wa3•home inn cab.
pretested. 'And, if I am not sent to and upon the t1001 step of my house T!
school and made a young lady of, there'll found Nicholas Wray, whom, in 111y I
be no reason why I shouldn't be your new' responsibilities, I had entirely for -1
modeL A, girl I knew in 1\'ineltelsea be- gotten, with his hand upon the knocker
came an artist's model when she was of the door.
0011801' than 1 am, Artists have made Ite greeted rife with some effusion,
Oencll-sketches 1112 me soinetimes when 'which I fear 11111( not reciprocate y 7••
1''e been about with father; and theyye. heartily. and e 3
all said they'd like to paint together we parsed u to!
P a Mg tic- the studio on the It, 1( floor, h I
lure from 1110, But father, he would" Outside the studio my man \\1•enshaw
never let me sitto anybody." stood wafting, leaving heard my sten 0111
"Nor would 1'. Lilirh. I shall be vex- the etalrs. Indignant Protest was writ-,
ed 1f yot talk like this any more. For tell in every line of his hard, pale face.:
0110 thing 1 only paint the sea." and his tones when he addressed me 1
"But 0012 could paint me as a sea- were such as nllght be employed by 11
nymph Just sticking' my ,leadout of the rigorous. Judge toward a specially hard -2
0ned 1'ri111inal,
"Asking. your pardon, sir," lie said, 11
"but 0. young person arrived here about'
an hour ago, 1.1.111 would not leave. She
said she Knew you would be pleased to l
d she told me her I.
see her and she has gone to sleep in 111
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stead. to follow rile up to town. It teas
11010 a little hast sixin the evening: the
Amoral had taken place at len, nod I
had left eventing station by the one.
thirty train. So that 1.111111 had elearIy
tarried at the hose and (frown not more
than throe Meal's after m0 departure,
The dlsagt•eeablo smile which 1
11011(11?' 51110 gathering obetlt N111110110
Wray a fun lirls,: and 1110 prompt swages -
don that be should at olive retie, ail-
ger•e(1 1110 deeply, 1,111Ill's action, 08 :I
could see very' well, (1nd placed both her
and myself' In tt false position, obliging
me to adopt an explan1(tol•y attitude --
in itself always It sueplt'lous eire 1111-
sltlllee-^-to,l•ard 11'13' sel'ynllt and 111Y
1'l•lettd.
"11'0 a 111110 gi7 whose father' .. was
burled this 1t1o7dUg,",1 said, "1 was
the funeral, one did (11,v hest to cumfo
Iter, So 1 suppose 0110 1101 1111' add 01
front the land1181?', RIM Imo 1011ck0d 1
down, Si 1100 I arrived 1n town 1 hu
been 1]•1'11111 10 find bee relatives, but
1 knot' it would be rill rir1! when n 1 nu
1'01110 1101110 kuti, oh, deur 1U. Hervey.
1 tun ao 11 11 IMO',"
\'l1101 could 1 51(1' t1 the 1'1111(1; 9'lno
uncoil vet, flunttll20 or her l)1'utced11Urk
(10,01' .100 11 moment struck her, and 1
could not 000 my Ito+ to malting her
upprc0lute it
Wray 51000 0 111tle 11'0)' behind us
while .1.111111 talked to Sue 11)01'. Ilia
glittering, the t girl's ar 100;1'1101 82101one
000) -
el to ignore hint ottogolllor 011111,'_.be-
senci'.gshe• 1110110 1(a milli dart 11115th Pre.
sitett'h'boolt and begun to eagerly 01 11d0
1100 021.11 111)01.0,
"1'ou he Ye dune It nicely," elite (•x-
001111011, "though I thought 11)00 112(1
tlor than 1111th 1111 Y0 0011 been donne
at lino, tau, :tit Il1'i'vee, Do let me see!
r( (111, that is rattle smudgy, 'Isn't 11?? But.
s thea, 1 dont understand pletures. 1
111, Idle being imbued though. 11'5 1,u in -
vs (01'05(1111 to see flow one ('01100 tut, 1102
I. wish I could 111111, And 11,1'1 1 his 0
lovely big rnoml 2l'hese polished 1100//10
101111 rugs over 110(11 are 11101.11 1(1001'
(Ian stuff' our pets. :\lid so bl,nitlfur.
1'm' dam'ing on too, I'd like t1 dance
I d on them now 01110 1'01 11111 hun0ry .t•Ou
e1' van t 111111((! 7 re had mailing to 0111
ye 51 11410 01'0001'ast lit 010111; 11(1(1 though
in 1'y0 often' been es long 15 thus and
1112 lunge' without food, the railway Journey
and being a bit tired Matte nu. worse,"
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She resumed her seat in the great
armchair. (meting herself et, as before.
ie
Clearly. she had ('0(110 10 stns, and I.
If. fang. for \\1'enshew to 1012, fie At 1hi0
unfortunately they are dead."
"That's very 811111(111 " 81(00(etl \11v00.
•-I felt lbitted the • elan at that memo)
1'1ltil 11100 1111 bad ml,110,11 character tl
00081(1 views about women had nee
been brought before me in a x080202
11ght;. hut, with the thought or 1,111111
my (mind, the iotm'00 euggeollvene'-s
the man's tone offended 110 dee())
'110re was no end to the 111100111ef l
Might have It In his 110wer to snake h
tweet, me and Ludy 211811ge. or to tl
harm. he might (lo to 1 illih's nestle
he were not at least Toltec( to see the
buselessness of his riblet tunable ideas
with regard to her: and 1 resolved at
once not to let him go until he had seen
and spoken with 1,111th,
1 therefore ()fused (11m where we
stood in the passage outside the studs
without speaking, anrl. throwing ape
Ole door telt he might follow, 1 enter
ed the room,
And here i may FM Well 01011 that a.
(11)'vexation at Li11t1s- hive:don melte
when my eyes lighted upon her.
The lfght front the great alopin
north window felt full anon where s
lay curled up fast asleep in a carve
1181(
armchair, covered with cushions
Oriental silk. A turmin of blue an
bac( toff they chair over f theSs cushion
and against this Lillth's 111116 Mea
Shone out, mating a radiance of shin
frig, tangled yellow Silk over her drool
ing faeo. 111 her lap my gray Persia
cut Saladin lay comfortably ensconce
purring with content, In her scant
when the old solcne• apeea.r011 ill nn-
awer to 111y summons, 'I Ignored 1110
mute protest or his ('100 thud appealed
to his so( tot Side,
all " Wronshuw," 1. said, "this i5 .1150
e, Lilirh Saxon, a very Young friend of
t1 mine told an orphan. 1101' 111111er was
_ buried this morning, and, having no
friends In the h'o'ld but myself, she 'glut Pm nota (Mild." put in .. l.,ilith,
11 has (mole to ask me advice, and I in in terrll ling hint "I'm six
d turn, appeal lo you. You know this P g 10101, nearl)."
neighborhood; d0 you know or any kind' "1's sh0 really as m wet
1001)01101(10. motherly soul, who will u 1 .as
flint?"
tulle Tills 00 x,]Il in for the night and \\'1'0)' asked ane in an aside. Sire loops
110 matte her thoroughly comfortable until about twelve.'
11 1 can foil a school for her to go to to-
o� 111n1•lOw or the lnext day?"
hi \lrenshuw wt,$ m081)ied by 1102 ng ap-
s,1110alet 10 thus. tie 1100 a mfn-11th some
d common senee, apart from 1110 crotchets,
-1 and he strolled his 1'h!n reflectively the
,....1 while he scanned. Lilith with a critical
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d, •'!•1,, Philips, in .Tef•s0y Stroel'; is.os-
1. ed to children;' lie began.
black stuff gown, 111010 which one slen
der black -stockinged foot hung down,
minus the well-worn walking shoe she
had picked off before going to sleep, 1
with her long brown 11151res resting oil
her flushed cheeks, and her rose -red
mouth half open, my marsh fairy look-
ed no more than a lovely child of
twelve. For the moment, though. 1 for-
got even to be glad that site had Justi-
fied us both by the extreme youthfulness
of her appearance. She looked so
thoroughly at home, so much part and
parcel of my studio, and she supplied
so perfectly the One tiring that had al-
ways been wanting there, that my
heart seemed to contract at sight of her.
ill mingled pleasure and Ilam.
This was the presence I had dreamed
of, longed for: the embodiment of all
my Ideals of beauty, gentleness, and
grace. Of her own accord she had come
to me, and she asked for nothing better
then to place her life in my keening. I
was her only friend and protector, 1101'
had she any home but that 0111011 I
should provide for her,
She had slid into my life as sudden -
y, as unexpectedly. and as irresistibly
as a ray' of sunlight. and the sight of
her here in 1110 studio, in suite of the
(Ira„bncks it entailed. filled my heart
'ith a thrill or deep delight, merging .
quickly into keen regret that I could not
retain her forever by my side,.
13ut all this while Nicholas 1\tray.
CHAPTER 1X.
11111 Setdtily\llenshal1'111\\'ram to be
0023
myself, 1
Both my friend and MY 001.05111 were!
scanning filo with - mingled censorious -1
tress and curiosity; Wrenshaw being one 1
of those crabbed 0)1( curiosities-- a I I
faithful retainer. Ile had been all his: 0
lite in the service of the Hervey famn\, i
and eleIi astilddu0altot itlzsmaer'sconct,nd'
make himself unpleasant whenever any-'
been MY
thing happened to displease him • s
Formerly, \\'ren haw hall 1
father's bndv-se011.10110,1 11 10 army a
training 1 -niers to emnhusize his (10110118 c
of discipline and dec0rtml•, \Fray's in-
tutlot into 111y ((turtle had tried the
rid soldier sorely. and. us I instantly 1
tiutssed, the arrival of Litith had been 11
In the tat11r0 of a last straw to 111s t
caeablllty of endurance, s
1 It was terribly annoying that the t
t
whom 1 Mud half forgotten, w'05 geeing
at Liiith over my :Moulder. and 1100,
when I advanced to awaken her, 1,e laid
tis Band on my sleeve.
"Wait!" he whispered, "Don't w'alte
ler Just yet, Let me sketch her first"
Before I could remonstrate. he had
whipned out his sketch -book, and. seat -
ng himself- at a little distance from
tlitll's chair was soon deep in the study
1' Ills charming subject..
I was by 110 means pleased at his pro-
00ding. and yet I knew not unite stow
o taste exception to it. Almost nlechani-
edly 11 crossed to 1110 easel. placed a
mall ca11055 on it, and. taking 1111 my
hushes and colors, began to tot clown
few color notes of the tints in her
hoehs and her Bright hair.
The minutes flew by as we grew more
and more ahsurberl in our respective
asps, 1Crenshow had left us at the
o0r in disgust, and we had the Mace
o ourselves. the 010eni10 girl and the
1ee)ing eat serving 00 models, while
heir regular breathing, and the 1101SY
icking of my tall,carred eolner clock
alone broke the perfect stillness,
Presently T erosse(1 to where 11rraY
sat, and looped over his shoulder. T
have that selfsame drawing of his, with
the date roughly penciled beneath ,it,
hanging o1 the wail close to the desk
at which T ant at this moment writing;
0116 of all Wray•s brilliant black-and-
o-hite work.. it is to my 1111 nil the clever-
est example, Slight as it 1s. tt mere
penciled outline, he has caught: to per-
fection the inimitable girlish grace of
1.ifl ti's figure and face. Half child.
hall' woman, sleeping and dreaming '01,
contentedly, and bashing as happily in
the 80111511116 andin the comfort: of the
chair as the cat o, her .lap, the drawing
brings back Lilt 111 to my memory, as
she Men 0011, as the most highly finish-
ed painting could never do. Tlo•e than
o,ee during the yearn that have Passed
since that summer evening, I'lnure re-
solved to destroy that picture, but
when I have came face to face with IL.
I could never tlnd It in my heart to lay
a finger 01 it.
"Admirable!" murmured as T watch-
ed \1'1'11 putting the finishing touches
to his sketch.
Ile looked un and smiled. Thenire
wrote underneath. 'Happy Animals."
I snatched his pen0(1 Indignantly
from him, and drew a line through the
offensive words.
He laughed, took the pencil again. and
wrote incte+d. Just below the w00(18 ef-
faced:"Soulless Brett -its,".
And at that moment, w1111 a. little
sigh, and a Stretching out of her arms
and rubbing or her eyes.• our model
awoke. 1,111( stared about her,
Perr81v1(14 1110. she SI/1%11W up i11 0
great hurry, upsetting Saladin. who. be-
ing a lofty -minded cat of luastern Origin,
mewed with disgust. and o'ept under
the 011111' to sulk,
711enntime, Lllith darted across the
coon to me. and lal(1 her hands on my
e.lnotridel. ignoolog Wray altogether,
I couldn't star at Il•:hinge without.
you: 1'. couldn't, indeed." she said. "You.
know tvhot Mrs. Nnites was 1180
SS 50011 as your back was turned, ming
on at me 111)0111 not beinggratefwl
enough to •yon for all yofdone for
rite; and then when 1 told her I, loved
you very much. she was worse than
ei•er. And that old (10etnr drove neer
with his wife front Sandhythe—the doc-
tor 118 row' poor father, you 1(000'. And
they nil three went 011 at me. saying.
how 1 mustn't he a burden to the nice,
raid US Icti 1 Iv1iad£ lie cla1111 annit 1 bili
which was true, of course -and that
0JU(' 1' P1111. ions 1('011))) 110 angry When
they 21810,1 how you meant to educate
rine above (11v station, like T told then
You dirt. 111111 that T 1110111 to 110 (31(0
some dreadful hone Doctor 110rtl11'0
'!11'0 3105 for trebling young. slervants,.
where they rank and scrub mid sew nil
You y1,
•nuld soon see, they said.
When -yot1 rot rip in town among your
owe rely tons and friends, how wrung
and how 1napp('Oprl0te• 11 was 19 t•y.
and make n lady of me. o' to bother.
your 110011 about me at all, They merle
n
my 1(t, hilt when they 1(11 went.
n
( a 1
ell
I 511(1' 1'.n my -
Self
and left d 010110,
s
away
T, would follow yon un in Lon -
!Inn. as I'd got tho leleine of the
pound you 111100 m0, ' and I'd heard. you
give 0,110, Nnitos sour address, and T'(1
get 11011'1 of you berme year relations
end friends .had 1 01 sti Idled you to have
nothing t0 do with me, and T'') beg you
1101 10 listeni0 them So T 011pped net
et the hack of the int and climbed over
the fence, and ran ell 'the 0011 H•%het
1 allwa. t"dont (,, i t, r,2r
l lh here by
t1a, 111. to oil 1'n 1110 wnv
omnibuses 'f.)ul lie 151111111 91111th 016
rc1)1)0P ,n who opened 1110 door didn't
100,111 111 let me in but. 1 .told hint you'd
110 unary if I wasn't allowed towelt fm•
son• fur 1 didn't 1(11010 where to go, and
T w110 00 Iiredl So et last T ran Past
hint and tip -stairs, because Ito sold it T
weltedrnewhe•e, T must weft x111 hero,
And then T was .0 tired. I hent to sleepy
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and she has, 1 lenow, a bedroom to let
10 her 'louse. So that if Miss Saxon
will 001110 with 1110-----"
, (To be continued.)
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creases when the stomach and bow-
els are cungested with food and
water. Both are to be given only
in small quantities at a time. Green
food and cut grass should be fed at
intervals.
The food should t:' -,ways be damp-
ened with water, Dusty or burnt
hay are to be avoided as are also
chopped straw and overripe rye
grass,
It is a good plan to mix a quarter
of a pint of linseed oil with each
feed. As regards medicinal agents,
their action on broken wind can
only be temporary.
Every dealer has 1113 specific for
this disease, Some give the animal.
a pound of lard, or any :sort of good
fat made into balls,: while others -
give a quantity of leaden shot. A
subcutaneous injection of mo1'pllia•
many resort to,
These things do no permanent.
good and as the palliative treat-
ment, if carefully carried out, is of
great. benefit to the poor animal and
may be looked upon as the only
treatment for a broken -winded:
horse.
The Coming Iten.
Developing a hen which will lay
303 eggs in one year is certainly an.
achievementof note in poultry rais-
ing. The Oregon experiment sta-
tion has developed such a hen. The'
hen is a cross between the Leghorn
strain and the Plymouth Rock and
is the result of careful selection to
increased egg production.
The record of the hen is all the
more startling when it is borne in
mind that the average hen will in
the same time produce somewahat
less than one third of this number
of eggs. Examples like this and
others point to the necessity and
value of intelligent care and atten-
tion in the rearing of flocks. Two -
things which have been generally,
wanting among our farmers.
The drain :dust be Worked, Too.
A dail'yndan with a poor Herd re-
ceives quite a large check at the
end ,of the month and'. 115 may fail
to distinguish between receipts and
net profit. This delusion has been
the cause of many a failure.
01.11 over this country are indi-
vidual dairymen whose success is
noticeable. One dairyman lost a
1311 -acre farm keeping twenty cows
that produced two to four cans of
milk per day, hiring two men. ,
leis successor on the same farm
hired three men, kept (33 0008 and
produced 30 cans of milk per day
,i
1(111'111 tit, {lush o the season, e
g f s , one
month's return being 8840. This
for an example of brain fertility,
and not soil fertility.
Sunlight.
Sunlight is one of the best and
cheapest disinfectant at oar dis-
posal anti we should take advantage
of this fact at every opportunity.
In the construction of barns or
shelters of any kind for animals,
ample provision should be macre fey
the admission of the maximum
amount of sunlight,- Southern ex-
posure .is desirable; that is, having
the majority of the windows facing
the south. The warmth thus pro-
vided in cold weather is desirable,
and match of the excessive heat in
summer can be avoided by provid-
ing suitable curtains 01' Screens.
Most disease germs are easily Will-
ed by direct sunlight, as has been
'repeatedly shown by experiments.,
Caring Salt fork.
P1nin salt pork --Rub each piece
of pork withfine common salt, and
pack Closely in; a barrel. Let it
stand over night. The next clay
1
weigh out ten pounds 'f salt.
\ p
o and
g'
two ounces of saltpetre to each 100
pounds of meat,'and dissolve in
four gallons of boiling water. Pour
61115 brine, vhen cold, over the
oat • cover, and 'weight.down to
m
keep it under the brin, The pork
should be kept in the brine 'until
used,
liind 'Stepmother.
"Do you lite your new Ilian]Ina,
It, T
" 1': ly2
"Yes, 7 like her earful mud,"
"That Is nice. 3)o you hike her
because 811e is pretty?"
"No, T 1t1ze her ',MAI SCI. I broke
her nicest vase ,yesterday anti she
blamed it :,n the maid."'