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The Brussels Post, 1917-1-11, Page 2'JEMIMA JANE; OR, THE DEPUTY HOUSEMAID. "I am sorry," says Tremain, un- truthfully, and straightway banishes the Countess and her headache from his thoughts. He is in radiant spirits, and looks it., Lord George, he dis- covers presently, is out of town; so the morning is all his own. Gwen- doline is in 'her sweetest humor, and for some time conversation flows briskly, Then "a change comes o'er the spirit of his dream." The door opens and a footman advances noisely; he bears wdth him a marvel of a bouquet, cam- posed of palest blossoms only, and presents it to Lady Gwendoline. "With Lord George Millefleurs's compliments," he rays solemnly and departs. Sir Hilary lapses into eloquent silence; all his radiancy has deserted him, while in its place an expression half sullen wholly miserable, has set- tled upon his countenance Lady Gwendoline has gone into rap- tures over her snowy bouquet, "How delicious!" she says, with a pleased smile. "I do so love white flowers! It was quite too good of Lord George to remember that; but he is very thoughtful, And how sweet they are, how fresh, like a little breath straight from the country! Are they not so? See-" Stooping forward, she holds the obnoxious bouquet with a charming grace right under his nose.' "Very," returns he; in a freezing tone, recoiling a little. "Don't you like flowers?" -with innocent surprise. "Some flowers," -in a marked tone. "Anything the matter with you, Sir' Hilary?" demands she, with touching concern. "Do you know you really do look very badly? Of late I have often noticed how fitful your spirits are at times. A minute ago you seemed quite cheerful, and now--- Is it toothache? neuralgia? Do tell me if I can help you in any way?" "You can," exclaims he, rising. "if you will. I shall be cheerful again, directly, if you will only pitch those flowers out of the window;" "Throw my lovely flowers eo the London gamins! Dear Sir Hilary J "'Champagne, sir?' "-doggedly. "Why, then, she must bave been - Ole was -a—" autumn.. I•cannot be mistaken. Ts it not so?" "You are so positive I do not dare to contradict you:" "But how was it? It is the most amazing thing! What induced you to take up Stich a part hi real earnest?" "Mind, I do not commit myself, but I will suppose a case for you, Per- haps Georgie was in despair, because she had people coming to dinner and her own maid heti deserted her; per - "Parlor -maid," returns he, with all haps she hada good friend given to ! the desperate determination of a man , private theatricals, who undertook to t who has made up his mind to say his l save her from social extinction; per - I worst and be done with it. haps the good friend helped a certain "And you have dared to compare me i gentleman to all she had of the best I with a parlor -maid!" says Gwendoline; sand"--archly-"got cruelly stared at and then she turns her hack upon him,; for her pains! Oh! Sir Hilary, how and, walking over to the window,; badly you did behave!" leaves him standing on the hearth -I Turning to a side -table, she takes rug•, in a frame of mind impossible to; up an open bottle of champagne, sal - describe. His eyes are fixed miser -"ver, and a glass, and, having filled the ably upon his offended idol, and as he' latter, presents it to him in due form. looks he can see that a slight agitation; "Champagne, sir?" she says, de - shakes her *lender frame. It may !murely. be grief; it may be anger; it may be! "How it recalls everything!" ex - laughter; who shall say what it is?' claims he. Then in e. properly mat- ' Sir Hilary, feeling thoroughly un- j ter -of -fact tone, taking the glass fro happy, undines toward the second be-' her, he says, "Thank you, I will drink iref. I -if you will allow ore to pledge you. ?" Gwe, d,line, you are angry with Under vrliat name. --- smiling me" he .air, speaking from a re "Jemima Jane, or Lady Gwendolin ueetful distance, but with all his Primrose?" heart in his tones. "Neither." He had grown ver "1 am," -faintly; "and --you should ' grave, and somewhat pale and anxious not call me by my Christian name, Touching the wine with his lips, h without oremission: I am not a par- says, "I here pledge the future Lad lor-maid:" Tremaine!" m bar for a street aesarilt was passed _ automobile and the tractor. htIt will • • "� `° i take some time before the tractor will at Glasgow on a youth, described as 0 ® a, member' of a an of "hooligans" . ��v ,, 0 • ' take the lace gang t e � �., � P of a good horse. The ti.. 1 ' � . far known as the "Sing Sing HeYs." -„ x d;*mer can always produce his mo- _ I2 d' otltesa Harbor Tru have e• v y Y o Trust i ve rive over f w on his own farm breed- . � P 5 w b y sr w F G 1 a` yoiled to impose a two -cent pontage s. :;', c E• d 'Fw �' ing good horses. I to speaking of on the pier to matte up the deficit of e p5titW - mixed forming in Ontario, and. I do ' not want to be misunderstood but $10,000 caused by the reduction of • 2 and 5 Ib. Cartons- 10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags, When you pay the price of first quality sugar, why not be sure that you get it ? There is one brand in Canada which has no second quality—that's the old reliable Redpath. "Let Redpath Sweeten it. �' 3 Made in one grade only—the highest o FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAE'S. What is Going On in the highlands and -Lowlands of Auld Scotia. An aeroplane collided with the *blarney of a dwelling house In Mon. trose, and the petrol caught fire, in. Meting fatal lujurles on rite pilot, Lieut. Fowler, R,F.C, The Countess of Airlie. and Lady ' Bertha Dawkins have succeeded rho Dowager. Countess of Bradford. and Lady Mary Trefueis as ladios-ln- welting to 1 -LM. the Queen, Damage estimated at $26,Op0 was caused by a fire that occurred on the premises of Messrs. 1110(;orquo dale as Co,,. Limited, general printers and stationers, Glasgow. Sentence of three months hard la - this certainly applies to the Province steamboat traffic, This is a cruel stab. Tremain Gwendoline blushes generously and winces, but wisely refrains from involuntarily moves a few steps from speech, him; and yet, in spite of her evident "She cannot have been like me," emotion, a slight smile still hovers says Gwendoline, presently, still in e- round her lips, subdued voice. -Do say she wasn't." "Are you sure you know to whom "I can't," -despairingly, but still you are proposing?" she says with an true to his colors, for which she attempt at her old ansouclance, secretly admires him. "I don't know "Without tbis cap and apron I shall whether she was really a servant, or cease to be the heroine of Ballykillrud- a princess in disguise, I only know dereen. Is it Mrs, Wyndham's maid she was the loveliest woman I ever you love, or indeed myself?" saw-, and chat you and she are so alike I should net snow one from the other. But that you have led me to believe you have never been—" "I do no: care to be like -that sort of person, interrupts she, hastily. ""If y..0 had seen her, you would fargxe me."-suftly-"she was so beautiful, -so sweet, -so like your- self:" Gwendoline smiles. Turning to him, she extends a forgiving hand. "As she was so lovely, I pardon you," she says graciously, and Tre- ': maine, bending over the white fingers, presses upon them a grateful caress. Just before he takes his leave she says, - "By the bye, are you going to the theatricals at Mee. Gore-Palliser's nett week?" "Are your -cautiously. -I am going to act. I have only got minor par:,I should like you to some aro, give me some slight ap- plause.,. I •ball e y '-e mere." -with eon - de a to w . h, "Ana Hilary," raking to him m.seh.ev-i ;y as he reaches the doer, "you nista irx a boequet to throw at me; and reneen:t,er how I adore white rwersl"• When he is gcr a she raises her ha :s t;, hes Head, and faits into an attituie expressive of the deepest in- ward research. "I wonder," merit urs she, anxiously, where Hamper could have put that nen dress and that memorable cap and apron!" e * * , The curtain has risen; the guests re all seated; every one is on the ookout for the first break -down- Mrs. ore-Pal}icer-, with her face wreathed n smiles, is secretly battling with a owing fear, and is in an agony of why?" "Because," --desperately. and get- ting as close to her as ciresmstances; will permit, considering how she is; hemmed in by a gypsy table, the fend-- er, and the huge footstool on which her feet are resting -"because -I love you! And to see you accept flowers'. from any man except myself renders me absolutely wretched. Gwendoline," stretching out his hand, "let Inc dis- pose of them for you." "I will," -sweetly ignoring the first part of his speech altogether. "Bring me over that Venetian vase on the cabinet, and I will let you arrange them with me. No? you won't help me? How uncivil of' you! Wel?, never mind, then. I shall de them myself, and, just to let you see I bee. no malice, I shall give you one whole flower all for yourself!" -holding ores out to him. "No, thank you," -icily, "Not when I give it to you?" -with; ti arched brows of astonishment. "No, thank you," -with increased coldness, "But indeed you must have it," says i Beauty, her temper charmingly unraf-! a fled; and, as she always gains the day, 11 he presently finds himself the richer G by one detested sprig of stephanotis. i "Now," exclaims she, a few minutes g'r' later, having arrarged the flowers to her satisfaction, "sit down over there, and put that ugly little frown in your. pocket, and let us be pleasant. Tell me something more about that odd Irish village with the funny name, and your mysterious beauty." "I told you something a few mo- ments ago which you take no heed," -reproachfully. "Did you?" -blushing faintly. 'Are'{ you sure? I though you had been i singularly stupid -taciturn, I mean- ! since your entrance. Perhaps I was not attending." "No, bitterly; "you were too much l l taken up with Millefleurs's offering." I Then suppose you tell it to me ; again now." "May I?" -eagerly, "Gwendoline, I told you I loved you," "Ohl Sir Hilary!" in tones of the liveliest reproach; "what is it you are i saying? Youl who have given every h atom of heart you possess into the keeping of that perplexing Irish maid- d en! No, it is no use your denying it; P it is only too palpable." "Nonsenses I never spoke to her in my life!" t "Not once?" 1 "No, At least nothing I can remere- p Paying for Milk (mid Cream on a. Quality Basis. Many phases of dairying have in- creased by leaps and bounds during the past few years, but none has been more marked than the butter industry. This growth is attended with new pro- blems which must be solved if Canadian cheese and butter are to be held in as high esteem in the future as they have been in the past. In "How can I tell? They are both so 1907 about 6,000,000 pounds of cream- blended in my brain. For the future • ery butter were manufactured in West - (for your sake), all parlor -maids shall ern Ontario. The home market con- sumed th• be precious in m si ht" a mayor portion of it, but in "Oh, no, I hope not," says Gwendo- ured and the home demand was lessen - charming smile. "Think how jealous, u l Western Provinces being art to supply their local trade. Ontario y g , 1916 20,000,000 pounds were manufact- line. Then, very softly, and with a ed bytheW ng e how wretched that would make me. "Then you accept me? -you do, in- deed, love me?" exclaims he, eagerly, slipping his arm round her, and Gwen- doline, with a glance half shy, half tender, lays her hand in his. [The End]. butter must cater to a foreign market in competition with butter from oth- er countries, and these markets will be a little more exacting, as to flavor, texture, etc., than our own people. The other Provinces of the Domin- ion have led Ontario in the matter of cream grading. In 1916, 96 per cent. of butter manufactured in Alberta }vas made from graded cream and 69 men would intentionally injure the in- dustry which means so much to them, but so long as good butter was manu- factured and a fair price paid for butter -fat, they did not concern them- selves particularly about the condi- tion the cream was in when it left their hands so long as it was accept- ed. When cream is bought on a graded basis, every dairyman will en- deavor to have his product in the first grade. It will pay him to care for the cream In the most approved man- ner. First -grade cream will make make first -grade butter, which will tend to change the verdict on the On- tario product from "good" to "extra good", thus keeping it in demand on the most exclusive markets. It is anticipated that the producers will do their part towards facilitating the working out of the grading system in Ontario. It. has proved a good thing for the other Provinces and will do likewise for Ontario dairymen. of Ontario. Mr. F. II, Sharp, jute nranufactur-. The winter of the first year of the or, Dundee, has intimated to the bun. calf or colt's life is generally the hard- dee authorities Abet he would erect •est one on it. Many farmers seem at the end of the war a baby clinic ata cost of $20,000. to think that straw and roots is about A Scottish Office order has been all these young anin)als should re- issued notifying shop closing in ceive. This is a sad mistake, for Scotland from now on until 30@11 An - receive no period of their life should they nil -next not later titan 8 o'oloelt in receive better care or better food. CHILDREN IN WARTIME. the evening and 9 -o'clock on Salur- ,day. A fine of $00 was imposed at Edin- burgh Sheriff Court on the secretary Drawings by German Children -Full of of the Scottish Independent- Labor Blood and Slaughter. Party for a contravention of the De. As illustrative of the evil influence fence of the Realm Act. of the great war on the minds of even tyIt has beenaestablished as a screamt very young children, the Vienna Ar- in that Glasgow will have an interest beiter-Zeitung recently printed ex- thosto the townsrenand la a number of cerpts from a book called "Children been and ndlBeges which have , and the War," by Floerke, and from Fdevastated in Belgium. Fire broke out in the Torres Saw Rothe's work, with a similar title. The pgills, recently acquired by Messrs. Following passages are from the ex- John Macdonald, Limited. The mill ercises of children'between 8 and 13 and plant were destroyed al the years old attending elementary damage Is estimated- at about $15,'640. schools; It has hap stated at a meeting of Quality at Cheese Factories. "Should the Kaiser send me to the the Renfrewshire Territorial Aasoci- front, I would take a rifle and ham- anon In Paisley that the 20 county mer the Russians to a pulp. I would meets were in full strength, and kill many of them, and stab many." nearly 1600 men, had Joined the Vol - "Soldiers et the front must bear Vol- unteer Battalion. many privations, but all is forgotten An outbreak of fire which caused when the order for storming comes. damage estimated at $36,000, occurs them down! Wherever Germans red at Victoria Park School, •Govan. go, only blows. The French know hill. The upper floor was completely this, and run like hares." burned out and the roof collapsed. The Russians built mighty ' fort- •The Scottish Fishery Board paid resses, and then we fell on them with over a grant of $•!0,000 to Buckie heartity cannon thunder, which was our Town Council, to be applied towards greeting" the . completion of the modified "In the west the French and the soheme of extension for the Clone, British grocers are in a desperate sit- harbor. ation, the remnants of the Belgian. Three distinct shocks of earthquake rmy have broken down, and in a have been experienced in Bridge of short time German armies will be in Allan. tThe earthquake was felt at England." Dunblane and houses were shaken and A seven-year-old girl wrote: "Shoot considerable alarm manifested. ead many wicked French for me." The Glasgow Y.M.Y.A. have now A nine-year-old boy wrote: "All we completed their negotiations for the oys say it would be splendid if the purchase of the Lyric Theatre, and rench, English, Russians and Serbs steps are to be taken immediately to ante. We would give them a dress- oonier't the property into a hostel for ng. I have a sword and helmet al- soliliera and sailors. eady-all I want now is a rifle." The new order affecting Invorness A boy writes to Hindenburg: "Dear, and the north of Scotland, is now in good Hindenburg, knock the Russians force. Residents in 'Inverness have r aid and drive them again into the now on leaving or entering the area , akes. They will then yell and ^im- to show a police pass oji whiclais Orel/ , lore mercy. Drive them into the hotographe. Ind that the Czar may be miserable," p A child from the Palatinate wrote: O dear Hindenburg, beat the Rus- ians until the bits fly and we get an- ther holiday." ,Referring to the war drawings of erman children, one of the authors declares that the children know no The British government has taken. wits in their goriness. The draw-, over some of the biggest of London gs, so to say, dripped blood. It is hotels for war work, but never until of battle they depict, but slaughter. now has it commandeered a famous One of the writers states, according historic mansion for such purposes. the London Chronicles translation, That, however, is what has happened at he visited a school where he no- to the Duke of Buccleuch's palatial ced a boy at a war picture. It was London residence, Montagu !louse, n obscure work, all lines and broken Whitehall, as,,an extension of the Min- agmentary things. The author i'sfxy of Munitions. cold make nothing of it, and asked A few weeks ago the family receiv- e boy for an explanation. The an- ed notice that this might be likely to ever was, "A Russian hacked to happen and now the Duke has receiv- eces." The author's comment is: ed formal notice to quit, No portion 7t is nonsense to say that the child of the house is to be reserved for the ho drew this did it. with childish Duke's personal use and the treasures ontaneity. It had been suggested of this great historic mansion are in him by the moral. atmosphere in es he lived," Evidence shows that the average quality of milk delivered at the cheese factories has decreased rather than per cent. graded apecia1, 'with only increased during the past twenty 7 per cent, seconds, which is a tribute years(' In the report of G. G. Pub to the high-quality cream delivered by low's work twenty years ago, as the producer. - In Saskatchewan 98 Chief Dairy Instructors, for Eastern per cent. was graded and in Manitoba Ontario the average per cent, of fat 61 per cent. In Quebec cream grad- contained In 6,800 samples of milk, ing is compulsory, and dairymen in gathered in several counties is given the Maritime Provinces are strong as 4.2. In 1914 the report from the supporters of the system. Ontario same territory shows the average test lags behind, and the effect was noticed to be 3.5 per 'cent., ora decrease of by the failure to win prizes with but- over .5 per cent. in twenty years. As ter when in competition with other the fat decreases in the milk, the Provinces However, the new Dairy quantity of cheese per 100 pounds of u Act which comes into force in March milk becomes testi. The system of a provides for the grading of all cream. "pooling" the milk, so commonly Such legislation should be welcomed practiced, put a' premium on poor by producer and manufacturer alike. milk, or at least encouraged dairy - First -quality butter cannot be made men -to' increase the quantity at the d from second-grade cream, nor can the expense of quality and is largely re - best butter be made from the mixture sponsible for the decrease in quality.. b of a first and second-grade cream. When payment is made on a quailty 1' The dairyman who through careless- basis, it will be an incentive* to select o nese in handling his cream, delivers a and breed the herd to improve the 1 second quality, not . only hurts his test, which in turn will give more of r neighbor, who endeavors to keep his a richer cheese from. 100 pounds of French Poilu Ready for Winter Cam- cream in the finest approved manner, mlik than is secured at present. painn• but he tends to cripple the whole in- Grading of cream at creameries and h This typical "poilu" as the French dustry for the Province. On the paying for milk at cheese factories 1 private is known among his country-, market ane pound of low-grade but- according to quality would have been P men, is shown in full winter equip -!ter will disparage 100 pounds of the to the best interest of Ontario dairy- menti The photograph was made finest quality. More free advertrs- men years ago:- The loss caused by' apprehension lest the eldest Mies Gore on the Verdun front where thousands ing, is given the poor stuff than the lack of these systems for so long a ` shall forget her part. All Miss Gore's and thousands of this type are bat- •good. It is the case with every -time can be partly retrieved, by every s woman -friends are in an agony lest tling with the Germans despite the thing; consequently, as competition producer of dairy products aiding in 0 she shouldn't. inclement weather. becomesikeener, more care must be their working out now that they are She does not, however, and the cur- - !taken to manufacture goods of the to be adopted throughout the Pro G Gain falls upon a very successful first , best quality. vince. There is no question but that c in a drawing -room come ,v. Uni- the Dairy Act to be enforced this Hilary's, who is disappointed at Gwen- Russia Takes Eleven Hundred .Miles - Cream grading was started when of the man behind the cow as we11 doline'a non-appearance, can scarcely he called animated, Five minutes pass away. The music, that fills up the interval, has GIGANTIC ORDERS i 9 i n u a act d # Cream Grading h versal applause follows; though Sir coming spring is to the best interests BRITISH COaltIANDEER HOUSE. Famous Town Mansion Taken Over by Government. 11 in of Khaki for Uniforms, • creameries were `first established in as of the whole industry. -Farmer's Russia recently placed an order the West, so that dairymen were not Advocate. to with the manufacturers of the West familiar with any other system. The th Riding for two million yards, or over' high quality product manufactured Horses Will Be In Demand.ti ceased. Fans grow once more silent eleven hundred miles of khaki cloth has given them an enviable position. a as the second act commences. The for uniforms. The goods are to be de- In Ontario it has been different. For Speaking at one of the Winter Fair fr reroine (Miss Gore) is in her dressing- livered next Spring, says London Tit- years creamerymen have taken the luncheons Dominion Live Stock Com- c room, looking almost handsome in a Bits. cream whether it eves of the best missioner John Bright, had the fol- th priceless morning robe. A gentle' Russia is never niggardly in the quality or not. It they didn't take lowing to say regarding the future of s soliloquy follows; and then, from the way of Government orders. Duringit they knew their nearby competitor the horse market: "Although horse pi wing, a maid, dressed in a quiet linen her war with Japan she gave one Chi- would; ld; the dairyman also knew it, question differs a little from other, gown, a faultless cap, an irreproaeh- cago firm a contract for six million as aware that the same price lines of stock, yet it is relatively in - w able apron, glides slowly on the stage, pounds of beef. On another occasion, would be paid if it had a good flavor, the same position as far as future 'sp Sir Hilary's heart stops beating. Ile when there was a coal strike in this Pasteurizing the cream at the cream- prospects are concerned, "Good. to all rises from his seat: is it 32r, country, and Russia could not get hex ery overcame much of the difficulty horses are absoluteiy' scarce in Wyndham's servant, or Lady Gwen- accustomed supplies of steam coal for -and gives a uniformity of quality of Canada to -day. I doubt whether oline Primrose ? He grows very her navy, she cabled to a firm in the butter, but that quality cannot be so real good draft horses were ever as ale, -his eyes meet hers, --and then' United States an order for three mil- good as if made from only first -grade scarce as they are now. all at once he knows. I lion tons. This was the largest ex- cream. Besides, the careful dairy-' "Horses differ from other lines of: man suffered' by the carelessness of stock in that they cannot be convert -an When the act is over and the cur - ,Port order ever received. ain falls, he leaves the room, and, go-• Compared with such mammoth de_ his neighbor. The point has been ed into beef and they, therefore, do of ng through an outer apartment, mends as these, the Australian order reached where something has to be not find the same ready sale as beef Ze ushes his way into the impromptu of 1913 for three hundred and seven done to hold the best markets of On-' cattle. Depend on it, gentlemen, at Work for Russian Army. The Department of Rural Economy d Statistics of the Russian Ministry Agriculture has compiled from mstvo reports a statement of ._the tivities of the koustar or peasant ber," "Then she must have spoken to you, which -forgive me was surely a lit- tle forward of here worst post- h Mee taste, I think., -P1 h ld h "It was yov, then, all through hry British Government contracted for ace white with agitation "You wen fiery mile" of ribbon for greenroom. Finding Gevendolino there, miles of cloth for military uniforms tario butter. Second-grade cream that there is no live stock that yotr yr with a slightly embarrassed expression seems a email matter. Yet, consider- is not worth as much as t}rsbgiado can keep on your farm with more pro-fo upon her usually riante face he draw ing the comparative populations of the for butter making. To pay the same fit for the future market or that you W process of removal to one of the ducal Lon - country seats. No other private residence in .Lon- don occupies a more interesting site. As early as 1240 Hubert de Burgh built a large dwelling there, which subsequently became the property of the Black Friars, of -the Archbishop of York, and finally of Henry VIII,; <'. orkere in the malting of products, after which it remained the rlilef ✓ the use of the army. 'Thus there royal palace in London till.' it was de - ere made in the Government of greyed by the Great Fire, The pre- duke alone 167,467 short fur Dents;" rent house was begun,iby' the fifth CO • 1,568,800 rubles; 92,6].6 pairs duke in 1858, and the cost of..the build - felt boots, at 428,684 rubles; 11,031) Ing amounted to $500,000. ire of stockings, et 5,294 rubles;; Montagu House 15 rioted for its scarce in the near future. knitted gloves, Books and mittens to great tomos, aplendidyfuiaritui'e, ex - "We have a number of horses ing the value of 1,052 rubles; 57,400 q'"flits porieehtin, its �antlykcx trod its every province, and a very large num-I earth -carrying bags. Large quanti incnmpar n r1c nrinlatures. 1 intones ben In some provinces that are ill -1 ties of material are being sent from by Rubens, Rembrnntl't, lt:yrhncl and bred and poorly fed. Chose horses all the Governments of tiro empire, other great, masters adorn the walla, are of no use for anything. They, and the nature of the product varies but the collection of miniatures is ate not good enough for the purposes with the local industry. Thus in the unique and unrivalled even in royal Of . the war. We cannot .blame the » sections where shoes are mmrufactur- palaces, Fairly in the ycsr, for ilia French end British buyert-..far not ink- ed almost the entire, output is bring 11rst trine, they We11e laancd by the, ing these horses. devoted to military purlsoaas, lhrltr. to thr Vittoria suet Albert blu- "The former is snfe in breeding a __ senor. good heavy cnrriage horse and a fair Debtor; "I want to pay that little. , y._ sired roadster', There will always! hill or yours," Creditor, "Thank you, 11. 'ant mtrltc fray .difl`ereiice 10,08 be a sola in Gonads for a good horse sir; thank you!" tor: "liar I 1'rrh rt in;irr is, Uurt"r nlwvays coeurs n of thet breed, notwithstanding that eaten!), ; timr whoa hrhns to borrorti a tnnlob, do not believe r e e coo ave beon a very nice gift, What did she say7" f "How could she speak to me, when 1 I tell you 7 dirt not speak to her?" 0 "Sir Hilary, don't prevaricate; that y is nota straight -forward answer to my c question, Tell ore what she said," w "It was nothing to signify." "But it does signify, and I insist on h knowing" --with an adorable pout. "Must I ten ?" "You must," -imperiously, "Well, then," -.with a. calmness of despair. - "she said, 'Champagne, sir?, " "Site acid--evhat ? "---rising slowly. er unresistingly into an adjoining two countries, it vvas not so bad, price puts a premium on carelessness, can breed to give better returns than'. V nom, and deliberately shuts the door, ; After the South African War the and discouregea the careful man. The a good horse. You will not have to ` c Legislature has put an Act on the wait very long to find that out. of f statute books, Which comes into force horses are going to be alarmingly Pa • e " in March, compelling cream gradin n Ireland the last time I was there, sleet War alednle, These were issued h! how I persecuted W ndlram al to about 300,000 men, each getting a This will onset the competition for 00, and went half mad because rani nine -inch strip, g g a cream regardless of quality and l I cream will be paid for on a quality ould learn nothing! Myfo Darling,' One will be how many bartdr•ee basis, thus giving ml incentie t by did you not tell me before?" mi `as will he s eryuit'ed for the Empire dairymen to take precautions to look "Toil you what?" -withdrawing her aware at the end of the present ap" after the m°cam properly. It is in and with a rather nervous laugh, imIli1" :.trualtle, "That I have been to Ireland in my' time? And pray, Sir Hilary, who A Grouch. gave -you permission to call me your "Tic'*; , Chronic grouch.' darling, --yon, it young man addicted 'Nothing snits frim eh?" the dairymen's Interests to aid in facilitating the working out of the new regulations, If cream is grad- ed No. 2, there is a cause for it, and the cause is usually to be found In tiro "No, TIe's never es well as he might handling of the cream from the time " Ito )tot jest now,"entreatingly. be, nnd hitt neighbors are never as sick It leaves the separator until it is dc. - You were at Mrs. Wyndham's last as they ought to be" li d tl • I' 1 vera at re rre.amery. "ow c u ry