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tellAPTElt XLI.
She did not resist, but resigned herself
itol, ularace, ae if he etile had the
right toetalce her in hie items, de if she
•seill belonged to •hien. She -had ameo un-,
dera great, an indeecribalite etraln for
several hours, and Ms Sudden presence,
the took In Ids eyes, the ;teach of hie
hands. deprived her of the power of
thought, ce resistonce.' To her and to him
at that moment, it was as if they had
tiot been parted, as if the evente of the
last Row months were only visionary.
With euerencler 'in eVery fibre of her
being the day in hi: ,arme, her head upon
hes Ibreaet, her eyes dosed, her heart,
throbbing wildly '.unclertbe kieles which
he preeeed 'passionately upon her lips, her
hair; tho while he called upon her name.
as 11 iiis use hungered •to pronounce it.
"Stafford!" she eakl, oA lab. "It es
embly you! When—" leer voice died
away, ae if she were speaking in a dream
and her eyes closed with a little sleucb
der of perfect, joy and rest.
"Yee; it'e I!" ho responded. in a voice
al,most aS low an h,ere, a, -voice that tremb.
led with the intensity of this paeeion, his
joy in !haying her in hie arms again.
"Last night I came down by the first train
—I waited at the station for It -I carae
straight ere= the Icicles."
She drew a happy sigh.
"So soon? And you came .stralght here
When I saw you Illat now, I thought it
*was a VIOIOII 1 the doge had not been
here -I remembered that dogs do not see
ghosM. Oh, Sta•flord, it le so long. so very
long. since I have seen yoll, so Gad and
-dreary a Mine! Tell ,me -ah, tell ene every.
Siting! Where have you ;been, But I
know I Stafford, elld you know that I Mew
you the elemt you ealled 1" the shuddered
gaintly. 'X thought that ;wcte a vieion, too,
that it wee ,my fancy: it would not have
been ,the fleet tole X had ,funcied I hod
'seen you." lie drew her Ip 1110 bank, and
sinking, on it held her in 11 110010. almoee
jiee 0. child.
"You mew areal You -there 111 London!
And yet I can understand. Dearest, I did
not hear of your teciabile until a few weeks
ego. Bub 10 must tell you—"
"Yee, tebl me. 10 long to hear! Think,
Staleoedl I have not hefted. of you-eince
I saw you 'at the eoncert in 'London one
night--" I•fe etarted and held hex more
looked :mune and stew yolt;
end when yo11 turned and looked up to.
wards me, it seemed as if you must have
seen Mc. But tell mei Oh. I 300.01 .0 ,hear
everyibilag 1"
1I1;e open wrought, by the joy of hie pre.
settee still heed her eeason, her memory,
1,0 theall; one thought, one foot, demiil.
11 el all others: the erect thet he was here,
that the twae in hie aline, with her head
on hes Ib.reast as of old. And the spell wee
on him ae strongly; how could he eemem-
e her the paGt, and the beerier he had erect.
ed ;between them?
"I went to Australia, Ida," he seld 111
11 IOW voice, every note of which 'wee
pleolied do levees diammony; it soothed
while 11 rejoited her. "I inlet a Bean. in
London, a fernier, who offered to take
me 0111 1011,11 blue Yon 6:111, me etrient, you
say? Bow 010101140, bow wo•oderful 1 And
I, yes ,I sow you, bat I could not believe
,my 0011000. How could it be my beautl.
rue dainty' Ida, the mistrese of Heron dale,
standing on the dirty, equalid quay! I
eeene ,with him and ,worked with bine en
his eattle.run. Do you remember he-ei yee
taught ane Ito count sheep, Ida? Row
often when I wee eldin,g through solitary
30010 00 / have reeluelea thoee hours, every
loOlc of Your dear eyee, every carve of
those sweet, lire -hold' them Mip eo me,
0, !-11000y tone of your' voice, the
low, musical voide the ;memory ol 'which
had pOwer lc> set every nerve tingling
with tonging and deepaer. '11110 -work was
hard, et cozy/teed unceasing, but I was glad
Of it; for .eoutelianee I woe too weary to
thine; too ;weary 00001 to thearo of You.
Anl it was earl businee: dreaming of you,
,for, you seeOtliere wns the waking."
"Do I not know?" elle murmured, with
something Ilice ir Gob, and her hand ,elca-
ed on hia shoulder.
eely employee was a. Pleasane, genial
Ida's eyes filleil with thath and dhe need-
le& cloeee tee biene
"kb last1 aldi:e.d atm\ the peCiple, end
neeveuelY mentioned the Hall and -- ufid.
'Miee Ida.Thee the Moll told me."
lEe voice grew lower and he laid 11`e
,heocl cn hs‘r heed and .stroked her heir
',soothingly, pityingly.
"Ite told ,me that your father was dead,'
had ,,died euddenay, and woree--eor• 11 was
wome to me, dearcet-ehat you:Aloe heell
deft peer; and 'well-nigh peenilleewe
. She dighete but as one who sighe, look-
ing leech ,at .r.orrow .wheoli has preeed
long ago and is swell:covedup in present
,10,y. •
"I asked him where you were, 'and rtelicer
lie eold ine that you had tele the Make end
that it 'wee -Gaid you -you were work:me,
tor a eivellatood, thet you -were in pov-
erty, 1-dearesto1 felt en id 1 eltoteld go
mate 'Think of th I ' There wee I, ell thoee
tholes:1mM ce tulles away, .all that
,ansu
oney in e posses",loa, and you, the
queen of •any heart, the girl I loved better
than Aide iteetfe in PevOrty and embalm
wonting a 'friend!" Ilo werseselent a mo.
meet, and Ida felt him shudder.
"When I had taken any passage," , he
went•on, soceinetly.. "I sent Henry isit to
u
the rn to fell my peace, and 'with Ilon a
letter fo explain 1111, sudden departure;
and the next day, Heavere being kind to
me -I ebould have gone out of auy autisl
id I had had to welt -we 'sailed. I stood
tle the hoer, with mei face turned towards
apd counted the day e before I
could get there and begin my &meth 'for
you." • .
"And yen came ' here, Stafford, first ?"
the eadd, to lead hien on: for 301001 1111 leo
silmaleatble bliee ib Wal Go listen to hital
• "Yeo; X knew that I Should hear „some
tidings of you here. There would be a
lawyer a ,stoward, who would know,
libtbe thoug,ht, hoped,. to Gee you youreeef,
Id.a, I came from the etatiou to -night tee
look ae the old place, to waak where Ivo
had witeketleto amid where we had stood.
I stooped under the trees here.and docked
at the house, at the terrace vhere I had
seen you, 'weetellted for you. I could eee
that mon had been at work, and 10 thoieght
that you had oold the place, 111111 13110 new
Peeple were altering 11, and I oursed them
in my beast; for 'every stone of it ie sac-
xed to me. And then, as I stood looking,
and asking ,.mysell where you were, the
doge ca,me,Even then it did not come to
ane that you were ,stlld here -at the Ilia
-sand when I SELOV you--"
Ile stopped, and laughed shortly, as a
man does when Ids emotion le almoet toe
EnUch for him
,sa anode up my Mind:What to writo to
You; but, you eee, 31 had no thought, no
hopes• of seeing you; and negy-sh, well,
ige hard to think of anything, lwith you
in any arms! 'Belem here, Icla, there Isn't
any need to sae anything, ie there? 'You'll
°cane back with me to that new world-"
What was it, what mord fit the eonder;
loving speech that, like ,a breath of wind
'Weeping away a mountain aniet, cleared
the mist from her mind, evoke her from
her etraeige dream-like condition, recael-
ed. the pnet, and, ata! and alasl tile pro
sent. With a lew cry, a, ery of anguish -
one has heard it from the lute of a suffer-
er waking from the anodyne of sletm to
freslt earn -she tore henself from his arms
and -with both hands to her head. stood
reg.arding him, her .face white, sotnething
like terror in her eyes.
?Ida I" he crigd; rising and steetoldng
out' hie bands to her.
'• :the shrank bah
ok, putting out, her and
az if to keep him off. , .
"Doiet-tion'teeome near mei Oh, how
could I have forgotten! --how could t? I
rnlint have beet, mad!"
She -wrung 'her hands and bit her NI11.
tis if bite were tortured by -the ehaane of
it. Ills mune tell to his sides, and he
stood and locked at her.
"Ida, listen to me! I -I, too -had fce:-
gotten. It -et woe the +delight of seeing
you. But, deareet, what does the Duet, Inca.
ter? It is past, I have oeme Meek to you.'
She turnel lo him with suppressed Paite
61°"Wn.hy did you leave ,me?" came pain-
fully erom her white lips.
Mis tape grow red and -hie eyes tell be-
fore bete for .a moment. At times his
sacrifice of her to Ids Tother's need had
seemed not only inexcusable but ehameful;
the shame of it now weighed upon hem
"Ida, lesten to ,Ine!" eor, 00116 had hest -
toted, the had turned from him with a
gestuee of repudiation. "Listen to mol
Ther.1 wee nothing else for mo to do;
date loft me no alternative. My father -
.Ida, how .can I te.A. Yout-my futheres
good name, hie reputation, wore in MY
hande. Ile had done so much for rue -
everything! There Me never been a, fa.
titer Elko hint; my happiness stood be-
tween him ,and ruin -ale not mine alone,
but youra-and 1 eacrilleed theet! If you
know all you would forgive me the wrong
I did, great as It was. 10 think now, 11
the time were to (tome over again, that -
yes, I should -have to do it!" be broke out.
"I eould not hove stood by and seen him
rained and' diegraced evitbout stretching
out my hand to name hint."
"It was foe your father's eake?" silo
:said, almost hutuelibly.
"Yes," he responded . grimly. "And it
saved hitn-eaved hie good name, at any
rate. The rcGt went -you hove hefted?"
. She made a. gesture of assent. Re drew
a ion breath, and held outelde hand to
liero
"ct you not forgive me, Ida? If yen
knew what the sacrifice cost me, how
anuoh have eufrered— See ;here, clear-
est" -he drew still closer to her -"let the
inlet go. /1 glue% I swear!, There le a
limit to a manes endurance, and / have
Premed de. I love you, Ida, I want yonl
Come book with me and let us live for
eaeli 'other, live for love, Dearest, I will
teach yott to forget the wrong I. did you.
It's very dittle I have to offer you, a
;share in the hard life of a farmer out
there in the witele; but 3131 you were still
antetrese of Rerondale, Instead of poor-"
11,1.1 unconsciously she broke in upon
lits praYer.
aan etill-what 10 vac I aen not poor.
My father was a rich man when he died."
Stafford regarded her with surprise,
then he RuOVett Ails hand, no if he wen
waving away the ouggestion of an ob.
01n'Vae.
' m. .glad -dor your sake, dearest;
though for my own I would a'anost
thee that you were ae poor ne I thought
you; that I might work for you. Why do
*you stand and ;ook at me no hoPeleeelY.
Wbat, else is there to divide cesue, dearest?"
Iler lipe opened. and alnet inaudibly
the breathed:
"Your honor."
Ste wIncee and Get hie teeth lined.
‘elvfy bonee I" .
"Yea, You have pledged your'word, You
have !nada your bargain -the price was
paid, 100,31310501 von eey so, Then in hon-
or you belong' to -eler.
The color flamed in his face and his
eyeo ,grew hot.,
You caet me off -you drive eo, !Acete
there he eaid, scarcely knowing what he
sold -
"Yost" elle responded, faintly. "You be-
long to her -to her .only. Notto me, ah,
not to me! No, no do not eome near me,
do not touch ,ine! X had dor:gotten-I wa•s
ancull-lint 101:0-10 remembered, 10 ant sane
now."
Driven almost beyond hemself by the
/Redden revuleion from joy and hope to
,doubt and desp.s.ir, saelted by the ewift
•etomming• of hie paeSion, Stafford's um
reasoning anger rose against her; it es
ileweels so with the man.
"You ;send' me away -to heel You -you
do it coolly, mislay enough! Perhaps you
liave cum) other reason-sonteone has
etremed' "into Inv place--" •
-It -wee a oruel thing to say, even in lies
enatInceS Poi' a moment she oowered
dor it, tater; he 11 1,031 her white face and
looked' straight, into hiG oyes.
•'Seid if there bee, can you blame cue?
You cast me aGide-you sweritioed aue to
Your fatherte honor. You had done with
me," her Tose vibrated With the bitter -
new wleeli hed been her poetion for Go
;many dreary inenthe. "Wee the world,
eny life. to edaise .from that thine :forth?
Vol: yen there was-Gorneone 0140,' 110:113111,
ran k- 10)' me Was -there tobe n othing, •no
console Hon,- no part or lot 1n. lete I Yee.
there le one -one who is both good and
nolde, ancl—"
;elle broke down attlf oovering her face
with her Intatle turned away, fiteffore
etood as turned lo sthne, as if he had east'
tee senee of sight and hearing.' Silence
reigned between them; the dogs who had
hue Lint g Wi 1011: 011 them, rose and
shivel'ing, whined complainingly, 00 if
they were aelcag what wee 01110(4
It Wae the wountn-es taw:eye-Who fleet
relented and was moved to pity. She mOv.
ed to the motionlees figure and touohed
him on the arm.
"F,orgi v e me! I -I did n ot mean to
wound you; but -but, YOU drove -me too
hard! Bet-ebut it M tette. We caeinot un-
do the pact. 11, M there, as solid,' as un-
movable; as that mountain: and it is be.
ebween ue, a wade a barrier of stone. No-
thing can remove it. You -you will re.
meanter your honor, St•affot..d?" Iter voice
guaverect for rt, moment, sho eteediecl
'it. 'You-ryou will not toe° that, though
olE-else.be loet you wile go to her?"
ile loolced -at her, hie breath coming
tatiek anti,
"011, dear! you -you are hall—" he
broke out •at, hese,
"I -ant UOL 011, My clement, my doer-
-cot!" ehe- took' his hand and laid, it
*algal net ., Mae theelk, her lips. "Done, you
eee how numb tt, ceste me to timid. you
,ieway? But X iamb! I 1010e01 Go -oh, go
'now I-1 eannot beer anuoli more re
• Ilia eland felerh thook-Sell Gaffey, ton
man, my fellow-14°one; mere good 101'
lo; I could have been happy, or, a
least, contented with tho life, hard as
was, if I could hut have eergotten; if I
could even for a day have teat the awf 1
hunger aud thirst for you; if I oould have
got you out of ,my ,mind, the enemore 0
You Old of my bent -but I could not!"...
He paused, looking straight before hire;
and gazing up at him, she saw hie cite
drawn a.nd haggnrti, as if he still'though
himeelf separated'froin her. Then, ae t
he''remembered, he looked down at he
and eaught her to htm with a sudden vice
denoe that almost hurt hsr.
"But I could not; yo11 haunted me. (10111'
('01, all day rind ell night! Sometimes,
when the Zen 'were'singing amend the
cattail 1110, einging and laughing, the
settee of ;My loos would come cruthin.g
.down noon Me. and I'd spring to mgefeet
and .wander out into the starlit istlence of
the not plains anci emend tete night think.
iitg of all Mint had named 'between vs, At
other thine, a kind of 'madness would
caeca' hold of ane, and I'd join .the wildcat
of the gangs, and laugh and Ging end
drink with the -maddest of the lot."
She drew a long breath of commotion -
Moe and pity, and bid her eyes on his
breast, Re bent and kissed her, murmur -
Mg penitently:
"I'm not fitter kias you, Ida. T ded not
mean to tell you, hut -but. I can't km*
errything front you, even -theugh it will
go against me. One night the drinking
led to fighting acid 10 :tool up to a son
of 41' alt, a grant of a. ,fellow; and we
fought until ,both of tus were knocked out;
but X remember hem going ,clowit first,
itest tbeforo,I fele. I went deem ;bad to
worse:" 'Rho owner of the run -it was call.
cd Saeisbury Plain-epolce .a.;word of •wa.rn•
ng, and I tried to pull up, tried to take
to the work 'again, and, forget ,tnysell in
it;.but-ab, well, dearest, thank Sod you
would not under,stand; that you COM not
know eehat 1 ;man 16 like 'when he is at
odds with .fate, and ie becl-fellow with de.
"Do I not!". she murmueed again; with
the fullest understanding told 1.o3'OO
`gee YOU, think he Is worse than a woman,
Oh, Stafford, there have been LitlICO,
'GIME* •tinnes, '1116(1 10 ;learned to knots why
-some ;women fly to drink to drew') Ilteir
anisery, and Our miSery iS as keen, Yes;
keener than yonrs. Poe WO ore so help-
less, so shackled.; 'We have nothing'olse to
do bat think, think, think! Ge on, dear.
yet! I seem to see you there!'
"Thank Clod! you could not!" he said,
huskily. "The black fit paeeed dor a time
ond 10 settled- clown to work again, one
elny l'hore was an attack upon the farm
by the blacks, as they arc called. I svae
fortunate'at home, and we ;managed to
:beat thean off a.ntl 0070 the stock: It wars
a vele:able one and•my employer, thinbc.
ing too highly of any eervfoes, niadle me a
n02.3011,1 of half the value. It wa,s a goner-
ge,g+Ift, laresli one, and .altoe,ether 1111.
celled' foe—. ,
"Ole i•luileoed, do you thielc X don't
1311030' 160 t YOU visited your li fe, 00 plainly
oG"If I had been told, OS if I had 'been
.theeele (he ;said, her eyes glo.wiege her
health coming 'fester. ,
Staffond eolorecl and turned .ctwey from
• the suleject. • • ,
eet, gene EL large mum ane Mr, Jeffler -
h
tat is the name of the 0111:00 of 31014'.
ttry'Plain-e &Medd aim to itiveet it in .ct
eon of 1117 ,01111; there was momget to buy
O lerge and important one. T 000 '(10175
'to "Melbourne to zee the agente, and.- es
there• no Groh thertg aseectte, -or chance,
Ida?' Indeed. there' 16!--isI 'WOG walking
.eewn one of the ,stroels, I heard my name
opoicen. I ',teemed and stew the 0116111:man
.freen tee 'Woodman Inn,' Mr. Gero,veife
"Henry," inuemured Ida, enviouely: for
had' he note met thee e over V'
Y015. I10 eVUS eu,rprieed, but I think
glcul, to See me; 'and we went to a ho el
and tallted. For Genie time I couldn't
bring myself to speak your_ 110,100 7011
nee, cleareet, tt lived in my 'heart eo
lung and 1 hod only wIgspercd it to the
seam, :lad in the zolitery p1110e6, that I
-I shrank from uttering. it aloud," he ex.
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• t1--0.011. $ir Dineray,
who has been pPointed °chief of thro.
general etaff in ..e..ne.ei,01
to!. the !late General Sir Charles
Doe:glee, •
wrometlit you, the tears I have calmed
yoe l' • he ,said, hoarsely. "Yee, I &Peelle
75,3,43 eight, and -and Tel go! Let me
fee you go baelc to the hoeee-- Ono kese,
he best, the IneLl Oh, Ide., Ida, kith of my
nte, emu et me smell"
lie caught her to him, and she lay in
1)10 arms for a moment, thee Ilse olung Lo
his in one long lese, thee she toxe hereole
away, from hem Mill .11.0d to 1/10 houGe.
Stafford went on to "The Woodman,"
where Mr. Gro,ves Was surprised, and, it
nd cs
eeoarcebe ly said, overjoyed to see
him. To him, the young man was still.
"Ake Stafford," end he oyed him WW1 041
named and respectful admiration; for
though Stafford had never been a weak.
heliad .growu so hard 00LI 00,010111,11'
and altogether "fit" that Mr. Groves corrld
not refrain from (1531000 100 hie approval.
"Ah, there is nothing lite reughing it,
Mr. Stdfford, ed," he said. "I oan tell
in a, minute when a man's 'grit' right
through, and boon doing square tend 11011-
eet work. It seems etrange to us °ono
moner folk that you gent:M.400es eilioald
be so fond of genie through alt sorts of
hardships and perils for just the fun of
It, but, after nil, it'enot to be evendered
at, for thaee the kind of 0111011 that hats
helped 1Ingiliehmen to Make England what
it is. But you're loolcIng a trifle pale
a.ncl worn tomight, sir. I've' no doUbt it's
the want Of dinner. If X'd known you'd
'been ceming-but you know I'll do aner
beet, sir."
Ke did hid best, and Stafford tried to do
justice to itehut 11 30118 almost impossible
to eat. And lie checked the almost over-
mastering desire to drink too much.
Ida had beemaight. Re knew it, though
the thought .did not help to allay his bit,
ternees. She bad SpOlten' the truth; he
was 60111 pledged to Mandm•Mr. Ea4coner
Siad paid the mice demanded, and it, was
not his fault if 11 had failed to eave Sir
Stephen from ruin; .1111d eantitide Stafford
had mode heal, at any rate, saved his fa-
theres good name 'from .shame and re-
-
preach. etaude'e father bad peefornied
his p001 01 the bargain; Stafford had etill
to perforate hi, Ida Was' right; she had
pointed out to him his duty, ond if there
was a epark of manliness left in him, he
must do it Ole eat over the fire. Mose
over it, as he had done in the backwoode
mani night, smoking the old briar pipe
that 11 ad cheered hint 001 Itis hours of
solitary watching, anti thinking with grim
bitterneee that it would have been better
for hint le he had been knocked on, the
head the night of the raid at Saliebttry
Plaine To be mnerled to one woman,
while ho loved another with all hie heart
and emelt it wee a. ceuel fate. But, cruel
as it WOO, he had to bond to it. Ile Would
go stcaight to London and find. Ifaude,
redeem lile eromiee, anti save hie bettor.
Mr. Groves came into tlie room zvith a
'bottle of the port, and Stafford, to show
an interest In it, dranlc a glees or two.
"I eallemee. Yotte4 be going up tie the
villa to-moreow, sir? -I. beg your pardon.
I mean any loed; end X must apologize
for not calling you eve'
"Not 'tny lord,' " said Stafford. "X have
never used the title, Groves. Go up to the
vitae? Why 81001114I?" he, netted. wearilY.
"It Is closed, Mita It?", .
Mr. Groves looked at him with surprlee.
"No, sir. Didn't you know. el.r. Felton -
e0 bought it; and he and Miss Falconer
have been staying there. She is there
0010,"011 turned away. ethanol wais mak-
ing hie hard road etvaight.
After a sieeplete night, worse even than
eome of the woret he had spent in Austsa.
1111. and after 0 pretence at breakfast, be
went slowly wp te the villa. Last night,
as ho lied held Ida, in hie lame, something
of lite old brightnese had come +book to
his face, tete old algbt to ids eyes; bat be
looked haggard and 1111101 11040, 111E0 00 1110011
wive had barely recovered from a long and
trying Mince. Ile turned on the elope of
the terrace and looked down at 'the lake,
lying Merit and sullen under a cloudy skY,
and it, euemed to him eyphial or :hie own
life, of hie own future, in which there
seemed not a streak of light, A. servant
amine to meet blue °Yes," he said, "Miee
Falconer is in." She wee in the morning -
room, he thought. Stafford followed lain;
the man open& elle door, and Stafford en.
tertdan
eele was seated at a, table writing,
She <1111 not turn her bead, ci•ild he steed
looking at her and seeing bhe recoed the
welery months had lett upon her face;
and, even lit hie own misery, Ile folt some
pity foe her,
"Maude!" he said In, EL IOW 170t00.
She did not move for a moment, but
lookod straight before her wietfulay, ue
.131 ahe could not heist her ears; then she
taunted mid mime towards Mtn, with 001110.
thing like fear on hoe face. The fear broke
up, aes it, were, an(1, rtretehing out her
name, elte epake his name -the accenes of
love fighting eviell those of doubt arid 0
joy thee dreaded ite own greathees,
"Stafford! le it ,voul"
She messed her han.de to her heaet for
moment, thou elm fell into hie 'semi%
hall fainting.
(To be contlimed )
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STRANGE SOLT_NDS tN PHI; AIII.
Mysterious Noises Ilteard. in. Many
Parts or the World.
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White Eritit Ctike.-One-half cup
butite.r; one cup of migae, one
and a haY2 :ekes or lione, one-hatE
crE mirk, two ,02103, ope-haif cap
ofr. 01' Imra 3131 yoi choose,
cap tip line or rather ooarse, as you
will, one -hail Cup .er meta ef :fait
ant, figs, -a lee w 1? ie:p
-a soant teaspcoo 010 ciwincio:1 or
not, a fourth teacpoon 21almond
extract, and v,rholo fruit; and saul:s
bo ,devorabe the top. Si% 11:o; sitgar,
ad,d thn lyattor, .and. met) the 12)0 to
a 1 re peal , to s 11I0111 'add 311e cip 11LI,
00 'other powdered epicas, stirriy,g
the in '10, then 102.1131jo 'tile we 11 -
be a te n.' yolks el t h e c, gels. Add the
milk and floue ,alternattly. A level
teaspoon crE baking powder May be
added to the flour, but it is net
needed, especially if the eggs .are,
fresh, and 'the cake is .of better tex-
tare withonb it and perhaps easier
to bike. Stir. in the nuts and the
whioh has been rublbed in
flour no that every piece is separ-
ate. Then add tiro whites OE ;elle
eggs henten 'stiff and futally the
moriti flavoring. De.corate the tops
so as to cover it 'thickly with fruit
and nuts, bieish over with whites
of eggs ancl bake for one hour in a
slow oven, in a well oiled and pa-
per lined pan of a narrow sort and
deep. Use oil instead of butter to
grease pun, as it does not burn so
"adhiis
ilyeake camhe eaten on
Tthe day
it is made, as it is soft, and of good
flavor, but is •better a day or so
later. •
To Decorate Fruit Cake. -One
way to decorate a take like th&
white cake and eover the whole top,
as is ,the present custom, is to start
by placing a, candied cherry in the
centre and 'two others half Way be-
tween it and the ends of the, pan.
Place a,round these cherries whole
or the halves of blanched almonds,
the °small -points' in, making daisy -
like figures, the nuts forming the
petals. Make a:border of any iltrbS
you choose, alternating helves of
peanuts and peeemS, thenfill in the
space with nuts, hits of dates and
figs, or what you choose. .
Pecan Cake.-Wit.h exactly the
same foundation as ;for white fruit
ea•Ice, use half a cop .or more of
chopped pecans and bake in :a
sctentre tin with loW'sides, and ice.
Ynt may double the recipes, bake
two squares, and make a, nut and
fruit Ilrling and icing if you choose.
Perhaps 1010 10 better to use the bak-
ing poivdeir in this Cage. Bake forty -
free minutes. Chopped hickory
nuts, instead of pecans, mew be
used.
Chocolate Cream leing•-•Boil to-
gether a, cup and 11 halt of granu-
lated sugar and half a cup of 'milk
until formsa eelt ball when drop-
ped in water. Greatcare millet be
taken not to boil it 'a minute too
long. Take film the lire, addwan-
illa to flavor, an•d beat mitt -a white,
yet soft and creamy. Watch close-
ly, lest it get too stiff and spread
lif it has been cooked a .min -
Lute too long it will stiffen quielcly.
Spread smoothly over the cake, on
over squares of it. Melt an ounce
tWO of unsweetened or sweeten-
ed chocolate over boiling water and
spread lover ,white icing. Cake, so
iced and cub in small squares is
daprituyitatinoctlexatiur cacotxre.s.....43y prite.
tically the same recip.e snake a. fruit
cocky. using a little more flour, so
that they oan be rolled out, The
following measure will make .albout
It is 00 'hob tend 'tranquil summer
afternoon on the Belgian .coast in
time of peace. Strolling niong the
shore, you tare startle(' by muf-
fled .debo.nation that seems to come
from somewhere far out !at sea.
Can it be thunder 31 There is not a
cloud in the .eky, .and you remember
that thunder is rarely 'audible at a
greater distanee than fifteen miles.
A. man-of-war at target practice,
pechaps-far in the offing. At this
point your Belgian friend explains.
It was the mistpoeffer, he says, and
a sign that the weather will con-
tinue fair.
But what is the mistmo.effer 7 IF
you eau answer that' que.stion ,you
can also explain 'the myeterious'
Baeital guns of India (Parke•al is the,
name .of a town in the Ganges
delta), which have vitzzled scientific
men for half a, Gon,Lry ; you can ex-,
plain also the strange rumblilige
,blea,t, in certain parts 410 Italy, •seem
to come from -nowhere in particular,
and are known to the peasantry
der forty of more local names; the
cle.sert sound of the Austrilian
wol-
dore ;, ;the 'water guns of Lehigh
Neagh in Ireland; 1111010 the 'aerial
rkbontaLons that occasionally Gtha,r,
tile Californians <hiring the w.arra
00.65011. lior example, in Septem-
ber; 1896, to quote the Santa Rose
Republican, "a tremens:lone eXplo-
eion, preetemaltly in the lair, occur-
red near Cazadeeo. It was heard
by the dwellers of the mountain re-
gion <Pier Inn area of nine 'hundred
09,th0010 aniles.' 01.11 noises of this
kind resembling thunder, but not
traceable to that Or any other
lento•wn 'agency, are now generally
called, in scientific literature,
brontidi, a name first used. by Prof.
Tito *Allitipt, • as mbdia s pe -
c101.1 study of these pite.nentena hi
"dod forgive 1110 ev
e ler the reng I have Italy. The "Mooclus noises, ,fa-
.
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heart nhapes, diamonds, etc.
Medium sized cookies are emsier to
hake than small ones, and 'the larg-
er ones easier yet. Cream a °tow of
Sifted Inger and half a °cup of but-
ter, and spices if yet choese--thalt
a teaspoon of eeveral-the beaten
yolks of two °eggs, and hall a eup of
chopped nuts ,and half a clip of
floured chopp.ed .intit, and the flour
front one' and a half to two cops.
Fold in the stiffly 'beaten whites of
eggs, sift °over a little, flour, turn
out cm 01 board, out and cut,
pert on greased paper in a large
baking tin or on the bottom of
same, brush over with white of egg
and then sprinkle with sugar. Bake
for twelve minutes 'in a moderate
0303101.
Hoek Angel Cake.—An inexpen-
sive cake to cut up into little
dhapes and ice and decorate with
different nuts and little candies is
the mock .angel cake.. Silt to-
gether lour or five times -one cup of
sugar with three level teaspoons, of
balcing powder : mix with one cup
of hot milk arta one teaspoon of
vanilla, and finally add the stiffly
beaten Whites of two eggs, and bake
in an ungreased pan for forty min -
Ides, or divide and bake in two
layers. The cruet of this will have
flavor like the real angel cake if
half a teaspoon of vanilla and
a:bout as much of °almond extract
is.used. This may be iced with a
white tfrodhing or is good
chocolate.
:Household Ilints.
The secret of' 'boiling rice is to
put it into plenty of boiling water
at the start.
To remove stains from ,a rain -
°proof coat rulb with a !Me eucalyp-
tus oil on aepieee of flannel. •
If one or -two teaspoonfuls of sit -
gar are added to 'turnips When
eooking they will be improved.
•Carbolle acid is a good 'disinfect-
ant,but. useless diluted' with- at
leaet 20 times its ;bulk of water.
The ..most obatina,te coffee stains
tan 'be removed by a solution of
lukewarm water and the yolk& an
egg.
!When toilet oreams of various
sorbs get spilled on dresser covers
;benZine, quickly removes them and
leaves no trace behind.
Of the fuel foods needed for win-
ter, none is more ,palpatable 'than
breakfast bacon, which the econo-
mical buy 'by the piece rather titan
hy the pound,
A stale loaf can be made as fresh
as new if !wrapped in a damp dloth
Tor a couple of minutes, and then
placed in the oven for half an hour.
When pouring boiled milk or
water into a tumbler Or glass dish
stand the tumbler or dith 031 a
knife and the glass will n e thee
break nor crack.
Venetian blinds can be made to
look like new if you roll) the laths
with a•piece of rag dieped in warm
linseed oil, and then well polish the
wood with a soft duster.
A substitute for Whipned cream
Take the whites of two eggs and
one banana sliced, and beat bill
stiff. The banana will dissolve and
it win be as good as creatit.
Mouse hel es ea n be ft I I ed wi th
;putty., bitt putty alone is not likely
(311 rio much good. The mise soon
;make a way ior themselves through
.but if the underside of the putty
be .coveeed yvith cayenne pepper or
mucturd you will lind an immediate
improvement,
11! a joint of meat should be un-
derdoneto eat, and several slices
militia: to old residents of Maciclits
and East Haddam, Clonnecticut, are
probably kindred phen.omena, al-
though they .seem to be somewhat
01031°0 definitely .arsociated with sub-
terranean eartheiliacks than are ty-
pical brcintidi; and the same may
be said of tlhe gouffre of Haiti,
which -at least in some cases -is
easily eecognized as of subterptin-,
ean
Although eystetnattic investigatione
of brontieli are of .recen•t: date, oe-
titrrenCee of the phenomena have
been recorded from early times.
Lord Baeon mentions "an extra-
ordinary noise in the , .sky when
there 10 no thunder," end
sounds were known to I-Itardrolett
and Boussingault. Cep i n Sturt,
a, pioneer explorer of Australia,
wrote in 1829 :
'About 3 p.m. of February ith
(during the Australian )1ummer) Kr.
1.-Itime and I were cnicupieci tracing
the ohart -upon the ground. The day
rad been remarkably fine; ilierb was
not a oloud 1031 the heavens, nor a
breath of .air to be felt. On a sud-
den we limed What .seemcd to be th a
report ol a gun fired at the distance
of 'between five 'and eels miles. It
was not the hollow eound oi an
earthly, explosion, or the sharp
crackling noise of falling timber,
bult in every way resembled 113110- 31101
charge of at IheaVy pieee of ordnance.
No one was 'Certain whence the
sound proeeedecl. Both Mr. Hume
and myself thought it oame from the
northwest. I sent4)5)0031 the men
up a !Wee, but he could observe
nothing unusual. The ocointry round
him .appeared equally flat ori
sides, noel thickly wooded, What-
ever :occasioned the report, it made
a,' strong impression on 10111 of as;
and to this day, such II Sound in
stitch et -situation r0 a nat,ttee of, mys-
tery to- me."
Scienee 1501 110110 r1111" solved the
mystery of bronticii, but it Osql
hardly be doubted that ishe origin
110 2111)500 ;sounds is really subterran-
ean. FlMall a 'focus:far underground
the ja,r iof settling uocks sends vihra-
tions to the surface; not ab one,
spot, but ever a wide area. Men,
if the overlying air is calm and
homogeneous, it, .aleo, is set jel e1.
b ration ; and if 'the vibrations ar-e of
the 'right period to be istudible, th0.
result, es' la' °owning eotind of .altio•-•
gather indefinite location -it is 01111
1)131' "in the air."
• have been carved out, it canbe
cooked again and served up as 01
fresh joint if the hole is filled up
with mashed potatoes, and it is
cooke.01 in, a brisk oven 'for anhour.
Corn beef makes a pleasant
change and it js economical, Plan
to have it cooked when the laun-
dry fire is hot, serve it hot for din- .
ner, thert sliced cold. with baked
beans, and the fatty parts and the
untlesircuble ends will grind up and
;make an excellent 101.11 beef hash
for breakfast.
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FAMINE FOOD.
What People Ate During the Siege
of Park ht 1870.
In 'a letter by Henry Liabotiehere,
which is quoted by Mr. A, L. Thor-
old in his life of the odistinguielted
journalist, he describes, not without
a .ch a nacterislic. touch of humor,
the extremes to which the
tants of Paris were driven °during
the siege of 1870. 31
I went to see what was going en
in the house o31a- friend of mine in
the Avenue de l'Imperatrice, YthY
has left Retie. The servant who was
in 'charge told me they had not been
able to obtain bread for three days,
and that the' lstit Eine he had pre-
sented 'his ticket, had been
given ab.otit half an inch of chtes'e.
"How do you live, theni" I
alAketdeter
looking mysteriously around
to see that no one was watching us,
he took one down into the cellar seed
pointed to sortie meat in a barrel.
"It is half atone," he said, in the
tone of a, man who is showing coma
one the corpse of 'his murdered
tint. "A neighboring .coachman
killed him, and we salted him down
and divided him." Then he opened
a 'closet in whioh sat a huge ..cat. "I
arn fattening her up for :Chriettnas;
We mean to !serve her up etterounded
With mice -like 10,115agea.''
On Snell:Lary 6th, Lahonchers
dotes: "Yesterday, 1 bad o 111010 10!
P;ollux for dinner, Cetetor ancl his
brother • Pollnic are two elephants
that have been killed, The meat
w.a.s 'boug'h, ooarse and oily, .and I
do not reeommend English families
to eat elephant when they ca,n get
beef or mutton. Malty of 'the res-
taurants are °closed for lack of.fuel.
They use lamps, but even French
: cooks when they are called -,upon to
cook an eq ephant with 11 tpi rit lamp
find Ube thing almost beyond, their
ingenuity,. OaCtorte anti Pollux's
trunks ,a.re sold far Sonty-five francs
a pound ; the nether parts d the in:
te.resting twins fetche.d ,about ten
francs a pound."
Nob all the strange feeds eaten
during the ..e:ege were 'es unalluieng.
On the subject of donkey, Labou-
chere rays: "Donkey is infinitely
better eating than bed or mutton ;
indeed, I do net know lun' meet
that is better, Let. anyone who
doubts the excellence of cold den -
key slay ons of these weak-miinded
000k him, and eat Tim."
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1)1010u1'd 3110 111) 0 u flunk.
"Do you believe, that we shall
ever have universal peace 1"
-"raii afraid. not: Of course tlie
nations may cease warring against
eacih other • 'but men and 11031 01:
will probably keep right on geti-ing
marri p31.'1
Unpleasant A inlyignify:
He--2Phey, !asked • me • to their re-
ception, but oj waen 't beetius,e they
like 111-- -• it Was erily betause 1 Call
I
I sing. .
! She Oh, I'm mire you're mis-
taken.
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