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Cl'TAPTER IX.—(Continued).
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cell's we Fate?" she asked ,fainely,
•'k1t;w did w e stop? Who—" " ,
She paused abruptly, and both she and
Stafford, stared at the two men who were
standing confronting each other. Sir
Stephen was as white as •a ghost, and
there was a look of absolute terror in
his dark eyes. On the face -of the
other man was an enigmatical smile.
'which was more bitter than a sneer:. .
"You are all right?" said Stafford;
but 1 am afraid you were very much
frightened!"
The girl turned to him.
"You!' she said, reeognlzing him.
"Did you stop them?"
"Yes; it was easy; they had had al-
most enough," he said.
While they were speaking, the two
,: elder men drew .apart as if instinctive-
ly,'
"You; Falconer?" murmured Sir Ste-
phen, with ashy lips. drily; "Yes," assented the other, y; "yes,
I am here right enough, Which is It
to be=friend or foe?"
Sir Stephen stood gnawing his lip for
a moment. then lie turned to Stafford.
"Stafford, this—most extraordinary—
this is an old friend of mine. Falconer
this is my boy, my son Stafford!"
CHAPTER_N.
"A very old friend of your father!"
said I\Ir." Falconer, and his keen eyes
looked ino Stafford's as he put out his
hand. Then he turned to Sir Stephen,
whose face had resumed its usual,seren-
ity, and was fixed in the smile appro-
priate to the occasion. "Mr. Stafford
Orme and 1 have met before to-day—e
Sir Stephen shot an inquiring glance
from one to the other.
—"At the inn at the other side of the
Lake, My daughter, Maude, and I have
been resting there for a few hours.
Maude," he said to that young lady, who
• was standing looking on at the group
generally, but more particularly, under
her lids. at Stafford; "this is a very
Strange meeting between old friends.
Sir Stephen Orme and I haven't met for
—how long ago is it, Orme?"
• Sir Stephen shook his head, and rais-
ed his thick, dark brows.
"Too long for us to go back—espe-
daily in the presence of these young
people, whom we are always trying to
persuade that we are not old. T am.
delighted to see you, my dear young
lady. and I am devoured by curiosity to
-know how it is that you are here:'
Well, we owe it to your son, Mr.
Orme here, I should imagine, Sir Ste-
,,, .>phen, " she replied. She had fully re-
covered her self-possession, and her
manner and voice had all the tone of
Pride and indolence which Stafford had
' noticed when he met her at the inn.
"If lra had not stopped the horses, I
supp'bse we should have either been kill-
ed or on the way to the nearest hospital.
Tay the way, have you thanked Mr.
Orin yet, father?" •
'Not yet; and I shall find it difficult
to
do so" said' Mr. Falconer. "Thanks
re poor return for 'one's life, Mr. Orme.
lta a ydii°'wens not butt' He glanced
t cad's •el<re15-clothes, ,which- _ were
ays\ zrs with dust on ane aide; and dis-
played xt rent'in the sleeve. of the coat,"
"Oh, that's' all right, sir," returned
Stafford,' with all an Englishman's dread
of ;a fuss; They stopped short the mo-
inent - I got hold of them, and I only
slipped and got up directly.
"Voie are not hurt, then, Stafford?"'
said 'Sit" Stephen. "As I came up. I
'thought. was afraid, that you were
smashed up—and I daresay I showed
my fear; it's my only boy, Falconer."
I3e looked at his old friend meaning -
1Y, and Falconer promptly backed him
up.
"Well, yes, you looked fairly startled
and scared," he said. "But now, if the
horses are all right, we may as well get
on, We leave given you quite trouble
enough."
' The horses are all right, -sir," said
the driver. `I've managed to take up
the broken trace; it was that that
startled them, sir, and they'll be quiet
enough now.
Oh, but where are you going?" said
Sir' Stephen. with hospitable eagerness.
"Were you not coming to us at the
Villa?"
"Noe we were going to Keswick,'• said
Mr. Falconer. "My daughter had a
fancy for seeing the Lake district, and
we are making a kind of tour."
"You have no other engagement? I
am delighted to hear it," said Sir Ste-
phen. " Oh. I'll take no denial! What!
Do you think I shall part with an old
friend so quickly --and after such a—er
sudden and unexpected meeting! Miss
Falconer. let me beg you to plead with
your father far me!"
Mr. Falcor•er regarded Sir Stephen
for a, moment curiously, then Looked to -
Wards his daughter, Iier'fine eyes rest-
ed on Stafford's face, and he could do
not less than repeat his father's invita-
tion.
"I hope you'd consent, Miss Falcon-
er." he said. Yon have no doubt been
a Tittle upset by the accident and it is
rather Iate to go on, Pray stay with
use„
"Thanks I shall be delighted," she
said, with her indolent regal air.
By this time, as they went towards
the gate, some of the men who had been
walking in the garden . cams up, and
eloward's voice called out:
Ilallo, Stafford! Anything tine mat-
ter?"
No; nothing whatever," said Stat
tor& promptly; and Sir Stephen seized
the opportunity to steer the Falconers
through the group.
,"Some 014 friends of shine, Mr. now -
tied: their carriage broke down—fortu-
nately at our very door— This way,
F`aleoner. Stafford, will you give Miss
Mude your arae?"
"Strange, .our meeting again so soon,
and under such circumstances," she
Salt: "You must have stopped those
horses Very pluckily. I thought that
kind of tieing was out of date now and
that gentlemen only called the police
on such .occasions. You are sure you,
are not hurt? T 'thought from . your
father's fade you must be, Ile must be
very fond of you to look so seared. He
was as white as a ghost.'
He is very fond of ole, I hope and
think," said Stafford. "Candidly,'I did
not think he would. be so alarmed—but
1 don't know him very well yet --We
have been living apart until just re
cently.e. :
"Why, that is my case," she said, "My
father and I were strangers until the
other day, when he carbo from abroad
What" a beautiful. house! It . is
like ' eaminiature palace" She looked at
the "dila and then at Stafford with re-
�rtJeved interest° '1 suppose your -fay
there is the •Sir • Stephen Orme. of whom.
one' has heardso' much? I did not think
Of it, until thee Moment.,'
Stafford was giving instructions that
the Falconers' carriage .should be seen
to, .and was so spared a reply. She
stood in the hall looking round with a
kind of indolent admiration and sur-
prise: and perfectly • self-possessed,
though the hall wasra.nidly filling with
Men e''roen the garden. 'You would like
to `go to your rooms at once," said Sir
Stephen, in 1118 serene and courtly voice..
"tf yoti should be toe 'tired to ° come
delve again to -night I will have" .some
dinner sent up td you --but 1: hope you
won't be. It would be a great disap-
pointment." . t
oin r n ."
"Oh, am not at all tired," said' Miss
Falconer; as she followed the house-
keeper and the two demure'...maids up
the exquisite staircase.
Sir Stephen looked after them with a
bland smile, then he turned to Stafford
and caught his arm.
Not hurt, my boy?" he said, in a
tone of strained anxiety. •
Stafford was beginning to get tired
of the question, and answered rather
impatiently:
"Not 'in the least, sir—Why should 1
be?' I'll change my things and be down
in five minutes!'
'Yes, yes!" Sir Stephen still eyed him.
with barely concealed anxiety. "'strange
coincidence, Stafford! 1—I haven't seen
Ralph Falconer for—for—ever so marry
years! And he is thrown at my very
gate! And they say thereis no such
thing as Fate—"
Hadn't you better go into the draw-
ing -room, sir?" Stafford reminded him.
"They'll think something' has happen-
ed."
"Eh? Yes. yes, of course!" said Sir
Stephen, with a little start. as If he had
been lost in thought; but he waited un-
til lie saw Stafford walk up the stairs,
without any sign of a limp, before he
followed, his son's advice
The butler, who was too sharp 'e to
need any instructions, quickly served a
choice little' dinner for the unexpected
guests, and Stafford, who had waited in
the hall, accompanied them into the
dining -hall. Miss Falconer •had chang—
ed her travelling -dress for a rich even-
ing -frock, and the jewels Stafford had
noticed were supplemented by some re-
markably fine diamonds.
"I wish you had come in time for din-
-ner!" lie said, as he conducted her 10
her seat.
"So do I!" she returned, serenely.
"We are giving a great deal of trouble;
and we are keeping you from your
told tme that The maid
had a largwaitede house
party."
Yes," said Stafford, "It is a kind
of house-warming. My father intends
settling in
some -time,
he d "And he hasbuilt
this place."
Mr. Falconer looked up from his
plate in his alert, watchful way.
'"Sir Stephen's plans rather uncer-
tain?" he said. "I remember he always
used to be rather erratic. NPell, if 1•re
means settling, he`s made himself a
very cosy nest.' He looked round the
magnificent room with a curious smile.
"A wonderful man, your father, Mr.
Orme!"
Yes?" said Stafford, with a non -com-
mittal smile.
les; of course, I've heard of. his
great doings—who hasn't! .Did you
ever hear him • speak of sae—we were
great friends one time?'
• No, I don'!* think I have,' replied
Stafford. "But as I was telling Miss
Falconer, I have not seen very much of
him."
Ah, yes, just so," assented Mr, Fal-'
eoner, and he went on with his dinner.
Stafford, had taken a seat at Lthe table
and poured out a glass kei wine ao that
they mlgbt not hurry; 'b ''t ho felt that.
he : need not .!rave been anxious on that
account, for the girl ate her dinner in
a most leisurely manner talking to him
in her soft, slow voice and looking at
him from under her half-closed. lids.
She talked of the scenery, of the quaint
inns and hotels they had put up at, of
the various inconveniences which she
had suffered on the way; then sudden-
ly she raised her lids and looked at him
fully and steadily.
I suppose°' the young lady we saw
YOU
Withtall his rnatural simplicityister?"
. Staf-
ford Mas a man of the world, and he
did not redden or look embarrassed by
the suddenness of the question and the
direct gaze of the luminous eyes.
"No," he. -said. "1 have neither sister
nor brother—only my father. She was
a friend."
Oh, she said. Then after a pause:
"She was very pretty.'
Stafford nodded. Like a flash floated
before him the exquisite loveliness of
Ida Heron.
Do you think so?" he said, with af-
fected indifference.
"Why, yes; don't you?" she retorted.
"Oh, yes," he assented; "but I didn't
know whether you would; men and wo-
men so very seldom agree upon the
question of looks I find that most of
the women I think are pretty are con-
sidered next door to plain by my lady
friends."
Well, there can't be any doubt as to
your friend's good looks," she said.
She trade rather a striking,not to say
startling, figure perched sideways on
that norse, in the pelting rain. I sup -
Pose she is one of your neighbors?"
Yes," replied Stafford, as easily and
1 floated before him -"l e;rbut not a a very l
'near one. Let me give you some more
wines,
"No, thanks. Father, haven't you
nearly finished? Mr. Orme has kept us
company so nicely that' we've been
tempted to forget that we are keeping
him from his guests."
She rose, and with a peculiarly sinu-
ous movement threw' out the train of
her dress, and swept languidly to the
door. Stafford offered her his arm and
'they entered the drawing -room. I:Ier'
appearance naturally caused a little sen-
sation, for some of the men had learnt
and told the story of Stafford's plucky'
arrest of the bolting hi
people were curious to seed the father
and daughter who had been rescued, and
who had proved to be friends of Sir
Stephen.. By a sort of tacit understand-
ing, Lady Clansford, who was was a
tdaaufdeiad'was playing
pstohostssnseTlceape-
ron and Stafford'led Misaconrp
to her.
Before a quarter of an hour had pass-
ed Miss Falconer seemed to b'e' quite at
home in her novel surroundings;,and
leaning back in her chair, and sowly
tanning herself, received with perfect
self-possession the attentions which her
beauty, her costlydress, and her •still
'more costly jewels merited. Presently
Stafford heard Lady Clansford ask her
to sing; and he went to conduct her to
the plana,'
Itey music is upstairs in my box—
hut, it does not matter: I will "try and
renletnber' something," she said. "1
wonder what you 'like?" She raised her
ei'es to his, es her fingers touched the
keys. "The simple ballad would, be ra-
ther out of place, 'wouldn't it? Do you
know this thing of Wagner's?"
As she began to sing ,the' talking died
down andg adually ceased; and 'every
eye was fixed upon her; for itwas evi-
dent that site not ender htedeeie exquisite
voice, but knew how to use it. She sang
like an artist, and apparently without
the least effort: the liquid notes flowing
fawn her red lips like the water' of a
mountain rill. Stafford.' was :surprised,
almost startled, but as he stood. beside
her, he was thinking, strangely enough.
not so much of the singer as of the girl
he was going to 'meet on the morrow.
When she had finished, there was 'a -gen-
eral murrain*. of applause, and Lady
Clansford asked her to sing again.
You have a really wonderful voles,
!ties Falconer. ' I don't think Melba
ever sang that better.''
P.
ere0a.'s register 1s. ,ever so much
greater than n)Lne ' remarked 1\li;zs Fa+
ooner, salmi . No, t:onkel':I won'e
sing again, I tiling; I am' a little tired.'
pile area back
.her seats!o
1yher
fan moving languidly.as if she were
too oonsoious. ofthe avorth of her voice.
to be affected by the ie urinurs of ap-
pllause and admiration;' and. Stafford, as
his eyesfollowed her, thought she re
seenbled a superb tropical .flower Of
z'ieh and subtle,coloririg and' soft ,enee
languorous grace : None ofthe women,
would ver turn to sing •after this exhible'_
tion, `arid 'one of the young:Men went to
the piano and deed 'off a. semi comic:
song which relieved theetensioia produce.,
ed by Miss Falconers 1uagniflcent voice':
and ntl Ie, Then the women. began to ;
glance at •the clock 'and leeee sed stand'
about+prepas•atory to going to beef; and
peesentiy . they went •off, lingering talk
Inge and laughing, in the, hall hied le the
corridors.
The men drifted into the billiard and
1
smoking -room, and Sir Stephen started
a pool. He had beenat his very best in
the drawing -room, moving about'
amongst the brilliantcrowd', with ,a
word for each and all, and a pleased
smile on his handsome face, and a• hap*•
py, genial brightness in his voice. Once
or twice Sir' 'Stephen'' approached Mee
Falconer, who leant •-against 'the. wall
looking on with' the alert watchful eyes
half screened behind his lids, which,
like his daughter's. had trick of droop-
ing, though with a very different ex-
pression.
Your daughter has a magnificent
voice, Falconer," Sir Stephen had said
in a congratulatory voice; and Falconer
had nodded.
Yes. She's been well taught, I be-
lieve," he had responded, laconically;
and• Sir Stephen had nodded emphatical-
ly and moved away.
"Will you play, Falconer?" he asked,
when they got. to the billiard -room, as
Stafford gave out the balls.. "You used
to play a good game."
Falconer shrugged his shoulders:
I•Taven't played for years: rather look
on" he said,
"Let me give you a cigar. Try those;
they are all all right, Stafford'says."
Falconer seated himself in one of the
lounges and looked at the players- and
round the handsome room In contem-
plative silence. Sir Stephen's eye wan-
dered covertly towards him now and
again, and once he said to Stafford:
"See if Mr. Falconer , has some whis-
ky, my boy?"
As Stafford went up to Mr. Falconer's
corner be saw that Mr. Grlfeenberg and
Baron Wirsch had joined him. The
three men were talking in the low con-
fidential tone characteristic of City men
when they are discussing the sacra;d
subject of money, and Stafford caught
the words—"Sir Stephen"—"South .Af-
rican Railway."
Mr. Falconer looked round sharply ::s
Stafford stood at his elbow- -
Eh- Whisky?' Oh, yes, thanks, I
have sone." he said.
As Stafford returned to the billiard -
room, Falconer nodded after him.
"Is the son in this?" he asked, sharp-
Iy.
"Oa no," replied the baron, with a
smile. "He knows nothing; he ees too`
young, too—vat do you say?—too va-
shionable, frivolous. No, Sir Stephen
doesn't bring him in at all. You under-
stand? He is ze ornanientai, shleepia'
pardner, eh?" And he chuckled.
Falconer nodded, and leaning for-
ward continued the conversation in a
low voice. Then men went off to bed
one by one, and presently only Sir Ste-
phen, Stafford, and Falconer remained;
and as •the latter rose as if to retire,
Sir Stephen laid a hand on his shoulder.,
"Don't go yet!, I should like to have
a little chat with you—about old times.
Falconer sank Into his seatagain end
took a fresh cigar, and Stafford• Left
them.
• (To be continuui,) r+.
IN, THE TUNNEL.
"My, Uncle," writes' a Youth's Com-
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to install a heating and ventilating
system in two school buildings out
West. I had the supervision of the
contract, and I.had to see that the
plant did its work properly. As the
success of the whole system depended
on the proper making of the final con-
nection, I decided to do that myself,
and not trust it to my helper.
"The two buildings we're about two
thousand feet apart. One was old;
the other had just been finished. The
boiler rooms and furnaces were sit-
uated in the old. building. Leading
from this building to the new was a
tunnel, four feet square, and lined on
all sides with concrete. A. foot from
the floor a. netwcrk of steam pipes ran
the entire length of. the tunnel.
"A gigantic fan in the boiler room
pumped air through the tunnel. In
passing over the steam pipes the
air became heated, and kept the new
building at the proper temperature.
"The stystem was controlled auto-
matically by compressed air. When
the temperature in the new building
rose too high, the thermostat auto-
matically shut of the fan, and turned
cold water into the pipes in the tunnel.
When the temperature fell too low, the
thermostat started the fan, and turned
the steam back into the pipes.
"The pipe that carried the compress-
ed air ran through. the tunnel, and it
was on this pipe that the connection
was to be made..
"I put on my overalls and jumper.
and went after my tools. My flash
light was missing, so I took a stub of
a candle that a plumber had left, and
entered the tunnel. "I crawled along
until the light from the entrance grew
so dim that I had to' light my candle.
Reaching into my pocket, I discovered
that I had only two snatches. But I'
went ahead,. assisted by the feeble'
light from tlie taper. The connection
was exactly in the centre of the tun-
nel, I reached it in a few minutes,
did the work, • and started back, •
"In, my haste, I half rose to my feet,
and was going along as fast as any-
one in• that crouching attitude, could
go. Suddenly, without warning, lay
foot caught in an opening. between the
pipes, and I fell.' My head bit the
sharp corner of a reinforcingred that
projected from the concrete wall. The
fall knocked Me Unconscious, I lay
there about two hours.
"I came to with the consciousness
that I was iii imminent danger; My
head ached, Under me I heard the,
';snapping and Creaking of expanding,
steam pipes. In an instant I' realized
my danger. Thinking that I had made
the necessary connection and bad left
the tunnel, the'' ,l'anitor, according to'
directions, was getting up steam. •
"I tried to rise, but my ankle was
sprained, and I fell back, with.•it..sharp
exclamation of pain, on the hot steam,
pipes. 1VI31 wound opened afresh, and
I could feel the warm blood stream.
ing doWn over my face, Again 1 trl,ed
to rise, but the pain 'has too .much for
. oThe heat of the pipes was getting �r
insupportable..Theybe a touinmy
hands and legs cruelly `,Co flake` Inat-1
ters worse, I- was so confused that. I,
had lost all sense of direction,
`.Sutdd niy, in the' distance, I. heard
the;."grinding of'.the huge fan. The
janitor Was ust;starting• it. •In a few
minii,tes it 'would be going at ,full.
speed`'
"An dea flashed ;through my dulled
brain, \I .groped overthe. pipes ;until
I found `lily safrole, 'I: carefully lit my
last match attd touched it to the
Candle. •. 'p1e,'1'alnioatt imperceptible
current had at first' no effect on the
candle, it was so slight. Almost in-
stantly, however, the tiny flame bent
to one side, and showed me 'plainly the
way to safety
"The pipes,. ere. so hot that;I Could
no longer touch them. `I toreoff my
jumper ., and shirt, and 'wrapped one
round; each. hand. I. began to drag.
myself along, The , pain from my
wrenched limb was so intense that I
nearly fainted,
"Suddenly I remembered the com-
pressed -air control! - If the air -supply
pipe were cut off, it would 'have the
same effect on the system as a rise in
temperature. The fan would be
stopped, and cold water would run
through the pipes.
"I nmade my way painfully back to
my tool kit, and: found a hammer and
cold chisel, Then I found the air
pipe, and attacked it as best I could.
"Tbe last thing 'that I can remem-
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pounds of hay per hundred -w ei
when it is the only roughage u
When silage is fed, the general i
may be to feed one pound of
and three pounds of silage per, 1.
dred-weight and the balance of
nutrients needed 'should be pro
ed.,, in concentrates, except
when roots are fed they will
the place of a :part of the grai
the rate of - ten pounds •of.roots
one pound of gr°ain. These d
tions are only generals as in p
tice it will be fouricr• thai; s
big -bodied cows will: take relati
more roughage.
Rens ;Need ,Clean Nests.
During the summer season n
should be examined once a, w
at least, and if dirty or lousy
ought to be cleaned at once.
the old contents of the boxes
put in fresh material. In orde
avoid broken eggs, an abund
of nesting material must be kep
the boxes at all times. In of
to facilitate the cleaning of bi
ing and nests the latter shoul
so arranged that they can e:asil
removed for cleaning and disin
ing. If they are nailed fast to
walls of the building the worl
cleaning probably will be neg
ed.
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Dairy Hclps.
Cheap land acrd cheap cows
breed cheap dairymen.
Close crapping of pastures is
unprofitable.
A good dairy cow must be in
gent, courageous and gentle,
Great lung capacity is ease
to high prothietion.
Poor food means suffering fo
cow ;and financial loss to her
er.
A box stall :should be part o
furniture of every well-regul
cow stable,'
It is more pleasant as w,'1
much more cleanly to milk c
dry teams with clean, dry 1,an<
Some Things Alfalfa Will
Alfalfa enriches the ground,
Alfalfa is a drought resiste
Alfalfa is the best soil toot
Alfalfa adds 'humus to the s
Alfalfa increases the milk fl
Alfalfa is high in feeding N
Alfalfa balances the corn is
Cape Town Gardens,
Great progress is being Ina
the Mational Botanical carder
Kirstenbosch, near Cape Town:
work of . Organizing the, garden
undertaken nine months ,'ago; a
to the present Professor'Nara
honorary 'director, has receive
different yal•ts of South Africa
specimens of plants,
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