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CHAPTER X1K:XVIII -(Continued)
She would not ook in the direction of
the trees under which he had stood on the
night of the day site had first seen him;
and she went in with a forced cheerful-
ness to tell Jessie, lietening with wide-
open eyes, of some of the strange things
whieb had happened to her. All the time
she was talking. she was beset by a long-
ing to ask Jessie about Brae Wood and
the Orrnes; but as she crushed down the
idea- and Jessie was too intent upon hear -
lug the story of her mistress's sojourn to
-London to have any breath or inclination
to tell any of the dale news. Of course
Ida did not speak of the disagreement at
Laburnum Villa, but ehe gave Jessie an
account of the accident and her expert.
emcee of a hospital ward; at all which
Jessie uttered "Ohs" and "Ales" with
bated breath and gaping mouth. It was
late before Ida got to bed, and Iater stip
before she fell asleep; for, eomehow, now
that she was back at Herondale the mem-
ory of that happy past grew more vivid;
in fact. the whole place wad haunted by
the spectre of her lost love; and of all
spectres this is the moat sad and heart -
possessing.
She was out on Rupert as early as Pos-
sible the next morning, and it was dif-
ficult to say which was the more pleased
at the reunion, he or his mistress And
o11, what a, delight it was to ride across
the moor and along the valley and by the
stream; to see the cattle grazing and to
hear the sheep calling to one another in
the old painties way! It was almost dif-
ficult to believe that she had evor left He-
rondale, that Laburnum Villa was any-
thing but a nightmare and the Heroes a
dismal unreality.
Now, for some time she avoided that
part of the road where the opening of the
plantation ga.vo a view of the Villa; but
she was drawu towards it tet last, and she
leant forward on her horse and looked
accts the lake at the great, white place
shining in the autumn sunlight. It seem-
ed very will and quiet, and there was Ito
sign of life about the place; the lake 't -
self was deserted save by ane of the
steamers on which were only a few pas-
senger; well wrapped up against the now
keen air. The appearance of the white,
long -stretching place struek her with a
sense of desertion and desolation, and
with a sigh she turned and rode away.
That afterr on, as she was coming in
from the stable Jessie came running to-
wards her.
O11, Miss Ida, there's Lord and Lady
Bannerdale and Lady Vayne and two of
the young ladies in the drawing -room."
"Very well," said Ida quietly; and re-
moving her right-hand gauntlet, she went
straight into the drawing -room.
In accordance with her father's wish
and her own, perhaps, mistaken, pride,
she had avoided all them people hitherto;
but there was no need to avoid them any
longer; she was their equal in birth. and
iter newly -discovered wealth effectually
removed any cause for pride. Lady Ban -
nerd -ale, a motherly and good-natured wo-
man came forward. her,took
a d to meet and
her
by both hands
"My dear, we have come over at once
to tell you how glad we are!" she said.
"We heard the good news from Mr. Word-
Iey, and neither I nor my husband could
wait another day before we came to con-
grartulate you."
-surly Vayne, too, held Ida's hand and
looked at her with affectionate sympathy.
"And wo felt the game, me" dear. ' she
said; "so y!.n must not think 'us lntru-
6fve "
Ida, shook hands with them all and rang
g
for the tea She svgs veryDiet and' sub-
dued, but the littlo cold look of surprise
with which sl,e had at one time met their
advances was now absent, and they could
Perceive that ehe was glad to see them,
"Our joy in the good newt is not alto-
gether unselflsh and disinterested, any
dear Mies Ida." said Lord Bannerdale.
"That Heron Hall should be shut up and
deserted, while there is so charming .a mis-
tress to represent the old family, wile lit-
tle short of a general misfortune. You
cannot tell how anxious and concerned
'we have been about you—but we will clay
no mare about that. I trust a brighter
Eter leas riven above the old house, and
that it ie entering upon brighter fortunes.
At any rate, let that be as it may, we
want you to believe hew delighted we are
to ha et yon baek again, and under such
happy auspice's.'
"And we want to say, tea. dear," said
Lady Bannerdale. while Lady Vayne nod-
ded aaenti•rgly, "that we hope you have
really come bac-k to us, that you will be
0110 of as and let us see at great deal of
you. Of course, under the eireumetttnces,'
ehe glanced at Ida:e Week dress, "we are
debarred from expressing ..nr plc-aa,ure to
festivity: but we hope you will conte to
us quite quietly, and very often, and that
you will let rte treat yon us one of our
own dear girls."
Ida murmured e. suitable re"porlee; but
though 'elm was by no meanie demonstra-
tive they were eatiefied; and as they left
they expressed that sexiefaeiion •to each
other.
"Oh, Tee, she 'was glad to sec; us," Lady
Bantierdale said; "and I like her ail the
better for not meeting •its half -way and
for refraining from any gushing. Poor
girl! I em afraid she has been very ill,
and has felt her trouble very keenly, She
is much thinner, and 'whon she came into
the room there was an erpreseion in her
face which touched me and made my eyes • men?" asked she.
• dim." "I don't know, I suptx'oee not," replied
"We mut took after her," remarked Mr. Wardley, as lie bent over hie niemor-
Lady Vayne, "'('here ie something weird.
in the idea of liar living there all alene:.
though, of comae, her mnld, Jens,', will
take care of Ler."
Lady Bannerdale ; inflect
Ida Heron le one of .hose girl, who are
write r arable of taking erre of them-
etelyee,' she said "Hove wonderfully calm
itl.tl self 11o•rseser'd ahs 'vas :Aoki girls
would have been rather upset, or, at any
rate, a Fettle flurried, meeting us all en
unexpectedly; but .he carne •Otto the room
with the perfeet un seif-eonetiolcsn'ce-
wllich marker.---"
"The hlglabred lady," ilniclitd L•n•d
'
Bannerci:els. '1 wonder whether we real-
ize snow old a family the Helves are; WO
are all mushrooms cnmpared with that
1111n, little girl, who le now the mietrese
of Ilerondale and an enormous fortune."
"We :;hall have to find a husband for
iter• " remarked Lady Vane, who Was the
xnnteh•maker of the ]txality.
"The trouble would be to get Miss Ids.
to accept him whon you have found hien,"
said Lord Bannerdale, shrewdly, '.T. have
an Mee alae would be difficult to please;
there is a .little curl to ithose pretty ripe
Of herr which is tolerably eigntfi¢ant,"
"Poor girl! There is time enough yet
to thins, of ettch a thing,' said Lady Ban-
ilerda,lo, reprovingly: but whilo she said
mother -like, the thought thather tion,
Edwin, would be home from a ong tour
in the East lit week or two; that be was
:particlelal'ly good-looking, and in the
opinion of more l'ereonss than his mother;
a• particularly amiable and good fellow.
The next day,there were more visitors;
they all seemed as genuinely glad at her
return, and they all ,made ,as genuine
overture" of friondsliip. It -wee evident.
that Ida need not be alone in the weld
any longer, unless .sho 'wished to be. On
elle morning of the third day, as she wag
riding to Bryndermere with come ehop-
Ving. ne an oxemee, sho aunt Mr. Wordley;
a :optimal; was sitting beside him 'who,
j
Ida guessed, was:.the architect. He prov-
ed to be no less a personage than the ram.
ous Mr. Hartley, They had pulled up for
the iutroduction cleso by the opening on
the lake; and; while the arelnteot was ex.
changing greetings with Ida, his keen
eyes wandered now and again to the Villa;
and as Ida turned to ride back with them,
he said:
"That is rather a fine place over there,
Miss Heron; rather bizarre and conspicu-
ous; but striking and rather artiebie. New,
too: -whose is it?"
"Stephen Ors place, replied Oracles Mr.
Wordley, in rather 'a low voice.
"01z," said Mr .Hartley, with a nod
which struck Ida as being peculiarly ex-
pressive and significant, though she did
not know what it implied
The three went all over the old Hall
and after lunch, the great architect ex-
plained, with the aid of a sheet of paper
and a pencil his idea of what should be
done.
There need not be, there Should not be.
the least addition." he said, "What you
want to do, Mies heron, is, as Mr. Word -
ley says, restore: restore with all rever-
ence. It is a superb piece of architecture
of its kind and it must be touched with a
gentle baud. If you are prepared to leave
it all to me, I trust I may be able to make
the present building worthy of its past.
It will be a delightful task for me; but I
must tell you frankly that it will cost a
very large sum of money; how much I
shall be able to inform you when I have
got out my plane and gone into the esti-
mate; but, at any rate, I can ea.y em-
phatieally that the Ulnae is worth the ex-
penditure. Am I to bare eerie blanche?"
"Yes," said Ida; "I will leave it entire-
ly in your hands."
This at least she could do with the
money which her father had so mysters-
iouslyl made: re,etore it, the house he lov-
ed so well, to its old dignity and grand-
eur. The great architect, very much im-
pressed not only by' the Hall but its beau-
tiful young mistress, left before Mr. Word -
ley, who wanted to talk over business with
Ida. But ho fnund her rather absent.
minded and preoccupied and presently, in
a pause, she eaid, with foreed calmness:
Is §ir Stephen Orme still at the Villa
at Brae Wood, Mr. Wordley?"
He had been making some memoranda
in hie pocket -book and he looked up with
a start and stared at her.
"Is Sir Stephen--- My dear child, don't
you know—haven't you heard?"
"Heard 'what?" she asked, her face be -
'ginning to grow rater, her lips set tight-
ly:
'
ight-ly-•
Bleee my soul, I'm surprised!" he ex-
claimed. "I thought everybody had heard
the news Sir Stephen is not living at the
Villa, for a very grave and all -sufficient
reason: he is dead, my dear "
Ida leant back in her chair and raised
a screen which she held in her hand so
that it ehielded her face, from his gaze,
"I did not know," she said, in a eery low
voice, "I had not heard, I have not seen
any papers, or, if I have, only the ad
verbieemient part. Dead!"
"Yes," neajd 3Ir, Wordley; "poor anon, he
died •stiddeniy, quite suddenly. in the mid-
dle of a grand ball; died of the shock."
"Shock?" site echoed.
Ire looked at her as if he found it hard
to realize her ignorance '
"Yes; the shook of bad news. Dear me!
it seems reo.wtrange that you, a neighbor,
so' to. speak. nhou d not have heard the
story of whichallLondon'--onc might al -
meet sa'y' all .,ngland• :'vas talking., Sir
Stephen was a great financier, and' had
just brought out a great company to work
an important concession in ,Yi'rica. Ile
was eupposed to have made an enormous
sum of money by it; indeed, must have
-done so; but at the very moment of his
success there cine a stroke of had luck;
and the news of it was brought to him on
the night of the ball lir was giving in his
splendid town }reuse. The sudden reverse
meant absolute ruin, and he fell dead
with the c:tblegraan in leis Band. Shock-
ing, was it nct?"
Ida'e lie moved, but she could tot
speak. The whole ecu' seemed to rise be-
fore her; but, naturally enough, her
thoughts were eoneentrated upon ane fig-
ure in it—that of Stafford.
"Then -then Mr. Stafford Orme is 111••v
the baronet. Sir Stafford?" she said in a
scarcely audible voice
"No; he is now Lord llighcliffe Inci
father was: raised to the peerage on the
day he died -one might almost say the
hour he died. Tliar malice it the more un-
for"tunate.'
"Cnfertunate? T do net. under:stand.
Fay he ie a peer:?"
"Yee; but a penniless; peer; aed I can't
iutag3nr. a more uupieaeant and rnieerabin-
notition than itis. 1:;i, father did abet).
lately ruined: indeed, ineolvcnt; though
I i.uppo e by his eau's art et noble self-
eacrifice a great many of the debts Were
paid."
„Tell me I do not know," said Ida, art
steadily a, she could.
"Sir Stephen settled a very large. spm
of money upon the young man; but he re-
fused to take advantage ofit, and made
over the whole sum, every penny of it:,
to the creditors; and left himself, I am
told, absolutely penniless, Not that it
mattered very much bemuse; be is en-
gaged to a Vis.; Falconer, whose father is,
I believe, a millionaire."
The color rose to Ide's face, the hand
'which held the screen shook,
"And they—they are going to be married
ands again; "Lord Iligclitfe has disaitpeer-
ed, left England. No ono Scenic to quirts
know where he has gone, It was a. ter-
rible eollapee, and a tragic end, the great.
Sir Stephen's; but men of hie trade al•
ways leave 'to run snob, risks. By slue Way,
I Suppose the Villa will have to he eoid.'
sold?" eehood Ida "I would, like to
buy it "
She spoke on the impulse of the , mo-
eneut; but Mi'. Wordley did not wean at all
surpriscel, and only 'smiled as he respond
ed:
"I know no reason why you should not.
my dear Miss Ida. I am not sure that it
would be a t•ood investment; but it you've
a fanny for •1t, 1 will inquire intothe nat-
ter. Yes; certainly you Bail buy it if you
waist to do so."
Long after ho had gong Ida sat, leaning'
forward in her chair and gazing at the
fire, Stafford :was now Lord High'cllife, a
peer, but poor and a wanderer. She Start.
ed: was it really he whom elle' had seen
on the cattle steamer? Then 'they had
been near each other, had looked into
each other's eves! Perhaps she would
never see hint again—but, ah, yes! it was
quite probable she would, for was he not
engaged to the wealthy Mies Falconer,
and -would It not come back to marry
her?
Tho following evening She received a
short note from Mr. Wordley: it informed
her than the Villa was not for sale. It
had been purchased by Mr. Falconer for
his daughter.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Within a few days she received invita-
tions from the Bannerda,les and Vaynas
and other county famtiies, who were ova
densly possessed by the kind determina-
tion that •alto should become ono of them.
The dinner at Bannerdale Grange was
quite en familte; she was made a great
deal of; and if she had given them the
least encouragement they would actually
have Dotted her; but though Ida had lost
something of her o.d pride and hauteur
caused by her .isolation, she was still
somewhat reserved, and grateful as site
was for their overtures of affection, 311c
could not respond as fully as she would
have liked. It was :the same with the.
Vaynes and Avorys; they 'were all more
than kind to her, and shelonged to re-
ceive their attention 'with open a.'a1s; but
she could not: the fact was, her wounded
heart was so tender that it shrank even
from the gentle touch..
"The girl is all right," remarked Lo'd
Bannerdale. "She has been in great
trouble and it has hurt her very badly;
and though she •seems rather cold and re-
served, sho is really more sensitive than
melt women: you must give her timo '
Ida had' resolved that though she could
not altogether forget the great sorrow of
her life, she would not brood over it
Site knew that for her complaint therm
was nothing worse than idleness; and ebe
sought employment for her .mind and
body with an eagerness that sometimes be-
came almost feverish. When site was not
visiting or receiving visits from, what
might be called 11e1' new friends, she was
busy about the farm and the estate, and
took long ride on Rupert accompanied
Vas'
of old by the dogs. Very soon, too, Mr,
Hartley began at the restoration; and
Ida was deeply interested in the ],progress
of the 'work. Then, again, the hunting
season commenced, and to the delight of
Sir Robert Vayne, the master, size appear-
ed at the tiret meet: and, is it necessary
to sly? was in at the death. She enjoyed
that flet run more than ,she had 'enjoyed
anything since the fatal morning elm had
lost both sweetheart and father; and slue
was very nearly happy as she rode home
wsth a crushed hat and a habit elpieshed
with mud..
A week or twowasr.
afterwards, dt, Lord Bonne
dale gave a hunt, breakfast, and Made a
point of her being present; and she yield-
ed though she would have preferred to
havo joined the meet at the covert's. As
she rode up, Lord B'hzunardale came d'o rn
the steps to Meet her; and bee hie, satin vas
a tall, good to king young fellow,' she e
Ida rightly guelseeds by his likeiee to 11 s
rather, to be Lord Bannerdale's,.son. II.
lead returned from his travels•bn the
pre-
ceding night, was in perfect health and
spirits much
tanned by the sun and rain,
and seemed •tohi ossess
p s full i s ha
1 e of the
amiabilit of hie amiable bio family. He
stood, bare -headed, at Rupert's head and
took Ide's hand to help her to dismount,
and not only walked with her to the house
but contrived to Bit beside her at the
breakfast -table. His people had been talk.
ing to him of Ida, he was quite prepared
to be'impressed, and that he was so was
evident before the meal had eoneluded.
His mother paid particular attention to
Ida, and Lord Bannerdale regarded the
young pair approvingly,
Lord ,Edwin rode as straight as Ida her.
self; it was a magnificent r,ul•-of i'ourse,
"tire bast run of the season" ---and Lord
Edwin, securing the brush, fastened it :to
her saddle. Those who saw the act -'they
were not many, for the pace had been fast
and hard ---exchanged eigniicant glances.
Lord Edwin was over at the Hall next day
and displayed a keen interest In the re-
-torat•ion, and bent Inc some time over
the plans which be had humbly begged
Ida to thaw him. Ile was a modest young
fellow, with more intelligence and good
son 'e tllati generally goes with hie age;
and Ida lilted him It was inevitable
that they should meet almost every clay;
it was almost ac inevitable that he should
fall in love with her; for she wire nor only
the :Deet beantiful ,girl in the county, but
there was an element of romance in her
loneliness and her fortunes which natural-
ly appealed to him
Ile 'tent to his father one day and con,
tided in him; hut, though Lord and Lady
Bannerdale were more than pleased, they
hogged him net to be too sanguine,
"Sanguine!" he 0e:deluled coloring, "I
live in at state of mortal fear and dread;
for though I love her more every time 'I
see her I never leave her without feeling
that my case he hopeless. Them its Ise ne-
•tiling about Ida—oh, of course I can't
explain 1—but I feel as if I could no more
sneak to her of love than I conks- (enact
jump over this house."
"And yet she is so gentle and friendty."•
said Lady Bannerdale, to encourage him,
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tion, shook his head.
"That's Inst it. mother," he said, grave-
ly, "She 'Meats me as if I were it bro-
ther, ctuite a young brother; and I know
that if I 'were to speak to her, to let her
know how
much. I love her it 'would mean
the e e .nd of everything. I should never
be
able to see her again ---and I could not
stand that; for I am only happy when I
am with hor—•and then I am miserable
with the thought of having to leave her.'
"You must be patient, my dear fellow,"
said Lord Bannerdale. "Ida B:eron is a.
girl in a mullion, and, sho is 'worth wait-
ing for."
"Cd1, Ill Wait," said Lord Edwin; "but
'sometimes I'feel that all .the waiting in
the world won't win her," he added, with
a sigh.
One da —
it was in trio Christmas week
which Ida had been prevailed upon to
spend. with the Bannerdales—Lord Ban-
nerdale came in at luncheon -time with
soma news.
I hear the Villa le to be occupied at
Christmas," he said. "Mr. Falconer and
hie 'daughter are teeming down to -day,"
"Is there to be 'L house -party?" said
Lady Bannerdale. "13u1 I emptiest.' nut No,
there could net be under the oircum-
stanees. Poor girl! Sir Stephen's death
—I never ran remember that he was Lord
Highcliffe!—•must have been a great grief
and shock to her. She and her father
will naturally wilt to be quiet; but I
suppose we ought to call. You have never
seen her, I think, Ida?"
"No," said Ida, in the impassive, reti-
cent way in which she always spoke and
looked when on guard.
"An t;xtremely beautiful woman," said t
Lady Bannerdale; "but she always struck
me as being a remarkably cold one;
though. of course, it mayhave only been
manner. The present Lord Highcliffe, Sir
Stephen's son has been away somo time
now. I suppose he will come back soon,
and they will be married. They will make
a very haudaonue couple. You would like
him, Edwin. I took a great •fancy to him
on the first OCCCeiell. I met him; and I
felt deeply sorry for ,his misfortunes, But
there will be no lack of money when he
and Miss Falconer are married, for her
father is immense rich, I believe. It
would 'be very nice for all of us if Lord.
Highcliffe settled et the Villa; and I bavo
an idea that Mr. Falconer has bought it
for thein."
(To be continued.)
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the small crop with which clover
and grasses are frequently sown
Rye, wheat and oats are eom'monl
used for this purpose, and are rank
ed for their efficiency in the orde
given, The Function of the nurs
crop is not directly to aid the cloy
ers and grasses as may supposed
but rather to keep down the growt
of wild grasses and weeds whit
may crowd out and destroy th
young plants. Where weeds do no
bother, the clot-er and grass will
always make a, better growth alone
than 'where they must compete with
the grain crop. Under favorable
conditions, however, one can usual-
ly get a good stand with the nurse
crop and some returns may be had
from the land while the meadow is
getting started. -
Where timothy and clover are
sown with a nurse crop the first
crop of hay is usually obtained the
year following the harvesting of the
nurse crop, although on the best
lands a fair crop of clover may
sometimes be cut the same year
they are seeded. The first crop is
usually almost ptire clover, the sec-
ond about an equal mixture of clo-
ver and timothy and if left a third
year, the crop will be almost pure
timothy. 'Where sown alone, whe-
ther in fall or spring, a fair crop of
hay, although frequently more o
less weedy, may be obtained th
first. year.
A stand of 'timothy may be main
twined for several years, but re
'',over is a. biennial and most plant
die at the end of the second year
especially if allowed to seed.
,.7'11I1roSuggestions.
•Do not cut out large limbs.
Never prune in frosty weather
Frostbitten wounds are slow t
heal:
Never leave L'!te""ct:ubs in cuttin
off limbs.
Prune annually, but never heav
ily,
'Wounds heal most rapidly n
spring.
Heavy pruning conduces to woo
growth.
vn transplanting cut back top an
toot,
the tree free of suckers.
Summer pruning induces fruitful
ncss.
- Torn wounds are generally fatal
Paint over the larger wounds.
A Heavy pruning is always,follow
ed by a heavy growth of suckers.
'Winter pruning increases the vi
or of the plant.
The Small.Things Count.
Here are some of the farm leaks
Rickety gates and slip -shod bars
tumbledown fences; no shed fo T
cows on a rainy day; and no shelte
in the field an a hot one; ashe
thrown in a- ,nile to leach; cabbag
leaves left to rot in the ;patch when
cows are near; slog manure left
wash away for years ; old board The
and big apple tree limbs haule' the
.away as waste instead of puttini haw
thein on the wood pile for fuel ; <lis' (Al
water and soap sleds thrown asid?me
instead of On the garden ; usin for
;gots farm papers for waste inateac Bri
of exchanging or saving to reap . allc
,ver; wagons and plows left un rat
sheltered ; and turkeys allowed to to
roost on fences or in trees, vet
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Feed abundance with variety,
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Use "E nph'a" eon Before the egg that is hatched i
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