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The Herald, 1906-08-17, Page 3Has �tc��+d �.Fae Test The approval of the public is the find test of merit. This Is the reason it CEYLON TEA Has the enormous sale of over 14,000,000 packets annually. Lead packets only. 4o0, 5oc and 6oc per pound.. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1go4- The place seemed to frim after his long absence at once more beautiful and more intolerable than it used to be. He longed to show it to Mona. He longed to. hear her exclamations of delight at its beauty, and to display so distinguish- ed -looking a creature as his niece and adopted daughter—for pride was avery ruling passion in the heart of Sandy Craig. Still it cost him a severe mental struggle to yield se, much to his strong desire for Mona's company, as to write the letter above quoted. Once done, ,he was feverishly eager to reap the fruits of his surrender, and reckoned the days till Mona made her appearance. After a fatiguing journey, for the night was warm, Mona found herself at Glasgow in the gray of the morning. Early as it was, Kenneth, "in the garso of old Gaul," awaited her on' the plat- form. He looked so martial and magni- eient that Mona did not recognize hire at first. When sue did, she was disposed to laugh at what she considered his "fancy dress." He assured her, however, that it was his habitual costume when among the hills, and that the only differ- ence he had made was to put on his best go -to -meeting kilt and plaid in her hon- or. "Not altogether in my honor, Ken- neth," she said, when, having collected her luggage, they had time to exchange a few words. "Well, may be not," he returned, with a happy smile. "Now, if we leave by the one -twenty train for Kirktoun, we'll get to Craigdarroch by six o'clock. My uncle agreed not to expect you before so you can come away to Mrs. Robert- son's, where, you can rest and have breakfast, though she will be half frigh- tened at so grand a young lady as you. are." "Grand. Why, Kenneth, you are chaff- ing me." He only laughed, and calling a cab, they drove away through dull streets as yet scarcely astir, to the modest man- sion of a Free . Kirk minister, who was already in his study, and came forth to welcome the stranger lassie with kindly warmth; then his wife appeared, as neat and well appointed in her cotton morning dress as if she had made an afternoon toilet; and lastly, Mary, blushing, with downcast eyes and a sweet smile flick- ering on her lips. The first thing Mona noticed was the golden red tinge in her soft, abundant hair. "If mine is half as pretty, I. am con- tent," she thought as she offered her hand and said kindly— "I am very pleased to meet you." The words— the very tone in which they were said .-made Mary look up, and -then the smile shone out in her honest, light blue eyes; these, and a red -lipped mouth rarely quite closed over very white teeth, redeemed her face from plainness. Her complexion, though clear and good, was much freckled, and the cheek bones were somewhat high; still Mary Black was undoubtedly a "bonnie lassie;' and pleasant to look at, as Ken- neth evidently thought, as his face beam- ed when his eyes fell upon her, "You'll be awful tired after so many hours in the train; here, Mary, take Miss Craig to tthe spare room. You'll maybe. like to wash your hands and brush your hair a bit before you eat your break- fast?" "Thank you; I feel I need ablution sorely." "I am so Very pleased to see you," said Mona, when she and Mary had entered the sacred precincts of the spare room. "And so am I to meet you; Kenneth told me what a good friends you have beert to him; but ;you are not a like what I expected to see." "I suppose riot; people never are like what is expected." "I will leave you now, ring when you are ready, and I wily show, you the way to the breakfast room." At the table weregathered the min- ister's younger bairns; a la&g-boned lad of fourteen, a slight, thoughtful boy of nine or, ten—both silently intent on fin- ishing their morning meal, to be off in good time to school—and a chubby girl of 'six, evidently the pet of the family. The mother told with pride that their eldest boy was away doing wed in Japan, and another daughter had married in the spring, and was living in Liverpool. The long, devout grace, the bowls .of porridge and cups of milk, the voices, the dialect, all;seemed to Mona like a chapter out of a Scotch novel; yet it took her fancy. The kindness and frank hos- pitality had about thein a self-respecting restraint—a thoughtful tone—that gave the impression of sincerity. She was struck With the superior softness•and sivetteess of Kenneth's and Mary's voices "Noo," said. •111r, Craig,' with all tile pride of proprietorship, "you are in the parks of Uraigdarroeli ' 'What a delightful couritryl 'What a pretty place!" "Wait till you are upat the hoose. I. think you'll say it is better titan West- ibourue.Villas, The "hoose" was turned in a contra- dictory manner with its face to the ]fill, and built of melancholy, half -mourning graystone. .a short wide hall lighted from above led to the public rooms, and from it a passage branched off to, the sleeping chambers, and a nar- row crooked stair led to •various apart- ments above -for most of the house was only one.store} high. The drawing room had a bay window, from the centre of which steps led down :to a pleasure ground, consisting only of grass 'and groups of trees winch grew abundantly in the shelter of the hill ---hut the view atoned for any deficient ornamentation. From this opened a Pleasant, i-oom, to which the Glasgow oecupier hail added a square projecting window --also open- ing like a door. This htid some book- cases and a writing table, and was digni- fied by the title of the library. A good dining room with ordinary windows—for the ground sloped steeply away from that side of the house ---tend a long nar- row apartment containing Nome glass cases of birds and butterflies, some fos- sils, a rusty claymore or two, and the skeleton of a' deer's •i;ead and antlers, which was termed "tireMuseum'—these constituted the reception room. At the door stood a respectable gray- haired "dour" looking woman --the cook and general servant—and,beliind, the "bit lassie" who helped. her, "WThaur's the boy?" asked Mr. Craig, descending with the help of his stick and Kenneth's arm - "He's gang awa' to the; forge; the gray meer cast a shoe as shewas drawing Ifen the gravel for yon new wall-." "Ah, and the gardener?" "Oh, he's awa' till his ,tea." "Then, Kenneth, ye must put up Brownie; and giev him a good rub down, he's just steaming." Mona thought that a woman, a girl, and a boy were a scanty staff for so large a house, and foresaw housekeep- ing difficulties. "This is my niece, Miss Craig," said Uncle Sandy to the "dour" looking wo- xnan; "yell Just do a' she tells ye." "She'll likely not know our ways, and she frae the south," she, returned, sulk- ily. "Then you must teaeh me," said Mona, smiling so pleasantly on her that her face relaxed. "Folk learn so quick if they are so minded," she said, less harshly. Then Uncle Sandy led Mona through the Museum, the dining room, the draw- ingroom, and the library. "You see it's no apoor hoose," he said, with satisfaction. "Noo, come awa' to your ain bed. chamber. You'll like it fine, I am thinking." Uncle Sandy stumped down the passage and intro- duced his niece to a`pretty airy cham- ber, the windows of which looked over the garden, with a siiee glimpse of the loch. "My more is next you, I thought if I were sick, or bad with the rhumaties, it would be well to have you near me. I have had a bell put there, yesee, just. ever the ,heed of your bed. I carr reach the rope free resale, and wakb ye ony, time 1 want: ye" "A delightful arrangement," said Mona, laughing. "It is a charming room, and when I unpack I shall make it look quite pretty. TJne house has evidently been arranged by men, uncle; it seems awfully bare." "Aweel, women have their uses. If I had been able to marry the lassie I loved, I would be a different anon this day." Mona soon found that life at Craig- darroch raigdarroch ,in spite of the beauty that sur- rounded her, was not a bed of roses. Mr. Craig. viewed housekeeping ex- penses through the small end of his men- tal telescope. and tried to keep them down to impossible limits, while at the bottom of his manly heant he feared Phemie the cook far too much to do more than grumble indefinitely. 'She is a wasteful deil," he whispered to his niece, the second day of her so- journ at Craigdarroch, when he was sol- emnly handing her the keys, and in- structing her in the duties of her new position. "You eau look after her better than I eau. She just drinks pounds o' tea; twa ounces ought to do her and the girlie for a week; and then the flesher's bill is just tearfu'. They leve want good meat meals every day." • "But, uncle, they must have meat every day—no one would serve without it," "Well, its' just a bad new fashion. Scotchmen grew to be what they are on mood oatmeal." b "I shall do my best, uncle, but I am not economical, I warn you. I- know what it eost Madame Debrisay and my- self to exist, and it will be a sort of guide. May I look at your hooks?" "Books. I never keepit ony. I just know the Biller slips away ower fast." "No `vender you think so, if you keep no accounts. I will not undertake im- possibilities, but if I do not give satis- faction, you must turn me away. Craig of Craigdarroch ought 'to live like a gen- tleman." "Eli, but that's weel• said!" cried Uncle Sandy, with sudden enthusiasm, which showed Mona she had hit the right nail on the head. "Weal, do your best,, dearie; but you mauna ruin nie, "I will not try, uncle." So Mona took up her cross with cour- age, and found, as is often the case, that difficulties vanished at the touch of a bold hand. * * * * * ,, .A. week of this new life passed rapidly, Mona found her hands full, nor was the work unpleasant. Her nature was essen- tially feminine. Sh.e loved order and delicate nicety in her home, and thought no trouble too anueh to secure it. For- tunately, she succeeded in winning the allegianee of the cook, who, having an- ticipated that the stinginess of her Mas- ter would be inetnsified by the minute t, f a mistress was relieved to • i cr and his fannily. The host appeared to be acquainted with Mr. Craig, and spoke of him with a touch of dry humor here and there which showed he was fully alive to the pecu- liarities of his character. Mr. Robertson —a pleasant, well-read man, quiTe abreast of the modern thought movement —seemed pleased to converse with his young English guest. Both his wife and Mary Black evidently looked upon him as something quite too immensely clever to be addressed save with due consider- ation, and Kenneth, to, regarded him as a superior being. As soon as he had be- stowed the final blessing, the minister bade Mona farewell as he was going out. Then Mary assisted. Mrs. Robertson to clear away the breakfast things, and the latter said: "You three young folk will have a good deal to say to one another, so you can have it out here, while I am busy above and below, as soon as I have sent �lvmie off to school." "I should think we had a good deal to say to each other," said Kenneth, as soon as they were alone. "Mary knows that the only bit of comfort I ever had in you big dreary town was when I could walk and talk with you, Mona, and that kind soul Madame Debrisay. Isn't it curi- ous, when I used to be with you in. Lon- don, I thought I saw such a likeness be- tween you and Mary, and now you are together, it has just vanished away?" "Like Miss Craig?" cried Mary, blush- ing and laughing. "Eh, Kenneth, but your eyes must have been all wrong!" Then a very confidential conversation ensued, and Mona promised to help the lovers in all ways. Indeed, her heart went out very warmly to the gentle, simple Highland lassie, and she privately connratulated Kenneth on his choice. Having, 'hem taken• to see the eiathe- dral and some 'public buildings, sh'o was given luncheon and hurried away' to the station, ' * * * * The furniture,,too, vexed her sou!, it was e�:eelient' !e+ regarde.l ytt,, lty, hat frightful in form and cu or ad't) nruoli persuasion she incluced 1 r N Safely to permit of her of:tiering 'wet ny colored muslin curtains, a few elle-Le Orienb,e lug;, and some small c' e. Ceras, the choice of which Mona confl'ai to Mary Black, These, with sundry baskets and pots of flowers, disposed :bout the draw- ing room, s0 transformed it. that Undo Sandy' scarcely recognized the., once stiff and dreary chamber. "You're a clever lassie " he cried, "You have uacle the place look grand at no great outlay, Noo, I'm hoping you'll no ask mair sillei for a long tune,' "We shall want some additions to our furniture and decorations, uncle, before winter," returned Mona, who had learned from experience that the less Uncle Sandy wee asked for, the less he was in- clined to give. "But I will tell you about them in Food time. Now that you are going to reside here, you must have your house nice. I think you ought to be obliged to Miss Black for the trouble she Lias taken.' ""Seel, and who. says I am not? She and her people are ICenneth's friends, hey?" * M "They are. They were so .kind acid hospitable to me wimp. I arriyed, weary and way -worn, in Glasgow, that I should like immensely to ask her to spend a few trays Here on her way home, if you will permit me. She is n twee girl. 1 am sure you would like her." "Oh! ay, you may ask her as much an you like. Can she sing a Scotch sang?" "I have no doubt she can. That re- minds me, we must have the piano tuned." "Tuned! Why, it was tuned before I left hame, and has no been played upon since." "My dear uncle, the mere lapse of time has reduced it t n n sad. condition" "And whaur—whaur is the tuner te, come frons?" "Cannot Kenneth find out?" "Aweel, we'll ask a bit at Mr. McIn- tyre's" (the grocer and general dealer). "We are going into the touir after lin. ner. I have to see the has taken the moor about the fishing, or one of the gentlemen. There's a pair of them, and one has only just come down." "Who are they ?" asked. Mona, care- lessly, as she sewed on the band while hall come unstitched from her uncle's umbrella. "Oh! a Colonel Langton. and anther fresh from India, a grand mon, a Sir something Lisle." ;OPERATION A•�!69 E Ei� 3l;IIIF i : OF MISS 'ME J(L.EY :�I:;e Wes Tcdd That an Operation eVae Inevitable. Blow She escaped J. When a physician tells a woman suf- fering with serious feminine trouble that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operatini table strikes terror to her heart, and our hospitals are full of women coming for net zilch operations eyeeegateee • A splendid sunset was glorifying moor and mountain, the loch, and a distant glimpse of blue sea, when the travellers reached Kirktoun, where a very rusty old one-horse phaeton driven by Uncle Sandy himself, awaited them. "Well, my dearie, the sight of you is good for Bair een!" he cried, with un- usual warmth, reaching down a hand to assist his niece to the seat beside him; adding in the same breath, "and I am right glad you have seen the error of your ways. I am always ready to for- give when I see ony one in their right mind." "1 ain. very glad to see you, uncle. What delightful air! It is like new life to breathe it," "Ay, it is just that! You'II grow strong and weel. Hoo's a' wi' ye, Ken- neth? DM you see Mr., Macray, and gel the papers? Eh, we canna carry the two big boxes. Can ye do without them till to -morrow, Mona, and I'll send the cart for them?" "Yes, uncle. I 'have my hand port- manteau, which is quite enough." Kenneth scrambled in behind, and after one or two stoppages at shops of the "general" order, they quitted the primi- tive little town—which is a convenient stopping and starting place for tourists and sportsmen—and - proceeded toward Craigdarroch, by n' road which skirted the loch, traversed a pine wod, wound round the head of the water, and the ascended between pietuersciue rocks crowned with heather and waving bracken, or wound through clumps of fir and oak trees which grew in sheltered Hollows, or led round some projecting angle of the hill, from which could he seen a wide stretch of moorland and mountain, all rich and varied with autumnal green, brown, pur- ple, and gold, a dozen different tints melting into each other, while away west over the sea the sun was sinking in. a flood of golden light. The old cart -horse that with bent head and patient toil dragged the vehicle up the long ascent, evidently understood hie task too well to heed Uncle Sandy's "gee- -ups' and occasional applications of the whip. When they came to a gentle de- cline or a few level yards, he broke into a slow, heavy trot—his great feet beat- ing the road Iike sledge -hammers; then at the very first upward tendency he de- liberately checked his pace to a steady walk, from which, nothing could move him. Yet Mona enjoyed the drive im- mensely. The beautiful wild scenery; the soft, delicious, Honey -sweet breeze, that from time to time touched her cheek like a caress; the restful silence, and perhaps, moue than all, the unusually. happy expression of Uncle Sandy's puck- ered face, gave her profound pleasure. At length, after -following a low moss 'arid recognized in. them types` of a very "There's your umbrella, uncle. I think Phemie wants one or two things from Maclntyre's; I will give Kenethalist" "Eh, it's just wantWant--want from ae week's end to anther." "Of course, it is, uncle; are we not al- ways consuming things ? and they must be replaced. Then I may write to Miss Black? "Ay, she'll tell a' the folk in Glen- corrie what a grand place Kenneth in in." • "Yes, of course she will." Mr. Craig took bis umbrella, and with a muttered complaint that his "puir back was awfu' bad the day," hobbled off with the accompanying knock -knock of his supports on the floor, worry the garden- er: • Mona took a book and sat down on the step outside the large window, gazing away over mountain, lake, and moorland, which lay steeped in the golden sun- shine of a brilliant autumnal noon, a light, slow -sailing cloud now and then casting a shadow upon the varied sur- face beneath it, a light breeze occasion- ally rippling the face of the loch and sending up its gentle current to breathe the soft, briny freshness it had brought from the sea, against her cheek, and through the ineshes of her'red-gold hair. (To be continued.) Afire a2r 'ret, .err e„/ There are cases where an operation is the only resource, but when one con- siders the great number of cases of menacing female troubles cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound after physicians have advised operations, no woman should submit • tE one without first trying the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice, which is free. Street, et, 112ilwiss auk e, Wis., wr'ites:et elerkley, of Third Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Loss of strength, extreme nervousness, shooting pains through the pelvic organs, bearing -down pains and cramps compelled me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after making an examination said I had a female trouble and ulceration and advised an operation. To this I strongly objected and decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Ve- getable Compound. The ulceration quickly healed, all the bad symptoms disappeared and I am once more strong, vigorous and well." Female troubles are steadily on the increase among women. If the monthly periods are very painful, or too frequent and excessive—if you have pain or swelling low down in the left side, bearing -down pains, don't neglect your- self : try Lydia E. Finkham s Vegetable Compound. FARMING WITH LESS RAIN. Finely Pulverized Surfave Enables Soil to Store ISp Moisture. We are just beginning to learn that if the soil is cultivated carefully and in- tensively it can be made to hold water within itself and carry a storage reser- voir underneath. the growing crop. Finely' pulverizing and pacing the seed bed; makes it capable of retaining the great- est possible percentage of the moisture that falls, just as a fine sponge ,of a cer- tain size will hold many times as much water as a coarse sponge of the same size or as a tumbler full of birdshot will retain many times the amount of water SAFETY FOR CHILDREN. Liquid medicine advertised to more stomach and bowel disorders and sum- mer complaints contain opiates and are dangerous. When a mother gives Baby's Own Tablets to her little ones she has "the guarantee of a Government analyst that this medicine does not contain one particle of opiate or harmful drug. The prudent mother will appreciate that in Baby's Own Tablets there is absolute safety. An occasional dose to the well child will keep it well,—and. they prompt- ly cure the minor ailments of childhood when they come unexpectedly. Mrs. G. Hamlin, St, Adolphe, Que., says: "I have used. Baby'srob Os, and find n Tablets safe and for colic and bowel- troubles, . speedy in their cure" Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont,, Keep the Tablets in the house. th rnspeo non a 1 d degree of justice diver- mass•grown wall for someway, ey and Jefferson's Ten Rules. Never put off until. to -morrow what you can do to -day. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. Never spend money before you have earned it. Never buy what you don't want be- cause it is cheap. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst arld cold. We seldom repent of having eaten too little, Nothing is troublesome that we de willingly. How much pain the evils have cost lie that have never happened. Take things always by the smooth. handle. When angry, count ten before you speak;; if very angry, count a hundred. Really an Awful Affair. (Judge.) she—Tie married her for her money. Wasn't that awful? Re—Did he get it? y ' i ; 1 She—into. iTe—it was. that a 'tumbler full of buckshot will. It is a well-known fact that water moves in the soil as it does in a. lamp wick, by capillary attraction. The more deeply and the more densely the soil is saturated with moisture the more easily the water moves upward in the soil, just as the oil "climbs sup" a wet wick faster than it does a dry. one. The problem of evaporation is the mightiest one before the agriculturist of the semi -arid west. Even if the same amount of rain fell in Eastern Colorado as falls in Iowa, it does not follow that as much moisture would be available for plant life in the former as in the latter state. Eastern Colorado is a mile above the sea, and has a clear atmosphere sad• intense sunshine. Its atmosphere it, therefore, very dry and quickly drinks up the moisture from the soil untiss we take measures to prevent it. phis we do by means of a soil "blanket" tailed a "mulch" This nicely pulverized surface serves a two -fold purpose—it prevents the moisture from 'below, in large measure, from evaporating and at the sane time keeps the surface in such condiidott that it readily absorbs whatever soden slow - ars may fall. One can illustrate the effect of this fine soil "mulch," so far as preventeig evaporation is concerned, by pets ng some powdered sugar on the surra.'e of a lump of loaf sugar and holding' the latter in a tumbler of water. He will observe that the powdered sugar will remain dry even when the lump has be- come so thoroughly saturated that it crumbles to pieces in his hands.—World To -day turned into a narrow road, at the great y n easeThe ranee of which a wooden gate, with one an+itliberality in the domestic govern- stubborn averageas muleiuobnle is almost as differentgrace from that of the inlhitter } broken hinge, lay helplessly open. men .