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;Jemmy Otway went down to the Law of the waves as the tide swung in over
ca.tbire coast tor a month. Hii ie1u1 = the saude, azure butterflies fluttering
wad lei wits going for a header, lie lain, in the eunebine by the turts of yarrow
milt stated that be was in eearch of sub- that grew between the stouce just
aids. Ile was an artist, Sometlinee itis abo.ve high-water mark; guile wheeling
pwaires sold, more often they slid not; far ont over the .dazzle cif tumbling
but as be was yoinig emit not entirelywater. And ituddet all th iii airightnese
dependene on ale art, this lack •of appre-
ciation did a ot as yet grattly trouble
. He went in June, passingarom the
heal of town to a 000l, liquid air, a wide
sandy aliore, a sea, grey; Dashing white,
with eltadows of lucent emerahl-the
trial Here with its breath a We.
Visitors are rare in the midsummer
inamtla ()twat/. eeelned. te .be the only
stranger in the little place as ite
strolled along theabeath, that eveuing
after dinner watching the changing
Ott of sea, and sky in the lincrering. sun-
set, till the weltering lain rwasedhu edver,
with a vivid gleam of atael-blueligbb
lama the day lied passed to the under-
world.
clew lateen's Twilight,a he' inarnaged,
"Yes, the old Rabbis named it well: ,
have half a anind to get up to -morrow
and see their Dove's Twilight, the awe.
There aro god •effects 'here
Later, as die !turned in at the gate of
his lodgaigs, where a tall white poplar
shook its downy leaves, he looked awe(
:le the darkening sea, still lit westward
• by that Mallow batish gleem as though
swora lay along the waves, ,
"Don't khow width tivilight like
best," he said aloud, "extraordinary ef-
fects here! Anything-Corrievreoluan's
aferinalcl-might emee: out of Wet Rat
ven'e TwiTglit t" . •
When the fait gtea feather of the
Doye's Twilight streaked the. estate (A-
way Walked out Ina9 the deavn, wising
a moment at the deer to note' the aer-
many of the white poplar with the pallor
of Sea an4 sky. A little morning breeze
-ruffled the aeayeseterning their under-
surevee•to the: faint light, so that they
flutterg like pale emoths aga,inet tae
soft :grey crinkled. backgroitna of the
sleeping sea. Flights of birds passed rest-
lessly 4.4 eta fro, gulls and others, A
dusky cat played. hide •and seek in the
laurel bushe-s in the garden. latr of, dim
headlands loomed through the morning
mists.' The light grew clear; soft waite
light with, the dianhanous shadows of
dawn. • 'Tlie tiea,*a vast 'grey pearl, lay
gently beating a. nareo.w line •of foam whether I shall do any more to -day."
laway mirth° and. 'Here and. there • 'Looking at ids. sketch; he taecided to
along. that line of foam dark silhouettes leave it as it was for the present, and
moved slowly, sieemiug seitecely larger giving, .the old women three shillings,
than the 'gulls. They. were shrimpers, asked her if she would come early next
gathering their harvest 'from the reced- morning.
ing tiae... t "B rae breakfast," he explained.
Suddenly on the horizon, where cloud "At fiye oalook. I want to paint you
mingled VitliCSSIL, broke a ring of. red- in the dawn; I've got the rough sketch
gold liglit. Other glittering streak e ap- in now. From five to eight would just
pawed higtorastreekt of 'palate aold. The do, and then we will bave breakfast
oloud sepaeatea Into meetly clouds, with • together. Will those hours suit you?"
rifts of blue ,thetspreact as the gold light, . $8,111,1ei ncooculldee.c,1,.
spread, till all the east was brigat, while
Then the looked at the money in her
yet the tea was decticy pearl. Otway site
sme wrinkled palm. "You've given, me o'er
down on a bauble"; end :tweeted the
much. I hadnot stood three hour."
rising. This Dove's Twilight 117113 long
"It's all right. It will be three shit -
and lingerieg the Raven's.
lings a tune, whether I keep you 'the'
'The tiocurge light �f widening morn "
he sitia throwince o., (Preen pebble hitt; a, tierce hours or
speech *unnecessary.
• Otway made other studies, too, in the
long june daye; fielterfolk and their
children, the boats alio lights of sun-
set and sunrise with all their 8111410
clutugese in short lie worked: hard and
was well content with the results of his
sojourn, for the month was drawing to
a close, and the picture of the shrimper
approaching completion. Ile Baia as
match to the old woman, one Wm -tering
morning, She noaded gravely, and, foe
the that time, came up and lookell over
stood, that weird shape, silent, almost his shoulder at the peintipg. The young
phantasmal beside Otwaya easel; a mast felt slightly uncomfortable. Thero.
thing apart from light and life. are, it is true, some men and women who
Another hour paseed, wbom old age and ,poverty drug into a
Pa
"stel& you want, mother," said the sort •of cajoyment ef their miseries. They
young meal, suddenly, "you ntust tb,? have never felt much; they feel still less,
tired, and I ant getting hungry. Pp 41' But this bat -like creature was not one
down and We'll haveto of theSh
se. e was a distinct personal -
eat." something
ity; of that Otway had beet vaguely
The old woman sat down -while Otway
opened a basket beskle him.
"aria long sin' I touched one o'
these," she said, tweaking -eileeee fer
the first time during the sitting.
At theapunt ef her Yeiee ito looleca
up. She was turning a tube of =SO
11111(14Sr round and rotted in her clew
-
like fingers, and the expression he hat
'noticed in the°. dawn had,: againetisen
in her face,
"I've seenaam in the •thop window,/7
the Want on, dreamily, ler eyes fired
on the tubo in ber hand, "but I henna
touched am."
As she spoke, a horrid dreain shot
through his mind. Had lime other
alattea 'discovered and painted this
wonderful old bat? He put the ques-
tion. °
"Ay, I wur painted once," she itn-
steered, dreamily. ."'Tis ton ago; nigh
forty year." -
; "Oh, I se,e," greatly relieved. "Here
yini are," handing her a plate: "And
• here's e, glass of Betgundy. You try it.
It's good stuff. :Warms !one's heart.'
Theold worean laid doWn the color
and toOk the things be gave lier, eat-
ing slowly, as in reverie, though good
food must have been strange to her, and
• wine impossible.
• "It's like ,feeding a mummy," thought
'Otway, "I wonder wilatshe wits like
forty years ago." Then, perceiving
filet ler . spirit had flown back over
those forty years, be said, geutly, "Drink
your wine, mother?'
She obeyed niechanieallY,
'I forgot I wur keeping yo' waiting."'
.•'Oh, I did notational that,". he cried.
"Not a bit. I am in no hurry. I doubt
";, She murmured her thanks, and went
Lid° pool. No; email get fionie-
'Whig that would loth well .egitinst it, away, leaving Otway regarding hisi
something---" canvas with satisfaction.
"Goodt" be ejaculated. . "'Wu gooll
Tio stopped, for there on the lett, auk Woadert wlio. panted tfoity years
*Land 'tat, vaisaiaus goldacif. the dawn, ago. all bet my picture beats his,
coming over •the :send with.naked, silent whoever lie ams.a Then he took his draw -
feet, 'was a figure faiititstic as a dream. ing indoors,
"How pieture.scpie - how extraordin-
The next dawe saw •lain sitting be.
arily picturesque !" ao 'Muttered. "Is fore his easel on the beach, poting the
• It a. bat? A woman. Or
Whatin. the. avoe?aTashadow? pearliness of the liglit, and trying tints.
. rld-ate" ma with So Absorbed wits lie that •the• old
suaden compassioe "roof little girl!" shrimper's voice startled lain, speaking
• .
a She was one of the shrimpers, and lose to his shoulder
. was going' home, her shrimpiug net c "1 amna la,te, am IP' •
carried over her shoulder, in such wise
"ii
that it had the effect of -wings,. spin
ec-
g Oh, no, that,s barely five. I was study-
with comprehensive. ".
• trala bet -like. ' Her tattered gal-Maas,all
sea -stained and brown:11m color of the wave .of his hand toward the see.
She took up her position silently, and
' wrack that lay in shrivelled,. heaps up -
O
on the beach, clungupon her heavytway selected his brushes; and went
to work, striving, with the exhilaration
. with sea -water, dripping at every
of the dawn in his veins, to:place...40n
step she leek. Over her head was tied a
his. canvas, that figure, less .4, livingtbe-
. woollen kerehief of the seine soreare
eyes ing than. a shadow on the meat beach;
color, iota ftom, ,under ,• IL her
the pitiful shedow of huinan old age in
looked out, dark, sunken, yet still
the'bright, a brightness that startled, for he daily renewal of the youth of the'
the facet 'Vas vrink1&l 'xis the sand- world.
"
the taco of an, old, , old woman. Per-
Have you lived here all your life,'
. haps, she looked. ?" older than the was;
"
time icanty 'looks' that feta abotit her
... ;if Ever saresently inquired. searching among his colors for
forehead were grey, not white.. Yet, as Ah,
h'e 1 wur born. F
the one he wantad. "'In Argolis beside
• eheapassed nolsolessty by, so witbered
was tlie ethoing sea.' "
feee, -"so toil -worn her hands, ••
so, •.thin' bet' bare .feet; so gaunt and He alinced. at his nickel ae he lazily
strange her aspect, iihe was most truly quoted. the line, attlam a faint tremor
a a sbadow-bat-like, grotesque, pathetic; pass over the aid•evoihan's face.
the shadow t life, old age.
"I know yon poetry," she said sud-
., si'
Otway sprang up and hurried • after denly.
"Do you ?" in astonishment.
t "Hero," he cried, "stop a minute, mo- "Ay, I knoit jt • well, * Argolis," she
• Der! Just halt a second!',
;pronounced the nestle clearly, easily;
She 'turned, end the Atm rase and glit- 'north -country folk have an aptitude for
. Wed over the sea 'and across the sand remembering names, -"is a place over in
,
and lit the %tient liguretin its dripping Greece, wheer they paint pictures an'
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• cut stones. That's wheer Argolis is, be-
•
• "1 want to make a drawing of you," side tit' sea
loike this. Ay, I know yon
' the itetist went on eagerly, "I: want to poetry, .But I hannot heard it for forty
' paint you Just as you are, with that year 1".
,
shrimping net, standing out here on There are some men and women who
„ the.bencla Fll give yon a shilling an attract confidences. Jeminy Otway wha
'haut:,., three 'hears' at a time. . Theta' ale. Intuitivelypolite felt lie would
three tehillinge a data for es loieg 'as I understatd whatever tale might be pour:
Baal be over the drawing; can't tell ed into his ears, and they talked acord-
how long yet. Will you. come? Come ingly.
•litter breakfast, about 0 o'clock. I'll be "It wiw when, I wur painted," she
r
eady 'here." went on, gazing over the sea, "forty year
As Vaglle shapes of seaweed rise dim- ago. That's when I heard it. He wur
ly to sight in the wave,- so rose in, the item three month, an' th' piste° tem di!,
old troinalla few' tut. inciescribilble ex- fercnt then. It wurna .eluttereil.up
pression that changed the withered wP houses loike as now. We wur both
mask to life. , Then. the look sank :as on us .young P those ,days."
the seaweed sitate itt deep' water. • • "'Wo 1'" thought Otway.
"Ay, I'll coma", the said, slowly, and "But I manna weary yo' talk o'
•the young man observed her ;with in- forty- years ago," she said, rousing her-
--creasing intereat. " When • -pm I self and looking at hair.
come?"
,•. "I -am never tired of listening, motherta
"To -dela -01e morniegt' if. you ertil. Her glance fell on the colors lie. was
Come at nine. 1 11 be here.' sorting.
"Ay," the repeated, with it nod, '"It wait seeipa than an hearitia ye,
• , , .
come. iiiPtak ,Argoliff,. as made Me ',talk
• "That's ell' right," responded Otway .0tete
'amorally, evatelitng het Walk • oway "I like to hear you, . Lamanteetilitedie
up the beach, her garments flapping Which was true. Otway' was ,intere
lign.inst her thin tinkles, clinging to her ested, net so muck in the • ohl woman's
shrivelled figure, tale sharpnese of bet story 'as in the old tvomme herself.' She
shouldeablades clearly defined, inater Bahl no' more, however, ana the bouts
ite wet: brown mage, the shrimping -net prose& till eight °Week. Ottaty jumped
spread nutwerd rind upward pinion -like up,
beyond her haul etia Manta:tete. "Wait here," he told her, "while I see
"Jove!" lie inatieredi "she le, like a about ,breitafast.",
tat --she ie a bat! A liuman bat! The gate with the white poplar was
make at pea thing, of it. Poor oid
girl!"
Peeling greatly elated, he Walked. la
Lime nearest beadland, two miles away,
bad a twine from a fisherman's boat
there. and came back to breakfast..
When le returned to the lima att,
nine &clack with Id/51601s, tlie bat-
like eppetition etood there 'motionless,
tevaiting Tams ter shadow, fantestie as
herself, throwe before her on the pelt.
bloc
" You are punctual, mother," Aida
Otway, setting up his . easel. • "Yesa'
stand just as you are how, That's it.
Capital!"
ITe worked' on steadily , or an hour,
transferring that figure, dark 'Alpinist
the Mean of the :eta, to his etti‘Vas. The
tlay was fair and bine, taid all round
Obit WAS reaeitshig life, :The of
alt tba thythm10 lee tar
aware all along, and be mentally stigma-
tized himself as a brute when those black „t "One moment," be said, "I will wrap
eyes gazed steadily at the shadowy pre- up ler you," •
s.entutent th er mutes. Yet the peint-• Ile stood, cloth in hand, regarding
• tbe portrait for perhaps five minutes,
ing of those poor rags, those barely eav-
• "A wonderful portrait!" lie mur-
erftabones, that withered faceahad been mured. Then aloud: "Shall 1 carry it
gain to her -given her money that she
needea. • Ho had but done as most do. 11°2°° fat" rm. 9"
One eapecta atme return for one's out •. .She hesitated, anti thinking that os.
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glowed for an instant through its mask
of toil -worn clay.
"Ay, wur a gooa-loaking less, Ay,
wurla ,
Then she picked up the ragged table-
cloth, Otway took it from her.
lay. Few are. the givers who 4ca not
exact some reasoneble reward, if only in
the feem of deiereace. "All then will
'I give thee if thcia wilt fall down and
worship me." Besides, the arrange.
Plant Wita fie: the old womanei self,
respect. So much money for the pernate
hion to exhibit her wretchedness, that
he might gain glary thereby ana per-
haps gold also, It was lair enough -of
course it 'was fair enough. Yethe wish-
ed she had not been eo shrivelled and
skinny, so ragged and. silent, and had not
that memory of Argolis.
"Well, mother ?" he said interrogative-
ly, but with unusual meekness in *his
'tie sure etiow 'Tis me,"
came slowly from the sunken old mouth.
Then the black eyes looked. wistfully in-
to his grey elms, "I'd loike yo' to see
tle picture o' me forty year ago.. I've
getten. it safe:
"Mee you ? I should like to see it
very melt." • • •
She nodded. "I'll bring it. He wur.
going to take it awey wP bine but lie
wur sent for P a hurry ono day to thi
Castle -- o'er tla headland, reckon
you've seen it?"
Zeisii'm left it wit me, fur it warm,
dry, an' his landlady wur meddlesome.
'Ho sitia he'd fetch it on his way back
16 Lumen, but he didim eau° back. He
went to ;Landon th' Castle people,
forty 'years' ago."
"Will you FillOW it to me, now, moth-
er 7"
"Ayt con -fetch it P.'s. minute. 'He
wur a great painter. Yo' con see his
name i earner. I've seen it P th'
papers many a toime. I con read," this
with a touch of pride. .."Tle great folk
set a power o' store by bit."
She turned and walked away, an eag-
erness in the bare old feet, and Otway
sat contemplating his own. handiwork,
wondering who the painter email be of
forty yeti's ago who had lingered three
• months "in Argolis beside the echoing
pita, .
In about ten minutee the old Woman
returned, carrying the picture wrapped
en. a ragged green tableclatha Slipping
the cloth off the canvas she sat it up.
For an ineteut Otway's astonishment
held him dumb. • .
eAurecile 'he cried. • '
Oh, there was no need to look at the
limo in the center 1 Who but Aureole
could paint with thait powdery touch, as
though he had, dipped las brush: in the
down of it. butterfly's wing; and's° laid
on the . color 2 And such cetera The
glowing bloom of the girl, black-eyed,
black -haired against a translucent even-
ing sky and opal sea. Otway placed the
picture upon the easel., removing his own.
"You were a vera, flancliaime young
iceman,' mother."
."Ay, I wur that la with subdeed
tri-
umph; 'an' he.taur -great painter." I,
"Yee, ala the world itelmewledgee"
"I know," wita.a. nod: . "When: he.
died a While back, I see it on the pla-
cards itt ale station. Th' papers wur
full on him bowt three o' them Lun-
non papaw; an' react a? about th' funeral
an' great folks at it. It wur a
grand funeral 1"
"I was there," said Otway, "though
I am not one of the greet folke. I wont
bemuse .he was a great painter."
"Did. yo'?" The black eyes surveyed
him with increased interest. He looked
again at the signature:. '
"This tea:tire-is worth a lot of money,
mother, *Enough to .niake you Ocimfortt
able:" •
"Ay, knewefur I were offered a sight
o' brass fur it by a gentleman tong
sin" but I wouldna sell it. Theft's. my
name on th' neck D' dfatiS.,: It looks
loike embroidery, but it isna. Ile said
it wur my name in Greek letters. I mind
that'well,-fur luasaid Areas wur Greek,
an' they wroth loike that i' Argolis.
My -tame is Rhotla." -
OW -Ay bent closer andperceived that
the .seeming embrealeiTe was what she
said. 'The name suited the gloteing
beauty of the portrait; the country pro-
daced.ethat type -now .and then, he
anew.. • 'Rhodal. ,,And „Aureole • had
pitinted hem in. her Dove's Twilight of
youth against the sunsetting. Strange
that he himself - Jemmy Otway-
sbould. bave reversed the twilights,
painting her tin her Itavaiti ,Twilight°
age:hist the dawn. But he 'hardly
thougla, of his own picture beside lie
groat painter's work with its marital-
brilliatcy as of jewels, yet with
that indeseribable powderiness -that
bloctn of tlie ripe peath, was
Aureole's' sigh menual. •
"Haw on earth did he do it'?" mut-
tered Otway. ' -
"Ile wur a great pointer!" reiterated
the figure at his elboty, its rage flutter-
ing in. the soft sea breeze, '
The "yot.ing mast drew a long breath
and stood up. . • •
"Welt, mother, if ever you • wish •to
sell this portrait ea yorneelf write„to
nie, ana I'll ace you: get its value.- I
will gye you my address. It is it
splendid painting. I am not rich
enough to 'bay it muselft but, I can find
those wile are., Reinembea that you
email lite'. emolottably till your life on
the money it would bring."
"It mout pay fur my levying," elle
said •theng,htfully. "I aanne loike aarish
In."'
not mere • than thirty yards awelerand e .,
reflecting that his lenillady might aos- • •"it eveitaagha you enough to live on
Maly object to wait on his shrhuper, and pay for Via as well," replied .0t -
the young man creakel out the break- way. "Thiele it over. atm cox get the
' fast tray himself.. lie observed that pareon to limit° to me if you like, you
ing hie hospitality, but. !vented to .take "Nay, I'll write myth, Tall tiebbut
a. knowat . .. ; . . • _
hi Inciael made Ito dealer about item
the situation as perfectly natural, like be fur my bartatte" .
a bane ereature offered fooa by num: "\ ell, give me a day or twoa time
mid We silent acq.uieseence without pro- ttlieil Yon dos because I iiiiala be away
test ot. question-emit:1e the odd eompan- front home awl the leiter v. wild have
ionship easy -and. pleasant to both. to follow inc. I will not fail ttat." ! mountalg the 'wheel Alive, Itweia,a, ilot . ivi.0 weeetly visited the vineyarde of lama',
wonderful ehattao for the better took
So day by ally, its the Twilight of the "Thank 3W," slie anciwered, in eirniae - • et---,.. -
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ehape, in its Raven's Twilight of' life, justified; Otway Wits tine:Worthy. mote, quit:lay. inait a twor: out :a, 1 io
stood by Otway's easel, while the shadow lat returnal to the imitemplation of . . lifee•ana found ell work a pastime.
of it Rant tipon the eanvae; then eliarea the portrait. *vice T.A.dra il, pinkbarres vent.. bminas og the tiger': it tua 11,4 twitl. til...tvA ilai'dittate. by ea' epidiealien of eatt instant relief and an 1. 881 owe ist
ha breakfitet and departed on bate -sil- "It is reclaulid," he Safkl, vith a Aar table COniniatrad$ aw it matle ft dia 143; awl, after the patilltati af the rata a' ,ipotig 11:rtzyiv inieawe at valeta item cue to flee! days-woo:1 wonders iii
ett feet to return with the dawn. The of mbuiration Anil iegrei; "spaindid 1 X alma tote of ene. .yenrs eery trete, . few tetands. t PIA ilrIahlill:..1 1' .1 l'IY •ta,,e4,1,i' ii!•:1 tiowt;.t. It io pl'phalily tree ,1 .tecstr wete form et raearettirra. inse unmet
yang mart felt the tate:menials a that• ilet. glad. I., hoi.!a 4'evi it, Mother.' Yon laths M. Gewittmon, tin Watt:hall St., heatt potniding like a Itetwee, iaza my 0,;(31, tte apiel..ket;...n (.? a maahte laix. teetitemy: "I spent .I- in ml before
fetlerli f calia its "looped` and.window- Weiteet tantlizonie Vila a • t' ' . ,etteete, aatc-emea t„ete yi „wad pf Iii‘40.11 as dry eh a r.tiye.e.. ttet* v:ill save many a vineyard ia On- commencing its text ••I bottles cured 14'W
•ed nage MSS? standias patiently that The old Wont:nes eyes lit as the 'Tait, rasa kat, etseteseenitheitteteeeest sieti.;ieueiii, 11 Isc%eret Live WaS that the beaSt, tulle, ..at
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usually ltave a good sepply of the old
faehioned pie plant or itherb. This
vigorous growiegpleat providss a whole -
smug substitate for frtat eitely in the
epring before strawberries collie in. It
13 not generalty• known, however, that
it cau be nada to produce its crap in
an ot Italy cellar durieg the waft,
when it would probably be mere appro.
Rhoda. And bore stooa Rhoda, In her dated than when grown in the usual
Reven's Twilight. way in the garden in the spring.
"I wish to tell you, wither," said the The. rhubarb plant makes Ali moot vig-
young maze lightly, after that moment's °rolls .growth under natural couditiene
pause, °that since seeiug that portrait early in the spring, when its !ergo leaves
of you to -day I bate thought it hardly store up in the thick fleshy Nati a
fair to paint you now, so I have rubbed large amatmt of nutriment for the pro,.
out my picture." ° auction of seed during the eammer and
'Wye rubbed it out? A' your pa,nit- growth early next aeason. To get the
bag?", , best roots for winter forcing it as well
-"Yes, ell of it." . to allow the plants to make their full
'atia yo've gotten nowt fur a' th' growth with little or no croppiug of the
brass yo.' paid mei Here, I coma take leaves the previeme season, and, above
this!" She held out a claw-like hand. all not to allotethem, to 'exhaust them-
selves by throwitg.up seed stalks. TIM
more liberally the plants are xnanured
and the better they are cultivated, the
stronger the roots becomeand the bet -
good practiee for line. feo the only par. ter the crop they wilt glair whoa fereea
twat of you now is that one ot forty in the cellar.
inlay she dtd not wish to see 'her with the. money lie haa pat given her,
'home, lie folded the cloth' found the ° "Oh, you must. agreed, for twe Inore•
picture and gave it to her, saying: ' sittings, and I have leernta a deal by
aI shall always think of you .as Ault! painting that aleture of you. It wee
cola peintea you. Not aa X have done"
Againthe glow came into the old face.
"Ay, I wanted yo' to see it; ale wur
a great painter, an. I war a handsome
lass -forty year ago!"
She went away with the ,portreit, and
(Remy took his. tools incloors. There
he set his picture on the mei and
looked at it.
"011, my! 'Oh, my 1" be cried. "It's
Villonl It's la belle Heaulmiere!" He
clutthed his hair tragically. "Yes,
that's _what 'itis."
He paced the room once or twice,
then sat down in front of his picture.
It was good -very. good. That poverty-
stricken old age in pitiful contreat to
the pale glitry of the Dove's Twilight;
a figure hooded, mysteriousf the far -
gleaming sea visible through the reticu-
Jaime of the,shrimpinguet rising wing-
like behind her, its pole and cross. bar
sable against the sunrise. A figure,
pathetic in its scanty, ragged garments,
black -brown like the sea -tang and the
wrack; its thin hands and feet, its
tvrinkled face -there against the misty
gold of the dawn, the sparkle of the sea.
"La belle Heituimiere I" repeated Ot-
way. 'Poor old girl! It seems a shame,
somehow."
He sighed impatiently, got up, pock-
eted. his sketch book end went out, tell-
ing his landlady he should not be back
till dinner. At sia be returned and
again contemplated his picture, •
"Poor old girl!" When he paused, "I
am a sentimental fool! And .Atu•eole
wits no great shakes apart from las
art. Two more days would finish it."
Yet the figure seemed to appeal to him
in its forlorness. To have been that!'
To be this! Her Raven'e. Twilight
not passing into soft veiling of dark-
ness and light of stars; but held up for
all men to see. Otway rose, and taking
the brushes, sweat any -every color this
way and that over the painting, com-
pletely .obliterating the picture. This
• done; he proceeded to pack his other
chawingss After 'all, he -would-have left
in three daye-might as well 'go now.
• There was an evening train that would
just suit• him.
He had. dinner, sent his Inggage to. the
station, and strolled out along the
beach to 'sect the old woman. The
tide was running out, and he knew she
wauld . be among the shrimaers. ,There
was no hurry; his train was not duo
till nearly ten. He watched the Sunset
die in rose and crimson, and the won-
derful west fade to orange, to prim-
rose,. then to crystalline green-elear-
shining; while far out over the sands
the glimmering sea filled the air with
a soft murmur.
"The sea' of the Sagas," eaid. Otway
aloud. "And it sings tunes. must
come here. again: I could do some-
thing with that song in my ears."
Then he eaw the line of shrimpers
coming slowly • Up the 'beach in the
green twilight; his model wits last:
,"Here, mother," he said, is the money
for the next two sittings, and here are
envelopes with my naldress on them -
two in ease you lose one. I am going
away -to -night." • '•
• ."Eh, but Fan sorry." :
• "So am I. But .I shall' come back text
year, perhaps sooner!' •
"Nay, yoal no do 'that. Yo' painters
ne'er coma.back."
Otway was eilent -a moment, perceiv-
ing that .her thoughts had gone back -
award over forty years. Forty years!
and here was, the Raven's Twilight as
• beautiful as when Aureole painted it
behind the head of the girl called
'
.440. ....gaz:LtzaV
f
Miss'M. Cartledge gives some
helpful advice to young girls.
• Her leiter is but one of thou,
t ands which prove that nothing
belpfullo young girls who
are just arriving at the period- of
womanhood as Lydia E. Pink.
ham's Vegetable Cottipoutid.
"DELIt mits, rnorimatr-I Nitta 'crackling in the Somethine
. ,
. In preparing the roots for the cellar,
yeaArnsat'llgtecrr' minute's silence; then the old, they should be dug up late in the fall,
woman -more bat -like than ever against just before the ground. freezes hard.
They should then.beleft where, they will
the clear green. of the westere. sky-seia
slowly: . be exposed to severe frifezing,for three
or four weeks. If aleced undei 'cover in
"I couldna bit' believed it, but 1 ant
glad mat. Ay, Pm glad on't! 1 wieb ye' an !men shed, or where theysvill not be
luck. 'Tis main good o' yo'," buried in snow, it -will be all the easier
"It's nothing," he replied. et am ead to get at them when it is time to take
you are eleased. Shake hands, another them to the cellar. About Christmas
my train is about due, And I shall coni4 time they max be put in the cellar, and
back next year. ,For once you will be should be banked with earth to keep the
wrong; I shall come back." roots moist. Care sheen]. be taken that
He .grasped the okiunny fingers, then '-
ran upathe beach to ,the station, 'where satisfied with his victims of the night Help the Overworked Heart.
bus tram was just slowing. As it bore before, had come to the lake simply to
Is the groat engine which puma life
him away, lie looked out and saw the slake his thirst. But, though the tiger -
.
the pleats are set right side up, as at
that Heaso. it IS efiestetenee le
tell =wee are on, the couree of 4 few
wlach side iitae ball of earth illa
ditys the note thaw out, and usual-
ly
enough natiature aux acetkraulated
to keep them fresb for SOule time. They
should be witched, however,. fla they
may need watering once or twiee during
the winter to keep the soil moist. The
warmee the cellar, the more quickly
growth will start, but for the best re-
sults a rather low temperature about
the same as that in which potat'oeti are
kept, is best. a partially lighted,
cellar the leaf blades will expand very
little, and all the strength of the roots
will go to the clevelopment of the stalke.
If the cellar is light, it is well to darken
the part where the plants are kept. If
the roots are strong and vigorous, stalks
one and a half to two feet in length and
two inches -in' diameter will be produced
with'Ilittle or no exPansion of the leaf
blade at the top. When grown thus in
the dark, none of the chlorophyl or
green coloring matter of the lettf devel-
ops,, and the stalks are bleached to a
pinky white. 'Men cooked and made
into Mace' or pies, they turn a beauta
ful pink color an4 are much finer in up.
pentane° and flavor than stalks whiee
are grown in the ordinary way in the
garden: Cropping may begin as soon as
the stalks are well developed, and may
be contimied for several weeks, until the
Toots have exhausted themselves, after
which they should be thrown out, as
they are of little use for growing again.
We would suggest that our readers
try growing two or three roots this win-
ter,. and let us know the results fleet
spring.
familiar figure standing on the beach moistened his tongue In the water, he did
in the green of the Rexene!. Twilight. Yet not seem driven to the water by neces-
oddly anougle,the seemed to see her -not sity; for he -soon lifted his, • head and.
old, bat -like, but as the girl Ithoda. forty looked areeind,
years ago. All intuition told me that he was seek -
0. Is AntrObus, lag compensation for afruitless hunt the
• , ----,....., night .before. A' falf3e movement, and I
THE DANGER OF ANAEMIA,
0..11••••••••••.......A0•••
its Victinie ,Are Defenceices When Di- •
sense Strikes -rho .610-0a •61;ould
be Kept Rich and Pare. '
Anaemic people -people with watery -
blood -are witnoue defense when dis-
ease threatens. The strongest. weapon.
against 'disease • is a; plentiful stipply
of rich, red blood. A robust person may
catch eold, but quickly throws it off. But
a cold • lingers with the anaemic one,
gees to the chest and the first signs of
coneumption appear. It is the anaemic
one who sufters from headachee and
dizziness, who cannot climb a stair with-
out resting, whose heart •flutters and
palpitates wildly at the least exertion.
Such people can only be saved by a new
supply of rich, red 'blood, and Dr. 'Wil-
liams' Pink. Pills is the only medicine
that actually makes rich, red blood with
every doee. Ordinary inedicineaa only
touch the symptonia of' disease -Dr. Wit-
liams Pink Pills go right straight to
the root of the trouble.and drive it out.
That is why these pills have a larger
sale than any other medicine in the
world, anil that is why thousaids and
thousands of people praise them so high-
ly. Miss •Florenee G. Marryett, Chester,
N'. S., says: "I have used Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for several months and I am
happy ho say they have restored me to
bealth• after all other means had failed.
was suffering frem anaemia in its
moat severe form. • The least exertion
would leave me breathless and worn out,
I had no appetite and Suffered greatly
with nervous headaches. I was pale and
seemed to be going into a decline. I had
medical attendance hitt it did. me no
good. Then a friend advised me to try
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and in few
• weeks I found they were helping me. I
tontinned their u� a for several months,
and am again enjoying good health. I
think Dr.- Williams' Pink Pills will make
every week and ailing girl strong and
healthy."'
You can' get these -pills from any deal-
er in medicine; but you should he care-
ful to see thet the full name "Dr. Wil-
liams Pink Pills 'for Pale 'People" is on
the wrapper :wound mat box. 'a 1.1 in
•doubt write the Dr. Medieine
Co., Brockville, Ont., and the pills will
be sent at 50c a box .or six box,es for
$2.50. .
THE TIGER AND THE nitnrcrx
Two yaws ago' we were travelling' in
the .Malaysian islands, Sumatra and
yore-Assim, which' flows among °nor- the othee' sick. of . the ditch, I saw that t this and it avila become. second nature
Jeva. When going down the rive Ban- e This Ives exactly what halmeited. On
Practice deep : breathing every day. -
the settlement of Nueutvenheys. About the formidable fclineat may be that in the Loosen the clothing, stand erect, throw
inous forests, we landed one 'evening at t'quul gained about a dozen paces over
back the shoulders and inhale a full,
the entire population of Malays .and Old- eil my speed. I thought I Was saved, when, deep breath. Try to take ten deep
a dozen Dutch colonists. live there, with intoxication of this advantage I increas-
breaths or long breaths as they: nth
generous hospitality in the house of changed the situation. called. -
nese in their service. • 'We met with an unforseen circumstance completely
- • •• - , Here .are .the three .poeitions for prac-
The following morning, while our host, ana trees a leafy. . Wilma, . prebehly both- heels together. place one hand
lisieg deep breathing: Stand erect, with
Mynheer Vander Ouvelandt. At the entrance of a grove. of ban.
taken a eup of tea went strolling aboet the way. As thereWasno pessibility •or upon the chest and the other hand upon
was in the fields, I rose and, having thrown there by 'smite laborer, barred
the middle of the back; Take a long.
the dwelling. My attention was at. ayading it 1 ran over the obstacle, but deep breath-
traeted by a'•magnificent bitycle stand- unfortunately it : caused the ivhed to „Stand erect, with both heels together,
through your system hard pressed, Over-
taxed, groaning under its load because dis-
ease has ,slogged it? Dr. Agnewls, Cure for
the Heart Is nature's lubricator and cleanser,
and daily demonstrates to heart Sufferers
that It is the Bakst, surest, and. most speedr
remedy that medics), science knows. -67
should be that eenniensatibri,
: At the 'noise ot eabir4 among the foli-
age he turned. quickly, a phosphorescent
gleani Shone in his eyes; but he saw
nothing11e seemed 0 hesitate . be,.
tweeu two directions; then he turned
on e bank. .
again toward the lake and took a step
This step did not bring hint nearer to but after a while becomes second usture,
me: with a. second and more rapid •
me. In two leaps 1 had reached my ai- should be practised constantly, for it
cycle. .
When I jumped into the saddle; X taw programine. •- ,
plays a yery importent part in beauty's
in a flash the -big body crouching and '
It is claimed that people who breathe
then the spring. At that iustant I gave
naturally always breathe deeply. The
the first impulse to the pedal.
It seemed to me that I had become all , Indian squaw, mho bits ;never known a
instinct, and that everyone of my fibres band Orouiiii bee waist, breathes deeply.
obeyed: :that '-unconsciotta. will which. is ,
So does the little batty, whose lungs lave
worth ,more in, immediate danger, then)
never' been cramped. So does every
the' clearest reasoning. With a great ef- I
human beiag until the time 'conies when
fort I attained my maximum speed; and, 1
the waist is compressed and the body
in the short interval between the first
dwelled. - — • ' '' ' '
and •tiecolat hounds of the tiger, I was
ready for the struggle. I Deep breathing will reduce the weight
Everything depended upon maintain- 1 if one is fat and it will add flesh if one
ing a start, however insignificant, • for ' h thin. It is the greatest known etpud-
ablaut a hundred yards, after which the I izer. Ii; puts one in prime condition; and
speed of the beast would probably de- i one will 'soon be developed normally.
crease somewhat, though still rimenanifw ! Ilt a short time one will be of correct
gh still remaining - weight for one's height and one's nom -
crease somewhat, thon
fearful. I worked the pedals in a frenzy, plexion will be improved. .
but at the fourth ieap the. distance was , Before trying deep breathing be sure
reduced; at the fifth the beast had only .1 that the atmosphere is good. The air
to stretch out his paw to reach me„ end , Should be free and mire all the time.
at the seventh it touched the tire of the , There should be no useless bric-a-brac
1 thotigitf thet :I Ayes lost and thatlhe around. There should ."be no velvet or
rear wheel.
effort I made was in liain. But the claw ' moth -producing hangings. There should
be nothing in the room, especially the
missed its aim, scarcely scratching the sleeping room, that cannot be shaken
speed, the, tiger was less near at the out every day, or at least once a week.
tire; •end, as the mahine kept up . its
the race won.
eighth' -bound, because he had 'counted : of small articles scion° beeinnes appar-
The result of sleepine in a r.o)ounrta ft:,
y a
i• mit in the health and complexion of the
In these awful momentss I had the in-
. .
spiration to diviate from my path to- 1 occupant. The lungs breatlie
ward' a' &live -tree which grew at the ! free from microbes, and there is plenty
side of. the road; and again I escaped of breathing space., The roams are not
a detour. But though My speed 'trite at :
1 cluttered up.
To. get the- best results;' . sleeping or
because my pursuer was forced to make,
its highest point, I had no hope of ii fin- waking, have good .cheer,,Ture eir, and
al escape. I knew only too well that one ! learn to breathe deeply.
`To breathe deeply, study the art of
enemy might definitely close this strug- filling the lungs with. fresh air full.
Stand erect. Place the hands' on the
er tiro. extra efforts on the part ..of the
gleitanyt momentarateart=aaaiet, • . thips, throw .back the aboulderii and
.At the next bound the tiner anain 'breathe. The process is Called abdom-
• BREAT'HE pONG AND DEEPLY.
If You Would Keep Well and Strang,
' and Beautiful. '
To those not accustomed to it deep
breatling is 'somewhat difficult at first,
lt seri be • learned, by ,everybody , and
moven-met �i the animal terror deci ed
t' inal breathing and is taught in all the
-gymnasiums. • •
In walking be sure to practice deep
breathing. Draw in a long, deep breath,
Exhale slowly while. walking. One can
walk four or five atepe while .one is ex -
baling and four or five steps more 'While
one is drawing in the breath. Practice
nearly caught me, but while the clew
grazed the 'Wheel I Saw • that lad. to
passover a long and narrow foot bridge
spanning a wide irrigation ditch. This
gave tie back • my.mourage. I 1•calculated
that the animal would hesitate an in-
stant at the bridge, and perhaps lose a
few yards in. crossing it. •
mg in shed. At the sight of the ma-
chine I was seized with a, wild desire to
try it.
At first I resis0d; then I took out the
the
for a few yards in order to regain my and p ace 9 Mat OW upon
SIVerVP, and. I Was obliged to slow up
The animal evidently saw his oppor- erect, with both hands upon the hips,
chest. Draw ten, long, 13eop breaths.
The third position is this: Stole
fine myself to a short ride. A geed road I mit, in inuteination the moment'tha.t throw bac . time s iou eis an a .3 tit
long, deep breaths. Begin at the ' ha -
wheel awl mounted, determined to con- tunitv, Ile anade a desperate effort an 1
fields; the. bicycle was perfect, and the ' clews. A sort of trance passed over my again, going through with the tlwee posi-
ginning ana try deep breathing over
led from the dwelling house andtnto the , I should fall al' victim to his formidable
intoxication of the ride became irre- spitit-a strange resignation to my fate tions, tine after the other, breathing
sistibie. Sure of permission from our but only for'e Moment. ' ' deeply all the while.
theride and Offee fields at a rapid pace. up the race, and this was the last ef- When deep breathing is painful, as
amiable host, I was soon speeding across un another instant I had again -taken
..,l3cifore long I .was at the outskirts of . fort needed. The tiger though still swift ble. It may be organic trouble, or it
offer. happens, then there is some Watt -
the wheel in order to enjoy the impoping enee the` these, partly from .discoarege- In either ease it &bated be treated. A
may be merely a 'maculae difficnil y.
the forest.. Bewitchea by the marvellous tie a good hunting lioree, was definitely
beauty of the spot, 1 dismounted front beaten by the bicycle, and soon aland-
scenery to the full.
. Mont, and partly, no doubt,
. . en nn. the lungs are not stronia ' (1r it vall give
long deep breath will cause congaing. if
A little lake sbadowed y overhanging onnt et the nearness at ale teeing,
branches seemed theamage of peacetand, watch he had learned to fear.
meeting myself on it nriatite rock, I was
one a sharp pain in tie side. Again
long breath brings on a "click" in the
tack, or there are pains in the rihs alow,
ing !numb* rheumatioin.
• Ntaile X was Altana, thus there was a REMEDY FOR THE BLACK Por orgenie diseases the eavieee
vrait46 raYdia, n.ritatinim*s Vegou both heavy ana lightfooted was makinr; specialists. are required, and there is
URAPE- ROT,
table Compound tee, highly,1er it its way to the edge of the woods. Ity -, • .
atowers of grapes in. the laiegara dis- no need of trying to effeet a etue by
is the oily Inedichie X titer triedwhich , !wart stood still when 1 turnea to see
triet have been seriously alitrilted tiiis 1:0111:%:its•teite:RfioetrIt:1•Iitlielillrilieitialg113,:.:1' 0:11iliff.i.efloi ill' 11::41delcris4 a4'ieLli
cured me. X suffered much from arl 1 what it was. About thirty feet .froni.
first thenstruel period, X :folt so wee • I my rick it powerful tigerissuea frail. the year xis a result, of the ravages of the stitchea deep breathing is a cure. If a
tu4 dizzy et times I Could not puranci 1 shadow. It was a giant among its eraee aa
., N I • / nes c. t se n.usa s
t tael " ,i. t -a ti • na •
of dollars' worth of deniage. This is is painful to the a deep breath then tre
rett attidies With the usual,' altered./ lame .
'My thoughts beernte Shiggish, 1 had I a liot bath after the exiatisee. After
.spellst also pains in the beelt toad lower i bier* a tate matt...say to repia the wiped. out Imlay of the vineyards in the lunge.
Hidden by bangifin• pitlin branche., X the hut bath iub a little akin food into
Imaditeliee, 'backaches taut abasing deka not move.- order to reach the 'no dittatt Olt" number of Years ago , thO lilasSittfilie; the ribs and the
limbs. In fact, X. -was sick all over, i road, aud this, was impossible without l$4ln and lent distilets and forced The 'woman wbo is rutecle tonna, as
" after many other rola:dice
tab:define the attention of the tiger, ..,„,„,,.„,,,e,a to bn raking orinm * one teacher of pity:Fleet ciature menet:et
had beeit tried, we is/ci'e nilVriaed to ret 1.1 1. 1 b • • needs. 1.1,. VigOt011g I`Xt•Ti,AI every
N 10 14011.1 C'41•41 V ON (1 a si nu Ut) 1.1
r4(1,101. 1.)101(111tIleg Vegaltbla three ietwg. •
tellt it aide two aresutes, even if ghoul(' sttee'ePit fit 11 ry,.1"„ 14,01110ml, (,t ilir to Main it. t, al CS.0.1.
• 1. clay. anu, n ate vaueot out, into th,A
COMPOtitia, mat am pleased to say 1
" 't publish 0, s• 1
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