Exeter Advocate, 1904-10-6, Page 2CHAPTER XVI,
'tnet.,W.bispers, 1 -lis crack ears de -
\VIM eigli of unutterable relief :tooted that sound mstantly. lie slip-
.
Erzhi heard wininins eetelleg. Rege,_ Ped into the hell; Margaret Hens'on
old Henson had nor come down yot„ was there, with the remains a Nvhat
itud the rest of dee servante had re- had one° been a magnificent opera -
tired some time. Williams Ramie up .1O ii over her shoulder%
a request as to whether he "How you startled me!'" Iteneon
could de anything 3.uore before he said, irrita.bly. "'Why, .clon't, you go
went to bed.. to
"Just one thing," said Enid. Th Enid looking over the balustrade
good dogs have don their work well from the landing, wondered so also,
te-night, but they have not quite but she kept herself prudently hidden.
finished. Find Rollo for me, and also first words that she heard drove
brthg tAlfl her quick. Then you eaa all the blood frons her heart,
shut up the hou.se, and I will see cannot ," the feeble., meaning"
that Mr. Henson is made comforte voice said. "The house is full of
able after his fright." gbosts; they haunt and follow me
The big dog came preseetly and foie everywhere. And Chris is dead, and
lowed Enid timidly upstairs. Appar- I have then lier spirit."
ently the great blaciemuezled .brute "So I'm told, Henson said., With
hsee bten there before, as evidently he brutal callousness. "Wha.t was the
knew ho ,was doing wroxig. He craw- ghost like?"
led along the corridor till he came "Like Chris. All pale and white,
to the room where the sick girl lay, 'with, a frightened look on her face.
and here he followed Enid. The lamp And she was all dressedinwhite,
was turned down low as Enid glean- too, with a cloak about her should -
ed at the bed. Then she smiled faint- ere, :Arid just when X was going to,
ly,- yet hopefully. speak to her she turned and disa.p-
There was nobody in the room. The peered into EnielSs bedrooni. And
patient's bed was empty! • there are other ghosts—"
"It works well," Ensd murmured. "One at a time, please," Henson
"May it go on as it has been start- said, grimly. "So Christiana's
ecl. Lie dOwn, Rollo; lie them, good ghost passed into her sister's bed -
dog. And if anybody comes in tear room. You come and sit quietly in
him to pieces." the libarary whilst I investigate mat -
The great brute crouched down obe- ters."
diently, thumping his tail on the Margafet Henson complied in her
floor as an indication that he under- dull, mechanical way, and Enid flew
stood. As if a load has been taken like a flash of light to her room. An -
from her mind Enid crept clown the other girl was there—a girl exceed -
stairs. She had hardly reached the ingly like her, but looking wonder -
hall before Hensoa followed her. His fully pale and drawn.
big face, was white with passion; he "That Rend suspects," Enidsatd.
was trembling from head to Soot "How unfortunate it was that you
from fright and pain. There was a should meet aunt like that. Chris,
red rash on his forehead that by no you inust go back again. Fly to
moans tended to improve his appear- your own room and compose your -
=CO.
"Wliat is the meaning of this?" he
demanded, hoarsely.
Enid looked at him, coolly. She
could afford to do so now. All- the
danger was past, and she felt cer-
tain that the events of the evening
were =known to him.
"I might ask you the same ques-
tion," she said. "You look white
and shaken; you might have been
thrown violently into a heap of
stones. But please don't make a
noise. It is not fitting now. Chris
Enid hesitated; the prevaricatiom
did not come so easily as she had ex-
pected.
"Chris has gone," she said. "She
Passed away an hour ago."
Henson muttered something that
sounded like consolation. He could
be polite and suave enough on occa-
sions, but not to -night. Even phil-
anthropists are selfish at times.
Moreover, his nerves were badly Elea- coming up the stairs. Then the door
ken and he wanted a stimulant bad- was opened in a stealthy way and
Henson ccuno in. Be could see the
outline of the white figure, and a
sigh of satisfactiea escaped him. A.
lesg suspicious man would have re-
tired at once; a man less engaged
upon his task would have seen two
great amber eyes close to the floor.
"An old w•onian's fancy," he mut-
tered. "Still, as I am heie, 111
make sure that—"
He stretched out his hand to touch
the marble forehead, there was a
snarl and a gurgle, and Henson came
to the ground with a hideous crash
that carried him .staggering beyond
the door into the corridor, Rollo
had the intruder by the throat; a
thousand crimson and blue stars
danced before the wretchedman's
eyes: he grappled with his foe with
one last despairing effort, and then
there came over him a vague, warm
uncon,sciousness. Win he came to
himself he was lying on his 'bed,
with Williams and Enid bending over
hint. •
"How did it happen?" Enid -asked,
With simulated aexiety.
"I—I was walking along the. corri-
dor," Henson gasped, "going—going
to bed, you see; and one of those
diabolical dogs must have got into
the house. Before I knew what I
was doing the ereature flew 'at Ply,
throat and dregged me to the floor.
Telephoee for 'Walker at mice.1 am
dying. Williams.
He fell back once more utterly, lost
,to his surroundings. There was a
great gaping, raw wound et the side
of the threat that caused ,r4144 to
staddo,
"Do you think he is—dead, Wil-
liams?' she asked.
"No such luck as that" Willhuns
said, with the air of a confirmed
pessinfiet. "1 hope you locked that
the bedrooni door and put the her
in your pocket, anise. I suppoth we'd
better send for the doctor, unless you
and me puts hfie out of his misery.
There's oue comfort, however, Mr.
Henson will be M bed for the next
fortnight, at any rate, so be
Powerless to do any prying about the
house. The funeral will be over long
before he's about again,
* * * * *
The first grey streaks of dawn were
in the air as Enid stood outside the
lodge -gates. She was not alone, for
a mat figure in grey, marvellously
like her, was by her side. The figure
in grey was dressed for travelling
and the carried a bag in her hand.
"Good-bye, dear, and good luck to
you," she said. "It is dangerous to
delay."
"Yeea 6have absolutely everything
that you require?" Enid asked.
"Everything, By the time you aro
at breakfcist I shall be in Loudon,
And once I am there the search for
the eocret will begin in earnest."
"You are sure that :Regina' Hou-
ser; suspected nothing?"
"I am perfectly certain that he was
satisfied; indeed, I heard him say so.
Still, if it had not been for the dogs!
We are going to succeed, Enid, some-
thing at ny heart tells me so. Sea
how the sun shines on your face rend
in your dear eyes. AU revoir, an
omen—an omen of a glorious fu-
ture,"
CHAPTER. XVII.
. Steel lay eleepily back in the cab,
not quite sure whether his cigarette
was alight. or not. They were well
into the main road again before 13ell
'spoke.
"It is pretty evident that you and
I are on the same truck," he said.
"I ani certain that I am on the
right one," David replied; "but,
'when I come to consider the thing
calmly, it seems -mere by good luck
haVen't tlie faintest recollection
of seeing Lady Littiener to -night."
"My dear fellow, the poor iiedy
Wheill you Met as Mrs. 1Teason iS
really. Lady Littimer. Ilex -Iwo is her
auxiden name, and those girls ere her
nieces. Trouble has termed the pooe
weman's brain, And at the bottom
of the whole mystery is Reginald
Henson, who is not only nephew on
his nuether's side, but is also next
heir -but ape to the Littimer tet143,
At the present ruoinent he is black-
mailing that unhappy creature, and
Is zuanoeuvring to get the whole of
her large fortune in his hands. Reg-
inald I-Iensen xn
is the an those girle
want to circumvent, encl for that,
reason they came to you. And Hen-
son.: has found it out ter
o a CU ex-
tent and Placed you in an awkward
position."
"Witness my involuntary p,•ueet and
the notes and tbe cigar -ease," David
said, "But does ho know what I
advised one of the girls—iny princess
of the dark room—to de?"
"I don't fancy be does. You see,
that advice was conveyed by word
of mouth, - The girls dared not trust
themselves to correspondence, other-
wise they might have aPProaelied you
in a more lerosaic manner. But I
confess you startled me to-niget."
"What do you mean?"
"When you sent me that note.
What you virtually asked me to do
weis to conntenance murder. When I
went into the sick room I saw that
Christiana Henson was dying. the
first idea that flaseed across'my mind
Was that Reginald Henson was get-
ting the giin out of the way for his
own purposes. My clear fellow, the
whole atmosphere literally spoke of
albumen. Walker must have been
blind not to see how he was being
deceivedS I. was abetb. to glee him
my opinion pretty plainly when our
note ceene up to me. And there was
Enid, with her whole soul in her
large eyes, pleading for my silence.
If the girl died I was accessory after
and before the fact, You will ad-
mit that that was a pretty tight
place to put a doctor in."
"That's because you didn't know
the facts of the case, ray dear B "
ell.
"Then perhaps you'll be so good
as to enlighten me," ,Bell said, drily.
"Certainly. That was part of nay
scheme. In that synopsis of the
story obtained by the girls by some
more or less mecrianical means, the
reputed death of a patient forms the
crux of the tale. The ideaoccurred
see,. Only let him than anything elth. I came*out. with see you lying to me after reading a charge against
white and still there, and he Must be You to -night' seeking adventure, and a medical student some time ago in
satisfied 1 ani bound to admit that I found the 'Standard.' The man wanted to
Chris rose with a shudder. it. Also, I found the lady who in get get himself out of the way; he want -
"And if the WI•etch offers to touch terviewed me in the darkness, which ed to be considered as dead, in fact.
tne," she moaned. "If he does—" ia mere to the point." 13y the artful use of albumen in cer-
"He will not. He dare not. Heav- "As a matter of fact, you did noth- tain doses he produced symptoms of
en help him if he tries any experi- log 01 the kind," said Bell, with the disease which will be quite familiar
ment of that kind. If he does, Bel- suggestion of a laughto you. Ho made himself so ill that
lo will kill him to a certainty." "Oh! Case of the Wrong roorn over his doctor naturally concluded that
"Ale I had forgotten the faithful again. / was ready to swear ithe was dying. As a matter of !act,
dog. Those dogs are more useful to Whom did e speak to? Whose voice he was dyeng. Had he gone on in
us than a score of men. I will step was it that was so very much like the same way another day he would
by the back way and through tay hers?" have been dead. Instead of this he
dressing -room. Oh, Enid, how glad "The lady's sister. Enid Henson drops the dosing and, going to his
I shall be to find myself outside the was not at 218, Brunswick Square, doctor in disguise, says that lie is
walls of this dreadIul meth!" on the night in question. Of that dead. He 'gets a certificate of his
She flew along the corridor an.d you may be certain. But it's a queer own demise, and there you are. I
gained her room in safety. It was business altogether. Rascality I can am not telling e-,ou fiction, but hard
fact recorded in a high-class paper.
The doctor gave the certificate with-
out viewing the body. Well, it
struck me that we had here the mak-
ing of a good story, and I vaguely
outlined it for a certain editor. In
iny synopsis I suggested that it was
a woman who proposed to pretend to
die thus so as to lull the suspicions
of a villain to sleep, and thus
possess herself of certain vital dotal-
ments. My synopsis falls into cer-
tain hands. The owner Of those
hands asks me how the thing was
done. I tell her. In other words,
the so-called murder that you imag-
ined you had discovered to -night was
the result of design. Walker will give
his certificate, Reginald Henson will
regard Miss Christiana as dead and
buried, and she will be free to act
for the honor of the family."
"But they might have employed
somebody else."
"Who would have had to be told
the history of the family dishonor.
So far I fancy I have mane the cheese is loaded. About 150 of the
ground quite clear. But the mystery cheese halls are held on a skid load
of tho cigar -tease and the notes and which therefore weighs about 600
the poor fellow in the hospital is pounde. By, eneens of a harness two
still asemuch a mystery as (War. WO of the officials hitch onto such a
are like two allie forces working to- load end waddle along to the oincia1.
g_ether, but at the same time nnder balances, which are huge affairs hung
the disadvantage of worlcieg in the from the roof of the market build. -
the awful danger send in is as ter- pan and the weight in the other.•
dark. You can see, of coarse, iliat ing, The load is ,deposited in one
white
ribjoe f boor otrhsix sIe dp000r . in
Still v. have 'a sTithziets°ffiancsillsi:strawarehadtsre.ssed
key to your trouble. It is a dread- The buyer then takes charge of his
fully rusty one -and will want a deal purchase. Tt may eventually be
-of oiling before it'S used, but there found on the shelf of our grocery
it is store colored red and wrapped in
an anstant s work to throw off her understand. / am beginning'to coin -
cloak and compose herself rigidly un- prebend. the plot of which I am the
der the single white sheet. But victim. But I don't mind admitting
thou•gh she lay still her heart was that up to the present 'Lien to coin -
beating to suffocation as she heard prehend why those girls' evoled the
the creak an.d thud of a, heavy step grotesque scheme for getting ciesis-
tante at your hands. ' 'Phe whole
thing savors of madness."
"I don't think th," David said,
thoughtfully. "The girls are roman-
tic as evell as clever. They are bound
together by the common ties of a
common enmity towards a cunning
and utterly unscrupulous scoundrel.
By the merest accident in the world
they discovered that I am in a pos-
ition to afford them valuable advice
and assistance. 'At the same time
they don't want mo to be 'brought
into the business for two reasons—
the first, because the family secret is
a sacred one; the second, because any
disclosuree would land Me in great
physical danger. Therefore they put
their heads together and evolve this
scheme. Call it a mail venture if
you like, but if -you consicter t' -e his-
tory of your own country you can
find wilder schemes evoled and car-
ried out by• men who have had brains
enough to be trusted with the for-
tunes of the nation. If these girls,
had been less considerate: for my
safety—"
But," Bell nrolte in eagerly, "they
failed in that, respect' at the very
outset. You must have been spot. -
ted instantly. by the foe who has
cunningly placed. you in a dangerous
position, perhaps as a waening to
mind your own business in future.
And if those girls come forward to
y.
"I am going to bed," Enid said,
wearily, "Good -night."
She went noiselessly upstairs and
Henson passed into the library. He
was puzzled over this sudden end of
Christiana Henson. He was half
inclined to believe that she was not
dead at all; he belonged to the class
of man who believes nothing with-
out proof. Well, he could easily
ascertain that for himself. There
would be quite time enough in the
morning.
For a long time Henson sat there
thinking and smoking as was his us-
ual custom. Like other great men,
he had his worries and troubles, and
that they were mainly of his own,
making did net render them any
lighter. So long as Margaret Hen-
son was under the pressure of his
thumb, money was no great object.
But there were •other situations
where money was utterly powerless.
Henson was about to give it up as-.
a bad job, for to -night at any rate.
He wondered bitterly what his tide,
mirers would say if they knew every-
thing. Re wondered—what was
that?
Somebody creeping about the house
'somebody talking, in soft, though die-,
ss From
oor lo d
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sieve you—and to do so they must
appear in public mind you—they are
bcund to give away the whole thing.
Mark the beautiful cunning of it.
My word, we have a foe worthy of
our steel to meet."
We? Do you xnean to say that
your enemy and 1/1.1r1C is a common
one?"
. "Certainly, When I found my foe
X found yours."
"And who may he.be, by the same
token?"
"Reginald 1-Tenson. Mind you, I
had no more idea of it than, the
dead when I went to Longclesan
Grange to -night. I went there be-
caath I had begun. to suspect who oc-
cupied the place and to try and as-
certain how the Rembrandt ongra,v-
ing got into 218 Brunswick Square.
Miss Gates -meet have heerd us talk-
ing over the matter, and that was
why she went to Longdean Grange
to -nigh t.' ' .
"I hope she got home safe," said
David. "The cabman says he put
bee down )oppesite the Lawns,"
"I hope So. I found out who
tho foe was. And I have a pretty
good idea, why he played that trick
upon. me. He knew that Enid Ilene
Son and myself were engaged: he
could see what a danger to his
sehemee it would be to have a matt
like myself in the laraily. Then, the
steond Rembrandt turned up, and
there wee his chance fox' wiping me
off the slate. After that (unto the
terrible family scandal betWeen Lord
Littimer and his wife. I cannot tell
you anything of that, beeause, eane
not epeele',S with definite authectity.
But yoti 'eke Judge of the eilept of
it on L Latimer to-night.'1,
a
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41111XIILIITA051021121117ANIZEIQIEW
IIOVV EDAM CHEESE IS MADE.
In North Holland, on the west
shore of the Zuyder Zee, is the city
of Edam. The men wear wide flow-
ing trousees, wooden shoes and
coats of the Tuxedo pattern. The
streets are paved with briok and the
canals with water. Every fifteen
minutes the reveries of the inhabi-
tants are broken by the pealing of
beautiful chimes in the chure.h!
Steeples. ,
Such is the town, says J. W.
Decker, that has given its name to
the little round cannon ball cheese
known as Edatn. The cheese, how-
ever, is not made exclusively in the
town. It is made all through Hol-
land. Most of the cheese is made
finactfoarrni:s.dairies, there being but few
The cows are milked in the fields
and the milk"is • loaded into carts,
upon which it is hauled to the dairy.
There it is put onto large wooden
tubs, arid the process of cbeesemak-
ing is gone through with. The cheese
may .be cured on shelves erected in
the stable or the loft of the house.
;Nem are a few factories. One of
these is at Hoogskarspel and receives
about 9,000' /be. of milk daily, from
which about 850 lbs. of cheese is
made. The regulation size of cheese
is six inches in diameter; it weighs
four pounds. In this Hoogskarspel
factory five hands are employed'. The
cheese is pressed in molds, made
wsoontolt.imes of metal, bit usually of
The mold is cup -shaped with round
bottom. The top fits into the cuP
and is carved on top so that the
resulting cheese is spherical. They
are pieced in a similar "salting,
cup" for a few days and salted by
rubbing on the outside.
In the curing room they are placid
on shelves with holes in them to
prevent the cheese rolling off. They
are turned a,nd rubbed each day.
they shine. some and at the end
and rubbed with flaxseed oil so that
of a month some are washeci, dried
The cheese are loaded into carts
which are usually drawn by dogs to
the market towns. One of the
towns is 1100.111. A street twelve
miles long runs from Edam to Hoorn
and the lioogskarspel factory is on
this street.
Arriving at market the cheese is
darzstor="
is Tato uniformly about three de.
grees lower than in cultivated sone.
This, however, is not considered an
item of importance,' since the aver-
age soil temperature of the summer
often differs by more than thie from
that of another without producing
any of the injurious effects caused by
grass on trees.
"Orchards in gra,ss not only made
a very much 'smaller growth, but al-
so blossomed earlier M the spring,
and the leaves yellowed up and drop-
ped much earlier in the autumn than
with cultivated trees. Calculating the,
growth or trees in cultivated ground.
as 100; trees in grass have inade
growth in the case of Brantley of
50 per cent., Cox 88 percent. and
Potts 41 per cent. When weeds have ,
been allowed to grow, Bromley rnaide
an avera.ge growth of 66 per cent.,
Cox 52 per cent., and Potts 7:3 per
cent. It is thus seen that weeds are
not nearly as harmful in 'orchards as.
grass."
FARM BUTTER MAKING.
A wise use of even the most ieexe
pensive 'cfairy implements will in-
sure better results than can. be ob-
tained by careless work, 'even though
supplied with the latest inventions.
The first principle to be inculcated is
perfect cleanliness. We must have
clean cows, clean milkers and clean
stables. Very nsany of our farmers'
wives are hindered by conditions
that make successful dairying ira-
possible. With some, the milk room
or cellar has• •not as good ventilie
tion or drainage as it should have,
consequently the impurities are com-
municated to the milk and cream,
which are quick to absorb gases.
The room should be for milk only
and not a place in which a miscellan-
eous assortment from soap fat to
onions is kept. It should be clean,
cool and airy in summer and warm
eno-ugh in winter to insure the rising
of the cream in thc. shortest time. If
the milk is Set in crocks, they should
be glazed, as impurities are apt to
collect. If cans are used, it is well
to go over 'the seams occasionally
with a clean cloth and some sharp .
implement, as a table fork, for seeene
'have a tendency to retain any stray
substance. `Milk utensils should not
be put to other -uses. After being
cleansed they should be rinsed in a
solution of Hine and water and after-
wards exposed to the sun and air.
Do not wait for the milk to bbcome
curdled before skimming, and upon
making an addition to die cream al-
ready collected, stir well so that all
roasr ripen evenly. If the amount of
cream necessary for a churning can
be collected at about the same time
piled on the cobblestone pavement the butter will be of better flavor or
in pyramids like so many cannon quality, for ig cream stands too long,
bells. Cloths are thrown over -the the flavor of the butter will be in-
different piles for protection from jured. Should cream become moldy,
the sun. The buyers go the rounds as it is certain to do if left in warm
and one or two cheese are taken or damp rooms, better give it to the
from a pile and a plug drawn by Pigs than use it.
means of a cheese trier. If of the In summer, if the cream is warmer
right (polity an offer is made. If than 60 degrees, reduce by placing in,
accepted the buyer and seller strike cold water, unless other means are
hands to close the bargain. used. Cut the butter with the blade.
Next the official weigh masters Do not mash and smear it, thus
come with skids onto which the breaking the globules. Wash in cold
water and salt at the rate of 1.1 .
ounces to the poeind. The result;
.slhould_be sweet and wholesome butel
ter.
"Where, nay dear fellow, where?" tinfoil, price $1.
David asked. .
"eerily, in the Sussex County Hos-
pital, of course. The man may ale, CLEAN CULTURE THE BEST.
in which case everything must be At Woburn, England, is an experi-
sa.crificee in order to save your good ment fruit farm on which, for a
name. On the ether handhe may number of years, the effects of sward
get b•etter, and then he will tell us upon fruit bearing trees has been
all about it."
tested and studied. We note that the
(To be Continued.)
effect of the grass in absosbing mois-
importance, end this is probably
ture is not considered as of inuch
BILL NYE'S COW.
true in a country where moisture is
The story is going the rounds of as abundant as in England; but in a
the press that 13111Nyehaving a country like oar own, where the rain-
" ,
cow to sell advertised her as fol- fall is ntueli lees, anel fregilent
iirdrotitbs are one of the troubles of
c's''0%,,ing to ill health, I will sell the fruit -grower, we think the hiss
at my residence, in township 19, of moisture taken up by the grass
range 18, according to the govern- might have a very ditTerent effect,
merit's survey, one plush Saspberry From a report of tlie experiments
cow, age 8 years. She is of un- carried on rt Woburn we take the
doubted courage and gives milk fre- following:
quentlyrro a man who does net "Experiments liave been made
fear death in any form she would be with both dwarf and standard treei,.
a great boon. She is very lunch The details of the experiments re-
attached to her present home with a ported, by the authors clearly indi-
stay, chain, but ehe will be sold to tate that the injurious action of
any one who will agree to treat her gt•ass is net due to its harmful ef-
right. She is oneefourth Short -horn fects in absorbing or evaporating the,
and three-fourths hyena. ,I will also moisture of the soil about the trees,
throw in a double barrel shotgun, nor of t•emovieg t.1 plea foo'cl from
,tehicli g•oes with her. In May ce•
--e the soil, 11Or of interfering witite, the
eseally goes away a Week/ or two an air simply in the soils On the other
returns with a tall, red calf W.1 ,11. h. , n .,
0 11, is thoeglit probable that it
wabbly legs. Her name is Roee. 1 '
ma. be attributed to the action of
would rather sell her to a hon -re- Y
sonic product, direct or indirect, of
dent,"
g•rass growth which exercieeA am 'ac-
tively poisonous effect on the roots
The Elder Matron—"You shouldn't of the trees, .
midd tho baby crying a littleft
strertgthene his lungs,' The Younger
Metroil-e"Oh, no doubt, lett it weak-
ens his father's; religion
1
THE LARGEST FLOWER. •
.The Rafflesia is a. strange plant Ifs
grows in Sumatra and derives its
name from Sir Stamford Raffles,.
Governor of Sumatra at ono time •
and his friend Dr. Arnold, a natural:.
ist. They were the first white men
to discover the wonderful plant. It
is said to be the largest a.nd most
xnagnincent flower in the world. It
is com.posed of five roundieh petals,
each a foot across and of a brick red
color, covered with numerous irregu-
lar ;yellowish white swellings. The
petals surround a cup nearly a foot
wide the margin of which bears the
staTmescns.
This
up
is filled with a fleshy
disk, the upper surface' of whieh is
everewhere covered with projeetions
like miniature cow's home The cup
when free froiii its contents would
hold about twelve pints of water.
The flower weighs fifteen pounds. It
Ss very thick, the petals being three-
quarters of an inch in thickness..
With its beauty, one is led to expect
sweetness, but its odor is that of
tainted beef, and Dr. Arnold sere
posed that even the flies were deceiv-
ed by the smell and were depositing
their eggs in the thick disk,' takieg
it for a piece of carrion, ,
'11HI3 SECRET OUT.
Dunn—"I called on the Munniswells
to -day. Stylish people; house splen-
didly furnished. Received me vere
graciously,and asked me to call
again."
Gunri---"You don't mean it. Ale
ways heard they were very exclusive.
How did they, entertain you?"
Dunn—"Oh, I didn't stop long. On-
ly called with a bill for groceries.
But I thougst it was very kind of
Sirs, Munniswell to ask me to call
againe",
"You are mitre yon won't be eon
"Data are given Which shoes thcit vatiti nt the altar'?" said he before
the temperature of the sell on beight the .st'reciding. riever have , been
days itt stInftrier, eix itiehes bbloW the yet," replied the widow With touch/
suefnee, In land covered, With grass, ing modest
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