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Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life.
C'HAI'TI•:f XV. rage, and with one stride he was
"What ruby ?" Esther gravely in -
los her side, Ins heavy hand rudely
quires!of her midnight visitor. clutching her shoulder. "What
"Oh, you needn't try to play the 110 you done with it'!"
innocent game upon me," tho vil- Let me alone!" cried Esther, in
lain returned with a disagreeable a shrill tem of mingled fear and
leer, "for 1 saw, by your [ace, that rcpulsiou, sho sprang to her
day at Lake George, that you knew te``Ilist! don't you dare raiso a
the whole story. More than that, row !" ho oh' ed warningly.
I afterward saw that leaden case rr\\'hat have
lu your hands." youduno with the
"You saw the case in my hands 1" stones, I ask you?"
repeated the girl, with well -assume
"1 will not tell you," was the
ed surprise. defiant retort.
"Just so, Miss Wellington ; it "Byyou shall ! What are
was the night before you left- ou thinking of, girl 1 Don't you
while you were packing your trunk; know that you aro in my power -
T was looking in at the window, and dotl't you realize that your very life
I saw you take it out, examine it, 13 in my hands at this moment?"
and put it back again.. Now, my and the ruffian's hand gripped her
girl, I am going to have it, and you morn cruelly than before.
may as well produce it first as Esther's faco was now as white
last•" as the apron she wore, and her
"Yes, I knew you saw me," heart nearly failed her, for the
boldly returned Esther, lifting a mans aspect was almost fiendish.
dauntless look to his face. And yet oven then she did not flinch
"You knew it!" in her determination.
"Yes, I saw your face in the "Yes, 1 suppose it is," sho re-
turned, with an effort; "but" -
glass opposite the window - you
store a mask." lifting her wonderful eyes resolute -
An oath of surprise escaped Rand ly to his -"if you kill me you sure -
at this. ly will never find that jewel -the
"Well, you are cute -and you secret would die with mo."
raver turned a hair!" he added. Tho villain's hand loosened and
'Twas you, then, who lighted up dropped from her shoulder.
the house, afterward, to keep off "That is true, he admitted, in
auspicious characters 1" abaffled tone.
"Yes," Esther returned, with ap- Then he turned suspiciously to -
parent composure, as she sank upon ward tho trunk again.
a chair, for she really had no "I'll bet youaro fooling me. I'll
strength to stand, "and since you het you have it tucked away in
know so much, I may as well tell there somewhere," he muttered.
you that my great -great -grand- "You are welcome to look for
father was the man who found the yourself. Empty the trunk, if you
ruby, and, when he failed to find like," said Esther, with an ap-
the owner, he commanded that it pearance of indifference which she
should be handed down from gen- was far from feeling, fur her heart
eration to generation, as a sacred was beating and her pulses were
bust, until it could bo restored."
"Aha !" exclaimed the robber -
his eyes liai,f_;ir,s; rc iry; "anti
'DTto were charged with the
sumo commission, I suppose 1"
"I was; my father gave the jewel
into my keeping only a few hours
before he died."
"Well, well ! my task is going to
be easier than I expected," Hand
exclaimed, as he rubbed his hands
together with an air of intense sat-
isfaction. "Now you just hand
right over to me, miss, and I will
relieve you of my presence at short
notice."
Esther turned ascornful face up-
on him.
"I hope," sho began, in a con-
temptuous tone, "you do not im-
agine that I would be so foolish -
after learning what I did at Lake
George -as to keep such a valuable
piece of property where you would • grasping her arta in a vicelike
be liable to find it?" clutch, a fearful look on his evil
The man started violently, and face.
glowered angrily. "You shall tell mo where the
"That won't go down, my girl, thing is, or I swear I will have your
he retorted, fiercely; "1'm not go- life:" he breathed, in a dreadful
ing to swallow any of that kind of whisper.
talk ; so you just march the ruby He looked so villaino1i , so des-
_ out of its hiding place and give it perste, and almost beside himself
to me." with baffled rage, that for the mo -
"You'll have to excuse nlc, sir," ment Esther began to fear that ho
Esther quietly returned. would carry out his threat if sho
Ho regarded her with a baleful continued to defy him.
glance for a moment ; then his eyes But she was possessed of tho
wandered about the room until they spirit that makes martyrs. For
fell upon her trunk, which stood at years sho had denied self and lived
the foot of her bed. for others, and she would have died
"Give me the key to your twenty deaths now rather than
trunk -and be quick about it, too," prove false to the sacred trust that
be snarled. had been imposed upon her.
"It is not locked -you can search True. tho jewel might fall into the.
it for yourself, if you like," the possession of some one who would
bravo girl answered, with an air F -now nothing of its history, and
of indifference. thus never be restored where it be -
Tho man grew suddenly white. longed if anything happened to
He had been so sure of his booty her. But she was resolved that it
that it would bo a terrible blow should not. through any weak yield -
to be outwitted now. ing upon her part, become the spoil
"i)o you mean to tell me that the of this miserable thief, who had
leaden case is no lunger in your boldly affirmed that he was search,
possession 1" he questioned, stern- ing for it only from greed of gain.
ly' She was trembling. and she knew
"No -I still have it." that her persecutor was aware ref
'Chen get it for me:" the fact, and must realize that his
Either arose. went to her trunk, violence had frightened her ter -
opened it, and removed the tray, ribly. Nevertheless, sho slid not
and plunging her hands to tho bot- flinch a hair before him. and once
tom of one corner, brought forth more she lifted her midnight eyes
the empty leaden receptacle, and to hint with a fire in thoir depths
held it out to her companion. that made him involuntarily recoil
He seized it eagerly ; hut uttered for an instant, while sho said, in
a suppressed cry of rage as ho ob- a low, resolute voice:
setae(' that one end had been pried "I will never tell you. I have
open and the contents removed. promised to do my utmost to re -
"Where is it -what have you store it to the heirs of the man who
dene with the jewel 1" he savagely lost it, and, if I hill, to hand n
demanded. down to some ono else with the
"Did lou think I would keep it samo charge. Now you may do
there. after learning your object your worst, but, tho secret I will
it, seeking it. and that you had dis- never reveal to yon. If you take my
covered it was in my possession , life, I shall, of course, fail in the
nnestionrd Esther, with slovr scorn. exectution of the charge laid upon
-After seeing you at my window me. At the sante time your scheme
1 at night, f knew you would haunt will also come to naught."
tee, uith the hope of robbing mo Tho man saw that she meant
of the treasure. I had pledged my- every word she uttered, and he ap-
eel( to do my utmost to restore it peered to be greatly perplexed in
to the rightful owner, and I had view of what courso to pursue.
no intention of retaining the thing "Well, l'm blamed if you are not
%here I knew you would at some the most obstinate hussy 1 hate
time he sure to look for it ; so 1 re- ever met!" he finally observed, in
moved it from the case acid put it a tone of irritation, which, never -
in a place of safety." theles., had a note of admiration
"I) - yea 1" fiert'ely hisses! the In it for her dauntless room
Mian, bis face almost purple with
•
of determination, "I'nl not going to
be beaten by a chit like you. 'There
aro more ways than vee of bring-
ing a wilful woman to terms. trot
your hat and coat and put thea(
ou "
"What for t'' queried Esther.
with a start.
"I'ns going to take you where .
can keep my eye upon you for a
while. Possibly, if 1 put you upon
u meager diet for a few weeks, you
may not be in quite such a defiant
mood by the end "f a month. See
!,c concluded, with a vicious leer.
-In other words, you intend to
shut mo up somewhere and try to
starve me into yielding to your de-
mands ?„
"Exactly; your perceptive facul-
ties aro no less remarkable than
your obstinacy, young woman," was
the sarcastic rejoinder. Then the
villain added, curtly: "Come, now,
hustle! -get your things on without
further ado, for I want to get out
of this."
Just then the church dock struck
tho hall hour, and at the same in-
stant, somewhere on the floor be -
k w, a door was opened and shut
with abang that jarred the whole
house.
Then there was the sound of hur-
rying feet over the stairs, whish
caused the midnight marauder to
start and glance about hint with
an anxious air.
He drew a revolver from a hip
pocket and cocked it.
"I'll shoot you dead where you
stand if you make a sound," he
said, in a menacing whisper, as he
pointed the weapon at Esther.
The girl was ghastly white to her
Ups as she stood motionless and
scarcely breathing, listening to
those flying steps without.
On they came, and then pauses]
before her door.
A sharp rap followed, and then
the voice of Jennie, calling out in
evident distress:
"Oh, Miss Wellington, do wake
un. and come quick ! Mamma is
very ill -I'm afraid she's dying!"
Esther glanced at her compan-
ion.
"Go !" he whispered, bending
his face close to hers, "but don't
you dare to make any row before
I get out, or there'll be the devil
tr, pay-dy'e hear 1"
Esther nodded. Then, as ho
noiselessly slipped into her closet
throbbing with a fear so terrible she staggered to the door, her
t 'ra,, it -almost' seemed aseij s(r.,tfgf}t .:I most,;_.,failipvtin-
must betray her secret, as for an locked and threw it open.
instant her glance involuntarily "\Vhat is it, Jennie !" she gasped,
rested upon the ball of worsted, in and leaning weakly against tho
the heart of which the coveted prize frame for support.
lay concealed. The girl did not appear to ob-
But her proposition -her evident serve her agitation or pallor, she
willingness that he should invests- was so intent. upon her own trouble;
gate for himself, disarmed the cr if she did, she attributed it to
man's suspicions, and ho turned her having been startled by what
away from the open receptacle with sho had told her.
an impatient shrug of his shoulders, "Why 1 you are still up! I am so
fully convinced that she must have glad 1" she exclaimed. "Mamma is
deposited the jewel in some bank having a fit ; or something dread -
or safety vault, and thus, for the ful ! Come 1"
time being, it was utterly beyond She turned as she spoke, and ran
hisreach. quickly downstairs again, Esther
"You tricky wench 1"he said, in following her as rapidly as her
impotent wrath, "I could strangle trembling limbs would allow.
you with relish 1 I've half a mind She had barely entered Mrs.
to choke the life out of you I" Burt's room when sho heard the
He leaned toward her again, lower hall door swing to and the
nlghtlatch snap. Then she knew,
with a sense of infinite rehef, that
the robber had left the house.
It was perhaps fortunate for her
that she now found something to
do to snake her forget herself, else
her nerves might have collapsed
from the terrible strain to which
tt.ey had just been subjected.
The moment she saw her', elm
knew that Mrs. Burt had been
stricken with apoplexy and she
feared the worst.
Another lodger was despatched
for a physician, and every effort
made to save the woman ; bit be-
fore the day dawned Jennie was
motherless and heartbroken.
Tho week that followed was inex-
pressibly sad, and a very busy one
es well ; for Jennie, being left alone,
could nut keep the house, and,
after her mother's funeral, the
horse had to be broken up.
Everything had to be sold to de-
fray recent heavy expenses, and
meet numerous bills that Were pre-
sented, and the poor girl found,
after all was over, that she was left
utterly destitute.
But Esther, having found her
very helpful in her business, com-
forted her by telling her that they
would tuakc a home somewhere to-
gether.
Accordingly, she found a couple
of comfortable rooms in a locality
somewhat remote from where this
had been living, and they took p, .
session of thein immediately after
the auction. Esther was very glad
to make this change. for she be-
lieved that she would thus be able
to hide herself from that terrible
plan--Rand--of whom she stood in
almost mortal terror. At all events.
the new arrangement would be n
great protection. for with Jennie
fora room -mate, she did not be-
lieve she would ever be eubje(•ted
to another experience liko that
which had occurred on the night of
Mrs. Burt's death.
'Co her patrons she sent notices
of removal. and then the two girls
settled down once morn to their
besiness, which had been sadly in -
tempted by the events just relnted
They had all that they could do
during the summer. in spite of the
feet that many of their customers
v err• out of town, as F:rt.her's work
'i;(f proved to be of such excellence
that she alwat•r had many orders
"But,'' he coptinued, with an air ohr.a•l.
f
Oue day, in the early fall, after
reckoning up her accounts, Esther
turned to Jennie with shining eyes.
"It has been a very good sea-
son," sho remarked, "and now
there is to be n) more night work
for toe. I can make money on the
eight-hour system; so, from this
tittle on, I am going to take my
c\ enings for study, aud see if I can-
not get a little More sense and cul-
ture into this pate of twine. What
do you say, Jennie, to joining some
good evening school with mei•'
"Oh, I don't think I c'ara very
much for learning. I've been
through the grammar school, and as
I've got my lit ing to earn that will
be about all I can manage to do,"
the girl indifferently replied.
"Well, I, too, have my living to
earn, but I atm not satisfied with
my education," Esther responded.
"I have resolved that I will make
the utmost of myself, both mentally
and physically; and that reminds
me," she added, "that I must go
to see Dr. Weld to -morrow, for 1
am afraid there is a wee Dille of a
hole in one of my teeth."
"You have such beautiful teeth,"
said Jennie, bestowing a look of
admiration upon the white, perfect
line that Esther was inspecting in
a handglass.
"lf you could have seen me a year
and a half ago you would not have
said that," returned Esther, flush-
ing. "f had a great tush on each
side, these two front teeth were
pushed out in the form of a tri-
angle, and the others wore huddled
in the most wretched fashion ; then,
with my hollow cheeks, my great
eyes, the stoop in my shoulders and
my lank form, I was a --`a perfect
fright.' "
"You'? Why, Esther Wellington!
[ don't believe it! You are just
as pretty as you can be," Jennie
exclaimed, in a skeptical tone.
"I'm afraid you view me with
partial eyes, my dear. I know that
I am considerably improved, but
I doubt if people generally, would
be willing to award mo the palm
fur beauty, even now," said Esther,
with a regretful sigh.
"Well, I cannot conceive of your
being such an object as you have
described," responded her friend.
"Your form is just perfect -you
certainly have no stoop in your
shoulders now, whatever you may
have had before I knew you."
"Yes, I know I've got rid of that
-I've studied and practised Dcl-
eerto • pretty persistently, as you
know, for more than .a year," Es-
ther interposed.
"Then your complexion is love-
ly," pursued Jennie, "such a. warm,
creamy white, and a beautiful con-
trast to your hair and eyes. I wish
you had a little more color; though
there are times when you have a
delicious pink in your cheeks, and
your lips are always like holly ber-
ries. Then your eyes! Oh, Esther
with such a pair of eyes almost any
girl might snake the men rave over
her—"
"Mercy, Jennie! spare me, do,"
interrupted Esther, with a merry
laugh. "You certainly cannot ex-
pect me to swallow all that -to use
a slang phrase of which I am rather
ashamed. I know you are fond of
toe, and so you sec me through lov-
ing eyes. But -hark ! Oh, what do
you suppose has happenevf 1" she
suddenly exclaimed. springing to
her feet and moving toward the
door.
(To bo continued.)
ONE FOR THE SMALL BOY.
One day in a school not far from
1)— a teacher was explaining to
his class the passage of the blood
through the body. By way of see-
ing if they understood Bial he asked
thein low it, was that when he stood
on his head all the blood would
run into it. He could get no relpy.
Then he asked them how it was that
when he stood on his feet the
blood didn't run into them. Im-
mediately one small boo et the feet
of the class herd up his hand and
answered, "Please sir, it's because
your feet's no' empty.
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WEEi) DESTROY ER.
With the introduction of ini-
proved spraying machinery and
better methods of manufacture.
sulphate of iron is coming more
and more into use as an effective
wood destroyer. Formerly when
applied with a brush, any solution
for the purpose would form in
largo drops, or in smaller drops.
which would form large ones and
drop off. Now, with the improved
sprayers which are available, a
spray is made that settles down on
the stems and leaves of the weed
and stays there.
Many farmers do not realize the
extent of damage done to crops
by weeds. It is stated that for
every ton of dry matter produced
on a field five hundred tons of
water are required for the work.
Weeds act as powerful water
pumps, taking hundreds of tons
of water from the soil and dis-
charging it, into the air -water that
is needed for the growth of the
legitimate crop. It is clear how
important it is that the weeds be
destroyed.
When crop rotation is possible.
weeds are not so much of a menace
but crop rotation as a means of
weed destruction is not always
Possible on account of climate and
labor conditions. For instance, ro-
tation calls for a money crop, and
a manurial crop as well as a clean-
ing crop. The cleaning crop -corn,
potatoes, beets, etc., cannot be
used over great areas on account
,,f labor and market conditions.
So it appears that spraying must.
remain the only practical means of
weed destruction for many years
to come or until our population in-
creases to the poit•(; where our vast
prairie lands are held as small
farms, making crop rotation prac-
ticable.
Sulphate of iron is a by-product
in the manufacture of wire and is
put up for the market in samosa
lent sized sacks like plaster, in-
stead of coming in huge crystals
as formerly. -The American Farm
Review.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Give the tired and hard-workiug
horse a roomy box stall and a good
deep bed of dry straw to rest in.
It is not a good plan to keep
sheep 011 the same pasture continu-
ously for more than two or three
years. To do this incurs the dan-
ger of stomach worms. It is best
to shift the sheep about from one
field to another every few years.
Do not neglect to use some good
fly repellant in these days of fly
torment. The fly plague costs a
greater sum than any dairyman can
afford. Tho shrinkage will amount
to ten per cent. or more every
day. Not, only is there a loss in
milk and butter fats, but. the cows
shrink in weight, causing still
[nether loss.
The best protection of sheep
against dogs is a woven wire fence
about seven feet high, that can be
readily set up into a pen, where
the sheep should be enclosed at
night, and can be easily !noted from
one spot to another before the
ground gets foul. It may be set
in the poorest part of the field
which the sheep will abundantly
fertilize; but it is important that,
the sheep should be shut into it. as
late as possible in the evening and
be let out very early next morning,
as they like to feed late and early.
FAItM NOTES.
From the middle of July until
fall will be a good time for the bees
keeper to go over every colony and
sec that it is in good shape. Such
Food
Products
Libby's Cooked
Corned Beef
There's a marked distinc-
t ion between Libby's
Oooked Oorned
Deaf and even 'tile best
that's sold in bulk.
Evenly and mildly cured
and scientifically cooked in
Libby's throat White
Kitchen, all the natural
flavor of the fresh, prime
beef is retained. It is pure
wholesome, delicious and
ready to serve at meal time,
Saves work and worry in
summer.
Other Libby "Healthful"
Meal -"Dime -Hints, all ready
to serve, are:
Peerless Dried Deo,
Vienna Sastsage
Venal Loaf
Evaporated Milk
Raked Beans
Ohow Ohow
Mixed Meadow
"Purity goes hand in hand
with Products of the Libby
brand".
Write for free Booklet, -
"How to make Good
Things to Eat".
Insist Is a
Libby's a t
your grocers.
Libby, McNeill
& Libby
Ohio ago
caro at this time is often the secret
of successful wintering.
It is better to cut the oats be-
fore the straw is all stead ripe, es
pecially if you intend to focal it
after thrashing. Dead ripe straw
is not worth much more than saw-
dust, but if cut while still grefn the
horses and cattle like it and it does
them good.
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HUSKIES IN PARIS GOWNS.
Ladies of Abyssinian Court Visit
Paris Shops for Styles.
A few days ago two bronzed and
stately ladies, members of the
household of the Emperor of Abys-
sinia, entered the shop of one of
the leading and most expensive
l'arisian dressmakers and asked to
see the latest French costumes, with
hats, gloves, etc., to match. They
were attired in their national dress,
long picturesque draperies of rich
materials with colored silk scarfs
on their heads and a profusion of
jewels. One of tho members of
their suite, who acted as interpre-
ter, told the dressmaker that Abys-
sinian ladies of the a:,ort were in
future to dress according to Euro-
pean taste and style at the express
%sigh of the Emperor Menelik.
The ladies themselves were very
lukewarm in their approbation of
the gowns, which were brought for
their approval. It was evident that
they preferred their own flowing
robes. They finally gave ceders for
dresses costing many hundreds of
dollars. Plainly they had perrnis-
siorl to spend all they wanted.
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It's some salisfnetion to know
that people can't draw n sight draft
on you for a debt of gratitude.
slow
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of the fact that lI►filo►"(Iermany,
and Belgium have pr 't (d the value
of dogs as police assistants, that
rho authorities in this country d0
not take very kindly to the idea of
employing bloodhounds to help in
the work of tracking criminals.
And yet there are tithes when a
good dug would prove of int -tim-
ablo service to the police, says
' London Tit -Bits.
A burglary is committed at s
country house, for instance, and in
many cases the police aro not in-
formed until an hour or two after.
In the tneantime the criminal has
got a good start and will probably
get clear away ere the police have
found clues which will place them
upon his track. 1t would only be
a matter minutes, however, before
a bloodhound got upon tho scent,
and if he did not actually find the
criminal he would quickly provide
the police with clues which would
lead to his capture.
A COMMON MISTAKE.
One of the objections to`'i1itrsisal
of dogs in such cases often advanc-
ed is that the criminal in this coun-
try always makes for the nearest
railway -station, thus rendering tho
animal practically useless. "But
it is not always safe to jump to this
conclusion," says Major E. H.
Richardson, the well-known trainer
of tracking dogs. On ono occasion
a burglary was committed, and the
police supposed that the thief had
gone off by the first morning train,
especially as a strange man had
been seen at the station. It was
found afterwards that be had done
nothing of the sort, but had struck
inland on foot. A dog brought
the scene would have give!)
right direction and saved
waste of time and expense.
One reason, perhaps, why
English police authorities do not
follow the example of the Contin-
ental countries° mentioned is that
the criminal abroad is of a different,
type from what wo have in Britain.
The foreign theif usually carries
firearms or a knife, and does not;
hesitate to attack the plpliceman
who tries to capture him.
SAVAGE TRACK) S.
It is for this reason thab4iiro dogs
used by the police of Brussels, f
instance, are some of the most r
age Major Richardson her
They are muzzled whe
with the po..ce at ni
muzzles aro only
pursuit of a cri.n'
tide the latter whc
The Brussels dogs, how
are of the black sheep -dog
are not very good trackers, n
are those of Ghent, where
police have a splendid show of do ,
all of savage disposition, and in-
valuable for seizing a man running
away.
SAVED AN INNOCENT MAN.
A girl had been murdered in a
farmhouse. A police dag was taken
to the girl's room, where the crimp
took place. After it had scented
about the blood-stained floor tho
farm hands were paraded. The
dog rushed at one of thein, growl-
ing savagely. The man was ar-
rested, an(I on being examined his
clothes were found to be stained
with a spot of blood. He then con-
fessed.
Another case Major Richardson
found to be true was the ienoccngg
of a man being proved by a dog.
A girl had been round drowned,
and, as certain circumstances ap-
peared suspicious, a elan was ar-
rested. The doff, on being taken
to the girl's room, took up her
trail and showed where she had
walked down to the river. Her
footsteps were single all the way,
and this wag taken as conclusive
that it was a case of suicide. not
murder; and afterwards a letter
was fr,tenr) written by the girl an-
nouncing her intention to Gummi
suicide.
POLICE I'ETS.
In Berlin the police dogs are no
kept in an establishment together
but are boarded out separate!
with policemen, who receive slit
marks per nr.numhe ke pg
each dog. These are sett to
all parts of Germany to assist in
criminal investigation. A wire to
headgnnrters, and the dog strata
in charge of a policeman without
delay. in many cases the authori-
t.iea do not wait for a wire, but.,
en hearing of a crime, dispatch the
dog to the scene.
CHICKEN IN 131AOM
Little Mnry went into tno earl
on a visit to hs r grnndmot)
I Walking in the g;:id!en she chane
, to spy a peacock, a bird she had
never hefese Flan. She ran (weekly
1into the heirs* tit d cri(vi out. -Ohl
g-nrdr.la, came cul a.:ri see. There's
en old chicken in full bloom."