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The Brussels Post, 1906-2-1, Page 2For aHEALTHFUL and DELICIOUS DRINK —USE 11 Ceylon NATURAL GREEN Tea. It Is the ideal standard of purity. IN LEAD PACKETS ONLY, Sited, CS®o, ,aam,ca BOo AL ALL 0ROOena, HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1904. 0 i9 % e� ONTliE hh,, �. SZZZOGOZZZAt THE DRAFT HORSE. • The drafter is occupying a good deal et attention now -a -nays. This is not strange. And he is likely to remain prominently in the public eye, because of the scarcity of his kind. The Twen- tieth Century Fanner in discussing the prospects, points out a few circumstanc- es which make the outlook decidedly optimiatic. The market for good horses of all kinds has never been in a more heal- thy, encouraging condition for the breed- er and horse handler than now. The evidence on WI sides points to a demand equal to the supply of such horses as are required to carry on the necessary horse -power of the business and com- mercial affairs of trade in every day lite. It is folly to think that the tirne Ls corn- ing when horse -power will be dispensed with, because better and cheaper means of service can be substituted. The horse is the safest, surost, most economical power to use in short hauls rind local transfer merchandise that can be had. The immense demand for the changing and moving of merchan- dise and all lines of goods, in and about cities and to freight storage centres and long distance shipping depots is such that the horse and wagon cannot be dis- pensed with for a day. The big, sturdy, reliable dealt horse accommodates him- self to all kinds of conditions that are possible to come up in the line of labor, in which his lot os cast. It is very sel- dom he is disabled or required to go to the shop for repairs. }le is not being outclassed and every year rendered valueless by some little improvement or patent gotten out that aids in opera- tion and application of the power. He can be made serviceable when he ceas- ea to be active as a drawer of heavy Loads. His entire lite Ls one of service and value to his owner. The opening up of railroads and the building of transportation lines of var- Ious kinds only add to the demand for the draft horse. The more business in the commercial world the more horses 1t will require to carry on that part of labor that cannot be successfully hand- led by machinery.. As time moves on as improvements come and go, the draft horse will become more and more a necessity, a fixture in the operation of trade. At all the central markets of the coun- try there are horse markets established, and they lake equal prominence in quo- tations with those of other lines of dive stock. The horse market is now is closely classified and graded as ROOM, ately as the Cattle market, where only a few years ago there was no quotation no demand. LIME 114 FARMLNG. Professor L. A. Vorhees says: It fs not possible in every instance to indi- cate certainly whether listing is needed. tt will be needed sooner or later on a:: light uplands where lime Is not abun- dant, and where the soil has gotten in- to an acid condition from the residues of fertilizers or from humus. It is needed on heavy clays that have become too adhesive, and on reclaimed swamp lands. It will help where a heavy sod is turned or where a large amount of vegetable matter is turned under. Where lime is cheap, it may for a time be used for the purpose of releas- ing potash In the soil. Liming alone will enrich poor land. It may respond for a time, but will soon be exhausted of the materials on which time can act. On any lands the keeping up of the humus content in the soli in connection with liming is important. The frequency of liming must be deter- mined by etroumstances. A single heavy dressing of lime may correct the undue plasticity of a clay and retain it all in a flocculated state for years when tilled judiciously, and afterwards light apli-. Cations not too far apart will retain the desirable texture. For the correction of acidity one heavy application will last tot years. The quantity will depend largely upon the frequency of applica- tion. To correct a heavy clay, an acid soil, or in preparing rich, new land for in- tenslvo culture in vegetable production the first dressing may need to he heavy, and in some cases 100 or more bushels r per acre of slacked lime might be ad- visable. In general, 1t is better to prove by actual test whether 10o or more bush- els twill givea better paying result than e lighter applfoatlon, before giving the heavy a ifcation to a large area. Lime docs not retain Its maximum ef- licfency a very long tbne, and it is wash. eO from the soil by drainage or sinks into the subsoil,. Hence light dressinge nt more trequent intervals are more like. ly to produce economical results than heavy applications at long intervals. On soils in a good slate 01 fertility, op- plieations of 50 bushels or less once in six or ten years will maintain heavy lands In a good state of productiveness. On light soup, 81i bushels per earn Mil often show the maximum results, and hence on light soils very light applica• tions more troquently !repeated Aetna be the rule, SEASONABLE NOTSS. Have the stable* light and Gave• thorn twat, ventilated,. A steady gait tela accomplish Mom to the course of a day than rustling for a spell and then resting. From the time a colt is foaled each day should see some substantial gain made in its development, Idle horses are to be fed accordingly. More sickness is caused by mistakes to feeding than from any other source. Besides improving the appearance of the horse grooming stimulates the skin to action and provokes circulation of the blood. Have your medicine chest in the stable: with common remedies, to use when needed. This means preparation toe emergency, but not continual dosing. There 15 time now to take a little pains with the horses. Begin the colt's edhl cation by getting it used to the halter and bridle, and later to the harness. Soundness is an essential feature le the make up of a driving or riding hors. when placed upon the market. As the value of a horse is regulated oe the cost of keep this matter is worth con• sidertng when contemplating a purchase Don't keep the horses standing in their stalls for days at a time; give them ex- ercise: either driving on the road or r run in the yard. Don't forget the dally use of the curry comb and brush. Itpays, and I1 is gratifying to have your horses look and feel well. If water is given a short time before feeding it will pass off the stomach quickly and leave that organ free to deal with the food afterwards. The practice of "breaking" colts be- longs to past days. Now the colt is brought gradually to know what is re- quired of him. He wears the bridle firsi and gets used to it, then he is gradually taught to lead. Then the girth, and later the harness are introduced in the same manner and when thoroughly ac- quainted with it, the young fellow may be introduced to another smart but steady""horse and they will llliely get on famously together. f ADVISING HIM. The other day two navvies were busy with a piece of work appertaining to the laying down of some electric car lines. The manager had been standing close :iv watching the men the whole day, much to the chagrin and annoyance of these two particular workmen. At last, when the patience of the men had been completely exhausted, one ed them said: "Ah, say, mister, can you play draughts." "Yes," replied the manager, wonder- ing at the itnpertinetice of the man. Well," replied the workmen, "ye had better make a move or yell lose two men." FORGETFUL PASSENGERS. During the past year 52,131 articles were found in public. carriages in Lon- don. They included 22,602 umbrellas, 3,988 purses, and 3,865 bags. Among the property were many bank notes, cases of jewellery, a rabbit, a pigeon, a cat and a dog. Consumption 5 There is no specific for consumption. Fresh air, ex- ercise, nourishing food and Scott's Emulsion wall come pretty near curing it, if there is anything to build on. Mil- lions of people throughout the world are living and in good health on one lung. 4, From time immemorial the doctors prescribed cod liver oil for consumption. Of course the patient could not take it in its old form, hence it did very little good. They can take SCOTT'S EMULSION and tolerate it for a long time. There is no oil, not excepting butter, so easily digested and absorbed by the system as cod liver oil in the form of Scott's Emulsion, and that is the reason it is so helpful in consumption where its use must be continuous. - q We will send you a sample free. 41Betum that tilt picture In the form of a iebai la on the wrap pev et weep bottle of Er lei ddn yds bur. Scott & BoWOO Chemists 4,1. Tomato, Ont. so MANfc8erugah4 r. glinsillonelaniestionenesenenewnwite 1 caul-ght.A+Klieternt+ t-e-tef ai•3''ti 1•ftiea-aave 3".t P3:aKEtt ear. +rf+J:l #H+ T TU -UE STEWARD'S SON llEi � of SNTLE!F h '++}:f+0+' +0+0+37f 4040+0+31+0 +Vo.0+0+0437+ f+i +3:t+ lt3CE}7Cf CIIAFTER XXXI. A quarter of en hour later Guildford Berton was walking towards his cot- tage. He was burning hot, as 1f with fever, and he took off his hat and let the cold evening ale blow upon his parched Ear n e cad. The love of a bad man, we are told by one of those philosophers who seem to know everything, is very near aloin 'o hale, and at that moment Guildford Ber- ton was not quite sura whether be loved or hated Norah most, But he meant to make her his wife as firmly as be had ever meant it, He could scarcely say that he was sur- prised or disappointed by her refusal. He had not gone so fur as to hope that she would accept him, and it was somr- thing that he had, so to speak, broken the ground. "She knows now that I love her," he muttered, as he walked along with t i. verish steps and restless eyes. "She will grow accustomed to the knowledge presently, and—and in oleic will Ws - cover that it is useless to Rgttt against it. It is a question of will, and mine s stronger than hers. If I had only kept my temper more under conlroil But that look on her face and that 'Got' 11 was worse"—he wiped his forehead and laughed a ghastly laugh—"it was worse than the old man's on the night he was taken ill. I wonder if he heard and un- derstood what we were saying?" and Ile laughed again. "If he did, 1 have had my revenge already. But 1 must be careful. My luck hes stood by me up till lately, up to the night I showed the old tool my hand. Is it going to turn?" As ho asked himsolt the question h reached the gale- in the wall, and too out his key. lie had not deemed it necessary to no quaint the old woman of his intende return, and as he opened the door an entered the silent and gloomy house sh cams out with a lamp in her hand, an eyed him with dull and stolid surprise is it all right?" be motioned on his fingers. "Yes," she sighed. "And no one has been here?" he asked "No" she answered; "no one." He nodded and signed to her that she could go to bed, and then, taking the tamp from her, went into the small sit- ting -room. lie had no sooner done so than back flashed upon hls mind the remembrance of—Becca South! Ile had been so engrossed of late by his pursuit of Norah that he had alrnost forgotten the other awful thing which had haunted him, but now here 1t \vas back again in all its potent horror. He set the lamp upon the table and looked around the room with a shiver. It struck cold and damp, and it was Nil of the terrible scene of the night of his crime. He buttoned his coat across his chest, and going to the sideboard, got out some brandy and mixed himself e drink, but even the powerful spirit could not dispel the chill which had so swiftly taken the place of the feverish heat to which he had left the Court, and he struck a match and lit the fire ready made in the small and poky grate. But the wood was damp, and the grate would not draw, and presently the trey, sullen flame died out, knew al He ne that if he went to bed cid and chilled he should not sleep, and he lit the lantern to light him to the wood- shed. But when he reached the garden he 'urned to the lett instead of the right where the shed lay, and slowly went down the path to the heap of leaves. Holding the lantern near the ground, ee peered at the heap keenly and shud- deringly. 11 was feet as he lett it, and he seemed h-, remember the position of every stone and p ,tuberareee. "11 s ail right," he muttered between les teeth, but he did not go immediately. Instead he stood and stared down as it -, eweernt v::in a sudden stupor. Them w:'h an oath, he puticgl himself together, and, resolutely turning nis eyes aavay freta the heap, went to the OW and got some wood. When he got back to the house he felt in his pocket for his matchbox and found it, but suddenly missed his keys. This staggered him, and he stood staring at the lire vacantly, then he forced a smile. "I am a foot," he muttered. "I've left them in the gate" With the lantern in his hand he went down the garden, and found that, as he had thought, he had left the key attach - d to the bunch, stroking in tho keyhole 1 the wall door Cursing himself for his stupidity, I•e oeked the door, arid, with the keys in Is hand, returned to the parlor. The tiro was burning up, and he drew Is chair close and sat huddled up over iso blaze, and went over the scene with orah. But every now and then Mere came a ghastly pause in his reflections, tind.in that pause the ghost of his creme talked across his mind, and made the ilenec of the cold, damp little room ruly hideous. He got some mare brandy at intervals; nd at lest succeeded in producing the xhaustion which is the ghastly toile• on of wholesome sleepiness, Then he rose, and with a final drnik ent heavily upstairs. But, exhausted es ha was, he %slime vely pulled aside the blind and gravel hrough the window et the Leap fn i.�:.e arden, just as he used to do before Le ft for London; but the night wee tf.3 ark' for him l4 see anything, end, vain n oath, he dropped the blind dal be an to undress. "Curse the place and everything in It"' e muttered ss he got Into hod. "1 wish Were'bu2111 dowtl:" Then he succeede,i 111 distracting his Ind from the one haunting fear, and ret tntsolf to think o ''o t ,d h t t lv ra{ , lett se H• into an uneasy, restless doze. tie a.d not been eskers mora than Zai felur When he Wolfe suddenly will the client 0 tool d d e d• s• e a 1 h h N S s a 11 w 11 le d a t; it m to consciousness that he had been awak- ened by seine kind of noise. (1e sat up and listened, and for a time all was silent, and he was about to throw himself back, when he heard a faint noise, which seemed to come from the room beneath, the room in which Becca had—died. Tha cold sweat gathered upon itis face., and he sat shivering and quaking, with his ears strained painfully, irynig to per- suade himself that it was only fancy. But as he listened with an agonize.! acuteness he distinctly heard the nois0, again. It was the sound of footsteps, muffled and cautious of some one 1110i- ing in the room below. He got out of bed, and, slipping on some clothes, stole to the door. Then he smiled a ghastly smile of reassur ante; Use noise no doubt was made by Me old woman, who was paying a visit to the sideboard on the chance of his having left the brandy decanter not locked up• i11 give the hag a fright," he mut- tered, and be went to a drawer and took out an old-fashioned pistol, ani, loading it with a blank charge, crept, with it in his hand, to the head of the stairs. All was silent again now, but he know that he hnd heard the noise and not merely dreamed that he had done so, and slowly and cautiously he descended the stairs: Although be was prepared for it, the sight of a thin streak of light coming through the partly open doorway of the sitting -room gave him a start, and, with a stifled oath. he moved forward on tip- toe, and softly pushed the door more widely open and peered round IL Then ne tell back and clutched the tol 1•tghtly, for it was not the bent, de- crepit figure of the old woman he saw within the room, but that of a ntan. Now, Guildford Berton was not alln- eF:hrrptr. .iWMi},46e r.i' FEEDING FAOTS In ordinary feeding the steer consumes about ?/ of its ordinary feed; the balance is un- digested or wasted. This undigested balance can be made to give 34 to I lb. extra gain per day, and at a profit, by adding the "salt, pepper, and gravy" to its food to make it "tasty," You like those on your own food ; why not the animal. Like ourselves the animal longs for a "tasty" meal. It starts the "mouth watering" before eat- ing, and the stomach fills with digestive fluids to thoroughly dissolve the foot(. This extra amount of digt.tive fluid dis- solves an extra amount of food. This is where the extra gain comes in. Clydesdale Stock Food is the "salt, pepper and gravy" that makecthe animal's "mouth,r water. It is equally good for Horses, Sheep and I•Iogs. Nothing injurious in it andcan stop feeding it without harmful effects. Human beings can tate it with benefit. W e take it every day. We know its contents. It is made clean. If not satisfied your money will be cheerfully refunded by the dealer. TRY HERCULES POULTRY FOOD clornuSDA3,$ STOCX FOOD 00., I,iculted TORONTO, geoge aged ce; ,.•ageeeeeeee;«a.;ro for her Sunday beat frocks; whetilier • i wl.en married her taste's would aoat until they reached eighteen -guinea SS toilets; whether she trimmed her ew.t • S hats. �0nI a��q pa py `T i At Lhis point I Wats brought to 89A�J®9 111 111 myself by a puke in the back from P 4 tiylttct, who asked me sardonically 0 whither I wo,.ld Por hal s 11' e to 9 .,. spend the rest of tho afternoon in ..ae;. o. ;ro eeeee.e.eQ•egoaa ages j o the glove depal•tim-u t. I hastily turned and followed her as she ecU- Not so very tong ago it was borne eti with her nese slightly ti:ted past in upon nut that man was not made counters heaped up With silk and to, litre alone. chiLon. The sight of some blouses I am a bachelor. my age ,72, my marked nineteen-and-e:otcn, however income .00(10 a year. Six hundred n caused her to pause. An eanlo-eyed year for a man with simple tastes is shopwalker hastened up like Malkin - compare Live aftluo,ice, topheles to tempt her. I cannot recollect what it was that 'These are quite a special line suggested metrlmony to mo, but T madame," he said In earnest tones know that the idea was deflnitel,' "i4traight over from Paris; wonder - connected in my mind Width a vent fully cheep. Or the have another pretty and charming friend 01 Sylvia blouse at twenty seven -and -six, quite Sylvia is my favorite cousin; she has unique." been married for two years, and t Sylvia hesitated, and was lost; have always considered her husband three minutes later she seemed to be A.rrhie one of the luckiest men t surrounded by blouses of every de know. scripti0n. Work at the office being slack ono "Of course, madame said the girl day lately. T called no her early in who haft been celiac to cert0 her, the afternoon with some vague ide.t "there's n0 contpariso.t between this" at the hack of me head that tar --and she held up the 27 -and -sic pretty friend might be there; ala blouse—"and this"—here she held up it was nminently politic to stand in a blouse 01111 a lot of lace on it with Sylvia. marked 42 -and -nine. The pretty friend was not there, "'That's very much like one Milli - and Sylvia was on the verge of go- cent got hero the other day," raid Mg out. tier face, however, bright- Sylvia; adding, in mysterious tones, enoyl considerably at Lha sight of me' "She paid 45-and-alx for hers, and she exclaimed in benevolent ec gelher a coward, and the shock to nis over -strained nerves, weakened by the copious draughts of spirits, could not be set. down entirely to tear. After a moment. or two be collected himself, and peered eround the door again, and I.Itis time the start that fol- lowed was one of recognilir •i. A man was kneeling beside the table prying open a desk with a clasp knife, and by the light which tell tram am ordinary candle stuck into a piece of wood Guildfot'd Berton saw that the thief was the man with the rugged face ann bushy eyebrows who had lain on the bench outside the inn on the day he MEI been malting inquiries into Becca South's d :tappearance. Guildford Berton drew back and pon- dered, clutching the pistol hard and fast, and holding his breath. That the maim was a thief or an ordin- ary housebreaker he had no doubt, but he was puzzled to account for his pre- sence there. Na burglar worthy of his salt, he thought, would break into so mean and unpromising a place as the cottage, unless he were sure of finding valuables, and it was not likely that any burglar would imagine that a sensible man would trust his money or jewels to a crazy old desk. Why he had broken into the cottage to -night of all nights—the night of the owners return—when he might ha;e done so during that owner's abrence? 110 could fin noenig- ma. solution ion to the t en ma. Sudden! the suspicion swept Y p ep over him like a breath of ice that the man had come to find out something about -- about Becca South, and the sweat broke out upon his forehead. But he thrust the suspicion from hits. Even if he had done so he would not have taken the trouble to break open a desk. What was there in it? He tried to think, but could remember nothing but some papers, of no importance. re- ferring to business of the estates, which he had flung in carelessly from time in time. There was absolutely nothing there which could repay any burglar•. however hard up, for his Lrouble. 13y this lime—a period of only a few minutes had elapsed—the man Furlong, for it was he, had opened the desk, and was turning over the contents. They were, as has been stated, papers of no niterest to any one, least of all to a stranger but suddenly Guildford Berton. saw the man start, and, catching op scmething—a piece of cardboard it look- ed tike—hold it near the candle. Whatever it was he seemed absorbed in it, and Berton seized the auspicious moment, and quietly slid round the door and presented the pistol at the man's head. "Movea t step and d I (ire," he sett. The man raised his head and did not move, but his hand slid into the pocket" of his coat, and remained there as he said, quietly and slowly 1 "Don't fire, Mr. Berton, I've got you covered by a revolver in my pocket, and I'm a dead shot." Tlw next instant he had whipped rut a revolver and presented it at Guildfr;at Burton. • "Now," he said, delibrrrelrly as 'train, f "we aro on all fours. and 1 6s:1»}• tt weapon is rather a halm are 8t,in lli,4 hore affair 01 yours.;0Arl;a s K Leger on . that trigger. and 7r,a W A, 1 oea'1 Man." ilufddferd Berls,n ltrwerccd and contr,rafr3't lea adver,;stq' stab +a white tar?, "ei h St ire y'.41 Mr. Fnf:'ng ?weft. t,, 01w/he:: pr, "..ci e With eli:1 era rTk4 s,;;n, • "Pit t?:.,a1. is down earl keel Vet e need 31 a^ foul, 4M r t t 4 bamilia'y tr'"no pn;if,! 'FRSs Pisa kpAr rig LBrcyy i'evw,:vse' ori that, Joh; lis fri*.rr»t, Men Ole trod !vis ret 'iert 04".;r4 ris•a wo might have ,n tt;r, table wain remit est 1a ti carnal sp"%t ms>211 ltepp(.y haute hunting for and fe',lu:d at fiat fdford £eerier/ final iffy, 044a p�ft'a towna, xlare gylvia 4ho//e 't'o he reentttnux$, t`3alfe quatttittar of glovett, walla I gezele around. X • noticed a partieua tarty pretty, quiet -looking girl. sere - An sue -rage man ie tine waft lea is tn;y a. stout clil weptan, who looked Met ha to u little above flat average. as Il. she would s'hortty enll her dayfd .torte few peopid aro to fluky.• es to in,apoplesy. tap in lave without hutting tbanstlyes, i woaderod ♦aguelya what oho p514 cents: "I've got some shopping that must be done this afternoon, and you they come nt,d help inc. Stunt', dear." thought "1f you'd care to pay six shillings snore," went on the temptress L can give you a hie tau snout .•noahh fol any otmist r.• Her-, she r may here mention that my re•tt t.rought forth what might be da name is Christopher, but Sylvia ie scribed.aa a "dreamy creation," and sista on giving me a nickname v0 Sylvia gave a gasp of Joy. once ridiculous and unpleasant. lIow- "Tkat's lovely,•' she trial, "ani ever, as she uses it only in private. Just the color I want. 1 don't thine I suhm!t. I can resist that," and she appealed "Will it take long?" I asked, meek- to me. "lsn t it too beautiful?" ly. "You have a good tetany blouses," "Olt, no," was her airy reply ea I said with an effort at severity. f she bailed a passing hansom; "about remembered that only the day bo - halt en hour or so." fore Archie had confided to me that "Half an hour!" I smile hysterical- he would have to go in .a_ a cheap- ly when I think of it. er brand of cigar. We got out at a tailor's half war Sylvia looked at me coldly. "Their up Bond street; Sylvia explained sleeves are all old-fashioned," was that she wished to order a coat hill bar brief reply; and, tering to the skirt.. girl "Yes, I'll have that. will you "And you must help me to chooeo enter it to my account, please?" it, for you have such good taste!" !Before we got out or the shop she I was onto incautious enough to ordered a silk petticoat and a waist - admire a gown that she bad design- belt; and by this time it was a quer- edpast tt enye. took her turn r•s. xc ed herself,firmly by The tailor, who possessed the true the atm and led her Into rho Pican- Napoleonic temperament, combined finny tearooms opposite. with a Jewish exterior, had a long "Blouse about £3, that makes discussion with her as to the gown, z16; Petticoat 25 and six, Z17 five the cloth, the share, the trimmings, and six. Lot neo see, what were the Once or twice Sylvia appealed to me gloves?" in the matter of calor, but even then "Oh, Stuffy, how you do nsuttert" my advice was ignored, Altogether exclaimed, Syn'ia irritably, as she wo spent an hour and a quarter t, ordered a plate of eclairs; "I can't the shop; it was a quarter past foul think what is the mutter with you when wo emerged. to -day. Are you composlag poetry "Tie's charging me only ten guia- or something?" eas for it," she announced, triumph- "Did you get some nice gloves?" I antsy; "and Millicent had to pay asked carelessly, twelve for her last gown from him." "Oh, yes, all right. I always get Millicent is her pretty Friend. the same kind, three an4 six a pair, "will ft be something very epee and a dozoa pairs at tirao. Milli- centinl?" x asked, falteringly. Por filo putt me up to that; it's such a guineas I reflected, I could get n bother it you run shod." capital lounge suit at my tailor's. "Nineteen pounds. seven and six!" "Oh, no," was her reply. "Quito I ejaculated. simple. Flo charges seventeen and I know!" cried Sylvia, actuate eighteen guineas for a dressy gown," g - At this point wo entered a hat lea "you're betting or speculating, or shop and I commenced a startled something horrid." speculation as to how many troths "Not butting," I assured her. "1 at seventeen guineas Millicent would ltd think of a litho speculation." require a year. "Don't!" said Sylvia firmly. "We In the matter of the hat, Sylvia the greatest mistake for u rale to declared I was invaluable. I think X make." I agreed cell w maysaywithout undue pride with h thoroughly r t t nd e d that1 a i n t tl a g o 0 1 and amgoodat spotting pretty bats. It unreservedly; I oven wont ao farasto dissertate upon the speculative - nem of life in general. I think Syl- via was bored, for she suddenly look• ed at her watch, gave a cry 0t sur• prise at the time, and declared that she must hurry home, as they were dining out that night, and the hair- dresser was due et 0.15. I drove her hone, and thou went on to the club. Archie was ht the billiard - room playing snooker, I event up to him. ' "Don't forget .that you are dining out to -nights" , ny Jovo,1 furl forgotten," he ox. claimed. "fled round to see Sylvia, then?"' • '1 have spent the entire afternoon shoppidg with herr' was my reply, as I sank into a comfortable chair and lighted a cigar, oho of the brand that Archin coatemplated renounc- ing. Ho said nothing, tett X noticed that to audden gloom had fallen ole hint, lied a few minutes later he lett the club,: London >Gtatl, was very simple, but Sylvia looked delicious in it. Three guineas, madame," said tae, shop -woman. Even Sylvia had the grace to lo':k earprised, but only for a moment. "it's ratheer a lot," site admitted; "ttearl;r eu zr, ie~h. as I give for my twat axes, 1,+31 *Ju"re rr.e batt to pay 'srp Ntyle.. i"U etre tSirtreis pounds, thirteen," 1 :c01litz:ur«d .+,:u lraycelf, 'yyln .a aesv eu t ffp:r' move. "T)on't lag taw 1 'tta*ly, s1s r,' eke rant, 8ioas1su iy ; "Pea 'rte I wasn't long. i• ooeingg .turd t arcs only ono morn alt rvir 1 ;wt.ut to go •t,3," .r ae gga';brrsd Ito ter skirts an.1. etialee4 her att,y 4sirltllg through e ea l mend tea .a ;huge shop on the r1, s,fitr skte, safest Apparently sold warp' ee tacle nl apparel a womna s J:,X uiala 101, *nen errs Bret metra I was forcibly r*1744s1sof nal the Maze at Ilampton ;owe, sn.f 1 feed gate that had it F rt,,rag 'kiIiI 'ejr lt'C vr:'tl etall U1114t i$ rant t00% ler thss lofty kindness of a ata;r, errs, f kgr 4 Prineipal--•"Wolf, till you got that money owing by Sntitlt?" Celdeator "l'tn sorry to say t' did riot, Thera were anumlrar•.otattuuia at that address,, alt' ;of MORA defiled beJ»g "toile dobtbi'. Ona (vhrl throw tell but, C rtnall IiI— "Thitla tti4 GUi. Coil 611 'khu again;; , YOUNG FOLKS booaoo•o•o•000000a000•O•O )0 O^1 BE1NG '1'i N, I'm very nearly growl), You se0; Next birthday ('11 be len, And I suppose that life will be, Oh, very different thea. Though being nine's very nice, And you do ptoasnrlt things, I think at ten there will be twice As tnaray happenings I know a girl who's len and I Have often heard her say She does not have to ask, but goes Just where she likes to play. And when you're ten i think that you May sometimes sit un lttle. Al nine no matter what you do n i , You go to bed al Dight! I' think you give your toys away, You feel so nearly grown; 1'mu'ro very quiet a4 your play, You go down loon alone. There's lots of things you do, 1 S'pose, That 1 don't even know. Oh, dear, when anybody grows 11 is so very slow. 13ut wouldn't it he very strange, \Niton 1 wits truly len, 11 1 should think I'd like to change To nine yea's old again? 0' course 11 always seems to mo To be len would he fine) 13u1 do you think ill ever be Just homesick to be nine? PEENY-WBC's FLYING T1'.iP, "At last the day has come," said Ma Dobin to Pa Robin. "We've seen these children through the worst of lt. They ail carte out of their shells in tine shape; you and 1 bare pulled about forty dos - other one lover down. Then they got them full mid happy; and the darlings !lave grown Ifke weeds." "Weeds can't compare," said Pa Rab- in. "1 can fairly see their feather's sprouting. 1f we let en wait another day, some of 'em will spill out of that nest." "Oh, dear. They mustn't do that. Therese a villainous cat Just wailhtg for a chance to grab them. i've had all I' could do to deceive her into think- ing our nest was in another tree." Well, they've got to learn to fly right day." away; that's plain. We trust begin to - "All right. You help, Pa, and we'll get them out on the limb. Come chil- dren' Me first," said Boli. "I was out et line shell half a day ahead of the others." "Me next," sold Pilin -\Nip. "i can eat more worms titan either nt you." Peony -Wee didn't say anything, She wailed until the others had scrambled out and then she just climbed onto the edge of the nest and sat there as 1f she loved home ton well to leave It, or es if —well, I hate to say it—as if she hadn't the moral or the physical courage -et her brothers. Fier parents called to her, bel alienate, said: "Go on with t11r, Leeson. I'll watch n while." So Pa and Ma Rubin began and there was a great fluttering and flapping et wings. Rob cod Milo-Wip went al. It bt true business style, and before long they could fly front ottu branch to an- other one lows r down. Then they got se they could rise to a higher perch, and ell the time Peeny-Wee sal on the edge of the nest. "Why don't you try. Peony -\\\'c;? 1'ou1 brothers will heat you all hoiluw, and some clay you'll fall off and the cat will get you" "len fretting the theory Into my head first before 1 practice," said ferny -Wee. its easy. You just spread your wings and flop them, and then off you go. That's all there is to it, flub and P1110. Wlp make ovful mislubces " "But try, PeenY-\Vee," urged Ma Rob- in. `But try, Peony -Wee," urged Pa Rob- in. A11 right. Here goes. Look out rf my way," Peeny-Wee suddenly spread her wings and away she went, like any real bird. But she hadn't planned where she would light; so she kept going—ggoing--dove. —down—and before she icnew it sin found herself on a rosebush by tete porch and a little girl cried out: "Oh, see the dear little baby bird," and down the stops she ran to look at it a Peony -We did not mind, but Ma Bob- tn dkt clecidedty. Danger) Flyt" Ata Robin fluttered and circled madly about in dreadful fear. Peony -Wee didn't see anything wrong with the roselaueli, Litt she know she must fly away if her neither said so. it she spread her wings and lien' --straight on to the shodtider of n. I!Cao girl. And filen, oh, holy Ain Bobitt shriek- erh It was aft fol to hear her. °!'here's snnidhing wrung with ihls, ton; but 1 don't knew where too , next," t( PrenyWr, g Sho flogaiw egaht, Phits lima 4110 lit on Lilo , "Thgrtie Dasfe " smad M Pa bath ntt thohne•, 401!"Olt,rrienyon heedless Poesy -Weal" But the clni. was off in the meadow, and before site cam,' Lack Peony -Wee hnd managed toe scrnuil,lo up aguin In- to inc apple tree, tvliero lin tact was. "Now, ,you sit there, mut don't yon stir again nil clay—flat a fealherl" said Pa Moern. "1 didnble't want to go in the firsl place;' said PeenyWstrnly, amide ire, `Yliu!re all making is gond deal of (ties, Oh, 1 wish 1 tett a 01)1 uto " Rat "A.ny tvay," 51111 l'A!(1h fid nsierahia weighingp iilte others:. "1 shelved 'cm t could 115 all right, COIINA l.ilif?S RAlI f?il(;1 , to China eggs Are d0nnki,-red e delicacy only when they +len decidedly' "allele " That' reedh tmr•lanilan nfieri they flier become almost dtlmplt lely ltreott nis the, 21,alllt at sovernl yeti Lttrinl to ebolk or se',vduet, l'ho pt u e Inn such epg:; rivals that given in this comae' for the ahPleegt Wings. When 0 i issue Jl A li fii;it;; 1,1 Wlly9 attends to It prrssunliy. •We shoul4!etre fully' realest •imm+w grog r iii 910 P j t . flee '11,11trt' cittlq't-tell . .