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this young fool and vagabond has come?
I wont nothing of him, I want Noralt
Nereid Nonni! I will go up to-night—
to-night-I"
Then he (Touched lower over the fire.
and warmed his hands at the feeble
flame which he had succeeded in Vous
Mg, and suddenly he was startled by
the emit of bells, Ho TOSPI with that
A look on his face what tho man wears
eao whose brain Is beginning to soften frone
At constant brooding, and as he looked
areeo through the window a tongue of fire
shot up and lit up the room.
)1 For a moment he stared, wild-eyed,
then he realized what had happened.
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ClIAPTEll XXXIX.—Con.
Norah found her old room ready for
her, and Uauon waiting to attend upon
her as of oict; and in condition of won,
dermoni beyond description, she changed
her travelling dress for an evening one. ,
The sight of Harman awakened all the
Pentad memories connected with 13ecca
'South. She asked gently it Harman had
heard any tidings of the lost girl and
Harman, with a sigh, shook her heed. ;
"No, my lady—no, ma'am—not a
word, anti—" She was going to add,
1 shall never hear of her again," but
did not went to sadden her beloved mis-
tress, and changed the subject.
Presently the big gong resounded
through the house, and Norab went dawn
to the drawing -room.
The Ferndales were there and Jack,
but not Cyril nor Mr. Petherick.
Norah looked around.
fie is not here yet!" said Lady Fern-
dale, taking her hand and drawing her
to her almost protectingly. "Are you
very anxious to see the new earl,
Norah?"
Norah smiled. A kind of presentiment
of some approaching surprise and climax
suddenly flashed upon her, but it was
vague and indefinite.
Are not ;you?" she said. "What does
it alt mean, and why does he come in
this mysterious manner? Where is
Cyril?"
"He will be here directly; he is in the
library with Mr. Pet herick," said Lord
Ferndale, crossing over to her, and tak-
ing his place ...cattle her, also with an
air of supporting and encouraging her.
"He hos something of importance 'o
communicate to Mr. Petheriek—"
"About the earl?" she asked, her brows
corning together with a puzzled. expres-
sion.
Before Lord Ferndale could answer,
the door opened, and the butler, with a
look bathing description, said:
"Lord Arrowdale"
Norah started, and held Lady Fern -
dale's hand tightly, and looked lowari
Lite door, but she saw no one beside
Cyril and the old. lawyer.
Then suddenly site caught a glimmer-
ing of the truth from a certain expres-
sion in Cyril's face. The next instant he
was by her side, and had got bath her
hands in his.
"Are you so surpreeed, dearest?" he
murmured.
"Ain H Cyril!" broke from her, as she
clung to him, her lovely eyes searching
his face. "Are you—?"
"Yes. countessr said Mr. Petherick,
with a slight emphasis on the title. "The
Earl of Arrowdale, for whom we have
been looking so long, is none other than
your husband, Mr. Cyril Burner'
Norah uttered a faint cry, and trem-
bled a little; and then, as they gathered
round her, and, all talking at once. be-
gan to explain tile mystery, the tears
rose in her eyes, and, half laughing and
half °eying, she hid her face on Cyril's
breast.
They were all excited, and the old
lawyer certainly not the least.
"Of course. I have been a blind old
idiot," he exclaimed to Lord Ferndale,
"or I should have guessed the truth long
ago. But, you see, we lawyers are not
accustomed to romance, and—and it
never occurred to me that Mr. Burne
could lee other than he represented him-
self. If I were to try and tell you how
glad 1 am that things are as they are I
couldn't do itt" And he laughed, and
coughed, and nodded to one and the
other. "No need to trouble about that
money now, you know, Lord Ferndale,"
and he claueltfed.
"Tile nioney the late earl left to Nor-
ah?" said Lord Ferndale.
"Yes, yes!" assented the old man.
"We ghat% dispute the will now. Lord
Arrowdale won't be troubled by us. lie
may keep it and welcome."
Cyril heard and looked round.
"It is not Lord Arrowdale's to keep,
Mr. Petherick," he said, with a laugh.
"Will you take charge of this for Lady
Arrowtiale, please?' And he handed him
the long blue packet in which he had in-
closed the marriage certilicate. "Open
it, please."
Mr. Petherick opened it, and hastily
read the poped inclosed. Then he held
ont his hand with an impulse of satis-
Iaolion and approval.
"It is a deed of gift to Lady Norah
all that the will gave herl'' he exclaimed.
"My lord," and he bowed to Cyril With
an almost solemn formality, "permit me
to express my conviction that in the pre-
sent holder of your ancient and honor-
able title your house has ai worthy and
noble representative."
There was more handshaking and talk-
ing, but at last Lord Ferndale reminded
the rest that dinner was waiting—and
spoiling—and Cyril, relinquishing Norah
to him, gave his arm to Lady Ferndale.
As the doer opened. they saw that the
hall was full of servants. The butler
had borne the startling news of Cyril's
identity to the servants' hall, and, In a
flutter of intense exclieraent, they had
gathered together to give Olin and his
beautiful wife a welcome.
Not for many years had the vaulted
roof rung with such cheers as MRS
when the party came out from the draw-
ing -room into the hall, and it was not
until Cyril had led Norah forward, and
spoken a ftev heartfelt words of greet-
ing and thanks that the party were per.
mated to go in to dinnee.
And long befere the meal was over was
heard the Mite and minimaof an ex-
cited crowd gathered on the terrace imile
side, for the news had spread through
the ;village like wildfire, and the excite:I
people had hurried to the Court, 10 as-
certain for themselves whether the story
were true; whether, indeed, Mr. Cyril
Berne were the real Enrl of Arrowdale,
and beoulifiti Leidy Norah, whom they
had learned to love, the countess; arid
it WEE not, until Cyril ied taken Novel)
out -onto the terrace and preeented him-
self and her Lo the cheering rrnwd that
itaevould &esent to Matte itself to the
igerryttialtieg for %Olen the household
had made hasty preparations. ,
11 Wee a Ingbt of wild eacitemerli.
Some ready -witted individuals rushed off
o the churelo and set ie
and others hurriedly built up a huge
bonfire on the green, and soon the flames
were spreading say high, and helping
the balls to proclaim the home -coming
of the young earl and his bride,
With her arm within her husliand's,
and surrounded by their friends, Nonni
watched the red reflection of the great
fire and listened to the pealing of the
bells with feelings of profound joy end
grattlude; joy so perfect and absorbing
that it Is little wonder she forgot Inc the
moment the existence of such a person
as Guildford Berton, of the mystery at-
tending the disappearance of Becca
South.
Indeed, not one of them, excepting
Jack, gave a thought lo the man whose
base scheming had so nearly wrecked
the life of the beautiful girl wham they
all loved. 11 was only he who eemem-
bered that Guildford Berton had still to
be reckoned with.
" r
CIIAPTEn XL.
That evening, an hour before the ro-
mantic arrival of the Earl and Countess
of Arrowdale, Guildford Berton had wan-
dered up the avenue and gazed up at
the great house. He had accepted Lady
Ferndale's promise, and had waited es
she had advised him. What could she
have intended to imply, he asked him-
self, but that Norah would come round
to his terms, and was only asking for a
few days' grace? What could she do but
accept thorn? With all his pasalon for
her, he understood her as little as the
swine wallowing in its sty understands
the mystery of the stars. To his base
mind it seemed Just impossible that. any
woman should choose obscurity and
poverty before rank and wealth. 'fee, he
told himself in his solitary musings in
the grim, desolate cottage, she would
come rouna in time. Any day, any hour.
he might receive a message from her.
She would come back and send for him,
and accept his terms. Ile should be the
husband of Lade Norah Arrowdale, and,
if not lord of Santleigh, the owner of
the vast wealth left by the late earl.
And so he wailed—waited with a rest-
less, feverish impatience, intensified
into an agony tar pasl description by the
hideous secret which haunted him.
All day he spent shut up in the house
In which bis crime had bean committed,
and which seemed a torture house and a
tomb to him. It was only at night thal
he emerged from the gloomy silence of
the haunted cottage, and then he avoid-
ed his fellow -men, and prowled about
the dark lanes and round the Court.
Ile heard of Mr. Petherick's arrival,
and knew that he was staying at the
Court, but he did not go near him. He
would wait, llis told hhnself, until Nor-
ah returned and sent for him. Then—
well, he called up a vision of victory and
triumph which almost made him giddy,
and for the moment dispelled the dark
shadow which hovered about him.
This evening lie had sauntered up the
avenue with his head resting upon his
breast, and, suddenly raising his eyes,
saw that the windows of the vast man.
sion were full of light.
He stood still and gazed, and his
heart beat expectantly, and he drew
nearer and waited, his hands clasped
tightly and feverishly behind his back.
Presently a servant came hurrying
down the drive, and he stopped him.
'Bog your pardon, Mr. Berton. You
gave me a fright, sir."
"What—why is the place lit up to-
night?" asked Guildford Berton, con-
trolling his voice, and speaking as calm-
ly and composedly as he could.
The man touched his hat.
"The new earl's coming, sir."
Guildford 13erton's hands gripped each
other still more tightly, and he bit his
lip as he choked back the exclamation
which nearly burst from him.
"The eater he said. wonderingly,
"Yea, sir; quite sudden and unexpec-
ted like. Mr. Petherick only heard this
Morning. There's Lord and Lady Fern-
dale and another gentleman there to
meet him. Beggin' your pardon, sir,
must be goin' on," and he 'hurried off.
Guildford Berton drew back among
the trees. The neevs had startled and
bewildered him. He had been so ab-
sorbed with his one idea—waiting for
Norah's return and decision—that he
had scarcely given a thought to the
young earl, for whom he had been look-
ing so long and fruitlessly.
He paced slowly down tho avenue,
burying back.
"Do you know when the earl is corn-
ing?" he asked.
No, the man said, nobody knew for
certain; but it was supposed that he
would rrive to dinner,
Guildford Berton hesitated n moment,
then said:
"And is Lady Norah—it is not known
when she reterns?"
The man shook its heed, doubileee
wondering why Mr. Borten did not go
hp fa the Court and ask the question of
Mr. Petherick.
"1 ean't say, siel I haven't heard that
she is expected, oven."
Guildford Berton. walked on and
reached the collage. It was dark and
gloomy and forbidding as metal, end he
threw himself into the am:heir be,..ecie
the neglected fire, which was emoldering
sullenly in the small, pinched grata,
and merged.
How long would if be before Norah
relornecl and they could be married
How long would II be before he could
leave this plate, WWII ha lialea with e
Peer end loathing beyond weals, and
fake her away With him? His wife!
Hie wile ! The vision dispelled for a
space the gloom which enveloped hue,
end he sat muttering,
"Lady Ferndale is at ihe Come; 1 will
go and Beak to her, tisk her atm,
Norah is, and how long It will be lei
fore she comes back. She Nemob refuse
to 1011 100. Yes, go 10 the Court Lo -
"Curse the Mole" he muttered WW1 a
snarl. "they 11 wish they were tolling
for his death or had got him on the top
of u flee, before many months have
gone," and he thine himself into the
chair win,
But presently, as if the voices shout-
ing and cheering drew bilin in spite of
himself, he rose, and, flinging on his
coat, took up a soft, wideawatte hat.
and, carefully locking the gale, went
out.
By this Hine the light from the huge
bonfire was casting a mellow glow over
the village, and its reflection, red end
blithe, could bo seen in those windows
of the Coma in which there happened to
be no light.
As he entered the village street he
round a crowd of people tending to-
ward the Court, as a stream tends to
the sea, He joined them half mechani-
cally, and. in their midst, presentle
found himself on the lawn just beneath
the terrace.
A stream of light poured from the
dining -room windows onto the broad
marble pavement of the terrace, and fell
on the upturned faces of the crowd; and
the red glow from the bonfire poured
from behind them and seemed to mingle
with the light from theowindow.
The crowd was shouting all round
him, and in the overstrained condition
of his nerves be could not distinguish
what they were saying.
"What rs 11 1110 fools are yelling for?"
he demanded of a man who stood be-
side him, and who was, with the excep-
tion of himself, the only silent person
In the crowd.
Tho man started slightly as he heard
Guildford Berton's hard, sarcastic voice,
and emitted a low whistle of surprise.
"Huller he said, close to his ear, for
the noise was almost deafening where
they stood, "you here! I should have
thought you would have made yourself
scarce by this time, now the game's up.
Do you mean to say you don't hear what
they are shouting for? They are calling
for the earl and his wife! Take my ad-
vice, and follow my example," and with
a grin he moved away sideways and was
lost in the crowd, at the moment Guild-
ford Berton recognized him—Furlong.
At another time the man's sudden am
pearence — and disappearance — and
sintster warning would have had some
efieta upon Guildford Berton; but a
strange mood possessed him that night,
and it may almost be said that he am
tually forgot the man the moment lee
hest sight of him. But the words, "the
earl and his wife!" haunted him.
"Is the earl married?" he asked of a
woman who had taken Furlong's place
at his side,
She stared at him.
"Don't you know lhat---a sbe began,
then she broke off to exclaim, "Why,
it's Mr. Guildford, brant it, sir?"
ile stifled an oath, and got away from
her and into the centre of the crowd,
pushing nearer end nearer the terrace.
"His lordship's at dinner, and won't
come out, bless your said a man.
"Oh, yes, he will; at least she will,
bless her hearti" was the retort; and
Guildford Deleon, wondering dully why
the new countess, who must be a
stranger, should seem so well known
and already popular, pulled his soft hat
further over his face, and waited.
Presently a roar rose from the crowd;
the dining -room windows had been flung
wide open by a couple of footmen, and
a stalwart man stepped- out onto the
terrace, with a lady on his mina
The light from the bonfire fell full upon
Ills face and hers, and Guildford stared
and gasped, and then laughed hoarsely.
He must be going mad for certain, to_
imagine that these two must be Cyril
Burns and Norah. Yes, that was It; lee
was losing his NANCE.
Then, as if In a dream, he heard the
gentleman speak. The words fell upon
his ears as if they had been spoken by
some ono a mile off, and yet he caught
every one distinctly. What was he say-
ing, this men who looked like that
hound Cyril Berne?
"Thank you, my friends, ono and all,
for the kind welcome you have given
us, I [rest, none of us will ever forget
this night, and that henceforth wo aro
neighbors in every sense of the word.
Thank you again and again, not only
for myself, but for my dear wife, whom
all of you know, and whose heart is full
of gratitude for your kind wishes."
A mighty cheer rose, deafening, thrill -
ung And almost before it had (teased
Guildford Berton clutched the arm of the
man pressing against him.
"Who—who is that?" he demanded,
hoarsely.
Tito man stared at him, and shook his
hand off impatiently.
"That fellow, as you calls him, mas-
ter, is the young earl, tho gentleman tie
was Mr. Borne, the artist; and that
young lady IA his wife, Lady Norah as
was. linrrabl Hurrah! One more cheer,
boys! Month!"
To be continued).
LIGHT F011 184 MILES.
Splendid as the Illumination of Ran-
goon was, noting in all the Prince if
Wales' Leer of India has approached the
magnificent conception which eves car-
ried out by the reilway reitherales. Both
sides of the 11»e to Mandalay wore cle.
caroled with a string of lamps burning
in the uiepe 10111 pela1-11110 imps of ;tinted
paper. Beleveen every other pair a na-
tive Mood with a great double lotah,
and Ilits Illuminelion was confieued
along the line withnot inleemiselort till
deylight shone upon the maid truth. The
eistimee lins covered by the detible lino
a as 111e tam, end, a may be added, In
show the enormoice preperalion involved
that Not thirteen stood 2o yards only
from Ills megliber.
'There Inc ft eorems awe affair on
lietween Die and the Minx girl when I
was here bele' "Yes; bin it ended im-
iiimeile." "Yee nelonesh mei 1 teem
Sills: they would gee metaled," They
did."
ON THE FI -111,
STOP KICKING.
A good many farmers ought to wipe
theitglaie
asBt'sciii‘sevrittleh s Lei
ea uotittleg donadye.n
l 05-11113 ti 10
said he never had known hay to be so
l:ghil as it was last season. "WILY," ie
said, "you uould plate up five or eta IllI11-
tired pounds of 11 and %vale riga off win
it Nothing to ler
Then he went on to toll Inc how fast
it wont, when he mune tu feet! it. "Nov
cr saw anything like it al my lifer he
growled. "A caw would eat a whole
tackload 01 11 and teen look like a rail—
end a sten rail at Wet."
Men I went home I told any wife it
was worse nom a dose of calomel 10 hit
BEd listen to that man mourn and "take
on" ail the evening through, Life 101
him seemed to be CEO long, dreary day,
wale never a bit of sunshine to lighten
it up.
Why is it, do you suppose, that this
is the way with so many who are really
blessed beyond their ability to reckon?
It is wrong. So much Joy, peacie and
comfort, and so many things to make
us happy; and still WO am determined
to see the shadowy side 01 11 aill
Don't you suppose it would be a good
flan to take off the green and smoky
spectacles, and wipe them dry? If we
wet them with tears,—the good hones
tears of repentance for our ingratitude'
—it would be better yea
The most of tile gray hairs wo have
come not through good, square, hard
Naltoia.kn,.but through the nibbing and Pee.
tering of things that never had a being
A man once told roe how he tired a
horse out that had the notion of kick-
ing, lie hung an old sheep pelt up Me
ohcinidt. the horse, jest where he could gee
it, and let him kick till lie gat enough
At first, no doubt, the horse thought
that pelt was the worst looking thing he
had ever seen In all the days of his life.
He peeled his eye back at it and made
up his mind that the old evil one must
surely be right after him. And lie kick-
ed and he kicked.
But the more he kicked the faster the
thing fell back on his heels. All night
long he worked at it, till the sweat ran
coven IliE legs and he was "a of a trent-
Me." Then he stopped; and, by the
grey light of the morning, look a good
square look at the miserable thing that
had been worrying the life out of him.
It was nothing but an old eheepskin.
It made him so ashamed to think how
he had wasted so much lime and
strength on a thing like that, that he
bopped kicking.
And after that tie never kicked.
I have been riding on a railroad which
was not.so smooth as it might have
been. M I looked out of the window
at the passing objects, the trees and
houses and everything else seemed to
be wonderfully out of perpendicular.
But they were all right. The trouble
was with the train I was in. The ears
rocking from side to side made it ap-
pear that things outside were all wrong.
How many times that is true! The
world looks wrong to us, and all the
while, it is our own selves Lhat „ are
wrong and nob teas world at all.
Lel us wipe our spectacles! It is a
good time to do it now.
Then glance around and take a fair
look at all that is being done for the
comfort of us poor, ungrateful human
beings:. It is enough to make the worst
or us ashamed of ourselves.
But the best plan I know to make es
look at things as they really are is to
go out and help some one else.
The softest, nicest handkerchief with
which to wipe our glasses is the kerchief
which has wiped the tears from some
other man's eyes.
No mare mist after that In the place
of the lament will come the song in the
heart. Where wo thought there was a.
sore we shall find a beauty spot. Service
for a poor follow -mortal takes away the
shadows and cures all the hurts we
thought we had.
"Stepping off on to nothing" is not
very encouraging business. We have
been doing that altogether too much. We
bavc had many a tumble in coneectuence
of this tendency. Our shins have been
soro and our hearts weary from the falls
we have had that way.
Let lie not do it any more, fellow farm-
ers. Let's get the solid rock under our
feet and let the shadows be shadows.
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If you are to raise the calf, after the
first milking take it away from the mo-
ther and put it in a nice, dry, warm
stall, with plenty of straw. Don't save
a calf that has not ai the start at least
six teeth all well cut through. This
shows good vitality. If the calf has
five or six teals, that is another mark
of a good cow by and by.
After the eel( 1 Levenlygour hours
cld, feed it two quarts of intik just from
the cow. At first give it your finger,
then gradually slip the finger out. Some-
times you can do this at the first feed-
ing; sometimes you can't. Thevo is a
difierence in calves; just, as there is ig
folks. Be patient about it.
Need time feed the calf a little moire
warm milk. If things have worked all
right, the calf will Weil be drinking with-
out the finger, But keep cool; things
do not always work right. You know
Imw "things ought to be done; the calf
doesn't, You must use brains.; for the
calf—and for yourself.
Practise this for three weeks, especi-
ally the part that relates to patience. Lit -
tie by little give the calf more to eat
ini you have reached four quarts twice
a day.
Then take out some of the new milk
and add sweet skimmilk, decreasing the
proportion of new milk each day for a
week. By that time the calf NVIII be on
skinnnille diet. It will then begin lo
eat a bit of bright hay and be well start-
ed on the way to cowhood,
COWS IN SPRING.
In the spring there is almost always
more or less trouble with the udders
or CONTE. Best way to avoid this is to
feed no heavy rations for o few melte
before they begin to give milk. Then
wheat berm should be about the only
grain ration. If tho bag becomes caked
rub it often with quite warm water. if
very bad, drop a little eamphor into
the water. Vaseline is also very good.
But keep the rubbing up 1111 all the
bunches aro gone.
If the bowels are inclined to be con-
stipated before cows come in a good
dose of Epsom salt will bo beneficial,
You must bo the doctor and all oleo for
your cows at this time of the year. They
can not do for themselves.
LIVE STOCK NOTES:
Do not allow a rough, noisy man
around the stables. The fellow who
works for his boatel Is often expensive
help.
Do not neglect to examthe the horse's
mouth frequently. A Sore mouth is the
cause of many unpleasant habits. Be
careful how the bits are lilted. The
placing of the bit in the horse's mouth
has a great infilience on his manner of
going.
You etin alweys depend on the pure
bred fowl for uniforni growth. Take It
mongrel hen, and her ellie,lcons will
vary. They never grow Mab, and one
et' two in the 1)110111 will be ready for
maraca 110fore the °there. Not only
that, the pure bred mie uniform in leeks
after dressing, and sell higher on line
amount for breeding and hatching pure
posee. Their eggs and themselves sell
higher than the market price for either ,
A selicitor who Openly prides himself
on his knowledge of the law, wns one
day proceeding to the loeel coma with
several ienderons lew brinks under big
cern, when he Diet 0 trined. "Why,
exclaimed the taller, pointing
lo the 'limas, "I thought yen evaded ell
that Muff in your lived," "1 do," quick-
ly replied the lowyer, with 1 knowing
winiu "those ars tor the judges."
YOUNG
FOLKS
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STRUGGLE IN NIGERIA
I 1181'01W OF FIGHT 1110I1
CIVILIZATION.
penmen( Uprisings, Punitive Exited/dont
and Conflict With Foreign
Ambitions.
The history of the nmush colony oi
Northern Nigeria, whore a small gar-
ritant Or native troops officered by 1111a-
le4linien Is 'NI:Joliet1 to have been memo-
cred by tribesmen ot :eitikolo, Is one of
continual troublo with the nellace, Cr
repented military expedition.; fee the
suppression of tishige and the abolition
et sevagery and atuaineeitis tiettee cus-
toms end prat:Mee. Many Wlilin 01313
have meb their death in the porAtit ol
these OliPCIE. Solite 11110,1 1,011 hilled
flghles with nutivee; others leive born
massacred during sudden Heinle; of
tribesmen al distant outposts; whim still
more have fallen victims to the terribly
trying climate.
The establishment of n British pro -
Rotondo owe. the ext ()URN° terrileriee of
Northern Nigeria dales cella- from ism.
,d).en the country was taken ON 01'ay
the Clover:mega from the [loyal Niger
Company, which bail held a charter eine
charter NAME obtained niter
)ears of hard work by Sit' lleOl.gc nu!)
man Goldie, who In 1877 vetted the Ni-
ger, and found thei no leafing telvareitm.
tither in commerce or eh Mention \vim
poesible unicse some government were
established whet minuet give pones and
security both to natives and to while
0100. RACE 5011 TE111111'011Ye8
Sir George Calcite, by keen Lammed.
lion, lavish presents to native chiefe,
and the increase of his staff end gatal-
sens, causecl the disappearance from ilio
Nigel of Frer.ch influence, whiclie had
been growl n g rapid ly mid , but Inc the
efforts of ale George, wait undoubtedly
have resulted In the eatablishinent of a
French protectorate.
In 18511 a German explorer, Herr lele.
gel, sot out with a great expeilltion to
Sokoto and Gandu 10 secure treaties with
lite. °biers, lie wee, however, anticipat-
e(' by the British company, who sent out
Mr. Thompson and concluded treaties
with the powerful Emirs before the Ger-
man einiesnry arrived on the scene:
The next dialcully was to secure the de-
limitation of the boundary between Ni-
geria end the German Cameroons, bid
the energetic St. George succeeded in
getting this done.
Ten years of piuneet. work followed.
Int ti -tribal Wilt.; luta to be put down,
slave -trading suppressed, pagan sacri-
fices stopped, and other abominations
wiped out. All this thne the efforts of
the British colonizers were handicapped
by the rivalry of the Frenell, who, by
means of seutimillitery expeditions, were
attempting lo extend the boundaries of
the French Smitten. But SI. George and
his able lieutenants checkmated their
designs, and finally olitained the proper
delimitation 01 1110 boundary.
PLOT TO EXTEReiliNATE WHITES.
1n 1807 the British Company was
faced by the great crisis in its career.
For years the !anthill or slave -trading)
power had been growing. The native
chiefs were banded together, and plan-
ned the expulsion or extermination of
every while num in the cent:try. But
the Maisie had been steadily preparing
their forces, and toult the Reld with live
or six hundred well -drilled soldiere, lcd
by thirty 13ritish officers, againsi twenty
or thirty thousand nativeseamong whorl
was a large propeelien of cavalry. Sir
George Goldie conducted tbe eainpeign
himself, end so well were his piens laid,
tool so rapid les movements, that North-
ern and Southern Nope and Morin, the
centres of the rebellion were quickly sub-
dued without you serious fighttins. Fou-
alIPrr'ltwas brobren f1vr.
TlietrOneD French on thtrontier
supervened, and Incfor some Limo
threatened the maintenance of peace. be-
tween France and Great 13eitaln, Matters
were, however, smoothed aver, and tho
chief resuli of the trouble was the es-
tablishment of the West African From
tier Force, with headquarters at Jebba
end strong garrisons at the various
points on the frontier evacuated by „the
Freneb. It was raised and organized by
Sir Frederick fazgard, and consists el
obout 1,000 1-ia.us»s end Yoritbas, and
over two hundred white officers and non-
comtnisstoned officers. This is the force
winch has had to bear • the brunt of
figitlattinlyn:I i
g Leniex0an
t%1 1 08.
i
expedition had to Le
sent against the Moneta tribe, a trucu-
lent set of cannibals on the Benue sliver
whet had attacked an isolated British
toren. They were for the time subdued,
but last month were reported to have
broken out smith. In 11101 ttn expedi-
tion was sent to Kontagove and Bitia
the purpose or suppressing trouble
caused by native pagan pratitices, and
10 September of the same year the Ernie
of Adamawa turned obstreperous, and
had to he persuaded into obedience by
a small force of troops.
MANY EXPEDITIONS.
The Province of Banat Was brought
reeler control in 1902 by natans of a
military expedition, end in the follow.
ing year Col Morland proceeded nattiest
the Emir of Remo, encl took the Town
of Kano, together with Sokoto and Kate
sena. The Sultan of Sokoto fled, hot
wns pursued by Capt. Sword, end fun -
ally allied after some severe fighting.
In 1004 another expedition .was rem
tiered necessary fleeing the Okoto
who 11611 murdered Geol. OTiteeclan and
Ner, Amyale, Burney, oral, except ror the
reported rising of the !gunships, there
has since been peace and order in the
°toiletry,
Al, the end of 1004 Sir Frederick W-
m& the High Commissioner, merle a
lour of the rountry, covering i distanee
el over 2,000 miles by, lend and 1,000
111 I1PS by water, end '.VES table to remota
in the moat enfiefeelory fern% nu the
condition of effaire. 1Te recorded 11111
submission nr the lest rectelettreet
end the anal disappectennee of the hoc-
eible riles and enewilleee Which had ontio
Nan so prevalent In tlie nouidry, Trade
was increesing, elvillztaion spreading,
end new industries enelaging blp,
liie rennet moveicell eorivineing cwt.
(knee. of the edvaninge of MIMI\ rule
nue) the effie)ent wey in which the (leak
plane.: of "Pinkest !grain" limn been
and ere beim; opened le the light by
the Work of 0rills11 pion
THE LETTERS NIOTIIEB SENT.
It was a rainy day and tho children
were lonely. Bobby had drawn his little
cart up by the fire, and sat looking into
the flames, wondering if the feeling he
had was what sister called "homesick.'
ft seemed queer if one could have it
right in ano's own home. M oillrya Itjvciatist
drumming on the window -pane, anti
there was no doubt in Inc inni
the matter; she knew it was homesick.
The boys, Tom and Ned, were In the
woodshed, whittling out a boat for Bob.
by. They did not seem to mind.
Tho reason for this cloud on the 1101 ISO
was that nlother had gone away, and
would not return until the next day. At
first they had amused themselves by
&tying, "Now she has reached the sta-
tion." "Now she has stepped into the
hain," and after a long time and much
discussion., "She is at grencine's now."
Somehow when they reached this point
In .the journey this strange loneliness
had settled on the house.. They knew
she would be back the neat day; but
that was to-morrow—and to -clay It was
raVstrirthnegn. this moment of the afternoon
had come and the shadows were getting
e little longer, Molly saw the postman
coming up the walk. She alinost flew
le' the door, although she thought It
could not be possible mother had writ-
ten a letter!
"Hero are letters enough for two posie
men," said the man, twinning the pile
he ;had in his band and counting off flve
letters. "1 guess you can fin/1 out who
Lan."
tookMolly the letters and began to
jump up and down In delight. "nun
and call the boys," she told Bobby, and
ho hurried away as fast as his fat Mlle
begsSooncnittidleyeaeiv'reYtiehlarnli• seated hy the flre.
And what do you think they found?
Each envelope bore the address In the
lower corner, but at the top was a oho-
lograph of ono for whom the letter was
intended. There was a picture of nob.
by drawing his cart across the lawn.
There was one of Molly standing by the
greenhouse, The boys WPV0 taken coin-
ing through the gate; Ned's letter slam -
o I him lossieg his cap, while Tom's plc -
lure looked us if lie wore walking right,
down the envelope. 'rhoro wits one of
nurse holding a tray of caltes. May
pen to can her in.
Mother lind made ennp-shots of them
long before, when they bad not overt
guessed It, and had made the plans to
surprise them while she was Way.
Somehow, it took away the loneliness
le find that mother bad realized just how
11 would be, and that her love had look-
ed forward to this very minute, When
they would need the lelleta so nitieb.
And then it 551190 nut that nurse was in
tho secret, 10r while they wore reading
11)0 letters and looking at the picture the
door opened, and there she Mood with
the tray of dakos, looking just like her
photogettpla
ri
LOWING aerfeal,S.
Blowing wells, envenom spoken (.1
es "breathing wells," ere being inveelf.
gated by the United Steles Geoloaleal
Survey. The beet known examples rt
this typimiof wall eye found throughout
NebtasItn. The, roar, of the air OM ITAlll
11 OHO af the Loutelena wells bc SEM ill.
11111 10 kiln' 11 mane; bat eimpended
Above if. The came of suit pliencenenn
ie tenthly clue to changes in aunostiher.
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