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CHAPTER V111..--(Colliellwill.
As they pad the lonely cottage
-wheee Sinclair /tad tone! his Uncle. Sir
Ralph Freer, Bill nodded his heed to-
wards its hazy lights.
"Wlm livee there?" he asked. "A
funny place lot' a villager that, about
two iniles from St, Lawrence, eh?"
"Yee" replied Sunbeam. "It belongs
to old Captain Nosh, n. dear old man.
I've often luid tea with him. lie's about
elle only person who doesn't—" She
hesitated.
"I know. Who doesn't turn 'is back
on you 'cos I'm your father. Five years
your aunt as lived 'ere, and the wooden
Leaded critters 'aren't found out that
'there's more good in her little finger
- ;titan in their great bodies. Feels! And
so this old capein ie good to you?"
"He woe. Ile's been gone now a
month or two. He \vent to Hull, where
his married daughter lives, and the eel -
tags \vas empty until a week ago. :•_,I)nle
tivalid gentleman is there, I think. But
1 did not catch the name."
"Oh. well, it don't matter to me. No
one with e lot ci cash would come there.
Too simple like an too quiet. And I
ain't the fellow to frighten a sickly man.
Not if you told me your old capt'in had
'Is floore paved ,with gold, I shouldn't
have the "eart to rob off him when he'd
bin good to my little maid."
She sgeeezed his arm lovingly. A
glow of relief thrilled her. She fen sure
he would be kind.
A few minutes later they slopped.
They had reached the Half Way ilouse.
Bill opened thte door and entered the
bar. ;Sunbeam followed and sinned re-
cognition on the woman behind the
counter.
'Yoin have a drink," said her father,
"to keep the fog out." Ile handed her a
glass as he spoke.
"No, thank you," she exclaimed
hastily.
"But you mhst. We're two miles an'
a 'all from 'owe, a wretched walk in this
mist. Besides." ho added in it low voice,
"you went it; we've a lot o' taller' ahead
of us."
"Been to the town?" asked the wo-
man, emiene.
"Yes," exeinimed Bill, hurriedly. "A
nese- waik, and ne. one to give tie a Mt.
Ball evening for your trade, misses. We
eeent your only customers."
"Well, I ain't had many yet. But it's
early. About eight, that's all. We don't
often see yeu this way, mi -ale," she
added, "meting again at Supbertin.
"You'll see her oftener now len 'ere!"
laughed 13111, flinging a coin down and
wiping his mouth with the back of his
hand. "Now then. tenni:Nun, we muet
trndge en. Haven't you Meted that?
Gimme it then."
Ile emptied her glee.: and put it down
noisily. Then rolled across the room and
opened the door.
"Good night, mann good hick 10 Yoe,"
he sake as Sunbeam puesed out in front
of him.
°Weide he seized her arm and thew
her reund the house down 41 lane thud led
lo the crowded oethousos. From there,
the lane, instead of terminating, as one
miglm tiaVe expected, in a yard, euntin-
ued past Ihe buildings betneen two high
hedges.
"Where are we going?" aeked Sun-
beam, surprised, a vague fear trembling
M her setae.
"To Gentleman Dan's," welled her fa-
ther.
"13u1 there are no hotteee here! It is
only a bridle road. There's nothing be-
yond but fields and a wood."
But even as she spoke her heart sank.
For she remeiniend that beyond the
weed stood a cottage wheel had belong-
ed te an old bedge-cutter. The man, who
had tiled alone and wns supposed to
have great sayings hidden about, the
premises, had been found murdered in
the early spring, about two or three doys
after the deed had been committed. And
the mystery had 'levee yet been solved.
'The cottage had re:nettled utinceupied
eVer since, people shunning it with hoe
rd.
"Oh, yes, tliere is," teethe] Bill.
"There's a cettege beyond the wood
where a murder was done. Dun has
rented thatcottage for a bil. He got 11
cheap. 115 renle it f10111 the people et
Half Way House."
"But," stammered the girl, "if Ws
known he might be suspected of the.--."
"Net he. You may be sure lie runs no
Theugh les rum yeti ehould think
or
1 hal 1 ad the same thought when he
Showed me 11. 'Lew dill he know about
the place? Anyeow that's nothing to do
with lie. Our business ain't about mule
del. and wot's more, I've never yet
sinew.] me 'minds with. blood. Slethe Me
dead If I lie."
She remained silent, puzzling about
Dan's motive in Inking the piece, femid
he have murdered poor aid Disk for the
sificoel rt few p imi Aol sus lie
Duro' for the tairpose of finding the hid-
den money? Thu idea, holv..ver. seemed
too improbable, lie was Sere ly coin-
eidenet• merely, se 110 lc 11111kii his plans
with 13111, free from interferenee.
Put her nervonences did not leave her.
Awaltened fenr is nee easily lulled into
eilenee. She crept closev to ber father es
they entered the wood, and peered with
frightened eyes al, the ghost-like trees
and hushes as Say seemed 10 Spring 1111
suddenly before them, The light stream-
ing from the open der.r of the tottage
wee greeted by her with n sigh of relief. "D'you hear (het ?" he spluttered, up the sleep etatlease.
For a 5e001141 het. (Irene of Gentleman peering hinteelf obt ;mother gleeeful of But 0 Icey cbeekle mad a volley of
Dan Was forgotten. the aeirit with e shaking hand, "There reale were his sole responee.
1 ihe girl 1 gaVtl! 1,^l` 5,1' 1.1eleee iny ellti.s gl16i) yell le nee," tirmurefl
for. That's her gintilood. I told 'et' that Rep, laughing Softly. "I'M not gbing
wn, owl (11. you. ...mild 'eve swoon glee you am fillWel
;ewe' eimoee that end leave you M gel See 114,4 old lite Mena and bit hill
yeur bride chewhere. entity fti me ewe. With a IOW receleina-
"Feel." Ille aYa`, lion 'of rage he slopped and covered her,
ing. "1)0 you Shit( 1 share( helve her, juee lamming kissee.
Sal Yell me 111(1'MY 11 tired? "'reeve r' he sled, "111, leaCh you .M
$(),e111,..e,refIl• mile.. ehow yam. tangier. And now you can
e‘e(he" P"I's Ilge• Leolv hue lee seen cool yowl -ell' DI here. Tele is yotir teed',
eedetighl. To-MOTOW, when you ere
was ewe to face with Dan, tee terror of
lee wood was a mere bagatelle.
"So there you are r' Pc exclaimed, in
a low relined voice; "I Was wondering if
yell were coming to -night. Or rather if
you were ening to bring Mise Surillatun.
(tome in, you MUM. be tired after yottr
walk," he added, turning to her, his
eyes fixed insolently on ber pale face.
"How you've grown! But you're just
lite same. should have picked you out
of erowd."
She smiled weakly. Ilis big black eyes
shot teener into her. With the full light
on his dark, clean-shaven face, her old
dread of him revived, intensified. She
remembered whispered tales, told by her
aunt. of his relined cruelty, bis utter
wickednoss. Everybody was afraid of
She sal down, trembling, and looked
mend the room. It was very bare. A
small deal table stood in the middM.
On It, a candle burning low in the sock-
ei, a whiskey bottle and a maple of
glasses. Three rush -seated chairs, a
rusty fender, a couple of shelves with
manse crockery upon them, completed
ils contents. Another door led into a
seullery, with stairs to the top Iloor.
She wondered how Gentleman Dan,
who was known to be fond of comfort,
could have taken such a dreary place.
And then the remembrance of the mur-
dered man flashed upon her mind and
she turned 10 ,1105 companions.
They were talking hurriedly in low
tones. Bill now and then raising his
glass M his lips and drinking greedily.
Dan, his eyee gleaming with excitement,
glancing occasionelly across at her with
1.1 leave her Mere ti lel, If she wine'
the seoner she Den -ries tile and learns
te turn her edueation ;some temente
the better for tet 1.c;th. I (keel, lite to
Interfere between parent and Child, tail
ne eou've promised het. to me 1 think
tvt• a right le lthow whether eh.. really
meane ;what she ;qty.,. you'. bliestering,
BM. is enouglu to frighten n eal.,
Y.:mire nee pandit eitetigh. You dila
mipect her to are things \till' run. 1355,
If youn followed my 11.15Me and trailed
ler in the professioe things \voted !lave
been different; instead., 34t11 41111-aleItho her
mmnd 14he istiveuld10141:ki. 414.' 14,‘
'cos uuuuurmlm'i lo'
she Waal hill eilh Ye1.1" Idene 0,1
right and wrong. teethes don't shalt
each 4,1114 -es its'414,3 01. jewels, Mey iteep
to stealing paell reputations willi
their tOugues, 1 your dalighter's 11
failure, you've yourself biume. How-
ever, you remember nur emptied. But
bit patieet with her; patience is 0 virtue
in an trades, even in ollns."
"Patience be Wowed r ejectileted Bill,
banging his lists noielly on the table.
"I've 'ad euoitga patiowe. Theee years
in geed I've spent laying my plans with
ier acting 'er part in Seim Do you
think I'm going to give them up kw it
slip of a gal Hee Gern with your
sermonizing. And yeti, Suite...gm, j110t
say egain wet you meen? 'aye the
patience to 'ear you again. Here's Dail
awaiting to (hem y'on. Which do you
cheese; to obey me arid come home, or
to marry 'lin?"
She drew n long eredli rind leaned
heavily on the table. Her Nee had
grown paler as Dan epolce and she
turned appealingly I.-, her finer ns the
smooth hews eeneed. to shrink
boric ;named al the Vellr111111lee of his
rough retort. Foe she realized that she
could hope fer nu relenting front him.
He was already halfsletitil: end tlw devil
of evil had eimeed all softening in-
fluences from his blackened heart. She
knew that she was .intirely at their
mercy, and, for a second, fear held her
in. es throee. Then ageln the vision of
Dundoes face flouted 1 -fare lier eyes
mid courage returned to her. Bight was
right. itad not he said 1,16?
With a 111110 gasp she nung lust her
heed, exclaiming loudly --
"I choose neither 1"
With an otillt Bill thrust out his Ilene
and struck her vielently on the mouth.
She staggered bad( giddily, The blood
a little snide upon his thin straight lips. rushed Irma her heart. A numbness
She shuddered. l'hose terrible eyes! seized her in eveey limb. 13111, -above and
1
Serape ef sentences fell upon her ears. heyound all W115 Psi thought Sat the
Thee were eumeieat., to bell her teat they man she had leNed in spite. of his nes-
were laying plans for what promised a
big "haul." A feeling of intense nausea
crept hp in her. Why 011 why bad she
been given such a father? Horror at her
disloyalty quenched the thought. She
began 10 pray silently, her eyes dosed.
Suddenly their vedceS grew louder.
Her uame was repeated frequently. She
paused in her prayers to listen. The
terrible mement was upon her. Soon
she would have to join in to Mee her
doings, had so disgraced his munhood.
Tears gushed from her eyes,
"Father," she nturinuted, moving un-
steadily towards him. "You doret mean
it, You made a mistake. You love me
-you---"
He hong her lance rougley.
"Ungenteful huesy," he spat "I wnsli
me heads 0' you now. Den, you can
have her when yob like, You 1;1111 keep
het here to make SUN (1' her. 1 trust
father, who, now that he had been you. Lock ice up, or—
drinking heavily would be difficult to "Oh, father. father! What hnve I
manage, and listen to Gentleman Dan's done that ycot ehould be en unkind?
smnoth sneers and cruel 'snit voice. Let me come home with you, least,"
Sunbeamll go . .. then we'll try ber elm pleaded, shaking off Dan's detaining
hand end seizing hey father by the
sleeve . "Have yeet forgotten your Sun-
beam, your nine eller
Great sobe choked lieu'. She clung In
hie •arms pleadingly, the tears pouring
down her uplifted ftwe . "I leve yeti.
father. 111 do -anything for you, If you'll
take ole back."
Half ashamed, be turned. to her eager-
ly.
"Then stop Sal bluidwring end say
you'll do wot I want. We've wasted
enough lime over led. iircady. Den's
worn out with your 'ysteries."
Gentleman Dan laugbed.
"Not at all,'' Ile murmured eerily; "it
amuses me, Miss Sunbeam,"
But, bnheeding hen, she drew badt
hee Mtn& front her tether's twin. saying
os quiet a voice us she could cum-
mend -
"I will do anything hill rhat. I shall
neverechange on that point."
Btu's anger returned in full Wee. He
swung mend upon her, his hand up-
raised. 13111. as she cowered Wore hlin,
her eyes raised in alarm lo his furious
fare. he drew bad( with another oath.
"Then keep to your pine" Ile stormed.
"An' leave me alone or murder you.
Dont you see the deviles up in me?
Gern out my sigbt 111 kill you as
I stand."
at Lady Denver's. I've 'ad my eye on
that tiara for years . . then Lady
Cruee will be there . . her diamond
necklace makes me utoblh water.
Ilnyin' been a toff yourself, you can see
they'll never susped 'er o' 'elping
04 ..."
The words died off in a gurgle. She
winced and opened her eyee. Gentle -
Man DIM WAS looking at her. But she
sat silent, a smile upon her lips, a pecu-
liar expression upon her face.
Bill turned ;heavily in his chair.
"Sunbeam r he called Meetly. "Come
We! Roight 'ere, near the light. 1 want
to speak lo you. I want to 'ear your
nnswer to my question, the one \vol. I
melted yet. this merning. Come on. Wol.
ale you wailini for, 'aye you gone lo
sleep?"
She stalled. The terrible moment had
come at last. The heavy mist without
seemed to weigh upon her breast. Her
lips were dry end her tongue unable to
articulate. She felt incapable of mov-
ing. But only ew a moment. As he
burst out. into a storm of curses she
1.0511. Sinelales words rang In her narS.
She would be brave.
She stepped scrose the room and
stepped in front of him. The light fell
Mb upon her Mee. It was ae white as
death. Mit in her eyes shone a look 01
met ealin resolve that her father blinked
in aelonishment at her. end his curses
died away in a low growl.
Then clearing his voice, he demanded
:
"Well, then? \Vol, 'ave you got to say
for yourself ?"
CHAPTER 1,7e,
A ;Wiener sharp as a blade fell between
them. She looked steadily into his
flushed hice.. Gentleman Dan leaned
ticroes the leble, his eyes .11xed compel.
lingly on hers, his lips parted as though
about to speok.
"Now. then, wol, d'ye T115011 ? 'AVO you
los! yinir longue?" blerleit Bill with an
eeeney
"I . told you this 100511104 what I
meant. father. I have not :banged my
mind," she said quietly, laving her hero
on the tube, es though for euppert,
lee ;leered a curse ape steeled feweres
tier. Ihen fell bnel( heavily in his chair,
his eyeS rolling with ungee, hands
she crept to the dear, mem the word
wa- preferable lo this. Out in the cool
Mr her ebbing slrengt would return.
But es she laid her hand cn the knob
Getilleman Den put his upon it.
"Nol yet, my girl," be said, smiling
lmowingly. "You forget that you are
!Tillie. 'Your father has given you to me,
end I do not 'nom to let you go."
She spreng aside with a little cry and
Mimed panting against the well.' Dan
eyeleetly understanding, and
enjoying her horror of him. His eyes
gleamed with anything but friendlines.s,
though his coolness was not even ruf-
fled.
13111; lolling °ernes the table, his eyes
stupid and bloodshot, chuckled glee-
fully.
U. thine her, my boy. Clip her
wings and teach her win I connote
She glanced el him despairingly. In
Sat 11101115(11 of tomer and loneliness
death would have 'been sWeel.
"As cull trust you awny from me,
noe. you're mine, bright Sunbeam, I'm
heavily clenched. plug in keep you here, until teemoerow.
"Yen mean Mal you re fu bo ''hp 11.0 After Set 111 leatift you the duties of ;a
eelo repay ine an the done for tem- wife,. And if, in a few mcriths you're
yet) went me and pew mint to die ce
want when you could Met ue to condole
--you offer us a stone ',stead e' blend.
fingreleful hussy. 'You achltilly refuse
yotir duty by your old feeler?'
"I 'refuse to do that," replied Sunbeam
"because it steins %Among to ine. If 1
,0111 earn money honestly I will. but not
13, 11151 way. 1-1 mimed rather die Itian
-isteal---Or help others le do an."
Shur choked nervouely over Ihe words.
The color e,ropt. ber lnow .die itt
f teetleman Dan's seeering smile. Whet
was thr good of tenting 10 thou like
Mai? Thee ceuld not undereland,
14111 turned 10 his rompanion.
itol the sharpest woman in our profes-
sion my 11111110 16111 Hubberd. As
you treat lite so will I Meat you. rrhat's
fair, isn't It?"
tier head dropped on her breast,
me," mutentwee; "kill me,
mid gel it over newel'
Ile latiglied.
"KM you? Not 1. 'You're le be My
ffille wife bei -morrow Your father has
given you to me."
Then befere she ceuld guess at bis in-
lenlion he had seized her in his ernes
end eerried her across the room.
"thither father help me" she (fried,
eimiggling frentleally, es Dan here her
13td, wben, mat lig ten ores eye, ImS
appeared on, the ihroabeld before them,
henet gave a great bound, and for a
mement her breath stopped. Although
the had notseen' hiln Ter some years,
she recognized him atonce, and, al-
though Ills beck being lo the lighl,
features were barely discernible, she
could havmi desertbed them accurately; SO
vivid lied been the ireeression made 11
him limos' linen her childhood. Site
(edit then, good-hyit. You need fear 110
harm. No one will come neat. you,
You're as safe us death."
1le puttlutd Iter rivet 111111 110 Ile Spoke,
shimmied leek agninel a bed,
\Yell a Mime he pulled the (Moe to
rending in the dart:nee,: of the 00-
lotewn room she heard him [Urn lhe hey
tit the 14,01i.. Then a sharp indent.. $ound
111:e the full of a 111.y Cell on her oils.
She held her beetle as he greed with-
out, evidently trying to Mut it, 1111111
with n disappoinket eale, and a mut-
tered. 11, doesn't 111111 ha', She's sUf
vr g W(.111 idOW y amyl! s 1 irS.
Then indeed (11.1 she realize, as she
quivered edit heir at lite rentembrenee
of the home that had perhaps talten
place in Mat Very Spol, thilt :Me was
kiegotten and forsaken by the man
whom she called tallier,
Clic be continued),
her- I elle 11 epee, Theme remain as
theank /Sec behind 11111, ekev that she 1 euld. 11 elle will 511ler into 0115 118118 geed 1'll 131 you out; My tamed dove. new.
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WHAT 1115 INTENTIONS WERE.
Volum Man Explained Teem to the
DaillSere Father.
'Freddy," mutnewed the sweet damsel,
ne she Smelter arms arollild the young
mnies neck anet yanked down the band
ef Ms tie tvhere 11 Mel got hitched ee
in unsightly fashion above his coney-
ettel-"Fredily, pnpa is In the study
and he is dying 1.o have a chat with
34:11."
Freddy willed. For the moment, he
felt willing le allow the old gentlemen
it, expire. 10 the steely mid the bosom
et his family, but his better nature pre-
vailed. Ile owed some sacrifice lo the
charming creature et his side, so I
soiti, less a hero: "Very well, Gladys,
I will go 111 mid eye papa, If he is et
liberty.
Ile was. In lfael, be W110 very much
aI liberty. Ile had been 11140 11 101 neoui
Iwo hours. with nothing else to do but
jusl ;wail. for Freddy.
"Come inyoung men, and shut lee
&etre' he Said, The yeling men obeyed.
"Sit down." seid the ;Mho..
"Thanks,' eaid Freddy, as he fixed
himself on the edge of a chair. "H's
a nice evening."
"I didn't est: yolt lime to talk about
tPc weather," reniniked the stern pa-
rent„ as be slued his chair round so as
M get the young men into focus.
"No?' eh:9)0d Freddy, faintly,. "You
didn't?"
"I did not," echoed papa. "rhe ques.
hoe, I'm neldrig yen Is: What ere your
Intentions when ynn elb here to epend
the evening with my CURIO -der?"
IL was (lis sh.a4ght elleellen. Po
his credit., lie it said, the young man
never flinched. "Ohl that's Tether on
easy one," be saki. "I'll nnswor it, in
a minute. My intentions? Yes, of
course. Well, in the Set place, you
know, this is a thee house. and Gladys
is a nice girl, and I intend, whenever
1 call, to make the beet of things, and
to sit on the sofa with Gladys, and to
get her to turn the gas down low so
es to save your gee bill, and sometimes
te have a Mlle snack of Slipper, If 11.5
only .a sandwich, and to Inllt pretty
things and nee, worry Owe, anything,
to forgot the cruel world and just revel
In the delight of the Moment, and -
and -in short, my intentions ore to have
o real good time 0( 11, don't you know.
I hope you understand?" „
JI seemed that papa did understand.
and he sIgnifled the fact In the usual
manner. When Freddy had sorted
himself out of the geranium -bed and
was limping Sadly homeward, he mur-
mend:-
'These gathers are the Most Seem-
nvehensible mefl on mete They :esti
you O streight questionman to man,
and When they get a fruthfin answer
they don't like ile"
Any mart ea101 get along with any
woman; he has to do is to let her
have her Wily.
A fete ds stride a barrister ;tailed
;Upon alsether Member of his profession,
and asked his opinion upon a eerthin
point Of mw. The lawyer to WheM the
question Wag addressed drew beneelf up
ancl saki: "I generally get paid for tell-
ing whet, e lotew." The getestioner &OW
$1 from hie pocket, handed it le the
Other, and Welly remarked: "Toll inc
ell you knOW Mid give Me the change
Thteo ta e, ee010e55 between .the parties
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(deer)! ftWAy 4-151 their long, long jolly-
ney amass the eoullnoul. Mother mat
friskily rather dreadef 1 lite long days en -
ewe them.
"A wonder -box, inmenta!" cried Mei-
die. She lied towed gend-bye and
kissed her hand to papa, end now wile
nentreled :.f the ho x beetniee she tried
to sil eewn tal it. "Whal can 11 be?"
"A box to wonder "Mout, I should
eay," replitel 111111113110. S1111 ii110
ilunli-
1114 of the tireeeete Journoy, and decid-
ed that Ihe surprise -box shieed not lie
•epened until elaidie grew very 501113',
hi the late anemone she latil elwaye
tried be leach 1101' daughley lo
splien out lier joys and make them last
us lung as peseible.
"It win keep lie busy wencirring ell
day, I think. Let us guees went Is in
it before we open He dear. It will lie
1111 the nicer if you wait ti while, anti
you've got your 11e15 dein 10 play with.
ek"nonuwt.),T$1, get eequau
lted wh her
it, yen'
tso while Maidie eNfirililled her new
elothing, Ihey talked and wen.
(‘,11e,t; jeiticlenr-box. oxguessed what could be in the
"A myway, it's something nice. 1
know," said Middle, 'for grendma and
the nun I los alweys do have suer, [Inc
surprises."
Then bee Nvetiltt call her at-
tention to the hematite thing,s to be
Seen (MIA 111P N111dOW, 11114 SO 11111 11011rS
III.W 1111S1.
ity the time the 110W 41011 was 1111111011,
ansi Maidie 1111d 1.1111:1s.sed every single
thing cee meld think of, from clotigif-
nuts to slory-beelis, it WAS lanell-lime.
They had a gay meal out of lite lunch.
box mearina liant prepared. 'r11511
elaidie bad a nap, anti woke tip Innen
'refreshed.
"1 don't Sink travelling is eo Lire -
'some as you said, niunima." she re-
in:weed, several limee, But nitwit four
o'clock in the uflerucen esiced.
0185113', "Have we got te be -111 the truth
ferever, mamma?"
Then meinme readied mil and gel the
wander -box, and Melillo (limped her
bands. fey she tied !erectile)! tie; MAW
IL
111$1115 the red paper was a heavy
pasteboard box, Ile:Wing several smaller
l0,xes and bundles. On the lop lay a
Id i Mr tolling Ilia 1 the wOnder-hox con-
tained 8 gift for each of the six days cef
their jeurney. It was called n wonder -
box beettuse grandma and Ihe aumbise
knew how etairlie would wonder and
geese each day about whet was in tho
next day's package. Each was num-
bered. and on no account was a pack-
age le be opened until the right day:
The first day's gifl was a blank beat,
made by sewing some simets of thick
while peed' together, making large
equare pagee. The book WAS sewed
111 bo n blue brieteeheard cover, on
which had been pasted lite picture of
a train of ears. Under this was print-
ed in p111, A Lillie Traveller's 1)13115."
and al the heed of caell of Ibe six leeves
a Clete had been written. A pencil WAR
1 i1 to this book telt! 11 long blue rib-
bon,
"It Is to hold the revert] of your jou,
ney, deer," said mantilla . "Who 1 cle-
ver aunties my Itille girl lins! You can
write clown 511 about our trip in this
beetle 11 will be something .pleasant to
do'i.e:ery day, and if I were you I'd
begin now, because to-clity is almost
gone.
tee Needle, with mamma's help, put
inlo Ihe book MI the things tent had
happened einem mornieg in the cm-, how
she had got acquainted wilh 11 little boy
and girl there; how she had treated them
M eoine cf the feel papa had got for
her; hew 14 one station where the train
slopped 11 Mg dog jumped front a ear-
ringe and tried to follow hie master nnd
mistress on the tenth, and how sate Ite
seemed wlwn the enacimum might hien
end put him hack hito lhs carte:lee.
Ever so ninny things luel happened that
Meidie wanted to put into her diary.
The next day he found that her
wonder-bex package held blunt-end
seissors and paper, and sheets of dolls
and furniture to cle, out. So she spell
a busy and happy day, The third day's
package held a book-slete, with pencil
attached, and a box oe colored crayons,
Then "playing school" wles Se great
(mane, and elniclicee new friends knee
jImot liwtttl8w tilt 1111[1 ulbo 11;,>.'1:1,114.;;4.1;,IslYv,1,1111".111
mb e, he tee "pen...lone" ;eel Io1 W4,10d.
p011ish the dolb.s Wu often.
The fourth day wee emelt neelly i
reading, 1,1, Mal day's gift front 1'
wendetebex was inert:ell "a lietvellet
retie' It wee elrlp (.1 Maeda mew
011:a .111151' 31111141 1' Itt1!, 0111-0 llulI',lI,'il. [1
11 were peeled seerice, verses, picture
rod Mash's from childreM,,, nitigirhines
rend !hem slm 1'00,01 11111 Illir
S11 bed 111, i51' need he am 1
only the :mace of a tinge Or SO,
The mil (in's ),aoliugi, was. 15 111!.•
full of things for Needle':
.14111-a liny towel and weeleeloili
ennui a little square of smi)1, a silt
lintel -bag with a cunning hantlkerellee
in it, it tiny Jitpaneee fan, doll's s17,0
111111 11 serep of a bottle contatitleg
logne
l'he last days gift was the be.st
en, so Mettle.; thought. 11 Was a doll's
.34141184 114, with n little 114311 111 it, am'
was math, ,flit, of a 58101-1,05 e•1Vil'et
'bm
.c.in\ 1.1'510 1sylIb 4:1115111,11101m,1.):111.: le.11(11;t:10411 illiteY
and Ism together al. the other, you wilt
,sitzoot,t,11.11 An1141111:;lesidedo‘11):,refolatli1111:411slielii!
sheel,R and blanket, and the d011
WAS dl'eiSel 111 11 1101111e1 10111101114-10111(..
When MIlid'e and mamma reviled
henue, you 111ey slire 111111 thry Car-
ried the wonder -box carefully from the
train will) Son.
Needle milled 11 her "'methtoe." for
'1 had emelt" Ihe leing-dreneed six dayS
S,‘11111 like Ihree.-Youlles Companion,
sEss,vnoNs OF TIM SIM,
Well Manned Shine That Have Passed
From all Human Ken,
precticelly all hope of hearing any-
thing wore of the misting liner Nicer:t-
alent bas been aimed:med. She is now
more Sun two months oVerdne, and
ha name has already been added ID
the lisi of. missing ships, the rata of
which will never be ,known until the
>11 c1505 Up ifs dead.
Within recent yeare there have been
eevevitt parallel enees to that of the
Nicaraguan. Possibly some readers still
remember 1110 disappearance of the
White Stet, liner Narcenie, whirl ;van -
tithed hi 1133. This veseel, u hich wee
over. 0.5110 tonswas practically new.
el:km(401y equipped, and commanded
be a highly experienced eind en.pable
captain. Neveethelees. when. she ret
die in Februery, lip, she pnesed from
:ill humanken, and Ili,, only clue to her
tale was the discovery, three weeks
later. of two of her lifeboats floating
about bottom upwards.
Nine years later. in February, 1902,
lb.! Allan liner Iluronian quilled Gies -
wow on a voyage to SI. John's, New -
few -Oland, Here agai51 was a fine
sentrier, of large tonnage. possessing
Um highest repute, equipped with every
imprance for sefely known at We time,
V ell mantled and well commended. Yet
tlic Iluronian shored the fate Of the
Naronle and disappeared. •
The loss of the Bernet gunboat:ton-
do' in the Pacific in December, 1901, is
another ecean mystery. The Ponder.
with about 230 dlicerS and Inen, waS
lcnown 10 haVe been cruising neer Cape
Flattery, in British Columbia, about ilae
date mentioned. It was also known
tbut there 'was a greet storm 'at that
lirne, ancl• the Condor apparently 'nun -
a
ed,(11(ill in111111 ttn11 1 Ielesr%w sieln"s1:11lictedWIn a I ills.
appeeranees, quite a number Of emce-
e r vessels have completely vateshed
(luring the last fifty yeers. In 1869, kw
instance, the Bleryie Castle stifled from
Lendon peeks for Adelaide. She Was
011420 spoken, MIL never seen 04515
Twenty-one years later, on February
1 1 th, the City elf Boston sailed from
New 'York to England. end added one
more Le the lengle.mysteries of the sett.
The only elue to her fete was a board
picked tip on the Demise coast bearing
the words, "We are sinking." What,
heortreeeing story lies behind those
three wends?
PARTICULAR.
"George. wake up, I think there are
bUrglars in the house."
"Gee, whizz I Do you only thiT111
they're in lho house? Why don't you
Indic sure they're in before waking me
up in the middle of the Mein?"
TABLEAUX TIME.
"Do you know teat Mr. Samuel 1
was just speaking to?" asked the Indy
et Usa tea to the one standing next, in
her.
"Oh, yes."
"I seppose he says those sweet things
the women he meets?"
"NO, he 'never says them to me,"
"Indeed! And you know him?"
"Oh, yes; len his were!"
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on the toughest constitution.
The conductor passing from the heated
inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature
of the platform—the canvasser spending an
hour or so in a heated building and then
walking against a biting wind—know the
difficulty of avoiding cold.
Scooted. Emulator: strengthens the
body so that it can better withstand the
danger of cold from changes of temperature.
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CLEANING MiLle VESSELS.
Busty milk cane should 1101 he Mier-
ilett. Beim 11 singly ruely patch in 11.
'1111 is dangerous. ernales
,17.011gc.14140 lioneyeembed condition bt
he teeter." of leo), end lit cesee lodgel
.1 lite interstems (hue Mimed, provklina
owl kw the melees faiiiiliesne obJec.
111-1(1 inttrefuelive orgenletes.
:leen these ointment an infeelive
.utrefying series of ferments:, which are.
lietributed throughout the milk or
;remit stored in the cam Ftirliter, a
elielybente etrusty iron flavor
noticeable in the dairy or butter es
„mewl of the lactic acid geneenled 10 ther•
11111; attacking the Iron and cembining
old dissolving It. And not, only is the -
milk in the cans theneseives 1 1.1(,1051
.wsely hot also the whole suPPIY 10 Se'
eteeelvIng vat, Hence It can be seen how
iniperetive is lent eons :Mewing rust -
;Mould al once lie sent to the tiliSinith
to have lhon removed, or reject 1110111
end get new ones, Well -Made con8.
genereily have lids tun likely under -
reasonable (eire to become loos', and (so;
necessitate the daily !Ise of the rags and
Moths to secure them firmly, this being-
anollter 01.10e/tenable practice, if they
do become. ill -Meng through curelessness.
e. other causes it costs hut a trifle le
have their riins remodelled and ren-
dered servieeable egain.
When the cans have been brought, had(
from the factory and ;Ilie shim milk or'
whey emptied from 1110111 the next thing:
Is to See that they are theroughly
cleuesed. Cold writ ET elieuld first be used.
is rinsing out the milk for the reason
that milk contains a certain proportion
of albumen (winte of egg), and if hot,
water is used instead the albumen id.
coelied on the sides of Me vessel, them -
to rinnin and to become e menace to
the next eon al 111111t. 'ries should be
-
followed by weshing with boiling water
-
and for prolonging the useful age of the•
carone of the mosl effective emits is
1115 use of a boiling solution of ordinary
washing soda in the preportion of one
pound of soda. lo 20 gallons of water..
Pievithel titis sollition is Implied boiling'
hot 11 13 beneficial in 'IWO ways, namely
by acting as a wholesome and innoeu-
tem grinnitide or microbe lcillee and also -
11 preventive of rust.
The cans should be rinsed with =ler
Well belled and afterwards kneeled on a
rel.s.ed platelet' exposed to thie eunlight,
oil of range of any objectieneble odors
and wbere there is no floating dust.
semetintes Ihe cleansing can be dime by
stream and where predicable this is
entlembiedly the beet way. Not, only
should milk dine 11111S1 be eared for, Imt
the interiors frequently exemened la de-
tect any flaws in the seams, W:klelt, Willi
dents, are es dangerous to the eound
keeping qualities of milk as rust Or dirty
rags around the lids.
SIMPLE MILle TEsTING Namton.
The. inhaunaok of the Island of jer-
sey, from whence came the relet.reted
Jersey cattle, have a very simple way 01
testing milk to telt the pure from the
impure, They eirnply 114:0 the mile in an
enamelled sauce pan. 11 11 boils without.
curdling 11 is said IA1 he 111 for use. II it
curdles before it begins to boil they con-
sider 11 impure imd is not iteed as lemil
by the people or their mos1 valuable
cahhee'
Tenuse of the curdling is enid to he
filth, oddity, ege tied conterninaleet.
11 the mile hes been kept in 5055, 10 111
a remit where Sere le a, great deal 01
dirt, or 11 11101 contains a Mlle dirt that
ceme from Ihn Minds of the 10111:51. or
teem the udder (tf the cow at milking
time, It will curdle when it is being
baled. if 11 has been I:ept in 1 '1(1111
where Ihe lemperalure has been high Ilie
Milk became -4 "tinted" and will curdle
when teeled. 11 it bus stood a lung
time (Well in a temperature which is low
eneugh to hinder it front becoming sem',
11 will slightly curdle when boiled.
Milk, coming from dieeastel udders 00
COws that huve just freshened will
else ,curdie before 11 will hoil.
The test Is a benne, one end should Ito
employed by every housekeeper.
HOW Prtiele nurrnm WAS MADle.
George 11, eiestee wee wee lee [leg
prize on dairy butler al the Illinois Sta
Fair, seys of his dairy inelhods. I ker
only Jersey cews end 011de0,1 Or 141
my slubles and 1111 dairy utensils AS 5 " 1.
es possible. 1 teed and milk imge .; ,
giving ground feed corn, oats end ,
mixed for the grain ration and ler
roughege shredded corn' rockier and al -
fella hay. 1 use n 1001311111 tom, keeping tee
crealll PI 50 :Jeerers F. I warm knew°
churning, end then churn to grt111111eS
111:01111 1110 SiZe of wheat, 1 Ihen draw off
the buttermilk, wash twice lit clean
well water, sall, eboult one and 5 (111/11.1.er
ounces to Se pourrie work 11 Mlle in the
\yokel', and then pack,
—
;IAM FACTORIES IN INDIA.
,--
Sindtv, the Pince Made Famous by Kip-
ling, Centre of the Industry.
Three Ilauriseing Illtle factories at
Simla, in the Soothills of the Ilimaloyas
-7,000 to 8,000 feet thee() sea level -
provide jaMS and preserves tor Ihe
Wiles of the British exiles in India.
"A very nice line of Wilts and pre-
eerves," 6ilyS Consul -general 'Mtehael.
"The strawberries, blackberricee rasp-
berries, npricole, green gages, yellow
Wiens, lemons, dimes (led mangoes
ere grown on the sides of the moils -
thins about Simla by the natives, • The
apples, quinces, peaches, deinsofte and
peals Are grown eighty mites nerth 05
Shine, 1.11 the mountains et Kuhl. The
guavas and oranges Mee from the
plains near Lehore. The fruits from
Kele, eighty nittr,s back tnthe mom -
tains, aye carried by eooliee In beelcets,
\vela weigh elOh eixty pounds, etrung
over theirentalts. It requires Peer (Jaye
ter :the coolies te make the 11.1p nvSr
Ihe Timmy , tortuous: path from 1311111
le Simla. For this they receive 24 onie
a Sly. 111e 1311(11 4)11 road is owned by
Se, Government, and Rye 01111115,. <1.
fem. eente, toll, is eiturged, 'Phis ie
paid by the firm lbal buye 11111 feel.
Nic» end women eerry beekete of fruit,
11.0 women, ne mune reeeiven less than
the Men fur UM etweiee."