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CHAPTER, I,—Cont.
"Tlvot7thing. 1 am trying to save
you from ruin, fortune has played
you into nay hands. I am perfectly
aware that if you wore not on the
verge of social extinction you would
refuse my request. It is in your
hands to decide. You know that
Ti k.
ec stein your
creditor, is absolute-
ly merciless, Il'e will get his money
back and more besides. This is his
business. To -morrow you will be an
outcast—for the time, at any rate.
Your local creditors will be insolent
to you; people will pity you or
blame you, 'as their disposition lies.
On the other )rand, you have to say
the word and you are saved, You
can go and see the Brighton repre-
sentatives of leckstein s lawyers,
and pay them in paper of the Bank
of England.”
"If I was assured of your bona -
fides," Steel murmured,
A queer little laugh, a laugh of
triumph, came over the wires.
"1 have anticipated that question.
Have you Greenwich time about
you?"
Steel responded that he had. It
was five -and -twenty minutes past
twelve. He had quite ceased to
wonder at any questions put to hint
ow. It was all so like one of his
orilliant little extravaganzas.
"You can hang up your receiver 'for
ave minutes," the voice said. "Pre-
cisely at half -past twelve you go
and look on your front doorstep.
Then come buck and tell axe wha*
you have found, You need not feat
that I shall go away."
Steel hung up the receiver, feeling
that he needed a little rest. His
cigarette was actually scorching his
thumb and forefinger, but he was
heedless of the fact. He flicked up
the dining -room lights again and
rapidly made himself a sparklet
soda, which he added to a small
whiskey. He looked almost lovingly'
at the gleaming Cellini tankard, at
the pools of light on the fair dam-
ask. Was it poe+siblo that he was
not going to lose all this, after
alt?
The Moorish clock in the study
droned the half-hour.
David gulped down his whisky and
crept shakily to the front door with
a feeling on him that he was doing
something steathily. The bolts and
chain rattled under his trembling
engem. Outside, the whole world
seemed to be sleeping. Under the
wide canopy of stars some black ob-
ject picked out with shining points
lay on the white marble breadth of
the top step. A gun-metal cigar -
case set in tiny diamonds.
The novelist fastened the front
door and staggered to the study. A
pretty, artistic thing such as David
had fully intended to purchase for
himself. He had seen one exactly
like it In a jeweller', window in
North Street. ITe had pointed it
out to his nether. Why, It was the
very one! No doubt whatever about
it. David had had the case in his
hands and had reluctantly- declined
the purchase.
Ire pressed the spring, and the case
lay open before him. Inside were
papers, soft, crackling papers; the
case was crammed with them. They
wore white and clean• and twenty -live
of them in all. Twenty -live Bank of
England notes for £10 each—.:250!
David fought the dreamy feeling
off and took down the telephone re-.
ceiver.
if fearful oflisteners. "I—T have
you there?" he whispered, as
found your parr,,h.,
"Containing the notes. So far so'
good. Yes, you are right, it is the
scone cigar -case you admired so much
in Lockhart's the other day. Well,
we have given you an instance of
our bona -fides. But £250 is of no
use to you at present. Seckstein's
people would not accept it on ac-
count—they can make Inc more mon-
ey by 'selling you up,' as the poetic
phrase goes. It is in your hands
to procure the other 4.17M) before you
sleep. You can take it as a, gilt,
or, if you are too proud for that,
you may regard it es a loan. In
which case you can bestow the money
on such charities as commend them-
selves to you. Now are yon go ng
to place yourself entirely in nay
hands?"
Steel hesitated no longer. Tin ler
the circumstances few /net would, as
he had a definite assurance that tit tee
was nothing dishonorable to to
dote,
A little courage, a little danger, per-
haps, and be could hold up his head
1
before the world; he could return to
his desk to -morrow with the passion
Iflotvecs over his heltd and the scent
/groves sweet to his nostrils. And
the matey could dream happily, for
there would be no sadness or sorrow
iu the horning,
"I will do exactly what you toll
me," he said.
"Spoken like a man," the voice
cried. "Nobody will know you have
left 010 house—you can be home in
an hour. You will not be missed.
Come, time is getting chart and I
have my risks as well as others. Go
at once to Old Steine. Stand on
the path close under the shadow of
the statue of George IV. and wait
there. Somebody will say 'Conte,'
and you will follow. Good -night."
Steel would have said more, but
the tinkle of his own bell told hint
that the stranger had rung off. He
laid his cigar -ease on the writing -
table, slipped lis cigarette -case into
his pocket, satisfied himself that lie
had his latch -Trey, and put on a dark
overcoat. Overhed the dear old
mater was sleeping peacefully. Ile
closed the front door carefully be-
hind him and strode resolutely into
the darkness.
CHAPTER II.
David walked swiftly along, his
mind in a perfect whirl. Now that
once he had started he was eager to
see the adventure through. It was
strange, but stranger things had
happened. More then one correspon-
dent with queer personal experiences
had taught him that. Nor was feted
In the least afraid. He was horri-
bly frightened of disgrace or humili-
ation, but physical courage he had in
a high degree. And wus he not go -
Ing to save his home and his good
name?
David had not the least doubt on
the latter scure. Of course he would
do nothing wrong, neither would he
keep the money. This he preferred
to regard as a loan—a loan to be
I
paid off before long. At any rate,
money or no money he would have
(been sorry to have abandoned the
adventure. now.
Iris spirits rose ns he walked along
a great weight had fallen from his
shoulders. Ile smiled as he thought
of his mother peacefully sleeping at
home. What would his mother
think if she knew? But, then, no-
body was to know. That had bean
expressly settled in the bond.
Save for an occasional policeman
the streets were deserted. It was
a little cold and raw for the time
of year, and a fog like a pink blan-
ket was creeping in from the sea.
Dont in the Steine tho big are -
lights gleamed here and there like
nebulous blue globes; it was hardly
possible to see across the road. In
the half shadow behind Steel the
statue of the First Gentleman in
Europe glowed gigantic, ghost-like in
the mist.
It was marvellously still there, so
still that David could hear the tinkle
of the pebbles on the beach. He
stood back by the gate of the gar-
densleaf
.9u'uthe playof the ea
deur tcntc tattle
silhouettes 011 the pavement, quaint
patterns of fantastic designs thrown
up in high relief by the arc -light
above. From the dark foggy throat
of St. James's Street came the tin-
kle of a cycle bell. 011 so still a
night the noise seemed bizarre and
out of place. Then the cycle loomed
in sight; the rider, muffled and hump -
:d over the front wheel, might have
been a man or a woman. As the
cyclist flashed by something white
and gleaming dropped into the road,
and the single we'd "Como" seemed
to cut like a knife through the fog.
That was all; the rider had looked
neither to the right nor to tho left,
but the word was distinctly uttered,
At tho same inetant an arm dropped
ms
ck
Ail
After Twenty Years of Se. f`cering From
Kidneyi►iisease and Dyspepsia,
Perfect Cure is' ade by
ML CHASE'S 1 Y LIVEfl PILLS.
A. medicine which will cure such a
severe form of kidney disease as that
dosoribed below can certainly be re-
lied upon for any ordinary case of
this eihneet,
It stems folly to experiment with
new mad untried remedies when thorn
are thousands ready to certify that
Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills have
positively cured them of this paln-
ful and fatal malady.
153'. .John Georin, an old resident
of Thorold, Ont„ states: --"For
twenty years I was badly nillieled
inr r
with kidney trpubTrs, bl tic. , end
bladder derangements, fn„ nor that
time I. wee a great titI1;erer ,2nd had
to got up six to twelve times night-
ly to pass water. T tried different
doctors and used all sorts of medi-
cines to no avail.
Finally, T began using Dr, Chcsc's
Kidney -Liver Fills and soon found
relief, Thus encouraged I continued
to use those pills and after having
taken twelve boxes was again in per-
fect health and vigor. T can now
sleep undisturbed, the pains in the
kidneys and back are gone, and I
am feeling well and strong. I con-
sider Dr. Chase's Kidney -.Livor Pills
a great boon to suffering humanity,
and had I known about thele when I
was a young man could have escaped
suffering all the best years of my
life."
Dr. Chao 's Kidney -Liver 11111s,
one pill a close, 25 cants a box, at
all dealers, or Itltimaeson, Bates B&
Company, Torento, To protect you
against imitations, the portrait and
signature of Dr. et, W. Obnos, the
famous receipt boots author, are on
every box
and a long finger pointed to the
gleaming white square In the roach.
11 was Ole an inatnntaneeus photo-
graph—a flash, and the figure had
sees -thee it the fug.
this glows interest leg," Steel
muttered."Evidently 10y shadowy
friend lies drnppei a hook of rules in
the road for ate. The plot thick-
ens."
It was only 0+plata white card that
lay in the road. A few lines were
typed on the hack of it. The weals
/night have been curt, but they were
to tie point :—
"Go along the Sea front end turn
into Brunswick Square. Welk along
the right side of the square until you
reach No. 318. You will read the
aumbee over the fanlight. Open the
door and it will yield to you; there
is no occasion to knock, The first
door inside the hall lends to the
dining -room, Welk into there and
wait. Drop this card down the gut-
ter just opposite you."
David read the directions once or
twice carefully.
nunle n
Ile c mental
not of 218• After that be dropped
the card down the drain -trap nearest
at hand. A littlo way ahead of him
he heard the cycle bell tilling as if
in approval of his action. 13ut Dav-
its had made up his mind to observe
every rule of the game. Besides, ho
might be rigidly watched.
The spirit of adventure was grow-
ing upon Steel now. He was no longer
holding the solid result before his eyes
3-Iee was ready to -see the thing
through for its own sake. And as he
hurried up North Street, along Wes-
tern Road, and finally down Preston
Street, he could hear the purring
tinkle of the cycle bell before hint.
But not once did lie catch sight of
the shadowy rider.
All the same his heart was beating
a little faster as he tuned into
Brunswick Square. All the houses
were in pitchy darkness, as they na-
turally, would be at ono o'clock in
the morning, so it was only with
great diIliculty that Steel could make
out a number here and there. As he
walked slowly and hesitatingly along
the cycle bell chummed impatiently
ahead of him.
"A hint to tae," David muttered.
"Stupid that I should have forgot.
ten the directions to read the num-
ber over the fanlight. Also it is
logical to suppose that 'I am going
to find lights at No, 218. All right
my friend; no need to swear at me
with t.liat bell of ,yours."
He quickened his pace again and
finally stopped before one of the blgl
houses where lights were gleaming 1
from the hall and dinning -room win -I
dows. They were electric lights by
their great power, and, save for the
hall and dining -room, the rest of the
house lay in utter darkness. Tho
cycle bell let off an approving stacca-
to from behind the blankety fog as
Steel pullet! up.
There was nothing abnormal eboat
the house, nothing that struck the
adventurer's eye beyond the extraor-
dinary vividness of tete, crimson blind.
The two side -windows of the big bay
were evidently shuttered, but the
large centre gleamed like a flood of
scarlet overlaid with a silken sheep.
Far across the pavement the ruby
track struck Otto the heart of the
fog.
"Vivid note," Steel murmured. "I
shell remember that impression."
He was destined never to forget it,
but it was only ono note in the
gamut of adventure now, With a
firm step he walked up the marble
flight and turned the handle, It felt
dirty and rusty to the touch. Evi-
dently the servants were neglectful,
or they were employed by people who
had small regard for outward ap-
pearances.
The door opened neiso]esslossly,
end Steel closed it behind him. A
Moorish lantern cast n bril]iant flood
of light upon a crimson carpet, a
chair, end an empty oak umbrella
stand. Beyond this there was no
atoms of furniture in the hall, It was
impossible to see beyond the dining:
room door, for a heavy red velvet
curtain was drawn across, David's
fleet impression n t
as the amazing
stillness of the piece. It gave hint
a queer feeling that a murder had
been committed there, and that 1
everybody bad fled, leaving the corpse;
behind. As Dela coughed away the '
lump in his throat the cough sound-
ed strangely hollow.
He passed into the dining -room and
looked eagerly about him• The roost
was handsomely furnished, if a little
conventional—a big mahogany table
in the centre, rows of mahogany
chairs upholstered in morocco, Sunt
modern prints, most of them artists'
proofs, o1 the walls. A big marble
clock, flanked by a pair of vases,
stood on the mantelsholt'. There
were a large number of blue vases
on the sideboard. The red distemper
hail faded to a pale pink in placed.
"Tottenham Court Road," Steel
smiled to himself, "Modern, solid,
expensive, but decidedly inartistic.
Ginger jars fourteen guineas a pair,
worth about as many, peace. Money-
ed Maple, solid and respectable, of
the middle class. What brings them
playing at mystery like this?"
Tho room WOS most brilliantly.
lighted both from overhead and from
the w"nlrs. On the shining desert of
the dining -table lay a small, flat
parcel addressed to David Steel,
Esq. The novelist tore off the cover
and disclosed a heap of crackling
white papers beneath. Rapidly lie
buttered the crisp sheets over—sev-
enty Bank of Englaand notes for £10
each,
It was the balance of the loan, the
price paid for Steel's presence, All
he bad to do now was to place the
money in his pocket and walk out
of the house. A few steps and he
would bo (x'co with nobody to .say
him nay. It was a temptation, but
Steel fought it down. He slipped
the precious notes into his pocket
and buttoned his coat tightly over
them, Ile wh,ad no fear for the coin -
"And
m day no
"And yet," ho 'murmured, "what of
the price T shall have to pay for
this?"
(To be Continued,)
Litigation to the probable eggce-
gate total of :$8,000,1100, has been
discouraged by a ruling of Judge
Golcront in the Superior Court to the
Otirect that the city of Chicago was
10t liable fn any degree for the Ire.
'midis Theatre are,
Air\a 0laWf.it'49°0%1a;i'7%Z.1 d:Jta safe method of treit tntunt, but peal
r� Ypa breeders 'mow better,
al.d Tie , The other day 0 Wren wlto had a
'Mee lot of new-born calves in a pub -
I 1,,,sr"b tilk 1 'IL rImm.sale in reported to have said,
"Keep menu -Mal out of your progre-
an t(uas, nI you will have good
ZZZ7163067t
A71calves," What nohsensel Dow is
conn -ureal, fed in moderation with
!other feeds, going to unfavorably
affect the unborn offspring? Whet
!good to the farmer is the cow and
calf that the pregnant cow may not
eat the most digestible, most 1.185111d-
1lablo and most palatable fond of
I which we know?
This sort of talk against, corn 0s n
general feed for our domestic 0 0111131
has had its day and hiss done its
(tentage. We do not say a. man Inas'
not raise geed 0012(25 with her beat
feed— cord -Ileal— elin1102Led from
the ration of the clam, but outer
things being equal, we will undertake
to inorluee equally ars good with
corn forndng over half the ration.
It is well that Wc farmers he nlrrt
and receptive to everything new that
promises to be valuable, but let us
n'ways test new things with n dose
of good common sense before we ad-
mit them to our articles of faith,
Before we go to the trouble to learn
a thing, let us make suro that the
thing is true anti worth learning•.
BUILDING' A STAVE SILO,
Now Is the time to get lutnbet• rea-
dy to build a silo this fall. All
that is necessary is a quantity of
straight sound two -Inch plank, per-
fectly pine, although hemlock will
answer, two or three seanlings for
standards and a dn,on 01' 11 inch
round 11.011 hoops, fitted with threads
washers and nuts et each enol, and
long enough to reach a little more
than half way around the outside of
the silo, The blacksxnith will make
these for 0 5111a11 consideration and
it may be advisable tut hire a car-
penter to superintend the erection of
the silo, O
The rest of the work can
be done by tho regular farm hands.
111' first step is to calculate the
dimensions. We would not advise
building a silo for fewer that( eight
or ten cattle; the percentage of waste
world be too great. An ordinary
cow should conflate° about thirty
pounds of silage a day. Some
would take a good deal more, but
in this climate where tile ensilage
corn is none to well matured wo
would advise one to figure ne more
than this much per head. In a feed-
ing period of 200 days this rate of
feeding "would dispose of 3 tons per
]heard, or 30 tons for ten head. Silage
fairly well packed into a silo twenty-
five feet deep should average 40 lbs.
per cubic foot, or in other words, 50
cubic feet would weigh a ton. The
shallower the' silo the less weight
per cubic foot. To be fed from 200
days the silo should be not ' ee than
twenty-five feet deep else the daily
layer removed will be 110 shallow that
mould will start around the edges.
If plank of sufficient length are not
available shorter 01108 of unequal
length may be spliced together, bev-
elling the jointed ends and breaking
joints with the alternate pairs of
staves. The depth should not ex-
ceed thirty feet in any case, because,
while the capacity is increased there-
by it is found that the silage in the.
bottom of these excessively deep silos
is liable to bo sour. Twenty-four
to twenty-six feet is the depth of
35 feet. The ennacit
is got by multiplying the radius by
itself, then multiplying the product
by 8 1-7 and teen by the height.
This gives the capacity in cubic feet;
dividing by 50 gives the capacity in
tons.
REVERSING THE PROCESS,
if wo require a capacity of 30 tons
and intend the silo to be tri feet
high, the required diameter would
bo double the square feet inside tho
diameter, requiring about 80x4x2
loch staves plus two 4x5 inches of
standards to hold the hoops. Blocks
of wood or casting may be used if
desired in place of scantling stand-
ards. The edge of the staves need
not be bevelled, though the structure
may hold its shape a little better if
they are, No roof is necessary or
desirable except to keep out snow.
S'hat rain falls on the silage is an
advantage. No floor is necessary ex-
cept clay, though it pegs to put in
a concrete floor to keep out rats and
provide a solid level foundation for
the staves to stand nn. The con-
crete should be three or four inches
thick. It is often recommended to
excavate a cistern so that the silo
may be partly underground. Our
advice is, "Don't," It is oasier to
elevate the corn into the silo by
machinery than to pitch the silage
out of a pit by hand. Provide good
drainage away from the outside of
silo so that water cannot stand
around the bottom of the staves.
Three or four doors 18x24 inches
should be cut out after the silo is
built, but before setting up, select
ono stave out of which the doors are
to be cut and start the saw at top
and bottom of each .door. Out them
with ends bevelled so that they will
fit tightly when the silage presses
against the inside. A perpendicular
chute leading down pust the doors
should he provided to prevent wind
blowing the leaves away when
throwing out the feed. Do not leave
this until "sone time later" the
chances are that that time will nev-
er come.
Thole aro other kinds of silos, but
halving seen and used a good many
of them wo unhesitatingly recommend
this, Brick and concrete are expensive
and so are tho elaborate wooden'
ones, A stave silo, well set up, is ns
satisfactory as any, durable, portable
and cheap. Wo do not advise every-
one to build a silo, but where corn
will succeed and a fair stock is 'kept
wo would strongly recotmnend it as
being the cheapest and best way of
storing tho most profitable fodder
crop that grows•,
LEARNED WRONG.
There aro many things about farm
practices and In animal husbandry
regarding which we may jump at
conclusions—and bo wrong. The ono
swallow never makes the summer.
The ono experience has an element of
uncertainty.
One man's land is slow to grow
clover. Tie applies .lime, and clover
grows. and lo! tho doctrine of lime
for clover is preached unceasingly,
Inoculation of the soil with certain
bacteria for certain crops is much
talked of, and some follow who wants
to sell. his fields by the bagful tolls
tow such soil spread on rho laud
will do wonders.
A long time ago it was conceived
that the fatal disease of calf -scours
Was contracted through tho fresh
navel -cord of the now -born calf, The
remedy was slmplc :bathe Lite cord
(le Soon after birth 115 possible with
carb olio acrd and lee trouble was
beaded ori. Some ono did this, and
alt eelves did not die, They 110 not
all contract the disease, and (mea-
atonally an affected nano survives,
The acid treatment was announced
as a sure cure, end it answers cyan
yet for earlier -breeders to aclvls0 as
POIN'1.S IN ITORSE-1'El:i)TNC;.
Theo are a few points that every
one should remember in the feeding
of horses, or great loss is liable to
result, writes a correspondent. One
bad practice among fanners is to
feed just tho saute ration every day,
If they feed five quarts of oats at a
meal while working the horse, the
feed is just the same when a rainy
day or days come. Sometimes this
luny be done without any serious re-
sults, but it is better to use a little
more judgment. On idle clays the
horse should have less grain feed, ac-
cording to the amount of work. If
we feed full rations on idle days, tho
system has more than needed, the
blood becomes overloaded, and a
case of azoturia is the result. T saw
a bad case of this a short time ago
which occurred on the first morning
on which the owner 5101-1ed to work
the horse after a week of rest on
full rations. This may throw a )Wan
out of a team for a time. Tho best
remedy is prevention, bearing in
mind that nn idle horse cannot stand
full rations.
Whon you feed the horses, do not
first throw in the grain and then let
the horse finish on hay. In this way
you get less value of the grain, and
it is not as appetizing to he horse.
Suppose you ate cake first, and then
had to finish on corn -bread, how
would it taste?
Don't dont' horses pure water, but
do not give them a great quantity
just meter eating. Water before
feeding. Serious results often come
from allowing a horse to clrinlc too
much while hot. A little is all right
but he should not bo allowed 011he
w'nnts until rhe has become somewhat
cooled off.
1 ?,zany losses, weaknesses and ail-
ments come from feeding improper
food. Corn is unfit for use as an
exclusive grain for horses, as it is
too heating and fattening. What a
horse needs is goodoats and timothy
and clover luny. A little corn is all
right in winter, but if wo want bet-
ter horses we must feed better food,
aitch we can improve by raising nncl
feeding oats. There is no grain that
equals oats for horses. If all could
see this point there would be more
oats raised. and we would have bet-
ter land and better horses,
THE ART F COOKING,
Bad Cookery is Responsible For
Many Ills of Life.
To the average woman a practical
knowledge of the art of cooking will
be worth adozen 'oto lcs.'
Such
an accomplishment will retake her
the unquestioned mistress of her own
household, instead of tho helpless
servant of incompetent servants, as
many women are nowadays. While
it is true that mothers should teach
their daughters the mysteries of the
culinary art as well as how to per-
forin other household duties, it is
unfortunately quite as true that
many, mothers cannot do this be-
cause they do not themselves know
how to cook, while others clo not
front motives of false pride.
While .in the interest of the better
physical dovelopxnelts of tiie girls in
the public schools, fewer rather than
more studios should bo required, the
study of cooking is of so practical
a nature and its acquiremont so ne-
cessary to their own welfare and
that of their future households that
it deserves attention.
No other land under the sun is so
bountifully provided with the news -
series of good living as the United
States, yet it is probably true that
in no bther conlltry is there so .much
waste as among ourselves; while bad
cookery 18 responsible for the exis-
tence of a host of dyspeptics, flood
cooking should skean not only a
marked decrease in the expenditure
of multitudes of ].comes, but an
equally, marked improvement inthe
health and comfort of their inhabi-
tants,
— —� — '
Capt. lercolesse of the Italian
army, and his wife, were arrested,
charged with selling army plans to
a foreign nation,
Mrs. Wettrie—"'.Phis is the last time
Tell Have a girl wlto can't speak
p nglish,"• Husband —"Why don't
you send her 0117" Mrs. Wearlo—
"I've been trying to for eix weeks,
but 1 can't make her understand
what the word 'discharge' means.
She thinks it means a day off, and
when I tell her she's discharged site
goes out and has a good time, "
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Meanwhile Diana and her husband,
In th0 mo'niu5roam, aro discussing
the late turn of affairs with great
510th,
"It 1s the most. for11111aie thing
that (mulct have i�i+ppenerl for 11111(ry,
auy'wa3'," 511,vs ,lira.
"Yes. 1 altrnty's felt—I ultvnys
1111013' Ile' exlgit: euu'nt with hhn
wol1id carne to ntultfuS."
" o till 1," w1U1 d!Si;11:;1. "Aad
af10r all it w'as a most cunfuunded
will!"
"You see, Hilary i5 1101 the sort
of girl to ninny without leve."
"1 think any girl who could do
"Olt, Jim, but T really think you
t•at.her advised her to do it at iirel."
"Not I. It wens you who advised
her, in 111y opinion the girl who
could bring herself to marry a 111011
511111713' for money's sake ought to get
the Sack—''
"Aly clear Jim! how dreadfully- vul-
gar! That Is tw11111 the servants say
when—well—when one gives them
warning—the sack, you know!" `
"And the bowstring, I wits 0110111
to add, whoa"—with dignity—"I -eras
interrupted. 110(2113', liana, the
head of the house ought 50meiim05
to he shown the consideration that
"Oh, bother!" says Diana, most
irreverently. "Let us talk about
Hilary. Do you know, Jiro, 'I auk
oven now rather sorry that slie
won't nuu'ry Mr. IL i'w.''
""Of course, Sho ould be twice
as well off then as she is at present.
Women are never satisfied."
"And this from soul" says Diana,
tragically. "But look hero, Jim.
I really think only for Bars, Dyson -
Moore she might have married hint."
"Yon think she liked. hint then?"
"Well, I, don't know. But that
woman spoiled it all, however it
was. She kept him away from
Hilary to -clay. 'There is no doubt
about that. And nt tee Melneyres'
dance you 1021St have noticed how she
flirted with. hi10."
"She'd flirt with a broomstick."
"Nobody would mind a broom-
stick. The thing is that Bilary ob-
jected to her flirting with Mr. Ker."
"'I )111110 1110 question is whetter
3Com objected!"
"Nonsense. I'xn sure—I'm positive
that Fred is all he ought to bei"
"Then the sooner 210 1513' him a pe-
dest'ral at the public expense, end
place him on it, the sooner we shall
be doing a public duty. All he ought
to be! Diana! how many times have
you told me I was nothing 'I ought
to be! And that familiar appella-
tion. Fred! I object to it."
"Olt, Jim, dearest, I wish you
would be serious, if only for live
minutes. Somehow, 1 had set my
heart on this marriage; and now,
because of this odious Mrs. Dyson -
Moore, it is all over, She las made
some mischief—"
"She's sure to be in it where
chief is brewing," says Clifford, with
conviction. "Anyway, it is all over
0000, and I, for one. am perfectly
certain Hilary wouldn't have looked
at him. Girls are such fools!
"Well," sighing, "perhaps so. She
certainly treated lira very capalier-
ly"Don't make ,yourself - miserable
over it, Di. From all I saw I think
tliey hated each other."
"Yes, yes, I nuppoeo so,"
"They'd have led a most awful
life!
"It would have killed darling
1Tilary I „
"Or Icer! titan --brute as he is—has
been known to die of ill-treatment,
To my oinking, they, are both well
out of it. n"
"Yes; it would never have done."
At. this 111010011 1 the door is push-
ed slowly= open, and Trilary's charm-
ing head appears. Another head is
looking in over hers, It Is Kerrs,
Ml'. turd Mrs. Clifford grow paraly-
zed.
".Di—may we 001110 in?" Hilary's
voice i5 shy—her face is ono soft,
sweet blush. "I—we," with a charm-
ing glance behind, "want to tell you
"That we aro going to be mar-
ried," sass Iter, in the frankest,
clearest way.
"Oh," says Dian, a little faintly—
then she conquers her weakness, and
suddenly finds borsch embracing 31511-
ery tvitlt extreme warmth.
T em glad," says sho, giving her
hands to Kakr', who, however, ap-
pears dissatisfied with them, as he
stoops and kisses ler cheek. "And
so is Jim, We always deeired this
delightful solution of the—diffleulty—
r
and now, when there is no difficulty,
it is all the more delightful. In
fact, Jim and I were just not Say-
She
ayShe catches Jim's eye, and breaks
clown ignominiously. What had
they just been saying?
"Yes, it Is a great surprise, No
wonder Diana is ovcrwhclmeelee says
Jim.. "Sho was about to say wo
wore just dwelling• on—ort the—" 110
paUS S ;ontinotisly, and Diana's knees
grow""tweak, "on the happiness that
would be yours if you made up your
minde't0 spend your litres together'."
His tone is sweetness and light it-
self,
'"Door old Jintl" 50315 IIllni'y, af-
fectionately, She has not seen that
Diana is growing apoplectic, Pre
sently, she carries away her now pos-
sossion with her for a stroll (1500gh
tho garden, and Mates and Jim re -
Main once more face to face and
alone.
Who'd leave thought it?" says
Diana! soleltoty, "But, after all,
Tem sure they will be happy) Idilary,
is such a darling, and hese-Seems so
delightful, so kind; frank, I call
hitt!"
"Framitl Noneettse, Diana, It isn't
Live minutOS ago since you called him
Fred!"
At thi8 they both give wtty to sub -
slued bet uteontirellable laughter,
It Was such a 1'elief,
(The End.)
)
FROM IONIC SCOTLAND
NOTES 01' INTEREST FROM
ITER SANIiS A.. D BRAES.
Wltat Is Going an in the High-
lands and lnd
AultLowSg'ttai.a,. s of
.Lady Sinclair and party have as -
deed ut Achv'arodule Lodge, Reny,
where she stays until the late au-
1um11.
Aiurdo Grant, of 1110 head oM ee of
the t:'alexclonion Hank, has been ap-
pointed agent for the bank at Crom-
arty, in 8110ee881= to the late Dur.
Thomson.
The directors of the Commercial
Jltutk of Scotland, Limited, recom-
mence a dividend at the rate of 30
per cent. per annum out of the pro-
fits of 11e past half -;pear.
Lh'ut,-t'olouel C. 11, Blackett, for -
ninety of the fl;ird ltegiment and
0oldstcum Guards, cited on the 00th
ult. nt Arbigland, his country seat,
near Puaufrie.s, nt the age of 77.
The General Assembly of the Pres.
byteriau Church of Scotland has de-
cided egnb181 edupting the uniform
version of the metrical psalms used
in Canada and the United States,
.lames Coals, jr., Paisley, has sup-
plied a library of nearly 400 volumes '
for the Nerves and Knock districts,
Mr. (.'oats has supplied libraries to
most of the schools in the island dur-
ing the past year. ..
William Cook, blacksmith, Carron -
grove Paperwork,, Denny, to clear
himself of a beans which was falling
on hint, leaped into a boiler of MIS- i
tic soda and was frightfully burner'(
about the Legs, and had to bo curt'/
home.
Council have et
Largs ParishMs
purchased from the Jtat'l of Glasgow,
between five and six acres of his lead
for the purpose of enlarging their
beautiful hillside cemetery. Tha
ground ]nos changed hands at (116
rate of .140 per acre.
General Sir John Ewart, of Lang-
holm, who has been for some time
in e very critical condition of health
1 now out of danger. lie celebrated
his 83rd birthday last week. Ire !has
been connected with the army for the
long period of 00 years.
The death rate. in Glasgow for the Ile
week ending 411 .June was at the
rate of 30 per 1,000 of the popula-
tion per annum(, its compared with
17 per 1,000 in the preceding week,
1.9 in the corresponding week of last
year, and ^1 in Unit of 1001 and
1903,
A well-known figure in Portwillinm,
Cr e2side, Inc passed away by the
death of Aur. ,James McCall, inn-
keeper, Por many years he followed
the sea as the steward of Rear -Ad-
mirals Sir Wm, S. I'fouston 1111(1 Sir
John IIay on the North American
and China stations,
The Ridden° '17•avcllin
ship of the value of S50 i
awarded by the Haldane '
Reginald Duncan, a student
Glasgow School of Art. Th
were Alex, Roche, R.I1.A,, an
Leiper, 50.S,A, Me. Duncan w
sue his studies in Italy.
lex-Lord Provost hinter, wl
25 years has been prominent in
ace's public life, and who for
years held the ollIco of Lord -Pro
of the city, tees on the 18th
publicly presented with his port
painted by Sir i0'nege Reid, whit
replica of the 110nlralt and a c
mond brooch were presented to 11
Flutter,
Tho death occurred on the 17
of Mr. Wm. Tait, LL.D., senior pa
nes of the firm of Thomas 'fait
Sons' paper manufacturers, Tnverur
Aberdeenshire. Deceased, who w.
70 years of age, was •tie oldest so
of Mr. Thongs 'reit, the founder
the firm and had been associate(
with his brothers for a lung perio
in the business.
The death occurred in London rec-
ently of Sir Donald T
oene Macfar
lane. Deceased was born nt Caith-
ness in 1830. Ire was elected M.P.
for County Carlow in 1880 and for
Argyleshiro in 1885, holding the lat-
ter seat till 1,802. Sir Donald was
a staunch friend of the Highland
crofters, whose grievances bo voiced
with eloquence on the floor of the
House of Commons.
An old matt ntntece Robert Mur-
ray, residing in Gartymore, near
Itelenedale, was found last week
burned to death in his house in
which he lived alone. ITe had been
in feeble health for so111e time, and
it is conjectured 1.1101 he had fainted
and fallen into the grate, acros1
which ho was •round lying badly burn-
ed on the breast and lower Bulbs.
Deceased was 78 years of age and
unmarried.
i
n
RUSSIANS :BEATEN.
Some 311015 ugo the Russian ad-
miral in Chinese waters arranged
with a Japanese, contractor 10 sup-
ply the fleet with 10,000 tons of
coal. Soon afterwards nl;atterS be-
came serious 'between 11ussla and
England, and the captain of n Bri-
tish warship in a J0 001158 port sug-
gested to the authorities that it was
not wise to supply coal to Provide
a fleet which might 5hortiy be acting
against Japan and Ienglate1. The
Japs appreciated rite advice, but
said, "What can we do?" 1'fowover,
next day a Japanese 051011al came on
board the British. ship, • "We aro
out of it," he chuckled, rubbing ]cis
heads together gleefully. "How did
you manage?'' asked the smiling
Englishman.: "011, we made the
contractor a bankrupt, so that he
Was unable to fulfil his engagemeal"
A species of sheep c0mnton in Sy-
ria is so eiicuntl,eree by tike weight
of Its tail that the shepherds fix a
piece of thin, board to the ander
part, where it Is not covered with
thick wool, to prevent it from being
tonby ebushes, r 111 ashes etc. Some uun0 have
small wheels ntlixed to feellitate the
dragging of these boards niter them"
The tail of n eomteci 1 sheep of thlll
sort; 08110113/ weighs 18 lb, or '1(1i-
warcl8, while that of 11 lnrgrr ep1(105,.
after 1011(5 well fattened, will weightil) Tsound,