The Brussels Post, 1898-3-4, Page 2UNDER THE LILAC TREE.
CHAPTER VIII,
I had foand the generality of guests
at Westwood at snob a dead level that
I thought very little of the coming
visitors. It was evident that Lady
Yorke was deeply interested in them,
but filen sbe had said candidly that
it was Lord Severna, rather than hie
wife, who had pleased her. We bad
many discussions about them, and it
seemed to me that Lady 'Governs did,
not stand vet.'y high in the eslipsa;iou
of either husband or wife.
"Is Lady Severns very beautiful?" I
asked Lady Yorke, on the morning
when the guests were expected to ar-
rive.
"Very; Rba has one of those faces
with a roseate bloom, and her complex-
ion is simply incomparable. But beau-
tiful, as she is,I do not like her, You
are a good judge of character; you wall
be able to judge for yourself when they
coma."
Lor'd. and Lady Severna were to reach
Westwoo.I on Tuesday, the twentieth of
May Lady Yorke .had ordered a lavish
supply of magnificent flowers to be
placed In Lady Severne's room.
"That is one point in her character
which I like," said Lady Yorke; "she Le
very fond of flowers, It pleases me
always to see a woman fond of flow-
ers." Then she oontinaed, with some-
thing of a conscious blush on her face.
"Miss Chester 1 know I shall to very
mach engaged while the Severnes aro
here, but I must Hct neglect my pour.
I hope I shall pever fall again into
that terrible apathetic way of think-
ing of no one tut myself. 11 it be
really impossible for me to leave home
you will undertake any little commis-
eion Inc me, will you not?"
Every preparation had teen made for
our visitors. Lady Mary Avon and her
brother, Sir Charles, were two hand-
some, ia,shaonable nersons, rich and
popular; Lady ;nary mad many admir-
ers, but could not tolerate the word
"marriage;" Sir Charles was look-
ing out for a vette. Captain For-
rester was heir -presumptive to an earl-
dom and was consequently much sought
after. Sir Harry de Burgh was a
young Irish barenst, one of the most
popular men in kingland, and Lady
Grey was a young widow with a large
fortune.
' A well -assorted party of guests,"
Said Lady Yorke, complacently; "and
the. great beauty of the arrangement is h
that tbey will amuse each otber. Lard. a
Severne will generally fall to my lot,
if the same thing happens here that R
took place invariably in Italy. He lik- a
ed. to sweater by my siee in his grave
melan holy fashion, while Lady Severna
generally attracted all the men to Isar -
self. Slue will do the same Isere. I
am so glad," continued Lady Yorke, se
"that you sung so beautifully, Miss
Chester, Lord Severna likes music. �T
His wife sings but be dues not care for
her style, and always discourages hon."
Tuesday came, e. bright morning, but 14I
with the warning of a coming rain- ,—
storm on its face. There was a low
wail in the wind, a darkening at times
of the sky, a. strange stillness in the t
sir such as always precedes a storm.
It was midday when a messapre same
front lWcodlheeton, asking help for a c
1 murmured a few words clout
vtsliore and music, but she was p
entplory,
No, miss, not to -night, You m
take care of yourself; you have b
out in the web all day amonb tis
poor people. I know what it is, u
'mat rest now, Her ladyship Iwo
desire it, I am sure."
'There was nothing Cor it but to of
She contrived to give a fair deer
firm 01 all our visitors an'l veh'y m
to my surprise finisher, Iv saying:
"Ah, hiss Chester, you would le
been queen of them all if you did
loo's en sad and woald not always w
mourning 1"
That night terrible dreams came
me of ,lark. Mark was out in
storm, and I could not find hltn. lira
was struck by the lightning, and
before sue dead, 1%Iark was under t
fallen tree, mangled; and crushed.
dreams were always of Mark in pe
in danger, and dead.
Wedneseday morning, a clay nawer
Le forgotten; tee twenty-first. of M
—a date ever to be remembered;
rose with the sun. Tho morning w
so beautiful that one could lewdly 1
lieve in the eiouds and the etorm
the day before. The air was sweet a
fresh after the rain ; the grass was
a brighter green, tiro leaves had
deeper hue, and the flowers bald
their heads with renewed life,
Nihon I opened my window the ort
of the lucre came to me, I could s
for away the golden gleam of 1
eletrnum and the tall chestnut t re
'lee fragrance of the li'aes scut
mind and heart lack to Mark.
I went to the Ii'ac trees, fresher a
sweeter than ever after the rain, a
sat down. The warn May sunshine f
around me, the birds were calling to
each other, the dew lay on the grass.
1 tried to forget the present and live
for a short time in the 1 a.t. 1 pictur-
ed the May morning at Gra^edieu on
my seventeenth Lirthday, the pret
old home buried fu the trees, the di
tent gleam of the river, the shade
the deep -green wools, and the love
group of lilac trees, the topmost tau;
of w}hicls I could not reauh. I caw l
dark handsome face of my lover, s
frank, so brave, so tree; his dark ey
mailed into mine; his voice, than whit
to me earth had held no sweeter nasi.
was In my ears.
"Oh, Mark," 1 creed aloud,"why soul
not 1 have died with you?"
Merciful heaven! what was that?
rose to my feet with a cry. What wa
t? A figure coming !slowly tower
me, tall and stately, but with
THE ,L7P, V tl S.l1LS POST,
swerved, even in my thoughts, for
one moment from you If you lead new-
er returned, and I heel h.c'ed fifty years
longer, .1 should have keen just astrue,
d11 other 11111 are but s.,atlosss, ch
the 1\l,trk, teach me—you are wiser and bet
re- ter than I --teach me how to thank list
wen that you have comp la:•k to snot'
net Strangely silent was eta hut as
eon remembered great emotion often cause
sae silence, 1 could not see him, for 11
volt had clydwn ma to titin. 1 could only
stand sell, folded, In his close embrace
and murmur to elm all the he iu
'Sy. words that eamo from my heart
rip- how 1 yearned for him—,sow long th
uch days, the weeks, the months and year
had been—how I had thought of him
sloe unceasingly.—how, feeling sure that he
was in heaven, I lead made hcc.ven th
ear f home of my heart—bow I had b0en i1
I many 1,lares and had seen uluuy men,
to: but there was none lilce him, ulna to
the: be compared with elm. All the loving
rk thoughts that had ever need through
lay my mind were poured out like water
he beneath his feet. +The wind, faintly
1+IY stirred the green boughs above our
nil, beads, the birds were sin ging blithely,
and 1 could hear my own voice rippl-
to lug on, but not his—not his 1
ay A gait of wind blew a lilac minty
xi ht into my face, 1 autzed it euro
as kissed it i:: ssionat.ely,
1e- "How strange, Mark, that you should
of come barer to me in the time of the
nd lilies, They seem almost like living
of friends. ,But, Mark, steak, to me, 1
a say all.; you say nothing. Speak to me."
ule Stitt I could not see has face.
or
ee
ha
es•
my
nd
ad
ell bending over mine.
"I believe those happy birds !now
all about it, ,lark," I said. "Hark ,sow
they are singing! If I had known
what to-dny would bring, how I should
have longed for it to come. Oh, Mark,
what a debt youl ave to s ay mel What
hours have I spent iu praying for youl
a1.hat tears I have shed! You must re -
Great sorrow =Ale me dumi,Mark,"
I said; 'great joy gives me words. Tell
^•e that you are pleased to see me, to
tend me."
Nellie, my true lovihig Nellie l" he
said, And I was content. 0h, wond-
rous love, I was content and haply.
I, too, stood for sewn minutes in si-
lence, the dark, I audsomc,, beloved face
ty
s -
of
IS pay me all those prayers and tears.
h 1\fark, raise your head and let me look
he at you. Do you know that I have hard -
o ly seen your face yet?"
Add Under the Lilacs
But for all answer be drew me near-
er to ,him and wlhispered:
"My dear, loving Neill"
I was quite content safe In the shel-
ter of les arms, my happy face resting
on his breast.
"Do you know, Mark," I slid, "I was
so sure you would come back to me
itnJuly, when the four years were end-
- ed that I spent the greater part of
es
c,
d
I
a
reeding head, walking with slow un
certain step. Uls, heaven, who was
—w -hat was it? l stood paralyzed. AI
d iter woman has ever loved morn truly
earl beat so violently that 1 caul
.1 than I love you. I am proud of m
Mime bear it; my lands shook; a
!re scarinth and color left my face
White, breathless, trembling at t11
oma moment with terror and joy, be
vildered and amazed, I stood as thoug
my feet were rooted to the ground
What was it ?
Coming slowly toward me, yet no
eing me, buried in thought, the su
bine fatiiong on lits bowed head, wa
ark. Surely if Mark Lad ever lived
tLis was he? If the sun shone in lea
I' if I was sane, that was Mark -.-
ark, for whom I hal wept as den
my handsome, true, dear loner co
hack to me! T tried to utter his name
art the sound died on my lips. I tris
o mote toward him; 1 could not stir
o was coming nearer. A1s, yes, it wa
ask I Uh, my Peart l 1 could bay
tied out in gratitude to heaven, and
ave died. I saw the strong dear hands
hat hal held my own ; I saw the dark
ace, older and sadder than when we
ed parted ; I sew the loving eyes, fol
ow of wistful sadness.
He was not deal, teen, but liriug
nd well, He had doubtless been to
racedieu in search of rue, and the em-
cee wins whom I had left my' address
"' . I3e had been t
se house to ask 'for me; and the sec-
ants had told bin that 1 was out in
he park.
He would explain his long cruel alh-
nee. He had come leek to me ; he
as true and loyal; he had come to
eke me his wife, and I—oh heaven! I
saki be bappy at last, He was
hirer to me now. I grasped the low
bruhe']h of a tree to keep myself from
falling. I called to ,heaven to give tete
strength. My heart l.eut madly, my
brain burned my sense, seemed almost
to have left me. 1 saw only him, as he
came to the trees where 1 was stand-
ing, 1 creed:
"Bark 1 Markt"
I was glad—heaven forgive me I —
quite marl, My mother bad warned
me not to make an idol of any creature,
and here T w -as on my knees before this
idol that 1 bis l made for 1nyself, I
kissed his Londe, sohlang' the while as
though my heart would break, tears
raining from my eyes, I could. only
cry:
"Mark, heaven has sent you Lack to
mal 013, my love, 1. o t' 1 love you l"
He roieod ane 10 his arms. Once
again the strong clasp held me, once
again the arms 01 my true love were
around me, \,'mild to heaven the ang-
el of death had smitten hue as I lay
here,
1
beard him cry, "Nell 1 Is it you., Nel-
lIe?" and the sound of the dearly -
ad voice drove ,rte. nano aialn. 1, rlung
him and kiaesed him with an ante-,
h known only to those who love as
seed.
'You hale, come l arlc to lite from the
ad I" I cried. "Oh, my love, weleomel
have never doubted you, shark,
tough the weeks and. months and
rs. I have loved you jnat the :nae
aid. always that: if ,you were. Heine,
u
scuttle!, roma; of dear,, I would take
love awl. faith untarnished to you.
oak to me, Hark, I Mee hungered
the amine of your voice and for the
ht of your fare. Speak to mei"
heard. him whisper words that seem -
to me like, a prayer,
My true, loyal Nell I" he said,
1 knew you would came if living,
rk, Of late as you did not cone, I
t sure that you wore dead. T. have.,
o1 (Mutated you for one moment, '
n a ,passion of joy and gratitude I
my arms around hi snack telling:
with kisses and l.ea.rs, how rrlad
d happy I w'ae how f thanked lea-
, how my happiness wal all the
star because my anguish had been so
el, Ire wits strangely aslant, ,flat
heeded not; wean my reptarous
ribs were over, he would teak to
WI1sy /should dthat deadly chill camp
over me? SS'liy should my limbs teem -
Me? Titers could be '...siting Lo fear.
Mark avas living, awl the was with me.
1 beat davit,. tee horrible rising doubt,
1 would not listen to it, 'What. could
It;
be wrong between Mark and me?
1 eat chest upon the gross and said:
"Si]. lire with me, Mark, and we can
talk at our 0a.:e,"
But t
h dile • ar s ter-
rible
-
5 L not it davit, and the cr
r'ible fear grow, I could fool the warm
color leave my Ewes, and the blood. in
my veiutagien' obit]. I could have orisd
aloud 1 ury agony, But I must know
what it all Haslet, The she lee in my
face startled ,him.
"Ndd11o," ha cried, "for l-Ieaysn.v sake
do mot look like that; 1 caussot lsettr it I
Do not let the joy and love die from
'aur Mace yet, my darling—not just
yet t,.
'Why must they die at all? Now
that you have come back, why' can we
not bo as happy as we were? There l
a no reason, Maroc, is thyro?"
Paler, graver, madder than ever, he
eek my bascl in hfs.
"1 have not the courage to speak!"
he crier], "Heaven forgive mo, 1 can-
oe speak l"
?s it that you have no money.,
11lark?" 1 asked, with a suddea ac•nee
relief. "Oh, my darling, l do not
are in the least about that! Mcirey1
s nothing when we nave love, Alt, I'
co now, Markt You failed in that In-;
iaa undertaking, and you do not like
o tell me so. Why, my love, I would
sootier have one lode of your hair than
all the wealth of the world.' 1f any
one had left me the largest fortune you ;
could. imagine what would' it res all me
without you? Ah, Mark, you should-
ham- me better I"
"[wish to (leaven lb was so! I wish
I stood before you a penniless beggar.
AO WYCuLTVRAL
DISEASES OF POULTRY,
The most common diseases at this e
son of the year caro colds and roup,
iIs very ionportunt to be able to diet
guish between the two. The only
1 knav of, says a writer in Amalie
Poultry Journal is by the smell. 11
has a smell so distisoetly its own
mace a person becomes familiar with
he will be certain. to always recagnia
' again„ ?When the attack is light
•
odor although very pronounced lies n
of the vileness that tt acquires after
tissues of the head and the throat be
to decay. This last leads many to
Ipose tbat roup Ira the fixst stages
merely a cold, but it is more than
cold, Howls do eatch a steeple ould,
course, aasd while there is a certain un-
delivable odor about such a cold it is
so entirely different from reap that
an experienced person wet never make
a mistake between the two. The best
possible plan to prevent either colds
or romp is to keep the fowls free from
draughts anti reasonably warm; a local
is much safer roosting• on a tree than
lel any' kind of a house whoret
a eur-
renib of cis can strl;lce ':Deni through
finre potulde bone -dust and forty pounds
sutphata of potash'. Cover with slx m-
elees of rich dirt, and then place 00
this dirt taro -year-old roots, placing the
ea- roots two feet avant, and they will
thicken its the reeve In years to come,
It Cover the roots with two or three he
111" clam of dirt, tubers after the plants aro
va' well up anal grown above the surface
•cal flit this trance will equal ports of woll-
ee rotted nan.nuvo a.nd rich eel l•ls. The ob-
Lhat :Met of using 80 much manure is that
it will b,, difficult to apply it deep aft -
it er the beet is established. Common salt
a it m+ty be weed on the surface every real•.
tea Mousd ten+ mows over' 8o that
lb:+ poixnts will not be grown an a level,
one but in a long hill, Soapsuds are especl-
the'ally beneficial to asparagus and celery,
gin land. when putting• In the man.ire and.
m - earth suds should be used freely, Make
p a drain by the side of the row and let
le all suds flaw down the drain.
a
of
It as mot that. I am a rich man now,
Nellie, and my riches are as ashes to:
title,,,
"Why, Markt" .1 asked.
l
Oh,s• I
shy did he not lore me with tea
fran, (leveeing love of old? My heart1
hungered and thirsted for it.
"I am a coward," he said, "Oh, Nel-
tic, loyal, sweet, true Nellie, can you
not guess?" `
"1 can gases nothing," I roplied,i
piteously. 'Tell me what is wrong„
Mark ?"
1. began to see scat aomaL•hing teas
terribly amiss, my faith iu him was
still unshaken,
"Tell me, Mark. No matter what it
may be, you can trust me. You know'
there is no end to my love. 1C youi are
in any trouble or distress, 1 shall,(
only love you the more. You have;
come back to me, darting, and your sor-
rows, as are your pleasures, ars mine)
Perhaps I can help you— the mouse ,
seeped the ]ion once, 1 bavo a little
moons' ; my money, my love, my life a
ail yours."
The clerk handsome fame grew paler,
the firm lip trem)led; I saw great a
drops on the broad forehead, 1 saw i
mortal agony in the dark eyes. '
"Mark," I cried, pibeously, "there is
something wrong!" a
"Yes," he replied, slowly; "them is, a
as you say, something wrong."
"You will tell me what i1 is?" Iask- f
ed.
I must ; but when I do so you will 1
ata me. Yon aol)L hate) me, and send
me from your presenoe, never to see '1'
ou again." sit
All the love, the generosity, the pas- de
ion of ney heart was aroused.. I hate
Lin! Rather could the sun bring dark-
ness I co
a (rack or knothole le a board. Do n
let them crowd on the perches; conn
less thousands of fowls catch cold fro
this one cause alone, espeelally you
stock, and brooder raised chicks a
much more apt to crowd on the perch
than tense raised in small flocks, b
T115 moos WE EAT.
vinous Rinds nnri iflwc They Are stere
roar (tool
Nature supplies us with two eons-
plete foods, milk cad eggs, which con-
tain in the prorer• pruporiions all the
ns:cassary cleme'nts Inc the susten-
,anco of our bodies. As these are the
an�ly compl'eto fouls, it i, necessary in
the ahsenee to 'save melee foods, a.d
it is in the miring tbat mistakes occur,
of; because the fat forming, muscle form-
t- inganaother pelts are tn.leen in wrong
m proportion;, soul'. in excess and oth-
ng ecu the reverse. Left to his own taste
re primitive mu.; invnsiably selects the
es; boot food, This ansl:ietrt, however, is
e- defective at tka present' day. h'or
Yo children, feted rich in bone forming
a° substances is ne,,ssary. Among nsus-
1io ale forming fusels the following are
ore the best and. mt:est common; Oet -cal
Kum,
porridge, with viola milk and wheele-
d bread buttered; meat is a highly
es 00enlen-ed food of than class. To men
s, of sedentary occupation a free use of
x moat is injurious. For men engaged
0' at hard manual. labor a generous meat
cause they have been raised that wa
Make perches in such manner that
two fowls can touch each other, or
lease crowd up close. This can
done in several ways; one very go
plan is to cut sticks one inch squ
and six melees lung; nail these alon
the roosting poles so that only one foto
can get between two sticks; the time
will need to be from sic: to eight Moho
owing to 81,35 of fowls, or boar^Is sa
leaks high can be used and let lh
fowls roost on them, and between the
in either case cash fowl. will have to s
by itself. Where the cli,ntate is ver
cold the spaces or boards can be road
to tales two fowls. end that, will praven
roweling up tight. It is astonishin
how tight a row of fowls will jam up c
m diet is admirable;
it , Vegeta•Isleacontain but little nourish-
' mtutt, but are useful as blood puri-
• fiers, aid al -:o supply bulk to the food
t. whish is necessary I.) give the consume er esti fac'ti,xss. Milk should never be
n taken with Meat, became they are
a pee m a cold night. Some of them ge
too hot, and aria- sure to sweat amine
sold. The best cure Inc colds is warm
try air; this will s'oa cure without any
b both ruck in c.nis substance. Tea
eh should not be taken with meat either,
. because it renders the meat tough and.
indigestible. Beet ranks first as a
t every day, white the muaLh lasted, un -
y der the trees? Since the world. began
• faith. Shark—proud of my usnswerv-
e Lag truth—proud tbat I knew and un-
- derstoocl you so well—proud that no
h shadow of doubt has ever slimmed the
. sun of my great love.'
Still he was strangely silent, and the
t fiery passion of my words was wearing
n- away. I wanted to look into the be -
s loved face. I wanted the dear lips to
lavisls love on me, as had mine on him. h
- "Mark," I said, "look at me let mo
see your face. I am beginning to fear
d that you are ill."
me 1Ie raised his head, and onc5 more the s
dark eyes looked lata my own. Ah, b
d me, the iaee was obanged l The youth,
• the hope, the brightness had gone; it
s was pale, careworn, wistful. But the
e eyes had the old power over me.
"Have you been 111 Mark?" I asked
anxiously.
"No," he replied, "not in body; I
have been in mend."
I 'I will cheer you and. make you bet-
tar l What has changed it t"
f
Was I mistaken, or could It have
been a moan that had fallen from his
lips?"
Mark," I cried, "you have been in s
o sore trouble, I am afraid; but it is all 11
over now. We snail never' be farted
again. Why—why do you not speak
to 0r0 as I speak to you?"
' I bavo not rewovered from my sur-
prise, Nellie," he said,
"Surprise?" I repeated. "Why, Mark,
you knew I was Imre, did you nut 1"
"No, Nellie, I had apt the faintest
idea of ib," he replied.
"Yon did not know that I was here?
You did not come purposely to find
ms?" I cried.
"No," Lie answered sadly, turning his
face from m0.
"Than," I asked in wonder, "why did
you come? What brought you here?"
He Looked at me, end I saw- how full
of agitation and distress his face was.
"Nellie," he said, gently, "will you
tell mo what brings you here?"
' Do you not know?" I asked,
"I do ,act. I cermet even imagine,"
he replied.
I urn living here as companion to
tatty Yorke," I said. "I waited is the
olio home. at Gracedieu until the four
years were over. I lived alone, lung-
ing, hoping against hope, for news of
you every day, afraid to go away last
yon shouid came during my absence."
Ess laid. his hand caressingly on my
head, and :the horrible chill that had
begun to creep througb my veins ceas-
ed.
My sweet, loyal Nellie 1" he said;
but in saute vague way the word's
tbang else. A. Little sulphur, alum am
ro snngnes:a: all las fine powder, blown u
on the nostrils and in the t].roat L
d insets former, and neva n next. Pork
p_ inks a very digestible ctl;h, and fowl
s end bacon tine a very useful. erect Iola -
great
1
great ass.atance en drying up and eat
ng a cold. T,hs sir for a small size
oultry house can be made quite clr
viae a, iamir alone Inc a healer. To cl
his a Lasater and a condenser is requi
d; the beater can be made cut of a con
mom store box and e. piece of sheet iron
u11 Sugar is Imp worthy of menace. and
ih,� nhtlii rte. t„,•- ..r .. _ a perfectly
MAltce 4, 1899
PE11[111 111%11111
v
XNTERRSTf' ci ITEMS ABOUT oU
R
OWN COUNTRY.
anthers'. from Melees Pointe from the
Atlantic to the Pantie.
Tavislo(.k spent 017,000 in new build-
ir;gs in 18417,
Stratford's new city ball will cost
$80,000
London's public) library contains 101-
720 volumes.
f. W. Jardine le the new county
clerk of -Wentworth.
Angus Grant, formerly of London,
died sudcienlyr in Winnipeg,
Canadian :tilde for the last six
months has increased $28,000,0011.
A Manitotsa milling firm le ;Tepe -
ing to ship flour to the MondIke.
A Menne of the Merchants' Bank Is
to be established at Ncopawa, Man.
It 1s said that Chief Justice Armour
will receive knighthood at en early
date.
Portage la Prairie is to have a new
elevator, ca;:a•ity one hundred and
fifty thousand bushels.
Mr. and Mrs. Maker, of. eheeeeld,
recently celebr.tted the fifty-fifth anni-
versary of their marriage,
A steam shovel to the lake eeporior
iron ore regions, loaded 700,000 tons of
oro clueing the past year.
John Woodley, a ;3t. George livery-
man, had his jaw broeen by a kink
from a horse he was nipping,
N. Mortality, a 'Northern. Paoiflo em-
ploye,
mploye, had his hand torn off while
coupling cars at lienerson ,Man,
\William Here, formerly of the 40th
Highlanders, is now ass asor,00llector
and license inspector of Roseland,
Leonard Mason, ale -year -o/d Wood-
stock boy has disappeared, end it is
supposed lie has struck for the Klon-
dike.
During the year just ended 2,100
homesteads were taken up in Manitoba
and the Territories against 1,000 in
The water consumption at Galt fox
the month of January was 22,000,000
gallons an average of 70,000 gallons
daily,
Basil Iionisou, who was recently kill-
ed while truing to thaw dynamite in
3riiish Colum' is, was a entire of Pe-
eolea.
Hamilton Public schools have set
aside allay in oath year for inculeat-
ng patriotic sentiments In the minds
of the scholars.
Along the Manitoba boundary smug-
gling is practised extensively, toLacco
icing one of the staple articles In the
contraband trade.
British Colunsl,ia's new reiormatory
s already full, tho last vacancies being
ecepted last weak by a number of
oung Vancouverites.
It Is rumoured in Belleville that the
r
a
3
1table dish. Cereals enter largely into i
d our diet, and are of much value, le-
, they supply food or starch as
o welt as muscle food. Potatoes pro-
f,_. vido little nutriment, hut with plenty
_ at milk, which supplies the precise in-
, gradients they lack, a good diet is
' formed.
be Iran should be put tar enough
ram the bottom of the box co allow
amp to be set hander it; then just abov
the iron bore some holes to admit air
his forms the heater; a win<low can b
agile to serve the purpose of a eon
nasi. A tight box must be pl4s'e
over the window inside the pouitr,
house-, lea•veng the glass exposed to lh
Id air outside. Now then '.nates a 0011
action between the heater and di
ndenser so that the warm air iron
e heater can enter the condense
ear the bottom of the window; the
arm air will strike the glass and be
er Come cold and past with nearly all it
moietnre. The dry add must be allowed
cub to escape near the bottom of the oon
teaser, bust as ,high, &bavo the lamp as
ossibbe—anywhere from. a foot to three
et above the trump will dl. The con-
denser box must be very tight at the
top, else it will not work good. Such
a Crude affaia' as slats will take '.most
astonishing amount of wabet' out of the
air in a mold night, and will 11e found
very useful im, s• damp bodes, and the
whole thew need not usually cost any-
thing ;Here than the time it takes to
put i;t up. 11 the apparatus is desir-
poor family, cres of waioni—Lhe father
darigereatety ill. the wife had
met with it eevere accident, and the ,
children were destitute. The taeor
were beginning to know to whom they
SWUM send; they were beginning to
love Lady Yorke, foe they knew that ,a,„
no one ever peke& her help in vain. She e.
came to me end aeked me to act for
y no , and should alemys be
e gratified in reason. Fruil aro good
Beef tea contains ecareely any nut- 3'
a stimulant. A dog fed em beef tea '
. ea refuse meat throve. Tea, injurious ;
if taken. in excess, provides, it Wren
In moderation, a most refreshing
drink. Many scientists moonlit:Iona its
is a stimulant, 'unlike all others, in ”
! fact, that it is followed by no reaction.:
seimalittes the Maim and is called ) p
an intellectual drink, COooll deserves d
to be &Imola as a food.
I eoted never bate you, IVIark, my 11
dear love, never even diseke you. You ea'
do not know me; you. have forgotten th
in all these years how I love you. I le
gave you. my love forever and. forever 'ea
commit take it assay. Mule was nay
love for a day,' Mark, it was love you so well and. so truly Ma
&thing can part us. Je these hands d
Ms now had committed the most
rievous crimes, would kiss them fe
Lill. You could never kill my love,
lark; I svoula go with you Into exile;
"I must be here to receive our t1
guests," abe said. "I give you carte st...
bla,zueho, Miss Chester."
So it was as Lady York's almoner
that I went out on tbat day. Lord ,",
York bade rue beware of the threat- "
ening stoma, but I told him I did not :1?;
think it would. break until, to -morrow,
• But when I wee on the point of re-
turning from Woodheaton, the rain
descended in torrents. For an ordin-
ary shower sbould not have cared in
t•.he Meat, but this storm was terrible.
rt seemed as though the heavens were
opened, melt a tempest raged cat that
fair, tranquil countrysiae. The sky si as
like Mad. the wind blew fiercely ; and
thou lightning flashed and tbueder
came. The sterna lasted some hours,
and when the sky cleared and the rain
maser' it WON night. Lady Yorke, ehe
WAS always thoughtful, sent a closed
ea.rriage after me.
AO We drove up the avenue, the car-
riage stopped suddenly, and the coach-
man sprang down from the box and
tame to me,
'' Du you see what has happened, Miss
neetert" he mated,
Looking out, 1 8a1v hy the pale, wa-
tery gleam. of the moon that a great
beech -tree, mid to be the largest and
finest of its kind in I3ngland, and. call -
ad "The Pride ot Westwomi,"' had been
Mown down.
Why, hia lordship will Isti more toy
grieved over this tree than if Lail the to
house heel beet blosvn down!" said the Ms
very sorry, miss, bet; you ,see the bran- ,
not take the carriage any further ; I 1.;
meet, go back to the courtyard." th
I same tee honest simple man, erten- he,
retainer of the House or Yorke, N2aa s
dOOP1Y distressed. He shook his head , ea
as he led the frightened home away. Jew
" never like ?mob great fireee to fell, ,
Mass Chaster," he said. " They are the roe
glory of a bouse. always think bad mg
lek
edh
my 11001.11, a, 901100 of eppreseion and. me
comtng sorrow mized me. T could not fel
believe in tho superatitiou that the new
Mating or a greet; tree mast mean evil. ma
That Wee BIM my heart was
!Jewry, my brain, oppressed. put
Fortunately for me, wa.s a great him
favorltea with Mrs. lataeleant, the bonne- an
keeper, ene „when she heard that I had ven
returned she buetened to my room, gre
to t•he thawing Vora was speedily ale
"You. took 111, Mies Chester, You
leave taken cold Yon must go to bed,
and will sexid vett. something warns
to drink."
rim in, the old. sweet, grave faellion,
"You may kiss my lee, elark," I
said, "for T have kept my promise. The
kiss you. left on them is there etill ; no
lents has tonched them, 1 have never
would stand ley your side on the scaf-
fold and suffer for you."
"Hush, Nellie 1" he said, /eying his
Irene on ray lips. e'llivery word you
say 18 as a sword. in my beset."
"But it is true, Mark—it is all true,
I mulct not love you more If 1 tried." ,
"I believe It," he said. "My beatttiful
Nellie! My true Nellie! Ch, hoty ean as)
I ask pardon a Heaven?" He knelt by a'
nay side and drew my head neon his afi
breast, aucl sraoothed the ripples or my 8,`
hair with the old familiar gesture I e'
had loved so welt. "Pole. Nellie! True eegr
loving Nellie! How cm Heaven pardon a's
I had ceased to weep, ceased to won- te
der. IVIark had come back to me, but au
there was sometlaug wrong. I felt
that he was hushing me to rest in his SL
arms for a few minutes before he told
me, and 1 was content. What Mark
did was best alymys.
"Nellie," he seal at lest—and his voice
treanbled. with emotion—"seeing how
yoa love lum. I could almost wish
that you were dying new, If the light
of the sum could. but strike us both
dead I You tremble, Nellie. Love, be
still; rest for one moment); It will tell
you all then."
Ana I clung the more closely to him.
Should. ruin, sorrow, deeth come, wheel
mattered It while thoae arms sheltered
th
rete'ACE-tWASHING OF THel SOIL,
One of the first tidings to he done
whenever the fernier will set aleatt per -
1111151 Olt improvement of his lands is
to preven•t surfeceswashing. In the
"hieing off" for planting, in the dir-
Betion of the longer furrows wheal
beettictog the land and where space will
allow a mediated system of terraxes or
of surface Medina mutat be so di,rected
as to ca•toe tite surface waters and de -
el A. mother soothing box ride, in g.
e delirium of toyer could not helve le,
n more tender than Meek was ha fee
at hour to me.
'You. will bete nui Nellie. whoa Yell ea
al.l; you. will send mo from you, is
'Does it look like it, rove?" I whiste an
ch "There is little fear of that." tee
Still be rookeil me eis %eras, call- bee
•
woroe, makes it harder! Ab, Nellie , co
y have you been ao true to me?" en
?" I replied, with a glad lit- et
laugh. "1 could not help it; I was tees
you esit urel y. turned to
Said, "you are acs much better then
nil You Ora 'OOMO and loyal; I am
h, Heaven that I should have to say
.!r"011. shall not; gay' such thinga of
'tarsier!" cried., "Yea are Mark
Upton, and. thee in mY eles alI
teat is meet noble."
"Ittesh, Nellie I" There was pain in
his fare, anguish in his eyes, "Nellie,
sust tell you. Oh, my dear, do not look
nve with those loving eyes, Weald
t I had, died heron this! Wry arms
me not hold 3,0u More, Nellie, My
tr, lost love, am married! Heaven
p mo, am roarried more them a
seemed forced. from him. bee
"Then. you. see, Mark," I went en, tb
hatimy from the caress oi his tlea,r
hand, "my money WaS gone, and I was hei
obliged to seek a home. I have been as en,
happy here a$ I could be anywhere in
the world sailboat; you." ore
"lent are Lady Yorko's esolneatlion1"
he eerie, as though he could eot recover in
teem bis surprise,
"Have you been to Gmcedleal 1 it
asked. web
"No," he anewereit In a low tone.
Ab, well he Was here I Wh he ltad
()me mattered little. He would. tell
er them at the rapt of the slept by
gentle desreat of not more than one
oh. to flee bendred—one inch to forty
mideration in advance and enuatly
refill execution of pleats adopted. It
best that all a the rata shall per -
ate into the lend teem Mere it falls
d thee it seal1 not flew off. upon
sierfaea, This Is rarely possible in
open fields even ander the best
diltions; bet there should be andeav-
tu this direetion not only for the
neervatiou of plant food, hut to less -
the !injury to the physieue condition
ebra see 'Mach aaways 0011.1e9 from
Wherever Upon miserly level lands, ex-
eept, of course, the small areas of
waters submerge ehe fields asid remain
stending foe hours, or for clays, as the
writter hes seen en the red-aay sec-
tions, et the Best epporttunity the und.n.
er soil sbeuld lee deepened. Tee use
of the ettb-soie plough in midsummer
ox eurly le bare indicated. as the
next beet thieg to thorough under -
d re image.
me all when he recovered. from, his stir- Yoa
prise. There weuld. be no swots, no the
mysteries between, us. I unolasped bis
he
wo
hands and. held them in mine.
"You ale Liana, Mark, and not well,
1 tun sure," I said; "let us sit down
and talk quietly,"
"Oh, Nellie, Vieille, you are killing
ras with every word I" he cried.
"Killing you, Mark Why, I would
die a hundred times over for yet
have done we, Every day or your &s-
aute has been like a day at death to
"Hash. my dealing!' he, eriect, "For Ito
Heaxen's sake, Mash I"
sloe* lto you t Why are you so M
&tepee it Why art you distant and det
silent f"
But for atl enewer he bola up his yee
hedul end repeated:
10,000 in settlement for his claim o
00,000 for false arrest.
Lew?s MeIldOwie, who attempted sal
n the road for thirty years.
G. R. Pattuilo, of Woodstock, ike nuggeta Lis son Dufferin has sem
own from the laud of frost.
Five general Femeenger agents of the
transoontinantal lines Lave estimated
the etampecie iato the Klondike region
at from 25,000 to 100,000. people.
The Donlon charity sebeine of giving
tramps aid. 011 condition of going to
One of the city wood -yards and sawing
wood is working satisfactorily.
That the boom is wearing off at Ross -
land is evidenced by the Met thee ten
saloons will not renew their licenees,
SW! lam inhabitants will not go dry.
A. Hamilton boy stole a ride on a
farnser's aleigh, and the hilarious far -
or woeldn't tot hint off till ho got
ear Ancestor. The boy got hi$ tees
Col. lattson,commandent of the RoYel.
ilitary Collegehas recommended two
the senior class cadets Arthur Cecil
min, of Quebec, ana Cadet Allison
mite, of Halifax, for the two extra
commissions offered le the Imperial
arrny, for inunediate acceptance.
'Ile latest market reports froin Daw-
son City eive the, pries ttour as el.50
Per pound.. It is evident thee Me, Lei-
ter or Chicage, does not entirely con-
trol that ineeleet.
A fall -blooded young Indian left Rin
tinpronou nCeable name hail entered,
FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE
Good Old Age or S0111,0 OT E111.0pe'S Omit
Mem
Among tee world's oldest men known
to fame three have pre-eminence in
Europe. These are Mr. Gladstone, Pope
Leo XIII, and Prince Bismarck,
Mr. Gladetone has lived to a great-
er age than any other English states-
man who hae Imen prime minister dur-
ing the last two hundred years' and
at eighty-eight his mental power8 are ta,1
unimpaired, a/though his sight has fr
nearly failed him, and he is deaf, The)
pope at eighty-seven iliri retliarltable 111
the Infirmities of age. !Prince 1319- 1 I)
ntarck at eighty-two euffere as much S
from leek Or OOOLZpai !La front bodily
Tbe eldest Europeen artist is Thome
Sieney C'ooper, who is now in his
ninety-fifth year, Ile bee leen at week
with pewit and brush oyer ileVelity
years, and his re in lino are Still 8X-
bibited in Loudon.
Tee oldest man of let Len Elirope iS
uron College, London, to welly for
e Anglican elinistry. His name as
t, is as follows; Anlealikeeea.
Chief Genie Warden Tinsley si ainas
ople who are in the habit of shoot -
g owls, that the broad -raced chick-
s" are protested h,v the Inaectivoroue
els Act, and must nob Is killed,
A. couple of Indian)) imbibed whiekeY
Commit. the other day and then
Meet to get: out of the wee, of e
eel, case Two path:emelt CalliO to
H car's assistame and the it/Lubin-
pee, and was preaching tine writing se
yeere ago. John Parelciii is generally
regarded as the veteran et English lit- Pe
(mature, but infirin as lie IN and. unable in
i anewer letters or to read kooks, be 4))
rourteen year)) younger than Doe- el
tor ernetinean.
Verdi is the oldesit enrapOSer at 0011.
ty-rour. The Unities enedintileoreltnar-
ily live to greater age then
bishops, bat there is one mein le in ee2
the Anglican communion, the Bisbee of to
Livexpool, who is eighty-two. The 551
WM peerage es lone-eved, the Earl of
Mansfield being near lite top of the ! el
list at ninety-one, met having a large
group o.r octogenarians. around him. r
' Queen of England,who is in her seven- i
by -ninth year, is senior. Her memory
is remarkehly good. Tier sight has fel-
I len of 1 so that she recognizes Inv pr
j friends with difficulty, but Silif hears'
the faintest word in ordinary conver. ipo
stilton, and retains her ced-thats lull- be
matien of manner,
Among all these worthies, who have
ntlained to a green old agile Ur, Glad.-
A. prisoner in BritteleColumbites pro -
need jail, wrote e letter rerieeties
Governor Armstrong. Ilue blood
d a, commission of enquiry is DOW
I nd business.
l'hieves in London township are ap-
opristing hay, oats, harness—in faet,
orything farm producesouscept the
rtgage. Detectives engaged I.o cap.
re tbe thieves have so fax onlY
nett clues.
Settlers in t he vicinity of the Riding
wntains, Manilas, are complaining
!A. row of asparagus a humaired feet
tang will afford an abundant supply I
for an ordinary family. The hest way
feet deep and two feet wide. 1P111. in 1
with, ten, inebes oe clean harm manure, 1
and On thin sow Outaitudoe ot twenty.;
Slone is perhaps the only one who has mo
the, damage done deer bus winter,
e animals are quite tame end order
o barn yards and eat t he hay which
stacked, there and ivectieg a lot of
y by tramping it wider root, Uno
tuer counted seventy Aeer hie
y Itt one time
been inaessant and immoderate in his of
mental occupations and who has scent-
ed Willing at times to be imprudent th
anti to neglect opportunittes for re- is
taxation and excreige, Ile le on excep- ha
Lion to the rots I hat the secret of long far
life Is moderation in ell thinga,