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QUAPTEIt; XXXIV.---(Continued). • Slowly and hesitating v, with inanY"
asfhe'lletened h rrfaee the grew whiiter and
her horror expressed itself in her eyes:'
"Oh, poor lady-poorlady I" she breath-
ed, "I-1 saw' her portrait. She wee hie
wife! Oh, Bobby l"
"Axid -and at the inquest they brought
a verdiot of willful murder against-
againet,Lord Gaunt," he said, thickly.
Decima raised herself on her elbow,
"Against-aga'inet Lord Gaunt! They
could not!" she said. Murder! He could
not have done it! I -I know that he could
not! : Where is he? What doee he say?
Oh -wait a moment; my head iaeburningl
-Aunt Pauline,. you do net believe,itP"
"No, no!" saiLady Pauline; "I do not
think him guilty!"
"'Thank You - oh, thank' you, auntie!".
said Decima, . faintly. "Tell me --tell • mie
it all again! Let me think!" She put her
hand to her ',mow and.Alosod her Wee.
over it
y
Bobbie went er all again. It' was
an easy taek, for he had been thinking
of nothing oleo for days past.
Ne!" said Dectma, with an energy
which astonished Bobby and Lady Pauline.
eTt ie impossible! I -I know Lord Gaunt.
he could not have done it:"
She covered her eyes with her iiande for
a moment, then ehe dropped them and
looked from Lady Pauline to Bobby.
"go could note Besides -would he have
loft his coat? Oh, how can any one think
he would have done it!"
Bobby held hie breath. Lady Pauline
indurated a pocket handkerchief with eau
de Cologne and bathed Decimals brow.
She waved it aside impatiently.
"I am not going to faint. I am quite
strong. Where is Lord G•auntP What does
he say?" •
Bobby held hie breath.
Lord Gaunt- Deoie, dear you'll be
brave. won't ' you? Lady Pauline and I
think you ought to hear it from use not
by chance and from etrangers."
Yes -yea!" ehe broke in, with a moan.
"Tell me -tell met It would be cruel to
keep it front me. I -I want to know!'
"Gaunt went by the Pevensey Castle.'
On the morning after -after the murder-"
""Yee," 'breathed Decima."Be said he
was going to Africa! We'll Oh, tell me
all! I canbear it, indeed I can."
-"And-and"-faltered Bobby -"the ves-
sel was lost. It foundered off the coast
of Africa-"
Decima raised herself and looked at
him, with something in her eyes which
Bobby will never forget while life lasts.
—"And Gaunt- Give her something.
Lady Pauline. brandy or -or something:"
he broke off.
But Decima waved a refueal of the of -
tend glass.
Tell me -tell me everything!" she
panted.
Bobby struggled with the choking feel-
ing in hie throat.
"Gaunt -and -and the captain remained
on board after the rest had left, and-•
and-aed Gaunt-"
Decima fell back on the pillows, and for
a minute or two remained motionless and
speechless; then she opened her eyes,
and the hopeless misery and deepair in
them brought the tears to Lady Paulino'e.
And -and he is dead?" mane from Do-
cima's white lips.
obby bowed his head.
"Yee; I and afraid -they all think -he
waa lost. Ho -he behaved like a hero.
I'll -I'11 rend the newspaper amount to
you when you are able-'
Now! now!" she eaid in a hollow whis-
per; and Bobby, waif he could not resist
her, drew. out the paper and read the
account.. Decima listened with flxod.eyes
and bated breath to the statement c one
of the paseongera who had left the :reek
in the last boat.
"You see!" eaid Bobby, struggling with
the clinking in his throat. 'Re gave,up
hie place in the boatto the man Jaokson.
He kept the passengers in order, and-
and stood by the captain tell•--till-tho
last! Delo it --it is lust what „Gaunt
would do, isn't it?"
She opened her oyes upon him with a
wild despair.
Yes; it le like him,' sato said. "It is
just what he would do. Oh -oh, bow 1
wish I had been there! flow 1 with I had
been the little child lie kigeed 1"
"Dealer murmured Lady Pauling. Do.
circa turned upon her.
"Yee; I wieh I had been there! I wieh
I had died with lithe!"
Then she' cloeed her eyes and was silent
for a, moment or two -so long that Lady
Pauline thought she had fainted, and
went to a table for a restorative; but sud-
denly Decima, opened her eyes and said,
with feverish emphasis:
"He le not dead! I know it! He le not
dead! ' If he were, I -I should feel it! No,
he is not dead!".
Presently she asked them to leave hor
alone,
You will try and boar your burden,
dear?" said Lady Pauline, as she bent,
over her and kissed. her. "We deemed it
best to tell you; better that you should
hear it from no wile lova you-"
"Yes, yea,' said Decima, with ,a eigh
and a weary movement, of the thiband.
"You were right to tell me, Aunt Pauline;
but -but I want to think. X have not
realized it yet. It is lake; one of the
dreadful dreams that came to me 'when
I was i11, 1, want to think -and --oh, if
I could only cry t Aunt Pauline, my
heart is broken! But X will try to bear
my burden."
"Pray for etrcngth, dear," whispered
the good woman, but Decima shook her
head. ti
I can't pray," she said, miserably,
and with no irreverence. 'I could only
pray to . die -and that would bo wicked,"
"Yee, Deefma. Life and death are in
Bis hande," Bald Lady Pauline; and she
and Bobby left the stricken girl alone.
Decima did not close her oyes; she
cduld eee the figure, which had been first
and foremnost in her life, with eyee wide
open. And .ache •Went.over all Lady- Pauline
and Bobby' had told her of the murder
and of Gaunt's life and Gaunt'e death.
Not for an instant did the possibility
of hie guilt enter her. mind. She knew
him -the innermost heart and soul, of
the man -too well to permit of the faint-
est touch of doubt as to his innocence.
Some other hand had done the deed -
whose, mattered ver little to Decima at
that . moment, for alio her mind and heart
were concentrated upon the fats of the
man the had lovod-and would love with
all the etrength' of her woman'e soul un-
til death.
Not one minute detail of the shipwre k
had escaped her, and the pictured Gaunt
keeping meter in the cabin, standing en
•thc deck with the (Mild in his arms, giv-
ing up hie place in the boat to that other
•man, and then waiting and watching with
that ealtn selepossession, wvhidh wan
Gaunter, birthright, for the end.
• And they thought this man who had
elven hie ,life for *there,' capable of mur-
der!
It may have been wicked' of him to make
her -all, he had not made her. loves hirci
It was•wioked to ask her to go away with
him, the husband of• another woman;
but was not some of the blame hers? And
how nobly he bad atoned!
She tried to picture him lying dead ne-
on emcee wild chore, and a craving envy
of hie fate took pasession of her,
"If I had only boon 'there to die with
him!"beoko from .bar trembling lipifi.
ve heard the news, L• edy Pauline?"
e;:'said. ?ie he eetereteethe drawing -room.
t :Heeh d noverebeen able to eddreos her
-.':`Yet," eke eaid;` c"It' is terrible;. and.
het^"
1 know," said, Bobby, • with a kind of
;groan; "You' aro,, thinking that he' has
escaped a .trial for rnurdor,•and-and per-
haps .the -the eoneiction?"
Lady Pauline nodded, and sighed, da
"He never did'itl".said Bobby, fervently,
"No' I don't think he did. But we need
not disease, at, Robert. .1 was thinking
.aDecima.that,
Bobby ,drow a keg. breath,
"She will hear of it directly she gots".
about again," he stied.
. 'Yes,"- eaid.Latly.-Pauline. "That is in::
suitable. It will be better that she should
hear it' from -us.-'
"Ah, yes; but who's to tell lior?" he de-
mended. -
"1 and you," ,she said, with her usual
•eouraes. "She will bear it better coming
from ue than from strangers. I think
]she will be strong enough to -morrow..
Will you corns, in the afternoon,'' please?
I asked her this, morning whether ehe
would like to go to• Walfield, but she,
(seemed to want to go home "
To father -yes," said Bobby, "That's
like Decima; the thinks of every one be-
fore horeolL Father will want her, too.
Wee 'e is trouble again,"
What trouble?" asked Lady Pauline.
Bobby groaned. '
Oh, Mr. Mershon has cut up rough.
It's that, confounded -I beg your pardon,
Lady. Pauline!"
Tbere is no need for profane expres-
sions, Robert, she said. "But go on.e.
"It's that unfortunate co,np&ny; the
Electric Storage, you know."
• "I don't know; but no matter."
"It .eeeme, that the guv'nor is indebted
to Mr. 31'ershon; it's rather a large sum;
and Merehon's lawyer, Mr. Gilcby, has
written to the guv'noi well, demanding
payment. Father has given Mershon
bills, you know."
Lady Pauline sighed.
"I will bole your father to the beet of
my ability. Robert," she said, "I must.
go up to Decima now. Come to -morrow,
and if the le strong enough we will telt
her about-Nbout Lord Gaunt.
Bobby left the house and went home; he
was staying at a quiet hotel -Prince's Man-
sions were impossible for him under the
circumstances -axed he bought the epecial
editions of the evening papers, and read
every line of tbe, =shipwreck and "Lord
Gaunt's heroic conduct," and hie heart
was filed with sorrow for the death of the
man whom ho had admired and loved so
much.
The next day he wont to Berkeley
Square. Lady Pauline came to him with
a grave but determined expression on her
face,
She is much better," she said. "1 have
considered the question from all. pointe
of view, and I have decided that ehe
ought to be told as soon as risible. Yon
2n: y eomo up now; but you will be care-
ful, Robert?'
Bobby went up to Decimals room, She
was propped up by pillows, and looked
very white and frail; but she smiled ae
he entered the room, and wound her arms
round his neck.
I am quite well now, Bobby." she said,
Wand Annt Pauline thinks I shall be able
to go home in a 'few days. How is father?
and do yon tbink you will pass your
exam this time, dear?"
Bobby kissed her, and so hid hie face
for a moment. Lady Pauline stood on
the other aide of the bed, grave and self-
posseesed,
]Robert 'mit something to toll you, Do.
vie," she said. "Are you sure you are
strong enough to boar it? It ie-ead and
painful news; but we think it will come
better from tee
who love you, than int
any other way."'
Decima looked (rem one to the other.
Sad• -•painful?" she said. Then she sigh-
ed. Tee. Tell me, please, Bobby."
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"0h, my love -any love! ILow shall I live
without you; how shall I?"
The tears came atlaet to ease her atilt -
:the heart, and they were running -down
her face unheeded when Lady Pauline
*ante back to her..
She slept .that night and :dreamed,'-'::itho
saw Gaunt standing on.. the deck, watch
ing the last boat leave the ship's; side;
she saw bit with the child in his arms
but in everyvision of him he was alive,
,
and g her imagination could not conceive
Of him ail dead.
CHAPTER XXXV,
Three days afterward they took her
down to The Woodbines. Lady Pauline
went with her, and she bore the Journey
very well.
Her father received them in a hind of
stupor,
Dear, dear, now -how pale and thin
ehe lel" he gold to Lady Pauline.: "len
-I'm afraid ehe has been ill. There memo
to be nothing but. trouble. I don't know
whether you knew poor Lord Gaunt, --
Pauline." Ile stopped and tugged at his
hair in a bewildered way. :' Most ter-
rible ending! I -I scarce know the de-
tails, though Bobby, whoappet rs to have
been mixed up in the business .in some ex-
traordinary fashion which I 'can not un-
derstand, has been endeavoring to tell;
me. It le difficult to believe that a man
of hie poeition and culture can have been
guilty of a peculiarly brutal murder; but
Mr. Merehon is convinced of his: guilt -
and the verdict of the coroner's inquest -
He stopped and looked about' bit ewe
leesly. "And Mr. Mershon tells me that
-that Decima has broken off her en-
gagement to him. -Is that so?"
"Yee," said Lady Pauline.
Mr. Deane ruffled hie hair again and:!
edged to the door.
I'm -I'm afraid Mr._ Mereh'
on feels i
rather acutely. You -yon know chat there
have been busineee relations between us?"
"Yes," said Lady Pauline in bar direct.
way. "You havo lost n, great deal of.
money, have you not, Peter?"
"Ye-ee; I'm afraid so. I scarcely know;
I thought that the loss had been recouped,
or -or -provided for in some way; but.
Robert tells mo that -that -it, is not so,
and that I am still liable." •
minoay. be able to help you," said Lady
`3'aul
Bobby, ,who had entered the room itt
time to hear the last part of the convex --
tuition, shook his head gloomily.
-'ra +," he said. "It is too large a ante -
afraid we aro up a tree, Lady ;Paul.
bye' rye east soon Mr: Mershon; he wants.
to gee Decima. I told him that she was-
-.I;t at, and -well, I hinted that it
would-
n;,be the Lust use hie laming her,
Deck
ktowe her own mind, and. once it's made
tip Ah. yes, it's all over between Mer-
ebon and her. And, well, I'm glad it is
-though," he 'added,' inaudibly, "there'll
he.''the deuce to pay ovor these bills! But
A ilon't eeein able to think of anything
leas poor Gaunt!"s
he aid, aloud. "I've
fest met Bright. He's terribly out uP t
ijut somehow be oan't bring himself to
believe that Gaunt le dead, The next in
Obsession le a cousin of Gaunt e. He le
gavelling abroad just now; .but Belford &
ang leave err on to him. There's no
end of excitement 3n the village. Gaunt
vias more Popular than one ,would have
thought; and some of the women cried
-then they talked to me about him. One
and all absolutely decline to believe him'
guilty of -of- They are all very sorry'
for - Deoie's illness., Sheet the Lady
Bountiful of the village, you know."
Lady Pauline inclined her, head.
And -and it was she who egged Gaunt
`leu to undertaking all the improvements
that have been made. Poor Gaunt!"
'Bobby's eyes filled with tears as he
:turned from the room. ,,
;'Tile next, morning Decima came down-
stairs. She was very pale and thin, : tteid=
very weak etilt, and she looked but the
kghost ,of .herself as she eat in a low chair
byfthe lire.
Are you sure you are strong enough to
leave • your room,. Decima?" asked Lady
Paei e; and Decima had turned her
ewe to her with a shadowy smile.
Ees, aunt. I -I want to take up my
life again ae-ail if nothing shad ba.ppen-
ci. They -father and Bobby -need Inc."
Har voice brokefor a moment. "I can
not lie there and think, think any longer,
1 Tient something to do, something that
will help me to forgot. But ah, no, no;
I shall never forget!"
How could it be possible for her to for -
In the c fternoo;t; as the 'wee standing
at the window, looking sadly at the bare
treee swaying in the wind, ehe caw Mr,
Mershon open the gate end come up the
path.
Icor hand wont to her heart, and she
looked round as if for help. Lady Paul-
ine had gone dowxt to the village with,
Bobby. There was no one to help her.,,
Well, it 'was a ;cart of hereeurden, and
ehe meet carry it. She rang the bell.
"Te11 Mr, Mershon I will see him," ehe
said,
She dM not ge.. back to her chair, but
stood by the window waiting, and the
light was full upon' her floe as he entered.
To him ehe looked tore lovely than ever,
with the sadness in the violet gray 'twee
and theethereal pallor of the girlish face.
Rid eyes fell before here ac eheregarded.
him steadily, and his' hand shook aa he
took the one she held out to him. For a
moment he lost his presence of mind, and
no word of the speech he had prepared
would come. Then, with an effort, he
mastered his emotion, and said, almost
abruptly:
You're better, Decimal' I'm very, glad;
I -I wanted to sec you. I've had an ams -
/sue time, and -and- You're sure you're
better?" he broke off, raising his oyes for
an instant to the white face..,,
"Yee, said Decima, "rin sorry you
should have been anxious, and -and I ate
glad you have come."
"Of course I shouldcoma the
very first
moment"
he said. At sight of her all hie
passion revived, and he fe1te that he
would -move heaven and earth to keep her, k.
"0f course they -Lady. Pauline -told.,,. me,
gave ma your message, but I <xieeiln't say.
Decline, 'that I didn't attach any import-
ance to it. You- -
yget very likely didn't
know what you wiles' saying when 100
sent me word that -you wetted, to break
with me. "
Yee." said Decima; eI was quite con-
scious, Mr. Mershon,"
Her voice wag 1oww-, but its steadiness
surprised ever herself.
"You were?" he seed, huskily. "Then -
then I suppose you /said what, you did be-
oauee you thought I should be annoyed,
riled at your being mixed up with -with
this affair of Lord Gaunt's1 Of course,
I -it was very natural that I should want
an explanation; that I .nhou'd want' to
hear all about your visit to his roonia
and -and what took place between you."
"Yee," said Decima, quite calmly; "It
was your right. It is so no longer. But"
-ehe wont on as he opened his lips -"I
will tell you, Mr. Mershon. I will tell you.
because you will then see how -how im-
,poesible it was that I should havo the
(rained from sending you my message. I
went to eee Bobby -
"I know," he said, eagerly.
--"And Lord Gaunt came in."
As she epoke his name her eyee closed
for an instant, and her hand raid along
the edge of the wall se if she were seek-
ing some support.
"And you were together there," he said,
nodding gloomily. "What -what passed
between you? Don't tell me if youdon't
like. I'm content to let by-gones be by-
gones, Decima."
I will tell you," ehe said. Her lips were
quivering, but she steadied them. 'Lard
Gaunt -told me that he loved ram"
- (To be continued.)
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Reasons for Value of Silage,
First --Mise feed can be stored
a given space in the form of silage
than in the form of fodder or hay:
Second—There is a, smaller loss
of food material when a crop
made into silage than when cured
as fodder tel' hay.
Third •- Cern silage is a more ef-
ficient feed than corn fodder.
Fourth—An acre of earn can lae
placed in the silo at less cost than
the same area can be husked and
sh
I.�reifthdded.---Crops can be put in th4j
:silo during weather that could uoi
ale utilized, in making hay or curing
fodder.
Sixth -More stock can be kept o
a given area of land Wheel silage i
thebasis • asis of theti • n
ration.
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Seventh—There is jeso itttilte it
feeding silage than in feeding fod-
der. Good silage properly fed is a I
consumed.
Eighth --Silage, like other succu-
Ient feeds, has a beneficial effee
upon the adigestive tai •ens.
Tenth- Silage is the cheapest an
best form in which a succulent feed
can be provided for winter use. •:y
Eleierith—Silage can be used fo
supplementing pastures more eeon
i;nrically than eanesciling crops, be-
cause it requires less labor, and sil
age is more palatable-
Twelfth—Converting the cor.,
crop into silage clears the land an
leaves it ready for 'another crop.
Poultry Notes.
When fowls crowd at night;
which is the case when the number
quartered is greater than the eap!a,
city of the house, they sweat. This,
sweating causes the feathers to rot
at the base giving them the very
appearance of molting,
It is a noted fact that where roup
has become epidemic among f'owie
they were crowded in tightly built
houses when• the weather was vei'lat,
cold and these houses• allowed
remain closed all the next day. This
creates a moisture which generates
dampness and the house .becomes
vault.
The poultryman who follows a
practical system does not complaiti
of the work. System is a great lab-
or -saver in all occupations, and
especially so in raising poultry.'
Wintering Brood Sows.
In winter the sow should be corm
fertably housed, preferably in a
not 'veli supplied with straw and
placed some distance froth her feed:.
ing place, so that she will get the
necessary exercise in running to;
and fro. Ilei feed shoul'cl consist
largely of bulky foods, such as milk,
roots and clover hay and enough
grain to keep her in; good'ondition,
without fattening.
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Unexplored Torritory:
{'I made a lucky discovery 'to-
day," said the.' first physician,.
"'That so if t
• Y'es, t discovers d a patient
has never leen operon•, «>
anything."
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