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The Blyth Standard, 1903-01-01, Page 3• io(iYill/ ehte,44-414"'44:0/ cV'.a d. a t4 -dzu, &X. rita. GIPSY'S 3IARRIAGE 444s444444 It IS well for Gipsy that she ean- not see the expression that contorts Mies Bitiktie face, as, In the solitude of her own room, she paces up and down and thinks of tin man she has loved with the, whole force of her shallow, 'whish nature. Site Is, perhaps, more miserable than Gladys, weep.ug for her dead lover. She has a right to mourn, with the proud, pa'eloiutte tears that fall froom MIs' Blake's eyee aro in themselves a de- gradation, bitter drops, that burn her heart and brain. 'Mamma, we must be the first to entertain the bride and bridegroom. Shall we give a hall, a dinner -party, or what'?" Mrs, flake looks at her daughter. "Whatever you like, flora; but, dear, I was thinking It would be pleasant to go to the seaside for the nutmer, for Gladys, you kitow." Flora turns on her mother. "Mamma, plea's lmderetand me— I am going to May here, and eo you are. tto you think 1 cannot meet Sir Maurice Dermot's wife? I expect It will be a very gay summer, and 1 suggest that we open the gayeties with a hall." r .• • • • Lady Dermot ha' evacuated' Dru- maneen Castle. Courteously and kindly, her son intimated to her that he and hie wife wished to Ilve alone; and stn, after one protest, elle sub- mittedand moved herself and her belongings to Drumaneen House. Sir Maurice wondered a .little at the number of thing* she took from the castle—half the furniture it seemed to him. "Belies or happy days," Lady Dermot called them. The work of de- spoiling went on ; but at last the whole of her ladyship'' poeteeelon% were removed. And In the glow of a lovely sum- mer evening, with the setting sun warming the hoary gray walla, 1Mu- maneen Castle stand' with open per - tele to welcome the bride. That half the community happen by chance to he at the railway station on the evening that Sir Maurice and Lady Dermot are expected le slightly re- markable. The trate rujthee In. Sir LVaurlce'a well known face is seen looking out of a carriage window, and in another minute he le standing on the plat- form, helping oat first his wife and then a large collie dog. Very shy- ly Gipsy stands, holding the dog's chain, and waiting while Sir Maurice dives hack into the carriage for rugs and parcete. Every one has a capital vlew of the young bride as Sir Maurloo, nodding oarelesely right and left, leaves the station with his wife's hand on hie arm and the °elite barking and bound- ing amend them. Tttey go straight to the carriage, and are bowling away',through tho town before the goselps have half realized that they have arrived. Oh, the sweet home -coming of this evening, the first of all the even- ings they hope to spend together[ I apt the happtest man in the world,' the new made husband says, fondly looking down the table at the wee figure alt the other end, dur- ing this, their first tete-a-tete Mil- ner at home—she look' so lovely, with a pretty blush on her face and her shy velvety eyes full of happi- ness. And after dinner, when the shades of night are creeping up fold after after fold, misty and grey, Sir Mau- rice and Gipsy pace up and down the terrace side by endo in the warm Hum- mer air. He is glad to be at home again, back to his home life, his farm- ing, his fisting, and all the other pleasures and duties that make up his life; and now Ito has him wife to share hie pleasures and hie trou- bles, if so be that any come. The white moonilght towhee the gray walls and the clinging ivy, and beyond, all Iles In shadow. Gipsy's eyes, dark and fathomless, are raised to hlie and two small arms are clasp- ed around tale arm. "Maurice," she whispers, softly, "I want you to promise ate something." "Anything, darling." taking one cf her hands into his keeping. "I want you to promlme never to speak to yourmother about me," she goes on,"to tell me everything your- self—anything I do wrong— stupid things, I mean. You will, won't you, Maurice?" "My wife, no one shall ever say a word to you but myself," and he takee her in hie arm'. e Little. world -Ignorant Gipsy I Par- ing ail her lite she will never forget What once pae•e+ between her and Maurioe'a mother. The remembrance of that Interview brings the blood hotly to her cheeks yet. Site has never told her husband, and never will tell him. She reaehee up and winds both arms round his neck, and, with her warm cheek neatest hie, cries out, with tears in her volae: "Oh, my husband, 1f 1 couldn't make you nappy I ehould die." lu emelt low aril soft he ammo's nm he holds her tightly to Ills heart; "Wife, without ,you my life would have been worse than death." So they wlteper anti vow their lov• errs' towr, while tate white moon travels e1: over the treee, and her silver light bathes the quiet world. "So sweet, 10 peaceful an omen of our future fife,' Sir Maurice says, raising hl• fame to the calm sky. Even as no speaks a cloud pumice over the, moon, and In a second the earth le wrapped in darkness. A wind sighs among the branches, and Gipsy shivers. "Come in, lay darling ; the dew Is falling," he says; and out of the darkness they pass into the warmth and light, heeding not and dream- ing not of any dark days to come. CHAI'Tieli, XIX. Mrs. Bryan is first, niter ell. With lightning -like spend ria calls on the bride and bridegroom, and die next morning despatches n man on horse- back to summon sixteen picked mem- bers of mediae to meet Sir Maurice and Lady Dermot at dinner. She asks the great county mag- nates, Lord and Lady Bantard, tau npoptectic old couple, who look more like :a retired cook tine butler than anything tire; and Mrs. Bryan's dear friend, Mre, Honker, also recrivee an Invitation, as do two of tato Misses Hooker, Who cannot be said to net up to their Names, Raving never hooked this neatest of male fry as yet. They live twenty mace off ; but Bir Maurice was Intended once for 0110 of the 'Masse' Hooker, and it will tea very good for them to see what they have lost. AN to lite !Oakes' Invitation, Mrs. Bryan's pen actually danced over the paper with malice as she summoned them to attend. The Dowager Lady Dermot is also a favored guest ; and tho oth- ers are asked to fill up the table and make themselves agreeable or dis- agreeable, ina greeable, as the case may be. • • • • • • It Is a hot summer night, and Gipsy stands smiling .before her husband, and duelling at Ills Tooke and words of admiration. They are Just eta rtIng for the dinner -party at Bryan Coral. It he their first appearance In public together, and Gipsy is feeling ter- ribly- nervous as the ordeal ap- proaches "My darling, ]tow lovely you look i" Sir Maurice cries rapturously, stand- ing gazing at his wife till the swift color dyes her cheeks, Sho Is all In white—dim wtttto milk, rich and plain, with soft lace on the low body and *Remelt, and a cluster of white roses at her breast ; and tho dark, witching face looks to his eyee even more gloriously beau- tiful than usual. A string of pearls hs twlattd amid her quaint) short curls, and pearls are round her throat and on her sorbite. " But what am I to eay to them ell Maurice?' she asks, still blushing his compliments. "I stall be far away from you, perhaps, and I don't know what to talk about." " You need not talk at all ; only look as pretty am you do este, and you need never open your lipe," he says, laughing. " Come—let me put on .our cloak. The carriage is wall- ing, and wo stave not much time le lose." Tilero le nut a prouder matt than Sir Maurice Dermot, as he enters Mrs. Bryan's drawing -room Wltlt Illy lovely young wife on hie arm, and hoes the impression her beauty makes on all present. Nearly all the newts lutvo nrrivcd, and a mild flow of cote vereation ot- vereatlon le pro: eeding languidly, the men standing in a group ua the hetrthrag, trying to imagine that the arrangement of ferns and foliage in 11 grate and a fire are olio and the wane thing. The hoeteen, ht her fav- orite amber anis blank Spattislt lace, irritates her guests with her cutting remarks, it usual. It is eight o'clock, and rose -shaded lamps are dimly ligating the seniors of tho room. \V1tn a gleam of the rose -light en her pale cheeks, Flora Blake efts and avvalte the advent of Bir Maurice Dermot. She Le dressed In crimson and satin and white lace, for the bride will be in white. And then they conte. 111 the shadow of the doorway she sees them. t'!ir Maurice, tall and handsome, and Gipsy, small and cilldlike, slay -eyed and timid, appearing in pulite as Lady Dermot for the first time. dile' Blake see' it nil --the beauty of the wife and the °onwioes pride in her Husband's face, as he stands replying to Ills !testate' greetings. The Dowager Lady Dermot is very sweet and gracious to her daughter- in-law, and calls her "my dear child" in a moat affectionate manner ; and everybody soya all aorto of kind things 1n the way of welcome and congratulation ; and one of the Missne Grimehn.w, who 1s dining and eleoping at Bryan Court, bco:ause without her there would have been thirteen, owing to some dimp- poinitmeuta, is mentally tuklugl stock of Gipsy's dress, of Its rir•lntess and simplicity, and resolv- ing to have one pest like it for the next hall. Mies Blake, calm as mnrhle, touches the bride's fifteen"; and Gipsy, gine- Mg up Into her face, sows the look int her eyes, and draws back to her husband's side. "1 don't think you have met my nephew, Colonel Bryan, Sir Maurice. Ho Is etaying here. lie will make Ills appearance directly,' -Mrs. Bryan le Baying. Ste Maurice replies that he Ilea never hall that pleasure. Tho icor opine again, and Lord and Lady Bantard are announced. The wheezing, apoplectic old couple, who enjoy Mrs. Dryen's dinners mfght- Ily, aubelde, panting, and puffing, Into the easiest chairs they can find, and Joel the mild conversation. "And these are dinner -parties!" Henke Gipsy, looking round on the aesembled group of polite lions and tigers walling for feeding -lime. "Do people really tntloy this kind of thing?" she wonders, thinking with a regretful sigh of the dinner at borne with Maurice and the twilight walk afterward, He Is now standing talking to Mrs. Hooker and the two Misses Hooker, one of whom sets up to be clever, and the other claims to he to beauty. Mrs, 'Hooker has a de- precating air, as If the world had used her cruelly Somehow—and per. haps It has. Her very cap•ribbonn hang in a depreseed faehlon, and she has a limp appoaranco'gener• ally. But then the poor woman 'Mee eo very far in elle country, and has twelve children and a tyranai• cal husband, who never shows in public, and shows very much In private; sof nor Airs. Hooker has much to contend with. Lord Bantard is roaring out some• thing about the depressed state of the country generally, and the bad hay harvost In particular, to a county magnate who is anxious to Memos the salmon fisheries, but cannot get In a word edgeways. Mrs. Bryan is setting bvery one by the ears by announcing her In. tendon of violating the stringent rules oP the tennis club. She declare& shift will bring a Indy— Mrs. Vivian—who ran away from iter husband with Cap- tain Holiday, and who has come to settle—of ell placer' In the world— int the neighborhood of Drumaueen. "tut, my dear Mrs. Bryan, she le not a proper person," remonstrated the Dowager Lady Dermot. "Stuff and fudge! She is as good as the rest of the world; I like her immensely. They are going to be married when the law sets her free." "Walt till they are married," re- marks Mrs. Hooker severely. " So- ciety Cannot countenance people of that Blase." Mrs, Bryan chuckles delightedly, "And what do you think, Miss Grim- shaw?" cloeely regarding that mald- itt'rt righteous countenance. Mime Grintelww colors furiously. "Mamma would not like me to dis- cuss such things," alio answers, like a child of sixteen. "We pee by en the ether aide of the street when we see Mrs. Vivian." "'And by chance there came a Samaritan that way,"' quotes Mrs. Bryant. "We aro all very moral, no doubt, but do you pass by on the other ohne when you uteet Captain Holiday, Miss Grintsliaw?" Mies Grltnelmw Ilona still redder under the sarcastic remark; and Mrs. Bryan continues: "And do you all know, my dears, 'that Mrs. Vivian Is dying? She won't trouble you or your tennis ground long, nor shock the Reimep• tibllilties of this select neighbor. hood—she Is in a consumption." "Yee; but because one has con- sumption, one need not run away writ another nen," puffs out Lady Bantard, with a laugh at her own wit. "1 didn't say one need, my dear; ha" are we all so good that wo can afford to throw stonee at her ?" "I leave people of that sort alone." "Tho women, you mean; but the met you would twelve, and marry your daughters to them, too, If you could." This Met remark Is accompanied by a sigulflcant look at Mrs, Iiook- er, who has asked tile drhadful thptaln Holiday to lunch more than once. The conversation Is getting un- plensuttt—every one Is boglnnlug to wish the dinner would be announced. The door opens at last, and n. tall, soldierly man, with a long moustache, comes ani makes apologies for being so late; and, fol- lowing closely at Ile heels, the but- ler appease and announces solemnly that dinner IR served. T8 _ E USE OF CONCRETE ON THE FARM: Synopsis of an Address Given by T. (1. Raynor, Rose Hall Out., Before the St. John, N.li,, Farmers' Institute. 7M1WW VAM,W lMMA4'MsMPAP.N MWIMAWAI M•AMMM.wimis samsay 44Wi1MlIWWWWt* Wherever a farmer ie building nets should bo covered with a veneer of harps or changing Ills stables, Out one part of cement to two of clean question of flit) uHo of cortcretc for sand. If an extra fine hard finish Wore and walls is a live ono. is required use equal parte of ce- D� country where lumber fs tx m_' meet and sand. lstratively cheap txmct•is not Befor cloying the amble floor a likely to tomo 1110 genetvtl use toe good foundation should be prepared. making walls of berme, Gut for floor- It should Ito made firm attd solid by inti it le without tpleetlon the best the addition of gravel or small and cheapest eut>tt:ance that 0011 he stones, thoroughly Pounded down, employed. Its first great quality Is and the floor shaped as is required its durability. Properly put down it tor the stable. It is hest to have a slight elope from the manger to the gutter. The plan of new stable, which Is generally preferred has a square gutter two feet wide and eight inches below the level of the Gully fie per cont. of the fcrtlllzing stall floor. Thie gutter le first made vape of the manure is In the liquid and the cement Ittkl in It. Then a portion. By having concrete flour's board mould is pet up, and the 00 - and using plenty of absorbents this meet put in behind the Geordie and can all tie save,l and put on the land the boards left there uattil the es - where it will do the [neat good. moot gets firm. What Concrete 1e. 111 Laying Concrete Concrete is a mixture, of clean only tis much tail can be eonvenl- grltvei or pure satin 111(1 cement. eptly retched, sae n piece four There are amoral kinds of cement, feet square should he laid at ;me In Ontario they have natural rock tam?. All the studding ueceesery cement, which IR tnau tri t teres at in the construction of the stalls queenrtoa una TIoroal, and OM, should be sot on flat stones and while not its strong ns the l'ort- the cement put round them. Great land cement, ie cheaper and does cure should be taken when Inyl:tg very well. In some, meet:one the fort- cement to thoroughly pound it land cement will be the host to use. down. After the floor is finished ',lying concrete Poore doss not re- it shoed be eprinkled with water, quire skill which an intelligent for- especially it the weather is dry. nor cannot supply. First make a This should be done every day for olid, uooth flour, 12 feet square, a mouth. It would probably take 2 -inch lumber proferred. Then a box from a month to six weeks for a w•itltotit a bottom should be made floor to harden properly, and sea in which to. mit the gravel and ce- tided!), to use, and It will not meet. This can bo made of such a become thorougltly hard for six or size as to tiaeuretely menenre the seven months after having been gravel or sand. The gravel and ee- put in. Large stones can and meat are then put into this los in should be noel In the conetrua- tior, of a concrete wall, if paiam are taker to see that they are covered with at least two 'lichee of cement on either side. A ;on- ereto wail one foot think Is suffi- ciently strong to carry any barn. Title makes a thoroughly warm and dry stable wall. Fano etone from a stone crusher is ail excellent tea• terini from which to make cos- crelo. A, barrel of rock cement will lay 65 equate) feet of 4 -inch floor. Good tntnlitlen of Portland cement should do more than that. By the use of corrugated oleepors made Ilko railway rails, it Is unto traclfcnble to make a good floor which would form the ceiling of so it will run down, but not he the story below. The sleepers soil. The proportions in which gray- should preferably be made of Iron, el or Dement can be used depends null laid sufficiently close to stake somewhat on the strength of the the structure meld. emelt a floor consent. \Vtbh good Porllnnd cement, prevents any leakage through to one part of cement to six or seven the melee beneath. of gravel could be treed for the F. W. Itodyon. lower part of the floor, but this Live Stock Commissioner. m practically indestructible. Theft it le water tight. and will help in 'rav- ing all the Melita voldings of tato animals, and this In farm practice to- day is a most Important matter. the proportion required, the box taken off, and the ngvin; of cement and gravel or sand thoroughly done with a shovel. It shoulti be shovelled ovtr twice at any rate, while 1t Is dry, and shovelled up into a cone; then berme' applying the water the cone mould be pullet Clown, making the mixture In the form of a ring, leaving a hollow le the centre, bare to the floor. in tile water should be poured, and :ley gravel and cement turned from the outside of the ring to the centre. This will be pullet out again from the centre and more wa- ter raided until the mixture become; of the Consistency of Thick Porridge, Gipsy, looking out of the open win- dow Otto the cool and quiet beyond, starts as Mrs. Bryan atldresees her. "Lady Dermot, allow me to Intro- duce you to my nephew, Colonel Bryan." Silo turns a shy, startled face, and sees a tall, military looking man, who grecs white as death. "Sibyl!" he gasps ; and then, as he takes another look at her face, he recovers his self-ptnteeseion and of- fers her hie arm. , Nobody else bears the gasped out word but Gipsy. Sir Maurice wonders, as his wife passes him on Colonel Bryan's arm, why her cheeks are eo pale, and he smiles a bright smile ne their eyes meet, "Poor iittlo woman, she Is frigh- tened to death!" he thinks, follow- ing in the wake of all the guests wtth Mrs. Bryan and looking over I their heads at Gipsy an the post of honor at Colonel Bryan's right hand. The rest of the people have sorted themselves as usual. Lady Dermot has secured Lord Bantard, and is eon- tent ; she le at least led to the feast by one of equal reek, and, If, after he addresses himself to the soup he nev- er speaks, what does It signify'? Colonel Bryan takes furtive glances at Gipsy, with a puzzled, miserable expression on Ilia face. Suddenly elle raises her eyes and looks full at him, all the shyness gone, as elle says earnestly in soft, clear tones: i "Why did you call mo 'Sibyl ?' " rt is a very Innocent question, anti yet Galend Bryan looks strangely embarrassed, and gulps dotvn a glass of sherry before he answers, ocns- Ively : "You are rather like Rome ono I once knew of that name ;" and theft be snatches up the menu card and bandit It to her. "1 always like to know what le coming," he remarks, with a smile. "Anti 1 know my aunt's dinners aro things to dream of." ITo be Covtlneed,) MOUTH IN QUEER PLACE. Shark Is \Pell 11*lcd by Nal um' for Itis Rapacious Mission. No doubt the shark's mouth Is placed so much beneath the pro• Jecting muzzle, under which also the nostrils lie, that it may servo its proper purpose 1n the best way. In all records of the Itnbite of the Nell we are told that It can and does bite out large chunks of flesh from the dead bodice of whales and even from living victims of its at- tack ; rind It is easily seen that if its' mouth was like that of other fishes the necessary leverage would be lacking. A. further reason deems to he that the shark by this pecu- liar posttloa of Its mouth, le com- pelled to turn upon Ito back to strike, and Is thus able to deliver Its (meet from below with morn deadly effect. Thie formidable strength of Jaw Is backed up by 'a most terrible array of teeth, of which In some species there are as many ne six roles all round. Each tooth is saw -edged and pointed, and sono' of the largest fire as much its two inches In breadth at their base. These Ile flat agalnet tits paws and can be raised by separ- ate muscles at will, so that, as the Shark darts upon its prey, they spring on end, es a. cat's claws acre shuck out from Its paws. Title orrangcment will not allow 11t1S- thing once bolted to return. so Geo a sher'ks mouth Is a veritable death trap.—itnclnnatl Enquirer. TTondolt Mame—.iso-, trot ycr 'frail of ? Don't ,ver know 'tat a ,barkln' dorg never ,bites? Tietnase Teddy—Stine I ih, but he plight quit 11nkht'. "That deaf alai dumb woman is quite a finguist. "A what?" "linguist. She speaks four lan- guages on her fingers," ickling in the Throat. Throat Irritation, Hoarseness and Sore Throat as well as the Most Severe Chest Colds are Promptly Relieved and Cured by Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. "Yielding in the throat," may not of Jowl( seem serious. but this Is the critical point at which a roll In the head work/ its way Into the bronchial tube's and develops into bronchltle, pneumonia or consump- tion. This le the point where a few doses of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- seed and Tnrpentinr will prove nut- rient to' bring about a thorough and prompt cure. While tltlm , great medicine IR undoubtetlly the most effe•tive treatment for severe chest ooldR, bronchitis and even asthma, wisdom suggeste the use of 1l when the trouble is Just heginning.I'eh niters o' di•case. sal in a few - flingers un,l iuwkere rr•uunontl Dr. ttayu h was as well es eve.', sol is Chusc't Syrep of l,inetei 11111 'Pur- now going to arhonl regularly. 1 11 ne e1ea 1nae .+'0111. osnut>,tq 'uulluod finite now great faith in this vale- ubooliddi to aelia•re fins cure the hoarseness and throat irritation, which prove so embarrassing to persons ap1e11[113 on the public pia floral. Mr. Donald Graham, 4G Callender ttreet, Toronto, satys: "My boy, who Is six years of age, wits develop- ing all the symptoms of pneumonia triton we comntennal giving him Dr, Chase's syrup of Linseed anti Tur- pentlne. 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