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I ._--.. Aacqucll .5 susplclons Increas- , ed. The woman had evidently gain- fed access to `the park in_ some secret `manner: therefore he; purpose could not have been ligitimate or honest. .It was idle to suppose` that robbery [had been the motive; consequently I Harry was more convinced than ever ,thut the st.runLrm- um: cnrnn .m..m. v..ut:u' Knowledge; nor did they be- "lieve that it was likely any person could get into the park by the other entrances. . T.n-A "m:..:.:_,,-, UULFLLHCCS. Lord Fie1den s suspicions evidentl `ad nn:-nun 4.. `.11.- -- I A FAMILY EXPOSURE. EXAMINER.` `THURSDAY, JULY ny person had been noticed there. 1e people at the lodge had seen one: they were quite certain that strange woman e had: passed mgh the gates--in fact. nn not-yann To Be Continued. increas- Hu n-nan, , .. --.._---auu. We should do more pig fattening during \v-.u'm we-at,her when the uni- uuulus antenuon. \`v heLI1er the farm be large or this 1nat.tcr of repairs or non-r( xnurks the owner 'as prbsperot unprosperous, for in_ farming well as other work, attention t He lnutters helps success. pa\t\a5l\1\.I\A ca vuA Au. Mme. St. Ange, wutchitig eagerly with eyes full of pain, fell-back with a low, startled cry when she saw the girl's_ face, and clung to the chair, as thoughto prevent `herself from h1.lling`. It was Sir Km'l'>s face un- der another guise; there were Sir `Karl's clear blue eyes. There were hlselustering waves of hair, there was his mouth, ;tt'once so gracious and proud; For 0. few moments it . was as though the sight; had stricken her dumb. Then the girl was by her ` side, and a. sweet silvery voice was 1 suymg- ` ; H1 ..I...._u.u - u A great fault with some fa1'mers is carelessness about repairs. They ne- glect to mend the fences until com- pulled to do so because of the dam- age done by some predatory" cow. Thn garden palixxgs remain broken until the straw fnfvlc 1...... ...r I age uuue oy the stray fowls have made htwoc with the vegetables; and on buildings, loose boards and shingles are left until their very necessity de-E mands` attention. uuuu1_u5a', 10050 DOD.1`dS : 1 \"]10fi1n|- Han Cu... L- 0, - __-. --4/41\.lL-l A` stitch in time szwcs 111 an old udcure that might. be to more th1ngs_.than woman : a. needle. A na'_il in time szu. as much labor, and is ccohoxr well, A ...V..-A 0 '- `-- iLUlU. Now bring on the fresh soiling crops all ready for the cows wxul perspxrauon and .1`: Wash the lmnds and f_u.( a clean milking suit. the V a. pleasure and the re able. - - RT.`-- 1---3--- " uuuuu.-. , The cow that is due to calve should be kept in ogt of tho-hot sun.. Feed her wlieatj bran and do not excite her; . Every milkcr should Wear :1. clean duck suit, or overalls. Never allow persons to milk in clothes loaded with perspiration z1n(l.Illth. Hush fhn l\.n..I.. ....,1 4-...._ - ht!-I V U3. Fecd reguh1rly and keep them clean and they will- grow and thrive every minute. ` ,,..,,. ,_,... AAIAJ . . -..-_ - .. ..-nay. Keep the calves in clean box stalls. Ha.ng sucking over the windows. This will slightly darken the stable and the [lies wi11not.tprn1ent the calves. jn__) ___,,,'v . - - u.uuulL'l` gum. - ' _. I You cannot; meet present. competi- tion if you stick to all the old ways. You will be left behind the proces- sion. There must, be bo leaks and everything must. be made ,to pay. if only a, little. - 1-r .. - .-..., ... "I should like some of these nice grapes, Mrs. Grey, for a sick woman whom I tun going to see." The low vnim lvnc .Qh- 1.-'....w..` mu- 1115111.. It will make a. little mordwork, but the gain-will more thzm pay for the extra. trouble. Keep` the stables clean and as soon as there is a load of uianure take it; directly to the eld. Here will be zmother gain. ' Vnn r-.nnnn+ num+ r\ .... ..a. A- .. -..,.,\/4:`. Don't waste feed on ies. Keep the cows in clean, stables during the turn day, them out in thc_ pr .. 1:441- , |u.._ys, Solllllg them there in clnrkenedf `stables, and `then turning them on pasture at niglit, is worthy of udop-l tion by those situated to do so. Cows should thrive under such con-I (litions. This y question is a. most important one, and the injury these pests` do to dairy cows in depreciat- ing milk yieid is no doubt very great. Readers who have successfully solved_ the `problem at reasoimble cost} would confer a. favor on many stock- nfen by contributing their experience .to its columns. ` -ll uuu nus out two or three cow:-1.] one of these preparations may be` very satisfactory,'but it is a serious problem to handle a. large herd, and `the preparation means considerable expense and labor of application. This substance is applied _with a. wide, at brush, oriby spraying it`? on,`the latter being the only prac- ticable method with many cows. One quart will do for one applica-f tion on 40 to 50 cows. Pine tar; preparations haye been used some- what, but these',are sticky, and their use is not to be recommended. The materials above referred to are in- tended to lgeep oli ies, but not to .kill them, they being olifiensive tol insects. Pure kerosene, however, has an advantage, in that it may be - sprayed on the cattle, and will kill1 many ies. if it hits them to a.rea- sonable extent. Each season we doi : [considerable spraying of kerosene in - the barns. thus killing immense num-5 1 hers of ies. On the cooler nightsi ies collect on the ceilings and warni- er spots in the barn, and then we dose them, using ordinary kerosene in a cheap hand spray, such as sells for 50 cents. We also spray them on the cattle. - l `It is a good policy to break up ` V heaps of manure in the pasture, for the ies breed in "these, and thus c their development will be repressed. i c In any event, it is necessary to wage I. constant war against these ies, if_ l: one is to get.the best possible re- s gtnrns from either dairy or beef cat-? tle. l`he suggestion to keep the cat-; 11 tie in the barn during the summer! h days, soiling them there darkened: s ;stables, `then fIH'nI'nn- um... ...I .- ` ried them. .facture(l y killers are on the mark-; t; - --. v...; 1.4413. I The little y ii; small indeed, but it requires comparatively few of these _to make cattle lose in esh? and milk," and turn fromyquiet and sedate to wild and nervous animals. - This has probably always been the'~` case, but the advent of the little ? horn-.fly,:carlyv1 n the nineties. seem- * ed to make a. bad matter worse. These ies -appeared in certain sec- tions and clustered about the lower parts of the horns when they were. I l ' 1 not on the body proper, so that they: `1 were dubbed` "horn flies." Much 1 E was _written about them and var- ious remedies the public. These pests in som'ei_ pastures, occurred -on the cattle in immense numbers, and greatly wor- While one reads less of _these y pests now than about fty` years `ago. there is no doubt butf t that they are fully as 'co1nmon. if a not more so, than they were then. I` d They are much like the con1mon,a house fly in appearance, only slight-[ Jy smaller. The writer has employ-' s ed varioils methods to reduce these t y pests. Several forms of manu-' c I proposed or offered. to! _'f jt jr I et. If one has but two cows, me Dx`(}r)a.rnf.inna mm, 3... THE SWINEHERD. A GOOD OLD ADAGE. .4 DAIRY 'WISDO1\I._V '18. 190:. wuuru some une grapes and peaches were for sale. She` was thirsty and faint from fatigue, and she thought that nothing would be more doli- cious and refresl1lng- than a bunch of purple grapes. She went in to pur- chase them, and sat down. ~Tl1e1'e was some little delay in serving` her. and, while she was thinking that this would be a good 0ppo1'tuni_ty to ask El. few questions without uttx'uct- 1 ing ' attention, a smart little pony ,- eurrlugo stopped at the door, and n. . beautiful girl in a blue dress de- ` scended from it. ' 4 -n r... , FLIES ON CATTLE._ _,_..- \/\I"\I uuu:,. 15 e applied r1gS_.than womaxfs. use of time_ saves just 01', CCO!10l`ni1-nl no , nine, that nminrhl h.-. r\v\ _ .... u z_u.\.u, gulu \\lU1 u_it work will be results prolit- airs non-repairs prbsperous or farming. as k, to lit- Success. ulln. nuvcx` aumv . and Jilth. f_u.cc, and with xii: f.hn \\vrn-I: mm in- ...'..u. asuvua _|ub`l; ` economical as vs -.I_y oytaylllg lEi ing tau` ; F! hnnn nun-'1 r-I`-A 2 small np hnn_vnn.-. .'.... u uu:.s. / | darkened! and then? , the pasture at ...... wan a..6lrDl\UlL- Her heart. grew hard and cold again. She looked into the old hall; `nothing was change_d. It. might, have been only yesterday that she placed the owers she had g'ut,hered on the hull table, and laughed at. her own `fancy for calling herself ,a. red rose. She was L'ln.d tn mm'm .......... .4... London s 980 houses have nea. ants, An extraordinary feat was per- formed the other clay at Naples by M. Arlini, 1. professor of rhetoric. in presence of`a. large audience, which \\'-as mainly~ composed of actors. authors and jouriiulists. \\'ithout liesitution. and with hardly 11. pause he repezited from memory the` Iifteen thous-.m(! three huu(lreLl`:1nd fty lines that are in the Divine Comedy of Dante. It" was eight o'clock in the eveninp; wlieh he begzui to recite and` he did not stop until (I. quarter past, two in the followiiig afternoon. The task, therefore, occupied him 1;U95 minutes, which was at the rate of 830 lines "an hour. ning all this ti1ne,hc recitecl unceasingly, except at rzire intervals, when hestopped for a minute or two to sip a little brandy and water. The font was the [result of a. wager_ Husband: So a. palmist once told you that you would meet. with a ter- riblo accident during your` eighteenth year. I suppose you don't bcliev now? Wife: I do! It was during my eighteenth year that I met,_you ! UUULKIXS. The `street quacks seek to raid the l medical profession in general. but} the poor man's n_1e(lico can ignore' such opposition. well knowing Llmt in V the hour of sickness the street. vendor is not sought. and if he were, such services could not. bc_of the value even of his paste diamonds and pewter . medals. Ill-Ill LU. Small as their fees are. the six- penny doctors have patients who fail to pay, and such 1ing'mtefnl de- faultcrs are usually allowed a. grace they so little deserve. It says much for the talent and c:1ret'u1 attention of the sixpenny doctors that, al- though even the greatest of our 114-: tionnl hospitals have been associated 5 with yvhat in South African xv-.1r'! news is sometimes described as an! unfortunate incident," yet there isl never 0. coniplziint read of in thc' press questioning the trentinent of patients at the hands of sixpenny doctors. ` x I PIVI... -..L......4 ........I... ..._u_ 4, ...... uuys. .u.xy\.u-.u nu Si:-;penn_v doctors are of grez1t,ser- vice in connec'.~ion with certicates for" the excuse of children too unwell to attend school, and there is in such cases not only medical iulvice, the usual bottle of medicine. but all- so _ a. certilied statement as to the little patient's l1ealt,h-all fox` half a. dozen pennies only. The large numbers who consult the `skilled medical men .of moderate fee must. ena.ble.t.l1ese ]`Jl1_V'SlCi{ll)S of the poor to acquire :1 particularly wide experience of the ills tlmt llesh is heir to. Q-xn I I I IUULV 1 REMAR-l{ABLE MEMORY I-`EAT. v.'r\n l1n6- --. patient then there is an addlitionali sixpencc. but a. certain discount in] the form of attending for :1 \veel<, v every other` day, at a. net tntfll of I three and sixpence f0r four days. I S`.iYnnnvnr rln:-tn...-. ...... ..r ,...-,.L _- I If the sixpenny doctor i'isitsu- I I V aux uuurs. ' I 3 Further. his desire to be "wound' ; up sharpf , relatedv to :1 wish which : lhe had previously expressed, to the` : same doctor, that by giving {I double ` fee of'u. shilling: he, the 1m.tient., de- sired to have the medicine of double strength so as to be "wound up? `sharp? `I : ;u uulcy xor calling hersella glad to move away; she had seen her old home, and the sight. of it had been` like u. searing iron to" her. . She felt ill and tired; she would go back to the hotel and par- _ tales of refxeslunent, and than she wouldebogln to make inquiries. She would have to exercise great cau- ; tion, but she must know why she 4 had been sought, and What. those ad- r vex-Liscxnents meant. I Shn wnll.-ml huxnlp 4.. h-m:.-- 1-'-- 'm.-.5 uun: up 111: up 101 three days _ he could spare no longer than thirty- ` six hours. 5 `n`....a L-.. 1..-.. 4., - - - -- nuuuu up Sl`l;1l'[)." ' This b'riL-I consultation revealed, of course, that. the s}2oe~1ncmier caught the inuenza, ; that instead of being able to lie up for three days . had spare vlomzer than thirnr- ` _...... ..u...uwux_: uauuuy uemg U0. only. '1`l1ese particular practitioners do but little visiting and their consult- ing rooms are a. much frequented rendezvous. ' Many queer patients are seen by` this branch of the medical profes-* sion, notably those who plainly state that they ca.v.1not ulforgl to be` ill, ; and the_c-use of :1 little jabbing shoe~ gnmkei` in Lumbcth lnight be quoted 5 byway of illust1'uLion._ I Copp d /It. Influenza. '2" llYcS.!F Three days ?" "Can't. ullord it." "Day and a half ?" Yes, not more--I want, to be . `wound up sh;u'p." ' I Tl1iS hria-F l'nnr:nH-ulinn ...-.--An!-1 -3 u` gauu is matermuy increased. : e!_ Pigs are better left, unrvung, unless n_' for special reasons it is iinportzuzt; '-f that the pasture should remain un-' wfj rooted. The best, of rings worry V: pigs and cumbersome ones may keep _ bj them thin and em-acia.ted. We should ; {I aim to give the pigs as much free-` . I dom and as near natural `conditions ; I 85 `NC can. ' .1 Tu 1...`.-.-1| . N I .2... '.`Pa.tients who Want to be `-`Wound ' 7 up Sharp. 3 In London the-re arr: quite a. num- i box` of men who are fmniliurly known ias sixpenny doctors, and clearly so from the fact of t,hc'ir ice for advice and medicine usually being Gd. only. practitioners `lr\n4~ Httl- _ ' ' -` ' an `yVU UL!-H. I In hzindling `pigs around a. cross sow or among other hogs it is best to keep them from squealing. This :can bc_ done by lifting them by the tail. Just. Why this has a. quieting ecct. upon the pig-is a. question, but that don"t. mutter so long as he don't squeal. ' . uuuti snoum not be kept on full feed j ffor more than three months, us after .[this time of full capacity exertion, r assimilation weakens and the cost of` !gain is materially increased. I Pirzs are hP.Hm- lnff m.......... ....u...... m u. guuu comomanon. ` Wheat middlings `are a valuable :food for. swine, when fed alone. Es- pecially valuable are they for breed-_` ' ing stock, both during growth and `at ma.turity. The bone and muscle `building tendencies of the middlings develop strong, robust. hogs. . E A ration of two-tl1ii'ds corn-meal ;and one-third middling is an excel-i glcnt. one for fattening hogs; Ani- . mals should not be kept for more than thrnn rnnnfhu ..a nu-.. ~ When feeding skim-milk to pigs it should be given in connection with` some starch food. One pound corn-' meal to three pounds of skim-millr is a. good combination. Whnnf, nrlrllinn-n n..- A --Ah--| '- mu are Lnorougniy digested. u mals are on pasture. During the warm weather far less food is re- quired to furnish heat to the _body. and the grass keeps the bowels in good tone so that the concentrates ` fed are thoroughly digested. feeding Skim-1nilL- fn nine - vL'1'u:iclIle11I'.S meant. She walked buck to Decping. In the High Street, she saw a fruit. shop where some fine and She` \vn.n thimtu nnrl SIXPENNI? pocrons. 980 comnion lodging`-I nearly 60,000 inhabit-I [uuvcr 'u1u lU10\\' A IIIS O\\'l Well, now th:._u. he's 1m won't have to." ' "1 don't think it `.\'a1s f;xi Bobbie, after his big brui lost the race. Jack \\`:IS .` most all the time, am they pzize to the man `.h_-_I. w.1:a :;. [Iv ll. second just :45". -' 0.0 e:a.lL_'-" S - HIUII. I A youth went into the employ.of 8. 1 London trndcsnmn and eventuany :rose to be manager of the concern. i 1`he annual nveragc proiit, of tho ibusiness would be :1 matter of $10,- _ _00O or so, not a. very big thing. but [still an income-`nut. to be (lespised. [The tradesinan in qtiestion had no family, so he recognised the services jof his manager by leavlng him the ibusiness absolutely, with a sum of jimoney sufficient to provide work- "ing capital. The concern to-day is one of the most prosperous and ex- panding in London, and the erst- while manuger has good reason to revere the memory of IIIS GENEROUS EMPLOYER. ' 7+ l\nn 1...... ....:.n . uYv---r LIIU purcxlilsu }ll'lCl.`. The uncle was (S[)]C.l2~`0l1, and did not hesitate 'tu express his senti- ments with 1'c:.';nnl to Lhv: mutton". But, th young 1mm \\`u.~: smlm-ing from :1 sense of nll-in1]mrLunm,- and self-sufciency,` and he coolly told hisiuncle that, he know lxis'o\vn lms:i- Hess and did not require any m1`.'i(`e or guidance from him. Nay. xnorc ,tl1an that, he "`cut this gxmu-|'ol1.~; uncle to whom he owed so 1mu:.h. If g`ratitu(le is a sense of_ fu`.'m':~; In cmnc-. than i11f_'l':1tiL11u'uvmust :.uL'c'._v be a. lzvu-k of sense of fzL\'m`s -.m~.--.-.dy bestowed. ` ~ A little boy hczxring some one 1' mu`rk th-.1t nothing \v:\s q1:ic! th; thought. said he l bc1'.u1' -, 1h-. that; `\\'hist,lius_," \~.'u:; :1=`.i(kL-1' thought. Being asked to explain. he said: "In school the olher'du_v 1 hi tled before 1-U1o_r.-gluz. and 9'hL.:s. lic. ing for` it, 111'.` ---..- u.-;4-vA_L)\Jl.Jg) ALULIL 1JL'.I mm. It has been said: "Happy is -the man who has no rela.tions, for he gshull h:\.V(`. peace." At. any rate. it; `not infrequently occurs ' that rela- gtives fail to come up to our legiti- lmate expectation In nuny \vu_\js, and [do not. always show their sen. of lfuvors in the spirit one C0lll(l`(l0Sil`C. A north of Englmnl tradesmatn re- tired in. few years - ago. and handed his business over to (1 nephtnv, whom he naturally supposed would {continue to cnrr_'.' it on and nmintuin `the continuity of the fmnily in this ptu'ticulnr line. Two ye:u'.~; of t'he business, ho\ve\'e1', secxned to satisfy the young man. und .1111 opp.-~;-lunity to sell it to am syndicate \\'1:1 taken advatntuge of, $150,000 odd, being the purchase price. l`h.- Ilnvln xvnu I`;Q'\`t\-Icr\:I .....I .I:,.| i. __ readers would be. f i f 3 0 "and they were `,,._,.....;;.uu. UL JL .uL1J414Ll}.V , evidently satised amount, as many of our At any rate, they presented the business right. out to `two of tlieineinployes, wlm had with this :played an active part. in the building_ up of the l)usim-ss. The employes of a certair rm in Lancashire, En_'._:`la11d. creulited their en:plo_\jez--u bmrlxemr, crusty and pe- culiau'--\vith being the meanest` man in the dicstrict. lle p.5..d the lowest `rate of \vag and seemed to part `even with that, with un ill-gruce. !'1`hree of the einployes. however, had Teasun to form a diiierent. opinion, for one morning the mastei" sent for them and olie1`e(l-thein tl1e'bl1sii1<`ss, ias he purposed retiring. The om- ,ployes regarded the oner :15 a grim ;joke, or a species .of-ne\v uggru.'u.- .tion, which the crusty one had (l-~~ :VjSCd. One of the mom. hmvevcr, mustered up pluck enough to say -that he thought the three of th->n1 .could run the business very well. it -was handed over to them as it free gift, the only cmulition being :1. pay- 'ment of ten per cent. on working capital zulv.ance . i | l`I1n hmmc;,.:....:n.. n-- /l.I ...\A 1.. i\.iL[IlLil.l 1Lu\'iUlCL`(l. The be11efici;u'ios did not fully rc- inlise wh:1t. the gift was worth until `the first half year's pro.1ts came to `hand. We should say that such ba- ,chelor xmtnuf-.1ct.urcrs are not. com- ! mnn ll; 1. y p a E ` changing hands L I iuu.\ u in L0 l'cllg'iOLlS societies. It g To the clerk's amazement. his em- ployer offered him the distillery as a. gift to work for his own benefit. ,When he had recovered his equilibri- ,um the clerk ventured to suggest _t,hut he had not nearly suicient :working capital to run the business; i but his mind was set at rest on that point, for the distiller agreed to n- ` ance him. He carried on the distil- lery szttisfuctorily and prospered. and it is estimated that to-(lay his fortune exceeds that of his generous predecessor. As to whether he will repeat the `experiment by which he `himself was enriched, and give mvay lthebusiness when his pile has suffi- ciently uccumulated, we can only surmise. :Perhups it is expecting mo lmuch of human nature. and besides 'little eccentricities of that kind are rarely infectious. f~ Another instance of a. business on similar terms, was that of at firm of soup makers. The fiIX1}ill{l.l' s:1ying,,'1`here s noth- ing like le:1ther', was invented be- fore the soap boom, for there are few-articles of common use which have` proved more reinune. .\tive to the nmnufacturer. The members of `the firm alluded to had each netted `about. a. -..v.. uuu IAUVV: _0nce more she trod the old famil- iar paths winding through the grounds round to the side door. In -den came from White Clllle, bringing her mind's fancy she could see her mother's face, as she had seen it hundredsof times, looking out of the. great. bay window, with its \vre-nth of passion-owers around it, Waiting, with loving words to welcome her. Could it,` be that but a few years ago she had been 11 beautiful, happy, innocent child? She could remember so vividly the day when Mrs. C1ief- With her Dolores, and ho\v inndume had said they were to be friends and J` to love each other always. , A cruel. bitter smile curled her lip. i ``well," she said, `fit I have sull'er- ed, she has sullered more; `and tlnit. 4 was all Insked." S II-.. I. 4 T1: QUICKEI1 l`IIAL\ _ Tl KOCH} Yes, l_1e s :1 nice follovr. but he ver did 'know _his own mind." Vell, xnurricd he m t have In," ' 1 . . ;Insta.nces Where Employes Have. Been Rewarded By Their Em- players. '1 K. There is not much philanthropy in :gmodern business, and probably the [instances on record of paying busi- |'nesses have been presented ,to em- : ployes or relatives, absolutely free .to the recipient. are not many. 5That, such Llxings have been done the ' _ following instances will show. `I A 'nl'nnrinfrn- nf n k`nnlv-L 1 -`5"A--' |:uuuwun_.,' ul5L .ulCC.`a' Will SHOW . | A proprietor of :1 scotch distillery had made a. fortune, and. in fact, ;'had more money than he knew what ,to do with, and he determined to re- tii e from business. He sent. for his `chief clerk, who had been invaluable 5to him. leave it to religious societies. It the clnrl.-`Q ntnnvnrnnno l.:o nun, 'w1LL YOUR EMPLOYER PRE- _ SENT YOU WITH HIS ? [BUSINESSES GIVEN [WE QUARTER 01-` A MILLION I 0 hr... .... .- -_ |.xL'l I. .ulu:.'.d ` ...-.... . 1II'l`. --u5um; sue attracted no. as she went through the streets. Very soon she had left the town he- hind her; She was 0. quick, grace- ful walker, and the few miles of country road were nothing to her. The trees and elds, 'the turns of the river, the win'ding' of the green lanes. were all familiar to her. Presently she`rco.ched -Bcaulieu. It -was occu- pied by new people, but she deter- mined to go up to the well-known door and ask some question or other which . would enable her to see the place. There was a. erce pain -at her heart, yet she could not shed u. tear. She recalled her bright, happy lost life--the time when her gentle, kindly mother had been so proud mm {and of her, so sure of her success in life so hopeful for her. so caressing and indulgent to her. Ah I-Ienven. the bitter, terrible dim;-rence between then and now! A I\....... A- A ~- ~ attention _ lllilll 111-.u1 . u on- =l|:0 1xVE.\'l`l'fh I.\` :\(.`(,'l}.\xl.'l.~`. I I I Axwmzss I'll-I`. J~{"\'l` flute: of`, r,tu|u_v. an UVIIPI.` - '1` STA: 0I11\`S .2- Elm in (.'o_\ Jin-ct frnm uh. Shixlglfm, \\`l.ir.- n Hl.l". S-J-'1':-r i'iu... ------ - ..u.y _nAAL V 0 The morning air was blowing; freshly. the rocks were cawing in the great oaks, the blackbirds were sing-_ ing in the he.dge1-ows, the whole earth lay smilihg ;~.r:d glad, when Mme. St. Ange left the hotel. to re- visit the places she had -once loved so dearly. They were all in the vi- cinity of _Deeping` Hurst. The old home of her rival was rieurcslr then came Scursdale; Benulieu lay at some litt'.c distance to -the west, and Fieldon Manor toward the south. It was a. neighborhood singularly rich in grand old historic houses. Mme. St. Ange decided to look Iirst of all on the home of her youth--Beuulieu --again; she tttl'CtCtc(l , want fllrnuunk nu. -4-~- PH`!-I: '21 Weiugton ue -Visits Ccoksto] lnl..._,!.-. .. ny. nnnlullumcly ulna! on Of any was no: four nr-nth.-, Muuuso~= nee. C5 \/"v7ETRN ` VVIVIIOII I Lhnndnomcly Hln: alllop o I nu- lontfroc. (H19-It Patents mi-u Iuclalvwucr, mx `4X4..A2l ' V V V V V Anyonp wn.!|v.L:x ' &I'l:'k`g0nv-or:n u 1 rl 11|\'uh:L` tlonnomctly` unna. Jalltlrec. !'l 7 Anita HCOI Uixc -.!l .s Inn u in. ('1-Hr COHIULE fsiiiiyiifiii -- vrwu ~ SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP- TERS.-Sir Karl Allanmore is about 1 to wed Dolo'res. -Lady Rbysworth. Lola. Ferras has pressed her love upon him but it has been rejected and she vows vengeance on the object of his afteo- . tions. Lola goes abroad. Two years pans happily when one night he goes i out on mysterious business. _He does! not return. Matters seem to point tog; his having elopede with Lola. Dolores ,; -`drops her title, and goes with her children to Italy. Sixteen years 4 pass when her daughters meet acci- dentally .H:u'ry,ond Lady Fielden. 1 old neighbors of Dolores. The girls} learn tlwir mothers story. Ger-_] trude, {Sir Karl's daughter goes to] Englanrl with her mother's friends 1 to endeavor to nd her father 3 Search is made for Lola. who returns : in disguise to nd why she is sought. I I)HYSl('L-\'.`: 01- I-`Ir-I` . \'v. AssunAnd V` II}: ` E91111. In Ixzcox-;p{ J-.*iN7T mmox. I) .\LLl.`~'l l',l J I-."u` :1 \'.i 1.11:, 1. ` - A mccarwrn .\LLl:-1.-_ V I`! `(uL':"1\'<.=I..1] 'I Hz: I`. null F) .{1`:17u.31r J }v Cum: Inn: XL-1. ric IOU! Al,-1_ [- Lhn. OIL U 12. 1. _ ,, _..- .....u -my uuu LDWII D0- tl ntry r `F, `ViN.'di.l]I2' of thin rrvnnn lnnnn I'll` .l ln.~;n': -R054 CHAPTER _xxx1v., vvu Ull:lJULlullU`1 no . ha Qfrnnf :- .11!) \ 1' me ' 3 3. I l\ `H \..;4..n. 412:1. l\AA V `It was rt pretty home-scene that the miserable watcher gazed upon. '1`he room was large and lofty, with up few priceless` pictures, and a n1ugni- ` llcent oaken sideboard with gold and silver plate. otwhich .Lord Fielden had been_very proud. She remen1- bered every detail, and clinched her _ fingers as she looked on the silver ` and glass, the` fruit_ and flowers, gleaming` in'the full light fron1 the chandelier. Wlmt. a conlfortablc, 1ux~ uriousroom it was! She saw the- footincn all on the alert. the butler solemnly occupied at his post, and then those whom she wanted to see entered and took their places. Lady- V Fielden; looking very stately and beautiful even in her Qld age, was r attired in a warm-looking_ dress of ~ maroon. velvet; a cap and ~1ichu of delicate lace completed :1 most re- cherche costume. Lord Fielden look- ed hnndsomer than ever in `his eve- ning-dress. and Gertrude bright and beautiful in a robe of white lace and rich ruby silk, a spray of white jas- mine in her golden hair and in the bodice of her dress. `- As her eyes rested on the group, the miserable watcher at the win- dow drew baclc, unable to restrain the burning tears and bitter V sobs: that would ` come in spite of her. Was it possible that she had once `been young, boautifnl,_ happy, and beloved as that fair vmlnrr mo um.-uyou`1)g`, Doaut.ifnI,_ happy, t fair young_ girl? 1 I ll 2 I wuuw once she had been proud to show her face. In the `dark dress and -wi,th.her light footsteps she pas- sed` on, making` no soiiud. She knew the road too well to make any mis- take, and fortune f:ivored_her. The night was so densely (lurk that it was almost impossible to see even one's own "hand. The moon was hid- den behind a mass oi . clouds. Madame hid herself behind the thick leaves and sprays o! the creepers . which clustered around. the buy-w_in- dow of the .dining-room. The blinds : were but pnrtitilly drawn. and she ' could see into the room. _In the dark shadows, with the thick ove1'- 1 hanging leaves, she, was sure wt" `wot being discovered herself. tJU, nu L110 I stole round where once me with.he1 lnnrl` ,... ..-..L. I It was gI;owing_ d 5}: when shefook the rouki which 1, towo.r Fielden Manor. `It had been one of her fa- vorite spots; she know the grounds ' quite as well asslxe know those of Bcaulicu. She. wduld like.in'.tho dusk to. steal up to the windows and get. just one sight,-of Gertrude in her evening` dress. and then she would spend an hour or two in the keeper's cot_tugc. Sho felt that the key of -the mystery would be foung there. Qn 3.. J.I..L 1-112,, - uuuu. ouu nuvl: smuccn them 011? Yet --sLmugo cont17adiction-she hated her! ' nuupur a wm,--sne could in that mun- ner perhaps learn something of what was going _on. She. lay down to rest, but she could not sleep. Karl's daughter! She must see her again. How cruel- ly she "had repulsed her! `When the gentle hands had touched her why need she have shaken them 01?? Yet --strange C0ntl`i1(ii(!l'.in'n--,qhn :...,..a .v.=uun5, gnu LHUH, \\"l1(.`ll L110 shad of evening fell, she would make 11 way to the Fielden Manor. She 1 nlcmberod tho keeper's cottage; -s could call there under pretext lmving; lost; her way, and talk to _t1 keeper's wife-- sl1e could in that um IJc1'hx1I)s Innrn .ennmn.:.m ..: ...... > l1l_V.`.tLUl'y. , She had a strange fem` of asking more questions, but she must prose-A cute her inquiries. She haul thought of wall over to Scursdale. As it was in ,ch-urge of servzuits, she thought; `she might go over to the house and see for herself the rooms in which her hated rival had spent ' the happiest. hours of her life, and in ' which her heart. had been broken. But, after looking into the sweet. 1 - face of Sir Karl's daughter, she had not the st.i`ength.. She wanted _to ` see the girl's face again. She decided on going` home and ` resting; and then, when the shades evcnim: tell. she wnnlrl Innlzn x.,... w -.....v I~|: u. gun; bull CV01`. She had seen Sir Karl's daughter. the very apple of his eye, the pride of his life,.tln little child whom he had loved with it great, tender love. And she was staying at. Lady Field- en's. Was it this girl who wanted her? Was that the solution of the mystery? Klan had a ..L..-....... Ann" I uruo an.er11oon.'-' .l`he.next minute Mme. St. was standing in the sunlit scared and bewildered. and more at a loss than ever. Knrl'_s dm eye, the wh hnd Irnlmri min. n .1...-...4 4...._.x_. uuuur nsxeu madame. "Her ludyship is living abroad--I believe with her` other daughter." "And Scursdale?" "Sczu'sdale. is shut up; only the servants are living there; and a great loss it is to us ut Deeping. Sir Karl was the best customertlmt ever cume into this town. The grapes are three "shillings. Thank you. Good afternooi1.'-' The nnx-1 m:m.,. n.r...- cu -----A u'u.:s unruly numun. "Ran ,n.wu_v from his wife." was the brief reply. ~"And his daughter is on a. visit to hcr'motJ1cr's_ old friend. Lady Fielden." "And her n1other-is she living or dead?" asked madame. "IIm lnrhmhin in 1:..:.... ..I~----1 V uuvu nearu, of Sir Karl Alla who ran away from his wife 2 11011.10 many years ago." "HG"-W]1nL?" nslznrl n vnh-p u.u1uu many ago." "He~-wl1aL? uskcd a. voice was l1n.1'dly human. "Rrm nwnv I~nrn x.:.. ...:r_ H :uuuUl`, ` She Said. - . But who is sI1e-what is ll mune? cried Mme. St. Ange. The voice was so earnest that tl woman felt compelled to answer. "Her name" is, Allnnmore. she r plied. She is the only child, have heard, of Sir `Karl ./\llmm`1o1' whn rnn nun... .r....... I.:_ _.u-- uuu ulsuppolntetl _air.. I Mme. St. Ange did riot hear what else passed; it seemed to her that her mind was all chaos. i That some lone spoke of Lady Fielden she knew; `ithen the beautiful girl was gone, and `i :he sat there with her g1'apps before : er. , ' She raised her miserable eyes to the woman who had just served` her. "Who is that young lady?" she asked. - - l The woman replied coldly. She. _had been displeased by the stranger's djepulso of Gertrude s '\vel1-meant` kindness. .. Tlmt is a. visitor of Lady Field- en's-Lzuly Fielden of Fielden M -.llanor," she said. nut. \\`I1n :. ..o.- --1--A "- '- Thank you, I am quite well," madame answered, coldly; and the young girl drew back with a chilled and disappointed _air.. : Mmn, Rt Annrn .a:.| ..'-L I._A~ -'~L ..-..a u-nvuu. uuu unuu 5110 \VDul(l nd tugc. that be found in the falling evening light `she le amongst the tall trees 3P0 8110 had hnnn nvnnrl on .4 .....,x1,, I _._ CIIAP'1-`ER XXXV._ uuxougst. U10 tall trees she had been LOG. In tho `(Int-It tlrncc is we only cmld, 1 Alhmmore, frnm hie mifn mu! ha- ` 11'. than I A". HLIIIHUTC, e and his Ange ` strdct,l unn llu auuub, really V V U11, md `the ` chilled. U1 _thc u LLLLLD her 5 I15` -she I at` 1* er 1. 2 ' nn n A that \.4.4a; ;.4_u|. -AAA V1. ' Lord I~`iol,dcn was in no way daunt- ed'by the_ d{11'kl1CSS of the night. If the moon or th stars. had been shinhug. the Woman. let her be Whom she 1m'ght.. would nova` have ven- tured throug'l1 the -p-.u'k. The dark- ness had favolfed her; it would also vfnvor him .in I`mdin,g` her. He thouglgt that_ the best thing to do _ was to go down to the lodge and see L3. IIRILCS . lo So the household retired to rest, a as little anxious and more on the alert] ,o than usual. The rumor that o. wo- :3 man had made her way through the ;- park and had been found looking in sv at the dining-room window had` - somewlmt startled the servants . but [e no one wns'seriousl_v alarmed. Lord 1; Fielden was the only one who could 11 not rest.` An idea had entered his 1- mind. Who` could be rude and ., abrupt to the beautiful, kindly girl? k Who would come creeping up to the 9 house and run "such at risk as stand- ing, by the-window, .unless it was someone, whose interest it was to watch Gertrude, andwho had It l\L-en uriosity to see her? `Could i`.'*'XLll(l the very thought. made his heart pal- pitnte--eould it be someone who had read the uclvertisements, who_ had solnething to tell them, but who wished- first to satisfy all `curiosity respecting the advertiser? it was a wild idea, yet in some way, he felt, . there might be grounds for it. Oth- ers n'1ig`l1tv go to rest if theyuwould; he was resolved to wait and watch the night tlirough. ` Good-night, Gertrude. he said; "forget all about the woman peeping through the window and sleep ' well." _ "I do not think I -shall ever forget her, was-the answer; "but I am not _ in the least nervous, if that; is what.-' . youmeun. Hurry. 1-{ow little they dreamed of what would pass before they met. again! _ Gertrude went to h`er room, and soon for,e;ot her troubles in sweet, ` .s- uncl slumber; while lliu-ry, with the new idea growing in his bmin, felt more and more sure that.` there was "som_ething"" in "it, and deterinined to go out once more and see` if he could discover anything` before he retired to rest. ' I \ the V her uluy umcu LO uiscover her. I I Il'arry was grave and thoughtful that evening. ~Lady Fiolden said that there was no cause for any anx-I icty; `evidently it was` :1 woman who had some idea of begging from them, and who was curious to see `the in- mates. - ' En H... I.....__u,_. . .. - ,,, __..-_, .....; mu: uuly auspx-I cious circumstance . Then the butler` and two footmen accompzmied Lord- Fieldcn through the grounds. Mme. St. Ange, from her hiding-place amongst; the ferns, saw the rcection of the glight-tlmt they czirricd, but they fuilcd to discover I IIiU'l`V Wn n`)-nun and 4l.....~I.A~' I But he found no one. Close to the- njindow, however, there was a brok- en spray of passion-ower and `some rose leaves, as though some one hiid pulled aside the branches inorder to look in. Tlmt. was the only suspi- circumstzuxcel butler accompmed Lord! `h`inm.... ll..........|_ AI ~ ' I. did. _..,_. , - .....-.--...u | "No, my dear, I begin to think not. Harry, you had better take a._ couple of men out \\'itl1 you and seurcll the grounds". .I feel unensy."; I will go first," he S11id:..'1nrl hn uul sue s]J0.K to you, Gertrude," he asked. '- No_-only a. fewwo,rd`s. Ivvthinkil she said, -`I am quite well. " I "Did you notice` her voice--.'my pe~` culizwity about it?" he asked". I "No; I cannot si1_v that I did. But, you see, Harry, it was no fz1ncy.f Was it, Lady Fiel.dcn`? `I 44,` I11`! .:..___ I u` I . , I ~ some g'rapes, and that woniaii , in the shop. | ` ing to faint: but, when I spoke, she uwub. ' I "Now I remember," she said, and I can verify my words. Icnlled in} at Grey s, the fruiterer s to purchase] was V I thought; she was go-` answered colrlly-rLln1ost rudely, creature! I noticed her eyes them} how, dark nnd,wild they were, and_, what; a weird contrast they present-l ed to her white hair." f Lord Fielden was listening intently. g Did she speak to Gertrude," `- I D001` . `then I will let who _vou_m`e! Tell me `who you are. imtl whnt_is your business here, and you go." - She struggled witlrsuch violence to free her.~:elf from his grasp that the black cloak she wore was torn, her bonnet fell on`, and with it some- thing_\vhite and soft. She knew it was the wig which had so effectually disguised her, and with the know- ledge ezune an access of despair; it nmtle her so strong that this time she almost ~tore herself from her cnptor's grasp. T} H... .... . I ` \ uncut u(:IOl`e." . My dear child, I am convinced it w is a, fancy," sxiid Lady Fielden, smil-; ing-quite convinced." , 1 Gertrude raised her hands with :1; pretty graceful gesture to,her tem-, pl_cs. Let me think, she ` said; where 4 have I` seen tlmtface before?" . 1`hev lonkml n+ hm. :.. ....L..--:-n uuvc ;. seen mat face before .'1`hc_v looked at her in ment; HkTA'-- `r ..,,r ' " ` kn uu: wxnuow. It was no shadow," she said. "It, 1' was a woman's face, with wild, dark eyes and whitehair; shewas looking 3 in through this pane of glass." . Lady Fielden came to her. ' - 4, "I thipk,_ she said "you must;' 1 havebeen mistaken; no woman could! . get in here without the` servants'i' 3 knowledge, and theytwould not ad-I` mit a stranger." She drew the lace 1 t hangings back. "I have no doubt/ l she said "that it was one of the" i pale passion-owcxs that blewi! ' against the glass." _ ' It I Gertrude smiled. ,-` "You know',' Lady Fielden, she,` ' Said. 1.-1`.-at I do`not' suer from:i nervousuess., I was startled for alt I .moment, but by no means nervous, lt and I am perfectly convinced that it 51 was a Woman s face I saw. _I notic-{I ed- the dark wild eyes and whiteif hair; there could be no mistake. You gt will wonder more perhaps when I tell ,'1C you that I am sure those eyes are'u familiar to me, that I have seen 8 them before." "l\1 u- Am... ..I.::.1 13 -... '_`A~womun`s face!" he said. "Are you quite sure, Gertrude? It must, have been the shadows that startled ' you. - I .QlIn ha:-l null --A---'- ` ` ` nu up-ru`u.ue. . ' I I 0 $I1e had quite recovered from her frlgllt 110W. and wa.l!-`ed_ at once to. the window. ` "74- `Ivan ....' -1_-_y,_4 n . ' . - u'- | yuu. `I .hastened to the window. But. ILLLL. I ' He sprung from his 'chair and Mme. St. Ange was gone; she had! caught the look of fear of Gert:-ude s ` face, and understood it. Quick as a. hare, she ran across the lawn, past. the cedar trees, _down- by the coppice, and into the grounds; she remember-I. ed a. dark nook near the waterfall where she could hide herself and no one Would,dreo.1n of looking for her. Meanwhile Lord Fielden hald turned ` to Gertmde. HA .nn~.....!.. :......In L, J u.rL:u we grounds. .I uneasy suidz. and (I. V . ' , Gertrude, glancing toward the win- [if any d0W. by the purest accident caughtm The the gleam of the dark miserable eyes Inc one: and ._the white hair, on which thelno woman light shone. She started with a. cry I through gates--in fact, no person -n. cry of fear quite unusual with could pass through them without her, for she was naturally brave.` !their knowledge; nor -.cH;u.,-y_" she exclaimed, there is "lieve person 0. face at the window-a. 'woma.n s the by face! ' 121.. .......`.S N - CI-IAPTER .xxxv1. L13! .3 .... __ THE BARBIE U. astonish- I servants i Wing: d ad-[the I V heard 0 Mo. me the I Was mt. b1e\viSear_c. go 111 [sun den, shci bgalti. Tfcr from 11 21: led :'L'thy i [the b "I 4l...4 :; l:II'\l\` . uuuxu not. now It up. `'I am afraid you. are 111," said a sweet. kindly vica; and the eyes like Karl's were beut upon her com- ' pagan.-uately, ' . I he Jl.iLU.l.|llUL'KS, L11`. b'ubbs." ` "No; those guy,-I f1'ont-porch ham- mocks are for company and for orna- - nlent: the old. rope thing the folks let me` swing in is around in the buck-yard . ' ` ---.- 11` who says her new d1'ess1nake1' did- n't. give her a tit. . "No, but the bill gave her husband om-J . "I never see you lounging .lmnm1ocl Mr. Subbs." "Nn ' fhnan nrn~u t..,...L _., V wuu; mu sczueu pattern for the army is the Tudor "Henry VI1" crown stated to have been chosen and al- ways used by Queen Victoria person- ally, and all other patterns are to be 'abp1isl1ed. Majesty's express wish. I No decora- vtion whatever" will" be pernlitted, and no device or ornament will be plac- ed above or upon it. Special in- structions ure given as to the crown, -there being in use at present some half dozen- crowns of _dil1'erent., pat- terns, some of them of foreign shape, or deviations differing from" the Brit ish. That now a_dopted- and to be~ come the sealed pattern for the "Hcnrv VII" r-rmvn I I I u. :2 mm "u" Impaled, with "V11" inserted in the lower loop of the E the whole surmounted by a crown. The design has been made plain, Without folintion. at His I `Design Selected `by British Sover- eign for Use Throughout His Army. King Edward VII has personally selected :1 design for- the Royal cip- her, which is worn on badges, but- tons and other devices throughout; the army Wherever the Royal cipher is at present borne. This cipher, of which `an illustration is given from the.London Daily Graphic, consists of E and R impaled, with insnrtml in tho lnwmv lnnn A`: LUAIIUJU .su-uggle he could not tell. t,`I'Ie" found pl-esently that,`she was _ fpa11ti11g for breath, that her strong't,h I [was failing her, and Umt in u s`mrt. iitime V she must be still frnm she-or L exllalxstion. ' So it; lmppe.1~.u'l.' After lga few more efforts to free !x-:1-self. she ,'gave up struggling, and . ]n::1:L- ,`i'ng- and trembling. `].`lu>x1 carnc: .1 ilong-drn.w`n sigh, and :1. law, pituous sew. ` Tn Rn r`.l\CI`:r\Iu;\;` mm Lruuuw mxgm; have bcextspured her! Mme. `St. Ange watched every movement of the graceful gh`: > She listened to each word she sprfxe; she could have cried out: Karl. 1x'm'l! She was neurer losing her senses and _ reason just then than she had ever been. Karl's eyes, Km'l s `voice! Her head droopcd on her breast; she could not hold it up." "T nrn nfmn'A u.... ....,. nu n .._4 IKING EDWARD S ROYAL CIP- HER. L; uu \V1LllUllL zl. \\`0l'(l. "You" sh-.111 not go," cried Lord -`Fieldcn, "until you hatve told me {who lfimd what is vonr hllsinr-cc hm-n n"-ull u aI.,u[I1Jl:u wun xv. mint. low cry. , "Who are you? he exclaimed; but t thc-re was no unswcr. It was too -;dm'k to see. Ile only knew that he lvlutched at-all gure` that seemed x;fx-ozen \'.'ith fear. There was silence -_for It minute. n n(l then the woman {struggled violently to free herself, 3 all without word. ` "\7nn' nhnll ..,.; .._.. H I ' ` "' ` uupcor S I It was as much as he could do to Fhold ` the strange woman, but he ikept, her hands , tigzhtly grasped ini `his. A How long :1 time passetl in. the terrible struggle he could `He pzx11ti11g fuilim: her. aml Hmt in .-. ax-..-...4 Lu u`UU l1Cl`.`7(.`l! zrom his` fthe on , `thing_\vhite soft. jwns the; [disguised 'ledgc fnmtle her_s0 gshe ~ tore I VHS :19 hinnh an l\n 1-4-u.l.1 A.` AA . llll. He stood quite still, listening. Evc-'ry .now nml_thcn u night-bird called from the trees; the owls hoot- ;cd from the woods, a rabbit leaped {in the grass; there was a. rustling of n lwings, und.a sweet soft. sigh from `heard. I M ...... J I. _, the njglxt-wiml-but that Was all he 51v_u um` 11. 111:. "N( : husband one. - i nun-y was . that stranger was some person l who had read the a.dvertisement about Lola. de Ferras, and wanted to discover the reason for it. As the woman had not passed through the gates, it seemed probable that she gmlgm; still be in the park. If he 'could but {ind `her! He knew the grounds well himself, but he could` not decide at what point to begin In. search. He vowed to himself that [he would finger all night in the purlcratlxor than she should escape ghim. pun: E him. .\\uum. 1. auu going` LO see." The low voice was Sir ]`\'m'1'S. The soft blue eyes glanced carelessly but kindly at the bent figure in the black dress. If each could have but known! If some good spirit could have told Gertrude that this was -the Woman `for whom she had sought, the wo- man with whom rested the know- ledge of her father's fate, what grief and trouble might have bccxrspured