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Luna: uusv --- g a` choice. M nreler-.s. ,.Cnl`~. t0 On; ilers lzere `* -at 1610 A1, hing in ' TX big _ Value.~ vb at-30 {Q ` 1 vvlz-4 I.1J.\.`.l.lJDUlVU3u "Being young," he pursued. shei will be timid, and will net! venture to ,tak'9_any leading part in the manag0' me-nt of the household." _ She !au.gh,ed bitterly. "Did you evevr see =n timid Frenqh-i woman, Mr; Dorman ! I never did.` What can have poawssed my father: fo hna.rry---above all, to marry 9- French girl? un....1......-n _-2_1 LL-` ____-._._. .... ..,| 1 "Perhaps," said the yorumg. secre-! tarry. with a -meaning` look that any; loss; proud `would hnv'e.-understood. '~ "Sir Arth.ur`mny have fn_1lctn in love, asnfhers do." Hf -__;- In I E 1 1 , E__`lI_. -AD "-ur/to uu. "Love!" she repezed. scor-nfully. "Pray. pardon me,` Mr. Dorman, but the notion of my own fathetr'sI falling in love `is too absu.rd., T 7lVL-.__ .____ ,, ,, I P',,,, ,-_.__..L JIJI-O|Ia DC'vlI'"(I.ly, VVLRU fflhilo "I am sorry, Miss Nesliea. to brim! a disagreeable matter before yr.m.b\1t Sir Arthur `says he wishes arches of evergreens erected in thedrive. I am to consult "you about theu}'."' , ggyy-___ ____ ,,IA ' _.2.. I an u-Iva La 1.00 uuau-Lu. There was. an intervai of uncomfort-V able. silence: itwns broken by the young secmfary, who mid: ' "T nvn n A u - up. '!__ \T...~I:... `rs `\vv:v-L11 "V V\ N|`3"J-`Iv JUII IIUUIJL KJl.K7l.ll- You may spare me the insult,' sir. i If I erected an arch at all, it wotd! I be one of yew and cyprrese. no l`\l\1I}l\r` Ian}-.. .....:J... ..l- t\ `nun fnnn II -J1 gag . "Sir Arthur ha also directed that` the pictures in the blue room` shall be blamed in the apartment. in the ~"west- `e-`rn wing known as `my lady's Thou- doir.' " L -vv -run Ivuy yaw uuu u_yp:!'uSu., 0 He bowed, being, quite at a loss for} lwocrds. . nuns . .. . - . --. V." n .1 , gl mmlzhat .waL.i:ymy m'oi(her sV -room!" `cried the girl, with f1ashin{g eyes.` "If 1 shall not be touched!" T I t'c`n-_._ I ,1-) LL-` ' VJVJH-IA l1\J,|-I UU LUUUIICII I "Dezu" Miss Nasne," pleaded thel Secimtary, "do believe me; owpoosition] is all in vain. Let me counse1",yoIu to] lvwmply With Sir.Arthur s w"is'h9s. `(T .I_ _ '.A __ _ A __ 4_.| "n.I .. D ,, and at 78 1-9 rnoon one boll! 2, but: others W and goose-whl I enquiry. and fair. Outli ' roller, in buyol , at $2.65 per ' $2.55. Spec} .vvnaly6,y VVl.}.ll L7Ll -J11 LIIILI B \`V ITIlT I do not need your counsel, Mr. `Dourman. and please do not call` me `dear. Miss Nealie. I "am not so desoe MW`. yet as to require that. U.. .I........ 1..-- .._:;x _...-.1. ..... -........m; .7 Cu. K9 I.\I lllllllc ll.lIlo He d.teNV back with sruch an expres- sion of int'ense pain that her proud heajrt was` touched. .9415 held out her hand to him. 4 A ' llI____-!_- . n u ,. .1 n-1-,,A1. L i.`;.l!`o.1:g`rli\;;aw"I11e,~ she fsaid. I need [not speak so unkindly to `you - you'- ` have not di srpleased'me . But I am so` hurt, so grieved, so wounded,'. I do not know what to say.". * ` 1 "14? .........I....... L-......`I..I-. .L- ....... '.`.....l.ll wr-_-I-Itrvv wual. LU any. ' i "If speaking harshly to me `could! [ lessen your` train. I would submit to it 4 forever," he replied.` A - T Q1111 cu4\I- --a-Av J-A `-1.-nun Flu`:-r\;,nl` Iu:.uvc'1', uu l'6pl.I.UU.. . She did not seem toddhear {him-`-and he.was quite. accustomed to_ have the passionate utteuraxi-cesd of his great low treated with silent -indifference. (OYY\-!l ..._ In If, __,_.._x n _,l.- ....S.I -via I.1.cuLDu WLLIJ uiuteul. 'l.uu!l-l~U1t:u\.o- `".l`e1l_ me," Mr. Dorman," she said. after a pause, "all that Sir Arthur re- quires to be done." 1:09.. 1-;-n.___ 1, 1.--- 1__:--...' luusuu ml) IJU (JULIO. ? Sir Arthur wishes to have trium- phal arches erreef ed~al1 along. the drive. They are. to he surmounted by the Word, `Welconie." He. wishes also that every servant belonging to the house- hold ehould be in the -g.r'eat' hall to bid 'Ludy Neslie welcome. home. He wishes the. rooms in `the western wing to be prepared, all the pictures of the Blue Room to be placed fsnrthe bou- tloir, ..dinner to be ready at ei ht in- stead of seven-he invites me '0 line -and, lastly, I am to say to you that ' lie =lio`uhea."` _ . 5 lsurned -huproua. me to `him.-' vary. waaouo my` mower. rctid A. 1son-ana1"m;I.o.- ar.!2i'16 . t9.Lancswo_e . V3.5 ,. he hopes namiar expense` nqr-'trou1':.lo- will be spared in welcoming Lady Nee-'1 ""`DoVym.'hFa'o'js.if.-pl f1!et`th'ai'*8 .1;B:g` A.5b9`!; -W_*1_'!.-rirs 1?? L r `i`_'i";aa; 'i4h;ginBfi"{,?? ii; the cautiods come` mien` tmhar wnIo,,bo;.;`ii.oi51td: this French` girl---this girl of "mne- toem? I toll you `Nor Iwonld rath-. or out off my hands than use even one finger in such sacrilego. . Int H1080 who will erect t'riumphal\arches, - I shall not." , A Bran is quoted! rtis at $17 to .1! ugh `Western `n Iuillers are !! yam of bran an! on being unequpj tiarrml M: It Right By Silent Men ' T in lanes. ' _Franoe is called the country of "frog eaters." but it is very" likely that more frogs legs axe` to-day eaten in the United States than in any other country in thsa-world. Those who have ever tasted the delicious! flesh `of , 'a trog`s thigh :3.-l-ways want `more. ; The` N V enretaty flocked terrib- ly _IJ6rp.leIxed. - - ' - . "1; `turned again with her queenly gesture of inpatient scorn. Frog nhuntinz is ;:a!ways-done at night, and the darker the night the better. sNo tmng `can .be..1done__Vat catching frogs when {he moonis out. The hunters outfit consists oena small, fl-at-bottc-med buat, a light, somewhat like that used as a( headlight on looo-' motives. though not as heavyi a cane shing poll`-3 a/bout 10 feet in-' length. to one end of which is scvurely fastend a hook lnving tliree prongs extending from` 9. single shank, and: a box; with a small sliding cover over .,.;the' top. in which to put lhslrogs. The hunters i `al-ways gain pairs} as one. man cannot i manage the boat and catch` the frogs. 3 too. T With a dark night and_still&water the hunters fasten theirhetxdlight on the bum ct their boat. one of them takes his pelucce back or! tha'_`light with th-.5 fish pole in his ;_;hand, while his companic-n,'wh4o is to `act as punter of , the boat, takes the set pole, with which i to push the crate ahing, mud stations 5 himself in the stem. The. man in the bow keeps a sharp lookout`. within the radius at the strain} of light, while :t h=a man in the stern. shelves the boat 1 to-rwnrdtsluwly, steadily, andvnoise-t jl-easily, occasionall ' ,r_;turning the bow t ifrorm one "point 0 the compass to an- . rm`-11.91! ` 1 l`\J'A.I.J V other. . A 1--. A frog is soon sigh-ted. He sits, for instance. on a log, facing the. boat, gt a d.ist.inoe, cf! 50 on 60 feet. His blink. ing eyes are fastened up-on theVblind- in-g light, which seems tojpcssess for shim a avtrange fascination. The boat is i moved cautmuslyhtoward him, care be. ing taken to prevent it from awerv. ing from its course, for the removal at the full glare of the light from.~his eyes for an imtant would break the spell and lose` the frog. -As long as lthe light is kept". fulh upon -him he re- ,mains without. moving. The boat and `men are behind the light and hexsees` | nothing but a sun cf; intense brillinncy [in a night of deep: darkness. . I-In \ I1:I1(u ~n on ......2._A. -__:1.L_',- n- _ \ 1 3 x 111. mg*nc our deep: darknoss. ._ Having reazoheda point within five or six feet of the frog `the! man izwthe bow cf the boat. signal-3 tq his'com.pan-. [ion with his hand, and that boat Via held 5sti'l1. .Then he reaches out cau!ious- ;1yAw.it;h the pole and hooks. being care- ful` neat to allow-_ the pole or any por- tion at his arm to come` in front of teh- ray elf light and thus produce 3 \aha.doow, to frighten. the frog; The` Shocks are extemded until they are on ;the side of the frog -opposite the boat `and directly OVBI` the fmg s back. A sharp, quick, downwa1_d pull in then given the pocle, and Mr. Frog is caught. THE HUS-BANDS G0 FIRST. V This is a remark I made to my wife at the dinner table a few days ago, aswe were discussing in a general way 9 the possibilities and probabilities of the - gfuture. If the reader be a married E man I need not give her rejoinder. It [was the good old chestnut: "` No, it ;only seems so; the men do not stay Ewidowears long. enough to be counted. But," I urged. give it a careful test; go over the history` of our town for 20' years as toithe. families we know personaify. You" count, not the widow- ors, but the instances in which the wife died first, and for each case`I I1 give y`ou| five where the reverse `occurred l Pencils and paper c'ame_ intc quick irequisition. My list ran rapidly up to '53, while` I almost pitied the good wo- man opposite, who chewed the end of her pencil and upbraided her memory, ' as she wins compelled to stop at abeg- garly three. This test, I admit, al- though I `did not to her, is hardly con- clusive, b_ut~ just. look at the authen- tic statistics upon this point. The iwestminster Review is authority in "-the statement that in `England, to 580,644 widowers there are 1.410.684 wi- dows, an excess of 821,040. The Uni-. in versal" Review gives for every 100 wi- ! dowers"194 widows. In some cases the; growth of these companionless women is evengreater matter for surprise. For. instance, the census iorEnglandn and Wales` for 1881 ives 52,091 widows at the age of 241` hose strange` dis- _oportions seem 1a.rgeIy..due to the get that men marry later` in life. than formerly, while the marnageablo age of omen remains unchanged. -1... .IL...- `.--.--. nu- Vrndrl an-u\rsI:I*Iv|11I|+ `AF ts, in bags, tra: bb; and `in U1.` YVUIHBLI Lriuluiua uu\au_au5uu.. Men often urge as one argument for nor insuring ; their lives the "even chance that they will outlive their , wives. The above shows this chance to beso uneven asto be.-scarce vugrth` considering. But if the probabilities `were.hea'vily the other way, the exist.- ence of children would in most eases over-balance it, Think this over and be `honest. -` Look, at this subject sqturely.NYon1` wire` will not urgeyen to insure-- irrob,ably shie will halt disap- prro`=vo_ it-5-but it: really love her, your duty can as `your to put every possible-..ahield `tw xtuher and want. N nf.nnA- men. in V was hnndrnd in so Hula -"an Tu? III LII`, Cl3UU?IYm i`n..1rni_mmred. honestly say to hid wife: "i,ha_-vmdono mybaot for youf tutnro.-"Wol!an."vg ' ' - ~ > `I I...-_.-. I-1-3.: 1| JAII1'AJ`Q:`Q`L kn`, L|IluI. U.'VIUQvI-ISIS! _ . .1-.-know; thieall -aonndetrite, but membe'r--s_ubjects, grow trite because ;.I their importance.`-Fidelity Journal. " Not-.one- man in ve hundred- pilillll Ulllblll IJUI-"I-5 gun uuq viva-In B. 30 situated :3: tot be justified `in carrying no" life vinsurance,_ mpvido `ha is in- _`anra_b1q.- Not one in two hundred;-.d5_rm '9`! Egn ;1;irstaLnd feelings. ho , 1-`ape mmma. 1.; :3; fJ.:aLTdLS.% Now. is that sad time` of year .When_no ower orient is here When, in misty southern ways Oriole and jay have` own, And of all sweet birds,.alone The robin stays. So give thanks at Christmas-tide` Hopes of springtime yet abide! See, in spite of dsrksoma days, Wind and rain and `bitter chill, Snow and sleet-hung branches, still The robin stays! 6 are free. ` slow. Car`! e at 38 to 40? wag-ons at Mi ut of_stoz`e' chg 390 per baz- M5 d-picked" 1 ' I! an an .1.-Ii So much-has been written concern- ing the sbrvant-girl question that it teams almost `an it the housewife` ongnt to know by this time what to 1 expect of her maid. and what her maid ; expoctn of her. ` L _ A certainvman who seems to know as much about the subject as the aver- age woman nan issued 8 proclamation that tells how to Have and to keep ideal iervnntu. His recipe follows: Dian us-..` LnnAu.hAI.i 1-xvi I-{na=h.iu'-.|n Iuual. II':l'Vl.l|al._ I145 Luulpv Lulluvvno ` Run your household on business principles; `servants should have re. gular hour: of service daily. Complete freedom after work is` done. Do not be too pretentious with only one maid-of-all-work. ` IX`- -1; ,,,._ -.u,A.Q:4 .A-_4_ ;_;__I_` W van. Clean. wholsoma bedroom; snbstan. 7 tial food. ` Q..-:.-| ._..:L.II__... A,2.n.n- __-;_.-..;I-l.. gnu: Auuu, Social privileges within reasonable discretion. If you have a young good-looking, capable servant, she 1-obably wants a husband some day. 0 not drive her into the street to get courted. uuw ululll'Ul.-.ll"'_VVU1'l. one afternoon-and evening out.~.each J week. . ' 111-`- --_|...|.-,,., - I,.,.\-.- ,-.-g _--l.-u---A uuu : vuu. Avoid interference with her religious and private life. ` 1 TIA ...-.0 .._.......u. -....::-._:;... 2..-... .1.-. auu puvutu _1|LB. Do not permit familarity from the baker s, grocers and butcher se boys. ilnaist on respectful treatment to {your servant, and set them the ex- ample. ` ' . Avoid personal supervision while off `duty. V ` . . ' Do not-let alipshod, careless work go unnoticed. A good mistress is always critical, firm and exacting, but she zzlways appreciates conscientious ef-i ort. ` In Provence, one of the districts or provinces 0! the south of.France,- are; nearly_ a hundred distilleries of per-' fumes, for the making of which hun- dreds of acres of roses, violets and other sweet-scentetl flowers are cul- tivated. Fifty of. these are located in the town of Grasse. `The distil- leries give employment to large hum? her: of boys;an-d girls, the adults be- ing `engaged in growing the flowers. i All the blossoms must be gathered while the w is on them, as they are then most fragrant. There are three processes, the cuoillage," or gather- ing; triage;" or stripping the petals from calyx and stem; and "enfleur- age, she distilling the petals to pro- duce the essential oil or perfumes The girls who -strip the petals get four cents for two pounds; some of them are so expert they can earn from fty to seventy-five cents, occasion- ally 21 dollar. The green of stem and "calyx injures the went. J \.A'kJlULU\I r rlnfiwnvnli In the-`distilleries the petals are put on a glass slab coated with pure fat, being laid on [half an inch deep. An- , other glass slab coated in the same` manner is laid over them. . The fat absorbs the perfume im from twelve to. twenty-four hours. W hen saturated it is packed in tins for shipment to the manufacturers, T where the odor is washed 0' t._ with alcohoi. (3-..- .`l..I:__;,_ _._-g-_.._.__ __..___.a,,_ A311,.` VVGDIJUKA IJIl.U_ VVII-LI CIVIIJJUIO Some delicate perfumes require fifty to eighty layers of petals upon the same fat. Those [lowers very strong in perfume do not require so many raplenxishmonta. It requires about ai.xt:een_ thousand pounds of rose petals to produce one poundof attar of roses, | or the essential oil of the flower. No wonder the precious oil is more val- uable `t.han.gold. Tln uni-run I\l\"l\'I:1\m I-lxn r\.l\n in AC`-bun Knlrlv UAIIALI vavluo -In some factories the petals after the stripping are simply shot down a trap into cauldrohs of boiling fat. This is a wasteful process, as much of the fragrance escapes into the air and is lost. -`L I____ I_,___ ,._!`I J_I__L 4l`I"I_,,,, 9 all`; L3 l.\lI4l `It has been said that Provence is the garden of France and Grasse the garden of Provence. It seems quite ' and peaceful now, but through: many centuries it was the battleground as well as the garden. It has been sack- ed biyvspaniards; it was laid wa Ate by Francis 1. on the approach of C arles he reaehedit. -It was again devastat- ed- in Maria` ` Theresa a strife with Frederick the Great. Almost every E V., and plundered by the invader when war in Europe has been felt in Pro- lvence . Sometimes the invaders could be appeased by a ransom; once ten thousand bdtti s of -perfume were de- n'1anded,in add tion to :1 heavy money i'ndemni.y.V :..Ne_vertheless, Grease has thriven - and the - people grew rich` through the pretty industry which} ministers to the luxurious habits. of the wealthy. It is not often, though, tht Grasse ha;s had such a customer a Madame Pompadour, who spent five million francs on perfumes in a single :year. . ` CHILDREN ARE NOT PLAYTHINGS. Mothers must remember that babis art not given them. for fheir own pleasure or amusement, nor to display an marvels totheir friends," wagrnts Barnetta Brown, writing of :"l !o\`.h6`i`3 Mistake": and Fathers` Fail- mf`e`s, : in ghe Jainuary Ladies Hume` _Jou_'n.a.l. "-But mothers must consid- ar that from: thorat moment, of life -`child is aestiued forw}a':rd rowth, vdivdlqnmht, jtogruain. A dallyizig {t}! this bit or! wiou in the` bdgin-.' V'-`BiIl`'3iII*r'1`O70(_3odliUll8 Ior much? in dinallfaosbxs later. And `let no jnattor mgke therror of bdizrg bafek shy the c1'y-of ` lzgered-ity. Much of what" .:i`._qal1et,1' ..herdlty; is . regllyi imitation % msmnss AND SERVANT. AFLOWERS As pnmrumn THE W}NTEB._ROBIN. 'I.I.w_na.t :5 ..e.,.v....e e environment; mid the most objo9t_?.43` able human heredity can be overcome. The inheritance of the divine `spark which is ever ready to y upward must never be forgotten." ig wit_'h.-dexvnti despicabls; rxcama Ipeal they ehowb eatment of an sump? PAY FOR A SPOT. '.['wo.mothers of large families wot! discussing domestic matters one day`. and the younger of the two spoke with a sigh of the way in which her`. table- cloths were spotted through the dail- 1! mihapa of her two boys. 'D....L-.__. ___, n 9 _ -- uqugn yvuw gulp}. ":I;o:;'haps you'd like-to know how I have `helped my boys: to be caratul at the table," said tha older woman; "it is the .plan on which my mothers brought; me up, and I've never found a better, Vl... ....I.. L. _.-- :.-_...u; n .1 _ u uuunl, "The rule in our family," she proce- eded, when urged by her friend to ex- plain her method, "is this: Anyone :who makes 3 spot on the tablecloth must cover it with a piece of money. and the piece must be largeenough to hide the stain entirely; no rims are allowed! The children have to pro- vide the coins out of their own pocket money. This rule applies to their father and me as well as to them. The sum goes to buy new table linen. "'l`hn I'FnI"'\t4x-tn T 00:v\A 1-`A Inn. QIVA uuul 5|! 6 LU Ully ILUW LHUIU llllll. "The Eirstyear I tried the plan we `had money enough for three handsome tablecloths, but since then there has been less and less. This is the fourth year, and although none of my boys has yet reached his 15th birthday, and they are by? no means unusually deft in their management of knives, forks and spoons, they have learned to serve themselves and others so well that I am inclined to think their contribu- tions to the 'ta1b!ecloth fund will be very slight." DESTROYING THE CHILDREN. Do American men and women rem line that in five cities of our country alone there were during the last sehooliterm over sixteen thousand chil- dren between the ages of eight and fourteen taken out of `public schools because their nervous systems were Wrecked, and their minds were incap- able of going on any further in the infernal cramming system which ex- ists to-day in our schools? inquires Edward Bok in the January Ladies Home Journal. "And these sixteen thousand helpless little wrecks," he continues, "are simply the children we know about. Conservative medical men who have given their lives to the study of children place the number whose health is shattered by overstudy at more than fifty thousand each year. `It is putting the truth mildly to state - that,` of all American institutions, that which deals with the public education of our children is at once the mos faulty, the most unintelligent and th most cruel. ` INDOOR LILAC. CULTURE. There has always been a demand for lilacs at unseasonable times, and the florists have made this an important branch of their business, and reaped the dollars accordinlglty. A corres- pondent has found the indoor culture a very simple proceeding which will repay any one who wants winter blooming lilacs to adorn the house and make it a bower of beauty. She says: "The Persian varieties are beautiful and have been grown in Europe in pots with a single stem like ustandard rose with a crown of any desired size, drooping with_ its wealth of floral beauty. It is a charming decora- tion for the window, corner of a room or conservatory. Take up a plant with a ball of earth around it and with as little loss of roots as possible; plant in a tub of suitable. size in rich earth. ` Keep the earth covered by leaves, which should be moistened and ,the temperature at 60 to 65 degrees. Under such conditions a fine harvest of lilacs may be gathered at any time during the winter months. IA lot of stocky shrubs mustbe taken up before the ground freezes solid and heeled in to some shed or cool cellar, so that they. may keep dormant until wanted." l l l l Most people have an idea tinat it i. easy enough to rip a garment to pieces. Any child can do this. It is ta `matter that requires scarcely any care or attention. Dresses are usual- ly pulled-to pieces, snipped at with scissors, or cut with knives. 111-: :..a `add .. ...n...~...u'u4- -sun.-unnnlu I-kn!-A 3JlDDU.lB, UL uun. Ivltu nunvcqu Td rip up a garment properly there should be nopulling, tearing, or drag- ging apart. `If one cannot take the tend: of the thread and piill it out, the stitches should be `cut with a sharp `knife. Very few persons can rip u `garment with scissors without doing it great harm; indeed, mttg Iind it impossible to cut stitches with any- th.ng xvilhriut making holes thut rcn- der the goods absoiutely xvorthless for the one who originally wore it. When -it is done the edges are so ragged that a much smaller pattern must be used. In `preparing g`oods`for the dyer, or to be made over, every stitch should beisrhzen out. I1. seems scarcely neces- hooks and eyes must be removed, but this" is imperative, in View of -the con- dition in which` gzirmnts come to the dressmztker and the dyer. Many dresses, capes and jackets are perfect- .ly wearable after being czirefully rip- ped, brushed, sponged and pressed. It is a Vvorider that some one doesnot set up an establishment for -ripping clothes and putting them in order for the dresamaker. The powner of them frequently has not time .to tip propl erly, or is too careless and unde- -stands too: little the way to do it, had shniall the time in the world. Some 1vomdn`in.oUev!`y cdmmnity might get" ;_sg;`_-tol._;`abio living, or at least add to all limited income, by preparing gar- ary to say that facings, braid and .mva;stg{;_r ,rgxpgd1_1;ng._ . IZYVIJ IIIIIOVUD -~Yes, said." the harnessmaker, sadly, there'isn't a. bitch in it.- ~ rmelauto-mobire is :.'wc;;1.re.+m1 imfen-. tion, remarked thg man xvfio, gs-ed in am! ` - ' ' - 17-.. .._2.: ;1._- 1.'..............._.`..l`.'... ..`...n_ Lqdysmlth, hgva been i HOW TO RIP A DRESS. A D1IxDvI&NT;xGE. ()RVAL S 7" "'7 -V. 13 very um- ther news ct; ::li,fnx sayB:-']_3~l were this morl hat the Allan Ii! 113.5 been chartoi will lez1veAPortJ Ha1,iIa:: on F61 lave the Lginsitq uch coming 1 VI`-`V elivered lm'1`Gf~ ems here `res -1a`lax'.9eed:- -(I-_."_.~` SOIIUI-\Ve`a`,t:;.f: n1.1n.,,.'I'f:.I has BULI ` White Qats. west; 26 1-9 and 27 to 27 1% T DEAD. , London. sayj rnnni wan! A f1NG _coLUn }>.~`.H`1`[," are. virtl un \,i\`l\/I4` v -'v in all lines{J_, I sell at 21 to`! '~%(-.;_No. ziat 1: "`nu\-lI .LJ\.Iaa\.A\J5I, 539," s received a d wn, which staj: Hrs who were killed in: the 5 are now prisi 51-.\*c., TOO. 3011.111" vv c'a-n_;,y;: :3 American, y: -Exck, Toronto; 3 .`unz;dian corn,;_ `V . -3 "u1yl':zf;,,;: L,)\.-, LVLJC E13 L 150. Ten-faj action" below th garrison is T. lots, 590, no Car lots. at quiet. V1111 rt!` 1:... .'Il n no tart`; . Very 1.} east of then ncentratad. moi \'('!. \Vll|) IS Ill \>J\JLLl.U"\JL LUV `VVVI :5 to crown the1n--0f tha sweet, p;:3.:4. .<)E1ife'? _ t-'u:~h preliy fnougxhts occupiud i1`e.~a:4 of L:moewnod. She` had i1r.rm.x_<:'n ihe Hyde woods and lay the 1'iVe.~1'; returning. She I In" rrwatv by ihe old, sun-dial, hum her dark eyes `wandered, no of the f.xiI`8St`. scenes in Eng- She. smv Una dark masses of; in Elyde woods; she saw purp1e1 \,.. in l]\:\ G`.-. u J7.-`Iva-nn.\ nvvnItrI\_ -V---we \u\/U5 u L,va,-aII. LU! uu: QUUU. U) 9. whqn she would bevqueen; of mi fair domain. It"6h0l11d. be a rm, and model forfall othei';~;- nTo' ]uuH he poor or sorrowful. (She Im .. I...J.. I.---_1_:a--| _.-._.._ 11 Lil EC7l.lL .'-lG|`L\I.ll..` LUILLIVJKI IA fur? ihe :mHere deer; and to ft. my the sunny Southern sea. 1w .[.:1nr.'e-.\\'o:o-:1 Abbey, the home - ram, the gm_n1i', massive build- mf` W'.`X.\; !Eke _:1 pn-e1mJ in stone; ' hr tlmugtht that briAghl'eme(i the 3 eyes was--"One day a.1l-this 9 mine." All this--the wealth ml and forest, of field and mea- mman the far-.fnmed -old Abbey- yuld one day be hers, for shawas. my child of Sir Artlmr. Neslie, .r--irexs of Lancewood. She had L- J -I_____._ LVEBIIU guncu Jvu u ..... ..,-_ oyes. Looking at her, no say she was rightly pla'ce>d near irnson and goldein g1adioli.-She pe.1'feci` hanuoriy with the of the g.'.u'den-.--a tail, stately 'i!i1 a '.l`i1i-rm face, dark, glow`. li( l l(ii.'i in its exquisite coloring erfwct faatures, the eyes `of a urple. hue, such as one `sees in art of :1 passion flowe.r,voiaI`k-.- with ovary VpS:;i!}g i thought. as the stars in the! sky, fringr h long 1:1she.s--my'st`ical, dreamy ml. of p.\SSi()1n and povv`er--r.-yes iliquid of which it was 0 lose iluth heart and` senses . it, imperial brows; a m&o.uth_ pm111'~;r;l'11:1lo bud, sensitive, yet with some. puroud, scornfui -~.-1 girl that '.l`i.1.iu.n vfrould have I1, holding with whifo hand a n fiower iu her lips. A mass I: huh`, .~:of1' and alhining,a was lurk from 'i.h(`; beuautiful face, ;v in iuxu.ri:1n profusion over hi!: - nevi: and shoulders. VIn omn oi` 11-.1'_Vgi`1'li:;'11 beauty! she `hri!ii..in; as :1` passion-flowexr ~un. . _W`.l.\` cw` ml` the tame white `!mmr2'ng: round, lighted on ou'(`.m", and Vivien Noslie awoke NI` drranm. ` 7 1 do g.i.1`i;' fair and young dream iii" Hm:-"l;iir1o and flowe-.1's'o` Of \'i"i' who is to come--of the love n in ,_____;_ 7"lll'/'.`\-V LII. .I.A('l.1UUVV\J'lJLI.0 `J5|V_ IIIVIVI `mud air of one who had always her such as COIIICIS only? from `S holcliing high aulthority, a frank un. ,a certain kind of de- --fur if was a noble. face, and lo soul lookeld out of it. ' 1 `his will be mine," thought the ' R`i.l":--".1YLd. I, will make good use If I live long; enough, my good shall be "my mcmument. I will :1 name that will live in the S of the people around me. This ' kin,:r'ln:tn, and I shall be its 0l)6_\ (l. There was a grandeur` vzls no-1 vanity that shone in! cu as she said the words--it was hing,` higher and nobler---pride r`gml;.' tminvd r13ig}xl`,huvemnda ix.-rt :<'.h9 wi.s;.he.d tn he, a notble W0- miule of race and of lineage, in u name and high de- ,-1.~.:-ido in the grand old home \':l< . to none in the land. In be, her own--and she would ix myully. She had. ofte~nstqod_. `by ihe old su,n-dial, looklng` on U10 vast .~'lw would do! when it became She had been brought up 8.13 is of L:tnce.wv;yod_. No 'other.afate, 1:.-r lm in life, no other pos.sib'l'iity var ur:cur.r ed t.anher- except this.` xzul filled her! mind with gra'nd. uhle thought,s,. all for the 'good.of K` \U}|nn nllnn unvn--n`J Ln 1uw|aL1\l\| v of the sunshine, near a " ladioli, that formed upioturo ` ried in the bolls, bhttarfliol g round them, `She had. been at the gorgeous flowers; and Id one in her handsa Thom ' ifairer Spot in England! than 111: garden, `where the he'u'oss cewood stood with thoughtful` d dreamy eyes. Look wh`ero_' Id, nothing but .. beauty mat s, marvels of color," wonder" of e and shade. .1: was a car on oId-1'a.~.mi.onmd than otherwise, heavy, rich l'()St.i.;', `orange `and xlznsturtiums, big fair oclustexrs ~:1x1gea;.there were blossoms of and white carmi,ne-[hued carn- nnd lisies with white, pure garden wherein a. poet might and a paintexr loge himselt in me benui.y of flower and tree.` -{nsh'mm:d sun-dial stood noun ght g'Iadi.oli; not far from it` fu-umtaill of rare. and quaint den-j tame whiten doves uttered. and birds of bright plumage n the trees. The June` sun` and am all floated a breath. fume sweet as the odors of .n Neslie gazed round with z_\..:..,.. n} how` nmsl 1 Ncml wasostandin in selves, all c.r'Lmson and oo1;d._~ -.u 4_;.y\u- I-v \J\.I\A~.I, may uuovv 3----._~vv icing in the far di_stance. cmwn- `.1 rich foliage; she saw the deep, river g!en.rni.ng` in the sun; she irh r-lover--me.adcm's, golden corn- .-Lrv rafter acre of wndulating; lam]; she saw a picturesque whom grzmld old trees of the` h of generations [formed al If .. . "\r\ ..-.4.l......,} An;-no um)` (-11 ' "U LIUUI Ul. SULLUVVLLIL. 53115 3 -4!} her people with! open`-'; hands [nan heart, relieving `all distrqpa; T7ny- L.-...-.& ..................J' .. ".1... a lady b_ou-ntitul, going should be churchqs {where ]moneg ee-/n blilt before--s,cheooLL-5, alms-. -~-~;;r,y cu; urn. .|.'uGJ W956 ufll-"9 .~t--not out of p1wa,<=e-iurt.he*.-glow sunlight and amid the-frja-gran-co wars. " _ ` . . . I - London sayggg desp-atoh say: be flying comb,- nd has creg mong _the Bqg,` number of Bog; withdrawn fmj 1ee_tQ Vrvvheidtff and oppose ii The Boer so-5. trong, with thi-5 lus. and turned to the fountain- old H911 almloetaiseesmed to know 53 she touched the water-noftly mu. cmw cropped the spray 01 eently down a broad "path ahadd, 'acia~fre'e1J mine = `a yomiisg. 1snyxr1,*~` ma'n',' locikiiig abourt him--Vziserlstmf ugh In search. o!"some."0: 6- he saw the `g1il!!ID.9'l',..0!;) hiie* Her heart warmed asshe heads of the: old :1-ud thefatr 'h"1'1)D) by her. They were noble .\'.--nnf n|11- A4 I\.'.1nnn 1'-u .4-`Inn H142 uwuu uvI.Lu. 0--afu]_|3uu|.u, SI 1111!`- tu. of..iL all, as, she pictured` the I H10 Young; and a`1Iwer e' to be "lL>1`eHy fame doves. aiatisd. hei.` 1116111. She dropped thebprayt Q!- lus. mm! h...-n..A A +1.... 4......+..... [Through sxomana%sunsmn` dress amongst `the trees , an:1;h stoo`-d still, silently _wa-tchitxg hen. She was` nnhnnlnrn :uu` I-`unis `DI n. In... nu.-A...` no.-'..u.-.4. wists, nsA?|L_|.IJ zvvuuuuulg 1161.. 9550' Wu! emgmg Justthen in a lAow,4sweetTvo1ge, and he hatoned to the words with a _A-_-l..'_.. _...:l._ ._ 1.1.. n-;_. h1|_.__ nun av Iyumvuvu [NJ wuv wuuue VVII-It D peculiar smile on his face; 'I`hy wcro words_by the poet Dibdi-`n. quumt andsweet-. '.` _ "I oxipe had gold and. silver--` . I `thought them without and: I once had gold and ailver-- . I thought I had A` friend, My wealth xs Ioatumiy riendjs Tfalae, T r . _ V My love 1s stolen om ,m_e:'. Ann! here I no im misery . Beneath the, willow-tree. , He recogmzed the mug an manages!!- ed The Mad Lover, and agauv a~ .~'gn;ihcan.t smile stole over`. _his .f_!_1ce. It is a strange for her to sing, he thought to himself. "One `never he/ans her ainging love ditties, an other girls do. She is far tooimpenal `nor that, I should im.a-g17ne.,"_- Than ho nnguv nn Ln lug Onnno-nIn .-`U: built, .I FI.lUU1(.l lIIl'.!l`g1'Zl8,'; Ishone In the waters. _`_J . -in-` Then he went up` to the fountain where the gold tisix darted amongst the emerald-gt-ee'n weeds and.the sun 91:34.--. _..__... In L, `.9 s.'_ a pa Town caypgj :L that" were killed 3. unsuccessful Va,` rsmith. ` V "said, with alow bewi ' I3-Lftfilc 11.1 LLIU VViLLB1'Uo "Good-m.or11.irLg,'M,i-ss Neshe," 1161 "FL... ;-..._.J.- A -4*-"=9 "sun at ruw u'..'W'. '.l.`.hn words or the song ceased ub- Pllptly as` Vivien Natalie. turned qmv:.k- !3 round. to see from; whomvtha. greet.- `fng came. AVsm`ile "came Over her 300; ; ' `I ` ' ' h IIIV , 1 "(ood~moring, Mr. ' ' Dorman; y_o\i startled me. Have the books come?" "Van 0- 1... ..'___1: ur ,_ , 1... L..II wv ;ucu;'.Uu, J. l.l.lIL|.K." "The last were all tirissome--nbthmg 01 any value in.t_hem;" she continued. "Have they sent _Browning 8 last poem?" ,,`,_____ ____ ` _ ,7 _' , ,. . _, ,__1,._ b.l.ll-El |.u.u.U. ' u "If_ it. rs not troubling you; `too much Wm You bring Browning: out here to me? I should like! to read in. tha sun- ShI`I16:~ It Is vear-y~ pleasant." Rhn cnnln. +.. 1..:.... ...:u.: .. |.:..L..: no ```` I H. In vvwy-' pseasunt. . {she spoke to him with* a kind of half-distant. hnlf-reserved familiarity, tl_1a,t showed pl-ai-nly eanulgh that rh d1_d not co.-nsider him; on an equality With` herself`. He seemed tq feel. and Iugxderstand it, and his. face. flushed `S118-htly ac3-= he replied-...* "ff IC`. 0'1"-at-vn n ..'|.`-....~.-.... Ln AI...-\.-.. `trail nun; 1.10. M18. Ea-V8 U16 BOOKS COIIIUU "Yes," he r'eplied. I came to tell You. They are well selected; you will bf` Blea:-.96. 3! think. ` "r"`nn `A;-.4. -..-_._ _II ;:-,;_-.. 4 _.(_LI.-...... -.1--5-u LA] at: LLB I'B[)H9(1"""' "It 15: aIw:1ys.a pleasure to 0bBY Y0 Mxr-ns NesI1'e.g t HrnL-.. A. - - ` 4-VLA. 1.1 ;_`c1lc. . "'Th8Y1.IJ'ray let Il'1'_6. have Browmng at Once. Ihave but a.n:hour s.1eisure; Ivmurfit -not` lose it n talking. Agam: Ins face flushed. `He Iv-vziiied' untxl he could speak Io-a1mly,`and, then` lP'1`0du.c1'ng_ a letter. he'said..... "'T`hn. l...... _-_-, ' J-!..___.I 4.1.... 2'4 Vuu.-ul.u[_ {I ICLLB "T113" Dost-bag Vm_orr;1n-g: I have Snr Arthur has thls is for you," Hhn rPn..,.:...1 Ll L. lots of no 2, "DJ d east at 410.}: ms, 50. west, Q uu u my Lul Uu. _She ianziod there was somethmg strange in his manner-som`.e~ihing C1 hesitation and un Then she took from his handsr the. letter whlch was to change the; whole course 01: her -me. ' .'`T4- ._ .l.'__-, 1 r1- ' A .1 . ' I " Yes: we have -aeverfal poetical works this time." urn 3. , -- . ... ' '5' I401 IILC, V "`It 15 from Sir`Arthur, `she said,` Quickly--"a-letter fronm my father! How _c-rue! of the! post to delay this m0I`f11ng', above all others!" V -kn .-.......v 41.. ___~` ,_ _,.-1L 3-- -jut-11:5, ,auuvu nu ULIJBISSI A the opened the ,e_n,Velo~pe with im Patient. fingers, woncbering why the `Young Sbretary lingered there, loo~k~ -11187 at her with rsu-rrhs strarxgq eyes. I ` h9f SI lnnnv Int-I-nu-'9" .n`v\n g-n;r` `-613: (wt: L101. VVILU A$u:w 5L[a1lB'C'1' Uyc. W1_1at a long letter!" she said, 131118-111-`H813. "This: extends toover` a Page? Sir Amtthur 's_eld:om` writes more. than fotrr lines. : .U1"...|. ..=.- .l_',_ 1 , _ .`.. I. "Why do yo.u n6t'a:o tbr my book?" eahe `asked, with lau-ghinsg impauence. u Thorn rnnvv Inn on nnnn nznn Rn um... um lv-uwu I-Uu`-1 J.lllUb. _ _ "Let me find you a seat, be pro- D0S8d. "While. you read_ it. You.will' be tired ofvsta-ndi.n.g." 1171.41` I-Ln N.-....-...... ..J-...._..... n--n-`p.a_. uv nxsvu. Uu. a-.u.aZ-nuul-g. Still with the same; strange expres- sion on bus face, he brought: one of the little gardei1-chai1's to her. and she sat down. = . A : T -` ICIITJ- _.. ,1 - ` . _ I I I-- She: sat down where the faint, odor of the liliesvfloated roufndl her, Where! the cooing of? the white` `doves reached her, and read-;the words that darkened her whul life. "Mn T1 nnnn ....+ tr:..:.... \IT_lL....L. .... ......u umavu, vvuu Iaugut-L115 Iu_|puu.ouuv. "There may be a message for` me 111. that letter, Miss Neslie,". he replied. (Permit me to remain while you. read it'n. IUJD u ._-:5: delivered ` sell at 6 1:06. 9c, in small 1 me from 91:," ()-lb. tins, 8. J 1.25 per dozeq. ywa--ya ovuu @1150; Jun`. . .It wnll be foolish of you, Vivien; to be angry, for I have perfect and undnsputed right to please m`ys'e!f', no one has any right to take umbrage. or offense at w~h-a-t;I do. "1 aY....l .. ..-__.u.. _ 1-..- -2 n _.-`I._- V ya uayv-uni: ul. vv'.Ll'0lvlJJ. \lU. "I feel a_ certain deigree of, of reluo-s` -tantra m making my anno~uncemeInt--- why,- I cannot[ tell. You would wnsh me to be happy, and; I have sought. happtne:s.q' after my own fashx-on.| Viv1Aen,.I have [married aga1n._ My wife 13 a b&autitul youngx French gnrl -1191` name: was Valerie d'Fste; she is very piquzmt, attractive, graceful. You w1l1 be,:sure to admire her. We were marmed in Paps, and intend rgsturn ing home next Tuetaday. - ' H Kb`... 1'7 : ".4... ....-... ....... L. .. .. ; I. .. L I . _ . H ... u`Ln0u`C|l LID] VVIJTJIU IILU. "My Dearest Vivien--Writing", as youyknow, always fatigues me; 1 de- test it. But I have something to tell you"which will 8JSat0I1iaSh~y0l.l` gre-atly-- perhaps even anger you; " 1 "H unit 5.. 4--,.,.I:..:L.. .: ...... 'rr.-..;.... T lla ll\Il-LIV} IJCIIII L Kl'K}>T<\I.(U`, g Now, Vivan, remember that: bemg angry and vexed abaut. it: is simply a` wmste of time; `I had a ught tol p1ea.ee'myseli, and -1 havmdone 80.; If this wife were to die, it_ would be no one's affalr should I marry atmrd; Tell`/M.'rs. Spenser to have. the rooms in thpwestern wing set. in "order and prepared for Lady Neslie. T Tell all the`. household of: the change, and sea` that my wife 18 re.cm'ved' with due honor and .1*e.spect. .- " T "(Inn uonnnil 4... unn Vllblf Xfuinn \'I7Ln GLILL 'LIJ.tIU\. log I ' I "One word to yourself, Vivien. What 15 done 18 done- If you Me wxse, In- stead of battling with the: tide of events, you will 'swim-~with`1't. From you, `my dau-ghotevr. I shall expect love, klndnosa, affection, attention, and can-, side-ration. for my wife. It! you show an tins, -well ancd."good; if {you refuse `it, you wilt see. thetmesult. ~ Meet me wntli a smlle-, Vivien; let! `me hear. no `woproaches. ~ - - Hl`\....I n n:4-u`uJ- In I\`V(A(|II1\ mating`, vnI1.f : at ugn uuuuce. Ihad a right to please myself. Your whole tuture` ~}vi`l1 .de_>pend `on. your treatment of Lady Neslie. "1|'n' 'pu-s.-"ll" I--u..l .'Jnu;-R4-inn nA3nI\' u, on LLIIKTLI/It us. uuu; ;1_vauu "My fondly-Ioyed daughter, adieu. We shall be with your om: Tuesday, and hope to (ind all things well. 2 ` * `- Arthur Neahe. _ She read the letterslowly, and` them turned? back and read, 11-. again. The young secretary watched her; intent- ly. He: saw the oolorinfa.-do, trom1__her face; the. l'ig`ht .' die from; hen eyes; he saw he,n`!ip.se grow Qvhite, as thoyfhad. mover `bead before; , he watched `her curiously, . keenly, tor? he: would ` have BWUII hm lite"*to_ save hex! tron`; pain. .A -`Suddenly. With>'9nA.'eau8f. e8? ,I1t;i,. _ `S,-l,Iv_9,' 41... L117 Cu.lLl"' was" delayed _thls_ only just! opened it. written, t9 me-g-and- _.. "Ra/av! it'!"_~ she commuclod. "Read It. Gerald Dorsnan. nndr tell; no if I am`xn`-gazl or sane!" ' .. `. , - He took up the-letter; * ` V. 9130 you` many wish mqto road this. Muss. Nesliet" he anked. - - `z "Y0s."Tshc_-mpliod. slowly. "B can-. `BN1 `believe it. My eyes; I118 390393 must have deceived me; the words 1 have seen cannot possibly: be written there. Read it, and oll me if the news ' t'tIl8. [)4 _A_ I ;u `I. .;, (`L . ;.....j ._.-L-..I._l -.9 i.-m embark n }`x.=+bruary 21 m will, with 0t m}311`k at Port {rim with t spreading: over taco; aha ung the letter on the grim-nd at 11911 feet. "1 1: ma` Inulin-mg. {L ID 4-1.; nuntl "If noun .uu, Ion: gxuusuun nu ugu LUBE: "Iv(i!I1ant believe it_!"shoj cried. l"It' ii a torgiaryi Mytather never wrote t_ at. - ` . 1 n `c -x J, u L._ "E35 ma._d no reillyi hispity iand llns lovewero so great that they made hum ispaachlv.-ss. - - ` -D.....`1 2..-on _x- -_.._.._-_..I...n 1:11....) WM qua turning cu l|Bl', uuu-_- .. v"It is` quite tun, Miss Neslia. I` knew it when I brought this: loltor. to you." . '5Yo,u4 knew it!" shecried. f'I~I=_M'vV' Sir _Arthur wrote to ten! me, I ma- ceived his letter this mm-ni,_'8. and I felt sure that yours contained the same i..nte.1ligenca._ It `was for that lpeacmm Iventured to disobey yam and gemain hezre instead of looking for the 00k. _ . . ' inhQI `.. In 0.` 1 , an I. . , ,. , j - lI__*.-. no SIJIIS. , . ` He read the letter. she stood watch- ing him with a. bewildered, dazed look. with white parted lips`, and darkened eyes. Then he laid it down on the `sun- dlal. and turning to her, mid-` ` "ff hr Zi:" 3-Ls; ]l(..n KYAHI-'h I UIJUIS. "'1`he;n it id tr.ue;" s.he.moaned1."lil3 father, has a wifet`--same man in mothe-r s place. I-I cannot believe 117. Mr. Dorman. Why. only ten minutes s-innce I was thinking of all I would pvezrsuade him to do-and now I find he has a 'wi.fe.v.' `He has 1366!: all the world to ma--a.s_TI have been to him: and now he has n Wifet. The love-und- the hmm that have been mine so long will be mine no more," Il\TA__ fe. ,. 1? .10. In LL42]. LL` .....Iuu1 VVLII IJO..l.|.|l.L|l.'. I10 l.l.l'UlI'B-_ "Nay, Miss Neslieu," said the calm. Ditving "voice, "it will not be so bad` as that. You are, arncl [always wlabe he?-F883. of Lzmcewood. The Abbey will always he your` home, unless-- Then he stopped and hesitated. "'n'..!...... ..... -11.-.. ..\.....1a `than. as .I.u*:`u uu hl.Up`[JUl1 dllll uusuuuou. "Unless my fafhelr should have it son't`o succeed him,` in which" (22188 Lancewood would nk=.~ver be mine." She said. slowly. "H1lf.an hou'r since. Mr. Dorman. I thought myself as certain- ly hei.re.s of Lancewood as that ' the sun shonein the sky." ' NT7'...-- __-__A __L IA-I_ _.. AI... uonvcu \V~'\ngI unuvu :1]. [1113 Can]- "You must "mat luck on tha VP~I`.`v' da.rkest side, Miss Neslie," counseled` fhe you/ng Tsecrefary. Sir Arthur -"HE'S fhaiz Lady "Neslie is young and. ;beauflf_ul." V T '; Io-f -unrn.rn e cosnfempt. ' } 5 She interrupted him with a gesture` One must be as` weak as` 0. man, she said, "to care much for youth and beauty3' 'I`).u....I_.._ _.._ -1 I. A ,,,,_:Q-_,_._.`l ....._L`.. cl } "Pardon me," he continued, gently: ."I was about to say that, being`beau-5 tiful, she is nlmost sure to` be kind} of heart. Minds and faces` are. in harm-otnyV." . V She interrupted him again. "How little you know of the mat"- 'ter, "Mr. Dofma-nl -As though beauti- ful womon ever cared for nnyth'mg[9.X`| cept themselves." 5 uu-:__ _--__ . .,_ Q, _`_.-v;4 'n..1.... (`ape Town, 333 'vity here and er road, due-'_f '-Arwhellning fo ' .\ m`va1'8a pont.,. p; "cc-mp-`xet'ed -t_ "-ng retired to`!