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Northern Advance, 1 Mar 1900, p. 11

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-_ cuban;aa!itooI:y tho third plant In education `among o~ %o_unmeu,- to; In -100 ` At last the ,1udgo, with a quaint gravity ~Stop. , What was `thenumexonhe ship?" I -~ha_.ve` It on my notes` the` Ellen and the Sergeant Ohannell, who wasln the habit of dropping hi : h s, and Sir Frederic Thesiger were once trying in case about: ship called` the Helen. Every time the former mentioned the vessel he .ca.1_led~. it said, "Stop" (a "favorite word or me) . Helen. Whiohisltf Andth6borgrixined-. ` . 4: ' .1 ' " In my `- Haney .will turn to touched for om'e time. ` `In 14 states and` teriindes of_ the United States marriage between rst cousins in go:-hidden by law. ,. "Dorothy, you were irting with the photographer when you had` this picture 1 taken. _ t .No, indeed, 1 wasn't." V ' Well, nothing I ever say to you _ma.k you v:'cx1r such an amiable expression. -- Ghica.'goReoord.f H L , _ --......... , I -- vi unusual U Blilllco Strange what a little thing will turn the. whole current of a. `man's life. " ' What's th"mntter now, Jones?" . ' Up to. 30 days ago the young lady of i my choice was taking my attentions seri- ously and our marriageseemed a foregone I conclusion. Then I met her onthe av- enue,` lifted my `hat, made my best bow and dropped through a. coal hole. Now she can t keep her face straight a. minute .f while we re together."--Detroit Prmg o I m sorry, lady, but Icou1dn t see yej 9 carryin dat pail any furder. It s%gin me ,` - I The little girl began to cry. - Mike! seized the bucket and in a. moment had! I the bottom of it pointed toward the blue sky. The effect was volcanic. Foam ew in all directions. . His one ejaculation solved the mystery: l Soapsuds! And when the restaurant proprietor came out and desired to know `why his children `could not blow `soap bubbles} without being `interfered with. the victim of poetic justice had not a word to say.- Washington Star. ' There was a wicked leer in Meandering Mike s eye as he saw the little girl 'eom- ~ lng out of the restaurant side door carry- ing a small tin pail. . - \ The idea! he exclhimed to his com- , rude, of incouraging sieh luxuries in do i young! - - . V 3 ` `It; s`vour duty to stop it,"' was the re- joinder. A - .\a sh- _at the end of each stroke of the piston .=a.nd must acquire a velocity of 32 feet per This weight starts from a. state of reet second in one-twentiethof a second, and must be brought to 3 state of rest in the same period of time. ' A piston 18 inches In diameter` has an I APDA nf 9541; an..-.....,. a....1...- rue- - --~ .. yaouvu LU JLIULIUB 11.! ullerl 1135 area of 254}; square inches. Steam of 150 pouhds pressure per square inch would I therefore exert a. force on the piston equal to 38,175 pounds. This force is applied alternately on each side of the piston ten times in a second. --Pearson s Weekly. ug.-v v . ond. ...bu - > ` ' V V I Take a passenger engine on any of the big lines. At 60 miles an hour a driving } wheel 5% feet in diameter revolves ve % times every second. Now, the reciprocat- ing parts of each cylinder, including one piston, piston rod, crosshend and connect- `Ing ,weighing about 650, pounds, must I110? [212 `and 1-`nuon in AL.` . . A . ~ ~ - --I A- 1.115 ,_we1gumg 8001213 650, pounds, must movaack and-forth a. distance equal to the stroke, usually two feet, every time the wheel revolves, oruin the fth of arsec- and I ....v vv uxauv u.L.uuU nizwuuie. . Obviously, therefore, if the weight per wheel, on eeount of the `limit oi weight that the rails will carry, is limited, we soon reach a. point where the driving ` Wheels andvother fzarts cannot be further enlarged, and then we reach the maxi- mum of speed. The nice adjustment nee- esszzry in the _ various parts of these` im- mense engines may be indicated by some gures as to the work performed by these parts when the locomotive is worked at high speed. m..1... .. ..------ s 7 7 7 I V -1119` o But at60 miles an hour this fuel must be exerted fora. given distance in half the ? time that it is at. 30 miles, so that the amount of power "exerted and stczun gener- ated in a given period of time must be eight times as great at the faster speed. This means that the oapaeity of the boiler, cylinders and the other parts must be greater, with a. corresponding addition to the weight of the machine. f\1uwIn.....1.. A-L -..- L V. :'3.;ou re candid enough-. Vivien, she remarked; "I do not despair of mlakin-g` you 1% 1:9. me some day. To die- like me is simply fighting against fate. Vivliaeh `V\;`(Yl1]od not prolong the disg ous_si,on, but it struck her` as being strange that her father's wzife should know noihng of the fzamdly towhich she belo-n-god. Want This Mean: to the Locomotive That Is Making It. ` At 60 miles an hour the resistance of `a train is four timesas great as its is at 30 miles-that- is, the fuel must be four times as great .in the one case as its is in the other. ---_v-\-v wu _uuuuu.1 LUUUS u Bpeec. Nesl-ie laughed with frank joyment-. _ ` `- 3.~` uzhm` gria!-_ n he rvut over? 1_!u- {;re:i(ienfi -2 I! 6.2- :1-'~)uxt5 }'.~- ;i1``=}:i`7:t3_(1f Lw H i`r'::L'.;ltQd_y ahv R':mI`g'qv-_5 ` d i n-n'e'8t1 V--T :iisa-r%=-:iig1- =1 r x13f:1.geI;;, -2::-.~.<`:ii~.rg ."_'\' ..mIi2i.~m_s;7 rd under ` i3(:tf'I'S' unl_15 'l l : nun-u 1 {LL}. 1 U.'I.Ll' 1"DeP(`,:n-.I!'!`6nOll birth: and training; `I am French in \ heart and soul, in mind and manner, in speech and though_t._ Sometimes I fancy, Vivien, that you would like me better if I had a Little at the grave Engl-is propriety about me. `I`do: not think it would make any difference. said Vivien, unguardedly; and then she felt almost sorry ta have mqad-6 so uncourteous a speech. .T.oA'm M....l:,. |-__,,L a - Fran<>e.?sai!d Vivi-. ; "D ` to this Ita.li;an or F`?1l~`.anch`f:;)r1{i{l,;"f `gag "Y'l1' fall!-_ far vnnrn ""174: on 'l'+.-.I:.. .. uv :ua -I.UGwl'Lm.l.| ur nxuucg ljalnuy "3 Y0lI_ fall: far more like an Italian U_13a-n I do. I am Frez'ch-Fnench by- bxrthl and training-9 `T mm wrnnnh :...` A Woman u[fgmlle. Swift Retribution.` A _MlLE A mNUTf:. i Jealous. `; FORCE. 1.93 W3! IJIAKUIIV line. .\ Irons should not. be allowed to be- come rod` ho't, -ms` they'wi1L_ never re- tun the heat'prap_erly afterward. ufwag n-uu uuxy, uu LLIU wrong! .`:i!(18. Linen I mm)?-.-be made beautifully white by use of 8. little . refluxed borax in the water instead of using a ` ilhan. wbrios`, especially white silk .hp.nxlberchia9 should not bar dampen- -ied, but iromd 1*vith'_a.-'modera.te1y. warm ufoxr `when takn tromtho line. . I-rnnn.~nhnnl.'l -...+ I... '..n-__: L,` - shbuld be ironed on d tmiw, smooth surface over thick an-_ ml, and only of: the wrong: side. Lindrn ` lnnszpha vnna 1......-.u4!---LA __ - _-'-. \ T-aibZl;:7.ii'z1Ve.n should be ironed when quxte `damp, and 'ironed'wiI'.h` avery hot~axnd.vhe:;aVv:y xrogn, Cloths1iin;_7's(;*e 1ade much more durable by bo-iliong for ten minutes be- ' , . tore; they are ursed. a 1 RULES. FOR THE LAUNDRY. A very hot iron should never "be used for fl-annels or w'oolens. [_ Cor; jnguplp-lin;`g;s.-Cook apzecu of! ,.<.ho-ulder of pork in it big PO? unut ` tengier then mix the demred quantity 0! cornmeal to a. thick dou-gh, as. am} makmg bread, the addition of an -egg to the dough improves the d11nmi1:z.g='-. 3 Drop balls of the dough about: than s:;.e_f ,oIf a.wa~I`rnut in the boiling water about ` the meat in the pot amd cook twemy I mmutes, when the dumplings will bei done, and will` ,.have a. thick gravy around them. 'l`,ake care not to let. the * nnxture: burn. The far. and. juices; of` the. meat .seasonT the dumplings er! cellen-tly. T {quart oi`5cor'1imeal--t`hree. 'pnnts,mznke xmoredourgh-4-'a. pint of. buLt::rmilk, a teaxspooniul of soda, a big pmch bf salt, apint of brown cracklings left: from making lard, warm water. (`rush the cra.ckIings with in rolling pin, hz.-mtg lthem and stir in the `dough; wh;cl1 'must. be thick enough to xuuulm well; thin. with -the warm water. Mouldj the bread wiLh the hands in. small ob- long! pomes, abolfg three inches thzck, putting the po-mes as you mould than! 1.11 h0t,Twell-gre~a.-se-d- Imus. Bake _m a h-out stbve until brown-_. .l>'a.t. this brand f while warm with butter. and some-b times with butter uazed eturghuni molasw kt `sea. It 18 light; rich, am-d, as Lhe. neg`-_l roe: eay, "fit fuh de queen, but take ! care you don't eat too `much! g _ ._--.. \4\o\A .... J-IIALIIJ-` I Egg Bremd.---Two eggs, one pint of ? butterm`-ilk, three pints of coiznmeal, oqe-half pint of lard, one teaxspoqnful . of soda, apinch of salt, "sweet; milk or - sweet; cream. Stir the soda in the but-! termilk until it boils up, mix the bread ` quickly, adding a`.s1'1t'fici-ent c;u:u1:i'.y; oi the sweet milk or sweeulcre/am Lui make a rather thin batter; beat." in the ;I eggs and add Lhe lard, 1uelLed and hot, ` -lacst. Povur quickly imto Irymg hut,_ grease-:1 hakmiq yams, and bulge quickly 3 to adelicaze br own'. This broad will; ,be agolden yellow and 21.5` liglu asf loake. Though it is been eaten. with; `butter while. very warm, it. L5 veryi nice cold, as_i-n the picnic luncheon, to.` be eaten with me-ats. Often, instead` of_purttiu'g lard in the batter, Aunt. `Fanny would use the gr.eas'e that, she} ;fr1ed our. of apiece of fat bacon Lyg 3 cutting it. in small,.'strip.'~a and putl.ing'A' fthem for awhile in apau on {:1 but [ stove. L U - SOUTHER`l;IvI;READS.` 1: . Here are three recipes /brought; from out of the old slave time that - `yeg h-old good in 1)ixie:- I _ju'ry -systein;-1 ;'rl`:)pt:l` [trib,l.j ;;u..1'gh.e-rs if '2~;.u:)rdS thin. pe;`.-re.n1;:1ge d- `iilldy 11 very}, i2Jax`.dm's an, I-3.` 13: +51 Pwn- I` who --an sunny ul. U10 D . E Still another bed has a00\lfr of white sateen covered by apretty mus- linl of white that ha of pale blue striping it. A deep ruifleg all around`iL h`a.s an up-standing edge and acleep hem. Over the pillow.) 1s a. pretty arrlangement. It is merclya very deep -rule tied at the Lhxee brass posts `by big bows of pale blue ribon. Twositmilar bows are at the two lower 3 `corners of he bed. The cu1'Laiu.s2 are; of plain white muslin with` narrow` outside curtains of ablue and whitei` I strip-d stuff." _ - 1 Ab buussh bed has `man cover that[ tails off the" bad all around gfor a few ' i-nqhes ofabeautiful Frenchchintz of `arouse pi-nk background with white 05- trich` feathers sprinkled over us sur- face} with agaylittle cherub here and % Ultere. There-Is one of those long P*a3`t-e. bo'ard-rolls covered with the Chintz at the head of the ;bed, Wzth a 10118 bow 01" very wide roge .~,ezt1nnb- box: hangxng Irom either am}; of} it to the~oor. The valauxe LS of white! pique. with a rorse 1 piunk stripe running ' ` dru=.s'Lng Litbl has H _ hiLe rose-:s Lr1'ped ` mushu, hkc [house an the wide wiud.0wS and on the window seat, which i.scov- exqed with apale gree.u' velour, Lhere a-.-re! rO..'it3, n-l.`n|( nnuhinnu A- .. _ 4 x ..--.. ...,...u 5:.cc.u vcxuur, l..l1B1'6 are: rose pmk cushions. AI glean old- twshxaned wing chair is upholstered lWi`Lh the `lovely chiutz, witha valance like "Lha.t- (II "the bed. nr;|n`6-l~n-- `-7 ` ' Cakt_;8_*Bread.-One must have guns-u -3 _ . _ _ _, , ` -- - -- \-A . -.:nu`u._y UOEEOQ WLS6 murslim. - About the; edge, for a valance, , there is a deep trill with a shorter. one -laangxxig over it. both together making alittle up-standing ruffle all about the sides-and foot 011 the bed. Each frill is tucked witli three-i-nch wide` tucks. The) covermg-`for. the top. has xa lme of thre-e--imch Mride tucks all around the side. And where the lines of! tucks cross at the corners they dver-lap each ot'hor, makmg a p`aLte.rn of ught an- gles at the four conners of the bed. At the" right hand corner 11:; an-elabo- ate _a.ppI1E1ue monogram resstlng 0n`a set of right angles. l V A bra.~ss aflat: that the afewV of'a. beautiful of arouse with white 05- _ 'tr1ch' sp1`l}nkled su1`- `face, with | I A pretty bd nmng of rose` `over. cover ofc PRACTICAL RECIPES. BED I FURNISHINGS. I -spread is mde witha L pink sateen, with an .dainty dotted SWISS L LL- --`l |-\ilU'`.i UL '.x'sa"+: and f1_ 7:11 corps; _.......,. suvJ.$vLI U` M" WWII it 131.: m.`g;1,, cf: be A sosstxzakdnin nerve that toms in a -- _.._.--- -aunvn - AIUFYCUI-9"; Iamum-ethathoohag-acoersof masto- 1-ieswammoreteul to him than motto! the" men and woman whom he \ ed in everyday life. They ward soup! that * their fate aected him-up; it/it, tha'fai2eo!hi`sdea`1-esVtfrlondn_L. _ j_ ` ' uxnuun:\`u:lll(_`l1[ or u copy of hi! Study of the Works of Alfred Tenny- son. the following lines having been cited by Mr. Taiush an 'an instance 01 me<.-hanicul super-naturoJism: Though faintly. 'men'ily, hr and far away. He heard-the pe-alina of his parish bells. Tennysnn replied: "A friend of mine told me that he had heard his own parish balls in the midst of_ an eastern desert--not knowing atthe time it was Sunday. He ac- counted for it to me by stating that there was, (1-ringing in: his ears whlch his old _a:-rsqciations molded unconsciously ; into the soundihe heard. There is nothing really supernatural, mechanically or oth-_.-~ -erwise, ln_,`.E. A. s hearing bells.,tho1;h `the iuthqr most probably did intend, . 0 .pi`ssage to tell. upon the reader my `M`1u.,`, . . ' . A L 5 . .,--v- ;V Tennyson xv.-1:4 L-xct-4~liu;;Iy char) ` throughout his life of replying to_criti- cism or loaring. up obscnrities in bi! `works. but a letter of the poet shows that on occasion he ()0DX`ff.`d- from his custom- ary rule. A The letter in question was ad- `dn-ssod to M 1'. Edwtu-d CampbeATainsh in :1<`knon'!a=dg1m-ut of -of hil .Q+n.l-.. Mr .1... nu - -" ` ` ' .`;u ripuil III!!! I. CPI! Tennyson excm~liu;; mplyin 0 __ 11, , - - Away... A _ ,,_, ..-.- ,_,-......u. LII-LI us uusuuulby. Minniv Hauk s husband, the Chevalie; Von Hesse-Wartzegg, is an indefatigablu traveler and writgr. His latest book do scribes a. tour in China; and Japaui. Hi: home is at 'I'1-icbsaahou, near Lucorne, on}: `I00 yards from the house where Wagnex [wrote his .Meistersinger" and when King Ludwig used to visit him. G __.c'- ....-.- ---n.`-.5-|LA\J. E Adolf Menzel, the nctogennrian painter ` hf Hoheniollern glories, received for_ a E New Year s gift the order of the Black ; Eag1e,'tIie highest decoration in the gift 01 ` the kaiser. _No artist before him had eve) received stich an honor in Germany. James Whitcornb Riley, the poet, says A poet is the Alcxnnd-or Selkirk of litera ture, for he must lwd 3 life alone, so apart from the stimulating companion ship of xnejn nf his o`w_u calling and snccrec at by ihe-general run of humanity. Min`-gin 1InnYr :- 3an.Ju....1 `L- rsL Mr. Watts, R. A., who is over 80, is go- ing to devote himself to sculpture for a time, the su bjecb to be :1. life size statue of the late poet lam-cute, Lord Tennyson. M. Alfred Croiset, the new president 01 vthe French acadenny, is said to be tha. grmtc.`Greck scholar in France. Beside: petformlng his professorial duties he has Written many standard works on Greek language and literature. -A .,`l_I II E; firihg-, Q'. 514 yea.ra..._ mm fire af Sebait. __._-.. .- -.nrs/x, Ul.IJl`L.IlIH H. Eugene Leigh has repurchascd the` La. Belle stud, comprising 100 acres, Lex- ington, Ky;, at an advance of $24 per acre. Colonel Milton Young purchased the farm ggme months ago, paying $101 an acre.- . . _-_- V-`av u. nu: VJ vAxhorn is,a son of Axtoll that will be out next" season. This one is out of Gale- ty, by Jersey Wilkes. grandam Nemesis, dam of Nemoline, 2:12, and has shown a mile in 2:21%, trotting. `D 131..-"..- 1 _.1_.L I ` ` ,_ __ ..._. V--:4. 3; c. Ogllvie has the ice track at Ayl- mer ready for the horsemen, and the club- house and judges stand are completed. The buildings will all be well heated and M lighted with electricity. Kvlunnn In .. ...._ -1 A . us .. . --- - WIlliau Black : Norvotnui. Qvvua-on-&I._..|.I.I_- _1 , --,- ........a, as ucxug uxxvuu U11 [118 I030 111 51(1- ney, N. Y., by his owner, Mr. Gregory. He is credited with being the best road horse in the city. 1' (1 r\_.n_:- 1 , ._.- ..--`/1 ---5 vanvub Lunl All UQHBCKI UULICU. - Mocking Boy, B:08%, by Maanbrino King, is being driven on the road in Sid- TIAV N V kw Ida .-.~."....._ 11_ n, _- -.. vrinnvvh iv. 9.). .n. .LauuUU&. epidemic of inuenza. has broken out among the horses in the vicinity of Lexington`, Ky., and many valuable mares are slipping their foals in consequence. .Mnnhinn Dan 0.1101; n... -v- V-nu uuuuwao UL ULIU VUUI/u1'Ua ' SEAS: the fastest green pacers at Sel- ma, A111,, is John F, by Hal Parker, 2.11%, out of the dam of Peter Turney, , 2:11. He is owned by S. Paddock. An nni.-l.\.._.'.. -3 _--1! White Cake.--One Eupful of butter, two cmrpfuls of sugar, one oupful 0! sweet milk, three cugffuls of flour, the lwihzi-ets of vve eggs, two teuaspoonfuls ef baking powder. Easily made and very good. ` anxious for the success of the venture ....__.. V... ../u-u-waAu\;L.I.J, .U`I74. m :l`be Santiago do Cuba Jockey club will hold 3 three days meeting, commencing Washingt-on s birthday. The Cubans are. ('\n.-. n-P J-LA -2-.-J-A-1- F LJAIT. 1 3 U1u_,[' t"~1!`.".h.-5, Duthh _ I... I I 1 Egg .R.o1;sT;-Mix two `hoabupfuls of Imilk, two eggs :1 little salt and three 'and a half oupfuls of flour. Bake in hot gem pans in a quick oven. " Dr. Scottfccnterville, In.., has a 2-yar- old colt that has license to step. The youngster is by L-ockheartv, 2:08%, out of the dam of Stmthberry, 2:004. IN-.- Q-..+:....... .1- n--I-- 1' -__- r--v- \.r\Av uuav nwaauu. C'.'Lohmire, Portland, Or., won a bronze medal at the Omaha exposition for the best exhibit of hand turned horse- nhnan uuu shoes. 9---. Apple C'ust.ard.--0ne pint pf mashe stewed apples, one pint of sweet milk, forur eggs, one cupful of sugar, and a little nutmeg, Bake slowly in cups or deep dish. Trainer Charles `O1cutt is sharpening up old Mascot, 2:04, at Jcwcttville and will have the pacer out next season. A II` - I `PEN, CHISEL AND anus-1. Baking Powder.--A good baking powder may be made as fo-1lows:-Six- teexn ounces of cornstarch, eight of bi- carbo-nate of soda,5 of tartaric acid; mix thoroughly by passing through` a sieve. ovwu wucupl:u1B'oIvmeal; when 0001 add two c4upe`of flour, one of butter. one and one`-`halt of 8l1:g 8.I', th1`86, 93.353 flavor with nutmeg or with cinna~ mon; let rise till very hght; 1'9 about one-half inch think, out In diamond shape and fry 1n haot lard- Poor Man s Cake.--0ne and one-ha oupfuls of brown sugar, two of flonr. one each of butter and chopped 1'8-18' ine, threeoggs, three tlablespoonfllls of sour milk, half a tea8P00'l1f1_ f soda; half a cupful of blackberry J3m~ This is an excellent as` well as econo- mical cake. x~W4'.`uIy Ill cue uatcer unq Iry in hot lard or drippings. The same bat? may be used in cooking pig : feet or salt pork. -' C"1m.<`a1 Dorug'hnuts.--_-P'our a tea- Wpful and 9. half of boiling milk over t" t9"!Pfuls -of meal; when cool add two mum nf Chan. A... ..c I.--LJ;.... .__- --v-- vvnlnll U110 Ill. DVVUCHILLIIE BLIVIJ Gull an 3988 well beaten and wiittle salt; draw the _trip`e and wipe as dry as P`351b10. `dip in the batter and fry `in lard nr III-:nn:nrnu 'I`H.u nnrnn flour with one of sweet milk, then add `an .n.-..-.. .-...1I L__1_,,, -_J A I!LLI_ __._IL_ Tennyson and ` THE HORSE RECORD. Sly, "Inf : 1 eastern r'I`(.IQI-III`AI\o `VA - - C`:-lc. . v.--'a-v`.uu QIIIIIEII F A 10--.: rI'I-._'_- .11 Ln {VIN-n Tn] :='h<)(:h`%, Which: i i. 2 su pporf.-7` u`! ,z`-,)?, "rim": .:;`z:ing.~:. They : `-"I1 I :`IT' t0 ::5._ouni _ Jim \ J|\J. . ._";_~ '. L--: vin 22' mm!-LV ...T.}i'ar-s-; 'i'ndi`s- TOOLS 1, 19 1 hr-. ptrevili . .1 .... 5.1.. -,1 hzvl is known" M yvv 9} v; ldrt I __.- .., ux.u:- uuaxeu I" asxed'I.sdy- 16. and then, seemingly fearful .0! ng betrayed too?muoh ignorance.` l}ns`.cned to add, "Thouch I speak `ah well, -I have not r_ead,,m_uch I-sh literature. I am `an fai_t1. in 041` my own country." Flgd. _!! pzqde gun ; reply __a&1`;e __gg3(i" .. talk to me about; Ba` V In-3%. "L :uu1uL1`y,' returneq Vivien. 1 :1 (-old smile; "the library hre cl] stocked. m1,-.x .~u'e trua.friends, contmued Izuiysahripe, who had read but 19.?" m wglad, Vivien, to find mus 1.-.1-iry of taste between -us..What, ;:mI hours we shall spend_ In tho ary !" she said, trying pohtely to ress a yawn, and inwardly long- ror 1110 gentlemen to `join L_'hem;' 'n_ut are you reading, Vivaen 3 .:1.sk.-cl. "I quite envy YOU; Your _so engrossed. vxen looked up. _- 7 am not particularly engrossed in book, she replied, "thou 11 it 13 ry delightful one. It .Ml`F-g`. el]'S 'Rut.h."" " ` ho is Mrs. Gaskell I" asked may ie; nd then. seemimrlv an.c.n nl . 1` ,.... uulli 1 M1WGi's . is one at Emmi: 36!! { 'nu }1`i'.a1?`c;r'1d of reading, salz said; am I. I adore books. nu will find plenty of such ob- . of idolatry, returned Vivien`, amiloa "Hm 1n..........- I---A .. ..r_d e'l'..;5.*5. `fitr .:.:up:;v.1m9.. ms~` ,f%flu;=:;,gg}v ln`u;ie at times to look at `Sir Ar- urls wife dazzled (one s eyes, she m(*1 so very bright; when she ii.-I, Mu-2 strange effect of "glitter" .i('h Sht` h,I7`l.h'hIn3(i `Iron 3 m n u n n an-J H.-mm Dorman looked up -with al I1:. ing face. . "_`.li.4s Nuslie will have a- clever op-, vn<-mt, he said to himself. "Sir r` hur s wife is keen of wit and sharp trm,r;'ue. M T 4* 'l`lu-n the father and daughter talk-L .m_=_re~H1ex'. The secretary watched: lty Neslie intently. He had been- mnly impressed by her` first .x;~o-:1r.'1`n('.e; the had thought her illimllly lovely. But; now, as he nk:-:1. 111`;-*.re appeared to be some- .in_:r artificial about her beauty; her us were very bright, the colorofj r oval cheeks was very pink, thefl hr in hm` brown hair had aetrange] Men s.h"-en. - 5 "l'h*-rr- is too much glitter, he said" ` him about her seems I nil?! T \ ;.:v. ; .'L'-L0I]1.`,'Of "the friends he had~- ii; ti';1v;ls, of 8.'thOuS9.!1d in- .=-nn; H`-.iu.3,'s. Shh turned ' -i.12iy- ._o 3211`. Dormqn,fand seem- ; `I; ;-u.i;-=. him as a third in their` F. .'.. :'LK:(l7i{')'x1-_-`iVJl1iL to` Lady >Nes1ie she 5. rm oi.).s`LI"y .'11'.iO'11,, she spoke no- }. (2:-1'.w.l.l could not helpthinking. :9-.-: {hu _"h-llg wife seemed rather to 1' .`u- ii.;Ler1 than to talk.` _ ii: hni 'L:e.x3n a slight unpleasant- ;. -; av}; 21 (hey entere-.1A 'the dining- ': m. \ii.i:n1x, forgetting for a. mom- nu at.--_ (`ii-111353 in" her position, 'had ,~. ,-; .i . u.~:u".l L0 her place at the table. fir .~ u ;`.;`-.-n e::pi.1'u;ssion of her father s `ul--T r--znimlecl he1`.'1hz1t she `was do-` n;r xmftmg. She stopped abruptly, 1 u. E: (.1 he r fair proud face, Va;soorn=- 1:` =L1r'.'-c fU'u. .1(i her beautiful mouth. `_ ! f'.`.`." ;.`1l'.i\2'.Il,_i:(\.}_)Z1,"'6i]B Said. ' "I "ii fur;:=n1i+m. She, did, not 10'0k'O1` `.2-n 41.-rn(:4g at the young wife, who ` inayd by with Iutlghing mischief in M` ~ye.~;.V V ` * - ` --\.'..,.--. +.. 1. .:...... -............,.L._.___1 as _.L ! v= I --,u(.\`-), LLSAQVLA LU IJUL I-(ADI-I95 v\-FL I I I ..._. ....u uu.L 1Lvr.'m, u.J.rl.1LU cl. gxcul. : and :1gitTn,ti0n in them; when they` ~k.- so little disturbance as to be` 2, vnlien, I snyT_it is zi compliment to!` L. v-H1 - I11. ,1 .s1\..I-`I110, zm ;::1vnio.n was . In (wax -...L.- LL. .-..-..,, tr\14UUIVIII` . Luu-L vl!l[>lviOIi not to be per- H) go into the grounds, went to her. . * . - .5 u Llul I began I\Y\.(\v\ - "1 L .1 .- .-\x'Lhu1' Nee-he,-hrs -,w1`e` and fmer, and Gerald Dorman sat -.to- 1.1` L`u1.- Lhe first time round the _ `man-.siy appointed dinner.bfta.ble* ..'H`=.<'.;`\'.(`.`;)C]. The baronet v_va's'all x-'.i..:=.1 and devotion to -his young . \ i~.i:=.n, `Loo proud /to display: 2 .'.in;_.:. talked to her father` of -11am,-, ofthe friends had- _1! A 'J.I_-_--.'-___! 2}. M maxi I, `EnoughStormand%SunSl1inc y w,juuu1onl,"_. WII` FBI` "My th6|`_ _ `IO0I'6.-,. t U585 1'8! lhlfl. `W1 WW3! _nwlv `id .....unvo_; I unguu gguy. seenungly fnn rnunh I.a..........._.. . V` She had the 3 uu uuu uu Lu (J! uuouuer, virtues that should dis.- tix_1guieh' queens`: she was loyal` in her trlendhir . she .vm_ at `abtrve all such mm 1 sins as 4. traotion and gossip; use '- "invariably" attended the . absent, even when the -ware;-w : she never betrayed __| _. ant` or ten advantage. at, 13/` enemy.` But with these qualitiu phe .peuunod-alqo eet taulwshe wilproud, in?-loui,, otter: intolerant: and thought: tud - ed6:t":<'#~hor ,cum-hMu1~e-"humus .a;, uuauytu V7 V1 U G .-` ~ c A iuuy, ll. true, nigh-bred,` 9 noble woman, in her mother's place,g` would not have seemed so amiss; but J-` `5 fllllls Jizugliicig. Wight-ey.ed French, " `girl, who to the keen eyes of Sir Ar-j` t thur's daughter, betrayed her want of;` _ good, breeding a hundred times each,` v day--to be compelled to yield toVher.;i to see her in her mother's place, was,` ' gall and WOl`1IlW00d to Vivien Neslie. H r She was not ill-natured. The; small faults that often mar a char-i acter were not hers; she was notxt vein or untruthtul; her faults, like'_u hex` virtues, were of an exalted typej" She was a woman endowed with rare_;: ' nobility of soul; she had great vir-'1 tues nndrgreat `defects. The vir-A1 tues were all her own; thedefecte 41 were principally owing to her `eduoa-if, tion and training, She was generouefg, even to a fault`; there. was no selfish- ness in her. She gave.largely- with royally open hands; no one "ever ap- pealed; to her in vain; no one asked a kindness at her 'hands.and was re- refusedi She was truthful alniost to - `a tault; sthetook a keen delight in detecting, and 'unn1a-skins little in- eincerities," in expoein all, hypeorisiesf; she told, the truth lo. the.,~expen_`s_e of , her rown ' feelings and other 'p`eople'e_; .5 also. ' -Truth was mirrored in h,9i`je3`{al_.;i hi dwelt on `her"liu:s%:'*.one relied j`o'_n- her Tm simple"-word .ae'.on>ie,_"oa_th 9t.:anqthier,; . s. Rh `had filni`-`.-%Ivi'|'nn~"I-`nn Ii -"5-I"n`-`it '-1:3` -Elli u 1 subversion `of li('-=3, in which Ir-gal redress ; pf We grand. ms -my`ju' A -I-911 lm vatgg the volksraaglr. \ ; `noted withff ' -K'rugn1`*ex.: "aunnnn rily :2:-:9. who had; and uhly ,u'd. all thq` lulll `c her vi: W: _-L!i!L From that, the first day of Lady` Neslie s -arrival _in her new. ,home,j Vivien Neelie devoted herself to the task'of. proving Sir Arthur's wife no tting mistress for the Abbey. She assured herself `over and over again, that, if `her ggther had'ma x-ried --a. `would not haveleeemed so 3-W91` 'mP~.V 5138 might be in _, ____ _-_--.,.,., W. ....., ,,.,.,.,,, me, --.-~_ vw-wuvu may Ne3_Lie closely.` '.n`d- Wth the k681i. 11119I`1'1I18_D31`P` father had'married -a, "0" ` 8` 9 w`."."an"'he d"`d} lady, ehe would not -have felt it sothat 11'9" fa`h'91"-5 WW-6 W843 00 1118-d.V. deeply. A lady, a true, high-bmdiShga .'w:au.3 be-a-uvLif'ul, clever, versatile,` woman, inher place,I51F"-'-`ll "1 M13-P'~1I1Q' hmself ta. What- _' but a * 935,3 juun-mug, bu-i,;_|,{1t-..ev:ed Frnmr-.h ;lad.;v-no. elm was nnf n...+ m_ =-_ l 19 L14`? alone. ruonuuuAJ L1U'Lll 116 arm. "You are so truly English, Mr. Dorman, she said; "a . Frenchman would have devoted` himself over and over again to me before this. "I am very ignora.nt,"returned Ger- ald; the art of paying. compliments is almost unknown to me." _ . "I _am afraid,. thought Valerie "that I shall find the man of this country almost as dlill as its skies. And after that she evinced._no parti- c ular desire for Mr. Dormp; gso`ciety -iihe was well content tole avd~-"him, a net - ucoquu UILJJUJ. lily Uu1'[.`'10yeI"S or his daughter s; I should not pre- sume to do so. T . Lady Neslie withdrew her hand im- patiently from his arm. "`r(\.1I nun an J-..--I._ 111, 1'0 I -- .,,..... .. eovv ma uuzuu uI.uu mnus." - I "I am. -a,fracid," [returned [Gerald-, confused-Iy, "that I do 1 not under-} stand the art of giving hints; I have a very unfortunate habit 'of speaking to`t.he`point. 9 ' - ' '1 How charming! How English! cried her ladyahip, with a pretty lit- tle. laugh. But you will at least give me the` carte du pays; for ex- ample now, Miss Neslie--she is very` stately, very proud. is she not 3 I ."I beg ten thousand pardons, ans- wered*Gera1d, "but I must decline to discuss `either In em lo er s affairs . . Y has dmm-hfnr n- `I uhmna v\I\" -T-- Most condesoendingly she laid `her, ~whdte hand on his arm. V T I ' You and I, Mr. Dorman, she said," `in her most charmingmanner,-"must !g*row- accustomed to each other. Sir. Arthur does not like going out after` dinner, and I`like it. I shall` trust to lyo-u to give me some "little hints. Ur gm ,,,p,.,,,;,1 n ....4..-..__.: ,r~o-_AIJ I She was very pretty, very gracious, this doquettish Frendhd lady; Ger-! 4lal4-1'3 honest English ideas were rather gbewildered by T,-her. He, had-keen, {sharp sense, and he soon perceived that [her wish for hiS's`ociety, was but a lruse; she wanted some hints from ' him "as to how matters stood at Lance- urn.nd,. .. buoy uuuu 11-om ms aaugmter." I Then she seemed to glide rather than to walk out of the_opanewindow,, `imd Gerald followed her wonderingl ! y. I Cl... --.-- ....m M `:11 and 0t ct. av`!-Iv`-1;: me` add1 u_ -/y S.'Ilip`g'1_l. her m::t:h `be way 0. nary 4 b:1Ll:erieS ha: ' s ( `of "these ng arrive. '~::v<=- ur Juveu uu weu. - , - _ Does she? `Most young ladies s_1_8'`1 S1111-Pose. rejoined `Lady Nes- '11'6V. I never remember tohave met.. :39? YOIIDE lady who did not play or.` 5~`n8"-01` both. ` But, then, you see,` '1V,h'- D01`1I1aD.- I cann sing songs to S11` Arthur that would sound absurd if they cams from his daughter. fnri 'l\ rrlzn --nl-I-snug . -u.- uuuu 1.-'I'8Lliy Iouy. - I "'O1d ? she repeated. ' "No, you? _shall talk of fgrowin-g old, `Stir Artbur,! u_1 fortyfyears time--w.'hen you have] hnes on your face and `less light in; . Your eyes. Come, Mr. Dorman; I 3.1-! `ways sxng to Sir Art.hur.in the even-[ line`. and I 3"`u.uf not -stay out long. "Miss Neslie sings, said Gerald, re- m `mbsring long evenings of enchant.- .m{:nt w:h:an he had listened to the5 `V0109. he loved so well. I "nnnn cl-".0 ` Ml'-...a_ ___,,;, H I I!-~ ";:3-"-"1 `J11 '11'L.[l-Ur, DuC--.-" But that you thank I am too for such pretty folly. Old 9" Aha .-nmn.....+...x um - 51"`? JVUUS secretary to snow them er. ' ` . T "Not t_ha.t you despise .'mdonlight : FY0388. S11" Arthur, but-.'-" "Rn+ fknf ...... u.:..1_ 1- -___ ;__ getung one on fire. ., j `Then the genl;lemeriV came_in; and.- Lady Neslie, bent on seeing the roses` by-moonli-ght,[ Iaughingly a-pp-ealed .toi the` young secretary to show them to` her. .telling her that her father's secre- I_->U'u.1(1 8.l!.'nQSt_h8;V8 slain `her; 1 I "'-When you are more accustomedtn E-nglisah `society, Lady Neslie, she! said, you will understand that ludiesi do not jest about their dependents.. eYo-u wi_ll know better than to thinkl that you will` please any young lady by ? Fairy admires her. . . a Lady Neslie was` half scared, but it: was. a point with `her neyer to lose} her good humor. S/,he rose from her` seat with a gay little laugh. V ` I will leave you to your books," she said, and I shall always remem-!_ ber my first night in` England, for, this reason--that, alt`hou.gh I could not melt an icicle, I have succeeded in $5 getting fire. |.` 'r"l\nn IL.` .......:.I-_.-,J ` ' ,'L.nqu'ire `-wibat you are pleased to 9"`. . \ ' . , . ' dLady Neslie drew. ba_ck halt alarm-, B o _- V ; ` . . -"I mean nothing, `except that he seems. I fancy, to admire you.-" Vivien smiled a c0ntempvtuou_B"smile.. fbr which the bright girl at her side i could almost have slain `her; -xvi... .;...- -_- ---- ' N%&Ii`tIB.UB-IIIU5 III` -Won 1 `av %...n* rbjudhut.` ` A war CHAPTER.` VI. ELL. ' `msistaken in her conclusions, . "Yo-an-re thinking of. ms, `Vl_vian,"_ said Lady Nealvie suddenly one` morn- ring--tlmy woraboth In the library. "I know` it. _` bgcauae l`! i_te nnoonapidusly your htwo been sitting loolni_ngf"at me crow `PI-[llllcg HUWUVQT, ` apd _...muwu ul. mar ~or, over us. when she began to wonder if it was possible that he had been deceived. ` He had` relied evidently very much` on the `girl ! name--Va-lerie D'Eete. The D Estee were a` noble family; she `had both hpa."rd*and read of them. It was {Est p'o_uible, h|owe'ver,' that she might mistaken her oonolvnainnl 91d ' , --- n-I--I1-LIL . s`-.U.'~9 B310 ` `more . than `once 1 to herself, `"Tha men at our man have. married ,novble hwomeg, pure and of high repute; 111:2. wmnen h-asye mt:-'rri-ed, no'ble_ men. In all the family annals I remember no trace at a low marriage. If my 'fa1fhJer married an advgnturesa. he will Lbs`-tin : first. to have brought even. .t-he shuudowi of dial" or, us. '. hat.-an "Ill u---J-_ 1; 91 ~ A ,_u.m uul.unpu.ny snoa m:.gh't be in; a; ; Iad.y-no, aha was not t,hat--Vivien felt J 5eur_e of it. The `very oareu1n"e;ss`with I ,'whioh shv3._a;vIcaided all that she. con- } _si.d ered vulgar was anmher proof to} ithza bighbregd girl that her suspicions; `were correct.` If E.h:a was not,a Lady, H`rn3n indeed hind dzceived her fa-. ; her , and 113 was n3-t so m-u `h? to 1:1 ` ma. i We have nev`er had a disaster of ilhiat kind in our family, she said more . _to herself,, awn... man -4 --- -~ ...... aavvu LU wax` .:.aLn61`.' -5116 was (200 I quvick not to See Us iaults---an indolent I character was a novelty in their fa;m- -ily--3h21s'avv*_h=`.s want of firmness. of` clear qsoundi judgment and deoision; 51122: {understood t at_ hi's~ha1f-wearied .f.ash.ion of looking upon -e-veryihing as In burden and trouble was the fault that she mu-_s4t remedy. A She `watched Lady Neslie cloaelf. and, with unerring p3rcep- 1of :1` g:ant_l.e4wQxnan, she discerned . . ,............,. Lu um. anxiety to becomel , worthy of it, she overlooked -other. l things. ` She never thought of culti-| v-aiing friends who would be useful to` her. She did not think of making a poszdtion {Eur herself`; Her one idea was [to !be .a worthy queen of honking- dom. In her own mind she had form- f ' ed: a hundred grand ideas for helping ' othners--for improving the condition of I the poorer tenants. They were noble thoughts for a girl of eighteen, show- ing that her Irlie had not been fritter- ed away in frivoolous occupations. Then she thought Little of love be- cause the wholed evotion of her heart was-giv-en`to hler gather. She too` quick not to sun }|.s: {....1+.. .. :-n_- lauuv LLIFI-I-I 1.161`. ' , With. her glorious dower o_f richi Southern beauty, her genius and tal-1 ent, -her grand inheritance, the won-I d-er: was that she had lived until the `age of eighteen without love. But she] ;wa.3*a grirl of single ideas; she eon- cen1:rat~e;l her mind on one object-she Iw'a.3 h-eriress of Lanoewood, this grand `domain that was one day to be hers, and she devoted every energy of heart, mind, and s-ou_l to fit herseli for the position. In her. anxiety to become` `other things. _She cultii-ll I I v-aung to hersal`; Hm M.-.. :.z..... |f.ce. W-,..ua-tu u Bl.a[-88ID:8.I1 or poL'1tics.t to an artist-o-f pictures, to an author of flb-ooks. She had the peoullia-r and won- Jderful guilt of seeming to enter into people's lives, of being all things to T them, of understanding them with al- most f-atal facility. She would have made an excellent Amba.ssador s wife. She resembled _.the clever Frenchwo- men w.hao-held reunions in which they seemed to govern France. Sir Arthur '-had often said to her, It will be a. `good thing (for Lamoew.ood `when it (falls to you, Vivien-you will make it I-f-aimonus--you are one of those born to lrulce-'-you hvave a genius for command. And now he had brought a strange girl, young are herself, '-toytake that rule xrom her. , \X7: 4 `I. `I. .- - - ` ' ` _..- uuu v4ucu.uuuI.. UUU.VU1's`5H.1LlI0n3..l POW lgrs. Like many other talented wo- 'm-en, she occuld -La-lk well. on almost all top-ic.s-to a statesman o`f poln'tics,j a.`I'biSt-n-F nnf'nr.o.u I-n nu` ....J.L.._ -0: Luv: Luuuat. exqu-1s.1Vte taste and skill; she: was an artist of no mean ability; shu spoke French_ and Italian perfect- ly-in addition to which she had not '= neglected to study her own Language. {Shea wan well versed in the literature out her own country.- She was quiek of apprehension. `She understood an idea alm-opst before it. was expressed. `She had` excellent conversational pow- ers. Lik-9 mramv nfhnr +..1,...+,.,u ...- Iuq lvU'V'U U1.` .l'I.l..l.U. ` This-she" f-9.-u-Its `been fostered in. V h_ser. Sir Arthur.` who was one of the ' mbvstl in-dolaent of men. never took the troiubl-e to correct `her. Let the child tfhiarvre her `own `way,.he_i1vouLd say, V ' him. He loved herwtith` such a weak, foolish! lov-efthaat h-e`co'uld refuse her nothing, nor would he allow any one jfelse to refuse her." She cannot be mis- - gtI'I8I.hlf0I`8 some day. She cannot be- lzg-in too soon. And she had `grown `;`up'with- that idea firmly engraved on I-11131` mind. She was to be mistress, Han-d the sooner she began the better. =A..=% she grew older her. marvelous riquickness, 11:31` wonderful talents, all 3:w.hen compllaints yvere brought to 4 seemed. to fit her to be mistress of av large estate. . TJ,-.a`......... ...' 1- -_ -7 1 -- . `*5-'1 6'5 U3LU,LB.v mf=`,::;*e::rL:::::0?%d:" ` ' eore er. e lggggd `hI'-a'1.hJlE5_l`. have imagiged herself gtn1aa.anf mvmg as a`ny.hmg except` rm; hia:dyf(c)>3t.Iza ~`;1;1d(`}e hal(1)"o:`;1 11ail cIT-d h;;:r;*;:: gig` linen hler succession as a right that !cru.e1I|1?efc(E11'd t-agke from her. _ It was [her 0*. rer fa..her to have glven her suddowl for so long, gnd then { _9_n Y --" "mg a new wife home. Vnnehad rare _talents.. .sha was Perfect -. a m:us'ic1an-sh-e sang with `me m'3t exquisite taste and skill; Shll WFRR nm gr-rn+ AA! m- ........._ __Ls|:.._,, .. ...v... a.-awn. J.-aunuy puue wuu 1.161` was ` `a vimbe; (shie could" not under- stand how it was possible to make! it 8- sin- everything also was as naught ocsm-pared with have and loyalty to her -fam:i1y-pr'id.e in. her name and posi- ! tion. Shne ban a strong will, that had lnever been bent or broken. and she had ,'a.- love of rule. V I "1`ulA...-'1`_-_`lz._ >1 I ` -I I 4 ' ` ` . noble ibiirith. of her lohg of` the - a.n'nglsjfo,a family -which had : furnished warriors and statesmen. She head at certain lofty` oontempt for those of inferior station --not far the people-- themselves, but V `(or the station they occupied; she nev- _6r expressed it in word or look, yet it 1wa.s.with~in her; she was one of ' those who would h*avIe_oonsidered death `pr'efera.- bl:e to a low marriage, whose notion of highesthonor w:a.s~_loyalty to their race. Family pride with her h v0T"I;I.n ' l|,f|II'A ` -\p.# uunuinu Imny ha 31i'iz7t_B'6 iB";' Ktmzi j hm _elt T. Th-`A "warn nun .-.. r..I...'..;._.. ____ `T THE NORTHERN fA'DVA_fTCE. elf mommissiqlj d: yet_we 1134: --xpe-nd-iture? of La` we had no

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