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-After putting light bread in ehe *cvei`1 to bake, to make it rise even tur`n the pans hefgre the bread be- gins to brown," the loaves will rise the same on each sxde.` . . .r , _ V -_ _--_-- --- .. .... --- vv|~I.\-l- I The easiest way to clean carved picture frames is to use a small paint brush. (slippers, ' belts, gloves and purses are best cleaned by rubbing them with French chalk. Songes are great germ collectors. They should be scalded out thor- oughly every little while. Never forget 'tcS- dust over the gloor and window frames when giving a {room its thorough wcekly c1 eaning-. 17 . `-7,1,` - . ___, ___-..v - ----... f Have as nice towels as you can ,aoi:d, but pay less_ attention to the quality `than to their cleanliness. r I |I}e;' tlZ1(em1-atVeVr "5-;:)Hv:'.n of _old-fashioned ' owered muslin is heralded as the very top of `the fasion, To clean drain pipe of refr_igerat-' or, remove, put cork` in bottom, and Vll with common bzking soda and bwarm water. \ . . X If you have one.of those Immense old halls give mace in it for a daven-'. port and a table of books.` It will ybe` 'o_n e of the _c9mfort's of the home; Vd_i_1ring_`fh`7$un1;mer. ' . A~ 4 Tailored and Guaranteed by H. I/inabarg & Co. Limited, loaf:-cal 5"'.l"" ".f."'.'.T'3.`. 3! .. ` llu stood looking on and hstenmg. _ mus mwarrl Hetty M.oore. . But he )5 \.u\..\.a\u us-natty, had been tempted to reveal 'h`i;!n_sel`f',g and in Mamie s presence, .,to_ex,trat` W;1_];m~is a confession of h1s.re1_a.-i b *0 taken aba.c]_< .at. what. had eendbthat, for the time. hehad not trusted himse to intervehe. As soon asthe trap had turned the bend: of the road he suddenly bec'am_e it.1_l-f 1), awakened to a sense ofrhts rei- sponsibility. ,_ . - p. _ _ Without another second s' hesttai;- . tic, he stepped 1nt0Vthe_roa_d and mm towards hls fathers farm. '01; arriving there he entered out- house and ht a candle. Hts 1.);cycle,v somewhat out of date, but still set- viceabl, stood _against the wall. .It was some weeks since he had ridden it, and the back _ tyre_ " looked as though it needed inating: He_ at" once applied a purnp, but it was-not long before he discovered thatthe tyre was ptlllCt1Jl'C(.l. HOt and BX-\ cited, and thinking only of-..M'amic and her treacherous lover, he set} about to repair it. A quarter of 'an hour later the bicycle was readyto Il'lOUllI. - ,4 , ,_-'I _. ; 99 To clean white enameled wood- ework use kerosene m warm water. _"To c1e:u1"Sm};r-na rugs _brush` jhrpugh ,_the;1i.Vzlve,t surface a mufture i sag arsdwcorn meak 's1w.=1*t*= i- IJ KIKSIIIPVIIVU thgn sygecp 1 Brant! A fclollting the 'J1}r.o rid ju(1`g'e`_ you for what yofu .ar'e.' 7 Am the oy11t_8i,de . worthy of ` " -:-like the `honest - improves on V acquaintance. The rich, handsome appearance but reects -the\ careful V`.irork1_n_g.~nship and honest materials of ' the parts Progress Brand Qlothing gives the Jnaximum style, year and value. 3; 1f1_1sn as u cruDD1ng-, 1; 3;; clean; brqom. . 9,1; 1': 2"- H H $33 1. ls: mcnt or twp 1 Adam his .._,: hppn tam: I ~ ,5 d Statctne'riisT3t?'V:this; rTh_BOL an a strictlyindepehdeht-;igL@it_;. } ` _ :3 -- "same Branch. ? ggpital 53,000,009 % Head omcg.: ; SAVI 3 .p -'1 L 3 V ; ; ; =50. r ~ - I`\ .. Anna! nnpns an :|ni9n|arsi5`A'i-5}-I '3.u.'.....`-.. 2- ,2 ' (1 0 -0....-.-r_-x .-_,--1 u -- - J ' ..':F-:!~--.2-v!~I-swig.`it; Qne dollar Opens an agc9t;I.n_tAapd[ nf Ite1fest iij'ddg;1f*:3]f5yer]y_` : 'two lzitcr they drove his cheeks aame, -had ,.... nu! lien.-using 'LI.`" A Love1]?'s%?`I%1\ti*i11s;%i6i1. niindpa Jarvis retorted. ...... M1171.-nan. 50-H-p~ mconPoRJ1=%:6f Continued fr_ofn Pgg !aI'! l1~,.SneVenc0untcn:u flualu. , ~W11l_ you please let me take your _arm, M`r. Warwick? she.Lsaid. ~I fee1.a,little faint. - ` ` ' 11'.--` ........-... Adana : ch-nna arm ICC] Va_ HIUC Juuu. - Next moment Ad_am strong arm `was supporting 5he_f..] , \ A I shall ne_ve'r.be ableoto repay you O `for interceptulgl my _elop..em,en,t with `Basil Iarvis, .she`said. after a while. I thought I loved him` =t-hen, but; II do`n t". It "was a_foo`lis1a fancy that {made me act as I did. She-shud- L-_r -1:..:.4.1.. (Wn`Iv`H1in1(l`hl1t,' for after whaf `has taken place. oI; th sure` {lying qult 10!` a. slew u'a_ya._ One afternoon at sunset, `as`'Mamie5 was taking a quiqete stroll by. herself along the laneenear her `father's farm, sh'evencoum~ered Adam." uurzn um. nhunco 123 me -take vour -mic? j Adam _l -------rv;-v vuu _ClUpllLClI[5_' ' .`,`.Y,bu ve Lhea/fd .t We said`; _ A said, turning to her appealmgly. .Am-I believed? Do you feel now that you can marry this man, who's behaved. so,-"dishon- ourably towards you and towards another woman? If you. do, I ve no- thing more to say. ~~.*'But I felt it my duty, because I cared for,.you, to let you know fh e`truth befo:- _e it -was too late.. Mamie -wassileiit. Her face had".. paled, and, she trembled. ' A motor} car came whirringwalong the roa.,d.f `As `it approached the tra,p,"2its horn `gave outpa loud"tU0t. `At the noise the horse suddenly bolted. As Adam and Basil `were standing behind the trap neither of_them was at hand to "control the startled animal. It had not_ galioped manyyards before its forelegs became entangkd in the reins ,-and it stumbled, falling Yntor a. ditch at the side of the road. and dragging the trap afterit. 1IP';I, 5' .....:u an uuna, ._yuu_ maqe/,hex9d. lirivxig vow. that you d be true to your promise to marry. hr! This is a made-up tale--a j`eVa-loHu`s lie that you ve, invented,-"th.inki'ng` to intercept our /e_lope;'nent!_"* ' - u\r ,'___1__, '1- , , I .~With a cry of alarm `Mamie des- cended h-elplessly on to a -rough. `hedge. Next moment. she fell with` i a_ dull `thud Into the eld at the other side. ' Before many secofds had pas- esed='Adarn was standing over her. M`am ie, are you hurt? - he asked, She. was "silent. /u - ` M`.an*_iie,_spieak-! . ' Still receiving "no answer,. he; [struck a match, and held` it near her face. -Her cheeks were blanched and her eyes closed. She breathed lightly. As tenderlyas if she had been a new-born child, he raised her. into his arms. Then he strodeyoifl towards 'a_ distant cottage, from the window of` which\&there gleamed ay I!._LA. vv an-w-a ma-we so 3pu_.--~,. .. ;;t;1;:f" ` - _It is , not your place to interfere with her! Jarv1_s called after Him, env1o_u-_S1y._. She IS my care! _ ' Look'- after `your `horse and trap!" [Adam returned. -`I`-t"All take you all ;y9ur time to get therrrout of the [d1t\eh. Mamie will be safe `in my chafe. - __ ., , - ,' I `was nearly a..week before Ma.-. Imie was removed from the cottage {to which .~A_dam carried her. She [had `sustained no serious harm Ithrough. falling from` the trap. vbut her nerves had- received" .-a shock, and -"the doctor` "had insisted on her i-lyigg quiet for a vfewidaysg .. a.`lo .'gn;:~'.i~.n at :iii1e f_ `as -Mamilf` you with'; my own ears! "You told her-=5_ you were only `irting with `Miss Brooks, to make folks believe it was all over between you and Hetty. And because she threatened-to show you up if you Iforsook her for Miss Brooks, .you_ made_..her a. lying that true marry. HVIVL - " earh otm:-.1-r no: ,uc;m.......... .......-._,. The pair exchanged` glances of mimzled .s_urpris,e ,.a7n,dj confusion. V . Since yo1\ v'e asked.-the question. ~ '9 I'.:'rnay as-wel1vcofnfess-_7 that we `made me act as 1 am. out 5....- dred slightly. Only'think! but for you 'I might have been an unhappy wife for the rest. `of my days! " There was a brief silence, '1-`hen Adam said, somewhat shg(1y:,' Now th_at you've : ceased `caring for Basil Jarvis`, do you - think, .-Mamie, yoii couid ever care for me? . ' _Yes. Adam, even more than I cared `jfor you that night when you dick so "much" for my sake. I can see 10` r `face now, as it looked up at me in the glare of. the carriage lamps.` When I saw the angry ush on your cheeks, and the fearless determined ash ;in your eyes,` I knew j at'once that you were more. t_o methan ' had ever t-hou_ght. I - -Adam, rendered speechless for the ..moment by his emotions, bent and kissed _her,.si!en;tlv.` They had, near-_ liy reached .. Mr. Broolcsis. `farmyard, andfjust at that rnornent the severe-.. looking frn1'efr'_ ;appe ar_ed at` the," gate. ``W3hai,t s_ the` ..1ea'niug`.' of this? re" : mi" `woe . y.oiing,'.`V1::`ffwlk-%'.1`3E" :i1ve~ uwithia _ea:etotI1cr?_" `-%=11`e:-`aid en:'a;1ded_`.. ~blunt1y`:~ A . ..;..:.. ~ mu.-hanged` .:zlncesc'_'of* Sfi rly G.u.ramer. * Mamasn Yes, I oncepaid a visit to- a Haunted House.` The" name of. the place ,_ was Butterby M'ansion-- a piece of information duly recorded . upon the.gateposts. It was.not- the .kind of place one would have fancied forgithe abode. of spiritual visitors. `It was not situated under dark trees that hid the setting sun; it` did n.ot `wear a desolate, or forsaken look; nor did the-`wind sigh ,through its garden -`more than elsewhere. On - ough, with smooth lawns and beds of _looming';owers; while the house itse f` was large and handsome, and V had: nothing about itiout of the` ord-` inary. way. `_.It34j scerned a prosaic ' `_COl{Iltf mansion, rather dull, per- j-haps, in the. winter, but certainly ~ not romantic at any time in the year. the contrary, it was a tidy place en-. \uV\}l 3DClI (1'5II\J|-6 _ That was a pertinent question, Most people, I. find, know people who have seen ghosts, but 0 can never get hold of a person wag has --seen -a ghost rst-hand. And so we are forced to accept as a proof that ghosts really exist the ambiguous `recollections of the_ man who knew a man who saw a ghost. 7 T 1...`... ....`......` an-.. .. "Ami...-.4. .....I `s"'::zl\N/i; s`t I) 2' in ghosts when they sit in company round-a good re, said be, but I fancy, that `there are few who would15ea-severe in their scepticism wjf _ _they".found themselves alone on a winter s night in a house"t_h_at had the reputationofv being haunted.- Tlni-A was. 2 direct inn-1'11" tn nur Uiilllsi uaulucu. This was, a direct insult to our moral Courage. We ; felt that the pale `man must be `crushed once for all, and we looked to the.f`at man to- do_ ' That gentleman gazed s'to1id_ly into the re, T" d re_plie'd, leisurely:-.- "l' 3-.. ; L..I2..-... -.. .-..I..\.-.4... ..`...I, T IIILU UIIC IIIC, GNU ICllll?, ICIBUICIJ F - ``I -don t beiieve in ghosts, `and I Vwillrtell you why. I don t think it would be ; permitted for dead-and - gone people to. come worrying the life out of their friends and acquaint- -ances in that way.` .'B-esidesgwho has .1"... (`Anna .. .'..l.....a-3 Are you `a. poet, may I ask? said the _'fat man. ' _, - ' Not that I am aware of. I beg yourpardon, said the fat man, `hurriedly. I thought, perhaps, you 'might"be. :You "must own that your words were rather suspicious. ' T noun` '...\4 9| a\t\l|`I OLA cumin _5Ta'Iking of ghosts,~_ said Mine Host, who had hitherto maintained an impartial silence, it was once my good `fortune to pay. a. visit` to a house 't hat..-had the (reputation of be.- ing 'ha*un.t.ed.` -A 1:56`; 6`:-J" `A` :n6AoAaG can cu-uncut` s.,--V --- . , A , `Nobody answered for a moment. `Probably -we "all thought the ques- tions beneath otir. contempt. Intelli- gengpractical _men of the twentieth. century believe in ghosts! .The Cl1,1s- tion was too absurd.` Of what could the pale man be thinking? Moving his body~~so that the re could get at:I.hisfoth_er "leg, .the `fat man in the chimney corner at length replied, Of course not. ' - rm_'- ____._-n ____`- _- ___:_-;u__ .:-- VJ nu; L\.'U1, auung gust: ux vuuu. I Before long `the Patter of la hO1"S'9i- . hools fell upon his cars. A8 1135' drew nearer he heard the sout_1dQf` carriage wheels. In alittle while 12-o ' mounted the crest of .a. hill. and 33"` ` in from of him a couple 0f_f_|E1'_3. loseated in :1 xrap. He had Sllhud l the runaway couple at last. if He slackencd his pace for a time l to regain his breath, then he. steadily on, until he was voridil 318l'lgSld the trap. A ' Good cvg-ning! he exlaimedli. "DO you mind halting for a minute. j 0'r two?" i q , ` Jarvis turned to him with a Start? [led look. .\l.'nni~e clutched` her;.;c0m'-. l1ai1i0n's arm at the sound of voice. ' ' ' ' 5 `V "but not convinced." \Jl uuunac nut. ` . The answer...was.' so perfectly `in accord with our feelings that Q .- little murmur of applause went round the circle. The pale man was abashed, 16.11.--. ,_,_,I ,1 L_I'_,, 2. _,L-_.- Q lllall VVIILI DGVV; a 5II\)D|.o T ' I. have never` seen akhost, said the pale man. I; am not altogether sure that I should" "like to;" but it struck -me that *it was a good night. for that kind of thing, with the wind howling as it does, "and the cloizds "passing `so strangely over - the moon. - - ` um - , . , . , -r 1 -no -' 1 U1 U3 VVVI C IGLIIU-I DB|PI\oI\J|-ID. I am "not a poet, said the pa_le. man, "`but certainly I believe `an ghosts. 4 l 'r-n"`.r:o\rv A` rrinnna ' an`:-` III5 ll.-1|" _I_C\lo A little thrill of interest ran round the circle. The fat man looked rath- er disappointed, while a smile of `tri- umphlit up the pale man ; face. Then Mine Host cleared his`. throat _and `began the following fnarraitive: ' 3.-...- .1.-nu uuvugu Luc nus Wlll}J' "OW & could see\the thin .whi(e xnantle stretching away `under the light :of the moon.` The "pale `man haVd`pull_ed the curtain aside, and had `been gazing thoughtfully over the white-expanse some minutes before he" spoke, while we had sa-t_silent, fee,l1n,g._<;om.f<>r_t.in._.tl1c warmth and coginess of the _ chimney corner. `Some people riever seem happy or comlfortable`, and the` pale man. was evidently oneof -these. He had been restless` all the: evenin',, wandering about 'tlje.room and causing a cur- rent of ' cold air._ by so doing , that even. the; -roaring re could not counteract. And now he- broke in upon our meditations with this en'- tirely uncalled-for and irrelevant question: Do you believe in ghosts? V .\Y I 1 - xier Zszen 8.- ! 'l\1__ . Aw mter's ev-enmg, while the wind ~P1y(d taesy phony izi the bare-bran-` .ches of the 1d elm outside.` Ithad been` snowingfa little during the af-' terno , and through the inn `wind- `l'\\Ir Ill A\l\II'A "5.-.4 AL- 4.1.2.. _...Lil.. no` XUIIIEIIILII; dl. dull Lulu-C. Ill tau. _y\.u;. The gentleman inhabiting the house, at the time of which '1 speak, wasnot "particularly well off in this world ; goods. He was an ` old schooliellow__of .mine, `and had not been xgery successful in life. When I received-; invitation I had not seenvhim fotuvery many years, so I at once'jhastened`d%:n; I` own that [ wa'ssurprisedAto ` gl him living in \,so- sumptuous`- a lace,` thriving, ape-' parently, on. the. at of the land. In appeai-a'ncei `he ;had altered wonder- fully. .Wl1en J h"a`d.se'en him he had -1.-.... bk3n,.a`: a lalvpt nnivihe w:i_:- ma `in particular. `Nye were all sitting ."'1md;a-,bla,z ing re at th.e innone ziskedr, thhe 'q1iestioh of no `Ollie! } Wi!iter s evening, while the` wind o can-musk.-..q.. 3.` 5].` L... L__.. . a , \ r- 9Q?I,W.CUI ,,_ ~ `you 1;-liev in`gh_Ostvs? _asked %th P31.'m3-j` A T g [U DHIKIIIELUIJ. 9, V .' - ` "Now for 1:} he mu'ttere.d,' as, ml the face of 2; strdng mght wmd, he and began to pedal away with all his might. Hcdgcrows, wayside` trees,` ~gates, lanc-c11dS, and cottagas mav- ed rapidly past him. Now and; then he was obliged to -slacken his speed as he cznm: to a steep hill, tholfgh at the (laments his pace more than once 1)(-came ominous. I bem his broad shoulders forward -,1, L, I__-.__I -VV> IICIQML IIGIJ %\vll llllll ans; uuu been tliineas a lathe; now he was as fat. as a pr.ize`-porker. -1-Ie was a lit- tlg man, with air exceedingly high forehead, as if Nature, heholding her .vhadiwork'v with" di`ssat_isfac_tion_, had addedfal few. nches Ato l1i to ' - ` , e_eLn_e1_faVl_'d_1-m1nut1\r.reA- -. e:= . s-a most-:un-` a L ghpst to . has vqjfe, m_Jaa. 3 VV 2 I . L. - ghost ? nnndv :;.......a 2 _ Pro5!oue'. 1 THE VN?c'>;m`,1~111?2ii_;N%AA.DfvANcE., UHLC UL\dllllJ U1!!!)LOUD- Aftcr ha1f-an-h0ur s ride he heard ahead of him the rattling of a, light` vehicle and the quick trot Of a hor_se. Instantly he began to "pedal `With fresh vigour, and in. .a.little while the` vehicle lomncd in siht. When he` caught up to it, `however, he expri-` cnced the disappointment of nding` that it contained an old farmer and hlsnwifc. - `f _m"` 353 I-_iu'nd1:.e:.1="1; , "I repeat- ed,- thinking.I had n`ot.heard aright. j( `Including every stick and stone, said `Mr. Crickby, rubbin his hands. `Jane, said'I,"9ve' will ave. a look-_ at the place, . at all events; .there will be no harm in that. So w posted down and had a good look over it. Look here, said '1 to the` agent, it s of no use trying to gammon me.` What is it-dvrains? Drains your_'grandmoth'er, said he-. What then? said I. I l1.tell you, hon.est- ly-`-it s ghosts, said he. The peo- ple about`he_re have got it into their heads that it's` haunted. and that s the truth. Th`ere,' that will do, said I, interrupting him, I ll take*it,.not having, as you know,.; any decided objection to that kind of visitors. And `take it I did. V ' us,\__; __._. L.,, I. ."n 7 Jlllu ldl\C II. J. UKU- u; . And were there any ghosts? I inquired. _ . `?Hundreds, said Mr. Crickby. 1 (Here the pale ` man leaned for-[ 5 Ward in his chair and became deep- ly interested. Mine Host took a nip from the glass by his side and con- tinued.) ' `AM.'. r'..:..1.1....' :..:,..........: i... ..u.'.. "' ".'.""'I """"'a - I `.How` came you to live A in `sol magmcent a house? ' T `((117 cu: -cu cur /Q-cu `(.1 I " `Well, chuckled `Mr. Crickby, `the [fact is we got it_ at a_ bargain._ The 'agent_ came to me when I was look- ing`out for a house, and offered me .the`place 'f9r 2oo. _ ' st Ir!` a .1 uuucu,..] ll "Mir. Crickby informed `me that lthe mansion had, once been the country seatiof some grand earl or duke, but that on the noble peer s branch of the family. It was im- mediately sold:- and stood .empty for some years, the rent being high and the. situation isolated. At length, however, it" was let; but the new tenant did not stay a. month. Weird tales were circulated to account for his departure, tales of goblins and rattling chains that made the hair..of every respectable villager stand , on end. -On by one seven tenants came to the old. mansion; but not one stayed three weeks. The rent went down and-down, and -nally "the landlord tried to get the place off his hands-vainly,. until Mr. Crickby chanced along. My friend had the nerves of a`Red Indian, and ieared ghosts no more than his dinner. Bent on_ investigating the mystery, and liking the appearance of the old mansion, he purchased the place, and there took/up his abode. ' I an-cab:-an-A ,3 A42.` -5.}... 1.--; demise it had lapsed. to a distant` i I I was welcomed with 'grat:eus"- iivenes's,_ and, after `we had dined v I wasfydraggxed all over the hoiiseiand ' rounds to see and admire. ._ `And, truly, I found much'at which to marvel. The grounds ' were , well kept, and beautifully `arranged; I could have spent hours wandering about them, Naturally enough,_'I was curious to know how my improvi- dent.f1`iend had; come by the wealth necessary -to keep up so compara- tively large an establishment; `but I hardly knew how [to put the ques- tion, from motives o-f delicacy, Pre-_ sently, however, I` overcame my scruples, and, turning tomy friend, inquired, bluntly 2" l A tr? \ _ uut an. au lcllau. .l.ll` Cil.H_UIC IllI}CW| a ickering light over the roof. dis- closing new monstrosities of spiders work at every step. I could not help confessingfthat the. place seem- ed tome the very incarnation of, the popular idea of a haunted abode. not only in, the icv coldness of the haunted I ~ air. not only in the noxious smell which met our nostrils; not only in the spider-hidden rooftabove us and the damp, moist earth beneath our feet-not. only in these things. I say; but something indenable in the at-` mosnhere around us said. as plaiqias a` whisper `in? the eu--l-Therplacee is 6611' 1,1. ._,__n .1 .~ ..u r` - cu.` ! fo r\h'eajd, M_``I"f`e`Iti,_ prOo-fs- that there . might be something, after an. in the vile lagers stori'esI qfwan. awful presence 4 inhabiting: this portion of thejhouse; and as the assurance came` home to: me -I felt a st'ramzeftrem'or pass dvrl my frame: btit. instearl='of_ wavrin;g` I felt more determined than ever ft};o`| .se.-=-/; tihebus-in8$`.it11r11.;!g`I!.: ` ' . .i ' -4.xrn `- ` In In 3:37 tut: luualucap uIrU__l_lK'Jl.- M, _`W'e1_l_. we went throuxrh even? `portion of".that`_cella.r.` and I found `nothing .-e:>_tc`e.tS.L a` ggcqre, Qrrmbrg oi. [`empty~% bet*barrt`$r f V6 " bmtrm 1 3 On hc pressed, hot and panting,` gafeeling uf numbness slowly creg-D-. mg into his legs. A veritable gale was sprin;_ring up, but he felt `braced by the com], strong gusts of wind.y , p.n`n-r. 11...... LL... n\4|A1 -1-.` '0: `uolng, ',"We put up with this kind _of thing for a week, and tha-t that was a pretty good while I think you will own, wh'en .you consider .that we had next to no sleepall the time. At_ the. end of` the week I came to the conclusion that something must be fair `with the, childrenfand servants, assuring them that it was nothing but some country bumpkin playing a practical joke; but in my own mind I felt that this solution. "was improb- able. What was-it, then? That I vowed I would find out. I unbarred the cellar door next day and tied strings across, the whole place so artfully that anything human would be ,_sure to come to grief. That nigli.t.the sounds were louder than ever. Next day I took away the strings and sprinkled the floor with sand. ,.The night passed with its us- ual horrors, and next morning the sand was imprinted all over with the marks of tiny feet. 46 "91, I done. `I'made light of the whole af me. `.`Hark, Joshua', - -said she-, a.nd acc`ordingly5`I listened and heard -that infernal groan sounding through the quiet night air from he depths of the `cellar. `But it di not stay at a singleutterance this time. I assure you, sir, that the whole of the night it continued off and on, sometimes so softiy that it sounded only _like an indistinct muttering. I managed todrop off to sleep just as the lighti was coming through the window,` but the sound did not discontinue` before the sun was well up in the heavens ne>'ct morning"! ` .~.-A. -__ ___2L1- :1- onto sleep, when myiwife nudged 2, 1' 1 ' r `- usage so that little adventure . 'I shutgthat cellar door. and a bar of" iron placed across it on the outside. Ivthought" L had better let sleeping fdogs, lie. M'y curiosity to probe the mystery of the haunted vaults somehow ltered away. Af- ter all, I' said to my wife, if the ghost will keep` that side of the door [we `can get very". well. There is no `-need to `use the cellar; and we can put up with atfew groans. 'We have the test, and theybe-st, of the house to ourselves. Add Jane'con- seated, vvith, however,'_'a very bad grace; ` A` (`if - . - - a I `'``-We went to bed early the first night. - Ourea;rs had `b.een wide open, butUwe had heard ndthing suspicious all` the evening. '1 was just dropping off to sleep, when myiwife nudged V1113 I-rnv-Ir 'nn`v|uun"7 nail} .-In- .._...1 _ bopmffom , 2; j :h_,}1a f;s`A`1ike-ML"? din , -#315-..>_ ., jitjel ngor stidlbwrt`-andi`%fu iraxion ;;sp!'.in1'8 -.603 1 3114r~5't'-i>15'ev :i?1i'1ittj *`and_:; my. gwshriek, p11;:at myff-ffeet'- 5;`; 1;` ,.`aj"t,C in his fall _`kn`Q`il`ting_j.;th'e'= ca!"idI*e;;?`:"oni my` hand, so {It at ves were left in total dark, ness;- Scarcely_:had I;t_his misfortune befallen ~-us`-gvhen` I heardvthe sounvd `ofkfeetl, Not of humane feet, but pat- t`er.;ng"el*n .fo'otsteps _1ike those of Visoimje` ghastly ` animal scampering Valoiig ~ on four `-legs. I confess I shouted for help; I may have shout: ed loudly-I won t`:~deny that I, did; {I left _my companion to his fate, and V i hastened towards the cellar door; but on arriving there in safety I had the grace to feel somewhat ashamed lof myself, However, "I procured`an- other cand1e~a-nd a nip of` brandy, and hastened back to my companion, who was quickly revived, and con- ducted, trembling like an aspen, in- to the light of day. . (`tn % aoyci |;~?i;toE}~Ii~;D AHCTIONEER, `V :)APPRA'ISEvR' ETC, _ `l : 1} . " ` N[11SHU13s'r P.O ll-Stock Sales 3 Specialty- I "` `Then there was a pretty 'to do. \The servants who had hitherto fail- Ied to give us warning made up for 'theirl negligence, and went off there and Chen without their wages. That "day we dined off bread and cheese. Joshua, said my wife to me, I can't stand this. A.few more nights` like those we have been passing lately will be the death of me. II felt pretty low-spirited myself. at the thought of giving up the house and descending once more to the humble ' an_d unromantic cottage- and all on account of a ghost! I remembered reading somewhere of demons taking the form of cats and haunting desolate Vhouses, seeking 'for.,the souls of its inmates. But would a- demon, I asked myself, zleave footprints? I thought not. If "he didhe would be of bodily_~sub- stance, and could be exterminated like any other vermin. That very `afternoon I posted over to the town and `bought several huge traps, which `I set carefully and placed about the cellar. - `Now Joshua, if this plan falls- through, to-mor'row_I shall begin to pack up, said my wife; and when my wife says a thing I generally nd she. means it. But she never did pack up, for the simple reason that the plan did not fall through; for when I went ,into the cellar next morning, in every single trap I found a" ne fat rabbit! .You `see, they had made a war- lren of the old house all the while it had bleen standing empty, and were not to be so easily deposed when it we had heard, `which, to our fevered imaginations had taken the form of_`- groans, had/been caused by the crea-' Ttuxjes leaping and playing on the `sonorous, `empty casks at the further end of the cellar. We said nothing to the villagers about the transfor- mation of our ghostly visitors, but dined 05 rabbits for some months "afterwards. In fact; they are not thoroughly txterminated `yet. ' _ 1And thia~I `found to be true. For '-ne_xt_.day -I dined: off theplumpest, *[fi1di;est;. and" juiciest rabbit . I ` had eve?`-5` _tasted*` in l the whole `course , of omy; life." a . \. ' `."I`\`n"g-n ._4._`.r." -_3_I L`. _ I.` a was once again tenanted. The sounds wh;I>Dir(1: mm(" Jarvxs ' 1' matter?'5 up ms horse. VVh':t! Ot`i;eh~. H], `v 1;` _ any IHC. ' _ `: .T1ere now! said the fat "man, {with ~.a._ triumphant sneer, turning .to t'h`._pla.ce_ where" the pale man` had ,.b`eje';1%?.+sittiVng.-. _ ` . ,. . 'B`u_t'V thepal man -had gone to b`e'd.| ,-`__ I The purple clematis is a /more `profuse bloomer than the white and, Iikemost -owers of its species, must be plaCdr_,W`hI' -it. will have plenty Lof. sunshine and air. O J V & I J J 1:6 V199 uau / Use -Only` light brown or white paper to clean the irons on ironing day if the, eyes have,the least tend- eny to weakness.` `White ~canvas Eloves cost only 10 cents apiece and should beldhg to every womanwho likes to work with _her `own owers. ,.T1,1e work- of skinning onions, `which usuallynends in tears, can be made a pleasure by pouring boiling water over them and covering a few minutes. before peeling. .. A `heavy brobm Iast longest, / but a light one is best for easy work, and with care a light broom will last almost as `long as a more expensive on For-` dusting your heavily trimmed hat the best kind of brash is -a cheap shaving` brush. It is both stiff "and small enough to reach every crevice. pdllll. UTUSII. A little good toilet water or col- ogne p_oured into" a bath is delight- 'fu1 in'1ts effects. Y `-wV\}."l;ex`1'w;avashi1'1g cut glass add a litle ammonia to the suds. This gives a brightness to the glass that: /nothing else" can. 1'? . c I `I n ~Whep U veils are 'washed at home they u_sual1y come out quite limber and imsy. To give them stiffness add a pinch of sugar to the rinse water. ,Us'e half-rye and half-wheat bread; 1 I`1b over the".rug the same as scrub- bing, and when through sweep thor- czughly. The rug-will be like new. "They've got a few miles start, he told himself, but Mamie shall know the truth before the London express curries her off! _ - ' , The next moment he had moimt `ed his bicycle and was 4rid_ing*out of the farmyzrd. !Down the 1_ane` he sped, uxml he reached the high. road` to Barkington. ` ' -3 ||\Y-_.. r\-` ..|' LA ovucbd-on-or" an `oil