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u suv lung. _ . V V I ` Oh, it doesn tVmatt,e.r,f she'sa1d. 1 confusedly. Then thp maddenmg` icolour ooaed her chee again. AVII 4`- _ ,_ I-__.-- ' 'A.L .... .....n on WUUIU. ' F When she arrived at the `tiny at` ,there was a letter from her chum.` `Probably to say` the time she would arve onthe nunwoua she thought |as she idly opened `it It was very `wrong, but somehow she did ` not `want Cecily to come back. She.ac- tually dreaded meeting her. _She ,dared not analyse her feelings. Then `she read the letter through slowly. She went_on to the end, when she` put it down and stared blankly into , . vacancy. V 11.`... ...2..1-...I .-J..- Ln!` Ir\nnr|' LI`<"1:a tic Iausu. LL\JVV V7911 Dll\ l\II.\.. vvo l Sitting there with the darkness gathering abou.t her, she pictured the coming years, long, lohely. end- less centuries, alone. They had plan- ned, (Cecily, and she, that they would always live together, always till they 'were both old. It was natural, of{ course, that Cecily should want to get ,marAied. She'was such a dear little" thing and so pretty. A 1. ' 4.-.... ....I....L...l AA"... .-...>L...."i A tear splas ed down on her folded hands. She thought of the work she was going to do, but still she sat on, thinking, thinking. Pre- sently she would iizht the lamp.- `It was growing dar . 01' had the sun gone`in only? To-mmrowit would be all ri ht. She` would` work-and forget. es, tha.t was .it. to-morrow she" would work; butfjust for to- night she must have time_` to.---To .1 .I_,, 'I,,I .l IIILIU CIIIIIE LIII\.I D`) PI\rlLJo : I wllaya 5 And then there came s knock at the door.` Somebody ha T made a! mistake They had come to the wrong at.. `She brushed back her hair from her ushed face. And the knock Was repeated. -W'el1'. it was |`fortu11'ately dark, theyvwould not see .th2i`t~ she had been crying- like a great big baby.- T e ~ C1... ..-.......:` .1; 4...... ..i...s.1.. .... He. was holding out _the wells . known envelope with its crest that had grown so familiar. Her cheque! It seems hardly credible, but up to.-` that vminuts she had forgotten about it completely. . How foolish! she muttered. stupidlin Iv....-.n~ 1... ........;...i U." ...-....... ..... \IVV- `will light th lamp. she said.-new vously. But {she-`did notattempt `to light the `lamp. It was pertainly better `-not`; She was trem.bhu.g,.too, I m afraid it is rather dark. 1` but this "he would not 11otice;-she' hoped. A v , ~ _'Neverthel_ess_/it is not Safe to count: -up`on what_a;-{nan will notice or_not, u`nde'r" cgrtai- conditions; ' : . - -.u.v1r1`.'_-Lws- *-.I_;`` ...-_u.-..`.: XL-) -.'-:.I l_UWu ` You ha'v- bee'nT Tsch .. `*1 me . ' . ," `n J crymg. 2 nh W haye ; lll\.UL \a\lII\LllI\rII\a`vt Scenting an `order, `at. least, she presented herself at th`e/great house very soon after. Blandford Mening- ton himself. Thus gentleman-we in- troduce hirn as. the rm s chief rea_d- er and general. fact.otu_m:---was ..al-- ready enga.g\d. However, he would see the -lady.'A1_1d Miss Searle__fou"'nd herself ushered into _the presen`cte.of two gentlemen. ` V `- c1...- ....... .. Inn- "..........:......1 `n;...; T,-Wh`y not?" b be answerd. And him come in, 'sta.nding9aside to allow` [she had no `reply ready. so she let l. him .to pass'into the littie sitting- iroom. V ` V ' V M}; 1 , 1 , ,__,'.I-"\. L, _, `. _ _, n 1uu_In. _ V ' _ 1 I had somethingvto say to .you, he commenced F51 a moment. Be- sid'es;jyou forgo-t thisfthisv morning. _ 1.'-1j!_,A_, - llL,UlLClCUu BIIJHILIIJ. l ' Very, he `agreed. He came_ up} to her, but `s`he_drew back a httle. out of the dim lxght fyogn the wind- UUUCI Ldlll` L\JllLIlLI\_Jll3u . `r ` 1 What is.ht]`lIe matter? -he} said. lwithout fatt_e ptingto. bgidgs` the } di.tan ce}ndy%g _ between theimc KT; ._`-.-;.`L-.... -1.-L..-.;....~..-..;_l _--.___ , ulB`lIlF IIUW UCLWCQII lllczllln . H ` No-_--nbthmg,- she*ans_wered,` very ` ow. " V V V `L `:3 our -~_;I. 1L;~-L; : UL - ,:-`: ".`__2.'__Jn V(l\alIl\`o How wicked she had been! was her punishment. ' CL- I_..'..I ..I.~.n..4. 4-L.,......`I.L .-I `V0.3 IICI lJ|vIlIl3IIIIl\rIlLo She had almost thought she did not.'want Cecily. Now it .whs Ce-' cily who did not want her. `For Ce- cily was engaged. `Soon she would be married. She would leave the fat, leave_her, Naida. She did not lwant to read the letter again" It was not long and she knew it almost by `heart ; E TL-... L `an bl-no-615:` Infloli` ken} T ll Ilcdl L- |.. Don t be startled, dearest, bg; I. amengaged. I have only `known him three weeks, but what does that `matter really? You don't understand, Naida. but love is such a funny` thing-you- nd `out everything you want to know about a person as soon as you love him. \7.... C...l Ana. .1! -..-u. "mac 4,` DUKJII (I'D VLIII ILIVD llllll. You nd out all you want know about'a person as soon as 1 love him. The sentence rang in ears. And presently she gave a tlec laugh. `How well she knew. 24.51.... 41.-.... -..:sL 6|... 1-`nQIro-\ Ill` IJKIIIJO ' She opened the door slowly. un- graciously. Yes--- she said. But she did notnish. for the man who }stood there" was Yule I`va13cour`t. ll17-_,I9! _I, - I_9-__, _ .lU| llll VVILII. u|.u.aucu;ucu uauu. My dear Miss Searle, this is most fortunate. I was just explaining to Lord Ivzmcourt ' " --"n.`..1........' -.,... 1.-.: ?i.T..`L;...." 1.`...- 4;`! L\J\J\l II|\,[K VVCID L LIl\p .l \ (4l_ll\\JElI It You! she `whispered, breathless-V anti `dfew himself .I rr}` sorry. I had 1 -1----` 1' `L.-..`....l.+ to I you % her L lit- ; I lwer his questions like a naughty; rchild. Yet 'she did so. It was i `,strange` that most people djd what! *Yu1e Ivancourt had set his heart up-! on.`/And he had set his heart on! nding out what troubled Miss` Searle. ' I have heard from my chum, she said. She is\Engaged." V Is that stichra. terrible business?` "`I think itei's rather, for me. And ;---she` does not know anything about: him._ They. have met; `since she went} . aW`aIX.9!. Ai V . ; .V ` - . . . 9' uuvc yuu: ' i She twisted round abruptly. What right have you to ask? It can be- nothing ..to you. \ Z I. am` not .so sure.- Then he fol- lowed her-,. his manner changing. Poor little woman, Jopr little lone- ly girl, he whisper d. Her head d`rp_ppe.d, ,andthe 'tiresom'e. tears earyrle intd her eyes .again. Why `should the` tender` sympathy, in his voice rnakef her feelso `weak and .1gglp.l_.8e9-.~,_ `gvllen she wanted_'- most to` f__`e,stro,ngg -W ` _ isai:<.1:: , f'I wonder why` ` }/:3` c If` '- . -4,. ,2? V Iva,- i` How _'1on1}z isvthat-_three weeks? [She did not answer. t`1\.\... L --,... u.:_-I_ -.- - - - uuc ulu nu}. allaWCI'.. [ Don t_ you think one gets to know] a person rather well in three weeks: L-if, well, i_f_ one happens to fall in{ ; love, you know. _ _ [ (Ink `|' I-_____ 39 _I_- ' `Q I 1"`: - - xuvc, _yuu- l\llUWo ~. Oh, I know." she jsa}d. Then she was `silent. `.`She is such a _ child. though, she offered in extenuation. :takesmuc`h account of age, he said, smnhng; `Have you?" | 1 I have never noticed that loveg I?f she fenced desp_erately."`How| `should I know? I am too busy making love for my heroines to nd. out ahythjnvg for, myself. 0 HA n-5114: `1:rv|a4. - `:LL`_ " C * I `IlIiClIuPlCu` l[l3' ulcuu. V ,, ' ;f:I. m 1afr`aid' this y is :.aski;,1_q ; tog: " ' 2 have `n0.E..ri;it1it*`;gt,0 `ut>..`n0Se,' [Ulll anyuung I01`, mysclt. ` g He gave himself a little sake. %Natura1l y. ,_,It was a,Lsilly thing to ask. -You. have never been in love, CI....'a.;...:_;._,1 4__,. '1 I ' '-- "---- oua / ri'n-- iceutnm. smou's To me MERCHANTS or BARRIE: The Nbrthern Advance. .3551 Anvn; nsma usmuu f1`yHEi'u s fr.H'E-' TOUCH OF CORRECT WORKMANSHIP ABOUT ALL OUR .` ]OB &,COMMERCIAL PRINTING A111: JEALOUSIATC/J MAINTAIN 1T-- M % ` my US. THAT REPUTATION AND The Live Business Houses in all of our towns are wisely taking the cue `from the methods of city departmental stores, whose trade has largely been built up by adver- tising, -and Are Using the col- umns of Their LOCEI Papers freely F0! (dVfSiI`Ig pur- poses, thus availing themselves of the-[very power that has done so much to build up these outside concerns. 3~_-19+-2-e--M-`-z--It draw trade from a town to :1 City departmental store, why will not a milar advertisement have power to Retain and Build UpTrade in that same town ? - ` Buslnoss MOI`! of Barrie. BO `dVl$Od that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, in advertising as in everything else. Many a Merchant now complaining of dullness or Iossnf trade could Improve his busi- ness very materially By Syste- matic Advertising. It` An Advortishment has power tr .-uw uulg. 7 In the matter ofnlatc LI11:1;.i early engagements, 1 ` `her. _ nan. ~- '- I . "") JV n\n1\JII, JAIL -`uau I "NOW she could sob out hcr miss - lable longliness unchecked. sob 0" unrestiainedly with his arm about he!`---knowing that her n-.~::I>Tc V-=-3 |9,d- % % A r`\ -/\I `\-IIuC`I.|. . W35 very paticnt_ Poor. D00 htt1`woman." he murmurml at mat. 8fn_d she lifted her face >`}1_\":}'. "Rhv '.;)l_`Zic`h little` woman." shc .~;:iaI. >"1i1"'- 1 l.w --_ -.---g. vv vnulullu .`lIL He raised her chin; lmI\`cxl (1669 d_0Wfl into the serious own. "5``'`'` `' :h`3Tt. he said, wlmt- (lh"`Jt that 41-unch now?- `. "I; never heard of lunch :11 >111)? l.t1m;'?.`she said, demurcly. i" "I am sorry to upset _\,'nt1r pic '3`diCS.-" he said. sn1ilir;.-'. . . , . My ` :'R"?J,u.d1ces. she <: J<`-`'` ` ; ..`l`...n..- a-._LL. : . . ..._..1..,.~ and ucr. ` ,_ u 011) she glanced {It W ht`h];, `"1 : have Changed my mn'1(l nhmlt We I"?--t,hef; engagements, I'm W` M. i'ht.h.'at-" .I'don t like h0h "55" <}`n'_ent3_-sometimes. `ed up in their faces. She }.':l\'L` a3 I 1 { tle cry. (IA! . LIT!) SCIILIUIIICII. _,' V . K _ She` was at little surprised. One man `was a stranger, the other came, forward with outstretched hand. mm__ ,1--- 1/r:..... c..-..1- ;.I.:. 2.. ...-_.. V V` ' `"5 uluuuvua -~- 7` * - Illlcal. . `His excellent Coca! main am: the system in robust .`IIid_ `enables it to resist ; x_treme _co1d. _ Ktlolici-:ns dd-Ilk and a sustal 3004- - Fragrant, nutritious 3" - mlllllhvnl 'I`I.:_ -...--ll-..6 rnr `V bl]: -"Ah, you know," she .~`;1id. -`LY, ADVANCE PRINT / WESLEY a.,' cnaw pnopmsrons You cannot ossibly have __a better ?ocoa_thzu1 _ 1, I909 J4L_Ill.l .lVlllLUlIll"Z"' ' '``Perhaps' you had better` let"; me) `explain. . interrupted the gentleman: eaddressed" as -Ivfmcourt. The fact is. Miss Sear1e"'--he_ turned Vo he1'--,L Mexyrington thought er, f.. `He met her glance of :sur 1se,;and-'hes1- - taxed. `."'It was `a `s-gges ".oV11e_`..of:~;'ehis t ed it ' to a sa.tisfact.ory.,;wnish...;_(Hte~ '.-xym- ,s -rea'der.v) .- .- wur _.;__ 1-11:`..- 1""._.| i`;-.;.;"--;L Qt : And, after al1~,'_M *`M':r`rin g`- ton to'ok up~the storyland-`cond`u.ct-' was really at mo st `eieieht `1fr_IVa'n,_7, te lunches and he prompted FCU .|L mm. 1yI_\'. "Rich. mid. . nkcd deep #5. "Sweet- good. , ' v_..`.--.. V Butter quotations are scarcely on an expprt basis; demand for Cana- dian cheese, although weaker 'than a week ago" is still unusually keen, and the present-price for expo1:t`catt1e is (Canad_ia_n Dairyman.) I `Prof. Jas. Dryden, who is a Can-l adian, boy and a recognized author-. ity in poultry, [now it the Oregon` Agricultural College, says: It is a point _in management thatpl vyish to` speak of here, one point in many that must be taken. into account if poultry keeping is to be made a suc- .cess. It is a question of the most protable agerof-the hen. `Poultry- men, who have kept _in touch with` poultry investigations during the, past few y,ears are pretty well. in-| formed on this_ point but the import-' 'ance of this subject is notpyet gen- erally appreciated. The writer carried on for several! years_at the Utah experiment station` a line of experiments with the object, of determining the value of the hen at different ages for egg production. The same hens were kept year after vvuvat. Lv V500-fv .. ...........-. , , ` The heavy run` of Ontario stall fedl export cattle is_ now` practically over for the season. Owing to the con-I tinned coolness of the weather many: of these, as well a.s distillery cattle, were held bast the middle of June,l and came forward in extra ne cor;-1 di_0n.- T 1 1 _.- _ _, , MOST PROFITABLE AGE OF` vHEN& } lII"I\JIIo V V x `The cool weather V and `genera\ll rains have to some .extent checked the sti'a'wberry crop, and receipts`! are. as yet light. Cherries are mak-| i_ng their appearance, not in quite as large volume as the heavy blossom indicated, but ,still 3. fa.ir*crop is re- ported. A- full supply of choice fruit. of all kinds, is still to be condently expected. / ___..--!__ --- (By Sidney M, English.) , oooooooooooooobooooooooooNobbubooonooooouoooobg " This ne; :T_ra.vellers' LCl`uv-.quTes V1.-ecentl'VV`.isue`d 'a.:e couvgnicnt why in which to` crfy money when ti-aviling. qT ey are issued in gienonIiiu.tion`s,'d' ~ ` ' - 44 1; Ann Ann v'&-I '.'..-AI Qn .. ' ' curretit rates. V * ' M}. _ , T; V` The cheques and all information r'cgu'-diugvhemilnay be`-obtaine`diat'evCry oice 9 ac`,-the Bank. . b . _ J W 131; -. .BARnu,q:-: BHAANCHV , . 1" pn1A1|u"|I'I\lIl in tvg _Vv--v ,`-rj'.'y_`~r--v ~' and the exact amou.nt p4a):al.:l_e in Autria, benmatk, `Germany, Great Britain, Hol`l_II_Id, Itgly`, Norway, .Russia,- Svyeden and Switgerland is stafed on the face of faach` cheque, while in other cduntries" oooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOo3.oOOo00O60090091 % A H1id9E4ssmen*w n Fa19r;\i and omcg. _ronojr1o rnAvsLLas % `I . - ' ` V `7 - -I . `Live hogs` rose to` $8.15.] oer cwi. L in Toronto one day last-v'w_e'ek, an_c_l4 wheat to -$1.40" a bu's'h.el. ` -p nA-A_;2-" ......II ....I I Inergsts ._ JA` .0. .9. ..`.L.o_4..n.... $200` ~a ~l`i/tAj;!'e`, -.. ;. Ul'i"f\|VEg`-lf"l" _ H H; GRASETT. Lgangger. gu '9; p ` u`, ,9..,c1 I.-.u..u._|, ` aucu uC)`&I_l1`av,5:,;-;1A~- 1;i`n1;%,;,j1%V' and`:opt.iae;At6;i"s h . -1s_;.he.:` 653$? year`f'._u'11'de`xysin1ila.r conditions; and 3'." recordl Lkept' of .production of food consu_;n.ed; These experiments prov-*_y `ed ,t..l'1a_"_1;-` .the'hei1-is d`i1"fere t'from the ".cow';Vwqfhi`ehlfretains`or:i proves her-_. prodtfetivity. with "age. `The first year was the most `p .otabl_e and there was a gradual de t_ease_m. pro- ductlveness each sueceedxngyear. It `is safe to gure this dec_rea.se at, 25` {per cent. each year. W1th_.a\{erage .pl'1CeefOI` foodand for eggs xt ls not lprotable tokeep ,hens after they `have mshed then` `second year of ,laying. The rst or pullet year lS Ivery proliable;- th.e second will give }a satisfactory pr.ot, but `during the gthird. year the egg yields will seldom` pay for thevfood consumed. g ,L._.__- . -c ..... .. .... I .un.n.u, auc acuu, ucuuculy. ' .' - "Toe, little, rather, returned Yule, I am serious, Miss SeaVu`1`e..__=,I `should 'not feel comfortab'le_.f_inL,ac_.`- . ceptjng your services wit o.u _t"mak'- in%`a liberal remunen-ation., ,. `hey had both forgotten -gth `di-'j' ,creet reader. - ._ ' ' 1'; ,5`. . _vV\/;he,r_j_Lwquld`you_- want me .tqu_' come,Vang1,;;a1;e you`-sure I% .};ca-n d'o. w"'haAt you'"re11iret?she said.;-f.` % - ;'.f-5Come t-o`~morrow.' i, $`Uye'r.*_ g.(_e=. fat ; ` l_1b.rty. .: And, _.~1; gm qgxvite;_`snfr;e;, you". f nan* do .:m.9`r.-.<.::` ian: I ~r'e9iI`i='-;* :36-V ,` s.ixde_s; Mcrringjton-vjillL. stad. .;spotf1sqr'- :1 v.fo,r0y_om_'_..abiIity.? " . .. `.`vnnn nt\`4" `punt 'aano.u- `L`$.1 '1'": -v- ---~.-v'- -v--~--~--~~~~ ; 2 These conclusions,` of `course; ap-l `ply only when the -eggs are sold at ,market prices. lF_owls that have `a `special value as breeding- stock _should be kept longer, but the no?- i tion that theold speckled hen'is `a good layer should not be cherish- ed unless she is caught in the trap nest. The fact that she sings a joy- ful; lay, paints her comb a brilliant 4...! L-nu-nfnlnn V q via-no-nu: J.` van L LUII JKILI II\JV'- ICIICVCU '1' dl!Ia, I "`Oh,,there s nothmg to-thank meV[ >f`or, f she '-said. I am Jus; wastmg` my time at present. . . :'l`L.. ....-...IA 15;. ....LL.... .....I.l...I -TV L. 4 ' . . Suppose you tell` me exactly what !you want me to do? she said then. | `I m` not doing much now. {In fact. Pm not in the mood to workofor myself. _Perhaps I shill be .more 'succes_sfu1`r.ou_ your beha1f.f-. ' `Mr .. .... u-....H 1.... ....':.1 .........:.1.- 19.... lay, ]Ji1llILD IQCI uuuxu a uxuuanu. I irgd, and scratches `a vigorous lscmtch, should not .be'accep'ted ps suicient grounds for commuting "the sentence. `- IuOn_\a .-~......-y..-` `. 'It safe to saythnat our poultry dealers-would be thousands of-do1- lars in `the pocket by rigorously` kil- ling off the hens vcry two years and replacing them withjnew stock -with the exceptions noted abovhc.-- I TI` I` -L` . , ` 1' Whey this does Haopeti, time thing. to do 13 to qtuckly remove the ves- .bowl of cold water. ,Put`a, pinch of, ,salt into=*`the milk` and? stjr. `-It will be found that ;the disagreeable burnt" taste has almost, if.n'ot, entirely, dis-V nsel from the-r and stand it in a. appeared.,jL-New' Zealdv Dairyman. ;'thought of te wasted hotirs _` _ and `.;flv;'indling funds since.her,frien d hard % e t. ` - -- L61`! ' . ll .1 1, . i BQCUCQDIUI uUll_ YUUIV Ut:ua.u. . 1 ;;.Let us ._`try, he said, eagerly. I ve gprornised `a book on my expedition, id you .know.A.nd I'm woefullly ig- no1-ant of `all but dry facts. 4fAyoVu could give me a couple of ho rs a [* _C1;'1)f, I think I Could ma_11ag.e 0 car -" [r3`r,out my .agrement, You seewthe E book is -promised, and it doe.sn t do Lto disappoint the public------. _~' * "A.-..l n...-....L-.1:..I........v ....'. :..' nit.-- .lUl\ "YLI-Ul .GIlllIl - . ' '_' V ' V ` ` = .You could get many other girls to do as,-..w_ve1l for much .les_s," <;sh;e, `said, hes'itatin_g.= . . .- - i_``1.n:igh;.;% `But they puldnn .be ~..-.-n2r;-'.._:-c.;;-..uv....._. L.-;*.*.1 ~"ui: "A TEST FOR MILK. A A simple and--4eFfective..te_st to` de- termine whether water is present in milk may be made with an ordinary knittingneedlc. if the needle is bright and wellpolished. _ . V .1 ',,,-n , ,1 . `Dip the needle into. the milk and 'quickly withdraw it.in an upright position. If the milk: contains only] a small quantity of waterthis will prevent even a: drop of milk ab her- liug t_o the"'needle. ` ' I ` ` uu ulna puuu. I-IIC |Juu`u\.."'"-7 ` I _ And the__ publishers, put in `Micr- rlngton, slyly. , _ - --H . . ~_Naida` laughed. `,`Anyhow, I ll _do m3: best, she said.` ," ` `- . v1uv|l\l\IlI` I-nunognz-' LA ".051", V . \7..... ;m:)< nest," sne sam. , - . ! `llvancourt turnedeto her; "`You ywill? That s awfully good `of A you. } I. can t* tell you how. relieved -I ,am.f .-(Wk 4I.......J.. ....A.L...... 4... L`-....`- ...-l |,-llll\4 at [J 515] V I gaunt. ' H `The. would-be author nodded. 1I was wondering ' a.bo.u't r`emune,rajtion.`. `Would you consider five `pounds a* week sufcient jiisticatidn for thefj curtailing of yourown` work?:' ~*m.... ...:..1 a.....|_-.:4 rm.-. :_.'-'-`. *'T`.:;"";m a:::;df"==1+ _Am'uch, she said, decidedg -`Tan 1:441- -..sI_`.... w u_I.\-v .5-3u Ia` VV`G`l:l,lvVo,,". ~ 3'": _ 3,,g_ | _M4ss= , `$,;i.rI_e;`='was-, a, ;.usg(1 _ zare sso;,_'~.c.ei't-.aan," jghee` e " 2 wt ~ m:`.T. a.:;r.:r :4; ,nn'7 .;..`.J";" '...I;`.`' 4122 Evryone who. has pccasign to` lheat milk knows how easilyit may [be scorched."-`--.-_`- . _ - {seq \l.Il\o at i;S `t.o`p" ..a`c_cjept; this tter at the_; 1u'st;' {No on ', could 1qok` at . Yu1,e_ lvancotirt ;u:s; `hiad my man --to ; _a'n'd" not trust.:*hiin;e She h ed she. ,_c'ouid do_;all he 'd`esir ed.` t wbuld be some satisfaction `to p1ease,a man .like_` that; ' i ` ` " , :T Wel1, are you ready` `to start` work? -he said, and she`answered : him `as briey.g *But there was no hardship `in the .-task he had set her. It engrossed her attention up `to the `(time for departure. V Besides there was pleasure` in` the thought that she proved herself worthy of his cone rdehce. . - I ~nrnu ,,,I, __ 9) L- __2.I ._ IJ. .__3_L suuuu . _ ~ At _ten '~_morn;n -- A '1o`c1< precisely -`the, xreml aida. was very precise--- she made her way. to'the Vagddress he, had {given hr. Clan n n u - nan` Ao\`q- n on-\:o\un6n ' U f/ % 3,3. wnun, *% : % %6:,000,"000< uau\5|.v\.u upt. ~- , She paused only .1ah'minute'_befox-he ;she`\1_*ang we ben. How would he -rc.ceive'her?. `How would they work together?.` Her diiculty` was soon jsolved.` H'efdid' not smile as -he agfeeted her. Indeed he was very :_grave, and at (irstshe felt stupidly nervous. But he -soon,-set her at ease. ` ' .uAr_n , _._ _-__I__' L- _., L - .1 III. 'dq.WlUlly I *1` am g11i ,3 ``}';iiZd. `e`G.lad .tQ_' be able to helpyou. The book` -will lpegood. It is aegreat Work. `f Perhaps it was the weather that,` _mad.e her7sing.to herself all that af- ternoon in her little at. It was so beautiful and she was so strangely content. She was .n.o _ longer dull] and`misera.ble. The world had sud- ` denly` `become a; splendigl` place to live in; the `peo e in it altogether delightful. ~ . `/L` .... .. Ans. InA urn: of Hat-.nncf 1 " Thank you, he said, as We wish-I 1 ed'her goqd-bye that rst mo:-ning,| You have helped me wonderfully. `I'm awfully obliged to you. T. dunno A-In`:-I Vnkn o-`nu-\`:nrI (`_`r-1` "AJllb- vvua av Dusk 5130 answer ready.` I H-Jun nl'A11`nr ~":,m`)`lI-T:;ve_yOu read Thoraby s "last. ;-book?fh'e, asked, abruptly. " ' ' CL- ........ ...-......L...........I L... 11.3.. .a.....1,I ` usdlslltulo ` _ V *v [Every day she was at her-post,` and every day saw the wck nearing completion. `She "rather dreaded that`. The time was verypleasant `that, she spent upon it. It was all :the' book. She and the '-author italked of noth,ing else. 651' L_'-_ __A.. _. ....-.4. nanL6-:ounr z-:n1r rm` .15`?! ***~*?.`*- ~".*..2s*a'~. .~ . _;1_pov(-}; (_I:[_*!1.l &z.3."; whggg -you xVsi:%rt=~<:i:i'icr:::for .th;ej_. 'lC|"'."d,l.l.Cl yuu uavc -5uuU. \ -`She looked up at little startled. VV'.ou1d_you like me to go .n_pw, ?`.`l-*`; ` 4,. ,1, u;:_ 1...; can. _1'.-___.. "i jhook his head. Sit down and tell me something about your-% self..)Nil`l.9ou? ' ' V She/was so surprised Eht -she had :4... ...'.n..'-n-... ....p.p`-. :~uuu':\a uc, aancu, aul upu]. j She was"accustomed to his rapid chahge of `mood, so `she answered quiet!-y.d NO. I understand it is "quite 'the.talk of the libterafy world. Is it good? _ ' - '. Good? Well," I"-" should hardly it Aggod. ' I_nte_resting, perhaps,` - _ . - an. a.-.--an-.- Miss Searle took the letters-~.vffom the postman with a sigh. London was intolerably dull in the silly sea- .5011. And when one stays at home to work and ca.n't--well! `V ' `She opened the'rst letter. It "coni- -qnenced like "this :- - ou were a (luffer, old girl,fnot to come. -We are having a splendid time. Mr. A1-m,strong-_-you` rememb- er 1" told-you about him--we.ll,_ he` tauccu Q1 l1ULlllg mac. ' "I hope you're not gettmg suck of` `this, he said, at the end of a )reek.| nv I CI..- A};-uni`.-.1-I. nna-nan nI- I1 uua,_ 11; aa.1u,.u.I. uu. wuu. ua. u v V.-.| ; -bhe smxled-across at hum h/ppxly. }Sick {of it! Why, you know ym ,not; I m just as mterested in it as `you are yourself, I believe. .1_n.. `adult-`lnl"' 1-unI't\h;rIn' {'11P (T;I'] Q 4HJe_ went to: the window and ung if wid open; His very act was I symbol cal. " `During working hours {the window had-been closed on ac- lcount of\-the` noise .from the traffic. WA. ...1H Anlco `ma 1: rrvnl-I-no A` 0) four`. V n u. uu, nu. \ 'It will only be a m'.a.tter of a few` Hines, .-he aid, acs'he came back to lthe table.` She 'was indexing con- t tents, ax made no remark. He stood Twatching her a moment intently. Y Then he stretched across and took the book from her`. A ; ` J =Leave it, he said. You .must not do all my work. -I'll do that af- -ter+-.-a.fter you have gone. . ' .aG`L.. 1-..J....l .... . I344]. 1-banal-`nr` F v\_I\-nun`. vs -u.-nv -nu-vv -.v-_- v-- -- H `:10 EUISWCIT ready. 7 _ - ' 7 Ihave oftenjwondered about you. W re .you live, what you do with yyo r_selfb beside writing, and about `*ybg{` people. ' ` an-uno-vn-A-1 .>vl\- 111%` neon-6:r\c1 I "your people. A_ | i She answered the lat_, questionl Qgrst. "I have `no people; i none I `care about. ' A -`_`How do_ you live, the n-a1one?" ` -No. I share a at with a friend. "*-.He..drummed ont_he {table _-ab- _stractedly._ But an` moment later he returned to the charge. . rAnd your- frieiid--she is nice? V ` V .4 " he is - nice, frepeated Naida. _en, aklittle warmth coming _into her face,` We are-very fond of. each other. '1` think I like..her better than. anyone "else in the world. . * '-7,`:;1..Vi.I*.,*I'=e looked 1115 at her sha,rply;oea1.'- ed`:; _his lips to .speak;' but continued itable. .. `urr, -V , 1 r-I-53,- ` 1, !., .1 - Zhis "mechanical d`rummin'g on _ `the _nA cu way. _ V A What sort of."-`waLy ? ?-L" Her cur- iosity was arouse.d to` learn `what ibis" man?" called '-_int'erestin'g. _ f`I1 is, ,1` __supbpse,`_the usual study in-teg:p+ n;1ent.`he re`pli.ed. But I can t jh'I'?_ using? sigch Vivid `: colouri- `-il'IE. ,,"`~=`.`? ` ' V. f"- V` ~ I p."s-V`thi_'t1lging.htli.`-author makes a_ UJIXILVUILIV3 _ Nghole you are yuuracu, .l ucucvc. 1He laughed, watching the, gin-1 s| eager face. It was not often he `gave his attention to anything b ` }the task on hand. That's all rlght ;h.e sand, "W e v_e not finished yet. Ca.-n \y0_u go on for another tortmgnt_`:1 1`hat Ought to see us through." Maids wn: sun: she could- -What ` l'llIBGI\\a III Ifllll " UI\rlI VIVILI \r\-VIKIFIA `- 'u=~ . .7, 2mg, . W ~ = :`p;-,*`ot.2= `What is .l3is`idea? I ~ `L"I `was, thinkirig. the xpositicn was" fsomething dike 1 yours--arz1dV your ,=;frind fs,, ; usggalfthizjgg, _ you ,k_n.ow:' wo-*. ;g1p};e ' thcic V dilcpltics .1.` .2: `s>"sftr`.'F.-nu...-..:-' ;~.-.~..t...1- . JIIKIII--'-lJIal~ " V\llll\.I '~,ule Ivancourt ._ shed ta:g}.'V%interrupted; hi "Tfrie'd. V '4.h...-.--A ;.:-..;..:,1.- a.1.:.`. .35 .`...1 .lH'd.lL Uugl. LU ac: ua uuuu u. Naida was sure she could. -Whatl is more, she would have gladly spar-; l ed ev'en a. longer time than that. her L-.14.. ..._-......A n2Il.. nest` Fa-iunlrusc CU CVCH 6. 1Uu5C1 Linn. Luau sunny. `-4-... Q own tals seemed silly and frivolous `in comparison with this more solid `work. Her verses were sentimental and wortliless. Once he had said he could not have managed without her,` and she""had smiled, well pleas- CU. |' A fortnight soon passes-when one is well employed..-,The last morning` came very quickly, to the: girl at least. The neeweather had broken up suddenly, and there was! a` noticeable awkwardnesst between l Yule, and his companion. ` '1 ; _-.... Ll... n\nQ:AE" 1-`1;o1rr :11 1419 1 UIQ auu H13` L.UuL,ycuuuu. --gilt was the easiest thing in the` world to frame a` gracious little speech of thanks, at the sam.e time ,regretting.'that their pleasant labour` 313.5 ended. : So. the young man had ought the night before. . But now ,-the words stuwc'k,..i`n his throat, and Ht" was the gi _ h'erselfjwl1o" broached 1 the subject at last. i l`I. ...... an 11 Man :1-If-9-r\r`IIDf;t'\n i L I An`: V1 for (1 IIEI ed-A ulc auu_yccL lat. 'xg.aL. ` . - There 15 only the mtroductnon now"; isn't there`? iWnll`Lyou need me _;. ;.I__4.?)- - I JI L11!-3 I, IJII I. that? ' RN A'DV1 iNCE" |ll,ll.I'D -Lcauch} ` - *1 was telling Lord Ivancourt of_,; ' your literary `taste. He wants a ;lit-"- ..`tle help infhis book of travels, and, '3-Iinowing the fac'cur'acy of` .your-[jfirdgi-xi m_e'nt, -I suggested that :tie1f_haiJs i;yt)_A1.1_; ;; =ti1'i zht`--tha t you, would ' . v..u.. .1.._.......... 4.:..-1..-.1- A.-... "1:.`.i;.;. .tliins,= J bx_1t`..in_sult 's-2-V-" sshe -lzrokst-` 054 Forgive me,'I was for_geLtt`m8`-' -But.. you .%are- not like_,'that, and YOU .wouldn t und`}'stand. ` ' `ntr . . ;L---xl `KT... `tinnrllf ,W0t1l(l!1'I IJIIGCTSIBHCI. ' . ...%I,,A%,, ,,ot,,ike t1,m `No thank heaven. But my dear g1rl., (10 3` think I `can t understand. Im sorry 1" ,,, _I,, _L:_.-4( LL:_ TL _-.... L`up\1rr"II'... gtrunx Lrcant .un.ucrsuu1u. ; nu. gun, I spoke ab`.out( this-. It was thought- less. 'But you` re not going?- - She had"ris.'en. It- is` after one l "57; VhuLd! U'u' W i? ii-'aI'?r one . e a qs.en._ - _ |.o c1ock; she said," witl1~a' shakY` smile. I" suppose I must say 220d` bye for good. 66\xr.1.-; ..1.....1.u ;.....a `T rnnnri TM: UJ`? Luyguuu. . ? I _ _ I` ` Why should you. I mean. e was wonder-ing`if you would let me take you out-to~lunch. Just to*com- memorate the conclusion of the book, he `nished, rather lamely. 'l"L.. ...u...... ......1..,.: e... I-....- .~la"ianl.-a, DOCK, DC `HIHSHCU, l"d.lllCI l d.u1.CL_y. ` The colour rushed to her c_Hek_S- Oh , no, she said, quidklyg ?The"` lshe turned away, hangry and _aslgzt1-1flI}- ed. Why-could s e not _rece1ve 1'5 littleattegition in ihe Way'1t was of- fered? - ` ' I '. 1,5, I3- 4.-. ! ..I.-_...... `n:rV|EAl; He` bit his lip and `drew A up stify. "I see; m" sorry? no idea-you would object. I thought it would be nice, that is all. ` I lac- -:. __--_1.1 1... 99 ........~r.`m-1 I lt WUUICI De HICC, EH3!` IS an. _ '50 '-it would be, s-tamm`er`ed Naida, but-"" she oundered over |the stupid lie, .but I have to go back. I m expecting my chuin home to-morrow from! her holiday, and there will be a good deal.to do---to make things right for her. IN: ..... g U1- L...-I -an.-scram-or` I; `IILa`I\C Llllllgrlrlglll. IUI llC'I. ' \ `Of course. He had recovered hxs `composure, and held `out -his hand .with the shadow of his `genialsmxfle. I`feele an awful brute for keeping you so long. f\L :L A.......... L ..a...6-I-.-no aka` coir` LULUIJI ll\J\JLlC\.l _IICl \oll\.\o (Iu-an All the Way home" "th re was a strange, blank feeling in her head or heart. She did not _know which, or whatthis sense of overwhelming de- pression for-boded. But `she wished-- h0_w she,wi hed -it, now it was too late!--that s eihaal let him take her; `out. just for , once after all.` What must he think of her? 3She, Naida Searle, a working-girl, 3, spinsterof lthirty years, yet she` could not accept an "ordinary courtesy from~a man ---like him-withou_t blushing and stgrmmering as a clumsy schoolgirl would. " ' Inn, 1 - 1 ,,. .1__ +2..-- D..4. _ But the cluffe did not `Auish. She l picked up the second tlettedr, which p'i'omised to be more exciting. It -was from the publishers who had` _brought out her one and only `book, .:m(l proved to be merely a request -earliest, convenience. C _ . ,_ A Y ,_ A I that she would call on them at her '1`,. 1'