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| In Peace and War 1 I Or, The End of It All CHAPTER VII. [then When they reached the mouth of the1 ^igu river they found the long boat lying ner alongside the huge shelving rock used as a landing stage on account of its convenience during all varieties The man watching there had heard or seen nothing of Mr. Trist or Admiral Wylie. The ladies sat for some time in the stern of the gig, wrapped in their waterproof cloaks, without speaking. Then Brenda begged to be landed. She was shivering with cold and anxiety. She walked slowly up the smooth surface of the rock and disappeared. Once out of sight of the two boats which lay heaving softly on the bosom of the Tising tide, she quickened her pace, keeping to the narrow trodden on the peaty soil by Admiral Wylie and Theo Trist in turn. Suddenly she stopped and listened Intently. A distant crackle of dry wood beneath a human tread repeated itself. Someone was approaching rapidly. A mome.it later Theo Trist stood before her, but she scarcely recognized him. Her first feeling was one of utter surprise that his meek eyes could look so resolute. Ho it was who broke the silence, and he was forced to shout, because they were so close to the riv- is even now no sign of fa-He had raised his eyes to hearing Captain Barrow's (pie words, and now they looked at each other in a strangely wondering way. Neither had thought of the Hand whose work this was until that moment. So the joint command of the Hermione lapsed into new hands -- the man's command above decks, and the woman's rule below. In both regions the new director stepped into the vacant place quietly, unostentatiously, and" confidently. Old Captain Barrow was as the potter's clay in Trist'a gentle, yet firm hands. The young fellow's strange, subtle influence soon made itself felt upon the men. The Admiral had path n;led by genial heartiness, coupled ■ - 'with the force of past experience implied by his title; the young journalist (who did not pretend to be a sailor) enforced obedience by the magnetic attraction of his implaca- "Where is Mrs. Wylie?" he asked. "She is at the mouth of the river," replied Brenda -- "in the boat, waiting." "Come away!" he shouted, beckoning with his head, and they moved through the pine wood further inland, where the brawl of the stream was less disagreeable. Then he took her hand in his, and looked down into her face with unconscious scrutiny. ... "You must go back to her, Brenda," he said, "and tell her that Admiral Wylie is dead. I found him in a whirlpool about half a mile abovo "When was that?" asked the girl mechanically. "Oh, an hour ago. I have been all this time in the water recovering. . . getting him ashore." "Was he quite dead?" "Quite dead. It must have happened early in the day, for his lunch was still in his creel." "Where is he . . . now?" whispered Brenda, looking through the trees from which Trist had emerged. "Through there, on the bank. I began carrying him down to the boat, ble will. ) complaint, but had t giv, ; up." She said nothing, but moved a step or two toward the spot indicated. Then he took her hand within his and led the way. The man who had looked on death eo often, who had slept amidst the groans of the dying and the heartrending cries of the sore-wounded, now knelt and simply drew back the covering from the still, gray face. Death was so familiar to him that the sight of it brought ho familiar ehock, and he scarcely realized what he was doing. Mechanically Brenda knelt down on the turf, her dress touching the dead man's hand. For some moments she remained thus, while the rosy light of dawn crept down the mountain side. Behind her stood Trist, silently watching. Presently he looked round and noted the increase of daylight; then he touched her shoulder. "Come, Brenda," be said. "The day is breaking. We must go. I will walk back with you to the She : and shook her head de- "No," she answered. "You must stay here beside him. I will go back alone. It is better for me to tell Mrs. Wylie." "You are not afraid? ' he inquired. "No. I am not afraid." Trist walked by her side a few "I wish," he said, "that I could have spared you some of this." Sho stood beside him, looking straight in front of her. Her shoulder was almost touching his wet coat, which hung loosely. All around them the trees dripped mournfully, while, through the low entanglement the voice of the mournful river sang its ancient "It is only my share of the task," she answered. "Why should you have it all to do--Theo?" Besides sxpectcd life to be all Mrs. Wylie uttered sued for no sympathy simply stunned -- and, in her imperious little way, Brenda took over all the household duties, assumed all minor responsibilities, and gave the widow no rest. She forced her to take an interest in smaller things, and allowed time for thought. She herself li ally put her to bed by the light the morning sun, and calmly nounced her intention of sharing the state-room. The Admiral ried below, and laid on Trist's bed, and the latter moved, next day, ' to the room vacated by Brenda. For him there was no reast that night. He did not even change the clothes in which he had been swimming a few hours before, while bringing ashore the Dead man. By sever o'clock in the morning the Hermione was ready for sea -- awning furlod stanchions stowed away, and the great sails shaken out. About this time Brenda came on deck. She looked round for a moment in utter surprise at the changed appearance of the ship; then she walked aft, to where Trist was standing near the rail talk-in^ in a low voice to Nielsen, who, hurriedly summoned, had come on board to pilot the yacht down the Heimdalfjord. The Englishman's back was turned toward her, and he did not hear her light tread upon the deck, but his companion raised his rough sabli ' respectfully, and Trist turned r at orice. Brenda saw that he r ed her black dress, and involuntarily glanced down at his own shabby reed suit, which was discolored and inkled. "Have you had any rest?" were his first words. thank you. I slept for at least two hours." She smiled a lit-she looked at him, and his glance rested on her faultlessly dressed head, her dainty form, and proud little face. "And Mrs. Wylie?" he inquired ■> in the sea than of any other "to find out I will try," she sab Mrs. Wylie's feelings on the subject." "Yes, Brenda, do!" he murmured, in a way which seemed to imply that the matter was safe in her hands. Trist found the saloon deserted. He passed into his new state-room, and there he mechanically proceeded to make some sort of a toilet. A suit of blue serge was the darkest he possessed, and this he donned, toning it down with a black necktie. He shaved and bathed in a dull, dignified way, as a condemned criminal might do upon the morning of his execution--after a sleepless night. (To Be Continued). "She is sleeping now." "Captain Barrow," he explained, n a tone which in some way implied i joint control, "has got all ready or sea. The tide begins to run [own at half-past seven, when we vill get in the anchor and go." "Theo," she said, "I have moved nost of my things into the large (tate-room, as I think it will be bet-er for me to sleep with Mrs. Wy-ie. You can go into my cabin as oon as you like now -- the steward md I have put it all right for you." "Thank you!" he said. "Will you not go and change now? t cannot be good to keep on those lothes." "Net yet "They PROMINENT PEOPLE. Personal Notes About Leading Actors on the World's Stage. Mr. Carnegie's present income is stated to be 310,000,000 a year, or $20 a minute, or §1,200 an hour. Paul Desmuke, of Amphion, Texas, who has just been elected justice of the peace, is without arms, but performs wonders with his feet. With them he handles a knife and fork with dexterity and writes with ease. For six months he was county clerk and kept the records accurately; they are models of neatness. Queen Alexandra is a great lover of violets and lilies of the valley, and is fond of wearing them. Tho once radiant but now sorrowing and desolate ex-Empress Eugenic was also devoted to violets, the Buonaparte flower. The Princess of Wales, as Duchess of York, always insisted on having plenty of white rose bushes in her garden. The young Queen of the Netherlands knows all about tulip culture. Perhaps the most extensively traveled lady in the world is Mrs. Cross-ley, of Indianapolis. She is now preparing to make her twenty-first voyage round the world. She crossed the Atlantic no fewer than seventy times, has made tweive jour-the top of the Pyramids, and CLOVER, POTATOES, CORN. My system of crop rotation is 1 commence by preparing the land for a crop of potatoes to follow clov For main crop I plant potatoes about June 5, writes Mr. W. ' Eaton. 1 let the clover grow just long' as I dare and have time •< h left to get my ground in good for planting. I let the pro- i loi be- sited very Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. All this amount of traveling, too, she has crowded into eighteen year'-, and she possesses a wonderful collection of curiosities from every quarter of the globe. The Duke of Orleans, who was cently reinstated into the good graces of His Majesty, is a man varied attainments, who, in spite of his failings, invariably manages to favorably impress those with whom he comes in personal contact. Tho Duke is an all-round athlete, a fine horseman, a good shot, a perfect skater, and is one of the best amateur boxers in Great Britain. He first put on the gloves when he was about 14, and ever since has preferred boxing to fencing, the highly favored pastime of his own country- 3 of n Sir Herbert Spencc composition of "Fin 'n 18«0, her adopted the* dictating to an amanrie spending th ish loch Ti-ioei- 3 for ; quai libit ishinc-Before the dow: the 1 ray: had c a boats moved away from the rock that seemed to guard the mouth of the river. All through the terrible journey up the fjord (for the wind" was light at Sawn, as it mostly is in Arctic seas) Brenda waited for those tears that never came -- listened for the words that were never spoken. She stared Straight in front of her toward the Hermione, and never actually looked into her companion's face; but she knew the expression that was there --the slightly raised lower lids, the close-pressed lips, and the far-off speculation in the eyes. The gig ran alongside, and Brenda, stepping on declc first said a few hurried words to Captain Barrow and the steward, who were standing together at the companion. Then the smaller boat moved away, and the long boat took its place. "The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of jthe Lord!" said Captain Barrow, looking severely at the steward, with tUK honest salt tears running down his cheeks, as the two men received the cold burden from the arms of Trist and Barker. Brenda turned slowly and looked Into Thfto Trirt's face, on which j then row for an equal period, the object of so stimulating rculation of the blood as to him through another fifteen ?s' dictation, and so on through the forenoon. Neither then afterwards has he worked in the •noon. Ten years later, at is when his health fell to a low ebb, he would go to a racket court in the north of London, play with the man in charge,. and dictate in the intervals of the game. Lord Forester, one of the peers who, by a grant conferred on his ancestors, can claim the privilege of wearing his hat in the presence gf King, recently mentioned a homely little incident which occurred ' ig the visit of the King and Queen to the Isle of Man. The Bishop of Sodor and Man lunched with their Majesties one morning at Peel Castle, and afterwards the King the Bishop to smoke. His lordship asjjed what the ladies would think of it, and the reply from Her Majesty, accompanied by a winning smile, was, "Let me get a light for u." She called her Indian nt, and the Queen, after striking match, handed it to tho Bishop with the remark, referring things I want to ask your opin- tendant who had brought it, "There about, and we may not have the i is a light from the East for you." chance later on." . Mrs. Slosson received the first de- The nearest village," he began in!jrree granted to a woman at Cornell meek way, "is Fjaerholm; we University, and became Professor of shall be there by this time to-mor-1 Greek at Hastings College, Nebras--ow with a fair bree?.e. There is a ka. A series of lectures hurch there and a churchyard, al- mie Prison led to the pri: though the Village itself is a tinj titioning the Governor to appoint place, almost surrounded by glaciers, her as chaplain, and since 1899 she and rarely visited. It will hardly has ministered to over 200 men who do, perhaps, to approach the ques-jhave got into the institution chiefly tion yet, but if we can find out be- I through drink and cattle stealing, fore we leave the Heimdalfjord what I Mrs. Slosson's influence .over them Mrs. Wylie's opinion is, it will sim-j is wonderful. She once put clown plify matters. Whether, I mean, we! a projected mutiny by an address on are to make for Fjaerholm, with the j "Duty." She conducts bright ser-view of burying him there, or to go j vices, obtains suitable literature for down to SognfjorjJ, catch a steamer jthe men, and clces much only adds a far greater of vegetable matter to the soil, but, as is well known, clover is a great nitrogen gatherer, storing this valuable material in its roots in the soil until the seed begins to form, when the larger part of the nitrogen is consumed in seed formation. Hence, if we would derive the greatest amount of good from the clover as a fertilizer, we must plow it under about the time it begins to bloom or very soon afterward. Some seem to think to plow under a clover sod is nearly, if not quite as good as plowing under the green clover, but if the clover sod has matured a crop of seed the fall before, or just before being plowed under, it has lost much of the nitrogen. I treat ground for corn in the ime manner as for potatoes as jar as practicable, though it has 5 be plowed some earlier than for potatoes. I know that some will say by the method I have outlined is in danger of losing all the sture the ground contained in the spring, but that has NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. I hi my farm which grow as good average crops as any land in this vicinity, and there nev-has been a load of fertilizer put i /ard or ™™™.„,-- I get much, and the feeder must i judgment, as this feed is inclined be laxative. During the third t fourth weeks I endeavor to get the calf to eat a little ground feed. This is easily taught by sifting in the grain from the palm of the hand while the calf is sucking the fingers. If the calf is in a little stanchion, it will learn to eat ground feed from one to two weeks earlier than when allowed to run at large \ the other calves. I have found earlier a calf can be taught to take ground feed the better. DO NOT OVERFEED. As to the skim milk ration, it is hard to state just how much a calf can properly assimilate. Always remember that it is much safer to underfeed than overfeed. Many calves have been killed because of the belief that "there is no good in skim milk," as I have often heard patrons at the creamery remark. They fail to realize that the milk is fully as strong as ever, with the exception of tho oil, which can be easily replaced by some much cheaper feed. To raise the best calves for either dairy or meat production, it is well to feed skim milk for six or seven months. Skim milk makes a most excellent ration for young pigs, in which case it will be found that the sweeter and fresher the milk the more valuable it will be for feeding purposes. Young chickens will thrive on skim milk, but it must not be given in. largo quantities. It is better to mix it with meal or some other food of that nature than to feed it alone. It also makes a valuable feed when coagulated. ther barnyard cial. This land has been farmed for 40 consecutive years anc missed a crop I do not decry the us* of" fertilize form but merely make the statement to show what can be done by a pr per crop rotation including clover. I follow my potatoes and co with oats on heavier land the soil in as good shape „„ sible with plow, disk harrow weeder. I always, or nearly always, treat the seed oats to kill smut spores, even though the seed tains no appreciable amou smut. I nearly always so' of my own growing. After the oats are off, I pit ground as soon as possible, following with harrow, that the scattered oats may germinate when subsequ< harrowing will kill them. I harr as often as possible and always try to harrow immediately after each shower to keep the moisture in the Vbout September 20 I sow ar>:T^ced down rfsrain, sowing larts of timothy seed and six of clover seed per acre. If the spring I have any doubts mt there being a good catch of clover I sow as much more clover seed. One can nearly always tell by THE WEATHER CONDITIONS and observation whether there will ' e a catch of clover or not. Someone may say it makes it very expensive to sow the second seeding )f clover, but experience says it is lot so expensive as to miss the atch of clover, for if you do it will make a serious break in your series tation. I usually harvest one crop of hay and one of seed the first year after seeding. The second year I break up the meadow and plant to potatoes and corn again. I have paid as high as $9 a bushel for clover seed and lost it I have followed the above method I raised from ten to • seed each thirty bus which o Bergen, and go home." There was a short pause wnen ne had finished speaking. Brenda appeared to be lost in a reverie. At length she spoke. "Which course do you recommend, Theo?" she aaked. "I am afraid, Brenda," he said apologetically, "that I am rather hard and practical in these matters. My opinion is that Fjaerholm churchyard is as good as any other. It would be a horrible journey home for her and . . . for you." "I think Fjaerholm would be best." it. Of course, Mrs. Wylie may have decided feelings on the subject, and if so we must give in, and leave the Hermione; though I think she will be better here among her own surroundings than on board a crowded passenger steamer -- an object of curiosity and ostentatious sympathy." T do not think, i sLoi pauf "th any id the girl, af-at she will be listaken senti- en released louse is full of pre-tle mother" from boys," but a better e of her work is the been in prison re- good start Mrs. Slosson's sents to the " her grateful proof of the ve fact that only those who hav "Carmen Sylva," Queen of Rou-mania, has endeared herself to the hearts of the people, over whom her husband reigns in innumerable ways; but it is doubtful if any action in her life appealed to them so much as when, in the simple garb of a sister of charity, she helped to nurse the wounded in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877. Her husband, who was then only Prince Charles -- the title of King not being assumed until 1881 -- took a prominent part in the war and helped the Russians to overthrow Osman Pasha. And it was while he was so engaged that his wife, "Carmen Sylva," assumed the position .of sister-in-charge, and not only rendered valuable assistance to the army surgeons, but by her unflagging cheerfulness encouraged many a man to struggle against the horrors and privations of the campaign when he might have been tempted to give up in despair. year, plenty for my < under cu'ltivat year. t only gr piite a revenue. 80 acres of land and plant about and potatoes each The finer we pulverize the soil, the lore we expose the area of the particles of which it is composed tc plant roots to feed on. By thor-igh tillage on most soils you car enough phosphoric acid anc potash to produce good crops. Every man must decide for himself whether or not it is best to give such thorough tillage as plish this or to use so cial fertili7.er in additi ordinary tillage. NUTSHELL FARMS. Good Profits Made on a Qi of an Acre. To conduct a farm no larger than a quarter of an acre, and to make a good profit thereon after paying the high annual rental of 515 for the tiny area, is one of the current achievements of agricultural science. The secret is irrigation directed by educated men. Egypt is the scene of these successful agricultural experiments. The farming is carried on by the Egyptian Government at. the School of.'Agriculture at Gizeh, not far •r4m Cairo. The Students, who are high caste natives, are allotted each a quarter of an acre. Water pumped from the Nile is furnished the student farmer, and he is taught when and how to distribi his miniature farm of cotton, forage plants, and tropical and semi-tropical fruit, dams, and little reservoirs His canals, VALUE OF SKIM MILK. Nature has seen fit to miu skim milk and cream, and because the law of gravitation divides them or centrifugal force separates them, is no reason why we should class, one part as the good and the other as the bad. Nature has mixed the fat and milk serum together, making one of the best of foods. If wc take one part from this food wc cannot expect to get the best results without supplying at least a substitute. It is well known that lilk • skin lilk, food parts muscle, bone and the vital parts of the young animal, while on the other hand fat is furnished as a lubricant and as a heat-giving por- SEPARATOR OR SKIM MILK. I will give briefly my method of rearing young calves on separator milk, says Prof. A. L. Haecker. Starting with the calf at birth, I allow it to nurse its dam once or twice or even longer, if in a weak condition. An ordinary healthy calf I take away from its dam after the second nursing, or say the day after birth. In this way the young animal gets the colostrum milk, and he same time gives the herdsman pportunity to determine whether it is strong enough to wean or not. For the first week I feed the calf its mother's milk, giving light rations • from three to live pounds twice three times a day if the calf is Weak, for the first two or three days. " ' the end of the first week I begin adding a little separator milk, taking a week to change from whole During this period I begin adding the ground flaxseed, putting in but half a teaspoonful end gradually increasing so that hen the calf is on the full skim ilk ration it is receiving about a id operated scientifically. The school leaees tho land by 1 year at $60 an acre, and the student is given the use of his quarter-acre plot at a proportionate rate. The revenue from one of these Lill-utian farms has been a surprise to agricultural experts, and would be i amazing revelation to many Can-lian farmers, for whom a quarter ' an acre scarcely affords space for nplements and banns. Although their experience is all gained from their miniature farms, these Egyptian students are develop-'nto such expert agriculturists they are receiving offers to ac-the management of extensive sugar and cotton plantations else- HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD. The ancient ceremony of weighing the Maharajah of Travancoro with gold was performed with great pomp in that city recently, Kis M jesty being a devout Hindu and great stickler for the rites of 1 religion. Months before the cei mon/;> his Government bought great' quantity of pure gold, t greater part of which was converted into coin. After presenting phant to the shrine the Maharajah entered the temple and moun of the scales, his sword and shield being laid in his lap. In the other scale the newly-struck coins were put in by the first and second Princes until the Maharajah rose in the air, the priests chanting Vedic hymns. In addition to this the band played ad the guns fired. Afterwards the >in used was distributed among jout the 15,000 Brahmins. Father--"Halloa ! where did you get all those toys ?" Son--"I bought ' im with the money you gave me." But I gave you that money to teach you how to save." "Yes, pi; I kept it for three weeks until I learned all about. saving, and now learning how to shop." like ?" asked What trade would be brought up to, my a gentleman of a boy. "The trade, 'cause ever since pa has been ustee we've had puddin' for din- T hope you try to push business, John, even after office hours," said ial dealer to his clerk. "X do, ' replied John. "I call upon a different girl every night and never leave before twelve, and have a big fire going all tha time." showing the true Republican licity with which Switzerland ages the affairs, it is stated POOR MEN'S LUCKY LEAPS FROM LIVES OF POVEP-TC! INTO THE PEERAGE. Tricks Played by the Law oi Succession Often Bring Titles Never Expected. To retire at night just, an ordinary citizen, a poor man, and to rise in the morning with a noble title or two and perhaps vast acres, with castles end wealth, is an experience possible only to a British subject. The law of succession - regarding the nobility sometimes plays strange tricks of this kind, not only in fiction but in real life. Unexpected leaps from obscurity to the peerage, from poverty to great wealth, .ire not uncommon in England. Man.y such instances have been recorded in recent years, the elevations in s:m« cases going to persons who did not, even know they were in the line of succession for a title. The present Duke of Hamilton, by a sequence of iccidents, found himself transformed seven years ago from an unkno-m lieutenant to tho premier peership o::' Scotland, with three ducal titles and as many mar-quisates, to say nothing of earldoms and baronies sufficient to equip half a dozen average peers. LUCK OF DUKE " OF HAMILTON. slight was the prospect of Lieut. Alfred Douglas-Hamilton ever succeeding to the family honors may be gathered from the fact that, al-igh he is the thirteenth Duke of rilton, he derives his descent from a third son of the fourth duke, who was born in tho faraway seventeenth century, and that all his intermediate ancestors were younger sons. How many lives might in the ordinary course have come between the young lieutenant and the dukedom it is impossible to estimate ; but, as It was said in sporting parlance at the time of his accession, the odds were thousands to on« against his ever wearing the strawberry leaves. the present Duke of Portland succeeded to the title and wealth ol the Bentincks. The son of a third son, who in turn was a third son o' the third duke, ".here seemed cu much chance of the young subaltern of the Guards ev-r be:ng the head of his family as of" hjs becoming Emperor of China The fourth duke alone had four sons, all of whom were considerate enough not te marry ; and the third duke wa* also blessed with four sons, wh« were sufficiently amiable to mak* the way clear for the lucky young soldier, POOR BOY'S LEAP TO NOBILITY, When Master William Grey firs* opened his eyes in Newfoundland is father ■ was but the third son Of the third son of an Earl of Stamford, and there were many lives between hirj and rank and fortune. His fathe< was a poor clergyman, and the ft, ture earl had to face many vicisa* tudes of fortune before he was sue.' denly exalted from the position of a London diocesan reader to be Earl of Stamford and Baron Grey of Probably no one was more surprised than the late Barl *f Caith-when he realized that he was to his distant cousin, the fifteenth earl. As a young man there many lives between him and the ttlle that he would have ighed at the suggestion that one y he would wear an earl's coronet, and he mf.de himself quite happy as a bank agent in Scotland, while his i, the earl of to-day, tended his farm and herded his sheep in the There was equally little chance of Augustv-s Arthur Perceval ever qualifying for a seat in the House of Lords, for his father, a poor army officer, was a second son of the fifth son of the second Baron Arden, who himself was not within measurable distance of the Earldom of Eg- PORTER BECOMES AN EARL. There are few more dramatic stories in the peerage than this of th3 elevation of the hall porter of Chelsea town hall to the rank of earl, viscount, and baron by a series of accidents only less remarkable than the hard blows that Fortune had dealt him before she revolutionize:! Ms life in this startling fashion. A still more dramatic story is rtild of one of the Earls of Huntingdon, who before his elevation to the master in Ireland. One day ho chanced to be looking through some old correspondence of his grandfather, a man of a position as humble as his own, when he saw a reference to a possible claim to the extinct earldom of Huntingdon. Following' up that clew the barrack master discovered that he was really heir to the title, and after a long -struggle succeeded in getting his claim admitted and in taking his seat in the house of lords. The history of the Bellew family Jlustrates the strange vicissitudes by which a title may fall to a seemingly impossible person. At one there were no fewer than ten between the present holder and the title, and yet within the shor* space of two years every one r-1 '" e intermediate lives was r©~ rod, four heirs perishing together through the upsetting of a boat in a squall. ne, go"' y straighten ne Is very economical, ick--"Browne ? Well, 3rowne is the sort of ren he wants an awl instead pf buying i work to make one g out a corkscrew." Turkish ships passed se Suez Carnal lost year, 3iic\n vessels did so.