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Greed For Gold Or, The Sign of the Arrow ^rrra long journey, and Ids homewar pace wa> a quiet one. Lighting-*! time was three hours ahead, and 1 would bo at his destination we within that time. The road slopei" and, the wind being behind him, ] himself of his M some fields, particular!; ing harrow MAY RE NECKS ARY. wheel, his than a dependent. She played cards skilfully, and won every t Every member of the family friendly disposed towards her--< Vere, and even she had to weai pretence of friendliness. The musical evenings, the tei golf, cycling, all and every one took an equal part in. So it c about that on that fateful day three ladies--mother, daughter, companion--had ridden a long way out to lunch, and were returning, hoping to be in time for dinner. A hope that was not. realised, for they were tho three ladies coming down the hill at foot of oiseleBS as the flight of a bird. !es; Suddenly the country quiet wi ln isturbed by shrill shrieks--ehriel las f women in distress and agony ai ain. The cries came from the di ction of the hi'l ahead of him; bv e could see nothing, for the ro.- the hedgv be II the seedbed has been given this ireful attontion, it will bo in oxcel-nt condition by September 10, at hich time seeding may begin, miss there is danger of hessian fly. i delay seeding until, the month, or the first week r. As a rule, however, where hessian fly is not present, early seeded fall high. But and his hands clenching--as happen. can be guessed. But n the women were plucl thrown off their ma< strotched-across-thc-ro had picked themselves ed the efforts to rob daughter, and friend. . CHAPTER IV. There were two nephews living at Grayne Hall, both reading for the Bar. After the manner of nephews in fiction one was good and one was bad; and by the same rule Uncle Sir George favored tho bad one. Truth is just as strange as fiction. >.*, as well to label those two boys. Reggio Grayne, dark, passionate, hasty, and yet as good-hearted a fellow as the country of Sussex contained, Ashley Grayne, fair, smooth-tongued, and cool-tempered, a man who could smile and be a villain still. they were tho three ladies coming j When Dick Cans Pettish Sir George favored the hypocritical, suave Ashloy, and fav- , orod his attentions of his step- j meeting had to take pli daughter, Vere. But. Ashloy found were Poln*? 111 {avor of 1 no favor in Veres sight. She was a : Party. Tho rope was an simple girl, but she saw through his ! factor, and would bring character-saw that the money her j hurried dismounting. ' mother would leave her was tho i would stop the cyclists further pro-basis of his affection for her. Monev : 8ro8S- The.v would draw the line at often Is tlie foundation-stone a man! that. erects his temple of love on; that - is why tho altar fire so frequently DH'APER V. expires. Handsome, wilful Heggie. her old "ick Causton had chambers and playmato-for the last few years of ?fflce8 ,n Lincoln's In. Fields but their girl and boyhood had been Ihe. was ra,rel>'. to be found there of the second spent together-she loved with all ! J^0?1, ™ dorainant at tbe ? L^L J - the intensity of her heart and soul, i m" birth-must have been. His life , stagg. But he was not aware of it. Vere wore not her heart upon her sleeve; she did not give her love unsought. And yet Reggie did love her--loved putus; his pedals flew r The thor, mpacl ughly If i wiv- ing time must rized and well this condi- l the i Ibefore freezing weather sots in. | The seeding is best done, all thi \ considered, with some kind of a pi j or disk drill. As a rule, press di give satisfaction, particularly light soils, during a dry autumn. daughter was standing led, and a > and struggling with one roug-e. There j whilst the two other women we ie waiting on the ground, being kicked to « important \ ence by the other two--their si about a ! alone compels the description The gipsies j them as men. Dick Causton had not learnt bo ing at school in vain. Inside minute he was off his machine, ai had planted an effective blow und the ear of one ruffian before t* other two were even aware that ' well. ■sTi'v "T""c'mt years, the disk drill has been rope tll, exceedingly satisfactory and is becom-and'resll lng very widely used. If you con-n Mo the" i'lemplate purchasing a new drill, it 'would pay you to look into this mat-ived. tffjter very carefully. Use from one screamp'! bushel to six pecks of good plump <eed I the i CAee the ighly by fanning mill, which will blow out light, and imperfect kernels and screen out all small"grains. FALL FEED PROBLEMS. Mi'.„ ivl but iill ger ■ doarly. It had been but and girl affection, and it would assuredly havo developed but for one reason--Miss Evelyn Westcar stepped upon the scene. And Reggie lost his head--not his heart--over her at once. And it affected two persons keenly and differently--Vere grieved, and Ashley rejoiced.' It was Ashley's business now to make Vere jealous. Tho green-eyed monster was likely to prove of valuable assistance to him. He rejoie-icceedingly over the advent he had been a devotee of wheel. In childhood's days he sat; is aa f on tbe floor and twirled the crank j nowadi ! of his big brother's big bone-shaker. , thing Later on, he acquired one himself, ! of bor' us en'j t;<M!. v crops. Millet 1 minate and grow with light i«um and in high temperatures, and m midst. As the fir, i be sown July 1, writes Mr. H. less, Dick mot the fa j Cook. Buckwheat requires more s> germination, but w 'er- average tempei n feeding value, Both s her Miss Westcar; but he was puxzled by j hIs chrysalis and gradually merged into th cushioned comforts of the present-century safety. And now, although thirty summers and the best, part of as many winters, had passed him by, he was just, as ardent a cylist as when a boy. Not that he took his pleasure as sadly, or as shakily, as in boyhood's days--tho inventive genius of Mir. Dunlop had sees to that. He -was a lawyer. How he passed necessary ioked down up< science of it is' With the dec He knew her, had met her could never tell. somewhere; but. where he could not I of his articles been full of champagno at 1 It is an excellent wine, but the brai They well. Evelyn recognised him toi were introduced at dinner first day of her instalment at Grayne Hall, and when she saw his look of curious, half-doubtful recognition, her heart sank. But she braved it out. she remembered the circumstances under which she had met him; it seemed possible that he had forgotten, or he would have been more, very much more, surprised at seeing her there. The buoyancy of her heart brought it to the surface again. After dinner Ashley sought her side, and said :, "Miss Evelyn, I seem to remember meeting you before." "Indeed !" ln a tone of surprise. "Where ?" "Ah, that is what is puzzling me. And I do not remember your name even. Where is it possible I could have met you 7" "If you are a friend of Lady Norwood's, it may have been there. I was her companion for some "Lady Norwood? Do not know her--never met her in my life." "Then," accompanied by a gentle smile, "I think you must be mistaken. I led a very quiet life with Lady Norwood, who was an invalid, and has been ordered a long tour abroad. It is not likely that I can have met you anywhere." "And yet I seem to have a picture of you in my mind. I seem to see you in evening dress, with a glass of champagne in your hand, singing 'Ta-ra-ra--. . .' Oh, pray forgive sie ! I meant nothing offensive. Please, please resumo your scat. Let me assure you. Miss Westcar, I did not mean to be rude. Let us drop the •ubject. I made a mistake in thinking we had met before. Pray accept my apologies !" And so that ghost of the dead past was laid. Ashley never raised again. His doubts were set at r The more ho saw day by day of the "quiet, -sober life Evelyn led, the i convinced he becamo that he been mistaken. As time went on it came about that Reggie was played with by Miss Westcar. Playing with fire is a dangerous game, but she indulged in it. She had no more idea of Wasting herself on Reggio than she had -t»f doing so with the butler; she was playing for higher game. True, her inclination tended Reggicwards. He through her, and caused her pulses to beat the faster. But it ended there. She applied the brake. Sentiment had a poor hand in the game she was playing. She had in her mind the wedding of Sir George Grayne--nothing had ! tvres> and sprockets far more close-le time, i lv than he did Stephen's Commen-t clouds itaries on the Laws of Eiigland.' He would have faced any examinations on the mechanism of the bicycle with a bold front, but the intermediate and final examinations into his knowledge of English law he met with knocking knees. However, he came out of the examinations all right in the end. t„iko the man with a poor hand at nap> he passcd. As In the days of his articies> so in the time when he was a fun_ blown solicitor, when he was licensed to dispense six-and-eightpenny j opinions and indite three-and-six-. penny letters. The fact that he I had his name on a brass plate and in the Law List weaned him not from his old love--he cycled. Cycling was his one real enjoyment. He was heart-whole; Englishmen. The pluckiest men in Europe owe much of the success to a knowledge of how to u their fists. Ix-t them lose th knowledge, and they will assured sink to the level of'the French a Germans. The two women were lying stij very still, on the ground, and thr blood-ruverrtl faces frightened Die, The other girl, save for a bruise , ^ two, was unhurt; unhurt, but during 'lightened that she could not speaj student days he I sobs rose from her bosom )uring the run studied gears, I burst in her throat, whilst her ey •ude from her death white face in awful fear. Truly Dick Causton had encountc ed his adventure at last. (To be Continued.) depend upon them to be regularly sown. Where soil conditions are favorebTe alfalfa stands above all known forage plants for the dairy cow. The almost penetrable subsoils of the northern granitic region offer a serious drawback and I feci quite sure that un-derdrainage deep enough to break up these subsoils may be necessary to make ifs growth safe and sure. Securing a catch Is almost assured, Hhowing that the proper bacteria are not wanting, but when the roots begin their downward growth there follows the inevitable tendency to throw out in the spring. Upon these soils I am sure we arc not giving red clover a fair chance to compete with its cousin alfalfa. The feeding value is only slightly less. If cut early for soiling red clover will produce three good „„v to .100 pounds muriate of pot-SEEDING WINTER WHEAT, j Jh & to $6 will pay !iber- A rich soil is always desirable for . ai profit on the investment, winter wheat. The plant is a gross t begin to feel that a change oi feeder and requires an abundant sup- : Dase upon Gur dairy farms is urgent, ply of feed for the largest yields. q-l!e otfl practice of leaving a sod al-This does not necessarily mean than most indefinitely bred weeds and per-! the ground must contain as much poverty. We have practised short haps that had something to do with, humus as corn ground, but it should j rotation, and I think it may have "7hen a man has a girl to look '. be abundantly supplied with this ma- been considered upon dairy farms after, then is the time for him to terial, in addition to phosphoric acid jndjeat ion of up-to-dateness. t shed his independence--if he wishes and potash. If soil is not naturally 'tainl.v there has been soil Rnd crop the course of his love to run; veYy rich and stable manure is avail- improvement and a preparation fo smoothly. He cannot mount his : abie, supply as much of this as can'drouth ami soiling crops for ever; metal--if not mettlesome and say. j De obtained. It can either be appli-1 emergency. The expense, however, ii "Expect me when you see me." after ed to the crop pl.evj0us to .wheat, or j yearly increasing, and I am satisfied tho manner of the hardened bache-; if welI roUud> can be put on the substantially the same results may Girls do not stand that sort ground just before plowing for wheat , be secured in another way, thereby it well rotted, thr most saVing the cost of such frequent satisfactory method of enriching tbe" ;breaking:, which is yearly increasing ; soil for wheat is to top-dress during with me and in northern New York, ithe fall and winter, spreading quite i Tn sections, where grass is not a | evenly over the surface. In this way natural crop, where the sod is thin, the available plant food in the ma- | frequwot or biennial breaking is nec-nure is absorbed by the upper lay-1eesary. With us a field left entirely ers of soil and is ready for immediate ! alone, will, if rich enough, grass use by the young plants. lover in two years. Is it, therefore, Furthermore, this top-dressing is a not to be a wise practiced expend first-class protection against the disastrous effect of winter freezes. Where it has been tried, it gave most excellent results. In some localities it may pay to supply phosphoric fertilizers, but this question each and pass [ every man must determine for himself, as it depends almost. it stand that of thing--up-to-date girls--and small lan(i blame to them. A woman who allows her lover to career all over the country without her is false to the most prominent trait in her sex's character. To that fact is probably clue the invention of the tandem. Dick Causton's heart was un-fractured; it was all his very own. Not that he was without a touch of that romance in his nature which spices and makes life worth the living; he simply had not encountered Miss Right,--that probably accounted for his not going wrong. In stress of weather he had sheltered in roadside inns, and been glad to pick up a novelette tc ntry he landladies' daughters, or the barmaids, affect the penny novelette-- the hero thereof is so very different from the kind of man she usually sees the other side of the bar. Strong contrasts are ever attractive to women : look at their millinery ! From a perusal of those papers, Dick Causton gathered that a cyclist could not go three-quarters of a mile without compassing an adventure with a lady. According to the novelette, the road was strewn with blue-eyed, palctaced, golden-haired girls, who had fallen by the fainted, punctured their tyres pretended they had, for the novelette herionc is full of subtlety), way stood, or sat, in need of masculine assistance. Dick had cycled for twenty years, ivering, perhaps, more than that number of thousand miles in that period, and never had it been his fortune (or misfortune--it altogether depends an the view you take of it ! encounter this roadside maiden WHOLLY UPON THE SOIL. In most winter wheat sections it is of utmost importance that preparation of the ground be started as early as possible. Where wheat is to follow oats, barley, potatoes, field peas or some spring crop, get these out of the way as soon as possible, then plow the ground without delay. This cannot be done too early, for it is absolutely necessary that wheat land be well compacted before the seed is put in. Summer or fall plowing of this kind need not be very dee) into labor or fertilizers into the latter alone and lengthen the rotation? This system will, perhaps, decrease the grain and corn output. After all, what crop will bring greater net return than two or three cutting nd timothy, whir* will c iiis ; sufficient and in the SECOND AND THIRD YEAR. Forty dollars to $50 of milk per acre is easily obtained from such >and. The question always comes back, c\n crop be insured against drouth? Crops are governed largely by rain-,11. I know it is possible to grow iie crop with very little rain. A ell established clover seeding, if >p-dress«d during the winter, will" grow and cover the ground in time to prevent direct evaporation. The mulch protection given by strawy twofold, feeding the plant The fact that he had a ; distress. Never did lie wife living was a detail. That was!blue eyes with tears c a mere question of time--or remov- them. Never was he called al. She knew him to be wealthy--[act as Uncle Toby acted with very wealthy, despite the "retired Widow Wadinan. Never once manner in which the family lived, eyes look at him full of silent She would make him her husband and quence, and never once was he called then, herself, his widow--his wealthy on to raise his hat, and--aft, widow. There were but few ob- manner of the novelette hero--say, stacles in tho way; she feared not "Can 1 be of any assistance, miss?" her ability to remove them. In all well-regulated novelette the With a name to which she had a heroine is called "miss." right, and a right to a position in For twenty years he had wheeled society bv virtue of it, then she the roads of England, waiting for would enjoy herself. Meanwhilo, she | an adventure; and at last he realised dallied with Reggie, and sent that | that everything comes to him who inflammable young gentleman into j waits. The adventure came--a grue-tlie feverish regions one moment and j some, bloody adventure, to prevent the arctic ones the next. It amused,the happening of which he would her: it did not amuse Vere. j have given all the world possessed Gradually her position in tho for him. fcefHW taca&ui mora that of a friend I He was riding back. He had been necessary to plow than 3J or 6. Some farmers get good results in plowing 4 inches deep. See that the ground is thoroughly plowed and that there is no ikipping or "cutting and covering." \s soon as plowed, it should be harrowed at least once, so as to 1 mulch and to compact ie those I the land in such a way as to flies in vent free access to the air and a < sequent loss of soil moisture. Tho.ground should be watched c fully, and just as soon as there idence of excessive evaporation and holdin This practice i go « the s rface some light instrument which maintain the mulch. If weeds appear, these must bo killed while small. This is an excellent way of getting rid of perennials. Do not allow the leaves to reach any size. By killing them at this stage the roots not be able to give any nourish-and will consequently perish. This method is advised for getting rid of such persistent -perennials as Canada thistle. Occasionally it may be necessary to usa a disk or acme harrow in order to kill tho weeds. In for long-distance transinissioi cannot be followed by those farmers who haul their manure in the spring after a goodly portion is wasted, and when it must depend upon summer rains for solution. I am confident for our northern dairy sections, that the oat and pea, corn, alfalfa, and the emergency cTops, like millet and buckwheat, must continue to be a source of supply for supplemental feeding. In connection with these we must begin to treat grass growing as a specialty HUGE SCHEME. A scheme of unparalleled magnitude is about to be undertaken in California involving the construction of two reservoirs, one of 8,000* acres area and the other, at a level of 2f}0ft. lower, of 2,000 acres area. A canal about ten miles in length will connect the reservoirs. Provision is to be made for a vertical fall of 1,600ft., and this, it is calculated, will develop energy equal to 270,000 horse-power, which will be applied the generation of electric current ROYALTIES ON WHEELS BIG &AILWAI STATIONS Princess Beatrice Was Quick to Learn to Ride the Machine. It will probably surprise you, said a well-known cycle-manufacturer, to learn that Queen Victoria herself was the first member of our Royal Family to take an enthusiastic in-terest, in wheeling and to buy tho first modern machine ever ridden by Royalties in England, says a writer in London Tit-Bits. I remember the occasion well, for it created quite a sensation at the time and gave cycling a wonderful impulse. During one of her drives tho Isle of Wight the Queen i much interested in watching a bri young girl enjoy her morning s near Newport; end, getting into c versation with her, invited her Osborne to chat over her pastim The result, of this visit was t a message was speedilj sent to TV srs. Starlcy Bros. The most Eemarkable Is at Crewa -An.Immense Station at Edinburgh. Whatever may be said against the British railway companies, it cannot be alleged that they have not provided us with fine railway stations says London Tit-Bits. Twenty-five stations, picked at random in this of 61! that of Hyde costly works arc now in enable the North-West-Y to deal efficiently with s traffic at that point. > for ley, who was my informant, presented himself before tho Queen with a num'ier ot the most, up-to-date bicycles an I tricycles. And great, fun tho young Royalties had In inspecting and trying them in the grounds of Osborne House, while the Quoen looked on witu keen interest and amusement at heir gyrations. V'her the Duke of Albany and a youthful guest contrived, in turning, to run a sociable up a bank and upset themselves He- .Majesty was CONVULSED WITH LAUGHTER. Hoi the i alt of it i that the Queen ordered two bicycles for the family and household use, and. a week or tw< later, another dainty little machine as a present for the Duchess of Albany. Not content with seeing others enjoy themselves. Her Majesty took more than one turn round tho lovely Osborne grounds, and professed herself delighted with the mqpe gether station havo just been be-^he old station, including ami passenger area, cover- 23 acres°. ew goods station the space is 40,000 square feet,- or es; there are 220 sidings, i.i a. length of thirty-one miles, id 4,000 waggons are made up and spatched every day. On 3 30 acres -jwly acquired accommodation for 2,500 waggons at one time is provided, and these waggons extend over some eight miles of line. Through the passenger station as many as 1,000 trains pass in twenty-four hours at Christmas time, and on an August Hank Holiday the number has been 1,250. The length of the station from one "end to the other is two and a half miles, and there are also two and a half miles in the passenger section. _ jofod eight , though extended when the progress are complol will done, but I One by c came smitten w wheeling, the- mos them all in these Princess Beatrice, eloped children both the craze for enthusiastic of sarly days being HM quickly de-cellent tricyclist, and used to ride hundreds of miles accompanied by her husband. Prince Henry of Battenberg, on a bicycle. Princess Beatrice was the first pupil of Mr. Mayes, who, a good many years ago, was one of the most successful racers in the country, and he was as charmed with tho quickness of his pupil as with her simplicity and affability. It was in tho grounds of Buckingham Palace that Princess Honry of Battenberg (as I should more properly call her) had her first lesson, and within an hour she was not, only a perfect mistress of bor machine, but had learnt much of its mechunism. As Mr. Mayes o this passenger station in the United Kingdom is neither Crewe nor Liverpool Street, as many suppose, but the Waverley Station at Edinburgh, whicii has also been enlarged enormously in the last few years. Tha ext^i m -ns and reconstructions there havo cost no less than $10,000,000. It covers an area- now of twenty-three acres of which eleven and a half acres are under one roof. Then are two and three-quarter ,i - ,-jf platform, with seven main tea running through the station, :,x dock roads and sidings. Alongside the platforms thirteen trains oi ten coaches each can stand OS time, and the traffic is con-Ued by 600 signal and point ley- ,,1,1 THE MOST ADEPT PUPIL he had ever had, and her progress as a rider was so rapid that she was soon equal to a thirty-mile ride and could bowl along at a good twelve miles an hour, which, as you may know, took a deal of doing on a tricycle of that date. Her first machine, by the way, weighed 48 lbs., and was soon succeeded by one of 10 lbs. less weight, with which she was greatly delighted. It was not long before Queen Alexandra, then, of courso. Princess of Wales, caught the infection. Her first machine. curiously enough, was a Chrietmas present from her husband, the Prince, and it was made and delivered within five days of receiving the order. Mr. Mayes took it down to Sandringham, whore there was a great gathering of Royalties; and it was to an accompaniment of chaff and laughter that the Princess, who was rather nervous on her strange steed, made her first essay on it The Queen rarely rides now, and she has never summoned sufficient courage to master the bicycle, which her daughters ride so cleverly and gracefully. King Edward, as you may know, is by no means an indifferent rider on both types of machine, though of the two he prefers the three-wheeler. Indeed, apart from an occasional venture in the grounds of Sandringham. and Marlborough House, ho has scarcely mountod a bicycle since he first learnt to steer it on the Riviera A FEW YEARS AGO. But, of course, the young genera-two-wheeled machine, and all arc excellent riders. The Prince of Wales tumbled to it at once, and needed so little teaching that the moment he mounted tho bicycle for the first time he wobbled at least fifty yards before he came to earth, leaving his ach behind him. He is a rapid and reless rider, and a few years ago used to have many an exciting race with Prince Charles of Denmark and the present Oar of Russia, who are both expert wheelmen. The Duchess of Fife has never developed any great enthusiasm for wheels, though she can and does ride occasionally; but among our Royal lady cyclists none can compare with Princess Charles of Denmark, who has often ridden her fifty miles in a day, and at a speed which her husband has found quite fast enough. Princess Victoria of Wales is also a keen and clever rider, and not long ago made a tour round Snowdon--a particularly difficult journey--in a day. f difficulty, but i sary by the the the the traffic to the North. Now Street. Station, Birmingham, i another station of similar character, with an' area of thirteen acres, eight and three-quarter acres being roofed in. The platforms extend for nearly two miles; there are twelve through lines, and some 700 trains pass in and out in a single day. ^ Liverpool Street, w largest and, in many r busiest station in Loud, . area of twenty-two and a half ua..<=.=>, of which six and a quarter acres are under roof. There arc twenty lines of rails, and it is estimated that 100,000 people use the station every week-day The traffic, in and out is controlled by 424 signal-points and levers. Waterloo Station, with tforrns and an area o. aci«s, holds the record for traffic, tho number of trains and engines passing in and out in twenty-four hours being about 2,500. For the sake of comparison some facts as to the size and traffic of other great stations may be given oL of the largest in London, the area for passenger and goods traffic being seventy acres. Tho Maryle-bone Station of the Great Contral Company has a similar area, and there is one goods warehouse with a floor space of eleven acres London Bridge covers eight acres, but tha Brighton Station Is even large.-and receives and dispatches 250 tra is LV In the sixteen acres of Eus-ron Station there are fifteen platforms, some 1.000ft long. The area of King's Cross Station is almost as great, and St. Pancras Station is-the largest in the country under a single-span roof. Bioad Street has 13,000 squar., yard^ up- trains and engines pass in and out daily during the twenty hours the station is open. Outside London some of the la g-*st stations are Victoria. Manchester whicTnow has an area of thirteen and a half acres, fifteen platforms and nearly 800 trains a day. and is being greatly extended; the Central, Manchester, with an area ol ten acres; the Central, Glasgow wit-about ten acres, now being f£«***-St. Enoch's, in the same city, «v«n thirteen and a half acres and Carlisle, with seven aces. But tM busiest station in thw countr^and perhaps i ry limited area, ' on the Met ally 1,000 trait Magistrate : "Madam, youi mis band charges you with assault.' Hfonoria : "Yes, your worship; asked him if he would over cease t( love me, and he was so slow at an swering that I hit him in the eyi with a mop. I'm only a woman your worship" (tears), "and a worn an's life without lovo is a men blight." SPREAD BY PENCILS, ie of the medical Inspectors ol spools in the city of Paris, which disviict is suffering from an epidernio of diptheria, has discovered that infection among the school children is principally spread by pencils. These pencils, which are municipal property, are in certain schools distributed to the scholars every morning and collected at night. In thU way one child is constantly getting a pencil which has been previously i USed by another child. When it K 'remembered that children habitually put their pencils in their mouths, i, is easy to sec how diptheria sproada/ The inspector has sent in a reporl to the authorities asking that e*cK child should have a pewil of Ml or h»K o-a-ii for the future.