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Greed Jor Gold Or, The Sign of tha Arrow ^*ssrCHAPTER XXVI. There was reason for the Cou change of color. He could not darstand how Miriam had found him. "He /eared to meet her, because had not treated her well. His preparations were simple, swallowed a stiff brandy-and-soda | and tested the blade of a keen, double-edged knife he had brought with him. He never travelled unarmed, because, as he very justly argued, you never knew what would | turn up. His brother used volver: but they were such things, they called attention to what j you hod done the instant you had | whereas a judicious sweep with he left LOrning fcis brother with a",promise to return in th ing--left Miriam with a kiss on 1 lips and a request that she woi look o'.vt, for his loturn before dm and from that hour she had not : eyes on him again. He had not been gone many hoi before she knew that the kiss v that of a Judas, and his promise return a deliberate lie, before i was told that he had left her cry stifled by the pressure of the ! there first. She saw and although all the lines to ° the worst my brother j pulses in her nature seemed to beat ould only have to finish his term the quicker, and her heart to throb imj risonment. And he will want ! at breakneck iding, you know. London will | she wanted va'low him up under another greet her. une." deceived hoi "I shall find him." land as, alas ! she had come to be- Another expressive shruv lieve, well and good; she would act "Von think " not? But I know j accordingly. If, on the other hand, j placed where he has gone. I will go to he met her kindly and lovingly, ^ as : exceed fou The main soring and > keep them , she did 1 Adolphe had said, things to observe in ' jg for potatoes are -y and cool, for too will develop rot and nigh temperatures will cause the tubers to sprout and grow. The only light way to keep them dry is to put them in a dry place, and have them perfectly dry before storing, writes Mrs. P. Vanrier Eike. Potatoes should never be stored immediately after digging but should be allowed to dry. If picked up directly after digging, unless taken to market at once for shipment or starch factory, they should be lci:g pib-S And his brother told li sitting on the steps of t twirling tobacco and pa depth of the feeli giil.^ He tailed 1 He v they had parted, well and good too; It so, ! and she would still act accordingly, gipsy i He did not greet her in the latter | way. There was no affectionate lot to read ! movement towards her. He stop-ny dreadfuls so much, Mir- ped, facing her, and folding his arms, lain; n is not healthy lor you. They said : are taking too tight a hold on you-- j "What the devil do you mean by blinding your common sense. 'Gipsy j daring to follow and worry me, girl's vengeance' is just the sort of'you-" speech they are full. Grasp your He called her--he, of all men--by a nettle--my brother was tired of you, ;namc they had never even dared to and it is 'good-bye' for ever. call her in the tribe; and that mom- "I will believe it only when he ! ent, as her hopes died out, her an-tells me so himself." ger blazed up and descretion went to and see whether ; desert me for good and all !let him beware--beware the ; girl's vegeance !" | "You really 1 those it is not healthy i hold c ! him The I and you deserv re has come for i to part l parting ^ Our roads lie differently-- What sa.y you'now, Mir-1 give you the caravan and fittings--cost me nearly £150-- for* yoUr very **' "I don't understand you. When His laugh caused her to stop in the middle of her speech. "My dear Miriam, don't tell me that you are such a little fool as to suppose that such an event could reach him, and I will "Foolish little woman !" "You think he has gone don ?" "I know he has, he told me so "Then, as you say he has told me, I so has he told you--lies." Another shrug. Ho had made up jhe his mind not to quarrel with her. ' |J ; has gone, whom "What do 1 i ! "That I hav( | George Grayne wi ? he i i 1 and Miss Westcar live bushels and left tor a week or ten days. This will give them a good airing and \ will give the surplus water in them a chance to evaporate, or as some iarmers plea: e to call it, allow If this will grow and the tubers will be small. ROTTING POTATOES. It sometimes happens that potatoes will rot in the cellar in spite of the best of care. If this is discovered, the only thing to do is to sort them over at once, placing those that have not even a spot by themselves and using those that are spotted first. theP ground during the diggi g ■owing to heavy soli--the be: stop digging. In a le affected will be disease will probably l rather ) (io i a fungous growth BLASTS FROM EASTS EDM Tliey Sound Strong and Clear-Effect of Circumstances oil Men. ing. Scab-like rot i that demands mos Scabby potatoes must not be selected for seed and the ground on which the crop was grown must not ■ be used for potatoes for several years, for this fungus is known to retain its vitality, in the soil for three years and may retain it longer. If scabby j potatoes must ,be saved for seed, the j gea-ms may be killed by .treating with corrosive sublimate before planting. I Ign< False men want false gods. Luxury is tho nurse of lust. Obscurity is Gods opportunity. The restless are soldi m resis less. The bread of service feeds the soul. Yokefellows make the beet friends. Pharisaism is known jy its phras- | Consequences make i The life that does no • indiffer- STJCCESS WITH POULTRY. If both meat and eggs be the ob , i ject a cross cf Plymouth Rock am lortTn.^-S. on the See oTtib^ iL<«horn wiU bo satisfactory, thoug! ;, : 1 i*™t Ii „,r the body will bo of moderate size and destroy many busihels bofi i a damp. Lon- ■ fied Dubois. ' She - the tad not come with any such in-and had he spoken her civilly, could have arranged things so that she would not have worried him know whei he has gone to see--a woman." I At the end of her He laughed." white with rage, even "What," jealous, eh?" (the day he had been v. "We will see whether, after what I j His hand can tell her, the woman will care j coat, where that two-edged knife for him." was sheathed, and his long- fingers He was lired of the conversation. Played on the handle of it. He went to bed and sleep. He knew] "You think 1 shall allow you to Never dig potato* foggy cay or a day zling rain is falling, will soak, the ground, make it stick tight to the potatoes and not only i ial o che produce unsightly but Perhaps the best place to keep potatoes is a root cellar, as it is usually dry and can be kept at a uniform temperature. Potatoes can be put into it soon after digging and for cooling and drying i is a cold storage the tubers will be moisture, will be e will be no dam- what we want t< we will be able t breeds and ISr.:' i shans, Wyandot: with poultry Cochins, Lang-Ham'burgs or Min- anol.her. The wind blows nothing off but withered leaves. You cannot follow the Lord and forget the lost. A human cry of need is a heavenly A cool enthusiasm is a good deal iike i The ideal Ki If ore has very little money let j1 him buy two hers and ore cockerel. Put this trio in a pen, give them i( good attention and they will begin laying early and continue fill late in ! the season. The result ought to be at least 50 chickens raised. Sup- 1' posing half those to be cockerels, there are left 25 pullets, which 1 should be bred to new blood. Let j the cockerels all be sold and be blood cockeiels to ma with the pullets. Provide comfortable shelter 1 protect the fowls and bo sure 1 fr ----- - : feed right. Overfeeding produces i the disposal digestio! ■ ' lant evils. One-third meal and two-thirds bran, with j small per cent, of bee/ scraps or uklings and wheat and oat a make . _ good chicken diet. Potato par- , wis are no doubt the most con- ! ings, cooked potatoes and other ' ( rt, but as these are not always j scraps from , the kitchen all heat-j o be had, bins about 4 or 5 feet I ed well and mixed while I, ?b.e, of convenient length, and pro-I hot aio excellent. A good I ided with a floor a few inches plan is to occasionally crumble!. , ivill serve the purpose [in the food six or eight ied peppers, ory well. The bins should not be|to the gallon cf above J feet deep. I would!mix with sweet milk. Oyster shells!1 ised rather than on j or cut green bone should be freely ■cula-| supplied. Keep a good supply of ' sand convenient. its for the the only lasting God's power depe had spoken of her e had befriended, be-iiild be nothing mys-her disappearance. s along haw- > What do you mean?" jking things, and, having exhausted "That if your story is listened to-- one village, passed I doubt if it would be--the first re- Her not being seen again would not suit would be your own arrest." Iexcite the slightest suspicion. He "My !-- For what?" was sorry to have to do this, be- "The midnight murder, of Reuben i cause she had been a soft, loving lit-Lee with a mallet, and your sebse- ] tie thing; but there, he was not go-quent concealment of his body to j ing to let sentiment step in the way. divert suspicion." He would speak plainly to her, warn, Miriam started. The feature of j her to quit the place at once and When statues are erected to mili-tho matter had not presented itself, for ever, and if she promised--he tary heroes, it is generally to sue-to her. i knew he could rely on her promise- co:.b'u1 Generals. In France the "So you see, little woman, thelwe'l and good. If not, well, so idea has been realized of commenior-stmness of your tongue will show ! much the worse for her; obstinacy ; ating in marble even the exploits of the wisdom of your head. The Gor- ' deserves punishment. i individuals of the rank and file. One gios haven't any great love for the j Before nine o'clock he prepared for j such case is that of Sergeant Robil-Romany. See the difference in the his appointment. It was an easy j lot, to whom a monument has just poaching sentences. A tent-dweller thing for him to keep, for Ashley been erected, and the town of Tulle will get six months where a Gorgio had been compelled to go to Lon- has now followed tho example by Will bo let off with a small fine, don in the morning to keep a long- voting a municipal monument to When it comes to a question of mur- standing engagement with some fel- Sergeant Lowy, who in March last dor, rely on It, my deic Miriam, you lows who wer* cycling to Brighton, fell while leading a few French sol: Woul:' Rang by the neck till dead and he woultf^ftot be back till the iers against Witfe ih\ certainty of the moon last train, Algeria. Australia' . i had teetotaler by Act of Parliament. I Such care Is taken of his interests ■ by Federal legislators that recently > abolish the | toxicating liquors in canteens | defeated by only two votes. HUMBLE HEROES. [ t When statues , | tary heroes, ! than 200 Arabs in soon as possible in the fall and then for bootlaces; i.eep them cool; 35 degrees will rev- | one of the mos er hurt them, but will keep them all j articles ki.own the better. No ventilation is given dead air spaces iful and i the binders c fancy books and the makers of fans wali-us whiskers provide the mos elegant toothpicks known to th modern man of fashion; and beetle of a certain kind are exported b; the hundredweight for use on thea Ideal dresses. the pile. The made by the two layers of earth I and of straw protect the potatoes from frost and from changes of tem- P To give a reason for taking good cave of seed potatoes : The first sprout is always the strongest and thriftiest one. If that is allowed to grow in a warm cellar or other place whore seed is kept, and is broken off ^ense are* °f , Slbella- Tt extends at planting time, the eve will send through 120 degrees of longitude, forth two others but weaker ones, and possesses one-nmth of all the If these are broken off a third sot 1 land surface of the globe. The United cf sprouts, still weaker, will grow ' States, Croat Britain, and all Eu-Thus. instead of one or two strong rope, except Russia, could be put in-healthy stalks soveral weak ones to Siberia with space to spare. his life. ' compromise with sin gives i cine1" on the character, without the offering is than the offering without EXTENT OF SIBERIA. Few people are aware of the i Satan i The 1 better A prayerful hearing of the sermon is as important as its prayerful preparation. Men who would scorn a thief in the penitentiary fawn on him in the legislature. How quiefely the world would be re- •ight tlwy i i to prove others