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{mm s,J+r-:st):vs):wrwi:iso+r:stt:s+ei'?ut)iitct.te. await“? The storm had gathered and burst; rain fell in great drops that did not not allay the heat; the sky was covered with clouds that drag- ged across the moon in a slow pro- gession, dark and mysterious. Like a patch of white showing dimly through the gloom, the cur- tains of a litter were to be seen. At, thought of who sat within alone there in the rain and dark, the men shuddered and drew nearer to- gather. "The Prince?" one whispered. "I have been to the tent, but further than the door I dare not." "What was there to see?” "The boy-alone, weeping like a woman. Santa Maria! I should not like the watch he keeps!" "The Prince is mad, think you?” "The Prince is mad, or-hush l.--- possessed." "How came it about, think you '1” "viseonti----" "Ah, yes, Visconti, of a surety; but how I." s "The wedding ring, Petio-ie was handed to her as she entered the littzer---ie was poisoned! She put it on, poor soul-kissed it, no doubt: --well, it was poisoned, Pethyl." The men mutthed and crossed themselves; a few sat in moody thought - _ .. "Hush," said someone suddenly. "The dear Lord forgive my sins! -who comes?" "Where is she? What have you done with her? Is she not bought anfl paid for? Where i? she?“ . “Add so tshe" started' alim, and lies there dead-poor tou)!" v, ("ihe sun-we need the sun," said one at last. They heard a footstep; a hand was fumbling at the entrance of their tent. "The Prince 1” And the next instant the men sprang to their feet in affright at what was before them, at the livid face looking at them-Mastino della Scala. _ _ " - "Oh, {my 16rd .r-1 will take thee to her. Come away! Come with "Your may lies still in her lit- ter," said., soldiey. A “I caYlnot bear it," he cried. "It is doom itself. Oh, my master! my dear master y' "And a little wind, not these -ttifhh1g puffs-a little wind from heaven., 'Tis hot as hell!" His voice broke into a passion of sobs, and Mastino dropped his hands and paused. --r, _ _ -. “Out yorider in the rain, you ras- cal l" cried Della Seala. "What is she doing there?”_ l m They looked on one onther, help- less, and made no answer. But h1astino, striding forward, seized the foremost by the throat and shook him like a rag. ToLaso sprang into the tent, a pit'eQus yo111?g fjgutye, .__ _ _ He fiuiig from the tent, and To- maso after him, the bitter sobs catching at his thrott, . " I". The soldiers crowded together and watched. And they huddled back, half fal- ling over one another, as Mastino came into view-a slender thing in white and purple in his arms. Close by, he paused, and laid it tenderly across the saddle of _his white horse, whinnying low and waiting, "Jesu, protect us!" cried the men. "Where is he going?" "Stop him! stop him!" shrieked Tomaso, running to them. "He goes to ftnd---Wscontil" __ fflCy wifecChe cried hoarsely "Give me PV wife y' _ "Look!" gasped one, pointing through 1lit dark. "He hath got her---he hath got her!" "Then no one of us had best dare meddle," was the answer. "Keep away from him, boy; he is mad, possessed-maybe by the "I care not!” cried Tomaso in an agony of sorrow. "He shall not ride so; he has no armor' on - it will be to his death. He shall not go-my lord! my dear lord Y' (lmil yr V He épl'allg foiward to the white horse, which Mastino had mounted, and clung to the stirrup. - "Not tii-night, my lofd; wait till the moru---till the storm is over; thou art unarmed!" ' Mastino drew Isotta close to him, fill her head rested on his shoul- dn‘, and looked down wildly at Tomaso. “Visconti lies outside Novara---l know the way Y' he said. "Take some of us with theel" implored Tomaso. “Oh, my lord--" gut, Della Scala spurred the horse into a sudden leap, that threw To- maso to the'irround “I know the way!" he said. The white horse plunged forward into thn storm, and the dark closed HT ad in: rider and his burden. Wmmmm-ma: CHAPTER XXXIII For hours had Della Scala ridden 1., , The Price of Dishonor; Or, The Lord m---'-"-'---"'-'" ,7 - -3:H-33£+3§+31H§ +32E+3§+31Hl+33€ mnmmmmn or Verona’s Disappointment with his wife across his horse and against his breast, but riding, al- ways towards Novara; and now he had ridden suddenly into a wild red glare that lit the sky, " Ola-W -_- -""" 7 v tf 'Tis a burning city," said Mar, .ttno; but the words had no mean- 111 . g . -. -. I- 'T _t, ~Li1'l m5. That blinding; flare, though still a mile away, lit up the great pos- terns of a gate new, and a long wall adjoining was glowering red in it, the trails of the flowers show- ing like blood as they hung over it. spectral and strange. It was a noble's summer palace, lit by No- vara burning yonder. Mastino stopped his horse, that needed no checking, worn out by that wild ride, and gazed before him at the flames, and slowly some- thing of reasoning power returned. He had ridden to meet Visconti, and Visconti was here. Mastino found a sheltered spot beneath the bushes, and with a pitiful gentleness, laid Isotta down and drew the hood about her. head. "I will come back," he murmur-v ed, kissing her, Then he turned to the steps with his naked dagger in his hand.,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,--:,-,---, -2-", 'es "-AiJteiiiosm'ista"ir"tifiF"s' a soldier came lazily, and Mastiuo sprang on him and strangled him before he could cry out, bearing the body noise- lessly to the ground. Then, listen- ing, he heard from within the pa- lace a laugh and a voice-Vis- Irs. Della Scala looked round. How was he to get, to him? He must feel Triseonti's blood run warm over his hands, and quickly. 'Wow it blazes! The soldiers will have poor spoil,” said Visconti. "But we will build another town, de Lana: we are rich enough." "Outside the walls just now we found a ghastly thing," said a sec- ond voice: "a human hand grasp- ing tight a knot of scarlet ribbons -just the hand, a beautiful hand.” Where was Viscontiz Not far, for he himself, with his own hand, had opened, the dpor. _ _ .. But from the red glare outside, the blaze within blinded Della Scale, He looked round him for Visconti. Then a voice screamed: "Keep him off!" and suddenly his eyes met the Duke's, and he strode forward. It seemed almost done. Visconti, in wild fear, fell back be- fore that terrible face, staggering against the wall, his hand fumbling for his dagger, and the men in the room scattered to right and left, as before an apparition. “Your tales sicker: me--I have alwars hated horrors 'l said Vis- J , contl. _ “I will get in here," he said with- in himself; and then within him, self he laughed, for it was opened. The tapestry within was moved aside, and there was a glimpse of a white sleeve and a delicate, ringed hand. The next moment the curtain was torn, in a giant's grip, from its fastening, and Marstino. trampling it under him, was upon them-in his madness staying to reckon on no odds. “Mgrstino crept along and found a door. _ _ _ "Gentlemen!" shrieked Viscou- t1 "you are ten to one; stop him. A fortune for the one who slays him!” But Mastino had him in his grip “almost; anotlrtpwmtnt----- _ But Visconti fell, and crunchrd along the wall, those reach/ug hands above him; and a dozen swords leapt out: the soldiers flock- ed in from the ante-room: there was a wild confusion. "Slay him!" shrieked Visconti. But from Della Scala, as they closed on him, came a yell that froze the marrow. Ten to one! They needed to be. The place began to ruli with blood. "Gian Viscontil Gian Visconti I” Visconti rose by the wall. "Kill him!” he gasped. "Kill him!” and cowered away. But de Lana did not move, he did not look round; neither did Yigconti. “Visoonti! Visconti I” gasped the voice. . . . Ah! . . . There was a, Igreat seuffring of feet,. the drag- ging of a heavy body, and Mastino, an inert mass upon the soldiers' 'arms, was forced back upon the balcony. They let him fall there, and one heard him moan; but he was bleed- ing from twenty wounds. They left him and closed the door. Visconti looked round fearfully, "Is he gone?” he said. No one answered Visconti. The men drew back in silence, and looked at their wounds. How he had fought! A horror fell upon them. “Is he dead I." asked Visconti, shaking like a leaf, "There were fifteen men to kill him.” said de Lana, and he wiped some blood from his hand with a shiver. No one else broke the silence, all still as if spell-bourld; it was a horrible, horrible thing, and they drew back from the door-afraid. "Hush .c-what was that l” Visconti leant forward fearfully. "What was it l" The sound of someone on the bal- cony. Visconti’s face went livid. “He is alive---" A horrid shudder ran through them all, De Lana strove to speak and could not. . ‘_ But no one moved, no one dared, l for superstitious horror. , Something fell back from the door, then the sound of something that dragged itself against it pain- fully, then a rattle at the unbolted door. "He is not dead!" half screamed Wisconti. "h town to the man who will go out and slay him!" No one moved. "A half-dead man!" cried the Duke, "and no one will end his misery l' , They dared not. “Harkl he will have the door open. De Lana, I command sou--" He pointed with a shaking hand, but de Lana only shook his head. "There has been too much done already," he said shudderingly. Tho Duke looked round wildly. “A town, a fortune to the one u ho will have compassion"; and with a shrug and a grimace, a rough soldier stepped forward, his drawn sword in his hand, and open- ing the door, pushed something back before him and went out. "The door is not fastened," Whis~ pered Visconti, hoarsely. “Fasten the door-someone I” _ , Gian breathed heavily, listening, but the next second the soldier was in the room again, with altered face, and the door ajar behind him. “I cannot," he gaspedr-'tit's blind, strugailhg -id--diJis' not wok blind, str puma, Strttgbu..5 -3U_tC71, uvu AUUn like a man-I---" ' "Shut the door I." yelled Viscon- ti, and then fell back against de Lana, shaking, for a livid face ap- peared, with dim eyes and a bare throat streaked with blood. For one moment the ghstly apparition showed there, then fell into the dark again. "Are we fools or women? --- he came to murder me, and he is slain -what is there in that? Go and see now if he be dead.” Someone went fearfully. "He lies very still, my lord; he 15 dead---" _ - The”: was a sickening pause. Vis- conti spoke fre, looking round. The trembling pages had brought more. lights, and light was life to Visconti. He came forward and looked, a little nearer, on the fig- ure in the doorway, but very slow- ly, with de Lana between. ' (At/3', 1hAO um.“ uuub u-». n.” -_emq__-6r "He was a giant," whispered Visconti, fearfully. "And how dark 'v-l do not remember him so dark--" - He looked over de Lana's shoul- der at him. . -- - _ -djarnJeto and de Lana exchang- ed a curious glance; the soldier set his lips. __ P. The soldiers peered behind him. That man was Mastino Della Scala once I.-it was strange even to their cold hearts. Be was dead-dead! Visconti’s fear, the superstitious fear of a righteous, God-sent vengeance, turned to a savage joy; still he was afraid, still afraid. _ . -%/iouehed the body with the poilt of his. go.ld. shoe. "Are you all traitors or cowards? that you do not heed me?” cried Visconti, in a fury. "Throw, thrust, kick this thing into the gar- clan-let him lie there till the morning.", . .. T "'Mastino lay out straight, in a sudden tipflare from the burning city, his arm flung oygr his face: "uj%Jw him? into the garden," he said to the soldiers. A "My lord," said de Lana, wi d, dangerous look in his eyes, "he was a Prince and a Scaliger l” "He was my enemy-scorn for scorn! Throw Mastino della Scam from the baleony--or---" But Visconti turned on him, his face and hair glowing in the light of the flames from Novara, his face ftendish. "They shall do as I bid or hang from the nearest tree! Now haste!" he said again. They carried the body to the edge of the steps and pushed it over, crashing dully down the foli- age that half overspread the mar- ble. And half a dozen men came for- ward and lifted the prostrate body. "Haste," said Visconti, his eyes on de Lana. "Throw him out of my sight." '" mate; them carry him down the steps, PY lord/f cried de Lana. and looked over ""'/rrii"slaj something as he fell,” he whispered to himself. "I heard him-but he_mystjoe.dtad _now------" done Lple/tLUb1111"e5 L.LLVKLV JUVVAJ. "Now close the door again," he said, and watched while it was '"'iie, filmed back into the room, breathing more, iryely. "Well daughter,” replied the old man, "if your heart's Fret, on him I haven't a word to say: but I al- ways did hope youll marry an American." "Papa," wrote the sweet girl, “I have become infatuated with caIiS- thenics.” Visconti stepped to the parapet, (To be continued.) HIS HOPES HOW TO BUILD A DAIRY BARN When building a dairy barn care should be taken to have a gentle slope from the barn in at least one direction, affording good, natural drainage for both barn and yard. If the barn is already built and poorly located, graining and grad- ing will do much to remedy the evil. In most cases it would take but a small amount of labor with plow and scraper, when the ground is in suitable condition to handle, to give the surface of the yard a slope from the barn sufficient to carry off the surface water. Even if earth has to be hauled in from the outside the yard to accomplish this it will not be expensive. The dairyman needs a, warm, well- lighted and well-ventilated barn to shelter his cows. The size depends upon the number of cows that are to be kept, or on the capacity of the farm. We prefer a basement barn, or rather a barn built on a hillside, with the side of the barn up against the hill, or some way that leads to a second story. This gives ventilation with doorways on the ends and side of barn. The basement is best made of stone or brick, but if this is deemed too expensive a wall under only the side that stands next the hill will be sufficient, and the other three sides may be of frame, or cement ““11, may F: ccr"*vucted in many instances cheaper than rock Ot brick, as a, handy man can build a. cement wall himself and the only cash outlay will be for the material used. Look well into the question of using cement if you have to go off the farm for foundation mater- ials The stable for dairy cows should be well lighted and ventilated. It should have tight walls and ceiling, and a sound floor. Dairy cows, when crowded into dark and dirty stables, cannot be expected to pro- duce as much milk, nor milk with as wholesome properties as those provided with clean, airy quarters, where the sunlight enters through numerous windows, and where the foul air of the stable is replaced by pure air without subjecting the cows to injurious drafts. ‘ Tight walls and ceilings prevent excessive loss of heat in cold wea- ther and thus contribute to the comfort of both cow and milker, When on full feed, the dairy cow is hard worked and less able to with- stand extremes of weather than is other stock, for. her energies are then being exerted in the direction of production rather than self-pes- ervation. It is not only more human, but more pt:ofitalole, to. keep her warm by making the stable comfortable, instead of compelling her to use large amounts of expensive food in maintaining her body tempera- ture. . In the dairy barn no one thing is of more importance than a sound, impervious floor. The benefits deriv, ed from such a, floor when properly constructed are, the animals are more comfortable, consequently more profitable ; the manure may be saved and applied to the land with- out loss; stables are cleaned with less effort, and cleaner milk is pro- dueed, which commands a higher price. When the liquid as well as the solid manure flnds a ready es- cape through cracks and knot-holes, with no means of regaining it, the possible profits of the farm are greatly reduced. Within the past few years the use of cement and concrete in making an impervious floor for dairy cattle has become quite general. In fact, the cement floor is looked on by dairymen in the more progressive regions as essential. Its first cost is somewhat greater than that of a wooden floor, but when its durabili- ty and convenience are considered it is by far the cheaper. The fact that it is permanent adds greatly to the importance of its introduc- tion and use in all dairy regions where so many cows are kept and the conservation of manures is such a, vital problem. In cold weather cattle on cement floors must be well bedded, else there may be injury done the udder by coming in _con- tact with the cold cement. It is advisable to haul out the ma- nure directly to the field from the barn, but if this not feasible it should be removed at least 200 feet from the barn. In no case shoull it be auowed to accumulate against or near the dairy barn, and no swine pen should be nearer than 200 feet on account of the odors being readily absorbed by milk. _ WWW“ - It helps one a great deal in arrang- ing stanchions, stalls, etc., to visit some good dairy farm and see bow others have done the work, and what little conveniences experience has developed. Many of these things are advertised in the papers and circulars may be obtained for the asking that will help lo solve some problems that confront the individ- ual who has determined to go into the dairy business. Don't be afraid to ack questiuns or seek informa- tlon from older and more espenu- enced persons, for invariably they will take as much pleasure 1n 13n- parting advice as you will in reoelv- ing It. Don't hesitate to write to your farm paper editor. He is es- pecially pleased to have requests for information because then he knows you are interested in what he has been writing. Don't make a, false move because you do not like to ask questions. She Sets a Record as a Swindler in Paris. The young woman who a few days ago got a good luncheon at an ex- pensive hotel in Paris, France, a complete trousseau and a motor ride all without paying a cent, and all within four hours, established a record in swindling. _ She was charmingly dressed and seemed to be about 20. She arrived at a fashionable hotel on the Avenue de l'Opera, said she was the wife of a French army officer, whose name she gave, and engaged the best suite of rooms. After an ex- pensive luncheon in her apartments she called for a motor ear--"a car without a taxi, as it looked better." The car came with a resplendent chauffeur and she drove to a dress- maker's, where she ordered a quan- tity of clothes to be ready in a few hours. From there she went to a lingerie shop and ordered a pile of garments. These were brought to her hotel, where she went through them, re- jecting some. Having selected what she would keep she went downstairs "to get change from the porter." At the door her motor was still waiting and she placed the lingerie in it and drove back to the dress- maker's. There she put on one of the new gowns and had the others packed up. She offered the use of her car to the dressmaker's son, who drove off in it with the bill to present to her husband, who, she said, would have arrived at the hotel and would pay it. She herself took a cab with with one of the dressmaker’s girl assistants 'to carry the parcels. The dressmalrr r's son on reaching the hotel found only the lingerie shop messenger, who was growing uneasy. The two men hurried back to the dressmaking establishment, where they breathed easier on learning than an assistant bad ac- companied the customer; but the girl came back alone and crest- fallen. She had been sent to buy a box of candy while the lady waited in the cab. When she came out the cab had gone with the distinguished young lady, who had thus swindled a dressmaker, a lingerie shop, a motor cab company and a hotel, keeper between luncheon and tea time. The proud owner says, "this is a high grade Canadian, and this is a, pure bred Holstein." The ad- miring visitor to the cow stable Pe- marks, "what beautiful cows!” The thoughtful student asks, "what yield of milk Y1d, fat do they give?” The practical man enquires, "what does their milk cost 2” And the hard business sense of the dairyman leads him to determine cost of production of milk and fat through the medium of cow testing associations. The high-grade may give but a poor weight of milk, the pure bred may test low, while the common grade may possibly be pro This all goes to prove that the careful dairyman, and particularly the average and possibly careless farmer, should take immediate steps to find out what profit each cow brings in. Enormous improve- ment, and largely increased profits have been made by the men who are sufficiently alive to their own interests to weigh and sample each cow’s milk regularly and keep a re- cord of feed consumed. Blank forms for milk Ind feed records are supplied free on application to the Dairy Commissioner, Ottawa. A good record Jor this month from a herd of 18 cows is an average of 1020 lbs. milk, 3.9 test, 39 lb. fat. One grade in the herd gave 1530 lbs. milk testing 40 per cent, fat. ducing milk at the lowest cost. No one knows definitely just what the cost is until some record is kept: milk may cost 92 cents per 100 lbs., fat, 25 cents per Ib.; these cost prices may be up to $2.00 per 100 lbs. milk and 50 cents per pound of fat with some poor cows ; or they may be reduced by good economical feeders to 35 cents per 100, and 10 cents per lb. Mike Clancy had only just been placed in charge of a gang of labor- ers on a building in Belfast, and the opportunity to show his author- ity could not be passed over. "Now," he said to the men, "yez are to worruk for me, and I want ivery man to understand what's what. I kin lick anny man in the gang!" The insult was swallowed by all except one yours/wk/i',' cus- tomer at the end of the line. “You can't lick me, Mike Clancy'." he said, insinuatingly. “I can't, can't I?" bellowed Mike. “No, yez r-nn'tl” was the reply. "Then go Can t: was LIlC 1C)IUJ. MW“ trp to the office and get your money!' thundered Mike "rll have no in sub-orci-nates here!" An absent-minded forgets his troubles. CLEVER YOUN G WOMAN . COST VERSIIS BEAUTY. man seldc m A Terrible Fighting 1Iaettine--Wil Have Ten 15.5 Inch Guns. At the recent naval review and Spithead, England, for the Impei'i al Press Congress it was remark that in the fle'et the famous Dread nought was already generally re-‘ ferred to as the "old [led nought." Exactly what the ne Ones, orders for which will probab: ly be Placed in November, will be pannot yet be said, but they wil: be heavier and their guns will be rearranged and consequently thet 0‘11}, be bigger ships. I The fourth pair will be 1)Jift"h'; so as to fire over the third and 13hl pairs. The positions of the fourth and fifth pairs on the present ships are on the same level on the centre. line. The new arrangement wilt permit all three after pairs to be fired aft. The arrangement of the funnels and structures amidships will have to be altered. The guns will be of 50 calibt'es., The shells ‘will weigh 1,500 pounds! each. They will be 67 inches long., The gun breech will be nearly five-, feet in diameter. The ships wil , have increased length and beam but the measurements have not ye_ been given put. _ _ The new Dreadnoughts will." : ten 15.5 guns mounted in R _ one pair forward on the centré line, the next pair abaft the for ward pair on the port or starboari side forward or amidships in suel a position as will enable the " "r-" be fired in either broadside. / next pair will be on the oppos1 side aft or amidships, while this las two pairs will be mounted qty the centre line. '» ' The new ships, which will be tttl able of firing ten guns in 'tui glut broadside of 15.000 pounds, ‘re-i‘ quire practically no larger crewst than the present ships. All the-.3 guns which are now controlled. hydraulically or by hand power will, be electrically controlled, so that; when the guns of one barbettm cover the barbette or guns of ant other pair the electricity will be, switched off, making it impossible to fire them. i The size of the smaller guns can not certainly be given as yet, but the present Dreadnoughts and St. Vincents are considered weak in. this respect with their four inch- ers. The new ships may have a battery of six inch guns in each: broadside. r"s With the improvement, already great, in propellers and the rapid- iy increasing discovery of the see- ret of having plenty of steaming: power it is expected that the new ships are sure of making twenty-: three knots, perhaps more, in spits ci their greater bulk with its at- tendant increased skin friction. 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