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WOMAN seus WOMAN « BY MRS. M. E. HOLMES. It was Valerine Ross nice = bat all were prions to the con! ir surprise that ae ‘guetooed a shot a glamce at her. woke tna it all a dream—to be ba aicinlen take it had a life must be, henceforth the ingen solitude that appeared to se her | ne ee ae She was . i “what ” cause he stole my wife, On her broken- Valerie , standing by the fire, much syinay! neon we fio a ae hearted dead body—I swore to—be heart; she loves Valerie Ross, She| watched fuer fe face blanch with pain, ‘eraxiemn venged. It cam night-I have | should have been his wife not a farm- on ips di kinds of la; “T did it for 3 sake,” re-| Waited so long. Fate seemed to help lowly born, like me. ic Tt was almost a pleasure to her to | 1a. plied Lord Roy. “I was mad last night, | ™e—they. were a” his. vole | Dany erst the name condemns me; it | make Bd young heart suffer. Ge. had sank. ill cling to me for ever. gone through su pares f ee ee riper ai over, Sir R PRS rapidly: one | What does he think of me now? All| her faithless lover died, that it seemed eda Lh iad OEE jenren Htted 6 ing | danger is gone, and he only remembers to have killed all the ‘and . ‘i in you world will say?” ME innocent—I swear it!” cried Lord Roy. “Ob, what a cruel fate. is mine! Speak!” cried “tell them of that Sf then ch the man’s face that had approached her just = it minutely, avathg hurriedly wrote down Laid. and Sir she you,” meee “Now ‘Alice teok the Pen hesitated a mom- ent, her name, “Margaret arrell” ‘ “And you, my poor friend,” w on Sir Robert, touching Tord Roy on pages —— kl remem “I can remember nothing clearly, Cap- I never was it bert. “I cam remember nothing. saw fiat dagger before. Where found?” “Away from the body, through the bushes.” mid esas) of it. If only my Gras waco Sir Robert looked at him sadly. Pragtreeicthee “Your life is saved,” ut—" “Bat dishonor remains,” aay ee Yen, Be see. aduiedey wan want worn. Valerie seem- ed scarce alive. “Forgive me, gentlemen,” began Lady Darrell weakly; “I should not intenie et such a wt, but the suspense was Bo terrible it would have killed me had a i ther—” mer" er th: wervant. “I have great good news! He has conf ‘They are bringing him bere!” “He! Who? Speak, man!” were Fd ‘Berried cri ve them ail proach “Is it the mam?” he asked almost in audibly from emotion. ing a Valerie Ross seem or marble no tons of te waa. Shee eee set fa moth stood together. ails waited for the firet feta words froan igre lips. ‘The dying man looked round on their enxious-countenances and a smile seem- to hever round his mouth. It died away @ second. ee oad tare answered well,” wurmured, “but fate was too strong.” Sir Robert listened eagerly. SYou Killed Wastace | orion he ask- ed, as the man pai wily. ‘A lurid light beamed in the sunken eyes. “Yeu, I killed Bustace Rivers—I stab- pistol cf er My name {s Bruce “Why? a voice clear and hard ane the Leet! did you ri ‘scat “Yes, it is saat answered Alice faintly. covered and took up ‘mistaken. Th: pondering black break in the path—the awful fall | ‘pousbttulls, when & “the misery of the night. “My revenge yas complete— set as a ee She seemed to alk ph: ana! village a, while he Fee sundered him- sei for ever from the woman he lor Valerie Ross. ‘Then the memor; of what this gill had done for him cam » he said slewiy, almost pain- | Thi 7; bain |eones that always have condem me. Mother, take Cue han is is eres your daughter, and my wife, M: Darrell.” months 220, Ww: ps I shall The Alice in the most SI up and down the room swiftly. tess and “I wonder if I should be bannier if B it ie +h, she drew up a chair to the table a book. “Come in!” she said absently. tains ha still undrawn, and out in he dai e trees troubled face before € her indifferently. ‘Alice roused herself. she tried to smile. “Aunt Martha is only too glad to get rid of me. bps ih rays looked om me ‘but the fact that now she was a coun- joreover, entire mistress open over the words tap came i couse my La: seemed like moving but of course he wi (Te be continued.) she asked handedly, her book “I bring an Nes from the on ager Lady Darrell, Margaret, Cow to of Darrell—an invited to dine is ‘to the | the Blue ae, You will refi sink ‘of eased you so much trouble om she had tiokel on Alice as sement, an object om ought I night have been Amen Ty repeated Valerie with when her eyes fell om pe mae this) Door: fs fie one who | Balt ai shudder, “Indeed nis oe saw it all—was the chief witness. How habe pe ee brows It ibly ‘she must have suffered,” .she the first time Alice tad sown pen peers sraspi Roy’s hand, and of determination, oa Ross resent- Alice, while. the servants Rave mow: see ited the dead mam end carried him dhiecti ite a plaything, as amu: "alfce felt a suddem pans and a sense siny age pour out of pain steal over her. Sh. ing bitterness of her ail could to help Roy Darrell, and che saw before her a woman, as beanti- yet ft had availed nothing. And ni ak na niesociea al “We must look after you, my chil Me kes ne said gently. touched by surp) ferently: the youthful pale face framed with its |she observed after a moment’s silence. | able - ba som ft dead “Mrs. Grey | “No,” answered nero i must give you ment. You | She did not _ aaa that she ha d grown | seven, but Lady D: re tired, too, and Bight, Roy had grown deathly white; he re- rr oe RAISING THE THE WIND. A Shipwrecked Sailors maser ‘Ex perien Je mee Off New ‘Some’at. "You em, I got becalmed off r, of ly Alice. Anchorities ‘Whe you never red out, you know. met the noe: pete to The din- tally, ne ig ta te anh ma i You have yet to learn what she it _her low pee in glaring pain-) Stranger—I presume a man Ww! ae has a all was blackest. When my | fulness "before followed the sea so many years must have innocence could never have been cl ey; S50 Hae “considerate for thelr | boon in some wrecks as we thought, whem! ‘Hetren Itaele [Belce’s welfare,” observed Miss Old Sea Captain—Wreoks? Well, a few. to have deserted me, she eon Her gloves were ipatoned ie et her ease wi aver had -Wi nented to oe as life, Her words hands zed at ee young irr ra tad to naw growt! from each bad. the Whole cane should be’ FIG. 3.—A ROOTED lay: ing ae carefully “Tie 6 the Sa roots method of pro: is some considerable extent ise fino be LAYERING THE GRAPE. mis- | 4 Method of Propagation Which Many te Be Tayers, oalled spring. and. sum from the season ‘at whioh x atte oie pie ioe ee fees aot OOS ree a a Elance of enge be forgotten,” mur-Ifgnre in robes of trailing black satin, | those solden-brown mre “Lady ‘Darrell. ad whe Rule Tomas ut jow roun autit snows ee ee pleasure," she replied, | vig. 1.—ROOTED LAYER. Flu, 2—ROOTED im. “You have done good. You have | shoulders. On the m: ‘of red-brown | auietly. “Pray convey my thanks to TAYHR SEPARATED, MARINO given me back my restored his ose hair gl stars of rubies and dis Lady Darrell. At what hour does she TWO PLANTS. = or; turn now to God. Pray that this | monds; a slender chain supi dine?” iyi ccna att ikea terrible sin may be pardoned. It is pA glowing star of the same jewels ‘sound | Valerie drew herself up ae fiomaed. eae Santis ‘and it will be rooted by too late~-pray.” the swan-like throat. She tad come to torm troubli D, it should, be separated. =n sob brcke from his throat, and a] 1 Valerie eat an fm | this low-born girl, and now eae tee ponies ‘a young vine; and it is gener-| at om the stillness. tawing on her long tan gloves slowly. | self treated with al as much han- "best to. got’ all started in = ‘All were silent, till he motioned Sir | Her face was pale, but her eyes flashed} teur and indifference ‘as she herself coe or nursery in Robert to give him the pen. @ark and glorious, could anent ‘ith id, nervous fin; ie gras strange half-contemptuous smile on her Where did this girl get ers silk layers may be made laying | ¢d it, was raised up, amd his hand guid- and ways of speech? queried Valerie an- sown any cane early in the “sping Is) ed; the next it the cold hue of Lady Alice,” she observed play- adie She was no ordinary roe 9 6 season. ig will death settled on his face, there was fully, “still buried in your books? What t herself with a grace grow! oe omentary sad tats Gard- | @ store of learning will be in that pretty | and ag that might well have become a t mae be cut fromthe main cane, and if fell back silent for golden heed when your lord returns?” | queen. strong it may be divided into twe plants. | Sir Robert lifted Lady Darrell from | Alice flushed slightly. si cThere will be guests,” she observed | This form of layer is illustrat Figa her knees. was not studying. I .was reading fareet Jand 2. By a little different treatment “Let me conduct you away: this is no |for amusement.” she answered. place tor yon, nor for Miss Toss, Come” |. Valerie. walked to the window ike Valeri moved dat room alone, |ReF swift graceful carriage. LAYER, EACH SUD MAKING A NEW PLANT. j about four inches deep, hand- 90 as not to break the shows such a srs atter it has! a to cover it not mnded ta pagation ara re—Of course, leree from say ing ame his conversation there is ea ew York Weel What He Wantei All sat, I vil sooepe your St, $1,000 for an article. What ‘ehall I write about ‘Magazine ‘Balton—Ob, ten pages|—Chicago That is the ily. abous nine or ‘thi » |w burden, and—" “Yon Wal } ‘Teriea every which way to| ‘This plan is followed to some extent CHAPTER IV. dagen siad to seo you happily and | start a wind, but it was no go. Nob | Ireland. nd Denmark, and works In a large solitary reom, sitting by a | well married,” finished the other: "of | Brost stirrin. AG last I got despera ik seer fvcemtnlly. Thee, ae oe) window that took {m the maj iy jificent | course = that was natural, was it not?” wa et siting FF whi fac thd . eD made up my tor in & locality vista of park, seseeasieet oe Wie inte Bors nds | nind I'd try a plan I'd often heard of, if | Who keep poultry to co-operate in the pr ciate, waa clasoed imsether, hd cee Secleag Sorc Nar ‘so | marketing of the eggs. Some one of the young girl. humiliation was 8 wind without money.”* number is appointed to receive the onze ‘She wore a dress of soft grey made | She knew how cruel was the womam “Is a the same way on | and for them to market and to very simple, Stting her young body, to | epposte, and how powerlens she wae | shore.” ceive the money for them and 4 divide 16 perfection its clinging fc ny et | to fight ‘her. ame some | “"sJesso. Well, Ltook a big allver those who have "| Baie of pale 6 tjold was gathered in.a large |times overcame her fell om her heart | gotlar, Kissed it eT ee tom a be See Lact ar the back ef her small well: lmow like a heavy wel timo around my b then flung it | 7 ed at wholesale | shaped hea She saw if as Valerie thought | as far as I could into the aon, in and effect a great saving in the cost. One as pure white, like the | her—a vulgar, common girl, the relative tion I wanted the w' you feature: this is + the Tily on the narcissus in its waxen pw of le who were out ow. can be sent forward in a fresh con- her eyes, fra vy long dark village, out of the home they had lived TT 00.” dition an: jough quantities te” hashes, shone like great i us grey : that their presence | ‘‘Well, it came.” reduced freight rates. This | stars in their iv should not shock the eyes of the Castle, | ‘It did?" lie 1 ioe || She had a book opem » ¥et | nor recall how low its master had samix ae Well, you just ought to seen it! ae s | it did not seem ¢o attract her much; ber |in mating ir canbe’ st blast took every stitch of gail | matter. In real oo-operative poultry gaze was bent out of the windo (Nose, Hew sone Senvon tuyere cp th ‘minntes | ing. as carried on ety | the country scene, at the moving lex nermiy ot pales endl peste we was scuddin bare is formed to which a membership fee is/ teering their icivetled. brawar leaven in mies young heart of Roy ‘Deztell’s | 1000 miles an hour,” aioe: a (ff meoured. a8 at every soft 'Cracl one e officers soci | pers Mere iy Darrell. “] sh’d say so. Well, the nex’ sing t for packing the eggs and er ie as she sat "Ee oe meagre ane knew, bump went ‘er bow, and fowl. The goods ara sent forward in the’ pie Fat ae ai ee wa ie room |. Dee mEe ox ne sake ae oy er ee ear ey ier ages cp te 1s @ way as in the other plan, seemed to strike the belider ae glcoroy is home twe days | Long Branch Ae pp with | that the in charge first pays all | nd. lonely: even the. relight fated 0 | Star tle funeral of his ceandesed! felend. | such foros we up the beach pays an agreed-on price Aight up its solitu er still inhabited her rooms | and walked fepabod a into tha hotel.” | to each member, and then gives one-half @ furniture and ich, the Castle, as there was @ “I never = i ee tionate but their tone was sombre, and spoke of between her end her son’s wife. Hagel! sr “a pngeaeiees whe suprlied the produce, and the 2. bygone fashion. ‘The gic She treated the with ceremony | was closed. Well, sir, after never | other half he puts to the cane olin icokea strangely | 20d > her consulted | tried no more silver dollars when T want |oooicty, and atthe end Pesutiral ta: ber ane ween pid Ail La Scola ire se ag ee ee See ic oman te ania | vane a lai tie age eats Dig to eat far with a} “No, sir. After n goods. This ae also sella the | “What & he time, Davis?” asked | siti who, 2 few days before, had com thi Base a'10 pn Repieras members appli se veduaea| Lady Darrel dng’ freen hee thoughts, with elp and laborers. York Weekly. doe “Nigh init tne, my lady,” answer: | Occasionally the two Lady Sy SSS AS ed the maid. met and the elder woman would always | yas ote erat iain hie steces : res, sit,” remarked the amiable man. ae kiiopiig habe mecca a Shaner cl hey cx | “Iwant to seeacomplete Anglo-American |jens and sn unprofitable one as well. timid form of tie younger, but they ex-| a /ueanding. i hike to aan English [ain ootnnon pectin te ty ont the bead tack oe ie sie man come over here and drop his h’s one | of the hen that Brita such a habit.’ ig to notice | in awhile.” n A poultry keeper, however, thn so suddenly into this ‘Yes,"” answered the man who has ims to have discovered a cure for this strange life, but though to the id | to Epsom Downs, ‘‘and he likes to see us habit by feeding egg shells to his hens her overtures of friendship the | go over there and drop our X's and V's.” | tor samo time without any. otticr food: ki d , | —Washi Hels Gace id tee Vries cobney, | pete ieee am mince ke pe cbtatted poll seine aud hy aeaye almost sadly. 2 ffeced torture during the visits she re Often the Case. perbaps, coe aris cui xt pie Ses she reageee ‘it | ceived from the beautiful wi Professor ae you noticed | restaurant te aid himvin his ot : pass an nae Sa pan About a month after Roy's depar- Se sateen ess of Mr. Studihard’a | fowls are penned 3B anda few raate. a atic att girl who, tWo | ture news reached the Castle that the given them. The first time they eat) THE MISSION OF ART|z -.A_Mighty Agent for the Elevation and Salva- tion of the Human Race. '. Rev, Dr. Talmage Preaches on the Influence of Pleasant Pictures of Christian: Ch: te in the Di ashington, | Jane Talmage upon all pleasant pio Pictures are by some re divine mission of pictures That the artist’s pencil and the engraver" knife bave sometimes been mi ent to the kingdom of the bad ts frankly ere umph, and special iS pest or public art eaulery ‘ber canvas embarrassin 508, "bat fascinating to the is not in a spirit of pragery, but iy (¥e eternal truth, when Tiny that you bave no right to bang in rooms or your dw you cannot rd - group of friends eines stan Toeee a Lis ecaphod mp. alee a finger thrust ee Tight side, ining clear h to the left, Pliny the elder lost “his Ife & going hear enoug ccs poe sieanta ot the farther you can stand r of sin the ere carcass. Tish and American ¢ Jow theatres baye sometimes hung long the worlds, under its ar¢l foots,” what baochanallan. revelries Teva Deen edheted! "Te is not epatnes any of these axés 3 that they have been soled Wasilar wibatvinncrs world this would be if it is “*p) last judgmi of that of the old Bible engravings pie i scanned before is true with nine- cme es Stee Tr Loould fie ing open the door of your foreneads, I ‘would find that aie ee walking pictare Feajority of the people read if they read 1t at all. but all the sacred prophets, apostles and Christ, what Sistelbutions of Ser knowledge of all nations in the paintings and engrav- i Holman Haas . Encouragement to Artists. displaying, dramatizing, ae irradiating Bible feuthe until. the Serip- eclipse speed ai hing and AS that mn since the first a be published marvelous bis own. Saying nothing etal he aid divine mission in acknowledge you no Oe epee ‘either in thanks to God man? o Lessons of Art. It 1s no more the word of God when rinter’s ink than by and neater tie “Vora of Human Life’ and the “Course of Kmpire" and wner’s ‘Slave Ae Christ in art! Patriarchs, prophets and spostled in art! Ani ngels in ars! Hea rt! 8 € he d and the church ought to come to the higher appreciation of the yet Howe of the English army, who, through lever skater, ment that all Pictures of Christ ‘be burn- who toiled o1 till, asa aidier he i Hon. ‘The first missionaries tm Mexico made the fatal mistake of destroy plotiires, for. ih atnlpsars ast yet almost Been aera en may ye ate but 6 Goa can alte Encouragement of Artists. to pray fick a butter meee Sees ee they also want practical hel wie can give them work. You have heard suffering men and women tha . | some men, ¢ | tens of @ nuisance, God in art! |} A en | taphology, to be Tooked at when. ‘pepe mn | scenes of ‘has | those skein made by artists — 088 eenness of nervous MD otis Day enter nie me alt aiasien (a nia? them through etern: ip from men 1 other kinds of words. Arguments would ape an real that in which shad populatior a good thine the pall a Fairy Story. ble?” ‘Why, I told her when we were people sleeping in Greenw monuments at all, or some evan ik have a pile of Aber- te igh enough for a king and paleea’ Sania to embarrass a wealth, instead a Tells How It Was Done. Symptems ef Api They Were Relis Well and Working Every Day. From the Chronicle, ae Ont. 1898, Mr. fro. at the burial and his ‘Si follows: epee bias for its pis feet I caught » heavy cold| It is a city of ibraries and settle in left side. | schools. There Pi = a natioeel library ieee ‘The doctor, thoughs if was neuralgia of | contains 22,000 volumes. It has sini museum, 30,000 ining wm ts. It is the conta Shia vith the viotorles of “Baal, ‘ard o7RiGh for , and the Teadtng dailies, weeklies and monthlies are published Painters reated and jours, o Tock. Most of the dailies are to 8) Sed humiliated in Dortsning oe 5 pict and did the pain no but there are two daily eighteenth century that they came to the conclusion per the appendix | papers and an aye DeWEpSDer, - cad ed clear down out of the seb ot was diseased an also one there yas such a of Caracci! Farewell, dear pictures !"" As the day of the lord ot hosts, accord sorutinize .the pic- fiat will tamitiarica the yous ruelty and wassail; hae my vated. was just five weeks fro: they have done me more good than all tors’ medicin ever i Hisre only thom tn. your house Godlee mee ae) et I pope th one of these articl ‘The public is cantioned Furthermore, let ‘alt ‘reformers and all ts a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by ieeciire te oot Co., Brockville, Ont. y wish al our prayers, but tures, if not by Shale oat Sacha ce or! dergarten designe oF ‘by pencil on are a praparaon for the wear and | 900? ia cies panied! b=) a five minntes’ jook in | 0S" a cue always tell | “What have you been’ doing all this a his ser- | time?” faried the cynic; ‘walking om open a door into sor er hacoat® “How is it that your wife is so tracta- dency and lack of that she could dy just exactly as she pleas- | Gieease, and, by aa he the nerves, ed, and so of course she finds no disposes to soutnd an i in doing it.”"—Chicago Evening Post. i vigor to the action of the blood, wich, being stimulated, courses through: Mr.-R. A. Size, of Ingersoll, Ont, taken very ill, and was fudge a ia Health for the ‘children. Miler‘ room for several wt We heard that qos ‘pordecs. ; hhe was to go to the hospital to have an i ‘the operation aeipaajeees : never took and as he has started to 4, 9 Se er aaieeineue eee si roivena Volatile?” eaid one we i ted the ease and found thal, “sy positv ars mart dines” aa 0 cai iliams’ Pink | who no o longer dun gether ws tuatble, tha chills gon if you put Bo etal Peowis Mr. Size is a highly passe, were. Ttgnyenlaae volatile ou Put | respected citizen ef Ingersoll, having re- Putcyyy dries up.” sided here for over thirty years, and i deen a faithful employe at Messrs. Partl , * & Son's flouring mills for over nineteen | Minard’s Liniment Cures Diphtherla, ; y ‘When asked by a Chronicle re- 5 : Seed Tia give aa ita MONTEVIDEO. ; pol ‘view for publication, telling the Spe a hit ure, gave the details of hit muiored 2 Ts an was very ry great at at vies sais algo in my hand, siitpotd ater and hospital my wife was reading the Chron- icle. an account of a man who had been cured by the use of Dr. Williams’ | whom more than - thi are women, Pink Pills. The symptoms of the di 16 a) she bi doctori: have bee! ki si Altogeth Cc okonone ee CANADIAN living now. se ay tis pools it will be of benefit to others, = pink colored imitations of these fa-| have hem they will _be sent post paid at g the Dr. Williams’ Medicine BH 4 “Some day,” said the high-browed young man, “I expect to have the world at my New ra for a Sheba Miller's Come pound Ire ‘There never was, aud never will be, universal panacea, ii one remedy, ills vo whieh flesh is heir—the ver! eS would relieve one ill. rayate the other. mit the veiug, strengthening the healthy system, thereby c Sainaal funetions of the uperior quis Wine atthe usual rate, | a gauged by the opinion of lenin | this wine approaches nearest perfection any inthe market. Alldraggista sellit. The Durability of Cedar. me Egyptian boats made of cedar, probably in use 480 ‘8 ago, have been Pound buried near the banks of the Nile, edie aa subecoeridg ose af te power of that wood to withstand the ra time : dicitus — The Way A Clty Note Its Marenare Libraries and Schools. a ‘As {0 the school system, this is mare improving. ‘There are 600. more schoo ‘Urn 1876, although « ss zee only n tary college, which ‘The ‘oun bas a good postal and telegraph system as well. PACIFIC IMONTON =~ 7 Retu 4 june, 27,, Returning pes Aus. 20 mee poten until Sept, t= Going, duly, Ig, Returning until Sept. 17 ye oa SEES os Gait