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RCI TCRIIOR ece of mosquito wire screen OR, THE LOST PATRIMONY, CHAPTER III. One, with Golden f Z Queen Blanche,”’ in flattery of her regal grace, and her exceed- ing, her wonderful fairness. Z fact, ue ay fairest pias ver You pent Regina, cl skeleton of the lightning-blasted tree to als green and _seately ad not: seen my sister Regina for two years; during which time she had been absent at a ‘‘Finish- ing pie ” T was aed curi- ous and anx t her, now that she hail antes “home per _ manently. I wished to see what frem sixteen o idea of womanly perfection. We reached our journey’s end “the carriage that was to meet us thore. Therefore, upon our arrival, we fur Sapatscinent, _ surprised, delighte : bashed, at the sight of the elegant woman awaiting our ap- « proach. “She sat eros ik a ae vered ri ier Shane Pais th hrew out her beautiful and graceful form in fine relief. She wa white eatin, whose glossy and am goles descending to her feet, mere- permitted ie RA of one tiny Geatoaterca 8) bite. visible. er arms a neck, ‘iter tian the ‘or ing, de ane S inded 3 tails of the richest and finest: lace, and en- circled pe pearl eee and mee r hair, her ‘ piste’ temples ala _ tuesque dignity of my “prevented me from meeting he with any demonstration of frater na! love, or joy. I think I met her 8 met. any whom L 1, and pifeing my Regina sligh tly i lined be “ful head, in acknowledgment of Wallraven’ s profound and deferea- bow, and raising her eyes with ick, and quickly withdrawn ee ou. her hand to wel- him to Willow Hill, saying, mite graciously, as es tes. Wallrave: 18, of Hick- {or ‘all, Sao Wo the ang gave a violent start, reeled as mudar an unexpect- overwhelming blow, made a e zed hi i ‘raven, and you, Ferdinand?” she ‘id. “We sat down; and Rezina, pos- sibly to fill an awkward pause, in the, conversa observed, . Yey—1 know ‘the Wallrayens of ete by history and re- oligang Wallraven, your ancestor and namesake, he: say, was a o ong ~ lerdship Roneined 5 governor Nid. retained a place in his ¢ coun soil ope, sit, that we may be- come better known to each after. eg 8 £ jallraven had bowed, oun bowed, x, at the cose of every came to au ext mister ir: ee Bey d Spamiaent for: which’ nH fae a “She is rich in oe and, theugh born ih See oneness Ty, ant HOE sadhy excellent ee out a doubt,” said W in alt, lon her delicately roseate cheek, remained silent. Now I came to “Regina likes the conservativ pride e Old Dominion— the prevalence of old English feeling— family pride, which mother Eng- si hietiolt ff has outlived, but that tury. You are lagging behind ‘the Age, Regina, but you will get over Fe ve cold smile chilled the fair face IN PAIN FOR YEARS We ” BRINGS RELIEF ; and I consul te every remedy obta able without any relief. ‘Then I eva juice tablets, medicine that ever did T took s box: ea ccle vance at jay dread. fal Nota and backach 5k © $2. 50.0 or teal bo eee fdesers or oes Frui of my sister, who deigned no other reply. “This is not so, exaggerat fh our se ntiments y Wallraven, in deep, rich: tones, and y manner in which was abeangely blended deprecation and dignity. She quietly raised those eyelashes, to drop them ag ied. pay: my friend 8 Holden n in stantly, as she repli “Yes! since I am constrained to confess it; and surely T 0. whose family can be d to the time of the casey He leptarchy. Yes, I do think, that the much r wits a soon the nou- ux noe of other States, is, at re woithy of respect iin ae low pride of new wealth, or appearance of wealth, which is anes no more than superficial fin he ancient pride of the oli families of 3 ety wel Shea. the among the rest,’’ (inclining head graciously to Wolfgang), ‘“‘are assuredly descended from the ve Bente of the old English art racy—many among them dating most illustrious am Gem ieeabeetion,: and “uhutétingh of England—noble scions of noble heuses, who. for their-conservatism and ati itto. the ancient. re- ming Weta anavencoit by that fana- tical spirit of radicalism which, the warri- even in the reign of James, began to manifest itself in Great Bri- tain. ade: is true, lady, that the rich valleys and plains of Marylai nd an at Virginia were settled by a v different. set of men, actuated = a very opposite set, of. motives, to oe that sent the hardy Pine to the sterile shores of w Eng- land; and that may go Gee count for different domestic and sccial. manners, and a different state policy.”’ confess T prefer the ancestral le of a Virginia planter to the urse pride of a Yankee peddler.”’ ie ee lose ~ are extreme cases, have you no pride of an Gee Is it not a matter of self- exieem to you, that your remote progenitor was a Saxon noble in- stead of being a Saxon serf?” “No, Jady, it is pot & matter of pride to tei. id Wolfgang in a tone so. mournful, that I looked anxiously “upon honor ‘New ier sons stand with equal rights.” “Let us change the subject,”” said [. “With pleasure,” enid Regina and, turing to Wolfgang, she a : cd, “Do you like music, Mr. it he Satie ES ‘a stately ¢ ee of the head, and, drop- ge. her gollen eyelashes, swept on aloné in sovereign ment, wed her Wolfgang took a eatin at the ba of her chair, to t we sy ae "She p es in a very mas- ue tes ee all = ial, a of the oe wiece, ulding doors we: Se thrown open yant appeared, and an- nounced supper. Now rising, an again courcevusiy “declining the profiered arm of Wallrayen, and m cous, on alone in her 1egal pride and p us to the che rol After super we adjoarned to the ti plans for s Perel on aed Souseeant: dificult thing for three opens alone in a country ee eer mpanied Wall- Wallaeen) said I soon as we were alone, ah ccee you like mysister? Is she ‘all my ‘fancy painted her,’ or am I a blind exthusiast ?’ h muaaed around, ae in pro- re: ened with a return of his old boy- surliness. And brother's friends are in no r of becoming so,’ ae humoredly ew hout noticing my last remark, he said, in the slow, oracular tone of a judge balancing the weight of every word. “Miss Fairfield is beautiful—she is beauty; but, like the mountain snow, she is high, cold, pure, fair, frost, dan, id I,, ‘the least lovely of Regina’ s traits of character has revealed itself this evening. Lofty principles, high- toned sense eo hon- 1, perfect eS eb nevolence, generosity well cultivated int: sures of the h mained to be disco irfield! don’t sine your sis- ter ne my arms so determinedly, lest I catch he and oiind— re: my guest. Mis Fairfeld is not a woman to Se thrown or caught, or by any means to suggest such a Sneush He “OF course no oe It suggest it! arrow from Cupid's bow’—to ex- press the thing as you would Se —is lightly quivering in my fi cast it from me, if you w me to do so. Do noi to my heart, impale me with it— for nothing would ensue but ae Miss Fairfield will probably } her hand upon. some, ‘n Dance son of Acbar’ who worthy of he on = ae ld like to know what you mea presuming to what. . have said to you in the light you ws What right have you to do ae ght of knowledge, & a "hie a areighe anit tie $ of others, and a dangerous Tabi of reading aloud weet I find writ- ten therein,” he replied, with a mournful sarcasm ked at him , from head to , with his hands joined on his knees, his. brigand-looking head bent forward, his piercing as et on the floor, and his veil ir fall'ng forward and cha 8 his darkling countenance. There 0 much bitter sorrow in his black that anaes me love a so ou ost exasperating things x Reick an disarm my wrath 2 s it, str ee you el T am your friend rfield, my dear fellow, pes SSS ETA ay plans of your The greatest njury I could ao reels the great- I conld confer upon vat 9 tell you. this. Leave me Good night!" fa ‘0 be continued.) Sa ee MEATS. Leg of Lamb.—When preparing a fey. of lamb for roasting pin on in sli whole plaves and the flavor of the meat will be fine. Baked Ham.—Select a nice-slice cf ham aad ae ina ae baking s ish and ¢! vit! k and bal in a moderate oven cual milk is all boiled an Evy browned. This cbse an excellent dish for breakfast, Have a Slice of veal a emall dripping pan. of bacon in me piédes on ea @ pan, cover wn- til nearly baked ee then re- move the cover to brown. Ba! slowly, the time will depend on the hickness of the steak. slice may be placed on top of he other with a little ing between. Po cl may me roasted icken Stew. ote ions in piecés, Wash. and w . Brown butter in eu then ee bottom with chiel en same is and salt tae been a o make this a sueceseand makes ES Shine dinner. Sele ars, cf all ¢ be,”’ dryly replicd’ ers ns, the her snowy atid droop- ong golde Te. pelashes rest-| yw, ‘ast apt» Volfzaua. ee seemed to b2 threat- “does me ae ae eee ing has a ae bee is tongu wt hs two will Be quite * consider | © of: salt * HOME. JORIS | THE LAUNDRY. Bobbinet Curtains. eo pieces s muslin four inches flat on edges of curtains before they are laundered, using a loose shih onetie meen Thue and starch as usual and pin evenly ov carpeted floor. Wiss ry the muslin is easily ripped off, and in this way you avoid the fair uneven edge which is so often seen in bobl inet curtai Soap Hint.—Soap improves with ees a it ate ss €¢0- nomical ti rchase it in large Gaentie es. Whitening Clothes.—Take equal parts of kerosene and turpentine a eiaeeowell together. One table- P the soap-su beiled will te fou cleaning effect. 4 Carsashe a boiled: wtstch keeps it ti from — stickin but sf not use enough to make if; sme To Protect Buttons. rien sev- twenty inches long and seven wide. Stitch round the edges and down the middle. Put this pad on the table and place the buttons on it and iron the garment on the wrong or side, and you will never lose break a button Lace Curtains.—To wash curtains by the French method put curtains to soak at night in cold water. In the morning let the water drain’ from the tub and cover again Do this repeated- ly until the water is clear clean, allowing an hour for each seaking. Wring, starch in boiled starch and stretch. No soap, no ah and the curtains will be Filling, Tubs. —Where stationary tubs are not a part of the laundry equipment buy six feet of hose witl a nozzle, attach to the hot or cold ep, with ca : 2 ter faucet while washing ani raised my anger id ee a ee y very ee to make me f ¢| fli the tubs by this me It si ee ee hard | labor SE lifting heavy bu 8 of wate: Save. pili deroper sulcclothiug by @ generous use of ironing wax on ironing day. Keep a large ft rag to rub the iron with ait ax ing. This keeps the eh Relea and bright, also indicates the tem perature. A teasp: opntal of melted paraffin in your stare lighten Tobey and make the clothes whiter. sie refined starch, that is usually by hot for cold Ss ata eodariical for general starching or with boiled starch. Hang sheets by selvage edge astil in a clean suds of ture. They will not shrink. as boiling. COOKIES. Hickory Nut Macaroons.—One pint of granulated sugar, four eggs, well beaten, one pint flour, one pint of kernels; stir together and drop ona buttered pan upside down. Bake slowly until light rown. Molasses Cookies.—One egg, one cupful brown sugar; one capt of shortening, one cupful of molas- ses, three level ceaapoontls of s0- adi one: cupful of ee ee of ginger, one of cinnamon, a pinch beat. this you would for cake; thon add three and one-half eupfuls of flour, roll out, cut in shape and bake in hot ove: Peanut Cookies.-One cupful of sugar, one cupful of butter, two eggs. cupfuls of an utter, thet add ten Nightly’; then the peanuts, that ve béen broken; lastly add the ing pow a fe cnet on buttered tins and bake a quick oven. Sane Drops.--Tw: gar, one cupful of lard and mixed, cupfuls of su- butter cnr chopped raisins, ixls flour. Drop spoonfuls in yak: ing tin iastead of cutting as for ieckor ny Nut Macaroons. — One cupful o} ved sugar, one cup- tit ot hikers nuts chopped, a pinch a wet Eaoth on TSS put hot pan on cloth when maca cons are baked. Take = spatula or pancake turner and you” ake them out with- a bee = racker es One pint of re! Te cracker crumbs... Add milk: les for a thick batter, then add two eggs, two canyon of bak- ing pow me ler, of salt. Fry as pan ae one oe a tea- ean of jelly on them and turn one-half the cake over on to the jelly. : USEFUL HINTS. burners, 15 tes te Tuttermill: Boil yinenats in the fish elle or the fish o 's haye a dis agrer y and more | and_you ‘wilt nok allow flannels to freeze; it is as bad} | with ‘spoon as|€r 1} don’t ¢ fittle ineligence ee ihe PTE. don’t Honey should be kept in the dark| ¢¢ A pi is an oerllene thing to run a flat oot thet rust. hen frying donghnuts, piLlalt @ Stenapaoatel ginger into the grease when hot. Comforts and quilts should be may be as light and flutty as when A “spoonful of oxgall to a ae of eer will sef the colors of any se soaked in it oe i ous to wa: der “Braiglit in_a little damp from the line, folded care- the stove to no ironing. A cheap cotton blanket with one hickness of cotton batting between and tied like a comfort makes an d pad excellent f you should cl goods, such as linen, pereale, ete., dip instantly in vinegar, then wash and rinse we If fish is lightly rolled in flour after having been well dried with a clean ‘cloth it will he see likely io break up with cooki good polishing Be for the kitchen, and one that will ae be scaked quickly, is the a Se Tur towels. 1 lemons with a ape clear to tne mht skin before you put them n the squeezer; the work is easier oad you get more juice thereby. Mix cooky dough at night and set where it is cool. In th 4 way you can use more shurte thinner than when after mixing Garments | that ar > to be hung out to air can be put on hangers r ther than Site to the line. This Ss prevents sagging or marking with see et ening and roll Haine TELE On the Farm BUSINESS DAIRYING. Three or four things every man must keep in view if a is to oa ‘the most profit out of da good cows, food feeding and Goad BICeoaE OnE in mind are, ars’ worth ¢: rrying the largest secondly, maintain or increase the fertil- y of the fields. all ee, of live-stock hus. rying gives the largest return for feed consumed. rere has not been a tim teen ears, asse) “when my cows would given a good profit on a consumed. The feed: which if fed to a steer would be converted into a = vonnd of beef worth to 10e., f given to a good cow will produce a LSoand (2) of butter- fat, worth 30 Si Seeking a business, the income of which would approximate the cutgo in point of surety, Mr. Hull y years ago to make a he SrateNs s end and able, if you do ng, was the clinching comment upo pon the ¢ cf a farmer in Ohio who‘ commence: ears ago with one cow, and now has a herd annually av- ply; that ma Hen 14,000 te of milk a year, very extraordinary record, perhaps but his poorest gives 10,- 000 p fonsret milk €: calves at a rjyoung age for average 59 yer calf, mae a total of $219.14 per cow eee in Michigan diseov- ered Swosmen ee a mile apart, one realizing $22 cow, or Painted re Mine one: Teena: ber dollars’ worth of feed. consumed by the cows; the other receives $79 per ow, or $1.95 per dollar’s worth of ne 7 ere batt f eh a dain irying. What you n_-that case is an- ie Hull “was eating a orth of milk per cow, at a cost of $30. dol that to run the cow machinery, 80 that they have bw | mills and, sonaemmiendly; dollars’ worth ef m i tty is pro ee erates si 4 regularly,” adjured. Mr: aie eee hed my herd yield reduced 401 te 60 pounds beens when for any unavoi the hour of milking but ae a little his cows looked bad. What als ise aid you: feed?’ i was. ee “Not ‘D. cr tour months? He saw the Feed ‘a palatable ratio: dried in a good breeze, so that the By fore you three times a day for three | Feces and 1000 P Gates for 1910 have Galvani THE ‘WALKERVILLE TORONTO PAGE WHITE FENCES ir Best—Styles for Lawns, Park fe Gates now in use ia Canada, Our 1910 Fences are better (haa, s, Farms and Railronds, 14,000 miles of Page fest prices a See co. a MONTREAL 0. tion, unpa ae si not. t but it “Rer faa is all h any. colored | Common-sense judiciously mixed ra: palatability has ee fe do with digestion. Palatabili one of the virtues of si age eep the s healthy. and com- EoeHs: See Sie ae here out: y of fresh air and sunlig Tf} you can’t a ord any shee s of ventila ae borrow a sa’ tat a hole in the cotton over it. The stable can be made Bee SS er iplap. outs Pap right, being nothing but a but of two defects would pre- ar latable balanced ration. tuff that i experts agree that he best 5: a of Seen t is far ahead of none at all and sl a = SEINE (that his practice has been to water his cows in a covered barnyard, leaving them out: for an hour or so, he very properly reminded his hearers that the cow, with her sys- tem daily depleted a milk pro- duction, cannot stand exposure as can. the steer with his ribs aa with fat.’”’—Farmer’s Advo ® Camphor Ice 7 eee tee AND LIPS, SORES, WINDBURH. se Remedi ies in ce Ne icum, Rorated, Mentholated, fran, soem neoiatY White Ore te aie, (or Purposes Sree ‘Vaseline Lira CHESEBROUGH C0. (Cons'd) is comfort. While intimating FQ. 379 Cralg St. W.. Montreal gin Gasi Naan base of the en sel Hea ee ILP. Semi-Portable Engine with vaporator ‘Tank, These Engines are the same as th nes, except that they are mounited soline eee Please cat ont this comple! ANADIAN FAIRBANKS COMPANY, ST. JOHN, N. B. CALCARY, F, Appress. Fairbanks-Morse Specially Saat for Work in Col on skids with fds asoline ran ate it is well protected, makin; v fcontained outht, as can be seen trom the illustration ave oe Semi-Portable or Skidded Engine Equipped with Evaperator Tank. Designed especially fer general Farm Work Built in 6 and 8 H.P. Sizes, e Standard Horizontal Ryaporator En- ed Ja ‘the. "tb, ind seud for cotalog W,P, te advertise Limited, TORONTO, WINNIPEG VANCOUVER Mr, cation shundr 1 amply rate E forts ress. v additt all Tt ada tion . Premiu Pala f Al Balane Res ther At Mected: y sae heard much about the import- nce of a balanced ration, which The Annual, Report, as folio President, Mr. which the Company holde rex Gontoanector thereterent. 4 ™ that the outlook for the future 1s most eeourasing. Ge Dany tor-the vean ending 41 Cash and Journal Vouchers have been cl the antes recorded Interest, Rents and Profits. other - payments es Debentures ees. All other Assets... ry Breciat Death Kerns rector of = The Federal Life Assurance Co. Of Canada ane elds Pe nabevery, bevia Apne Bee retary seconded by ear Diveatoer fot ine Company for the year which r by the Audit dito new business of be e ns for insurance, aggregating $ ed and one app’ Hicatfons For $5,504.238:00 were . the p' pany s been given to cla: secured Spy reserves ‘of Int ert xpenses Pave tna corgi for new businers, ‘The xesuite of th Compared with the preceding y Ste for your approval show an navance “of nearly teu by he assurances carrie, ‘omn aa tot & considerable. surplus be congra abilities incensed. on int, $20,000 wan made to polloy eld office f the jon thereto, mpany are are enticed EI ea a Re sts he members of the office staff pany's Revie ‘our Directors are pleased to ts ghpeasy ¥ nthe Disnident-cnd Tikeotors arin em jentlemeny et December 1) Deanne the Pelee thnae, deppelied wiih, the total agreeing with the Accompanving Statement. viz.. Taabiittion, shows pe result of the year's oe of the Compa: Hamilton, ist February, 1910. Soa. Annuity tneome DISBURS: 5 Pollevholder and Benge Aaditi Losses awaiting Proofs Liabilities burplus on Policyholdtrs’ Account < sets Guarantee Capital "| Potal Security 1e- was read and adopted, fe tue fave the honor to. pres income of the din; 68, and the flabilities for reserves ding Cash-Dividends and Dividends applied to the reduction of pranal oe annuities. the total payment to Polleyholders amounte 274 io onda, mevtgume eecotiner Our investments have ed on the fact that 88 during the vast. year, he able ear has heen o Wactate corehuliy audited theanees FINANCIAL, STATOW RECEIUT me aie Sami & fieaa Otnoe, tn Hane . Mr. David Dexter in ‘the chair, on motion of the President, leut.-Col, tthe: Woaort ahd winanslol aistes 21st December, 1909, duly youch- iat closed ent conaisted of wo thousand six hundred appt; S63, 896.06, ot -witlemn nd five Socani ny as gratifying in= have b axed by, $820,002.88, and of Buarantes capital cee oe lis two tho! amounted at 0 $4 all out- Manaing dials, sive! aia “ao Ob. bet asin ag & epesiay- wmanOlnn ‘policy re- showing & surplue. of 81,1 last nealled Bunrancee capital, the purptue te Pancybpiders 695.53. elex on one husdrea snd Attar’ Wrew- Biome oin ling ie Buibt death, to the amount of $2 nel 4.48. the investment of the funds ‘and. loans. 0 yielded a very to a reasanable Jimit, consistent with due ef= he vear indicate the neures & most, aratl{yine pro sabmitted by in any ni Ne Pullcanveunt require by lever earns the surntus over Capltal and roserve and ana abnaveastetoes also proved’ faientat to the Come ny Higent have 19 state that of ¢ Eh eallneniony Sua rE ENG DAVIF President und Stanging 1 Director, edora! Life Awamrenee Company: and records of your Coms stand have cortMed to thar curacy, exdmined and agree with Ahe Company have SPS anepenigfat neve heen erinee ey amount asAhown In the Statement of even) and Exnonditure, Aseets and ong and also the financial post. Respectfully submitted, SIS RIS STII, Ck Gia earner og. } Auditors, T FEM 1909, En 58,68, 94 93,643, wat ets 21,9385 follows: e ML “Guten a Ce Hasiett, B: Db, srions MED. a subsequent Davia ue Bu i Pr oslett, _ Jébn! Weaken ef ofcare se, i Col. Nig from which a special -