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mena en ADYING PROMISE} never shut an eye last night with mi y Blushford' s to-morrow; not that I wanted you to help pickle piacere which do black the terrible. But ready to drop as Iam, going over to Mrs. Woodford's is no mat- ter; after all, when anybody's worn out a mile or two's nothing. What THE FARMER'S gon RAISING PIGS, é To begin with, breeding stock must be selected with considerable 'care, Pedigreed hogs are-considered best, This oll what the farmer When he sets forth to se toil-- Laying tribute on the soil-- his senses -please.x but to be most profitable on miugt: have first-class care, be prov with the best of feed and- shelter, if it do take me off a week or 80 sooner? ao aS done with it, OR, THE fPSSING This, of WILL ihe suppose.' So Je tee ig but she did not say you mustn't be cross on my last day, cousin," she said, after receiv- These are things Rosy beams Athwart-the sky That with fields not neglected in any way. course, calls for some experience and ability on the part of the - owner, P. M. Davis. = * , F f -- bloom vie, Next to the thoroughbred, the hal CHAPTER XXIV. air. '"'Knack em all down, Abram,"' jing Mrs. Plummer's final directions 0 [4 "Wrat's the meaning of all this, | was his final injunction as he cross- jon the doorstep.at starting, "'and ger oes cme atin gg is perhaps the best all-around Abraham?" asked Roger Plummer, ed farm yard. Seeing: Jessic:jplease try and think as=gently as "ai BN ee en ee "all this' indicating a black eye coming in from the garden with a lyou can of me, whatever happens." 'Soon mento me, and endurance in both an whith aharied the obinnio gltte \asket of filberte Her words and something unusual parkling rills. not misunderstand me. I, of souiaee countenance of Abral. Bush, wh | "Hullo, Jess," he cried, "so you're jin her manner struck Cousin Jane do not recommend indiscriminate, o rahum Bus ° , nenee " . |This is what the farmer feels haphazard breeding. If . was sitting on the floor of the barn Off to-morrow. Wish you'd wait till with an uneasy tion. at When the stretches forth hi d hbred if wtih tite a sctrend out in Broad of 'mand , and I could drive you in.' en he stretches fo s han raise thoroughbreds, but not, a To wrest riches from his land, Wealth that ---- coy, conceals: Balmy brea q ever have come over the child of late?" she wondered. 'Dear, "Thank you, Roger," she returned, how I wish Philip would come home him, while h ielded 1 t ew an implemen cart will really be cross between some of the err soon destined to Vanish from rural | 'the carrier's breeds is very desirable, 'for the market. life, an implement isti: ft more convenient with my luggage." jor else have her out! She finds the sticks loosely lninted toaether. one, | *'Look here, Jess,'"' continued Rog- |time long, poor thing, she's lone- A ove, The sow should have good length, the hansel held in the hand, and the 'er, taking off his hat to thrust his jsome and she frets. It was just like ss of sunshine depth, strong bone, but should not -- ; 'hand through his thick tangle of |poor Mat Meade to tic her up with From above; be too high on the legs. e should other jointed to it, the swingel de. scending with a dull thud upon tho wheat-ears before him, a sound that. used to make pleasant music the winter long upon barn floors, and an occupation that warmed laborer's | bodies in the cold winter days when , ,curls, "I suppose you don't want a 'friend?' "'A friend, Roger?" asked Jessie, smiling and stopping by the low istone wall, on which she set her bas- et. "Wh Philip, and him going out to the But there, what is can't be happy with plain folk, that's sure. Poor Mat meant well, I will Velvet turf Beneath his fect, All about A fragrance sweet. This is what the farmer knows: raises her first gs, must always be kept continuously in' dry, comfortable quarters, convenient Nature in-her sweetest guise, Beauty of the earth and skies, Honest toil and calm repose. Secrets knows he fore farrowing, nothing mee bran and mash, but all she will . At farrowing time, give her the give him credit for that.' The day had clouded heavily since the morning, the weather was breathless and oppressive, though of "Only if you want: anybody knock- ed down or anything,"' he continued, turning very red, "I'm your man. Jessie turned rei too some- no other work was to be found. "I knacked en down," growled ----e bringing the fail music to an "Knocked who down?' asked Rog- er, "and why?" "Job Ash! A zaid summant about Miss--you knows what a zaid--Iss. I knacked en down. Job he got up and a knacked me down. Then I gets up and I knacks en down agin, ,- and thing came up in her throat, half choking her. "There's nothing I wou,dn't do for ye," he went on, his blue eyes bril- liant with earnestness. '"'I was al- Ways set on ye, but I never said any- thing--because of poor Phil, what's late the air had had the strong, sharp bite which tells of coming win- ter, warms young blood, and ia spirits drooping nerves. The heavy langor weighed upon Jessie's over- burdened heart and depressed her, body and soul; yet she walked with Of the soil; Knows the sweets That come of toil; Knows the nod Of rip'ning grain; Knows the harvest And its gain. very best of attention and see that the young pigs are promptly «taken care of. Keep the sow and the pigs a a@ warm place, particularly if the weather is cool. ind = soW spar- ingly for two or days on bran slop, to which a Ohanatah of middl- and Job he ups and cuts and hruns. |avay. If you hadn't been promised |& quick,, alert air and there was a ings has guid Bape rage = I lows he hrunned pretty smart.|to him. But there, you never have |tense, strained look on her face. PREPARING LAND FOR MBAT. unas "wasks oa the should' te Aye, that's how't was, I hreckon," |looked at the likes of me, I'm Her shortest, most direct way lay rene tmx: @ t e -_ are feed in th y eet 'hud, thud went the flail, and the |hrough and dunch. Sliouldn't ha' |straight across the Marwe!l woods, |,, ROW my Tarim Practice mow ly & |given woe ond middlincs.. "Tres chaff fluttered and whirled in| the named it, only I thought, as Phil [but she chose to go the long way by | nye eur rotation of corm. wheal. |made De ee ee " wind raised by the energetic strokes ,can't do nothing--if you wanted any- the highroad and through the vil- inwad end aad -- Po a gy er may OS idnunaad y -- : and lok 2 minnie ov two, then Abraham |thing done, no matter what, I'm jlage. There _Bhe encountered Miss Stone wetting i Pg ca. see =~ ei ed, pas ° rie Rn paused again. "Iss ' he repeated, |your man. Oh! I say, Jessie, Jes- Ingleby and Ellen Dale, respectively, low field it i 'd eal aft r oP ten a fal a hn b a "I knuacked en down zure enough."' |siel"' and it was these ladies who blushed 4 wont sible, t ing » joi ter ' a : stitutio --_--_ " "You done hright, Abraham," said| She was crying in a way that went jand seemed conscience of neglect, on th slo ora e, aH the aaron thirfty the si n h li Roger, who had heen standing scowl- to the honest fellow's heart, crying |While the infinitesimal bow and ut- mA Pica A bie g > oe rp 2) Give the Pigs af mite vege & = ing with bis hands in his pockets, quietly but sadly. terly neutral expression with which a eo 4 a. rule is to 5 ow = possible, so that ets muscle a hr whence he withdrew one with half a | ou were always good to me, Jessic passed on would have done the ana | aigead ti . ted sake aa oe oy have hes = crown, which he offered to Abraham. |Roger," she replied at last, "far jcredit to any woman of the world. me. : + ied oval ime -~ weeks old. If they -- ak hat be yo gwine at with he?' letter than 1 deserved. You used to| "As bold as_ brass, murmured oon "-- pe 7 er ~~ - ith y8 jerly fed, the weaning wil no ri growled Abriham, [let me pull your hair as a boy. But |Miss Ingleby to herself; "I should ice' beeen ee il cor gebede ta Rog: Migs LAr seg glaring with min- gied vindictiveness and longing at the comfortable-looking coin. "Take it. Abram "You putt that there in yure pack- et, Mr. Roger," he replied, growing more and more surly under the witchery of the shining silver and the that and | half- ' spring-tooth harrow. the weath- er is inclined to be dry this - fol- lowed with the roller. During the last few years, rains have been very light about seeding time. We must, therefore, prepare for sufficient moisture to bring the wheat up and give it a good by having a compact seedbed and cover with a blanket of fine earth in which to drill the wheat. In pre Paring ground for wheat, it is a good plan to give it one extra work- ing after you think it is in the best possible condition. All things con-- sidered. I like the plan of seceding corn ground best. this author one breaking of the groufid gives a crop of corn, wheat and _ clover, which is quite an important point to be considered. ; I check my corn and give it level culture both ways, which is all the while preparing a seedbed for the wh The carn is cut, the shocks Care is taken shock rows will be ready for the market when like William to have seen my lady nine to ten months old. sweep by with her princess air. In- nocent child, indeod! Artful young minx! Well, I am glad they have given up having her with Ethel Med- way!"' It was Jessie who had given up going to Marwell Court. to Ethel's great and freely expressed indigna- i] wish you wouldn't talk like that.' "It was only if you wanted any- thing done." he murmured. "I'd never 'a spoke else. If there'd been a chance, I wouldn't have _been 80 Mean with poor Phil awa "Forget me, Roger," sho said, , drying her eyes, "but I will never forget you and your kindness." She 'gave him her hand and left him, \stabbed by his words and touched | by his friendliness, and thinking of the way in which she had under- valued this sterling fellow because of his rough exterior and intolerable ways. And yet to be pitied and ex- tenuated by Roger! Well, it would not be for long. She had not left Redwoods since her visit to the Inglebys. It was evident to Jessic that Mrs. Plummer had heard nothing of that terrible gossip--which was not. surprising, since scandal usually reaches all ears but those most concerned in it or In the afternoon Mrs. Plummer Your pets always round upon wanted to send a message to a wo- |you, Clara, don't they?" interposed man, whose cottage was about a Clatede, with an indifferent gir. wile and a half distant. "I really don't know what we are "Do you run over, my dear,' she coming to," moaned Lady Gertrude; said essic, "the day's fine, |'"Pauline had but just learnt a real- dull, and 'twill be a nice |ly becoming way of dressing my , you haven't been out /hair, and she must needs give warn- this three days."' ing to-day because her mother Jessie did not know how to refuse |Paralyzed; as if her this small request; she suggested not go a hospital. I suppose sending the young maid-servant, or there are hospitals in France. The o letter, and even broached the im- ae is really becoming too mater- here of her usin' farin al for me. forth, with her. cousin's 7 Jessie had done her errand that h M4 ideal "a "It's not much you'll hev at my ;SUu!try afternoon, the woman of the eed, ae ie make = - ee denth, Jessie," moaned Mrs. Plum- {house then begged her to sit down h , ay h he "ig on as 'mer, in response, "so I can't think |and rest after her walk. "It's a evtate ms *. a ae to why you want me to be gallied into good step from Redwoods, miss,' she me oble ; e trou acl i ie e /my graye so quick, I'm sure. said, looking her over with a cur- tne e clogging e drill. ng 1 twist in around the shocks as POULTRY HOUSES. If you wish to succeed with your poultry do not let your poultry in an unhealthy condi- ~ condition, remove the fowls to tem- porary quarters where they can have plenty of road dust, as this is a inecessity at all times of the year. Sifted coal ashes, not wood ashes, will answer the purpose. Remove all perches, nest boxes and everything else in the house and ve them a thorough soaking in fkerosene oil, drying them in 'the sun. Clear all the . tout of the houses and then you ; for disinfecting. Fill an iron soaked in crude after stopping all the cracks, fire to the shavings. In about an hour's time the house can be opened and aired. Then beautify your poultry houses give your fowls healthy quartors and kill lice a at one time by whitewashing. A whitewash Veeds" to be * well made to do the work, as it too of * ten falls off in flakes after the wood is dry. Slacken your lime in hot water, and make it as thick if por sible, as soft soap; then thin ith erosene oil. ow you have a whitewash that will both stick to the houses and kill the lice. Apply the whitewash while hot and be sure that all cracks and corners get plenty of it. Do your whitewashing in the morning so that by night the house will be dry and Mr. Roger wos a "near one,' might not offer him another crown that side of Christmas. *Any- body's think I caint knack nobody down athout being paid vor 't.' you've Roger the half-crown neatly between Abraham's outspread legs. "But you've no call to look 80 sure at a good half-crown. Chuck - it away if you don't want it. I ehan't hev it. So you knacked en down?" r "Wasn't I mad!" continued Abra- ham. "Shouldn't a ben sa mad if it hadn' t a ben true.' You don't think it, Abraham?" groancd Roger. "Zeen 'em in copse together, two or three times, never thought nothen at the time. She's always up Court. Out painten long with Miss Lonsdale, long with t'other one that's laame. But a young maid din't ought to be out long with he.' Roger growled an execration,on the unnamed. "Wish I had the Capen under this yer zwingel!" added Abraham, bring- ing his flail down with both hands. , "Wish you'd a told me first time you saw them,"' said Roger. "You tell your vather, Mr. Roger; tell en to pen her up in garret, if she wunt bide at home nohow else.' 't is best to keep ion, "I really think the ingratitude of that class of people is beyond every- thing,'- was Lady Gertrude's com- ment upon Jessie's written excuse for refusing Ethel's request, "and af- ter the poy in which you took her up, Clar "Il am nak in the least surprised, Aunt Gertrude," her niece replied; "I am too much accustomed to _in- gratitude to expect anything else in a world like this," she added, with a plaintive sigh which suggested ac- quaintance with infinitely superior worbhis, pot = carbolic acid eat. being 12 hills square. to have the both ways. work the ground both ways without being compelled' to trust the shock rows. I work up just as close to a shock row as possible, and then, by going the opposite direction, the small space left between the shocks is worked. The best tool that I have ever found to prepare corn ground for wheat is the commgn drag harrow, | which levels and fines the surface. | Very often two workings with it, tongue {f you can. I know 'that 'twill be long, anyhow. pe iosity that Jessie felt in every fibre, , ; j comfortable. sad, outer ant Setereah: te ae 'Y'm the last to ak ta live on, a |kéchly sensitive to the fact that Mrs. --* as possible. In ine = can keep her in sight whenever she 'burden to my own flesh and blood. |Woodford had never before regarded od k po the o posite dir tos nals ame goes out. . If there's anything more 'Plummer'd find a difference in the |her with such interest. It's gwine |Avech, rom, bly Gppos se suneetll'. | FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. between them I expect he won't have | housekeepifig, not to speak of the|to thunder afore long. .Wun't ye shock that oak ot be nev red d . ~ 4 a whole bone left in his body. But|dairy, and as for the poultry, I bide till the starm's blowcd over? 7 are " . we) An Englishman Has Lived thé } she's going to Cleeve to-morrow for 'never was one to boast, but I should |. ""hunder!" echoed Jessie. Oh. Life of a 'iermit. ; a week, so she'll be out of harm's|wish you to pint out finer broods of j1 hope not. 1 must hurry home wi : , i own" . 4 hi way for a time." turkeys than what I've rared this |then. I'll run quick the short way, with swift-gathering tempest, the Embowered in a garden of his ee. - "Let her bide in Cleeve long with summer. Night and day did I wait Mrs. Woodford; thank you. |brooding expectancy of the gray still | planting and culture, ado ee school-missus, that's the best plaace | on them turkeys, I don't know what | She left (he cottage, and struck jafternoon had changed to"one dis- | Resex wood not far from 2 _ ro vur she. A young maid is like a"more 1 could a done for them short |@cross a piece of common toward |quiet of Pees', Feu: Se se Eugtend, theps tyees in. oct nea heifer, rure to fall in trench, or go 'of sleeping outside their coaps and |the wood, scarcely turning her head [grasses shuddered, the ary le clusion a man who has not been seen droo Vence, or zummat, athout you'not closing an eye all night, I'm |When Mrs. Woodford called after her jrustied anxiow iy and complained up by anyone except his mother and looks pretty sharp after her. One 'sure. If anybody'd tell me what I {to Offer an umbrella. The heavens |on the trees © h groaned as if fore | prother for the past thirteen years. cows and sheep moved birds boding pain; restlessly about the pastures, were now dark with gathering storm, the cottage fire glowed redly His only communication with heifer is morc tarment than twenty outer world is an occasional visit by could a done more, trapezing through wold cows.' the archard§ grass wet days, and from Thud, thud, thud went the flail, |wearing away to a shadow, I'd a |the open door, lighting up the tall fluttered with anxious cries from the | nivht to a neighboring cottage, com- while Abraham's face, the lips and 'done it and thankful.' , foak-cased clock and throwing into |sere foliage, all the woods shivered pletely isolated from all other dwell- chin of which bristled with a week's! Jessie hastencd to reassure her |Strong relicf the figure of the cotta- | before the impending terror. The] jngs, where dwell his aged mother epiky growth, was drawn into such 'cousin, while Mrs. Plummer, whose |r in the door-way crying, "You'd jday was like Jessie's life. and younger brother. gtim and vicious lines ay would lead curls were in their full-dress condi- {better bide, you'd better \bide."' She was toc late to ovtrun the James Mason, the hermit in gques- one to suppose that he was wreak- tion and would not bear rough treat- Swiftiy-she sped over the Soundless jstorm, she felt herself drawn be |{tion, is the elder son of a farmer img vengeance on the corn before | ment from damp pocket-ha turf. She felt the hot glow from the {neath the dark wings of it, the hot | who dicd fourteen years ago. and af- him very carefully 'wiped 'her round, |!urid wall of purple storm 'advancing |breath of it lifted her hair and came |ter his father's death he left the Roger took up plump, apple-like checks. against the wind before her, and jin fitful gusts through the creaking | farmhouse and made himself a syl- a wooden shovel | | whirling clouds of sere leaves and made the winnowed corn into a| "Not that I ever look to you to |@uivered with the indescribable ner- |trees, ; v van retreat in a plantation on his neat heap ready for a sack to the'do anything, essie,"" continued |YOUS trouble thunder always caused jhither and thither. Suddenly, with | own frechold. ' tune of the flail strokes, then he with a mournful sigh her. It did not exactly terrify her, ja crack and a crash and a long This strange abode, which covers turned back through a cloud of float-|!from the depths of her broad and |it was simply intolerable to her |booming roar, the awful thing burst | qnout an acre of ground, is fenced . ing cha? to Abraham, whose face | wholesome chest; "many a time your |erves. Lightning and thunder, to- |right above her How frail | in by a high hedge, and is entered by Was more viciously set and his! poor mother hev said to me, 'I've a gether with the oppression of air she was before this iron blest, and/, tall gate covered with barbed strokes, then he turned back through |ben useful myself, cousin, and J jover-charged with electricity, dis |how futile her speed agatent. the | wire, alwayy# kept. chained and lock- Pp a cloud of floating chaff to Abrnham rapid stride of the tem A small hut with « corrugated should wish the little un to be ed. iron roof is known to stand in the whose face was more viciously set !namental.' I was always against it thought now was to get hone, where Some large scattered drops fell on and = strokes fiercer than ever. mnyself, but there was jth any- |She would throw herself into Sarah's |the dry yellow leaves she pressoi on, | centre of the grounds, and in all pro- no, Abrabam," he said, !body forerighter than your mother |@*ms and bury her face. As a chili |panting and shrinking. She went | pability this strange man has his "Leep' a still tongue; don't even "tell without "twas your Door father. |8he had passed through many blindly, closing her eyes to the dar-| anode there. Rumor has attributed | your wife.' The t to him a vow, taken thirteen years Abraham paused .and wi his legainst having him; but te him slic |Jecket and her face" till the rustle of a quick step ugh |ago, that he would never look ta @& brow. "No call to tell she," he re-|would and cart-ropes wouldn't hold [him; her t horror wag to dead and the sound of a/ woman's face axain. turned, with a sort of surly grin, in these nervous crises, when -- Rago neg Wnt de made her ' ' , u 'an jun 3 a "Trast Sarow to fed et pen raree lov- jloo ' oe Cla' : . : eg It is easy to pray:in Japan. Print- that.ar comin f ! _ a stotie 'wall and hround 2 then you and me zces what's siznight avore Our noses. Aye, she's a deep for 'un, te Sarow."' Oger after |them. Anyone passing can give the -- wheel a turn, and Uffat counts ts # | prayer.