The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

DUB l Bn`.5UlVUGo ` ~ The guardian of theihionor of my. house 1" Those words were stncred to : her. Itseemedh to her that no one`: hed,e_ver.had so glorious a mission be-i 'foIre her. It abovenll other things} `that which she most desired--to pvre-1; " serve the name and race she loved so _ -`well fromevil influence. It was 'next_ `best to leaving her the inheritance `of Lancewood. That was left to an`- other; to her had been left the main- .*tenance of the family honor. And I- will. keep it,. she said, unstained anti untarniahed. , . . . .1-, . 1t1'2.L.:. 4.'I....d- ..l-..hu.l chin snnn rnnnv, un Larnlssuuu. ` I Withathat object she made many fair and noble resolves; no mean fail- ings , no small indulgence, in jealousyl [our envy, should interfere with her, {lot-ty mission. She would devote.-her; 'life to teaching and training the; {young heir, She would do her best] ' to make hima `good man`; and, im o.r- -` lder that she might effectthis, shel "tn-us't`"be at `peace with` 9glerie.__Sh e' i must humble herself -to'eoneiliate~t'he ' lsgtranger whose coming had mar_red_ :- "M 1' "life, It costher no small effort :to makeithe resolve; but she had a ls-oul _ capable of great sacrifices and 3 noble deeds. V 2 3 She would -make peaoetwi-th. Valerie. % , She would _go to her, aaid.as!k her to ` let the past lie hurled, ,to begin "again a new `and peaceful life. ' Shelwould try t_o -be` her. friend. Sure`ly,`i_i_t- she} ., could inuence the. mother, shemlght i in time inf'luence"_the eon--and Vivien` indulged in a day-dreamfshe saw 03- lwald a,,)vise- atndnoble man, a true._ '.l0yal*Neslie,_lotvin1g "the name and ,~ ,-pace asshe did: herself. It wasa dream that `was never to he `real-ize_d~..-A-cruel days .ha.d,dawned- for Lancewood. -- . ' .. To be Oontinued. - - pnpjn-d,By I-Ipluvsognjl Blshol5l`l"9 !I' Bflllill T ' ` , soldiers In Afrlcao _ The. great majority of the vservices .h,,13d'-sin th British army tand `navy, 1`, ,,.,o"d1ng to the Book 01 Common !'r\....A.._m A.` Thb` Lure aocqrding to gun aw; u; uu,.m..... iPro;`yar-of tI_1e Epxaoopal Qhurch. The- .Board at Bxshops of the` Chumh pt; -E_n land has just isaped 9. spacing) "'01.. gcml ' prayer," tor up use-.~ o.,their- `-aoldigrs in, $ouh- Ahjnoa. The phxgggg `orlogy is interesting ;when_ `99 -ti.veI'y'*.I-t `ia`a`a 1`ol'1owa': u AJmi3h_t'y "Fdth:-'6` 1 h`.cf'vd o`ft'on`-- sinned Tagamst T.hee;T_ 1:," w;u"ah_. me` in the p-root-out blood at the Lamb. 0' God, fill me with Thy H01 Svirit. that I my land. anow_ hie. ' re `me to -iw urn . --. 0.1+ m. far Thy mesons: tn pquoo. `in those whpm I lovoyut h omo, fj."OFFI+7I-AITPRAYER," If` he j91_ ,inri.; bea:ing;gnima1 `the seasottgr , hair' .i:feen'a1mos: annihilat- d. and7th"e raver has` disappeared from all but the most distant regions. Statistics show 9. constant increasein _-the supply offurs, .but_this~doe_s not -run:-um; l..'L_L nu ecline. uorth `and. Lj ; 28c; and inst. animals in. the wo_r1d-. -It signifip `imply that tinder the impulse. of th ` 8'1`-eater demand and. the better prices m1`9 Persons engage inhunting and t`1'3-PPin8 this animals. ._ ~` 'l'.\_'__,, . . __ 2). - 1' -- --v -naunnaqlnnnwo qEvery aniinal.that his hair on it is ?_hIunvt_ed tp-_-day foi` its hide. '1`he li[on __ _._--11 faf the Pdlzir ieginn, and fthose [that Vlive'nea1: the Equator,` mammals; and acmbhibians, There are some fo1'1i'J.hun-~ dred spoies' orvarieties `gt fut` hear- ing animals, and * almost eiilary ooun-1 try in the` world furnishes `its quota ` of furs. China serids furs from Thi- beut) Japan Sends` 'martens and badge 9-rs, South America. a "kind__ bf rat; `Peru and Chili , the chinchilla, ..Austra-` lie}. the opossum. .In'1898 there were 1,300,000, opossum skins T"so_ld.in Lon- . don I. naval : ~ ' _._c.ou_rse,' re'ta.f1u1_ `b.11y6_1`.,,. 510.88 .tI10"-;, !'."<" * ogrnize _the.muskra.t in the furs ;'of't31 This 'm.uskrat._'furnishes the latfgest Q` _n'um'b_e_ro_ skins in 1898. 2,651,342.` `Of - s .:n.a're,n~. soldztorher;..n1xtgthai=- is- what V larettes and'boas sold. at suphl9W. Yprioes aretmuskr-at -furs and the! `W031 Iwell. Skunk and the true ma.-rten a1_'e next in importance. .The' marten 15. [found largely in vOa_na.da.* and the- gnorthern part of the Umted-Sta_te5. and sovave the polecat -and the ermme. Fox skins are sold in very large num- bers, 250.000 having been used in 1893- : B_u-t there are allsorts ofgrades a.n_1-_ ' ong the foxes. The common `red for 18 of least value. m:._ L1..- :.__';...A gtlua-p fat are most "of . the" furs. are. . -.[-`-he` col-A , ~- ----v., _v- ..v~ --r -- as" wen` As` "the ,_rabbit, tr; monkey as wall as the cat, the fox as well as the l89a1;___ the bear -and th otter. animals ion wmcne it lives anu at mum bIs.uUu_ 'Iof a dark color. It is this second kind ` i which is most largely sought for. Last ' ' year the best specimens at bluegfoxes ` {iwesre sold for as high as $1,200 each. =Bwt the famous silver fox is greatest ` got all, for its dark sk:in?is liberally isow-n with white hairs. It is found .-`. mainly in the extreme North,.near the I 'iArctic Ocean in Alaska, Labrador and `Siberia, and. besides, it is very rare. .S.ome specimens of this fur have been sold during the last year for $1,700. `A , After the first fall of snow, about _Ithe middle of October, the fur hunt- ' ers bury themselves in the forests, taking with them two dogs, who drag along the sleigh loaded with the ne- I cessary supplies; These consist of some iblankets, -ammunition traps, sometimes ,~a tent and very `little provisions. T.hey_ ' ' rely chiefly upon the animals slain "for food. After laying the traps-a_ ` `work of no small trouble and labor- I Elthe hunter must be ever on the alert ti for the wolf is ever ready to rob his traps, of any animal caught therein, 1 and the hunter doesn t likeeto catchl 9 ; furs, for wolves. -_ r-2 rn_n____._1 ;1__ -..j - LI... cu:-urnuvmnat-I '0I_ IBEISE V8136. -_ ` . ' , 1 The blue fox and snlver fox are. ymost valued. The blue fox is some . !.t.i.mes almost as white as the snow ion which it lives and at other times -1 _ .'I_..l._ --`I-.. TA. tn Jrfl-.-In nnnnfll` kind }I.uI5` uu vvunvcu. . Toward the end of the winter most lot these animals disappear, `and than ithe hunters look for beavers, setting` jtheir traps through holes in the ice. `iWhe'n the thaw begins their activity . runs. along other lines, for the grizzly {andcommon bears mayemerge from. !their winter quarters and their pelts are in no small demand, At-ter catch-. i ing asmnny animals asthey can,strip- lping and salting tih-eir hides; -th trappers must sell the products 0 their winter s work. Thelndianse in Canada `bring most of their furs to the forts of the Hudson Bay Company. 11... - J- -2. .`I 1' ..Ig_..4I..uu ug1\v\`Ip I~\i\n+ I-MU .I.Ul.'l.B Ul. B110 nuuuuu LDC, \JI.I.LLIfI1l-J-lg. | Canada and Labrador supply most rot the furs exported-from America. Si- I beria does as much for the Old World. Tzhe most magnificent sables and 9. lki-nd of marten called the kolinski, 1 {are-tound there.-Even the wolf, whose . ' hide elsewhere is of little value, there 1 has ax-goods pelt. Siberia also furnishes}: "a large numbers! white fox skins, er-, 1 mine and gray squirrel. Even the hares. 3 in Siberia have valuable furs for the . hunters. ..In that part o_Asia most of 1 of t-he"-trapping is` done by Zyrifans, : Ostiaks, Samoyedes and other Mon-. 4 golian `tribes. Their` guns are iirimia . tive !llntlocks,.w-hich they use very _I seldom on account of `the price of l powder- They prefer to use a bow and arrow, -and sometimes only a blunt ar- row, so as to stun" the animal _with_out l huurtingvor staining the fur. Most of ]their "hunting ' is done, however, by` ltraps most ingeniously contrived. '.Bhe winters are terr-if-ic,'~"the thermometer aguoingsdown to 80 or 40 degrees below ;zero, as -a general thing.` and some- times even to 60 degrees. It often hap- pens` that the ghunters are caught in -terrific.-storms, when-_.progress is` im-`I `- possible, `and theyfj are compelled to = term srnowfhluts to live i-nujntll they - can find the `way back, to their semi- - `civilized ho'rnes' I ' ' -V V 71....-.|.:__' .Lk.'_ .-......I.2I..h.n can -A5451`: clvulzeu. IIUIUUQ` A Hunting the `amphibian sea `otters -and soils is a mostprotitable and at times dangerouspursuit. At the be- ginning of the-century 15,000 sea '61:- tere were killed every ` year` near` the Ale'uftAia'n Islands in `Alaska; but the reckless `hunting `has almost? swept them out `of existence. ' Near the Alon- -tiane the tempest: are very `sudden and te_rrific,"7and"'th1's ii1'crea`.sesf the -danger; .01 hunting in this =neigh-bor- `hood; The otaries, or Ieaie.-`with-`ears; `x-.-.-... - 3.... -41`......v.Ln..w-I.':I.-1-.l'u. nuuul in W IVUl.I.l lu CFLIGILQ I The method 0! hunting the seal: is 1 most curious, While they are _ee1eep E the hunters glide - elong the banks 1 and. out between. them and `the eea. I '1\hen,ahoutin_g and `waving flags and = ugnhreilee; they drive the helpless uni-' I " ale inland like ockeiet sheep.`-Here -3 wslxey ere not by *Ind.iane' armed with . _einb_e, who mtteek the seals `in groups i at ope hundred or `one hundred `edn tittyt killing withtevery -hl"_ `ot the , club, 1;: forty days ..'fthey trequentiy ` 1-suo_c`_eed' iireleying the`-hundred thou- ; ;eaa1d"ae`a`lu p_Te1`_1_.i,t:| by-hlew.-r . ` * D000.` "..l"-DB Oulfluu, UL Ipuua, vvu..u- Uuaug a fur almost a's"h_ `my prizedus that of thesoa otter` a -wer6torn;er- ly very numerous. in `~ic6n-Abound regions. Now they are found in some -number `around Chpo `Horn and -`tho Capt; of `GOOCYHODB, but than ho.ve~"no`ti`auch -valuable turn as` the seals found in the Pacic near Behring Strait. ` nu... .....LI....I 40 Ismail-ivin fhn llll `A 7'.Iibn:.aaiI`t"f5:-'i1hi13i`i' `d;-fa,\1-fggh `silos ' "are: lLi'e_llI3 ifh{it'5aven or-eight days millions ;dollar s worth: ofturs -are dietfflhuted `to the fur dealers of the wor . v T * _ cent, I remembered the lady whowas : French President, M. Thiers, thatshe ' described him as being very .tall and '_ handsome. But Andrew Olesonwas `V his little shop `was located in a big, _- shabby terrace, which seemed always ; V Hi3i-1i_tt.3\B 31109 was only a few-doors I -tram? ll'!;1_1.'t`nne, but an the narrow side` street"-I-ourshouse was on the corner-- I Otteniwhen I took baby out for 1 am airing myself, I stopped to talk to `him as he sat bending over his -work Mather` nature haddg-ivenhxim an in- vtelligentxather handsome face, in com- pensation for the cruel hump 'which 1 she had placed between his shoulders, } and as he told me stories of his loved f Fat-herlan` in. his quaint Swede ac-i 1 so `impressed by the eloquence of` the. only"-the hunchback shoemaker, and - .. , -1... 1.'|_..'L L`I....- UIJKI-IIIJJ LKJLLILUV, Iv J-Anvao -uwv--v - .... .. to so full of" occupants that overflowed "into the street, for ages-. ticulatiug, chattring crowd" was al- ways. lounging around the doors. H-is 3trade was fairly` lucrative ; those North "country people" like to '_deo.1 `with one _'_ amt` V`($'I-I'Itl-J- yvllrnv ---.v -v __.v.._ .thai.r own ra;ce,;.s'o /h and :o_-t.t'e.n: 1_:r_;ade,. shaqea tor - all the Swedes, .G`rma.n's' an ti"`Ic'a1an_i1"er's ' in ' , W1est : T'.1`-ho1.1g h ai1vaj*s" bn sy, he was yet 111-} ways ready to -tell the most wonder-. ~-ul fairy stories to the children, and evry one of Vthem--foreign and Can- adian--loved Andrew Oleson. - __ ._.L-_ LI-IVII "&\IV\l\n co.-v-nu. -_V.-- I had known him two years when one day he told meet a -contemplated` ohange. _ _ I have saved some money, Meesis," he said, _with a sparkle in his blue eyes and his pale` face flushed. "At t last I have got enough. -I hate this -place, with a wave of his hand, which took in the close, sultry workshop, and the atuify little living room back 011! it, and for a background the dirty yard where the numerous olive branches of the families in the terrace . aternat-ively played Vamiably together, or fell into dispute and pelted each other with mud and decaying cabbage 1 leaves. t This is not like what I left--the dear old home--but the rent was low so I staid. .But now, I can soon Leave it. There is a .li.tt1e cottage down this street one long way, so pretty, with three rooms and a garden, where the vegetables may grow. so like the old home,; and `I. buy it Meeseis. I have waited some long*while~to get the money, but now soon I pay them two -hundred dollars. Then I pay them some each month and soon all is paid and it is mine. :nL....- ---...-. ......`k nu-{An nail` hnnninpgg anu II. 15 uuuc. | T-here was such pride and` happiness shining in his facethat I felt deeply interested i-n the proposed investment, 7 "I\ am very. glad," I said cordially, "it will be so` much better for you than these small rooms, a.nd_the gar- |I- den will be a great pleasure to you. `l:I :.. .1`-l:...`h+ ..6- 4|-in nu!-inin-ofn nhnnnn x-(IOU Will Ill: 8. g1'v'd.I. pnuuauxc Lu J-UIA- . His delight at the antlcipated change was almost pathetic. - : "Don't speak of it, he said at last, -`.`as the deal is not completed yet and someone else may get it. r---..u ......1.......-4-L... .....,.nm:+u nf thin: uomtsuuu luau may sun u.. I`cou1d see `how `the possibility of this: catastrophe troubled him, and I de- voutly' hoped that. the cottage would not tempt any other aspiring house- holder. . .. (V-_..- ;.:_.._ L........ J-kin I ha}! Inornn anotner `SEC-I.ul.. .UL 1..lJu.I..UWI3, Luvglu he had` not`to1d it to me. He loved Inga Johannsaon, my fa'Lr- haired Swede servant girl. . ur..n L... ....-.5 Rafa:-vna hnf what of noxuer. .. Some time.betore~ this I had learned another `sec-r.et. .of Andr.ew s, though I.-. L--1- _'._J-:3-p.`l.J {Ir Iva -nan nn oweue servant 51.11. - Well, he was deformed but what of that 3 . Had he not the kindest heart! did not all the children` love him? did any one ever hear him utter a rough {or unkind works? Surely he would make pretty Inga" a good husband. But fate `and August Pjeturrsson, had decreed otherwise; Inga, with that feminine instinct which never errs in such. ' matters, was perfectly well aware at-`f-Andrew ; devotion, but she only teased her `head, was not August` `Pjetnrrsson the best looking Swede in the westeend, and did not all the girls envy her! l`hai-A norn a dust Awhnn Andrew` guns envy um; : . There came .3 day `when Andrew . spoke: played his iaat card--and lost. A SACRIFICE. SPOKE; pnayeu ILLS Iuul. Uux u-nuu luau- Inga told me the next morning, "The idea. of marrying him 1 I IOWA... _.:..-LL `.1.-. wins-nah urn!-no , I uni;-I I 10.88. Ol nluxrylug uu.u a V "You might do much worse,`. I said, "Andrew yvonld nuke you a good hus- ,band: ' I 7 . ' But he isusucn an ugly looking fel- low, she pointed. " urn. t.......I Ina habit in aafnrmnd H7 low," sue pouwu- .. . A A"Oh, Inga! His back is deformed it Itrue, but he has a very p!eas_ant[ace,A and youknow -how good natured he is. Then,` 'he- has saved money and would have a cogtortable home for you. Rut visions -of August's stalwart I nave B U Urtuuzu uuusv uu Juan 1 _ But vnsxona `of August's form obscured all of poor Andrew : perfectionm. - . . mu nu. Ina hnrnmonn dun-inn the peueuuonzs. All this. had happened during tl_1e_ winter, and now for some time, Inga `had gone about `her work with a pre-, occupied-air and -a downcast fact. `. ` uun...+ 1. .. Hm mvffnt with Inna- wuzn August 1 . No, .I- think not; I answered,` absently, intent on my task of par]- ranging, the L geraniums which; An-. drew was setting out, '-`that is,-yes I" do knowpwhat is the matter, and I suppose it :would not be ` a breach of trust to tell you as shewould. not like- ly object: to your knowing. August has had letters trom his lather, the eldest brother is dead and the old people are home to live ` with them, and assure bin! that he will be able` to secure a situation, as workmen are not so num- ' erouu there now since so many-have emigrated. He is anxious to go, but be p he! never been able to save any -`money. I think he sent money to his left alone. They urge A him to come. father -`occasionally ; anyway; he has ; my `little-'new.. He ;xnight- work hie t f`n`eyh.ome_but heeannot take Inga." _ f~::`.`%nd1:'ehe * wouldiegoi `herzmother iaf `there. r- ?i.`;`?9F ***aria t,:`h`_t`."1::n`-\.V W0` ~ ier 00CI1pl.60`alr uuu u uuwuuauu .I.cuu.. - _ What is ~- tho mv_ttetr with Inga, ma- am~f . asked Andrew `one evening when I had "employed him to make up coma ower beds,"has. she quarreled with August 1' 0011:. `I . fhinlr n}-i IV gnwfad_ in1m:hr s paiesligip. Vout: but of '- course she would Iiks~..to` go with August. 1 Andy-nu: lnnvmnt` f`\nI1rr1\+FI1]l!r nn hi` `byway:-_' L I.I.IIll_:l- IvlII3".Cl`\L?vIv J`. yulol-51;` Isbnxis n_mohV-of. Q, wdr or; It ;t.Wpu_1d: take him a long time to save enough to take "Inga home. ` "`I.nn T nun no-aid an QC nnl-III-an .- VVI$ `V `VVI-Iil-I |l5Il!U' '- ` Anardv leaned thoughttull .on his`; '-spade. I don't think Augupt Jeturr- Hahn =5 uvuuunk .nl n nnn.un`Ir.-`nu lb xxrnaflt` -.u want; gugu. uuuuo. "Yes, I am afraici 30.` Of uourstj August should go at once; his parents _need him, and asihe will have. to sup- port them there will likely be years '01 _ waiting before Inga can go to h'im; ' "nn urn: 1-nniiw I-1.3-{Ir cskn nnsnasn an- "cu-Iozua UOLUIU 1115:: van 50 I-U .|.|l-Lllrv * "Do you really, think she carasjo` much for him, ma am? - L " "I own 15-nn:R (1I\ A-`Jun...-p 3 T :1n:A +:fua`i;1"a`:z:fdu:o,M;1drew, I` Hsahihd reluctantly, for I thought it kinda: not to deceive him; "you know how I. wish she would care for someone else.- t:I:.. t--- I--._I._.`l -_._1 L1__ u__,_j ;|_'-; vv Inn 9510 vvuunu Oahu LU). DULHUUHSI 0190- ' His 3.00 flushed and the hand that held the spade trembled. "She has a right to make her choice; I" hope she will always be happy. ' O C 0 I `Ila!-I-..-.-n 1...] an. .-.1...-ml an VI an: ID` II J I, IIC I Matters had reached a cr1s1s and Inga was in despair. Anrrnnf hat` hm! nnnflmnr 1,.-.....c........ vlzus auu Lugcl. wan Lu uuapa.u.`- would lose a good situation. August had had another letter from home; - he must come at once or us l'~nnm u `hing Anna um-.. ..n...... .J:.... ...-:-n. _wait `for their happiiiess. vvuunu LUDU U. guuu. EIl.l.u!:lI.lUl.h Inga s b1ue were often dim with tears; It is so hard for the young to Put nn.n- rnnr-ninnn ah}; tlnuvrn g... ...- `I .l.l'1\1_ IJUUU LIIGKJU LUIJ ]..lLLlJo Well, they were married and Went A-amd `Andrew; Wished Inga T happlrlss ' fa -nd-bade herv goodbye Ln _a'~.gteady_ ::voice:.* IITITLQ _. A _ , _ - ' 5 - A home. an 61-EICIL CJKUILGLIJOIJ-U "Ob ma.`~am,: what do you thxnk has happened? _ b gxven Angus! the money to take us He don t know who it was `but theamoney was left with our mxmseter, amd,the~ letter said it was for_to buy twmtickets to Sweden amd we go now, rlght away. Dn`nmA T.......-. kn.` C:-`I.-.I....A 9...`... _n....._ Some good friend has, _wcu.u. LUI LuO11~uappluU5o . ' But one mormng she came tome tn great excitement. - - --n1. ......-.-....... -..I....L .1- _.--_ LL..--_ --- Loss: on `gut hurts at $1 I`, throughj LIB-Illa 3" Jo Before Inga. had finished Iwwas ure of one; thmg, and Iwished that I_wu.e sure` of annother-that A-ngust Pj3tur- jrsson was worthy of the sacrLf1ce.that had been `made for him.` 'IT1 ;I1 11.--, `I -- ` '7`{;7-hD. `yo1.1 go1.-1'19, "SO mhov, JAE: drew? I asked one day as he pass- ed downi the side street, near where I sat on the lawn. He looked away. he fofe he answered. `Ir 1-....- ,`l_.-___.,J , _ ,_, `,,j T ` LULU JJSI (A1131! U1-U\.l. I have changed: my mind. I am gomg to stay here. Una - nI........n r...\:.: 1L......:..... a-.. ` 6V`-`Pa |-\l EDCDJ LAVA Co , 1 `fMr. 0leson.,.._ I said leazning for- ward to pick 9. pa-may from the flower bed, "it would cost just about twu hundred dollars to buy two tickets for Sweden-`._ would it not? "T L1...'....l- ..- .-an H 1.... ......-u l..Al-u-no-u-hi l.\.rL navv \a\L\/Ila! VVUISLLI LI. llvhl . "_I thimk so, yes, he was lookmg ari something down the street. " 'r1nn.rn-5/(xv: `Infra lynx`-In r\t\ vvsmn I-hum nJUL.LAuuJ.J-nu-5 IJIJIVLI I. V 5:101 000: - `Greater love iath no man than thiq, I said softly. A`I'.'l`|fZ. Report or Bee Keepers Assocl:uIon-ll')ne) Production and-the Export ,'l'r.:de-!n ~ It-resting Papers and Discussions. The Ontario Department of Agri- culture `has issued the report of the Bee-keepers `Association for 1899. which will be read with interest and profit by all honey-producers, as it conveys m.uch practical information with regard to the. m_ana-gementoi swarms and the placing of honey upon ' the market.` The Association met in Toronto in December, and the report , sions held on that occasion, embody- ing much valuable experience. Among -. those who contributed papers or. ad- dresses, were Prof. J. W. Robertson. Ottawa; H. G. Sibbald, Cooksville; D. W. Aeisox, Bethesda; W. Z. Hutchiso_n, Flint, Mich., Mrs; J. B. Hall, Wood- stock; B. Holmes, Athens; and John 1 Newton, Thamesford. _ includes the papers read and discuss Among the more important topics disc'ussed'by the `Association was the best means of extending our export trade in `honey, respecting which ed much attention to the introduction of Canadian farm iprodwce into Eng- land, presented some helpful sugges- tions. He pointed out that in order to obtain a rem-unerative market in the Old Country, 'it `was necessary to all shipments were hot only firs_t_cla_ss in guality but done up in neat and -at- . tnactive packages; and. stated that it due care were taken `in these` respects I England furnished a continuous and extensive market . for honey. The - Association have used every exertion to have a full and creditable display of Ontario honey at the Paris Exposition. as a means of promoting the export . trade,_ and despite the fact that 1899 e was a poor honey year, there will `he an elaborate and attractive showing. Professor Robertson, who has devot- I suit English tastes and to see that- SPRAYING FRUIT IN BLOOM. ~ . A: good deal of attention is also de- roted to the question "of'spraying`fruit"' `when inebloom, a practice which has caused great distruction among" bees. law distinctly prohibits it. not- withstanding whioh many owners iolf fruit-trees persist in employing" the spraying process at this season, in place of waiting until a later period.. Several at the speakers urged that the law` on the subject should be given widespread" publicity, and that iftht, Ipractiee were continued, proc. jdingr under the statute should be tuken,_ , 1:11.- _.__._...I. -1 AI..- `l`...........L.... .6 Ann" uuuer Lnu 5Lu.Luu: uuuuxu uc tunuu. The report of the Inspector of `Api- aries dealt with the measures whicl -have been taken for some years tn suppress foul brood, which was-form erly `very prevalent throughout. thc Province, but has latterly, owing tc these efforts, been eradicated in man; localities. The Inspector last yea: visited 1% apiaries, `and discovered foul brood in &7 places, giving direc- tions to the owners as to how to pro oeed in order to stamp out the disease. A; report by R. F. Holter-man of ex: periments in wintering swarms.me'd4,. at the Ontario Agricultural "College . will prove of practical ntiltiy to"b_ee._ keepers who have experienced '3i'ti' oulties in this respect. ` _ r ,. . . -A midy named Down, only 17 335;. of age, managed a gun duriug';-un`, flfugala battle, and his` coolpjgg wg [remarkab-le. ' V` . x ...- YOUNG GUNNER WAS coo_1_;.C EXPORT TRADE IN HONEY. ONTARIO` BEE-KEEPERS. `pflgt, N03" `and. east _tt'5! y 1-2 to'44I7;"O tvlafves. "*5 _` i , . ' Deal. xcat 275:?- ;a: 200'` n lal Ill mid_ 351] 1u\c|J" .311 1\)3_\ (lLl\.l VVGIJ L15 Dyluul `the blodk dress, the general feel-' gwae one oif wonder that the loss `SirAr1hur had not affected he-r ore. Slhe has mo-1' felt it very deep- '," was the cornclus-ion come to. by ch one pirescnei. But when Vivien xered the room, 11 was noticed that . epresen'L'ed :1 very different appear--1 ce. Her noble, beautiful face was iorless, herlipx wo;-re white, her dark as contracted with weeping; her` ng crape dress swept the ground, ' hands looked snow-white met it. She neve" raisezl` her hea._d.| or looked around her. Gerald hasten! to find her a chnir. She `took it, but ver knew_who pniarved it for her. 0 had evidently suffered terribly. oone who lacked (LL her could fail rmm. .-V. 2+ hf tlg m . ` 9 aed Um .1; 7. v "tress--only ima.1gi-- ht. have done";b`g57 g .-mid; "I have` t he had pationoxa} 31. ~ a. T ' 1'10 lwghe ry well, she `said, mw . J.L:t1 mu-.nt house` and-_ "MUBIII," suu bkuu, uu ;u......u............ goccasion-you will shock every one `if you laugh." "Iamnoot {ikely t0 laugh, she re- od,`pe:ttishIy, and then,_seein'g' the ad nurse. she [usked- . "Has Oswald his blank f-roTck.on 3"` "No, miladj,--he4would not let me.` ch'him." . . i Then he must remzvin in` the nurs- ` ," she said,_-" hn cannot come with I a-(Eyed Very W011, nun wax? 5" ` {cl b-e my'lot. , t0O SL1 _ mbeis Miss Nesl1e-you can- Thereat the will says .abo1_1`t _.,.n~.,:n.-r .T-am thfg V ham mistress--only izinag.-ix of this great house`._angda I never dreamed,'years_- re about being miss` INKS. ' "Where is Miss Noslie 3" Mr. Gres-E n asked; and some one went in aroh of her. ' ` ' - When Lady Neslie had entered, look-_ gen lovely, so rosy and well in spite | I Hun Klan; rlvvnan rhn rrL|r\nV'n' `-~~- vvndu Axvtxk/`l uw. uut uuunu I-(bl! remark it. ` T . Then, the whole of his audience he-= gseated, Mr. G1<:sAI,;~1'1. with formal- Hpened the will. Sir Arthur.` ll hnun n -. - __ -L--- `- She felt rather annbyed. She had :.:pret:1:{ a'ned a pathetic, little scene. She - sglmo enter the library, leading her lllghio tle son by the hand. That could Esra the, and V"`m..lud1T 1 was annoyed; w'e'nt7` egentlemen present all rose as she`, --I 8` tered. She saw, Mr. Greston, Mr."no-int brman, Sir Henry Lune andseveral `team In..."-u 1.- .-n Esirec tlirs. u "H ' ye|1o_w quoid", and.m-ixed at-" 1808100, _;-2; lots, 60c,no__, nl . ` iut i~ather_. itfe V>:3:}.:`i0.-~-an(l` mo!-Ke *"bfI:lo,I(;.u_1 the omission of loyal --he left the in-. 1991" in {n-. ........_:___.- __;_1.|- I ay n0T.'I]'1Ilg--.I. a.|.u uqg heir of La.ncew9od. No we me. This islwhat _I rking an-d toiling?" and` Think Wha.tTa `grand gave Off it. It will boy until he is twenty-`-. 111 be mistress all that bliss Nosalie `will have th nothing. I I -Vam , -.-. 1'..nnm`xrnnd. ` - -` . V ' . .!" *"" V ' d`to_r. " "'."`,?` W?-:'." 1 a.w3;d:?%d:::t `;a:`:`:$;`3u- `:'&= she was not p!eaa'ad.o.n_d ho wad! ' - ';-yi'ooI-- 0lW . . - V ` `rot your >---` I leave the hon0r ~673`.1 "W9,-3-=3, er hands ;" it aeomtad ' hats _11D'0n herself. B1;tA;`dGnO"`;""t-Q"-' hd it matter? Shoat rbject of her wishemithe. _ .Id be for manyyearas` Wood. ~ - ` [Z-F3-cf?`-XXIII} _ now; `theT1p6;x3ale::o 4', ` V J I leher quite an!- At_hat until. her.` was alwayawto. never married,` n.1\n am` 0.1-ll . dor 6:" _.i`lA1a ;'a-t: 1;:i:d1;S$i;`i3iieii, the tablst t'e1ling- at Sir Arthur's birth and ,death hadabeen Terected; the lirlbtomz-of the Ahhnv Ina. .4... -'-- K stun!-4| up u'_I.!%l_l `BIBOIOG; the Ellotohna W at $th;:'A;7$9y given `I'vay to cheerfu,1neaV_s.?and,-.aunaliiiw:The32611-- tents of the will-11ad been;disc1_1ssed and_`gene_rallyj apprdved, and 9. new life had: begun at the Abbey.-, ' ` W l'IIIII>r\I|lrn-nan$3V.\-n LA. ...e ....,u_ uuguu at rue Apneya, a ..' .There had been one conversationebe-.i `tween "-miladie and "the secretary` not} quite harmonious in. its, character. It! was the merging`-aagfter `the funeral,` and Valerie, _ had risen earlier than} usual--"-s'he had many 1_it1;le'1r;atter\s' to arrange. Her Lhbits were, as a rule,` nf. f.Ihn' .mnn+. lu.1'nn~-mm .a........:.....;:-..- '-L a.1La.u5U- 1161' MQDIES 83 3 rulf at the -most luxurious odescrizptionl It was seldoim she appeared- before `mid-5 day, e_xceIp|t~~ when -s.elt-interest` "of_ some kind or other affected her..Ear1y%; moerning t',hot1Ig.'hit was, o"milad_i..had donned the` full insignia of woe... {She IW. (I'!`H A -n'lnin' him`-Jr 'n'm.n.. .1.'.'.:.....~ --..a.I. ruvnaalvhl muc su.-u. Lualglllll U1 -W08-, wme a plain __ black `cfrepe .d'i"_ss'.'. with` the p'retty `cap. "For the_ fi1"s't}time s'tue`ente1`ed the mornin-groom with a feeling of firm seouri-ty--sihe was-mi ~tr.ess and without a rival. "T nlhnrl `\t|`-vtn -..._..'.J.'_. LLB, 9 I `. ` wxjuau anu. wmnouc rival. ' .I shall have.moe't(o thiidark. oak- en _.urniture' taken; away,`: . _ `s`he' th: ou;gw'ht.- g:Pe`orpIle may call it in` good taste iflthey like. I do -not carol for it. I'sh'a11 havesomxething lighter and more`elegant..". ~ - Thfl aha vvnvunn -...'l I. `L; .1- 1:1`. , ., - I nus: uuuuu ULU3d.l.II.-7" `*- _. Then she rang, and bade the sen` vant who answered her summons' say: fhat Lady Naslie awaited Mr. Dorman} m the ,momnin g-room, v ` ` g "Q QQYYIA `I1 rs:-xvi -84-.........-...1 l--I..!__, Lu .|.u_O 4llul8"r-U0nl._ '` -. '- - I i M Hetea _ in soon afterward, looking rather .5.l.11'-IYI,`i'sed. at- the .au_m_1h,ons.' Lady Nesli'e"h1a.d`genera1l'y.ti'eated him n with good-tempered inditfeirnce. -'~She % had never. -been .poeitiv?e1y rude .to him, ' l ehad. ehe-.c9nids=.r.ed.-him 9t au:9i9i- L enf consequence ta seek 'to'jcone1l1a'_te' him. She had diseoveredehis secre't.'; She`-knew-.that he loved`Vivian Neslie" wi:t.hAa1I the force of his heart. but she was too much afraid of Vivien to` `make any allusions to this love_. There -was very `little good temper now in the face turned to him, and. Gerald , wondered. W-hat_she had to em . Is" gshe going {to tell me, heit ought,` `|"that` I'canno`t remain `here now? If she does-but then I could not live away fromnmy love _| ` ` ' "T\/Hl'..A:H a.....;....: |..........1c :_ LL- 1-.'- W J a,uw.u1.u_v 1UVU_|' . _ 'fyMiladi seated herself in the lux-.1 ungus depths of a Velvet rbcking-` Chan`. She played -with the diainonds . on her white-fingers, 1 ' } "II "have nnn:1- "!\l` unn " Mm 1 vu. no.1 VVnLllLD'I.I.I.l.B.|,',. . > _ I "I have sent for _you,._,Mr. Dorman, 8 she said, because I wished to speak` `to `you, and I wanted no time to be Ilost -. before we understand `each lather." i _. _ _ _ 3 1'1. L, _,1 E`Wi:1:a` `bowed, not knowing what. to say;3 ."miladi co4nti_nued--- ' I III -..-_ _.-_____--__J I- `IL. --' - -- " "*9 - u.uLa.u| U|J`l.l|.llIllC|l'"4 ' _ . 3 E "I was surprised by theterms of Sir; Arthur's will. I have, no'desire' no `l:TInulr IIrII.':!'I1`,uI Ix` kl!" T 4-t\:u\" 551.1. uuul D Will. .I. lflil-VG, Ill) UCDIIU MU fspeak unkin ly of `him, but I thinkhe might have consulted me before ask-` ing you to remain at Luncewood. ` 9 I _ . ......-1.: I\.....,..a .;.......;. .-n...... 1...:.'...1..:_ .5516 J`-HI-I DU JUI-IJCIII-I GD JJlILIUUVVUUu`v 5 } _ erald bowed :.Lgau'1;`her ladyship .went on-- - ' ' I III ___ ___,_ #._-,.'- I ' Irnv ; am now mistress here. I have! `V no` interference tojdread, no rival to `fear. Until `my son is of age`; .I a.'m 1to`all intents and purposes 'miBti`e'ss ;of- `Lanoewood; ` Now, If I'c`hoos'e' to make or to raise any objection to your` remaining here, of course you must. go; admit that, Mr`. Dorman. an $l|l\VA"At`A`ol\uI A `ll!!! .unn:hnuq`-nu |\I\ll 56`-7 DESI... J71-10 uU1uAau~ 7 3 He retlectedtor a few minutes, and - `then he replied --, ' A TO? uonnu nu:-uIn..J Au l`4|1-n:u|J\o` Cunt. l-A |1|I|v1n\ LLIULI II? .1 UQIIICI-I " If you wished or desiredme to leave Lancewood-, Lady Nes`lie,AI do not cer- tainly see how I could remain." ', 'Vn|v n 4lrn3.4- :# also anII I'VI:`:IIt`l Lall IIUW J. UUIJLU. LUILIAIIIJD I You admit it, she said, smiling. I require` no more. _I am going _to espeeak to you very frankly, Mr. Dor- man. 1 I 1 Cllhere are times when ra'nk- ' ness is fully. but I shall be frank with Q you. I am "mistress now of La.nce- ; isome. 1 will not thavemy autl_1orit`y; disputed, my ways interfered with. I` `shall do exactly as I like in every .re~, spect. - ' ` l` -or an Ina-Kl`-non", ho nhnbsaun .n.nnflv,! wood, and -I intend lo'enjoy myself. In 3 will not [have any `onenear me who i `is inlany way likely to-~pvrove trouble- 1- l '8pt`AJL. "I do not'see;" he obsfved,rquietly.` "that this ha_s anything to do with? me, Lady'Nesl1e."- - ' uD..+ `I -an. id-- nhn -um. ""Vnn Aral uw, .uuuy' nuuuc- ' A ABut I see it, she. said. "You are not-likely to thwart me in any way, but Miss Neslie is. `My `wonian- s`wits have been keen enoughto nd out a secret of yours, and I know quite well! that in all little arguments, disputes,; contradictions, you will _. naturally` "enough take Mis_s.Neslle .s side. '1 Now; 1} do not intend the-_ serenity of. V -myi lnoluse to be disturbed by two oppon.-, ents.. I will not have two enemies in` _..._ I.-_-.... 1- 1.-.... :M':m. ug...n.. mhv; 6l.|1'.B.v 1. W111 not JIIIIVU tvvu uuwuguu u. my house.~_ -I hope Miss eelie may` marry; but until sheldoes so she must, i I suppose, remain here. . It will be nei-, ther agreeable nor fconvenient for me;: but I cannot 'he1p'it. (Whether you! remain or not depends ventirely on`? yourself." _ ._ % "Will. you explain. Lady Neslie 9 he, said coldly. "I have not the pleasure` lot understanding you. I'\I7'lmi- .'l mAn.n l.8.Gl1ltC' Dl.iD.'$ 1'0- market._I:' Lnh constrnctlq ;t.. Latgr inf] \55E'8 `J P I bady, Qudtafg ntario, rod` `eat ; 65 1-2,t*e i to 71 1`-3%:`19 `k ; spring;-uni toba, - No.v-1/5!! ? 81 -1-20, g',i.t,"7f `prs offer at I..-`-- -"' of understanazng your :`Wfhat. I mean :8. quite plain," re-| plied 4miladi.A" "Miss" Neslie and 1., are sure to disagree; we a;'e`sure ,to be` `at d : era - drawn with each othox-.2 Now, ` in these, disagreements you I take her paa:t,~i_,yau helphar,-vi_ you` .-assist he ;-__`in despite of any wish` of. Imine, .thexh1--understand. me clearly ~-;-V -YOIII must go.V . l "T rA.mn5n-'-' he said I!l`0'ndly,"A`by 'yoiu must golf * "I remain, -' he said prroud1y,".'by `Sir Arthur's wish." . . _ - V ` - Miladi interrupted _him': . That re1_n.ind.s- m'e,"' ` `a-he`-' said , ami- ably; "I swish to ask 'you why Sir Ar- thur desired 'you,;to remain` hem. '1! 1 -_.A.--3u\g'.. 4. u :-.711 bisauap 1 under-' `the men in the,c0r1:ig10l`- j r __ _wa.qt'- it .br'eath `of _ 81_1`o"` 31 `.tb'oI1g\ht,`--`fatter that; `. S1r- Artgmr, witih all his_ good sense, has dep}r1ve_d _hisi daughter at La-.ncewood-- to glV0,- it Eta; that -woman s* son that false, dam- ty, ha .woman._ .4.-unvaav '. "'1 want you to; te,l.l,.me what that` sentence in Sir Arthuris will means, vs`he_said, ` , _ 1 `I What sentennce, Lady Neslie 9 he '.'.'~asked. 3 -_ W . `F. "The- `one`In which speaking of his. daughter,` he says, ".1 have the honor` 5_cerned_. about it. Fam-i'lyV honor and ' all that kind of things, are great non-I : .se'nse`. -A - ` - - L ' -"1. `_,7.V..~_' .1 . . '-.' ..-'.'- . VJ: uuuuuuaxwoman. wnvy;,.sh:e` does not Org know what .per~inc.ipIe means. Her W933` t0`.me`. sigmi y, " I know you love y!-Isa -'Nelie; `b1`1',*if~ you presume to H11- t8I`f(A!rB with me, youtwi-ll. lose,the i_swee-t pleasure of .her society)? She As no more tted to be the mistress `0f_ `Lancewood thanVI am towbe the . ` _ . He was-Ai.rrit'ated and annoyed; he had mloriad in.+]m +L.......1.+ n...+ 3... ~h e Was_'~1-rr.1tated 8; 'g8'1r~1ed In.-`the thought that he ! he11r1 be -a shield ' for, Vivien, that 3 - 5!.1 |111d take her` part in every dis- P11't_8; tljat he shoutlfd serve bar '1oya.l- ly and fa.-i't`hful1y.`Now,`th.is `woman, W119 undqubtedty; had the power in her handa,`1i`oId h-1m quite` calmly that 3'3` 119 .t00k Dart against her. hnomust H0. H3! Irnnur rl...-;.+...1... u.....Ll;I 1-..-.. `if "No,_,`$he said,` lawghin-gly ;_ `..`I pre-g `far to dueuss -it with y'ou. Miss Neshe; . ehilla megs; I never care` to talk to her. ` I III? you are her true riend,ea=s I am ; sure you yrdfess to be, you will give! iher a hint of this." |. u1:v...... -a. 4.1.- ...:_n_ -49 .a:....._n,.....:......` I-H5 no _`o.uu1g pa.r1:Vaga1nat n6\I`.,,I1I8 must H-Vkn e,w `th;:lt_ would keep her ._W0ti'_d `if "she once bhde him go. Hoow pould {hoe remain? _ _, .0-nee-a in. that morn-ing Lady Nes- _'l:i`e `sen-t .h-im`--it was to ask him ia ques-tion-. . ' r A -T -..__L __-_- 1 1 I1 - I I` : ":'Ib :rou'ld' not seitva her? or hers," ,_said-"-I would `not remain `hare o-t.n`er day; but- for `Mriuss 'NesIie. T\nr-3n;-u flan, `Ev-cf Fa-ur txrnzmlrn 1|` InuuV wan Ll.lOlli.1UllUU.u" I - _"I Shall -teach my `son anything I hke . But what I was about to say, was this--that I hope -Miss Neslie will | not encqiuruge any absurd ideasfrou (that so-gt-imental decision of Sir Ar- 4;.hur _s. 1 hope it.w1il1 not lead her_, `to At.hi1`1 ki- that she isojustified in inter-"l 1 faring v6:i~th ' me or *my ~ son, no-uau. . I ho.-p "5-ye};-r la.d5."'s}1.i1`)" l iii" -'1:1ot`l" t6I&`ch"l-Aittle Sir-Oswald that, ob_s`erv-,_'_ .ed GriIltI.=-"5Famil`y;.`honor- ta8' `and only to`r'elvigion."` I 5 2 `*" "|W.iIn'" }on...1....I-...:.'-*i-. `. 134.4-1`). ...;...:_ ,' V`--.u vs-rs; I-U Luugrtuu." % `~ " M-i1ad3,`" laughed wmi `a lfttlis can -"Q tmpt; she always did so when >re-1 ligivon was mentioned." T `aka ! .J.......1.. ...;_ -..__. .__.._n_:_._ 1' .uu'u1g vutn me my-son," I I ," I_t will be better for your ladyahip Lfp guscuss the matter with Miss Nes-I he. _ E '11 "9 .5 `Cc - - . ,. n . ..-- . " Even =-a.t the `risk of displeasing iyou, said Gerald, "I must decline.i Lady Neslie `laughed again. ' _g ' "That is in very dignified way of. ptutting'it," she said. "I suppose that,` like myself, you are very much in awe got her. Well, .then,- between you, you? `must keep 9. sharp lookout` after this] much-vaun-ted family honor." - I `A111. up-n\n l1A\mn`;-I I\As-vnon `In.+ 11111`! IJIIAR-Il.l"V a.u11I.Uu LU.I.L.Il'A\l.J IJUIJUL ~' ' 1 I `And again Gerald Dorman left hqr`, presence dumb with the qrce of has n 1- _,,;__.I 1- ., -3. _ ,'_;,__- L-.. __. L___.. n L- U'l.uc`L uuy, Uu.L'Lu1. .LvL-wan ucuuc. L During the first few weeks after; , her'_fa_.ther'a' `funeral, Vivienlkept `al-` '. most entirely to her own room. In . Losing hini it `seemed to the desolate` g~.i.rl she had lost all. She oould not. recover from the blow; During that " ;t.ime she did not come [into collision with Lady Neslie, and during that time, she made some very firm and very no-'; ble resolves. . . [ urnL_ ._.__-..,.:2__. -3 LL- 1...... Is` "|I\I`1 ecuial brands, Lnt, sell {tom 3 bro_.nd.-i {Li _ -_.l'