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noise, and, ;and `she was of Herton ' Q4. 1' -' m, ' ghe re- th/e \r.- vu:v---_ [I may riot sob you until Adxnne-r,"] she. saig, "I cam1)o_t tell how long I . may be. daI_ayed." A 3' '.'Do not for-at` that we shag! have a party." he rmhded hor-aApoli_ttoal pa:z'v1`:y .\Ti.1_r1_ea1-%-a-n1dI shall .W&_!_1.t Yoi 1:9 talk! ` ' L III 4 -1. .A.._.'.....L 9 `-1.43 inn:-"31::-` and by IIIHIZO ` I `will not target,`ah.oi replied, and` than hastened to her xfoom. }"%Ii an em amt-* ;%6h9 id * *1". -moweune- nta. , gang uu_y_.-- -"Very well, my da.rh.ng," he rephed, ca.reIes qIy.- He` would sooner `have thought of ques_ti.onJ';ng aabishop about me theology than his with `about her 'Adr1'ngn,~ she said, I shall not go outridmg with you this morning. I am going out 8.xbO'|1t someTbus1'r.1-e'ss of; my_av_v.n-" % us-v-,,_, ___,I.I _-'_- _1_..I_.;.'..). L- ..-...l....I pan the sowt of 11 mn its :11` some 35 rs; ulnder urmy, na pose of d Aftenr ntnme she "walked up" to her` rdom. S-he'~'met Lord St. Just on the stars, and turned away lresthe should see "the pallotr (if her face; then she looked after` him. % v ' . She to hearselgf, Down with thus: foolish cozwardh fe-ahrl What could there be to` say conoesrining her sun? It was Ifepehnted of; the poor boy was deaid--t.he whole matter b'uried.1ong`~. a-go. \Vha`t need for fear? ` "I wipll gogwt. onzc'e;" she said. V She rose from her seart,_ bvut _ was ootmpgued to` wait some lvttle tune; she t1jm;bled like an aspen.-leaf. ' He could not die until. he had seen her. Why ? She did not hold the peaoe of `his soul! :11 her hands. Why should he saiyv "that? F1`hen she Tre- proa_ched herself for having afoohsh fear. He had Iqved her very dearly," this poor secr'etary_; he had loved her; with a mad, im.san-e ,. wpcrshlp. He W 8.Dta3'd only to look on her face again` amd".'bi.dehe-r an everlastmg adieu. [ He had so1neth,i.n.g to say to her. Whaft was it? A1 deadly, horrble fear. thlagt she co:uLd not d~escri. b.e, and for! zwuhnch she" had no names, `came over A -her; a sudden subtle instinct told her that what he had.to say was concern- mg herr sm. -7- __._.. - . ..<... _---..- T(hetn he was i,n,'Lo`ndon-he had re- turned from Amerimv! How stra1.ng"e tlhalt he had not gold her he: was co1mi.n.gl How` strange that Ge-raid .snhoau.Ld, be d_y1'mg a=nd she not know! "Will you come to [me an: once, LzL'dy`St. Just? 1- am dying, and _I cannot dieeu-ntil I have seen Lyou. C-o.me a'lone-I have somethm-g to Say Do not delay-come to-day. "From your devoted, "GERALD DORMAN. ,I`.he address g1'.ve.n _was Vtctorla s*treet,vRegent s Park. The writing on the envelope wats strange to her, that in the letter she recuougmzed vas Gern'lnd 3;-fa-imt, crooked, almost il- Ielgible,` srtill she km-ew it was hns. ,---- -_.-v-v vlalll--II. . The room seem to whirl rolunvd her, a red mist settled over the white` pages, then died away, and the Jet-`, trs stood_ou-t- in cbwracters of fire. CIYITSII - s`topped" for half amoment. as heir hu-sband had done before her, to note the clear, obold handwrritxng, them she opened i`t-opened mt _withi the May suin shining in and the rose- ` leaves l_y1':ng.a1'ou-nd her-opened `it with a smile on her lips which was never seenthere again.) ' mhn -nag`... ----- L ' ` I - - _ She stood` the x nirroW. fast-I etning `the {shining mass of ha1r-a.; sweet`, noble woman; and she for-S0t a.Il_ about the Iert_ter. H 1 ..~-- nun LG]. LUI- She saw it" when the. servant came -in to clear the talb-le. ' to` herself. ' You have forgotten. this, my lady." ` he said, handing. it to her. i "My bengging letter. she thought] "Now let me see virho is in trouble. ` A i I don, say rates, no Lion of - unt to 1' 34,500 nd brlng .7o,3o9,1 " .I'hey'ha`~ve nothi.n;g else to do but grow," said `Lord St. J ust, cheerfully. Them-he bent over his wzie; " Youy are always lave-ly, my q'weOn," he said. "I like to see you with your ha1r,1oose. '.l`he_chigldren know, what svuits you. "You are a flatterer, Adm.-an," she said. as Lord St. Just. :1 -n hls turn. quitted the room. ' "I am an in ruins," sald. Lady St. Just: with a. smiles-the rose leaves were scattered all over her dress, the masses of dark hair'w=ere all uInfast- e~ned-"and -I made such a careful toilet th1s morning, she added. Those chiI_dbren\.g-row so strong, `_Adr1a~'n._ Never mind the letters, V1'v1en,"l ;`_rUturne d Lord Just. "Nurse will be here soon-the letters can wait. e So she played on withthe little` onee,'while the letters lay. on the table. among them the one with the large white e-nvelope. She had glven one careless glance at it, but the he`1Q_3homId have it. ' ~ Then the game ended; Nurse came forthe children, and they were dis- mlsseld wlth a hundred lovmg cares- see. ,__ -\rI-IVI I camnqt a:t`tend to" the children are he: "Nelver the` returned Lord St. J here 1 "` -"N-Io Uuugu .a.r.z'ns, mid `kissed him, Y little rog'ue! > 81: I camnnf `-A-`L-.. 1 . % it Wham she -mean-t u'.I...4. ..:.- _---A [ wt * '!%_rIV If `GU-'3 "v;vv`l iai;' She.` `Su. Vgave. -_ ,__, ....-.. -an-Av VI-\ll-5`-II! : . %when l 1 not be -'<"sheate;i_ o1.1t -' `madeagrasp at the ; caught huh 1n her A `I--`-A I1'e! . she Adnan to my letters whxle here-_-_-we must send ABI1fd_ge-Cemtaimly. It is than that :neither party knows what kind. of a. person Vithe othe; _p{u'ty in, _ ahou1d`n t .t;hoy_ an 1 in lqve 9` Backward, turn backward, oh, time; just for to-night; with the freckles and war`ts_ I possessed long ago, and the dear little stone bruise that grew on my toe. Give me back my_o1d kite with its dog-fe-nnel tail,` for the kind I fly now always lands me in jail, Back` to the river once more let me roam till ; (the gloaming arrives,_ and when I getvlrumo takom out to the woodshed and there let me dance to the tune fathbljplayed on the.se`a.t_`ot [In your flight; make me a kid again my pints- F d~3`D Yu.b61ieV`eA in love at that sight? Whether this unique lock ans- iwered its purpose is not yet a mat-' ter. of; nis'to.ry, but itwwas certainly a c).ave`r piece of mechanism. ' _ The clumsy invgenuitycf. the idea [made it a hard oneto carry out, but designed which would contain the `seven photographs. This was fast- ened inside the safe and made to com- municate `with the Lock. By aclev-3 er mechanical device, the key.of each servant, as it turned the lock, acted i on the phouto-gr'apAhA~and brought it in- Wto view. ` - ` in less than a week `an apparatus was` To carry out his wishes, the lock must be so constructed thatvupon the 5 opening of the safe by any particular _key the photograph of the opener .should appear immediately in front of the glass, to remain there until an- other key was inserted. Thus it would be always possible to tell who had last opened the safe. The raj-ah's order was for-an ex ceedingly complicated lock. He wanted a safe fitted with eight dif- ferent keys, one for each of his ser- vants and one for himself. A piece of glass about eight inches square was to'be let into the front of the safe. - -_., -v-av-.A.n uunJlLU\L DULIJULLJILJ5 Ll.|U1G- He wanted not simply to preserve his jewels; but to catch`the thief. .It was the fashioning of 9; look that should carry out the rajah s idea that taxed the ingenuity of the de signers ofthe great 1ock-ma_king , establishment. ._`.- `av nauniatav `Am 79! The order came from an -Indian rajah. After the manner of dusky P0~tentates, he suffered from1Lthe dual Possession of dishonest servants and magnificent diamonds. The diamonds hadbeen disappearing at an alarm- ing rate, andalthiough only `seven servan-ts had access to the box con- "tafning them, it had been found im- possible to discover the culprit. .Whether the rajah dismissed his re- tinue or put them to deathon sus- Dicion, the thefts continued with un- broken, regularity. In his extremity he thought of Mes- srs. Chubb. An ordinary person W0l11dv have vcon~te-nted himself with Drocuring a safe, the lock of which would answer to no` key but his own, but the rajuh desired something more. `lJ'.. u-......L-) -_,A WHERE IGNORANCE IS Buss. An Indian l:uJah ..' Plan to `|\'.atqh "18- II me:-ite rvunts. - A look for which Messrs. Chubb, the famous English vlocukmaker, not long genuityv of all their experts. It is a point of honor with the firm that no order, however uselessly ingenious, ago received` an order, taxed the in-V {shall baffle the inventive faculty of the designers or the technical skill of LL. - vrv---you an lLuI\J UKJIJLLI-|l\I(5L QQLLL IJL the workmen. Whateverr a. cus- tm31` W`dI1.S he must have. in: - 1` :`'l`he-re is1s'o-1:'1e-t`h~ing wrong`, Izarn sure," thought JoeinHabley again; but Heaven only knows what it is. I I-uady St. Justentered the cab and gave the driver the address, and then she turned to her maid. -.. .. _.._ .__w--s-w VI r1:@y.te11 yo-u, Joan, where I am going, she said, Mr. Dorman is dy- Ti.-ng and has sent for me. _ , ___~vv--vu uv vnrugn ."She(Ih.ay say what She likes, but I am sure there is something wrong. That is just the troubled, harassed look she used to wear, and I` have not seen it on her face for many along day`)! , ,-_-_- JIJIA vvuuu uuausxuu. V V . Have I? Then I ought to-be anh- _amed of myaplf, and I will drive it .a`way. I sha.ll'not take the carriage, she continued; " Will you get_ me a v cab y'ou.rs1f? I do not Want remarks made about my `going out. Get it yourself, Joan, and dress-yourself to come with me. V .-foan shook her hedd grave- ly, as shehastened to Qbey. 4: cl... _-_ 1 :9 ETC`! ' whet `should -be wrong, J can-9 asked Vivien. ` " Nothing, I hope; but, my lady, you have got your anlxi-ous look baek-a `look I have 11015 seen on your face [since before you were married. `I LT.-.-- Til "' ' The maid looked at `her mistress. " There. is nathing wrong. my kid) . I` hope P she said. i:1a;i11tx:;x% who` iii"V%:na`iiia rth? h- No. not my 1"idi$`_5`h`o.bit.--`a Jvnan 4.-J _. -1 _ 1 WANTS TO GO BACK. A max AS A DETECTIVE. To Be Continued. To Clean Marble.-Take one ounce of powdered chalk, one ounce of pow- dared pumice stone; mix and sift through muslin. Dissolve two ounces of washing soda in half a. teacupful of hot water; mix the powder into a pastelwith this, adding a little more water, it-necessary. Rub this well into the stains, allowing it to remain `with a ` soft rag." on for some. time, until quite dry_ a_nd hard; then wash off with hot water anti f_uller's earth, and dry. thoroughly i hue vio' ;ll1Svi0n5o` tl:e marble a. little p6w- derldd bluing may be added `to the mix- _ (WV ___ __... -_-_......- "To Clean Decanters, lWater Bot- tles and Cruet Castors.--Mix a tea- spoonful of fine coal dust with half a teacupful of vinegaryput this in the article to be washed; shake vigorously. rinsewith clear water until it ap- pears perfectly elear, and set it up- side down in a jug or basin to dry, Small bird shot and vinegar are equal- ly efficacious. ' (-:`ras or lemp globes should never be put over the light directly after wash- ing, as, however carefully they are `dried, there sure to be some damp left .on them. They should be done quite early in the` morning. Fl ! _ I11 '-x - ` - ' CLEANING HINTS. Gas globes should bewashed well with a sponge in tepid water in which at little soda and b`.-uing have been dissolved. Turn down to drain; wipe with a soft, dry towel, and polish with soft, drz chamois. If the globes should have the least crack or aw in them, be very careful to keep-your hands well protected with the towel when drying them, as if the glass were to 1y" suddenly, a painful and perhaps dangerous cut might result. When adjusting globes never screw them tight, or they will certainly` break when the gas is lighted, as glass expands with heat. ' L Anotherrdevice is abroad strip at"- tached to the apron band, from which hangs a holder which is thus always at hand. And apropos of aprons there is :1 dusting apero-n which saves much weariness of body and spirit. It has a pocket for the feather duster, r:1n~ other for the cloth, and one for the small whisk.broovm,rwhich is usually anywhere but where it is wanted. . _____... :.------. After meals is the time when nuts `should not be served. Their milky or ocily natirre makes them hard of di- gestion, .and. right after a big meal they will cause indigestion. The pro- per time to eat them is between meals, when the stomach is not over- ioaded. They are nourishing and healthfiil if served "at the proper time. ' A simple device for ease in working is a table or flat shelf, higher than _the kitchen table, o-n which to do work which requires bendingv over,-or would without such a convenience. T5 T1_'\`4em ve `Rust From Stejal "Fen-9 Kerosene, applied with a soft cloth pirefehably one of old silk or linen, should remove the marks of hot dishes from the polished surfacevof a dining table. `If it does not, rub each spot with spirits of camphor and after- ward with furniture polish. LEA 1 To freshen stale bread, put in `a clean sack and dip in boiling water a minute, then bake 10 minutes in a moderately hot oven. -.-.. --- when youwhtve t<`)qc;.ut hot bread 0.1` cake dip the knife in boiling water for a minute. ._.__---__. ..__a__- ...... --u...-. Ordinary dust and smoke may be removed from steel engravings, with stale bread. Out all the crust from a stale loaf; then cut the loaf into small cubes, and rub the engraving lightly with these until all the dirt is removedr Yellow spots on the mar- gins of engravings, when not very old, may be removed with starch and water. Wet the starch and cover the spots, then place in the sun". It may require several applications to remove -the spots. These stains may be. re- moved with chemicals, but, in the hands of an amateur, chemicals are li- able to destroy paper and print. 1-nu: ' 1: the 3550;; e}a"hrEtxI{g put gin a kettle with some slices of sour Vapples?-peelings will do-and boil; they will look like new. 1-vvu V - V - - 4 Brass. bedstead: may. be polished with sweet oil and finely powdered tripoli. Scouring soaps should never be used on them; Wet the whiting or tripoli with the oil, spread a. little on a piece of flannel; rub the soiled brass .With this. Next dip a soft flannel in dry whiting and go over the brass, rubbing quickly. Finish by polishing with a piece of clean chamois or soft linen. V A bedstead should keep clean many months after such a treatment. A little rubbing occasionally, with a piece of chamois, will, as a rule, keep brass bedsteads bright and clean. To clean` gas and gasoline stoves .wipe_off all the loose dirt with soft Paper. thenrub` the stove with a cloth wet with kerosene, bemg caretul to go over the burners, removing all rust and scales. If therebe much ru_st on the stove rub a little melted mutton suet on the rusted places and let it stand a day or longer, then rub with emery paper. on ABOUT THE Hods. . J % Wham I do with it, then? asked the workman, suddenly. - - Do with it! echoed Patrick. Dig '-Va. hole in the rad. to aura. Come, now. you can t leave that- beap there: said Patrick sternly: Well; I ve no place to put `it, said the workman. A V _ __ You can't leave_ it there, persisted jpauick, -. - `- ._ _...aus.u `One day. he noticed that a street wdrkman was leaving an unsightly" pile of dirt and gravel at the side of Ivheroad. _ { ` " ("m-lctou llxpcrlmonlcrs llavc .\ow (taught the llngllwll l'.1l:It;-. An interesting experiment in the curing of cheese is being carried out at Carp, Carleton county, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agri- culture and Dairying. The English palate likes a Canadian cheese of a.` flavour similar to the English Ched- dar, which is cured at 62 degrees Fa.h.renheit. At Carp a special room has been set apart in the factory, the air of which is drawn into the room` through the drains, cooling it so that th-e temperature of the room is con- tinuously under 65.. degrees, and a * flavour is given to the cheese cured in it equal to the best Llnglish ilizike. 1 Last year similar e_\'periments were carried on, and the unanimous opinion of` the Montreal Cheese Board was that cheese so cured was worth half 9. cent per pound more than cheese from the Very same vat cured under ordin- ; ary circumstances. In addition, the - shrinkage inweight of the cheese in ` the cooler room is much less. ` basis .of'last year s output of cheese in A On the Canada the increased value represent. ed by the new method would be about $900,050, or to a small factory it would represent an annual increase of $40,- 000: after the initial expense of $250, ' the new,_- The general adoption of system in Canada will certainly worka revolution in this important industry. j Patrick is a big polio-a`mrm whose good umor and promptness in emer- gencies have endeared him to the peo- pie in the subu.rb:1n ward over which` he is g'ua.rdian_angel. ' t\.. i V ` Teach children to do little things about the house. It trains them to be useful, not awkward, in later and more impcrtant af fa: irs; it gives them occupation while they are sm-rill. and it really islan assistance to the moth- er in the end, although she always feels during the training` period that it is much easier to do the things her- self than to show another how. This last excuse has done much to make selfish. idle, unhundy members of an older society, and should be remem- bered in its effects. by the. mother, while her little ones are beginning to _le.-arn all things, good and bad. at her knee. Occupation makes happiness, and occupation cannot be acquired too young. Corsage of white taffetas, opening over a deep yoke of tucked faffetas and lace insertion. Revers and edges of fronts trimmed with inseftion. The sleeves. are tucked` at the top and or- namented with lace. Material re- quired taffetas, 20 inches wide, 5 yards. ' ' NEW MODE oF'ca1~:Es1:-MAKING. - Tc.) Clth Lacquered Trays or Tab- les.--Wash well with cold water, and. when dry, sprinkle over 9. little flour, and polish with an old silk handker- chief. To Clean -Windows and Mirrors.- Put a little alcohol on a soft rag; rub the surface briskly allover, and pol- ish with a soft, dry cloth. or chamoia: Chamois is excellent for all polishing with sweet oil, and place it close tax`. 43,- hot` fire I for about ten minutes;V',` then rub off, all the oil with a racy. polish With whiting or fine bath brick; andlfinally with a chamois. KEEP CHILDREN, BUSY. f1N'EsE { EASILY ARRANGED. ,. `W 0 Sb ins ti ' Backs Trfe_aAted.. reci .... null. `reflect JUN: U propumes, Was I,l`U e 1' P3594. Lat! `W in bmm V Shine ugzxill. Child `was It 35 he gm-\.-Q hi home an I Ll l1'1:LI I311` and nul;:-- "wombx.:_ :5: ;`bO)'.V H4` \\ 1.~ nu hm i son. (lean-v 11; .-I are he couirl ;~]M Uhe plum '1': would `tear-h hm l. Yde Park. There allVthB'. fm0f the day rallied rauzgd E:rv t0. his beaut_itu1, l`t10`6", ~rl-d 5 court--theV gra,3el,.1!;VL : ~..m whose beafins iemudson n1 ii-rs. Arthur Neslie, . He i.\`t.ilie fiilfv. v.'il{l1 his mothas zlfuldark oy-.-.~.. nmi sweet sensi- moulh. hc hat) :1 peculiar love Ihaichiiil mm.-J iiffe_:x`euL` from ioveior Lin -r-iiu,-I`. in this one ownun'civn1' r.n.- N'(`Ij1B(l to live V She lll`Vf_"I' I. ;wi\,;ilI. of him as Just; to 111'!` bu `.`.':lS _'Neslie of lli,'Il' p.I idL*, he!` umbi- herlove of h--1; mun}-. lived again. "b0,V.T ii:- \\'(>1`l(l to her er than I'a.~1uL:- lc,.1ui_ uf l.;xut'I.: wood, i:l1.~l:1Il([--ilfld her son.dean-r- m.-Ln 11.,-r life. fkhie L; rim hziid map- ii3; education. 1.0 livui--ins she nummi ; she would N - of `ma 1'11-Ce, pride 2-xi in religion; and ifui. nuble eon Of .i,x'" Lbe Neslies .1lJLi bt`ill_H. ail the- was :1 finw. 11:l;ib, .stu'1`dy{ boy._1 i I ioue-fm'~ Jun..- him that low Mme. was In :- ., this bt-ztulji mthe act is the szuuc, the only euceis that one theft is on a larger scale Lhrm the other." 7 Hydurling wife, said Lord St. with a puzzh- face. why 3.;-e giving yourscif Ho much trouble? areyuu thinking of all these * ;";md lvgrex-.` puzzled. [have nm douu much toward en- cuingyou. durlixzg. We will talk er wlu-_n you "are s11`onge1f and F_Hhoughts1'un Ihat way," shew Mu -- " W] suppose that another king, I and better than he, takes his eigmy from him, and rules in his 1 i. .1.... 1... .1...,r+-A l n5u._. __ would b ' ishuuld 5115' not 5 `ht -ft.-~ ` ` Wlied th A 9 bus. V "Ming. what .a. question! an sin pI`05P" r T . 059 that :1 man stole fty` and that that made the foun- lofl1isfo1'tunu,--`-should you say :Mrospere.d ? ` .0u1d::lmosL seem like it ;- but, _ `hep,-oaperily would not par-V Lain'-t_ha1: would have to` be ted {O13 Why do you l_sk me astmngg queSUO1) 3 V _ . las.Ond9ri11g about it, ltlt Suppose that you had 501118- 'tW you put to :1 bad "use, and Lb). fraud, took it from you, mgthatl could put it to a good m,b|euse,~sl1oL1l 1 have been Min taking iL '2 `what would Silllply be theft, puvu. Suppose that uf bad _ _ Ikigdom` Tuins I 'kLQg, `reigna i Whig ` Ulrv 1:1 b.iecta A n 3. ruo , ` . lns . _ - , m_ . ~41. N `J one be.3. Ne3li?"3o ` ash Just, We w1ll call hlm ` ` father, and h'o;_:.l `ancewood. -50. ViVi811. my more you will see Ar-I . ' so We Lord cl ynncnzvnod. . V dared Wm hus W1 es beau- "-udden1y grew p-a1e_.and her Wbl:d' He wondered still more star lying qnile still, thinking _we5Md suddenly. ` .l ' k a sin ever , do you thxn wwny I glrcw with-1`. ".\ I6! lit nVivi tl gun We h `In . J..:'Id'/5 . r(3+il`1I_y' _:.Lnl _w:- il wii,_h n IJon.qon for the sea: magnmcent mansion` nmn - Hu- Ihver Illa}, ugurated compose he. " Figh heir supe 'nt in con are the A fed on ,n.d' veget 11 said, " EV():|_rU-E v:i_ml HUI`: "J I .5. xv i Lb her. t._J1v.-He We question! lfpfui 1,0 but *4 her so greatly xwud notconma It-rctl" `It seemed qrdu'frightened es. Has Heaven %ked herself when |r."IIas Iieaven : asked herself the face of her` 7 'u 13, wlm.9e name" u Hndrunvn. xnn disposes /D)r,>`v')- than this.` 4:. Ju.st s two. viintuuigenceg .1 L IX.---Continued", ` `; was given to her- after. patches f ich spea hzmdlin ke it III e pd` ofite > ght._ .u cshe nolohg- v.\'iS1ed, when V wmjrk-.lely hap- yxhing else but` '1. He was to '(.`v'U()(l as soon :1 ha-.r thoughts" : marry] the %. She was} r'(- were times he sin ofher? klu-XV `fell V 80 the name (if . V was quike liw ' vIiM{1a:n:ai";)v;1'vrti1 nvelopes `dare-. Iesely. " ` HIT...` .'A.. .'.n.. I-`A... .Dmnn"' 1-an > --,,-- -__ .- g - - . - . . w _ . _. Let m read the Tltters fxrst, ` Frank, he replied, laughmg-Vly; then R ` you shad! have them all." 4 A . . _ - ` ,_,_._-l _ _ . - . A nun looo.0o1 Lora St: jvsevemzed in no `great hurrry to look, at them; he enjo;/ed= thg praitle of his chi1dr'e\n. ` -"I hope there is no Vwnpleasnant one. }therre, replied Vivien. ' A * 1 v rT`Z'TG17v(e 19 fh ist-Ipsz, papa," "cued 5 little Frarncxs, who had a fme colleo-1 tbon Ln a,pr1vate.'box.T ' u :1 ___- ..'--A. "Place them here," said Lord St. Just; and them he turned laughing- Iy to his wife. "I.a.lwa'ys thznk it 9. sad pity. thatliette-rs shouvld come at breakfast t-Ernie," he ' stud; there 18 |sIure `to be at least -one wnpleasant % one amongst them, and` that` spos, the rest. " T ` ' .T.he brakfasit-table was apretty sight in itsetlcf, with its costly silver, .de-lxcavte china, owers, and r1c'hlycut' glwss. Lady St. Just took herpfaoe, with a-ch1 1d oungerach side of her. They ltauwd and prattled gayly. Lady `St. _Just smihlnjg as she` listened, wheni vibe footman entered with the let- ktecrs. 1 v V , T" I "NOIw, he amid "I hold _1':n my arms all that is loveliest, most p'rec1o1;s, dearest In the wide world, _But_; we must have some 'bvreakfast, children, he added; "these fresh May mornings ymake one hungry, IIIL, H -As, he enter'ed the rocr._n,-Lord `St. Just thought he had never seen so lprerttyva picture as! the beautiful dark eyed mother and the lovely laughing children presented, He went-up to them, and tried lawghtrngfy to clasp all three in` his arms. He partlally succeeded. V ,_.-.......yu-aw JJOLU WILD y0u~." Then because_ she knew she loved the younger one best, she kissed the elder one first. .T'alk1';ng them both by the hand, she led them to the win- dow alnd. showed them some of the pretty ope-ning buds. ' ` "Papa will be here soon; you shall `take breakfast with u-s, because you l are good." - ` i "You shall stay with me," she said. i Syd little dreamed as she spoke what" would happen 'before that breakfast was over. ' 'lWe Presently she heard a In turning, salw the little on her. They were hanndsome The eldesrt `boy. Francis, we as one of Gmido s angels, wl curls and a roselbvud face, tl est had his mother's, dark dark hair, ahmudueth like rose, a noble face like VLV of `fire and intelligence one knew by instinct` would fr; '01 --````' the War gathered around her. - , Untilythe day of her dea,th, qhe ._-.u, 51 GVULUI, to have fallen f;roLm' there dreaming with h`3'I` ' She was looking more beautiful than May morning. The with happy light, hem` mouth wore a grave, sweet smile,_- the woundrous `wealth of dark hair -was simply ur- with 8. deep glowing 1' brought a colof toh k eyes .were filled - nu` ma "5 'da.r] i ranged,-_-a roast rose-h-ued chihtz and white with scented -flowetrs and rethat burned in the" gr open windows looked into 7 pretty gardemall filled with mi-gnonette, Lady St. Jutw` ite flowers. One dark. and: en little head` peeped in at `and Vivien. who was lookiz 1 flowers from the window, di ` herbovns. _ -_- ...v..u., _uc nausea U16 a by 1, them wing 1, man I'm .. 1......-1 _ .,.----u in lf|'Jl-GU) . fhe ones behind my hanndsomev children. asrt was ass tau 1 >f' wit .d dar U`, 1o.bIp. hm. m-- - h golden cH'Z1_=J-F1212 XL. ...nul?lV been well ersandta , I(rupps' ..A divki the three and,aHh exceenti troan" he} was a happ` dark. and one gold- eped at the door, was looking at the window, did not see ~ --c-av G UIUVUII V1v1en's, full run-`A- - .-v-vv nursery. Let us V v with you. 3 knew sst, the ,__. III: J.-LVUI Lord st.VJust; I-!&-_| ,1 t.` J ust- .s favor- rua ox , >7 er (as she" stood happy smile on_