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through the dark shadows or the sunlight of love spirit to confront the old mans satire thought of the woman whom he had with his usual calm so he shrank back lost and mourned so long your into the shadow of the buttress against mother was that which ranks above which he leaned but lord barmi rubies a good and virtuous woman isters eyes were quick to perceive worthy of any mans love him and striding forward he laid his adrien turned his pale face away hand on his sons shoulder as if to avoid scrutiny then he said well adrien he commenced gently what is wrong cant you sleep or 1 admit your right to speak like are you given to spending the small this sir and if it rested with me i hours in stargazing would obey you at once 1 i might retort in kind sir re- it does rest with you adrien turned adrien pulling his scattered returned his father quickly surely thoughts together and smiling faint- you are blind not to see that con- ly j stance tremaine loves you with her ah i am old said his father whole heart age has its penalties as well as itsj adrien started up his face alight privileges and the freedom to speak and quivering with excitement plainly is one of the latter come impossibile sir he exclaimed- my boy what is wrong at your would to heaven it were true for ij age i was happy enough but you seem know no other woman to whom i to have taken the troubles of the j would so gladly devote my life world on your shoulders are you the grim old face softened and re- ill j laxed he had not expected such an no sir i am well enough re- overwhelming victory i turned adrien quietly i why da you say it is impossible then are you wording over your j asked debts through that unlucky horse adrien did not answer for a mom- beeause although as you know i doent then he said hoarsely not interfer with your money matters she is already engaged to lord as a rule you are quite at liberty to standon draw on my bank if you care to do so an exclamation of astonishment his son turned to him affectionately burst from the old mans lips he no no sir ho said gratefully j p out nan involuntary sym- i dont suppose they are as bad as pathy and the two so strangely alike all that jasper will see to them y so w apart in years clasped the words were scarcely out of his hands then as if ashamed of the mouth when he regretted them his i momentary emotion the old man turn- fathers face darkened his eyes grewfed away saying quietly fierce this is of course a surprise to me jasper always jasper he snarl- j t to be proved ed even as mortimer shelton had but x shoud fee ced to doubt it done its a pity he didnt break his instead of his myself with which he went back chapter xii but that night adrien leroy could not sleep dismissing his valet he threw himself into a chair and began to review the events of the day which had affected him more deeply than he would confess to then the mere sight of lady constance with lord standon had convinced him that any hope of ever winning her for his wife was at an end for so many years had he himself been wooed and sought after without response that he was as ignorant of the rules of the game of love as any child love he had neck this morning miserable tool adrien uttered a protesting excla mation he would have sacrificed any thing sooner than have given his fath er this opportunity to revile his as far as eye could reach the earth if ja and all within it and upon it belonged jf zl j to his own apartments left alone once more adrien walk ed restlessly to and fro if constance really cared for me he said to himself nothing else in the world would matter lucky standon i dare not think of the future if what his j self im into n pp nid not nu room b it was almost morning be- and devotion of one frail girl which had he but known were already his as he walked to and fro he was again assailed by a wholesome distaste of his present empty aimless exis tence and a great longing came over him to break away from it and start afresh yes he was very tired of it all the men and women with whom he had up to this spent his time were this morning to make you realise what that precious friend of yours had i done i tell you adrien that jasper vermont bribed that miserable man to rope your horse for him you have allowed your friends my guests to be swindled out of their money it was the first time in adriens re collection that the proud old man had ever even hinted that barminister to be continued sneered at it jested at its power all his life but now he was beginning to luued hm lnto a s bordering upon becoming abhorrent to him the thought of the soft lips and glances j was entr hs that had hitherto beguiled him and j that the guests were those of his fath suffer from its pangs himself he rose hastily and throwing open the window of his dressingroom stepped out on the balcony it was an exquisite night and the stars shone like diamonds yet their very distance and detachment from all things earthly only served to deep en adriens melancholy before him stretched in seemingly endless vista the woods and lands of his heritage mother the proof of mother seigels syrup is in the taking that is why former sufferers whoso vitality was being sapped by indigestion say it is just ex cellent for stomach liver and bowel troubles thanks to mother seigels syrup they are now strong and well is excellent for if you are afflicted by indi gestion or otherdisorders of the stomach liver and bowels take mother seigels syrup regularly for a few days long enough to give it a fair chance to make its beneficial influence felt then note the improvement in your appetite yeur strength your general condition 3015 headaches biliousness constipation iesti0n the i oobottle 0 syrup contains three times as much as the 5c size stupor now filled him with shame love that marvellous panacea had driven out the false the impure vis ions of his heart as surely and as thoroughly as ever hercules cleansed the augean stables the blood of his race stirred within him he would have liked to have snatched constance and borne her away on his trusty steed as his fore fathers would have done but in stead he must stand aside and see her married to another nay he himself would be asked to attend the wedding ers choice as well as of his own adriens eyes blazed father hes aid in a voice low but as hard as steel i know you have always hated mr vermont but this goes farther than hate forgive me hardships of war and the worst of winter weather cannot damp the spirits oi our canadians when tho christmas boxes arrive from home as you plan the parcel for him who is dear to you dont forget that gillette shaving equipment is just as keenly appreciated on active service as are sweaters mitts and eats if he already has a aasos send him a generous supply of gillette blades for probably he is sharing the razor with his pals who are not so fortunate clean shaving is in high favor among our troops because it is sanitary because it makes the dressing of face wounds easier but most of all because of us bracing effect the gillette is best for the job and the man who has one is most popular in his platoon whatever else you put in his christmas box be sure theres a gillette safety razor or a supply of blades you can buy from your hardware dealer druggist jeweler or mens wear dealer bulldogs and standard sets at 500 pocket editions at 500 and 600 combination sets at 650 up gillette safety razor co of canada limited office and factory- the gillette bldg montreal 217 fal j 15 long before the pastures begin to dry up so as to have them ready to put on dry feed when the time of year comes from grass to grain and hay i find from experience that it most profitable and will cause as littie without any serious trouble i think shrinkage as possible in the milk flow this is too often neglected and the or loss in weight of the animals in ywng c0 are brought in thin in changing from grass to grain and hay fle aml they cannot be got through 1 to make such changes gradually i the winter in the condition that they if i ask you but surely you have some sf t fl t uz s woul1 have been had the bcen wel1 ru- hi should be taken to shift the animals cored for at the proper time from their summer quarters of grass in weaning the colt from the mare to the winter quarters of grain and should have the very best of care hay i too often see aniinals out in as tne change of conditions is liable the pasture until very late in the fall j to cause some trouble while on the which receive very little attention if good summer pasture the mare gave any till some stormy time comes and mi for the voung colt that was then they are hustled into the barn digested and in taking him to summer months with the result l tho cattle are pretty generally from annoyance 0 it might be a good plan for oiv of horses and cattle in this couj to experiment with the use of r about their stables and outbuild ike proofs otherwise you would not have accused him of such villainy give them to me and i promise youto punish him as severely as you y4- self could wish proofs his father repeated stern ly with knitted brows what proofs would such a clever scoundrel leave would do asked to attend the wedding wm ici and fed lots nni tli fl it mt perhaps even give her away to the 1 nothing should be neglected might add to the comfort of il beasts during the hot summer mo our dumb animals i an cean ment lition man who was surely no more worthy of her than adrien himself jasper vermont had indeed done his work well no sooner had ho seen the light of love shining in his friends face than he had set to work and like the grim spider of evil he resembled had filled adriens mind with the suggestion that constance loved in fact was secretly engaged to lord standon his reasons for this were twofold if adrien married constance ada lester would whether with or with out cause hold him responsible and was more than capable of carrying out i her threat to unmask him to his patron moreover jasper looked be sufficiently proof even to satisfy you adrien drew himself up to his full height and confronted his father with a resolute air it is no use sir he said i can not take a drunken jockeys ramblings as proof of such an awful thing as that jasper is my friend and be sides it is more to his interest to help me than to hate me lord barminister sighed deeply the experience of age had taught him the impossibility of convincing youth against its will well my boy he said have yoir own way but mark my words you will live to repent your folly i have ed to them any way usually the con- 1 that he should receive the very best sequences are some sick and perhaps of care and attention he should be some dead stock this is not profit able very often during the season when properly fed in order to prevent any bowel troubles this same rule will hold good in the animals are to be changed the pasj taking young calves through this per- turejs rather short and sometimes j i fact it will apply to all kinds upon lady constance with an appro- no more proof and to me no more is ciative and covetous eye and felt that needed men on their deathbeds do t if thgfa rains have been j of live stock but more especially to the young of the farm which are ex pected to turn in a profit for the farm er the next year r b rushing in canadian countryman plentiful the grass may be in a fairly good condition but if the animals are allowed access to a rack full of good sweet clover hay they will be gin eating the hay even while the pas ture is quite good in this way the animals will become accustomed to the change gradually and there will be no material danger when put on full feed j i think one of the best feeds to be i given immediately after removing might be worth trying 1 1 1 from the pasture is some kind ofi if he could ever ingratiate himself not he and i am as firmly convinced 1 r00ts turnips beets etc may bei with her sufficiently for her to promise that jasper vermont forced that manf a this season of the veir to the to become his wife the summit of his to sell the race as though i had the ambition would be reached adrien was easily deceived forj with all his faults he was not conceit- knows ail ed 1 very best advantage and will assist confession on paper still i will say the animals in getting to corn and hay no more you are young and youth j feeding forage hay at this sea- he did not guess that constances mans character i shall not openly expressed pleasure in tin company of lord standon was to pre find out for yourself the son it j son it should be of the very best j according to an eminent french scientist flies show a marked aver sion to things that are blue this fact was first discovered by a french farmer who kept a number of cows distributed in several sheds the in terior of one of these sheds had pure ly by accident been colored blue the other stables had white interiors the i farmer sopn noticed that while the cows in the sheds with white walls were driven to the point of frenzy by warmyouj quality as the animal must be tempt- zmtfjmw very openly expressed pleasure in the again you are placing your faith in e u rations of the most palatable cs c housed ln thc shcd wth a thankless cur don t grumble when kind when there is some spoiled hay he turns round and bites the hand the barn do not feed it at this time that has helped him as for me i r wi come in better during the cold will wait believe me i would far weather when the animals have nal p strongly developed rather know myself to be wrong than rurally a good appetite and are well deal you any further unhappiness so i accustomed to dry feed let us drop the subject for a lime i animals should be kept out of doors did not mean to bring up the mans j as much as possible i mean by this ft that they should be stabled only when every r and again would be tempt ed to enter i the farmer told of his observation and soon other farmers took to paint- i have not gotten around to slicking up blue interior were not bothered the vent the discovery of her real and he turns round and bites the hand jnthe barn dono passionate longing for that of her i that has helped him as for me i j w com better durinir the cold i ony a stray one whose sonso of coior henceforth he told himself he must do his best to hide the pain that was gnawing at his heart hence forward the pleasure of life would be as dead sea fruit to him his hand fell on the balustrade in his uncon scious despair and at that moment another window farther down the long balcony opened and the figure of lord barminster stepped out into the moon- n adrien was in no humor to meetj even his father he was too weary in farm notes sheds are cheaper than feed some now have a place for ejmcr living thing from the old dog ujhim the most valuable horse ieei- it is not too late to dig up theeved burdocks as long as you can sticitish pick into the ground after youjted them burn them rootand branch j one rat of the right denominat will soon populate a whole farm ifnot give him a chance letsdrop all omce er business and get rijght after uhe very first one joy- cattle will do much more- haitho tramping around the cornfield whorb it is wet in the fall of the year ea ing the stalks that are left there thi all the good they will get from ii stalks better take the stalks all 0 and feed them where this injury wfl not be done to the soft earth after sweeping the barn floor eve if you do keep your lips closed wasl out the mouth and nose sniff pleht of water up the nostrils and blow ii out gently you will be surprised how much dust you have breathed ii through your nose the same way after sifting ashes never fail to do this when you see a hiredman or a farm tenant on your farm or any- where else thoughtful about putting tools in out of the reach of the wea- j ther make up your mind that he is a j pretty good fellow to have around and if you need such help and the right time comes try to engage him if he is all right in other respects it is surprising how many folks es name i want to speak to you of far more important things his voice grew more grave indeed almost solemn adrien i am an old man hearing the grave and as is only natural my thoughts turn to the future of our the weather is bad in fair weather i never stable any stock unless it is very cold as they seem to like to be out in the open air and i think it bet ter for them than being shut up in the stables but when they are in the is you are the last of ir line j stables and the weather is not too it is to you i look to carry it on you severe see to it that the windows arc are no longer a boy with a youths open so as to have plenty of ventila follies and tastes it is time you tooktion i think that in early fall and up your responsibilities i winter the animals will suffer from adrien made as if to speak but his close confinement more than from too father checked him with a gesture of much ventilation his hand j i always make it a practice when stay hear me out he said when changing from grass to grain and hay i was your age your mother was at of allowing the animals as much lib- j ing their sheds blue with gratifying results now it is a general custom among the cattleowners in franco to 1 tint the interiors of their sheds with a i solution made by mixing ten pounds i of slacked lime with twenty gallons i of water and then adding one pound 1 of ultramarine the sheds are tint- i ed with this solution twice during the the strip of land by the side of tho road that belongs to them thats is a part of their domain clear to the center of tho highway and it is their right as well as their duty to put it in the finest shape possible it makes the farm look so much better to clear out the old hedgerow and seed it down to grass sssssss thriving children prefer the bread you make with five roses flour itivstored with the flavor vitality and easilydigested nourishment of prime manitoba wheat nutritious wholesome keeps well my side i had given the house ol leroy its son and heir i was mar ried and had left the lighter loves of tho world for a more lasting and re sponsible one you know i have never interested much with your life but though i am no longer of the gay world i yet liqar something of its do ings you live tho pace thoy tell me and aro tho idol of tho smart set barminster castlo adrien looks for something higher than that in ms lord and master i ropeat sir at your ago i was married and loved said adrien softly city as possible in yards about the barn only putting them in the barn at milking and feed time and during bad weather until they become thorough ly accustomed to thc new conditions animals on pasture naturally take ex ercise in grazing they will walk many miles the change from this condition to a narrow stall is rather bevcre and duo consideration should bo given in allowing tho cow at this timo as much freedom and open air whilo changing the feed as possible young colts should not be left out in tho pasturo until they begin to get yes indeed exclaimed lord bar- low in flesh i find it much more pro- minster his faco lighting up at fltablo to begin feeding them some is packed by automatic machin ery in strong white cotton bags and cartons at the refinery this is for rafcr and more sanitary than sugar packed by hand in a wenkpnpcrbng which breaks at a touch no hand touches lantic sugar until you open it your self just cut off tho corner or tho carton and poor out thc sugar as you faced it 2 and 5lb cartons 10 and 20lb bags tlie allpurpose sugar m