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OilifiiSlBRi;:: OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST CUMTKK XVIII. The rain cloudii had vanislicd the ucxt iiiuriJiUK, and the iiiinshine, thougli it was but a faint likcncHs to tho golden light that used Ui d\v<'ll in llio bygone Bunimer time, •tiJi BhoiK- bright and pleainintly over the grounds and lawn. Darnley \vn» up earJj- ; ho hail paid liis visit to the sick-room, and ha<l been >•• 'Ird for lii'- pains by the €videni it an<l comfort his uncle expt-i .1 ...cd in his presence. The young man was inexpressibly chocked at the change wrought in the vigorous, florid, happy-looking <>ir Huinphrey ; and despite his manhood, a mist of unshed t-ears rufihod to his ey.es as lie gazed at the white, drawn face, with the shadow of retreating death linger- ing, as it were, reluctantly on it; he could not sptak at first, but Btood grasping the thin, trembling hand his iincic extended to him. "Thisâ€" tliis is a bad lookout, Derry, my lad," Sir Humphrey whispered, in his faint, weak voice. "I've had a narrow scpicak, ay, a very narrow one. I thank Heaven you are here. Myâ€" my darling wants some one to look after her, and " His strength would go no far- ther. The young man began to talk cheerily, in the nearest approach to hie old frank manner ho could mus- ter up; it v.as a hard struggle, foi- it hit him very deep to see the ac- tive, healthy, gemle-natured man, who had seemed the very quint- essence of vitality, lying there a cripjjle for life, a terrible wreck. He said everything he could to cheer Sir Humphreyâ€" sacrificing his own inclination, which was bat- tling to be out in the open air, try- ing to solve the problem which Dorothy's words of last night had conjured up. The sick man lay back contented, a. more peaceful look on his wati <x)untenance than had come during hijj jihvrt respite from jiain. "I am gfad,'" i^<-' murmured, over and over again ; ann PUi'9, whe_n Darnlq bent ^ver hiw, !:5 caught the whl^pef; "IJolly has fretted about Nancy â€" you must cheer " When he had left the sick-room, having first incjuired for Dorothy, and learned that she was sleeping Roundly â€" a condition of things which pleased him beyond all dc- r.criptiunâ€" the young man put on his hat, and, whistling for the dogf, who were mournful and dc prcsicd at their beloved master's illness, he i.allicd out into tho open nir. It wcs a wonderfully balmy day â€" one of the few sumuK-r ilays that are r.orinklcd here and there in nil I'lnglish winter. Xho very lirst person he saw waa the old head gardener, Mr. Muidock, from wliom he received a warm greeting â€" in fact, everybody v.u.s pleased to Bcc him again. •'Kh, but it's Miss Dorothy will 1)0 right glad, sir," he said. "We v.<?rc just at our wits' end two days lien that piiir bairn's white face made our hearts bleed. And sen his lordshi|) went she's wanted soaie one varry badly." "Well, I am here now, and here I shalPrenittin," said Derrick Darn- ley, (juickly. He shrank from hear- ing s'.iine unkind remark on Nancy's conduct. With this new and per- jilexing condition of liin mind, he determined ho would judge her no more till he ha<l fathomed soKe- thing of the truth. Ah ho moved away, followed by the dogs, his thought went to Mere- iicld, and he w<indercd what could have taken the othar man away from his cousin at such a crisis. It waii very odd ; and then his mind went back to the one all-potent sub- ject-Nancy. He was too truly a man of honor and of delicacy to have precwd Dorothy further last night, ulthough in the girl's shat- tered htute a less generous niiniled pcrn'on might have learned all he .wanted Ici know. In lact, he had changed the subject irnniediately, iin<l Nancy's name had not been mentioned again. Hut Dorothy's staunch love and loyally ha<l awak- ened fresh imijulscs in the man's heart. It sent a pang of self-re- proach through him- reproach that ••he hliould be faithful to Nancy, while he had already ju<lge«| niul coiidomned her, and it also brought pain - deep, biMiing pain; and the Jvgoni/.ing ruflectioii lUiiic, that were he to discover now that his love ha<l jiever chaiigeilâ€" that nlie was still his fair, jiurc ideal- was there not the torture of knowing she was lost I H^v 'v*ir'gb completely in the dark, no <Ii<l not even know where Nancy waf, what uhe wan doin^, how it. fared witii her. Dorothy had vouch on and on, until he reachctl the end of the lawn, I lien returned and looked at the Hall, standing sur- rounded with its dismantled trees waving their emjHy branches to and fro in the soft, mild air. "Dolly's blind is down. Good. A long sleep is the best thing for her, puor child ! I can t bear to see her face as it was last night. I feel restless. A few milca wore will do me goo<l. He whistled to the dogs, who pricked up their ears glatlly and raced round him, delighted at the prospect of a walk, uiul seeing in thisâ€" poor animals ! â€" a sign that better times were coming. Derrick walked on rapidly. He gave no special heed to the path he chose, but let his feet lead him involun- tarily whither they would. He was soon out of the grounds into the muddy country lanes, but once there he awoke from his musings, and, with a quick niovement, turned away from the village. Solitude was bad, but gossip was worse, and he could not by any chance go througli Kipstone village withou.t st.jpping to greet first one person and then an- other. He strode along heedless of the mud. Although he had teen at th? Hall a great deal the earlier part of the year, he was not very con- versant with t'he neighborhood, as his walks had been confined princi- pally to the Hall grounds, and Sir Humphrey had been abroad so much that he had no chance of ex- ploring the country during the BOVRIL GIVES Health and Beauty It i.s a valuable tonic. It iei;ews tho blootl. tones up tho iieive.s and produces liitrh vitality and buoyant health. BOVRIL is the con- centrated goodness of beef. did not quite recognize bis sur- roundings. True, there were doubtless many portions of the Hall grounds and lands which he had not yet set.i ; but there was an indefinable feel- ing in his mind that this was not like the rest, of the property. I'or one thing, it was unkempt and neglected. Evidently the board to trespassers was not needed, for this spot was not inviting, even to tramps. "If I go this way I shall reach the lake," Darnley communed with himself, as he came to oiie point. Tho sunshine had suddenly gone, and the air felt like rain at any moment. A shiver, born of what sensation he did not know, passed through him. He stood still, and looked ran through the girl's fr«me, mak- ing her start to her feet and turn her white, tear-stained face to their master. A silence that was as deep as death lived then. What words could come at such a moment be- tween these two ? It was not weak- ness alone that tied Derrick Darn- ley's tongue, as his dark eyes gazed into Nancy's great, sad blue ones; it was a sense of fear, of honor that compelled his silence, for in that one glance he read how much he had wronged her ; and that, no matter what motive had caused her to separate herself from him, she loved him with even more intensify than in their brief summer happi- ness. (To be continued.) "TICKETS-PLEASE!" How (he Operation is Done on a Japanese Railway Train. To s<e Japan thoroughly, to mas- ter its probleibs, to probe its soul, to pluck the whole heart of its mys- tery, would probably need â€" so a fellow "globe-trotter" assured Mr. A. M. Thompson â€" "all of a fort- night. ' So entire thoroughness is not claimed by the author of "Jap- an for a Week." Still, Mr. Thomp- son was there long enough t-j get a vivid impression of Japanese courtesyâ€" how the "please," so frequently entirely omitted from t-tern demand in the Occident, is emjihasized into an art. The guard, in the train to Tok- yo, who affords us much iniornui- Shines easily. No labor. No dirt. Does not rub off or soil clothing. Preserves the leather, containing neither Turpentine, Acid or other hijurious ing^redients. Brilliant and Lading. It is good for your shoes. 12 THE F. F. DALLEY CO.. Limited. HAMILTON. Oct., BUFFALO, N.Y. tnd LONDON. En«. round, and at that moment one of .^""^ |^> . ^.^« ^^^ i^ exceedingly in- Mie dogs gave a sharp cry and a 1' 'â- Â«^^:'*^ '" ^-..^^ «^*"*'f ''>..'">â-  „ e â-  I • 1 s'de on the platform, and laughing- moan of parn ; and in one glance | i • - •=•- p a trail which had been hidden in the long grass. "This is shameful!" he sa'd, Hushed with anger, as he knell down and unfastened the cruel pia- chine. "I shall certainly give Mur- dock a piece of my mind. Poor Dick I â€" poor Dick ! It isn't so bad old fellow ! You were more fright- hunting seasons, therefore, it was'ened than hurt, ihank goodness I not at all surprising that, when Mr. But if this infernal thing had closed Darnley found himself at a corner as it should have done, you would where two lanes ran diverse ways, have had a broken leg, old chap!' ^, ^L . i, I 'J points out that the top of his the young man saw that the poor i,„„,i i :„ t „, .» *i „, â-  ',,,â- ,, , , . • neao â€" tie is of more than average animal had its forepaw locked in ' • he came to a sudden standstill and hesitated. He stood and reconnoitred, hav- ing first ascertained that it wau still early by a glance at his watch, and then determined to take the right-hand ianc. "I must have made a regular de- tour," he -said to himself. "That mass of trees evidently belongs to the east part of Kipstone. I can Kct. ba-h tliat way.^ So, suiting the action to the word, he mado for the spot mentioned. When he reached thf trees, how With infinite tenderness Darnley patted and soothed the frightened animal. It was as he t-aid. The dog was not really much hurt, for the trap had fortunately failed to act pro- perly • but his brow darkened as he rose from his knees. "Sir Humphrey would be simply beside himself if he knew these horrible things were scattered about. I wonder who has done it? It's not like Murdoek, for with all his grumpinesK, the old fellow has as ijiift a heart jis anv one I know ever, he came to a stop. A gate i Perhaps Lady Mereneld has beei was before him, but it was chained ! exercising her authority. This is and padlocked, with ominous iron just the sort of thing 1 could im spikes ornamenting the top rail. The young man gave a short whis- tle of surprise, which deepened as his eyes rested on a board with a agine her doing. ^Yell, at any late, when Dolly knows, everything vill be altered in tho twinkling of an eye. Now 1 must get on. Surely cd this; but though the chain was loose, there was no movement ei- ther backward or forward. This is, to say the least of it, annoyingâ€" deuced annoying!" mus- ed Darnley. his wrath rising visibly against the imaginary keeper, who had arranged all this apparently to thwart kiTB. "I don't feel like retracing my steps at all. I am sure this is a near way to the Hall." He stopped back and reviewed the gate, the dogs watching him with eager eyes aiul hanging tongues, marvelling as to what h» was going to do. "Hum!" tnupcd the young man, with much deep thought; "it's biul, certainly ; but it might bo worse. I think I'll have a shot I A.t the worst I shall only tear my clothes, and I hate to bo beaten. Now to see if want of practice has destroy- ed my former agility 1" He retraced a few paces farther, fixed hi'! hnt on firmly, then start- ing at a tpiick, even pace, he leaped lh« formidable barrier as lightly as though it had been a few inches, not a five barred gale. There was a Hush of pleasure on his face anil a thrill of satisfaction in lii'i brenst. "1 said I would not be beaten," ho mentally declared, as ho coaxed tho dogH to 8(iueezo throuffh tho bars and join him. "It would have been awfully hard lines to have had to tramp all down that lane again; and I must get on now. Poor D<dly will wonder what has bectmie of me." Ho picked up bin hat, which had fallen off in his jump, and replaced it on his dark, wavy locks. "I'll have to go at Murdoek alioul that gttt" and board, by Jove, I will!" he .|i>elare<l, as he turncti to no through the long grass and wild, , v.oodcd incl.iHuie. "Sir Humphrey eafed no infornmlion. if even she] won't stand it for an instant, I am had nny to givp, and ho had been ^ sure." toi nait.ited to i,ii"stii.n hec i Tnen ho whistled to the dog>« ond 1 cup in his lliocah'^a, he strolled pushed on. It was strange, but he warning to tresiiasscrs printed on i the lake must be over there." it in gigantic letters. With another tender caress for "This is very odd I Uncle Hum- [ lihe dog, who was going very biiiie, phrey can know nothing of it, I am the young man strode over tho rank sure. One of the keepers has taken I weeds and grass, keeping a, sharp upon himself to be very cautious all j lookout for more traps, and making at once. It's tho first time 1 ever the dogs follow sharp at heel, a remember a board like that, or ! proceeding to which the sagacious spikes like those ugly ones, t«.) have j beasts were notlimg loath, siuce a place in Ripstone properly.'' their companion had expericiiced Ue rallied the gate as he mutter- such difficulty and pain size for a Jap â€" barely reaches my shoulders. "Me big," he says in his quaint English, "but you much more 6ig." He is, like all the Japanese we met, amazingly polite. When he comes round to exam- ine tickets, he begins by standing at the end of the ear, takes off his cap to the honorable assembly. ! bows to the ground, rubs his knees ! with his hands, draws in his breath ; audibly, and delivers himself of j an announcement in Japanese which I imaginatively translate as follows : "Your most honorable excellen- cies and most augustly-deigning- to-be-pleased ones, I hope you will pardon this creature of mud for having been born into this world to ask you, most gracious and sup- erior ones, to show ydur augustly blessed tickets; after which I beg you will honorably deign to grind and crush me, who am but as a snail of the soil, beneath your kind- ly sandals." "The passengers, ceasing for a moment from their rice and chop- sticks, bow profoundly in return, rub their knees with their hands, suck in their breaths with the peculiar whistling sound which is the special expression of a Japanese PAINT FOR YOU. It is for you, because it is you who wants It good. You know It costs more to put on poor paint than to put on Kood paint. Your house should be paloted â- with good paints, with RAMSAYS PAINTS to ke^p It Icoklns fresh and bright and clean for y^arsâ€" costs not too much but Just what Is right for right paint We want you to see o«r hand«omo little Booklet telling all about house painting, it will help you. Write for copy of our Booklet ABCDE free. A. RAMSAY £: CCN CO., TKB TAINT „ ^ MAKsna, Montr«BL Kaf«l. 1842. /{^ =N\ THE FARM Useful Hints for the Tiller of th2 Soil ^ STAirriNO ALFALFA. Alfalfa is the king among hay crops, the fpieen among soil iin- greeting, fumble among their loose iPf^.^'ers. the prince among drought layers of ch>thes, and ultimately j ""esistant plants. It comes nearer produce their honorable tickets. i to giving something for nothing After this there is more bowing I Uian anything else on the farm. It on both sides, and the guard, still will pro<luce more hay per acre. Darnley walked on for about fifty yards, and yet the lake did i.ot come in sight. "It is very odd," ho muttered, "I seem to be all wrong. Hallo! what's that! â€" looks like a wtiman's dress; it must be one of the maidsâ€" so much the better, she will put me on the right track. Come on, dogs!' His steps were necessarily soften- ed with tho thickness of the herb- age upon which he walked, and as he pushed through a short clump of low-growing shrubs, Mr. Darnley saw immediately that the servant maid not only was unaware of his presence, or, indeed, tho presence of any one near her, but that she was cviilently overcome with fa- tigue or grief, for she sat crouched on an old gnarled tree root, her el- bows planted on her knees and her face hidden in her hands. With the instinctive delicacy that was so pre-eminently one of his chief eharacteristics, deepened by tho rush of sympathy that came up- on him as he beheld this figure, so expressive of utter despair and de solation, Derrick Darnley turned to withdraw silently without in- truding on the girl's sorrow, for he »aw the figure was both young ttn<l 'ilight ; but before his thoughtful in- tention could be carried out, an in cident occurred to prevent it alto- gether. The dogs, who wore not ac?tuated by so nice a sense of del'- (!acy, went up to the silent form, and first giving a sniff of wariness, next began to jump up and lick the small hands with short barks and cries of canine welcome and de- light. The man's heart ^tood still, a mist rose before his eyes, then his luilsoj began to throb at a rate they had never travelled before. "Dick -llorgie â€" Dick, come here Do you heir mo?" he calknl, in a slra'ige, husky voice. The dogs fell back, suddenly cheeked in their exuberant plea- sure; not so much by his commaml as by the involuntary shiver that bowing, vanishes. NOT LOST. The Marketerâ€" "Aren't you wast- ing a good deal of that steak in trimming it i" Tho Butcherâ€" "No, ma'am; I weighed it first." and hay of a high feeding value. While giving that valuable crop of b&x It will at the same time leave the soil richer in nitrogen and hu per acreâ€" and with the drili so as to get the seed buried, one to tw« inches â€" do not sow any nurse crop with it. A bare fallow that haa been kept free fiom wecus will also be a good preparation, us will also potato ground. lUit in any case ik should be manured. When the al- falfa is up eight to ten inches it should be cut back. This will not hurt the alfalfa ; in fact will do it good â€" but will be hard on tho weeds. The amount of seed sown A brass-headed tack driven into ms every year that It occupies the ,,,o,^ld ^^.-^^ ^^e rainfall; un- and, and supplies the vj^ry things rf^^ irrigation, or where the rain- Lfi.f ,fl 1 """^1 '"''^"•'' ''"full is abundant, more seed than fastest and leave the soil m tho.p^,;^^^, ^^^^.^ ^f^^,,,^, ^^ ^^,„.„ j^ Mill the whole 1,^5, been found bv expcM-iments that ar w r» ^1 f. fi " '^'^,^""1 I *-^«^« ^he plants' were nine inches grow re«d,ly after the alf.-»lf* gets! J ,^J ^^^^. ^.^^^^ ^^^. ^ a good stiiiid and if they should ^^^ jgjQ greatest neod of. Btory IS liot told, , , ., , , â-  i ' li.i lu ir If - , V 1â€" """ "nd the yield was nearly each of the low-ercorners^of picture grow a little the alfa ty,,^^ ,,^45^ ^.^^,^^ ^j,^ p,^^^; frames prevent pictures from leav ing marks on the wall â- When sweeping Turkish, Axmin- stor or any thick piled carpet, al- ways brush tho way of the pile, and it will look fresh and bright fori years. fore the weeils are ripe so they can- . . 1 n„ ^ - , .were only two inches apart only' not go to seed. Ihe roots go Jeep ' ^ ^^^^4 ^,f ,.^,^^^,t ,,„jf ^ ^^,„ ^^/^ and so open up the soil better than ! secured the subsoiler. The one disadvant- j^ a little difhcult to star ; so when a ig^ven to eight feet while in the case igoodsland.ssec-u.editoughttobe f ^^^^ ,^„t, jhat were close to- left for several years. It is not a ! ^.^er (he roots did not go dowa gocKl rotation crop like clover. ;„j^re than three feet. .... , , , This IS really no great drawback A so ution of one teaspoonful of though, as it will produce a crop i peroxide into a U<aeup of water that is worth more than any other INOTES OF THE POI'LTIIY YARD makes a sanitary wash to use in the ibout halt a In digging out the root* was found that where the plants mouth every morning and evening. Some men are as easily rattled as others are hard to shake. crop that can be grown. , ^ , . . c x' ^ t .,, ,, .,, , Do not try to force Nature. In Alfalfa will grow on any g<HHl fitting young fries for the market soil that is well ilrained; in sand it GURbO OF^NSTIPATON Mr. Andrews praises Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. Mr. George Andrews of Halifax, N.S., writes: "I'or many years I have been troubled with chronic Constipation. This ail- ment never coiues smgle-lianded, and I liuve been a victim to the many â- llnes.ses Ihat constipation brings in its train. Mrdiciue after medicine I have taken in iHilcr to find relief, hut one and all left iiif in the same hopeless condition. It seemed that nothing would expel from me the one uilmcnt that caused so tnuch Iroiilile, yet at last 1 read about these Indian Hoot Pills. That w.is iadeed a lucky day for me, for I was so Impressed with the state- ments iiiude titat I detennined to «^ve thciu a fair trial. Thej have regulatMl mj stomach and b*weli. I am cured of coDitipation, and I claim thty have no eaual m a medi- cine." I'or over half a century Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pilla have been ruriug con- stipation and elogfsd, ijMtctive kldneyt, whh all the uilnients whUh result from them. Tliey cleanse the whole ttystem and purlfv the blood, itekl cvcrywhert ai 2fic. a box. a will not do Bo well, and hard pan interferes with its root growth. Standing water is death to it. When starting alfalfa it must be kept in mind that alfalfa has bacteria I'v- ' ^-hlikeus iug in nodules on its roots. These ' germs furnish the plant with nitro give the chicks proper food, plenty of room, clean ijuarters, freedom from lice and Nature will do tho rest. A correspondent who raised 30O ttst year says ihey are the alfalfa with the needs and more too. best ptitnto bug traps he over used] I • , ,, ^ , , , ...except ducks, which cannot bo gen w;li.ch they ake from the soil beaten for this purpose, air. Tiiey put it into a form that| y^,,, „ tch of cow peas near thi' the plant can use und .so supply the | p^^j^ry vard. Do nol harvest th nitrogen that itipg^g ^.^p,, ripe, but turn the hen- , , , , ^. , *""''*i into them when the green grasi plant has in a measure lost the pow- 1 jj^^ ,, ^^j jj^^^ „.;„ ^^rive up- er of taking nitrogen from the soill^,^ tj,g,„ as the other crops do, so it can not j s„n,„„;,. selection should be kept make much growth "'^-nc- It u. „ „„til tho fowls are fullv grown, turn urn.shestiie germs with food ^^^ ,^,,^, „f ,,t,,^. ;„„*; ^^^^ ofad.lTerent kind so itvs aeo-op-lghows up, because they are nofc worth keep-ng. , erative affair, each furnishing that!*"""" '' which it cnu secure the easiest. When the alfalfa is starting it does not have the germs on its roots and so is very delicate and must be given good care. Tho best way to do that is to get some soil from a field that has been growing alfal Do not wait until the broot'y fe- ver hen becomes chronic, but dis- courage her as she shows signs of it. It isn't necessary to use an axe o» club or cold water or any such things to break her up. She is only fa succeasfully for a few years and obeying the call of Nature sow it on the new field at the rate <if 200 pounds per acre. Tut her in a small yard with plenty of grass in it. Provide good The best way to prepare the soil j shade and keep her in tho open air is to manure for a crop of cornâ€" all day. Feed no corn, but spar- clean cultivate the cornâ€" then sow ingly of some other cookini; food the alfalfa on the disced corn stuh-'and keep i>lenty of cool water be- bl«, putting in eight to teu pounds fore her all the time. r