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PLÀCET HCMEY- .MOONS •^fttROlD A A MACO2M Pictures f 1 < & n CHAPTER XI—Continued. Nora, without relaxing the false ■mile, suddenly found emptiuess in «verythlng “Sing!" said Herr Rosen. “I am too tired. Some other time." He did not press her. Instead, he whispered in his own tongue: "You are the most adorable woman in the world!” And Nora turned upon him a pair •f eyes blank with astonishment. It was as though she had been asleep and he had rudely awakened her. His Infstuation blinded him to the truth; be saw in the lock a feminine desire to throw the others of! the track gs to the sentiment expressed In hia whispered words The hour passed tolerably well. Herr Rosen then observed the time, rose and excused himself. He took I the steps leading abruptly down the : terrace to the carriage road. He had I come by the other way, the rambling ! stone stairs which began at the por ters lodge, back of the villa. 1 “Padre." whospered Courtlandt, "I i am going. Do not follow I shall ex I plain to you when we meet again." I The padre signified that he under stood. Harrigan protested vigorously, but smiling and shaking his head, Courtlandt went away. I Nora ran to the window. She could see Herr Rosen striding along, down the winding road, his head in the air. Presently, from behind a cluster ot ■anlberries, the figure of another man same into view. He was going at a dog-trot. bis hat settled at an angle that permitted the rain to beat square ly into his face. The next turn in the road shut them both from sight But Nora did not stik Herr Rosen stopped and turned. “You called?" “Yes." Courtlandt had caught up with him Just as Herr Rosen was about i to open the gates. "Just a moment, I Herr Rosen.” with a hand upon the bars “I shall not detain you long." ■ There was studied insolence in the I tones and the gestures which accom I panied them. “Be brief, if you pleas? " ' “My name is Edward Courtlandt, as : doubtless you have hear^" “In a large room it is difficult to remember all the introductions." t “Precisely. That is why I take the i liberty of recalling it to you, so that you will not forget it,” urbanely. A pause. Dark patches of water were spreading across their shoulders. i Little rivulets ran down Courtlandt's arm. raised as it was against the bars. "I do not see how it may concern | me," replied Herr Rosen finally with i an tnsolence more marked than Court- afternoon It was for my benefit If you do not go. I shall expose you." Courtlandt opened the gate. "And If 1 refuse?" "Why. in that case, being the Amer ican that I am, without any particular reverence for royalty or nobility, as It is known. 1 promise to thraab you soundly tomorrow morning at ten i o'clock, in the dining room, tn the bureau, the drawing room, wherever 1 I may happen to And you." Courtlandt turned on his heel and hurried back to the villa He did not look over bls shoulder. If he had. he might have felt pity for the young man who leaned heavily against the | gate, his burning face pressed upon I his rain soaked sleeve. When Courtlandt knocked at the door and was admitted, he apologised "I came back for my umbrella." "Umbrella!” exclaimed the padre. "Why. we had no umbrellas. We came up In a carriage which is probably waiting for us this very minute by the porter's lodge." "Well, I am certainly absent mind ed!" "Absent-minded!" scoffed Abbott. “You never forgot anything in all your life, unless It was to go to bed. You wanted an excuse to come back." “Any excuse would be a good one in that case. I think we’d better be going. Padre. And by the way. Herr Rosen begged me to present his re grets. He is leaving Bellaggio tn the morning." Nora turned her face once more to the window. CHAPTER XII. The Ball at the Villa. "It is all very petty, my child.” said the padre. "Life is made up of bigger things; the little ones should bo ig nored.” To which Nora replied: "To a worn- an the little things are everything; they are the daily routine, the expect ed. the necessary things. What you call the big things in life are acct- dents. And, oh! I have pride.” She folded her arms across her heaving bosom; for the padre's directness this morning had stirred her deeply. "Wilfulness Is called pride by some; and stubbornness. But you know. as well as I do, that yours Is resentment, anger, indignation. Yes, you have pride, but it has not been brought into this affair. Pride is that within which prevents us from doing mean or sor did acts; and you could not do one or the other if you tried. The sentiment in you which should be developed "to mercy?" "No; justice, the patience to weigh the right or wrong ot a thing.” "Padre, I have eyes, eyes; I saw." He twirled the middle button of his cassock." The eyes see and the ears hear, but these are only witnesses, laying the matter before the court of the last resort, which is the mind. It to there we sift the evidence." "He had the insufferable Insolence to order Herr Rosen to leave," going around the barrier of his well-ordered logic. “Ah! Now, how could he send away Herr Rosen if that gentleman had really preferred to stay?” Nora looked confused. "Shall I tell you? I suspected; so I questioned him last night. Had I been in his place. I should have chas tised Herr Rosen instead of bidding him be gone. It was he." "Positively. The men who guarded you were two actors from one of the theaters. He did not come to Ver sailles because he was being watched. He was found and sent home the night before your release.” "I'm Borry. But It was so like him.” The padre spread hie bands. "What a way women have of modifying either good or bad impulses! It would have been fine of you to have stopped when laadt's. you said you were sorry." “In Paris we met one night, at the "Padre, one would believe that you stage entrance of the Opera. I pushed had taken up his defense!" you aside, r.ot knowing who you were. "If I had I should have to leave it You had offered your services; the after today. I return to Rome tomor- door of Miss Harrigan's limousine." I row and shall not see you again be “It was you?" scowling. fore you go to America. I have bid ’ "I apologize for that. Tomorrow den good by to all save you. My child, morning you will leave Bellaggio for | my last admonition is, be patient; ob Varenna. Somewhere between nine serve; guard against that impulse and tec the first train leaves for I born in your blood to move hastily, Milan." | to form opinions without solid founda- « “Varenna! Milan!" I tlons. Be happy while you are young, 1 “Exactly. You speak English as for old age is happy only in that re- naturally and fluently as if you were I fleeted happiness of recollection. born to the tongue. Thus, you will , Write to me, here. I return In No- leave for Milan. What becomes of | vember. Benediclte?" smiling. you after that Is of no consequence Nora bowed her heard and he put a to me Am T making myself clear?” hand upon it. “Verdampt! Do I believe my ears?" • •••••• tnriously. "Are you telling me to leave Celeste stood behlqd Abbott and Bellaggio tomorrow morning?” studied his picture through half-closed, "As d’rectly as I can.” critical eyes. “You have painted it Herr Rosen's face became as red . over too many times." Then she as bis name. He was a brave young . looked down at the shapely head. Ah, man. but there was danger of an act- 1 the longing to put her hands upon It, tv» kind in the blue eyes boring Into to run her fingers through the tousled bls own If it came to a physical con hair, to touch it with her lips! But test. he realized that he would get the no! "Perhaps you are tired; perhaps worst of It. He put his hand to his you have worked too hard. Why not throat; hlz very impotence was chok put aside your brushes for a week?” ing him. "I’ve a good mind to chuck it into “Your Highness . . .” the lake. I simply can't paint any "Highness!” Herr Rosen stepped more.” He flung down the brushes. back. "I'm a fool. Celeste, a fool. I’m crying "Yes. Your Highness will readily for the moon, that'B what the matter see the wisdom of my concern for Is. What’s the use of beating about your hasty departure when I add that the bush? You know as well as I do I know all about the little house in that It's Nora.” Ver^iiles, that my knowledge is Her heart contracted, and for a little shared by the chief of the Parisian while she could not see him clearly. police and the minister of war. If "But what earthly chance have I?” you annoy Miss Harrigan with your he went on, innocently but ruthlessly. equivocal attentions . . "No one can help loving Nora." "Gott! This Is too much!" “No,” In a small voice. “Wait! I am stronger than you “It’s all rot, this talk about affini are. Do not make me force you to ties. There’s always some poor devil hear me to the end. You have gone left outside. But who can help loving about this Intrigue like a blackguard, Nora?” he repeated. and that I know Your Highness not to "Who Indeed!” be. The matter Is, you are young, you "And there’s not the least chance in have always had your way, you have the world for me.” not learnt restraint. Your presence "You never can tell until you put it here la an Insult to Miss Harrigan, to the test." • nd If she was pleasant to you this "Do you think I have a chance! Ia It possible that Nora may care a tittle for me?" He turned ills head toward her eagerly. "Who knows?" She wanted him to have It over with, to learn the truth that to Nora Harrigan be would sever be mor« than an amiable comrade. He would then have none to turn to but her. What mattered It If her own heart ached ao she might soothe the hurt In his? She laid a hand upon hla shoulder, so lightly that he »»« only dimly coneclous of the coutact. "It’s a rummy old world. Here I've gone alone all these years . . .“ "Twenty-six!" smiling. "Weil, that’« a long time. Never bothered my head about a woman. Selfish, perhaps. Had a good time, came and went as I pleased. And then I met Nora." "Yea” "If only she’d been stand-offish, like these other singers, why. I’d have been all right today. But she's such a brick! She's such a good fellow! She treats ue all alike; sings when we ask her to; always ready for a romp. Think (Prepared by the United States la-part- tii.tit of Agriculture ) of her making us all take the Knelp "Every farmer, however small his cure the other night! And wo marched around the fountain singing ’Mary had possessions may bo. who live« within a little lamb.' Barefooted In the grass! tho «apple growing districts of tho When a man marries he doesn't want United States, should have an apple a wife half so much as a good com orchard, the product of which should rade; somebody to slap him on the be found on his tuble in some form back In the morning to hearten him every day In tho year,” recommends up for the day’s work; and to cuddle the United States department of agri- him up when he comes home tired, culture. Perhaps two-thirds of the or disappointed, or unsuccessful. No settled portion of tho country Is more matter what mood he's in. Is my or less adapted to tho production of English getting away from you?” apples. The apple Is pre-eminently "No; 1 understand all you say.” Her useful In tho household economy and hand rested a trifle heavier upon bis us a culinary fruit, nono excel« It. It shoulder. graces the table In a greater variety "Nora would bo that kind of a wife. of forms than any other and as a des 'Honor, anger, valor, fire,' a* Steven sert fruit, few uro Ito equal and none son says. Hang the picture; what am Its superiors. Its Juice, when ex I going to do with it?" tracted. makes an excellent, whole “ ‘Honor, anger, valor, fire,’ ” Celeste some beverage nnd for vinegar It has repeated slowly. "Yes, that la Nora." A bitter little smile moved her lipa as no rival. As a market fruit. It to one she recalled the happenings ot the last of the easiest and Icaet expensive to two days. But no; he must find out handle and usually finds a ready salo for himself; be must meet the hurt If well grown and handled with care Among th^ many ways In which th« from Nora, not from her. "How long. Abbott, have you known your friend apple Is used, the manufacture of jellies and preserves is one of grow Mr. Courtlandt?" “Boys together," playing a light tat ing Importance. The numerous fac tories for the manufacture of these too with his mahlstick. goods have not only created a demand “How old Is he?’ for second and third grad» apples, “About thirty-two or three.” but also for bv products resulting from “He is very rich?" "Oceans of money; throw« It away, drying and evaporating the fruit. Apple butter of the real, rich, old but not fast enough to get rid of It.” "He is what you say in English . . . time farm variety tills an Important wild?” place in the household economy and "Well." with mock gravity, "I always finds a ready salo at good shouldn t like to be the tiger that prices. Good sweet cider made from crossed bis path. Wild; that's the sound, apples, not from half decayed, word for IL" wormy fruit. Is one of the most health "You are laughing. Ab, I know! I ful products ot the orchard It can should say dissipated." be kept sweet and unfermented by "Courtlandt? Come, now. Celeste; heating It to a temperature of 160” F. does he look dissipated ?" and holding It there for 30 minute«; ”No-o.” then sealing It up tight In bottles or "He drinks when be chooses, be casks and storing in a cool place. flirts with a pretty woman when he Boiled cider made In the good old- chooses, he smokes the finest tobacco fashioned way by reducing to one fifth there is when he chooses; and he by boiling, and then canned, makes an gives them all up when he chooses. excellent article for culinary purposes. He is like the seasons; be comes and While the alm and purpose of the he goes, and nobody can change bis farmer should be to supply an abun habits." A dance of fruit for his own family, ho "He has had no affair?” "Why, Courtlandt hasn’t any heart, I should also be ablo to sell a little It's a mechanical device to keep his J surplus. The crop of summer and blood in circulation; that's all. 1 am autumn apples requires an Immediate the most intimate friend he has, and disposition either by sale In the mar yet I know no more than you bow be , ket, by evaporation, or manufacture into cider. The crop of winter va lives and where he goes." She let her hand fall from his rieties < an be handled more protltably shoulder. She was glad that be did as they are not so perishable. A gentle eastern or northeastern not know. slope, as a rule, Is the moat desirable "But look!” she cried In warning. for an orchard site, but this may vary Abbott looked. A woman was coming serenely dowt in different apple sections. Sol!« Buch us are found In timber the path from the wooded promontory, a woman undeniably handsome In a regions afford the best results, but cedar tinted linen dress, exquisitely outside of such districts clayey loams fashioned, with a touch of vivid scar having free surface and subsoil drain- let on her hat and a most tantalizing age are best. flash of scarlet ankle. It was Flora Well-rotted barnyard manure Is the Desimone, fresh from her morning most valuable for apple orchards. bath and a substantial breakfast. The The next best fertilizer Is crop« of red errand that had brought ber from Ail- les-Bains was confessedly a merciful one. But she possessed the drama tist's instinct to prolong a eituatlon. Thus, to make her act of mercy seem infinitely larger than it was, she was determined first to cast the Apple of Discord Into this charming corner of Eden. The Apple of Discord, as every man knows, ia the only thing a woman can throw with any accuracy. The artist «matched up his brushes, and ruined the painting forthwith, for all time. The foreground was. in his opinion, beyond redemption; so, with a savage humor, he rapidly limned in a score of Impossible trees, turned midday Into sunset, with a riot of col ors which would have made the Chi nese New Year in Canton a drab and sober event in comparison. He hated Flora Desimone, as all Nora’s adher ents properly did. but with a hatred wholly reflective and adapted to Nora's moods. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Anti. Dr. Lyman Abbott, the eloquent and sincere anti-suffragist, said at a dinner In New York: “I am convinced that, despite all this sex equality talk, wom an In her heart still longs to look up to man In reverence. A diplomat at a dinner in Washington took down the season’s belle. "You ravish all hearts,’ the diplomat said to her. 'You make Pyramidal Form of Top of Tree. a fresh conquest every week ’ 'True,' said the belle, and sighed. 'True—and I'd give all my slaves for the mas •lover grown among the trees and al lowed to fail and rot on the ground or ter.’ ’’ turned under and the ground reseeded. Thorough surface tilth Is required to They Looked Dangerous. A little three-year-old boy, who from obtain the best results In the orchard, time of Infancy had been under the and when needing fertility the land care of doctors and trained nurses, should be properly manured before was visiting his grandmother after plowing. Trees are more safely set In early convalescence from tonsllltls. An open fire attracted him. After watching the spring. They should be strong, vlg sparks, which fell Incessantly on the orous, one or two yeare old, having a hearth, he asked, "Grandma, are those well developed root system, and at the red spots germs?”—Christian Regis time of setting their tops should be cut back to the height at which the ter. main branches for the future top la to WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED May Find Help in Thia Letter. be formed. All broken and mutilated roots should bo cut back to sound wood. For «<asy planting open out a deep furrow with a two-horsa plow along the lino where tint rows are to bo made and cross check at the dis- tapes apart nt which the trees aro to stand. At the crosses level off th» ground at th» bottom of tho furrow Swan Creak, Mich, — " 1 cannot speak too highly of your tni-dleiita. When Uir-otph neglect or overwork 1 g»t run down anil my ap|>«- tile is poor ami I have that weak, lan guid, always tired feeling, I got a hot* Hoof Lydia E. Pink- ham's Veg« tabla Corn|Miund, and it builds me up, gives mo strength, and re- stores me to perfect health again. It is truly a great bless ing U> women, and I cannot S|>vak too highly of it I take pleasure in recotn- nictultng it to others. ”-Mnt. A nnis | C amkron , R.F.D., No. 1, Swan Crwek, Michigan. Another Ruffrrcr llrllrvo«!. Hebron, Me. — "Before taking your remetilea I was all run down, discour aged anti bad female weakness. I took I.ydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound and u*«d lit» Sanntivs Wash, and (Inti today that I am an entirely new woman, ready anti willing to do my housework now, where before taking your medicine it was a dr«a<L I try to impress U{s>n tho minds of all ailing women I meet tho iH-nefits they ran derive from your medicines." — Mrs. C haklilh R owe , R. F. D., N o . 1, Hebron, Maine. Jf yon wunt special tulvlcn writ«» to Lydlu 1!. Pinkham m « m |. Lino (confident Ini) I.jmn. Mino. Your letter wll Ixv opened, rend and answer«'«! by u wontua and held in strict conlldriicc. to receive tho tree with Its roots In a natural position, fill In the dirt among them well and tramp dowu. loaning the tree slightly to th« southwest, Thorough tillage with a cultivator during the growing season and plow ing the land each spring. turning It each alternate year toward the trees. are recommended. Brune each year In early spring before growth starts, re moving all cross branches, and thin ning out where too densely grown, so aa m balance the tops and afford free air circulation and admit sunlight to all parts of the tree. All classes, summer, autumn, and winter apples, must bo carefully picked without loosening the stems from tho fruit; handled curefully to avoid bruises or breakage of the skin. and placed under protection from sun and wind until final disposition is made of them. Appl<« for homo use should be stored In some place where tho temperature is kept as low us pos sible without danger of frost His Needs. A bachelor wanted a man servant, so he Inserted an advertisement In a local weekly On« of the applicants who answered wna an Irishman "What 1 want,” explained the bache lor. “la a useful nmn —on» who can cook, drive a motorcar, look after a pair ot horses, clean etioea and win dows. feed poultry, milk the cow and do a little painting and paper hang ing.” "Ezcuse me, sor." said Murphy, “but what kind of soil have ya here?" "Soil?" snapped th» bachelor. "What's that got to do with It?" "Well. I thought If It VM clay I might make bricks in me «pure time.” — Pblladelpltla Record Sunlight Ir.tsnslflcd Ry Reflrction irotn Ote.»n B«a< h «nd De.ert baml unrclieved by F< !iage Wm-ls Snd Minerei Liden, lViaonoua Ihi-t, «li brtng Eye I rotti.le« in tlteir weke—Granu- Istmi Ejelid», Red, itching. Burning, Tir*d ind \\ story Eyea. impsired Vi*t. n su l Uve Paia. JWisble Relisf ia Murine Ey« Itt-ntedy, Sititi and If you Wrar Glessea, Tty Mitrine. D- e.n't Suisrt. Feci« Fine A< 1» (Jui«-k!y. 1. an Eie Tonte centpoiinded l,y ( i. ulule -nut a l’stent Medicine" - hut uw<l in sucees-ful l’Iivaiciaiis* Pru ine f .r nutny ycnrs. Now froicated to thè Puliti* end «old si 50e Per Botile Murine Ey» Selve In Aseptic Tul>«*, '¿s1 and Bue. H ' I by Orligliele, l .r Botili«, writo to Muriti« Eye IG-mt-dy Co., Chicago. Of Course. Barney Phelan, Father Healey’s ser vant. was celebrated for his ready wit One day, while he was serving at din ner, one of the guests said to him; "Barney, why is my ankle placed be TIME TO CUT SWEET CLOVER tween my calf and my foot?" "Begorra, I dunno," replied Rnmey, "unless ft Is to keep your calf from Much Depends on Whether Crop la In Batin’ your corn.”—-Boston Transcript. First or Second Year—Avoid Coarse and Woolly Sterna. Tho tlmo to cut sweet clover for hay will depend largely upon whether the crop Is In Its first or second year of growth. Generally speaking, only one crop can be obtained the first year, and this should not be cut until the crown sprouts begin to show. This cutting may be close, as tho plant will have sufficient time to obtain a certain amount of growth ere the cold weather arrives and thus bo able to withstand the winter. During the socond year of growth two or three crops of hay may bo obtained If the proper precautions aro exercised. Tho first cutting should be made just previous to the time that tho plant begins to bloom nnd should be done so as to’leave a few branches and leaves on each plant. If cut close at this tlmo tho majority of the plants will bo killed. Tho second ting should bo done in exactly same manner as tho first, while third and lust cutting may be made close to the ground. 11 Is somewhat difficult to say just when the second and third cuttings should be made, owing to tho varia tion In tho plant growth, but ob a rule the crop should be cut sufficiently early In order to avoid coarse and woody stems. Th« Saturation Point. "How aro you fixed financially, old «mi ?” "I'm at tho saturation point." "What do you mean?" "At the point where I've got to soak •omethlng."e-Boaton Transcript. . 1 ■ . "■ . L-... Helping Kidneys By Clearing Blood A Function Greatly Assisted By a Well-Known Remedy. Mot render« will ba Interested t" rora riearly under«land why analy.ls of iirlus Is «o Important. In th« Uss of H. K. S. to rurlfj the blood, Ila action I* a stimulant n the myriad ot (Ina blood veaaela that «ink« up tha constructive tlamu-a of th« tldneya. All th* blond from all over tho kxly muat paaa through th« kidneys. They let aa testers and aaaaytra. And according lo what they allow to paaa out In the urine, Hog Cholera. »oth aa to quantity and materials. tho -i-alth of th* kMoers and th* quality of tbo Hog cholera Is a disease which seems Blood la determined. Th* catalytic energy to be stopped to a degree by the frosts forced by R. R. K. 1« shown la tlia urine. It Is also demonstrated In ths akin. And of winter, although frost cannot be is th* blood continues to sweep through said to stop a case after It has taken tho kidneys th« dominating nature of hold of Its victim. However, it seems 8 R. H., acting as It doe« through all tho I Ven ties of elimination, «hows a marked to prevent the rapid spread of the dis lecrea.e of dlaetts* manifestations as dem- ease. The result is that In spring unstrsted by tirln* analysts. Tills aaalst- inc* 1« a great relief to the kidneys The time the affection is. as a rule, at the nody waste« are more evenly distributed to tho »niunctorle« ; their elimination 1s stint- lowest «:bb, but Increases rapidly from «lated by tho tonic action afforded the that time until fall. liver, lungs, akin and kidney«. Thu», In rases of rheumatism, cvatltl«, chronic «oro throat, hiiaklnea* of voice, bronchitis, asth Unprofitable Cows. ma and th* myriad of other relict Indica Cows are not always to blame for tions of weak kidney nctlon, firat purify your blood with H. R. H., ao It will enable being unprofitable. We should never the tissues to rebuild the cellular strength sell a cow to a butcher unless we can «nd regain the normal health. H. R. S. la prepared bv The Swift Specific look her squarely in the eye and say, C"., B2T Swift Bldg., Atlanta, fie . and If "We , old giri, ’ve done my part to !ou *»y «!<•*» «*« eg or oh. inete bl.mtl . «, li » Ironhls. writs te Usi» Meditai Degl, tut make you profitable. fee« »dvka