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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.
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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
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Ironhls. writs te Usi» Meditai Degl, tut
make you profitable.
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