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A DOCTOR'S IVflBSSBOW
"Glenxoy,"
CHAPTER II. (Continued.)
"Things began to mend with him after
this and business prospered, and before
aiz yean passed away, speculation had
o enriched him that he found himself
the possessor of millions. Retiring then
to private life, he bought this place in
Yonkers, in order to enjoy himself in a
quiet way. Bat ill health visited him; a
stroke of paralysis rendered one side
comparatively helpless, while the asthma,
which he had been subject to for many
years, increased to an alarming extent.
"Paring all this time one wild wish
has been his, and that was to solve the
mystery of his brother's fate, and so
clear his own good name of the unjust
suspicions that still clung to it. Lately
this wish bas become uncontrollable. He
prays that he may not die with this stain
still clinging to his name. He has there
. fore decided to ask you to undertake the
case for him."
"But," here interrupted the amazed
listener, "there must be some mistake. I
am no lawyer, simply a physician; and
as such, what can I do?"
"Everything. We think fur more than
a lawyer," replied Mr. Gray. "Of course,
you would have to sell your practice in
New York and settle in England. There
, you, as a growing physician, would gain
the confidence of the people. You would
be admitted to places where no one else
would, and could study the characters of
rich and poor.
"Sir Reginald Glendenning married,
two years after the disappearance of his
brother, the same lady who was to have
been his bride, Miss Constance, and they
now occupy Glendenning Hall. You will
probably be called to attend their fam
ily, and so can see the room where poor
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A FLASH OF
Sir Arthur met his sad fate, and can
study the location of the place.
"For all this trouble Mr. Rappelye, as
we will still call him, will pay you hand
somely. Five thousand per annum shall
be yours as long as he lives; and at his
death you will, if successful, be munifi
cently rewarded, as his will, still un
signed, can testify.
"Are you willing to serve htm as he
wishes? Will you undertake the task of
clearing his good name of the foul as
persions cast upon it?"
There was a long pause, during which
Che pale face of the invalid seemed to
grow a nhade paler under his eager gaze.
At length the silence was broken by Dr.
Elfenstein, who said in a calm, steady
tone:
"I will undertake it."
"Thank you," murmured the sick man,
as he reached forth his hand to clasp
that of his visitor. "For this your sol
emn pledge, I as solemnly promise to
place in your hands, through my banker,
the yearly sum of five thousand dollars,
and I will also provide for your future,
should my death occur before your task
is completed. This will of mine is al
ready dictated, and only awaits my sig
nature. Mr. Gray, I will now summon
Mrs. Stebbins and one of my servants to
act as witnesses, while I write my name
to my last will and testament.".
Mrs. Stebbins and Harriet Bevier then
placed their names opposite as witnesses
to the solemn transaction, and again
withdrew, after Mr. Rappelye had de
sired them to bid the coachman prepare
to carry Dr. Elfenstein back to the depot,
as he had declined passing the night
with them.
"When shall you be ready to leave for
England?" asked Mr. Rappelye, as he
held his hand at parting.
"In about one week's time I think I
can settle my own affairs, and arrange
a home for my mother during my ab
sence. I shall take the first steamer I
can, and will come again to receive fur
ther instructions before I leave, if you
wish it"
Thus ended an interview which was
deetlned to be the jcause of bringing to
light events of the moat startling charac
ter, the developments of which would
place our hero amid scenes and circum
stances so terrible and tragic in their na
ture that could they have been foretold
might have caused many moments of
hesitation. - -
CHAPTER in.
Dr. Elfenatein did not see his mother
m his re torn, oa account of the lateness
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BY EMILY THORNTON
Author of " Roy Russell's Rule,"
"Thk Fashionable Mother," Etc
of the hour, bat at the breakfast table
he met her.
. "Good morning, my son," she said,
pleasantly, on his entrance;. "so you have
returned in safety!"
"I have; and in a pecuniary point of
view, the visit brought a great change for
the better. From this day I am to re
ceive five thousand dollars annually, as.
I have entered- into an engagement to
that effect."
"My dear Earle, you do surprise me!"
"This engagement obliges me to sell
my-practice, and sail in about one week
to settle in a country village in England."
"Oh, Earle!"
"Mother, dear, you shall have your
choice now; whether to accompany me at
once, or allow me to board you at your
brother's in this city for a few months,
until I survey the ground, and fully es
tablish myself. In case you remain, I
can any time come for you, after I see
whether it will be a permanent home.
Perhaps I shall not care to remain after
a few months."
"Earle, I dread the ocean, and I shall
dread a foreign home. Perhaps I had
best remain, as you say."
By the close of the week Mrs-Elfen-stein
was comfortably established in a
room furnished with her own familiar
things, while the son succeeded in dis
posing of the rest, as well as his prac
tice, and had engaged a passage on the
Oceanica.
A short visit was then paid to Mr.
Rappelye, who gave him full directions
how to proceed, and many minute details
of the place and inhabitants. Promising
to write weekly, keeping him Informed
of every movement, the young man a few
hours later was upon the outward bound
LIGHTNING REVEALED A FRIGHTFUL SPECTACLE.
steamer. Surrounded by strangers, it is
not a matter of surprise that a feeling of
weariness and almost desolation crept
over him. He turned away from his post
of observation on deck and sought 'the
more lively saloon. ' Taking a book from
one of the tables, he affected to read.
Presently his eyes rested upon a middle-aged
lady, who seemed in feeble
health, as she leaned back languidly in
an easy chair, while her pale face and
attenuated figure spoke of prolonged suf
ferings, but a patient spirit. Her dark
eyes continually wandered towards the
door.
Dr. Elfenatein looked at her with in
creasing interest '
Suddenly a brighter look floated into
the lady's eyes. Following the range of
her vision, he was surprised at beholding
the most perfect picture of youthful
beauty he had ever yet beheld. It was
all embodied in the person of a young
girl of about twenty summers, who smil
ingly drew near. She spoke, and the
melodious accents of her voice filled
Earle with delight
"Aunt Gertrude, are you weary? I
stayed oat longer than I intended, but
I could not bear to lose sight of the
faintest speck of the land we have left
behind us. It has all disappeared now,
and 'the sea, the sea, the deep biue sea,'
at this moment is on every side, rising
and sinking in all its beauty. Shall I
lead you to your stateroom, auntie? Per
haps it would be as well for you to lie
down before you become seasick and
faint"
" "I feel rather dizzy now, my love, and
will take your advice."
Rising slowly, the feeble woman lean
ed on the strong young arm of her niece,
and so passed to a stateroom quite near
the one engaged by himself, and the
young physician smiled contentedly, that
they were to be close neighbors during
the voyage.
Several days passed in rather an un
eventful way, brightened occasionally by
a glimpse of the young girl, whose name
he found to be Ethel Nevergail.
One rough and stormy day waa draw
ing to a close when, leaving the damp
atmosphere of the deck, where he had
passed a couple of hours watching the
leaden sky and the storm-lashed waves.
Dr. Elfenstein, in passing to his state
room, was startled by a low cry of dis
may coming from the room of Mrs. Nev
ergail, followed immediately by the pale,
frightened face of her niece, who ex
claimed: "Ob, air, something dreadful la the
matter with my aunt Do you think
there Is a physician on board?" :
' "I am one myself. My name is Elf en
stein, of New York. Shall I see her?"
"If you will be so kind.
Stepping inside, our young friend ad
vanced immediately to the berth, where
he found Mrs. Nevergail in a fainting
condition, caused by extreme exhaustion.
With the greatest sympathy, the doctor
at once, applied- proper- restoratives,
which fortunately had the desired effect,
and soon the young girl's fears were
calmed. . -. -
."Your aunt is better now, and I think
immediate danger has passed. But I will
not deceive yon; her case is beyond hu
man skill to cure."- ,
"I know it, doctor, and she also is well
aware of her condition. My uncledied
in New York a few months ago, and in
taking care- of him she contracted the
cold that has ended in consumption. Our
family physician thought she might live
to reach the only relatives we have on
earth, residing in Liverpool and vicinity.
Do you think, doctor, that she will sur
vive until our passage- is made?"
"I trust so. Good nursing often ac
complishes more than medicines. We
will do all we can. Oar staterooms are
fortunately near each other, so any time
that I can be of service, do not hesitate
to inform me," said the doctor, as he
bowed and left' the narrow quarters.
One afternoon .as Earle was standing
upon deck looking out upon the vast
ocean, .he became conscious that a light
step had approached and halted quite
near. .. It was Miss Nevergail. While
hesitating to consider whether his pres
ence would be acceptable to her, an ex
clamation of terror startled him. and
glancing toward the spot where she
stood, he saw that she was striving to
steady herself, being dizzy from a sud
den lurch of the steamer. Springing to
her side, he instantly offered his arm,
saying, as she gratefully accepted it:
"Allow me, to assist you to a more
quiet place where motion will not be so
perceptible."
"Thank you," returned the young girl,
"I suppose I ought not to venture upon
deck alone, unused as I am to the sea,
but I am so completely fascinated by all
this restless scene. Aunt is sleeping."
"I never look upon a scene like this,"
said Earle, thoughtfully, "without feel
ing my own littleness, when compared to
the All-ruling hand that holds Che bol
lows in its grasp, and rules the winds
and storms. But it seems quite calm
again. Will you not join me in a prome-
nade? The fresh sea breeze will do you
good after your confinement to the sick
room of your invalid aunt"
Dr. Elfenstein found his young com
panion an intelligent and brilliant con
versationalist ' The fascination of her
cultivated manners imperceptibly wove
a feeling of intense admiration around
his heart, of which he was ignorant until
too late to avert what, had he, realized
the mischief it would bring to future
feelings, he would have made a duty at
once to suppress.
-1 (To be continued.)
Outwitting; the Police.
Her Wolf von Schlerbrand, for a
long time chief correspondent of the
Associlated Press in Berlin, tells a
story of his last weeks there. The
Argonaut repeats the tale. Schler
brand had given Information of a too
intimate nature about the kaiser, and
was ordered to leave.
The American ambassador secured
a respite of two weeks for him, dur
ing which he could wind up his affairs,
but he was a marked man, and the
police shadowed him night and day.
At last he hit upon the expedient
of placing a stuffed dummy of himself
on the front porch, with its back to
ward the street, and while the police
zealously watched the dummy he was
daily slipping out by a side door and
going unmolested about his business,
disguised in a pair of blue goggles and
an old slouch hat
The manikin sat in the chair, with
occassional Interruptions, from nine in
the morning till ten at night and was
pulled inside by a string at bedtime.
. On the morning of Herr von Schier
brand's departure for the United
States It was turned with its wooden
face toward the street displaying a
small placard for the edification of the
police, reading:
"Thanks; I'm off."
Eye to Economy.
Mother Do you think that young
man has matrimonial intentions, my
dear? Daughter I certainly do, miir.
ma. He tried to convince me last night
that I looked prettier in that two-dollar
hat than In the one that cost
twenty. Judge,
Klnda of Corn to Salae. .
The Iowa Agricultural Collega at
Ames gives the following list of varie
ties of corn for the State:
Beid'a Yellow Dent, average length
0 to 10 inches, average circumference
7 to 7 Inches, average time to ma
ture 120 days; Learning, average
length 9 to 10 Inches, average circuin
ference-7 to 7 niches, average time
to mature 125 to 128 days; Iowa Gold
Mine, average length 7 to S inches,
average circumference 6 to 7Vi
inches, average time to mature 125
days; Legal Tender, average length
0V4 to 10 inches, average clrcum
ference 7 to 8 Inches, average time to
I mature 125 days; Boone County. White,
average length 9 to 10 inches, average
circumference 7 inches, average
time to mature 130 days; Silver Mine,
average length 8 to 9 Inches, aver
age circumference 7 to 1 inches.
average time to mature 120 days
Calico corn, average length 9 to 10
Inches, average circumference 7 to 7
Inches, average time to mature 115
days.
These are the varieties that are gen
erally jrown in the State, although
there are several other varieties in
different localities in the State receiv
ing favorable mention. Among the
earliest of these are Longfellow's Yel
low Dent, Farmers' Reliance, Pride of
the North, and Minnesota No. 13; and
among the later varieties. Mills County
Prize. St Charles White, Browa's
Choice, Iowa Cropper, Iowa King, etc.
In our judgment the Boone County
White Legal Tender, Learning, and
Mills County Prize are better adapted
to the southern part of the State, say
as far north as the Rock Island Rail
road. Here again elevation must de
termine. The higher divides south. of
the Rock Island will not grow as eariy
a corn as some of the river bottoms
north of the Rock Island. The Gold
Mine, Reid's Yellow Dent, Silver Mine,
and Brown's Choice will do well In
the territory between the Rock Island
main line and the main line of th
Illinois Central, while the earlier va
rieties are to be preferred north of that
line and in the corresponding latitude
east and west.
A Dirt-Hoiatina: Device.
Mr. J. H. Arthur, ot Macon County,
Missouri, writes to the St Louis Re
public as follows: "I send you 'a
sketch of a device with which dirt
can be hauled out of a well while dig
ging or cleaning out The same can
be used for lowering brick or stone In
walling a well. It is cheap and Is far
better than a windlass. Take a post
14 feet long, set it in the ground 18
Inches and fasten the top with gay
wires, each 80 feet long. Make a trian
gle of pieces of 2x6 and bolt or hinge
to the post A screw eye Is fastened
at one end of the angle on which to
hang a pulley and another is fastened
at the foot of the post A rope passed
through these pulleys on which is
j placed a bucket completes the device,
save ' a singletree to which a horse
can be hitched. By placing the trian
gle high on the post the dirt may be
unloaded in a wagon and drawn off
out of the way."
How to Keep Milk Cool.
A good milk cooler on the gallery or
under the shade of a tree Is a pleas
ure during the summer to every house
wife. It is so hard to keep milk at
a low temperature during our hot sum
mer weather. It is hot from 8 o'clock
In the morning until 6 In the evening.
There Is no place about the house
that Is cool enough unless we have a
cooler.
Water tends to keep everything cool
bo long as it evaporates. Wrapping
milk vessels In porous wet cloths will
temper the hot air. The Mexicans cool
all their drinking water in this way.
A number of devices have been pat
ented for keeping milk cool and are
sold to people who cannot use ice In
cooling milk while it ' Is creaming.
Milk must be kept at GO or 70 degrees
to cream well. Every housewife who
troubles with milk during the sum
mer and makes butter of any sort
would do well to use one of these milk
cooling devices unless a hand sep
arator Is kept which creams the milk
while it is hot and fresh.
For a Swampy Place in the Yard.
Many yards and lawns have low,
wet or moist places,' which It does not
pay to drain, and In which ordinary
plants will not grow. Such persons
are to be envied, as they can have a
class of flowers which are denied in
their beat form to others. For the wet
spot use the Japanese and German Iris,
Montbretias, Heucheria Sangulnea,
Caladiums and Flags. The soli can
be well enriched by working In well
rotted manure and leaf -mould. . They
can be protected over winter by put
ting on brush first and covering It wita
straw.
A Good Grafting; Wax. .
For a good, all-around grafting wax,
to be used for any purpose for which
DIRT HOISTING DEVICE.
such wax Is used, try the following (
Take four pounds of rosin, one pound
of beeswax and one pint of linseed oi?.
Put these in an Iron kettle, pat over a
slow fire and mix thoroughly while
heating. - Then pour in the mass some
cold water and pull the wax with the
hands until it is the color of light
molasses candy a light cream. .-Pull
into the form of sticks and put away
in a cool place until wanted for use.
This wax is cheap and of the best
quality, quite as good as that mad
from tallow in place of. the linseed
oiL .
Ration for Horse. '
The New York Farmer says the
United States army feeds its cavalry
and artillery horses 12 pounds of oats
and 14 pounds of hay per day per 1,000
pounds of weight and its mules 9
pounds of oats and 14 pounds of hay.
The Wyoming station feeds Its driv
ing horses 21.25 pounds of alfalfa and
3.2 pounds of straw, and Its carriage
horses 10 pounds of oats and 12 pounds
of bay per 1,000 pounds of horse per
day.
The Boston fire company .feeds Its
horses 9.38 pounds of , grain and ' 18
pounds of hay, and the Chicago Are
company feeds 4 pounds of oats and
15 -pounds of hay, all per 1,000 pounds
of weight per day.
The Richmond (Va.) Express Com
pany feeds its horses 4.67 pounds of
corn, 5.33 pounds of oats, 8 pounds of
bran, 4.16 pounds of corn meal, and
IE pounds of hay.
The Jersey City Express Company
feeds 2 pounds of corn, 19 pounds of
oats, 1.15 pounds of bran and 9.5
pounds of hay.
The Boston Express Company feeds
32 pounds of corn, 5.25 pounds of oats
and 20 pounds of hay.
The Wyoming -station feeds its farm
horses 13.75 pounds of alfalfa and 2.25
pounds of straw per day.
The Utah station feeds its farm
horses 25 pounds of alfalfa and 10
pounds of bran, or 22.8 pounds of tim
othy hay and 10 pounds of bran.
It will be noticed that at all these
Western stations alfalfa hay Is a pre
ferred feed for farm horses.
At Chicago the daily rations of the
draft horses of large companies Is 7.5
pounds of oats and 20 pounds of hay,
and in South Omaha 15 pounds of oats
and 12 pounds of hay.
Early Peas.
The first crop usually planted in the
farm garden is one of the earliest va
rieties of peas. . On account of the
hardiness of the plant no amount of
cold weather will do . much .injury af
ter the peas are once up, but whan
planted extremely early a part of the
seed will rot in the -ground, causing
many gaps In the row. Early in the
season usually there is little nitrogen
In the soil and the plants grow very
slowly at first A little nitrate of soda
applied in the row at the time of sow
ing will hurry the growth of peas.
The. market value of the crop depends
largely upon Its earllness. The kinds
which do not require bushing are most
popular for farm use. The late kinds
often do not produce a crop until warm
weather comes, and for that reason are
often attacked by blight which may
be prevented by spraying with bor
deaux mixture, same as for apple trees.
Cabbage Rot May Come from Seed.'
Black rot has been very destructive
upon cabbage and cauliflower in New
York State, and any means of relief,
even slight, will be welcomed by grow
ers. Recent investigation by the sta
tion at Geneva have proven that the
germs of the disease may be carried
over winter on the dry seed, a fact pre
viously doubted by scientists, and that
these germs may produce the disease
when Inoculated Into healthy plants.
It Is, therefore, a wise precaution to
disinfect the cabbage seed, as remov
ing one possible . source of infection.
This can be done very cheaply, easily
and safely, by soaking the seed for
fifteen minutes in corrosive sublimate
solution, one to one thousand strength.
To String; Barb Wire.
To string barb wire take two pieces
2x4, about 8 feet long; bore a hole
through lty feet from the end, put the
spool in between and run a broom
stick through. Nail some strips across
to hold them together. Start the wire
from the underside of the spool. Then
tie the rig to the wagon or fasten It
anywhere and drive on. A man can
also string out wire by hand this way,
but. when the spool gets small It will
run heavy unless the rig is lifted up
and let slide on the ends of the 2x4' a
back of the spool. If a man should
not have 2x4 to make it out of he
can use the stepladder. A. S. Olsen,
Surrey, N. D.
Damp Bed Bad for Pigs.
Damp bedding is bad for pigs and
yet there are many pig raisers who
neglect providing dry beds for their
porkers. Sunshine Is one of the best
things that pigs can have and It is not
always possible to obtain It Some
years we are woefully short on sun
shine. Sometimes we have the sun
shine and no way for the pigs to enjoy
it It requires some planning to con
struct a good brood house for pigs.
Cold drafts are damaging to pigs and
cause a great deal of mortality.
Handling Costly Egg.
A chick hatched ftfom an egg that
cost 50 cents does not need coddling
any more than a chick hatched from a
3-cent egg. In the anxiety to . raise
the costly chicks they are often petted
to death. Give the chick the proper
food, keep it comfortably warm and
always dry and the mongrel hen will
raise a high-grade chick quite as easily
as she will one hatched from a store
egg. Give the chicks a chance, but
don't coddle 'em.
The bamboo bas been known to grow
two feet In twenty-four hours.
Alaska has paid for Its cost to the
government twenty times over.
There are over ten million people la
Italy who cannot read or write.
Every square mile of sea is estimat
ed to contain some 120,000,000 fish.
The great bulk of chalk is composed
of eight different species of tiny
shells.
The wings of the house fly vibrat
335 times a second; those of the honey
bee 440.
" All the cork used in the world in a
year weighs a little over one thou
sand tons. .
To form a rainbow the sun must not
be more than forty-two degrees above
the horizon.
A rifle bullet is traveling at its
greatest speed not as It leaves the
muzzle, but at about ten feet in front
of the muzzle.
It is often said that there are sev
enty thousand known criminals la
London. The whole records of Scot
land Yard do not contain in all so
many names, and many of these have
been dead for years.
It Is estimated that the Eskimo pop
ulation of Alaska, Labrador and
Greenland has declined from thirty
thousand to fifteen thousand in twenty
years, owing to the thinning out of
seal, bear and walrus.
Statistics have been completed re
cently which state, that the average
life of an English express locomotive
is twenty-five years, of a local pas
senger engine twenty-five years, of a
freight locomotive twenty-six years
and of a switching engine twenty-
seven years. The total mileage of an
express passenger engine was fixed at
from seven hundred thousand to one
million miles, and for each of the other
classes of engines a mileage of five
hundred thousand to eight hundred
thousand.
There Is a group of Islands to the
south of New Zealand called the Sis
ters, or Seven Sisters, which are re
puted to be subjected to a practically
constant rainfall. The same may be
said of the islands and mainland of
Tierra del Fuego, save for the differ
ence that the rain often takes the form
of sleet and snow. On a line running
round the world from four to eight
or nine degrees, there are patches over
which rain seldom ceases to fall. This
is called the "zone of constant pre
cipitation," but at the same time
there are several localities along with
it with very little rainfall.
OUR AMERICAN HUSBAND.
Some Obeeroations a to Hi Alleged
Characteristics by a Londoner.
An American young man does not. .
as a rule, look forward to marriage
nor prepare for it by saving any con
siderable portion of his ante-nuptial
income. When he marries it is usu
ally on short notice and because he
has fallen very desperately In love
with some one and cannot find it in
his heart to wait until cold caution de
clares the venture advisable. Even
when an engagement is a long one
he usually squanders so much on gifts
and entertainments for his fiancee that
there Is only a very moderate amount
to begin housekeeping on. Thus be
fore his marriage the young American
of the middle class begins to give evi
dence of what Isto be his chief na
tional characteristic as a husband
his unfailing, unselfish and almost im
provident generosity.
The middle class husband In Amer
ica rarely Interferes with the affairs
of the household. He hardly knows
the cost of staple articles of food. As
a rule he does not make his wife a
regular allowance either for household
or personal expenses, but gives her
as much as he can spare freely, but
with a lack of system that is not con
ducive to the best outlay of their In
come. The young American husband Is also
very Indulgent to his wife's fondness
of fine clothes. He would far rather
have an extravagant wife than a dow
dy one, and although he grumbles oc
casionally at a millinery bill. In real
ity he glories in the resplendent ap
pearance of his wife In her fine feath
ers. The American husband is rare
who does not concede his wife's right
to expend a much larger sum with
her dressmaker than he does with his
tailor. Indeed, he often leaves his tail
or altogether and cheerfully repairs to
the ready-made clothing house in order
that his wife may have more money
for extravagant finery. London Tele
graph. Acquiring a Specimen.
Mrs. Franklin had always spoken
her mind, and she lnteded to do it as
long as the gift of speech was spared
her. Her children and grandchildren
knew her habit and found It not al
ways cheering.
"I'd like to have you tell me what
Induced Edith to Call In love with that
young man I saw last night xor the
first time," said the old lady to one
of her daughters.
"I think she was attracted to him
at first because he's such an athletic
fellow and such a splendid swimmer,"
the mother, of Edith ventured feebly,
after a moment's casting about in her
mind for a satisfactory answer.
"Humph r snorted Mrs. Franklin.
"Which does she propose to keep him
after she's married him a gymnasium
or an aquarium?"
If adversity does not crush a man
prosperity will not spoil him.