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CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.) Mr. Montgomery did not evince lit the news the pleasure or the excitement that I expected; but a quiet smile of malignant satisfaction stole over his face. He merely remarked, "Then the Rev. Mr. Porter will have a visitor next Sunday that he little expects. Let me see," mused the Professor. "Bury St Edmund's. I can take the early train on Sunday morning, and get back at night. I shall have plenty of time to do my business, and his, too." "What do you mean. to do?" asked Josiah. "Never you mind; I will tell you all about it when I get back." " "Oh, what a jolly revenge it will be, for all he made us suffer, to bowl the old hypocrite out so clean!" cried Josiah, gleefully. "You can give mine and Silas' compliments " "No, no; for heaven's sake, do not mention' my name in any way!" I ex claimed excitedly. s "Why not?", asked. Mr. Montgomery, turning sharply round and casting upon me one of his old scrutinizing glances.' "Because because-; " I could not give a reason. "Oh, please to promise that you will not speak of me!" I pleaded. He did promise. But, somehow. I put very little faith in his keeping his word. "When I was at old Brown's, the printer's,", said Josiah, "I heard a good many things about oar reverend' pastor, who was not in very good odor, except among his own sect. In spite of his sanc timoniousness. When he first came into the town, )ia vni an nnen air nreacher. with no chapel or congregation; but he managed to ingratiate himself into the good graces of a bevy of old women; and upon the death of the minister of Little Bethlehem, which happened about the same time, the elders or deacons, or " whatever they call themselves, of the chapel got him appointed. So he set himself up as a converted cobbler; and, as converted reprobates of all kinds were the rage just then, he dropped into a tidy thing." While we were yet talking, old Mr. Jennings came downstairs to go to his morning's work. We had sat up the -whole . night It was just 5 o'clock. Spite of my new anxieties, I fell asleep the moment-my head touched the piliow, and woke about five hours afterwards. Martha had a good laugh at my misera; ble looks When I went in to breakfast Neither Mr. Montgomery nor Josiah ap peared until much later. They took a newspaper between them and discussed It over their breakfast While "the Pro fessor" was languidly --scanning the ad vertisement sheet he suddenly uttered an exclamation of surprise, and read something with keen attention. ' "Just cast your eye over that," he said, handing me the sheet and pointing with his finger to a particular advertise ment With the utmost dismay. I. read J the following:- '.-.,. j "Absconded, from Tabernacle Honse, . near Bury, St Edmund, a young man, nineteen years of age, about five feet nine in height slightly built long, dark hair and dark eyes, small features, very pale complexion. Whoever will Bend in formation that will lead to the appre hension of the same to the Rev. Mr. Porter shall be handsomely rewarded. N. B. Should this meet his eye, no fur ther, proceedings will be taken against him if he at once returns; but-should he be apprehended, he will be proceeded against on a grave charge. The police" are on his track." The newspaper dropped from my hand and I thought I should have 'fainted. Martha was obliged to bathe my face with cold water to recover me. This little scene was not lost to the sharp eyes of Mr. Montgomery. I saw him quietly noting it but he made no re mark. Josiah began to hector, and boast what he would doif he were in my . .place.-1".-. I was to see Clara in the. afternoon; and, for the first time, I felt loth to meet her. That advertisement roused up a train of painful thoughts. What was I doing? feeding a mad love for one woman, while another could claim me . as her husband! How could It all end, but in misery? If Clara should leurn to love me, and then discover all, what a monster she would think me! y In the face of such impending dan - ger, but one course was open to me: to ' see her for the last time, bid her adieu. aud then fly from her forever. Yes- would do it if niy heart broke in the ef fort I called in at Martha's as I passed bv for something I had left there. Mr. Montgomery proposed to bear me' com pany as fa as our roads lay together. Don't you make yourself uneasy about that advertisement," he said, as we walked along. "It is half gas; es- pccially that part about the police. He must set some value upon you to make this fnss. There s something more in this than you know of, or choose to tell,' he added, with a sharp look. - "I know Bill Stokes so well; heVwouldn't take all this trouble without some very good ' reason. But as I said before, don't frighten yourself. It is more than Iike - ly, before this day week, that he may be advertised for as absconded. , Had I looked through the newspaper that morning, I should have seen two Other advertisements that concerned me equally with the one I did read. One ran. thus: ; ' "If the young man named S- O , wno lert x Mouse, near B St E , on the 31st of August ; last will communicate with Messrs. -Fo-gle & Quick, solicitors. Gray's Inn, he will hear something to his advantage. ; This advertisement which had , been : Inserted for three consecutive days pre viously, was observed by Mr. Montgom , ery for the first time that morning, and not pointed out to me, for certain re a sons of his owDv . The second was couched in these .terms: ' '. "Should this meet the eye of the . young man who deposited a suit " Of . clothes with the owner of Rose Cottage, Slopnerton. he will oblige by at once sending to, or calling personally upon, J. R., Morley's '". Hotel, Trafalgar Square." " . This last, if observed by Mr. Mont gomery, conveyed no meaning to mm, as I had told the episode, to which it re ferred, only to Martha. Had I' seen and attended to those ad vertisements, how different might have been the catastrophe of this story! CHAPTER XVII. I was strong in brave resolves when I knocked at the door of the little house. But they were sadly shaken the moment it was opened by Clara herself. The sight of her sweet face, smiling upon me, cowed my bravery. "Have I come here to look upon her for the last time to bid adieu to that smile forever?" I asked myself ; and my heart sank, but it gave no response. "We are all alone," she said, as we went into the parlor. "Mary is out end so is Mrs.. Wilson, wonderful to say." She was working hard at her paint ing, as usual. I sat down upon a foot stool at her feet, and gazed furtively up at her face. Never, methought had she looked so lovely as she did that morn ing, in the soft hazy, autumn' sunlight Half an hour passed away, and we had not exchanged half a dozen words; but that was not at all uncommon, for I loved better to gaxe and dream 4han to talk; and when at her work, she spoke but little. She dropped one of her brushes; and as I gave it to her, I held her hand for a moment fast locked.. in mine. When - she looked down at me smilingly and saw me in tears, a look of concern came across her countenance. "Would it make you very unhappy if I were to -tell you that you might never see me again after this day?" I spoke in a low, choked voice, and the gathered tears burst forth from my eyelids, and fell upon her hand. . She did not appear to comprehend my words,, as she saked, in a tone of trou bled wonder, "What do you mean?" I repeated my question, in a yet more trembling tone. I felt her hand more passive in mine, and. her eyes droop'd. antt the carnation, tinge deepened in her cheeks, as she answered, softly, "It would make me very unhappy to think so." ' ' "Listen to me," I cried, kneeling at her feet, and ' clasping both her hands in mine. "Prom the time of our meet ing, five years ago, I ave loved you; from the time of our meeting a few weeks back I have adored you! Oh,, tell me, do you love me? Answer me but one word, my . darling, my love!" I cried again. She raised her eyes for a moment to mine, and then dropped them, with her cheek as crimson as my own. I do love you, dearest very much," she an swered, in her low, soft voice. I took her in my arms, and kissed her fervently; and her sweet blushing face nestled upon my bosom like a bird -seek ing for shelter. Where were my resolutions now? my heroic seif-sacnhce, my stoicism 7 Melted gonedisappeared like snow be fore a fire, in the fervid ecstacy of that moment I had come .to pronounce an eternal farewell; I stayed to pronounce ar. inward oath that I would Sweep away every obstacle, , and-win her yet for my'own undisputed prize in the face of the whole world. After a time we sat together near the window I with my arm around her waist ' and her hand clasped in mine. And thus we sat silent she, in one of her dreamy reveries; I, filled with gloomy forebodings. For, now that the first ecstacy was passed now I knew that her love was mine the unnatural excite ment of my brain subsided, the tension of my nerves relaxed, and the misera ble rasnness of what I bad done was revealed to me "In the gloomiest colors. had sealed her misery, and increased my own tenfold. Do you not think," she said, sudden ly,, "that we are very strange people, you and I? I mean, that we are very unlike other people?" I have often thought so," I said. 1 Do you not fancy the rest of the world would think us very silly people? Now, you do not even know my name. But you know nothing of me, so we are well paired. I know but little my self, but that 'you shall know." Not now, please, dear. Some day. when I am very brave,. I wilj tell you all about myself." Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Wilson returned, looking very cross. "I never did know such " a gossiping creature as that servant next door1 always talking to men, too. . I don't know, I am sure, what her mistress is about to keep her. There she is, talking now to-- some strange, queer-looking man; and I nm sure she is talking about us, for I saw him point to this house, and then he said something, and she laughed; she had better not laugh at my house; I won't put up with her impudence." A strange man pointing to the honse! What was there in such a commonplace circumstance to trouble me? - But it did. I went to the window,' but he was not visible from there. I went to the door; both he and the servant had disappeared. I came in again and. asked what the man was like. ; - "Oh, I don't know. 1 L, never notice such people. A foreign-looking fellow, with long hair. 1 ttliliieb," Suiu"Ui..i-i. T WuafciiCi the most glorious place I had ever I wonder what I should thiuk of it now 1 Oh, I short I so much like to go.1 - e 2 tk.t ... nl.n,.l.l Ion Monday - night. Clara was delighted 'at the thought and talked, about noth ing else; and so the evening glided pleas r an try 'along until it was time for me to go.. ,.- ; i, r . : , i Clara came to the door with me, and we stood for a few minutes upon the step, looking up at the clear, frosty sky, glittering with stars. I took her in my aims, kissed her, and wished her good -night I lingered for a few moments I after she had closed the door, as though j loth to quit the spot I gazed at the house, and thought of the many happy days I had spent in it of the one thai was just past the happiest and yet the most miserable of all? : Was there no presentiment - mingled with this melancholy, that the end of all this had come? Darker and darker, closer and closer, gather the shadows round me. - I must linger no longer upon the road. Events are hastening thick and fast; and I have much to tell ere I shall leave them behind, and reach the end. ' ' - , I CHAPTER XVIII. On the- Saturday morning following the day with which I closed the last chapter, as the church clock was strik ing twelve, Mr. Montgomery, brushed up and cleaned up with unusual care, xnight have been seen ascending the dingy stair case that led to the offices of Messrs. Fcgle & Quick, Gray's Inn. Presenting himself in the clerk's office. he inquired if either of the principals was disengaged. As it happened, both were disengaged. His name was taken in, and immediately afterwards the mes senger came back to announce that Messrs. Fogle & Quick would see him. He was ushered into an inner . room, where he found himself in the presence of two dry, taciturn-looking gentlemen of some fifty to sixty years of age. Mr Montgomery : placed himself in . such a position that no ray of light should fall upon his face. His voice, too, would have sounded strange, feigned, in the ears of v those familiar, with its usual tones. . . . Mr. Fogle demanded his business in the tone of a man with whom time is money; while Mr. Quick continued his examination of a box of deeds, after casting one rapid glance at the visitor. Mr. Montgomery's answer was to pro duce a copy of the previous day's news paper from his pocket and point to an advertisement which has been already copied into these pages.- He was po lite in his manner, although very sparing of his speech. . ; But you are not Silas Carston," said Mr. Fogle, sharply. "I am not; but I am his representa tive," mumbled Mr. Montgomery, with a bow. - : . Have you his written authority to represent him? . There was the slightest shadow . of hesitation in Mr. Montgomery's manner as he produced from his pocketbook a paper purporting to be written by Silas Carston, giving him, the bearer, full power to act as his, the said Silas Cars- ton's, representative in respect to any communication that Messrs. Fogle & Quick may have to make. The lawver minutely scrutinized the document and then the bearer. Neither seemed to inspire him with profound confidence. "How do we know that Silas Carston has written this?" he asked, suspicious ly. "Why does not Silas Carston come here himself? Where is he now?" , "He cannot come himself. Your sec ond question, I profoundly regret to say, I cannot answer. I have promised my friend Carston not to do so." Mr. Fogle passed the paper to Mr. Quick, who also minutely examined it shook his head, and turned again to his document box without uttering a word. "We are not satisfied with your au thority, and decline giving you any in formation. Mr. Carston must come him self," said Mr. Fogle, curtly. , "Then I prestrtne you will return me that paper?" "Certainly not; we shall retain it, and hand it over to Mr. Carston when we see him." , The Professor was posed, but he was too practiced a dissembler to betray it by any outward sign, for the lawyer's eye was upon him. There was a whispered conference for a ' moment between the' two partners. Then Mr. Fogle said, "Stay! We will give yon our cuent s aaoress, unaer whose instructions we are acting. She can use hen own discretion as to whether she pleases to transact busiuess with you. We thus relieve ourselves of all responsibility either way." - (To be continued.! AMERICAN ARCHERY SCORES. Best of Reasons Why England Holds Unequaled Kecords in This Sport.. The scores made by American arch era have never equaled the best Eng lish scores, for the sufficient reason that the sport has never been practiced in this country to the same extent, either in point of time or in the num ber of those who engage in it as in England, where for more than n cen tury past target shooting has been steadily and consistently pursued by gentlemen of leisure and by ladies, who have developed a high degree of skill..-There have, however, been some very creditable American scores. The best American score at a national meeting, made by Col. Robert Wil liams, Jr., at Eaton,' Ohio, in 1885, at the double York round (995) is bare- ly short of the 1,000 mark which is al ways classed as a notable score by English archers. The American cham pionship scores made at the national meetings have usually ranged between tJjuo ana sua in iaoa tne score was S53; in 1902, 602. L. W. Maxwell's Ix championship scores have ranged torn 713 to 76B. W. H. Thompson's best championship score is 760. Col. IVilliams has twice exceeded a score of KX at a national' meeting. It seems needless to say that Amer icans, If they choose to apply then elves, could excel in archery. Marks manship is an instinct with Americans, nd, with natural aptne-. all that is urther necessary Is per ering prac tice and observation of the new funda mental rules which govern correct method. The requirements for a good hreher, as stated by Ascham, are "apt iness, knowledge and use." Century. ' A man Is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive- good fortunes- Lew Wallace. . - Convenient Pig; Pen Front. The Illustration herewith shows a convenient pig-pen front The feed trough is securely fastened at the front side of the pen, and the aide or wall of the pen Is hinged at "the top so It will swing over the trough. An iron rod is passed through the bot tom cross-piece and inserted in another hole In either edge of the trough. When feeding, the rod la lifted, the gate swung back, ; and the rod Is dropped In the hole In the back edge of the trough. To let the pigs eat, the gate is swung -toward the feeder, and the rod pushed down into the hole In outside edge of trough. Such an ar rangement will save much annoyance and give each pig a chance to get his SWINGING' FRONT PIO PEK. share of the meal. The Illustration shows the front swung back so that the feed can be put Into the troughs. Exchange. : . ; , ' Paris Green and Weevil. That the boll weevil is not to be driven out of our Southern cotton fields by the use of parts green is the conclusion of the Bureau of Entomol ogy of the Department of Agriculture after extensive observations and ex periments. This conclusion is based upon the following facts: "1. Persist ent use of parts green from the time of -chopping until picking '(In ' some cases -as many as fifteen applications) has failed to materially reduce the numbers of the weevils or to Increase the yield. 2. Careful examination of very many experiments with the poi son made by planters in Texas has failed to reveal conclusive instances of its successful use. 3. Reasons for the. Impossibility of poisoning weevils successfully are to be found In the facts that only a very small percent age emerge from hibernation before the squares are set upon the plants, that they do not drink the dew on the leaves at night and that-as soon as squares are set all feeding is- done within the shelter of the bracts (shuck) beyond the reach of any poi son that might be applied." Place for the 8b.ee p. A place for the sheep should be found in the plans of nearly every farmer. A small flock of sheep can be kept on nearly every farm, , while a large flock would prove hard toman age and care for. When the flock Is small it may be sheltered every night, and thus losses from dogs avoided, as the night is the time the sheep-killing dog selects for his expeditions. The increased value of sheep should con vince all that there is money in rais ing them. We may expect to see mul titudes of farms that are now sheep less soon sustaining fair-sized flocks. In the general pasture there is feed that will be eaten by no animal, if not the sheep. Breeders of rams and ewes fit for foundation stock are now ex periencing a season of prosperity .due to the increasing number of farmers that have concluded to keep a few sheep and are looking for material with which to begin. Farmers' Re view. .Poet Pnller. The post puller v illustrated is a strong and durable one. It will pull any fence post The two uprights are 2x6 inches and 3 feet long, mortised EFFECTIVE POST PT7IXEB. in 12x36-inch scantling, and 2 Inches thick and braced. ; Bore a 1-inch hole In upper end of uprights, in which insert a small pulley-wheel. . Take a chain, fasten around lower end :ot post; put chain over wheel; hitch horse to end of chain. By this device yon can pull a more solid post than by hand. Productive Island Farms. ' In some respects, American farmers might take a lesson from those of the Jersey Islands in the English Channel. On one farm of say forty acres, a man expects to keep thirty cows, a large herd of swine,- and employ five or six men. The climate is very favorable for fodder crops, but a part of the suc cess of the Channel island farming is owing to the .excellent stock kept and title care taken in saving manure and tilling the land. Progreaa and Coat of Irriaration. The Census Bureau has issued a re port on the condition of irrigation In the United States in 1902, showing that 33,415 . systems - with 59,311 . miles of main canals and ditches were irrigat ing 9,487,077 acres on 134,036 farms. The amount expended in constructing an these systems was $98,820,402. Tbs average cost of construction per aeri in the arid region was $9.14, and the average per irrigation ays tens was $2, 710. The report says that the great obstacle to the development of irrlga tion in Texas and Mew Mexico la the present treaty between Mexico and this country, which prohilbta the Im pounding of the waters of the Bio Grande. - Ownrea Want More Money. - A farm exchange says: It is reported that in some sections where there are many hogs their own ers are positively refusing to take less than 4 cents a pound for them on the farm, and buyers are finding them selves "up against a hard proposition,'' as they put it for the packers price will not allow the farm price de manded. But it looks as if the farm ers are standing pat judging by the receipts of bogs at the big markets. For instance: .For the week closing with the writing of this the receipts at Chicago alone were 02,000 head, against 98,000 bead the previous week, and 92,000 head the corresponding week last year. It will not be neces sary to keep up such light receipts more than a week or two to bring the packers to terms. And at this season that much more feeding can doubtless be -done without loss to the feeders. At all events, with feeding stuffs at their present price, bogs cannot and should not be sold at less than 4 cents, if cost of production is. considered a factor in the business. ' Handling; the Apple Crop. If apples are picked too early they are apt to lose their firmness and color; and if . too late, the keeping quality is greatly affected. The proper time to pick is when the color is brightest and while the fruit is yet hard. -. Do not let the apples stand out after picking, any longer than is abso lutely necessary, especially if they are to go to, thecold storage. The investi gations of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture show that ' the keeping qualities of apples depend as much on the handling before being tored as on the conditions after stor age. If you want your fruit to reach the fancy markets,' the straight and narrow way of delivering the best in the best condition is the only way to realize that aim. Careful picking at the right time,, careful sorting and packing and careful delivery are es sential steps in catering to the fancy apple trade. Handy Farm Cart. I have found that a cart with two wheels made as shown in the Illustra tion by using the rear wheels of an old buggy with the axle clamped to the frame by clamp bolts to be a nice cart for almost any purpose, and es pecially for garden use. I recently took the milk to the cheese factory when all the horses were In use. H. F. Jahnke, in Iowa Democrat Bad Way to Break a Colt. - A great many people believe that the only way to break a colt is to throw him, hobble him or tangle htm with straps or ropes. An Indiana horse man tells how he prepares a colt for his first visit to the blacksmith's shop by putting a strap around his neck, passing it along the near side and be tween the hind legs, ; then up and through the strap around the neck and back to his hind leg. The idea is to hold on to this strap while you lift the colt's leg, and if he kicks or strug gles pull on the strap until he falls down. This is an excellent way of frightening a colt half to death, and rendering him vicious. . Every colt ought to be handled in such a way until, by the time he is a year old, his feet can be picked up easily and with out the aid of straps or ropes. Th best appliances for breaking colts are the naked hands and a good halter. Checking Soot Gall. When new apple trees are received from the nursery they should be care fully inspected to make sure that they are not s affected with root gall. This disease is now very prevalent in some nurseries, and great care must be exer cised. It is a disease, that spreads through the soil, and a single tree may introduce It into an orchard, where it may undo the work of years, We have several times illustrated root gall in these columns, and It does not seem advisable to repeat the illustra tion at this time. Sufilce it to say that it is a gall appearing on the roots, and any tree affected with a protuber ance of this kind should be discarded. This Is the first thing to be looked out for in planting trees. The shape of the tree is important, .but it is less im portant than to know whether or not the tree has a disease that will prove deadly to itself and to other trees in the same orchard. . ; ; v. Illinois Farms Bell His-h. - ' Why do Illinois .farm lands sell for $125 to $200 an acre? Because they are productive. This year one Chris- tian County -farmer gathered a field of corn which yielded 119 bushels to the acre. The corn was sold for 37 cents a bushel, a gross return of $43 per acre. Taking- out the cost of growing the crop, there still remains a big In terest on the investment even if the land be valued at $200 per acre. While yields as large as this are exceptional, they are becoming more and - more common. With improved seed and Im proved methods of culture, the aver age yield on good land is increasing. This Is one of the reasons land is going up. f HASDT FARM CAST. THEWEEKIY. One Hundred Years Ago. England levied an additional duty on salt The first iron bridge across the River Thames was opened for traffic. proving satisfactory. . The King of Sweden acknowledged the Emperor of Germany in his new character of Emperor of Austria. Congress counted the electoral vote. For President Thomas Jefferson, Re publican, 162; Charles C. Plnckney, Federalist, 14. ' The British captured two French war vessels and lost twelve men in the engagement The French loss was fifty-seven men. John Randolph of Virginia, enraged by the acquittal of Judge Chase. moved for an amendment to the con stitution that Judges might be re moved by the President Work was begun on a new city called "Napoleon," which the emperor ordered built near Fontenoy, France. Seventy-five Years Ago. A new administration under Lord Palmerston was formed in England. The steamer Will o' the Wisp was wrecked off Burn Rock, Lambay, and eighteen drowned. A family of six suffocated at their home near Paris by the effects of charcoal, acidentally ignited. Don Miguel, king of Portugal, un able to obtain money, from other quar ters, levied a tax on all monastic or ders. All sailors of Havre, Fecamp and Dieppe were forcibly enrolled in the French service and merchant vessels were left without crews. Intense cold prevailed in northern Europe. The Baltic, as far as the eye could reach, was a plain of ice. France decided to use American. ' vessels for the transportation of troops to Algiers, as these ships could - be gotten cheaper than French ones. Fifty Years Ago. Two severe shocks of earthquake were felt in Columbia Uounty, New York. The island of Cuba was declared in state of siege, coasts and circumja cent waters In blockade. Congress conferred the rank of lieu tenant general upon Major General Winfield Scott . Slaves on the royal domains of Por tugal were freed. ' Prussia was excluded from, the con ference at Vienna. The cortes voted that all power pro ceeded from the people, they permitted liberty of belief, but not of worship. Congress approved the act to secure the rights of citizenship to children of American citizens who had been bora In foreign countries. forty Years JAgo. The members of the Illinois General Assembly voted to pay themselves in gold. The report of the capture of Branca- ville by Sherman was confirmed. General Grant rejoined his army President Lincoln made public the corespondence which had passed be tween him and Jeff Davis in the peace negotiations carried on through F. P. Blair. T The Rev. Dr. Garnett, colored. preached in the hall of representatives at Washington, I). C. Dr. I. Winslow Ayer exposed be fore the. military trial at Cincinnati the operation of the Knights of the Golden Circle In Chicago. - i fhirty Years Ago. News from China declared civil war imminent ; Congress repealed the Pacific mall subsidy. ; ' It was reported the French ministry handed their resignations to President MacMahon, who accepted them. The Indiana block coal region wna tied up by a strike of miners, .'"-vr , Great Britain recognized Alfonso es king of Spain. fwenty Years 'Ago. - Leopold Damrosch, the musician, di rector of the : Metropolitan Opera Bouse, New Tork, died. London announced the fall of Khar rum and the stabbing to death of Gen. Gordon. .Grover Cleveland was declared President-elect at a joint session of the houses of Congress, the first Dem ocrat in twenty-eight years. fen Years Ago. ,' For' the first time the mall trains brought Chicago morning papers Into Duluth and West Superior on the day of publication.