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himself Join us tor a day or t w o « !» each W c tik •• ' ' S t “ Kara bere I" K ata cried in horror. Hor chief consolation through all her trou blée had been that there seemed to be some chance o f getting rid o f hor terrible suitor. “ And why not?** the old man naked an grily. “ A re you so hitter against the lad aa to grudge him the society o f his own father ?*’ K ate was saved from further reproaches A . C O M A N D O YLE toilet requisite* la spite • ( the poverty o f the apartment K ate had never been more glad to enter her luxurious chamber at borne. The little carpet less room was • haven o f rest where she would be left, for one night at least, to her own thoughts. As she lay in bed. however, she •w ild hear fa r aw ay the subdued murmur o f Girdlestone’s voice and the shrill tones o f the old woman. They were in deep end animated converse. Though they were too far distant for tier to distinguish a word, something told her that their talk was about herself, and the me instinct sshtired her that it boded her little good. When K ate awoke in the morning it waa some tittle time before she could re alise where she era* or recall the events which had made such a sudden change in her life. The small window o f her apart- it was covered by a dirty muslin blind. eagerly out. fc’ rom what she had seen the night before she bad hoped that this prison to which she bad been conveyed might make amends for its loneliness by some degree o f natural beauty. The scene which now her eyes soon. dispelled aa> expectations o f the sort. The avenue with its trees lay on the other side o f the house. From her window nothing was visible bat a dreary expanse o f bogland and tnudbank* stretch iog down to the sea. A t high tide this •-tiormous waste o f dreariness and filth was covered by the water, bat at present it lay before her in all its naked hideousnees* the very type at dullness and o f desolation. Here and there a few scattered reed* or aa un healthy greenish scum upon the mud, gave a touch o f color to the scene, bth for,the most part the great plain was all o f the same somber mud tint, with its monot ony broken only by the white flecks where th* swarms o f gulls and kittiowakes had settled In the hope o f picking up what ever hod been left by the receding tide. Aarny across the brand surface a line o f sparkling foam marked the fringe o f the m u , which stretched away to the hori- A mile or tw o to the eastward o f her K ata saw some sign o f house* and a blue smoke which flickered up into the air. T h is she guessed to be the fishing village o f Lea Claxtoa, which the driver had emotioned the night before. She felt ns eh# gased at the little hamlet, and the meet* o f the boat* in front o f it, that she waa not alone in the world, and that even io this strange and desolate place there were honest hearts to whom as a last re source she could appeal. . She pros atil! standing at the window when there came a knocking at the door, and ahe heard the voice o f the old woman asking if ahe were awake. “ Breakfast in ready,” she said, “ and the master is a- woudering why you bean’t down.” O s this sammoas K ate hastened her toilet and made her way down the old winding stair to the room in which they had supped the night before. Barely Gir- dlestone must have had a heart o f flint not to he melted by the eight o f that fair, fresh face. H is features set aa hard as adamant aa she entered the room, and he looked at her with eyre which were puck ered and angry. “ You 4re late,” be said coldly. “ You o ust remember that yon are not in Ereie- eion square. You a n here to be disci plined. and disciplined you shall be.” “ I am s o r r y ” she answered. “ I think t must have been tired Ify oar Journey.” T h e vast room looked even more com fort lees and bleak than on the preceding evening. O n'the table was a plate o f ham and eggs. John Girdlestone served out a portion, and pushed it in her direction. She ret down on one q f the rough wooden rHairs and ale listlessly, wondering bow all this was going to end. . A fte r breakfast Girdle*tony ordered the old woman out o f the room, and, standing in front o f the fire with his long legs apart and hia hands behind hi* back, he told her in harsh concise language what Sis intentions were. “ I had long determined,” he said, “ that If you ran counter to my wishes, and per sisted in your infatuated affection fo r that w a peg race. I should remove you to some iw-ctuded a|wt where you might reconsider your conduct and form better resolution* foe the future. Thia country bouse an swered the purpose admirably, and aa an old servant o f mine. Mrii. Jorrocks, chanc ed to reside in the neighborhood, I had warned her that at any time I might come down and should expect to find things rredy. Your rash and heartless conduct b n * however, precipitated m atter* and we have arrived before her preparations were complete. Our future arrangements wilt therefore be leas prim itive than they are at present. H ere you shall remain, young lady, until you show signs o f re pentance, and o f s willingness to undo the harm you have done.” “ I f you mean until 1 consent to marry your son. then I shall live and die b e n ,” the girl said bravely. "T h a t rests with yourself. ■ Aa I Mid Iw-forv, yea ore under discipline here, and you may not find existence such a bed o f room am tt WM >a Bedeetoa square.” “ Can ! have my maj<VT K a te asked, “ I can hardly stay here with no one but the the table. The last item o f intelligence, however, had gives her a terrible shock, time had filled her with and at the astonishment. W hat could tha fast-living, about town want In comfort-seeking thin dreary abode? She knew Bara well, and waa sure that he waa not a man to alter hia w ay* o f life or suffer discomfort o f any kind without aome very definite ob ject. It seemed to her that this waa a new mesh in the net which was being drawn round her. When her guardian had left the room K a te asked M r * Jorrocka for a shoot o f paper. The crone shook her bead and wagged her pendulous lip in derision. “ Mister Girdles tone thought us you would be after that,“ she said. “ There ain’t no paper here, nor p en * neither, nor ink. neither.” » ,* “ What, none! Dear Mrs. Jorrocka, do havs pity on me, and get me a sheet, bow- e ie r o s ilv e r! You are very welcome to it if yon w ill give me the materials for w riting one letter.” {* > M r * Jorrorks looked longingly with he- bleared eyes at the few shillings which the girl held out to her, but she shook her hesd. “ 1 duren’ t do it,” Bbe said. “ I t ’a as much as my place is worth.” , “ Then 1 shall walk down to Bedsworth myself.” said K ate angrily. “ 1 have no doubt that the people in the poetoffice w ill let me sit there an d,w rite it.” The old hag laughed hoarsely to her self until the scraggy sinews o f her with ered neck stood out like whipcord. She was still chuckling and coughing when the merchant came back into the room. “ W hat then?” he asked sternly, looking _________________ from one to the other. H e waa himeelf constitutionally averse to merriment, and b- was irritated by it in others. “ W hy are yon laughing, Mrs. Jorrocka?” “ I was a-laughing at her,” the woman wbeesed. pointing with tremulous fingers. “ She was askin’ tne for paper, and sayin' a » she would go and w rite a letter at the Iled*w%>rth postofScr.” “ You must understand once for all,” Girdlestone roared, turning savagely upon the girl, “ that you are cut off entirely irom the outer world. 1 shall give you no nor be provided aJith either paper'or ink.” Poor K a te’s last hope seemed to be fad ing away. Her heart sank within her, but she kept a brave face, fo r she did not wish him to see how hie words had strick en her. 8he bad a drape rate plan in h «r bead, which would be more Ukely to be successful could she but pot him off hia gt,ard. She spent the morning hi her own tittle room. About one o’clock ahe heard the Matter o f hoofs and the sound o f wheels on the drive. Going down ahe found that It was a «a rt which had come from Beds- worth with furniture. There were car- pits, s cheat o f d ra w er* ta b le* and sev eral other articles, which the driver pro ceeded to carry upstair* helped by John ¡atone. The old woman was In the room. It seemed to K a te that she might never again have such an opportu nity o f carrying out the resolve which she had formed. She put on her bonnet and X leaves from the neglected lawn. Gradually she sauntered aw ay in this manner to the head o f the avenue, and then taking one Ift, timid glance around, she slipped in among the trees, and made the best o f her way, half-walking, half-running, down the dark winding drive. Oh, the Joy o f the -moment when the great white bouse which had already be come so hateful to her was obscured among the trees behind her 1 8he had some idea of the road which she had trav ersed the night before. Behind her were a il her trouble* In front the avenue gate, Bedsworth and freedom. She wonld send both a telegram and a letter to Dr. Dimsdale. and explain to him her exact situation. I f the kind-hearted and ener getic physician once knew o f it. he would take care that no harm befell her. She could return then, and face with a light heart the worst which her guardian could do to her. H ere wee the avenoe en trance now, the high lichen-eaten stone p illa r* with the battered device upon the top. T h e iron gate between was open. W ith a glad cry she quickened her pace, and in another moment would have been in the high road, when------ "N o w then, where are you a-comin’ to?” cried a gruff voice from among the bushes which flanked the gate. The jgirl steppeS all in a tremble. In tl»e shadow o f the trees there waa a camp etcol. and on the camp stool sat a rev- age looking man. dressed in a dark cor duroy suit, with s blackened clay pipe stuck in the corner o f his mouth. H is wiather-beaten mahogany face was plen tifu lly covered with smallpox marks, and one o f his eyes was sightless and white from the effects o f the same disease. He rose now. ami interposed himself between her and the gate. * “ M y good man.” she said in a trembling voleé, for his appearance w y fa r from reassuring, “ I wish to go past and to get to Bedsworth. Here is a shilling, end I beg that you will not detain me.” H er companion stretched on a very dirty hand, took tke coin, spun It up in the air, caugkt it. bit it. and finally plunged It into ths depths o f bis trouser pockets. “ N o rood this way, missy,” hs said. “ I ’ ve given my word to the guv’- nor. and 1 can’t go back from it.” “ Yon hav* no right to detain me,” K ate cried angrily. "” I have good friends in I/ondoo who w ill make you suffer for this.” She was only a dozen yards from the lane which led to- freedom, so she made n quick little feminine rush in the hope o f avoiding this dreadful sentinel which barred her passage. H e caught her round the waist, however, and burled her back with such violence that she staggered at torn the path and would have fallen had she not struck violently against a tree. K ate turned and retraced her etapa slowly and sadly ufe the a ven a * Aa she tured woman trudging up the Ian« w ith a tin can in her hand. Lonely and foriO u . but not yet quite destitute o f hop«, ah* turnad to the right among the tree*, and pushed her way through bushes and t r a il hie« to the boundary of the P r ig # 1 round*. It waa a lofty wail, at leant nine feet In height, with a coping tb it bristled with jagged pieces o f glass. K ate walked along the base o Itl her fa ir • k k all torn and bleeding with scratches from the briars, until ahs sat ¡»tied herself that to m e one has figured out th at tt ooqto on the a vera ge only ono-bulf aa much to food a karoo aa it doe* to food a m a n ; and that the bora* w ilt do tan times the am ount o f w ork th a t It la possible fo r the man to do. I f this estim ate la correct, thou a d o lla r’s w orth o f fo o d given the horoe w ill p ro duce tw en ty tim es aa much results aa the sam e am ount o f money w ill I f e x pended In feed fo r a man. T h e re fo re , when man dom esticated the h o n e ha Im m ensely Increased his ow n p o w er o f securing results. W hen much , fa rm w o rk Is to ha dona th ere ahonld a lw a y s be enough horses to do I t F a rm ers try to econom ise o n 'th e num ber o f horses and h ave to lea ve mnch w ork undoes. In th e even t o f h ired help being scarce, tt Is som etim es possible to o ffset th is lack by Increasing th e number o f h o n e s kept In som e p arts o f the W e s t and N o r th w e s t declares the Farm ers* R e view , the sca rcity o f help has resulted In m o n h o n e s being used. F iv e a n pumping o r fro m a spring. Concrete hitched to a doable plow, and one d riv 1190— Mahomet I I . besieged Constanti floor and w alla m ay now b e b u ilt aa e r la thus enabled to turn tw o fu rro w * nople. cheaply as w ith lum ber, and It la a a t a tim e and p ra ctica lly d oab le the 1378— W illiam Harvay, discoverer o f the great deal better than lumber. D on’t w ork th at one man baa to do. T h is Is circulation o f the blood, bora. stop here. A b arrel churn and a butter the result o f the com plete u tilisation o f 1644— Malaonneuve defeated the Iroquois m aker w ill be necessary In tu rning out horseflesh. at the Place d 'A rm e* Montreal. • a u n iform p ro d u ct I t looks easy— 1783— Field Marshal Viscount Hardings, G a M t to r Drum Burra. sim ply separatin g the cream , churning an early governor general - o f India * A very sim ple method by w hich on* t ill the butter cornea, and saltin g, and born in England. man can m anipulate a d ra g saw to cut the trick la doue. T h a t la w h ere no dow n trees has been dpvlsed by a west- 1808— Joseph Bonaparte made K la g of many fa il. T h e cream must be churned the T w o S icilie* ____ tr a tim ber mah. In at th e rig h t tem p era tu re; It must be -■ 1JrL 1814— Napoleon Bonaparte saat la agile » y * using these aawa n eith er too sw eet nor too aour. W o rk to island o f Elba. tw o m e n h a v e in g and malting butter to secure uni 1833— Treasury buildings at Washington I J . heretofore b e e n I form c o lo r anil fla v o r la a v e ry nice a r t destroyed by lire. a J\ jj8 - necessary, one at Don’t t r y to learn to d o It In fa llib ly Í 5 u lX r f l . each end o f the 1843—iSir Charles Metcalfe appointed In tw o o r three w e e k * bub by a ll means governor o f Canada. don’t p ractice on you r cu sto m er* T h a t 1847— Covent Garden theater, London, / f l ( According to the means toa* I t la better to w a it tw o o r opened for Italian opera. / J L - y new i n v e n t i o n , three months b efore yon seek custom 1834— Commercial treaty concluded with / . . H K i y t h e r e la rested er* And. b efore you ship, find out Japan by Commodore Perry o f tin “ * against a tree 4 United States navy. ■ 1 1 rod from which Is o n x -M A W SAW. gu lrpeD d ed , r o n L 1833— Planet Circe discovered by M. C H A P T E R X V I. I t would be unpoesible to describe the suspense in which Tom Ditnsdale lived during these weeks. In vain be tried in every manner to find some pray o f tracing the fugitives. He wandered aimlessly about London from one inquiry office to another, telling bis story and appealing for assistance. H e advertised in papers and cross-questioned every one who might know anything o f the matter. There w ire none, however, who could help him, or throw any light npon the mystery. No one at the office knew anything o f tbs movements o f the senior partner.' T «i all Inquiries Ezra replied that be had beta ordered by the doctors to seek complete repose in the country. H is father became seriously anxious about the young fellow 's health. H e ate nothing, and his sleep was much b rok e* Both the old people tried inculcate pa tience and moderation. “ That fellow, Exra Girdlestone, knows where they are,” Tom would cry, striding wildly np and down the room with un kempt hair and clenched hands. “ I w ill have his secret, if I have to tear it ont o f him.” "Steady, lad, steady!” the doctor re plied to one o f these outbursts. “ There is nothing to be gained by violence. They are on the right side o f the law at pres ent and you w ill be on the wrong if you do anything rash. The girl could have written i f she were uncomfortable.” ; “ Ah, so she could. She must have fo r j gotten os. H ow coaid the, a fter all that has passed?” “ L et ns hope for the best, let ns hops fo r the bent,” tbs doctor would say sooth- f ingly. Y e t it must be confessed that h« waa considerably staggered by the turn which things had taken. H e had seen so much o f the world in hi* profedbfonal ca pacity that he had become a very reliable Judge o f character, A ll his instincts told him that K ate Hartson was a true-heart ed. and well-principled girl. It was not in her nature to leave I .on don and never to send a single line to her friends th tell them where or why she had gone. There itself into one o f two things— either she was ill and unable to hold a pen, or she had lost' her freedom and was restrained from w riting to them. The last suppo sition seemed to the doctor to be the more serious o f the two. Had he known the instability o f ths Girdlestone firm, and the necessity they were under o f getting ready money, be would at once have held the key to the enigma. H e had no idea o f that, bnt in spite o f his ignorance be was deeply dis trustful o f both father and son. H e knew and had often deplored the clause in John Harston’s w ill by which the ward’s money reverted to the guardian. F orty thousand pounds was a bait which might tempt even a wealthy man into crooked paths. ( T o be continued.) A t th « end o f the cord is an adjust able clamp, to which one end o f the saw la secured. A t the other end o f the saw la a handle. In operating the saw to cut the tree, the end opposite the handle is supported by the cord In the sam e position aa i f operated by baud. W ith th e em ploym ent o f this gu ide the necessity o f an e x tra man to m anage one end o f the saw is elim inated. u “ • * F o r t u it y h r t a a e h l s * Lan d kept constantly aa a garden loses much o f its fe r tility by leaching. A c lo v e r rotation is the best p reven tive o f t h i * T h era should be a t least tw o o r th ree garden spots on each fa rm kept rich enough s o that one y e a r's ex- tra m anuring w ill bring It Into the finest possible condition fo r garden truck'. I f farm ers ¿ould a lw a y s plan t gardens on tw o-year clo ver sod they w ould ra ise better crops and w ith less stable m anure and oth er fe rtilis e rs than th ey now require. T h e c lo ver does much m ore than furnish green m anure to ferm en t In the soli. Its roots reach down Into the satmdM. thus not on ly savin g and b rin gin g to th e su rface plant food th a t w ould other- w ise be wasted, but also by en liven in g the subsoil, a llo w in g th e roots o f crops to g o deeper. C lo ver sod to begin w ith, I f w ell enriched. Is best fo r such crops as cucumbers and m e lo n * th at a re *1- w ays most lik e ly to su ffer from d ro u g h t I t Is qu ite im possible to m ake a good garden crop unless th e land has previou sly been enriched by a series o f heavy m an u rin g* T h e fe r t ilit y lost by leaching must be constantly renewed. A ao p e rfe c tly lu harm ony w ith Ua sur ro u n d in g *— E. E. M iller, in F arm and Home. One o f the moat potent fa c t o r * per- hapa, th at ahonld be considered when selecting a breed fo r producing eggs fo r m a rk et la the dem and o f the m ar k e t a tew b lch the eggs a re to be dls- poeed o f, says T h e O uting M agazine, gom e m a rk e t* notably N ew Y o rk C ity and c itie s im m ediately adjacent, pre fe r w hite-shelled egga, and the beat tra d e In th em m arkets w ill accept none other. Boston p re fe rs brown e g g * and P s I l i M s a U la s s w a r e . pays a substantial prem ium fo r th em ; You have heard o f m any valuable and, ta k in g the country over, the p re f w a ys to clean glassw are and give to erence Is fo r brown eggs by a la rge the pieces a desirable brillian cy, yet m a jo rity . H ow ever, In m any m arkets here Is a method which la a “ secret” no preferen ce at all la e x p reread ; In and certain to g iv e the best resu lt* fact, those jn a t mentioned are p ra ctic W ash the glass pieces and d ra in until a lly th e on ly m arkets In which the dry, then coat each piece w ith a mix color o f the e g g receives attention to ture o f h a lf w a ter and ammonia. When th e e x te n t o f influencing p r ic e * W h ere d ry brush the pieces w ith a so ft bris th ere la a preference, and w h ich ever tle brush. Be sure and use only tbe th e p referen ce la, one should keep a va bristle brush or the polish w ill not ap- rie ty o f fo w ls that la y egga o f the pre pear. T h ls is excellen t fo r glassw are ferred color. o f any kind and makes old pieces look M w u s r t s g L a n d b y W e ls h «. like new. T h e a r e a - o f any piece o f lam ), no m atter how Irregu lar the boundary H ow m any educated people there are lin e * m ay be accu rately ascertained by means o f a d elica te balance aa fo llo w s : w ho have no more than a peasant's M ake a d ra w in g o f the p la t o f ground vocabulary. T h ey do not use th e on pasteboard to a given scale, say 4 w ords that a peasant uses, but they square rods to 1 Inch, C a t from aome d o not Im prove upon them. T h e y still part o f th e sheet o f pasteboard a piece go on saying, '“ H ow a m u s in g !" "H o w ex a ctly 1 Inch square, which repre lo v e ly !” “ H ow n ic e !” to the end o f the sents one acre, o r 4 square r o d * Also chapter. N obody can be Interesting cut ou t the p la t aa drawn. W eigh the w ho Is a lw a ys w orkin g a lim ited vo square and the plat. T h e number o f cabulary.— B ritish W eek ly. tim es tb e w eigh t o f tbe square la con tain ed In the w eigh t o f the plat Indl- l h a o m i l Tam m y. “ H ere is some com plexion powder* oates tb e area o f the land. F o r exam auntie.” said little Tom m y Toddles. “ I ple, I f the square w hich represents one bought this little box fo r mamma and acre w eigh s 20 g r a in * and the plat I w eighs 240 g r a in * then the p lat con- the grea t big box fo r you.” “ Bnt w h y did you think 1 needed ' f « " * t w e lv e a c r e * — Scientific Am eri- such a la rg e box?” asked the visitin g aunt In surprise. 'Oh, hecauM I heard papa M y you I t la fo r tha cooM rva tlon o f m olature w ere two-faced.' th at w * keep, np th « cu ltlation o f th * T e e g s * T ie d T a lk e r * . U g lc . , "D id yon take you r g irl's mother ta the gam e w ith you? " N o ; w e le ft her at home. W hat la boms w ithout a m other?” — T a la Heo cro p « tn the saramer, hat th « eva p ora tion w h ich can be checked by this means Id em ail when com pered w ith tb e am ount o f W ater taken up fro m tho •o il b y an ord in a ry grow th o f w e e d * W * e «n h ardly estim ate the la p o rt- « M aff k in in e the w e e d * Feed C oaahlne. General L Qf iSOfl— First m A . R. 8paniah H Chile, — United I Buaeia foi 1888— Uni fora P** letter a. 1883— Battlrfo “ * * * " by 1891— Baron th* l 1898— Chin« ° r i* ‘ H r" 1908— Large ■ »troyed by 1006 Exploelc Bridgeport number o f * 0 ,0 0 ,~ Frwi >yor f # ■ re-e* Sd>r M*** ^ F eed in g sheep and lam bs fo r tbs guD, M m arket Is very mnch o f a lo ttery a t Board o f Educ best I t Is the purpose o f the feed er nrsca the fora to b oy thin stock and. a fte r feed in g tt school hygiene. A new v a rie ty f i t w h eat has been d is covered by a fa rm er liv in g near Ju li etta, Idaho. H e aays he found a fe w kernels o f the w h eat g ro w in g w ild In Alaska, and being struck w ith th eir plumpness, hardness and oth er appar ent good qualities, he brought home a fe w k ern el* and planted them. From those fe w kernels he harvested enough the Drat y e a r to plan t several square rods o f ground tb e second year, the y ie ld from this plan tin g being at the rate o f m ore than 100 bushels per acre, w ell-fliled h ea d s; the kernels are large, plump and hard and m illers M y It m akes good flour. T o C an v as H am a. W hen hams a re smoked, roll them In atlff paper, cat yon r brown muslin to fit them and aew it on w ith a large needle and tw in e ; then m ake a starch o f flo o r and y ellow ochre, and w ith a sm all w h itew ash brush cover them w ith I t B a n g them up to dry. P o a ltry N ates. Clean t h « droppings from ondar tha roosts frequently. B uckw heat Is excellen t young and old poultry. fo r both A la y in g ben ahonld hava constant access to lim a or gravai. G rit la tha ban’s teeth. P ro v id e her w ith p len ty o f I t ao th a t aha m ay di- Lincoln has tendered hie resignation, an! it was accepted by the board o f trustee« with the understanding that Chance 11 oi Huntington shall remain until the end ot the school year. A t Chippewa F a ll* W ls „ Bupt Swart* ordered the members o f the Greek iettei fraternity Alpha Delta Omega to disfaan4 tbe organisation or ir0B school. I I * declared that no secret o * gantaation o f pupil* would be tolerated T h e member* premised to hoed tha warm