M .r- sf- - Tv yr r . i- W f U lk. w!v 3 r r v JL V JL JLw JL- X ) By WILLARD MacKENZIE JGJe23QQ-QJ3 CHAPTRIt XVII. Arthur' vlalts to Mr. Castleton were row of dally occurrence. He know no teat nor happiness out of her presence. Ilia soul became steeped In the delicious ) languor of sweet music. It wss about (I o'clock when he arrived at the house. The ladles had Just (In lahed dinner. Mn. Kreemsn was In the i room with her niece; but after a little time that lady found an excuse to leave the loren together. j "Now for the promise you made me r- last night. I hare been longing all day j to hear tbla mystery." aald Sir. Caatle- ' ton. ' J'or rcveral reasons he felt a strong repugnance to tell her that atory. Hut rhat secret can a man keep from a worn , an whom he lores it that woman ha II once act her mind upon extracting It from ' lilm? lie told the story In an earnest, sub dued tone, and with the air of a man thoroughly poasemcd by his subject. He had at first Intended to relate to her a mere brief outline of the family legend. Just sufficient to account for hla super- fttltfous repugnance to an alliance with Mian Qrleraon; but after the first few eeatencea he told it from beginning to end with the utmost minuteness of de tail, largely Intermixed with commenta ries which the brooding thoughts of many years had engendered. At the first mention of the name of De. Solaaona she started; a look of Intense wonder came Into her face; and she list ened with a breathless Interest that grew In intensity with every stsge of the nar ratlre, and rose into terror as he repeated the words of the curse. Hut ber excite ment reached Its culmination when he went on to tell of that stormy night when the bodies of the woman and child were washed up at bis and his father's feet as they stood upon the rocks; and how, by the dim light In the fisherman's hut, he had been struck by the resemblance of the 1 dead child to the face In the picture, and how strangely this fancy had been seem ingly confirmed by the name upon the linen. To all this she llstenej with dilated eyes and parted lip. "And the woman and child what became of them she cried, clutching his arm with trembling energy. "Both were dead. They were buried the next morning In Penrhyddyn church yard." For a moment she stared at him with a racant look, then passed her band orer ber eyes, like, one atrirlng to focus the scattered thoughts of a wandering brain, i end muttering to herself, "Am I mad or dreaming, or what can It mean?" Then, suddenly turning ber eyes upon him, she exclaimed, "Why, this child was cast at your feet Juit as the woman In the legend was at her husband's!" "Precisely," anawered Arthur, gloom ily. "And I hare often thought, had that child II red, upon her shoulders Fate -would hare cast the fulfillment of the curse." "It is an awful story," she said, with a sblrer. "Hut In what way Is Miss Qrleraon connected with It?" Arthur then proceeded to tell bow he tad dlscorcrcd Constance to be a member of tiat Ill-omened family, by seeing the name of De Solaaona written upon the old French music. "Constance Grlerson a De Solaaoaal Great heavens; Is It posalblel" ate almost shrieked, starting from the couch in the extremity of her wonder. "yes. What Is the matter?" cried Ar thur, staring at her In startled surprise. "Xotblng. Hut do you suppose I could listen to such a story of marrellous coin cldencea without atnaxemcnt7 How won derful! How awfully strange I" she murmured, and that shlrer of terror again passed through ber frame. "And I bare not come to the end of these more than natural coincidences," he continued. "Miss Orlcraon's fortune la hampered by an extraordinary will, to the effect that If she Is not married before the age of twenty, and to a man of pedi gree, the whole of it, sare a trifling an nuity, falls Into the hand of ber moth er's family, the De Solssone." At those word Mrs. Cnstleton, who had sunk Into deep thought, looked up with new wonder In ber eyes. "I'ardon tne," she slid, eagerly. "I did tiot hear the last sentence. He repeated the words, Imputing the strange Intense Intereat of her look to sympathy with the story. "And to what members of the family J" she asked, In a voice trembling with eagerness. "One-half goes to certain relative In England, the chief of whom Is one Mr, Vylle." "And the other half T' "Goes to another branch of the family In Ilrlttany," be answered. Mrs. Castleton covered her face with ber hands, and sank bark upon the couch, seemingly irroatrated by Intense excitement. Arthur took hi leare, much troubled In mind, and promising to visit ber early the next morning. From the time that they had stood upon the footing of lover she bad never parted from him so strange ly tu on that night. A he pressed her lip be found them cold as ice. The white face and Its rigid lips and wild eye baunted him through the night, and seem ed to strangely asociate with some painful memory that -he could not fix for a while, QU U It mtmllanc U th awe iraff to the ifeof chili at he had tttn it ttretehtJ out beneath the rough Mantel In ise flthcrman't hutt The very thought made the cold dews of terror start out upon his brow. No, It was Impossible; hla morbid Imagination would find reem blances where no shadow of such existed. A gloomy, terrlblo night was that to Ar thur Penrhyddyn. Hut far more terrible was the night pawed by Mrs. Castleton. The moment Arthur had quitted her, she ran up to her bedroom, and cast herself upon her knees, and burled her face In the bed corer. The next moment she rose to her feet and paced the room like one dlatraught. Wild, Incoherent ejaculatlona burst from her Him, and sobs and groans. Hour after hour passed away, and still this freniled excitement, thW exaggerated hyaterla, was unabated, until exhauated nature could endure no mare; and throwing heraelt upon the bed, she fell Into a stupor of insensibility rather than a healthful sleep. When Arthur came In the morning, she was too III to recelre him. She had not left her room; could not recelro him until the next day, Such was the mes-uvra de livered by Mrs. Freeman, which sent him away with a heary heart. Two hours afterward, howerer, she drore away In her phaeton to the city. Doctors' Commons was her destination her object to examine a certain will. When ahe returned to Mrs. Freeman, whom she had left In the carriage, her face wore a more composed look, and there was an expression of smiling satis faction In her eyes. Most earnest was "Oh, by the bye, I quite forgot to do the honors," said Jerome. "Allow mo to Introduce )ou, Mr, I'arsona, to an ciiecun ed friend of ours, Mr. Kdwnrd Stafford, a brother nrtlat." Mr. Parson twirled hi a moustache, stared, and bowed slightly, Stafford haughtily acknowledged the Introduction by a curt bow, "And you hare really nunaged to exist for one month without gating upon the gaallt glories of Iho Strand, It la won derful what humnn nnhiro nut go through," exclaimed Jerome. Stafford called Jeromo aside, "Hy the by." he said. "I want you to give me an exact description of that girl who sat to you for Circe " "Oh, I hare wonderful news to tell )ou about her," Interrupted Jerome. "I hare found out who she la. My lady turns out to be a great heiress one MIm Grlerson." "No, no; you are mistaken," cried Staf ford, turning (-ale; "It I not she I mean It could not be; It- What proof hare you of this!" "I'roof enough to convince any Judg that ever sat upon the bench. Mstenl" And he told him the adrenture at the Haymarkrt. "A moat palpable mlatake," exclaimed Stafford. "You were deceived by a re semblance; such things are of dally oc currence." "Oh 1 of course you muat start the re semblance theary," anawered Jerome, not kingly. "You are another of those who believe an heiress can do no wrong. Hut I hare not near finished yet. Listen to the sequel. I had made up my mind to look In the 'Court Guide next morning for Mlas Heiress address, and pay her a visit, but I was fool enough to he talked orer by Mr, Arthur Penrhyddyn, who was In a dreadful stale of mind at the thought of one of hla awell lot being shown up. He told me that he knew the young lady; that he was going to visit her the next morning; and that he would put the queatlon to her point blank whether ahe knew me or not." "Welir cried Stafford, eagerly. "Well, It turned out Just aa I might hare expected. He appointed to meet me at the 'Iledford' that same night, and In- tmCSsShfOi.n n-- a M tilsO felfe Z&l !.: "W, , . i-'rtle . .d3i J ' ... JSL SxVcs"' Shaili- Watvrlaar Trutaah, Tho writer mny bo a crnnk on tho su minor can- of nntiunlis but nt least h knows that It pays noil to look out for their comfort during the heated xioll. Knowing tho luxury of i drink of cool water In warm weather an In telligent tu mi rcnllxcN that nti nulmnl wilt enjoy It wntcr much mow If It Is In n nhndy plntv wlirrc It U cool nml where also therw mny b a little hliade for tho animal vhll. It I drink ing. Only In Koine section do we find th,. old'tlum drinking trough liewu from a log than which nothing better ha over been devlned. On most farm It will not tx nt alt hard to And a corner ahaded by tree or Tine whore this trough may ho lo cated. Oftontlinm nn old tree will evrre aa a hitching xMt near the trough and a light chain or tie rop hitched to the lower branches of the VS? ''JBP,B XM'-aHj j SBBBbBbBBBbIbBBBbV aBBBsflHaSISBBBBaBlSBBBBBBBWKll I .V iljC 'It Art UMWtXCOME COMUUfCATIO.f. ixxt WATtal.tO TROUGH, the conrvrsatlon that paasvq between the two ladles on the road homewards. During the whole of that day Arthur was like one upon the rack. The Indispo sition of Mrs. Castleton filled blm with grief and dismay; and a vague sense of some orerbanging evil plunged him Into the deepest dejection. Hy ten o'clock the next morning be was at Ilrompton. A sense of Indescribable terror selxed upon blm as he perceived that every blind in the houae was drawn down. He bounded up the stern, and knocked at the door with a trembling hand. His summons was anawered by the elder of two aervants. She held a letter In her hand, which ahe aald her mistress had desired ber to give It to him when he came. He took it without a word, and broke open the envelope. It contained these words ; "Desrest Love: "When these line meet your eyes I shall be far away. For your take. It la better we should part. Do not doubt my love, for while I write these cruel words It Is deeper than ever. Perhaps w (ball never meet again. Forgive me pardon me I can write no more. Farewell." stead of coming sent a note of apology, saying that he had quite forgotten to speak to the lady upon the subject; was very sorry he could not see me, but was unwell, and so on. All a parcel of pre varications ; and I bare nerer set eye uon mm since.' treo to hold the horse while drinking If Ita owner wlstio to leave. It a few minute. Hy a llttlo enro In the set ting of tho trough so that tho lower back corner la tilted away from tho side at which the horse approaches tlte trough tho overflow may be rradlly conducted away from tho trough ami tho wet stamping plan1 nrotded. A cuod plat) Is to dig out the soil for a foot In tlw spot whertt the hora! would stand while drinking and fill It with coanio gravel which would mirely do away with the wet itji. Indian apolls New. Ti Ksrlr Krull. and Vraretntilt-s. Ground Intended for onions should Hut what motive do you suppose Mr. bo plowed a early a the wentber will Penrhyddyn should hsv for purposely avoiding the meeting" aaked Stafford, whose face had fallen during Jerome's last speech. "What motive? Why. be had snoken to Mia Grlerson, and the reult was too lieniilt, a tho onion crop I tho first to go In. One method of producing onion U to sow tho aveds In liotbcd nnd transplant the luuatl bull) later. Tho nesHls may be sown In tho hotbeds In CIIAPTElt XVIII. The day after bis visit to Curtain Road, Stafford made a call at the quar ter of hla old friend Jerome, which were situated In a dingy street. Jerome was an artlat of the true Ho- hemlan class working only when the want of money pressed him; spending one day with the most reckless extrava gance, dining the next upon bread and cheese. Jerome's studio was a garret lit by a skylight a blank, dreary looking room, with yellow-ochred walls, broken away In places. Old canvasses, old plaster casts, bit of medlajval armour, unfinished sketches, lump of whiting, palettes, and all the litter of an artist's room, lay about In the wildest confusion. As Stafford entered the room, be could but dimly discern the figure within through the dense cloud of tobacco smoke, wblcb, combining wltn puff from a moky chimney, formed a moat salubri ous atmosphere. A snout of welcome balled the new arrival. The occupant of tne room were Je romLeland and one or two other art ists, and a will-dressed, aristocratic look ing man to whom the reader ha been already allghtly Introduced Mr. Parson. "Welcome, wanderer, back again to the rweet shade of Boho," cried Jerome, the atrically, embracing hi visitor, "Yes, boya," said Stafford, "I hare come back to the region of for and smok one mors, asd com th worse for uur joertMrV favorable to my opinion to be reported to ,n,,'"7 "" February. Hy thus grow- ('Mill ii no us t'irs Culture, tu Iho spring of IWH, at the Ithode Inland exterlment slntloti. Professor (I, K. Adam and II. J. Wheeler legnn the study of the coiillmuni culture of corn on an nrre of soil Hint I partly a silt Ion m and pnrllr a light sandy loam, Inthellrstlwojear only cltem leal fertlllxera were used, the main truanc of so I humu wing piartM upon the corn stubble remaining uin the field. The following two year l.nlf of the area wn sown with trim son clover nt thu time of (he Ut cul tlratlon of corn and half to rye, In order to comjinrn the merit of a legit minima and nonlegumlnou crop a a mean of maintaining soil humus, llcglnnlng with 18UH, after the ex lierlment wa In progress four year, the first quarter of the acre plat wa sown to crimson clover and (he third quarter to winter rye at tl lime of the last cultivation of the corn, while the aevoml and fourth quarter acre re ceived no clover crop. In 111W Iho land wa limed to eocuro tle anicww of clover. A summary of the rnmilt during (ha twelve year I lie experiment ha been conducted slums tho gain from using clover a a cover crop, after deducting tho cost of the seed, was f-.Vl.SI, or an average of (I. Ill per acre annually, compared with l.2!. or an average of ,1il cents an acre annually from using rye. Alfalfa. rf Testla. Direction are given by tlm Texas station for testing the purity of alfalfa seed and tile weed sees! frequently found In It, together with seed some time used a Its adulterants, such a bur clover and wet clover, are de scrlled. In 1003 the station tested thirty two sample of alfalfa seed obtained from tho wholesale house of the Slate. In these sample thirty differ ent weed seed were foil nd. Tho JKr- cvntage of sand, trash and broken secif varied from 0 to 20 er cent. Testing the vitality of the need U also (Inscrib ed. The riMUlta secured with the thirty-two sample showed their vitality or germinating ower to vary from 10.0 to Ari.3 per cent, the greater mini lor hnvlng a vitality of over HO p-r cent. The actual vnlue of the seed Mmple In percentage varied from 30.0 to 00. Tho result In detail am given In a table. 'OHTIAND I'HOI'EIUY I'AYcf, Outililo People Am Making Inviit. . inenti Thai Will rr.ble. ; During lite (mi at few lunntlia ,f !in lireu a lilg lliertit'o III (lie mi In of ' Portland roalilouro properly to onUij, t ' woilo nml alnee llm ooiiliig of ",,. nice Piirk,' Portland' most liitfu nml tic! ttahleiine section, ilnacn ,( other have lxmlil. Mtirli of tills )U lieen from Kaatiirn Oregon, whne Mr, J A. Want, of the Hpanliiii Cotiimj, formerly lived, Among Ilia ns'eiit bat. era of 'Terrace Par.'' projierly am C I liiasssssssssH? .'YxVbbH BBBBBBBBBBBBBTSTB!B?Vte ' ISBSBBBBTSSBbI aaaaaaaaaBr.'f Vassssssl (ssW'V'alaH t i. I A Wafds foimsilf ol fsjisinOifjoa W HIiuTTe aiid Mt7 IHcliaTdsplollilf Arlington, and (Irani Wade, of Olei, When one can hoy a reeldrum lot foe from ISOU to MX), only paying a few dollar down and the nl on easy Urn', It la no wonder that so many outslJt jpeople are Investing In "Terrne Park." Their money I certain to doubt sad treble. Tho Hixtnton Comtstny of 270 Stark atrrel, 1'orllaml, will le gUlto answer all Inquiries In leferrne lo "Teirm-e Park" and their other ity. r r; r-i ts pop. VrPMla.l'riHif lln. Get as vertical supjmrta Iron pipe two feet long, cut Jam tin In half sim ilar to the Illustration. Place kerosene nml water In the tins. The perches should not come within six Inchra of the walls. Then the red mite (aat- M a ld4lr. The old horse Interfered ladly, aal. like II old and dllap4datl drlvsr, bid vldrntly rn butter days. "Kay," sang out a would I wit, frota hi xat on the conier, "that bora of your la Interfering to heat the band! "II ain't Interferln' with you, li hoT mildly querlnl the driver. WOHN TO A MKELETON. "Mr. Arthur Penrhyddyn I utterly In capable of aubterfuge," cried Stafford, warmly; but for all hi warmth, he felt but 111 at ease. "Oh. of course because be' an aristo crat 1" sneered Jerome. "Hut I bare not done yet. Now come the grand tableau. Heboid the gToup ready arranged, Inland, these other two fellow and our aristo cratic friend heTe" pointing to Parson Ing them there I a saving of time nnd less dllllculty with weeds. If prtfi-r-red, tho onion seta mny bn procured of seedsmen. In fact, onion aula should now be In thu ground. Plant tho mit In rows, placing them four Inches apart In tho row. Tho row may be sum clently wide to permit of the ue of a wheel hoe. It I lmKrtant to keep tho grass from between the onion a well "behold my witnesses, listen to my tea- n to have tho spaco between the row tlmony, and then doubt If you can, Hav clean. Onions can enduro frot, and Ing, about a fortnight ago, run out of w atart to grow almost n soon aa cash, I wa selxed with an Inclination planted. for work. Consequently, I bad no lels- ' ure to devote to the pursuit of my ex-1 iiups fur flhep, Inamorata; but being, two days ago, the Krery fnrlIM.r wno kw, 10c,, happy possessor of certain cons of the ,.-i,i , ,.,... m ,..,, i ' realm, the fever suddenly aelxed upon me. -uKl try rah. this jear, If only on Hn, I lmme.ll.t.1. mn.nkl ih. . t ""a" I''ot. 0 B to loam hOW It V J I I J a vgMUircraoor kot. A Wonderful fitortlon CsuitH a Han allon In a Psnniilvanla Town. Mr. Charles N, Preston, of Klkland, Pa., snyi; "Thrre yrnra ago I fmind that my linuarwork wa Ursunlng a bur ilen. I tlrrd easily, had no amMtlon and was fading fsiU-ly complexion got yel low, and I Inst over BO jHiuniU. My tlilut nas terrible, and lhr was augar In lite kU coy snuretlona. .My doctor kept me on a i trio t diet, 1ml as hi medicine wai not helping me, I began using IKian't Kidney hill. They htlped tne at once, and soon all trace of sugar dlapprr ed. I have rrptincd my former weight and am perfectly well." Sold by all dealers, 60 cent a box. Foiter.Mllborn Co,, lluffalo, N. Y. the 'Court Guide;' discovered that a MU Grlerson resided In Harley street; mack Inquiries In the region of flunkeydom, and discovered that It was a lady wliji golden hair; and yesterday morning, In the com pany of the gentlemen present, strolled down Harley street. Just a we got with in two door of the house, who should Issue forth from It, to step Into tho car riage that wa Vvaltlng at the curb, but grown and what It I worth. Get tho dwarf Ksivsz variety, plant It In drill and begin to two It a soon aa It I well grown. It will grow again after being cut. It may be planted In April, even later. Sow It In rows or broad cast It. Those who now It for sheep broadcast It over tlw field nnd turn tho aheep on It at any atago of growth do- mr Isdr herself, accompanied br the'verv "Ircd. It ll now considered IndlltHSWW old fellow I saw ber with at th thWer. bin to nil who keep sheep, hut, aa It la cople) or tick I hold at bay, Mine washing the house l not nocctwarr. say J. A. C. F writing from Colae, Victoria, Australia. In our country In stead of using dropping honnl roofing felt III sheets, la iwed. It fold easily, doe not rot, prevent tho floor from being hollowed cheap, overlastlng. Trap ncsta of any sort are not known within fifty mllea of this town. Wo are backward. YOUR SON CAN MAKE MUSIC FOR YOUR HOME THE REMEDY: II li I of l T 11 of "J ta lie ) t I B f c i err res fin' tut len Wit I pressed forward she turned her head In my direction, and you should have seen the expression of her face; hern' mj arlatocratlo friend, here, wa standing close at toy elbow ask him." (To b continued.) Illtln'l Suit. "Didn't that new nurse come that I engaged for llttlo HeglnaldT naked Mr, Stiles. "Oh, yea," replied Mr. Stllea, "but the wouldn't do. She bad nothing but blue dresses to wear, and blue, you know la only for girl babloe. Pink' for boya Dark Tows, Pearl And the novel ay they "lived, happily ever after." T WssS T Mssts At Aa t Jh I 4xVt Ah V na At At atAji. slbla wUa fW Urad la rittaburg. aim rellHhcd by other stock, It VIII be found serviceable In providing a suc culent food Into In tho season after grass I gone It I nlao excellent for all kind of poultry, Ilrecdlnir flows, I J reeds of rrwlne liavo been Injured to a certain degree by using nnlmult for brooding purposes that wero not fully matured. Enwrlmenta mndo with ma tured sows and young taw show that the cost of raising pigs from matured ow li much less than from younger dams, while tho loaaea of pigs were alto much greater when the dama were young. It baa been claimed that liability to swlno cholera and other dlaeatoa la likewise caused by tho use of Immature animal for breeding pur- iPOMsl. Wood Aalie lor I'erllllalna-, Aahe rary greatly, those containing high n S per cent of iotab being the exception. The raluo of tho pure potash It about 0 cent per und. Tho best luhea ore seldom valued at over fH per ton. They contain a largo proportion of lime, but potash tho material sought na a fortlllxor In ashes. Potash glvca good results on nearly nil crops, more especially fmllt, grams, po tntooa and many vegetable, being' broadcasted over tho plowed ground and harrowed In. A Oood Inseel Ponder, Pyrothrura It well eatnbllthed at nn Insect powder. It It cheap and very offeclual. At tho exporlmont station at Amherst, Mas., they mixed a tahlo tnoonful of tho powder In a pfui 0 equal parU of water and buttermilk and sprinkled It on currants, jtotatoei and other plantt Infected with bug and wonno. 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