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What Gold Cannot Buy By MTiJT. jLEJT.KJrTZH Author of "A Crooked rath." "Mild. Wlfo fWld.w,""8y Woman's Wit.' "Bwtin'i Bargain. "A LIU Inter.!." "Mona'e Cholo," "A Woman Hoait." CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) Miss Desmond had been little more than a week at Inklofleld, when, re turning homo trom tho neighboring vicarage, whence the had been ills patched with a message respecting gome of the local charities to which Mrs. Savllle contributed, ahe entered the drawing-room through one of the French windows which opened on a Teranda and thence on to the grounds The lady ot the house, was nofthere tut lounging comfortably In her espe cial chair eat a gentleman, who, dt rectly Miss Desmond entorcd. roso and made her a bow a bow which proved that bowing was not yet quite a lost art. He was a tall, elderly man of un certain g, slight and elesant, with fine aquiline features and light-blue laughing eyes that looked as If boy hood still lingered there In spite of the avy hair that curled round a ratbet low but well shaped forehead. Ho was carefully, admirably dressed, and Indo acrlhably fresh and cool, though It was a burning August day. "Allow me to explain my appearance here," he atd. In a pleasant, youthful voice. "I have taken the exceedingly uninteresting Journey from London to this place, and I now await Its amla bte mistress's pleasure as to whether ahe will see me or not" "Has she been told you are here?" listed XI Us Desmond, taking oft a large garden-hat. which she continued to bold In her hand, wondering who this could be. Mrs. Savllle's visitors had hitherto been few and far between, her acquaintances at that season being scattered In remote, regions. "Ye. I belloie her major-domo has conveyed my pasteboard to the august presence." And the stranger, with the air of being very much at home, drew forward a chair, which Miss Desmond did not accept Tray, has Mrs. Savllle been long tterer "About a fortnight" "And you have you been here all hat timer "Not quite. "Ah! what wonderful resisting pow r! I should have Imagined you would "both by this time bo extinct from men tal Inanition." Miss Desmond laughed a sweet, well-amused laugh. And you can laugh like that!" he continued. "Then your vitality has el courso kept my revered sister-in-law alive. It must, however, exhaust your own vital powers to give out ozone no, what do they call It? electricity to such a degree. There Is nothing to me so soul-destroying, so deadening, ni suburban rusticity Won't you sit down? I can't stand any longer my elf." ' "Then pray do not I do not It down became I am not going to stay I thought Mrs. Savllle would come In Immediately." said Miss Desmond, who began to perceive In some way that this pleasant talkative perionage was a good deal older than ho seemed. "Since you permit It, then." And he sank Into his chair with a sigh of re lief. "You see." he went on, 'this nor! of place Is Just far enough from Lon don to rut you on from all the con veniences of town life, and too neat for any of the legitimate amusement! and occupations of the country " Here the butter appeared, and said "Mrs Savllle will see you. my lord, If you will come this way" The gentle man rose, and made nnoiher elegant bow as he passed Miss Desmond. "What on amusing person! I won der wbo he Is. Some relation, I sup . pose, or lie would not speak so freely,' thought Miss Desmond. "I must not so to Mrs. Savllle at present" She too left the room by a different exit and ascended to her own pleasant apartment, which looked out to the front; a dressing closet opened from. It, and, except for the bed. It was fur nlshed like a sitting room. After lean ing from, the window for some mln utes, apparently In deep thought, she went to her writing table, and, un locking a desk with a key which hung to her chain, she began to add some lines to a closely-written letter which lay therein. She had written for a conslderab'e time when the sound of wheels and horses' feet drew her to the window, from whence she saw the gentleman with whom she had spoken In the drawing-room descend the ball door teps to-enter a very rusty fly or sta tion cab. He had a comically rueful sprsMlon of countenance, and, look ing round over tho front of the house, his quick eye caught sight ot Miss Des mond To her annoyance, ho lifted his hat and gave a slight expressive shrug before stepping Into his cab, which drove off Immediately. "I wish I had not looked out." she thought; then, smiling at tho Idea, It struck her very like an "expulsion "No doubt Mrs. Savlllo could bo very severe even cruel; but she Is good to me. I had better give her tho vicar's message; yet I feel half afraid. This sill not do My best, ray only chance Is fearlessness." She paused a moment, then locked away her writing again, and proceeded dawn a long passage and a short stair to the wing In which was Mrs. Sa vllle's boudoir She knocked at tho door, and was Imperatively told to como In. Mrs. Savllle was walking up and down, evl dently much disturbed. ' "I beg your pardon," hesitatingly. "Oh. come In, come In! I have been worried by an Importunato fool; but I am not so overset that I cannot attend to anything else. Did you see the vicar?" "I did; and ho Is very sorry, but he has already roturned tho plans of the cottages to the builder." "Then ho must get them back," very sharply "I will walk over myself to tho vicarage. I want movement Did you happen to see Lord Everton?" "The gentleman who has Just left? Yes; ho was In the drawing room when I camo In." "Ho Is one ot tho most contcmptlbto men In England," continued Mrs. Sa vllle a mere butterfly at sixty-three. He has only existed for plcasuro his whole life, and even now pleasure still pleases. His senso of enjoyment has been his ruin. A trlfler of the most trifling description, without an ambl tlon or an aim; worst of all. reckless or how he may throw others Into temp tation or difficulty. He has Injured me past forgiveness, and yet he comes meandering hero to try and talk me over to Induce me to pardon the cruel lest Injury that could be Inflicted. I told him my opinion fully; but to bo seriously angry with such a creature Is like taking a howitzer to shoot a humming-bird. Come, Miss Desmond tct us go out Into the open air. What o'clock Is It? Nearly flvo? I shall walk round the grounds until It Is time to find tho vicar." They paced somewhat slowly across the grounds to a wooded rising ground on tho left of the house, from which a view of It and Its surroundings could be obtained, and when they had ac complished the ascent Mrs. Savllle sat down, as If tired, on a seat placed at the best point of outlook. Her com panlon had observed that tho keen, active woman was stronger In spirit than In flesh, and felt a sort of pity for this rich, prosperous, resolute lady. "What a sweet, beautiful place this la!" she exclaimed, after gazing at the cne before her for a few mln utes. ' I think It is the most charming I have, ever seen." "Then you havo not seen much," re turned Mrs. Savllle, testily. '"That Is true. I havo not seen ony fine places In England, and the palaces and chateaux abroad are so melan choly, but who could desire anything beyoi.d the exquisite, graceful, hotne llhe beauty of Inglefleld?" It was. In truth, a delightful abode, sheltered on the east by the upland from which they now looked down; the ground sloped steeply from the opposite side, giving a wide view over a richly wooded country; while the house, gardens and grounds occupied tho level space between. Fine treos stood about, for Inglefleld was an old country-house dating tolerably far back, built In the half timbered stylo, the first story of fine bricks, the upper part beams and plaster, with high chimneys and many-gabled roofs. The large additions made by Mrs. Savlllo's father had been carried out In strict accordance with the original plan, and the garden designed to suit It also. A circular lawn, surrounded with flower ing shrubs and dotted with several large spreading trees, separated the bouse from a wide avenue which opon ed exactly opposite the entrance, over arched by a double row of great old elms at either side. Beyond, on the left,' from a wooded hollow, through which a trout-stream had been widen ed and dammed Into a miniature lake, glimpses of which coutd bs caught wnen tno sunlight fell upon It, rose tat smoke trom some unseen chimney "Homo-like," repeated Mrs. Haville. 'There Is an Immense amount ot nou senso talked about homo. I wish you could son Klngswood, Lord Kvertan't place; It U ono ot tho finest scats tn England full of family treasures and hlstorlo relics and ho would not tuaka tho faintest effort to retain It Ho might havo entered diplomacy or taken a foreign appointment and saved nonoy Hut ho Is qulto content to do rite his Income from tho rent n Man Chester millionaire pa) him for his ancestral halls, when he might have married tho millionaire's daughter and kept It for hlnuolf." "Well, If tho daughter was not the sort of woman he could love, ho wai right." said Miss Desmond, thought fully. "Suppose she was not compan ionable, that he could not love her, tho finest place In tho world could not make up for that." "You aro a foolish child! The thing called love soon evaporates. Uank, 1m portanre, high position, last; and du ties duo to one's station fill up life satisfactorily. It Is a low, mean con ception ot existence to spend It In per sonal pleasure." "Yes, certainly. You aro right," ea gerly. "To live for one's self alone. In any way. Is miserable. Hut one tins a right to try and be happy If It does not Interfere with the happiness ol others." "You have been tolerabl) poor, from what you say," said Mrs. Savllle, not unkindly "Havo you been happy?" Her Interlocutor paused before she replied. "Yes. an tho whalo I havo been happy. Sometimes It has been trying to feel shabby and to bo unable to get a new dress, to know that lovely pic tures and delightful music were with In your reach, yet Inaccessible. The worst Is to want nice delicate things for some one you love and not to be able to get them; that Is bitter Still, nothing can bo so poverty-stricken as to havo no one to trouble about, no one to love or lire for, no ono to love you." "It Is, then, very unfortunate for a person of your disposition to have lost your home," remarked Mrs. Savllle. coldly. "It Is sad enough; but I havo been fortunate In finding friends like Mr Itawson and his daughter. It Is bet ter, too, to bellevo that there Is some pleasant sheltered nook round tho next turn of the road than always to took for sandy deserts. Loneliness Is tho worst evil ot all: It Is what I fear most." Mrs. Savllle did not answer Imme diately; then she said, abruptly, "What Is your name your Christian name?" "My name? Hope Desmond." "I thought so. It Is very appro priate, -You have given mo a curlour mental picture. I suppose It Is true, though It Is Incomprehensible to me, but you give mo the Idea ot being sen sible and accurate. Do you not feel that your life has been lost, fruitless, passed as It has been In this constant struggle?" "No," cried Hope, her' dark eyes lighting, and lifting her head with an unconscious but dignified movement "It has hsd much sweetness, and I have been of soma use. Though I am not clever, I have done what I could; and that will always comfort me. I do not fear tho future. Work will come to me. I would not change with any ono. I prefer to remain the 'me' that I am." 'You are an unusual specimen, Miss Desmond, and really a profound phi loiopher; yet you have refinement and taste, aye, and culture enough, to ena ble you to enjoy beauty and elegance, literature and art. I congratulate you; only, If (very ono was as easily pleas ed the world would stand still." , "Perhaps so," said Hope Desmond, with a sigh. "I can only seo llfo ac cording to my lights," Then, after some minutes' silence, the observed how prettily tho smoke cutled up from among the trees down In the hollow. "Yes." said Mrs. Savllle. "I suppose Jnnl Caitlelo i has arrived. Inglefleld Court belongs- to him. It Is nn older and much damper place than this. I must call tomorrow." She heaved a deep sigh as she spoke. "Miss Dacre Is one of the fortunata ones according to ir.y estimate. Sho Is her father's solo heiress, and takes thn title, too, when sho succeeds him She Is pretty, rather accomplished, and deoldiv'ly popular. I used to seo n good deal of her at one lime; now " She paus ed atid frowned, then, rising, she said, peremptorily, "Como, I feel rheumat ic; I have sat here too long." Few words passed between tho com panions tilt almost at the gate which opened from Mrs. Savlllo's grounds on a foot-path which crossed tho vicarage fields, when that lady said, suddenly: "I expect my son to-morrow." "Your eldest son?" "1 have but ono son," returned Mrt. Savllle, Icily. (To b continued.) llaalr MnrrlKo, Clerk at Marrlace Llennaa n,ir.i.i What's the lady's first name? Prospective Urldegroom Heavens! I never thought to ask hsr. JrS-CKSlfSBBBBBaSf Bar f 1 T .A FV I JkAk UfBb.SJ ". . W . ll'UMT 11. IIIMIDS B ini.lKJ -Tk n I vxfliJ . r ' r-Sr i as corn V Vfc jtiJkuZZlt M out nx!bxarPyiKPvSMUIjBBsuRn I whole or J wUyj I llFSulir $7 J& i Mresr" Thn Apple I'nrrol. It stood tn the cellar low and dim, Where tho cobwebs swept and w' ed. Holdlmt the store from bough and limb At the feet of nutumn laid. And oft, when the da) swore short nnd iltvnr And tlm north Mind shrieked nnd runted. We children sought In the corner here. And drew on the tuuthsoma hoard. t-oi thus through the long. long In- tor-time It answered our every call Willi nine ot tho summer's golden prime Healed by the hand of full. The bt there was ot tho earth and air, Ot ruin nnd sun and breete. Changed to ii pippin sweet and rare Uy the art of the faithful trees. A wonderful barrel wns this, had we lis menus but rightly brunt. Killed with the lairs of wind nnd bee, Of cricket nnd mold and bird; Hire with tho bllas of the fragrant Juno When sklea were soft and blue; Thronged with tho drvnme of n har- veal moon O'er tlelds drenched deep with dew. Oh. homely barrel. I'd fain essay Your marvelous skill again; Take mo baek to tho post I prayi As willingly now as then Hack to the trndor morns and eves, Tho noontides warm and stilt. Tho fleecy clouds and the spangled leaves Ot tho orchard over the hill Edwin L. Hal.ln. In J.lpplneott'i Caniiltlan VraotnMe. rMTM IMKwm: ('W S.IV uuuxtiik RXUirMntUl While vegetables are given a low rnluo as food for man or boast on account ot tholr largo percentage ot water, the dry portion Is highly nu tritive. In tho potato tho 22 per cent of solid matter Is nearly all avallablo for food Tho protelds as flesh form ers and tho carbohydrates as fat pro ducers aro essential parts of food. ICrop Ibo Iluail I) rait Oulnw. Hail roads aro au extrnvaganco that no farming community can afford. Just what they cost In unnecessary expenses It takes but a moment to do termlno, A team and driver aro reasonably worth 13 n day, and by tho use of these It Is possible to dnltvor to mar ket from your homo 100 bushels of corn. Hauling over good roads, tho cost of dollvory Is 3 cents per bushel. Hut If. 'In consequence of bad roads, but fifty bushels can bo delivered, tho cost Is doubled nnd tho difference Is what tho Impasslblo roads cost you. Continue this calculation, applying It to the hauling of all your crops, and It quickly becomes apparent that It amounts to a very burdensomo tax, Oood roads help In every way; thoy promote sociability by making friends and rotatlves accosslblo, and by means or them It Is easier to reach tho schools and churches and to gonorally do and enjoy the things which make life realty worth living. Sunflower for I'oullry, Sunflowers are grown by many ijwuiiiwoh uu lurmuri. 4H0 so 00, mane an excellent reea ror poultry Bnd can bo ""' and Profitably pro- duced' The ed can be ,own ,n n,w" maa U19 "T0P emvaiaa ins saiss W S$3J'B"Kir'H?w lMiaM ffceP)-. SSB of ntwjF"w.twm coat fff&r-fdvm f ..KMSrwl Wtt&&zN rr 'hen ripe tho sets! Is thnuh nd fed to the poultry either ground If the sunflower heads aro thrown Into the chicken jard, tho birds will thresh tho seeds out themselves with no expenso to thn grower It Is an excellent fallenlng food, and when fed with cracked corn gives good results It Is loo latu this seasun to sow thn sunflower seeds, but It Is a good thing to keep In mind far another year Farmers' Outdo. A Triiulileeiimo Weed. Iteports come from Ontario that tho perennial saw thlitlu has gained a firm foothold, making It the greatest weed enemy with which tho farmer has to contend. It has been spread from one farm to another by the threshing maohlnt-s. tho numerous seeds being easily carried. Ono meth od being advocatod for Its eradication Is to sow winter rye In September and pasture It tho folowlng spring. This ran bo followed In Juno by rye. tur nips or buckwheat In this way crops aro secured and tho sow thistle fought at tho same time. 1'iinl mhiI IIm Farmers' Hultotln No. 1JI. United States Department of Agrlaulture. says "Th egg of different kinds ot domestic poultry vary In alio its well as appraranro, and there Is also a con siderable rango In tho slio of eggs of different breeds. Thus, liens' eggs range from the small ones laid by ban tams to the largo ones laid by such breeds as light llrahmas. On an av erage a hen's egg Is 2.27 Inches In length, and I 72 Inches In diameter or width at tho broadest point, and weighs nlsmt 2 ounces, or eight eggi to tho pound (IVi pounds per dozen). Generally speaking, the eggs of pullets are smaller than thooq of old lions, those of ducks somewhat larger than bens' eggs, while those of turkoys and geoso aro considerably larger Guinea eggs, on an average, measure UkxlVi Inches, aro rather pointed at one end, and weigh about I 4 ounces each, ur 17 ounces to (ho dozen, (loose eggs weigh about 6.6 to 0 7 ounces each, or about S pound to tho dozen that Is, more than threo times as much as hens' eggs. Tho eggs of wild bird are said to tx smaller than thorn of tho same species when domostlcaoed. Wild ducks' eggs are said to be, on an av. orage, I 07 to 2.17 luetics In diameter; domestic ducks' oggs, 2.20 to S.fii Inches. llltlle nn I low llalelnj Tho whlta brood of hog I gradual. ly disappearing. Snlt burled a few inches In the ground In certain spots will attract tho hogs and confine thorn pretty close ly to such place. It Is natural for a hog to root, but It you want to prevent him from do ing so a slmplo ring in tho snout will answer tho purposo. It Is a groat mlstako to mark a hog by mutilating his ears. Hotter uso a metal tsjt. Successful hog raisers will always havo clover or alfalfa paaturos for their animals. Kvory hog posture ought to have an opon shed on n high point of ground for shelter from tho hot sun. Loavo all sides open so tho air can pass over them. Keop tho pigs growing from tho day thoy are born until they go to the slaughtering pen, Tho man who Imagines that ho can by feeding ono week and starv nit tho next will bo disappointed. ,Uo . It looks Ilka a wasto when thlnnlnir the fruit on tho troos, but tho harvest tlmo of larger and better fruit proves tho wisdom of tho courso. nadlshea need lots of potash. ani for this reason wood ashes sprinkled on the i sol! whoro thoy aro grown will , glv th.m Urgo And rApid growth. A f Catarrh le n Constitutional DlMonoe It original!' In Impiirn liloo.l mid rmpilrvacoiiMllullonnl treatment, nriiiii tlirouitli nnd purifying Hut blood, (or Iti rudlonl nml purmntioiit cum, ',u gnrntvat constitutional remedy In Hood's Sarsaparilla In ustinlllipild form or In chocolated tab- lets known nsOnrantAbs, l(Jtloo$ , Nanal nnd other local forms ol catarrh aro promptly rollimnl liy AutUoplutg or uaiarricis, iq.. iiniKKi" ur man. 0. I. Hood Co., Lowell, A Ml. rMnrMn'a TIWKttnt llnmhim, Possibly (ho tallest luuntxx) In Amur. tea grows In Arcadia, Kin., and Is about 70 feet high. Thn clump has a spread of CO feet and the diameter at tho ground Is 12 test Tho spoelmtn Is only I years old. This Is tho common bamboo of In. din. probably brought to south Florida from tho West Indies, lu Jamaica It lias become oaturallisd and Is popular ly supposed to bo Indigenous, it makes an astonishing growth during our rainy season, the canes often at taining their full holght In six weeks, after which they begin to put oa leaves, Tho canes aro from four to firo Inches In diameter at their bate. Unfortunately this species cannot stand low temperatures, and the ape linen In Arcadia has freuueutly Un damaged by cold. A Mood llualnota. rd Ilka to own strttt car lln II ougni to pay. Tho poopl rids when It Is nn. To brut allay. Of rourao thty rldo whan It Is wit. For than they wish To qulekty undr shalttr got; Man Is no hill, And so a trt ear lino, you so. May buslnass find. No matter what conditions bo With human kind. Than to nnothsr point Is my Attention drawn; No nthr business proflta t,y Its hangar on. !.oulavllle CntirUr-Journat, Nnl nn lliMrrnllf I'rlHvtpWa, Perhaps It ity bn laid down as a general rulo that a legislative im. bly. not commuted on demncrstli principle, cannot t iopuUr long alt ar It ceaie to be weak. Matsulsr. 'Trlfii If oh .. Nan You look pn fully lovely la that sowa Fan Thank. That's all I wantd Is ;:"".', -"'"" " ' " 4 i v Wl.nl Mrnllr llrnna, A hlgh-hrow Ueturo atvr tro-t. Would fw entrance. Tho horrid nun would rlhr s A tarfoot daneo, Pittsburg Pot iiiPMiifringt ciMr "What sort of a looking chap I Out syr "Wall, If you vr two mn In a rornrr and ono looks bored to death, thn olhtr on Is' Ousiy." l-oudoo Opinion. (lonrar'a UUtvrrr "0ore" aald the Titian haired sehoolmnrm. 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With proper knowled,?) f - tut liest, each hour of recn-nti hi, of enjoy ment, of rontomplatlor hiv! of effort m y bo mnilo to contribute to 1imh nriftht. Then tho uv) of medicine may I dis pensed with to advnnlac", but tirok'r or dlnary conditions In many Itvtanrr a dmplo, wholonoma remed v may bo iiiVh 'cur i t-( ,. ', ,, . (, i. , California Mg Syrup Co, holds Hurt It b rdlko Important to present tho ubw truthfully ami to supply tho one perfect laxatlvo to those desiring It. Consequently, tho Company's Hyrup v, ,.' ,..'.' . ' ' j satisfaction, To wt Its licnoficlal rrtrcli buy tho genuine, manufactured by lb CAllfomlA na Hymn Co. only, and for fe all kadln L,Lu.