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.
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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
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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
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'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
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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. "Is there any ronnecllnc
link ttetn the animal kingdom and
itho vrgttablo kingdom?"
I "Vnlh. ma'am." answered nrori
'promptly ri Fvrvlody's.
Ja l.llto a Humanl
"Tho author of Thro la No D
kaa marrlad an undrtskr," tays a
contemporary. How does sh tipoot
hr husband tn make a living?
Charleston No wo mid I'mirlrr
The amaze dally amount of meat coo
ilttlcl by fflfli Ittdltrldtial In Nw York
City U '.Ml renin' tiorlb, which la a fall
ing off of shmit Vi rvnt In II r years.
Ilttolrr ' Jlurkrobrr.
"Chicago pooplo think their clly !
mom n corrupt ns Han Franclnco"
"Don't mi lullov ll." said tho fall
fornlnn, wurtnly. Tlmt' t'hlcagi
nerve. Alns Irving hi gt Into oui
olasa." Pnlladelphla ledger
A Who
Would Enjoy
good health, with It liJcuInxs, mul m
dorttaml, qullo clearly, thai it InvoUrs tie)
question of right living with nil the tern
lmplin.1. 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.
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