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What Gold
Cannot Buy
Author of "A Crookod Path." "Maid. WlU or Widow." "By
Woman's Wit." -BhIm'i Bwltln," MA life Inl.t.et."
"Monk's CKolo." "A Woman' Hii."
CHAPTEH X.
The young heiress wu much upset
Mill. besides this, she had felt for som
time what she would hare termed an
"aching void" for want of a confi
dante. A confidant had always been
a necessity to her, aa It generally la
to persons much taken up with them'
elves. Her last devoted friend, the
depositary of her secret troubles, pro
jects, and love affairs, had lately mar
Tied a brutal husband who had taught
lila bride to laugh at Mary Dacre'i
storms In a teacup and two-penny-halfpenny
tragedies; so her heart was
empty, swept and garnished, and
ready for the occupation of another
"faithful friend and counsellor," when
fata threw Hope Desmond In her way.
In Mlts Dacre'a estimation, she was
eminently fitted to flit the vacant post;
there was Just the difference of station
between tbem which would make the
confidence of the future Baroness Cav
tleton flattering to their recipient, to
Room aIo her friendship might be
useful. There was a short pause, Mis
Desmond's eyes looked dreamy, as If
be were gazing In spirit at some dis
tant scene, and not as If ahe were
quivering with Impatience for the
revelations about to be made to her.
The silence was broken suddenly by
a somewhat unconnected exclamation
from ,Mls Dacre: "He Is certainly
Tery nlce-looklnp."
"WhoT Lord Everton?" asked Hope.
"Lord Ererton! Nonsense! lie
might have been forty years ago. I
mean Captain Lumley. There Is
something knightly in his look and
bearing: one could Imagine him go
ing down Into the lion's pit for one's
glove, and that sort of thing."
"I do not think I could." smiling.
"I do not fancy Captain Lumley or
nny other logical modern young man
doing anything of the kind. He might.
If extra-chivalrous, bring you a doxen
new pairs to replace the one you had
dropped."
"Ah, my dear Miss Desmond, I fear
you are not Imaginative. Or perhaps
7on.'have only known prosaic men."
"I hare only known very few of any
kind."
"And I hare had such a wide expe
rience!'" said Miss Dacre. with a sigh.
"You can see I am no beauty; yet I
have the fatal gift of fascination In an
extraordinary degree. Yes, really It Is
quite curious." Another sigh. "I feel
In something of a difficult position
just now. and I have no friend near
with whom to take counsel. Now,
dear Miss Desmond, I feel attracted to
you. I am certain ypu could Iwt a
faithful friend, and silent as the
Krare."
"I should be very happy to be of
any use td you." said Hope, seeing she
paused for a reply.
"I knew you would. I am so tired
of feeding on my own heart! I want
a friend. Now, I dare say you are sur
prised to see bow earnestly I advocate
. Hugh Bardie's cause. Ah, there Is a
little tragic sWy which will color my
whole life."
"Jndeed!" with awakening Interest.
"I trust your life will be free from all
tragic Ingredients."
"Ah. no; that It cannot be. You
must know that I saw a great deal of
Itlcbard and Hugh Savllle when I was
-a little girl; my father worried a great
-deal about politics, and I used to lire
at the Court all the, summer, that he
might see me sometimes (my mother
died when I was a baby, you know).
Well, as soon as I left off playing
-with dolls and began to feel, I was ih
love with Hugh; and be was very
' fond of me. Then be went to sea, and
we did not meet for years, until after
I had been presented and had refused
half a, dozen men. I shall never for
get our first meeting when he return.
ed from oh, I don't know where. He
was so pleased to see me; but soon,
very soon, I saw that he who was the
light of my eyes was the one man of
all I had met who resisted the attrac
tion I generally exercise." lltra she
paused In her voluble utterance and
pressed her handkerchief to her eyes.
Hope was so amazed at these unex
pected revelations that the bright col
or rose In her cheek It seemed to
her delicate nature almost Indecent
'to thus lay bare one's secret experi
ences to a stranger and a look of
embarrassment made her drop her
eyes; but these symptoms were lost
on ber companion, who thoroughly I
ajoytd holding forth on the delight
ful toplo of self and exhibiting her
own fine points.
"That must hare been very try
ing," said Hot, feeling that she ought
to say something.
"Awful, my dear Miss Diamond. By
the bye, may I call you Hope It Is a
good omen, your name."
"Certainly, Miss Dacre."
"Well, my dear Hope, I nearly went
mad; but It Is curious that I never
looked belter. I flirted wildly with
erery one; still of course Hugh knew
quite well that I was desperately In
love with htm."
"Did he? How very trylngl Per
haps he did not."
"Oh, yes, he did; and of course I
did all sorts of wild things to show r
did not care."
"Yes, I understand."
"Then I had that disturbance with
my father about poor Lord Dalraulr,
I behaved rather badly. I did In
tend to marry him, but I couldn'tt
And so we went abroad; and I felt
better. Out It was an awful blow
when I found that Hugu was abso
lutely married! Just think of It?
and to a mere adventuress, a nobody!
such an ambitious man! He will
get sick of her, you may be quite
sure."
"Why?" asked Hope, looking ear
neatly at her. "Is he very change
abler "No, not at all; he Is as steady as
a rock, and very proud. Ilut most men
tiro of their wives, especially when
they have brought them no advan
tages. I never thought Hugh Savllle
could fall In love and forget himself.
Now, when I saw George Lumley. his
likeness to his cousin made my heart
beat. I soon saw that he was a good
deal struck with me, and I believe I
could love him passionately If If
memory was not so Importunate He
Is very charming; and why should I
not grow young again? fpr one does
feel awfully old when one has no love,
affair on. Don't you think George
Lumley Is very much taken with
met"
"I suppose that sort of attraction Is
more perceptible to Its object than to
any one else," returned Hope Desmond,
hesitatingly She had grown pale and
grave, while Miss Dacre rattled on:
"Then, you see, when I heard about
Hugh saving that man's life. I thought
I might make use of the story to wake
up Mrs. Savllle's good feelings. It
would b rather an heroic proceeding
If I were to reconcile the mother, son,
and wife. George Lumley said I was
splendidly generous,'
"What! did he, too, know all about
Hugh I mean Mr. SavllleT" cried
Hope, more and more disturbed.
"Oh, yes; we have quite Interesting
talks about him. I tell him confiden
tially how fond I was of Hugh, and
then, of course, he wishes he was lu
Hugh's place: so we get on very well.
He Is always coming over to the
Court, except when he goes away for
a few days' shooting. I am not quite
sure my father likes It. You have
never met Lord CastletonT He Is very
nice rather old-fashioned. Lord Er
erton was a great friend of his In ear
ly days. Now. my dear Hope, you
know my heart history; and you will
notice Captain Lumley' manner. You
know the Lumley estates are rather
encumbered, and I dare say he feels
shy of approaching me poor fellow!
but. If I like him that is of no conse
quence." "I am always Interested In what
you like to tell me. Miss Dacre," said
Hope, with some hesitation, as if
choosing her words, "but I am not
very observant, and some older and
wiser person would be more deserving
of your confidence than I urn.''
"Nonsense! I could not tell all
these things to a stiff old frump! Now,
mind you ask Mrs, Savllle If you may
come and practice every morning for
the concert. I Intended to ask her,
but my anxiety about Hugh quite put
It out of my head. That Is always ny
way: I nerer think of myself," Hope
was too bewildered with her energet
ic rapidity to reply, so Miss Dacre
went on: "She has really no feeling at
all. She Is fearfully hard. I Am
afraid she will never forgive Hugh.
But I will do all I can."
"If you will take my advice, Miss
Dacre," said Hope, earnestly, "you will
leave the matter alone. The less Mrs.
Savllle hears of her son for the pres
ent, the better. Attempts to fores
him on her notice only harden her-
"Well, perhaps so; but you mart
teak mo up whenever you can,"
"Trust me. I will."
"Now I had better go, home, I dars
say Captain Lumley Is watting for me
on the way. I am so glad you mads
me open my heart to you. It Is such
a comfort to have some one to apeak
to."
"Thank you," returned Hope.
"So Rood-by. You are looking quit
pale and III Be sure you ask Mr.
Savllle about the concert." And Miss
Dacre departed through the open win
dow.
Hopo threw herself on the sofa na
soon as she was gone, and sat there
lost In thought, her elbow on the
cushion, her head on her hand, un
conscious of the large tears which,
after hanging on her long lashc.
rolled slowly down her cheeks. What
unhapptnena and confusion Hugh 8a
vllle's headstrong disobedience had
created! and for what? Terhaps only
for a temporary whim; perhaps only
to regret It. as Mta Dacre Mid, Th
thought of thiso things depressed her
Some Incident In her own life perhaps
mads her more keenly alive to the
trouble In Mrs. Savllle's; for Hop
Desmond was an exceedingly attrac
tive girl, graceful, gentle, with flashes
of humor and Are, suggesting delight
ful possibilities. The day had been
trying, for her good friend Mr. Raw
on had not brought too flourishing an
account of her affairs, and aha did not
enjoy the Idea of being a companion
all her life. At thts stage of hsr re
flections a shadow fell across her, and,
looking up, she saw George Lumtey
contemplating her with much Interest
She was always pleased to see his
bright, good-looking fac., and. smiling
on him kindly, said, "You have missed
Miss Dacre. She has Just gone."
"Are you all right. Miss Desmond?
he asked, with much Interest, and
drawing a step nearer.
"Yes, of course." she returned; then,
becoming suddenly aware that her face
was wet with tears, she blushed vlr
(dly and put up her handkerchief to
remove them.
"The terrible effect of a private In
tervlew with one's legal adviser." she
said, with a brave attempt to laugh.
"He must have brought you bad
news. I fear" And Lumley sat down
beside her "Old Ilawson " He
paused.
"Is one of the best and kindest of
friends." put In Hope. "Now I must
go away I should have been In my
room before this, only Miss Dacre
chose to stay and talk about famll)
affairs. If you follow you will soon
overtake her; she has taken the vicar
age path."
"Why, you don't suppose I want to
overtake her?"
"8he expects you."
"Well, she may do so. She baa
nearly talked me to death once to
day I am not going to run the same
risk again."
(To t continued.)
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J MEN OP ACTION.
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"How did you like Professor New.
msnr one of the summer residents
of Wlllowby asked Hiram Gale. "I
saw his name on the list of lecturers
In your last winter's course."
Mr Gale stroked his chin reflectlre-
ir-
"Well, some thought he was kind
o' stiff In his sjwech at first, but I
tell ye what happened:
"He got kind o' worked up telling
us what 'men of action' meant; what
the government o' these United States
was doing in Alasky, the Philippines,
an' so on; an' he stepped n mite too
flgh the aldge o' the platform an' tost
hli balance; but as he begun to fall,
Bnni Hohart an' Tick Willis, that were
In the front seat, stood up an' ketched
him. one by each arm. an' brought
hint up standla. He bulged nut at
tht) knees for a minute, but nothing
to speak of.
"Ar,d says Pick to him, 'The last
word you spoke was "omnlrornui,"
nnd roebbe before you mount wcUn
youll give us some bind of a nint
what It means.'
"The Professor looked from Pick to
Ram an' bark to Pick, again, kind o'
dried, and then he begun to la'jgh.
"Toil let me mount.' he says, 'ai'
I'll see to It that the rest o' my talk
Is such you won't need a dictionary'
iin' I'.n kep' his promise,
"Ycj, sir, he guve us a fine talk
after that, an' he's coming again. We
had him to breakfast noxt morning,
nnd my wife said she wouldn't wart
to hear anybody talk more sensible
nor act more common an' friendly
than he did, But thero was a ploco
In the Sentinel next week referrln'
to Pick fin' Sam as 'Wlltowby's Mrn
of tctlon' an' I reckon the name'll
ctlck to 'em long as they live,"
Vnrurnlily Impressed,
"Why do you Insist on having a na
tive of Italy to work on your farm?"
"Ilecuz I've read so much about
them fine Italian hands." Washing
ton Herald.
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What the Imcntor says will be n
great boon to small runners, as the
Invention, tt Is claimed, will do the
work of six horses, Is In use In Cali
fornia, but It ran be adapted to any
locality It Is a gasollna tractor nnd
ts a help In plowing, harrowing ami
harvesting, tt will keep running as
long as tt Is fed gasoline
Built with a two cylinder motor,
the tractor has plenty of power It
has two speeds, forward and reverse,
and Is easily operated from an exten
sion scat, from much the same posi
tion a driver would occupy with his
team.
It Is particularly an orchard tractor,
having low. wide wheels, narrow
tread, short wheel base and short turn
Ing raldlus. A special feature la that
the tractor may be driven from the
seat of the ordinary wheel plow or
barrow, enabling one man to drive and
operate the levers of this plow ami
cultivator with perfect ease and con
venience. It Is a one man machine,
light In weight, with all control lever
conveniently arranged
To obtain the greatest efficiency the
front wheels are made the traction
wheels; also the steering wheels. In
the rear aro smaller plain wheels,
close together, with fUnges to hold
against side slipping, ueed simply as
trc iiosurt.m cultivator.
trailers, to which the plow, cultivator,
barrow or farm wagon Is hitched the
same as thougn coupled to the small
wheels used on the rear of the ordi
nary tongue when plowing with a
tsata.
Th power plant Is built In a stiff
stel frame, mounted rigidly to th
main axle, and 1 composed of a two
cylinder opposed engine of standard
mak, rated at twenty-four horse
power. Tbamp In 1MB.
Thumps In pigs Is caused by a sur
plus of fat and a lack of exercise. Th
thumping 1 du to violent beating or
the heart, causing shaking movement
of th sides and flank of the animal.
Often it Is so violent that th whole
body trembles and shakes with tbe
movements. In aggravated casei the
pig Is weak and uncertain In his
walk, and lies down most of the time.
Before death the note, ears and other
parts of the body become red and pur
pte with congested blood, due to rk
circulation
Advanced cases of th thumps are
difficult to cure. When first symptoms
are noticed reduce His bedding If there
Is much In their stesplng quarters;
reduce the feed and compel the pig
to exercise In the opep air Fresh air
will purify the blood and exercise will
promote circulation. When pigs b
com fat and fazy they will 11 In bed
a great part of tb time, often com
pletely covered with bedding, so that
they bresth Impure air snd dust
This poisons th blood and reduces
th vitality in general, which, with
compression of the heart with surplus
fat, causes the malady.
In the spring or summer when pas
ture Is good It Is well to change pas
ture of hogs afflicted wltb the thumpa
so that they will be Induced to take
more exercise and eat green food. Re
duce heavy feeding and keep the
bowels of the animal loose by doses
of castor oil A little turpentine In
tbe slop or drinking water Is said to
be good.
Heleellnar ftrcd Corn,
In gathering the corn crop, it Is well
to look out for next year's seed. Next
to good soil and good cultivation, Is
good seed, Do not place too much con
fidence In abnormal individual ears,
led good oar from row which pro
duce a large yield. And when seed
ing time comes next year, do not rely
too much on the character of th seed,
With well-prepared soil and thorough
owHur, a large crop of com cars b
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will Increase the yield, and will fully
repay tho trouble and cost of outatn
Ing It.
,-wrt I'ikIIiiiU AKr,
An Invention Hint will Ik found us
(ul by fenr-t-mnkers nnd farmers gen
erally, Is the post-hole niKr iliHtlgund
yystj by a Michigan man. This
la Implement diss a nariow,
fence or other post hole nnd
digs tt quickly In Appear
mice the augor resemble
rlsati hole. Jtitt the right
diameter for a huR" auger
of tli ordinary carpen
ter' kit. It It prsd
down Into the earth, the Jaws
taking In the amount of dtrt a post
would replace, and then withdrawn,
bringing up th dirt Just as dredger
would Indeed, the Implement works
much like a dredging machine. The
advantage of auger I In th small,
clean hole It makes. Without It a post
hot must be dug with a spade and th
smallest spade not only make a hole
too big. but on that neresarlly slants
from the rim to the bottom and must
b filled again. It Is easy to undsr
stand that a post will stand much
mom flnuly In a hot that does not
hare to b filled In,
Vulva ( IVI Aar,
There I more value In coal aahe
than Is generally rallied by th
farmer. For th amelioration of heavy
clay land they are exceptionally valu
able. This Is particularly so with th
ashes of soft coal, a such usually are
reduced almost to a dint
Coal Ashes have a fertiliser Valu.
This opinion, however. Is not held gen
erally. Th coal beds contain phos
phorous, potash, nitrogen and llm. a
wall as th other leu Important tBgrw
dltnts. When th original trees out
of which were formed the coal beds
were reduced to ro4l lb mineral ele
ments remained In them, and conse
quently those same element go with
the ashes. One authority say that
the reason why people hav formed an
Idea that coal ashes contain no fsrtll
Ity Is that the trees now grown hav
In them lets carbon than thos In th
old days and thus the pcrcentsg of
other lnmont to carbon Is probably
greater now than then, which gives a
larger valu to our wood aahr but
does not annihilate the valu In th
coal ashes. Aahe csn b used to ad
vantage without sifting, but large
quantities of half-burned coal are by
some considered a detriment to th
soil.
IIummii Kd Caller,
Her Is a feed cutter which anyone
can mak from a llttl cheap lumber.
The knife, a. Is a common broad ax.
which most farm
ers hav. Put a
handle In, an
shown, and build a
frame of SxMnch
hard wood and Inch
boards. Th end of
th handle Is fas-
ma rurmn iohao itntA t0 ,, iUll(J.
ard at b with a piece of strap Iron.
Another piece of strap Iron, c, arts
as a guard and keeps th nx close to
the edgo of the box. Farm And Horn.
The I'uullrr 1 nril.
A flock might Just as well roost in
trees a In a house full of cracks and
holns, which chills the birds In spot
and poduces bad colds.
A hen too fat gets lazy, she takes
no Interest In life. One too poor care
nothing about her egg record. Th
happy medium I a happy hsn.
Home people are willing to pay an
extrw prtn for eggs on one color.
Many psople get a cent or more a dox
en for sorting their hen fruit accord
ing to site and color.
On som farms th young chicken
are allowed to roost outdoor during
the summer and fall. They should at
one be trained to winter quarter,
and the sooner this Is done the better,
It I worth the poultry raiser'
while to remember that an earth floor
la unhealthful when tho location la
naturally wet and not well drained
With thl kind of location it will pay
to put In a board floor.
Take no chances by having too
many chicken together In ono flock,
If you see they are getting to be
crowded In their winter quarter,
make thrift and health a certainty by
dividing thorn up, or selling somo of
them.
You may have an Idea that poultry
can hunt their own grit. You are
wrong. Grit I a cssontlal a feed,
act a grit box, fill it with crushed
rock And oyster-ehell, and hang it on
th wall where dirt will not be
scratched Into It. Farm Journal,
WHBM UBUKKIin WKKg HANailD,
Our l'orfHtlirr Wt-rv l,r l,rnn
ullli l.timi Mlinrk IIinii ,r,
Society Is sttnnHy lent tit with
mine rlnssns of wruugdooi Un,
term tit thn prnltnntlnry ri'K.nd tlni
whn lake our mutiny from ih by hruia
forco or stealth, but there Is no pun.
Istiiiient for th usurer who rti thn
poor Just m surely and far mora
safuly
A worklngmnn In a steady Jnli nmU
It thn riulest thing III the world to
borrow money from the usme, nt
If ha Is not In a position m repay
thn Innn when It mattim nil he ha
In do Is to renew the nolo, n utntn.
tlal bonus being added to tlio amount
pf the first loan. V lien he h tbor
sughly enmeshed tl money lender
lake particular pall i to see Hint lot
doe nut escape. Hli wages are xar
liliheed now and then to pievent lilt
being able to clear off the debt and
mother and bigger bonus Is demsndto
(or renewing thn note. I'l the end th
victim Is working for the usurer ami
U allowed to retain for the support
tf his family out? so much as th
uurer I willing U-M htm hav
This looks mot scoundrelly than
highway roblx-ry. yet th criminal law
lis overlooked It entirely, say th
Detroit Journal In a ras now U.
for Jtistlr lmkU th borrower u.
k trlfls over ISO, and being unable to
pay waa given som 113 mora and re
quired to sign a note for ISO, the dif
ference between the 133 and tin M
representing the bonus h had to git
fni Ikjiltt Milliwatt In trfirrnSr Tn mi,i
up that transaction h was haudsd a
I check for 1(0. which It had to Indorse
snd return to the mony Under Thus
(he latter could and did say tn court
that he had given th man a rhsrk
for ISO which had betn cashed at th
bank Ho It was rashsd, but It ai
the money lender who drew tbe mon
ey It was extortion of a ileverly
dlsgutaod kind, and had not the work
man be co mo desptrat and rrfud to
pay anything at all h might hat
remained In th power of th usarsr
lor jrnri
Of scores, probably hundreds, this Is
! ..ma aau. Ittat .Ant.. In llalil t.J
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when on Is exposed all th court rsn
do Is to liberate the man from th
(power of the usurer. It ran do nothing
lo punish th usurer Our forefathers
were not so lenient In this inspect
They punlslud th usurir with onft
cation of hi property, with 'ortur
and often with death.
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS.
By Clarsnc L. Cullsa,
Don't tell A nsrdleaa II Hav It up
for the big occasion, whsn, cloljr
pressed, you'll Imperatively need It.
It Is a setNivldent proposition that
hen a woman Uxuta that she pos
leases a ss-ns of humor sh doesn't
In lumra lh -trial marrlai" Idea
la Intended to glv the parties to th
contract th benefit or in siaiui oi
limitation
Ever notice that If only th woman
with th fine big mop of hair who sits
in th front window to dry tt after
washing It?
That cheerful, dimpled maiden. Miss
Affinity, has llttl or no trouble In ce
menting n bond with the husband of
i whining wife.
Eventually you'll find out that, when
your molher-lnlaw take your end of
It In nn argument wllh your wife, th
situation hasn't, Improved 10 cents
worth.
When an Ill-considered marriage
toes Into lankruplry It Is called a di
vorce, and alimony Is the llquldstlon
for th benefit of the one preferred
eredltor
If her white, petticoat protrude be
low hr ovsrsklrt. don't tell hr un
less she Asks you, for If you do she'll
bark at you a If you were pronall
responsible for It
Th woman who writes th ,,M,
nnn "U'hti Man Owna to Woman
often I th woman who feeds her hus
band iclulvly upon Junk from m
delicatessen shop.
Thy pull their hubbies hair only In
t.. ..nil mlamxnta TheV tlSVS
more subtle and grueling methods of
svenlng up scores than by engsglng
In that hirsute-yanking comedy
Ten iiair ,
"Now that the baseball season
'over " lghed Henry Jawllltl,
I "Perhaps," Interrupted Mrs. Jawllt
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I "I wa about to say," spoke up J'
.little, "that I would consider your d
I nianrt for n new let of furs,"
I And then Mr. Jawllttlo regretted
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Never sav fiJl. Jut KO ahead and
fall and your creditor will soon bef I
of It