I
hand,” she murmured, falling upon his
neck.
i
And so they parted.
Mrs. Castleton
took her way to the principal hot-I. “ So
la t e ! ’ she muttered, looking up nt th e !
church clock as she passed.
" I bare
?JG ' ¿ V i* *
only half an hour to spar* before the
time of my appointment.
I would not
have been 1st« for that on any considera
By WILLARD MacKENZIE
tio n ."
hi lier witting room woa Mrs. Freeman,
I’o l a f s In S p r a g l n * .
looking very worried and anxious.
K. A. Emerson, of the Nehrnaka ex
Good gracious, child, where have you
periment station, in a recent bulletin,
been/ I thought that something had hap
g h eS 'th e following recommendation«
pened to you !” she cried.
.'or this year's «praying based ou tbe
Something has bspjj*n*d to me. Some
f IIA I**I K it X X .- -(C ontinued.)
results secured last year.
to whom, finding it imi»o«slhlc to procure thing that you could never *nesa. I have
"Cowa inside th,. cottage,” he »«id.
A lle h o r n In g ( h n t e .
1. Spray with Bordeaux mixture
her nny conveyance to Bodmin, be bad pasKd) the night within toe walls of
» i i i h I u k her in. " N „ oi,« ig
|
While
there are a great many cattle a fte r tbe cluster buds open, but before
offered (be hospitality of the Custle. That Pennrhyddyn ( ’««tie. Kut I cannot ex
llm bow caiue you b eret"
would ! h * Muflndent.
plain matters now. I expect an arrival that lose their horns by dehorning th e in d iv id u a l flower buds open.
“ I bnd lost ID) w ay; I ktl'sked nt the
fluids and preparation« of this kind In
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„
1
"
,
,
“ 'z
every moment."
2. Spray with Bordeaux and some
Ten minutes afterwards, a waiter an- calfbood, there are a great many that pofaon, such as arsenate of lead, jmrls
In. wiib tbe | io | m > of finding aome one to
ei,ta revived her from the swoon.
Hhe nouneed flint .Mr. Jenkins, th* poatmaa- come to maturity
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„ with
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an >_________
ugly pair of green, etc., as soon as |>o«slble after
make inquiries o f; nnd Just at that mo-
raised her head and stared wildly around. ) ,er at Benrhyddyn, was lx-low and desired horns that create a great deal of trou-
ment I beard your footstep«, and then
fix. bloaaoma fall, and at any rate be-
...................
" W ’.af j s thin'/ Where am I? " she cried. to see M
rs C astleton.
' Me In the feed yard. We hare received
your voire.
<>b, what a blessed sound
tore
the calyx lobes of tbe a(iple close.
on are safe, dearest; come away
Hhe sat down | u the darkest part of th* f|uJte a numb«.r of inquiries of late re-
tbat was in rny ears!”
3.
Hpray wr.tb Bordeaux and poison
from thia place —It la raining, and you nmm. and w aited his com ing, nervous ,
..
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"You have bee,, wandering about her*
will get wold.*’ And he began to lead her and agitated. H e was shown in, the door (jui-atlng a plan for a g*xxl dehorning three or four weeks after the flowers
in iIn* boj«* of «.«ring mt. «if meeting me
Accordingly we have here re fa it
away.
closed, and then ah* stepped into th e ! chute.
accidentally? Wan It not «<»?”
“Oh, I have had
su«di
a
terrible lig h t.
produced a most convenient and satis
4. Spray with arsenate of lead
' Yes, ' sbe Sgnin answered, slowly, a f
dream !" ah* murmured.
" I have seen
"F ath er,” she said, "do you not know factory chute.
about July 20.
ter another panas.
such an aw ful dead face!
Was It a me?
One of the good points about thia
5. Spray with arsenate of lead
"Kut where are you staying?” be asked
dream? Oh, no. no! It was In that hut
He started back at the sound of h *r chute la the hinged doors on the rear about August 10.
suddenly. "Are you provided with lodg
where you promised to m ike m* your voice with a look of Intense surprise,
<nd which make It possible to adjust
I ng 7”
Uae parts green at the rate of one-
w lf*.
B hat a place for love, with that which almost immediately chaug<*d to one
tbe chute to any sized barn door. fourth to one-third pound per barrel
Oh, yes, at Bodmin; I have been there
of
angry
sternness.
aw
ful
d**ad
face
doe*
to
us!
Death
and
two days,"
Where tbe width of tbe rear end of the of Bordeaux. Vse arsenate of lead at
love— love and death ! I«et there tie an
" Is It you who have sent for me?" h*
"Kut that 1« aome distan -* from here.
said, harshly. "W h a t do you want with f’hnt<'J* Wtlafactory and cannot be ad- the rate of two pounds per barrel o f
*nd
of
it.
Even
from
the
grave
we
are
How esa you get there tonight? There
warned agulnst our union.
Where are me? Are you not ashamed to look tne in Justed to the door aa shown in the II- Bordeaux or water.
I» no kind of conveyance to be procured.**
you taking me to?"
tbe face?"
Make Bordeaux as follows; Blue-
"<’h. I ran walk.
Your father is 111.
H * told her that «he must rest in th *
" I have sent for you to ask your for-
stone, four fo u n d s; quicklime, six
1« be not .* «be n«k<*d, suddenly.
th a t n ig h t, as it wos Impossible given**»,” she Hn«wer*d. humbly, in a s o ft,1
pounds; water, fifty gallons.
" H e is —th a t la why I am her*.”
for h*r to reach Bodmin.
pleading voice, and with a piteous, tearful
"W h at would h* say did he know of
Slake tbe lime, dissolve tbe blne-
" In the Castle?" she exclaimed.
look in her melting eyes.
our love? Would be «auction It? Would
Mone, dilute each with half tbe re
d earest; on* flay you shall rest
"M y forgiveness can be of no use to
be receive me aa bi« son's wife? H * would
quired quantity of water, and mix
there as ita mistress, I hope.”
you." he answered. "O u r ways of life
not. and you know it !* ah* said, bitterly,
thoroughly.
'I her* was nothing hopeful in his tone, are separate we can never again be any
and <lrawing away from him. “ lie would
however; his vole« sounded hollow and thing but strangers to each other."
I se gocxl nozzle« and maintain a
think bis house disgraced by such a m ar dreary. The scene he had Just witnessed
high pressure as uniformly as possible
I l * was turning on bis heel to go when
riage.
Hui wer* I s grand lady, ami had sunk deep into his so ul; to him it
she clutched him by the arm and, drop
In order to distribute t»>e liquid In a
ugly as sin, and atupid aa an owl, h*
was another link forged in the fatal chain ping upon her knee«, held him fast. H er
mist-llke
n|»ray. Take care to reach
would receive m* with «»¡.en arms !"
that bound blm.
eyes were Ailed with tears, and her voice
"You wrong my father, dearest— Indeed
all parts of the trees and to avoid
Iloubtless th* servant thought It a shook with genuine emotion.
you d o ! No man baa a higher resjiert
i.ri-ti l i ng any part Careless spraying
strange circumstance that
5Jr. A rth u r
■|»o not go without hearing me." she
f<»r tiesuty and intellect than be h a t,” an
should not he tolerated.
should so suddely bring a strange lady cried, piteously. “ I am not so had as you
swered A rthur, mildly.
Into the ( .is tie .
H e requested them to imagine.
T ru ly , 1 have forfeited all
"Yea, aa adjuncts to birth !* she crl*d.
A PEW OSXI5Q C1JLTX.
W a g s s B oa D c rfc o .
bitterly. "Ob. why did I ever seek this
There are various ways of removing
% 2?
meeting?
Why did 1 not leave you In
lustration, there la often a foot or two a wagon box from tbe truck», and one
peace, and fly from you and your love?
of
space to be divided between tbe two of these la described in Iowa Home
D b , liw. b o ! It «ball n<»t ,»*! H elp me
aides.
As our readers wbo have bad stead. Tbe upright pole la 4 by 4 by 14
to struggle against m yself!
Drive me
Efe?
experience In dehorning know, an ani feet and i» set several feet In tbe
from you let me fly from you! I»o any
thing to «ave yourself from ruin !”
mal will always choose to pass through ground, zo that It will be firm enough
H er wild, passionate volee told of tlw
thia small opening rather than Into the in Its p;>sitlon to stand the strain which
straggle tbat raged within.
Hhe prayed
chute and thereby cause a constant ag I a required of IL Tbe platform on
for the self-control she bail never prac
gravation. The chute proper la tnount- which tbe rear end of the wagon box
ticed, and it wonid not com*. The w lf
|
ed
on two heavy timbers which may be rtats when It is to be raised from the
indulgence that from a child had warjxsl
j Ix4’s or 4xO’s, while the uprights are wagon may be made any height so aa
her soul rendered her incsjmbl* of w lf-
generally 4x4 a. The stanchion Is made to suit the height of the trucks. Two
denying. Hhe loved A rthur Ib-„rhyd<lyn
to open and close and secured in auy guy wires should be attached to tbe
according to her nature. It waa a selfish
love, but It was too powerful for her to
way that suits. The convenient part of pole a foot or so from Its top and be
wreatle with to tram jdc ujx»n.
the chute la the trough shaped part secured eight or ten feet in the rear o f
"Why 1« this?" »be went on. yet mor*
-•»Vi
niarked H. This la made of two-lnch the platform. The rope which la used
wildly, " t 'o lll 1 o»*t you, I knew noth
stuff and securely fastened to bottom
log of such struggle«; I thought only of
o-ossjileces. After the animal la aeeur
my own happiness: but now. sjm rt from
L i I
ed in the stanchion a halter la thrown
you. I have no happiness— no life !
I
over ita bead and tbe halter rope Is
sm like one under a spell. Ah. that is I t !
t>SAsed through the bole Just below the
tiist 1« it ! and alie sbuddere<| in every
limb,
A HTSAXC.E « E f.M O X .
letter H. The letter A shows a con tin
" I t Is." he answered gloomily. "W e ar*
uatlon of thia rope to the pole which Is
each other'« fa t e ’ Struggle as we will. S*rve her with refreshments, and all that ••.Hirns, not only to your love, but even used aa a lever to bring the animal’s
she
required,
and
ordered
apartm
ents
to
We are in the toils— w* must fu lfill our
to your forbearance, by the ungrateful rq - 1 bead Into position on the trough
be prepared for her in the eppoahe wing
d estiny.’
om
b a n m .X for .11 your kind™
«
A,
thl, „ accoinp|,slled tbe
kindness
And you w ill make me your wife, and |
;bub<i ‘,’ ' \ , tO I * “ ! ?? wh,ch. hi\ own
DOOM ED.
to me.”
were .............
situatiwl.
I shall one day be loidy IVnrhyddyn 7
~
* H * would have taken leave
’ 1 ou have." he interrupted, sternly. " I f rope K la thrown over the neck of the
of her for the night, with such courteous you had been my own child I could not animal and secures the head firmly to
she murmured.
BEMOVIXC TH E WACOX BOX.
"Anything to make you m ine; for I distance as he would have shown to a have been fotuler of you than I w as from I
trouSh- when the dehorning opera-
cannot exist without you," he answered. stranger; but ah* was not to be put off the day 1 found you upon the sands, artfl , l ‘on m aJr
performed. .Aa soon as the
thus; and her manner, as ahe bad* him carried you home with me. I was a child-1 °peratlon Is concluded the animal Is to do tbe lifting la attached at on e
In a low , passionate voice.
flood night" made the servants stare, lesa. Wifeless m an— my home was a lone- unstanchloned and one of the sides of end of the upright pole near its uj>per
"And If poverty cornea," she said, "we
and, doubtless, tdlk when they got below.
Will brave It together.”
y one—-and I thought a hrixht little prat- the chute Is hinged so that It may be end. From there It continues on to a
T hia done, A rth u r directed two of the
"Then the die la rest,” he cried, "and
pulley hooked In a rope which passes
servants to go down to John Trevethick’s
only death shall part us!"
/
here say thai the drowning bring a curs*
after which Is closed and around the front end of the wagon box,
Again that long. low wall of the wind, cottage.
uj»on
those
who
save
them.
I
have
found
”nothcr
aulmal
1« driven In.—Montreal then back over a pulley In the top o f
Mrs. Castleton M t before the flre that
as he had heard it In the gallery, and
the pole and down to a windlass at the
SUr.
again he felt as though a supernatural blazed cheerily upon the spacious hearth it true.
rear end of the platform. When tbe
“
I
have
presence were about him. And this time of her great old-fashioned bedroom, call
l»een most ungrateful." she
wagon box is in ita final position on the
there mlngi.-<l with the
blast another ing up visions of future grandeur. At moaned.
Im p r t iT ls g D a ir y S to c k .
I cannot find one word to
sound a strange, hoarse, rattling noise, times, the aw ful dead face thrust Itself , excuse my conduct— you were only too
A 2-year-old heifer, fresh in milk, plagform. It should stand upright and
ami then a gasp, ns from a human throat* In among them, hut. with a shiver, abe j K'K’d to me.”
will sell for more than a fatted steer should be left attached to the rope,
from
dw elling!
"Everybody could see your fallings bm
"W hat is that?" site whisjiered, cling wrenched her thoughts
nnd she will coat only half ns much so that It cannot be blown down in cum
upon its hideouaiiesa. One« in bed. w e a r-i
’ *** *«’nt on in the same tone; "hut
Ing to him in mortal terror.
to
produce. These grade cows are not of winds.
overpowered her and she did n o t, 1 wn" blinded, infatuated by your ayron
It was like the hoarse rattle In the I
face and ways, and always had an excuse hard to produce. Purchase a pure sire
throat of the dying.
H is hair bristled. I aar*hcn until the sun was shining bright
Tke Fam tlr Cow.
and his flesh crept, Komething was near
tr o u g h the latticed windows,
Upon my lijm and in my heart for your of one of the standard breeds, cross
Families tnat keep only t one covg
them. W hat was It?
She sprang out of lied nnd looked out w illfu l vanity. And you so twisted your him upon tbe mixed stock now on tbe
should endeavor to have the best ani
A rth u r wa« determined to lnve«tignte ” IM,n the glorious landscaj>e of wood nnd self about my heart that I had not even furm and the young will, In all useful
the cause of these sounds. H e retnem-
anf*
a,,<i bright blue aet. the courage to net any Inquiries on foot characterlatlca. be far more than half mal that am be procured. More labor
is required to
l»ered that he had a box of waxen matches T h a t Invigorating atmosphere, flooded alxuit your friends, for fear I should lor* oT that pure breed. When we remem- i »
, care for a single cow.
I placed you with tnv niece who her th e re a rs even c e n t o n o / ¿
prt^ortlonately, than for a herd,
In his pocket. He struck one, and by Ita w *t *’ golden light, quickly d!s«ij>ated the you.
A
light saw a lantern with a candle in It ■operstitloua fancies of the night,
kept a grand school in my native place. ! breeding In these aním ala nnd ~
° ° W f ° r tbe fa m iIy sl|ouId
’ large
in
Surrey.
She.
too.
wrote
me
o
f
'
y
o
u
H
^
l
^
tha
X
X
tb
e
h,
°
'
,eiWt
*
n
standing open upon a tabls. A puff of
"S hall 1 renounce the chance of being
months o f
J J
,? tb , P tb * blood ln
year,
and tbe
should should
contain
wind Mew out hla lig ht; but lie struck the mistress of thia for the sake of a d «obedience nnd Idlenees. and of y o u r 'L ,
the year,
and milk
tbe milk
contain
another, and succeoded thia time in Ignlt- mere superstitious fancy? Perhaps I shall V* a *
but
1
"tib
w*
*
nt
On
ho*
P
in«
'
m
\
,
ti™
0
s
rougvr
will
be
that
iiot
ies8
than
4
per
cent
of
butter
fat.
o f a6 crvam Ig one‘ of tbe
ta t*
ing the candle. Nothing was" to be awn not come to him a beggar!” she mused and believing that you would mend, and b!ood’ * 100 or * 150 fo r a
briirht woman
woman one
nn. n day.
„, — But
breeding
age will not seem an extrava-
soft r ♦ h
»sentíais. It
my
In the rwun in which they were.
But "B u t I w ill aa.v nothing of my hopes of lie a bright
J, “ 7 , " ?
dream was nearly at an end* now. One «an, pr.ee. Every „ellrtlborhood where X £ r m .E bu, « V L
this opened into the sleeping room, Into fortune; and at all events he w ill
. •? r
of f«mt-
which A rth u r had never passed hut once proud of hia wife's beauty!"—and ahe morning I got a letter to s<v that you there is any co-operative spirit should ' •__________’ ■ - -
ly cows are selected without regard to
had run away from the school, and from
before; and that was on the night tbat. smiled at her image in the glass.
prepare to supply thia demand f°r merits In that respect. It is difficult
oa a boy. he had a«vn a mother and child
Every
AftAr brekfaat, a servant brought her '»•«• h»<"- >»» n-vrr wrote me a line, but I fairly well bred c o w .
- »
■ «. , , .
- .
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male , to rear the calves
in such case«, hence
lying cold and motionless upon the bed. a mesnge from Arthur, to aak If ahe left the poor old doting fool to break his
heart, perhaps you thought."
I PU C a *
’ ou
°
same breed, I | n purchasing the fam lk cow !t"w lll
In to thia room be now paused— she still could receive him.
Ob.
n o r .he cried;
«>,» new an lm .U will no, here to be proMaW, *„
a h l«h p d j , 0T a
clinging to him
" A t once." waa the reply.
And five
be purchased every two or three ye»™. 9u,H,rlor anlffial.W
PrlCe for “
heartless.
Many
and
many
an
hour
I
A cry of horror burst from her lipa minutes afterwards he wna holding her
have sat and thought of vou with an ach By exchanging those animals about the
and she fell senseless upon the ground
in his arms, and anxiously inquiring how
ing heart, of all your love nnd tenderness; neighborhood, a farmer will then be i
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while A rth u r stood transfixed.
Huddled ah« had reafed.
The ,a r i " and' c X u n ’ ly ^ o w l n g .
and whenever a prayer passed my lips, it paying »100 or »150. no, for two year,.
upon the bed, his limbs drawn up as if
"Oh, excellently!" waa her reply. "B u t was for your happiness.
I would have
with pain, his face distorted with the
j ^
, T nr .
I fear tbat you cannot aay as much.
given the world to have written to you. Tbe cow , tb ,,. p
agonies of death, waa the old fisherman
He I ok cd very worn and pale, aa though to have implortxl your forgiveness, and I
John Trevethlck. He had l»een seised with
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.
. .....
market, beceuee there »re (Wn
provide m ean, for taking c7ro
he had not slept nil night— which, indeed, dared not.
Not long a fter I left the
a fit, and died with no one by to help
•ehool I w e. rn.rried , 0 , gentleman of I!
purcba‘*- of the butJnesn One means of*rellef
he had n o t; but he did not tell her so.
him.
He would have shown her through the fortune. 1 am bi, widow. More than ‘
H'R1’" priced males may alao has been made In tbe suggestion o f
I>eath had been the witness of their Castle, but d(scretion prompted her to that
I am. probably, on the eve of com-1
Purchased with economy becauae o f tripledecked cars for the a X m m o d le
betrothal, and the death rattle had min refuse. Sha did not wish Sir Launce to i X i i ' y T . m / X " ' / ^ ,
*
lon* eL perlod
usefu,i>^ ' I «»■> °< «>* •-> » « ■ « <
»
“
gled with their vows of lova—their onlv know anything of her presence thqye; It
ratification.
might lead to explanations—to a rupture.
Better defer such until later. And fur
CHAPTER XXI.
ther to avoid attention, she expressed her
Recovering from hia flrat stupor of ter resolution to walk to Bodmin; and Ar
ror. Arthur extinguished the light, and, thur arranged to accompany her.
takiug Mrs. Castleton in hla arms, bore
They parted about half a mile out of
her out Into the oj»en air. What was to Bodinin.
be done? It was impossible for her to
Do not let ua be seen together any
reach Bodmin that night. If he went In more, ahe said. She had more reasons
to the village, thera were' a hundred than or.a for this caution. "I shall re
chances to one against his procuring a turn to London to-morrow. Write and
conveyance. But one resource was left let me know when you are coming up.”
open to him—a startling one, but Inevit
"That will be aa soon aa my father la
able— he muat take her to the Castle. He better," he answered.
•ould tell the servants that ahe waa a lady
"Till then, adieu, my lova—my hue-
-
* "
A v o id D e e p D e o d - F w r r o w a .
anything I can do to add comfort to
your------”
Do not plow your land round and I
Garde« Seed«.
Silence!" he interrupted sternly. "If round the stime way, year after year, | It Is time lost, and broken backs, to
I wanted bread, I would not accept a ! unless you want a deep dead-furrow In undertake the planting of jrarden n^<t«
hTt-V'L"1»i?0” : but, I. wnnt nothing— I , the middle that will bear nothing and by hand. Use a drill, which puts th«.
have more than enough for my needs. Had be a hard place to cross. When plow- seeds In rexularlv and « v i? » . pots th e
you kept true to me, you would not have Ing for seeding begin nt th « « J L i *
regularly and evenly, m
mark»
a rk »
found yourself a beggar nt my death Per
» e d in f begin at the dead-fur- I the rows and cover«
covers the™
them at the right
th? W. n T flrSt furrow into the depth. There are many handy Ilttlo
haps you might have been ns well off as
you are now. Have you anything more ditch, wheel the horses about to the Implements suitable for the garden
right and drive back to the starting that are upt in frequent use. Even a
to oay before I go?”
point, turning a furrow up against the trowel does excellent service ln trana-
(To be con tinned.)
one Just
This plan, followed planting, and a weeder will tear out
The good or evil we confer on others to the eud, will leave the land all the weeds much quicker than can b e
often recoils on ourselves.—Fleldln«, t nnooth and In good shapa
J dono by haQ(t