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i:!^ >^a^iCmKKH-»4«f«KH-»4):H»fO^Of«^-«-f «-f«><H ) li THE STEWARD'S SON l?«fm^X»-W4-»+a-»-»^»+»+»+W+»+»40-f«K<>«-»-«-f»+«^»^^ CIIAI'TEH XXV.â€" (Continued) Tho color roso to GuiUltord Wcc- i ton's haggard face. To be in tho same hou.sa with Norah, to go about London with her, to have her to him- j BoK for somo week.s, Ju.st when her heart was aoro with the supposed | doscrtion of Cyril Uurno! Wliat a ; chunco for him! { "Thank you, you are very kind. I ! should lie gla<i to run up for a few j days, but a little later on. Thesa | mutters you have mentioned mu.st bo j Seen to, and at once." "Vou ar« uhviiys thoughtful and con.siderate, (Juildford. Come up lo j us, by all nicun.s, mid as soon as you • can." Norah did not indorse the invita- i tion, but sat, her eyes bent upon h<ir • plato. She spoke little <luriiig the Dical, and ro.so with a feeling of re- j lief when the butler brought iu tho : port. ! Guildford nprloM sippKl his wine ; and talked, doing his best to amu-iu th<! earl, and it was not until th'-y j hud got up to join Norah in the; , drawing-room that ho said, quite , carfle.ssly: i â- â- t)h, about letters. You will have ; them forwarded, I suppose'.'" and he kojit his eyes down, as he wailed . breulhlessly for the reply which j Would mean 8o much to him. | "Ves, 1 suppose so. It is a nui.s- | ance, however." "lyCt mo sec," .said Guildford Hor- ton; "you don't want to bo troubled with businoH.s letters abotit the es- tate, and circulars, and nil thiit kin 1 o/ thing. I will tell tho postoflicc people to send them to me, and wi-eil them out before I send them to yo'i. I can detect a bnsine,ss letter hy the envelope, I think," an<l he smiled. "Thank you," responded the earl, with a bow; "that will .save me a groat deal of trouble. I'rny do so. ' Guildford Ilerton's heart gave a bound of relief and .satisfuction. All tho Court letters would now pass through his hands. Not only tho oarl's, but Nornh's! "Very well. 1 don't think I will come into the drawing-room. The peopio in town must bo written to at once. I'lea.so maUo my excuses tii Lady Norah." He went into the library and ant d€)wn lo one of tho writing-lable.s, but B» ho laid the sheet of not<!- pnper, with its golil-eniblazoned cnst, before him and look up a pe-i, a sudilen su.spii-ion that he was n-jt alono came over him. lie glanced over his shoulder cautiously, and with a hagKnfd smile, for he knew tliat the sii.spiciun wus n mere fancv; but hi! lookcHl round neVertheleHS, and it sii'ined to liim that n shiiile, a formless shape, was hovering cloud- like ut the end of the mom. lie got Ui), and na ho approaihed, the shape ai)peared to grow Iphs distinct and Vanish; but at one monKMit it ha 1, to his niitnl, taken the form of llocca, and its face wore the expression ol horror which had aj'peared im hois when she turned and saw lilnv ap preaching her with the handlierchief tied over )iis mouth. Jle titnggered buck into (he chair ond wiped the drops of swent from bi.s brow and so .sat for soirve minutes. .M last ho drew tho chair up to the table and began to write, but for i\\- life of him hn could not resist th; awful impulse to glance over bin shoulder now and again- and once or twice he fancied that tho awful Hhiipo still hovered in tho conier of tliu room.. "The earl was right," hn multero<l to himself, with a ghastly smile; "1 should bo all the Ijetlcr for a cluinge. lint I mustn't go yet. I must wait for ('yril llurru^'s iKtIer." On tho following Tuesflay the earl and Norah wi>nt t« l^ondon. Nor»h by that time was looking still palor and nioro worn, and l.a(l.\' Kerndalo had nliuost insisti'd up>«ii tho earl'i procuring medical advice for her. '"rnke her to Hir Andrew," sho naid, almost in\periouH!y, "nnd i? you have dono so hy tho lime I coiifio up" â€" sho was going lo I,ondon, to Kta.v will) fiHends, in a week froi i thence â€" "and she is not deiiiledl.v better, I shall tako her m.\solf." Norah was surprisetl to lind tli.> house in I'ark Ijane rather large. She had expected to seo n tiny, liKlo villa; whereas, though it would hn\.; gono C(nufi>rla1)ly into ono of tho wings of the l'i)\ut. It was ono of the largest of the snialler I'nrk Lane placi-s. Sho was also surprised to finil that there were so many people still left in I.iOi»don. I.ady Kerndnlo am; other Iftilies had assured her that it would be empty; but it, seemed to Norah that a great nmny faniilierf weie still in town, and she thouniiL that tho park looked still very grien and pretty from her bedroom wliido.v which, it turncid out, was the l)i«l ill tho house Hho had to lhiir\U Mr. Guildford Itorton tor that. She hail also to thank him for the well-np- polntiid brougham which she found nt her disposal; fer the stock of library books which stood on the diawin;- room aide tal>lo; for tha regular sup - ply of flowers which came every morning from sho knew not where, littlo gues.Hiug that ho saw them cut each morning from the Court greon- housea. I'arliamont was sitting, which ac- counted for tho presence of so many people in I^ondon, and Noi-ah, witn a great deal of surprise, woke, so to speak, to discover that sho was fatu- ous. J>ady Ferndalo hail actml as courier in advance, by writing to all her friends an enthusiastic description of J^ady Norah Arrowdnle, and Norah was astonished by tho number of callers nnd the invitations whic!» poured in upon her. llul for the lirst few days sho Wiis too unwell to go out. Tho earl wi.sb- ed to send for Sir Andrew, but Norah persuaded him to "give her a fo'iv flays," as she put it, nnd spent those few days of grace .sealed hy her win- dow, looking (Jut at tho park, and watching with listles.s, sorrow-laden eyes tho few horsewomen who still haunte.l the row, and the nurs-.-- inuids, with their children, anil long- legged guardsmen, who, whatever thj season, were always on view. .\t the enil of the week, aiid by the lime I.ady Kerndale had arrived, she had managed to h-ave her room, an I she fancied that site saw a smilu of vvelemne on tho earl's fuco^that w \s almost tender. Indeed, ho ro.se from his chair, an 1 took her hand, nnd he looked in'o her face, paler and thinner than Would ha\o seemed possible for a few Weeks' illness to render it, and, au ho kissed her, ho saiil: ".\ro you betti.-r'? You â€" you looU very much thinner. Perhal)s, after nil, Sir Andrew " Hut Norah sniilod, and, though it was but a shadowy rolioclion of tl'.e old, free-hearted one, it was still a smile. "Sir Andrew would pronounce me an inipostcrr, i>apa, and charge you i< douhlo fee. I am all right, and quite well now." llut Lady Perndale started whin she drove round from Queen's (Jate the next day, nnd stared at the woin face aghast. "My dear child!" sho exclaimoi, with tender sympathy. "Ho 1 look so like a. gho.st, tlicn',"" said Norah, smiling. "N'-o, but you certainly are â€" are thiimor. And more lovely than over," sho added, mentally. "Why, 1 camo to take you to a reception this evening; but 1 think I'd much better put you to bod." "That would do me no good, nnj tho roceiition would. I nin ijuite serious," she went on, taliing l.ndv I'l^nilale's face in both her hands and turning it away from her; for tho keen regnrd of tln> loving eyes embarra.ssed her. "I think I nm stn- ferins from an attack of dullness; and if you really v.ill take mc, I shall bo glad to go." "\ery well, dear," said I,ady Fcrn- dnle, but still rather undecidedly. "Hut you nvust wrap up well. You will, won't you? it you caught col.l now " 'lio you think I slinuld die?" asked Norah, with a curious smile, "{ih yes, I will wrap up well, as well as Lord I'erndnle used to wrap mo U,> when i left Ferndalo at night." Tho earl was rather doubtful about g-iving !iis cons;'iit to her going ou". so soon, but at ten o'clock Kad;' Ferndalo found her dres.sod nnd wail- ing. â- â€¢Where aro wo going'.'" ask m1 Norah, n^i llui niinialnro brougham started, and she laughed as she hd I to repeat tho question, which was at (list inaudible through the Indian shawl which Lady l-'iu-ndale liad in- sisted upon winding around hjr throat and over her mouth. "To the Countess of Herrington's," replied l.ad.v Kerndale. "She is the witn of one of tho cabinet ministers, and a very Iniportant personage." "So wo shall seo some of the moiri- bers of I'arliament, 1 suppose?" saifi I Nornh, trying to llirow- a tunc of in- ' torest into her voice, but feeling lisl- I loss and indilTerent. I "Some, 1 dare say, but there will j be all sorts of other people. Hhe is a dear wonuiii, but a little too fond of < pliiying the part of lion hunter. (If I course, it's always interesting to see I fiiiuous I'eople, but tho countess .some I times gets too maii.v of them. (hi) I gels confused when so many lions are I roaring at the same time, nnd I'm apt to mix up the great pninteis I with the last new poet or the famo'js I actor, nnd it's awkward when ono has to talk to them." "I hope I sinill not mako nn.V mis- take of (hat kind." "Oh, I'll tell you how lo Kt"er clear of it," said l.nd.v Ferndalo smiling mischievously. "When sho brings you a great man, the best thing is lo say, '1 should have known vou at onco from your pholograph.' That commits you to nothing, you see, and .you will soon llnd oui whether Ito is n painter or an actor or a poet if you listen lo hhn for llv.i iiilnutis, because nil Ihe (niiuu n nwi care to tnlk about nothing hut themselves or Uiolr ^nrllculur <hop. Oh, donr, what a number of car- riages! It will bo a crush." They made their way up the gra"d staircaso, of which tho countess was pardonably proud, and as their names wore announced. Lady Fern- dale had tho gratification of obser.'- ing that "Lady Korah Arrowdalc" made a sensation. She had written to so nmny people dilating on Nor- ah's loveliness that there was a good deal of curiosity to seo "i.ady T'orndale's fiaragon," and tho Coun- tess of Derrington, as .she gave Norah her hand, smiled with more than her usual sweetness. "It Was very good of you to corns, dear," sho said, to I^ady Ferndalo "and very kind of Lady Norah to make an olTort. I was so sorry to hoar you were ill when I called." "Many lions to-uightV" asked La''/ Ferndalo. "Oh, yes, some very nice people, dear Lady Norah. When you have rested I will bring some of them to you." But Norah had scarcely been seated five niinutes before the countess ap- proached hor with several persons. Your artist and poet has a keen oyo for tho beautiful, and there was a general desire to know tho lovi-ly girl, tho daughter of "tho Superlino Karl." "That's what I call a really beiu- tiful face," said a famous painter to an actor, who had condescended t-i upi>ear for halt an hour. "A face with a history," ho re sponded, laconically; "Ophelia, w'l ) is too proud to go mad, and hns resolved to bear her sorrow in sil- ence." "Nonsense. Sho is I^ord Arrow- dale's daughter, and is ns little like- ly to have '.secret sorrow' as yo^i are, my dear fellow." ".Ml right. 'S'ou painters look on tho surface of things; we actors div,- beneath. That girl, for all her lov.> liness, and notwithstanding slic is I>ord Arrowdale's daughter, has hao somo great trouble. And now I lhi:ik I'll go and get an introduction; 1 should like to hear her voice." Nornh was a littlo startled ami nervous when sho found herself sur- rounded hy men and women bearing names celebrated in art and litc"-a- turo, btil after a few minutes the ner- vous timidity vanished, and she found herself listening and talking, too, with something like onjoyniei.'.. "You have not seen 'The Modern (Jallery' yet then. Lady 'Norah.' ' said a famous artist. "Ah, yes, you have only just come up to town. 1 hope you will go. There are some capital pictures thero really wor-.h sinking," and he mentioned one o two. "You have forgotten tho best," said another artist, who was stand- ing near. "I m.'un that one of tho new man's, Cyril llurno. I foryot its title, but it's tho ono with silv.;)- ash in it." Norah had been listening with <ip- turned face, aHid tho name "Cyril nurne" struck upon her so sudden y that it 8eeme<l to deprive her of breath and sight and hearing. Tho artist who had just spoken saw her faco change, saw it grow graduall.v whiter and tho pupils of tho lovely eyes dilate ns if with some sharp pang, and he took a step for- waril and lieiit over her. "Vou lind the r.om too hot, Lady Norah?" he said, in a low voice. llut Norah was dotermined not to bo overmastered. She would have to hear his nauve again and again, es- pecially in London, and was she to Wear her heart upon Iwr sleeve aiul winco nnd change color every tini^ sho heard it? Her maiden pride came to hor re- cue, nnd she raised her ejes to the artist and forced a sniilo. "It is a little warm," sho said, "btit I will not go, thanks." As sho spoko she looked round the room, picking out a genlleinan her.' and thero, and asking tho artist to tell her who it was, for he .seem;-! to know every one, nnd had ho^n giving her a (jreiit deal of informa- tion. "That is So-and-So," ho said, tell- ing her. ".\nd that gontlemnn standing by the door?" "Tho tall, hnndsonic man, with e.\e- glnsses, looking as it ho were tiled nnd bored?" "Yes," said Norah. "That is our new poet, tho coming man. His nanut is Weslo.v â€" doh,! Wesle.v. Sounds quite clerical, doesn't It?" Norah looked round piteously. It seemed as if there was no respite for her. She had just recovered from the pain and misery of hearing Cyril's name, and now here was his detirost friend! "Looks a genius, doesn't he?" said tho artist. "Most people are nfra. I ol him â€" cynical nnd all that, yoi know, but in reality he is the ten- (leresi nnd kiiide.'d -hearted man that ever shed ink. Here ho comes; the j countess is bringing him to you, I â-  think." The surmise was correct. .Tack had been coaxed into making his appeir- nnce among tho other lions, but ha.l not been in tho salon leu minu'es bt-fore he had bad enovigh of It, and he was on the ]ioinl of (lying back to his old nrmclmir and short pipe in Winchester striM-t. when ho happened to hear tho namo of Lady Norah Ar- rowihsle. He asked a lad.v .standing near him to point her out, and hi.i cynical face softened. "Hy .lovo, I don't wonder at Cyril's madness," ho mutlerod. "I'Inoiigh to explain the nmdness in nn.V man. Ho yoU think Lady l>er. rington would introduce nio to thai yoiinir lad.v?" he asiud aloud, of the lady of whom ho had made the prov- iujiis in()Uiry. -i/ny" O-^ mo Is as critical a time as any in hog raising. , , , ,. The litter eating cf muny sows is largely due to bad feeding, causmg a constipated and irritable condition. The sov.-a digestive orsans should be kept free and open to prevent this fevered and litter eating condition by feeding Clydesdale Stock Food Besides maki.^g a better flo-wof millcowingto the better blood circulation. Tl:is -means more and better pigs, as a healthy apple tree gives more and better fruit than a diseased tree. For young pigs it makes more bone and mur-.cle on which to put flesh, and nothing better for starting and keeping Runts growing. Iu ingredients are absolutely harmless and pure, and if you are not satisfied with results your money cheerfully refunded by the dealer. CARBOLINE ANTISEPTIC MAKES THE PICS AND PENS CLEAN. Tf»Y HERCULES POULTRY FOOD. Cltdesdau! Stock Food Coi;t*-vy. I.iii:T2D, Tcronto, OaL ;.i.'Kaj;^.-'j»»i«=^'^^:' â- "fill r&m',-'*^'-'-'*'^i'mg»^i9»!smise!> ?->>«itf->^9.cu KENTUCKY'S GREATEST THOROUQHBnED SALE WILL Bii THE Fasig:*Tipton Go's Sixth Annual Sale, TO B£ HELD AT V/ILSOM'S HOR3S4ErrS HSAO^UARTERS LEXINGTON, KES^TUCKY, DECEMBER 12-16, 1^05. Entire disposal sale of Mnj. n. G. Thomas & Thos. R. Gardner; Di.xiana Stud, Col. W. 1.. Simmons: Ashgrove Stud, Estate of 10. W Ue. U. S. Payne. .\LL TITF. I'ROMINF.NT BUKKDKK.S have made entries, compris- ing f-tallion.s, liro'd Mares, Yearlings and horses to race. Commencing iVIonday iVlGrning, Dece!T]ber 4 FASJa-TIPTON & CO. win sell at VANT.XSSELL and KEARNEY'S, New York City, the entire Rancho de! Paso Stud, of California Comprising- Stallions and Brood Mares of extreme quality. FOR CAT.ALOGUE OF LEXINGTON SALE ADDRESS Thos. F. Kelly, Lexingrton. Ky. FOR CATALOGUE OF R.\NCHO DEL PASO SALE ADDRESS Faalg*Tlpton Co.. •••â- ""•n Sqmn C.:rd*n*, M. r. "I think so," she replied, naively. "Inileo<l, as I happen to bo Ijady IJerrington, I am sure she will." "'I'hon I wish you would." .•\iid I.ady Derrington, tlolightcd with his roadines.s and presence of mind, laughingly said: "Come «i(h iiie, Mr. Wo.sley. Y0.1 soo, I know you, though you do not know mo; hut I am not tho author of tho famous 'Chaplet of ijosos.' "' "-â- Vnd I should begin to wiwh 1 wero not," ho retorted, "if I didn't fei'i that I ov.-o my prcsonro hero to this e.\i.stenre of that mucn ever-rated volume of jin.i;lo." lly this time (hoy had reached Norah â€" tho countess ainai'od at hoer- ing the poot de.scribo tho really lieaii- tiful verses a.s jingli' â€" and, touchiti:; .'\oi-ah with hor fan to attract her nttenlion, sho said: "Undy Norah. will you lot me in- troduce T'lr. Wesley'.' Tho 't^haplft of Ito.ses.' you know." sho added, in an undortonp. I( chanced that onl.v ono or two wore standing near her. nnd l.ndy Derrington hart gono off in quest of some other lions, so that Norah and Jack were standing almost ulonc. "I hope I am not altogether a stranger. I.ady Norah. It is just posKiblo that you have heard my name meiitioiiod by a gr(>i\t friend of mine.ia friend of yours. I mean t'yrii Uurno." h(i said, simply. "You aro mistukon. Mr. Weslov," she said, and her words souikkxI moaningless and mechanical in hor ears; "Mr. llurue is not a friend of mine." nnd she sailed away, proud and swnn-liko. leaving Jack gaping and dumUstruck. t'Vo be Continue<l.) TO HUNTGAME IN AFRICA EAKL OF WARWICK AND TWO COMPANIONS BTAE.T. Elephants, Lions, Deer, Gigantle Baboons and Little Apes ia Abundance. Tho Karl of Warwick, hi.s brother, Cal>t. (ireville, nnd ("ol. VattiH.m have sdutod from London fur Vgan- da for a big game shooting expedi- tion, which will bo of Several months' duration. This is by no nu-ans tho lirst ex- porienco (ho Karl will ha\e had with big gnnio shooting, for ho has brought down tigers in India, and has shot the "griz/.l.v" on the Uocl-y Mountains, ("apt. Grevillo is ono of tho best nhots <if (ho day. while Col. l'a(tison is a big game huiitor of re- pute. It is to tho latter (hat tho ar- rangements of (he expedition havo been onlrtisted, and in e\plaini,\g (hem before startinjt he la'ighod at (ho idea (hat the perils which ho nnd his conipnnion.s were goihg to faco would 1)0 Very dreadful or that tho h.irshlps would bo over great. MU^NOAVT SPOUT. "As a niattor of fact," h.- sai;l, "wo shall take things ns comfortably as we can. From Mombassa w* .shall go up to Nairobi, which is 3a far as the rail will take us. "Seveii years ago when I was thero, Nairobi was simply a patch of desert land, now it is a city with 10,tH)0 in- habitants, and there aro a. number of w-hito ottlcials. "Wo shall use Nairobi as our head- quarters, und make various e.xpadi- tions from there. "Some of the country ia, of course, penetrable thicket, but wo shall avoid this and make for the hills and plains which aro really beautiful, and lilof- ally alive with big game of all kin'ls Nowhere on earth, indocU, can s» much big ganio bo found. â- 'I hero uro herds of olephun(.s. plenty of lions, girafles, endless deer, and gigantic baboons that wandirr about, followed b.y an nttondaut army of small monkeys, whom they boss. AIX, DETRND.S OM I,UCK. "Our prospects'.' Well, that is hard to say. There is a largo element of luck in gaiuo hunling. Night after' night ono may hear lions niaring alt around tile camp, and yet not seo ono tor wooks together. I have known men go in search of lions tor months, nnd never catch sight of one. On tho other hand, ono may iNag a couple in the course of an iifttM-noou. "As wo reckon about twenty por- ters to each of us. we shall number all told about sixty. I daro .sa.y wo may lind our wa.v to spo(s where u* whito man has ever yet been, and come across many of tho numerous native tribes. 1 suppose that alto- gether wo shall bo away live mouths. PERXL IN FLANNELETTE. Deaths by Burning in Loudon At- tracts Attention. Tho rn-itish Homo Offlco authoritien aro collating statistics as to the number of deaths caused by the wear- ing of llaiuioletto clothing, with a view to legislation on tiie su\)ject. Wynne Huxter, Kast London eoroi- er, made tl'.is annoiincment at an in- quest concerning the death of Dora ZuUo, tho wife of an artist. She wag combing her hair in front of tho f're when her Unnnelette dres.sing gown was sot alight, and sho died from hor injuries. The coroner, after mentioning the olllcial action which was being taken, c<immented on tlic> peril arisiiig from tho Wearing of llnnnelolte. and s'xid tho number of fatal cases scomcil ti» bo on (he increase. A similar causo of death was nlsu investigated by tho I'reston roroner, n cliild, three yeais old. dying owing to injuries received by her llannelot>>> night dress catching lire. " Th.re Is not an atom of flann-1 in flannelette." remarked tho coroner. "Klannelede is nieroly a nanu\ ao'l tho material is all col ton. It in n good deal more dangeroua tban lia>4- net or ordinary cotton cloUt." : f ' n : %