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y I ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CUAPT101 XXXVII.-(Cont'd) SwanhiW, already dressed in her white cashmere and pretty white beaver hat, danced in and out of the room fetching and carrying, and before long the bride, too, was dressed, and with her long tullo veil over the dainty little wreath of real orange blossom from Mmo. Lechertieri green-home, uml the home-made dres which fitted ad- mirably, she walked into the little sitting-room to show herself to Fri- thiof. "I shall hold up your train, Sig- rid. in case the floor is at all dusty," said Swanhild, much en- joying the excitement of the first wedding in the family, and deter- mined not to think of tho parting till it actually came. "(Jwen is to meet us nt the diuri-h.'' explained Cecil. "Do you know, I think the carriage must be waiting, for I see the eldest little liallifield tearing across the court- yard.' "Then I must nay good-bye to every one," said Sigrid ; and with oue last look round the little home which had grown so dear to them, die took Frithiof's arm and went out int-u the long stone passage, where a group of tho neighbors aUxxl waiting to see the last of her, and to give her their hearty good wishes. That chapter of her life was end- ed, aud tho busy hive of workers would no longer count her as queen- bee of the establishment. She was quite silent as they drove through the busy streets, her eyes had again that swest, dreamy look in tht>rn that Cecil had ncticod ear- lier in the moriiing ; she did not seem to see outward things, until alter awhile her eyes met Frithiof's and then her face, which had been rather grave, broke into sudden brightness, and she said a few words to hi ID in Xorse, which lie re- jtlk-<J to with a look so full of lov- ing pride and contentment that it carried the sumJiine straight into (.'('i! B heart. "This marriage is a capital thing for him," she thought to herself. "lie will be happy in her happi- ness." Hy this time they had reached the church ; Lance, in the dress he had worn at Mra. Horner's fancy-ball, stood ready to hold the bride's train, and Gvven came running up, -ag<T t-o tnke her place in the lit- tle procession. A few spectators had dropped in, but the church was very quiet., ami up in the chancel there were only Jloy arid his best man, Mine. Lech ertier, old Herr Sivcrtscn, and tho father and mother of tho bride groom. Charles Osmond read the service, and his pretty daughter-in- law li;ul begged leave to play the organ, for Bhe had taken a f:i!n-v not only to little Suanhild, but to the whole family, when at hor fa- ther in-law's request f.he ha/I called ujx.n them. After the wedding was over and the precession luul once more passed down the aisle, the still < ni n playing, having a love of finishing in her nature. Charles Obinoiid c.iino out of the vestry and Blood bcaide her. ''1 am glad you played for tliem," he Kuid, when the liihl ch >r<l had been struck. "It WHB not at nil the Bort of wedding to In- without music." "It was <uie of tho nicest wed- dings I was ever at," tho naid ; "and an to your Norseman- -ho is all you said, arid more. Do you know, there is ft strong look a'cMint him which somehow made me think of my father? Oh! I do hope he will be nbl i! to pay off tho debts." "There is only one thing which could hinder him," said Charles Osmond ' "What is that?" asked Erica, looking up quickly. "Death," he replied, quietly. S|j'- made no answer, but the word did not jar upon her, f<jr she was one of those who hav learned that death is indeed this <j:vU> of Life. Silently nhe pti.-ilied in the tiU'i* and locked the organ. CHAPTER XXXVIII. One spring evening, rather more than two yearn after tho wedding, Bigrid was working away in the lit- tle back garden, to whk'h, now that her household duties were light , Lu devoted a good deal of her time. It joined the, garden of Rowan Tree Holme, and, for grc.il or com mi ence, an opening had been made in the hedge, and a little green gate put up. Upon this gate leaiied Cecil, chatting comfortably, her tennis racket, under hor arm, anil with n pU'.'thRiit consciousness thai the w-ij; "f thi <la.v w:w over, ami tlmt Hoy "<! Frithiof might, soon be expected for th< nightly K:IIIH 'i. ilarinjt In- eaon, <hey el- /NA-DRU-CO V LAXATIVES Women's commonest ailment the root of so much of their Ill-health promptly yields to the gentle but certain action of Na-Dru-Co Laxatives. 2Sc. a box at your druggist's. "They arc late this Jpvening, said Sigrid. "I wondm whether Herr Sivertsen has caugnftFrithiof. I hope not, fur the tennis^docs him so much good." "Is he working very hard 1" asked Cecil. "He always works furiously; and just now I think he has got what some one called 'the lust of finish- ing' upon him; we see very little of him, for when he is not at business ho is hard at work over Herr Siv- ertsen's manuscript. But it really seems to agree with him; they say, you know, that work without worry harms no one." "A very moral precept," said a voice behind her, and glancing up she saw Frithiof himself crossing the little lawn. The two years had not greatly al- tered him, but he seemed more full of life and vigor than before, and success and hope had entirely ban- ished tho look of conflict which for so long had been plainly visible in his face. Sigrid felt proud of him as she -glanced round ; there was something in his mere physical strength which always appealed to her. "Wo were just talking about you," ehe said, "and wondering when yon would be ready to play. "After that remark of yours which I overheard, I almost think I shall have to eschew tennis." he said, laughingly. "Why should I give a whole hour to it when Herr Sivertsen is impatiently waiting for the next installment? "Herr Sivertsen is insatiable," said Sigrid, taking off her garden- ing-gloves. "And I am not going to allow you to return to your old bad ways ; as long as you live with me you will have to be something more than a working drudge." "Since Sigrid has begun baby's education," fluid Frithiof, turniig laughingly to Cecil, "we notice that she has become very dictatorial to tho rest of us." "You shouldn't make stage asides in such a loud voice," said Riflri-1, | pretending U> box his ears. "I am ' going to meet Roy and to fetch the rackets, and you take hint Into 1he garden, Cecil, and make hiui be- have properly." "Are \<.u really so specially busy just now '(" asked Cecil, as he open- ed the little gate and joincj htrj "or was it only your fun f "No, it was grim earnest," he replied. "For since Herr Siv'-,,- scn lias been so intirm I havo hnd n-ost of his w -rk to do. But '.t is well-paid work, and a very great help tovart! the debt-fund. In ten years' time I may bo free." "Sec:" exclaimed Cecil, "there is the first narcissus. How early it is ! I must take it to mother, for she KO fond of them." He tt'Kiped to gather the flower for her, and as she took it from him, he just glanced at her for a moment ; she was looking very pretty that evening, her gray eyes were unusually bright, there was a soft glow of color in her fair face, an air of glad contentment seemed to hover about her. He little guess- ed that i!, was happiness in his suc- cess which was the cause of all this. Even as he wutehed hor, however. her color faded, her lips began to quiver, shn seemed to be on the point of fainting. "Is anything the matter?" ho asked, alarmed by the. sudden change in her face. "Are you ill, Cecil?" Sho did not reply, but let him help her to the nearest garden-seat. "It is tho scent of the narcissus; it is too strong for you," ho sug- gested. "No," she gasped. "But a most awful feeling came over me. Some- thing is going to happen, 1 am sure of it." Ho looked perplexed. She drop- ped the nat-ciscus from her hand, and he picked it up and put it. on the further side of the bench, still clinging to his own theory that it was the cause of her faintness. Her face, which a moment before had been go bright, was now white as the flower itself, ami the look of suffering in it touched him. His heart began to heat a little uno.-ituly when he saw a servant ap- proaching them from the houso. "She is right," ho thought to himself. "What on earth can it be I" "Master nsl'.od this, MI--S (Veil,' NATIONAL DHUO AND CHEMICAL CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED. 161 not take them away for a few days, but you had better down to see him." bring them not up yet. years 1" "The five "He is out of prison !" exclaimed Frithiof. "But surely his time is I thought he had five years would be over next October. I knew it would come some day, but I never thought of it so soon, and to take them away iu a few days !" "I remember now," said Frith- iof; "there is a rule that by good behavior in prison they can slightly shorten their time. I am so sorry for you ; it will be a fearful wrench to you to part with Lance and Gwen." She locked her hands together, making no attempt at an answer. "How exactly like the world," thought Frithiof to himself. "Here is a girl passionately devoted to these children, while the mother, who never deserved them at all, has utterly deserted them. To have had them lor five years and then suddenly to lose them altogether, that is a fearful blow to her ; they ought to have thought of it before adopting the children." "Is there nothing I can do to help you?" he said, turning toward her. "Shall I go and fetch Lance and Gwen 7" , With an effort she stood up. "No, no," she said, trying hard to speak cheerfully, this spoil your game. "Don't let I am better, I will go and find them." But by a sudden impulse he sprung up, made her take his arm and walked to the house with her. 'You are still rather shaky, I think," ho said. "Let me come with you, I can at any rate save you the stairs. How etrango it was that you should have known be- forehand that this was coming? Did you ever have a presentiment of that kind over anything else?" "Never," she said. "It was Ruch an awful feeling. I wonder what it is that brings it." He left her in the hall and ran On the Farm Care of the Farrowing Sow. Special farrowing pens are pro vided only when many breeding sows are kept, but where there is to be a removal from the ordinary quarters to a special place it should be done in good time, BO that the sow may become thoroughly accus- tomed to her new surroundings, writes Mr. W. R. Gilbert. There is considerable difference of opinion as to why sows kill and eat their young, and no doubt the causes are as diverse as the theor- ies advanced to account for it. One of them, however, and not the least common, is insufficient epace. A sow, when she lies down in close quarters, is apt to catch an unfortunate youngster between her carcass and the wall against which she generally places her back when suckling her pigs. The farrowing-pen should, of course, be regulated to some extent by the 8ize of the breed kept, but generally the space allowed is too limited, and we frequently see big heavy with turn around in hardly room to the diminutive Your Guarantee of Goodness The name "SAL ADA" on the sealed lead pack- ages is your strongest guarantee of all that b best and most fragrant in tea IS TBE CHOICEST TEA GROWN ON THE ISLAITO OF CEYLON -clean, whole leaves with the delightful flavor of the fresh leaves brought to your table by the sealed lead packages. BLACK. GREEN OR MIXED 053 apartments that, previous to far- rowing, served them as sleeping quarters. Small breeds should be allowed a space of not less than eight feet by eight feet, increasing in the case of the larger breeds up to twelve feet by eight feet, or twelve feet by ten feet; and to prevent the young pigs from being crushed against the wall, it is a good plan to fix a strong rail around each side of the farrowing-place, at a height of from seven to nine inches from the floor, and a similar distance from the ITS wall. This will prevent the sow flound- ering down with her back against the side of the pen and provides a refuge for the youngsters who can get under the projection. It is a groat mistake to provide the farrowing sow with a large quantify of bedding. Under ordin- j ary circumstances there is no bet-' ter bedding material for pigs than, good wheat straw, but for the far- rowing sow a moderate quantity of short stuff is preferable to the long materials in which pigs are apt to' jet tangled and unable to escape quickly out of the way of a clumsy mother. The 'question whether at farrow- ing time the sow should be left to ' her own devices, or assisted in any way in taking charge of the pigs are much better fit to do without her milk, and also much less liable to the convulsive attacks so com- mon in newly weaned pigs, whose stomachs are unaccustomed to deal with the coarse food often too plen- tifully supplied to them. Indigestion, constipation and fits are very intimately connected, and all are due to improper feeding. The best way to .Vach young pigs to eat is to provide a run or creep into an adjoining pen to which the sow cannot obtain access, or to feed them while she is turned out to get some exercise. . iji Cold Storage Land. Somebody has discovered more land at the South Pole that will have to be taken indoor and thawed out before being used. He Filled the Rill. 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Distributors - ALL WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists, Ccshon, Indians, U.S.A. upstairs to the nursery, where he: until tho birth is complete is much wns always a welcome visitor. Both debated by pig-breeders. Sho children rushed to meet him with cries of delight. "Cecil has sent me up with a mes- sage to you," he said. "To say wo may come down, 1 ' shouted Lance. Frithiof?" 'Is it that, Herr 'No," cried Gwen, dancing round him, "it's to say a holiday for to- morrow, I guess." "No, not that exactly," he said; "but your father has como, and Cecil wants you to come down and see him." (To be continued.) i) i (.'MTV AM> niirin;M'E. Sweep "Hi, Mntcy, just give us a lift onter me shoulder with this "ere bag I <kni't want to drop it I" * ^ Irate Corporal "When you're nerving your country yon oii|;ht to know beltcr'n grumble just be- cutiMt' BOIMP <lut has blown in your dinner?" Hermit -"I don't mind my country, but 1 ain't go- <-t it I" me to give you mi id the maid, her n Httlo penciled not*. She r-at up hastily, making a des j pcrnte effort to look r.s if nothing were wrong with her. Tho ttervanl went back to the' house, and Frith-' ioff waited anxiously to hear what the note was about. Hhe rend it through and then handed it to him. It ran UK follows: "Mr. Urantley ha* come, and to seo L): children. He will ' DYOLA |OII[im'All KINDS'"*! ll' il, r CtKANF.ST, SIMPLEST, .,,.1 IIEST HOME I > Y 1 . on. cnn IM' r Wlir you dnn't .yen hv to know whit KIND of < : ,m ,..,,, c .,.,.,!. , ,.,!. ..( N . vi,,,! ... arc I, ,1,1, ...I 1 .'. Srnl l,ir l'r Cilor Cui.l, Story IWMcl, ntf BonLl.l giving ro.ull. . f l>jrrlna over other color*. Tn. JOHNSON. lUCIIAHtlsON CIO., Limit.,). Mnnlt.al. -.,..<. should certainly be watched. In many cases the sow farrows during the night and is found with her pigs all right and comfortable in the morning, but it is not always 60, and not a few sacrificed sows nre the result of a want of a cap- 1 ^^- - uble Attendant. If the sow 1ms farrowed all right, ! she should be fed in much the same way as during the closing days of j gestation. It is a great mistake'to] feed for milk before farrowing, and equally an error to begin to stuff j the sow with heuting or milk-pro- ducing food immediately afterward, i Tho inexperienced breeder thinks ' he must brace up his sow withj plenty of pood food to meet the de- 1 in.-ir. 1 on her system and produce ! plenty of milk on which the pigs: can grow and thrive. In theory this Bounds well, but experience g<.:-s to show that it is a \ poor sort of BOW, and one th:it should not have been bred from, that docs not, at the start, produce enough milk for her pigs without ail extra or special feeding. The time for this is later on when the pigs are growing and require i a largo quantity of rich milk to sat-: isfy their requirements, and in pro- 1 viding which, if not assisted by bet- ter food, the sow is dragged down in condition. To commence this high feeding directly the pigs are born is not only unnecessary, and therefore waste- ful, but it is injurious. It really defeats the object of view, or it overstinmlatos the milk-glands and intlnriies the tidtler ; while the effect on the little pigs is to sicken them and cause scouring and liver de- rangement, to which young pigs Are prone. The majority of cases of so-called milk fever in sows in \\hich tho se- cretion disappears altogether nnd leave* tho youngsters practically motherless, nre due to high or overfeeding prior to and immedi;ite ly after farrowing. 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