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^^^r # G^IYSTERIODS KM 1 OR, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. (JHAI'TEU V. -(Cont'd) Gerald roturned the next after- noon briiiginx a brighter face than lie had worn since learning of Al- iJRon's 8a<l fate, and which was ex- phiinod when he related to his fricn<l the incident* and result of his trip. Ho also brought homo some pic- tures of Allison, which ho had cop- ied from an old one, and which proved to bo very lovely and won- derfully lifelike. He passed them to Lady Bromley. "Take your choice. I intended one for you," he said huskily; "that is, if you would like it." "Indeed 1 would!" she cried eagerly. 'Oh!" as her glance fell upon the exquisito face, "what a beautiful girl she was ; and 1 am «uro her soul was as sweet and pure «8 her face. You can almost seem to look directly into it through her great innocent eyes." Tears irained from her own as she .spoke ; she could not be recon- ciled to tlic fair girl's fate, or to Laving Crcruld's life blighted in eucli a cruel way. Even though she had never known the fair girl, she !h.:id grown to feel very tenderly toward her, through hearing him Bpruk of her many lovable quali- ties. "I do not Bce why I could not have had such a daughter, or a son like you, Gerald," she added, after M moment, as she turned a wist- ful look upon her companion. The young man could not trust himself to reply ; her emotion al- most unnerve<l him, also, and he was obliged to turn to the window, and gaze stoically out upon the stri^et, to keep himself from break- ing down in a very unmanly fash- ic'U. He had believed that it would comfort him to have a better and largtr picture of Allison than the old photograph which he had had for some time; but the beautifully tinted face, the uplifted look of the large, soulful eyesâ€" which the art- ift had developed in a wonderful- ly lifelike mannerâ€" only seemed to make him realize his Ions so much the more, and almost rent hia heart in tvsain. But Lady Bromley soon recover- ed her Composure, when she at once proc(e<io<l to draw his thoughts in- t<' other channels. Slie ga\ e him a description of her adventure of the previous day, and how her sympathies had been enlist- <'<l in behalf of the pi>or waif who had been so sadly neglected and abused ; that she had brought her home, to see if she could not bright- en her life for a little while, at loatt. Gerald was greatly interested in the story; but, after discussing it for a while, tliey drifted back to htii own interests and plans, which abs4jrbed their thoughts almost to the <»xclusion of all else. The next morning Latly Bromley took .Mlison's picture down-town, and had it fitted to a costly and beautiful frame, which ad<lcd great- ly to its attracti\eness, and, upon her return, she placed it upon an easel, where tli<- light would fall upon if, and bring out its beauty to the best advantage. "Ellen," she said, as the girl ap- riearcd in the doorway, "I would ike you to bring me a glass of «ater." Ellen made no reply, and lieur- ing no movement, her wwiyship turned to as<:ertain <V.e reason of her silence. She louml her stand- ing upon the threshold, transfixwl, a rapt expression on her face, her <y«s faktcned with an adoring look upon the picture of .Mii.son. I're- uently she tiptoe<l acrosn the room, and stood before, it, her hands clasped upmi her breast, which was heasing with mingled surprise and delight. "it's her," she inurmure<l rever- ently; "it's her, and prettier than <,ring face, a sullen giea *â- *•'•â- â€¢' dark eyes. "Why. Ellen, did you ever see that lady !" rjuestioned Lady Brom- ley, astouislied. Kllen started \iolenlly at tho cound of her voice, and instantly came out of her trance of iidmira- tion. "See her! Of course I've seen her, uikI talked with her, and loved her with all nij heart," said the girly, under her breath ; adding, with more animation; " 'Twas she who gavf mo tho"u ten dollars, nn^l â- t4>ok me to Doctor Asbmore to have Wiy arm set Oh, where di<l you get »u<li a beuiitifnl picture of her i" ".\ friend gave it to me last ev- vning," her mistress replied, re- pressing a h<!»vy sigh. â- â- Where is she now?" F.lleii in- ipiireJ, still ffasting her <',\i'-i upon the. lovely fa<'e, wliiuh sho had never neen, except in her mind's eye an<l .'(her dreams, since that day which (o iter, bad be.on the most moment- tMli of her life. Bi'l Ladv Bromley <lid not reply «!';•â-  't'v' to her question. Hhe evad- ed it by asking another : "Did 1 uuderstand you to eay that this is a picture of the laay v/ho helped you the day you met with your accident? Arc you sure V ' "Sure!" repeated Ellen positive- ly. "Why, I couldn't forget her if I should live to be a thousand years old ! She was so pretty, I couldn't take my eyes off of her while we were in Doctor .Xshmorc's office to- gether, ami I've dreamed of her nc end of times since." "Come here and Fit down, Ellen," commanded Lady Bromley, indicat- ing a chair opposite her. "1 want you to tell me all about that mis- hap ; I did not suspect yesterday, when you spoke of the lady who was so kind to you, that I had any knowledge of, or interest in, her." The girl sat down, as directed, and went through with the whole story, describing how kindly Alli- son had spoken to her on the street ; how, when she had fainte<l, she ha<l insisted upon having her carried into the office of the noted .surgeon, in8tc^ad of allowing her to bo jolted over the pavements to a hospital in her suffering condi- tion ; how she had remained witn her during the operation of setting the broken bone ; then made up the loss of her aunt's money, and also presented her with ten dollars; then sent her and htr bundle home in an '"elegant carriage." She was enthusiastic over Alli- son's beauty; her tones were re- plete with reverence in speaking of her, and of her wonderful generos- ity ; in fact, she had seemed â€" to the poor, downtrodden girl, who had been little better than a .serfâ€" like some beautiful saint, who had ex- tended to licr an almost divinely beneficent hand to lift her out of a bitter bondage to which, almost all htr life, she had been subjected. From the moment that Allison had put that ten-dollar bill into her hands, she had been a new creaturo. Money had, indeed, been "power" in this instance ; with it lying hid- den close against her heart, sht had seemed to feel her chains slipping from her, for she knew that it would give her a start on the road toward an independence such as she had never known. She then spoke more in detail of Doctor Ashmore's subsequent kindness to her. When he had dis- covercKl that she was actually dy- ing from slow starvation, he had been so indignant, upon learning the reason for it, that ho was on the point of having her aunt arrest- ed. But Ellen begged him not to d<i so, for she feared that, in the end, she would only suffer tho more ; her chief desire was to watch her opportunity and get away from her, and thin the kind-hearted sur- g(x>n enabknl her to do by offering her an asylum in his home. ".\nd did you never meet Mits Brewster after the day of your ac- cident?" L.a<Iy Bromley inquired, when she concluded. "What? Miss who?" Ellen ques- tioned, a startled look sweeping over her face. "Miss Brewster, the lady of whom you have been tellrng mc. Did you not learn her name I" "Whyâ€" why, no; she didn't tell me. 1 didn't ask her; hut 1 heard Doctor Ashmore call her Miss Al- lison. I thought that was her name!" said Ellen, with almost breathless incoherence. "She told me if I wanted anything of her to ask him her adclress, and let her know ; but he was so goixl to me, I <lidn't need to. Wasn't that her namcf she concluded, looking strangely mystified. "Yes, Allison was her first name; probably DiK'tor Ashmore was so well ac-quainted with her he felt at liberty to address her in that fricml- ly, familiar way," Lady Bromley t xplained. 'â- Brewster I Brewster!" muttered Ellen to herself, with a flushed, low- m in her "Oh, Ellen, «he iH-^deadl" (wdly replied her ladyship. Crash 1 went the glass upon the floor, and the girl sank upon her knees beside it. "Noâ€" no, aot dead I" she gasped wildly. "My poor child, I did not mean to shock yoH so," said her mistsress regretfully; "but it is true." "Oh, it can't be true! I cannot bear it I And she was so rich and beautiful? Now I shall never see her again!" and Ellen, utterly overcome, burst into violent weep- ing. Lady Bromley allowed her grief to have its way For a while ; inded, she hers«lf was deeply moved, in view of the unassumed love and sorrow which tho girl evinced for one in whom she herself had been so intercfited. But when she began to recover herself sosmewhat, she quietly ob- Kcrvcd : "Yes, Miss Brewster died more than three months ago, and she was not rich at that time â€" her fortune had been stolen from her, and she was actually driven from her beau- tiful home." "Stolen! Who stole her money from her ? You don't mean that she was pofjr like me!" "Yes; every dollar was taken from her." "Who stole it? Who dared to drive her from her home?" cried tho girl, springing excitedly to her feet, her cheeks aflame, her eyes literally blazing with an angry, vengeful light. "Her guardian â€" the man whom her father had appointed to man- ago her affairs," replied Lady Bromley ; but mentally wondering why she allowed herself to be drawn into these explanations to this poor, lignorant girl, who was almost a stranger to her. "His name? What was his name?" demanded Ellen, in a scarcely audible voice. "John Hubbard." "Ah, that's it! Now I know all about.it; and I'm going to tell â€" I'm going Ui tell ! I don't care if they kill mc for it !" panted the ex- cited girl, as she agai.i sank, al- most exhausted from mtntal excite- ment, upon the spot from which she had but a moment before aris- en. (To be continued.) (♦â- f ♦-♦-♦♦â- â™¦â€¢â€¢â™¦-*♦♦♦â- â™¦â- â- â™¦ ♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦ ♦ 4 : About ti)8 Farm l â- *â-  â- â™¦ •♦â-  4 ♦ â- â™¦ M-f-M-f-f-f^-f ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦ ♦♦♦* EESULTS FROM FERTILIZERS. The twenty-first annual report of the Dominion Experimental Farms contains valuable data from Dr. Saunders in regard to manures and commercial fertilizers. It is pointed out that the experimental plots at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for the testing of different kinds of fertilizers, as applied to wheat, barley, oats, corn and roots, are conducted on lines similar to those which have been in existenc<» for over 65 years at Bothanisted, England. They are report-ed upon for the 20th consecutive season, and much instructive information may he derived by Canadian farm- ers from a careful study of the tables. These show, few eac^h of the wheat, barley and oat crops, tho yields of grain and straw for the 8eas<m of 1907, and the average yields for 19 and 20 years of wheat, and for 18 aand 19 years of barley and oats, from applications of barn- yard manure and of artificial ferti- lizers. Tho experiments were made on 19 plots of one-tesith of an acre ca.ch, as compared with two plots which have been unmanured from the beginning. The exceptionally unfavorable character of the season of 1907 is reflected in the yields, these being lower than the average en almost every plot. Thus, in the ease of wheat, one unmanured plot gave only 5 bushels 10 poumls, as compared with a twenty-year aver- age of 11 bushels 39Ja pounds. It in interp.sting to note, too, that this average yield of wheat on the un- manured plot is ne<».rly IJJ hushels le&s than that from the unmanured plot at Rothainsted, which is a little over 13 hushels for a period of 05 years. The best results are shown from the use of barnyard manure, the yield from which of wheat, up- on tho average of 20 years, is prac- tically double that of the unmanur- e<l plot. Of the two barnyard-ma- nure plots, the manure is on one plot applied fi-esh, and on the <)-thcr in a well-rott«^d condition. The average yields from tho two plots arc about tho same, the fresh- dung plot showing, hi^wever, a slight advantage of about 9 or 10 , pounds per acre. But as the quan- Bul, onci,' outside the room, she : titles applied are of the same weight stoppcxl, and, putting her hand to and as dung in the proces.s of rot- her head, stood gazing upon the I ting loses weight to the extent of floor in <leep perplexity. I about (iO per cent., there is, ovi- "1 wondoi No, I don't believe deutly, in the long run, a decided it can be true,'' she breathed, after economy in tho application of dung thinking deeply for a iinment or in the fresh condition was 64 bushels 4 pounds, as com- pared with 91 bushela 6 pound* from the fresh-dung plot ; but on the av- erage of 19 years, the fresh-dung plot gave a yield larger than the rotteJ-duQg plot by nearly three bushels. Evidently, the tpecial character of the season of 1907 was more favorable that year to the in- fluence of the rotted dung, as in previous years, the yield from the fre^i-dung plot has been the greater. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Pulverized charcoal should be set where the fowls can partake of it whenever desired. Besides improv- ing the lustre of the plumage it is a conditioner that has few equals. It also is an absorbent, taking up many of the detrimental gases in the intestines. Wheat bran is a cheap warm weather food. Old hogs do well on it mixed with water. It is ^ood for growth or to keep an animal along in a healthy condition, which is all that is necessary with breed- ing sows. They do not need fatten- ing ; the more fat the worse it is for them. It does not cost so much per ton as middlings, ojkT besides, the bulk of manure is about twice as much. Theje is nothing that so certainly indieateji the enterprise and thrift of a farmer, or the lack of these es- sentials, as the condition of his team. If the work horses are strong, well kept and well groomed it is safe to set their owner down as a succesfful husbandman ; but if the horses are thin, unkempt, and un- fit for the strain put upon them, one may look for their corollary in broken-down fences, poorly tilled fields and decaying farm, buildings. These conclusions do not always fol- low, but the exceptions are no greater than are needed to prove the rule. A team strong enough tc do with ease the work required of it, costs no more for maintenance than one unfit for its tasks. HUNTING SEA ELEPHANTS SPORT OR BUSINESS WITH ELE.MENTS OF DANGEH. Terrible Jaws Can BUc an Iron Rod in Two (be Thickneiis of Ouo's Finger. An occupation which few follow- ers is the hunting of sea elephants, which are found in great but rapid- ly decreasing droves in the Ant- arctic regions, especially on or near Kerguelen Land. "In November, the beginning of the mating season," writes Capt. Cleveland in Hampton's Magazine "the male and female elephants drag themselves onto the beaches, where i..ey lie in great 'pods,' I have seen as many as seventy-five or tt hundred masse J in such a bunch. This is also the shedding sea- son, and the animals rub the hair from their thick hides in prepara- tion for the new coat. "Tho females and the young have no distinguishing trunk ; anil the trunk, the mark of the elephant. "Yes, Miss Allison Brewster," said her companion regarding her curiously. "What is there about the latter name that affects you so peculiarly ?' "Nothing," said Ellen, springing t(. her feet, and with a quick in- drawn breath. "1 â€" 1 will bring yon that glass of wat«r now," and sho hastened from the rnoni, ns if anxi- ous to escape further questioning two. Whe.n she returne<l to Lady BroniW'y's presence with the water, she waite<I until she had quench- ed her thirst ; then, as she took the empty glass from her, she aske<l again : "Wharo is she now?" with a backward glance at .Mlison's pic- ture; "yon <lid not tell me." A feature of tho barley expori- ments is the evi<Ience adduced in favor of comiiioii salt. ' This, ap- plied annually at tho rate of 300 pounds per acre, gave, in 1907, a yield of :i2 buslieU -14 pounds, the overage jieUl for 19 years being 28 bushels ;!;i pounds. In iho i>at. plots, it is noticeable that, in 1907, the yield frc)m the rot te<l dung plui Food^ Products UkmtByThe Wholm Family You will never be disap- pointed if you use Ubhy'm PioUom mnd Oondl' mentu on your table. Libby's have the right taite, â- which is «lwayt uniform, and you can depend upon Libby's us being absolutely pure. Try these: Mlxmd PioUea Fmnoy Ottv9m Smiad O ro mm ht g StrmwbBTPy Promervam OuTPmnt Jmtty Cvapormtod MItk Libby's foods are the best because they are made from the best fruits and vegeta- bles, by the best methods in Libby's OrBmi Emunoktd WhltB Kltobenam Insist on Libby's, and you can depend upon it that I will get food prod- which are the ^ most satisfactory ^ from the stand- point of tast« and purity. Small Investors Caa ObUla an Excellent First Hertf age Investnent to Yield Tlieiii 5i PER CENT. INTEREST. Pull Particular* Forwarded oa Request. iEMILIUS JARVIS & CO., - BANKERS McKINNON BLILDIf^a, TORONTO. grows upon the male only after he has reached the age of tnree years. It is really scarcely a trunk; it ia more like a flabby ..nout and is only about fifteen inches in length. It elongates when the animal gets excited. "This formidable looking, money yielding brute is often confused with the walrus, which as a matter of fact it resembles only in size. ITS TWO ROWS OF TEETH or tusks â€" those of the bullâ€" are be- tween six and seven inches long in front and grow shorter toward the back of ttie jaws. The tusks do not project like those of the wal- rus. The largest elephant I ever encountered was sixteen feet in length and six feet high at the shoulders. "The sea elephant has large eyes, surmounted by huge brows. Its for- ward flippers, two in number, are armed wiin five nails each, but the aft flippers have not even rudi- mentary nails. The animal when on shore moves with a hobbling, rolling motion, its whole body quivering like jelly, but it navigates the water with almost the agility of an eel. It feeds on cuttlefi.Hh and mollusks. "When you stop to think that the cuttlefish of tropical waters sometimes attains a weight of two tons you will realize the prowess of the sea elephant and the strength of its jaws. "Having feasted for many months upon these grim delicacies of the deep, the bull elephants hobble out onto the beaches and in the mating season engage in fierce battles. "Our purpose is to reach the is- land ab'iut the tii.ie that the sea elephant 'ands. His blubber â€" the layer of fat immediately under the hide â€" is then seven inches thick on an aver.iTe. Unon this fat the animal subsists for six or eight weeks, at the end of which time it is reduced to a thickness of BARELY TWO INCHES. "The fat of the female is by no means bo thick proportionately and she is little more than half as large as her lord and master. The female gives birth to youug twice a year and suckles them like a whale. It is best to kill the female first, as the males will tben lie around supinely ; while if the male is killed nrst the females take helterskelter Bight. "The chief danger attending the killing of the sea elephant is in ap- proaching too near its terrible jaws, which are capable of biting in two an iron rod the thickness of one's finger. The hunter, however, must get pretty close, as the thick hide and blubber have rendered the animal practically imperviouB to at- tack, the only vulnerable point be- ing a spot the size of a walnut above each eye. "Careless hunters have at times got within reach of the brute's teeth and have escaped only by dex- ,.erou8ly wriggling from their clothes. I had occasion once to shed my coat with great agility, one of tl-ie smaller beasts having caught me by the sleeve." * SNAKES OF EAST AFRICA. For one thing East Africa must have credit ; snakes are not numer- ous, as they are in the South, at least I never have seen many, says a writer in Forest and Stream. There are pythons, but they do not appear to be dangerous. I shall never forget how, down in South Africa during the war, I once awoke and found a black mwamba in bed with me. This snake ia absolutely deadly. It frightened me so that after the whole thing was over I went out and was sick. Fortun- ately I was quite ignorant of the fact that it was unaer the blankets with me and rolled out unconcern- edly. Had I known it was there, in all probability it would have struck mc. The Bible is now extant in 500 languages. The New DAIMLER The I90<) type Daimler is a petrol-engine of remarkable efficiency, which for sim- plicity of construction, economy, and silence in running. Is incomparably superior to any motor yet designed. 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