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ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER I. "You say your things are all ready, Cecil? Then I'll just go be- low and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin. We shall be at Bergen l>efore long, they say.' The speaker was a young Eng- lishman of three or four-and twen- ty, and the sister addressed by him was still in tho first flush of girl- hood, having but a few days IK- fort celebrated her nineteenth birth- d-iv. "Let me seo to your bag, Roy," she exclaimed. "It is a shame that y->u should miss this lovly hit of tin- fjord, and 1 shall do it in half the time." "The conceit of women!" he ex- claimed, with a smile in which br. .therly love and the spirit of teasing were about equally blend- ed. "No, no. C'is, I'm not going to let you s|H>il me. I shall be up again in ten minutes. Have you not made any friends here'? Is there no one on deck you can talk to?" "I don't want to talk," said C'r-t-il. 'Truth to tell, I am long- ing to Rot away from all these Eng- lish people. Very unsociable of me, isn't it!" Koy Boniface turned away with a smile, understanding her feeling well enough, and Cecil, with her back to tho chattering tourist throng, let her eyes roam over the shining waters of the fjord to the craggy mountains on the further hhoiv, whose ever-varying forms had been delighting her since tho early morning. She herself made a fair picture, though her lieauty was not of the '!<.l'-r which <|uickly draws atten- graphic group, fraternizing over the cameras set up all in a little encampment at the 'forecastle end. There was the clerical group, which liad for its center no fewer than five gaitered bishops. There was the sporting group, distinguished by light-brown checked Buits and com- fortable traveling-caps. There was the usual sprinkling of pale, weary, overworked men and women come [or a much-needed rest. And there was the flirting group a notably small one, however, for Norwegian traveling is rough work and is ill- suited to this genus. 'Look here, Blanche," exclaimed a gray-bearded Englishman ap- proaching a pretty little brunette who had a most sweet and winsome expression, and who was standing so near to the camp-stool on which Cecil had ensconced herself that the conversation was quite audible to her. "Just see if you can make out this writing; your eyes are 'bet- ter than mine. It is from Herr Falck, the Norwegian agent for our firm. I dare say your father told you about him." "Yes, papa said he was one of tho leading merchants out here and would advise us what to see, and where to go." "Quite so. This letter , reached me just as I was leaving homo, and is to say that Herr Falck lias tukoli Tlien- was nothing very striking in her regular features, fair complexion, and light-brown hair; to a l oliM-rver she would SPRING is a Trying Season Many persons never feel quite well In the Spring. A dally cup of Bovrll pro- motes health and vigor, for it arouses the appe- tite and powerfully aids digestion. BOYRIL is the concentrated goodness of beef. you don't breathe a word about it, nor you either, girls. We don't want to spoil our holiday with busi- ness matters, and besides, one should always consider other peo- ple's feelings." Cecil set her teeth and the color rose to her cheeks ; she moved away to the other side of the deck that she might not hear any more. "What hateful people ! they don't care a bit for the kindness and hospitality of these Norwegians. They only mean just to use them as a convenience." Then as her bro- ther rejoined her she exclaimed, "Hoy, who are those vulgar people over on the other Bide?" "With two pretty girLs-in blue ul- sters f I think the :ic...:o is Morgan, rich city people. The old man's not bad. but the young one's a born snob. What do you think I heard him say as he was writing his name in the book and caught sight of ours. 'Why, Hubert lioiiif.ace ; that On the Farm .-%.-*. FRESH vs. ROTTED MANURE. Most people have an idea that rotted manure is a much more valu- able fertilizer than manure fresh from the barns or yards. This idea prevails because of the heavy, compact nature of the rotted ma- nure. The value of manure is de- termined by the amount of various elements of fertility contained therein. These elements are main- ly nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. They are usually figured at fifteen cents, six coots and five cents per pound respectively. On this basis a ton of fresh barnyard manure, is worth $1.98. A ton of rotted manure is worth $2.0-1, or rooms for us at some hotel. I can Uiut be (lie music shop in Regent La\e seemed merely an average Mngiish girl, gentle, well-manner uid nice-looking. It was only to those who took pains to study her that her true nature was re- vealed ; only at times that her quiet gray eyes would flash into sudden l'."uity wit'i the pleasure of meet- ing with some rare and unexpectM s\ mpathf ; only in some special need that the force of her naturally re tiring nature made itself '.clt as a great influence. Cecil had parsed a yea) of Oman t-ipated girlhood, she had for a whole year been her own mistress, had hud time and money at her disposal and no special duties to take tin- place of her sehool-work. It was the time she had (iron look- ing forward to all her life, the bliss- ful time of grown up freedom, and now that it had come it had proved a disappointing illusion. Whether the fault was in ln-rself ur in lu-r circumstances she did not know but like so niHiiy girls of her age she was looking out on life with puzzled eyes, hardly knowing what it was that had gone amiss, yet con- seiou-* 'f a great want, of a great uiu'c-t, of a vague dissatisfaction which would not lie re.-isoned down. "Cecil is lookini; poorly," had been the home verdict ; and the mo- ther, not fully understanding the <-.iu . but with a true instinct as to the remedy, had suggested tint the brother and sister should spend a month abroad, grieving to lo:-:e Cecil from tin- iivual family visit to the M"i sido. but pereeiving with a mother's wisdom and unselfishness thai it was lime, as she expressed it. for her young one to try its wings, So the big steamer i>lie<l its way up the fjord, bearing Cecil Itonifacp. and her small troubles and perplexi- ties |o lii-;iltliv old Norway, to gn n there fresh physical strength n id fresh iiiMiilit- into that pir//.l:ng thinn e-illed life; to make fiieid ships spite of her avowed in-w.ri- ahli-iic"<4. to learn something more of the be-iiity -if beauty, the joy of jov. -md tin- pain of pain. Sh" was no student of human na tun- ; at present with girlish impati s';c turned .-iw-iv from the toiir- franklv avowing her convic- t Inn that thev wer<> a bor She w i willing tn let bor f.ii -v roam to tin- f'lrtun-'s of some- imaginary H-ilf and Krica living. IM* haps, in son ..... n-' or -illior -if tl solitary ri-<l r > ifi-d ciil-i^i"- t-i In- seen now in I I'n-ii mi the mountain sitlo ; but the nvcriigo Kniflisli life displ-iycd on the 'li'-'k <li<l not in lln- Irn-'t awikcn IKT sunpathics. she inerclv <-lils-ilied the group-- a MI! ht'.r mind. Tiiero into tl cm from read it all well enough except tho names, but the fellow makes such outrageous flourishes. What do you make of this sentence, begin- ning with 'My son Frithiof]' ' "Uncle, uncle, what ahockinjl pronunciation: You must not put in an Knglish 'th.' Did you over hear of the Frithiof Saga ! You must say it quicklv li'<e this Fre'.:t- Yuff." "A most r.maviic name," s.ixi Mr. Morgan. "Now I see why you have been so industrious over your Norwegian lessons. You mean to carry on a desperate flirtation with Herr Frithinf, oh: that is quit- clear; I shall be on the lookout." Blanche laughed, not at all re- senting the remark, though she bent lier pretty face over the let- ter, and pretended to have- great difficulty in reading Herr Falck'a very excellent Knglish. "Do you want to hear this sen- tence 1" she said, "becimso if you do I'll read it." " 'My son Frithiof will do himself the honor to await your arrival at Bergen on tho landing-quay, and will drive you to Holdt's Hotel, where we have procured the rooms you desirod. My daughter Sigrrid (See gree) is eager to make the ac- quaintance of your daughter and your niece, and if you will all dino with us at two o'clock on Friday at my villa in Kalvotlalon we Hhall esteem it a great pleasure.' ' "Two o'clock dinner:" exclaimed | Florence Morgan, for the first time joining in tho general conversation. "What an unheard-of hour!" "Oh, everything is primitive nini- plicity out here," said Mr. Mor- gan. "You needn't expect London fashions." "I suppose Frithiof Fnlck will be a. sort of young Viking, lar^o- bonod and dignified, with a kind of good-natured fierceness about him," said lilanchp, folding tho letter. "N T o, no," said Florence, "he'll be a shy. stupid country bumpkin, afraid of niring his bad EngHlh, and you will step valiantly into the br-'-ich with votir fluent \orwogian, and your kindness will win his heart. Then presently he will come up in hi-< artless anil primitive way with a Vaer saa god (if you please}, and will take your hand. You will reply Mange tak (many thanks), and we shall nil joyfully danco at your wedding." There was general laughter, ami some trilling bets were made upon tho vexed question <if Frithiof Falek's appearance. "Well," said Mr. Morgan, "it's all very well to laugh now, but I hope you'll bo civil to the Falcks when wo re/illv meet. And as to von Cyril," he continued, turning {*> his nephew, a limp looking youn-r man of one and twenty, "got all the Information you can nut of voting Falck. but on no account ,-il low him to know that your father is seriously thinking of setting you at the head of the DfOpOMcl brunch nt Htavangor. When that does come about, of course Horr Falck will lose our custom, and no doubt Street. Norway will s. <>]! be spoiled if all the cads take to .-.-oniing over.' And there was I within two yards of him:" "Oh, Roy! he couldn't have known or he would never have said it.'' "Oh, yes, he knew it well enough. It was meant for a Miub, richly de- served by the presuming iradesm.in The Meaning of a Name means everything that is choicest in fine tea. "SAL AD A" means the world's best tea --"hill- grown Ceylon" with all the exquisite freshness and flavor retained by the sealed lead packages. BLACK, GREEN or MIXED MR. J. L. 1ILCUES. School Inspector of Toronto. only six cents more. When the 'dot is considered that it takes arly two tons of fresh barnyard rianurc to make one ton of rotted manure, owing to the loss from evaporation adapted to the succeeding crop than the rotted manure. The heat, and the effect of the acids developed in the process of decomposition, aid greatly in liberating plant food and result in greater crop yields. Some objections may be made on the score that weed seeds or pos- sibly plant diseases are spread with the unrotted manure. Where ap- plied as suggested above, however, at the proper place in rotation, nei- ther the weeds nor the plant dis- eases resulting therefrom will be a serious consideration. The late. winter and early spring offer many opportunities for get- ting manure on the land. These should be taken advantage of; though one should avoid driving over the land when it is very wet from melting snows or from heavy rains. The good effect of the ma- nure may be entirely offset by bad handling of the land. . A grown man never feels quite as uncomfortable as a small boy in his Sunday clothes. , ;who dared to come to Norway for and i ca( . hingi it can be seen that his holiday instead of eating shrimps at Margate, as such cattle should, you know!" and Ho)- laughed good- humoredly. Snubs had a" way of gliding off him like water off a duck's back. "I should have hated it," said Cecil. "What did you do?" "Nothing; studied Hacdeker with an imperturbable face, and reflect- ed sapiontly with William of Wyke- ham that neither birth nor calling, but 'manners makyth man.' Hut look! this must be Hergen. What a glorious view ! If only you had time to sketch it just from here!" Cecil, after one (|uick exclama- tion of delight, was quite silent, for indeed few people can see unmoved that exquisite view which is unfold- ed before them as they round tho fjord and catch the first glimpses of the most beautiful town in Nor- wav. Had she been alone she would much of the fertili/ing matter ori- ginally contained is lost in the rot- ting process. A report gives some interesting observations on the experimental use of fresh and rotted manure. Both were used on the corn and wheat crops, in comparison with unmanured land. The yield of corn on unmanured land was 38.1 bush- els per acre. On land dressed with rotted manure, a yield of 65.1 bush-' els was secured ; and where fresh j manure was applied, the yield was 70.7 bushels per acre. Tho increas- 1 ed yield of corn from the use of rotted manure was 27. G bushels, and from the use of fresh manure 32.0 bushels, an increase of five bushels per acre in favor of the fresh manure. On the wheat crop the effect was similar, though not so marked. On the unmanured . have allowed the tears of happiness I I"<1. the wheat yielded 10.1 bush- to come into her eyes, but being on a crowded steamer she fought down of dream of delight the picturesque wooden houses, the red-tiled roofs, the quaint towers and spires, the clear, still fjord with its forest of masts and rigging, and tho moun- tains rising sleep and sheer, encir- cling Bergen like so many hoary old giants who had vowed to pro- tect the town. Meanwhile, the deck resounded was the photo- it will be a blow to him; so mind The Old Folks (Ind ad vanclngyearr, bring an increasing tendency to constipation. The corrective they need is " NA-DRU-CO" Laxatives Entirely different from common laxatives Pleasant to take, nilid and painless. A tablet (or less) at bed time regulates the bowels perfectly. ^Increasing doses never needed. Compounded, like all the 125 NA-DRU-CO pre- parations, by expert chemists. Money back if not satisfactory. 26c. box. 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"Let me have your kev," he said, as they approached the wooden pier; "the custom-house |x>oplo will bo coining on board, and I will try to gel our things looked over quick- ly. Wait here ami then I shall not miss vou." els per acre; where rotted manure was used, 19.1 bushels; and on the land dressed with fresh manure, 19.7 bushels per acre were secured. The increase in favor of the fresh manure was only six-tenths bush- el per acre on the wheat crop. While the increased returns are comparatively small in both cases, it illustrates clearly the fact that fresh manure is at least as good as the rotted manure, and for some crops even better. The prevention of loss by leaching and in the rot- ted process should be kept in mind, and the saving in labor by apply- ing manure fresh from the barns is worthy of consideration. It should not be understood that the coarse, fresh barnyard manure is adapted to all crops. It would not be suit- able, for certain forms of garden and vegetable crops ; and even for the small grains, on light soil, it probably would not give as good results as the rotted manure. Where manure is applied as it should be, however, on the grass land or just ahead of the com crop in rotation, the coarse, fresh manure is better He hastened aw.-iv and Cecil scan Mr.]' with cnrioNs'ovos the ficea . t - the little crowd gathered on the 'nie .straight up to her. and rais- as the connecting gangway was raised from the quay, one of the Hteamer officials greeted him by name, and the young Norwegian, replying in very good Knglish, step nod on board and began looking about as if in search of some one. Involuntarily Cecil's eyes followed him ; she had a strange feeling that in some way she knew him, knew him fur l>etter than the people he had come to meet. Ho, too, seemed affected in the same wav, for he landing-quay i till her attention was arrested by a young Norwegian in a light-grav suit who stood laugh- ing and talking to an aenu.'unt.viop on the wooden wh-irf. Ho was tall fintl broad-shouldered, with sonie- Ihiiiit iinusii'illv erect ind o'lorgelie in his bearing; his features were of the pure Oroek tvoo not unfre quenlly to be met with in \orw.iy ; while his northern birth was at- tested bv a fair skin and lii;ht hair and inust-irho, as well -is bv a )vii>' of honest, woll-oivoned blue even which looked -in! .in the world with a I' ivish content and h.'lppi'iosn. "I iK-lieve that is Frthiof Klack," thought (Veil. And the next mo- in. -nt her idea was confirmed, for ing his hat and bowing, said with frank courtesy : "Pardon me, but am T speaking to Miss Morgan ?" "I think the Miss Morgans are at the othor side .of the gangway ; T saw them a minute ago," she said, coloring a little. 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