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*.%%.. One of thejiarrison; Or, A Hysterious Affair. CHAPTER III.-<Cont'd) As I passed up the High street Mr. McNeil rai: out from his office and beckoned to me to stop. "Our new taii.-uits have gone out," he said. "They drove over this morn- ing." "I met them on the way," I an- swered. As I looked down at the little factor I could see that his face was flushed and that he bore every appearance of having had an extra glass. "Give me a real gentleman to do business with," he said, with a burst of Laughter. "They under- stands me and I understands them. What shall 1 fill it up for]' says the general, taking a blank check out o' his pouch and laying it on the table. Two hundred,' says I, leaving a bit o' a margin for my own time and trouble." "I thought that the landlord paid you for that,' 1 I remarked. "Aye, aye, but it's well to have a bit margin. He filled it up and threw it over to me as if it had I"-' n an auld postage stamp. That'., the way business should be done between honest men though it wouldna' do if one was inclined to take an advantage. Will ye not come in, Mr. West, and have a taste o' my whiskey? 1 "No thank you," said I, "I have Luniness to do." "Well, well, business is the chief thing. It's well not to drink in the morning, too. For my own part, except a drop before breakfast to give me an appetite, and maybe a glows, or even two, afterwards to promote digestion, I never touch Bpirith before noon. It may be that I'm over particular, but it's as well to be on tho safe side. What d'.ve think o' the general, Mr. West?" "Why I have hardly had an op- portunity of judging," I answered. Mr. McNeil tapped his forehead with his forefinger. "That's what I think o' him," he paid, in a confi- dential whisper. "He's gone, sir, in my estimation. Now what would you consider to be a proof o' mad- ness. Mr. West?" "Why, offering a blank check to a Wigtown holme-agent," said I. "Ah, you're aye at your jokes. Hut between oorsels now, if a man atikcd ye how many miles it was frae a seaport, and whether ships come there from the Fast, and whe- ther there road, and the lease for him to build a high wall round the grounds, what would ye make of it, eh i" "I should certainly think him ec- centric," said 1 "Jf every man had his due, lie would find L n. '' in a house with u high wall round the grounds, and that without costing him a fartli ini/, silid the agent. 'Where then,'" I asked imaginable potted meat and vege- table. It may be imagined that all these incidents were not allowed to pass without comment. Over the whole country-side there was nothing but gossip about the new tenants of Cloomber Hall and the reasons which had led them to come among us. The only hypothesis, however, which the bucolic mind could evolve was that which had already occur- red to Mr. McNeil, the factor namely, that the old general and his family were one and all afflict- ed with madness, or, as an alterna- tive conclusion, that mittetl some heinous he had corn- offense and was endeavoring to escape the con- sequences of his misdeeds. These were both natural suppositions un- der the circumstances ; but neither of them appeared to commend itself as a true explanation of the facts. It is true that General Heather- stone's behavior on the occasion of our first interview was such as to suggest some suspicion of mental {disease; but no man could have been more reasonable or more courteous than he had afterward shown himself to be. Then, again, his wife and children led the same secluded life that he did himself . so that the reason could not be one peculiar to his own health. As to the possibility of his being a fugi- tive from justice, that theory was even more untenable. Wigtown- shire was bleak and lonely, but it was not such an obscure corner of the world that a well-known soldier were tramps on the whether it was against "SALADA" A Triumph In TEA Quality Pure, Wholesome and Delicious, with a full- ness of flavour not found in ordinary TEAS. IN LEAD PACKETS ONLY. 061 Black, Mixed and Green. occasion to pass that way and stop- ped to have another look at the ob- noxious placard. I was standing staring up at it and wondering what could have induced our neighbor to take such an outrageous step, when I became suddenly aware of a sweet girlish face which peeped out at me from between the bars of the gate, and of a white hand which eagerly beckoned me to approach. As I ad- vanced to her I saw that it was the same young lady whom I had seen in the carriage. "Mr. West," she said, in a quick whisper, glancing from side to side, as she spoke in a nervous, hasty manner, "I wish to apologize toyou for the indignity to which you and your family were subjected yester- day. My brother was in the avenue and saw it all, but he is powerless to interfere. 1 assure vou, Mr. West, that if that hateful thing," pointing up at the placard, "has given you any annoyance, it has given my brother and myself fur could hope to conceal himself there; nor would a man who feared "Why, Miss Heatherskme ?" said publicity set every one's tongue I, putting the matter off with a wagging as the general had do/ic. On the whole, I was inclined to be- lieve that the true solution of the enigma lay in his own allusion to the love of quiet, and that they had taken shelter here with an almost morbid craving for solitude and re- jxise. We very soon had an instance of the great lengths to which this desire for isolation would carry vhein. My father had come down one morning with the weight of a great determination upon his brow. "You must put on your dav Esther," said John, you must pink frock to- laugh. "Britain is a free country, and if a man chooses to warn off visitors from his premises there is no reason why he should not." "It is nothing less thun brutal," she broke out, with a petulant stamp of her foot. "To think that your sister, too, should have such an unprovoked insult offered to her ! I am ready to sink with shame at the very thought." "Pray do not give yourself one SURPRISED LADY ABERDEEN. A millionaire whose "mind-read- ing" once astonished Ladv Aber- deen is Warren Y. 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"I see a sentence of five words" called out the "subject" a few seconds later, and lie repeated the exact words. The astonishment was profound. Hut when the excitement had died down Mr. Sopor simply said: "Not Moldy corn will staggers in horses, Miss Corbett is a keen suffragist and a number of people interested! in the movement were present at! the wedding. It was held at Hor-' Bted Keynes, where her father lives, and the place was the Congrega--- tional Hall of the village. At one end of the ha.ll was a plat-j form with four chairs upon it, antf to this platform advanced the. bride,/ her father, the bridegroom and the best man, while a- march wa/s played! upon the organ Then entered the* registrar, and the bride and bride-i never be fed to them. Every year (groom made the legal declaration*,) which were supplemented by the exchange of wedding rings. The registrar then retired, and after a solo had been sung Hugh Chapman of the Savoy, whose sym- pathies with the suggestion for the omission of the "obey" sentence from the service are already well known, gave a short and eloquent address. It should be said that by this time .the bridegroom had ex- changed places with the bride's 1 father, so that the bride and the 1 bridegroom sat together on one side' of the platform and the best mant and tin- bride's father on the other. 1 there is considerable trouble with this disease in the West, and in al- most every case the cause is moldy corn. If this corn does not produce blind staggers, it will tend to in- jure the physical condition of the animal. So don't feed it, and 'be careful about pasturing the horses in stalk fields where there is moldy corn. Good Poultry Rules. It is urged that all farmers and poultrymen adhere strictly to the following rules in handling their poultry and eggs : First Keep the nests clean ; pro- vide one nest for every four hens. Second Gather the eggs twice daily. Third Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room or cellar. Fourth Market the eggs at least twice a week. Fiffli Sell, kill or confine all male birds ae soon as the hatching season is over. 'OBEY" LEFT 01 T OF SERVICE I I il\ W*J II VI Kl*c \JUI at' 11 UIHT . , , - . - . ,. . . moment's uneasiness upon the nub- 1 telepathy, but telegraphy. And ject," said I, earnestly, for I was grieved at her evident distress. "I he ; "and you, ' am sure that your father has some make Yourself' reason unknown to us for taking from his pocket he took a small coil of wire, the other end of which, en- closed under a carpet, wiw in the smart, for I have determined that this utep." the three of us shall drive round this afternoon and pay our respects "God knows he lias!" she an- swe^red, with ineffable sadness in to Mrs. Heatherstone' and the "gen- ' her' voice, "and yet I think it would oral." "A visit to Cloomber '." cried Es- ther, clamping her hands. be more manly to face a danger than to fly from it. However, he | knows best, and it is impossible for "I am here," said my father, with us to judge. But who is this'!" she dignity, "not only an the laird's exclaimed, anxiously peering up tlie agent, bait also as his kinsman. In dark avenue. "Oh, it is my bro- tluit capacity I am convinced that' ther, Mordaunt. Mordaunt," she he would wish me to cull upon these newcomers nnd offer them any po- liteness which is in our power. At present they must feel lonely and said, as the young man approached us, "I have been apologi/.ing to Mr. West for what happened yesterdav in your name as well as my own. "Whv in the Wiittown County ' fl '"' mlless - Wllat sa >' s lhe B reat " J am vc ' ry glad ^ have the v ,~ Lunatic' Asvluin " cried the' little I'^dousi ? 'The choicest oi-jjaments portunity of doing it in person ' man, with a bubble of laughter, in to "'" n ' B h<m E llLS [ rlonds -' . * ald l< : <*rteously 'I only wish the midst of which I rode on my M - v $***!** k "?7 by e ? pen- fv 1 Be /' our Mster and your f- , .-i, i i- . ..... rnfi>. t int. when the aid man rieirali ther as well as vourself. CO tell them way, leaving him still chuckling over his own facetiousness. The arrival of the new C.'loomber Hall hud no perceptible effect in relieving the monotony our secluded district, for instead of | encu that when the old man began to justify his resolution by quota- familv at t'" s from the Persian poets there. ' ,^'was no chance of shaking it. Sure i enough that afternoon saw the plme- ther as well as yourself, to tell how BOITV I am. 1 think you h.id by his expert touch system. The family remedy for Couxha and Colda. ' nrmmon t.i " 'SWtoh cosu eo little and doe* to much I" **.. . , M.I'.'s Daughter Who Married Ath- lete I- a Suffragette. The recent wedding of Miss Cicely Corbett, the daughter of C. J. Oor- bett, the late English Member of Parliament for one of the Sussex divisions, had a special interest, as the ceremony was arranged so as to avoid thoae parts of the Church eervko which include the wife's *^*m * On the Farm Tho Value of the Milk Sued. Every farmer should build a small Bhed or compartment of some kind in which to stand the cows at milk- No don't you go, Mr. West. I entering into such simple pleasures Parched upon the sent, with his sec-, iii. the country hud to offer, or in- ond*Wt coat on and a pair of new at the door, with iny father 1 , want to have a word with you." teresting themselves, as we had hoped, in our attempts to improve driving-gloves. "Jump in, my dears," he cried, cracking his whip briskly, "we nliall the lot of our poor crofters am. . fisher-folk, they seemed to shun all " how the general that he observation, and hardly ever to venture beyond the avenue Kates. \Ve soon found, too, that the fac- tor's words as to the inclosing of the grounds were founded upon fa, I, for gangs of workmen were < la >' * impress the tenants ke.|>t hard at work from early in the morning until late at night in erecting a high wooden fence round tlir whole estate. When this was has no f his neigh- cause to be ashamed bors." Alas, pride always goes before, a full! Our well fed ponies and shin- ing harness were not destined that f (.'loom- be r wilh u sense of our importance. We had reached the avenue, gate, j and 1 was about to get out and 1 <>|>en it, when our attention was ar- better run up to the house, little I ng time. The nearer the barn the one, for it's getting near tiflin time, better. It should be well ventilated in the summer and made warm during the winter months by setting up fodder around it or lining it with building paper or roofing material. The shod may be of any size de- sired, but ample room for one cow is all that is necessary. Have nails (To be continued.) L . Lucky. Hobo -"I've eaten nothing snow balls for three days." Lady "You poor man! would you have done had it summer time 1" but What The bridegroom was C. D. Fish- er, who was a three-qunrter back in the Oxford Rugby team of 1903. 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A. arranged on the wall for hanging It makes a man feel good when he is pretty certain ho is going to miss a train and doesn't. finished and topped with spikes j sll by a very largo, wooden pla Cloomber Park became bnprMIVe *** whlch was . **** Uj , v " U of an exceptionally the trees in such a manner that no one could possibly pass without see- ing it. On the white surface of this to any one but dating climber. It was an if the old soldier had been no imbued with - , military ideas that, like my Uncle j board was printed in big black | et - T.b.v, he could not refrain even In * the fulkjwln WWnW m- times of peace from standing tipoi^ 801 ' the defensive. 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