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% <, *. One of the Garrison; Or, A flysterious Affair. C'HAPTKR IV. -(Continued). Mis* Heatherstone waved her hand to mo with a bright smile, and tripped off up the avenue, while her brother unboiled the gate, and, passing through, closed it again, locking it upon the outside. "I'll have a stroll down the road with you, if you have no objection. Have a manilla." Ho drew a cou- ple of cheroots from his pocket and handed one to me. "You'll find they are not bad," he said. "I be- came a connoisseur in tobacco when 1 .was in India. Are you lit? 1 hope. I am not interfering_with your buine-ss in coming along with you." "Not- at all," I answered. "I am very glad to have ..your com pany." "I'll tell you a secret," snid mj companion. "This is the first time that I have been outside the grounds since we have been down here." "And your sister?" "She has never been out either," he answered. "I have given the governor the lip to-day, but he wouldn't half like it if he knew. It's a whim of his that we should keep oimclves entirely* to our- selves. At least some people would call it a whim ; for iny ,own part I have reason to believe that he has olid grounds for all that he does though perhaps in this matter may be a little too exacting." he "You must MI rely find it very lonely." said I. "Couldn't you manage to slip down at timls and have a smokf with me '/ Tliat house over yonder is Branksonie." "Indeed, you" are very kind," he answered, with .sparkling eyes. "I should dearly like to run over now and again. With the exception of Israel Stakes, our old coachman and gardener, 1 have not a -;>' that I iui gpeak to." "And your sister, she must fet-1 it even more," said I, thinking in my heart that my new acquaintance made rather too much of his crwn troubles and too little of those . f Ins companion. "Vcs; poor Gabriel feels it, no doubt." he answered carelessly: "but us a more unnatural thing for a young man of my age to lit cooped uji in this way than for ;i woman. Look at me now. I an, i human intervention. It is none- the that my father and my sister would be delighted to see hr, and a change, if only for an hour or two, might do her good." "It would be rather hard for us both to get away together," he an- swered. "However, if I see a chance I shall bring her down. It might be managed some afternoon, perhaps, for the old man indulges in a siesta occasionally." We had reached the head of the winding lane which branches off from the highroad and leads up to the laird's house, so my companion pulled up. "I must go back," h& -aid, "or they will miss me. It's very kind of you, West, to take this interest in us-.---J'm very grateful to you, and so will Gabriel be when she hears of your kind invitation. It's a real heaping of coals of fire after that infernal placard of my fa- ther's." He shook my hand and set off dcvwn the road, but he came run- ning after me presently, calling me to stop. "I was just thinking, 1 ' he said, "that you must consider us a great mystery up tliere at t'loom- ber. I dare say you have come to look n|/ .11 it as a private lunatic asylum, and I can't blanu; you. If you are interested \n the matter, I feel it is unfriendly upon my part not to satisfy your curiosity, but I have promised my father to be sil- ent about it. And indeed if I were to tell you all that I know you might not be very much the wiser after all. I would have you under- stand this, however, that my fa- ther is as sane aa you or I, and that he has very good rea.sons for living the life which he does. I may adA that his wish to remain, secluded does not arise from any unworthy >r <li s lionorable motives, hut merely frx.in the instinct of self-preserva- tion.' "He is 5 ii danger, then '." 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Or- not observed Cloornber Hall at, c ' u des a degree of familiarity with.chards being perennial, however, night?" the more important insect enemies offer special opportunity for the "No," I answered, laying down an< l fungous diseases to which such ! increase and destruetiveness of in- the book which I was reading, j crops are liable, with the means of sect pests and plant diseases unless "Not since that memorable evening I cheaply combatting them, writes careful attention is given to the when the general and' Mr. McNeil cajne over to make their inspec- tion." Ernest Walker. A great decrease of the numbers and depredations of insect pests and "Well, John, will you put yourjPjant diseases is incidental to the ha.t on and come a little walk with disturbing influences of advancing me?" I could see by her manner J civilization and to the extension of that something had agitated or : areas devoted to special crops. In- frightened her. j sects abandon their wild food plants "Why, bless the birl I" cried I, ' ? IK) develop a fondness for related boisterously, "what is the matter ? i introduced species in cultivation. The old Hall has not gone on fire, i Th* species which previously was less when the ordinary spraying di-' rections are followed, both as to humans eating the fruit or cattle eating grass under sprayed trees. In the use of vessels containing poisons, and in handling the poi- several means of holding them in | sons themselves, however," great check. Spraying alone, when pro- 1 care should be used. These should perly done, gives good results, but j be kept out of the reach of chiI- ; for the best success the term should idren and marked or labeled distinct- always be associated in the mind of the grower with the several prac- tices above mentioned. Another General Suggestion of co-operation! ly. Vessels in which the arsenites among the growers of a given lo- cality in fighting their common ene- have been mixed should be used for no other purpose. The main thing when the need Know the life' or fungus and apply the remedy. Be in ? -LOU jinn nas HWV guile <m nit:, -r- ....,...., ..,, - 1 cutty in ngnung uieir common ene- T. surely? You look as grave as if all , considered harmless may thus be- nues . The spores of f ; rea< i ily nce - B * prompt, persistent,, Wigtown were in a blaze." c ra f. great pest. Under pioneer , fiy through the air and insect pests! * h TOU h ; S<? me diseases injure the "" ' /v "" 1 ^ l '"'readily fly from place to place as a I '.> ha * e cf fating plants and as in ml. a, .hil. ,,.. thp * of apple scab, by the in-; "Not quite so bad as that," she said, smiling. "But do come out, conditions abundance was easily produced and commonly the market rule. So while one grower is wag- he is in constar.t danger.' "But why does he not apply to the magifctratts for protection 1" I i>ke<l. "If he is afraid t>f any one, lie has only to name him and they will bind him over to keep the "My clear West," said young 'eatliersU.ne. "the danger with which my father is threatened is ne that cannot be averted by any thrce-arid-twenty next March, and yet I have never been to a univer- nty, nor to a school for tlint mat t r I am as <''>ni|)lete an igii4>rn inns a* any <if these chxlhoppers. It wenis strange to you. no d<'iibt ! :ui. I yet it is o. Now. don't \mi tliink I <lcsfTM- a better fate " He fn<-ed ah lie spoke, and round t. me. throwing lii.s forward in appeal. As I lo<jked at him, with the sun shining U|HIII his faee, he certainly did a strange bird to be cp- <-d up in ^iich a cage. Tall and mus <-ulur. with a keen dark face, and finely <-ut features, he might have stepped out of the canvas- <>f .Mm illi. or Vflasque/.. There was luti'iit i-iM-rgy and p<iwer in his firm- Bet mouth, his square eyebiows, and the whole pose of his elastic well knit figure. "Tliere is (he learning to he got from books and the learning to be K)t from experience, "If you mid I, sen have less of jour share of the one, perhaps \oii have more of the other. 1 eannot beliexe that .\<"' ha\ spent all your life in mere idlrm-ss and pleasure." "I'leanure I" he cried. "I'lea- nure! 1/ook at thin." He pulled off Ii - li.-ii. iui'1 I HHW that his hlaek hair was al! flecked and dashed with t-t i<-ak-< of gray. "Do you imagine t.'iHt this came from pleasure (" he ;i4. .1, with a bitter laugh. "You must him- liad some great *li:.<-k," I Mini, astonished at the uglit ; "o.me terrible illnehs in your youth. Or perhaps it arises from a more chronic cause -a constant gnawing anxiety. J have known riK-n HS young as you was as gray." |r-s very real, and possibly very- imminent." "You don't mean to ansert that it lt> fiupornattiral," 1 aid, incred- lll'jlislv. "Wei hardly that, either," he answered with hesitation. "But. tliere," he continued, "I have said rather more than I should, but 1 know that you will not abuse my confidence. Good by." He took to his heels and was soon out of my sight round a curve in the country road. A danger which was real and im- minent, not to be averted by hu- man iiii'.'i'i and yet hardly super- natural here was a conundrum in- <lcc<l ! I 1 1 ad come to look upon the inhabitants of the Hall as mere ec- n n trie*, but. after what young Mor- i .ni Hcat'iei-Ktone had just told me, 1 could no longer doubt tint some dark and sinister meaning underlay all their actions. The more I pondered over the problem. the more unanswerable did it ap- |>ear, and yet I could not get the matter out of my thoughts. The lonely isolated hall, and the strange, impending eatiiHtrophe which hung over its inmates, ap- pealed forcibly to my imagination. All that evening, and late; into the nighl, I fat moodily by the fire, pondering over all that I had heard, and revolving in mv mind the vari- ous incidents which might furnish me with some clue to the mystery. ' ' r- a^u v * iw VVWW VU V. * - . . *w*v. j-*j r* m i u iMi*^ KIVJWCI 13 \% il t, Jack. I should very- much like you I y allle ? f ordinary farm products ing commendable warfare upon crop to SP it." low - Insect damages, unless very|p C8 t 8 and benefiting the neighbor- I had always refrained from sav- * xtensive 'Wteedj awakened in early j ho cd in various ways as well as in ing anything which might alarm my ya t comparatively little concern- j this, his less progressive or care sister. so that she knew nothing of plenty . . ailvh w - The grower ex- , ] e88 neighbor who adheres to the old the. interest which our neighbor's P^ ^ i and so ^S as he expect- ! ideas and refuses to spray may be doings had for me. At her request j * ,.'.. that e . ve . n " nde T , th . chan K d ] maintaining a breeding place for I took mv hat and followed her out : co . ltl <"> ' ** he frequently I the pests, which nor. l. ii,. into the darkness. She led the way j ^T" *:!?!& *!." "Tut him ' bu . 1 his along a little footpath over the ! moor, which brought us to some ris- j ing ground, from which we could look down upon the Hall without our view being obstructed by any of the fir-trees which had been planted round it, "I^ook at that," j prevented at "a \-Jmparat iveV^maU But as far as many pests are concerned there is No Need of Expecting It. That a large part of the damage done by insects and fungi can be jury done the foliage, and perhaps its premature shedding, reduce the next year's crop. In the case of- such plants we should spray even, when there is no fruit on hand to be protected. Timeliness is half the battle. in spite of his industry. Among those whb have not 'fallen , . into line on the spray question there I many people call to see me when is still frequently met with a fear I'm not at horned' remarked Mrs. Those Hills. "Yes, indeed, it's astonishing how said my sister, pausing at the sum- mit of this little eminence. Cloomber lay beneath us in a blaze of light. In the lower floors the shutters obscured the illumina- tion, but above, from the broad windows of the second story to the thin slits at the summit of the tow- cost has been settled, and in most sections of the country intelligent growers consider warfare on crop pests as much a part of production as tillage or the preparation of the land for crops. The term spraying in its restrict- ed sense means the application of er, there was not a chink or an 'poisonous or fungicidal liquids or aperture which did not send forth powders to plants in the form of a a stream of radiance. So dazzling mist or cloud-like spray for the pur- I j soi. nil- CHAI'TKll V. trust that my readers will not n as an inquisitive buny- whosu hair l)ody wllen ' wy tnftt as the days and weeke went by I found my at- "I'oor devils!" he muttered, |)jty them." "I "If you can manage to slip down Hrauksome "perhapt you Heatherstone at times." ttaid I, could bring Miss with you. I know DYOLA MM < I.I ANF.S T, MMI'1 1 S r . .ii J BUST IK ) M I 3YB; on* c>o hur .hr you don't v*n hivt i.. know whtfl KIND of Cloth your Coodi art md .('.., MI-MI.-. ! Impoinlble. -Si I.I for I : rr Color ( jul Story Booklet, and i..... 1. 1 elvitmmuln of !'>ing ,,, ni,. ,,,,,..,. Th. JOHNSON RIC.n/SRDIOS CO., I Inlt.d Mi,lil 1 in.ri. tentioti and my thoughts more and more attracted to General Heather- stone and tf) mystery which sur rounded him. It was in vain that I endeavored by hard work and a strk-t attention to the laird's af- fairs to direct my mind into some more healthy channel. iJo what I would, on land or on the water, I would btill find myself puzzling over this one question, . until it obtained such a hold upon me that I felt that it was uc.l for me to attempt to apply myself to anything until I hod come, to some satisfactory solu- tion of it. 1 could never pass the dark lino of live-foot fern-ing and the great iron gate, with its mas- bi\e. lock, without pausing and racking my brain as to what the H-crel might hr wliifli was tthut in by that inscrutable harrier. Yet with all my conjectures and all my observations I could never come to any t'oneliiKlun which eotikl for a moment be accepted as an expla- nation of the fa*ts. My ulster had been out for a stroll night, visiting a siek peasant or ormiitK *o'e. other of the nu- merous acts of charity by Which she was the effect that for a moment I was persuaded that the house was on fire, but the steadiness and clearness of the light won freed me from that apprehension. It was clearly the result of many lamps placed systematically all over the building. It added to the strange effect that all these brilliantly illu- minated rooms were apparently un- wanted, and Home- of them, as far us wo could judge were not even furnished. Through the whole great house there was no sign of move- ment or of life nothing but the clear, unwinking flood of yellow light. __I was ntill lost in wonder at the it'll! when 1 heard a iu.it, quick sob at my side. "What is it, Esther, dear?" I asked, looking down at my compan- ion. "I feel so frightened. Oh, John, John, take me home ; I feel so frigh- tened !" She clung to my arm, and pulled at my coat in a perfect frenzy of fear. "It's all safe, darling," I said, soothingly. "There is nothing to fear. What has upset you so?" "1 am afraid of them, John ; I nm afraid of the Heatherstones. Why- is their house lit up like this every night '. I have heard from others that it is always so. And why does the old man run like a frightened hare if any one comes upon him. There is something wrong about it, John, and it frightens me." 1 pacified her as well as I could, and led her home with me, where I took care that she should have some hot port negus before going to bed. (To be continued). pose of preventing attack by injuri- ous organisms or to destroy those already present. In a broader eense, however, the term may well be understood to include various other phases of warfare upon crop pests, Buch as destroving oources of infec- tion, crop remtiants and other breeding places ; maintenance of the vigor of crops by thorough cul- tivation ; the use of manures and good care generally, since, as it is well known, thrifty plants not only suffer less when attacked, but are less liable to diseases and insect pests than those weakened by neg- lect. Wild plants frequently har- bor the fungi or insects which trou- ble the crops being cultivated. The good grower seeks out and destroys* such as exist in dangerous promi- mity to his crops. Rotation of crops is a means of starving out certain pests and is of great value of poisons applied to fruits or other crops. 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