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In Peace and War Or, Tie End of It All was Captair >ut attempt-Mrs. Wylie CHAPTER XVI. Brenda left Mrs. Wylie at eleven o'clock, merely walking away from the door of the Suffolk Mar.si -- .without wrap or luggage. .When Mrs. Wylie found herself Vt Ciooe, she proceeded placidly await further events. She was vinced that, sooner or later^ husband of her protege would About twelve o'clock there w >nock at the door which shut off )lrs. Wylie's comfortable suite jrooms from the rest of the house. "Ah!" murmured the occupant of jhe drawing-room. "Our violent friend. Twelve o'clock; I mlust get him out of the house before Theo She leant back and tapped the pages of her magazine pensively with an ivory paper cutter, while her eyes rested cn the floor. In the course of a few moments there was audible tho sound of murmuring voices, followed shortly by footsteps. Mrs. Wylie looked up \ "" ant expectancy. It UJuston. The soldier glanced room uneasily, and thei Bd toward the fire wit Ik ing any sort of greeting, remained in her deep chi the Captain came toward her, Watched him. His unsteady hands fave his hat no rest. Taking his stand on the hearthrug, he began at "I have come to you, Mrs. Wylie," he said, "because I suspect that you know where Alice is to be found. This game of hide-and-seek to which she is treating me is hardly dig fied, and it is distinctly sensele If I choose to take decided steps the matter, I can, of course, have her hunted down like a comtnroii baalofactor." He spread his gaitered feet apart, and waited with confidence the result of this shot. "In the moantime," suggested Mrs. Wylio, with unruffled sweetness, "jt is really, perhaps, wiser that you should remain apart. I cerely trust that this is a mere porary misunderstanding. You both young, and, I suppose, both basty. Think it over, Captain Hkis-itoni and do not press matter much. If, In a short time, y proach Alice with a few kind little apologies, I believe she would relent. You must really be less hard oil us women -- make some allow-i--ance for our more tender nerves and silly susceptibilities." By way of reply, ho laughed in rasping way, without, however, being actually rude. "I have an indistinct recollection of having heard that before," he observed, with forced cynicism, "or Something of a similar nature. The kind little apologies s^ou mention are due to me as much as they are to Alice. Of course, she has omitted to draw your attention to sundry little flirtations. . . ." The widow stopped him with a quick gesture of disgust. "I refuse," she said deliberately, "to listen to details. Alice will tell you that I treated her in the same Way. These matters, Captain Huston, should be sacred between husband and wife." "Well, I suppose you have Alice's Story through Brenda? It comes to the same thing. I can see you are prejudiced against me." Mrs. Wylie smiled patiently, wi a suggestion of sympathy, wh: her companion seemed to apprecia "The world," she said, "is sure be prejudiced against you in the present case. You must remember that the moral codo is different for pretty woman than for the rest us. Moreover, tho husband is bh ed in preference, because people tribute the original mistake of lon't say that description is quite useless against myself or Theo. Alice may be afraid, but Brenda is not; and with Alice fear is closely linked with dis gust. Bo not forget that." She spoke quite calmly, with n force which a casual observer would not have anticipated. In her eagerness she leant forward, with a .warning hand outstretched. "And," he muttered, "I suppose I am to suppress all my feelings, go about the world like a marble statue. It seems to me that that fellow Trist leaves his impression you all. His doctrine is imperturbability at any pric "Nor mil I preach ii Theo goes e, Capta'.n Huston. All a little more restraint, to far, and his reticence istakes. You have been isled. You think that wife and Theo Trist . . . love each other." Tho soldier looked at her steadily, his weak nether lip quivering with excitement. Then ho slowly nodded his head. "That--is my impression." Mrs. Wylie evinced no hurry, no eagerness now. She had difficult cards, and her full attention was given to playing them skilfully. She leant back again in her comfortable chair, and crossed her hands upoi her lap. "Using primary argument,"- sh said concisely, "and meeting opin ion with opinion, I contend that you are mistaken. I will be perfectly frank with you, Captain Hfis-ton, because you have a certain claim upon my honesty. In some ways Alice is a weak woman. It has been her misfortune to be brought up and launched upon society as a beauty; a man who marries such a woman is assuming a responsibility which demands special qualifications. Judging from what I have observed, I am very much afraid that you possess these qualifications, in but a small degree. Bo you follow me?" The man smiled in an awkward way. "Yes. You were going to say, 'I "That," returned the widow, "is a remark I never make, because it is profitless. Moreover, it would not be true, because I never told you so. Circumstances have in a measure been against you. You could scarcely have chosen a more dangerous part of the world in which to begin your married life than Cey-,1on. As it happens,'you did not choose, but, it was forrced upon yon. In England we live differently. A young married woman is thrown more exclusively upon the society of her husband; there is less tempti tion. You will find it less difficult "Is married life to be described as a difficultv?" he interrupted. Mrs. Wylie did not reply at once. with placidly crossed hands to the fire. There the lines of her pectant, hesitating stare of mutual recognition and mutual curiosity. Each was at heart a gentleman, and under other circumstances, in the presence of a third person, or with the view of sparing a hostess anxiety, they would undoubted-edly have shaken hands. But here, beneath the eye of none but their God (who, in His wisdom, has purposely planted a tiny seed of divergence in our hearts), they saw no cause for acting that which could, at its best, have been nothing but a semi-truth. When Trist greeted Mrs. Wylie a few moments later, he detected her glance of anxiety; but it was against his strange principles. to take the initiative, so he waited until she might speak. After a few commonplaces dexterously handled, she suddenly changed her tone. "Theo," she said with that abruptness which invariably follows her hesitation on the brink of a ficult subject, "there was a ma RAISING THE DAIRY CALF. Most dairymen, who are in the business for profit, have found by experience that to get the best results they must raise their own cows. It is possible in many cases to go out into the country and buy up cows that will respond to liberal feeding and prove profitable animals, but tho man who keeps a pure-bred sire at the head of his herd and makes a proper selection calve vill ( shooting y< crossed his "Yes; I i fixed det u the very next t the stairs "And he did not shoot," saic Trist with a short laugh as he srned and faced Mrs. Wylie. Then he did a somewhat remarkable thing -- remarkable, that is, , man who never gave way tc rplay of the slightest emotion, demonstrating either sorrow or joy, hatred or affection. He took Mrs. Wylie's two hands within his, and forced her to sit in the deep basket-work chair near the fire with its back toward tho window. Standing before her with his hands thrust into the pockets of his tort serge jacket, ho looked down ; her with quizzical affection. "Some months ago," he said, "we made a contract; you are breaking that contract, unless I am ' much mistaken. You have allowed yourself to be anxious about me -- ' i that not so?" The widow smiled bravely up into the grave young face. a afraid," she -began, ' . . . im afraid you are right. But iety was not wholly on your Trist turned slowly away. The ahead every time. As far as possible all calves should ) raised unless they show some institutional weakness. It is not jssible to tell what a certain animal will develop into. The only sure way is the Babcock test and Now that dairying has been tablished on a firm basis in these provinces, largely as a result excellent work done by our superintendents, more than should dairymen pay stri to produce only the best cows. To properly rear a dairy calf quires skill. Haphazard methods must be paid as regards cloanli punctuality in feeding and amount given. Many a calf has been ruined by irregularity in feeding. Once the young thing's digestion has become impaired the injury is lasting and the cow from such an animal will never bo as good as one which has been properly raised. AS TO THE BEST TIME to have cows drop their calves, it will largely depend on conditions. If winter dairying is being engaged in it will no doubt be found advisable to have the greater part of She gazing slight mouth. "Life," she i any sphere a difficulty After practical "Again A lie- taken marriages, but is popularly supposed to lie in their Captain Huston tugged at drooping mustache pensively, walked to tho window, with the surance of one who knew his way amidst the furniture, and stood for some time looking down iu street. Presently he returned, ing Mrs. Wylie's eyes; but s his face, and her own grew suddenly very sympathetic. He played nervously with tho naments upon the mantlepiece some moments, deeply immersed thought. There forw . the t tho opposite that i the fur hearthrug occuxiied by Mrs. Wylio. This h: took, sitting hopelessly with hi; idle hands hanging at either side. "What am I to do?" he a3ked, half cynically. Before replying, the widow looked at him--gauging him. "Do you really mean that?" i -- I helplos ran is no( match for three "To begin of peace. War . . . would bring out her good points." Huston moved restlessly. Mrs. Wylie turned her soft gray eyes toward his face, and across her sympathetic features there passed ' an expression of real pain. She had divined his next words before his lips framed them. "I am not a soldier, Mrs. Wylio." "Resigned . . . ?" she whispered. "No; turned out." Unconsciously she was swaying backward and forward a little, as if in lamentation, while she rubbed one hand over the other. "Drink," continued Huston, harshly; ". . . . drink, -anTJ Alice drove me to it." There was a long silence in the room after this. The glowing fire creaked and crackled at times; occasionally a cinder fell with considerable clatter into the fender, but neither of these people moved. At last Mrs. Wylie looked up. "Captain Huston," she said pleadingly. h do for his face was penetrable. "\h!" he murmured. am very anxious about Alice and, Brenda." "Ah!" he murmured again, with dditional sympathy. She did not proceed at once, so he leant back in the chair he had as-icd, and waited with that pecul-patience which seemed to belong Eastern lands, and which hat been noticed before. Theo," she said at last, "has it er struck you that your position h regard to those two girls is-- say the least of it--peculiar?" "From a social point of view?" "Yes.?' "If," he said in a louder tone, on stantlyt at home, society might have ! cp/c something to say about it. But, as J i" it happens, I am never long in London, and consequently fail to occupy that prominent position .n the public esteem or dislike to which my talents undoubtedly '•Fortunately, gossip has not been rife about it." "Partly by good fortune, and For i partly by good management," corrected Trist. "With a little care, society is easily managed." "A tiger is easily managed, but its humors cannot be foretold." This statement was allowed to pass unchallenged, and before the silence was again broken, a servant announced that luncheon was ready. Mrs. Wvlie led the way, and Trist followed. They were both rather absorbed during the dainty repast, and conversation was less interesting than the parlor-maid could have The maid had left the room; there was no fear of interruption. Trist amused himself for some moments with a minute morsel of Gorgon-zola: then he looked up, unconsciously trying tho temper of knife upon the plate while he si th Alice, and that I had hopes of their living happily together yet." Her tone was eminently practical and business-like. Trist answered in the same way. Mice," he said cheerily, Id ask you to communi-with the view of definite arrange-Hide-and-seek is a slow game after a time." What sort of arrangement?j' Well ... I suggested that he should agree to leave her unmolested for a certain time, during whioh uld think it over." Mrs. Wylie's smile was a trifle wan "I told that I wo ate with Huston, coming "In tact, you made the best of it?" "Yes. Wlhat else could I do?" "I told Alfred Huston," she said, tedly, "that I trusted you ur honest best for all this matter." ^Which statement Huston politely defined to confirm. I should Irfrs. Wylie shruggj ■uggjfj ^ Then my n asked Trist in 7 Yes." "By whom?' ;"By me. I w<js brought i would have ess, Theo. to tempted ignorance of your the girls." ■ond ! Trist O (led : had," he s "Yes." He looked acr< ears quivering o "Come back t ind saw the th my chief this morning." "Ah! Sir Edward, you mean?" "Yes," slowly, "Sir Edward." Mrs. Wylie saw that she was expected to ask a question in order to " p the ball rolling. What about?" she inquired plea-tly. I informed him that I proposed ying the hatchet." You are not going to give up ' el" exclaimed Mrs. Wy- lie i the Russo-Turkis and after that I shall follov paths of peace." Mrs. Wylie rolled up her napkin, and inserted it medit ! I do not quite understand, j she murmured, ' i ways of pe left the l sred simply, and laid. alien she i face looked dth l other people. In myself . . . Brenda . . . Theo Trist." The last name was uttered with some significance. Its effect was startling. Huston's bloodshot eyes flashed angrily, his limp fingers clenched and writhed until the skin they gave forth a creaking sound as of ston dry leather. "D-n Trist!" ho exclaimed. "I will shoot him if he comes across my path!" Mrs. Wylie did not shriek or faint, as ladies are usually supposed to do when men give way to violent language in their presence. But there came into her eyes a slight passing ^hade of anxiety, which she suppressed with ;t:i effort. -"But first stf *J1," she said, "you CHAPTER XVII. s Theo Trist mounted the broad 3 staircase of Suffolk Mansions, quick ears detected the sound of Mrs. Wylie's door being drawn for-behind departing foot-He continued his way, without in--ease of speed. The person whose descent was audible came slowly upon a small stone-paved landing. Neither departed from the unwritten code by which Englishmen regulate their actions; they merely stared at each other. Each looked at the other with the hesitation of men who, meeting, recognize a face, and half "await a greeting of some description. In a moment it was too late, and they passed on--one upstairs, the other down, with unconscious symbolism -- having exchanged nothing more than that ex- that indescr the eyes which sometimes < when her lips were smiling she added gently, as she r led the way toward the di Trist reached the handle before her, and held the door open that unostentatious politeness of his which made him different from the general run of society young men. As she passed, he smiled reassuringly, and said in his monotonous way: "I arn quite sure of myself." "Not too sure?" she inquired over her shoulder. "No." In the drawing-room he succumbed to his hostess's Bohemian persuasions, gnd lighted a cigarette. He seemed to have forgotten his own "About Alice," he began-- "wh»i For some reason Mrs. Wylie avoided meeting his glance. "I told Alfred Huston." she replied, after a pause, "that I would n;.' -tim his i r-n.; anion's "I told Sir Edward," 1 ter a considerable spa' "that I must be allowed in England for some tirm it seems to me that I should have done better had I asked away on active service without delay." "I should hardly go so far as to say that, Theo," remarked Mrs. Wylie placidly; "but I think you must be very careful. I only want to call your attention to the light in which your help is likely to appear in the eyes of the world." "You have no ..." -- he hesitated before saying the word "man," stener gave a little quick noel as if to help him--"man to help you, except me; and it seems better that there should bo someone whom you can play, as it were, against Huston's stronger cards -- someone of whom ho is afraid." "Yes," replied the lady with an affectionate smile; "I quite understand your meaning; and I think you are right, although Alfred Huston is not an alarming person; he is very weak." "When he is sober," suggested Trist significantly. "And," she continued, "I am convinced that this reconciliation is more likely to be brought about if it is left entirely in my hands. Your influence, however subtle, will be detected by Alfred Huston, and the result will be disastrous. Unless . . She stopped in a vague way, and moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless you go to Alfred Huston the herd to freshen in the fall. This allows greater opportunity to give the calf the necessary care and then when spring comes, it is in grand shape to go on tho grass. Men differ regarding just the proper amount of food a calf should have during the first six or eight weeks of its life. This is not wondered at since we have those men who try to combine both dairying and beef raising in the same animals and those dairy side pure and simple. Just along these lines the following from a successful' dairyman may out of place, and although differing in a few points from what us may think, is on the whole good advice. Whole milk is tho natural food o: le calf, and no improvement on it for this purpose can be hoped for forms a standard at which we should aim when seeking a substi-Before dealing with substi-however, it is desirable tc point out that of the four substances other than water of which milk may be said to be composed, one, and one only, can provide the materials for the building up muscle, blood, skin, hair, hoof and horn, and the substance is_ not fat but albuminoids in the animal body, they are often spoken of as the flesh-formers of milk. Sugar and fat are mainly concerned in the production of heat and energy, while the minerals .supply one of the chief constituents of bones. Note carefully, then, that separated milk which differs only from whole milk in being deficient in fat, is not the poor substance it is often REPRESENTED TO BE. The constituents mainly concerned in the production of flesh, blood and bone are not removed by the separator, but remain in tho separated milk. Fat is the only substance but fat is by no means nportant food constituent, though it happens to have the highest commercial value as an addition to human dietary. Fat is, fortunately, one of the most easily replaced ingredients of milk. Fortunately, also, it is entirely devoid t manurial properties, and v " >ld in the form of butter does >b the soil of any of these sub-ances which make it fertile. Fat, however, is an essential flood for the young calf, or it would not • formed a constituent of milk, good argument can be adduced for withholding it from very young is, and those who follow the Jtrous utterly indefensible prac-of giving only separated milk alves after they aro two weeks are indeed penny wise and pound foolish. ng the price obtained for milk, no farmer is studying his own interests who does not feed his calves on their mother's milk, unskimmed and undiluted, until the animals are four weeks old. If a more deplorable practice can bo imagined than that of feeding only separated weeks old. ehani Untold loss save the price of E new milk at this t the calf's existence, of the organs of from a desire tc few gallons o: ritical stage o: The devolopmen-animal is check- Calves so treated become prey of disease which, if contracted cannot be thrown off, and death TOO SOON IS THE RESULT. i six weeks old they fed on separated ; substitute i fat i lo love between that there and Alice." The laughter wit ed this Suggest! piece of easy noncnatance -melodious, and natural; but how Mrs. Wylie failed which 1 "No," he s "that do. If Alice and I wont together, and took all sorts of solemn affidavits, I doubt whether Huston would be any more satisfied than he!fee"<i) is at present. The only method m]10 practicable is for mo to hold in i "I have Army am must ask , while you manage thi risen during his speed: held out his hand, an appointment at th Navy," he said, "an Mrs. Wylie ed at the do< ed behind her lonplussed. She gaz-which had just clos-nconiprehensible guest t," she reflected, "is tl lat I have seen Theo h (To Be Continued)^ may bo milk, pre added to the cream. Now what substitu are available for this purpose ? is self-evident that while the calf young any substitute for cream used ist be pure, rich in fat and idily digestible. The substances commonly used and which may be (commended until something better is found, aro of the follow- 1, pure*flax seed; 2, a mixture composed of equal parts of flax seed, 3 oatmeal, and fine ground corn ; pure linseed cake ; 4, one part whole milk added to five parts separated milk. The last is, perhaps, the best and cheapest, as it tainly is tho safest and most lily prepared. Jos. 1, 2 and 3 should be steeped boiling water and made into a gruel which may then be fed along with separated milk, the quantity being gradually increased so lo as the bowels remain normal. The care of calves does not e after they are weaned. Before wei ing they should have been trained eat a little pure linsood cake and order that there may be no check in the development after tho milk is withdrawn the quantity of cake fed should bo gradually increased. Two pounds of the cako and finally ground oats or corn should be given daily throughout the autumn and winter until the calves are turned to TO PRODUCE FARM BACON. The firmness of bacon does not depend on breed or on climate. Causes responsible for soft bacon were rushing the pigs on the market too rapidly, and before they were of the proper weight, and improper care, due to lack of room, The key to the production of ight kind of bacon was getting the animals of tho right breeds and lem in the right way. They e a variety of feed. Feed-alone will give an inferior The Celebrated Canadian Explorer Marries an American Bride. When William Ogilvie, who had at that time just resigned his office as Governor of the Klondike district of Canada, was on an Alaskan steamer, two years ago, he met Miss 0. P. Richardson, a young American woman, who was going to meet her brother at St. Michael. The steamer stopped off that port and Mr. Ogilvie and Miss Richardson took seats in a small boat to be taken to the land. A wave upset the boat and Miss Richardson, struggling in tho water, would perhaps have been drowned if Ogilvie had not swam to her sidai and held her head above water until help came to them. This was tha beginning of a little which another chapter may n written, for the couple were married a short time ago at Paris, Tex. All Canadians and all geographers know of Mr. Ogilvie. Sixteen years ago he began the explorations if. the northern part of Canada that ' 'm famous. He was a surveyor in the service of the Cana-Land Survey when he took his journey through the northern and "ttle known wilds, covering a distance of 2,700 miles. This jpurney ,ks among the notable feats to the CREDIT OF THE EXPLORERS. Ogilvie was away from civilization nearly two years, and when he returned with many sheets of new maps and modestly told of his (hievements, , he suddenly sprang to notice in all geographical cen-es. He was specially honored by the Royal Geographical Society of England and later represented the lent of Canada in the Klondike. During the early years of gold mining there, with a small force of police at his command, he 3 sole representative of executive authority. • He began his explorations in May, 1887, pushed for hundreds of miles down the Lewes and Yukon Rivers, then up the Taton-duc, Porcupine, Boll, Trout and Peel rivers to the Mackenzie and then southward along the great system of lakes and tributaries in the Mackenzie basin until ho reached Ottawa, in 1889. Most of our information with regard to the regions he traversed had been derived from agents of the Hudson Bay Company, who had entered the country only T;o buy furs from the Indians and whose geographical reports were far from accurate. Ogilvie was a man of scientific training, and this fact gave much value to his work and made it possible greatly to improve tho maps of northern Canada. He ascertained milk quality of bacon ; be supplemented by skin HANDS AND FEET. "Did those people whom you to civilize welcome you with should altitude: , traced of hills and ranges, shoots of the R< entirely found, for example, a pass leading from tidewater in Chilkoot Inlet to 10 navigable part of the Lewes TRIBUTARY OF THE YUKON. ' On his journey to the Mackenzie he iscovered a hitherto unknown river ver 200 miles long, which has since been named the Ogilvie River. He determined the place where the Yukon River crosses the national boundary. On one side of the river he blazed the letter "A" on tree*, and on the trees of the other side tho letter "C" to denote that they were respectively in the territories of Alaska and Canada. Most of Ogilvie's explorations were carried on in two basswood canpss built extra strong and weighing about 140 pounds each, so that two men could carry them without difficulty. Each canoe carried two pen and 1,400 pounds of goods. They transported Ogilvie and his heavy outfit over 2,500 miles along tit rivers. He met a considerable number of Indians who had never seen a white man before. Since that journey a large area of Canada east of the Mackenzie River has been explored by members of tho Canadian Geographical Survey ; ng has been added to the maps of the region between tho lower Mackenzie and Alaska except what Ogilvie supplied in his journey of 1887c89. The working out of his observations showed that they had been made with groat care and had added a large amount of accurate the mapping of that of Canada. ---- RATHER CONFUSING. "What," he asked, "does 'E.R.' 'V.R.,' didn't she ?" he asked at "She did." "Was sho 'Victoria Rex' ?" "No ; she was 'Victoria Regina.' " "That's what I thought, and that's what puzzles mo." "How does it puzzle you ?" "Why, I can't help wondering what King Edward wanted to change the family namo for." A GENTLE HINT, mgry Higgins--"Pardon me, TTauskeep--"Indeed remarkable Gibbs--"Yes ; and s "Is that, my umbrella y "Most likely. I've just t a pawnshop."-