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When you refuse me any explanationâ€"when youâ€"” She went on bundling all her finery into the trunk. He came ftu‘ther into the room and put her aside. "Heavy articles first. You will crush your falâ€"lals if you don’t take care.” . She knelt, or rather huddled, on the floor in mute misery, as he busiâ€" ed himself with her packing, folding skirts and skilfully depositing bootâ€" trees. In a few minutes he looked round with a brisk inquiry: “Is that all?" “Yesâ€"thank you.” “I may strap it up then." The lid of the trunk shut dOWn with a prolonged creek. He set his knee against it and fasâ€" tened the strap securely; She scramâ€" bled to her feet and took up her hat from the dressing table. As she ad- justed it, the black feathers nodded with a dismal effect above her suffer- ing white face and hollow eyes. She had no jewels to tear off and fling on the table, like the heroine of Her voice a novel. They Were not rich. Beside her wedding-ring she_only were one other, that would never leave her finger. It is just womanâ€" hood that she could turn her back on himâ€"and cling, as to an anchor, . to his little forget-meâ€"not ring. He leant his,shoulders against the mantelpiece as she searched vainly for her gloves. "Let us understand each other. I am hazy as to the cause of thisâ€" of effect. You take my breath away.” “You know it is because you will not tell 1neâ€"â€"” She turned and faced him, her eyes mournful, her mouth guivering. “Why should I tell you? You go rummaging in my desk”â€"the flicker of amusement in his eyes hurt her more than a blowâ€""and come across a. mysterious packet, which arouses the curiosity of Eve within your lit- tle heart. You burst in upon me, and tax me with a disloyal secretâ€"â€" you demand an explanationâ€"and is it so much that I. ask of you?” His voice softened. "Is it so much?” he repeated. She hung her head sullenly. "It is too much. You refuse to tell me what secret the packet holds â€"â€"and you ask me to trust you.” “So we have reached a culâ€"dc-sac,” said he quietly. “You desire my con- fidence, and I desire your trustâ€"unâ€" questioulng faith- is what I would have in my wife.” She winced. Ills creed appealed to the better side of her nature, to a nobility of soul that just fell short of surrender. - “Where are you going?” ""l‘o find a lodging."’ There had dwelt a hope in the backâ€" ground that he would exert his au- thority, thwart her intention to abanâ€" don him. But he was letting her goâ€"six months after their wedding- day. “You have no money.” “I have three pounds.” It was a sum he had givon her that morning for household purposes. In taking his money with her she was a thief, but without it she was powerless. Nothing escap‘ed him. If he chose he could demand his three sovereigns back from her, but he refrainedâ€"not in mercy, she know. He was merely giving her rope to hang herself with. "And when it is all gone?” She flung out her hands passion- ately. "I can work!” "With these?” He. crushed her small fingers into the compass of his broad palm and dropped them. “You cannot work, and I cannot allow you to starve. There must be a. sum placed at your disposalâ€"so, you see, you will have your revenge. I am a poor man, and the expenses of a divided household will cramp me still further.~ I shall have to go without my cigars.” “Do you thinkâ€"after thisâ€"that I WouldMQQai’ penny?” “Alas! my cigars,” lie reiterated, and laughed. Her gloves caught they lay on a chair. on slowly. “ "When you have found a lodging, I suppose you will send for the trunk?” "That is my intention.” There were, perhaps, ten seconds more left herâ€"he might give in. She counted ten heart-beats that sounded heavily in her ears. Give in! He did not know the meaning of the phrase. He Was master. as he had been all his life, by reason of a level head and iron will. She stole a glance at himâ€"at his her eye, where She drew them cold eyes, powerful jaw, and dear, reâ€" lentless mouth. He prided himself upon justice; but mercWâ€"clemency? As well ask the millstones to show these to the grain it ground. He would make his own terms with her, or none.’ She had no further pretext for lingering. As she moved he took the cause of their quarrel from an inner pocket of his coat and gave it into her keeping. It was a square packet, 'done up in white paper, with the wordsâ€""My seâ€" cret” written across it in his charac- teristic handwriting, and secured by a great red splash of sealing-wax, sealed with his own seal, a mailed hand. - “Take it with you,” he said scornâ€" 'fully. "When your curiosity grows unbearable you may break the seal and View the contentsâ€"but that will be the end. You don’t mistake me? The symbol of a dead faith may stand for a â€"dead love, too.” He opened the door for her. She put out an uncertain hand to him, but it slid dowu untouched by her side. “You will not bid me ‘Good-bey’?" "No," he said gravely; "it is you who are biddingme ‘Goodâ€"bye.’ ” An hour later there was nothing left her but to face her life without him. There had been no difficulty in findâ€" ing a lodging. Her sweet face and voice had’ appealed to the first landâ€" lady she accosted, and she had crept thankfully into a. small, unlovely room out of the chill November fog. The room was in a street of the same locality as her home-a stone’s throw away from peace, happiness, and him. But peace and happiness had been destroyed by her find that morning, and heâ€"had hidden something from her all these months. The words, "My secret,” danced before her eyes as she crouched over the fire in the unfamiliar room that was hers for toâ€"night. She had only taken it for so long, in a desire to get out of the London streets so that she could think, and plan her fpture. The rent of the small room was beyond her; it had already (paid in advance) made a serious hole in her little sum of money. But the past refused to be ousted by her future; she could not plan. Her brain revolved about her prev- ious happiness and present despar‘. had been wont to see it; stem to cruelty, as she had looked upon it last. The packet, with the seal showing as a splash of blood, lay on the rug at her feet. Yes; she would soon learn his secâ€" ret; have indisputable“, proof that he had not always been hé’i‘sfshe had no *doubt that she would find some loveâ€" token). But if she opened thehpack- etâ€"there was no turning back. Her action would kill any regard he had for her as surely as he had said it. She' slipped down on the floor, buryâ€" ing her face in the prickly horsehair seat on her chair. She must not think of the pastâ€"she must not think A clock somewhere struck eight. They would now be cosily settled at the fire in his den, he and she. She would have pushed away his papers and brought her own chair to his el- bow. -Ie would puff blue clouds inâ€" to space from a huge cigar, while she lit (scorching one side) a mild, very mild, cigarette her own self, and put it delicately between her lips, 'for the sake of sociability. She would hold it in her fingers while it burnt out, assisted by a very few puffs-r- and he would pretend not to see the ash growing long as she held it downâ€"â€" Obeying a wild imoulse, she seized the packet from the rug and poked it between the bars of the grate. The thick substance refused to ignite, but a little scorched patch widened at one corner. The next moment she had taken hold of it againâ€"burning her fingers against the barsâ€" and drawn it out. If she burnt it would he believe that she had not opened it? She had refused to believe him. Misery might ever be hers if she destroyed the proofs of her surren~ der. . She stood up, the precious packe held to her heart, and stumbled out of the roomâ€"out into the night. He was in his den, as she had fan- cied, in the depths of an armchair and smoking furiously. His thoughts were hidden from her when she open- ed the door. So that he seemed anyâ€" thing but an object of pity, lounging in the warm fireâ€"light. She shivered as she went slowly forward, his wellâ€"being smiting her. IWithout her, he was as she saw him; without himâ€"what was she? “You have come back?” “I have come back.” He rose to his feet and put her genâ€" tly down into his own chair, asking no questions as he pulled off her gloves, and began rapidly to unlace her muddy boots. "I was going to burn the packetâ€"- see!” she said wearily. She held out the scorched corner to him, and his keen eye saw the scar of a burn disfiguring her finger. "I was going to burn it without opening itâ€"and then I thought that you might not believe me, so I have brought it back." "I should have believed you," he said. “Anyhow, the seal is unbroken,” she responded spiritlessly. He removed her hat. I. . She pointed to the packet she had passed to him. "Don’t let me knowâ€"I only you-I don’t care 2” ! His face was before her; tender, as she About the . ....H0use WW USEFUL HINTS. For Sore Throat.â€"â€"I-1alf a. teaspoon‘ ful of chlorate of potash dissolved in a gill of Water, to which a teaspoonâ€" ful of glycerine has been added will be found a reliable gurgle for sore throat. _ A Complexion I-lint.â€"-â€"Never eat anyâ€" thing that you know disagrees with you if you want to keep a good com- plexion. Indigestion is one of the greatest enemies of the skin, and for this reason the simpler the food one eats the better."‘ Fruit, either fresh or cooked, and green vegetables should be part of the daily diet. How to Treat a Sprain.-â€"When a. sprain occurs lose no time in at- tending to it, however trivial it may appear. Ascertain whether there has been a fracture or dislocation. If so send for a physician as soon as possible, and keep‘ perfectly quiet unâ€" til he‘arrives If there is no feacture or displacement of bones, but only excessive swelling about the joint, bathe the injured member in hot wa- ter as long as possible. Bathe for 15 to 30 minutes, renewing the waâ€" ter occasionally, and applying with a sponge. Then wrap the injured mem- ber in strips of flannel saturated with hot water, and cover with dry cloths. Do not use the sprained member until recovered. Complete rest is the only cure for a sprain. Simple Remedy for Sunbm‘n.â€"â€" A little lemon juice added to the water in which the face is washed will quickly remove sunburn. Insect Bitesâ€"To prevent insect bites rub the skin with a little vineâ€" gar and water. Scented verbena leaves are said to have the same efâ€" fect. , ' F‘o'r Bruisesâ€"For a bruise the best treatment is an immediate applica- tion of hot fomentations. After that witch hazel, vinegar and hot water, or alcohol, put on with a bandage andaoften moistened. Headache Remedyâ€"If your head aches or you are nervous, take off your boots and stockings, and let your feet breathe by sitting on a chair and wriggling your toes or walking up and down the room. A wellâ€"known society lady does this, and afterwards her maid gentle chafes her feet till she drops into a deep sleep. 7 A strong solution of common wash- ing soda applied to each corn by wetting a small piece of linen and binding round the foot will entirely remove corns. Keep in the housemaid’s cupboard a woollen cloth which is soaked twice a week in petroleum. Use this to preâ€" serve the polish of the stained and varnished floor, rubbing it over the lboards every morning after the dust has been removed. After the juice has been squeezed from a lemon, the peel and pulp should be saved for cleaning brasscs. Dip the lemon first in milk and then in brick-dust, and rub it well on to {the tarnished brass. I Here is a hint for readers who lhave canaries and singing birds in the house. If at any time you are troubled with insects infesting the bird’s cage, hang up a small bag of sulphur inside the wires. This will not harm the bird. but will keep away the pests. For Front Door Stepsâ€"A whiting can be made which does not come off on dresses, and is not so easily washâ€" ed off in the rain as that generally Dissolve i ll). of size in a pint cause you trust me?” “I don't Want to trust; I love you,” she said. He turned the packet with its liar- ing red seal round in his hand. “I believe you are getting the betâ€" ter of me,” he breathed. "You won’t trust Incâ€"but you have come back becauseâ€"â€"” "I love you,” she finished. "You still think that I have de- ceived youâ€"that my secret is of a' ‘1150d. “Then you have not come back he- nature that should come between us, if you could do without me?” “It may be. But I cannot do without you, and soâ€"â€"â€"-” “You refuse to learn my lesson in faith?” he said slowly. “Butâ€"I love muchâ€"~and that ’ is expiation, is it not?” . I-Ie hesitated a moment and laid the packet in her lap. it,” he said. She looked up, white and desperate, her fingers on the' seal. “Under~ stand,” she said doggedly, “that noâ€" thing I find can make any difference." “What do you expect?” “The proof of your love forâ€"â€"" She could not go on. "You are right; it is a proof of l l l then "Open She broke the seal deliberately, and tore aWay the paper. The back of a photograpr lay up- permost, "Stolen" scrawled upon it. She turned it over and a tear fell on the faceâ€"her own face! It was an old likeness of her. She had missâ€" ed it off the ~mantelpiece at home, some time before her marriage, missâ€" ed it before she knew that he had desired to be more to her than friendâ€"~â€" - Ile lifted her hand and put his lips Albeit! '.' and a half of water; when melted in a. saucepan gradually stir in 1 lb. of whiting. When cold this will be rather stiff, and will need to be ap- plied with a stifi brush. Care of Broomsâ€"The cleansing of brooms is rarely thought necessary; but they require cleaning as much as anything else, and if _washed occa- sionally will be found to last for longer than otherwise. About once a week prepare a good lather of hot water and soap, and into it dip the broom. Shake it until it is nearly dry, and hang it up with the bristles downward until quite so. To Seal Letters so that they Can‘â€" not be Openedâ€"Steam or hot water will open envelope-s closed with muci- lage and evcn‘a wafer; a hot iron or a spirit-lamp dissolves sealing-wax, an impression in plaster having been taken of the seal. By the combined use of water and sealing-wax, how- ever, all attempts to open the letter otherwise than by force can be frus- trated. All that is necessary is to‘ close the letter first with a small, wellâ€"moistened wafer, and to pierce the letter with a coarse needle (the same applies to mucilage), whereupon sealing-Wax may be used upon it ' in the usual manner. This seal can neither be opened by dry heat nor by moisture. In cases of acute indigestion the banana is of immense service. Ba- nanas should be eaten as a dessert, and care should be taken that they are quite ripe. To clean zinc articles rub them well all over with paraffin oil applied on a piece of flannel; then make a lather of hot Water and soap and wash them in it. This treatment will render them almost equal to new. Turpentine will remove paint from woollen or silk fabrics. Saturate the spots with spirits of turpentine, and allow it to remain for a few hours. Rub the cloth between the fingers, and the paint will crumble off withâ€" out injuring the goods. Wash new glasses in cold water for the first time or two, and they will be found to have a much. clear- er appearance. than if washed in hot. To soften old putty apply to it a. red-hot poker, and then you will find it quite easy to scrape off. DOMESTIC RECIPES. Spice Cakes.â€"â€"-Two~thirds cup of butter, one cup each of sugar and molasses, three eggs, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful each of soda and nutmeg, one and a half teaspoonâ€" fuls cinnamon and half a teaspoonful of cloves, one cup raisins and three cups of flour. One Egg Cakeâ€"Half a cup of butâ€" ter creamed with one cup: sugar, one egg beaten light, one cup sweet milk and tWo cups flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder and one of vanilla. Corn Breadâ€"One egg, two table- spoonfuls sugar, half a teaspoonful salt, two large tablespoonfuls of mel- ted butter, one large cup milk, two cups sifted flour, one scant cup cornâ€" meal, and tw0 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Buttermilk Pieâ€"A healthful pie and well liked by many is made as fOIIOWS: Into a lined pic tin pour a. mixture made of 1 egg Well beaten, 1},- cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flaur, a pinch of salt, flavoring to suit (nut- meg is very nice) and a pint of buttermilk, fresh and good, all well beaten. Bake half an hour in a mod- erate oven. Lemon Piesâ€"For three small pies 1) grate L" lemon, add 1 cup sugar, 0 tablespoons flour, 3 eggs, Beat all and pour in cold Water to make 1 qt. of the mixture. Bake with upper crusts. Curried Sardinesâ€"Mix together one teaspoonful each of sugar .and curry powder and a saltspoonful of salt. Put these into the blazer with one cup of cream and half a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Stir until hot, then put in ten or twelve sardines. In the meantime heat some butter or oil in a second blazer, and in it saute some bits of bread a littlp larger than the sardines, and round slices of tart apple. Serve each sardine on a bit of bread; pour a little of. the souce over the top and garnish with a round of apple. The slices of ap- ple will keep their shape if the apples be cored and then cut into rounds without parting. To Cook a Beef Heartâ€"Clean niceâ€" ly, cut away tallow and then boil till. tender. Make a dressing of breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, butter and a few bits of celery cut up. Stuff the heart and put it back on the stove and let it cook brown in the grease, putting a little water in ocâ€" casionally to keep it moist. Serve either cold or hot. Baking Powder Breadâ€"Take 1 qt. flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon Sugar, 3 heaping teaspoons baking powder, 1 small potato. Sift toâ€" gather thoroughly, flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Mash the potaâ€" to and rub into the dry ingredients; add sufficient water to mix smoothly and rapidly into a. stiff batter, about 1 pt. of water to 1 qt. of 'flour. Do not make a stiff dough, as in yeast bread. Pour the batter into a. greased pan 4?; by .8 inches and 4: inches deep. The loaf will rise to fill the pan when baked. Bake in very hot oven 45 minutes, placing paâ€" per over first 15 minutes to prevent crusting too soon. Bake immediately after mixing. . "' “ “Did yiz iver make iny money backin’ horses, Mulligan ‘7" “Sure, 0i made twenty dollars wance." "'Oi back- “.How did yez do ut ?” want 10 the burn on the finger.â€"Pearson’s .ed him down a cillar aWn thin sued lth’ men for laviii’ ih' door open.” .. 1.... - _ Kill GlS Hllillhfllll ESTATE 44,000 ACRES or MOUNTAIN, WOODLAND AND RIVER. Beauties of Balmoral and Its Forest Are of World-wide Fame. The Royal forest of Balmoral om- braces Balmoral, Ballochbuie, ,Birkâ€" hall, and Abergeldie. The boundar- ies of the combined forests, sax-s Mr. A. Inkson McConnochie in a .3 most interesting article in the “Scottish Field” which are situated in, the parishes of Crathie and Glenmuick, and extended _to about 44,000 acres, are :â€"On the north, the River «Dee from Bridge of Dec (Ivercauld) to near the Muick confluence, on .the least, Birkhall, thence westward by' Cairn Taggart (3,430 fee Meall at Sluichd (2,771 feet); 3nd so to Bridge Leachda Claise Moire. Lochnagar (3,786 within the forest. of Dec by Creag .nan (2,549 feet) and .Nlt .na All the peaks of feet) are .thus the Muick, Loch Muick, Dubh Jacob, \Vitl’l SO _ :many mountains there are naturalst .numâ€" erous glens and corries, of thesil'ast, Coire Lochan an Eoi‘nâ€"the condemni- mediately to the west of the great corrie of Lochnagarâ€"seldom .afdénits pf stalk-ing on account of tlie,,puzzl- mg Winds which often hold ‘xltiot there. 'A public path, made by orâ€" der of Queen Victoria in 184.9,, leads from Glen Muick, over Cuidhorflmm, to the summit of Lochnaga1‘,..iso oc- casionally a stalk is lost, but, on the other hand, tourists have been knovm to unconsciously drive deer in the proper direction. Woodlands occupy a considerable part no less than a fifth of thew-forâ€" est, so the whole stock of deer is kept within its boundaries throughâ€" out winter. Indeed. not a-feyz vis- itors then accept of its liospiiffiiity. Exceedingly few deer are found dead, a fact accounted for by the extent of the woods and the ‘ I which is left in winter use. The NEIG IIBORING FORESTS 1011g1=iiealher many places for are C lenmuick and Ivercauld, but there are no A fences against 'deer, only to keep out sheep and to. preâ€" vent deer trespassing on arable ground. The forest is well sup-plied both with driving roads and ' pony paths. Seven stalkers-and ten gilâ€" lies are required for its efficient. Working. While some of the mounâ€" tains are exceedingly rocky and. even precipitous in certain parts illengi’lt‘tsâ€" ture generally is good; indeednanuch of it bears a high reputation as grazmg ground. During the, .past season (1903) the best stag’s. head had 13 points, the. stag falling to the rifle of Sir Charles Cust on ‘the closing day Oct. 9. The average number of stags shot is '80; 1 season the bag was only 71;" while in 1902 it. was 94. The deer, are improving, as shown by the. average â€"1893, 69 stags; average, llst, 12lb.; 1902, 94: stags, average, 13st., 71b.; 1903, ’71 stags, average, 14st, 3 lb. The heaviest slag in 1902 scaled 17st., 81b., but in 1903, 18st was reached. The weights are cleanâ€"that is, without heart” and liver. "Piners" and. poor beasts generally are regularly weeded‘ out, hence partly the general excellencelgf the forest. lis Majesty (,whlin ‘I’rince of Wales) was an ardent’nsf‘lyfl- her, and as a good sportsman, takes no prefunctory interest in the inanâ€" agement of the forest. Two'mountain eagles, male and fe- male, are comfortably lodged at the Croft, the forester’sresidence, where they have spent eighteen yea-rs, flavâ€" ing been brought from an evry near Abergeldie Castle in 1885. éDuring the past season two pairs of eagles nested in the forest, one. producing two eaglets, the other only one. There are not a. few foxes who so far are not molested as they keep down 'the stalker’s dreadâ€"â€" TROUBLESOME GROU SE; but they are dealt with when ; they become too numerous and interfere with the young fawns. {l‘he‘excellent fishing in connection with the-foreSt needs only to be referred 1:01 Iliere. The salmon fishing on the, right bank of the Dee extends fronr abridge of Dec to the Muick confluence;~ on the left bank (leased from Inver- cauld) from Bridge of Dee to: Bal- moral Bridge. The Prince of'Wales is a most enthusiastic fisherman to whom the river has many attracâ€" tions; the young Princes as trout- fishes are already following ~ the paâ€" ternal example. Thereuis practically any amount of trout fishing to be had in the Muick and many lessor streams. Then there are Loch Muick, over two miles ‘long‘, and the Dubh Loch, besides several .mounâ€" tain tarns which were stocked with trout about fifty years ago. It need scarcely be mentioned that the scenic beauties of Balmoral a’nd its forest are of world-wide fame. Lochnagar itself has almost a con- tinuous stream of visitors; the Falls of Garbh Allt within the Ballochm'ie are also a great resort, visitors be- irg allowed, under certain reasonable restrictions, to cross the Dee by the old bridge which is the private proâ€" perty of the Crown. The .“Smug- gler’s Shank” of Lochnagar indi- cates the prevalence in former times of illicit distillation in the recesses of the glens the upper .part of Strath Girnock alone ‘had over a dozen “black” bothies. A native of the district told the writer that on more than one occasion he had seen in his youth a line of 30 homes starting from that straih, loaded with kegs of smuggled whiskey en route for the south by the Capcl :Mounih. mist and,