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V. When Norah woke the next morn- ing, and, raising herself on her or- bon. looked round the luxurims "He was very kind," said Norah. ((Yes.ln Norah, feeling terribly shy, but struggling hard to conceal any signs of it, poured out a cup of coffee and passed it. to him, for there was no footman. “I dispense with servants in waitâ€" through an opening of the window curtains, certainly not expecting to see the owner of the voice, nor to revive her memory of the incident every phase of which was strangely impressed on. her mind. Norah was not a sentimental young lady, by any means, but she was not without a natural sympathy for re- mance, and the mystery of the un- seen, unknown visitor who had been, be in attendance." all unconsciously, so close to her, afâ€" “Oh, no," she said prompUY- “I iing at breakfast," said the earl, fected her more than she would have‘haxe been usedâ€"oâ€"J’ “but if you wish it the butler shall liked to admit. “I hope they have served some- A knock at the door caused her to thing that you will like," he said, hurry into her dressing gown. It indicating the silver covered dishes was Harman, who had come to help With a wave of his white hand. “The 1101‘ dress. cook will learn your tastes very “Goodâ€"morning, my lady," she said quickly. Thank you, no,” for Norah in her subdued manner; “I hope your had offered .to help him to some ladyShip slept well." ' mysterious dish. “I only take toast “Oh, yes," replied Norah; "I al- for breakfast." Will's sleep well.” A footman entered with the post “Yes. my lady; will you have hot bag, and laid it on the table. Water?” “Permit me," said the earkas “Oh, cold, please," said Norah courteously as if. he were addressmg Pl‘OmPtIY- an ordinary Visitor, and he opened and read his letters with leisurely grace. “The bath is ready, my lady. I will come when your ladyship rings," and she went into the next room, Norah was hungry after her sound where Norah heard her at the \vard- night’s rest and cold bath. and ate robe. a good breakfast, looking round the It seemed strange to be so waited,handsomely-furnishcd room .as she upon, hand and foot, and Norah] did so. and OccaSiOIlally allowmg 1101' thought with a smile what a. helpless l glance to rest upon the ariStOCI‘i-Wic Creature a fine lady must become in face OPPOSiLO he? as it bent serenely course of time. over the letters and papers. I When she rang "Harman appeared Presently, having finished With with a couple of morning dresses on them, the earl laid them methodical- her arm. ly in a pile, and looked across at “Which will you have, my lady?" her. she asked, as if the question were of “I fear you will find it dull here at the deepest importance. j the court, Norah. I regret that I "‘Oh, I don’t care,” said Norah; cannot go up to the house in town, "you shall choose for me." [but London does not agree with me, Harman considered the matter with and ‘I rarely remain there longer evident conscientiousness, and at last lthan a few days-n selected one of white pique, with “I shall not be dull here," she small black leaves. said; "it is all so new and strange “If your ladyship were not in deep to me, and I do not wish to go to morning a lavender sash would be a London.” great improvement," she suggestech “Of course ‘you will have to go to Norah nodded, and took up thc.bc presented, but perhaps Lady Fern- hair brushes forgetfully, but was rigâ€"{dale will be kind enough to chaperon minded of her “fine lady" condition you. Do you play?" by Harman gently and respectfullyl “Yes. I have worked very hard at taking them out of her hand. 'my lull-Sic." - “I can brush it so much better, “There is a piano in the drawingâ€" my lady,” she murmured. roomâ€"a grand of Erard's-and one “Yes, that I am sure you can,” in your own room. I trust every- assented Norah, sinking into thelthing was to your~taste in your comfortable chair and resigning her-=apartments," he added. self. “I’m afraid I confuse you terâ€" “Yes, indeed; everything is So i'ibly, but,I am accustomed to doâ€" beautiful. I was admiring the pretty ing everything for myself; but I shall , furniture and things before I went get used to it, I dare say." to sleep last night." “Oh, yes my lady.” “I hope that if there should be Norah was silent for a minute or anything you desire you will at once two, marveling at the ease and skill express your wish; it shall be gratiâ€" with which the maid brushed the long fled. I will see that you have a suitâ€" thick hair without inflicting the least able horse, and that some one be pain or inconvenience. Then, still found to teach you to ride. I fear thinking of her last night’s advenâ€" that I shall be but a poor companion ture, she said: for you, and that you will feel lone~ "Who sleeps in this part of the ly at times." house?” “I am used to being alone a great “No one usually but your ladyship. deal. I have often spent days and Mr. Petherick slept in this wing last days without speaking 'to any one night, and my room is next. your excepting Catherine.” suite]! “Catherine? Ah, yes, pardon me, I “There was no one, no gentleman, had forgotten. Catherine I-lays, your '1 mean, sleeping in the house exceptâ€" maid." ' ing lilyâ€"father”â€"she hesitated a lit- “And I am sure I shall be quite tle at the novel wordâ€"“and Mr. happy wandering about this beauti- Petherick?" . ful place when it is fine, and on wet “No, my lady,” replied Harman, days there will be books and music.” with a faint expression of surprise in “I am obliged to you for taking so her face, which Norah saw in the cheerful a view of the prospect," he glass. “We have very few visitors. said. “I regret that the state of my Mr. Guildford Berton used to come‘health will not often permit me to l and stay, but he has got a. cottage accompany you, and I have also a in the village, just outside the heavy correspondence, as you see," gates.” and he waved his hand to the letters. “Is Guildford his only Christian “Although I have long since ceased mime?" asked Norah. to ,take an active part: in politics, my “Yes, my lady, I think so. I never former colleagues pay me the fre- hcard of his having any other." qucnt compliment of consulting me.” Then it would seem that the two “Perhaps I could help you," said men were absolute strangers! It was Norah, with a mixture of timidity strange and mysterious! Harman and eagerness. “I~â€"â€"I write a plain Wound the beautiful plaits of hair in hand for a woman, and I used to a thick coil at the back of the shapeâ€" write all mama's lettersâ€"” She ly head, and finished dressing her stopped, warned by the sudden frown mistress, and Norah got up and which darkened the earl's face that walked to the window. Harman was she had trodden on forbidden ground. there before she could reach it, and “Thank you very much,” he said, opened it for her, and Norah stepped dryly; and with icy courtesy, “but I out onto the terrace. She was look- could not dream of troubling you." ing down, recalling the singular inâ€" “It would be no trouble, but a cidcnt of the preceding night, when pleasure," said Norah. a bell clanged out so sonorously and “Perhaps you would like to drive suddenly that it startled her. this morning?" he said. “The weathâ€" “'l‘he breakfast bell, my lady," exâ€" er is particularly fine. If so, pray plained Harman, and she opened the order the carriage. The groom of dressing-room door, and stood hold- the stables will be in attendance to ing it just, as Norah thought, as if receive yourcommands wheneVer you for a princess to pass out. send for him. And now 1' will ask The sun pouring through the paintâ€" you to excuse me,” and he rose and cd “window flooded the great hall left the room. with splashes of manyâ€"colored light, Norah sat for a few minutes thinkâ€" and Norah looked round with an ad- ing over all that he. had said, with mirat'ion approaching awe. an aching pain at her heart. A foot-man stood at an open deer, It was evident that if her father, + the earl, did not actually dislike her. he did not entertain the slightest afâ€" fection for her, and that he intended to. keep her at arm's length. It had been lonely at Cliff Cottage since her mother (lied, but she had some one to love there in the faith- ful and devoted Catherine; but here at Saintleigh Court there was no one who cared for her, and she felt at that moment that she would ex- change all the wealth and grandeur which had so strangely become hers for any condition, however lowly, in which there should be some one to love and love her in return. She went to the window and lookâ€" ed out, and for a moment she thought that she would go for a drive, as the earl had suggested, but she shrank from the elaborate busiâ€" ness of summoning the. groom of the stables, and decided to go for a walk instead. As she was passing through the hall on the way to her room to get her hat. a footman informed her that his lordship would be greatly obliged if she Would go to him in the library, and opened the door for her. The earl was seated at his writing table, and rose as she entered, and stood expectantly. “I am sorry to trouble you, Norah," he said, "but I forgot to mention a matter at breakfast. You will needâ€"money.” “Oh, but I have some," said Norah: quickly. , “A small sum, no doubt," he said, “but Scarcer sufficient for your purâ€" poses. I have opened an account for you at the bank at Ilchester, the town three miles distant, and here is your check book.” “I don't know what to do with it; I never had a check book before, papa.” “Permit me to show you. You have but to fill in the amount in writing here and the figures here, and the date at the top, and sign your name, and the bankâ€"or, indeed, any one elseâ€"will pay you the sum stated on the check. That is, if you do not draw more than a couple of hundred pounds, which is the sum I shall pay in to your account at midsummer and Christmas." “Two hundred poundsâ€"four hun- dred pounds a year. Why. I shall not know what to do with so much money." “Doubtless you will find it go quickly enough. Dresses andâ€"female apparel generallyâ€"eare expensive, I believe. I place this money at your absolute disposal“ and you will unâ€" derstand, of course, that ,as I am ignorant of all such matters, you will procure your own wardrobe. If the sum is not sufficient, pray let me know, and I will increase it.” He had managed to destroy all the pleasure Norah had felt in the gift, and her smile vanished as he bowed her out, for she understood that he intended to imply that he had dis- claimed all concern or interest in her clothes. With the check book in her hand Norah Went up to her own room, where Harman was stitching fresh lace on Norah's best dress." “I came for my hat," said Norah, looking round for it. “Yes, my lady,” said Harman, and she fetched it, together with her gloves. She seemed to have taken complete charge of Norah’s wardâ€" robe, and almost, as it seemed to Norah, of herself included, and she half expected to hear her say, “Don't get your feet Wet, my lady, and don't forget to keep the sun oll’ your face.” It was almost with a sigh of relief that she found herself out in the gar- den, and she made her way acress the lawn toward the park, looking about her as she went, and stopping to look back at the house, which apâ€" peared larger than ever in the bright morning light. It was deliciously cool and shady under the great oaks, and with all a young girl’s delight in the beauty of a summer morning, she wandered on, speaking to and patting the big dog, who still kept close beside her, as if he had undertaken to guard and protect her. - ‘ 'After a time the park grew more dense and more wild, and the ground broken into little hills and dales, and Norah climbed one of‘ these, and, seating herself at the foot of a tree, took off her hat, and called the dog to lie down at her feet. He coiled himself up obediently, and laid his head in her lap, when suddenly he sprang up and uttereda .low growl. At the same moment Norah heard the dull thud of a horse’s hoofs upon the soft turf in the little glade be- low her. She looked down, telling the dog to be quiet, and saw, not a horseâ€" man, as she expected, but a young man seated before an easel. He was almost immediately below her, and she could see him without being seen herself. Hr.- was evidently unconscious of her nearness, for he was painting with rapt absorption. It was also evident that it was not at him Casâ€" per had barked, for he glance; at him with perfect equanimity, and then kept his eyes fixed watchfully in the direction from whence the sound of the horse had proceeded. Norah had just time to observe .that the artist was young and hand- some, and was wondering who he was, when Guildford Berton, mount- ed on a poWerful black horse, came riding into the glade, and Casper rose erect, with a low, deep growl. It was obvious that Mr. Guildford lei-ton was not a favorite of Casâ€" per's, but Norah succeeded in quiet- ing him, and was going back down the hill again, feeling no desire to meet the newcomer, when she heard him speak, acl instinctively Stopped, ._______________â€".__..__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" "Good-morning," he said, in a tone» of cold displeasure. MWFM ELEPHANTS LUM‘S‘EBJNG. W The young man at the easel looked Remarkable Intelligence Shown by up. “Good-morning," he responded. Norah’s heart leaped and her face crimsoned. _ . It was the voice she had heard on the terrace last night. With her hand upon Casper's collar to keep him quiet, she stood and waited to hear the voice again. “Are you aware, sir, that you are trespassing?" demanded Guildford Berton, and with so overbearing and unpleasant a manner that, as Norah saw, the young painter looked up with surprise. She saw his hand- some face fiush, as if with resent- ment, at the other man’s tone; but. his voice was perfectly calm and selfâ€"possessed as he replied: “No, 1 was not aware of it. I unâ€" derstood that this was the public wood." “Nothing of the kind, sir. The public wood ends down at the gate there. This is private 1)roperty."' “Thenl have to apologize, which I do at once and sincerely," said Cyril Burne. "It is a mistake that only a stranger could make, and I am a stranger. _'All the same," and he laughed, "I am sorry you did not come‘ up to warn me half-anâ€"hour later, for I should have finished my sketch." He spoke with perfect good humor, and a graceful case which charmed Norah, but it seemed in some Way to incense Guildt‘ord Berton. “Having informed you that you are trespassing, I‘ Shall be obliged if you will retire, sir,” he said. Cyril Burne looked at him with mingled surprise at his discourtesy, and amusement at his peremptoriâ€" ness. “Certainly,' he said; then, as he slowly wiped his brush, quietly he said, "To whom does this property upon which I am trespassing belong, may‘I ask?” “To the Earl of Arrowdale,” he re- plied‘, cnrtly. . Cyril Burne glanced at him. "Am' I addressing the Earl of 'Arâ€" rowdale‘?" he asked. “No, sir!” replied Guildford Berâ€" ton. “His lordship's son, perhaps? Or nephew?’ ’ “Neither, sir.” 'And Guildford Berton’s face darkened. . Chained to the spot by ’her inter- est, Norah looked down at them, with a sudden dawning of fear, for for with all self-possession there was something about the young artist that indicated a. high spirit little used to brook the kind of treatment (luildford Berton was dealing out to him. “No relation?" said Cyril. “'An in- timate friend?” “I am a friend of the carl's, sir, if you insist upon an answer." “Oh, I don't insist," said Cyril Burne; “but I was curious to know who it was, if you were not the earl himself, that he had authorized to treat the ’stranger_within his gates’ with discourtesy. Lord Arrowdale is not fortunate in his choice of friends." ’ The thrust was delivered so calmly, with such perfect case, that for the moment Guildford Berton seemed too overwhelmed to resent it; then, either he must have touched his horse with his spur, or the animal had grown impatient, for he sprang forward, and was almost upon Cyril's back. Cyril turned aside with the swiftâ€" ness of a practiced athlete, and, seiz- ing the bridle, looked up at Guild- ford Berton’s dark face. “Take care, sir,” he said. “Take your hand from my bridle!" exclaimed Guildford Berton in a low voice, and he bent forward with his whip raised. Vithout doubt it would have fallen on Cyril Burne’s head or shoulders, but at that moment Casper, with a loud growl, broke loose from Norah’s hand, and sprang at one bound toâ€" ward the two men. ' The horse rose on. his haunches so suddenly that Guildford Berton was thrown, and Norah, with a~cry of alarm, ran down the hill. Guilclford Berton sprang to his feet, clutching his whip, then stopped suddenly, and both men stood as if turned to stone and stared at her. ' (To be' Continued.) â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"+ HUMAN HAIR MARKET. .‘l J The human hair industry is a very active one in France, the departâ€" ments most frequently visited by the hair merchants being those of Cor- reze, Crcuse, Allier, Cher, Dordogne, an'dJ-Iautc Vienne. The average price given for a full, long head of hair is~from $2 to $6.25 for the very best quality and color. The girls of the districts mentioned aboVe, which are exceedingly poor, stipulate that their hair shall not be cut short in front, and conceal the shorn appearance at the back by a draped colored handâ€" kerchief. The best shades of light and blonde hair are obtained from lei-many and Switzerland, and for these high prices are given. ___.___+.. WOMAN' S PROG RES S. The post of official shorthand writâ€" er in the Roumanian Parliament has for the first time been won’ by a woman. It was a competitive apâ€" pointment, and the lady applicant beat all her male rivals. Since the new Government took up the reins women have made great strides in lloumania in the matter of competâ€" ing with men. 'A short time ago the Finance Minister had no fewer than I These Animals . “The elephants round us were drag- ging the logs to the mill to be sawn. They were harnessed for this with a broad breastband and heavy chains. A native looped the chains round the logs, and the elephant started oil‘ with them and deposited them on the trolley. Others were picking up the sawn planks with their trunks and carrying them across the yard to be piled. “A mahout sat on the neck of_ every elephant, and if the animal picked up too mahout would hint, with his iron spike, that two might go to that load. Then, grunting, the elephant would pick up the second, with inâ€" finite delicacy of balance, turn, march over, and deposit them beside the pile, always returning for an- other load so long as there were none he would take his case in the sun, and wait. Or perhaps there Were heavy logs to be pushed from one place to another; and if pushing would do, with his trunk curled against the log, no elephant would give himself the trouble of picking it up, any more than a housemaid will pick up a chair on casters. “More fascinating it was than I can tell to see the jungle patriarch kneel down to a heavy log, twist his trunk around it, place it on the top of the pile, and then calculate its position, and push and pull until it was square in its place. The oddâ€" est, because the most reasonable thing, was to see the elephant, push- ing againstrthe end of a very heavy log, stretch out one hind leg to give himself balance, and purchase. That seemed to bring him, somehow, very near to us; he was not only doing our work, but he was doing it in our way. “Presently, with one accord, all the elephants dropped work and moved in the direction of the sheds. “That means it's eleven o'clock,' said the foreman. ‘Dinncr hour. Not for King Edward himself could we get them to do a stroke of work from now till three. It’s their off time. At three they begin again, and work till dusk, and they start about six in the morning, but they don’t understand OVertime.' "â€"I’all Mall Magazine. .4} LIVE ON C O GOA-NUTS . Fruitarian Empire Founded by a. German. An International Fru-itarian Emâ€" pire has just oeen. founded in Ger-â€" man New Guinea by Professor _Aug,â€" ust Enigml-liardt, a distinguished Teuâ€" toneic authority on. dietetics and Lon- don is being diligently search-ed for recruits, says the London. Express. The professor is firmly convinced that the cocoa-nut is the natural food. of man, and declares that it produces elasticity of ‘body and mind and purity of thought, and cures all d-i sea ses. Converts who are admitted into the “Order of the Sun,” which is the professor's name for his new colony, are required to live on cocoa-nuts.‘ In. the beginning the cocoa-nut is eaten grated, with‘ bananas allld pa-_ payas, later it is chewed, and finally the celonists must live“ exclusively on cocoaâ€"nuts. The island of Ka-baronâ€"-which lie has purchasedL-lbclon'ginag to the New Laucn'burg group in. the Bismarck archipelago has been selected by the professor for his experiment; As yet the members of the ‘Order of the Sun." are all Germans, I-Ierr Max Luetzow, the violinist and con- ductor, being one of them, but the founder is making efforts to secure English colonists, who will have to present high references before initi- ationi. ______+.___._. IRISH LEAVING HOME. Emigration Figures Show Trend of Depopulation. The emigration statistics for Ireâ€" land for the year 1905, issued recentâ€"- ly, furnish melancholy reading, in that they show how Irelaan conâ€" tinues to lose sonne of the best of her population. Last year 36,902 natives of Ireland, a number equiva- lent to 8.3 per thousand of the popuâ€" lation, left their homes, the vast ma,â€" jority to go to the United States or Canada. The total of 36,902 is a slight falling off as compared with several recent years, and is indeed the small. est aggregate since 1898. But unâ€" fortunately th-e outward flow has continued, for since 1850 no feWer than 3,997,913 of the Irish people have left their name land. A large proportion of these are among the flowor of the race, for it is almost an axiom in Irish history that the energetic and enterprising go, while the more helpless remain. How the provinces have lost may be briefly stated: Monster . . . . . . . 1,406,452 Conn-alight ... 659,741 Ulster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - .. .. 1,121,871 Lelnster . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 699,110 Unclassified ..... 110,739 8,997,913 This total is equivalent to 74.7 per cent. of the average population. C LOOBI A VO l DIED. "ComparatiVely few of the Rusâ€" fifteen women employed as secretar- snans learn to read." ies in the Central offices. There is :1 “Well,” answered Miss Cayenne, great outcry against. the Minister's “they are probably more cheerfu; for manifest partiality for women Clerks in his department. not beng acquainted with the works of some of the Russian novelists." small a plank the - ,<. l f if 3 i ,J P