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s hosts, < | tion 77° sto oH n , to him. comes into sight, the Frenchs ' clicks' his heels, doubles' up "his in | hes. secured i all [was evident: to the fugitives. . cd id Plainly see those a: hungry en surely whoever can find room for me?" ger, uy 5 landlord smiled. © fear no-one would 'be welcome," said he." "The fact is young Ivan Dob: roft--a yo man well known Nere-- a stranger might not be welcome." Pshaw! They will want a driver in case, and "surely shighing along ese roads: does not. offer muoh chance A Bellon. They might i they looked round when 'the door' was opened. body, lills his hat, and walks away, It| The stranger made a bow that would is evident at all events, that their meet |g was a casual one: and the reflec. tion . brings' with it' 'a sense of relief, coupled with 'a feeling of shame al his own rooted readiness to suspect her; on any or no evidence, which yet, on the other hand,' is not strong enough, when she turns-her sweet bright look towards 'him, to hinder 'the thought that if is scarcely, if at all; sweeter or brighter [than that «which he had caught her|: squandering on the casual table d'hote acquaintance who has just quitted her. "You, "too!" she says; "why, the o | Whole hotel seems to be emplied out into "these gardens; the widow Wadman is} o| buying violets--mark if they do nob ap: -pear upon Uncle Toby at dinner to-night: The .vicomle--"" "Yes, I'saw you engaged in' animated have done credit to a Frenchman, and hit first words | were suggestive of | French influence, "A 'thousand pardons for this intru- sion, but I-desire'to ask a favor. -It is <f the utmost importance that 1 shall seach the railway without any delay, and there only 'appears to be the sledge you have hired available for the jour- ney. - Can' you find room for me?" The bridegroom looked doubtful, and the bride flashed a glance at him which plainly meant 'a negalive, The sfran- ger read the meaning in. an instant, and before the young nan had time to answer he shut the door on. ihe land- lord, who was lingering near. and, ad- vapcing into the room, he said in a low fone: i "1 will explain the urgency of the case. ant Slate ceremony din Moscow: in" three {th him," 'interupts Jim, sith As you may know, there is an import acrimony ; "I" had u were such allies. "Had not yc ys' time, and al all costs I must be here. ..1.am 'the: bearer .0f & message for the Czar, and 1 must deliver it in pipers. oii oc : He rewards her small pleasantry only by an absent. smile; and she speaks ain--rather wistfully this time." *' . "Have you' been on: another expedi: "No, not on an expedition; only a walk. If"--yielding to the temptation of pithng a"question: which mn one would ve judged more severely than he, had it been put by anyone else--"if 1 had in- vited you 16 do me the honor of :mak- | ing another excursion with me {6iday; ss | do you think that you would {ave con- he. ks, he departs yet further from. he line of conduct he has marked ut for himself by silting down on the bench at her side. He r eyes are fixed upon 'the. soaring re-paln, which stands, instead of ater-jet inthe: middle of the fGuniain- Pints, DAE Sorte a dg 3. dead > ng sapléss and red contrast to this years. S éar's verdant & sprang. ta: his feet d saluted; . 4 . #In 'that case, sir, our sledge is &t ur service," "We: thought of starting an hour. Will that be convenient?" "1 will be ready," said the stranger, a3 he withdrew. - "Breathe not a word of ihe secret I have entrusted to: you." . 59. it came to. pass that four human beings drawn by (wo horse started out on their 'journey an hour later. 'Ihe stranger. brotight nothing with him ex- cept'a small handbag, presumably hold- ing his dispatches, for he' carried it in hic Band alk the time. . He sal silent at the rear of the sledge, while the young people conversed as well as {he condi- tion of the aoad would allow. After they had covered a number of miles they came fo a very wild 'and for- sakep part of the counlry, where a raerg track served as a road through snow-covered desolation, At some. dis- tance' to. the right of the road there sirelched a forest, the edge of which made an abrupt line of dark hue.agains{ the | whiteness of the snow-covered groiod 1t"seemed as if Nature had oh to give an effect of 'uller deso- : the sledg 'watched: the fro pst; without. find y the' horses plunged with pa fo almost unseat the 1 ge. Then they set o run at a greatly increased at, Ivan?" said {he girl husband's an. , "Was. it ghouls, those gaunt forms; those cruel £ves, and, above S11; the BWINT Took of | determination, as if they were abso- lulely certain of their prey, however long the chase might be. . The horses were straining themselves fu the utmest, and. for a while. it seem- &¢ that the wolves gained very little; but Ivan saw no hope of escape. knew the staying power of wolves, and ,| be knew that the horses couldnot pos -8ibly maintain their speed. The wolves were in such numbers that even a gun would have: been of little value, and he was absolutely unarmed. Worse still, he knew that. litt e than a mile ahead there was a 10 1 which would inevitably check the's of the horses, strain show they might, and that would be the end. S&F It seemed a long time before the énd was reached although in reality it was cnly & few minutes. The sledge slack- ened itS speed as the hill was reached, and simultaneously there seemed to be & movement throughout the pack «f waolves, sas if they knew: that the prey was theirs. Rapidly they drew nearer m their final rush. Then for the first tima. the- stranger, who had been regarding the enemy with the same kind of half-smile with which he had answered Ivan's question, roused himself up. He glanced ahead at the lang slope in front of them, and then called out sharply: "Driver, is there any chance of our escaping?" There was no reply. Either the driver did not hear, or he was too terrified to understand the question. "Driver," called the stranger, more imperatively, "do you hear me? Is there any chance of our escaping?" The: driver cast a frightened glance over his shoulder and said: "No. Hea- ven help us! There is none." "Then 1 will save you on one con- dition," said. the :stranger. - "Do you 'hear me, all of you? 1 will save you <n one condition, You must swear to me. by the most sacred oath you know never fo tell anyone how I do it." Will you swear? Swear thal you will tell JI saved: you. . .Be quick! «no-time to waste." "I swear!" said' the -driver, but hard- ly knowing what he said. As il in a dream the young man and his bride repeated the words "I swear!" In a moment the stranger unfastened his hand-bag, and drew from thence a spherical Object the size of a cricket- ball. : 'Lean right forward," he sifouted. "Keep down as low as possible. Now for a test," ' With the last words he threw the ball of steel into' the midst of the oncoming wolves, There was a vivid flash, a deafening report, and the animals were hurled in every direction, as if some demonacal force had béen let loose among them. Some were blown to pieces, many were killed, and still more wounded by that awful explosion. «Closely pack- al gs they weFe, a large-number had come within the death-dealing circle, Those thal were unhurt stopped for a moment, as if stunned by the force of {he enemy which had attacked them. Then. tha, inatingt ol hunger triumphed, ihe n [and 'alle er ©} thelr kind they =| fell furious: y on' "the dead "and the i 3 wounded. - i The sledge reached the op of the hill, -and -quickenéd 'its paee as it began thé r- | descent, The horses'still did thelr 'best, and (lie driver urged them on for some tune before he realized that the chase "had been abandoned: : The young girl®was gazing back in the direction from whence they had come, hall dazed by the terror through which" she had passed. It all seemed like a dream i to her, ntl he was aug denly arou: y stranger. e dia not say a word, but he seemed to bs leaning upon her more and more 'heavily, until at last his head was al most pillowed on her. lap. Sire mn, as she caught sight of the dead-| If the ly pallor 'of his face, she instantly di. hh the truth. © 'are hurt!" she exclaimed, bend- gasped faintly; our deliv- Shige ; it ak uk von; Aryin "Courage!" n, trying Him 10. a mare... comfortable "We '| consumes; 'while : Which h without it he erates, gest out-of condition, and be- comes an easy mark for disease. It 'the mien who raise hogs without ture that usually tell all manner of hard, luck stories. ir brood sows 'have small Jittérs, the pigs ave weak, and' the sows eat heir young. | Feeding hogs without pasture means: selling grain al a poor market. Itisa He great mistake to shut up growing hogs iri 'a close 'pen without : "exercise and without enough variety in feed to make them healthy. The longer the hog-tan be "kept 'on "pasture the better, for the less time will he have to be kept in the pen. « Prof, Geo. E. Day, ane of the high. £st authorities on swine in Canada, has thie following to say in regard to some! "of the most common ' crops that are grown for green feed- for pigs gs Rape.--This is an exceptionally valus able food for swine, and may be pas- tured or cut and fed to fhe pigs in the pens. For fattening hogs, best results were obtained by the Ontaric Agricultur- a! College from feeding about {wo-thirds mcal ration and all the rape the hogs would eat. The hogs were kept in pens wilh small outside yards, and the rape was cul and carried to them. This me- thod of feeding gave more economical gains than fattening on pasture, and the bacon was of equally good quality. For breeding sows, however, pasturing rape is preferable, owing to the exercisa the animals receive. When on rapa pasture, mature sows require little othes fcod, but young growing sows requird a moderale meal ration in addition to the rape. : Velches.--Hogs will eat vetches even nere readily than rape, but the vetch- es do not furnish so much Zod per acre. Velches are ready for pasture a little earlier than rape and if a part of the pasture lot is sown with velches early mn the spring it can be sown with rapa after the vetches have been ealen off, and thus the ground will raise two pasture crops during (he one season: Velches may also be used 'as 'a 'soiling crop as described under rape, Hairy Vetch.--<The seed of this crop 15 very expensive, - There is no doubt, however that it makes an excellent pas- ture crop for swine, If not paslured (2 closely, it grows .up quickly when the hogs are removed. For early spring pasture, it should te sown during tha latter part of August, so that it can make a considerable growth the preceds ing Iall. Abou! one and one-half bush els ol seed per acre are required. Green Rye.--Fall sown rye will make a very early spring pasture, and after it has been eaten off, the ground' may, be sown with some other crop such as' rape. It has not a very high feeding value and its main recommendation is tha fact that it gives early pasture, Red Clover.--This crap is best suited * for pasture, and the hogs should be giv. en a large range or the clover will likely be killed oul. It is especially useful for| breeding sows. If it is used, two pas. {ures are necessary, one lo seed down! while the other is being pastured and 8 on back and forth from year to year! For a shorl erder hog pasture my! own experience is that a heavy seeding! of a mixture of rape seed, barley and! oats is a good combination of seeds to, sow, especially on land where clover does not thrive, Experiments conducts 'ed. at the various experiment stations! in Canada and the United States 'indi~ cate 'thal from sixly to eighty pounds{- of grain' go farther when fed to hogs on! pasture than one hundred pounds of grain without pasture, A Hogs can be grown so much cheap- er on pasture that there is no money in the 'hog that is fed all summér' from the, pail, . + RULES FOR SHEEP DIPPING. The best time for dipping is from one, {1 three months afier shearing. «| ~The sheep should nel be overheated; or 'thirsty at the time of dipping. > 1 the 'sun is very hot it.is better to* have the draining pans under shade. to allow the sheep time 10 dry before! ee ihal' tix preparalion, 18 properly See that {he preparafion is properly; nixed and the correct quantity of waler added, Don't guessatiit oi that ; nights are cold, thé dipp ; a stopped' nuh