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wh Nits sal : Jt ma | "Miss Smilh, Miss Brown aad. Miss 0. 0, the =| prelense of Yegin. Sha replied; ig] nel be ©ansole "her.. § 10 go dy, 'and Ro hier her, "with us in: French books. as J °F, We pot inside the care "and. raflled ; furiously "away to: he. railway "station, for we were ©." "Plioche vas in' tears "al leaving me" she said, 1 made no attempt {o { +F sal stifly. on my sea; With '8 hand on: each knee, Belsy Jane's IF 'round little bullels of eyes staring hard ur was. t- well! acquainted yet. La Bd govd sort of © great. conf] acl; I had just; Re as though'she saw something was My heart burst and my head ached. ol 1 wonder I was not seized . with apop- lexy, being of such a full habit. © We got inta the train: at last, and Phéebe looked a%'me in her dovedike way as' stood be- Cg her, looking Heaven only knows OW, 0 Wy | "You 'mustn't be dngry at mie. It's so ini her: pocke as 4 1 idea, I knew, but : tony head hat the letter had (something in it Ahab my newly-wedded: Phoebe wished to keep fron me, 1 fat Yor myself that I. expression on 'the nan. hv and that is 'what I thotight I saw in-the glances: those girls exchanged. - How- ever, I really wanied to kick myself for harboring: the thought," : But, afterwards, "when the congrafula: ticns were over and. we wore going down £110 breakfast; I saw. Betsy Jane, under adjusting : her. mistress's dress; slip. this pink envelope into the white salin, lace-trimmed pocket that was pitied by 'a bunch' of 'orange bios: ber] soms of her belt... And" I saw Phoebe nasi dart & warning look at me. | ham she was, not cand ry well off" and--well, thal soma: those other 'men 'had beer young, and. fascinating, and podor--and girls hadsmarried for money before now: [And So in-a few moments, fo drive all [my doubts away, | said in an' airy man- her, that seemed 10 'me just he thing += J "Gob ailetter, my dear?' © tushed scarlet. "No joonly 'a litle note," she an 1° "Who from 2" I' dsked, Oly. Pm not a elafrvoyant, Pelham," plied. "L-'can't' read through sedled envelopes. . . 2 = 'dt, then" said I. "Ieouldn't, 14 would be bad min: said she. /om do you. think (it is. from 7" belatdd bridesmaid, perhaps," Rebinsox re all here," said L.° HOH, Ww I,-i's from my Aunt Péndle ; fo. can't come, but wishes me sends 'a Soup ladle. She always soup Indie fo brid a: o ght Bread 1 nt AL think you ough red at} of respect to the old lady it 'A tease you are!" she cried; her handierchiet from her hve lettér came with it and fel} + I'stooped to. pick il 1p. So ur heads cra furiously t the letl RPA es in the tam: | S¢ hard to leave mamma," she said, piead- | ingly. "I'won't ety any more." "You ate at liberly 10 ory as much as you like, 'madam;" 1 said. "1 "should think you would feel like shedding many bitler tears" ; "With this 1 turned away and relapsed into. a stale of somnolence for a couple of hours, . When we reached our destination; and affer I had ordered rooms, I had an in- teéeview with Betsy Jane alone. "Young woma®," I said sternly, 41 am ning to give you a month's wages and os you. Twill also pay your fare hone." "My: goodness!" "cried Betsy Jane. "Don't missus want me? Is" she 'so dcuble-dealing as that?" "It is I who! don't want you," 1 said ; "you've helped to deceive me." "About what ?' asked Betsy" Jane. _ "You gave your: mistress a letter lo- day," said 1, "Well," said Belsy Jane, "do you think I'd orter keep da letter directed to mis- SUS ' "You. prevaricate," "said I, "If that's" French for steal, I don't," said Befsy Jane, "You 'gave it to her slyly" said 1, "Well, she said not to lel you see it," Said Betsy Jane; "I know. the contents: of that letter," sald T. "There now," said Belsy Jane; "I told héryowd find out. But you don't mind, do you? Ws a greal-deal commoner than: you'd "think, and she's only got twa, Some: young ladies has a whole "lol." "Two I" I. gasped. only Knew of one | "Why, Pve got four," said Belsy Jane, "and I'd tell. anybody." 5 "Hardened young woman I" said I. "But. T am no: longer deceived, that is ony comfort: I will "send that woman back to her parents with you." Belsy Jane stared at me. "I think u're crazy, Mr, Palmer,' she said. "So much belter looking and ycunger as she is than you, now. . And yowse got a whole upper set, T believe, ¢. there, now." she stopped. and laugh: "1 bellev& you: are misled somhow,' 8 "You don't: think that letter was from one of missus's. old sweet Hearts 7 : "I'hgve read a portion of the letter," 1 said, fiercely. - "I have it here," "Oh," said Betsy. Jane, "I've got the other tivo bits in 'my pocket. i 1 placed them: aut of your Way in a hurry; Tl, "Unhappy girlt 1 J show youlthe whole together here." of pink paper. : "Sari feel betler "She took front her pocket two pieces when © you 'have pieced' that out," she said, 'with: & mali- cleus grin, « "Old bachelors do beat all,' 1.sat down'ak a table with an emply dnkstand, pieced the Tetter together, and read thus'-- V 1,~1 was called ih from. the mouth . {and also, the hog deal and also much more general do during the: summer' | during "winter, and besides, of dairy products sell at during® the latter A sume of the factors: that flignce m progressive farmers » 10 ve number of calves ry the the year, and it is fo them we wish la say a few words about fall' calf 'breed- ng. S ay To 'raise fall calves sugcessfully,. is: necessary. in the first place lo vide warm quarlers for them, A stall where they can run loose after re- ceiving their ilk 'allowarice: boi in ie niorning and 'even is preferable t2 a stall in" which he must te tied ol. the time, Some means of tyln {hem while they are drinking their m and eating their grain, however, should be provided in order to keep them from sucking each other, ag this is an injuri- ous habit. x Small stanchions are very satisfac. tory for this purpose: These stanch- ions. should be along one. sida of the box stall and a manger showld be aoe cessable from {he oulside of the "stall, Calves, like cows, soon learn where (hefy own stall is and will go into their pro-: per places when. feeding time arrives, While they are drinking the stanchions may be locked without any trouble, and then. 'the grain thrown into the manger 3 after the milk has been consumed. Adler ihe grain has been eaten and the calves have stood in the stanchions: for an hour or so they may be untied and again given freedom. They will. riot suck each other under such ponditions.. Skim -milk is the . most economical fcoa for calves and since the advent ef the hand separator, .-this may be fed without any trouble whatsoever, pro- vided it is always fed at a eérlain uni form temperature very nearly that of [veshly. drawn milk, 1-15 not necessary to feed' whole milk to a 'calf langer than 0 week Or ten days; after that fine skim milk may. gradually be substitit ed for whole milk. until at the end of Iwi weeks the calf is getting nothin but skim 'milk: + As soon as this poin has been reached, add about a teaspoons ful of ground flax (not flaxseed meal) from which the oil has been extracted, in such feed. Flax, being rich in Int, supplies the fat remaved from the milk by the separator, and, as this fal has the same food value ag the butter fat, it" is equally * valuable as 'a calf food. Some pepple prefer to make a"gruel out of the 'flax .meal by cooking" it with water and then adding this. gruel to the milk. The cooking, however, adds mo- thing to: the value of the flix meal and is open to the objection that if soon bes gins to sour; even in the hands of cares ful 'men; this "will sometimes happen, and the result is a calf: with scours; We have 'used the raw ground flax with ex cellent suecess: for | .mpny' years and kaos it tobe an excellent food. A fens spoonful of flax meal at each feed is ample for a young calf and more than- A tablespoonful- "should never, be fed even-to large calves. When mone grain is needed, feed dry oats, FARM NOTES, "Keep the 'garden clean.- Use the lawn mower freely, Cultivate {0 make the corn graw. Quit smoking around the barn. Plow deep, Lut cullivale shallow; Fix up- the: school house and yard. Don't 'be a "haven't-lime' farmer. Plant a few flower beds on thé lawn. No: farm stock pays if poorly 'nians » aged, - ih Fill up that s'agnant peel in the Set I wallow int the lan, i The horse hat: contracls. bad habits readily 'is on§ that can be taught the duce' tie flow of mill, The fai ph ; host useful' traits with the least' Uli 18 a great mistake lo Supposs that' [geod truit of any kid, an te. sdised pon. poor soil 'without the. use of fers : 120rs, aa Be ME CREAM DON'TS,