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lorgive him; pA e last twenty {There was very little more relat: g to Gerald's mother, although the diary was continued irregular- ar more aan year Then "there was a ski nearly two years d hel before another date was added; and pian os was the last record in the 'To-morrow I am going to marry [lovely Alice Porter. She is very e my lost one, and I have grown ; y fond of her, I have never told : r of my insrriage, and I never Of shall. Tt is an episode in my: life & hert which I believe no one else living ab Li knows anything about. Life once re looks very inviting to me, and ill try to atone by my devotion Alice for the great mistake which 1. made 'three years ago. Beoret 'marriages are a device of his sa- [| tanie maiesty to trap the unwary {and ruin the lives of innocent girls, Now, good-bye, my companion of any sorrowful hours! I should ver have had = you but for my mise to M. to keep a diary while was abroad. I shall never talk ] ou again, for I am going to burn ged | you as soon. as the fire is lighted 8, {in my office in the morning, and:so nd forever the first volume of , which no one must ever r st" the<sequel will 'bring me ppier days': 3 (To be continued.) prea | SEEDS A CENT APIECE. They're From. Ginseng Though and "Are Mighty Scarce. Ginseng seeds are worth one cent apiece of from eighty-to one hun- dred dollars a pound. Dried root is worth $6.25 a pound. When first growing from 'he seed the ginseng plants have two forks or stalks and one leaf on each stalx. The second yea: it adds another leaf. on each part and the third year the plant grows in three parts with three leaves on each part and this r a seed ball forms. NA Oo rect from the main mt and from four above the foliage. plant, says a writer roduces from fifty to V Ad planta yield bet- es dn vi aud fren oars one leat each stalk. e fifth nt is full grown, hav- ks and five leaves on It grows from one to ¢ i: Some times as y-8even inches. The road and flat, about long and two inches | grown with escal- FSA years to grow the k market and igh he 3