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want with a. at home again?' : 'You fish: fon father," said. arm within © of thosé m sel Are. 80 muchiimo¥e! eloqubny ords, 'But, quite between our- selves, 'though: Frithiof is all yery well, 1 sha'n't enjoy it's bit without dear," said 'indeed you must come, "he will 'be just 50 good }t sure to dance al. L, ill be L waysiwith-the pretty Miss Morgan, to row her about on the fjord day, just as he-did-those pretty: 1 girls at Norheimsund and Faleide;"' he innocent earnestness - of the '8 tone made them all laugh, Frithiof vowing vengéance on er: for her speech, chased her round and round the garden, their laughter * floating. back to Herr Falck and Sigrid as they" entered the house. "The little minx!" said Herr Falck, "how innocently she said it too. I don't think our boy is such & desperate flirt, though. And as far as I remember there was noth- ing more than a sort of boy and girl friendship at either place.' 'Oh, no," said Sigrid, smiling, {'Frithiof was too much of a school. boy, 'every one liked him and he liked every one. I don't think he is. the sort of man to fall in love easily. No; but when it does come it will be a cerious affair, I very much wish to see him happily mar- ried." , "Oh, father! surely not yet. He is = young, we can't 'spare him € 'Hetr Falck threw himself back in + his arm-chair, and mused. for a few minutes.' San ha Soe 81 ew hint | "And so he shall in right. hand. in : yan oH "Indesd I de, little father, nid pagers ig ee i! There are many mattersewhioh un 'would 'not understand, seven could I speak ofithem; | Gl you know, of course, that I sm agent in Norway for the' firm of Morgan Brothérs; gs Well, ra rumor has reached me that "hey intend to break off the connection and to send out the eldest son to sef up a branch at Stavanger, ~It is a mere ru and reached me quite accidentally. I very much hope it may mot be true, but there is no denying that Stavanger would be in most ways better suited for their purpose; in fact, the friend who told me of the rumor said that they felt now that it had been a mistake all along to have the agency here, and they hat, only done it because they knew Ber- gen and knew me," "Why is Stavanger a better place for it?" YS 'It is better because most of the salmon and lobsters are caught in the neighborhood of Stavanger, and all the mackerel, too, to the south of Bergen. I very much hope, the rumor is: not true, for it would be a great blow to me to lose the Eng- lish connection. Still, it is not un: likely, and 'the times are hard now "One . need not necessarily, lose |--very hard," : him"! he replied, "'and you know, Rigrid, I am a believer .in ear) marriages--at least for my son; will not say too much about you, little "woman, for, as a matter of fact, I don't know how 1 should ever spare you.' x "Don't be afraid, little father; you may be very sure I sha'n't marry till T see a reasonable chance 'of being happier than I am at home with you. And when will that be, do you think?' k He stroked her golden hair ten- derly.. "Not just yet, Sigrid, let us hope. Not just yet. As to our Frithiof, shall 1 tell you of the palace in cloud-land I am building for him ¥' 'Not that he should marry the pretty Miss Morgan, as Swanhild calls her?' said Sigrid, with a strange sinking at the heart. "Why not!. TI hear that she is'a charming : girl, both clever and beautiful, and indeed it seems to me that he is quite disposed to fall in leve with her at first sight. Of course, were he not properly in love I' ghould never wish him to marry, but I own that a union be- tween the two houses would be a great pleasure to me--a great re- def.' He sighed, and for the first time the anxious look-in his eyes attract ed Bigrid's notice. * "Father, dear,"*she exclaimed, "won't you tell me what is troub- ling you! There is something, 1 think. Tell me. little father.' He looked startled and a slight fiush spread over his face, but when 'he e his voice: was reassuring. .'/A business man often has anx- deties which ¢an. not"be spoken of, r child.' God knows they weigh lightly enough on Some many i am growing old, Sigrid, and 5 ve never learned to ings so easily as most mer: ¥ father, you. were only fif- | "Oh, birthday, you must not talk growing old. How do other do you thi to: take ns + "And you. think your palace in cloud-land for Frithiof would pre- vent Mr. Morgan from breaking tha connegtion 7? LH "Yes; a marriage between the two houses would be a great thing; it would make this new idea wnlike- ly if not altogether impossible. I am thankful that there seems now some chance of it. Let the two meet naturally and learn to know each other.: I will not say.a werd to Frithiof, it would only do harm; but to you, Sigrid, I confess that my heart is set on this plan, If T could for one moment make you sea the future as I see it, you would feel with me how important the matter is."' : At this moment Frithiof himself entered, and the conversation was abruptly ended. "Well, have you decided?' he asked, in his eager, boyish way. "Is it to be Ulvik or Balholm { What! You were not even talking! about that. Oh, I know what it was, then. Bigrid was deep in the discussion of to-morrow's dinner, I will tell you what to do, abolish the romekolle, and let us be Eng- lish to the backbongé. Now I think of it, Mr. Morgan is not unlike a walking sirloin with a plum-pud- ding head, There is your bill-of- fare, so waste no more time." The brother and. sister went off together, laughing and talking; but when the door closed behind them the master of the house buried his face in his' hands, and for many minutes sat motionless, What trou: bled thoughts, what wearing anxies ties: filled hix mind, Bigri little guessed. It was after all a mere surface difficulty of which he' had of 'the real strain which was killing 'him by. inches. he 'could not say a word to any mortal Being, k hough Bow in hig imevively pra; My p . J iia : the really is, and so I ave ord ? 'have, and did not, as B! sort of dinner we should ur il wised, leave out the romeko Rel "Was that the stuff and whey?' asked Blanche, was full of eager terest BY crumbs grated over it. have a plateful each at r is} quite one of our customs. 'But everything here is very simple; of course; not grand as with: you; we de not keep a great number of ser- vants, or dine late, or'dress for the 3 it is dour cream ? o w r | evening; heré there is nothing"---< she hesitated fori a word, then in her pretty foreign English, added, "nothing ceremonious," = : "'That is just the charm of if all," said Blanche, in her sweet, u way. . 'It is all so real a and fresh, and I think it was de. iightful of you to know how much best 'we shonld: like 'to have a glimpse of your real home-life in- stead of a stupid party. Now mamn- | of wma cares for nothing but just to make a great show, it doesn't mat- ter whether. the visitors really. like it'or not."" CE TE Bigrid felt a momentary pang of doubt} ghe had fallen ini love with Blanche Morgan the moment she saw her, but it somehow hurt her to hear 'the English girl criticize her own mother, * To Bigrid's loyal na- ture there 'was. something out of tune in that last remark, a 'Perhaps you and your cousin would like to see over the house," she Maid, by way of making a di- version. "Though T must tell you that we are considered here in Ber- gen to be rather English in' some: points. That is because of my fath- er's busifiess connection with Eng- land, I suppose, Here you see, is hig study, he has a real English fire- place; we all like it much better than the stoves, and some day I should like to have them in the other 'rooms as well." - 'But there is ong thing very un- English,"' said 'Blanche. ' "There are no passages; instead, I see, all your rooms open out of each other. Such 'numbers of lovely plants, too, in 'every direction; we are not so. artistic, we stand them all in|! prim rows in a conservatory. This, too, is: quite new: t6 me. What. a good idea!" And she went up to examing a prettily worked sling fastened to the wall, and made to hold newspapers, 'o always|: dinner; it th which 'tives' the work June the. op' osite to the:turning P The turning pla ian ihe 1 ard row 'slide over, to 'the top, while remains untouched. of turning it over. At sight it 'means to leave the rough' and in poor condition, b little thought will show the obj Fi CE Ee We do not want to turn the fur- roy over, for this le hy practi-| cally - half the soil undistus ; the anit and: most of 'the: + seeds. and. grass roof bo bottom, where they ino Be stroyed by ordinary' tillage, They are/ of 'course, h f view, but later will be sure to gro, and injure the new seeding of \vy mab With the cut-away, the soi ] ruin the hay. © aiid up again and 'again' 'thus letting] ' Farmers" who! expect to. grow the air and the sun into it while|heavy crops of grass should remem- | many grass and weed roots, will be | ber this and always use potash hrown up where the sun will de-| freely, especially when nitrogen is stroy them. § § "This Sontinved swarking of de 3 rel soil with the cut-away clears the} is nly. kind 'of i soil of foul stuff and gives the new ee a the = ¥ kind f dee seeding a chance. The soil should nu be worked over with the cut-a ray and the smoothing' harrow 'many times, not all at once; but continued through July and August. In this| way, when ready to seed the soil is certainly as fine as an ash heap; | The seed 'then should be put on carefully and 'accurately, so a8 to] have every square inch of surface| sol aod a thin crop of at one cubting stalk of grass must stand. n iet it once goi down and nothing Baye: it, for its very thickness || ke a vy 'mat Which will 'covered, thus having two blades of grass where one formerly was. . I seesmany farmers,seem to bel RY content with six quarts of timo and four quarts of red clover to the acre, but 1 have found it mdst p fitable to use from ten to twelve quarts of timothy and 'about th She 'was too polite of course to 8 say what really struck her; that the {'€ whole house seemed curiously sim- ple and bare, and that she had ima- gined that one of the leading mer chants of Bergen would live in greater style, As a matter of fact, you 'might, as Cyril expressed. it, have bought the whole ie for an old! gong, and though there was an|ig airlof comfort and good taste abou the rooms and a certain indiscriba-|, ble charm, they were evidently « tined for use and not for sho with the exceptior Norwegian si pictures Herr hor r the ealed tight and protected "NH ossible contamination-- .'N