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1e Gr By CHAR Author of "The Silver LES Eomonos WALK: RC A------ "The Paternoster Ruby" || oe 8 " A little quiver,--a little er CHAPTER XXIX. (Cont'd) instant Lois and I were alone she became the victim of an c table agitation. It was man- by a it heightened her co fied the sheer loveliness of her until I, 'watching her eagerly. longingly, thrilled in every nerve and fibre of my being. * Her, suddenly awakened timidity impelled her to the performance of 'some unaccountable, purposeless acts: as, for example, flashing at me an sible future complications, if he Of the sun-warmed world he had inscrutable, glowing glagce half- veiled by her long lashes, and moving - toward the door, as if she were about to depart herself, but coming back instead and placing her chair in its proper place on the opposite side of my table-desk. Then she started to- ward the door again. I stood up and called to her softly, "Lois!" She sent an arch look back at me across her shoulder, which was at once an invitation and a dare; but she did not pause until her hand was upon the knob. "Where are you going?" I asked, and when she did not answer: "You know you really do not intend going at all--anywhere. Lois, come and sit down--here--please." 1 pointed to her chair. She came slowly and paused with the desk between us. : "You have no right to call me that," ' she said in a low, constrained voice, . not. meeting my look. "Oh, haven't I!" 1 retorted. "My beautiful dear, your last defence has been swept away. You see how fr- gile it was--a rope of sand. I frightened me like the very dickens, though, while you were in earnest." Still he éyes were downcast, but her bosom was rising in a turbulent fashion, and the slender gloved hands were playing aimlessly, tremulously, with the papers on my desk. "I am Miss Marian-Sylvester," she said in a weak voice, "of--of--of that Lung place in Tibet." "Nonsense!" said I. "You can no longer dismay me, you dear, glorious girl. You shall be Lois to me--Lois Fox---all the days of my life." Some loose typewritten sheets-- some that she herself had prepared only the 'day bfore--went suddenly sliding from beneath her fingers to the floor. "Look how you are mussing up the Davies bill of exceptions!" I exclaimed inanely. Our eyes met, and she laughed--a low, rich, throaty laugh that was the most beautiful music in the world. Her lovely countenance was trans- figured, After a long pause she whispered: "I shall always--I hope--be Lois to you." My desk has been described as a wide one; but by resting our hands upon it--somewhere about the center --with mine enclosing hers, and by leaning toward each other, we dis- "covered that we could kiss across its top without the least discomfort. EPILOGUE, If, in the minds of those who have followed the fortunes of. the diamond thus far, has been kindled a cur- iosity respecting its ultimate fate, I believe T am warranted in going be- yond the logical end of my story to gratify a pardonable wish to learn more about it. Besides, the circum- stances surrounding its passing out of our lives are not altogether with- out interest in themselves. Before James Strang started on his return to Johore Bahru, we agreed among ourselves--Strang, Lois and I { --to entrust the stone to Johannes sn = msn CCC RR Why Here "If I had my will it would. y wi wi and confusion'! Bavi 16r and magni- mental worry. | Aartsen, he 'to dispose of it for the ! best price obtainable. In our. deliberations, however, we were confronted by a perplexity that gave us any amount of trouble and By the early agree- ment among my father, James Strang, Major Hector Sylvester and Lao Wing Fu, the last-named was entitled to a quarter interest in whatever sum might be realized from a sale, and 'how to get to him, and at the same {time leave ourselves free from pos- 44 | should be of a mind to question our act or demand an- accounting, was a difficulty we were unable satis- factorily to get rid of. But the mat- ter was settled for us in a quite sur- | prising fashion. We expected the dis- posal of such a gem would require {months if not "years of preliminary exploiting and negotiating; for, as Aartsen had pointed out, not many persons could buy such a remarkable diamond out of hand. In a way, we imagined the various royalties of Europe would have to be interested, that cupidly and princely mind of the richest Eastern potentates--swarthy rajahs, sultans, shahs and pashahs with a passion for jewels--until they were set to bidding against each other, and the gem thus be made to fetch somewhere near its true worth, . Scarcely, however, had Aartsen let it be known in the proper quarters that such a diamond was on the market, that he effected a sale at a price that exceeded our fondest ex- pectations. Who got it? Here is the answer, as nearly as I can supply one, . Then on the ground I sa: I did not think he was goin But as 1 : He never w ny 'more on a tree. ; Never more in. his tree. top : 1li Never more in the ine Scattering'us cheer in his wi 1 3 2 "1 dreamt that night of his death-dim. med eye, 2 : § good-bye, in my dream I heaved a sigh. ; And 2 And I think, and think every summer day, i How never, never can I repay The sweet little life I took away. Adapted--E.T:8, ok. SARAJEVO MURDER A' GODSEND. Dr. Liebknecht Speaks Out in German Parliament. ¢ The Cologne Gazette gives the fol- lowing account of the turbulent scene which occurred in the German Reich- stag recently while Dr. Karl Lieb- ' knecht, Socialist, denounced the de- moralizing effects of the wat: "Dr, Liebknecht, discussing the educational budget, said: "Education bo-day serves to strengthen militarism: and capitalism... You act as if youn 1 ! wish to throw open to the peaple the road to education, but that is only | beeas se capitalism requires soldiers, | The ha: of history is system- atically distorted for the purpose of introducing certain political convic- vhearing him," e said, after an in-| z. oo) ¥ 8 "I must go and read his tales to re- compense myself for the weariness of | Seuliert; the great fomposer, was. a WES Er in racter extremely modest wi ; a ia retiring; hence, to some extent, nis Cleanliness at Milking Time. 'pointmient by which he might have been delivered from his sadly precari- ready f ous mode of existence, His friend, further | Lather, describes him -as "looking aple 3. like a cabman"! x : hu "Schumann's Sad End. | de Then, again, the famous musician,' Schumann, was. subject to most curi- ous delusions, and devoted himself largely to the art of spiritualism. One ture of the mill ; ditions naturally sur 1 duction and. handling, HIE ETE Ta of his' delusions was that the spirits" oo 5 Or thé cow and on hay, bedding: of Schubert and Mendelssohn visited Or Jase Jaden atmsopherg falling into him. Once he even jumped up dur- ,o= p= oF wn milk, . Xbent ing the night to note down a theme pends on ae Sonam ination oe given him, as he imagined, by Schu- carelessness of the mi Teng Ie bert. Finally, he became insane, and utensils used. Unless th and: the spent the last two years of his life diseased, it is dates - e oder x in a private asylum. } eased, og mille os The conversation of Socrates, the drawn, but it is cub ject oh or den | firs failure to obtain any permanent ap-' Twice each day dairymen draw from | their cows a finished product, Ty ny er No article ancient philosopher, turned generally upon the subject of carpenters and tion from the moment it is drawn until removed from the table to a Several half-hearted, tentative of- tions into the schools, and also hatred fers were elicited which were not ser-| against England. The militarizing of iously considered, and we had settled scheols converts them into training back to the anticipated long period of waiting, when there came another offer that definitely removed all other competitors from the field. One day the expert rushed into my office in a high state of excitement. He threw down upon my desk a bundle of parchment plastered over with "strange, fantastic seals which I recognized at Chinese. It proved to be a document couched in flowery, stilted English and it bore the signa- ture of Lao Wing Fufi president of the Republic's Privy Council! The' document--nothing less formal will accurately describe it--is too long to be quoted. The gist of its (message was, that because of cer- immanent in the diamond, established by centuries of observance, there was only one 'place in the whole world where it rightly belonged; that the writer has! been empowered to re- cover it and to pay a sum that would warrant those holding the stone in effecting as ispeedy a transfer as pos- gible. The (writer next pointed out (his personal interest in the diamond, 'and wound up by making an offer that took away my breath. A draft for $5600 was enclosed as evidence of good faith, sheet of paper. After deducting Lao Wing Fu's" one-quarter share and Aartsen's commission, the sale would Falize exactly $34,600 each for trang Lois and myself, which sums were - ultimately placed to our ac- counts, Wherever in that land of mystery the high-priests of Tao-fu hold forth, there, doubtless, is enshrined one of the world's mest magnificent dia- monds. THE END. ---- ik A record for the port of St. John was established one day recently when 18 steamers were in the harbor, iin x x those Pains? sed on every street tain attributes of a religious nature; I made a quick calculation on a '| trouble~ might have been worse." ' stables for war. You educate your ! children to be war machines, = With regard to war, their ideals seem to be embodied in poisoned gas bombs. "'In the schools it should be taught not only that the murder of Arch- duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevekwas an incident which should inspire horror, but it should also be taught that there were wide circles in Germany and Austria in which this murder was regarded as a veritable Godsend." . "At these words, a wild uproar arose in the House, the president | vigorously ringing his bell. Dr. Lieb- knecht shouted: 'It is the truth; it is the whole truth.' The president | thereupon ealled him to order and the majority of the members left the Chamber. "Dr. Liebknecht went on: 'Just as in the thirty years' war, so the pres- ent war has a demoralizing and bane- ful effect on education. As long as our educational 'ideal centres in a | death struggle, the liberation: of the t working classes 'cannot come,' The | president for the second time called | the speaker to' order, but he con- | tinued: 'The /* workers themselves must tackle the job of education. The troops must not fight merely in the trenches; they ought to lower their arms and direct them against the common enemys "The president again rang his bell. Liebknecht tried to continue, but the president. kept on ringing and said, addressing the members, 'I beg that all those present who still wish to hedr Dr. Liebknecht will stand up.' As only Socialists stood up Lieb: knecht was forbidden to . speak fur- ther, the majority present loudly ap- plauding this decision. ' Liebknecht, however, continued in his efforts to speak, but could not make himself heard owing to the terrific commo- tion. As he was leaving the rostrum there were loud shouts of 'Out with him.' " i] : Se Might Have Been Worse. The elderly Miss Charitee - settled down among the rural inhabitants; and soon made herself conspicuous by the kindly interest she manifested in their welfare, A' few days ago she met Mrs Flanagan, whose right eye was as black as it was possible for a human fist to make it. Sympathetic to a degree, the lady expressed the hope that her unfortunate friend Flanagan," she went on, "your i} Mrs, "Shure, your right," answered the 'woman, philosophically. "I might be : miss, with no husband kthough, he can't help--the gentlemen weavers and shoemakers. - Samuel Johnson inherited from his father "a vile melancholy," a terrible to tendency to depression and despair, ti which never wholly ceased to domin- ate him, He also was prone to super- stition, and had himself "touched"; for the "king's evil," being afflicted with scrofula. All through life he was of indolent habits, but never learned how to contol his temper. "He has the character," we read, "of being a very haughty; ill-natured - ar gentleman; and that he has such ale ie from dust at milking time, way of distorting his face--which,! Dut Just previous to milking, 'or while ; amar, thé milking is being done, the feeder puts straw or hay down from the barn and' proceeds to feed the cows, thus Ang the air with dust and : + making it impossible to keep the strange gesticulations, milk clean. By a little ie of Failed 'As a Student. the work, the stable can be kept prac- Tn 'the year 1818 Lord Macaulay, tically free from dust for a short time essayist and historian, went into re-)MOrning and evening. After the milk sidence at Trinity College, but he sig-j18 removed from the stable, feeds nally failed to distinguish himself as Which cause a dust or strong odor a student." Yet he twice won the M8Y be fed. In stables where certi- Chancellor's medal for English verse. fied milk is produced every effort is Another interesting example of a made to keep the cows' bodies clean "famous fool" is séen in Leigh Hunt,' 8nd the air free from.dust while the poet and = essayist, {and friend of milk is being drawn. There is dan- Byron and Coleridge. His life was er of bacteria lodging and growing one of ceaseless activity, and as cease-| in cracks or crevices of pails or cans less embarrassment, for he "never that are difficult' to wash. The pail knew his multiplication table"! with an open seam may be the cauge Washington Irving, the American of serious trouble. Few milkers take writer, was a great dunce also." His the time to put on a special coat and brothers were sent to college, . but apron for milking, but apart from be- Washington showed no inclination to. Ing more. sanitary, they protect the study, being "a dreamer and a saun-, everyday clothes from-becoming spot- place that is free from odors or dirt. The aim of the dairyman should be reduce the sources of contamina- on to's minimum. This may "be i done with a degree of success through a little extra exertion. If the side of the cow and the udder are wiped with a damp cloth just previous to milking, the da of b i ting into. the milk from this source is lessened. In some stables the chores are not planned so that the stable' will think it may affect some young lads." His mannér was rough and savage; he was slovenly in dress, and made b get-| ligent card d | thing widely different from would soon be able to see things in|} a much better light. "After all,| terer." ! ted with milk. Charles Lamb was prevented from entering a university because of his unsurmountable stammer. His ness and impediment of speech prov- ed to be a great drawback to him in of ek ri As to Corneille, the great dramatist' of France, he was completely lost in' Society--so absent and embarrassed that he wrobe a witty couplet, imply-! ing that he was never intelligible but' through the mouth of another. 'His Majesty's Comment. Wit, on paper, seems to be Somes 8 that play of words in conversation, "which: while it sparkles, dies"; for Charles. II, the wittiest 6f monarchs, was so charmed with the humor of "Hudi- bras" that he caused himself to be introduced in the character of a pri- vate gentleman to Butler, its author. The witty King found the author very dull companion, and was: of opinion, with mény others, that so tupid uf ellow. could "never have 1 of 'the form 1, man Besides bacteria, there are taints and odors" which affect the quality of milk and its Brodusty, Thege odors are absorbed by the milk affert is drawn from the cow. If m lk is ex- posed to any strong odor, or foul air, resulting from lack of ventilation in the stable at milking time, these odors will be taken up quite rapidly. Or, if milk is being cooled by uge of an aerator, it is liable to absorb any strong. odor from the atmosphere, These "off" flavors are strongest 'when the milk. is warm and are less pronounced as milk becomes older, especially if subjected to some form of aeration in a fresh, clean: gtmo-| sphere. ST Ty Taints and bacteris affect sll mill, mare or less ho deavor to lessen the sources a ,- apd every « dairyman{ tion, by taking extra|whi time and in ng m if the highest-priced butter is to be made.' There is need for a uniform method of caring for milk and cream in grder that a uniform produet may be manu- factured that will compete favorably with the products of other countries on any market. The solution begins with taking every precaution at milk-" ing time.--Farmer's Advocate. Care of the Colt's Feet. The care' of a horse's feet should commence when he is a colt, that is, before he is. weaned. Untrimmed - - hoofs usually. grow long and uneven, and-a crooked foot, or 5 8 'crook ed leg is the result. we to rev gulate the length and bearing of the foot may make a straight leg crooked or a crooked es worses while intel- g the growing per- lod can gradually improve a.leg that is crooked at birth. - When picking uf a solts foot, teach him iree legs, and not depend on the one holding up his foot for the ct point of support. 'The hand! colt's feet begins with the near | 3 foot. Tie a rope around the postern, grasp the rope close to the foot, push gently against the shoulder, and quick- ly lift the foot. The lifting of the . foot must be simultaneous: with the weight shifting to - the other feet. Gentle the foot' and leg and let it down. Repeat several times and then trim and level the hoof. To raise a hind foot, put on a rope as on the front foot and draw the foot forward. To put a rope on the hind foot of a wild horse, tie up a front foot, have the assistant hold his hand over the eye on the same side as the foot to be lifted, or take the headstall in one hand; the tail in the other, and whirl the horse until he becomes dizzy. While in this condi- tion he may be handled with safety. Lift the foot forward two or three times and gentle'it: As soon as the' horse gives in, carry the foot back: ward into a shoeing position and trim the hoof. * SEA ..To handle the feet of a horse that will not stand still, or that kicks, a "halter twitch is pore A i a "is easily ~and fi ly the ordinary halter and tie Pass the rope over the horse's hi , just behind the ears; raise the npper - lip and put the rope across the gums above the teeth; run the rope through the loop made by passing the rope over the horse's head. The rope should be tight from the halter ring, over the head, under the lip, and : throu ough the oop: Titi good pulls on rope should make the horse stand quietly, = dr Saving. the Trees. : The cementing of holes in trees is now qui on. On-old estates, LE to stand on ¥