LOST MAN'S LANE BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN. sons before down my ‘bundles again and endeavored to make her ‘best of the somewhat trying situa- 9 OE I began, as wk her sister, to talk about her mother. I had never known, save in the vaguest way, why Mrs. Knollys had aio cae k scene ae abroad which had id burial in a for- Gee ana tT Free fae she had gone abroad for her health, which had begun fail ea the birth of Lucetta, but = ° gone unaccompanied by bi then or children there was Nanas that it would be interesting fo know concerning the felt that these girls might be willing to tell me, bat Miss Knollys, intentionally or unintentionally, assumed an cold at tee well. meant cusdticin on it Seas for her if not at the presei a nitneh Aine was that weighed so heavily upon the household that no one could eater into it without feeling the shadow of the i enveloped it. But Miss Knollys, ae ‘more atten- bye to my remarks than ber aster ba a heen, show. od aif ee eae eae Sind signs. that bh any as I firmly believe, no evidence of my Tho peculiarities observable in this | with. these interest hall fve dining room it was to find the laid for four and Lucetta only seated at the head of the board. “Where is Loreen?’ I asked reine ingly, as I took the seat she pointed out to me with one of her faint and Tae vanishing smiles. ‘+She—she cannot come st at present,”” my young hostess stam: with the Teast glance of atarveed at hae large, 1g woman who had sum- me to the dining room. “Ah,” I murm inking that ad. found it mecessary | Saino brother?” the first time he had. beer my ae recepti( ‘Her hasty acewety piven, however, without any increase of embarrassment, is suppositi 2 eee chats hen manor and became Sat patel anxious. ‘Though i 5 before giving me then in troduction, and when, this duty he took his seat at the table he thonghts and attention remained so fix Sa aton bim that she well nigh forgol the ordinary civilities of a hostess. Hac it not been ft an havo #90 tion to my wants amply made ee ue the abgerastion of her mistress, I shoulé have fared ill at this meal, good and nearest neighbor. It was he who looked up and rite Be whe answi Old Mother Jane is the ere i, “bt ah ma reno goo of ‘her, meer thought you promised me would never es, again Mr. y of hi Oh, Talat sakl seek aioe 7s 7 Mr. fence and 1 Tate good friend ‘Why shouldn’ ‘el eal him and beyond all Poping to relisve ons and Tighten | a. situation, I forced _m, the young man as page “Why don't you raise melo ould be anxious te thing possible if I had sc possess. self? I think I shi raise trove foe rit an, but, care to eat i "Don't oy “Luoetta pat in, with the vigor Thad ex to hunt, train dogs and enjoy other people’s fruit,”” he langhed, with 2 nod at the Dbinshing Zucatia "I don’ is ina ana’ puting ‘iabel out for things he can get ir th Life’s too short for such t have = good time while Pa jessed sphere. Pietwitlians 1” The cry was irresistible, been look Hoye Pade anh Thad ing for. of his atte and utter want of feel ing, it was not the thing she dreaded, o: test so much wealte: ‘Mz. Trokm’s the loses eles |. Such peach- Trohm fo. might haw od bat einer that yor ns your: I only but not e asking. I mean on thir herited £ soe ed ro was The blush showed that she to offer y our aie rooms ® sudden, Bi focus oa seized hand and ee it henge ee I hope oughs ots vat that which mounte “4] am sure,’ sho said, “that it is a matter of. aed regret to me to be obliged mean a lodging, but all sho explained tinmly, ‘and T canny 6 cel some earei | from the pasture on a hot day. izhpulse se’ moment 1 kept her there was just sc ‘much torture. Then I went back to my you will sl ata oe pe was gone be- | first night in this dismal and strangel fore I could say a w ordered house had opened anything bat “Why Lucetta go Past of the | propitiously. room when you come in?’ I hae 5 termined to know.the reason CHAPTER VIL peculiar conduct. * pi you des ane ‘THE FIRST NIGHT. ests in the hou’ I spoke ‘The reply came with unexpected ye- | when I told. Miss Knollys that : enter “No,” she cried, \‘why | tained no seas at’ the prospect of sleep- shonld “you think so? ‘There is no one | ing apart from the rest of the amy er at for Althea Bur- by @ room. ’” edge, and, though I folt little of what Trose at once, glad of the prospeat of | is called fear, I certainly did not fe seeing the tion of the house. | ence my usual tion in the She took arm, and we | nute prepa ier hich I am ac- i ediately into the hall. As ed to make self comfortable wo did so I heard voices, one Se die tient Boece alos cee age failed to discover whether | which I would have been something that tone of euffering proceeded from a | Jess than hnman not to feel, and though man or a woman. I bad no dread of being overcome by it ‘Miss Knollys, who was preceding me, } I was glad to add ie iz bee the glanced back in some alarm, at as 1 cheer of the spot by ©] es outa fee fe pi ie iat ‘ily of resum ph Pa stairs, As the which the Pipeighieee room sounds I ha: led from | and a den like this too rea for above er followed Te wit \ alacrity, Ger habitation. felt my en! di somewhat fro ve conciuEDy when I found myself passing door iB a k hall to a room as Tae mote as possible from what Tsing! WASHING WOOL. be the living portion of Methods Which Diss. Affect the Market P: In m: ee rue tea sine commenced indi 1850, when I ter. to her brow felt the situation keen- | that 3 to ten cover it, a it has with me as of- ten been on one side as the other. So says P. atinee in The National Stock- Often in receiving or taking in a are—are ont of omer, bce pray the ase ould be ore accept: om. mb is left | Now, by weighing the wash- finding the average the in the shade and are overlooked, or a young fai THE MARKETS. Wheat Futures Advance on Lighter Ar- Liverpool, April. 28. wheat futures closed unchanged, Ved to %d per cental higher than ‘Thurs- day's final figures. hi 38. — Wheat futures per bushel yester- on sma rgen- tine neue and unfavorable crop news, together with good cash di mand. Vi She oa ength was Following es at important wheat centres yester- day: Cash. April +. 80 38 1 ea ndard Cal., & SE ye ae ee » LAWRENCE MARKET, Gri Wi vneat, white, bush xed, bush Apples, per, bbl Potatoes, pe: why wi “T am not afraid,” said I, « any shed fleece and finding what the earthly thing but dogs, but I do TepHEY | deece brings, yon eee at once what the Se ee ee area Emaieaae ‘here for companion- | washed fleece and the unwashed fleece fave hoiged ke “Lae it dot | ship, my dear. Ireally would like to | bring. Nine times out of ten there will Ties ase "hue thnks oa | gleep with one of you.’? | tbe, 8 cents diffrence and the bal- | Export cate, a ce 4 ‘ This, to see how she would meet ance is just us apt to be on me te as x a8 a = <3 ret wert, plow, harow, dy, make dave urgency. Sho met itas I might have 3 00 of Cyecets ia roe upa place tine is Ree ches rackk bp ataeats 2 | jut I tell her that work | Haws se Fe Leip ere te 42% ee womabing sh! sel mo ‘ind gentle seput it ie quite impossible. If Ieoald classed as unmerchantable, should ne 30 | give you the comforts you are accus- an ana Typill liv if tho place cumbles fomed to, I should be glad, but we are | washed ft always sells at about th 0 > 31M down over on ecixpe 1p eal earcunteesie nha Aaa ee oe easy « & iB best way to got rid of it. eeders, light. 380 Foor fos tee wit cea | Bp men Pe Reet at fleeces will sell for as much unwashi ker S35 3 30 have melons from early morn till late : 20 10.00 as ease Re re oe a ecakinaey whiah ae Goa un Sheep, eee cle aes Ae | ees or was it bis words, zoned to | placed in one corner. / fine saahet, wtih about corre- | “zn. ales eins Rae yar rouse her as nothing had before. “Y suppose you are not used tocan- sponds with the markets as re] sd. | Lai ECan "Thrusting out her hand fe via it on | Sles,’? bed remarked, lighting what t Tare handled sheep all my life, and | 250 4% his mouth with a look of almost fr strack me as a Ney short end from the ee have always paid as well as any sppeal at the woman who was gouiaing ome pee bee held j a - ee { his back. iy dear,”’ said I, hep Feed. “Mz, William, how oan you!’* that | 3a! aya to easy Reese used | ‘The Minnesota experiment station woman cried, and when he would | tt aey ony et eee. thy Dew tor bas been testing the value of certain | —- have turned upon her angrily she lean- TL atk = sowed crops fer sheep feeding other | EAST HU ATYLE MARKET. ed over and whi in his ear a few | from being a difficalt r 7 they pastured 100 st Buflalo, April 28. — Cattle is that seemed to cow him, f She heaved a sigh, ee Besse see a ten acre field | yesterday, quiet; on es were in light er rae she nt ugh his sister’s | My er traveling slow! the odera‘ deman say wer; bottom o1 | len "To all this Iwas a simple spectator, ‘but Idid not soon forget a single feature ‘of this scene. The remainder of the dinner passed seen, ” saié awietly, yalliass and myself eating with tiness, Lncetta tasting 2 merey to “as soon as pe iontaaes APTER VL say good night to our guest.”” Instantly Lucetta turned, when her 5 “You have forgotten,’’ she said, her I de- William yar able meal I ever ato in ate in my life. SOMBER EVENING. ‘The evening Se, ke sie pesttice: was the sii with one of keys. Instantly smh ag th me then—bounded to with a look of horror on her Don't do that,’ she cried, laying her hand on minetostopme. Then, see- dignified astor ing my look of mishment, she with an appealing smile, “I beg avery sound goes through me tonight.” “Are ee bah ideaale I acked. “Tam nev well,” she return- uivasa ve eeet bask to the sofa and peewes ee and at conversat Frompiy st 9 o'clock Miss Knollys in. She was very and cast, as and. with “Tam afraid as nearly gray walls, sine aes not reliev- I answered, pointing to the She came back with a look that desperate ‘as her placid tures were capable ke Imew,”’ she said, “I know. We you will not Mae me,” were sown in rows 30 inches apart ant things ton’ it, she se Gece low but that my he Better “the house contains no cause of terror day—the first fothing are int “Ab, ba,” thong T, “‘won’t they! i thinned to 20 or 24 inches apart in thi and of what could yon be afraid in this row. The ra ‘under our protection and nary @og ontside?—you will bear and— Good God,” was the last c! to be fed down. ery syllable, ses Some Spring Ite! ios a sho have beard? ‘Has the reputa We find these interesting spring items this place gone abroad? Mist in the columns of the Whiteett Courie orth,’’ she repeated earnestly, “The whole a ishing Sone bg ed pasture ‘com with a longer time than any other, but the} to ‘bear with cabbage gave the ae pasture for = Prevent have discolored os od by £0 sonch'ae.a solitary print, she gfe rope near the head of oe for abit es 50 to 6 bed and considerately remarked : z 25 to “Tf you wil fing in the night THe bakers ene $6. 75. to i i pfctl ioe $5.75; shi $5.50; Lh haeldeael “lS bs Ae pull that. filed to race 000 pasture it was | yearlings, choico to oxtra, $5.75 rat leche too glad to come rm you." Plowed up the | $5.85; wel ethers, $5.50 to $5.75. ip at ieepe, ran Tay eye ae ona can hare ae ire communicating with it te early spring were ready H LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. Mr. Chamberlain Wili Ask Him te Open Subscription for Ottawa Sufferers— ‘The Queen’s Regret. ea arm enough and from one to two deep sear fe aplenty gente ee aoe shih ey of seed used to the acre. Sor- Ottawa, April 97. — _soesial) — he tor bad don bum wae aot usually put fo uotl Iter | the Governor General has’ recelved “T did n knee? she murmured. ia the corn, as i Is vi eal two peri ms from London. sf is soil. Rape was sown ae any time from | first reads: oe ioe mn Ms Repke Aa sae the beginning of spring until 2 mid: | | I have reeetved with the, deepest = made baste 1 gait thie som f July: This was usually sown | $Stock tre at otaws. I amt af in grim determi- Heute and hat sor-| Seople of the Mother Country would 4 nation. fir and the late crops of rape or eat Be Sore, cider ea ciaecy and on. ere is no key to the door,” I bages would follow after the rye or| destitution caused to thelr fellow suby oats and barley or 0; a jects in paint peas and I was and all but the late rape and cabbages Pea tase “ °F (Sigued) he d | The second one speaks of the Queen: re- e| ‘Her Majesty has heard with deep gret of the great fire at Ottawa and has ded me to desire you to convey the immediate 6 to Berek armpeeny, Jami eartfelt sympathy in the calamity which befallen tl She trusts has would be glad to have any further par iculars you can furnish. Chamberlain. Valuable Pebbles. the northern point Island and Wate hill les a row of little if Long threatens our had since riff's ae een posto fitane Stored son ave islands, two of which, Plum island and cee daa Thetis thet poeta pate! Goose island, p. iar form of ether the night pass- 7". ‘uch good luck with catfish he | in aith, It consists in heaps of whether it is broken by fv Suit Hebly fears abnwelng will have °")),0"" nerable and enterprising coro- | Fed, yellow, purple and other hues, which are set y are u: no reference to anything in which you ner reports four lively funerals on Tues- day las! the t Sand w town fibrary needs replenishin; much indiffer- se have just had two prizefight: ett jx on the Sowers.” — Atlanta 's for notes at the bank fall more due Con- we capes oe glass. ient demand for them in New York es kee eep the owners of one or two sloops Searle in garnering them e beaches, where the wayes con- tinually roll and polish chem, bringing out the —— of their colors. _ CHANCE OF RESIDENCE A Sermon by Dr. Talmage on Springtime Moving. ITS VEXATIONS AND WORRIES. A Timely Discourse in Which the Need ef Patience and Equipolse is Set Forth The Joy of Moving Inte the Father's House. Wasiineyen) April 29.—This dis- course of Dr, Talmage is pertinent at thi i ¢ year, whe peo- ould you go up without pride, and could you come dow Teach ands of lived in clefts of rocks, the beasts of th ter and ans of ani- ats e floor for the people sit on. ‘Time ed on,. and the world, af- er much invention, came to build a the finger ‘There bei the people Heework, over which a thin drawn in time of winter to Keep sn te elements. three h height and and rt depth SEGRE Rf oat oe a ‘chitecture in other days busied itself chiefly in*planning and build- arches and basilicas give meh of thelr. tinie fo the plan- eomifortable “abodes for, our tired populati Tie BSA IGE Goer ink 8 merely the house you live in but the house you were boi have not been more eagle ae mee ee but ras denazed ie to count up te number ot “sidonce t SEES occupied. The fact in this world no such thing pee nt residence. spring the streets will Pe ‘Siled with the feraiture carta and je trucks. It will be @ hard day for horses, because Es It will be @ laborers, for they hard day for _overlift Polite they get the family pes niture from one house to another It the first of at your you can affor Sacrifice your humility and your com-| transport that alae of lupins lo But I must will be a hard to see their furniture their crockery broken, and their pet first of April will not be s May. Say your prayers Paes ee nothing bet- to out aright on the day’s work. Help night to repent. word then, in this part | discourse is moving into a larger come arrogant and supercilious. They on sense; do - how many of their carriages will halt od 's religion has not lose your bal have a word ‘those who in this Mayday time move out ‘ger residences into smaller. taken for housek Ss eae gas and after awhile scratched, and car- for moving day. | Bess to su fl reoms {a solemn and a t 0 all phase who to larger ralked, laughed, like that of Kin; aay “coat of a of heaven on the first thing it n, the father will care of, Ms Fewer . pi ich to let your ae ting red in tl fies new desti d all his guests, all his Geraidine—Well, es all his , +o the, the house for?—Typ Lord Almighty. God can trust such that with a large estate. can ever n movin @ chanaener, sw home, a1 mation I of Thee the day sweetly father and ery beeih would ae on a dem dences want to be run over by a it ge resid Cunarder.”” have kn ough the reversal of fortune. hes aeou endl ad anes ia property must be sold or the beilift ristian in their smaller ho {11 sell it, or the income is less sooner did they go over the doorsill cannot the | hou: he} | Ther: a the ant ots tallow candle as un- e gia laze. have less eople: who other members of the andl mo’ Ssh up to as thelr family eat the they started, , and it ther have the law of eae dominant. ee be a Secnee ae Tall Who hey happier aoe Bunyan in Bedford atl coat of arms, tt would have or zar in the saturnalia? Con- butter firkin ee at ee a ase ie something you can m lee ata ceo eyel ane of being the: urchasé.| It is not ex- like all the us, made out of trinsic it is intrinsic. there few- ase aeeecal have you think that er rooms tn the house to which you their. iets in oar ipondey fot ee a 5 te deaf Not hearing so many clothesbasket - over the carman is get- face in trying to to ngratulate will Hey the harbor. then, , the Gerald—Your gic hes forbidden me proprietor of the estate kneeled down the hou veg do you want Good Suggestion. fer question was dictated by the Sometimes the pathetic reason is that] thought that possbly there might be a so much ina alee tira field for ‘her on the vaudeville they move out into eer ak ean le 3 Played ibe as 1 do,” ments. Ww there are stich cases. |* sp, ph noes Marriage aes of the Td other instrument,” was members of the family, deat the prompt. reply. THE PART WE PLAY. IT IS WHAT WOMEN CALL “PUTTING THE BEST FOOT FOREMOST.” But Best of All Is the Art of Natural- ness—Those Who Practice It Are the Salt of the Earth—The Natural ixl Is a Bright Sunbeam, must at one time or another in our tives play a prey and far be it from me to say it is tell for us to do so, but T do want to abe little paean of praise to the of natu fps “the little part that I am ore i hes > ‘o play the part that hides from the aie jase the full truth of the hardships from you and so woman calls it patting Pies bet. ‘foot eans, to him at le e has laid ont for herself to play. art sl Pere, it isa bappy thing whes the exp al an s natural wonran. ie jo more in five minutes. upset pads belief in the gentler sex and furnish him with proof eee that all women ar not “alike” than you or I could do with a thousand Aisne about how mean anki says. det suggestio: sisame ial ee alon artes ara her candidness is not am al- She is you, you know, just when you are in a rather meet the tactful woman ultra candid upset uu know a girl.and love her, there was 501 articular person—it might have chanced to have been you! self—-who was her ideal and that she inal always to imitate that oue in all she said an ‘The first lesson in the art of uatural- ness dies s learning to be self forgetful. e self conscious woman: is eternal, playing a part. She makes herself the factor accomplished. tes on playing the. part of the bevoine.or the martyr or S08 other role that she fancies just ‘suits her. She is ‘alae aes any prear- but in time she hing with unreal 2 ig er as a8 “plained viduality and not understanding her thor- oughly, fail sadly in playing successfully from her standpoint. girl with P iasiehiig eyes and honest cee ee society pa! net of natural manner and ess, you will find, has-a enat fe heart. She does not wish to play the leading part It by 0 domg you oF ther frien minor ers, but wbenerer: it is possible ‘4 self be true.” Do not be afraid oe show individuality. are, alas, all apt to play “follow the leader!” Many the n: Reka can be the individual woman.— t Hannis in St. Republic. jursery Knowledge. Don’t me child ery or sob Itself te writes in The sleep, Josephine Mitchell rican distasteful to it; a ben ay gestive organs Don’t let the Tittle | folks play wees do- re’ allows about the streets. ienenns and othes dire ills a i int home in this is Wi Don’t fail to thal all the milk and all the water consumed by the baby boiled. Boiling kills all bacteria. fi —_—_——_— i HOW TO RUN CORRECTLY. — Some serviceable (Advice Former a Phgsteal Dieter =A Couple of bo Anything faster tidy enmiiredsetone) ih cevailessG i ms edule wadvevined, probably be- laster gail Dn a We ning—is a thing almost impossible to fren Of our fi Ee see many, rAoseN ereg to catch the sites pod Se a sight to make Mereury, the swift Thess of a ene oo for One 5) E e e correc when running Randolph . Faries, mile. a: America, and ir pivciesiccduealion at me Univesity, of Pennsylvania. “When running,’’ declared this ‘au- thority, ‘no matter what the dis- ce, e arms, or, more properly, speaking, the upper extremeties, should be used chiefly from the shouk- id ices oflsie Sin ete lee cacti ake arm with th maintain perfect balance and to gain Bees ier epests one: tear and eae should be. all + e their position, a person car- ns Aon otis tae ia iron aes concentrai ergy. good stride will cover bub weve idety waver teas strit iy—because it will cause a loss of} locomotion ti ak} ing the legs trail through a greater. ace, unnecessarily. As grésses, alighting first upon one set Of toes and then upon the other, o: ball of the foot, as the case ay 5 care arte be exercised tng down upon the ground Hehtly. af Ti attention ae ® Bats to this t Spe ach ferring aloha tt to the muscles ner-