Atte tte tte LETHE EEE TEE EET EEE EET EE EEE EEE TEE: ~ ; @869890% OR, GERVASE RICKMAN’S | Face to Face 5 ae Rickman leaned against it Ste his the turf was. a Basan pond, ie a water: is. risped t va keen ite and in the ae ee lormed by two roads stood a wooden ale post. When he reached the sign-post, wi ens which cone him fullin the side the face, ruffle hin to press his ta ee x a more firmly pies wind is so'bad for ed his hair, and obliged | a: cl AMBITION, ever his und it made Re Silence and sacound; a at PART L. CHAPTER £. Solitude reigned lude invaded by the ap- (o living creature save dis- “down to high. quickset hee: wien “eet concealed the northern 0 ick and hoary dichen, instead of espiia) erect from its west, -east as if suddenly ; “made rigid in the height of @ south- af Eee dais atullcveat ves lent on Me “this cloudy Marth afternoon, and in its}, di whiting the} win inty chal bleak eas! re ots e soul the down, sprinkled though it was with occasional farms, each with J cluster of ricks and elm-trees, and vari there by a village little very — solilar; ae 5 a 2a g 5 the of moderate height and irregular out- ine, which derived an unusuu! = deur this afternoon from the deep pur- ‘ple shadows resting upon them, an emphasizing their contour agains very-gray sky, y full of latent Bight. On the w ain there were he of ‘gentler outline, beyond. these and woodland, the furthest amit a “curving surface of sony 25 e bleak hi Sarotl farms and wiles ewe no "sign >of life; but ono solitar sailed _ Slowly on its wide, Ghent, Pate f the wighe dre: sun-rays. upon ils cream- ean ny aon eau per 4 centre mn the ‘ply: jarki.ess of te pi al eat tthe, ‘hil. mt S504 tual, and the You life and music wore near, and pay aang the summons of soft airs inbeams to spring forth FEET TT TTT T ETE ETE TF ttt tt land yet agai eas one of the day's eblet incidents. to turf, with his and his greyish-whiite smock-frock, galiant sheep-dog ‘over the fringes floating in the wind, tongue fron tiered ce atoeatsa into tho ri ga pallicqu some indiseretion part of the timid little black faces. de- Ni manded the cnergies Ms their lively and from one 0 ee other wilh joy- here, remo the bewildered thither with a a8, oocasionally.in excess, brief monosyliable | t fen fis master, whieh: cqused the. do fe fly bookand walk sedately ”behnid him sit an.instank eres s delightful as his: intelligent activ’ ‘The actual commander of this host Eo hb living fH gs ga but wa ing gait, par- Tims on his long carrying» under Jeft arm a lamb which bleated in the, S way characteristic Yet his gazo cee . like his ee fT gH Could Gisunguish ofth ol iseae safer he less _crealures Ww parently (eatunes the other, and slight yellow, si by the keen n band quieting gradually down as the ear wind he was Reine, he transferred his | de: attention to bim. iq lustrous” ig his crook approach his battered felt. Tak ete he Sunn up with ae “Very _blusterous,” th gentleman, nodding in’ « ‘enay man- suming his road. said the shepherd, eonv eeeatlogs it 'n, ‘Blusterous and he zes to yes ‘Terble Blusterduat ae zes. Ay, that’s what ’ee zed, zur enough,” he ealed with infinitesimal variations, while smoking his after- supper pipe in his chimney-corner. earth ‘with a moderate expenditure of words, Gervase Rickman went his way pon-| iy, dering upon the shepherd and his flock. + | they m, thus involving themselves in fresh disorder; how tamiely they. yielded to. his behests small-an exercise of vi fey at ot tnd “the common herd,” as they wei Pe ee With sheepike fidetity do men follow the few who from time to earth glad with beauty; time blunder ipo origina. paths, how | g arled, storm-bent} blindly they. pursue them to un-| 74 leaf-buds on} known — goals, hot one “ableally a9 inches where the tangled multides permit. them: gray lichens did not usurp their place; swayed by the will of one ets ‘sulin @ pushi litte satiny a ecg energy, a i ance li through the short turf on the tale them! The o inks; down in ‘the copses, and] strong personality, @ panera wouter 4 hedge-rows, prim-|{o lead it; ib bows jo the -stronge: oI ing their sweet, p ae Coe regory, a Charle- | y, violets were bud hss acc Coarweil’. cere Napoleon; | oj nest was already built; | democracy is but. the yee of a shade} yy, already-wore their warm purple of arct ules Me “eplessly “ofr tll. one _ blossom black buds on the gray ash is born s ough to lead and ereate fanaa at about the swaggér: copsés were swelling to] anew; then the ¢ eenturies solder and ce-| though the stranger walked like a sok pg point above the primroses.| ment’ his work; and give it a fleeting dier. Having lighted his pipe, the offi- see} 5 aoa pa-Bea rown. a ge and thus a civilization is} cer, thanking him for his courtesy, went nj born. Or the centuries refuse their sanc-| 9 ‘his way down the hill, and was-lost 0 | tion, anacine pone alo why Fesdlves itself] {sight before the sound of his foot again to chaos. So Gerase Rickman | steps ceased to ring upon the hard 38 bas Rickman looking after him with-a su- and stood Yully out: chill sky. and strongly ingul pert Ane Y. is eyelids, as if he had diff oa road, so thei it his = Toke nosound, drew. i. dl niS Pocket, then. re} replaced it Had ind cea muttel yet.’ mul- id upan! Ane 6 ur, to et them pass ee ince; but one of the timi es. neve fieleed’ took fright at and darted down the slopes acl “rather He looked. downward from} small innwas-a-tree, bi ala: siglo, tree, Jpvaulably gives, ig the bisotated ling. « Th n ring qnough it faced the south; neither tree {on w in th —the ins ls 8 ae of the aimless many the was oe of the herd; he would je fe sollo none, felt within himself an | Stner steps. approaching from: qenind intensity ‘of pos and a passion of/ stirred every fibre wil hin? an concentration, together with a: strength] tighted a flame in. his veiled grey ae 1} ofvintellect that eet ift him ‘above his on onthe Mie eps, swift, light, and, fellows. ought and mused, not} even, very different from: the soldier's knowing what was within him, sand into iar 7" lent, for ibwas S$. lilTe sound | ¢ ‘as possible, until the arate rose into teep a-mound that he was com- to the road. He was now ap- ©} proaching the end-of the down-road, at ext ity of which, where the thorn there stood a little meee ed, an emply_court-yard, fen wall. ‘On one side of the ni proelatined itself the T test by wis ils_low. nosgh atigealaael peersaih ake atte caheh £22 ta while 1g on hearin, teps, | voman*came up wi h were also faintly audible to two} «7 thought vou: would never women “in an upper room, slightly | Gepy ed his ears. ind looked at him with | sc} again ie che hi prone 2A a us nad crossed the level sre ain shave a SokS “Where: hig angles pee evond {nn.” Opposite row among the whilhered: “stalks above the SM ind hi niused in the peac features power. echt: Soho thought. firm, elastic i) even joyous rhyth ous rapidity, hustling this sheep, run) © 1. | a ing and looked. up 8 the stead of man- sick-room, the inyalid’s face and a said “and the alee sign-post. dreamily away over A man has but to | dark hills, thin He ‘an old savage dream; a man's life is in his own hands, Infancy he saw {he flock of sheep driven on the dusty re tren, ngth and steadfast purpose on tho al he ask man, facin level’ gaze of the stranger, as he replied to. is salutation asked the stranger, who looted as it ho wauld enjoy a friendly chat. human intercourse | j a gone. wron, straight 01 direct over aplly called, they sccmed to he musing Medin, mi the stranger aloud. member the down, path now, int for he was vat va consi ngs ay, stil keeping to 0° clear goles. ir here it fein be tte ani nage of ceful Raiemnttian with his. refined and look of quict concentrated ward pleas ans While he was thus musing, his. quick ad, ston the Boesstros were and could not inter- They were tho ic steps of & man in the flower f life; they ompanied by the Clear, cheery tones, ob singing voice : “AS we lay; all the aye n tho Bity “ot Biscay, OF Booth song am Coens penetrated arth ule sunper dhasgbes tt the inn, toy m sat together, one re fever in. her ith yout ab es in her read- other ea fat 3 nealth, The latter quiet of the “brightened, it was a Shee song, the reader, ly song broke upon the “It is Ca soley Paleman The si singer sank AI on his way, and paused in his Song when ho saw he motionless figure at Gervase Rickman still gazed ‘and on along highway by the shepherd, arms of the would have observed the of quiet. face before hin e only rae to Medington,” there are four,” replied Rick- “No} g about, but not meeting tho takes me past Arden Manor?” that is Arden Manor I saw ying beneath the down by the church 8 o gentlemen, named Riana ives there, I think; a queer old dry-as- fellow, who collects antiqui- lies. ‘A Mr. Rickman, F.R.S., lives there,” to a 1 have evidently “No; you ats right. If your keep will come to Arden ss at the toot “at the hill. For Arden turn to the left, but that ington, Turn and you. go r the dewns to Meaington, Ns raight-on by: the: high-road you get on.” reflected you. I Te- that is the short cut, Can you help me to a ign ‘his wind is too much for mate Gervase opened his jacket, and iis “the shelter thus made i stranger, stoop- Arden Cross,” “Thank ing! “Paul meant 4 ighted “ts giving the other the apporinlty yikes igectiiaAhe (et nserver scrutiny of his ines @ in the glow f the match. It was a dark, healthy vell- {yore face, 01 etna whole the kind {face that” goes 1) the heart of every veiaens old or youn “A good-looking fool,” thought Ger- ing” him aaa to the erd of mankind. “Edward Annes! an officer, by “his mustache perior sort of smile, until the iound of} den fitaratcides Uipwgh teting like them of light_h etl Gory: et = Song: alls the diy, iscay, O!” Affe. Blekman Jeft-tne at winenehel tind 98-100 ind strolicd' quletiy on without head, while the singer, who ees turning us @ match and | poy ¥}had si een snout say about us.” f} Down, | “But who sake the wind is onanging, the on cam eee Gervase and the sellin ing sun, which grew. mare radiant Moment, and n ailige: mesh of ole Scape to. tangle themselves in hort growth it curl saintlike halo, aro. und the face of Alice Lingard, dnaetabhie harm pw ihich in ihe verses beauty, and yet is often want- nd eane ripet perfect features. harm which went to the very-heart sido, a asin. to every knew brisker pace, straint of familiar friends; Alice involved ialidhgcwain (ie nest in ie glory he warm sun-rays, deeper rose bloomed in her face and her Ger- for the most part, listening and monosyllabic. passed a large deserted chalk quarry, ils cliff-sid ee ie save all thatch a they’ left. the chat deep sandy overhanging hedges, and ae 00k mr 2. looking rth, and violets were pushing tiny ‘bul to ‘the light ented to his a litle . pink tipped, and set in a gleaming cirdle of leaves. Sho took fi with. an. exclamation of pleasure, and lifted it to n face to. inhiale “its delicate think that you should find the "I said, halt jealously. 38 5 eee first!’ " she eerelly watch his reward in seeing 1 the flowers and talk nie till the ong Af lane behind them made her coke ip. CHAPTER I, Fire-Light. Tho rapid beat of hoofs and the roll a svibele drew ES and nearei a dog-c flashed hes: the nit art ae sea ty (trians with many a sca and spark of fire, for the dusk fallin nae get ae the driver pulled the col ide ie murmured something inaudible to ae es that was not flattering to the on othe ta {ter was a young man, with dark, Strong,/ intelligent face which had being handsome. He walked well, and had about him a ertain air which would have’ challenged attention anywhere. id not ond le ‘a parish doctor. ‘And how aro they all at Arden?” hho asked, in a full, cordial voice.” “Where did you get those violets? It is enough to make aman sad.) See heré, I thought these were the first.” ~~ And le drew a second littlé bunch of white. violets from his breast:pocket. and gavo. them. to. Alice, Avho. received them with another. frank an . “How kind. of you to think of me!” “Gervase found ou eeu he five minutes ahead c smiled inwardly; free comer’s face darkened, and he si l@ observation the for- mer had made oe him. @ moment-be- re, and ee comforted himself by the Sag ction: Bs is nobo he was wondertlly perked up, as cotlagers ew you had been Sue any telling We must get her through ieee ‘spring winds. Tsay, Rickman, you haven't seen such a thing as a cousin anywhere about, have yout” “T did catch sight. of such. an article half a nae eutey he replied. asked me the way to Medington by Ar- m NERO here ono Paul, it appeared, had agreed \to meet him. “A tall, “good- Hlogking fellow with a pieorare face-—" beautiful woes,” interrupted entleman I ase, a was just going to ask if you He singe Ake a, nighlingale, _ Yes: a me a anor, if I'can. I don’t say if 1 ie Be with a smile, now we are always er, ene Ls ae re usin. old eerie ie Seve and epediently membered. He asked’ if a queer’ named Rickman lived in ay down there.” ¢ sont” = he king to the queer old fellow’ T wanted to hear “What a shame!” said ues “those ‘are the Dad underhand ways Sybil and ying to overcome in aia et Doclor Annesley, — is Al but no ‘cousin aj ig Oe would be well over “st arenas is _time,’,.at this, coming awn the: e is =e “Was wa |; “the wind is chopping fai ching the weather,” he ee he Hitide sgoll|'5 elder, who wi of the ing a| you @ distinguished by that | h It was |v n trighten the boy, - | you ‘helieve him, in tho seventh heaven, but ed mi y| those days. effected a 500 “Did you find Ellen any better?” she # “t10 | 600 5! yrati 1po1 ‘figure emerged from the dceply waited, while a tall young siadwed lane which led from the down | th = the paler dusk of. the: cross- rons, a ‘ne. Stowite ; she was Peally quite belent when I ae her, » Gale,” sions, ‘The doctor replied that i was Inipas- sible to say; she might linger for months, or-she might Paes growed mayde she was he repeated: i ane a ae mi op him. Alice ant thoy all” fies off asy. My tmis- ae ee went fust; a vine Slates of a vive! on Churebiytten’ there, Miss Lingard, ng jal in brick graves, buried comfo They'vo rele ‘em lies down and ta antes they goos hae to go par 's chakes, and. he. a and a& S hieand white handsome lad, with yet puitiant Jolepeeer Paul, “Ri eigen, You shouldnt le, Give im. good cough will soon gu Reuben, You ate aay food, and his fast.” hae to goo long wilh Uothers,” a ea ube rm et Be ain't, no good a A power of dac- taif ben Inside of they that’s gone. t {9 goo.” added Rou growin, “He'll bid. ‘them “the peavy the a Pier nee ay the and wearily «uphill, making swift ‘0 be continued), 3 BOWS LONG SHOTS WITH LOD One of 367 Yards Made in seer They Did Better in Days Gono By. Jn England they lil drave a ong ow in fact as well us in fanc} country’ parsons-—they soar ally addioted. to archery who four arrows in the air at once, all timed ib descend! neac tinrcenive of @ 10:yeRd distant target light or long distance shooting is ourse, & special department of arc! no. ootasion. of the weeting ‘ouquet in last July Sir Ralph ae ‘ 2 ph + shooting with an old bow of curious make, some- what resembling that 0! (weighing about thre ounce) for the astonishin; carefully mea- hs of a} distance of 367 ya’ sured, on a wind ay. The previous record {if its accuracy be equally reliable) seems more remavk- able’ still. * n 1795 Mahmoud eer of the Turk- sing a Turk- Archer's Hall, in Regent's Park, istocinnshed yards, With the exception cf the Roman ine. were always 0. be cured and il was rea easily be made in such form as extraction, even by the most skilful sur- geon. Even. the bulky, slow going ball of cleaner in- through the was gone, whilo the effect of the cloth yard shaft, hanging and flapping ae the flank of a most ol Mauser r But the historic carnival ,of archery oF the battle of Crecy ee Ne ‘the Hingis, numerically halt ihe Aer of the ast h, rein+ ferced as the, latter were by those 15,- p00 Genoese. cross bowmen, snitieted a defeat familiar to every school-boy. All the carnage of a respectable mod- ern campaign would scarcely strike the epee oeians the spectacle of | those thirty thousand men at arms,” and “eleven hundred _ princes, dukes and Beene left dead ates that fatal field, of wounds at_ which modern surgery qrouldestiiader i atiget: y POSE AE ep BAD For SHOPPING. ping in Brazil is difficult. ‘ire HE you insist ‘on 1 quiry for an article, he is quile likely to say he hasn't got it, although it may lainly in sighf; and should you point ‘out, he will smile and elevate brows, as if to say es Fou foreigners are!” Or, p ask for a particular Chiat wil direct you to the case or where it ought to be, been Smoking, os if gla to get nid of you on any tei * © FRANK. 6 office of em merchant there hangs mn as you, have transacted your. business here, please leave. 1 oe all provid = | Broatot trill of arti,’ duking pps merry Ii S| year-old i Giubbins 4 he has rite overdoing the inje sic ess pre would do credit to the it may aan and ve the senl tained RAILWAY GREATEST THRILL, "| To Be Built to the “Root of Europe"— Passengers Will Ride Over Shining Giaciers. serious schemo almost to the summit of the Mont Blane rongo has been prepared Swi sy! and a ot the French Government. projected railway will : gers = the ror Europe. th Seine aerial ling (0 Uso summit-of the Welt horn. It now proposes. to: build an 4] lar line from the valley of as the summit of the Aiguille du Midi, a tre of the Mont Blanc iD TO GLACIER. Acree to contract, an’ ordi nary funi the ae tbe S, ight of o fed ala will take four arry oul rae will dake: only endef next summer Tho line will s dozens of crevas: precipices, and. not end will give e dangers and (he pleasur of mountaineering, SERIES OF THRILLS. To ride on this EN Vite M which 4 ater line in the worl ni ct aitord. LG , that it, will be. abs giz.cers have e3 i ee Bia a clectricily will be aeamieh Arvo. The coaches, wil tan is running the re- summit will be” 81 z25 ais to 1. and 10 $5, Which costs about $80, ‘ation on foot, ing a guide's remunerat The ruc tion, aitnoulties of the glaciers end the deep owing snow and the nches. the known tracks of nels will be catittel to be in the Balai FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS. ‘ calls in ture is point, eae en ir, Glubbins hurry. “Your. temperal ti jnear the danger aetAnd I'm «worse off before, all through the diet you cribe “Imposs ssible, Mr. Glubbins. distinctly to confine yoursel! foods as would be child.” “And didn’t 1 follow orders? apple cores and of burt matches and scraps of potal look diet, and will haye to subsist on so! toast and hot water tor a week, GERMAN ‘DEATH TEST, Although it e sibility buried alive can onl, occur where a m that ascertaining death tai ‘This new death test consists i come very yellow and { hours before’ the body e made. and the colorin, without the slightest injury to HABITUAL CRIMINALS. © ue a person has bee! convie! bles at ges rob! arded as oh habitual -expiration of reformatory. m_ may be treated in the shplves, a mag. in sit down to monk wih vail apesttyy and thé furni- ture is of oe an HARD STUNT. “kin T eee a ous funt 0’ food before ye.” “Travelers about the weather, and is read the news- ce Papers.” LP TRAVEL UP MONT BLANG WILL PROVIDE EARTINS to build a railway ttt ttttttt ttttttt +++ td About the Farm BHFtt ttt tttttt++ttt ttt THE FALL PIG CROP, +47 + + 6444443455 Tt seems as wears He HA pOt nee of the crop of fall ated Mi a has received the ap- pie syndicate which ins obtained the present Gonpieling an peak nearly 12,000: feet, high, in the cen- ri rdi- Re — join the St a ail begi ine ee iar ae G se es ee oul $8 000, and it is Space that tho project @ able to as- lector ie Bossons at the, irt_a score of glaciers, unfathomable IL give th ral} per di uesiae, pa River ped’ to reduce this change by This will make it much esi than ascending includ- engineers are. very hopeful of the In danger, oe As fifths of the line will “Gracious, man!” exclaims: the doctor rioting and } if than I ever was pres: 1 told you if to such taken by a 3-year-old dog biscuits and ‘cade rt peeling and everyt ane else I could pick ing—and here | aig, erted by nearly every practicing mays that the pos- nedical examination has not been made a eminent German phy- coffin such an injection wi “ith nt cing fe is not yet extinet tho the Zem@and Minister for Jus~ of a oni mt or four tis Diechatge rs the ieeeee will be} jana mimendation of and a dining:room. in which ten people ‘The rooms are nig began little litle Pally al the table, = ave ere, now!” aterrupled his father, | “Well, “thin, _ kape yer. mune shut Agi ate it” SS m nt for their feed, sleep in-damp nest, he nt get diseased and die. ‘Then it was nob any iedened to lake of the matter, and s a belter chance for life vaneement, and wo are gelling, excellend results, If I pigs ai ell cared the, there shoul M be any larger per- liters lage of less than with, the spring f to @ first place I will say that the if which the pigs should not o1 & wea he ®} which they relish, for them to get e ler oY 1 tiey es Hig They will soon learn to return ey ee jcouge at regular intervals for Give on on! time as the Bs about as much feed al no 0- X= cep dng eat at least twice ming time, ei weeks of ane they tog to weigh from - 4 te be wean without any check a the growth, ¢@ they have hale to pera on the feed more .than on the mother, the; Ae ven ia which to sleep, an opportunity 10 et all the exercise the; ground, and awa ore fed their ration largely of ground feeds and milk, and that, too, warm and in quantities which they can eat up: eadily, they will. grow rapidly and ‘make meat as cheaply as in the = 5, g 3 a e. In my own experience, T have obtained belter results with the fall litters than. wi the spring. I havo Spee. to the pigs\in the winter thst in the summer, KEEPING SEED CORN OVER WINTER orn crop depends pee ae es- sential ene the selecting of seed, the are of the seed and the Aron and cultivation of the seed, The second nsideration is the most simple of the three, says Mr. Fre allin, 2 seeds should always be pul away It itis not. dry when selected, dry 555: not too much in a pile, may be free Ce kine of air through asicr to smother seed shell tho 10 o ft ward through the cor should be put on them box-| ike fallin, rafters by the Lares pieces and fastening them to the “afters, hrow your corn into this® Bie SARS crate and it will then bein @ dry place with plenty of-air- and ‘away This also ly yu e been visiling my pa-| wounded horse, rend the animal} sician and ‘surgeon states’ 4] from the rats Is tionis gah, Btls said | perfectly imenagenble, sl ey absolutely reliable guarantee} makes a splendid place for early gather- aloud; must not go about making in 1595 it is recorded that a party of} for discerning actual death is still de-| ed seed of any kind. It does not bleach people well in this reckless way. “How ‘bels_(bowmen) encountering) manded, and the demand has been met] an on: air-dri he bi are wé poor doctors to livé sj areon led horsemen of the|py the discovery of a new medium for] { results from oiling se them and kill chaste’ with a fect cer} corn with linseed oil before putting it in dampness, but I do not think it is reall nevessary, as a gpod roo of air are the first things lhe color ot emeralds; ir the circulation ) placed in the und, Do not plant too i ceased none of these results occur, eee, Study your ground. Plant the The discoverer proposes id a Teast two] seed deep frothy ie ea and hold the p that it will moisture, but ni smother and cat? ne a poultry should be thoroughly dri reme! bes ble to barrels, ence acking by placing a tts or oi hora vous hly cleaned rye straw on the bi 1 hei the end of the box andthe back up. fenders | Continui il this row in the samo will be made*to work ai es will be} manner until completed; then begin the placed fo their credit or toward the sup- ond row the same way, letting the por of their dependents. head Ete bird pass up between the . < 5 imps of the two adjoining ones, whicl | LUNURIOUS TRAVELLING. —_| will make it complete and ie e most. ‘Juyurious reilway } Packing the k roe reverse the order, ainenee ever built has just been com-| Placing the head against the end of the pleted in France for KingsGeorge of | box, pushing -the feet under tha Greece. It is 45 feet long, and consists | bo dies of the other fowls, Lastly, fill puns will nd Sale with straw, so the poultry can- rooms, a study, lined with book- | not ‘move. his a firmness in nificent drawing-room, | Packing that will prevent moving dur- layer and on top, so as to have the box filled full. ne —— SHE HAD TO GO. 23 cited professor, tha soo at fallen cn “Troken her collars Profess¢ ischarg at once. You to eae cxnedl ae she broke. , it does oat matter whather *, PACKING AND SHIPPING POULTRY. +