H+ettt+ +4 SERRRSERRARSERAREERERREEERRRER RRR Face to Face OR, GERVASE RICKMAN’S AMBITION. CRAPTER V.—(Continued). Even wie they spoké, Raysh Squire came to the melancholy office'in the chill belly, and went out into the sunny afternoon, alrelching his stiffened arms and yawn- sak : ing his arms ani yayning with equal inlensity, and since nothing fosters friendship like a com- (unity of interests and occupation, this sympathelic sight moved him t slow steps across the mounded turf ta that quarter, and, resting ae orm on eile wall, to look over it, as the figure in shirt-sleeves, which a that 0 young and stalwart man, executed a finial yawn of surpassing excellence, and seating himself on th aa seat said the sexton, i i long, wiry, bony figure, with a fle: lack halt, and whiskers touched with grey. me cate replied the gardenfr, without raising his eyes from the st pe which he was gazing, while he pipe he held in the hollow sexton, turning round to- cottage, which Stood at the which contained his “four o'clock,” a Hoddeak: noua of small beer. “Bu vitae of shpat Josh Baker,” id the sexton, after applying himself ¥ to this refreshing Pape and thus con- ocaling. his features for some moments, jardener, after slowly and solemnly surveying the sex- r some time, n his legs, ch were stretched mat Sante before him, and his hands clasped together. “Buryen’ of ston continued Raysh, after a thoughtful pause, durin, which he a fresh ‘inspiration from. the “four o'clock,” “is a ongrateful trade. Vur why? Volk never thanks @nybody fur putting of ‘em under yun 25 22a 5 ao yenrd. 0 nobody te turning thanks vur the buryen’, not a! T knows on, I haint “Ay, Josh Baker, and I war'nt you boans as you med trade is buryen’, a reckon you've put a tidy lot under the ground, Master Squire,” said the gardener, afler a pause, “Hreckoi Josh," returned the ad to com Squire,’ heartsome up under tree when the prim- roses s, and you allays stood vriend.’” There ain't a many ike Ein A ongrateful trade is buryen’ and dryin’ trade,” een burying of this yer Raysh,” objected the “How be m they'll hae to bury the cle- han, Josh Baker, if s0 be as thiey haes heir outlandish ed 's grandfather out and 's brothers, hringed ’em out me- and terble which. |, he handed the malig to the litle wits grandchild, who trotted off with artis yere doctor o’ ourn's a Ann yj there's he left,” ‘3 Annesleys, an’ there's Annes- Se osh Baker, Zame as wi’ aj Ribestone Pippins ington Annesleys is men's ‘ighorancs, compassion. for Baker, this yere’ world, terble knowlédgable world ‘tis e zure.” The gardener was too much crushed by this combination of axiom aie Pies ition to make’ any a hazarding me ea with the scent of the gown in ie arrow with most 4, Sie: result: The sexton meantime panee upon the jossed stone wall, enjoying the double ure of successful Se aee as In -and thi March sun- . beams wit nut, and listened with vague ‘delight to the rich flute-notes of a black- bird near, ay = click of the church- made i “a jes from the mmo hem as much as to say, “what do you aa now?” “You may as well ok pleasant ; ee8ee9s0 | B 6 ; t # t id of his monotonous and | ; g testis (caterpillars) and buoys +y shless face, | yor 8 | of Reapers BRS josh pulled his felt hat back on his|? yellow curls, my ‘ which kept him chained to the Ys} tion was a good wife. en aines- | objected’ the gar- 3 Jos! "sa _ knowledgable} ma: 7 x but whet Tve a had m SEER E FEET EEE EE ETE EEE THEE THE EEE Rioknian aot my cousin, Paul Am “{ minds ye well enough,” replied sh, “Mai se Sens you be terbio bad. buoy you be ure, Rete, baleen ye, prel nigh Tied me to death. Not as I Deate no ee bless is made 2 purpose to tarment mankin ie z ae via: nu il be till kingdom ie, I hreckon.” “[ fear. wha did lead you a life of it. seem to remember getting into the tower and ringing “the. bells at some unholy hou “Dye mind how ¥ whacked ye vor'l?” replled. the old, man, brightlening at the e to let en off, a I ale eno off. I'd gin pennelh avore. you come,” he,added, with sal tac “And I had forgotten this service, Miss laughing. ie day I may repay in kind. Can wo get “You med get into church if you'd got " replied the old mai “pul if you ain't got ara wil hae to Wail -ilkL velehes, one vor more arbitrary every day of Sibyl, Jaugh more an ae ped at the church-yard gate ved, “takes a power vell-wuth it they be. don't hold with these yer publicans, Mr. n and “eddicated the volk with amens, and give out the tele what was zung to dree viddles. Inet an He a Aas ‘4 you med alae. where a And they've a zet me down sane wi' the | Toy volk,. as though 1 wasn't nara bil bet- us be alors, es stands Yer Radical chaps they ups and won't hae rio clerks, ae queens, nor no nothinky anys they. AY; h.” eEE5 “| that’s how ‘tis, zure e Annesley. replied thot, being imnselt plain man,” whose business s to serve the qeswaaup foulolan: and, having ‘seated this assertion by the lece: Into his. feshe clutch, leav- ing.a ‘ood impression up ariegties ton, Si remained behind to tidy up the belfry before finally locking the doors. CHAPTER VI. It would have been better for all if Edward-Annesley had. resisted the spell afternoon; but he did not, e days 3 vemely tiresome end, “Sibyl si iat T can’t: help chance ar grow- ie in Then it w had atid fais something far beyond tho human average, and that all hé wanted to hang him to absolute perfec- this he straight ‘into | betant eyes, but without evoking the em- ssment he ex) hen» he bhunaered further into fas Spiess upon the wisdom of m: rying a friend known. from childhood, and said Bony that + thought such a friendship best feeling to marry hin 60 she returned, wis ful lhe seiforgelfulness lias its ‘such y charm “A fitter he echoed, looking with warm admiration = the bright face so of fiselte “oh! iiss had fully conscious of the fervor with wach Sibyl flushed, and bent ith Fite rafter slirred un- min, the scent of. which Speakable feelings ‘within moment, and then, puters regaining her composure, replied with an. airy jaugh, “What. rubbish oS are talking! we Wi ul us down with one of his little cynical speeches. the. twins took ae et what we 2 in He ‘choller “Poor cld soul!” ¢ ented Sibyl, as hey ned a ma tom ‘the cottage, “her ly her, She said oy you ean, Raysh,” said Sibyl; *we have any i ought you an old friend member ae Master si Bey sta say,” said Annesley. “I here a boy with Mr. Gervasi sc ja nnes- | ¥, and 2] so chim ance stillness, ad been a sur- ‘se, when some pigeons flying sud- d | denly pe under a e horse's nose started him off areer, which, before ve} master, for Y | off slowly ho M cat determination and every ni her--for al si “Has vase grown into a cynic?” Nibhatsor: who seen service in In- he asked, wondering how great an ass| dia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Burma and he had made of himself, and greatly re-} South Africa, os well as serving as mili- Jieved when, the long recital of Grand- staat wil ie Japanese army. mother Squire's woes being at last} during. the recent war. ended, ae came out from the honey- None is in the loveli- te iby sig NERVE. gh, Miss. Lingard,’ Se Ss ee nd to put uj ak era ee Be ig ey 1 aon know wat ter do. nothi yeenny ‘Raysh {is bad enough, and a put with he this va ede forty Re But revels aia't not gy to rheu- matics, bles: Oh!” " Siby!'s gay voice ainiedies ee to a shriek a terror—“he will be killed!” she crie ‘and flew down the lane to the high- See s obliged to open, while Alice ran to call Raysh. Siby!’s cry, and the grating sound over to the high-road, where they saw a half- shattered dog-cart jolted along by a powerful iron-gray horse, which was kicking against the ruin-at his heels and maddening himself afresh at every kick: the~ horse's Apa, and holding him wilh a grasp of iron, was Gervase Rick- man, hatless, Asa immingnt perl i hil hn n her soothed from dime to lime w Hi his and voice. He ‘tad ident been struggling for h the frightened animal; is faco-was pale-wilh fatigue, ond Mis fair cap wih aves i further up the road lay groom, who had been thrown out the vehicle, and gardens and ha Tot. purtiea sitidl and arrived in time bestow his benediction on the cutting of the last strap. Annesley reached t spot first, Sibyl and Josh were a tot @ ers had cut away the wreck an free, es sl hea ad, in. spile ee tried to help the 4 certain: iy. Kept-the-wreck tra falling upon fac steed of away the ee until the eature, released from the clattering at his heels, gradually ieted down, snorting and ouvert Jess and less. By that time the owner of the equi- page ane running up ad a house be- ond the village, where he had been patient, wie Mea unlucky off in the afternoon in hand, was terminated by a proper inst the bank at the corner. got ready, and the Manor parly moved Sea he could not have renewed "his ac- oe quaintance with Rickman; whom he had dng ae in. his teens, under bet- stint with vigor and gallantry. (To be continued). Ser es RAWWAYS TO TO ORDER. rvices of Individ Dovenby Station, on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, about threo Tiles built Mrs. £3 guests and servant booking office and a litle waiting room. The Notth _Stallordshive Railway Company ste ently. ere ation for the use of cheadletoi~ Asyluta “onle The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways, when Christ's Hospital wa remo’ Newgate strect to Wes! Horsham, erected a special station there for the use of the famous Bluecoat joys. Whippingham Station, in’ the Isle “of Osborne. Since the Ki Os- orne House as a royal residence, how- ever, the ion has me public. built fay boys there began to approach 400, felt that the difficulties attendant on thee growth of the famous college fo that me was So rapid, that a special sta- tion became a necessi ‘o-da: serves a wider use; but even yet, the boys and staff of the 0) form the major portion of-its pal ps Nae 3 GENERAL BULLER'S RECORD, Loft British Army Alter 48 Years’ Ser- in-All Parts of Empire. General the “Might “Hom. sit Henry Redvers Y. C., retires from army after ‘nth years’ service. He in 1880, and joined the 60th Rifles in Tiss, two years after which 1 wa was chief of wat in the “first Boer aia served in su in wars of I 1884, and finished his active service oe General and- hg the Forces in the late South ines mpaign. “He is a Devonshireman, an immense favorite’ with in — ae Goodar Walk around to the kitchen, poor man, and you shall be Lazy Larry—Aw, say, dats’ a purt long: wal i. Tady; couldn't age hand it ‘out here ave as well Mi Si 1 Some women | § , and in a few minutes the fr a the iaghened ah could get the reins |} Many Lines in Engng eee for 4 Ser FETtEt tt tt tte tte tet egy About the Farm HEEFT +444 444444444444 HEALTHY COWS. #tt+++++tte A444 444sooe of more vital imporlanes Pore of this land be other stocl ier is raw, “and 8 great per cents-of Ns of practically a raw hotels) state, It ed in e” at the the to be more concerned in the health of our cows in parliewiar because we Sno subject to dis- read it more rapidly than the beet ‘ale je the dairy c This:wouldsnob he doteimen: tal to health if proper attention was given to ea nay conditions in th barn: that barns with rger shed, for they are not yi oul of debt, and use the old shed for the calves It may he y good nen, can be built. In the mean- tine the poor! 4 ventilated sheds have en over stocks and have receive litte nae The young farmer was. too ing a ‘start to fuss sh ton Sees ae cow comforts and i S348 ase gels a foothold in the stuf ew ane, erd inerease and 80 y wise been ren| twain by the great white plague. How can we remedy. this condition of affairs? Men must.start p build cow ies me at they matist at limes evanorowel th medy. is ‘o Sat in a ventilating ystem a every shed or _buuiding where a Fresh air and sun- es are death when necessary if they are not denied fresh air and sunshin i tow 20 eet white- wash—lols of it. Keep things clean ex- ternally, internally and eternally CARE FOR POULTRY. it is very doubtful if there is another living creature he average farin that is so frequently or so badly neglect- as the hen, On the majority of farms the chick- ens are allowed to Fr satisfactory. requently made is this, every time the fowls get into mischief they are energetically’ chooed, clubbed, or pelted with stones or ther misses This will certainly drive the from the seat of trouble it will do it rofils out of the floc you wer oe es epee you comé around, there is lor among them—not some- thing Moat wl scare or harm them. oS: FARM NOTES, amount of pounding or shaking r horses must feed such hay, is to wel it thor- oughly before puting it into the man- ger, i Do the sparrows annoy you, roosting and ‘chattering about and eating rate the gun aan shoot. Hit a8 many as yo can. It won't be long before they will give you a wide sberit The farm work does not press in ee short, cold ys, and so, after chores are done, there is time to ie r things ma. of the claims, which othe rave upon us and which we can not well ignore. E: ul to learn, and there are good books ee at treat cf every branch of farm ork. Ne arly every woodlot is composed «f| house 'd stand in which dead and un- cutting which, even wes the weed trees and those which ue dead, crooked, or otherwise of little pea a give the remaining stand a clear LIVE STOCK NOTES. as possible, manage to use the ass is fresh and lake meiny ‘farmers in teahing live “stock aes af night ee then letting them lay, en though the da; Deoeer and nae stormy. than he ment. This is a thoughtless Ss 0) nly on warn aye as exercise, and iba oe for a short Hig @ proper seit ‘fo treat any bull tat over a year old is to be genlle yet frm with him. “Don’t go ae ae stall pe AnSIesUtS a0 eu ul him with a chib handle. nim ay kindly ‘other “animal, ut se NOUE eye on_hinf; and never place 'Y | May o1 u interestea in Farm Machinery? anton must appeal to you. It shows Plant of The Frost § Falls, Ontario, in which the famous Quality Line of Ageloultural Implements is built. ut a year ago, fire de Plant and these are the buildings ce it, Double the Capacity of our former one. highest grade of Machinery and Prompt Delivery. 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They Are Getting Satisfaction And So Can You. ve the goods, and ae you will give us an Rien f they cannot be surpassed by n the y market, Every machine that leaves our factory Guaranteed man to keep anything that. is not satis in every section Bie the country and the in give-you, will pet * questions about any of our ate valuable '—we will also send you one of our Frost Wood Head Office and Works, - Smith’s Falls, Ontario, months old. bet bee be lured into be- ievein, danger. It is the gentle bulls that xin men, rpnatied they are not watching out for them, HOG NOTES. Are the hogs lousy? M 80 get after them os suggested for mu Begi lowly 01 ee corn. If he On a ue reen while the stalk is fresh and the wot in the milk kept, up eae the corn is mature there is little mger, “The a way there is any money in fall pigs is to have a warm dry place to winter gees in. Then they will grow right al ston ne and be ready for market in iuleboge are naked and-rough skin- ned lo Gay. lor mange. few tim mn burn the “old bedding. Don’t harbor the isease another ee New corn does =3 9 3 & 2 3 e hogs chol- dfn. deny. tires the whole system sc completely out of v wi ot fed with cattt tsdisease can not ous. cholera, germs they find a very suitable home sell the good ‘brod® sows this sow as lon, an: How many. sows ea ants. Git Cee HW reed know their business. Bae eS HOW TO CHOOSE A HOUSE. A Few Hints to ‘Those Who Are ‘Think- ing of Buying a Home. not necessary to be an expert order to understand whether a given pours is unfit for occupation, The n of aspect is not of such param te ned tupavtanes as is attributed to it in some mn aspedt Sane upon the house itself, it Sei tig sorL Ou WREIiL-atands It is well known that hou: ea depends Shae ol only give galls for Dullding purposes are the loose nds and gravels, and the worst are the different rocks, oe a limestones, However picturesque eats ane even ‘overhung by trees may r to ws-by, ib i that aac aah ar exceedingly ough to dampness. ees shut out the revi vent the free circulation of rule, The same f great deal of vegetation, round : teu isa sign of damp:s EE SHES, NOTHING LEFT. A colored man in the South was al- lowed to use a piece of land on the con- dition that the oye should: receive one-fourth of the c When the crop ate ripe the colored his house and ju have your sh the owner of tee ground. Noy, where's mine?” “You ain’t got no share,” was the re- PsWhal?” exclaimed: the. owner, “Why, | oj veant 1 to have one-fourth of the oe on RE ue 7 can get | cre the } failer of yo eon your: guard, and nev co ‘to lead “hii ithout staff afler he im. Sees mi but jes" my three Topas 3 Ss, sah,” said the colored man, deh wa'n't no fou hThis the Br tale of the ! TUNNEL UNDER CHANNEL BORE FROM FRANCE TO BRITAIN TO BE BUILT SOON. Two Passages, Each 30 Miles Long — Companies of Two Nations Pushing Plans, The French and English companies hat have agreed to bor ach half ot the tunnel under the Channel that separ- ae England from the coseeny ean just as if the Brit- h Par nt had already phase hil autora ing its co ‘The French Parliament: ke already ryote and 1 informed tit is a Aoki cons 8 22 BE 3 2 £ a S & ne ure ot the proposed. tunnel across the Straits ver, is now ¢; in Paris by the Freueh ‘company, Eiving the differs ugh which the let engineer of the company, a { the most-noled geologists of modetn at Sangatte, below Calais, near the coast, the plant of the French company has been erected, and a simi- lar structure is in course of construe- tion on he: English side, DESIRE OF TWO NATIONS. nearly a century the ries off and on, but not until 1875 was ony decided move made. ‘Then « Erefid ciety was foi der the presidency % of Michael Chevalier, the noted econo- 2,000,000 aa Eda with a capital of One-fourth of the hie were take the De Rothschilds and the French ate Tanent sanctioned the moe AL ye ame tinie an English ern Was pawns: Tt was penned that from baa side a separate tunnel sho be built. ritish Parlement permitted, but when in he were merged aia nck nal nted ti half of the tu meet int middie of the. paieele ae Wolseley sounded the alarm, and said the tunnel Fes e: Es t til from ench side mile of underground tube had been bored. TWO THIRTY-MILE TUNNELS. a quarter of a century has ened aioe Anes Advi Coeus ena by a select committe o! ich olla enshie ‘the ee to be blocked instantly in case of emergency, will campy aes away with the old objec! The rope tunnel is to be 30 ube. running from Shakespear England, to San; rakes i its guced A Ste a ry-la ne ment to more than double the passen- ger legit in te ton be for outward ld t hen run direct from: ea to ai ane countries of Europe, and the other tunnel for the elie rains by ne “Chernin de For HOT PLACE TO WORK, t drawback to the difflcult R3 a ae cs ie demonstration the interior of the aly hol, thus making work tunnel would be bored is altogether different from that theough which the Simp would roll eee, ‘overhead? One would imagine that ha auld © grave that were would be very aie, and thy confidently: assert that the infiltratin of water would not be as is often seen during the sinking of mines, ne of the greatest diMeulties that uuld be experienced in making the tun- el? would “be in melo the line fy shoul followed in order to within the limils of the ground rete which water does not penetrate. This, ¢t course, will be extremely difficult, as th engineers engaged on the work wil have to grope their way in the dark, —— LEARN TO LAUGH, You've a laugh concealed about you; now? eem abysmal, You've a hidden smile somewhere, Why go sneering or complaining ; all? ning t the wormwood and the gall? Is there be in declinit And exhibiting asepalet Every laugh that rings out purely Mal Kes the world a better Tine Why ‘go hoarding up your gladness eee en: of sinless mirth peda Bleck Wae Miesgeeer ness. Hel) ‘That should have no place on earth? pests Geocars NATURE'S HUSTLERS. igures give hardly any idea of the ee of bacteria, rere the best. explain how small they are is filly or os Ristthe But se takes a long time. seed is som twentictn of an nated, for it is} four resin ed that a sav ne oe al least five i eee be effected knowledge that. ri cm Possible to get fi ts. pies Cons rth. —Dere, wa'n’t| ch: r passengers the | jon was pierced. nearly 80 met “