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When pow are Annesley reached home al the end of his moonlight ride after the discouraging reception of his suit by ice he went to bed and to sleep in the frost unromantic fashion, and rose re- freshed next morning to eat a hearty it. weakfast he took a cigar and to an account of the symptoms of hi sister's Hding-horee, and, having atten: tively examined the crealure, pi ed for it; then ho ently fell'tho legs of a carringe-horse, and di there was nothing the matter but —swellin from er. important smoking with apparent enjoymen| the time, ‘Then ho passed an hour in his mother's Mens of bus ness, lookin the day bef that ihe had passed tre evening at the ata this he strolled through the = aes 3 by tall forest trees, growin, to the water's edge, where there was a ue a and bathing-stage and a boat-| \,., stepping into, a liltle boat, cilled out'senward~ Then‘bis faca be" ame thought(ul, and. he. began, to fleck on what hed passed in the’ garden the evening riondly twas crocs a he did not love him, and he did noi ve. athos in his sudd ed, would make Alice cling to ey as to that of a canonize sal Ye i the fact that Alice betes sa to t ased upon the re cept moral bas cee which was the foundation of Bo m love. And it was not so ver; iaonshis that she should wish Tene 10 lain history the ternoon ; he saw clearly that whether she would finally love n or net, she would most certainly never accept his intil the mystery wi i up. That would be the first ste] As he led swiftly over the cali waters, the blue heaven above him and the blue sea beneath, Alice's face rose be- fore him, and the tones of grew upon his ear, and he fe ly he loved her and how ings ti was to be happy without her. If ie gould not win her, he =Haako 00 tmmanly moan, bul the glory of his life would yone. After m1 an mi id band, id wi uuld be a content wife ; but he would never be really hap- py, he would have hing ao lifes he even “doubted if he could so conquer his feelings as to marr. te Thought this, seeing Alice's imaginal ing the charm of er et ears File a oye and dimmed the blue vision of se 5 came into his mind id he yield to her , taking the risk Nes long time, scull- ion 0k won, living a tranquil and useful life by his side. He thought would spring up a Mt ut alt this only if she loved him; vets why should she no 2 Th me 8 long, onfuse his sen: tie Be imreniee himselt wing hor the whole story, and tried to think how she woul He thought he siw hor ror coming a he s she listened, and anguish clouding her face—and would. that: be | ail? No; if he judged her rightly, something more would helweei Huem—anger and. scorn, é him, as he eee the pcp of his thoughts w a pitying tenderness | ¥ ST es her yee and found him-| *' sell forgiven. for love's “sake, and, Pathan, when. th ie aeat ish had. spent itself, loved at-last. At this thought the tempiation to tell ecame urgen! hard to let her go SN fur- ther cttorts, ¥ ay her. ea not cba ae ak acenge itu iar its, ies mn, and Joved her and thought—that ons it mus & 8 member the brief fool's seemed so long and so full o! He recalled thelr discussions and argu- conceivable topes and rie Hine of character brought out by 9 Once. they i rd him, and} fe them, seeing | hey im| for anlleS, ‘spread. well-cullivated les, 4 truth, ‘he ad even, in his cadet days, | usually. the fe unaliainable, ; Sappho's. ap- i or-| upon them just ry the beechen oi ea youtbe abet ‘and then ‘ould have forgiven Becky bub. Weat ons: cenerniggt Inlucy of, ing George Osborne's infdeti everything ak “The air seemed slill to. vibrate with the tones of her voice; he remembered the flutter of a ribbon on her dress when re fool's paradises for Fever a for ‘é tough fellow able ae Gauge fis, ‘na share of hard knocks, 6 said, aloud, e heard but the waves and the light breeze which sprung uj hefore the wind, pursuing: these re! tions, he“thought thatthe best thing in most lives might after all be a happy ed ideal. The sun had lurnsd, and was already far down the western slo woods and jresaoale arou eat trea the cove, put © the straight he tect and toss advantage of; ed so strange that neither he nor those fans planes ations should aye seen it before. using of guns, ships, and forts, ho strolled along the sunny turf, seeing hi chimmeys and gables tise above the green domes of woodland encircling lise“darvn slretching away old Jacobean building in hullt on: “to an older wi tended far back, and was scarcely seen ik would make your hair stand of Gledesworth—she was proud of the {ile 4a cher fond wey, and thought. he b it well; he looked like a man rail in high places, and be clothed with power and respovisibility. “All alone, mother?” he asked, a seat near her, and losing hal taking a Se 8 Ef ¢ ES 2g ® = 4 EE b= ia Ss & 2 nobody has driven or ropertey in the family since King mg it, curse and, al T don't] & tare The the he ee, do your” He up and-laughed, “it gives me the oe ete enough to believe in the-prediction... Upon my word, I won- der nobody ever thought of selling the curse before.” “hero might de a dificuly: in finding a. purchaser ny ay dear.” added, more = sory could bi s the place for you; that ~ ‘vish 1 T could, for your sake," he re- “put really you take it too much little hat is a ills satire s-engagel than os “make mischief belween a Not tha 1 believe he ever really cared for her,” she added, with sepeniy, Sut most men ‘of by artful and un- replied, with st ¢ soul!” he said, “think of her T firmly pals it has turned is not seni for 0 al the very 12 loo) from ues “apna and behind which} beat, and autifully timbered Gothic hall, in good rest ation. It was a noble specimen of a stately rie was fill of magnificent interspersed with farms and w goodly Edward ‘Annesley looked at it a wendered if any one could be a whit better for possessing it, as he did; the bare-armed and brown-[aced pushing his mowing-maehine pleasant sound over. the smooth deep sward, ha good a harvest for his eyes. The tops of the oaks caught the full sunshine in their rus and the sumlight lay, 85 warmly for him on the weathered stone of the ond and pic resque house “Edward had been much happier in the old d but a subaltern | from ean responsibilities, with no prelensions. bul sith endless p ibili- ties before him profession he loved, if not aealy ‘vith ‘a fleld-mar- shi al's baton in pocket, before his Pe meeting with Alice Lingard’ had. created an imperious need in his heart. All wanted. then ae a fair chance in the} was two came to the plane ks service, the variet; and peril of a militar and instruments, re Morne 10. found it share. his. possdsaions and pire tis awning grace fo his beaviitul home, Mrs. Edward Annesley was silting a a table beneath a nepren ing plane-tree in front of the at some tance from it, fle mae needle-work in ber hand. She saw her son issue from e and come toward her in the sunshine. “some echo of his mus: Ings was in her mind at the mo en i; Jeo, was beginning to realize tho oer the good fortune which. ‘had 9 eaapenele befallen qa: though’ p¢ haps she would not ae a the — blighting qanielans — which OE 2 whale family in fending. their Tpnestance should ae ghd them: hi . a seemed to her, as lo Bi yard, unhome- i {like and like him, she thought regret. could never for- r 5 ally he plain, unpretentious. red- rick’ house mantied with ivy, in which her husband had died, and her latter ya heat ‘spent in peace and plea- her son. but her husband, as she knew : ‘hn strengih, was “Dear ured slat herself, while her. kind eyes clouded, gy thought him so like his father’ ti of late. What was the Soe Ahat every ane im? she wo) step se too mi is dat iantneae cea the ‘ta ck low. hat, had et their youtatay joy: aan ralernly" ~ | hood, oe anne 100d, elated by trouble and care? lish home ; the} a 1@ | seemed to ‘het for a year. I might g “ass. told her many of his scrapes. She had tried not to spoil ‘hint and turn him into the flabby sinner or saint a widow's er, and certainly: ha the tyrant to a younger eo ae she had had very littl me key bd she knew tha’ dom i the eae nee ae Sone ant husbai “tt ‘s mt rd not to know. I am your other !” she excla' “Tt is hard not to , and I am your son,” he replied, mae aye and then a servant appeared with ~ Ae S, and they could not pursue the s Harriet Annesley's ‘singing came tly an open window : ““xch Golt, mein Lieb ist, odt, Ist bei dem lieben and tide him think of Alice and Paul. It broke off abruptly, s Se 5 a 28 5 thelr brother gt going off all-day seit: telling a “Then Eleanor “poured out tea, and ¢ ing they were, and y that thacdoors of Se Sane atl he golden prainise of their lives ; aha wate ne wae thinking this and affectionalely teasing them, he eee haat in ft him, the He a sabe, white What ag you want? cr this ene for you," producing a See was! ans "t 0. answi With that he turned, unig heavily back again without more ado. ‘ied Edward, who felt a thrill a first sight of his ‘aan which he reodgnizei ing to apa for all one family stamp. He gave the messenger a bright Wale ‘and bid theservant take him in and give him food, but still did not appear in a hurry to ne his Be ler. “Ho ry antic !" observed Eleanor ; vio is “ihe. ‘she, the fair, the chaste, the w she r mit Herz und Seale meina,” sung Harriet, her ay sul undated ub her olan inte shania from while t nd back to: white again, till a nator the w very exactly, and.put it in. his pocket with a thoughtful ate Bern he pent his gaze from the sunshiny turf to his mother and sister, sho wore occupied with some trifling otow axpild you like to as the win- er in Rome 2” he asked. ui might #0 ig Switzerland if August 0 or "September }and gradually creep on eotd orurt up ‘ins t ee eta long lea’ join you. What do you say?” sethere nes a oe and animated dis- an mnily. the two. girls gs es ember, We W | moved ‘off, Tan ah tee new scheme, and left the others “Tt “ aj vee. "award then said “She has refused me. Oi tien 1 shall think no more of it.” rose and join ae ters. writer Saved waste no more ane supject upon ‘whieh they could ae an- : cae ‘un-| 6) What. ae nie clear yourselt of these aeieins ‘Thal | ke the ake and read, his| © over. fo, enlértains any thought of mar- niage, - Ste hoped that in ease of their nealing ‘gain. she might rely. upon i pearihg: himselt towand Yer eg © triend; ut nothing more, ‘This last-sentence, which poor Alice robably nayer have: writen but ce of Paul's ten- would for her painful experi 2/acious. courtship, was alorinniae in 8 stung him into shi Seine no’ in = X troubling her with unwelcome attentions, a letter that. wounded her to. the hea rts w foe so rife ‘The long golden beams of the evening |Hayti. ‘The people xb many of the itt ok pac the closed blinds and |@dilies of thought and habit common fell on his ras ho eros? Such long |'¥ European races. ee ver. suet taling upon. Gervase ; lve ideas and Alico ne down above: Arden, They give when the a “ ras the sim? dominates their ple ayarcis wie exhoed so Jong through the memories of both, “Quite right.” (fo. be continued). BRITAINS ¥! OW PERIL, The Sinister Menace of John uae Kitchener been bi ther He Be Kin a ae a eli showman, sph Europe,’ would ie things of the pas najor who made the Se tone Bmoking-toom-of -on6 we major's cigars, we ‘were tactful enough to smile and 8k what heameant, And the gallant major deigned to tell “China the world,” -he remarked,» “and only needs to. "be. roused lo prove Si. Her people ae is ‘brains and physique to | ail their yell iIngers over the map and oplteste rit bit of British red All they need 3s ¢ slrong man t marahiel. her fore resources. hey W vant an Sais! and that’s why ious lucky thing for us that isn’t a Chinaman. “NO CHINESE.” The gallant major said a lot more which we do choose to repeat. it’ precii Kitchener Now, althou Re thet individual. view t Nee gioeehe ie ada _Probebly an imporfant element in the think- |? 0 hypnotizin i sas hi remarks 10 set MS me to | Which the priest possess, for they h ie “Greed--miserable, grovelling, wicked varice—that is the Chinaman’s all- dominating trait. Yo gratify it he will ring into play a Mephistophelean. cun- ning and wnserupulousness ; will des: cend te pean mind; “THE DPAGON” ‘sie KILL ST. GEORGE. Money is the god * his worship, a that he may “have and hold,” no en how little, he will make ie sacri fice of his brother or pole: is this very attribute—this inearation ‘of sellghnese —that-has made ‘athay to look like a moribun crear Chinaman will never trust another, and therein lies the were suddenly ‘to enter into Rena with the Po Supposing she diled her_men. as soldiers and suilors.. -Wh imitate pony and bu; coal for ships; her _ ynpale qar indenilics, is immensur- a 80 Jong as the Chinese character lon, nutual é e Fd 2 ae & BS ee 8 distra 7 srathing Tike @ formidable army or navy te | being organias THE YELLOW PERIL, as it exists to-day: in Beitall is in a dif- ferent form, The number of Chinese: a iy pony, is nol eth great. Chief regate in. put great Leia 2 dock ‘distr riets, ondon, Liverpool, Southa fon, ae any gba 5% io Ae other ae places are wher the Children a ne Ete Land af Dragon niake their hon And wher- Te | ever they take ae ‘helt Perinat alioad it is for evil. ce you shall find an honest aero vein business in t. you ate mo. wht th that solemn ‘See at hall find & a ain aR heart all ana aan with: out soruy WAS THAT ARE DARK. John ane may carry ons a shop o mulets, e—but ee imi as, left. our old “acquaintance roan ind. To assist John Chinaman in his pitiless objects opium comes into service. ide a mysterious shop, curtained off may see him sit- ting amid a show of tobacco and cigars furnished with mattres VERY REAL DANGER. And who will you find there? Youths? ration a. criminals of iy them, but Reka city men, Se in the vain ype of ee bane a dugg te the see a acaitipave e a physical, mest and moral well- bein; cane ‘The vial Nori Lee es een London and Edinburgh is under the control of no fewer tialy sdiflerent “author A. |fteance of the is the mightiest nation in all | bs 5 Tapani Mie inte VOODO STRONG IN HAY eS SUPERSTITION DOMINATES LIVES OF THE NATIVES, White People on the Island Haye Few Opportunities to See Its Mysteries. There is probably no land on earth he asin credible extent. This is the old: system of witchcraft |, which w ation. Gataparelively auUe 18 yet known DY he people of the real inner signi- oan ‘hough Phenom: gr, spirits also exist to the negro, but these as harmless and need not be fear- 6 here is, however, an urgent ne- cessity to conciliate the evil s, and Worship ‘and. sacrifice Tenea. ne shave Theso are. conducted by recognized agents, by the papaloi, or_ pri a priestess. 1e id fow on great occasions the “goat ssaibent hornet tat | is, AN: Asso with the ESS g ame Hi Sanco ee hyh with this the most ‘extraordinary stories are told of the power of the papaloi and non and use it fra norant.. An intelligent native doctor fold me of the case of a girl for whom al rson insensible and fo all appearances dead, and to revive oe - Be with a simple antidote. robably the explanatio! m of a [sons which the same native doctor told =e papaloi publicly challenged him to a Ses contest: is elim a uryin| it for three and then restoring it. The doctor fa ‘his ery eon to rd, es ale ¢ let the matter pass. More is, their ete Dower Jo malt any redoUenlis A meueay. “hs ate SOME QUE STORIES, me by a white man who within his own ¢ apparently. died and Years aller she was found ina fleld al recognized. She said she being placed in the grave, and also former life returned, ‘The ofa girl, the child of educated and well- to-do_parents. who i ed, Some (ime afterward dhe, parents dining in another ‘house—and 5a je their own patent ‘They were caavimede paloi. Ue said is was a very likely big and told ale hi ign vemneribared. ayia. aba * other rte was| women did and she fully recovered her mem- here be a natural cxplanetion ae all Thess. ‘things, just as there ts for others’ that are told the For instance, the negroes ob- vledge of events which have known the result of engage- ments long before the news could have ed It is believed by the phos ees the intellig shouted aS 8S eal: to be the secret 0 D> the extraor: | mentions the ropical Depend- it it was once an organized eesiom in the ancient black Se alk on the West Coast for the King to trans- ages {rom village to village in ies rapidity wilh which news travels Sh aewen ne cv " yealized how it could be done, dhe clean atmosphere of the ‘on the figure of a boy who wa ing up the capt dlside=lowend ch church. “Samuel!” he said, speaking in a low, 7 oe THE BOY TURN. “Close the church windo and come back to ihe hous came his answer n ihe. wide thiervening apace, the boy: turned and went on his way. ihe ech nleee renee ihe wanes cee monies take place are seattered throtgh: e regular s which, is with such frenzied swiftness, the pries rging her on by incantations, that si iitimately falls to the ground in a trance, - As she. lies the. people dangs around her. ‘Then the priest sacrifices i taking the drip- _ sprinkles the blood on. all i up and used as a medium and made to respond juestions by the priest. The thir F the daticing: ohne -psmboney the dri inking of tall of nalivé rum, and the most riotous revels. The Gov 255 2 G interfere with these procecdin, apblol hag hang ople, and ‘of course influence them’ pelltically while -evens< (is: dita fect by. est oMeials are more or less affected the prevailing belief. They, however, end a as possible to keep its manifestations hidden from the curious eyes of lranger. One day. 1 heard that a voodoo. ceremony was to ta place at night on the outskirts of ee capital, and I prevailed ‘on. a negto to gmide me to the spot, On the ned Se, and en that it had been prohibited by rolaty at Slate for thé Inlectors ‘The question whether human sacrifice | “4 observer to answer wilh any dea ot Somme, si nat he had actually witnessed the “red voodoo,” but many to sata! Ss T secret assemblies in, ihe wots. T'was told the story of & Gen. man who was tal negro to wile essa ceremony where the * "goat with . | out horns’ Seeree. ss soms only on. tl year previous, wi voir form blos- a a and clear and deliber- | 4, ‘0 | different varieti $10 will ++ to+tt+r : About the. Farm 3 +444 $4444+444- tt+tt4t+ tees ett +: BEAUTIFYING THE FARM GROUNDS. _ Beautifying the home pangtrom: any other work on the farm. much more involved in it tea laying ail anes awakening es to the beautiful, the appre- contrast in. color an For instance, 1 wonder how many could tell offhand the difference in shape between a purple-leaved golden oak, or the difference in color tween foxglove and larkspur? How ae hs that the lilac comes in 10 r 12 varieties of color, or that some of a Minories cee Asi their blos- ood, grown. the soms on the old wi ~ Well, and sup) 4 ae don’t know? ‘hen we are losing one of the greatest pose I go to business, and every day L stay there y supper, rea Pp bed, todo th again day after day, month ofter month, What will be the I grow broad. mina , ins sympathetic well-in- On the contrary, as the. years ih by I will spend more and more time at my office, until nothing interests me except business, and as a result I be narrow-minded and. uninteresting. ow that’s just what will happen to us o mind, to rest the brain, and so fresh it. The oftim 06 AS mmon interest H So Tw come so interes! that we will wonder why we ney, ee of it before, “But why, Towa ernie and trees that will only At ad tharacier, and the resent and -futiog worth dollars to us to have mesa tile! weecpersonally: ria be hard- working ‘industrious and pros ous, yet it warhave x the Gra will p and so will our Tnalanore: or © us as close-fisted and mean, w thousand times worse. cost much to have a lov homoy $12) will uy 15 beautit twos of buy 30 Garibeahioh wOlbioem toon, May un- SL frost. If w jouble row of Lombardy poplars, If there are. sor Unattractive views trom the house; shit them out by planting evergreens, or if some of the farm: buildings are ugly, ‘spur and hotlyhoeks. Bo sure to ania a fine garden, for wha‘ a coun! mae without Sinwteatie: fresh vegetables, elc.? A few yeajgytgo, hi tthe Iltnois Pat ORE Station pysited garden may be added that El Sonrege at r five years knowledged many years ago that = cei mie cuninatlines worship did involve the eating of hu-!On my own place, a man and myselt nan fl nd the sauntey districts of fi Bight vase orelnwit BG Hayli change little with the years, but} 4 @aribe Roane dere thay the. ‘evidence o! als pieva- ch week was devoled to lence of the practice is both meagre and of doubtful quality. ite as a eriminal reversion of} {o aboriginal habit, and dd their best In_one case they’ shot a} the trials in these cases, and a very strong public Foe a has. developed against, the. crim ati The statue perched 5 on top of Philadelphia Town Hall is them to give the girl salt, which they William Penn, and stands 36 feet high, iW if it a “Oh, how is Mrs. Jones 2 ue aan Puke Bay ah SS 00 feet in mid-air: ti of mowing the Hat caring for the flowers, elc, Of eourse, if'il is neglected for three S| or four: weeks: it becomes a task, Bul mako it a rule aes to let anything ine terf ae Ang know the old say! weed unto the Hie things ina ni the bulge on kings.” Wi es you go to choose your shrubs and trees, send for a calalogue to some good por pet then study the colors of the ein h has hatte tiful golds botched Teaves, Which stay on res until late in the fall, Now, to bring out all the beauty of this tree, it should bo pk near a treo deep purple in the spring, changing to crimson in the summer, and a dull purplish-green in the nother important. point ia ee hes color in the winter, when the sky is dull and the country cold and ehecriess. could name 27 shrubs that have color all winter, either In their fruit or berries or branches. example, know the Japanese barber we; ik w Jooks “wonderfully.” When you. realize that hodge plants are sot, as. a rule, about two feet apart, you can readily see Aha tundred wilt go-a long way, 7! neaison why we need to hi etulitul homes Ja-in- order that weentay: hevabestiful charters. hss ure fo re of the HOG wing donsiPl Z 3 widen oe horizow beyonds the sates, ec the és nether we die rich or poor makes litte aiTerenee, but wiethor we har nade the ul opporiaith in. the world, lovely home is fel unto - pleasure nol ‘lyy-but to every cne that pa nal village 0 attend farmers’ institute, and after eke meet. to drive got into, Had loft, an too ard, and his homes®wus bare and un attractive. Yet we go on working, never stopping to ‘think how we can mi mes cinating that’ {hy ildhood is the: and nba and to make wickedness in their hearts. ward © x Parkinso at ne Counts San : oo te+tttt same thing time cna ites Boghtnare is to plant tha: