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A SHADOWED PATH; Or, The Curse Of The Family i - ‘One, being almost as perfect men- beth as might have proved the case a delicate clpple, 80 gay, saat med in that desolate, gloomy mansion, on 10 and accom: is Mv, and atlet dogging her Bile Neu pase, \o'e ‘}for the w eps, | ters eyes were spark THT tt tt ttt tt ttt tt ttt te ttt ett CHAPTER VII—(Continued). day she first flew at him, when only ‘The c! four years of age, an pai er fin- lergyman turn away] cers in his hair, and pulled it, spite of kicks and thumps, ut ‘he lad of ten eoulely) yolled’w will tofu edtenleenth erinter fers had bee ‘of petty oie sles the pair; brother, ca into contact with jone another without a terrific hiss and a splutter ensuing. ve aca T had the jorength te beat one day, than ust vant gure your dont want thacwill he retorts “But I cunmot, see what good at wor yo “I might ee ame any Goo ood, ood” she teplled, “but. stil eit WF he mete pleasure, 1 “It is fortunate, then, Lid are not,” Bibi Stephen, w! Has whilst his sis- ling, and her mien in early aoe bat- ee utwi rental quite ca ith a sneer on She Bue pete even the old tis lips, and without ‘a twace of h erone who had croaked forth her ole ened color in’ his face. of /il ‘er the. unconsci “Fortunately for my> self, perhaps, but fagtthat night when a fresh sot not for the world at waa said Judith, u world—Judith puzzled Tausiie suddenly out o! room, to even her. end a contest in w! teh she felt she “It is before her yet,” she would say ld be certain to come off second to those who rejajced over the failure | best. és ‘of tho. prenlctiont Page “ak Is of no uso quorralling with Ste Imysteriously, and ooking away with| Dhen. Papa.” she was wont to say; “be into BU hin either Bodily mentally, and he comes out so quiet- spitt: apeechod thal make: me penect- ndse id ‘ @ and track ‘out the route of each|1¥ wild, and stays quite calm no mat. individual across it. “It is before her| ter what answers I make. te yel—let her b manner of use quarreling vith nian! And the old woman repeated this cau- tion so often to duaith, that the girl Stew weary of ‘But what am 3 to take such care of?” eetod led the young laly, upon one n, “Ot what re are Coing,” replied the “Then way do you quarrel with him, my dear?” “Because I cannot help myself; if we could once have it fairly out—a: real war of Serie or hands—if 1 could-nip and pin him 3 1 di aint wae ee girly I think T should i ; feel: the” belter® tor other. “Look for once fairly into your “suit Judith, . oad her father, shak- hat is in it, and | i5/ hig 1 know you don't ike | ™Zoniy. Once, apa; bul if I could over- to hear about what you call superstition, i a heclitnatla composure ihe girl's cheek: “and perhaps itt tel ie the rae ina Sao way -you will listen to Som eople like to take it out ar ‘one lass, and throw his imper! peey pisett would satisfy me ee ever ‘afte *it you are quite sure ot that, Judith 1 is a pity. you do not ‘once, in es that We Bay have a some out of another, vill” speale er ; aK | specly ath Tece the tl ight on ane’ sien “And co Lwould This mints only { that world i sisters 1 oneg | Ne 18. twice as strong as I d I knew “bore 1 r3, 2"! through. their | SHOU, be sure to fee (he arek ate the y. r attle.” ce Mi lava ikee aaa ane vo Bie ine aes then, had you not better ‘ - 1 yielar® aye ‘walched you day by day, and 1 yield, he repeated: yield 1 would die sooner;” and then, when Thave, what then?” demanded sudithy Woe conanigic, perh Swoak spot, fell no {nelination ra clearer expla aps, of the to press she ule shantlaenGaciratatatly. nthe, she would fling her arms a and call him er, and push. t “Rool it out, a you Would some pots: | wer D4, push the -ondts plant; ‘ou have any fear in| checks, and remind h u—any dead of a wretched. future ware e "she rer did quarrel any de desire for peace and happiness, root out «Why should I?" persisted the other. ‘That your. life. may. in no single re spect resemble theirs," was the reply, “What happened them?” asked ualtn: What capes them!” repeated tho ing her sk'nny ne together; panigant tne omen’s lives, of the heouite bttils ‘were bont their strong hearts tears from e, and they did so, with the whole force of their souls, and yet not one of them merried for it. The aidee it and {I ah Ww shame, humilie- jutting ate han him a satisfied, for Yoved his daughter,-and he did at love his son— to the impulsive be- developed, apparent. He did not love his second what Lane a have been considered years h of should d been a man, Tshould | orate fully }as a la ‘elf—but he iter Judith — the nature; and Ju- to tell her al one tioned before to There was not mi unsalistactory ealalogua Acriblacunke the Ys he had never men- ee and the effort E cerina stran as it ee ; and J dith will fairly — covered her with her hands and wep mother. wero here now," she bed, “she would love you; but as sho is ‘not, 1 will love you enough for both, enough to make up for all the long weary"tIme when you had nobody to care for Would any one have known Henry Renelle then, as he clasped the spenker jo. his heart, and murmured forth a Hava sentence to the effect that the him by And a 10. frontier lends of womanhood, she began to take an_ active shar lomestic. matters, Grid, like all very new and. fresh, and good brooms, she swept remarkably clean She carried ee easel draperies amber most amusing occupation in the world; she washed the old portraits, frames and painting, nothing else, - cleared it flowers in the cracked china vases; she discovered a chest of ancient cade dresses, one of i for bosssll a “s wehereo! she tore up into covers for the old gitd- ec chairs; she discarded hosts of use- less rubbish, and had ooms washed nd rs scoured, and tables polished, | Llandyl tall really But ‘on an agree- able lace once ae She got her fe: ther to help her in the garden, an gether they enied aay barbie and train Candelions and thistles and weeds of all sats and they raked, and dug, and - | delved, ill Judith looked as brown as a berry and Mr. Renelle a practical gardener; and in the winter evenings, she darned his clothes, ani manufactured all sorts o| jim; her fingers we Ne neve; . taking, patchi ving: oi inspecti hee yholes, arranging easy chairs and footstool fortable positions for poor lame ee ng fam ead Paligteor hee: talieing @ er Han, Irving: (oo conke Wilke walned “tor al three, Judith Renelle never had a single ccupied moment. She was as gay 's | row Heit and dust effectually off them; she | vali na tr and mght and morning she prayed that sor- might f of judgment—would “have laid aewe gay ‘young heart. her life for hi — And Judith understood him; for she = bad such a simple, GHAPTER VIII. and ‘such an eai . Renél as not the on! rson that she could do with him what. she] in sristonoe its conidered Iaile soon iyiges Serger ee oa ct." There were others in the world 20, silting: together onthe summa of ea long previously mite nes one of the steepest of the neighboring | among Ee aac ae hills, gazing away over the landscape hin ene lve than he ever ly admired any ef Ee se Peep and who loved her abo: of fetes ate a ian, which, fruth, appenes to be very deed. Mr. Lewis Mazingford, her fat ee During the years it had required to r connection, ai vue. be chose; but Mr. Mazing: ferd wi gn riety: Peni, vainly poured out wine for him. ee a deal of his Hes at Llandyl Halt establish a closer es be!wixt himself and Judith than that at godfather and god-daughter. She west creature he had ine Sonat ae than her mother —handsomer than ‘an: Dressed in the height ah the fashion, and _glitter- with diamonds, there BOs table—imag-ned the sensation she would ae lon; scrutinized her manners, it, coda Fees deter- mined she should ‘be his fe. (To be petaeek ——+. r R+t+++ettete ttttttt+ose About the-Farm ETERINARY WORK FOR DAIRYMEN If a man is going to raiso animals keep animals jBe needs, to a ilments of ata. a onc st think he is a veter Simply because he has. this knowindge St+terret P4+teseee te nies eer ata ments, He ave ihn five hundred miles Dut t may be enab! elk or a ney’ los ly by owning the instriments Del mention, says Dr. C. D, Smead. cow may be bloated. If tia ncliins by simp): it would be dead jong before the veterin- ary could be ha Cows may have an aitack of parturi- ent apoplexy (milk Bae and die be- e had when ringe milk cow and the Cows will occastonally injure a quar- ter of an ed roses, and grubbed down among | velerinary. b milk cistern of the udder with warm water, with some ‘common b soda dissolved in ‘the quarter could have been save cow may have sige aoe and die “before the: velerinary si nm can get there, when if the acrmie had had car he could save her life. A milking cow eos instances can be made to milk by a little slit made with a pepe faaugs with an injured: or lacerated' feat loses it-simply because the farmer has Pol hoy hard milk tube and a knowledge of it. be long a stranger to the |! PREM Ww MS: First year Renewals Annuity . Less Re-assurance INTEREST .. PROFIT AND LOSS. . Mortga : Debetare ‘ahd Bonds. «4; Loans on Policies Premium Obligations . Cash in Banks .... . Cash at’ Head Office Intcrest due and accrued Audited and fourd correct. INCOME. NET LEDGER ASSETS, December +++ 8 230,636.63 ++ 1,519,322.77 3,450.00 $1,753,409.40 20,367.52 ASSETS. Real Estate eee Head. Ome) Due and deferred premiums, (ne J. M, SCULLY, CASH ACCOUNT TO POLICYHOLDERS: 9,890,477.70| Deal Surph Arun 1,733,041.88 December 31st, 509,240.02 1,288.25 $12,134 ,047,85 —— BALANCE SHEET ++ $5,756,070.85 3,593, x surrend Death Claims unadjus! ae ia 29 19 able in. instalment Ty on, 97 RAL 554.91 $11,656,409.92 ee! F.C.A,, Auditor Waterloo, January 29th, 1908, EXPENSES, TAXES, ETC BALANCE NET LEDGER ASSETS, 1907... 0, 8%D.0. Thirty-Eighth Annual Report TO JANUARY ist, 1908, OF THE Mutual Life of Canada HEAD OFFICE, - WATERLOO, ONT. DISBURSEMENTS. LIABILITIES, and 8p.c. te seee ¢810,019,563.89 Reserve en ‘lapsed policies ‘on which ler_values ae claimal Present value of at claims ‘pay Matured caaveeMh unadjusted . 1,693.45 Premiums paid in adyanci Due for medical fees ca Sunder GEO. WEGENAST, i Managing Director. H See PES $12,134,047,85 oe. blo. AATL2A 39,350.00 : 38,506.93 rament Standard y of Valuation e078.) §11,656,409.92 ee New Businass written (gain over 1906, $1,577,835) + = Insurance in force (gain over 1906, $4) 179440) * - = Surplus (gain over 1906, $300,341 - - ~ Booklets containing full report of the Annual Report, ped ae 5thi1908,.are being natte and will be distributed among Policyholders in due coi The treatment of parturient apoplex. , is no. more of a ski ation than the hoe'ng of a you might with hill just ense send to town for a man to hoe your peas and cucum- $ simply because you hi ne as lo send for a yet | ai apo charge you for two visits if he has te go five miles to make the POULTRY AND EGGS. fr. Edward Brown, ‘of the poulfry-keeping pursuit aily, during 1907. His remarks, on the whole, are encouraging, the the Olt Country, in sil nessed greater progress in the develop- nient of the pursult then any deca {2 months since the Society ed. He states on all hands there is evidence thal mone and better fewls are kept. than ever before, and as estab- | * that farmers are paving: 8008, atientiag to pe branch of live stock, creasing: number ot Seine dceng up the lines, is anticipated. wherev er smell holdings formed. To obtain the best results ‘of such development, hi ne need for co-operative marketing wil ba. ins creasingly refore, every effort s be thade bs exiann the co-operative system where the con- ditions are favora’ M rown inleresting. gases, ‘showing Yhe con sumption of poultry and eggs in the Kingdom, and — the iS ae twenty re, eleven. unds’ worth is produced at home, liltle more than eight million i worlty iniporied from I. nies and el os countries, WS would larger than is really should. find. a plac Whoever gives early after setting, hey tous the thickened abs ly Vift the FARM NOTES, not have the milkhouse bel and we:are net lempled to. ae place to tings “which should find’ room elso- woul have the economic: maker, to gob all’ the cream, forgetting that hemselves,. innot h a is ha the mille im thick or vad {sticky ter. aes penis ey the bottom, are worse deveiv or coagulation of the ved, and give mére time vor greater fermentation of the cream, Vowed bert hat ated—a ‘cold, enelfeak, selfish creature, who treated her like a slave. till the day of ker death, which came not an hour too soon. The rie hone, and finally separated from him; she Brongn sorraw and ag- ‘eng. to more hearts (ha own—made more ube = homes than Pbilhe, believer She’ is des aw, slew talk: we: mene. abowtster r itis a story [edo nab care f. The third of these sisters piate wegiee al sal why, she knew 1 the fourth— woman paused, and Judith tm- patienily.demandid, “Nv @ fourth,” she “had her fale thrist pen’ her by havaueaee acter, rather than by her own actions. arid yet sill ste made a good deal of 1t for herself, and a great deal was mado for her by the other sisters. her fate ) harshness; others, 0 Decause: she wanted to bet- = Tet that be as itwil, ‘one thing is certain, she married a Jen Notissriiaer, who. brotgnt. her’ away lonel use, and crushed per aN and broke her heart and Kilted-her. It was $0 fated for_all-o Pstill, Lvepent, they all. ex haps, the ert, mad Judith, 1 say, again “the. last the four ny mibor cine ‘other There isa fulure you would net go forth to i ect ni aa ore read it as 1 con, pole you take ~ in dma eens hie tt ts too late, rb lay them. oye the girl's face she did ‘teat His stig but it was 3 for a eve pa ~saagtl HR NO ALARDMS FRAU VE VATCH fi ther, with w’ he had ieee fan ve fought ae ‘bally, and hy might of hand, since the