i Or, The Curse eat Bs t : i A SHADOWED PATH: A CCSGEC99 spect, and care less for bodily s» weak or delicate, but that I beara alow ee you know, in gone by, ou do your w Of The Family SORES AES AOA eee XXIV. le . dreadful blow, He io long dreaded Ae cautiously guarded against, had de- |? cended on her eed: at last. The pias ioe two struggling years, had come up with her at length jan the frightful shock of that meeting —of that voice in her ear—of that She thanked God when the glouds of night shut out the sight of that place from hor eyes. What she had suffered in it, none, save Be el ae ight ever know. Soon after the Postilion banged down ce heap: and the hall door was flung open. Mr. Mazingford assisted her to alight, drew her arm once again within his, and led her into his house. Judith inclined her ward, her husband gave a fow gen- eral directions, and hurried through the hall into the scene of so many wretched married life. There, ap- parently, ended their journey, and the blessed silence which had reign- ed between them, for the moment Mr. Mazingford entered that apart- , ment, and closed the door, so shut- ers. out, aS pointed authoritatively wa chai cand said— “Sit an madam 3 She walked fomtnvd to the hearth, the whim of the owner of the man- sion, a fire blazed cheerfully, whe- ther or not he were at home, ready pointing to one of the antiquarian chairs, the envy of connoisseurs, Si and admiration of every one. ‘‘Sit down, I have something to say to you, orited her into a seat by But all powerless as and waiving that point, he said— “Tt has cost me much trouble to. however, I am ieieutides you.shall remain here. The proud I'p curled with scorn, and then assumed a peculiar smile; the precise meaning, and cause ~ Mazingford did Roe quire concerning. waited for a moment or two, to af ford her an opportunity of replying to his observation, but she ned Pra Lage oh to soot ject — aniseteae to ‘th, Yee ‘ther cous e me, a te rn, if Sea Sey Bes formerly held fees as my wife, and tress of Wavour Hall — another which, Pkiotie and unpleasant as it will be for me, cannot fail to pie twenty times more so to you. ice, however, lies entirely utes for eee before requiring a definitive ans She never ae reanioved her from his face during the delivery “cf the foregoing sentence; and. consequently, when he raised his hea its Coevnteicies eee met the old feed look, which seemed, when once it settled on his eae 's counten- n ie hates but. the feeling that she was’ in’ his power, that he was. at H a malignant smile of tri- / amph to a nae he coolly deposi- “ted his ws thereupon, .with the | whieh'you propose arriving:at your end’? Judith slowly requ: ‘Tittle exp hi : to rifle and snnoy him as he knew| | only speak of these, thin she wen Be membrance of-it: all corporeal nar ated, necoued, Wnts aut ze sinks into significance. The membering that her struggles were ww merely as those of the bird fluttering in the net of the snarer, he ri eplied quietly enough :— two ee eens lady, are Ge yaad done your worst on could haye gone down on m fair means an : in peace or x EE AE here—if you| Leis Mazingio refer a reconciliation, you shall] He had the Ne over Rave that—it you choose a perpetu-| now; the old advantage whic al battle, you shall have bate We] always gained, when feeling can live without quarrelling, should| passion found vent with he: ‘ou desire it: we can romain at| words e *-| daggers drawn, if that suit your] “If you have quite concluded Homie i. Mazingford, ete am, ja genius, too!”’ to bring more no- the | toriety. upon hereelf than that she a you choose harmony, I shall tee kindness to give me a definite an-/}new had already been wrought 1 temper better—one way or al hers your eloque’ nt harangu ue, ma I will, however, carry my poi he retorted, ‘‘will you have tif you comps Bell sme to use force,!swer?—the ten tminutes have Peril amoloy cede! Hare POV THGT olin sentence [Pe st Gee, life as of a battle ground,” she be-| po. noes gan, ‘and I cannot say otherwise|T will never be reconciled to than that TI admire the truth and/to\your worst, and I defy yous aptitude of your smile-—To answer] may touch my body now, in your own sty 0 Pursue! snirit never, never a phor which seems less like a meta- |? 7p. trenton thot at lack, ot lee suacce poten Wale whan a fie On Vourseey hearths rcan iW: ve Mleoustkes to sive ae vouch ee word, that you will never separate yourself from me again, except i vith my consent—you shall return your former position here} I w: bravely, madam,’ her determination was Es had anticipated; ie present—you have your choice—so be it. = tain degree of restraint to prevent a ef 5 most forbearing manner in oftering |! Weed o her use, ani you?? retorted Judith; {even to take a stroll in the gard Conside: eat the pa: aah “toot! she ad-| ways kept vigilant watch upon fixed look departed from her face, | due ed. She rapa not promise. and she commenced gnawing her|Mazingford grew desperate, under lip, and striking the fender | she— a8 would bane bag bat impatiently with her little foot all the relief of pen, a struggle going on within her be-| she knew was in type. saree her husband—In the one|they reached his wife. be requested to stare once again at|—underst sot. siacaech why the beauty of the woman you bought | was permitted to write at al converse to show itdjp cabot T crt ties compelled her to reveal te sing to prove what a magnificent | secret, and gratify, even in one ‘oice Mrs. Mazingford has;.to play, are duane ouee Ganda finest private performer| syllable of remonstrance — withou e crooked old chimneys and pointed gables of Wayour Hall may be car- ried to other lands id spoken about there; to do all this, not be- el yeh and the money paid for cause I love you and you are my husband, but because you are proud| “No despicable amount this,’” of me and are my master. What| thought her husband, as a cheque ew women can forgive, I have perienced at your hands — what|of the publisher’s letter. “She most consider the overflowing drop| might readily add a tlmeannd a year in the cup of injury you have pou: ed out upon me; but I think litt! |the expenses I hare already incur- of mere personal violence. I dit iy red for her’’—and ‘he handed the from the rest of my sex in that re-|communication (without its enclo- than for mental suffering... I am not Sbuil Wate tad the taettal watees he had ever beheld, who loath. | ing I endured, when beside the re- : bady!|the mountains, and the flowers. if you had stabbed me to the heat vou tind “tangled me inde: icn2es/ Gf authorship-had not. been in her. and blessed you for your clemeney, ‘Have they m *4 ee Bosortord plunged Ae eee calmly ; ‘it would be to subject into his pockets, self again to indignity, sorrow, Judith a Bross of determined raitia tio to avail myself of your|the same person. In fact, there -|looks in return for her unchange-| most generous offer. Ten minutes} was a perfect furore about the mat. able Planes. of ae indomitable Scorn—|__4y ten years, my answer, at the ut she beat dow: le Giaetnces ficken ot oun wanicd fonts ocr, Denad, Mould a Pp be the same. Take it now, once and |novel, terms whieh actually clartled give no promise.|Mr. Mazingford. the imaginative and poetical a lit-| Tewis Mazingford—my master—m a Seger husband—my curse;} In Finland the women rega: a and-|kiss on the lips as an insult, even! °¥ the terms upon eh ayo Propose) in alll ‘sincerity—I am ‘free and I}band. In Japan, again, kissing w “You throw down the gauntlet|¢f America was felt in the island, lately quivering with Passion, for de readily. That point is then watla dj ceremony of the Roman Cathdjic ou leaving the house of your only From that hour Tudith Was never | 1° Towtul protector. Considering the | left alone for a moment; nae |i is still habi past, I feel I am now acting in ajTtooms on the upper story sere aes em you os scuotee in the matter.” never descended for months} ‘yeell andor the pian aoe that | Sleeping or waking, wet or’ fine, be regarded. as So hiekcit ing! | by day or by night, keen eyes me ded—Merciful Providence—consid- |—her uabandcor some ee Weasel: ering the ‘past? lites—there was not 9 chance of es-| Mr. Flaherty surveyed the clear for a moment gazing | cape she saw, and her soul sicken-|sky with a frown, “It'll sure be with her outward eye into the blaz- | ed and ee at the long confine-|raining to-day,” he announced, -|ing fire; and as she did so, the old| ment, but still she remained unsul M PaREE “pve. ue nuaes aie whin I doi me ae einely: He thought these ex-| but for the novel Me felt herself expect it to ain at all, that’s the| an ternal signs of coe ion betokened | bound to finish—a portion of which | ¢j, twixt fear and pride; but he was| Qhapter by chaptor the» manu-| mistaken—it was the ‘past she was| script was forwarded to Mr. Mason} ‘You can give a man good advice case I shall be subjected once, again| perfectly cognisant of this — oT HOPEFUL. to the old humiliations; guests will! precisely what the result would be ostensibly with a price, but never enered Seen because a pro-| tively won’t call a; yet Me one for.. I shall have to|mise made under different cireum-| Mr. Ooms Gheestelly)—“Oh that ee May pronounce|ity and cupidi etn without _ assure you. find you. Now that I have done so, |her they ever heard ; to sketch, that the|a single observation or attempt i It’s a safe bet that a girl doesn’t coneealen t, she worked resolutely SB10y, the first kiss she gets from a till the last sheet was finished—| certain young man unless sho pre- the Jast proof corrected—the book aie she doesn’t. ex-| for a considerable sum dropped out -| to my income—help to pay. some of pain sure, however) to Judith, who sent by return of post, her acknowleds- can|ment of the liberal sum en, days|she laid aside her pens, and ink, my-| She sat at the window of her sit- ting-room always; doing nothing, saying nothing ; watching the course ¢ sun from the time he rose in the east till he set in the west aa eS ptiaca dnd: esha “and But never writing—that Fernie bp semed to have relinquished a: 7c °{ [eompletely as though the ereat gift Silently, she may, hex plots, and plans, and schemes never committed any of her imag- inings to paper. She was not ei is a Write to minister to his pride— herself conspicuous as ‘ and r in eXx- It was really astonishing, when it became known that Mrs. Mazing- my-|ford and the authoress of ‘‘thos: hu-| clever books’ ter; and at last Messrs. Noxley and ould|Mobelle offered terms for a fresh! 4 you. (To be: Continued.) you my * Yes, CONCERNING KISSING. say, | when bestowed by their own, hus- d so-|The Mohammedan pilgrims, when he | black stones at the corners of the ae Ge | Kaaba. Kissing, too, is part of the Daan In haat Bg08 the Chris- ian bishops gave their hands to be Piet by the Tossed nee. Al- ugh iis custom is discontinued, ual for subjects to their etait ands as @ tanee of submission and loyalty. This is regarded as a very high|* mark of honor in our own land and in most European countries, THE LOGAL FORECAST. taken lens. b-| gloomily. Mr. |e What makes you say that?” ee aes fis Higuss Flaherty, Meni dobe aan wabedy could ae expeeting it to-day, wid a sky like hat: considering, not the present. —one by one letters of acknowledg- till you are blue in the face, but “Then, if I understand you right-| ment came from were | give him = pas scare and you will} can ly.” she said, abruptly, turning to- | duly cat by Mr. eanuiord ae get result: day she| Collector (warmly)}—“‘I’ve been —|here a dozen sips ae and T posi- her} come, now, man, don’t be so-| superstitions Shout making the thir, an-| teenth call; nothing will happen, I ay looking away and away at the river, | ° d for future works of fection, but is Pee teoetes ow can it be prevented? re questions asked and ans in a recent issue of the New Produce Review Creamery, One of the answe ee Bie I would say, yes. many conditions when it of acid to insure a sufficient tim igh not mécessary, a ting until the curd attains a minutes—cut into strips of 6 i | Wide and turn, leaving an in more between each piece. “In a short time til rout to mill. Two di quite quickly, and I have when no moisture would drip more. general _ style. tions will not permit it. Under x conditions it is nm obta: LIVE STOCK NOTES. water it is because he bas it because it is good for combs in’ the brood chamber Soo ee cae oe “Ana the Farm ; +.| what is to be said of those who use Ht Here these e tote tte GETTING eae ue WHITE 2% hours. A string of % inch on the hot iron, or seh .18 per cent. ah will be plenty at this stage, HE HAS NO HANDS OR FEET. 4 sa sink and racks are a real benefit vat or sink. until salt was added. “The finest cheese I ever made were made in the way I have just deseribed. Perfect as to texture firm curds, of course, require light- er ieee ing. .I do not § say that one ay ates day, as common condi-| qj pe o& only sible nae the finest ceuiie Hae be hen a horse buries his’nose in Areshes and ST RigrAteR hi on a ay. When there Hee one or two empty oie quite difficult 6. get the bee: mt arted’ to work” above. Ttalians he handy in dressing, are used ped it see, to make Cheddar orst,|and paper, and-took to gazing out How with no loss of. white whey? and never Pann a ery for helps. over the landscape. TH+ t+ ++ +++ 44444444444 FHP h see es d+ ot se tare never raised a hand to defend self. These wered York wer to the first os of How lone would require ra- Lee a lengthy paper. There are it is an im- possibility. The first requirement is a vat of sweet: milk free from any Jean also be no question but that i then set sufficiently sweet or rather with the right Sereloun ae to 3 crisp and quite dry feeling. A handfull {,, will require a little pressure to ex- inches ch or the underside of curd has faced up real firm and dry two deep will he all Hele nen ot intervals un-| em States and Manitoba on Jan p will but is not u poly necessary if con- huddled inside the school-house she ditions are uvorable ai rd|had the presence of mind to tie the has been properly, handled. A curd] children together instead of turn- of this kind will get ready to salt|ing ad them from d_ closeness and ready for the! to market in the same length of time| distant. She brought up the rear as curds.worked in the more moist|and picked up seis that fell. A The Pre: o8- and t re- oes n|may sometimes see a jorse over~ are much more troublesomein re- ard to-thiss point than’ fe lack bees also: cap’ their whiter and Suey which sien it nice appearan “A merciful ae is merciful - to his -beast,”” we are told. If so, cr allowed to used om: their many instances it is, doubtless, used thoughtlessly driving easier, but it is a distress- ing sight to .witi ness a horse rest- stich an unnatural position. You checked until fie head is almost parallel to’ its n_order. to Sins in Mpeediae ducks it is necessary to have water swim. Without this the young bird will never be strong or healthy, and it is not. difficult to make a Sayoud if there be an Soe supply of water naturally. — ‘The: ducks which have a goo not cost nearly so much to keep a: do those who have por this ee lege. This can be seen by the time which ducks spend in ae th bot the ter, ‘where they id s galore, and ot! im. portant elements in their natural food. _ When they are seen. witl heads in the water and feet upper- peta 5 Ifad_ to ‘tndsteo. Amputation of Frozen Members, ease and dresses without assist- rozen in a Canadian blizzard and their amputation could not be Murray is one of the happiest men on eartl His humor is sin- limbs that» are racked with rheuma- To the man glum with brood- ing over ill fate, Murray’s magnetic uplifting conversation always puts things in a more cheerful light. STORY OF BLIZZARD. “Like every one else, I learned the benefit of my blessings only af- ter I lost them. In the big bliz- zard that swept sume of the North- 12, 1888, there were many pitiful : deaths among teachers, school chil- |. inches cf acid on hot iron or gtr dren and’ settler: ‘5 per cent. acid. Keep. well stir-| school teacher named Miss Free- red and at a depth of 6 or 8 inches, If curd is rather too stiff and firm | qj wn | 4, a trifle an Baer piling ‘will not hurt, | from over the heads of the children 2 man lost her four limbs just as I did. Sorat s: That would have been e death. ‘ations tontanine, shai! avai she connected all with strips torn from her underskirts and started the line, with the oldest in the lead, the nearest home, a half mile Dakota schoolmaster sent his pupils to their death in the storm and re- mained himself by the fire, keeping Recently ahs jee cet ees lectures in small pears in tights show! aie ‘ie ae extending just below the elbows ing his artificial members, attired he can run and even dance a bit, and swings along the street with careless grace. Knives, forks, ue which practice has enabled govern accurately. The in which the’ breeding Hock can | 5. most they are engaged in this a work, ‘ lo Although he eats and drinks with cere. He is glad he does not have| ¢ cones, warm burning seats | {y more thon any of ‘the other al teihy says that in the e" ie? tells an interesting story fe. - ROUSE: GAMING PASSION. Young Women in ‘London Entan, led in Card Debis. tlk BY ly contrib; er ing article to the Christian Globe. Concern the bridge vici ‘iim, the writer anything be more horribl than for a woman of experience to . The girl, ve bees ill-luck, got introduced to these Smart women Bhe-went herselt 40 her dasha ter’s temptress, and two women of t gains.’’—Glasgow Hera! oil te > STILL SUSCEPTIBLE. He was a spate Bast iy young man, and hi ked with consider-~ able eens at the woman next him, who held a baby, its face Gareeadl with a thick veil. The Tess. after many “anxious glances, the young man spoke. “Has—has: that» baby a eer thing canepioni ay he asked. woman looked 4 pin with mixture of base ani “Tywouldn’t be for nowt hig she Pree e flee earryin, me, “but maybe ’twould: for you, teethin; PRETTY SERIOUS. Patient, — ‘‘Nothing serious, 1 hope, doctor aa (abseat-mindedly) dollar: MUGGSY DISCOVERS A JEWEL CASKET AND — A RAKEOF or eh y ef — Eo 86, A Stine 215y GiMSE EAC AT Ty op