vv > an honest fellow a Ee PET ES AG x = : EFFEFEF EH Ft Ft Ft ttt FHF 44st ttt setts esssse + A SHADOWED PATH; CHAPTER XXVI.—(Cont’d). “TI will satisfy Here remarked Doctor Duvard, ‘“‘but now tell me, could you not manage tere return to your ola quarters?’ SS m safer here—safer in H fi pee tare is something Doctor, catches me _ here, e, every few min- aed is it?” ust kee) 5, when he followed the movement of het her. chest—which Judith aint here is consumption in our ”? she remarked, in a quiet- “You are nervous znd fanciful,” said her friend, ‘but man, I will re- turn home, dee call early again to- morrow mo: It was late before he was able to Ieave the house; for the interview iit the raw-boned individual, who Mrs." Mazingford, as’ she phased it, “under her | thumb;” lasted for a considerable period. From her he learnt many particu- lars he was desirous of knowing; cesar he. would have scrupled |— udit to ask im in possession he horrors his patient had Pass of the name of #! me pestual state of ie Mazingford’s h alth. have gieatead ae with were the words Do ie pall dos oor: when a hand was ai PBaeiacs Dive’: I believe !”” he person so addressed raised bic hat in acknowledgment of the | din justice of the aeBDRReSH “Would you be aude favor me with a few versation?”” pursued the stranger ; and Di handsomely furnished than aie ments in lodging-houses e. “Pray be seated,” his visitor having done so, pre to scrutinize the aafewraiee cf his ilst r. Gartmore opened FeeRESS by asking how the lady w: i se iy? siiwerad® Dicer i Duyard. “Dangerously ?”” “T hope not,”” was the “Pray, sir, do you know who shi which might | have thrown another man off his guard —but Doctor Duvard , answered} w) without a change of countenance. “Yes; Miss Leake.’ “Ts she a-friend of yours?” “A verv intimate one; I have} iPoake. it ah sting one of that rT a hort thed | ie tains to me; t is a curious thing, her 1 ways Tecrous vattaction, under which she] « labors, may be both cause and ef- of the excessive exclusiveness, | {., that keeps her voluntary prisoner within four walls of Tt is nat good for any one to live too much alone.’ ‘ou mean that remark for me, sir?’ demanded Mr. Gart- more, is Rodeeuly on the speaker. ; I was thinking of Miss Leake aad myself ; for she shuts ; : ho repose. rawn her own conclusions from it, ae ina - from choive,| «Tt is not that I like work,” shé|she rang the b the es eae hie cancel VG | said, on one oecasion, when he re-| servant whe: apne in answer— to yoursalf for yourself, likewise, is ith her more serious- ; how many lodgers say we are three then equally pitied. Can I afford you any aoe ther information respecting my pa- tient?” “No, not at present,” the other. “Then I shall wish you good'; night,” said Charles. rising ; “for have far to go—T think it must be answered held out his hand to him, tn, a straightforward: point- “blank + of way— sotto on my. soul, i believe you are iow what I might his owi a you oe ny else ee not think I shall— ut do, T we as you sects, to ee af ceeerace t isi Or, The Curse Of The Family ¢ + LEST TTT T TSAI ST TTT TS Seperarenyegeers scr Ror nessa Lestock cordial: elly? imine, an m presented to Larocea ; he pays the best, I think, any person in the trade, when S oi re you can get the re} by him. usually | Do hi said he; ae 4 © | for herself once m fo fact, which, by ites intense bit- | critic’s sting which had never abode wonstrated wi tle piece of machinery in m: forees me my inclination. still for past—and L suppore it will never my Bee think I must have lived as eaained ane a life-drop from her. the proud spirit that had remained unbroken by sorrow, remorse, hard- itself sanlive to pain. when to ees and ask : she could delay the fiat n Wea # Sharply put! replied Mr. Gart-|3 - More, donehaae a it, knock first at your door!’’ and Charles bowed Sppiaa of being cross- questioned. Besides, was Mr. not Sir John Lestock’s brother, a did Pee saat greeted him next morning, h w with eaiicieas" than on i her ailments aside, and telling him she ‘was al- most w ing so de oe he “Books, lal onrealtt os deman: Doctor ard; ‘ rbid your holding a pen for months to come—write, it would be as much as your life is|- worth.” “My life is not worth much in cne way, though it may be in an- other,’’ she answered. ‘I am not Bavnwbnouake yor ts die—my whole existence has been an out-of- pout contradictory, ey ry sort of have firm faith that a ae neve be Gane by death, un- fi) T to care jo; ife; you will call this superstition, Doct tor, and I suppose it is so—but presentiments you know often make their own fulfilment ; and as for not 8 a wanted, principa Wegoe pee, thet IL have @ coniplet PER eC haputd get it sold man supplied me with th» materials secretly, and share Ma- son, and you et have it publish- ed under the name of any friend of yours—I should like it to be fairly copied out in a different hand than book accepted Tt must he presented as a first, you understand—might I tax your, friendship _ and induced far There was hardly SHrene jie could have asked him to do ‘for he pe not, and, accordingly, by lm of persevering eivenuone to the Saebiithee: Cha eb. the worl id reviewed within the miracu- lously pao space of three ee delivery, and di @ lapse hose thirteen weak: Judithes health rallied so much that d to hope ctor Duvi began reat ings for her. The ect of more money kept her tormentor quiet, judicious treatment. an fect quietness stilled and soothed er nerves into a state of tolerable tranquility. A shadow of her for- mer loveliness came stealing into her face. m the imes even cheerful, able to contemplate her actual position fairly, to act, and es nk, and ju’ge Still, however, aise was far from well. Doctor Duvard never felt so thoroughly weuged of that fact, as m he beheld t) ge eal” the ad- ret reviews, those very reviews, ness, ensured the success of her hook, Tenaed upon her. She ‘ited laugh th em off, but it would not do; there seemed a poison to her ; there ees and. at last, Doctor recommended her r if it be necessary as a means of subsite he said, ast it be e Magazines; you can easily ehiain enough to supply aos want rom that source, without over-ex- erting yourself, or running thej t! gauntlet in a fresh chase after ame “Well, Doctor,”” she returner, “4f you will only consent to my writing one more book, IT am ready. follow your advice. a nae natured prance; saad ave Cae il die at once, if you do ti And ne looked so pleadingly at him, with those large eyes of hers, o have greater rest than ever. But Has hers was a spirit which knew than usual, “only there is a lit- @ which IsiGce otter soacaae It has never been moment, oh, not for year: t_me be quict until I ai Bin mu ree or four years, as eantime every line she wrote, e saw this and told her so; but] m: ship, and cruelty, would 6 told er liberty in her hand: © | roughly: so, en | only a crust, cov ell again, commenced syeak- oe Do you want to|*! [for Tuaicn, to | for back |ment t With rouble behind : incubus. of | 8 - | epistle, ther staying lodgers or else living alone? “Oh! ¥es, you are right—the young lady in the oe and is out been here?’ think about her; she is so quiet. I ight heard her talking onee, a long time ea i he thought ae : our. Ou; held} dith bitterly—then added out oud whose|—- “Do you know ii emands grew larger day ae day. lis within at. present?” gested flight—she seemed to have a nervous horror of the woman, a fear of having two persons pursu- tng her instead of sues eZ The incubus was down to the e: e—that he ee in Bret maak tirapices old man, to wh miley had proved:a Purserea dlrs a eeepc, unimproved, profitléss itt. And yet he had his redeeming peut When he could make sure hat he was not flattered or sent for his m he was id and liberal, though, perhaps, a little The upper surface was only a crust, a very hard and tough ene certainly, but still, after all, good, not at any rate a scheme worth try- ing to free the Peeteere ain at thesn hionte of a perpetual Duvard had made up his Guhl easthissaoutse of wetlon one afternoon, when he was summoned Delghborhood, ing, sir, has been taken Ons holerer Cand sab go over at once to her? and here is a letter just come for wou “Say 1 be with her in ates ss te replied, lear open the envelope, which enclosed a not Tt w r publisher, and directed to her idee her nom de plume; bu Duvard started, when he looked at he superscription. in his life had he felt so tempted, pry into another per- son’s vate affairs. mgers pandvalp itched to break ‘the seal ; e had to lay the missive down co conscience he had no veh to look at Judith’s corresponden her; but afterwards, reme Wis Patient: duigreot tte bestiot the struggle with inclination, and trac- the missive up out of sight, and de- spatched it by a special messenger: ioe the hands tf Judith Mazingford, a ab on earth can the man ? she poutoueed, when she anise petitio’ s he looking oe absene wits; Tauoe te ae in love? or what?” and even a: pondered, she opened the note, a looked t ie nam d. “Alice Crepton ’? was the signa-~ ure. ‘Why, good gracious! that’s m: cousin!” said Judith, absolutely out loud in her amazement, “ani it is dated from where? 63, Upper |} rived at this point, her astonish- ment grew too great far words, an she betook herself in very bewilder- writ- ndly, an explanation of the Pinter chee the writer ; thirdly, a detail of how Mr. Larocea her behalf, and of how he had not done it; and, fourth and last, a very earnest petition, that if the authoress she addressed would not Alice’s novel, she would lend her name to the book, and consent to stand sponsor for it. Very mugh in Judith’s: own style the leer wound op “T am afraid you will thin! presumptuous for addressing you at all; but I have tried so long, an a total stranger. of an editor would never hav crossed my ade had Mr. Larocea not suggested it to me. Yours truly, “ALICE CREPTON. “63, Upper Emery Street.” Judith repeated the name and eae ere she beto second perusal Soe would, probably, never have focead an answer from any other individual. After she had | ©! finished the d | last reading, an | fi oor. I always forget her, se she gives so little Peaible all day. | Miss Cropton, third ti aa, You mean ebrecisely. oe long has she! ti “J cannot say exactly. We never about music ee pair,” i was in yain Doctor Duvard sug- ;|Today whatever may annoy, no | ‘The oe | for me is joy, just simple ‘0 attend a-pressiug case in his own|. ;j1o fury the very foot of the jagged rocky Then he thought he ‘would 50. a a Me | here a faded Photograph of a lies Yhap wreath Yi hed adhered, oe aps the thought Ke thar 0 id | eave, been so often disappointed, Ghat Nie. | ahafaih teom poine -ohancaita (hele Creator, and at the Bropnaie to themselves the Great Tie deer of the world as full Tet! faction for their misdeeds. use of fueatacey: the house is in an exposed situa- tion and there is @ heavy air pres- sure against the heat is panel driven to ti house should not have been heated middle of the cellar, or perhaps on rooms. cord tied around your finger for?” = wife put it there to post a letter.” Chinen eand did you post it?” Ue Ne: she forgot to give it to mé !?? this, ma’am,” returned Mary, w! ad an intense respect for Tigi ead whose opinion of Alice went up hundred per cent., after hearing er | her aeered about by @ lady oi NEW RICHES FROM ALASKA | h iss eake’s appearance. “Do you wish to see ert Can I take FOR THE FARMER. t | any. smeneage up t — “No, # dit to write a note to * (To be Continued.) a OS THE WORD. The’ ne of life; The joy of bri The joy o Of twinkling. stars, that shine /The jo their flight; The joy of labor, and of ae The joy of air, and sea, The lustrous light of day, And lavish gifts divine upon our way. | Whate’er there be of sorrow "Il put off till tomorrow, nm Twill bau to-day and joy again! —John Kendrick Bangs Sorat § FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. (By A Banker.) What a varied record of ee or of disaster, of Natural beauty o: thrown rom the up am- reat storm, when the curling olive- green, foam-crested rollers, yy the tempest almost to cliffs, are now commencing to re- cede, after having thrown wp and left high and dry, perhaps eo clefts and fisures of the rock, perhaps on the line of high- erates ae these spoils of the Seater evealing open- ly some pee os dread secrets of the great or Hace i Es ity of spars and ther wreckage, apparently of some gallant bark foundered in the hur- ricane, her crew going to a watery rave uncoffin’d and unkne' girl; nnerited, witl n faded script—but alas! pAchably weet aeand Oulssy i ie of him se oe claimed her heart, and t m she had per- haps ‘lighted ae canted Hoth anal fond look at the hom he loved so well, was ruthlessly engulfed in the relentless storm-tossed billows and sepulchred in the dread abysm of ie dee Or here, mingled with long frilled, weed: oe of sea- wrack, “t root from or with a quantity of the bladder sea-weed, also dislodged by the lence of the waves, are still fice: cyidences of some melancholy dis- aster, when perhaps breadwinners ave been torn away. eir homes, zane oe plunged in grief and rending sor; ye, though the watery waste may clai tims; griest and most wrathful moods, or. whether in more reposeful and more placid humor. nm lights it ur, in splendor; the sunset paints it in.amany-hued glory ; the breezes and the sunlight deck it with dia- monds and rubies; while its per- fumed end delicious ee Bee der oa health te fice the glit- t to Sea ea glass’’ be- re the Throne of the Majesty of But whatever that ma; ot seom as if Tmuch cared what ss aubli : wheat 8 he planted the I did. “Tam Ndluts tasd out Ha . : seven pounds, 1 L seen a glimpse of hope in any|3f""nan‘to onceive,, And. whos. Pee eee a es harvested ser ruDEnE eave feel Coe, Se eee cola iE ea ad und Uaioe the endear ought 0 houg uesting a favor from |hesitance in the Realm if only the¥| ord for wheat yreld’ More, then , be never refused Divine aid, same time ap: tonement made for them by = HEATING THE HOUSE. One hears many objections to the The most common ne is that s on the north side of the eae are hard to heat. one side of the Hos other ‘side, only is the Aan cedabatly « heppenecehay aol water or auble ee aving the furnace set in the he opposite side from .the coll] ¥ s is a mistake ; it auld e on the édld side, making # the “i ance to the coldest rooms as chi a8 possible, Suburban Life. r hurch—‘‘What’s that picce of sh. Hard Wheat From Fall Sowing — The joy of children and of wife;|! feb y ot, winged things upon | ¥¢ The joy of noon-dey, and the tir-d and earth— The countless joys that ever flow om Hi é m Him Whose vast beneficence dot hd when tomorrow comes, why r splendid beaches, sweeps of timber, current from distant and meadows heavy with juicy the shore-line ever present. And| grasses. Here and there were trac- more especially is ie aac cs of gold, but uot of promising driven| on 4 expanse, per-| ; | sven iii ry wheat, and in 1906 he pienied oe p|vielded past any Velie A MIRACLE IN WHEAT Yields Up to 222 Bushels to the Acre! the United States paid cehty millions for ae peraii of it was to the fur the pur- chaser looked for a ce on the But not in gold Ohare to-repay those early states- their real-estate specula- ra after he yellow metal was discovered, thei © an aged mer to that ee Renianth and Ta back to the States the basis ealth to his country by the side at which the gold hay om the hills an ios river-beds should pal ale into in- ignificance, Seses Ose: a Ge Day n the Saturday se Post. It was in 1903 that Abraham Ad- ams, a native of Kentucky, who had gone with thie “star ts Empire”’ to the great West to farm it, was taken with a desire to trv hi: Leaving his ranch n northern Idaho, h to the land of promise and of g Turning his attention thew’ eeplatine as deithed agne the coast of eastern Alaska, where apan curren flows near the shore and makes of the land from ast to mountain eternal spr xplored, investigat- g the porkibilities of that country for future razin, the farmers of his community. ound many beautiful bays, | ° eunche: and then he chanced up- A SURPRISING DISCOVERY. Lodged in a nook under protecting rock, sheltered from the winds, was a little familiar patch. Interested at once, he investigated and found wheat was growin, rom any living hu- man that could have planted it. On nds and knees he pulled away the reatted straws. Yes, it was certain- just ripening. On; ly wheat that was ee ¢ had been before him, and Hoseavaiet about to give up when he discovere head of wheat almost inta igantic heed it sean) Pally toile aa loae with propor Packing @ the head carefully away, the old man brought it back with him to his ranch at Juliactta, Ida- ho. N reighbors of his was wild wheat or not he could not say. Perhaps, some wild bird had filled its crop with the grains i in’an unknown region, where it g tive, and coming to minke Uetane ted the seed in a fertile spot. And yet it was only SHY eaeeiyad ‘Abr: poe Adam: e@ never dream- ed of hi except a an experiment for his own pleasure. In the fall of 1904 Mr. Adams planted his head of Alaska ahah ¢n high and all- fo a lan natural soil of Idaho, It grew. Pap: anna opened its a as ee as ordinary wheat, an eclor—instead of the homely brown- ish-gray of wheat of commerce — the Drettiost: cream color without a darker +s} SEVEN oes OF WHEAT from one head, and the finest-look- had ever seen! Having sesies the grains as win- wheat, dams jeges a to ter was ratio of yield, and that, without ‘any special petting or manipulation. something that might dash cvery ope of a wheat miracle. Was this Alaska wheat. good. quality? Would it make good d? With this last idea in mind the. experimenting mi carried a experiment station al cow . He knew he had a wheat that! , i He had ething marvelous in a wheat that. ialded eaoally as well planted winter or spri id he have a good w heart Tie cheraists and ox- ports at the stati Serial aialiey of hard wheat. at That. ue =e have Aya oy for another ‘th ‘the fall of ee the 1545 pounds wheat grown in that section, Watch- ing their comparative growth, Mr. gren the latter so mary ae Jarret than the ordinary. wheat that the Club wheat seemed hardly eae. THE FARMER WAS JUBILANT. Miss Crepton| _ storms of as worst kind came, Hard oS is ae hard to do Peet ng down the ordinary wheat “Oh! she is never out so late as iL weastio ut, until if was ae fit to harvest. The Thon Nature took a hand, and hail- | dition of this | of Blue Sto “The madé a tap es Ing. | leaves = |GROWING LIKE lays iasayh | Preparing himself for a report to of rare and unfamiliar forms, eitieele its pugs pennding: and broad in|ines? a haeheng ot value | ¥ cede at UG bushels to the acre, farmers can af-]/ hundred and twenty-two bush-| jp i} by a friend in one of the fertile val it and | k vy ae what date live stock they may potatoes, ‘beans or coming 5 Whatever one finds to bring in the most cash at farmer, discoui went out to his ee Gheeehelds. winter-grown. the experimental sta’ received a report for the first ae that he had some- thing worth giving to the public. The station chemist wrote: “The pornels: from the fall-sown wheat we mp-and sound and doubtless wil aches No. 1. Judging from the chemical and physical con- sample, it will pro- bably take zk with the best grade r flour, Be crown from spring- sown wheat showed _by chemical superior, flour-making purposes. like to oo a mill test: whenever. you can s ie a sufficient quan- Her ones purpose.’ Th derful wheat of which the world will soon. be talking. Farmers do not believe its wheat speculators t. believe it; but those who have traveled th see ie Horbelio and has absolute proof of t from each fie! ue has tried his wheat in other lands, and in some places it did better chen in Idaho. Alabama raised wheat from it with seven-eighths of an incl broad, As a last test, Ada: sible headieo whoa to: oiher Ha of the country where he had mea be could trust to plant and aseer- ta sult, Reports are just coming to him, and he finds that in ether Bteten hin Aases wheetrdged i etter than on its home soil. In Ala~ was planted Decem- the new wheat will yield two hun- a ih nee fou Alaska wheat to eed this n crop asia w tie. HES been five billions of bushels. Does that not mean a revolution in Will the food of the so cheap that there will be no fam- in value Ste the capacity for the yield? these things are Be mah That wheat Alaska has given us will withstand Saal. Es ae too heavy. Te will withstand fi It gro Pied’ “hent’ tole Bal sowing Tt lee up to 222 bushels i the It will grade up to No, 1 hard wheat-yields ord oe vor manures and chemicals, ee rofit. It all aufotite could seed with the nly new wheat it at fifty cents a bushel, add nearly two and a half billions of dolla: to the wealth of the farmers every year. TWENTY-DOLLAR WHEAT. Since the above article was in type: the following despatch has been received from Spokane, Wash- ington :-— “Tn the Juliaetta county, in northern Idaho, Abraham Adams, 000,000 ara 700 acres of land. this season, in ‘ition. grain which faivex every promise of revolutionizing the wheat produe- tion of the Bone Goanartaties es: timates place the crop at from 70, 000 to 75,000 bushels of grain, which Adams. and_his son-in-law, obe, a wholesale lumber dealer of Minneapolis, have contracted to sell to farmers at $20 a bushel, not ee than one bushel going to eac! Ea 2! vXdams acquired a. tract of land] 5 the Gem State six years ago an sowed his and to wheat, harvests from 23 to 30 bushels of blue other varieties from every acre ander cultivation. jay early in 1904 he receiy- ed a mune stalic of wheat, picked ter ing summer. pu) the spring 1,045 pounds of over 220 bushels ee ae ened by his success he sowed the en- is now. bein what is banned. to be the word: : record yield ga ae a fuente a bury thaa in the ani- i gon maa Hon’ of hie ‘e must grow more products than we can se! many farm- ers are content to grow enough Ao furnish the family supplies and |’ come re a few heat mits x that they did’ the last? the least expense is Br tttrreoea 3 ese are the facts about the won-| dred bushels to the acre, under ex- Bs the wheat industry ?| 14 poor become |.™! All this is conjecture, but i to producing |} factor of all is the art of tion, and next to that is the dom with which we feed and’ s« the products of the farm. milk and bar a during. a: $6) 4 ehodsing a head for ice ‘Tate cow aims to do is Nee herself 1: idly with grass and ds, an | grass, whose bitter taste Ww {any other time cause thi ject: it. . +++ 44444 +ee sete poco DAIRY FORM, ue Siel Se said of di te 0) meee present-day dairy cow, G. Cornman. I have no wish to dispute lon; s Setablined truths, bub I have hi | “cow that Bedsoee ten pounds of butter a week must be accounted being square and b the popular idea of the dairy form — ay in mind I should not have selected — her as a kes yf se amis callie urvhaser at a : dollars over the Set I paid for her. was the milk and butter our hetween a bias and a atts may seem @ lent one, but first trial was iy ‘tavortie ae t ‘each year getting a e beet form that found ready ae r will farm. property ‘rise | P® did not see her rag A year after pone this “beefy” Jersey, a dark red cow Me Seah ed: me by a man whom I to be ~ reliable, with the Eaaeanee 2 dat T should find her the equal ol a beef breed b beef form, but my eerie: with them believing for the srentet supply were able country. FARM NOTES, It is not the acres we culti vate, uor even the bushels of grain pro- duced, that determine the. profit Se < but the most importa: ‘arming, — ae TO de e presence of weeds, an cially rag. weed in pastures. is one” eason W. cows. Bie poor fter farmer ae ensive that ier 8 er in the 154 on. most the ap- id then. shade where the is dificult to make first~ class. ter in midsummer, and im) possib] eee for free ae ‘son the thing fo tie But wouldn’ Stale 0 freely.