Or, The Curse PHEFAALEFEF HES Eh 4d oo A SHADOWED PATH; SHettttet+ ia Of The Family CHAPTER XXVII.—(Cont’d).» “To her death,’’ replied agit “to how, when a note jor, but wai “ha hae on the threshold, sane numb- Od by the words ‘too late ;’ to how, ill, aad wretched, and loathing, I was hurried m place to place, leo still through the world by him. ae country to country he * dragged me; but at last we came home, to a sterner tyranny on his| thin part, to a more ae tating defiance Paper and talked to them, when, if I had not talked, my heart.would have broken. “Tt was ta that period I fin- ished a work which has since been successful, a it SN with that, and a few ‘trinkets, I fled from home one dreary panier night, and took my way to Lon assions. you see this?’ she asked, taking ne her Inxariant hair; “he retained a handful of it as a trophy |“ m his house, lonely and desolate.’ ‘And wi aes did ee do without fell sick. watched cirougt any illness by Dr. ard. I made friends of poorly asd children, and care-worn wo- ni fame and did not value it; obtained wealth, and tried t id use of it. I found that the good one yan do unto others does good to oneself. I found it pouibie to be oes Mr. Mazingford?”’ “My hu eae ” she acquiesced. “Had T lov ‘im, Id have poured out ie heart’s blood for i sake, but natn him as I did, can. Uh wonder I refused to write for is Dieaaurat--tuat Enould listen terms—believe no promises— ent to no would be ett in comparison to the mental hi miliation, and moral depredation| _ ot obeying his commands—that pri- ‘soner and captive though he kept]: ee I still had strength ercagt left to enable me to defy. him en,”’? suggest = do Mr. ‘tmore, as she panes: ae did he— Sit did you do tl ie Whe e% ae eS do his worst( T thought there could be no worse than what I had already ex- perienced), he told me there were ways and means of bringing seas w “T cannot tell; “some diabolical oe probably —” igged me, one night; and self ia nee As ain!” ecale ted Me ae * Gartmore, wee 4 “Oh! it was not well—it was ill,’ she gorened 4 tt I endured he shrieks I heard— eyes—will oe my) ‘Mr. SGarnare” ” she added, with: ‘trembling lips, “that all the comparison to that held er of a private madhouse; and the: man who ruled over the destinies of those ‘wretched lunatics aed less end ets ruman here was “this place?” de- ante d Mr. Gartm — oat Crafton Box se vaaawored, “TE Thad not “shrunk, La from i: on ‘ig oni = 7 and, I should die. With health ‘oken,” and nerves weakened, ani vength: failing I sit here inac- e. ~ When she’ had finished, her visi- to looked y, and as if indignant that any one Gee fou md the means fo touch his h ‘You~have’ eee fel freely, had you oe: happiness os” AHA THEE DESH h te eee F494 44494444444444444% rouse my §; athies—to make me feel interested in you and yours— me in order that you may Maui dis meee easily to your wish- You would not have spoken so mi He uttered the words in a queru- |] lous, sop tone. Judith receiv- eal expression of his opinion ; sce ‘cordingly, after fev. oring him for a moment with a temptuous glance, she Roenerad = eS “And what, oh, most wretched, miserable man, do you consider my object could have been 0 you hoards of useless gold art—do you eiueeies any efforts or GAS or help yours, could soo roken a like mine? artmore, you are worse than foolish to let suspicions and bar every avenue to your heart—but what are you to me that I should give my zelf the trouble of talking thus!” she said, abruptly checking herself. “T am sorry to have-wearied you with the details of a story, which could no 8 ibly interest you— farewell, She hel a = her hand to him, as with heighteried color and spark- ling eyes she concluded the fore- ‘cing peroration, and her visitor de- }|took it, though not in token of parture. “Tell me what to do,” he said; hastily and T will follow in this me atter. Crepton is, I presum« the have so often seen crossing the hall with a parcel in her h: Seer suppose so, but I have never mn her,”’? answered Judith; “‘this is 8 the note I have received from her; it was enclosed in one ss Dr. Duvard, who appears to tal an interest in her, whether for ihe or not, I cannot Mr. Gartmore. read the letter, and then sai “Now, what can I do in this busi- p her in these yin: hav by. Ones if you have not,” Saath answe: “And, what is your opinion of her talent? rer eve read a line of her note, I cannot in coe ne book, Mr. have a to publish “Even with your name?” “Even with my name,” acquies- ced Judith; ‘but if you give the girl a ‘start’ she must then depend sltogether on her own merits. I is merely the first getting into print aprituemodts that I) W alone—for the reputa blown like a bubble, aa burst like one also.” “True, ponies Mr. Gartmore, “and Doc var “T will Ae with him.” ‘And if I take up this business, you oe aes me to go throug with it less. Sai ance, I shall word or deed.’ re my assist- requil interfere by never $99999949445. re not had an object | fo, -|never procure for me —|you have an “Good—as for yourself, I seeor You do not wish Miss rel pton in- formed of who you are? “You need never eee my name it uu go to help her from yourself, vast from me. I| w have now done with the business, and there is no necessity for me ever to appear in it a: “And may I see ly?” he enquired “I think Oh = Heyes not,” said Judith sad r owing no ics talking to no one. one state Sof my health requires Dr. ward. to vis- it me; besides, I ean ae him im- plicitly.”” has can you’not trust me?” he sk "ou are ee in the world I of,” she replied ; erhile he mee nothing of the people who formerly at me—at them inti- you eeeienal | Pe me friend would be curious concernin your acquaintance—all things con- sidered, I ain better rae s you wish,” answered Gartmore “but is there rshind it n do for you before I go? If you sont like, to sue for a separation arate = ” sho ried despairing: te. Did I not tell yo very far before me in the distance I sce a separation such as you could com- ing slowly but surely. Let-me only have peace and quiet till then. M Goriacts see no reply in words, but he held out-his.hand S Mies outen abe epoks thus: ead looked in her face with silent sym- pote. ‘A long pitying glance, and ear- nest friendly pressure, and he left up his mind to some cours he commenced ascending the staircase, while Judith, after a pause, devoted to painful reanaaet Bung the spectre ‘‘self’ once again into the shade—and taking up her pen wrote nae notes are she retir- ed for the night, The first was to Doctor Duvard, and ran as follo “Come to me to-morrow, and will give you Miss : dress. On my o ant to see you. posing of the new concerning my health. {hed my last work to-day, and lay down the pen for ever, nate OrepIOH is quite well ; hat if interest in her. yan soon learn all particulars Sor yourself. “Yours, “J. MY ‘And the Bae was to Alice. “Dear Mada sity Penlyé0. your letter of —— which only. reached this day, hall be very happy to forward your views, if in my power ‘At the ame time if you can do without seiieditor I would rather not. stand sponsor to your work, as it will hereafter prove more Ge ice 1 to the public tl to have been introduced by ae Ee else. Should owever, fail in, oe other such a step prove necessary you can show this note to Mr. Larocca as your authority for calling me the iditor of your e entering upon a toil- scme See income (908 every success in endeavors, and satisfaction in their results, are me, “Yours truly, “J. SPIERSON.”” .| still have sat in ‘ou|for this wheat were true it woul 0 you to have sae yourself | 4. Folding both notes in a parcel, seats sent them down when he sallied forth much pleased with the results of his interview 0 speak in a fresh chapter. CHAPTER XXVIII. fire was low on the hearth, and the solitary candle only dimly Sl ainivat ed the apartments Alice Cropton called hers. Ni time when phantoms born hi reality and half of ideality in that mysterious world lying dimly in the brain of poest, authors, musicians, and painters, came forth from their hiding places—walked across the narrow apartment, talked, looked moved, and felt as they might have done had they been actual Persons, an f experience, the spectres a of fancy, or the ghastly forms of that awful shadowy train, len; ening at every step, which we all hear after us—the inmumerable but old, sob- fet by twelve, the mo- ment a. sort ctu fell on the heart of London; the moment the curtains sabe. tlosed and: the pupeicehrend, and the pale face bent eagerly over the sheet, the scene seemed chang- ed, a8 if by the wand of an enchan- Sane write the Gane and some for vanity, some—how f mobe ot us ould: wiveiaeaueres for pure love of the art Alice, however, was one of the latter, Had a guinea never been likely. to result from all her toil; light of Heaven shining upon it in a, bookseller’s window, she woul Hale room, conjuring up all sorts of strange forms, for pure love of their soci- Ott 44+: ew| recording the wei HHAAHHE t+ +++ +4444 +4444 About the Farm PEFHF + +++ +4 4+ 4 eo ooe eee a AND ‘HNESS. A plan of testing dairy herds has been outlined in Massachusetts tHe soos 86 per cow yearly, the variation de- pending mainly on number } members-who. co-operate to make the tests. In order to be profitable it is 2| claimed that a cow should produce about 2,800 quarts of 3.5 to 4 per cent. yearly without forced feeding assuming the produc a ices received by shippers of wholesale market mil. If the cows are kept for creamery butter, each animal, it is asserted, mus produce three hundred pounds of butter uy) show a satis- eae profit. es without say- that most Hoa herds contain Hee animals thai e up to this standard of profit and ae cow- testing plan is intended to help ner to weed o SAthoue mistake. It is advised to cow is fresh and weigh the milk for three consecutive days each an ight m of ThE cthike “dasal oid adioiad by. ten gives ve amount produced for a mont! Hepenting this plan every month and y er year gives a record that ee erisnleie enough for practical purposes, and enable the farmer t tity een aliae his cows are doing in quantity o! yield. A special milk-weighing scale can be bonghi at the supply stores for $3, although any spring balance can be ee setting the i he 8} seale to alee for the weight of t! her purpose, centred in eel this are those patent right direct oe ie head Se Renters t what their mouth “A MIRACLE IN T The Story of This pte i? Wheat This paper printed an article from the Satu: ian lay Evening Post about a wonderful new wheat which ae oe farming the sO oe as further investi- ought out, they at turday Evening Post dispatched a thoroug! able man to Idaho to examine the wheat on the ground, and his wired report, which follows, pretty thor oughly disposes. of this agricultur- a] marvel: “Assertions of huge crops or goud flourmaking quality not justified. Adams’ only claim of proportion of two hundred bushels an acre with an eight an acre ie years ago. mits farm average only thirty bash els. is year only twenty- ot true that wheat has heen successfully grown Besar; rool making qualities unknown, was given experiment s lysis tah year and told fai it that milling test was necessary how is quality with certainty. Has not had the test. The wheat in appear- ance is as like certain targe, count wheats not valuable fur ¢| ably about the mi empty p To find the iebriess of the r“k and the yield of but fourth and seventh months, prefer- dle of the month. tt the nearest eed many creameries offerin, to do this work for patrons. Direc- tions for taking samples for test- ing may usually be obtained from Dairy- and materials can do the testing themselves. n i HOG FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. | - Considered from the point, of ESope ean hes aay ee e| milk and blood et produce oar similar results when used as supple- ments to corn, when 18 pounds of denied milk is fed for each pound of blood sete or on the basis of one pound of digestible protein in the form of bloo ¢ profit made during the en- tire Sree differs less than one dollar. From this data we con- cluded that blood meal and skim- have a similar feeding value when fed on the basis of an eaual number of pounds of oe and a mea to either old o1 oe Foes fed old corn made gains 8 alightly in excess ee the hogs fed new corn ui the ea e difference t that me conelude that ere is i ittle to choose be- tween these two forms of corn as sepa average gain per head per day, i. Hogs fed old corn made a pro fit slightly in excess of hogs fed new ear corn, re is no difficulty in using Bear inenl-for Hog feeding if it 4 fed with a small quantity of cid dings or some other palatable food, ut these cows! p, exercising reasonable care to SH the hogs started right and not to rticee. at a ene . Where oieace. market is ee! at ‘for skimmed milk, a mai $1.00 eae the cost and Sing price of the h + may for BE part of the ranlae vat to flattening FARM NOTES. me has said that alleges tert ested, Ths may not be lit ly true, but it is ‘ue that with fuveliwenh aud ticcougienllae seid land will nearly always produce better crops than richer land with n insufficient can butter better make our cheese and vim, push, ane and thought into their work, of the watt “t emphasis in farm- ing. Competition is the emphatic man’s opportunity. © greater the competition the more pean lar buyers become, and so as fect Ronde. £° right to the ‘ity of farmers, we ie s mal begin when the| wor arge when it IES ASE trdenttaining ae no capital with whieh When the stock is ill-bred, or the] and i i A NOCTURNE OF THE SHORE. (By A Bai eee) turus amongst the first, Bue fol-_ ow down on the north by glittering era by brane ‘et 2a, in the and b; few veri magnificent Saturn, his rings not now wel ced for one servation, m: cer slowly mcunting higher aay higher in the eavens. r down in the west the thin crescent of the fair orb of night is faintly reflecting lustre on the rippling wavelets, which glitter and spar! each recurring breath of the Bente breeze; the earth-shine plainly revealing the unillumined postion of our beauti- ful satellite. Now her lower cusp has touched ‘ie line of the watery horizon ; now she is half concealed, a horn of Tight Rrciectad from the e last point ra few Mr resting like a brilliant star on the waters, disappears into the darkness. buildings poor the owner conngh: without running i farmers act as GHEE oe consid- ered the great object in life to be to die possessed of many acres, pera e either while undoubtedly it ought rather |§ tc be to enjoy comfort as they pass along the journey. Pee Ba ONLY ONE THUMB LEFT. The X-Ray Martyr Has to Use a Dummy Hand. Dr. Hall Edwards, the Birming- ham (England) X-ray martyr, who as the result of two operations for dermatitis, has now one thumb left to take the place of a pair of hands, d_a wooden apparatus af. fixed be the stump of his right hand. Betw: this and the solitary thm, he is able to hold light ar- “Ror saatenoas med| the most gratifying part of my gen- eral condition is the relief I get from pain. Before the “last opera- tion the only relief oy had from the terrible gnawing was when I fell asleep from sheer Renate n. I am still very weak, but these spells of reedom from pain are making nee man of me. Hall Edwards, although ne- conntiie compelled to take things quietly, i is able to supervise his pri- yate ice, and is also Perharpark cae General Hospital. levote as much time as possible t the Pecpatenen of papers, lectures and articles, an the present time he is schtaining data for his treatise on X-ray dermatii itis. erdosity is , hepettl in “Yegard to the futur imes he suffers much pain th v| beneficial effects. imo an artificial hand will be cn to the . Edwards friooking forward’to.the day when ine will be able to do a little of his own correspondence once again. tl said the doctor, stop him f ie in eu: their glory, Persea, hie the fable of the fair girl and the sea-monster; Virgo, around which have clustered ; our unaided vision, other universe, sun! deep in the tatiana abyss of space. Landwards the few trees on the low cliff may be faintly discerned in silhouette against the darkened sky; while from time to time the many and varied voices of the night utter their melodious notes to the accompaniment measured Aye, it is beautiful, all beautiful. The gloaming, restful and prod! ig shades of be more and more to aceful and feueatuls shins of earth to the of the Great Creator of it all. by suffer De "due by. us, to give us, y the exercise of our own ba wy a opportunity of ia its in the glories of Refer es ae those who approach the throne of grace in the Saviour’s name an paves a merits will in no wise be cast CONTRARY COMFORT. ae the spirited horse dashed on, e fair maiden clung in a parox- vom of terror to the swaying seat, “Oh, ee ” she cried, ‘‘can you “Pm trying,” responded» the > winded driver between gasps. “T'll hold him in if I can only hold out.”’ ONLY TALKS. The man who does the most talk- ing about charity often makes hit escape before the hat is passed. =. MUGGSY OUT OF JAIL—-AND MULLIGAN’S BUSY SEASON BEGSES_ THOMDER 1F MULUIG: IELLO MUGGSY! 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