Love Kept SCSSSOS9 Or, The Girl With the Nut Brown Hair and Dreamy Eyes. Its Faith ; CHAPTER II.—(Cont'd). It was a happy circumstance for the noble band of prophets that they. were not of the company gath- raham’s: sitting- @ thesia amcatyebet inte the “Valley. of Hu- i “Joromich, indoed?? Wil Cottier : w rathfully ¢ xclaimed in response t é “Ay nivye wn any good come cf giving ayder ship or bairn a name that os “anything doobttul aboot it, an’ thee = medithetian One. crate called Jeremiah. I'll admit that hie heart was soond and his inten- were Why, bless my soul, e was for ever greeting, meee greeting, till he couldn’t pass the cop o’ the morn idoot dropping a tear rit, None 0” you' iahs for me.”? herson, a canuy Sco Eckneriete hue wacbie’ tie’ Bal- ean’ if ye canna find a mair ap- propriate name than Job the ship “ill be better widoot ane, hink- gumont, but considering all the Si he to sit aman; duds so content like and argify, an exhort, an’ bit the occasion cpr et stronger a bit of three meeserable friends-wi’ his twa fists an’ ivvery yon 0 ten toes, Yolll remember, Cap Dan, when we were on mphion blackguardly ~|more one looked the m “|little skipper observed inquiringly. present his seemilees; | just i iene on the Habakkuk’s me-boai ot yet painted in, Ww hed the “iret note call was sounded. Darron’s wooded Ia: swept heights of Rote Hu, whence ene might look down into Routen- dale’s cup full of houses, ironworks, ipyard, coal mine, and hi rbor, dered however the "packing had heen accomplished, and here it beat spade an along the Illerdale Road a: his stumpy legs would erat As a rule when Dan called nie ¢ friend, and since Jacob’s wife went home he had ealiod about ey- was a boister- oy ee day the spell of a brooding si ou upon the place, and when Dea : was no rush nor shout, but only a tip-toed advance through the hall and a whispered greeting. ‘Dads not so well, Davie?” David shook his head, and at that “What is it, Bella?’ he asked, and for her comfort hastily added, “Nothing to worry about, I'll be bound ; only a bit of colu, or a eek ic, or siatic, or something li Tiki that; you'll see we'll have es p te-morrow. Have you had ‘Dag’ to. see him? “Ay, he’s Sreteins now.’ “An’ what’ “Oh, Dake flayed Tenet heligets b | ten new moany. Cap’n Dan’s face lengthened, and David, who was watching him, felt mat for hersel’, iver eumemette that ing esis fast keeps ra in his heid noo— eet A ah dreamt three neets back i S eat a tooth— ” last neet ee att Lae he ‘tom Jenkinson 'You ken his ways, While ¢’ storm was on tudder neet he was as un- | tender as a woman, the | tw easy as a cat wid a gale in its tail, prowling aw ower t’ hoose, an’ niv- ver biding still a minute. vver, e'd slip up till his pra proper thing comes-to rampagin’ to see wedder your red, wey, i Mies Why e say his epee! hed gitcloant wert his ic t and peaceful like and med oft tilt) shore rayers bin an- t ftwolk hoddered me t! Ee ee bodder Him eho a patience, wid aw this > Jacob ik tak’ their religion se etly, iteall ¢ abtenerat an wor ryin’ ‘seah much aboot it, An’ 00— Bella’s voice broke and she hur- ried away, whilst Dan ewe moun- ted the staies to the room wherein his friend lay _ waiting for Death; and Dagleish the brusque, hard o speech, but in his heart and touch wrestled for Lif “Hoo are you, Dan?’ his greet- ing ore always familiar and knew no inction of rank. “‘You’re just the man I want. Come here and lend a Aye, that’ sit, just keop your grip on that.’ was one ot as ld Dag’s”’ waa charac not eufpiont teat ne lionld dire af always enough that wit! should see the ke own eyes he done, he must do it ee So in silence,fi save for word of instruction from the econ the ro men toiled, toiled until ere io When # Cap’n Dan followed him nto the hall with question os is | and when the door ¢' the ques: tion had been answered & and Dan's heart was as heavy as Therafter the ders came ‘charged with an anxiety § passing was Anca wherein love forgot and lived ft eared and as d only for the other one, the up all he had left, burnt up the vi- tality that would have kept him go- ing for another ten years or so, ow lon; Br week or two at most, Dan <oDigr litdle Davies he'd better Be told, Jacob, T mea m glad you think so, Dan. It’s thine I never hide except for Riehinl dean theres Setty aie ways such a lot to put straight at st Se t's tai ings , that’s} the end. A few words more, and the two men parted, Dagleish fo i rounds, Dan to return to th ick room chargec. with the hardest’ task to which his life had called him, For a full hour he struggled for words, tender words, words without jag- ged edges to cut and wound, words hy | that would carry as es ia shoe! as might be, an end he Sa it possible to do wi en any them; for when he bent over thi a and took one fhe: w hands in his own aad G gan his reyelebion he hee that his friend knev out. it, and instead of sfamiine the comfor- ter, Dan himself was being con- sole “You mustn’t worry about me, Dan,’’ Jacob assured him; ‘you mustn't, at quite right.’ aun nd you don’t mind—so much, ge Ja ge Te age laddie—but —but—goodness mercy —and I’m not oon ‘o grumble a the end. What sade have I to Bel Hens He Who sent me here and has ee me so long, has ni mvited me to one of His mansions. 'o such a man as this Death ever turns a kindly oe the future may be full of mystery, but it is golden- tinted ee oe Faith and a clea life wipe out all the the gals pain is fea of parting, and the only anx’ ‘or the loved ones. eho must tbe ott behind. a be Continued), RET HHH atte ttt tt ttt +4, THE “OLD ed; and awn sea ha their round with red-rimmed bes and down in the harbor, where th sbips lay, men with black and nitt- jyrown faces, walked ecstasy Tecate? of the was passed along, telling ) a crisis ec parsed disease that had mat: ‘ered defeat. From that ‘day little Dav! = ceased e faces of tho: be: rae about} - hae gee eregTCoum SOMERSET” DEAL FFttt bt ttt tet ed ttt F444t$ettty. the back of Pitt Street, in Sydney, New “South Wales, there |— once stood a large block of bu ness offices, which for these purp es we will call Grenville House, singh, yet orrect A few years back they were deftilished in the course of some containing such leg- ends as ar ‘The Blue Point’ Diamond i Ex rat ion Co. > Ltd” ge ies there must have been nearly have | ki aloes ce me all the oes of my life |y: ‘he cried. Tye dread so that 8 f public improveme: ty 01 orway in Grenville House | 5! was completely ~ surrounded im t ‘Alto. morrow, the ey that on Mr. Wente ter’s vee they spent & like water—water flowed like a waterfall Wenter’s banking account. Now chanced one erie ne an elderly many emnp ill at nie ina ah suit, A who had piajaly. caer on him that he was m up country — i chanced that ane ‘gentleman paus- ed outside Grenvi egan to study various business men who rented offices therein He meandered slowly along until into Mr, ter was at his table, scribbling away for dear li Good morning, client. r. Wenter continued to write— evidently he was sir,’ said - the- x sir,”” xepebieds the stranger, this time in a louder “hope I am not frowiient Ss which enter very quickly to his fect. “Good morning, good morning!” “Have you been waiting? I am exceedingly sorry, but I have got = big Government contract in d s Kept me very G lenty of gold up at Old Somerset at’s the name of the mine, but hl tal. ne Vit. ap of the country pashed over a roll of papers Wen ele Tn seinarked 40:0 Wwoawee La ‘I dare say I can find you a cus-| tomer if the mine is wor ing |to t first, of e. My tna wank be 2% per Jeske bogey ie mission on the sale, and expenses. |?’ nWell, T'll see what I can do, Mr. said, I must | sa Gregory. e ny time eplied th mine-owner. re vay the day after to- a to tone oo myself for the best % make a deal fit ity “By a black boy in charge of the that | windlass. “Yes, boss,” answered the boy, and Presently the two men were in the bowels of the mine scene 'y led Wenter through us galleries, and the Ja Mr. re, going w 8 very evident ta e gold was in true vein and t! nee was nathan whatever aie “T wish I had your chance,” said Wenter. ord work it, would you?” “Not me. If I had is will Ae for the old county an “Perhaps you're riatigh T’ve rough shall we go u e to go round again”? ho thanks,’? Wenter n quite satiated. Vd “Right ; regory remarke T hope au d. property for em to have a yee Ae ’s- elie Berrys on Pane nine Mr. ae to make more, and the,true sys: b Limbula | remarked, as = ay. | tem, in lite 3 is to enjoy the triliees I’ve gic at it for many} “Oh. bless on they’re not all one’s Ia years and saved a few thousand, |mine. There isn’t enough work for} The farmer needs 0 business odu- and now I oe to go to the old|me to keep many, . Gregory neuen in busing pe selling. Farm: country to spend them, — There’s| answere igh prices’ on many When Wenter arrived at hi teeming with gold ae: ain either on os or my ao hich only required capital to work Surely he could find someone} § Here’s the. “title deed ito buy it at a good figure. every prospect of his makin, heavy profit over the transaction. me see,’ he muttered. ‘Gregory Supposing I » offer twenty-five sand for it dnd then Gellocaaens that nda but m Salting to little s shone with glee. and pounds or in my pocket for less than ten hours of my time.’ He picked up the morning paper nd saw that he next, r ie muttered. ell in, in order to see w whetlee the ground had been salt- the money T’'d go straight en- -?| from each of vows for a yoar. q| The station aia bought several of °\ produced was doubled the first ae oy would you| Year!” replied ; oO my yon.’? will,” Mr. Then he shout. ed up the shaft, “Hoist mp, Lily "You ha his of- fice again he pondered considerably, over thé: matter in question, Here There | Paying 2 wants twenty thousand Bet someone yy gum! that would be ten thou- mail was] J due to arrive three days hence. “Gos “TH + + tee tetee > About tha Farm FFF Peete eo ses eee A COW’S ANSWER, Be erteerens a se W. Jenkins, waiting aie. Coun- +) try ‘Gentle: nan, on tl cows” are often fed and Stents aiken the he came-to Mr. Wenter’s door old cow take a hand (or tongue) in jou eh a he nnn te rae dn pn otto hn ton fenton ae alla: of trouble, and appeared. to be| Mt: Gregory?” he aske dairy preedes gic a aes profoundly impressed. From a cor.| “Roughly speaking, an ounce| one. Let ve ae ihe ee ner of his office, like the spider in and a halk to tw unces to, the suai in the face and say to her? a corner of his web, Mr. er|ton, so it is a good paying vsld-fa rly n't ne. 6,000 pound esas and surv. is. prospec- | Even ee Ne EGE aes far arinite i ae ee GORE five’ vicbitt witht approval Geno ey panteed eid locked “round pniger th toncmba th Tit take tits For some moments ti neneh Fully even nee Pepe ae) hota. are not a profitabl inclined to buy the machinery and ore oe ce eater ane then pushed open work thé thie tobandticnayanee cee tue to keep on Tess quantity ae ¥< now Mr. We quality.’ ‘But’ says the old cow, “ ‘before you condemn me, first make sure that the fault is not in the man that feeds and cares for me. remember what the Cornell experi THEE station did several year: Tt hired a far: mer to weigh the male these cows and fed and cared for them, with the result that the milk: FARM NOTES, n who has a good farm cal atpoked Ut implements and cams can well affor 1 the com- forts of life. Even it he does take all of his-ready cash, he a in a goo Alnsasn of opti and oftenMare not wise in finding a marketefor their is no, necessity of but 26 cents for the same article. Neither.is it necessary. for the far~ pay them, ard nee Bone himsel® Have von any figure in mind?” held it until I can sell a again, 1|a3 near headquarters as possible. +g eckon the mine is worth|dare say would take fifteen] __ N edly thousand replied atenGives thousand if 1 sftensd a patree) a gory. ‘‘When it is worked proper-| ¢o and. expenses, lot fact he hed only ‘got the Old ag y ait, will be worth five times that | g. e enlibed Hixth ancient Somerset M s “You se “a —I don’t want to make'a beastly spl: Funds are q 2 “somewhat limited, douchord ‘ "| aos Now j irk pie some: of wee chaps: i) though, on ty ant te ie far away -aw—more than PF: -moygh. ‘ quarter an’ exhort them on the sin| keeps began to crow just after mid- ¢ | bventy of. these brass. plates, and| . “That. will peut me Mr.! draw vp a catchy advertisemen «aN % ‘4 ot pirsay/end the beauty of @ hon-| might en’ Kept it-up for hole’ an in corer ofeach were the words, Gregory. i Toni to Lits-| Me goosoaden. to, while p Rares! Wenlet Tint ae eat fife, we, just jammed oor two} oor.” ; os es y Agent—Mr bula at nine o ae We shall. get! graph pointing out the destiability all my properties are farther away Oremus hail 0 sa abe PERS Seebors peice Po put i yy y|to the mine thea al about twelve. |ot all people anxious to purchase| than that. But I’ve got a first: Veron iis. Gamers. etd. ta, ty. 0n2P>! gator. deepened delirium, was the 9 Will that suit you?” rainilig WReberien Corie cantich, fie 4 ond Limbula hate nion, that's what Job should hev| though ominous, ne oeeaeded ea i! web, | Vets think {can manag it,"| ben hel aerolod own se ai y : jone. He'd have been better ad-| capable of medical explanation, and Thig: pentlamind sao e|replied’ Wenter, thoughtfully, |paper -o urreage: Pree so nere renee see tie preachinc might Tend itself to treatment, but an excellent income iE gitousnhs Ere rehaditoatiaran’ ments for it to appear for the rest for a more seasonable occasi the secret of the ieee tooth and noc-| eyes upon Dagleish, and experi-|tickery, and yet always to evade | gagement £ thE eas : Jacob was about torolfer a defence| trrnal cock crowing lay behind a| cneed no surprise when, a week af-|the clutches of the law” He forer | then L'll mest you “under tho| "On Thursday the liner came in, of ‘the patient prophet, but Cap'n Jan, quivering with excitement at the manos of his own exploit, ex- cite “Right ae are, Sandy, right. yo! are. Never saw it in that hehe ie. fore. That's just what Job should have dome, put a charge oe ee dal. “which human eyes might not pier «How saa it happened?’ he in- quired after an uncomfortable pause. Bella’s eyes flashed, and from her into them. Any sun of a sea cook ean talk, but it takes 2 man to shoot. ‘That settles | it, we'll have | no Jobs in our fleet. is, with a nod ot approval by troduced by Kit enderson, received in silence, as one benea contempt ; and Sam Hodgson, Gude Biblical knowledge was Se Pedi beyond excuse, was inquir- ing, ‘What sort of a chap this here Detiteronomy was,” when the sit- tin and Falls Macliesetidk fowncaiinio the room and grimly surveyed the scene, “‘An’ soah ye’ve nut done bleth- ivvery yan 0’ ye. s time indicating ean father, ‘“‘were ye git, i these two bairns, id and David's be sd. “Oh, but, Bella, it’s not settled eadingly interposed. ‘What's nut eet addie ?”” w! hole nect ower t’ job. rophets hesn’t passed muster this one ie “Oh,” David replied, criad too ay: a nd. enna) pluck, Habakkuk aaah discussed?” “Jeremiah ob hadn't one, but—’ ‘Weel, then, Habakkuk Pe ss mite ‘or ye. itt? stood in everlasting Dan, who MAAR ns une becviels hastoded ae: sure “her: “Aye I thowt ye'd Tike it,” this with obvious i eee. *Noo gang yer way 0! di: lot 61 i the” = inated mariners a he ad dared the frowns of a hun- ed -tempests, uprose at the bid-|, ins of the woman, filed from the dom and out through the garden into the road. ‘Tt tak’s arwouian i settio a bu- siness 0’ that sort,’ jenna et as the door closed beni “Ay, but you ee t aves Hound a name £0 easily if it had been a bakbies’ yer ne Weoking for,” Jo- eob dryly resp: Bellawas: alpeg Peek shows that refi the last-word. ee he lives Tong 4 CH. APTER ia Tle whole of the eight letters had lips there rolled a torrent of indig-| tore ter Jacob was supposed to have turned the corner, the doctor with a jerk of the head invited him out o the room. On the lower landing, where the gorgeous -butterilics from far-scat- d lands hung in their mahogany ite occupation was te get hold of Scie schanbene! twitle, LASIE Tioekate full of-gold, and show them how to enjoy theniuelves. uch of their s transferred to the pock- Sie astute guide, and station clock at. et minutes to ed Wenter. lose anything by a if I do nothing. hee trip to Limbula, vertisement,’” he s: th and on Friday a gentleman called ine,”’ remarked Mr. Gregory, and} on Mr. Wenter. took his leay aristocratic-looking Gane Peeaileae: “T wonder if Rey s anything to|ly dressed in the latest London be made out of the deal?’ mutter- fashion. ‘aw you ta a) FE ian on the Old Somerset Mine. all,| language was so eloquent that he completely carried away his listen= ree Joxe! that sounds dew cedly ripping,” cried Mr. Craven “But you'll want— nant speech. cases; ie tvs men faced each other ppenee those miners who knew|even t peculiar drawl 2 Hfoo hes jt happened?” she) and Dan looked at the doctor, a he: potsesscd a gaudy name.-|°28p ab the appointed Hour hé met! eo sates HE bine blood, “Aine at ae Ra some tea of cried. “‘It’s happened becose he! the fee nodded his head, an those days the gold fever was;Mr. Gregory, and the an men! ig en, I came over on the Den- | yy! on ouie attord, are say eatina abide to let God dui His oan toga p> word was spoken, Dan|at its height, and raw hands flock-| travelled to Limbula, e Mr. | bi igh Castle. I—aw-—want to buy 1 ‘ould oy?! wit Mr. Wen wark in His¢oan way, an is| understood. 5 _ Jed into the Colony thinking that all|Gregory hired a rough mane and|--aw—ono of, these mines,” +, have you lw ¥ oan time, bit he maun gang oot in-| “It’s his years, Dan,’’ Dagleish they had to do was to buy a shovel aeare acrogs to the Old Somerset handed Mr. Went card. ie Tt noty willy you pal witht fit storm to see as He was get-lat length. expiained.. “You see,}and scoop. up gold into heaps. “Yes, sir, the: agent. | ‘Time? ‘These itdonnatter dre baeayaas ting when a man’s. touched sixty he’s|'These gentlemen were the of “ome along,” ho said, leading|dare say I can fit you up. 've/ten arranged © over. a. bol file Af * “What is’t'ye want to know? Is'e}living on his capitai, and what|Mr. Wenter’s heart; they were so| Wenter to the shaft. aot a-tuinbetof- desirable shine | wagers warrant ye ken as much as mesel’. Jacob? 's gone Sean has just used | trusting and so eager to make mon-| ‘Lower away, Lily,’”he remarked Spuanied on hand.’’ As a matter £2. 6'-bo Guntinnes uw ‘ | amet (FIZZBOOMSKI. THE ANARCHIST —HE DOESN'T GET THE ale MINISTER? _ NO. | Your. TIME Has Come!