Mist in the Channel ; '© TARIFA' OR, THE MYSTERY OF THE Ss" CARGO e es { r ' ' r i CHAPTE XIII.--(Cont'd) bering his suspicivas as to whether Wilbraham was concerned in the ly returned his bow. - "Clever, clever!" muttered the Major as he bit his moustache an commended her manoeuvre. ' little overdone, perhaps; the bow a trifle too marked; still, it's clev- er! Ambrose, you will have that thousand."' Charnock was perplexed. "How long have you known Wilbraham?' he asked. Miranda stammered, bent her head, and smiled as it were in spite of herself. "A long while," she answered, and then 'she sighed. "A long while," she repeated softly. Char- nock was exasperated to a pitch be- yond his control. "Tf you want to make me believe that you are in love with him," he returned sharply, almost roughly. "you will fail, Mrs." Warriner. I should find it hard to believe that he is even one of your friends." The words-were tardly out of his regretted them. They insulted her. She was hardly the woman to sit still under an in- sult; but her manner again surpris- him. He was almost prepared to be sent curtly to the right-about, whereas she made no answer what- ever. She colored hotly, and rode forward ahead of him until they were well out of the town and de- "Ts it?' he asked. wile never' Knows what you think, how you are disposed." She spoke with some irritatwn perhaps, but sincerely, and without any effort at é provocation. "T was not aware," returned Charnock. "You must set it down to habit, Mrs. Warriner. I was brought up in a hard school, and learned no doubt intuitively the wisdom of reticence." "Ts it always wisdom?" she ask- ed doubtfully, and it seemed strange question to come from her whose business it was to speak, just as it was his to listen. But very likely her doubt was in this ins'ance preferable to his wisdom. Soze word of surprise at the chauge in her. perhaps some sim- ple gesture of impatience. would haves broken down the barrier be- tween them. But he had taken the buffets of her provocations an her advances with, as she truly said. an illegible face. "Ts it always wisdom?" she ask- ed and she added: "You were not s0 reticent when I first met you;" and just -that inconsistency _ be- tween his bearing at Lady Donnis- thorpe's ball, and his inexpressive composure of these few davs, might have revealed to ner at this moment what he thought, and how he was disposed, had she brought a cooler mind to consider it. For the man was not chary of expression when the world went well with him; it was only in the presence of disap- pointments. rebuffs, and aversions that his face became a lid. They left their horses at a farm- house, and climbed up the rough, steen slone to the windy ridge on which the old Roman town was built. They sat for a while upon the stones of the old wall. look- ing across the great level plain of olive trees. and poplars. and white villages gleaming in the sunlight. Here was the fitting moment for the story to be told. Charnock thought, and expected its telling. But he only saw that Miranda scrutinized hia looks, and he onlv heard her gabbling of this triviality and that with a feverish vivacitv. And no deubt his face betrayed less than ever what he thought and felt. "Shall I see you to-morrow ?" she asked ag they parted that after- Hoon ontside her door. "T will come round in the morn- ing after Iwhch,"' he renlied. and she uttered a quick little sigh of pleasure. which made Charnock turn his horse with a sharp, anery tug at therein. and ride quickly awav across the bridge. Phot first impulses to leave Ran- da had sone feom him.' He was en- gone theoneh Mig ecrn wigh and scending the hill into the bottom of |, he was.resolved to keep the engage- Donnisthorpe's dance as she sat by 'the window recurred to im. "There's a coquette,'?' was one hrase, which on this particular ev- | front of her._ with every meeting. "J saw you come in and thought I might.as well call at the same time, th, Mrs. Warriner? So pleasant, I meet Charnock everywhere. Des- tiny will have us friends. That dear Destiny !'? And as Charnock with an ill-concealed air of distaste turn- ed from them towards the valley, Wilbraham whispered to Miranda, "You need have no fear. I shall not say a word--unless you force to." m Miranda drew back. She stood for a moment with her hands clenched, and her eyelids closed, her face utterly weary and asham- ed. Then with a yesture of revolt she turned towards Charnock. . Instantly the Major stepped in ' "May I beg one?"' said he point- ing to the basket of flowers. It was all very well for him to threaten Miranda that he would +ell Char- nock of her husband; but it would not suit his purpose at all for her actually to tell him on an impulse of revolt against the deception and the hold he himself had upon her. So he fixed his eyes steadily upon her face. 'en1 thoughts. However, he returned to -- the house upon the rim of the precipicc the next morning, and being l.d by a servant through the pat'o int the garden, came upon Miranda uf awares.. She was busy amongst her flowers, cutting the choicest and arranging them in a basket, an she did not notice Charnock's ap- pearance. Charnock was well con- tent with her inattention. For in the quiet grace of her movements, (Pa) ng recurred and recurred to his as she walked amongst her flowers, | he caught a glimpse of the Miranda whom he knew, the Miranda of the 'balcony. The October sunlight was golden about them, a light wind tempered its heat, and on the wind 'were borne upwards to his ears the ldistant cries of peasants in the 'plain below. He had a view now land then of her face, as she rose and stooped, and he remarked a gentleness and a simplicity in its expression which had been foreign to it since he had come to Ronda. But the expression changed when she saw Charnock standing in the 2arden. "Who do'you think I am cutting these flowers for?' she asked, with an intolerable playfulness. "You will never guess.' Charnock stepped over to her ide. j the valley. Then she fell back} «yfrs. Warriner," said he, "will : again by his side, and said: "Why|,ou give me one?' is your face always so--illegible?" |" ghe looked at him with-a whimsi- eal Aesjtatier .auvcunicu tur GIDTab tar," she said, as she caressed the bunch which she held--but she spoke with a great repugnance, and the playfulness had gone from her voice before she had ended the sen- tence. "For Gibraltar?' he exclaimed, remembering the gentle look upon her face as she culled them. "For whom in Gibraltar? For whom?' He confronted her squarely; his voice commanded her to answer. She drew back from him; the color went from her cheeks ; her fin- gers were interclasped-convulsively ; it seemed as though the words she tried to speak were choking her. But her emotion lasted for no more than a moment, though for that mo- ment Charnock could not doubt that it was real. He took a step forwards, and she was again mis- tress of herself. "Yes, I will give you one," she said hurriedly. "I will even fix it in your button-hole. Will you be grateful if I do? Will you be very grate{yl?" Charnock neither an- swered nor moved. He stood in front of her with a face singularly stolid. But Miranda's hands touch- ed his breast, and at. the shock of her fingers he drew in his breath, and his whole body vibrated. And how it came about neither of them knew, but :a an instant the flowers were on thé ground between them, and her hands gripped his shoulders as they stood face to face and tightened upon them in @ pas- sionate appeal. He read the same passionate appeal in her eyes. which now frankly looked up to his. "You don't know," she cried in- coherently, "you don't know.,' 'But I wish to know," he ex- claimed. tell me; "and his arms went about her waist. She uttered a cry and violently tore and pluck- ed his arms from her#@ "No," she cried, "no, not now," and she heard the latch of the door click. Charnock heard it too. "When?" said he as he stood away. and the door opened and Ma- jor Wilbraham with his hat upon his heart bowed with great elegance upon the threshold. Miranda started. She looked from Char- nock to Wilbraham, from Wilbra- ham to Charnock. he he is one of your friends,' said Charnock. "Fave vou the riclit to choose my friends?' she asked. and she greet- ed Wilbraham warmly. The Major seeme/ very nen ee ease. It was the first occasgen 'dn which he had the effronterv t® push his way into the honse, but: from his manner one would have judged him a family friend. He waved a hard.to Charnock. "So you are here, nef®ss49 serve Vrs. Warriner, and bh dear old Gar: 'it 'May I beg one?" and he bent towards the stool on which the bas- 'ket was set. | 'Not of those !?' she cried, "not of those!" and she snatched up the basket and held it chose. "But you shall have one," she continued with la for laugh, as over Wilbra- ham's shoulder she saw Chacacck watching them, and she snappel off some flowers from their stems with her fingers until she held a bunch. "There ! Make your choice, Major. A flower sets off a man."' . "Just as a wife sets off a hus- band, eh, Mrs. Warriner?" returo- ed the Major with a sly gallantry, as he fixed the flower in his but- 'ton-hole. "Eh, Charnock, did you 'hear?' | He joined Charnock as he spoke, 'and Miss Holt coming from the house, the talk became general. But Charnock noticed that at one mo- ment Miranda moved carelessly away from the group, and leaning carelessly over the wall, earelussly dropped down the face of the cliff the whole bunch of flowers from which Wilbraham had chosen cre. As she lifted her eyes, however, she saw Charnock watching her, end at once and for the rest of the time during which her guests remained, she made her court to Wilbraham with a feverish assiduity. She laughed immoderately at his jokes, she was extremely confused by his compliments, she displayed the completest defereuce to his_opiu- Miss Holt was surprised. Charnock was the first to break up the gathering. "T must be going," he said eurt- ly to Miranda. "It would almost seem that )<u were displeased with us," she av- swered defiantly. _ "J beg your pardon," said he coldly. "I do not claim the privil- ege to be displeased." "Jolly afternoon," murmured {'« Major in @ cheery desire to make the peace, "good company, dear old friends"--and he saw that Miranda was unmistakably howing good-bye to himself. He took the hint at once. The Major was in a very good humor that afternoon, and as the party walked back to the house, he fell behind to Miranda who had already fallen behind. "Clever, clever," remarked encouragingly, "to play me _ off against the real man. A little over- done perhaps, but clever. I trust I did my part. We'll make it a thou- sand per annum."' (To be continued.) --_------_j_ A BATTLE WITH ANTS. Traveller's Terribie Experience in frica. , The driver-ants are a terrible pest in West Africa. Crawling over the ground in countless thousands, invincible to anything but a wall of fire, they bring quick death to every live thing unfortunate enough to be caught in their path, and leave be- | hind them the skeletons of lizards, rats, sheep, cat'#\, and even hu- man beings. In 's book entitled, 'We Two in West Africa," Maj. F. G. Guggisberg recounts the ter- rors of one night when the pests invaded his house. I heard voices calling, "Get up --the ants are on us!" Sitting bolt upright, I found the room appar- ently in darkness. In reality, the lantern on the floor at the foot of the bed was still burning, but as 1 threw my hand out and felt the heavy weight of the mosquito-net, I suddenly realized that it was coat- ed with ants so thickly that it kept the light out as effectively as a vel- vet curtain. Two bounds took me out of that mosquito-net and the hut, but it was an uncanny feeling when my feet crunched through the living carpet of ants. Hitting the side of the doorway in my hasty exit; I brought -down a shower of the little pests on mImy head and shoulders, from raf- ter, wall and roof, and then the fun began. = P Some people say that the .ant, ries his head in you and leaves there; others that he drive? some ling boy!" he cried. Bis endear- | other part of his body into' you. I ments increased with ini hich didn't worry about examining w theory was correct--it did not the tortnre of the result. For next ten minues I was standing in a state of nature in the open, the rain beating down, and the boys, ily roused, pieking ants off my body by the light of torches. I was so engrossed in this new sport that I quite forgot about Lees; then I suddenly realized that he was not there. I won ae moral Vv. by going into that infernal place and hauling him out. was @ pitiable sight in the torchlight, his hair waving as if in. a breeze, as the ants crawled through it, his body black with them. iJ and S@c. abou. If your druggist and we will mail you « box. has oure indigestion--acidity of the sto " They re-inforce the stomach fer the digestion of all kinds of food. Try one after each National Drag and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited, Ru YSPEPSIA. BEETS | not stocked them yet, send' us 600. g s * . To pick them off was too slow a job. I seized a tin of kerosene oil and poured it over him, sweeping the enemy off in thousands. One of my hammock boys rushed up with a flaming torch, meaning, in the O44. 44 On kindness of his heart, to give master more light. I yelled to him to keep away, and he, thinking he was be- ing urged on, dashed toward us quicker than ever. Luckily, Lees' cook stopped him in time, and a tragedy was averted. We spent the remainder of the night under a'tree. In spite of the discomfort of it all,--the persistent rain, the mist, the smarting pain of the ant bites,--we could not help laughing at the idea of our help- leesness against the little brutes that were occupying our comfort- able hut. However,.the only thing to do was to wait patiently till they cleared out. | THE WORLD EVANGELIZED. < Luke 14: 22; Rev. 11: O Lord, we long that day to see Of which the Scripture telleth, When all mankind shall turn to 15. ee In whom all fulness dwelleth. Before Thy face the storms are stilled As clearer grows the vision; And men-at length shall see ful- filled Thy one supreme commission. 'o see Creation's second birth Thy faithful ones are pleading ; Thy messengers throughout the earth Thou art in triumph leading. « And where Thy servants swiftly run Thy kingdom is expanded ; And soon by them there will be one : That which Thou hast command- ed. Help us to yi And dk | Until to every human soul The message shall be spo old to Thy control ken. Themselves before Thee casting, And thus ome a8 ruled by Thee A kingdom everlasting. O Lord, may all Thy people live In love's vast imspiration, While at Phy call they seck to give Thy word to every nation. And soon may every race and tribe, Thy light and love possessing, To Thee in grateful love ascribe All honor, praise, and blessing. T. WATSON. Uniondale, Ont., 1911. ; EE SE - VEGETABLES BRING HEALTH. time will be avoided if the ewes have .weir first nourishment. with ranks unbroken i May this world's kingdoms yielded I EWE AND LAMBS. Much of the difficulty at lambing been given proper care during the few months covering the period of pregnancy. Ewes that have been handled and taught to yield to kind treatment are easy to handie during the lambing pericd. There are various problems at lambing time 'that are 'puzzling to the experience. shepherd, yet I am safe in sayiug that most of these problems are the result of negli- gence or the wanv of the care and shelter. Thousands of lambs are annually lost that might have been saved if the shepherd had had the tience to see that they received _ So long as the ewe is doing well it is prudent to allow Nature to; take ; ourse, but-in case she is | experie..cing difficulty it is often- | times very beneficial to assist her in bringing forth her young. Many times the lamb is abnormally de- veloped with a large head and a little assistance will prove very beneficial and conserve the strength of the ewe. Any assistance should be very gentle and administered in a manner that will not excite the ewe. Show the ewe her lamb at once, for many shepherds believe she is more apt to disown her i she does not see it soon afted it has dropped. Ewes that are heavy with lamb should be handled,-very carefully and all openings where they pass through should be wide enough to prevent crowding. Many dead lambs are born when the ewes are compelled to pass through sma}l openings and kept in a crowded place. The ewes should not be heared haf hing, " Phere paler a ating will cause them to bring forth dead ambs. Garget is the worst complaint to contend with and is very common. t may attack and destroy half the value of the udder without any ap- parent outer manifestations. It is often caused by exposure of the ewes lying down in a damp place. Taken in time it can often be cured by giving the ewe two ounces of epsom salts and depeating the dose in about six or eight hours. Rub the udder with warm water and if the milk cannot be started inject in- to the teats with a small metal syringe a weak solution of carbon- ate of soda. This treatment usual- ly proves very effective. Fatten off each ewe that has had one attack of garget. It does not pay to use them for breeding pur- oses rnother season. Just after lambs are weaned it is common to find one or more ewes Onions have long been famous as natural medicine, and the disagree- | able odor, which is their worst fea- | ture, is really the outward sign of, the volatile oil in which they are so | rich. ey are a natural stimulant, | and are rich in sulphur. ey can | be prepared in so many ways, and} are so inexpensive that they ought! to a standard dish in every | household. Cabbage has that wonderful pro- | perty of purifying the blood, for | which many. a beauty seeker would ; pay a small fortune td a quack) beauty doctor. It is better far than | expensive medicines in cases where | the skin and complexion need clear- | ing. It is best served raw, cut in| thin stripes, with vinegar and olive | il, . So it goes, the common vegetables containipg nearly all of the reqnire- ments of the system to keep 1t in condition. A little serious thought will show even the unbeliever that most patent medicines, which ad. vertise the cure of all sorts of i!Js. external and internal, are simply made from herbs of various serts and sold.for a good price. Why not take your cures for a muddy complexion, for nervousness, '1r sleeplessness, for biliousness, for lack-lustrous eyes in a good diet of fresh vegetables. COLD REMEDY. Take lard and melt it, then grate on plenty of nutmeg and grease the thr at and chest and between the shoulder blade: * Me iect ant feade "= D4 Shilohs Cure ailing. The first thing noticed is that the ewe lags behind the flock and is lame or straddles in walk- ing. On examination it is discovered that her udder is swollen, hot, hard and painful, and in a few days, if the disease progresses, parts of the udder turn blue. After..a time these parts may soften, burst and discharge pus, or they may* become gangrenous and slough away leaving raw, angry-|" looking ores. "=. More often, unfortunately, the ewe dies shortly after gangrene has set in, and'losses of this nature are apt to be , serious, for the latter form of the disease is due to infec- tion and one case may supply germs {yr the infection of'many ewes. p] HELPS FOR THE HOG RAISER. A hog is a hog and badly balanc- ed rations and foods that are indi- gestible are responsible for much loss. Many young pigs are severely in- jured by using them for the pur- pose of wasting food. ° The element of waste is one of the most important factors in de- termining profits in hog feeding. It is an easy matter to get a bunch of young pigs off the main line on to the sidetrack and a difficult mat- ter to get them back again. The possibilities of expanding the production of pork are so great that we will never see a scarcity of this prod ics TREE SURGERY. Systematic pruning and tree sur- ery are very closely related. Tice es the intellige..t pro- ' | mechanical » injuries and cavities. Pruning requ'tis & surgery includ tection of 4 Here's . Home Dye ANYONE (= Oan Use. ONE ert roe ALL KINDS er cows 'JUST THINK OF IT! With DY-O-LA you can color either Wool, ixed Goods Perfectly with CcoO., Limited, Montreal, Ceo, Cotton, Silk or the SAME c. o chance of usin WRONG Dye for the Goods you have to color, rg previous intimate knowledge .: tH habits of growth of trees; surgery, on the other hand, requires, iu ad- dition, a knowledge of the sest me- thods for making cavities a:rtight and preventing decay. The caring for cavities in trees must be urged as the only means-of preserving af fected specimens, and the preser- vation of many noble specimens has been at least temporarily assured through the efforts of those prac: tising this kind of pk. "HORSE SENSE." PPR tee. If you cannot . get a competente® blacksmith to shoe the horses, they: are better off without any. The cause of most hoot troubles may be traced back to ill-fitted shoes. : Are you simply feeding the hors« essto keep them alive this winter or are you feeding and caring fa them with an eye to their good flesh and usefulness when next spring's work opens up? What sane man would attempt ta extinguish fire with fire? Yet, some supposedly intelligent men try take the fear out of a frightened horse by the use of a whip lash and- loud, threatening, language. G mene ad COLORS AT THE CORONATION, Blue, Crimson, Gold and Purple Will Prevail. The coronation year sof King George is likely to be remarkable for the clash of bright colors it wilk see. In some measure this will be the result of the reaction conse-. quent on last year's mourning. Practically speaking, the only shades that will find favor with the really well-dressed woman wi e those who have 'what may termed a "Coronation flavor" ab- out them. Thus, the chief vogue will be for Garter . Blue,' Ducal Crimson, Princely Gold, and Re- gal Purple. Already.a foretaste of this is given by, the wonderful pop- ularity of ermine, which is the cal ur that now finds favor. For the moment sable and silver fox are both removed from that petones of popularity' they have so long oc- cupied, and a stroll through the: park of a morning is sufficient to show the supremacy of the Royal fur. This is also to be a year of lace., It will play an important part not only in the Coronation dresses, but inthe trains te be worn at the courts to be held at Buckingham, Palace. Lucky indeed is the wo man whd®has had a careful motheg or grandmother-to dower her witl valuable old lace; she, at all ev ents, is above criticicm. -------- NIAGARA OOTDONE. The Scotch character has a large' element of stolidity in it There) are Scotchmen whv, after once, de- ciding on a question, ignore every suggestion, and will not change. A writer in the Philadelphia Times has aptly produced the type in @ little story. Angus McTavish wis a Lowland- er, wealthy and thorsughly Scotch, and had never seen the Highlands or the beautiful lakes of Scotlaad except from a long distance. He paid a visit to America, and in New York, owing to his prominence, was shown all the siglits. Was he impreazeg ? He was not, and still thought the Lowlands of Scotland far superior. As a final chance to show Angus something that would impress him, | the committee took him tu Niagara Falls. Angus looked at them cri- tically, and when asked if he did not think them the most marvel- ous thing he had ever seen, he re- marked : "Aye, mon. They are grand. But do ye ken the auld peacock in Perthshire that had the wooden! leg?" ,