f LM » said she, percei Mark. OAH WReeLOTeXe Hewerenexe here he is." si ving The Planter's Daughter ; Or, The Queen of Belle River. 7 + Ox CHAPTER IX. Eighteen months have passed since Mark Sutherland left his peas. Bight- een months of persevering study, o ---- sful effort, and of varied wan- rings, find lige at the close, in Cin- cinnati, quite penniless and weary hopeless. His efforts to ployment here are unavailing. He bas not even the means to pay is board. In a listless and eiveppaeted i Mark Sutherland entered the reading- room of the hotel, and, taking up the daily papers, began to look over their ¢olumns. At last, in the Intelligencer, ua eye lighted Leper an advertisement or a classical and mathematical cher, He called for writing materials, and immediately wrote and mailed a letter of apetiencee He was scarcely anxious about result--only a little interested to cree whether he should get Nay situation. At length--as generally happens after expectation sickens and dies the unlooked-for letter contained a proposition from Colonel Ashley, of Virginia, to engage Mr. Sutherland as private tutor, to pre- pare his two younger sons "tor 'the university, offering, in remuneration, @ very liberal salary, and requesting, in the event of Mr. Sutherland's ac- ceptance, that he would reply prompt- ly and follow his own letter in person as rig as possible. and wrote at once, | . cloaitie the contract, and promising to be at Ashley by the first of March. | It was now near the last of Febru-_| ary. He sold his horse, paid his bill | at the hotel, and having money | enough remaining to take him to Vir- | by ginia, left the same afternoon by the) steamboat up the river and met the | stage at Wheeling. After two or. three days' traveling through the most | sublime and beautiful mountain and valley scenery in the world, he arriv- ed, late one evening, at the little ham- let of A shiey, situated in a wild an picturesque gap of the Blue Ridge. Here, at the little inn, he ordered supper, and purposed to spend the night. But he had scarcely entered the little bedroom allotted to him be- | fore the head of the host was through the door, and the information given that Colonel Ashley's gorage had come to meet Mr. Suther He found the parlor coments Lay two boys, of about thirteen and __ fif- teen years of age. The elder lad, cap in hand, inquired respectfully: "Are you Mr. Sutherland, sir?" "Yes, my son; have you business with me?" "Father has sent the carriage for | in you, sir. My name is Henry-- --he's Richard St. Gerald, you know, is in Washing He is in Congress, you know, anc bos made a great speech--" "Oh, sho! He's a great deal older than we are; and he's only our half- brother besides. You don't know everything," said the younger boy, Richard, addressing the last phrase to. his brother. | "I am happy to meet you, Henry-- --) =~frow do you do, Richard?" said Mr. * around it. é ie giving a hand to each of h And : so this eloquent and admired | St. Gerald Ashley is a relative of yours?" "Our brother," said Hen "Our half-brother," snipestiod Rich- ard He ereupon another scuffle ensued, which Mr. Sutherland ended by say- ing: . "Come--shall we go on to Ashley Hall, = will you take supper first here with m "Take supper amos dong with you." "It was kind to come and meet me. But how did you guess that I should arrive this evening? "Oh, v did not guess. Father | thought it about time you should other | 1 |m and he sent the carriage. Father would have come himself, only he' do stayed home to read St. Gerald's great speech." "St. Gerald" was the hero of Henry' s worship. While they supped, their horses | were fed and watered. It was quite | dark when the carriage drew up be- fore the door of a large, rumbling old building of red sandstone, scarcely to be distinguished from the irregular masses of rock rising behind and A bright light illumined | the hall, where the travelers pe re- ceived by a negro man _ in waiting. Henry and Richard, breaking 'violent. | ly forward, threw open the door upon the right, exclaiming: | "Father is here. He is come, fa- ther!" ' A genial wood fire blazed and crack- | led in the wide, old-fashioned chimney | of this room; and near it sat an old. gentleman, engaged in reading a newspaper. He calmly laid aside his per and stood up, slightly tremb- like with partial paralysis, but re- ceived Mr. Sutherland with the fine courtesy of an old-school gentleman. e boys hurried about their own) husitaas, The man-servant placed an arm-: chair for Mr. Sutherland, and when' the latter was cnt B seated, the old gentleman resumed his own seat. A with wine, sandwiches, | cake and fruit was placed between! them; and while they discussed these, | the old gentleman, in an indifferent} sort of manner, said: | "By the way, Mr. Sutherland; have |. you seen Monday's paper, with the e-| te on the tariff? Here it is; look | fa If reg <n you, just: read it aioud, will Mark individual, to wit, Hon. St. Gerald! Ashley, of Virginia. He ran his eye| over it---the old man pretending to eat, not to po im, you. wish to mee this de- bate alord, ur?" asked M "Yes, ye-.2' ssid the old kod smil- put | hom turn found the i ebate" to be all, were fixed upon her mother's, on one side, and in the mouth of one! was asking ing; and gemini crackers; "yes, if it will not tire you. ome by no means," answered Mark, and began. The praigece speech was indeed a masterpiece, 'Sutherland ar was an eaitable elocutionist. He read, became deeply interes before long was betra by man's enthusiasm and his sympathy into declamation, intercapted now and then by ee Ama s exclaiming: "That's it! Hear, h Finally, laughing 'at "-- fever into! which he had worked himself and his} hearer, Mark finished and laid down the paper. It was past eleven o'clock." "Thank you, sir. You have given' me a treat. It was as good as if had heard it spoken." Soon after he rang for a servant to show Mr. Suth- tak erland to his room. Early next morning Mark Suther- land arose. And with the restless- ness of a heart ill at ease, he walked out upon the piazza, to find diversion from the bitter retrospections of the past in the novel aspect of the country around him. There was something startling and inspiring in the abrupt, stern, rugged, bas vigorous and productive aspect of | with is mountainous region. e Ashley plantation filled the cule of a small! valley, shut between two curving gsr of the Alleghanies, and watered Mite a ba iag of the Rap- ! pahannock. e A regular but foamy building of red sandstone, was situated at the foot ;of the mountain; behind it arose hoary rocks, intermingled or crowned | dark evergreens of pine and cae before it, at some distance, flowed th branch; 'around on every side wars gardens, shrubberies, orchards, wheat and cornfields, and half concealed by trees or jutting rocks were the negro quarters; in the midst of the open fields stood the barns and granaries. The plantation was an independent, isolated little domain in itself. ere was a solid, jolly old home- liness about it, very comfortable in' 'contrast to those other scenes. Mark felt ae while contemplating the old | He was interrupted by Henry and! Richard Ashley, who seized the one. his right hand and the other his left, | and boisterously informed that break- ; fast was ready, and had "been waiting ever so long. He returned their greeting and ac- companied them to the _breakfast- table, which was set in the old oak parlor where he had passed the even- graceful g. Two ladies, in simple, morning dresses. of white cambric, sat| ed near the fire, occupied with needle- work; Colonel Ashley stood with his back "to chimney, with the paper in his hand On seeing Mr. Sutherland, the old | gentleman conducted him to the ladies, saying: "My dears, this is Mr. Sutherland; Mr. Sutherland, my: ut before another syllable was spoken the elder lady had lifted her face, started up with a blush of pleas- te and extended her hand, exclaim- in f "Mark Sutherland! Is it possible!" rs, Vivian! Miss Vivian!" ex- claimed Mark, extending a hand to each, _inpulaive how strange ag we should meet here!" said Valer "A most pleasant 'Ganeect® sponded Mark. e surprise as well as the pleas- ure is mutual, I assure you! But how did it happen "I am sure I ao sot know." "Nor I. Can you guess, Rose?" and Mrs. Vivian turned to her _ step- daughter, who remained silent, with her fingers in the clasp of Mark Suth- erland's hand. "IT inquired only in-jest, but now I believe you could tell," persisted the lady, looking intently at the maiden, Rosalie's Lig bigs slightly flushed; she withdrew and, resumed her seat, and took Tis her work. Colonel Ashley expressed no surprise at this reunion; but, as with stately courtesy he handed his niece to the head of the table, said: "As Mrs. Vivian arrived only yesterday afternoon and retired at once, and as Mr. Sutherland reach- ed here last night, there has been no time for conversation about our ar- rangements "Ah, yes; that's all very well; but 'you'll never make me_ believe that Rose is not at the bottom of this, somehow," laughed the widow. Her eyes met those of Rosalie for an in- stant, and the spirit of mischief was quelled. Colonel Ashley invited Mr. Suther- land to his study, where he began to unfold his plan for the education of his boys. Mark inquired when he should enter upon his new duties, and requested to defer "the commence- ment until Monday. The interview then closed. Colonel Ashley told Mr. Sutherland that he rout | find the ladies in the parlor, and bade him good-morning. Mark opened the parlor door and saw and heard the fragment of an earnest conversation between the mo- ther and daughter. Mrs. Vivian sat upon the sofa. She was nimbly and nervously ba ia away at a piece muslin embroi 'Rosalie sat on a taatiion before her, with her hands and her needlework fallen idly on her lap, and her pale hair Br back from her paler up- ed brow and earnest eyes, that She "Oh, re- in open accents: mamma! can this be possible?" "Not only aaa but true, Rose!" replied the i eat do not let him meet Lae a shock; BPrepare him for it, amma." mel cannot; he could I? Hush-- "It is surprising that we should all meet here un tedly in in Alleghany rs. Vivian. "I certainly had not anticipated I did not know Pthat Fe re attaty is toeakes greats uncle--her eta ie. Colonel Ashley's daughter 'was Rosalie was invited to take her ab abdicated lace. Last winter was' too cold for her gh I spent the season in Washin ext win- ter I intend to to take Hose t to Louisiana me | "Indeed, mamma, you shall not im- molate your happiness upon my ill- |health. You shall just spend your in Washington, where, you en- ! Joy life so much, and your summers is the watering-places, whece meet again your and _ bri iliant jfriends. You 8 visit =f in the truce, Rosalie! I rather think I ake i child and prefer to see you well. There's Robert with the horses already, Rosalie; the morn- ing is really cold; and don't let him e you far, child. e would not, imagine he had tired you to death till you had dropped from pa horse." Rosalie arose and } the we smiling to a young at who en' as she left. "Mr. Bloomfield," to Mr. suth-| oomfield bt a suf- | pring and autumn interv: a | 4 5 A BR ESE regular features, axe complexion, clear, merry and lips whose every ee express good humor god ene of a kind, contented hea ou mustn't "take Rose far, hley house, an ir- Ro yy) il take her only to mother's.' "And you sha'n't tease her with | any more moupense! I can't put up with that, you know. | Robert Bloomfield blushed violently and, to his great relief, Rosalie peared, attired Shi athe ride. Mis. | Vivian surveyed Rose; to be sure she} | was wall detanded "from the cold,' | and finally yielded her in charge of, | her escort. | Mrs, Vivian and Mark looked Ba i them through the window and j him place her in the saddle w ith. | careful and tender solicitude, when! Mrs. A age turned to Mark and said: | "I like that good-humored boy. He is a young man of independent for- | tune, irreproachable character, fair education, and most excellent dis- ' position, 'and he has loved Rose for more than a year. Yet he is _ not! worthy of her! He wants polish, He came to see me last winter in Wash- ington, got fitted out by a fashion- able tailor, and I took him to an evening party. Just think, when presented him to a belle, of me hold- ing out his hands to shake hands with of the she woul pay his mother ad eiatene] a visit, etc. And then, when th~ ele- gant Mrs. A. inquired if Mr. Bloom- field waltzed, just fancy him blushing furiously, and saying that he 'would rather not--that he disapproved of waltzing!" (To be continued.) TO INSURE YOUR CORN CROP BUILD A SILO. A silo is not only the safest form of crop inaurance for the Wisconsin farmer, but is stock insurance as well, The succulent form of feed helps to keep the herd in good health, and in- sures a milk flow, The farmers who have silos are not uneasy because of the backwardness of the corn crop. Even if the season has been backward, they are confident that the crop, will go into the silo in fine shape for the stock. And many farmers who, before this year, have not thought of investing in silos, are now asking themselves: "What kind shall I build?" The value of silage as a feed' can- not be overestimated during any year; but in a year like this the worth of a silo in making sure an_ otherwise somewhat doubtful harvest is empha- sized. French Commander At the Dardanelles GENERAL BAILLOUD. was oa General second in co; ae mumand ch Expedt Arm sent to the Dardanelles under Gou. Gouraud. On that officer being pete he _ succeeded to e . Within three m three French have the command Jan ag The two former we le Gouraud, own." > < Mr. Sutherland took the indicated | t. F < Sense in the Hog Lot. 'The apart of which breed of | peg y eading farting Chive have begun to recognize the fact that they must shape their favorite breeds to meet market demands, As a_ natural re- sult, the type of all the leading breeds now conforms to a fixed standard that » The hog that best meets the demand of the present time is a well- muscled hog, that will supply a fair amount of lard, and fat meat well you! marbled with lean, and be ready for market at any desired age. Practical pig-owners, and nant of market hogs look for good quality, depth, length and width of form, and uniformity of type, regardless of the breed, solve and characteristic mark- ; ings. However, it is essential that we select our breeding animals from some well established breed, for pro- miscuous mating of swine of various , types has a tendency to destroy the oc | types of all breeds employed in the ' of years of systematic selecting and md a pure-bred Berkshire boar. The | Pigs resulting from the cross were red, spotted, speckled, and striped | showing that the cross was lost, and|; ¢ with it the improvements in color and markings. The result was the return of the taunting by the principle of heredity to the original scrub type. | All of our swine, particularly the ap-| improved breeds, which are but a {m ed form of the original, will not produce themselves perfectly unless | Bulded by the hand of man. Whatever breed is selected, should be kept pure, | and only the best used for breeding. The man who makes a specialty of W producing pork, should grasp every | onpggtunity to improve his breeding » the same as the man who is breeding registered swine. Uniformity of type is an important | thing in the successful management | of breeding-hogs, especially near mar- ket time, for a paiform bunch of hogs will bring more (Money on any) market than a mixed lot. A pure-bred lot of hogs are much more apt to mature together and please ne buyers, In selecting a breed we should give ee | particular attention to its adaptability ee under which it is are good rustlers, some ae more quiet and better adapt- 'ed to small feed lots. The breeds that have proved best suited to our climate and conditions in the hands of farmers and feeders are the safest breeds to invest in. We all have our preferences, our likes and dislikes, our favorite color markings and our-hobbies, but from the view- point of dollars and cents there is no best breed. All breeds possess many good qualities, and some less desir- able ones, and the man who makes a ailure with one breed can hardly lope to succeed with another. Judi- cious care will bring success with any breed, All practical hog-growers agree that crossing the breeds is a danger- ous practice, and that the best re- pults-are attained by sticking to one breed. Still, some men still cling to the idea that it is possible to incor- porate all the good qualities of the different breeds into a cross-bred ani- mal. It is a disastrous belief if put into practice. There may be certain instances when crossing will ge meets the demands of the packing-| 1A Delishtful 'Freshness------ characterizes the Flavor of Garden ! : T=zA. . Bsg Quality Unchallenged for Twenty-three Years, to solid food almost the moment it enters the pig's stomach and is, there- fore, not a substitute for water. It a. notion &. soak hard grain in and when fed to pigs its dig digestibility is increased. ere are scores of theories about watering animals, but our experience is that the best judge of the matter is the animal itself. If it can always reach water when it needs it, it will take care of its own wants. =? A STOREHOUSE OF WORK. Tremendous Labors of Sir James Mur- ray on New English Dictionary. Sir James A. H. Murray may be said to have reared his own monument in that prodigious achievement of the lexicographer's art, the New English Dictionary, the last volume of which was almost ready to go to the press when he died. A task of vaster scope in all the long history of the cult of words was surely never undertaken, says The Boston Herald. Here was a richly endowed scholar who gave 86 years of his life to the search for spellings, meanings, derivations and pronunciations that ran back to the beginnings of English Hterature. He had his volunteer assistants in every Anglo-Saxon country--several thou- sands of them--and 5,000 authors of all periods were consulted to supply him with material. At the time his work had to be left for completion to others the stock of quotations accu- mulated numbered 6,000,000, all writ- ten on slips of paper that turned the scale at six tons. And out of this in- dustry and this scholarship comes a dictionary of about 800,000 words. How much of it will fit into every- day use? A good many of the 300,- 000 are long obsolete; even of those still in good standing how many do we really need? Shakespeare cap- tured his world audience with about 15,000, and Milton wrote himself into fame with 8,000. It is estimated that Yithe average literary man of to-day uses 4,000, and the "man in the street" not over 2,000. The English country yokels of "slow, bovine gaze" whom George Eliot describes have probably 300 to their credit; the pea- sants in certain sections of continen- tal Europe are known to live the bu- colic life on a vocabulary of about 100 words by actual count. And yet the people who will nibble thus sparingly at Sir James Murray's great encyclopedia of our language are the very people who dictate dic- tionaries and supersede them by usage even while they are in the mak- ing. It is they who have rendered possible this priceless record of our Anglo-Saxon tongue; it is they, too, who in the years to come will call for fresh surveys of our everliving and everchanging speech. We shall-need a New English Dictionary long be- fore Americans have b: gun to spell paonniseany and dub _ themselves "Usonia a ae ns The word "brat," now a term of contempt, Was once an ordinary ex- eee for a small child, FROM SUNSET COAST \ WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE: ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told In a Few Pointed Paragraphs. Penticton apricot season ran to 7,000 crates shippe Prospects are good for a fair honey crop in British Columbia. A big run of red fish is looked for. on the Kaslo streams this season. Lumbermen at Cranbrook decided 'to put up the price a dollar a thousand. Over a thousand enemy aliens are interned in six camps in British Col-! umbia. The high-water attendance at the public schools of Vancouver in June was 4,819. South Vancouver wants only mar- ried residents employed on its new sewer work. The canning factory at Brilliant put up two tons of fruit daily at its topmost time, orth Vancouver civic ferry for the first six months of this year showed, a deficit of over $8,000. The casaba, a cross between the watermelon and muskmelon, has be- come popular in Vancouver. Kamloops has rejected volunteers' for war service wearing badges to show they offered their services. New Westminster decided it could not afford to send its fire chief to the Ottawa convention this year. For striking an interned alien a military guard at Fernie was fined $10 and dismissed from the ranks. After cutting Vancouver civic esti- mates over $250,000, a new cut must be made if the tax rate is kept at 22 sa a ibitiof is looming larger in the tne ~ Britis columbia now that sister provinces have legalized liquor orm. New Westminster bakers were sur- prised to be summoned for selling, loaves of bread less than a pound in weight. Premier McBride sent Col. Theodore Roosevelt a souvenir view book of British, Columbia to recall his recent visit. Otto Becker sold his coffee factory in New Westminster and was getting out of the country when caught as a spy and interned. Some of the interned aliens at Brandon, Man., are now at a camp in Revelstoke Park, where views are said to be delightful New Westminster Council, after much trouble, got a local engineering plant ready for munition orders for the war and never secured one. A man who refused his name, after doing two years for theft at New. Westminster, got $500 cash back from the police; it was on him at the ar- rest. we The current of the River Amazon is felt 150 miles out at sea good _--* as in the p of pig pork. The man who is experimenting with the various breeds and crosses, in search of something better than has aa been found, may have a mission, but such line of investigation is not practical for the ma who must de- _pend upon the return from his swine- feeding for his farm profits. He is on safer. ground if he confines his taste and skill. to improving one well established breed and leaves the ex- perimenting to the man of leisure and means Oats make a fine ration for hogs but to sows just after farrowing, oats cannot be surpassed for keeping them in good condition. A feeding floor will save itself in feed and manure in a single year, provided it is made of waste material around the farm. A cement feeding floor is a joy to any lover of swine. It is rather ex- pensive to commence with, but its durability makes it a paying invest- wrent in the long run. Brick makes a fairly good feeding floor, but to be ef- fective requires a deep foundation of broken stone, 'sand and cinders, and this is expensive. A field of rye sown in the early fall will help out the grain supply won- derfully in the late spring. It is a prevalent notion that hogs cannot thrive except they have a mud hole in which to wallow. Nonsense! Pigs thrive better on clean pasture, they do in dirty surroundings. as a rule they are too expensive. Fed' clean floors and clean water than In the summer time the hog seeks the mud hole in order to cool himself and to rid himself of the flies, not because he naturally likes mud better than clean water. people imagine that if they give the pigs plenty of skimmed milk e is the When you pay for good fruit, Sugar. 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