-- OR, THE CONVICT'S DAUGHTER, "Yes--I--I--want a 'bus," she panted. "That one coming now. wil you stop it, please?" 'And ere the words were Gullo « out of her mouth he hed obeyed, piloting ih across the ad "ho the : & £ As s' ead into her seat her eycs dilated, a. astonishment, ave he had Li FIV IR TS IAT SAY PRT Fk Pd CHAPTER XXVHI.--{Conlinued), fand, sir, sgh you 6 Sunteam,* she faltered How can she--how can you come froin her--whe: mutt crave your forgiveness for not -having eet your mind at case before about Sun- beam's whercabouts "Sunbeam's whereabouts!" she ex- claimed, mopping her face urrially. "I.don't understand, sir, These myster- tes upset me; but Sunbearn----' "Ah! Bill was right then!" she cjacu- eh "He said Sir Ralph had done epg lies: aes full eee a "~y interest. | epoca of her mistake, she turned her head aside, murnurin "Well, he heard it from 'the people at the Half 'Way. House You sce, they saw her But Bill couldnt find oul anything from him, for he died --and we neither of us thought you knew anything, or----" "Yel you mistook ive-----" "Yes, sir; but I explained apek didnt }. and I beg your pardon wong you knew I was thE Stout Sun- am. Whalever did you think of me for a dotec- mar "I sympathized, and longed to tell you, but we thought it wiser not. And since you have been in London I have tried to find you, first to tell you that, and then beccause--there ig a penton about Sunbeum--I want you to tell m all about it." The k he was watching for hitted reo bea face, and her eyes shifted fron "Tr hanes a terrible mystery now, what I-read in the pap »»--" she murmured, plucking nervously at her gown, "Sum- be:m--but you know all, no doubt, for you said you came from r now. or did I hear wrong? You see, the heat . i sud. *n meeting you was upselting, "You heard rightly: last night." She sprang' forward eagerly. "How did she kok, and was she renl- ly in prison, my poor darling?" she > quavered, save her from that, "Mr. sells and Wy i) Ss wore strangled by her sobs, is hand scothingly on 1 saw Sunbeam ri--" Sinciair "raid \ hers, saying s "Sunbeam is out of prison--on bail. Lody Cruse got her out; for Lady Cruse kives her as though she were her daugh- ter." . Beans quivered visibly. A ses of fear tad into her eyes. A thrill of gud- ae Jentoury shot through her loving heart. For second she hated Lady f : "Now you will fell me the mystery?" |] think you and your brother must know something. Lady Cruse would give much to know, and----~ She flung his hand from her with a . There's es nolhing--I can tell," she cried "Sunbeam is in gread {roan and her trial will come off very soon. we cannol save her from an undeserved punishment, we con al least make niat- ters easy for 'her by proving that sitc is not a convict's gtk She is in- nocent--you and I know that--but how save her {rom the public, how prove her finocence fo a Can you 'tell me, do you knew?" how "y can 1 know | thal?' she 1 fokl me yourself where I dian know; though I have ted fa you much about her, you must be Tieve. "that. ae if there was n ) about ost, it wou'dn't in this mntler would? it? It Besides. if might 'ea? the real culprit nothing," she' r -- nothing, ile rato hs wriedly, Sinclair ookod thoughtful. epicone were greater 7 before. 'arm betrcyed her I tell you haw 'it is 1 knew nif tisappearance ¢ she with Lady Cruse?" } "ght pause, during be oz how she SIS "with. His) su Th "Vv. d taurmured, theret? cong pile. the = fear bad eased cr Hat Sint an ™ was __ himself » wn onoither aitatwr fold her 'th | | | ; would have nor surpris But as she and read in her darling, in her bereavement, fear fled from her heart. quiver with emotion, & geney evel flowing emotion, that for the. mo meni minimized all danger and magnit'.. Sunbeam's claing. H{ only she eauthd tell! A ter all, why need she mention listened to the parrst-ve "efor _ " she sold, as Duncan ir ite = know, like you. that ; but that's caus I know her, no t for other rexsons. And T don't mind telling you there is a mys- tery foo about her. But what good will it do to help her new the police hsve her? That's bound to come «n anyhow, isn't it?" "Yes." he replied. reluctantly, fear- fu! of say'ng too much"and thus arrest- ing the words he was: longing to hear. "But it might be helpful to know that --well, that she is not your brother's child. Forgive my saying that." 4 don't mind. BIll's-a good sort in his way, bul he and law don't hit it, and never will, He's been a voled father in the past to her, belter than some real fathers--for it's quite true what you guess--Sunbeam is Lady Cruse's --e though you' mustn't worry mé more. You must mail ier Bill to 'all you the-ins and culs, "~ TEER 40: aXe rier sara artsavcts ~ e TIA B i h I exclaimed Sinclair, his | most nm § G s a §] § f ~cotinued nersnnsively, pgs i reaches} he ne een tana'he then thought it would be no the same klea you have Rae it came fo me. usual feminine yi oe weeping. And S0 copious wére her further aengerooaae th Said lo ly to the station to inquire about the found it empty. Inquiry proved that Hetty had wiped te {fl the hotel a ight. Evident her ia had revived and hed further proof he conld neither tell had long suspecled was rea fearfully in letting Helly osca for his cluo to Bl was lost, an felt convinced that prove Sunbeam's innocence, days now were left before the trial. alfhough they all scemed hopeful. their henrts they knew thal unless Sun- it was due to Sunbes: boemn betrayed the man she was Pe tion, which nulurally would alarm any ing she wou'd be proclaimed ened alt the warld. n run away hotel during his soe pieediarsrs 'ot fe street, he mee mele road beyond. Never had: longed never had the "busy thoroughfare beck- tomsle teps struck fernor info her, and she fell hi ay self a landmark visible to all. she could reach the welcome mass ae were following her, and sighed, relieved, as no sign of living be'ng showe tween her and the holel, more shops and---- app friend of Mr. Sinclair's. ed. hail a can?" id ebdiogs penis ed, and- a facing get tae 60 soon!" med, meeting her inguiring gaze with a little smile. at her escape, she fell uneasy, for her suspicions of him had returned. Could he be fqllowing her? Was he a detective? She watched him 'anxiously as he fendered his fare. Perhaps he ae mention the quarter he wanted, But no. He sat silent, s-d eviaeniiy dst unconscious of her anxJous scru- iny. fe a eri mind saying I was coming u fo tell Lady Cruse, a 28: use, for But yor: ing c was the worse, and we'ye been , and hat Bill will =a oh ne I don't know!' With which she fell back upon the , 8 incoherent | er words, thet Sinelelr. could cull no strode from ® room in esp "Tell the lady rit tie shortly," he Ye waitress, "and keep her until return." With which re sped quick- But when the only other occupant of the omnibus got oul--she was a sifm, golden-haired damsel--he w- wards Helly and said mean! speeds with reiurn train to hehe He would {ake|® !w:nkle of mischief in as Helty w:th him. and Lady Cruse would] "Her hair reminds one f' Sunbeam. ciasp oo ire, duvet. to her heart] To say that she wes caeriekied is nét ere the 5' She nearly shot from the cecal}... enoug in her opomarngeta whilst her face grew grey, nm green, with iene Lord St. Kant ne it was he+Smiled His words ee ben he had not expected their having such a8 éffect, and drew back "with a puzzled rease belwren his brows. "ye had witnessd from afar aa eet ee meeting wilh Hetty, and guessed that it had something to do with Sunbeam. Idle curiosity or mere dev.lry had mado him wait about outside the holel, and then Hletty's distress had touched him. He wos amused also at the thought of scoring off Duncan by helping the wo- man in her flight, for it was evident that she was running away from Dun- pe him,|can; that he therefore would return fo nd he| the hotel in search of her. Mere devilry Bill alone con'd also had prompted him to accompany nly two ier and fo make the sae about Sun- nm the woman's But on atic Soin fo the room he His bird had flown. been one too many for the wailress, and al- soon as he had gone she had her eyes aml, sweping el aside, vanished from their ad fled from raaiet he L andieees, back fo the re damped, and he felt that until he Lady Cruse nor Sunbeam that what he Hy true. reflected that he had bungled m's presen' y |cf her friends. But, as he sat silently ergilating, hi | began to : {han ee in Heli {ds and alarm. A ha "CHAPTER 208% -_lenough about Sunbeam to guess thal As Duncan guessed, it was fear that this. lable, honest-looking woman made Hetty Gree from was the aunt who had brought her up, ;the sister of the convict-burglar. vhat he might' yet ane, her. say, und ivul looked eagerly across ' lee slipped to the eigareh Giancing back neice aut pavement, bh her "ardently for a crowd, | eves cn though the nat Gun the pd SUING the corner, bore her out of ca Vag Then he hailed a hansom, whispered hurried Alscdons fo the sa Be and Sung round the corner as the omni- bus er off again afler a momen- lary But 2 Telly's fears had vanished then, i for she ne seen the stranger, who had been so kind and was yet so mysteri- rel from her. She glanced back nerv- ously acqueinied with tee affairs, turn tisly lo see if the wailvess or Sinclair hig back on her ce "Ps towards Saaen: Why he'had followed her into the. 'bus, why he had. startled her by the strange remark, she could Sy imagine, rut, at all cvents, he meant hprm, or by, her silence, thought ve elf on the wrong tra At all events, she was safe, And she had not belrayed Bill. Had she noticed that a certain han- scm dodged her, following her al a safe distance afler she had alight the *bus and unlil she home, she would not have ye " reas sured as t Bill's safety. ecially had she also known that. a ea Titans later, St. Aubin entercd the nearest po- lice stalion and plunged into a low oned so termpling'y. The Aare of ake on the ent Ho d be: A few more leps and she would be safe--a few She collided heavily with a fall man, mt seemed to have sprung un sudden- bofore her. he looked down 'pologetically her heort thumped with rehension. For perhaps he was a The thought purred heron. She broke into a heavy, pasmodic run.. He overlook her. "Can I do anything for you?" he ask- "You seem in a hurry. Shall | She shook her head, foo breathless to en, if "lean ret you ane in a second." hela, duty. Although St. Aubin loved Eileen and had promised to help her, he felt s cearal pity for Sunbeam, and believed her inncent. He elso thought that EI- at as genuine in her belief af the nA wey uilt. Therefore, he felt now that we feat R suddenehat he had hegun ip joke must be She ' We pyar Reel her en. "ale'ana cat Wo wronaling with har-wleh " the prafferad healn, "Thay wera kina 'otondly. wnenentelane payne the @ay for him, for sh prsored at random; At that. juncture his thoughts assumed voiced conversalion with the inspector 1 : =] a 4 E ' bs '§ i E i é 4 g E) Pe, = Aa you shall have them, if only youll do what I sey. But if we wasile time we may fail aloiner relorted St. Aubin. "The woman uspect me, and, for ee ! know, per at once. The sooner you set fo work the better." "Wercan can't work x without proof," sniffed the other. nse!" exclaimed St. Aubin hot- ly. "Am to _ it to you, or go else- where? Am I to--" "Let's-hear it again, and then Ill see,' nole with a'sigh of resignatio "So there y' are!" exclaimed Bill as you bin up to? I must 'ave come 'ome hours osc Baa shoppin' ain't very showy neil! He Bonners 'at 'the handbag she laid ously at his sulky face, or ? Durst she mention v2) Sunbeam? He turned to her agsin "I wanted you parilekler, am' cos 0' thal you was cut. But we won't waste breath about that. I've . jot fo do and preshus little time to do it in. 1 know females can no give up gaddin' e you, only you'll 'ave fo work double an, that's all, if you mean to slick lo 3 oe was speaking quickly in a thick, hushed whisper. iw and then he! ful of interruption.. (To be Continued.) d THE CRUMPLED ROSE LEAF. A prospero Scotch farmer, pain-° fully exact in money matlers, married n widow possessing in-her own a the sum of a thousand pounds. Shortly after the wedding a friend met the farmer, to whom he offered serving: : \ "I's n good thing for you, Sandy--a oe Uigt means a thousand pounds "Not. hie that, McPherson," eal the farmer, "not quite that." | "Why." exclaimed the friend, "I un-- dersiood there was évery ponny of a thousand pounds {o you." "1 had fo pay seventeen shillings and! sixpence for a marriage license,' sald Sandy, with a sigh. --, _NOT TIMES SLAVE. A traveller, findidg that he had a couple of hours in Dublin, called a cab! and told the driver to drive oni around for two hours, t first all went well, but soon the driver began to whip up his horse, so thal hed nerrowly ¢s- caped eoverel collisio "What's ae matter?" " demanded the passenger. "Why ure you driving | sé reckkssly? I'm in no hurry." "Ah, g'won wid yez," retorled the aie "d'yo think I'm n fo pul ir the whole day sasiyin. you around for two hours? itup ----_}.---__. AN EAS YTASK, In this day, Herr Lauterstein had been @ busy instruclor of many music stu- dents; promplness and eccnomy were two of his walchwords. Now that he had grown old and [aught but sparing- y. his habit of speech often caused a smile. "What time shall I come for my les-' son = morrow?" asked one of his few pupi "YoU come ven you get realty," said: "he music-mester, "but bo brompt, so us not to vaste my time nor your own. 'Understand?" glanced at the window as thougn fcar- : c congratulations, at the same time ob- in _ kets. ~wwwvvvee ON THE FARM THE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS. In the previous discussions al the convention, + had been mire steoa@y put forward than the value and importance of the var.ous breeds of live to the Maritime farmer, = they or only provided a sure source of re venue, but would yield that rere at litlie expense to-the fertility of the farm, says Prof. .- Cumming, nn the New Brunswick Farmers' and convention A feeding fone would ave in his voidings 90 per cent. of the fertility which was in food. A dairy cow giving en average flow of thiik would leave 75 per cent., or, if her pro- duct ts fed on tho farm, there need nol b- a joss of more than' 5 or 10 per cent. of the fertility comtained in the focd, a should be of the best qualily, for every- ene knew tha was sloc jvould pay a profit, and stock (hat would not. The problem for the progressive lecting and feeding, of which three op- erations the speaker sciresly knew what one -_ the most important. All were ssary, but he was inclined to telieve that, in this gahicinag fk. any rate, feeding was even more than breeding. It was a pe trait in human nature that a-man who could summon up courage to buy first-class stock, al high prices, would begrudge those animals every extra ounce of {tod they might consuine, Such 4 . | course never pald. The real value of an animal consist- et in the amount of focd it could con- sume to advantage over and above the amount neces-ary to maintain the vital funclio C ! our suit the ideus of many farners, e day the speaker was showing a ll the College therd, and pointed cul a cow that was giving 18,000 pounds of milk annually, and which was costing sboul $80 a yeur for feed. The visitor cons.dered this an outrage- ous umount, compared with (he $40 his awn cows cost him; bul when it was ' pointed out to him that the cow wus giving as great a return for the $80 she gon to appreciate «ble stock rather previously: There had been a d'scussion at the convention on becf cattle, and, incident- lly, as ta whether there was more pro- fe in that branch of farming than tn luirying., Some time ago the students al the College were arguing the question, and those who favored beef the value of profil- more than he had produc tion did so for the following rea- | rin Bee! callie required (1) less labor, @ i skilled labor, (3) more could te kept with the same amount of labor because coarser products were cemsum- , ed. and more manure produced: (4) mace holidays and Sundays less irksome; (5) required less carilat in buildings and equipment: (6) their manure was mere valuable; (7) less trouble willl "blanks," ,and (8) help oul the man of mature thal} s <anee becl-raising ought to be earried on at a profit.. parte had ge amg pay ag about urpose. For his (the ual- speaker's) part, if cc wee - = form- er, he would own, _ cow: milking beef, cattle. he were a dairyman, he would fo the raising of hay, and roots, but, with some exceptions, they did not produce grain a: cheaply as places further west, and the farmer ought so to arrange his farm us lo get the greatest profil from those 'produc With "regard "" -_ af they were to would cerlainly o oa grain bill, at I¢ss hag beg fo the fer- tility of the soil. In roots, these Prov- ices easily excel the naar They form a most cheap and destrable feed for fat- tening caltle and also inducing a good milk fow. Wlth roots, it was possiblo te use chesper and coarser feed, and they ministered to the health of all tock. The .quantily lo be fed varied, ef course, with the animai. In some causes, one or even two bushels per cow too much, but about 30 he said a6 to the value of forage Teas and oats mixed were particularly valuable, and perhaps more easily grown in some parts than corn. I cows milk fow it dry, they would pro- mote Soutit nd were most valu- che for heed veattle and sheep. --_--__e--_--_--_--_------_ 'THE UNHAPPY FATHER. He entered the shop hurred!y. Those whom he passed at the dour heard tun repealing under hs breath a formuly which he ---- 40 fear might slp away and be He appreac bed 'the counter like one who wishes it were well over. "Ewish fo gel, he sad boldly, "s me ribbon fer a red baby." 'The shop-girl's blank stare secined fo arouce him lo a sanse of sumetinag lacking. "Thal is," he said, "I TT } ke 6 ime baby for a red mbbed « and The assistant was smiling nw, four others, a shopwalker, and seven customers, gathered and grinned ('n unison. He began again: "That is--of course, you know. [I mean some red mbbed boby for one--that is--some ved ribs for one Laby--oh, hang it! where's the way oul?' He departed with speed. "LT wonder said the shop-girl, thoughtfully. about an hour aferwards, "if he could have wanted some red Vby mbbon ------_-#------- HIE KNEW, "Is Une master of the house in?" in- quired the smooth-tongued book-ageit ef the Httle Loy who had answered his ' g. "None." sald the bov: "Lille boys should not tell falsehoods ." said the book-ayent. "owt that your {rther readi img the newspaper there by the wind w? iyears who is resting on his oars. sed is salisfied fo keep up his farm with a fair income. Those in favor of dairying claim that {hal indus'ry (1) presents many instanc- e3 of much more indly'dual profit, even making full allowance for Inbor; (2) they gave this revenue regularly, {hus helping out the man of limited capital; (3, it affords a better chance fo keep mies labor at a profil the year eound; ¢ it gives a man a beller chance to toe pigs and pouHry, etc.. at a pro fit (5) when only butter is sofl, the manurial product ts fully equal to that of beef cattle; 6) in heel production there was trouble, as evidenced by the mar- , in comneling with Western beef. bul dairying afforded a better chance, even if the cost of production were hirh- or and the preducts of 9 per'shable nuture; (7) it affords a better «poortun ty. If those argtrments were solil, then the best farming outlook wi - along the dairy line, bul thers are nole sec. ions, ad parts, perhaps of 'every ee sec ___--_FIZZBOOMSKI. THE ANARC I Witt: PutTsK STICKO DYNAMITESSKI Lf ae pee rm St "Yes." was the answer, "that's pa all right, bul ma is ou HAIR, One cf the curious things about mast peaple they weuld rather have fhimg than while with no hair to comb over i. a. oe A SPECIFICATION. "Ales!' moaned the "that divisin which fled by the enemy, was the arniy, "Yes," defentad genera). in the attack cream of my b He. rly his aide, "whipped cream." retorted a een THE BORN LEADER. Mnany a man who was born lo be a lend rhas been out of a job most of the time because he oo i find anybody who wanted to be HIST=<-HE_ Mrs. Henpeck--"Her husband samply Pwon'l bLsten to her! Heapech "Eb w e- purth dees the lucky fe luw manace ere -- thelr use will mainfam the] », - ----s FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND --_-- NOTES OF INTEREST FnOM HEB BANKS AND BRAES, What Is -Goilng On In the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld North Berwick burgh has a clean hill of _-- for As - were 11,374 new tors in rl Edinburgh Savings during cen iron workers at Coatbridge, ee are closing, owing to dear oo in Rothesay is in a very bed ot stale, and more local failures are am unced, Mr, David Houston, coa) agent, Green- ock, dropped dead in the s'reet on his way bome. , Lord Galloway's estates in Wigtown- shire, -- exposed 4. £487,000, but no ciler was made. Pitculien House and grounds, Perth, ave been sold to the directors of Mur ray's Royal Asylum. Lord Overtoun has been appo vice-president a the Scottish National Rifle Associatio: There were 337 on the roll of Knowe- park School, Selkirk, and 370 on the roll , Greenock, are. to tulld a poe steamer for service on the River I Estimates 'aggregating £12417 2s. 3d., ted ve for the erection of the Galashi =: ¥ School. Alt Duddinglon Park, Portobello, re cently died Mr. » f piper was made by the Duke of Buo- cleu A 'Lectéogs firm: has asked for authority te place fifty motor cabs wilh laxi:meters on the 6Lrects of Edinburgh. Cambelltown fishermen complain that the torpedo practice in the Clyde inter- feres with fishing al Ballantras, Wages in Dundee shipbuilding yards ore to be reduced five per cent. on piece werkers und Is, per week on time wages. The output of shipbuilding work in Greenock and Part-Glasgow last year was 215,971 tons, as compered with £36,104 In 1906, Last year Giaégow imported eight mil- lion bunches of bananas, equal to about {wo dozen bunches to cach of the popn- lation. Alex, Stephens & Sons launched the twin-screw sleamer Hesperian, of 10, fens grass, for the Ailan Line at Glas- kow recently. Tho Corporation of Glesgew is asking to appoint a Municipal Relief Committee to deal with the distress umong lhe u employed Glasgow Town Counei! has made an appeal for subscriptions fur an unenm- ployed aid fund. The Council has headed the list with £1,000, Ther is now £99,792 at the ercdit of depositors in Gulasinels Savings Pank, a decrease on the year of £3,421, sutd to « due lo emigrabon, Dunfermiine heads the [st Aine ng Secowish towns for the nutibeor « and gentlemen who have yulned corti cates and medathons fer life saving, The Secretary for Scotland na ap peinted Mr. Bertram M Gown to be shirebhiretay etit uk (ce shrdi ap Senn of the Justices of the Peace for Duin frtes- shire, in succession to his fe i r, who has resigned, aller Jb years' service. Yer thirty years ago a needir entered the deft faot of Mrs. Walker, of Aber deen. few days ago, Mrs, Walker neuewd? Something pretruding from her right elbow. It proved ta be the errant needle, Fe NOT A PLAIN COOK, Mistress--"Sre here, Jane, I can't have you enfertaining company an my kit chen all the tune. New Cook--"Falth. an' it de le your own fault, mavsin, Yer she oud av' ad verlos« for a plain cook,' UNFORTUNATE. Mrs. Houlhan (sobbing}-I never saw ye til fhe day fore me unforehnit rerio et Mr. uhan--An' f often wisht ye hadn't seen me ul tn' day after. If the charity that be gins at home fs "he real thiugg at soon intreets the Ar travel habit. TRIES AGAIN IN FIVE SECONDS PRIME MINISTERYITCH ETSK BLOWN URSK