-- | FREEDOM AT LAS History of a Man Who Lived in . Misery and Torture CHAPTER Xv. Brother Felix, the monk who had come to them from Icomb, bade them ae ti rest another day before 'set- BSiing ov over the lake. =? "Ye have had a 'shrewd shog, Li- sole, in the news that Hyla brough and he also has gone hardly of late. Let us rest a day and eat well, and talk withal. It is good to rest here." His merry black eyes regarded them with an eminent. satisfaction at his proposal. It, was his holiday, this trip from the Priory, and he hed no mind to curtail it. There was yet a quaint strain of melgncholy humor about the ex. fool, The joy had gone, the wit lingered. His sojourn alone among the waters had mellowed it, added anew virtue to the essential sad- ness of the jester. ~ And Felix was no ordinary man. He had been an epicure in such things once, What the time could Give of culture was his. He had been #% writer of MS., a lay serip- tor in the house of the Bishop at Rouen; he had illuminated missals in London, was a good Latinist, and, even in that time, had a little Greek. A day with Lisole, was a most pleasant variant to a life which he lived with real endeavor, but which was sometimes at war with his mental needs, So they sat out on deck, among all the medley of the jester's rough household goods, on deck in the sunshine, while the monk and the prospective novice ranged over their experiences, Hyla had never heard such talk before, Ladeed, it is not too much to say that through all the years of his lite he had never, until this day, been present at a conversa- tion. Nearly all the words the serf had heard, almost all the words he himself had spoken, were about things which people could touch and see. He and his friends, Cerdic not- ably, had touched on the unseen » things of religion--principalities and powers'? who dominated the fu- ture--in their own uncouth way. But conversation about the abstract things of this earthly life he had rarely heard before. For the first hour the novelty of it almost stunned him. He lis- tened without thought, drinking it all in with an eagerness which de- fied consideration, It was his first and last social experience ! ; "Wiit not be so lonely in the Cloister, friend," said Felix. _ "Say you sol' answered the jes- Ps "yet to be alone is a power- good thing. I have but hard- ly felt lack of humans this many ayear. Many sorry poor ghosts of friends, goxve to death back-along, come to me at night time." Hyla noticed that a curious change had taken place in his host's face. The strained, brooding look in his eyes had disappeared. Al- ready it was calmer, happier. _ ~The sun seemed to draw out the latent humor on the jester's coun- tenance. The jester had a thin metal rod in his hand, part of his cooking apparatus, his poker in faet, and all unconsciously he began to use it _ to empha. ize his remarks--the fool's baton of nis happier days. Now that the pressure on his brain, the --dead-weigat of hate, had been re- moved, a kind of reflex action took lace. He became a little like his ormer ' seif. Hyla sat at the edge of the little deck and icuoked on, wondering, his hard brown feet just touched the water. tiis face had sunk once more into its old passive unemo- tional aspect. -A gaudy marsh fly, its its tivery of black and yellow; had setiicd upon his hand, but he made no movement to brush it away. The trio' were beautifully grouped green reeds, surrounded by the mt brown water. To any one coming suddenly upon the quaint ole boat lying among the white and yellow water-flowers, and -- its strange distinctive crew, the pic- as an u.io:gettable mental pos- session. The acciients of time, place, and color, had so beautifully blended into a pertectly proportioned whole that it'.ecwred more of design than chance, Lisvie smiled down. at the big man. "my jesting days are long gone by,' he said. "But, messires, 4 will try iny hand for you this noon if perchance it has not lost all cunning. Once I had know- ledge ot the art of legerdemain, by which the hands, moving . very swiftly and with concealed motions, do so trick anu deceive the eye that he knows not what a-hath seen." 4 Brother Kelix%at up and propped »* himself against the cabin, Hyla » drew nearer, with attentive eyes:.' Lisole left them for.a- moment and | cabin. He came articles in his inside the several - went out with | hands, which he put beside him 6n = hm cleck. #9 showed them his bare hands» and When suddenly stretching out his right arm he caught at the empty air; and behold! there came into his right hand, how they could not tell, a little rod ef black. wood * a foot in length ce more. A switt change came into 'his voice, jit sank a full tone and be- came very solemr. His face was ¥ very grave. Hyla watched him ' ith wide eyes aid parted lips. He the.-eerf, . 'Now turned. to againgst the background of vivid! ture wouiu nave remained for long | 4 ness art magic, but none of Satan's so be brave. Take you this little wand of enchanted ebon-wood and Say what dost make of it." Very timidly, and with a half withdrawal, Hyla's great brown paw took the toy. He examined it, smelt it like a dog, and then with some relief gave it. back to the owner, "Tis but a little stick of wood," he said. "Natheless. a stick of magic, thrall, for 'twas of this wood that the coffin of Mahound was built." _ Lisole cleared a space on the deck in front of him, and laid the wand upon it. Then he stretched out his hand over it, as though in invoca- tion. "By the Garden of Alainoot where thou grew,' he cried, "and by the virtue of the blood of Count Raymond of Tripoli, whose blood fell on thee as he died in that gar- den, I command thee to do my will little olack sti¢k.'"? He took a littie pipe of reed from his belt, and, stopping one end with his finger, blew softly through it. A mellow flute-like note quivered through the air. Hardly pausing for breath, the jester continued the monotonous cooing sound for sev- eral minutes: - : Hyla watched the wand with fas- cinated eyes. Suddenly it began to tremble slightly and to roll this way and that. The pipe changed its notes and broke into a lilt of a simple dance. Simultaneously with the change the little stick rose up on its end and inclined itself grave- ly to each of them in turn. Then it, began to hop up and down, re- treating and advancing, in time to the musie. Hyla's tongue clave to the roof of his mouth. His lips were hot and dry, his throat seemed as if he had been eating salt. « horrid fear began to rise with- in him, such strange fear as he had never known, as he watched the devilish little stick--how human it was !--in its fantastic dance. Suddenly the music stopped: The stick ceased all movement, stand- ing upright upon its end. Then-- horror!--very slowly, but with great deliberation, it began to hop towards Hyla. Nearer and near- er it came, in little jumps of an inch or so. The tan of the serf's face turned a dusky cream color, he put out both hands to ward off the evil thing. But it hopped on relentlessly. It came within a foot or two, and Hyla's terror welled up within him so fiervely that he gave a loud ery, stepped back, and with an echoing splash disappeared into the water over the boat side. He rose almost immediately, spluttering and gasping, the shock depriving him of his senses. Peals of laughter, echoing uncon- trollable peals, saluted him. Hyla trod water, staring at them in amazement. "Come aboard, man! Come aboard!' cried the monk at length. "T'was naught but a jest, a jon- gleur's trick.' His laughter for- bade speech once more, They helped the poor fellow on deck once more, and reassured him. But it was long before he began to like his company again. He re- membered the shrine inside the ca- bin, the sudden appearance of the jester's torch through the mists of night, and longed most devoutly to be back at work on the good brown fields. 'Till evening fell and supper-time was at hand, Lisole entertained them. Never had he been more skil- ful and more full of humor than on this, his "farewell appearance," as he would have called it now-a-days. In his hands a wild duck's egg came, and changed. Water poured into an earthen jar changed into chopped straw in a single moment. Never were such wonders before on earth. But as day went, so gaiety went with it. Then they all said the Lord's | Prayer together, und so to sleep. | But Hyla's rest was fitful and dis- l turbed, Strange broken dreams flitted through it. Often during the night he lay awake and heard the heavy snoring of his companions. The sound rought little sense of companionship with it. He was alone with his thoughts and the night. In the early morning they set forth gravely, as befitted the sol- emn business they were about. They set slowly out, down. the brown channel among the rushes. | The birds were singing. Lisole was very silent now that he had left everything. His thoughts were sad, for he was but human. i That little refuge had been Home. 'He had been alone with the mem- jory of Isoult there. They forged lup the creek towards the lake, and this eyes fell upon the iron-bound i box. Then his face brightened, He set fit towards the Island of Icomb. Nor did he look back any more. About half-way over the lake they rested, and ate some bread and boiled fish. Till then Hyla's strong 'arms had rowed them, and now Li- sole prepared to relieve him. They were busy with the victuals lin the bottom of the boat when a | shout floated over the water, sud- {den and startling. They "had 'thought no one near. Looking wp they saw a-largé boat {manned by many oars, but two | hundred vardg away. It was strange they had not heard.the rattle in the rowlocks, Hyla,"' said he, "'art.about to wit- A man in a shirt of chain mail yia, : STOMACH MISERY BARISHED GY "TRUIT-L-TIVES* MA. ALCIDE HESERT Stratford Centre, Woife Co., Que. "T have been compietely cured of a frightful condition of my Stomach through the wonderful fruit medicine 'Fruit-a-tives'. I could not eat anything but what I suffered awful pain from Indigestion. My head ached incessantly. I was told to iry 'Fruit-a-tives' and sent for six boxes. Now I am entirely well, can eat any osdinary food and never have a Headacie."' ALCIDE HEBERT. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box, 2as5c. At all dealers or from Fruit-a- tives Limited, Ottawa. steod upright in the bows, and a levelled cross-bow threatened them. They gazed stupidly at the ad- vancing 'terror. In forty seconds the boat was lying motionless be- side them. Hyla saw many cruel, exulting,: well-known faces. Lisole grasped the iron-bound box. Suddenly Hyla became aware that a harsh voice was speaking. "We have no quarrel with you, Sir Monk, nor with your boatman. Natheless, unless you wish death, you will give that serf Hyla up to us without trouble. We are in luck to-day. We but thought to find the bodies of dead friends."' The rapid pattering Latin went on unceasingly, Hyla was lifted from the punt by strong, eager arms. A push sent the smaller vessel glid- ing away, he saw the distance open- ing out between--the ripples spark- led in the sun. The wail of a farewell floated to- wards him, and then some one struck him a heavy blow upon the head, and everything flashed away. CuAPTER XVI. Dom Anslem.was strolling about the courtyard of the. castle at Hil- gay. oe His hands were behind his back, and his head#was thrust forward and slowly oscillated from side to side, It was about eleven o'elock in the morning, and he was pretending to take an intelligent interest in the activity all round. He regard- ed four great bundles bf newly made arrows tied up with repe in the manner of a connoisseur. He even took one out from-its bun- dle, felt the point, and held it on a level with his eye to make sure that uu.e shaft was perfectly straight and true. Then he went to a heap of raw hides and felt their texture. This done he stood before a mangonel, which was being hoisted up upon the walls by a windlass, and sur- veyed it with an affectation of the engineer and a flavor of the expert at home. But he did it very badly, and the whole proceeding was an obvious effort. After that, feeling that he had done his duty, he went to the draw-well in the centre of the courtyard, and, sitting on the ground on the shady side--for it was a structure of masonry some four feet high, like all Norman walls--composed himself to sleep. All round him activity was being pushed to its furthest limit, and in all that hive he was the only drone. The squires passed him with a jest, the waiting maids threw a quip at him. Lewin alone was friendly, but the minter- had but little time to spare. That quick brain and alert eye for the main chances in life were very valuable at Hilgay, and Lewin was in con- stant request. The man suggested advised, and directed operations which were the wonder of all who saw them. But he said nothing of the crack in the orchard wall, The precious couple were quite resolved upon the treachery which they had plotted in the fen. Ia truth Fulke was a bestial young 'fool, and offered no inducement to his followers to be faithful. Roger Bigot was a bigger man in the world, and reputed to be very fair | with all his people. Lewim certain- ily would gain by the change. As 'for Dom Anslem, he knew perfectly ithat Roger would never need a | priest, for--a strange fact even in those dreadful days--he was an open scofter. So be and Lewin laid their plans together. (To be continued... --- HOW HE DID IT. A-lawyer once asked a man who had at various times sat on several Juries: "Who influenced you most the lawyers, the witnesses, or the judge?" He expected to get some useful and interesting information \from so experienced a juryman. | This was the man's reply: { "fll tell yer, sir, 'ow L makes jup my mind, I'm a plain man, and a reasonin' man, and I ain't in- fluenced by anything the lawyers say; no, nor by what the Judge says. I just looks at the man in the docks and I says: 'If he ain't done nothing, why is he there? And I brings 'em all in guilty," USELESS. It is useless to overcome a fault if you are going to spend the rest of your time boasting about it. onvohs Cure uichiv steps coughs, cures colds heal the throet and juags, se « ny ceats. |half pound veal. HOME } SCSeceqorseseeeseos @ LOAF RECIPES, Veal Loaf.--Buy one-half pound ham trimmings and one ana one- water, season and boil until it 'is tender. Have a cupful of stock left. Drain the meat and run through a food chopper. Into a long narrow pan put half of the meat on which lay, end to end, four or five hard boiled eggs. Now put in the rest of the meat. Over this pour the stock into which has been dissolved one tablespoon of gela- tine. Set aside to cool and when set, shee thin and serve with let- tuce or parsley. Cheese Loaf.--Grate one-half pound cheese. Mix one pint of coarsely crumbed bread with one- half pint of minced boiled ham from which all fat has been removed. Line a buttered pan with some of the breadcrumbs mixture; place over the crumbs some of the cheese and continue in this manner until dish is filled; add salt and pepper to season, and pour over all one pint of milk. Let stand five min- utes, then bake in moderate' oven for twenty minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the pan, in- verting on a warm dish when ready to serve. A tomato sauce is poured over the cheese just before sending in to table. A New Recipe.--A novel way to fix veal or beef loaf for a luncheon or picnic is to put on three hard boiled eggs in the centre of the loaf before baking and then when it is eut in stices tht pieces of egg in the center of each slice adds much to the appearance. Meat Loaf.--One and 'one-half pounds Hamburger steak, one-half pound salt pork, six crackers, roll- ed; two eggs, beaten. Add to one- half pint milk; mix with the above; salt, pepper, pinch of paprika sage, and two small onions, chop- ped fine. Press into pan after hay- ing mixed thoroughly, and add one- half pint of milk, into which you put two tablespoonfuls of bacon fat; throw over top of loaf; it will absorb all of the milk in- baking. Will serve fourteen people, the cost of which is less than 30 cents. Bake two hours in slow oven, SEASONABLE RECIPES, Pompean Corn.--Put into a skil- let a lump of butter the size of a walnut, add corn, season with salt pepper (a little paprika preferable) and a smal! quantity of light brown sugar. Fry for twenty minutes stirring frequently so that it will not scorch. The sugar makes the corn brown nicely and is delicious. Serve steaming hot. Sauted Green Tomatoes. -- Cut smooth, round, green tomatoes in- to three-eighths inch slices sprinkle with salt, and let stand ,about two hours. Wash, dry, roll in egg, then cracker or bread crumbs. Saute in butter or half butter and half lard. Be sure to cover and let them cook slowly, browning first on one side, then on the other. This is a fine vegetable dish for late summer and fall. Fried Peaches.--Take ripe peach- €s, pare and slice in halves, sprinkle with sugar, dip in egg and cracker crumbs. Fry in butter to a golden brown. Serve hot with fried chick- en. ---- MINT RECIPES. Mint Extract--The extract of the mint obtained by placing the mint leaves, carefully washed, in stew pan of cold water and allowing them to boil a few minutes. Strain and cool. Mint Puneh.--Boil one and one- half cups of sugar in a pint of water, When eool add the strained juiee of four lemons and as much of 'the essence from the cup steep- ed mint leaves as is desired. Color with greea vegetable coloring. One or two oranges will add to the flavor of the punch. When ready to use, add two quarts of water. Mint Ice.--Boil two eups of sugar in a pint of water five minutes; add the juice of five lemons and enough water from the cup of mint leaves to give the destred strength of flavor. Color with vegetable col- oring; when partly frozen add the beaten white of one egg. Serve in sherbet glasses with a jot of whip- ped cream in which a bud of mint has been placed. Mint Cucumber For light summer refreshments dainty and delicious sandwiches may be made by dipping thin slices of fresh young cucumbers in well seasoned French dressing and plac- ed butter. These sandwiches should be put together as short a time as possible before serving, and except the butter, everything should be ing with a sprinkling of finely chopped fresh mint between slices of white bread spread with unsalt- cold, Mint Jelly.--Boil -together one cupful of clean mint leaves, one cupful of sugar, and one cupful of vinegar five minutes. Strain and pour the mixture over one table- spoonful of granulated gelatin which has been soaked in a little cold water, Add one-fourth of a teaspoonful each of salt and papri- ka. Color with green vegetablo coloring. Pour in jelly glasses or in a small square pan and cut in cubes when it has hardened, This makes a nice garnish and relish to serve with lamb = or mutton. The mint ice may also accompany lamb or mutton in the meat course of a luncheon or dinner. TASTY DESSERTS. Iced Cocoa.--Mix one-half cup cocoa, three-fourths cup sugar, and ;one cup water and boil until it 'forms a thick syrup. . Cool and pour 'into a jar or battle and place on Sandwiches. -- Put the meat in. . = i = ice. Add one tablespoonful to each glass of cold milk for a service. Cottage Pudding.--Cream one cup of sugar with butter the size of a walnut. Add two well beaten eggs, one-half cupful milk, one and one-half cupfuls flour with which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted. Rake twenty minutes and serve at once with mashed, sweetened raspberries. Sour "Cream Pie.--One eupful chopped apple, one cupful of seed- ed raisins, one cupful of sugar, one- half cupful of sour cream, one-half cupful of sour milk, one-quarter teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nut- meg, and cloves, one-half teaspoon- ful of salt. Peel apples and chop with raisins. Mix all together and bake in pie with cover, Angel Parfait.--Place over the fire in a small sauce pan half a eup- ful of sugar and water. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Then boil with- out stirring until it spins a thread. Meanwhile beat until stiff and dry. the whites of three eggs and add to them 'slowly the hot syrup after it thas been taken from the fire for about half a minute. Beat well and flavor with vanilla or any prefer- red flavoring, When cold stir in gently a pint of cream, well whip- ped and drained. Put into a small mold and pack at onee in ice and salt' for about four hours. Serve with angel food cake. Nut Bread.--Two eggs, one eup sugar mixed with eggs, two cups sweet milk, four cups sifted flour; four teaspoonfuls baking. powder one teaspoonful salt, one eup nut meats chopped. Put in two tins let raise thirty or forty minutes, and bake in a moderate oven forty- five minutes. ' Novel Dessert.--A novel dessert may be made by using oranges and cranberries together. Cook the cranberries as for sauce and pour over oranges with a light sprink- ling of sugar over them. They Should, of course," be sectioned, Serve with whipped cream. Apple Sherbet.--Take half a gal- lon of fresh cider, add the juice of three lemons, half pound of sugar: and whites of six eggs. Freeze hard. VEGETABLES. Beets--To each two quarts of vinegar add one-half -cupful maple syrup, two tablespconfuls brown sugar, five whole cloves, and one- half teaspoonful. caraway seeds. Boil five minutes and pour over boiled, peeled, and quartered beets. Seal in jars while hot. - Stuffed Onions.--Peel onions and take out center, parboil five min- utes. Fill with stuffing of bread- crumbs, small pieces of chopped bacon, salt and pepper. Bake one hour and five minutes. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over top. USEFUL HINTS, To make up a fire to last for hours, wet any waste paper, press into balls, place on the fire, cover with small coal and cinders. Take your clothes from the line @S8 soon as possible after they are dry. They are likely to become too stiff if left out longer than neces- sary. Cups and dishes which have be- come brown trom constant use m baking may be made new and bright by rubbing the stains with a flan- nel dipped in whiting. Sick headache is mostly caused by too much acidity in the. sto- mach. A pret*~ good cure consists in merely eati:.g a little burnt or very brown bread-crust, Never: waken a child suddenly, and hever carry a baby immediate- ly into a glaring light when he wakes up; the sudden impression of light is very bad for the eyes. Instead of taking lace yokes and cuffs out of dresses to wash when 'soiled, if they are rubbed with dry starch, then rubbed thorough- ly, the lace will look like new. Apply glycerine to a seald di- rectly the accident happens, and cover it up with strips of rag soak- ed in glycerine. If the glycerine is not at hand, apply salad oil in the same way. It is pointed out by a medical - READY FOR USE IN ANY QUANTITY For making SOAP, soft- ening water, removing old paint, disinfecting sinks, closets and drains and fer many other purposes. A can equals 20 Ibs. Sal ' Soda. Useful for five hundred purposes, Sold Evergwhere E,W. Gillett Co., Ltd. " Toronto, Cnt, , PERFUMED, way and a wrong way of coughing. Some chronic coughers seem to be proud of the terrible noise they make. If you wish to live long and be healthy and happy, fill your lungs day and night with pure, fresh air, and let your system absorb all the sunshine you can possible secure for: it, Many persons do not drink a suf- ficient supply of water to maintain health. Six glasses a day is some- timer necessary to help carry off the impurities of the human sys- tem. In preserving, canning and jelly- making iron or tin utensils should never be used. The fruit acids at- tack these metals, and so give a bad color and metallic taste to the products, Tarnished silver is easily cleaned with powdered whiting mixed to a paste with ammonia and water. Rub the paste on with one loather and have another leather to polish it off again. Gilt on china will not last long soda be used in the washing of it; therefore, use soapy water for washing teacups, ete., patterned with gilt, and keep soda carefully away from them. To clean furred iron kettles place inside a small handful of unslaked lime. Fill with water and boil for half an hour. Rinse well, and water may be used after standing all night if found to be clear. 8G8F8OB62220403889 On the Farm 9302200000008 MILKING MAKES MILKERS. In recent years the demand for cows of the special dairy breeds has so increased that breeders have not been able to fully meet the de- mand. This is bringing about a condition which is not good for the future of these breeds. Many breeders are not keeping records of their individual cows. 'They can- not give the production records of the dams and grand-dams of the animals they are offering for sale unless there be in the pedigree some cow which has made a fine record. In some cases it is even whispered that the cows are not milked for any length of time, but are permitted to suckle their calves. We would hesitate to believe that real breeders: would adept such sui- cidal practice, but it is probably followed by speculators who have been attracted by a stiff demand and high prices. But it is undoubt- edly true that the milking qualities of many special-purpose dairy herds are being neglected at the present time. The admirers of the special pur- pose dairy cow should not fall into a sense of security because of past records and present demand. The dairy cow has made her way by performanée at the pail. She pro- duces the milk. But she will not g0 on producing milk unless she is milked. The best diry herd in the world can be ruined in a very few years by letting the calves run with the cows. Milkers make milkers. contemporary that there is a right Breeding from the best produces a Ss better. The seales and the Bab- cock test determine the value of the cow. There are more good dairy cows in the special dairy breeds than anywhere else, simply because they have "ae Let the breeders stop milking or stop keeping records and the value of their cattle for the dairy will rapidly decline. The mere fact that the cow is a Jersey, or Holstein, or Guernsey, wr Ayrshire, does not mean that she is always a profit- able cow, She is much more like- ly to be than if she is Hereford, or Angus, or Shorthorn. But there are thousands of dairy-bred cows that are not worth their keep, and there will be thousands more in a very short time if the dairy breed- ers do not milk and test and eli- minate the poor ones and breed from the be:t.--Wallace's Farmer. FARM NOTES. "A garden-hoe-plow will prevent backache and do three times: as much work as the commen hoe. In saving potatoes for seed keep only those that are perfect in-form. Take none from poor hills. Much valuable manure is lost in poorly arranged stables, where it is impossible to save or recover the | liquids, Almost any one can make a bee hive but the best ones are factory made and may be had from any reliable supply house. The depth of a tile drain should be between three and four feet, de- pending upon the character of the soil and the land to be drained. on successfully without bees to ef- fect. fertilization through carrying pollen from one blossom to another. Experiments have been carried on on a considerable scale mm treat- ing dandelions with chemicals, but as yet the results are not satisfac- tory. The farmer who remembers the past winter and how he longed for silage to help out the high-priced feed will be a silo builder this year. The bee's business end strikes every one forcibly, No product, now wasted can be more easily saved than nectar, which bees work up into honey. All bee keepers know that the bees of a queenless colony are quite liable to be irritable when handled, and are greatly inelined to follow the operator about the apiary and annoy him. De IT FLEW. "You say he made his money fly ?"' fh Yeac. "How b Ld "By investing it in an airship that they couldn't get to rise from the ground."' "There is no use talking about it," said the stern old maiden aunt, with a snap of her firm mouth. 'When two silly folks like you put your heads into the matrimonial noose------" 'Yes, aunty?' 'You ought to hang together." Shilehs Cu ick th hs, cures colds, heals ny dhe pet pone nape lag 5 Picken Which is Your Choice ? 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