= ei a wt ". OGTSSSO9 Or, A Great Mistake. CHAPTER XX1V.--(Continued). The note was simple enough, and ex- peare itself. Evidently Usher was al- tempting to get away to America. . Ster- -rett, thanks to his son, had cleverly got upon his track, and it seemed probable that all was going well, for Usher would hardly expect that a warrant was al- ready issued for his arrest. Gordon did not, however, stop to Geli- te, but started at once for the Union 's wharf. He easily discovered its whereabouts, and was already within a short distance of it when he caught be ag of Sterrett and his son approching im. Their faces were overcast, and Gordon at ence saw that some contretemps had occurred, "Its no good, sir,' said the "Stoat" dloomily, prodding the ground wilh his stick and looking anywhere but in Gor- don's eyes. "It's all up with my hope of the little office, this time. That beg- gar's been too clever for us." "You've lost him ?" "Never. found. him, sir. At least, nol since he reached Liverpool. 'The boy here followed him so far, and then we lest him, almost as we got to the boat we thought he was going by." "Are you sure you did net miss him ?" asked Gordon. "Are you sure he was not on the boat?" "Quite sure of that, sir. We searched it from top to bottom. In fact, we have done everything we could think of. He got out a the train here in Liverpgol. We know that. And he meant to sail on the Una fer the States; but 'the Una sailed at two o-clock, and he was not on board her. Of course, all that might have been a bluff, and he might have in- dended to go by another boat all the time, but that ain't so much the question. Whe question is, where has he got to now? And that isn't very easy lo ans- wer, for Liverpool is a big place." Gordon nodded his. head, and bit his lip anxiously. This now development was very awkward. Sterrett was right ; Liverpool was a big place. Gordon had relied so much on the sagacily of the "Stoat" and his son--sagacity which had served him so well up to the present. Now he felt sadly disappointed, and even more at a loss than they were. Sterrett, who had apparently got tired of nrodding-at the ground with his stick, looked up at last. "Well, it's no good standing here do- ing nothing," he said disconsolately. "We must do what we can, The young- ster and I were coming back to tell you eur news, sir, and then we were going fo have a look round the Docks. 'Phere aze plenty of 'pub's' around here where a man might be quiet until just before a boat was sailing. The only thing I see now is fo beat them through." To his surprise, Gordon did net reply, and the "Sloat" looked at him in aston- ishment. He was standing motionless, staring fixedly al some object on the ground, where Sterrett had been prod- ding with his stick. The "Stoat" followed the direction of his gaze, but in spite of the fact that he believed he saw the object which had aroused Gordon's altention, he was quite urable to account for the interest which it had apparently aroused, Gordon, rousing himself suddenly frcm his state of stupor, bent down and looked more closely. At his feet lay a little battered silver pencil-case ; and. picking it up, he examined it, his doubt becoming a certainty. Fither he was mad, or this pencil-case was the fetish of that night in the gambling house off Park Lane--Usher's fetish; and if that é EHF++FEF++ +++ sete ete t+t FH4FAEEEAEEE SEAS AD y ped but lately, and Usher was near at hand. He quickly communicated his suspi- cions to Sterrett, sand. «they looked arcund them. The street they stood in was a quiet little grey street, leading down to the Docks, but apparently much ico respectable and sober to have any- thing but a very distant acquaintance with those busy haunts and their fre- quenters. There was not a sign of a public-house in its short length, and the few houses which it contained were as like as tin soldiers, and as incommuni- cative, from the outside at least. "He might be in any one, of those houses," said the "Stoat," peering at them, as if he would read their secrets from their grey, even faces, 'or he night not, He might have just dropped thal pencil, if it is really his, on his way down to the Decks, and be now missing it on his way to America. Who can tell 1" : i Gordon, did not reply immediately, and then suddenly he pent down to look al the ground. , "pind me a footprint with a very pointed toe--a jong narrow foot- print with a very light tread," he said Erusquely to the "Stoat," and bending down he commenced to peer about m the road. was the case the object had been drop- examined it. events." that Usher had stopped, unless Gordon hed been mistaken in all the signs on which he ded; and standing a little | aside, out of range of the windows, they Their scrutiny, however, told them ncthing. The house might have been empty -for all sign it gave to the con- trary. The curtains were closely drawn across the windows; no smoke came from. the chimneys; and no sound reached their ears. from within. Sterrett, who had taken a turn round the rear of the building, returned after a moment or two. "There is no back door," he said. "But I have left the boy around there in case of accidents. Our man may have gone in there, or he may not, I am going to find oul, at all Gordon nodded, and . the detective walking up the sleps, rang the bell. _ After a moment steps were heard éoming down the passage, and the door opened, 'disclosing a neat little maid, who inquired their business. Sterrett, who had made the inquiry, did not take any notice of the girl, but Kee ; ~-- 3 - : eet" 3 ally, of course, my son's. ind es ke able to arrange every thi 1] am and be lenient to him." -- She stepped and loked and Gordon hesitatingly, and then at Usher, who. had not changed his altt- tude. And then something in their faces ca fo warn her, and she turned white. Ae = "What repeated. - Gordon flushed with pity, and walked to the window, and Sterrett, even, hesi- fated. "It is a warrant for his arrest or « charge of murder, mum !" he said at last. : "Murder! oh, my God! But it is imp » She stopped suddenly, for Usher had looked up almost against his will, and their eyes had met. She stag- gered and reeled, but stiffened herself with an effert, and her eyes avoided Usher. "It is impossible," she said, turn- ing to Sterreit. "Phere is some mistake. lt is my fault--he did it for me. J--we have been poor, very poor, you see. He wanted to buy back the--our old house far me. It was the wish of his life. It is at Sterrett is this--this warrant?? she "} insist upon knowing." brusquely pushing past her, entered the passage. There was a door on the right, and opening it, he looked in. Gordon, who had followed him closely, looked over his shoulder, and for a second the two stoed motionless, for as the door opened Usher sprang to- his feet and faced them. : "You !" hee. ried: you come here?" Sterrett allowed Gordon to. pass, and quietly closed the door. "You are wanted on ia charge of mur- der," he said. ' "Here 1¢:my warrant." Usher's pale lips tightened, while his eyes fixed themselves on the paper. But he pulled himself together. "Curse you and your warrant," he said. "Do you think I am sucha fool as to be takén quietly? You: have been clever enough to follow me her, but.a tiger which is tracked to its lair is not necessarily a tiger which is caught, my friends. Look out for yourselves !" : Sterrett flung himself aside-only just in time, for Usher drew a revolver and "How the devil do thin the past twenty- four hours, and thes treet was muddy and wet. There had, however, been little traffic; if was not. a street were there was likely: to. be much; yet there were many footprints nevertheless, and many which were unrecognizable. - Sev- eral times Gordon hit upon one which seemed to recall those which he remem- pered on the floors of the empty. house where he had first met Mr: Gaunt; but cn each occasion some peculiarity or some subsequently discovered difference, made him change his theory; and he was about to give the task up in des- pair, when suddenly a cry from Ster- rett's son roused him. The boy had set himself stotidly to work after Gordon's first words to his father. He h fance from Rain had fallen wi the latter's, more success than theirs. Now, eager eye and quick gesture fold ¢ ent tale, and Gordon and Sterrett went quickly to his side. He was pointing lo a spot near the pavement on one side of the street, about fifty yards from the place where rett's cane. Gordon looked eagerly down ta where he pointed, and drew a long breath. "I was right," he said. "Tam sure of it now. That is the pencil-case, al least." Before them, clearly printed on the row footprint, which Gordon, at least, eculd not doubt was Usher's. The task was nol easy even now that they had gained the first step, but it was not so difficult for Gordon as it would have been for another, perience stood him in good stead, and he picked out here and there a half- obliterated footprint, which Sterrett and hig son would have passed uncon- sciously. IL was fortunate that the street was such a very quiet one, or otherwise their proceedings, much as they attempt- ed to disguise them, must have attracted some attention; but the quiet little dingy houses remained impenetrable, no one seemed to take any notice of them; and at length they paused near a house which seemed quieter and more uncon- scious than its neighbors. It was here sure enough, for I recognize this mark } | | | | } | | | | | } { His African €x-| sure," | | } fired with the rapidity.of lightning, The ex-corporal's . movement saved* his. life, that which has led him wrong. It is-- oh, gentlemen, let me----" : é Gordon, who had turned again, sprang forward to catch her, but it.was too late. She had fallen to the ground. Usher faced them both roughly, stand- ing between them, and. her prostrate body. "I am ready," he said. "Let us go before she--she comes round. It is irue. I did it for her sake. There is no- thing to be said. .Come--" as they still hesitated: "For. God's sake, come on ee Gordon's eyes turned to the. uncon- scious. figure on the floor, but the ap- peal in the gambler's: voice decided him, and he fotlowed. Sterett slipped the handcuffs on Ush- er's wrists in the hall, but it was evident that his resistance was over; and Gor- don, seeing this, took the opportunity to whisper to the Jittle maid, who had ap- peared with wide-open eyes at. the. n- trance to the kitchen : "Go to your mistress quickly," he said. "and use this to buy her anything which necessary. She has been taken ill. Keep this for yourself." slipping @ nol is the bullet almost grazing his shoulder. Gorden sprang at Usher. to seize him and stop him from firing again, but the gambler. was too quick for him. He:dart- ed under his outstretched arm, passed Sterrett, who was still staggered with the smoke and noise, and reached the door, In another moment his hand would have been onthe handle, when suddenly it turned, and the door opened. A tall old lady with white hair peared on the threshold suddenly, and tvrned with fear-and astonishment in her eyes from Usher to the other two men. | "Phiilip !? she cried. Usher, who had made an atte 5) , = ' } a { é ultempt to | ad taken a line at some Gis-| hide the revolver, had grown as ae ' oe ek grown as.pale as \ and. for som | death, and. stood with his head hanging time, apparently, his efforts met with NO} down, - his} 1 differ | apparently completely over- whelmed, and the old lady turned from him to Gordon and Sterrett. "What are you doing here? does this mean?" she asxed, haughtily. Something 'in her face made Gordon turn away without replying, and with a sudden sense of guilt, but Sterrett step- What it had first been disinterred by Ster-| ped forward. ' 'Tf you want fo know what we are doing here. we've got a warrant for his | | to} "And he's just had a try putting | arrest," Usher. me out of the way. his revolver." The old lady had staggered and put he said brusquely, pointing He's a bit free with saft soil of the roadway was a jong nar-| fer hand to her heart at. the word '"war- rant," but she effort. «ey dene. men," drew herself up with an do not know what my son has but you must forgive him, gentle- she said. "It is nothing bad. T am she continued. proudly. wa 3 misunderstanding which we-shall very shortly be able to put right. My son is engaged to be married toa very wealthy young lady. We are, of course, very poor just now, or we should not be living in such a house as this. When my scn marries this. young lady, Miss Gaunt----'" Usher made a motion as if to beg her '9 cease, but she did not pay any- atten- tien, and he let his head hang down again while she continued : "Miss Gaunt: her father a very wealthy man, very wens indeed, and ali his money will be hers, and natur- is some iS ap- | and a sovereign into her hand. + 'The little maid nodded blankly, and t watched him follow Sterrett' and Usher lfream the house with uncomprehending | eyes; but Gordon knew that-at least she had- the money, and her face looked honest. "What a blackguard 1 feel," he thought. "He -is a murderer and @ i scoundrel after all, but 1 feel as if il was 1, myself, who had committed the crime." They picked up Sterrett's boy, whose eyes sparkled al the sight of Usher: and Sterett. quickly recovered the temporary embarrassment. which had overtaken | even his hardened nature, as they return- ed to town. The office was assured to | him now, but he had the. decencynot. to mention the fact hefore Usher, and if was a silent party which performed the jeurney to London, CHAPTER XXV, An hour after ihe return to Gcrdon again at the nouse at Penton- ville. Mr. Gaunt was dying. There was no doubt of the fact on, this occasion. He had beep right when he had felt him- self assured of his approaching end, and the doctor's prognostications had been altogether falsified. The improvement had not continued; a relapse had set in, and Gordon had only just arrived. in time. ; He was shown in to Mr. Gaunt's hbed- room, where found Vivienne kneel- ing. by the bedside. 5S had her hand in her father's, and Gordon 'could see that he pressed it as he entered. the room. Pex eyes, however, were bent down, and they did not meet his as he approached. Mr. Gaunt held out his other hand to Gordon. who nodded as their eyes met, replying to. the mute question in the other's eyes. "He is taken and is now in prison," he said. He has confessed." Vivienne looked up, and. Mr. gave a sigh of relief. "Thank God!' he said. "Then there will be no trouble in the future, Ant now I have something to say to you two, Gordon, IT' have spoken to my deughier--no, dont stop. me, Vivienne ! town found he he Gaunt sure you will eonsider this, gontlemen, & s =e . > - 'Lhave told her what: I aid to" 'what your answer was,. You knew how that answer pleased me, and how it has | lightened the Lurden of my going. 1 been made still happier by the knowledge that--but give me yor hands--there, now they are joined.' "Gordon, my boy, you have done @ great deal for her, be good to her; 1 am sure you will." - i : ; Gordon felt hér hand lie warm and saft in his, and, as they bent over the bed, he pressed it and murmured some- thing in. her ear which made her bend lower, while the color came to her. cheek. And then all other consideration | vanished in thought for the man who had thought so much for them. -- * ou, ena |Htaeeaet DAIRY COW BREEDING. -- ( a I have just been investigating with much pleasure and profit some of the important facts in regard to the an- cestry of a bull to head a herd of dairy cows, writes Geo. C. Mosher. oe Baron Schrewe, of Kleinoff Papium, a German scientist and authority on purebred dairy catlle, informs us that a good milch cow wilh not be the mo- ther of good milch cows to a profitable degree of certainty, unless she is miat- ce with a bull that is descended from a long line of good milkers. Baron Schrewe instituted experiments wilh 158 cows. These cows were the pirog- eny of four bulls. A careful record was kept for a period varying from three to six years, demonstrating con- clusively that the dairy quality of the bulls they were mated with was of the highest. importance in determining the milk yield of their female descendants. A few conclusions follow along this line, which I consider of great imiport- ance to the dairyman and breeder. First, when a farmer thinks of buy- ing a bull, to improve the quality of his future cows, he should wok to the quality of the bull, not to the cheap- ness of price. The cnaracter-and re- liability of the breeder go a great way in such a transaction. He should try lo buy a "future" of good quality, that will run on for generations, and that will help increase the good effects of every future sire that may be used. Sevond, he should always breed in the line of his first effort. If his first bull was a Holstein or a Guernsey, or a Jersey or Ayrshire, he should not break up the line of prepotencies and make ita rope of sand. By a wise sub- sequent. selection of sires of the same breed, selecting all the time for breed- ing power, he will enlarge-and broad- en the steam of dairy hereditary. What we are after in reality, is a better and stronger dairy hereditary. Third, About the most reliable basis of calculation as to the power of trans- mission of the grandmothers and greal- eu arear ots hs grandmothers on both sides of his pe- And the shade and coolness} gigrs He is the slored-up result of what lies back of. him, The quality of his ancestors will have more effect on his offspring than the performance of his mother. She gives to him what she inherited more than what she does. She may be rich in inherited qualities, and yet for some reason, be herself, only an ordinary performer; on the con- trary, she may be a large performer at the pail, simply a sport, but not hav- ing a strong fide of inheritance in a dairy direction, she has nothing to con- vey to son or daughter. This wil] ex- plain why so many Shorthorn cows, that are large performers themselves, fail utterly to convey their own dairy qualily to their progeny. Their line of kreeding is from a beef hereditary for many generations, and they give their progeny what they inherited, A tow breeds from her blood, not from her udder, so we must have dairy perform- ances, if we get our money's worth when buying a bull. Most assuredly, the Baron is right in his conclusions as to the great value of the bull in determining the character of heifers (fat come before him. The dairy farmer that is rooted and ground- ed in a knowledge of these principles will make improving work of his breed- ing. He will buy wisely and breed wisely, ~The man who is not thus grounded will priduce just such cows as handicap the business of dairying the country over, DAIRY PESTS. s Vivienne Gaunt mourned sincerely for her father, whom she had always. loved dceply, but sorrow passes, and there came a time when Gordon ventured to renew the subject which had occupied Mr: Gaunt's mind before his death, and when he again clasped Vivienne's hand in his. They had both grown to know each other better by that time, but time and acquaintance had not changed their thoughis; and Vivienne's father might have been quite happy could he "have seen the result of his care for his daugh- ter's future, for, when Gordon asked her the question which was fo decide that future, her answer was "Yes." The End, BUSY AND BEAUTIFUL, Is the Manufacturing Japanese Town of Nagoya. It is interesting to know that it is pos- sikle for a city of two hundred and eighty thousand inhabitants, and mostly factory employes, to be free from dirt and noise. This is the case with, the Japanese town of Nagoya, Says Mi. A. H. Edwards, the author of "Kakemono." It is a town full of porcelain and fan factories, cloisonne-works and cotton- mills. The gateway of the cloisonne-works lcads down a wooden passage inte a tiny court--a garden set round with the werkshops of the factory. It is not larger than the front lawn of suburban house, but the skill of a apanese gardener has planted a whole mountainside with forests of pine and bam: has spanned with 'an arching pridge the stone-gray Stream "at the mountain's foot. From inside the tiny matted rooms, no bigger than bathing-boxes, which shut in three sides of the garden, the illusion is eomplete. of the imaginary forest and stream bring a sense of calmness and repose, of a iet peace and beauty, to all the many work- crs of the factory; . It is a-living land- scape growing unspoiled in the heart of a workshop in the centre of a mauufac- turing city. it is a town of sunny Streets and pure, fresh air, whose trees are green. - J yO, ee i THAT IS WHAT THE MOTHERS DO. Pidying with the little people Sweet old forever new; Coaxing, cuddling; kissing, Baby's every grief dismissing. Laughing, sighing, sovullung, singing, While the happy days are winging This is what the mothers. do. = ZaMes Olng, Planning for the little people That they may grow brave and true; Active brain and ers While the precious seedtime lingers, Guiding, guarding, hoping, fearing, Waiting for the harvest nearing, This is what the mothers do. fing Praying for the little people (Closed are eyes of brown and blue), | Ry the quiel bedside kneeling With a trustful, sure appealing; Al, the Spirit's guiding needing, Seeking it with. earnest! pleadin g-- This is what the mothers do. ig Tarting from the little people, (Heart of mine. how fast they grow!) Fashioning the wedding dresses, Treasuring the last Waiting then as years fly faster For the summans. of, the -Mas!er-- This is what the mothers do, --Mary L. C;: Robinson, caresses; One of the best lectures given to. the winter dairy course students at Cor- nell University was by Professor M. V. Slingerland upon insects, _in which 5 5 t| -Jeral broods, and ree may fresh cow manure. , Th and the maggots grow serious pest by their numbers. | ; e : One of the best remedies a repellent eptey: +s, This. m from one pound soap dissol gallon hot water, which is mixed with two gallons, k This should then be diluted of one part of the solution to water. Crude petroleum is a te drive off these fhies as ecrtain other insect pests The ox warble fly is the insect whi is responsible for the large lumps | punches on the backs of cattle in sum -- mer, This fly resembles the hous fly, but is larger, Its eggs are laid on hairs on the legs. It used to be the that the eggs hatched near where were laid, on the back, and the g tored in through the hide, but now }elieved that the eggs are licked : the legs into the meuth, hatching | the alimentary canal, and the- work from there out as far as the where they grow and make the obj tionable lumps, each grub having hole through which if may preathe. One remedy is to smother the gru by plugging up the hole in the skin: by thea use of crude petroleum or other greasy substance. Axle do. When they are large they may % squeezed out. These insects have only one brood a year, The common Nouse | fiy is responsible for a great deal of trouble in dairies as well asin home lt is a carrier of bacteria. 't 7) TO MEASURE AN ACRE. - To meastire an acre tie a ring ab each end of a rope, the distance being just sixty-six feet between them; tie a piece -- of colored cloth exactly in the middle of this. One acre of ground will be four -- times the length and 2% times the -- width or the equal of sixteen rods one way and ten rods the other making the _ full acre 160 square rods. Keep a ee rope dry so it will not stretch. A rod 's 16% lineal feet. An acre is 4840 square yards, or 43,560 square fect. HORSES IN WINTER. When doing the winter's teaming,. de not dvive the horses too far or for 100 great a length of tUme without giving a feed of oats. The horse hes a very small stomach, and he cannot stand hunger as well as a man. Therefore, -- if you feel hungry when driving on @- long journey, you 'may be sure your -- horse was hungry before you were, and needs his meal more than you ne yours. earn PIN-POINTS. gets hurt. ; ay: It is harder to beat a poor carpet than a good one. : Men who always Jook before they leap seldom lea. . Being sin love gives a girl one m excuse for crying. : Some_people are sympathetic becausd it costs Nething. Prosperity, smiles at laughs at the many. Love is a blisMul dream; marriage ig the alarm-clock. Toy Talking of dogs, {pointer should hav more than one g004 point. : A wise man does tot tet his busines& interfere with his ple\sure at all times. Nearly every womay will honor her husband as long as ld loves and obeys her. eae A woman has lost rethiet attrac tion for a man when } Pap tee der what she will do pane Se When poverty con love crawls out of § looks for a job) ~~ the few and euses to won- _JINGLING JOHN SON---HE JUST GA ee ee BELIEVE ME, SIR., YOU MUST "NOT SPIT N THE FLOOR, SO.YOU MUST QUIT! WILL HATCH GUT GERMS AND-THEY WiLL MARE UP. BUBONIG PLAGUE AND STOMACH ACHE "HEE HEE! | AND THAT, You MUST NOT SPIT UPON THE FLOOR, NOT HERE BEHIND, NOR. THERE'S MUMPS_ AN MY BRIEND OUT BEFORE! D PIP IN EVERY SPAT, © THE END OF THAT? HE<S ADVERTISING SOMETHING , TLL BET! So ae --~ me LJ | ' HES A WERY FUNNY FELLER. ' HEE HEE! HEY, MS IN THI Ay THINK THAT MANS CRAZY! YOU ARE CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS, Dot "THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GER: ac CHEER UP, THERE |S HOPE. USE MINIC BOILED ONIONS, SKUNK CABBAGE ANB x 5: SQWAG, DONT WIPE YOUR. HA ORNOU WILLGET ST. VI USE. ANTISEPTIC STR NDS UPON YouR PANTS TUS DANCE! EET CAR. SAND: UP T IN DAYS OF O HELP?) ALL READY, FOLKS, STRIKE THIS ACT W EAT SHREDDED BASEBALL BELIEVE ME, THERES A LD WHEN KNIGHTS WERE OULD BE HIGH BATS WITH REASON TREASON. BOvD. "A GERM ONCE 'THERE WAS 3 WHICH PROVES Y c REAM, Ne BAND! 1] "BY HECK, PUTS ME IN MAND OF MAKIN? SAVERL KRAUT: KNOWS JUST grease will