‘‘Stop, Herr Zimmermann,‘‘ sudâ€" h denly exclaimed the captain. "If you‘ll none of our trade, perhaps you‘ll give me another cast of your own.‘"‘ "Certainly,""‘ replied _ Caspar, pausing on the threshold â€"of the Fc-'.(‘or. What can I do for you, C Herr Hauptmann ? ‘‘The whiteâ€"livered plankâ€"chipâ€" per, and I thought him limed ; the spiritless ~shavingâ€"sweeper, and I deemed my skin saved at his exâ€" pense,‘"‘ murmured Hoffmann in the agony of his disappointment. ‘‘What can the captain mean i he muttered anxiously. ‘"Zimmerâ€" mann will find but little to laugh at. I think, before he has done with that chest.‘"‘ ‘"‘You will require this quickly, I suppose," said Caspar. ‘"I will see that my men start on it at ouce." ‘Well, I have need of a large ckest. Can you make it for me?"‘ ‘"‘Undoubtedly, but what sort of a chest ?""‘ "A large strong chest. I want to send some useless lumber that hampers me here back to Brandenâ€" burg."" chestâ€"a very big chestâ€"big, big, oh! big enough to hold you. _ Ha, ts, Herr Zimmermann, there is a measure for you! Ha, ha,‘" laughed the captain, ‘"‘you can have no exâ€" ecuse on the subject of size now, my friend." "Certainly, that shall be attendâ€" «d to. It shall be ready for you in iwo or three days at furthest. Stay,""‘ said Caspar, once more pausing on the threshold of the «oor, ‘"‘we have not settled of what weed it is to be. Will good pine boards serve you!? they are both light and strong."‘ "I‘ll turn my. back on none of my trade in the town,‘""cried Casâ€" par angrily. "But give me some idea of the size. How can I guess what dimenâ€" sions you require !‘‘ exclaimed Caspar imploringly. _ 2 im aliie nmallon e d en ce in es m a ‘"Bah!‘‘ returned the captain, «‘what do I know about sizes and «limensions? and when I ask for a rule to enable me to calculate, you haven‘t one. But I want a big ‘"‘These are singular directions as to measurement,‘‘ replied Casâ€" par, joining in the laugh. _ ‘"But they have this advantage, I stand no chanes of forgetting them, havyâ€" ing them always about me,"‘ and the carpenter indulged in a loud guffaw at his own joke. "Give me but _ the dimensions, and I‘ll warrant I please you,"‘‘ said Caspar. $ es ‘"‘Well, it must be large. How big shall I say? I‘m at a loss to explain these details. Hum, lend me your rule a moment.‘"‘ 33 "I regret," said Caspar, after fumbling in his pockets, "that I haven‘t one about me. But if you would give me some idea of the size, Herr Hauptmann." "How can I! I know nothing of your measurements. _ A carpenter without his= rule, forsooth. I thcught you were accounted cleyâ€" er of your craft in Zweidorf too, Herr Zimmermann.‘‘ As for Hoffmann, he felt as if a stream of cold water had suddenâ€" ly been poured from the nape of his neck down his spine. 3 "‘Thanks, Herr Zimmermann,‘"‘ replied the captain, indulging in a picch of sauff. "I should wish to have it as soon as possible. And, by the way, it must be fitted with a good lock. ‘Admirably," and Yon Homâ€" pesch once more had recourse to Aus snufltbox: ‘"‘Only mind that if is big enough. ‘ â€"â€" Hoffmann continued to stare in a dazed manner after Caspar for some few seconds, then turning to his chief he remarked timidly, "I am lost in conjecture.‘" And once more the csptain gave vent to a fit of low, almost silent laughter, peculiar to himself when his fancy was greatly tickled. ‘Never fear. Big enough to hold me,"‘ exclaimed Caspar, laughing ; *T‘IL not forget. Good day, Herr Hxuptmann,‘""‘ and the carpenter made his bow and «departed. ‘Hah! my prince of schemers, T have an inspiration that throws all your stale artifices into the shade,"‘ cried Von Hompesch triâ€" rmphantly. <"The audacity of the design, too, imparts a certain zost 5o the plot." ‘‘That means that it is incomâ€" parably dangerous,"" rejoined Hoffâ€" mann, dolefully. «"Not at all, man. Herr Zimmerâ€" wann will ride out of Zweidor! in that chest. If he be not at his ease ths fault will rest with â€" himself, since his carriage will be of his own building." "But â€"how is he io bo zot into CHAPTER VIIL., ~â€"(Cont‘ d) GREDEL‘S RESOLVE: Or, THE RAISING OF ZWEIDORF. i%"‘ inquired Hoffmann, with a stare of hopeless bewilderment. lt were easy to do what we would with him were that lock you laid such stress on once turned upon kim. Force is out of the question, it would bring the whole town about our ears. It strikes me there is a link wanting in your scheme there, Herr Hauptmann.‘"‘ "He will make no. resistance," replied Von Hompesch gravely. "‘There will never be dead man eoffined more quietly than he.‘" A shudder. ran through Hoffâ€" mann‘s frame, and for a second or twa,. he was too much absorbed in his own probable danger to speak. At last he faltered out, ‘‘You weuldn‘t do him violence, surely *‘ "Tush! man,‘‘ replied Von Homâ€" pusch jeeringly. _ Do you suppose I have quite forgot my trade. King Friedrich cares not for tall fellows except they be living. _ You shall se him step inside that chest like a tame monkey. I seek not to eond his life, but his courtship.‘‘ Martha, that lynxâ€"eyed chamberâ€" maid of the "Golden Eagle,"‘ still suspicious and unbelieving with regard to Captain von Hompesch taking his rejection as final, watchâ€" ss jealously that gallant officer‘s every movement. _ Albeit she has taken payment from the opposition, there is no one more loyal than she to the lovers. If she has accepted gratuities from the captain, it is but to throw him off his guard, and ir observance of all chambermaid‘s law, as she herself says. A spy in The more he reflects upon it, the more Hoffmann recognizes the danâ€" ger of any attempt to kidnap Caspar Zimmermann. To do him justice, he understands the temper of the town considerably better than his supercilious officer. He knows that "the greasy burghers,"‘ as his chief denominates them, can be and will be dangerous if outâ€" raged. He is aware that there is the enemy‘s camp is ever serviceâ€" able, but upon this occasion Marâ€" tha takes little by her treason. The captain places little faith in her. HBe is not of the kind that babble forth their schemes ere they be well ripe, and even to those he depends on most is wont to be cEary of his confidence. Even his rightâ€"hand man Hoffmann is not as yet aware of his master‘s intenâ€" ticns. He knows no more than that the chest is destined to work Caspar‘s destruction, or, to speak more correctly abduction. But how that is to be brought about the sergeant is as yet in ignorance. a mob in Zweidorf that can be easily roused and excited to misâ€" ehief. These are facts that Captain ven Hompesch simply laughs at. Accustomed to rule with a high hand in Prussia over the citizens, he forgets that he has no force to sustain him here, and that in the free town of Zweidorf the followers of the ,black eagle are, though leoked upon with respect, by no means held in such awe as they would be within their own territorâ€" Martha meanwhile keeps her misâ€" givings to herself‘: Her words of warning have drawn forth nothing tut laughter from those that they most concerned. She resolves to depend henceforth upon her own attuteness, and only trust that when she next has occasion to warn tiose confiding lovers of danger, it may not be too late. Holding, as she does, that the captain will shortly attempt stratagem of some kind in the prosecution of his schemes, Martha determines to emâ€" ploy all her womanly weapons for the unravelling of his designs. Serâ€" geant Hoffmann has shown himself strongly disposed to embark deeply in flirtation with her fair self, and the wily waitingâ€"woman has dlecidâ€" ed to encourage him to the top of ls bent. 1C2. She argues that there is little a clever girl cannot wheedleâ€"out of a lover, and she flatters herself that she will speedily attain an ascenâ€" daney over the sergeant that will at all evenis place whatever he may Enow at her disposal. But she a little overrated her strength upon this occasion. _ The sergeant was a man of much exâ€" perience. Though insignificant of person, and of by no means preposâ€" sessing appearance, he was â€" anyâ€" thing but an unsuccessful wooer. Amongst the country girls, where be might be quartered, he was gencrally estsemedg a favorite. Possesed of unfailin® spirit, glib of speech,. and with transcendont pewers of lying, he was more pepular than he deserved to be. He was always ready to promise marriage. and thougsh he ever failed io keep such pledge, yet as the CHAPTER VIIL 3 . I % y 4 « â€" promisec) _ A girl docsn‘t like the idea of r failed working for a living uuless she is as the aarmied to a shilficss man. CIVEN UP CY HIS PHYSIGIAN scene of his perjuries was perpetuâ€" alily changing, that did not militate much against him. He made love wherever, he â€"â€" went . in most proâ€" miseuous and liberal manner, and this expansiveness of heart it was true had at times involved him in awkward complications. The sergeant, I regret to say, coruld hardly be called disinterestâ€" ed in his love. Although he proseâ€" cuted these affairs to some extent for amusement, yet he preferred that his ladyâ€"loves should be more or less endowed with goods and chattels. He was not at all above borrowing money or trinkets. from them, and the. softâ€"hearted Jlandâ€" lady of a small cabaret. he ever marked out as a special victim. It was with feelings of undisâ€" guised satisfaction that the chamâ€" bermaid hailed the advent of her admirer the morning after she had arrived at the above decision. Both Gredel and her father were out of the way. The common room was deserted save herself. Martha saw the opportunity for a prolonged teteâ€"aâ€"tete, and determined to make the most. of it. "â€""Tis not often you favor us new, Sergeant,"‘ she replied witn a coquettish toss of her head and an affected angry jerk of her spinâ€" ningâ€"wheel in reply to his salutaâ€" tion. ‘‘As your days in Zweidorf are numbered, you think it best, perhaps, to inure us to your abâ€" sence by «degrees." They are not badly matched, these two, but the sergeant posâ€" sesses two incalculable advantages. First, that even if disposed he has uot really much to tell. Secondly, that Martha but feebly compreâ€" Lends of what fiction his tongue is capable. "I give you small thanks for your tidings,‘‘ returned the serâ€" geant. "I had hoped we had some months to spend with you yet." ‘"‘Then you go not the right way to work, or your cunning fails you, ‘Tis hard, too, when that slippery tongue of yours avails you nought.‘" JAMES DINGWALL, Esa. Williamstown, Ont., July 27th, 1908. "I suffered ali my lifs from Chronic Constipation and n0 doctor, or remedy, I ever tried helped me. ‘"Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘‘ promptiy curc({> me. Also, last sprin I had a bad attack of BLADDER ang KIDNEY TROUBLE and the doctor gave me up but "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘"" saved my life.‘ I am _ now over eighty years se copmenia aemutt Es Tow of age and I strongly recommend "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives‘" for Constipation and Kidney Trouble", (Signed) JAMES DINGWALL. 5oc a box, 6 for $2.50â€"or trial box, 25¢ â€"at dealers or. from â€" Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives Limited, Ottawa. "It‘s my. understanding that is most in fault this morning. Your speech is a riddle to me,‘"‘ replied the sergeant, as he took a seat. "I admire a man like that," she said at length‘ ‘A man who 1e frses to leave his love behind him whether she will or no, Most of you are only too glad to be quit of us. Et would be long, Herr Hoffâ€" mann. ere you ran away with a mail, cither with or without her consent," and Martha shot a most provocative glance _ from beneath her dark lashes at her companion. (To be continued.) Oe Phee e bra ho ho BC on ieee oo s en se iemn c enait * Pouf! T speak plain, that is, for those gifted with common sense. Â¥You were sent here to ‘list men, Herr Hoffmann, and I‘ve your own word for it you make scant progress therein at present. I presume your "Heaven only knows. The capâ€" tain seeims to think ‘listing a woman will serve his turn. It‘s my belief if he could enroll Mistress Gredel ‘u‘n.-c-l(;rï¬the standard he‘d be well eontent to leave all the men . in Zwerdorf behind him.‘" _ _ "‘That may be,‘ but it don‘t at all follow he‘ll none of her. She‘s not the less likely to be his bride on that account.‘"‘ The chambermaid‘s eyes sparkâ€" led ; she had but to encourage this lover of hets a liftte to turn his prain inside out. It was far casier thar she looked for, and a saucy smile wreathed her lips at the thought. â€" . ‘Hasn‘t she told him she‘ll none of him t‘ replied Martha, sharply. masters will recall you right soon under such circumstances.‘"" o sit or a jury times needs. There is always room at the top ang in a Masonic lodge a man has to work up to t by degrecs. "*FRUITâ€"Aâ€"TIVES", THE FAMOUS FRUIT MEDICINE, SAVED HIS LIFE. is vhat it someâ€" Before the days of the American tariff on sheep and wool, a flourishâ€" ing business was done with sheep through the greater part of Eastern Canada. The breeder of pureâ€"breds is still in the business, duties not interfering with his export trade ; but on the farms of the muttonâ€" producer. even the old sheep shed has disappeared; farmers themâ€" selves have forgotten the flavor of mutton chops, or leg of lamb, else surely there could be found a small flock somewhere back of the barns ; anc the children have to. adopt a pig for pet, and wear factoryâ€"knit stockings and mittens. It was not Lalways so. It is not well that the sheep have gene from so many of our farms.l They are splendid gleaners, at leasb‘ eighty per cent. of the weeds in a pasture will be eradicated by sheep ;‘ very few weeds seeds, if any, escapâ€" ing destruction. They get much in a pasture that all other stock refuse. In winter, they are splendid conâ€" sumers of coarse roughages, as pea straw. stemmy clover, and barley ana oat straw. They do not demand painstaking care, save at weaning time. Thus, they are a sort of inâ€" expensive accessory, gathering up the loose waste ends, and convertâ€" ing them into a cash surplus The dispersion of farm flocks all} over older Canada has an economic reason. â€" Other reasons are freâ€" quently given, but they are inadeâ€" quate." The cur dog is a nuisance; sheep surely will go through poorâ€" ly built wire fences, if large flocks are maintained on small pastures ; other stock prefer not to graze afâ€" ter sheep ; but these reasons are inâ€" sufficient. If sheep were paying reâ€" latively, a&as they did formerly, they would not have been thus abandonâ€" ed. When sheep were in their zenâ€" ith, dairying had scarcely appeared above the horizon, becfâ€"making had so frequently and irregularly partiâ€" al or total eclipse, that many men fclt they could not rely upon it as their guiding. star, and porkâ€"proâ€" duction oscillated then as now. Now dsirying is developed into a highlyâ€" piofitable,â€" permanent industry ; beefmaking has probably become more restricted, but is more reliâ€" ably profitable; pork production has shifted from fat pork to bacon, increasing the profit and constancy of the trade. But no such improveâ€" ment can be noted in mutton proâ€" duction. The business stands too much where it did in the long ago. Lambs dropped in the spring are retained all summer and sold in the fall or early winter, when they aroe not especially desired. There is not a sufficient profit in the business, handled after this fashion, to conâ€" tinue its prosecution. This is the quasi economic reason _ of the deâ€" cline in popularity of sheep in Canâ€" 204. 4 But there is monsy, more money, in sheep and lambs than ever beâ€" fore, if the methods of procedure were adapted to the present deâ€" mands. What is wanted particularâ€" ly is lamb, not muttor. The marâ€" ket wants Christmas lamb, Easter l«mb, spring lamb, early summer lamb. This trade is almost as easâ€" ily met, and is highly profitable. The producer must plan his crop for the market he wishes to suit. 1i for Christmas and the postâ€" Christmas trade, they must be fall lambs for Easter, they must be January lambs, and so on. What misses for January will sell later on almost as good a market. But a‘lways the lambs must be forced, ard brought to market at from two tc thres months At two months, the lambs can be brought to about forty pounds, and at three months sixtyâ€"five ; the latter weight is getâ€" ting rather heavy. For these fancy markets, the lambs at from two to three months will bring from seven Tt is true hore, as elsewhere, that the wool produced by most sheep will pay for their keep. They are worth much as gleaners; they are wortth much as a source of wool and meéat supply to farms; they are a delight to have about the farmâ€" home, and they will pay, and pay well to those men who will adapt them to the market demands.â€"Farâ€" mer‘s Advocate. En a half to ten dollars: A spring lamb, kept all summer, and markâ€" eted in the fall at 90 to 100 pounds, toaâ€" five or six cents a pound will bring no more. e Eleancr, aged six, had been goâ€" ing to school only a few weeks. She hac learned to raise her hand if she wanted anything. One day she put this into effect when she was sent to the Juss as shereached the chickenâ€" hcuse door her mother heard her say, CAll you chickeus thar have laid an egs. raise your hands.‘‘ Au aeronaut is a maa of the up per class. wHY NOT MORE SHEEP ! chickenâ€"house to get the HANDS UP 2\ h 2 i2 O 3 y a 67 '% EyA _ en on pouva NR bes & ons 38 h o Bs# es (37. ho on & 2o ts wo Casd i Ned y hes in 8 Co ioA m o Go G Mess 9 o i o $ Mess ts was ko mJ 4 hb pfes s Back ty mc Fom ce on es es a o9 8 1 CGss ES o\ Through _ popular superstitions may lack reason or reasonable exâ€" planation, they must have an oriâ€" grâ€", and this has formed the basis of quite an interesting book by T. Sharper Knowlson, says the London Daily Mail. Why Ring is Placed on Fourth Fin ger of Left Hand. The qirestion of the wedding ring ard why it should be placed on the fourth finger of the left hand he traces back to a writer in the Britâ€" ish Apollo (1708). "‘There is nothing more in this," it is stated, "‘than that the custom was handed dowr to the present age from the practice of our ancesâ€" tors, who found the left hand more convenient for such ornaments than the right in that it is ever less emâ€" ployed ; for the same reason they chose the fourth finger, which is not cnly less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of preâ€" serving a ring from bruises, having thissone quality peculiar to itself, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, whereas the rest may be singly stretched to their full length and straightness." The old fashioned notion that a shoe should bring luck at a wedding is another superstition curious to explain. * "It was in the sense of confirmâ€" ing a sale or exchange that the Jews understood the removal and giving of a shoe or sandal. When the kinsman of Boaz consented to waive his claim upon the parcel of land which Naomi would sell in faâ€" vor of Boaz, he ‘drewoff his shoe,‘ for ‘this was a testimony in Israel.‘ "In a different sense the removal of a shoe marks the winding up of regotiations among the laws and orâ€" dixances given in the book of Deuâ€" teronomy, where the widow who is refused marriage by her husband‘s survivi‘g brother is directed to ‘come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot,‘ thus asserting her inâ€" <ependence and heaping upon him the blame for failure to comply with the law. 1 ‘‘When the Emperor Vladimar proposed marriage to the daughter of Reginald she refused him with the words : "**I will not take off my shoe to the son of a slave.‘ ‘"‘In Angloâ€"Saxon marriages the bride‘s father delivered her shoe to the bridegroom,. who touched her on the head with it in token of his authority.‘‘ But It Takes Quick Work and Plenâ€" ty of the Antiâ€"Poison. 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