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OT D# 10 w id ADS RESS M X f 18 Y BRIEF n W n W ce coily rOe e M ddle 1 No gton failse deâ€" M al Ha hea d broâ€" Â¥ard mp'.xtlng £00d 8 well. «*‘ K 8s 1da rmack, be agâ€" ib l6 P drag c d]- d hep 1d Misg fa tally VOPtlte@. India a p= dou the ment the & it COlâ€" bian n [63 uned V+ C\ to » mon~ his In Â¥e Pitisl Lorg Calt a beâ€" the y s h iT3 of ily "M. P. for Oldstone." Felix Lonsâ€" dale was pleased â€"he exulted as men exult. He had now a foremost place â€"hbo had made a name. Like all other men worthy of anything, he was ambitious® and it scemed to him that his ambition would be realized The time that had been foreseen and proplhesied had arrived. The borâ€" borough of Oldstons was vacant, and through the interest of Lord ‘rl‘mgton. Felix had been returned. It was no surprise, for every one bad prophesied. Genius must _ and will make its way to the front when it is allied with perseverance and inâ€" dustry ; genius alone goes little. _ On the evening of the day of his election it was some relie{ to him to escase from the noise of the He went to see Evelyn when he had an hour to spare; they were tho best of friends. Years afterward kbe saw how she had guided him withâ€" out ever seeming to advise â€"how she had influenced him _ without ever seeming to use her influence; and when he began the great bastls of political life she was his right hand. Felix worked on steadily. HMe still made his home with his father;, but Kate, in speaking of him, said, with tears in her eyes, that some day Providence would reward him for his goodness to them, and that be would find a wife worthy to be his partner for life. f I agent. After some months, during which Lady Chevenix and Felix never met, this was accomplished ; but her ladyâ€" ship‘s removai was prevented for a time by the sudden death of Francis Haye. Then Mrs. Haye sold The Limes and went away with her daughter. So it came to pass that before _ six months were over the names of Chevenix and Haye were no longer to be found in the county. Great had been the surprise. The whole neighborhood was stirred. It was much to be regretted that such a change should take _ place. But Lord Arlington and Capâ€" tain Hill said gravely that it was the best thing Lady Chevenix could do. She had suffered much at the Hallâ€"sho would probably begin a new life in an unfamiliar place. The new occupants of Garswoodlâ€" the Marquis of Renmore, with his two maiden sisters and a large hbhousehold of servantsâ€"gave more satisfaction to the public in genâ€" eral than the wealthy baronet had done. It was an excellent agency for the Lonsdales, who by dint of industry _ and perseverance, were rapklly amassing a fortune. Darcy was growing old, and did not go so often to the office. The "small aermy" were rapidly growing up. Everything was prosperous â€" and happy where so many trials had once seemed to threaten general destruction. Kare was one of the leading ladies in Lilfordâ€"and very muck she enjoyed the position. Time had soitened while Eve had grown ful and spirituelle. For some time after that it was rumored in Lilford that Lady Cheveâ€" mix was not well ; that she had lost ber color and her spirits; that she was ill and saw no one. Then quite suddenly «he sent for Darey Lonsâ€" dale, aud told4 him that she had come to the Conciusuon imu«e the air of Garswood did not suit her ; that for the future she intended to divide her time between London and Paris. To his surprise she added that the Marâ€" quis of Renmore had offered to buy the Garswood estates, and that she thought of selling them *to him ; but It would be only on condition that he reiained Darcy Lonsdale as hiz agent. lte did it bravely, as he had done «t before. He â€" threw his whole beart into his work, and fought inclk by inch with the great masâ€" terâ€"passion of his life. "She has chosen that which she lores best," he said; "and I can not blame her now,. I must try to forget her." lIte did it bravely. as he had done "Violet." He laid the letter down and looked at it. He had almost exâ€" pected such an answer, yet his disâ€" appointment was great, and his eyes filled with tears. It had been very sweet and very dear to him, this precious loveâ€"storyâ€"and the end was sorrow ; still he could not be surprised. *1 do not suppose I shall ever be happyâ€"but you will. 1 am not noâ€" bis enough for you; and, if you had martied me, your disappointment would have been great. You will meet some aay a noble woman whom you will love and marry. I know â€" that in â€" saying ‘Goodâ€"bye now, I say it forever; but forever I shall be your unhappy _ C wel over the matter retently dis« cussed by us, and I have decided. I know that 1 am weaker than a womanâ€"but I can not give up my fortune. _ It seems to me such x Ioolish thing to do. After being acâ€" customed to every luxury I could not give it up. I love you, and shall always love you, but the test was too hard I have pictured mysel{f baci in the old scenes, leading the o‘d life. and 1 could not undergo it. I would most cheerfully share all I baves with you, out 1 can not give it up for youâ€"do you think it was quite right to ask me? TIms was Vi Ix Lonsdate‘s DveD‘ . ve 1 h *It was the only test," he said, as he took the letter in bis hand. The noxt two days were cays ol torâ€" ture to Felix. How he passed them he never knew. On the third came a letter in the wellâ€"known â€" handâ€" writing, with the faint, familiar wlor of violets. He knew it was Violet‘s answer, and though he was & strong, brave man, he trembled to Open it. . Within that fotded paper lay the words that might affect the whole of his future life. Either Vio‘ct bad written to say that for his sake she would give up wealth, luxury and maignificence, or she had decided on giving him up to retain that to which perhaps her heart clung. ; CHAPTER XLYVIL is Violet‘s response to Felâ€" ile‘s request about dead Sir the position,. Miss Leslcs, morse beastiâ€" have thouzht "It is sufficient,‘" rcturned Eve, "that he has chosen me now," SKhe asked him one day : ; * "Why do you always call me ‘Pearl," Felix ? It is not my name." "It is my name {for yvou." he reoded. "I shall be the Dowager Lady Lonsdaie,> shoe said to Eve, with a happy laugh. ‘"There has been only cne mistak> from the beginning. Felix ought to have chosen you from the first." He went the rnext day, and the reâ€" sult of their conversation was that he did not leave her uatil she had promised to be his wife; forâ€" he lound out that she loved him, and had loved him only all her Hfeâ€"he iound that he had been blind and foolish, for she was really the one great treasure of his life. The engagement afiorded the greatest of pleasure to all their friends; thore was not one dissenâ€" tient voice. And now indeed Kate Lonsdale was happy. 5 Under this new light, he said to himsell that he must see her, he must go over and talk to her, he must discover what she really was to him,â€"how dear, how needfulâ€"and he would do it at onco ; there should be no delay. "It is true," he mused ; "we are rometimes perfectly ignorant of our greatest blessings. I should never have known all that Eve has been to me until I lost her." He remembered how, is the darkâ€" est hour of his father‘s life, when earth was all cold, and the heavens seemed made of brass, she came to his house like an angel of light and consolation. She had offered him her all, and was honestly grieved _ beâ€" cause he would not take it. As Felix sat thinking of hor, he recalled a thousand instances of her sweet wi_sgpn_n and goodness. Felix haq n=ver realized until then what Ere was to him. He wont back over all his life. She had been his adviser, his counselor, his friend. She had aroused all noble thoughta in him, all great desires. She _ had fired his ambition ;she had shown him his road in life. He had never dreamed how much he owed to her influence until he thought all this over. »# f A wise woman always knows when she has said enough. Kate turned the conversation ; nor could he _ perâ€" suade her to say more about Eve. But the idea had taken hold of him ; and Kate smiled softly to herself on soeing how deeply he was engrossed in thought during the remainder of that evening. sweeer. more gracious or noble? She is true aad tender and earnest ; she has a furd of clear commonâ€" sense; she has a yvtvid, bright imâ€" agination, a quick, poetical fancy ; and, as for beauty, I see more in her sweet fair face than in any face I have ever seen." "Eve Lester!" he cried. "Cortainâ€" ly no woman could be nobler. Oh, madre, is sho the peari ?" ; "Yes, you most blind, most dear, meost obtuse of good boys! â€" She is the pearl, and you never saw, her in your hurry to pick up the worthâ€" less shining colored glass." Eve Lester. How blind he had beea! _ He looked up at Kate. "Do you know, madre," he gaid, "she has been so much part of my lifeâ€"all my lifeâ€"that I have never thought of her apart from myself." "A man‘s fate i. juast what he likes to make it," declared Kate W hen you‘re inclined to marry, never mind beauty ; look out for a noble womanâ€"nobility of character is far better than beauty." "The world is full of noble women," Kate continued. "Look at Eve Losâ€" ter. Where woulid you find one a good wife. If the facts could be got at, it would be found that some of the greatest men of the day owe much of their fame to the wise‘guidâ€" ance of a wise wife." "I believe that," he replied ; "but â€"ah, we need not talk about it, madre. I suppose a man‘s fate is settled for him." "Yor will bo a : â€"every one says â€"every one says so. But you will bo like all other men ; you will want "Not the pearl!" repeated Kate. ‘"Well, that proves what L have ofâ€" ten thought, that, while men may be clever _ and â€" keen and intellectual, they may, at the same time, be blind as bats. That pearl has been under your eyes for many years Ab, :2 you do not understand !" Nor did he. Kate went on talkâ€" ing to him. "Yor will be a man of mark, Felix "Only very vaguely, madre. I am thoe man. I recoguize the bit of shinâ€" ing glusu_, but not the pearl." Felix ?" she asked him. "Yes, I think so," he replied. *Iry me, madre." "There was once a man," began Kate, "who stood with his feet firmâ€" ly planted upon the earth, and his eyes very olten looking up at the clouds. At his feet lay| a most beautifui pearl of priceless value, and at a distance lay a worthless piece of shining glass. This man of whom I speak trod upon the pearl until it was almost hidden in the dust, while he went eagerly| in search of the bit of glass. Do you understand, Felix? she asked, after a few minutes. He never forgot the beautiful, earnâ€" est look on her fair face as sho ansewered : "As high as heaver, I hope." And those few words, spoken by the tender lips of a noble woman, were to him like an eloquent serâ€" mon. From thagt hour his life seemâ€" ed to have higher and better aims; and into it came no dream of woâ€" man‘s love, until one day, Kate, haviog some leisure, had a iong conâ€" vrersation with hnim. "Can you understand an allegory, "My foot is on the first step of the ladder. Eve, how high shall I climb, do you think ?" crowd, and spend a quiet hour with Evelyc. How she rejoiced with im ! â€" How she exulted in his sucâ€" cess. How wise and sweet she was in her counse!. It seemed to him as though his soul had found one more than a friend. "I am so proud of you, my darling, he whispered. . e 2 R It was one of the finest ducal mansinns in London. Eve â€" was struck as the groat hall door openâ€" ed and she saw the great liveried sorvan‘ts pnd the m=srificence that migh‘t have benefited the palace of » hisw. Her grace the Duchess of "We wil go and see Violet, Duchess of Rokely," she said, "if you are will= ong. That is not the letter of a t=ppy woman." | Fhe understood why he was so anxâ€" lous about her toiletâ€"why he Insisted that she should wear the fashionable rpring sllk and the pretty Parisian bornet. He kissed her when she stood ready dressed. "Your own image," he answered, anrd she believed him. "And those few words brought a lovely flush to her fair face and made her fairer than . ever;. then they drove off together to Rokely House. betr," che told him. "Some one sail that bilonde women were all insipid, ard weak of purpose. It is not true, is It, Feiix ?* + "No," he replied. "Now," said his lovely wife, "if I looked into that chamber, what ibheuld I see ?"? *She is not so beautifui in my ryes as you, my pearl," rejoined Felixâ€" ard there was truth in his voice. His wifo emiled. *‘What about the haunted chameâ€" ber ?" she asked, ‘It is swept and garnished," he replied. _ She emiled proudly. "When I heard what you sa‘d wbout it, I made a resolution that I would get into the haunted chamâ€" "Sho married the Duke of Rokely three months ago," replied Felix. "I said nothing to you about it. She has married one of the wealthiest dukes in England." c ud "Listen, Felix," she said, after a (cw seconds; and she read : "My Dear Eve,â€"I should like to ree you and Felix once more. My iusband is not well, and the doctors have ordered him to go to the South of France or Italyâ€"we think of going to Florenceâ€"and it may be years before I return. Let me see you both before I go. When I read your names among the arrivals it seems to me that a breath of Lilâ€" (ord air passed over me. You will not refuse me the last favor 1 shall ever ask from you? Call at Rokely House at two o‘clock toâ€"da; [ shall wait for you. Ever yout [riend, Violet Rokely." Eve looked up again. "Rokely!" ghe said. "Why, Felix, is Violet married again?‘* _ c _t"she was beautiful enough for a duchess," said Eve, agently. Eve opened it quickly, and ther pale and breathless, looked up at ker husband. They sat at breakfast one bright morring, with ‘the unequaled baby, as Felix called him, roiling on a thick rag at her feet, when a letter was brought addressed to ‘‘Mrs. Felix Lonsdale, 13 Upper _ Park Ga~ dens": and as he placed it in hig wile‘s hands Fe‘ix recognized the delis cate handwriting, while ne emelied a faint odor of violets. They went to London when Parlias mert opened, and when May â€"came round the great city was‘in its fairâ€" est dress, t . Ard Eve was only too pleased to comply. No â€"happier household ever setâ€" tled for a time in the modern Babyâ€" lon. Felix took very nice apartments, where his wife could enfoy London to ber heart‘s content. Eve was wise in one respect. She never morged the wife in the mother. She never neâ€" glected her husband for hor child. She was so discreet and wiso in the management of her time that, while she was one of the most devot»d mothers in the world, she was at the samt time one of the most â€" devoted wives. Felix never felt, as some husâ€" bards do, that he had a rival in his own child. "How can I possibly leave little Lester?" she said. "Aunt Jane would take great care of him, but shoeo says he wants reformingâ€"and I should not like to have him reâ€" formed." "Bring him with you, Pearl, and he can assist the legislature of tho ration," replied Felix, laughingly. Ard Eve was only too pleased to And they talked of ‘other things while the sun shone over the lake and the birds sung their sweetest. CHAPTER XLVIIL. Five years had passed since Felix took his fair wife home to Eden Houseâ€"he would call it "Eden" beâ€" causo it held its Eveâ€"and Eve was now one o: the happiest women in the kingdom. For in the room where she spent her morningsâ€"a bright sunny room looking upon a beautiâ€" ful world of trees and flowers â€" stood a little cot, and in this cot slept a babyâ€"Eve‘s baby. He was, his mother said, the loveliest, the [inest, the most intelligent in the whole world, and Felix laughed as she defied anyone to produce such another. Felix wanted Eve to accomâ€" pany him for the parliamentary sesâ€" slon. She looked iongingly at The baby, and then longingly at him. â€" He took her hands in his own and kissed them. she was to love forever. t Then Felix took her away to the lakes, and they were very happy. They woere sitting one day on the border of Windermere, when Eve raised her sweet face to her husband and said : " Yes, my pearlâ€"more than you know," he replied. " Do youâ€"do not tbe cross with me because I ask the questionâ€"do you ever think of Violet ?" " Felix, you lovo me very much now ?" It was a quiet wedding, but Eve would have it co. She would have neiâ€" ther carriages nor a train of bridesâ€" maids, nor chiidren strewing flowers, nor any of the teremonies that atâ€" tend a country public wedding. She walked quietly to the dear old ckurch at Lilford, looking very fair and Bwest. with the light flush caused by the morning air on her face. The sunâ€" light streamed in at the windows as she plighted her faith to the only man e had ever loted, and whom the was to love forever. t Tuere could have been no happier marriage. Felix had a beautiful hon>»» brepared for his wifeâ€"not the pretty cottage orne where his goldenâ€"haired love nad stoud and decided that it was not good enough for her, but a fair and pleasant mansion, standing in the midst of sunny groundsâ€"a bome that a princess might have énâ€" vied because of its artistic beauty alld bright aspect. "and I ehal} use no other." But he never told her why. The Jmst converâ€" sation between Kate and himsell reâ€" mained a secret. i 4 doet 20 e is Harry‘s betterâ€"balf, Maude, bore up more bravely. Neither her eyes nor her teeth annoyed her; and although she had a very sore foot, which made it impossible for her to wear an ordinary shoe, she bravely applied herself to the task of jollying Harry and the Doctor, in the hope of curing the grouch. _ For the grouch there are severar reâ€" medies, and most of these were tried. None of them proved successful, and finally they settled down to a steady afternoon of commiseration, cussing, highballs and cigars. Harry, who managed the apartment house, was the next to succumb. His eyes didn‘t bother him very much, but his teeth did; his debtors were slow in paying, while his creditors were entirely too energetic in their assaults on his bank account for his piece of mind. The heln in the place was a nuisance he had to fight against and put up with, and when he and the Doctor got together that dismal morning he was in the best of shape to be infected with the dread disease. Started From a Trivial Cause, but Grew Till it Enyeloped Five Persons This is the story of a grouch,. To begin with, the Doctor was first affected. His eyes had bothered him for some time; his patients were slow in paying up, his apartment wasn‘t so comâ€" fortable as it. might have been; and so one morning he woke up out of sorts with himself and all mankind as well, and the grouch was born. in the world to prevent these troubles, or to cure them if they attack the little one unexpectedly. Every mother should have a box of these ‘lablets in the house â€" their prompt use may save a child‘s life. Mrs. Arthur Cote, St. Forâ€" tunat, Que, says: "My little one was greatly troubled with colic and bowel trouble, but since using Baby‘s Own Tabâ€" lets the trouble has disappeared, and she is growing nicely and has good health." These Tablets are guaranteed to contain no opiates, and are safe for a new born baby or a well grown child. Sold by all medicine dealers, or sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. More little ones die during the hot months than at any other season. At this time stomach and bowel troubles assume their most dangerous form, and sometimes a few hours‘ delay in the treatment means the loss of a little life. Baby‘s Own Tablets is the best medicine "Goodâ€"bye," sho said. "In tho midst of your happy life do not quite forget me; try to remember me as you knew me vears agoâ€"not as you know me now." And they went away, leaving her, in the midst of her desolate splendor, with the spray of lilac in her hand. ICTHE END.) Felix held her hand one minute his own. Fhe drew a costly ring from her finger. " Eve," she said, "wear this for my sakeâ€"it would gricve me so much if you refused. Now put your arms round my neckâ€"you, the true wife of a true manâ€"and kiss me. Say ‘Goodâ€"bye, Violet.‘ I never hear my own name now, and I am tired oi titles." " you are very happy ?" she said. "Tell me that ; it will be the pleasâ€" antest thing Ican hear." * Yes," replied Felix, "we are very happy." Then she asked some questions (llef)out their home and their home c:‘ 1 Yes, ho remembered itâ€"and how he had suffered the bitterness of death while the wet branches waved above his head. In time. no doubt. she would have have everything that in my wildâ€" est dreams I ever longed for. I wear a coronet; the world lies at my feet; and with it all, when I wake sometimes my pillow is wet with tears; for my heart is lonely, and will be lonely until I die. Still I have made my own choige." Folix saw a boautiful Sevres vase on the table near which she stood ; it held a spray of lilac. "You retain your love for the old hemeâ€"flowers," he eaid. Ehe took the lilzac from the vase, and held it to her lips. "I keep them near me always," shio said, "when they are in bloom. Do you remember the lilac bush at bome,, Felix ? hi Yery soon Eve had told her all she knew ; and thon, as Lilfordâ€"to her â€"meant the baby, she entered into a description of his charms. Was sho mistaken, or did sho really see tears shining in the proud eyes ? "I am so glad you have & little son, Felix, I hope he will grow up like you, as good, as true, and as noble." ‘Then Violets ‘face flushed, and she bent her proud, charming head before them. "I may never see you again," she said ; "let me say to you all the thoughts that are in my heart. I am glad _ that you are married. I am glad, Evoe, that Felix has found comfort in your love; love him always, love him truly, love him well; andâ€"oh, believe me, Eve !â€"if you blave little daughters, teach .them that life holds no treasure iike love, that wealth, fame, titles, honors, are thp shadow, love the substance." ~L was always weaker than a woman," declared Violet, with a proud, sad smile. "I flung a treaâ€" sure from me and lost it. Now I ut Ledacsict 1209 cOF CuushbUUEq. "I shall be sure to love them 80, for I believe it," remarked sweet, wiso Eve. HOT "I am so glad to see you. It was so kind of you to come. I longed to see you both before I went away. Bit down and talk to meâ€"toll me all about Lilford. Ishall never see it again." Her lovely face grew white even to the lips as Eve and Felix entered the gorgeous roomâ€"but she adâ€" ranced to meet thom ; she took Eve‘s hands in her own, and looked at Felix. Violet had grown evon more beautiful. Her superb â€" figure was more fully developed ; Her fair â€" face had something _ in it â€" haughtier and _ colder. Yery proud she _ looked as _ she stood there, dressed in her favorite colors, blue and whiteâ€"a dress of blue velvet relieved by trimmings of white silk. In one hand she held a priceleoss fan ; the other white and je!goled hand lay upon the table. them. fokely was at homs, and awaited STORY OF A GROUCH. WEATHER DANGERS. in When a letter is thrown into a box or when a postman extracts the letters the bell also rings, but the sound is difâ€" ferent from that which is made when a thief is at work, and therefore there is no dal:ger that the detectives will ever be of on a wild goose chase. Novel Trap for Thieves. For some time the post office authoriâ€" ties in France have been much anâ€" noyed by an organized band of thieves who stole mail day after day out of the letter boxes, but now they have discovâ€" ered a contrivance which, they are conâ€" fident, will put a stop to such thefts in future. It consists of a clockwork arâ€" rangement which is fastened to each letter box and is so connected with the main post office that the moment any one attempts to tamger with the mail a bell rings and notifiee detectives who are on the lookout for the culprits day kod might. ) 2. 0. 7. t .o _ _8, Do not forget that a man hopes for understanding and appreciation as well .as a womanâ€"and give him these good things in small, rare, dainty doses. 10. Do not forgetâ€"only she is worthy of being loved who is strong enough to be happy without love. also. en tos: ~Aipnentoanbeninnt t Ricts iss B connetctcint Mhaintintratt 9. If you wish to please your husband you must be able to please other men 1. Be healthy, NT YD * 2. Be joyful. Ksn d 3. Be beautiful. t 4. Be frank and keen. 5. By yielding, without weakness. 6. Always have time for your husband â€"but never too much. 7. Do not try to educate your husband â€"take him as he is. Ten Commandments for the Benefit of the Wife. And yet, they are all nice people:; all good companions; all sociable, good naâ€" turedâ€"when the grouch is not working â€"and utterly free from anything like rudeness. Yet this is a true story of a grouch, foundel on indigestion, nursed on insomnia, sore eyes, aching tooeth, and a* injured foot; a grouch which might have been disposed of at ths start with a laugh, but which grew and grew unâ€" til it enveloped five persons in a fog that was only dispelled when the momentary separation enabled two of them to see from a little distance how ridiculously scvage it made the others.â€"X. Y. Sun. None of the party had the least i of what the play was about, or what characters were doing, and the way he was enlivened with repeated prom frocm each and every one never to arywhere with "that crowd" again. Seated in the theatre, the doctor and Grace promptly went to sleep, and Harry anu Maude from across the aisle bomâ€" barded Aaa:e, 10 her great disgust, with gites, offers of candy, etc., all of which amused them to such an extent that beâ€" fcre the show was over two cases of the ciouch had been cured. There Harry joined them, and they took their seats at the end of the first act, Maude refusing to walk down the arsle to her seat while the curtain was up. This was not altogether from conâ€" sideration for others, but mainly grouch. o¢ the facts concerning the "nasty pig" who had kicked the lady‘s sore heel, and this topic kel)t the grouch alive all the way to the theatre. The doctor and Maude entertained the party, and incidentally the rest of the pssengers, w‘ith an illustrated statement For a second fight was in the air, and the doctor thought he was up against it, as Harry had not joined the party yet after his search for his glasses, However, Maude was too small for the man to hit, even had she been of his own sex, and the grouch crowd got into the car safely. This was more than Maude â€" could stand, the physical pain adding the reâ€" quired spark to the magazine of her grouch. In a flash she turned round, and dug her eibow into the man‘s ribs, and kicked him on the shins at the same time, declaring that he was a "nasty pig." % At the corner they halted a car and hurried to board it. Some people were getting off at that particular corner, however, and one of them happened to kick Maude‘s heel, the sore one, of course, as he stepped from in front of the party. _Harry had to turn back for his glasses, of course, showing that the grouch was still working, and in fact none of the party could have been called good naturâ€" ed at the moment. Dinner was soon over, and Grace was sent for; and when Maude was finally inâ€" dueced to get ready, the party started. Maude, Grace and the doctor hustled off icgether, and Harry and Addie brought up the rear. Immediately Addie and Grace declined, and Grace soon went away. Then all the pewers of gersunsion of the other three were brought to bear on Maude. She put up the fight of her life to have h«r own way, but was forced to yield to the combined eloquence and entreatiesâ€" she is fond of being coaxedâ€"and it was finally determined that they should go. ®y that time it was too late rof Harry to go for the tickts, and so Addie had to face the storm for that purpose. â€" Preâ€" sently she returned with five tickets, three on one side of the aisle and two on the other, having had to take what was left at that hour. "I don‘t want to go to the theatre," she declared. "I won‘t go. Harry can go, if he likes. It will do him good. I don‘t want to FO to any old hteatre. I want to stay home and run things. I don‘t want to go, and I shan‘t," and she stamped her No. 2A on the floor so hard she hurt her heel, "All right," said the Doctor. "Where shall we go? You go ahead and get the tickets, and we‘ll all be ready," Then Maude‘s grouch, which had been under cover up to that moment, broke mosk out. [ 4 C 19053 Wms Pevil SNHovelled away, and no relief was in sight. People must eat, however, in spite of grouches, and late in the afternoon Harry bestirred himâ€" self to think of dinner, Apparently the smell of eookini brought joy to his stomach and his heart at the same time, for in a moment or two, after leaving the partw returned and said; "Say, , let‘s all go to the thea;, tre toâ€"night." In less than no time the glo{)m that had settled on the party was so thick it could have been shovelled away, and no relief was in sight. People must eat, however, Tt Bpite of armurmhas aus 1.,* succeeded; but before she had made much impression in came Addie and her sister Grace.: Now Addic, who is the Doctor‘s sweetheart, has a nice disposiâ€" tion, but is easily affected by her surâ€" roundings, and Grace is "so contrary that she won‘t do what she has a mind to," as her mother used to say. FROM THE GERMAN. returned and said; let‘s all go to th said the Doctor. nd so Addie had to that purpose. Preâ€" with five tickets, ‘ the aisle and two had to take what had the least idea about, or what the and the way home repeated promises ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO 00 Thankful to work for all the seven, . Trusting the rest to One in heaven! _ , I cannot, will not, let him go." And so we wrote in courtcous way, We could not give one child away; And afterward toil lighter seemed, Thinking of that of which we dreamed, Happy in truth that not one face Was missed from its accustomed place; thee," The while my heart beat audibly. Only one more, our eldest lad, Trusty and truthful, good and glad, So like his father. "No, John, no! Then stole we softly up above, And knelt by Mary, child of love; "Perhaps for her, ‘twould better be," I said to John. Quite silently He lifted up a curl that lay Acros her cheek in a wilful way, And shook his head: "Nay, {we, not Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward somnâ€" Turbulent, restless, idle oneâ€" Could he be spared? Nay, He who gave Bade us befriend him to the grave; Only a mother‘s heart could be Patient enough for such as he; "And so," said John, "I would not dare To take him from her bedside prayer." I saw on James‘ rough, red cheek A tear undried. E‘er John could speak "He‘s but a baby, too," said I, And kissed him as we hurried by. Pale, patient Robbie‘s angel face Still in his sleep bore suffering‘s trace, "No, for a thousand crowns, not him!t" He whispered, while our eyes were dim. "Come, John," said I, "We‘ll choose among them as they lie Asleep." So, walking hand in hand, Dear John and I surveyed our band; First to the cradle lightly stepped Where Lilian, the baby, lightly slept. Softly the father stooped to lay His rough hand down in a loving way, When dream or whisper made her stir, And huskily he said "Not her!t" We stooped beside the trundle bed, And one long ray of twilight shed, Athwart the boyish faces there, In sleep so beautiful and fair; "I will give A house and land while you shall live, If, in return, from out your seven, One child to me for aye is given." 1 looked at John‘s old garments worn; I thought of all that he had borne Of poverty, and work, and care, Which I, though willing, could not & I thought of seven young mouths tohfa";’ Of seven little children‘s need, And then of this. Which shall it be? Which shall it be? I looked at John, John looked at me, And when I found that I could speak, My voice semed strangely low and weak; "Tell me again what Robert said"; And then 1, listening, bent my headâ€" This is his ietter : A richkh man, who had no children, proâ€" posed to a poor neighbor, who had seven to take one of them, and promised, it the parents would consent, that he would give them property enough to make themselves and their other six children comfortable for life. ing material is added in large quantities, and this by its partial decay is partiâ€" cularly important in ameliorating the physical condition of the soil. And, lastâ€" ly, the mineral matter «* ~1 up in ths clover crop is finally set {ree in forms readily assimilable by the roots of the orchard trees." t Conserving Soil Moisture â€" Speskmfi' genera®My, it is desirable that the soi moisture should be conserved for the orâ€" chard trees during the earlier months of the season. Up to, say, July 1, the tree is making now growth and is transpirâ€" ing through is leaves large quantities of wator. _ Further, the swelling fruit is making its demands for water. For every pound of dry maiter of leaf or wood or fruit, the tree uses at least 300 pounds of water. _ Hence, in districts where droughts may prevail in the spring or the rainfall be scanty, the importance of surface cultivation is marked. By this means an earth mulch is produced, and thus evaporation checked or prevented. The cover crop system allows of surface cultivation in the spring and early sumâ€" mer months. "Among the many advantages to be derived from the system of orchard culâ€" ture which includes the growth of cover crops, we may cite as the two most imâ€" portant: The control of the soil moistâ€" ure, and the improvement of the soil. Are Valuableâ€"Controlling Soil Moisâ€" tureâ€"Improving the Soil. At the conference of Dominion fruit inspectors recently held at the Central Experimental Farm, Professor Shutt gave a very clear and scientilic explanaâ€" tion of the value of cover crops to the orMst, of which the following is a synopsis: WHICH SHALL IT BE? WHY COVER CROPS n m