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“ Yes, I know you did,” he answered, a faint smile irradiating his pallid face. “ Still I want to tell you, so that you may know that, if I sinned, I have suffered. Even when I ‘oongratnlated you on your engagement," he went on, after a pause, “ I was resolved to steal her from you if I could, and I racked my brain to know how I could suooed. That very night I told her how madly I loved her; I fancied that my Wealthâ€"you were a poor man then, Guy, although you were rich soon afterâ€"would tempt her; that, like many other women, she was to be bought. I am afraid my previous experience of the sex had taught me to think of them as meroenary"â€"with a faint bitter smile; “but I do not know whether I hated or loved her most when she turned to me and said so proudly that you would not so betray your friend. Well, I tried to disguise my anguish; but Lat- reilleâ€"Heaven knows that I would not speak in anger now lâ€"tempted me. He told me how Shirley’s mother had been inveigled into a Scotch marriage, and how easy it was to steal a wife in Scotland; and from the time I heard that story, Guy, I never rested from seeking an opportunity of obtaining the same power over Shirley‘ as another miserable traitor and coward like myself had obtained over her mother. And the opportunity soon came. You were called away, which removed one obstacle from my path, and then came her brother’s letter, which she opened in my presence. Do you remember, old fellow, that almost your last words to her had been that she was to trust me? I reminded her of- them, poor ohild, in her misery You know how I drove her to Dumfife and passed there as her husband; the little note which wassuch Good actions are a. fruitage ripe and rare That bears not fingering. Let me then beware To touch with venturous hand this curving branch, Nor lean too headlessly against the tree Thus at its prime o’erladen heavily With golden harvest of a stock so stench, Lest I by some rude shock at this light hour Bring down the Virtues in a. mellow shower. To drop the figure, friendsâ€"«let's be content The guest shall fancy less than we have meant. Speak not too closely of his special good ; That we are here tells more than trumpets could. Our friendship holds its merits as the light Holdsrflge hid rainbow; storm that makes them "’bright. The modest veil they wear I may not mine, Lest he should blush to hear, and I to praise “ No wonder 1" Sir Hugh said sorrow- fully. “ But I loved her so madly, and I was so wildly jealous that you had suc- ceeded where I had failed. It madflened me too to know that your love was so much purer and better than mine. I felt that had the oases been reversed,you would have gone away and left her to me. con- cealing your sorrow in order to spare her pain. Yes, beyond hatred, beyond jealousy, beyond every other feeling, was that awful sense of humiliation; it galled me into madness. Beside your love, mine looked so worthless. You would have given your life for her happiness ', I wouldâ€"and didâ€" saorifloe her happiness to my passion. Ah, his not only now that I see this, Guy; although now. when the end is so near, I see it yet more clearly! The sin stands out in all its blackness." “I should like you to know it. Guy ; it will make you think more gently of me in the time to come, and you will much more Readin forgive _the sin agingt youraelf.’_’ “I 'forga've long ago, Hughâ€"Vinny and freell." “Can I not? Ah, you hardly know how low my anger made me fall, Hugh! I am a. murderer in intention, although not in deedâ€"for I could have killed you in my heart.” “You must let me begin at the beginning, old fellow," Hugh said. in his feeble voice. “ It will avail nothing to hide any of my sin and shame from you, and perhaps it will make you excuse me a. little; although, indeed, yen, in your 11 tightness and honor, Guy, can hardly un erstand how low I have fallen.” “ Dear old fellow, do not think of me now," qu pleaded gently, his eyes dim as he looked down at the pale face and emu.- ciated form which had once been so hand- some end strong. “ Surely it is not neces- sary l" There was something unutterably touching to Guy Stuart in Hugh Glynn’s expression when he looked at his wife, it was so full of passionate adoring love; but it had so much humility and reverence, such intense sor- row and compassion, that Shirley herself could hardly meet it with anything like composure; and Guy‘s lips quivered as he watched her trying to smile as she lifted Hugh‘s head and held the cordial to his lips with a pitying tenderness which was almost maternal in its deep compassion. She had never seemed so beautiful in the eyes of these two men, who had loved her with such a fatal passion. as now, when the lustre of her beauty was dimmed and iaded by sorrow. “Go, Shirley," Guy put in gently. “Remember how much depends on you keeping well just nowâ€"and even an hour’s rest will refresh you." She smiled faintly as she turned away and passed into the little sitting-room, where she sunk down into an arm-chair, far more exhausted even than she knew by the terrible anxiety she had undergone, and which seemed so wonderfully lessened by Guy’s sharing it. For a few moments she leaned back, thinking of all the misery and suffering, and shuddering at the thought of what was yet to come; and her fatigue overcame her, her eyes closed, and she sunk into the heavy sleep of pros- tration. Meanwhile, in the inner room, the two men who had been friends and bitter enemies, and were friends once more, were talking earnestly in low broken voices; and Sir Hugh was telling his story, with long pauses between, caused by the weakness ; and Stuart listened with an aching heart, feeling that for every sin his companion had committed such misery must have atoned. “Leave us, my dearest,” he aaifl tremulously'. “ Try to sleep for an hour. Ah, how many nights it is since you have had gny rest I” A Story of Woman’s Faithfulness. a. little entreafing gehsture, and hov smiled slightly. "Tmnvn m: mv Elam-nut.” he imifl “ I wish you would rest a. little, Shirley,” said Sir Hugh, entreatingly. “ You are quite worn out. Lenve me with Guy, dear, for n. time. Do you know, old friend,” he went on, “ that l have been happier during the few days I have been concealed here than I have been for many a long yearâ€" exoept on that day which began so well and ended so terribly? If she had loved me as deeply as I loved her, she could not have been kinder and gentler. And yet,” he continued, unsteadily, “ it is but heap- in%oonls of fire upon m'v' head.” h 119 touched‘his lips with he_r finger v57th; SHIRLEY ROSS : (By Herman Meade.) I saw her where the shadows lie Beside a. shelvy stream; Where the yellow bees go buzzing by. And starry daisies gleam. Now fllm fabrics, furbelowed, Concea. ed her symmetry; Her only gown-the light, which showed Her perfect form to be. Those shining limbs so fltly dressed. Those big brown eyes and heir, Had foiled an artist at his best. And filled him with despair. Ana her’s, such queintly, quiet ways, Illumed by soft alarms; What could I do but gaze and gazeâ€"- And gaze upon her charms! But Why those chilling glances, loveâ€" Thst frown upon yourbxow? You, surely, are not jealous of A first-prize Jersey cow. “ The Guest of the Evening." 0" Perfect Form. conclusive evidence in my favor she wrote me quite unaware how greatly it would tell ‘ against herself. I knew, and Latreille knew, that when we left the inn she. was my wife by the laws of Scotland; but she, I need hardly tell you, was as ignorant as a child of what had been done. When I left her at the Court, I put my lips to her cheek with a laughing little speech which she did not understand; but she shrunk from me with a little cry of pain which made me feel ashamed and furious at once. Then I went away. The accident I met with prostrated me for weeks, and the preparations for your marriage Went on; and, when I could spare Latreille to go and see what was doing. the wedding-day was fixed, and I hadâ€"Yes, I know that the rest need not be told. But, Stuart, if I could have undone it then, I would. Great Heaven, shall I ever forget Shirley’s face when she shrunk from me? I think I saw then for the first time the heinousness of the sin I had committed.” “ You know how well I succeeded," con- tinued Sir Hugh, when he could speak. “ I took off his coat and put mine on him; the clothes he was wearing had been mine onceâ€"I saw that directly. I put my ring on his finger, and all that I had about me which could lead to recognition I put into his pockets, and then I left him there. I never imagined but that it would be thought an accident; and I did it all with an awful calmness which I think of sometimes now and wonder at. My one thought was to escape. I shrunk with an unutterable hor- ror from what was before me if I gave my. self up, although now I can see that I He fell back upon the pillows, faint and exhausted, and Guy brought water and bathed his temples and raised him on his arm as tenderly as a woman would have done. and, as he revived, he looked up and smiled faintly into the grave face. For a. few moments there was no sound in the room but the uncontrollable weeping which broke from the beronet and rent his weak frame with terrible Bobs; Guy’s face too was hiddenâ€"he was trying to shut out the awful scene which the words conjured up. It was indeed an awful oneâ€"the dead man lying with his face upturned, the sky overhead, the see. beyond, and the murderer trying to escape the results of his crime, if it might be so called: “ Those were not happy years," he con- tinued brokenly, ” how could they be? How could the poor girl be happy With a ‘ man whom she did not respect ? She failed in none of her duties, but I know how she suffered. How oftenhave I watched the misery on her face when she thought herself unobserved, and the tears which lay upon her cheeks when she had cried her- self to sleep l Never, until you had spoken to her, had she treated me with anything but coldness, and I could not complain. I knew that I deserved even worse at her ‘hands. My poor Shirley! And then you came back, Guy, and you forgave me so nobly and generously, and after a time you induced her to think more gently of me and to forgive me. That night at Easton â€"ah, shall I ever forget it ?â€"-she told me that she had forgiven me, that she would tryâ€"poor darling lâ€"to be a better wife to me and I cried like a child to think that there might be happy days in store for us bothâ€"thanks to you.” “Dear old Hughâ€"poor fellow!” “I had deserved to be miserable, Guy. Even now my punishment has not equalled my sin," he said pitifully. “ Let me con- tinue. I had dismissed Latreille as soon as Shirley came to Maxwell. She was ill for weeks, as you know. Think, old fellow, how sad it was for one who loved her to know that the illness was all caused by him. When she was better, we went abroad, I heard no more of Latreille for some time. I had paid him liberally for aiding and abetting my villainyâ€"I must call it so, Guyâ€"there is no better wordâ€"and he was spending the money and enjoying himself ; but a couple of years after he reappeared, demanding, rather than begging, assistance. Several times I gave him sums of money; but at last, wearied with his importunity, I refused. He then threatened me; if I did not accede to his demands, he would publish the whole story of the Scotch marriage and my treachery, and disgrace me. I have always been a coward, then. Again and again I gave him money, at times large sums, and he grew more and more insolent when he saw the cowardly wretch with whom he had to deal. His letters and constant reappearance made my life miserable. I hoped that you, and perhaps Shirley herself, might be induced to think that the marriage had not been a voluntary act, and that I had been ignorant of what I was doing. I was maddened by the fellow’s threats and insolence; and, when I told him to do his worst, the world would not believe him, he said that the world would believe you, and that you would make it public. It was just at this time that we went to Easton, and it was you who casually mentioned having seen him passing the hotel. I knew then that he had followed me. Late that night, when I was alone on the balcony, feeling gratefulâ€" Heaven knows how gratefulâ€"for the won- drous happiness which seemed to be open- ing for me, he passed again, looked up, and accosted me. I went down to him, and he renewed his entreaties and threats, and, fearing that my new-found happiness would be destroyed by his means, I agreed to meet him the next morning on the cliffs.” “Heaven knows I had no intention to hurt him,”he went on, with an accent of unnttemble sadness; “ and, when I saw him lying there, I had no thought but that he was stunned or had fainted. I knelt by him and did all I could to restore him, but, of course, in vain. Then, when I realized what I had done, when I found myself a murderer, with the stain of blood upon me, I went mad, I think. I had but one ideaâ€" to escape; and then a. horrible notion entered my head. If I could disfigure hi9 enonghâ€"Oh, Guy, _Guy I” “There may be no other time for me,” he said sadly. “ The best thing I can do is to die and leave her free, and perhaps Heaven will let me do it. No; let me tell you now: and then, when you know all, I will rest. You remember,” he continued, after along pause of weakness, “how we started togetherâ€"shall I ever forget Shirley, as she stood on the balcony that morning ‘2â€" and how, as we walked across the beach toâ€" gether, I tried to thank you for what you had done for me. I never loved you as I loved you then, Guy. Even in our boy- hood, when we had been such friends, you had never been so dear to me ; and I stood and watched you out of sight. and sat on the rocks waiting for him. When he came, I saw at once that he was prepared to be insolent, and I resolved to be firm with him. I had brought with me two hundred pounds in gold and notes that Pears had brought me down a day or two before, which I intended to give him as a last bribe. He was in a most insolent mood ; he had left the inn in a neighboring village where he had been staying, saying he would not return, and he had made up his mind to speak to you. But even the taunting words and insults were no excuse for my anger. I turned upon him at last, and lifted the stickâ€"your stick, old fellow, which I had asked you for a keep-sakeâ€"oh, how sorry I was for that afterwards lâ€"and struck him. He fell immediately to the ground, and never spoke afterward. I had â€"oh, merciful Heaven,I had killed him on thEFPOL!” . Si; Hugh covered his face with his trembling hands, and lay back, shuddering violently, the cold dewe gathering on his forehead, his whole frame shaking with horror and anguish. Guy, scarcely less agitated, could hardly utter the few words of consolation he strove to speak; and there were a. few moments ofpainful silence ere Hugh Glynn resumed the pitiful story. “ Hugh, rest now,” Guy entreated, as he saw the exhaustion and faintneas which Sir Hugh struggled against so bravely. " You shall tell me the remainder another time." ought to have done so. I had plenty of ‘ moneyâ€"~that was one difliculty removed; and I walked to the nearest station, carry- ing the bag Latreille had with him, and took a third-class ticket for London, which I reached late that nightâ€"â€"that terrible night. Do you remember the storm? Will you ever forget it, Guy? The next morning my first action was to disguise myself effectually," he went on, after a long pause, “With money, in London, it was not difficult; and then I tow quiet lodgings in a part of town where I had never been in the old days; and for a time I remained there, ill and weak with a ner- vous fever, during the continuance of which however I was never light-headed. Strangely enough, I had no fear of pur- suit; I knew that the poor fellow would not be missed, and I felt sure that the body would be taken for mine. One day â€"the very first time I was able to read a newspaperâ€"to my inexpressible horrOr, I saw what a mistake had been madeâ€" What a terrible mistake!” He was silent; his wife's noble self- devotion and perfect forgiveness had touched all that was good in him; and there was a great admiration mingling with the sadness on his face as he thought of her. She seemed to him more than womanâ€"â€" better, nobler, holier; she was no longer the girl whose beauty he had coveted, and who had been his wife; she was an angel of goodness, of compassion and of mercy ; me. I felt that I was dying, and my one wish was to hear her forgive me before the end came. I tried the door ; it was locked; and there was a sound of a dog barking violently. I remember dimly trying to pray, but even my senses were too dead for that; and then I recollect nothing until I found myself lying with my head on Shirley’s knee, and her dear face bending over me, with Heaven’s own pity reflected upon it. How can I tell you how good she was to me then, Guyâ€"how she warmed and fed me? And, even when I told her what a guilty wretch I was, she did not shrink from me â€"she only hid her face for a moment, and let me keep her hands in mine.” He had become very faint and exhaust- ed during the last few minutes, and his voice had sunk so low as to be almost inaudible; but he was so anxious to finish his story that Guy had not sufficient strength of mind to prevent him and make him rest. Raising him gently,he gave him some more of the restorative which the doctor had left with Shirley, and, supported in Guy’s strong armsâ€"for it was easier for him to breathe thusâ€"he resumed his story. “ I understand,” he said. “ Well, it was as well perhaps. Soonâ€"very soon, old friend. she will be free indeed," he added feebly; “ and I shall be truly glad to leave her in your care. Poor darling, how greatly she has suffered, and how nobly she has forgiven! Hers is a heart of gold, Guy, and you are worthy of each other. But, to end my story, I must tell you how I came here. Give me another mouthful of_that cordial, old fellowâ€"just enough to enable me to finish.” Guy did as he was requested. “My health was failing me, and I began to long for a breath of fresh air again," Sir Hugh resumed. “The London fogs were killing me, and I thought it would be so terrible to die in the midst of all the filth and misery and degradation in which I had passed the last months of my life. So one morning I set ofl on foot and worked my way along the road, getting a few pence for an odd job here, or a meal there, and sleeping in a barn or wherever I could get shelter. I hadno route to follow, I just went on and on, until the snow overtook me outside this village, and I lost my way in the fields onthat Christmas-day. I had wandered about for over an hour, night was coming on, and I was weary and ex- hausted, when I saw a light in a Window a little distance. I managed to struggle across to it; the curtains were not drawn over the window, and I could see into the room. A woman was sitting alone by the fire and I was just going to knock and ask her for shelter, when she rose and came to the window. The next moment I recognized her, and the surprise so overcame me that I fell forward on the snow, and lost con- sciousness for a few moments. When I recovered, I managed to creep round tothe door. A numbness was stealing all over “ When I read that you had been arrested on the charge of having murdered the poor fellow," Sir Hugh went on, " I think I realized for the first time what a miser- able ooward I was. My first impulse was to go and give myself up at any cost; but my courageâ€"bah, I had no courage, so I cannot say it failed me lv-my cowardice conquered. Heaven only knows what I suffered during those days, Stuartâ€"you in prison, and that poor broken-hearted girl did not suffer moreâ€"at least you were not tortured with remorse as I was. Again and again I lived those terrible hours on the rocks, in that awful solitude I had so dreaded being disturbed-again and again I saw in anticipation the trial, the crowds of accusing faces, the booting multitude. How I shrunk from it all you may guess when I tell you that two or three times I went out to try to obtain poison, and that once I went down to London Bridgeâ€"â€" Don’t, Guy, dear old friend, don’t grieve soâ€"I have been a coward from the begin- ning. A coward’s death would be a fitting end for my career. But I will not speak of it since it pains you.” he added brokenly. “When the time of the trial came on, I went down to Exminster. I had no definite plan, except that, if you were convicted, I was determined to confess all. andâ€"” “She sent me away," he said with a. slight smile. “ Poor child, she feared that theâ€"” He hesitated, knowing that his words could not but add to the suffering which Sir Hugh was already enduring; and the latter guessed the conclusion of the answer, even as Stuart divined the end of the qqestion._ __ _ The'wiséful eyes seeking Guy’s face so inquiringly finished the question, and Guy answered it with a grave gentleness. “ When I saw that you were acquitted, I went back to town," Sir Hugh continued; " and I lived there as long as my money lasted. After a time I get less fearful of recognition, and I used to go out and wander about the city, and I became familiar with all kinds of misery which I had never even suspected before; and when my money failed I got odd jobsâ€"all kinds of work. I have driven a hansom for weeks' old fellow, and held horses, andâ€"- But I said I would not distress you,” he broke off, with a faint smile. “ Is it not strange ?” he went on, in a moment. “ When Shirley was in London, we could not have been far from each other, I feel so thankful now that we never met." “Hugh, my poor fellow l” “Have you any pity for such a mean, miserable, cowardly wretch ?” the unhappy man said brokenly. “Heaven bless you, Guy. I might have known how you would have received me. I might of had faith in you; but, old fellow, my one consolation all this time lay in the thought that you and Shirley were happy together. Old fellow, why was itâ€"" _ _ “ Stop 1” Guy said breathleesly, lifting his hand for a moment. “ You were at Exminster. Then it was not a delusionâ€"I saw you.” ” You saw me! Where ‘1’” “ It was at night," Major Stuart said un- steadily. “ I was leaning out of the win- dow of my room at the hotel, and a man passed down the streetâ€"a man with a great dark beard, andâ€"â€" “ You recognized me?" “ The face reminded me of yours ; but I fancied it was a delusionâ€"you were so much in my mind," Guy said tremulously; and Hugh looked at him in silence for afew moments. “ If 1 had recognized you, Guy," he fal- tered, “ I think I should have told you 3.11. Would to Heaven I hid !” CHAPTER XLIX. and the halo which surrounded her in his thoughts surrounded Guy also. By their nobility he saw how high he might have risen; by it too he saw how low he had fallen. “ Oh, no ; not all that: Fifty cents will be enough,” she said, pushing the money away. “ Well, 3:011 shafl havé allyou can drink," said Mr. Stillwell,»l_mpding kg 35. “ Is there anything you want?” asked the lawyer when he had informed her of her goodhforypng. w “ Yes,” she answered quickly; “ some tea. 7 VI gnly wapt _pl_enty 9? tea." Very wistful and entreating and-sorrow- ful were the blue eyes now, which Guy remembered so gay and smiling, and, if it had not been that he feared to distress Sir Hugh, Guy could have hidden his face and wept like a. child at the recollection of the past days and the knowledge of his com- panion’s great sufferingâ€"a greater fat than his or Shirley's since they had not the heaviest burden of all to bearâ€"that of remorse. It seems that Catharine anney, who fell heir to $100,000 by the death of her bachelor brother in Chicago, was in the Blackwell’s Island (N. Y.)Almshouse when found. A Work of Twentyâ€"Five Years. It is not from America but from France that the colossal proposal comes for pre- paring a catalogue of 2,000,000 stars. This bold conception emanates from Dr. Gill, whose astronomical observations at the Cape and elsewhere have produced some notable results and who has put forth his scheme for a star catalogue on this gigantic scale in the organ of the bureau of the permanent international committee for the execution of a photographic map of the heavens. Dr. Gill contemplates the estab- lishment of a central office under the direc- tion ofa chief, with assistant secretaries and a staff of measurers and computers. The work, it is calculated. would occupy twenty-five years. Admiral Mouches, who defends the proposal against some rather fierce opposition which it has provoked, says that the proposed catalogue would cost $4,000,000.â€"Philadelphia Telegraph. He saw too that Hugh was very ill; not only was he weak and debilitated to a degree sad to witness, but he breathed with difficulty, and more than once his narration had been stopped by a fit of coughing which racked his weak frame with a terrible force. It was evident that even with care he could not last many monthsâ€"even weeks; and Hugh. looking up into the grave pitiful face, read the thought, with quick intuition. “ Yes, I shall not last long now, old fellow," he said quietly. “And it is all for the best. These last days have not been unhappy, except when I saw how much anxiety I was causing that poor child. It was so pleasantâ€"ah, so pleasant lâ€"â€"â€"to be nursed by her, to feel her hand about me as gentle and tender as if I had not been the worst foe she ever had; to hear her voice with its pitying tones was sufficient to make me happy. At first I was too ill even to thank her, or to realize how terribly I was adding to her anxiety by my presence here; but I can imagine now what those days must have been to her, in her anxiety for me and her dread of discoveryâ€"a dread which my Wild terror must have increased a hundred-fold.” Cream for coffee may be manufactured, and the forgery seldom detected,by beating the yelk of an egg with one tablespoonful of cold water, heating the milk and pom:- ing over the egg, stirring constantly, and still stirring when the boiling hot coffee is added. Sprinkle osmomile flowers in the beds and the fleas will lenve. To drive away fleas from dogs and cats, saturate & strin with oil of pennyroyal and tie it aroun them. By repeating this application every twelve or fifteen days the fleas will leave. A cistern is purified by placing a sack of charcoal in the water ; it the latter gets very low and is no longer Wholesome, boil it before using. During the summer months meat is not a necessity, and pork and corned beef should be left severely alone. Many per- sons eat these meats and drink ice water all day, then wonder “What makes them feel so queer." Have the rooms well ventilated, let in the pure fresh air every day and you will be troubled no more with morning head- aches and lassitude. See that all food is well cooked; eat plenty of ripe fruit, but not to exsess, and if you travel where typhoid fever rages, drink coffee or tea. on1y_._ ‘ Never feed a. baby starchy food unless yog desire to kill it._ _ Household Hints. To cleanse n soured sponge, use lemon juige» nqd_lukevgarm water. Tabs and pails well rubbed with glycerine will not shrink. “ Hugh "â€"Major Stuart’s voice was very grave and tender and compassionateâ€"“ I cannot let you talk any more now. You have talked more than you ought to-day. Rest a. little, and when you are stronger we will consider what is best to be done. Ah, here is some one Whose influence is greater than mine 1” he added, smiling, to Shirley came in quietly and went softly as the other side of the bed. “ Nurses’ and don- tors’ orders are paramount, are they not ?” v 011 of lavender sprinkled around a room will rid it of fleas. “ Shirley knows that I shall rest all the better for the relief of telling you all this, Guy, and making youâ€"selfishlyâ€"I confess â€"-sha.re my burdenâ€"and hers, poor child l Have you rested 3. little, dear ?” he added Wistfully. _ “ I think it is our only course, Shirley,” he said, with the same extreme gentleness and pity. “ Already Hugh’s presence is suspected here, and only the people M; the Hall can do away even in a. measure with the suspicion. Besides, we must find some way of removinghinp to_sa.fer quargersflf “Yes, poor fellow, and we must wait for a day or two. Let me ask Oliphant‘s advice ; and, (lent child, it will surely be a. comfort to you to trust Lady Oliphunt ‘2”- ” My child, thihk under what impression she labored when she spoketo you. Believe me, it gyieveq her t9 the heEIth”_ “Adamandâ€"nnd you think it best, Guy ?” Shirley forced a. smile to her lips as she answered in the affirmative, and. sitting down by his side, took the attenuated hand in hers and held it between her own ; and after a. time, the weary, blue eyes which dwelt upon her with such love closed, and he fell asleep. “Will you let yourself be guided by me in this ‘2” “ Oh, so gladly, Guy !" “ Dear, will you let me trust Oliphant ‘2” he asked, very gently. “If you tliink it'best, Guy," she ans- wered ifginflyi “'Removing liim !" she repénted, with frightened eygsz‘ “ He i_s so weak, G191.” ‘1 Lady Oliphant 5" she- repeated shrink- ingly. “ Oh, Guy, must I? She was very crueuo mafio-éfiYJ’ “And for him 1 Oh, Guy, think of the consequences of discovery 1” "You trust me, Shirley ?" “ Fully,” she answered, looking up at him with steady eyes but quiveringlipa. Gently and noiselesst Shirley disen- gaged her hand from his, and, with Guy, went into the other room. The day had worn on toward evening now, and the gray, wintry dusk was filling the little room, which looked drear and desolate without fire or lamp. For a few moments they stood in silence facing each other, both too deeply moved to speak ; then Shirley said softly under her breathâ€"â€" “ Guy, tell me, what must we do ?” “ I am almost too stunned to think," he answered. “It is a terrible position for you, my child.” She Only Wanted Tea. (To be continued.) One of the principal causas of heaves in horses is the feeding of dirty or dusty hay, Ordinary clean hay can always be fed with safety it properly out up, moistened and mixed with ground grain,but to feed the The good points of an ox : A broad, in- telligent face, with head up; small neck and home ; length of body ; straight back, heavy shoulders, with full brisket ; broad loins,hips and stifle; well thighed and flanked down; medium stomach; straight leg and rather short; heavy arm, wide gambrel joint ; a good foot and small mil. The digestive organs soon get out of order when grain is fed to the exclusion of grass or bulky food. This is true of all classes of stock and also of poultry. It is better to feed hay alone than to allow a surfeit of grain, especially in summer. A variety of food promotes digestion and prevents disease. It is also more econoim- cal to give a variety, as less food is then required. Where the grape vines refuse to grow cut them back late in the season and allow a new shoot to come up from the ground. Poultry that have the range of the farm after the crops are off really cost but little, and the eggs pny a fair profit, even when prices are low. It is not economical to keep the hens confined in summer. They can, by liberal feeding and good manage» ment, be made to pay well in confinement, but they should be made to utilize the food that would otherwise go to waste, which they will do if allowed to forage. Prof. Henry, of Wisconsin, has found that a. cow can be fed for 17 cents per any in that State, while the income from the butter made varied from 34 to 50 cents per day. The farmer who thinks that to make money he must go where [and is cheaper should consider well if he would not make more money by making the land deeper and richer. The younger an animal the greater the proportionate gain for the food consumed. When an animal matures it gains very slowly, and as it does not then grow the gain is in fat only. A young animal gains in meat, bone and fat. There is a. point reached when the animal can be sold to the best advantage, but the farmer must keep a record of the cost. weigh his stock from time to time, and learn when to dis- pose of his stock. Don’t let your manure heap fireiang during warm weather. When the interior has heated and the contents decomposed turn the heap over, throwing the coarser materials in the centre. If it is necessary to prevent over-heating before the heap can be handled make aeVeral holes in the centre with a crowbar and pour on quite an amount of cold water. London Garden says that the hybrid white Rosa rugosa,named Madame Georges Bruant, is semi-double and white in color. The expnnded flowers are not so pletty as those of the parent. When raising calves to be your future miloh cows it is not necessary to keep them fat, but they should be made to grow as rapidly as possible. To do this give them the use of a good pasture as soon as they are weaned or old enough, and allow a good mess of ground oats at night. The shelter is also very important, as they should not be exposed st any season of the year. Do not mistake eopperas for sulphate of copper. The sulphate of copper is blue vitriol; copperae is sulphate of iron, or green vitriol. The copper sulphate is that used as an insecticide. Sow oats and peas together, and turn the crop under as soon as it covers the ground. A large amount of green manure may be grown and ploughed under in this manner, as it is not necessary to secure heavy growth. As fast as one crop is plowed under seed down to another. Cucumber vines should be made to trail on a bush, as the cucumbers can then be more easily picked, and they also grow long 3nd of better shape than when the vines are left on the ground. If the pear trees bear spotted or cracked fruit, the New York Tribune recommends a liberal dressing of wood ashes as a. remedy. It should be scattered around the trunk and as for out on the ground as the branches extend. The trunk should be washed with strong soap suds. It is necessary in order to become a. suc- cessful fruit grower that the person should observe the progress made by all plants in his section, and then endeavor to select from the best varieties. A corner of the burn, or an outbuilding devoted to the purpose of a workshop, in which a bench can be placed, will enable the farmer to do many small jobs that other- wise entail loss of time in sending to the woodworker or blacksmith. Only a. few tools are required, and the cost will be but a small sum. It seems to be admitted that one can breed for eggs just as one can breed for milk or butter. An egg from a. good layer will be more likely to produce a geod layer than an egg from a poor layer. Peter Henderson says that after the cabbage maggot (Anthomya brassicw) is once developed no application will kill it that will not at the same time kill the plant. Drawing the earth away from the stems, thus destroying the eggs before they hatch, if carefully followed, will save the crop. II it advisable to color butter in order to give it a marketable appearance ? Is it not better to sell it on its merits alone, in order to induce a. better feeding and secure quality as well as natural color. Many people believe that com fodder has a higher nutritive value if out when the grain is well formed. Dr. Collier has made more than 100 analyses of corn fodder in all stages of growth, which prove that the fodder actually increases in nutritive value until the ears become ripe. Many farmers who have planted orchards on hill-aides have spent much time resetting and doctoring. Able writers say that a side hill where the water runs off quickly is the very place for the worms to hatch their young. The Breeders' Gazette remarks that it isa pleasant reflection for the breeder of im- proved oattle that he is engaged in a. busi- ness that cannot be, to any considerable extent, overdone, and that the growing re- quirements of the country will constantly outrun his efforts. Animals appreciate a. clean bed at night. It is not to their comfort to allow straw that has been saturated with urine to re- main in the stalls. The best bedding is out straw at present. Later on leaves can be used to advantage. ' To secure good corn for next year the farmer should begin While the corn is growing tomake observations. He should note and mark all prominent stalks, as the maturity, vigor and prolificaoy are as im- portant as the germination of the seed. It is claimed that a. good cow should give 6,000 pounds of milk per year, and that when she gives only 3,000 pounds she is kept at a loss. The 3,000 pounds represent about five quarts per day for 300 days. Every quart over that amount lessens the coat of the whole. When cultivating on both sides of the hedge the hiding places of many weedq are destroyed. Hedges should be cultivated and kept clean the same as crops, as the cultivation not only permits of keeping them in better shape but increases in thick- ness and utility. Skim-milk is excellent for pigs at all seasons. They will grow upon such diet when everything else fails. Give them all they will drink, and then if allowed root in the clover field after the crop has been cut they will need but little grain of any kind. FARM AND GARDEN. All the Pope’s Jubilee wine is to be dis- tributed among the hospitals. A Dangerous Sense of Humor. Charlie (dejectedly)~â€"Suy, Tom, I’ve lost my best girl. Tomâ€"7N0? ch did it happen? Charlieâ€"Aw, I was altogether too funny for her. Tom#Too funny? What do you mean ? CharlieVW'eil, you see, she was crazy to have a. pet (10,450 I gave. her a. pug and told her I selected that kind because it matched her nose so perfectly. See? Confound a funny man, any how. If suffering from pain, but go at once to the nearth drug store and buy a. sample bottle of Polsan’s NERVUJNE, the great pain cure. Never fails to give immediate relief. Nerviline is endorsad by medical men everywhere. Don‘t wail: Eh single hour Without trying Nerviline. The beat medi- cine in the World to kmp in the house in an emergency. Ten and 25 cent-s a bottle. Mabel (Virtuously and defiantly) â€" Nothing. MammamYou have ! I know you have ! Mabelâ€"VI only told her she’s got to die some day, and she says she won’t. musty er dirty sorts is very injurious. Clover, owing to its liability to crumble, often gets dirty, even after storage, and should never be fed without being pre- viously moistened. Mammaâ€"â€"-W1mt’s the matter, precious ? Mabel, you naughty child, what hzwe you began doing tq your poor little sigter ? r The various elements of plant food found in the earth are attracted to the surface in the greatest quantities by keeping the soil mellow to a good depth, and this is done by deep plowing and subâ€"soiled. Besides the plant food contained in the earth, there is also stored in the air large amounts of p1sntiood,tho use of which by plants is greatly facilitated by keeping the soil loose and moist. Deep plowing, therefore. favors the appropriation of plant food under all possible conditions of soil and alt. Sang an oldâ€"time poet. In 1311089 days they had not discoverefl remedies that; shut these doors. How diflerent is Dr. l’ierce‘s Gol- den Medical Disc-ovary from the old-time doses. Consumption, or lung~scrofula, is one wide door that it shuts, if taker-1 in time. Don’t waste a moment then, lest life slip through that open door. The Rural New Ym‘lmr has been trying to ascertain among the correspondents what the three most popular gmpes are. For the best three White grapes, Niagara re ceived 12 votes out of 16 ; Lady, 10 votes ; Empire State and Poekhngtnn, 5 each; Duchess and Martha, 4- caeh; Hayes, 3, and twelve others one or two votes each. For the best red grapes Brighton stood first, Delaware second and Ulster Prolific, third. For blue or black, Worden stood first, Concord second, Wilder third and Moore’s Early fourth. “ Death Hus So DIany Doors to Let. 011i, Life," “W'ell, don’t do it again. If the children are to be punished. let me know it and I Will attend to them." " I difln’t do anything except give each one of them a. kiss when I arrived.” Diseases. DR. SWAYNE & SON, Pro- prietors, Philadelphia. SWAYNE’S OINTMENI can be obtained of druggists. Sent by mail for 50 cents. Domestic Discipline. Fatherâ€"“ The boys are in a. fearful rage' Whafi have you bieeQQOirng {:0 them ? ” Ueg unfitâ€"“I didn’tde anything to them.” “ But you must have done something to them.” SYMPTOMSâ€"Moisture; intense itching an stinging ; most at night; worse by scratch ing. It allowed to continue tumors form which often bleed and ulcerate, becomin very sore. SWAYNE’S OINTMENT shops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It equally efficacious in curing all Ski “ Sheep,” said a member of the New York Institute, “ should be bred to that type that. will yield the greatest quantity of wool. In 1810 the average weight of fleeces was less than two pounds, now many flocks average live to six pounds. Much improvement had been mmdo from 1840 to 1860, but still greater ones since. The sheep which have been cuIIEbi‘th'd for giving the heaviest fleeces have been among the most wrinkly and greasy. A sheep having a. good constimtion. large carcase,close wool and oily “case is my ‘ ideal.’ ” Oldboy~Why, my boy? 0 Young l’recouitywoan’t you see how your legs are warping! The Farzucrs’ ‘Ilfrrflucinw Guys: The special food to cause, hens to lay are secret preparations, but. the following is con- Bidered a good formula: Two pounds each of bone, linseed cake, dried mean, oats, oyster 8110115, all finely ground; one ounce of sulphur, two ounces of red pep- per, four ounces each of common salt and copperas'and one ounce of bread soda. Mix the whole thoroughly, and allow a tablespoonful of salt three times a. week to each fowl. As the cost of those substances Will be but little, quite a largequantity can be made at once. Young Precocity (to ()Idboy, who has the misfortune to be very how-legged)â€"Oh, I say you ought to come away from the fire. 15: Pipés for power ropes for driving mauhinery,moving stree‘; railway cars, etc. â€"Sciemi/irr Amarium. The Great, Dismal Swznnp of Virginia. is one enormous quagmire of decayed vegetation, a region of gloom and desolation ; but not more so than the system When blocked up by decayed animal matter, which poisons the blood and brlngs gloom to an otherwise happy household. Dr. I’ierce’s Pleasant Purgamive Pellets re- move all waste matter, and give nature a chance to build up. The increasing requirements of modern civilization are well illustrated by the ex- tent and variety of underground pipe systems now employed in large cinies. Thus there are in actual operation 16. Pipes for broduuing power where re- quired, by vacuum or suction, and for ven- tilation. 12. Pipes for regulating clocks, by com- pressed air. 13. l’ipes for conveying mineral oils. 14. Pipes for electrical wires for electric lighting, electric railways, telephones! and telegraplxy. 1. Pipes for conveying: and illllmiqating gas. 2. Pipes Vfoi‘ conveying and fuel gas. 3. Pipes for conveying and delivering drinking water and for fire purposas. 4. Pipes for conveying salt water for street, sprinkling and for fire purposes. 6. Pipes for delivering hot water under high pressure, for heating purposeg and powe£._ - 7. Pipes for delivering cold water under high Pressure, f_01:rpower. fl 8. Pipes for (’leliveringr live steam under pressure, for heating purposes; and power. 9. Pipes for delivexing cmnprcsaed air, for purposes of power and ventilation. 5. l’ibes forwdraining and~ cirrying off sewage and surface water‘ 11. Pipes for conv‘eying letters and pack ages, by compressed air and vacuum. Indergrnund Pipes for Large Citie” Don’t Do It. Do Not Wait, A Timely \Vm-ning. ITCIiING PILES. 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The Officials Found Him a “Demon of Detail.” Lord Lsnsdowne, the late Governor- Genersl, was a very punctilious man, and had quite a reputation for his mastery of demil. He used to inquire very carefully into any account before him, and against every item that he disapproved of or did not understand down wenta. blue pencil mark. 110 used to have all his pencils sharpened for him. On one occasion the chief messenger neglected to perform this duty. The same morning the messengeri. was affrighted by a visit from the Goverâ€" nor-General, who held a. pencil with a. broken tip. “ Sharpen that pencil,’ said he. The messenger did so, and never for- ‘ got his duties again. Lord Lsnsdowne had at specialty for criminal cases. He would inquire carefully into all applications which were forwarded for executive clemency, and when not satisfied would ask for further in- formation. In this respect he was ap- proached by Lord Lorne. It is related of the letter that during the time Minister of Justice Macdonald held office he recom- mended n case for mercy. The Marquis of Lorne was not satisfied with the bare recommendation, and sent back for further particulars. The whole of the facts had, therefore, to be forwarded; Lord Lansdowne used always to keep an" arm chair on his right hand for the use of Ministers. Occsssionally the esretaker in cleaning the room would disturb its posi’ tion. The alteration never failed to be noticed by the Governor-General.â€"Ottawa Free Press. The Shoe all» Leather Reporter, N. Y., and Shoe (k Leather Review, Chicago, the leading trade papers of Lhe US; in the Hide line, have sent their representatives to investigate Mr. Page‘s busl news, and uftml‘ a thorough examination and com pau'fiou tho 1wa ' .1" gives himphis glidoraemen‘b for us. Cash Furnished on satisfwtory guarant; Address, 0. 8. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont, U. 1 Wholly unlike artificial systems. Cure of unind wandering. 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