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CHAPTER I. "I‘m going 'to be a lady's maid when I grow a bit older. My‘other’s cour- aim is own maid to the Countess of Firtop, and you should see the lovely clothes she hasâ€"silks and satins and laces, and real gold brooches; it's a rare fine t'hing Do be a lady’s maid, I cam tell you," and Susan Harper arched her neck, tossed her head, and booked at her companions with undis- guisad pride and self-satisfaction. "I dan’t think nothing of being a lady's maid,” sneered Emma Bligh; "it’s only like an upper servant, noâ€" thing better, and if a lady’s maid does get fine clothes, why, they’re only east-off things, as have been worn be- fore by_ her mLssus. I’m not going in- to service when I grows up. There’s ten pounds in the bank that my uncle left me, and wth I get it I’ll have a little shop and sell tea and cheese, and sweets and candles, and I'll have I husband who’ll work to keep _me; “Your mother is a spiteful old cat. and you may tell her I say so,” retort- ‘ed Lilas, losing her temper, "no one could blame her for good looks, and if what some tolks says is true, not for gogan neither." “Lady’s; malds don't live in the kitâ€" chen," retorted Susan, "and ,you've got to get the home of yopm own, and ’tlsn‘t Wary girl with a face like yours as lawn; get a husband, Emma Bligh." - Ffi‘s'whét I will. It’s better: havâ€" ng a home of your own, to living in a powatess' kitchenf' Emma nwggiabowtl; to retort angrily, when Mary Matthews interposed, by saying: “Dan'fl quarrel, girls, but let us all my what: we’re going to be, and when we grow old we'll see if it comes true; Mhiat are you. going to be, Eva Ranâ€" flolph V" .. _ ..._ ‘. u “1 don't think it is money that makes a. lady,” replied Eva, in the same dreamy manner; "my dear mamma 339d v0 tell me that money wouldn’t ‘0: it." ....r_ . “I?” said the girl thus addressem Opening her round, gray eyes and with I half-vacant, half-dreamy expresslon Af co‘umte‘nanoe, as though she were eerizng into the future. “I mean to a lady.” . "A lady I” echoed the three who had spoken. "How are you going to manâ€"- Ige that? Where's the money to some Erdm ?" “Then how will you set about it ?” questioned the others} "I mean: to work hard and to teach- myself, and to get other peoyle to teach me, and always to do what is just and right. And I mean to ‘ read about grearu and noble women and to try to be like them. It will be very hard work, bulb I shall do it." Bult‘ at this the other girls laughed aloud, and nut without some malice in. their mirth, for Lilas Lampier was the most idle, selfish and sensual, as she was by far the best looking girl in the party. Her hair was golden, her eyes were dark, with heavy silken brows and lashes. Her complexion was like the warm pink glow inside a sea shell, and her features bid fair to be firm and delicate. “Yes, mower says you’re far too good looking to come to any good," re- tort-ed Susan Harper. rTo this Susan retorted by springing to {her feet in n passion and ‘tearmg off Lilas Lampier’s hat. "'Some ladies do,” replied Eva, co-n- fidently; “Ive heard that the queen Works; Very hard, and then the ladles who: went out in the war last year to nurse Uha sick soldiers, see how they must have worked. I think ladies do 1 great deal of work, and I mean to 6 “one, and I mean to work.” “Well, we shall see," laughed Mary Matthews, “But now there‘s only one more of you, beside me. What are you gong -to be, Lilas 9" "You needn't laugh," she said, hotly, irritated by their very trauk re- marks; "I ain't a fool, and I'm as good looking as any of you." Before the glrls could recommence their discussion a huge bloodhound came bounding into the midst of the group, scaring the little ones out of their wits, and terrifying even the eld- er girls. "Bull: ladies don’t work," Iobjected Mary Mattfhe/ws, who, although she had great faith in Eva’s talent and in- dustry, ye-t could not [help thinking that. her plans for the future were, to waywruhe least, extremely Visionary. But she was only twelve years of age, and she was very dirty at the pre- sent moment, for the baby she had been carrying had contriVed to bespat- ter her with the mud from which she had. more than once rescued him, and to which he had managed to return while she had been talking. What further damage she meditated I cannot say, tor the shrieks of the mall children. under the care of these five girls became so shrill and piercing with terror at the prospect of a fight betwuen Lheu‘ guardians that hoatili- ties (had. at once to be suspended until silence could be restored. Lilas was the only one of the party who retained her presence of mind; but she knew the dog, and she now called it by name." “Leo! Leo 1" The animal looked at her and gave his tail 3 condescending wag ot recog- nition, but he did not care for shabbily dressed people, and probably be was moljudg‘e of feminine beauty, so he did mt approaah the glrl even when she held out her hand to him. “7"ivslhall 'be the same as Eva,” was the reply, uttered in all apparent ser- iousness. , Beflore she could repeat the invita- tion, however, a young man had leaped the gate whlch led into the meadow, 81nd- seemg at a glance the consterna- tion which his four-footed compamon's presence had produced, he called him off, and then approaching the group, “"ivhope my dog hasn’t frightened yogi he _wouldnftl: b_it_e."" "7(th I wasn't frightened," said She Would Be a Lady. Lilas, with; a. smile which showed her white teeth; "but the restuwfsrel'.’ ‘ __ "I sea you are a brave little girl,” and he modded and went on his way wondering how it was that the child- reul 015 some of the working people were possessed of so much delicate beawty. _ . . . . 1 _-.v...-‘, . But Lilas Lampier was not, in the strict sense of the word, the child or“ working parents. Her father was a Frenchmanâ€"a. French “patriot” of humble extraction, some talent, and great want of judgment. He had been compelled to escape from France with his child, whose mother had been an. English dancer and. had died soon after the birth of her daughter. The poor exile tried hard to get work and failed. He wasrestless and excitable, and at length, unable to‘ endure his exile ainy longer, he left his child in the care of acme distant relatives of his late wife, while he himself went back to Paris. What became of him there those whom he had promised to write ta in England did not know. He might be in‘prisgm; he might be dead Lilas would have liked her father to be with] her, bwt she had no great love for [him. (Indeed that young per- son's affections were principally cen- tred in herself. She had shelter and food from her mother's cousin, whom she called aunt, and such clothes as her relative could afford to give her, and she nursed the children, worked about the house and was treated neith- er better nor worse 'than if she had been Mrs. Flood’s eldest daughter. SO much for one of our heroines) She means to be a lady, a lady, acâ€" cording to her ideal of one. To have fine clothes, dainty food, a soft couch, nothing to do, and every wish and whim gratified, as soon as it can be formed, that is Lilas Lampier‘s notion of being a lady, and of the life that a lady. should live. _ ..x 1:: Eva: Randolph‘s ideas are widely dif- ferent. The lever that is to help her onward in- life is (hard work, strengthâ€" ened by selfâ€"denial. .i n .-,L 3.. EioainédiftVâ€"tfiéy 7 knéwmahfiost for all they)" cared. _ > ‘ By earnest seeking after all that is true and noble, and by eradicating any- thing that is base and unworthy in her nature, 'she hopes to succeed. And poor Eva is worse than being simply an orphan, for her father‘s death left her to the tender mercies of a step mother, who would have sent her to the workhouse‘ but that the parish au- thorities would then have taken care that the girl’s share of her father’s property should be applied to her Mr. Randolph had died without a will. He had no near relatives, and Eva was left to the care of her stepâ€" mother. Mrs. Randolph’s widnwhood did not‘ last long. Her first husband had been a surgeon; her second was a small shopkeeper. Mr. Church,when he married her, quite understood the condition of affairs, and willingly acâ€" cepted the responsibility. ‘7 Eva, come down, shouted Mrs. Chllfph: The girl dropped her work, and de- scended the stairs, to find in the best sittingâ€"room, thv Honorab‘n Mrs.Westâ€" brook, the mother ‘-‘ ‘M y-wung man whose bloodhound (1 sf' * ed her and her companions the previous afterâ€" noon. - A little ready money was very use- ful to a man in business, and a small income from houses which, though they could: not line sold, could be let to ten- ants too simple to ask for proof of his rightl to receive the rent, helped to cover many expenses, and to enable him to put away money against a rainy day. There was no one to grumble or to bring the dishonest couple to book. Eva did not know she was being rob- bed. She was told every day of her life that' she was eating the bread of charity, and she believed it, and she worked hard, harder than any servant would have done, to satisfy herself that she earned her food and shel- VvauL- Her fingers were very rapid in their movements, but her thoughts had wandered far away from her occupa- tion. She was wishing that she had time and money wherewitb to get a good education, and :Hinklng thus. her mind soon traveled *yeyo'wd 'he question of waysH1nd me,on :1 3'! aha had given herself up to 1% buiid"‘r: of some very airy‘ castles, the harsh voice of her strtumother roused her from her dayjlrenms. ~ ,Nudh ____..LAAI1 V‘DL. Such was ‘the condition of affairs, on this, her thirteenth birthday. ‘ CHAPTER II. The day after the conversation of these girls had taken place Eva Ranâ€" dolph sat in her own room, busily at work upon some delicate lace, in the making of which she was remarkably clever. ter. She was a tall, proudâ€"looking woman with fair hair, cbhm nve., and large, regular features, «1 aim here about with her inn air of perfva satisfaction that it had pleased Heaven to make I.“va Completely assured upon this point, Mrs. Westbrook could afford to be gra~ cious to her interiors, and she now condescended to smile kindly upon Eva, as she said: " So you. are the little lacemaker ?" “Yes, ma’am,‘ replied the girl,look- ing up brightly, instead of dropping a courtesy, as any other girl in her station would have done. ed: her supéfibr‘to all her fellow, crewâ€" tures. "vXEfigEFIESWâ€"fiwcéntracted the lady‘s face, but second thoughts transformh ed it into a smile, and she next askâ€" 1“. B “ Then I shall get you to mend some lace for me," said Mrs. Westâ€" brook, graciously; " but you must come up to. my house to do it. I could not " Are you as clever art mending lace as you: are said to be 'at making it if" "I don‘t know, ma‘am. I am very kind of mending old lace,” replied the g r1. ‘ u . n ,,A ____ A" mni‘t‘ come down, you‘re wanted 1‘ allow it: to be taken away. I suppose yqugpgother 9am spare ygu :t'” _ “Ohl yes, she can go; but she isn’t my girl,” ' volunteered Mrs. Church, who was always afraid of being tak- en for her full age, which was con- siderably over thirty. " She’s too old to be my own daughter, as you can see, ma‘am. I married her father, who was my first husband,»though I was his second wife, and I’ve taken care of her ever since, for she hasn’t got no relations .of her own ?” “Indeed! Then 'what was her fath- er’s name ?’ asked the lady, gracious- 1y-__ _, ‘ ‘ ” Randolphâ€"Algernon Randolph ” reâ€" plied Mrs. Church, proudly. " He was a surgeon at Trebourne; so I married beneath me when I took ‘a second bus. band! as you see, majam.’ "Algernon Randolph I ' repeated Mrs. Westbrook, while something like .an expression of pain passed over her countenance. "And so he IS dead!" flhegadded; "and this is his daugh- er .. "Yes, ma’am, Did you know [him ?" asked Mrs. Church, in alarm, for it suddenly occurred to her that any friends of her late husband might be- came unpleasantly curious as to the‘ aim-plumb of property he possessed when he. died. “Yes; I knew him,” said Mrs. VVestâ€" brook, sadly, "but it was long before he was marriedâ€"when he was but a yloumg man, m fact; but I shall be glad b0 help his daughter. Will you come up to my house toâ€"morrow at ten o'clock, my dear 2” “Yes, ma’am," replied Eva, grateful fair the changed tone of kindness, al- most; of affectiun, which the lady now used toward her. ' ve change was due to the respect in which her dead father was held, and she. valued it upon this account far more than if it had been brought about by amy personal regard for herself. 80 Mrs. \Vrest'browk went away, and Eva mturnde to her room. Buit Mrs. Church was ill at ease. Ovtem and over again she assured her- SJelf that: no one could blame her for appropriating to her lbwn use the m‘cmvey that legally belonged to her stepdauxgihker. She gave her a home and she and her husband only approp- riated the girl’s share of her father's property, and exacted tW-mtrhirds of all the money she earned at her lace work in return. Mrs. Church knew that the glrl's own property entitled her to good clothing and a fair education, quite as well as any one could tell her so, but for five years she bad game her dishon- est way unquestioned, and it certainly weuld be extremely inconvenient if any investigation were to take place "What could Mrs. Westbrook know of ‘her late husband V" she wondered. “Was the great lady aware that he had a small income independent of his Profession?” .And, worse still, "Did sh-e know that he had died intestaie?" A‘s slhe pondered these questions, Mus. Church thought of making; her hu-s'b'amd a Sharer in her anxiety, but second thoughts convinced her that she had best be silent. Mr. Chwrch was not an amiable man ; he was scraping; bogether a very nice little fortune, and it was more than likely that if he thought there was any danger of losing Eva’s ‘money, he would, by some imprudent step, precipitate the very crlsis they both dreaded, for be greatly disliked the girl whom he was daily rubbing, and he gruvdged every month- fiuvl: ‘of food that she ate. Lo Bengula, Slack on n Ferris Wheel, Saul. “It Is Not Nice." Prince Lo Beng‘ul'a, of the Matabeles, the latest royal African Prince to be conquered and taken .to London, 'had an experience when he was. taken up on the big Ferris Wheel at Earl’s Court. ‘Sor Mrs. C'hurrch said nothing to her husband about: Mrs. Westbrook's visit, except that she wanted Eva to mend some lance for her, and that the girl was tic! go up 00 the Grange to do He tried to light a cigarette, but the match would not catch on *ha box, and the cigarette would not s'P-p in his lips, and his straw hat wahb‘ ' all over his woolly cranium, “1* is evil,” he exclaimed, “1 do not wheel stopped again some one 'hundred feet from the ground, and L0 Bengula cried, "()b, we must get down. 1 'ose all mv money; ikuna mua’hla!" is nvv . Wk'le L0 Remgul raged there climb- ed my the outer “Age " Lhe wheel a sn‘Mr "’ a M" "' cnrdage. "hen fol- 'nW‘Id a chain and pqu and a steel cahle, and finally the rescuing baskct -u "-1- onmhar “'11-. U unlrmlm" e dnnr nf the car and invilnd Ln Ban to step inside. "I no g0. «aid Lo Ben, “I want not to di’e toâ€"niaht l” Lo Ben was mduced to come again to the Window, but he evidently did not see anything at all attractive. “I am afraid; we shall. all die toaday; oh, my father. Why won’t it go down ?” he said. like it." “Aftwei-Vmuch persuasion and the prom- ise of some zn‘r'an guineas the diffi- culty waspvnmonge. . Lo Ben landed in t'he basket, and with the combined weights of the three persons, it slip- ped down about six inches. Lo Ben- gula's cry ram-g ‘1 like ablast from twenty trumpets, after which. he sank down almost para. zed. When tetra firm was reached he gurgled out, “011., my father, my father, banal” Tnhfl Kaiser is “at home” to some 00 Of his friends came a week. He never fails on these occasions to make referâ€" elnice to his progress in the mud); 9f the Turkish language, which he has begmn since his visit to Constantin- opld. A PRINCE IN MIDAIR. KAISER A LINGUIST. (To Be Continued.) FARMING BF THE FUTURE. PLOWING AND HARVESTING WILL BE DONE BY ELECTRICITY- Forcing Houses mu Ike Esmbnslled for Slinmlmlug Vegetables and Flowersâ€"- There Are Great Changes (Joining fo‘r [lie Tiller of line Sell. The model farm of to-morrow and of the future} must: avail itself of the most economical systems of plant propagation. and the geomagnetifere must: play an important part In its workings. {Beneath the rich soil in the gardens where the delicate vegetaâ€" bles are growing networks of inv151- ble wires are laid» collecting and dis- tributing the atmospheric eiectricity to all the plants. In the forcing houses similar arâ€" rangements are made for stimulating the winter vegetables and flowers for the market, while overhead powerful arc lights make the night as brilliant as day and help to mature the plant growths in half the regular time re- quired by nature. In the fields *of wheat and com the more powerful current from a storage house work out similar results, lessening the sea- son of growth, and) doubling the yield per acre. Excessive drought and the danger from late( and early frosts are thus partly avoidedi on the electric farm, while, if necessary, two crops can be raised in one season where 1'01 mâ€" erly only one, could be grown. The electric power that) the farmer has at his command enables him to regulate the growth oil his plants to suit the season or the markets. One portion of the garden uan be forced, while the other half is kept back several weeks. There is no limit to the use of the new invisible power which he gathers from the atmosphere around him or generates from the wasted forces of. the neighboring stream of water. This leads to the examination of the source of the new power that propels the ma- chinery on the farm. A SMALL STREAM? OF WATER. that formerly flowed across the farm in an irregular, course, fertilizing the) lower meadows and' irrigating the up- land districts, has been widened and deepened near its source, formlng a large storage reservoir. This ‘arti- ficial pond has been dammed' at its lower end, and as the water tumbles over the open water gates it ‘turns several large turbine wheels. These wheels do not move the machi- nery of a flour mill but constantly manufacture electricity for use on the farm. By means ofi the huge storage reservoir the work‘ of making electri- city can go on through the dryest sea- son, for the water power never gives- out, and the electric power is always ready to do its work. From this storâ€" age house the, motive power is conâ€" ducted to all‘parts of the farm. T1119 forcing houses for winter plants are connected with the pow-er houses by overhead wires similar to those which disfigure the city streets for trolley lines. ,T-he great barn and living houses are lightedi by electric lights that get their source of energy in; the same place. Movable cables radiate from the storagei houses to every part of the fields and to those electric mo- tors are attached for performing the various labors assigned; to them by the inventive genius of man. The electric machinery worked by the motors is full of interest. Here are huge plows that turn over six fur- rows of fresh soil at once, haysacks and reapers which perform their duties automatically, electric weed killers and fertilizers, corn huskers and shellers, hny‘ choppers and gigan- tic {threshing and‘fanning mills. Elecâ€" tric vehicles rush across the extensive fields with loads of grain. hey or vege- tables, moving their brood tires with- out difficulty over the rough, uneven surface, and behind ‘the plows and herâ€" rows the automatic seeders follow in close succession, dropping the corn, wheat or other seed at regular inter- vals in the freshly turned furrows. Everything is performed by machinery, guided by disciplined hands and pro- peIled bv the new motive power that has caused all the revolution. THE FIELD SELECTED for plowing is divided into sections of exactly the width of the cable used for pulling the plows. A heavy. powerful electric motor on wheels is sfcm’ ' each side of the field, and a strong cable connects them. This cable winds and unwinds upon a spool as the marhinel‘y is set in motion. To this cable the plow, which is cap- uh‘e of turning from three to six furâ€" rows of soil at once, is firmly attached. There are two general types’of these electric plows, which? will serve to il~ lustrate the general principle of operaâ€" tion In each class. The first type is propelled by a fixed motor. ' The second type of electric plow Is run by a movable motor attached to the plow itself. The cable is fixed to an anchor on‘ the opposite sithe of the field, and the electric motor follows this cable, dragging the heavy plow with it. Even the weeding is accom- plished by electricity. Thd force that stimulates plant growth and gives mo- tive power to all the machinery can also kill and destroy. Elieptrooution is applied to the weeds jw'st as successful- ly as to- prisoners in our jails. The delicate current of electricity may give life and vigor to plant life, but: a poWerful current destroys every germ of life, animal or vegetalble. 1n the spring of the year the new weed destroyer goes over the field, and anâ€" nihilates weeds, insects and larvae. 'hon the electric motor on the side of the field is- set in motion it winds up the cable and drags the plow, toward it, and when it reaches that side of the field it turns around, and the reverse action of the. other motor repeats the operation. .As the vehicle moves along a series 0' many wire brushes drags on the earth and kills everything that oomhi" ‘1!) contact with it. A field overgrown with rank weeds can thus be com- paratively cleared in a remarkably short: time of every noxious growtfiy. Death is just as sure and sudden as if each plant received a lightning! stroke from the summer clouds. The“ weeder goes over the field after a storm, so that the wet stalks will act as more perfect 'condJu'ctors. There comes from Buxdaâ€"Pesth. the first ' ELECTRIC ITREE DESEROYER the farmer who has extensive wood;- lands to clear finds science ready to help him in this respect. .The tree- desrtroying machines were invented to fell the giant trees in the forests of Galicia. They are comparatively” sim- ple in their construction, but veritâ€" able giants in their operations. A’ small motor carried. on a movable truck is drawn 11.1)th the whole product of the forest and secured to it by chains and steel clamps. The automatic saw chisel is next put in position, and when the electric current is turned on it eats its way; rapidly into the huge trunk and nearly (severe it in two. While the machine is being adjusted to another tree the first one is easily pulled; over by ropes and sawed up! by. a huge saw‘ operated by another moâ€" tor. THE CONDITION OF A YOUNG LADY OF WELLAN D. To complete the picture of the model farm the owner should travel from one part of the extensive estate to an- other in his automobile Victoria or upon a. motor bicycle. \Vhere elecâ€" tricity can be obtained so cheaply thousands of the newest inventions can be introduced without difficulty. Inhis spacious 'living quarters his wife no longer stews over obstinate wood or coal] fires; she simply turn on the electric current when neede and cooks the dinner without fuss or worry. Electric fans turned [by the power that cooks her dinner and lights her house make the atmosphere of the midsummer day delightful and refresh- ing. There is no longer any tri-week- ly churning to try ones temper. for the near-by creamery converts the cream into butter by the latest and most approved methods. Even ‘the drinking water is pumped up from artesian Wells byi electricity and sup- plied in a, cool and refreshing stream to all who ask it, Subfect to Fropucnt Headaches, Was Pale and Emaciawll and Grew so Ill She Could Barely Walk. From the Tribune, Welland, Ont. I Miss Hattie Archer, of Welland, an estimable young lady, whose acquaint- ance extended among a large number of citiz-ensof the .town, has the following to say regarding the virtues of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People: - In the fall of 1897 I was taken very ill, I was nervous, Weak and. debilitated. At this time the least exertion caused great fatigue. My appetite was poor and Iwas attack-ed with frequent sick headaches. I gradually grew worse until 1 was so weak I could. barely walk through the house. I was very pale and. emaciated and linally became entirely incapacitated. Various me- dicines were resorted to but gave no relief. Later I was treated by two of the best physicians of the town. One said my blood was poor and watery. I followed his advice for some time but did not imprcwe. Then the second doctor was called and hlet said he could help me, but after thoroughly testing his medicines withbut benefit, 1 gave it .111), and de- spaired of ever getting well. My grand- motlher‘had been reading at that time much about Dr. \Villiams' Pink Pills and; persuaded me to try them. That was about January, 1898. From the first the results were really marvel- louis, being far beyond my friends’ ex- pectations. After taking five bo'x'es I can“ stand more fatigue than I ouuld for ‘two years. I have gained Weight; splendidly; can take my food with a. delightful relish, and again feel cheer- ful, healthy and strong. I would further,- say that. the change is wholly d-ue,to Williams‘ Pin Pills. I hype thil. my Lesmmony will prove beneficial to other girls similarly a!- flicted. The experience of years has proved that there' is absolutely 'no disease due to' a. vitiated conziiiiou of the blood on shattered nerves, that Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Ping/will not promptly cure, and those who are suffering from such troubles wou‘id avoid much misery and save money by promptly resorting to this treatment. Get khe genuine Pink Pills every‘, time and do not be D‘BI‘Slla‘dr ed to take. an imitation, or some 01 her remedy from a dealer, who for the sake of extra profit to himself, may say is “ just as good.” Dr. Williams Pink Pills cure when other medicines fail. Congo Free State negroe‘s are being Christianized by a hand organ, Captain Becker, a Free State official. thought fully tuck one with him to his» pos and, finding ‘tha‘t the natives enj would be played at every 0111‘ wedding. The result was tha‘. 'wed- dings took place almost daily, ' married more than once in procure the music. ; ‘ '1 Pleasure is very seldom fan (I where it is sought. Our brightest flames of gladness are commonly kindl d by un- expected sparks.â€"â€"Johnson. Weak and Nervous. HAND ORGANS AS CIVILIZERS.