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"Why, it's only last week you were crying those) pretty eyes of yours out, tmsmg to be sent to school. Iâ€"well, confound itâ€"I don't understand the ways of woman. I always thought you were different from the rest‘ Daisy. but 1 see. you. are. all Lhe same. Nave): two days of the same mind. What Ls the reason you’ve changed, your mind, pat i" at or Later. brightens the lives of lovable women. Daisy looked at the envelope with a. wistful- glance. "1 am going to nuke. a. lady of you, my little sunbeam. 1 am going to send you. off to boarding-school. 1mm. wth you. 11.1w) always want- ed; now I am going to humor your whim." "Indeed. I don’t. want to go now, Uncle John. Please don't. tahk about it any more. {â€"1 am happier here ban Ican tell you." John Brooks laughed cheerEF-y. “It's too late for you. to change “What!” ‘ “lâ€"I don't want to go off to board- ing-school now. I had rathar stay here with you." Daisy knew so little of real life, and less of love and marriage, up to the time she hid met Rex! Her bemoan had been imaginary ones, her ideas of love only girlish, romantic fancbus. lb was all very exciting and charming. She was very fond of. handsome: Rex, but she had yet to leucrn the depth of love which, soon- Johsn Brooks laid was just ligmiu-g prise. “But Iâ€"I do not want to go nowI Uncle John. 1â€"]. have changed my mind." Daisy was not used to keeping a. mret locked up in her truthful little heart. She longed to throw her inns around his neck and whisper to him of her mad, romantic marriage, and of the handsome young husband who loved her so fondly. with blank Spaces which were to tilled up There was something his voice which made Daisy look John Brooks looked at his sister in inmzoment, holding little Daisy off I'nd gazing into the sweet little ilooming face, and stroking the long Ilufiy golden) curls as he replied; ‘Ah. no. Septima; Daisy is only a Hhild. W‘hy, it seems as though it were but yesterday 1 used to take her with me through this cotton-fields, and laugh to . see hea- stretch her chubby hands up, crying for the bursting blossoms, growing high Ib‘ove heir curly golden head. Pshaw! Septima. Daisy is only a. marry, l‘rolicaome, romantic child yet." m5 Von» wmcn made Daisy look at him, but bar eyes fell and her cheeks Husband hotly as she met his glance. He drew from his breast’ pocket as b6 spoke a thick, yellow envelope. which contained several printed forms "Hush!" exclaimed Jolm Broorks. pxcitedly. “I shouldn’t have thought would have dared any that. \tht does Daisy know of such; Lhings ?" he miltten‘ed, indignan-tly. "Don’t let your senses run away with you, Sep- tima." "VWhJatâ€"what is it ?" gasped Daisy, wondea‘ing if he could possibly have heard of her romantic mlrriuga with Rve‘x, turning white to the very lips, bar blme eyes dunkenimg with sus- pause. "Come, come. now," laughed. John, good-humoredly. “don’t get excited, pat, it will take me just as long to tell it anyhow; it is something that will please you. immensely.” "Look up, pat," he said, ooaxingly. "I have news for you," "Don't let your senses run away with you, John Brooks. Haven’t you the sense to know that D.1isy is get- ting too [big for you.“ to ta'km on you!) ktnee and pet in Lh‘lt‘ fashion? I am really ashamed of you. Daisy is al- nost a woman!" snapped SepLima, thflly‘â€""quite sixteen." Daisy nestled her ‘tell-tale face 0103- ur on Ihia broad shoulder to hide the Iwift blushes that m‘ept up to cheek ind brow. CHAPTER V.â€"Con tinned. “Have you. been scolding Daisy again. Saptima ?" he asked, angrily, talking the panting little damsel 17mm the floor and seating her upon his knee. and drawing her curly head down to his rough-clad shoulder, and holding it theme with his toil hardened hand. "What have you. been saying to my little Daisy that I find her in tears ?" "I was telling her If she did not Mend hm willful ways she might turn out lLlne her mothâ€"" Heiress and Wife. down the. pipe he in genuine sur- “Garfiairnlyf' ansWered Septima. awkwardly. “I beg your pardon, ‘mi‘ss, for keeping you standing out- side so long." As Pluma took this seat Septima 'placed for her, the dark cloak Bhe ‘worre fell from her shoulders. and Selptima saw with. woner she still were the shimmering silk she had in all probability worn at the fete. The rubies still glowed like restless, leap- ing fine. upon bar perfect arms and {snowy tlmrort, and sprays of hyacinth : were still twined in her dark, glossy ih‘nir; but they were quite faded now, l r l i w l l “Oh, dear, oh, dear!" sobbed Daisy, tihirowing herself down on her little white bed when she had reached her own room, "what hall I (10? L can't go without seeing Rex. I never heard of a .girl that was married being ‘sen‘t off to school. Iâ€"I dare not tell Uncle John I am somebody's wife. 01).. if I could only see Rex I" Daisy springs out of bad and crosses over to the. little white crumtained win- dow, gazing out into tho still calm ibeauty of the night. "It I only knew whm-e to find Rex," she mused. "I ywould go to him now. Sam'on he ' would not lat me ha sent away from him." Shin tlwrned away from the window with a sigh. “I must see Rex t-o-mcxrrow morning," she said, doterrmim-edly. And the weary little golden head, tired out with the day which had just died out, sunk rest- fully down upon the snowy pillow in a dreamleas sleep, the happiest, alas! that poor little girl-bride wa to know for long and weary years. Mr. \V. A. \V’ylipa, 57 Senatom: Street, Toronto, statres;â€""My little grand- child had huffared with a nasty, lanoli- ing cough forr about eighit weeks when we procured a bottle of Dr. Clmse’s Syrup of: Linseed and Turpentine. After the first dose she called it "honey" and was eagetr for medicine time to come around. I can simply state that put of one bottle cured hm- man Mm is now well and as bright an a. cr'u Mother’s favoxrite rermedy for Group. Branchitis. Asthma, Coughs and Colds, 25 cents a. bottle; f‘lmily siza wntaining about ill-roe times asmuch,60cts At all dealers. or Edmnson. Bates & 00.. Toronto. Tha Mm "Miss Pluma," she. exclaims. amazement, “is (there any one 111 than Hall 2" ‘ "No !" replies Pluma, in a low, soft, guarded whisper. "I wished to see youâ€"my business is most importantâ€" may I come in?" purpose. "I know best, little one," he said. "I mean to mulm a lady of you. You have no fortune, little Daisy, but yoqu pretty face. It will be hard to lose my little sunbaam; WE it Is my duty. Daisy. It is too late to back out now; for once I am firm. Your must start toâ€"morrow morning." your mind now. little one. I have mania arrangements for you. to start bright and early Lo-morrow morn- ing. The stage will be here by day- light, so you. had batter start off h bad at once, at there will be, no rows in Lhasa cheeks to-morrow." He never forgot the expression of the white. startled face Dllisy raised Lu.ng troubles. Hosts of motherrs have Learned to trust i-mlpflilcitl‘y to Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Li-nswd and Turpentine to promptly loosen the tight chest coughs, to allay the im-flammatiluu, to clear the air passages and thoroughly cure the cold. Thueitr confidence in this grand presenri‘ption of Dr. Chase has never been shaken. because in: has never failred to prove beneficial. It is of such unusual men-Lt as to have attained to by far the Largest sale of any similar preparation. He never forgot the expression of the white, startled face Diiisy raised to his. For once in her life Daisy was unable to shake him from his Few fin-deed are the familiy circles from whence there has not been taken some member as tube resuflt of neglected cougfim and colds. The prudem-t mother is constantdy on guard Lest her Little Dine! fall prey to uroup. bronchitis, or col-d5. She knows that if colds are promptly cur- ed there is certain]: protection against consumption. pneumonia and other lung troubles. Dr. Chase‘s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, A HACKING COUGH mm heatment Far @aughs and (bids. 16 one," he said. lady of you. You little Daisy, but It will be hard BRONGHITIS. Mr. \Vmu Davidson. St. Andrews. Qua, sta'tes;'â€""Dr. Chase’s [Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine Ins cured me of bromohi-tins. I hum, without sucâ€" uass, triad mmny remedies for the past six years. Last winter when Ihnd a severe attack and was unable to Wonk I procured a bottle of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpen- tine and am happy to state that the third bottle made me a well man." Slowly Rex read the letter through to the end. The momning stage whirled rapidly past him on its way to meet the early train. Yet, all unconscious that it bore away from him his ttreasure, he never once glanc- ed up from tm letter he was read- to be. wondered at he was just the kind of young fellow to win the love of young romantic girls like Daisy and Plumaâ€"thxa haughty young heir- Ln“: Ha sighed and smiled in one breath. as he: threw himself downi at full length on the green grass under the times. Taking from his pocket a little square white envelope, ad- dressed in a. childish hand to "Mr. Rexfo‘rd Lyon, Allendale, West Vir- ginia, Care of Miss Pluma." Rex laughed aloud until the tears start- ed to his eyes, as they fell on the wards; "Gare of Bliss Pluma," heavily underlined in the lower corner. "That is just like careless little romping Birdie,” he mused. “She supposes, because she knows who Miss Pluma is, every one else must cer- tainly be aware of the same fact." Rex looked so fresh. and cool and handsome. in his white linen suit, 1y- ing there undem the shady trees that summer morning, his dark curls rest- ing on :hia white- hand. and a smile lighting up his pleasant face, it is not He spread out the letter on his knee, trying hard to while away time in panning its pages. "Pshiu w l" he muttered, whisking off the top of the buttercups near him with. his ebony walkingâ€"stick. “I am not myself at all. I am growing as nervous as a woman. I [link I’ll read little Birdie‘s letter over again» to oc- c'wpy my mind. until my sweet little Daisy comes." Under the magnolia-tree. among the piwk clover, Rex Lyon paced u.n~ easily to and fro, wondering what could have happened to detain Daisy. He was very nervous, fever- ish, and impatient, as he watched the um rising higher and higher in the blue heavens, and glanced at his watch for the fifth time in the space of a minute; The. dour of the cottage opened, and Pluma Hurlhunst Walked slow- ly down the path. "All Ls fair in Iowa's warfare," she matters, triumphantly. "Fool! with yowr baby face and golden hair, you, shall walk quickly into the not Ihave spread for you; he shall despise you.| spread for you; he shall despise you.| Ay, crush. with his heel into the earth the very flowers that bear the name of Daisy." drooping, crushed. and limp among her curls; there was a strange dead- whibe pullor on her haughty face, and a. lurid gleam shame in her dark, slumbu'ous eyes. Plume had studied well the character of the woman be- fore herâ€"who made‘no secret of her dislike for the child thrust upon their bountyâ€"and readily imagined she would willingly aid hen in carry- ing out the scheme she had planned. Slowly one by one the stars died out of the sky; the pale moon driftâ€" ed silently behind the heavy rolling clouds; the winds tossed the tops of A4311 glam: "Da the h tflL‘I‘e ; has b could team blot i don’t Birdie you. : home pictm' in 1m the tall trees to and fro, and the‘ too. dense darkness which precedes the I her, ] Wentkimg of ihe gray dawn settled over the earth. The ponies which the groom had hold fovr 10mg hours pawed the ground retailessly; the man himself was grow- ing impatient. "She. can be up to no‘ good," he mut- tared; "all hone-st people should. be in their beds." CHAPI‘ER: VI- aid her. in carry- don she had planned. Dirk a the stars died you. pale moon driftâ€" hon he heavy rolling pict‘ MT. Gamy’s rights as owner trans- oand those of the ordinary land-lord. for ha. ha not a tenant of the "Lady of Man," Queen Victoria, and US even olnims this. mineunls that may lie be- neath the surface without payment of royalty. This last is not an un- important point, as it is believed that a rich nilvar lode pisses theouigh the subs-tawtum of his little islet. The new owner inherits the little domain on the death of his father and elder bmthar. He (was born myth-e Isle of Man, and s'pasnt his first school days at King VVilliam’s Collage? ’1‘th Calf lslind is a very desirable possession. There is only one in- habited house. and thlt is a. substan- tial buillin-g surrounds/.1 by 120 acres of cultivated land. The whole isâ€" land swarmsnviuth rabbits and thous- W. L. Drinlklwa'ter Carey, the new awnem of "the Calf of Man, has arriv- ed Ln Manxland, to enter up his lit- tle. Ikzinzg'dom. It is hJZL'l'dly' an exag- gmetratiotn to call it a little kingdom, although fit (is smaller than the Prin- cipality of Monaco and considerably smaller than the Isle of Man, from whioh it is sapuated by a. narrow chmal. The tendency is to increase the size and speed of all steamers nowadays, and the rule holds good in regard to self-trimmers. Many of them will carry 7,000 toms of coal as cargo, at 11 knots, and there is sufficient evi- dence to support the View that the larger the vessel the more economi- cal in proportion, is the coal consumpâ€" tion. Areturn in which are given the results of a. large nwmber of voyages by different ships, shows that a9,000- ton steamer, running 267 miles aday, had a consumption of .036 pound of 003.1 per ton displacement per mile. An 8,000-ton steamer, running 266 miles aday, used .038 pound, while a 7,000-ton vessel, steaming 261‘ miles a. day, burned .048 pound. A 6,000â€"ton steamer, going 257 miles a day, used .054 pound of coal per ton displace- ment, and a500-ton steamer, travelâ€" ing 260 miles a. day, .067 pound; while a, 4,000-ton steamer, going 269 miles a day, consumed .081 pound. These figures show in each case speed of close about 11 knots, and they also show that the most of the 9,000â€"ton steamer for coal was less than ahlf that of the 4,000-ton boat, per mile per ton displacegnent, showing,r that the larger the steamer the less the coal consumption per rata. "There’s no fear of my bringing Pl‘uma homea now," (he laughed, whistâ€" lintg a snatch of "The Pages' Chorus." "Birdie won’t have anything to fear on that score. I do wish mother hmdn’t set her heart on my marrying; Pluma. Parents marke a mistake in choosing whom thminchildren shall marry and whom they shall not. ‘Love goes Where it is sent." He. leaked at his watch again. stylish too, but she don’t look kind. I thought, pmhaps, if I told you I did not like her you might give her up and come home. I forgot to tell you the blue room and the room across Elma lmll is being fixed up [or you just lovely, and I am to have your old one. "P.:S.â€"â€"And We received a. letter from Mr. Lester Stanwick. too. He says he will b3 plssing through here soon and wishes to call. \Vhen are you. coming horns, Rex? Don't bring any one with you. "By George!” he muttered, turning very pale upon seeing another hour had slipped away, “I can not stand this a minute longer-a I must see what has happened to Daisy." lik Algah} Rex laughed aloud as glanced it over; reading as follows “Dear Brother Remâ€"“fa rMeiv tam letter you wrote. and the DI )1ka it ‘. HM curt out of the, lorla‘fion of tin ioumlly visit r says he, is p: 'Yo’ur loving little sister you 51‘0 ISLAND FORl SALE. SHIPS 1n one .th her. and I must be so I can't fall in love with ier Rex; indeed, I've tried and I can‘t; don’t tell any- I'm awfully afraid Ishan’t 116 bit. She looks stylish To Be Continued in is prepu‘ed either to the Cllf Island, and he worth £-0,000. .mo 1’1 but she )eil‘havs, 1n WILL GRO\V. md. The whole i: .11 rabbits and them (1 yearly. Hares ar . and the rank fist 5115' )11 little )nrbor has rocks for the ac- Izmxll boats‘ that the placc. Mr. old mil?! you. 1n )unrl pnge and- Birdia 1n mr lit d, whistâ€" Chorus." to fear . mother received the pic- {11:1 her such ring big DEMONS AS DEBT COLLECTORS. In China if a merchant is dereligt in paying his debt: his creditor on New Year‘s dayâ€"the Chinaman’s New Year's dayâ€"carries away the door of his shop, thus permitting all the de- mons and evil spirits of the universe to enter and disturb his equanimjty as long as the poor tradesman lives. Refelrrimlg' to some of the contra- dic‘bocry rules of ‘t‘he British postoffice, J. Hem‘nilkler 'Heaton, M. P.. says;â€" No Lilvimg oremture, "excerpt 'bees,” may ba sent by post, although in France crabs and in Germany xhl'lmm belings may be so forwarded. [he prob-ibi- 'ti.o.n of living cnaatures is no doubt dum Ibo the experience of the offirhls dhmrgled to open parcels forwarded by an‘bomolog‘is‘ts, Tat butchers and other scientists. though one is puzzled to account for thu- tolemtion of bees. Barbi/p8 some xpos‘tm'tsbe r-gener.11 was an arrdent alpicul'turlst; but anybody who his (ridden in thy A‘ustrnl'al) bush would oartaimly bulk. u swarm of was: kindly recei son, who gave facts of the cure said Mrs. fl'uskil Emma, who is I worqu can‘taimly but u swarm of bees, irritated by several hanu‘s' j’)lt- 1mg in a freight train, to clear :1 801121 hmg offiJo-a in record time. Arms may not babenlt to "prohibitel districts' in non may )ba went by [urea] past to any othelr part of the UniteJ'Kiug- dom. Eggs thy be sent by pxroel post, but no compyusation will be giwem for injury to ‘theun, though pay- mem't will be made if the parcel be lost. This is why, Wham all the eggs in a box hams. been smashed into frag- ments, and the liquid contents have oozed out. the box containing the ,mpty shells is invariably delivered with :orulpulous cape to the addressee. ter, Emma, has for a number of yours bean an acute sufferer from the after effects of malarial fever. A re- porter of the Sun hearing of the won- d-:-11‘fu1 effecLs \\'lblilch Dr. \Villium's Pink! Pills have had on Miss Huskin- 5 Earn Pink! Pills sou. called to this trut stating the Mrs. John P. us ter hams been in the best of health ever since. My advice to all ailing is to use Dr. Williams’ Pinlk Pills for Pale People." Dr. William' Pin‘k Pills have re- stored more weak and ailing" women and girls to robust health than any otherr medicine ever discovered, which in part accoluntsfo-r their popularity throughout the world. These pills are sold by all dealers or may be had by mail at 50 cants a box. or six boxes for $$2.50, by addressing the Dr. William‘ Medicine 00.,Brocrk- ville, Ont. From th‘ Amen; joying the best of health, and all her oldâ€"ti‘m-e vigor had returned. Al: though her work in the Salvation Army is hard and exposes 'her to all kinds of weather, she has since been able to do it without the least incon- wenienoe. "Some time aftetr my daughter's one I was myself completely run dowfin, and to add to my trouble was seized with a severe attack of rheu- matism. Remembering the benefit my daughter had received from Dr. \Vilâ€" 1L1ms’Pin’k‘ Pills, I decided to use tham, and before I had taken half a. dozen] boxes I felt fully recovered and AFTER EFFECTS LEAVE THE VIC- TIM WEAK AND DEPRESSED. ed, the feeling of exhaustion had dis- appeared, and by the time she had taken half a dozen boxes she was en- “In l-Immn lluslilnson. 11 Cup Snlvullon Army. Tells Ilo gulnod Health Thrnugh the “'llllmun' l'lgnk l'llls. MALAHIAL FEVER. ' arms ' would PARCEL POST ODDITIES‘ ted led at her home to enquire in- ruth of the rumor. After the reason of his visit, be dly received by Mrs. Euskin- ho gave him the following E the cure: "Some years ago," 5. H'uskinson, "my daughter who is wow captain of the rket corps of the Salvation was attacked by malarial Sun, Omngeville. Ont. the oldest and most highly residents of Ox'nngeville is 1 record Lime. Arms may to "prohibibal district! in a parcel, and "the expgsâ€" inchndves any cannon." seam to follow -'tbnt acan- ha went by [urea] past to ‘kinson. whose daugh- has for a number of acute sufferer from the In. of bees. ‘eneml was It anybody rnl'zm bush swarm of 9-inâ€" ‘nlu In the m Elle Re [he or Dr