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returned with the envelope. "Keep them both," 1e 5: you met him, you forgave requnst, returnu the 01d pat ed togoth world \vlsi HESS, SOCIUS and miserable to li‘xe this lesson ! Forgix‘e me, 5an neve“, ne\er, never \\'i:l I forth your forgheess. On your decision, \ere, rests my fut-are. Close your leart to me, and there is notl ing in the world for me to (are about. forâ€" gLe me, and all will be lniqhmess again. I cannot wait for a re,;ly to this, Vere. I shall come (loWn by the train arriving at Line o'clock toâ€"m‘ght, and from the station I will Walk the short cut towards tl‘e Hall. What will that path be to me Veie'? Shall I be met on it by a, forgiving angel ?-a woman with pity in her hemt for a poor blind fool who, though he warships the ground she wule on, behaved like an insane man? Vere, Veto, my darling, my heart cries Out to you for forgive- ness. 1 know that I deserve no mercy; and yet, Vere, I want you to let me ask it of you; I want to prostrate myself at yourfcel, «rave pity an} furgirenoss. Oh, darling meet me on tlte 11am from the station, and be your own old self to me. I don’t know that you will be able to make sense of this letter. I seem to be writing intoletently, thinking so, and, try as I will, the tears keep coming to my eyes. ls it umnanly. Vere, for me to feel so about you ‘? I long, dmling, oh, I long to feel. thCSe arms around my *esk ! to hear your sweet \‘oine telling me to ,...-., and then some blind, absurd infatuaâ€" tionâ€"not love, \‘eze, for Godfs sake do not think that lâ€"came over me 'and obscuiedâ€" Oh, Vere, darling, how can I write What I want to say? It is so pilix‘ 1, so litiful l and my heart seems insulting, and my sense of shame almost blinds me to the letter before me. That I co:.ld exer .et another woman, even for a, moment, stand before the girl 1 have loved sinceâ€"ever since I can remember! Vere, dearest, accept it as proof, will you ‘2 â€"proof that I 111: st have been mad and not reâ€" sponuible for my actions, thoughts, or Leeds. 01‘ Miss Westcar I would Wain you, darling; she is a, danger- ous woman, and is, I fear, responsi- ble for my banishment from tte place which has so long been a. home to me. In my blindness I quarrelled with my un< 1e, but I thank God I was spared the disgrace of a quarrel with you ! Oh, my darling, my darling, believe me that I am so wretahedly miserable away from you that life seems but little worth the li\ing ! You have not cast me quite out of your thoughtsâ€"your heart ‘2 Oh, Vere, find it in you to 1'0 gi-e me; tale me back to my old ,conieflto farziynewoorl, why, I hope it will be to attend your wedding." .efi. , “H‘ gene “You don’t think Reggie in don- iger, Mr. Jansen ?" "Danger ? Bless your heart, lze's as safe as I am." "Oh, thank you, thank you so very :inuch for saying that ! You can't think, you don’t know how you re- lieve me l” Ile (’id know, though; that was why he had said it. It does not iiollow betause a. man is a poli'eman that he has buzied his sympathetic 'feelings. Jonson’s came into play when he was talking to Vere. ._~_ CHAPTER XXXI. “And now, miss, just show me the {upper rooms, will you? That is iiglt. I would rather you showed me t'vem than one of tlze servants. They went Upstairs, and one after lanother she pointed out the rooms to him. in the musicâ€"room he lingered :1 moment at the open piano. A French place in your alIections; let us be asiCOUnt- we were. this lesson ! Never, never, will I forget Forgive me, and name song caught his eye. He inquired who sang it, and was told the “The Count ? I have heard his me tioned twiie, but I have neve“, ne\er, never wi:1 I forget your not Sct‘n him." forghe: ees. On your decision, \ere, rests my future. Close your lean: to me, and there is not! imz in the “Nor I, this morning. The place has been in such confusion that until ’noW I have not noticed his absencei She drew it, from her bosom as she answered. "May I load it ?” "You had honor; it wiil explain many things.” "Thanks." He too! fcl..ed it, a "My DuJi "Don't Lt; 8.6va 77' H 7’ ’ aWamm W’Esawégmiiésemm" CHAPTER XXX. you walked towaulss U'e house. ’l‘lten "NOW, miss, we are alone; rlt I‘Cl‘haI‘S you saw your stepfather down. and tell me plainly, quietly, Wrough tl.e Open study window. Ah. and comfortably all you know about It was open, then '2 And you s‘xg- the matter. There's nothing to fear, {rested to Mr. Reginald that he 1 assure you of um" but don't omit, shonld then and thexe go in and ask a. detail; don't, my and don't agitme his forgiveness, without lis-king a le- yourself. Remember, you will best “1531 10 $06 lim if 1‘0 al‘l “Pd for an help the prisoner by helping; me. Did |int91“ ie‘V 1111011811 t: C fCI'V‘fllllS 7* you know Mr. Reginald was coming-‘Um ! and youâ€"yourselfâ€"whut (fiil here last night ‘2" you do '2” “Yes.” ' "I walked round the front of the "I thought, as mud-L How did house, and entered, and sat in the you know?” hall. I hoped perhaps to see :1 reâ€" "He wrote me to 1011 me he Should conciliation, and, worse come to “Aw... I: - 4L, ..._.".4 1 -I‘~l_IJ ed ‘n_u_.,- I _ . . . A come "Now, mus, down, and tell and comfortably the matter. 'l‘hc mwmgwmmzsesm 9% m; was 6:32 Got the letter veet voice telling- mo to 1‘. you forgive me, that I on, in your sweet, inâ€" let me see you, Vote, or shall I turn back on we have so ofteb walk- râ€"alonc ‘Zâ€"aloxze in the [1. without your forgiveâ€" too cold, and drew, the letter from her, un- d read : 1g Vac,â€" x't in surprise when you broke sald away 9101 e 1d it com. the dete carted ‘ ‘REGG IE. of this letter, to read it, al- 1‘\'e you should :ging, pitiful, In a. man who Or, The Sign of the Arrow t. 1 opened My maid ; away, and i-Jigd. It is ft it." you '00111 in) u may suppose i't omit. agitate ill best me. Did coming bye to you now don't you fret; pens, don’t 3‘ however black t bind with a lig per mement I s} I I sent llockcJ -â€"po. tmanteuu ‘2 Gladrtone, was i 0.‘ the servants ley's, was lie just have a few “Come in, miss, here to be afraid of. any iuggage ? 011 some days. was he the luggage 100. W miss; thcle‘s no kndwin the other side of it. I see." here.” ’1‘: e detestixe it and rapped. â€"â€"yet agai , sound in re‘ 1y handleâ€"locked. his foot on the door; it gave, ‘ be in the mid his hands pressed on t. o {mpc tion revealed the fact that the: to bolt thereâ€"the fastening w 1th middle. "Stand back, away from the has :- toilette “Nor I, this morning. The place has been in such confusion that until now I have not noticed his absence I sent up to his room, the door is 1n the music-room he lingered :1 moment at the open piano. A French song caught his eye. He inquizeJ who sang it, and was told the Count. He (’id know, though; that was why he had said it. It does not follow betause a. man is a poli'eman that he has buried his sympathetic feelings. "I walked round the front of the house, and entered, and sat in the hall. I hoped perhaps to see a re~ conciliation, and, worse come to the Worst, 1 should see Reggie leave the house, and could walk after him in the direction of the station.” "Then came the furious ringing of the bellâ€"don't let us forget that, it was the study bell, and could not have been pulled by the dead man‘s handâ€"the servants ran in, ran out again; more went in; the tidings of the murder reached you; and when you came out of your faint it was to find your lover in custody on a charge of murdering his uncle ‘2" "That is so, ever word is correct.” “How long after you left. Mr. Reg- inald did the bell ring 7” "I should think a minute or so." “Not more '2" “As I started to walk round to ‘the front of the house, he made for the study window. I had scarcely got to the hall seat before the bell rang.” as safe as I am.” "Oh, thank you, thank you so Yesy much for saying that ! You can’t think, you don't know how you re- ed it.” "Don't, Lhen. You can trust me, can’t you ?â€"’I‘hcro, there, that's all right. We will pull him out of t} is trouble, never fear; and next time I come to Graynewood, why, I hope it will be to attend your wedding.” "You don't think Reggie in danâ€" ger, Mr. Jansen ?” ' "No one knows of this letter to you, and your appointment ?” "Not a. soul. I have not mention- 3d should then and thone iis forgiveness, withol fusal to see Hm if l‘e interview through t‘re Um! and youâ€"yours you do ?" Locked ?” Yes; he has perhaps been 1 rammedâ€"is 1:0.hu1‘s Um ! Show me his xoom.” There, the 5e and door from 'Ashles He \vhistled cal gtiil and planted is force over was. The 1 not the first ? Ah minut And 1 for th no ma at, and at .111 throw 1e ? Um ! gone; What was it, box Gladstone. Black ? Ah, and now can know he has "liend qf Mr. Ashâ€" 'Ah, I think I'll 011C ‘1 t. 0 upper por- t that them was The palms The (1001 first (10c pen that Did I; stoppi ing frc am ' window. And you s. inald that go in and t flaking :1, applied for servants ‘2 lfâ€"what Remember, I am be- ‘ the pro- that light his right the place groin \V i out 'and at his )l' door, is on have for 1‘ t1: way s to himself as h liLCd to ho lira an, and he tho prott y‘ Cut 5 pleasedâ€"Mr. Jx The detecti where Ashley v himself betweci the winuow. ] his to get the the persun L0 “This is ‘ Graxnc, \my I "My poor, I) d 0 w bed- 111 During th. shops in Ge mer. vast n the strange shoulj and w! this morning, go 0 home with "Very likely. word with her. in the same old “'J‘ut, tut, stupid of Inc “You mom “A11! then I have plenty of time. Bad business this.” "It is, sir; upsets everybody. As good a master, si', as ever lived. Bit touchy at times, but a kinder- heartod manâ€"â€"" “Yes now. F8011], I cannot answer 01:0 0! these quest-ions." "It is surprizing.” "It is only a, week or two ago that I first met him at. my club. No, he is not, a member. He claim- ed an avquaintance with me, though "I see." “He has got ahead of me, you see, Mr. G‘rayne, and that is why I want your assiinnce. Before midnight might mean that he got away by tle last upâ€"train, and if he has reached London it makes it all the more difficult for me to find him. So I want you to tell me all you can about himâ€"his haunts, his family, lis emu-pation, when: I am likely to find him.” “And yet, surprising as it may reem, I cannot answer 01:0 of these “How do you know that ?” "It came on to rain here an hour or so after midnight. ll‘7eS.1’ The ground beneath his window is sofL through that rain. It, would show his feet-marks where he drop- ped from above. It doesn‘t; conâ€" sequently, he must have dropped bo- fme the rah earnerâ€"in other words, before midnight.” a “Not; unless he is upstairs. Now I remember. I have not seen him once sinceâ€"sinceâ€"” “Nor has any one 01:8. You have no idea. where he is ?” “Unless he is in his room.” "He left that via his window and a sheet befme twelve o’clock last blim the liked to be praised by a pretty Wom- an, and he thought Vere particularly pretty. Cats purl' when they are pleasedâ€"Mr. Jansen bummed. The detective entered the room Where Ashley was sitting, and placed himself between that gentleman and the winuow. It was a. weakness of his to get the light on the face of the person he was talking to. “This is a. bad business, _ Mr. "0(‘0 1111111 flld ough upon qK 1‘1 Mr. J arson bummed a tune softly ) himself as he went. downstairs. Ho Led to be praised by a pretty Wom- 1, and he thought Vere particularly TO K Whon vor comes inside. This is due a inner Walls having been rub- »ver with laurel oil, which ef- .11y prevents .the intrusion of roublesomc Insects. lync, Very bad My poor, poor Yes. but don't Not ayâ€"brings )‘01 the Village." it doom to be a the place.” ion that now lust house but one on t1". 0 you come to the lodge. “1-11. good-day.” I haven't seen her about ling, so perhaps she has , tl.en friend, 50mm ? Do y( mt the wood, sir; that’s the rings you right o‘t. her \V0( u‘IhVAl y”..- O‘HH- xv. It was a. we the light on tlm he was talking is a. bad bUSil any bad business. r runnr \Eht‘lfl "' 1t r. Grayne. Sorr \‘t bring I‘m bm m may help to E want your Iroln.“ st~not against 2 went by the path 0d, and it then dawnâ€" scrvant that it was a London detective Lucy, Lucy’s mother, lived. It did not oc- L l'e had supplied the FLII an hour exactly 'ou know where he is?” he is upstairs. Now I have not seen him once momc H 0 rows.” 1 should just like a ls her mother living (:0 you suspe the Count.” moiher of course, of flies may be Walls, but. not e. This is due S AWAY uncle !” let your sorrow yno. 7 Sorrow for my nearest way when butchers' open in sum.- till ut one on the that He's back, but to find his I can't how om Uax’alr horses 4. Because animals are often ter- rified by What they see imperfectly, or hear and do not see. 5.. Because veterinarians discovered long ago that, blinders are a. com- mon cause of disease of the eye. Blindcrs lish gentk ed eye of coat-ofâ€"arl others fol] streams drawn, or less than a. gill in all. This entails little loss, as the first milk drawn is always poor in butter fat. and it happens to be badly contaminated, as is frequent- ly the case, much injury and trouâ€" ble may be saved. The pail should be held close to the udder, so as to expose the milk to the air as little as possible. The further the streams fall and the more they spray, the more dirt and bacteria. they collect. Contaminaâ€" tion from the foremilk must be avoided by discarding the first few streams drawn, or less than a. gill 1 The milker should avoid hand- ling the cow more than is necessary and he should make it a. rule to do his work quickly and thoroughly. He should never go from a sick to a well cow Without first cleansing his hands. The habit of wetting the hands with milk is filthy in the ex- treme, and should-never be practis- ed. Some people think it is neces- sary, but this is a mistake. The hand. should be kept dry. If they are not, it is impossible to prevent drops of milk from constantly falling from them into the pail. SKILL IN MILKING. Milking is an operation which re- quires skill, as it has an important effect on the amount and quality of milk given. Dairylnen know that there are as great differences beâ€" tween milkers as between cows, and that cows will do much better with good milkors than with others. In- deed, good cows are often almost ruined by poor milkers. In the study of market condition, the per cent. of moisture in the samâ€" ples, the number of diseased and in- jured kernels, together with the amount of all bits of silks, husks or other debris, is carefully and accurâ€" ately determined. Such tests may not be practical in the actual pro- cess of judging samples, but. all corn judges should become familiar with these tests in order to train the mind to take these conditions ac- curately into account in scoring on market condition. be most done by every car the tip, the other the car. Fill about twoâ€"thirds Pour water over VITALITY OF SEED CORN ERM°FUEEE in; QEREEN easily and satisfactorily taking three kernels out of to be tested, one from near one from the middle and from near the butt of Fill an ordinary plate BLINDERS 11K ‘artm also an amber which are of thc out in a. multit signs. The w tln‘ougfiout are tapestry and sil? Lord Kitchcne of $3 take the place 0 sion burnt dovm or so ago. is fit The marble in I" the quarries, cns mason had laid ‘ whole cost of [In "K its,’ vams), may :11 den tog low mil 1:1, his 1 President Roosevelt new tips the scales at 220 pounds. The President has been trying to reduce his weight, but his flesh is as hard .85 a. knot, and steadfastly refuses to yield to ordinary methods. When he was sWorn in as President Mr. Roosevelt weighed 185 pounds, so that he seems to thrive on the'hard work connected with the Administration. The Czar has a. palace at Tsarsâ€" koye 8010, near St. I‘etersburg, which stands in grounds eighteen miles in circunn‘menre in the palace there is 1‘00111 Not over 3 lbs. ground rye or rye bran should be fed in one day to a milch cow. Whth bran is always a first-class feed for dairy cows when it is not too high in price. At $15 per ton or loss, it can be fed to ad- vantage when other feed stufis com- mand present, prices. A ration of Wheat bran, and corn meal, equal parts by weight, will give good results when fed to dairy cows. A ration of part rye, 2 parts corn meal and 2 parts wheat bran or gluten feed will also be found to give good results. Notes of Interest About Some Leading People. ai Ground rye has not been used to any extent as a dairy cow feed in this country. A very small amouni of it could perhaps be fed to good advantage. In 'Dcnmnrk, rye has been fed in small quantities to dairy cows. It is said to have a some What deleterious influence on th( quality of butter. The same state ment applies to rye bran. A meadow hay ration means meal dow hay manure. Growing animal: produce manure of the least value» because their system requires 5( much of the food elements for itl growth; the voidings oi‘ fattening animals are the richer, if both ard fed the same. And here comes in a great point of Winter dairying. To make good milk and butter, thl COWS am richly fed and produce rich manure. If only dry stock is kept, which is fed in the cheapest manner possibly, the manure is correspond- ingly cheap in quality. Some [arm- ers can "figure" on these points to advantage. Far more attention may Well be given to stock feeding to enrich the manure as well as to increase the produce of beef, butter or milk. There is a. deep seated conviction in the minds of many farmers that, “man nure is manure,“ They accept barn‘ yard manure us a standard, regard‘ less of the fact that it may vary quite as much as an honest and’ an unadultergted commercial fertilizer. Here agéâ€"A farmers must. remember that they can't make something out of nothing. less of the fact tr quite as much as ; unadultergted (:01) Here agéyj farmers A_n occasional pailiul of Wood ash~ cs mixvd with a. pound of flowers of sulphur, if stirred into the (lust box, will effectually keep the lice in check. Eggs are what we want in winter and to secure them the honhousa must he kept, snug and Warm, but a1- so well ventilated. Artificial heat is not advisable. The hens are warm themselves and will sleep warm, it crowded. Give them close quarters, free from drafts and low roost!“ Clean under the roosts every morm ing. Vary the diet as much as p03: siblc. Fine road ( Weather i: This should receive the as it Will U dry. dust are body buildings at sc where the grain i insures greater sa mice. Let the chi fresh air awhile 9: keep them out of cane .‘5 dis India. ofl‘nci: DIFFERENCE IN MANURE L, UK with rim awn) ,750,C~00. PERSONAL POINTERS . RYE IS OXOS possible gs at ann Mount impnn‘ WI NTE known as the I‘apisâ€"Lazuli floor 01' which is ebony in- lnothn-râ€"or-pcarl. ThL‘l'c is “"ildl . up :lm‘ir dust siox s fathe: 000 an A MILK MAKER : placed so t1 nshinc on br l'O( ‘dil'f du- of exquisite 1113 of the pa] mug with the rar . curtains. has taken a. bun flower Hall.” a. 1 the hills from S. mp t, w reuso DI] l‘OC [art the s stored locutc thc OULTRY the Walls umber, p 115 from himself, (native sew nd K. of K c in the mar for Coon picked e deâ€" . few Sim- when the “St IS