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:P in The Gypsy OR A SECRET ’8 Salaries REVEALED L a WMMMW WWW-4J4»?- . - Her movements, gentle as they which was true. for it was a rel-5i- Wel‘e. caUBL‘d Royce SUCh agony Lhfitvmcntal n;cknau câ€""Juck (.rahaul.” he came to. and with the remnant of strength that was left him, he seiz- ed her by the arm, and dragged her down to a level with his face. The grip was a terrible one, and the slender arm felt as if it were snapping in twain: but she made no effort to release it, and uttered no cry. His breath cums hot upon her cheek as he held her, and he panted in her ear: "Fair play! Give me fair If you are men, give meâ€"â€"" Then lie seemed to diseaver that it was a woman's face above him, and he stored up at her with strained eyes. "Who is it? What are you doing to me? Am I dreaming orâ€"doad‘l Who is it? Speak to me. or I shall go mad! My head, my head!" She moistened her lips and pressed them together to steady them, for his hand, strong in his delirium, was inflicting untold pain upon her. "You are ear. "Iâ€"â€"I am a friend He tried to smile. and loosened his hand. but his fingers closed spasmo- dlcally on the sleeve of her dress, and tore it, revealing the arm with the band of crimson which his grasp had caused. She looked at it with tightlyâ€"com- pressed lips, and a singular expres- sion in her dark eyes, and as the girl and a woman came running over the heath. she turned up the torn sleeve. so that it hid the crimson mark. her face growing for a second as red as the stain itself. play! ‘1' CHAPTER V. One morning, the fifth after the fair, Royce woke up. That is to say he came back from the land of delir- ious dreams, and looked around him with the light of returning intelli- gence in his eyes. After glancing at his surroundings for a few moments, he discovered that he was lying in a narrow bed arranged in a moving yen. The lit- tle room, he could see. served as a kitchen as well as a. sleeping place. He drew aside a muslin curtain on one side of the bed, and recognized close beside him, the girl who had aided him on the night. when he had been attacked. A brief conversation with her serv- ed to recall the tragic event which had well nigh ended his career. 1'Bave I been ill long?” he asked. "Five days." she said simply. “And youâ€"" he. stopped and put out his hand. “you have nursed me through it?" She regarded the hand, and instead of taking it smoothed the narrow bed clothes. He held the hand up and looked at it. It was ridiculous- white and thin. "I must have been very bad." he. said, almost to himself. “Yes,” she said. "And all this time you have been here? I can remember seeing your face now and again through a kind of mist. You have been awfully kind and good to me. Will you tell me your name?" ' "Madge." she said. "Madge Lee." "And you are a gpsy?” he said, thoughtfully. "I am a, gypsy," she replied, with a kind of repressed pride. "1 shall think gratefully of your people for the future," he said. “And yet it was one of us whoâ€"" "Yes," he said. “I remember. One (was a gypsy, the other was that big fellow I wrestled with. Where are they? Have they been caught?" “No,” she said concisely. “They are not here, and they have not been caught." Royce looked rather rclived otherwise. "Perhaps it’s as Well," he\ said. "I'll wait until I chance to meet them. and than scttlo old scores." She went to a small cupboard, painted so exactly like the panels and ribs of the caravan as to be a secret receptacle. and took some- thing from it. . "These are yours," she said, and held out the watch, and the locket, and a few shillings. His eyes brightened at the sight of the locketâ€"Irenc's parting giftâ€"and he took them from her hand and was about to put them under the pillow, then he changed his mind and held them out to her. "Keep them far me, pleas," he said. She looked as if she were about to refuse, but after a second’s hesita- tion she returned them to the cupâ€" board. He watched her graceful movements with the interested langor of a man in his condition, and saw with dis- may that she was leaving the car- avnn. "Madgeâ€"Miss Lee!" he said. “I am called Madge," she said. “I am not a. lady." "I like Madge. "though I don't agree with your last statement. I feel as stupid about. the head as a blind pup. I was going to fell mu my name. We've only been ball introduced. You've told yours I'm cull-ml .Inckl than best,’ ' he said; safe," she said in his} She still locked at the sunllt scone framed by the half door, the upper part of which was upon. "I hope you like il." be said. "it's not so pretty as yours." “NOW I've done it." he sni i, f.ll- ilng back on the liille lmti niih a Sigh. "l'i'hy couldn't I have held my tongue? she'd have filmed then!" He tried to think. but fell asleep When he awoke the sunlight lan ganc, but by the light of a l nlcrn hanging from the ceiling he saw a stout, iiiotl;c'ly woman standing ho- slde him. She was almost as dark as a nogress. "‘Is it another five days?" he ask- ed. "No, you've slept through the day, that's all, my gentleman," she .said; "and a very prl-Hy sin-op it‘s been. You fool smother man, don't you. sir?" “1 do, phatically. "You're wondering who I am, my gentleman?" she remnr ell, [K‘N'lng at him with her dark eyes made into slits. “That's the best guess you ever madoin your life," he snid. "i didn't like to ask, because I've done nothing but ask questions since I came to. But. any i formation however small, “ill be gratefully reâ€" ceived and acknowledged." “l‘m Mother Kalle," she said. “And it’s me as has been nurturing you: and let me tell you, my gonllo- manâ€"though I shouldn't say ilâ€"thnt you couldn't haVe done better if [you'd had a rcg'lnr swell chorllcr.” "I'm sure of that," cnid Roy/'0. “What. is aoâ€"chorkler, I think you .said?" "That's a doctor," she explained. “It's a very good name for them and seems to fit them admirably," said Royce. "Yes, I'm sure you [have done everything that was posâ€" isibie to be done, and I'm very grateâ€" ful to you, Mother Katie. Are you Madgc's mother?" "Lor', no, she ain't got a moth- er," she replied, “nor father.” "An orphan?" "An orphan," assented Katie. "She has been Very kind to me," said loyce. "1 hope she hasn't lovcrtaxed herself. I'm afraid I of- ]fended her just now," he added. "You mustn't take any notice of |her," she said. “Madge has ,got lQUcer ways. She is different to the -rost of usâ€"got a bit of book learn- ing, and that's altered her." ‘ “Yes, them'a her books," said ,Katie, glancing at them with the imixtare of awe and contempt which those ignorant of reading and writâ€" ing always contemplate paper and print. "Madge is strange and poâ€" culiar sometimes, but it's Lest to take her as she is, and let her go her own way." "Where are we going toâ€"a fair?" “Not just now. There ain't no ,fair for a time. We’re just g ing across country. working as we go." "Do you think I could get up?" "That's always the way with sick folk," she said with a laugh. “Get upi Not if you was to be paid for it, my gentleman." “Well, there‘s not much chance of anyone offering to pay me for it, so I had better lie still," he said. “lint I hate to give you all this trouble, Mother Kntio." “It's no trouble," she said placidâ€" indeodl" said Royce, em- ly. "This is Madgc’s van?" be said. "I'm turning her out?" "Yes, it's Mndge's." sho assented, "but it don’t make no difference. We’ve got another van here. and there's the tents. Most of us 'uh rather be outdoors in this weather. [Now, I'm going to send you some ibroth, and when you've took it you just turn around and get another sleep," she said, and went out. In a few minutes the girl Lottie came. up the steps bearing a basin of soup carefully. She put it beside him and sat down on a locker opposite the bed, rested her head on her hands, and stared at him with two large eyrs gleaming like windows through her tangled hair. Royce looked at her. smiling, wait- ing for her to speak, or, at, any rate, to remove her gaze; but her eyes spa-aired to have got fixed, and neither blinked or wavered. He felt fascinated, and at last broke the silence. “This is capital broth," he said; “What is it made of?" ' "Hedgehog." said the girl curtly. "Hedgeâ€"‘2" Then he with his soup philosophically. "Well, it‘s very good." "Specially for sick folk," said the girl succinctly. “Yes. What is your manic?" “Lottie. You ain't to talk," said Lottie, with the unmmablc cyca. She stretched out her hand for the basin, but still stared at him, and Royce felt the eyes going through land through. I “I mustn't keep you, Lottie," said. "I'm to wait till you've gone off," / .â€" .3 T ; rid~+r++++++r 1+WQ++WMMMW+MWWHSM said as curuy and doggedly as before. Royce turned minute. still upon him, said: "I'm asleep you." The girl made no response, but af- ‘ler a minute or two got up and left him. lie raised himself, and after severâ€" al attempts succeeded in reaching a. couple of books from the shelf and was surprised to find that they \Voro “Lungfcllow's Poems" and an Eng- ,lish history. He was too weak to mend, almmn too “oak to think: but the presence of such books in a lgypsy's van iillud him with ulna/c- nienl. After half an hour Mother Katie looked in. and seeing that he was awake proceeded to dress his wounds. and Royce, who hid attend- i-d some ambulance lectures, knew that she “as doing her work skill- fully. "You ought. to how been a doctor, Mr tin-r Katie," he said. “My l mu," she rutorted with a ion 11 of Pride. "If any of 'cm gct's sick in ti‘e cnmp they come to me, rn-l t ry don t wnit no one else. lf 1 run t cure them they've just got to die. ' “'lXuy must be very grateful," he over, and after a feeling the big eyes now, Lottie, thank said. "I couldn‘t think of d; ing afâ€" irr all your kindness and atten- lion." "Oh, you're right," she said: “and now you’ve got lo go to chcp again for lln- nighl. (loud night." “flood-nigh, and thank yell." he responded. then he adr'e‘l with a slight limzitalion: "\‘grere is Madge?" '()h, nuisiliu," she replied. "Do you want her?" “NUâ€"villi, no. thank herâ€"but don't Lrouhle.’ "it's no trouble," she said. "Perâ€" llut I Rhi)“l(l like to haps she'll come, but I ain't col-lain." “\ou wanted to see me." said Madge. "has, I desired to thank you for your attention to me. I have been looking at s« mo of your books," he said for tho snl-o of kcovirg her in the soft light. “You are fond of went on ‘ books?" “I can read," she replied dreamin and modestly. "Why, of course," might just as well could walk." "It is not of course,” she said quietly and simply. “Very few can read anything but large lyre." He put his hand to his brow; for a moment he had almost forgotten llmt she was a g} psyâ€"ono of a wan- dering tribe of vagubon-ds. “Tell me how you managed to learn," he said. "Won't you sit down? l’rny ma‘c yourself at home, Missâ€"Madge," he added with burlesque politeness. "It is a long stoly," she said. “It is late, too, and you should be ashes.” "Oh, come,“ he expostulatod, “I'm not really a dormoUSe, though I've bccn asleep for five and a half days. But what a selfish brute I am! I lam forgetting that you have awake and watching all the time. Go and sleep yourself, Madge. I hope you have got as comfortable a van he cried. “YOU have said you as this I've turned you out of. Never mind, I shall be all right toâ€"morâ€" row. There, I won't keep you. Goodâ€"night," he held out his hand. She hesitated a moment, then put the tigs of her fingers into his white palm. Ho carried her hand to his lips, but before he could kiss it, gratefully and reverently enough, she drew it away turned to leave him he saw the blood had rushed to her face. “There I am again," he said, in a kind of despair. "Say good- night, lx’lladge, or I shall think I have done it this time." She looked at him and murmured softly "Goodâ€"night." The words, the tone, made pleas- ant music in his cars, and to the lullaby of their echo he fell asleep. (To be Continued.) .______‘____._. UNLQUE CYCLING FEAT. What is perhaps an unparalleled feat in cycling is reported in a recent Acstrulirn mail. A oneâ€"long cyclist has s"ccez~sfu]i,\r pvlallcd his way from lioc‘ hunuton to Sydney, a dis,- tan'e of about 1.400 miles by road measurement. Not counting delays ard stoppages, he did the journey in twentyâ€"eight days O'l a machine pro- \idofl wi‘h only a single pedal. [lo achieved n'ncty miles on his best day; and on his worst, in bad, roung country. he did not sink below thir- ty. He is now going to csmy the more rcri'ous feat of crossing A-usâ€" tra‘ia from Adr-lnidu in the south to Port Darwin in the north, :1 distance of 2,000 miles, largely uninhabited and waterless. I’llA NCE' S MI LLIONAIRES. According: to M. Neymnrck, the not- ed Ii‘rrn h statistician, L'Wc nan'ber of French citizens posmx‘in: estates exceeding $10,000,000 is un’icl‘ thirty while those {‘osscss‘lng estates over $2,500,000 but under $10,0llf)_000 in \all'cjo'tnl {ll-Oilt one hundred, Bo- l\l‘t".ll use ll‘z'll‘ll‘O'l anzl six ‘nunlrezl persons powle fortunes averaging from 31.000.000 to $2,<)m,onu. Sumo four thousand persons in France pus- sn-T; fortunes of bciu‘uon SG‘HHIHU and l'n‘cr SlJHlUJI'W. About thirteen illiouguni brunch (“Dons are "fullâ€" llll‘ll.:ll‘c5" in tlic l~‘r‘c-nch Sunni of the ‘\\‘old~â€"un‘.ncly, posxcssing ow-r $2M),â€" ‘()“--(l and up to Silliflflil, (long luv."- ‘or (loun the sculc. it is f'\ll'll.lll‘,l tilinf Quilllflll l-‘rin llllll‘ll possess a be cagiiul of eru-un 5'1qu) an! 530.- .O’Nl, 11:2,] l..'rl\'.'ll=|) lnild lJC‘lle‘x‘li $2 - ,oon and 59mm each. standing there like a guardian angel, been ‘ swiftly, and as She' DRESSING HUGS. Prepare for hogâ€"killing by getting knncs in good oruer und by pro- \‘iuing a suitable place for scraping and hanging up the carcass. A ltnhlc thornyâ€"four inches high and thirty illL‘lu‘H “illo by six feet long will be found a very convenient thing upon which to scrape the hog, and IS .prcl‘erablc to a. box in that one can get up to it better, and it is easier to move about. The top should 1be of 2x10 plank and logs of 4x4, 'uith 1x8 around the upper end just underneath the top. A kerosene bar- rel set slanting against the and makes a suitable and cheap Schilling vnt. The water should be at a. tem- 'pe:'ature of 180 dog. to 186 dog. when the hog is put in the barrel. To insure this temperature, do not remove the water from the fire until it boi's. Then, if it must go into 8. cold barrel, it will be about the right temlcrature when the hog is put in. In warm weather it will often be necessary to add half a pail of cold water to reduce the temperaâ€" ture, but in the winter where the work is done outside and with snow on the ground it will hardly be wise. The water should be so hot us to he decidedly uncomfortable to , the touch when the fingers are dipped into it the third time. If the water is near the boiling point, care should be used to air the Log quickly or the hair will he "not." With Water at 185 deg. there is little danger. To aid in loosening the scurf add to ,liic water a fire shovel of hardwood ashes, a generous handful of soft soap or a table-spoonful of concou- tratcd lye. ’l‘he hog should be so- cured beforc the water is put in the barrel. in sticking the hog it should be placed squarely on its back and an incision opened lengthwise of the throat two inches in front of the ,brcast bone. Then with the sharp side of a straight sticking knife turned upward and directed TOWARD THE TAILâ€"HEAD, insert it to a. depth sufliclent to reach the arteries leading from the heart. In a two hundred Pound this will be five or six inches. At the depth the knife should be turned a quarter way round and immediately withdrawn. Caro should be used to keep the knife pointed directly over the backbone to avoid sticking fin the shoulder. Do not put the hog in the water until life is extinct or the skin Cooking of the blood in the capillar- lcs beneath. Try the hair often to determine when scalded sufficiently. Remove the hair from the feet and head with the bands or with the “candlestick” scraper, and next from the body. If properly scolded it will pull out by the roots. When the rough hair has been removed scrape the body cleap and dress it up smoothly with a sharp knife. {also the gambrel cords and hang up. Wash with hot water and scrape, then rinse IVILh cold water, and be sure that all scurf is scraped off. Open through the pelvic arch and cut. around the rectum. Pull the intestines down and separate the connections near the kidneys, leav- ing the kidney fat intact. Remove the paunch with the intestines, keep- ing all clean so as to save the fat. Cut around the diaphragm and re- move the lungs and heart together with the windpipe. The breast bone should be split when the abdominal cavit is opened. The tongue should be removed and the mouth propped open to allow of free drainage. Then wash out the inside of the carcass with cold water. In warm weather the spinal column should be split to allow of rapid cooling. If possible the carcass should be cooled without freezing for twentyâ€"four hours. and in fact the best results in curing will be obtained if not frozen at all. The most important point in dressing hogs is to get a good scold and with water at the temperature nam- ed and with some form of lye in the water, this point will be gained. Neatncss and diSpatch should always be practiced. FEEDING TH E CA LI". So many people have been splash- ed with milk and so many pails of milk have been spilled by the butâ€" ting of the calf, while feeding that n simple expedient to prevent both the splashing of clothes and. the loss of milk must be welcome. Ilard words, also will be saved up for a more serious and critical time. The experience of the minister suggests this note. lie was all ready for church. Ills broadcloth coat and docskin pants wore cXCeptionul. As he was leaving the house he asked his wife, “Have you fed the Calf?" As she had not done so, he took off his coat, carried the pail to the barn and set it before the call, which, when he tasted the rich milk, buttod the pail, after the manner of such ('ruaturvs. The pcrfornmncc sloppcd the milk all over the minis- ter's trousers and vest and cuffs. To avoid the loss of milk, clotle and temper w:- hil.nlpon the idea of setting the pull in the mnngcr of a parallel with the. staclxion, so that the calf cmlltl gut 1's; l‘.('11il inimile ,but not his shoulders. \\'i: Lin-n put lbw calf in tho Mull ninl 1114- pm] of milk in ilu- llH‘LliQ’d'. ll runs u plwn'4â€" lll-L‘ to .swo iln- L‘nif drink uml n illo pail without. in iln- llgglxl, splash. [ing tlu- milk. lly adopting this 0:;â€" will be rcckienod by the. vacant stall, nuilinc; :1 Vertical [llul'C‘ gi‘i-alln-r pll-usuri- in sm- Jilin butt (H'wx‘i podient any one in his best sunt may feed the calf without. danger to his clothes or his temper. CURING THE SHYING HORSE. Shying horses are not cureJ of shying by the use of the whip us a general rule, but they are (flan 'whipped unmcrcifully for it all. the :same. The veterinarian would tell you in most Cos-‘9 that the act was -the result of defective vision; it is, therefore, cruelty to the poor crea- ture to cnstigniu it. l If steady, continual persevcranu will not cure a bulky horse, neither whip nor lighted straw will. Such rebels should be relegated to hard work in a donble team and all whipping dispensed with. Shyers should have the blinders of the harness bridle bound round so that the horses, especially those with defective eyesight, can see downward only, so as to know where to put. the feet, bift not ob- jects around. ' No one should ever strike a horse on the top of or side of the head, because the eyes may be injured. POULTRY WISDOM. One of the worst things a neat poultry keeper can do with the eggs, is to wash them. The warm wutel opens the pores of the protecting shell, and the egg decays in a. very short time. Better dirty eggs than spoiled ones. But best of all, have a nest well- fllled with clean cut boy or straw. The ideal nest is made by turning a keg or barrel on its side, partial- ,ly filling the bottom with hay and leaving it where the biddics can dis- cover its convenience. A contented hen is always a. good egg producer, and anything that worries or frightens thedinhuly itants of the poultry yard robs the egg basket. For this reason there should be shade trees in the yard where fowis are kept. The roosts in the poultry house should be low, so that the fowls need not jump from any great height, which often causes bumble- footâ€"a swelling of the bottom and side of the foot. When humblefoot appears we lance the bottom of the foot. and poultice it with bread crumbs soaked in milk or as croped, raw potato. __.___. CAPTURED BY GANNIBALS. British Sailors had Narrow Es cape in New Guinea. Captain. Reid, who commanded the Liverpool ship, Aigburth, wrecked off new Guinea, where a. number of the crew were seized by cannibals, has arrived in Liverpool. | Captain Reid said that the Alg- burth was on a. voyage from New- foundland to Java, when she struck on an unknown reef, and shortly‘ afterwards the crew were compelled to take to the boats. The boat in which he and others were reached Frederick William Land after five days. Two other boats also reached: there on other days. The fourth; boat, however. had not turned up when he left. When they landed the natives were very wild, and assumed a threaten- demeanor towards the crew. They; came down to the beach in large numbers, looked at himself and crew touching them and feeling their arms and limbs to find out what sort of condition they were in. The situa- tion was terrible while it lasted, but all the men rest of the story, told in Captain Reid’s own words, runs: “1 fortunately had with me a. gun, and some caps, powder, and shot. I kept eyeing them intently, watching every movement. Then I kept put- ting something into the gun from time to time, manipulating it in such a. manner that the savages soon came to the conclusion that I meant serious business. When they saw what was going on they began to sneak gradually away from us, and eventually they cleared away. We were ultimately taken off by the steamer Guthrie, and landed at Syd: noy, coming home by the Afric. “The savages were in a fearful condition, socially and morally. They were absolutely naked, the only ornament they possessed being a bone stuck through their nostrils. giving them a most appalling ap< pcarance to a stranger. I think that the appetite of these cannibals for fresh meat was stimulated by the absence of all flesh, either of beast or fowl, which scarcely appear to‘ have any existence at all in the country." _._+_ l-‘llOC. 8 STOP TELEG RAMS. One of the great enemies of the lovcrland telegraph line in Central ‘Australia is flu- green frog. In order to save the insulators from being brokln by 1hr lightning they are pro- vided with wire “droppers” to con- duct on to the pole in case of hood. The frogs Ilimb the poles, and find ‘tho insulators cool and pleasant to their bodies. and fancy that the. “dropper” is put there especially for tin-fr L'-llllt‘.lf.lou. After a map the} 1vnwn, and stretch out a leg until ii loutht-S the pole. lirrmzltâ€"sudden dcnl'n in the “'05:; and, as the burly caniinuns to conduct thecurrcnt to 1,!1r- (-Jl'lll, l‘fll‘ilgl‘illllls nppcar in the puff-"5+ to flu: effort that, “in (301':- M'q'hfllf‘l‘ of an interruption to the firm, protubly f‘flllS-ifl L; a cyclone di<tzrlmnrc in flu,- inlcrior, We nru ,l'rmldn to Irl‘('.’,(‘nl. our ren'lm‘s with :l'u "zrnl 'i‘il-ll‘s from alumni?! ._..4._..__. _’\i finitlnuf'n I'n‘."cr.â€"lty l‘li-l‘c is a li‘l‘ writtwn on laiilrl‘ri'l-J l l l l ._,_.- kept very cool. Thai