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The Gypsy’s Sasrifiee .2. t 0:0 ca} 9 .:. . .:. ‘4. §.:.- .:.Qn:.-o:o sot-‘02., t fie ‘9 s Q. o .z. «up a, .2. § g. s .;. ‘0? s v CHAPTER XXIXâ€"(ContinuelL) dancer of his day. “If we in“ Presently one guest began to WhiS- down, it will be my fault, renn per the inquiry which was on the'bm-J’ As he spoke he nwntn minds of all: swore that, there should he no bro “Where is she?" for though they down if. he had Lo lift, her hat had come with the ostensible object from the floor. 0’3 dancmg. they had also come to see But he need not, have feared. and hear Royce Lumlon‘s wife, the: fore they had taken a dozen Lu beautiful girl whose past was a mys- he murmured: terY- ‘ “Were you making fun of me, 1! , ILâ€" . .“nln _,. Her success at the last moot, the impression she had evidnutly created 011 Lord Rochostor hm] gut bruited about, and the curiosity of those who had nut seen her, and yet. had heard so much of her, was at its height. Madge. as she sat in her corner}. behind the onIng squil‘es, \heurd her‘i name mentioned now and again, and ‘ her heart bout painfully. [‘ She saw Royce dancing with one i and another of the daughters of thecounty; and it seemed to her as she looked at his handsome, careleSS face that he had clean forgotten her. i Strangely enough, in the midst of all the splendor and gayety, her mind wandered back to the forest glades, to Mother Katie, to Lottie and Tony; she recalled them all with‘ a strange, sad tenderness. If she] and Royce were only back with! them! How gladly would she have exchanged these glittering halls for‘ the old caravan; this dress, which had cost M. Worth so many hours oi‘ anxious thought, for her old, brown linsey and scarlet shawl; to he sitt- ing on the shafts of the caravan with her basket-wtk, with Royce at her feet and within touch of her hand! A great yearning lilled her heart, her eyes grew moist, and the gay scene grew dim and indistinct. She was the one discordant note in the harmony of refinement and splen- dor, the humble piece of deli among; the vases of porcelain. As she sat. in sad reverie Lordl Rochester entered the room. You‘ would not catch his lordship arriv- ing at a ball before the festival was in full swing. as the French philos- opher remhrked, he liked his world well aired. Ho bowed over the countess’ jewel- ed hand with a. grace second only .to her own. "It reminds me of the Second Emâ€" pire, countess!” he said, glancing; 'round the room. The countess received the compliâ€" ment with a. gracious smile. "Commendation from Lord Roches- ter is the highest of all praise!" she responded in the same tone. der? They say that sometimes he‘ will not dance all the evvning.” It certainly appeared as if the great man were searching for some one not at present in Sight, for though his carefully guarded eyes roâ€" vcalcd nothing of what was passing in the brain behind them, his voice and manner were absent and preoc- cupied when he answered those who addressed him. . Madge saw him threading his way through the now crowded room, and noticed his Wandeng pure. Sud- denly he stood before her with all the preoccupation of his face vanâ€" ished. and a look of satisfaction and pleasure in its place. "At, last!” he said as he bowed over her hand. “At last!” he said as he over her hand. “Have you been looking fur she. said with the simplicity nocence. I “For no one else, I assure you,’ he said, touched by the child-like candor. "Am I so fortunate as to find a. dance also? Will you dance this next. with me?" Madge held out her card, which' was empty, cXCcpting for Seymour's name, and Rochester wrote his owni down twice She put her hand on his nun and he led her from her corner. They presented a very fair sample of our modern race. He was over six feet, dressed "as only Rochester can dress,” as the men said despairingly; and Madge, who in her harmony of black and crimson, and fresh young beauty, would have attracted at- tention alone, gained rather than lost by the proximity of her hand- some partner. lmdually all eyes were directed to- wards her, and one and another Whispered, “Who is it?" and when the answer came, “It is Royce Lan- don's wife!” the interest almost grew into excitement. The dance was a waltz, and the soft. dulcet strains of \‘i'aidteuiel “'L’l‘ air . . o o o ...‘u‘c‘v.o$..¢% . am afraid I dance Madge. Her face ifted her lovely ey Id) of appeal in a1 ndy [11 eyes were dir and one and Who is it?" an was a Waltz, :11 strains of Wm floating throng OR‘ § 2‘ ,:.§.:.‘.:.‘.:o‘o’o‘ :o$‘: A‘ SECRET REVEALED tough they lsime object come to $00 5 wife, the was a. nlb’S‘ 'es to h them . very iircctcd to- ad another and when Royce Lan- 7., and the Waldteuiel bug-h the pal me?” and saucer of in- in'u tone adly," :0, and s with said that "ch'c Landon "It, i: learned this last lorungm, “Wei Lady Tresylianâ€"taught me.” "She had an apt pupil," he said. “Are you tired?" She looked at him with mute surâ€" prise. Tired. She, who had walked' â€"Could walkâ€"-a score oflmiles with- out the slightest fatigue, tired of1 gliding around to such music for a. few moments only. "Let us go then," he said. "Let me tell you that a man does not 1 get such a. partner often." As they danced he saw. though Madge was too unsophisticated and too absorbed to notice, that they Were the objects of general attention and interest, and his manner toward her became more deferential and reâ€" verential. A man of the world, he, guessed how matters stood with her, and though his greatest admirers would have hesitated in calling'Lord Rochester, a good man, he had, like the worst of us, his generous momâ€" ents, and this was one of them. He would stand by this simple girl- woman, whom his friend Royce had picked upâ€"â€"whcre? Stand by her unâ€" til he had raised her to a. pedestal from which none should throw her. He could do it, he new, and he , would. “You need no assistance," he saw. “You dance as well as you ride." Madge laughed. }Iu1' face had lost its palencss, and had a dclicions color in it. She was a gypsy. and the movement of the waltz, the di- vine music. the gentle courtesy of he? Pat‘tnel‘ were having their natural eIIect upon her young spirits. "Why," 5110 said, “I have oniy learned this last fortnight, Ireneâ€" Lady Tresylianâ€"taught. me.” "She had an apt pupil," he said. “Are you tired?" They danced the waltz out, and as} the music died away M‘adge stopped with a. deep sigh. “I had no idea.. it was so deli- cious!” she said, half~apologetically. Lord Rochester smiled. ‘ “What would most of us not give for your capacity for pleasure!" he said. “It is all new to me,” she said gently; “all new and strange.” ‘ “May it long continue so!" he said fervently. "Ah, here they come!” he added under his breath. “Whom?” she asked. He nodded to the men who were approaching them with eagerness in their faces. cious! " Lord “Wha your C “The crowd of worshipers at‘ the' shrine of the new divinity," he‘said. Madge only half understood him, and she stood confused and blushing idoliciously as they pressed around her begging for a dance. 1 The women looked at her as she stood, the center of the {hi-011g, with Rochester Lowering beside her. They knew, though Madge did not, lthat her triumph was commencing, and a sudden envy began to burn in itheir breasts. I “That kind of person always un- derstands the effectiveness in cosâ€" tumes,” murmured one woman who had run through three seasons, and was still a. spinster. “Did you ever {see anything so remarkably strange as her dress look well on light opora,’ a forced 5110,! was still a. spinster. “Did you ever see anything so remarkably strange as her dress? Those poppies would look well on the prime. donna of a light opera,” and she stared with a. forced sneer on her thin lips. “I should have thonght Lord Rochester too experienced to be taken with a dairy-maid's simper in'u tone of “Dairyâ€"mah response. “S taken with a dairyâ€"maids simpel‘ and saucer eyes," remarked another in’a. tone of uugenerous criticism. "Dairyâ€"maid!" was the scornful response. “Say rather the smile of a Franch soubrette. You can see that kind of thing at any of the cafe chantants in Paris. Poor Royce Landon!" But, Madge hoard none of these charming criticisms. She scarcely noticed that the woman opposite her in the quadrille looked straight over her head as they clasped hands. for she had to remember the figures and she had to tame the steps. and soul was absorb From her S( the countess her success. Sign of satis auâ€"d anotl- remarked grace the coun cokDy and incli Though the eagerly, crowdir intervals hetxvoc the women War with envy: thou countess sang t! could not forget, the night camp, the night Boyce had I come she must come wit] she is my wife." To the p rician Madge was still t1 girl. you making fun of 1:10, Mrs. turnc You waltz divinely.” You because you help me," she Slu 1tefully. "I knowâ€"I feelâ€" she K .J. ‘ CHAPTER XXX 011 hoard none of these iticisms. She scarcely the woman Opposite her ille looked straight over they clasped hands. for cmomlwr the figurcs and ‘ him with mute surâ€" Eho, who had walked score oflmiles withâ€" )st fatigue, tired of to such music for a. the Mm 1y clasped umber the her who] pcd in the among t] 1tchcd he} men she er hea sou ght 11K exhibited 1 1nd when 0' atcly old ladi mi (121 e cfl'ort. the dew he said bro-ak- bodily turns and saw “Let not e<Df'3)!--i aid. 1 doubtful. l "I don't, us and nccont to noticc -.I found It. dlfllcult promiso, because so many Oulcl‘ men wanted to ho noux‘ her; at, last. however, he did manage to get wth- in speaking distance. Lord Rochester wns‘holrling her bouquet, while she displayed her card to show a. gentleman, who implored a dance. that. she had not one left. The wit, of the party was perpetrat- ing bon mots for her special benefit, and the rest of the group seemed waiting on the oilâ€"chance of being nm'n‘litlcd to Day her some small at- rounding haudsomc up she 51 handsome face. and presently up she saw him. “Royce!” and she moved him, Lord Rochester falling ‘ was instantly absorbed in c: the bouquet. turned, dearest? Are you sausnea You should be!" She looked at him earnestly, as ' she did not understand at first; the she blushed. “It is all delightful, she said half apologeticully, her ey( seeking his wistfully. "But do yo think I haven't missed you? Yo have not been near me, Jack." '1‘? old dearly-loved name slipped 01 sec-king 1 think I have not old dear unawame said are and "I don’t understand,” she mu murad; "everybody is very kind. B are they not always so?" “Not always,” he respondc laughing at her innocence. "1 \\'i I could dance with you! Y couldn’t pretend to be some he elsc's wife for ten minutes cm d , , “I think I’d rather remain your wife than (lance with you," she whispered in the tone which only a loving woman can use. "Very wefl," he said: “I‘m going to dance the next with Irene." “I should like to see you. I will watch ‘ "Do ‘1)0," he said. “I am quite as amusing at the game :12: a perform- ing elpphant. Eh?" as her partner came up with a smile and bow. “Your dance, is it? All right. Good- by, “Iadge‘” She looked after him wistfully, and for a. few moments the pleasant young guardsman who had secured her for this waltz expended his 010- quence on deaf ears. Royce went around the room in Search of Irene. He had not noticed her among the dancers lately, and he found her sitting in the palmâ€"house; Seymour was standing beside her, bending over her and talking in a low, persuasive voice. Royce noticed that his face was flushed, and that his eyes were bright and restless with the brightness which is born of the Wine cup. Irene’s head drooped and a Weary, harassed expression made her lovely [ace look strangely pale and sad in the midst. of such a. scene of gaiety. Seymour looked up with a start and la. seowl as Roycc’s stalwart figure ‘entered between the curtains, but Irene half rOse with a, sort of eager- ness and relief, but. it. (lied away in an instant, and she sank back as if She had remembered that she could no longer fly to Royce for comfort and succor. “Give me this dance, Renie?" he said, He did not often call her Renie now, but her pallor and weariâ€" ness touched him, and made his heart ache with u strange pang, like that of‘ a half-gotten pain. What had savinu’ to her that anm mn- linen 1011 “For the best of all reasons," heES‘ lid, smiling. “What a. success you‘“‘ re having, Madge! All the men, U ml for that matter the women, too, EC re talking about you." U Madge looked around, confused and”); Seymour been saying she should look like thz “Irene is tired,” said most curLIy, Royce "w". “Do not dance too long, Irene,” said Seymour smoothly, and he left the palm-house by the opposite door leading; to the hull. “Why does Seymour take such pos- session of you, Renie‘?" asked Royce rcsentfully, “Don’t let us talk of Soyâ€"of any- thing for a. little while,” she said. “I am not tired; it was the heat nnri__.. What. :1. success Madge is Well “Yes; but I thong talk?” he said. “No,” she said in the old times she often danced togeth ridors and the hall each other's sons who h boy and girl Irene clos tha her 8]“ pl‘ th a." nd‘ laugh rat with lloyce's strong a yr, and his keen eye and )0 could come to no We herself up to the (Inn; 112 delightful, hmt painf Hod her Weary, aching 11L in g‘ watched her and her court with a. smile 3 face. and presently ‘ always," he responded, , at her innocence. "I wish 1 dance with you! You pretend to be some body wife for ten minutes could M Lhor's paces a who have clan me. mast be!‘ ad What irl will dance Is raid in a. low voice. In 5 she and Royce had together along the cor- c hall, and they knew paces as only twu por- uvn (lnnrud tosrcthcr as thought we weren't, to a, sum: he said with his very kind oi you your lead quite 'Are you satisfied? to perform up with a. start and 2’s stalwart figure the curtains, but ith a. sort of eager- ut, it. (lied away in me sank back as if :ed that she could Royce for comfort h or th special benefit group scemm ance of being some Small at, ttl :C'SS am quit But do you you? You Jack." The slipped out Seymoui‘, a1 examinin a pvrform- ‘1‘ partner and bow. ght. Good- with you she know arm round 1 sure foot, harmâ€"and sm' on hi ookin; )wan that ruler as if then eyes 1n know I her 1t ains tha well known to give a milk and butter. or t and oats probably ten milk most satisfactm‘ household use. On L11 buckwheat middlings injurious ellect. The hardness of the butu ability to stand up i and also its grain. ( “take a. good grained b an and linseed meal ed, while if buclcwhcm fed in la produced fan HOW it, is three pounds lat per 1m) pounds milk, others four pounds, some five pounds and a few still higher. Any good, healthy food given in proper quantity will bring the cow up to this normal quality of milk and after that no change of food can change quality, either to make it richer or poorer. ‘ 11,-1. .«L»â€" The belief is prom cows are turned to 1 spring the change fr wet indumzs a. large.“ milk. Indeed, this i( ed in dairy thought corporated in the laws of some states that auow a poorer quality of milk to be sold during May and June than during the rest of the year. I have tested. this matter both with my own herd and with some 300 cows belonging to Several difi'erent farms and representing widely varyâ€" farms and representing widely varyâ€" ing environment, feed and care. In some cases the milk improved slight- ly when the cows went to pasture,‘ in some, it changed in the opposite direction. The average was practiâ€" cally no change. WHY MILK FAT VARIES. Yet every dairyman knows that milk varies in its richness. If, then, this is not due to the feed, what is the cause? Most of the_ variation is due to the changes in connection ‘with the progress of the period of lactation. Just after a cow calves, the milk is the thinnest it is to be evening. The rule is that. the manor milk is given at the milking that ocâ€" curs aitor the shorter number of hours between milkings. If the milk- ing is done in the winter at 7 o'clock in the morning and 5 o'clock in the eVpning, the evening’s milk will be the richer, for there are only tenhoux‘s lmtwcen the morning and evening milkings. After allowance Yet every dairyman Knows um» milk varies in its richness. If, then, this is not due to the feed, what is the cause? Most of the variation is due to the changes in connection with the progress of the period of lactation. Just after a cow calves, the milk is the thinnest it is to be any time in the year and it remains with but little change in quality un- til the cow gets in cali again. Then as the quality of milk gradually (ic- creases, the per cent. of fat slowly rises and the milk is richest in fat just before the cow goes dry. The min... A: um metiim differs widely as the quality of milk gradually d creases, the per cent. of fat slow' rises and the milk is richest in 1': just before the cow goes dry. Tl extent of the variation difl‘ers wide in different cows. ’ There is usually tween the quality (Need in the 11101 bouncing and blundm‘h how fragile and like a she seemed amo‘nn 9mm There was a sligh and a faint smile on the touch of warmth and the shadow of only to armntuato th< sat upon the flower-lik His heart smote hlnL 1y could tell. 1-10 recallo days. He had always little wife. Once, in his rough play he ha down and rendered her or two unconscious; h. now in this crowded plainly as if it were He had picked her u; and pressed her to l herâ€"a m‘cat thing f0 â€"and she had Come. (4 with her first brcalh‘ “Royce. dear, don nothinLr: only hold m nothing; only hold nu His heart. ached am all unconsciously he closc 1T FEED I] :[Tect. The of the butt stand up its grain. ag'O of is prevalent. that when turned to pasture in the a change from dry food to E D A I" PRO 1 ) L 1 her ancestry, This rich- in different cows; in some pounds fat per 100 pounds four pounds. some five 1 a few still higher. Any thy food given in proper Fin bring; the cow up to that fee is of the LLcr fat The pres‘ i m looks and cuts eul rich in fat while cottonseed pronounced en‘c ually a variation be- \ity of the milk proâ€" morning and in the rule is that. the richer at the milking that ocâ€" me: vhc‘ utit old 11' be ( the evening’s milk ', for there are only 1 the morning and ;. After allowance mdoring their way} like a. delicate flowor [glam other Women. lab-flush on 1101‘ face, He on her liys; but. Yrmth in her cheeks, .v of a Smile _ser\'e:l ‘to the sadness which .vcr-like face. .e him, why he scarce recalled more childish Llways called her his “h in the course of feed uficcts the LCI', that is. its in hot weather, Corn and oats d butter, wheat :11 a poor grain- :It middlings are has a butter is ; and cuts like ich in fat makes cottonseed meal wuncod en‘cct of th and cart yellow c to him and flow of poorer ea is so ground- that it is in- laws of some m the course of had thrown her her for a. moment ; he saw the scene led ballâ€"room as re being reâ€"acted. he in) for other mus, co producc an min , lit ing reâ€"acted ,n his arm: n and kisser a boy to d( nd murmurm DAIRY chi 1t hand mos (101' It is while.’ 11 â€"‘" raising way; studiel pug. u\.4 . mechan sorbeut An of other 1 in seed perenni years will In very coarse. If it i: turage’ hn fnk and her her has been r there is fluctuation milk due t shc After land is wash, it is v01 tendency to was place, as that remains at least the surrounding best preventivcs it may seem. makes mind or quantity per cent it ])( 111011 milk by g milk by feeding. lll Lnud vaLed ment, the S( he 1in and the other rec in seodin perennial years of will not will )ld If it turag be t: of 9;! may rcgar work Two pounds of bran mixed with one pound of linseed meal and one pound of ground meat, fed to the hens once. a (lay, allowing half a pint of the mixture to ten hens, will add to the eggâ€"productions. The power of the row to take and digest large quantities of food reguâ€" lates to a considerable degree her value in the dairy. The small eater is of little value, as it is impossible fqr her to make milk, and force en- ergy and milk out of food that con- tains too little of the elements for force and milk making. l‘hm country looking for cows that will come in sight of the dairy standard in the mind of the farmer. As a. usual thing the Cow buyer faus far short of securing the cow he sets out to buy. Hog manure composition, nature of food although con heat in do You can you expect his th which and t thu lll ago? a crop or two of hay may taken 0H, and then a géod crop green manure or soiling crops y be turned under. This is often ardcd quite advantageous in farm 1n may seen). In romuun 01 d continually cropped an ad will, under ordinary r t, steadin lose its humus sort of fibrous mold whic] 5 present in land rich in which operates largély U Soil from washing, both ;‘h‘ 111 tan m1 in dairy : food ytting‘ a langusz ‘TO HOLD IIILI qu oflicicntmomedy, if coupled ‘with reasonable care, will be found oding the land to some of tho nial grasses after every two of cultivation. Clover alone not do so Well unless sown thick, as the roots are so :0. We always sow a. mixture. is not desirable to use for pasâ€" :e‘) a crop or two of hay may lkcn oil”. and then a géod crop 1nic J‘l) sh afraid milk less quantity of milk is SUI‘ th LIVE STOCK do th Intily mudc for all those causes still a daily and weekly x in the richest, of the to causes us yet unknown. wt of this variation is cer- breeding gonc 1_\'p( she id of [)1 mm be ( kinds of cow uncomm :ly will both 1‘ milk and (leer fut. , the 0v of kimln and cm: lit] that a powerful out of milk the ham h m \vashin hindrance m. in FARM NOTE nurc is very m, owing to food, but is g containing a 'atcr. 1!; gen Ll, it, In difloront of milk c-xtrmm .nral Lhr )mposin ufl'ord are in um (1i 1t In Natur .l‘omos, and it, can I that. a cow of the ivos more milk, the gcsts. If u, l'ichcl t, must, be obtained u'onL cow. In con- Obtuin quality of 1g, and quality by once vha O “‘1 ream. In gem 1t anything uncomfprtnblc aga‘m in the. same are nearly always . little lower than 1nd. One of the anslsts, stx'ange as rotation of crops. cropped and culti- orclinm‘y manage- 0 its humus. and mold which is al- tains all men 1] ,11 influence to JR. If the cow hy a barking with the milk i can be varied m. and it, can 11. a cow of the more milk, the If a niche: an mixed with meal and one at. fed to the Slnfll nd (ll NOT-ES by he mo who 3 Tl‘ ' and 1g horn of :(Jllpled ‘with ill be [011ml omo of tho RN 1) 1t mi Lt lpox. There rvansmâ€"that ml ignorance, occupy punish( u decim at 15C varial tfxc ": high grate: any object ; therefore of shyness obeys the Ill humus, ) hold I, smne llways than r[ the Ill 11 Lh nt If mil blo in ariable y riCh, in the the 11 its little more )0 0]- he 01‘