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“No,” she said. "But there’s a. heavy weight pressing upon my side, here. I can scarcely breatheâ€"45 "You will get better ” “Jack, would you be very glad? I know that. you would, dear! But I don't think I shall, Jack. Don't cryâ€"ah, don't cry!" she felt the tears on her hand. "Don't, fret about me, Jack. You have been veryâ€"very good to me. No one could have been kinder, sweeter. You have never once thought of all the trouble and misery I have caused asked “Dear, dear Jack!” she murmured, her sweet voice so low that the countess and Irene scarcely could hear it. “Poor Jack! How longâ€"" She shuddei'ed faintly. “Don't think of it, dearest," he said. “Irene is safe, we are all safe: and please God, you will be all rightâ€"" His Voice broke. She smiled up at him, and touched his face. “Am I Very much burnt, Jack?" sho murmured. "No, no!" he said. “Not at all. Very little, Madge. It wasâ€"_-â€"" “I remember. It was something that {all and struck me; but I did not drop her, Jack!” “Are you in pain, dearest?"- he The hours passed, and the day beâ€" gan to decline. In the twilight Royce, Irene, and the countess watâ€" ched the beautiful face growing whiter and more ethereal with each hour. Not one of them had spoken for some time, and it was amid deep silence that Madge gradually opened her eyes. “Katie!” she murmured. "He has gone! He has gone! I shall never see him any more! But it is best that I should not. Cone! Jack has gone! Ah, What shall I do?" “The fire! The fire! she moaned. “Irene! Save her! I must save her!" A moment later she saw and reâ€" cognized Royce. and with a look of joy she breathed his name tenderly." “Jacky: “My darling! Madge!" he murmur- ed chokingiy. “You know me? You are better! 011, Madge!” and he kissed her, and laid his face against lier’s. | The doctor had attempted to as- certain the extent of the injuries, but. the weakness which had overtaken Madge the moment she knew Irene was safe had rendered a prolonged examination impossible. He would give no opinion as to her prospects of recovery, but he had telegraphed for a famous London surgeon,- and his face had grown graver at each visit to the bedside. The flames had mercifully spared Madg‘e's face, and she looked as lovely as ever, as she lay with closed eyes and parted lips; but the labored breath told of an injury which, though hidden from sight, was workâ€" ing more mischief than the fire had wrought. The heavy oak mils of the balustrado and corridor had struck her as they fell with a force which might well have prostrated a strong man. Now and again the noise of a. falling wall or the hoarse roar of the crowd still gathered round the fire, reached the spot, but the prevading atmosphere was that of the solemn stillness Which accompanies intense supense. Outside. at a respectable distance, stood a small crowd of persons anxâ€" iously waiting for news. They talkâ€" ed in hushed and sympathetic whisâ€" pers, and some of the women cried quietly; for, simple though they were, they realized that a heroine of the noblest. type lay battling with death in that small chamber. At intervals the doctor came in with noisless step and held the limp hand, and then the three would give at his face anxiously, imploringly, as if the gift of life were in his keep- mg. She had been unconscious for hours, but not delirious, though now and again her mind seemed wandering as though in a dreamâ€"wandering back to her Childhood's home, the camp. and to her childhood's friends, the gypsies; and Katie, Lottie, Tony. The old familiar names came from her parched lips. Once she murmur- ed "Jack!" in a. tone so melting in its tenderness of love and appeal that Royce growled and shook from head to foot. Monk Towers was still smoldering, but the three watchers 11ml forgottun it. All their hopes and fears, their dread and longing, were centered in the slight figure lying so motionless and helpless. Beside the bed knelt Royce. his face hidden in his hand. At a little distance Irene and the countess. A solemn stillness brooded over the small room, broken only by the low, irregular breathing, and the long sigh which now and again rose from Madge's lip. Through it all yle have nev ‘uchcd me, and mom: «as: v Ma. Will be 311‘ About this time the brigade had 3. succeeded in getting into the hall, .nd tOUChOd and one of their first discoveries was 'that of Seymour’s body. He lay a. 'flt. Jack?”lfew feet from where he had fallen when backing from Jake, as if he (01: at all. had recovered from his swoon only LSâ€"j-J’ to be sufl‘ocatcd. Death must have something taken place almost instantaneously, but I did for his face was quite peaceful, and the body stretched out as if he had {II ‘? She struggled for breath, and Irene, ,sobbing, raised her head until it lay Vupon Madge’s bosom. 5 "Thank you dear. You are not L,angry? I know I am right in sayâ€" ing it. I put the knowledge from 1me whileâ€"while I could; but I know the truth now. Irene, Iâ€"I think he has always loved you; yes, even ;,though he has loved me, inâ€"in a ' way." she sighed. “Ifâ€"if he had not ‘seen me, been with me for so long, 1110 would have married you, andâ€"and all would have been all right. You would never have made him ashamed as I have done. Andâ€"and it Will be all right now. Behbe good to him, dear; andâ€"and teach him to forget "me, and all the trouble I brought on him. Itâ€"it will seem like a dream soon. Whyâ€"" she smiled as if the ipi‘escnt had faded away, and the future of Peace and Restâ€"had alâ€" ready dawned, “why it is like a. dream now!" Her voice Ceased. Royce took her from Irene and [pressed her face to his, and present- 1y she opened her eyes again; but the .look of intelligence had vanished, and lin its place an expression of quiet [happiness | “Jack,” she murmured, “be pa- ‘tient with me! I will do my best ,not to make you ashamed. I will ,learn to speak and believe like yonr [grand people, andâ€"and in time I {shall be something like them, and youâ€"you will be proud of me. But you must be patient at first. You gwill be, Jack, I know. Are you hap- {pyl’ Ah, not half so happy as I am, ,for I love you better than you love lme, dearest!" The discovery filled everyone with amazement and horror, and it was not until the body had been identi: fied by a» score of personsâ€"servants and othersâ€"that the public would he- lievo that it was really his; and the question, who then was the man the footman put into the carriage gnd had driven to the station wearing He kissed her. She looked toward Irene and pressed her hand. “Remember!” she said slowly, sol- emnly. “Teach himâ€"toâ€"forgct me! They were her last words, and she died with them on her lips. "There’s your baskets, Mother Katie; I can play with Tony now. Send him to me. Where’s Jack? Gone? No, no, you think so; but I know he will come back, for he loves me, and We shall be happyâ€"happyâ€" happy! Jack!”- “My darling, my Madge!" answer- ed Royce brokenly. “Kiss me once more, Jack!" He kissed her. She looked toward died in his bed to speak much longer. The weight gets heavier; it is pressing on my heart Royce, give me your hand." Royce had an instinctive fore- knowledge of what she was about to do. but he obeyed. She took it and put it to her lips, then opened it and clasped it round Irene's trembl- ing one. "See, Jack,” she murmured, “1 give her to you. I saved her for you! .\Vhen I am dead you two will be married."- "You are not burnt, dear? I am glad I thought of putting the shawl round you.” She shuddorod. “What an awful night! Iâ€"I can hear the flames roaring now! Irvnc, [â€"1 want to speak to you andâ€"Royce. before it is too late! Ighall not be able to speak much longer. The weight gets heavier; it is pressing on my heart Royce, give me your hand." Royce had an instinctive fore- “Madge!” was all I his agony. She stroked his bar “It is better that Jack," she said in "Better for you, and Royce." Irene sank on her knees beside the bed, and took and kissed the limp hand. "Better for you, and for all; better for me! Yes, I see now that 1 should always have brought you unhappi- ness. I see it all now! I (lid not know whenâ€"when we were married. 1 was ignorant, and knew nothing of the great world. But I know now, and I am sorryâ€"very sorry. For- give me, Jack. But: you have done that already, haven't yon? You have never had an unkind thought." She paused to gain breath. Royce could not speak. Irene's suppressed sobs broke the silence. "Is that Irene? Bring- her to me, A pause; then her voice grow faint- better that I should die, she said in a low voice. for you, and for all; better Yes, I see now that 1 should have brought you unhappi- sco it all now! I did not ; hand soothineg that I should ( CflllS discoveries was )dy. He lay a, 2 he had fallen Take, as if he the my til 3.); ill Organized eil‘ort is being made to secure legislation by Parliament to remedy the evil, but should any bill be passed designed to meet this trou- ble, the power of the railroad lobby is such that it would probably be rendered ineffective by its qualifica- tions. Parliament and the board of trade have been investigating the matter, and every report made sevâ€" erely criticizes the railways. A gov- ernment committee of importance has just completed an investigation. ['p- on every point considered recommenâ€" dations are made against the railâ€" ways. The committee calls for the institution of a fairer system of V‘Ll‘his freight question has become more than usually prominent at the height of the fruit marketing season and the statement made by one ship- per is a fair reflection of the entire situation. This producer says: "For several years I have cultivated a 500 acre farm and would have extended fruit cultivation almost indefinitely, as London pays the highest price in the World for fruit, but the railway ovor which I have been compelled to ship will not make suitable arrangeâ€" ments for conveying produce to mar- ket, although I am prepared to ship in carload lots. This railway will, for days at a time, miss the market. Last year I lost $500 per week for several Weeks because of delayed shipments and this year the fruit is actually spoiling without being pickâ€" ed for want of transportation facili- ties. I have no remedy. I cannot fight a railway company with an in- come of $60,000,000 per year, and there is no governmental department which exercises any real control over the railways. The only thing I can do is to leave off cultivating the land and find some other occupation." The railway side of the case re- solves itself into one of pure finance. There is more money in catering to passenger traffic than freight. If there were more land in England it would be worth while for the rail- ways to encourage its greater devel- opment. The railways of Great Bri- tain make whatever profit they get from their passenger service and us- ually show a loss on freight. "Seymour, second Earl of Landon" is engraved, all too falsely. over his tomb; but the memory of Madge and her heroic love and selfâ€"sacrifice is cut, deeply into the hearts of all who knew her. and were witnesses of the deed which she proved that a Womâ€" an's love can be stronger even than the fear of death. Whatever Englishmen generally may think of the alleged superiority of their railway systems for passen- ger service there is but one opinion on the part of the man who pays the freight. The farmers and fruit growers of the country have special cause for complaint. Some of the most prominent of the latter are likeâ€" ly to leave ofl‘ cultivating fruit on- tirely because of the poor railway service. In fact, the railways are largely responsible for the gradual (lesertion of the land in England. Prominent British Fruit-Growers Are Ready to Quit Business. ENGLISH FARMERS RUINED ‘one woman, dressed like the rest in black, was not likely to attract atâ€" tention, and no one noticed Martha Hooper standing at a. little distance from the grave and weepimg quietly. She stood almost with the last of the mourners. and only turned away When the masons began to prepare for closing the vault; then, with her thick veil concealing her features, she moved away and was seen no more. (To be Continued) Royce judging cm, with its L, green swnrd, ting-place for turned away to prepare en, with 1101‘ 1‘ features, TI .‘therefore, unles$ the greatest care is lused, more or less buttermilk will {be left in the butter, and when the *buttor is worked this White sub- ‘stance is spread and drawn into the ‘striaks, Clouds and spots known as mottlos. The mottling does not 'show itself immediately, since the salt takes some time to produce its greatest effect. If, however, the buttermilk be thoroughly removed, lfrom the butter fat, there will be no lmottling, no matter how irregularly the salt be distributed, for there will then be nothing present for the salt ‘to act upon. There are no mottles zyin wellâ€"Washed butter. rates and the report lays special stress upon the provision of better cars. A government department. is also asked for especially to supervise the question of settling difi‘erences be- tween the farmer and the railways. On the other hand, mottling will not take place unless salt is added, for the substance does not harden and become localized unless salt is present, but remains in suspension in the buttermilk. The secret then in controlling mottles, is to get rid of the buttermilk by churning to fine granules and by thorough washing. The acidity of the buttermilk does not influence the trouble. that in mottled butth the whitish mottles contain less salt than the darker portions. The hitherto unconsidered factor is the casein compound left in the butter through imperfect removal of the buttermilk. In studies made in cheese-making attention was direct- ed to casein compounds as a. pos- sible cause of the mottling of but- ter. LOOE Fresh. colored. unsalted butter, partly immersed in 20 per cent brine, did not Show the slightest change in color. In another experiment, butter [at was stirred with salt and a variegated color, but no :nottling produced, due to the undissolved grains of salt. The same en'ect could be produced by mixing any other Wlii'c substance, like sugar, with the buttemfat. A third test showed that the unequal distribution of the salt could not alone produce mottling, for wellâ€"washed butter in alterna- tive layers with salt ShOWUd no mottlos. Analysis of plugs of butâ€" ter made under conditions producing marked mottling, showed the salt to be Vtry uniformly distributed and similar plugs of unmottled butter showed wido variations, so that dis- tribution of the salt cannot be the cause of the trouble. Yet salt must bear a relation to mottling; for unsalted butter, whether made ex- perimentally at the station or com- mercially in dairies and creameries, never shows mottlc‘s. It is also found both by taste and analysis No logical explanation of butter niottling has hitherto been oll‘ered. Dr. L. L. Van Slyke says the phenâ€" omenon appears and disappears most strangely when conditions are seemingly unchanged and the degree of mottling is noW accepted as due to unequal distribution of salt. Modern buttermakers therefore churn to fine granules so that the salt lmay rendin reach all parts of the butter as uniformly as possible, and thus haVc almost, wholly conquered the trouble. But thouth mottliner butter as uniformly as possible, and thus have almost wholly conquered the trouble. But though mottling is thus successfully controlled, the process is not based upon the true cause. Salt does not affect the color of butter fat, therefore, un- equal distribution of salt will not cause mottles. Butter in which the salt is very uniformly distributed may be badly mottled, as recent ex- periments show. Churnng at higher temperatures No logical mottling ha: Dr. L. L. V PREVENTION OF MO’I‘TLED BUTTER. IN MAKING BUTTER. lstribution of salt. akors therefore chum s so that the salt 1011 all parts of the In cutting \vood fake the bad trees and the trees of lhe kinds that you do not want reproduced. The composition of any piece of forest is necessarily determined by the seed 1rces. It is perfectly obvious that. if you want white oaks in your wondlot, you must leave the white oaks and cut out the other trees. It has been found at the Ontario experiment station that the smallest necessary loss in curing occurs when the corn is fairly well matured and Well emu-d, and contains not less than 30 to 35 per cent. of dry mar- produce and supplies for farmers and for carrying package merchandise, and it can often Hive m‘eat convpni‘ The fertilizing value of coal ashes‘ whether from hard or soft coal, i: always very low, for not only are the proportions of plant food exceed‘ ineg small, but the compounds preâ€" sent are very insoluble. One of the greatest pOSSibilities of the intorurban road lies in the (leâ€" \"ClOlelCllt of freight traffic. It is “Ml fitted for the transfer of farm produce and supplies for farmers and for cai‘ryinn‘ package vnnri'hnntlien The teams need and deserve special care when work is the hardest. Like the man, the horse is at his best only “hen he eats and sleeps Well, lanl feels comfortable in general. A team at heavy work requires liberal feeding. Feed with good, mixed hay and at regular hours, three times a day. A little green food given after work is over will do no harm. Add a. little salt. A full hour should be allowed for the noon meal. Card and brush daily and sponge shoul‘ ders after the day's Work. Chafed places should be Washed and rubbed with Vaseline or tar ointment. A piece of strong gum plaster Will pro- tect a sore place from further wear. The cause of saddle galls may be removed by side padding and raising the saddle. Collars cause much strain when plowing and hauling heavy loads, and they should fit well and be fully padded.â€" In case of sores under the collar. use instead a breast strap for awhile. J“ pullots' eggs (lied. Another point is, he careful of buying. When ,one buys his hens or pullets he may have to procure them from v‘arious sourc< es, and in so doing he also buys dis- ea80 and lice. Raise your pullets, if possible, and then you Will have them of some kind of breeding. Nevâ€" or bring a strange fowl on the place, and you will be safer from disease, lice and olher difficulties. Use eggs foi~ hatching from the best birds of the flock, and the flock will be im- proved every year. i If eggs are desired for use in incu- ‘bation it is better to select those from hens rather than from pullets. Eggs from hens are more reliable, for the reason that the hen is fully matured, and has completed her growth, While the pullet is itself an immature bird-a large chickâ€"and not fully capable of imparting the hardiness, vigor and stamina that come from the parent that is fully and completely matured in every respect. In experiments made with hens and pullets it was found that while the eggs of pullets hatched fully as Well as those from hens, yet a larger proportion of chicks from equal in quantity to the buttermilk removed and thc' churn rotated a fow timns to insure complete conâ€" tact. Then this Water should be drawn ofl’ and a second washing given. The final drainage waler from the granules should be clear. Salting and working are carried out in the usual way. The most effective method of pre- venting mottled butter is f0 free the butter granules as compleme as practicable from the buttermilk ad- hering to them. The churning should be stopped when the granules are about the size 01‘ rice grains, preâ€" ferably at a temperature of 5.0 to 55 degrees. After the buttermilk has been drawn ofi', the granules should be treated with an amount of water, at 35 lo 45 degrees, about equal in quantity to the buttermilk removed and the" churn rotated a at grain of the butter, it may break or draw the mottles to pieces so that they become smaller and show less plainly, [favors the production of larger ‘masses of butter and makes the re- moval of the buttermilk less easy. The temperature of the wash water is important, though it may vary somewhat according to the natural hardness of the butter, due to feed or breed. When butter is properly churan and Washed free from but- termilk, no amount of working will produce mottles, but if the condi- tions have favored the production of mottles the butte far enough WORKING HORSES. FARM NOTE mottles, but if the condi- ave favored the production 3s, working will not free for from them. If carried ;‘h to injure or destroy the the butter, it may break or FOR HATCHING suits indicate . of dry mat- mrr or higher It 1t rd and with the in your he white trees. Ontario -rmilk ad- churning :e granules rains, pre- of 5.0 to buttermilk this ing the la that is fully in every mp )0