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WWW Marian Mayfic 0r, flu: Strange Disappearance CHAPTER XXIV. The heavens were growing very dark; the‘ wind was rising and driving block clouds athwart the sky; the atmosphere was becoming piercineg cold; the snow. that during the middle of the day had thawed. was freezing hard. Yet Marian hurried fearlessly and gayly on over the rugged and slippery stubble fields that lay between the cottage and the beach. A rapid walk of fifteen minutes brought her down to the water's edge. But it was now quite dark. Nothing could be more deserted. lonely and desolate than the aspect of this place. From her feet the black waters spread outward. fill their utmost boundaries were lost among the blacker vapors of the distant hori- zon. Afar off a sail. dimly seen or guessed at. glided ghost-like through the shadows. Landward, the boundaries of field and forest. hill and vale. were all blended. fused. in murky obscurity. Heavenward. the lowering sky was dark- ened" by wild. scuddlng. black clouds. driven by the wind. through which the young moon seemed plunging and hid ing as in terror. The tide was coming in. and the waves surged heavily with a deep moan upon the beach. Not a sound was heard except the dull. mono- tonous mean of the sea. and the filful. hollow wail of the wind. The character of the scene was in the last. degree wild. dreary. gloomy and fearful. Not so. however. it seemed to Marian. who. filled with happy. generous and tumul- tuous thoughts. was scarcely conscious of the gathering darkness and the lowering storm. asshe walked up and down upon the beach. listening and waiting. She wondered that Thurston had not been there ready to receive her; but this thought gave her little uneasi- ness; it was nearly lost. as the storm and darkness also were. in the brightness and gladness of her own loving. gen- erous emotions. There was no room in her heart for doubt or trouble. If the thought of the morning's conversation and of Angelica entered her mind. it was only to be soon dismissed with fair construction and cheerful hope. And) then s e pictured to herself the surprise. the peasure of Thurston. when he should hear of the accession of fortune which should set them both free to pur- sue their inclinations and plans for their own happiness and for the benefit of others. And she sought in her bosom if the letters were safe. Yes; there they were; she felt them. Her happiness had seemed. a. dream without that proof of its reality. For once she gave way to imagination. and allowed that magician to build castles in the air at will. Thurston and herself must go to England immediately to take possession of the estate; that was certain. Then they must return. But ere that she must con- fide to him her darling project; one that she had never breather to any. because to have done so would have been vain; one that she had longineg dreamed of. but never. as now. hoped to realize. And Edithâ€"she would make Edith so comfortablel \Edith should be again sur- rounded with the elegancies and refineâ€" ments of life. And Miriamâ€"Miriam. should have every advantage of educa- tion that wealth could possibly secure for her. either in this country or in Europe. If Edith would spare Miriam. the little girl should go with her to England. But Thurstonâ€"above all. Thurstoni A heavy drop of rain struck Marian in the face. and. for an instant. woke her from her blissful reverie. She looked up. Why did not Thurston come? The storm would soon burst forth upon the earth; where was Thurs- ton? Were he by her side there would be nothing formidable in the storm. for he would shelter her with his cloak and umbrella. as they should scud along over the fields to the cottage. and reach the fireside before the rain could over- take them. Where was he? What could detain him at such a time? She peered through the darkness up and down the beach. To her accustomed eye. the features of the landscape were dimly visible. ‘That black form looming like a shadow giant before her was the headland of Pine Bluff. with its base washed by the sullen waves. it was the only object that broke the dark. dull monotony of the shore. She listened; the mean of the sea. the wall of the wind, were blended in mournful chorus. it was the only sound that broke the dreary silence of the hour. llarki No; there was another sound. Amid the moaning and the wailing of the winds and waves. and the groaning of the coming storm. was heard the reg- ular fall of cars. soon followed by the slow. grating sound of a boat pushed up upon the frozen strand. Marian paused and strained her eyes through the dark- ness in the direction of the sound. but could see nothing save the deeper, denser darkness around Pine Bluff. She turned. and. under cover of the dark- ness. moved swiftly and silently from the locality. The storm was cooling on very fast. The rain wuss falling and the wind rising and driving it into her face. She pulled her hood closely about her face. and wrapped her shawl tightly about her as she met the blast. Oh! where was Thurston. and why did he not come? She blamed herself for having ventured out; yet could she have foreseen this? No; for she had confident- iv trusted in his keeping his appoint- meirl. She had never known him to full before. What could have caused the failure now? Had he kept his trysio they would now have been safely housed at Old Field Cottage. Perhaps Thurs- had taken for seeing the clouds. granted that she would not come. and ten. he had therefore stayed away. Yet. no; she could not for an instant entertain that thought. Well she know that had a storm risen. and raged as never a storm did before. Thurston. upon the bare possibility of her presence there. would keep his appoh'itment. No;some~ thing beyond his control had delayed him. And. unless he should now very soon app‘ear. something very serious had happened to him. The storm was increasing in violence; her shawl was al- ready wet. and she resolved to hurry home. She had just turned to go when the sound of a man's heavy. measured foot- steps. approaching from the opposite direction. fell upon her car. She loode up half in dread. and strained her eyes out into the blackness of the night. it was too dark to see anything but the outline of a man's flgupe wrapped in a large cloak. coming slowly on toward her. Ast he man drew near slie‘recog- nized the well-known figure. air and gait; she had no doubt of the identity. She hastened to meet him. exciaimlng in a low. eager tone: “Thurston l dear Thurston !" The man paused. folded his cloak about him, drew up. and stood perfectly still. Why did he not answer her? Why did he not speak to her? Why did he stand so motionless. and look so strange? She could not have seen the expression of his countenance. even if a flap of his cloak had not been folded across his fags; but his whole form shock as with an ague fit. “Thurston! dear Thurstonl" sho ex- claimed once more. under her breath. as she pressed toward him. But he suddenly stretched out his hand to repulse her. gasping. as it were. breathlessly. “Not yet-not yet!" and again his whole frame shook with an inward storm. What could be the rea- son of this strange behaviour? Oh. some misfortune had happened to himâ€"- that was evident! Would it were only of a nature that her own news might be able to cure. And it might be 50. Full of tth thought. she was again pressing toward him. when a violent flurry Lf rain and wind whistled before her and drove into her face. concealing him from her view. When the sudden gust as suddenly passod. she saw that he re- mained in the same spot. his breast heaving. his whole form shaking. She could bear it no longer. She started forward and put her arms around his neck. and dropped her head upon his bosom. and whispered in suppressed tones: “Dearest Thurston. what is the mat- ter? Tell me. for I love you more than life!” The man clasped his left arm fiercely around her waist. lifted his right. hand. and. hissing sharply through his clenched teeth: “You have drawn on your own doom â€"dle. wretched girll” plunged a dagger in her bosom. and pushed her from him. One sudden. piercing shriek. and she dropped at his feet. grasping at the ground. and writhing in agony. Her soul seemed striving to recover the shock. and recollect its faculties. She half arose upon her elbow. supported her head upon her hand. and with her other hand drew the steel out from her bosom. and laid it down. The blood followed. and with the life-stream her. strength flowed away. The hand that supported her head suddenly dropped. and she fell back The man had been standing over her. speechless. motion- less. breathless. like some wretched somnambulist. suddenly awake nod in the commission of a crime. and gazing in horror. amazement. and unbelii-f upon the work of his sleep. Suddenly he dropped upon his knees by her side. put his arm under her head and shoulders and raised her up; but her chin fell forward upon her bosom. and her eyes fixed and glazed. llc laid her down gently. groaning in a tone of unspeakable anguish: “Miss Mayfieldl My God! what have i done?” And with an awful cry. between] a shriek and u groan. the wretcth man cast himself upon the ground by the side of the fallen body. The storm was beating wildly upon the assassin and his victim; but the one felt it no more than the other. At length the sound of footsteps was heard approaching fast and near. in the very anguish of remorse the instinct of self- preservation seized the wretched man. and he started up and fled as from the face of the avenger of blood. CHAPTER XXV. In the meantime Jacqueline had reached home sooner than slr~ find ex- pected. it was just dark. and the rain was beginning to full as she sprang from the carriage and darted into the house. Mrs. Waugh met her in the hall. took her hand. and said: “Oh. my dear Lapwing! l'm so glad you have-come back. had as the wcalhvr is; for indeed the professor gives me a great deal of anxiety. and if you had stayed away to-night i could not have. been answerable for the conscqut-nccs. There. now; hurry upstairs and change your dress. and come down to tea. it is all ready. and we have a pair of can- vasback ducks roasted." “Very well. auntyl Butâ€"is Grim in the house?" "I don't know. my love. You hurry." Jacqueline tripped up the stairs to her own room. which she found lighted. warmed. and attended by her mold. Maria. She took off her bonnet and to smooth her hair. dancing all the tune. and quivering with suppressed laughter in anticipation of her “fun.” \\"ln‘:n she had arranged her dress. she wont down~ stairs and passed into the dining-room. where the supper table was set. “See if Nace Grimslniw is in his room. and if he is not. we will wait no longer!" said the hungry commodore. thumping his heavy slick down upon the floor. l-‘eslus sprang to do his bidding. and after an absence of a few minutes re- turned with the information that the pro- fessor was not there. _ Jacqueline shrugged her shoulders and shook with inward laughter. They all sat down. and amid the com- modorc's growls at. (lrim's irregular mantle. and laid them aside. and bcganl ++++++++++++++++++++++ that the farm a +++++++++++++++++++++ CARE Oi“ YOUNG STOCK. One of the most serious faults of that average farmer is his lack of knowledge and determined purposes in the care of young stock. . says llonril's Dail'ynuin We judge of a man's understanding of any question by the way he does his \vork. Look over the calves at three. six or twelve months of ago in nine out of ion farms. Note their untln'iity. scrawny, illâ€"fed looks. and then judge the owners. Some will say that the owners of these calves do not do half +++++++++ * + a. + + 4. I + .‘. + hours. and Jacquelina's shrugs and smiles and sidelong glances and illâ€" repressed laughter. the meal passed. And when it was over. the commodore. leaning on Mrs. Waugle arm. wont to his own particular To in the back par- lor; Mrs. L'Oiseau remained. to super- intend the clearing away of the supper- lablc; and Jacqueline danced on to the front parlor. where she found no one but the maid. who was mending the lll‘u. “Sayl did you see anything of the pro- lessor while I was gone?" she inquired. “Lors. honey. I wish I hadn't! l knows how do thought of it will give me 'liriums ncx‘ time i has a fever." “Why? What did he do? When Wis it?" "Why. chile. jes afore sundown. as 11 was a carryin‘ an armful of wood up: stairs. for Miss Mary's room. 1 meets de ‘fessor a comin‘ down. i like to 'al screamed I like to a dropped right down myselfl I like to a' let the wood (imp! it made my heart beat in do back 0' my headâ€"he look so awful. horrid gushly! Arter speakin' in a voice hollow as an empty coffin. an' skeerin' mo oui‘n my sevenlmn scnsiblcs axin arter you. he jcs tuk hisself off summers on' i ain't seen him sauce." “What did he ask you? What did you tell him?" “lie jes ax where you was. I felled him how you mere gone home 'long 3' Miss Marion; he ax when you were! comin' back; i felled him i believed not! till lo-morrow mornin‘; then his face turned all sorts of awful dark colors. an' seemed like it crushed right in. 1311' he nodded and said ‘Ahl' bill it sounded jes like a hollow groan; and he tuk his- soif off. an' I ain't. seen him sauce." The elf danced about the room. unable to restrain her glee. And the longer Dr. Grimshaw remained away. the more ex-. cited she grew. She skipped about like the very sprite of mischief. exclaiming to herself: 5 “0h. shan't we have fun presentlyil Oh. shan't we. thought The Grim maniacl he has gone to detect mel And he‘ll break in upon Thurston and; Marion’s interview. Won't there be an explosionl Oh. .lupilcrf Oh. Prick! 0h. Mercuryi What funâ€"what delicious fun! Wrâ€"r-r~ri i can scarcely contain myselfl Begone. Maria! Vanislii i want all the space in this room to my~ selfl Oh. fun alive! What a row there‘li be! Methinks i hear the din of battle! “0h. clung a rangl a rangl clangl Clasllll Whoop!" sang the elf. springing and dancing. and spinning. and whirling around and around the room in the very ecstasy of mischief. ller dance was brought to a sudden and awful close. / The hall door was thrown violently open. hurried and irregular steps were heard approaching. the parlor door was l I dollar's torsâ€"ewe have $17.78 :1» well as they know. in our opinion. that is not the fact. The real difficulty; is that they do not half know what they. ought to know about these things. and consequently their work is half done. -plulnp bird. with FOR CHICKEN FA'I’I'ENIZRS. Mr. F. C. flare. Chief of tho llomin ion Poultry Division. points out as thq result of cxpcricnce that the [urinary and poultry rcarers of Canada should reciting“ 1. That pure bred or high-grade chick: ('lls‘ can be reared more cheaply. car, he. failed more cheaply in the fallening oi'ah-s.-oml present a boiler market up. pom-once than do common chickens. 0| scrub chickens. 2. That there is more profit in placing \vcll foiled chickens on the market than in nmrkcting lean chickens. :l. 'l‘lmt four months old is the most profitable age at which to market chick‘ (-ns. it. The! heavy chickens are not gon- ernily us solvable as medium weigh! ones. 5. That the typo of chickens desired in (Iannda or Great Britain is a young a, broad full breast. while colored flesh. while or yellow cob med legs without feathers or spurs. and with n small head. 6. Thai crate fattening of chickens is the farmers' business; that it does not They have never resolutely set them- selves to Work to study what it means; to rear a calf well. When a man thoroughly saturated with tho knows; led of a thing it holds him up to better work. in March last two men came into this ru-ighborhood looking for grade dairy valves. They were men who knew what: they Wunlw‘l. They purchased seven: grade (lucrn‘my heifers dropped last: fall of one man. and paid hint on over-l age of SELL‘R for the lot. At the time? they said thcy could purchase valves of‘ th-i suno brooding from farmers for lrn to fifteen dollars apiece. ‘ \\hal made this difference in priccf. Simply the way the calves were hand-' led as follows: (I) They were kept dry and clean. with plenty of fresh. dry bedding every day. and their quarlrrs were kept well disinfected. (2) They were fed skim milk. fresh from the sop- araior after the first ten days. with a llitfiic ground iluxsccd and blood-meal ad- (0 . When the milk was fed they were put in stanchions and milk set before themi in pails. Afelerward they were given a small feed of oats. followed by alfalfa hay. But the great care was to keep them dry and clean. As soon as they were through eating their cats. they were let out of the stanchions. and run loge licr loose in the compartment. They were fed milk morning and evening. were fed milk morning and evening. When sold they were in fine. clean. thrifty condition. but not lot. They each consumed in the six months they were kept. about 3.500 pounds of skim-milk. it worth of oats. two dollars' worth of alfalfa hay and flaxsoed meal. and fifty cents' worth of blood-meal. Af- ter paying for the oats. hay. flaxscod meal and bloodâ€"meal, $3.50; and allow! ing $3 for the value of a call when a‘ week old~the price allowed by calf-buy- pcr call as pay for‘ 3.500 pounds of skimamilk and the lab- or. Twelve calvcs were kept in thei apartment. Does it pay to maize a lit- tle study of calf-life? if our calves. pigs. coils and poultry“ are not given the right care and [9011‘ the first year of their lives they get a, setback in growth from which thry‘ never recover. The bottom reason for all this poor live stock that floods thc[ country is a lack of knowledge on the‘ port of how to feed and care for the young things. in the fly season. a little time and ex- pense in spraying the calves three times a week with some of the fly lotions on the market will help them wonderfully in their growth and thril‘tiness. Thur-3 pushed open. and Dr. Grimshaw slag- gered forward and paused before hcrl (To be continued). ____+___. A \VILFULL MISUNDERSTANDIN 0. Lord Duiicrin used to tell tho follow- ing story of the late Sheridan Lo l"unu. the famous lrish journalist and newl- ist. Sheridan's fathersâ€"tho Archbishop of Mouthâ€"was a great stickler for puncâ€" tuality. a. virtue his son did not share. One morning young Sheridan. then about eight years old. descended un- usually laie for breakfast. and was met by his father. watch in hand. “is this right. sirâ€"is this right?" do- manded the prelute. in stern tones. “I don't know. sir." replied Sheridan. lookan at the watch. and pretending :0 think the qucstion applied to it and not to his conduct; “but i rather think it's fasti" the sistmcnts crvcs of with Some people question that coffee hurts the delicate n the body. Personal experience {true and physicians have records of Igreat numbers of casus that add llhc toslnnony. The following is from tho Rockford. . . 111" rte. 1)..-g;..t,.;i-»G'.i/.c s i Dr. \Villium Langhrc‘si of Aurora. ho: . been treatingr one of the ({Ult‘l'i‘S". cuszs of lo~l eyesight. over in liisiory. 'ihe patient is O. A. I.(‘t‘.l_'".l. oi ll-s'u‘h Civility. ‘and in the l ‘ he has ileu- ltorcii with all or lllx' ilhe country and has :- Ihonn} \\i.ih lin‘ i:i~f mind that his or..- in A portion of lln- liptl" ruined. rcndcring hi; is good money in knowing what and in! domg ii. _'l‘oo many farmers think they cannot afford to spend the time that i is necessary to do such work rightly. if: money. here is‘ they are working for‘ where they can most surely find it. flow- over. there is no time of year for cheap and effective calf-raising like the win. for. provided warm quarters are given. The above is only an outline to illus- tri-le why some succeed and others fail. it is not only the amount of feed given to animals. but the care that is given them that counts. Always see that they are comftu-tublc. Just now see that you are prepared to have all your stock .lliat will require a large outlay to fatten one or two hundrmi chickens: that the chick- (n; are fed from troughs. and that me.- chlno feeding is not necessary. HINTS TO BIlEEDEllS. Well-bred sheep. like our well-bred animals. will tell you pretty nearly what they will do for you from the beginning. An inferior sheep never docs that. Breed only pure-bred sires in every Class of stock. and you will soon have pureâ€"bred dams. too.. and raise pure- bred stock to the top of the market and sell for breeding at pedigree stocll prices. The draft and coach-horse importer breeders all over the country are enjoy ing an unusual demand. especially for the better class of stallions. They find the demand increasing with each im- pnrialion. The mares should be kept for breed- ing. as the best form teams and the most profitable breeding stock on the farm. ~.\'ot a single (lraft‘umre should be sold breed. and in breeding the best draft sires should he used to grade up to the high grade and high price class. ‘ LIVE STOCK NOTES. Vmitilufe poultry-houses from but one side. The best way is to drop the win- dows in front from the top. Do not let any droughts blow through the poul- tryâ€"house. 'i‘he dairyman who would have his cows give milk for a long period; who would secure the maximum flow when milk and butter are highest. and who would have the bulk of his milking to do when he has the most time to do 2!. that dairyman should have his cows come fresh in the fall. it. is certainly a for reach from the one cow to ten acres. to the intensive dairying of two cows to the acre. The modern cow is a wonderful machine. She is all pedigree and milk veins. We balance her ration. so that when we want a pale blue article of milk (such a: is served to 0in customers who ob< feet to the “yellow scum") we feed her one sort of ration. and if we are after butler fat we take another breed and make another sort of balance. and 'he thoroughbred responds with the prompt- ness of a nicely adjusted engine. eâ€"â€"-§â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" “AT HOME." The late Principal Pirie. of Aberdeen University. related the following expero icnce. Just after “At Home" cards became fashionable. one of the driest specimens of the old professional regime was sur- prised to receive a missive which read as follows: “Principal and Mrs. Piric present their compliments to Professor ’1‘ . and trust that he is well. i‘rinci- pal and Mrs. l’irie will be at home on Thursday evening at eight o'clock.” This was something that evidently ro~ quired an answer. but the recipient of it was quite equsd to the occasion. He wrote: “Professor 'l‘â€"- returns the com- pliments of Principal and Mrs. Piric. and informs them that he is well. Pro- fessor ’1‘ is glad to hcur that Principal dry and warm for the winter. it is your place to prevent them from using the groin given them to keep from freezing. Grain should be turned into profit by the return of your stock. it is cheaper to build warm stab-ling for stock than to prevent them from freezing by Needing grain. gihat he is unable to see anything before lnm. but he can sm plainly anything at [the side of him. There have been but ,fcw cases of" this kind bcforo and they thousands prove the general sinim'muit.hm,e been caused by MIN“... 0.. tobam. gene...“ jco. Leach has ncvcr used i‘illlui‘. but 'sprciahsts haw decided that the has been caused by this. Leach stat- ied hnni-‘clf that for sovrral years he had idrunk three cups of Culll‘t‘ for break- l wording to the records of the specialists 3o" this country this is the first case cvc-r loomed by the use of unifies. l The nrrvn is ruined buyout :iid )rasc is inrurablc. 5 Ill" and his ’l‘hv incl that Ill:ll{t\: cnw u quccr onv is that the sight .‘..ll'.l lzns lwcn lost Hill! the silk.- chi has bccn Fe inwi. .\"(‘ll‘tllllf_l lo ?iil~ doctor’s stolen. . llw- young man ‘Wlll llii'vl' li’l L‘il'l‘ ill) «tiff 4‘ nil‘ ill“ l'v“-'-l ill 11,}; sight will fo'k and the 01:1er 'nl-ruc to r :lned.»-All.l.,i:‘.nuGazclte all' fast. two at noon and one at night. Act and Mrs. Pirie will be at home on Thurs- day evening at eight o‘clock. Professm ’f‘â€"â€" will also be at home." it's as diflicull to get a man to admit that he shores as it is to get a woman to admit her age. cosir EYESI o it though taiicc Drinking. Let it be remembered that the eyes may be attacked in one case and the 1stomach in the other. while. in others i i'. may be the kidncys. heart. bowels or nervous prostrution. The {remedy is obvious and should be adopt- [ulhas been a great coffee ll.'lll‘l{t‘l‘ and lllCiCL‘ before too. late. case ‘ Quit coffee. if you show incipient dis- 1 €0.80. I it is easy if one can have \veli-boik-il . l’ostum Fluid Colt-e to serve for the hot .morinng bovcrugw. The withdrawal c! ‘lllr‘ (lid kind of coffee that is doing the lliarm and the supply of the elements in. i the l’mlmn which Nature uses to rebuild 'um pmkm illi\\'ll nerve cells. insures a lqnlnk return to the old joy of strength jund health. and it's well worth whil ; to be able again to “do things" and fe .‘well. ’l‘hcrc's a reason for ' POSTUM :- AI.