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.â€" i 1 i i i CHAPTER VLâ€"(Continued). Here John Nobbs, who was at the head of the table, working steadily away at a mighty sirloin. observed that both parties had done better in the nia- ‘trimopial lottery than if that wedding had taken place. “Misself,” he said, “I never give my consent to that match. ‘Tbey'll never goo in double harness,“ I ses to misself, many a time when 1 teen 'em together." “Ah, Master Nobbs, I don't go with you," said Jacob Gale. "Mr. Gervase have a looked too high. 'Tis agcn na- ture for a man to look up to his wife. Lady Sharlett comes of one of the high- est vamilies in the land, and I war'nt she'll make en mind that." "Mis’able proud is Lady Sharlott," said the gardener. ook no more ’count of me than if I'd a hen a mallyshag." Here lotte‘s peculiarities was cut short by the entrance of Mr. Rickmau and Sibyl, ac- companied by Edward Ann-esley and Alice, the latter carrying the two-year- old heir of Gledesworth, whose birthday was being celebrated by a visit to Arden Manor, and a great drinking of healths ensued, accompanied by speech-making, in which Raysh Squire outdid himself, and the bridegroom endured a purga- tory of stammers, blushes, and break- downs. “I can not imagine," Sibyl remarked, when the ceremony was over and the family had left tho kitchen for the gar- den, where they disposed themselves on various seats beneath the apple-trees, now in bloom. “why men, however sen- sible they may be, always look so fool- ish when being marrit ." “Don‘t you think they have cause, Sibyl?" Edward asked; “that a secret consciousness of their own follyâ€"” “Folly, indeed i" laughed Sibyl. “Now the brides would do well to look silly or else sad. Yet they never do. The shyest girl in the humblest class at- ways wears a subdued air of triumph at her marriage. Human beings certainly are the oddest creatures." Here Mr. Rickman expressed a wish, after a long dissertation concerning the gradual evolution of marriage rites from primitive times till now, with some remarks upon such customs as the bride presenting the bridegroom with a whip and the throwing of rice, to see this triumphant look upon Sibyl's face before i++++++++++++++++++++++ Face to Face accesses 0R, GERVASE RICKMAN’S AMBITION. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "She was out in the airden a good hour one day, and she the discussion of Lady Char- ln his reach. Yet it was the sole object of his life, he cared for nothing else. The human side of his character was paralyzed on the day when he lost Alice. it was not only that all his life was cut off from all tender feelings and sundered from the purer influences of hers, but in losing her he had to a certain (‘xient lost Sibyl. and drifted away from those earlier and stronger ties which begin with life itself. Sibyl, the second good genius of his life, was never again on the old terms with him. Whenever they met there was an invisible, impassable barrier between them; perhaps she knew all and despised him, as, he knew, Alice despised him. All his life long, through wealth and power and gratified ambition. he was to hear about the heavy pain of having lost not Alico only, but her rcspmt, of hav- ing won not her love but her hitter scorn. He looked down upon the. Manor, where she was so frequent a guest that he never went there himself without a previous intimation, lost hcy should meet, as it was tacitly under- st<od they Could not, and he yearned for 1h) old days to live again, that he might act. differently. Since he was fated not to win her heart, which he saw clearly now was beyond human volition. he might still have been able to look in her face and see the old tender, friendly look in her eyes; and yet had he re- mained true to his better self, he could never have succeeded as he was to sue- CPed when freed from scruples and rid of the importunities of conscience. He would have lost the world and saved his soul alive. For some moments the old yearning returned with such force at the sight of the pleasant paths in which they had wand-cred together, that be thought he would have been content to remain all his life in that quit-t spot. an obscure country lawyer, with Alicc by his side, with his old father to cure for and Sibyl to take pride in. Not that he did not now take great pride in Sibyl and her increasing literary reputation, but it would have been different if the dark shadow had not come between them. But Lady Charlotte, who had been his wife four months, did not like Arden. Mr. Rickman bored her, she was afraid of Sibyl, and looked down upon them a'l; he knew that she would put them further asunder and himself further and ever further from his noblcr nature. He leaned upon the gate by which he was standing with .ihce on that sum- mer evening, when he uttered those two fatal words, “quite right," and reviewed all that episode in his life, the inclina- tion first, springing from a sordid thought of Alice's fortune, then fostered by the charm of her daily society, and strengthened by the strong purpose with which he pursued every aim, until it beâ€" came a ruling passion, the frustration of which tore away one half of his char- acter. lie had played skillfully and daringly, and he had lost through no folly, for who could dream that a man would rise from the dead to frustrate him? Will, skill, and fate were to him the sole rulers of things human. He did not recognize that nothing can stand which is not built upon tho eternal foundations of truth and justice. Nevertheless, as he continued to gaze on the 01d paternal fields in which he + mured in a brick building, she would aflirm with profound gravity. V “Your godson, Sibyl," Edward said, taking the boy from her arms, “will die when it pleases God, not before. And if he does not live to inherit Glades- worth, it will not be because a. widow cursed his ancestors centuries ago. It may be from his own fault or folly, in- deed, though he is too like his mother to have many faults. Poor Reuben's children, I grant you, may inherit a curse." And so he thought, will Ger- vase‘s, but theirs will be the curse of a crooked nature. Gervase Hickman was then actually walking along the gray-green ridge of down which rose behind the Manor against the pale April sky. Business had called him unexpectedly to Meding- ton. which he still represented, and, leaving his carriage in the high-road, with instructions to wait at the Travel- er's Rest, he descended the slope and walked over the spi'ingy turf, looking down upon Arden and its familiar fields and trees, and upon the wry garden where Alice and Sibyl were making cowslip-balls for the baby Anneslcy. The changeable April day clouded over as he walked and gazed; the blush of vivid green died from the trees and copses ; the plain darken-ed and the sha- dows in the hill-sides deepened. The song-birds were silent; the melan- choly wail of a plovcr drew his atten- tion to a single bird, fluttering as ‘li wounded before him, and trying in its simple, pathetic cunning to draw his attention away from the nest which that very cry betrayed. On the bleak March day when he waited on that down outside the Tra- veller‘s Rest for Alice, he had thought much of the omnipotence of human will, and purposed to mould mankind to his own ends. Then he was an obscure country lawyer, nursing an unsus- pected ambition in the depths of his heart. Now his name was in every one's mouth; he had climbed more than one step toward the height he intended to scale. The minister whose patronage bad so early been his was now in office. He had approved himself to his party as a useful and almost indispensable in- strument, particularly by the services he had rendered in the last general elec- tion which restored the Liberals to power. His financial skill was beginning to be reco nized, his name had weight in financia society, which be affected. Everything he touched turned to gold. Rest. and he sprung into it and was quickly whirled out of sight. The little group at Arden Manor were tranquilly sitting beneath the apple- trees. Mr. Rickman, forgetful of coms and antiquities, was patiently weaving daisy-chains for little Paul, who called him grandfather, and whom he 10ved more than the little Rickman's who came after him; Alice was relating tile family newsâ€"the expected visit of her mother-in-law and Harriet to Gledes- worth, the probability that Major Mc- Ilvray and Eleanor would follow them; Wilfrid's chances of promotion and his intention to marry; the appointment of Jack, the youngest Annesley. to a ship, and the recent visit they had paid to Mrs. Walter Annesley, who was grow- ing weaker day by day; the probability of Edward's retiring from active service. The shadows lengthened and the An nesleys went back to their pleasant home. Sibyl returned to the wedding- party, led the dancing, and listened to the singing, and saw the bride and bridegroom start for their new home at the falling of the dusk. When she was sitting by the hearth with her father that night she mused on the different ways in which human lives are ordered. As days of brilliant Stlll~ shine and blue skies are rare in Eng- land, so are lives of full and unclouded happiness in this world; but. there are many sweet neutral-tinted days full of peace, in which plants grow and birds sing, and the clouds break away into soft glory at sunset. Sibyl's life was like one of these serene days; it was happy and by no means unfruitful. THE END. 'â€"'â€"'§.¢- " DONALD." I'ct Deer of the Famous Forty-Second Highlanders. A regimental pet or a company "mas- cot" plays a worthy and wholesome part in army service. it provides an object 0'1 which the soldier can expend affec- tion and personal care, and binds the men in a common interest. In the long list of the various animals devoted to the camp and barracks, "Donald," the deer, holds a gallant place. AII‘. Archi- bald Forch gives his history in “The Black Watch.” , Donald was adopted by the Royal Edinburgh Castle in 1836. lie was a youngster with tiny antlers, which did not have to be cut then, as they were later. When the regiment went to Glasgow, Donald marched with them. Soon he began to develop mischievous propensi- ties. lie objected strongly to intruders when the company was exercising on Glasgow Green. In 1838 Donald discovered his true role. Without any previous training he took his place at the head of the regi- ment, along side of the sergeantâ€"major. Whether marching for exercise, out- marching in winter, or at guard-mount- ing, Donald was never absent. lie ac- companied the regiment on all garrison field-days, roaming off to feed while the manoeuvres were going on; wandering sometimes a mile away, but always back at his post in time for the march, exâ€" llighlanders when they were ordered to' About the Farm ¢ it+' ++++++++++++++++t++t STARTING AN ORCHARD. The ground for an orchard should my well and deeply cultivated, and free from weeds, well drained, if the soil re- quires it, and moist soils are better for draining, except sandy or light gravel- ly soils with a light subsoil. Such. land may not require draining, but in cicry case it should be well worked and pulverized and enriched. Therefore preparation must be done during the summer so as to be ready for fall (r spring planting. Planting in the spring is preferred, which will enable the trees to take firm hin of the earth and to resist the frost of next winter; but plant- ing may become successful in the au- tumn by protecting the trees so as to, prevent the frost from heaving or mis~- placing them. Select young, healthy and vigorous trees, and from a reliable nurseryman, and, if possible. from a soil similar to: that in which you intend to plant your orchard. The different kinds of apples will depend upon your own choice and the suitability of soil and climate. I advise that the selection be made from the old, tried and reliable kind. The distance apart should not be less than thirty feet, so as to allow the trees room to spread their branches and to form a low and spreading head. Close planting has a tendency to force trees to run up, and prevent the fruit from obtaining its proper color from the sun, and making it more difficult I.) gather the fruit. At the distance of thirty feet apart it will require twenty‘ nine trees to the acre. Before planting the tree remove all bruises and broken roots by cutting clean with a sharp. knife. Lay out your ground in straight lines, so that your trees will be in line each way and at equal distances, thirty feet apart. #f++++++v ?F ORCHARD COVER CROPS. The value of a cover crop of some kind, in the'orchard, is now pretty gen- erally recognized by all up-to-dale fruit growers. The tillOSt successful fruit. growers give their orchards clean culti- vation from the early spring till about the middle or end of July, when treo. growth should cease. A cover crop of some kind is then shown immediately after the last cultivation. Such a crop binefits the orchard by affording pro- tection to the roots if the ground is have of snow in winter, in holding snow as an additional cover when it comes, in checking a late growth of trees in the fall, in taking up plant food from the soil which might otherwise be lost by leaching, and (wave all, by adding to the fertility and friability of the soil when the crop is turned under in the spring. FARM NOTES. lcng. “My dear papa, don't you think I look triumphant enough as it is ‘3” she reâ€" plied. “I exult in freedom; let others hug their chains. Besides, I have you to tyrannize over, so what do I want with a husband to plague?" She looked radiant enough, if not tri- umphant, as she stood beneath the crim- son apple blossoms, with the dappled sunlights dancing over her, tossing the laughing boy above her curly head, her dark eyes sparkling and the rich tints glowing in her cheeks. “Marriage,” she would sometimes say, in answer to such observations as this of Mr. Rickman's, “is not one of my foibles. I like my brother-men and cannot bring myself to make any of them miserable. And I like Miss Slbyl Rickman and her pence of mind, and I like to write what I think, which I could not do if married. Besides, what in the world would people do if there were no old maids?" Edward and Alice knew that they would have been the poorer for her mar- riage, though they often wished it. Both were certain that she had conquered the early feeling which at one time threa- tened to make shipwreck of her happi- ness. and this certitude made their con- stant intercourse with Sibyl very happy. Alice had wished not to live at Gledes- \vorth. She did not care for the state and circumstance of the great house, and was oppressed by its traditions. She would rather have left the property with Paul, to be absorbed by his coni- By his marriage with Lady Charlotte he was connected with half the peerage and was son-in-law to a minister. Lady Charlotte, it is true, was neither so young as she had been, nor be beautiful as she might have been, nor was «she well dowercd. She was known to have a tongue and suspected of hav- ing a temper; but she was a woman who knew the world both of politics and of society, and was the most useful wife a man in his position could possibly have. His ambition, great as it was, was being more rapidly gratified than even he had expected. He had gained the world, and lost his soul. But to-day he no longer believed in the omnipotence of will and energy. He looked down upon the roofs of Arden and thought of the severe check his will had received there; he thought, too, of the unexpectedly favorable conjunction of affairs for him in other respects, and acknowledged another power, which he called destiny. What would the first Napoleon have done, he mused, in peaceful England at this end of the nineteenth century? If he had missed the Crimea and the Mutiny, he might have risen to be a half-pay oflicer; had he been in time for those crises, he might have been reckoned an excellent general, nothing more. ‘ Beyond-the unseen sea behind the hills rising before Rickman's eyes lay a country occupied by a hostile army and torn by revolution. Why had not des- munily‘ or 85531 . _ _ tiny placed him there, where the hour “19,-, but Edwamnsgg,ltocélxfiigggé 11:31, was come, but not the man to rule it? An eager fancy could almost hear the furoff thunder of the war fitfully raging beyond thdt little strip of sea, over whose quiet waters he actually heard the boom of English guns, fired only in peaceful practice, not at IIldSSC‘S of living men. There, in the world‘s Nautiful pleasure city, an agony beyond all the agonies of war was slowly wearing itself out through these pleasant spring months. an agony then hidden within the walls of Paris beleagured by her own children, and never fully to be known. Gervase Rickman gave a pass- ing thought to that tragedy and foresaw the flames and indiscriminate slaughter in which it was before long to terminate, when the Seine literally ran with French blood shed by French hands. the tragedy of an unbridled mob swayed iltfutly by one or two fanatics in possession of a great city, and he wondered at the weakness of those who ought to have ruled. Though he still believed more in men than in institutions. and scorned weak- ness above everything. he did not believe as ho had done that day by the Travel- ler's Rest: his ambition had now risen from the. vague of golden Visions into the clearncss of reality, and he could sea how low was the highest summit with- that such schemes wcie impracticable, that- responsibilities can u t. be evaded, and finally that it. was thci' duty to live, as much as his military life permitted, at Gledesworth, which had now become a charming home, the resort of a wide Circle of friends and kinsfolk. What with the provision for Paul's mother, and the slice taken out for the Dominican's, the Gledcsworth estate was so diminished that. they were not over- burdened with, riches. and had to use economy to meet the charges entailed by the possession of land. As to the heredi- tary curse. Auncsley laughed that to scorn. and had many a merry battle of words with Sibyl upon tho subject. The (muchâ€" “\Yhanne ye lord ys mowed in stonen celle, Glcdesworthc thanno shall broke his spelle." he argued. proved, it anything, its own falsity, since Reginald Anneslcy's atllic- tion ought to have broken the. spell, which nevertheless continued to work upon two successive heirs after him. llut Sibyl maintained that Paul has broken ,the spell in the Dominiciun con- vent. Very likely Reginald had been im- had passed his boyhood and youth, a vague regret for what might have been, had he been only true to himself, rose and mingled with the piercing sense of loss and moral humiliation, which never wholly left him, and he turned from Arden and walked on. Now his face was towards Gledcsworth, which lay unseen behind the down, and he gave one jea- lous passionate thought to the life Alice was living there with Edward Anncsley, who was now no more shunned or shadowed by the reproach of an an proved accusation, and yet another thought to the strange death in life of Paul Annesley. And just then the coast guns boomed over the peaceful waters again, recall- ing his thoughts to the tragedy beyond the sea. The group in the garden be- low heard the same low thunder, and Sibyl made some jesting allusion to the Ai’iiiesley gun, which had just been tri- umphantly tested at Shoeburyness; and Edward thought of the deadly earnest with which French cannon were being fired on the other side of that sunny sea. They did not know that, just then. under the walls of Paris, while some men wounded after a repulse were be- ing placed in an ambulance, a shot from the fort behind them struck a friar who was in the act of lifting the last man, and killed him on the spot. The wounded man groancd when his living support gave way, but other bands raised him, and the ambulance movedaway from the dangerous spot, leaving the dead man behind in their haste. He was one of those. Dominicans, who, from the first outbreak of the war. had been in the fluid with the French armies. In disengaging the slain il‘ltlf‘ from the man he was lifting, they had turned him so that he lay face upwards, ill)‘ arms outstretched as in the restful slumber of youth, his white dress stain- ed criiiisiii over the breast, his eyes closed to the spring sunshine, his scarâ€" red face wearing the sweet and pcacoful smile so often seen in the soldier killed in battle. . 'l'hus Paul Anncslcy's troubled soul passed heroically to its rest. Though they could not know what. was happening beyond the sea, a vague sadness in keeping with the sudden (i\‘CI‘CiOtldlllg of the springr day filled lb..- hearts of those to whom the slain man had been dear. u sadneSs which passed like the cloud itself. Even Gel-vase Rickman felt the pass- ing gluom, and shaking off the gentler memories of- his life, and walking quickly over the sunny turf whci'e the scattered sheep were fouling. he roach-9d i'lt‘ signâ€"post beneath which ilL‘ \vzis standingr when lidwnrd Anncslvy Came singing by ycais ago. There his car- riage was waiting by the 'l‘ravcllrr‘s When a man wants to use his horse. and has to chase him all over his farm in order to catch him, it is evident that either the man or the horse was not brought up right. In the rush of summer work, we often neglect the poultry on the farm. The hens help themselves to the grain that, is handy, eat more than they need, and the result is that a number suddenly die of apopl-exy. Sprinkling lime in a watcr tank will, prevent scum from forming on the water. When the lime loses its strength, and scum begins to gather, wash out‘ the tank and renew the lime. Twice in a season will suffice to keep the water pure and wholesome. The women folks of the family should steer clear of the many face powders and washes that are made these days, to make one look young. They are all' frauds, and many of them worse than that. The pure air and water of the farm, with the right kind of diet, will keep the complexion far more beauti- [‘1' than will any of the mixtures sold for this purpose. It is impossible to urge too strongly upon the breeder who would meet with, the greatest measure of success, the practice of a rigid and judicious selec- tion of both sire and dam, but more par- ticularly of the sire, as it has often been said, and rightly, that he foams half of the herd. First, decide upon the type of animal you wish to produce; second, ret your ideal well fixed in; mind, kegiiiiig it constantly before you, and finally, breed so as to gain that: cept on one occasion. H-e mistook his regiment and trotted along ahead of the 79111. He presently discovered his error, and became uneasy and arrogant. When the company turned off to their barracks Donald re- fused in accompany them, and the colo- nel ordered six men to hand their mus» kcts over to their comrades, and to es- cort the deer back to his own Royal bri- gade. lie never made a similar mistake. When the regiment was on guard duty at the castle Donald always went with it, making his way easily through the crowd in the streets. If any one inter- fered with him he gave chase. One sad day Donald's regiment went abroad, and the deer was handed over to a new company. These successors did not understand him. They did not give him littcr for his bed or oats for his dinner, and he soon declared war against the whole regiment. A brigade trooper hardly dared cross the square if Donald was in sight. At last he be- came so ill-tempered it was decided to turn him loose in a park. Ilis lordship who owned the state promised to look well after Donald‘s comfort. Twenty-two years later the lieutenantâ€" coloncl of Donald's old regiment return- ed to Glasgow, and one of the first things he did was to inquire after the company's deer. The story which was told him was a melancholy one. From the day he was set free in the park he declined to have anything to do with man or beast. He became so fierce, and so many complaints were entered against him, that at the end of two ideal animal in, selecting breeding am. yum-5 he was ShUt' mats that corneas near to it as it ’5' -~Inâ€"â€"- possible to gel. Any abnormal peculi- . . , N .. arities of the animal organization con- 1m“ “LMEDY leEASL' stituting disease, whether of structure . . ,- ' , ' w i”; ll‘ to ‘ transmitted Certain Occupations Practically Cure 0‘ [Human (“L H” m from parent to offspring. .___.x.- FOR ARMORIAI. BEARINGS. There are sufficient people in Eng; land and Scotland paying an annual; tax imposed by the inland revenue up-. (ii the use of armorigl hearings to pro- duce a sum of $350,001) each year. The Some Kinds of Disease. “It is a curious thing." said a scien- tist to the writer recently, “but certain occupations are practically the remedies of certain diseases. “Shepherds enjoy remarkable health. The peculiar odor noticeable about sheep seems to drive away disease. “The men and women who work grout bulk of this sum is paid by the among lavender. gathering it or dis- pmple who care not an atom either titling it, seldom have neuralgia or ner- vous headache. Lavender, moro'ivci', is good for givingr tone to the system. “liiiiployos in brmvcries, taiiiicries and printingâ€"ink factories are immune from consumption. 'l’urpentinc \\'v')l‘i\'S and rope works are a protection from rheuâ€" matism. And, in coucliisieii, workers in copper mines need not fear typhoid." about their family or their arms, but pay the tax regularly simply because .they have carriages «iI‘ plate heraldical- ly drcoratcd. The really old families oft tilt realm. however, use armorial emb- li-mg for decorative purposes to an ex- tent almost incredible in the eyes of flu-so familiar with them only on note pup-‘1', table silver and carriage panels A hog is a fair-legged animal that drosii‘t, know better than to act like Some human beings do. v 5‘ The population of the t'niled States will apparently be double its present proportions by the year lit-£2. /