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fl++++++++++#;+++++4 «H ;-¢ ;__ , , N 2‘ ޢ++++++++++++++++++++++H++++++++++++++<H~W CHAPTER XXVIII.â€"~(Cunt'd). [at hi§ pale“, Worn face, full to cry- “Take my Compliments to Miss Leake. I particularly wish to see her,” he said to a servant, who returning next; minute requested him to walk upstairs. '“I want to speak to little. Crep- tcn,” was the manner and fashion of his salutation to Judith. “Will you let me see her here?” . you let me see her here?” . “Little Crepton is at this minute engaged in a very interesting conâ€" versation with Dr. Duvard,” an- sxiered Judith, with a. smile. “I imagine they are making up a. lov- ers' quarrel, and will get through the performance better Without our assistancef’ and as she concluded, the elderly man and the young wo- man, to both of whom such things seemed but as sad, dreamy memorâ€" ies of a lovelier and brighter shore looked into each other’s faces, and smiled mournfully. “Sit down," said Judith, after a pause. “Dr.,Duva1'd will'call in here as he comes down, and we can then send him back for her. I dare then sendhim back for her. 1 dare say he will not object to execute the commission.” “So he is smitten there?" re- marked Mr. Gartmore, taking a chair. “Poor fellow!” “Yes, he has caught the infec- tion,” said Judith. “It is one few escape; and though the hearts of Some can be healed after the ordeal they are, to my thinking, never worth the having; there is a deal said against first love, Mr. Gart- more, but I believe in none other.” “Do you believe in love at all?" he inquired.‘ ' A “Do I believe in Heaven 2” she answered. “The capacity of the human heart for love, I believe to he as large as its capacity for suf- fering, and that is awful!” “And does he really care for her?” asked Mr. Gartinore, with slight relevancy to his last ques- tion. “Yes; it is first love on both sides. They were to have been married long ago, only he dreaded dragging her down to poverty. He is very poor still; and there really seems _ AL___,- is Ll- R...L...~-,. “.AnAinm room, and flinging herself across her bed, wept such scalding tears as seemed as though they had been poured from some demon’s caul- dron, not wrung fminany mortal heart. Dust and ashes Zâ€"love, hapâ€" piness, fame, wealth! She had tcuched them allâ€"and this was what they crumbled to under her fingers. It was only the bitterness of the contrast which struck home to her So forcibly’ and suddenly. that she 'could not subdue the promptings of her rebellious heart, but felt her- self constrained to lie there weep- ing, till the fit was over and the fountain dry. At last shc arose. and bathed her ex es, and re-entered the apartment. As she crossed the threshold, she heard Mr. Gartmore say, in a some- \\hat excited tone, “It really strikes me, young people, you have waited far too long already; I in- sist upon its taking place at once. ’ Then Judith know they were to be married immediately, and that Mr. Gartmore was going to help them on in the world. “Yes ; it is first love on both sides. They were to have been married long ago, only he dreaded dragging her down to poverty. He is very poor still; and there really seems no chance of his fortunes mending, unless,” she added, laughingly, “you could get some fine, fanciful lady to ‘take him up’ and make him the fashion. You had better, however, not recommend him to Sir John Les‘mck‘s attention; as I feel however, 11 John Leb‘u quite surv onet- and h were given him to p] gout,” gr “but stay doctor. hi mean Mi: man, don by your i wish. No ton agam, her here. you knuw Charles (H mode lowed c shouldel 131:: sole tears. with hm and a u sun-e in more. In 0]] 1310 son), an ocean at tears. Very timidly s with her heart throhbin and a Culnl‘ in her face, sture in her eye:; but more, more kindly and ‘ ly than was his wont. ta tice (If her embarrassn duced her, furmally, to â€"â€"mutioncd her to a. sea tice of h duced her Elll‘pl‘ : and M A SHAMWED mm; M Ah enoug nidly Alice came in, fol- sely by one, on whose he had wept out, poor lit- an ocean of repentant ai‘y timidly she entered, Lieart throbbing violently, ur in her face, and a moi: her eyes; hm; ‘Mr. Gartâ€" re kindly and considerateâ€" as his wont. taking no no- er embarrassment, intro- , formally, to Miss Leake (1 her to a seat on the so- 116 ‘ away and s (3 would poison the bar- daughter, if the chance nim, without the slight~ of conscience.” great mind then to send cribe for my brother's led out Mr. Gartmore; were he comes. Well, is your atient? ‘I Cropton; here, there, look so foolishâ€"I see l] Or, The Curse Of The Family he added, noticmg t altogether like his 53, “to order young 11' all ext t ut is as you could up to Miss Crepâ€" )' I want to see ellow's privilege, wha _\' 0 u Cl‘lG th little one, ‘ur book." I. and a. blight. and her face, Mr 1k \Y E +++++++++++¢++§¢¢§++++ 18 [ycur earnings as readily ten years ‘hcnce, little lady!” said Mr. Gart- more, dashing down, with 'one worldly sentence, a whole goblet of sweet expectation, and love, and hope, and faith. and trust. For an instant Dr. Duvard looked reâ€" proaclifully at himâ€"but then, as in careless of appearances as she had been, folded the girl to his breast, as thou h he would, by this simple action, ave shielded her constancy and purity, even from suspicion. “There, there, don’t be angry, / said Mr. Gal-tmorc, deprecatingly, “I did not mean to grieve you; only having had a. hand in the get- tmg of the money, I thought I had a right to make what comments I chose on the-way in which it was spent, What say you, Miss Leake‘!” added he, turning towards the chair she usually occupied, but it was empty. Silently she had stolen from the room, and flinging herself across he: bed, wept such scalding tears as seemed as though they had been poured from some demon’s caul- dron, not wrung from-any mortal heart. Dust and asheslâ€"love, hap- piness, fame, wealth! She had tcuched them all~and this was w , , had seen her husband. who was on the eve of starting; off for \Vales; and being subsequently informed of his arrival there, Judith ventured to stir outâ€"to drive away miles and miles from London-â€"t0 breathe once more the pure fresh air of heaven ~â€"-to feel again, even for a few min- which she One day and even 'whilst- her disease making greater strides than she looked betteljbhap she had it she had It mg the her ir mont 0088-11 ( )ienbly )Il( CHAPTER XXIX ange 1m mt. am put fox“ mind“ 1 OW.E n Mi l'BV o nge her 1 unwonted ‘1lst- her d15( M applau and YO ll [IS Duva. will giv 1din ten threshold, she say, in a. some- 3, “It really ople, you have already; I in- 'es as she had to his breast, by this simple her constancy n suspicion. he told her he es bemg calL y declaring it; surgeon, and unend her at most eminent â€"between up- angel's, pajnt- l' ‘ ,. . E11:â€"â€"of a trutl XIX‘ fi And as J went abroadlrose and we 1t it she fresh life holiday ; case “'85 Her sful her nd had ures 1nd ast 1n all th( her." young wife one day, works should be so cut Lo they are in many papers clam-re I get quite angry; grieve and vex her to su our se tence never man ( \li And as Judxth concluded. she", rose and would have walked over1 to the window. but a pair of twin- ing arms were around her, and Alice was crying outâ€" “Oh! you know he” I am surcA you do. Are you the? Are you Mrs. Spierson‘?" “Not Mrs. Spierson, nor yet Miss Leaks, Ahce,” was the reply; “but your most wretched cousln. Judlm exclaimec spoke, JL health; you will be near and the Very servants need know you are in the house llsten to a'ny objection; 3 come away the minute you ter.” And the result of the matter was that Mrs. Duvard carried her point and bore Judith off in triumph to her own house, where. with care‘ and attention. and skill. another pause was obtained in the march of the terrible disease which was kil- Mazingford.’ “Sit down agam me, a tale which Ali ceptedâ€"for th writing hersel the atmospher fice and the ‘ that and eave an ng her Once am“ She :\nd is numc un mex‘ ‘ heart as the tone spoke of “the low woman she had Dev 0 good her books and I have me, 5 she went out with a shout hich Alice wished to get acâ€" â€"for though she had done g herself, yet still she liked mosphere of a. publishing of- 1d the associations with lit- 106 Judith 'cing her plje All unconscm 2 talked too nmch~uow ” she muttered. again â€" never â€" never ou shall come home with I will nurse you back to on will be near Charles; \li Alice afterwards it hance which led ht at that particular 1 mp5 it might have : were noi that' 'h we style “char 11nd totter you look so pal 2e; and even as .Ves )I M ice! 1 puin ham day. 10 \l 1t ry; it mus' ) such a. de )n ,0 a. chau‘. muchwuow had done 'it as nev vam “- m W111 mev 1th a 1X 3. 1 won I you shall SHE came, on the the re- scar ther her I‘h felt 1E In India there exists a class of laborers generally described as “nowgunnies,” or professional stone carriers, who, owing to their capacity for hard work, are in great demand for such enterprises as; this. They are of pow'erful phy- sique and possess considerable stamina. They will work for ten hours a day and transport from 70 to 150 pounds of stone 3. man. They form gangs according to the char- acter of the work in hand, ranging from two, four, eight, twelve to sixteen men a unit. Although such transportation seems somewhat slow in compari- son with the possibilities of hand- ling plants, yet they prosecute their task very energetically and the Perhaps oxivn fath llfe and fr duced Mr: the strang St. Paul’s 'w no IS demanded “Don't fn Laborers _ Recently an interesting water im- poundlng scheme has been carried to successful complctlgp musouth- ern India at the Mari-Kanave gorge upon the Vedarati River in Mysore State. ' When constructional work was in full swing more than 5,000 natives were employed and the undertaking offered a. novel and interesting exâ€" ample of the cheapness of manual labor as compared with the mechan- ical appliances. In India there exists a class of ling plants, yet they prosecute their task Very energetically and the scale of pay, ranging froin 10 to 16 cents a. man a day. and so low as to render such labor far cheaper than mechanical transport: Indeed, a complete installation of the latter was laid down. a cable being stretched across the gorge over the site, bringing the stone direct from the quarries on the hillsides to the site ready for setting! hut this had to be abandoned owing to its being far more expensive than the “now- gunny” labor. These men carried the masonry from the end of the railroad track connecting the site of the barrage with the quarries to its destination and placed it in position. Loss Costly {0 Pro“ Plant New STONE CARRIERS OF INDIA. A new applu may be mad try policy. maybe exp may be expanueu like the following: prevent forest fire: many thousands of of valuable timber) remedy the evil by to fill the places of When the lower figure is taken a- the basis of calculation, the planting of one square mile will Oust $3.200; to plant ten square miles will require $32,00,0 and the planting up of a township six miles square (area, thirtyâ€"six square miles) will require the expenditure (1 $115,200. Such figures are apt to make one stop and think before advocating extensive planting.’ The cost to the Dominion Governâ€" ment of patrolling the Railway Belt in British Columbia during the last fiscal year (April lst, 1907, to March 3lst, 1908) amounted to $14; 111.64. The area of the Railway Belt is a little over ten million m-rm, The cost. then. of patrolling Five dollars p mum price given for forest tree price ranges f1" cost $3.200; to 1 miles will require planting up of a t square (area, t Mar 111.! Belt acre thi 11 11" W 1' XI '1' am Wile" the G UARDING VS. GROWING. .6-1. TIN It is a lit ~es. The c s tract \V 1' acre, or 1211' th ejects ingly‘ 7 vont dth reventlon areply \content, 11 ,ps it was Lthcrâ€"of dollars per acre is the mini- rice given by forestry experts rest tree planting; and the ranges from this up to $u re and more. n the lower figure is taken ‘ basis of calculation, the t know, m the othe led about 5d up a hedl‘al. (To be With Whom Machi (‘annot Compote. o tln n leg that said the old It 1 is better than cure.” ltiOl] of the old saying : in considering foresâ€" n this case the saying IS and 1 ontinucd.) ith fires (and ; of dolla- ltleman 3f dollars’ wort 1') than to try t‘ )y planting tree of those destroy 1 1T} ct Forosfis Than nought 0t r disappoint avm‘s. that Ones. )1' W'h the masonry railroad track )E the barrage its destination ition. £133 a class of described as professiqngl nto someth It. is better 3V Ju 1t 1- \x‘itixxyxxtffi+‘k+#§+++§+9 HHHHH h turn 11)e inery th fl++++¢¢ «0+4» & § +++++o++¢ THE GREATEST CALLING. The best thing a that no man living is to learn regardir thing: studies himself. his methods, his [fields his stock, his implements land his family, with now and then ;a brief survey of his bank account, [and then makes broad comparisons [with the best that is being done lelsewhere, he finds it reasonably geasy to measure his rate of pro- igress. N0 farmer stands still; gei- ither he is going ahead or he is g" â€" ling; backwards. Too many farmé's ’ do not realize how fast they are 3 - ‘ ing backwards until some day the {awaken to find their s‘oil impover- ished and their fields full of wee s, their buildings decayed or th ir stock lacking in health, thrift )r selling quality. How very oft one sees all of these calamiti s most bramh on two legs thoroughly equipped intellectual giant. finds ample scope on the farm fox all his powers. Truly farming is a Godâ€"given industry“ a. divine calling! No other industry or call- ing in the whole worldzappcals to the affectiens of man so strongly or stirs up their hatred so successfulâ€" lyi Some people condemn the farm“) and farming, while other peoples praise the farm and rejoice in be:- ing farmers. Are both classes right- Many farms are not farmed right- Many farms are not Iarme‘a or cultivated or managed with thb slightest regard for their require-g ments, while countless farmers are merely Jifsoil robbers," who do not know the most elementary prin- me km cip ple till time only the failuresâ€"the farms that are not cultivatedâ€"are offer- ed as proof. It is time we heard the last of criticism of the agriculturâ€" ist, but a. little criticism of the ab- riculturist will do him good. Conâ€" demn not the calling. Every form- th Vhile the horoughly jant. finds stock lacking in health, thrlft selling quality. How Very oft one sees all of these calamiti s overtake the farmer at one tim . ’Tis a pity and yet the pity of i ’tis true. Jet us be of the number that having once put their hand to the plow goes forward to the path of progress. The path is plainly blazed and he who runs may read. It was not; so in the days of our forebears; they did not enjoy the privileges of the valuable research that has been and is being carried on by private individuals and pubâ€" 1;,. mummian 'l‘hev have gone for our work and our rewaru wm be sure. Modern, as well as anciâ€" ent research, are some of the blessâ€" ings fqr which we farmers should feel grateful. It has promoted the standing of the farming profession until it can no longer be gainsayed or denied that farming is the great- ect calling in the worldâ€"Maritime Farmer. foot<pr1nts progress, I for our we be sure. 1 ant» researt \Vhile pigs they will ha!“ Any wéakn great ob-jecti‘ Whenever 1 ward he is lo It will not 1mp< fitab fihau DE The 1 man HE 1113.1] ads 3 mlrr eakness 2 SOlnG growtl nd ba xealth ( int poi mething about it. An ugâ€" t may be anything from a. philosopher; he may have tiers and the tastes of a. v he may be the highest of Christian civilization. is everything; and every- pends upon the man. The inless creature that walks :gs can usually manage to living out of a rich soil, 3 best: trained and most as? the Farm ;utions but th THE PIG PEX gigs may live on grass, hardly thrive on it alone. akness in the legs is a. ection in a breeding pig. er the Dig: is going back- KNEW \VHY tion - the losin tt alv 1f 11‘dmg it us follow, xi‘ith and our reward SO W h 1113 p) 15' 1n ng. Every farm- that he may have his wrong 111e- h‘im. When he liS methods, his his implements Jut farming is news all there MK la“. P13 owner m do to con lazy and )mnt but al of vmilk 1id NIH ave gt ,eft th I lead 11 mom ll‘CB tn mom pro 111 11' it