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Hug» .._-,_ ‘rwâ€" .â€"â€"â€"â€"- love llcpt e 1.? t? i‘ v :4" ,1“ v: s.» n, : ‘ CHAPTER X. Threedays David passed in l’araâ€" 'disc,nnd then of his own volition plunged into torment; three days he ived upon his discovery made amid the blooms of the Little Man, accesses Or, The Girl With the Nut Brown Hair and Dreamy Eyes. WQW l WAWWWW llS Milli; M viction, knew, and still staggered onward towards the night. From the beginning to the end there was no respite, the battle was one admitting of no truce. Hour by hour, day after day. the strug- gle was waged fiercely, with grim .dcsperatico, in the sanctuary of . . , his own room, or the completcr soli- ahlpowner With 0“” attuned only! tudo of the moors that link the to the chink of gold. In a moment‘ mountains with the sea. at one, of exaltation he ventured from the‘ period a fight for faith,' a mum. pleasant l’y'wa‘ys 0f the present .i‘l' the purity of a flag, at another the,‘ gitgg. 1?;anfigtrlggffilfilggDiana: agouizing conflict of a soul1 seeking} I ' , |_, 0V \1 turned to the life he was about to, :21. 83100123525? E]; 1511:9368“? and’ 2 ‘ofi'cr her},1 and,rlo! it shrivelledf Ell) thoughDavid still sought comfort fvcn as e “’01‘ “‘8 measure 0 “3,111 the idea that he was acting for eifiiht:ntd broadgh- d‘ lilargry’s sake, it), was bgtla sRaL a yester av was so goo oar ction, ower css to e p. mâ€" and so big suddenly became dwarf~ bition only pwas the compelling, ed, pitifully insignificant. Now he force, bqgfin to 506 the thing 0i \Vthh Through it all, too, he remained ichael Strang had spoken. The alone. In his environment there. fleet his fathers had labored to was no visible change, outwardly, build and he had been so proud_to all'remained as it had been; Bella 2:113, gig-201:5: alinbiutngnve pfabtrigs waging/d 1113033118 needs das oft oldi " l l '11 e an ‘a ’n an came an wen an algeblo think 05 lg». his hinges WhiCh talked pwhcn opportunity offered; a. can so satis ping, ia ecu in ery truth his home, was by com- arisonâ€"God help the man who inâ€" ulges in comparisons~only half as -big as Sleddlemere. Yesterday in his life. he had de-I cted nought to dissatisfy, no rea- son for revolt, its quiet had pleas- ed him, so that he had not even known that it was quiet, but now what a meagre ineonsequent thing it seemed. How could he drag Margery from the stately calm of Sleddlemere to the hum-drum stag-L nation of Wybern. For her sake it was clearly his duty to aspire to a.‘ larger, a Wide? “'56- There was no harm in a chat, he ' Moreog'tel‘. témygh gargettg’ must}; would just ask for a little advice,‘ 1'1 8 ma 61' 0 “13 C “410 '1‘, 1‘11“ for a few details as to how the first, yet he also had himself to con- thing could be managed, and then, , alder. It was not just that he should . if he didn’t like it, he could let it and at the end sunk to the sordid . level of commercialism, became the painâ€"drawn face, which made them fear for his health, they were ab~ solutely cut off from him. His was the isolation of the silent man. A word, a sentence, just the exposure of a. corner of his secret, and a lit- tle army all sufficient for his salâ€" vation would have been at his coni- niand. But though David desired the peace which passcth all under-l standing, he craved for the wages! of sin, and st. he set a. seal upon his lips, nor removed it until, un-I der the shelter of the night. he took: Counsel with Michael Strang. ' l l l l l but, save for the tale of his white! stand still. The Graham fleet had drop, one “up: Pa)’, 0V9“ less than Chalk: A gutterng candle held above his; 01‘ 3 beginning. and Why ShOUld'head, Michael peered into the‘ he PXPaDSlQn of the busmess cease , blackness of the narrow street, so 30‘” YES, 1'5 W819 Clea? that Mich-l narrow that only the smallest of ael Strong was in the right. This the boys dcigned to use it for hop- ' was not a, doubtful ambition from step, and jump, and when be dis- “411591 he Ollght t0 1‘11“ away, but cerned the figure of David Graham an ideal to be courted and won- On second thOughts, moreover, the task would not be difficult ci- ‘ ther. There was no trade like that i ships and heights for making ortunes-aud making them quick~ ly~quickly-â€"quickly. Ah, there was the rub. David dug his hands into his palms, his pulse beat madly, per- spiration gathered upon his brow in clammy beads, on the shadow screen of imagination there loom-l ed his father’s face, upon his ears the words of his father’s parting gen. fcll brokenly and his own pro-g use of surprise, but whether it was? lgeuuine or mere affectation cannotl be declared. His face was ever al perfect mask for the concealment of his thoughts. ‘ “Good evening, Mr. Graham, good evening, this is indeed a pleaâ€" ,sure,” he suavely exclaimed, smil- ing sleekly the while. “You’ll honv or my home by coming in, won't you ‘1" Responding with alacrity to the invitation, for he feared the over- his host in the gloomy hall and fol~ lowed him into the sittingâ€"roomH where, though the night was chill, no cheering firelight glowed and, their shadows ran up the walls and‘ lay along the ceiling. given in the presence of eath. Out of the living past they came to help or to condemn. Now indeed he had come to grip l. ith Life, now he was in the throes gt a soul conflict, the God llli‘lll Ill AnchCl- “’ord of “vclcorne‘ the 0f. little with his Bad self. This, to,f,.,. of a chain and Strung was he man who disdained his home as'about to Seat himself also, but, af_ looking of prying eyes, David joined ,’ uiet and his days as commonplace l ter a moment‘s hesitation, he grud« trangc how life deals With 1391‘ gingly declared that the occasionl children, with what strictest agility j demanded a little more illuminationl she meets them. No SOOYlQl‘ lladuand proceeded to light the lamp.l David Graham rebelled R3313)“ ll‘eiThen he turned the back of his calm of his home than it bccmue‘chair to the rays, so that his face - the centre of distraction, nosoonermhuuld have the shade, and NJ repined against the tl'anqllllll‘." 0f: sought the reason of the call. l his (la-3'5 than he fmmd them fmtlk David shifted uneasily, and, af-I ing with agitation. _ tor a halting attempt, blurted outâ€"l For the soothing of his angeri‘d “Well, the fact is, Mr. Strantr conscience, the casing of the l'OUgll‘l I‘ve been thinking about the Lilie‘ enecl road dipping steeply (lu‘l‘n ‘0, business, about which we‘ve been the nether Plains. he sought at the;lalkiug lately, and I vvould like a itset to persuade himself that little further conversation on the ck was really white, and \\'l'|.‘11l>‘lsuhjcrt.“ ing the essence of righteousness; “ML (.Xa‘ctly‘n Strung it conscience is not to be so easily} with sumothin}; which efoolcd, and at nu period in the, first cousin to‘a sneer; “you naut onflll't had he all." “USCGHCl‘l‘UI‘nladvice, and so, like the \vorthv as to the nature of the isSiH-s in-f gentleman in the Scriptures let Volvod. He saw distinctly that the m9 >99 Xiok-â€"â€"Nickâ€"Nieholas,l no " expansion which had SfltlcllL‘ll lllSl Xishodcluus, all, that was the per: fathers had been a natural process, i sou. yell conic bv iiiclitwvi‘cll, nev- and that the thing: \Vbcreut be him- or mind. .‘lr. lla‘vidfvou'vc an cm-l sell proposed to aim was l'CVUlll‘iinefif precedent to plead, and hch tlon; that they had addcd ship to im- l|\' night than no: at all. You ship during long ,l't’ill‘S of “allng ' (munc'iu thc night in search of linit,‘ and accumulation, wherein he hm 1.3, not bad that. is it? Ha ' u'oulll all-‘lllllml ROM for flcct. that ’ lm‘ Well now, in what way can all their dealings had bccu conduct-‘ servo \‘llll K ed M lines in. mcihlulical caulimnl David opened his lips to roplv, ad that ill lllS hcurl there-was the‘ but “my “new pin-Chm] and 11,,t mid witness of bible. HP knew, (“0“(lu‘ \tHil‘clS he wale hqu back; not Unit lllc ‘le was wrong, butumx sylcvcll he had marsllallcd for. Jth hurl" '(l“”“*1‘d"‘l ‘FQRX‘N “3 the ni‘ullsiull had fled. But Strung: 31mm 1.. “(“lllll always does, \vllcre~‘ \\l_|1'.l.l not see his confusion. and by hie mul might lid-Scared and: 5mm l)» hall himself prettv well in} other li\'c.<_ 3451\lli‘tl and backed hc~~ hand “mg”, l i ‘ ynlltl l‘t'llllll‘. l\(.lt“-§' tllifi \Vlllbl “\ld‘il‘d‘l‘,“ he stummered, “the; out malmc aduusaiwur' of the cowl more I think about it the more in-' replied, was surely i 1the new," tunes clined I am to your opinion that Allerdalc ought to be cqual lo a Line as wcllas Brnnsty or Nether- port, andvof course you’ll under- stand I'm not \‘cry particular about it, but still if it can be done I don’t see why I shouldn’t attempt it. Now what would you advise as a, startl I am afraid I can't hope for much out of the methods on which my"â€"no, his father must be kept out of the businessâ€"“on which we. have hithcrto worked, and I’ve thought that you might not mind telling me how you‘that isâ€" telling me a little of the mcthods cznploycd by other houses." There was no mistaking the snccr on the thin lips now, nor mistak~ ing the flash of unholy joy burn- ing in the crucl cycs; but when Dav vid dared a look the facc of thc man of whom he sought guidance was beaming with benevolent pity. “My dear young friend," Strung rubbed his clauulikc fingers round and about each other, “I quite un- derstand you, quite. I may say that I am not at all surprised to hear you prefer, such a request, it is most reasonable, yes, most reaâ€" sonable; in fact, if you will permit me to say so, it is exactly the re- quest that a youth with the world at his feet might be expected to make, and I consider that it does you extreme credit." David’s heart beat responsivcly to the master touch, there was at least one person in the world by whom hr was understood. “Now, let us sce," Strung went on, “let us sec how and where we stand. The. case, I take it, is sim- ply this. You are the owner of an estate which has been worked by your ancestors upon a philanthroâ€" pic rather than upon a commercial basis, Hitherto-you will pardon ime saying it, won't you ?~hithcrtn, ,ymi have. been, so to speak, in lead- ing strings, but. now you have reached an age which justifies you in Untying the knots and assuming a. position of independent control, and as any other brainy young man sof business would do, you are inâ€" quirng whether the old way has been the right one, that’s all." David’s head was erect new; eyes aglow, lips parted, he was gazing into the charmer’s face. Thus the serpent and the dove. “It goes without saying,‘ the purring voice went on, “that you are inspired by the very worthy desire to maintain the traditions of your house, and. speaking as one who has had some practical know- ledge of ships and sailors, I venture to suggest that this can still be done, and at the samelime that you as owner, can obtain that which is your due." What, David, surely not a smile! “Thcre have been occasions when l at the step he made a. great shoulyour father and I haic not seenl eye to eye, but, my dear Mr. David, 1 always honored him, and~I have always cherished his memory. But, after all, deeply though I respect- ed his aims, my judgment compel- led me to regard him as a mistaken man. father allowed his away with his head. “I admit that there are ships sailingr every day out of Allerdale under-manned, unscaworthy, and with poorly icd crews; but your ships are not merely wellâ€"manned, they are overâ€"manned; your ships are seaworthy, and they could be made equally so at an expenditure which would put several hundreds a year into your pockets; and as for your crewsâ€"poohvthey are not heart to run only properly fed, you are gorging: them, pampering than to a ridicu- lous extent. “You have askcd for my adviceâ€" herc it is. of salt junk and duff, but don't run have enough sailors, but not too many, they are only in each othch way, and if a ship does go down there are so many more lives need~ lesst wasted"â€"â€"a capital "and don’t waste money on repairs that are not called for, the :lllpS won't sail any better for it, they won't carry more cargo, and they won't float any longer 11) a storm. ‘ Grcedily. lluvid listcncil to the, advice tendered him, but his heart beat madly against its walls as he heard this other voice proclaim the ccunplctcncss of his surrender, the renunciation of all the principles he had promised to protect. "You abandon nothing, you mercâ€" ly modify, made the old conform to: (.‘nlbl. cvcn' Strung in assured him, and thcn lest he should betray his own cagcrncss and some his prcy, he sugccslcd that. having rcgarll to all the vir- clinutdlfi't‘S, it Would perhaps alien all be bcttcr to let the matter (ll'up,’ Better to lot auolhcr have the furâ€" tunc and the honor. brltcl’ to got on in the old, (ld wava though the old, old way \vcrc bfl’JlPllllllg to; he dcrpiwdâ€"than to l‘lsh’ the loss of that which David value. No i Yl-i‘j.‘ would think it Certainly he might m. good. Mr. m i-r, \ cry good, “ again to: It The fact is, Mr. David, your~ Give your men plcnty’ stroke: that, Mr. l‘dichacl Strung, capital 4 sccmcd to; llm id, lanolhcr chat, and any cxpcricncc the, Mr. Strung, had acquircd was at his service. It was very likely that a few points in atldililn to those he had mentioan might rc- :cur to him, and if so he would be happy to pass lhcm on. Goodnight. Goodnight. lorsonth‘. 'Tis Mich- incl strain: that bids. good night: lAnd aficr that? Liston to him now, with the bolts of his door shot homo and David Graham on the outer sirlc. Lislcn to him as he stands alone in his barc miserlike room, with the yel- low glare of the lump licking his sallow face. “He'll think it over; oh. yes. he‘ll think it over, and he‘ll go my way when he's done his thinking. wants to make money and still reâ€" main as saintly as his dccply-reâ€" ‘spcctcd father«vandvvâ€"l'vevâ€"lold » him~toâ€"â€"do~it. A little immcent counsel on the judicious warming of ships and the treatment of crows; by-and~hy we’ll talk of the trimming of cargoes and the ad vantages of insurance; after that of other things. . . . And then I'll crush himâ€"~crush Punkâ€"crush him." The man ground his heel into his resounding hoards. “I’ve waited for this hour,“ continued in a highâ€"pitched voice, “waited for it years and years, waited in longing and always with confidence. The Graham tribe has had its day. and now mine has dawned. For years they have flaunted their flag of righteousness in my face; they have made their moncy, and the addle~patcd public has favvned upon them, patted them on the back and sung itself hoarse in their praise, while I have got naught but kicks and evil looks. But at last the tables are turned; this is my hour, mine, mine, mine. When David Graham leaves my clutch his name will be a. thing on ‘which men shall pour their curses, and the fame of the father shall be forgotten in the infamy of the Son." Slowly his speech ended, he .turned and began to pace the boards. Once he paused to extinguâ€" ish the lamp and relight the can- dle, and then back to his walk again, over the floor, chair to setâ€" tee, and back again. Thus, until the candle flared upward and then sank fecbly down into its socket. As Michael Stiang gropcd for the door, he mutteredâ€" “Toanorvow I must begin to look for my tools.” (To be continued.) l l in ._â€"_.__.. SLAVE TRADE IS ACTIVE. British Warships Arc ll‘cw on the Red Sea Coast. The slave trade is becoming inâ€" ,creasiugly active in the southern ’part of the Red Sea and in the East African waters. This is atâ€" tributed entirely to the reduction of the British squadrons in these waters. From Adcn to the British flag is ‘scldom scen at all. the Mozambique nowadays very 0n the other jhand, the German cruisers are in- creasing in number in these waters. and pay frequent. visits to ports where the White Ensign was forniâ€" ,crly the only familiar naval flag. ‘ The secretary of the British and Foreign Antiâ€"Slavery Soeiety stated greceiitly that there was no doubt :that slavery was on the incrcasc ‘despitc the fact that Mr. hit-Kenna {in the British House of Commons {declared that after making inquirâ€" “has he was lcd to belicvo that there l trade. “Just about the time that continued. in tho lslavc tradc, owing to the fact that 'ihc guardsliip now stationed at Aden, HALE. Philomcl, is absolut- ‘cly out of date, slow, and useless. “While the l’hilomcl can only do about ten knots, the slavc dhows which race in and out oi the polls can do ucarly fifteen. "There is anothcl‘ usclcss guard- ;:~lil)) at llcrbcra, on thc Somaliland 1coast, which communicates with the l’hilomcl by wireless tclcgrupliy. The mmcmculs of llicsc ships arc thud been a great increase ‘known to all llic slzuc dealt-rs, \vho' pursui- their trade with impunity," ‘ a, ._ 7-. w- i wfllw l.lf\ll'l‘.\'l’l()XS ()l' ROYALTY. The late King Oscar of Suction “as the l<,~:i.~l vmncntiuual of “lunâ€" au-lis. but he had to courtesy to .custom. nevvrxhr-lcss. ‘ The King, and Mon>icur l'louuicr, the lmlnuist. out as ‘<ll‘llllf.tl‘l‘>, \\‘ilil(' Ii‘vilt ill :t’lll'L‘ll Hi llui‘.‘('l‘.\ lll‘Hl' Stockholm. 'l‘lu'y “(YO mm; 1}“. but of il‘it‘lltl~. and Bonnier 51.14. gush-d lunch at lll\ inn. "Come immi- uilh iii-e. said tlic other. gzilm ltimnicr lllwimlz-rl, --1‘m sorry.” said lll‘ l'lllllj‘iid'l u, 3“liut ~I happen in be iln’ ' ' tilifi l'l‘lllyll'l\'_ .,l:ll ills ls },;,,_..,_-. “lull-«>1 l"lll l-lil . - u v- lijh PM ~. Hcl he: had been no increase in thc slavc‘ M r. . McKcuna made this statement,” he, “I rccencd news fronil ‘ [our Aden correspondent that thcrc’ to lzcclcs cakes and brandy snaps; instead." \Hwn {lug \vlll‘ ll‘ll in Ilw yahoo, Q++¢¢++++¢+r+++troo¢++ * t t : 1haul the Farm * l: t ,+ * ,. r. ’a+¢+o++++o¢t+¢§+o¢+++c Vl'l‘.\l.l'l‘\' ill" SEEDS l)“ M.\ N [I ll l'i. lixpcrimi-uls (‘Ul‘lfllu'lv‘tl la list-cr- lLulu .ll‘x,‘ \itulily of wch >1‘I‘!l\ all»; lpassiiig (through lhc (ligcstivc tract (of an animal, lcd if. I. Oswald, of 1,Maryluml Agricultural l‘lxpcrinieut ‘Statinu, to l'npui't as follows; In (:vpcrimeiits in which the ma- nure remained (l) for six months in a barnyard heap; and (:)for a {short while in piles, it. was found llhat. in the first case there was no ,dangcr, and in the second case lit- ,l‘lc danger of distributing germin- lable weed seeds, lu thc {‘Xpfi’l‘i' ‘mcuts in which lhc wccd cords were {fed to yearling stccrs, and the ma- (mire handled in various ways. it was found that: ]. \‘Chcn the manure was hauled direcfly from the stable as a top- dressiug, an avcrage of only 12.8 per cent. of the seed fed to animals germinated. ,, ' 2. Whch the manure was hauled directly from the stable upon the land, and plowed under, 2.1: per cent of the seeds fed to animals came up. 3. Where the droppings remained on the pasture: fields, unadulterated ‘as they fell. an average of only 3.1 per cent. of the sccds fed to animals germinated. The results indicate that, in gen- eral, it is safe to assume that the vitality of weed seeds is destroyed in well-rotted manure, but that many pass unharmed through the digestive tracts of animals. and may be carried to the land if the lmauul'c is not well rotted before use. The feeding stuffs comprised about 50 of the most dangerous weeds found in the State. The above conclusions, however, would be misleading and unfortu- nate if unaccompanied by thc re- mainder that serious waste of fer- tility results from the decomposi- tion oi manure. Roughly speaking, it may be said that. experiments have shown that it requires two loads of fresh manure to make one load of rotted. and, for most pur- poses :1 load of rotted is worth lit- tle if any more than a. load of fresh. The true policy is, therefore, so to arrange the system of farming that most if not all the manure may be applied in a fresh state to land inâ€" tended for corn and other such crops, the cultivation of which will incidentally destroy the seedling weeds. LIVE STOCK NOTES. '[thc is only one way to estabâ€" lish a reputation for furnishing good SlOCk, and that is to furnish no other kind. No one but a fancier should keep several breeds of fouls. Let the furuicr choose that brccd which gives him the most pleasure to care ‘lor, and, as a rule, the moucy rc- ccivcd goes far toward that end It is he who thinks sheep can proâ€" lvisle their own food and who need no shelter during the inclement months: (if uiutcr, who is lllC' first to cry out that raising sheep docs loot pay. The shepherd‘s intellh gellu- should he suprrioi' to that of his slircp and must be if he would make a success of the l)ll:lllL‘:4S. You can fatt‘cu hogs in two‘thirds l .\‘ of the time whore corn is soaked, and claim fully £3 per cent. is saw ed in feed, as the scum amount of iced will coulribulc more to growth and fat; at the same time. the fowl llhus treated, contains less heat, (which is of great mluintagc. Pigs lonly five weeks old will cut Suakcd zcorn readily, and where a BMW has in large liticr it supplcmcnts their ll‘fitl'lllS to a considerable cxlcnt. iSnuk the corn once a (lily. 1 Never use a rain of your own lrai~imr that will lw t-uiiiicl-tcd with your flock. This trying to gel int.- .3, flock of ilmi'nnghln‘mls by using ,rums of one own raising and lbl'cmlinu. hm ulcslroycll more gmul Mill-op than anything else. Where one man Hil‘t'l‘f‘ll‘. Hill) fail. _\.s ofâ€" lcu as a ram is lwcdcil. buy one of .fim \uuzc llrcml, but lluL runnr-chul lliy bllmtl relations. 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