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"Bertie was best man, and not a. few of the young ladies who were présent cast pensive glances in his direction;.but ,Bertie seemed do think on this, as on all other ocâ€" casions, that there was only one woman in the world worth thinkâ€" ing of, and as he could not have her the rest, as Hamlet says, “was siâ€" lence.” The wedding breakfast was a great success, principally, I think, because there were‘few speeches, and those short ones; and among the presents spread 'out on the drawing-room tables, amid the ar- ticles of gold and silver and the splendid jewels, was a bunch of rare orchids trim. Florence, with Mrs. Sinclair’s best wishes. ' Floris looked very beautiful; inâ€" deed the great society paper deâ€" clared emphatically that she would be the most lovely bride of the seaâ€" son; and Bruce, who had lost his haggard look, was, as Dr. Greene remarked, “as fit- as a man could The date of the wedding had got about, perhaps Ladv Betty WhlS- pared it in the strictest confidence h a lady friend or two, and the lit- tle chapel in the Savoy was cram- It was a. very quiet wedding, at least that was how Lady Betty de- scribed it, though, as Floris said, if hers was a; quiet one she pitied the bride who had to endure a. grand one. All Florie’ friends were there, the Lynches and Dr. Greene in- cluded; and the great duke who was related to Bruce, at his own request, gave the bride away. They had decided to spend the honeymoon at Norman Eolme; they both had had enough of the Con- tinent for the oresent, and soon af- ter the breakfast they started, the guests thronging the entrance hall with the usual rice and slippers, most of the latter, it is scarcely necessary to state, striking" the coachman and footman. “Let us enjoy ourselves together for a. week or two at least,” said Bruce. “We won’t go to the Lon- don House but put up at Claridge’s and we’ll just take a. holiday as bu- san the housemaid and James the footman do when they are mated. We’ll go to the theatres and do the galleries and concerts and I’ll row you to Taplow-on~theâ€"Thames on especially fine days, and you shall ’be quite a. Bohemian.” . . ~ . - . . g One honeymoon is generally very much like another, but Floris and Bruce’s was an exception to the rule. After three weeks of this perfect happiness they went to London, but the honeymoon was not over, and they went without fuss or notice to {heir friends. They had so nearly lost each other that their reunion had seemed al- most miraculous, and Bruce would sit and look at. her sometimes, in the quiet of the after-dinner hour, and ask himself what; he had done 60 deserve this great joy which had fallen to him. . ‘ The ceremony and hard work per- taining to her as the Countess of Norman were put off for awhile, and they devoted themselvesdo each other like "Susan and James.” ..- ‘, And they carried out their little 1119;! to perfection. - w One night, as they were return~ ing from one of the theatres, their Httle brougham broke down near Leicester Square. It was nothing very serious, and no one was hurt, not even the To avoid the crowded thorough- fares, Lord Norman turned dOWn a quiet street, and they were just; passing a French cafe; the lights from the windows of which ‘quite horse. Bruce got Floris out in a moment, and was calling a cab, when Floris, who had got on a, bonnet- anfl a thick, plain wrap, said: “It is a. lovely nigha, Bruce. “It is a. 1 Can’t we wa' “All right, sure you are He took her on his arm, lit a ciâ€" gag, and file)" walked ~togvayd home. “Perfectly; and £1 30 nice. I’ve never don so lat-e as this. it looks.” CHAPTER XXXIII.â€"-.(cont’d) Fighting Life’s Battle; w all: ?” ” he said. "‘You are wrapped up '1” ‘ and the walk will'bc : never walked in Lon- 0R. LADY BIANCflE’S BITTER . PUNISHMENT How strange Floris, whose pity was always, as Bruce said, ready for man or beast, Iwent to the woman and touched hat :01" the arm “Poor cr'eature,” she murmured. The woman dropped her apron ‘fl‘om her eyes, and Floris startcs'l ‘ back. i It'was Josine! } Josine, a, pale, careworn, harass- ed-looking woman with sunken eyes and tearâ€"swollen lips; there was 3. dark red stain on one side of her face, showing that the brute had already struck her before she_ hal Heft the house. Floris shrank back into the aha. ldOW. and Bruce came up to her. lit up the street, when the door was violently thrown open and a woman came hurrying out. He turned his head, and 'at the moment a. man, evidently intoxi cated, came out of the cafe, 100k ed round in search of the woman, and with a tipsy oath aimed a 011w at fer. She was weeping bitterly, but in a. dull, heavy fashion, as if she were accustomed to it; and Floriu,‘ see- ing her, pressed Lord Norman’s arm and whispered: The man stared at him-for a. mo- ment, then, mumbling incoherenuy, shuffled and staggered back into the house. “Are you hurt '4” he 'said, (111191)- 1.7, "is there anything I can do lvr you?” see !” Lord Norman was just in time t0 seize his shaky arm and push him back against the “73171.7 A x She stopped and shrank back with a; cry of fear and dread, for the light had fallen upon Bruce’s face, and she had recognized him. Josine shook her head dully and despairfully. “No, sir; he iv my husband. Lo 3k at my face!” she raised her head to the light, “look at me! He who d7d that was the man I raised from beggary. my husband! He has spent all my money, andâ€"â€"â€"” “Milord Norman,” she gasped. “Qh, mercy, milord, mercy,” and she seemed about to fall on her knees; but Floris caught her arm and held her on her feet, murmur~ ing words of fovgiveness ‘and pity. She would have stopped with her goodness knows how long, and would have taken her away, but Bruce drew her to him with gentle firmness. “Come now, Floris, you can '1.) nothing to-night. I will come and see you to-morrpw, Josine. You have behaved very w1ckedly, out you have received your punishment, m} poor girl.” ‘ ... .. ~1- “Yes, yes, milord,” sobbed _J0- sine, gesticulating wildly. “It was all the money. If I had not had Lady Blanche’s money this man would not have married me, and I should have been spa.er this,” and she pointed to the scarlet stain on her~ white face. “Ah, we were very clever, milord, but it is Miladi Florâ€" is who has won the game after all, while weâ€"” and with a, shrug of hex shoulders and a dull sob she went into the house. The room was very crowded, and dancmg was rendered almost imâ€" possible. .. I n". I On a night in June, when the sea: son was at its height, was held one of the great state balls. . c v For the most part the brilliant throng gathered in groups and chat- tered, while they listened to the music or watched the dancers who had found sufficient courage to take the floor. ‘ She had never looked more love- ly. than she looked tonight, and it was no wonder that with her beautv and the vague air of romance that had come about her, London should be metaphorically at her feet. WThe center of one of these groups was Flo-rig, Coun’gesg of Norman. Close by her side, as usual, was Bertie, and not very far off young Lord Harry, whose devotion to Bruce was almost dog-like in its intensity. Bruce had attempted a. waltz mth some one, but had found them;- tempt a, failure, and was sitting it out with his partner in a cool nook near the door. Presently his partner was taken away from him by the man In .ahem aha wag next engaged. and “Oh, Bruce; that poor woman, Bruce was making his way to his wife’s side, when he came full tilt upon Lady Blanpl‘me. “ 1n.n, She was so much altered that for the moment he was staggered; but the next, as he met the calm, sa- rene gaze of his brown, velvety eyes, his heart swelled with a right/cogs _a.nger. . y 1 .n She bald out her hand with a cold, icy smile, though her heart may have been baating wildly notâ€" withstanding. Lord Natale!) touched her hand with his fingers, and stood regarjâ€" ing _1_19r. _ ‘ h an I, _ “Because, as Lady Norman would decline. any invitations to houses which y-Ju intended visiting, it would be as well to know wnen you were in town.” Lady Blanche rose, she had sunk on to a chair, and looked at him; she was deathly white and breath- ing bard. “You, you do not forgive or for- get, it seems, Bruce.”r “I forgive, we both forgive, and we, are anxious to forget; that is why I do not intend my wife to ineet you, Blanche,” he said. calm» V She opened her fan, shut it with a sudden click, and turned from him. A few minutes afterward he heard “Lady Seymour’s carriage” called for. ’ "How do you do, Bruce?” she said. “I did not know you were in town. We have just come back. 15â€"” she paused a. second, "is Lady Norman quite well ‘1” He bowed. v “Yes, we have just come back. I suppose I ought to hell you that I am entzaged to be married to the Count d’Encion.” “To the Count d’Encion'Z” he said. speaking for the first time, his eyes stern and cold. “‘1hen I may conclude that you will spend a, greater portion of your time in Paris?” Bruce knew him; an old man, and a bad one. He could. forgive Oscar Raymond, dead by his own hand; he could for- give Josine, with her drunken hus- band as a punishment; but he could not forgive, entirely ahd completely Lady Blanche ! ‘ .~ “Why ‘1 Denmark, the home of coâ€"opera- tion among farmers, is generally recognized as the leading dairy country of the old world. It is there- fore of interest to read the report of two experts who spent a. summer in Europe studying dairy methods. In a bulletin recently published their observations are given as fol- lows:â€"â€" - "The million dairy cows of Den- mark are confined almost exclusive- ly to two breedsâ€"the Danish Red, of Zealand, and the Jyske, or Black and White cow of Jutland. Both of these have been developed with- in the last 35 years from the native stock of the country by careful se- lection for milk production. The Red cow is a product of across of Schleswig blood on the native raâ€" ther scrubby cattle. The result is a. race of fine dairy cattle weighing from 1,000 to 1,100 pounds. They are dark red, with black muzzle, medium size, deep body, medium bone, fine skin and well developed udder and veins. The Black and Whites of Jutland have been de- veloped from the beef breed in use in earlier times. ‘They are a larger breed than the Red cows, resemâ€" bling the Holstein-Friesians in col or and size, but are shorter in log and deeper in body than the Dutch cow. Both of these breeds have a. distinctive conformatiOn and are good economical producers. “Thedevelopment of the breeds to such a high degree in 25 to 30 years has been due to the farmers’ skill, intelligence and common sense in selecting and breeding for milk production alone and the efâ€" ficiency of these cows is a most striking example of what may be accomplished in a. short time if good systematic work is done and com- mon sense and judgment are exer» cised. While many of the bulls used are young and untried, they are always individuals of merit and from cows with large records. Only the best heifers are raised and with the record of the dam and the qualities of theeire known their - selection is comparatively simple, and no better cow can be “Yes, certainly, ” she said. THE DANES AS DAIRYMEN. THE END. “The cows are treated with kind- ness and every efiort is made to have them comfortable at all times. On many farms the cows are regu- ~lar1y groomed. Tethering the sewn on grass is usually commenced the fore part of May, for a portion of the day at least. raised than can be bought on the open market. The price of cows is from $80 to $90, some of the best averaging as high as $100, so that it is also profitable from the finan- cial standpoint to raise the young stock to replenish the herd. Hei- fers ‘drop their first salt at from two to two and one-half years of age and if they prove to be good producers are usually kept in the dairy until 12 years old, when they are fattened for beef. In fairly good condition cows bring 5% cents per pound. Old, thin cows bring less. “The soiling crops used are rye, oats and peas, oats and vetch, and clover and grass. These are hauled to the barn and fed green, or pas- turecl Off by tethering the cows along the edge. In some sections where the farms are small all the land is under cultivation and the cows are kept in the barns until the oats and peas are nearly ma- ture, when the cows are tethered on these during the month of July, after which they are too ripe to be well relished. The cows are then changed to the second crop of clo- ver, which by this time is from 12 to 18 inches high. Some dairymen practice partial soiling all the time, cutting green rye the last of May, which was sown the previous Sep- tember. When this rye becomes ripe in June they feed clover and when this is mature, about July 1st, oats and peas are fed. After these the second crop of clover is ready. It must be remembered that in the cool European countries it requires much more time for grain to ripen after it is fully headed than. in the central states, thus making the soiling season much longer. It is the general rule to pasture until short of grass, about July lst, and then soil until the grass is good again. The cows are left on pasâ€" ture until October, the-exact time depending upon the season, thus making the period cows receive green feed extend over nearly six months. “The cows are seldom turned to pasture in Denmark, but tethered by means of a. halter on the head and a rope or chain 12 to 20 feet long, which is attached to a ten- inch pin driven _into the ground. The cows are moved five times a day, from three to six feet, depend- ing upon the amount of feed. In this manner the crops are grazed off without waste from tramping. The great advantage of this system of tethering is that the crops can be allowed to grow two or three feet high and yet be eaten down with- out wasting, thus producing much more feed per acre than can be grown on pasture that necessarily must be kept cropped fairly close. This is the Dane’s chief point in the economy of feeding during the summer. Practically no grain is fed while cows are on the grass. A few dairymen feed a. little oil cake to their best milkers. “The cows are put into the stable in the fall and not let out again un~ til the following spring. They are fed all the straw they will eat, and on an average, 4 pounds of hay 40 to 100 pounds of roots, and about six pounds of grain per day, con- sisting of oilcake, bran, barley and oats, the grain being fed accordâ€" ing to the milk flow. “Many of the dairymen on the small farms milk three times a, day, having ten cows to the milker. On the large farms they usually milk twice a. day, having from 15 to 20 cows to the milker, requiring two and oneâ€"half hours, night ' and morning to do the milking. “The cows are allowed to 30 dry from six to eight weeks. To supply the Danish export trade of butter an even flow of milk is required the year round and most of the cows freshen from September to May. The male calves and any heifers not needed for future cows are sold for veal from three to four weeks old. Calves are not a1~ lowed to suckle their dams. They are fed whole milk for the first week. After this it is gradually changed to skimâ€"milk, and this is fed to the heifers until they are four to six months old. From this time on they are raised on pasture during the summer and in winter are given hay, straw and roots and sometimes a. little oileake.” Professor (coming heme lat-e) â€"â€" “Drat it! There was something I wanted to do. What on earth was it 3” (After thinking about i5 half an bony-"Aha! now Iknow -- I [wanted to go to bed.” "Whether he {Stanley} sat or stood. he fldgeted and answered In m‘onosylv lumen-not because, he was unamiablo- or unappmlatlve. but because hkthu man or iron. God's instrument, whose- word In the field brooked no contradic- uon or evasion. he who defied obsta- cles and danger and pierced the heart of darknessâ€"was bashful even in the company of follow craftsmen. Hla Response to I Speech of Eulogy a! - e Banquet. Wllllam B. mean: tel]: 31! Mc- Clure's Magazine of a dinner of the Papyrus club in Benton at which Hen- ry M. Stanley. the explorer. was the. guest of honor: "El: embarrassment grew when aft- er dinner the emu-man eulowzed him to the audience. He squirmed and averted Mata-ens cheer finer cheer confirmed the speaker’s rhetorical ebul- uence of praise. ‘Gentlemen. I Intro- duce to you Mr. Stanley. who.‘ etc. The hero stood up slowly. painfully, reluctantly. and. with a gvsturo of dep- rem/tint); fumbled in first one nnd then another of his pockets without finding what he sought. On one occasion a number of farm- ers and teamsters resolved to put the- lslnnd out of moving business. In their enrol-ts to do so .Ihey lmule‘d many loads of stone and deposlted them on lt during the early part of winter. be- lieving that when lt wont down in February it would go down for good, weighted as it was with the stones. hit the following August saw lt' bob up serenely from belowâ€"minus its load of stones. "It was supposed that he was look- ing for his notes. and more applause look the edge off the delay His mouth twitcbed without speech for another awkward minute before. with a more erect hearing. be produced the object of his seam-b and put It on his head. It was not paper. but a rug of a cap. and with that on he faced the com- pany as one whn by the art bud done an that could be expected of him and made further acknowledgnwnt of the honnrs he had received superfluous. It was a (up that Livingstone had worn and that Livingstone'hnd given him.” Rise; In August and Disappears Rosa-- Iarly In February. One of Mirbigan‘s unsolved myste< rim is the island [but every summer comes to the surface of Lake Orion and every winter goes back again to thv depths from whence it arose. Its periods of appearance and dis- appearance are nearly regular. It comes (0 the surface about the middle of August and goes down again about Feb. 15. What causes it to not thus strangely is a conundrum that none- hus been able to solve; but to keep it above water or compe| it to remain in- the- depths have been alike without re- sults; At another time an efi’ort was made- to kvep it on the surface. and It was chained to the surrounding country with heavy log chains. When Its time for departure came it departed. and the log chnhxa departed with it. The 10.2 chains were never recovered. Genius begins great works; um whinin- mumâ€"Janka!!! ~ Money In Moving Pictlirea. "I am going to emban in some sort of business and want. to know whether you think. there is much money In moving pficmres‘?" "Tbéi-é was for a fellow who moved a half dozen of ours." said the flat dwefler. "Ho charged us $10." The island is composed of soft mud and rushes. and there are some skep~ tical souls who attribute its fimnation and appearance and disappearance to the gathering of vegetathm in one spot by the currents of me lake and its sub- tequent decay. ‘ "Window Leaves.” In South Afrk-n Dr R. Man'th dis. covered slx specles of plants possess- ing what are styled "window leaves." They are all stemless succulents'and the egg shaped leaves are lmhedded 1n the ground. only the apexes re- maining visible. This visible part of the leaves ls flat or convex on the sur-‘ face and colorless; .so that the fight can penetrate it and reach the interior of the leaf below. whlch ls green ‘on‘ the Inside. With the exception of the blunt apex. no part of the lest is permeable to the light. being surround- ed by the sell ln whlch it ls hurled. The first of these plants discovered is a. species of bulblneâ€"London Grapch. The Minty Man. “After you‘ve been twu weeks in the house with one of these terrible handy men that ask their wives to be sure to wipe between the dues or the forks and that know just how much raising bread ought to have and how to hang out a wash so each piece will get the best sun it's a real joy to get back to the ordinary kind of man. Yes. ’tis so!" Mrs. Gregg finished with much emphasis. ‘1 want a man who should have sense about the things he’s meant to havesense about, but when it comes ’to keeping house 1 like him real helpless. the way the Lord planned to have him!”~-Youth’s Com- Damon. ISLAND COMES AND . GOES. ‘ BASHFUL STANLEY;