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FIRE NOTICE “‘9 1105er 10 mh'is we have suffered a wax, 20th) fire, we have surfi‘ house at Long Brnnrh cltv. to enable us In 11} " - m 9 M the coming Brits“ CHAPTER III. “You quite understand, my dear,” said Mr. Page, signing to his daughâ€" ter to shift the cushions, so that his left foot should rest more easily. “You are to bring me a careful de- scription of every member of this circus troupe. You are a keen obâ€" server, and it is essential that you should make the best use of your tal- ent now. It won’t be an easy task. because you will have to penetrate the paint and tinsel and describe the human being underneath." “How am I to do that?" asked Elsa, and added, as she gave a car- essing pat to the cushion which sup- ported her father’s gouty foot; “13 that more comfortable?” “Yes, thank you, dear. How are you to do it? Why, observe them when they are performing. Speak to some of them, if you can. The members of a travelling circus are not generally exclusive, and in a for- eign country particularly they Will welcome advances made by those who speak their own language.” “But I can’t go and begin a casual conversation!” she objected. “Even in a foreign country, people would think that queer." “You can’t,” said her father, “but young Scarborough can. Tell him you are interested in the people, that you think their life romantic, and that you would like to see it a little closer. He’s not the man I take him for if he doesn‘t manage somehow to gratify your whim." Mr. Page laughed, and his daughter flushed slightly. “I will do my best," she said. “Yes, my dear, I know you will, for your father’s sake,” said Mr. Page. “I leave the method to your own wo- man’s wit, and to circumstances, which your woman’s wit will tell you how to turn to profit. If, however, an introduction to Mr. Val B. Montague, the manager of the troupe, is one of the circumstances, I should suggest that you give yourself the trouble to be charming to him. He is probably a cad." “Then why am I to be charming to him?" demanded Elsa. Mr. Page smiled. “Because, my dear, if he is a cadâ€"- and his name suggests that he can hardly be anything elseâ€"he will be all the more impressed by your condes- cension, and will probably offer to show you over his schooner. If he doesn’tâ€"” TFTHE CABLEMAN “If he doesn’t," Elsa broke in quick- ly, “I am to give him a hint that I want to be asked, and to continue the process of being charming until he takes the hint! Are those my instruc- tions?” There was a not-e of scorn in her voice, and her father was amused. He laughed loudly, and then winced with a sharp indr'awing of the breath. A shooting pain in his gouty foot had cut his merrimont‘ short with a gasp. His daughter stood before him waiting for her answer, but the sight of that spasm of pain cooled her anger at the laugh. to do. Are t-hc she asked again, “The spirit of hint; ask straig borough to ask hint bore his 1‘ “No.” “And I don't like sending you upon it. The part of the spy is alvays an unpleasant one to play; but unfor- tunately it is sometimes necessary. You understand that it is necessarv mad-c a habit of ment; and besidt looking at him 21‘ moving his head that he was obs: IDS want to will 0U ’age shot a glance at her, mov- eyes only, not his head. He l habit of economy in move- nd besides, as Elsa was at him at‘ the moment, by his head he concealed the f was observing her. AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE . BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY don It to know exactly what I : Are those my instructions All our branches hav season's requirements. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO, CANADA R my like your erran care ping , but in :1 them, ye ht. out-.' 1 our RENNIE’S SEEDS fire, we have suftlclent sto at Long Branch and on to enable us to fill orders if the coming season's trade ___,q in a gentler tone. 1, yes. But don’t {2' Or, get Scar- back him up in a desire to advi: y'e suffered a. verl are, we have Sum at Long Branch 0 enable us to 1'! ’ the coming Seas: [onday. 213$. M Y usual prompt ma .U 1 El 'prompt mar necessary sa quit not not Tact dvise am ! “Little girl," he said, “we have been through hard times together, you and 'I; but though the world has been 'against us, we have been happy, be- ‘tween us. You have trusted me. Is that trust beginning to fail you?” “No, father." “Then why are you so reluctant ‘ now? Your task is an unpleasant one 'I admit; but I have never known you lshrink from a task because it was un- pleasant. I would spare you the un- pleasantness if I could, butâ€"” he pointed to his left foot, swathed in ‘bandages, and resting on a pile of .cuzhions. “Someone must go to Ponta iDelagada, to see this circus," he said, “and I can’t!” I‘": V . . NS: :5 “I believe you when you say it is. But I don't understand." Mr. Page hesitated. Then he held out a white, rather large, but: beauti- fully shaped hand to her. She came to his side. “and I can’t!” She knelt down beside him, and stroked the big white hand which he held out to her. antly 7” “Yes.” “Of course I will go," she said. “Mr. Scarborough will be here in ten min- utes. He and I are going to ride over on our bicycles. Of course I will go." “But reluctantly? You do it reluct- For a moment she did not answer. Part of her reluctance came from the facts that she was going in Scarborâ€" ough’s company. That would have been a pleasure to her a day or two ago; but now, when the part of the spy had to be played, there was pain to her in having to make use of him for such a purpose. Besides, though she did not yet admit the fact to her~ self, her trust in her father, absolute hitherto, was beginning to be subject to qualifications. ‘en supplied with their “Father,” she said at length, “how much longer is all this going on? When are we going to return to Eng- land and be known by our own name again?” “When we can do so wi safety,” said Mr. Page. ‘ imagine that I enjoy living and that I have willingly myself from your mother time!" “And rarely to me,” said her father. “Letters are not safe. But she is working for us, you may be sure, watching over the safety of her hus- band and daughter, and waiting anx- iously for the day when we can return to her. It was she who sent' us the cablegram." “Dangerâ€"circus,” said Elsa. “Fa- they, what is the danger?” “What is my mother doing- never writes to me.” “I don’t know. When you from Ponta Delgado I hope 1 will give me the information i enable me to ansxver your 1 My dear, as you know, I h emies." “You mean the people who the accusation of fraud upon Mr. Page winced. He alway when the word fraud was use nection with himself. “Yes,” “those, and others. When i which of my enemies is a m Val B. Montague's circus i shall know what the dangc which I must be ready. I’tl is the meaning of your mothe but I wish she had taken th being a little more exp] someone has jumped ofl‘ a bi the front door! An invali grow sharp, and I hear the ( gravel.” “It’s Mr. Scarborough,‘ from the window. “Then, my dear, I don' You know what your work thoroughly as you can may depend on the ace which you remember a mo or a scar on a forehead!" Elsa thought involuntz complete answer which he ways told her he hm' charges against him. large 1 “Why?” RENNIE’S SEEDS ; stored at our ware- warehouses in the nmplete and to take We commenced ship- ders will be handled mers that a in Sunday‘s can do so with perfect Mr. Page. “You can‘t I enjoy living in hiding, ave willingly separated ’elgada I hope that you he information that wil' ansWer your question you know, I have on- I. I’think ‘ mother's < ken the ri: her explici all this yo [1 i in con he said mber c wmce KHOW She ,urn you will nez for kh “Our safety!" she cried. “ilow can it be threatened ifâ€"" “Little girl," said Mr. Page quickly, “it can be, and is, or your mother would not have sent that message. Now, there is one thing more. Do your work thoroughly, but don't delay unnecessarily afterwards. If I should not be here when you returnâ€"" She turned to him with a sharp cry: “Father! why do you say that?” He was a prisoner in his chair, chained by the leg in the grip of his foe, the gout. How was it possible that he should not be here when she returned. Unless he meantâ€"heavens! was the danger something which threatened nob liberty only, but life? Mr. Page smiled at her alarm. “I don’t mean that I shall be dead, my dear,” he said. “I do not expect to move from this chair, or at any rate from this room, till your return. But we must prepare for everythingâ€"even for things which, at first sight, appear to be impossible. And so I say again, if I am not here when you return, look in my desk, and in the second small drawer on the left you will find a paper which will tell you what to do next. Hadn’t you better go now? Young men, even the. most devoted, don’t like to be kept waiting." Acting upon a sudden impulse, Elsa bent down, and kissed her father. The action was the more remarkable be- cause she was not a girl who was given to showing her feelings in this way. Then she ran quickly from the room. Mr. Page rested back in his chair with a smile. The caress had surpris- ed him, and, curiously enough, it made him uncomfortable. “I believe my little girl is beginning to suspect me at last,” he muttered. He waited till the sounds on the gravel below told him that the pair had mounted, and were off. Then, as though he had forgotten all about his gouty foot, he rose and went to the window. He used no stick, and he did not even limp; the gout, like many other things in his life, was a lie. He watched the two bicyclists till a turn in the road hid them. Then he turned from the window with a sigh. “That young man is a good sort, I believe," he said; “but I wonder wheâ€" ther he would cry off, or stick to her, if he heard the truth about her fa- ther Then, a momenc afterwards, with something like a moan, he added: “And when she knows the whole truthâ€"my God! will she stick to me?” The malefactor had one virtue at least. He loved his daughter with a love that was ready to sacrifice all for her. For her sake he was about) to undertake a task in. which he had little hope that he would succeed; little hope, indeed, that when she re- turned he would be alive to welcome her. In spite of the trouble which she felt to be hanging over her, Elsa en- joyed her ride to Ponta Delgada. The country through which they were rid- ing was beautiful, the air fresh and exhilarating, the road was good, and she was riding; with the man she lovâ€" ed. Moreover, though she had refus- ed him last she knew that he loved her, and she thought that he was not one of those who love and then for- get. He would ask her again some day; there was plenty of time; for she was only nineteen, and he was twentyâ€"four, or perhaps twentyâ€"five, certainly not more. Perhaps the clouds would blow over, and next time she would say “yes” to his question, and feel no shame in saying it. At nineteen it is not easy to remain depressed for long, if health is good, if the day is fine, and if one is riding in the company of the man one loves. Long before she reached Ponta Del- gada, Elsa had let the Atlantic breeze blow away her cares for the present. She did not talk much; she had the healthy English girl’s delight in phyâ€" sical exertion, and she devoted all her energy to setting a pace. It was not until the white buildings of Ponta Del- gada, picked out with edgings of black stone like a funeral card, appeared in the distance before her, that her mind returned to the errand on which she had been sent. As she entered the 7n Ti Del w} her of the LiCh f0 zada o: CHAPTER 1V ia on the nor 1m orm 31' mo( th approz th, she distl‘ her tlr them i it vague. interest alt actior aft not 3T! D. B. Etters, of the dairy depart- ment of the Pennsylvania State Col- lege, in out-lining some of the essen- tials for the production of clean milk, emphasizes the necessity of feeding palatable and nutritious feeds which are free from mold or decay or any other defects which might injure the health of the cow or impair the qual- ity of the milk. roots and plants, such as rape, cabâ€" bage, turnips and other feeds with strong odors. These should be offered after milking, and the portions not eaten removed from the stable at least three hours before milking. Cows that are allowed to gr‘aze in fields several hours before milking time. Many objections have been raised in the past to the feeding of silage, but these complaints are diminishing each year, Silage does not impart un- palatable fiavor to milk as many have contended. The presence of such in the milk may be due to poor grade of silage, improper feeding or the ab- SOrption of the odor from the stable air. A reasonable amount of a good quality of silage should be removed before the next milking so that the stable air will not impart the odor to the milk. The cow should have access to a clean supply of salt, and as much fresh, pure water as she will drinkv should be provided. Under ordinaryl conditions a cow will drink three times as much water as she gives milk, i. e., if she gives 30 pounds of milk, she will require 90 pounds of water per day., Water is essential, not only for milkl production, but also for food diges-! tion. In cold weather the chill should. be removed from water offered to thef C O‘vVS The “Starter” in Butter-making. In spite of dairymen’s conventions and free literature on the subject of butterâ€"making( the term “starter” or oven the “ripening” of cream is en- tirely new to many makers of dairy butter. To understand exactly what a startâ€" er is it is necessary to know some" thing of the action of bacteria in milk, the production of flavors, and the for- mation of lactic acid. It is the lactic acid bacteria that causes sweet. fresh cream to assume a sour, acid taste, which is commonly associated with ripened cream. Butter churned from this ripened cream is preferred by the majority of people to that which is churned from sweet cream. The flavor of butter depends alâ€" most entirely on the presence of the right kind of fermentation or bacâ€" teria in the cream; therefore, the scientists have developed a “starter” composed of a growth of the right I{ind of acid-producing bacteria, with mechanically, to demand an busy with spe danger which Any cow: t may take m. 8109 is blended from selected hill-grown teas, famed for their fine flavoury qualities. Imitated yet never equalled. AEC' 1-13;le o? t-nér-{yâ€"vitui {Brim undrlenersl good hudlh? Do you know lbs: good dilution in [he {oundafion of good health; Pain! and ap- THREE VITALVQUESTJONS‘ At an Drawn. or direct on re;de Wilbejnd $1.00. The 13.1: home contains three (Ema u much I! the mullet. A. J. H111. 5 CO. LIMITED, Craig Street We", Mann'an MEALS TAKE Rich Yet Delicate- Clean and Full of Aroma. How to Protect Milk. 211' when his pauses seemed answer. Her brain was culation. What was the threatened her father? he continued.) t can get married, hero to stay marrie Watch Your Coits Chem“ VII in MOTHER SPOKN'S DISTEMPEB COMPO 0ND Ba which to ripen cream. If such a starter is used instead of allowing the cream to 'ripen naturally, there is a reasonable certainty of a desirable flavor in the butter. A pure culture starter can be ob- tained from a dairy supply house or institution. The most important point is to make sure that it is Teally pure culture, of lactic-acid producing bac- teria, and no other. A good milk starter when ready for use should be softly coagulated, not too firm, and when stirred should ap4 pear smooth and even; not shiny, curdy or watery. In ordinary farm butter-making the cream is separated from the milk as soon as possible after milking. It is then cooled to 65 degrees and a pure culture starter added at the rate of 5 to 12 per cent. The best flavored butter is that pro- duced when a. small proportion of starter is used and when the cream i allowed to ripen as slowly as it won] under natural conditions. The use of a starter produces uniâ€" formity in flavor of butter pro-. duced from one churning and another. The general standard of quality of; the butter is higher and its keeping qualities are improved, while the: trouble often experienced in bringing cream to a state fit for churning is largely overcome. Pedigreed Seed and Plants Best Pedigreed stock has long been re-. cognized as the most valuable, and much stress has been laid' on breed( ing stock from parents of known qualities. Strict breeding of seeds and plants will produce like results, if the work is consistently followed. In every orchard, small fruit plantation and vegetable or flower crop there are many plants that produce but lit”. tle, while there are others that ar heavy yielders. 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