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CHAl'TKU XXIV.
A week hud passed since I.nily Ailsa
anil her daughter had reached Stratlinnrn.
It was nil just ns they liuil left II. Faith
ful olil Margaret reigned over the f! tango.
Her wonder wns great at seeing them ro
turn, although slit had been prepared for
It; n nd it hml nil come about, she discov
ered, because her young lady Would nut
marry n duko, n great nobleman, who was
"dying" for her. To think that, after the
rich uncle had come all that way, after
promising to leave all his money to Miss
Lennox, he should send them back again!
It was just the way of the world.
Beatrix wrote to her lover and told him
what had happened.
"I regret it," she ni1, "only for ray
mother's sake. A for myself, I am pleas
ed, ns it proves two things otic "
depth of my love for you, the other that
you vulno me anl not my fortune. You
must not picture ino to yourself as pining
way here In exile, but ns being happy iu
my thoughts of you."
Yet mother and daughter 'lid pine in
the solitude of Stratlinnrn. l'eler Lrn
Box had purposely refrained from otter
ing his sister-in-law any money at pres
ent. The few pounds that she had were
upended in traveling expenses, and in
purchasing a few indispensable articles.
The millionaire was resolved that his rela
tives idiould again know what living ou
no hundred pounds per annum meant.
Beatrix had no cause to eotnplaiu of a
dearth of letters. She hml plenty; but
thoy were all of one kind - reproaching,
upbraiding. womb-iing. No one npproveil
except I.ady Buy iter. The duchess pro
fessed to be too angry to write.
"It was wicked," she said, "to throw
away such a foituiic. l'or my own part,
I must hey to express my most decided
disapproval."
Mrs. Caidou wrote also, but her letter
was simply satirical. No one vouchsafe.!
a kind word except I.a 'y ltayner.
There was a great sensation in London
unionist tin. friends who had loved the
brilliant young heiress imb ed, for iininy
days she formed almost the only topic of
conversation. The millionaire had quar
reled with his niece, and had destroyed
his will, had refused to speak to her again.
nd she had gone back to the solitude
from which he had taken her.
Many wi re ery sorry for her. for many
hnd admired the frank, honest candor
with which she had always spoken; many
men who had admired her greatly began
to hope that there might be a chance of
winning her, now that she was no loiigi r
a great heiress. Many admirers thought
io themselves that they would follow lo r
to Strathnarn. Belt run Carew had hast
ened with the news to bis mother. Sn
listened in wonder.
Beltran," she said, "know dug the world
as I do, 1 am surprised at jour Bond for
tune. You are indeed a most lucky young
man."
"That I am in winning my bemitifu
Beatrix," he ucktiow ledgcd, "but sun k
not in helping to ruin all her worldly
prospects." he said. "She has lost her
fortune through me."
"But what love, what disinterested
ness! How dearly she must love you,
Beltran! I have never met with such
love. Such a fortune to surrender! Mr.
Lenuox is a millioiiaiie, is he not?"
"Yes; but what cruelty to punish my
darling for loving me! What a man!"
Mrs. C'arew sighed deeply, and then
the lookeil earnestly at her son.
"Beltran," idle asked, "do you think
thut Mr. Lennox w ill persist in disinherit
ing bis niece because she loves your"
"Yes," he replied, "I am quite sure that
he will. Beatrix herself is lino, but her
Brumess pales before his."
"I rnll It obstinacy," cried Mrs. Carew.
Impatiently. "I would not paint that
man's portrait for a thousand guineas,
Beltran."
"Yet he hns n tine face," said Beltran,
thought fully.
"Aud n tine heart! Ho not tnIK nbout
him, my dear; his conduct incenses u:e.
Beltran. you must go to Sirathnarn and
bring Miss Lennox back. She must come
here and live with mo, ami her mother,
too. I have room for both."
i "You are all that is kind, mother." be
aid; "but Miss Lennox, as you call her,
Is proud; she would be very grateful to
iron, I am piite sun1, but she would not
come. She will live at Straihnaru until 1
have a home ready for her."
"What is .Mr. Iciino.x's objection to you.
Beltran?" she asked, holding her head
very high, and speaking in a tone that her
ion well understood.
"He has many objections, mother. He
nays, what is true, that 1 have no money :
also that 1 base no pedigree. I have never
beard you speak of my father's or my
grandfather's."
Her face clouded with somewhat of a
Ulllen expression.
"I did not love your father. I!oi.-un."
the raid, with a little impatient tup of
ber foot.
"That was his loss. m.the-," returned
ber son.
"It wns his own fault." sin- said, grave
ly. "1 v-ill not talk alxut him; but pun
pedigree is quite, as K'."-d ll-al of Hit
firl wh'-ni you love. Iteltian. You can
tell Mr. Lennox that. I o ;.ou ili'uk that
Miss Lennox will persevere in her sucii
6ce?" "I do, mother." he replied.
"We will wait a t- v weeks and sen it
the does," mid Mr. Carew. "I repeat
that you will be one of ihe most fortunate
men in the w. rid."
I'eter Lennox, feeling most wretched
tnd miserable, had gone back to Kn-el
dean. His lirst pnu-ccdiug was to send
for Mr. Hunter, of the well known tini
of tiunter & Smith hi-" I 1 itoi-s -anJ
the two gentleii.ia h.i.l a li-li; and tmu
bkj interview.
r
They were seated In the dining room,
(There nil excellent dinner hail just been
served to them. Some of Mr. Lennox's
line old Madeira was on the table, some
of his choice fruit tilled the costly dishes
- peaches, apricots, grapes, nil freshly
gathered; but the Madeira remained un
listed in the host's glass-his heart was
'leavy mid ill at ease.
"I want you to tell me, Mr. Hunter." he
sail), " hat I am to do w ith all my money.
I need imt have passed my life in accinnu
luting it. What am I to do with it?"
"Is all hope of reconciliation with you!
niece eiubd?" asked the lawyer, earn
cstly.
"Yrs, yes! lo not mention her. It t
till ended, more completely than if I were
n pauper, or dead. What am 1 to do with
Lrcelilcan - with my money V"
"Advertise for the mat of kin," sug
gested Mr. Hunter.
"There would utise a host of false
claimants, a hundred lawsuits would fol
low, mid both fortune and estate would
probably remain iu chancery for an unlim
ited time. That will not do. Think again,
tinnier."
"There Is only one other course open.
You must marry, Mr. Lennox marry,
and with the blessing of heuven, you
iu.i him- hi irs of jottr own."
I'eter Lennox looked at him.
'it is strange that you should suggest
that," he said. "I was thinking of the
very same thing this morning. I do not
imagine that there would be any great
ditilculty. True, I am not young, but
then there are not many women in the
world like my niece, Beatrix not many
who would refuse to share a fortune like
miiie."
"Certainly not, Mr. Lennox. The ladle? .
sir, of this gem-ration, to use a common
expression, are peculiarly wideawake;
ymi need have iu fear of a refusal."
'ii is no that," said I'eter Lennox,
story of a Im.j's mail passion. 1 never
rhought that I should tell it, but if I have
to take thic important step, I must have
advice. Listen -1 am afraid that 1 shall
"I must tell yon a story, tinnier the
surprise you." And, drawinu his chair
nearer to that of the lawyer. Mr. Lennox
narrated it long story to him. The law
yer's face was a picture of dismay nnd
surprise.
"That is an awkward matter for you.
sir." he said; "it must be chared up."
"Yes, it should be cleared up; but how
is it to be done :"
"S "iid a detective to America at once,"
said Mr. tinnier; "lo-e no lime. 1'ardoil
me. Mr. Leiilinx, but really, sir, with this
hanging over on, you have I n, to say
the least, terribly indiscreet."
"There is nothing hanging over me," re
joined the millionaire, angrily.
The lawyer whispered something to him
which niai'e the stern face Hush purple.
"Xoii-i-ii-c." he cried "nonsense! Of
course, if that had been the case, 1 should
have heard soiueihing of It."
"I do not see how you could have heard
about it; if all that ,mhi tell me is Hue.
you would have been the last in the
world to hear of il. It is it most serious
matter, Mr. Lennox. I did not think it
was in human nature to take such things
so ipiietly. 1 1 might have been a serious
uiat'er for Miss Lennox."
"io not refer to that young lady, if
ymi please, tiuiiter."
"You had bett'T give me all details, nil
particulars, ami ht me send off a detec
tio at once. I know one that is n ry
shrew d in matters of this kind: if tin-re be
ever so slight a trace, he will follow it up
and make something out of il. lo you
authorize lite to send him, Mr. Lennox?"
" es, it must be done. I suppose. I
hi've rei'liy never thought of the matter
iu that way: nor do I think there is the
least need for such precautions. Still.
L'rcclilenu is a large estate, and my
wealth js great- it is heller to be quite
sure."
The interview- ended then, inn it was
noticed that for the reiuaiiuii r of thai
day Mr. Hunter's face wore an expres
sion of great wonder and astonishment.
"I ought to know human nature," he
sird to himself over and over again, "but
l is a certain fact that I do not."
A drc:;ilt'til tit of unrest seized upon
I'eter Lennox: he could not liml repo-e
nii.iwheie. The lawyir's suggestion .
aiw-iys ill his mind if what he had hint
ed should prove true, then might heaven
help him! But it was impossible unlike
ly. When the Ii.ike of Ibaih: ,n,l returned
o I iugl.'in.l he v. cut at -.nee to S; raihlia i n.
Ills uti),-er I'L'-'inst the million-. :ie i-
greit. He remained at the old f! range
for two or three days, but he said no
word of love to Hcatrix. He sympathized
with her; he told her that she was doing
light; and he entered with the greatest
ef kindness into all her plans for ihe fu
tine He spoke most kindly of Iteltian
Carew aud of bis prospects. He told Ilea
lii.x that he .should lose no chance of
pushing his fortuncs-of doing all that lay
in his power for him -and it seemed to
Lady Ailsa that the great peer admired
ber beautiful daughter more in the midst
i f her poverty and privations than he bad
done when she was queen of the most
brilliant circles in London.
There was many a strange scene be
tween the duke and the millionaire. His
grace went to Lrceldeau aud tried to re
liionstrata with hiui. but Teter Lcnuox
would not listen. Ue would not aiUiiit
that he had doue wrong. His niece hid
of her own accord voluntarily defied him
and refused to submit to him, therefore
all was at an cud between them.
"She will accept noihing from me," said
his grace, despondently "nothing. Lady
Ailsa will not even honor me by allowing
me to lend her some money."
I'eter Lennox's stern face did not soften
as be listened. Ue would bat yield un
InchitKiw. He believed that no one In the
wide world had ever been no hardly used,
so badly treated.
CII.VrTKIt XXV.
One day when the world lay white nnd
cold iu its suuw covering, a letter clinic
from America for I'eter Lennox a letter
that seemed to drive hitn almost luail. As
he read It, the sternness ef his face seem
ed to break up and die away in a gleam
of light wonder, surprise, joy, increduli
ty, one after the other appeared to pos
sess him.
"I cannot believe it," he cried; "I cannot
credit it. Hear heaven! if the lost years
could but be given back to me if I could
but have my life over again!"
lie read and re-read the letter, and
then tu luid it down on the table and
clasped his hands- his dim eyes tilled with
tears, his lips quivered.
"It is an late, so late," ho sobbed; "but
I thank heaven for it, living or dead!"
lie could not calm himself. He went
out intu the. frost-bound woods, still car
rying the letter with him. nnd re-rend It.
He returned home again and sat by thu
lire ill his library, and then read the letter
once more. And when he went to rest at
night he turned up the lamp that he might
see to read the missive again.
He had seemed strange ami half bewil
dered before, he was still stranger now.
The servants in the house declared that
he did not know what he was doing. He
had answered the letter at once; nnd be
fore long another came, but he rose from
the perusal of that with a blank, white
face, for it said that the trace of that
w hich he was seeking was quite lost after
n certain date, and the detective sent out
to make inquiries did not think it was
worth while remaining any longer. As
he read that, I'eter Lennox's face sudden
ly seemed to (.row older, a gray, haggard
look came Into It, n ltd he kmlt down uud
buried it ill his hands.
"I am a miserable sinner," he said, "and
my sin has found me out. I uui justly
punished."
Afler that he grew despondent. lie sent
for his lawyer, and they hnd long confer
ences together; but nothing entile of them,
nnd IVier Lennox grew more miserable
every day.
In the meantime Hcltrnu Carew had
won a great lawsuit, and his name was
everywhere mentioned with honor ami
respect; his fame was established. A
few months more of patient waiting, he
w rote tn Beatrix, nnd lie should be able to
provide ihe home that lie had longed for
only n few more mouths. Beatrix read
the letter to her mother, whose pale face
brightened as she listened.
'i am very pleased for your sake,
Trixie." she said. "It seemed cruel to
t.n ..Il K..(ii,t. iiii.l .race
! 1 1... tient venrs of vour life should be spent I
iu the solitude of Striithnnrn." j
Christinas and the opening of the new
year passed. February came in mild and I
bright, bringing with it an odor of sweet t
violets and a gleam of snowdrops; but
its beauty was all lost upon Teter Len-
nox. He must have suffered greatly, for i
: he had grown thin and pale. He was
j not like the man who during the year
preceding had been the proud head of oue j
I of the finest establishments in Loudon. j
! Mrs. Carew- had been away during the ,
I winter mouths. She hud returned iu the j
spring, for which season she had a peeu-
: liar liking. But Mrs. Curew did not seem
to enjoy the season as she usually did.
There were whole days when she paced up
and down the garden paths, thinking j
deeply, ns oue who had a problem to solve, i
She has lost somewhat of her bright ex-
prcssion. It was plain that there was a ,
struggle going on in her mind.
"I used to think." she said to herself one I
morning, "that human life was a jest. It j
sccuis to me that in what has passed of
mine I have had the roses, aud now must
prepare for the thorns."
Her sou lleltrnn came down to spend
his Sunday with her. The bright, grace
fill artist, the changeful, lovable, viva
cious woman, the sensitive, gifted genius,
loved ber son better than the whole world.
She w as proud of him. She glories in his
bright, strong inn iiliood. She gloried in
his talents and bis goodness.
lie looked pale nnd wan. He had the
air of one who had worked hard not only
during the day. but far into the night,
when he should have slept. His mother
taxed him with it. and he told the truth.
For some time he had worked nearly
twenty hours out of twenty-four.
"Why not pay for assistance, and save
yourself?" his mother asked.
"Because 1 waul every shilling, mother,
that I can earn." he replied. "1 have not
one to spare."
Her bright, changeful face clouded.
" hv do you want money so, Beltran?"
she :.sk, d.
"To marry, mother," he answered. "I
want a pretty homo for my darling. She
does not hurry me about it she would
be willing to wait fot years; but I am
anxious about her."
"Why?" she asked again. "I'o you
doubt her?"
Ttoiibi her,, my de.irest motfu'r?." he
cried. "I would just us soon doiiht heav
en! 'Ib. ie are few so loyal or true as
she. It is not that; but Lady Ailsa is not
sirong. you know, and Beatrix tells mo
how she suffers at Strathnarn. I want
to fetch them both away, and I cannot un
til I have a home for them."
'il. es that cross, stern old man still
hold out, then?" asked Mrs. Carew. "lines
he show no signs of relenting?"
"No. and never will. We do not speak
about him. His money and his lauds are
forgotten. We never think of him when
we make our plan-. inly one thing trou
bles us, mother. Beatrix has shown such
truth and fidelity; for love of me she has
declined to be I Miches of Heathland; for
love of uie she has lost one of the largest
fortunes in F.ngland. No man liviiri
cares less for money than I do; but I wish
hoxv I wish'. that I had a fortune for
her snkc. Work as I will, it must be
many years before my income will be
more than moderate. Oh. mother, if I
had but a reasonable rent roll. I should
be the happiest man in the world!"
"But you tell me always that Beatrix
docs not en re for wealth." observed Mrs.
Carew. .
"Nor does she. mother. At the same
time 1 wish with all my henrt that I
had it to give her. Of course it cau never
be, but I should have liked m go to her
and say: 'You gave up everything for nn
my darling, uow it is in my power to re
pay you.' "
"Would that make you very happy?'
she asked, musingly.
"Yes, very happy," hp repJied.
"I will think the matter oer, Beltran."
"What good will thinking do, mother?"
he asked. "Bather forget it and do not
mim! my troubles."
"Y'ou would really be the happiest man
In the world if you had wealth, Beltran?"
ihe interrupted.
"Yes. I should unload. But, malfcar, do
not ftilnk that 1 am rohiplatnfnf. Tlu
man who makes a fortune is greater than
the man who inherits one. I must work
hard, study hard, and save my money."
She looked at him wistfully.
"You must not work by night nnd day,"
she said, "thnt will not do. Beltran, If I
could give you wealth and did not, you
would consider me very cruel, I sup
pose?" "I should indeed," he laughed. "But,
ns that Is not the case, I consider you
rery kind."
And Mrs. Carew turned uway when she
heard the words.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Mrs. Carew had many long fits of mus
ing after that conversation. She saw
thut her son loved his beautiful fiancee
so dearly that he would wear his lifu
away in trying to surround her wta lux
uries. She thought of it by day and by
night. Her work was nt a standstill;
her whole time was spent In thinking. The
result was a uote addressed to ber sou.
It ran:
"My Dear Belt ran 1 must go to Strath
narn; and it will save trouble If you will
go with me. Make arrangements for the
journey, uud let uie see you this evening."
The astonishment of Beltrnu Carew
when he read his mother's note win equab
ed only by his surprise at what he beard
when he reached Strathnarn. He went
at once to his mother, and his first ques
tion was:
"Why are you going to Strathnarn,
mother? What cau you possibly want
there?"
"My dear B'-ltran, I have a story to tell;
and, as I do not care to tell it twice over,
you shail hear it there."
Nor could he win one word more from
her. They started the next day, nnd dur
ing Ihe whole journey he thought his
mother straugely unlike herself. She
laughed nnd cried. She was in the wild
est of spirits, nnd then was tilled with
sudden glooui. In the same breath she
described herself as happy and miserable.
They reached Strathnarn in the dull
twillgiit of a dull spring day. Mrs. Carew
looked n round with sympathizing eyes.
"How terribly dull it is here!" she said.
"Is it possible tnt Miss Lennox has been
shut up iu this place? Why, Beltran, it
is a ruin, in it a house."
Margaret Mncphersun opened the door,
and looked up in surprise on seeing Mr.
Carew nnd a lady.
"Uighl glad I am to see ymi, sir," said
the old servant, "for the ladies arc bill;
dull; they do not expect you. though, ami
Lady Lennox is niling. I will fetch Mis
Lennox, for tny lady must uot he taken
by surprise."
''That will be best." remarked Mrs. Ca
rew; and in another moment Be.itrix,
looking lovelier than ever, ptood before
them.
She uttered no cry. but ber face prow
deadly pale when she saw Beltran and
his mother. He kissed the pale face tltilil
the color returned in tt burning Hush; and
then Mrs. Carew kissed her. Beatrix look
ed from one to the other.
"There is nothing wrong, I kuow," sin
said, "or you would not. laugh; but why
come to this miserable place, where no
one can be properly received?"
"We are here." replied Mrs. Carew.
"because I have a story to tell you."
"A story '" repeated Beatrix, wonder--ingly.
"Yes, a story one that you do not ,
dream of or suspect a story that con- j
corns both you und Beltran. though it N
but another record of the instability of
women aud the stupidity of men."
"Beltran is not stupid," laughed Bea
trix; "ymi may say what ymi like about
other men, but you must make him the
exception."
"Of course," said Mrs. Carew. "And
now, Beatrix, if your mother is wenk nnd
unwell, will you prepare her to see us?
We shall not remain long; so do not dis
tress yourself by thinking of our enter
tainment. I have ordered the carriage to
return in three hours; then we depart."
There was ail air of natural command
ab'iit Mrs. Carew which no one ever
thought of resisting. Beatrix went to
prepare her mother to receive their visit
ors. Lady Ailsa clung to her daughter's
hand.
"N there anything wrong. Trixio?" she
asked. "It seems so strange, my dear.
Can your uncle be ill, do you think?"
"1 do not think so, mamma. I feel that
there is some good fori line in store for us.
.Mrs. Carew looked as though there was."
Then Mrs. Carew entcreil the room. She
went up briskly to Lady Ailsa and kissed
her us she lay on the couch.
CHAFT lilt XXVII.
"Do uot disturb yourself, dear Lady
Ailsa," suid Mrs. Carew. "I am come
only to recite a short history to you, and
when I have done so. 1 shall go away.
Pray do not move, i w ill sit here by
your side. Beltran, my dear, I should
feel easier if your hand were in mine."
He wont at once to his mother's side
and took her hand; then, while all three
looked at her in silence, her fuce changed
slightly, the color varied. She looked
half shyly, half boldly at them us she be
gan: "I wns never yuite like other women,
dear Lady Ailsn; I lacked their prudence
and their calculating wisdom. I have
greater failings, but I think, also greater
virtues and greater genius. If you look
upon me as you would upon other women
you will never understand me, and there
will be a terrible misconception. My name
- yon see 1 am begiuuiug nt the begin
ning was (Jrace Carew," and Beatrix,
looking at her lover, wondered why bis
face Hushed and his lips quivered with
sharpest pnln.
Lady Ailsa raided her head and listened
with a gieat show of attention. Mrs.
Carew smiled, and nodded at her sou.
"1 know what you are thinking of.
Beltran,'' she said. "Y'ou must listen pn
tiently. My father was not an artist,"
.she continued, "nor can I tell yoit whence
I have my love of color: my passion for
art certainly came not from him. He
was a doctor, but a ne'er-do-well. I can
not remember thai he ever remained in
one tow n or city more than two years. He
wn very clever - wonderfully cleier but
he wns anything but steady. He would
write a treatise that would set the fac
ulty at loggerheads, uud then foolishly
spend the proceeds. You must under
stand thnt this erratic life of his did not
in the least Interfere with my education.
I was kept in s fashionable school in New
York until 1 reached my sixteenth year,
and then my father sent me a letter ask
ing me if I would like to go to Peru with
bim. We went to Tern together, and
ther I met my fate.
"I wish for my own sake," continued
Mrs. Curew, "that I had a picturesque
love story tn tell you. -1'iifortunately,
mine was a most comiuonplaea wooing.
We did not take a home at Lima the
city iu l'vca wiiure my Oulu hd t da
so wall but we lived at a laarfe fental
there; and there nlso liwd an Knglish
mail, a young mini, stern and cold, but
reputed to be rich. At that time I was
very cnthusiaitic about art. I began to
evince a decided talent for sketching
faces. My father was delighted uhout it,
and said that if I could have lessons from
a good master 1 should make plenty of
money afterward. He had im money to
pay the master, but the stem, silent young
Englishman offered it to him ns a loan
only ns a loan In be repaid wheu I had
finished my course of lessons.
"I do not want to trouble yon with a
lot of details; but my father was pleased
that I should be able to earn money. He
was grateful to the young Englishman
and asked him to dine with us; and when
the first leserve was broken down tny
father and his young benefactor became
great friends. His character had a won
derful charm for the young Englishman.
After a time he was quite ut home with
us; he liked to spend his evenings in our
rooms; he talked a great deal to inc. and
I was so young, so blithe of spirit, so hap
py in my art that I talked gayly enough
to him.
"I never thought seriously about him.
but suddenly he asked me to marry him.
I was utterly indifferent. My only answer
to him was that 1 hnd no time to think
of getting married. He must huve gone
to my father at once, for presently he sent
for me and said that he had been inform
ed of the offer made to nie, and that he
thought I should do well to accept it."
Mrs. Carew paused for a few minutes,
mid an expression of sadness came over
the bright, changing face.
"I make uo excuses for myself," she
continued. "I was not persuaded or
threatened. My father treated .lie wholo
matter half as a jest, half as a busitiess
agreeim nt of a most satisfactory nature.
We settled between us that 1 should mar
ry the young Englishman. I made but
one stipulation, and that was that after
my marriage I should still be allowed to
pursue my art education. The grave
young Englishman agreed, and then it
was supposed that all ditilculty was re
moved. The Englishman took u hand
some house in Lima.
"Listen, Lady Ail-a you who feel so
tenderly lor your daughter. I was just
seventeen, without the least notion of
what I was uuderta-king. when I married.
I was ignorant of the sentimental us of
the practical side of the matter; and I
never seemed to realize my obligations un
til I found myself a wife, without knowing
what the duties of a wile were. I have
never been constant to one set of opin
ions for many days. With a true, tender,
constant love I have never loved but one
object; nnd thnt is my sou Beltran. So,
Lady Ailsa, I married; and the name of
the Englishman I married was I'eter Len
nox!" Had a thunderbolt fallen in their midst
there could not have been a greater ex
pression of surprise. Lady Ailsa repented
the name. Beatrix cried aloud:
"Are you 'the mystery' that has shad
owed all my life?"
Then Beltran rose suddenly, and with
ii white, startled face confronted his Hint h-
"Lennox!" he repeated, with an air of
incredulity. "Oh, mother, is this u jest?"
"My dear Beltran." she replied, calmly,
"nil things considered, I wish that it were
a jest perhaps not for your sake, but for
my own. I do most certainly. L-nfortu-
lately, what I have said is true."
"My Vnele Lennox your husband?"
cried Beatrix. "Is it possible that the
story can be anything but fiction?"
"It is no fiction," replied Mrs. Carew,
"though for the present 1 must ask you
to call me by the miuie I have assumed.
But you have not heard all my story yet.
We were married I one of the most in- I
different, most heedless, most careless of
girls, he one of the gi -inmost, sternest of
men. I must speak truth fully, ot hlnj.
HoTiad a most passionate love for me. It
could not have been gi eater indeed it
would have been much better had it been
less. He loved me with a wonderful love,
all the more that I "as so profoundly in
different. I cannot blame myself. He
ought to have had more sense than to
marry me."
"I cannot believe sm-h a recital," cried
Beatrix "it is too wonderful to be true.''.
(To be continued. I
Insect Intelligence.
"Flies Is iiurty bad." the man from
Potato Creek Is reported by tuo Iadtuu-
upolis Journal ns having said.
"They ain't nothin' to what I Kcca
'em down In Niggerauger," said the
man with the singer beard. "Wire
screens dldu't do no good at all."
"I've stood u heap of your lies." said
the grocer, walking up, "but when you
tell me wire si-r.-cns won't keep out
files it k too duru much."
"Wire screen. would kin-p out tho
pore demented things that tries to git
a llvln' out of the stuff In this here second-hand
green good an' codfish em
porium, I don't doubt," said the mail
with the ginger beard, "but not the
Nlg-goniuger tiles. When I put up my
screens they seeuusl kinder puzzled an'
settled "
"I wish some folks 1 know would set
tle," said the grocer.
"And settled ou that there 6crcen la
clouds."
"An' got so thick tbey plum broke
the wires."
"No. they didn't git so thick thPy
broke the wires. They held some sort
o' convention, an' had a lot of fly talk
an' putty soon they all flew away to
the wood an' come back with what
do you suppose they come back with?"
"With a a?" askiM the man from
Potato Creek.
"No. They eoine back with a swarm
of those here gianl piiK-hln' bugs that;
do abound In that country, an" set them
1 lo..! Il i not I
out'n the frames lu less tlnio than It
would take ole .skinflint there to git his
hand on the sale if ole blind I'm-le Bil
ly Boggs come In to git two pounds of
coffee."
South American lovers have a pretty
custom. It is well known that when
the petals of the great laurel magnolia
are touched, however lightly, Uie result
Is a brown iot which develops In a
few bours. Toe tact is taken alvan-
tage of by the lover who pulls a njag-
nulla flower and on .me of Its pure
white petals writes a inoito or message
with a hard, sharp pointed pencil.
Theu he sends the flower, the young
ladv nuts tt in a vase of water, and in I
three or four hours the message writ
ten on the leaf becomes quite Tlslbhs,
aud remuiiiH ko.
Hi.il.-i 4 iti-e ol Ho- Slalllon.
I'l l il ii iiioili'iaie amount ol grain,
but ihi Hot allow t he iilihunl to get Ion
ileshy. Hive Iii lit tlail; ' eicic nnd .'is
spring aiiiicieli"s gr.ub.ially iiiiT'Mm'
the r.-nioii of oats. Hive a fair allow
ance of bran, ctil hay ainl slu-nf lifts.
1'lll'iliL' the summer season, vivo nil
Ihe irtaiti and im.v linn will be eaten tin
tlcall.
IJiniil ItiiM'ilin-; lli'iinnls on fare.
Ill order to lie stl ssl'ul ill lilVcililr-
BtDck one of tile lilost iniportaiil I'e
illlireinents is i-ni'e. Without euro, and
lots ol il, good 1,1 1 or good feeding
will soon lose in ariy all of their value,
liml the sun k will gradually loll sure
ly iloeline. The value i.r care is shown
by Hie bn i dor who makes it pniqi
to see thai not even otic o!" tlis .Miiinal.
laeks the proper loud, or win or. n
shelter, or g I blood. Such :t biveil
r is the one wiio-o aiiinmis increase
iu value with cadi in 'V g-Micrat imi.
What holier ."oi.i' i-mi'ii be wanted
thut the stock ji.-iy well for any tare m
:it tctil icli I'o.-i.ivved upon ll.elil?
'Mir INiiillry Itoiiw',
While wo win . a poiili.v Incise .:
Well built I Inn w ater will lloi fi c.-z -ill
il by il.'.v i'f liighi. we do Hoi be
ievo it: hnvin-r il liealt d .iriilioially
If il is Ue,.! too warm the fowl v. 'II
;ol (inline the cold when il is olil
lours. We huve kimw solue ei sii
-ceil with hens, keeping ill Hi conlitio.l
lo the house nil winter, but it i-nptM-".
much e.ire In keep the l.oii-e clean. :u-t
vvc ihiuk that an muing every ill
Wlli ll II is lint .lelualiV l'l'--CZilig. keen.
Ihein in boiler In a In:, and 'hey la;,
iplile as xv. II. for 'a v -.b'.niii l'.tih d !
have about ln'li tin- Hod; laying din
ing the giv.iiei- pari of lie- winter -American,
l ull iv :li"i
I on ling II. 't- in (lie I ol.
Loading ho-s is usually a disagree:!,
hie task. iiiis job is vreatly sitm.li
lied where :in clevntcil pen will. .-!
llooi-on a l--v.i wiib ihe w.io.iti bed is
available, bin there are few farmer.:
Whose feed lots are thus .inTiligcd. Th"
jnnly way to bold the porkers is with :m
inipiovisi .1 i liiile. which is -ilways
luoi-e or lc-s of a linivitioo.
A siili-iauiinl chute will) an inclined
floor the longer tie. lieor tin- belief, as
the ,n will he less sleep-is made
of -I inch ten. -ing spiked to a frame
of Uxl inches, with .ost of -1x1 inch
Kit! it'. To add io the solidity of the af
fair, the -M .-1 1 1 ! Ixl sii-mlil be bolted
'li.ifeth.-i'. 'Jin- Hoof can be made o."
pl.-rdi or foiigli In:, .ber of o .y kind. It
is iiecc.--,iry in nail ileal--- upon the
lloor in pivv.-in tin- 'nous from slipping.
one eml of tin
gi-,,uinl. while i
with the wngjuli
,
eiiltle rests on 1 lu
mber is on a b vel
with Ihe wagon bed lloor. This chub-
i jt
1 '""-. ' I n -, , . .
?vH f-U ',"?'"' il," -!lf iV'jl
(r Ltii'tf7M Yili;!
t l '.-. I U-jliLi li'il
' v jl -.'v-V j ! I'
sir- i, . .! .
a cni'TE t ot; r.oAii
should In
mini
is
iierial
as stability veil
convenient to c
ill allow,
change ii
rraiigeiin
fern-nig.
(Ml ol .
r n is olieii
oi :ii ion. Tin
is 1VM Si i
be llse.l as
ii s. c ion is
Utile ,'l!li
I w.i vfing-;
i' vvuich tiie
hos ( an be
V; then I he
ivsi of the i
lions of slat
Wilms. On
fastened to n ido of t lie i
l-.dlcd. When set up ib
xvill make a huge V. o
point is the chute. Tin
easily driven inside ihe
two ends erf the shining cm be
brought tuu'cthor. Tie nogs will thus
be coiitim-il in a small pen in be loaded,
.1. L. Irwin, in American Agriculiur-
isi.
Home
1 h ive im
field for ill.,
jrood prolil
homo, btii
Xliiug of t'prllllzcr.
ibiitbi that there is a good
lligeiit farmers to make :i
in mixing fertilizers in
lllere are certain thilus
that should be linine in mind. First,
the raw materials which Ihe fann.-i
purchases me just as liable to be of
poor ipniliiy i. me the nii.xid goods
which he buys. .No farmer can disti::
KUish the dllfel'ellce between mi ac..i
phnspIi.Ho containing eiuiil per ecu:,
and one containing sixteen per cot: .
available phosphoric acid, lie com. I
not dislinguish beivvecu the saiiinie . ;
- genuine muriate of poiasli and "
which is adulterated wiih seventy !
' per edit, nf collllliou salt. He cor:
' ;iot till a vanillic of tankage c.mia .:
ing ten per i-iii:. ammonia from om
j cont: ng live ur ecu' . aud
j v ii h the nt her ingredient,
j One antiipie of tankage -v:i
I cx.iiiiiti. il was sold undo'.- a d
! twenty live per cent, phosphor
land seven per com. iiintiioina.
a.-tnallv ciiiaiueil seven and :
xv in.
iiia
U r
oil! phlispho
ac.,1 and si
will iherefo.
1"
il! : i : 1 1 1 1 1
It
be e II III
liable the
while hone mixing w
mi
igellt (unite" to IP
material!
silvs. he
is !o
ity. S.'-i
been off
of home
prices v
in
nob proportion a In- c
iniisi siill depend upon tin :
is juov ided by the State if
.l.i.-iiti materials of goad ii'i.i! j
i- of tin- ma'cfials which have
i-.-l for sab- for Ih- put-p..-.-mixing
hive been offered a
-,-y much :il--'Ve lie tuai k- :.
atio the pt
t!o-m obtained a
or,' on them tl: in
tr ;V""1 good .1 :.":
very mm h giv.ver l
he wookl it he m.i.'e
I sold the iiiivH
mi the usual mm
Kin of pr..i!. - ITo.ossoi- 11. A. llii-tm
iu Orange .ludd Farmer
n log' t ttii krn.
approve 'he old f:ihii-i
- 1 I do iioi
I wav of lotting nil ih
pouliiy run
and weak o,
I vethei. as the small
rtr not bare a clifinco to their feed al
feeding lime. As they prow older
Uie v.iiing cockerels l.eeoine ii nuisance
aiid'sluuild be sofli-.l out from the pullet-,
in hunches of fifty or more. Coops
iu.hIo of old lumber, cuveliij-,' Hm Tools,
si. bs ami back with tarred Ml- make,
-i oil houses. Tin y need m Moor anil
i( made with light lumber cau easily
l,i moved nnd cleuiiei'.
Wheat is lite best food for STowlng
pullets, it the rii'ino i ini1
g I the limriiina meal can be dls-
used with after the chicks me tblW
liiiililhs old. But give Ihein all they
will eat nt nigid A ehldiell lo grow
inpidly should be ntil.T ii medium flesh.
I lo not lei ln-l.l gel too p.'rtl' r too
Keep the roost clean nnd swotf "! 1lu"
.-hicks free from lice. Bilibl boness
mid muscle hr-i. ami then when fljey.
:iiv lu-.iio'V to wili i-i- quarters, in Op"-'
i. .ber. tin- leiiliiig im- eggs will be in
..ii',..;- A good iniisli Is made if bran,
middling and ground c-.n. With I hi
mix a nii.ii t of cut i-b.vcr or cut clover
hav. mid a pin: of gioiind meat. I'm"
g-roiiinl bone every nt her day. Cnoltevl
Vegetables c:ltl be :l.i.eil til tlli mitsll
several tinies a w.vk. 'cabl it with
b.n inilli. oi- water nnd feed X morn
ing ami no'.n. Feed whole wheat ni
iilulu. Ii shoiii'l be fed in trough?
vvlii.-!i should be xvns-hed .-very day.
I Veil only what ilu-.v - ill em up clean,
im nut l'ot-ivel lie- necessary exercise.
To keep i hem lii-oSilny give proper
,-Nctviso and lots of i. Bury millet
.-red in Ii'"-:- nnd Vl them w.uk for ft.
dive fresh, el- m water every tiny, ami
keep the illilllcilli,- vessd iu a Cool.
-is.-. ,y : .-Uii. li'wiu, ill 'J'UU
Lpitoinist. ' '
A I t-uit MoiHge House.
Veiniotii S-at ..tt gives a de
ion. Willi iliiisii-aiio-.i. of :l frame
... house in which low lempera
ilid veKlilnlii.il are provided by
Til.
.-i-ipl
stor.-i
I lire
ilWIIIL
loot s ami windows (lur-
! ing ciiol -pells iii the lull iiinl keeping
i i lu-iii closed a: nihi l- times-. The hottsn
j is thirty by tii'iv feet and has twn
-tui-ies and basciiioiii. The basement
I S; ii.I ii;-si thiol- :! Used I'm- Moring;
1 iiiiM mid bold Tn"' l. -.rreis each. The
' s-,...,,i.l th-or is for etm.ty barrel, etc.
, Tim building has double walls n ml
, double windows. An oil stove given
ill &
At'i'Li; sroit.Mii'. norsr.
lent
ll'.-c
l l.ollgll
ill it iu v
keep
1 1 fruit from
t r. i'i'e lumber used)
n iii,. consiitici icii oi tli'.s l.oUsc was
a
l,. Hows:
Thi.o thoit
. wall boaiii'ii-,
feet ceii
1 rive hundred feet
in iv. i roof boai-dng-.
feet c.-iii; .'m-i.'.e.. 7-Juo feet
hoards ul.iiil.lo thiol's' b'lM feet
.our K twenty live bundles lath,
in, no- !vn nnd a linlt Mpiarcs
tiuuf
chill
:iinl
( Ultside Finish -ih'ioar
measu-ei
i-.io icet li near l
Mold. ."OU Ice! lli!
Hi mold for i'i'ei.i
i'lim-ar n easu' i
water tab, s. J""
- by !' plain-;--Corner
boar.',
fc.-t; t. -I!!- p-i- '
Sills. I-,.',! p C O
pieces. 1' by V .
Floor h.isis.
Two hundred feet
i inch ci-iiwn mold,
i, as'iivi !'. inch bod
ear mrasurei 7s by
and facia. JUH feel
., by 7 base uud
eel -linear measure)
four pieces rs by o,
, s i.y ;. b" feet,
s by" N, lo feet; 10
pi.-.-. . 'J by !, lo'i
by :i. feci,
lev, ".'l piece. 1 by
i piece. K by 4, 14
y I. 1'J feel.
s. U b.V S. '.'I feet,
s. bv (!. r. feet; 20
I led: "J.! pie,-
Collar Ii. s io
' il. I'd feel.
1 Wall s'uds.
: I'ei l: 'J" pieces.
Bailor. ."'! I
1 Braces. p
pieces. I b.V I'.. S felt.
Ulbbops. Pi i locos. 1 by
Kldge poles, i otll- pit '-1 S
4. IS feet.
2 by U". Li
This bill i cstimal-d at SHo.HO. and
ihe house cost si. ".un finished. The la
bor of building: was performed by the
. vv tier at spare I iliies.
Sin-h storage buildings' a the one
iiisi described, which ih-pi nd on tlm
husbanding and uiiliz.-.ti.'ti of low tein-per.-iiui'c
ilui-iUK coll waves iu curly
spring and fall, would not, of course,
fulfill their purpose dining the hot
summer nionibs. iiuy are obviously
1 best ailapied lo :i colli i lim.lle, such as
is found iu the Noriheru State. Here
iln-y can. iu the opinion of the New
Hampshire Station, be mm'..- more use
ful iu our pres. -n! transitional period
; of storage con1 ruciiou than any other.
Tie-ir dofeel is ibai tlii-.v do uot liuiin
lain a suiheh-nliy h-w mid even tetu-
ul l be of little
-r. I ''-'VvfiV
l ei at in e. and tlu.V wo
:
7 H
. .
iiiciir
'll"Hllfl
ClinSS SECTION OF APCI.E HOUSE.
ni- in a wnrm climate. It Is. however,
bin a step from such n fruit house to
h-o storage. Aside from the detail of
instruction, the only (liliereiice is that
ihe upper story is u.-cd for stoiiug; h-e,
thus cooling the air !u the top of the
f ii.ldir.g, whi. !i smUs uiij iu turu coola
Uie room bcluvv.