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'HAI'TEIl I.
'Tr'nce C;i'r!:i daughter! The sun
s-hono ( it the i'ii.v f hi-r Wirth; tho Ivells In
Krceldean poalnl tuirr.ly: the llag waved
for Eroeldcnn invirs; every face on the
Ercelilciui estate wme a bright, pleasisl
expression. "Hit ladyship has n littlp.
daughter," the t-n:i :. snid one ti nn
othor, thru stopped -. moment and added,
"Heaven bios the mother :u:il the child!"
"Prince Charlie" liimf was ill u
tmnop of !-i;K!it. 1 1 m!rlit liave xvtl
In the oMcii il'ii s wlu ii jifovN; rrU'il DUt,
"Lnrscsa n riiici'st !.; I.orn!" Hi' gavo
with linth hands, myally n kin.
Tiip rlans of j.iy-ln!:.s ti!!. ,l th uir; fra
prntire nui nii-liiily Krci'tiil tht lrrth of
"IVIiiop ClKirlipV ilaitslifr Hi atrix
Inr.DX. hriri'sH of rr.i'Monn. No Uiiir'h
liitrt was pi-it RtLrroil with moro jiawiioii
to joy than this whiMi now miimatpil the
heart of "t'rinre C'harlii'." Hp RtouJ on
Hip summit of a s!iii!S hill, thick xrrm
(n,.i'" waving it his fnt, wilil hontlirr to
thp ri-lit mill to tho left of him. tall.
prrli.ie tret ovpp his li-ail. Ho lookp.l
rouml i!i;n with priilp ntnl doliirht. This
noh!" !omain f Krivhlcnn, how fnlr it
wn! In all tho loiigih of bonny Scotland
no sp.it was half no fair ami it would ail
ba hc: oiip day.
"What shall I nnmp her?" ho thought.
"I'patris Iipntioj, thp proudest, falrpst,
hnnirh'ii-st lady of our racp, won tho love
of a kin i. Shi miifht have Ih-pii crowul
jui' ;i, but that slip loved the laud of luf
birth Im-Upt than thp kinif who wooiyl hpr.
She prcfprrpJ to bp I'ontitpss of St. Mar.
I will call my daughter 'Iteairix'; it U n
nnmo of Kiod oiiipii. IVrhaps it may win
for r.cr n loyal love."
Ho repeated thp name ns he dfflipudpl
Hi" iiiil. Hp walkiil ijiiickly through tlu
lieath-r, throutfh the plover nu-ailows.
Ihrouli the pleasure Burdens, and alom;
the terraces that aummidil thp pastle.
A wai'iug woman met him at the door.
"Her ladyship would bp no pleasH'd to
eo yo"i, colonel," she said.
The colonel wpnt on his way singing,
In a low to!i p. his favorite song. "The
lilue Hells of Scotland." He rpachpd her
lailyj-hiji's room, and thpre waited tint)'.'
the nursp's voire bid him enter. It was
a larjp, lofry ru, fiiperbly fiirnisneil.
Oa the bed, willi its rich hanpinga, lay n
pale, gentle lady, with a sweet, patient
face sweet, yet sad, ns of one who suf
fered in silence. She held proudly in her
nrrni a littlo child. She rnispd hpr eyes
os the colonel entered.
"Chnrlip, come and look at her," she
Mid. "I have never seen such a face.
Ixxik nt her!"
"Thorn is some character In baby's
f.iee,' remarked the colonel. "Look at
the sweet Mttlu lips -how lirm!.r they are
closed! See how delicately arched the
brows are. The eyes are dark. There
Is an ild border song of 'a dark-ejxl ln
cox with a heart of nro. "
I.-a ly Lennox looked up at her husband.
"Charlie," she began half reluctantly, "do
ymi kn v why I m-at for you? 1 though:
that on this the day that our little child
has be-.'ii given to us you would nit re
fuse my petition."
"That I will not," he replied. "Likp the
king in your favorite history, I would K-Te
you the half of my kingdom."
She laid her hand on his thick, cluster
ing curls.
"My dear Chnrlip, I havp npver doubted
your willingness to give. I doubt, though,
whether you havp much to give. I know
It is almost umi'Ss to talk to you; but,
Charlie, imw tl.ut we have the little one,
will you not try to ni:er? I want you to
promise to be wore economical. IK not
give nirny so much do not bet on those
terrible horses do not trust so implicitly
in a blind fate; if you do, ruin will follow.
(letipTosify is a duty, but not such lavUh
generosity r..s j-oura. For my sake, for the
litt'e itie's sakp, begin now to act differ
ently." Hp heiit down and kissed the rosebud
fa eo.
" I ivill, Ailsa. You know I mean to do
right always I have no thought of doing
wrong. Hanie Nature is to blame, who
gave mn the open hands of a king without
the reviuues to till them. I like bright
faces, and, if a gift ef mine rhRra a aad
fi:..-p, 1 nm well pleased."
"Snv these words after me 'For your
take, my littlp lleatrix, I promise to be
more mrefuJ to give less, to save mom.
to renounce betting, and devote my rime
to ho'ne.' "
lie repatcd the words, and then kissed
lis wife's hands and the baby's face.
"AiNa, I hope your daughter will be
like yourself."
The !ihy nas christened soon after
ward. A duchess was Its godmother. The
wholp domain of Ercelde-au seemed to 1h
Illuniitiated. The only one troubled with
foreboding, the tnly or.e who wept when
;hers laughed, and sighed when others
mi!ed, who fiiresw.v sorrow, was the
if of "Prince Charlie," the mother e;f
the little heiress, 1ady Lennox.
CHAPTER II.
The tun shone upon few braver, bright
r. ha.ipief men than Col. Charles Leu
ex. lie was one of the handsomest ofii
rcrs In her majesty's army a man nf
lofty nature and rerful 'build, with a
graceful, easy, dignified carriage; his fea
tures iverc bold, frank nnJ proud; there
was joined in him the daah of the soldier
ylth the grace of the cavalier. He was
ust twenty when he succeeded to the vast
fortune left him by his father.
ll.s other, Keith Liwinox of Erceldean,
lied two sons Chnrlps, the colonel, who
:cci "'lei him, nnd Peter, the yminerr
e. I.o was a graeeli'KS ne'er-do-well- -lie
had iiiittur inaiii.ers, morn! if .r style,
Kivth I.ehiiox :&i aicustomed to w)
Tliere was u gnat love betwin t
hrothi rs. although Charlie had a .onto.-.ip
VauiM kiad of pity for to ungaiiUy taj
ho was so Invariably awkward tin A
I'iutr.sy,
Peter solved f.r himself the dilUcnlt
roblem of his existence, lie ran nway
fivm heme, having a letter nib! rinsed to
Ira father, In which he stated that it was
his intention to make n fortune at the
gold diggings; he was going to sail in 'lie
Kriiiu'ia, hp snid. The father's tirst feel
ing on readli, the hlti r was t.ne of mi-
'.nitlgatpd relief, lint a few wo ks afti r
t ard, when he read the st'iry of the wreck
j( the Onuolia with the less of nil on
imnril, he uioutued for his son. There
v;is an end to Peter; he could never an
loy. disgrace, mr irritate tin-in again.
Charles Lennox sueccvdci tu the who'e
5f the Kreeldean estate. There had b.'Pli
niiiJe provision made for Peter, that now
liecnme his lirilher's. At t wenty-oTie
Charles Lvtiimx was one of the lianilsnm
(t and wealthiest men in Sintlanl. He
n-rvpil in one campaign against the Sikhs
In India. It was there that l.!s fair face
became broiized there that he won his
brilliant reputation for fearlis.s courage.
Col. Lennox was cmiparativi-Iy a young
tnau when the necessity of looking after
his estntp eutnie!!td him to leave the
nnny. He dividisl his time between Iau
doii and Mrceldcnn, and married, aftf r a
short r.ourtship, the pn tty, itortionless or
phan daughter of a Scotch peep the Lady
Ailsa Iraeuie-who simply idolized him.
They were married ten years before the
butu it their little daughter, Beatrix
Iycnnox.
There were few men so courted or so
popular as the colouvl; hp was chiefly
known by thp nnmp of "Prince Charlie."
It was diflicult not to idolixe him, since
he had ways and fashions more royal
even than those of a king. lie was kind
nml warm of heart, iniM tiioiis, indiscreet ;
he was possessed of little emit ion or judg
ment, tuit lie had tin immense faith in
everything and every one-nn immense
tynipnhy for nil whom he came in con
tact with. Hiiw many destitute children
he placed in sc!iix!s. lion- many desolate
widows he established in business; how
many young simpletons he rescued from
folly, could never he told.
In vain did Lady Lennox remonstrate.
"My dear wife," he would answer in his
gonial, happy fashion. "I have so much
money that I can never spend It all." Ha
lent, he gave, he lost, until the day came
tliat his banker, with a grave face, to'.d
him that his amruut was so for over
drawn that some arrangement must be
made.
The gay, handsome colon e! was eleetri
fuil. At tirst he declared that the firm
was .nttd; and then h grew indignant.
.An interview with his solicitors brought
liim to his senses, and he snw that there
was no resource save to mortgage Ivr
I'ehlean. "Pri'ice Charlie" lost more and more.
The Lr.ndon house was given up. n farm
was old. the mortgage was Increased.
Lndy Ixmnox startled her husband one
day by telling him that if he should dio
i:ni'p -ctei'.ly he had not a shilling to
l.avp her.
Still the fright was not much of a check
on him; thp mortgage was increased. So
i: hnupeneil that when Beatrix was bora
Ilk-re was no heritage left for her. Ilo
i evpr rpji'izisl it. To himself he wna al-
ways Col. Ietinox of Ereo'.deaa, lord of
onp of the fairest rstntes In Scotland.
What did It matter to him that It was
inortgt.ged to its full vaiue, and that at
any ti.ue, if the mortgage money was
cailed in, he would be a ruined man? He
was not of a nature to remember such
things; he had a happy faculty of thrust
ing nil dark thougVs from his mind.
He had pnmiiied to amend now that his
little heiress was born; but it was too late
to do so; he should have reformed years
before. He had nothing now to keeti.
lie etrugg'.pd on until Itcatrix reached
her fourth year. She hnd all a child's
passionate adoratitMi for the hnmlMitnp,
gpnprous father who kissed her nnd load
ed her with toys. She loved him, with nn
affection passing the love of children for
their parents, until her fourth year, and
then a terrible accident happened.
One srcnny morning in August the colo
nel kissed his wife and child for the last
time. Some one ht 1 begged him. to try a
new horse which it was feared was vi
cious; with his usual good nature ho hud
consented. When Lady Ier.nox, looking
into his handsome face, nsked him whith
er he was going, he ansvt-erpd laughingly
and evusivply. Had they known the
truth, neither wife nor child would have
parted with him.
"You will come home to dinner, Char
lie?" said Lady Itin:s. "Iu ti"t ride
too tiickly or too far: the day is werm."
The colonel laughed.
"Fancy sm-h advice its that to a man
wlio has ridden forty mile in the iieat of
an Indian sun!" he cried. "I will !'P
back for dinner, Ailsa indeed, if you fi el
dull or lonely, I will not go nt nil."
Four hours afterward they onrred bliu
home to Erceldenn dead !
CUA PTE iT III.
DcaTix Lennox, chIM as she wae at
that time, ntmeinbered the untold horrnr
of the day on which her father was
brought home dead. Slie rcraenilterod tlio
slanting sunshine ns if feJl UKn the grnss,
the silent hours whil her father was
away and her mother, Lndy Lennox, lay
reading on the couch. How suddenly tlit
calmness and the sweet sunshine seemed,
to terminate as over the greensward came
the tramp of men! She remembered tie
terrible cry of her mother when she heard
what the men had to say -"The colonel is
defld"; and the little lisping i-hild, hanliy;
ktiowing the inclining of the w..r i, rv
peated them "The colonel is dead."
Then came a long iri'.erval. She bad a,
iiai remembrance of d:.rk-brod tnt-tij
tuginz ami storming in Erce'.dean Caat'.e,!
iof looking at tall, a-rr iwiu, iJ ttouti
in the picture gallery, raving against her
ill ad fa tin r-c:i!li d him "pr.xliga!" nnd
" p- u ltlirift" of a servant trying to
ipiiet him, saying:
"Il'iihl the i-Uild is listening."
"'I hi- child had heller he tl'-ad than a
l i '..:'r," lie answered.
"Hire is my lady ruining," said the
servant.
"And 'my lady' had better be dead, too,"
ilei 'and the man savagely.
She remembered a hundred similar
i-ceues how her mother came to her one
in irnirig dressed ill deep mourning, her
pn'e face looking quite colorless and con
trasting with her black robin .
"lieitrix," tdie said, "onine with me,
child, and soy ,-ood-by to your home. You
are a little child, but juii are old enough
to Min-mlicr what I tun going to say to
ou. look at that beautiful castle; it
should i yours. You were born heiress
of Krceldenn. yet you hnve not a penny in
the world. H-ntrix, only henvou knows
what l.es before us what is to be our
fate: I ut promise me always to rcmeiulipr
that this is your heme, always to renum
ber that yon were burn a lady.''
"I nm a lady," said the child, proudly,
"not a beggar as that man called me,
but a lady."
"Promise me. too, my darling, that, if
in the years to come you should be fortu
nate or prosjM'rous, you will, if yon can,
buy b.iek the old homo of the Lennoxes."
"I will, niamnia," said the child.
"lienieinber another thing, my darling.
They used to call yon 'Prince r"iarlie's'
daughter in the days when feasting nnd
revelry wasted your father's substance,
when nun Haltered him and borrowed
from him and led him to ruin."
"Por papa!" said the child, with fa.st
ilropping tears.
"Hear, noble, generous papa!" cried
Lttdv Lennox. "Oh, my little daughter,
i he has left me almost penniless; yet, I
declare to you that I would rather lie his
widow, left oor and obscure, Oian the
widow of a king. But you do not under
stand me."
"Yes, I do, mamma. I understand you
loved papa. So did I."
Then enme a journey over the hil's.
Heat ns asked her mother whither they
I were going. Lady Iennox said:
I "You have never heard of the place,
jrhiM; we are going to the old ( range
I nt Str.ithnnrn. nn old house left to inn
I years ago. and an iiicoiiip of a hundred it
ypar with it. I smiled nt the time I
I heard of the legacy; now I thank heaven
for it."
Strn-hnarn wa -. reached nt last. The
Orange was a large, rambling building,
pleasantly situated. The house stood on
the summit of a richly wooded hill, and
n benntiful lake, called Ich Nam, lay
at its feet. No scenery could have been
richer or more picturesque; no landKoape
more lovely. The Crnnge itself was a
dreary habitation. In that great lonely
hotiso there were no carpets, no pictures
nothing but old oiiken furniture quite
out of dnte, long, dark passages, and
gloomy rooms.
There was one servant, Margaret by
name, a staid, warm-hearted Scotchwom
an, who had long been accustomed hi the
(t range. She had lived there alone since
her In'e mistress' death, looking after the
gloomy house as well us she could. She
gazed pitifully nt the beautiful child with
the bright face.
"It will le a qneersome place for her te
grow ep In, my lady," sl.v said; "we never
s- e the sight of a human face here from
one year to another. Perhaps it will be
only for a time that you will stay here?"
"It will bo for life," replied Iiily Iycn
nox sadly "for life; but if heaven Is
good to us, that life will not last long."
And Lady Ixmnox found it even worse
than the had expected and feared. .Tust
at first there was a glimmer of hope that
something would happen some source of
relief would be found; that glimmer of
hope dipd, nnd tho full sen of desola
tion came home to her nt last. 'Hie only
thing that saved her from despair was her
little daughter; to tench her, to brighten
the little life, to make herself a child for
tho child's sake, wns the only tiling that
kept her from the very madness of de
spair. As the mournful years passed
without change, without event, she busied
hers?lf thus, only waking at Intervals to
j the cotisciousneBs that her daughter was
rapidly In-coming n beautiful girl, while
blie herself seemed to grow more helpless
and feeble every day.
ciLirriTu iv.
It wns a brilliant morning. A rich am
ber light lay on the loch, n soft, golden
haze had overspread the hil'.s; the long
line of distant sea shone white in the sun;
the bo?s were humming over the purple
heather and the golden gorse; the lovely
water lilies glistened white in the sun; all
the ambient nir was filled with perfume,
the first soft frpshness of morning smiled
river the land. A little bont wns fastened
to the trunk of a tree that grew close to
the water's edge.
In the fragrant silence of the summer
monlng there came a faint sound of mel
ody. It was a woman's voice, clear, full
ef nvisie. with nn undertone of passion,
ns though nu impri.-eiicil soul found its
vent in song. From the dark glade be
tween the hills tho voice came sweet and
thrilling.
'Hie singer emerged from the darkness
ef the mountain gorge into the full light
of the sun. She looked like the queen of
mountain nnd lake. It wns "Prince Char
lie's" daughter the child who had bi'en
named after thp Beatrix Lennox who had
won a king's heart Beatrix Ionnox, a
child nn longer, but a girl in the full su
perb oromiseof magnificent womanhood
a giri of ran' and dazzling loveliness.
The girl waiked to the boat, and, un
fastening it. jumped into it, then taking
the seulls in her hands, she rowed rapidly
across the blue waters of the loch. She
rowed swiftly across tho lake, watching
I he ligt. feathered spray as it fell from
the sculls; then, when lite other side of
the loeii was gained, who secured the boat,
took 'roin it a volume thst she bad
l.roi;g!it with her and sat down on the
slope of the hen tilery hill.
Finally she threw aside her book; with
lie sun shilling on the waters of the lake,
nil the broad stretch of purple heatlieT,
en the golden gorse, on the distant hille.
hew could she read? "Prince Charlie's"
j i.augnter nan a poet s soul, iveeniy anvo
to all beauty, loving it with paasioonte
:..vo, she Inherited the bright, quick fan
cy, the brilliant, vivid, poetic imaeina
t oB of her dead father. She looked around
her, aud then with a sigh of perfect con
tent sank back upon the heather.
"My mother talks of drawing rooms end
j boudoirs; 1 am sure that no room made by
I man could lie one-half so beautiful as this
i spot made by heaven. Who would fi
! change the purple heather for a carpet,
i r this gram! chain of hills for the walls
j ,-f a room that shuts out the bluo sky end.
I llw fresh air? Sometimes I wish that
! these hilts would cjpse up together, so
I that w could never crc-M therm, nor leave
viieir midst."
She turned her fnoe to where the long
line of ilis'nut sea lay white In the sun.
Then the sound of a hell tinkling across
i he lake aroused her. She sprang trp with
u smile from the heather.
The bell rung ngnin. Beatrix sculled
Herself across the lake, secured the bont,
nnd linsteucd quickly through the dark
hill-gorge. Before her lay the (range.
The very sight of the ruined house seem
ed to warm the girl's heart as she looked.
The leaves of the scarlet creeper fell on
her in a shower ns he passed tii rough the
ruined gateway. In the courtyard lay a
broken sundial, and a fountain, L.ig dry,
stood :n the center. The ruin and deso
lation did not affect her; she murmured
somo words as she passed by the broken
s-.itidi.il, and turned to look at it, and
then a low voice called "Beatrix."
A wirin flush evidently one of plea
sure camo over the girl's face.
"Yes, mamma," she replied; but in the
tone could be eaily detected love, respect,
obedience, devotion, sympathy. She pass
ed quickly through the dark entrance hall
and entered the only habitable room on
flint side of the house.
There sat Lady Lennox, who looked up
as sihe entered.
"I grew lonely without you, Beatrix.
It is not dinner time yet, but I rang ths
bell. The whole house seems to grow so
dark while you are away."
"I wish yon would come out with me,
mamma; you would forget all about your
sorrows leftre you hnd been one nour
amongst thp heather. Troubles tade In
the light of the sun."
"Thr sunshine does not affect gratriti
rocks," sighed Lady Iennox; "ard my
sorrows are so durable that they might
hnve been carved In granite, Beatrix. I
wish, my darlii.g, that I could be a
brighter companion for you."
The girl looked up with bright, flashing
eyes.
"Wlion hiivo yen heard me complain,
nwimtna?" the asked. "I am happy
enough."
"It is such a dreary life for you," the
mother said, looking at the magnificent
face and figure
"I never wii'h to lenve here," was the
reply. "It seems to me, mamma, that 1
have 'ouml the true philosopher's stone.
I nm content.
Lady Ixnnox sighed as she looked
round her and thought of the recherche
repasts, tho grand banquets, the cosily
wines nnd rare fruits that flip had been
accustomed to. She was growing tired
of salmon an-1 wild duck. But Beatrix
made no demur; the simple homely menl,
cooked in homely fashion, was a banquet
to her. Sh" waited upon her mother, de
voting her' If to her and cheering her
with her chatter. Lady Lennox forgot
l:cr trwbles, and snid to herself that after
all in the love of her beautiful daughter
tho was happier than most people.
CHAPTF.Il V.
A newspaper nt the (Jrange was a nov
elty, a rarity, a treasure of great worth.
Lady Leiiiiox never pnn-luised one; but,
if by accident one came wrapper round
n parcel, every word of it was read. It
did not mutter how old it was or whnt
news tt oontniiml, it was always n nov
, city to her. Lady Ix-nnox found one thus
one day it wns a copy of rhe Times.
"This will be a treat," she thought, as
j the opened it carefnily.
It was but one mouth old. For the
prst time for many mouths Lndy Lennox
' read of Prussia and France, Holland and
I Belgium, read of the queen of the royal
I f.tuiil.v, of the marriage of some whose
! i:!iics slie knew, nnd of the death of oth
er!'. She read one or two trials at law
which interested her; and thn she glanc
ed at the advertisements.
Suddenly, with a little startled cry,
Lndy IjPihiox rose from her sent and went
nearer to the window, ns though the light
would help her to understand. She read,
re-read, nnd then sank back tion her
chair, breathless with surprise and won
der. The wonls which had moved her so
greatly were those:
"Information wanted as to the where
abouts of Lady I'iir.ox, widow of the
late Col. IeiuioX of Free '.dean. The ad
vertiser, having sought vainly both iu
Ktigla-nl and Scotland for news of this
lady, would be grateful to any oue who
could pswist him in finding her."
Lady l.tituox looked ul the udilress; it
was, "P. 1... care of Messrs. Cuntcr &
Smith, Solicitors, Temple, oin!ou." Shu
liegan to reflect thiit after all the adver
tisement migiit huve been inserted with
a view to something else beside her hus
bn ud's debt --indeed it might have pro
ceeded front some one anxious to repay
that which her huslmnd had lent or given
money enough, perhaps, to lessen the
hardships k!ic and her daughter were un
dergoing. Her heart leat so painfully at
the thiMght that khe could hardly bear it.
"I will answer the advertisement my
rclf," site thought, "nnd say nothing to
Beatrix about it. lest there should be a
great iiisaplKiintmetit in store."
The letter she wrote wa.s brief enough;
it mu as follows:
"Tlio wife anil daughter of the late Col.
Lennox aro living iu the greatest )overty
nt Strathnam (i range, near Krsedale, in
the north of Scotland. Lady Iyennox,
who write this, will bo plcoed to hear
from Miy friend."
A wock tnscd no letter enme; and t3io
mistress of Strathuarn snid to herself
that she must have been the dupe of a
cruel jest.
Ono morning Beatrix sat down to the
piano; tho sunlight fell on her fair proud
face with its imperial tenderness, on the
graceful figure and delicate hand. She
had just begun the firm barn of whut
sewned to be a very beaut if ul niel.xly,
when the sound of a carriage driving up
to the entrance was heard.
Ijidy Ijramox grew pale as she listeiwsl.
Was it could it be the answer to her U-t-ler
come at lust?
I "It is a carriage, Beatrix!" she exclaim
ed. Both ladies sat quite silent, looking tu
"endi other in the greatest consternation.
They heard the souud of a masculine
voice a deep rolling voice- talking to
Margaret, and Margaret's trembling tro
Wo in reply. Thi, In a state of great
excitement, Margaret opened the door.
"My lady," she cried, "such a thing hss
not happened these twelve years-a gen
tleman haa come to see you!"
Early training stood Lady Innox In
good fctend now; she controlled her excite
ment nnd spoke calmly:
"Show the gentleman in, Margaret."
"I hare taken the liberty of followins
this good woman, who seems to have al
most lovt her senses," raid the same deep
bass voice; and, looking up. Lady Inno
caw a tall, slight, elderly man with itm.
gray whisker and iron-gray hair, a hur t
coW, dctermiticd-lookltiK man. yet wit.,
something Ul his face t licit made her h ui
beat wildly, lie know uot why.
He stood nt the door, bowing deft-Fin
tiaDy, ywt with keen, sbrewd, obsrvaut
eye that took u every tW tig. Tint tatne
have told the color of the Indies' ho'r ami
eyen, the color of their dresses; yet hi
seeinetl engrossed in tliennselves.
"Pray cuter, sir" said Lady Jjcnno:;,
with old -fashioned grni-e mul courtesy.
'Hie at ranger ndvaji.-isl, hat iu hand mill
bowing.
"I presume I have the honor of address
ing Ludy Lennox, widow of the hlte Col.
Lennox of Mreeldeati '!" he said.
"The very words of the advertisement!"
thought her ladyship, growing paler. She
answered with quiet dignity:
"I nm Lady 1cimox, sir."
Then he looked nt the benntiful girl in
the radiant dress of purple nnd g'td. IL'
looked ut the fair, bewitching filer, and
a strange light shone in his eyts.
"It is ii Lennox face," h" said in n low
Voice, "a true Ienimx f-ice."
"This is my daughter," announced Lady
Lennox, "my only child, Beatrix Lennox,
who should l.ave liwa heiress of Krevl
dtau." "Ex idly. I nm very happy Indeed to
see you, I-a-.ly Lennox. When I tell you
that 1 have spent six months iu looking
for you, I wonder if you would guess whu
I atnV"
"No," was the wondering response.
"Have you strong nerves?" he n.-iked.
"Are you given to fuin'ing, hysterics or
anything of that kind?"
"No," replied Beatrix sternly.
"So much the better I know that I
shall surprise you. I am Peter Lennox,
who wns believed long years ago to have
b't-n drowned- Peter the gauche, the
awkward, the unlucky, the ne'cr-do-wpll
Peter, the dlsgnu-e to the family - Peter,
who was never irarod for, exis-jit by his
brother Charles. And now I hui Peter
Lenu.is, the milliuiinire. Have you a wel
come lor me';"
CHAPTMK VI.
Lndy Ix-nnox was the first to break the
silence that fell upon the little group.
She raised her colorless face to his.
"Are you quite sure," she saiil, "that
there Is' no mistake? My husband al
ways told hip his hn.rher Peter wns dead."
"I u in alive enough," was tho quick
reply. When the (iruiolia went down.j
most of those mi board sank with her. 1
swam away from the vessel, and, being a.
capital swimmer, contrived to keep up mi-;
til I wns resiiiisl by n:i English ship out-'
ward bound. 1 . went with that ship to
home. No one cared fur tnc at trochlea n,
and I knew tny money would be useful to
Charlie." His voice fallens for one half
minute, and then he went on. "I let them
all believe that I was dead. What crnild
it matter? I should never seo home or
any of fhem ngain. Now, Lady Lennox,
look at me nnd tell me -do yon believe
that I am your husband's brother?"
"I lK'liove it, manmin," said the clear
voico of Beatrix. "I can trace the Lennox
features in the gentleman's face."
"Thank you." returned Peter lennox.
"That is the first compliment I hnve eves
received on the score of orsr,nnl lienuty.
Still the Ia'Iihox features are good."
i.v. .. 1 n nnrtA ..r -!... i " mnt.l frnnlr
Beatrix, "without tho beauty." Peter
Lennox laughed, his sister-in-law looked
alarniPd. She held out her hands in
greeting to him. He kissed them ami
seemed to lie greatly pleased.
"Thank you. Those are tho first words
m ... ... 1 1 .1 ' , .. 4
01 weicoiue 1 iiuc mum, .0.., u. ..
he told h
I nm glad that they have come from my i
sister. Now let mo innke friends with
jmy niece."
He held out his hands to Beatrix, who
shyly gave him hers.
"And now," inquired Peter Lennox,
"mny I feel nt home?" He looked up
suddenly nt Iody Ienunx. "I have star
tled you," he said. "Ymi tremble; yoti
are quite pale. 1 am too abrupt you
must pardon me."
He .ed Lady Lennox to the little couch
near the window and placed her on it.
"I cm hanliy believe my senses," ahe
told him. "We hnve been so long desert
ed, nnd now it seems us though wt hmi
found a friend."
"I am n true friend." said her brother-in-law,
"but we wi'l talk of that after
ward. Do you know- thrt thousands of
miles away from Ikjimi.v Scotland I read
of my brother's marriage to A ilia
Graeme, and that I have U'cti longing to
see you ever since? I hnve 1mcii a hard,
stern, cold man all my life. 1 have de
voted myself to one thing, nml hnve cared
for nothing t-ls". Yiars ago I learned
that money was power. In the new world,
where I am better known than her, thvy
iu!i tic Pet. r Iwntuix, the millionaire!"
"I am glad that you have succeeded."
sa'd I.udy 1jci:uix I'eutiy.
"Ye, success is the very wine of life.
1 t"..ti'-';ht that I oared fer nothing else
but '11 iiey; yet, of late, something has
b.vu pulling nt my heari-s;riiig--siiic-th'::i
has stirred up faint memories 01
hojiie. Three years ago I met in New
York some one w ho hnd known my broth
er Charlie. He gave me all his history.
Bad told me how he had In en courted la
the noblest of the land 'Prince Charlie,"
they called b-lm. I heard the story of his
ruin, of his siuide.n death, of the loss f
the old home, Ereclilean, and a new ambi
tion entered my heart. I said that I
would go bnck home, that I would seek
out 'Prince CharlieV wife and child, that
I would purchase Erecldcnn, nml rstor.
the glories of the house of InT.nox."
Ijndy Ixiniox clasped her hands, nnd
words of unutterable thanksgiving went
up from her htart. Beatrix stood j ale
and trembling, her dark eyi-s tixe.l on her
uncle's fa.-e.
"Y..u need net remain her" an..t!,..
dtty," said Pi-ter Iemni. "I have taken
II hoti.'e in !.. ion a mansion, I kI'oiiI.I
say. It is already lilted up ami d.vi.ri' " '.
lis the ain't lo-ii, s'rs say, in the tnos-t ciio
pl-te r.iel i-h.-iriniiii: farhion. Scr..c
it is one of the finest lioutos in the tin-; rep
olis nnd it i" quite ready for yo-i."
"Ill I.otvl. ii':'" orcil Lady Ietnio "I
can hardly r.st!-i: it! lleawn li:is I..;.-,,
iny prjyer tit Inst I"
"1or.diMi?" rto!itel Beatrix, uiih a
look of dismay. "ih, mamma, shn'l we
'-- jioiinta.n nud ' " "-- -'
Nelthi r 1 '. th m rotii ed the ilisrninT, the
dread 'ti In r loi'-e: ihey were en grossed
in ti.r.r own p'-in.
"I have lived i'or.-T.e object," said Fcter
Letniex. "at.'l 1 slia!! accomplish It yet. 1
s-'nall buy back Eroeldean, nnd make it
once inor.- tiie home of our race. I am
willing to give i' iihle the price that it was
sold for. 1 want to restore it to more than
its ancient grandeur: I w-nnt to live there
with rou. sisiir, and Beatrix ehaJl once
more be helnss of Eroeldean. With the
beauty heaven has given her. and the gold
wiih which I shall endow her, she can
marry iny one; the greatest ieer in Eng
land Mill l eii'y too proud to make her
il is w f'. ,"
Lady I .Minos looked anxious.
"Beatrix marry! I am afraid. Teter,
we sh ill have trouble ovt that; s&e doeJ
not like aivn."
"U f no fear," ret Uwj Iwaglhsj;
"the Irp In those dark eyes of hers will
light a fliMitp that even she will not be
able 'o extinguish. Th" only thing we
shiill have o do will be to exercise care,
for it strikes me that when the does love
there will ls no bulf-lienrl'dnpss iihout
it."
Time proved that he was right.
(To be continued.)
Growing Melons.
YValormeloim nud iiiiisknielons need
similar treatment us regards m.'tiitir
ins n li I cultivation, but the two spe
cies differ In their soli requirements.
While watermelons vill thrive on nnd
prefer a sandy Roil, n'l thrive best in
a liot elinuite, the muskmelons prefer
n soil more abounding In lnnmis and
a good cln bottom. So fur ns the prep
aration of the soil Is couei'i-ueil anil
tlio fcrtiliziitlou of the laud their
treatment la Identical, except Hint tlio
w;iter:iiplon, of cotii'se, require more
splice for their vines. There tire two
methods of culture, each favored by
different grower. One met hod Is to
confine the. manuring to the bills
where the iceil Is planted, nml the
other Is to put part of the plant food
broadcast over the land between the
rows. Those who Manure on the lit lis
generally lay off the land ten by
twelve feet for watermelon and six
Icy six feet for liiilskmeions. The
spaces where the furrows cross nre
enlarged to make quite n pood sized
hole vhore the "hill" is to be. In
tlicr-t' holes nre placed two or more
shovelfuls of compost innde of partly
rotted manure and blnck earth from
tho forest, (in this compost n handful
or two of n high grade mixed fertilizer
is scattered, and then covered with
s ill st ns to bring the whole about
level with the original surface of the
land before nlanting the seed. The
cultivation Is then rapid nnd perfectly
Hat, and in the South ns soon ns tho j
vines have reached about three feet
1 au cultivation slops ,'iinl cow peas are
' octiltefed thinly between tho rows so
,1lt th(iy .nl ju-aotioitllv sl'tidc the
I ,im(1 jltl(, ,.,.,.,., Im.Us f,.l)IU
being scalded by the sun.
The s"coml method is where a sup
ply of compost is not available nnd
the grower dep; nils on romtnerci il fer
tilizers. In this ciiso the land fur
watermelons Is plowed early In tho
season In land;; twelve feet btoad. and
this
for iiiuskiiielons ill lands half
width. The dead furrows are run
carefully straight nnd clea'i. nnd a
subs-oil plow Is run in the dend fur
rows between the lands to loosen the
soil deeply without turning it up. A
wick or so before time for planting
(ho fertilizer Is applied. Wo liavo
,10111111 11 icn .0 urn..- ...u- . ....... o.
j mixture to make n tr,u: Acid phos-
j phate or any good superphosphate, !(il
pounds; cottonseed meal or tankage,
;oo pounds; nitrate of soda, l()t
, .1,,l1, .lnii i.i.,. prndi stilnliate of
- - - r- r, .
1 ...., 4n1 ,,,1I1.iM
I potiis
I would use of
this nbout tlOtl iioiuitls per nere. f
iilways use sulphate Instead of mu-
rlate of potash with nny crop in winen
sugar is a ilesiranie const. tneiir, nnu
on tobacco, where the muriate dam
ages the quality of the leaf.
Scatter
one-third the amount of the fertilizer
broadcast on the ltitnl between the
rows, for the rows arc to go where the
dead furrows ure. The remainder
scatter along the dead furrows. Now
plow two furrows from eiteh side over 1
this making an elevated bed In the
dead furrow, liaise the top of this
flat, and ninth a shallow furrow in
the middle of the ridge In which scat
ter the seed thinly anil cover. As the
plants begin to start It Is a good plan
to dust raw botienieal over them to
drive off the bugs, and this will also
be a help to the plants. Watciiin lous
are thinned to four feet apart In the
row as soon ns the plants are safe
from th" bugs and the iints'ttiieloiis to
three feet. The advantage 01 'he last
met hnd Is that th" roots are deeper
In the soil and siand drought better,
ami the plant food being well distrib
uted they are not running out of a
very rich soil Into a very poor one.
When tills same compost Is applied on
tup the compost Its the hills the
crop Is apt to be n little earlier
than in the second method, but
the crops by the second method nre
usually the larger and ef a liner qual
ity. Most growers cultivate too long
nml disturb the vines loo iiiueb. The
Millivt lion should be as rapid as possi
ble, to ilesiroy any weeds in the hills
at tirst. mul to gradually earth up the
plants and thus strengthen their
growth, but they do not I'.ho to have
the vines moved after they begin to
run. Hence the need for rapid culti
vation. A good supply Is essential In
the fertilizer, the nitrate to start thein i
off nnd the organic nitrogen to keep
up a vigorous growth, nnd the use of
th" sulphate of p iiasli will add large'.?
to the quality of the crop W. K. Mns
sey. North Carolina I'.::periinent Sla-
ij.ni.
BY
LIONS HE LIVED AND
BY A'
LIONESS DIED.
Long before the first gn at "trek" of1
(lie Boers from Cape Colony, liens and
oilier wild niiitntils lumiitcd S.iut'i Af
rica, but the pluee that erne know
them now knows t lie h 1 iu more. There
was one Hottentot who untile a b uist
of living by lions. He used to track
the.il like a detective, and when be saw
one nuking a moid be would conic up,
to It after it bad dined heartily nnd, by
yells and waving of his arms wind
mill fashion, scare the creature nwuy.:
Then he fell to rr.il to the rest of itni
diut'.er. This plan be followed suc
cessfully until or.e fine day he tried it
upon a lioness. But he h.nl failed to
notice that she was accompanied by
her cubs, for she Is .1 good mother nnd
won't stHiid ui.y nonsense likely to
harm tlieiu. Willi, therefore, tint
i.oi:ting begi'ti. she at utice left lie.
meal, and with a ravage growl leaped
upon him mid lew uiui evtn where ho
tood. CaiHrll's Little Folks.
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
The r.ol.len Mean What Tie Wanted,
ITnbnbly Wliln't et The Una All
Over lllm Opportunity Tlio Author's
Ambition-. Hopeless Case, Ktc, IStc.
JVhon youthful May was to the altar led
By wealthy old Pcceuiber, every friend
Declared Unit wisely hud the nniden wed.
'J'hcy thought his means had justified her
cud.
Chicago Record.
What He Wanted. I'rulntbly Didn't Get.
Customer "I want to get a ton of
coal." :'
Dcnlcr "Whnt size?" ' r -
Customer "The legal 2240 pound
size, if you plo;isi.'."-riiilnik'lpUUl
Press.
The Hon.
"Why, Madge, where are nil the tas
sels on your new chenille bon?"
"Oil, I stepped on some of them, find
other people stepped on some." D
trolt Free Press.
All Over
"All." snid the sympathetic man, "I
see you have contracted n cold."
"No." answered the 1111m who stiiws
to be neournto, t-veit iiinld suffering, "I
have expanded it." Washington, Star.
Opportunity.
"Somebody lias invented
riutj
tvh Mi will cure ilieiiiiintlsiu."
"Well. Edmund, if I had another dlj
niond ring I think It would make my
rheumatism feel ln'tler."-tTiica5i
llccord.
The Author's Ambilinn.
nend-in "I suppose lutein's atnbU
lion is to write the great Ainorlc.i'1
novel."
Telb'tii "Oh. no; lie is trying to get
the great American Uollur." Ballinioru
America ii.
Dinl Win kings of it tiooil Scheme.
"My num. tell me bow you enme to
be n 1 ramp."
"Oh, bless yer. they pot me t jine
one o' these don't-worry clubs; nn' I
got so I didn't Ucer when I lost m'
Job." Detroit Free Press.
Ilo Knew Where (he Trouble Lay.
j Klndllinnn-"Wliiifs Hie matter, nt
I little man? You seem to be In a great
I rn-"
I Little Boy (groaning dismally)-'No,
I I ain't, but iloy seems tor be 11 great
'pain in me." Philadelphia Press. ,
ltopi'le Case.
IIonx-"My wife Is never happy un
less she's ill trouble."
Toax "Can't you cure her?''
Hoax "Not much. When she hasn't
; anything else to worry her, she'll get
out. a railroad linie-talde una stud
i tiint." Phlltulelpliln Uecord.
Could Never He ltennltl.
I see Bucliiiinnii. the publisher, Is
'dead." said the solid business man; "I
owed blm a debt I enn never repay.
"What was it?" asked his friend.
"He refused to publish some verses I
wrote iu my yiititIi."-Plilladelph,3
llecol'll.
Her Aptitude.
Professor "You wish your daughter
lo take lessons on the piano. Has ste
nny nptlttnle for it?"
Pi-nud Mamma "Wonderful talent,
Sir; there nre very few operators wild
ran equal her speed ou the typewrit
er." Collier's Weekly.
routed in Spile of the Itule.
Collector "I am nfrnid t present
this dun In person to Mi. (rump; had
we not better forward It by mall?"
Mannger "Yes. but remember this
is the only Instance where we will vlo-
j Into our motto, 'Post No Bills." -Cot.
j uuilms lObio) State Journal.
j Seltleil the Sex.
I "I want to return this dog to the
' . , r I.l l.1
gent what owns nun. 1 seen in on.
In tlie paper." said the rough-looking
ninn r.t the door.
"How did you guess it was a 'gent
that put the 'ad.' in?" asked the lady.
"'Cnuse it said 'No questions asked.' "
-Philadelphia Tress.
Discouraged.
New Music Teacher "I cannot licnr
you very distinctly. Why don't you
raise your voice?"
Coiisdont loits Pupll-"Why. the fact
Is. Mr. Crochet, my last teacher told
ine it wits like n colt with n broken
leg-not worth raising." Bostou Trnu
script.
The father Slow to At-t.
Bertram Barnes "Does your father
prefer that we live in a cottage or 4
flat after we are married?"
Bessie Mi-Bride "I don't know, dear.
He has nevi r said."
"He hasn't? What's he going to da
about the fmn'nure? Looks like he'd
be asking m-." - Denver News.
The Workings of Ills Ml ml.
"Thought you said yon had plowed
that ten -nere field?" said the first
farmer.
"No; I only said I wns thinking
about plowing it." said the second
farmer.
"Oh I see: you merely turned It O.'cr
in your mind. "--Chicago Ne-.vs
Anything floes.
"Er you ivnu -ml" r that county-fair
premium-list I got out when we weio
tint living so well as we nre now?"
risked t!o successful nuihor.
"Ye--, dear."' answered hi- wife.
XVIiri- il':''
I -.v.ii.loil to l.-now if yu'.l I: e 11
o; y 1 I' !t ' " kei 1 mk -. I
l::,ve .t'.tst mchtd mi offer, with a,
.- -.oil l it of money iu it, for the tliatu,
1. ;it nelitj,". -Indianapolis ITckc,
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