LOVE IS * 'BEST
Florence
CHAPTER XII.
It was Bpringtlmc at Easthlll-on-
Sea , and things were settling down
again. Mrs. Dynevor , with her son
and daughter , still lived at the Up
lands , but with no fear now of the
mortgage foreclosing. It was gener
ally believed and specially so by Har
old that the interest was paid to the
young mistress of the Manor ; really
it went into the local bank account of
" " Lillian knew
"Kitty Dynevor , for
that AHck Craven's wooing would soon
end successfully , and wanted Kitty to
have a nice little sum In hand for her
trouscau.
Woodlands was a school no longer.
Mrs. Tanner lived at the Manor as
chaperon to Miss Dynevor ; and Lil
lian , thoughtful in all things , had in
sisted on purchasing an annuity of two
hundred a year for her friend , so that ,
as she put it , if she did not live long
Mrs. Tanner need not open a school
again. !
Mrs. Dynevor and Kitty were often
at the Manor , and loved Lillian even
hotter than they had loved Miss Len-
don ; but Harold never went there ,
and when he met his cousin at Up
lands treated her with a cold reserve
that almost broke her heart
"Your brother was kinder to me
when I was a poor little governess , "
Bhe said to Kitty. And that damsel ,
then on the eve of her wedding , lec
tured Harold pretty sharply on his
manner to her favorite.
"You don't understand , " he said
coldly. "Lillian is rich , we are poor ,
and that makes a gulf between us. "
"But it need not , " Kitty persisted.
Lillian and the twins were her
"bridesmaids when the June day came
that made her Mrs. Alick Craven ;
and somehow , when the happy pair
had driven off , Harold found himself
alone in the garden with the chief
bridesmaid.
"It went off very well , " he remarked ,
"I never saw Kitty look better. "
"No. I think they will be very
happy , " she said quietly.
"I suppose yours will be the next
wedding in the family , Lillian ? It is
high time you chose a prince consort
for the Manor. "
"Only that I am not going to do
anything of the sort , " she answered.
"I thought heard . Mrs. Tanner say
something about changes at the Ma
nor. "
"Yes ; but they need not mean mat
\ rimony. " She hesitated. "You were
so kind to me in the old days , when
first I came to Easthill , that I would
like to tell you my plans. I am quite
euro I am not fit to be a great lady ,
and I should like to feel that my life
was of use to some one , so I am going
to London to be trained as a hospital
jiurse. "
'Lillian ! "
"And as my life will be spent among
sick folk , you see , I shall never want
the Manor ; and you are the last of
the Dynevors you would make me
very happy , Harold , if you would go
back to the old home which was to
have been yours , which would have
been yours if I had never been born. "
"Lillian , you know it is impossible ! "
"I know you have shunned the Ma
nor lately ; but if it was your own ? "
"I have only shunned it because
something it contained was growing
all too dear to me. Lillian , did you
ever guess my secret that I loved you
with all my heart , and but for the
gulf between our fortunes I should
liave asked you to be my wife ? "
"And I thought you hated me be
cause I was my mother's daughter. "
"I love you dearly ; I have loved
you ever since the old days , when I
thought you were only a penniless lit
tle teacher. "
"I wish I had been , " she answered
wistfully. "I don't think money has
brought me much happiness. But
Harold , when I go to the hospital you
must take the Manor ; the dear old
place can't be left desolate. "
And then Harold Dynevor's love
conquered his pride. He took Lillian
in his arms , and whispered that he
would only take the gift with the
giver.
And now Dynevor Manor is a happy
home , and children who bear the old
name make merry in the nursery Mrs.
Craven had been afraid to use.
The End.
llcsson In Astronomy
It was the third week of our trip
across the plains. We were now just
seventy-five miles from Fremont , and
expected to make it very shortly ; but
on rising I was disgusted to find that
one of the horses we had only two
was dead lame. He had cast himself
in the night. I was rubbing the strain
ed tendons when the professor came
and stood beside me.
"How long before he will be ready
for work again ? "
"I don't know. " I said shortly.
"Hand me that oil. "
"What is a near estimate ? " he in
quired , with a touch of mild irritation.
"Surely in these days of scientific ex
actitude so slight a matter as the
length of a horse's lameness may be
computed with reasonable accuracy. "
"I just wish you'd try it , then , " I
said , sulkily. "He may be ready to
morrow we may have to wait two
weeks unless you want to ride the
mare in. I don't mind walking. "
"And lear-e my specimens to the
mercy of any Yahoo that happens
along ? My dear Curtis , I could n
think of It ! Siace there's only you
and I we can racke ourselves very
comfortable. But I 60 hope the crea
ture will be all right In a short time.
I am anxious to be In Fremont to
study the collision of the comet with
my colleague there. "
"Collision of the comet ! " I repeated
straightening up. There's nothing so
tiresome as rubbing a sprain. "
"Certainly ! That brilliant comet
to which I have called your attention
for several nights , will surely collide
with the earth , in a few days at far
thest. The phenomenon will prove a
rare and wonderful one , though as
tronomers have often expected such an
occurrence. Unfortunately , something
always seemed to interfere. "
"May the Interference continue , " I
said , laughing. "I don't believe this
old world will be smashed up yet
awhile. "
"I did not say it would be smash
ed , " returned the professor with some
dignity. "The most advanced theorists
agree in saying that the comet itself is
now only in a gaseous form , and that
now only in a gaseous form , and
that "
"Hallowell , " I interrupted , "go and
make the coffee. We can discuss gase
ous comets while we eat. "
Three days passed , and the black
was no betrer. As miseries never
come sirsle , his mate , a pretty mare ,
having the undue curiosity of her sex ,
experimented with a tempting weed ,
ami was in a very serious condition
when I found her. I closed her with
several remedies , getting little help
from the professor. He was so busy
watching a cloud that lay along the
horizon that I was tempted to smash
his telescope in order to bring him
down to mundane affairs. Having
done what I could for the poor mare ,
I came back to the wagon.
"I don't believe she'll pull through , "
I said savagely.
The professor squinted one eye up
a little tighter.
"Amazing ! " he murmured. "It trav
els with scarcely the sped of a locomo
tive. I marvel the velocity is no
greater doubtless the earth's gravity
exercises a controlling influence at
present. " Then , in a different tone ,
"Curtis , there's a buffalo calf coming
toward us. I suppose you would not
be interested if I told you of the ar
rival of something really important. "
I took the glass out of'his hand.
"It's not a calf , Hallowell. It's a
man riding like the deuce. What do
you reckon is the matter ? "
Hallowell was from the east and was
not used to southern localisms.
1 "It is impossible to reckon anything
on so slight a basis , " he answered se
riously then made a wild dive at
something that floated by. When he
turned to me there was a shining bub
ble in his hand.
"The comet ! " he shouted. "The col
lision has occurred. "
"Do you call that thins a comet ? "
I asked contemptuously. "I might
say to you with Festus 'Much learn
ing hath made the mad. ' "
"It is a detached fragment from the
main body of the gas , " he replied ,
dancing triumphantly around. "The
comet as a whole is that 1'aint cloud
you see yonder. "
"The deuce it is , " I said anxiously.
"We shall smother or be blown away.
I remember you said something about
its traveling like a train. "
"Not blown away , " corrected the
professor. "We can take refuge in
the hole by that hemlock yonder. As
to our chance of smothering , I wonder
you can mention such a trifle in the
face of material of such overwhelming
scientific interest. I think "
We were interrupted by a cry from
the advancing horseman. I saw that
he was using whip and spur on his
mount , and that the latter instead of
responding was evidently played out.
Indeed , as he reached us , the poor
brute went down. His rider staggered
up before I could lend my assistance.
"For God's sake let me have a
horse ! " he exclaimed entreatingly. "I
am on my way from X , to Fremont ,
with a pardon for my brother. If I
do not reach the town before 12 to
morrow , the best man that ever buck
led will die for no worse fault than
putting a bullet through that /iound.
Pistol Pete. It is nearly 5 now ! "
"You shall have the horse and wel
come , " I replied , for the young fellow's
manly face was haggard with an awful
grief , "but one is dead lame , and the
other is too ill to stand. "
He made a rush for the horses to
satisfy himself , and came back with
a gesture of despair that went to my
heart.
"Look ! " he cried wildly , drawing
out an envelope. "There's a life in
that paper and I have ridden ridden
and met with one hindrance after
another ! "
The professor looked at him pity
ingly.
"How limited are the capabilities of
the body compared with the desires
of the spirit , " he murmured.
"I cannot bear it ! " cried the strang
er , frantically. "They told me that was
a good horse the liars ! "
He flung himself on the ground and
hard , dry sobs shook his chest ,
The professor picked up the glass.
"In less than an hour it will be
here , " he said thoughtfully.
"Thank God I am not a scientist , " I
said rudely. "You fellows have about
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as much feeling as the dry bones you
study. "
The professor ignored me , and
shook the prostrate man.
"Get up , " he said , commandingly , a
new note in his voice. "Do as I tell
you , and your brother may be saved
yet. "
The man rose. We both stared at
Hallowell. I wondered if he had really
gone crazy.
"Take the tongue off the wagon , "
he said curtly , "and spread the cover
and all the cloth you can find on the
ground near me. "
For a moment I hesitated ; then it
dimly occurred to me that even a
bookworm might have original ideas ,
and I said sotto voce to the newcom
er
"Do as he says ; he's by no means as
big a fool as he looks. "
I rather think Hallowell overheard
me , for he shot a distinctly ungrateful
glance in my direction , but he could
say nothing , as we were both now zeal
ously obeying him.
He made us cut the great cloth cov
er In two large sails , and these we fas
tened on the wagon tinder his orders.
"Surely surely , " I gasped , "you
don't think that you can make that
cloud of gas help us ? Why , it's fad
ing away ! "
"It is not fading , " said the professor
ser , brusquely. "It seems much faint
er because you are so near it and be
cause of the action of the sun on it.
Do as I tell you there's no time to
lose. "
When he was satisfied he made us
scramble into the wagon and we sat
there , waiting for what ? Three ap
parently sane men in a horseless wag
on , waiting for a sky motor which mo
mentarily grew fainter ! When ten
minutes passed by outraged dignity as
serted itself.
"I won't be made a fool of , " I said ,
angrily , and started to leave the wag
on.
Hallowell pushed me back on my
seat. Then I became aware of a sick
ening odor a fresh breeze on my
back a pale mist around us shot with
brilliant hues , and lo ! we were run
ning over the plain at a rate that
threatened to wreck the wagon our
sails swelled out like two great wings.
My hair was rapidly assuming a ver
tical position , but the two faces near
me showed utter unconsciousness of
danger. That of the stranger was
burning with joy and reverent thank
fulness. To him it was a God-sent
miracle for a good man's rescue. The
professor was radiant over this new
factor in his knowledge and he mut
tered his observations aloud. Neither
seemed disturbed by the fact that
from the speed and the smell.breathing
was no easy matter. As to me my
one hope was that I might touch , old
earth again safely.
On , on we flew. Again and again I
expected an immediate smashup , but
our wagon was of fine and strong
make , the plain was level , and we bade
fair to reach the town shortly. In
less than two hours we were not three
miles from Fremont !
Then a terrible idea flashed on me
which I had been too hurried to think
of before. We should pass the town !
Like the brook , we might go on for
ever or at least far enough to wreck
us on the broken lands beyond. As to
the stranger , the trip would have been
of no earthly use to him.
"I shall jump , " he said simply , as if
in answer to an outspoken inquiry.
The professor was looking anxious but
he said nothing.
But we had forgotten the little river
lying near the town. We struck it like
a cyclone , and its four feet of water
was whipped into wild spray around
us , while the wagon spun like a frantic
top , then stopped with a lurch that
nearly sent us flying. Either the force
of our motor was lessening or perhaps ,
even at its best , it would not have had
time or strength to loosen the wagon
from the heavy snag driven betweea
the spokes , for the pale gas rushed on ,
leaving three dripping men and some
ruined specimens in the river , with
Fremont not 500 yards away.
TEUTONS IN FRANCE.
Parts of the Republic Are as Much
German as the Fatherland.
The northern third of France and
half of Belgium are today more Teu
tonic than the south of Germany. This
should not occasion surprise when we
remember the incessant downpour of
Teutonic tribes during the whole his
toric period. It was a constant pro
cession of Goths from all points of
the compass Franks , Burgundians ,
and others. France was entirely over
run by the Franks , with the exception
of Brittany , by the middle of the sixth
century , says the London Express. All
through the middle ages this part of
France was German in language and
customs as well. The1 very name of
the country is Teutonic. It has the
same origin as Franconia in Southern
Germany. In 812 the council of Tours ,
away down south , ordained that every
bishop should preach both in the Ro
mance and the Teutonic languages.
The Franks preserved their German
speech 400 years after the conquest.
Charlemagne was a German. His cour
tiers were all Germans. He lived and
governed from outside the limits of :
modern France. The Abbe Sieyes ut
tered an ethnological truism when , in
the course of the French revolution ,
he cried out against the French aris
tocracy : "Let us send them back to
their German marshes whence they
came. "
Removal from Couuty Jails ,
One of the measures before the legis
lature of North Carolina provides that
all criminals condemned to capital
punishment shall be removed from tha
county jails immediately upon convic
tion , to the state penitentiary to await
the execution of their sentence.
Corn Static DUcnue ,
Out In Nebraska they "have Just dis
covered" that corn stalk disease la due
to the eating of corn smut by cattle
going in stalk fields. This is an old
rtory and a fictitious one as regards
smut , which has been fefl to cattle ex
perimentally in large quantities with
out doing them any harm. In fact cat
tle have , when so fed , shown a liking
for smut and seemed to do well on it
with very few exceptions which were
not shown to bo duo to the smut The
writers we have In mind who have
been claiming that corn smut was the
cause of the disease , make a new plea ,
however , for they say that smut Is
"ergotism" of the corn plant , and that
the disease therefore is ergotism. This
is erroneous in every particular. Corn
smut is not ergot , and cattle affected
with corn stalk disease do not show the
symptoms of ergotism. It is true that
cattle so affected stagger and show
symptoms of toxic poisoning , but they
do not have the lesions of acute ergot
ism and do not live long enough to de
velop the lesions shown by cattle poi
soned by ergot. In the latter disease
there Is gangrene of the tissues and
separation of the ligaments , especially
above the ankle joints , so that there
may be a ring of llesh sloughed off at
the place mentioned and exposing the
bone. We do not see this in corn stalk
disease. In this disease we see cattle
become stupid , staggering , feverish ,
lacking appetite , having diarrhoea or
constipation and passing blood In the
passages and often blood-colored urine.
It is evident that there are two forms
of corn stalk disease , one of which is
impaction of the stomach , attended
with cerebral symptoms as a consequence
quence of the irritation of the stomach
ach ; the other , a toxic poisoning of
the blood by some poison of the food ,
either a fungus one , such as was dis
covered and described by Billings of
Nebraska , and Burrill of Illinois , or
some poison such as might be found
when food is undergoing decay or fer
mentation. It has been shown In In
dia that there exists a condition of the
stalks of corn where the joints contain
saltpeter in such large quantities that
poisoning may ensue from the con
sumption of stalks so impregnated , and
this condtion of corn stalks might well
exist here also , for it is said to follow
the premature drying up of corn
around wet places , where cut worms
or other insects have killed the plant ,
or where it has died out as a result
of the presence of alkalies in the soil.
It would be well to examine some of
the stalks from the fields where the
disease has prevailed and see if there
be not something of the same sort
wrong with the stalks. Certain it is
that where corn is cut and shocked in
proper season there is no trouble from
feeding the fodder to cattle. We do not
hear of the disease where cattle are
yarded for a part of each day and fed
other foods besides corn stalks with an
adequate supply of water and salt Un
der these conditions cattle do not suf
fer from impaction and at the same
time rarely take that form of the dis
ease which is characterized by toxic
poisoning , hence the way to prevent
the cattle from disease in fall and
early winter is to manage them prop
erly by allowing them to go but a few
hours in the stalk fields daily and at
the same time providing them with
an abundance of water , salt and good
food other than fodder and corn.
While we do not believe that corn stalk
disease is due to corn smut nor to er
got , we are not to be understood as ad
vocating the feeding of cattle upon
smutty corn if it can be avoided , but
we do believe that the disease will dis
appear where cattle are managed as we
have suggested , and without regard to
the presence or absence cf corn smut
from the stalk fields. It will be better
still when the wasteful plan of pas
turing corn fields instead of cutting
them for fodder is done away with
throughout the country.
American l'olan < l-China .Record Com
pany Meeting : .
The twenty-fourth annual meeting
of this company will be held in Cedar
Rapids , Iowa , Wednesday , Feb. 13 ,
1901. The business to be reported
will show a great increase over the
past few years. This denotes a great
ly increased interest in the business
and should draw out a large meeting
of the members of the company. This
is always one of the most interesting
swine gatherings of the country. The
forenoon will be devoted to transact
ing the regular record business , and
the afternoon and evening to the readIng -
Ing of several papers and discussion
thereon. Among those who T/ill read
papers will be J. J. Furlong , Austin ,
Minn. ; G. C. Kenyon , Mt. Carroll , 111. ;
Carlos Fawcett , Springdale , la. ; C. F.
Hood , Battle Creek , la. , and H. K.
Fay , Coggon , la. For program of
other particulars , address W. M. Mc-
Fadden , Sec'y , West Liberty , la.
The Senate committee on agricul
ture has reported favorably on the bill
prohibiting the coloring of oleomar
garine. The minority on the commit
tee has reported a substitute bill , as
was done in the House , but it is prob
able that it will meet with the same
fate as did that substitute. The live
stock raisers committee appeared be
fore the Senate committee on agricul
ture and did all in their power to
prevent favorable action and they were
backed up fay a committee from the
cotton raisers of the South , who were
interested because of the amount of
cottonseed oil used in the making of
oleomargarine. The report of the ma
jority says that the bill is desired by
the farmers of the country and that
its passage will not interfere to any
considerable extent with the interests
of the stock raisers and cotton grow
ers.
ers.With
With over 75,000,000 of population
in this country California today stands
isolated , with only 1,500,000 of popula
tion , but producing in many lines suf
ficient for 100,000,000 of consumers.
Trade returns show that Canada Im
ports three times as much from Ger
many us she exports to that country.
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