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■ CHARTER II_fCosTiircKD.1
She had kept her heart alive upon
nothing else for eight years—dreams
Of home, and love, and appreciation; of
liberty to speak out what she toad
never lisped since her mother died, and
of being once again, Joyously and with
out reserve, herself. There are no
harder specters to lay than these same
dreams. Memories, however dear and
sacred, are more easily forgotten or
dismissed, or smothered by the growth
of later ones. If she bade them fare
well now, dt was for a lifetime. “A
■lifetime!” she repeated, shivering with
a sick chill, and crouching lower over
the register. "Maybe ten, maybe
[twenty—who knows but forty years? It
ils a tedious slumber of one’s heart, and
ja loveless marriage Is a loathsome sep
ulcher for one's better and real self. A
lifetime! and I can have but one! But
one! If this step should be ruin and
,misery, there can be no redemption
[this side of the grave. His grave, per
haps—just as probably mine!”
| To-night, this very hour, she must
[resist the glittering temptation to fore
swear her womanhood, or murder, with
|her own hand, the dear visions that had
Icome to be more to her than reality.The
(Winter twilight had fallen early. It was
•the season best loved by her dream
Ivisltors. She had not lied in declaring
[to her inquisitor that she had never
[been in love, but she confessed
(that she had equivocated as
the shadowy figure of her
• ideal lover stood beside her in the
•friendly gloom. Mrs. Romaine would
jhave questioned her sanity had she
guessed how the girl had sobbed her
'griefs into quiet upon his bosom, how
•talked lowly but audibly to him of her
• love and the comfort his presenco
I brought. She had never looked into
!his facfe, but she should know him in
jan instant, should they two ever meet
jin the flesh, as they did now dally in
[spirit. Somewhere in the dim and
blessed future he was waiting for her,
and she had borrowed patience from
the hope. She was to be his wife—the
.mother of children as unlike the prodl
,gies or repression that lined two sides
lot her brother's table as cherubs to
i puppets. She wolcomed them to her
iarjns In theie twilight trances. They
lolled upon her knees, slept In her em
brace, strained eager arms about her
neck, dappled her cheek with their
kisses. Unsubstantial possessions
these, but cherished as types ot good
things to come. Other women had such
riches—-women with faces less fair and
'affections less ardent than hers. If
thp Great Father was good and merci
ful, and the Rewarder of them who put
their trust In Him, a true and loving
iParent, who rejoiced In the happiness
of His creatures—all these must be
'hers at jaat. If she resigned them now
'It was a filial separation.
"And I can have but one lifotlme,”
she moaned again. Thwarted and fruit
less thus far, but still all she had.
The one Idea recurred to her with the
persistency at a presentiment. The life
which Ood had given, the heart He had
endowed!
"If some one, strongen and wiser thah
I, would only take the responsibility of
decision from my soul, would diedge mo
in on the right and left, I would go
forward? As it is, I dare not! I dare
not!" She sobbed and wrung her hands
in the agonies of irresolution.
"You told Constance about the tele
gram?" It wae her brother speaking in
the library below. The sound aroso
plainly through the open register,
“I did. But I regret to say that she Is
not yet In the frame of mind we could
wish her to carry to the Interview with
Mr. Withers,” said Mrs. Romalne. She
always expressed herself with delib
erate precision even in conjugal tete
a-tete..
“No?" Constance heard the rustle of
the evening paper as Charles laid it
down, and the creak of his chair as he
confronted his wife. "What is the mat
ter?"'
"Some overstrained ideas of the beau
ty and propriety of reciprocal devotion,
I believe. She looks for a hero in a
husband, and Mr. Withers has nothing
heroic in his appearance or composi
tion."
i is worth more than half a mil
lion, all accumulated by his own' tal
ents and Industry,” returned Mr. Ro
maino. ‘‘Constance cannot be such an
egiegious simpleton as not to perceive
;the manifest advantages of this connec
tion to her. I have never complained of
the burden of her maintenance, but I
have ofteu wpndered her own sense of
justice and expediency did not urge her
to put forth some effort at self-sup
port. There is but one way in which
she can do this. She Is hot sufficiently
thorough In any branch of literature;
or any accomplishment, to become a
successful teacher. Ip the event of my
death or failure in business she would
|be driven to the humiliating resource
'of tajtlng in sewing for a livelihood, or
;to aeWt tin' more degrading position of
;a saleswoman In a store. Her future
has been g source of much and anxious
tho'jght with me. This marriage
.would, r hoped, quiet my apprehpn
■ions lyr settling her handsomely in
life. If she refuses Withers I shall be
both angry and disappointed. She Is
old euough to leave off school-girl sen
timentality."
The listener put out her foot and shut
th* register noiselessly. She had had n
surfeit of disagreeable truth for that
time. -
Vst It -km*- trpt^, every word of it.
She bras a ihean-golri'.ed hanger-on to
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her brother. She wae incapable of
earning a livelihood by other means
than those he had named. Her mode of
life from her Infancy had unfitted her
for toll and privation, such as must be
hers were her plain-spoken benefac
tor to die to-morrow. Nor had she the
moral nerve to defy public opinion, to
debar herself from accustomed associa
tions and pleasures by entering the
ranks of paid laborers. Hesitation was
at an end. The wish that had been al
most a prayer in solemn sincerity was
answered fearfully soon, and she
would offer no appeal. Her destiny
was taken out of -her hands. There was
no more responsibility, no more strug
gling. Hedges to the right and to the
left bristled with thorns, sharp and
thick as porcupine quills. But one
path lay open to her feet—a short and
straight course that conducted her to
Elnathan Withers' arms.
CHAPTER III.
ALP past five! I
wrote to Harriet to
have dinner ready
at six. We shall be
Just in time,” said
Mr. Withers, as he
took his seat in the
carriage that was
to convey him with
his bride from the
depot to their
Constance was Jaded by her fort
rfght’s travel, and dispirited almost be
yond her power of concealment, but she
had learned already that her lord dis
liked to have whatever observation he
was pleased to make go unanswered.
"She is your housekeeper, I suppose?”
she replied, languidly.
"No that is—she does not occupy the
position of a salaried inferior in my
establishment. I must surely have
spoken to you of my cousin, Harriet
Field."
Not that I recollect. I am sure that
I never heard the name until now.”
‘‘Her mother,” continued Mr. With
ers, in a pompous narrative tone, “was
my father s sister. Left a widow ten
years prior to her decease, she accept
ed my invitation to take charge of my
house. She brought with her only
child, the Harriet of whom I speak, and
the .two remained with me until our
family group was broken in upon by
death. Harriet would then have
sought a situation as governess but
for my objections. She is a woman of
thirty-five, or thereabouts, and I pre
vailed over her scruples touching the
propriety of her continued residence
under my roof, by representing that
her mature age, even more than our
relationship, placed her beyond the,
reach of scandal. For eighteen months
she has superintended my domestic af
fairs to my entire satisfaction. That I
have not alluded directly to her before
during our acquaintanceship is only to
be accounted for by the circumstance
that we have had so many other and
more engrossing topics of conversa
tion.” He raised her gloved hand to his
lips in stiff gallantry, and Constance
smiled constrainedly in reply.
His endearments, albeit he was less
profuse of them than a younger and
more ardent bridegroom would have
been, wore yet frequient enough to keep
his wife In unfailing remembrance of
his claims and her duties. He was, ap
parently, content with her passive sub
mission to these, seemed to see in her
forced complaisance evidence of her
pleasure in their reception. He was too
seriate^ as well as too gentlemanly, to
be openly conceited, but his apprecia
tion of his own Importance in society
and in business circles was too pro
found to admit a doubt of the supreme
bliss of the woman he had selected to
share his elevated position. Without
being puppyish, he was pragmatical:
without being ill-tempered, he was te
nacious in the extreme of his dignity
and the respect he considered due to
this. Hud her mood been lighter Con
stance would have been tempted to
smile at the allusion to his cousin’s age,
his own exceeding it by three years, as
she had accidentally learned through
the Indiscretion of a common acquaint
ance. He was sensitive upon this point
she had likewise been informed. She
had yet to discover upon how many
others.
Most young wives would not have
relished the idea of finding this inval
uable relative installed as prime man
ager In her new abode. It mattered lit
tle to her, Constance said, still languid
ly, who ruled and who obeyed. She
had given up so much within three
months past that resignation had be
come a habit; sacrifice was no longer
an effort. Having nothing to hope for,
she could sustain no further loss. How
long this nightmare of apathy would
continue Was a question that did not
present itself in her gray musings.
Having once conquered Nature, and
hekl Inclination under the heel of Re
solve, until life seemed extinct, she an
ticipated no resurrection. She did not
know that no single battle, however
long and bloody, constitutes a cam
paign; that length of days and many
sorrows are needed to rob youth of
elasticity; that the guest who lingers
longest in the human heart, clinging
to the shattered shelter from which all
other joys have flown, is Hope. It is
doubtful If she thought with any dis
tinctness at this period. She was cer
tainly less actively miserable than In
that which immediately preceded her.
engagement: That was amputation;
this, reactionary weariness. How she
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would fare by and by, when the wound
had become a scar, she thought of least
ef all.
It was a handsome carriage In
which she rode at the master’s right
hand. A pair of fine horses pranced
before it, and a liveried coachman sat
on the box. She had sometimes envied
other women the possession of like
state. She ought to derive delight
from these outward symbols of her ele
vation In the world. It was an impos
ing mansion, too, before which the
equipage presently paused, and a tall
footman opened the front door and ran
briskly down to the sidewalk to assist
the travelers in alighting. None of
her associates, married or single, lived
in equal style, she reflected with a stir
of exultation, as she stepped out, be
tween her husband and his lackey.
Mr. Withers’ address dampened the
rising glow.
“This is our home, my dear. You will
find no cause of discontent with it, I
hope,” he said, In benign patronage,
handing her up the noble flight of stone
steps. ' • v . < ■.
Thank you,” ahe replied, coldly. "It
Is a part of the price for which I sold
i myself,” she was meditating. “I must
not quarrel with my bargain.”
Miss Field met them In the hall—a
wasp-like figure, surmounted by a
small head. Her neck was bare and
crane-like; her face very oval, her
skin opaque and chalky; her hair black
and shining, the front in long ringlets;
her eyes jet beads, that rolled and twin
kled incessantly.
“My dear cousin!” she cried, effusive
ly embracing her patron’s hand and
winking back an officious tear. “It is
like sunshine to have you home again.
How are you?”
"Well—thank you, Harriet; or, I
should say, in tolerable health,” re
turned Mr. Withers, magnificently con
descending. "Allow me to introduce my
wife, Mrs. Withers!”
Miss Field swept a flourishing cour
tesy. Constance, as the truer lady of
the two, offered her hand. It was
grasped very slightly, and instantly re
linquished.
“Charmed to have the honor, I am
sure!” murmured Miss Field. “I trust
I see Mrs. Withers quite well? But
you, cousin—did I understand you to
intimate that you were indisposed?”
with strained solicitude.
“A trifling attack of indigestion, not
worth mentioning to any ears except
ing yours, my good nurse.”
Miss Field smiled indulgence In this
concession to her anxiety, and Con
stance, who now heard of the "indis
position” for the first time, looked
from one to the other in surprised si
lence,
“Perhaps Mrs. Withers would like to
go directly to her apartments?” pur
sued Harriet, primly, with another
courtesy.
“By all means,” Mr. Withers replied
for her. “As it is, I fear your dinner
will have to wait for her, If, as i pre
sume is the case, you are punctual as is
your custom.”
“Could I fail in promptitude upon
this day of all others?” queried Har
riet, sentimentally arch, and preceded
the bride upstairs.
tTO HI COXTtXUl l.)
HER CONTRIBUTION ACCEPTED.
Her llrothor Paid for It at Advertising
Kate*.
Here is the amusing experience of
an amateur literary aspirant which was
told to me a few days ago, says a writar
in the New York Commercial Adver
tiser. i , « - ■ ■ vJ
A young woman in New York wrote
one day a short skit intended to be
humorous. It aroused favorable com
ment from her circle of friends and
ahe made up her mind that it was good
enough to be published in one of the
humorous periodicals. Accordingly she
submitted it to first one periodical,
then another. It was a brief skit, only
about fifty lines in all, and, aa her
brother indulgently said, “couldn’t pos
sibly have done any harm.” But still
the hard-hearted editors failed to see
the humor of it and kept sending it
back to her. Finally the young author
lost heart completely and was about
to bury her poor little skit in the
depths of her portfolio. Then her
brother took pity on her and said:
"Here, give me your skit. I’ll get
it published or know the reason why.”
A week or two later her skit ap
peared in one of the humorous papero,
and the young contributor enjoyed all
the delights of first authorship, sending
marked copies of the paper to friends,
etc., etc. The contribution did not oc
cupy a prominent place. It was among
the advertisements, but the author had
seen many comics among the adver- I
tisements and she was too content*
to see her contribution in type to ii
quire farther. She never knew whi
that twinkle in her brother s eyi
meant and that ho had paid fnlLadve
tising rates to insert her skit in “fifi
lines spaee, single column, one inse
Uon.”; , ■. . . , .7
■- ♦ J-'i ■ it
Before and After.
“Do you really think he knows very
much?",/ -f i ■«,, • , «, it- . v
"My dear, sir: he knows as much as
the average politician thinks he
knows.”
As much as he thinks he knows
before or after the nomination?"
The Finishing Touches,
Husband (to wife in full evening
dress)—"My stars! Is that all you are
going to wear?”
Wife (calmly)—“All, except the flow
ers. Which of these clusters would
you select?"
Husband (resignedly)—“The big-,
gest."
The man who don’t forget ennything
Isn’t a going to le?rn mutch more.
DAISY AND PODLTEY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hints as to the Care of Lire Stock
and Poultry.
E met Mr. Henry
Sowden of Mans
field on a train the
other day, and
while he was tell
ing us about his
White Wyandottes,
and the pleasure he
had in them, an
amused smile
came into his face
as he told us of an
experience he had in selling
eggs for hatching this sum
mer, says Farm Poultry. A neigh
bor had admired the White Wyandottes
quite frequently, and expressed a wish
to buy a sitting of eggs. Mr. S. told
him he had none to spare this year,
wanted them all himself. After he was
all done setting hens for the season the
neighbor came again and wanted eggs.
Mr. S. told him he wasn’t keeping them
separate, but thought he knew the
White Wyandotte eggs pretty well, and
could pick out a sitting. Feeling not
quite certain, however, he put in seven
teen eggs, thinking he would surely
get a dozen that were right. Five or
six weeks afterward the neighbor
stoppeO as he was riding past, and on
being asked how the eggs came out,
expressed himself as not very well
pleased—said he thought they must be
from rather poor stock. On being ques
tioned he said he got but nine chickens
and that they had begun to die oft by
the time they were a week old, and
he had but four left now. Being asked
if the hen had attended them faith
fully, the man said she was a hen he
borrowed from a neighbor, and he
thought the weather was so warm the
chicks didn’t need her, and he returned
'<er when they were two or three days
ofcl. Asked if he had only one hen
to put ths eggs under, he said he had
only one. There wa3 only one sitting
of eggs, and he didn't think he needed
more than one hen. Asked if she was
dusted for lice, the man said, “No, and,
by the way, the chicks were awfully
lousy. You could see the lice crawling
over them, especially over the down on
their heads."
And he thought it poor stock!
Seventeen eggs under one hen, and
that hen "borrowed,” and perfectly
covered with lice; the chicks taken
from the mother at only two or three
days old, and the lice so thick on them
they just swarmed all over them. No
wonder more than half the chicks died!
’Tls a wonder they didn’t all die! It is
practically certain that this man will
soon be another “failure in the poultry
business!"
l*arrels of Dust.
During the dry days of this month
gather up from the highway a few bar
rels of dust to be used in the dust
boxes this winter. The probability is
that most of cur readers will neglect
this till it is too late, unless reminded
of it in time. When the fall rains
have fallen in large quantities the dust
will not be fine enough to serve the
purposes desired. It is a fine insecti
cide and the hen will take care of the
vermin if you will supply her with the
proper amount of dust. A few barrels
stored away will be worth money to the
poultry keeper in the winter. It is a
thing that cannot be figured out in dol
lars and cents, but has a value very
appreciable. There is nothlhg that
vermin object to more than dust. On
account of their system of breathing
dust Is death. The little air tubes
run hither and thither through their
bodies and the air that flows through
the tubes purifies the blood. If these
little tubes become stopped up the in
sect dies from strangulation, just as a
person would die if air were shut out
of their lungs. The fine dust gets into
the little tubes of the insect and causes
suffocation. For this reason the dust
must be fine, for coarse dust will not
fill up the tubes. Do not therefore
neglect the dust bath for the hens.
The Foolish Dairyman.
And it came to pass that in the sixth
month a certain man digged a well
20 cubits deep. Its walls were of stone,
and when he had built the wall for 18
cubits he had no more stone. And he
sayeth to himself: It will do, and fin
isheth it off with a few boards.
And in the tenth month there came
a great flood, and the boards were
washed away, and the well caved in,
and it cost him many shekels before he
could get water again from the well.
The same man buyeth a cow, and he
seeth two cows, one that giveth much
milk and one that giveth not so much.
And he buyeth the one that giveth not
so much milk, for he sayeth she cost
eth not so many shekels, and she will
do.
When he feedeth the cow he giveth
her not much feed, for he sayeth feed
is not plenty, and she getteth enough.
And when he buyeth a milk pail he
buyeth a small one, for he sayeth the
cow giveth not much milk.
And it came to pass when he wash
eth the milk pail that the water was
not hot, and he sayeth it will do. And
when he selleth the butter he getteth
not many shekels, for the butter was
not good.
About this time the wife of this man
sayeth unto her lord: Give unto me
shekels that I may buy myself raiment,
for that which I wear is like unto mos
quito netting for holes. And the man
sayeth unto his wife: The weather is
warm and thy raiment will do, for I
have no shekels to give unto thee.
Then the wife of that man answered
him and said: O, foolish man! Post
thou not know that unless thou doeth
with thy might what thy hands findeth
to do that thy labor Is lost? For want
of two cubits of stone in thy well the
18 were lost. When thou buyeth a cow
that giveth not much milk thou wert
building but 18 cubits. And when thou,
giveth her not enough food, and when
thou takest not care of the milk, thou
wert doing the same. O, foolish man?
As for want of two cubits of stone thy
well was lost, so for want of two shek
els In the price of thy cow, and for
want of two measures of meal, and for
want of two moments of work is all thy
profit in thy butter lost, and thou hast
no shekels.—National Stockman.
Drouth and Melk Production*
Bulletin No. 105 from the N. Y. Ag
ricultural Station (Geneva) treats of
the effects of drought upon milk pro
duction. The object of the bulletin is
to display the results of a study of the
milk production of fifty herds of cows
during the season of 1895 from the first
of May to the first of November. The
purpose of this study was to determine
the changes in the composition of
milk as affecting the yield of butter
and cheese, especially the latter, as well
as to ascertain the variations in the
actual production from these herds
during this period of time, when the
cows received only such food as the
pastures afforded. Stated in general
terms, the results are the following:
1. With the exception of the month
of September, the pounds of fat in 100
lbs. of milk increased steadily from
May to November.
2. The percentage of casein dimin
ished through May, June and July, and
then increased through August, Sep
tember and October.
3. The cheese-producing power of 100
lbs. of milk increased through May,
June and July, and then steadily and
rapidly increased through August, Sep
tember and October.
4. The total cheese yield was largest
in June, and then rapidly diminished
through July, August, September and
October, with the exception of an in
crease in September over the yield of
the preceding month. The same could
be said of the butter capacity of the
total milk produced.
Varieties of Strawberries.
A bulletin of the Kentucky station
says: The most popular and desirable
varieties of strawberries now grown in
Kentucky, judging from the experience
of correspondents, as well as our own
tests, and in the order given, are Bu
bach, Haverland, Gandy, Crescent,War
field, Michel, Downing, Lovett and En
hance. Of the varieties which are at
present cultivated only to a limited ex
tent, the following seem worthy of
trial, but some of these varieties are
only desirable for a special purpose,
as suggested in the notes above, and it
would be wiser for cultivators to test
them upon a limited scale before plant
ing largely of them; Beverly, Bisel,
Greenville, Timbrell, Marshall, Musk
ingum, Princeton Chief, Rio. Amateurs
should bear in mind that if pistillate
varieties like Bubach and Haverland
are selected, at least one-third as many
plants of a perfect flowered variety of
corresponding season should be planted
with them, to Insure proper fertiliza
tion.
Moulting Time.
Now is the time when the hens need
to be supplied with food that will make
not fat but feathers. When the cold
weather sets in will be time enough
to throw in the corn in considerable
quantities. At the present time the
feed should consist largely of oats and
like food. If it be fed ground and
steamed or cooked by scalding, so much
the better. Feeding a mixture of bran
ground oats and corn meal will give
the birds a chance to make feathers
quickly and without too great a strain
on their systems. Give them food that
will have a loosening effect, the kind
of food we have indicated, and the
probabilities are that you will lose no
birds during the fall and winter. If
you insist on feeding corn, do not ex
pect your fowls to get through the
moulting season with strength enough
to go to laying. Give them nitroge
nous food and you will have eggs all
through the fall and winter.
Bantrms In Close Quarters.
Bantams are both the par excellence
of pets and very useful as well. They
make the best of pets because their
pompous, strutting ways, coupled with
their ridiculously insignificant size,
render them objects of great attention
to all mankind. They are useful, as
they lay many eggs, which, though
quite small, are rich in taste and of
high quality. It would seem as if no
childhood would be quite complete ex
cept the boy or girl has a few bantams
for his or her own amusement and
profit. One good thing about bantams
is the ease and facility with which they
may be kept, even in small town and
city lots, where the “backyard” is a
very limited and circumscribed factor.
The bantam quarters can be put up at
very little expense of time and money.
In fact, an old dry goods box, with
slight alterations, will answer in lieu
of better accommodations.—Exchange.
Vegetables in the Home.—It is uni
versally acknowledged that freshly
gathered vegetables are far superior to
stale ones, and yet it iq a big undertak
ing to overcome a universal custom of
buying. And ,y^ how easily could a
large proportion of families raise al
most all the vegetables they use, says
Pacific Rural Press, and how much
more they would use if they could get
them fresh from their own gardens. It
does not require a very large area to
supply a family, and where water is
handy two, three, or even four crops
can be grown on the same ground in
the year.
The stock yards company at Chicago
is building the largest swine quarters
in the world. It covers fifty acres and
will accommodate 200,000 swine guests
at one time, in all the luxury their
tastes rcauire.
One of Groumtth’i Joke*.
Mr. George Grossmith occasionally
permits himself some relaxations from
his labors in amusing the public. The
other evening, at a big “at home,” he
got behind the supper table in line
with the waiters and tried to look as
like one as possible. Presently there
approached him a military looking old
gentleman. Taking up a wine glass,
he extended it to the supposed waiter,
saying, “Will you please give me a
glass of champagne?”
“No, Sir,” said Grossmith, assuming
an air of righteous indignation, "I cer
tainly will not. ■ You have had more
than is good for you.” The guest
stared in amazemeut, put down the
empty glass and walked off. —Weekly
Telegraph.
About Con|hi, Colds mod Lt Grippe*
Mrs. Hannah Shepard, 804 North 16thSt,
Omaha, Neb., writes: “About four years
ago I was taken with La Grippe, and after
recovering I had a very bad cough. I
I coughed almost continually ever since. I
tried several doctors and various cough
medicines, but could not get any relief.
Your Dr.Kay 's Lung Balm was recommend
ed to me, and after taking one package the
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A Budapest correspondent of the
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the executive committee fear that the
i date fixed for unveiling will have to
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year,
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A Moving Motion.
“Girls of the jury,” exclaimed the
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It was evident that the twelve good
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Longfellow's literary life covered a period
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