CHAPTER XIL—fCoavianau.) "How can It be roar duty, Eleanor, If aa you aald—and It mad* my heart leap with Joy—you love me, how can It be your duty to giro m# up and marry an other? O, Eleanor, dear Bill*, think of my Hfe-long devotion, my item aacrl- j flee, that refuaed to hear even a alngle word from you—my unceaalng toll and incredible exertion to lit royaelf to a'tand In theae door* a aultor for your ( hand, without a bluah of ahame! To have gained the long-prayed-for poal tlon, to find my love returned, and yet to loae you—have you thought bow ter rible a doom It la for me? Can It be a duty that would cruah our heart* In the fulfillment?” 1 She wrung her hand*. "Forbear, O Walter—have pity on my weakneaa! All laat night I wrea tled In my agony to aeo the right, I came out of the bitter water* calm In aelf-renunclatlon, knowing It wa* my duty to give you up. Neither your grief nor my own angulab muat drift me away from the poaltlon I defined then. Dear Walter, my childhood'* friend, my protector and comforter al waya, help me now to be true to my own conviction* of right!" There waa a aolemn pat ho* In her tone—In her white face and Imploring •y»—that rebuked Wallet’• personal grief. “Eleanor,” said he, Impetuously, “If I could see any reason for It—If It were not so contradictory to all my Ideas of right—I would be wiling lo bear my own pain to aid you!” “Be sure I must be well convinced of the right of It ere I peril your happiness and mine. If you knew all you would be the first to bid me God speed upon my atoning sacrifice.” Walter was looking steadfastly Into the beautiful face. Coming suddenly forward, while lip and cheek paled be neath the Intensity of hla emotion, he held out his hand. "It Is enough. I will bid you God speed now. I renounce my hopes, Kllle —my Ellle, for whom I have ll» ed, and striven, and hoped. I will give you up, even unto another's arms.” Lady Eleanor’s head drooped forward to his shoulder; her cold white check touched his; her brown curls flung their sunny ripples against his Jetty locks, while her quivering lips whis pered: "God bless you, Walter! It is pleas ant now to think how short is earth how enduring Heaven!" He wrapped his arms around h word, Vernon, I hardly know what la *a>, tm afraid yuu vg toad* a decidedly ugly huelueaa, Ha* ere la in a rage and dec lare# your pree. mi popuia>lii> aboil not aav* ran from a hone whipping. It yaw iwfuaa la gtvg him aaUafaclion In fa«t, aigoor. It wag ( rather a hard thing I waa talma aback myaell." | "No doubt you were, and e*.eedii»f. h Indignant, my an hie friend I w#i grieved mreelf Ihni It ahuuld happen, hut I new Id die n ihouaand i.«mw rnthet then i»»u. a that woman a hand ‘ The vlaceuni looked up aa II doubtla| hit anally. dememeg," aald Walter again. In l emotbered tube af deep emotion, “II you mat n weman via bad wrecked t*< happiaeae perilled lha Ufa, and blaataf , I the good M«* af lha dend talker y«M laved ama belter than Ufa, would ton uha her band In foam, though at! , gueU*. eeurraav, and lha whole warh , demanded ttf* , Na." waa tb.» prompt reply, "be i atilt I am myellted Mm Un»m la i lady of u re preach* hie ibindtr I bar , U no a.tiabnf | "Na. replied Wal'ev, blttggty. ■ know she was admired, respected ana prosperous; she Is none the less my father’s deadliest foe.” "What Is to be done?” ssked the per plexed viscount. “Dscre's friend will wait upon you to-night.” "What— s duel? A mode of settle ment as despicable as It Is abhorrent! Well, well, It matters not. ,1 cannot ■void It; you would all believe me a coward If I refused; so I will stand and let him shoot me, for wrong my own soul so much aa to raise a deadly weap on against the life the Creator gave, I will not. Let him shoot; It la meet tha son should perish as well aa the father, through Annabel Marston’a means.” The kind-hearted Homerset was real ly grieved and troubled, “Is there no way to avoid It? Dacre demanded the reason for such Insulting conduct; csn I not hint something that will satisfy him?” “You may say to that woman, I could not take her band, because I am Paul Kirkland's son, who knew Anna bel Marwton of Lincolnshire In days gone by. Mark her face when you speak the name.” Throughout the next day Walter wsa In no enviable state of mind. All things looked gloomy and threatening. The sorrowful fate before Kleanor—the mystery of the motive lhat. should make her thus voluntarily Immolate herself upon the altar of duly ihe hard strug gle and desolate, loveless life before himself the bitter resentment for his father’s wrongs all disheartened and dismayed him. He was In no mood to grieve when bis friend returned saying Dacre would only he satisfied with a full apology. The lady, he said, remem bered seeing once or twice In Lincoln shire a drawing-master named Kirk land, but was not aware how that should affect Hlgnor Vernonl’s conduct In the least. "Let him ahoot a dozen time* If It will comfort him any," said Walter, sarcas tically. "I can’t aay but i shall be the greater gainer by the operation. 1 will , leave him an explanation of her ‘once or twice.’ Oo back, and let him fix the place and time for the horalc deed. I will be on the spot, and I will aland as quiet, be sure, as the beat target he ever abot against. Life has no cbarma; let him wnd me out aa quick aa poaallile." "What would all London aay to hear thla!" cried the vlacount In despair. "Hlgnor Vernonl, the worshiped, petted artist, already crowned In youth with the laurel wreath, ready to throw away hla life ao recklessly. Ab, my friend, 1 might hint at a more powerful reason for you to seek eacape from thla. Lady Eleanor Collin wood, our pride and star, before whom ao many plead In vain, looks upon you alone with favoring eyea. Will you forsake that enviable poaltlon?" "Hush!" Interrupted Walter sternly. "No more! Go at once and settled this wretched business!" The viscount left him, and Walter flung himself upon the lounge and tried to sleep to eacape the maddening tu mult of thought- The effort wa» aa vain aa if the soft damask bad been lined with thorns. Then he rose and paced to and fro, two houra or more when his errand boy handed him a brief line from Somerset. "To-morrow, at eight In the morning, at Ulackhealh." He read the line two or three tlmea and then said aloud; "And thla, then. Is the end of all my high hopes, my unceasing endeavor*— to die In a duel! I must see Eleanor •gain; she need not know It Is a fare well Interview, but it will be a consola tion to me— poealbly to her also—If the worst happens." <10 SB COSTING BO. I LANG’S WONDERFUL DOG. Dill Hum* Vary ICaiiiarkabla Thing* Ac cording to tin Vsrsclnua Narrator. A Newfoundland named Oscar be longing to myself had often listened with much Interest to stories of rescue (II urunlllllK |#ri mini* uy uu|i, nmym |,utik In Ixyngnmu's Magazine. I han |u*n to possess an engraving of Land seer's "Member of the Humane So ciety." Oscar would contemplate It for hours and study the pose In the mir ror. One day two little children were playing alone on St. Andrew's pier and i was sketching the ruins at a short distance. Oscar running about on the pier. 1 happened to look up and saw Oscar, aa If inadvertently, hut quite deliberately, hack one of the children (Johnny Chisholm by name) into the water, which la there very deep The animal then gave three loud howls to attract attention the had been taught to give "three cheere for Mr Iliad atone"). Jumped Into the water, rescued the child sad carried bint, "quite safe but very wet," to the local photog rapher*. obviously that the deed might be commemorated by art Nabodv sow tbe begtaatag of this tragedy enepl myself Oscgr, when brought home, deliberately rapped out "Humsue So riety" with Me tall os tbe floor but mo>b aa I appreciated M» lateliigeac* I could not, la commoa buses!> give him a ieellacoaisl Thla preyed us Me miad. be eccsmpaaied a party ta the tog at PI Mutes tower sad dwltbersiety leaped frsm tbe top being dashed is pieces at tbe Net of aa emlaeat dicta* s hose erorba he bad aftsa, but uaour cesafully. etiiealed ms ta rwvle* ta aa I uafavorablo eeawe *•'* plaa was t« , bring tbe bswb. tar It at my Not aati rwturu with the carviag half* ta M< ( moutb | Asgsanpeaw 1 t sgediiaess always lead* ta lawlwsw ae«* sad M destru-Uiu It ag**t» iM > home, lbs cwmmuatly. sad lb* life m i lb* aatt** W* >** *aly Mhi as t I ssitea whea w* fester aad cbsttal morality aad rvltgisa - M»e ■ I Mat* I Isr FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. •dm Up-to-ilata Hint. About Cultlra tlM mt |ba Sail aad Tlalda Thereof - Mertlealtare, Vltlrullare aad flerl aaltere. HIM subject was discussed at a meat, log of Canadian farmers, as fol lows: “Celery growing, Is It profitable to the market garden er? Whet Is the beet method of growing and blanching? Which ere the best varieties for the amateur; for marketing; and what Is the best way to pack and keep for winter use?” Mr. Bucks I believe It has been gen erally said that the proper soil to grow celery In Is black swamp muck. I have seen It grow repeatedly lu such soil, and have never seen a bad crop, it grows fine and strong, and the muck does not appear to rust the celery. Mr. Rose Any one who wishes to grow celery should not attempt It In dry soil. I have for many years plant ed more or less celery. Our soli Is high and dry, and I have never yet with per hape one exception had a good crop It Is not as good as what la grown on mucky aoll. It does not blanch quite as wall, and it Is Inclined to he tough. I In fact abandoned the cultivation of it fail year; init f»y mistake of one of the men we had a piece planted with It, and the seaaon being a wet one the celery waa the best we have hud for year*. We have a gentleman who Uvea In the eastern part of the town here, who has a piece of mucky land—it Is I remain on ft, taken It Into the root houie, and packs It close together standing perpendicular. He s&ys that celery keeps without any difficulty whatever, and continues to blanch and grow. I do not think he puts any soli or moss around It; only packs It close together, and uses It as he wants It. Mr. Wellington—I Just pack the moss at the bottom, for an Inch or two up. Mr. Goldie- That plan would hardly suit the large growers. The way they commonly do In New Jersey, and I think about New York, too, Is to dig a trench and stick It In as closely as they can without putting any earth In at all, and then cover It over with hay that is taken off the salt meadows. They can then pick It out at any time during the winter. I think the way Mr. Wellington mentions would be the best for small families. Mr. Woodward I have a different way of keeping celery from any I have heard mentioned. I used to pack it In sand In boxes. Then I got to packing It with moss. Kor the last few years I have taken shoe-boxes and made the bottom of them water-tight for about lam nr ihr— Inches un I have then bored holes In the boxes so as to be sure never to hare water come above that. I lift the celery with a moderate amount of soil sticking to It, set it in the boxes on end, and put a little water In eo as to puddle the eartb. I then set the boxes on top of each other, and take the celery out for use as I re quire it. I had some of It for my break faat yesterday morning, and nobody could have asked for better. The secret for growing celery is to have the ground rich and keep It damp. Mr. Beadle—I like beat the variety of celery that le sometimes called the Prince of Wales sometimes called the Sandringham dwarf. 1 think that la the sweetest and nuttiest celery I have tried. A Kortint from Moles. The biggest mule deal that ever took place In this country occurred at Salt CultUnttnn rrn«ri*i th« Moisture. That cultivation of the upper cruM of the soil tends to prevent evaporation of the moisture below, is a fact that every practical farmer Is well aware of, writes F. C. Barker In Irrigation Age. It is dally being proved In actual practice, but the scientific theory upon which this phenomenon Is based Is lit tle understood. Men will tell you It Is so, but why, they do not understand. Now, it Is well known that the soil is composed of Innumerable and Infinite ly small particles. When the soil Is dry each little particle Is surrounded by a vacuum or air space. Whenever the particles come in contact with moisture, they have the power of at tracting that moisture and of sur rounding themselves with a thin film of water. The particles ne*t to the water first draw the water around themselves, then the dry particles nest to them in turn attract It, and so a continuous stream Is set up, much in the same way that a wick of a lamp draws up the oil. This goes on until the whole body of soli Is saturated, but as soon as the water reaches the particle* on the surface of the.boh, this water Is evaporated, and the sup ply below is again drawn upon, until the water stored below Is ao exhausted, or left at such a depth that the dis tance overcomes the power of attrac tion, and the soil becomes completely dry. This la the process which goes on In uncultivated soli. The object of cultivation is to break up this attrac tion, usually called capillary attrac tion, In the upper crust and so prevent the moisture from being brought to the surface and evaporated. To understand how this Is done, one must take Into account another scientific fact, and that Is, that if these little particles in the soil be widely separated from each oth er they lose their power of attraction. Now, when the top crust of the soli is loosened and reduced to a line tilth, these particles lie less closely together and do not attract moisture from be THB NOTED SHIRE STALLION HEN DRE HAROLD (15,630), PROPERTY OF LLANGATTOCK, MONMOUTH, ENGLAND. muck down a foot and a half to two feet In eome places - and he grows on that year after year the moat magnifi cent and succulent celery It was ever anybody's pleasure to eat. He grows It In large quantities, and 1 presume there le no town that has enjoyed bet ter celery than the Woodstock ppople have for the last few years from that place. In keeping celery for the win ter I find very great difficulty. If I put It ouUlde which the moat of those who grow It largely do- -put It In trenches—1 find great difficulty In get ting at It. About five mlnutea of severe frosty weather damages celery so that It Is net fit to eat. Mr. Wellington- I do not thluk the growing of celery Is so difficult aa U the keeping of It. After trying a uuni bar of plans placing It In sand, and stacking It up very compactly together without anything about It. but merely allowing the root* to rest on soli I found the best wny snd only way I could keep It perfect wee to pack It In damp moss, the same aa uur*er>m*n use for their trees snd shrubs 1 Itsve i tried that now three years with suc cess. and the celery seems to keen growing and bienchiug as It grows, r ltd I cannot buy celtry In Toronto equal to what I hate on ray table every day We pacb It la the damp muss in isses .■,0 ihsu out It In the cellar I have n*»«-r U» ilawt* lb* woaa ah*r I l»«i «b» .•lrt> away. aad 1 bara Ur da* aa Baa .alary aa I ran Bad la tb* raaain Van on «»i iba Wiiaa lr..*u »a> »»dlaar> ttlftk Mr UlUbtlai «»» that r*tar> ibal Mr Walllafiaa »«l »a iba »aUar blaa. bad ? Mr Walllaaiaa It • aal> abaai kail Want-ha»l abaa II aaa d-i aad |M( la iba au*aa Mr Olkbrbrt I ibiab a araa» am to ataba a raiaiaba la Maa^blag ibair rat art balara r««ii*a II a»ay Mr Maaa Whal laaryrratara 4a tan • aa# raar aallar al’ Mr WatlW*taa I ba** aa ardiuai* .•Hat anab aa aa b*i* la «niaa. a |*M •t.ad altar I baa# II aa naal aa #aa albta •llbaak taltla* Iraal la Mr Ural Mr Maaa *#»rba al a pat am aba la a ran a***aaa#a» l»*tr al alary la iba ia»a af W aliliH; Mr irlabay la kb aaara I aabal b*a» iba aibat day baa ba ba#i M Ma aa»« ba Iaaa aa* arkr ar»b -al al I* »br«a#b • ba a-ariaar bat ta ibr alalar Ha labaa a# bla rabrry a*4 a #»*al 4aa» al M la fall# aabtaa.M4 II* rabwa II •Mb a* »a*b dm aa iba r*ala aa aUl Lake City In 1860, when at public auction Ben Holliday bought from Uncle Sam 4,500 head of big stout Iowa and Mis souri mules, says an exchange. These fine hybrids bad been taken to Utah in the famous expedition against the Mormons, which crossed the plains In 1857 under command of Albert Sidney Johnson. When the expedition proved a fizzle and had been reca'lod, the gov ernment found it had no use for so many mules and they were consequent- I ly condemned and ordered sold. They were put on in blocks of 50 and sold at prices ranging from $50 to $100 a head. Ben Holliday had the stuff to pay for the elubialU and seeing a spec- | illation In them he took the whole cav a|lurd at hia own price. On the first day of June the mules were started on a drive to California. They were driveu In bands of 500. a week apart, and only 500 were kept In Utah for sale there. The mules were reudlly sold In California In lots to auit pun baser* at the average priee of $500 apiece and Holilda) cleaned up more than $l,ooo.- i Out) on the dicker, which goes down in history as the biggest mule deal ou record. ||u|« •!*«* About P*binary. IkM. W»y wife said to ate. I want a pig, says a eurreapoad eat of titork Journal I atu feeding - a- —-fane a n»i ft* loan lilts* M fill' % Ota and (ha hoi a. and I would wu» h rather t»ed a |d« lur ittyeelf l tried t* t» in roe upon h*>r the Idee that Ihe ft* would be the Mturte ef more *nu<» ante than M«tt. I thuu«ht. a* eh# tuode au *#p»>. that ah* had ahaadoaed the Idea ol heepln* a pi* > haew howeter that eh* had the peculiar fcnoth ul t• the hath lard a dlailau Ilya pta Mt • »ht*haa'a eoep I aatd Mtwina. hut hept a* «ia aa lha pta It atoa *olarewi He aariew iltolte. ant I hull! It a rcatfur table atf. Thouah air wita water rolled os me tor mare thaw aa* WoeWel ml rora that pta hi tioeaaiher taraad the *>*!** at **• Muade The weethleea doyt at* aa loo**' aa the tor* hat there are three ptga la the «v that wtM pan oat frwat tad la I d** poaada of path, heatde* teed and eaoaaa* fatee* Idea >om tha faraeer a treat deal ml thi *#t toad the hoa aa ***** lha tea* re**4 low. The moisture now rises as high as the upper tilth, and there remains to a much longer extent than in the case of unfilled soil, for, owiug to the blanket or mulch of loose soil on the top, the soil below the surface Is much less exposed to the action of evapora tion. Some of our farmers here are unwilling to accept the above theory, alleging that adobe or clay soil, that has never been 'cultivated for years, will have more moisture below than cultivated soil. If this be so. the fact does not clash with the theory of par tide attraction. On such soil the top surface bus been packed down ho cloae ly that the aurface Is practically pud dled, In which case the attractive new er of the particles Is destroyed. It Is the same ns though the surface were covered with a large rock or n board, whereby the evaporation were sus pended. Kvery one knows that moist ure may almost always be found un der a large rock. The idea U to cover the soli with something that will sus pend the sttiactlv# power of the soil particles and retard evaporation llere iu lies the whole secret of why land should be cultivated after each irriga tion or heavy rainfall If the fariarr wishes to conserve the moisture in th« soil. There is also another and very important reason why rrope should bo cultivated after each Irrigation the route of pleute require atr quite a* much as they vlo water, and when the — i» irn. ka,l car ilal b U> it i Italian iba null »a* a*« * full »uppl> ul air ualaaa ibla aurfa.a «nM la brabaa up. Whaa la Hall flnpa b« • »uta arllaa II p Wttaaa la Pvadlael I'waa iba baal him la aall bap. la al ala ar .i|M awaiba al apa abub la *a»> *«aU) loaa If I bar ara fad all iba amarla fwiaiiai fa»4 iba> «UI aal aflar baiap •aaaa4. a bub .ban 14 ba abaa atpbt ar aiaa ***ba aM Tba ubjaai aba«l4 ba L haap iba pip arualaa Wbaa iba pi« aiapa praatap ba la laaiac a»<*a«» far ata aaaar Wbaa four wuaiha at 4 ibalt lalbaa mi ba pan «ara Tba ba tout aaaba bafara aailla#. Iba toa4 mi ba aUaaal aailrati aara Tba> amai ba«a piaaii •» aaiai al all tlciaa Hap* that ara aa fall f**4 aapbt la ba*a ••baa aa4 «b*r**al al la«M taua a aaab atlb aall «u«*#*aaallf b r*aaab an*paw* baa raaaa*a4 a kaitai f*aa» iba a»a al a «btl4 aiibaai i UaaMti tap iba »ipbl