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CHAPTER XII.
HOW CIlAkl-ES CAME TO BE REARED
AS MRS. GANDY'S SoN.
And now,' said Charles, having
aalisfied your etirlositj', I have cer
tain questions to put to eacli of you.'
Hadn't we better put off any fur
ther talk until you have had some
rest?' suggested Airs. Gaudy.
'I cannot reit until those questions
are answered,' he replied decisively ;
'and my rule is never to procrasti
nate. I will begin with you, uncle.
Some time ago you sold the pawn
ticket of a gold watch to a publican
of the name of Wopsey. As you are
doubtless aware that watch belonged
to my poor mother, and was the only
article of value lost on the night of
her cruel death, how came it into
your possession?'
'My wife, who was then Mrs.
Greenaway, borrowed it of Edith on
that same night, to go to the ball, her
own being broken. She did not hear
until next day that there had been
any outcry about its loss, and on that
same day Robert Blakely desired her
to keep it. withoutmentioning to any
one that it was or had been in her pos-
8-'!-Mll.
It would only serve to complicate
the evidence,' hfsaid, 'and, perhaps,
divert suspicion from the right chan
nel; should, however, accident lead
to a discovery of the circumstance, I
will immediately explain all.'
'And now, Mrs. Gaudy,' lie said,
fixing his eyes upon her, "I am about
to put to you a solemu and awful
question, and I conjure you in the
name of jus ice juMieo to the dead
to aiiitter me us truthfully as you
will one day have to answer all ques
tions to the Most High. Do you
know who was my mother's murder
er
9
She turned very pule at llie ques
tion, but answered, in a steady voice.
'As I hope to be saved, I do not.'
'Will you tell me what you d
know of the events of t!"at awful
niht beymid vhat.ou dinted in evi
dence with which I am already ac
quainted. Tell me, in the iirst place,
how I, us an inf.tnt came into your
hands?'
'Well, you see, you were very cross
aud restless that night, and as your
mother was unwell Mild in want ot
leep, I t"ok yu uwuy '.villi me to
my room, and I got you off to sleep.
Tfyou know all about the evidence I
gave, y-u will remember how I first
discovered m poor mistress'. death.
Im the first contusion, the child was
never thought, of. and when it was at
last inquired about, I'd gone back to
my own room for something, I forget
now what, but that doesn't matter.
Soon alter, Mis Helen came to look
for me ; the moment sh got in -the
room she cried out, in much astonish
meut, 'Why, there's the child!' So
I, eaid, 'Yea; wheiedid yon think it
was? 'Why, don't you know,' she
answered, 'that there's been a great
outcry about it. Everybody thinks
that the murderer had carried it away
with him,' Oh, I'll soon ease their
minds on that point,' I said, taking
you up in my arms. Butshe stopped
me, saying, 'No, the moruiug will do
for that ; say nothing about it to
night.' So I pui yu hark in the
cradle. About an hour after that, she
came back again, and sitting down
close beside me, said 'Sarah, I am go
ing to confide to you a family secret ;
keep it faithfully, and from this lime
you shall be placed in such a position
as to be above the need of work. It is
a sore trial to have to speak against a
sister, aud, above all, one who's come
to such an untimely end. but I know
I can trust to you. Now, listen !
There is every reason to believe that
that child is not Robert Blakeiy't,
but Wielanil's, the very man who no
doubt laid viulent hands on the un
happy creature. You must take this
wretched infant, and bring it up as
your own. Mr. Iilakely will allow
you a comfortable income.'
'And did she dure lu .'peak such
words against poor Edith ? (Jh, this is
infamous! ciied Deerbrook, indig
nantly. Charles, with tears iu his eye3,
warmly pressed his hand.
From this hour, bis friendship for
his uucle as jc.-ured.
'Well, I cau't lemember her exact
words, answered Mrs. Gaudy; 'but
that was the sense of what she said.
Now it happeued that my own child
had died that very night, in a fit of
croup, aud nobody knew of it yet so
I happened to mention the fuot to
Miss Heli u. "Have it buriett ai once!"
she ctied, eagerly ; 'let this one take
its place, and no one need be the wis
er but w hat ii is your own !' Weil, I
would not hebr of Kiii'ii a tbfng at
first; but she offered me fifty pouuds
down to do it and that, you know,
was a great teUiptatiuu to u poor per
son.' And did you believe the atrocioiis
calumny she had told you?' asked
Charles.
Well, at first, I thought it might
be true, as, eaVitig yours and Mr.
Deerbrdok's presence, Mr. "Wielaud
always seemed wonderful partiui to
her. But, after a time I did not be
lieve it.'
'And yet you still kept that wo
man's secret?' said Charles" bitterly.
Well you see, she'd settled a very
nice income upon us. But that wasu't
all ; it wasu't wholly the money that
kept my mouth shut; but when I
BBOWVILLE, NEBEASKA,
fjM)
hinted to her that I didn't care about
keeping her spcret any longer, be
cause I thought it was a wrong thing,
she threatened me with all manner of
consequents. 'Tell your story,' she
said. 'whenever you please; I shall
deny having any knowledge of the
child being in your possessiou, and
you have no proof that I have but
you will have to prove how you came
by it. If you say that it was in your
room when everybody was crying out
for it, and never said anything about
it, you will bring upon yourself a sup
picion of being coucerned in the deed !
If you keep that back, you can do
nothing, und will only lay yourself
open to an accusation of attempting
lo foist ac impuater upon Mr. Blake-
iy.'
'But you have had letters from her?'
suggested Charles.
'Yes; but she was too cautious to
commit herself in any of 'em. There
was never more than a couple, of lines
Just to say she sent me such a sum of
mouey, as the quarterly payment of
an annuity setlled upon me for past
services. So, of course, I very soon
found that instead of her being iu my
power, I w'us iu hers.'
But how did you contrive to keep
an infant in your roc m in the Hall
without its being discovered?' inquir
ed Deerbrook.
I didn't keep it there. Gaudy was
coachman, and we had two rooms of
our own over the stables, where our
baby was kept. We had a little girl
about ten years old to mind it, and on
the evening it died, she happeued to
go home early ; aud when she came
uext ulorning aud fouud a baby in
t lie cradle, dres.ed a usuul, sheiiever
knew ihe diilerviii-e. Besides, we
didn't stop at Blakely many day af
terwurds. ' I know that I never trebl
ed you well, she said, turning to
Charles ; 'nor like a woman who pre
tended lo be your mother ought lo;
but it was always piecing ou my
mint! that I was wronging you, until
at hist I couldn't abide a sight of you,
which I Ihitik is always the case
when one is iujuiing people.'
'Never mind the past, Mrs. Gandy.'
he said, giving her his hand. 'You
have saved my life, ami that has not
only cancelled a.l grievances, but it
has maue me very deeply your debt
or.' 'But if you hadn't run away, I
should have told you all long ago.
and '
TTever mind the irV when we
have so many certainties to think
about,' he said stopping her in his de
cisive munner 'Then j'ou are read
to take your oath that you do not
know who it was that killed my
mother?'
'I am.' she answered, 'I have told
you all I know for a certainty.'
But what do you suspect? whom
do you suspect? Do jou suspect
Wielaud ?'
'He was mixed up with it, I am
sure; but I don't know what to
think. I uever could make up my
mind about the dreadful business.'
But did you not see Wielaud pass
your door as he went to his own
apartments? By the very position ot
the two chambers, it was impossible
for him to pass without being perceiv
ed by you.'
'That is right; but he never did
pass my door, nor go into his room af
ter he teturned from the Hall.'
'Yet his desk was broken open, and
all his papers taken out?'
'But not by him; Miss Helen did
that. You remember my telling you
how she came lo look for me. and baw
on lying in the cradle? Well, she
then asked me lo give her a strong
knife. I gave her one, and she went
into Wieland's room, and I followed
her and saw her force open his desk
aud take out all his papers. 'Perhaps
we shall be able to track him ty
these,' she said. But on the day of
the inquest, bhe told mo that I was to
say nothing about her having the pa
pers. 'There was nothing in them ol
any consequence,' she added, 'so it's
not worth while to say anything
about 'em.'
'Very slrange,' observed Charles,
thoughtfully. 'Do you think it pos
sible that she was eonuecled will) the
crime?'
'Impossible! She was ia the ball
room, seven mi!es off, when the news
was brought there of what had hap
pened. 'And he my fa Robert Blake-
ly?' faltered Charles, in an anxious
voice.
'All through the evidence, his pres
ence at the bail during the whole ev
ening was certified by numerous wit
nesses. But for that. Ire certainly
would have been suspected, fur more
rer.sous than one.
"How strange how impenetrable is
this mystery!' muttered Charles, to
himself. 'Ture is only one man can
solve it. Can he, indeed, be guiliy?"
No, I'll not believe it; and I will
prove he is not so yet!'
Long before this time, the gray
light of moruiug hadbeguu to mingle
with the yellow lights of rue lamps,
and now the rays of the rising sun
was gilding the tops of the trees, and
the birds were singing their matin
song. Mrs. Gandy put out the lamp,
drew up the blind', and threw up the
window, to admit the bright, pure air
of morning.
Charles rose and went over to the
window, and inhaled deep draughts
of the invigorating element. 'Never
did the sky look so blight, nor nature
so lovely to mo, as" at this moment ;
he said ; 'deprivation is' the only me
dium through which all its beauty
can be made visible. I all but de
spaired of ever looking upon it
again.'
THPBSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1876.
j ff y-''V $.'
And now,' said Mrs. Gaudy, 'it is
quite time you had some rest. I will
get Gandy out of bed and then you
can turn in, and have a good sleep.'
'But you yourself have never been
to bed,' said Charles.
'You never mind me, I'm all right.
I went to bed last night, afcd the
night before, and you didn't.'
Deerbrook now took his leave,
promising to come down to the lodge
at tlusk that evening, when Charles
should at once proceed to arrange
what course of action he intended to
take to obtain his rights.
A few hcura' sleep.' said the young
man, 'will clear my brain ; hut until
I have had "them, thought is out of
the question.'
CHAPTER XIIT.
ANOTHER DAKK DEED.
Of all the personages of our story
who were congregated within the
Blakely demesue, Charles sle'pt the
soundest aud calmestsleepthat morn
ing. 'Nature's soft nurse' was early
affrighted, by terrible dreams, from
the pillow of the wretched mistress of
the Hall ; dreams in which her sis
ter's child, whom she had robbed of
his birthright, was ever before her
eyes, perishing of hunger; his groans
were iu her ears, and his Slazing eyes
were ever looking into hers.
Oh, why did she yield lo the mad
ness of that moment, to thrust him
inte a living tomb? It was because
she could not, even at the price of her
soul, submit to the destruction of ail
her plans and hopes in the freshness
of their triumph.
Robert Blakely. feverish and excited
rose with the sun. Already he began
to shrink from the consequences ot
the step he was about to take, but it
was now too lute to retreat at least,
he thought so. He was at the dairy
before Carry.
When she came, as on the previous
morning, site looked pale and her
eyes were swollen with weeping.
Once mure she offered a few faint
expostulations, which were silenced
even moie quickly than before.
It was then ui ranged that Robert
should leave about mid-day ; when
he arrived at Norwich he should send
back his own carriage, hire a convey
ance in the town, and return to the
neighborhood of the Hall by a circuit
ous route. At ten o'elock that even
ingshe would noL be safe of escap
ing observation much before that
noiir "she wus to meet him ul a Cer
tain spot, about a mile from the farm.
He gave her strict injunctions not
to cumber herself with any paicels.
'Put on your best clothes,' lie said ;
and as soon as we get to London 3ou
shall be supplied with everything 3011
require.'
He kissed her. and thus they part
ed. At noon he left the Hall in an
open carriage, accompanied by his
valet. The parting with hi3 mother
had been almost painful. She wish
ed him gone, and yet she could not
endure the thought of being separat
ed frt.m him.
It was terrible, she felt, to be left
alone witli her own conscience and
her awful crime; she clung round his
neck, and wept as though she were
pariiug from him forever. Ills con
science smote him for the deceit lie
was practicing, the jflliction he was
about to bring upon her, and the?e
thoughts rendered his manner more
tender and affectionate than usual.
Upon arriving at Norwich, the car
riage was sent back, and he proceed
ed to a hotel, where he dined at four
o'clock. He desired his valet to take
the evening express to London, and
get everything ready for him iu town,
whither he should follow him, by an
early train next morning.
This done he hired a trap at a livery
stable and set forward at a leisurely
pace back toward Blakely. Thus far,
he had carried his programme iuto ef
fect. Although Mr. Deerbrook did not
get to bed until the servants of the
Hall began tosir, he was abroad again
before noon ; his mind was too busy
with the thoughts and plans of the
future to rest long in oblivion.
Having wished Robert irood-bye.
and a -tile journey, heoidered a horse
to be saddled upon which he set for
ward for his usual morning ride.
'That young fellow is meditating
mi-rhief; I know he is by his man
ner,' he muttered. 'Egad! I should
not tiesuipiised if he was giduu to
holt off with the dairy-maid. Poor
Boh, I am sorry for him ! It will be a
terrible blow w hen he couie." to hear
of his altered fortune.-, but I fedl cer
tain that Charles will behave hand
somelv to him.'
Musing thus. Mr. Dperbrook took
I his way up the Norwich road. When
Ire arrived aa far as the 'Blake
ly Arms' lie saw an uuu-mil number
of people gathered round" the small
hostelry. Pulling up his horse, lie
asked one of the bystanders what was
the matter. The man, touching his
hat, informed him chat a poor woman
had been found dead in the landlord's
barn two nights before, and the coro
ner was about: to hold an inquest.
With a feeling of nervous curiosity,
Deerbrook: throwing the rents" of his
horse to the spokesman, entered the
inn.
He went into the barn where the
body was lying. One glance sufficed',
When the inquest is over,' he said
to the' landlord0, 'let the poor creature
be decently buried. Arrange tire bus
iness yourself, and send the bill fn to
me, Mr. Deerbrook, of the Hall.
He remounted his horse and rode
away again.
Poor Harriet!' he murmured sad
ly ; what an awful fate ! What a
beautiful woman she was when I
married her! I might have behaved
better to her; there was much truth
in what she said the last time we
met.'
And with such like reflections, he
rode back gloomily to the Hall. On
the road he met the carriage that was
conveying Robert to Norwich. Each
waved his hand in token of adieu,
and wefit on his several way.
As soon as It was dark, Deerbrook
repaired to the lodge, and found Char
ley looking much invigorated by his
long rest, and waiting hia arrival.
With his usual promptness, our hero
was fully prepared with his plans.
'I shall leave here by daybreak to
morrow morning,' he said, 'walk to
Norwich, and take the first train to
Loudon. As soon a9 I arrive there I
shall put my ess? into the hands of
a thoroughly respectable lawyer, aud
then well. I shall call upon a friend.
'Let me go with you, said Deer
brook. TJnder present circumstances
I dout caae for remainiugat the Hail;
and in your transactions with the
lawyers, you my find mj- practical ex
perience of some service. But by-the-
byot I have a question to ask of you.
You mentioned last night, that when
as a boy, 3'ou discovered that secret
door in j'our mother's chamber, you
found behind it a stud and a glove;
have you them with you?'
'No; the stud went years ago, an
swered Charles.
It maj be remembered that be had
left it upon the lilrary table when he
tied from the house on Hermes Hill,
it possessing no longer any value in
his eyes believing, as he did, that
the murderer was discovered.
But I can tell you what it wa3
like ; it was fashioned in the shape of
a sphinx's. head.'
'The ver3 studs that Robert Blake
13' presented to Wielaud when he
came iuto his estate!' exclaimed
Deerbrook. 'I was there when they
were given, and I remember the re
mark that Robert made at the time
'I wished my present, he said, laugh
ing, to be symbolical of the owner,
so I chose the pattern of a sphinx's
head, as being the symbol at once of
wisdom and inscrutability.' This,
with the exception of the handker
chief found at the bedside, is the
darkest proof of all against ther Ger
man." Charles made no repty.
Just as objects were becoming dim
I3' visible in the ghostly morning
liuhr, the two men set forward from
the lodge upon their journey. When
the3' had got about two miles upon
the road, the3? saw. a little in frout of
them, a figure suddenly cross a stile
which led from the highway across
the fields; but, upon seeing the two
pedestrians, it beat a hasty retreat.
"That fellow is up to no good," said
Charles.
'I should fancj not, by his manner.
I think I have seen him somewhere
before," answered Deerbrook.
He was a hideous, grimy-looking
brute, in a suit of tattered velveteen.
But we have not 3et finished the
records of the past night, and must
go back a few hours to gather up an
other thread of our nanative.
At the back of the grounds of
Blakely Hall there debouched n by
road, that led by a circuitous route to
Norwich. It was a road little used,
as it was rough and badly kept.
About a mile from Blakely it passed
through u wooded country, aud in
some places the trees grew so thickly
that their meeting branches rendered
the light dim even at noon-day. It
was at the end of this wood, nearest
Blakely, that Robert had appointed
to meet Carry Lee at ten o'clock.
About half-past nine a wretched
looking tramp, in a taltered velveteen
suit, was drugging himself along the
roads towards this rpot. Just as he
came beneath the shadow of the trees,
he heard the distant sound of wheels.
He -topped to listen ; then, with the
instinct of his tribe, slunk aside
among the underwood
Presently, from behind the bush
where he was crouching, he saw a
light trap leisurely approaching at a
walking pace. There was onl3' one
peison rn it a gentleman,' who was
smoking a cigar. He stopped just
opposite to where the tramp lay in
ambush, aud lightly holding the
reins-, buffered the horse to crop the
v.va-& at the road-hie. The moon wa
almost at the ful, and flooded earth
and sk' with a radiance scarcely iu
ferior to its great rival of the day.
After a lime the gentleman jumped
-Uroi n his sr-at, and leaving the horse
to enjoy his browse, walked up und
down, every now and then Iinpati
eutl3 consulting his watch by the
light of the moon.
The wild beast behind the bush
caught,sight of the glitter of the gold
chain, aud imagined what was at the
end of it.. His fingers clutched cou-vu!-ive;y,
and iiis eyes glared like a
tiger's when' it is about tospring upon
it.spre3'-- there was more than greed
iu their expression, there was haired
also.
Still keeping his" baleful" eyes fixed
upon the unsuspicious traveller, he
fumbled among his clothes. When
he drew forth hia hand again, there
was a click, aim a ray of moonlight
that fell between the leaves above glit
tered with a sudden flash.
With the noiseless movement of an
Indian" scout he laiif his ear clos'e td
J the ground", and listened. Not a"
eouud except the dull beat of the vic
tim's tread as he paced up and down
the greensward.
Suddenly an awful cry rang tbro'
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the silence then a groan then a dull
thud then a sudden crash, and the
frantic galloping of a horse.
Upon the ground lay a blood-stained
form, aud kneeling over it a hideous
Semblance of humanitj', furiously
stabbing the helpless clay.
'You'll never horsewhip me again,
curse you !' he muttered, passing the
back of his hand over his face to wipe
off the sweat-drops produced 13 his
work, aud leaving a crimson streak
in their place.
His hate was glutted ; now to satis
fy his greed. With trembling fingers
he clutched and tore awa3 the watch
and chain, and rifled the pockets.
Then he dragged the body a few
yards further Inlo the wood, and left
it lying upon its back upon the bram
bles. That death-shriek was heard a long
distance off tiy Carry Lee, a3 she was
coming, with beatiug heart, to the
meeting-place.
Almost at the same moment she
heard the crash and the furious beat
of the horse's hoofs upon the road.
Onward it came, flnofling and mad
with fright, dragging behind it a
shapeless mass, the noise aud blows
of which urged it to yet more frantic
speed.
As it rushed past, the hc-Tror that
pursued it infected the girl, and with
a sudden panic she turned round, aud
fled wildly home.
Through the open tracery of the
trees timidly peep down the moon
beams upon the livid, upturned face
of the dead ; the trembling leaves trj
to hide it from them, but with a
strange fascination the3 hover about
it, and when the trees have slumbered
again, gasfe down steadily once more.
But the moon calls them away at last,
and then the3 wane and fade, and
leuve the ghastly thing to be en
shrouded in the darkness until the
inquisitive day comes to investigate
the doings of the night, and rouses up
the sun to look down "upon its hor
rors. CHAPTER XIV.
THE LAST APPEAL.
Under the guidance of Mr. Deer
brook, Charles soon found a solicitor
who, under the understanding that
all money uctually expended should
be forthcoming, undertook his case.
To the legal eye it did not appear
quite so clear or so safe an one as it
did to the client's.
'You have not,' said the lawyer,
according to 3our own showing, one
scrap of documentary evidence, and
3'ou have only one witness, who
could be easil3' ahown to be an inter
ested party, since one of the points to
be proven is whether or not 3'ou are
her son.'
Pardon me,' interposed Deerbrook,
'but I, who am his uncle, most firmli
believe him to be the lawful son of
Robert Blakely.'
'But you have no proof,1 replied the
solicitor ;' and simple impressions,
however certain tiiey may appear to
the p'tirlips themselves, are held as
nothing in evidence. If it be possible
to prove that the present possessor of
the estate is the issue of an illegal
marritige there will be no difficulty
in annulling his claim. But the sim
ple fact of hia dispossession will not
alone be sufficient to enstate you in
his place. However, we will do our
best.'
'Why, in the name of all that is
extraordinary", did you hold back the
circumstance of Helen's attempt up
on 3'our life?' cried Mr. Deerbrook.
ns thy left the office. 'It is one of
the strongest points of evidence iu
3'our faVor that you possess.
Charles, previous to their interview
with the law3er. had emphatically
cautioned his uncle not to mention
that event without his permission.
'I have very cogent reasons for my
silence.' he replied. 'I cannot ex
plain them at present. They may
be removed iu a few hours perhaps
never
'But It must come out ultimate,
if the affair be proceeded with,' urged
Deerbrook.
Charles did not answer, and his un
cle already understood sufficient of
his character not to press the argu
ment.
This business concluded so far, he
took Mr. Deerbrook home with him.
Mrs. Gripley received her quandom
lodger ver3 glumly, and probably re
spect for Charles alone prevented a"
hostile dem5hstf at ion. Payment in
full, however, of hia small debt, and
some gin being sent for. instantane
ous' sweetened her acerbity, and
trau-mogrified him from 'that scamp
Poutifex!' to one of the gentleman
est lodgers that ever put foot in a
'oti-e.
Having once more installed him In
the hu.d lack's good graces, and seen
him comfortably seated in the
large arm-chair, with a cigar fn hi3
mouth, and a glass of gin-and-water
at his elbow, Charles begged to be ex
cused for an hour or two, as he had an
important call to make.
'AH right, dear boy! exclaimed
Deerbrook who had once more recov
ered his usual serenety of temper. 'I
am Very comfortable here with my old
and esteemed gossip,' and although I
would much sooner see you sit down
with a cheerful face, and join us in a
social glass, yet let" me not be a bar to
your freedom of movement.'
'Phe reader will doubtless surmise
whither Charles bent hissteps. He
had resolved to make one more appeal
to Wieland to clear himself, if possi
ble, from that foul suspicion that
clung to trim.
TO BE COSTiyUED.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUXTY
A Cu-uuc rative Diiiri
We visited a dairy recently in Car-
roll county, III., conducted partially
upon the co-operative plan, which set
lis to thinking upon the probable suc
cess that might attend an effort of thia
kind undertaken by Grangere.
A t'i'W hundred dollars would pro
vide In a email way the necessary
buildings and fixtures, then employ a
man familiar with the business to
conduct It.
Let those interested deliver their
milk, as needed ; and fix a price upon,
milk delivered hi' neighbors, not di
rectly interested in the factory.
When it Is most profitable to turn
cheese, do so; if cheese are dull, man
ufacture dairy butter, for which there
is always a good demaud. Good dairy
butter will command on an average,
the season through, one-third more
than average home-made butter.
A dairy well managed may distrib
ute in a neighborhood each year $10.
000orS20.000 if you will put the man
agement of it into honest, practical
hands. Such a dairj- should be cen
trally located, at a cross-roads if poss
ible, easy of access.
If you are favorably impressed with
such an enterprise, send two good
practical men from yourgraiigo to ther
Western Reserve in Ohio, and let
them look up the matter thoroughly.
They can, in the course of their In
vestigation, employ some man to as
sist in preparing for the work, and
conducting it after it has begtifl. At
first let it be small but complete.
A factory of thia kind will be a
source of continual income, not large
at any time, but always reliable.
Any one wishing to read up thor
oughly in this industry would do well
to get Willard'a Practical Dairy Hus
bandry, or Flint on Farm Dairying.
Patron's Journal.
Choosing Fowls for Tabic
It Is a little singular that taste or
fashion as to the color of flesh of fowls
varies at different large markets. In
the London market yeliow skiuued
birds are not sought for, the pink or
flesh-colored bkin being the favorite
there, while iu New York the j'ellow
Is preferred in a marked degree. The
questions naturally arise: What is
the reason of thia difference in taste
and which are the beat for the tabic
as to flavor, delicacy, etc.? There is
no doubt that those fowls that are cel
ebrated for their peculiar richness of
flavor and delicate flesh mainly be
long to the pink, or as some people'
call them, the white skinned varie
ties. Such fowls are the Game3,
Houdans, Dorkings, etc. Perhaps
the reason for the preference for yel
low in New York is that a proper dis
crimination is not made between th0
pink and dark blue skinned fowls In
choosing fowls for the table, the lat
ter of which are. generally poor In
quality, such a3 Spanish Haraburgs,
etc. Another reason may be that all
the pink skins are very tender to
dres?, tearing easily, and extra care is
required In dressing" to make them
attractive, and if they come from a
long distance and are at all damaged
they do not present res clean and nice
appearance as those with yellow skins.-
H.. H. in liural Ncio Yorker.
How The j Harried in 177GV
A hundred years age a Virginia'
b'eflle was not to be won without fools
cap and red-tape. This was the certi
ficate which the bride had to sign be
fore her lover could get a marriage li
cense: "The bearer hereof has my
permission to procure from the au
thority the necessary credentials,
which-shall duly and honorably mer
it my attention in the support of my
affections, to continue through the'
end of aM things, vhlch shall reflecfi
every ray of honor ascribable to so
resplendent an element or sentiment
of my right mind, and which shall
henceforth be strictly adhered to the'
proper form, at my instant and hia
importunity, in the making valid all
things pertaining to the stream of my
desire to become his partner in tho
vigor of my youth, in the morning of
my affections, properly directed to the
momentous obligation of conjugal
embraces in endless felicity. In wit
ness to the above I have hereunto,'
ate, etc.
Crumb your stale bread intoapud-dln'g-pall
and cover with sweet milk ;
set it by the stove to warm and soft
en ; then t6 a quart of milk add three
well-beaten eggs, a half cup of sugar,
aud as much fruit as lifted, either dry
or preserved ,- set ft In boIBng water,
and do not allow it to stop boiliug tilt
done. Do not fill the pail, as it needs
100m to rise. This is an excellent;
pudding.
Though years bring with them wis
dom, yet there is one lesson' the aged
seldom learn, namely, the manage
ment of youthful feelings. Age is all
head", youfth" all heart r oge reasons,
youth feels ; age acts under the influ
ence of disappointment, youtia under
the dominion of hope.
The worth 6f everything Is Osteftzi
ined by the' demand for ft. In the de
serts of Ar3BIa', a pitcher of cold wa
ter is of more value than a mountain
of gol'dl
A sensitive old. bAchelor saya tbafc
pretty girls always affect him as da
ornamental confectionery they gjv
him the heartburn.