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CHAPTER XI. ( Continued. ) "I am glad you are going to have a ihangc , " volunteered Marguerite tim idly. "I hope you don't mind my say ing so , but you look quite 111 ; 1 noticed directly I saw you. " "I am In trouble , Ml s Lllboiirno and that's the truth ; I'm afraid change of air won't cure It. " "Oh , how sorry I am. " Her eyes filled with sympathy. "What a world of trouble It Is ! You In trouble , too ? You ought not to vex yourself HO about my affairs , if you have trouble of your own. " "My trouble la harder to hear than yourfl , " he mild , "because It IB of' my own making. It la the shadow of a fault committed long ago. " "And repented of ? " she nuked shyly. "Heaven only knows how deeply ! " "Ah , then It will bo all right , " Hhe asserted brightly , "if you are ready to Jitonol" "Ah , " ho cried pltltully , "but sup pose ono can't atone ? That Is the hardest lesson the world leaches , Miss Lllbourne. It Is so easy to wrong an other , but so html so terribly hard to set the wrong right again. " She looked at him ennipntly. lie was the last man fiom whom she would have expected words like these. Proud , self-contained , it man of the world he had hitherto appeared ; yet' , now it seemed as if he wore asking her little Marguerite for pity and counsel. "Havo you asked the person whom you wronged to forgive you ? " she questioned with a certain solemnity. "No , " was the almost Inaudible re ply. ply."Ah "Ah ! " she said softly , "that's what I would do ! Please don't think me impertinent I know I am not at all competent to advise you. " "That la what you would have mode do ? " ho asked. "You would have mo say , 'I did you a grevious wrong I Imagining It to he a patient comr for liniment or coiigh-mlxluro , hhe went straight Into the dining-room , and WIIH at once confronted by a re spectably-dressed woman , evidently provincial. "There , " Bald the woman triumph antly , the Instant Marguerite appeared "It's her I knew It was. I Knew I Hhould know her first minute I clapped eye to her face. Well , miss , you and IIIO'B mot before , ain't we ? " "Have wo ? " mild Marguerite. "Don't you remember me , my dear ? " asked the woman , evidently disap pointed. "No ; I don't lomembor yon at all. " "Not Mrs. Acland ? " "No. Wlioro do you come from , Mrs. Acland , please ? " Marguerite iiHked the question with a certain vchumonce , ad vancing toward her visitor , and lookIng - Ing earnestly at her face. "My stars she don't icmombor mo ! " said the woman again. "Why , my dear , 'tain'L four years ago Hlnco you saw mo every day of your life for six weoks. " "Did I did I ? " cried Marguerite , her head In a whirl of excitement. "Oh , Mrs. Acland , tell mo about it do ! Do you coino from Devonshire or Corn wall ? " "Torquay , my dear , to bo mire. You mean to say you've been and forgot that , too ? " "I've forgotten everything , " replied Marguerite , trembling with eagerness. "I've been very 111 and forgotten all sorts of things ; but I do believe you're the very person I've been wanting so long. Tell me who are you ? " "Tho landlady of fi , Ponsdon Cres cent , my dear , where your uncle brought you , four years ago come November. Ah , my dear , I remember it all so well ! A poor , nervous thing you wore , starting at every sound ; and your undo seemed so hard on you , it wont to my heart , it did. " "HE GLANCED UP , SAW HER , AND RAISED HIS HAT. " cannot undo It now , but I ropont. Forgive - I give mo ! ' " "Yes , " she replied , with a nod of her jirotty head , I would Bay that. " "And suppose by that confession I lowered myself In the eyes of the portion tion whom before all others in the world I desired to stand well with ? " "I think , " she answered shyly , won dering at the strange intensity with which ho questioned her "I think you would have to bear that as a penance for your fault. " His strange eyes looked down at her Bweot , ingenuous face with a gaze she could not understand. "I shall think over your advice , " ho eald earnestly , "nnd try to follow it. Will you give mo your best wishes ? " "Yes , " she replied , her face suddenly Hushing. Ho moved away from her ho felt that his BOlf-control was de serting him ; ho must go ami lu- etantly. "Goodby , " he said hastily , unable to raise his eyes to her faco. "I must apologize for for staying so long. " He left the room abruptly , before she hod tlmo to reply. Actuated by an indescribable impulse , she went to the window to see him pass. Ho glanced up , saw her , and raised his hat with a oudden smllo of pleasure , indicating with one hand the marguerites in his buttdn-hole. She drew back as ho dis appeared , holding her hands to her bead. "What did that remind mo of ? " she eald slowly. "Oh , what did it remind me of ? I fool as though I had gone , through a similar experience before lit seemed quite natural to be looking : out of the window and waving m > hand to him. " She broke into a little laugh. "I think I must bo losing m > senses , but for the moment the imprcs Blon was wonderfully strong. " CHAPTER XII. Two days later , on reaching home fU > ra walk , she was told that a worn an was waiting to aeo hor. Marguerite sank into a chair horace ace turning so deadly palo that Mrs. Vcland thought she was going to faint lurrying to the sideboard the woman clzcd the carafe of water and sprln- oB "Thanks-thanks ; I nm better , , aid Marguerite. rallylng--much be't. cr , thank you. I can ualeil. It was oo much for me , Just foP n noment- ho thought that I was to hear what have longed and prayed to hoar for o many months. Go on tell me ! " tanr menn ' ° say you have fo'rEOt "All all ! I had brain fovor. " The woman glanced down the girl's clasped hands. "So ho ' didn't marry you , after all ? " she said , with some show of surprise. "Oh , begin at the beginning ! " said Marguerite , blushing. "Toll me all ibout it , please. " "First , you must know , " began the good woman , "that I always thought it wasn't all right , for this reason that though the young man used to come courting on the sly , when your undo was out , he used to write letters to him , for I scon ono myself , I did I always misdoubted that young man , though you did act such store by him ; and I says to my cook , as I remember very well , 'If any one's being deceived it's the child herself , and not her un cle , ' I says. So , my dear , I kept the address of the letter I see , thlnklnc uno day it'll como in useful. ' And sure enough it did ! But It was very strange. Hero was I never been out of Torquay this twenty year , and Just fixed ' In my lulnd to como up by the 'curaion , when I BOO this in the pa pers. ' She laid a slip of paper before Marguerite , a copy of Bernard's nd- vertlsomont. "I nUiis guessed it had boon done at St. Boniface. " she said In triumph ; "so when I see that ad vertisement , I says , 'There's trouble , and I must apeak up and tell what I know.1 I won't deny that I always Iked Mr. Phillips , " she added paren- hotlcally ; "and chiefly because you nl- ivays cheered up so when ho come. So , when I see the advertisement , I Just ran up to at. Bonlfaco ; and the cleric j and mo , we searched thn register. And lore's the copy of It , miss , as I brought' with me to make sure. " Marguerite raised her eyes to the paper and looked. There wore the two signatures , ono under the other "Arthur Phillips , " 'Marguerite Lllboiirno. Her heart sank ; she did not remem ber the name In the least. It touched no chord of memory. Till now she had cherished a vague Idea that with the name of the man she had married ivoiild como a ilood of recollection. But 10 ! "Arthur Phillips Arthur Phillips , " she repeated hopelessly ; "I am certain never know any one'of that name , " She loaned her chin on her hand. The effort to remember was painfully1 ntcnse. "There was somebody , " she sald | slowly , "who used to used to at east , I used to look out of the window' for him. I called him some name lot Arthur. A abort name something like Phil ; but It wasn't Phil. 1 should know It If I heard it , I think. Oh , ilon't you remember it ? " she asked plteoiiHly of Mrs. Acland. The woman shook her head. "I don't , " she answered ; "but I do re member you was so took up with him. But , bless you , Arthur Phillips worn't his real name ! I seen that plain enough all the time. " "Not his real name ? " "No , my dear. Ho never married you for no good of that I'm sure ! I ought' ' never to 'a let you 'a gone off with him. Ho como and said your uncle was ill , and ho was to take you to him ; but , when ho put you in the car- lago and tlrovo off , my heart misgave mo , for I see there was another man with him ; and I'm morally pursuaded , my dear , that that other was Mr. Brau- : Ion hlssclf all the time disgulsed.yoti know. I never seen you again , my lear , till this minute. But tnat after noon , when Mr. Brandon came raging nnd shouting and wanting to know where you was , I thought directly that he was only putting it on , and knowod fast enough where you was all the time. Well , my dear , I s'pose If I'd 'a done my duty I'd 'a gone to the per- lice ; but I am a poor woman , with my living to get , and I don't want no scan dals about my house ; and then , you see , I hadn't nothing to say no evi dence , nor nothing of that kind. So I Just kop' qulot ; but it's bin on my mind over since. " "Mrs. Acland , " said Marguerite , sol emnly , her hands clasped under her chin , "you say I was in your house six weeks , and that you saw mo every day. " "Yes , my dear. " "Did it ever strike you that there was anything odd about mo ? Did it over occur to you that I was out of my mind ? " The woman's look of consternation was evidently genuine. No , she had never thought of that. "A poor little nervous thing , " had boon her idea , much cowed , subdued , and bullied by an overbearing uncle. ( To be continued. ) A Knotty I'roliluin , "Blscome Is a peculiar follow. " "I don't know him. " "You would find him amusing. Ho moved out on the lake shore for the summer and bought a Jersey cow. Then ho hired a small boy to drive her up from the pasture every afternoon. Ono day the boy fell sick nnd Blscome didn't know what to do about the cow. Ho said to himself when ho looked at her In the morning , 'She'll certainly forget to como homo if the boy isn't there to call her attention to the fact that she has a home. ' Then ho looked at the cow some more"and pretty soon ho stumbled on what seemed to him a brilliant idea. " "Was it ? " "You must judge for yourself. Ho tied a knot in the cow's tall to remind her that there was something she mustn't forget. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Ood Ilium Our Homo. " "In a homo in the country , not far from town , " says the Catlettsburg ( Ky. ) Independent , "there may bo soon quite a pile of sewing lying on the Hoer , nearly In the middle of the room that has been undisturbed for moro than six months. At that tlmo the head of the house wanted a chair , and seeing but ono handy , ho dumped to the Hoer the sewing which lay upon it. Ills wife asked him to pick it up Ho said ho wouldn't do It. She told him , as ho throw it there , It could re main until ho got ready to pick It up. She would never touch it. And then it remains , a memorial to an Inconv patlbility of disposition. " First ICipoHltlon. Perhaps the first industrial exposi tion on record was held In 1509 in the Rathhaus of Nuremberg. A catalogue published at the tlmo thus states the purpose of the exposition : "It shall bring , before the public all Innovations In the trade of the whole world in modern times , together with domestic art productions. " Not HI * Kind. From the Philadelphia Record : Ab- ncr Haycede Yo say this Is a combi nation be < l an' sofa. Clerk It Is , sir. Abnor Haycede Wai lot mo look atone ono that ain't made by n combination. I'm opposed tor encouraging thorn air trusts by purclmsin' tholr goods , b'goah. DAIKY AM ) POLII/PHY. NTERESTINO CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL low Sticccnnfnl I lUlni'H < ) | irrio ; TliU I > riurliiU'iit | of tin ) Piirni A I'tw Hint * IIH in tliu ( an1 of 1.1 in Mock anil i'oullrj , llnlr.V Not < "ii Another nccusntlon Is inncle against he biiUcrlno men. It is that , Instead of using jiiire annatto coloring , they iso the poisonous coal tar dye because t is cheaper.Vo are not In n position o prove or disprove this , but cortaln- y all use of coloring matter not pure- y vegetable should be fought to the ilttur end. it is a well-known fact hat butter colors made from coal tar mvc liccn on the market for years , doubtless some butter has been colored > y them , but It is claimed that this practice is about universal in the case of butterlnc. Let us see , according to vhat has been said about bnttcrinc it consists of beef and hog fat , some veg etable oils , chemical preservatives , and coal tar coloring matter. A nice con coction is thatto go into the stomachs achs of a civlllzfd people ! * * The r > qtifl ! hnve boon making some more tests In regard to the pasleurlz- ng of milk for the purpose of killing germs of tuberctilosib and other dis eases. It has boon the practice to heat -he milk and cream to about 15S de grees , but it was believed that It was not possible to go much above that : ioint without Injuring the natality o : he butter by giving it a cooked taste. Further trials demonstrated the fact that cream can be heated to 185 de- ; rees and even to 193 degrees without Injuring the quality of the subsequent Gutter , provided the cream be imme diately cooled to 55 degrees. It was remarked that in some cases the but ter did have a slightly cooked flavor when first made , but that this cooked flavor disappeared within two days after making. In the state butter shows last year 713 creameries com peted , and of these all but five pas teurized their cream. Of the five that did not pasteurize four occupied the four lowest places in the list of awards and the fifth was little better. * * A New Zealand paper says : "The exasperating doubt and mystery which surrounds our butter after It leaves these shores has never been more keenly felt than during the past sea son. The old tale Is repeated of brands of butter leaving hero with the best of New Zealand reputations and judged at home as being Inferior to brands over which they scored at this end. In spite of this repeated trouble and the 'fishy' conundrum no attempt has yet teen made to follow the butter up from its shipment hero till sale at home. " We think the matter Is easy of solution. Wo remember that at one of the Wisconsin Dairyman's conven tions Mr. J. H. Monrtul made the re mark that the highest flavored butter Is not always the best keeper. Some times the butter that has been handled and washed in such a way that it has only a fair flavor at the start will be found several months later to have as good flavor as at first , while the very high flavored butter will be found de cidedly off. He said for this reason it Is not fair to judge butter without con sidering the end to which it Is to be put or its market. The butter that Is to go across the ocean needs to bo made with staying qualities in view. He said It will be frequently found that If two lots of butter arc scored , say two months apart , the position of their scores will be reversed in the second scoring. The New Zealandcrs have evidently had a practical illustration of this truth. Squill ) Iu recent years squabs are considered such an appetizing dish that they are added to the bill-of-fare of all first- class hotels , although they are not al ways mentioned as squabs , being too often served up to their customers as quail , writes G. A. Dell in the Poultry Tribune. The breeding of squabs for market can bo conducted by farmers or by the gentler sex , and made a source of great profit , provided it is handled properly. First consider the cracks are stopped up and nest boxes loft an old barn will do if all the put in. Second , the breeding stock , which Is an important item. No bird has been found to answer this purpose as well as the homing pigeon , especial ly the White Homer , as white flesh is what the consumer wants. If White Homers cannot bo gotten , the next best color Is silver or light blue. It is im portant to be careful to select pure bred homers , as they give the best re sults. The care and cost of breeding is very small In comparison to the profits. They must bo kept clean , boxes and other fixture ? to bo white washed , and a good supply of gravel and fresh drinking water and a small , shallow pan for bathing. Squabs grow very rapidly , and In three or four weeks they nro ready to kill. Squabs of good breeds will aver age six pounds to the dozen , and they sell for 40 and GO cents per pound , wholesale. The cost to nstablish a loft to accommodate COO pairs , complete , birds and everything , would bo about | 850. On every farm there are ono or two who could bo spared for an hour a day to look after the pigeons. There Is also a great deal of grain wasted that might bo helping the farmer to pay off a mortgage or some other debt If it is just used in the right way. Every well regulated farm should have a loft for pigeons , with a largo aviary mndo of wire to keep them from the fields. Hprviul of TulHTcuIosU. In a lecture by Dr. Norner-IIallo reported In Milch Zeltung , ho gives the following causes as weakening the constitution ami predisposing the cows to the above disease : 1. Continuous existence in small poorly ventilated and crowded stables. 2. Insufficient food and the use of a largo quantity of offal from breweries and distilleries. 3. Forced milk production. 1. Those cows that have narrow chests and a weak constitution. 5. By frequently changing the po sition of the cows , which Is done In stables where the fresh milking cows and the dry ones are arranged In groups. C. Inbreeding. 7. Animals , the parents of which have luberculosU. They are not born ivith the disease , but have little pow ers of resistance against the germs. S. When the calves are kept in close and poorly ventilated quarters and not given exercUc , the lungs are not sufficiently developed and succumb easily to the disease. 9. The great development of the creamery system whereby the skim- milk Is mixed before returning it to tlie farmers. i\crtliliif : ; M.illloui. The proper exeic.se of stallions mak ing a season is all Important , even more Important than the particular kind of food they eat. From a pam pered stallion that Is closely confined to the stable , with no out-door driving , riding or exercise , but a small per cent of foals can bo expected , and those that do come will amount to but little. Stiength , vigor , power cannot be Im parted where it is not possessed , and these qualities can only bo secured by healthy , strong cscrcke. In an article in the- Horseman , Mr. L. V. D. Shep herd , an old experienced breeder , is reported as saying that ho once leased a stallion to a party for the season , who was very particular in regard to the animal's diet , giving him hay , oats , grass and mashes ; but to keep him fat and plump , gave him no exercise ; the result being that but a very small per centage of the mares got with foal. The next season he leased the horse to another party , who fed him con tinually on nothing but dry hay and hard corn on the cob , but gave him plenty of work , and out of about ono hundred mares got elghty-flvo with foal. Here was one instance at least where it showed pretty conclusively the Importance of exercise , and that IB the predominant factor In developing the functions of the procreatlvo or gans , as the mode of feeding in the latter case was certainly not as con ducive to that result as that of the former. Sulphur uiid Sliuup Ticks. Several years ago my flock was both ered with the little red sheep louse. I tried dipping , but for some reason made a failure. Some one advised sul phur , so I got fifty pounds and mixed enough with the salt to color it strong ly say about a quart to the half- bushel , I kept giving through the summer , though I was careful not to give if it threatened to storm. I was and am a little afraid of the stuff. When I came to shear the next spring I found not one single tick on several hundred head. My flock has been com pletely free of ticks over since , as I give several doses every summer , says a contributor to Wallace's Farmer. Now , possibly it may bo that If sul phur will dispose of big , leathery sheep ticks and lice , it would do the same for the scab mite. I do not feed any salt through April and May. Poorly-Fattened Fowls. It Is impos sible to walk through the markets at any time without seeing largo quanti ties of extremely poor turkeys , fowl and chickens. It Is seldom that ono sees a poorly fattened hog In the mar ket. If It pays to stuff with corn a hog that won t not his feeder live cents a pound dressed , why Isn't it good business sense to use some of that corn to fatten a bird that will bring twice as much per pound ? Will the same corn make twice as many pounds of pork as poultry ? If not , it would seem wiser to put the corn where it will do the most good. Rural Now Yorker. False Economy. The attempt to keep thirty or moro hens in a poultry house that is adaptable for only twenty results In fewer eggs from the thirty hens than If a smaller number occu pied the space. Cases are numerous where a few hens layed well , while large flocks gave no returns. The hens must bo comfortable or they will not thrive , and during the warm season there Is no surer method of ceasing egg production than to have too many hens together. There is no economy In crowding them , for what is gained In ono direction is lost in another. Poultry Keeper. Damage by Hawks. Wo know of no method that will protect chicks from hawks , If the chicks are permitted to run at large. A yard covered with wire netting is the best protection , and It will pay to have such a yard , as the destruction by hawks Is enormous. The farmer does not know the extent of the damage done him by hawks , as hero are scores of chicks destroyed of which ho is not aware. Ho simply knows that they are missing , and there is no way to save them except to ihelter them until they are large. fix. Los Angeles Butter-Milk Trade. A Callfornlan paper states that butter milk drinking Is a big business in Los Angeles. Over 1,000 gallons are drunk daily. The early morning trains bring in largo quantities of the wholesome fluid from the cold storages of the creameries , and the city distributors are on hand with their wagons to carry It to local customers. Twelve butter milk wagons are now running In Los Angeles , seven ol which are operated by ono firm. Ex. siioo Si'iilnp ; . "Selling good shoes cheap , " the notto of Hayden Bros. , "Tho Big Jtore , " is well lived up to. They do in enormous shoo business both In Jinaha nnd through the malls , and are rapidly becoming recognized as the greatest mall order house in the west. Send postal card for free fall clothing oataloguc. When In the city see their stock of Harness , Whips and Horse Supplies ? . Last year -19,332 pounds of tortoiseshell - shell were Imported In England. "Honor is Purchased by Deeds We Do , " V 1 > ccdst not words , Ciutd in bailies of peace as well as in war , It is ttot what we say , but what Hood's Sarsaparilta docs , that tells the story of Us merit. It has won many remarkable victories over the arch enemy of mankind impure blood. Be sure to get only Hood's , because Send your name and address on a < postal , and we will send you our 150- § j pace illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. I 174 Winchester Avenue , Now Haven , The truths wo least desire to hear are those which it would bo to our advantage to know. I'lltClltSi Business with the Inventor Is on the increase , for this week the record of the sales of patents is the largest that has bec-n made for some time , as 36 per cent of the in ventors who re ceived patents were able to sell their invention before the patents were issued , as is shown by the U. S. talent olllco report. Three hundred nnd eighty- three patents were issued and of that number 130 were sold. Of the promi nent concerns who bought patents were found the following : Electric Power Development Co. Philadelphia Hardware & Malleable Iron Works of Pennsylvania. Pratt & Whitney Co.Hai'tford , Conn. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. of ; Pennsylvania. J \ U. S. Acetylene Liquefaction Co. of ) New York. Phillips Mfg. Co. of New York. American Cotton Co. of New York. Mississippi Valley Electilcal & Mfg. Co. of St. Louis , Mo. Parties desiring infonrat'on ' in re gard to patents should addiess Sues & Co. , registered patent lawyers , Bee | bldg. , Omaha , Neb. 'I Harrisburg has an ordinance forbid ding the placing of sample packages of anything on doorsteps. For Kiiny Ironing nso " Faultless Stnrcli. " No sticking , blis tering or breaking. It leaves a beautiful finish and does not injure the most dolicute fabrics. All grocers sell it , lOc a package. The republic of Venezuela contains 506,159 square miles. It is larger than any country in Europe except Russia. I shall recommend Piso's Cure for " .Con sumption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan. Pluuistead , Kent , EuRlnud , Nov. 8 , 1805. Englishmen may now spend a fort night In Paris or Switzerland , for $35 or enjoy a Norwegian tour for $50. Mm. IVlnslow's Soothing Syrnp. For children teething , solicits the gums , reduces tip tlammntiuuullujsi > ulucure wludcollc. 23cabotta ! The completion of the million and a half dollar terminals of the Burlington Railroad at Qulncy , 111. , marks an im portant stage in the development of that system. It was only five years ago that the road built into St. Louis , and established there an enormous freight yard , with a capacity of 3,000 cars. Elsewhere , ut Chicago , St. Paul , Kansas City and Denver , the Burling ton has facilities for handling freight and passengers that are unexcelled. ? 118buysnew uprightplano. Schmol- ler & Mueller , 1313 Fnrnam St. , Omaha. Probably nothing grows so monoto nous as having a collector come around , with the same old bill every month. 81OO Reword , 8100. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to ' Icnrn that there Is nt Icust ono dreaded dlscaso Unit science 1ms bucn nblo to cure In all Its a stages and that Is Cntarrh. Hall's Catarrh ' Cure Is the enl > po.sltl\ocuionowlinow > ito the I medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constttu- -tj tloiml disease , requires a constitutional treat- v meat. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally , n acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur- ( j faces of the system , thereby destroying the II foundation of the disease , and giving the patient < strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The pro prietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fallb to euro. Send for list of Testimonials. Address P. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , a Sold by druggists 7f > c. Hall's Family 1'llls ore the best. Britain uses 72,000 tons of paper yearly in postal cards. In a new attachment for holding belts In place on the trou&ers a metallic plato Is fastened to the under side of the belt and contains an eyelet with ono side enlarged for the entrance of the button , with a spring tongue tc lock the button In place. Oars as a propelling mechanism for small boats are replaced by a Chicago man's device , having a pair of journal boxes attached to the sides of the boat , In which are mounted short shafts , with handled cranks at the inner ends and small paddle wheels at the outer ends to drive the boat. I