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•v /, ..fer '. ip' QK fr I fy W-v &.: -:v' $ *A fc it «.-• 8#L*r ii! if Lt |f' B-' fe4? $ iff I 8 Through a Woman's Heart. 88 A .•/^ 7 £&a&£&SbS&9iM By Sidney Warwick. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 A Change of Plan. .,, The car shot swiftly forward from the gates of the Grange, leaving1 Hilda llutfrcn standing white and almost dazed in those first few moments of bewildered pain, as the cool, insolent Words of the efrl sitting by the side of the man Hilda had recognized as lack La thorn struck her almost like a blow in the face—those words that, without a protest and in silence, he bad suffered to be spoken, ignoring her as utterly as though she had been a stranger. For Hilda could not know that the moment the car had swept past her, at the touch ef the girl's hand on the lever, Margaret Strangways had turned quickly to the man by her side. "You understood, didn't you?" she •aid, quickly, in a low voice that was Very different from the cool, insolent tones she had used towards Hilda. "J hated to speak as I did—hated the necessity but it was the only way. For you to have recognized Miss tithe:: then would have been fatal: and 1 had to take the course I did, or her m«nuer would have betrayed you to the watching eyes—for there ere eyes watching us! I am only, glad yrra were able to curb your first natural impuise." It cost Jack Lathom an almost in credible effort to hold back the cry that had risen to his lips at the sight of Hilda, here at the gates of Mr. Etrangways' house. But for the swift warning words of his companion, who had seen his audden excitement at the appearance of the girl at the gate—had caught fiis low, amazed exclamation: "Hil da!"—he must have obeyed that first Instinctive impulse to betray himself by speaking. Margaret Strangways had realised the danger in a flash, uud had whispered insistently: "You must not recognize her by word or look! Everything depends on your acting as though she were a ctranger: your safety—and mine, too, (a:- having aided your escape." She had added the last words less from any personal considerations than to lend further weight to her in junction. Latliom might be reckless so far as his own safety was con cerned he would not be reckless %bout hers. "Then you think that the man breaking stones by the road "Lie may have been a spy set there by the poKce and that cyclist, too, who dismounted iust by the gates," hiss Strangways said. "Dr. Brewer's warning that the police would have the fates watched impressed itself loo strongly on my mind for me to dare to run any risks. You remem ber what he called it—the danger tr.tte? But we sha'n't be out of the 'ianger zone till we are out of Lendal." ft had seemed the only way of get ting the fugitive out of the Grange, for Jack Latham to pass out dis guised as the man whom he had im personated two nights ago sufficiently well to deceive the detective and Mr. Hume. The muffled-up form, leaning back in the shadow of the hood of the car, of whose face little could be Been except the iron-grey moustache, dressed in the conspicuously old fashioned mode that Mr. Strangways had always followed, was wonderfully lite the Squire, who until lately had been one of the most familiar figures in Lendal, as the motor car drove swiftly through the streets. A group of loafers standing on the pavement outside of King's Arms started at the red and white car flash ing past and then a man shouted: "Why, it's the Squire out again! Good bid Squire!" For Ralph Strangways had always been a popular man. Tradesmen standing by their shop doors gossiping in their shirt-sleeves looked in amazement after the car within an hour not a soul in Lendal who took the slightest interest in rac ing matters but had heard that the owner of Pride o' Life had emerged from hia seclusion again. "That Dr. Brewer must be a mar vel here'3 the Squire out again, though Dr. Hill said as he couldn't live to the day of the big race. He wouldn't be driving out if he was at the point of death, no fear! Well, it's good enough for me to have my little bit on Pride o' Life before the day's out and the odds shorten. Shouldn't wonder if the horse isn't second fa vorite tomorrow the race is a gift for Pride o' Life if she runs. It'll be a treat to see the old Squire's colors In front again!" was a specimen of the sort of talk to be heard at every bar la Lendal ttuft afternoon. It was a Is-' m: W ruse that bad been neces 1-, "Richly endowed, we are gathered together here in the sight of the elite, and on .the face of this company, to Jols together this man and this wom an ^giboiy patrimony/ which is com mmiini ot Saint viafele among Etradfctreet to be et- all men, and, therefore, pptvtp %jMta«*vtejo rashly or m but discreetly, carefnlly and £s the leer of bankruptcy. For the rX 31, *& 7^ sary in Jack Lathom's interests but the deception hurt Miss Strangways more than the man she was helping to escape knew. Not only her innate sense of honesty, but her grief for the father she loved, deeply rebelled instinctively but she had with char acteristic impulsiveness constituted herself this hunted man's friend, and whatever Miss Strangways undertook she always carried through in no half-hearted fashion. She remembered the look of pain on the girl's face—the girl who had recognized her lover in the car thru his disguise, and would be quite in the dark as to the urgent necessity for the reception that must have wounded her to the quick. The thought of the man she herself loved, Jim Hughes, away in far-off India, added to Mar garet's sympathic understanding of Hilda Ruthen's feelings, and made her eager to clear away the misconception at once. A Suggested Revision Lathom made an eager movement. "It would be awfully good of you!" he cried. The thought of Hilda's wounded feelings had tortured him. "I can't be sufficiently grateful. Then he added suddenly, as a thought struck him: "Miss Strangways, will you add yet another kindness? Let me go with you "Go with me? To Wildfell?" she cried, surprised. He nodded. "But wouldn't that be putting your head into the lion's mouth with a ven geance?" "I think not. For one thing, I am disguised and Wildfell is the last place where the police are likely to dream of looking for me," he said. "You see, they will be under the im pression I am still at the Grange they are watching the gates, little dreaming I have been smuggled through." Miss Strangways laughed. She was in love herself, and like him sepa rated from the being she loved, and she understood his feelings. And the thought of making two lovers hap#y appealed to her. "Well, it seems very mad and reck less—only I suppose you have made up your mind, Mr. Lathom!" she cried. "Then we'll driw into the lion's mouth!" The white ribbon of the road slipped away beneath them the dis tant landscape, cotgiges, and farms, and the Lathom had to be got through the danger zone. The suspicions of the police centered round the Grange, and so long as the fugitive remained there he was in peril. It had been arranged that today she should get him through the gates in disguise and drive him to the house at Westham where the old servant of the Thorn tons lived, where he had sheltered on the night after his escape from Wildfell. Dr. Brewer, unlike Miss Strangways, had been glad that this deception was necessary. His efforts on Lathom's behalf had not been al together disinterested it suited his own purposes admirably for it to be supposed that his patient, the owner of Pride o' Life, was sufficiently im proved in health to drive out. "What a pity that my first meeting with Miss Ruthen should be so un fortunate!" said Miss Strangways presently. The car was thudding along the open country, through deep cut lanes splashed with the pink and white of may blossom Lendal was left behind. "How hateful she must. have thought me!" with a faint laugh. "Only I think she will forgive me when she knows what my reason |tstrlngwlys" voice: ,,. "Is Miss Ruthen at home? How could she be anything but very grateful?" said Lathom, earn estly. He owed so much to this girl but for her warning he would have been arrested at the theatre: and this kind ness touched him all the more deeply that he was practically a stranger to her—and he a man with a terrible sus picion hanging over him. He had spoken of this on the night he had found himself at the Grange, after Bon holt Hume and the detect ive had taken their departure. "Oh, but I never for a moment thought you guilty," she had said, looking at him with her frank, clear eyes. "You see, you were hardly a stranger to me after coming to my assistance when those two ruffians tried to force their way through the gate and a woman trusts to her in stincts, you know." "I feel very much inclined," Marga ret Strangways went on now, "after driving you to Westham, to go as far as Wildfell to see Miss Ruthen and explain. It's not so very far for a fast car. I want to remove the impression left on her mind as soon as possible." Bta sake of this town and country, estate these tfro persons come now to be joined. If any man can show just cause why these interests may not be lawfully merged, let him now speak, or else hereafter forever accept their Invitations."--Puck. tall gray spin of a vtUai church, seamed to leap forward to meet them the humming wind sang past ..them like gale, as the calf swung along, with fifty miles to cover, as though they were racing the train that was carrying Hilda back to Wild- CHAPTER XXXIV. f! /-V, The Time to 8peak. There was nothing to keep her further in Lendal. Hilda's step was listless, and there was a dull, weary look in her eyes as she made her way back to the station to wait for the next train back to Fellsgarth that afternoon. It was after six o'clock when she reached Wildfell. At the rectory she found Mr. Grale, the organist in the study with her brother—rather to her surprise of late Mr. Grale seemed to have absented himself from the rec tory. The girl sat in the drawing room, listening to the faint hum of voices that ^reached her, conscious of a growing Impatience for the blind man to go, that Stephen might be free to listen to what she had to tell him. The room seemed full of memories of her lover. It was in this room that she had been sitting when he had made his way there on the night of their last meeting, risking his newly snatched liberty for a glimpse of her. Why had Jack's manner been so utter ly changed today? He was a hunted man, of course, and in disguise Hilda understood the necessity for prudence —but the road had been almost de serted and at least he might have whispered one word. But only his companion had spoken. "Neither this gentleman nor I have anything to say to you, or any wish to prolong this interview." And his silence had tacitly endorsed the other's words! The insolent tones in which the re buff had been delivered were in Hil da's ears now, as the sound of a knock on the hall door drew her out of the aching perplexity of her thoughts then, a minute later, when Martha had opened the door, she heard the same voice asking for her tow—Miss I wish to see her most urgently." Hilda had started to her feet, with her heart beating faster in the sudden excitement. She felt herself trem bling. Why had Miss Strangways come? She opened the door Margar et Strangways had walked into the hall, and through the open outer door behind her, just before Martha closed it, Hilda saw the red and white motor car just within the rectory gates, and the muffled-up figure of a man in it that she knew with a swift upleaping of her heart was Jack Lathom. "A lady to see you, miss," the old servant said. Hilda's lips moved, but at first they could not frame any words. Miss Strangways came forward with a smile and as Martha disappeared into the kitchen, said in a low voice, speaking hurriedly: "Miss Ruthen, I have brought Mr. Lathom to you he was anxious to ex plain, what you could not have under stood, why I had to treat you so un ceremoniously why I had to enjoin him not to betray by a hint that he knew you this afternoon. It was nec essary for all our sakes. There was no time to explain, and hesitation might have been fatal I had to cut the knot in that one way, with police spies watching "Then you mean A flash of comprehension had sud denly dawned in Hilda's mind. "The cyclist, the man breaking stones near the gates—they were watching all our movements. I was in dread lest they should suspect that my companion was not what he seem ed. Is it safe for him to come Kere?" But Hilda could not speak. She burst into an uncontrollable fit of sobbing the revulsion of feeling that had swept over her. "How can I thank you?" she fal tered, brokenly. Margaret Strangways touched the girl's hand gently. "You must try to control yourself," she whispered. "I will bring Mr. Lathom in, if it is safe. No, don't come one cannot be too cautious in playing one's part. Is it safe? Who is in that room?"—hearing the sound of voices. "Only my brother and a man who is blind." "But the blind have quick hearing. I will bring him to you in that Toom you have just come from," said Miss Strangways, in a low voice. To Be Continued. The Plane. Man forsakes Christianity in his la bors woman cherishes it in her soli tudes and trials. Man lives by repel ling, woman by enduring—and here Christianity meets' her.—William Hi lary Channing. Called for Hard Thinking. Little Mary sat seriously thinking out some hard problem, when she re marked: "Grandma, I don't know yet which I'll be, a nurse, or a storekeep er, or get married, and be nothing.?* Archery by Mail. Playing chess by cable is a thor oughly familiar feature of that game In this part of the world, but playing active outdoor match games by mall is a new thing in the way of sporting contests Out In Atchison, Kan., there is an archery ly played a cago V41 V-TI ,r Precautioa is batter than repent ance.—Greek Proverb. WSJ'Jfit Clover is a good orchard crop. Cut out the old cane from the rasp berry bushes and burn. Lambs need plenty of clean cool wa ter. See that they get it. The fence corners often tell what kind of a farmer is running the farm. Well-bred and well-kept are two im portant considerations when consider ing a horse. Treat the surplus runners on the strawberry vines as weeds. Don't for get to cultivate. Good tillage not only increases the. available supply of food of the soil, but it conserves the moisture. Look after the young trees you set out this spring. Keep them growing right. Care now will prevent troubles later. Pasture the cows at night and keep in the barn during the heat of the day. Needless to say the barn should be screened. The profitable orchard must be the well-kept orchard, for nothing is apt to prove profitable on the farm if it is not properly managed. The garden is now yielding its daily offering to the table and how good things taste! My, aren't you glad you took the time to get it started? Feed the young chickens well. Al most impossible to overfeed. How ever, do not waste the feed by giv ing more than they will eat up clean. Sheep return more fertility to the soil than any other animal, and when you consider that they distribute the fertilizer without additional cost you can give the sheep an extra credit mark. Make it a point to leave the farm machines under cover after finishing the day's work. A storm may come up and a few days of exposure to bad weather cuts short their days of use fulness. Rape sown in the cornfield at its last cultivation, using about four pounds of seed per acre, will provide an immense amount of good sheep for? age in a normal season and until No vember or later. Provide a shelter for the sheep where they can take refuge from the rain, or bring them to the barn and feed them there. In this way you will prevent colds which cause diar rohea and consumption, and cause loss to the farmer. When we were at the state fair last year an auto did the lively stunt of dragging the race course before ev ery race., This suggests the idea of setting the autos to work on the coun try roads and letting them' pull the log drags. They can do the work quicker and better than team. Might be a good idea to penalize some of these speeders by making them drag a stretch of road instead of pay ing a fine. To keep butter in good condition while driving to market take a crock of sufficient size to hold the butter. Place the crock in a box deep enough to come up quite to the top of the crock and big enough to leave sev eral inches of space between the crock and thei sides of the box. Pack wet sand in this space and after plac ing your butter in the crock place over the top a wet cloth and cover with another cloth wet or dry. The heat will not bother your butter thon, alid it will be in good condition when delivered to your customers. In feeding the calves cleanliness Is essential to thrifty growth. Together with a proper supply of skim milk and a little grain the growing calf should have access to a good grass plot, one that provides in plenty .a variety of grasses and clovers if pos sible. If two or more pastures can be used, so much the better, for then the growing grass can be kept in the thriftiest and most palatable con dition for the- youngster. Shade of some kind should for the matcK game wltfe, the Chi Arcbciry club by- mail,each team •hooting on its own grotandft and mail ing tirascores to their opponents- always be handy calf. He do dub on the following day. And they found it eliciting at that 'V. will not do well if obliged to endure the tortures of the sun. Bodily comfort has much to with thrift that recent? in quires care and any animal, it re attentkm to details to properly grow a calf .by haad. Bat when properly done, handteedlng will keep 'Jrim In ft thrifty, growing condi tion ftttd «t the end of 4he year he pil| pfbt compare unfavorably with his brethren |hat ran with their ss&A^ft Orchard trees don't like wet test. Careful that yon do not overfeed the young pigs. Give the livestock relief from the fly pest by the use of some kind of spray Half-starved hens show a poor idea of economy. Better overfeed than un derfeed. «), V1 ri' A small grain ration to pigs on pas ture will more than pay by extra rap id growth. If the chickens are confined to a ran, be sure that grits and lime are provided for them.^'): r'feSiv *13 ".'.v N Prof. Bailey says the trinity of or thodox apple growing is cultivation, fertilization and spraying. During the threshing time gathet up the chaff and keep for the chick ens to scratch in next winter. The sow pigs should be gone over and selections made for future breed ers. Pick only the biggest and the most thrifty looking. At the Wisconsin experiment sta tion lambs of fed pea silage' made large profits during an experiment last winter. Worth a trial by farmers. Begin to cull out the old stock. Don't wait too long. If you do there will be little sale for them, for the young stock will command the mar ket. The drinking water for the fowls should be kept in the shade and should be so arranged as to prevent the chickens from fouling it in any way. It is said that an old horse collar buckled snugly around- the neck of the cow that sucks herself will prove an effectual check to the pernicious practice. The well-fed horse ought to be sleek if properly brushed. A little linseed meal fed occasionally helps to smooth the coat. Wipe with a damp cloth after brushing. Now do keep the hen house clean. It may make the lice and mites un comfortable, but not so the hens. They will return you good pay in in creased egg yield. It is a good plan to water the horses as soon as they come in from the field, if not too warm, then let them eat hay for half an hour or so and then give the grain feed. A good cultivation during the dry spell is as good as a rain storm, for it puts a mulch upon the top which keeps the moisture in the soil from evaporating and makes it more avail able for the plants. Barn manures are generally more economically used when applied to farm crops than when applied to orchards yet they can be used with good re sults, particularly when rejuvenating old orchards. If you want to keep the boy on the farm make it a point to enlist his interest. Ask his advice, talk things over and make him feel that he is an active factor in the responsibilities of the farm and a sharer in the profits and benefits. In cleaning milk dishes try the fol lowing method: First wash them with warm water, containing a good wash ing powder. A brush should be used. Then they should be scalded with boil ing water and turned upside down to dry. Wiping the dish with the ordin ary dish-towel should be condemned, as it undoes the effects of the boiling water, and the heat of the dishes im mersed in hot water is sufficient to dry them. The rays of the sun will also dry the dishes and destroy any bacteria. light to 'object v- Leghorns are good foragers because they are light birds and get about quickly. They roam much farther afield than some of the heavier breeds. They are thus cheaper to keep on a farm than some of the breeds that show an inclination to hang about the barmf^ and sheds and wait for feeding time. Besides/they are more useful from the standpoint of Insect destroyers. This is a matter of con siderable importance in some years when the grasshoppers are very nu merous. The forgers get a better qual ity food thsTn the birds that depend on getting grain feed, for the reason that insects are very rich in nitrogen. For the general farm, it is doubtful if any breeds excel the Leghorns, so far as looking out for themselves is concerned. v. v. 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A city clerk never misses a chance of expatiating on his garden to his colleagues, who, however, were never taken home to see it, but were under the impression it was of enor mous size. Five of them resolved to have a look at it, discovered his ad dress, and called one Saturday after noon to see the hundreds of roses all a-growing and a-blooming. On being taken to the rear bf the house, judge of their surprise on seeing a back yard about 12 feet by ten feet. One bold spirit ventured that it was not very big. "Big!" replied the proud owner, pointing to the sky. "Why, man, alive, look at the height of it!"—Chicago Daily Socialist. And the Old Man Grinned. "Duke," said the heiress, eagerly, "did you see father?" "Yes." "Weiir ••. "We talked about the weather." "What? Lose your nerve again? Why don't you brace up and talk like a man?—a subject of a king on whose domain the sun never sets!" "Can't," moaned the duke. 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