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LOVE REASONS NOT. CHAPTKRL. "*S DEAD AS MY IIOI'ILS." The broad, beautiful river widened, and the magnificent scenery of the Thames presdout on either fide, a picture without parallel in English landscapes. The silvery !-i, the lights and shades ever chang- ing, i he overhanging woods, the distant hills, the pictty inlets, the pleasure-boats, the lawns, the great nests of water-lilies, the green banks studded with flowers, the rushes and reeds that grew even on the water edge. Ou they went, through Rich- mond, K.ew, past Hampton Court, past the picturesque old Hampton windmill, on to wee of the prettiest spots on the river the " Bells" at Ousely, and there Lord < 'hsndos fastened the boat to a tree while they went ashore. Ah, but it was like a faint, far-off dream of heaven the lovely, laughing river, tbe rippliug foliage, the gorgeous trees, the quaint old hostelry, the hundreds of blooming flowers the goMen sunlight pouring ovrr all. Sorrow, care and death might come to-morrow, when tbe sky was grsy and the wau-r dull; but not to-day. Oh lovely, happy to-day. Beautiful sun ml balmy winds, blooming flowers aud staging birds. Lord Chsndoa mvle a com- fertable seat for Leone on the river bank, and sal down by her side. They did not remember that they losers: or that * tragedy lay between (hem; they <lid not talk of love or of sorrow but they gave themselves up to the happi- ness of the hour, to the warm, golden aunahine, to the thousand beauties that lay around them . They watched a pretty pleasure-boat drifting slowly along ths river. It was wall filled with what Lord 'ha ndos surmised to be a picnic party, and somewhat to his dismay the whole party landed near the spot where he, with l-roue, was sitting. "I hope." he tnuiight to himself, "that there is no one among them who knows me 1 should not like it, tor Leone's sake." The thought had hardly shaped itself in his mind, when some one touched him on the arm. Turning hastily he saw Captain Harry Blake, one of his friends, who cried ut in aalonisnment at seeing him there, and then looked in still greater astonish- next at the beautiful face of Madams Vanira. " Lady Evelyn is on board the Water Witsh," he said. "Will yon come and peak to her ? " Ine handsome face of Lord Leo i we! Is eon darksned. "No." he replied, "pray excuse me. Ant) Harry, say nothing nf my being here. I rowed down this moraing. There is no need of everyone in London to hear of it before night." Captain Harry Blake laughed ; at the suund of that laugh Lord Chandos felt ths reatrst impulse to knock him down. His raoe flushed holly, and his eyes flashed wre. Leone had not heard one word, and bad persistently turned her lace from the (trader, quite forgetting that in doing so be was visible to everyone en the boat. Lsdy Kvelyn Blake was the first to see her, ad she knew just enough of life to make no comment. When her husband returned be said to him carelessly : " I ha . was Madame Vanira with Lard < ran.|.,, I am sure." "You ha<l belter bring stronger glasses or clearer eyes with you the next time you nests," he replied, laughingly, and then Lady Rvtlyn knew that she was quite right in her suspicions. It was only a jest Co her and she thought nothing of it. That same evening when Lady Iltield, who was one of Lady Marion's dearest friends, poke of Stoneland House, Lvly Kvelyu i eld the incident as a grand jstt. Lady llfield looked earnestly al her. IK> ynu really mean that you saw Lord Ckandos with Madame Vanirt at Ousoly t" he asked. "Alone, without his wife?" "Ye-." laughed Lady Kvelyu, "a stolen expedition, evidently. He looked horrified when Capt>ain Hlake spoke to him," "I do not like it." said Lady IlfieM, *who was one of the oM school, anl di>l not undent mil the science of modern flirtation. "1 have heard already more r Lord t'liaii'lne than has pleated me, and I like his wife." This simple conversation was the be- ginning of the end the beginning oi one f the saddest tragedies on which the sun vr shone "I am sorry that he saw me," said Lord I'liandos. as the captain waved his final tulieu; " but he did not see your face, lx>on, did he?" No," she replied, " I think not," " It does not matter about me," he said, " Imt 1 should not like to have anyone reongune yon." He forgot the incident soon after. When the boat was again on the bright, dancing river, then they forgot the world anil everything else except that they were to- geihor. " Lance," said Leone, "row olose to those water-lilies. 1 should like to gather one." Obediently enough he went quite olose to the white water-lilies, and placed the oars al the bottom of the boat, while he gather- d the lilies for her. It was more like a peem than a reality ; a golden sun, a bins, shining river, the boat among the water- lilies, the beautiful, regal woman, her glorious faoe bent over the water, her white hands throwing the drops of spray over the groen leaves. It was the prettiest p'cturs ever seen. Lord Chandos tilled the boat jvith flowers ; he heaped the pretty white water-lilies it i he feet of Leone, until she looked as though she hail grown ou' of them. Then, while the water ran lazily on, and the nun shown in golden splendor, he asked tm if be would sing for him. " One *ong, Leone," he said, "and that in the faintest voice. It will be clear aud disliuot as tho voice ot sn angel to me." There must have been an Instinct of p-ide or defiance in her heart, for she raised her lisad and looked at him. "Yes, I will sing for you, Lanoe," she replied. "Thuse water 'iliee take me home I will ring a son; of which not one word has passed my lips since I saw you. Listen, see if you know the wor.ls : "In. sheltered vide n mill wheel Still -iiu- its tuneful Uy. Mi d iriinii oni'u did dwell there, Hut now ihoit fur aav. A rinic In pledge I KHVC her. And vow of love we npoke Tho-e vow* lire all tor* itten. The ring niundur broke.' ' The rich, beautiful voice, law and plain live, now seenieu to float over the water ; it died away among the water-liiies; it seemed to hang like a veil over the low lionghs; it slartlod the birdt, and hushed even the.snmmer winds to silence. So sweet, so soft, so low, as he listened, it stole into his heart and worked sweet and fatal mis- chief. He buried his face in his hand* and wept aiotiit. On went the sweet voice, with its sad story: ho htld up his hand with a gesture of entreaty. "Hush, Leone.'' he said, "tor Uod's sake, hush. I cannot bear it." On went the tweet voioe: " 'Hut while I hear that mill whee ilv piinx will never cease; I would the grave would hide me, Kor there alone In peace. For there alone U peace.'" "I will sing that verse again," she said, "it is prophetic " " 'I would the arrive would hide me. For there alone U ponce.' " She bent her head as she sung the last few words, and there was silence between them silence unbroken save for the ripulo of tbe water as it washed past the boat, i and the song of a lark that soared high in me. ineycia no, lhe , ky had been wedded "Leone," said Lord Chandos, "you have killed me, I thought 1 had a stronger, braver heart, I thought I had a stronger nature you have killed me." He looked quite exhausted, and she saw great lines of pain round his mouth, great shadows in his eyes. "Have I been cruel to you ?" she asked, and there was a ring of teuderess in her voioe. "More cruel than yon know, "he answered. "Once, Leone, soon after I came home ws went to a concert, and among other things I heard 'In Sheltered Vale.' At the first sound of the first notes my heart stood still. I though',, Leone, it would never beat again ; Iv thought my blood was frozen in my eins; I felt the color die from my face. Lady Marion ask- ed me what was the matter, and ths countess though: that I was going to swoon. 1 staggered out of the room Tike a msn who had drunk too much wins, and it was many hours before I recovered myself ; and now, Leoue, you sing the same word* to me; they are like a death-knell." "They hold a prophecy," said Leone, sadly, "tbe only place where any one can find rest is the grave." ''My beautiful Leone," he cried, "yon must tint talk aboul the grave. Thrs should be no death and no grave for one like you." There will be none to my love, she said, but rather to herself than to him. Then shs roused herself and laughed, but the laugh was forced and bitter. "Why should I speak nf my love ?" the said. Mine was a 'Mad Lavs.' " The day drifted on to a golden, sunlight afternoon, and the wind died on the waters while lhe lilies slept. And then they went slowlv home. "Has it been a happy day, Leone ?" ask- ed Lord I'hamlos, as 'hey drew near home. "It will h.av no morrow." she answered, sadly. "I shajl keep those water-lilies until every leaf is withers I and dead ; yet they will never be so dead as my hopes as dead as my life, though art tills it and praises crown it." "And I," he said, "shall remember this day until I die. I have often wondered, Leone, if people take memory with them to heaven. If they do, I shall think of it there." "And I," she said, "shall know no hea- ven, if memiry goes with ins. ' They parted without another word, with- out a touch of the hands, or one adieu ; but there had been ho mention ot parting, aud that was the last thing thought of. CHAITKK LI. 'What I have to say concerns you," she said, "concerns you very much. 1 w uM not tell you bjt that I consider it my duty to do so. 1 told Lady Evelyn that she, who had actually wilnsised the seen*, ought to be the one to describe it, but she Til 1C l-OMF SHIN. " 1 do not believe it, "said Lady Marion; " it is some absurd mistake. If Lord Chan- doe had been out alone, or on a party of pleasure where you say, he would have told me," " I assure you, Lady Chandot, that it is tr i. Captain lilake spok* to him there, and Laily Kvelyu saw him. Madame Vanira was with him." The speakers were Lady Chai.dos and l.vly lllield ; the place was the drawing roniii at StonnUnil House ; the time was li.ilf put three in the ultem ><m ; and 1. 1 ly Iltield hvl called on her friend because the news whioh iho had heard preyed upon her mm, I andalie felt that she must reveal it. Like all mischief makers Lady Iltield persuaded herself that she was acting upon oonsoisntious motives; she I.erself had no nonsensical ideas about sing ers and actresses; they were quit out of her sphere, quiie beneath her notice, an J no good, she was in the liabit of saying, ever came from associating with them. She had met Madame Vanira several times at Stoneland Houss, and had always felt an- noyed over it, but her idea was that a sing- er, an actress, let her be beautiful as a goddess and talented above all other women, had no right to stand on terms of any par- ticular friendship vilh Lord Chandos. Lady Ilflsld psrsuadcd herself it was her ilu.y, her absolute Christian duty, to let Lady Chandoa know wdat was going on. She was quite sure of the truth of what she had to tell, and she ohoee a beautiful, sun- shiny afternoon f >r telling it. She wore a look of the greatest importance she seated herself quite olose to Lady Marion, "My dear Lady Chamlnt," she said, "1 have ctMed on the mom unpleasant Kunuess. There is nommhing whioh 1 am quite sure I ought to ttill you, anil I really do nut, know how. People are saying such thing* you ought to know them." The. fair, sweet face lost n >ne of in (run- quility, none if its cslm. How could she kiirmise that her heart was to bo slabbed by this woman's wonls? "The sayings of people trout-la me but little, Lady llfleld, ' he replied, with a calm emits. absolutely refused ; unpleasant as the duty is, it has fallen on me." "What duty? what scene T" asked Lsdy Chandos, beginning to feel something like alarm. "If you have anything to say, Luly IllUI.I, anything to tell me, pray peak out ;I am anxiouinow to heir it." Then indeed was Lady llfield in her (lory. She hastened to tell the story. How Uaptain and Lady Evelyn Blake had gone with a few friends for a river-party, and at Ousely had teen Lord Chandos with Madame Vanira, the great Queen of song. Lady Marion's sweet tc'j colored with indignatioo. She denied it emphatically; it was not true. She was surprised that Lady llfield should repeat such a calumny. "But, my dear Lady Chaudos, it is true. I should not have repeated it if there had been a single chance ot its being a falsehood. Lady Kvelyn saw the boat fastened to a tree, your husband and Mmlame Vauira sat on the river bank, aud when the cap tain spoke to Lord Chandcs he seemed annoyed al being seen. While to Lady Cnandos hail come the first burst of an intolerable pain, her lint anguish of jealousy, her only e-notion at the commencement of the conversation was one of extreme indignation It was a calumny, she told herself, and she had vehemently espoused her husband's cause; but when she was alone and began to think over what had beeu liiil her faith was somewhat shaken. It was a straightforward story. Captain and La<ly Kvelyn Biake were quite incap- able of inventing such a thing. Then she trird to remember how Tuesday had passed. It came back to her with a keen sense of pain that on Tuesday she had not seen h:m all day. He had risen early and had gone out, leaving word thai he should not return for luncheon. She had been to a morning concert and had staged until nearly dinner-time with the countess. When she returned to Stooeland House he was there ; they had a dinnsr- pr rty, and neither husband nor wife had asked each othar how the day was spent. She remembered it now. Certainly so far his absence tallied with the story ; but her faith io her husband was not to be destroy- ed by the gossip of people who had nothing to do but talk. What was it Lady llfield had laid ? That she was the only person in London who did not know that her hnsband was Madame Vanira's shadon. Coold thai be true ? She remembered all at onoe his long absences, bis abstraction ; how shs wondered if he had any friends whom he visited long n 1 intimately Madame Vanira's beautiful faoe roes be- fore her with lie noble eloquence), its gran- deur and truth. No, that waa not the woman who would try to rob a woman of her husband's love. Madame Vanira, the queen of song, the grand and noble woman who swayed men's hearts with her glorious voioe ; Madame Vanira, who had kissed her faoe and called herself her friend. It was) impossible. She could sooner have believed that the sun and the moon had fallen from the skies than that her husband hail oonnivsd with her friend to deceive her. The best plan would be to ask her husband. He nevnr spoke falsely ; he would tell her at once whether it were true or not She waited until dinner was over and then aid to him : " Lance, oan you spare me a few min- utes? 1 want to speak to you." They were in the library, where Lord Chandos had gone to write a letter. Lsdy Marion Inoked very beautiful in her pale- blue dinner dreas and a suit* of costly pearls. She went up to her husband and kneeling down by his sids, she laid her fair arms round his neck. 4 Lanoe," she saul, "before I say what I have to say I want to make an act of faith in you." Ho smiled at the expression. "Anaot of faith in me, Marion?" he aid. " I hope you have all faith." Then remembering, he stopped, and his face flushed. " I have need of faith," she said, "for I have heard a strange story about you. I denied it, I deny it now, but 1 should be better pleased with your denial also." "What is the story ?" he asked, aiiTious- ly, and her quick ear detected the anxiety f his voioe. "Lady IlfieMhas been here this afternoon, and tells me that last Tuesday you were with Madame Vanira at Ousely, that you rowed her on the river, and that Captain Blake spoke to you there. Is it true V "Lady llfield is a mischief making old " began Lord Chandos, but his, wife's sweet, pale face startled him. " Lance," she criml, suddenly, "oh, my Uod, it is not true ?" The ring of paiu and pssiion in her voice frightened him ; she looked at him with yes full of woe. " It is not true," she repeated. " Who said it was true ?" he asked, angrily. Then there was a few minutes ot silence between them; and Lady Marion looked at him again. " Lanoe," she saul. " is it true ?" Their eyes met, hers full of one eager question. His lipr parted : her whole life seemed to hang ou the word that was coming from his lips. " Is it true?" she repeated. . He tried to speak falsely, he would have eiven much for the power to say "No." He knew that one word would content her that she would believe it implicitly, and that she would never renew the question. Still with that fair, pure faoe before him with those clear eyos fixed on him he could not speak falsely, he could not tell a lie. He could have cried aloud with anguish, yet he answered, proudly : " It is true, Marion." "True?" she repeated, vacantly, "true, Lance ?" " Yes, the gossips have reported correct- ly; it is quite true." But he was not prepared for the effect of the worls on her. Her fair faoe grew pale, her tender arms released their hold and fell. "True?" she repeated, in a low, faint voice, "true thai you took Madame Vanira out for a day, and that you were seen by ihee peoi>l with her?" " Yes, it is true," he replied. And the poor child flung her aims in the air as she cried out. "Oh, La ioe, it is a sword in my heart, and it ha* woundrd me sorely." (TO lit THE FARM. A Neglected But Valuable Pear. The Foreile pear is very Mldom Men but it has 10 many good qualitie* lht it meriU a much mote general planting. It i* called by the German*, from who.n we have it, Forellen-birne, i. '., Trout pear, because it 11 speckUd like the broook trout. The pear it below me hum In size, inclining to pyntorm in shape. When fully ripe, it i* ot lemou yellow color, with a deep red roRIIJ.lt TEAK. cheek on *.iie sunny side, and marked with bright crimson specks. The tree is a good grower and a regular bearer. It is fine grained, Buttery and melting in quality. It ripens late ID Oetober and with care may be kept until Christmas. With our mod- ern cold storage facilities, there would not be the slightest trouble in prolonging iu season until well along in January and perhspj later. Feeding Wheat The knowledge gained this season in the feeding of wheat to stock will be an impor- tant factor in the future. The experience gained, while not complete, will at least be a guide, and where there is a large yield and prices are low, a means is afforded of utilizing it to a good advantage. There is hardly any question that there have been some very wild claims made This is nearly always the case when new plants are tried. Some men seemingly can not undertake anything new without be- coming enthusiastic, and they too often al low their enthusiasm to carry them too far. But we know now that wheat can be fed to all classes of itock with benefit, the amount of profit depending very largely upon the prices and the conditions under which it is fed. vViih nearly or quit* all materials used for feed, as with different .hiring the night, except in stormy weather. This 1 consider very cu'.ducive to the rais- ing of vigorous, healthy stock, and the developemnnt ot robustness of constitution which combined with large growth of fleece and anruile to fatten, symmetry aud fecundity, should be the flockmaster's aim and i. leal. Tups of this clais and character will find a ready sale anywhere and the breeder will find he can not afford to breed or sell poor specimens of his breed. Carefully bred stock will bring millions of money into the pockets of the farmers of this country, and furnish healthful, delightful, profitable employment for the young farmer who now seeks employment in town and cities. The third weak point I wish to name is breeding from excessively fat animals, which have been got up for exhibition pur- poses. If you will exhibit, an i I suppose some one must xhibit to keep trie different breeds before the puhlu-, I unhesitatingly say sell such animals and nut breed from them to the injury of your flock, produc- ing, as they do in many instances, a lot of poor, weakly, scrubby lambs, an i these are bred from simply because they are pure- bred. In place of this let the breeder elect the quantum of ewe lambs for his own use and set t ein sside, aud let no price tempt him to dispose of thcr. Ventilating Cow Stables. No mora important question can engage he sttsntion of the builder of a cow stable than that of ventilation. What is needed is just sufficient air for health and comfort that is, enough lor health and not enough to carry away too much warm air. The closeness with which the cows may be put into a stable very much depends upon the rapniity with which the air is changed. While it is sale rule to give each cow one cubic foot of air space to each pound of live weight. DO one would claim this to be sufficient were the stable airtight or any- where near it. A one thousand pound cow in one thousand cubic feet of air space would breath that much air in tea hours, and after four hours the air would become so vitiated as to be deadly to bre*thr. On the other hand cows may bs safely housed in muon lees air space if proper facilities be provided lor changing the air often. With any system of side ventilation, by windows or registers under the sills, no matter how careful the attendant may be, there is constant danger of some cow tak: ., cold. On a warm, murky evening, with little or no wind, the attendant so arranges the ventilator as to suit the conditions, but during the night the wiud changes or a blizzard seu in, and in the morcian some cow will be found to have stood in adraught and to have a severe cold. Koof ventilation is much better and safer, and if properly arranged is much more effectual. The us- ual trouble with such ventiUtion is that the chutes are not large enough. When no more than a foot or fifteen inches square inside, the ascending currents are too weak to carry ott the foul air fast enough. Then the ordinary method of slatting the cupola kinds of stock, some feeders will be able to above the roof produces no upward current. secure much better result* than others, even when working under the same condi- tions. In thu way at least low prices for wheat may prove a benefit. Heretofore it has nearly always beep regarded as a money crop, aud with tl>e ex jeptiou of what the farmer considered necessary to supply his family with flour was marketed, au.1 wheat could always be sold for cash. But thi* year's experience has proved that when prices are low it is possible to realize a bet- ter price by fee img to stock rather than marketing as gram, and there is baldly a doubt that the experience will bs a valu- able oni. With all crops it is an item to re.luco the cost of production as much as can be done without lowering the quality. It is also an item to realize the best possible price so far as oan be doue without increasing the cost too greatly ; and, with wheat, whenever a belter price can be reaKxed by feeding to stock In pieference to selling as grain, feed- ing is certainly the better plan of selling. In addition to making a good fsed wheat adds to the variety, and one of the best ways of feeding is in connection with corn, as a more complete ration is supplied in this way than when either is fed alone. Rut there is yet much to learn bofore wheat oan bs fed to the best p >aail>le advantage. Tins year's feeding has given a good start. Weak Points In Sheep Breeding. I wish to notice what to me seem the weak points in ths breeding anu manage- ment, of our established breeds of sheep, says a correspondent. The fust whioh nrttsents itself to my mind is the want of uniformity in the flock; this is a great weakness and drawback to our success as breeders, and the question arises, why does this exist? First, 1 think from want of more careful and judicious selection of sires, for, as on of your mem- bers has stated in a former paper, "the sire is half the flock.'' I have said careful aud judicious selection of sires, for it is a pretty wall-known faot that at a general rule the first cross between an inferior and superior animal is very successful, producing, in many instances, animals equal to the im- proved breeds used ; but the judgment and skill of the breeder are called forth in rais- ing the standard of his pure-bred flock. This has been done, ami what has been done can be repeated, but it requires great care and shrewd judgment to bring al>out the desired results. Due reason why failure in this lireotioo is often experienced is, I think, in introducing a sire into the whole flock, without first testing his suitability by using him on a few ewes selected with grea'. care, the breeder having in his mind a well defined ideal of the proper type to be established in his Hick. Continued per- severance on these lines will be a great factor towards bringinc about that uni- formity of character so much to be desire.). The second poiut 1 notice is a lack of sum* cient weeding out of the flock all animals to the proper sian- At much air comes in ou the windward side as can possibly get out on the opposite side, and the tendency is to retard rather than assist the upward flow. This is the reason why so much moisture is often found in the body of the barn where cows are stabled below. The breath of the animals in such oases greatly injures the bay or other forage in the barn. THE SULTAN AND EDUCATION. e MM Halabllshed a Secular fkrslen ef eheel* Ttsresusteal Iks Kuipir. He has done more for the education of his people than all the Sultans who have gone before him. It is true that he does not favorJChriatian schools, and has devised many new regulations to restrict their in- fluence. Perhaps he feels as onr of his Ministers did some years ago when he replied to a protest against the closing of a Christian school, that tho Christians were already far ahead of the Mohammedans and must wait until the Turks caught up with them. Hut as far as Mohammedan schools are concerned, we live in a new era. The Sul tan believesin education as a mighty power for the uplifting of bis people. He has not only tilled Constantinople with schools of every kind known in Kuropean capitals, but he has established a regular system ot schools throughout the empire, and all real estate is taxed to support them. This work was undertaken miinodialelv after tne Kit war, and apparently tbe Sul- tan was led to reli/. the importance ot it from what be had learned of the influence of education upon the Bulgarians. But whi lever may have first turued his atten- tion to tins subject, his interest in it has steadily increase", aud the work has been pushed on with unflagging zeal. Hs was undaunted by the fact that he had neither teachers nor textbooks. Buildings were erected, students were collected, teachers were appointed, and the schools opened. Probably such schools have neve' bean seen before, but in the rei/n of universal ignorance there was no one to ridicule them. It was a beginning, and groat progress has been made since, in supplying textbooks and improving the teachers. Most of the schools are still of a very inferior order, but their influence is already felt in the country. Whether their influence will be altogether in favor of such a Government as that of Abd-ul-Hamid remains to be seen. Her New Year's Resolution. Mamma (New Year's Day)" H\ve you made any good resolutions?" Little Daughter "Ves'm, one." " i'm glad of that. What is it?" " I has resoluted that it ever I grow up and has a litilo girl, I'll buy her a doll that will sit down better than mine does." No Style There. Little Miss Brickrow " We're livin 1 in very stylish and exclusive boarding* which do not come up dard of the breed. Alio all young and breed ing animal* are not sufficiently induced, to house." IP- .nit oi .lours by ]>rnvtding /or them I Little Mis Backoourt " Huh ! ns'iitrod, well littered, roomy ysrde, where can't make anybody believe that." I they can lie down through the day in tact, i ' Why not?" I you will find mtny will prefer lying outside ' You Vou're too fat. "