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••a »•â- â€¢>•! i09M**MM3M«( Time Heals Most Wounds A Tale of Lx)ve and Disappointment CHAPTEK XVIII. Lord Harcoastlc was intensely relieved l>y Robekah's change. A â- burden seemed to have been lifted Jroni his shoulders, iind h» .could breathe more freely. He ran down to Wolrerholmc Castle and found thal« iiis father was much better. (The Earl was full of delight at the •approaching marriage. Now and then he wanted to know how the «ngageini'nt was brought about, for of course ho remembered Hare- castle's strong opposition when he himself suggrstod this marriage as V, solution of their diflSculties. Parecastle firmly silenced him, and the Earl abslaiu«d from further questions. At times Harecastle wondered if it could bo possible for him to carry out liis engagement to lle.bekah. ffhc worry was beginning to tell ton him physically and hei feared that he would break down under the strain. On all sides he received congratu- lations, the irony of which sank deeply into his soul. At times an intense desiro for Ethel seized ' ^ira, and he longed to go to her I â- and tall her the truth. He wa« ] miserable in knowing that all this time iihe must be deeming him thoroughly worthless, and the Ihougbt rankled. Then, too, his tttther'tt cheerfulness hurt him, and he wondered what the Earl would do if he knew that this mar- 1 jiago were due to the crime of his jouth. I "This Joel nion«y will make all the difference in the wo'ld to our jPtHiition," the Earl remarked to his son. "You will bo able to carry cut many improvt-nt'Cnts that have tc-en standing still for want of capital." Lord Harecastlo uttered an ira- 1 patient exclamation, but his father .continued, for the thewie was a congenial one. "W'^th your brains you ought to imakc yourself a power in the po- 1 litical world. I an ambitious for you, Cyril, and should like to see you attain the eminence to which il myself aspired, but which Fate ttecided I should never attain." They were sitting in Harocastle's ichanibers ui the .(Vlbany, for the â- Earl liad come uncxpe<>tedly to town, and had declared his inten- tion of going on the same after- noon to Leighton Manor. "I want to see more of the ciiarming girl you are going to marry," he said (cheerfully. Then he dragged his Bon out, and they went to a fam- ous jewellers. "I must buy RcOekah's wedding (prcKint, and I wi-h to see how they are progressing with the resetting of the family jewels." The celebrated Wolverholme rul>ies that had for generations adorned the reigning Countess â- were displayed to them, atid the £arl expressed his satisfactioit jvith the alterations that liad been jna'le. Hei asked for an assort- liient of tiaras to be shown him, <ind at last decided upon one >c<.Mn- posed of diamomis a ad riibie:*, that would be en suite with their own jewels. Hareica'.'itle took but little intcr- lest in the transaction. He know that it was Joel's inonoy that the £arl was lavishing bo generously, »nd the idea was utterly distaste- ful to liim. Ho at last succooded in dragging him away, and they iwent to lunch to the Earl's Club. There, Lord Wolverholme was surrounded by a crowd of his Iriend.s, for they were all eager to Congratulate him upon his recov- ery. Then, too, it wa.s his first chance of seeing liow the world viewed the approaching marriage of his son. Deep in his heart the j'^arl hated this Jewish strain that iwa-8 ab4>ut to cross the blue blood of the Wolvorholmes ; but he bare- ly axlmittcd such a fooling, oven to himself. "You've the luck of the devil, Wclverlivjlme," Lord Hohnhunt, who was an old friend, remarked Confidentially. ''1 only wish there fwas another Mi.is Josephs in the (world for my boy, but they aro difficult tj meei;. They tell me slie is charming, and an pretty as she is rich." "Pretty is not quite the word. (Handsome, and with little outward signs of her rate. Y'es, Harecastle it very fortunate," the Karl said â- reflectively. "What is the father like? I've never met him," the other a.-'ked curiously. "Quite presentable, and most generous. The settlements are all |.hat one could desire." "If they satisfy you they must jadeed Uc magnificent," Lord nolmhuut replied with a covetous r;leam in bis eye, for his onlj' trou- ))\e in life was his poverty. "I rnh't sa.v that Hurecastle looks |)arti!ularfy happy," ho added gr;!oly. "tiubbish ! He wns a lot to think ^boul," the Etirl broke in quickly. "I \i»<} boavd that he was going to marry Miss Ethel Eetherston," the other said with a sly look. "An utter falsehood," the Earl tried sharply. "This is a love imatch." "H'm, lovo of what? But you â- mustn't mild my chaff, Wolver- holme. It's my jealousy. Come to .lunch." Lord Holmhunfc noticed Hare- icastlo'n silence during the meal, land he began to wonder if he had ittccidonitally hit the mark, for he â- certainly did not look like a bride- j;room whose marriage was but a few days distant. Soon after lunVsh Harecastle ordered his motor-car, for they were to drive to Leighton Manor. Harecastlo himself intended to re- turn on the morrow, for it was necessary for him to run down to make arrangements at Wolver- holme Castle, where the honey- moon was going to be spent. Nothing could damp the Earl's ,gaiety as they raced rapidly along. (Now and then he >vould look curi- ously at his son, and wonder what could have induced him to consent to this marriage. He knew that Joel must have hdd a hand in it, and he could not imagine what ar- gument ho liad used so effectively. He came to the conclusion that it ,wa9 no use worrying about it; the .{narriagc was going to take place, ' and that was all that mattered. | Harecastle's moodiness increased | as they approached their distina- tion, and as the Earl noticed it a terrible fear clutched him that something might, at the last rao- iment, interfere with its consum- mation. At Isist they reached tlic Manor, and Harccastle helped his father from the car. "I will go and see Joel," the Earl remarked. "I suppose you will be busy with llebekah." Th© Earl crossod the hall, and a servant led the way to the library. Harccastle went to tlic drawing- room. He stopped for a moment at the door, and then quickly en- tered. A tall figure rose to met him. "Lthel !" he gasped, "you here?" They 8too<i looking at one an- othe". His eyes plcad'Cvd eloquent- ly, but licr lace was expressive of cold disdain. "Yes. I am waiting to see Miss Josephs," she answered quietly. This unexpected meeting was more than he could bear, and ho moved impulsively to her side. "I am glad to have an oppor- tunity of Rp<'aking to you," he be- gan impulsively. "I have been ut- terly miserable, wondering wliat y(ju would think of ray conduct. I would to God that I could explain e'very thing." "Your explanations are only due to Miss Josephs. They do not con- cern mc," she said fiigidly. "Do you utterly loathe mo?" ho asked brokenly. "You have no right to ask such a question. We shall be •.ompelled to meet, but you must think of me as a formal acquaintance. I think you had better go and find your liancec, Lord Harccastle." "You must listen to ms, Ethel," he cried passionately. "It may be for the last time, but I want to convince you that I am not utterly bad." "It is quite useless. I do not see 'how it can matter what my tl)o\ights are of you- â€" or what you may think of nie," she added cold- ly- "I can only s.ny that I love you devotedly," he broke out with sud- den passion, fi-r (i»r disdain had driven away the last remnant of self-control. Her eyes blazed furiously. "And this is the man that I re- spectedâ€"that I thought could nev- er do a mean actionâ€" th:it I <leem- ed to be upright and 'honorable," she cried scornfully. "I love you," he repeated. "And you are utterly base to tell me so. You left mc to become en- gaged to another woman. At least you owe her some loyalty, and now, in her own house, witliin a week of your marriage, you tell mo that .vhju love me," she 8ai<l with a stinging contempt that brought a flush to his face. "I do love you, and I am a c\ir to tell you so. But I can't help it, Ethel. If you only knew what was driving rao " he said help- lessly. "The motive is but too evident. The Wolverholme coffers require to be replenished, but I little thought that you were the man to replen- ish them in such a manner." "In your heart you must know that that is not the reason. Rut I cannot explain ; it is not my sec- ret. Can't you trust me, Ethel, and say you forgive me?" he pleaded. He endeavored to take her hand in his, but she repulsed him fierce- ly- "Do not touch me," she cried an- grily, "and please do go away." "I must convince you. What can I say or do?" he asked in de- spair. "Nothing. Be a man of honor. Bo loyal to the woman that you are about to marry. You ought to de- spise yourself for daring to tell me that you love me." "I cannot help it. If you only realized the agony I have suffered, you would have a little pity. And I am doomed to suffer." "I repeat, leave the room, or I i.'iiall," she cried angrily. "Why did you come hero?" he asked quickly. "I wished to know Miss Josephs. I wished to sec the kind of woman you were about to marry. Call it curiosity if you like," she answer- ed listlessly. "Then y >u care for me still 1 You do not utterly detest me, or you would not be interested in Miss Josephs," he cried joyfully. He strode rapidly to her side and took her hand in his. "Ethel," he said earnestly, "tell me that you do not hate nie. 1 want a little comfort, dear," 'he pleaded. He looked into her eyes, and she •could see the passion that moved him. For a moment she wavered ; a rush of tenderness overwhelmed her, for she still lovod him dear- ly. Her breath came quickly and she endeavored to push him away, but he only drew her down to him. "I love you, dearest," he breat'h- ed softly "Say jou do not hate me." "I do not hate you, Cyril, but you are very cruel, and I am very weak. Why do you tempt me? It is dishonorable." "Yes. I a,ra acting' like a cad. I know it, Ethel. I feel that I can- not marry Miss Josephs, be the cost what it may." "And you will jilt her too?" sho criod scornfully, and she wroched herself from him. "Are you a man or a fiend?" "I don't know myself. I seem to havt been living another life these last few weeks. I cannot think ; ] have no spirit to direct me. I wander aimlessly on, wondering what is going to happen. Every- thing seems unreal save my love for you, Ethel. And now I am dis- honored utterly. Will you m.irry me if I break off this engagement?" he asked desperately. "Marry you? Never. I must bo able to respect the "man I marry, and do you think I would accept happiness by sacrifice of another? I fear that you do not understand me, or I you, Lord Harccastle," she answered with biting scorn. "I pity this poor girl," she ir-on- tinuod hotly. "When I first 'heard of your engagement I naturally felt bitter, but when I met her the other day I knew I had misjudged her. She is no party to this mer- cenary bargain. You have played your part only too well, and I sup- pose she thinks that you love her as a husbaiid should love a wife. What a future of misery is in store for her. You will obtain your pay- ment in ca»h, ond she will rcc-eivo the husk of a love. Oh ! it is mean, horribly mean, and I wonder you can look an honest man in the face !" "It's all true. Everything you say is true. I have hated every moment since I was forced to this position. But I will throw it up; I will tell Rebekah that I do not love her, and give her the chance of choosing for herself. If s^ic dc cides that she will marry me, tlien I will carry it out. If she says that we must part " He looketl appealing at her, but she maintained silence. "Advise nic, de^r. I only want to do what is right. I wish I could tell you all." (To be continued.) TO DESTBOY EXPLOSIVES. What to do With Gunpowder and Nitroglycerine. The best way to destroy ordinary black gunpowder is to throw it into a stream under conditions that pre- vent any harm coming to human beings or animals through the dis- solving of tho saltpetre. If no suitable stream is available the gunpowder may bo poured out on the ground in a long thin line and ignited with a fuse at one end, says the Scientific American. To destroy dynamite cartridges the paper wrappings should be carefully removed, the bare cart- ridges laid in a row with their ends in contact and the first cartridge ignited with a fuse without a cap. Even with these precautions a simultaneous explosion of the en- tire mass may occur, so that it is wise to retire to a safe distance. The row of cartridges should be laid parallel with the wind and ignited at the leeward end so that the flame will be driven away from the mass. Frozen dynamite should be hand- led with special care, as its com- bustion is peculiarly liable to as- sume an explosive character. A small quantity of dynamite may be destroyed by throwing it in very small bits into an open fire, or the cartridges moy be exploded one by one in the open air with fuses and caps. Dynamite should never be thrown into water, as the nitroglycerine which it contains remains undis- solved and capable of doing mis chief. Other explosives which con- tain nitroglycerine should be treat- ed in the same way as dynamite. Ammonium nitrate explosives may bo thrown in small fragments into an open fire, or if they do not contain nitroglycerine may be des- troyed by means of water. Explo- sive caps should bo exploded singly with pieces of fuse. « . How to Speculate Money is made by getting in on the ground floor in all mining propositions. An investor putting up his money to develop a new claim is the person who is entitled to the first profits. The first profits on all g^^od minrng deals are encrmous The Crown Keservc Mining Company was composed of thirty shares of $1,000 each. When the property had been sufficiently developed to warrant its being turned into a Company, each syndicate shareholder received 30,000 shares of stock in the Company, for each $1,000 he had paid in. Each share of these SO,000 shares is to-day selling at $2.80. The Temiskaming & Hudson Bay Mining Ccmpanys shares were sold at 25c. each. To-day they are selling at $3.00 per share and hare paid over 12,500% in dividends. The Right of Way Mining Company's shares were sold at 15c. and are to-day selling at $4 per share. These results are obtained by taking the first chance. If the property in which you are interested turns out good, you make a fortune, if not, you have a limited loss. We are organizin-g a fyndicate to operate four claims m Oow Ganda, the richest silver section ever discovered. These claims, we think, will turn out well and should show enormous profits to the syndicate members. The syndicate will be for 850,000, divided into 100 shares of $500 each. These shares are payable $100 cash and four further payments of $100 per month. Of this $40,000 will be paid for th© pro- perties and $10,000 provided for working capital. If de- velopment work warrants the formation of a Company, a Company will be formed with $2,000,000 capitalization, ar.d each share in the syndicate will be entitled to 15,000 shares of stock in the Company, and tho remaining 500,000 shares will be left in the Treasury for future developments. We strongly recommend the above as a good speculation. Make all cheques payable to PATRIARCHE & COMPANY, BROKERS, Stcjidard Stock Exchange Buildinar, Toronto, Can. WHAT WOMEN SUFFER! "Pooh!" sneered the brutal hus- band. "You talk of the worries und weariness of shopping for new hats, and you fret about the ugli- ness of the thing:4 when you buy them, as if that were something terrible. If you had to dig up tho money to pay for them, as I do, you might have room to talk." "But, my dear," expostulated the patient wife, "what is paying for the hats compared with the mental sufferings one undergoes in liftving to -wear them, no matter how unbecoming they may be?" Silence<l, the brutal husband again buried himself in his paper. "A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE." A noted botanist was walking through a park with a young lady friend of the "gushing" type, to whom he pointed out some of the fine trees in the neighborhood. Profc&iiing great interest, tho damsel crie<l : "How the noble as- pect of beautiful trees stirs up the emotions of the soul!" Then, pat- ting a great, rough trunk, she went on: "You superb oak, wkat would you say to nie if you could talk?" The botanist smiled. "I believe I can be his interpre- ter," he murmured, gently. "He would probably say, 'I beg your pardon, madam; I ara a beech.'" t* -f.t.-fc-t ♦>.-t.-t.lL<Lt..+.+-t ♦ â- ^ ♦ ♦ +t ♦ : About the Farm : THE NARROW PATH. There are occasionial doubts in the minds of the eldere of the Morse family as to the quickness of Hobby's wits, but there has never been any doubt that a lesson once learned by him, however slowly, is forever after remenihcred. "Won't you shako hands with me, Bobby?" asked one of his sis- ter's admirers, but Bobby hung back. "I don't care to," he said, with terrible distinctness. "Don't you like me?" asked the unwise visitor. "No, I don't," -replied Bobby, nnd then there was a shocked chorus from the family. "Bobby," said his aunt, re- proachfully, as she withdrew him from the public gaze, "why did you say such a rude thing to Mr. Brown?" "Because, aunty," said her wrignling charge, "I got spanked last week for no4. telling the truth, and I sha'n't never take any risks ugain !" OUR OWN CYNICISMS. A man of iron sometimes gets rusty. When a man is easily bought the buyer is usually gold. It is the small man who gets tho big enlargement of the head. There's many a man in the pub- lic eye who is easily seen through. The man who will ipocket his pride will often pocket your money with it. A man may be well posted, but tliat'sno reason why he should be stuck up. When a man's wife laughr; at his jokes, they are prettj' good â€" or else she is. "The physician attend- ing me prescribed, on my rallying from an attacl< of rheumatism, your Scott's Emulsion, which I have been taking every winter since. I find it most valu- able in strengtheninie and building up one after a severe illness. I have not had rheumatism since the time mentioned above and I owe ft to your most valu- able Emulsion. It is my life now, and makes me strong and healthy."â€" R. PICARD, Grand Llgne, Quebec. For two hundred years be- fore Scott's Emulsion came Cod Liver Oil was used for rheumatism, Scott's Emulsion is modernized Cod Liver Oil; the purest and best oil partly predigested, made palatable and suitable for the most delicate child or invalid. It enriches the blood, tones up the entire system, and drives out rheuraatisin, AI4. DRnOOISTS L I«t <u wad >oa a oopT ot Mr. Plaud'a l«tt*r ud other lltaMir* on th* nb- Jwt. A Port Oaid, mwtloBtBc thto stn, U anlloUiit. SCOTT « BOWNB IM WalUagtoa St., W. Tomato 51-f -M-f -f-f ♦> ♦â- +♦4 ♦ 4 ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ •H * THE UNPROFITABLE COW. If you have had three men work- ing for you on the farm, and one of them was a shirker you'd soon j get rid of him, wouldn't you? Of couiiso you Tvould. And yet thou- sands of farmers who refuse or neg- I lect to test thtir cows are keep- I ing shirkers in their herds. j The profits in farming anid dairy- ing aro fairly good, but never I good enough to stand a persistent leakuge. Don't forget it works both ways, and that the cow which is not making money for you is eating food and taking up time and room that, given to somo other cow. would be making good money for you. Too many farmers guess their cows are doing all right. It's easy and ino.\pensive to test them and we promise you will be surprised to find just who the shirker is. j If you need any instructions for testing don't he.sitate to ask us. i over 290 pounds of butter-fat per I cow ; 24 showing between 240 and ' 230 pounds ; 43 between 100 and j 240 pounds; 53 between 140 and 190 pounds; and 33 less than 140 pounds of butier-fat per cow. As a general thing, this shows a lit- tle improvement over the average butter-ifat yield of two years ago, which was 140 pounds. The heist 33 cows yielded 268 pounds of butter-fat each, valued at $61.60. The poorest 33 cows yielded 118 pounds of butter-fat each, worth $27.14; representing an actual loss upon the expense of keeping the cows of $4.86 per cow. honey than if the bees are com- pelled to draw out foundation, bo- ciause of the beekeeper's careless- ness, as it takes large quantities o" h.oney to build combs â€" about nine pounds of honey make a pound I'f comb â€" to say nothing of the time the bees lose in so doing. At what age S'hould sow pigs be» bred is an inquiry often met with. The answer, briefly given, must be' that better results havo been rea-. lized by breeding from young sows, say at eight t^) ten months old, than hus ever been dene from lot- ting them run nii:ch longer before they were put to the boar. Not only are soui'© of the best pigs raised from golta, but the .sows are more apt to make sure breeders than it let run too long ; for in the latter case they are liable to get fleshy, therefore hard to get to breeding, and sometimes we lose the use of them entirely. CAPTAIN IN IRONS. DAIRY FARMING. With selling farm crops there is sure to bo some loss of fertility ! of the soil. Just how much differ- 1 c.nt grains remove is a question that has been answered frequent- 1 ly, but is talways interesting. | With $1,000 worth of wheat there will be taken off the farm about! $240' worth of fertility; in $1,000 ! worth of beef, $85; in $1,000 worth! of pork, $00; in $1,000 worth of horses, $35 ; in $1,000 worth of milk, $110; in $1,000 worth of butter, only $1.25 worth of fertility. Of course these values are sub- ject to change as the market for fertilizers variee, but they show why dairy farming, that is, butter- making on tho farm, can be made so profitable. Butter ciarries away practically no fertility, and farm separating gives the skim-milk directly back to the live stock, and through tho stock straight back to the soil, in- creasing the soil fertility and mul- tiplying the stable products of tho farm. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Hens will pick up the small bits from the coal ashes and utilize them for shell material. A sntoll heap where the hens can get at it will be often visited. Lack of exercise in ewes during winter means weak lambs at year- ling time. Sometimes the feeder must compel the ewes to exercise by feeding them at a distance from the barn. Confinement in cWo yards always metans more or leas loss in weak and dead lambs. If any man is to bo onviod, it i» the beekeeper, who comes to the opening of the honey flow with a nice lot of extracted combs, for this means a larger Burplui of Delirious Through Drink Could Not Navigate Ship. "A captain in irons and mate and crew in charge," was the ominous message that reached the .shoro at Falmouth late on Thursday night, when the barque Calhina, of Green- ock, was towed into the port. The harbor police, accompanied by a doctor, at once put off to the ship, and a sorry story v/as told them. It appears that the Calluna left London on Jan. 3 for Australia, and, owing to the captain being in- capacitated, she had occupied near- ly three weeks in an erratic passage down channel which should not have occupied more than three or four days. It was alleged by the crew that from the commencement of the voy- age there was trouble, ov/ing to the intemperanco of the captain ^ and the situatio:) became so critical that all avai'aule weapons were secured. In liis delirium the cap- tain was so violent that he was handcuffed and locked in his cabin. Even then, it is said, he was seen to seize a bottle ot whiskey between his manacled hands, smash off tho top by striking it against the table, apply the jagged edges to his lip» and drink the raw spirit. When sixty miles south west of the Lizard a conference was held between mate and crow. The form- er was in favor of continuing the voyage, but there were fivj appren- tices on board, and the terror- stricken appearance and pathetio appeals of the youngsters support- ed the wishes of the crew that tho vessel should be turned back, and this course was finally agreed upon. The violence of the captain increas- ed, and it was decided to lower him into the lazaret, a small compart- ment at the bottom of the ship. Securely chainetl and roped, he was lowered into the prison. When off the Lizard an offer to the steam tug Dragon to tow the vessel to the nearest port was made and acceptrd, and on arrival at Fal- mouth medical aid was rendered to the delirious captain. There was a further scene when an effort was made to transfer the captain to the hopsital on shore. When in the boat, though still lashed with rof>ea, ho endeavored to jump overboard, and a terrible struggle ensued, aa, with almost superhuman strength, he threw man after man away from him. The Custom's steamboat, seeing the pre- dicament, steamed to the scene and rendered assistance, and the cap- tain was eventually safely placed under restrain in the Sailors' Hos- pital. After a, man giv^ss his word hi should try to ktxjp it, ♦