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aaSfp^- r »»a««» W f C»« « C «>4MI Time Heals Most Wounds A Tale of Love and Disappointment CHAPTER XX. (Cont'd) "Engagements have been broken before, cv*n »t so lat* an hour," U»r«cast!e said vigorously. "And a prett.v Ecandc--! they make. » am not going to have one in my faisily, " he answered grimly. "We arc hero to ap-pcal to you, hilt you must understand that 1 twvA ra.idd up my mind," Rcbeknh said tenaciously. "Father, 1 can b« at obstinate as yc^u. Do you think I should ever have ccnsentcd il I hud known that Cyril was en- gaged to Mis» Fe-thcrston] You have played an iniquitous part, and if you were not my father I could curso you." "No melodrama, please, Rebek- ah. Cursing is out of dat-e ; be- aidea, I can do all that is neces- sary. Have you explained to him what will be the result of your ter and I shall be well rid of you. Not a desire of your ale have I allowed to go unsutisiied. I have lived but for your happiness, and you repay me by this ingratitude." "Good-night, father," Ehe said wistfully. "You realize what you are do- ing?" he cried fiercely. "Let the child go," Harecastle said hternly. "Are you not satis- tied with your cruelty! Do you wish to prolpng her torment 1" The door cljsed softly and the two men faced one another. "I should like to give you my cpinioa of your conduct now that we are alone," Harecastle said quietly. "My hands have been tied and I have been compelled to seo a brave young girl bear the brunt of a coward's bullying. It IS your own bleed that you are tor- turing. I do not appeal for myself. refusing to marry?" he demanded for 1 am prepared to suffer the ig â- ternly. "I told him what you said, but no one could believe that you were •oricus. You only said it in your anger," she cried tremulously. "I repeat it now, in cold blood. If you refuge to do my bidding, I will tell the world why the mar- riaga does not take place. It shall know of the Pearl's treachery. Dues that move you?" Joel cried jceriagly. The younger man ro&e to his feet with clenched lists. "Don't answer him, Cyril. Ho bas no cause for anger with you. It is I that refuse, not you?" bhe cried, and she placed her hand on his arm to restrain him. He quickly recognized the wis- dom f'f her words, and held his rage in check. "I don't believe you could do it, Mr. Josephs," he said gravely. "1 do not credit you with being so low." "Don't rely on that. Lord Hare- castle," he said grimly. "You don't know me. Ask any one in the city if Joel Josephs has ever lieen known to go back on his word. I repeat to you mobt solemnly that if you two people break off this marriage, I will give out the rea- son I have told you. I am sorry that you two children should drive me to take up this attitude, but J think you will thank me a feu years hence. You are made (or one another ; every one says so. There is no reason why you should not look forward to a long life of happiness. It is not reasonable to expect me to consent to a course that will raise a hornet's nest of eossip. Then, too, you forget that Koyalty is to honor us with its iiresonce. How cau I put them off? Tho idea is absurd, so dismiss it from your minds at once" His rarnestnes* made a deep im- pression upon them both, but Ue- Lekah did not waror for a moment. "You arc depriving yourself of a daughter's love. I shall never for- Kixe, if you do what you say. In- deed, I w;ll leave you, and never again call you father." Joel watched her admiringly, and iio saw in her his own fighting spir- it, but it o ly rendered him all the more desirous of conquering it. "Make up your minds," he said sharply norainy t'iat you can pour on my head. But I ask you to think of my father. Ho is an old man, and near to hi« grave. He has done wrong, but it was in the days of his youth. Ho must have suffered bitterly for that one act. Before it, his life had been full of prom- ise, and ho had to sink his ambi- tion. His caieer was wasted." Joel puffed vigorously once or twice at his cigar, and then laid it down on an ash tray. He raised his head quickly. "We will see the Earl. Perhaps he will have something to say on the matter," bo said with a malignant look. CHAPTER XXI. Joel led the way to the smoking- room, and they found that Lord W'olverholme had not yet gone to bed. The three men were alone. Harecastle was acutely feeling bis position. His father looked so happy and contented, and little dreamt of what was awaiting him. "I suppose it is nearly time for bed," the Earl remarked with a yawn. "It is only eleven o'clock," Joel said quickly, "and I fear wo must have a little talk. I want ycu to use your influence with your son. rhey tell mo that their engagement '» broken off," he wound up grimly. "What madness is this?" the Earl cried agitatedly. "It is quite im- possible." "Let the matter rest; you can do no good, Joel," Harecastle said appealingly. "You must remem- ber that the decision does not rest with me." "Perhaps the Earl will be ablo to persuade Rebekah. He has every reason to use the persuasive powers for which he is famed," Joel said threateningly. "What does it all mean?" the Earl asked of his son. "Is it a jtke? If so, it is in very bad taste." "It is grim earnest. Lord W'ol- verholme. You may as well under- stand that we all know of that lit- tle affair at St. Petersburg." The words came as a thundcr- 'If you so desire it, 1 1 clap. Cyril instinctively moved to will make the announcement to j his father's side, and it was well our guests in the morning, that that he did so, for the Karl required the marriage is postponed." "And you will say nothing?" Re- beka'i atked eagerly a steadying hand "My sin has found me out, and after these long years," the Earl "I shall speak, and to the point," j moa-cd feebly. He sank back into ha said sharply. "Have you dc- his chair, and his body trembled cided ? You are a pair of simple- ! violently. tons. Run aloui? and play and' "Who knows?" he asked quaver- lot's have no more of this non- ingly. •cnse. I am really very fond o[ â-  "llebckah. Harecastle, Ackroyd, you both if you will oolr be »en-iand rnvkelf," Joel answered quick- •ible." !ly. It was more than B«-b«k4ib could- "Xo one else?" the Earl asked bear, acd she b irit forta iuto pas- eag-rly. sionate tears. Btit <sn }'j*\ it h«<i , "No one." not the »!ight«>t •Sect, | "Thank God," he whispered "You need not think that tears hoarvsly. will make nie alter my niitd, ' be ^ "Tbea I am safe. Did Ackroyd began in aa even, cold voice, "Per- tell vou ?" hap.s ynu had better ifo to bed. A "Yes," Joel repli«-d. night's rest may enable you to j "The blackguard: And I paid view thina^s sensibly. Y'ou arc bita too." over'irrd." j Harecastle rested bis band af- "I shall never r<»t while you are fectionately on bis father's ghoul- ao cruel," she cried pite«usl/. Ider, for be was filled with anxiety "Will nothing change you J" I fur hiw. "It is iiselesii.'' Hareca<ttle »a!d, ' "It was *<> long ago, father, for liopr had left him. ".After all Don't think about it"' he said has failed," th« Earl said hope- lessly. "You must go down on your knees to her. Pray to her aa if you were praying for your life, for it means more than that to you," Joel said fiercely. He had no pity for the broken man who sat shivering at tho me- nace in his voice. "I am bowildcred. I can do no- thing. Wo must accept the posi- tion. But it is very sad; we were all so happy. What reason is ani- mating her (" he asked Harecastle. "Sho will not make a loveless marriage," he replied dully. "I see," he cried quickly. "You low Jewish blackguard. So you have threatened my son with my shame to encompass your ends ! Cyril, can you forgive me?" he asked appealingly. . "I do, father, with all my heart; but you don't yet realize the ca- pabilities of this man," Harecastle cried excitedly. "What more can he do?" "A reason must be given to the world for the breaking off of the marriage." "I do not see the necessity for I it; the announcement is suf&cicnt." "But Joel sees tho necessity. He I will give the reason," Harecastle 'cried impetuously. "Well?" the Earl said inquiring- "He will say that he discovered this thing of your past, and that he himself broke off the marriage on account of it," Harecastle said simply. "Then he must do so," the Earl said with simple dignity. "I com- mitted the crime, and I must pay the penalty. I have played the coward too long. But you share in the punishment, C> ril. It is more than I can bear. 'Be sure thy sins will find thee out!' " he wound up miserably. By some miracle the Earl seemed to have throvrn aside the unworthy part of his nature. Too long had he lived for himself, he would play the part of a brave man and try t( a'one. Joel moved impatiently, for he had little expected that tho Earl would take up this position. "Have you thought? Have you <July considered tho consequences. 'You hold a proud position. The Earl of W'olverholme is a man who is respected, at whom dirt has never been thrown. Your name will become an object of execra- I tion. Y'ou, it will affect but little, I for you are an old man. But when jou are dead tlicro will be another i Earl of Wolverholme, who will I have to bear the ignominy after I you. And your son's children. They will be hounded from the 1 haunts of civilized men, they will j he ostracized by their class, and i will be doomed to tho lives of her- !mits." I "You could not deal them this blow," the Earl said weakly. "I vkill do anything I can, but I am helpless." "You underestimate your influ enco," Joel said quietly. The Earl looked pitifully at his son. I "Shall we brave it?" Harecastle cried desi)crately. "Shall you and I go abroad together. I will never niarry and the name will die out." I "I do not know what to say, I Cyril. Y'our life must not be blast ed. I cannot let you make such a sacrifice. Will nothing move you, Joel?" the Earl asked eagerly. "Why should I change? Shall I give in now that it is so nearly accomplished? You may save your words, they are useless." "What aidvantage will you gain by doing us this injury?" the Earl asked simply. "At any rate I shall secure an ample revenge. That will be some satisfaction." Joel was torrifie<l that they might defy him. His manner was cold and threateaing, and he waited eagerly for the Earl to continue. Lord Wolverholme 's face twitch- ed and he gasped painfully. "Run to my room, Cyril," he whispereil hoarsely. "You will find a bottlo on my dressing-table. Bring it at once." "Only one of those heart at- tacks," the Earl said feebly. (To be continued.) the cart in the intensity of hi» eop jo./ment, all wrought up by ;the sound of his own voice and the effectiveness of his own effort, thinking it fine and wonderful and thinking it nothing else. "What was the tariff to him, or the earthquake in Italy, or where the money was coming from to pay the rent, or whether he could afford to go to the show or not, or any of life's cares and troubles? Nothing. "He lived in a world of his owp in which he was constantly discov- ering new wonders and himself learning to do new things, and lately it had come -to him that he could imitate the call of a cat and just now he was in full flush of his first perfected power in this; and here he was pushing the hand cart along, teetering the handle up and down, and with his head thrown back, saying at every other ste(p, "Mi â€" auâ€" ow ! Mi â€" an â€" ow !' and finding it in a pervasive and per- meating, a profoundly penetrating delight. What greater joy could one find?" my father must suffer. No g<;<xl can co:iie by p-olonging this ialcr- view." "Yes. Your father will suffer, and you too," Joel crid angrily. "Do you think that any decent wo- man i;ill he anxious to marry you t/wthingly. "But how doe« this affect the marriage? J'>«l knows of it, He- bekah al»o. Who else is there to be considered, if they do Lot mind I" ho asked wouderingly. "Your paiit appears to ha\e had if she knows the truth! The name ' but little to do with the rupture of Wolverholme will be a bye- word." "I will leave you, father, " Re- bekah said as she rose. ".And I make one final appeal ftir mercy. 1 luive decided, "and unless you agree I shail leave this house in the nidrnihg I am of age and you cannot coutrt)'. me. Good-night." Jool felt that he was losing and «n unconti*oIIablo rage consumed bitr. "\'.\: iti'a uii Guoatural daugh- of the marriage. It is incompre hensible to me. They don't give any reason. Rebekah merely says th.'At she cannot ha happy with Harecastle. He keeps silent, and BRvs that ho leaves himself in Re- bekah's hands. I have done my utinotit to persuade her to change lier decision. She a'jsolutely re- fuses to do so. Now you must take a hand." "I will do my best, but I cannot hope to succeed where her father THE JOYS OF LIFE. Case of Simple Minded Youth Who Trunbled (he Uaudcurt. "In what joy consists," said Mr. MacWhackleton, "depends a good deal on our -age, circumstances and point of view. I doubt if any of later life are greater than those of early youth. "Going along our street last night was a youthful grocery boy push- ing a hand curt and imitating the call of a cat. He didn't know whether he was rich or poor. If an automobile passed him he didn't wish that he could have it. SuflB- cient to himself, he simply regarded it as a part of tho show. He hadn't come to any of the sorrows or set- backs of life y«t, he was fearless and irresponsible ; alive and kick- ing, he enjoyed every breath ho drew, and now ho was walking along, automatically pushing the handcart, which had practically gone out of his mind in tho thrill of his cat calling achievements. " 'Miauow !' he said. 'Mi â€" au â€" ow I' long drawn otit. 'Mi â€" au â€" ow !' and he teetered the handle of LOST OPPORTUNITIES. Mark Twain said in a recent speech: "I want to tell you one more story, the story of the lost opportunity. Young people don't realize the full sadness of it, but who of us older people doesn't know the pathos of the lost oppor- tunity? In the village which is a suburb of New Bedford, a friend of mir.e took me ,to the dedication o', a town hall, and pointed out to me a bron?ed, weather-beaten old man over ninety years old. "Do you see any pa.ssion in that old man?" said he to me. "Y'ou don't; well, I can make him a perfect volcano to vou. I'll just mention to him something very casually." And he did. Well, that old man suddenly gave vent to an outburst of pro- fanity such as I had never heard in my life before. I listened to him with the delight with which one listens to an artist. The cause of it was this. When that old man was a young sailor, he came back from a three-year cruise and found the whole town had takeu the pledge. He hadn't taken it, so he was ostracised. Finally he made up his mind be couldn't stand ostricism any lon- ger, and he went to the secretary and said: "Put my name down for that temperance society of yours." Next day he left on another three-year cruise. It was torture to him to watch the men drinking, and he pledged not to. Finally he got home. He got a jug of gootl stuff, ran to the society, and said : "Take my name right off, I'm going a bus- ter." "It isn't necessary," said the secretary, "it was never on; you were blackballed before you went away." SHE WAS MISTAKEN. 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Busy hens are layers, providing, of course, that they arc well fed. | Dumpy birds that mope around on the roost all day long, except when a little feed is thrown in to' them, are not, as a rule, in any hurry about laying. Exercise is as! necessary for the health and vigor of a hea &a of a horse or man. Chickens are intended to scratch i for their living, and a fowl which does not have to do it is like a lazy' man who lounges about the house | with only such e.xercise as he ob-l tains in sitting down to the table, eating, and getting up again. Who' would e.xpect such a person to bo I healthy, vigorous or efficient 1 Thi^! idea that hens or cows derive suf-l ficient exercise from the digestion! of their food is absurd. Make the' poultry scratch for their living,! not amid lllth and accumulated' droppings, but in clean, fresh dry chaff, leaves or other litter, renew ed two or three times a week. When throwing the grain into the pen, scatter it well, and rake or kick tho chaff, leaves or dust over it, so as to make the birds use their legs. It may seem like a waste of energy, but it 's not. Exercise and eggs are two words that begin with the same letter, and the relation between the facts is not less close than that between the words. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Always be sure that the collar is an exact fit for the horse. If not, n)akc it fit or get a new one. Don't think that the horse's neck will ad- just itself to the collar. Have a good fit in the collar and you will have but little trouble with sore shoulders. Have the feet of all the colts leveled frequently and shaped pro- perly, even it it is necessary to hire an expert horse-shocr to go to the stable to do tho job. Faulty ac- tion in mature animals is often the result of neglecting the feet when the animal is young. Should your hogs grow too thin in bone, do not blame it all to the breed. Remember that pigs can- not grow bone without the neces- aary material, any more than they can produce flesh and fat without food. See that your food ration contains plenty of phorphatos, and keep salt and ashes within rca^b of the pigs. It pays to use a disinfectant jo I'ig pens. An excellent practice ^» to scatter a little chloride of lime through the pen twice a week, while" a few pails of white- wash, to whici a small quantity of carbolic acvd has been adde<l, will materially as- sist in keeping the place free from Vermin. The hog is naturally *» clean animal if he is allowed to b«. When a man buys his foundati^jot stock and gives it intelligent care, he has a reasonable assurance of success in producing the same kiu^ ot hogs ; but no breeder should bo satisfied with producing just as good stock as he started with. It should be his hope and ambition to produce something belter. < As an egg-producing food, a mix- ture of wheat, hull>d oats, a little cracked corn and some millet seca, is an exoeptiotally giod one. n â- makes a great food to scatter in the litter for tho hens to work out. For hens that are comfortably housed and protected from th« cold, we should use one-third bulled oHts, one-third wh?at, and the other third composed of equal parts of cracked corn and millet seed' Corn is heating, and if the hen« are in a cold pen, w? should increase this article. Hulled oats cost more than the ordinary kind, but they are worth a good deal more ; therfe is no more food value in tho huH or husk of the oats than there i« in the oats straw itself. t. MESSENGERS OF DEATH. ' As year by year more is heard ol the efforts to establish an Interna- tional arbitration court, so also irt- ventors produce more and mow deadly weapons of warfare that cannot fail to work in the same di- rection. One of the latest is llje riflo-howitzei shrapnel grenade, originated by }i.v. Â¥. Martm H.i.l'e, it England. U can bp adapted to any Service rifit.. and e.vj)orin)eiiJs have demonstrated that its dca(h- dealing powert. v a range of I'M feet, are appallin,- The grenn<IJS is an inch thick, h.-d 5% incKoa long, and, when fully charged-, weighs nearly 1 '4 pounds, A ni»'?i could carry a dozen of them witli!- out danger or inconvori.»nce ; whila they can be fixed ready for fii'inf both easily and qui."h''v Experi- ments, too, are being cn,r**ied cut with an automatic shut-g.in avx: a carbine, whereby five cartridstes can be fired in four second.^, w.th- out the use of the marks.n*: m's hand for cocking. The speafc (art- ridgcs are also thrown oat., n ,"ely and safely. I