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KEY OB, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. ''Allison!" exclaimed Gerald, a cote of keen pain in his tono, while he bent forward to search the face that was resting against his shoul- der, "1 hope you arc not so wound- ed, as your words sfe;n to iuiply over these recent ru\ elaiions which have so turned things topsy-turvy. I would rather a thousand times forego the establishment of my claim as the heir to this fortune than have you experience a single pang." A merry little laugh interrupted liim at this point, and a pair of soft arms stole fondly about his neck. "You dear, sensitive, self-deny- ing boy! Did you think 1 really meant a word of all that nonsense ( No, indeed, and I am even unmaid- enly enough to confess that I am perfectly delighted with the present arrangement. I wouldn't have it changed for the world ; for since you are so generous-hearted as to wish to endow a certain poverty- stricken little waif with all you pos- sess, there will no.v be nothing to keep us apart any longer. The world W(juld probably be shocked at such a confession, and cry 'im- modest ! mercenary'' But what care I? I am only hungry to be loved, and for a home where wo can be all in all to each other." "My darling!" whispered Gerald delightedly. "I might have known that you were in jest â€" that you would never maliciou.sly twit upon facts. And we shall make a home just as soon a^ the lawsuit is end- ed. Where shall it be, Allison?" "Oh, in the old house, during the winter, (Jerald," she eagerly re- plied. "Then wc, must spend 8<jnie part of each year at Lakeview, where you proved i-ourself such a hero â€" I cannot give up either of those dear places. But that villa at Newpert I never want to enter again ; that dreadful man has pois- oned its atmosphere for me. Sell it, Gerald, and we will tiud some other summer home." "You shall have everything your own way, my darling, and you could not have pleased nie better than to choose, as you have dono. to live in the old familiar places, where I have been in the habit of seeing you and fatherâ€" my father! Mow strange it seems to say it, Allison, a.nd it is the first time 1 have ever called him so," Gerald concluded, flushing from mingled emotions as he referred to Mr. Brewster in this way. "How very sad and mysterious the separation of your father and mother was!" Allison thoughtfully observed. "I cannot believe that papa intended to do his young wife any wrong, for he was a good man through and through ; but his ap- parent desertion of her is to me CHAPTER XVII. Gerald gently took the two certi- Icates from the hands of his be- Irothed, carefully refolded and re- lumed them to his wallet. Then ke drew her again with in his arms. "Yes, Allison, it has been proved beyond a doubt that 1 am Adam Brewster's sou. Are you sorry J" "No, no! I am so glad â€" so glad!" the fair girl unhesitatingly responded, as she nestled closer to bim ; "but oh! is not too bad that be could not have known â€" that you both could not have known the truth when yuu first went into his ofHce 1 He would have loved you 10â€" he would have been so proud of you. He was very fond of you, and trusted you as he trusted no one else "Yes, I know that, and it has been a great comfort to me," Ger- ald replied with unsteady lips. "Those words of commendation, almost the first that he ever ad- dressed to me, have been more to me than uncounted gold would be." "Or course they have, Gerald, and I am so glad, too, that I hap- pened to overhear them, and could repeat them so publicly as I did. I shall never forget how earnestly and kindly he looked at you when he said: 'I would stake ray fortune upon your integrity and faithful- ness to my interests.' " "How^ well you have remembered them, Allison!" said Gerald, bend- ing to kiss the lips that had re- peated those words which were so precious to him." "Why, how could I ever forget them?" she returned, with sur- prise. "They made me so proud of you, and I just gloried in repeat- ing them in court that day, and see- ing the face of the judge light up with that look of gladness which told how thankful he was not to be obliged to sentence you ; while John Hubbard looked as if he would have been glad to strangle me for having upset his schemes." "Allison, I am afraid wc arc talk- ing too long," Gerald remarked, with some an.\iety, for her cheeks were crimson, her eyes shone like stars, and her manner was excit- ed. "No, indeed. It does not tire nie at all to talk, and I a mso happy to be able to go over all these things with you," she returned, with a joyous little laugh. "Isn't it queer, though, that such a little pressure upon ray brain could have made my mind a blank for so many months, and that such a simple op- eration should have restored to me the memory of everything?" "It is, indeed, and I know of one, at least, who will always be profoundly grateful tor that r« Btoratibn," said her lover earnest- ly. "The world has been very dark most strange, lo me, love, ever since last July, I "So it seemed to me at first, until yesterday, when Mr. Lyttle-| Gerald replied, "but, as I have ton told me the wonderful news thought more about it, I canuot that you were not lost to me." I help feeling that if my mother had "Well, I am sure you have told lived, all would eventually have m© something almost as wonderful been well with them. There is cer- to-day," Allison smilingly respond- ' tainly something very mysterious «d "Oh, to think of itâ€" that you about their relations, but the' erec- •re the heir to all papa's money l" \ tion of that monument over my mo- "It is rather startling, 1 admit,"! ther's grave proves to me that he â- aid Gerald. "And now"â€" with a never wilfully repudiated her dur- roguish look into the lovely blue ing her life, and was determined eyes regarding himâ€" "having won that no reproach should be entailed my apurs, I shall have no hesita-1 upon her memory. But by the way, tion in taking my bride just as soon! Allison," he added, with a sudden »^ she can be persuaded to appoint, thought, "how d-j you suppose it the day when she will add the happened that one of the other 'Mrs..' to her name. You will not' victims of chat accident was report- even have to change it, dear." I ed as Miss Brewster?" "H'ml Conditions have changed "Oh, 1 imagine my card-case was Bomewhat since that day when I accountable for that mistake. It tiied to make you promise that you' was probably found lying beside wouldn't mind about the 'spurs,' retorted Allison, with smiling mock- •ry. "Indeed, they have. "They are exactly reversed. 1 haven't even a clerkship to share with you," said Allison wickedly. "I am glad of it," returned her lover sententiously. "Gerald Winchester Brewster, you are a usurper. You have rob- my father's daughter of her some one else, and so it was taken for granted that the person was Miss Brewster." "But, of course, the lady's friends would know bettor than that when they identified her," objected Ger- ald. "True, and yet the reporter s ac count may have been written before the poor' thing was identified, and thus he never discovered his mis- take ; or, eveu if he did, ho may should accompany Lady Bromley back to New York and remain with her until the lawsuit was decided, when the young couple would im- mediately be married. The Lymans expressed a great deal of regret at the thought of parting with her, for she had grown to seem almost like a daughter to them, but, of course, they could not fail to rejoice most heartily, in view of her recovery and her flat- tering prospects for the future ; v/hile, as they were in the hahit of frequently visiting New York, they were comforted with the thought that they could thu.-. see her often. The day after Gin-ald's depar- ture, Ellen Carson was permitted to pay Allison a call( and it was very touching to witncsrs th'' girl's heartfelt joy over tho restoration of her youthful benefactrcsh. "I never was so glad about anj'- thing in my life!" sho e.Kclaimed, with a beaming face, a.s she rever- ently took the dainty white hand which Allison e.xtended to her; "and you're going to get your mon- ey all back too, ain't you?" she concluded, with eager interest. "Yes, I expect it will all com© to me," the fair invalid smilingly re- sponded, but not thinking it neces- sary to explain just how the for- tune was going to be restored to her. "Well, I reckon I can help them do a little fighting on that law- lawsuit," said Ellen, with an air of importance. "I've always hank- ered to do sometliing for you, ever since you gave me those ten dol- lars, and now I'm going to tell all 1 know, to make those greedy thieves shell out what they stole from you." .Vllison smiled at her original re- marks, but thanked her, and t<jld her that she felt sure that every- thing would end all right. A day or two after Gerald's re- turn from his visit to Boston, he received a note from the chief offi- cer of the bank where he had serv- ed so long under Mr. Brewster. A new president and other offi- cers had been appointed, and the concern was being managed on a different basis. The writer of the note asked Gerald if he w ould kind- Ij- itep around to the bank at his earliest convenience, as there was a, matter of business upon which he wished to consult him. Accordingly, the following morn- ing the young man presented him- self in the private office of the pre- sident, when that gentleman in- formed him that he wished to be instructed how to gain access to the secret vault which he under- stood the former prcsid-.-nt had had constructed for his individual use, . but as no one in the bank knew : where it was located, he had taken 1 the liberty to send for him to give him the information. "I want just such a place for my own convenience." he ob.served. ''I have spent hours searching for it, but without success, and I confess that my curiosity regarding this clever hiding-place has become al- most a mania," he concluded, smil- ing. "Have you Mr. Brewster s keys?" Gerald inquired, but with a, thrill of repulsion as ho recalled the experiences of that never-to-be- forgotten Sunday v/hen he had come there to execute his secret commis- sion. "Yes; here they are," his com- panion replied, as he took from a drawer the identical ring which the late banker had given him during his last interview with hiin. "This ii the key to the secret vault, said Gerald, singling out from the others the tiny bit of steel. "Yes, I imagined bo; but as yet T have been unable to discover any lock which it will fit," the banker responded- ' 'I can let you into the secret very shortly if you will come with me to the vault," our hero observed, whereupon they proceeded directly to the place. The drawer which had been Mr. Brewster's individual receptacle for important papers was drawn forth, when, by the light of a can- dle, Gerald pointed out the narrow slot in the panel behind which wa.» the secret vault. (To be continued.) 3 AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN STORIES OF HABIBULLAH.THE PRESENT RULER. His Plucky Aotion Quelled a Hut- lay â€" IIow Ue EHcupud Being Poi.soned. There is wild excitement in Af- ghanistan in consequence of the dis- covery of a plot U) poison the Ameer, the Heir Apparent, and other members of the lloyal fam- ily ; and it is rumored that Bibi Halima, ono of the widows of the late Ameer Abdur Rahman, is one cf the leaders of the conspiracy. The whole trouble arises from the habit common amongst Orien- tal potentates of providing them- selves with a number of wives. REGARDED AS THE HEIR. Abdur Rahman had quite a lot, and each wife spent her days schem- ing to get her son recognized as tlie heir to the throne. But Ab- dur Rahman was a very wise old man. "It has frequently happened. ' he said, "in the past that the life of the heir has been endangered; and, consequently, I prefer to con- ceal my intentions as long and as far as I can." He, therefore, refused to say which of his sons he would choose to succeed him, but it was consid- ered that the choice lay between Habibullah, the eldest of them all, Nasrullah, and Omar, who.se mo- ther, Bibi Halima, was the most powerful of Abdur Rahman's â- wives, and who ha.s now been charged with conspiracy. Addur Rahm, however, made it WHEN J. B. GETS ANXIOUS. : About the Farm : NuTiil Scares HaTO ThroMO John Bull Into Fits. The present naval scare is not the only one that has startled John Bull out of the usual state of pla- cid equanimity he maintaiua in re- gard to such omtters. Indeed, his 1909 attack of the jumps is but a flea-bite by com- parison with that of 1884, when, owing to the exposures of a certain e\eniug newspaper, he became sud- denly convinced that his vaunted supremacy in ships and guns existed on paper only. His alarm and anger ui>on that occasion knew no bounds, culmin- ating, some six months aft<!rwardK, in his kicking out of office the I "«'" among the fowls. Government responsible, and this ! s'^aw thrown on the floor notwithstanding the fact that large and important additions to the Navy had been authorized in the meantime. Precisely ton years later another similar revelation led to the found- ing of the Navy League. One of the earliest naval scares occurred in 1G52, when the Dutch .Wmiral Van Tromp saile<i through (♦44-f4 -f-f *â- â€¢Â¥â- Â¥â- Â¥â- Â¥ >♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦"♦!' 4- 4 ♦♦-M- -f-f ♦♦â- â™¦â™¦â€¢â€¢â- â™¦-♦•♦♦♦♦♦â- â™¦â™¦.â- Â« FOR AND ABOUT POULTRY. A good insecticide can be mads by putting a pint of kerosene m a gallon of whitewash. One good breed of chickens on a farm is worth more than ten dif- ferent breeds. When mud and slush cover the chicken lot and pens great care must be taken to avoid rheuma- A little and over the yards may hinder serious trou- ble ill the flock. Pulverized charcoal should be set where the fowls may partake of it when desired. Besides brightening the plumage it is a conditioner that lias few equals. L^nle.ss cheeked in time chicken lice will multiply with almost in- credible rapidity. A hundred will the Straits of Dover with a broom I "iceases to a million if not eradi- iit his masthead, to denote that he ! ^'^ted before they get u good start, had swept the English from tlio! Learn to profit by your mistakes, seas. The rough-and-ieadv inso-^' J'"" ma<l»5 a mistake last year try not repeat it. Success in the poultry business is largely due to avoi<ling past mistakes and the niistakes of others. A spoonful of kerosene should al-' v,-ays be kept in the drinking wat.er ut this time of the year. Many lence of t' o proceeding stirred men's blood, and in a trice battle- ships were building in every suit- able port and inlet from John o' Groat's to Land's End, while in- land forest and dell rang unieas- ingly with the sound of innumer- .... able a.xes being laid to the roots Waeases are held in check in this ..f the sturdv oaks that were to ^a.v- The fowl gets a little of the furnish timber for the new English "'1 every time it gets a dnnk. Navy, destined presently to destroy The chicken crop is considered by that belonging to Holland, and its | ^''C average poultry raiser as a too presumptuous comraar.der along : small issue, hardly wo-thy of con- ^^,if]j j{; j Kideration or deserving of thought- Another big naval scare, due to^''' attention, and true to the law very plain by his official actions our then crack battleship, the Cap- <'f ^o'lipe'is'il'""' f<^wls under such that he regarded Habibullah as his tain, having turned turtle in the '"•â- "':'Si''i'ent yield no more profit heir. Whenever the .liuecr had to leave Kabul, Habibullah was appointed Bay of Biscav, occurred in 1870. It I ^^'^" '« w.mniensurate with what resulted in the introduction of a : ''^s been accorded them. tvpe of vessel, the Monarch, 1 I" speaking of the droppings aj, a sort of regent for the time being, whose reserve of equilibrium wa.Mf,-' I'HiKutor of the health of the and once a week, even while the .\meer was in Kabul, Habibullah held a reception which all his bro- tiiers and half-brothers were com- pelled to attend. He particularly won his father's approval by his conduct during a mutiny that occurred in one of these 10 to 1 as comparcMl with that <^,f | «ock, the dropping should be of con the Captain class. This was obvi- , sjstency to hold their shape, but ouslv going to the other e.'itreme. i â- '-honW ''ot he solid. In color tJiey But such, unfortunately, is tlie^''""!'' '^e dark tapering olf into usual result of these popular panics. ! g'-e-v'^li and white. If the drop- This one gave us ships shaped like ' l-;'\88 "'"e V^';'^. ""^'Hl .'.'.,.. ^J'.*^.? cbeese-bo.\.es, as safe as they were terms of regency. Some of the eaters." slow, and withal tremendous "coal- Fortunately for us we were not at war while they held the seas. â€" Pearson's Weekly. THE FIRST ROAD-MAKERS. Herds of BiifTahies Tramped Over the PluinH. fortune and now you dare aflirm not have thought it worth while to that you rejoice in her poverty exclaimed Allison, with affected iternness. . . "It is no robbery, love; it will all be yours just the same, to use rectify it. i should really like to know who the girl was," Allison concluded thoughtfully. Later the lovers joined the fam- ily below, and a pleasant, social «s vou like We are only availing! evening followed, although Gerald ourselves oi a caprice of fate and considerately took his leave at an the consequent formalities of law to ' early hour, having first arranged, establish your rights," the young j) the following day should prove man explained. "But"â€" still preserving her mis- chievous moodâ€" "suppos* I should refuse toâ€" to come to you as poor »3 a church mousel I don t forget how lofty somebody was about a year ago vhen somebodv else al- most unsp.^ed herself, and proposed to share and share alike. Perhaps » cer'^in young lady, who has teewfd to sing into a nameless no body all of a sudden, possesses a U- be fine, to take .Mlison for a drive. It did prove to be an ideal winter day, and snugly esconced among abundant robes, the lovers spent a couple of hours driving. The re maindor of the day was quietly passed with tho Lymans and Lady Bromles, Gerald only leaving in season to catch the evening express for New York. V au VI a = r It was arranged before hf '.'"f- gnavk of the same fire in her nature however, that as soon as ,A lison that once animated an aspiring j should be P'-""*^""'!"' .*^'"!;8 !i,,„l,.^_>' ) enough to endure the tup, sue ' soldiers of the Kamdahar-Hazara j battalion became unmanageable under some fancied grievance, and, ' the trouble spreading, a serious ' inuliiiy broke out. j Habibullah rode alone into the midst of the rebellious soldiers \>ithout showing any fear of their ii'.juring him, coining, as he did, without any body-guard. His plucky action worked the soldiers up to a passion of enthusiasm, and the mutiny melted away. ON HIS F.VrHER'S DEATH he succeeded liiin without difficul- ty, though there was some fear that Bibi Halima would cause trou- ble by pressing the claims of her son, Omur. Her intrigues were un- successful, however, and Habibul- lah seems U) have treated his step- mother and her son more kindly than they can reasonably have ex- pected. Not very long ago a special and very liberal allowance was grant- ed to them. But for all that, for the last eight years, and particu- larly during the visit of the Ameer j','.,,,,, ^j^ inches to two feet deep, to India, Omar and his mother and ,,.ydjy,j ,^^J„.n 1,^ ti,e impact of another brother. Nasrullah, have Mh„„sandB of hoofs, as herd atu^r been plotting his overthrow j,^.j ^f hi,flai,„.s had stamped along Habibullah is a very enlightene*! i j„ ^.j^gj^ jj|p hchind their leaders, ruler, but some of his methods ofj \yi,(,„ ^1,^ grst path beeainc too The buffalo was a good surveyor. It did not reason out why it should go in a certain direction, but its sure instinct took it by the easiest and most direct paths, over high lands and low, to the salt-licks ami watercourses which were its goal. Tho authors of "fhe Story of the Great Lukes," Edward Channiiig and .^I. F. Lansing, say that the buffalo observ<d something like the principles whl..'h to-day go\ern the civil engineer. mucous in them feed less n;eat. If the droppings are soft or pasty and yellowish or browrish. feed more meat and loss starchy food. In case of greenish, watery diar- rhoea you should investig;ite the sanitary conditions and the water- fcupply. DANISH BUTTER. As soon as the explorer landed L;^ ^^.^ ^„^^ ^^^ ^,^,^„, ^^ ,^^. on the southern shores of Lakes ,,^ ^ f^,. ._., ,„,„,., jhus it will b Lne, Michigan and Superior, he i ^^^^ ^,,„^ ^1,^,, j^a starter is ther TOO MUCH MACHINERY. A little chap was offered a chance to spend a week in the country, but refused. Coa.xing, pleading. arguing, promising of untold wonders, alike brought from him nothing but the stubborn ultimatuni, "No country for me!" "But why not?" someone asked finally. "Bccau.U'," he responded, "they have threshin' n.achines down there, an' it's bad enough here where it's done by hand.' b'RENCH WOMEN ECONOMICAL Economizing is a real passion with all French persons, and they carry the i<lea into their wardrobe as well a.s into other departments oi their hou.ses. As every one knows, there is no neater-looking or beller-drcssefi woman in the world ihan a Fp-ich wc-nan. and \ct e.\triivaa:aiive linds no place in ^icv ti'i'ette. It '« H'c wny .1 dress is kept whtn not in >er\ i<-e. a'ld it is the «a.N a dresb i- pu. on. l<.io, that tells the mle. government have a very Eastern ring about them. For instance, not long ago three officials were brought to him charged with tak- ing bribes, and the Ameer ordered them to be buried alive ! His Majesty was recently suffer- ing from a sharp attack of gout. The native Court doctors resorted to their usual remedy of bleeding, with the result that the Koyal pati- ent grew worse instead of better. The Court Chamberlain, who had been sitting up for several nights with his sleepless master, and who was in the state known as "fit to drop," heard with joy of a Rabu hospital as.-istant who happened to be in Kabul. He sent for him at once, and asked him to prepare a sleeping draught t<3 be adminis- tered to the Ameer. SLAVE WENT TO SLEEP. The Babu made up sufficient for several do.ies, and the Chamber- lain carried the bottle to the Ameer. Habibullah, who takes no risks, summoned one of his slaves and poured half the contents of the bottle down the unhappy man's throat. The result was that the slave went so thoroughl.y to sleep that he never woke again. The Babu was sent for. "One-half of this," said the Ameer, holding up the bottle, "killed my servant Abdullah. The other half, by the grace of Allah, l;as been preserved. Drink thou. and may thy sleep be sound!" The wretched Babu expostulated in vain, and he had no choice but ;o obey. Later, behind the scenes, s<jmeone kindly administered an emetic, and his life was saved. The Habu immediately packed up and left Kabul, never to return. A Scottish farmer, who has made, u study of dairy cond tions in Dcn-j mark, gives the follo^ving as thO| chief reasons why Danish butter is uniform and good : 1. The cows receive roots all win- iler and thus the butter is soft and: not lijird and dry, as when fed <n hay and cakes alone. 2. The milk when it come.i into the factory must be pasteurized to 185 degrees F. and by tiiis moans turnips and other flavors are got rid of. o. The cream is cooled to about til degrees F. and a starter of lac- The cream is only , , .-oen mat wiien tne starier is mere upon buffalo roads or I „,jd the cream only kept for a short licriod, no bad fla"'<) s can raise.' 4. The barrels the day before be- ing used are steamed, and the in- side i-cceives a coating of moist lime, which is washed u(I next day before the butter i.s put in and after \\ashing, the barrels are rubbed with salt. Thus the odor from the v(>od is to a large extent prevent- ed and does not flavor the outside of the butter. The paper which lines the bar- rels is steeped in salt water for two days btiforo use; also tlie churns, butter w<n'kers and cream tubs are coated with moist lime after the cream has been washed off. This i:i allowed to remain on for about ten minutes, when it is washed oft \\ith boiling water. .Vll barrels have printed on the outside. "Danish Butler" along with the registered number of the came "triiccs." Siunetimes these were n.Tirow ditches, a foot wide and deep for comfort, because of re- peated tiavol, the buffaloe's would abandon it aixl begin a second path alongside the first, and thus the frequented traces v\ould be giadu- all,y widened. Again, !in imineiise herd of ther.e hea\y animals would crash through the forest, breaking in their rapid progress a broad, deep roa<l from one feeciing-ground to another. As this route would be followed again and ngiin by this and other herds, it would become level .ind hard as a rock, so that there was great rejoicing in pioneer settle- ment when the weary road-makers, struggling with log causeways and swampy hollows, came upon a firm, solid buffalo trace. Nor was this an uncommon experience. The line of many of these roads is followed to-day by our railroads and canals, as it was followed by our long roads and turnpikes. The buffalo follows the level of the valley ; he swerved round high points whenever it was possible, crossing the ridges and watersheds at the best natural divides and gorges; nnd !;c crossed from one side of a stream of water to the other repeatecily in order to avoid climb- ing up from the level, after the fashion of our modern loop rail- ways. I^vo is a disease thai nothing short of marriage will our*. ^ THE HARD PART. It's hard to live within one's .salary, but there's one consolation â€" it's harder to live without it. "The lady whose name you gave (18 « rotereneo, my girl," said a lady to an applicant for a situa- tion, "tells me you were not al- ways truthful and obedient." "No. ma'am," was the reply ; "I couldn't be with her tellin' me all the time to wy she wasn't at home!" dairy it ca:ne from, to that if there were any complaints they could be traced right back to the dairy th« butter caiiJO from. FLY-SCREENED MILK. "Screen your dairies against, flies" is tin warning which has been sent out t< the dairymen who send milk to the district of Columbia,! U. S. A., by Health Officer W. C.l Woodward Concerning thj screening of dairies the letter says: "The department considers tliat under the above section all dairy rooms are required to be effectual- ly screened against flies. Flies whose hal its cause them to visit places where filth abounds, such as manure piles and other accumula-] tions of refuse are known to carry rot only Binall particles of rcfure -.ir filth on their bodies and leg.s, but also to carry other contaminat- ing matter sucli as germs which cause disease. Thu.s by excluding the flies frcjin your dairy you re- move a source «f conla:uination by dirt and disease germs, both o! which are liabte to alt«r unneces- sarily tha quahty of your milk.''. The fact that a man has the sleep, ing in-church habit is nn 'igu thai h« will Ind rest in heavej).