Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 6, 1899, Page 6

EF ‘ARM AND G ARDEN To carry out this plan, preparations *| need to be begun as early as the ist of _ May. Ordinarily, potatoes vai not MATTERS OF INTEREST TO| Keep in condition for planting until the AGRICULTURISTS. 1st of July, but if they are taken from the cellar before they have begun to sprout, or when the sprouts are just Some Up-to-Date fints About Cul-| starting, and spread out on the € bend her head, as if listening for some | duced there by a mutual friend, stood half-uttered whisper from someone | close beside her, as if interposing his tivation of the Soil and Yields | floor or loft, or some place where Thereof—Horticulture, Viticaltare and | will receive a little light, they Floriculture. throw out short, stubby, green sprouts about half an inch in length, and can remain in that condition for mon Eee erste Injured Trees. {sre potatoes must be only one layer e Kansas Experiment Station has deep, and preferably seed-end up. All sent out a circular concerning the | oF the eyes will not throw out sprouts, treatment of fruit trees that have been | .n4 in cutting, the pieces should be injured. In part it says: larger than for spring planting. When The recent cold weather has greatly | planted, these potatoes will come up injured the fruit trees in many sections | quickly and make their growth in a of the state. The peach, apricot and short time, and almost surely give a Japanese plum have suffered most. In good crop. our orchards of 51 varieties of peach, “In 1897 the Bovee gaye, with the the trees of 18 varieties appear to be| treatment above described, at the sta- entirely ruined. Twenty-one varieties tion, 200 bushels per acre, and in 1898 are killed back to main branches or | the Enormous yielded 300 bushels per trunk, Reports indicate that in but acre, which was better than the early few portions of the state the tempera- crop. Late varieties do as well by this ture fell as low as in this section, so it | method of treatment as early sorts; is probable that tn the greater part | put usually the yield is less than from of the state the fruit industry has not early planting. The object of this received such a blow as it has here.| method of growing potatoes is to se- where trees are merely injured, the | cure seed that will keep in a common real damage done to the orchards will | oonap without sprouting, and for this Gepend) greatly, upon. phe. treatment purpose it is far superior to seed grown ‘y seated behind her, or would open her | broad shoulders and athletic frame to Florence’s breath came quickly. In- | obeyed his command, and let him lead stantly she had recognized her as the woman whom her husband had called the Countess d’Aubigny. delay in obtaining her carriage. He lated and darkened. . She leaned for-| Long after Florence remembered this, tracting the attention of others about | her. own lips, with a smile, and reply. | shield her from the curious crowd. her down the stairs and out into the A crimson spot slowly formed itself | followed them both in, and gave the A THRILLING LOVE STORY. ward, her glasses steadily fixed, and, ;He must have already known, then, PBRSY LOGON BL, re Who held that coveted place? Without speaking a word, she hastily street, Marie following. There was no on her white cheek; her violet eyes di- | necessary directions to the driver. forgetting that her marked gaze was at- | where she lived. At her door he left BY FRANCES WARNER WALKER. her. “I shall call to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, But presently, on the plush curtain |madame. It may be that I may be of which screened the interior of the box | service to you, and, if so, I beg that you from view, a man’s hand was care {will command me.” lessly placed, half-holding its heavy | She bowed her head assentingly, but folds, as though he wished to gain & | uttered no single word, even of thanks. certain view of the house. Mechanieally, she ascended the stairs The hand itself was unmistakable; ! ;to her apartments. Marie wept and but, to make certainty more sure, on fy: rung her hands, while she undid the i 4 spear ean 7 ue ler finger eee snuipns sapphire jwrap and unfastened the satin robe, ours passed, and he 4 * 4 ete ring. It was the ring Louis Gervase | but Florence sat still and ‘tearless, a not return. Her dinner was served in i eS heart, or that his love was always wore, and about which he held | block of marble or of ice. usual state, but she sat down to it How well he had loved her! And |2 Strange superstition—that its loss be At length she motioned that Marie ale nd made a miserable feint at its then her mind went back to the old | tkened evil to liim. might leave her, and, reluctantly, she enjoyment, followed by the long, un- | 28Y8, and lingered there until resent- Florence dropped her glass. For a | was compelled to obey. But, left alone, Atterw ard, bie a wt bad me oe ment fled. Ah, if he had momentarily |™oment a deadly faintness overcame | her position never changed. endurable ev ening, Henri d’Augmo ts wavered, she would charm him back her, but she forced it back. Then the If she had been a statue she could d was brought in, but she declined | 5) his o1d allegiance! curtain fell upon the second act, and |not have been more motionless, more to ! e him, ae i ‘And’so, with almost a smile upon her the house broke into wild and tumultu- | lifeless. She could not bear his hidden inuen- lips, determined to throw off the dark ous applause. But of the music the Hour after hour struck, but her lids s, now that she knew that, they shadows which all day had oppressed wretched girl had heard no single note. | never drooped, nor a single nerve out: not be foundationless. There her, she rang for her maid to come to All her senses had been concentrated | wardly quivered. Long past midnight s smouldering within her a fire he in one. For a few moments she sat |g key turned in the outer door. The CHAPTER WU. (Continued) } time to cool; her love, which was, with this woman stronger and more domin- ant than any emotion, to reassert its supremacy. She had, doubtless, an- gered her husband; she should have been more gentle, less imperious. It could not be that any one had supplant- antime, Madame Gervase’s car- moved on, but her face was white, even to her lips; and when at last it stopped before her own door, she wakened as from a sudden dream. ea which must be quenched or fanned in- | “wy. ; F; oa dazed and bewildered. its effec Ww: ki given them from this time. Trees | ; 2 rettiest toilet, Marie!’ she com- 2 I. sound in its effect upon her was like a * in th di I be to tiercer heat by what Louis might are f The I red from the boxes | ealvanie + Pid e ordinary manner. It may is manded. he people pow i galvanic shock to a corpse. that are killed should be removed at said, also, that potatoes grown from ; say to her in explanation. It was for this she waited. Midnight had long struck when he came. A shade of surprise swept over his fac opening the door into the once from the orchard. If they can be used for fire-wood well and good, if not they should be piled and burned to destroy any insects or disease that Vor the first time, Marie found her and seats into the vestibule and foyer | Instantly she sprang to her feet and exacting and hard to please. beyond. The places about ‘her were al- | stood in an attitude of rigid expectan- “Is madame going to a ball?” she most deserted. Presently she looked cy. A minute later the portiere from asked; but the answer was a simple toward the spot which fascinated her |the room beyond was lifted, and her : ; iI in dinner | Begative. gaze as a serpent the bird’s. husband entered her presence. re tonne eunteniscerin When, at last, ‘the ‘toilet was. com- ne countess leer Gene He started as if surprised. He had Which a wood fire crackled, sending | Pleted, she could have entered no ball | 2S Trennee i oi canna sinh Pie 4 eho a kd of one in | ea throughout, and should be heavily ‘ eer! room and not been its acknowledged |™ovement, as if to throw a wrap 0 jured, to treat her as an erring chila, ? { forth a pleasant warmth through the belle. The beautiful hair was twisted {the beautiful shoulders, but she nega- | Whose will in all things must be mold- cut back, the extent depending upon } 7 low upon her little head, with here and | tived it and passed out from the box. | ed to his own, and lo! a very Nemesis { the degree of injury. In many cases) yoreign Plants for Experimentation. there a tiny curl escaping from its Still a moment longer Florence sat | stood before him. it will be necessary to cut back to the Wanhiagton correspondents - cepaek = sprouted seed are less scabby than oy those grown from seed taken from the cellar and planted at once. Late- Planted potatoes are less liable to may infest them. Trees that are part- % _| blight than early planted, although, ly top-killed are weakened and deaden- not exempt from that disease. ill up, Florence?” he questioned, carelessly. “Not yet learned the good | ¢hraldom, a diamon r scintillati quiet. Then she, too, rose to her feet. ‘The task he had set himself, into | Main branches or even to the trunk, lesson T tried to teach you this morn-| in its gold. She SRS wicleeon GReRLIS “Come with me, Marie,” she said, and | whose performance, he told himself, | but where the injury is less severe the | that Prof. S. A. Knapp, the special 2 : - satin, open at the throat, with sleeves |SWept out into the foyer. her action had forced him, was in no | cutting may be confined to the smaller | Commissioner of Secretary Wiison to Who was that am with hom | o¢ pearl-dotted tulle, through which |. It was densely filled. She scarcely | case an easy one; but in this moment] pranches of the tree. Though the | the orient to investigate the availa- — you were driving th is. afternoors? {shone the white, exquisitely-rounded | knew why she had come—what she | he realized it to be more difficult than | pranches of an injured tree may not | bility of eastern plants and seeds for An older, w woman, would have | jms. she stood a moment surveying |WaS about to do. But yesterday she he had assumed. be killed, it is advantageous to cut | common use in this country and secure have Sppreaned the prairie saue herself in the long mirror, which so per- ads been On a rae te moulds i pies he semeniberr or eee ze aE them back, because the wood that is | Specimens of those that are valuable, er tact iat fa reflected the lovely and imperial Tonight aie en a wrindem abd adi alg ree is a sardonic smile playe browned and deadened can never per- | has submitted his preliminary report But Florence G “Ah!” she said, with a half-sigh to |Taged woman, with her love to make | “Do you Know that you disgraced | f0rm its life functions again. It be- pia aml we. Abe anne oa a and no w elf, “will he be ashamed to-night to | the stronger the current in whose cold | yourself and me to-night in the sight of | Comes as heart-wood and must be en- number of seeds and plants selected for nee Vane. x present me to his friends as his wife? | Waters she so suddenly found herself | aj] Paris? How dared you, how dared | Closed by a layer of new wood. The experiment with a view to common \ smile, more galling than a frown, | yw would Dorothy’say if she could | Plunged. | you?” quicker we can get this deposit of new | usage here and they include persim- »t about the corners of monsieut’s | 44 me now?” x With head erect and the carriage of 8 |” Her eyes unflinchingly met his. | Wood the better, and the more of it the | Mons, the eastern product of which is mouth, but the long mustache hid the |" \ rq the later thought brought an in- |aueen she walked slowly down the | slowly she extended one hand, pointing | better. By cutting off the branches | a far more edible fruit than ours, bam- wi a e teeth which gnawed so savagely | otint tear to her violet eyes. for Doro- | Passage. Almost at it farthest end. | Gownward to the carpet at her feet. of the tree, it is reduced in surface | boo, Japan plums, pears, camphor trees at his under. up. nought nen) aka thy was her twin, the little sister, more | Wkere the crowd was densest, she aay | “Your place is her she said—‘“here | and the new wood is more rapidly de-| and hagi. All the persimmon and ther pee you. panes ‘ pe gentle, less imperious than she, but so | her husband met, face to Raat She | ‘at my feet, to crave my pardon! If yOu | posited on the parts that remain. The] pear seedlings have reached here and abe like her in face, in voice, in manner, |#lene, save for the presence and pro- ; haye in you one spark of generosity, of energy that is spent in blossoming is | have been sent to experiment stations. Really, I°@M | that her own father SpE *r- |tection of her maid; he, bending With , manhood, of remorse, kneel here and ur Inquiry asvto Res, theme et epee the a Sapa rn tender devotion over the beautiful wo- | seek tie He neiyeqana ‘alike of the wo- Aino ore to the tree by the severe | and the rest he ee be ees sal range coineidence, |1,. greater now. Dorothy never had | 22 whose gloved hand rested on his | man and the wife.” pruning. It is necessary to prevent the | experiment. 6, POR — me concerning you. A |, ni sacha gown aa this, nor“auch Ath. te eyes eazing, down into hers. | 4 perceptible sneer curled his lips. vitality of the tree from dissipating | Japan for an infinite variety of pur- A » ag ‘ se such | 4 . ) gs Bs A perceptible sneer curled his lips. \. ae : ty, ma_chere, jewels about (aa throat and wrists. which were upraised to meet them, his | “Quite a drainatie scene, ma chere, | itself in any way, and to husband and poses and it is even a table delicacy. f It was strange she should have | Whole attitude that of a man loving | Really, with such artistic talent, I | apply it so as to restore the tree quick- | Whether the American taste will be ' is no other thaD | youeht of Dorothy at this moment; | #24 beloved. would advise your turning your atten- | ly to its normal process of growth, trained to use the bamboo as a food ase was but little r than had been de the pardonable curios’ see no reason wh, ied. The lac Countess d’Aubigny, said to be—| hut i¢ was her dream which made the | The blood turned to instant ice in the ‘ticn to the stage; but spare me its re- Professor Bailey, Cornell University, | is not ventured, but the report says barring yourself, my love—the most |) 5molife come back to her so strange- |Young wife’s veins. Imperiously, she /hearsal. I have one or two practical | . this subject: “Thi . | it will thrive in many of the southern beautiful woman in all Paris.” ly. Strange- | ook one step in advance;-then stocd.so |tryths to lay before you, and. L-wish | povs, POD this subject: ©) proper “And the woman whose name all Par- Song siamo’; dintipe “at henaly% n. | directly in front that it was impossible an +6 Maten seagcieeh sensibly You treatment for frozen-back trees must | States are be of is value i bassoon is is connecting with yours!” she cried, |, ouncod her maid. 8 oe Oe | te pals bee yew fit tonight to force upon me a | Pe determined for each particular | Ways. mong other uses is sug- springing to her feet, for the spark had |” em eg PE a: ready! And mon-| “Louis,” she said, in tones so loud, | public ery I thought a were a | C88@; but it should be borne in mind | gested as a material for eave-troughs, ignited the fire now, and it was fiercely | 7) * ie that the injured portion is no longer | light fences, staging poles, rafters, etc. sieur, he ieaaieien 9 so clear, so distinct, that not only he | young, retiring girl. I did not dream burning. “Ah, you thought because Sa tea tne returned during |2nd, his companion but all around | that a = Rite develop into a bold; | of use to the plant, whereas it may be it is the product-of a\warm climate and you had kept me a bird, within a cage, | ine atternoon; but had made a very |could hear: “Louis, may 1 ask that acious woman.” a positive detriment by accelerating the | in rich, moist soil frequently grows I would not see or know; but you can-} nasty toilet, and gone immedjately out | You will present your wife to. the wrongs developed me,” she an | evaporation of moisture. The best | Sixty feet in one year. Hagi is a new not force me back into my old blind- x6 Countess d’Aubingy? I have long been | gwered. “You were looking at that wo- | treatment for plants seriously injured | forage plant apparently of great value. ness, nor my old ignorance. You say Horence’s ‘heart ‘sank. ..Somi desirous of the honor; and, at the same I as you had ight t i It is similar to alfalfa. The depart- { SS, 1 old ig : u 24 Some of the | desirous 3 |man, Louis, as you had no right to | upon the extremities is to cut them Be Pee eY ot eee SOR this woman asked whol was? _Did she old coldness, the old bitterness, re- | time, I shall claim the protection of the |Jook at any but your wife. She was | back heavily.” 4 ment of agriculture has received alsc ow F sh when you told her I was Your | turned: but her housemaid must not ; other arm. ning on your arm as only I had the Trees treated in this way will rapid- the consignment of varieties of Rus- wife—the wife whom little more than a | 2) )o¢ or ree: + 3 The little crowd of promenaders ' pent to lean. I was alone and unpro : . Z $ year ago you took from home and hone eat Pn pai he eae stood still. One would have fancied a rasa Je ni - when I asked you to Lao ly regain their vigor unless the injury | Sia0 Heat ce bees the 2 friends, swearing to make your love sv | ree Widvagsed hate out to | thunderbolt to have been launched in aunt gia: Aa you not do so? There is very serious. They will also quick- | pectation they will resist the rust an full, so perfect, that she would never | 4) interminable iengthe their midst. On which of that lttle | \ouid have been no scene, no scandal, ly resume their normal habit of growth | drought. All these are not for general know their need nor miss them? You s 9 o'clock when she arose: at |gtoup of three would it expend itself? | then.” and shape. Cutting back the last distribution, but are to be experimented were looking ai tier, Laue as I pouE ne moment a note was handed “Because you claimed a title which, | Yes growth in the winter is espe- sf ane ade at the various agricultura) ee eA eee eed hor! How | Her in a handwriting unknown to ‘her. while I may humor your whims by giv. | Clally beneficial to the peach, whether , at her as thoug a YOO WS aly 1 rau She tore it open. It was unsigned, CHAPTER IV. ing you it in private, I certainly cannot | it has been injured by cold or not, as could you? How dared you? And I— audé that aioe dateatatile ct: sll wiles: so far compromise myself as to allow | its branches tend to grow long and Hauling Manure.—When the snow 1 your witer a ean a renee!” an. | ¥@ST8R anonymous communication. It was the supreme moment of Flor- |you to assume in public. It is quite | slender, and in bearing fruit near the | disappears and the ground is frozen is { lees Shee ilps ps his eheay Bagh “If Madame Gervase will go to-night | ence Gervase’s life; but, if she inward- | time, Florence, that we understood | extremities they break and split and|a good time to get out and spread ects eS pam % o to the oper it ran, “she will see |ly trembled, she outwardly made no j eacl h other. I am not inclined to un-]| are ruined. Where blackberries and | upof the land as many loads of ma- F pa fhe Countess d’Aubigny a young widow, rich, titled and beauti- ful. Besides, ma chere, since you have seen fit to develop a new quality which I did Lot kno you possessed—that of jealousy—I wish to advise you to con- it once, and to tell you, more- that at the time of making a very Monsieur Gervase with the lady whom, rumor states, he is soon to lead to the sign. She stood like an empress, de- table acta ajo al pty geo aan have been killed back to] nure as possible. Every stroke of altar. Madame may deem herself a |™2Uding recognition of her subjects. | gy; lom must remain untrammeled—" be [eatin yea Soouid = helen meal apne ee ae ek te oe il impediment to the sibil- | Louis Gervase’s face perceptibly | “You say I claimed a title to which I] jon exists as to th Hs S ieae in opin- | of plowing an oe will increase but she is in error, the writer | paled. The bleod slowly receded from ; had no right!" she interrupted, in a] tio pack fe manell i sal time for cut-| the time t9E going these things in a the future will prove.” lhis lips: but it was the white heat of |barsh, constrained voice. “What was back injured trees; some growers | workmanlike and satisfactory manne:. his lips; bu € a prefer to have the work done before | In our Northern latitudes the season With face blanched to marble, Flor- ii » which’ left its 4 mages | met le? ence read and re-read the lines of such | 2 ®W ful anger which left its impress “That of my wife!” he answered, the leaves open, others choose a later | for doing farm work is so short that think and 00a ee alg not terrible and portentous import. there. ;Steadily and brutally. “This farce of time; but the safest way is to do it|it requires the utmost diligence to ericntie agith the F Fe pice ca What could they mean? What was | Madame la Comtesse also lost color, | matrimony must end, Florence. Our] early. As soon as the degree of injury | avoid being distanced in the race. In & vy. I believe, 1 tilt Mri among ithe Teartal implication underlying | gna made a half-motion to withdraw marriage—the marriage your penn aks is known, therefore, we may wisely | the South, corn may be planted from 4 m in the light of an unmarried man, | “¢™? ; ‘ her hand from his arm; but his fingers |7!8¢d—Was not legal, I took good care | begin the pruning. If left till a] March till June, with tair prospects of And 98 *h, if the Countess d@’Aubigny Her husband’s words of the previous | : ape . mkly A | that it should not be so. In France, no] later time, other work may crowd it | a crop, and this indulgence on the part and as such, if t Aubigny | nicht came. back to her. He h closed meaningly and detainingly upon | apr, is legal without full consent honors me with her notice, you must | 9 ce nowledged his Bar Si iad Not | it with reassuring pressure. ne gi ae bid te 3 enetinie out entirely, with the result that the | of Mother Nature often leads to a con- | see that it reflects no possible discredit | 5.5 Bi inept |e wlebte ales as worla | "<One of my early follies returned to | Of te parents, en the contracting | orchard is lost. A saw and tree prun- | summation of the idea: “Don’t put off | #4 » did not know her as his wife. But did * * “f te fF dnitwey parties are minors. Moreover, a cet-| ers are the tools to be used. It will | till to-morrow What can be put off till upon ae he imagine she would keep silent, when | 2@Unt me,” he whispered in her ear. | tain pesidence here is necessary. My ‘ we ill to~ e DUES | be beneficial to carry along a keg of|the day after!’—Farm, Stock and white lead and apply a coat of the lead | Home. “You mean that when this woman her honor and her womanhood were at but so distinctly that Florence caught j Ramey and position and money, enablea stake? each word. : ime to fix up a certain civil contract, Pshaw! The whole thing was false- | Ten, Taising his head, he said aloud: | \nieh would not hold good in any | to the wounds made. This will keep the letter written in gratification of | “Madame, vga : pee aNae T will | court of law. It satisfied your scruples | Out the air, prevent the wood from| Horses for Hurope.—C. B. Stubbs, in some petty revenge. But the writer | Present her to the world. I regret you | ona my desires. But. Florence,” he | checking, and retard evaporation from | a summary of his report to the secre- ppy girl, totter- ing step for rd and grasping the back of a chair for support. “You mean that when the world asks the same question there is no answer? And when the question is carried home, and reaches the dear old father’s ears, can | “yeh told her to see and judge for herself, should imagine your petal ea pbey added, more kindly, as he saw the ash-]| it. All pruned-off wood should be re-| tary of agriculture on the marketable id to-night was to be her opportuni- ct a tit vee aun Se aki 1 Yap eo en whiteness which overspread her | moved from the orchard and burned. | horse for Europe, writes: ‘Whatever ld lutt hb jain nee ease?” Laingimaran: ic ame aa Boe te she Gerard ba at Tean The process here described will not | horse we raise—be it draft, ae A Sere He wk sudden resolution, she sum- : i a table near her that she might lean] save all the trees that iy , cavalry or other | me to this cruel wrong? If L have |. Prepare to accompany me to the op-| ‘irq motioned him back; nd there | £8 Unhappiness in all this. Lam will save many, and those that die after | height in the depth of his body # wronged you by my jealousy forgive era, and order the horses at once!” she | ne jain otht in her ge an which | ing to overlook to-night if you promise the treatment is given will : 1 sf his legs. Also re: ee i ie . YOU hat. to-morrow |COMMAnded, though her voice sounded, Sas eometiEe 2 Seerure |me such a scene shall never take place | 4; Libbey probably | not in his legs. member that, me: but promise me tha OrrOW | oven to herself, like liquid ice. “Go at | Commanded obedience. ‘again. Now that you understand your | “Ue im spite of it rather than because | whatever kind he is, his back. should : the world—your world—shall know my i ; ” “Again I ask you to present me, your 4 of it. be short. This rule alwa: Tigi to the hold title of wife!” | tr" putiens cand procure me'a bos, ay | Wile, madame, the countess!” she Te: | iva you all chat any woman oul —— but by it I do not mean te raise realy : »-morrow? Ah, my r, to- 51 as 33 peated, with slow distinctness; “and i » i phir and if.you would any price. Meet us at the entrance on since you will not do so, I must pre- Have you not horses, jewels— Seed Potatoes. short horse. Let the horse be of good 7 Tush!” she interrupted, finding her The Ohio Experiment Station sends | length, but have his oblique siege The sock had just struck 10 when pies Secret ram Sa yeorvone jvoice at last. “Take all these things, out the following: “The importance | and his long, straight hips instead of her carriage stopped before the doors, and give tome my due. Louis, you gre} of good, sound, unsprouted potatoes | his back to supply it. Observe these and she stepped from it with the air sed you.lean, wpm yesterday I leech punishing me; but what you have said | ¢ * ‘ ing of a queen. driving in your carriage. Whatever his | i, yo1—cannot be the truth! I am your or seed is a matter concerning which | rules and you canlot.go wrong. ious our arriy your beaut t is quite time r sought your couch. Good-night, ma belle! Ha nppy dreams!” And he went out, leaving her stunned - and beg into silence where she stood. side = aa ne motive may have been in disguising 2 " ;» | there is no difference of opinion; but | use the proper kind of 1, i cinity of that which she had secured, nine that we both should recognize it will forgive your denial of me, but | UPOR which all are not agreed. Some | do not succeed in producing what t CHAPTER 11 as she took the seat within it, and |" each other. eth eaked take back the words you have just | Would send north each year for new | want in the way of a high-acting car- _ t ‘ 3 threw back the elegant wrap she wore. |_ For @ sige ae = siehehainee Ee. spoken! I will go away, if you have| Stock, while others believe that the | riage horse, there are so n g yrom how long might she date this | Marie seated herself a’ little behind | Some? wot both beautiful, both leit | wearled of me—. will interfere with Southern, “second-crap, potatoes are | for the hore. we wilt Usgaineg, r (amigas ie ~ | her. bred, both loving the Ls sae ay ; then | vour actions never again; but tell me| superior to other seed, because of the | Cannot make a mistake, =~ i ehar ge—this conversion of the ardent | ‘The first act was ended—the second | the countess piney onan a __|that I am an honest woman—tell me | fact that they do not sprout so quickly ; z ——ig love of a man, hard, and selfish, and | had but just begun; but not one single Is it oe Sie oe that this Wo- | jot I am a wedded wife!” in the spring. Home Market for Strawb t cruel?—though not even yet would she | Slance did Florence vouchsafe the ase pe ey au ttdhke T would allow her | 424, sinking upon her knees in the) “It is sufficient to say, without going the growing of Stay ee 8 cknowledge that of the idol only the | St#8¢ Slowly she raised her opera Bn + he | Spot which, a few moments before, she | into details, that the Ohio Experiment | W2Y it is very essential ia) 4 acknowledge that of the idol only the | stass to her eyes, and slowly scanned |*® assert her claim thus and heres Me |).,4 designated for him, she clasps Station has found that the locains | home market, where clay remained. i the house. A half-sigh of relief parted |#25wered. ri saps aia Ha od arms entreatingly about him. siseares {Hie soalt ieaie: steer ta HRY, | ne delivered: fresh fi g But to-night a burning sense of {her lips, when, suddenly, she gave a |Your Dox, pa ah Fs th | “What matters it, Florence?” he re-|->» tse importance san matter thereby secure an 4 wrong kindled in her heart—a very | Perceptible start. myself ig aving exposed you to SUC | tied. “It would do no good to tell you eh the geen ik keve eae Papert in nntiof their fresh aay sy storm of indignant angen In one of the lower stage boxes, to |# Scene oy FI ‘an untruth, Again I say to you, our; Wath te Se re eee TeeMOHy Ee dhe es : * She made no pretense to sleep; che the left, sat a woman toward whom | {Madame—" begat Geren ¢ |marriage was not legal!” alent to saying that the condition of | dition. There is an opportun ae permitted her maid to make her half the glasses in the house, from time |_| But, with one a9 ay ae oa “Then you will atone for this mon-| the seed before planting determines|| velop this market and lar al for the night, and then, dismissing i to time, like that of Madame Gervase, be hg Sa oa ¥ y aaa strous wrong?" she pleaded. She was | what the crop is to be, far more than | the home demand for in locked herself within herroonis were leveled. bapecnde and, mlked él rae begs bet no longer Nemesis. Her very soul was | does the latitude where the seed was | treatment is given is Throwing herself upon a couch, she|. She was imperiously, consciously cort’s arm, sede oer Me. Mme, with |humbled in the dust. “You will atone, | produced. When equally well preserved | action taken in the / tried to fathom the terrible meaning of | beautiful, with hair of ebon blackness prone Se nee aki “tl at | Louis! ‘To:morrow you will make me | from sprouting, our own seed potatoes : i¢ her husband's words. Surely, he could | aud eyes that matched the night. *4 no further) wo unt thes ac ne {the wife I have so long believed myself | paye given as good results as th hot have meant them—could not have | She was dressed in black yelyet, cut | tempt to follow. Jus SoMeONE | +o be. Oh, Louis, swear this to me, it — from either North or South. Cold- storage, Ohio seed potatoes have given ‘vished het to credit that he would per. |10W, displaying the rounded shoulders |SPOKe to. her. ; ‘ou would not kill me!” mit any man to doubt her true Taaltion and white arms. On the corsage of her ‘Madame Gervase,” said the voice— bd ‘Be Do nanine “Florence. As you; eoiwa na Shteh, dress was a row of priceless, sparkling | #24 it was at once earnest, respectful. are you must remain. Remember how | 28 good crops as those from Maine or The next day passed as the night, |gems, the same encircled her throat, |but full of strength— avolee accustom- | TTA indeed women envy you, and| North Carolina. Cold storage is not No one came to disturb her mona her arms, glittered in her ears, A |¢d@ to demand and receive obpotence, be content. Call yourself ‘Madame Ger- | convenient for all, however, and means In the afternoon she sent the carriage | feather made of precious stones ‘was “take my arm.” vase, if you will, only, my dear, don’t] must be adopted to obviate the neces- away, She feared a repetition of the | fastened in her hair. A young American—Harry Arkwright | Stride the title in public. It Would be| sity oft. The easiest plan is to grow scone of yesterday. Toward evening | She seemed intent upon the scene | Pek cre hig ag, Waren treet better for both of ua : |seed potatoes late in the season by | by her mood changed. Her anger had had | Pefore her, and now and then would | *}¢ if aes é ; (To be Ressenreeeens Lge planting about the ist of July. SSSR RLS Sea