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— g S h I c ANON’S ffABDjga ^ 7 | T j I OR i TALK OF 1QMKT MADIBSS. J E l i r 5 , ^ By JAMES PAYN. | 7 | • • * » » • CHAPTER XIX. 16 Continued. “ And you will be sure not to tell him what I have told you, s ir,” whis pered the young man, as be leant over him. The effect of his son’s presence on the canon was something marvelous. His brightness and his tenderness worked upon him for good, as the sunshine and the rains revive the drooping flower. A sort of Indian summer seemed to have set in w ith him ; and but for his old friend’s ill ness I think he would have been as happy as he ever was in his life, though not quite in the old fashion. “ You may tell your Alma, R o b e rt,” said Aunt M aria, “ that her dutiful advice to you has saved your f a th e r ’s life.” She knew that way of putting it would please him better than if she had praised his own unselfishness in coming to England. “ If you were not here he would hardly stand these distressing visits to dear Mr. Ma yors.” And, indeed, the spectacle of his old friend and contemporary gradu ally losing his hold upon life gave him unspeakable pain. There was nothing, of course, terrible in such a m a n ’s decease; no haunting fears or distrust of the All-wise and All-merci ful. Indeed, it would have been curi ous to those acquainted with the turn of thought prevailing among men of their stamp at Cambridge, th a t be tween these two men— both being clergymen— the subjects so common ly dwelt upon under such circum stances were rarely alluded to. They spoke of old tim es with which they were conversant, rather than of the unknowable; of their lifelong .(though undem o n strative) friend ship, rather than of their reunion hereafter; of their common friends, alive or dead. Once, however, a something of bitterness in some re m ark made by the dying man, sug gested the inquiry from his compan ion, “ You are at peace, I trust, Ma yors, with all m en?\ “ W ith all th a t are worthy of the name of m a n ,” was the stern and un expected reply. Then, as if regretting his harshness, the tutor added, w ith a smile, “There is not much malice and hatred in my heart, Aldred, I do as sure you— n o thing, I trust, to be re pented of in th a t way; a little envy of yourself, my friend, t h a t ’s all.” “How so?” “ B ecause you have great posses sions— a son, a wife.” “Nay, my poor wife is dead,” said the canon, soothingly, as one speaks to a sick m an whose mind has gone astray a little. “ Yes, but you have the memory of her. Believe me, my friend, it is well to have such memories to dwell upon.” The canon had no prescience th a t he had beheld his friend for the last tim e when he walked home one after noon with thoughtful step th a t grew unconsciously more free and buoyant as he neared the little home which held his new-found treasure. On his study table, however, was a letter, the contents of which, for a moment, put even Robert out of his mind. It was in his w a rd’s hand- ,writing, which in Itself argued n o th ing strange (for she had never ceased to correspond with him in a sup pressed, m echanical fashion); it had jio t, as usual, been sent on to him from the Laurels, but was directed to have read it, after the first sharp pain of anger and regret is over, one source of sorrow will be dry forever. This is one of the reasons why I have w ritten to you, notw ithstanding that it has been enjoined upon me not to do so. As you, in your great kind ness and consideration for my feel ings, would have hidden from me the real cause of your ruin, so it was Judged by those who knew of my ill- behavior under your roof, th a t it was best to spare you th a t knowledge; but my hope is th a t, though you may still pity me (as we pity the worst of crim inals), it will be henceforth im possible for you to feel pain upon my account. I cannot ask you to for get me, because every hour must bring to you some bitter rem inder of the wrong I have done you; but think of me as dead, as having died years ago, when your Robert was my playfellow. Alas! w h a t evil may I not have done to him also— sundered him, perhaps, from his promised bride; destroyed his prospects! It is terrible to think th a t not only here at home am I justly condemned and despised, but th a t across the ocean, thousands of miles away, my name m u st needs be held in abhorrence. Oh, if I could be once again as I was when Robert left you! There is nothing, hlas! the sam e w ith me now ; even my love for you, though it will cease but with my latest breath, is something different. I feel unworthy to entertain it. It seems blasphemy to take your nam e within my lips even in my prayers. “You will w o n d er perhaps when you have read the record of my life th a t such a one as I should dare to pray. But then, dear guardian, there is little W illie; when I sit by 'her bedside with her thin, small hand in mine, I still seem to have some link with Heaven. It is scarcely credible, considering her tender years, but there is n o thing her m o ther can teach which my little darling cannot under stand. I say it is scarcely credible, but she has been m ade aware that she has been the pretext for her god father’s ruin. She clings to her fra gile life, and believes th a t she will live to put things right. She has questioned me a hundred times, and ‘when I come of age,’ she says (which she will never live to do, and it she did, it would be too l a t e ) , ‘I will pay all their money back to godpapa and Aunt M aria.’ W hen Dr. Newton came to see her, her chief anxiety was to learn w h ether she would live to be twenty-one. I suppose the good doc tor thought the dear child’s mind was wandering, but it was as bright and clear as it is pure. We have no se crets from one another, W illie and I. I have told you one of the reasons for my writing to you, but the chief is after all a selfish one— to bespeak, should anything happen to me, your sym p athies for my innocent child. I know you will never visit upon her even in your thoughts the sins of her parent, but I beseech you to try to love,Jier for her own sake; she is as worthy of your love as her m other has proved herself unworthy. W h at higher eulogium, alas! can I pass up on her? Henny will take care of her, I know, if perm itted to do so. But the law— there is no one, alas! who has better cause to know it than yourself— Is hard and cruel. Dear guardian, I would rather see Willie dead at my feet than tru s t her to the hands in which the law would place her. I will say no more upon this You will show to Aunt Maria what I have w ritten; I do not ask you to plead with her for me. I trust to that tender heart of hers, whose trust I have so sham efully abused, for charity and pardon. “ Your Loving and Penitent W a rd.” JUs present address. It jnust have ma_tter, for ‘that way madness lies,’ cohJd to Sophy’s knowledge, thefe- ! only i f anything should happen which fore, th a t he had removed to Provi- J should sink me still lower in your dence Terrace. Though this was a j disesteem, do not judge me too hast- piece of Inform ation th a t m ight have ! ily. I am in such straits as you cad- oozed out any day, he opened the en- not guess. *felope w ith no little apprehension th a t she m ight have gleaned still fu r ther knowledge, and the first sentence convinced him that it was so. 1 “ Kindest a n d best of friends, whom I have robbed and grieved— d e a r guardian, whose care and love I have repaid by falsehood and ingratitude — pity if you cannot pardon me. It I came to you in person (which PThire not do, for the sight of your dear face would kill m e; and my life, other wise worthless, is necessary to my child)— I say, if I came into your presence and groveled at your feet with tears and prayers, I could not, believe me, feel a greater abasem ent than I do, ns I sit here and w rite these sham eful words. \Until recently, though fully con scious of my base behavior to you in other respects, I was not aware of the ruin I had brought upon you. I thought th a t I had only lies and de ceit to reproach myself w ith— tr a n s gressions th a t have brought th e ir own punishm ent upon me, and con cerning which I thought, therefore, th a t I had some sort of right— as It such a wretch as I had rights at all! — to be silent. But now I know what an irremediable injury I have done to you and yours, it seems to me that no sufferings in this world can be in flicted on me commensurate with my offenses. That I was but ,an uncon scious instrument in the hands of an other is no excuse for me, for, but for my own misdoings, I should never have fallen into his hands. The his tory of them you will find inclosed (there was a paper In the envelope containing a short narrative of her first marriage, and the causes which had, as she thought, compelled her to ‘ make the second*, and when row some hunted wolf th a t listens for the cry of the hounds. He had a tele gram in his hand which he had jus! received, and which he was turning and tw isting nervously. He glanced up at her white, steadfast face as she entered the room, and then walked to the window, keeping his back to her. “ How is the child?” he said, ia hoarse, quick tones. “ B e tter; I trust certainly better, though she gains strength very slow ly.” “ T h a t’s well,\ he said, with an un m istakable sigh of relief; “ we must leave home to-day.” “ L eave home! You have surely not th e doctor’s sanction for th a t ? \ “1 have,\ he answered, positively; “ a n d It I had not, still we m u st leave hom e. Please to give me your best attention, madam, Instead of asking questions or m aking objections. Som e thing has gone w rong In the city; it is useless to attem p t to ex plain It— women know nothing of such things— b u t it has become neces sary for me to go abroad until the thing has blown over. You need not fear for the child, for she will travel w ith the utm o st comfort. H ere is some money.” He th r u s t his hand into his breast pocket, and pulling out a green sheaf of bank notes, threw one of them tow ard her w ith out looking at it. “ You may take an invalid carriage for her, if you please, but you will go by the 2 o’clock train to Gravesend, and wait at the Green Dragon Hotel for my arrival. Jean ette will, of course, accompany you. Do you understand?” She did not reply, and he wheeled round and confronted her im p a tient ly. His brow was knit, his features w e re w o rking convulsively; he looked anxious, yet furious, like a gambler who is watching his last stroke. John Adair had never been good looking, but it was curious how every trace of youth and culture had by this tim e gone out of him, leaving only the desperado. “ Do you understand me, m a d a m ? ” he repeated. “ Yes,” she answered firmly, “ I un derstand you very well.” There was no satire in her tone, Farm Topics. FOOD IN SEASON. Poultrym e n should draw the line Jetween warm and cold seasons. In :he sum m er season the hens are not im p e lled to combat with the snow ind cold of winter. They do not require food to warm their bodies ;o the porat of resistance to cold, ind the m aterials necessary to be in v e r t e d into animal food in w inter ire easily saved.— F a rm e r’s Home Journal. THE FARM E R 'S AMBITION. A farm e r who having high ideals nas striven to reach them, has helped 10 place this grand occupation of his on a m o re elevated plane. If his talent Is not what he may wish it to be, let him do his best with w h a t has oeen given him, and in so doing he will assist in elevating his calling, ind at the same time be instrum e n t- 11 in benefiting his brother trades men and all their posterity.— W eekly Witness. ■met i. hmxso * waite * i . johei Freeport Hempstead MAXSON A. J O N E S COUNSELORS AT LAW 253 Broadway New YorK City SIDNEY H. SWEZEY COUNSELOR AT LAW Money to Loan on Bond and M o rtgaso 29 Broadway, New York Residence, M ain St., north of L .I.R .R .. F reeport SOFT SHELL EGGS. The laying of soft-shell eggs is caused by lack of shell-m aking m a terial, in the shape of crushed oys ter shells or some other form of lime. The hens should have plenty of good grit. Half the tim e the fowls are left without a good sup ply of grit to grind the food, the natural supply being inadequate or Inferior. Rich table scraps will make hens over-fat, and have a ten dency to cause hens to lay soft- shelled eggs.— F a rm e r’s Home Jour nal. CLINTON M. FLINT CO U N SE L O R AT LAW F R E E P O R T , N NEW YORK O F F ICE 132 N assau Street Room 1219 MARTIN V. W. HALL COU NSELOR-AT-LAW FREEPORT, N.Y. LEO FISHEL ATTORNEY AT LAW Freeport, IN. Y. Money to loan on Bond and Mortgage ltd«V a&vettteemcnte N o t ice T o Creditors Pursuant to an order of Hox. EDGAR JACKSON, Surrogate of the County of Nassau, notice is hereby given to nil persons h aving claims against ELMIR a SIMONSON, late of the town of Hemp stead, in the said County, deceased, to present the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, the adminis trator of the goods, chattels and etedits which were of said deceased, at his place of transacting business, a t the office of his attorney, Sidney H. Swezey, Free port, New York, on or before the 12th day of December next. Dated, Miueolo, N. Y., Jnne oth.lVOT. JAMES W. W. SCOTT, Administrator. SIDNEY H. SWEZEY, Attorney for Administrator, Freeport, New York. SUCCESS W ITH SHEEP. The largest element of success is sheep growing consists in placing pure bred ram s at the head of the flock. This is well understood by all old sheep growers, and no pains in selecting or money is spared at this point. English flock owners do not COUNSELOR-AT-LAW x F r c e p o r t Bank Building FREEPO R T , N. Y. ELVIN N. EDWARDS COUNSELOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW hesitate to use ram s costing $100 to but the simple truth she spoke had j Produce lambs^ for^ m arket purposes, a far worse sting than any satire. CHAPTER XX. The Last Interview . For weeks, of late, Adair ban oeen scarcely ever at home. He break fasted early by him self, and left the house only to r e turn to it after its in m ates had retired to rest. Sometimes he sent a telegram from his office: “ S hall bring a friend this evening who will dine alone w ith me.” Upon the first occasion Sophy had under stood this to mean that, though her husband did not wish to see her at table, he meant her to welcome their guest in the draw ing room. An un pleasant task enough, but one which, however, she did not shrink from ; not from any notion of pleasing her husband— for such an Illusion had long vanished— n o r from any sense of duty, nor even from fear of him, but from a mere m echanical Impulse on which she now alw ays acted ex cept In m a tters which concerned her child. One morning, instead of leaving home as usual, directly he had swal lowed his early meal, Adair sent for Sophy to the breakfast room. She had not seen him for some days, and even to her eyes (in which there was no wifely Interest) the change In him was very remarkable. Hie face was thinner and more haggard than <she had ever seen It; It looked pale and anxious, but with a certain detsr- “ T hen you know th a t I will be obeyed. You \and J e a n n e tte can pack up all th a t Is necessary in a couple of hours, I suppose. In order that there shall be no excuse, howev.tr, you shall have four.” “ I t shall be as you please.” T h is submission was too prom pt, too easy, and it excited bis suspic ions; his mind was like a sentinel who has outstayed his watch and lost his nerve. Every sound suggested an alarm , and even the absence of sound. He thought that she was only prom ising to obey him to gain time. “ Mind you,” he said, in a menac ing volc’e, “ I shall be here myself to see th a t all is ready. In the m ean tim e, I will order the invalid carriage for the two o’clock train. Though I shall not accompany you, I shall be sure to be at the Green Dragon. You may not see me, perhaps, to-night, for I shall arrive late by w a ter. You need say nothing of that to anybody, but I wish to repose confidence in you.\ Across Sophy's face flitted the dis torted shadow of a smile. He noticed it and frowned heavily. “ We are man and wife,” he said, “and m u st sink o” swim together. Things have gone badly here, but they will go better elsewhere. We m u st roost elsewhere, b u t our nest will be feathered for us,” and he tapped his breast packet exultingly. “W h ere we are going the child will recover more quickly. It is the very clim ate which the doctor recom m ends.” If he expected her to ask where this salubrious spot was situated, he was m istaken. H e r m anner was anything but in different. It was plain th a t she was paying attention to every word he oflid, b'j,t her face was cold and stiff a Stone. “ Have you any further com m a n d s ? ” she inquired. Patient Griselda could have said no more, but her tone jarred on his ear. “ You speak like an autom a ton,” he answered, angrily. “ No, I have nothing more to say; it will be the easier to remember. At one o’clock I will be here with a large carriage, so th a t the child can He at length. You will be sure to be ready by that tim e ? ” “ I shall be ready.” He went out without another word. and it is only by the use of the best rams th a t he is able to pay the high rent he m u st give for the land. And he has found that it is only by the use of the best rams obtainable that sheep farm ing will pay under such conditions.— Indiana Farm er. 2 1 5 M O N T A G U E S T B O R O U G H O F BRO OK LY N , N . Y Telephone 2812 Main AtS IOtNCE, F K E E P O B T . L. I. Telephone, 151-W-2 C. JOHN W. MAGEE AL1IN N. JOHNSON CHEAPER PRODUCTION. Cheaper production is being studied by our m erchants, m anufac turers and business men as nevei before. Dairymen study this ques tion, have their stables improved sc that the cows can be kept comforta- hie, with proper ventilation, improve their dairies, weeding out the poorest each year and adding nothing but the best; build silos and grow plenty of corn, so they will have plenty ol good cheap food, milk regularly and for ten m o n ths at least each year; and if they do so there will be great prosperity among our dairym en on account of their cheapening the cost of production, sending more milk and of a better quality from each dairy and receiving better prices for the same.— W eekly Witness. Attorneys and Counsellors-at-law Real Estate and Insurance Brokers A tlantic Avenue, near Green wood RICHMOND MILL Queens Borough, N. Y Telephone 52 Notice To Creditors Pursuant to an o r d e r of H o n . EDGAR JACKSON. Surrogate of the County of Nassau, notice is hereby given to all per sons having claims against ANN A. SEAMAN, late of the town of Hemp stead, in the said County, deceased, to present the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, the Adminis trator of the goods, chattels and credits which were of said deceased,at his place of transacting business, at his residence at Wnntagh, New York, on or before the 24th day of January next. Dated, Mineola, N. Y., July 1st. V.I07. THOMAS SEAMAN, Administrator. Notice To Creditors Pursuant to an order of Hox. E d g a r J ackson , Surrogate of the County of Nassau, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against Catherine F. Malready, late of the Town of Hemp stead, in the said county, deceased, to present the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, the executor nf the last \Will aud Testament of said deceased, at his place of transacting business at the office of his attorney, Raymond C. Haff, Amityville, Long Island, New York, on or before the 15th day of December next. Dated, Mineola, N. Y., May 24th, 1907. G e o r g e G r a u , Executor R a y m o n d C. H a f f , Attorney for Executor, Amityville, Long Island, New York. T l i e Freeport Bank Capital $30,000 Mr. Johnson may be seen at Freeport by appointm e n t ROOM 4, F RE EP OR T BANK BUILDING MAIN STREET, FREEPORT, NEW YORK o f f i c e h o u r s : t e l e p h o n e : • 00 t o e :o o A. M. n . y a n d l . I. • • »: 0 O T O 2 00 P. M. N. V. 4 N. J . 1 0 8 (M A N H A TT A N HOU SE N V A N . J. 7 9 - L - t Main Street Freeport J ohn J. R \ ndall , President, D. W esley P in e , Vice-Presid\lit W illiam S. H all , Cashier Board of Directors e :oo t o 6:00 John J. Randall Smith Cox W illiam E. Golder Wallace H. Cornwell Charles L. W allace William S. Hall Edgar Jackson August Immig William G. Miller D. Wesley Pine Daniel B. Raynor Coles Pettit Harvy B. Smith George M Randall TREATM M .T OF MANGE. Mange lb an infection caused by a microscopic mite that lives on and burrows in the skin of the anim al causing intense itching, says the Maine Farm e r. The treatm e n t and cure are sim ilar for all animals. Re move the scabs by softening in warm soapsuds. Prepare an applicatior. of one and a half ounces of tobacco in two pints of water, by boiling Apply several tim es at intervals, and repeat after fifteen days to m ake sure of destruction of any new brood that may have been hatched in Hie inter val. To m ake a sure job, all bar ness and stable utensils should be treated in same m anner, and the stalls covered with whitewash con taining one-fourth pound chloride ol lime to the gallon. DU. WILLIAM J. STEELE H a rrison A /enue BALDWIN, L I. Oflire H o u rj 8 to 9 A. M. 1 to 2 P. M. Telephone Lo 'g D.stanc# 82a Baldwin L o c p I. 139 H. L. T R U B E N B A C K P la n s a n d S p e c i f i c a t i o n s P r e p a r e d a t s h o r t no ti c e S K X D 1‘O S T A L A X D 1 1 1 7 / L C A I I. Office: 85 Railroad Avenue Freeport, L. I., N. Y. CHARLES WULFF, Dealer in Open except legal holidays, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Offers facilities and in ducements in every department equal to those of either the New York or Brook lyn Banks or Trust Companies, and every accommodation as far as is con sistent with conservative management. Interest a t the rate of 8 per cent, paid on time deposits, three months or more. Drafts issued on all parts of Europe, Does a general banking business Safe deposit boxes to rent, $\> per annum. Accounts of corporations, companies, societies, etc., solicited. Entire satisfaction guaranteed. Inquiries will receive prompt atten tion and be cheerfully answered. Inspection of our modern banking rooms invited. B A N K O F Q u a r tern a r y B e a rs. The excavations for tho under ground railways of Paris has yielded a goodly array of additions to French archaeology, historic and scientific. W ithin the past few days the w o rkm en came upon a mass of bones, evidently once form ing the skeleton of some huge creature, and in an excellent state of preservation. E x p e rts from the National Museum of N a tural History carefully collect ed all the fragm ents, and have been able to reconstruct from them the alm o st complete skeleton of the bear of th e quarternary epoch, the direct ancestor of the bear of our own tim e, but of at least twice tho stature of the brown bears of to-dar. Salmon continues to be the pre mier fish Industry of British Colum bia. In 1905 the output was 1,167,- 460 cases, valued at $5,750,000. Over 11,000,000 salmon were re quired to fill the 60,000,000 cans, and It la estimated that an equal dis tribution amonp the entire popula tion would have supplied 240 cane for every man, woman and child In mined ferocity about It like that o f ! the province. i. - REMOVE BORERS. If borers have found an entvanci to any of the trees they should h< removed. Their presence may be de tected by the castings which the) throw out in boring their way intc the wood. These castings look like fine saw d u st and may be seen just at the surface of the ground, u e i t t< the trunk of the tree. In the case of peach trees there is also likely tc he a gummy exudation just at the line where the trunk of the tree en ters the ground. The living borers which work in the growing layer ol the tree just below ground, may^JjA.. cut out by means of a sharpTsTeSdei knife, cr they may usually be reached with a piece of wire, thrust into th< borer cavity in the wood.— American Truck Farm e r. Mil Mn Delivered at Your Residence. Automobiles and Motor Bints Supplied by Barrel a Specialty. Henry St., near Fulton, Freeport, N. V. PATENTS Free acmoe, how to obtain [Menu, trade - - - - - - TILE DRAINING IN CLAY SOILS lu some reclam ation work in Mar iette, Wis., marsh land, noted by thf D e p artm ent of Agriculture, it wat found th a t phosphoric acid is the^, elem ent m o st needed in such work and that potash is also beneficial. Ir tile draining, the red clay lands neai Superior, the best stand and the best yield of corn was obtained where thf tile lines had been placed forty feel apart. F u r th e r distances betweec the lines gave poorer results. Ir the M a riette and many other ex perim ents, the results indicate with reasonable certainty that “acid soils need phosphate, and that it will be possible by & test of a soil with litm u s paper (obtainable at any drug store) to tell if it needs or will need in the im m e d ia te future, an appli cation of ptibsphate fertilizer.— American Cultivator. IN ALL C O U N T R IE S . Bm ituts direct zi 'tlh Waiklng-tom saves time, I money a u d efte* ike patent. Meet and bfrifwssrt Practice Exclusively. W rtU e r o o m e to u e e l e u Wees Stnat, up* oust* MUts reuse OStt.l I W A S H IN G T O N , O. C. GASNOW Village Ave., Rockville Centre, L. 1. H iram R. S m ith , President T homas G. K n ight , Vice-Pres. B ergen T. R aynor , Cashier Board of Directors John J. Davison Austin Cornwell John W. DeMott Wesley B. Smith Hiram R. Smith Edward iT. Thurston Charles L.W allace Arrender Smith Thomas G. Knight George W. Smith HamiltouW .Pearsall Bergen T. Raynor We do a general Banking Business of deposit and discount. Interest paid on Special Di jKisits. Drafts issued on England and the Continent. Your Patronage Solicited. Banking H o ars: ti A. M. to 3 P. M. Saturday, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Discount Days: Tuusdays and Fri days, 9 A. M. R. P. JEFFREY * SON TR E E S , SHRUBS AND HOTHOUSE PLANTS In greet num b ers end verletlee, true to nem e end dug fresh from the ground, end delivered le e short tim e In m o ist condition GREENHOUSE PLANTS lo w by quantity. Full directions will be found in our pricelist for planting and caring for trees. This price list is free. BELLMORE L. I.
