The Forrest City times., 1890-11-01

vailed, and tried It was addressed "To my darling" and contained the following worlds
 ldonra eoveld
 ifssaR iTfassaIR fsSsrn hSsrr.
 nncreo swmadt
 roveak awtiee
 yrfaom drcfso
 Therc was no meaning to the words in this shape. But l had learned the use of the grating years ago. when we had plan ned midnight raids about the buildings and grounds of the university copied the first row of words into squares corrcs- bonding to the thirty six equal parts of the grating Then placed the card with the nino open squares over my letters, care fully observing the little cross on the up per left hand corner, which marked the top. Then the letters revealed through the spaces were: d. n, a, l, C, n, C, k, r., There was no more meaning than before. But replaced my card, moving the cross to the right hand upper corner; these let ters were visible: a, p, g, n, c, var I'm.
 ] turned the grating once more. The cross now came to the lower right hand corner and these were the letters that ap- peared through the openings orfkroy fo turned the grating once more. The cross now came at the lower left corner read: lraettcrc. Mechanically l ar ranged the other letters and obtained as a result the following letters:
 drawdef
 Onostt tere
 we'd drawd les
 elrah c mai
 At the university when we had decipher- ed Q message by the use of the grating we wrote all the letters together and then sep arnted them into words. wrote the sev- enty-two letters in the order that had dis covered them, and had the following: q n algnek krapsnevar morfkr f olraettereved edraw d f ono t t ereved rawdeselrah hcmai
 That was all. The enigma seemed as meaningless as ever. Discouraged, leaned back in my chair and threw my hands be- hind my head. My writing was revealed to me in the looking glass that hung above the table. I caught the letters forming the word Everett. Quick as thought solved the mystery The message had been writ ten backward, and the glass had made it right. followed out the thought and ob- tained, T am Charles Edward Everett, son of Edward Everett. earl of York from Ravens Park, England"
 The message was plain, but the mystery remained. Evidently 1t was from some relative or friend of the same family name of my lost darling. It revealed nothing to me. placed tho card the message and my solution in the envelope and put 1t in my note book. It waseomething to keep Like little withered flower, 1t reminded me of my lost friend Where was she nows 1T could only know that she was safe and with friends.
 CHAPTER vIIl.-wHAr CAUSED THK FAMINE Once moro had an object to attain There was work for me to do. and was ready to begin. The most important work was to plan greater comfort for my ten ants. l never dreamed of opposition in carrying out the methods used by Sir Wren; of changing my tenants into labo rers- The first farmer visited lived in an old hut surrounded by filth of every dcs cription. knocked at the door, and was admitted into room where . man, a wo- man, six children, COW and four pigs nll lived huddlsd into . space of not more than twelve by sixteen feet.
 Mike came to tho door. looking as though he feared my presence meant eviction. As he came to mo offered my hand, and, af- ter cordial hand-shake. said:
 Mike, would you like to give up your holding and hire out to mel"
 "Och, thin, ye'rs going to be worse thin the ould masther and turn us out all to- gither." hs said, shaking his powerful fist by way of emphasis, while the woman came nearer in threatening manner.
 "No, Nike" I said. in friendly way. lyon mistake me. I want to make you mors comfortable. On your small holding you can hardly raise enough to keep your family from want But fl you win work for me. l will gtvs you good wagss fer yoursst, your wife, and all tho children that arc large enough to work"
 My father lived hers and his father be- fore him; and now e soon as ye're mas ther ye come to root us out of the soilr, he said, shaking his nst in my face. while his wife kept coming nearer and showing the spirit of an angry tiersss about to spring
 Hut, Nike" protested, 'I want you to live more comfortable It is hard work to live in this way" pointing to the pigs and cow
 Yer want tho COW turned out to die, so we can't pay our rint," said Nike, ''thin ye'd turn us from our home. No, yer may leave us to oursilves"
 tried to reason with him, but could not mako him believe but that I meant to harm him Mike waa honest. industrious and sober. but tho few acres he held were not enough to keep his family from want If he never paid any rent Yet could not make him believe it was for his good made the offer.
 visited dozen farmers, but they were all of the same opinion as Nike, and pre- ferred to live in filth and degradation rather than give mp their little holdings. Instead of helping them as had planned to do, nearly caused an insurrcction. The men gathered together and wers ready to light If l persisted in asking them to change. soon found the rsason for such filthy yards and houses waa fear of the rent being raised if the place looked thrif. ". Very carefully I set to work to over como their mistaken prejudices.
 had commenced the work of improve ment before Stella had left, a she had ad- vised oa that day which seemed to me ysass ago. o, why was silent that morn tng! If had only spoken the loving words within my heart, might have kept her by my aide. How much missed her now, l had learned to value her words of counsel Her rS-dy tact would innusncs tho tenants to do her will, = often found. When OiRered any plan for change if she had ever spoken of it to them they were very will ing to accept it Gradually had to learn her way of dealing with the people and was guided accordingly. It va the story Of T0psy and Eva over again. Stsila was tho Eva to teach nc there must bs synpAr thy e win regard. As followed out that principle the tsnants began to trust ms |. started Improvements that gave thsm week. and the wagss savs thsm good uany eemfsstA
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