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The Lady the Sea- Author of " Whon BUJ.i Ar. Out and Lo.'i Afild." " Wovm wIlK Ui Ship," "A Doctor of Philosophy," " Th Soulhornorm," olo. Copyright. It0S, by J. B. Lippincott Comfany. CHAPTER VIII. (Continue,! ) The truth, however, was the luckiest thinjr ho could have told her. There was a relief in his assurance which was nl most too great for words. Mingled with her indignation was a bitter resentment nt the thought hit he had tricked her into coming into the cabin at his sum mons, and then tricked her into giving up the paper. The feeling that if she had made a more stubborn resistance, he would neither have entered the cabin nor have allowed his men to do so was most palling to her. And the fact that her dispossession of the chart was inevitable great l.v comforted and relieved her. "I suppose," she said, "it wasn't a trick thou V '"It was not." "Would yon have sent those men in there to drag me out? You told me you would not." "That was true." "How would you have got me out then?" "I should have gone in for you myself." "And you would have dared lay hand', on me! On the woman you love!" "Listen to me. Ellen. For you. for my country. I would dare even your displeas ure, which I trust is only temporary. See how it stands. Your father would Lave none of me before. Now that the war has started and we are on different sides in this great struggle just begin ning, he will Ik more bitterly opposed to me than ever. This adventure gives me a hold upon him by means of which I tiope to win you. If I capture the pri vateer "Would you give her up to him for me?" "Mass Ellen." said Mr. Smith quietly. "yon""tiave faulted me for my conduct to wards you this afternoon with some de gree of justice, perhaps. That last re mark, however, has struck the balance be tween us. If you think so meanly of me as to suppose that I would be false to my duty, sacrifice my country to my own per sonal affection, great though it is, then, and for the first time since I met .you. do I despair of ever winning you for my own. I know you could never love where you did not respect, and you could not re spect me if you believed me capable of that. I asked you to come on deck that you might enjoy the evening. I see now that you can enjoy it better alone. I will communicate my intentions with regard to you to-morrow. Good-night." lie bowed gravely, and turning on his heel stepped forward. In two bounds she was by his side. "You shall not go '." she said passion ately. "Why do you always put me in the wrong? I meant nothing. It was just a chance " "To say a bitter thing? Well, you paid it. Thank you. It's what I might xpect from such an affection " "Stop !" she cried. "Who said that I had any affection for you?" "I thought so." "And you think I could retain it after , this morning'.'" "I thought so." "Oh. you are impossible!" cried the ?irl. lie changed his attack swiftly. "Have you retained it?" She parried the question deftly, satis fied with her success in detaining him. "In what way would your success with the privateer enable you to winme?" the asked softly. "I hoped to capture your father wi.h the ship. I reasoned that so soon as the Greyhound was seen coming around the bend he would board the Ellen to receive us. With him in my power, I intended to offer him his personal freedom in return for, his consent to our marriage." "Did you think so meanly of my father us to believe that he would be a party to a bargain of that kind?"' "No," answered the young officer quickly, "hear me out. I knew that, be ing an honorable and brave old soldier, he would refuse that proposition." "You have not misjudged him." "Hut I thought that you might be mov ed by love to secure his freedom." "I'.y my own slavery?" "By marrying me. By letting me love you for the rest of my life. You would be my captain." "To-day looks like that, doesn't it?" "You must not judge by to-day. The circumstances were unusual." "I fancy circumstances are always un usual when a man wishes his own way." "I do not care anything about having my own way ordinarily where you are concerned, that is," sniild Mr. Smith, "if I can only have you. You can have your own way." "And do you propose to carry o?Jt this little plan now';" she asked. "I do." "And you wish to win me, force my consent, by the threat of a northern prison for my father?" "I want to give you an excuse for obey ing the dictates of your heart. Won't you believe me when I solemnly assure you that since I first met you, four years ago. I Lave loved only you? That I have never had thought for another woman? That your Ix-autiful face" even the plainest woman likes to be told that she in beautiful "has been before me al ways? I love you more than ever." "More than your country?" "Certainly," he answered without hesi tation. Why. then, do you do your duty to my hurt?" "Miss Ellen, men do not always do the tiling they wish to do. They do the thing tht honor demands, though oftentimes the heart pulls quite another way. Noth ing would give me more pleasure than to be able to tarn this ship over to you and to fay that I and all in it would do your bidding ; that your cause would be my cause, your words my words. To be able to do that, to be yours in deed I m Id from BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY- All riffhu rrserred heart nothing would make me happier than that except one thing." "What is that?" she whispered softly "To have you mine." They were close together now. lie stooped a little and caught her hand. Her lingers lingered in his grasp, she did not draw them nwav. lie bent nearer. Her head was averted. He kissed her softly on the cheek. Then she turned her face towards him. striving, but weakly, to draw away her hands. "This," she said, with a trace of her former manner, "is the last straw." There was a last touch of defiance in her words and attitude. "You are the captain of this ship," she went on cruelly, "you have the advantage of me. If you choose to kiss your prisoner, why, I cannot help it." "Ellen, dear." he said, his heart throb bin tempestuously, "I didn't take your hand and touch your cheek as the captain of this ship, but as the man who loves you. Won't you understand?" "I understand everything," said the girl hurriedly, her voice breaking "ev erything, everything, better than myself! I am a fool ! You ought to hate me. Good-night." She turned away from him resolutely now. lie was too wise to detain her, nnJ in a moment she was gone. "I guess." he said jubilantly to him self, "that I'll get both Ellens before I'm through with this undertaking." As for Miss Ellen, when she got to her cabin she didn't know whether she hated herself most for what she called her weak ness, or loved him more for what she call ed his strength. He had insulted her grossly in the afternoon, and he had kiss ed her in the night. Did he think lightly to strike a balance that way? She could neither forgive the one nor forget the other. The touch of his lips had been sweet to her, too. She was ashamed, ashamed of her weakness, but she loved him. She wished that she had let him take her in his arms and kiss her again. And yet the shame of it ! Tears were the only things adequate to these problems and conditions. CHAPTER IX. On that tearful night Miss Ellen thought that she would never get to sleep after the exciting events of the day. Yet so great had been the fatigues and such the comfort and satisfaction she took in the final outcome of the last interview with her lover, in spite of her insistence iiiwn her own weakness, that presently she dropped asleep and slept as soundly as if she had not a cure. Captain. Smith was more wakeful. In the first place, his duties brought him on deck from time to time, but his heart was light enough, his conscience (dear enough, to permit him finally to enjoy his slum bers. He was not sure of her, but he was encouraged, to put it mildly. I'.right and early the next morning he got the Greyhound under way on what was to be the most startling adventure and the most remarkable day of his life. The blockade-runner had scarcely com menced to slip through t'.ie smooth water of the sound towards the mouth of the Neuse river when Miss Ellen made her appearance on deck. The first glance of the Captain brought a blush to her cheek. She strove bravely to overcome the nat nral nervousness consequent upon the sit uation, however, and greeted him in a way which, while it was dignified and slightly reiH'llent. exhibited none of the animosity of the past few days. It pj-es-ently developed into a quiet friendliness which seemed to rise from a decision to ignore the past and meet him upon a footing of pleasant comradeship, us if nothing had happened. This in itself was a great, a remarkable concession. It did not indicate that Miss Ellen had forgotten the events of the day before, but rather itointed to a determina tion to overlook the things that had ag grieved her. This was a virtual condona tion of his offenses, if offenses there were, nnd it was very comforting to him. He was wise enough to meet her upon- her own ground. He made no reference to their previous conversations or to his in tentions with regard to her or the ship idroit young man ! They talked about the weather, which was sufficiently beautiful in the freshness of rhe early morning and the brightness of the sunrise to excuse them fur not selecting a more personal topic. Yet even the best weather is soon exhausted as a subject of conversation. Seeing that he studiously refrains! from discussing ti(. future with as nni'-h energy as she avoid- t cd dwelling upon the past, with womanly perversity she herself broached the sub ject. "Last night " she lmgan. "Last night I was in heaven," he in terjected skillfully. "I wasn't," she countered quickly. "I wish you had been," he said, "for I found the experience exceedingly pleasant and I think you would have liked it. Per haps I can communicate some of the hap piness of it to you now." "Not jn the daytime," she answered de murely. "Oh," said tlie enraptured young Cap tain, making a furtive grasp to catch her band again, "I wish it were night again !" "If it were. I should not be here." "Why not?" "You're too dangerous in the dark." "I look better then, don't I?" "You do," deHdedly. That was what he had expected and it was distinctly true, but he sighed deeply, nevertheless. "As I was about to say," remarked Miss Ellen, giving him full time to appreciate the point to whi4i her by-play had re duced him, "I Miould like to know, if I may ask the privilege, the program for to-day, certainly so far as it concerns me." "I haven't the least objection in the work) to telling you. I intend to mak 1 the mouth of the Inlet just before mio set. Thereafter to follow its course by the chart in the hope of arriving at fh wharf just nt twilight. Then I shall ! ard the Ellen" how his voice lingered , Hint name, she thought, and never hi i had it sounded so well in her ears "capture her, and take her out to sea." "What about me?" she asked. "Do I play any part in this entertainment?" "I'm afraid not," answered Captain Smith. "I have reconsidered my decis ion of yesterday. I love you" Mr. lirown, who had the watch again, had discreetly moved forward out of earshot, us before "more than ever," he continued nrdently, "but you have shown uie the error of my ways. I may constralai a lady's presence you understand V" "Yes, I understand. Go on." The pressure of her lips indicated that she did indeed understand thoroughly, and that while she had put it out of her mind it was not yet pleasant to recur to it for any purpose, "Hut I shall never constrain your heart," he went on softly. "You might be willing to purchase your father's free dom by giving me yourself, but if you did there would be forever a doubt in my mind as to the genuineness of your affection for me, and while I want you very much, while there is nothing that I would not do to win you, I value you too highly to have you come to me for any other reason than that you love me and '' "The conceit of that!" she laughed, interrupting him, yet there was happi ness in her voice, which he noted and took courage. "Yes, isn't it? I'll admit it. The best man on earth," he went on humbly, "would be no match for you. much less a nameless young fellow like myself." "Smith," said the young lady reflec tively, "is quite as good a name as Jones. I inner was particularly fond of my sur name." "Miss Ellen, do you mean " "I mean nothing more than I say. I wouldn't run down the Smith family if I were you." "I wouldn't either, if I were a real Smith, instead of er an accidental one. "Never mind," said the girl softly, for there was an undertone of pathos in his badinage which moved her deeply, "you may so net that the real Smiths, as you call them, will be glad enough to claim relationship without scrutinizing your rights." "Thank you." said the young Captain gratefully. "When you talk to me like that I love you more than ever. I'm orrier than I was before that I ever wrought tears to your pretty eyes." "Doesn't it strike you, sir, that you are doing a great deal of love-making and furnishing very little information?" asked Miss Eljen, slightly confused by this open wooing and hi broad daylight, too ! "Yes, you're quite right. But don't you think it's been awfully one-sided, any how?" "What has?" "This love-making." "Very." "Couldn't you do a little of it your- self. Miss?" "We are talking business, I think at least I am. You were telling me " "That I love you." "Oh. that's stale news. I've knoWn that for four years." "What have you thought about it your self during that time?" "We're not discussing such matters, I tell you. What are you going to do with me?" "I know what I should like to do with you." "Captain Smith, will you be serious and answer me?" "I suppose I must. I don't intend to have you aboard the Greyhound whin I make a dash for the other Ellen. By ex amining the chart I learn that there are a number of landing places along the river. 11 ere is one mi tins point, winch is about fifteen miles from your father's plantation. There appears to be a little settlement there. I will land yon there with your maid. Then I'll carry out the adventure as best I can." "What do you propose that I shall do, pray V" "There will be people there who will attend to you, I'm sure. I'll trust to you not to forget me. When the war is over I'll come back and claim you. That is, if I don't get killed in the meantime." "Don't say that!' she cried quickly. "Well, it's quite possible, you know. he went on gloomily, realizing that he would lose nothing by driving this dart home; "like Paul Jones. I intend to go in harm's way. I will make my ioor claim on my name worth something if I can." "It's worth a good deal to me now, said the girl daringly. (To tie continued. 1 Th Only Way. "The fraud! said the angry city man. "He said the cottage he sold me was only three minutes from the sta tion iis the crow flics." "Did lie, stranger?" replied flic sta tion loafer, with a twinkle in bis eyes, "Yes. and it is at least two miles away. I wonder what I had better do next?" "Earn to fly like a crow, mister; lam to fly like a crow." lint lli Ito.ml. Lady Shopper They tell me you re an old soldier. Floorwalker Yes. ma'am. Lady Shopper I suppose you've seen many battles? Floorwalker (absently) Yes, ma 'am. I had charge of the bargain counter for ten years. Mxinl (he Size o It. "Ever notice it?" queried the install ment querist. "Did I ever notice what?" asked the iinnccnt bystander. "That the strength of mind in adults doesn't begin to compare with the strength of failure to mind in children,'' concluded the I. q. Hopeless (nae. Miss Sinythe I met young Smytheri at the reception last night. Miss Knox Poor fellow! He has more money than brains. Miss Smythe Is he rich? Miss Knox Oh, dear, no. He hasn't a cent W3 fjvn Cnre of I lie Flock, Sheep need little shelter except to keep olT rain nnd snow. I have al ways allowed them to stay out in the coldest weather, if It was not stormy. However, I never, under any circum stances, allow them to take rains and stic.ws lu winter, writes a correspondent of Farm and Home. At this season I give good clover bay. and in addition a little silage or corn fodder about three times a vveelt. I feed twice a day in the yard on the ground If it is frozen, but when the ground Is not frozen I feed In racks In the sheep barn. I feed a little en tire grain, mostly oats to the breeding owes. My troughs are made of three boards. S feet long, the bottom one 10 inches wide and the sides 0 inches, ns shown in sketch. I scatter the oats thin in tluse troughs and the sheep cannot get a large mouthful. Thus better masti cation of the grain is secured than in narrow troughs. I have fed threshed oats to my sheep for a good many yen it and have not ns yet experienced any bad results from their use. I feed oats until after lambing time, then I WALL SIIKKP TROUGH. adil about one ear of shelled corn to one pint of oats per day. I know from my own experience that it pays to keep sheep, provided they are kept well, and those who do not do this are very likely to condemn the breed of sheep which they may happen to have or the breeding stock which they have purchased for the Improve ment of their Hock when the fault la really their own. Quick Poultry Fattening. The theory on which crate fattening Is encouraged is that a hen will digest more food than she Will eat. Shredded wheat will put the fat on at as low a cost as 4'i cents per pound. The sec tions of our crates are two feet wide, two feet high, twenty-seven Inches lung, three sections to a crate ; five birds to a section, says a bulletin of The Connecticut Experiment Station. These have to be very carefully fed so that the appetite will not be hurt. Careful attention has to -be given not only to what they are fed, but when and how often the feed Is offered to them. Equal quantities of coriimeal, ground oats and shredded wheat mixed wth skim milk consistency of good por ridge in front of them for a few min utes, every twelve hours for two days. .Next evening let them eat their till. Next day feed in the morning not enough to satisfy them At night, all they will eat. At the end of the sec ond week give a noon feed of just a little. The third week give all they want at noon. Next week add a little tallow, perhaps half a pint of tallow to fifteen birds. Give a little grit from time to time. If growing broilers give them a large percentage of bran six weeks, then make the bulk of the feed cornmeal for four weeks. Milk and buckwheat, or milk nnd oats tend to whiten skin. If anything is not contented, it won't out on flesh. Feeding Homes. It is generally believed that horses must not be fed clover hay for fear of the heaves. This is a mistake. If the horse is given the proper quantity of plover and not overfed there is no danger of the heaves. A horse shouid never be fed more than he will eat up clean, either grain or hay. Without a doubt oats is the best general food for a horse, and goes well with tim othy hay. A good change is to once or twice a week give a feed of corn and clover with bran mash. When a horse does not clean up his feed it is best to try a change. Feeding and watering should be done at regular in tervals, the watering always before the' eating. Above all things, do not give a horse water immediately after eat ing. It should never be given before at least an hour after he has finished his uieaL Fertilizing Winter. It might be said that it is always seasonable to fertilize the orchard or garden. Manure placed on this soil this winter will partially decay, and its richness soak Into the soil for the use of the plants next year. It not only serves ns a fertilizer in the orchard, but in winter It acts ns a soil protec tion and regulates sudden freezing and thawing. On hilly land it checks soil roslou. GrMi In Orchard. Sod culture Is recommended by some successful peach growers. The soil is worked during the time the trees are growing, and a clover crop Is sowed for fall and winter which Is plowed under early in the spring. Clover crops should not be left until they suck up too must moisture from the soil at a time when It Is needed by Uie trees. IJJJ nil lllllillll Altera raj iteepinir Soil In Good Shape. When there Is plenty of moisture In spring, followed by dry and hot weather during Juno and July, the con dition Is Just right for spoiling the soil, especially If untimely plowing lias left the fields in n badly baken condi tion. If the result of such conditions lasted but one season the matter would not be so serious, but it has frequently beeu observed that land badly puddled ami subsequently hard baked can not be retrieved in many years. It Is harder to reduce such soil than the toughest hard-pan. In fact, it will require sev eral seasons of careful work to bring these soils into good condition again. It Is a bad practice to stir ground when it Is wet, yet it is done every spring. Crops are puddled in every year, and it is n wonder that we get any crops at all from these fields. Such fields are the first to dry up when summer droughts strike us, for capillarity has been so completely de stroyed that the crops can not draw upon the water reserves, and the ele ments needed for growth of the crops are so securely locked up In the clods that they nre not available. It Is the natural tendency of all soil to become firmer. It is tamped down by even the gentlest rains, and beating rains will render it almost Impervious j to water. Good farming must undo this work by breaking up these crusts anfl keeping the soil in good condition All practical farmers know that soils are best by being plowed nnd cultivated at just the right time, but not many have the patience to stand by, when the season is getting late, or put off cultivation and allow weeds to get the upper hand. Brown says there Is more to be gained by properly working our soils than In fertilizing them. Wind Colle In Home. The treatment for wind colic differs very materially from that of cramp colic. Absorbents are of some service, nnd charcoal may be given in any quantity. Relaxants are also beneficial in this form of colic. Chloral hydrate not only possesses this quality, but it also is a pain reliever. It Is particu larly well adapted to the treatment of wind colic, and should be given in 1 ounce doses in a pint of water. Di luted alcohol or whisky may be given, or aromatic spirits of ammonia in 1 otince doses at short intervals. A physic should always be given In flatu lent colic as early as possible, the best being 1-ounce doses of Barados aloes. Injections, per rectum, of turpentine, 1 to 2 ounces; linseed oil, 8 ounces, may be given freqquently to stimulate the peristaltic motion of the bowels and favor the escape of wind. Blankets wrung out of hot water do much to af ford relief; they should be renewed every five or ten minutes and covered with a dry. woolen blanket. This form of colic Is much more fatal than cramp colic, and requires prompt and persist ent treatment. It Is entirely unsafe to predict the result, some apparently mild attacks going on to speedy death. while others that appear at the onset to be very severe yielding rapidly to treatment Do not cease your efforts until you know the animal is past help Watering System for Stnlile. In the accompanying plan two gal vanized Iron tanks. 2 ft. x 5 ft. are connected by a pipe (c) so that tank (b) is supplied with water from tank (a), which in turn is supplied from the hydrant as shown Tank (b) la connected with a sewer by a waste pipe (d). The plug (e) consists of a piece of gas pipe threaded into the end of the waste pipe and therefore an swers the purposes of plug and over flow. Salt for Sheep. Experiments recently made for the purpose of ascertaining the nutritive value of salt for sheep show that those which have been fed stilt gained In weight four and one-half jmunds more than those which received no salt. Moreover, the sheep which received salt produced one and one-third pounds more wool and of a better quality thai those which received no salt. Harvesting Ileet vvllh Steam Plow To plow out a crop of sugar beets by running a heavy traction engine over the field would be destructive, so the method described in Popular Me chanics has proved very satisfactory. I lie powertui traction engines are placed nt each side of a field, and the plow, which Is of a swclal design, la dragged back and forth by cables. Parkin Kgnm. Farmers and others who knowingly pack bad eggs with good ones are go ing to be prosecuted by the Nebraska and Michigan Pure Food commissions. Dealers c-Ialnt that their losses amount ed to Be vera 1 million dollars last year. A Domestic Dilemnau A Philadelphia woman, whose given name Is Mary, as Is also the name of hr daughter, had recently engaged a domestic, when, to her embarrassment, she discovered that the servant's name, too, was Mary. - W . M W ".Wrf 'Mfc .1 1 .ill I .1 HL W THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW The government of Austria makes special inducements to farmers who will reclaim waste lauds and make use of them. (Jin Is still used as a medium of ex change Is some parts of the Niger country In Africa, but the government discourages it. Owing to the extreme conservatism In these districts the task Is difficult. The Department of Agriculture nnd Commerce In Japan is being prevailed upon to grant a sparrow destroying sub sidy, as In some parts of this district the English sparrow Is becoming a pest, having devoured the rice crop. A variety of verses of improved qual ity reached the Municipal Suffrage League of Chicago, lu the $100 prize contest offered for the best "battle hymn," to be used in the woman's cause. A feature of the offering Is a preponderance of women writers. Fire in a Chicago barn has ruined a collection of 15,000 negatives of news boys with whom the owner ut'd won several gold medals. The owner had spent many years gathering the news boy negatives, the types being those of newsboys of almost every country In the world. Prominent actors nnd musicians in Berlin have been engaged for the "shad ow theater" which will soon be opened In that city. It will Ik? conducted, ac cording to the prospectus that has been printed, as the Schattenspielthenter In Munich, and a similar place of amuse ment in Paris. At a meeting of the Mendelshnm Sparrow Club It was stated that during this year 4.D1S old birds, 2.K07 young bird and 3,5)14 eggs had been destroyed, a total of ll,t;;!l). The local farmers pay a voluntary rate, based on acreage, from which payments are made for birds and eggs destroyed. London Standard. Long before women's newspapers were started, and fashion plates In their modern form were thought of, women derived their knowledge of the fashions from dolls dressed in modern costumes, which were sent from one country to another, more especially from Paris, then, as now, the leading center of the mode. In a paper read lieforo the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Henry Penton states that the oldest iron ship in the world is the United States warship Michigan, the material for whose const ruction was "dragged across the mountains from PHfsburg to Lake Eric," where the ship was built, as long as sixty-six years ago. Whether warts spread by contact lias been much discussed. A Glasgow physi cian mentions that a maid with many warts on hands nnd arms was employed In a certain family, and warts soon ap peared on the hands of the three chil dren. The youngest, a boy of five, with a habit of biting the fingers, developed two warts on the Ii find one In the mouth. The announcement that the Japanese nre about to open the railway which they have built In Formosa Is the lat est evidence of the good work which they nre doing in the island, which was acquired in IS!).", at the close of the war with China. At the time of the transfer, sixty-two miles of the road line was completed. It now covers a total of :!! miles, and Japan has built the additional 272 miles nt nearly -IM),000 less than the estimates. Dante is held responsible for- the ex pression, "painting the town :-ed." In his "Divine Comedy" Dante, led by Vir gil, comes to the cavernous depths of the place, swept by a mighty wind, where those are confined who have been the prey of their passions Two faces arise from the mist the faces of Fran cesca and Paolo. "Who are ye"'" cries Dante in alarm, and rrancosca replies sadly, "We are those who have painted lie world red with our sins." Massachuotts' State Board of Health has issued a bulletin on cold-storage poultry in which this advice is given to housekeepers; "In order to avoid obtaining water logged and frozen fowls the consumer should demand the frozen bird and thaw it himself. If thawed quickly by immersion 'n a buck et of hot water, it may be eaten with impunity nnd with relish lie same day it is purchased; or, if hung overnight at room temperature. It may be ready for use the day following." Farrant's liquor, for the preserva tion of vegetable organisms, consists of thirtv-five parts or distilled water. In which, while boiling. O.l part of white arsenic is dissolved. The cooled fluid Is mixed with an equal part, by weight, of glycerine, and In this is dissolved the same quantity, by weight of gum arable. In this fluid the most delicate plant organisms are preserved ndtnir ably, nnd In addition. It is not liable to evaporation, which, In hot countries, Is of great value. It Is poisonous, of course. In the singular experience reported to a Paris medical soclctv by Drs. Chauffnrd nnd Wldal, a man and hla wife were taken with pneumonia within a few hours of each other, and the dis ease ran an almost Identical course in each case. Their illness began on a day In June, following one on which they drank much cold water from a well. One could not have taken the disease from the other, ns Is usual in family epidemics, and common unfa vorable surroundings could hardly have had a simultaneous effect. That pneu monia germs from the well water inoc ulated the pntlents seemed to be the only conclusion possible.