looking at her mother. “Yap It oat
quick, sweet, and I’ll Jump to do it!“
The woman began to cry softly.
"Go on, Edie," »aid Uriah. “W by
in h—I are you blubberin' over a Coni» out! Com» lightly out to play
thing you can't help?"
IJke children »nd Ilk» «<»1». thl» day-
far away.
"But I can help It." cried Edith. Over the hill» and —
Funai» H Gifford.
“And what's mote I wll’. Run away,
baby, nnd I’ll have It out with your CAKES TO BE EATEN THE DAY
p«p while you’re gone."
THEY ARE BAKED
Devon readied forward und 'aid a
strong detaining bund on the girl»
1.1. shortcakes are lx»sf served hot
from the oven, and so are blue
a rm.
"It’s this," he got out between his
berry gems, those delicious berry-
teeth. "You got to get married. You filled cakes which we enjoy In the sea
been livin’ on me long enough.”
son. Cakes which are not rich enough
The girl stared ut him blankly.
to keep well should be eaten the sum»
by GRACE
“Get married," she repeated dully. or the following duy they are baked.
MILLER
“Who'd marry a brat like met I m
nothin* but a kid yet, and I’m golu' to
Feather Cake.
stay right here with my mother. see?
Cream
three
tablespoonfuls of but
I don’t have to—»Io I, mummy durlln’?'
A Now Romaneo of tho Storm Country
“Y<ur inn’s w»>rd ain't Itiw Mi thia ter, udd three fourths of a cupful of
boat,” answered Uriah In an ugly sugar, u little at a time until the whole
the girl In between John Pendlehaven tone. "Mine is, though. Eire ahead, Is light. Drop in Ihe yolk of an egg
and beat until light. Sift one and
and his preclou» cousin. Reggie’s Edie, and tell the kid my will.”
AFTER SHE’S MARRIED—”
mother, and then Rege and me gets
Mrs. Devon coughed spasmodically three-fourths cupfuls of flour, add two
Tony's money, see?”
and toyed with the fabric ot her skirt. und one-half teaspoonful» of baking
Synopsi». — I-onely and almost
Edith shivered.
friendless. Tonnlbel Devon, living
A slender brown hand went up nnd powder. Beat this Into the flnest mix
ture, alternating with oijebalf cupful
on a canal boat with a brutal fa
“I hear what you say,” she mut closed over her twitching finger».
ther and a worn-out, discourased
tered, “und I 'spoae I’ll do It If you
“I wouldn't marry any of the mutts of milk, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of
mother, wanders Into a Salvation
promise not to let that pup hurt Tony you know, daddy," the girl burst out grated orange rind and three drops of
army hall at Ithaca. N. Y. There
when he gets her, . . . Best let s wait iu desperation. “So get that notion vanilla. Fold In the white of the egg
she meets a young Salvation army
captain, Philip MacCauley. She is
beaten stiff and bake In a aheeL Serve
another year before talkin’ marriage clean out of your mind."
almost afraid to enter, but Philip
broken In pieces with a fork.
to
her,
though.
”
Her
face
settled
sullenly
into
little
assures her everyone is welcome
“Nothin' doin’,” rasped the man. lines that pursed up the lovely young
and she hears from him. for the
"Tony’s almost a woman, and she’s mouth, and Uriah Devon moved his
first time In her life, about God.
R om Cake.
She returns home and tells her
eatiu’ her head off. After she's mar feet nervously.
Perhaps his task
Cream one-half cupful of butter, add
mother about her visit
ried—”
wasn't going to be so easy after all.
one und three-fourths cupfuls of
“You two men'll nig the kid to death
"Kid," he said huskily, “if you don't sugar, s little at a time until the
or do something worse to her,” grit do what you're told, I'll make you. whole Is creamy. Sift two and three
CHAPTER II.
ted the woman. “Well, you won't! You ain't too old to gad yet. And fourths cupfuls of flour three times,
Rather’n have thnt I'll tell her she you’ll be tulssln' one of the best lick- then add three tablespoonful« of bak
The Master of the Dirty Mary.
ain't ours. 1'11 go right bold to Paul
A week before this story opens. Pendlehaven and blurt him the truth. in's you ever got If you mind what I Ing powder and sift again. Add the
flour to the butter, alternating with
Uriah Devon had steamed the Length I’ll do It today If you keep nagglu’ at tell you."
The girl eyed him curiously, making one cupful of sweet milk and then fold
of the lake, anchoring his boat as near me.”
a sidewise gesture with her head.
In the stiffly beaten whites of five eggs.
Ithaca as he dared. Even to his wife.
Devon studied her face, bls own dis
"Who's the duffer you've chose out Take half the butter and color with a
Edith, he had not confided why he had torted with rage.
for me?" she asked at length. "You little fruit coloring, flavor with rose
brought her to a town where yawning
“You'll do no such a thing, mad might as well tell me."
and the white with pistachio. Drop
prison doors gaped for her every pass woman,” he returned, running his
"My friend, Reggie," said Devon, spoonfuls of each Into an angel food
ing hour.
tongue over his dry, cracked lips. "If bending over and staring at her.
pan. Bake fifty minutes to an hour In
“I won’t go, Riah,” Mrs. Devon had you get me in a temper you'd better
Tonnibel's mouth widened until two
cried when her husband had made the look out. Reggie knows Tonnibel's rows of teeth gleamed through the nd a moderate oven. Turn out on n thick
statement that he intended to visit got rich folks, but he don't know who of her lips. She made a wry face. cloth and do not slice until perfectly
Ithaca. “You couldn’t get me near they are. You spill the beans, by G—d, "Nothin’ like that for me—eh, Edie?" cold.
that place with a rope around my and the lake for yours.”
Edith Devon was coming to a resolu
Fruit Roll.
neck.”
The woman’s gaze sought the sheet tion that meant trouble for herself ami
Beat the yolk» of four eggs until
But the very fact that she now sat of blue water.
for Tonnlbel.
on a small bench against the boat rail,
“She'll grow a beard a mile long be
“I ain't fought It all out "with your thick and lemon colored, then udd one
gazing moodily at the water, proved fore I tell ’er,” she said finally, bring daddy, kid,” she sniffled weakly. "X«»u cupful of sugar, a little at a time.
that Uriah Devon had contrived to ing her eyes back to his face. "Tell get to the cabin and mend them old Sift one cupful of flour several time«
and then add one half teuspoonful
have his way.
'er yourself, and see how you like It!’ clothes.”
Occasionally Mrs. Devon lifted her
There was a ring of revolt In her
Uriah Devon laid his pipe beside of baking powder. Add this to the
first mixture. Beat the white« of the
head to listen and turned her eyes to tones that brought an expression of him and uttered an oath.
eggs
stiff and dry and fold into the
the west where a narrow path zig surprise to the man’s face, leaving it
he
“You’ll stay right here, brat,”
batter; add flavoring of five drops of
zagged its length up the hill to the angrily, frowningly red.
But the gritted, “and pay heed to me."
boulevard. Into her tortured soul sound of a girl’s voice on the hill
“Uriah,” screamed the woman. “if orange and the same of vanilla Bake
had come a belief since the night be brought him suddenly to his feet.
you go on with this. I'll tell 'er all I In a long shallow pan. Turn out on
fore, that Tony’s “Gloriest God,”
"There she is, by G—d,” he cried know. I swear I will. Tony, honey, a powdered «ugnr cloth; spread with
chopped pineapple, marshmallows and
would send her man home.
abruptly. “Now If you want any more Tony, baby, I—I ain’t—”
Suddenly the sound of heavy foot lovin’s from me—more’n that, If you
With a roar the man sprang forward sugar. Roll up and wrap tightly with
steps in the forest path brought her want to stay where I live, you got to and in his effort to reach his wife the cloth.
sharply around. At last he was com do my will.”
knocked the girl flat on the deck.
ing, this man she loved, perhaps
“Uriah, honey, darlln’,” cried Edith, When Tonnlbel rolled over and sat up,
drunk, perhaps to beat her; but nev “don't say that. I’ve always stuck by her mother was stretched along the
ertheless he was coming, and that was you.”
boat rail, and Devon was standing CopyrUbl. 1333. WMtera N»w»p»p«r Union
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all she cared about.
“Then keep a stickin’,” growled De over her. She lay so dreadfully still
Uriah Devon slowly walked up the von. “For God's sake, if the brat ain't and limp that the girl scrambled to
gangplank In silence.
her feet.
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
“Where you been?” the woman
It wasn’t the same Tony who had
forced herself to say. But instead of
come fearfully to them but a short
“SANDWICH”
replying, he demanded:
period before with the little pig In her
“Where’s Tonnibel?”
arms; nor the same girl who had
ord
sandwich ,
who
“I dunno,” was the answer. “A min
swung in the treetops making play
held high rank In England
ute ago she was over there not ten of
fellows of the squirrels and answering
during the latter part of
your legs’ jumps from here. . . •
the shrill calls of the forest birds. She
the
Eighteenth
century, not only
Where you been all this week?”
seemed suddenly to have grown taller,
gave his name to the chain of
He’d been on a terrible spree, she
and as she flung herself on Devon, the
Islands discovered by Captain
decided. He looked as if he had been
very strength of her little body sent
Cook in 1778, but it Is also from
drunk for days. That he had some
him sprawling against the side of the
him that the slice of meat or
thing unusual on his mind, she knew,
cabin. “Now yon killed her. d—n
cheese or the like between two
and she knew, too, it was about Ton
you,” she screamed. "If you kick 'er
pieces of bread gets it» name.
nibel, for hadn’t he asked for the kid
—I’ll—I'll—” She dropped at the side
It was because of the earl
the moment he’d returned?
of her mother, her threat broken In
of Sandwich’s aversion to wast
“It’s about time we was doing
two by the awful pallor on the wom
ing even a moment of time, that
things, Ede,” he said, turning grimly.
an’s face. “Oh, God, mummy darlln',
the "sandwich," as we know It,
“I’ve waited as long as I dared. Rege
mummy darlin’,” she ended in a bit
came into being. At hl» office
says ‘Paul Pendlehaven hasn’t an inch
ter cry.
in the admiralty he made it a
leeway before he’s in his coffin.
Growling in rage, Devon turned on
Mrs. Devon’s face grew deathly
rule to pay no attention to any,
her.
letter that was more than a page
“Mebbe I have killed ’er,” said he.
pale.
in length, saying that anyone
“What do you mean, honey?” she
“If so. I'll make a good job of it and
can state everything they have
faltered.
finish you too.”
to say In a single page, and that,
The girl rose before him, her eyes
“We live like rats in a hole.” took
if the petition was longer,
blazing into his, her little fist«
up the man. after a pause, “while if
he wouldn’t have anything to
Tony was made to do her part, we d
clenched together.
“Go On and Finish Me.
“Folks that murder other people,
be on easy street. That’s what I mean.
do with it because It was waste-
Pappy Devon,” she shot back, “get
We’ve got to have money and lots of
ful of the writer's time and of
lugged that pig clean up that pine strapped In a chair, and they get
it. Reggie's willing to marry the kid
his. The same principle gov-
lightning run through ’em. Go on and
He
if you mind your business afterward. tree!”
erned his hours of play.
Above them a giant pine tree lifted finish up! Go on and finish me! Pd
His marryln’ her ain’t sayin' he'll stick
was an Inveterate gambler, and
to her. But we got to have boodle, its head far above its fellows. Among ruther have you kill me than make me
It was far from unusual for
and we can't get it only through her.” its branches the man and woman could marry that old Reggie.”
him to sit for 12 to 14 hours at
plainly see the upper half of a girl’s
As If his name had brought him out
a stretch, watching the fall of
“He shan’t have 'er,” the woman
figure settled in the crotch of an out of the forest, Reginald Brown walked
said, with hard tones and flashing
the cards.
spreading limb, an«l clasped in two down the Doghole path.
eyes. “How many times 've I got to
At such times it was his cus
slender arms was the small guinea
say it over to you? If that’s the why pig. She bobbed her head gravely,
tom to summon the waiter and
you’ve come to Ithaca, you might as
order “whatever food happens
held up the animal and shook it at
My baby, Caroline Pendle*
well turn the old scow north and go
to be In the house.” Cold meat
back again. He’s a bum,” She went them.
and bread were usually forth
Tony,
herself,
little
knew
why
In
coming, so the earl would slip
on. “A dude and a fool and every- times of strife she sought refuge
thing else that’s bad. He’s a thief,
a slice of the former between
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
among these forest giants and came
two slices of the latter and de
too.”
always to happiness. They were ani
Devon laughed.
vour It with great relish. Soon
United
States
’
Bad
Lands.
“So am I, Ede,” said he. “So 're you’ mated beings In her mean little world
It became the fashion to serve
This is the translation of “Mauvatsea
and
because
she
had
showere«!
Idola
for thnt matter. If Reggie knew that
“Sandwiches” — always spelled
Terres,” the term used by the French-
Tony was Paul Pendiehaven’s kid, we trous love on them they, from their Canadian trappers to describe these
with a capital—at the various
grandeur,
sent
an
answering
primeval
wouldn’t get one d----- n cent of her
functions of the day, and this
regions
of
unconsolidated
rocks
that
money. He snitches from the Pendle- spark of life to her starved little soul. have been extensively eroded. Bad
time-saving device of an Eng-
The
sight
of
Tony
further
enraged
havens and his mother because he
Hah lord gave rise to a word
lands occur on arid plateaus formed by
don’t get cash enough other wnys. A Uriah. He waved her in.
which is common wherever the
horizontal strata of loosely cemented
“
Now
tell
her
outright,
and
get
it
feller’s got to have spendin’ money.”
language Is spoken.
sands
and
gravels.
The
best
examples
over, Ede,” he said, sitting down again.
(Copyright.)
“Pretty small pickin'«,” sneered
of such regions are found in the upper
Reaching
the
canal
boat,
Tony
stood
Edith Devon. “Stealin’ from folks al
portion
of
the
Missouri
drainage
basin,
most in the grave ain’t my style. Reg looking at her parents.
in the vicinity of the Black hills. Some
“Set down,” growled Devon.
gie's some second-story man, that
are to be found also in Colorado, Ari
Shifting
the
pig
a
little,
she
dropped
young duffer Is.”
zona, New Mexico and Texas.
down
on
the
deck.
She
always
dread
“You sneaked Paul’s kid,” taunted
ed
these
talks
with
her
father
and
Devon. “He wouldn’t be almost In
Baptism in Cyprus.
his grave now if you’d kept your mother. It usually meant they must
A baptism In Cyprus Is a curious
move
on,
or
perhaps
that
a
thrash
hands offn Tony.”
ceremony. The Infant Is rubbed with
The woman turned on him savagely, ing was coming her way. From under oil by his godfather, blown upon In
her
long
lashes
she
glimpsed,
first
De
paying no heed to his words.
the face by the priest and waved In
“Get your blasted Reggie to steal von with his frowning brow, then at the air, then dipped several times In
enough for us all from the Pen«lleha- length let her gaze settle on the wom the font, and again anointed with oil
.
,
vens,” she said. “God knows they’ve an.
“I s’pose I been doin’ something on various parts of the body.
got It and to spare. It's better’n
handin’ Tony over to 'inu He lives at hellish,” she venture«! presently In a
To Their Discredit.
low tone. “Have I, Edie?"
Pendlehaven’«, don’t he?”
Those who are the most accom
“
Nope,
not
this
time,
Tony,
”
thrust
“He won’t do it,” cut in Devon.
plished do not always accomplish the
“Reggie ain’t got the nene to bum his In Devon. “But we’ve got to tell you
most.—Boston Transcript.
something.
You
’
re
gettln
’
to
be
a
wom
fingers too deep. Paul Pendelhaven’d
send him up for that, if he caught an, Tonnlbel, and you got to do rome-
British shipyards are constnictlnj
him. My plan Is to get Tony married thlng for your mother and me.”
nearly fifteen times ns much tonnag«
“
I'm
always
wantin
’
to
do
something
to Rege, and before the lid s screwed
down on Pendiehaven’s face, shove nice for you, Edie, darling,” »he said. today as they did a year ago.
HENS THAT DO NOT MOLT UNTIL
LATE ARE BEST EGG PRODUCERS
¿ Shadow
ofthe
SKelteri^
. Pii\es
L
4
is
I
Th» Beet Layers of th» Flock and Thoa» That Should De K.pt for Breed
• ra Do Not Molt Until November.
era
(Prsparad by lb*
Stat»« l>aparunan(
of Agriculture )
teln In other feed», ha» been fourni a
good one.
Hens that devote too much attention
» retch Misture
Mash.
Iba. cracked corn
enrly In the season to the full styles in
1 lb. corn meal
1
1 lb. bran
feathers are not Ihe kind that please
1
1
the flock owner. It costs too much to
I lb. barley
1 lb middling»
sup|H>rt them nnd they demand too
1 lb. ground oats
long a vacation period. But the lieu
Poultrymen resort Io every possible
that wears her old clothes until means to get their hens to cal a great
autumn has almost passed Is the bast deal of feed. rjqaMiInlly In Ihe winter
of the flock, for she has kept on lay when the daya are short. Oue wny Is
ing since Ilie previous fall or winter to cut the morning »cratch feed to
So now when you see a bird that looks about half. The hungry bird then
shabbier than the others, do not con goes to the mush trough and gorges
clude that She 1« of Ihe nonccount on the dry mash. Then to increase
kind and that her smartly dressed the consumption of mash some of It
sister« are the ones to keep.
Is fed wet nt noon and the hens will
Take Short Vacation.
ent It when they would take no more
Of course some of the hens that of It dry.
molted earlier, say In August and Sep
tenitier, are profitable enough to keep,
but the cream of the flock Is made up
of hens that do not change their
feathers until October or November.
Their mojtlng will require only n few
weeks and they will probably be laying
again by the 1st of January. The Exposure to Light Quickly Injures
poor ones, the early-molting loafers,
Quality of Tuber.
will not begin until about this time,
even though they have been resting
since the middle of the summer. It
take« one about two months and the Temperatur» Beat Suited for Propor
One Ranging
Preservation
other twice that long to get back Into
production.
The poultry keejier who hns an eye
Piles Are Not Favored.
for business will not neglect this worn-
looking Inte layer, for she 1« the best
The object of atorlng any product
profit maker he hns. She needs a 1« to preserve Ita quality during aa
highly nutritious rntlon If «he Is to be long « |>eriod aa may be necessary or
In the best condition to start on poaalble In order to permit It« dis-
another year of high production. When posai at Ihe moat advantageous time.
she quit« laying and start» to molt ahr Investigation« by ihe bureau of plant
bn« ns much need for a rntlon strong Industry, United States Department
In protein ns she ha« when «he 1« of Agriculture, show that the temper
shelling out the eggs, ns feathers are ature beat suited to the proper pres
highly nitrogenous In their makeup. ervation of potatoes Is one ranging
They use the materials supplied by from 32 to 43 degrees. In region«
beef scrap, gluten feed, nnd oil meal. where the powdery dry rot occur« a
The of) menl 1« very effective In keep temperature of 83 to 3U degrees hold«
ing the feathers in a healthy condition. the disease in check better than a
Hen» thnt Iny eggs Into In Ihe fnll higher one.
and In the winter nre really producing
It la found best not to store pota
an out-of sennon crop, for It Is normal toes In large piles when they lire motet
for the hen to lay for a time In the or covered with moist earth, as they
spring and enrly summer nnd rest for quickly develop sufficient lient to In
the remainder of the year. Profitable jure the vitality of the tubers. If
hens are really those that have the through unfavorable weather condi
capacity to force their egg making tions It become« necessary to «tore
machinery, but they must have the potatoes when they are wet and dirty,
right sort of feed with which to do It. they nbould be spread out in a thin
That means feeding well-balance«! ra layer until they have become dry.
tions designed for the particular class, after which they may be piled up. It
an«! sometimes for the particular In not desirable to store potatoes to a
breed. A balanced ration 1« a combina greater depth than six feet.
tion of feeds which furnish just the
Potatoes Intended for table nse
necessary amount of nutrient« to pro should always be stored In a dark-
duce the highest nnd most economical ened cellar or Storage house, Ex-
egg yields. The amount of feed needed posure to light quickly Injures the
to produce a dozen eggs varies with quality of the potato for food pur-
the kind of birds. According to ex poses.
periments conducted by the Unite«!
States Department of Agriculture
SMALL HOUSE FOR CHICKENS
general-purpose pullets produced a
dozen eggs from 0.7 pounds of feed, New Lumbar- Will Maks Best Appear,
and Leghorn pullets laid the same
ancs, but Packing Boxes Will
number from 4.8 pounds.
Answer Purpose Well.
Simple mixtures nre usually the
most desirable. As the fall advances
In building a poultry house, new
-in«! the days grow shorter the birds
lumber will of course make the best
should be encouraged to put away as
much feed ns possible during the day appearing structure and will also be
somewhat easier to work up because
no that their bodies will have plenty
to work on for all of the 24 hours. It can be bought in lengths most
A good handful of «crutch grain for advantageous for the purpose. Houses
each bird nt night will fill the crop. It for a few hens can sometimes be
is not desirable that the lien« be made constructed from packing boxes, while
to work very hard for this feed. Be used material or second-hand lumber,
sure that the hens go to roost with a If It cun be purchased cheaply and
Is close nt hand, will sometimes lower
full crop.
In m'lktng nr rntlon« It 1« necessary the cost of the house materially.
Occasionally, also, where a high
tn sdhere to standards within certain
limits, but som«* feeds may be sub hoard fence Is available, the house can
stituted for others, as barley, wheat, be built In the corner of the fence,
an«! oats for com. However, meat thus saving the construction of the
«crap nnd other animal-protein feMs back and one side of the house. Care
enn not he replace«! by hlgh-vegetahle- must be used to cover or batten the
proteln feeds. All changes should be cracks, either by means of strips or
made gradually, ns sudden changes by the use of roofing paper. Construct
the building so that the front of your
may decrease egg production.
A great many poultrymen nn«l live henhouse will admit the sunlight.
Send to the Division of Publications,
stock feeders now believe thnt If the
United
States Department of Agricul
animal bns a free choice ft will select
the ration thnt is most su'tnbie. At ture, for bulletins containing plan and
the government fnrm at TWtsville, Md., illustrations; Fanner’s Bulletin 880 Is
the following mash was made up by a good one to have on hand.
keeping account of the amounts of
the different feeds n Inylng flock con CEMENT FLOOR FOR FEEDING
sumed :
Sample« of Balanced Ration«.
Farmer Should Remember to Give
Scratch Mixture,
Mush
Slope to One Side to Insure
16 lbs corn meni
1 lb cracked corn
Necessary Drainags.
DARKENED CELLAR IS
URGED FOR POTATOES
6'4 1h«. meat »crap
1 lb. bran
1 lb middlings
lb. wheat
lb. oats
Fanners who build cement feeding
Here is a simple ration that has floors should remember to give the
given very good results with Leghorns, floor a good slope to one side. This
but that Ims proved too fattening for Insures good drainage, facilitates
Rocks nnd Wyandottes. Meat scrap. cleaning and makes it possible for the
It will be seen, makes up over 25 per feeding floor to completely fulfill Its
.function of providing a clean place to
cent <>f the mash.
feed hogs. Some farmers have so lo
frrntch Mixture.
Mash
afed these floors as to get a large
2 1b». cracked corn
3 1b». corn meal
1 lb. oat»
1 lb. ineat »crap
amount of rainwater from root's of
For birds that are made too fat by nearby buildings, which flushes the
the preceding ration, the following floor after each rainstorm and helps
containing only 16 j>er cent of meat nnterially to keep them clean and
scrap hut having considerable pro-
mltarv.