The Stayton mail., June 21, 1907, Image 2

C H A P T E R X X IX .
Mrs. Thorngate caught at the girl’*
haml and would have spoken, but Au­
drey sw iftly loosened her hold, gave her
one smile, and then was gone, leaving
o n ly the fragrant «,-ent of her garments
and the divine elements of peace and
(ra titu d e behind her.
Quickly as she walked. Audrey was
•some time before she reached Craiglanda.
She turned to the stables first, and gave
orders that her small brougham should
be prepared at once. Theu she quietly
entered the house and went to her own
room.
Eliza was there, arranging her
simple dinner toilet.
Audrey told her
•be was going out again at once.
“ T ell Miss Thwait not to be alarm ed;
1 shall be home in an hour,” she said.
H er sight was blurred and misty as
*h e opened her jewel case and took out
« packet of notes— bank notes forwarded
to her by Mr. Sampson duly according to
Jack's written orders, and never touched.
Andrew secured the notes in an envel­
ope, put them into her muff and. leaving
b e r room, went very quietly down the
•way she had come, just as Jean, her
cheeks (lushed as with some exceeding and
great joy, ran once more into Audrey’s
chamber to find her and bid her come
down as soon as possible.
Eliza repeated the message she had
been given and Jean’ s face fell, while
something o f alarm came into her ex­
pression.
"Can she know, and have gone away to
♦scape------”
Her murmur was unfin­
ished, for as she came out of the room
an eager hand caught hers and an almost
choked voice muttered :
“ Well, does she know— my darling?"
“ Audrey has gone out
again. I-ord
lverne. H er maid says she has this in-
ataitt gone out. I — I don’t understand.”
Jack's hand dropped from its hold.
“ I do,” he said, with a bitterness pass­
ing all words. ’’ She has heard o f my sud­
den arrival, and she has gone away to
avoid me. *V ill she never forgive me?”
“ Oh, this is nonsense! You are nerv­
ous------” Jean was beginning, when Jack
broke in fiercely:
"B u t she shall not go. She is my wife,
bound to me by her own words and vow.
I have wronged her, but I have repent­
ed. heaven knows! She shall hear me!
1 w ill follow. She cannot have gone far.
F orgive me. Miss Thwait. if I am rude or
unkind, b it ray case is desperate. How
do we know she is not running away
again? No? I must not stay here prat­
in g ; I must follow her, and I w ill!”
l i e turned away, but looked back, implor­
ingly. “ Keep my mother in ignorance till
— till you hear from me.”
Jean had no time to utter protest or
remark, for he w js gone.
Down the
amirs, three at a time, as he used to
ra ce in his boyish days. Jack rushed,
b is bronzed, handsome face pale with agi­
nation, longing and apprehension, and
as he came to the entrance he caught a
gleam o f carriage lamps disappearing in
the distance.
“ Which way did her ladyship go?” he
asked Mqrtin, curtly.
t “ I bearfl her say to the edge of the
THnglewood grounds, my lord, and then
to wait for her there.”
Martin looked troubled; he did not
know what to make o f all that had hap­
pened of late.
Jade pushed his hat over his eyes, and
■without another word strode out into the
snow and darkness. His brain was reel­
in g ; he acarcely knew what thoughts fill­
ed his mind, save that beyond, in the dis­
tance, was Audrey, his lovely girl-wife,
whom for a brief time he had doubted,
but who now shone forth
with even
«tron ger rays as a jewel above price.
And she would not see him ! She shun­
ned h im ! She would not forgive.
The brougham rolled slowly o n ; the
man stole rapidly behind it.
A t last
they reached a spot Mrs. Thorngate had
described to Audrey as Rochfort’ s hiding
place. Audrey stopped the carriage and
g o t out.
Jack’s heart throbbed with love and
agitation as he caught a glimpse of her
lovely face beneath the light of a lamp.
She was speaking to the coachman, but
be could not bear what she said. Then
»h e turned and walked into the grounds.
Jack quickened his steps and followed
b e r ; a sense of uneasiness came upon
bim . NVhat was she doing here? She
reached a path Mrs. Thorngate had spok­
en of.
Here she stopped. Jack stood
«t ill also. He was about a dozen yards
from her, but be had drawn into the
«hade, and could not be seen.
CHAPTER XXX.
Audrey* waited a moment.
Now that
«h e had come, she felt slightly nervous;
but It was only for an instant. Away
in the dim light she-saw a man’s form ;
»h e raised her voice.
“ Mr. R o ch fort!” she called in her clear,
»ilv e ry tones, awl at the sound Jack
•tarted, and cold beads of perspiration
burnt out on his brow. In his agony a
groan had all but escaped him, but he
•clinched his hands and forced it back.
Once again rang out the sweet, clear
-voice, calling the name that was the
most detestable to her miserable hus­
band's ear«.
There was a pause, then a form drew
tiearer, and Jack's aching eyes discovered
the slender, graceful figure of Beverley
Kochfort.
“ Who Is there7 ’ Beverley called, sharp­
ly ; then he drew a step nearer. “ Lady
Iv o r Tie, call I believe my eyes, is It really
you? T o what good fairy do I owe this
(r e s t happiness, this unexpected delight?"
what use to struggle? You are la uiy
power uow, a ud-----”
"And you an* in m ine!” shouted Jack,
rushing forward, aud with one blow
felling the coward to the ground.
Audrey »laggeretl; her lips tried to
o | m > u , but no sound caiue. The next min- .
ute she was clasped in someluidy's arms.
"J a ck !
la it really you. Jack?” sho
murmured.
,
1‘ u l n l a i n S p i- u p -ln «.
Jack's lips assured her that It waa no
It. A. Emerson, o f the Nebraska ex-
myth.
How he kissed her—eye«, hair,
perluient station, In a rin vìit bulletin,
brow, cheek, lipe— as though he would
g iv o « the fo llow in g
rooouinicudatlotm
never tire. Then a glance at that form
fo
r
this
year's
spraying
Imaed oil the
lyiug on the ground recalled him to the
result« secured Inal year.
present.
“ (.'«me,” he said, gently; "i-onie, itiy
1. Spray w ith Bordeaux m ixture
A U v h u r a la « C h u t«.
darling!
My pretty, brave, noble, g«s»d
W h ile there are a great many cattle a fte r the cluster buds open, hut before
little w ife !”
that lose their horns by dctmrulug the Individual flow er buds otnm.
As in a dream Audrey felt herself led
2. Spray with Bordeaux and some
fluids and preparations o f this kind In
away to where the carriage lamps gleam­
cHlfhood, there are a great many that (ailami, such as araeitute o f (pad, parla
ed.
come to m aturity w ith an ugly pair o f green, etc., a « «non a « |N>M«lhle a fte r
Jack l i f t « ! her in and shut the door.
“ I will lie back in a moment.” oe anid, horns that create a groat deal o f trou ­ its bloaaoma fa ll, and at any rate be­
his voice deep with passionnts love.
ble lu the feed yard. W e have re<-elved fore the calyx lolie* o f the apple done.
“ Take enrr; oh. take ca re!” Audrey' quite a uumber o f luqulrlea o f late re­
3. Spray w ith Bordeaux and |sdeoii
murmured, and he gave her a smile of re- ' questing a plan fo r n good dchorijtng three or four weeks u fter tlie flo w er«
assurance before he turned nway.
chute. Accordingly we have here re­ tall.
"T h e cur ha* g o n e h e said in tones
lend
4. Spray with
arsenate o f
produced a must convenient aud satis­
of the heartiest contempt when he re­
aMiut July 20.
factory
chute.
turned. “ Not a trace of him anywhere.
leud
9. Spray with
aracnate o f
One o f the gisal points about this
Drive straight home, Donald.” he said to
about
August
10.
the man, anil then, as they were shut in chute Is the hinged disirs on the rear
Us»* parla gns*n at the rate o f one-
alone, he simply gathered Audrey into j end which make It jiosslble to adjust
his arms and held her in silence to hia j the chute to any aired barn door. fourth to one third |s>und js-r barrel
heart.
W here the width o f the roar end o f tlie o f Bordeaux. Use antenato o f lead at
“ Home and happiness!" he said, at
chute la satisfactory and cannot be a d ­ the rate o f tw o poumU ia-r barrel o f
last. "D ear little wife, am I forgiven?’’
justed to tlie door ns shown In the 11- Bordeaux or water.
“ Oh. hush !”
Audrey’s hand went up
Make Bordeaux aa fo llo w s;
Bltie-
to hia lips.
“ It Is I who should ask
stom*4 four |Miiimla ; quicklime, six
that, my darling. I —— ”
pounds; w ater, fifty gallona.
"W e will ask nothing, seek for nothing, \
Slake the lime, dissolve the Mim­
now we are alone and together again.”
atone, dilute each with h alf the re-
And then bis arms clung dose about
the slender, graceful form : his lips were j
qulrwd quantity o f
w ater, and mix
pressed to the delicate, flower-like face, |
thoroughly.
and to both these young, trothl -d hearts
Use good nozzle« and m aintain a
peace and joy came, with their golden
t.lgh pressure ns u niform ly as possible
fingers, to heal nil the wounds that re­
In order to distribute tin* liquid In a
mained from the bitternois o f the past
ndst-llke spray.
T a k e care to reach
(T h e End.)
« Il parta o f the tr«-<» and to avoid
drenching any part, t 'areica« spraying
G O LD E N D A Y S IN T H E S T R IP .
should not be tolerated.
Audrey shivered. She began to s;M<ak
hurriedly.
"M r. Rochfort,” she said, and against
herself her voice would quiver, "this a f­
ternoon 1 was with your aunt, Mrs.
Thorngate. 1 found her In great distress
of mind about you. It pained me to see
one who is my true friend suffering so
much. I urged her to let me help her,
and at last she gave way, and told me
nil that was on her mind— how you are
in trouble, and how she finds it impossi­
ble to help you.”
“ Impossible?”
Beverley's voice sound­
ed like a knife, it was so sharp and hard.
“ I>r. Thorngate has forbidden your
aunt to assist you in the very smallest
degree,” Audrey added, feeling she longed
for some one she knew to lie near her.
“ Otherwise Mrs. Thorngate would have
been here with the money you require;
that you know better than 1 can tell
you.”
“ But as It is, she sends her ladyship,
the beautiful Marchioness of lverne, to
make her excuses.” broke in Beverley,
bitterly.
"Y ou r ladyship is too
kind.
My aunt will he a happier woman when
she reads of my death in the papers,
for I warn you sooner than suffer the
degradation and horror of prisou life I
will kill m yself! And this is Christian
charity !”
"You are most unjust to Mrs. T h 'im ­
itate,” Audrey answer«!, as .calmly ns
she could. " I f you had seen her as I
have seen her this afternoon you would
not dare to speak like this.”
"You are a generous friend. Lady
lvern e; but, you see, the thought o f my
aunt's great mental distress does not al­ I t W a s W h e n I h e < h r r i i k e e s t i o t I’ nJ
together help me just now.”
f o r T h e i r 1.un-Jo».
W h k i i i i M i » « n * lr | p * .
A lltliOllNINQ C l l l T t
Audrey drew out the envelope from
Th e Clx>r'>kee nation ¡¡tera lly “ r o U «l
Th»*re are varim i* wnya o f rem ovlng
her muff.
In money” when the $0,500.000 received
lustration, there la often a foot or tw o a wagon I mix freni thè truck«, ami min
"B ut these bank notes may,” she said, from the sale o f the Chqrokee strip was
o
f apace to be divided between the two o f tlie««* la dcscrlhed In low a ilome-
with a contempt in her voice Jack had disbursed among tlie tribal citizens In
aides.
Aa our readers who have had st«*ad. Th e uprlght polo 1« 4 by 4 by 14
never heard before.
Beverley grasi>ed
IHiM, says the Kansas C ity Star. Th e
cxjierlcuce In dehorning know, an ani­ f« * t and Is s»*t severa! feet In thè
the envelope. In an instant he had tom
per capita share w ag $2*55.70. Th e pay­
it open and held them close to his eyes
mal w ill nlwaya choose to puss through ground, *<» thst It w lll he finn enotjgh
ment was made usually with two $100
to scan them in the dim light.
this aiunll opening rather than Into the In Ita postumi tu stand thè stralli whh-h
“ Oue, two, three, four, five— yes, five bills, one $50, one $10, one $5 and 70 chute and thereby cauae a constant a g­ Is r«|u lrvd o f It.
T h e platfnrm un
hundred! I am saved !” His hands clos­ cents In silver. T h e money was dis­
gravation. T h e chute pr<>i>er la mount­ whlch thè rear end o f thè wagon box
ed over the notes. “ Saved! Yes. and by bursed by ” Zeke” Starr, treasurer, and
ed on tw o heavy tim bers which uiny tie resta when It Is to la» rals»*d from thè
you— you, the woman I love with all my Henry Effort, assistant treasurer o f the
4x4's or 4x0’s, w hile the uprights are wagon may be inaile any lielght so as
soul; you------”
nation. Most o f the Indians w ere In
generally
4x-t's. Th e stanchion la made to sult thè holght o f thè truck«. T w o
Jack half started forward, but be was debt, and creditors swarmed In towns
to o]teti and d o se and secured lu any gtiy w lres slsiuld I h » a ttu c h «l to thè
not quicker than Audrey hi her move­
where the payments w ere made. T. A.
ment of horror. W ith a gesture o f con­
w ay that aulta. Th e convenient part of isile a foot o r mi from Ita top and he
Lnttn. who attended these payments,
tempt and pride she struck aside his
the chute la the trough shaped part aecured elght or teu f«*et In thè rear o f
In recalling Incidents lately, said:
outs retched hand.
murktsl II. T h is Is made o f two-lucta tlie platform . T h e rope whlch 1« u»od
"M uch hus been told o f the dishon­
"IV i you think I bring you this money
«tu ff and securely fastened to bottom
to save you?" she asked in hurried tones; [ esty o f the Indian, hut In this payment
( roHspl»*ce*. A ft e r the uninial la s«-ur-
“ you, the worst, the greatest enemy I there w ere many examples o f Integ­
rd
lu the stanchion n halter Is thrown
have in the w orld! No, no; I have done rity. A t Tablequab a full-blood wom­
what I have done for love and pity for an. perhaps 00 years old, a w idow, drew o ver Its head and the halter ro|ie 1«
passed through the hole Just below the
one whose hea_rt is breaking through you, 1 fo r eleven participants In the
fund.
whose whole life has been one sacrifice I
letter II. Th e letter A shows a contin­
J*he had traded w ith many o f the mer­
for you, who------”
uation o f this rope to the pole which Is
chants who sat at the tables lietween
Beverley interrupted her with his soft,
used us a lever to bring the anim al's
which
she
had
passed.
A
fte
r
the
mon­
low laugh.
H er contempt lashed him
head luto jiosltlon on the trough.
ey had been counted out to her she
into a state of fury.
As soon as this la accom plish «! the
“ And does Lady lverne think that the swept the en tire amount Into her apron '
world will Took ujion her actions in the and, holding a corner in each band, she ro|>e II Is thrown o ver the neck o f the
same light as she does? What will be passed from trader to trader, pausing animal aud senires the head firm ly to
said when it is known that you,- a young, before each until each had taken a su f­ tlie trough, when the dehorning op»-rn-
lovely woman, came here alone at night­ ficient amount to balance her Indebted­ tlon may be performed. As soon as the
to do the liftin g Is ntra<'b«l at one
fall to provide ine with money to escape
ness.
Not once did she count
the operation is concluded the anluinl Is end o f the upright pole near Its up|H*r
a prison cell, eh?"
unstanchioned and one o f the sld<*s o f
“ I do not fear the world. Mr. Roch­ change or investigate the account. Sho the chute Is hinged so that It may be end. From there It continues on to a
was
honest,
and
conclous
o
f
her
own
pulley hooki-d In a rope which passes
fort. I have done what I have done fot-
opened fo r the nnlmal to escajs* from
around the front end o f the wagon Mix,
the motives I have given. Let what will integrity, did not question the honesty
be said, be said; my conscience is clear. o f another. Th is was only one case. the chute, nft»*r which Is closed and then hack o ver a pulley In the top o f
I have no more to say,” she said, haught­ T h ere w ere scores like It. and. though another animal Is driven in.— Montreal the pole ami down to a windlass nt the
ily ; but Beverley moved forward and not pleasant to relate, the confidence Star.
rear end o f the platform .
When the
stood in her path.
thus placed was sometimes betrayed.
wagon Mix I s In Its final ¡xmlUoii on the
“ And do you think I am going to part
I m p r o v 1 n k l l n l r j r « t o o k .
Th ere are cases w here the greedy cred­
platform . It should stand upright and
with you like this, after all these weary,
A 2-yenr-ohl heifer, fresh in milk,
itor
took
a
handful
and
gave
hack
no
should M> le ft attached to the rt>|ie,
horrible months? Say what you like to
w ill sell fo r more than a fn t t « l steer
so that It cannot lie blown down lu cuao
the world, Audrey, act what part you change.
and she w ill cost only h alf ns much
“ A m ixed blood o f some astuteness
o f winds.
will, but I know the truth. You have
to produce. These grade cows are not
<-ome here to-night to save me, not be­ came to settle his account w ith a trader.
T h e K u in llj- ( n w .
cause of my Aunt Agatha, but because In looking over his nceount he discov­ hard to produce. Purchase a pure sire
o
f
one
o
f
the
standard
breeds,
cross
you love me, and------”
Fam
ilies
that k «*p only
one cow
ered the charge o f
a
side
saddle
Jack's heart was beating so furiously arnountrng to $15. H e bad not made him upon the m !x « l stock now on the should endeavor to have the M-st ani­
it almost choked h im ; but he did not in­ such a purchase and had tlie hill rem­ farm and the young w ill. In all useful mal that can be procured. More InMir
terfere yet. He felt that Audrey would
characteristics, tie fa r m ore than h alf Is r«|u lred to care fo r a slnglq cow,
edied without, trouble, the w ily
old
defend hetself.
l i e waited breathlessly
A
trader m erely tellin g Ids M>okkee|*>r to o f thnt pure breed. W hen we remem­ proportionately, than fo r a hen!.
for her answer. It came swiftly.
ber the years, even centuries, o f pure cow fo r the fa m ily should give n large
place
the
Item
to
J
o
b
»
Doe's
nc<<oiint.
"And you call yourself a man? You,
br«*dln g In these animals, and remem­ flow o f milk fo r at least ten months o f
who insult a defenseless woman, who Th e bookkeeper him self Is authority for
ber also thnt the purer the blots) In the year, and the milk should contain
the
statement
that
In
this
w
ay
that
self­
work agninst a woman in a mean, under­
hand way that would shame the lowest same saddle was collected fo r eighteen any stock, the stronger w ill be that not less than 4 per cent o f butter fat,
Mood, $100 or $150 fo r a male o f as cream Is one o f the essentials.
of earthly creatures ! Love you ! You ! times.”
It
Why, if there were not another living
In Clarem ore bankers w ere tn at­ breeding age w ill not seein an e x tra va ­ Is lietter to have a «>w that gives even
soul in the world, if my very life depend­
tendance from C offeyvllle, s«*k ln g de­ gant price. E very neighborhood w here richer milk, hut the m a jo rity o f fa m i­
ed on it, I would still give the same reply.
posits fo r their banks. One store In there Is any co-operative spirit should ly cows are selected w ithout regard to
Love y o u !
I hate, despise, condemn
prepare to supply this demand fo r merles In that resi>ect. It Is difficult
you ! I have no wish to see you or hear the town had a safe o f modem dimen­
fa ir ly well b r « l cows.
E very m ale to rear the calves In such cases, hence
sions
and
security
and
this
store
was
you speak again. When I remember all
purchased
should
he
o
f
the
same breed, In purchasing the fa m ily cow It w ill
you have done to my happiness. I— I headquarters fo r bankers and collect­
so
that
new
animals
w
ill
not
have to he profitable to [my a high price fo r a
ors
alike.
Th
e
merchant
him
self
had
could almost curse you !
Love you” —
how bitter and strong the girl's voice a mere bagatelle o f some $120,000 on lie purchased every tw o or three years. superior animal.
was— “ when my very soul is full o f love the payment. A fte r supper the count­ By exchanging these anim als about the
for one whose shoe* you are not worthy ing room was filled with collectors and neighborhood, a farm er w ill then he
h o o k l n « A f t e r f h r Sheep.
to touch, one who is a man o f honor, up­ hankers. A p a rlo f table was called In­ paying $100 or $150, not fo r tw o yenra,
Th e large nml constantly grow in g
right and pure as the sun. There Is no
to use and money as high as one's chin but fo r six o r ten years o f service. sheep shipments o f tlie northwest are
place for any one but my husband in
Th e cows thus produced w ill And a givin g the railroad officials sortie con­
my heart— the husband whom you have was stacked on every available Inch.
more ready market, because there are cern to provide means fo r taking care
It
wns
the
minute
fo
r
ve
rify
in
g
the
worked to rob me o f— you and Sh< ila
Fraser ! Don't speak to me again ! Don’ t memorandum o f the day. On one « a r ­ a sufficient number to nttrnct purchas­ o f the business. One means o f re lie f
H igh er priced inales may also has been made In the suggestion o f
touch me ! I am not the simple, foolish ticu lar evening there was on this ta­ ers.
girl I was; I am a woman with a wom­ ble at one tim e close to h alf a m illion be purchased with economy lieenuse o f triple-decked enrs fo r the accommoda­
an’s heart, a woman’s pride, a woman’s dollars In crisp new treasury notes. the much longer period o f usefulness. tion o f tlie animals In transit.
love: and my misery, which you have Laps full o f money? T h ere w ere wag-
A v o id lle e p D e n d -F n rr»«*«,
caused, is sometimes greater than I onn
onloads o f It.
It wag no uncommon
r i n n t l n i c ( J a r d r n Sa*#ds.
Do
not plow your land round and
bear. Let me pass, Beverley R o ch fort!
thing to change a hundred-bill fo r a 5- round the same w ay, year a fter year,
I t Is tim e lost, and broken hacks, to
Ho into the world and say what evil you
like o f ine; I am content if I am only cent sale. And the scarcity o f change unless you want a deep dead-furrow- In undertake the plnntlng o f garden w t i I s
custom
o f the m iddle that w lll hear nothing and
free from you, and I pray heaven I may was responsible fo r the
hy hand. Use n drill, which puts the
charging 2!* cents fo r changing a hill of
never meet you again !”
lie a hard place to cross. When plow ­ seeds In regu larly and evenly, mnrka
Beverley broke in swiftly. Ills voice that denomination.
ing fo r seeding M‘ gln nt the dead-fur­ the ro w « and covers them nt the right
was soft but dangerous.
row, throw the first fu rrow Into the depth.
Th ere nre many handy little
“ Your wordil sting, hut they do not
A A c g n l l v e l l l e s s l n g »«*
ditch,
wheel
the
horses
about
to
the
Implements
suitable fo r the
garden
spoil your lips; those lovely lips, which
"H a s your wealth brought you hap­
right and d rive back to tlie starting that are not in frequent use. Even n
are mine by rig h t! Let you pass! No, piness?” asked the philosopher.
point, turning a fu rrow up agninst the trow el does excellent service In trans­
Audrey, I will do nothing o f the sort!
"Perh aps not,” answered Mr. Dustin
one Just plowed. T h is plan, follow ed planting. and a w»*eder w ill tear out
W e are here alone, and we do not part
until I have clasped your proud heart to S ta x ; “ hut It has at least stood between 1 to the end, w lll leave the
land all the weeds much quicker than can bo
mine, and taken from your lips the kisses , me and a lot o f annoyances.''— W a s h -1 smooth and in good shape.
done by hand.
*
I claim. Poor, foolish, fluttering child. lngton Star.