i ♦ * • « . ♦ ♦ ♦ * * ♦ * ♦ ♦ * £ * * * * * * * * * • » ’ brilliant luminous discs moving along could have chosen this menus o f escape^
ahrenst o f one another. They cauie lup- and were already tieyond his reach.
idly nearer. Increasing In brilliancy as
they approached. Then a voice rang out
( ’ H A R T E R X.\V.
o f the darkness, “ There they are, ollicers! % Ezra Girdlestone had given many indi
Close with them!
Don't let ’em get cations during his life, Itoth in Africa ami
a w a y !" and before the major and his elsewhere, o f being possessed of the power
l>arty could quite grasp the situation they of grasping a situation ami of noting for
were valiantly charged by three o f those the best nt the shortest notir'e. lie never
much enduring,
stout-hearted
mortals showed this quality more cotielusively
nt the loco problem, nisi C. I). Marsh,
known as the British |>olioe force.
than at that terrible inomenr, when lie
ex|>ert In poison plants, re) torts that
These three burly I lutuiwhire police roullxcd not only that the erime in whirh
men, having been placed ui>on our friends’ he had pnrtiei|uited had failed, hut that
It hns been found that locoed cattls
track by the ostler of the Flying Hull, etui all was discovered, and that his father
can In moat case« lie cured by a course
having themselves observed maneuvers and he were hiintisl criminals. With the
o f treatment w ith
atrychidne, w hile
vtlticb could only lie charucterizi-d as sus same intuitive quickness which made hiui
Cabbaa* W o rm ,
locoed horsisi can generally tie cured
picious, charged down with such vehe a brilliant man of business, he saw in
When tin* flrat appearance o f tho by a course o f treatment with F o w
mence that in less time than it takes to stantly what were the only
nvailnhla worm I* made the plnuta should bs
ler’s solution.
Th e animals under
A. CONAN DOYLE
tell it, both Tom and the major and Von minus of escape, and proceeded nt otlee to
dusted
with
the
pnrls
green
and
flour
treatment
must
not
lie «Mowed to ent
Hsunmer were in safe custody. The Nihil adopt them. I f they could hut reach the
ist. who hail an inextinguishable hatred vessel of Captain Hamilton Mlggs they mixture. When the heads aro form ing the loco weed .did should lie given not
o f the law, and who could never be might defy the pursuit of the law. He tine one ixnuid o f pyrethum |>ow<!er to only nutritious food, hut so fa r as pos
four pourtda o f flour to duat the plants. sible, fo<«1 with la xa tive properties.
brought to understand that it might un had hired a ls>nt near Clarion.
der any circumstances be on his side, pull
A fte r the T o this end magnesium sulphate was
The Hlack Eagle liiul dropisst down the Th is Is harnib'MH to man.
ed himself tery straight and held his Thanu<s on the very Saturday which win» head begins form ing parts green Should administered to correct the constipa
C H A R T E R X X I I I . — (Continued.)
kuife down at his hip as though he tneaut so fruitful of eventful episodes.
Migga not be used.
Those who are a fra id tion which la ulmoat universal among
The voices aiid the footstep« sou titled
to use it, while Billow, o f Kiel, likewise would lie nt Gravesend, and intended nf- to use parts green nre generally success
locoed animals.
It should tie uoted,
louder and louder, until they were just at
assumed an aggressive attitude.
Fortu tei w arils to lieat round to the lkiw us,
the other side o f the hoiitulnry. They
ful by beginning early to use the py- loo, that magnesium
sulphate
m ay
nately, however, the sflpesranee of their there to await the final instruction« of
seemed to come from several people walk
ret
hum
pow
der
and
spraying
often.
serve
to
some
extent
as
nii
antidote
tr
prisoners and a few hurried words of the the firm. I f they could catch him before
ing slowly and heavily. There was the
Cablings and other plant lice nre ls*st the poison.
major nmjr- the ins|>ecU>r in charge un hi left, there was very little chance that
shrill raspiug of a key and the wooden
It may lie added In regard to the
derstand how the land lay, nud he trans lie would know anything of wlmt had oc- controlled by spraying with kerosene
door swung hack on its rusty
hinges,
ferred his attentions to Hurt, on whose corn'd.
emulsion, using the 15 |s>r cent solution question o f Immunity that loco poison
It
was
a
fortunate
chance
that
while three dark figures passetl out who
wrists he placed the handcuffs. He then the next day was Sumlay, niul there — a solution containing I.”» |s*r cent o f ing comes on In a slow and cum ulative
appeared to hear some burden between
listened to a more detailed account of the would la' no morning pais'r to enlighten kerosene.
I f the lice nre on trees, manner, so thut there Is no possibility
them. The party in the shadow crouched
cilcuinstances from the lijis of the major. him ns to the doings in Hampshire. They flowers or rose bushes, tobacco decoc o f unlmnls bot'omltig Immune.
closer still, and |>eered through the dark
"W h o is this young lady?” he asked, hud only to invent some plausible e x c u s e
tion may In* used w ith good results.
ness with eager anxious eyes. They could
|M>iuting to Kate.
for their wish to accompany him, ami get Th e totiaeco deenctlou Is made by tnk
Xunlbpnrt
Uliilta
Onion».
discern little save the vague outlines of
“ Th is is the Miss Hurston whom we him to drop them u | kiii the S|u»nlsh const.
Connecticut’s
famous
Southport
Glob»»
the moving men, and yet as they gazed at
cauie to rescue, anil for whom no doubt Once out of sight of England, and on the lug three isiuuds o f tobacco stems and
them an unaccountable and overpowering
onions stand unsurpassed among |s>pu-
five
gallons
o
f
w
a
ter
and
boiling
for
the blow was intruded which killed this blond ocean, wlmt detective could follow
horror crept into the hearts o f every one
tw o hours. It Is used without diluting, lar Am erican varieties o f the onion.
uuhappy girl.*’
their track?
o f them. They bleat lied an atmosphere
Th ey nre In high fa
"Perhaps, sir," said the ins|iector to
They n'uclied tin" ship. The early |utrl but must not be applied too hot, or It
of death.
vor In some o f the
Tom, "you had better take her up to the of the voyage o f the ltlack Eagle was •nay scald the plants.
The newcomers tramped across the
(hiest com m ercial on
house."
I
f
treatm
ent
Is
tteguii
In
tim
e
plant
extremely
fortunate.
The
wind
came
road, and pushing through the thin hedge,
"Thank you,” said Tom. and went off round to the eastward and wafted them lice can he controlled. It must ls> done
ion grow in g districts
ascended the railway embankment u|>on
through the wood with Kate upon his steadily dow u channel, until on the third before the leaves nre curled so the
o f tlld o and New
the other side. It was evident that their
arm. On their way she told him how. be day they saw the Isle of I ’ ahant lying
York and during n
burden was a heavy one, for they stopped
spray enn reach the pests.
Th ere
ing unable to find her bonnet and clouk, low it» hiii the skyline. No inquisitive gun-
few years past have
more than once while ascending the steep
should
la*
several
sprayings,
four
or
which Rebecca had abstracted, she had de boat, or lurking police launch cauie with
grassy slope, and once, wbeu near the top.
made a steady ad-
termined to keep her uppointment without in sight of them, though whenever any flve days n|>nrt. ns one spraying w ill
one of the party slipped, and there was
advance In standing
them.
Her delay rendered her a little vessel's course brought her in their direo- not com pletely do the work. Clean cul
a sound as though he had fallen upon his
everyw h ere
as
a
w iiiTK utzniK
lute, however; but oil reaching the w ith tiou the heart o f K ira Girdlestone sunk ture Is Im portant In fighting these In
knees, together with a stitled oath. They
highly bred, perfect
O N IO N .
ered oak she heard voices and str|ie in within him. On one o c c a s i o n a small brig sects, ns with many others.
reached the top. however, and their fig
onion. Eastern onion grow ers use tlie
fiont o f her, which she had followed. signalled to them, aud the wretched fu gi
ures, which had disappeared front view,
These had led her to the o|>en gate, and tives, when they saw Lite flags run up,
red and w hite Kontli|K>rt GIols-s to
A atoiu illn Hum p W tfn n .
came into sight again standing out dimly
the lighting o f the Innteru had revealed thought that all was lost.
T h e ense w ith which modern dump produce the except tonally large, solid.
It proved,
against the murky sky. They bent down
her to friends and foes.
Ere she con however, to be merely some trivial mes enrts biu I wagons can lie unloaded la Is'antlfn lly form ed built« that bring tup
over the railway line, and placed the in
cluded her story Torn noticed that she sage. and the two owners breathed agaiu.
distinguishable mass which they bore care
Illustrated In the autom atic dump wng- prices In the New York C ity markets.
leaued more and more heavily upon him,
The wind fell away on the day that on shown In the n<*companylng Illu stra
fully upon it.
Resides the tw o varieties
named,
until by the time that they reached the they cleans! the channel, and the who)«
“ W e must have the light,” said a voice.
Priory he was obliged to lift her up and surface of the sea was like a great ex tion. the Invention o f n Connecticut there Is a yellow Konthisirt Globe that
“ No, n o ; there's uo need,” another ex
carry her to prevent her from falling. The pause of quicksilver which shimmered in man. Th e wngoti box Is pivoted on the resembles the others In shaiie and gen
postulated.
eral character, but Is o f n rich ye llo w
hardshi|Ni of the last few weeks, aud this
"W e can’t work in the dark," said the final terrible and yet more joyful incident the rays of the wintry aun. There was
color.
still
n
considerable
swell
after
the
n,cent
third, loudly and harshly. "W here's the of all, had broken down her strength. He
Th e w hite Is one o f those ts-autlfulty
gale,
and
the
Hlack
Eagle
lay
rolling
lante-n, guv'nor? I've got a luclfer.”
tore her into the house, and laying her about as though she had learned habits of
white,
p erfectly globe slmis'd onions
"W e must manage that the train passes by the fire in the diuing room, watched
that take the eye and tiring highest
over right,” the first voice remarked. tenderly over her, and exhausted his hum- inebriation from her skipper. The sky
was very clear above, but all round the
price In any market. Its skin Is thin
■'Here, Hurt, you light it."
bh stock of medical knowledge in devising horizon a low haze lay upon the water. So
and pejs'rltke, the flesh line grained,
There was the sharp sound of the strik remedies for her condition.
silent was it that the ereaking of the
ing o f a match, and a feeble glimmer ap-
crisp and mild flavored. Add to this
In the meantime the inspector haring
Jsared in the darkness. It flickered and thoroughly grasi»ed the major’s lucid nar boats as they swung at the davits, and
that It Is n tremendous cropfier, and It
waned, as though the wind would extin rative, was raking prompt and energetic the straining of the shrouds ns the ship
represents
almost an Ideal product to
rolled, sounded loud and clear, as did
guish it, but next instant the wick of the measures.
Its line.
the
raucous
cries
of
a
couple
o
f
gulls
who
lantern had caught, and threw a strong
“ Y’ ou go down to the station, Constable hovered round the ¡»oop. Every now and
yvllow glare upon the scene. The light Jones." he ordered.
l » l a k I’ l o w a .
"W ir e to London,
fell upon the major and bis comrades, who John Girdlestone, aged sixty-one, and his then a rumbling noise ending in a thud
T h e twenty-four-inch size disk plow
had sprung into the road, and it lit up son, aged twenty-eight, wanted for mur- down below showed that the swing o f the
can safely be recommended ns being su
the group on the railway line. Yet it was de|. Address, Eccleston square and Fen- ship had caused something to come down
perior to any other size. T h e sm aller
w-ith
a
run.
I
'nderlying
all
other
sounds,
not upon the rescuing party that murder chureh street. City. Send a description
size pulls easier, hut It do**« not pul
however,
was
a
muffled
elauk,
clank,
ers fixed their terror-stricken eyes, and the of them. Father, six feet one inch in
verize the sol) so well. Th e disk plow
major and his friends had lost all thought height, hatchet-faced, grey hair and whis which might almost make one forget that
Is capable o f handling ground that has
of the miscreants above them— for there kers, deep-set eyes, heavy brows, round this was a sailing ship, it sounded so like
become too dry and hard fo r the mold-
standing in the center of the roadway, shoulders. Son. five feet ten. dark faced, the (dripping of a p r o file r .
"W h a t is that noise, Captain Miggs?”
board plow. It Is o f somewhat ligh ter
there with the light flickering over pale black eyes, black curly
hair, strongly risked John Girdlestone, as he stood lesn-
sweet face, like a spirit from the tomb, made, well dressed."
d raft, does not require shnriicnlug so
iug over the quarter rail, while the old
stood no other than the much-enduring,
often, cuts through trash better nml
“ Yes, that's near enough,” observed the sea-dog, sextant in hand, was taking his
cruelly-treated girl for whom Burt's mur major.
does not clog so easily. Do not try to
midday
otmervations.
The
captain
had
derous blow had been intended.
“ W ire to every station along the line been on his gissl behavior since the unex
cut a fu rrow w id er than eight or ten
For a few seconds she stood there with to be on the lookout. Send a description
Inches with a disk. T h e w ider the fu r
pected
advent
of
his
employers,
ami
he
out either party moving a foot or uttering to the chief constnble o f Portsmouth, and
row the deeper w ill corrugntlotis he
a sound. Then there came from the rail have a watch kept on the shipping. That was now in it wonderful nud unprecedent
axle, the grea ter portion o f the load and the jioorer w ill be the work. It Is
ed
state
of
sobriety.
way a cry so wild that it will ring forever 'should catch them. Let us carry the poor
"Them 's the pumps agoln’,” Miggs an being in back o f the pivoted jiolnt. T h e (tetter to use
tw o tw enty four-inch
in the ears of tho-e who heard it. Hurt w ul up to the house,” the inspector con
swered. tracking his sextnut away in itr fo rw a rd end o f the Isix Is norm ally plows, each cutting eight
Inches In
dropped upon his knees and put his hands tinued, after making careful examination
held In poeltlon by a lever directly be width, than to urn* n single twenty-
over his eyes to keep out the sight. John o f the ground all round the Issly. The case.
"T h e pumps!
I thought they were hind the d riv e r’s sent. When ready to
Girdlestone caught his son by the wrist party assisted in raising the girl up. and
eight or thirty-inch plow cutting six
only used when a ship was In danger?”
dump the load the d river turns In Ids teen Inches.
and dashed away in the darkness, flying in carrying her back along the path by
Ezra came along the deck at this moment,
wildly, madly, with white face and staring which she had been brought.
seat, releases the lever and the lond au
anil listened with interest to the conver
eves, as men who have looked upon that
tom atically turns over. The d river Is
Hurt trami**d stolidly along behind sation.
Sm oolblnK Ursa.
which is not of this world. In the mean v ith the remaining jsilic-enian beside him.
This ship is in danger," Miggs remark thus not cnmi>elled to leave Ids seat,
time. Tom had sprung down from his The Nihilist brought lip the rear with his
saving considerable time.
perch, and had clasped Kate in his arms, keen eyes fixed upon the navvy, and his ed calmly.
In danger!” cried Ezra, looking round
and there she lay, sobbing and laughing, knife still ready for use.
When they at the dea r sky and placid sen. “ Where
W l a t r d lloltd M o n e y .
with many pretty feminine ejaculations reached the Priory the prisoner wus safe
is the danger? I did not think you were
In
a
recent
speech nt I ’eorla, II. II.
and exclamations and questions, saved at ly locked away in one of the numerous
such an old woman, Miggs.”
Gross, secretary o f the Farm ers’ Good
last from the net <>f death, which had been empty rooms, while Rebecca wns carried
“ We w ill see about that,” the seaman Road League and H|>cclal agent fo r the
closing upon her so long.
upstairs and laid upon the very bed which answered angrily.
" I f a ship's got no National Departm ent o f A gricu ltu re to
had been hers.
bottom in her she's Isiund to be In dnn-
T o break down clods and give a flue
CHAPTER XXIV.
study the question o f highways, made
“ W e must search the house,” the in gcr, be the weather fair or foul.”
surface the field drag serves a useful
The ruffian Hurt was so horror-striclj^n spector said, and Mrs. Jorrocks having
the
fo
llow
in
g
statem
ent:
“
In
fo
rty
“ Do you mean to tell me this ship ha*
purpose. It may Is* used In connection
at the sight o f the girl whom he imagined been brought out of her room, and haring
years enough money has tieen thrown
no bottom?"
w ith the spring tooth harrow or even
that he had murdered, that he lay grovel forthwith fainted and lieen revived Hgnin,
" I mean to tell you that there are a w ay and squandered on tlie dirt roads
with the disk.
T h e flxd Inch pieces
ing on the railway line by the side o f his was ordered to accompany the police in
o
f
Illin
ois
to
pay
fo
r
gravelin
g
or
mac
places where you could put your lingers
victim, moaning with terror, and incapa their investigation, which she did in a
nre ll to 10 feet In length and nre laid
through her seams. It’s only the pumpin’ adam izing every f«s»t o f highway In
ble of any resistance. He was promptly very dazed and stupefied manner. Indeed,
edgewise, being hound together by cross
that keeps her afloat.”
the Stute."
H e went on fu rth er to
seized by the major’s party, and the N i not a word could be got from her until,
“ This Is a pretty state of things," said state that as good, hnrd roads could pieces made o f lMtXfl Inch stuff.
hilist secured his bands with a handker entering the dining room, she perceived
Girdlestone. “ H ow is it that I have not tie built on the black Innd In the corn
chief ao quickly and effectively that it her bottle o f Hollands upon the table, on
F a r m N e w s N o tea .
b o n informed of it before? It is most
l. as clearly not the first time that he had which she raised up her voice and cursed
belt o f Illin ois ns In Massachusetts, or
In New Zealand the beat demand
•performed the feat. He then calmly drew the whole company, from the inspector dangerous."
In s o y other State, and at a moderate
Inform ed!” cried Miggs. “ Informed
la fo r Hhorthorn bulls o f the m ilking
a very long and bright knife from the downwards, with the shrillest volubility
of i t ! Has there been a v’yage yet that annual expense to the landowners o f strain.
recesses of his frock coat, and having of invective. Having satisfied her soul
I haven’t come to you. Muster Girdle- the State, |K>sslbly not exceeding their
j.iessed it against Hurt’s nose to insure In this manner, she wound up by a per
K angaroo rats are destroying the
stone, and told ye I was surprised ever to present annual tax fo r roud and bridge
his attention, he brandished it in front of fect shriek of profanity, and hr»nking
vineyards near S an t« Cfuz, Cal. T h ey
find myself hack in Lunnon?
A year purposes.
him in a menacing way, as a hint that an away from her guardians, she regained
have appeared In thotiannda and are
agone I told ye how this ship was. and ye
attempt at escape might be dangerous.
the shelter o f her room and locked herself laughed at m e , ye did. It's only when ye
M ilk
for ('«I t «».
feeding on the young buds and vine«.
“ And who is dis?” asked Baumser, lift up there, after which they could hear by
Th e c a lf finds In fresh milk w hile It
find yourselves on her in the middle o’ the
W h ile attending n mule on n fnrm in
ing up the dead woman's head, and rest the drumming o f her heels that she went
broad sen that ye underatan’ wlmt it is Is still warm w ith the nnlmal heat o f Morgan County, W . Vn., Frank Culp,
ing it upon his knee.
into a violent hysterical attack ui»on the that sailor folk have to put up wi’ .”
the eow, it la said, a constituent value a furni hoy, was attacked by the ani
"P o o r g i r l !
She will
never speak floor.
" I presume,” Girdlestone said, in a con not found In the milk a fte r It Is a llo w
mal and had his leg nearly chewed off.
again, whoever she may have been,” the
Kate had, however, recovered sufficient ciliatory voice, “ that there would Is- no
major said, holding the lantern to her ly to be able to show the police the differ real danger as long as the weather was ed to gpt cold. T h e chemist enn not
Becretnry W ilson says we ought to
define It, and It can not lie restored
cold, pale face. "H ere's where the cow ent rooms, and to explain to them which fine.”
have buni|s>r crops throughout
the
again by w arm ing the milk. I f every
ards struck her. Death must have been was which. The inspector examined the
" I t won’t be fine long,” the captain an
country this season. A ll conditions nro
instantaneous and painless. I could have sipnty furniture o f Kate's apartment with swered gruffly. "T h e glass was well un c a lf could be fed Its milk sweet, and
favorable fo r tecord-breaklng yield s o f
sworn it was the young lady we came gn a t interest.
der thirty when I come up, and it I* w hile It still retained Its nnlmal heat, all aorta.
after, if It were not that we have her
“ You say you have been living here for failin’ fast. I've b e e n about here before there would no doubt lie fpw er cat-ham-
W h ile one class o f stock may pay bet
sufe down there, thank the L o r d !”
three weeks,” he said.
ar this time o’ year in a calm, with a med steers going to the block.
"W h ere are those oders’f” asked V’ on
"N ea rly a month,” Kate answered.
ter than another, do not lose sight o f
ground swell and a sinkin' glnss. No good
Pauraser, peering about through the dark
" N o wonder you look pale and ill. You
the fa ct that the average farm needs
ever came o f It.”
T r e a t m e n t f o r I.o eo .
ness. " I f there is justice in the country, have a fine prospect from the window.”
(T o be continued.)
Th e results o f the loco weed when a few head i f every sort In order to
‘.hey will hing for the work of dis night.” lie drew the blind aside and looked out
eaten by stock nre unpleasantly fa make the best and closest use o f all the
"T h ey are off,” the major answered, Into the darkness. A gleam o f moonlight
f l o o d i n g K l i n Off,
m ilia r to the stockman o f the plains product«.
In.vlng the girl's head reverently down lay upon the heaving ocean, and in the
B Iox— I want to give you a piece o f
A Connecticut farm er la reported tn
east
o f the Rocky mountains.
It has
again. “ I t ’s hopeless to follow them, as «.lite r of this silver streak was a single good ndvleo, ohl man.
been estim ated that the looses from use th « Incubator system In starting
we know nothing o f the eounthry, nor brown-sailed fishing boat running to the
K n ox — A ll rig h t; hut before you do,
which direction they took. They ran like eastward before the wind. The inspector's
this source In Colorado
alone
have his potato crop. T h e seed potatoes aro
let
me give you a niece.
madmen. H u llo! What can this be?”
keen eye rested upon It for an instant,
reached the aum o f a million dollars placed In a warm room In a rack, whero
B
lox—
W
h
at
Is
It?
The sight wbaeh had attracted the vet and then he dropped the blind and turned
per annum.
Th e national bureau o f they sprout, and are then transplanted
K n ox— Follow the advice you are
eran’s attention was nothing less thsn the away. It never flaahed across hit mind
| plant Industry has been taking a turn In the Held.
spDsaranc« at the end of the lane of three that the men whom he was bunting down going to give me,
The Firm of
Girdlestone
-'S-Ü -Sv