The Stayton mail., July 31, 1908, Image 6

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The (Chauffeur
and the Je w e ls
C o p y r ig h t,
b y J. B. L i r r i N C o r T C o m p a n y .
A ll r ig h t» rorterved.
By
L J Ith M org a n W ille tt
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C H A P T E R IV.
Thro** day* after Mrs. W aring an.I
her party left Havre, an artlat hoarded
the Liverpool express just as it was leav­
ing Hiruiingliaiii, barely in time to he
locked up in his carriage by the rushing
guard.
The two other people in possession of
the first-class compartment— young sports
with their bulging caddy bags, their suit
cases, and their (»aiettes -took up the en­
tire seat. The artist settled himself mod­
estly in a corner op]>osite. and pulling
his cap well over his face and long, curly
brown hair, opened his Hally Telegraph.
Having read the editorials from end to
end. he glanced leisurely over the polit­
ical news, and finally, doubling the pa­
per, took in the various paragraphs of
current interest with attention and, one
in particular, with some amusement.
This was dubbed, “ Special from The
Paris Herald." and contained these head
'¡n es:
"Remarkable Burglary at Havre."
“ American
Woman
Robbed by Her
Chauffeur.**
And then below :
“ Mrs. Richard Waring, of New York
and Washington, who has been traveling
on the Continent with a party of friends,
was the unfortunate loser on Wednesday
of some unusually due diamouds, valued
at 2*V),OO0 francs.
“ The gems must have been stolen from
her trunk while at the Hotel Maritime.
The suspected thief is her chauffeur, one
Ludovic Sarto, lately in the employ of
His Highness the Prince del P 1 . 10 . Sarto
has been running Mrs. Waring'a motor
for the past two months.
"T h e burglary was not discovered until
this morning, when the party w a s leaving
Calais, but the authorities of t'.e place
were immediately informed of the affair
and are on the lookout for the thief. A
reward of 5.000 francs is offered for his
apprehension.”
Having read this paragraph twice over
very carefully, the artist folded the paper,
crammed it into his pocket, and leaned
back in his seat, giving himself up to a tit
of hard thinking which lasted till the
train rumbled into the Liverpool station
just five minutes late.
It was while the artist was bunting
up a cab that he first noticed the man in
the brown overcoat— a tall, thin, stoop-
houldered person, who favored him with
a brief, interrogative stare, then disap­
peared into the ticket office.
A minute after, a four-wheeler contain­
ing a painter and his paraphernalia bowl­
ed swiftly away in the direction of the
Metropole Hotel. From time to time its
passenger looked out through the little
window at the back with a keen, inquir­
ing glance.
Finally passing out of a
broad avenue, the trap crossed a square
at right angles and turned a sharp comer.
“ Stop,” said the man inside suddenly.
Hismounting. bag in hand, he looked
furtively to right and left.
Ahead of
him stretched a long, narrow street given
over apparently to lodging houses and a
few unpretentious shops. Fulling out a
sovereign, “ Cabby,” he said, speaking
with a strong foreign accent, “ behold
your fare— and something, as you see, l»e-
jond. Make your best time to the Met­
ropole and leave there my belongings. I
get out at this place.”
Then, crossing the street as the cab
rattled off. the artist plunged into a sta-
* ¡oner's opposite.
He was standing at the counter a little
later, reflectively choosing a note Ixxik.
when the sound of wheels outside made
him start and look out expectantly, but
there was nothing unusual in sight— only
a station cab, containing a commonplace
looking man in a brown overcoat, pass-
'ug by the shop at a quick trot.
Faying for his purchase and shoulder­
ing his bag. the artist walked briskly
up the street. Turning on his course, he
soon took to side alleys and short cuts,
walking with the assured gait of one who
knows his town thoroughly, until the
gray stone facade o f the Hotel Adelphi
came into view.
Entering the lobby, “ Can you tell me."
he asked the clerk suavely, “ if His Ex­
cellency the I'rince del Fino is not stay-
'ng here?"
The young man consulted a slip of pa­
per.
“ Leaves by Majestic this afternoon.
Suite 21, second floor.
Take a lift.”
The words came out automatically with­
out the slightest punctuation.
Following the direction, the caller
found himself at length standing outside
of a closed door upstairs.
A fter a little the door was opened in
answer to his ring and a head thrust
'Ut.
“ His Highness begs to lie excused,” an­
nounced a guttural voice, without any
preliminaries.
Rut the artist stepped forward and,
seizing the cautious one by the hand,
held it very firmly.
"Aleeste,” he said in French, “ do you
not recognize me, my friend? It is Sarto.”
The other gave a start. “ Come In, come
In, without doubt,” he said in a low voice,
"and close the door behind you.”
It was an imposing anteroom in which
Sarto now found himself, with doors
opening out at the two ends, and six
long windows communicating with a bal­
cony commanding the street.
While the visitor looked about him, his
companion slipped to the portieie oppo­
site and drew the draperies more closely.
Turning he came back rapidly, a trim
looking fellow of middle height, the typi­
cal French valet, with a »allow, smooth-
shaven face.
"And ao it is Ludovic S a rto !" he said
incredulously, approaching the pseudo art­
ist. “ I should never have known you,"
as he surveyed the professional get-up
with a slight smile.
“ I see, I had better ask no questions!
Eh bien, my friend, here you are safe at
least, only” — struck by a sudden thought
he asked a few words in a whisper—
“ have you ever had the scarlet fever?"
The chauffeur nodded his head.
“A
slight case, when I was a boy," he as­
sented briefly ; and then, w ith some con­
cern “ Not the prime?”
The other acquiesced. “ The devil, say
ra th er!" he ejaculated feelingly. “ Such
tem|>er, such abuse, for the |>a»t week :
and now this high fever M le docteur is
in there now.”
He glanced at the op|a>-
site door. “ One cannot tell yet positively
what may he the outcome. As for our
journey this afternoon, where are we to
go— what we are to do?"
He shrugged his shoulders, spread out
his hands, rolled his eyes, and glanced
upward, all in one brief, pantomimic mo
tnent.
"H ut how about you. man chou?”
The chauffeur pushed back his long ar­
tistic locks, which now showed unmistak­
able signs of belonging to a wig.
“ As you suggest," he said. "It is wiser
sometimes to ask no questions about the
j«ast.
For the present” — This with a
whimsical lift of his eyebrows—“ Scotland
Yard is after me. 1 have been followed
all the way from Southampton. That is
the reason 1 am here.”
He paused, his eyes Inscrutably on the
valet : but Aleeste avoided the gaze.
“ You come at a bad time, then," he
objected, with sudden fretfulness. “ The
prince ill— myself with a hundred de­
mands upon me— one must see, under
these circumstances------”
" A h !” broke In the chauffeur. I*ook-
ing down, he studied the points of his
boots and apj>eared to meditate a moment,
then, shaking off his abstraction, “ Come,
then.” he said lightly, “ no more of tny
affairs.
\Ve will discuss thine for the
nonce. Sit dow n ; let us talk.”
Flacing himself leisurely in a chair, he
eyed the valet with a faint smile that
hardened and broadened.
"A h . Aleeste!
Rut the sight o f thee
recalls many things! I tost thou remem­
ber those two weeks at Toulouse?" His
gaze rested reminiscently on the ceiling.
"And that accident to the gens d'artne?
It was an unhappy mistake of thine," he
laughed jarringly.
Rut Aleeste did not laugh.
T n peu plus baa," he expostulated, his
eyes on the closed door opposite.
Sarto crossed his legs with deliberation.
“ Alia !” he laughed unheedingly. “ There
was also that affair in Hpain. Ma f o i !
How amusing!” He raised his voice with
apparent unconsciousness. “ The prince—
has he heard of these little incidental
divertisements? Eh, Aleeste?"
Aleeste made no immediate reply. His
e y e s were still glued on the door, his
usually dull skin turned the spent, un­
healthy hue of a wax candle.
A fter a pause, " Is not this a had time
for such banal reminiscences?" he asked,
meekly enough now. “ I am all eagerness
to do what you wish in this difficulty. It
is but a question of expedients, ("h u t!"
He broke off abruptly, listening, for
from the next room came the sound of
voices, and then footfalls.
“ M. le docteur!” ejaculated Aleeste.
“ Already !”
He move«! sw iftly toward the door.
Then, over his shoulder,
“ I» o k you !
Through that door opposite! Muk-* haste;
[ will be with you directly."
His tone
was almost beseeching.
Rising with a careless shrug, the other
stepped into the next room. Having c I oj -
ed the door, he stood listening to the
sound of approaching feet.
The next instant a voice beenme audi­
ble, the hoarse, wheezy voice of a very
fat mpn. Standing close by the interven­
ing wall, Sarto could hear every word.
“ Yes,” the doctor was saying, “ there
is considerable fever, but we can't be sure
wbat the trouble is for twenty-four hours
at any rate. I f it wasn’t that Liverpool
had been so full of scarlet fever lately I
should say positively— ”
He broke off
abruptly. “ Well, keep him quiet and do
what I told you.”
“ Mala, monsieur," the valet’s voice rose
in voluble remonstrance, "a ll
arrange­
ments mek for Son Altesse departure to­
day. I^ook y o u ! The very trunks have
left for the steamer. This hotel fu ll—
cr-r-owded. Eef all dese peoples susiiect
the truth, dere will be great tr-rouble—
big fuss!”
The doctor was evidently in a hurry,
for the chauffeur could hear the struggle
with his overcoat.
"Suspect," he grunted. "W h y should
they suspect? Can’t you keep tilings quiet
a little longer? I tell you aerioualy the
prince can’t be moved for twenty-four
hours without danger.
Just tell Mr.
Rurllngton that, with my compliments.
I ’ ll drop in later and have a word with
him."
There was a shuffle of departing feet
and the door closed.
Stepping over to the window which
gave on the street, the chauffeur glanced
out, hoping for a glimpse of the great
man getting into his brougham, but there
was no sign of either.
Instead, a hansom had just driven up
1 to the side entrance and. a« Sarto watch­
ed It, some one jumped out and passed
rapidly Into the hotel a tall, thin man
in a familiar looking brown overcoat.
With a muttered Melanin lion the chati-
feur turned away and stood perfectly
»till, »taring ahead of him with the di­
lated, startled look In his eyes of a hunt­
ed animal. Listening with sickening ex­
pectancy. he made out the creak of ths
ascending lift outside, the sound of feet
along the hall, and a loud knock.
A fter a moment's silence, it was repeat­
ed. and the flip-flap of Alceete'a slippers
came hastening from an inner room to
auswer it.
The door was opened, and a quiet vole*
was heard to the
listener's strained
senses most unpleasantly distinct und
near.
"These the prince's rooms?" it ask>*4
suavely.
“ The clerk tells me that :i
friend of mine was directed up here a
half-hour ago- an artist tall, dnrk man.
I've called for h im ! Just ask him to
step out, pleas«*!"
There was a pause, while Ludovic held
hiuuudf stiffly at bay, wondering wlmt
would come next; everything bung ou the
valet's next words.
“ Oul, monsieur," came the guttural re­
sponse at last
"T h e geutlemnns that
you describe calli*<l here, ii-y a vingt min­
utes, but ns Son Altesse could not sea
hi*em he leave ilir«*«*tly.”
“ 1 n«l«*«*«l?’’ The tone stmnded Incredu­
lous. "Th at is very extraordinary I The
clerk tells me he didn't set* him go out.
How do you account for that?"
"1 do not know, sir. m e !"
Alc«*ste's
reply was glibness itself. " I shut «le door
on heetn. Son Altesse, he so much occu-
py, and myself no I«**».”
The .detective took the obvious infer­
ence.
"W e ll," he remark«-«!,
nfter a
pause, “ if you're sure lie's not here. I
won't «letnin you any longer. Much oblig­
ed. Hood m orning!" And footsteps re-
treat«-«l down the hall.
The situation was apparently xnv<-<|, bill
the astute chauffeur realiz«*«! thoroughly
that the Adelphi wns tn* longer a (>os»i-
bility for him. Some other hiding place
must be found, »«om-thing must be «lone —
and at om-e.
The next half hour he sj*enl tramping
up nnd down his rattier circunun'ribed
quarters ami cudgelling his brains for a
solution of the problem that confront«-d
him, so absorl>e<l iu his thoughts that h-
almost forgot to womler what hail become
of A Iceate.
At last, however, the valet made his
ap|s-aranee, his colorless face more cha'ky
than ever.
“ Ah !” he ejaculat«*«! snvng-dyfi for the
moment more ¡nter«-st«-il in his own dilem­
ma than in the chauffeur's woes. “ Could
anything lie worse? Some servant has
spread abroad the re|*ort that Son A l­
tesse has the scarlet fever, nnd the hotel
is intete, fo u ! Every one in a panic!
M. le I ’roprietaire declares that If the
prln«-e does not carry out his intention
and leave to-«lay, every one In the house
will leave; his season will be ruined!
Miserable canaille!”
II«- wrinkl«‘d his
forehead. " I f one could but arr«-st their
suspicions, k e e p s things quiet for twenty-
four hours longer, when everything will
be d«*cided."
Sarto s«-em«-d deep in thought. "Th e
stater<M*ms are taken?”
"R u t yes, taken and pai«l for— the lx-st
on the ship. A h ! Mille tonnerres! Sacre !
And the very trunks on hoard !"
"S o much the better," said the chauf­
feur audilenly.
Aleeste »tar«“d at him.
“ I mean i t !” the other repeate«!. "L e t
them go, even if they have to cross the
ocean to save appearnn«-«*»!”
He was standing before a mirror, star­
ing at himself critically, eagerly.
“ Yes” — to himself— "it eouhl be man­
aged with a little ingenuity.”
Then,
turning to the valet, "Calmea toi. Al-
ceste!” he said soothingly. “ You have
helpeil me and I shall now extricate yon.
This moment even, a blessed idea has
come to me by which all can b<* manag«-d.
The affair is concluded!
Iletween us
both we can accomplish everything. His
Excellency can remain here in secret un­
til the crisis of his illness is passed, am!
yet at th«.- same time— the proprietor, the
hotel, all the city if necessary, shall s*-a
the I ’rince del Fino sail for A m erica!"
(T o be continued.)
Tam i- nml
W ild
f e e t o f th e
H orse.
Th e uscfulm-ss o f n horse depends
largely upon the «pinllty o f Ills f«-ct. If
lh«>y are sound nnd \v«*ll taken cars o f
he la able to travel nnd w ork well,
but If they nre d efective and n«-glect«sl
his usefulness la Impnlrtx! nnd he can
not I*e dt-|M>nd«sl on In any emergency,
an he Is liable, when his service* nre
most needed, to lietxune partially if not
wholly
disabled, resulting In serious
loss to his owner. Rut few horses nre
1‘oru w ith iM-rfect f«-«-t, yet the «h-fis-is
by csrt-fui trentment are often en tire­
ly cu red ; also many horses w ith sound
Insifs are practically ruined by the
ignorance or carelessness
of
black-
smiths.
Th e proper shoeing <»f horses nml the
general cure o f their feet Is n matter
that should rec«-ive the strlet attention
o f every farm er, nnd yet, ns n rule,
it Is w ofu lly uegleet«-d. T h e farm er
should have knowledge o f the unturnl
forma (Ion o f n horse’s find, so ns to !><•
nble to ih-termlne w hether the nnlmnl
tn ts-lug
pro|M-rly
shod or not, nnd
w hile that Is ts-lug done he should
never go nwny und leave the smith to
alight ttic* work to get through with It
nr hutcher Its feet If he doc* not un-
derstnml his business.
W h ile no definite rules for shoeing
bors«>s can Is* given, some g«*n«-ral prin­
ciples nre acknowledge«! by nil com­
petent liorscsbis-rn.
namely, the lu-el
should never lie cut except to remove
n rugged point. Th e same Is true o f
the frog, which Is nil elastic cushion,
liiteml«-«! t«< r«*»lu<-«» the Impact o f a sml-
den shock to the foot.
Th e hutterls
Is an Instrument that may do nn Im­
mense amount o f damage In the hands
o f nn Incapable operator.
Much mis-
ch ief Is done by It «-very «lay.
W hen the t«s* la t«s* long nnd projects
beyond the ho«>f, It cnu»<-s stumbling
nnd It should Is* shortened. A hot Iron
should never Is* nppll«*«! to the fisit t«*
ns«*«*rtaln its evenness, ns many black­
smiths «Jo m«*r«-ly to save time, when
they know it Is not right.
A s«*nre<l
nurfn«*e ts*twe«*n the h«xif and the alas*
inaki-s the «-«intact l«*ss |s*rf«*ct and the
sins* necessarily less rigid than It ought
to lie.
Th e outside o f the hoof shoubl not ts*
rns|ss1 more than la n«*«-»*ssnry to clinch
the nails, ss this thins the «-rust ami re­
duces the strength o f the hearing sur
face o f the foot. \\'enktnlng nnd decay
are sometimes the result o f this prac­
tice. Oil applle«l to the h<x>fs occasion
nlly during dry w eather Is beneficial.
A t fou r years old «nell ja w shows
four permanent teeth, whose tables are
worn to tbe same level. Th e dividers
nre w orn upon both o f th«*lr borders.
l,«M>k<'d at from the side, the corner
teeth are «(ulte small.
(¡a m i- M l i f d .
School Teach er— And now that we
have finish«-«! discussing the lion ntul
the tiger, who can t«-ll me about the
lynx?
A jm Infill pause.
F in a lly a small
hand Is hesitatingly d era te d .
T«*ach«*r— W eU, Tom m y, can you <lo-
scrilie the lynx?
T om m y— N o’ m.
Teach er— Then w hy (11«1 you raise
A t four nml a h alf years the nippers
y«>ur hand?
show w ear on both edges. T h e corner
Tom m y— I thought W illie W uggleS teeth nnd the h<x>k or canine teeth are
could tell.
In evidence.
Teach er— And w hat made you think
A n A i c r l m l l n rnl
W illie could descrllie the lynx?
Ho great have been the
rnvages
T o m m y — ’Cause his brother's n cad­
caused by the dodder— n leafless, tw in­
die.
ing, parasitic plant— that a deer«-«- has
o f Mind.
lx-«*n Issued by the French I'ri-sldent
B row n ing So you r «-ngagement with prohibiting Its Importation Into the
the rich w idow is broken off, eh? W hat w in try . It Is n veritable agricultural
scourge, attacking and d«*stroylng hops,
wns the trouble?
Greening Oh, one o f my fnmous hn«l vines, clover, pens, tomatoes and many
breaks, as usunl.
In nn urigunrde«l -flier kinds o f agricultural* produce.
moment I nsk«-(l her i f I was the only Once having found Its w ay Fito any dls-
trb-t. It Is most difficult to get rl«l of,
inan she had ever loved.
anil constitutes a permanent source o f
H e n d itir n n ( I l f p u rl«*.»,
“ W a lter, what kind o f a steak was m xlety to the farm er. Cutting down,
that you served me w ith Just n ow ?" burning and poison have all been tried
with unsatisfactory results.
demnmh-d the dissatisfied guest.
“ W ell done,” responded the w aiter,
t ' n p r o f l t n h l « Km p e r l i n r n t l n g .
w ith a low bow.
In the entire realm o f scientific In­
" H ’m !
I>o you mean me or the vestigation there Is nothing more Inter­
steak?"
esting snd m arvelous thnn the growth
O f the !W7 recorded ministers o f the and development o f plnnts from the
fOx-lety o f Frlenda iu G reat R rltalu 153 h«-glnnlng or the germination o f the
| seed to th# reproduction o f the germ.
are women
Each sjh « c I«* s o f plant has Its distinct­
ive character and life habits and only
flourishes where natural comi It Ion* nre
favorable to II* growth. T o attain any
(Jegree o f perfsctlon, tlm *«*ll and clim ­
ate coinblnsd
must he su«-h ns tlm
plants require, nlthough n moderate «le*
gn-«- o f suct-ess may be attained wln-n
eith er o f lh«*s«> factors ure not exactly
suited to Its growth, hut w here Isdh
nr«* deficient Iu any considerable de-
gr«*o the plant «-an not I a* successfully
grown, except
by
nrtlth-lnl
means
whereby the necessary natural condi­
tions are rrt*ntod. I f the chem bal com-
position o f the s««ll Is fa vo ra b ly nml
clim atic comlltlons unfavorable, tho
latter enn lie creat««d a rtificia lly su«-h
as protection from «*old nml exc«*salv#
beat and lack o f nndsture and, like­
wise, If the soil Is deficient In th#
chemical elements which the plant re­
quires, they enn Is* added to. but In
either ease the pnv-ess Is lalxirlotis and
ex|*euslve and the rcnulta unsatlsfa«*-
tory. A ll piaula are lndlg<-nous to
«-ertalli kinds o f soil, and nil soils am
es|x*«-lally adapt«*«! to the grow th o f
ccrtulii kinds o f plants, nnd nnlure can
not ts* liuprore<l upon Iu any way, n««r
can her «lefleleiules I k * muvcnnfully
remeilled by artllb'lal means In or«t«*r,
therefor«*, to Is* surecaaful III Ills busi­
ness. th«* farm er must “ k«*«-p c-loae to
naturi* nnd mark well her w ays." l ie
must rnls«> only such crops ns art* best
nilnptcd to the soil o f Ills farm. In a«*-
«-orda nre w ith
his
experience, nml
w holly refrain from extensive experi­
ments with such ns are o f doubtful
utility,
K r«-p »
« h lrk rtia
at
lliiin ».
An Iowa man has design«*«! an anti-
flying chicken w ing attachment having
In view to prevent the antioynnce nnd
damages
Incident
to chickens scratch­
h lT
ing In «jo u r neigh-
Ixtr's ga n id i. The
device Is attach«-)!
to t h e cbh’ken'li
wing.
It I» mnds
o f parallel p i««* *
o f w ire Is-nt Into
the form o f an el-
STOPS v i v i . v o.
bow, w ith a h«x»k at the bend.
T o apply the attachment to a chick-
en's wing It Is slipped o ver tin- wing,
and by placing the parallel sides toward
en«-h other the h«x«k «-a:i lx* nnnp|M-«| In
|M-sitloii nml r<-tnln«*«l by the resiliency
<jf the wire. T h e book w ill t>e on tlie
Inner corner o f the wing nml w ill p re
vent the dev I t » from slipping " if
Ths
chicken w ill thus l*e prevent«-«! frotn
sprenillng the wing as reijuln-d to fly
n:id thereby unable to g«-t over n fence
Into the neighbor's garden.
I.rn tlirr
fo r
In some districts o f Auslrnlln horn.**
are sh«xl with leather. Instead o f lr«m,
says llar]M*r's Rnznr. Th is pliut Is em­
ployed
only In regions
where the
ground Is permanently cover«*«!
with
grass, nr flue sand, nml gives thn feet
better support. In n country such ns
Australia, w here n honu-mnn may ex-
perlenee great difficulty, at a «-rltlcnl
moment Iu finding a horseshoe, such an
Innovation la a useful novelty.
W ith
i-xtrn atio«*s, whose w«-lght Is a trill«*,
ami which enn lx* fitted w ithout trim-
ble, It Is practicable to travel without
fear o f the hors«* losing Its slux* am!
Ix-lng Injure«!. Though tin» latter shoo
Is more expensive than the Iron sins*,
the higher pries Is repaid by th«* su-
|s-rlor advantages.
llo i«»ra
of
Corn
Colt«.
Ill Rom«* part* nf Kuropo corn <*nh*
are us«*«l fo r building purposes
Tho
<*<>h* ore collected ami taki-n to n fac-
t«>ry, where heavy compress«** crush
and mobl them Into libx-ks o f vnrloua
sizes, Just
a a bricks are
variously
molded. These l»l«x ks nr«* then Ixnind
w ith w ire so as to make them hold to­
gether. T h ey arc then soaked In tar
to make them
w ater-tight, and ero
ready for us«- nfter this treatment. * )f
course, they nre much ligh ter thnn
hrli-ks, nr«* alw ays dry, and make gixxl
hotis»-H. T ills Is but one o f the very
many w ays In which Europe shows a
greater
«•«-onomy thnn Ameren docs.
Th ere Is little over there which g«»«*s to
waste.
Even the refuse nnd garbage
o f Fnrls Is made to serve n purpose by
b«-liig burned nnd converted Into iw»w*
er.
T h e C »r<- o f S h e e p .
I f the pasture Is poor the sheep can
be k«-pt In g«x>«| flesh by feeding a little
grain.
Corn, oats nnd nntm«-nl la a good mix­
ture fed with such fo««lM as rap«-, roodv
ensilage and turnips.
H ave you thought out any w ay you
enn make you r w ife's work any easier
this yi-ar? O f course, you have a r­
ranged to make yotlr own as light nr
p< isslhle.
Overfeeding or sudden changes frou.
poor to very rich food, combined w ith
want o f exercise, If not actual causes,
w ill contribute to the developm ent o f
the loss «»f wool among ewes.
An English shepherd being asked
what he attrlbuU-d Ida unequaled suc­
cess In the show ring to, rep lied : “ T o
tw o things— alw ays having m y entri*s
trained to walk In thn halter, and to al­
ways being polite to the Judge, no mat­
ter what position ho placed the exhibit
In ."
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