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Prisoners and Captives By H. S. MERRIMAN CH AFTER XIII. Enst on laughed reassuringly. He was nor rfriii.l of clever women. Miss Win ter must almost have hoard the laugh, while there was still a smile on his face as he bowed before her. "I have never," he said, as he seated himself, "been at an entertainment of this description before. I am only a be ginner. In our country we manage things differently ; and I cannot yet understand how much talking and so little action can btnefit any cause." "But," said Miss Winter, "you are not new to England. There is nothing about jou to lead one to that conclusion." "Thank you," he replied, gravely. "My claw-hammer coat was made in Piccadil ly, so 1 suppose it is all right." He looked down at the garment in question, and dusted the sleeves lightly with a perfectly gloved hand. "Do you like it V" he inquired simply. Miss Winter was becoming interested. She therefore quelled a sudden desire to laugh, and answered : "Yes; it is a very nice coat." ,-I am not," he said, after a pause, "new to England, but I have not moved much In Ixindon society. I suppose the men do all the moving in your society? th,v seem to. The women sit mostly still and wait till the men come to them. With us it is different." "The women," replied this womanly lady, "are beginning to move with us, and from what I have seen of the result, I rather incline toward the old policy of Bitting still." . He turned and looked at her with a little nod. There was in his queer, rest less eyes a distinct glance of approval. "Yes," he said, "yes. So I should sur mise. Our ladies are very fascinating, and very clever, and all that, but but the young men do not seem to make such a pretty show of loving them as we read of in olden times. At all events, they do not continue to show them that regard which. I remember, my father showed toward my mother." "I myself am an humble admirer of the womanlv school." "And I,"' added Easton. "Now," he continued, after a pause, "do tell rue, what do all these good people think they are doing here to-nightV" "They think firstly," replied Miss Win ter, "that they are getting their names into the fashionable society papers. Sec ondly, that their natural or arificial adornment is creating a distinct impres sion. Thirdly, and lastly, that they are assisting in some indefinite way toward the solution of a problem of which the rudiments are entirely unknown." "Then in England, as well as in my own country, charity is a recognized play thing of society," suggested Easton. "Yes. We take it up in late autumn and winter, when there are no races, no regattas, nor lawn tennis parties." "Ah! then," said the American, "so ciety is very much the same here as else where." At this moment Oswin Grace passed within earshot of them. He heard the remark, and recognized the voice. When he turned, his surprise at seeing Miss Winter and EaRton together was so mark ed as to cause a little frown to pass across the queer, wistful face of the American. He returned the young Eng lishman's comprehensive bow, however, with perfect equanimity. ""ou know Oswin Grace?" inquired Miss Winter. "Oh, yes," was the cool reply ; "Tyars brought him to my rooms one evening." Miss Winter skillfully concealed eager ness. "They are great friends," she said, lightly. "Y"e-es, Yes, Tyars constantly talks of him." "I suppose," continued Miss Winter, in th same indifferently conversational way. "that they have many interests in com mon ; both being sailors. At least, I be lieve Claud Tyars considers himself a sailor now." This was clever, and the wary little man paused. He felt convinced that Miss Winter knew less of the past life of Tyars than she would have him believe. More over, he suspected that she had never hitherto calh'd him Claud Tyars. The Implied familiarity was a trap, womanly, clever and subtle; but Easton avoided it with pquul skill. He maintained an easy silence. Immediately afterward, how ever, he made a blunder. "Oswin," said Miss Winter, "is a great friend of mine, and I think Helen is my greatest friend." "A sister?" inquired Easton, rashly. "Y'es. Mr. Tyars has not spoken of hr, then?" "No. Tyars did not tell me that Grace bad a sister." There was a short pause. Perhaps the American heard the little sigh of relief given by his companion, marking, as it were, the relaxation of an effort; such a sigh as an athlete gives when he has scored a success and his wa ry muscles fall into repose. He became Instantly conscious of his blunder. He had been outwitted by this pleasant woman. He Matthew Mark Easton a born In triguer, a man with real genius for con spiracy. "Ah l" reflected Miss Winter, "why has Mr. Tyars omitted to make mention of Helen's existence?" And with feminine Intuition she made a hasty mental note of this important item. "So," mused Easton, during the same Iause, "there is a Miss Grace, and Tyam liever mentioned her. I must be very careful. Se-ms to me that there are two men at stake here, not one; and I cannot afford to lose two sailors su'-h as these." Miss Winter was now drawn into a vortex of light hearted idlers bent upon a systematic inspection of the pictures, and from their ranks Easton took the first opportunity of dropping away unobserved. They did not speak again during the even ing; but the little seed was sown the little seed of mutual esteem or mutual dislike, as tin; case may be, which under either circumstance seems to draw aome j-eople together here in life to spread Its subtle tendrils. Intertwined and knit together, until their nnlted strength is a thing undreamed of. -I seem," reflected Easton, subsequent ly, "to have met that littls English lad somewhere before. Her ways of speaking, and aar saatLod at ainr in baraalf in a cheery way, as if nothing mattered very much, are familiar to me. I certainly have not seen her before in this vale of sorrow, as the lady writers call it. I wonder where I have met her." It happened to fall to the lot of Claud Tyars to shut the door of Miss Winter's comfortable brougham ; while Grace, who had helped her in, stood back and nodded a good-night. The lady leaned back against the soft cushions, and drew her cloak more snug ly round her. The flashing light of street lamp or carriage showed her face to be grave and thoughtful. She was realizing that Claud Tyars was something more than a mere lover of intrigue, making a mystery out of a very ordinary love affair. She was recognizing now that matters were more serious than she had at first considered them. CHAPTER XIV. Miss Winter sometimes fell a victim to a longing for labor. She sometimes felt useless, and looked beyond the work that lay at hand for heavier labor. When she heard of good works done by women, she longed to do something also. But it was only at times that Miss Winter gave way to this weakness, and she was very quiet about it. When the paroxysm was upon her, she put on a thick veil, her quietest dress, and took the omnibus to Tower Hill. She was too well acquainted with the world to go empty-handed and to make those trivial mistakes by which many well-meaning women reduce charity to the ludicrous. She had an old bag spe cially devoted to this secret vice, for one cannot carry half pounds of butter, pack ets of tea, and pounds of raw sausages in one's best handbag. The recipients of her charity were a race of men overlooked by charity or ganizations, ignored by those bland dis tributors of leaflet literature who call themselves the Sailors' Friend. Very few people find themselves by accident in the London Dock or the St. Katherine's Dock : in fact, both these basins are rath er difficult to find. The shipkeeper is a strange, amphibi ous creature. His calling is afloat, his business on the waters, and yet he is no sailor. In busier times he rarelv snent more than two months on board of one ship; now there are men living week after week, month after month, year after year on the same vessel. Many of them never set foot outside the dock gates ; some there are who remain afloat always. Miss Winter had heard of these ships, and from different sources she gradually learned that there were men living on board of them ; men w-hose lives were al most as solitary as that of a sailor cast upon some desert island. It seems strange that within the roar of city life, almost within stone's throw of the crowded streets, there should be men living day after day without speaking a word to their fellow creatures. For if they do not choose to come ashore, certainly no one will trouble to go on board and see them. In course of time she evolved the Idea of going to the docks to see if it was difficult to get on board these ships, and there she discovered that there was noth ing easier. It was merely a matter of paying, as it is in every other part of the world. At first her advances caused consterna tion, but, woman like, she gradually made her way, never being guilty of one retro grade step. A few distrusted her motives, some thought she was merely a fool, oth ers concluded she had "got religion." These latter were the first to welcome her. The explanation was so simple, and it had served to account for stranger conduct than this. One and all appreciated the butter and the sausages. Some made use of the soap, and a few read the newspapers she brought them Soon Miss Winter round that her ad vent was looked for. The responsibilities of beneficence began to make themselves felt. She commenced to know personally these quaint old hermits, and found that there were sincere and insincere shipkeep- ers sbipkeppers who were interesting and othrs who were mere nonentities. On the whole, she gave preference to those who took the butter anil the sausages and left the soap. These latter were old fel lows who had never washed, and did not see the good of changing their habits in old age. This conservatism indicated a character worthy of admiration, and supe rior to that of such as asked for more soap and hinted at tracts. She became more and more interested in this work, and Japsed into the habit of going to the docks once a week, at least. As Claud Tyars frequented the same sHt with an equal regularity, their meeting was only a question of time. They had missed each other several tunes by the merest chance, but at last they came face to face in a most unde niable manner. The morning was rather foggy, and in consequence the dock was more silent and sleepier than usual. Miss Winter having just left a boat, was mounting the steep wet steps from the edge of the slimy water, when a tall man, emerging from the fog, came to the top of the stairs and hailed the boat. "Wait a minute," he said ; "I want you." He came down a step or two and stood to one side to let Miss Winter pass. In doing so, he looked at her, and she, glancing up to thank him, gave a little start. "Ah '.' she exclaimed. "You h"re Mr. Tyars?" He raised his hat without betraying any surprise. "Yes," he answered, "of course. The dock have a natural attraction for me a sailor." "I forgot," she said, looking calmly at him, "that you were a sailor." She had been betrayed Into surprise, but in a moment her usual alertness re turned to her. She passed on, and ha followed her. "Are you alone?" he Inquired. "Oh, yes," Bhe replied, lightly. "I am quite at home here. I come nearly every week and Interrupt the meditations of the ship keepers. I look after their tem poral welfare. It Is quit my own idea, I assure you, that I hava no connection with any philanthropic society." Tracts r ha laaulrad, shortly. "No; no tracts,"vshe replied. "San sages, butter and sonp essentially of this world." lie was -walking beside her, suiting his step with an implied sense of protection, almost of approbation, which annoyed her. "There may be," he suggested, half ironically, "u hidden motive in the soap." "But there is not," she replied, sharply. "I advocate cleanliness only. Personally, I prefer the dirty ones." "Probably." he said, "you do a great deal of good. These poor fellows lead a very lonely life. Y'ou must seem to them like a being from another world." "So I am, Mr. Tyars," she said, still upholding her work. "Quite another world." Then she suddenly laid aside her grav ity with that strange inconseauenee which is one of the many important differences between the male and female mind. "You speak feelingly," she continued, in thinly veiled mockery. "Perhaps you have been a ship keeper yourself. You seem to have been a good many things." "Y'es," was the calm reply. "I have. I was once a ship keeper in the Southern Atlantic." She was silenced. The details of his terrible experience on board the fever stricken merchantman had never been vouchsafed, but it was not difficult to imagine them from the official account he had been forced to publish. Suddenly this cheerful little lady had realized the pettiness of her own exist ence, the futility of her own small ca price. She glanced up at him, almost meditating an apology. . Observant and analytical as she was, she had not yet no ticed a fact of which Tyars was fully aware; she had not noticed that in her intercourse with Claud Tyars she inva riably began in an antagonistic vein, and that with equal monotony this - antagon ism melted after a few moments. In one respect Tyars was a common place man. He possessed the genius of command, which is the genius most 'often encountered in the world. It is merely a genius of adaptation, not of creation. Its chief characteristic is a close but un conscious observation of human nature. He understood all who came in contact with him much better than any one of them understood him. Miss Winter was conscious of a reserve in this man's mind which was irrevocably closed to aaasa KJfnVft J Prevent Mad Around Tank. To prevent a mud bole forming around a watering tank a structure like this can be built A hole or pit is dug the size of the tanlc to a depth of six feet and is filled with broken stone. The tank is then mounted ou whatever kind of foundation desirable which can be made of brick or stone, The overflow pipe is placed In the ceu ter of the tank instead of at the sides which is usually the manner of attach lng it When the wind blows the water Instead of slopping out of the sides and PLAN FOB THE WATEtt TANK. making a mud hole runs over the top of the waste pipe in the center of the her. He casually glanced into her char-tani and runs down to seep away in acter in passing; if there was an inner the broken rock and porous sub-soil motive beyond his fathom, he remained indifferent to its presence. When their paths crossed he was pleased to meet her, but she never flattered herself that he would go far out of his way to hear her opinion upon any subject.. 'If, she said, 'I cared for horfOrs, I The accompanying illustration will in dicate how it is constructed and the manner of disposing of the overflow of water from a stock tank. It will be better to have the water line a few Inches lower than the top edge of the should ask you some day to tell me about j tank so as to preclude the possibility about those days your ship-keeping of any water escaping and making a days; but I hate horrors." mud hole. I am glad, he said, with evident re lief. "I hate horrors, too, and should not make a picturesque story of it," They walked on in silence, feeling rath er more friendly toward each other every moment. It was necessary to pass be neath a crane of which the greasy chain hung loosely right across their path. Ty Crop Following C'otv Pea. One ought not to get the Idea that a worn out piece of ground cau be plant ed to cow poas one year and be sown to seed so as to raise a paying croo the following year. Cow peas renovate the ars stepped forward, and with a quick 8011 al"1 mvl'ly nitropn- but tll0' ('an turn of ,the winch-handle, drew the chain taut, and consequently out of her way. It was a mere incident, trivial in its way ; not and do not entirely rebuild it in a short period. If one has a worn out strip of soil, he must expect to spend but women note these trivialities nad some time and energy on it to get it in piece them together with a skill and se-1 proper condition. A plan somewhat af- quence wnien men cannot rival or even ter the following would work well : Sow mate knowledge with the smallest details of the calling he had chosen to follow. (To be continued.) POVERTY AND PAUPERISM. five pecks of cow peas per acre broad cast and with them four or five hun dred pounds of some good fertilizer, us ing a fertilizer more heavily endowed with potash and phosphoric acid than with nitrogen, although it should con tain some nitrogen. About the middle of the summer plow the cow peas un der, lime the soil heavily, five hundred pounds or more to the acre, harrow in and sow to a mixture of crimson clover and raie. This, plowed under the fol lowing spring, would give one a soil fairly good for some cultivated crop upon which a liberal quantity of fer tilizer should be used. Exchange. Marker for Corn nnd Ileana. The runners of this marker for corn, beans, etc., are of ash, with pieces of oak 1x4 nailed on top. The erosspieces are of spruce, 1x0. Can mark rows Vi, 3, 3'-i or 4 feet, with guide pole to swing either way. What makes this Destitute in America Said to ' am ber Ten Millions. Poverty and pauperism have been studied by a hose of sociologists and there Is an immense literature upon the subject. The most recent book, and, in many respects, the most noteworthy, is the one written by Robert Hunter, who for many years has been a practi cal worker among the submerged tenth, says American Medicine. He defines poverty as the condition in which It Is not possible to obtain those necessaries which will permit the maintenance of a state of physical efficiency. He also makes the astounding state ment that there are IOmiO.ooo people in poverty in the United States alone one In every eight. Charles Booth cal culates that 30 per cent of London's population, or 1,3'H.i.Wm) people, are In poverty, and that the rate in smaller towns is nearly the same ("Life and Labor in London"), so that the phe nomenon Is apparently universal, the lower the civilization the greater the percentage of the poor. For many reasons the whole matter Is of vital Interest to the medical pro fession. In the first place, such a con dition of affairs Is a serious objection to the new Idea that our national diet ary Is too big one-eighth of us never get enough. The racial deterioration and Individual degeneration which must result In such condition of growth marker all the more valuable aud real of children Is a matter for serious ly a short cut, are the cultivator teeth thought. In the next place, when any ' to the rear of each runner. These teeth of the poor people become ill, the bur- are set one inch below the iron shoe den of work falls on the doctor, who, of the runner and bolted fast to the more than any other person In the 1x4 oak; they make a good, soft seed world. Is expected to give assistance . bed. without money and without price. I ', . ' Theory TVot to Be Scorned. It Is safe to say that hi no other pro fession, for farming is a profession if properly carried on, are there so few practitioners who' understand the fun damental principles of their work as among fanners. We call in a physician, and feel that if he can not tell us pretty nearly what the trouble is with the patient that he does not understand his business. We give a ease to a lawyer, and if he makes a mess of It we feel, and rightly, that he is not up In his profession. We of the farm have a poor crop under nor mal weather conditions, and guess at the cause. If we plow and sow we hope the soil will bring a certain return. If it does not, how many of us can tell why? The truth of the matter is, we plow aud sow without much regard to why we do it, and with even less regard of what our soil needs are and whether we have supplied them. If every soil worker in the country could take a course of one year in prac tical soil chemistry, there would be such a change in farming operations and results as would startle the world. We read and see many agricultural suc cesses, and in each and every case we would find, if we investigated, that the owner of the farm was well acquaint eil with It as well acuualnted with the case as the successful lawyer is who wins a case before the bar. W1k not begin to study the farm? It surely will pay. Indianapolis News. Alfalfa in Connecticut. I took three and one-half acres of the very highest, driest nnd poorest section of my field, 100 feet above the water line, and intensely cultivated it to the depth of six inches or more. Then 1 sowed twenty-five pounds of alfalfa seed to the acre on the 3d of June and S00 pounds of high grade fertilizer tc each acre. On July 24, fifty-two days after seeding, I cut and cured M.Tt'iC pounds of dry hay, and on Sept. 13 I cut and cured JO.SoO pounds more of dry hay, or 21,010 pounds, almost elev en tons, In 103 days from time of seed ing It is safe to say three tons to the acre of dry alfalfa hay. I would not idvise others to go into the cultivation of alfalfa very extensively at first, yet i tinnk that there are many high and lry fields in New England that could be utilized in the production of alfalfa. eorge M. Clark in Farm and Uanch. Trap for Kuicllah Spnrrovm. In many localities the English spar row has become a great nuisance. To ENGLISH SFAKUOW TKAP. Son Father, why do men get bald sooner than women? Father Becausa they don't wear their hair so long. Him I see your social rival, Miss Budd, has her picture In to-day's paper. Her Indeed! What was she cured of I Scissors. Rodney Do you have trouble with "shall" aud "will"? Dickey Nope; my wife says "you shad," and 1 say "I wilL" Fuck. "Is your little brother In the house, Jimmy?" "Sure he Is. Don't yer see dat shirt of his hangin' on the line?" Cleveland Lender. Mary They Issued a hundred and fifty wedding Invitations. J tine Did they get many valuable ;reset.ts? Jane No; they barely made exnenses. Guest (facetiously) Mtere are two spoons in my tea cup. What Is that a sigu of? Hostess' Litt'e Son That's a sign that someone else hasn't got any spoon. Gramercy Why not take out of Bridget's wages enough to pay lor the things she breaks? Mr. Gramercy But, my dear, how could si get her to pay us the balance each month? "Compulsory education," remarked the uiorallzer, "is contrary tc. the laws of nature." "Oh, I don't know," re joined the demoralizer. "Even the fishes are to be found in schools, you know." "Why does all the world love a lover?" "Because," auswe-uJ Miss Cayenne, "it Hatters our vanity to ob serve people .who are in love and think how much more sensible wj are by comparison." "No truer words were ever spoken than these: 'A fool nnd his money are soon parted,'" said the iteturer. "Sure thing," piped a voice f-oni tht rear of the hall; "we all gave up fifty cents apiece to get in here!" "I can't decide," she s;i id. "whether to take the hat or not. Buf It Is just the dearest thing I have sen this sea son." "The dearest?" asked the hus band, with a sardonic 'auTh "Then it's certain that you'll take it." "I am afraid you are one of those people who look down on toil." "Not it all," answered the luxurious youth. "My great great-grandfather worked hard and invested his money, and we are quite pleased with him for doing so." Tit Bits. Lady (engaging cook) Why did you leave your last place? Bridget Ma loney Whoi, mum, the mistress said she didn't do wldout me, so Oi canio to the conclusion that OI was worth more than she was glvln' me, and Oi lift at wanst! lMck-Mc-Cp. "I tell you, man was not meant to live alone. The young man In business who is not married is sj'-iously handi capped." "That's what! Not bring able to put his property in his wife's name, he's at the mercy of lis creditors." Catholic Standard and Times. Teacher If I gave you 15 cents, and you had spent 8 cents ior candy, - for marbles, and 1 cent for an apple, what would you have left? T-Minuj 1'it'teen cents. Teacher Now, how cm you give such a silly answer? Tommy I would. I'd charge the stuff to pa. "Mr. Buggins," said the attending poison them is dangerous. To make an ffective trap, buy wire screenini: and nake a box cage. Cover the top with physician gravely, "I am afraid your thin boards; make a large, round hole wife's mind Is gone. Well, 1 in not in center, inserting a wire funnel just 'Urprlsoil," replied Mr. B. "She's been small enough for the bird to dmss ' ?ivlng me a piece of it every day for through at lower end. Bait well. The bird lighting on the cnge and seeing bait through the funnel will readily pass in. twenty-three years, and she didn't have 1 whole lot to start on!" Washington Life. "This is the first time you have been to prayer meeting in a long time," said the pastor of a colored congregation. "I had to come," replied Erastus 1'ink- loy ; "I needs strength' nln l'se got u job whitewnsliin' a chicken coop nn' liuildin' a fence around a watermelon itatch." Washington Star. "That barber seems to be doing a rushing business." "Yes. He has in vented a hair tonic that smells exactly like gasoline." "But er I don't see HEW STYLE OF MARKCB. Care of Old Orchard. The man who starts out with Hunter makes a great distinction be tween these poor and the nauners who expect and depend ui.n more or less young and vigorous orchard is quite assistance even when thev are well ikely t0 8,ve 11 reasonauie goon care, He estimates that there are 4 000 000 'or he believes that. In time. It will pauisrs In the countrv; 2.000 000 men brinS h,nl returns- n the ot,'pr are unemployed four to six months ev- hand man wit" an oIJ ocn,,,1 ery year and cannot get work; over that ,s Bn n,h,,t orc,,ard' to "Pnk, 1.700.000 children must work t hoin generally believes that its days of use support the family, nnd about 5 000,- fulness are over and gives It little or 000 women must work, of whom Z000 - no care an1, as a resuIt- u "mount" to 000 are emnloved in fnct.,rta rJ, but little. Experienced orchnrdist one-fourth of New York's people get wn( baTe Kne ,nto the ,nattr exte" some kind of public or private relief Blve,y tnlnk that the orrnard wh,,u every year, and yet It Is often Impos- ,s not t0 old ,9 wel1 worth carln for Nble to get domestics for lovt or and many of tbem haTe made t,,em money. ipay handsomely by the simple process : of cultivation of the soil, pruning and "Being a multimillionaire Is too mo notonous. If you have too much money jroo can't enjoy frivolous psstlmea." DJ,ihj. Horae-Eatlaar la Germany. Germany ate 00,834 horses In 1905. "Oh, I don't know. Mr. Rockefeller which was 15,522 more than In 1904. playa the children's game quite often." Also 407 more dogs were eaten, not -Children's game? What kind to counting, the careful statistician adds, that? I those dogs which were slaughtered pri- -Hlde and seek. ratelj for table uses. Curlnif Hiiko of Worm. According to Doctor I'eters, a well nown veterinarian, nothing is better r worms in' the lungs of hogs than reosote. It cleans out the Intestinal tract. It can be administered In the following manner with the best suc- ess: Coal creosote, one ounce; water, ninety-nine ounces. One pint of water weighs sixteen ounces. One ounce of the toint." "It tickles the vanity of the mixture is the dose for a full-grown his patrons. They go around smelling animal, and Is the dose administered f gasoline, and this gives the Impres- wlth the morning feed. If it is neces- ,on ttlat t,u'y tnvn automobiles. irv to drench tlm nulmnl ., Lxchniige. drenching tube made by taking an or-1 Absentminded. It Is reirted that dinary tin funnel and a rubier tube, n,v' A C ' ot 1?osto"' l,'"t' a wvr place the rublier tube into the animal's u,,,Tlone Introduced aud hs became mouth and allow it to bite on it, and 80 fa'lliaU'd wlth lc 'I'Jring the week pour the drench into the funnel. It tl,at " tlle ,1(xt s,,,",-iy morning lie Is letter to place a piece. of metal on Btartl,ld nls congregation by announc the end of the rubber tube so that the ,,,K: "Glve U9 hynm I-le 0"e O animal may bite on It continually with- fx Three!" out stopping the flow by pinching the I'ives tnpre a mnn wlw hns not said, rubber tube. To-morrow I'll get out of be! At 0 o'clock nnd get things done Bffore the setting of the sun"' laves there a man who has noc Raid, Heavy Draft Animal. ji u. reevm .Missouri Assoc at fin t ... -n i .. i w a in. iiww " mj ill 13 I meeting, 1'rof. Kennedy spoke as fol- I- feel," and snores ti l af:er S, lows about the heavy draft horse: i Then wondered how he slept so late? "The heavy draft horse weighs from race G. Bostwick, in Womd'h Hums l.iiOO to 2.UJU M)unds, and Is worth, nt i Companion. a minimum, $l'(to. Each of the first 1 Au 1'mkeeper once had the good for two additions of a hundn-d pounds t11"1 entertain his Sovereign, who above l,iiiO increases the value of the consumed, among other things, a couple horse flT, after which every addition in of eKS" fr w hich he was charged a weight means $50 a hundred ikuhhIs. guinea apiece. "Kggs must be very So a draft horse of 2.UI0 pounds is scarce here, remarked h.s Uoyal High worth $500. Light draft horses, weigh- ness, as he scanned the u.il. "No, sire,'" Ing from 1,300 to l,0n pounds, are used was the answer, "but Kings are." for express wagons, fire engines and Argonaut other heavy but quick work. These! "And you're not married after all bring about fI25 to $200. The high- these years?" "No," replied the old acting carriage or coach horse is worth bachelor friend whom he had not seen from $200 to $2,000. The roadster or for a long time. "I don't seem to hv gentleman's driving horse, and the gait- any luck. Hut I've started en a new ed saddle horse vary from $200 to $300 plan. I bought an aid to courtship yes respectlvely up to $1.000. i the last terday." "You don't mean t3 tell nm ten years there has been an advance you'd follow one of those absnr.i of 25 per cent In the draft horses of books " "Hook, nothing. Mine's an Iowa and Missouri I automobile "Mil wmiu. Jmim.i