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5 'he Wand of Sleep The Devil-Stick L OR ' Br the Author af Tha MrdMy of a Hansom Cab, " Etc J 0 CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) "1 shall explain, and It Is lucky for you that Mrs. Dallas gave you permis Blon to ask me for an explanation, oth erwise I should have been forced, from a sense of honor, to hold my tongue. Airs. Dallas fears that If Isabella mar ries anyone but David, her death will take place." "Whose death T Isabella's -or Mrs. Dallas'?" "The latter. You must knew, Mau rice," continued the Major, "that Mrs. Dallas, though well born and well married, is an extremely Ignorant woman. She was brought up mostly by Dido's grandmother, who was the most accursed old witch In Barbadoes. This old hag Instilled into the mind of Mrs. Dallas all kinds of superstitions, In which she really believes. When the grandmother died Dido became nurse to Isabella, and private witch of the Dallas household. She is clever wonderfully clever and she has con tlnued her grandmother's system of terrorizing both Mrs. Dallas and Isa bella." "Yes; I can see that. Uncle Jen, and it is for that, reason I want to marry Isabella, and take her away before her mind Is degraded further by that old fury." "Well, the old fury sees what you want, my dear lad, and so she Is deter mined that Isabella shall marry David and not you. To accomplish her aims he went through some hocuspocus and discovered that If Isabella marries you, Mrs. Dallas will die." "And does Mrs. Dallas believe that rubbish?" asked Maurice, Incredulous ly. "Implicitly! I tell you she Is ignor ant and superstitious. Come what may, she Is convinced that your mar riage with Isabella means her own death; so you may rest assured, Mau rice,' that she will never, never accept you as her son-in-law." "1 understand," said Maurice, with a ahrug. "It seems hopeless to contest this decision of a diseased and feeble mind. I can understand Dido stop ping, my marriage, as she wants to re tain her sinful Influence over Isabella; I can understand Mrs. Dallas, weak and silly, being dominated by this ne gro Jezebel; but I can't understand why David is chosen as the future .-son-in-law. If he marries Isabella,- he -will no more put up with Dido that I should have done." ""Of course not; I can't explain the . "reason," replied Jen, shaking his head. "But you know all that I know, Mau rice; and you can see that It is nope less tor you to attempt to marry the girl.! "I'm not so sure of that," retorted Maurice; "1 love Isabella, and come what may, I intend to make her my - Wf!." "But what about me?" said a voice outside the open window; "what about me?" And a moment later Davtdr in dusty riding-dress, stepped into, the room. He looked disturbed and angry, and his strongly marked face . bore traces of agitation and haunting thoughts. Jjisturbea by tne unexpected ap pearance of David, and seeing from his expression that he was bent upon making himself disagreeable, Jen has tily interposed to prevent a quarrel be tween the two young men. "What, David? back again!" he said, Ignoring the question asked by Sarby. "So you did not stay to dinner?" "No," replied Dayld. shortly, "I didn't!" He flung himself Into a chair and resumed In a significant tone, "Mrs. Brance didn't ask me, and If she had, I couldn't have accepted In this dress. Besides, I am not the man whom she delights to honor. Now, if Maurice had been there, Meg " "Don't couple my name with Meg's," Interrupted Maurice, sharply. "You know quite well " "It's no use your assuming that In nocent air, Maurice. You have not treated Mag well!" "I have! How dare you say such a thing? Meg knew that I was In love with Isabella." "Oh!" said David, with a sneer. "I overheard you arrange to marry her. But you'll never do that while I am alive, -or Mrs. Dallas either. I told Mrs. Dallas that I loved Isabella, and ehe said that nothing would give her greater pleasure than to see us mar ried." "You shan't marry her!' cried Mau rice, angrily rising. "I shall!" said David, and rose also. "Boys! Boys!" said Jen, annoyed at this quarrel, "do not be so positive. If you are both in love with the same woman, let the woman decide." "She has decided!" said Aylmer, harply. "She loves me." "I don't care two straws about that," said David, coldly. "I have not spo ken to her yet; but all the same I In tend her to become my wife. I give you fair warning, Maurice, that you are not to poach upon my preserves." "Your preserves. Confound your ln aolence!" "Upon my word, David," said Jen, seeing that Maurice could hardly apeak for rage, "you go too far. The frl loves Maurice and not you; and It would be much more honorable for you riot to press your suit." "I don't care two pins for honor. Ma jor! I love Isabella, and I Intend to marry her. But become the wife of Maurice she never shall; Td rather see ber married to Etwald." The third Richmond who is In the field," scoffed Maurice. "Well, he has as good a chance as you. Dido sup port his pretensions; Mrs. Dallas U your champion. As for me, I have the love of Isabella, so I'm afraid of noth lng." Are you not?" said Sarby, with a peculiar smile. "Remember what Et wald said about your life In death!" "I don't believe In that rubbish. Da via, and I should be very sorry to think you did." "As to that, I don't care about dis cussing the point," was the reply. "Our own beliefs are are own business. But I may say that Etwald Is a dangerous man, both to you and to me." I daresay," said Maurice, coolly, The more so, as I believe he has sto len the devil-stick." What!" David made a step for ward and stared at the wall. His face was quite pale, and his hands trem bled In spite of his efforts to control himself. "The devil-stick gone!". he said, turning on his heel. "Both you ana I must be careful, Maurice." CHAPTER VIII. So far the reader may wonder at the constituent elements of this story. Af rican witchcraft mysterious strangers, and barbaric women seem to be out of place when set in the sober framework of a provincial town. But romance Is not dependent upon landscape or on surroundings for its occurrence; it is to be found everywhere, and very of ten in the most unlikely places. Here. ror instance, by some trick of fate, cer tain people had come together, certain passions had been aroused, and now that the drama had been set in motion. it seemed likely that It would play it self out to a tragical conclusion. For a whole week after the events already related, nothing new took place likely to alter the situation. Maurice and David remained coldly polite, and very watchful of one another; neither mentioned the name of Isabella, nor did the one or the other see the girl. Mrs. Dallas took care of that Acting. no doubt, under the advice of Dido, she kept Isabella within doors and re fused to allow her to communicate with Maurice. But, on the other hand, she did not force her to see David: and Isabella was thankful for the con sideration. - But there was one visitor to The Wigwam whom Isabella would gladly have avoided no less an Individual than Dr. Etwald. After the violent scene with Maurice, the widow so overtaxed her strength that she be came ill, and the doctor was sent for. His mere presence appeared to sooth Mrs. Dallas, and he came frequently. When she could, Isabella absented her self; but this slie was not able to do on all occasions, and. so she had to endure his complimentary speeches and the mesmeric quality of his gaze. This last, especially, was a trial to one of her sensitive organization, and one daj- she felt so uncomfortable that she remonstrated with Etwald. "You make me afraid, doctor," she said. Impetuously. "Your gaze is dis agreeable to me." My dear young lady," replied the man, blankly, "I must look at you when I address you. Then don't address me!" 'Isabella, do not be rude!" cried Mrs. Dallas, who had overheard this passage of arms; whereupon the girl. with a defiant glance at her tormentor, left the room. "I'm sure. I don't know what I'll do with Isabella," sighed Mrs. Dallas; "she is getting so disobedient." Perhaps I can assist you." Mrs. Dallas looked uneasily at her medical attendant No," she said, quietly. "I may per suade her Into doing what I want" Which is to marry Mr. David Sar by," said Etwald, coolly. "In that case I can only hope that the young lady will continue obstinate, as I wish, to marry her myself." 1 know I know! But I don't wat her to marry you, doctor. Mr. Sarby Is the man for my daughter. He is good-looking and clever and " And poor!" finished Etwald. Well, yes," assented Mrs. Dallas, "there Is that objection. But It is not much of an obstacle, as Isabella has money. The young couple can live on three thousand a year." Dr. Etwald went home with this sum running in his head, and more than ever he resolved to marry Isabella. He was In love with her, and would have taken her without a penny; all the same. If she was an heiress in a small way, it was all the better. The doc tor was clever but poor, and with an Income like that he could move to the metropolis and do great things. There were many schemes In Etwald's head. and certain of these he determined to put Into execution at once. In order to secure Isabella for his wife. Some time previously Major Jen had asked Etwald about the devil-stick, but only to be informed that the doc tor knew nothing of the missing article. T have not set eyes on It since that night you showed it to me," declared Etwald, coolly. "You refused to sell It to me, so of course I gave up all Idea of possessing it All the same," finished he; politely, "I am sorry that It is lost" 'Lost! Stole you mean," growled Jen, tartly. "That negress " Dido! Well, I admit that such a barbaric treasure would tempt her, the more particularly as she knows about such wizard Instruments. Ask her If she took It" T have done so, and I have asked Mrs. Dallas also," replied Jen; "but It seema that Dido wain t out of the houaa that eight 8he was 111 and. fiddly enoiiRh. I hear, Etwald, that U was you who made her 111." "Really!" said Etwald, quite self. possessed. "I suppose Mr. Aylmer told you so. I thought as much," 'he con tinued, as Jen nodded. He saw me calming Dido's agitation when I ar rived to ask Mrs. Dallas for her daughter's hand. This negress Is hys terical, and on that day she happened to be so. I quieted her, yet. Mr. Ayl mer accuses me of having caused her Illness." "I don't know anything about It Et wald; but truth to tell, Maurice des not like you!" "Because I prophesied 111 concerning him!" "Oh, that was rubbish," said Jen, contemptuously. "You didn't mean If "Didn't I. Walt and see!" After which Etwald bowed his vis itor politely to the door of the gloomy old house which he occupied In Dean minster, and Jen returned home, quite baffled as to what could have become of the devil-stick. Maurice still held to his Idea that Dido had taken the wand, but Jen's Inquiries proved that the negress had not been out of the house on the night in question. Then It must have been Battersea!" said Maurice, decidedly. "He la a friend of Dido's and a pensioner of Isabella's. I'll find out If he stole the stick for the negress or for Dr. Et wald:" This was easier said than done, as Mrs. Dallas would not allow Maurice to set foot In the house. Still Maurice hoped to learn the truth from the tramp himself, a hope that proved fu tile also. Battersea had gone on one of his begging excursions, and for quite a week was not seen in the neighborhood of "Ashantee." Then he suddenly made his appearance at the house, and asked to see Maurice. On being led into the hall, Aylmer came out to speak with him, and after a few words he took the old man Into the library. Jen, who was rather curious to know what Maurice might learn from the disreputable old scamp, wait ed patiently for the termination of the interview. As Aylmer did not reap pear, he sought the library, and found the young man alone. Where la Battersea?" asked Jen. glancing round. "What did he wish to see you about?" tie neard that I accused him of taking the devil-stick," explained Mau rice, "and came here to exctflpate him self. He is quite Innocent He didn't take the devil-stick." Then who did?' 'I'll tell you that to-morrow." wny not to-night?" asked Jei snarpty. Because I have a suspicion, which I cannot prove at present Battersea gave me a hint, upon which I am de termined to work.. To-night I may learn tne truth!" "From whom?" JJont ask me. Uncle Jen; I can't answer you yet" "Well, Just as you please, but you are as mysterious as David." "Why, what about David?" 'Only this, that he has gone up t. town without bidding me good-by. nave in this short note, I can't under stand such conduct" Nor I," said Maurice, stretching out his hand. "Please let me read the note. Uncle Jen. I wish to see precise ly how it is worded." The note which the Major handed over was curt to the verge of rudeness. It merely stated that the writer had gone away for a couple of days on business, and would be back as soon possible. Maurice did not wonder that Jen was annoyed at . receiving such a missive from one whom he re garded In the light of a son. The fact Is David has not ln quite himself since this trouble about Isabella," he said, gravely, "and he thinks It best to go away, for a time. You know how he tortures himself over trifles." ' "This love business of you two young men Is getting to be anything but a trine," said Jen, testily. "What between the lot of you and Etwald, tnere seems to be nothing but trou ble. I wish you'd marry the girl, Mau. rice, and have done with it" (To be continued.) WHEEB THEY WERE BORN. Nat Goodwin Is a Boston man. Robert Edeson came to life In Bain. more. Baron Max Hoffmann was born near Cracow, Poland. Robert Mantell la a canny Scot, hav ing beea born In Ayrshire. Far away Portland, Ore., was the birthplace of Blanche Bates. Don't start, but the birthplace John Mason was Orange, N. J. Otla Harlan first saw the light day In Muskingum County, Ohio. Grace Hazard was born In St. Louis but her parents are New England Yan kees. Elsie Janls was born m Columbus, Ohio, and still calls that place her home. Clara Morris spent her childhood In Cleveland, but was born In Toronto, Canada. Isabell D'Armpnd was born In St Louis. Her father wns a surgeon and practiced for years In the Mound City, Miss Gertrude Hoffmann Is a San Francisco girl. Her father is one of the constructors In the Scott ship building works. Little Mile. Dazle, the dancing star of vaudeville, came Into the world In St. Louis In the Peterkla family. She was "raised" In Detroit Jefferson De Angells and Edna Wal lace Hopper and William A. Brady and James J. Corbett all were born and raised in San Francisco. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. The first horse railroad was built In 1826. Coal was first used as an Ulumlnant In 1826. The velocipede was Invented by Drais In 1817. The only self-supporting territory of the United States is Alaska. The Chilean government has under contract 698 miles of railroads at an estimated cost of $24,207,660. A chimney of concrete block was re cently built In Germany without the use of scaffolding, which represents a great economy In the cost. Billiards and pool on shipboard are now possible through the recent In vention of a self-leveling table which accommodates itself to every move ment of the vessel. Levantine newspapers report that Turkey has granted a conditional con cession to an American syndicate for a 1,343-mIle railroad through Asia Minor. Our oil exports to China increased from 23,000,000 gallons In 1899 to 87, 000,000 In 1909 and nearly 104,000,000 In 1908, having thus quadrupled in ten years. Thirteen grams of radium chloride have been produced at the Imperial Austrian radium factory, located at St. Joacblmsthal. It -Is estimated that this mineral has a value of $45,000 to $50,000 a gram, or more than $500,000 for the entire amount Pure metal Ho radium Is never seen. FASHION HINTS The Humor of Investment. "How's that mine, of yours coming along?" "They've struck a new vein." "That's funny." "What makes you think so?" "Oh, the mine Is such a good Joke that I'm sure It must have a funj vein.- si. ixjuis star. . Perfect Faith. "Does your wife believe allyou tell her?" "Does she? Say I stayed out all night recently, playing poker. And I told her we weren't playing for money, and she believed It!" Cleveland Lead- er. Rare Birds Indeed. "Woman," observed the epigramma tic boarder, "Is a puzzle without an answer." "Huh!" snorted old Grumpley. " never saw a woman without one yet" Boston Transcript. Not the Mmlcil Kind. "What does your brother do?" "He's an organ master." "Musician, eh?" "No. Head of a paper that's the mouthpiece of a political clique." St, Louis Star. No Need to Worry. "My dearest friend is just now in a critical condition." "You don't seem worried about It" "No need to be. It s his business. He's at a musical show." Baltimore American. No Lo(tr In Donbt. Muriel How does she know she really loves him? Mllllcent Another girl took a fancy to him and tried to get him away from her Somervllle Journal. Beat Seal for Envelope. When you seal an envelope with the white of an egg It Is Impossible tv steam it open. -V "Tl I J iV. The Experimental Plot. Every farmer should have, and easl ly can have, a small experimental plot of ground for testing the soil and dif xerent crops. No farmer can ever know the highest capacity of his soil till he has fertilized a small portion of his land very heavily with a com plete balanced mixture of fertilizers, planted the very best of seed, and given the crop, or crops, extra good cultivation. Many farmers hear or read of 100 bushels of corn to the acre, or several hundred dollars an acre made In growing special crops, and do not believe that It Is possible. They do not believe It because they have never done half so well on their own land, but they never put half the amount of fertilizers, nor half as good seed, nor half as good cultivation, to the crops they grew. Try an acre, or even a half acre, of ground on your own farm this coming season and see what results can be had from It Be gin now to fertilize and do not stop till the piece of land is as fertile as It can well be made with at least three different kinds of fertilizing mat ter. Prepare the land in the very best manner, use the best seed, and give a dozen cultivations. You will surprise yourself with results. Journal of grlculture. Brna Muafc. Can you make a bran mash? Like coffee, mashed potatoes and a few of the everyday things, the average fur nished Is not of good quality. To make a bran mash, take a clean bucket, well scalded out, and nut In the measure of bran. Then pour Into the center, stirring all the time, scald ing water enough to make It moist Cover it closely while hot with a blan ket, and let It stand three or four hours, until cold. There are many times when a cow or horse is sick and weak, and needs a bran mash. The - rut Alaska Wheat Falce. The "Alaska wheal" fake, which has been pretty thoroughly exposed In the west, In now attracting attention In the east. Commenting on the result of some experiments made by a New Jersey farmer with this cereal "gold brick," the Boston Transcript re marks: "If the wheat of Alaska can reclothe our old but still responsive acres with harvests of the golden grain, It will be an obligation of no mean magnitude to be added to what we already owe her for past and po tential yields of gold and copper, lum ber and coal." Unfortunately for the responsive acres which are awaiting the coming of Aluska wheat, that fa mous cereal has been repeatedly ex posed as a fraud. Its latest previous appearance in the limelight was in Idaho, and . the Saturday Evening Post, by giving it a page of praise, brought It to the attention of scien tists and agricultural experts, with the result that the government issued a fraud order which prohibited the Ida bo promoters circulating any litera ture regarding It. To Prevent Peed Bolting;. So many horses, especially nervy drivers, get In the habit of gulping their feed down In great mouthfuls. Here Is a device that I have found very convenient and effective In preventing feed bolting. The feed Is put Into a hop per (b) outside the manger,, and Is allowed to run Into the manger box (a) In a thin stream. The size of this stream is reg ulated by the slide (c), and It Is im possible for the horse to get more feed In his mouth at one time tha,n he can easily masticate. Farm and Home. The Wheat Situation. The high prices which our farmers have run up for wheat have stimulat ed the cultivation of the grain wherever It Is possible to raise It Last year Chile produced 19,000000 bushels, and was encouraged by the results to sow many more acres this year. Experimental stations or. tne Chilean government are distributing the best varieties of seeds among the THREE-HORSE HITCH. I g,g -H 5 1 5ff 3 This arrangement enables one horse to walk in the furrow when ploughing and two on the unploughed land. The length Is marked on each of the parts. The draught chain must be set well toward the left of tbt head of the plough. ' usual proceeding Is to use any old bucket and some hot water. A hand ful of bran Is stirred Into a slop, and scalding hot, Is put under the sick animal's nose, only to be rejected. should be cool, or cold, and only moist enough to hold together when pressed In the hand. Then add a little salt, and it Is relished, by the sufferer. California Cultivator. How to Faaten Mallet Handles, The old method of fastening mallets handles by boring a hole through the head and Inserting a wedge from the outside may be superseded by new way that makes the t6ol much Long lines and extreme simplicity make this charming gown of chiffon vel vet. A heavy silk mesh insertion four Vchet wide, is the Only trimming used. Ammon, lu his studies of the people of the small cities of Carlsruhe and Freiburg, proves that cjty-born people diminish In the course of one and two generations from 10Q per cent to 29 per cent, and 15 per cent. He believes that families that move from the coun try to the cities on an average almost die out In the course of two genera tions. It is asserted that one-half of the Inhabitants of the German cities are immigrants from the country, and the conclusion from this fact is that the cities must renew themselves com pletely In the course of two genera tions. New York Press. eater and one that conceals the wedge and eliminates all possibility of the head flying off as the wedge can not come out. This new way Is to bore a hole the size of the handle and three-fourths the distance through the bead, then cut a slot In tha handle and insert a wedge as shown in figure 1. Put the wedge end into the bole bored In the head and drive It in. When the wedge touches the bottom of the hole (Fig. 2) It will be driven into the split of the handle, thus forc ing the sides out and making a tight lit. Popular Mechanics. A Good Gaeaa. Does your father know you smoke. little boy?" asked the Inquisitive "I guess not," replied the bad boy. He doesn't lock up his cigars." De troit Free Pre?s. Farmers and Antoa. The number of automobiles owned by farmers is growing rapidly. Out of 10,000 autos In Iowa, 5,000 are owned by farmers. Kansas farmers spent $3,200,000 for automobiles dur ing 1909, and $2,750,000 In 1908. In one Nebraska town of 800 population. forty autos were sold last year to farmers near the town. Careful esti mate of the number of automobiles owned by farmers in the entire United Slates is 76,000. Jmrr Fury. X bold It a fact That hell hath no fury That's like to a man Who's drawn on a Jury. Buffalo Kiwi Deep Plowing;. Results of experiments at the Kan sas station show that deep plowing (8 to 10 Inches) tends to increase the number of soil bacteria in both sandy and silt soils. Deep plowing tends to Increase bacterial activity. More am monia Is produced. Deep plowing tends to decrease denltrincatlon of the reduction of nitrate and the liberation f free nitrogen. Where Poultry Pays. The poultry raisers of Petaluma, Cal received over $2,000,000 for the products of their hens last year. The cash receipts averaged more than f MOO per day for the entire yeoa farmers. If American farmers keep down their production to hold up prices they may find they had such a good thing that they tempted all the world Into it and broke up the snap. New York Press. Making; Good Bntter. The best butter Is made from cream collected about the same time. Mixing cream from three or four days' skim mings is what makes the texture of butter uneven'- and the flavor poor. Keep the different .skimmings sepa rate, and churn them separately, as far as' possible. This requires some more work, but. It makes better but ter. If several skimmings are mixed, stir , the mixture well when 'cream is added. iv All cream should be frequently stirred when ripening In order to make the ripening progress evenly through the mass. Always, skim milk before it becomes coagulated. ' Straw In Manure, Owing ' to Its abundance, straw is added to barnyard manure, but It can be made more serviceable if made fine with the feed cutter before being used. While straw may soon rot after being mixed with manure, yet in a fine con dition It Is a much better absorbent and can be forked Into the manure with advantage. When loading and spreading manure there is a saving of labor when handling that which Is fine, and the manure will be more val uable because the loss of ammonia will be arrested by the use of suitable absorbent materials. ' Timothy and Bine Grass. While the meadow fescue or Eng lish blue grass Is largely a Kansas product, where the seed often goes twenty bushels to the acre, a great deal of timothy Is grown in Idaho and some of the middle western states. like Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa, the southeast corner of the lat ter state being especially productive. It Is harvested about the middle of July and thrashed with a common sep arator. Dlveralfled Farming- Spreading;. Diversified farming is fast redeem ing agriculture. Even the Western people are finding out that crop rota tion is more remunerative than the one-crop method of farming. Diversi fied farming and stock raising will re deem the West as It has the prosper ous part of the East Object of Soil Caltare. Cultivation of the soil Is not merely done to kill weeds, but It Is a moisture conservator; makes the soil more por ous, so that the plant roots more eas ily penetrate in search of plant food. n time of protracted drought the cul tivator should be kept going w bather there are weeds or not