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Chronicles sf Addington Peace By B. Fletcher Robinson Co-Author with A. Conan Doyle of "Tbe Hound of the Baakar villa«, "etc. « apm«n) THE TERROR IN THE SNOW nltion: "I see who It Is. Mr. rblllips —well, and did you hear it?" "It came from over there—in the fir avenue," said I, pointing with a trembling finger. "1 don't understand it. Inspector; I don't Indeed. There was something that came up that yew walk behind you about a minute afterwards. I should have thought It would have passed you." "No, 1 saw nothing. What waa It Ilk«?" "A sort of a dog." I stammered; for under bls steady eye I bad not nerve enough to tell him of my pri vate imaginings. "A dog—that's curious. Are all the rest of you In bed?" "No; they're gambling" "Very good. 1 see there is a door at the back there. Will you come down and let me in. after I've had a look around the gardens?" “Certainly." "If you meet any of your friends, you need not mention that I have ar rived. Do you understand?" I nodded, and he hopped away across the lawn wtth bls two com panions at his heels. 1 slipped on an overcoat and made my way quietly down the stairs. From the roulette-room, as I passed it. came the chink of money and the murmur of merry voices They would not disturb us, that was certain. 1 reached the garden doors tn the cen ter of the main building, turned the key, and walked out Into the gloom of a great square porch. As I have said, the temperature was I scarcely below freexing point, and if I shivered in my fur-lined overcoat It was more from excitement than any great chill in the air. For a good twenty minutes I waited listening and peering into the night It was not a pleasant time, for my nerves were jangled, and I searched the shadows with timorous eyes, half fearing, half expecting. Heaven knows what hide ous apparition. It was wtth a start which set my heart thumping that I saw Peace turn the corner of the right-hand wing and come trotting down the drive towards me. There was something in his aspect that told a story of calamity. "What is it?” 1 asked him. as he panted up. "I want you—come along,” he whis pered. and started back by the way he had come. We passed round the right-hand with minute attention. A curious spectacle be made, this little atom of a man. as be peeped and peered bl* way like eome slow bunting beast ou a cold scent. It waa not until he left the path for the anow-covered grassplot that 1 saw him give any sign of success Inspector Peace dropped ou his kneea wtth a little chirrup of satis faction like the note of a bird. Then be rose again, shaking his head and staring up at the windows above hltn in a cautious, auspicious manner Finally he came slowly back to mo. with his head on one side, staring at the ground before him. "You thought it was a dog?" bo asked. "Why a dog?" "It looked to me like a big dog— or a wolf," I told him boldly. "Whether It be beast or man. or both. I believe the thing that killed him is In the house now." I jumped back, staring at him wltb a Sudden exclamation "Who has been killed?" I stam mered out. "Baron Steen. We found him on the cliffs yonder. He was badly cut about.” "It's impossible, inspector," I cried. “He left the roulette-table not a quar ter of an hour before you came." "Ah—he waa a cool hand, Mr. Phil lips. It was like him to put ofl bolting till the last minute. The war rant against hltn for company frauds is tn my pocket now But some ons gave the game away to him, for his yacht is lying off the beach there with a boat from her waiting at ths foot of tbe cliff. But we've no tlms to lose—come along " Before the big garden porch the In spector's two companions were wait Ing. He drew them aside for a min ute's whispered conversation befors they separated, and disappeared tnts the night. What had they done with the body? I had not tbe courage tc inquire. We entered the house, moving very softly. In tbe ball Peace took me by the arm. • "You're a bit shaken. Mr. Phillipa and I’m not surprised. But I want your assistance badly. Can you pull yoursel? together and help me to se< this through?" "I'll do what I can." "Take me up to your room, then." We were in luck, for we tip-toed up the great stairs and down ths (Continued.) It was a quiet, moonless night, lit by the stars that blinked In their thousand constellations. Though the ■now lay deep, the air struck mild ly. Indeed. If it were freezing. It could not have been by more than two degrees. Upon the edge of the distant cliffs robes of confusing mist curled in veils as thin as moonlight; but in the foreground the yew walks and aisles of ancient laurel showed clearly upon the whitg carpet About the central avenue of firs which carved the gardens into the dark ness lay impenetrable pools of shad ow. As I waited, the silence was otartled by a bell. It rang the four quarters In a tinkling, measure, fol lowed by eleven musical strokes. I knew that the sound must come from the little church that lay to my right; but, though I leant from my window, the angle of the wing tn which I was. hid thft building from me. I feel that the story which I have now to tell may well turn me Into an object for ridicule. I can only de scribe that which I saw; as for the conclusions at which I arrived there are many more practical people tn the world than myself who would have judged no differently. At best It was a ghastly business. I had returned to the dressing-table and was changing my dress-coat for a comfortable smoking-jacket when I heard It—a faint and distant cry. yet a cry which was crowded with such ■terror that I clung to a chair with my white face and goggling eyes star ing back at me from the mirror on <he table. Again it sounded, and again: then silence fell like the shut ter of a camera. I rushed to the window, peering out into the night The great gardens lay sleeping in the dusky shadows. There was noth ing to be heard; nothing moved save I the curling wreaths of mist that came ■creeping up over the cliffs like the <hosts of drowned sailormen from their burial sands below. Could it have been some trick of the imagina tion? Could it—and the suggestion which I despised thrust Itself upon me—could ft bear reference to that «rim tragedy that had been played In the old fir avenue so many years ago? And then I first saw the thing that came towards me. It was moving up a narrow path, wing, under my bedroom window, and long passages without meeting a gue* kadged with yew, that led from the stopped where the yew walk ended or servant Once in my room, the in gardens and passed to the right of To right and left of the entrance two spector walked across and pushed the wing in which I stood. The yew ■tone fauns leered upon us under the the electric bell. Three, four mlnutel had been clipped into walls some five starlight went by before the summons was an feet high, but the eastern gales had "This thing you call a dog—could swered, and then it was by a flushed beaten out gaps and ragged indenta you see it as far as this?” and disordered footman who bounced tions in the lines of greenery, so that "No; the angle of the wing pre into the room and halted, staring open In my sideways view of It the path vented me.” mouthed from me to my companion. Itself was here and there exposed. "You saw it pass in this direction. (CHRONICLES TO BE CONTINUED.! It was through one of these breaches Are you certain It did not go back the In the walls that I noticed a sign of way it came?” BORROWING AS A FINE ARI movement. I waited, straining my I --------- "Yes. I am quite certain.” eyes. Yes, there it showed again, a “Then ft must either have turned Proof That This Bad Habit Is Impo* •omethltg, moving swiftly towards up the road, in which case I should Bible to Eradicate in Some the house with a clumsy rolling have met it; or down the road, where People. ■tride. you would have seen it as it passed It was never nearer to me than under your windows; or else have Day by day, as Mrs. Worth's bous» fifty yards, and the stars gave a run straight on. If we take these hold and kitchen furniture and grocer ■hlfty light. Yet it left me with an facts as proved, it must have run les slowly disappeared, she saw that Impression that It was about four straight on.” !the moment approached when a final feet in height and of a dull white "That Is so.” stand must be made. One morning color. I remember that its body con We had our backs to the laughing I when Jimmy, Hon of the borrower, ap trasted plainly with the dark hedges, fauns. Before us lay a broad tri peared at the back door with the stat» but melted into uncertainty against angle of even snow, with the chapel ment, "Ma wants the wash-boiler,” Mrs. a patch of snow. Once It stopped and ar.d wing of the house for its sides, Worth determined to act. half raised Itself on its hind legs as and for its base the carriage-drive on "You tell your ma that when shs If listening. Then again it tumbled which we stood. There was no shrub brings back what she has already bor forward in ft» shambling, ungainly or tree in any part of It that might rowed, I will lend her the boiler.” fashion—now bidden by the yew wall, conceal a fugitive. Close to the wall In a little while Jimmy reappeared. now thrust Into momentary sight by of the house ran a path ending in a “Ma wants to know what she bor a ragged gap until it disappeared small side door. The chapel, which rowed." round the angle of the house. Doubt was joined to the mansion, had no "There Is a quart of flour," began less it would turn to the left, round entrance on the garden side. Mrs. Worth, "a peck of potatoes, a cup the old chapel, across the snow-bound “If it entered this triangle and dis park, and so to the woods—where a appeared—for I am certain it was not of sugar, a can of coffee, a half-pound of lard, some onions, and butter and wolf should be! here when I ran by—we may con ■ pices; the screwdriver, the hatchet, I was still staring from the win clude that It found its way Into the a pair of scissors"—she paused, recol dow in the blank fear of the unknown, house. It had no other method of es lecting—"three spools of thread, a pa. when I heard the swift tap of feet cape. Kindly stay here, Mr. Phillips. per of needles, and—” upon the road beneath me. Round This snow is fortunate, but I wish But Jimmy was gone. Presently hs the corner of the wing came a man. the sweepers had not been so con rapped on the back door again. running with a patter of little strides, scfentious about their work on the "Ma says for you to write ’em down. while a dozen yards behind him were paths.” I forgot some of 'em.” a pair of less active followers. What He drew a little electric lantern Mrs. Worth sat down with pencil they wanted I did not consider; for from his coat, touched the spring, and at that moment the sight of my own with an eye of light moving before and patiently made an alphabetical list all the articles she could re mem- kind was joy enough for me. The him, turned into the path under the of ber. electric lamps In the room behind wall. He., walked slowly, bending Jimmy took the list and disappeared. me threw a broad golden patch upon double as he swept the brilliant the snow, and as the leader reached circle now on the exposed ground, A half-hour later he once more reap It he stopped, glancing up at where I now on the snow ridges to right and peared at the back door and an stood The light struck him fairly left. The sills of the ground floor nounced: "Ma Bays If you'll lend her the wash- fa the face. It was Addington Peace! windows were carefully examined, "Did you hear that cry?” he panted; and when he reached the door he boiler to carry ’em In, ■he’ll bring '«■ ■nd then, with a sudden nod of recog searched the single step before It borne."—Youth’s Companion. COST OF BUILDING CREAMERY SECURING PROFIT IN SHEEP One Must First Figure on Expense and If Purs-Bred and Well Cared for Then on Equipment—Pays They Pay Handsomely—Need to Build Well. Shelter In Severe Weather. <Uy O. A. GILBERT. Colorado Agricul My sheep uro pur« American Merl tural Collego.) nos, all registered. Twu of this kind Creamery builders must figure the coot, flrat, of the building, second, ot the equipment. A suitable and con venient building will contain a main work rwini. store room, refrigerator, engine and boiler room, coal room and an otilce. Such a medium siaed cream ery would measure 28x48 feet. In some sections labor and material are much cheaper than In others and the cost varies accordingly. However, we can place the limit of coat of such a construction between one thousaud and fifteen hundred dollars. Where only gathered cream Is re ceived the equipment required la less than where whole milk la received. In the first instance, ot the gathered cream plant, the following would b« necessary: 15 H. P. boiler; 10 H. P. engine; a well and pump; weigh can and scales; Babcock testing equip ment complete; combiner churn, cape city 600 lbs. butter; buttermilk vat; cream ripener; starter can; wash sink. Besides this there will be shafting, pulleys, piping, belting, etc. By mak tng two churnings a day tn the rush season, 1.200 pounds of butter could bs manufactured per day in a plant ot this size. The cost of equipment would approximately be $1,200. The total cost of a creamery wtth out artificial refrigeration will vary from $2,200 to $3,000. In the long run It pays to build well and to use first class equipment In a creamery, and this is the basis of the foregoing fig urea. In many cases on record cream cries started by promoters of repre sentativea of construction companies have cost exhorbllant prices and out of all proportion to tbe business they are able to do. NECESSARY FOR TOOL SHOF 1 can keep in summer or winter wltb the same care mid teed with which ou« of most any other breed can be kept, says a writer in an exchange My sheep barn Is a closed building with a broad door so that the sheep can go In and out without crowding each other. The feeding racks In one room are on tho outside; tho other room has a double rack through tho middle. I give my sheep a large run tn tho fall so they go Into winter quar ters In good condition and never leave them out in heavy rains through the season. Tho breeding ewes uro lot out ovory morning In winter to eat thulr grain, which Is oats, and to give them exor cise. 1 feed them hay tbreo times a day. Romo only feed twice. 1 only give them a little at main time, also give their pens a litter of oat struw two or three times a week. I try to have my sheep shorn before they drop their lambs so tho little follows haw no trouble to find their first meal. The owe that Is in good condition has a good supply of milk and almost al ways owns her lamb. I never keep salt by them, but feed It to them once n week. I have water by thorn all tho time. I never allow the ram to run with tho ewes. The rams that are to be used are fed three-quarters oats and onequartcr wheat mixed. Tho young lambs In the fall and winter are fed twice dally a grain ration of oats and sometimes wheat bran halt mixed. DEVICE FOR LOADING SWINE Detailed Instructions and Illustration Given for Construction of Imple ment Handy on Farm. Tho device described and shown One Essential Is Water and In Re herewith may bo found very handy on uny farm. Take a mower truck, hum csptacle Large Enough for All mer and cold chisel und knock off Needs—Tub Is Best. tho prongs and so make a smooth Wherever the farmer has his own wheel. Then drive out the pins that Take tho blacksmith shop, It Is almost neces go through tho shaft. sary to have water handy, and have II sickle bars from an old binder for in a vessel large enough for the needs ■ Ills. Lay tho guard holes down and of the shop. The half barrel makes stick a bolt In th« holes where th« a very good vessel for this purpose pins were and through the holes The half of a common coal oil barrel will make a very good tub. Ths notches, shown In the Illustration, form good supports for the wagon Hog Loader. where tho guards were. Then you have a hole «very two Inches und by taking off tho burrs you can change to any height from a high wagon to a bob sled. I'ut a good piece of oak on tho upper end 2x8, boro two holes In the center, then take an old tongue and boro two holes through it, stick In the bolt and you have a cart. Have an end guto for each end so that the sow, pigs or calves can b« removed from one pen to another wltb ease. Water Tub for Shop. wheel» when cooling the set tires The notches will also be found handy for other purposes about the tub, such as keeping tongs, lays, etc., from «lip ping to the bottom of tho tub when set upright to cool. When Soils Cease to Produce. The trouble with soils when they cease to produce as they did when new is not that the elements of plant food are actually exhausted from the soil, but the necessaary forces for tbe liberation are exhausted. One of these forces is bacteria. It Is esti mated that In the common soil there are 150X100,000 bacteria to the ounce. These bacteria must have for their food, humus, then they will liberate food for tbe growth of plants. To be a good fanner one needs to grow 1» gumes and other cover crop plants to turn under for humus, and to en courage these beneficial bacteria to perform their functions In the soli. Fattening Market Fowls. To fatt'-n poultry for market, re move them from the yards and place, without overcrowding, In a coop which should be provid' d with a canvas cov er to draw down and keep the in mates in darkness. Do not feed for ■bout six hours after placing in the coop, and then feed all they will eat. >eed three times a day, and keep fresh water and a basin of grain al ways before them. Attention to Colt«’ Feet. Don't forget to give the colt’s feet attention. Now is when the set of limbs is determined. There Is always a reason for a poor set of limbs. It may be hereditary, but it Is generally carelessness on the part of the owner who did not keep his feet trimmed down level with tho frog. A colt's feet are continually breaking off and splitting If they are not attended to promptly.—Horse Journal. Treating Nall Wounds. One who has tried it says that the most successful treatment that he-has found for nail wounds in horses’ feet Is to clean the wound and pour full of hot tallow or lard. This seems to give very little pain, and one treat« ment generally cures. Clean Milk. Milk that makes gassy curds Is usu ally dirty. Clean milk and clean uten sils will never produce gassy curds. Raising Race Winner«. Beforo deciding to patronize any particular stallion, though his blood lines may be pleasing, tho small breeder who Is desirous of raising race winners should learn whether tho horse has sired race winning speed or not. He should also learn whether tho ancestors of the stallion on both sides have been successful either as race winners themss-lves or as sires or producers of uniform race winning speed. Th« horse all of whose ancestors for several gener ations have been th« most successful in thia respect, other things being equal, la the most likely to transmit race winning speed. L ive - S tock N otts Inferior sows constantly pull down the average of the herd. Muddy pens in winter are discour aging places to keep a hog. Sheep will do better on rough land than will any other kind of stock snvo goats. Good feeding la nn Integral part of success In breeding pure-bred ■wine. A rigid system of selection of brood sows should bo practiced by all swine breeders. Kaffir fodder should never bo fed ex clusively to cattlo because it will scour them. Tho profits of a successful hog man rest largely upon his success in raising pigs. Few branches of stock feeding offer better Inducements than feeding range lambs. Cattle feeding la not a hazardous business, provided It Is don» Intelli gently and conservatively. Soft coal or coal cinders are rel ished by pigs and hoga because of th« mineral matfer they contain. Hogs that have a nntural shelter and a good dry ground under them will always do well In winter. As a rule tho malp point to consider in growing hogs for market Is, How many pounds enn I put on that hog? Lambs to be finished for market should go Into winter feeding quarters before the weather becomes cold and unsettled. For stallions, brood mares, young horses and horaea at light work, good quality clover or alfalfa hay can not be excelled. ■«■ds Llks Amber. Band« which look rather like cloud- sd amber, but which hav« th« quality of wood, ar« picked from th« Chines« Jinko fern; they ar« pierced and ■(rung for necklaces or long chains; they are said to obtain a natural pol ish like Ivory with a little wear, says a New York Times writer. They are fairly light tn weight and cost so much per bead, so that th« string is orioed acordlng to length. HUSBflNU TIRED OF SEEING HER SUFFER Procured Lydia E. Pinkham’« Vegetable Compound, which made His Wife a Well Woman. Mliidletown, Pn. — ” I hrul heailaeh«, backache and such awful bearing down piling th nt I could nut be on my feet at times and I had organic inflammation so badly that I was not able to do my work. 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