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From 3 to 5 Months Is About
Right Age Under Ordinary
Farm Conditions.
"BUT I'M SICK OF IT ALL."
Synopsis.-ravid Eldon, son of a
drunken, shiftless ranchman, al
most a maverick of the foothills
is breaking bottles with his pistol
from his running cayuse when the
first automobile he has ever seen
arrives and tips over, breaking the
leg of Doctor Hardy but not Injur.
Ing his beautiful daughter Irene.
Dave rescues the Injured man and
brings a doctor from 40 miles
away. Irene takes charge of the
housekeeping.
CHAPTER Continued.
After breakfast Irene attended to
th wants of her father, and by this
time the visiting doctor was manifest
ing Impatience to be away. But Dave
declared with prompt finality that the
hnrsAS must rest until after noon, and
the doctor, wllly-nllly. spent the morn
ing rambling In the foothills. Mean
while the girl busied herself with work
about the house. In which she was ef
fecting a rapid transformation.
After the midday dinner Dave har
nessed the team for the Journey to
town, but before leaving Inquired of
Irene If there were any special pur
chases, either personal or for the use
of the house, which she would recom
mend. With some diffidence she men
ha nrP that was uppermost in her
thoughts soap, both laundry and toi
let Doctor Hardy had no hesitation
in calling for a bor of his favorite
onrt some new magazines, and
took occasion to press Into the boys
hand a bill out of all proportion to the
rninA of the suDDlies requested.
The day was introductory to others
that were to follow. Dave returns
the. next afternoon, riding his own
horse and heavily laden with cigars,
macro? in ps and soap.
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The following day it was aeciueu
that the automobile, which since the
accident had laid upturned by the road
way, should be brought to the ranch
buildings. Dave harnessed his team
and. instead of riding one of the horses,
walked behind, driving by the reins,
and accompanied by the girl, who had
proclaimed her ability to steer the car.
With the aid of the team and Dave's
lariat the car was soon righted and was
found to be none the worse for its de
w flection from the beaten track. Irene
presided at the steering-wheel, watch
ing the road with great intentness and
turning the wheel too far on each oc
casion, which gave to her course a
somewhat wavy or undulating order,
such as is found in bread-knives; or
perhaps a better figure would be to
compare it to that rolling motion af
fected by fancy skaters. However, the
mean of her direction corresponded
with the mean of the trail and all went
mprrtiv until the stream was ap
proached. Here was a rather steep
descent and the car showed a sudden
purpose to engage the horses in a con
test of speed. She determined to use
the foot-brake, a feat which was ac
complished, under normal conditions,
hv nressine one foot firmly against a
contraption somewhere beneath the
steering-post. She shot a quick glance
downward and, to her alarm, aiscov
w l Dave, very wet In parts, appeared on
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Well, I'm not wet. except ior a
..ninshine ." she said, "and you are.
Does anything occur to you?"
Without reply he walked stolidly in
to the cold water, took her in his anna
and carried her ashore. The lariat
was soon repaired and the car hauled
to the ranch buildings without further
mishap. ,
Later In the day he said to her : C an
you ride?"
"Some," ehe answered. "I have rid
den city horses, but don't know about
thesa ranch animals. But I would like
to try If I had a saddl V
"I have an extra saddle." he said.
"But it's a man's. . . . They all ride
that way here."
sho mdt no answer and the subject
was dropped for the time. But the
next morning she saw Dave nue
flint fl horse bv his side. He did
not return until evening, but when he
came the idle horse carried a saddle.
"It's a strad-legger," he saiu wneu uc
. Ill t. 11. M rr 1 'o
Amxv nr. hps ile Irene, -dui 11
I couldn't find anythin' else In the whole
dlggin's."
"I'm sure it will do splendidly If l
n lust stick on." she replied. But
another problem was already in her
mind. It apparently had not occurs
to Dave that women require special
rinthinf for rldlncr. especially If it's a
"strad-legger." She opened her lips to
mpntinn this, then closed them again.
He had been to enough trouble on her
account. He had already spent a whole
day scouring the country for a saddle.
She would manage some way.
Late that night she was busy with
scissors and needle.
although there were no silk trappings
to 1.18 courtesy. It was a very genuine
ami manly deference ne rum -..
n.nf iw would at nn
was quite sure , . ,
moment give his life, If needed, to de
fend her from injury-am! accept tl e
transaction as a matter or whims
nl.vsleal endurance was inoxu.u ..u-
- a t..t.,. .itwl fnnt.
nnd his knowiotige oi yvuu
hill seemed to her almost uncanny. He
road every sign of footprint, leaf, wa
ter nnd sky with unfailing msiguu "
had no knowledge of books, and Bho
at first thought him iRnorani. .
as the days went ly sue u.m.u ......
n mine of wisdom which shamed her
readv-made education.
After such a ride they one day dis
mounted In a grassy opening among the
trees that bordered a mountain ciu.j v...
la a crevice tney iouhu u i
gave comfortable seating auu '
they rested while the horses browsed
afternoon meat on m -
Both were conscious of a grau-
tenslon in tne at-
CHAPTER II.
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HAKE HIGHER RATE OF GAIN
During Heat of Summer They Art
More Liable to Losses From Pars..
.it-Breeder Alio Gsls U "
of His Money Earlier.
t'n.lcr ordinary fann iMmdHIni
,ml.i be made reaiiy l" '
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mull ! I'l ,,
Mini's
ket at
from :t to
When y-ng Ihey '"'
of Kl and will P"t '' ' !
irVithout Reply He Walked Stolidly
Into the Cold Water.'iTeok Her in
His Arms and Carried Her Ashore.
ered not one. but three, contraptions,
all apparently designed to receive the
pressure of a foofclf one could reacn
them and as similar ijs the steps of a
stair. This Involved .further hesita
tion, and In automobUing he who hesi
tates Invites a series of rapid experi
ences. It was aulte evident that the
car was running away. It was quite
evident that the horses were running
away, too. ; -' The . situation as
sumed the qualities of a race, and
the only matter of graye doubt related
to its termination. . t
Then they struck the water. It was
.not more than- wo feet deep, but the
extra resistance' It caused and the ex
' tra alarm it excited In the horses re
sulted In breaking the lariat. Dave
clung fast to his team and they were
soon brought to a standstill. Having
pacified them, he tied them to a post
and returned to the stream. The car
sat in the middle; the girl had put her
feet on the seat beside her, and the
swift water flowed by a few inches be
low. She was laughing merrily when
Doctor Hardy recovered from his In
juries as rapidly as could be expected
and, while he chafeu somewimi w.
spending his holidays unaer sucu
cumstances, the time passed not un-
A pnnsiderable acquamtancesniy uuu
sprung up between him and the senior
Elden. The rancher had come from the
East forty years before, but in turning
over their memories the two men
found many links of association: third
nersons known to them both; places,
fitrpets and houses, common to
their feet in early tnanhoiTd ; events of
local history which each could recall,
althouch from different angles. And
Elden's grizzled head and stooping
frame carried more experiences tnan
would fill a dozen well-rounded city
lives, and he had the story-teller's art
which scorns to spoil dramatic effect
by a too strict adherence to fact. But
no ray of conversation would he admit
into the more personal affairs of his
heart, or of the woman who had been
his wife, and even when the talk
turned on the boy he quickly withdrew
it to another topic, as though the sub
ject were dangerous or distasteful. But
once, after a long silence following such
a diversion, had he betrayed himself
into a whispered remark, an outburst
of feeling rather than a communica
tion. "I've been alone so much," he said.
"It seems I have never been anything
but alone. And sooner or later It
gets you It gets you."
"You have the boy," veniureu iue
doctor.
"No," he answered, almost fiercely.
"That would be different. I could
stand it then. But I haven't got him,
and I can't get him. He despises me
because because I take too much at
times." He paused as though wonder
ing whether to Tjroceed with this un
wonted confidence, but the ache in his
heart insisted on its right to human
fivmnnthv. "No. it ain't that," he con
tinued. "He despises me because he
thtnka T wasn't fair to his mother. He
can't understand. I wanted to be good
tr her. to be close to her. Then I took
to booze, as natural as a steer under
the brandlnMron roars to drown nis
hurt But the boy don't understand.
He despises me." Then, after a long
silence: "No matter. I despise my
self," The doctor placed a hand on his
shoulder. But Elden was himself
again. The curtains of his life, which
h had drawn apart for a moment, he
whipped together again rudely, almost
viciously, and covered his confusion by
plunging into a tale of how he had led
a breed suspected of cattle-ruKtling on
a little canter of ten miles with a rope
about his neck and the other end tied
to the saddle. "He ran well," said the
old man, chuckling still at the reminis
cence. "And it was lucky he did. It
was a strong rope." - . ,f
The morning after Dave had brought,
in the borrowed saddle Irene appeared
in a sort of bloomer suit,' somewhat
wonderfully contrived from a spare
skirt, and announced a willingness to
risk life and limb on any horse that
Dave might select for that purpose. Ho
provided her with a dependable mount
and their first Journey, taken somewluit
gingerly along the principal trail, was
accomplished without Incident. It was
the forerunner of maDy others, plurfg"-"
lng deeper and deeper into the fast
nesses of the foothills and even info
the passes of the very mountains them
selves. His patience was Infinite and,
their
above.
tin llw IncrpasinC
mosphere. For days the boy had been
moody. It was evident ne was mur
ing something that was calling through
his nature for expression, and Irene
knew that this afternoon he would talk
of more than trees nnd rocks nnd foot
prints of the wild things of the forest.
"Your father Is getting along well,
he said, at length.
"Yes " she answered. "He has had a
good holiday, even with his broken
leg."
"You will be goin away before long,"
he continued.
"Yes," she answered, and waited.
'Things about here ain't goin to be
the same after you're gone." he went
on ne wore no coat, and the neck of
his shirt was open, for the day was
warm. Had he caught her . sidelong
glnnces, even his slow, self-deprecating
mind must have read their admiration.
But he kept his eyes fixed on the green
water.
"You see," he said, "before you came
it was different. I didn't know what I
was missin', an' so It didn't matter.
Not but what I was dog-sick of It. at
times, but still I thought I was llvln
thought this was life, and, of course,
now I knovy it ain't. ...At least, H.woot
be after you're, gone," , ,
"That's strange," she said, not In
direct answer to his remark, but as a
soliloquy on it as she turned It over iu
her mind. "This life, now.-Mtfins
empty to you. IA11 my life seems
empty to , me.' : This seems to me the
real life, out here in the foothills, with
the trees and the mountains, and and
our horses, you know."
Sh& might "have ended the sentence
In a way that would have come much
closer to htfn, and liwn much truer,
but conventionality had been bred in
to her for generations and she did not
find It possible yet freely to speak the
truth. ,
"It's such a wonderful life," she con
tinued. "One gets so strong and hap
tivlnlf ' '
"You'd soon get sick of !t," he said.
Wo rwt see nothln'. . We don't learn
nnthin'.., Iteenle. I'm eighteen, an'
bet you could, read an write better'n
me when you was six.
"Did you never go to school? she
nskpd. In eenuine surprise.' She knew
Ma fineech was ' ungrammatical, but
thought that due to careless training
rather than to no training at an.
"Whpre'd I eo to school?" he de
mnnrted. bitterly. "There ain't a school
within forty miles. Guess I wouldn't
have went If I could," ho added, as an
afterthought, wishing to be quite hon
pst In the matter. "School didn't seem
to cut no figure until Jus' lately."
"But you have learned some?" she
continued.
"Some. When I was a little kid my
father used to work with me at times.
He learned me to read a little, an'
to write my name, an' a little more.
But things didn't go right between him
an' mother, an' he got to drinkin'
more an' more, an' Jus making h
of it. We used to have a mighty fine
herd of steers here, but it's all shot
to pieces. When we sell a bunch the
old man '11 stay in town for a month
or more, blowln' the coin; and leavln'
the debts go. I sneak a couple of
steers away now an tjien, a;;' with the
money I kcop our grocery bills 'paid
up an' have a little to rattle in my
Jeans. My credit's good at any store
In town," and Irene thrilled to 1 he note
of pride in bis volcd-nsn Said this.
The boy had real quality Irr.-hnn. 1 lsut
l in sick flfc.lt.all,'' rho continwl. ."Sick
of it, an'.I-wanna get.out." ,.
, ';yp!U.:th!nk you ,are, not ? educated,"
she answered trying to meet his, out
burst as taetlul'ly' as possilile. "I'er-
ap's you are' hot;' the way we think of
. ,.. I'OSI Kill
iimouni oi c ,,,
, are older. Then, too, they
1 .L .,,,,..1 rains hirlns th l"at
, , nnd at .Ids Una. parasites
are most troublesome ami they are
thU!l more liable to Iom from tl.ta
cause. lUsk of accident. U
..i....... i,.,n M... lniiihH nrt lieu! fer a
lone time. More feed Is f,,r ht
k..ii,,.. (look, and less labor Is nee.ieu
.. ... . i . nra kkM early. Better
ir me mini"' - .
..H.'.. n.-e obtained In the spr"R
cause of not having t' " ,,u comm
petition of the western lu.nl that are
marketed .luring the summer and fall.
In addition the grower geis
f his money soon.-r by pushing
...... ill 1 1 t.ui m
the Iambs to a mtirKomiie i.....
fast ns possible.
Tuaehlna Lambs to Et
Everv effort should be nmilc to keep
. i. in,, from the start. ni
.' mini's h' " " ,
vntlnl Is to tench tnem to em
Liberal feeding of Imnl.s uroii-u r
..ucinrPM nr ready In nrotltnlil.
r.llnnrv innlrl lirlCCS. IIWH
llimei iiiij v.". j n
i ,ln. through the use of n Sinn.
i bnnit-n n i ii "creep." to which
IIII.IUMIII. nt.w .. -
the lumbs have access at nil limes. Mi
i. t,i,.h i,.. cum run nut come
lliiu ' my .... ..
The creep should contain R rack to
i .. ti fur train, so nr-
nny nun " " '
....... i n..t r...f I hi'
rangcil unit me humus .
nnd
use
the
first
et Into them.
All (....,! elveti. especially Kun.
feed, .should be clean, fresh, and fro-
rom im.Iil. The hmihs win ieKm
Fl.tilo nt the feed when from 10 to 1
lavs of age. Ten green annua t.i w.
second or third cutting is one i i"
relished feeds. I'Uky. "wet1
...ImMv rnnkq nt'Xb I' Of 111
first few dnvs these are Hi idea! feed
little brown sugar r?!;,,u' Vrnu
Mi
: SffiW.: -jr.
k. w 'jo i:
r.ft
,1 TV !' t'
meal, you'll
stuffy feeling
III' IIM..I ,.1 ll,!". I
If you -chew-
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no ii
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a
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i' iu.iiii
at lei.i
1i r .1 ml'
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VJfRIfilLlEWS
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Other benefits: to teeth,
breathfippctlte.' nerves
That's a good deal to
get for 5 centsl ,
Scaled Tifiht-KcPt Rifiht
lie Flavor Lasts
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A Letter from Bossy '
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If row could tptik. aha woi4 M '
st pwr!e d brraiue co .tutlcr Iron a.lmum
.i i.;,. a,im at human bcmi:.
rm Mlirnmmnn , llnKi.U. .'eh it Artt n. RM
ll.rbih Umt APPH. Hunh. tfoura.
r.x wax rir- ."iL
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n ttqucaU
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1 11 CM
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Three-Montha-Old Lamb, Fattened ana
Ready for Market.
first will make It more t.nlatnble. Lin
seed meal 1 a Wo Kootl when inueu
with bran. Until in.' lumbs are 5 to 0
weeks old nil their feed should be
course ground or crushed.
Corn Ration for Lamba.
' The Ohio exj-erltnent station has
fouMl thut for-yuung lamba-Uiai-iirc
to be marketed n rIn ration of corn
Is of about the fame value, as one of
corn 5 parts, ont 2 twHrtu, bw -and
oil. Oil meal IsjetialfrellHliefl
hv lambs at fids tlnVe and would bo
espeeiafly VaKiiWe Iu ii-motiu r6wM
rather than f.i. ,
Such.-fewlsi as " m1dflitn3 are too
floury for extensive use." Cye la" less
nalatable .-.than onts or-barlpy. f?oy
beans may replace the linseed meal If
flier1 cost less. Cleanliness is .an im
portant factor In keeping "the lambs
growing. Always feed to. .nn- enip(y
trough,, and If It becomes. , Boiled scrub
It out wlth'llmewatef: '
LISTEN JO THIS!
SAYS CORNS LIFT
RIGHT OUT NC
A Lady of Distinction,
recogtilzfl by the delbiit fnselnnt-
Injr lnllneri- of the iierfume flu Due.
bath with Cutlcura .Sonp nml lil
ater to thoniuitbly fleiinse the pores.
followed by a dust In with t utlctira
Talfutn Powder usually moans a clear.
wiH-t, healthy skin. Adv.
Fllei Seldom Crawl Downward.
A fly on a wlndowpano will trawl
a thD tocriry-rmck -touj-lUom
ml crawl up again. This order 1
seldom reversed. It Is on record that
n nr raoil mi it wliwlownuiifl tblrtv-
two times.-returning each time to umjcorn or " r'i tf.
game place. - - , i , naln
j A nrrrtill 'bottle of freczotw
tirifhlnir ' nnnvnnlv ft!ifll t i ar ,r 1 4 t ki t AflV rlflllf itorfl,
iituiiif, v-.-j .vol a i. -"-. - -J(fl
positively take orr every u.
corn or cmiou. iui BU , "
as It la Inexpensive and U
to Irritate the surrounding
SERlOUt NEW PEST OF WHEAT
Eelworm Haa Done Jul ueK Damafle In
Virginia and Other Spates Plant
tvi the City:' But 1 guew'yott wuld
show' tne ; city boye a good many things
they don't know, and never .will know."
Irene , makes a promise
full of momentous conse
quences. :
VTO BIS CONTINUED.) ' '
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'' French Eat Chrysanthemums.
The chrysanthemum Is served as a
salad in French households.
The' ootiviJi'f jh a serious ne-jt
of wheat which has recently; ,iUonu
much, jlaimixe In Vftwinin, rued -to. a
lesser-e.t'-nt in West Vglnlu, tyO-Tpi,
land and CnllfoT'ulfr.'a'lio (Usearrvy
be recoL'hl7TTOn':tbe f'OKlied urniiMiy
the rrftsenVe,ot''.'liaM, duflfCjjdDfAl
trails, about one-ha" ' trie Ki'.a..T.
wheat kernel, which 'u-Pv .('MsHy over-
looked or iiilstakenrffir btlat, .cockle
seed or"'bui-liurnt wheat.' ' I'hiiitvmJi
clean fcewl wheat froroIits thlj
liavo not been InfcstecT
some Virginia fields rintpuirted toxnn
mtf'cTrnsT'lfl-nBr centr" 4 jm
HORSERADISH IS GOOD CROP
V" tl-T S :A i.
QuitefrofitRhl:!;!! 'Farmer Can Prj;
par tjrWO"wriicic ana oen
at Retail.
Horseradish Is a profitable crop to'
grow if one can, prepare the "grated
article and sell It to retail customers.
In tills wny . th0 entire : profits remain
wftii Ihe grqwer.V The preparing and
bottling may "be done during the win
ter when outside work la at a stand
mm. ... .
You corn petered men and I J
1 vv.nrlli(H
unea auiiur uu iumm, -IV..
I nnarlv killed VOU hfor
this Cincinnati authority. bj4
fuw drops of freezono appllw -
on a tender, aching corn f -
Htons noronnaa at once aim ,
Thoro is
war, or ayiipepKia.. ino worm m uui
Krowing the first and Garfield Tea
will conquer dyHpensia. Ad v.
Divinity In Friendship.
Tlio moBt I can do-for my friend 1b
fllmnly to be" hla friend. I
wealth to' bestow on him. If he knows
that I am happy In loving him, ho will
want no other reward. Is not frlond-
whlp divlno .in thls?-IIenry l Thor-
eau.
If your druRRlat hasn't nir on
toll hlu to got a mau oo-
l from hla wholesale anig
have no ' fia .tuff and acts like a charm
time. Ad.
Garfield Tea keeps, the liver nor-
tnal. Adv. , ' ,
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Canada's Coal Regions. ,;
'anadu has the only two coal nmlonH
on the seacoasw-oi isorm America.
Tho blUiininoiiB coalof Nova 'Scotla In
ostlmatel" -to last 700 years tliat of
Vanoouvor Island has icon operated
Banish Dotibt.
TJnleBsou want(li;Ieat Instead of
Succcbs id crown yoty llfo you will
havn jo nj-.t rid of his ady'arco guard
TV)Ubt.-rii(5"iNew' Succoaa.''
"Gettlna jtV Stralgfif.-
-TST'o, Kirlfe, ,owt crier Jtiot ro-
sponslblo for tho sob stoff.--LQUlBville
CourierJournlih
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Better gnnerat health l'i81u"t
low tho uho of tho natural W
tlvo, Garrlold Tea, H corrccU'
putlon. Adv. "'
FHiplnd,rVlrriagB"Custon
When a young maid of lle
pings 1 marries; her 'husband'!
nililnil in bur ma don Iiai"'
becoinfH a wldowtho hufd'ami'
Ih (llrtchargfl. J (. ,,.,)'!
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' Mardenad tti Llfe'a Cfudb1'
'Mn .'iih ilHittt'a.re'inord w'
lU II Hi)Vt-u viiai -"- . J
urovcrtv: nono josrf incline 1
tHtly , ftaruMd-X-Uicoln, , .,(J,.t
AAVi-" hffer insineor.vlcea
I'uhl'jc" 'is lierary Wrtt on
jec'tfl. WhAhh s0lltlin'"or
(ifdluirHtvinri
k. ft ,.":in ti e
Vlylrv..,fryt,j.. ,1 ,71. .' "
Iloidotv TriinBc.rJpt.
Skin Tortured Babies Sleep
.-:;MotHer5''Rest
After Guticura
Soap 25c, Ointmmt 2S and 50c, Talcum 25c.
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New Houston ii
Kl,th.nd Everett Sf.' P4
ronr hlocki from Union P"0- . J
h.m' n pMtfrflhi Madura A
Otot 100 outilrt rooms. K"'4 . 2
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