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INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
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COW PUNCHER
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DAVE BECOMES WEALTHY.
Synopsis -David Elden, son of a
drunken, shiftless ranchman, al
most a maverick of the foothills,
Is breaking bottles with Ms pistol
from his running cay use when the
first automobile he has ever seen
arrives and tips over, breaking the
le? of Doctor Hardy but not Injur
ing his beautiful daughter Irene.
Dave rescues the Injured man and
brings a doctor from W miles
away. Irene takes charge of the
housekeeping. Dave and Irene take
many rides together and during
her father's enforced stay they get
well acquainted. They part with a
kiss and an implied promise. Dave's
father dies and Dave goes to town
to seek his fortune. A man named
Conward teaches him his first les
son in city ways. Dave has a nar
row escape. Is disgusted and turns
over a new leaf. Fate brings him
Into contact with Melvin Duncan,
who sees the inherent good In the
boy and welcomes him to his home,
where he meets Edith, his host's'
pretty daughter. Dave becomes a
newspaper reporter and advances
rapidly to a position of responsibility.
Hi:
CHAPTER VI Continued.
10-
During the following days Dave had
a keener eye than usual for evidences
of "industrial development." He found
them on every hand. Old properties,
long considered unsalable, were chang
ing owners. Money moved easily;
wages were stiffening; tradesmen
were in demand. There was material
for many good stories In his Investiga
tions. He began writing features on
the city's prosperity and prospects.
The rival paper did the same and there
was soon started between them a com
petition of optimism. The great word
became "boost." The virus was now
In the veins of the community, pulsing
through every street and byway of the
little city. Dave marveled, and won
dered how he had failed to read these
signs until Conward had laid their por
tent bare before him. But as yet it
was only his news sense that respond
- ed; his delight in the strange and the
sensational. He was not yet Inoculated
with the poison of easy wealth.
His nights were busy with his inves
tigations, but on Sunday, as usual, he
went out to the Duncans'. Mrs. Dun
can explained that Edith had gone to
visit a girl friend in the country;
would be gone away for some time.
Dave felt a foolish annoyance that she
should have left town. She might at
least have called him up. Why should
6he call him up? Of course not?. Still,
the town was very empty. He drove
with Mrs. Duncan in the afternoon,
and at night took a long walk by the
river. He had a vague but oppressive
sense of loneliness. He had not real
ized what part of his life these Sunday
afternoons with Edith had come to be.
A few days later Conward strolled
in, with the inevitable cigarette. He
smoked in silence until Dave complet
ed a story.
"Good stuff you're giving us," he
commented, when the article was fin
ished. "Remember what I told you the
other day? It's just like putting a
match to tinder. Now we're off."
Conward smoked a few minutes in
silence, but Dave could not fail to see
the excitement under his calm exterior.
He' had, as he said, decided to "sit" In
in the biggest game ever played. The
intoxication of sudden wealth had al
ready fired his blood.
He slipped a bill to Dave. "For your
services in that little transaction," he
explained.
Elden held the bill In his fingers
gingerly, as though it might carry in
fection, as in very truth it did. Ele
realized that he stood at a turning
point that everything the future held
for him might rest on his present deci
sion. There remained In him not a lit
tle of the fine, stern honor of the
ranchman of the open range ; an honor
curious, sometimes terrible, in Its in
terpretation of right and wrong, but a
repeated. "It's Just ten per cent of
my profit."
"You mean you made a thousand
dollars on that deal?"
"Exactly that. And that will look
like a peanut to what we are going to
make Inter on."
-We?"
"Yes. You and me. We're going Into
partnership."
"But I've nothing to Invest. I've
only a very little saved up.''
"Invest that hundred."
Dave looked at Conward sharply.
Was he trifling? No, his eyes were
frank and serious.
"You mean It?"
"Of course. Now, I'll put you onto
something, and it's the biggest thing
that has been pulled off yet. There's
a section of land lying right against
the city limits that Is owned by a fel
low over In England; remittance man
who fell heir to an estate and had to
go home to spend It. I am arranging
through a London office to offer him
ten dollars an acre, and I'll bet he
Jumps at it. I've arranged for the nec
essary credits, but there will be some
expenses for cables, etc., and you can
put your hundred into that. If we pull
It off and we will pull it off we start
up In business as Conward & Elden,
or Elden & Conward, whichever
sounds better. Boy, there's a fortune
in it."
"What do you figure it's worth?"
said Dave, trying to speak easily.
"Twenty-five dollars an acre?"
"Twenty-five dollars an acre!"
Conward shouted. "Dave, newspaper
routine has killed your Imagination.
Twenty-five dollars an acre ! Listen 1 !
tended probably will be by the time
this deal goes through. Then it Is city
property. A street-railway system Is
to be built, and we'll see that it runs
through our land. We may have to
'grease' somebody, but It's a poor en
gineer that saves on grease. Then we'll
survey that section into twenty-flve-foot
lots and well sell them at two
hundred dollars each for those nearest
the city down to one hundred for those
farthest out average one hundred and
fifty total nine hundred and sixty
thousand dollars. Allow, say, sixty
thousand for grease and there Is still
nine hundred thousand, and that
doesn't count resale commissions.
Dave, It's good for a cool million."
Dave was doing rapid thinking. Sud
denly he faced Conward and their eyes
met. "Conward," he said, "you don't
need my little hundred to put this
over. Why do you let me in on it?"
Conward smiled and breathed easily.
There had been a moment of tension
"Oh, that's simple," he answered. "I
figure we'll travel well In double har
ness. I'm a good mixer I know peo
ple and I've got Ideas. And you're
sound and honorable and people trust
you."
"Thanks," said Dave, dryly.
"That's right," Conward continued.
"We'll be a combination bard to beat."
Dave had never felt sure of Con
ward, and now he felt less sure than
ever. But the lust of easy money was
beginning to stir within him. The bill
In his hands represented more than
three weeks' wages. Conward was
making money making money fast,
and surely here was an opportunity
such as comes once In a lifetime.
"I'll go you," be said to Conward, at
last. "I'll risk this hundred, and a
little more, If necessary."
"Good," said Conward, springing to
his feet and taking Dave's hand in a
warm grasp. "Now we're away. But
you better play safe. Stick to your pay
check here until we pull the deal
through. There won't be much to do
until then, anyway, and you can help
more by guiding the paper along right
lines."
"It sounds like a fairy tale," Dave
demurred, as though unwilling to cred
it the possibilities Conward had out
lined. "You're sure It can be done?"
"Done? Why, son, it has been done
In all the big centers In the States, and
at many a place that'll never be a cen
ter at all. And It will be done here.
Dave, bigger things that you dare
dream of are looming up right ahead."
commanded a view of the long general
oflice where a battery of stenographers
and clerks took care of the details of
the business' of Oonwnrd & Elden. And
Dave had es tab 11 shed his ability as an
oIlU'o manager. Ills fairness, his fear
lessness, his Impartiality, his courtesy
Ills oven temper save on rare and ex
disable occasions had won, from (he
staff n loyalty which Ouuwai'd, with all
his abilities as a good mixer, could
never have commanded.
He had prospered, of course. Ills
statement to bis banker run Into seven
figures. Dave was still n young man
not yet In his thirties; he was rated a
millionaire; be had health, comeliness,
and personality; he commanded the
respect of a wide circle of business
men. and was regarded ns one of the
matrimonial prizes of the city; his
name had been discussed for public
office ; he was a success.
And yet this night, ns he sat In his
comfortable rooms and watched the
street lights come fluttering on ns twl
light silhouetted the great hills to the
west, be was not so sure of his sue
cess. He was called a success, yet In
the honesty of his own soul he feared
the coin did not ring true. He felt
that the crude but honest conception
of the square deal which was the one
valuable heritage of his chlldhod was
slipping away from him. He had little
in common with Conward outside of
'if
"It Would Be Mean to Put Over Any.
thing Like That on a Man, and a
Girl Wouldn't Have Me."
"I Can't Take That Much," Ho Ex
claimed. "It Isn't Fair."
fine, stern honor nevertheless. And he
instinctively felt that to accept this
money would compromise him for
i'vermore. As he turned the bill In his
fingers be noticed that it was for one
hlllHlt'frf rlnllnra ITa fhnnrrlif ft umu
ten.
"I can't take that much," he ex
claimed. "It Isn't fair."
"Fair enough," said Conward, well
pleased that Dave should be Impressed
by his generosity. "Fair enough," he.
CHAPTER VII.
David Elden smoked his after-dinner
cigar In his bachelor quarters. The
years had been good to the firm of
Conward & Elden; good far beyond
the wlldness of their first dreams. The
transaction of the section bought from
the English absentee had been but the
beginning of bigger and more daring
adventures. Conward, In that first
wild prophecy of his, had spoken of a
city of a quarter of a million people:
already more lots had been sold than
could be occupied by four times that
population.
Dave had often asked himself where
It all would end.
The firm of Conward & Elden had
profited not the least In the wild years
of gain-getting. Their mahogany-finished
first-floor quarters were the last
word In office luxuriance. Con ward's
private room might with credit have
housed a premier or a president. Its
purpose was to be impressive rather
than to give any other service, as Con
ward spent little of his time there. On
Dave fell the responsibility of oflice
management, and his room was fitted
foi efficiency rather than luxury. It
their business relationship. He sus
pected the man vaguely, but had never
found tangible ground for his suspicion.
He was turning the matter over In
his mind and wondering what the end
would be, when a knock came at the
door.
"Come," he said, switching on the
light. . . . "Oh, It's you, Bert! I'm
honored. Sit down."
Roberta Morrison threw her coat
over a chair and sank Into another.
Without speaking, she extended her
shapely feet to the fire, but when its
soothing warmth had comforted her
limbs she looked up and said :
"Adam sure put it jover on us, didn't
he?"
"Still nursing that grievance over
your sex?" laughed Dave. "I thought
you would outgrow it."
"I don't blame him," continued the
girl, Ignoring his Interruption. "I am
just getting back from forty-seven
teas. Gabble, gabble, gabble. I don't
blame him. Wre deserve It."
"Then you have had nothing to
eat?"
"Almost. Only Insignificant indi-
gestibles "
Dave pressed a button, and a Chi
nese boy (all male Chinese are boys)
entered.
"Bring something to eat. Go out for
It, and be quick. For two."
"You've had your dinner, surely?"
asked Bert.
"Such a dinner as a man eats alone,"
he answered. "Now for something
real. You stick to the paper like the
ink, don't you, Bert?"
"Can't leave it. I hate it and I
love it. It's my poison and my medi
cine. Most of all I hate the society
twaddle. And, of course, that's what
I have to do."
Bert," Dave said, suddenly, "why
don t you get married?"
"Who, me?" Then she laughed. "It
would be mean to put over anything
like that on a man, and a girl wouldn't
have me."
"Well, then, why don't you buy some
real estate?" he continued, Jocularly.
Every man should have some dlsslpa
tlon something to make him forget
his other troubles."
'A little late In the meal for that
word, Isn't it? But the fact is, I have
Invested."
A look came Into his face which she
did not understand. "With whom?"
he demanded, almost peremptorily.
"With Conward & Elden," she an
swered, and the rogulshness of her
voice suggested that her despised fem
ininity lay not far from the surface.
"Were you about to be jealous?"
"Why didn't you come to me?"
She realized that he was In deep
earnest. "I did," she answered can
didly. "At least, I asked for you, but
you were out of town, so Conward
took me In hand and I followed his advice."
"Do you trust Conward?" he de
manded, almost fiercely.
Well, he's good enough to be your
partner, Isn't he?"
The , thrust hurt more than she
knew. He had his poise again.
puss, mousi:, a snniw.
BKOWX MOl'SK "i" "f ,,N
hole m ihowull, whirl, laml-d him
right on n shelf In lh I''"'-.v-hole
was hidden by ""1
Mouse never tluu:;l,i of such n H'lin;
us that the pan-: mk-lit ' m..vc.l.
One day he was bold -tenu:!i to run
out In the daytime and slaved, me!
potting n bad frk'ht from seeing 1'u-w
come into the pnutry, h ran out "f
the door Into the klkhen und out Int.i
the yard.
Here he nmnngod to o.'npe by run
nlng under the steps, where 1M
could not follow lilm.
All dav he stnyed there and nil
night, too, and it win not until the
next day that he could got tm'k o his
own home.
But what was his surprise, when he
went to the hole In the wall I" lhl
I urn Mr
I Nifoiu.' inn! mulit
of Mil ll 'It
. Kill' K" I"'
t break l"' l'1''
-v 1 'V
Mll'l'l'l
not to tnlvo ad.i
tl, frail iTi-aiH '
lliuiicht. "I '"' ;-
homo.
"poll'! !'
Mr. Mini"'',
in-,.. I can
by li'uli! I"
I'uss will I'''
vmirsi'lf en--1
be destroyed " , , .
Mudnm Sp.d.-r mhl shecoubl
,hk Mm . ..omd, ami off In- run
,),. u new d to Mh """ "
wall. ,
lifter thii u nuji''""
hold iimim nun i"
hdiim spider," Kiild
; ,.,y Ivl.l Wier .VHII
. It.tltlll
,V IIUIKI' M " 1 " i
i.nd I do '"(
mi here. '
your lioliie f-tiall
Ihllil
undo'
lint
"yet ciosjrav
the pan had been removed and that
Madam Spider had woven a web right
over the opening and was sitting
there, waiting for n stray tly.
"You have closed up the door to my
house," protested Drown Mouse. 1
am afraid I shall have to tear away
your web, for I really must get In.
You know, It Isn't safe for me to be
out here!"
"Oh, denr, what shall I do!" walled
Madam Spider. "It took me so long
to find this place, ami I worked so
hard to weave this beautiful pattern,
and now you an." going to destroy It.
"Of course I cannot protect myself
against such a big, strung animal ns
you, Mr. Mouse, so I must submit.
Oh. dear; oh, dear; how miserable I
am."
Mr. Mouse grew thoughtful. "I
Some linn
i m.ihs-i" i. row
t ,",f i ho pantry one day and I'm
MV hli'i.
roui! I the U'ehen she chased Mill,
,", ,v and by she had Win cmore,,.
Uo could not get back to the pantry,
n,l I'uss win very uro of gettinu
!,,, so she at quite Htllt nml
watched poor trembling Mr. Motiao,
who was Htire his end wn H"'tr.
Tt,.f he had a friend clou by,
' though he did not know It, for right
I over I'uss' head win the new lumio of
i Madam Spider, and when slu- looked
down and saw wnni wns k.miiK
knew It win time to pity her debt of
riiitltude to Mr. Mmise.
Madam Spider let hericlf !""' by
a slender thread right over Pun.
Then she swung herself right Into one
of Puss' eyes.
Pusi bent her head and brushed
her eyes with one paw. It took only
a wink of time, but It was enough.
Mr. .Mouse wax wived, for when Pus
opened her eyes iik'aln be w;is gone.
Madam Spider. tm, was wife up In
her home nt,'"!", feeling very .-onti-tit-ed,
for had she Hot sav. d the life of
Mr. Mouse, Who otuv had Quired her
home?
That night, when Mr. Mouse wn
thinking over nil that bud happened,
he suddenly n-iueliibered the Spider
that sated Mm.
"Why, I do believe It liui-t have
been Madum Spider, whose home I
spared a long time ago," he sold.
"Well, well! Ymi en it never tell w hen
you will nerd u friend, and i vi-n the
Weilksf ones sometimes nre able to
do the biggest d Is of kindness."
(CoIiyrlKhL)
Now we pick up Irene
Hardy again.
(TO-BE CONTINUED.)
The smallest known bird Is a Cen
tral American humming bird that It
about as large as a blue bottle fly.
OMB people titik war ee.s no stop
pa yet. Other ninlit I go see flghta
for prize and heesa eiula up vveeth
beega scrap over sornatlng, I dunno.
one place gotta w ind,, lot rope on and
I nska man wat doesa fur. He say
ring for maka fight cen. Iiut bees too
moocha square and no 'nux.cha go
round for ring.
Preety soon two feller mine out
woeth no moodm clothes en only u
leetle bit. I gotta Idee they link hoes
Saturday night and try for taka bath
eon water bucket.
One man whosn all dress up ilka
Sunday maka speech for exphiirm list a
bout. But he no saw wot gnima fight
bout. Dese two feller whosn lenva their
ciothea home maka frlcns wneth shaku
bunds. Nexta moonute somebody rlngu
A... - U-.li 1 1 . . ....
u-m;i ueu uiki ii'1'j.Mi nnr. r;reair;
looFe wceth dees two feller whosn
ready for go to bed. When rla hell
ring seemn Ilka both tink other one
gotta hees lunch. Somatlmf- love and
hug and no fight. Other time all fight
and no hug. Somebody holler "break!"
and both pusha some more een da
face.
Man weeth docnerbell rlna for
supper and stoppa da fight Hoth
fighter getta scared and no sect to
gether. Pretty soon bell rlna for
breakfast and fight breaka loose all
over some more.
I gotta gooda time but I dunno wot
for everybody fighta so mooch. I tlnk
hees better fight eef somebody stoppa
dat guy from play weeth dinner hell.
Jusa getta start and ringa da bell and
putta fight on da bum.
I no understand!! wot for nobody
Bmasha dees feller whosa all dress up.
He starta all da trouble and no getta
push een da face once.
Wot you tlnk?
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Small Farms In Egypt.
Seventy-five per cent of the land un
der cultivation in Egypt Is held by
persons owning less than two acres
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"OffAgiiv.
, GivAgiiv
(t'upyrlKhl )
The Trajedy.
Ho wan a tivit mid nn rr i.-.l ;i runt
A mutlrc:nfl. niTl.upn, wo nl,.,iil'l my.
Kiieh drifted mi In u;i :no!i-ul, rut
For many u weuriaon.e l.iy
-ioi !l liu ppcru norim-
Ho iitartdl to Kro'.v
tlnr
When it leant 1h i- lod -,ir.,i irnon
Their mating ai in.e nt tl;.. rniirllal
crimen
That the devil consldi m a ,.m
HOW TO AVOID APPLE SCALD
Sclntlt Hv DUcovccd Tint t
Uln Fati md Olli Reduei Dl,"
at to Minimum,
l'rit.r.l by th UnlW 8uiM t,
tneitl of Agricultural W
jwom iMM'pia iimva leiin.ed that, t
lift-!! Ill nil UllVelltllnti flM.
they poltwiii thriii,.veii wit), ulf
exhaled In tliflr own hr.nth. lim'?
l-robiihly !t not occurred to om,
pfipl Hint lipph-M ttNlrrp (,r mijj
mailt lit cold utoriigB-dii exnctiju,
Mima thlntf. It had nut occurrd k
anybody, to fnet, until very rtww!,
when lotuo npuclalUti In tj
of plant liiiliintry. worked It oat &
I not ftlwny poinlblo t0 it.tt, j,
window ornn In th ilm-nlnir ffVlM art
mo apple, utlt th dpo' laltiu J,,
found a wny 0f Mtlni' around in,
dimeulty In eiperhneiitnl quantity i,
the nhriorxitloii In certain. fti tn
oil of the poliiou Hint I brwtk
out by th apple.
Till! dln,fM Ulllch inn. I., a.
........ ,, ug
rnuied In applet tm known at ifjfc
m-nld and mmilfcM ltmlf by tamiq
th akin of tho tipj.lo brown.
the aoleiitlmt hnvo UUcovered that ttt
dloontio I dim to a or
breathed out by tho applr. the; hit,
not linen nhla to Identify the gut
sawn. Hut they hnvo dlncotirt!
thnt. If the applea are placed In Wfij,
p r Impregnated u lth rertala hs
anl oil, tb polnort U nhorbil isi
tho dlrwiaw either pritveiiteil or i
duc'd to a negligible quantity, u
Imrrtd vnprlnieritj In which onlyam
of tho fruit wn wthmhmI. tha tn!i
wn greatly reduced on applet i4
rent to the wrnppt! one. Ord'nifj
iitniiierclnt applo wraniwra can1
little il.vrm a In aeahl and pariSi
wrapper wrr but llttlo better.
S-vernl other polnta of Irnportaim
wt determined a rexult of lit
cTI'.-rlmciiti. Mntur fnilt nrntdi It
ihuu Immature, but frull Jum rtasir
lug from grn o ycliow hn tralM
vvnrno than rltber erVen or ytllo
fruit. Well-eotored rtl fruit turfjm
hn been practically Immune. licit?
Irrigation of nppflt trve IncrefttMl til
sllK-optlblllty to IM'llId III the ippitl
irii.!ui i-il, Apple In ventilated to
rein .li vilopttl h'K tlilill a third II
She utaye. a nfi.'
her, ii i 1
A ri rl tier life c ri . f tils wit.
Now tell rn' -would d'Uy
or ""?
Where, wherf Is !n; w,. ,'
wan- I'm rcit hhutilnit
Ty ' I.lni.r.
n t' i.-il?
(Tho qnnnllnn Ih r,! 1 m i ,
Krown ol'l,
And the ,'uimv-r In vet i,) t.
la It rlcht ,r, ,i:u., i.
fi'iin ifii'i. i',
When 1 i.-iri ' " : . f "... r.-, ,,,.,...
" 'rMi l.ai
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ft V .
Lf Sl:K 'ir f
HOW THEY VOTED
if i
now Oici you two vote in t fi
late election?"
''Well, Brown hrr
Smith, to he voted for J.
knew Jontu
Smith."
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in
lenow
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for
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in-
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A Misconception.
"(!lv.. in,., ,., (,,;lr u.t
bcllii loiiriM , pii.; ... "
"4 .1 .11..-,.
ir:( worth of bej,,
"ai v.-nut 1,1 ii,,. ..,,., ,
want with th.it i,,u,h ,,f
dniK?"
,''Vt ''!"! '""l of lead,.
s Kiuiii-rwirlcii, ni;:
ioiu ruo tiellml,,!,,,
the pupils,"
o
somebody
CROSBY'S KIDS
CnrJlna and Packing Fruit rrtfv
tory to Placing In Cold Stortfl.
much scald rt t!inn In nnrunorclil
biirreln If both wera held In a atorop
rw 'hill received ocmiiloiial vmiilt
tleii. If tho NtornKO room wuh not tw
tllnted, or If It wim only poorly en
Minted, the ventilated barruN f
Mry llttlo decreiuo In caM. App'
iseiir tho nlalo or near n dmir acald
fur lesn than thoso In tho bottom of
the Htack. Uoxed apples exposed tt
rontlnuoin air current of 8S wit
nn hour were vractlcnlly free 'roa
K iiid while Hlmllnr appleii that did
recidv tho constant fannlnR becao'
badly Bcaldcd. Stirring tho storage
n lr wan found to be more Important
than renewing It. Scald wan greatlj
increased on fruit delayed In stora
unlesH wellvcntllnted during the delay.
What the Sphinx Says
By Newton Newklrk.
bmall wonder
life Is miseruhle
to a rniaflt fjft
en If tho preach
er could swap
jobs with the
4nan, both might
oe happy."
ITNtVER RAWS
WAY TO PRUNE RASPBERRIES
Advlinble to Perform Oparatlon I"
Spring When Buda Start No
Detriment to Canei.
H 1b generally advised to prun
nispberrles In the uprltiff, nml not ui
full, boenu.se of their lluhlllty to d'
lniek during winter. If pruned In th
full, the ehnncoH ure that nnolln'i' liruD'
ln would bo required In the Hprln
mill double labor Involved. Kvi'ii when
Kprlni; eomca It Is often pruilent to
wait till the buds start so that no mi
ta Uo can ho made n to Jiiht Imff
tho live wood extends, says ft write'
I" mi exchange. There is no dtrl'
Mient to tho canes In ouch a pructlce.
'md I have found It of value nlso 10
the nine, of tho blackberry, especially
In the enso of such varieties ns ue
Karly Hiirvest and King, which nr
Injured by sovere winters. Tho Vv
sitlou of tho blossom buds cannot
ways bo discerned until they begin to
open nnd show white, I hnvo never
obnerved any Injury as the reuult )
such late pruning.