Washington County news., February 08, 1906, Image 4

R O O S E V E L T A N D A » 0y
not o f compassion, bat o f sbhorrenc*
They
A b o u t O u td oor
“ W h at la ha doing— la ha looklof for
bar?” waa all ha said gloomily, after a
One boy— one o f many—
HI
pauaa.
the honor o f m eeting th»
“ No, ha seema »tunned, I haar, you
now acts aa I f Mr. Root
know, bacauae— because— Mr. Raikea, hia
were constantly on him, sa ji ¡ l
I couain, ia with him.”
olas. T h is lad was not a
Felicia »poke o f Edgar Raikea with a
when he was presented; h»
little telltale confusion o f manner, which
By M R S. LOVETT C AM ERO N
Roy was far too much absorbed in his
enough to play baseball with
own troubles to observe.
energy and on ordinary
"R a ik es!” ha said sharply.
“ Surely
was a haughty sophomore,
that is his agent, who lives at Kepping-
I f sheep are not kept constantly In wanted to see the President,
ton? Is he in town, then?”
good condition the quality o f the woo! outward calm ness was dlsta^*“ ®
I t had been R oy’s secret hope that
ex’ s face— once before, when she had
the Intim ation from bis sisteti > m
is affected.
C H A P T E R X IX .— (Continued.»
this gentleman might recognize Kitten,
“ You, Kitten! How can you be a ser- said things against Kitten. In one mo­ and be the means of restoring her to her
You can't grind corn and get wheat he would have to m ake tbre« t*
ment Roy was transformed, his eyes husband.
▼ant In your husband's own house?
flour. Neither can you feed straw and he approached the President J
flashed, his brow contracted, a storm of
"Y es, he went to Lowndes Square at
Thera 1» the agent, Raikea."
"Y o u r excellen cy.” T h e com
passion
broke
out
all
over
the
smooth,
get butter-fat
“ Mr. Raikea haa only seen me once,
once, and has been there ever since,"
bad stood six hours' exposurt
young
fa
c
e
H
e
reminded
her
of
his
A
proper
poultry
house
Is
not
nee
in erasing dress. He la away now. I
answered Felicia, who thought her hero
essarily one with a Jim-crack roof and heavy sea on the keel o f an ui
shall look rsry different; ha will not father.
a very prince among men for this act of
“ H o w dare you,” he said hoarsely,
boat weakened before this pi
recognize one. I must atay one day aonoe-
charity. “ Mr. Desmond has kept him.”
a gilt weather-cock.
A benevolent
frien d
correcti
whare to change my clothe». You will “ how dare you speak such a thing of
“ H e la going back to Keppington, I
I ’roflt In dairying depends upon four
And me some quiet hotel and tall me what her, she who Is as pure as an angel, as suppose?” inquired Roy eagerly.
alarm ing suggestion o f the si*
things— good cows, good and cheap
holy as a saint. W hat can you be like
na
“ N o I don't think be is. Mr. Raikes
telling him that be would sin
to do?"
■f his
feed, good care and a good market.
"But, Kitten, you bewilder me. You to venture to smirch the whiteness of her ran in this morning, knowing I should
expected to say, "M r. Preside Mr.
aay you wish to go away ao that Des­ name by your vile slanders?”
be anxious,” added Felicia, coloring a
Aa to C em en t C ulverts.
T h e F a r m T o olsh o p.
stand until everybod y was
t<
Margaret fell back a step.
Almost
mond may not find you, or know where
com-
little, “ to tell me that Brian Desmond
During late years farm ing
I t Is the exception, rather than the to go when the President s h o o lil^ ^ l
you ara, and yet you want to go to hi» it seemed to her as If Roy would have has asked him to go abroad with him
muuitles are g ivin g much attention to rule, to And a shop as a branch o f Tills seemed easy; still. It » « U M i
struck her, the rage In his face was so
awn house.”
at once.”
the public highwuys, realizing that it farm work nowadays. W e run to the
“ It la tha last place on earth where he terrible. This boy— her boy, who had
dent that the fearless athlete «i,¥ ch
" T o go abroad!” cried Roy, aghast.
will erer look for me. I f ha can help It, been as a child to her. was a boy no “ Do you mean to tell me that he is go­ Is money well expended. One o f the store for any little thing w e wuut, pay t-rently practicing "M r. President']
longer,
but
a
man,
and
a
man
with
Brian will oarer set foot in Keppington
ing to make a search for his wife? That chief expense accounts has been for two prices for It and lose valuable his lips as he approached the t
Hall again.
Do not ask me why. I whom It was not safe to meddle. He he is content to give her up without an culverts and these are quite as high time. Our fathers had all o f the small
House.
A ll uneasiness disapp
know It, and I shall be safe there— quite frightened her.
effort? T o leave her without even know­ when the opening to be bridged is uar- tools In the shop and could muke any however, when the President,
White with anger, and Incapable of
safe, for who can any a word against
ing what has become o f her, or whether row, for the reason that less expensive repulrs not o f a serious nature on any
lng sight o f the boy stepped foJ
ma If I am under hia roof? Oh, yea, I replying, save in a blind torrent of strong she has got enough to live upon? Good
and, much
lighter lumber is used i ^
or appUance o f the furm anj do it I and called b)m by
8nnianT
hare thought of all that, and how un­ and disjointed words, Roy broke away heavens, the man cannot be such a brute
hence the culvert must be renewed at
lck, aud inexpensively. Our hired -
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kind people are, and what Ill-natured and betook himself to Felicia. H e sprang as that!”
dow n !” he said, and then he bea
frequent Intervals. As the cost of lum- help are kept busy on rainy days go
things they would aay; but, you see, upstairs three steps at a time, and burst
talk about a subject dear u l
“ Mr. Raikes certainly told me he was
her Increases, the cost o f cement and ing over tools and wagons, palutlug
there I am safe, and 1 shall be dead to Into his cousin's drawing room.
going abroad at once. I know nothing
lad’s heart— the
recent racal
Mrs. Talbot waa sitting with her. As
them all— and to him,” she added below
cement
building
blocks
and
slabs
de­
more.”
aud repairing. I f the harness breaks Poughkeepsie.
E tiquette was f j
he
entered
Felicia
uttered
a
cry
o
f
sur­
her breath.
"F e lic ia !” lie cried, “ it cannot be. Do creases, so that the future w ill see
Brian did not coma home that after­ prise and delight and ran eagerly for­ you thiuk that he— her husbaud— be­ many more structures o f different there are waxed ends o f thread ready ten; the boy held fust to “ Mr. m
for use or some rivets to repair larger dent,” when he thought o f It, hi
noon until nearly dinner time. A long ward to meet him.
lieves in this wicked slander against her, kinds built o f coucreto than It hAs
Oh, R oy! R oy! how delighted I am,
breaks. The shop contains a small delight o f talk in g w ith snmebodjl
day of almoat complete Isolation, devot­
which Mrs. Talbot and venomous women been thought profitable to use In the
But, of
ed to earnest reflection, had had a good why have you been away?
anvil and a vise as well as a wooden "really kn ew ” all about the lnil
of her description have set afloat?”
past.
course, now yon will be able to explain
effect upon him.
clamp In which to hold the ends o f outs o f
“ No, no. I hope and trust he has not
Intercollegiate races,
Experts say that a span o f twenty-
H e ran upatalra lightly, and opened where you have been. H ow glad I am heard o f it,” she answered eagerly. " I
leather when sewing them. Nalls, sometimes he fo rgo t and mertlyt
that
you
have
come
back;
now
all
these
tha drawing room door. K itten was not
do not think he has yet. But at any mo­ five feet or less can be bridged with screws, bolts, hinges and the like are “ yon.”
tbare. Then he recollected that It waa horrid, wicked scandals will be stopped. ment it might get to his ears. Oh, Roy, a fiat culvert o f cement at low cost
kept In small numbers, hut In various
Did
I
not
tell
you,
Gertrude,
that
it
was
Th e boy was pained for a
,
lata, and that aha was, no doubt. In her
and that the work Is lasting. The main
If only It could be stopped!”
sizes. Oils, monkey wrenches, chisels, to discover that the President POSlt
own room, stressing for dinner. H e went not true?”
And that was what Roy, too, said, essentinls In the cement culvert, be-
“ W ell, that remains to bs seen, my
hammers aud the like are always not play baseball. -To a near-si;
to her bedroom, but the door was wide
over and over again to himself, as he
“ I
dear Felicia,” answered Gertrude airily.
open and the room empty.
there and we are prepared fo r any man who must w ea r glasses a
BU.
went slowly hack to his sister’s house.
H e slammed to hia door and went to “ Sir Roy has not cleared himself yet—
•
I
small
trouble.
A
very
small
corner
“ I f It only could be stopped!”
ball flyin g at la rge Is much i
hia dressing table. Upon his pincushion you see, to say the least, it is unfortu­
o f the barn ts large enough for the than a bullet
But how can the voice of scandal bs
T
h
e
lad
admitted
^
lay an envelop« addressed to himself In nate that he and Mrs. Desmond should
stopped? It is often hard to make peo­
shop, and It w ill pay to begin now to and said a fterw a rd that "If T
nh<
his w ife’s handwriting. With a strange, have been both ‘missing’ on the same
ple believe in an absolute truth, but to
fit up such a place, adding tools as eray were a live and played bnaH
It remains to be explained, of
sickening appreheusion, he tore It open day.
believe in a lie, that seems to come easily
one can.
course.”
and read:
Instead o f cricket he would har |||(J|{|
to everybody; and once fairly started ou
“ W hy on earth should Roy's absence
“ M y dear husband, we hav» made a
S m a ll I ’a rm ln if.
the same difficulty.’’
The
its way, a lie is as hnrd to stop as is
terrible mistake, and we can never be be connected with Mrs. Desmond,” cried
that magic fiddler of German fairy lore,
It is not alw ays the man who has showed him a very sclentlfP |li Bs su
happy together. I am going away so Felicia Impatiently; “ or who indeed can
who has been dancing his wsy over the
200, ,'tOO or 500 acses o f land who Is grip. And this was followed by v mon I
that you may be free, and may be often say that he haa been away at all?”
world ever siuce the Middle Ages.
making the most money in proportion terchange o f lore on this Inte-..mark
“ Why, my dear” — docking them off on
with her who has your heart. Do not
H e was very depressed and unhappy,
to the amount he hns Invested In it. Japanese science o f physical mil «
look for me, for you will never find me; her fingers, "three dinners to which he
■
a she flung himself wearily into a deep
yon will be far happier without me, but was engaged, and at which he never turn­
There are those who with 10. 15, 20 with Illustrations, In which tbriffE ,j
armchair in Miss Grautley's drawing
I shall always love you and think of ed up nor even sent any excuse," remark­
or 25 acres, i re m aking more than the entirely forgot his fear of the '
room.
Margaret was adding up bet
TOW
you. I could not fill your life or your ed Gertrude, with a careless shrug of
average fanner w ith five or ten times presentation” and talked and ajg
weekly bills.
heart, dearest love, and to do less than her shoulders.
thut
amount
o
f
land.
As
a
rule
It
“
W
ell,
Roy?”
with
entire
respect,
but
entire^
This was true, and Roy for the first
that is too hard for me to bear, and so
“ W ell, it is as you said," he answer­
Is because the farm er has a part o f dom. T h e bo.v seemed to think ___
time recollected these broken engage­
I am leaving you. Good by.”
ed gloomily.
“ You were right and
his means reserved as a working capl- Vmerlcan muscle was ■ mifcb
F I V IS II OF C E M FV T C V L V E B T .
No more, no reproach, no agony of ments, with a sort of horror at his own
was wrong. It Is not, I suppose, for the
eoraplaint, no anguish of despair. His carelessness. H e looked from one to the
tnl. With It he can secure labor, lm- irlental skill, hut he was plainly r t H H j
first time in our lives that l have been yond the first-class material, o f course,
w ife had left him, and some one must other of the ladies In absolute dismay;
are the submerged cut-off w all at each plements, fertilizers and all that Is vtneed that the President b»4
forced to acknowledge as much.”
he began to perceive in what light his
have told her about Rosamond Earle,
“ There is, of course, one thing you end to prevent undermining and the necessary to bring his little farm up Questions o f boxing and riding nJ
conduct appeared to the world.
to the highest point o f successful p r o up and the President spoke M i t f
“ It is not true?” pleaded his cousin, could do, Roy, which would effectually wing walls at each end. In every sec­
C H APTER XX.
with a wistful entreaty In her dark eyes. stop this uncomfortable scaudal at outs tion thero are masons who are fam il­ duction. Many o f our farmers would -iert and the boy listened and ttifl
O f all the persons who suffered b
and forever.
“ No, o f course It Is not true,” he i
iar with the working o f concrete and do better to sell half their laud at ns one who understood but felt T 1
cause Kitten chose to run away from her
“ I wish to goodness you would say
husband’s house, none endured at first a swered quickly. “ H ow could It be true?
highway
overseers should consult even half the price and devote the limitations. Young Theodore, wboQ
what
it
is,
then,”
he
answered.
“
God
Tot
more acute sense o f agony conected with But everybody seema to have gone mad.
these men before investing money In money thus acquired to better man- this year entered H arvard, wail
knows,
1
would
do
anything.”
We
For heaven's sake tell me bow this has
that event than did Margaret Grantley.
the old-time and expensive wooden aging the rem ainder o f their farm , at school; but every now and thenl
“
I
f
you
were
to
give
out
at
once
that
The next day all the world knew o f I t got about, and what I am to do to atop
than
to
pay
taxes
upon
the
entire
father
culled
a
hit
from
h1s
son'tf
you w'ere eugaged to be married to soma culverts. The illustration shows the
The scandal-mongers and the gossip-lov­ it?” H e waa no longer angry, only dis­
girl, everybody would perceive instantly side wings o f the cement culvert, amount they now farm or ra th ef half .»erlence In out-of-door sport. It to b
ers, and all the crowd of tittle-tattlers, mayed and distressed beyond measure.
farm.
plain th a t through sympathy In I give
“ You have only to say you don’ t know the impossibility o f there being any truth which add to Its durability.— Indian­
male iud female, buzzed about like bees
givi
in the reports which have coupled youi apolis Newa,__________
where
Mrs.
Desmond
is,”
said
Gertrude.
matters, he had the same polntl
out of a hive over thia one little delight­
C u ra tiv e Apparatu s.
name with Mrs. Desmond’s.'
"B
ut
I
cannot
any
that.
I
do
know
ful morsel of scandal which had come
An efficient mode o f treating bruised view as his sons. D uring all thli| our I
“ Engaged to be married!” he cried
Potato«»* f r o m S m a ll S rrd .
not ?
to disturb, with a pleasing excitement, where she Is,” he answered gravely.
Irritated
and sometimes diseased limbs tervlew the President was as
contemptuously; "how can that be done,
Considerable
argument
Is
rife
And then Mrs. Talbot laughed.
the even current o f a hitherto uneventful
o
f
animals—
as.
fo
r
Instance,
the
leg
elastic
on
the
various
subjects
pray? W hat utter nonsense! T o be en anioug writers ns to the relative value
season.
It was the talk o f the clubs,
gaged, I must ask some woman to marry
o f a horse Is by cussed ns the boy and he seem
and the popular topic o f the park.
C H A P T E R X X I.
o f small and medium or large tubers,
me. H ow can I go out and do that at
pouring a stream enjoy It as much as his hoy *
“ It seems that Brian Desmond neg
In all hia life Roy never hated Mrs.
for
use
as
seed.
It
Is
claimed
that
a moment’s notice? I f that is your plan,
o f w ater upon the
looted her,” said one.
Talbot so cordially and so intensely as
the small tuber w ill often (generally,
“ W ell, she must be a thoroughly bad he did when she uttered that short laugh. Margaret
limb at a point af-
T h e talk drew out o f the Pr?» U m w
perhaps) produce ns large and flue re­
“
There
Is
always
Felicia,”
said
Miss
lot,” asserted
another; “ and such a fool,
It was a laugh that meant so much.
*
lot,
I
feeted.
H eretofore his know ledge o f the gam es that £ A
sults
as
the
larger
tubers
used
for
Grantley,
quietly,
without
venturing
1 X ' \ to go and bolt!” Thia oue, of course, Contemptuous disbelief In mankind, tri­
it hns been univer- love.
seed. W e believe this claim Is open
'as a woman.
umphant confirmation of the suspicions look at him.
Roy
did
not
answer,
and
Margaret
con
s
ally
customary
“ W hen It comes to boxing ot
to
question
at
least
beyond
the
first
And first and foremost among them of the world, the ruin of K itten ’s fair
for the person In Ing,” he said, w ith convlctlo^
ss a matter of course, was Mrs. T a l­ name, all seemed to be comprised in that tinned, after a pause; “ Felicia would generation, for it is safe to say that
charge o f the anl- think that my boys and I can
bot, and many were the knowing winks short, sneering outburst of ill-timed hi­ marry you to-morrow; there is no prelim degeneration can only he the result
Inary lovemaking to be gone through
and nods and shakes of her head, half- larity.
mal
to hold the our ow n.”
And several tlin e t^ M
from planting the small tubers a num­
of
with
her.
Uncle
Gregory
is
so
sick
; uttered sentences, and
half-completed
Felicia, on the contrary, seemed op­
end
o f a hose at “ w e” was repeated In a way *'■ —
ber o f seasons In
succession. This
London
and
parental
cares
that
he
will
revelations, by which she gave everybody pressed with despair at her cousin's most
the
point desired showed that Mr. R oosevelt and , Ll
III KELTS STREAM.
to understand that she knew of a great unexpected answer. She sank down into bestow her gladly upon the first comer, seems to be a logical conclusion to
and
pour
t h e sons w ere to be considered a h tl-ja i
many more horrible and dreadful details a chair with a look of helpless distress, and you above all others. Felicia her reach. On the other hand, it Is quite
self is fond of you
as logical to nssume that the flue me­ stream o f w ater upon It fo r such fam ily o f boys thoroughly In awH
than did any one else, and that thero and tears gathered thickly in her eyes.
H ere Roy rose violently from his chair, dium or large tuber, coutalniug as it length o f tim e as m ight be deemed It Is not convenient to take h la lflB
were things— things connected with the
“ Oh, R oy," she cried, "don’t, don’t say
and with an exclamation of angry imps must all the v igo r and fine points o f necessary. This mode o f holding the “ boy fa m ily " on his
western
whole business! Ah, well, If they were that, it cannot be true— don't say It.”
but known— well, she could only aay that
“ W hy should I not say it?” he an­ tience went out of the room, slamuiiug the variety, w ill produce
first-class stream Is more or less defective. In southern bear hunts, but the P> ¡3
the hair on the heada o f the whole pop swered, a little defiantly, because o f that the door after him.
progeny and, w e believe, this Is es that the etream o f w ater could not be dent does the next best thing.
(T o «e continued.)
ulatlon of London would simply stand on other woman who sat by with a sneer
sentially the case when the seed tu­ poured upon the exact spot fo r any summer he goes “ Into camp” wltl^BI
and with It I
upon her lips, “ it Is quite true. I do
great length o f tim e on account o f the boys a fe w miles from his Miiidnss
HE
RODE
F
IR
S
T
C
L
A
S
S
.
bers
sre selected from one's own prod
“ And le It really true, then, that that know where Mrs. Desmond Is now. W hy
person holding the hose becoming tired home a t Oyster Bay.
poor yotivg fool. Sir Roy Grantley, has should I deny It?
She was in great Coat M o r e , b n t H e D i d n ’ t H a v e t o P n s h net and selected at the proper tim e and and unable to direct It uniform ly. In
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properly cared for. I f the seed pota­
gone off with her?" asked some one.
trouble. She sent for me because I am
t h e Coach,
order to obviate these difficulties and
C o a i d G i v e T im e V alue,
“ Not a doubt of It," answered Ger­ her oldest friend, and I helped her to
toes
are
selected
from
the
bln,
be
the
A gentleman w ho recently returned
to produce an apparatus not requiring
Dr. W . W. Keen, the noted siir)|'
trude, almost viciously, for she was an­ leave town and to go to a place where she
from a fa r W estern trip told this story selection from small or the large tu­
gry with Roy for
admiring
Kitten. wished to stay for a little time.”
continuous attention, the d evice here o f Philadelphia, was praising sj
bers,
In
the
spring
Just
about
the
time
the other day o f a stage coach ride
“ W h y, 1 met his sister at supper last
“ And where Is that, pray?”
In surgical operations. T h e best I
they are wanted fo r use, It must not be illustrated was produced.
night, and you ahould have seen the
“ That is her secret and mine,” he an­ which be had In the Rocky Moun expected that they w ill g iv e as good
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1 geons, he declared, w ere alw ayij
poor woman's face;
why, aha nearly swered frowning. And then Mrs. Talbot tains.
r a lv e . C h e -p ir Fatten ed .
gw lft e s t Speed was one o f the M
results as those which have been prop­
fainted when she heard the news.
Professor Roberts, o f the Cornell
" I wanted to go to a mining camp
laughed again.
-• "
—
“ '“ ‘"•‘ i essentials o f fine operations, since
erly
selected
In
the
fall
and
properly
Three days tnus passed away, and still
She got up and shook out her skirts, which was ten miles from the nearest
station, claims that to fatten calves b rlefer the perloJ p ,lgged by tbt
conjecture and gossip ran rife, and scan and prepared to take her leave o f F e­
railroad station, and the only w ay to cared for. There Is a decided saving successfully on skim milk and grain to Uent under the knifei tbe greM,er
dal refused to be silenced concerning licia.
o f time, money and fertilizer In the
get there was either to w alk or go by
supply
the butter fat, the calves cbance f or b|g COmpiete recovery,
Mrs. Desmond and her doings.
And
" I t won't wash. Sir Roy, It won’t
careful selection o f the seed potatoes,
should first be fed a moderate amount
„ 0n thlg b ead ;. U r K een C0IltU
k
then one fine morning, Just when Mar- wash!” she said, with odious laugh still coach.
as any one w ill discover who w ill take
"W h e n I reached the coach the d riv ­
garet was nearly driven demented by all upon her lips. “ W ill it. Felicia, dear?”
o f new milk for a fe w days, and then im ,llng .«there ,9 a gtory o f a dl
the necessary trouble.— Exchange.
the rumors and hints which her dear
skim milk should be gradually substl- gulghed aUrgeon.
“ I don’ t see why you should doubt my er wanted to know how I wished to
; j | friends in every direction took care
to
cousin's
word,” said Felicia, rather dog­ travel— first, second, or third class. I
tuted so that at the end o f a fe w
„ H# perforraed gncceagfuiiy a
In creased the P o ta to Y ield .
convey to her, up drove Roy himself In gedly; “ there is nothing extravagant in thought this question peculiar, as I did
In a three-year test o f grow ing pota­ weeks the calves w ould be fed entirely ca|t gnd dellcate operntlon 0n a
a hansom, to her door In Connaught what he has told us. He Is Mrs. Des­ not see throe coaches, but one. H o w ­
I f .even pounds o f llonalra banker-g w lfe . and. n a »
toes a fte r clover at the Ontario Sta­ on aklm milk.
ftqnarc, with his small
portmanteau mond’s oldest friend. I f she was In trou­
ever, I decided to go first class, and tion, an average Increase o f thirty- corn meal is m ixed with one pound of tbe b, „ that be rendered for tb|»I
t above him, and with ss unconcerned an ble it was quite natural that she should
the d river replied the fare would be seven bushels per acre was obtained,
air as though he hnd been sway for a send to him.”
r * !;,
wP T , , 1P re f,ra b " ' ation was a large one.
It waa
couple o f days' hunting or shooting.
And then Gertrude laughed again and $2. Shortly after I had taken my seat as compared w ith grow ing potatoes
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r k* * , fa r r good * ,,b' exorbitant, but It w as enough-
another man came up to the coach, without the use o f clover. F o r fe rtiliz­ sti ute for
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“ For heaven’s sake. Roy, what is the took her leave o f the cousins.
tbe butter fa t. o f the new gonab)e and Jngt b l„
■ meaning of all this?" she cried breath
There was one thing which Roy un­ and, a fte r talking with the driver, de­ ing the land fo r potatoes the author
leeely to him, as he entered her draw­ derstood. and of which Gertrude and the cided to go second class, at $1.
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j "T h e banker, though, th o u g h t«(
He
recommends the use o f a moderate
ing room.
c lo v e r Q anllttes.
wlae.
W ith an Imprecation, 1
world knew nothing, and that was the entered the coach and sat directly op­
quantity
o
f
barnyard
manure
applied
W hit# clover does not seem to be a f d a red the b ill to be an outrage.
Roy looked surprised, almost more by peculiarity o f Kitten's character, which posite me. Presently a rather tough-
cted
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” 'W h y ,' he cried,
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her manner than by her words. His sis had led her to do a thing which, to the looking fellow , resembling a tramp, on the clover in the fall, or o f well- feeted by the so-called clover sickness
rotted manure used In the spring; or, if which interferes w ith raising common only took you 10 minutes.’
ter wee very pale, her voice ehook with eyse of others, was foolish and repre­
also entered the coach and sat down
commercial fertilizers are used, an ap­ clover more than a certain number of
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amotion, and her hands, ss he took them hensible; but which was in entire accord­
"T h e surgeon laughed,
ance with the natural simplicity o f her beside me. H e said he would travel plication o f NX) to 800 pounds o f or
> ia hie, trembled nervously.
years on the same piece o f land. Al-1 “ ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘I f th at Is y ° ur _
third class, and his fare was only 30
“ M y dear Margaret. I do not under own mind. Even Felicia, who waa affec
more per acre in the proportion o f 250 « ks also seems to suffer less from tha objection, the n ext tim e any of 1|
tionate and sympathetic, could not enter cents.
stand yon. Is anything the matterr*
pounds o f nitrate o f soda. 350 pounds sickness and w ill
th rive on a rather fa m ily needs an operation 1 11 ^
“ Anything the matter? How can you into this.
“ A fte r we were on our Journey a lit­
R oy ," she said to him, when the door tle w ay I began to wonder In what o f superphosphate, and 200 pounds o f wet, heavy piece
ask such a thing? Do you take me for
where red clover them tw o or three hours und
« child. R oy? Do you suppose I do not had closed upon Gertrude, “ this la too consisted the difference o f accommoda­ sulphate or muriate o f potash. A n in­ does not do well,
likew ise stands se- knife.' ”
crease o f forty bushels per acre was vere cold better than red clover, but ts
know, have not heard everything— every- dreadful! How ts this business to be
tions and why there should be three
bettered? How are these two people to
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thing?"
obtained in a crop cultivated six times, not liked by cattle so w ell as either
classes when we sll shared the same
D i d n 't N e e d I t b v ° * f '
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“ I have no Idea to what yon are allnd- be brought together again?”
a t compared with one cn ltlrated three the red or w hite clover.
I have no power to Interfere." he coach. My Ignorance on this point was times. In a three-year test spraying
“ Gee, but B ill’s g o t a nerve!'
ng.” he anewered her in calm surprise
ooking sigh tly pussled and bewildered said sadly. “ Kitten is no child. I can enlightened when we finally came to a
I “ P u t me w ise.”
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with hot-deanx m ixture Apparently In­
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w e n t to ds pawnshop » ^
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“ Where ia M rs Desmond T ’ she asked only do as she tells me to do,”
long hill. Th e driver stopped his
The Hon» P a in tin g Post#.
creased
the
yield
ninety-four
bushels.
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ilm almost In a whisper, ao terrible was
Now to Felicia. It seem »] that Kitten horses, and. turning around in his seat,
lev anxiety.
was not only a child, but also an ex­ cried In a high voice; First-class pas­ T h e cost o f grow ing an acre o f pota­ painted, faster than any other part o f ptWnbroker w ou ld n 't let him >*•*
toes yielding 300 bushels Is estim ated a wooden building. I t pays better to home nig b u to sleep on.” - “C l e * » !
“ W hat has that got to do with yon?" ceedingly foolish one; bnt knowing Roy's
sengers, keep their seats; second-class
a t $52.1A
M answersd her
impatiently, almost infatuation, she forebora to express her
keep the roof painted than It does the Leader,
passengers, get out and walk, and,
wughly
opinion.
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F a rm N ote«.
third-class
passengers,
get
ont
and—
“ Ah !” she cried, “ then It Is true what
“ Do yon think of the husband, poor
T ic k le d H im -
L o n g and bard pulling makes wind- ed oftener. When shingles are used
; «verybody Is eaylng? It was yon who Mr. Dosmond? It is dreadful for him." pnsh!* I was glad I was traveling first
broken horses.
from clear, straight-grain w ood and
M anager— I w a n t you to q » 1
ook her away from her hueband's house
Bnt Roy could not be brought to pity class."— Baltimore Sun.
kept always painted, they w ill last s
-y e n know where she is." she answered Brian. The man who had dared to win
Hens ere without exception the
nlng in that death acene. What i
Some men are snrprised when they moet sadly neglected o f all the livin g very long time. One o f the ad van ­
the deep love of Kitten's soul, and to
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tages o f painting roofa la to keep w a­ mean by It?
Once before Margaret had seen that give her hack nothing but the empty discover that the truth answers better crea to res that
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