rnnat be same m istake. W hv, I ip o k t to
ktm on 'Change loot M onday.”
A . C O N A N D O YLE
C H A P T K R I.
T h e approach to the offices o f Girdle
slime A Co. was not a very dignified one
A narrow doorway opens into a long
-white-washed passage.
On one side of
this Is a brass plate with the inscription.
“ Oirdlestone A Co.. A frican Merchants.”
and above it s curious hieroglyphic sup
posed to represent a human 'land in the
net o f pointing. Followfhg the guidano
o f this emblem, the wayfarer firds hint-
self in a small square yard surrounded
by doors, upon one of which the name
o f the firm reappears in U rge v h it ( let
ters, with the word “ push” pr.nted be
neath i t I f he follows this laconic invi
tation he w ill make his way iuro a long
low apartment, which is the countin'
house o f the A frican traders.
On the afternoon o f which we speak
things were quiet s t the offices. Misty
\ Loudon light shone hasily through the
glased windows and cast dark shadows in
the corners.
On a high perch in the
background a weary-faced, elderly a
with muttering Ups and tapping fingers,
cast np endless lines o f figures. Beneath
him, in front o f two long shining mahog
any desks, h alf a score o f young men ap
peared to he riding furiously, neck and
neck, in the race o f life. A n y habitue o f
a L ondon office might have deduced from
their re lent! ess energy and incorruptible
diligence that they were under the eyes
V some member o f the firm.
T h e member in question lesasd against
tbe marble mantelpiece, turning over the
pages o f an almanac, and taking from
time to time a stealthy peep over the top
o f it at the toilers around him.
Com
mand was Imprinted in every lint o f his
strong, square-set face and erect, pow
erful frame. There was something class
ical in the regular olive-tinted features
and black, crisp, curling hair fitting tigLr-
ly to tha well-rounded head. Yet, though
classical, there was aa absence o f spirit
u a lity I t waa rather the profile o f one
a f those Roman emperors, splendid in k-s
animal strength, but lacking those anbt’ e
softnesses o f eye and mouth which speak
o f an inner life.
Suck was Kara, tin
only child o f John G.rdleatoae, and the
hair to the whole o f his vast business.
.
The junior partner waa silent, and th-
clerks were working uneasily.
Their
fears were terminated by the sharp sound
o f a table-gong and the appearance o f
a boy with tbe announcement that Mr.
Oirdlestone would like a moment’s conver
sation with Mr. Kara.
T b e sanctum o f M r. John Oirdlestone
waa approached by tw o doors, one o f oak
weth groundless panels, and tbe other
covered with green baise. Tha room Iteeif
waa small, but iofty, and the w alls were
ornamented by numerous sections o f tiilps
stock upon long flat boards, very much*
an the remains o f fossil fish xra exhibited
la museums. There were also several pho
tographs o f the various vessels belonging
to the firm, together with maps, char's
and lists o f sailings innumerab’e. Above
the fireplace was a
large
water-color
painting o f tbe barque Belinda as she
appeared when on a reef to the north o f
Gape Palmas.
A n inscription beneato
this work o f art announced that it had
painted by the second officer a n i
■ted by him to the head o f the firm.
I t was generally rumored that the mer
chants had lost heavily over this disas
ter, and there were some who quoted it
aa an instance o f Girdles!one s habitual
strength o f mind that be should decorate
hia wall with ao melancholy a souvenir.
John Girdleetone, aa he ta t at h s
square office table w aiting fo r hia sou,
waa undeniably a
remarkaole
looking
man.
F o r good o r for evil ns weak
character lay beneath that hard angular
face, with th e strongly marked features
and deep-set eyes.
H e waa known to be a fanatic in r>-
Hgioa, a- purist in morals, and a man o f
the strictest commercial integrity.
Yet
there were some few who looked askance
a t hint, and none, w v e one, who could ap
ply the word friend to him.
H e rose and stood with his back to the
firs as hia son entered. H e was aa tall
that he towered above the younger man,
but the latter’* square and compact frame
made him, apart from the difference o f
age, tbe stronger man.
“ T h ere’s news o f tbe Black Eagle,” he
m id.
“ She ia reported from Madeira.”
“ Ah ! " cried the junior partner eagerly.
“ W h et lu c k !"
“ She Is full, or nearly ao, according to
Captain Ham ilton M i a s ’ report.
“ I wonder Miggs was abla to send a
report at all, and I wonder still more
that you should put any faith in It," bis
sou m id impatiently.
“ The fellow is
«e v e r sober.”
“ Miggs is a good seaman, and popular
oa the coast. H e may indulge at times
but we all have our failings. H ere Is the
list vouched fo r by our agent. ‘ Mix hun
dred barrels o f palm o il'------ ”
“ O il ia down to d a y ,” the ocher iater-
nrpted.
“ I t w ill rise before the Black Eagle
arrives,” the merchant rejoined confident
ly. “ Then be baa palm nuts In bulk, grm
ebony, skins, cochineal, end Ivory. Ivory
le at a fancy figure.
W e are sorely In
need o f a few good voyages, for things
have been very slack o f late. I t la not
upon this matter that I wanted to speak
to yon,” Girdleetone continued
“ It ha«,
however, always been my practice to pre
fe r matters o f business to private affairs,
however pressing. John Harston Is m id
to be dying, and be has sent a message to
me m ying that be wishes to see me.
I t la inconvenient for me to leave tbe
office just now, but I feel that it la my
Christina daty to obey such a summon*
I wish you, therefor*, to look a fter things
until I return.”
“ I can hardly believe that to# news la
w ill aae it ao well. Thoae are the tenpa
o f the w ill. But you w ill guard her and
“ It la aery Oudden.” hit father a «- care for her, aa I would myself. She la
a wo rad, taking hia
broad-brimmed hat a tender plant, John, too weak to grow
from a pag. *• "Th ere ia no doubt about alone. Promise me that you w ill do right
the (art, however. The doctor says that by her— proteins I t ! ”
there ia vary little hope that he trill aur
“ I do promise It.” John G'rdleetoae aa
vive until evening. It ia a case o f m alig awered in a deep voice. H e was atandlng
nant typhoid fever."
np now, and leaning over to catch the
“ You are very old frien ds!” Kara re words o f the dying man.
marked, looking thoughtfully at his fath-
■ The aick m en'» head fell back exhaust-
ed upon hia pillow.
“ Thank heaven.”
“ Iehave known him since are were boys he muttered, “ now I can dia in peace.”
together,” the other replied, 'l o u r moth
“ Turn your mind aw ay from tha vani
er, Ears, d.ed upon the very day that ties and drosa o f this world,” Jchn Girdle-
Harston’s w ife g e ts birth to this daugh stone m id sternly, “ and fix It upon that
ter o f hie seventeen years ago.
Mrs. which ia eternal, and can never die.”
Harston only survived a few days.”
“ A re you goin g!” the Invalid asked
“ How w ill the money go If the doctors sadly, fo r he had taken up hie and stick.
are rig h t!” Ears naked keenly.
“ Tea, 1 must g o ! I have aa appoint
“ Every penny to the girl,” the mer ment in the c k y a t six, which i muat not
chant answered. “ She w ill be an halraaa miaa. I shall aend up the nurse aa I gr
There are no other relatives th a t.I know down.” Glrdleotone mid. “ G ood-by*!“
of, except the Dimsdalee, and they have a
“ G ood-by! Heaven bless you, John."
fa ir fortune o f their own.
But I must
The firm, strong hand o f the hale maa
M n u P i U t a a D e v is e ,
go.”
enclosed fo r a moment the feeble burning
H ere Is a sketch o f a d evice w hich
The A frican merchant hailed a hansom one o f the sufferer. Then John vilrdla-
and drove out to his friend’s house at stooe plodded heavily down th-i stair, am! w ill do good w ork In the w a y o f re
i t can be operated
Fulham. H e and Harston bad been char- these friends o f forty years’ standing had m oving stumps,
by a man and a boy i f stumps do not
m id their last adieu.
The A frican merchant kept hU appoint exceed six o r elg b t inches In dlam etar.
together. Harston, by incessant attention ment in the city, but long before he reach F or la rg er stumps tw o men and a boy
to business and extreme parsimony. had ed it John Harston had ¡(one ahm to may be em p lo yed T h e boy can change
succeeded in founding an export trading keep that- last terrible appointment o f tbe hook at each aw ing o f the pole, in
concern. In this be had followed the a
which the messenger ia death.
the Illu stration tw o short chains (N o .
ample o f his friend. There was no fear
1 and 2 ) are shown attached to the
o f their interest» ever coming Into col
C H A P T E R II.
pole.
T h eee a re each fo u r fe e t long
lision. as his operations were confined to
“ Come In," said M r. Girdlesione. “ Why,
the Mediterranean. The firm grow and captain, I am glad to see yon back safe w ith a common grab hook on oua end
and a round hook o r rin g a t tb e other
prospered, until Harston began to be look and well.”
T b e lon ger chains a re fixed to
ed- upon as a warm man In tbe C ity d r
“ Glajl to aee ye, sir— glad to see ya.” . end.
cles. Him only child was K ate, a girl of
The voice was thick and buaky, ana the stumps, one o f them reaching to
seventeen.
There were no other near there was an indecision about his gaK aa the pole, th e other to the grab hooka.
relatives, save Dr. Dimadale, a prosper though he had bees drinking heavily. “ I T h e pole requires to be IS or 16 fe e t
ous West End physician.
came in sort o’ cautious,” the owner con
Glrdleotone pushed open the iron gate tinued. “ ’cause I didn’t know who might
and strode down the gravel walk which be about. When you and ma speaks to
led to his friend’s house. A bright sum gether we like« to speak alone, you b e t ”
mer sun shining out o f n cloudless heaven
The merchant rained his r.uaby eye
bathed the green lawn and the many-col brows a little, aa though he diJ no* relish
ored flower beds In its golden light. T b e the idea o f mutual confidences suggested
air. the leaves, the birds, all « o k a o f life. by his companion’s remark. ” Hadn’t yon
It was hard to think that death was better take a scat!” he said. “ I most
closing its grip upon him who owaad them
all. ,A plump little gentleman la black
was Just descending the steps.
.L______
“ W ell, doctor,’ the merchant asked,
“ hbw ia y o *r p atien t!”
“ You’ve not come with the intention o f
seeing him, have y o n !” the doctor naked. in bulk. I f there’s a better cargo about
friancing lip with some curiosity at the I ’d like to see It,” the sailor said f i k i - 1 * « b u tt T o operate, put chain No. 4
g R f face and overhanging eyebrows o f antly. “ Say, now. weren’t you surprised on the biggest »tu m p and h a ve tha
the merchant “ It is a moot virulent case to see ua coma back— a h ! Straight note, ‘ other end fixed to the p ole about 18 or
o f typhoid.: H e may die in an hour or between man and m an !”
120 Inches fro m the end. T a k e chain
be may live until nightfall. Out nothing
“ T h e old ship hangs together well, and No. 1 and place It 6 Inches n earer the
can save him. H e w ill hardly recognise baa lots o f work In her y e t ” the mar- ! en(j an(j chaln No. 2 six Inches on the
you, I fear, and you can do him no good.
chant answered.
(o th e r side. N o w place chain No. 3 on
I t ia most infectious, and you are incur
“ Lots o f w o rk ! • I thought she was the stum p that la to be pulled and
ring s needless danger. I should strong
gone in the b a y! W e’d a dirty night with #wt
th e
f » r as poeelb le: at-
ly recommend you not to go.”
“ Why, you've only just come down
from him yourself, doctor,” John Uirdie-
r
;
.
,
o
v
„
;
;
d
—
cNha,“ : " in«
o’ ourselves. She wasn’t much o f a sea- | N o . 2 < * • « » can be attached to No. 8.
going craft when we left England, but the K eep sw in gin g back and forth , chang-
sun had fried all the pitch oat o’ her lng hoops at e v e ry sw in g until stump
seams, and you might ha’ put your fin- is up. F o r h ea vier stum ping a horse
ger through some o f them. .Tw o days rig on a sim ila r prin cip le m ay be uaed,
an’ a sight we were at the pumps, for on]y the chain requ ires to be h eavier
tiie leaked like a aieve. W e lost t h e fo r e |Q)j «c o n g e r . M ake tha books on No.
topsail, Mown clean out o die ringbolts.
w lth ja s t turn enough to hold
I never thought to see Lannoa again.”
,
• h i .w . — i.i « . » l u « a » u
front o f her.
H er superb brown hair
fell in a thick w ave on either aide over
her white round arms. Tha doctor had
just broken his sad tidings to her, and
she (ran still in the first paroxysm o f he*
grief— a grief too acute, aa waa evident
even to tbe unsentimental mind o f l&e
merchant, to allow o f any attempt a t coo-
solatioo.
The merchant paused irreso
lutely for a moment, and then ascending
the broad staircase he push.-d open the
door o f Harston’s room and entered.
The blinds were drawn down and the
chamber waa very dark. A pungent whiff
o f disinfectants issued from it, mingled
with the dank, heavy smell o f disease.
The bed was in a fa r corner. W ithout
seeing him. Girdles tone could hear the
fast labored breathing o f the invalid, A
trim ly dressed nurse who had been sitting
by the bedside rose, and, recognising the
visitor, whispered a few words to him
and left the room. H e pulled tbe cord o f
the Venetian blind so aa to admit a few
rays o f daylight.
The great chamber
looked dreary and bare, aa carpets and
hangings had been removed to lessen the
chance o f fnture infection. John Girdle-
stone stepped softly across to toe bedside,
and ant down by his dying friend. Tbe
latter turned his restless bead round,
and a gleam o f recognition and gratitude
came into hia eyes.
“ I knew yon would come,” he mid.
“ Yes. I came the moment 1 got your
rtkai
THE W EEKLY
Iu fre v te c
C e re .
R ea lisin g th at th e Im provem ent o f
corn la a m atter o f concern to e v e ry
agricu ltu ral practioner, because, oft the
w id e a d a p ta b ility and general cu ltiva
tion o f the cereal, the V irg in ia A g ric u l
tu ral E xperim en t Station has publish
ed In a bulletin o f n ea rly 100 p age*
the results o f experim ents In th a t field.
In a general Introduction th e bulletin
aaya:
“ In vestiga tion s ebow
v e ry c le a rly
that the corn plan t Is qu ick ly affected
by the environm ent In w hich
It la
placed and y ield s rea d ily to selection,
so th at the w a y fo r Im provem ent la
open to all w ho w ill m ake a system atic
study o f this Im portant crop. T h e fa c t
th at corn crosses ho easily has resulted
In the developm ent o f num berless so-
called va rie tie s or strains, and It Is
m a n lfcstely Im possible to effect perms-1
nent Im provem ent in any o f these w ith
out first understanding th eir In dividu al
p ecu liarities and th e good
and
bad
points possessed by each.
“ O bservation leans to the b e lie f th at
the Indiscrim inate crossing o f plants
w ithou t first stu dying them c a to fn lly
and elim in a tin g the hundreds o f unde
sirable v a rie tie s and the thousands o f
useless In dividu als la a .w a s te o f tim e,
and th at m ore perm anent good qgn be
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/W W W W SAA i
1546— M artin Luther preached his faro
well sermon at Wittenberg.
1639— C ivil government organised la
Connecticut with tha adoption o f
what la said to be tbs first written
constitution known to history.
1066— Louis X I V . o f France declared
w ar on England.
1700— Lemolne d’ Iberville took possession
o f tbe Mississippi in tha asms o f
Franca.
1712— Robert W alpole expelled from the
House o f Commons and committed to
the Tow er.
1751— F irst colonial assembly o f Georgia
1766— P itt advocated in P a rtia l
* ' repeal o f the stamp act.
1777— Vermont declared itself a free and
independent B u te,
rietlea, r a j* c t ln g " lu - t o « » a th a t «to not ,778H r ? ^ ^ r* ? * ? ,**d
•*
United g u te s .
•
reach a defin ite standard, and than p r o - ]
«nericane defeated the British at
fe e d in g
to sy stem a tica lly
Im prove
battle o f Cowpena.
those th a t seam w o rth y o f extended
treaty with Great Britain.
T h e « e d «»Id e e .
In d ea lin g w ith th at troubleaoma ttv
tie peat, tha red spider, a re a lly suc
cessful rem edy ia found In som e o f the
liquld tobacco o r
nicotine extracts,
now fa ir ly numerous on th e m arket.
T h e y m ay be used eith er b y v a p o risa
tion o v e r h e a t
d ire c tly w ith steam
pressure, o r by sp ra yin g cold dilu tions
In w ater. T h e y are ra th er costly and
1789— Charles
Spain.
IV .
proclaimed
K in g o f
1797— W eekly mail service established
between the United States and Can-
1806— Michigan territory formed from a.
part o f Indiana.
1800— English defeated
battle o f Corunna.
tbe
French
at
1810— Masked balls prohibited in N ew
York and Philadelphia.
1813— Americans repulsed tlMT British at
Frenchtown, on Lake E r ie ....J o h n
Arm strong o f N ew York became Sec
retary o f W a r.»
1814— Thanksgiving In Grant Britain fo r
successes over B on a p a rte.. . Bayonne
invested by the British.
1816— T h e French standards taken a t
W aterloo deposited In the Chapel
Royal, W hitehall.
1828—¡Phortpore taken by the
under Lord Qpmbermere.
the link o f No. 3.
British
1840— Steamboat Lexington burned aa
with lorn o f 141-
H a w k s a a « F s a lt v y .
11
A w rlte a In tha S cientific A m erican 1847— Qov. Bent o f N ew M exico killed
declares th at be effectu a lly put an and
la an uprising o f Mexicans.
to the depredation o f haw ks In his
1852— N ew conatitntlon
published
by
pou ltry y a r d by fasten in g an old acytba, I
Louis Napoleon o f France.
(prAtHul tn
ground
to • a racni*
ra zor pd(fA
edge, w ith fh o l h a m '
1854— W illiam W alker, tbe filibuster,
end dow n, on a high polo
proclaimed tbe republic o f Sonora
edge o f a field n ear hia
In lower California.
hawka, aa la th eir habit,
1881— L ola
Montes, a d ven tu re« w bo
scythe, graspin g it w ith th eir d a w s ,
paused abdication o f Louis Charles
w ith tbe result that th eir fe e t w ere
o f Bavaria, d ial in poverty in N ew
badly c u t T h is angered them and they
York.
attacked the scythe, lite ra lly tooth and 1871— United States Supreme Coart de
toenail, and o f course got tb e w orst o f
clared tbe legal tender act o f 1862
It
E v e ry hawk that cam e alon g met
constitutional. . . . K in g W illiam o f
Prussia proclaimed German Emperor.
w ith a lik e reception, and w ith in a
abort tim e they w ere eith er k illed or 1875— President Grant approved tbe act
driven aw ay.
far resuming specie payments.
R eU sed
C r u e lt y
st a
Boy.
1875— Steamer C ity o f Colom bo» wrecked
off G ay Head, with loos o f 97 llvea
. . . . N ew
State
capitol
at
Dee
Moines, dedicated.
H s la s s s s C a k e t e r C a ttle .
“ F o r genuine cru elty the average
5-year-old boy baa got a H o tten to t can
nibal lick ed to a fra z z le ,” said tha
proud fa th e r o f a young hopeful the
oth er d ay to a A illa d e lp h ia Record
man. “ T b e la teet trick o f my k id Is a
w inner, but waa sort o f rough on tbe
victim , w hich w as ou r pet c a t About
three w eeks ago w e noticed th a t pussy
suddenly stopped ea tin g and drinking.
A ll the choice bite o f m eat and dishes
o f m ilk w ere le ft untouched.
“ F o r several days w e exp lain ed It by
supposing that tb e cat w as g ettin g more
than the ord in a ry num ber o f m ice and
ea tin g them to tbe exclusion o f our
offerings, but w e soon noticed that she
T b e molaasea cake used In F ran ce aa
food fo r .c a t t le consists In tbo boiling
o f molaaaes and w orkin g It brisk ly w ith 1885— British force defeated the troops
m ixtu re o f corn flo o r and bran, w hen It
o f tbe Mabdl at baRle o f Abu Klesu
ia preaaed into tbe o rd in ary form o f a 1891— Parnell presided oqgr meeting o f
cake and packed In bags fo r sale. T b e
Irish National League In Dublin.
frnine to which a cu rtain can be a t proportions naed are one-third mol asset, 1896— Capture o f Coomaasiea and end o f
Tbe
tha Ashanti war.
tached m ade o f any desired m aterial, one-third flour, one-third bran.
unbleached
mnalln,
burlap and old suburban dairym en claim ed th a t'In the 1003— Several thousand Ilvss loot In
earthquake at Andijan, Russian T u r
ca rp et being good m aterials, ao that use o f this molaaaes cake there a re e x
key.
w h en It la le t down it w ill fa ll to the tra yield o f m ilk and an increase In
T b e proper 1905— Japanese entered P o r t 'A r t h u r .. . .
ground d ire c tly In fro n t o f the low er proportion o f butter f a t
Fifty-nine lives lost in avalanche a t
rooet.
B y the nee o f a strap and a qu antity In feed in g sbonld be 6 to 10
Bergen, Norway.
book a t elth ar end a sim ple plan la had pounds dally, which la not Intended as
o f fa sten in g tb e cn rtaln in place when a basis o f food, bat aa a condiment,
It is not In nae. T h e dotted lin e In and to assist digestion.
P r s H t s s i s t i s s s U p r is in g .
tbh illu stration shows w h ere tbe enr-
The desire for mdnhood suffrage In
waa becom ing thin and gaunt and did U|Q w l„ fa l, wben droppod and tbe
In F e r t i li s i n g I k s S e ll.
Prussia and the refusal o f the German
not teem Inclined to m ove about and. e n t,re p ,an ,t eaa„ y m n from the n t
T h e soli la the fa rm er’s capital, and
fc. „ „ „
___ i , . i
. . . chancellor, Von Buelow, to meet the de-
pu rr aa she uaed to. O ne day, a fte r ^
^
rea d lly w ork ed out at small
k
?
unlmp* tr‘ maud with consideration, culminated last
tw o w eeks o f this, 1 picked op th e now ,
ed by adding fe r tility to I t
A s the Bnnday ln , tremendous demonstration
skeleton cat and began t o stroke Ita
fe r tility decrease», his capital decreases >t Berlin, where more than 70.000 So
P ls w ls s M an u re U a «e r.
neck.
und becomes Im paired. P la n ts and anl- j dallsta and their friends attempted to
W hen coarse stable m anure Is plow- mala are bis stock in trada by h avin g parade the principal streets and to bold
“ W h a L d o yon think I found? A thin
rubber hand stretched tig h tly around «<1 under and there la m olatnre enough tbe beat plants and a n im a ls
H e can public meetings-
P rio r to this a pro-
the throat, concealed by the long fur. i In th e soil and m anure to cause Its only beat tbe other fe llo w in the com- c e « l« n before tbe Parliament
building
I t Just, perm It ted the ca t to breathe, but ferm en tation , it Im m ediately begins to petition o f trade by having a better ¡ had ^
dispersed by the police with
she could not eat. I rem oved It and fu rnish food fo r crops.
I t does this
atock In trade and som ething th at peo-
J ^ ’S-Vuffrase^D roTO SiiM with*
now she Is gettin g a lo n g
all right. | a ll the better In e a rly spring, aa the pie w ant and are w illin g t o p a y k j o o i oot dW liion
Von Buelow had told the
W hen I asked tbe boy about It he said m anure under the fu rro w holds It np .p rice for, because it la a good article, f^ n d ta g that parades and riot« would not
from
above,
be Jnst w anted to see I f k itty would and ad m its w arm a ir
T b e m ore fe r tile bla soil, tbe cheaper |nfluence tbe government a b it Sternest
strangle. I f It had been an yth in g else w h ich is Just w h at Is requ ired to cause be can prod nee tbe a rtic le » which
the measures were taken to preserve order on
T h e release o f people w a n t
bnt a c a t It w ould h ave been fiead in a c tiv e ferm entation.
Sunday, large bodies o f police and sol
am m onia as th e m anure ferm en ts en
diers being stationed about th* city. In
no tim e.”
riches a ll ths soli above It, as tb e con
* S tills tor D e a a ta re d A le t k s l.
most cnees th* parades were broken up,
H sM a H s lM s g .
T h e French nae sm all stills fo r tba tbe police charging with sword* and tbo
sta n t tendency to w arm a ir Is to rise.
“ A sp en dth rift,” rem arked the hom e H en ce there Is good reason fo r app ly m anufacture o f perfum es and brandies people resisting with dubs and stones,
gro w n philosopher, “ Is a good deal like in g m anure aa top dressing du ring tbe and an a rticle In Popu lar M echanics • » that
° » *»*•» •»<>«• were Injured,
a tub w ith the bottom knocked o u t ”
thV <l mo^
1 w in te r oo land th at ia to be plow ed or describing the atllla, suggests th eir r e * Tboo“ D(ta ° * T 0,™ ”
“ W h a t’s tbe an sw er?” qu eried the hoed fo r c o p . |n the spring,
ve ry young man.
|
bol on a gmall scale.
Some o f these tbe ^
ballot were passed by all th*
“ H e takes all that comes, but le abla 1 A m o v e * o f S e e « R e s o l v e « P e r A «
(Jlstilllng outfits cost only |20; some i r e meetings. Th# movement extends through-
T h e am ount o f seeds required to ao portable (hand-pushed o r borne-draw n), ont Prussia.
to hold nothing,” g x p la ln ed the phlloso-
a cre Is estim ated aa fo llo w s : O a ts and va rlon s fuels a re naed In tbe see-
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H e T o e k th e R t o o i.
* b w ib ela ; barley, 2 bushel* ; tim othy. 6 era l styles o f m achine».
* g s B * r * m T h e a te r ln «te t«e m ta .
am glad that you are here,” the
sufferer continued with a sign o f relief.
" I wish to speak to you.
I am very
weak.
I have been making my will,
John.
Stoop your head and you w 'll
hear me better.
I have less ihan fifty
thousand. I should have done better had
I retired year* ago.”
“ I told you so,” the other broke in
gruffly.
“ You did— you did. But I toted for
the best F orty thousand 1 leave to my
daughter K ate.”
A look o f interest came over Oirdl"-
stone's (ace. “ H ow about tbs balance?”
be naked.
“ 1 leave that to be equally divided
among the various Loudon institution*
for educating tbe poor.
W e were both
poor boys ourselves. John, and we know
the value o f each schools.”
Girdleetone looked perhaps s trifle dis
appointed. T h e sick man weut on very
slowly and p a in fu lly :
“ M y daughter will have forty thousand
pounds. But It ia ao tied up that she
cu t neither touch it herself nor enable
anyone else to do so until she m o f ag*
She has no friends, John, and no rela
tions, save only my cousin. Dr. George
Dimsdale.
N ever waa a girl left more
lonely and unprotected. Take her, I beg
o f you, and bring her up dnJer your
own eye. Trent her aa thougn eh* were
your child. Guard her above all from
M uggins— Behold In m e a self-m ade
2
?
those who would wreck her yoong life -a mjm
I bushels ; Ted clover, 8 qaarta ; red top, l
order to share her fortune. Do this, old
D lggtn *— I con gratu late you because
,b o -b e ,:
friend, and make me happy on my death
ore hard grass,
grana, 2 qu arts ; w h ite clover, 4
o f you r charitableness.
orchard
bed.”
qu arta ; buck whea t, on e-h alf bushel ;
Muggine—I beg pardon!
T h e merchant made no answer.
H 's
heavy eyebrows were drawn down, anJ
Dlfgtna—You are certainly chart to coni, broadcast, 4 buabels; p otato*«, 10
to 15 trasbel*; ruta-baga*, three-fonrth*
his forebead all puckered with thought.
ble In taking the Maine on yooroelC
p on n d ; m lxed law n graia, one-half
“ You are tbe «o a man,” continued tbs
R e t l e steste.
bu sh el; coni. In bilia, 4 to 8 q u a rts ;
sufferer, “ whom I know to be Inst and up
Customer (In book store)—Have yov .c o n i. Ih d rllls, 2 to • buohel*; ryo,
right. Olv# ms tbs water, for my month
Is dry. Should my dour girl perish be tbe Century Magasine!
| IH
to 2 buohola ; whoat, I H
to 2
fore she merries, than, old M oan, bar far
New Clerk—No, sir; we have u t i
tuna reverts to yen, fas them m a s m wbo lng h ot m onthly
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The grand Jury at Kansas City, M« k
D eep P lo w in g .
m returned 169 Indictments against per-
T b e a ir penetrates as deep as
w e «m s engaged in theatrical work, charged
plow. T b e deeper w e plow ttte m ore with violating the old Sunday closing
plant food la prepared by the action o f law, many o f t b o « Indicted being non-
the a ir and more m oisture la c a rried In resldeat artors, who w ill hava to return
tbe to ll to w ithstand d rou gh ts
D eep
^ a l or torfelt bonds Each manager
fa ll
p low in g
then
1. a g re a t
a id
1.
t ik h
SS
la nroparlna
to^Moring'molte
* employer 8und*
3r’ 00 tbs
th* law
theory
la
preparing tfnnTto!*'
plant food, in
storing m ol» ‘ tW * tb#
violate*
aa
to re and In w arm in g the to ll
to»
ea rly
BOek by forcing hia omptoyss to work an
loss ths employ* by oooasntlag to w o r t.