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TW 2WT " rnrrw vw for The Term ofjlis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKB CIIAPTRII XV.-(Cnntlnued.) Sylvia uttered a little cry. She had become foiul of lior dumb companion. "Kill Nanny! Oh, Mr. Dawes! What for?" "I am going to make n boat for you." lie said, "and I want hides and thread and tallow." A. "few week back Maurtco Frere would hare laughed at such a sentence; but he had begun jiow to comprehend that this escaped convict was not a man to bo laughed at, and though he detested Mm for his superiority, he could not but ml ink that he was superior. "You can't get more thau on hide oft goat, man V he said, with an Inquiring tone In his rolce as inough It were Just possible that such a marrelous being a Dawes could get a second hide by virtue of some secret process knowu only to himself. "1 am going to catch other goats at the pilot station." "Hut how are you going to get there." "Float across. Come, there Is no time for questioning. Go and cut down some sapling, and let us begin." The lieutenant master looked at the convJet 'prisoner tvlth astonishment, and then gave way to the power of knowl edge, and did as he was ordered. He fere sundown that evening, the carcass of poor Nanny, broken Into various most uubiitchery fragments, was hanging on tho nearest tree; and Frere, returning with as many young saplings aa he couW drag together, found Uufus Dawes en gaged In a curious occupation. He had Wiled the goat. and. harlng cut off iu head close under the Jaws, and Its legs at the knee Joint, had extracted the carcass through a silt, which silt he had now sewed together with strings. This proceeding gate him a rough bag. ami tie was busily cagaged in filllBg this bag with such coarse grass as he could col lect. Frero observed, also, that the fat of the animal was carefully preserved, nnd the Intestines had been placed In a pool of water to soak. The convict, however, declined to give Information aa to what he Intended to do. "It's my own notion." he aald. "Let jne alone. I may make a failure of It." Frere. on being pressed by Sylvia, af feeted to know all about the scheme. He was galled to think that a convict brain eheuld contain a mystery which be couM not share. On tho next day, by Ilufus Dawes directions, Frere cut down some rushes that grew about a mile from the camp ing ground, and brought them In on his back. This took him nearly half a day tn accomplish. Short ration were be ginning to tell upon his physical pow er. The convict, on the other hand, trained by a woful experience In the boata to endurance of hardship, was lowly recovering b'a irlglnal strength. "What are they for'" asked Frere, lit he flung tho bundles down. "To make a float. You are very dull, Mr. Frere. I am going to awlra over to the pilot station and catch some of those goats. I can get aerass on the stuffed akin, but I roust float them back on the reeds." Frero saw that his companion was cleaning the intestines of the goat. The outer membrane having been peeled off, Itufus Dawes was turning them Inside out. This he dW by turning up a short jilece of it. as though it were, a coat sleeve, and dipping the turned-up cuff Into a pool 01 water, me weigm 01 me water, pressing between tho cuff and the rest of it, bore down a further por tion; and so, by repeated dippings, the whole length was turned Inside out. The Inner membrane having tieeu scraped owajr, there remained a fine transparent tube, which was tightly twisted and set to dry In the sun. There Is tho catgut for the noose," raid Dawes. "I learned that triek at the settlement. Now, come here." Frere. following, saw that a fire had been made between two stones, and that the kettle was partly sunk In the ground near It. On npproaehing the kettle, he fuuod It full of smooth pebbles. Take out those atones," said Dawes. Frere obeyed, and saw at the bottom of the kettle a quantity of sparkling white powder, and the sides of the vessel crusted with the same material. "What tbtttV he asked. "Salt." "How did you get it? "I tilled the kettle with sea water, and then heating those pebbles red hot In the fire, dropped them Into It. We could iiave caught the steam In a cloth and wrung out fresh water, had wo wished to do so." Frere burst out In a sudden, fretful admiration? "What a fellow you ore, Dawesl What are you I mean, what have you been 7" A triumphant light came Into the oth er'a face, and for the Instant he seemed about to reply by some startling revela tion. Hut the light faded, and he check ed himself with a gesture of pain. "I am a convict. Never mind what J bavo been. X sailor, shipbuilder, prod igal, vagabond what doea It matter? It won't alter my fate, will It?" "If we get safely back," says Frere, "I'll ask for a free pardon for you. You deserve It." "I don't -want favor at your hands. Let us get to work. Bring up tho rushes Jiere, and tie them with a fishing lino." At this instant Sylvia came up. "Good pftcruoou. Mr. Dawes. Hard at work? Oh! what's this la the kettle?" The rolco of tho child acted like a charm upon Uufus Dawes, He smiled quite cheerfully. ff "Salt, wlas. I am going to catch the oiU' Vita that" "Catch the goats! How? Put It on their tails?" she cried merrily. "Goats are fond of salt, and when I get over to the pilot station. I shall set traps for them baited with this salt. When they come to lick It, I shall hare a noose of catgut ready to catch them; do you understand?" "Hut how will you get across?" "You will see to-morrow," CIIAPTKU XVI. Frere, coming to the pier next morn ing, aw Dawes strip himself, and piling his clothes upon the stuffed goatskin, stretched himself upoh the reed bundles, and. paddling with his hands, pushed off from the shore. The clothes floated high and dry, but the reeds, depressed by the weight of the body, sunk so that the head of the convict alone appeared above water. In this fashion he gained the middle of the current, and the out going tide swept him down toward the mouth of the harbor. Uufus Dawes, drifting with the cur rent, had allowed himself to coast along tho eastern side of the harbor until the pilot station appeared In view on the op posite shore. Ity this time It was nearly 7 o'clock. He landed at a sandy cove, and. drawing up his raft, proceeded to unpack from among his garments a pleco of damper. Harlng eaten sparingly, and dried himself In the sun, he replaced the remains of his breakfast, and pushed his floats again Into the water. Arrived at his destination about raid day, he set to work to lay his snares. Tho goats, with whoo skies he hoped to cover the coracle, were sufficiently numerous and tame to encourage him to use every exertion. He carefully exam ined the tracks of the animals, and found that they converged to one point tho track to tho nearest water. With much labor he cut down bushes, so as to mask the approach to the water holo on all aides, save whre these tracks Immedi ately conjoined. Close to the water, and at unequal distances along the various tracka, he scattered the salt he had ob tained by his rude distillation of sea water. Between this scattered salt and tho points where he Judged the animals would be likely to approach, he set his traps, and retired to watch the effect of his labors. About two hours after he had gone, the goats came to drink. Thero were five goats and two kids, and they trotted calmly along the path to the water. The watcher soon saw that his precautions had been In a manner wasted. The lead ing goat marched gravely Into tho springe, which, catching him round the neck, released the bent rod, and sprung him off bis legs Into the air. He uttered a comical bleat, and then hung kicking. The other goats bounded off at this sud den elevation of their leader, and three more were entrapped at a little distance. Uufus Dawes now thought It time to secure bis prize, though three of the springes were as yet unsprung. He ran down to the old goat, knife In hand, but before he could reach him the bare ly dried eatgut gave way, and the old fellow, shaking his head with grotesque dismay, made off at full speed. The others, however, were secured and killed. The kiss of the springe was not a seri ous one, for three traps remained un sprung, and before sundown Uufus Djwes bad caught four more goats. He- moving with care the catgut that had done such good servlee, he dragged the carcasses to the shore, and proceeded to paek them upon his floats. He dis covered, .however, that the weight was too great, and that the water, entering through the loops of the stitching In the side, had so soaked the rush grass as to render the floats no longer buoyant. IIo was compelled, therefore, to spend two hours In restufflng the skin with nich materia as he could find. Some light and flock-like seaweed, which the action of the water had swayed after the fashion of hay bands along the shore, formed an excellent substitute for grass. I and having bound his bundle of rushes lengthwise, with the goatskin as a een terpleee, he succeeded In forming a sort ef rude canoe, upon which the carcasses floated securely. The tide was now running In, and he knew It was Imperative that he should regain the further shore while the cur rent was in bis faror. He touched the chilled water and drew back. For an Instant he determined to wait until the beams of the morning should Illumine that beautiful but treacherous sea, and then the thought of the helpless child, who was, without doubt, waiting and watching for blm on the shore, gave new strength to his wearied frame; and fixing his eyes on the glow that, hovering above the dark tree-line, marked her presence, he pushed the raft before him into the sea. Paddling and pushing, be gradually edged It toward the firelight; and at last, just when his stiffened limbs re fused to obey the impulse of his will, and be began to drift onward with the onward tide, he felt hla feet strike firm ground. Dragging the carcasses above high-water mark, he rounded the llttlo promontory aud made for the fire. He gained the fire before tho solitary watch er thero heard bis footsteps, and spread bis bands to the blaze in alienee. Frere, starting, cried, "It la you! nave you succeeded?" "There are six carcasses down by the rocks. You can hare meat for breakfast to-morrow," The child, at the sound of the voico, cams running down from the hut. "Oh, Mr. Dawesl I am ao glad! We were bglnnlng to dsspalr mamma and L" Daws snatched her from thi ground, and, bursting Into n Joyous laugh, nwmn her Into the nlr. "Tell mo," he cried, holding up tho child with two dripping arms ubove him, "what you will do for me If I bring you nnd inniniitrt safe homo again?" "(lire you a free pardon," said Hyl ria; "nnd tutpa shall make you his ser vant!" Frere bunt out laughing nt this reply; and Dawes, with a choking sensation In his throat, put the child upon tho ground, and walked away. In tho morning, however, Itufus Dawes was first at work, nnd made no allusion to the scene of the previous erenlng. Hy dint of hard "work they got the four goats skinned, and the entrails cleaned ready for twisting, by breakfast time; and harlng broiled some of the flesh, made a hearty meal. Mrs. Vlek ers being no better, Dawes went to see her, and seemed to have made friends again with Sylvia, for he came out of the hut with the child's hand In his. Frere, who was cutting the meat In long strips to dry In the sun, saw this, and It added fresh fuel to the tire of his un reasonable envy and Jealousy. Uufus Dawes took two of the straight est and most taper of some celery-top pines which Frere had cist on the pro Tlous day, and Fashed them tightly to gether, with the butts outward. He thus produced a spliced slick about twelve feet long. About two feet from either end he notched the young tree until he could bend the extremities upward; and having so bent them, he secured the bent porttons In their places by means of lashing of rawhhle. The spliced trees now presented the rude outline of the section of a boat, having the stem, keel and stern all In one piece. This having been placed lengthwise between the stakes, four other poles, notched In two places, were lashed from stnke to stake, running crosswlre to the keel, and form ing the knees. Four saplings wero now bent from end to end of the upturned portions of the keel that represented stem and stern. Two of these four wero placed abore, as gunwales: two below, as bottom rails. At each Intersection the sticks were lashed firmly with fishing line. Tho whole framework being com plete, the stakes were drawn out, and there lay upon the ground the skeleton of a boat eight feet long by three broad. Frere, whose hands were blistered and sore, would fain have rested; but the conrtet would not hear of It. "I.et us finish." he said, regardless of his own fatigue: "the skins will be dry If we stop." "I can work no more." said Frere. sulkily; "I can't stand. Yon've got mus cles of Iron. I suppose. I haven't." They made me work when I couldn't stand. Maurice Trere. It Is won lerfill what spirit the cat gives a mm. There's nothing tike work tn get rid of aching muPles so they used to tell me." "Well, what's to be done now?" "Cover the Iioat. There, you can set the fat to melt, and sew these hides to gether, two and two. do yon see? and then ew the pair at the necks. There Is plenty of catrut yonder." "Don't talk to me as If I were a dog!" says Frere, suddenly. "Re civil, can't you?" Hut the other, busily trimming and cutting at the projecting piece of p Ilng, made no reply. It Is possible that he thought the fatigued lieutenant be neath his notice. Abont an hour before sundown the bides wero ready, and Uufus Dawes, having In the meantime interlaced the ribs of the skeleton with wattles, stretched the skins over It, with the hairy side Inward. Along the edges of this covering he lorM holes at Inter val, and passing through these holes thongs of twisted skin, he drew th whole to the toprall of the boat. One last precaution remained. Dipping the pannikin Into the melted tallow, he plentifully anointed the seams of tho sewed skins. The boat thus turned topsy-turvy, looked like a huge walnut shell covered with red and reeking hide. or the skull of some Titan who had been scalped. 'There!" cried Uufus Dawes, triumphant. 'Twelve honrs In the un to tighten the hides, and she'll swim tike a duck." Tho next day was spent In minor prep arations. The Jerked goat-meat was pack Ml securelr Into as small a compass as possible. Wstr bags were Impro vised out of portions of the Intestines of the boats. Itufus Dawes, having filled these with water, ran a wooden skewer through their mouths, and twisted It tight, tonrntyuet fashion. He also strip ped cylindrical pieces of bark, and hav ing sewed each cylinder at the side, fit ted to It a bottom of the same material, and calked tho reams with gum and pine tree resin. Thus four tolerable bucket were obtained. One goat skin yet re mained, and out of this It was determin ed to make a sail. 'The current was strong," said Uufus Dawes, "and we shall not be able to row far with such oars as we have got. If we get a breeze It may save our lives," ' It was Impos sible to "step" a mast In the frail bas ket strncture, hut this difficulty was over come by a simple contrivance. From thwart to thwart two poles were bound, and the mast, lashed between these pole with thongs of rawhide, was secured by shrouds of twisted fishing line running fore and aft. Sheets of bark were placed at the bottom of the craft, and made a safe flooring. It was late In the after noon of tho fourth day that these prep arations were completed, and it was de cided that on the morrow they should adventuro the Journey. "We will coast down to the bar," said Uufus Dawes, "and wait for the slack of the tide. I can do no more now." (To k continued.) Measured hy Time. "Do you consider frenzied flnanco a question of tho hour?" Tho hour!" echoed tho magnzlno publisher scornfully. "It U tho qucs tlon of sovcral years nt least" Wash ington Star. Electricity travels about 00,000 mile a second, fatter than light. ... wrm wms&& mmr'i'44 v r u .. v . iU.f-vW if? Cl iKvMlUMJUC. 7?nw s L"- 7 MC&. OSS5"-" Workliiw ttitltrr Mrissslierrlrs. When one sponka of iHUiltry lu oo tuvtloii with uny low growing phint most itooplc- enn sou only tho scratch ing birds nnd Urn ruined plants, but tho combination tints liven nnd Is MK lirotltubly carried out. If one select one of the larger breed of hens for tut combtnutlou the scratching part of tho proposition will bo reduced to u minimum, uud If tho fowl uro not re quired to obtiiln their entire living from tho patch of strawberry plants, they will do coiiipnrntlvety llttlo dam age. It la, of course, understood tlint tho fowls arc not allowed on the patch until after the fruit him lievn gath ered, but from that time until they go Into winter quartern they will t ex ceedingly useful, for they will tnke gtsa, care of all tho Insects, do little ibunngo In the way of scratching which can tn readily repaired by going over tho plot each day, nnd their dropping will mid uititerlnlly to the rlehne of the plot. If the plantation rover a considerable area It will ln good plan to have sovurul small colony Iioumh on the (dot m that tho hens niny have their own quarters and thus work oicr n manlier urea. Thu protlt from this combination la Pd, nnd neither will Interfere with the other, csinvlally If tho fowl nro mlst-d for egg produc tion. Try It on n small sealo nnd In crease n axcrlcuce prore It pay. ItVvpsak lliuisrlierrle. The main value of this recent Intro duction from ttie other side seems to lie In the fact flint thu variety Is very firm, productive and ships well, THE Xtri-HAKE OOOStnCIMItEil. but whether It can be profitably grown orer any considerable territory can only be dlcovcrcd by experimenting with It. Bo far. In limited tests, It mviiii to bo better than any other of thu Kugllsh vnrlctle, but it quality U not nearly a good as the oM fa vorite with American grower, tha Downing. It shows less tendency to mildew tlian other Kuropoan varieties, although It Is doubtless suscepUblo to that disease. It I not advised to plant this variety largely without first teat lug It through auroral seasons, Tirir Seed Wlirnl Trenlment, J. II. Wright, a farmer residing near HonncHsey, O. T., ha made a valunhlo discovery that will bo of general Inter est to wheat grower everywhere. Ho soaks hla seed wiioat In coal oil, using nbout ono-lmlf gallon to every twenty busbcin of wheat, covering It over with n blanket and letting It sonk over night Ho found It equally ciffec- tlvii with corn, using oqe-lialf teacup to a washtuh of corn. He Amis that It not only proMirve tho cereal from rot ting, hut proservo It from Insect. Mr. Wright ha practiced thl for more than threo yours, nud hi yield hits been a great deal more than that of thuso who had better Mill for pluming. Much Nredril Niter! Potato, A sweet potato that will keep us well aa tho whlto iotnto I what Professor K. 3. Wlckaon, of tho department of agriculture of the University of Cali fornia, think ho tins discovered. It was picked up lu tho I-ndrono Islands by a skipper, who took aboard a lot of excellent flavored sweet )tatoea last April, and, finding them still In good condition upon hi recent arrival lu 8uu Francisco, gnro sjieolmeua of them to Professor Wlcksou. Thvy will bo propngated In tho hope of working In tho commercial world of iMitatoes a revolution tlint will bo worth many millions of dollars to California nud n boon to mankind. Out-Worms on Wheat. HcportH from Canadian uiid King fisher couutle state that wheat I bo tng seriously dnmngod by cut-worm. Thu entomologist of tho Oklahoma ex periment station has visited Holds where- tho worms nro nt work, and recommend spraying n strip of tho wheat Just nhund of tho worm with parts green at tho ruto of ono pound to 100 gallons of water. The spraying should lo done whllo tho worms are feeding on tho wheat, "ami, of course, uo stock should ho allowed to pasture on the sprayed wheat Pip A llnlbrd for no Amateur, A mure ambitious method thau that if r.iwlifu Id mirlv llimtir In Inixoh, kept lu the house, may Ut tried by ''" anmteur Hardener who I also an ama teur carpenter. A hotbed limy l built nt small oxiH'iisn, Old window sash, or a single ohsIi purchased cheaply, and four tswriK turn Inch thick and one and one half feet wide, limy bo put together to form the hotbed, tho IniuuU Mug used for the walls. Warm stable mniuiiv should be put In the bottom, from onehnlf to three fourths of a I'iMit deep, ami firmly iir,ww.! down. The lied should In well trained, t.liftlt noII. to a depth of one or two Inches should lt spread oier tho manure nnd after one or two nays, when the tiMiieruttire Is cooled down to 70 or Nl degrees, the bsl I ready for use. The plant. In it or Nixe. should te put In the bed. Tho mu may lo tirtiHircd a for Indoor uso. with nntl nary garden soil at the l)tfom, and lighter soil on top. Mr go holes should ln loft tn ilrnln tint box. Tho fltlfl stist should lo sprinkled on tho surface, ami fine eojl sprinkled over It, nnd the mnrxn el suiwn In drills, or pressed down Into the soil, and covered with a thin layer of earth. The soil should w gently sprinkled with water a soon a the seiil Is planted aud kept moist, wit limit IhhmiiiIiik soggy. The hotlxtl should Im shaded from the hot sun. but there slwiuld In plenty of light. The cover of the IhhI should tie kept on until th eilllugs hare started to make good growth. On warm spring day tln plants sltould ho ghou fresh air by raising the sash slightly. Points mi I'riiiilnir Shrubs. If tlnise who hare shruldn-ry on their grounds would Imt remMl.er the sim ple fact of the irlod of bloom ami that hlooms come on the new growth they would remenilier when to prune. The bhwsoiiw on the tiiig-bhxntilHg shrub are formed on the whmI that was grown after the blooming season of n year npi, tiencn If thee shrill an? pruned lu the spring wo simply nit off tho llower-hoarliig shoot nnd no flow er are Ivnd. The time to prune, spring flowering shrub I Just after they Imvo stopHil blooming, so they may hnvo the rest of tho Mummer In which to grow tho flower shoot for another spring. Tho fall bhximtiig shrub should lx pruned lu the spring, for they will then grow the flower shoot for the coming fall period of bloom. One run see how simple It I If thry will but remember. Witter unit Soll.ls In Mlllc. Wlicn tho crvnm or fat Is removed erery 100 xiuniU of skim milk contain alxiut DO per cent of wafer nud 10 vr n-nt of solids. Tho solid contain about .1..' Hr cent of casein and 1.1 er cent of milk sugar, with small projr tloit of fat aud albumen a the fat cannot be entirely rimmied. The milk sugar remain lu tho whey when It ej aratet and the casein In tho curds or chctwy matter, though lith contain small erculage of fat, albumen, etc. The whey will promote the formation of fat, while tho curd supply the ele ments for growth ami muscle. It will ho nn ndvautHge to feed thu two sub stance together, adding bran aud sea son lightly with salt. If the skim milk hvcoiuc very sour aud Ix-gln to fer ment it should not bo used at all. Tho proor plan Is to use the skim milk when fresh or but slightly sour. A Turkey I'oop, A turkey coop which lis been used with jx-rfix-t satisfaction I iIositIImmI In American Agriculturist n having several distinct advantage over ordl nary coop. It Is built out of a largo packing case. At thu top I a venti lator. Husjiended by a cord Is a drop door of closo lionrd and beneath this Is an ordinary door partly of wlra net ting. Knch Is hinged and can Ut ojhii oil Independently. On cold nights ven tilator and drop door mny bo cloned, on ordinary night tho ventilator open ed, on hot ones both. In warm weath er tho drop door suspended n shown in tho cut forms a good slindu for tho hints. tint of the l.ntrn, Whero It Is il en I red to thicken gross, or Increaso tho variety in Inwn or doorytirds, much mny ho dnno by sim ply rowing seed. 'Clio sprouting will bo fnvorcd by tho slmdo of tho grass, nud tho growth of thu young plant by a frequont clipping, so that by Into summer or hoforo a good sod will bo established. Tho principle is that cut ting prevents shading tho young gross and supplies It with sun and nlr, thus giving It an equal clmnco with tho old grass, If tho ground Is rich enough, as It generally 1 In lawns and dooryards. UNITED STATUS SENATOR TKOM SOUTH CAROLINA PUAISCS PE-KU-NA toss 55&5&ntynz5iisn!35&nB cis; tlx-Seimtor M. C duller. 1 ijHESHSEfiiiirasiisasssnrninrJiia Dyspepsia Is Often Caused by Oatairt of tho Htomieh 1'eruna Hellevss Oa tanh ef the Htomach and la Therefor a lUoiedy for Dyspepsia. Hon. M. l Hatler, Ki-W. H. 8en ntor from 8th Carol Inn (t two Wrm, In a letter from Washington, I). C, write to the IVruna Mmllelne Vm., a follows: "I can recommend reruns for dyspepsia and steraaab trouble. X tiara been using your mndlclno for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is Indeed a wonderful medicine, betides a good toule." s-itTAUItll nt tk stHMaeh Is I ha ror. reel name for most rases nt dyspep sia. In order U cure eatnrrh ef Iks stomach the eatrrh must bo eradicated. Only an Internal catarrh remedy, such as PcrwH. Is nvsllable. l'erssn riaetly meets the Indications. Bar nl (! TMhb, Tvaeher (at nlfht Khool) Wht do you know of Hudapest? Hhsfgy Haired Pupil Hudpt Is a dlsssta that attacks caltl. It Is lursrla- Mr fatal CASTOR I A For Infanta nnd Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Hear th l Ulguaturo Mrs, llloeo Oh, dear! da you think that death ends all? IllRfo All but tat estate. The lawyers nd that. Judf - Don't Get Wet! 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