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Pago 10 HKNl) IIUMiliTl.V, 1HCNI), OKKOON, Tlll'HHDAV, OCTOIIIIU l, HMD I' I Vrt ACauK&ca XI10 door closed behind lilin, nnd tlie negro nnd I were nlotie. Tho die wns cast; I hnd pledged myself to notion; wns fully committed to I lie attempted rescue of Itene Ilcnucalre. nnd no thought of nny rctrent onco occurred to me. The negro, still remnlneil sent rd on the edge of the bed, digging his toes Into the hard enrth of the lloor. "retc," I begun enrnestly. "You trust me. don't you? You do not sus licet me of being nny slave-hunter!" "No, snh. Mnsm Knox, I nln't 'feared o' yer yers one o' tlcm down easterners." "Well, not exactly that. I came from ii slave state, hut my fumtly Is of New Knglnnd blood nnd breeding. I nm Just ns much your friend ns though you were white. Now, you nnd I have got n hard Job before us." "Yns, snh, we sure lias." "And the first thine we have to do, Is to trust each other. Now I am co- lng to ask you a question la that the best way for us to go, up the Illinois?" lie wns "slow to answer, evidently turning the whole matter over In his mind. I waited Impatiently, feeling the delay to be n serious loss of time. , "Well then, let me put this differ- The Devilb Own. ABomattcooFtltc Black HmvfcVaf J?rtimali Author fCbnlraonxuI, SJicrtofflioInABfJ3!t .!. tilt J Ifl-V-l COWRtfiHT Q yynen niiorow whijmivj, siv. luni'mvu sjjAitrwiiiyM 'Have You Ever Assisted Any Slaves to Run Away From Missouri?" cstly. nave you ever assisted any slaves to run away from Missouri?" "Well, Masba Knox. I reckon thet maybe I knew'd 'bout som glttln' 'away 'pears like I did, sah." "And these escaped Jby way of the Illinois?" Ills dumb, almost pathetic ejres met mine pleadingly, but same expression of my face served to yield hlui cour age. "I I reckon I I don't know much 'bout nil dis, Matea Knox," he stam mered doubtfully. Ids hands locking nnd unlocking nervously, "I I suro don'; an' fer do mat tali o' dat, titer nln't no body wbut doe, sah. AH I does Know, fer sure, la dat If a nigger onct gets as far ns a certain wlilte man vp de rlnber. 'bout whar do mouth ob de Illinois Is. he's got a mighty good chance fer tor reach Canada. De next place whar hu's most llkoly ter stop Is Ileardstown, long wld som sorter preacher whut Jives thar. An' that's as fer ns dey ever done tol' me, auh." "About this find wlilte man the, one near the mouth of the Illinois lo you know his namo?" Pete rose to his feet, and crossed tho room to where I stood, bending down until his lips were closo to my ear. Ills answer was spoken In a thick whisper. "Mnssn Knor, I never did 'sspect to ray dls ter no white man, but It seems I Just nat'Iarly got fer ter tell yer. He's got n cabin hid way back In do bluffs, whnr nobody don't go, 'cept dew who know whar It Is. I reckon he don't do nulhlii' but bunt an' fish nohow kastwuya he don't ralso no corn, nor truck fer ter sell. IIc'h a tall, lanky man, sab. sorter thin, with n long beard, an his name wus Amos Shrunk, I reckon maybo he's a lllack Abolitionist, sah." "Quite likely, I should say. And you could take a boat from here to his plnco?" "Sure, tho darkest night yer ever see." This knowledge greatly simplified matters. If .here was already In op eration an organized scheme by means of which fuglllvo from this sldu of the great river wore taken through to Canada, protected and agisted along the way, then all mwuUI bo required to do in this tiMi- would be to safely convey the unfortunate Itene and her mother In Pete's boat up the river, nnd there turn them oyer to (he caro of this Amos Shrunk. Undoubtedly he could ho trusted to see to It that they were promptly forwarded to others, fanatics like himself, who would nwlftly pass them along at night across the Illinois "prairies, until be yond all danger of pursuit. Tha dis tance to tho mouth of the Jlllcols could not be far, surely not to exceed fifty -miles as. the river ram It -ought not to prove difficult to ha file Klrby for Hmt tliort distance, and tjion we would be free to return, nnd no one could prove any charge njwlnst ,us. 2io only Important fact froutlnjf us was unit we iiium tici iuuk1, Kforo Klrby and hi nldes, armed with legal authority, could return this very night. "Pete," I said shortly, my tone un consciously one of authority, "we must be out of hero before daylight, and safely hidden somewhere up the river. The first thing to he done, nnd the hardest. Is to explain to those women the situation, nnd persuade them to accompany us. They may not believe my story; thnt wns why I was so anx ious to have Unities go to tho'house. They would have conlldcnco In hhn. Do they know you?" "Lord love yer oh course dey do. l'se knowed nil oh ein for n long while, sah. Dey'll sure believe oP Pete." "Well, wo can only try our best. Have you any conveyance here?" "Any whut, snh?" "Any wheeled vehicle In which we can ride to lleaucalre, nnd by menu1 of which wo can bring the women back? The distance Is too far to walk." Te got a sorter khart, an' an ol' mule. sah. Dey'a out yonder In de bush." "Hitch them up at once, while I put a few things wo may need in the boat. Show me how to find It." He pointed out the path, with the directions necessary, nnd disappeared, while I returned to the cabin, dragged a blanket from ofT the bed. nnd tilled it with whatever miscellaneous ar ticles of food I was able to discover about the place. Sly wound, now that I was busily engaged, troubled me very little, and I easily transported this stock of provisions to the river bank, nnd safely stowed them away In the boat found there. I returned to discover the mule and cart ready, and n few moments Inter we were creaking slowly along a gloomy wood road, Jolt ing over the stumps, with Pete walk lug beside tho nnlmnl's head, whisper ing encouragement Into the flnpplng ear. The great adventure hnd begun. CHAPTER VI. The Home of Judge Beaucaire. The road wo followed nppcared to be endless, and so rough that I soon climbed down from my seat, an un pinned board, uncomfortable enough under uny conditions, In the swaying, bumping cart, nnd stumbled blindly along behind, tripping over stumps In tho darkness, and wrenching lay ankles painfully In deep ruts. It wns considerably after ten o'clock when we emerged upon an open plateau, and n glimmer of stars over head revealed to me afar off tho silver thread of. the I great river. Pete stopped the straining mule, a feat not at n'l difficult of accomplishment, tho animal's sides rising and falling as ho wheezed for breath, and came back to where I stood, staring about at the dlwily perceived object In tkji fore ground. "Out dnr nm de Beaucaire place," he announced, as soon as ho could dis tinguish my presence, waving hi arm to Indicate the direction. "An I reckon we bettah not rldtt no furilier, fer If Allck fluid smell corn, he'd nat'Iarly ralso dls whol' neighborhood he's got a poworful voice, sub." "Kqual to his appetite, uo doubt." "Yas, sah ; that's mostly whut Allck am." "How far away l.i tho hoiiso?" "Llkoly 'bout n hundred yards. Tor see dat light out yonder; well dnt's It, an' I reckon de Indies inus' be up yet, kccpln' do lamp burnlu. Here's de slave cabins 'long do edge ob do woods, but dey's nil dirrk. What's yer a goln' fer ter do now, Mass a Knox?" I wns conscious that my heart was beating rapidly, nnd that my mind was anything but clear. The prolsiom front Ing me did solved, now thnt I was ralrly up against It, and yet there seemed only one natural method of procedure. I must go at my unpleasant task bold ly, and In this case only tho truth would serve. I wus an ofllccr In the United States army, and had In my pocket papers to prove my Identity. These would vouch for me ns a gen tleman, and yield mo n measure of au thority. And this fact, onco estals llshcd, ought to glvo mo sufllclent standing in tho eyes of those girls to compel from them a respectful hear ing. I would tell the story exactly as I knew It, concealing nothing, nnd add ing no unnecessary word, outline my plan of action, and then leave them to decide what they thought best to do. Strange, unbelievable as the situation was, proof wns not lucking. Delia could bo compelled fo ucknowledgo that Iteno wns her child sho would scarcely daro deny this truth In face of my posltlvo knowledge and she, (it least, must know that Judge Heats calro had never during his lifetime given her her freedom. This fact could bo established beyond question, and then they must surely sill Compre hend the necessity of Immediate flight that there .remained no other pos sible inenns of cscapo from hopeless slavery. Desperate as tho chnnco ap peared, It was tho only one. It diiwneil upon me now with moro I"' "' Ulta QX.QZ bo fore, tbw "v. sltlon In which f sCootl, riml f shrank from tho ordeal. A perfect stranger, not even n chance acquaintance of those directly Involved In this tragedy, I would him to drag out front tho closet, where It had been hidden nway for years, (his old llcaticulfo skeleton, nnd rattle tho dried bones of dishonor before tho horrlllcd understanding of these two Innocent, unsuspecting glrln. The conviction emtio to me that 1 had host do this alone; that the presence, of the negro would hinder, rather than help the solution of the prt.hletn. "Pete," I said, measuring my words, my plan of action shaping Itself even ns I spoke. "What lies In there be tween us and the house?" "A truck patch mostly, wld n fenco ,'round It. Den thar comes som flower beds." "No path?" "Well, I done reckon ns how thar might be a sorter path, sah, but you'd hardly llud it In de darn. De lies' way'd be ter sorter feel 'long do fence, 'ill yer git sight o' tie front porch." "All right, then. I am going to leave you here while 1 scout around. Keep your eyes open, nnd havo the mule ready to leave at nny minute." " "limit how Ion' yer be gone, sah?" "I cannot tell you that. As short a time as possible. It may require con siderable explanation and urging to get those three women to (rimt me. However, nil you have to do Is wait, and be sure that uo one sees you. If you should be needed for anything at the houe. I'll get word to you home way; and If I should send Delia nnd Hone out here alone, without being able to come with them, myself, hind them Into the cart at ouce, and drive to the boat. I'll miiuago to Join you somewhere, and the Imttortnnt thing Is to get them safely away. You under stand nil this?" "Yns. sah; leastways I rcrkon I doc. I'se ter take beer oh dem all, an' let yer take keer o yersclf." "F.xnclly, became, you see, I hnvrn't the slightest Idea what I nm going to run up ngalnst. There may be others In the house, nnd I might not daro to leave Miss F.lolse behind nlone with out some protection. I shnu endrnvor to Induce her to go to Halites nt once." jUr 4U Sad a m, mw . tKJ -Ji n sF$nPw $ mi D I I ms&& m 18 cents a package (To Do Continued.) Cmmit ro ohl everywhere In cfenf7a ally eW paehatan of 30 oliiarvtlfl or ten packafiet (300 cfr((a) In a ) invpapnr'COvnreJ carton. 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Your personal test will provo that Camel Cigarettes aro tho only cigarettes you over smoked that just seem made to meet your taste I You will prefer them to either kind of to bacco smoked straight I Compare Camels for quality anj satisfaction with any cigaretto in tho world at any price I MORE MEAT WILL COME FROM BETTER SIRES CAMPAIGN NATIONAL CAMPAIGN POK GOOD IIKKKDINCS ANLUAI.S LAL'NCHKO 11V V. S. DKPAUTMK.Vr ()!' AOItKL'LTl'HK. WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 0.- Tho definition of tho term "purebred sires" Is written In ono.word "econ omy." Thcro aro many definitions, many of them learned and long, that might bo written, but tho breeding exports of tho United States Dopnrl flocks. Ho gels moro monoy nnd his family Uvea better. Hut something clso happens. When ho soils moro pounds of a bettor class of meat or moro gallons of rloh milk, ho foeda tho city family bettor than ho did wnon no kept sorub stock. Tho final input of AertcntSiirn wlinn la .....t I ....... .i. .. . . . . .. ,, ...ul lvuu in jiuru-iircu siros in flint tna this morning to launch the State and farmer make more monoy and tho .iKiiuiiui cruanuB lor uouer JltroH Uetter Stock," agreed that the prim ary meaning of it la economy. The sorub hog requires a certain nufnbcr of bushels of corn to make too pounda of pork. The pure-bred or high-grade hog take the name number of bushel of oom and makoa 00 pound of pork. The iftire-hred or high-grade cow makes three gal lons of milk out of the same uuaut Ity of silage that the scrub tow ueea to make a gallon and a half of, mlllc. city family gets more and (setter food, at lower prleea. The crusade, the expert aay. eventually will tend to reult In ro il neing the coat of living to the con sumer without taking the difference out of the pocket of the' producer. Kor that reason, they point out. the city man has a definite, monoy Inter eat in the better alroe crusudo. Whllo hu can hardly be oxpected to put the same amount of effort lnio It that tho live atook broodor should. Those flguroe are not meant to bo , he Is oxnaoted to clvn 1l,.nllr.,Pa,,.-.,., scientifically oxuet. of oourao. hut I nnd .aid to tho program whonover ...mo. iu muBiruio mo nriUCJPIC. the oininrlniillv nfr..r .,.,! n.... The result in that tho farmor gots moro pounds of salable product out of his feed when ho uses purebrcnl slroe at the bond of his herds and will ho no lock of opportunity, par ticularly In the xmullor cltlos and towns whoro tho far mora aro In closo contact with tho city business men SUGAR NOT NEEDED FOR ALL CANNING Don't let surplus fruit go to wasto because you cannot obtain sugar to rar, jut- iHiiiiiujii iroui- i , not appear h easily ,uso for Irervlng purposos. Krult can be successfully canned without It und it can be aweotoncd when ser ved next winter, or syrup can bo usod In plnco of sugar to sweoton it now. To can without sugar, simply fill tho Jars containing tho fruit with clean hot water, Instead of tho usual syrup, and process tho Jars In hot water bath. Tho fruit will noUspoii, but It will not havo quito ua fine a flavor and color as that which is packed In syrup. Directions for canning ly tho "cookod-ln-tho-can" method should carefully followed to cut) successfully without sugar, tho United States De partment of Agriculture suggests, Fruits canned without sugar nfo osperiaily good In .naiads, dossorto, plo fillings, ices and in fruit punchea. Thoy can also bo mado Into Jams and marmalades when sugar is obtain able. Fruit Juices take no sugar and their uses aro Just aa varied during tho winter season as aro tho fruits put up unswoetonod. Those fruit Julcea aro also avallablo for Jolly at a futuro tlmo when sugar Is moro plontlful. Vegetables ifood no sugar, and plenty of canned vegetables aro 'always acceptable during the wlntor months. Fruit nnd vegotablou may bo high und sugar scarce, but tho margin of dirroruuco In price botweuu tho homo cannod nnd the commercially canned product Is llkoly to bo as great as whon both frosh fruit and vegetables and canned goods wore lower ,! price. Tho wlso aro still practicing homo canning, sugar or no augur. HEIFER FEEDING COSTS ARE SHOWN Necessity f Chcjip .Veils anil Thor ough Culling Kniphuhlml by Agricultural Department. Tho Importance of providing cheap food for growing liolfora and pract icing thorough culling Is brought out by tho rest it! tH of feeding experi ments recently complatod by tho Dulry Division United States Dopart mont of Agriculture. In thoso exper iments groups of calves wore fed from birth to ouo year and two yearn of ago and a record kopt of all food consumed. In ono oxporlmottt, 11 holfor calvps woro raised, to tho ago of ono year. Tho amount of food 6onsumod by each calf was as follows: Hay, 751,8 pounds; grain," 885. C pounds; sllago, 3,003.1 pounds; milk, 110 pounds: skim milk, 2,411 pounds. Estim ating tho hay at 3P per (on, grain at ?00, and jdlago ut 8 per ton, milk at i cents and Hklm milk at cents per pound, tho cssst of raining each hutfer to one. year of ago was 72t2. Five of tho calves from tho first experiment were then fed for ono moro yeur. During this second year each calf consumed ou tho average 1,117.8 pounds of hay; 1,221.0 pounds of grain; 8, 031 pounds of stlago. Using tho mimo liguriM fur computing tho cost of tho feeds con sumed during this second year, tho total cost of raising u hulfur from birth until two years of! ago was $157.90. Tliefio figure emphaslzo the. necessity of providing chonp feed for heifers such ns pasture and silage and bring out the Importance of care fully culling the helforn to avoid raising Ihoee which will prove to he Inferior cow. 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