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t LHITJ D ETSt C E ITI1EL HUESTON ii OF 11HE ILLUSTRATED BY w.c .ianne: (Copyright, by the Bobbs-MerrlU Company.) MR. STAHU, a widower Metliodlst minister, has been assigned to the con gregation at Mount Mark, Iowa. He and bis daughter, Pru dence she is nineteen, and the eldest of live girls have come on ahead to get the new parson age ready for the younger mem bers of the family. Of course the whole town, especially the Methodists, is throbbing with curiosity about 1 ho newcomers. Mrs. Adams, a member of the Ladles' Aid society, hurried over to call on Prudence, nnd nosing around found the girl on her knees praying In the barn. So she began at once to "pump" the girl for all she was worth it would be great stuff to tell the neighbors and Is still at it. I CHAPTER I Continued. Bat to return to the Ladles the par sonage girls always capitalized the La dles of their fathom's church "One of us should go and help the dear child," said Mrs. Scott, the president of the Aids, when they assembled for their juslness meeting, "help her, und wel come her, and advise her." "I was thinking of going over," said one, and another, and several others. "Oh, thut will not do ut all," suld the president. "I think In a case like this the president herself should represent the society. Therefore, I will under take this. duty for you." But this called forth a storm of pro test and it became so clamorous that It was unolliclully decided to drnw cuts! Which was done, and in consequence of that drawing of cuts, Mrs. Adams now nut on the front porch of the old gray pursonuge, cheered by the knowl edge thut every other Lady of the Aid was envying her I "Now, Just be real sociable and tell me nil about yourself, and the others, too," urged Mrs. Adums. "I want to . know all about every ono of you. Tell me everything." "There Isn't milch to tell," suld Pru dence, smiling. "There are five of us ; I am the oldest-I am nineteen. Then comes Fairy, then the twins, and then the buby." "Are the twins boys, or n boy and a girl?" "Neither," said Prudence, "they are both girls." "More girls!" gasped Mrs. Adams. "And the baby?" "She la a girl, too." And Prudence laughed. "In short, we are all girls except father. He couldn't be, of course or 1 suppose he would, for our family does seem to run to girls." "Prudence is a very nice name for a minister's daughter," said Mrs. Ad ams suggestively. "Yes for some ministers' daugh ters," assented Prudence. "But Is sad ly unsuitable for me." Mrs. Adams looked critically nt this young daughter of the parsonage. Then her eyes wandered down to her clothes, nnd lingered, In silent ques tioning, on Prudence's dress. It was n very peculiar color. In fact, It was no color ut all no named color. Pru dence's eyes had followed Mrs. Ad ams' glance, und she spoke frankly. "I suppose you're wondering If this dress is any color! Well, I think it really Is, but It Isn't any of the regu lar shades. It Is my own Invention, but I've never named It. Kalry grew up and out and around, and one day when I was so nearly out of clothes I hurdly felt I could attend church any more, she suggested that I cut un old one of hers down for me! At llrst I laughed, and then 1 was Insulted. Fairy Is three years younger than I, and before then she had got my banded downs. But now the tables were turned. Prom that time on Fairy's clothes were cut down for me. I still feel bitter about II. Fairy Is dark, and dark blues are becoming to her. She handed down this dress It was dark blue then. But 1 was not wanting a dark blue, anil I thought It would be less recognizable If I gnve It n con trasting color. I chose lavender. I dyed It four times, and this was the re sult." "Do the twins dress alike?" Inquired Mrs. Adams, when she could control her voice. "Yes unfortunately for Connie. They do It on purpose to escupo the hunded-downs They won't even have hair ribbons different. And the result Is that poor Connie never gets one new thing except shoes. She says she cannot help thanking the Lord In her prayers that all of us outwear our shoes before we call outgrow tliein. Connie Is only nine. Kalry Is sixteen, and the twins are thirteen. They are a very clever lot of girls." "And what are you going to do?" In quired Mrs. Adums, looking with real uffectlon at the bright, sweet face. "You ought to go to school. You're Just a girl yourself." "I don't want to go to school," laughed Prudence. "Not any more. I like It, Just taking care of lather and thj girls wilh Fairy to keep me bal anced ! 1 read, but I do not like to study. No. you'll have lo get along with roe Just the way I nm, Mrs. Ad ams. It's nil I can do to keep things going now, without speudlug half the time dreaming of big things to do In the future." "Don't you have drowns? gnsped Mrs. Adnuis. "Don't you havo dreams of the future? Olrl's In books nowa days dream " "Yes, 1 dream, " Interrupted Pru dence, "I dream lots-but lt'uiostl of the girls, Mrs. Adams, I know vou will They really are a gifted little bunch- except me. I'm Just common little Pru dence of the Parsonage but the oth ers I" And Prudence flung out her Hands dramatically. CHAPTER II. The Rest of the Family. It was Saturday morning when the four young parsonage girls arrived in Mount Mark. The elderly Misses Avery, next door, looked out of their windows, pending their appearance on Main street, with Interest and concern. They were Episcopalians themselves, and In all their long lives they had never so much as heard of a widower-rector with five daughters and no housekeep er. There was something blood-curdling In the bare idea. The Misses Avery considered Pru dence herself rather a sweet, silly little thing. "You have some real nice people In the Methodist church," Miss Dorn had told her. "I dare say you will find a few of them very likable." Oh, I will like them nil," said Pru dence quickly and seriously. Like them all," echoed Miss Dora. Oh, impossible I" "Not for us," said Prudence. "We are used to It, you know. When we dislike people nt first sight, we visit them, and talk to them, and Invite them to the parsonage, and entertain them with our best linen and silver ware, and keep on getting friendlier and friendlier, and first thing you know, we like them fine !" So the Misses Avery concluded that Prudence was not entirely responsible. And . they wondered, with something ukln to an agony of fear, if the younger girls "bad It, too!" and when Miss Alice cried excitedly, "Quick I Quick ! They are coming!" they trooped to Miss Alice's window with a speed that would have done credit to the parson age girls themselves. First came the minister, whom they knew very well by this time, and con sidered quite respeetuble. He was lively, as was to be expected of a Methodist minister, and told Jokes, and laughed at them! Now, a comical rector oh, a very different matter- It wusn't done, that's all ! At any rate, here came the Methodist minister, laughing, and on one side of hlrn tripped a small, earnest-looking maid en, clusping bis hand, and gazing alter nately up Into his face and down nt the stylish cement sidewalk beneath her feet. On the other side wus Fairy. The Misses Avery knew the girls by namo already. having talked much with Prudence. "Such a Fairy!" gasped Miss Mllll ceut, and the others echoed the gasp but wordlessly. For Fairy was very nearly as tall as her father, built upon generous lines, father commanding In appear ance, a little spleudld-looklng. Even from their windows they could discern something distinctly Junolike 'in this sixteen-year-old girl, with the easy, elastic stride that matched her fa ther's, and the graceful head, well car ried. A young goddess named Fairy I Behind them, laughing and chatter ing, like three children, as they were Cttme the twins with Prudence, each With un arm around her wiilst. And Prudence wus a very Utile taller than thoy. When they roacbed the fence that bordered the parsonage, the sccno for n moment resembled a miniature riot. The smaller girls Jumped and exclaimed, and clasped their hands. Fairy leaned over the fence, and stared Intently nt this, their parsonage home. Then the serious little girl scrambled under the fence, followed closely by the Ittlio-llinbed twins. pause, a very short one und then Pru dence, too, was wriggling beneath the fence "Hold the wire up for me, jiapu ! cried Fairy. "I'm too fat." And n sec ODd later she was running gracefully across the fawn toward the parsonage, the Methodist minister laughed boy lshly, and placing his hands on the tence post, he vaulted lightly over and reached the house with his ilaugh tors. Then the Misses Avery, school teachers and elderly, looked at one an oilier. "Did you ever?" gasped the oldest Miss Avery, and the others slowly snook their beads. now, iiuuk ! inn you ever see a rec tor jumping a three-wire fence, and running full speed across bis front yard In pursuit of a flying t'unillv? may possibly have occurred - we huv neve' seen It. Neither had the three Misses Avery. Nor did they ever ex pect to. And If they had seen it the memory of that first night for many days. "It may be haunted for all we know," cried Carol dellclously. "Just think, Connie, there may be seven ghosts camped on the head of your bed, waiting " "Carol 1" When the family gathered for wor ship on that first Sabbath morning, Mr. Starr said, as he turned the leaves of his well-worn Bible, "I think It would be well for you to help with the morning worship now. When I finish reading the chapter, Connie, you will ,muke the first prayer. Just pray for whatever you wish as you do at night for yourself. I will follow you." Connie's eyes were wide with respon sibility during the reading of the chap ter, but when she began to speak her voice did not falter. Connie had nine years of good Methodist experience back of her ! "Our Father, who art In heaven, we bow ourselves before thy footstool in humility und reverence. Thou art our God, our Creator, our Savior. Bless us this day, and cause thy face to shine upon us. Blot out our transgressions, pardon our trespasses. Wash us, that we may be whiter than snow. Hide not thy face from the eyes of thy children, turn not upon us In wrath. Pity us, Lord, as we kneel here pros trate before thy majesty and glory. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be accept able in thy sight, 0 Lord, our strength and our Redeemer, And finally save us, an unbroken family around thy throne In heaven, for Jesus' sake. Amen." This was followed by an electric si lence. Prudence was biting her lips painfully, and counting -by tens as fast as she could. Fairy was mentally go ing over the prayer, sentence by sen tence, and attributing each petition to the individual member In the old OF First Aid Insures Minimum Loss of Service of Animal. LIABLE TO MANY INJURIES Air Kept From Wound Causes Pain to Pass Rapidly Stop Flow of Blood by Several Methods Use Antiseptic Fluids. "Quick! They Are Coming!" church at Exmlnster to whom It be longed. The twins were a little amazed, and quite proud. Connie was an honor to the parsonage but they were concerned lest they themselves should not do quite so well when their days came. But In less than a moment the mln-Ister-futher began his prayer. When he suld "Amen," Prudence was on her feet nnd half-way upstairs before the others were fairly risen. Fairy stood gazing Intently o.it of the window for a moment, nnd then went out to the bam to see If the horse was through eating. Mr. Starr walked gravely and soberly out the front door, and around the house. He ran Into Fairy coming out the kitchen door, nnd they glanced quickly at each other. "Hurry, papa," she whispered; "you cun't hold in much longu'l Neither can II" And together, choking with laugh ter, they hurried Into the barn nnd gave full vent to their feelings. It ii is quite likely they would have Joined the buclisllders nt that lustniit. But without mating WUCh time on this gruesome thought, thev burr! to a window Commanding the best view ot the parsonage, and raised II. Then they clustered behind the curtains, and watched und listened. There wn plenty to hear! From the pa nonage windows Came the sound of scamper ing feet and bunging doors. Once there wus the unmistakable clatter of u chair overturned. With It all there was a constant chorus of "Oh, look I" "Oh ! Oh I "Oh, how sweet I" "Oh, papa I "Oh, Prudence!" "Look, Uirkle, look at this!" Then the eldest Miss Avery closed the window overlooking the parsonage mm conrromeu ner sisters. "We must Just make the best of It," she said quietly. But next door the gray old parson ago wus iuu to overlt "Wing with sntu. faction and happiness and love. Evbj-v. one has nmriaiMri n,., .... what Fairy nnd others wllifdo when I sensation of k nlm J.i .1 . . " " "'"u-uow ' ""'" rui. aouii u nonte. The parsonage clrbi Doesn't It seem that the happy-go-lucky houseful of parsonage girls will win the friendship of the Avery spinsters and tear away the barrier of snobbishness and reserve which hedges them In? (TO BE CONTINUED.) ONE OF EARTH'S QUIET SPOTS Very Little Movement Noted In the College Town During the Drowsy Summe M.ntha. Only the dead sleep more serenely, more beautifully than the college town In summer. When you enter It you feel that n peace that passetb all under Standing has somehow descended upon the place. It Is n woman whose lover s away and who spends the lazy days Ireamlng of him and waiting for his return. Downtown In the evening, girls saunter the streets In pairs nnd are not too scornful of the wandering com mercial salesman. At the hotel lights are low and the lobby Is quiet; in the bar are a lew citizens, a drummer and maybe two or three students who are tutoring through the summer. Mornings on "The HIU" you get still more surely the sensation of louell' new. The clock In the library tower chimes the three-qunrters, and like an ho come the soprano voices of the little group of left-over coeds, singing behind the open windows ot a conservatory. The blue lake below you la un- marred by crew or sail. Even the bronze linage ot the friend of the founder, 'n the quadrangle, seems to relax a bit In Its ohnlr and to be waiting for September and the breath of life. Cleveland Plalu Dealer. Careful. "Had your vacation yet, old man?" "Not yet. I'm going to take nilna the same time the boss takes his. Then he can't see how easily the office can get along without me." Now fork World. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) To be able to render "first aid" to a wounded horse, anu to iouow up with proper treatment, not only In sures a minimum loss of service of the animal, but frequently saves Its life. Morses are liable ordinarily to such wounds as cuts, lacerations, contu sions, bruises, punctures and poisoned wounds. They also may be burned or scalded, Incur troublesome harness saddle galls, or be afflicted with ul eers, abscesses, or fistulas. An incised wound is a simple cut made with a sharp body, like a knife, producing merely n division of the tis sues. The duller the body the more force Is required, the more tissue de stroyed, the greater the time required for healing. In a cut wound the edges are even and definite, while those of a lacerated wound are Irregular and torn. Three conditions are present as a result of nn Incised wound : (1) Pain (2) hemorrhage, (3) gaping of th wound. The first pain Is due to the crushing and tearing of the nerve fibers. The secondary puin is usually due to the action of the air and in flammatory processes. When air la kept from the wound pain ceases soon after the lesion is produced. Bleeding may be from the arteries, veins, or capllluries.'ln the latter form of bleed ing the blood oozes from the part I drops. Hemorrhage from the veins is dark red nnd Issues in n steady stream without spurting. In arterial bleeding the blood Is bright red and spurts with each heart beat. This lat ter variety of hemorrhage Is the most dangerous, and should be stopped at once before attempting any. further treatment. Bleeding from small veins und capillaries ceases In a short time spontaneously, while larger vessels, especially arteries, require some form of treatment to cause complete stop page of the hemorrhage. Stopping Hemorrhage. Checking the flow of blood may be accomplished by several methods, such ns compress bandages, torsion, hot Iron and ligatures. The application of an iron nt red bent will cause the Immediate clotting of the blood In the vessels, nnd this clot Is further sup ported' by the production of n scab, or crust, over the portion seared. If the Iron is at a white heat, the tissue Is charred, which makes It brittle and the bleeding Is liable to be renewed If nt a black heat, the tissue will stick to the Iron and will pull away from the surface of the wound. Cold wn ter and Ice bags quickly stop capillary bleeding, while hot water Is preferable In more excessive hemorrhages, A solution of the chloride of Iron placed on a wound alone or by means of cotton drenched In the liquid pro duces n rapid and hard clot. Tannic acid, alum, acetic acid, alcohol, and oil of turpentine are nil more or less active in this respect. To check bleed ing from large vessels compression may be adopted. When It is rapid nnd dangerous nnd from nn artery, the lingers may be used for pressing be tween the wound and the heart (digital compression), but If from n vein, the pressure should be exerted on the other side of the wound. Tourniquet may also be used by passing a strap around the part and tightening after placing n pad over the hemorrhage. The rubber ligature bus now replaced the tourniquet and Is bound tightly around the limb to arrest the bleed Ing. Tampons, such as cotton, tow, or oakum, may be packed tightly In the wound and then sewed up. After re maining (here for 2-t or 48 hours they are removed. Bleeding may sometimes be eusll checked by passing a pin under the vessel and by taking a horsehair nnd forming a figure 8 by running It above and below the pin, thus causing pros sure on the vessel. Torsion Is the twisting of the blood vessel until the walls come together and form a bar rler to the flow of blood. It may be acconiplimed by the lingers, forceps, or by running n pin through the ves sel, turning It several times, nud then' running the point Into the tissue to keep It in u fixed position. Ligation is another method for stop ping n hemorrhage, The blood vessel should be seized with the artery for ceps, u dean thread of silk passed around H, and lied about one-half Inch from Its end. The sill; should be ster ilized by placing it in un antiseptic solution, so as not to Impede the heal ing process ,or cause blood-poisoning r lockjuw, which often follows the ligation of a vein with, unslerllized material, Nouiollmes it will be im possible lo rettch (he bleeding vessel. 10 It Is necessniy to puss the ligature around a mass of tissue which In luiles the blood vessel. Ligation Is he most useful method of arresting hemorrhage, since It disturbs healing least and gives the greatest securltv against secondary hemorrhage. After the bloefllng has been trolled and nil foreign bodies removed uoiii me wound, the gaping of u,,, wound Is not!. -cable. It Is ranatrf i. the contraction Of the nm.ni.. -uriiifl IUHJ lasile fibers. Rnn Its degree depends ... tAit-iii, iiircciiopi am natnr nf me Hit. I Ills g.ipnu will hinder the healing process so that It must be overcome by brluu-lng the edges to gether by some sort of sutures or plus or by a bandage applied from below Upward. As suture material ordinary cotton thread is good, if well sterilized, as Is also horsehair, catgut silk nnd various kinds of wire. If the suture Is made too tight, the subsequent swelling may cause the stitch to tear out. In order to make I Arm suture, the depth of the stitch should be (be same as the distance the stitch is from the edge of the wound. The deeper the suture the more tissue Is embraced and the few er the number of stitches required. Process of Healing. In those cases where perfect stop page of bleeding, perfect Joining of the edges of the wound, and perfect cleanliness are obtained, healing oc curs rapidly, without the formation of granulations, pus or proud flesh, y what Is termed first Intention. If wounds do not heal In this manner they will gap somewhat and become warm and painful. Healing, then oc curs by granulation or with suppura tion, which is termed healing by sec ond Intention. The sides of the wound become covered with granula tion -tissue which may fill the wound and sometimes overlap the lips, form ing a fungoid growth called proud flesh. Under favorable conditions the edges of the wound appear to grow to gether by the end of the first week, and the whole surface gradually be comes dry, and finally covered with pigmented skin, when the wound Is heajed. AH antiseptics are not equally de structive, and some germs are more susceptible to one antiseptic than to another. The most Important are (1) bichloride of mercury, which Is to be preferred on horses. It becomes weak ened In Its action If placed In a wood en pall or on nn oily or greasy sur face. It is used In the strength of 1 part of bichloride to 1,000 to 5,000 parts of water, according to the deli cacy of the tissue to which It is ap plied. (2) Carbolic add In from 2 to 5 per cent solution Is used on In fected wounds nnd for cleaning In struments, dressings and sponges. It unites well with oil and Is preferred to the bichloride on a greasy surface. A 5 per cent solution In oil is often used under the nnme of carbollzed oil. (3) Aluminum acetate Is an efficient and cheap antiseptic, and is composed of 1 part alum and 5 Darts ace tate of lead, mixed In 20 parts of wa ter. (4) Boric acid Is good, In a 2 to 4 per cent solution, to cleanse wounds nnd wash eyes. Compound cresol may be used In a 1 to 3 per cent solution in water. Iodoform acts as an ano dyne, stimulates granulation nnd checks wound secretion. A very effi cacious nnd inexpensive powder is made by taking 5 parts of iodoform and 95 parts of sugar, making what Is called iodoform sugar. Tannic acid Is a useful drug in the treatment of wounds, as it arrests hemorrhage, checks secretion and favors the for mation of a scab. A mixture of 1 part tannic acid and 3 parts Iodo form Is good In suppurating wounds. Iodol, white sugar, ground and roast ed coffee nnd powdered charcoal are all used as protectives and absorbents on suppurating surfaces. More de pends on the care and the method of application of the drug than on the drug itself. On aseptic wounds use only those antiseptics that do not Irritate the tis sue. If care is used in the application of the antiseptic, corrosive sublimate or carbolic acid Is to be recommended. In order to keep air from the wound and to nbsorb all wound- secretions rapidly, a dressing should be applied If the wound Is aseptic, the dressing should be likewise, such as sterilized cotton gauze, oakum or tow. This dressing should be applied with uni form pressure at all times and se cured by a bandage. Allow It to re main for a week or ten dnys If the wound Is aseptic or If the dressing does not become loose or misplaced or become drenched with secretions from he wound, or If pnln, fever or loss of appetite does not develop. The dress- ng should then be removed, the wound trented nnttseptieally, and a sterilized dressing applied. Healing Under a Scab. This often occurs In small superfi cial wounds that have been kept asep tic. In order that a scab may form, the wound must not gap, secrete free- y or become Infected with germs. The formation of scab Is favored bv strlngents or styptics, such as tannic acid. Iodoform and 5 per cent solution of zinc chloride. In case of fistulous ithers, open Joints or other large, ollow wounds that cannot be dressed, antisepsis may be obtained by warm- ater irrigation, with or without an nflseptic fluid. It should continue day and night, and never bo Interrupt- for more than eight hours, for enns will then have gained headway and will be difficult to remove. Four r five days of Irrigation will be suf ficient, for granulations will then have formed nnd pus will remain on the outside If It forms. The following rules for the treat ment of wounds should be followed: ) See that the wound Is clean, re moving nil foreign bodies. For this purpose, use a clean finger rather than a probe. (2) All hemorrhage hould be arrested before closing the ound. (3) Antiseptics should only used when It Is inspected that the ound is infected. (4) When pus Is present treat without closing the ound. This may be accomplished drainage tubes, absorbent dress- ngs or continuous Irrigations. (5) -otect the wound agalust infection Idle healing. 0 FORCE ASPARAGUS PLANT Hotbeds, Four Feet Wide, Are Made Use of by French Gardeners Dur ing Winter and Spring. French market gardeners make use hotbeds for the forcing of asparagus through much of the autumn, winter and early spring. It has developed Into n large Industry, with some of the gurdeners, says a writer in Funn nnd Home. The frames used by the French market gardeners for hotbeds are only four feet wide. They are placed In a bed of fermenting manure. 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