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77ie Afain Chance ! Meredith Nichohon CPTIOBT 103 Tn totwHuuu. Co Mr awt CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) "UVJJ. Jim." be Mid, putting out hl land. "I bop you're feelin' out ol tight.". 'Wheaton took bis hand and sni food evening. . He threw open his.coJl tod put down hli Kit. "A little fre-jli air wouldn't hurt you my," be said, tipping himself back ic li chair, - ' "HVI1, I girnw your own freshness wil sinke up for ((." ald Hnyder. Wheaton did not smile; he waa very ol and master of the situation. "I osme to whnt you want, and it had better not I"1 much." "Uh, yim chet-r up, Jim." ad Snyder aith hi ugly grin. "I don't know that rou've ever done so much for me. I So-i't want you to forget that I did tlmi tor you once.' "Vou'd belter not rely on that too tit-ch. I wax a poor Utile kid and all the mbu-Mef I ever knew I learned from foil. What la It you want now?" "Well, Jim, you've aeen fit to get me Ired from that nice loneaoma Job you ot me, back in the country." "I had nothing to do wltb It. The rsnrb owners aeiit a man her to repre sent them and I had nothing more to do AMP 1ST HOI MIV with It. The fsct U I stretched point to put yon In there. Mr. Saitou be taken the whole matter of the ranch oat af m hands." "WU. 4 don't, know- anything ahnwl that," aald Hnyder. contemptuously. Hi that dV't many any aiffereuee, I'm out. and I don't know bnt I'm glad to he oat. That waa a fool Job; about the mnesom- tat rklite 1 ever Struck. Xour mewo .n.ln't van ta take a shine to me ; wanted aw to go chasing cattle all aver the Northwest " "He flattered you," said Wheaton. faint smile drawing at the corners of U KUth, a' -None f that kind of talk." returned Snyder, sharply. "Now what to got to ay for yourself! HIt Isn't neeeaeary far me to say any thin snout myself,' aM Wheaton. eool ry. "What I'm golnt to say Is that you've got to get Mt of hr hi a harry tnd "tay out." v -Don't set funny. Jim. largo bodies move olowlv. It look m I too lime to And you and 1 don't latend to let you go l hnvre.'. ' -I havo a Jobs fee you: If T" stay about her you'll late trouble I was a fool to send vow to that ranch, I heard about your little roowd with the sheriff, and the gawollng yon earns ta the tenth house. "Weil, when roe admit yoa'r a you'r getting a.". aaM Snyder, with kneels. nm I'm golnt to make you fair ofr: IH live yon on band rod dolls e to clear out ao to Mk or Canada -Bahe your pete. Jim. aaM Snyder, "A hundred won MoT tab me very far "Oft yes. It -HI. What I'll uV Wbse roa went an n4teterhed. la to way you ticket to Mpohan to-BSsrro. I'M meet you here and give you yon trauunnrto tton sod a hundred dollars hi eaoW Mww thafa all I'll for you, and W tot E7TT : : 7-7 "" " " " -And It's tbt last I'll erer do." X "Don't be too aura of thai. I want fivs hundred and a regular ellowaacs, say twenty-five dollars a Booth.' - "I don't Intend to fool with lyoo," nM Wbeaton, sharply. 11a roes and -picked up his hat. "What 1 offer yon I opt 1 pure kindness: we pur as wall under stand each other. You and I are walking along different Hoes. I'd be glad to sm yon succeed In soma honorable baalnsaa; you're not too old to begin. I can't have you around ber. It'a out of the ques tion my giving you a pension. I can't do anything or the kind." His tone gradually softened; ha. took on an air of patient magnanimity.- "Sny der broke m with a sneer. "Look hre, Jim, don't try tha geedy goody bualneas on ma. Ton think you're mighty smooth and . you're mighty good and you're gettin' on pretty fast. Your picture in the papers is mighty handsome, and yon looked real swell In them Una clothes up at- the banker's talkla' to that lrt" ' "That's another thing,' said Wheaton. still standing. "I ought to refaas to da anything for you after that. Getting drunk and attacking me couldn't possi bly do you or me any good. It was sheer luck that on weren't turned over to thi police." That old preacher gav me a pretty hard Jar." "You ought to be JarredV You're no good. You haven't even been successful in your own particular line of business.' There ain't nothing agatnat me any where," aald Snyder, doggedly. "I have different information." said Wheaton. blandly. "Thpre was the mat ter of that poslofflce robbery in Michi gan; attempted bank robbery in W'iscpn Kin, and a few little things of that sort Hcattfred through the country, that' makt a pretty ujtly liat. Hut they aay you'r not very strong in the profession." lit (trailed an unpleasant em He. Hnyder drew hla feet from the table and Jumped up with an oath. "Iok uere, Jim, if you alnt playla' square with me " "I Intend playing more thnn square with you, but I want you to know that Ht ALL CAE TOWW. I'm not afraid of rou ; I re taken the trouble to look you up. The Pinkertoa have long Btemoria,' he said, elan I Scant Wbeaton made bast to follow up his ad vantage. "You've got ta get way fro" bore Billy, and b In a hurry about' It At t to-morrow night." "Make it two hundred, Jim," whined Bnyder. Wheatoa pa mod ha the door: Suydor had followed klm. They were lb SSBH height as they stood up together. That'a ton much money to trust yoo wlth." The mora money the farther 1 ear get,' pleaded ftayden Tit be her at R to-morrow sight, aaM Wheatoa, "and roa stay her until I cams." Two or three men who were sitting In the esV-e below eyed Wbeaton furiously aa n went out. The thought that they might recognise hiea from his portraits la the napfrs pleased hint. lis retraced hta steps from Ihe hotel and hoarded a oar alien with people ol too laboring rlasa who wore returning from an outlag hi the suburbs. They were mailng merry la ttrange tongue and their boisterous mirth waa aa oteaas to hiss. He was a gentleman of position returning from an errand of philan thropy, and bo remained on the putt form, where ta atmosphere was pnroi thaa that within. Which was coats wUeat oi by th rawgh young Bwiess and thoii reltow-aalred sweethearts. When reachod Th Itocaotors' the waning Chlua- saajt toM him that aH th othera -won oat He went to hla room and spent the oat of the evening reading a novel which he had heard Evelyn Pertot meotion thel night that he bad alsed at her haws The neat day ho bought a Meket to Hna- kmae, and drew an bond red dollars rroaa hla aeon oat to th hank. Ho wont at -Ob, no. It ain't," Mid HtM aamefoimeat, and tonnd Snyour patfoally waiting for him In th hotel office, hold ing shabby valise betwosn bis knees. At tb railway station Wheaton step ped las tot the door and pullod two sealed envslopsa from bis pocket. "Here's your ticket, and here's your money. ' TtJ tick et 'a good) through to Bpokans; and that's your treka, the first one in the shed. Now I want yau to understand that this la the last tizna, Billy i yoe'v got to work and mak your own living. I can't do any thing more for you ; and what's mora, I won't. - All rkht Jim." said Snyder. Too won't aver lose anything by helping m along, lou're Id big luck and It tn't going to rburt you to flTS BM a Utile boost now snd then." 'This Is the Isst time," said Wheatoa. firmly, angry at Snydsr'a hint for fur tbr assistance. Whsatoa stood Inside the station and watched the man cross the electric-ligbt ed platform, show bis ticket at the gate, and walk to the train. He still waited, watching the car which the man boarded, until th train rolled out Into the aight. CHAPTER VIII. flnxtotv lined alone at the Clarksoa Chjb, sa h usually did, and went after ward to hht office, which be still main- ..1 . J. I L. XI . . ly m 1 fin M. an engiasering expert on a Colorado Ir rigation scheme snd be was trying to master and- correct its weaknesses. Aa he hung over the blue-prints and the pages of figures that lay before him,.tae flashing red wheels of Mabel Margraves trap kept Int-rfenng. tl tnougnt ne understood why hla friend AVarry had been so occupied in. bis office of Mte; but whether Wsrry and Evelyn Eorter were- engaged or not, Warry ought to find -better use for bis talent than In amusing Mabel Margrave, The elevator outside disc ha need a passenger; be heard the dick of the wire door as the cage receded, followed hy Haridau'e quick step in the bail, ami Warry broke in on him. Well, you're the limit! Id like to know whnt you mean by roosting up here and not staying in your room where a whit man can find you." He stood witn hla hands thrust into tbe pockets of his top-coat, snd gin red st ttaxton, who lay back in hla chair. "I wish could rattle you ones and inane yon. out Harvard aplomb . "That'a a very prty coat yon nave on, Mr. Itaridan. It must be nice to be a plutocrat snd wesr clothes like that." The beastly thing doesn't IV fro w lea Rarldan, throwing himself Into t chair. I don't fit, and my clothes don t nt, and "Ana1 you're having fit. You'd better ee a nerve eperiaiint." "I say, 8axton."'he said, calmly. "Weill Has Vesuvius subsided?" Sax- ton sat up in bis chair. - "What a merry-go-round of fool l Aflke of myself: Ai I'm a living man. I bad no more intt-ntion of driving with that girl than I had of going up In a bal loon and walking back.. You know I never knew her well ; I don't want to know her, for that matter; not on your life!" - J Is this a gnew-int contest? I suppose I'm tbe goat. Well, you didn't care for Miss .Margrave's MX'iety; Is that what you're driving at? Hlie shan't hear this from nt; I m as afe as a tomb. More over. I don't enjoy her acquaintance. Go ahead now, full apeeuV' And It was Jmt my luck that 1 got caught this afternoon,'' continued Wsrry, Ignoring- him. 1 "Xwntline tt seems to me that I'm nredMtined and foreordained tat do fool things I'm been working on a washerwoman' ausT acainsr ine lrans conttnental ruasing their switch through her back yard snd 1 had pat sway all kinds of temi-tatioo and was feeling par ticularly virteousr hut here came the Margrav nine wltb that girl's note, and I went ap the atreet In long Jumps to meat her. and let her drive me all over town asd all ever the country. I wis" you'd de something to me ; bit me with a dub. er throw sns down the ele vator, or do uuethina euuslly brutal and coarse that would Jar a little of th folly of me. Why," he continued, with utter 4e-r llmmered. "I ought to have turned down Mabel'B Invitation as soon us 1 saw tbe awaogram oa her not rPr. Three colors, and lettera na big as yonr band t U 4stlnct1f Mod tost falters, old sssn - It needs restoring snd cnaatenlng- "1 .alia asm with ran. sir. But It's morVgallaai to abuo yourself than Miss Msrgravu's stailonsry that Is. If I am correctly gstberiac w evumbe of your though!" . "He here. John, she means a whole lot to to. Tsu know whom I eea." Hsi ton knew to did not menu Msbe. Mar grave, "You know." Baridan went on. -we were kid. together up there oa those bills. We both had onr dancing lesson at ber house, sna dM each stunts aa that together." "Yes.'' mid Haaton. ' . "I want ta work end show that Vm some good. I want t make myself wor thy of her." He got up and walked the Boor, while Psston eat and watched him. -I eaa't talk shout t; rou aaderatand what I want to do. It ha seemed to see lately that 1 bar more to verem than I can ever mange." He stood at th it. with th cord of the kat and Ux-aion on ova Ik town Saiton walked to tne window and atoed a. ua, ss.i sBiban : ud aftor a mo ment k mlt hi hand an Raridaa'a shoat sev and toraedl him tesrad graspsd Warry. slender dogsm to strona hand. -I ndefsiassl hoar H V M man. It Wrat s had aa roa thtofe It to, 1 It wUl all eem out right." (To he i itousdLI awrwy pleassjr ptoco w Ww Trk city, and a My prraeata a saaanr b Oolttvstton of Corn. When corn ii planted after th flrat (rank la Jun th land needs mora at tention thaa when prepared earlier. It plowed early tb wood will turn made an appearance, which la an ad vantage, aa they enn be destroyed be fore th corn la planted-' but th late corn will be mora easily Injured by drought than that which has made an earlier start The crop should b cul tivated after every rain, an as to pro rant loaa oi moisture. Another point la to thin out th plant If they ar too thick. It would bo difficult to In due many farmers to ''thin out" their corn, aa they would elalra that tbe land, having been manured, waa ca pa in tbe bill as mad their appear anca; It la not a -matter- of plant food with lata corn, however, but moisture. When too many stalks are doe to gether there Is a atruggto for exist ence; soma becoms weeds to th oth er, and In the end only the moat vfg oroua uaka growth, and yield grain CHAMFXOsT HOUTIXX BTJLI EXHIBITED AT THH ILLINOIS STATU FAIR, 1901. np to tb a versa, it is, tnereiore, batter to remove every stalk that ihows lack of growth, and If the hero ic remedy of reducing tb stalk to two la a hill could bo triad en a plot hy way of experiment, th result would b satisfactory, as well aa Ma rine farmers that there to nothing pUned by endeavoring to grow three r four plants In a spac which only two should occupy. It rainfall con tinue to be abundant, a has been the for June, there will be no nca- lty for reducing tb number of lanta. Cvwawtsiai st Bar- Wis rav.. Two stout boards ar nailed to- ttbr, aa shown la Pig. 1. and may tt used tor crossing a barbed wire tsac. They should bo 1 r 11 Inch wld and I feet longer than th fane la high to giv th desired spread, firmly nail four cleat oa.eack board and fasten a abort board between tb two to assist ta getting over the fence. tt t ea ra Tvra van is. another devtos aontowhat mora lab- srato hi a donbl set of steps, shown la tia i- Womea and ehlldrwa will aav a difficulty la aalng this, bat night lad H tacoawnlMt to get over Sa aarrow board. Panm and Heaaa. Ry awstara tor oowa snaka th tDk aav a had taste or lav wnloaa treat ear la takoa la ta matter f atrtBS- If th cows ar toft oa Ol day th milk win aJ snoot eartaraly ftavar, strong asd) batter. Tba wly saf way asesn ta ba i aow ta far twa ar tare hoars right after they are mukad, tasa keep Aeaa eT th ry aatu ta aamt sallk- aut- Svwa thai arisaattoa snay ksav i alight taJnt ta th milk ea vkiw bvum. ntaop Cool-sea la Aarrtowltsi. ' A total of alg-faty-aeven diffaront courses of study la the long and mid dle course la agriculture at th Col lag of Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin 1 abown In tb new catalogue oi th unlvsrslty just la sued. The do not Include tbe work in tba nine other special department, such aa home economics, tb abort courss. thro dairy courses, tb farn srs' course, farmer' Institutes, Home making course, and experimental Sta tion work. Those eighty-oeven courses Include thirteen ach In soils and agrt. cultural chemistry, twelve each la ani mal husbandry1 and horticulture, eleven In dairy husbandry, eight In agricultural engineering, seven la bac teriology, flvach In agricultural eco nomic and agronomy, and on if agricultural Journalism.. Mettle Bottee. Stroaliy or mottled butter mar ha caused by tbe salt, or it may be do to the working of th batter. Th salt la so evenly diffused in th finest kind of butter that, as l shown by a micro scope, every grain la surrounded by-' a film of clear and transparent brine, which polnta out the necessity of avoiding tbe overworking of th but ter before th salt ta added. la the . first working every particle of milk ahould be gotten rloT of, but enough clear water should be left to dlssolv every grain of salt la twslve hour' before th aext working. If this be done there will be but little danger of streaklnee tn tba butter, but to get the beat results th salt should b very finely ground. BTav Jse a4 Hass. Th- wslghto- and Bteasure law has gone into effect. After this, If you buy anything, expecting to got a much, yea am entitled to set It or tb manufacturer or producer caa ba fined for the abort weights . If tba weight la below what th package says, th only way K can be legally sold I for th dealer to tell yon th weight.' This-wW hit alt abort-weight package and "commercial weights" of aver oatur. Bveryon ahould havo ecaJse at home. Th man wh handle much grata or stock should hav flve-toa scale. He Is gait apt to secur bet- ter- weights from swu: Stock buyer If they know a has scale at home. , To know what the stock that la being fall fed I doing I also one of the great ad van Lag of having scales oa the fama. Small scales la tb nous will alea hlp to enforce th law of weights sad measure. Floor, meal, sugar, la fact, everything, must "weigh eat" or tb oaa rSeiwuialhla fai tlu atuvae to liable to a Ins, Be that th haw la enforced, now w have It- era Braes, ; , Be for going down Int a well teat th parity f th air by low ring a lighted candl ar baqtsni. If th light bum dimly, or gooa oat tb potoon oua carboalc add gas "damps" caa b driven oat by Igniting a Quantity of turpentine and sawdust ar heroes n and rags ta a kettla. and lowwrlag tt to tbe aarfaea of tb water, aad than totr pour never! bucketful! of water Int tb well frota th torn. Teat agate) with tb lantern, aad aot tba taa provseasnt Th hid and aaah mt a young hara ara ator tender thaa thaa of an aid work hers, if tba aheaMrs y-oan bora are allwd ta am darlag th first season's week tt kt likely thai fawp win a ear ar tea dor all th rest er th aataaar Ufa. If th ywaasj hra gams through taa wltboat Injury tb shawl ed with good liiilmist ara Hkefy aovar la bsaaaaa wesson to thn OnHiuial to tomsttiaat to