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Meredith Nichohon
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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