The Redemption
By CHARLE8
Cepyrlsbt. 1wA T Tbe Boene-Merrill CoratMJV- AU Klfbta
CHAPTER lit
Trus to hla determination. ths doctor
devoted th night following hla advent
Into the little frontier villas to ttm
Investigation of the Quaker preacher's
fitness for hfs uh. H took Pepeeta
w iLri nun, iiiv uiuvr hhuiiui ui 110
tavern standing on the porch and imH-
lna Ironically aa they atarted. The
meeting houaa waa one of thoae con-.
ventlonal weather-boarded building
with which all traveler In the West
ern States are familiar. The rays of
the tallow candle by which It waa
llithted were streaming feebly out Into
the night. The door were open, and
through them were passing meek
faced, soft-voced and plain-robeeV wor
shipers. - -
Keeping clnae together, Pepeet light
and graceful, th doctor heavy and
awkward, both of them thoroughly em-
. barraed. thnv ascended the teD a
a bear and paioHe might hav walked
th gang-plank Into the ark. They en
tered unobserved av by a few of the
younger people who were atarlng va
cantly about the room, and took their
eata on the )ait bench. Th Quaker
tnaldena who caught alght of Pepeet.
were vlafbly excited and began to
preen themaelvea a turtle dove might
have don If a bird of paradla had
suddenly flaahed among them. On of
them happened to b aeated next her.
She waa dressed In quiet drab and
graya. Her face and person were per
vaded and' domed by simplicity,
meekness, devotion; and the contrast
between th two waa o atr Iking aa to
rander them both self-conscious and
uneasy In each other's preaeno.
Th vlaltora did not know mi all
What to expect In thla unfamiliar
place, but could not have been aeten
lhed or awed by anything la -half
so much aa by th Inexplicable alienee
which prevailed. If th whoto asaesv
blage had been dancing or' turhtmr
comersnults, they would not hav been
surprised, but the few moment In
which they thua ant looking atupldly at
the people and then at each other
eeemed to them like a mall eternity.
Pepeeta' sensitive nature could 111 en
dure auch a etraln, and, ah became
nervous, ,
"Tak me away," ah Imploringly
whlapered to th doctor, who aat by
her aide, Ignorant of th custom which'
separated th .sexea
H tried to encou rag her In a fw
half-suppressed word, took her trem
bling hand In hla great piw, prd
It reassuringly, winked humorously,
and then looked about him with a sar
donic grin.
Papeete's rllf. th silence waa'
at last broken by an old man who roaa
from hla aat, rvrntly folded hla
hand, lifted hla ro to heaven, closed
hla eye and began to speak. 8h had
nvr until this moment listened to a
prayer, and tbla addr to an invisible
Blng wrought In her already agitated
inlnd a confused and exciting effect;
but th prayer waa long, and gave her
time to recover her self-control. The
Hence which foHowed Ita doe was
less painful because less Strang than
the other, and ah permitted herself
to g nc about th room and to won-
Ser what would happen next. Her cu
lostty waa soon sailaned. David Cor
son. th young myitl, ro to his feet.
H waa dred with exquisite neet
ness In that slmpl garb which lend a
to a noble person a peculiar and seri
ous dignity. Standing for a moment
before h began hi sddreaa, h looked
over th audience with the asif-pos-eeeston
of an accomplished orator.
Th attention of every person- In the
room was at one arretd. They all
recalled their wandering or preoccu
pied thoughts, lifted their bowed head
and fixed their eye upon th com
manding flgur before them.
This general movement caused Pe
peeta to turn, and she observed s and
don transformation on the countenanoe
Of th dove-Ilk Quaker maiden. A
flu ah mantled' her pale cheek and a
radiance beamed In hr mild blu eye.
It waa a tell-tal look, and Pepeeta,
wh divined Ita meaning, St.. lied sym
pathetically.
But the tint word which fall from
the Hp f the speaker withdrew her
attention from every other object, for
his voir possessed a quality with
which sh was entirely unfamiliar. It
would hav charmed and fascinated
the hearer, even If It had uttered Inco
herent worda For Pepeeta, It had an
other and a men mysterious value. .It
was the vote or her dee tiny, and rang
In her mmiI Ilk a bU Th ph oH
th young Quaker was a simple and
unadorned message of the tor f Oed
a men. and f their power to respond
to th Dtvln sail.
Bach eeatenc had fellea tnt th
anItlve eool af the fortune teller llhe
pebble into a deep well. Sh wA
gmalag at him te aatonlhmint. Her
Hps were parted, he ys were euf
faaed and ah waa tossing forward
areathleamty.
When at toagth David stopped
apeaklag, ft sasssed t Pepiata as H a
euddea a4 had eeeae to vry thing;
a tf rivers had aasa to run and stars
to fto end est. Mm draw a tons, deep
breath, sighed and sank ha k her
FREDERIC G083,
to which ah bad been subjected.
Th effect upon th quack was hard
ly la remarkable. He, too, had lis
tened with breathless attention. He
tried to analyse and then to real at thla
mesmeric power, but gradually .suc
cumbed. H fait as If chained to his
seat, and It wa only by a great effort
that h pulled himself together, took
Pepeet by th arm and drew hr out
into th open air.
For a few moments they walked In
allenc, and then th doctor exclaim
ed; "P-p-peeta, I hav found him at
lastt- '
"Fourgl whom?" sh asked sharply,
Irritated by th vole which offered
such a reaping contrast to the one still
echoing In her ears.
"Found whom? As If you didn't
know! I mean th man of d-d-des-
tlnyl He Is a snake charmer, Pepeet!
He just fairly b-b-bam boosted you! I
was laughing In my sleevs and saying
to myaelf. 'He's bamboo sled Pepeeta;
but h oan't b-b-bamboosl me!' When
h up and did UI Tee-totally did Itl
And If h can bsmboosla me, h oan
, , ,i e
"Old you understand what h said 7"
Pepeeta asksd.
"Understand? Well, I should say
not! But between you and m and
th town p-p-pump It's all th better,
for If h oan foot ths people with that
kind of g-g-gibberish, he can certainly
f-f-fool them with the Balm of ths B-B-fileaMd
Islands! First time I was
ever b-b-bamboosled In my Ufa Feels
queer. Our fortune's made, P-p-ppe-
ur
His triumph and excitement wer so
great that he did not notice th sllsnos
and abstraction of hi wife, HI ar
dent mind invariably excavated a
channel Into which it poured It
thought, digging Its bed so deep a to
flow on unconscious of svrything el.
Exulting in th prospect of attaching
to himself a companion so gifted, neves
doubting for a moment that he could
do so, reveling In the dreams of wealth
to be gathered from the increased sales.
of his patent medicine, he entered th
hofel and made straight for th bar
ren m.. where h told his story with ths
most unbounded delight.
Pepeeta retired at one to bar room.
but her mind was too much excited
and bar heart too much agitated for
slumber. Sh moved reatleeely about
for a long time and then sat down at
th open window and looked Into the
night. For the first time In ber life,
the mytry of existence really dawned
upon her. She gaaed with a new awe
at th Marry ky. Sh thought of that
Sting of whom David had spoken,
usstlons which had navr before oc
curred to her knocked at th door of
her mind and Imperatively demanded
an answer, "Who am IT Whence did
coma? For what waa I created T
Whither did I come? For what wa
I created T Whither am I going?" she
asked herself again and again with
profound astonishment at th newness
of tbeee questions and bar inability to
answer them.
For a long time ah sat la th light
of the moon, and reflected on these
mysteries with all th power of her
untutored mind. But that powar was
soon exhausted, and vague, chaotic, ab
stract conceptions gavs plac to a
definite image which had been eternal
ly Impressed upon her Inward eyas. It
was th figure of the young Quaker,
Idealised by th Imagination of an ar
dent and emotional woman' who
heart bad been thrilled for th first
time.
Sh began timidly to ash herself
what was th meaning of thoae feel
ings which this stranger had awakened
In her bosom. Sh knew that they
were different from those which her
husband Inspired; but how different,
ah did not know. They tiled her with
a sort of catay, and ah gave herself
up to them. Exhausted at last by
thee vivid thought and emotion, she
reeled her heed upon her arm aero
th window all) and fell asleep. It
must have been that the young Quaker
followed her bite th land of dream,
for when her husband aroused ber at
midnight a mint flush could be seen
by the light of th moon en thoae
rounded eh.
CHAPTER IV.
On th following morning th
preacher-plowman was afield at break
of day. Th horses, refreshed and
reeted by food and sleep, dragged the
gleaming plowshare through th heavy
sod as If tt were light snow, and the
farmer exulted behind these.
David tied th reins lo th stow han
dle and stroda across th fresh fur
raws. Vaulting th fence and leaping
th break which formd th boundary
line of th farm, he aac ded the bank
and approached a carriage from which
a man had hailed bias. As ha did so
th occupants gas 4 and asm to
sseet htm. To at aataalshaaeat be
saw th stranger whom he had no
ticed the night before. Th man ad
vanced with a beta, fra demeanor, the
timidly aa4 with downcast
-Oeed mora tag." said tl
Davtd rMerwed bis greeting with th
axlto at too Q-sahsra.
Hr nam la Dr. Aesculapius
h la welcome."
T was over to th m-m -meeting
houaa last night, and beard Four s-s-speech.
pldn't understand a w-w-word,
but saw that you o-e-can talk
like a United BUte Senator."
,Davld bowed and blushed.
"I earn aver to make you a prop
slUon. Want yon to-yok up with m.
and help m sell the 'B-B-Balm of lb
Blessed Islands.' Tou can do ' th
t-t-talklng and m run th b-b-bual-
aaas; see? What do you s-s-sayr
Oravely, placidly, the young Quaker
answered: "I thank the, friend, for
what thee evidently means aa a kind
ness, but I must decline thy offer,"
''Decline my offer? Are you c-o-or
xy? Why do yon d-d -decline my of
fer 7"
"Because I hav no wish, to leave my
home and work,
Although bis answer was addressed
to th man, his eye were directed to
the woman. HI reply, slmpls and nat
ural enough, astounded th quack.
"What!" h exclaimed. "Do you
mean that you p-p-prefer to stay In
this p-p-pigsty of a town to becom
ing a oltlsen of the g-g-graat world r
"I do." . -
"But listen; I will pay you more
money In a singt month than you can
earn by d-d-drlvmg your plow through
that b-b-black mud for a whole year."
"I hav no need and no deslr for
more money than I can earn by dally
toil."
"No need and no desire for money!
B-b-bahl Tou are not talking to sniv
eling old women and crack -b-b-brain -d
old men: but to a f-f-feller who
can see through a two-Inch plank, and
you cant p-p-nass off any of your re
ligious d-d -drivel on him, either."
This ooarss Insult went straight to
th soul of ths youth. Tt blood tin
gled la his vlna There was a tight
ening arouifd bis heart of something
which was out of plac In th bosom
of a Quaker. A hot reply sprang to
his Hps, but died away as he glanced
at the woman, and saw her fao man
tled with an angry flush.
Calmed by bar allent sympathy, n
qulttUy replied; "Friend, I have no de
sire to annoy thee, but I hav been
taught that lb love of money to th
root of all evil." and believing as I do
I could not answer the otherwise than
I did."
"Well, wen, rachon you are mora to
b pitied than b-b-blamed. Fault of
early education! Talk like a p-p-par-
rot! What can a young fellow like
you know about Ufa shut up her In
this Mvan-by-nln valley, like a man
In a b-b-barrel looking out of th b-b-
bung-hol?"
Offended and disgusted, th Quaker
was about to turn upon his hel; but
he saw In th face of the man's beau
tiful companion a look which said
plainly as spoken worda "t too. de
sire that you should go with us."
Thla look changed hla purpoee, and
he paused. '
"Listen to m now," continued th
doctor, observing hts Irresolution.
You think you know what lit Is; but
you d-d-don'tl Do you know what
g-g-graat eltlas arc? Do you know
what It Is to p-p-possess and to spend
the money which yoa d-d-despise? Do
you know what It Is to wear fin
clothe, to see great lights, to go wher
you want to and to so what you- p-p-
p)aar"
I do not, nor do I wish to. And
ths must abandon these follies and
sins. If thee would enter the Kingdom
Of dod," David replied, fixing hla eye
ternly upon th ate ef the btaepbam-
r.
"Oood-by. d-d-dead man! 1 hav
always bated c-e-corpees! I am going
where men hav red h-b-blood In their
velna"
With these words he tented on his
heel and started toward- th carriage,
leaving David and Pepeeta aloa. Nei
ther of them moved. Th gypsy ner
vously plucked the petal from a daisy
and th Quaker rased at her face. Dur
ing tbeee few moments nature had not
n idle. la air and earth and tree
top, following blind Instincts, ber myr
iad children wer seeking their mates.
And hers. In th odorous sunshln of
th Hay morning, these two young.
Impressionable and ardent .being,
yielding themselves unconsciously to
tbe same mysterious attraction which
wa uniting other happy couple, were
drawn together In a Union which dm
could aot dissolve and stornlty, par
bap, cannot annuL
(Te be canttonea.)
Peas Methes- SSvet
"Dr. KmU Rekh Is now aaymg that
th America! woman cant understand
genlua. That doesn't predada her
from understanding htm."
Ths apeak ex. a Colonial Club wom
an, frowned.
. "Or. Reich." ah said, "to anything
but a gnlua, though abroad th wom
an do tawa on him. Mar w-treated
him as ft llgot-wflbjht with a alight
gift ef humor. H ldt Ilk H.
Henc hla strictures oat a. I admit
that Dr. Rlh Is sxrw and than raUsr
feaaj. Oaca, tor azampla, I hear)
hint my at a dinner, prl w
asVa vanity:
" 'Mother Bve man have hM torrt
bly pat rat not to b Able to held a
mall pall af water m firosht hav
when aha stood with bar back to a
poet and triad to to M her hatr waa
ptepnrlv dome aa behind.' "
A Wewthy
T b m the awtm. I paid M aa
mhwton tt hear the new pwatot
alght.-;
-Wall. d yoa baueg hr- '
"Tea, I da. He treed east to he
the fellow I r iilsles to the petto
awax. thsanptag the plea all say asm
hU Bight ai the Max deAadg
A rtswleea .
If A hen can hatch a duckling, why
ean't ft bunch of any tort ef feather
hatch a chick? A a matter of fact,
tay can, aa baa been demonstrated by
ths Ore lee brooder Invented by a Cali
fornia man. In general appearance
the brooder resembles other machines
of the kind, but there la no apace la
It for th lamp, or other heating ap
paratus used In th older type In
stead, a number of bunches of feathers
are fastened to the under side ef the
lid. Tbsse feathers are Just long
enough to reach the floor of the box.
with littl left over. Tbe eggs are
laid on the bottom, Just beneath the
feather tufts, and when the lid la
closed each egg Is Incloeed In cluster
of down that makes ft very good Imi
tation -hen. - As each egg Is batched
out the lid can be lifted for second
and th chick removed without tbe
difficulty that would attend his remov
al from the eld-style brooder, the In
terior of which Is reached from one
end. .
eneelte . wt ffTsisaea. ? '
' The substance left In the ground
after the fertiliser - has decayed la
known as "humus." In order to se
cure the greatest results from tbe fer
tiliser and to gat ths largest possible
quantity of humus. It Is necessary that
the soil be moist when th fertiliser
is plowed under. Only small amount
of humus Is obtained from the turn so
under fertiliser should th ground be
dry.
When the frtlllir is allowed to lie
upon tbe surface for period, exposed
to tbe gun, much good la lost from
the fact that It forms but a small
amount ef humus when plowed under.
Therefore It Is Important that the soil
should always be moist when fertiliser
ef any kind is -plowed under.
In many ways humus benefits th
soil. In the first place. It make the
oil lighter aa well as looser. This
condition allows good ventilation and
gives b cbane for poisonous gases to
escape. The soil does not become over
heated, and. In day territory, the
ground to lightened, making It more
easy to work.- It la equally beneficial
In B sandy soil. Inasmuch as It as
sists .In binding It together, allowing
more substance.
KHIfaa ejeHMk assise.
A Michigan farmer give these In
structions for killing quack grass:
Plow live or six Inches deep in the
growing season, say April, Hay and
June. Give tt a good digging,, then
cultivate' with a cultivator that has
teeth close enough so they will out
the roots two or two and one-half
inches under the ground. The secret
la to keep it from getting to theveur
face. It want holding down atx
weeks. It does not take expensive
tools. I ase an old-fashioned culti
vator that was bought fifty years ago.
It has seven tooth, three in front, four
hi rear; eacli tooth cuts six Inch
wide. It Is good to drag It ever after
three or four days. I cultivate once
a week tor six weeks; It has never
failed m yet. Th note will be dead
as hay. It Is good for Canada thistles.
If one Is doubtful, take a rod er more
eqaaro and keep It down for atx
weeks and see bow It works. This waa
done with b hoe on twe -acres, and 100
bushto of smotnoae com were raised
to tbe err, planted to drfU one foot
apart ana aoeu te bul 0
rear ta hiibw
Tt tAB net be that the butter tot to
milk te obtained from the fat stored
to the tissue of the cow. otherwise th
aalsaal weald seen bseetae emaciated.
Cows ebtaia tbe butter rat to milk
from the food they eat aad digest, sad
aot from tbe rsssrve ar eermaaaiatlo
ef tot to their bod lea Reaesa aa wall
a ebeervattoB to case that oewa ex
tract hutter fat from the toed they
euaiaau and digest, aad to predaee a
large pert tag af cream the rattoae
af the eew aaeuM be rteh to the eto
aseBta at nitres aad aarwahydratea.
CHICKS KAST TO SUCK. ' X
dirhgs, bran, com meal and ground
eats. At the Cornell Uftlverslty cows
that yielded toe pounds of butter fat
annually under ordinary feeding yield
d lie pounds when given -liberal
rations ef feed rich la nitrogen and
varbobydreto. Cream will not make
butter unless It contains fat, and
profitable fata will not be produced
unless cows are fed on rations rich la
the element, that produce cream.
Sirr1g retateee.
' Tli time Is near when farmers will
be digging their potatoea, and then to
the time to select the seed for another
year: when a hill of alee, smooth po
tatoes Is found, free from scab or rot,
and b goodly aumbar are . Just the
shape and sis wanted for table use,
put them one aide. At night gather
them up and put them away for seed
next spring. Tou will be surprised to
see bow you flan change tbe type and
improve them In a few yean, says a
Vermont contributor to the American
Cultivator. We do this every year,
and, while our townspeople are eon
p taming of their potato running out
and buying of us to renew their seed,
w are planting potatoea (Qreen
Mountains) that started from the seed
that was bought for $6 a bushel when
they first cams around. If farmers
would lake as much pains ta selecting
their seed potatoes aa they do their
seed corn, we would aot hear so much
complaint about potatoes running out
CskeasTlaa Bees.
The common busy bees may be grad
ually replaced by the Italian or Cypri
an vsrlstles, by removing ths old
queen and substituting a bow fertil
ised queen of either kind preferred.
If she to carefully guarded la a mu
cage for a few days the bees soon
recognise ber, apd In the course of a
few months th old be will all be
dead and the new ones will be of the
desired kind. The queen to compelled
to lay numbers of eggs dally In order
to supply the great loss - constantly
recurring by the destruction from
birds, storms and other difficulties.
Thra should be left plenty of honey
for a winter supply, and ths hlvea
should be well protected from storms.
What the beekeeper should aim to do
Is to sow such crops as wlU enable
the bees to lay In a large supply of
honey, and he can well afford to do aa
If he has a number of hlvea.
Boa aad Straw Bleks.
Some farmers think that a straw
rick Is a good place for the sow and
her brood to sleep. This to a mistake.
It to best to keep them away from the
straw pile winter and summer. In the
winter the pigs will burrow beneath
the straw, get too warm and take cold
when they come out Into the frees! ng
atmosphere. Coughing and wheealnc
to the result, and the pigs do no good
or die. Bealdes, If burrowed beneath
the straw they are liable to be stepped
on and seriously Injured or killed by
the stock running to the Tick.
During the summer months especial
ly should the sow and her young be
fenced from the Straw pUe, .If the
burrow down Into the half rotted
straw they win be very apt to oor
tract soma disss.
mr a
Rye I a good grain to feed horses.
It to equal to oats and wheat, but tt
must be ground middling fine and
mixed with cos straw or cut hay.
Tbe straw or- hay should be cut into
halt-Inch lengths, moistened with wa
ter and the rye meal well mixed with
It It to very sticky and horses eaa
not get tbe meal without eating the
straw or hay with It in feeding com
to bores w always grind half rye
with the corn to make tbe com meal
stick to the cut straw. Corn and rye
ground together in equal proportion)
and mixed with bright cut etraw
moistened with water make a well-balanced
ration, equally as good, as eager
ly sought after by Jiorses and a cheap
er bore feed than oats and hay.
Pewit? PJ4e. '
Others have built up aa frjr laying
strata. Why not do se yourself?
Lay bens cause mech ef the high
prices for ease, htake 'em get hoar
and hustle.
Tbe wanner the weather th mora
water required, as mere la throws osT
by the body. ;
Many a bob that to other wis weal
fed may toil to toy oa account of lack
of water.
setsasfBl pooJtrymea, ta ardor to
ke their poultry e peylag basts,
are eeathnallr ealllag their Boexa.
Ob of the great valeee of grasa
food, tt to eald, lies to Its afillty to
aid to the dlgsallna af ether thiaga.--
Tha United States Dspertoftso of
agr toshers reseaimeada the iTMsss
seat af msvabli schssto of agiieejtar
by the etato expartossat
Where fiftosa farmer aa be
sa atadeato the nasal assy
kxad ef baatreettoa will