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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION BERTAT.
George Barr
McCutcheon
A Fool and H is M onpv
Copyright, 191$,
B y Geo. Barr
McCutcheon.
crying the second n ig h t we were here,
The sledge fell upon th e padlock and
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Mr. Sm art,” said my secretary nerv rebounded w ith alm ost equal force. The failed t6 sh a tte r th e lock, w hereupon
my choler rose to heights h ith erto un
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sound of the crash m ust have disturbed
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‘ ‘ A nd th ere w as smoke com ing front ev ery bird aud b at in the tow ers of the know n, I being a very mild m annered,
placid person and averse to an y th in g
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In th e opening in stallm en ts o f ft one of th e back chim ney pots th is
grim old pile. B u t the padlock m erely savouring of the tem pestuous. I de
ft> “ A Fool and H is M o n ey ,” G eorge ft m o rn in g ,” added B ritto n .
shed a few scabs o f ru st and ra ttle d livered a savage and resounding thw ack
ft' B a rr M cC utcheon’s charm ing novol, e>
I w as th o u g h tfu l fo r a moment.
upon the broad oak panel of the door,
f t serial rig h ts fo r w hich have been ft ‘ ‘ W hat becam e o f th e rag-doll, B rit back in to its custom ary repose.
“ S e e !” cried Max, trium phantly. ‘ ‘ I t regardless of tho destructiveness th a t
ft' specially o b tain ed fo r th e H om e f t t o n ! ” I inquired shrew dly.
cannot be b ro k e n .” Rudolph, his broad m ight a tte n d the e ffo rt. I f any one had
f t an d F arm M aguzine Section, we ft
‘ ‘ I tu rn ed i t over to old Schm ick, s i r ”
f t learn of Jo h n B ellam y S m art, th e ft said lie. H e grinned. ‘ ‘ I th o u g h t as face beam ing, held th e lan tern close to told me th a t 1 c o u ld n 't sp lin ter an oak
f t young man who is tellin g th e story. ft m aybe i t belonged to one o f his b o y s.” th e padlock aud showed me th a t it board with a sledge-ham m er a t a single
h a d u ’t been dented by the blow.
blow I should have laughed in his face.
ft’ Ho has ju s t w ritte n his firs t novel, ft
On th e aged c a re ta k e r ft reappearance,
It is a very fine old lo c k ,” cried B ut as it tu rn ed out in th is case I
ft’ and a t th e sam e tim e has fallen f t I b lu n tly inquired w h at had become of
old Conrad, w ith a note of pride in his not only failed to split the panel but
ft' h eir to an immense fo rtu n e le f t ft th e doll-baby. He was te rrib ly con
voice.
broke o ff the sledge handle near the
ft’ him b y hie uncle. H e is 35 y e a rs f t fused.
I began to feel some pride in the
ft’ y e a rs o f age.
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‘ ‘ I know nothing, I know n o th in g ,” th in g m yself. ‘ ‘ I t is in d eed ,” I said. head, p u ttin g it wholly out of commis
sion fo r the tim e being as well as’stin g
ft
A fte r a v isit to London S m art f t he mumbled, and 1 could sco th a t he
‘ ‘ T ry once more, M a x .”
ing my hands so severely th a t I doubled
ft tak es a tlip on tho riv er D anube. ft was m iserably upset. H is sons tow ered
I t seemed to me th a t he struck w ith a up w ith pain and shouted words th a t
ft’ A fte r fin d in g an old world tow n, ft and glowered and his w ife w rapped and
ft he discovers an a n c ie n t castle, ft' unw rapped her hands in her apron, all g re a t deal more confidence th an before, D am e Schm ick could not put into her
(T o be continued.)
ft’ w hich he purchases from its ow ner, ft th e tim e supplicating heaven to be good and ag ain they all u ttered ejaculations prayers.
o f pleasure. I caught Dame Schmick iu
ft* th e Count.
W ith his secretary , ft to th e tru e and the fa ith fu l.
th e a c t of th an k iu g God w ith her f in
ft> l ’oopendyke, he tak es possession o f ft
From w hat 1 could g ath er, th ey all gers.
$225,000 P a id to Farm ers.
f t th e im m ense stru ctu re, pvhich is ft seemed to bo more d istu rb ed over the
“ See h e re ,” I exclaim ed, facing them
ft’ supposed to be ten n au ted only by ft fa c t th a t my hallu cin atio n included a
The Cashmere, Wash., F ru it Grow
angrily, “ w hat docs all this mean.» You
ft' th e c a re ta k e r and lus fam ily, th e ft dog th an by th e claim th a t I had seen
are deceiving m,» all of you. Now, lo t's ers ' Union has ju s t paid to the grow
f t Schnucks. To S m a r t's am azem ent, ft> a woniau.
have th e tr u th —every word of it—or out ers $1”,300, m aking the to tal paym ent
f t th e firs t nig h t, he h ears th e cry ft
B ut, confound you, S ch m ick ,” I you go tom orrow , the whole lot of you. ou apples iu the 1013 pools up to the
f t o f a baby.
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ft cried in sown h eat, ‘ ‘ it barked a t m e.” 1 insist on know ing wh otliat woman is, immense sum of $225,000. Based on
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they all cried, w hy she is here in my hou— my castle.’ 1S1.217 boxes handled by the union in
'?• n ig h t S m art sees the w hite fig u re ft* lan d , to my surprise, th e old woman
au d —ev erything, do you u n d e rs ta n d !” its fall pools this am ount represents
ft’ ot a woman silhouetted. He im- ft’| bu rst into tears,
A p p arently they d id n ’t understand, an average pyam ent to d a te o f $1.24
f t m ediately begins a h u n t fo r ft
‘ ‘ I t is bad to dream of a d o g .” she fo r th ey looked a t me w ith all the per box. T his is a n et figure to tho
f t Schm ick, th e ca re ta k e r, to solve ft
w ailed. “ I t m eans ovil to all of us. stu p id ity they could command.
grower.
ft the m ystery of who th e woman ft'
E vil to — ”
‘ ‘ You try , Mr. Poopendvke,” I said,
The union has recently closed three
ft’ may bo. Tho sto ry continues:
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giving it up in despair. He sought to o f its fo u r unreported pools, leaving
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im prove on my G erm an, b u t 1 think he now only th e W inesap variety unclosed.
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made it worse. They positively refused O f this v ariety th e m anagem ent reports
to be in telligent.
(C ontinued From L ast W eek.)
11 cars are still outstanding, nine being
G ive me the ham m er,” I said at in cold storage iu the E a st and two
FOUND th e four Schm icks in the
la s t in desperation.
Max surrendered e n tra n sit sold already a t good prices f.
th e clumsp, old-fashioned instrum ent o. b. Cashmere. From the present in d i
‘ ‘ C om e!” said I, g rab b in g th e keys
w ith a grin and I motioned for them all cations it. will be about M ay 1 w hen tlio
from th e old m a n ’s u n resistin g hand.
to stan d back. T hree successive blows final resutls of tho W inesap pool be
‘ ‘ A ud, Schm ick, if th a t dog b ites me,
w ith all th e m ight I had in my body come known.
I 'll hold you personally responsible.
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| Do y o u u n d e r s t a n d ! ”
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D th e four Schnucks
in the I Two a b . reast . we filed
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v ast kitchen, w atching B ritto n
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vaulted h alls. Rudolph e a r n i n g a gi
w h ile he pressed my trousers on an
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g an tic lan tern and Max a sledge. We
oak ta b le so largo th a t the castle must h
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trav ersed extensive corridors, mounted
h av e been bu ilt around it.
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to rtu o u s sta irs and cam e a t length to
H err Schm ick was w eighted d o w n . ,
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th e stu rd y oak door th a t sep arated the
w ith tho keys of tho castle, which n ev er
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east w ing from th e w est: a huge, for
l e f t his possession day or night.
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inidable th in g stren g th en ed by manv
“ H err S ch n u ck ,” said I, “ will you be
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cro ssp ieces aud studded w ith ru sty
co good as to inform me who th e dickens . b . o l t heads.
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Padlocks
t h a t W’ouiun is over in the east w ing of ,
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th e c a s tle ! ”
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I shoes> corroded b y ru st and rendered
‘ ‘ Woman, m ein h e r r ! ”
H e alm ost
i“ «'r*cticab U * a« 8’ Con
dropped his k ey * H i. big sons said
h a" e a o t th e k<7. , » M id old O .n
.o ,n o th in g to each o th er hat I c o u ld n 't I , 8 c ,im ick sourly. ' “ This door has
q u ite catch, b u t it sounded very much
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lik e “ der d u y v il.”
not been opened in my tun«. I t is no
^ ” A woman in a w h ite d r e s s ,- w ith
‘ «. A i d i o g !”
he cried.
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‘ ‘ B u t.
„„ „ „ „ rep eated
Seattle, Wash.
Rri„ Jy
m ein sons,
wUh’ w lean in g t l e a r g a ain
n c e st . th e m ouldy w alls
Under new management—entire change in
all departments—all rooms redecorated and
refurnished. Particular attention is now being
paid to prompt, efficient and courteous service.
P«rn“ tte d t0
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“ Then how did the woman and her
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Idog g et in to th a t p a rt o f the c a s tle ! ” I
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ow i .( s e Ket I dem anded. ‘ ‘ Tell me t h a t ” '
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Thev shook th e ir heads, alm ost com
I t ‘ m ust passio
• n ately
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. . H eaven
. . . defend us, sirl
h av » been th e ghost o f -
ur # „la(, ,na„ „
i lost, your gr.inuy.
1 cried, re
«‘ A nd th e b a b y ,” added Poopendvke.
apsin g i n t o .ng is .
1 lease don ‘ tu rn in g up his coat collar to p ro tect his
b e a t about th e bush, Mr. Schmick. S h e ’s th in UPcUKf r ,„n <b<J d ra f t th a t sm ote us
o v er th ere in th e unused wing, which 1 f r ,lIn th e lialls.
h av en t been allowed to p en etrate in
• • Smash those padlocks M a x ,” I com
.p il e ol th e fact th a t it belongs to me. L a n d e d resolutely.
ou s.iv veil can t find th e keys to
Max looked stu p id ly a t his fa th e r and
th a t side o f th e castle. Will you ex- th a „id man looked a t his w ife, and
p lain how it is th a t it is open to stra n g e L hen
fo u , of tbeiu Iookcd a t me, a l:
womeu an d —aud d o g s !”
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m o s t im p lo r in g ly .
hou m ust be m istaken, mein h e r r ,”
.. w h v do, t ro v a p erfectly good pad
he w hined ab jectly
‘ ‘ She cannot b e | lo).ki n„',in k err ! ” began Max. tw irlin g
»«re. s io
g h, I have it! It u»ay
»ledge in hu» hand as if it were a
h av e been my w ife G retcll H ave you ,.amboo
been m the e a st— ”
, <HU U ,ok o n t tk e w ! ” g M ped B rit-
N onsensel I cried sharply. “ T his
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aU rin . ««pou t le t th a t
won t do, Mr. S c h n u c k . U ive me th a t ,h in g s l ip ! ”
bunch of keys. We ll in v estig ate. I
Poesn 't th is castle belong to m e ! ”
can t have stran g e women g alliv an tin g j dem anded, considerably im pressed by
a unit t e place as it they owned it. it jie eilse w ith w hich he sw ung the «ledge.
ii "* i* !.110 tr^ 8 t‘u^ I'bice lo r Ju liets, i \ very dangerous person, I began to
—THE FINEST IN SEATTLE—
l l c r r Schm ick. We 11 get to th e bottom , ,,t.r(.eive.
lock the doom, w e 'll smash em in. universe in my name.
o f th is a t once. Here you Rudolph,
.. It doM< mein h err.« ’ shouted all of
T h e y 're mine, and 1',1 knock ein to
th a t of
padlock,
I said
fetch Sm a ash couple
lan tern M
s. ax ,”
Max,
g et th(.ra gladly, and touched th e ir fore
■m ithereens if 1 feel like i t . ”
a a fte s le
r d a g seco
's hesitatio
n . forgo. T here lo « .^
e or n d two
from the
The to u r Schinicks w rung th eir hands
'l l bet 1 he saw
c a n it 't y esterday
do i t , ” «aid
rit i ’ E v ery th in g is y o u rs,” added old
is a I forge
out th B ere
and shook th eir heads, and, then, re ton, ingeniously.
the prehensive
Best
back of th e etablee. Bo den t try to tell , ’onrad. Service
w ith a com
sweep o f
Cuisine Unexcelled
• p airin g to th e scullery, grow led and
re lu 't c ta un
n tly | ki,
Max
b ared
gTeat
nie th ere is n 't one. If Very
we can
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k t bavu p u t th e whole
grum bled for fully te a m inatea before arm s, sp it upon his hands, and, w ith a
deciding to obey my com m and*
la p itifu l look a t his p a re n t* prepared to
th e m eantim e, 1 related my experience deal th e firs t blow upon th e ancient
to l oopendj ks aud B ritton.
padlock
T he old couple tu rn ed th eir
ROBERT J. ROBINSON
" T h a t rem inds me, s i r ,” said Britton, heads aw ay and pint th e ir fin g ers to
“ th a t I found a rag doll m th e court ih eir ears, crin g in g like th in g s ab o u t to
Manager
y a rd y esterd ay , on th a t aide e f the be w hipped.
b uilding sir— 1 should sa.v castle, air. ’
Now, one— tw o— th r e e ! ” e n e d I, * f '
*‘l am q u ite aura I heard a baby fee tin g an eathusiasm I d id n ’t fe«k
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