By H. S. MERRIMAN
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
"If," he said presently, "you were my
Bister, or if I were fortunate enough to
possess a right to comment upon your
actions, I should be strongly tempted to
throw cold water upon your charity."
"Of course you would," she replied.
"Nine men out of ten would do the
6a me."
"I hope so."
"I am sure of It, Mr. Tyars, and,
moreover, I do not defend myself. It 1
very difficult to find a channel for char
itable motives to run in. At any rate, I
do no harm 1o these old men."
"I have no doubt you do them a great
deal of good," he said, rather bluntly :
"but you are hardly the person to do It.
This is not the place for a lady to wan
der about in alone. Wait twenty years."
She laughed, and stepped aside to hold
out her arms in expostulation.
"I'm not a girl," she said; "and look
at me. A thick veil and a clumsy old
ulster without a waist to it. I think, in
deed, it is foolish of me to ask you to
look."
He did look, gravely, from the top of
her simple hat to the toes of her small
boots peeping out beneath the ulster.
"It is no use," he said, "you cannot dis
guise yourself. No woman," he added,
"with your advantages can."
lie was quite right. Plainness is easl-;r
to conceal than beauty. There is nothing
more difficult to hide than a pretty face
and a graceful figure. They walked on
again.
"If," she said, "we waited for men to
tell us what we can do and what we
cannot, a great deal of good would remain
undone."
He would not argue; and his silence
softened her humor, for it betrayed a
determination to interfere no further.
"It is not," she said, continuing her
defense with womanlike persistence, "as
if I dragged other people into it. I do
not, for instance, bring Helen here."
As she said this she glanced up at him.
"No," he answered, calmly, returning
her gaze.
They were now at the dock gates, and
the constable on duty touched the brim
of his helmet in double recognition.
"May I call a hansom?" inquired Ty
ars. "Thank you," she said. "There is one
coming."
While waiting for the cab she spoke
again.
"I feel," she said, lightly, "like a run
away school girl. Will you please tell no
tales out of school?"
"You can trust me. Miss Winter," he
said, as he helped her into the cab, "to
hold my tongue. It is one of the few ac
complishments I possess."
" CHAPTER XV.
Claud Tyars had taken up his abode
in a residential club in London. This
change had been dictated by motives of
economy. He said that he found cham
bers in the Albany too expensive for a
man Who was seldom In London. No one
to whom he made this statement was
posted as to the extent of his income,
and the excuse passed readily enough.
He was certainly freer in his new
quarters free to come and go when the
spirit moved him, and to some extent he
took advantage of his newly established
liberty. His absences were frequent, but
he was seldom away from London for
more than a night or two. He frequently
ran down to Glasgow, and once to Peter
head, where he spent two nights.
One morning in early December he was
partaking of a very hearty breakfast at
the Wanderers' Club, where he had tem
porarily taken rooms, when Matthew
Mark Easton was shown in. The Ameri
can was also a member of this club, which
was, singularly enough, composed of mem
bers of some university or another, duly
qualified by the power and means to sat
isfy the cravings of a roaming spirit.
Without a word he threw down upon
the breakfast table a letter, of which the
envelope had been torn. Tyars was quite
equal to the American in quickness of
thought. Preserving the same stoic si
lence, he tossed across the table another
envelope Identical in every way, and ad
dressed by the same hand. Then he con
tinued his breakfast. Eastern spoke the
two words:
"Wednesday week."
"Yes; Wednesday week."
"The night," said Easton, "that we
fixed for Guy Fawkes."
"Yes. We must have the meeting on
Tuesday night. We must go to this."
Tyars laid his hand on the lettei. The
American's quick little eyes were danc
ing over his whole person, even to the
tips of the quiescent brown fingers.
"Must we?" he inquired.
Tyars looked up sharply. n
"I do not believe," he said, "that you
appreciate the importance of Oswin
Grace."
"Good sailor man !" answered the
American, "but too many women folk.
They will give us trouble."
"Grace is worth It. He is something
more than a good sailor. I cannot do-
fine It, but he has something which makes
him just the man I want."
Easton was silent. He had a great re
spect for his big, calm Englishman; the
sort of respect that one has for anything
larger than one's self In the way of an
animal.
"Well, then," he said, "we will go,
shall call the meeting on Tuesday week
at my rooms as before. It Is the last full
meeting we shall ever have.
With that he rose and held out his
hand. When he was gone, Claud Tyars
turned to his breakfast again. He spent
the morning at the docks, and in the at
and Captives
ternoon returned to bis rooms tired and
rather dirty. In 1 few minutes all signs
of fatigue and work were removed, and
he set off on foot to call at Brook street,
one of the best dressed men in Piccadilly.
There was a sailor-like frankness In
the way In which Salter, the admiral's
butler, opened the door when the visitor
was fortunate enough to find any one at
home. The formal threshold question
was dispensed with by the genial welcome
or the heartfelt sorrow expressed by the
man's brown and furrowed face.
He welcomed Tyars with a special griw
and an ill-concealed desire to grab at a
forelock now brushed scrupulously back.
Salter had always endeavored through life
to adapt himself ungrudgingly to circum
stances, and he succeeded fairly well in
remembering on most occasions that he
was a butler, but his love for all marin
ers was a thing he never fully managed
to conceal. Land-lubbers he tolerated
now, and he liked a soldier, but his hon
est, dog-like heart went out to all who,
like himself, loved a breeze of wind and
the sweet, keen smell of spray. There
was a bond in mutual love, whether It be
of dog or horse, of sport or work, of land
or sea, and Tyars always felt an inclina
tion to shake honest John Salter by the
hand when he saw him.
To these feelings of sympathy must be
attributed the fact that Tyars forgot to
inquire whether the admiral were at
home. That some one was to be found
upstairs in the drawing room was obvi
ous enough from Salter's beaming coun
tenance; but the maritime butler omitted
to give particulars.
Thus it happened that the surprise was
mutual when Tyars and Helen Grace
fdlind themselves face to face aloue in
the drawing room.
She had been seated at a small table
near the window and she rose to receive
him, without, however, moving toward the
door.
He came forward without appearing to
notice a slight movement of embarrass
ment on her part, and shook hands. Most
men would have launched into unneces
sary explanations respecting his presence,
his motive for coming, and his firm re
solve to leave again at once. But Claud
Tyars occasionally took it upon himself
to Ignore the usages of his fellows. .
"I have much pleasure," he said, with
grave jocularity, "in accepting your kind
invitation to dine on Wednesday week;
and I am yours truly, Claud Tyars.;'
Helen laughingly expressed her pleas
ure (hat he was able to come, and return
ed to her chair beside the little table.
She was quite her gentle, contained self
again. The signs of embarrassment, If
such they were, had quite disappeared,
and she asked him to find a chair for
himself with just that modicum of famil
iarity which one allows one's self toward
the intimate friend of a brother or sister.
This he did, frankly bringing a seat near
er to the small table.
"If," he continued, "it will be- any sat
isfaction to your hospitable mind. I will
disclose the fact that my friend Easton
is also able to avail himself of your
kindness."
"I am glad," she said, glancing across
at him with those gravely questioning
eyes of hers, which somehow conjured up
thoughts of olden times, of quieter days
when there was time to think and live
and love. "Mr. Tyars," she continued,
"I have an apology to make to you."
He looked at her without speaking for
some moments. In another man oik
would almost have suspected a desire to
prolong the contemplation of a very
lovely, shamed face.
"For what?" he said at length.
"For disliking you I mean for begin
ning to dislike you. I don't I that
was at first."
"I wonder," he said, with quick mer
cy, "if you know why you began by
disliking me."
"I think I do."
He smiled and turned away his eyes
rather suddenly. There , was a paper
knife lying on the table, and he took it
up, subsequently balancing It on his fin-
ber, while she watched him with vague
and mechanical interest.
"Tell me," he said.
"Jealousy."
"Ah !"
He glanced almost furtively toward
her and caught a passing smile.. It was
now his turn to look ill at ease. She
maintained silence In a determined way
which somehow threw the onus of the
pause on bis shoulders. At last he threw
the paper knife down on the table with a
clatter.
"You are right," he said, almost blunt-
"I have acted like a coward."
"And you are not a coward?"
He raised his eyebrows. The glance
of her eyes as they rested on his great,
stalwart frame canceled the interroga
tion.-
"I have never thought so until now."
She shook her head with rather
wistful smile.
"Then I have reason," she said, "to
be jealous. You are drawing Oswin away
from me?"
Before replying he rose, and during
the rest of their conversation he never
took a seat again, but continued moving
about the room with a certain strange
restlessness wnicn is very uncommou In
big men.
"What Is your mission?" she asked,
Again he stopped. He stood before her
with his strong arms hanging motionless,
his great brown hands halt closed and
quite still, as they always were unless
actually at work. He certainly was a
picture of strength, a perfect specimen
of the human animal, as he had called
himself.
"Arctic exploration," he answered.
mean to reach the north pole some day:"
It happened that Helen knew a good
deal about Arctic matters. The admiral
had been bitten by the strange craze In
his younger days. Like many others, he
bad for a time given way to the spirit of
exploration which Is hidden somewhere in
every Englishman's heart. Every book
of Arctic travel yet printed was to be
found in his smoke-scented den, and
Helen had read most of them.
She knew, therefore, what the end
w-ould be. To hear a man say tiiat he
intends to reach the north pole is one
thing; to know what he is talking about
and believe in his intention is quite an
other. To Helen Grace tho fuller knowl
edge was given, and she sat looking at
Claud Tyars with a dull anguish in her
eyes.
"And you want Oswin?" she whis
pered.
He did not answer, but turned away as
from something that he could not face,
and stood by the window, looking down
Into the street.
He stood beside the window, not mov
ing a muscle. All this had been thought
out. This interview had been foreseen.
Oswin had asked that he might break
the news to his sister and father, but
Tyars had claimed the right himself. His
was the onus, and his must be the blame.
There was no desire to shirk responsi
bility; Indeed, he seemed to court It.
Helen Grace must be deceived it was a
contemptible thing to do aud he would
have none other but himself. He stub
bornly took it all upon his own shoul
ders. "I suppose," said Helen at last, "that
he wants to go."
Of course, was the answer. "What
sailor would not? But I persuaded him
the fault Is all mine."
She looked up sharply.
"And Mr. Easton?" she inquired, with
keen logic.
"Yes, yes; but I chose your brother.
The matter rests with me, and the
blame."
"What has Mr. Easton to do with it?"
she asked ; and he knew that she was al
ready prejudiced against the American.
He is getting up the expedition the
first one."
"And. he goes with you?"
"No," replied Tyars; "I have already
told you he is physically incapacitat
ed."
She gave a little laugh a very un
pleasant laugh for a man to hear from
the lips of a woman. Fortunately Mat
thew Mark Easton was spared the cru
elty of hearing it.
I like you," she said, "for telling
me. Ibere were so many other ways of
doing it so- many easier ways for you
but you chose to tell me yourself."
To this he said nothing. Despite his
capable air, despite an unusual rapidity
of thought which took the form of action
in emergencies, he was not able to reel
off glib phrases at the proper moment.
Suddenly her proud self-restraint seem
ed to give way.
I suppose," she said, softly, almost
pleadingly, "that nothing will deter you?"
"One word from you would deter me,"
he said, "but I do- not think that you
will say It,"
"No," she answered, with a smile; "I
am not going to- ask you to let my broth
er off."
"I did not know how he was circum
stanced when I first met him," said' Ty
ars ; "I did not know of your existence."
"Of course she said, with a little
hrug of the shoulders; "I am not going
to be silly and stand: in my brother's
way. Only It would' have been so much
better could you have found some one
like yourself without brother or sister,
or any one to care much for him. It is
not only for myself "
hhe stopped suddenly.. There was a
moment of tense silence.. Then he slowly
approached her until the little table alone
separated them.
Miss Grace,!' he Bai.d, slowly, "what
do you mean?"
She was not the kind of woman to
resort to subterfuge or useless denial, and
she therefore held her tongue. At the
same time sho began to feel very help
less. With Oswin, with her father, and
ith all men whom she had hitherto
known, she could hold her own, but with
Claud Tyars it was different.. There was
in his presence a force which did! not
take the form pf words. He merely stood
still, and his silence was stronger than
any words she had yet heard.. Then he
spoke slowly and quite gently:
"You must tell me," be said, -wnat
you mean. , '
She danced up at him appealingly be
neath her Inshes, at bay and yet almost
mastered. He softened a little.
Unless," he added, "it would be -a
breach of confidence."
"No." she answered, "it is not that
for no one has confided in me but I
think "
"You are not sure?", he Interrupted,
eagerly. j '
"Yes, Mr. Tyars, I am sure.
1I turnnd away again and went to
ward the window. She mechanically took
up her work, and for some time both
were fully occupied with their own
thoughts.
Tho wt winter day was drawing In
before Claud Tyars left Brook street. As
he shook hands with Helen, he said;
"I had the pleasure ol meeting aiiss
Winter the other evening."
"Yes," said Helen, "she told me.
That' was all but they understood each
other A stress upon a single word, a
glance a little hesitation, will say so
much that cannot be set down In print.
The unfinished conversation was termi
nated. Claud Tyars knew that there
was some one else to watch and wait for
Oswin Grace if be went to the Arctic
seas.
ne had only been In the room an hour
ft digmai November afternoon and yet
t. ,. difference in his life as he
i.ft th. Hior. It does not take long to
make a friend.
(To be continued.)
Granarr with Klevator.
Hero's a plan of granary to hold .1,000
Inwhels of grain ; tho walls aro of stone,
and an elevator la orningod to work
by horse power. VA granary to hold
3,000 bushels will require to 1h 22 feet
by 38 foot inside. This will give six
bins, size 15 foot by 7 feet, ami 0 foot
high. This will nlo ullow for a pas
sage across tho middle of the building 8
foot wide, which, will give meess to all
of the Was and can be used for donning
Riain, us well as storing ftmall imple
ments. The lloor should be mixed four
feet from the ground to make It dry
and convenient for loading grain, as
well os to provide for the elevator, and
belting below the floor. The wallH be
ing of stone, should be 13 feet high;
this will provide for 4 feet below the
floor, one foot for floor, then 8 feet to
the plates; thin will give one foot clear
over the bins. There should ;be n stone
center wall lengthwise under the floor
to carry the floor joists, which will be
12 feet long and jnutdi on middle -wall.
To give head room over the t.opv joists
the roof should 1m n third pitch.
Following Is the required material:
1,250 feet roofing, one Inch.
1,(170 feet flooring, Inch, to bo laid
double.
GO Joists for floor, 2 Indies by 12
Indies, 12 feet long, 1.000 feet.
10 joists over head, 2 Indies by 2
luetics, 24 feet long, 010 feet.
050 feet InmAwr for bins, one Inch.
20 6tuds,i4 luclies by 4 Indies, 8 feet
long.
13 squares shingles.
150 feet Inch lumber for doors.
40 rafters, 2 Indies by 0 Indies, 10
feet long.
To arrange an elevator for horse
power, a hopper that will hold at least
50 bushel whould be sunk In the floor
close to the door and at one side to
empty grain for the wagon. The ele
vator is an ordinary built elevator with
buckets s-tandlng upright and In the
rear corner of center bin. The box at
bottom of elevator must lie close on the
ground to be connected with the deliv
ery hopper by a spout, with sufficient
siope that the grain will run freely.
llie elevator will discharge well above
the- uiper Joists Into a hopper In the
center of the building, to which a fun
nelshaped spout Is attached, that can
be- Shifted to deliver into any' of the
bins.. The horse iower sliould be plac
ed at the end of the granary, and driv
en by a belt or shaft, passfn-g through
an opening In the wall left for the pur-
OBAWABT WITH POWER ELEVATOB.
pose. The details can be all worked
cut by a mechanic, one essential Is to
have plenty of slope for the delivery
hopper to box at foot of elevator, even
if it should be sunk Into the ground a
tittle. Montreal Star.
For CaIloued Shoulders.
A farmer in North Dakota gives his
method of treatment and cure of cal
loused shoulders of work horses In the
Dakota Farmer, which lie says he has
used with uniform success, as follows
"I cut a slit In the front part of the
collar opposite the callous, then cut
another slit at right angles across the
first one. I then take out enough of
the filling to allow for callous. After
soaking face of collar In warm water
I lay the front part, where cuts have
been made, on a plank or something
solid, and pound face of collar where
It presses on callous, with round-faced
hammer, till a sufficient hollow hat
been made. This plan will work
whether collar has been used with or
without pad. Then when the horse
comes in from work I bathe the callous
In water as hot as can be borne and
paint with idolne. You will find this
plan worth trying, and I will guarantee
the collar wll not be Injured."
Alfalfa Seed.
The constantly Increasing acreage of
alfalfa and the (high price of seed make
purity and germlnablllty of the latter
of the highest Importance. Bulletin
No. 133, Just Issued by the agricultural
experiment station, Manhattan, Kan.,
treats of alfalfa seed and the various
Impurities and defects to which tt Is
liable. The methods of testing availa
ble to fanners and seedsmen end more
elaborate ones practiced at the station
are described In detail. The bulletin
is lavishly Illustrated and may be ob
ITfsl
talned free on application.
Watch for Seed Adnlteratlona.
The work of different experiment stn-
tlous lias shown that a largo number of
foreign seeds are contained In clover
and alfalfa seed, Including the dod
ders, which are so destructive to alfal
fa, and u largo number of bad weed
pests like tho narrow plantain, wild
mustard and u host of new weeds.
One Impure sample of last year's sup
ply contained thirty-two species of for
eign seeds, Including both species of
dodder, the plantains, many common
weeds, three spocjes of Western wteds
that aro new In Ohio and as muny
huropean weeds that have been here
tofore unknown In this State. At least
a dozen new weeds huvo been Intro
duced into Ohio lu alfulfu seed during
half as many years.
While this Is unacceptable It Is still
more so to get only black medlck (yel
low trefoil) plants us many huve done,
where supposed alfalfa seed was sown.
In these times of high-priced seeds
there Is temptation to odulternto with
heap seeds like tho black medlck, etc.,
which have very slight value as forr.go
plants with us; there Is like dlsposi-
tlon to offer seeds with nuinv weed
seeds, at low prices. Both these dan
gers are renl. Intending purchasers of
such seeds will do well to bo assured of
their quality.
Outlet for Drain.
One of the most common n welt (is
most efllclent protections for the outlet
of a main drain Is a plank box with
wlro bars placed vertically arrow thn
DRAIN OUTLET.
end about two Indies apart. Such a
box should be made of 2-lndi plank,
12 feet loiifi and large enough to admit
of the Insertion of the tile Into the
upper end. A protection of tills kind
serves a double purpose. It prevents
small animals from entering the drain
and will not be damaged by frost.
Shipping liar to Dealer.
During the last two years a number
of rogues In different sections of the
country have been offering a considera
ble advance on the market price of hay
and thousands of tons have been ship
ped to these ieope for which the pro
ducer received little or no return. Wlt'h
hay, as with other articles of farm
produce, It is usually best to sell it as
near home as possible. In every fann
ing center there are reliable dealers
who will pay a fair price for such pro
ducts and pay spot cash for them. True,
they sell them at an advance, but It la
almost Impossible for the grower to
reach these outside sources of demand,
hence be cau better afford to let the
local dealer make a dollar or two than
he can to take any chances In shipping
himself, and especially to people of
whom he knows nothing. The writer
yearly sells his surplus hny to a local
liveryman and gets the cash on deliv
ery. Opportunities offer to bale It and
ship to the city at an advance on the
local price, but we have figured' that
our labor, time and element of risk In
the latter proposition is not warranted
by the higher price, so we "let well
enough alone," and It generally pay to
do -this. Indianapolis News.
Preventing Cedar Rnal,
The disease called cedar rut, which
ppreads to apple trees from cedar ap
ples, coimmonly carried on cedar trees,
and pasture savins, ihas been Investi
gated at the Nebraska station iwlfch the
conclusion that spraying with bordeaux
mixture will keen) the disease In cheek,
making the application when the cedar
apples on cedar trees show the orange
color, followed with another spraying
ten days or two weeks later. ' It Is also
recommended to destroy cedar trees or
at least to get out the cedar apples for
a considerable distance around the or
chards. Where spraying ds carried on
for apple scab, etc., the same spraying
would answer for the rust
Thnnder Storms and Soar nfllk.
The primary cause of sour milk Is
the growbh of certain bacteria that are
always very numerous In the air and
cannot be kept out of the millk. These
are most abundant during damp, 'heavy
weather, which usually accompanies
thunder storms ; as such weather Is par
ticularly favorable to their develop
ment. Hence, the popular notion that
thunder storms make milk sour.
Grubs, In cattle are caused by the
gadfly depositing its eggs on the backs
of cattle, and the young larvae, after
Issuing from the egg, bores Its way
through the animal's skin and remains
lodged in the cellular tissue until It
attains maturity. The grub may be de
tected by a swelling of the skin of the
animal. The swelling should be
squeezed, which will cause the larvae
to be ejected. If It is not easily re
moved, a small opening should be made
In the skin with a sharp-pointed knife,
and the larvae may then be extracted
with a curved needle.
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