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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1905)
Is Heart's Desire Bj SIR WALTER DESANT 1 4ay. He took what we f v him without a word of thank, tad he did not pre tend the leaet lotemt la lthr duw oar doing or our welfare. Yet h had known both of as U hla Ufa, and k wu bat At or tlx years older. A strange return! Knowing now all that I know, ! I am certain that ho wa daeed and coo- founded, first at finding hi ancle alive, and nzt at tho reception ha met with, II waa thtnklui of th things and of that ntw plan of hla, yt Imperfect by I which ho could wreak reveng upon hi uncle. Thla mad hlai appear duller and mor at o pld than waa hla nature. W aat waltlnc for mor experience. bat nono cam, How, for Inataoco, on tat. . . I Com Mock Hinder. I hart imo two articles of lata tell- tag how to tie corn In tho ehork. Will gtve my way, which I bellve to l mora rapid than either tho former arti cle teach. Tho accompanying cut will give tho Idea it a glanca. I tak a carved atlck (th end of a buggy ahaft ta best) about 80 iucfiee long. Dort a half Inch holo S tnchea from tha larger end and put through It a piece of rui 12 Inchea lonf and tla tho enda to author, forming a ring or loop. Into thla loop tla a piece of rope BH foot CUoa Water for Hob, How to prortdo clean water for tha ion, eP unrr if very largo shocks ar would hav batn pleated to loaulre, cam hog la ono of tha nrobleraa. It la dim- k n,i Ta the other end of thla pleat rule of manner, th very simplest a honest Devonshire nun to eonaort cult to darta any nieana by which ropa tla a 4-Inch ring mad Of H Inch It wa clear that ha moat hat gone with a gang of fellows who had all wttftr , u lept wlM )d brwhlng rtnf). Tnti down very low Indeed In th. aoclal c.l. don thlnf." and ; u tU gaiX t u M ,rr,ngw, tcmpr-m complete M In ordr to got at tho hablta which tramping about th country reedy to d .. . ... . . ... ...... , ,t " r - .V. .Kw ho now xhtbltd. War they acquire.! aomethlug !. Il,for DavM Ut hla "v ,nown " ' " v . . Z In th Paclflc, or In Auatralla. or la bead ho need to drink, but not wit Pl. howarer, aa though a alu- ukt tha atlck In your right band and America, who, aa wo afterward learn rogue and tram pa. Yet now b confea- auggootloa looking to th aolurta throw th ropa and ring arouivd tha ed. DaTtd had apnt hla year of HUT ed without any ahatu to havlug bet of thla point baa twcu mado In a lata nhock. Catch ring In left hand and all? I think In none of the plac, II loat their companion a tramp and Tagabond Imuo of tho Iowa lloim-atead by a atlchl through It aa far aa you can, hla manner because h bad loat hla aelf- hJmaelf, and tho aaoclat of rogue. By Kanaaa farmer who auggeata a plan- then bring atlck to th tight until th- reepoct, wnicn la a Try aiaere ming y u a waa oe-eua w iow from wbk.n y,, a(HM)mpauyng cut baa r nd paaaea through tha ring, a from losing your money. Daring tb op- th ahort apace of two or thre week wn wh-n th. .w.u u ration of taking hla food ho aald noth- " o Join auch a company, I looked co- . "T0 V f X ... 1-J . trail lor ijiu unu uiw rinji v can b turned looao, aa It will atay In placo. Thla Implement can b uaw! for a twofold purpoM. In huaktng corn I uaa a ahorter otio Ilka thla for tying atover. Untlo tho shock and lay It down, then aa you pull the rara off gather tha atnlka In ynttr lap. hare tha binder lying straight out at your aide, and when you gt an armful lay tha atover acroaa the rope, pick up tho ring In ona hand and tho atlck In tho other, Ing, nor did. ho reply If h waa addressed; rloualy at hla face; It waa weather-beaten and he at enough for all men. After dinner Ueorgo and I took chatra with aa, and sat In th old-faahioned gar dan of Sldcots, under a gnarled and an cient appl tree. -Onr Dald.T I aald, "wa alwaye in clined to bo loutlah. He baa been de-el CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) DarU aat doggedly. II had always been dogged and obetlnat. Ilia nncle looked at him curiously, a If atadylng bis character. -David," ho aald presently, "you wero a bad boy at school, whero they ought to hare flogged It oat of you, lou were a bad son to your father, who ought to bar cut you oft with a abating. Ton wero a bad farmer when you got your farm. If I hadn't taken your land, a etranger would bar had It Now If kept In tha family. Year ago I thought to giro yon a lesson, and If yon reform ed, to giT It back to yea In my will I now percelT that yon ar ono of tho who neter reform. I hav Wft It else where." ' -Go on." said David. 1 Uk to bear you talk." "Tb old bouse at Berry your old house is turned Into two cottages. One of those cottages Is empty. If you mean to atay In the pariah, you can live In It If you like, rent free, for a time that t. until yon get Into work again or I find a tenant If you choose you can; there are done by a handy man. work, too most starve. I will do for you. When jon ar tired doubt of Challacombe, you can go away again. "In tha venlng, Ilarry Rabjahna telle That la my Uat word, nephew." II a turn- me, b had a kind of fit a hysterical A iwit. and bexan to busy himself fit of laughing and crying la th Inn. acsln among hla papers. "That waa perhaps because ho had "Aft.- th accident and tha loss of teamed that bis ancle was atltl alive. those papers Ton wero senseless for three I This waa Indeed th case, though not in I wer In America, and your ancle waa In Airs. And after that too tot paralysis, ut sense 1 utsnaeo. im mu nsvs msae n uira Why. what wss all that but a Judg- "And thla morning, tb first day of hi cult for your and to talk wkh you. ment en yon for your conduct to your return, be begin with a row with bis "That la so," a replied. "What I own flesh and blood r I uncle. WelL there la going to bo mlo- mean Is, that every night It began af "Rubbish r chief at Oratnor." TtM said no more. Those best ac-1 "Why. what mischief can there boT ' quainted with him would have under- "I don't know. David went away went to sleep, bla gboet oaed to come and stood from tho expression of his face that cursing his uncle. After all years be iK on my bed. 'David,' he said, 'I'm hla mind waa laboriously grappling with cornea back cursing him again. When a a subject not yet clear to bnn. Ho was, I man broods over a wrong for sis yesrs. tn fact iust beclnnlna to bo aware of a mischief does generally follow. First of and bronted, but there was no further revelation In tho lowering and moody loo. "I dare eay," he once said, "that yon were aurprlsed whan I came to look for hla grave?" "It is not usual." I aald. "to aak for ODtne- and cultlvattnc that clft for all the grave of llvlog men." year with a nleaalna result" MI as ao certain that ho wa dead.' "Ther la eomethtng on hla mmd. I n expiainea, -that I never thought to Keen mado. Writing to our coutem said George. "Perhapa ha will tell u ask. Quite certain I waa; why" here tM mMB M. what It la; perhapa not David waa he stopped abruptly "I waa ao certain m . watkb troiou roa uooa. never particularly open about hlm-elf : th.t , w ,ul ?f to aak what It wa. be ; ' .Hp ring over rnd of atlck and slip to earn money. Btrang. mat no a.ouia oega oy wm ng v.. . .... w.n.ea w .now now ..i , . . . OB down until entire stick bai paaswl atway. Job to be tor b a uncle a gravet ny ou n uuna . - ; ,hro..h tho rtn- ln tjlnf If you wll not that b. wa. dar aw eaio om on. o.a yoo tn.t r T'l. V' V. "T,." ..7 shock. Tla twlno arouu.l tho buudte. tkai ia a i i "Ha aiiaavi wnar ik nAnan nn waiai uaao. nnn w rnai i iiiiaT ia mini rum iu ina auiu uia y ar 41UW KUm I W uw -P nvi aav I Op w I "I will tell you now not that you will I tern large Quantities of filth tn hla believ me; but It la tru. II told me drinking water. I know whera thero himself that ha waa dead." aN, ..TiAin It ta ln.l.M a T l" 'V1- problem to prevent thla, tn-cauao If possible, because men may do anything. . . , . ',, ....... rermlt mi to remark, however, that yoo U th,n w" h bo de iu iiiuro uiau niiuuirr 11 in iw wuw hlmsolf In mud and then try to dry It off ln th drinking trough, and ho im- rrally succeeds quit well. And A bunch of them can UHuallr nut three tor I'd been la New York and t or four tnchea of mud In tho bottom of through my money-every night after iL troujh , t ,,nj,0 wwk , -ncloi you a drawing Illustrating the plan dead A lot more he ssld that you don't tn" 1 Iun u',oa Ior ,omo ume ,n I17" went to hear. 'David.' come home ln to keoP mT tmhgha clean. Tho Quick, he aald. 'David, I'll never leave trough In this ens Is made out of two which ran then b reslxN-ked If not ready to hnuL Thla way takes a little mora time at first, but save time and con aiiocK utxu-a. trouble when you come to haul, and tho atover will take less room In tha shod. J. II. Freeman. very foxy game which ho might play all, tho old man will do nothing for him. you In peace until you do come home,' he planks, one 2xH and tho other 2xll, a with hla nncle, though as yet ho only Do you understand that) There waa n U Evtry night, mind you. Not once piece of eight-Inch plunk IS Inches long dimly aaw the rules of that game. It aolld obstinacy ln his eyes while bo list- now and again, but every night. That' nailed on each end. To thla In turn waa a new game, too, quite one of bis ened to David. Nothing la to bo got out the reaaon why I came home. The ghoat two other planka are nnllcd. thus fur . , a .1 Alt twi . w-k 1 a a aaM I It a a laae .V I - M I own invention, ana one wnicn wouia ai or mm. nat win uavia aor T T T,.. nlshlng an agency for acraplug off tne ume ume greauy pieas sua snuiu- n wui go iwiy aiiu. a mugyaw, late bis ancle, whom he meant to bo bis unless ho takes farm work." -IT. M iiAtliln mam hut I riAwlfl la mu iiKfltlnat aa Kla nnrla. ho aat doggedly and tried to work out And bo Is not altogether a fooL There for as for what happened, my scors MPrtH l Indicate.! In tho lllnstra the rules of that game. . will be mischief." wn't paid off by that" tlon, mortised out ao that a plank may What did happsn?" bo raised pr lowered directly above tho "Never mind. He'd got my land atlllj renter of tho trough, tho height de- and I waa a tramp. What did he want pending upon tho alxe of tho hogs that ..i1 b j ''.I ,m . 1T t0 tn trough. I acknowl- "You don't mean. David, that your . ..1... . ,,.. ... Presently Mary came home from "George, old man. I return to my old church, and with her George Sldcote and I thought If you and Mary marry with- Will They found David alttlng with out old Dans consent her fortune goes his unci, but the old man was reading to David. Does David know?" th paper, and David waa ailent think- "I should tnink not" Ing slowly. 'To which of the two would the old "Mary," aald David, "yon don t re-1 man prefer to hand over that money T "You are my cousin David. Of course "Bo I think. Than don't yoa see tbst a aesa man a gnoei may naunt a living '7 f"- htT, pogMjon 0f uo aoll and Rod-lion nd Frnlt Trees, Rod-bouud tree are not very com mon, but they are to bo met with. When a tree has mndo a good growth and has spread out It top to cover Ita feet thoro la little danger of Its be coming sod taunt!, for tho branchea of the tree catch most of the sunahlne and tlio grass growth below Is monger. Tb sod bound condition cornea when the trco la either very young or ao old that tho loaves are thin aud fow. Tho young tree that la aet ln grasa ground and haa never obtained a very nnclo deliberately haunted yoa every , " , " . , T .J. w Bcod hold of the ground la tho ona night? No ono ever heard of a living 'nak?. "T' ff lJ,nd' moat likely to becomo sod bounl man's ghost haunting another living man. ono haa -a big bunch of hog I bellovo wiJfh nipnn th,t of I remember yoa, David, though yoo are some good may coma oat of the business man. perbsps, though I am not prepared rial and labor almost every day. altered a good doaL" She gave him her after all?" hand. "All tho people are talking about "It may coma, bat too late to ssvo your return." Sldcots. H means to hav Sldcote. My Then George and William shook hand days her are numbered. Well, It Is a with him cheerfully and brotherly. pity after five hundred years' bo look- "Why, David," said George, "w must ed aroond at th inheritance about to rig you out a little better than this. Come psss away from him only a farm of home with Will and me." three bandred sores, but his father's and David turned sullenly to his uncle. his great-grandfather's sad h wa si- "I'v ono more thing to aay. All of lent for a moment "A for work, what yoa may hear what that Is. H offers would I grudge If I could keep the old mo a laborer's cottage to live In, and a place! But I know that over at Oratnor laborer'a work to do, and a laborer's wage there sits, watching and waiting bis to pay, on my own binds my own that chance, the man who means to have my he stole, this old msn here, sitting struck land, and will havo It before tho end of br a iudement In his chair. Tha nsxt the year." time I come here you may an take no- "Patience, George. Anything may tie and bear witaens the Question may I happen." not be how little I may bo offered, but "He is a crafty and a dangerous msn, ata taking most of tho plant fool and D.olsture. Such a tree can bo relieved ou y by digging out the grans and Riv ing Ita roots tho entire use of tho ground. how much I shall take." So far bad he get in his understand ing of tho game thst was to bs played. "How much," he repeated, with a chuckle "how much shall I take." "Dear me!" aaid his nncle. "This Is Will? When did you come down? And WilL We can ssy hero what wo cannot say ln Mary's presence. lie is more crafty and more dangerous now that he is paralysed and cannot get about among hla flelda than ho waa In tho old days. I Ha cannot get at me by the aame arte as he employed for David. He cannot ta hack that atatamsnt with an avnarl. nraa ft' m nwn Parhana w a II. In. I W,T PB" Poot. man's ghoat may haunt a dead man; that 8- W' LonarJ ,n F nd would bo only fair. Turn and turn about "I w,n lvJ P'n for pulling yoa see. But for a live nncle to haunt up old fence posta. Take a chain and a live nephaw 00, David, no." put It around post close to the ground. "lie is crafty enough for anything. I don't care who done it," said David, "It was dons. Erary night It waa done. And that'a why I came home again. And since ba s fetched me borne on a fool's errand, he'a got to keep me.' "But It waan't hla fault that the ghoat came. Man alive! he wanted his own ghost for himself. Consider, he couldn't get on without It!" "He brought me homo, and he's got to keep me," said David, doggedly. Then be alowly alouched away. "He la going to the Inn," said George. "Will, there is something nncsnny about the man. Why ahould be havo this hor rible haunting dream every night?" "Ramon for a crime which ho wished he bad committed, perhapa. An odd com bination, but poaaible. If ho had mur- Take a piece of plank, aay 2 feet long, alfalfa mat or apot disease. Tho best A TEXAS rOBT-1't'LLr.R. u if T Doesn't Pay to Co4dle Alfalfa. If an alfalfa field la In bad condi tion It Is usually beat to plow up and re-eed. It scarcely ever pays, at least whero Irrigation Is practiced, to rod dlo a poor stand of alfalfa. Many growers recommend (jinking every spring, even when the stand la good, and somo havo even found It a pay ing practice to dUk after each cut ting. Such disking will often prevent the encroachment of weed. In tha Eastern States alfalfa flelda sometimes suffer a check ln their growth, tend to turn yellow and otherwlso show a sick ly condition. Oftentimes tills condi tion la accompanied by nn attnek of how Is your writing business? Take Da- persuade mo to drink, and to sign agree- dered bis uncle he might have been 2 Inches thick and 8 Inches wide; set remedy for such a condition Is to mow . I . .a a a I B . t f Itrl.L l a I I Tid awav. Georce: I am afraid you'll menta and borrow money. But the bad find him very tedious very tedious in- times havo done for me what drink did deed." for David." 80 w talked away th afternoon m a rTTAPTRR ttt . rather gloomy apirtt ure u no more haunted In this wsy. Wishes he had ,wttom cnd bout 1 foot frorn po.t; ,et tne flpldi Xne vigorous growth thua murdered Mm, yoa see. sappilos the rest" (To be continued.) Imagination cnam come up 0Vfr pBnk and lean plank toward pout. Fasten single-tree to end of chnln and when horses pull Induced may overcome tho condition. diseased There lives a Western fanner who the post will come straight up." nr. .-t- r, :j . .... v.) th. I free from sharks In tho country than in .,ri.Tl..: i:r:i :r,r.:. the town: there ar. In Arcadia', a. wll onco received a note from a nephew to tedious. To begin with, his mind seem- in London, vultures, beasta, and birds aay he would visit the farm the fol- Feeding' of Ducks. All who raise ducks ln large num- ed absorbed; no answerea our questions " r. V V .,, TT. bcr. for market And it necessary to shortly, and showed no curiosity or In- to rsnd tte helpless. had not met for fifteen years, and the . , MnmtAnitu nnantit. krest in as. and pretended no pleasure "And no," ho said, summing .p, "I 0,4 mn drove to tbe ttAti0Q Jn hU feed a considerable quaj nUty of rich i. . ...i. ... imi., ,nA shall havo to part with tho old family . ,.v.i. .... food, chiefly meat, ln aome form. But avt icviui i " - - - - r -M 1 , , , 1 uwn luu uuuai uuwiuwiwuif cta uib, moody, "Mother," aald George, "I'v brought David Leighan to dinner. Ha cam home last night" Tb old lady gave him her hand, with ont the leaat appearance of aurpriao that David had returned in ao tattered a condition. "You are welcome, David," ah said. "Yoa will tell ua after dinner some of placo, and begin ln tho world again; go out as David went out and return, per haps, as ho retarned." "No, George; som things ar possible, but not probsble. That yoa shonld come bsck as David has come back la not poaaible." At that moment tho man of whom we apoke came alowly out of tbo house, rub bing his eyes. M1Yrl.a.M a at ai mnn k ah Klakstlrai " IT UCU VIA eV PU1VU luo v.sv jiaa. be might welcome his sister's only child In a worthy manner. But the youth failed to come. After waiting till the last passenger had disappeared the old man drove away disappointed. There lives also a book agent who ar rived at this same farm the next morn ing. Looking over the fence of the It is a thing to be done with judgment Ducks are hearty eaten and digest al most anything, but too much pushing with meat fooda U almost certain to kill many of them. Pushing for early markets has to be done with caution. Rmnt Attacks Lata Rowa Oralo. Early sowing of cereals when tha soil temperature Is low gave ln expe riments with barley, ont and spring wheat less smut tban late sowings. In a similar manner, lesa smut will bo found on those cereals grown on a cold clay soil thnn on a loamy soli, and, aa a rule, the greatest amount of disease will be found In cereals grown on anndy humus Rolls. A high tempera ture of the noli during the first week after sowing favors the germination of the amut pores, and consequently the Infection of the cereals, Cereala land Homestead. Weak Bordeaux Mixture. For the summer spraying of peaches barn yard he called, "nello, nnclol" amf Japanese plums: Copper aulphnte, will germinate and begin their growth tout adventures. I hope yoa are comok. ..m n.r t an), tn a.t" That book agent never had such a re- 2 pounds; fresh lime (unalacked), 5 at a temperature below that at which tA tti a train anions vour own neonla " I umi.!. ni. a . ranHnn ht-fnra ln all hla Ufa. The notinds: water. CO gallons. Rhode I the funsrus can develop. New Enir- ..w m . . - , r, u.v ,l . juu ftuiu. w uu uvn IVU 1 w mw ' I - r ' ,"My own people," bo aaid, "havo been tr coma home, David V farmer flung the gate wide open, seized Island Formula. . irin f V . t T am lllralv tn a.ttl. ...In I ... r , I . . . . . . . ,. , I . BU (- -a -1 wui leu you, ueorg., in a nay or CIS nana, ana presseu a wuiiwereu kiss Why strawberry Plant Die. among them. tw0 The old man says ho will do noth- his cheek: and the agent following TLf nn 1 tttpa wTiOTrr nlontai liar hAAanaa "I will take David upstairs, mother," ing for mo we'll see to that presently. tha f.-mer into the house, exolalnod L... ... vn ti inn., ofta. h.i ssld Gjorg. -for a f.w minute.; then He', turned th. old Urm ktBfj everybody at wa, M well be7ore VanVplantlng: Some die bet WO snail V ru,. miO IWO COllSf u uuuuiuga ar . rnMaA v- .,,1 tha . ... . a .1.. " When they came downstairs David pre- falling to pieces. Says can take.up -- cause sei wo uety nu m crown-or for ten minutes, or until the soap la all seated a little more of bis old appear- my quarters in ono of tho cottages, If I un J"'"' V" , "'"T center or me piani is covered, nut dissolved, ln a half gallon of aoft ance. There remained a certain slouch- like: that Is liberal, isn't It7 And I am ner ana auemyieu w an a ow. um m ft dry Ume more pianta Ole from a ter. then pouring the boiling suds a a 1 a . a I a a w . a .a 1 . t m ThofalH I art O-T w la Nnf Aata r 1 I... aa. ... I ' v ing manner wnicn suggenea in tramp, to arn my living now 1 can; mat s gen- ine inriucr uejm imuu; w uuucniauu. aclt or pressure on tne soil atout the Charged witn impersonating tne mass- root, than from all other causes. In a and tho sidelong look, half of suspicion, crous, isn't It?" half of design, which la also common to "Try conciliation, David." the tramp; but as yet we knew nothing of his oast life and adventures. When he was dressed bo sat down to dinner. Then it waa that we made a vary painful discovery. Oar frlond, w "No. Will; I think I know a better plan than conciliation." CHAPTER XIII. This' waa all that Da rid told ns. Ws found, bad antlrly. forgotten tbo elm-1 aaw, indeed, vry UtU of him after this I agenf waa arill running. ing nephew, the agent explained that wet Benon they will live If left on he greeted all elderly strangers as top of the soil with no earth to cover "uncle," and knew nothing of a mlsa- the root. Plants out of the ground ing nephew; And It la aaid that when are nke flBn 0fXi 0f water. Therefore last aeen by tne farmer mat nook the sooner they are ln their natural element the lower tha death rata, Lice on Uosra, Make a lice killer by shaving one- fourth pound of bar soap and boiling wa- into a gallon of kerosene and stirring brisk ly until a creamy mass Is formed. When wanted for use stir a pint of it ln a gallon of warm water and spray them. If the plgi are not affected, give the aows a teaspoonful of sublimed sulphur once per day, also all tha char coal .they desire to eat