RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF S iv K IP 111 (: Old Lady Number 31 LOUISE FORSSLUND Author of "The Story of Sarah" uTh Ship of Dream" Etc Copyright by The Century Co. CHAPTER XX Continued. II HIh faco lightened. Tho weight of tho nhock passed. Ho throw art tho owo of tho glad news. Ho smiled the amllo of a happy-child. "Naow, inothor, wo kin buy back otlr old chalf, tho rockor with tho red rosea onto It Seems ter mo them roses must 'a' knowod all tho tlmo that this wnB a-goln' tor happon. They was Joat as pert an' sassy that last day" Angy laughed. Sho laughed softly and with unutterablo prido In hor hus band. "Why, father, don't yor seo yow kin buy back tho old chair, an' tho old place, too, an' thon havo plonty ter aparo?" "So wo kltf, mother, so'we kin;" he nodded his head, surprised. Ho plunged his hands into his pockets,, as If expecting to find them filled with gold. "Wonder of Sam'l wouldn't lend me a dollar or so In small change. Ef I only had somethin' ter Jingle, rnobbo I could git closer to this foe'." He drew her to him, and gavo hor waist a Jovial equeoze. "Hy-guy, mother, we'ro rich! Hain't it splen did T" Their laughter rang out together trembling, near-to-tears laughtor. Tho old plnco, tho old chair, tho old way, and plenty I Plenty to mend tho shingles. Aye, plenty to rebuild tho house, If they chose. Plenty with which to win back tho smiles of Angy'a gardon. The dreadful dream of need, and lack, and want, of feeding at the band of charity, was gono by. Plenty! Ah, the goodness and great ness of God! Plenty! Abo wanted to cry It out from the housetops. He wanted all tho world to hear. Ho wished that ho might gather his wealth together and drop It piece by piece among the multitude. To glvo whero he had been given, to blossom with abundance where ho had withered with penury! The llttlo wife read his thoughts. "We'll savo JeBt enough fer ourselves ter keep us In comfort tho rest of our lives an' bury us decent." They were quiet a long while, both sitting with bowed heads as It In prayer; but presently Angy raised her face with an exclamation of dismay: "Don'jt it beat all, that it happened Jest tew Iato ter git in this weok'a 'Shorevllle Herald!'" "Tew, Iato?" exclaimed the now fledged capltaliet "Thar hain't nothin' tew late for a man with money. We'll jhlre the editor tow git out another pa per, fust thing tormorrorl" CHAPTER XXI. "Our Beloved Brother." The services of the "Shorevllle Her ald," however, wore not required to ipread tho news. The happiest and proudest couple on Long Island saw their names with the story of their udden accession to wealth in a great New York dally the very next morn ing. A tall, old gentleman with a real "barber's hair cut," a shining, new high hat, a suit of "store clothes" which fitted ae if they had been mado for him. a pair of fur gloves, and brand new ton-dollar boots; and a remark ably pretty, old lady In a violet bonnot, a long black velvet capo, with new shoes as well as new kid gloves, and a big cllver-fox muff this was tho couplo that found tho papor spread out on tho hall table at the Old Ladles' Home, with tho sisters gathered around It, peering at It, weeping over It, laughing, both sorrowing and re joicing. "This '11 bo good-by tor Hrother Abe," Aunt Nancy had sniffed when tho nowB camo over tho telephone) tho day boforo; and though Mies Abigail had assured her that sho know Aho would coma to see them real often, tho matriarch still failed to bo consoled. "Hain't you noticed, gals," Bho per sisted, "that thar hain't been a doath In the houso oenco wo took him in? An' I missed my reg'lar spell o' bron chitis last winter an' this ono tow so fur," jalio added dismally, and began to cough and lay her hands against her choBt. "That was nlluB tho way when I was a yonng'un," sho continued after a while; "I never had a pet dog or cat or even a tamo chicken that it didn't up an' run erway sooner or later. This hero loss, gals, '11 bo tho death o' mo! Naow, mark my words!" Then followed a consultation among tho younger sisters, tho result of which was that they met Abo In tho morning with a unanimous petition. They could neither ask nor expect him to romalu; that was Impossible, but "Hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!" ,criod Abo, waving an Imaginary flag 'as ho entered. "Sam'l dropped us at the gato. Him an' Dlossy went on ter' '"fie Holmes tow dicker erbout buyln' toack the old place. Takes Dlossy an' Snml tow dew business. They picked out my clothes botweon them ylst'day artcrnoon dcown tor Injun village In tho Emporium. Haow yew like 'em? Splendid, eh? Sea my yallcr silk hand kerchief, tew? Wo Jeet dropped In ter git our things. Wo thought mobbo yew'd wnut ter slick up tho room an' git ready fer tho new " Ho was allowed to say no more. Tho sisters, who hud been kissing nnd hug ging Angy ono by ono, now swooped upon him. Ho was hugged, too, with warm, generous congratulation, his linnils were both shaken until thoy nchod, nnd his clothes and Angy'a si lently admired. Hut no ono snld a ( word, for not ono of tho sisters was nhle to npenk. Angy, thinking that alio divined a touch of Jealousy, has- 1 tenctl to throw off her wrap and dis play tho familiar old worn silk gown i beneath. I "I told Abo I Jest wouldn't git a now Bilk until you each had one mado tow. Mossy sent for tho BampleB. Ulossy " "All I need's a shroud," Interrupted, Aunt Nancy grimly. Angy and Abo both stared at her. Sho did look gray this morning. Sho did Bcein feeble nnd her cough did sound hollow. Tho other slaters glanced also nt Aunt Nnncy, and Sarah Jano took her hand, while she nudged Mrs, Homan with hor free olbow and Mrs. Homan nudged Ruby Leo and Ruby Leo glnnced at Lazy Daisy and Lazy Daisy drawled out mean ingly: "Miss Abigail!" Then Mlsa Abigail, twisting the edge of her apron nervously, spoke: "Much obliged to you I be In behalf o' all the sisters, Drother Abe an' ter Angy tow. Wo know yow'll treat us right. Wo know that yow," resting her eyes on Abe'e faco, "will prove ter bo tho 'angel unawares' that we boon entortatnln', but we don't want yew ter wasto yer money on a cartload o' silk dresses. All wo ask o' yew is Jest enough tow allow ub ter advertlso fer another brother member ter tako yer place." Who could describe the expression that flashed across Abe's face? hurt astonishment, wounded prldo, Jealous incomprehension. "Tor tako my plnco!" ho glanced about tho hall defiantly. Who dared to enter there and take his place? his placet "This is a old ladles' home," he pro tested. "What right you got atakln' in a good-fer-nuthln' old man? Mebbe he'd rob yew er kill yowl When men git ter rampagln', yew can't tell what they might dew." Sarah Jano nodded her head know ingly, ae If to exclaim: "I told yer so!" Cut Miss Abigail hurriedly ex plained that it was a man and wlfo that they wanted. She blushed as she added that of course they would not tako a man without his wife. "No, Indeed! That'd bo highly im proper," smirked Ruby Lee. Then Abo wont stamping to the stairway, saying sullenly: "All right. I'll glvo yow all the money yew want fer advertlsln', an' yow kin say he'll be clothed an' dressed proper, tew, an' supplied with terbaccer an readln' matter besides; but Jest wait till tho directors read that advertisement! Thoy had rao hero Bortor pertendln' ter be unbe knownst. Come on, Angy. Let's go upBtalrs an" git our things. Let's" Aunt Nancy half arose from her chair, resting her two shaking hands on tho arms of It. "Drothor Abe," sho called quaver Ingly after tho couple, "I guess yew kin afford ter tlx up any objections o' the directors." Angy pressed her husband's arm as she Joined him in the upper hall. "Don't you see, Abe. They don't realize that that poor old gentleman, whoever he may be, won't be yew. Thoy Jest know that yow was yow; an they want tor git another Jest as near like yew as they kin." Abo grunted, yet nevertheless went half-way down stairs again to call more graciously to tho slstoro that he would give them a reference any time for knowing how to treat a man Just right. "That feller '11 bo lucky, gals," ho added In tremulous tones. "I hope ho'll appreciate yew as I ullors done." Then Abo went to Join Angy In the room which tho sisters had given to him thnt bitter day when tho cry of his heart had been very llko unto: "Elol, Elol, lama sabnchthanl!" After all, what was thoro of his and Angy'a hero? Their garments thoy did not need now. They would leavo thorn behind for tho other old couplo that was to como. Thoro wae nothing olse but Bomo slinplo gifts. Ho took up a pair of red wristlets that Mr. Homan hud knit, nnd tucked them In his now overcoat pocket. Ho also took Abl gull'B bottlo of "Jockoy Club" which ho had despised so a fow days ago, and tucked that In his watch pocket. When ho bought himself a watch, ho would buy a new clock for tho dining-room down stairs, too n clock with no euch asthmatic strlko ns tho present ono possessed. -All his personal belongings every ono of thorn gifts ho found room for In his pockots. Angy had even less than ho. Yet they had come practically with nothing nnd com pared with thnt nothing, what they carried now eeeined much. Angy hesi tated over tho pillow-shams. Did thoy belong to them or to tho now. couplo to come? Abo gazed nt tho shnmB too. Thoy had boon given to him und Angy last ChrlBtmas by all tho sisters. Thoy wero white muslin with whlto cambric frills, and in their centers wbb embroi dered in turkey-red cotton, "Mother." on ono pillow, "Father," on the oilier. Evory sister in tho Homo had taken at least ono etltch In tho names. Father and Mother not Angy ana Abo! Why Father and Mother? A year ago no ono could havo foreseen tho fortuno, nor havo prophesied the possession of tho room by another el derly couplo. Angy drow near to Abe. and Abo to Angy. They locked arms and stood looking at tho pillows. Ho saw, and sho saw, tho going back to tho old bed room In tho old home across tho woods and over tho field tho going back. And In sharp contrast they each re called tho first tlmo that thoy had stopped beneath that roof nearly half a century ago tho first home-coming when her mothcr-henrt nnd hla father-heart had boen filled with tho hopo of children chlldronv to bless their mnrrlago, children to completo tholr homo, children to lovo, children to feed them with lovo In return. "'Let's adopt somo lootlo folks," Bald Angy, half In a whlBpor. "I'm afeard tho old placo'U seem lonesome with out" "Might bettor adopt tho Bisters;" he spoko almost gruflly. "I allers did think young 'una would be the most comfort tow yow after thoy growed up." "A baby is drotful cunnln'," Angy persisted. "Dut," she added Badly, "I don't suposo a teethln mite would find much In common with us." "Anyway," vowed Abo, BUddenly beginning to unfasten the pillow shams, "these belong ter us, an' I'm a-goln' tor tako 'em." Thoy went down stairs Bllently, the shams wrapped In a newspaper carried under his arm. "Waal, naow," he tried to speak cheerfully as they rejoined tho others, and ho pushed his way toward the dining-room "I'll go an' git my cup an BasBor." Dut Miss Abigail blocked the door, again blushing, again confused. "That Tow -our -Beloved -Brother' cup," she said gently, her eyes not meeting the wound In his, "we 'bout concluded yew'd better leave here fer tho one what answers tho ad. Yew got so much naow, an' him" Sho did not finish. She could not Sho felt rather than saw the blazing of Abe's old eyes. Then the fire be neath his brows died out and a mist obscured his night "GalB." ho asked humbly, "would yew ruther have a new 'beloved brothor?" For a epace there was no answer. Aunt Nancy's head was bowed In her hands. Lazy Daisy was openly Bob bing. Miss Elite was twisting her fin gers nervously in and out she un wound them to clutch at Angy's arm as if to hold her. At last Mlea Abigail spoke with so unaccustomed a sharp ness that her voice seemed not her own: "Seen a foolish question aa that no body In their sound senses would ask." Abe sat down In his old place at the fireside and smiled a thousand smiles In one. He smiled and rubbed his hands before the blaze. Tho blaze it self seemed scarcely more bright and warm than the light from within which transfigured his aged face. "Gals." ho chuckled In his old fa miliar way, "I dunno how Sam'l Darby '11 tako it; but if mother's will In', I guess I won't buy back no more of the old place, 'cept'n' Jost my rockln'-chnlr with tho red roses onto it; an' all the rest o' this here plagued money I'll hand over ter tho directors, an' stay right hero an' tako my com fort." Angy bent down and whispered In his ear: "I'd ruther dew It, tew, fa ther. Anythln' else would seem like goln' a-vtBltln'. But yew don't want ter go an' blame me," she added anx iously, "ef yew git all riled up an' sick abed ag'ln." "Pshaw, mother," ho protested; ! "yew ferglt I was adopted then, naow I be adoptln. Thar's a big difference." Sho lifted her face, relieved, and smiled into the relieved and radiant faces of Abo's "children," and her own. (THE END.) YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BABIES Facts Complied by Statistician Will Come to Many as Something of a Surprise. It has been computed that about 36, 000,000 babies aro born into the world each' year. Tho rato of production Is therefore about 70 per minute, or more than one for every beat of the clock. With tho one-a-Bocond calculation overy reader is familiar, but It Is not every ono who stops to calculate what this moans when It comes to a year'B supply. It will, therefore, probably startlo a good many persons to find, on tho authority of a well-known Bta tlstlclclan, that, could tho Infants of n year bo ranged In a line In cradles, tho cradles would extend around the Klobo. Tho samo writer looks at tho mattei in a more picturesque light. Ho lmag In h the babies being curried past a given point In their mother's nrms, ono by one, and tho procession being kept up night and day until tho last hour In tho twelfth month had passed by. A sufficiently liberal rato la nl lowed, but even in going past at the rato of 20 a minute, 1,200 an hour, during tho cntlro year, ho reviewer nt his post would havo seen only tho sixth part of tho Infantile host. In othor words, tho babo that had to bo carried1 when tho tramp began would bo ablo to walk when but a mere fraction of its comrades had reached tho reviewer's post, and when tho year's supply of babies was draw ing to a eclose thero would bo a rear guard, not of Infanta, but ol romping alx-year-old boys and girls. ICE PROPERLY ST0RED-FARM SN0WH0USE , - 1 , Horse-Power Scraper for Removing Snow From an Ice Field. (Prepared by tlio United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Ico Is a very perishable commodity und, therefore, certain Important prin ciples must bo considered In the con struction of a place to store It In vcatlgatorB of tho United StnteB de partment of agriculture consider that there aro four Important things to bo considered In order to keep Ice well. These aro as follows: 1. Tho lco must havo a minimum of Burfaco exposed to the air or to the packing material. This 1b most easily accomplished by piling tho lco in tho form of a cubo. A mass of ico 12 by 12 by 12 feet exposes less sur face than the same tonnage plied In any form less nearly that of a cube or of a globe. 2. Tho keeping of good ico depends upon the completeness of its Insula' tion, whereby It is protected from ex ternal influences, such aa heat and air. 3. Drainage is important because the lack of It interferes with tho in sulation. 4. The Ico itself muBt bo packed bo as to prevent ns completely as pos sible the circulation of air through the mass. Tho more nearly tho mass of ice approaches that of a solid cube, both In shape and texture, tho easier, with good drainage and insulation, will be the koeplng problem. The keeping of Ice, then, depends upon tho shape of the mass, its insulation, its drainage and its solidity. Tho ease and rapidity with which Ico may be gathered depends upon the condition and location of tho field as well as upon tho tools used for doing tho work. If the Ice field Is covered with snow tho formation of Ice will bo re tarded, as tho enow actB as a blanket and raises the temperature, thus re tarding the Ice formation. If the Ice sheet is sufficiently thick and snow falls upon It, the snow must be re moved before harvesting can proceed; or If, on the othor band, it la desira ble to Increase the thickness of the Ice after the snow falls, the field may be flooded and the snow saturated with water, which 1b allowed to freeze, thuB adding a layer of snow lco. Flooding on small fieldB may bo accomplished In either of two ways: By "overflowing," which consists mcroly In conducting water to tho fiV.d, or by, piercing the ice field hero and there with a bar or auger, to al low the water to force Itself to the surface and gradually to saturate tho snow. Snow may be removed from small fieldB, when necessary, by means of Bhovels, but upon largo fields It will be economical to uso horse-power Bcrapers. A simple plank scraper 1b shown In the accompanying figure. A 8nowhouso for the Farm. "Snow well packed will last as long as ico," say those who have tried the oxperimont on farms whero more snow than' ico Is available in the win ter. In a properly constructed snow house the snow may be kept for a long time and used In tho summer In the place of ice. This plan, say field agents of the United States depart ment of agriculture, has already given excellent results in practice, and is especially recommended to farmers In Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland. There Is, however, no rea son why it would not be profitable to construct a snowhouso In any region whore thoro is 'a likelihood of any considerable snowfall in tho course of the yenr. In Virginia and Maryland success ful snowhouses havo beun mado from a pit sheltered by a gublo roof somo four foot above tho ground. The dirt dug from the pit Is piled around tho board sides of the houso and gradod in order to drain tho water away. Underground tho pit should not bo less than 16 feet In diameter and depth wlt'i a bottom from two to six feet smaller than tho top. This is to provent tho formation of nlr spaces around tho snow as it settles. Tho pit should be lined with planks tyo inches thick. Obviously, tho coolest plflco av tilablo should bo selected, and whenever possible, shade from sur rounding trees should bo utilized to keep off tho rays of tho sun. Proper packing of tho snow In tho house Is essential. It should bo tramped down with tho feet and tamped with n block of wood. After a fow days, when the first loads have settled, tho spaces between tho snow and walls should bo filled with moro snow piled as high as possible. Tho top should then bo covered first with sacks and finally with twojor moro feet of saw dust or straw. As fast as tho snow molts around tho sides, tho spaces thus loft should bo packed with straw In ordor to provent. nlr currentB. Caro should also bo taken to fill tho snow houso before tho snow becomes wet. In tho caso of heavy falls tho snow should bo shoveled directly Into tho wagon from any clean spot as soon aa It has settled Bufllcfrntly to pack well. Whero there 1b only a llghv fall, tho snow can bo drawn Into rowe by means of a plank drag und then hauled In wagons to tho pit Well-packed snow stored In thli way In a properly-constructed Bnow house will bo useful In tho hot wenth' er in many wayB. It will cool milk, dairy products and meat, and the housewife can use it freely for freez ing lco cream or in other ways that will add greatly to the comfort of the household. The pit should, of course, bo constructed in tho summer time and bo all ready for uso when the flrst snow comes. It la also well to remember that aa long as the outside temperature remains below 32 degrees it is advisable to leave the doors ot tho storehouse open! As Boon as the thermometer rises above freezing, however, tho doorB should bo shut Caro should also bo taken after ro moving snow to seo that the covering of Backs and straw is replaced. EXPENSE OF FILLING A SILO Distance That Corn Must Be Haulei and Efficiency of Labor and Equipment Determine Cost. (By J. KELLEY WmailT. Missouri Ex periment Station.) The cost of filling silos in Missouri varies from 23 cents a ton to fl.GC a ton, according to conditions and tho ability .of the man on the Job to turn out good work. The averago price for filling silos is CO cents a ton. In calculating the cost of sllnge, the cost of growing the corn cannot be considered, because the crop must be grown anyway, whether harvested as silage or not From tho standpoint of food nutrl 'ent8 it contains, a ton of silage la worth from $3.25 to $3.50 a ton. Whenever sllago takes the place of hay it 1b worth whatever hay sella for. Many men have sold silage in Missouri for from $8 to $10 a ton. It costs to harvest an acre of corn (40-bushel yield) from the stalk, from $1.20 to $1.60 an acre." It costs to harvest an acre of corn (40-buBhel yield) by cutting and put ting Into the shock and then shuck ing It out, $3.20. ' The Bamo aero of corn can bo har vested ns silage for $6 (40-bushel yield of corn) ten tons of silage. Cost of harvesting, $6. Ten tons ot silagp at $3.50 a ton equala $35. Tho distance that tho corn must be hauled from the field to the silo haa much to do with the cost of fill ing. Tho greater tho distance to haul, the greater number of wagons' that will bo required. The kind and efficiency of labor and equipment will also determine to a very great extent the cost of filling tho silo. BRACE POST WITH CONCRETE Trenchea Filled With Broken Stones or Brick and Strengthened With ' Cement la Good Plan. Dig the holo in the usual manner, then in the directions opposite to the pull of tho wires dig trenches ten inches wido and two feet long. Put in Borne broken stones or brick and pour cement over it, first a layer of stone, then some cement, and so on until tho trenches aro filled. Tho trenches, of course, connect with the Concrete Around Base of Post Has Two Connecting Concrete Exten sions. post holo and are filled as tho post Is being held In placo by a tomporary brace, says Popular Mechanics. After tho filling is done, n better brc.ee can not bo had, and tho unsightly cornor oraco Is not needed. Fattening Calves. Tho fattening of cnlves, ono aftor another, on dairy cows Injures tho lattor for uso later ns milkers. It 13 hotter to milk tho cowb and feed tho calves. Frequently, also, In theso conditions two calves may be fattened togethor by tho uso of a llttlo oil meal and water added for each calf, to one-half of what tho cow gives. Tho addition of tho substitute: must be mado gradually. Supplement the Pastures. Nearly overy year thoro la a sea son of short Fflcturft Everything goes back then. Feed Bomo sor ghum or sweet cow nnd it will help out wonderfully. Hef that tho stock has enough to eat even it you havo to increase the dry feud. "- . 'I". 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