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Trnn arrives at Ilamlllon Gregory's
3iomo In Llttleburjj, but finds him absent
conducting thu choir at a camp moetlnR.
firm rrpalrs thither In search of him,
laughs during the service nnrt Is naked to
leale. Abbott Aihton, raipvrlntcndcnt of
school, escorts I'nn from tho tcnC. Ho
tell lior Grecory Is a wealthy man,
deeply Interested In charity work, nnd a
pillar of tho church Aililon becomes
srrcatly Intercstul In Wan ami wlitlo tak
ing leavo of her, holds her hand nnd Is
seen bj Stipphlra Clinton, sister of Itob
crt Clinton, chairman of the school board.
CHAPTER IV. Continued.
Ho was Borry for her; at tho Hamo
(time he wos subject to tho reaction
of hlo exhausting labors an song
Jeadoi. "Then," ho said, with tired
.resignation, "If jou'Il follow mo, I'll
tako ou where jou can spend tho
might, and tomorrow, I'll try to find
iyon uork"
"Work!" Sho laughed. "Oh, thank
you!" Her accent was that of ropu
Elation. Work, Indeed 1
Ho drcv,- bscU In surprise and dls
juNmsure. "You didn't understand mo," she
Tcaumed. "What I want Is a homo. I
don't want to follow you any whoro.
ThlB Is whoro 1 want to stay."
"You cannot stay hero," ho an
swered with a slight smllo at tho pre
sumptuous request, "but I'm willing to
3ay for a room at tho hotel "
At this moment tho door was opened
"by tho young woman who, somo hours
earlier, nnd tesponded to Fran's
knocking. Footsteps upon tho porch
Jind told of Gregory's roturn.
Tho lady who was not Mrs. Orogory
-was so pleased to sco tho gentloman
who was Mr. Gregory tlioy had not
tnet sinco tho ovoning mnal that, ut
first, sho was unaware of tho black
-shadow; nnd Mr. Gregory, In splto of
Tils perplexity, forgot tho shadow also,
o cheered was ho by tho glimpse of
Ills secretary as slio r.tood In the
orlghtly lighted hall Such momonts
bt delighted recognition arc Infinitesi
mal when a third person, however
shadowy, is present; yet had tho world
Tjcon there, this exchange of glances
must havo taken place.
Fran did not understand hor very
wisdom blinded her as with too great
light Sho had neon so much of tho
world that, on finding a tr bearing
-apples, she at onco classified it as nn
-applo tree To Gregory, Grace Noir
waB but a charming and conscientious
sympathizer In his llfo-work, tho nt
mosphoro In which ho breathed freest.
Ho had not breathed freely for half a
-dozon hours no wonder ho wna glad
lo 8eo her. To Graco Nolr, Hamilton
Gregory was but a bonofnetor to man
kind, a man' of lofty Ideals whom It
raB a prlvllcgo to aid, and slnco alio
taow that hor 'very eyes gnvo him
strength, no jvohdor sho was glad to
oo him '
Could Fran hnvto read their thoughts,
"I Don't Want to Follow You Any
where. This Is Where I Want to
Stay."
hn would not havq found tho slight
est consciousness of any Bhado of ovil
Cn their sympathetic comradeship. An
ho could read only their faces, sho
disliked more than over tho tall, young,
and splendldlj formod, Hnoiotary,
"Oh!" said Graco with restraint.
dlscoorlng Fian.
"Yes," Fran said with hor olflsh
erallo, "back again."
Just without tho portal Hamilton
Grogory paused irresolutely. Ho did
CALLER WAS HARD TO PLEASE
Mrs. X Made Many Guesses as to Vis
itor's Indenity, Until a Great
Light Dawned on Her.
"Miss Jennings, madam," tho maid
announced. Tho vUltor was a sweet
taced girl, quietly but prottlly drossod
In blaclc. Sho greeted Mrs. X by name
end calmly seated herself without in
vitation, saying: "Will you" pardon
lno while I readjust my hat, tho wind
Is so very high?"
The hostess vainly tried to recall
her visitor. Hor name meant noth
ing and hor next words threw no light
on hor Identity,
"I seo you havo a dear llttlo paro
quod; Ib he tamo?" uho asked.
The hostess, still wondering, said
tho bird was quite tamo. Thou her
callor began:
"I suppoBO you havo heard of me,
Airs. X" '
"I am afraid I bavcn,V wns tho
roply, coupled with an engaging smllo
to offset any suspclon of mdoness.
"Then you haven't heard ef the
jreat movement vo aro engaged In,
i
rn
if t-
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Imi
not know what course to pursue, bo ho
ropcalfd vacantly, "I am willing to
pay "
Fran IntPrrupted flippantly: "I hnvo
all tho money I want." Then sho
passed swiftly Into tho hall, rudely
brushing past tho secretary,
Gregory could only follow. Ho spoke
to Graco In a low voice, telling all he
know of tho night wanderer. Her
nttitudo onlled for explanations, but
ho would havo given thorn anyway, In
that low, confidential murmur. Ho
did not know why It was or Rock to
knov but whonovor he Bpoko to
Gryice, It waB natural to uso a low
tone, as If modulating his touch to
Ronsltivn strings as If tho harmony
resulting from tho Intorplay of their
souls called for tho soft pedal.
"What is to bo done?" Ornco in
iulr"d Hnr nttitudo of reservo to
ward Gregory which Fran's presence
had Inspired, melted to potential help
fulness; at tho sntno tlmo her dislike
for tho girl solidified.
"What do you advlso?" Gregory
nsked IiIb secretary gently.
Graco cuat n disdainful look nt Fran.
Thrn nhc turned to her employer nnd
hor dollcloiibly curved face changed
most charmingly. "I think," sho ro
B)ondnd with a faint shako of rubuko
for Ills leniency, "that you should not
nuod my advloo In this matter." Why
should ho stnnd apparently helpless
before thlu sninll bundle of arrogant
Impudonco?
Gregory turned upcm Fran with af
fected harshness, "You must go." He
win. nnnojed that Graco should lmag
lno him weak,
Fran's faco hardoned. It becamo nn
nx of stone, sharpened at each ond,
with njes, nose and mouth In a nar
row lino of cold dofinncc. To Graco
tho ncuto wedgo Of white foruhuud,
gloaming its way to tho roots of tho
black hair, and tho sharp chin cut
ting its way down from tho tightly
drawn mouth, spoke only of cunning.
Bho regarded Fran ns a fox, brought
to bay.
Fran Bpoko with cnlm deliberation:
"I am not going away."
"I would iidvisu you," bald Giacc,
looking down at hor from under droop
ing lids, "to go at onco, for n storm Is
rising.. Do ou want to bo caught In
tho rain?"
Fran looked up at Graco, undaunt
ed. "I wnnt to speak to Mr. Greg
ory. If you are tho mnjingpr of this
houso, ho nnd I can go outdoors. 1
don't mind getting wot. 1'vo boon In
all kinds of wenthor."
Graco looked at Gregory. Hor si
lences wero effoctlvo wenpons.
"I have no secrots from this lady,"
ho said, looking Intp Grace's oyes, an
Bweilng hor sllenco. "What do jou
wunt to say to mo, child?"
Fran shrugged hor shoulders, always
looking nt Grace, while neither of the
others looked nt hnr. "Very woll,
then, of courso It doesn't matter to
mo, but I thought It might to Ir.
Grogory. Slnco ho hasn't any socrots
from ou, of courso ho has told you
that ono or nearly twonty oars ago "
It was not tho rumble of distant
thundur, but a strango exclamation
from tho man that Interrupted her; It
was some such cry aa human crea
tures may luivo uUeied boforo tho
crjHtalllzIng of recurring experiences
Into tho toiniB of speech.
Fran gavo quick, relentless blows:
"Of couibo ho luiH told jou all about
his Springfield life"
"Sllenco!" shouted Qregory, quiver
ing from bond to foot. '1 ho word was
like un imprecation, and for a tlmo It
kept hlsBlng between his locked teeth.
"And of courso," Fran continued,
tilting up her chin as It to drlvo In
tho words, "slnco you know all of his
secrots nil of thorn you havo nntu
rally boon told tho most Important
ono. And so ou know that when ho
was boarding with bin cousin In
Sprlngllold and attending tho college
there, something llko twonty years
ago "
"Leave us!" Gregory cried, waving
a lolont arm at hlu secretary, an if
to swoop her beyond tho possibility
of overhearing another word.
'"Leave jou with her?" Graco stain-'
mered, too nmnzed by his attitude to
fool offended.
"Yes, yes, yes! Go at onco!" Ho
Wo are trjlng to Interest children ond
grown peoplo, too, in Sunday school
work"
Mrs X thought Bho saw tho rny of
light, of course, tho rector must have
bent hor lsitor.
"You see," Bald the girl In dulcot
tones, "so many clergymen and moth
ers hnvo told us how lmposslblo It wns
to get tho children to como to Sunday
school, becauso they found tho Ulblo
so unlntorostlng "
As sho spoko sho lossenod hor long
coat. "Now 1 havo hero," she wont
on, "something 1 should llko to show
you," nnd aho drew from a pocket In
tho lining a largo, black volume.
At last Mrs. X understood. Hor
atnlablo caller waB a book ngenL
Giving Them a Chance.
Hen Johnson, representative from
Kentucky, Is a rpsourccful perbon.
Whllo hq was presiding over a long
and spirited congressional Investiga
tion not long ago two of tho attorneys
involved began to call each other liars
In, parliamentary languago Finally
one of them went almost to tho limit
by Baylug:
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w) JOMBEECKEMSBGE ELLIS " If my$
seemed the victim of some mysterious
terror.
Graco compressed her full lips till
they wero thinned to a whlto lino
"Do jou menu forever?"
"Oh, Grace I beg your pardon
Mlso Grace I don't menu Unit, of
touise. What could I do without ou?
Nothing, nothing, Grace you uro tho
soul of my work. Don't look nt mo so
cmolly."
"Then you Just mean," Graco said
steadily, "for mo to go away for a
llttlo while 7"
"Only half nn hour; that's all. Only
half an hour, and then como back to
mo, and I will expluln."
"You needn't go at nil, on my nc
count," observed Fran, with n twist
of hor mouth. "It's nothing to mo
whether you go or stay."
"Sho has learned n secret," Gregory
Btammored, "that vitally affects af
fects somo people somo friends of
mlno. I muBt talk to hor about
about that Booret, Just for a little
while. Half an hour, Miss Grace, that
Ib all. Thnt Is wnlly all then como
back to mo. You understand that It's
on necount of the secret that I ask
you to leavo ub. You understand that
I would noier Bond you away from mo
If I had my way, don't you, Grnco7"
"I undoi stand that jou want mo to
0 now,", Graco Nolr replied mire,
sponslvc. Sho ascended the stall way,
at each stop seeming to mount that
much the higher Into an atmosphere
of righteous romotoncBB.
No ono who separated Gregory from
hln Bccrotarj- could enjoy hW tolera
tion, but Frnn nnd struck fnr below
tho surface of likings nnd dlsllklngs
Sho had turned back tho covering ol
(oiuentlonallty to lay bnro tho quiver
ing heartstrings of lifo Itself. Thoro
was no tlmo to hesltntc. Tho stono
ax which on other occasions might bo
n laughing, olflsh faco was now held
ready for battle.
"Hadn't wo bettor go In n room
whcie wo can talk pilvaloly?" Fuui
asked. "I don't llko this hall. Thnt
woman would Just un soon listen over
i i banisters ub not. I've seen lots of
people llko her, and I understand !xr
kind "
CHAPTER V.
We Reap What Wo Sow.
If anything could havo projudlced
Hamilton Cregory against Fran's inter
ests it would havo been hor Blighting
allusion to tho ono who typified his
moat exalted idealn as "that woman."
Dut Fran wns to him nothing but an
agent bringing out of tho past n so
cret ho had preserved for almost twon
ty years. Thin strangor know of his
youthful folly, nnd she must bo pre
vented from communicating It to oth
ers It was from no sonso of nroused con
science thnt ho hastened to lead hor
to tho front room. In this crisis, some
thing other than shuddorlng recoil
from haunting deeds was Imporatlvo;
unlovoly spoctora must bo mndo to
vnnlsh.
Ho tried dcsporatoly to cover his
dread under a volco of harshness:
"What havo you to Bay to mo?"
Fran had lost tho insolent compos
uru which tin) spcrotarj had Insplrod.
isow thnt sho wns alono with Hamil
ton Gregory, It Boomed lmposslblo to
speak Sho clasped and unclasped her
hands Sho opened her mouth, but
her lips worn diy. Tho wind had
rlson, and ns it went moaning past
tho window, It boomed to npeak of tho
yearning of joars passing In tho night,
unsatistled. At Inst camo tho words,
mutlled, trtghtenod "I knqw all about
it."
"All about what, child?" Ho had
lost his harshness lib. olce wns al
most coaxing, as it entreating tho
mercy of Ignorance.
Frnn gasped, "I know nil about it
I know" Sho was torrllled by tho
thought that perhaps eho would not
bo ablo to toll him. Sho leaned heav
ily upon a tablo with hand turned
backward, whitening her fliigoi-tlps
by thu weight throw u on thorn
"About what?" ho repeated with tho
caution of ono who fears. Ho could
not doubt tho genuineness of hor emo
tion; but ho would not accept her
stutemont of Its cnuao until hu must.
"Thnt statement jou mndo was falso
and you mndo it knowingly."
Kvoiy ono looked for n fight, whllo
u poacoably Inclined congiessinan sug
gested that- tho nuittor bu stricken
from tho record.
"I suggest," said UopresentatUo
Johnson, standing up to his full holght,
which Is over six foot, "that tho com
uilttoo tako a Bhort rccosB bo thnt tho
gentlomon involved will not bo bound
by parliamentary laws In their man
nor of settling tholr differences"
Thoro wns no more calling of nnmes
during that heurlng. Washington
Star.
Dluebottre Heaven.
In tho American Mngazlno thoro
waB nn nnuslng story entitled
"Tho Honor of tho niuobottlos." Aunt
Luclnda niuobottlo of Boston ran into
u young mau, who UBcd a bad word.
Aunt Luclnda goes on:
"The young man's languago was not
refined. Ho said ho'd bo damned, and
that Is exactly what will happen to
him, I am auro, for whatever cIbo
henvon may bo, I am convinced it will
not bo ulgar."
(COPYQIGHT 1912
B0BB5-MERRILL CO.)
"Oh," cried Fran, catching n tern
pestuous breath, unevcn,iiolent, "jou
know what 1 mean that!"
The dew gllstoiied on his brow, but
ho doggedly stood on the defensive.
"You nre Indefinite," ho muttered, try
ing to appear bold
She knew he did not understand be
causo ho would not, and now sho real
ized thnt he would, If possible, deny.
Frotenso and sham nlways hardoned
her. "Then," she said slowly, "I will
bo definite I will tel'l jou tho things
It would have been better for you to
tell me. Your early homo wns in New
York, but jou had a couBln living In
Spilngfleld, whoro there wnB a very
good college. Your parents wore anx
ious to get jou away fiom tho temp
tations of a big city until you wero
of ago. So jou wero sent to live
with jour coasln and attend collego.
You weie with him thieo or four
years, nnd at last tho tlmo came for
graduation. SJiall I go on?"
He fought desperately for solf-pros-ervatlon
"What Is theio in all this?"
"You had married, in tho mean
time," Fran said coldly; "married so
cietly. That was about nineteen yours
ago Khn wns only eighteen. After
graduation jou wero to go to New
York, brenk tho news to jour fathor,
como back to Springfield for jour
wife, and acknowledge her You grad
uated; you wont to your fathor. Did
you como back?"
"My God!" groaned tho man. So
Bliu knew ovorj thing; must ho admit
it? "What Is nil this to you?" ho
buiMt fmth. "Who mid what mo -ou,
anyway and why do jou como heio
with jour story? If It were true"
"True I" said Fian bitterly "If
you've forgotton, why not go to
Springfield nnd ask the flrtt old citi
zen jou meet? Or you might writo
to some ono j-ou used to know, and
inquire. If jou piefer, ill send for
ono of jour old professors, nnd pay
his expenses. They took a good deal
of Intel est In tho young college stu
dent who married and neglected Jo
Bophino Dorry. They haven't forgot
ton It, if jou have."
"You don't know," ho gasped, "that
there's a penalty for coming to
people's houses to threaten them with
supposed facts in their lives. You
don't know that tho Jails nro ready to
punish blackmailing, for you are only
a llttlo girl and don't understand such
things. I give you warning. Although
you nro In short dresses "
"Yes," remnrked Fran dryly, "1
thought that would be an advantage
to you. It ought to mako things
easier."
"How nn advantage to mo? Easier?
What havo I to do with you?"
"I thought," Fran said coldly, "that
It would bo easier for j'ou to tako mo
Into tho houso as a llttlo girl than as
a grown woman. You'll remember I
told you I'vo como here to stay."
"To stay!" he echoed, shrinking
back. "You?"
"Yes," sho said, all tho cooler for
his attitudu of lepulslon. "I want a
homo. Yes, I'm going to stay. I want
to belong to somebody."
Ho ct led out despcratelj', "Hut'what
nra I to do? This will ruin me oh,
It's true, nil jou'vo said I don't deny
It. Dut I tell you, girl, you will mil)
me. Is nil the work of my Hfo to
bo overturned? I 3hall go mad."
"No, you won't." Fran calmly ns
sured him. "You'll do what ovoiy ono
haq to do, Boonor or later face tho
bituatlon You'ie n llttlo lato getting
to It, but it was coming all tho tlmo.
You can lot ine II vo hoio as an adopt
ed orphan, or any way you please.
Tho Important fact to mo Is that I'm
going to live hero. Uut I don l want
to mako It hard for jou, truly 1 don't."
"Don't you'" Ho spoke not loudly,
but with tiemeudous pressure of de
sire. "Then, for God's, sako, go back!
Go back to to whorover jou camo
from. I'll pay all expenses. You shall
huvo nil jou want "
"All I wunt," Fran responded. "Is a
homo, nnd that's something people
can't buj Get used to the thought of
my stnjlng here; that will make It
easy."
"Hasy!" ho ejaculated. "Then it's
jour purpose to compel mo to give
you Bholter becauso of this secret
I jou mean to ruin me. I'll not bo ablo
CAT ENJOYED THE COMEDY
But of the Four Principals Involved,
Tom Was the Only One That
Had a Laugh Coming.
This Ih the tale of a cat with a
sense ot humor
Mrs. Youngwlfo wont to un east end
butcher shop tho other day When
Bho entered, tho greeting was a high
pitched bluiek Naturally sho shrieked,
too, ond then looked to seo what tho
trouble was. Mrs. Hutchur, In charge
ot the shop In her husbnud'B absonse,
stood on a small box. Iloforo hor stood
n largo black cat, n gleam of tun In
his yellow oyes and a mouso In his
mouth.
A moment tho tableau hold. Then
tho cat w allied nwny and Mrs. Butcher
Btnrtcd fearfully behind tho counter.
Tho cat followed hor and dropped tho
mouso at hur feet. Two screams, tho
flutter of skirts, and Mrs. Butcher
again was safo on tho box, and Mrs.
Youngwlfo Bat on tho counter, hor foot
sticking straight out, hor skirts gath
ered tightly about her ankles.
Tho mouse ran a foot or two and
to account for you, und they will
question my wife will want to know,
und nnd otluys us well."
"Now, now," said Fran, with Buddcn
gentleness, "don't be ho exrited, don't
tako It so hard. Let them question.
I'll know how to keep from exposing
you. Uut I do want to belong to some
body, nnd ufter I'vo been hero n
whllo, ni(d you begin to llko me, I'll
tell jou everything. I knew tho Jo
sephine Dorry that j-ou deserted ahu
raised mo, and I know she loved jou
to the end. Didn't you ever caro for
her, not oven nt tho fltst, when you
got her to keep your- marriage secret
until jou could speak to j'our father
face to faco? You must have loved
her then. And she's tho best friend
I eor had. Slnco she died I'vo wan
dered nnd and I want a home."
The long loneliness of years found
cxprcsfeion In her eager oico nnd
pleading oyes, but he was too cn
grosMud with Ills own misfortunes to
heed her emotion. "Didn't I go back
to Spilngfleld?" ho cried out "Of
couisu I did. I made iiiquliics for
hor; thnt'B why I went back to find
out what had become of her. I'd been
gone only throe jenrs, yes, only three
je.irs, but, good heavens, how I had
Buffeted! I was bo changed that no
body know mo." Ho paused, appalled
ut thu leeolleetion. "I have always
had n terrible capacity for suffering.
1 toll you, It wns my duty to go back
to find her, nnd I went back. 1 would
havo acknowledged her as m wife. I
would havo lived with her. I'd havo
done right by her, though it had killed
mo. Can I bay more than that?"
"I am glad jou went back." said
Fran boftlj-. "Sho never know It. I
am so glad that jou did even thnt."
"Yes, I did go back," he said, nioio
flrmlj'. "Hut she was gone 1 tell
you nil this becauBo you say sho was
your best filend."
"A whllo ngo you naked me who I
nm and wh.it "
"It doesn't mnttor," he interjected
"You were her friend; that is nil I
caro to know. I went back to Spring
field, aftor three years but sho was
gone. I was told that her undo had
cast her off, and bho had disappeared.
It seems that sho'd made friends
with n class of peoplo who were not
who wero not rebpectable."
Fran's eyes shone brightly. "Oh,
they worq not," sho agreed, "they,
wdro not at all what j'ou would call
respectable. They were not relig
ious," "So I was told," ho resumed, a llttlo
uncertainly. "There was no way for
mo to find her."
"Her?" cried- Fran; "you keep on
saying 'her.' Do you mean?"
Ho hesitated. "She had chosen her
part to live with thoso people I left
"My God!" Groaned the Man.
her to lead the llfo that pleased hor.
Thnt's why I never went back to
Sptlngflold again. I'vo taken up my
llfo In in j own wnj. and loft her your
friend"
"Yes, call hor that," cried Fran,
holding up her head. "I nm proud of
that title. I glory in It. And in (his
house "
"I havo mado my offer," ho Inter-tuptett-decldedlj-.
"I'll provide for you
anywhere but in this houso."
(to nn CONTINUED)
Don't ask any man about his origin;
you can read it in lila faco
tho cat had U again, and ngnln walked
awaj Mrs Butcher steppod off tho
box, picked It up" and, currying her
ark of lofugo with her, again tried
to go bohind tho countor Again tho
cat followed, and tho play was enacted
ns before.
It wcut on thnt way for about ten
minutes, wliou tho doilvorj boy came
whlbtllng In He was hailed a3 a de
liverer .
VHuh!" ho giunted Ho seized tho
cat und east it out, the fellno Jaws
still gripping her prey. Indianapolis
News.
Canada's Oyster Induttry.
Thoro aro no oystors on tho const
ot Now Huglaud, north of Capo Cod,
but thoy aro numerous In cortaln
parts of tho Gulf of St. Lawrnnco
and ndjacont Canadian wators. Ef
forts aro being mado by tho Dominion
government to dovolop tho oyster
Industry to much larger proportions
than Its prosent comparatively small
Biro.
Tho next best thing to belief in God
Is to sympathize with peoplo
BACK YARD FMHHER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man oi
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters Care of the Garden
Raising Swcc,t Peas Hot
Weather Pointers.
By PROF. JOHN WILLARD DOLTE.
Every man with avallablo land
should mako some kind of a garden
on It. About one man In three who
could have a nice llttlo garden plot in
tho city has one. Almost everjbody
In tho suburbs has both lawn, ilowers
and n vegetnble garden.
The fascination of this delightful
pastlmo is amplj- demonstrated by tho
fact that so many peoplo make gar
dens every year and yet tho majorltj
of thoso gardens arc failures to a
greater oi less degree. They start
out beautifully, with the warm, frush
mellow earth turned over from Its
wintcr.'s rest, nnd tho llttlo delicate
seedlings following the warm rains.
Tho first crops, small things llko
radishes and lettuce, deelop fairly
well and the gardener puts In his
late crops with grpat expectations.
When the hot, dry weather of late
June and early July arrives tho plants
begin to shrink and shrivel. They
turn brown and enter into n kind of
dormant state, neither advancing nor
reti eating, worthlebs as food provid
ers and certainly unhandsome to view
This unthrifty summer condition
knocks out the most satisfactory
ciops, corn, beans, tomatoes, cucum
bers, etc The worst of it is that the
snine thing happens to the same gar
dens, year after year, nnd the best of
it Is that (l need not happen at all
If th.e gardener will use Ills head as
much as his back, and uso both of
them a good deal.
Tlie two great causes of garden
failures aro lack of proper cultivation
and lack of avallablo plant food. In a
humid climate it should never bo nec
essary to water the garden if the soil
is in proper condition to hold tho tint
ural rainfall It needs to bo plowed
deoplj-, cultivated finely, filmed down
well to mako capillaiy connection be
tveen the soil water below and the
plant roots nbove, and then the sur
face must be hoed, and hoed nnd
hoed. Never let up on the hoeing
A single weed will evaporate many
times its own weight In aluable soil
water every day If you permit the
top soil to bake or a crust to furm,
direct means is established foi tho
soil water to eapornto and It will
leave tho soil as rapidly as it would
nn open dish and possibly more rap
ldilj Do j'our best to keep jour gar
den coveied with an Inch of fine, dry
dust all tho summer through. The
roots will go deep nnd tho plants will
got all the water there Is
Next, fertility: A garden must con
tnin plant food and tho best plant
food is rotten ogotable matter. Mako
a compost heap in somo out-of-the-way
corner or in n large box. Here
throw jour stable manure, grass clip
pings, loaves, waBto vegetables, hen
manure, In fact, anything that will
rot Keep It moist and keep flies
away from it. Grass sod Ib an excel
lent foundation for a compost heap
and It Is extensively used by florists
Use plenty of the compost on your
garden, plowing It under, and be care-
iui not to put in too much straw, as,
that will dry out the soil. Tho com
post will increase tho water-holding
capacity of the soil, it will permit of
better ventilation. It furnishes plant
food of all kinds, it lightens a heavy
soil nnd stiffens a sandy one.
If jou wisli to braco up weak
plants and force them this summer,
fill a barrel half full of manuro and
cover with water The liquid result
ing is tho finest kind of quick acting
fertilizer Pour it about the plants
to be forced, and tho effect will be
immediately peicoptiblo.
Sweet Peas.
No flower Ismore generally bcloicd
than tho old fashioned Sweet Pea. It
was dear to the hearts of our great
grandmothers mid their greut-grand-mothers
as well, and for no telling
how many geneiutlons back of that.
It belongs to n largo tnmily whose
scientific name is taken from tho pe
culiar butterilj'-liko torm of the blos
soms. Tho garden varloties of green
peas, stilng, wax, nnj, polo and lima
beans and the ornnmental beans, ate
Its llrst cousins Some .of our most
nlunbto fiold crops, notably alfalfn,
red, crimson, alslko and white clover,
nro first cousins once removed, und
eery wild flow or that has the butter
llj blossom is moro or lca3 distantly
related
Really, we have immense causo to
bo thankful for many membois of tho
leguminous plants. As field crops
thej form the finest kind of hay and
pasturago, and they aro tho onlj cul
tivated plants that possess tho power
of transferring nltrogon from tho nlr
to the soil Without them It would be
prnettcallj lmposslblo to keep our soil
productive
In the flotnl field, this family is not
bo numerously piomineut as bomo
other groups, but tho Swoet I'ca
makes up for nny shortngua In num
bers by its rnro merit.
No flower will grow bettor under as
many vnrylng conditions ns thlB ono.
Light soil or henvy, fertilizer or no
feitlllzor, deep trench or shallow,
much caro or little, It will do Its very
best to bloom early and often, and It
will succeed most romarkably woll.
Did you oor know any persons who
did not llko tho porfumo of tho Sweet
1'oa? We do not, nnu we nre sorry
for thorn If there bo nny such.
In variety of tintB the most fastidi
ous can bo suited, ns thero nro 40 or
DO different shades and mixtures to
chooso from. They range from a deop
pansy purple through all shades and
mixtures of blue and red, to tho purest
vivid whlto. Tho colors nro not mere
ly surfaco colors. Thoy are deep
colors that actually live.
Tho proper way to grow sweet pean
to their greatest perfection Ib to dig
a trench a foot wide and u foot deep,
aa early as possible in the spring Fill
In six Inohos with rich, loose loam and
plant the seed three Inches Hpnrt and
onp-hnlf Inch deep nfter soak'ng thorn
In wuter As oon as the kcedllngfl
uie six Inches high fill In Lh earth
around (hem until only to Inches of
ths plant ihows Tills treatment will
insure a more extensive root duvulop
mont and' mor resistance to drdunht.
Fill In from tlmo to, tlma until tho
bottom of tho trench Is level with tho
land. Furnish n support fof thu vines,
olther woven wire, branches, or ft
fence, and they will run up several
reet.
Lie suro that you pick till of tho
blossoms a8 soon ns thoy ure perfect
und thu plants will bloom from early
summor until frost. If allowed to go
to seed the plants will promptly ceaso
blooming.
Tho Swoet Pea might well be our
national flower. May It bloom for-uver.
Garden in Hot Weather.
When hot weather visits ub the fata
of most gardens hongs In the balance
At this time, the garden needs our
caro more than nt any other and wo
feel less llko giving It tho necessary
caro. Tho weather Is hot and the air
is still, and a hammock in a shady
nook looks better to father than any
'!Man With the Hoe" tableau, especial,
ly after a hard. daj's work. Ilemcmbor
that the kind of weather that gives
you a very tired feeling, makes tho
weeds grow rank and bold and drlo3
tho garden soil until it Ib almost wa
terproof. Probably jou feel that you don't
need the exerclso noarly as much aa
you did in tho spring, and probably
you are right; at tho samo tlmo it will
do jou good if you tako It properly,
and you cannot afford to have tho
garden go to pieces Just -when a llttlo j
work will pull It through In grand
shape.
Get up half an hour earlier than
usual and do your garden work then.
Instead of waiting until tho tired even,
tide or trying to lump it all Into a
week's ond Job. A little dally work
In the cool of tho early morning will
send you to j-our regular bread and
butter Job feeling many times better
than that llttlo extra sleep would.
Gono Is thnt brown taste gone tho
dead alive feeling that the long sti
fling summer night brings.
Naturo is at her loveliest while the
dew is on and half tho fun of garden
ing Is getting close to naturo. Do your
gardening before jou are tired out and
enjoy it to the utmoet.
Wo havo previously told you what
to do for the weeds, which, like the
poor, aro always with us. Unlike tho
poor, however, they need no assist
ance, but the strongest possiblo re
sistance, because thoy are altogether
too well able to fend for themselves.
Cut off their heads, cut off their
feet, burn their middles, nnd do it be
fore they havo any offspring. Then
start In and do It all over again, be
causo they . resurrect mighty fast If
given tho sllghest opportunity.
Keep the soil surface in a dry, pul
veilzed, weedlcss condition, and never
let It harden. Pull tho weeds out of
tho rows, whero the hoe cannot reach
them, because they do moro harm
here than between tho rows.
If the garden shows lack of moist
ure, it must he furnished, and tho best
way to do this Is to Irrigate at night
This is better than sprinkling, be
cause the water soaks In deeper and
evaporation is much less at night than
in tho daytime. A thorough soaking
onco a week is plenty and tho soli
should bo cultivated the next morn
ing to hold tho water.
This, then, Is tho time when a soil
full of manuro is appreciated. II
holds moro water and does not bake,
Story Jones Tells.
Last year a distinguished Japanese
olllclnl was in tho hands of nn enter
tainment committee and was seeing
tho greatness of Now York. Tho next
thing to be seen was tho subway, and
the rush hour of tho morning was se
lected so that this observing Japaneso
could seo Now York In Its most dem
ocratic scramble. The party was
Jammed aboard a local at Times
Squaie, intending to take nn express
at Grand Central Thoy wero unnblo
to got out and proceeded to Four
teenth street. Aftor passing Twenty
third street they got beats and wore
comfortable. At Fourteenth street,
which is an express station, tho guldo
of tho party rushed them across tho
platform to an express, where thej
wero again crushed together most unt
comfortably The Japaneso offlclaj
noticed that tho local train went on ltg
way with plenty of seats unoccupied,
He sntd nothing, but when they
alighted at Brooklyn bridge ho saw)
locals pulling In ncrosB tho platform
nnd nsked the guldo to explain whv1
thoy changed in such n rush at Fourt
teentli street. "Whj-," caid the New
Yorker, "wo saved two minutes.'
"Oh!" said the Japaneso, "and pray
tell mo what wo shall 'how do with
the two minutes?"
Foods for Brood Sows.
Brood sows should havo bulky and
succulent foods Grain feeds do not
furnish thoso elemonts. Hoots, vege
tables and forngo bhould bo given In
abundance.
Value of Salt.
' Salt not only promotes digestion
nnd assimilation, thus keeping the
dairy herd In good health, but It Is q
big factor In causing tho butter to
como nt churning time
Big Price for Hen,
Tho piizo Missouri hen which laid
281 eggs In tho contest last year r
cently bold for $800.
Meaning of Ventilation.
Ventilation means fresh alr
draft. -not q
Tonic for Hogs.
Common coal Is an excellent tonlq
for hogs.
Make Moro Profit.
More alfalfa and less high priced,
feed will make moro profit.
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