DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, JDAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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The Ranch at the Wolverine
A Story of
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CHARLIE FOX ARRIVES AT THE COVE AND HELPS MARTHY
RUN THE PLACE-HE SOON DISCOVERS EVI
DENCE OF CATTLE THEFT.
Synopsis- Mnrthy and Jnso Mcllke, pioneers, linve for twenty
yesmi mndu n bare living out of their ranch at tho Cove on Wolverine
ertjek In tlio mountain range country of Iduho. Their neighbors, 'the
MaelJonalds, living scvcrnl miles awuy, have a daughter, Hilly Louise,
now about nineteen years old, whom Marthy has secretly helped to
edlicuto. At the time tho story opens Hilly Louise Is spending tho
afternoon with Marthy. A snowstorm comes up, nnd on her way home
the girl meets an Interesting stranger, who Is Invited to stay over
night irt tho MacDonnld ranch. Ward Warren and Hilly Louise be
come firm friends, .Tisc dies and Murthy buries his body without aid.
CHAPTER III Continued.
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"You saw mommle, of course.
You
came from home?"
"No, I did not. I got aa far as tho
creek and saw Who's tracks coming
dowh, so 1 just sort of trailed along,
Koolng Jt was mommlo's daughter I felt
inos! llko talking to."
"Mommle'H daughter" laughed a llt
tlo and Instinctively made a change in
tho subject
"I've got to go In and wash the
dishes," she said, stepping back from
him. "Of course nothing was done In
the cabin, and I've been doing a little
3iour;eeIanlng. .1 guess tho dishwater
is hot by this time if it hasn't all
boiled nwu.Vk"
Ward, ins a matter of course, tied his
lioroe to the feneo nnd went into tho
cabin with her, lie also asked her to
stake him to a dish towel, which sbo
did after n good deal of rummaging.
II o stood with his hat on the back of
Lis head, a cigarette between his llpa,
and wiped the dishes with much ap
parent enjoyment lie objected strong
ly to Billy Louise's assertion Uvit sho
meant to uxub tho floor, but when he
found her quite obdurate ho. changed
tita method without In tho least degree
yielding his point, though for diplomat
ic reasons ho appeared to yield.
J3o carried water from tho creek and
filled the teakettle, tho big Iron pot. and
:both palls. Then, when Hilly Louise
lind turned her bac upon him while
aim looked In a dark corner for tho
jraop, ho suddenly seized her under tho
anna and lifted her upon tho table, nnd
before sho had finished her astonished
Raspings he caught up n pall of wutcr
and sloshed it upon tlio floor under her.
Then ho grinned In his triumph.
Billy Louise gavo asquoal of conster
nation and then Bat absolutely still,
Htarlng round eyed through )tho door
way. Ward stepped back even his
composure was slightly Jarred and
twisted his lips nmuscdly.
"ncllo," ho said after a few blank
seconds. "You mlBsed some of 11, didn't
roar' Ills tono was mildly committor,
sating. "Will you como In?"
h "N-o-o, thank you. I don't believe I
I'j, will" The speaker looked in, however,
wiw Billy Louise perched upon tho ta
ble and tool; olf his hat IIo was well
plastered with dirty water that ran
down and left streakn of mud behind.
"I must have got off tho road," he said.
"I'm looking for Juson Mellko's ranch."
BJlly LouIeo tucked her feet farther
Binder her skirls nnd continued to stare
dumbly. Ward, glancing at her from
1 the comer of his eyes, stepjicd consid-
e Caught Up a Pall of Water and
SioGhed It on tho Floor.
ately between her and the stranger
that Jiiu broad shoulders Quite hid
r from the man's curious stare.
r'You'vo struck tho right place," ho
ld calmly. "This 1b It" He picked
fi another pall of water and sloshed it
bon the wet floor to rinse -oft the mud.
I'ls ata Mrs. Mcllko In?" One could
u accuso the young man of craning,
t he certainly did try to get another
repso of tho person on the tablo una
.led because of Ward. ,
('8he8 down in tho meadow," Billy
uiso murmured.
N3ua'a down In tho meadow," Ward
Seated to tho bespattered young man.
W just go down nast the stable uud
1
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Love and Adventure on
By B. M. BOWER
follow on down" ho waved a hand
vugtiely before ho took up the broom
again. "You'll And her, all right," ho
added .encouragingly.
"Oh, Ward I That must be Marlhy's
ncplvuw. What will he think?"
"Does it mutter such a deuce of a
lot what ho thinks?" Ward went on
vlth his Interrupted scrubbing.
"I'm nwfully glad he c-ame, anyway,"
Bald Hilly Louise. "I Won't have to
stay nil night now. I wns going to."
"In that case the young mau Is wel
come as a gold mine. Here they como
he nnd Mrs. Martha. You'll have to
Introduce me; I have never met tho
lady," Ward hastily returned tho mop
to its corner, rolled down his sleeve3
and picked up hla gloves. Then he
stepped outside and waited beside Billy
Louise, looking not In tho least like n
man who has Just wiped u loj of dishes
and scrubbed n floor.
Tho nephew, striding along behind
Marthy and showing head and shoul
ders above her, seemed not to resent
any little mischance, such as muddy
water flirted upon him from n broom.
IIo grinned remlnlsccntly ns ho came
up, shook hands with the two of thein
and did not let his glance dwell too
long or too often upon Billy Louise nor
too briefly upon Ward.
When Ward went to tho stable after
Bluo half an hour Inter Clmrllo Fox
went with him. Ills manner when they
wero nlono was different, not so exub
erantly cheerful more frank and prac
tical. "Honest, It floo.ed mo completely to
see what that poor old woman has been
up against down here," ho told Warren,
shilling tobucco into a silver rimmed
briar pipe whllo Ward saddled Blue.
"I don't know a douce of a lot about
this rauch game, but If that old lady
can put It across I iruesa I rain wniiiiin
along somehow. Too bad the old man
ensued in just now, but Aunt Marthn
as good as told me ho wasn'l much
force, so maybe I can play a lone hand
here as easy as I could have done with
him."
Afterward, when Wnnl tlmim),t i-
'over, he remembered gratefully that
wiui.u: fui imu ri'iruincu ironi at
tempting any discussion of Billy Loulso
or from asking any questions even re
motely personal. IIo knew enough nbont
men to nppreclnto the tactful silences
of the stranger, and when Billy Loulso
on tho way home predicted that tho
nephew wasjjoing to bo a success Ward
did not feel liko qualifying tho verdict.
CHAPTER IV.
The Mystery of tho Miecinn:
WHEN Clmrllo "ox rodo down to
the AVolverlno n month or so
later, tied his horso under tlio
shed and enme up to the cabin aa
though ho knew of no better place hi
nil the world ; when he greeted "mom
mle" as though eho were something
precious in his sight and talked with
her about the things sho was most In
terested In und actually nmdo her feel
ns If ho wero Immensely Interested al
so, Billy Louise simply could not help
admiring him nnd liking him for his
frank good nature und his kindness.
She had never boforo met a man just
llko Clmrllo For, though sho had known
many who were what Ward onco called
"parlor broke."
It was not until Charllu wijajjpfcig
that he gave Billy Loulso a hlU that
his errand was not yet necompffthed.
Hho walked down with him to where
his homo was tied and so gavo him n
bloom against tho dull brown of tho
chuico to speak what was in his luted.
"You know, I hate to mention llttlo
worries beforo vour mother." ho until.
"Those pathetic oyes of hers make mc
ashamed to bother her with a thing.
But I am worried, Miss Louise. I cnnio
over to U8k you If you've seen anything
of four calves of ours. I know you
rldo a good donl through tho hills.
They disappeared a week ago, and 1
can't find nny trnco of them. I've been
looking all through tho hills, but I can't
locate them."
Billy Loulso had not seen them, el
ther, nnd sho begged for particulars.
"I don't see how they could get away
from your cove," she said, "unless your
bars wero down."
"Tho bare wero all right. It was last
Friday, I think. J'm not sure They
were In the llttlo meadow abovo tho
house, you seo. I was away that night,
and Aunt Martha is a llttlo hard of
hearing. 8ho wouldn't hear anything
unless thoro wero considerable noise.
I caiiiQ homo tho next forenoon I was
ovor to Senbock's-and the bars wero
in place then. Aunt Martha bed not
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Idaho's Plains
been up the gorge nor had uuy one
come to the ranch while I was gone.
So you see, Miss Louise, here's n very
pretty mystery."
"You think they were driven off,
don't yon?" Billy Louise nsked n ques
tion with the words nnd made a state
ment of It with her tone, which was n
trick of hers.
Clmrllo Fox shook his head, but his
eyes did not complete tho denial. "Miss
Louise, I'd work every other theory to
death beforo I'd admit Uiat possibility.
I don't know ull of my neighbors so
very well, but I should hesitate n long,
long time "
"It needn't have been a neighbor.
There arc lots of strange men passing
through the country. Did you look for
tracks?"
"I did not. I didn't want to admit
that possibility. I decline to admit it
now." ,Tho chin of Charlie Fox squar
ed perceptibly, so that Hllllc Louise
caught a faint rcsemblanco to Mnrthy
In his face. "I saw n man accused of
n theft once," he Bald. "Tho evidence
was or seemed absolutely unassaila
ble. And afterward ho was exonerat
ed completely. It wns just a horrible
mistake. But ho left school under a
cloud, nis life was ruined by the
blunder. I'd have to know nbsolutcly
beforo I'd accuse any one of stealing
those calves, Miss Louise. I'd have to
see them in u man's corral, with his
brand on them I believe that's the
way It's done put here nnd even
then"
"Whero have you looked?" There
were reasons why this particular sub
ject was painful to Billy Louise. "And
are you sure they didn't get out of
that pasture and wander on down tlio
Cove, among ull those willows? It's a
perfect jungle away down. Are you
auro they aren't with the rest of the
cattle? I don't see how they could
leave tho Cove unless they were driv
en out."
"Yes, I thought of that strange as it
may seem." Charlie's voice was unof
fended. On tho contrary, he seemed
glad that she took so keen an interest
la his alTalrs. "It has been a week,
you know, since they flew the coop. I
did hunt every foot of that Covo twice
over. I drove every hoof of stock up
and corralcd them and inndo sure these
four wero not In tho herd. Then I
hunted through every Inch of that wil
low jungle nnd nil along tho bin ft and
the river. Miss Louise, I put in threo
days at it, from sunrise till It was too
dark to sec. Then I begun riding out
side. There isn't n trace of them any
where. I had just bought them from
Scabcck, you know. - 1 drove them
home, and because they wero tired,
and so wns I, I just left them In that
upper meadow as I came down tho
gorge. 1 hadn't branded them yet I
I know I've made an awful botch of
tho thing, Miss Louise," ho confessed,
turning toward her with uu honest dis
tress und n self-Haying humility In his
cyeu that wiped from Billy Loulso's
mind nny Incipient tendency toward
contempt. "But you see I'm green at
this ranch game. And I never dreamed
those calves weren't perfectly safe In
there Tho fence, was new and strong,
and tho bars are absolutely bars to any
stock larger than a rabbit
"I hate to bother yon with this, and
I don't want yon to think I have come
whining for sympnthy," he said after
n minute of moody silence. "But, see
ing they wero not branded yet with
our brand I thought perhnps you had
run across them und paid no attention,
thinking they belonged to Seabeck."
Billy Loulso smiled a llttlo to herself.
If he had not been quite so "green at
tho ranch game" he would have men
tioned brands at first ns tho most im
portant polut instead of tacking on tho
Information casually after ten minutes
of other less vital details.
"Wero thoy vented?" she asked, sup
pressing tho smllo so that It was mere
ly a twitch of tho lips -which might
mean anything.
"I yes, I think they were. Thnt's
what you call it when the former own
er puts his brand In a different place
to show thut his ownership has ceased,
Isn't It? Seabeck puts his brand up
sldo down"
"I know Senbeck's vent," Billy Loulso
cut In. Thero wns no need of lotting
such n flno fellow dlspluy raoro ig
noranco on tho subject. "And I should
httvo noticed it if I had seen four
calves vented fresh nnd not rebrnnded.
Why in the world didn't you stick your
brand on at the same time?" Billy
Louise was losing patience with his
greenness.
"I didn't have my branding iron with
me," Charlie answered humbly. "I
have done that befor,. when I bought
those other cows and nlvcs. I"
"You'd better pncl. your Iron next
tlmo," Bho retorted. "If you cnu't get
a llttlo bunch of calves ten miles with
out losing them"
"But you must understand I did. I
tool; them homo and turned them into
tho Cove. I know I'm an nwful chump
at this."
"Tho calves may not bo absolutely
lost, you know. "Why, I lost a big
steor lust spring nnd never fouud him
(ill I wns going to sell n few head.
Then ho turned up, the biggest nnd fat
test ouelu tlio bunch. You enn't tell.
'They get themselves In queer places
sometimes. I'll come over tomorrow
.'.? I cuu and take & IqoIi ct that pasture
7 I
and all around, And I'll keep a good
lookout for the calves."
Many men would haro objected to
the unconscious patronago of her tone.
That Charlie Fox did not, but accept
ed the spirit of helpfulness In her
words, lifted him out of the smnll nn
hired class.
"It's nwfully good of you," he said.
"You know n lot more nhout tho bovine
nature than I do, for nil I put In every
spare minute studying the Btibject I'm
tuklng four different stock journals
now, Miss Louise. I'll bet 1 know n lot
more about tho different strains of va
rious breeds than you do, Miss Cattle
Queen. But I'm beginning to seo thut
we only know what wo lenrn by ex
perience. I've n now book on the sub
ject of heredity of the cattle. I'm go
ing home and seo if Seabeck hasn't
stumbled upon a strain that can be
traced back to your uatlvo mountain
sheep."
Billy Louise laughed and Bald good
by and stood leaning over the gate
watching htm as he zigzagged up the
hill, stopping his horse often to breathe.
She began to wonder, then, nhout those
calves. Vented nnd not rebrnnded,
they would be easy game for any man
who first got his own brand on them.
Sho meant to get a description of them
when Bho saw Charlie again it was
like bin innocence to forget the most
essential details and she meant to
keep her eyes open. If Charlie were
right about the calves not being nny-
"If You'll Let Down the Bars, Mr. Fox,
I'll Hit the Trail."
where in the cove, then they had been
driven out of It, stolen. Billy Louise
turned dejectedly away from tho fence
and went down to n shady nook by the
creek, where sho had always liked to
do her worrying and hard thinking.
The next day sho rode early to the
Covo and learned some things from
Marthy which sho had not gleaned
from Charlie. Sho learned that two of
tho calves were a deep red except for a
wide, white strip on the nose of one
nnd white hind feet on the other; that
another was spotted on the hindquar
ters and that the fourth was white,
with large, red blotches. She had
known cnttle all her life. Sho would
know these if she daw them anywhere.
Sho also discovered for herself that
thoy could not have broken out of thnt
pasture and that the river bank was
Impassable bocause of high, thick bush
es and miry mud In tho open spnees.
Sho had u light with Blue over these
lutter places and demoustrated beyond
doubt that tliey were miry by getting
him in to the knees iu spite of his vio
lent objections. Tliey left deep trucks
behind them 'when they got out. The
calves had not gone investigating the
bank, for there was not a trace any
where, and the bluff was absolutely
unscalable. Billy Loulso herself would
havo felt doubtful of climbing out that
way. Tho gray rim rock stood straight
and high at tho top, with never n crev
ice, so far as she could see, and the
gorge wa3 barred so that it -was im
possible to go that way without lifting
heavy poles out of deep sockets and
sliding them to ono side.
"I've got nn Idea nhout a gate here,"
Charlie confided suddenly. "There
won't bo any more mysteries liko this.
I'm going to fix a swinging gate In
placo of these bars, Miss Louise. I
shall havo it swing uphill llko this,
and I'll have a weight arranged so that
It -will always close Itself if ono is care
less enough to rldo on and leave it
open. I have it all worked out In my
alleged brain. I shull do It right away
too. Aunt Mnrthy is rather nervous
about this gorge now. Every evening
sho walks up hero herself to make sure
the bars are closed."
"You may us well make up your
mind to it," said Billy Louise irrele
vantly' in a tone of absoluto certainty.
"Those calves wero driven out of the
gorge. That menus stolen. You needu't
ncciiBo any one lu particular. I don't
suppose yon could. But thoy were
stolen."
Charlie frowned and glanced up spec
ulatively at tho bluff's rim.
"Oh, your mountahi sheep theory Is
no good," Billy Loulso giggled. "I
doubt if a lizard even would try to
leavo the Cove over the blufT," which
certainly was n sweeping statement
when you consider a lizard's habits.
"A mountain sheep couldn't anyway."
"They're hummers to climb "
"But calves are not, Mr. Fox. Not
llko that You know yourself they wero
stolen. Why not admit it?"
"Would that do any good bring
them back?" he countered, looking up
at hor.
"N-o, but I do hate to eee a person
dollbcrately shut his eyes In front of a
fact Wo may as well admit to our
flolyoa that there is n rustier in the
i-.mii Svr ESkv Ur Jfijfi ''"SaBcM
m ai2aw!i ft
country. Then wo can look out for
him." '
Charlie's eyes had tho troubled look.
"I hate to think thnt. Aunt Martha
Insists that Is what wo are up against,
but"
"Well, she knows inoro about It than
you do, believe mc. If you'll let down
tho bars, Mr. Fox, 111 hit tho trail,
and If I find out anything I'll let you
know at once."
When she rode over the bleak up
land she caught herself wishing that
she might talk the thing over with
Ward, no would know just what
ought to bo done. But winter wns com
ing, nnd she wonld drive her stock
down into the fields sho bad ready.
They would be safo there surely. Still,
she wished Ward would come. Sho
wanted to tnlk It over with n man who
understood nnd who knew more about
such things than she did.
The fate of the four heifer calves be
came permanently wrapped In the
blank fog of mystery. Billy Louise
watched for them when Bhe rode out In
tho hills and spent a good deal of time
heretofore given over to dreaming in
trying to solve tlio riddle of their dls
i ppearancc. Charlie Fox insisted upon
keeping to the theory thut they had
merely Btrayed. Mnrthy grumbled
sometimes over the loss, and Ward
well, Ward did not put In an appear
anco ngnln that fall or winter and sc
did not hear of the incident
CHAPTER V.
Tho Little Davlls of Doubt.
THE spring had come, and Wolver
Ine canyon, with the sun shining
down aslant into its depths, was
a picturesque gash in the hills, wild
enough in all conscience, but to the
normal person not in the least degree
gloomy. The jutting crags were sun
lit nnd warm. The cherry thickets
whispered In a light breeze and shel
tered birds thnt sang In perfect con
tent. Not a gloomy place surely when
the peace of a sunny morning laid its
spell upon the land.
Billy Louise, however, did not re
spond to the canyon's enticements. She
brooded over her own discouragements
and the tantalizing little puzzles which
somehow would not lend themselves to
nny convincing solution. Sho was In
that condition of nervous depression
whero she saw her finest cows dead by
bloat in tho alfalfa meadows and how
would she pay that machinery note
then? She saw John Prlnglo calling
unexpectedly and insistently for hla
"time," nnd where would she find an
other man whom she could trust ont
of her sight? John Pringle was slow,
and he was stupid and growled at poor
Phoebe till Billy Loulso wanted to
shako him, but he wbb "steady," and
thnt one virtue covers, many a man's
faults and keeps him drawing wages
regularly. '
Her mother had been more nnd moro
Inclined to worry as the hot weather
came on. Lately her anxiety over
smnll things had rather got upon the
nerves of Billy Louise. She felt ill
tased and downhearted and as If noth
ing mattered much anyway. She pass
ed her cave with a mere glance nnd
scowl for the memories of golden days
In her lonel childhood that clung
around it
She was In this particularly dissatis
fied mood when sho rode out of tha
canyon nt Its upper end, where the
hills folded softly down into grassy
yallcys where her cattle loved best to
graze. Since the grass had started in
the spring sho had kept her llttlo herd
up hero among the lower hills, and by
riding along tho higher ridges every
day or so and turning back a wander
ing animal now and then she had held
them in a comparatively small area,
where they would bo easily gathered in
the fall A few head of Seabeck's stock
had wandered In among hers and soma
of Mnrthy's. And there was n big roan
steer that bore tho brand of Johnson,
over on Snake river. Billy Loulso
knew them all, as a housewife knows
her flock of chickens, and if she missed
seeing certain leaders In tho scattered
groups Blie rodo until Bhe found them.
Two old cows and one big red steer
that seemed always to have a follow
ing wore bells that tinkled pleasant
little sounds in the alder thickets along
the creek as she passed by.
Sho rode up the long ridge which
gavo her a wide view of the surround
ing hills and stopped Blue, while sho
stared moodily at the familiar, shadow
splotched expanse of high piled ridges,
with deep, green valleys and deeper
hued canyons between. Sho loved
tliem, every one. But today they fail
ed to steep her senses in that deep con
tent with life which only the great out
doors can give to one who has learned
how satisfying is tho druft and how
soothing.
Billy Louise becomes very
tnuch discouraged over the state
of family financeo. She hears
and seen things that make her
doubt Ward.
(TO 1)E CONTINUKD.)
Crepes and Pongees.
Crepe de chine, In spite of Its name,
does not come from China bnt from
Japan, Italy nnd France. There are no
factories for making silk piece goods
In China, all the weaving being dono
by hand. With the exception of pon
gees, the products of the Chinese looms
are not popular abroad, except In
Oriental countries, being too heavy,
although tho patterns nro wonderfully"
beautiful and the colors exceedingly
rich.
The pongees nro woven in the homes
of the peasants, nnd as they come from
many looms no two pieces are ever ex
netly alike In weight, fineness, color
und texture. Tho Shantung come from
tho Llutang district, ajul tfi6 Nuushui
from tba NIkuuI distil,
m
ffomdown :
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SHOULD RELY ON ARCHlfECT
Common Sense Owner Will Make No
Suggestions Within Province of
Expert, It Is Asserted.
Architects face several hard prob
lems In the construction of u house for
n new owner. The latter believes thut
slnco the moqcy which pays for tlio
House Is his he must be given tho lib
erty to declare what builder Is to get
tho Job after ull bids tire lu. The
owner forgets that tho architect kuowM
more about building' than he; that he
is nn expert In that lino and for that
reason the owner has Id red him. The
common sense owner makes no sug
gestions within the province of the
architect, but relics on his judgment.
Should the owner be allowed his own
way, he would oftentimes get Into hot
wutcr, snya an exchange.
Naturally the owner in awarding the
contract would select the lowest bid
dor because he Is tho lowest bidder.
The lowest bidder may not be of suf
ficient financial means to meet obliga
tions lu case ho Is given the contract,
nnd mechanics' liens tie up the con
struction of the house, making the
owner the loser and not the builder.
The architect, who probably knows
the builder Is not the proper man to
build the house, advises against him.
In this way the architect protects his
client because he, by reason of his
work, is able to dlscrminate between
the unscrupulous and the scrupulous
builders, Und the financially-fitted and
the builder with weak finances.
AMERICA IS MAKING TILES
Decorations In Spanish, Moorish and
Other Designs of Past Centuries
Add to Beauty of Homes.
In tliis country the making of tiles
hns been taken up with enthusiasm by
potters. The styles vary greatly In
color and texture, showing Spanlslu
Moorish, German, old English and oth
er designs. The interesting way in
which they may be nscd to decorate a
modern facade Is shown In a house
on Nineteenth street, New York city.
The tiles are set oft with especial re
finement nnd brilliancy by the rough
cement background.
The largo panel over the door is of
a pleasing, medium bluo color, nnd the
decoration Is of a peacock, the whole
panel being In four parts.' These wortr
taken from the Basilica of St. Apollln--arls
nt Ravenna. Around It Is a border
of tiling and cement nnd the smnH
tiles which ornament the ground show
two swastika forms.
Ono of these is copied from u tlio
at Tyro, the other copied from one ex
cavated at Persepolls. This doorway
is further enhanced by larg gardes
pots, ono on either sido. These are
made of the same materials, u gray,
negative concrete, with tiles of his
toric design In dull greens nnd blues
and browns Imbedded In the material
of the vase. Q'he tulip design on one
of these vases Is eighteenth century
German.
Mistakes In Drainage.
It has been learned by experience
as well ns by experimental Investiga
tion that the Influence of a tile drain
In removing water from soil of uni
form character Is Increased by low
ering the drain. A drain laid at a con
siderable depth along ono side of a
road is better than two drains at less
depth, one on each side of the road,
provided the soil Is of a uniform
character. Unfortunately, this quali
fying provision In the general state
ment Is often forgotten, and u single
line of tile Is laid along one sldo of
a road where the conditions arc such
that It cannot possibly perform the d(v
slred work. In n subsoil which changes
from sand to n compact, fairly Imper
vious clay nt six feet, It would bo un
wise to Install drains deeper than six
feet, for otherwise thoy would be In
material yielding very little water, nnd
might even prove less effective than
drains laid at the- level of the clay
surface.
Errors In Finish.
Prospective builders should plan U
make their dwelling not a mere house,
but n home. Indifferent looking trim
should be avoided. Color In wood
work, whether stained, enameled or
painted, is the keynote of taste Is
homelike rooms. Daintiness, warmth
of tone nnd artistic effect are totally
dependent upon the kind of wood on
which the desired color scheme is car
ried out
Greenwich Village.
For tho benefit of ont-of-towu tour
ists, I may explain that Greenwich
villngc Is situated nt the crossroads
of Fourth and Tenth streets. It Is
Inhabited by Bohemians who are try
ing to live ns though they were In u
Russian novel. Their diet consists of
truffles and their chief Industry Is
running playhouses too small to hold
any audience. E. E. Slosson in the
New York Independent
Order In tho Garden.
All strong dr striking fentures In
garden should bo nt some distance
from the residence and from ;ach oth
er, so that ench shall bo a center of
interest for that particular part of th
garden. Never have a clutter of such
things, cither about the houso or cl&
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