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SYNOPSIS.
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Lo Comto do Sabron, captnln ot French
cavalry, talos to Ills iptnrterH to rule by
Lund a tnotherloBH Irliili terrier pup, ntnl
nnmca It I'ltchnune. Me dines with the
Mnrniilso d'EscllKtmc and meets MIbs Ju
lia Redmond, Amorlonn hclretts. He Is or
dered to Allern but la not allowed lo
tako BervnntB or docs. Miss ltodmond
takes enre of Pltchoune, who, IohkIok for
his master, runs away from her. Tt.c
marquliio plans to marry Julia to the Due
do Tremont. I'ltehouno follows Snbron lo
Algiers, doff and master meet, and B.ibron
Rets permission to keep his dos with hint.
Tho Duo do Tromont llnds tho American
heiress capricious. Habron, wounded In
nn cnKaKCinent. falls Into tho dry bed .r
u river and Is watched over by Pltchouri'.
After a horrlblo nlKht and day I'ltchouno
loaves him. Tremont takes Julia and th
marquise to Algiers In his yacht but has
doubts about Julia's Ued Cross mission.
After ions search Julia Kctu trace of Sa
bron's whereabouts.
CHAPTER XVIII Continued.
From wliero lio stood, Tremont
could sec tho Comtosso do la Maine
In her little shadow, the oriental
decorations n background to her
slight Parisian figure, and a little out
of tho shadow, tho bright nlgret hi
her hair danced, shaking Its sparklefl
of fire. She looked infinitely sad and
infinitely appealing. One bare arm
was along tho back of her lounge. Sho
leaned her head upon her hand.
After a few moments tho Due dc
Tromont quietly left tho piano and
Miss Redmond, and went and sat
down bosldo tho Comtesso de la
Maine, Who, in order to mako a place
for him, movod out ot the chadow.
Julia, ono after another, played
songs sho loved, keoplug her fingers
rcsolutoly from tho notes fliat wanted
to run into a single song, tho iiiubIc,
tho song that linked her to tho mnn
whoso llfo had bocomo a mystery.
Sho glanced at tho Due do Tremont
and tho Comtosso do lu Maine. Sho
glanced at her aunt, patting Miml,
who, freshly wushod, adorned by pale
bluo ribbon, looked disdainful and
princely, and with passion and feeling
sho bogan to sing tho song that
seeraod to reach beyond tho tawdry
room of the villa in Alglors, and to go
into tho desert, trying In sweet In
tensity to speak and to comfort, and
as she Bat so singing to ono man,
Sabron would have adored nddlng
that plcturo to his collection.
The sorvant camo up to the mar
qulso and gave her a message. Tho
lady rose, beckoned Tromont to fol
low her, and wont out on tho veranda,
followed by Miml. Julia stopped play
ing and went over to tho Comtesso do
la Malno.
"Where have my nunt and Monsieur
do Tremont gono, Madamo?"
"To see Bomcono who has como to
suggest a camel excursion, I bellevo."
"Ho choosos a curious hour."
"Everything is curious in tho East,
Madoinolsollo," returned tho com
tosse. "I feol as though my own llfo
woro turned upsldo down."
"Wo aro not far enough in tho East
for that," smiled Julia Redmond. Sho
regarded tho comtosso with her frank
girlish scrutiny. There was in It a
fine truthfulness nnd utter disregard
of nil tho barrlors that long opoch3 of
otlquctto put between souls.
Julia Redmond know nothing ot
French society and of tho doforenco
duo to tho arts of tho old world. Sim
know, perhaps, vory llttlo of anything.
Sho was young and unschooled. She
know, as somo womon know, how to
fool, and how to bo, nnd how to lovo.
Sho was ns honest as her ancestors,
among whoso traditions is tho story
that ono of them could never toll a
He.
Julia Redmond sat bcsldo the Com
tesso do la Malno, whoso elegance Bho
admired enormously, and taking ono
ot the lady's hands, with a frank lik
ing she asked in her rich young volco:
"Why do you tolorato mo, Mndumo?"
"Ma chero enfant," exclaimed tho
comtosso. "Why, you aro adorablo."
"It 1h terribly good ot you to say
bo," murmured Julia Redmond. "It
shows how gonorous you nro."
"But you attribute qualities to me
I do not deservo, Madomolsolle."
"You deservo thorn and much more,
Madamo. I loved you tho first day I
bow you; no ono could help loving
you."
Julia Redmond was irresistible Tho
Comtesse do la Malno had remarked
her caprices, her moods, her sadncHs.
Sho had seen that tho good spirits
wore falso and, ns koon womon do,
Bho had attributed it to a lovo affair
with tho Due do Tromont. Tho Rlrl'H
frankness was contagious. Tho Com
tesso do la Mntno murmured:
"I think tho sumo of you, ma chero,
vous ctes charmanto."
Julia Redmond shook hor head. Sho
did not want complimonts. Tho oyoa
of tho two women mot and read onch
other.
"Couldn't you bo frank with me,
Madamo? It is so oasy to bo frank."
It was, indeed, imposslblo for Julia
Redmond to bo anything olso. Tho
comtosBo, who was only n trlflo older
than tho young girl, felt llko hor
mother just then. Sho laughed.
"Hut bo frank about what?"
"You boo," said Julia Redmond
Hwlftly, "I enro absolutely nothing for
the Duo do Tromont, nothing."
''You don't lovo him?" returned Ma
RAYWLTERS
damo do la Malno, with deep accentu
ation. "Is It possible?"
Tho girl smiled.
"Yea, quite- possible. I think he Is
a perfect dear. He Is a splendid
friend nnd I nm devoted to him, but
I don't lovo him nt all, not at all."
"Ah!" breathed Mmlnmo do la
Maine, nnd she looked at tho Ameri
can girl guardedly.
For a moment It was like n passage
of arms between a franlc young In
dian chief and a Jesuit. Julia, as U
were, shook her feathers and her
beads.
"And I don't enro In the least about
being a duchess! My father made
his money In oil. I am not nn aristo
crat llko my aunt," sho said.
"Then," said the Comtesse de In
Maine, forgetting that she was a
Jesuit, "you will marry Robert do
Tremont simply to please your aunt?"
"Dut nothing on earth would In
duco mo to marry him!" cried Julia
Redmond. "That's what I'm tolling
you, Madamo. I don't love him!"
The Comtesse de la Mnlno looked
at her companion nnd bit her lip.
She blushed more warmly than Is per
mitted In tho Faubourg St.-Germaln,
but sho wns young nnd tho western
influence Is pernicious.
"I saw at onco that you loved him,"
snld Julia Redmond frankly. "That'H
why I speak as I do."
Tho Comtesse de la Maine drew
back and exclaimed.
"Oh," said Julia Redmond, "don't
dony It. I shnn't llko you half so well
If you do. Thoro is no shame In be
ing in lovo, Is there? especially when
tho man you love, loves you."
Tho Comtesso do la Maine broke
down, or, rather, sho rose high. Sho
roso abovo all tho smallness ot con
vention and the rules of her French
formal education.
"You nro wonderful," she said,
laughing softly, her eyes full of tears.
"Will you toll mo what makes you
think that ho Is fond of mo?"
"Hut you know It so well," said
Julia. "Hasn't ho cared for you for
a long time?"
Madamo do la Maine wondered Just
how much Julia Redmond had heard,
and as thoro was no way of finding
out, sho said graciously:
"Ho has seemed to lovo me very
dearly for many years; but I am
poor; I 'have a child. Ho is am
bitious and ho is tho Due do Tro
mont." "Nonsense," said Julia. "He loves
you. That's nil that counts. You
will bo awfully happy. You will
marry tho Due do Tremont, won't
you? Thoro's a dear."
"Happy," murmured tho other wom
an, "huppy, my dear friend, I never
dreamed of such a thing!"
"Dream of it now," said Julia Red
mond swiftly, "for it will como true."
CHAPTER XIX.
The Man in Rags.
Tho Marquise d'Escllgnac, under tho
stars, interviewed tho native soldier,
tho beggar, tho man in rags, nt tho
foot of tho veranda. There was a moon
as well as stars, and tho man was dis
tinctly visible in nil his squalor.
"What on earth is ho talking about,
Robert?"
"About Sabron, marralne," said her
godson laconically.
Tho Marquise d'Escllgnac raised hor
lorgnon and said:
"Speak, man! What do you know
nbout Monslour de Sabron? See, ho Is
covered with dirt has loprosy, proba
bly." Rut sho did not withdraw. Sho
was a great lady nnd stood her ground
Sho did not know what tho wprd
"squeamish meant.
Listening to tho man's jargon and
putting many things together, Tremont
nt last turned to tho Marquise d'Es
cllgnac who was Bternly fixing the beg
gar with her haughty condescension:
"Marralno, he Bays that Sabron Is
alive, in tho hands ot natives In a cur
tnln district where thoro is no travol,
lu tho honrt of the seditious tribes. Ho
says that he has friends In a caravan
ot merchants who once a year pass
tho spot whore thlt native village is."
"Tho man's a lunatic," said tho Mar
qulso d'Kscllgnnc calmly. "Get Ablme
lec and put him out ot tho garden,
Robert. You must not let Julia hear
of this."
"Mnrrnlno." said Tremont quietly,
"Mndnmolsellf Redmond has already
seen this man. Ho has come to boo
hor tonight."
"How perfectly horrlblo!" said the
Marquiso d'Escllgnac. Then sho asked
rather wcnkly of Tremont: "Don't you
think so?"
"Well, I think," Bald Tromont. "that
tho only Interesting thing la the truth
thoro mny bo In what this man says.
If Sabron Ib a centlve, and ho knows
anything nbout It, we must use his in
formation for all it Is worth."
"Of courso," said the Marquise d'Es
cllgnac, "of course. Tho war depart
nient must bo informed at onco. Why
hasn't ho gono thero?"
"Ho has explained," said Tromont,
"that tho only way Sabron can bo
saved la that ho shall be found by out
Bldors, Ouo hint to his captors would
end htB llfo."
On!" eatd tho Mnrqulbt rTF-clln
"I don't know what to do. Hob' Vhal
part can wo tnko In this?"
Tremont pulled his mustache. Miml
had circled round the beggar, snudln?
nt his sllppuri and robe. Tho man
made no objection to the little crea
ture, to the Huffy ball surrounded by a
huge bow, and Miml sat peacefully
down in tho moonlight, at tho beggar'
feet.
"Miml scorns to like him." said th
Marquise d'Escllgnac helplessly, "she
Is very particular."
"She finds that ho has a scrlouB and
convincing mnnner," Bnld Tremont.
Now the man. who had been u silent
listener to the conversation, said In
fairly cornprohenslblo English to the
Murqulse d'Escllgnac:
"If the beautiful grandmother could
have Been the Cnpltalnc de Sabron on
the night beforo the battle"
"Grandmother, Indeed!" exclnlmed
the marquise Indignantly. "Como,
Miml! Robert, finish with this creature
and get what satisfaction you can from
him. 1 bellevo him to be an impostor;
at any rate, he docs not expect me to
mount n camel or to lead a caravan to
the rescue."
Tremont put Miml In her arms; she
folded her lorgnon and sailed majestic-
"Nonsense," Said Julia.
ally away, like a highly decorated pin-
naco with silk sails, and Tremont, in
tho moonlight, continued to talk with
tho sincere and convincing Hammer
Abou.
CHAPTER XX.
Julia Decides.
Now the young glri had Mb letters
and her own to read. They were
sweet and sad companions and she
laid them sido by side. She did not
weep, because she was not of the
weeping type; she had hope.
Her spirits remained singularly
even. Madame do la Muino had given
hor n grent deal to live on.
"Julia, what have you done to Rob
ert?"
"Nothing, ma tante."
"Ho has quite changed. This excur
sion to Africa has entirely altered him.
Ho is naturally so gay," said the Mar
quise d'Escllgnac. "Have you refused
him, Julia?"
"Ma tante, ho has not asked me to
bo tho Duchess do Tromont."
Her aunt's voice was earnest.
"Julia, do you wish to spoil your life
and your chances of happiness? Dc
you wish to mourn for n dead soldiei
who has never been moro than an ac
quaintance? I won't even sny a friend.''
What she said sounded logical.
"Ma tante, 1 do not think of Mon
sieur do Sabron ns dead, you know."
"Well, In the event that he may bo
my dear Julia."
"Sometimes," said the girl, drawing
near to her aunt and taking tho older
lady's hand quietly nnd looking in her
eyc3, "sometimes, ma tante, you are
cruel."
The marquise kissed her and sighed:
"Robert's mother will be so un
happy!"
"But sho has never seen me, ma
tante."
"Sho trusts my taste, Julia."
"Thero should bo moro than 'taste'
in a mutter ot husband and wife, ma
tante."
(to nr. continuud.)
Suspicious.
Georgo W. Perkins said at a dinner:
"Thero are somo people who Insist
on seeing an octopus In every trust.
Theso people cross-question you as
suspiciously as tho young wife cross
questioned her husband after the ban
quet.. "A young husband attended his first
bnnquet, and a few dnyn afterward his
wlfo said to him:
"Howard, Is it truo that you woro
tho only sober man nt that bnnquet?"
"No, of courso not!' Hownrd indig.
nantly answered.
"'Who wns, then?' said his wife.
Stoned Jail; la Jailed.
jn nn onori to extricate ner son
Chester from jail by forco, Mrs. Alice
Rollins ot Tnppan, Rocklnnd county,
Now York, was locked up herself and
sontenced to 30 dnys' Imprisonment
In that village
When tho Jailer refused to llborate
her boh, Mrs. Rollins gathered rock
and other ammunition nnd opened tiro
Slso gnvo a correct Imitation ot tho
bo:ubardmont of Dlxmudo and re
di cod tho glass in the Jail windows to
fragments beforo Bho was arrested
Tho son was committed to tho house
of refugo for burplary.
TAME HENS LAY MOST EGGS
Poultry Keeper Must Be en Good
Terms With Members of His Flock
Make Friends With Chicks.
When a man says his hens don't
lay or pay, or both, a llttlo observa
tion will usually disclose tho fact that
his hens aro too shy and nervous to
stay on tho nest long enough to lay
an egg. Have you over watched the
successful poultry keeper, the ono who
is making poultry keeping pay, how
his fowls run after him whenever ho
has occasion to enter tho poultry
yard? Tho best results cannot be ob
tained from hens that are wild and
shy. Tho poultry keeper must bo on
good terms with his hens or his hons
won't lay as they should. A hen that
is so wild that she will fly off the nest
or roost whonovor anyono enters tho
poultry house cannot be a good layer.
Sho Is in a continual nervous Btato for
fear someone will como within sight
of her and hasn't time to think of
laying eggs.
Hut there is another disadvantage
beside the one that directly affects
your pocketbook In having "wild"
fowls. It isn't conducive to good
temper to have your fowls start cack
ling and crowing every time you hap
pen to get near them, nor is it very
convenient when you have to chase a
long-logged cockerel all over tho
place every time wife wants a chicken
for dinner. Viewed from any angle
the tame hen Is by far the more de
sirable. It Isn't hard to tamo chick
ens. On tho contrary, It is tho easiest
thing imaginable. It is simply a mat
ter ot being friendly whonovor you
are around the fowls, instead of throw
ing stones at them every time they
get near you. Rut tho fowlB are by
far the easiest to tamo when young.
Start making friends with your chicks
this summer and your next hens will
be tames ones.
RHODE ISLAND RED IS IDEAL
Hens Are Extra Good Mothers, Pro
tecting Young as Few Fowls Do
Eggs Are in Demand.
J consider the Rhode Island Red as
trie farmor'B Ideal fowl, says a writer
In Agriculturist. Its heavy covering
of feathers helps to keep it warm so
its food can be utilized more favor
ably for egg production. Its plump
yellow body is ns free as that of n
white fowl from disfiguring dark pin
feathers, always a disadvantage in
Single-Comb Rhode Island Red Cock
erel.
marketing. The heuB aro extra good
mothers, protecting their young as but
few fowls do. The chickens grow fast
and get to laying as soon as any other
of the American breeds. They lay
beautiful large brown eggs.
I have shipped eggs to a small city
for tho past two years and tho gro
eery man says they sell better than
any eggs ho handles. I have raised
poultry for 25 years and havo kept
Leghorns, Brahma, Cochin, White
Wyandotte, White Plymouth Rock
fowls and crosses ot these breeds and
most of the time havo had the Barred
Plymouth Rock. It has always been
a stand-by and still Is a favorite.
From my two pens of two-year-old
Barred Plymouth Rock fowls during
tho past winter, I had an average
of half as many eggs as hens, but the
Rhode Island Red fowls did better than
that.
Assist tho Little Chicks.
This hot weather, If tho chlcki
hatching in tho incubator aro among
the last coming out and have already
pipped and partly broken tho shell
nbout their head, you had better holp
them farther out at this point, as a
chick dies quickly at this stago ot
hatching. To shut up tho incubator
and leavo it another hour may mean a
chick that is lifeless and past coming
out next time you look.
Success and Failure.
Some people fall with chickens be
causo they nro easily dlscouragod.
Others succeed for tho simplo reason
that thoy koep hard at work, cleaning
up, flghtlug vormln. matching ns much
as possible. Ono must be porsevorlng
to succeed with poultry.
HOMEMADE LIME-SULPHUR CONCENTRATE
Preparation of
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho UBe of homemade lime-sulphur
concentrate has been greatly encour
aged tho past few years by scientific
investigations and experiments. A se
ries of experiments carried on in Vir
ginia, Maryland and Michigan were
made at lime-sulphur plants oporatcd
by orchardlsts or individuals who sup
plied tho concentrate to orchardlsts
In tho immediate territory. Tho re
sults are published lu the United
StnteB Department of Agriculture Bul
letin No. 197, 'Homemade Lime-Sul
phur Concentrate."
In the ninny tests made of lime-sul
phur concentrate, tho bulletin tells
tho varying degree of density and tho
percentage of sludge or sediment
which resulted from the employment
of different formulas. Orchardlsts
have found it difficult to obtain a con
sistently uniform density of concen
trated lime-sulphur solution even
though the same formula be employed
nnd the work be accomplished as
nearly as possible in an identical man
ner for the different batches. How
ever, this Is of little Importance, since
It is easy to test tho density of the
concentrate and, provided it is too
dense, make dilutions in conformity
with tho purpose for which It Is to
bo used. A Baumo hydrometer for
measuring the density of liquids heav
ier than water Is set Into the solu
tion and by reading the graduated
scalo on the stem of tho hydrometer
tho density can He easily ascertained.
In tho experiments tho 60-100-50 Mlx
turo registered a wide range, 25 to 31
degrees. In the highly concentrated
Bolutlon described below the reading
should average 33 to 34 degrees after
tho lime has been filtered out.
The 50-100-50 formula, which means
50 pounds of lime, 100 pounds of sul
phur and water to mako 50 gallons of
tho concentrated solution is recom
mended. A good grade of fr-oh lime
stone, containing not less '.jan 90 per
cent of calcium oxide is necessary for
tho best results. However, hydrated
lime is sometimes used, but it is nec
essary to use a good grade and at
least 20 per cent more of this form
of lime as It contains a largo amount
of moisture.
Making Concentrated Lime-Sulphur
on Small Scale.
Ono of tho homemade cooking
plants consisted of n. 12-horso-powcr
boilor from which steam was con
ducted into two 50-gallon barrels. No
colls were used in tho bottoms of tho
barrels, tho steam being emitted
through tho open end of a straight
pipe extending within a few inches of
tho bottom of the barrel. Small
batches of tho 50-100-50 formula,
amounting to 25 gallons of the fin
ished product, were cooked at a time.
About twenty gallons of water wero
put Into tho barrel, tho steam turned
on, nnd tho water brought to the boil
ing point. Tho llmo was then put In
and after it had begun to slako tho
Bulphur was added. The mixture was
stirred thoroughly throughout tho
tlmo of cooking, which lasted an hour.
It was allowed to settle about twelvo
hours, and then tho clear solution was
siphoned off. Tho Bludgo or sediment
was put into a cider press and tho
cloar solution pressed out, using ton
ounce canvas cloth for filter. In theso
experiments commercial ground sul
phur and a good grade of llmo was
used.
A highly concentrated lime-sulphur
solution may bo mado by using tho
llmo nnd sulphur at tho ratio of one
to two, ns is usually recommended,
but with reduced quantities of water,
Tho formula used In somo commercial
lime-sulphur manufacturing plants is
as follows: Fresh stone llmo 80
pounds, commercial ground sulphur
1C0 pounds, and water to mako the
finished product mensure 50 gallons
While thero is about 60 per cent in
volume ot sediment after allowing this
solution to sottlo for 24 hours, thero is
only npout 5 to 10 per cent In volumo
of insolublo materials.
Relative Costs,
Commercial ground sulphur waa
bought In car lots for about $1.60 per
100 pounds, and llmo at about GO
cents per barrel. At theso prices tho
highly concentrated solution can be
mado at the following cost per barrel:
80 pounds lirao at 60 cents per
barrel $0.2
100 pounds sulphur ut $1.60 per
hundredweight 2.40
Labor and fuel, estimated 70
Total cost per barrel of 50
gallons $3.30
This does not Include interest and
.wear on outfit, and cost of containers
Spray Mixture.
for storing. At the foregoing prices
of ingredients tho high-test concen
trate would cost about 98 cents mora
per barrel than the lower test concen
trate mado by tho 50-100-50 formula
How to Dilute Concentrate.
It is important to test with a hy
drometer tho strength of the Hme-sul-phur
solutions prepared to determine
tho amount of concentrate that should
bo used for a given quantity of water.
This Is explained In United States De
partment of Agriculture Farmers' Bul
letin No. G50. Two kinds of hydrom
eters aro used, ono with a Baurae
Gcale, tho other with tho specific grav
ity scale. These hydrometers may bo
purchased with both scales on the
same instrument. Tho clear solution
at a tomperaturo of about GO degrees
should bo used for tho testing. If,
however, the sludge has not been fil
tered out, tho contents of the barrel
or other container should bo thor
oughly stirred beforo the required
amount for testing is taken out.
Tho accompanying table shows tho
amount of dilution for concentrates
for each degreo Baume from 20 to 36
and also tho corresponding specific-
Eravity reading. In spraying for tho
San Jose scale and the pear-leaf blis
ter mito about 5 per cent moro of tho
solution should be used than tho table
of dilutions here indicates, if the
sludgo has not been filtered out. In
summer spraying no allowance for
sludgo is necessary, as a largo per
centage ot this Is composed of finely
divided sulphur which is of value.
Lime-sulphur, either commercial or
homemade concentrate, may bo used
for summer spraying, except on stono
fruits, but they must bo used In a
much moro dilute condition than dur
ing tho winter. The dilute lime-sul
phur spray has come into extended
use as a fungicide. It Is used on some
fruits at the rate of l'fc gallons of con
centrate, registering from 32 to 31
degrees on tho Baumo scalo, to 50
gallons of water. The use of Hme-sul-
phur wash as a fungicide will consti
tute sufficient sprayings for the San
Joso scale, provided attention is given
In spraying to coat, in addition to the
leaves and fruit necessary in fungi
cldal work, also the limbs, branches
and twigs.
CULLING OUT THE
N0NLAYING HENS
Excellent Detector Made of Piece
of Felt Saturated With Col
ored Spindle Oil.
On our ranch In tho San Joaquin
Valloy, Cnl., wo keep about 1,200 lay
ing hens. To weed out tho unproduc
tive members of tho flock wo placed
a picco of felt saturated with glycerin
or spindle oil colored with a dyo at
tho entranco to each nest, whero tho
hen would striko it. Tho productive,
nest-vlsiting hens boro marks on
heads, tails or backs attesting their
Mark Laying Hens.
egg-laying abilities. Tho uncolore.d
hons wero speedily segregated and,
failing to show color after a second
color test, wero sent to an early death,
says a writer In Technical World.
Wo used ono color for a week, then
changed to another for tho second
week, and so on, in order to continue
tho tests for a month or moro. II
mado our hens' plumngo resemble
Joseph's coat of mnny colors, but we
wero seeking egg-producing results,
not beauty, and our schemo amply re
paid us.
Economy In Feed Cutter.
' A feed cutter Ib a genuine economy.
Tho coarse feed that tho stock don't
cat Isn't wasted if it goes into tho ma
nuro pllo and the manuro is properly
cared for. But a great many times it
would savo buying feed it tho coarso
stuff wns cut up so tho stock would
eat It. And any mnn who has forked
manuro thnt la full of long corn stalks
knows that It would savo a lot of hla
enorgy It the stalks wero cut in short
leugths.
