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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTF. NFHPA5KA. Fawn, until tho light of roaiton camo back Into his eyes. On tho third morn ing Truofitt told him of Mabol'o pres HOW HIGH PRODUCERS MAY BE SELECTED The Lead In the Ice I ence on board. "Pull yoursolf togothor, man," ho said, "and sho shall never know what has happened. Bo a man. Mako your solf worthy of hor." "You speak as if you woro interest ed In hor yourself," sneered Fawn. Truofitt, without replying, bogan to pack tho sleigh. But boforo ho had completed this task ho biiw another By H. M. Egbert Eloign coming toward them ovor tho Ico. Prcsontly Mabol and a sailor descended. Of Printed Challie Sometimes n simple gown Is ro al together charming that It may be In different to current styles because It Is 3estlned to outUve them. In the pic ture two views of an afternoon frock ire given of a design so altogether jood nnd artistic that It fits Into the modes of today and those of yes terday and tomorrow. Nothing more unusual than n print ed challie Is used for this really ex traordinary frock. It would ho In comparably refined In gray and white und there nre many beautiful designs In clinlllcs and many soft colorings that maybe used with equal success for making It. It is cut with n klmona waist folded In nt the waist line to panels which extend down the front nnd back of the skirt. One can not tell by looking nt It alone whether It fastens at tho back or front, as the bodice laces together at both places with baby velvet ribbon. All edges of the bodice urQ, finished with a silk covered cord, nnd there Is a girdle made of It. Two strands of the girdle terminate In a flat button at the front it one end nnd nt tho other In two To Smarten Up It Is no secret thnt a supply of pret ty accessories may bo defended upon to smarten up even u meager ward robe to the point of making It Inter esting. They are a great help to the tourist who wants to travel light (as ill good tourists do) and still be pre aentnblo for whatever mny coino up In tho wny of entertainment. Crisp neckwear, bright girdles and gay handbags help out Immensely. They must bo depended upon along with tho costume blouse to furbish up the traveling dress for some occnslons. Ribbons need no excuse for their gay suggestion of dressy elegance. They make up a considerable part of all summer ueckwear and nearly all girdles anu bags. In tho picture given above a small cape of rose-colored ribbon, a neck ruff of gray satin nnd velvet ribbon, nnd a vanity bag of vhl to and gold brocaded ribbon attest 5 1 With Chiffon Frills. loops that fasten over tho buttons. The girdle Is spread at tho middle of the buck, where four smnll sllk-covcred buttons hold It to plnco, and It Is tacked to tho waistline across tho back nnd sides. It hnngs free nt the front In the manner of a classic girdle. The straight-hanging skirt puys Its respects to the modes of today with shirred side pieces that add to Its fullness. It is finished with u four inch hem bended by an overlapping tuck. Hanging from the girdle Is a small reticule mnde of the material and edged with the silk-covered cord. Tho neck and sleeves aro filled In with soft frills of white chiffon knlfo platted. This Is ono of those models which Is well suited to a slender figure, es pecially whon made up In a light weight but not transparent material, like challie. The heavier figures mny choose sheer fabrics In soft weaves, such as voile Or mull, for making It. In this case It will need an undersllp of silk. the Costume. their Importance In the wardrobe. Tho capo Is mnde of plain satin rib bon In a soft shndo of rose color, made of four overlapping rullles. It Is finished with a plaiting of ribbon about tho neck, a scant ruche and ties of ribbon. Threo small ribbon roses finish it. For an older woman a useful ruff Is mndo of gray taffetu ilbbon laid In full double box plaits and banded with velvet ribbon which Is finished with bows and hanging ends, ono nt each side. It is a real protection for tho throat. Tho vanity bag of white and gold broendo hns a "gate" fastening, Of French gilt and Is finished with a, white silk tassel at the bottom and handle of heavy white satin ribbon. (Copyright. 1916. by W. O. 'Chapman.) I. At twonty-flvo Captain Truofitt had bocn In lovo and had boon unsuccess ful. Ho thought his heart was brokon. But at forty ho knew that this had boon a fallacy. Ho lovod Mabol Ren ton, and hor hoart was another's. Hut this tlmo It was an optlmlstlo hopo, a lovo that Is strongor than Us recogni tion of its Impossibility. James Fawn had introduced him to Mabol, his flancco, before ho started north for tho discovery of Baldwin Land. If ho did not return two sum mers later Truefitt was to command tho rcllof ship that would como after him. Tho summer had como, and It was nilddlo July. Tho relief ship would havo to start at onco to roach tho Arc tic before tho pack ico formed in Sep tember. Truefitt had callod on Mabel to en courago hor a fow days beforo ho sailed. "LIston, Captain Truofitt," said Miss Ronton. "I havo boon thinking and planning. I feel It is my duty to bo with James, especially since thero will bo another long winter of suspense beforo mo. I want you to tako mo with you." Captain Truofitt was appalled. "Miss Ronton, you don't understand tho conditions," ho' said. "It isn't any picnic lip In tho North. Tho tempera turo drops bolow zero ovon in Septem ber. How can you go?" "My placo is with Mr. Fawn," an- Bwered Mabol gravely. "I havo calcu lated what I shall havo to faco. I am prepared to go. And if ho is dead" tears camo into her oyos "I shall at least bo spared tho long agony of wait Ing." Truefitt was thinking. Ho know that the long agony would bo his, in tho continual presence of tho woman ho loved, whom ho could nover toll of his Gaunt and Emaciated, Hla Eyes Blaz Ing With Delirium. lovo. However, slnco sho continued to beseech him, ho would not rofuso hor. A week later Mabol Ronton sailed aboard his ship for tho Arctic. II. They hnd reports of Fawn at last. Ho had lost his ship In tho pack lea and was living with a trlbo of Eski mos twenty miles distant from whero Truofitt's ship lay, already hommod In by tho thin b;o of early September, Tho wreck of Fawn's vessel lay along shoro. It had been looted and tho re port spoko of a subsequent mutiny, of a break-up of dlsclpllno and of sailors who had started southward in a wild attempt to fight their way to civiliza tion. Truefitt left Miss Ronton aboard and Btarted out on his twenty-mllo tramp along tho coast until ho reached tho friendly village of tho Eskimos. Two women and a dog camo out to meet him. Tholr speech, so far as Truofitt could understand it, told of horrors such a-s had nover como upon tho village beforo. Outside tl uncampmont was a 'nounrt of empty glr. bottles! Eski mo graves wi o scattered ovory v " ero. It was n village of tho dead. A white man staggered toward Truefitt. Gaunt and omaclatcd, his oyeB blazing with delirium, Truofitt recognized in him James ?awn, Fawn know hl.i, but only ns a do liilo.ls man half rccofilzcs a compan ion of old time From his disjointed lttoranccs Truouti icarncd what had happened. ?uwn had taken a cargo of gin to tho north to oxchango for wal rus Ivory, in tho hopo of making a quick fortune. Ho hud bsen tho de struction of tho settlement nnd had nearly killed himself during tho long months nfter ho had abondoned hope of rescue. And round about his hut was heaped the Ivory that had been gathered for hlra by tho native hunt ers. For two days Truofitt attended "I couldn't wait; I was so alarmed whon you did not return," sho crlod. "Whero is ho?" Truofitt pointed sllontly into tho hut. Mabol went in. When she emerged, half an hour later, thero was a grave look on hor faco. "Wo must tako him aboard at onco," she said. III. Fawn would not lcavo until his Ivory was all packed. That meant that Ma bol and Truofitt had to walk tho cntlro dlstanco. Mabol contlnuod to look in straugo Burmtse upon Truefitt. It was plain that Fawn had not attempted to conceal the moral degeneration that had overtaken him. Hours passed. Tho sleigh had loft tho land and was proceeding slowly across tho ico. Thoy woro forced to encamp for tho night by a violent snowstorm. An Ico hut was constructed, and thoy shivered all tho night through in tholr slooplng bags. At midnight Fawn began an alterca tion with Truofitt in a low volco. Tho lack of his accustomed stimulant hnd mado him querulous, almost Insane. "You lovo hor," he mumbled fiercely. "Hush!" said Truofitt, looking across toward the girl. "Miss Honton will hoar you." Toward dawn Fawn subsided and watched tho others craftily. Thero was something In his mind which True fitt could not dovine. They harnosed in tho dogB and prococded across tho pack ice. Fawn loft Mabol and procoodod with tho leading sloigh that containod tho ivory. Ho seemed unwilling to leave his treasure. He sent tho sailor back to tho othors and walked alono, guid ing the dogs. This was tho sloigh that found tho courso among tho hum mocku. Tho second sleigh had noth ing to do but follow In its tracks. Presently it seemed to Truofitt that Fawn was going a HLtlo out of tho way. Tho ship was visible now, lying offshore, and Fawn was steering a course directly out to sea. Suddonly ho swerved, as if ho had mado a wrong courso, nnd started immediately to ward the vessel, after a little dolay. Fawn changed again. Ho waB dou bling upon his truck. Tho second sloigh waB quite near him now. Fuwu shouted something. Suddonly Truo fitt saw a wldo lead open in the Ico. and the dark water beneath tho sloigh. A second later ho went slipping down, and tho icy water numbed his hands as ho strugglod to regain' his footing. Mabel screamed out. At tho samo instant Fawn ran up with a slolgh-hook and began deliber ately hammering at Truofitt's lingers. Ho was shouting llko a maniac, ord Truefitt porcolvod (hat ho was, In fact, lusano. Mabol cried out and tried to catch at him, but Fawn, with an oath, turned on hor and sont her spinning across tho Ico. Then ho drove tho sleigh hook into Truefitt's body. As ho did so ho lost his balance on tho slippery ico and fell. Ho wont head first Into tho water. And Truo fitt, who was fast growing numbed and helpless, roused hlmsolf for a supromo effort. Ho grabbed tho hook that lay across tho Ico and hoisted himself out of tho watwr. Then ho attomptod to ralso Fawn. Fawn whirled round uid round In tho center of tho open placo. Ho shrieked in terror and clutched at Truofitt's lingers. But tho lead was widening; tho sloigh went toppling down. Truefitt had just tlmo to cut tho harness and froo the stralnlnc dogs boforo it sank llko a stono, with all tho ivory. With a last cry Fawn throw up his hands nnd sank beneath tho water. Thoro wnn no chanco of rescuo now. Truefitt stared into Mnbol's frightened face. Presently sho looked up at him. "Let ua go on," sho said lu a low volco, IV. Tho return voyago was a quick ono. Truefitt got his ship out ot tho Ice and got back to tho United States by tho mlddlo of October. No word about Fawn's death passed between him and Mabel. Ho did not know whether oho know of Fawn's treachery or whothor she hold him guilty for his death. It was not until their final parting, at hor homo, that sho spoko of tho sub ject. "Toll mo everything, now," sho said. Truofitt hesitated; thon, as kindly as ho could, ho told her. He felt that it would bo unfair to hor to let her live In tho belief that Fawn was what sho had bolloved him. Sho was silent whon he had ended. Then: "I havo thought It all out and como to that conclusion," sho said. "I am solng to bo frnnk now. Do you know why I asked you to tako mo north?" "Because you loved him," said Truo fitt miserably. "No," sho replied. "Bccauso I want ed to know just why I had ceaiiod to earn for him " Then Truofitt knew that his first lovo had boon a voruo fallacy than he had ever suspected. White Leghorn Cockerel It Is not only possible but doslruhlo to pick out tho high-producing hens In Uio flock by means of external char acteristics, according to W. A. Lip plncott, professor of poultry husbandry In the Kansas State agricultural col lege. "Hens thnt molt Into are high pro ducers," says Professor Llpplncott, "because they havo a longer period In which to lay. Lnto molting Is the ac companiment of Into laying, hut tho mere fact of lato molting does not make high producers. Tho hens that molt lute begin laying as early us the early moltcrs, because they molt much more rapidly and lose less ttme. "In the yellow-skinned breeds the paleness of shank Is a very reliable indication In tho fall at tho end of tho first yenr. Tho high producers lay tho color out of their shanks, and so any bird with yellow shnnkH after a year of laying has been n poor pro ducer for that year. "Those birds with soft and pliable combs about October 1 are In general belter producers than those with hard und drlcd-up combs. As a bird molts the comb tends to shrink und become DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK Egg Furnishes Feed, Water and Other Necessary Essentials Heat Causes Incubation. Each egg produced by good, vigor ous hens running with a strong roos ter and housed and fed under proper conditions Is the possibility of another chick. In the egg Is a homo and It contnlns feed, water nnd all that Is necessary for the development of tho chick, except heat. It Is tho appli cation of this hent under favorable conditions that Is called Incubation. At tho time tho egg Is luld tho de velopment of tho chick luiH been go ing on rapidly for several hours. As soon ns the temperature drops down below 70 degrees F. this growth stops nnd tho embryo goes Into a resting stage until the egg is again warmed up. This very young chick, culled the blastoderm, rests on tho upper sur face of the yolk. Immediately surrounding the yolk extending out nt opposlto sides toward the largo and small ends of tho egg Is a dense opaque layer of albumin or white called chalaza which tends to support the yolk and lessens its movement, except as it revolves on tho chalazn ns an axis to keep the blastoderm at the top. Tho rest of the white Is more watery and more transparent nnd Is surrounded by two rather tough membranes nnd the shell. These two membranes separate at tho lurgo end of tho egg and form the air cell which In u fresh egg Is about the size of a dlmo, but Increases with age due to evaporation of moisture. The shell being porous permits tho passugo of air or moisture in or out.- CLEAN THE CHICKEN BROODER Give Chicks Good Start by Disinfect ing Before Placing Them In It Use Hot Water. Give the chicks a good start by cleaning and disinfecting the brooder before Ihey aro placed In It. Tho Pc&Uifc'hunln Stnte college experi ment station recommends scrubbing with hot water or the use of n 3 to 5 per cent solution of any of tho coal tar or other commercial disinfectants. Havo tho brooder dry beforo the chicks aro Introduced Into It. Cleaning the brooder once a week during the brooding period Is a good practice. MACHINE-HATCHING IN FAVOR Forceful Argument Is Number of Eggs Broken and polled by Hens Average Is Largo. A forceful argument In favor of machine-hatching Is tho number of eggs broken and spoiled by sitting hens. Even under the most satisfactory hen hatching conditions the breakuge will often average 15 to !I0 per cent of tho eggs set. Other eggs aro smeared when not broken and the chicks lack nlr to develop sufficient vigor to break the shell. WASTE OF TIME TO DOCTOR Attention to Details, Constant Watch fulness and Careful Feeding Are of Great Importance. Successful poultrymen spend much tlmo in trying to prevent disease. At tention to details, constant watchful ness and careful feeding play tho most Important part In tho everyday life of the prominent breeder. So much time Is given, therefore, to prevention that it Is considered a waste of tlmo to doctor whon disease uppenru. and Flock of Pullets. hard, but birds In good condition and Inylng have pllnblo combs. "With the White Leghorn pulletK which hnve yellow pigment In the earlohc nt the start of the season n white carlobc will be an Indication of high production. Theso birds with yellow pigment In tho earlobo will lay out this color until the lobes ate white. "The smoothness, pliability nnd olll ness of tho skin arc Indications of egg production. A laying bird haH u; softer, smoother feeling than the mut inying bird. "Due to the yolks developing In tho. ovary nnd tho Increase In size of tin oviduct, the abdomen swells out in, preparation for tho laying season. Whon a bird gets ready to stop lay ing the abdomen shrinks. This fact Is valuable in telling what tho bird may do for the next two or thro weeks, or by knowing whether tho bird' Is laying at n certain time of the year. "The practical application of them facts Is to discard nt the end of n lay ing year all pullets which have yellow shanks, dried-up combs and Khrunkoii abdomens." RANGE FOR YOUNG CHICKENS Problem of Supply Green Feed Does Not Receive Sufficient Attention From Farmer. Tho problem of supplying u range or green feed for chicks docs not re ceive sufficient attention. ThlH Is an Importiint sldo of tho proper rearing of poultry and the fnrmer who has sour sklmmllk to spare and a good green range has more than half his chick problem solved. For temporary feeding, ono can soak oats overnight In water, wash them thoroughly next morning und spread them in half-Inch layers in boxes or trays. Place these trays In tho shade outdoors and sprinkle with water twice dally. In from three to six days the outs will be ready for feeding. For ba by chicks feed when tho sprouts are one-half Inch long, giving once dully what the chicks will eat in nbout ten minutes. ' Rape may bo sown nnd, when grown, cut up and fed to chicks. Cabbage, lettuce, mangels, beets, turnips can nl so bo used for green feed. The only really satisfactory way, however, to supply green feed nnd n good range is to sod a pleco of land, to Bermuda grass by plowing the ground nnd dropping a piece of Ber muda sod every in inches, and to put somo burr clover into this Bcrmudii grnss In the fall. FEED PENS FOR BABY CHICKS Wire Covered Yard of Laths, Placed Close Enough to Keep Old Fowls Out; Will Suffice. j If old and young chicks aro allowed to range together, feeding pens should bo mado for the baby chicks. A wire covered yard of laths, placed far enough apart to permit tho chicks to get between, and wide enough so thnt tho older birds cannot reach their, heads In to feed, is cheaply and easily made. A box deep enough to prevent the old birds reaching In, with u wire fencu In front, will protect tho feed hoppers from tho weather. In such hoppers, keep -n dry mash of ground grains, charcoal, cracked bono amj( grit. Tho hoppers should not furnish the only food; cracked corn scattered In tho Utter makes a good exerciser. FEED SHOULD BE NUTRITIOUS Good Practice to Throw Limited Amount of Rolled Oats on Floor for Chicks to Clean Up. A good first feed Is to throw n lim ited nmount of rolled oata on tho floor, only tho amount thnt the chicks will clean up lu about ono hour. Rolled oats aro very nutritious and rellNhed by the chicks and are excellent as n first feed. However, their continued use Is not advised. Hard balled eggs, ground In u food chopper and mixed with dry crumbs may also be success fully used as a first feed. FIRST FEED FOR THE CHICKS Dry Mash Mixture Given Until Fowla Are Six Weeks Old, Fed In Self Feeding Hoppers. Dry mash, which is fed until chicks ure six weeks old in sluillow boxes or self-feeding hoppers, Is compounded as follows: Five pounds blood meal, three pounds churconl, twenty pounds mid dlings, twenty-two pounds cornmeul, twenty-two pounds buckwheut meal, twenty-three pounds vaUixcul, llv$ pounds fine bone seal.