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"Down, Crusoe 1" I kept desperately
whispering. But Crusoe wns unused
to whispered orders. He kept bound
ing up on me, Intent to fulfill an un
achieved ambition of licking my ear.
Cuthbcrt Vane tried, under his breath,
to lure him away. But Crusoe'e emo
tions wero all for me, and swiftly be
coming uncontrollable they burst forth
In a Tolley of shrill yelps.
A loud cry answered them. It came
from Captain Magnus, who had scram
.bled to his feet and was staggering
ucrosa the clearing. One hand was
groping at his belt It was nourished
In the air with the gleam of a knife in
It and staggering and shouting the
captain came on.
"Ah, you would, would you? I'll
teach you but ilrst I'll settle him, the
porrldgc-eatln' Scotch swine "
The reeling llgure with the knife
was right above me. I sprang up, In
my hand the little two-Inch weapon
which was all I had for my defense ,
and Dugald Shaw's. There were loud
noises In my ears, the shouting of men,
and a shrill continuous note which I
have since realized came from the
lungs of Miss Hlgglesby-Browne. Mag
nus made a lunge forward the arm
with the knife descended. I caught It
wrenched at It frantically striving
blindly to wield my little penknife,
whether or not with deadly Intent I
don't know to this day. He turned
on me savagely, and the penknife was
whirled from my hand as he caught
my wrist In a terrible clutch.
All I remember after that Is the ter
rible steely grip of the captain's arms
and a face, flushed, wild-eyed, horri
ble, that was elbse to mine and Inevi
tably coming closer, though I fought
and tore at it of hot feverish Hps
whose touch I knew would scorch me
to the soul and then I was suddenly
free, and falling, falling, a long way
through darkness.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Young Person Scores.
My first memory Is of voices, and
after that I was shot swiftly out of a
tunnel from an immense distance and
opened my eyes upon the same faces
which I had left at some lndeflnite
period in the past. There was Aunt
Jane's, very tearful, and Miss Hlggles-by-Browne's,
very glum, and the Hon
orable Cuthbort's, very anxious and a
little dazed, and Cookie's, very, very
black. The face of Dugald Shaw I
did not see, for the quite Intelligible
reason that I was lying with my head
upon his shoulder.
As soon as I realized this I sat up
suddenly, while every one exclaimed
at once, "There, she's quite all right
see how her color Is coming back I"
The penknife that I had lost in my
struggle with Captain Magnus had
fallen at the Scotchman's feet.
Wrenching himself free of his all but
severed bonds he had seized the knife,
slashed through the rope that held
him to the tree, and flung himself on
Captain Magnus. It was a brief strug
gle a fist neatly planted on the ruf
Uan's jaw had ended It, and the cap
tain, half dazed from his potations,
went down limply.
Throughout the fray Chris slum
bered undisturbed, and he and the un
cousclous Magnus wero now reposing
side by side, until they should awake
to find themselves neatly trussed up
with Cookie's clothes-lines.
But my poor brave Crusoe dragged
a broken leg, from a kick bestowed on
him by Captain Magnus, at whom he
had flown valiantly in my defense.
So far so good ; we had signally de
feated our two guards, and the camp
was ours. But what about the pirates
who were still In the cave and would
shortly bo returning from It? They
were three armed and sturdy rufllans.
It would mean a battle to the dcutli.
Our best hope would be to wait in
ambush behind the trees of the clear
ing I mean for Dugald Shaw and
Cuthbcrt Vane to do It and shoot
down the unsuspecting pirates as they
returned. This desperate plan, which
so unpleasantly resembled murder,
cast gloom on every brow.
"It's the women, lad," said the
Scotchman in a low voice to Cuthbert.
"It's It's Virginia." And Cuthbert
heavily assented.
Seeing myself as the motif of such
slaughter shocked my mind suddenly
back to clearness.
"Oh," 1 cried, "not that. Why not
surprise them In the cave, and make
them may there? One man could
guurd the entrance easily and after
ward we could build It up with logs or
something."
Kverybody Btarcd.
"A rcmurkably neat scheme," said
Mr Shaw, "but Impossible of applica
tion, I'm afraid, because none of us
know where to liud the cave."
l shook my head.
"I know!"
Then' wus a lent'thy silence. Peo
ple looked at one uuother, uud their
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eyes said, "This has been too much
for her I"
"I know," I Impatiently repeated. "I
can take you straight there. I found
the tombstone before Mr. Tnbhs did,
and the cave, too. Come, let's not
waste time', We must hurry they'll
bo getting brick 1"
Amazement, still more than half In
credulous, surged round me. Then
Mr. Shaw said rapidly:
"You're right. Of course, If you
have found the cave, the best thing
we can do Is to keep them shut up In
It But we must move fast perhaps
we're too late already. If they have
found the chest they may by now be
starting for camp with the llrst load
of doubloons."
Again I shook my head.
"They haven't found the gold," I as
sured him.
The astonished faces grew more
anxious. "It sho' have told on ll'le Miss
Jinny's brain," muttered Cookie to
himself.
"They haven't found the gold," I re
Iterated with emphasis, "because the
gold Is not In the cave. Don't ask me
how I know, because there Isn't time
to tell you. There wns no gold there
but the two bags that the pirates
brought back last ulght. The the
skeleton moved It all out."
"My Lawdl" groaned Cookie, stag
gering backward.
"Virginia I I had no idea you were
superstitious 1" quavered Aunt June.
"I say, do take some sleeping tab
lets or something and quiet your
nerves!" Implored Cuthbert with the
tendcrcst solicitude.
In my exasperation I stamped my
foot.
"And while we are arguing here the
pirates may be starting back to camp !
And then we'll have to kill them and
go home and give ourselves up to be
hanged ! Please, please, come with me
and let me show you that I know 1" I
lifted my eyes to the Intent face of
Dugald Shaw.
"All right," he said tersely. "I think
you do know. How and what, we'll
And out later." Rapidly he made Jils
plan, got together the things needful
for Its execution, looked to the bonds
of the still dazed and drowsy prison
ers, posted Cookie In their neighbor
hood with a pair of pistols, and com
manded Aunt Jane to dry her tears
nnd look after Miss Hlgglesby-Browne,
who had dismayed every one by most
Inopportunely toppling over In n per.
fectly genuine swoon.
Then the Scotchman, Cuthbert Vane
and I set off through the woods. The
men were heavily armed, and I had
recovered my own little revolver nnd
We Went In Silence Through the
Green Hush of the Woods.
restored it to my belt. Mr. Shaw hud
seen to this, and had said to me, very
quietly :
"You know, Vlrglnlu, If things don't
go our way, It may be necessary for
you to use It on yourself."
And I nodded ussentlngly.
We went In silence through the
green hush of the woods, moving In
single tile. My place as guide was In
the van, but Mr. Shaw deposed me
from It and went ahead himself, while
Cuthbert Vane brought up the rear,
No one spoke, even to whisper. 1
guided Dugald Shaw, when needful,
by a light tough upon the arm. Our
enterprise was one of utmost danger.
If we met the pirates It 'was their
lives or ours and I recall with incre
dulity my resolution to Imbed five of ray
six bullets In a pirate before I turned
the sixth upon myself.
We passed the grave, and I saw that
the vines hud been torn aside again,
and that the tombstone was gone. Wo
came to the brink of the cliff, and I
pointed silently downwnrd ulong tha
lodge to the angle -in which lay the
mouth of the cave. My breath came
quickly, for at any Instant a head
might be thrust forth from the open
Ing.
Mr. Shaw and Cuthbcrt dropped
down upon the ledge. Though under
whispered orders to retreat I could
not, but hung over the edgo of tho
cliff, eager and breathless. Then with
a bound the men were besldo me. Mr.
Shaw caught my hand, and wo rushed
together Into the woods.
A quake, a roar, a shower of flying
rocks. It was over the dynamite had
done Its work, whether successfully or
not remained to be seen. After a lit
tle the Scotchman ventured back. Ho
returned to us where we waited In tho
woods Cuthbert to mount guard over
me with a cleared face.
"It's all right," ho said. "Tho en
trance Is' completely blocked. I set
tho charge six feet Inside, but the roof
Is down clear to the mouth. Poor
wretches they have all come pouring
out upon the sand "
All three of us went back to the
edge of the cliff. Seventy feet below,
on the narrow strip of sand before
the sen-mouth of tho cave, we saw the
llgures of four men, who ran wildly
about and sought for a foothold on the
sheer face of the cliff. As wo stood
watching them, with, on my part, nt
least, unexpected qualms of pity and
a cold Interior sensation very unlike
triumph, they discovered us. Then
for the first time, I suppose, they un
derstood the nature of their disaster.
We could not hear their cries, hut we
saw arms stretched out to us, fists
frantically shaken, hands lifted In
prayer. Wo saw Mr. Tubbs flop down
upon his unuccustomcd knees It was
all ritther horrible.
I drew bnck, shivering. "It won't
be for long, of course," I said uncer
tainly, "just till the steamer comes
and we'll give them lots to eat but I
suppose they think they will soon bo
just a lot more skeletons " And
here I was threatened with a moist
anticlimax to my late Amazonian
mood.
Why should the frequent nnd nat
ural phenomena of tears produce such
panic In the male breast? "It's been
too much for herl" exclaimed the once
dour Scot in tones of nngulsh. "Hur
ry, Ind we must find her some wa
ter" "Nonsense," I Interposed, winking
rapidly. "Just think of some way to
calm those creatures, so that I shan't
see them In my dreams, begging and
beseeching " For I had not forgot
ten the Immensity of my debt to Tony.
So a note was written on a leaf
torn from a pocketbook and thrown
over the cliff weighted with a stono.
The captives swooped upon It. Fol
lowed then a vivid pantomime by
Tony, expressive of eased if unrepent
ant minds, while Mr. Tubbs, by ges
tures, Indicated that though sadly mis
understood, old H. H. was still our
friend and benefactor.
It was an attentive group to which
on our return to camp I related the
circumstances which had made possi
ble our late exploit of Imprisoning tho
pirates in the cave. The tale of my
achievements, though recounted with
due modesty, seemed to put the finish
ing touch to the extinction of Violet,
for she wilted finally and forever, and
was henceforth even buljled by Aunt
Jane. The diary of Peter was pro
duced, and passed about with awe
from hand to hand. Yesterday's dis
covery In the cave had rounded out
tho history of Peter to a melancholy
completion. But though wo know the
end we guessed In vain at the begin
ning, at Peter's name, at that of tho
old grandfather whose thrifty piety
had brought him to Havana and to the
acquaintance of the dying mate of
the Bonny Lass, at the whereabouts of
tho old New England farm which had
been mortgaged to buy the Island
Queen, at the Identity of Helen, who
waited still, perhaps, for the lover
who never would return.
But even our regrets for Peter did
not chill the exultation with which wo
thought of the treasure-chest waiting
there under the sand In the cabin of
tho Island Queen.
All afternoon we talked of It That,
for the present, was all we could do.
'There were the two prisoners In camp
to be guarded and they had present
ly awakened and made remarks of a
strongly personal and unpleasant
trend on discovering their situation.
There was Crusoe Invalided, und need
ing petting, and getting It from every
body on the score of his romantic past
as Benjy ns well as of his present vir
tues. The broken leg had been clever
ly set by Dugald somehow In the late
upheaval Miss and Mister had dropped
quite out of our vocabulurhvj with
Cuthbert as surgeon's assistant and
me holding the chloroform to tho pa
tient's nose. There wns tho fatigue
and reaction from excitement which
everybody felt, and Peter's diary to be
read, and golden drenms to be In
dulged. And there was the dellcatf
question io he discussed, of how the
treasure should be divided.
"Why, It all belongs to Virginia, of
course," said Cuthbert, opening his
eyes at tho thought of any other view
being taken but this obvious one.
"Nonsense !" I hastily Interposed.
"My finding the diary was Just un ac
cident; I'll take a share of it no
more."
Here Miss Browne murmured some
thing half Inaudible about "confined
to members of the expedition " but
subsided for lack of encouragement
. (TO BE CONTINUED,)
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FARM NAME REAL
ASSET TO OWNER
Can Be Used to Good Advantage
in Connection With Market
ing of Products.
OF MUCH VALUE TO BREEDERS
Acts as Sort of Guaranty That Any
thing From That Particular Place
Is All That Is Claimed Can
Be Registered.
(Prepared-bythe United Btatta Department
of Agriculture.)
Many farmers throughout the coun
try are finding It to their advantage
commercially to give .their farms at
tractive names that can bo used In
connection with marketing their prod
ucts. Provided the quality of the
product Is kept up, n reputation Is
quickly established for the farm nnd
tho commodity thnt makes the name
of reaj worth In dollars nnd cents
when It comes In competition on the
market with other products'. Tho
Farm Name Has Money Value.
name becomes In time a real asset to
the ownernnd has a money vulue much
like the good-will In other kinds of
business.
Breeders Recognize Value of Name.
In England many farms have borne
distinctive names for years, which
have become famous in connection
with various products. This has been
especially true In the case of certain
breeders of cattle. The namo of tho
farm passes current among cattle
breeders as n sort of guaranty that
.animals from that farm are all that
is claimed for them. Tho practice Is
coming into vogue in this country,
and with It a desire to be protected
against others adopting the same name
nnd thereby benefiting by tho repu
tation already established for It.
Tho United States government,
through Its patent olllce, which Inter
prets tho trade-mark pnd label copy
right laws, Is prepared to give this
protection within certain limits. Some
of tho stntcs have laws authorizing
tho registration of farm names with
tho' state authorities, and no one else
In that state Is allowed to use tho
name. This Is merely for use within
that particular state. The United
States patent office, however, Is pre
pared to register farm nnmes ns trade
marks if they meet specified require
ments. This will protect tho owner
against their use by others anywhere
In tho United States. There are cer
tain requirements, however, that must
bo met, ns in tho case of other sorts
of names used ns trade-marks under
tho federal trade-mark law. Tho farm
name, for one thing, must he used
by the farmer as a tradc-mnrk on his
products that ho ships to points out
sldo his own state; In other words, n
commodity . that moves In interstate
commerce. It must ho printed, stumped,
or otherwise attached to each parcel.
Tho federal law makes no provision
for the registering of nnmes used as
trade-marks on commodities that are
shipped only within tho stnte.
Common-Law Right In Name,
Although It Is thought advisable, It
Is not necessary thnt the name he ar
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not possible to register a name that
Is merely geographical, or merely de
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displayed In some particular or dis
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ever, can he registered under the act
of 1020, If they huve been In use by
tho applicant In Interstate commerce
for not less than one year. In this
way congress sought to gives recogni
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used us a trade-mark on the ground
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One of our best weed distributers
Is the oat crop. Oats are naturnlly
partial to weeds, and to add to tho
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In carelessly, often on weedy ground,
frequently without cleaning tho need.
The result Is that smartweed, wild
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HOGS TO FIND MERIT
Scrubs, Crossbrcds and Pure
breds Are to Be Used.
Animal Husbandry Division of Depart
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ta Clear Up Points on Feed
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Although thcro Is a higher percent
age of purebred hogs In tho country
than of any other class of live stock,
there is still much room for Improve
ment. And there Is much to bo known
concerning tho relative merits of
scrubs, crossbrcds and purebreds. To
make some of the points clearer tho
animal husbandry division of tho
United States Department of Agrlcul
turc Is starting n breeding nnd feed
ing experiment that will contrast the
results of using scrub, crossbred and
purebred boars on scrub and cross
bred sows. If appropriations provldo
sufficient money It mny ho that the ef
fect of using crossbred nnd scrub
boars on purebred sows will uq
studied.
Ten crossbred sows, of various
breed mixtures, nnd ten scrub sows of
the rnzorback kind will bo used. Half
of each of those groups will he bred
to a purebred hour; half of tho first
group will be bred to a crossbred, and
half of tho other group will bo bred to
a scrub. This same scheme of breed
ing will be carried on from generation
to generation. Some of tho offspring
will bo fed out nnd some of them will
be kept for brooding beforo being fed
out. Shonts from tho different lots
wlir bo put In feed lots together nnd
fed alike so that a fair comparison enn
be made. Some of these scrubs and
crossbrcds will bo compared In feeding
trials wltlf purebreds raised on the de
partment's experimental farm at Belts
vllle, Md. Some will bo put Into dif
ferent experimental lots on various
fords.
Nearly everybody thinks tho pure
bred Is superior to tho scrub, but thero
Is disagreement nmong farmers about
the merits of purebred nnd crossbred
feeders. Tho department hopes that
In duo time Its experiments will glvo
results that will answer any doubts.
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Outline Given of Plan for Connecting
Car With Circular Saw Will
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An arrangement whereby nn automo
bile may bo coupled to a circular saw
for occasional use, Is shown In tho
drawing. Tho saw frame for this
equipment should be quite low, In order
to obtain nllnement with tho engine
shaft, or tho car may be elevated on a
runway.
The couplings are ' made either of
pipe with tho necessary slots cut In tho
ends, or n solid bar may bo used, with
sleeves pinned to tho ends; the lattct
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In the engine shaft should be replaced
with a larger one, and u slight en
largement of the hole In the frame may
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Ton of Material Carries Large Amount
of Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid
and Potash.
The average of many nnnlyscn shows
n ton of wheat straw carries about 10
pounds of nitrogen, 2.0 pounds of
phosphoric ncid and 14.8 pounds ot
potash. This amount of plant food In
the more available commercial forms
would cost some $0.-18, vnlulng nitro
gen at HO cents a pound, phosphoric
acid at 10 cents and potash at 15
cents. From the standpoint of actual
plantfood, then, It would appear thnt
$8 will buy more than the wheat
straw carries, nnd In a more readily
available form. More lohnr will also
be Involved In handling the straw as
proposed than In using the commer
cial fertilizers,
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Man Breeding for Egg Production
Should Pick Out Best Layers
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The poultry raiser who does best Is
almost always the one who carefully
and closely picks out each year only
his choicest spoclmens nnd breeds
from these exclusively, Ah a natural
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hotter each year. By tho same token,
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cgg-productlon should pick out his
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ly as breeders, and In the course of
few generations the habit of pro
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