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| By ST. GEORGERATHBORNE |
1 Copyright by Smut * Smith, New YmL. *
CHAPTER XXI.—(Continued.)
“Where is the gentleman?” he asketj.
“In one of the small private parlors,
sir. I will show you the way, if you
please.”
The marquis glanced again at the
card which he held, and read:
“Maurice Stanton Livermore:
“Give me a private interview imme
diately.”
“Lead me to the gentlemen,” he said,
quietly, though there was a tumult in
his heart.
As he reached the door of the bijou
parlor he saw a man pacing restlessly
to and fro, much as caged tigers are
wont to exercise.
It was Captain Livermore, but his
friends would have been shocked at his
appearance, for his hair was sadly lack
ing in order, his face flushed, as though
he dallied long over the wine, and his
whole aspect like that of a man who
has been on a spree.
The marquis was disturbed; he an
ticipated bad news, but had not a glim
mer of what shape it would take until
the captain, seeing him enter, advanced
to meet him.
“Captain Livermore, what can I do
for you?” the marquis asked, coldly.
“Sir, I have come for my wife!”
The marquis started as if some onq
had fired a pistol shot close to his ear.
Even the most collected individual
might be a trifle rattled by such an
answer. Still this did not prevent him,
while he was whipping his wits into
line, from excaliming:
raiuuu Uic, oil, mu i lo.ii
comprehend the meaning of what you
say.”
"Then I will explain further. My
first intention was to shoot you down
on sight, but I could not forget that
once you refused to avail yourself of
the privilege of taking my forfeited
life, and I swore that the man who had
been that generous should have at least
a chance to defend himself before I
killed him.”
“Still I am in the dark. The first
thing I grasp is that she has told you
who I am.”
“I was a blind fool never to have
suspected it. You ruined me, marquis,
but surely that should have satisfied
your desire for revenge. All that I had
might go and welcome, so long as I
still call my wife and babies mine.
Again I say, I have come to you to de
mand my wife.”
"And I reply, sir, that I have not
seen your wife since last evening, when
I left her in your own house, together
with her children.”
Eye looked into eye. It was as though
the captain’s whole existence depended
upon what he read there, his manner
that of a distracted man holding his
passions in check only through the
most desperate effort.
"Jack Overton, do you swear to
chat?” he demanded, hoarsely.
"I do, on my life.”
Again the captain met his gaze and
seemed to read his very soul through
those open windows.
After all, these were two men built
pretty much upon the same model—
both brave and frank by nature—such
individuals can understand each other
through the mysterious realm of tele
pathy.
“I cannot believe that the man whose
generous spirit caused him to fire above
my head on the other occasion would
look me squarely in the oye and speak
falsely. Yes, even against my will, I
am compelled to believe you, and I
prove it by offering you my hand, mar
quis; but if you are not guilty, then, in
the name of heaven, who has taken my
wife away?” I left home after dinner
to meet a very important engagement
that had a connection with my future
left there with the kisses of wife and
children warm upon my face, for Fe
dora had told me ail, and her distress
concerning your possible future action
had drawn us closer together. I re
turned later in the evening, just as
speedily as a cab could bring me from
the Victoria, to find her gone and my
little darlings motherless. This note
was left behind.”
He handed the other a crumpled
sheet of paper, upon which had been
written in a peculiar chirograpliy, a
long, running hand, such as is taught
in Spanish schools:
"To balance accounts.
“Guerre a mort.”
When he looked up his face was ash
en gray.
Those eager, bloodshot eyes saw that
the miserable and tragic little paper,
worthy of a place on the comedy stage,
had struck home.
“You have guessed!” he exclaimed.
“I believe I know who wrote this,
and, therefore, who is at the bottom of
the outrage. In one way I am to
blame. Listen, and in the shortest
possible time I will tell you about the
Senorita Juanita and the strange in
fatuation she has for me.”
Rapidly he sketched the romantia
story of his life under tropic skies.
The captain might have imagined it
was a leaf from such amazing tales as
the Arabian Nights, only that his own
deep interest in the matter forbade.
By degrees he began to realize what
a desperate woman they had to cope
with, and new fears for his wife’s safe
ty assailed him. It was hardly to be
wondered at that the husband, who
had faced many a deadly peril himsell
unflinchingly, trembled and turned to
his companion for strength in this mo
ment of terrible distress, when the
woman he loved better than his life
was in danger.
Nor did he look in vain.
The marquis had shaken off all the
doubts and fears that assailed him,
and, aroused to a realization of the
desperate situation that faced them,
was again the peerless comrade whc
had stood by Barrajo when they fought
for the Golden Fleece.
“Captain," he said, sternly, “depend
on me to remedy this thing. If it took
my life, I would freely give it to bring
your wife back to your arms, for love
has redeemed me.”
Jt was a splendid thing for the cap
tain, who found himself so over
whelmed by the distressing condition
of affairs, that he had a comrade wide
awake to the importance of speedy ac
tion.
Deep down in his heart the marquis
cursed his folly for ever having been
friendly in the least with one pos
sessed of such a tigerish, tropical tem
perament, and groaned to think of evil
befalling Fedora through such a
source.
Shorn of all outside consideration
then, the captain’s story was of the
hackneyed type — unsuspicious people
may be deceived by the most ancient of
specious tales, so that there is little
need of originality, even in these mod
ern days, in the matter of decoying a
woman from under her own roof.
The paper which Livermore had
picked up in the hall explained much,
for strange to say, it contained writing
that in some respects resembled his
own—at least under the supposed con
ditions he might have been the author
of the message:
Was injured in a collision with an
other cab. Send this good Samaritan
sister to bring you to me. Come im
mediately. God alone knows how se
rious it may be. Maurice.”
When the marquis read it he mut
tered unier his breath.
Perhaps the “good Samaritan sister”
wa3 Juanita herself in deep disguise,
and with the most sinister of motives
in her heart.
“Come, we must go to your house
without delay. The start must be made
from there. On the way we can col
lect ourselves and make some prepara
tion for the work.”
This was his way of starting in, and
as they left the hotel the marquis beck
oned to a gentlemanly looking young
fellow' who, while appearing to be
somewhat of a swell, was in reality a
detective serving as his bodyguard.
A four-wheeler w'as next in order,
and thus they reached the captain's
house.
The marquis asked a few questions
and then allowed the man from Scot
land Yard to take charge of the case.
He drove at once to the railway sta
tion and made inquiries at the book
ing office.
Luckily the captain had a photo
graph of his wife along with . him.
snatched from the mantel at home by
suggestion of his one-time deadly en
emy, but now devoted friend.
The clerk recollected the party well.
It consisted of two ladies, who ap
peared sick or suffering in some way,
a couple of attendants, honest-looking
fellows, and the woman who seemed to
have charge of them all—he had sup
posed her to be a housekeeper or com
panion.
Thus they knew those they sought
had gone on to Dover, it was a great
triumph for the detective, and their
faith in him arose accordingly.
Still the situation was lugubrious
enough, since there was no train until
morning.
That meant four or five hours
v\ aaixru.
The captain grew red in the face with
congested anger and threatened to
have an apoplectic fit, but the marquis,
upon learning that only a question of
pounds, shillings and pence kept them
from reaching Dover, put his hand info
his pocket and made immediate ar
rangements for a motor and one first
class carriage.
In ten minutes they were leaving the
station, and long ere the city limits
had been reached found themselves
whirling along at a furious speed.
It was agreed by all that Fedora
while In the cab must have been drug
ged in some way. to prevent her call
ing for help—doubtless her cruel cap
tor had made all preparations for this
and had no'difflculty in stupefying her
mind while she still retained the use
of her limbs.
The booking agent had noticed the
vacant expression on her face and del
icately hinted that at the time he had
a vague suspicion the two ladies might
be affected in their minds and were
being taken to some private sanitarium
near the coast.
Two!
A strange, cold shiver went through
the marquis as a dreadful thought
flashed home.
He remembered how he had met Ju
anita on the stairs; how she had ques
tioned him about the demure minia
ture painter; how she had bitterly ex
claimed that the little girl of his for
mer acquaintance had now grown up
into a charming little woman. Good
heavens! Could it be possible that her
terrible Spanish hatred had extended
to Mazette, and that, having laid all
her plans to accomplish a certain pur
pose, she set out to kill two birds with
one stone?
And while he sat there grinding his
teeth and swearing that if heaven
would forgive him and spare her he
would devote his fortune to make peo
ple happy, the special gave several
sharp whistles and plunged into Dover.
CHAPTER XXII.
“O’er I>and and Sea.’*
Again the man from Scotland Yard
was put in charge, and bent his ener
gies to discovering what had become of
those they sought.
The trail Anally led them to the
water, and then they knew the crisis
was near.
In all his life Jack Overton never
suffered such wretched pangs of re
morse and despair as came upon him
while they looked out upon the dark
waters where the stare were reAected
upon myriads of little wavelets, and
considered what a trackless waste the
sea might be.
The detective at last secured positive
news.
Those they sought had gone to sea
in a small steamer that had evidently
been awaiting their arrival.
There was only one thing to do
follow.
Given a feverish anxiety to be aAoat,
and unlimited capital, in a seaport one
need not search very long for the craft.
The detective soon had them aboard a
little craft that was used in the coast
ing trade, a stanch and speedy boat,
such as would answer their purpose
admirably.
Out of the harbor and away.
About daybreak of the second day
the wind blew great guns, and they
found themselves in a storm.
The storm was at its height about
noon, and as they had been blown far
out of their course, no one might say
when the port of Santander would be.
reached, although the captain made
some sort of a prophecy the under cer
tain conditions they would bring up
there by the second night.
ai sundown tne storm still raged
and the gallant little steamer struggled
desperately to hold her own.
During the night, between the cat
naps he secured, the marquis was im
pressed with the belief that the vessel
did not pitch and toss so violently and
upon making an observation found
that the clouds had parted, leaving a
clear sky overhead.
Upon reaching deck he found every
thing lovely.
The sea had subsided almost entire
ly and a fresh morning breeze was
commencing to stir its surface into
myriads of laughing wavelets.
About noon the captain called their
attention by means of the glass to far
distant land to the south, which he
declared to be the northern coast of
Spain, showing that they were now
traversing the romantic Bay of Biscay,
known to the natives as the Gulf of
Gascogne.
Thus there was now a fair chance,
the captain promised, that before mid
night they would be at anchor in the
harbor of Santander.
How like lead dragged the hours as
they steamed directly toward the bea
con!
But all things must end, and finally
they entered the harbor, where othe
vessels lay at anchor, and the captain
soon had their mudhook fastened in
Spanish soil.
It was perhaps ten minutes later
when the marquis appeared at Liver
more’s elbow as the latter stood at the
rail surveying the lights of the town,
and said in a hoarse whisper:
“Make no outcry, my friend; control
yourself and listen. Our captain is
ready to take his oath mat the steamer
dimly seen on our quarter yonder is the
boat that left Dover, and which we
have chased over the sea!"
The words of the marquis electrified
Livermore. All his lassitude seemed
to suddenly vanish.
(To be continued.)
DOG WAS TOO SWIFT FOR TRAIN.
Proof of Intelligence Possessed by Ou
Canine Friends.
Passengers on yesterday's Great
Northern train from Helena witnessed
a novel sight after Basin had been
passed. A passenger boarded the
train at that camp and his dog seemed
to be much concerned about his mas
ter’s departure. After the train pulled
out of the station the dog took up the
scent, put his ears back, let the mus
cles of his legs out full length, and
after the cars he went. He rounded
curves with the rapidity of a roulette
ball, and when he struck a straight
stretch of roadway he lengthened his
•etrides and poked his nose into the
wind and fairly whizzed, keeping
about seventy-five or one hundred
yards behind the cars.
The train moved up the heavy grade
at a slower rate of speed, so that there
was not so very much for the dog to
do but get down and hustle. But after
Bernie had been passed the engineer
pulled the throttle open and the train
bowled along across Elk Park at a
pretty lively clip. Then doggie was
lost sight of for awhile. At Woodrllle
a short stop was made, and before the
train pulled out the dog was there,
panting, but comparatively fresh, con
sidering his long run. No more was
seen of the dog until the train pulled
Into the depot at Butte.
There the dog lay upon the platform
waiting for the train and his master,
who was a passenger. He had been
resting there for five minutes. In
stead of following the train on its
long, circuitous route from Woodville
to Butte, fourteen miles, he took the
old stage road and made the run of
four miles In a short time.—Anaconda
Standard.
It was Sir Matthew Hale who re
marked, “When rogues fall out, honest
men get their own.”
TO BE CONSIDERED.
BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION AN IM
PORTANT FACTOR.
Output Inrreatad 140 Tar Teat Lut
Tear and SUO.000,000 of Now Capital
la Heady for laTeatment In Meet
Sugar KeOuIng Plants.
Just in time to arrest the attention
of those who are preparing to sacrifice
an important domestic agricultural and
manufacturing industry comes an In
teresting statement by C. F. Saylor,
the special agent of the Department of
Agricultural In charge of beet sugar
Investigations. From among the ma
terials which go to make up his an
nual report Mr. Saylor has given out
the following figures regarding the in
dustry during the past year.
The total production of beet sugar in.
the United States in the season 1901-2
has aggregated 185,000 tons, an In
crease of 140 per cent from the 77,000
tons produced during the season
1900-1.
There were thirty-one factories in
operation in 1900, according to the cen
sus figures, and eleven more were
started in 1901.
There are nine factories in course of
construction for operation in 1902, as
follows: Sebewang, Carrollton. Mount
Clemens and Croswell, Mich., Shelby,
Ind:; Greely, Eaton and Fort Collins,
Col. and Phoenix, Ariz.. ranging in ca
pacity of daily output from 500 tons to
1.000, the latter figure being the ca
pacity at the Phoenix plant.
Other companies have been organ
ized. with a total capitalization of $45,
900.000, and would require annually a
working capital in addition of $9,080,
000. They would purchase from the
farmer annually beets to the amount
of $14,700,000, besides many other
v.i iiut: uiaiu iam.
The number and aggregate capital of
these prospective plants, by States,
follow:
No of
plants Capital
Arizona . 2 $1,500,000
California . 5 3,500,000
Colorado . 7 5.000,000
Idaho . 1 500,000
Indiana . 1 1.000,000
Iowa . ti 3.100,000
Michigan .28 14,900,000
Minnesota . 5 2,400,000
Montana . 1 500,000
New York. 2 1,500,000
New Jersey. I 500,000
North Dakota. 2 1,000,000
Ohio . 3 1,350,000
Oregon . 1 500,000
Pennsylvania. 1 500,000
South Dakota. 2 1,000,000
Utah . 3 2,500,000
Wisconsin .10 3,150,000
Wyoming . 2 1,500,000
83 $45,900,000
Even the most cynical among Free
Trade scoffers and the most ardent
among the promoters of the Cuban
sympathy uproar must admit the stag
gering force of these official figures.
An- argicultural manufacturing indus
try which in a single year has jumped
from 77,000 to 185,000 tons of sugar,
and which for the current year is pre
paring to erect 83 additional plants in
18 states and 1 territory, at an outlay
of $45,900,000 of capital, with a sugar
beet purchasing capacity of $14,700,000
a year, Is a proposition of some magni
tude. It presents integral factors
worth reckoning with. Among other
things, there are 177 representatives
in Congress to be elected this year
from these States, and two years hence
these States will choose 213 Presi
dential electors. Certainly there is
enough in the situation as disclosed
by the statistics of the Department of
Agriculture to make some people stop
and think whether it is safe to brush
aside the domestic sugar industry as if
it were of no sort of consequence
whether it live or die as the result of
being knocked on the head with a Free
Trade hammer. The figures presented
by Mr. Saylor would seem to indicate
that it is of very serious consequence
to many people in many States of the
union.
Tbe Yankee Ajax.
7 v, .
The Chief Reneflclarjr.
It has been repeatedly asserted, anil
not specifically denied, that the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company made
large cash advances during the disor
dered period of the war to Cuban suga'
planters, and that these advances con
stitute what is practically a mortgage
on the sugar crop of Cuba, whereby
the entire profit of the proposed re
duction in the duties on Cuban raw
sugars would accrue to the benefit of
the great corporation or trust of which
Henry O. Havemeyer is the head. If
this allegation, which has be«n re
peatedly made, Is true, the action ot
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany is creditable alike to its humani
ty and its business sense, but it af
fords a curious commentary on the
impassioned appeals for “Justice to
Cuba” of which he hare heard so
much of late.—Brooklyn Times.
THE “INSURGENTS.”
CongrMfman Who Adhere! to the Mc
Kinley School of Republloanlam.
Congressman Taylor of Ohio tl)e
representative of the district which
discovered and developed William Mc
Kinley, is conspicuous among the stal
warts who are banded together in de
fense of genuine Republicanism against
the assaults of its avowed enemies and
its mistaken friends. "Insurgents”
they arc called, these devoted defend
ers of the citadel of Protection, be
cause they resist the covert approaches
of those who under the mask of senti
ment or sympathy for aliens are trying
to knock holes in the wall. "Insur
gents!” Curious term to apply to men
who demand that the doctrines of the
Republican party be lived up to, who
insist that the structure of Protection
shall stand or fall as a whole and not
be destroyed piecemeal, who believe
that you cannot withdraw Protection
from a selected group of domestic in
dustries and yet retatn it for the gen
eral body of American industry and la
bor. To be recognized as the leader ot
such a body of "Insurgents” is an
honor and a distinction. Mr. Taylor is
well equipped for the post. To begin
with he hails from Protection head
quarters; he represents the McKinley
constituency. No man was closer than
he to the late President in confidence
and esteem. No man has a better right
to speak for McKinley.
*.U UIO Ul UlLCrU 1UIUUICD uc*
fore the recent conference of House
Republicans on the subject of the pro
posed sympathetic concessions to Cuba
Congressman Taylor spoke for McKin
ley. He took radical ground against
any tariff reductions whatsoever on
Cuban products, and in so doing quoted
the views expressed to him personally
by President McKinley on the 6th of
June, 1901—namely:
Against any plan of reciprocity
which takes from a single American
workingman his job.
It. was in reference to this declara
tion by President McKinley that the
American Economist said in its issue
of July 5, 1901:
The President believes in and favors
the plan of reciprocity as defined by
the Republican platform of 1900, "In
articles which we do not ourselves pro
duce.” He does not favor anything
beyond that. He is distinctly and un
equivocally opposed to that form of so
called reciprocity which diminishes
home production and displaces Ameri
can labor and wages through the larger
admission of competitive foreign prod
ucts. He does not want the reciprocity
that takes from a single American
workingman his Job. The President
has recently said so in unmistakable
terms. The American Economist is
prepared to vouch for the accuracy and
authority of this statement of
President McKinley's attitude on the
subject of reciprocity.
Congressman Taylor was our au
thority for this statement. We did not
then feel at liberty to use his name in
that connection, but the seal of confi
dence has been broken by his state
ment before the House conference that
on the day of his appearance before the
Industrial Commission as a witness
representing The American Protective
Tariff league he waited upon President
McKinley and took counsel with him
concerning the testimony he was to
give before the commission, and that
the President then and there expressed
in the most explicit and candid manner
his view that reciprocity should be
limited "to those things which we
do not produce.” That was the Mc
Kinley platform in June, and it was
what McKinley meant and said, in ex
press terms several times reiterated, in
his speech at Buffalo three months
In tor
The McKinley platform of June and
September of last year is the platform
to-day of the men who stand with Rob
ert W. Taylor in solid array against
any sacrifice of the principle and the
application of Protection, whether in
behalf of Cuba or any other foreign
country. On that platform the Repub
lican party has won its victories in
the past, and it looks very much as
though the ‘‘Insurgents” were going
to win on it in their splendid fight
against Free-Trade' In spots.
Proof of Insincerity.
Should there be a reduction granted
on Cuban sugar, no matter to what
extent, it will injure American sugar
producers and add greatly to the prof
its of the American sugar trust. The
injury will affect four or five strong
Republican states, which will thus be
tempted to retaliate upon the party
in future elections, for a successful as
sault upon the material interests of
any section of the country will be
strong proof of the insincerity of the
party in the principle that has made it
powerful. No party can remain great
that openly displays Its inconsistency
and lacks fidelity to radical policies.—
Camden (N. .1.) Courier.
A.sus.lnatlon.
The Enterprise is very tired of the
circulars urging sugar tariff reduction
sent out by the sugar trust. This, the
greediest, the most unscrupulous, the
most loathsome of all, Is incapable of
an honorable motive. Its present ob
ject is to work the dastardly assasina
tlon of the beet sugar industry, a
threatening rival competitor.—St. Ig
nace (Mich.) Enterprise.
Not Enough flood Animal*.
A. W. Cheever, In an eastern paper,
says: What the business farmer wants
is well-bred stock, and this is more
likely to be found In the yards of
men who keep a record of their ani
mals. The first herd books marked a
step In the right direction, but It was
a greater one that Introduced the ele
ment of performance. The American
cares a good deal more about knowing
what a person can do now than about
who his ancestors were. Good ani
mals are much more plenty than for
merly on our American farms, but
there has never yet been a time wheu
the farmers could all fill their stables
with the best animals. There have
never been enough to go around. To
Improve the stock of the country it
has been necessary to keep a good
many grades. If advising a young
man now as to what kind of stock to
keep I should say get the best possible
within your means. But buying good
stock will not alone insure success.
There are farmers whose Ideas of the
care of animals are so crude that the
best would fail in their hands. There
are farmers who have not the elements
for success in their make-up. The
Best-bred stock in their hands would
be sure to deteriorate. There are a
great many good, profitable cows In
farmers’ yards whose pedigrees cannot
bo traced. Such cows bred to bullB of
known worth should produce calves
that would be well worth raising. It
Is not possible for us all to have at
once cows that will produce milk
enough to make four hundred or three
hundred pounds of butter In a year, but
by careful selection of the best cows
In our herds and breeding to superior
bulls It would be possible to raise the
average annual yield very materially.
No lover of good stock should be dis
heartened because he cannot fill his
yards at once with the best pure-bred
animals.
Drawing Poultry Before Marketing.
Opinions differ In the United States
regarding the practice of drawing
poultry before marketing. While It Is
desirable to suit the demands of the
market to which shipment Is marie,
the following conclusions from recent
American experiments are of Interest:
Under precisely the same condi
tions of temperature and humidity,
drawn fowls will keep from twenty to
thirty days longer than those not
drawn. The presence of undigested
food and of excrementitlous sub
stances In animals which have been
killed most certainly favors tainting
of the flesh and general decomposition.
The viscera are the first parts to show
putrescence, and allowing these to re
main within the body can not do oth
erwise than favor Infection of the flesh
with bacteria and ptomaines, even If
osmosis does not actually carry put
rid Juices to contiguous tissues. Hunt
ers know the value of drawing birds
as soon as possible after they have
been shot. In order to keep them sweet
and fresh and to prevent their having
a strong intestinal flavor. That the
opening of the body of an animal and
exposing the internal surfaces to the
air may have some Influence of Itself
in hastening putrefaction Is admitted,
but when the process of drawing is
properly conducted this secondary ob
jection to Its Immediate performance
may be entirely set aside. Absolute
cleanliness should be maintained
throughout the operation, and if the
entrails are torn and their contents al
lowed to come In contact with the flesh
of the animal its interior should be at
once washed out with clean cold wa
ter and afterwards with a solution of
common salt and the carcass hung up
until thoroughly dry.
An Opinion on Boot Pulp Feed.
At a California convention, a Mr.
Newball said: It would be difficult to
economically feed pulp away from the
factory, as transportation and hand
ling of pulp Is quite expensive. Fac
tories sell pulp at from 10 to 25 cents
per ton; the former price has been the
custom when taken away from the fac
tory, the latter when conveniences and
facilities for feeding cattle have been
furnished at or near the factories. I
doubt any profitable use for beef-feed
ing at over 25 cents per ton for pulp.
At this price, and the usual value of
grain and hay or straw, it will cost
from $9.00 to $12.00 per head to put
the animal into good marketable con
dition. At the present and usual price
of purchase and sale cf cattle in Cali
fornia these figures ($9.00 to $12.00)
are the full margin of profit when fat
tened on grass on the ranges and
without any extra cost of feeding. 1
am of the opinion that under ordinary
conditions in our state, except by
small farmers, pulp, or in fact an^
feeding, cannot be profitably carried
on; but pulp Is a most excellent thing
to have in this state to fall back on
in case of emergencies, like dry years
and seasons when cattle do not prop •
erly fatten on the ranges. I believe,
however, that small farmers who do
their own work can purchase cattle,
fatten them, and sell to a profit that
would be satisfactory to them, es
pecially as lots can be turned off ev
ery three or four months. This would
be especially true of farmers in the
localities whero sugar beets are raised,
and a long start made by feeding beet
tops, and which would require but lit
tle time, say one month, for finishing
on pulp with grain and hay.
The Dorkings are excellent table
fowls, but are not on an average with
some others as layers.
From a critical examination of the
exterior' points of an animal a fairly
correct estimate can always be made
of the quality of the interior or hid
den points.
