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A NEIGHBOURLY NOVEL
by GRACE 8. RICHMOND
XXVI.
Miss .Tenney, will yon tell me
something I very much want to
know T ”
“I will if I *jean, Doctor
.Chase, of course.” «
i ”1 think you must know,
fend you may be the only per
son who does. Will you ait
(down, pleaseT”
; Jo took the chair on the oth
er side of the fireplace, won
tiering what knowledge could
jbo in her possession which Doc
tor Chase wished to obtain
from Tier. His tone was cheer
ful, his manner that of a man
|Who has a definite object in
view, and who is intent upon it
.with nb time to lose. She had
not seen him in such fashion
•ince he had come to Cherry
^Square. And yet she knew—
4or was very sure—that his eye
sight had been failing more
•npidly since Hob’s accident, ns
an inevitable result of the tre
mendous strain upon the fath
er’s bni|y, mind and spirit.
Thou gh the little hoy was now j
sitting up in bed among his
jplavt lungs, even Hally, in her
^perfect health, stilt showed the
effects of the shock. Schuyler
tnust necessarily have suffered
n more devastatingly than
i “I want to know—if yon can
jfol) me, Miss .Tenney—whether
In spite of Gordon Maekay’a
tefusiit to put himself in line
or my —former—pulpit, he
fcvould have liked to fill it.”
I The question, put so Mneva
fcivcly, without preamble or ex
planation, took .To unawares,
film stared at \he questioner for
an instant, soeure in the con
sider that the impaired eye
sight. still further obscured by
jibe dark''glasses Schuyler al
ways wore, could not keep vigil
jbpon her face. Before she could
(decide how to reply, or what
(Maekay himself would wish
tier to say, Schuyler went
on. She realized as he spoke
that he did not want to he
treated as an invalid or as one
Jwho must be considered. TTe
Snennt to know wlmt she might
be able to tell him. This was
frvhnt, in few words, he made
ber understand.
I “The answer to that is vital
lo me, Miss .Tenney. T want
yon to let no fears for its ef
fect upon me hold you hack
from the truth. Tf you know
bow Maekay feels, or has felt
about it., T beg you to tell me.
lAnd don’t delay, please. I
jkJon’t,”—he smiled slightly—
“seem to hear waiting well.”
* “Then,” .To plunged in. see
ing no oilier course, ”T have
reason lo know, Doctor Those,
jthat Mr. Maekay refused the
,chance to he heard by your
^congregation with a view to
.the future, because he felt that
Tie would be doing you an in
jury.”
“That was his only reason
JTor refusing?’'
“T think so.”
"‘And yon believe that it wna
k great disappointment to
liim
‘‘Yes. Tt could hardly help
being so.”
; "'Did he tell vou he was dis
teppoiuted ?” The questions
<came fast, and with a wire
ed"** on the tone of them.
«' .She considered for an in
irtant, and determined that
since he had demanded frank
ness, she must give it. both for
bis own sake and for Moekay's.
i "Be was forced to admit, it.
jbeeause f was sure of it, and
tssed him. You see. Doctor
nse, it was T who had made
bim realize that it was going to j
]br very hard for you to see him !
♦—him especially—take your i
fcdacp. And after he had re
fused it, 1 was afraid I ought
n’t to have told him what
"wocid influence him—as it
»»uat—since it meant so much
jto his future.”
> "“You made him realise that I
A SPANIARD LOOKS
AT OUR CIVILIZATION
(Salvador De Madariaga, in Harpers. ,
America appeared to nie as an lm
•nra.* up to date nursery and boys’ j
wihool fitted with the most wonder, i
Xul toys nd games you could lmag- j
Jtae. Who was the gigantic Father
Christmas who Invented the sky
scraper? That skyline which re
fused to reveal itself to us at the
tout felt its way up New York
lutven in th'ck fog, was it not like
m colossal Christinas shop window
■Jittering with lights?
4 And think of all that those
I
it was going to be hard for me
to see him take my placet Will
you tell me, Miss Jenney, how
you could have inferred that!”
It was a close corner, if his
pride was to be spared. She
saw, nevertheless, that at least
a degree of honesty was her
only course. He meant to have
the truth, for some reason
which she couldn’t yet guess.
Stic hesitated. His quick tone
compelled her.
“Tell me that, please. Don’t
cover up anything, if you wish
to be kind.”
“Doctor Chase”—her eyes
were very pitying, if he could
have seen them, and her tone
was very gentle—'“you had a
moment of break-down—only a
moment—but in that I hap
pened to be coming down the
stairs and heard you. Please
believe that I could understand
with all my mind and heart,
the naturalness of that in
stant’s feeling. I knew you
would overcome it. I know you
have overcome it. But for the
sake of your health, I felt I
must act upon my knowledge
of your feeling.”
A silence fell, while Schuyler
Chase sheltered his face with
one slender hand, and Jo sat
waiting anxiously for the out
come of this revelation. Had
she done him a greater harm
than would have come to him
if she hadn’t tried to spare him
in the first placet Would his
humiliation at hearing that his
weakness had been recognized
do him physical and spiritual
injury! And yet, somehow,
she couldn’t help feeling that
he had reached a point where
h“ no longer wanted to be
spared the truth about himself.
She felt in him a change—a de
cided change—since he had
first come groping and alarmed
to the door of Bob’s room.
They had all felt it. He bad
been stronger in that crisis,
shown more self-control, more
consideration for them all, than
they could have expected ctf
him in his frail state. Even
now, before he said a word in
answer to her last confession,
she had a conviction that he
was grappling with himself
and and meant to win.
Finally he looked up—if it
could be called looking'—from
half blind, barricaded eyes. At
least, she could see the lift of
his chin, the determined setting
of his lips.
it seems i owe you muon,
Miss .Tenney,” he said. ‘‘And
I owe Gordon Maekay much
more. I think perhaps your
intervention saved my reason
in an hour when I was on the
verge of becoming unbalanced.
But—that time is past, I hope.
I can see things more clearly,
since—the experience we’ve
just been through. Nothing
else matters much, since Boh is
safe. Certainly not any old
ambitions of mine.”
She saw his- delicately cut
lips quiver for an instant, then
settle again into lines of firm
ness.
‘‘But we must somehow un
do what you and Maekay have
done,” he said.
She was startled. ‘‘Undo it,
Doctor Chaset But you can’t.
Mr. Maekay’s mind is made up.
He’s a Scotsman-—you can’t
unmake it.”
Now he actually smiled a lit
tle. ‘‘You have a great opinion
of the granite will of the Scot,
I see. But if he has done one
thing for me, at such a person
al sacrifice, he’ll do another. If
I can make him see that I now
want a certain thing as much
as he had reason before to
think I didn’t want it, he’ll
come round, won’t hef”
She shook her head. ‘‘I don’t
believe it.”
‘‘Don’t youf Well, it’s my
will now that’s to be tried out.
And since you conspired with
him for my good, you must
now conspire with me for his.”
beautiful towers and palac s con- '
ceal behind their embroidered cliffs!
Think of the elevators (my hat to
their Importance) coming and go
ing behind their beautiful brass
filigree cages, with all their neat
little buttons and lights and nnrrws
red and green, and the boy *o spick
and span you could hardly believe
he was a real boy. least of a.l when
he announces the floor in rn un
intelligible yell which serins to
burst out of his stuffed bod under
mechanical compulsion.
Think of the lovely marble floors,
thick carpets, barber shops, all re
splendent with mirrors and nickeled
bars and. oh I the marveloiu chairs !
“I’m becoming afraid of con
spiracies. How can cny of us
know what is best for another?
Don’t you think, Doctor Chase,
that it would be wise to leave
this as it’s been settled? I’m
sure Mr. Mackay is anxious to
dr this work he’s laid out for
himself. He will put his heart
into it. Jn time something big
ger and better suited to his
abilities will come to him—it
does to such men. Meanwhile
f t
“Meanwhile—I’ve robbed
him of a chance, and his refusal
of it hasn’t made me ricdier.
It’s made me poorer—infinite
ly poorer. I must give it back
to him, if I can. Don’t you see
thatT It’s the one thing I do
see, and I mean to do it. 1
vowed that, when my little boy
lay there so long. Something
happened to me then—I can't
tell you what it was.”
“I’m sure of that, Doctor
Chase.” Jo’s tone held a thrill
of genuine appreciation in it,
such as he har never heard
from her before. “But—I
don’t quite see how you can
feel you robbed him, when you
couldn’t possibly know how he
felt about it.”
“Couldn’t II” He let a long
minute intervene, as if he were
trying to decide something of
moment. Then, with a deep
sigh, as if he were making the
ultimate sacrifices of that
which had been supremely his,
his pride, he said quietly but
firmly: “As a matter of fact,
Miss Jennev, T knew at the
time as well as you did that he
must want that pulpit, and
want it strongly. When he told
me so gallantly of other plans
and his interest in them, he
didnt deceive me for an
instant. But T made
myself accept. that as the
truth, and take the poor
relief it gave me. Tt, did. I
admit, for the time being, save
me from going to pieces. But T
felt the shame of it, once I’d
recovered from that hysteria—
that’s what it has to be called
I know. It’s what Doctor Fiske
calls ft, and rightly. And when
my little boy—Oh, everything
looks different, doesn’t it,
when a life one loves is at
stake! The cloak of pride and
ambition falls away from one,
and leaves him naked and shiv
ering, begging God for that life
at any price. I don’t think I
bargained with Him then—that,
wouldn’t have been good
enough. But I did promise Him
something—and I’m going to
keep it.”
After the silence that fol
lowed upon these strangely
humble words, it was Schuyler
who broke it. Jo Jenney, look
ing at him, so worn and weak
in his illness and in the pros
pect of all that faced him,
could find no control of her
voice. She could only get up
and come over to him and lay
her warm hand on his thin
shoulder. She remembered
vividly that it was the shoulder
which had so impressively
worn the silken robes of his
piofession in that pulpit of
which he had been speaking, a
shoulder covered n;>w by the
padded silk robe of a different
significance. He looked up,
and his tone was less grnve.
“I didn’t mean all that tor
heroics, you know.”
“I know you didn’t.” Jo
had to find her voice, so she
managed it.
i iu airaiu i ve oeen pruiity
of heroics in the past. It’s my
one fear now that I shall dra
matize this situation, with my
self as the chief actor—it
would he like me. I had to he
taken off the stage, to put an
end to my acting, I’m afraid.
Consciously or unconsciously
all the preachers in hip places
do it. It’s more or less lepiti
mate if they’re to achieve their
ends. But I think I saw my
self more vividly than most. T
was less real—more in love
with my part before people.
. . . You see. havinp bepun
to make confession I can’t
stop. It’s a relief, in a way—
though I didn’t expect, when
I began, to bother you with so
nf if. **
pivoting in all meridians and paral
lels like telescope* for the barber to
observe and operate on your beauty
under every possible angle and light
—and the mechanical appliances for
brushing your hair and for drying
it, all moving electrically, so fast
and with so much wonderful noise.
The visitor who wanders about
among men and institutions soon
realizes that the power of business
over Intellectual life is stronger in
America than anywhere in Europe
—leaving aside, of course, Russia,
in which it is absolute. Here, it
seems to me, must be found the
cause oi the relative uniformity of
Now Jo saw a genuine amne
break upon bis face-his fine
teeth were very white, and the
smile was lovely. Her pitiful
heart warmed still more to
him; here, she felt, was the real
man who had been behind the
self-arraigned actor all the
time. And the part he was
playing now was a real one and
worth the playing.
“You haven’t bothered me.
You’ve made me like and trust
you as never before, Doctor
Chase. And whatever you
want to do, that will ease your
mind, I’ll try to help in, if I
can. I don't think you can
change Sir. Maekav’s decision
—I’m not sure that I want you
to. But at least you can do
what will give you comfort.”
“And him honor. That’s
what I want. He deserves it.
He did what one man in a thou
sand would have done, because
not one man in a thousand but
would have felt himself per
fectly justified in taking what
was to be offered to somebody,
in any case. Why not to liim1
And ivith the deposed man
showing unreasonable and de
spicable jealousy—*” He broke
off, shaking his head. “Acting
again,” lie said, with a whims
ical little groan. “Putting on
the hair shirt, for your benefit.
Oh, I’ve learned something
about myself at last, you see.”
He got up slowly, and Jo
stood beside him on the hearth
rug.
And I ve learned some
thing about, you, myself,” she
said. “But I’m not going to tell
you what it is, after all these
warnings.”
“No, don’t tell me. I should
somehow wrest it into a eom
! pliment, to wrap myself in.”
“Ah. but you should be
wrapped. And I’m going to
tell you. I have seen brave
men. Doctor Chase . . . But
none braver than you.”
She went away before he
could answer. She didn’t want
to see him even try to refuse
the balm of those true words.
(From Josephine Jenney’s
Notebook)
We’ve had a day together—
a whole day.
He came for me in a car—a
nice little roadster. We drove
and drove—heaven only knows
where. Don't think I saw
anything on either side of the
road. We had luncheon at a
little inn up in the hills. Din
ner in another—can’t even re
member how they looked. He
said it w’as a day in which to
get acquainted—roekbottom
1 acquainted. No love-making—
| no suggestion of it. No talk
of the future. Just—the most
real and satisfying companion
ship I’ve ever known or im
agined. in mv most perfect
thoughts. All day it lasted.
The whole drive home, in the
evening, was in silence. I can
never forget it.
Oh, yes—funny things hap
pened. We blew out a tire,
and had to wait forever to get
it mended, since we hadn’t a
spare. This annoyed my
Scotsman very much—he even
muttered a word or two he
shouldn’t—which made him
seem nice and human. He left
his hat behind at the second
inn. and neither of us noticed it
till we were miles away. I lost
a little fox fur piece out of the
ear, and we didn’t find it,
though we put up notices in
the postoffiees in the nearest
little towns, and a notice in
two newspapers, altogether
I fear our heads were in the
clouds, in spite of there being,
as I’ve said, nothing sentimen
tal in word or deed during the
whole day.
nut there was—something—
indescribable — exquisite —
poignant—that needed no
words. We were—together. It
was as if we had always been
together, till a certain time
long ago— and had now just
got back to each other. We’re
going to separate again, very
soon—but—oh, nothing can
ever separate us, after today,
if we never meet again.
(TO B>: CONTINUED)
Intellectual views which is one of
the most striking facts for the vis
itor in contemporary America.
Q. Who was Rajah Brooke? R
H.
A Sir James Brooke. English
rajah, celebrated as the Rajah oi
Sarawak was born at Bengal. 1303,
and died at Burrator, Devonshire,
England. June 11. 1868.
Q. Does the selection of a presi
dent's secretary have to be approved
by the Senate? C. E. B.
A. This is one appointment that
1 a president makes without coDsant
of the Senate.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
WHICH BREED BEST?
The different gradc3 of wool vary
in relative position in the general
price scale from year to year.
Around 1921 the highest market de
• mand was for fine and medium
wools, and coarse wool was a dis
couraging commodity, comparative
ly. In the last year this situation
was practically reversed, with me
dium and half-blood wool popular
and the fine wools rather slow to
move. About a year ago the coarse,
or braid wools, for some time rathpr
inactive, came into prominence in
the market demands.
Flock masters, however, do well
not to give too much consideration
to current differences in wool prices
when planning their operations.
Fine wool, for instance, is produced
on the pure bred Rambouillets and
Delaines. Half-blood is produced on
Rambouillets of coarser breeding
and some of the better cros3-breds
Three eighths blood wool comes
from Shropshires, Dorsets. South
downs and from crosses between
Lincolns and Ramboullets. Quarter
blood is shown from these same
breeds with the addition of the
Romney Marsh, Hampshires and
Shropshires, or crosses between these
breeds.
Braid or cross wool is produced
only on Cotswolds, Lincolns and
Leicesters. Changing in breeding
plans to hit the current wool mar
ket, however, will only result in con
fusion and loss. The best plan is to
determine the breed of sheep best
adapted to the conditions under
which the ranch operations must
be maintained and then follow a
definite plan aimed toward the pro
motion of excellence in conforma
tion and in clip that will bring
highest market returns. Another
point is that the lamb yield is really
much the more important objective
in sheep operations.
FEEDING EARLY PULLETS
The early maturing pullets, if un
duly forced and Improperly fed, will
lay heavily for a few weeks and
then, through loss of weight, are
apt to drop into an unnecessary
molt. They must be fed with the
idea of continuing to build body
weight and growth along with sub
stantial production.
This condition will best be
brought about by feeding the lay
ing pullets a well balanced dry
mash in open hoppers or automatic
feeders.
Manufactured laying mashes, with
or without buttermilk, are available
to the feeder. Mash should be kept
before the birds continuously.
The laying mash used should con
tain minerals, protein from a variety
of sources, and if milk is not pres
ent, this necessary element should
be provided separately in the form
of a condensed or a dried milk pro
duct. The secret of success is to
feed liberal quantities of a grain
ratio composed of from 50 to 60
per cent, of whole or cracked corn.
In allmash feeding, the mash should
contain liberal quantities of corn
meal.
This practice tends to keep pro
duction within reasonable bounds
and will enable the bird to main
tain surplus flesh and fat on her
body. Do not forget the grit and
shell.
If possible the pullets should be
allowed a good run on a fresh green
range. Otherwise, rather than let
ting them out on a restricted, bare
yard, they had better be confined
to the* laying house. In this case
feed a liberal ration of green feed—
kale, rape, cabbage or germinated
oats—to retain as much of the pel
low pigment in their bodies through
out the fall as possible.
CHOLERA SERUM
Three distinct types of hog anti
cholera serum are on the market.
They are the defibrinated blood
serum, the clear unconcentrated
serum and the clear concentrated
serum. The intrinsic values of
these three different types of serum
are wholly dependent upon the
quantity and quality of the true, or
protective, serum present in each.
The amount of the real protective
agent carried varies with the type
and is as follows:
The clear concentrated serum
contains more than 80 per cent,
of this material, while the defibrin
ated blood serum and the uncon
centrated serum each contain only
60 per cent, of these substances. It
is therefore apparent that the con
centrated serum is 25 per cen. more
valuable than an equal quantity of
either of the other two types. This
means that 100 c.c. of the former is
equal in Immunizing properties to
125 c.c. of the latter, and vice versa.
These facts should be borne in
mind when purchases of serum are
being made, for price alone is not a
safe guide. The labels carried on
the serum containers state specifi
cally the percentage of protective
agents contained and should be ex
amined by prospective purchasers.
The clear concentrated serum, be
cause of the elimination of the blood
cells, has better keeping qualities.
In recognition of this fact, the per
mitted return date on it Is three
years, while, with the other two
types, it is two years._
PREVENTING HEMORRHAGES
Minor surgical operations such as
dehorning and castration should not
be performed on animals grazing on
sweet clover, or death from bleed
ing may result.
Continuous grazing on sweet clov
er causes the blood to lose its
clotting power, and the only safe
plan it to remove the animals from
such pasturage for at least a month
before operating. One of the most
disastrous cases on record of sweet
clover poisoning of this character
occurred two years ago in the San
Luis valley where 70 out of 80 year
ling calves bled to death after de
horning. , „
Although there is practically no
danger of fatal sweet clover poison
ing on pastures under ordinary con
COLDS IN POULTRY
One danger facing the summer
pullet flock is an outbreak of nose
colds, which are especially prevalent
in damp weather and where too
many Dullets are kept in a limited
space with insufficient ventilation.
Should colds appear, give the pullet
flock a good flushing out with Ep
som salts; in fact, it is well to feed
the pullets at least every two weeks
a pound of Epsom salts to 100 birds,
preferable in a moist mash.
The putting of 4 per cent flowers !
of sulphur In the dry mash when
colds appear is excellent, but best
of all let us give the birds more
especially back ventilation. ■
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dltions, nevertheless It ts wise to
avoid trouble by putting the ani
mals on other feed for 30 days be
fore attempting surgery, no matter
how slight.
IJOAD31D2 SELLING
With mother selling but.er and
eggs, father selling the crops, and
brother selling the calves and pigs,
what is left for sister to sell? If
she lives on a highway—and who
doesn’t nowadays?—the rest of the
family already may be disposing of
their wares at a vegetable stand or
gate. Without encroaching on their
sales, you can add your feature
home made cakes, cookies and can
dy. These are year around products,
so that you can make them at your
convenience, whenever you need
money. Hundreds of hurrying tour
ists,, not caring for ‘ barbecue” and
“pop.” watch the roadside for good
food that they can eat as they drive
on.
Exactly what you sell depends on
what you can make best when you
begin; later you may experiment.
Keeping an account of each prod
uct costs you will soon show which
is most profitable. Then consider
the length of time for preparation
that each requires.
Cookies will always be more easily
made and sold than cakes, and tarta
more than pies. Ice box cookies are
the quickest, and by keeping the
dough on hand a fresh supply of
cookies can be baked any time you
sell out. If you attempt cakes, make
the insides all the same and vary
only the icings and fillings.
Just now nut breads are especial
ly popular. Commercial nuts are ex
Densive, but you may substitute
hickory nuts or peanuts. There are
both the quick bread and raised
types. The yeast companies will
send you very excellent free book
lets on bread making.
To build a real reputation, special
ize. .Sectional recipes, though trite
to you, appeal to tourists from other
parts of the country. So utilize your
local products, be they pop com,
molasses, pecans, oranges, maple
sirup of honey.
Don't forget that attractive wrap
pings will help to sell your food.
Transparent paper keeps it clean,
yet displays It temptingly. Stick
ers for the ends of packages may
be of your own design, or perhaps
another talented member of the
family will make them for you and
letter a poster as well. Plain price
tags are an asset, too; you’d be
surprised how many timid souls hes
itate to inquire.
THE SUMMER CALF
For the man that knows how, it is
easier to raise calves in the winter
than in the summer. The man that
does not know how often believes
the reverse is true.
Many calves are stunted by being
turned out in the open in the sum
mer time. The best place for a calf
until It Is six months old is in the
barn. If it is out a few hours each
morning it will get sunshine enough.
If it is out all day it gets too much,
oftentimes resulting in scours or a
loss of appetite. The young calf does
not know enough to stay out of the
hot sun. which is harmful. Furth
ermore, it should not be forced to
subsist on grass for any part of its
ration. Its little stomach is not
adapted to handle grass. It needs a
more concentrated feed. Thus it
develops and grows much better if
it is kept off grass and out of the
hot sun in a cool and rather dark
place in the barn.
Even the calf that is born in the
fall and is six months or more of
age when grass comes should not be
forced to subsist on grass alone the
first summer, even though the best
of pasture is provided. A small
quantity of grain daily will make
the grass "stick to their libs." and
the calves will grow and develop
much faster. Even calves of this
age need plenty of shade.
Remember, it is the big cow of
any breed that is the most profitable
cow. Calves will not make big cows
if they are stunted in any wav after
they are six months of age.
IDEAL POULTRY PLANT
The ideal poultry plant would
consist of four parts—an exclusive
range for brooding chicks, another
for the summer range of pullets, the
laying houses, and a garden for the
chickens. A part of the yards about
laying quarters or chick range can
be used for garden purposes.
The chick and pullet ranges need
not be separate if a combined range
ample for both is available. The
adult birds, however, should never
be permitted to frequent the ranges
to be used for growing stock. Fail
ure to observe this rule is probably
the most frequent and costly mis
take made by poultry keepers. It
is fatal to success and profits.
Pullets reared so they are clean
when they go into the laying house
offer the best insurance for profit
able winter egg production and a
low death rate of birds throughout
the year. Contrast this with pul
lets reared on contaminated soil,
which go into the laying house in
fested with disease and intestinal
parasites. Such pullets can be ex
pected to lay but few winter eggs,
and the death rate is very sure to
be high. i
The effective procedure is to rely
upon means and methods of pre
vention during the brooding and
summer range periods. This con
tention is not based on theory or
supposition; it is a matter of facta
substantiated by first hand exper
ience of poultry keepers in every
locality. It is the most frequent ex
planation of the success or failure
of poultry keepers.
AND MOST OTHERS
The farmer who raises hogs con
sistently and economically makes
money His neighbor who buyi when
hogs go up and sells when tliey are
cheap, loses. It’s the same In tha
chicken business.
Freely circulating pure air will help
pullets in good flesh to throw off
colds promptly. Otherwise colds
may become chronic and develop
Into roup, canker and chicken pox.
THE MOVABLE HOG HOUSE
Serviceability, durability, conven
ience. sanitation, comfort, and safe
ty are the features to be sought in
a moveable hog house. There is a
type of movable house to suit al
most any fancy, and prices vary
over practically as wide a range.
Among the more standard types ara
the A-shaped, the shed roof, tha
gable roof and the combination, or
two-slope roof
