CHAPTER XIL—fCoavianau.)
"How can It be roar duty, Eleanor, If
aa you aald—and It mad* my heart leap
with Joy—you love me, how can It be
your duty to giro m# up and marry an
other? O, Eleanor, dear Bill*, think of
my Hfe-long devotion, my item aacrl- j
flee, that refuaed to hear even a alngle
word from you—my unceaalng toll and
incredible exertion to lit royaelf to
a'tand In theae door* a aultor for your (
hand, without a bluah of ahame! To
have gained the long-prayed-for poal
tlon, to find my love returned, and yet
to loae you—have you thought bow ter
rible a doom It la for me? Can It be a
duty that would cruah our heart* In the
fulfillment?”
1 She wrung her hand*.
"Forbear, O Walter—have pity on
my weakneaa! All laat night I wrea
tled In my agony to aeo the right, I
came out of the bitter water* calm In
aelf-renunclatlon, knowing It wa* my
duty to give you up. Neither your
grief nor my own angulab muat drift
me away from the poaltlon I defined
then. Dear Walter, my childhood'*
friend, my protector and comforter al
waya, help me now to be true to my own
conviction* of right!"
There waa a aolemn pat ho* In her
tone—In her white face and Imploring
•y»—that rebuked Wallet’• personal
grief.
“Eleanor,” said he, Impetuously, “If
I could see any reason for It—If It were
not so contradictory to all my Ideas of
right—I would be wiling lo bear my
own pain to aid you!”
“Be sure I must be well convinced of
the right of It ere I peril your happiness
and mine. If you knew all you would
be the first to bid me God speed upon
my atoning sacrifice.”
Walter was looking steadfastly Into
the beautiful face. Coming suddenly
forward, while lip and cheek paled be
neath the Intensity of hla emotion, he
held out his hand.
"It Is enough. I will bid you God
speed now. I renounce my hopes, Kllle
—my Ellle, for whom I have ll» ed, and
striven, and hoped. I will give you up,
even unto another's arms.”
Lady Eleanor’s head drooped forward
to his shoulder; her cold white check
touched his; her brown curls flung
their sunny ripples against his Jetty
locks, while her quivering lips whis
pered:
"God bless you, Walter! It is pleas
ant now to think how short is earth
how enduring Heaven!"
He wrapped his arms around h<r,
pressed her passionately to his h»urt,
and then put her away. A step on the
threshold startled them. Lady Anna
bel stood within the doorway, her sad
glance wandering from one ugitated
face to another, She was evidently
greatly moved, yet she came In with
her accustomed stately grace, and
greeted Walter with the usual saluta
tion; then turning to her daughter,
she said mournfully:
"I see how It is, my child; you deceiv
ed me last night, and my worst fcara—
when I knew Mr. Vernon had returned
—are verified. I see that you love each
other.”
No answer came. Eleanor turned
sway her tearful face and Walter, his
sensitive spirit stung by the thought
that she would consider him as an In
terloper, raised bis head in haughty st
ir nee.
"Kleanor, Eleanor!" came In a pite
ous voice, so full of yearning tender
ness It seemed to convulse the poor
girl’s heart. “I asked no sacrifice of
you. I should love and Ideas you still If
you left me tonight to fly with the man
you love. Hear me solemnly declare I
dare not even advise you to marry oth
er than him who holds your heart. Go
and be happy, my child.”
Walter bent forward Joyously, but
Eleanor only shook her head
"I know you do not ask It. mother,
but I know It Is right It Is best, and It
will give you peace. Walter himself
MU glYVIt UIV UJI. IUU uiriini fiij riiuit.
Imly Annabel looked wildly from one
to the other an ebe fullered:
tint If you lore each other, how run
he gtva you up. or you lake youraetf
from him?"
"The rouerlouatnee* of doing right
will enebte ua both to rouuuer our Ill
fated affection will It not. Welter?'
Perpleied, grieved, hrirt-rrushed,
Walter eould not refuee Ike pleading
look la tkoee blue eyea, and he ne**et
ed -Yew"
Wbai wae hie aatomehmrat to a«e
Indy Annabel fall on her kaeea and
catching bar daughter • baud, hath* it
with tear* a ad dry It «lth hiaaae
Mr grand, heroic child''' cried age
”WIU Heart* permit inch taaocem*
and worth ta ataaa far Ike aia of oik
era? I alii pray that your noble inert
•an may aat ha aeaded. and yet I oaa
If l« la completed g mot ken eternal
gratitude will ha yearn Ah. my aai
K teener, yaw* para hand nhntt lift anai
•rom me a l-nd of ramerte and earn
ta aarlhTT aleaemral far aafeiiag am
loan Wat M meet be free and voiuata
ft aat from laar af my dug eaeuie
remember that,**
Aha eaak doaa into an en»r ahair am
fa tend a handkerchief ta hei fare, ahlk
g rMaat At af raeghiay eaaaaA Tfc
lar* meOhee came away, their aaawi
let tare marked hr »Htn epota af Need
meaner apraag ta her aide la tea
"Mamma, mamma," cried ane, -you
are III; tbla excitement la killing you!”
Bke waved them back and wblapered
wltb a wan amila on bar deadly face:
"It la nothing new; It will pass
presently."
"Mamma," aald Eleanor with a new
air of determination and energy, "once
for all, let ua aettle thla subject. I
know the ronatunt worrying about It la
deatroylng you. Here I am a willing,
voluntary mediator, thankful—ao
thankful, my darling mother, to be
abla to brighten thus little of your trial.
I am sorry you should know bow much
It coat me to relinquish Walter, but be
lieve me, I shall conquer it bravely
Once entered upon the path, I shall
not shrink; I aball never repent."
Iu»dy Annabel ruiaed the soft hand to
her lips and whispered:
"I conaent. May Heaven forgive me
If I am wrong! After all," she added,
"It may never be required of you. We
may never find him, or lie may have
chosen another himself."
"Ah, yea," responded Eleanor sooth
ingly, "we are making a great deal of
trouble before we are sure there Is need
of it. But you, Walter, must never
hope for anything except a friend’s af
fection, a slater's love,"
Walter sighed.
"Bo be It, then, I submit. May 1 know
the name of him who wins the treasure
I lose?"
"Hie name?” repeated Lady Elea
nor, dreamily. "I do not even know It
yet."
"What Inexplicable mystery is this?
ejaculated Waller.
She shuddered while she answered:
"Be content, Walter, and ask no
more."
"My children," whispered Lady An
nabel, "one thing I must require of you.
The Intention may be sincere and gen
uine, but the heart be treacherous. Mr.
Vernon, I request you to continue your
visits as usual. The test must be ap
plied by actual trial. If my daughter
can learn to school her own heart, It Is
well; If not, I would rather die myself
than take her from you.”
Hhe rose from her < hair, signed for
Bleanor to support her, and bidding
him as courteous an adieu as If only
ordinary conversation had passed be
tween them, left the drawing room.
Bo ended this exciting, perplexing,
sorrowful Interview; and restless and
miserable, haunted by a thousand ab
surd misgivings, Walter returned to
his studio. He remained a week away
from Colllnwood House, during which
time he met the admiral, whose easy,
unrestrained manner showed he was
Ignorant of all that had passed.
CHAPTER XIH.
HB ONLY event
of Importance
meanwhile oc
curred ut a private
party to which he
had gone with hla
fast and warm ad*
mlrer. Viscount
Somerset, They
were In the midst
of u gay crowd
when the young
lord, touching his arm. said formally:
"Mrs. Dacrc, allow me to present to
you our distinguished artist. Signor
Vernoni. Vernoni, the Hon. Mrs. Da*
ere."
Abseut-mlnded and sad. Walter had
not heeded the lady's approach. Thera
was no way to avoid au Interview. Kha
; stood before him. her genial face aglow
with smiles, her fair white hand ex*
tended toward him.
One moment Walter's tierce eyea
glowed upon her; his haughty lip curl*
ed In scorn: then turning upon his best,
he ejaculated:
"No, no, 1 shall never take that hand
In friendly greeilui," and vanished la
the crowd.
The startled Mrs. Darre colored trim*
son. and the tears rose to her eyea; but
gmill lirr miBiMiuu m luinavu
on eagerly, endeavoring la toathe thi
driven*** of hi* indignation al lha In.
aitU,
The vlacount burned up Waller lalgf
In I he evening, and aald with grnvt,
1 mibarraeaed fare:
"t'pon n»> word, Vernon, I hardly
know what la *a>, tm afraid yuu vg
toad* a decidedly ugly huelueaa, Ha*
ere la in a rage and dec lare# your pree.
mi popuia>lii> aboil not aav* ran from
a hone whipping. It yaw iwfuaa la gtvg
him aaUafaclion In fa«t, aigoor. It wag
( rather a hard thing I waa talma aback
myaell."
| "No doubt you were, and e*.eedii»f.
h Indignant, my an hie friend I w#i
grieved mreelf Ihni It ahuuld happen,
hut I new Id die n ihouaand i.«mw rnthet
then i»»u. a that woman a hand ‘
The vlaceuni looked up aa II doubtla|
hit anally.
dememeg," aald Walter again. In l
emotbered tube af deep emotion, “II
you mat n weman via bad wrecked t*<
happiaeae perilled lha Ufa, and blaataf
, I the good M«* af lha dend talker y«M
laved ama belter than Ufa, would ton
uha her band In foam, though at!
, gueU*. eeurraav, and lha whole warh
, demanded ttf*
, Na." waa tb.» prompt reply, "be
i atilt I am myellted Mm Un»m la i
lady of u re preach* hie ibindtr I bar
, U no a.tiabnf
| "Na. replied Wal'ev, blttggty. ■
know she was admired, respected ana
prosperous; she Is none the less my
father’s deadliest foe.”
"What Is to be done?” ssked the per
plexed viscount. “Dscre's friend will
wait upon you to-night.”
"What— s duel? A mode of settle
ment as despicable as It Is abhorrent!
Well, well, It matters not. ,1 cannot
■void It; you would all believe me a
coward If I refused; so I will stand and
let him shoot me, for wrong my own
soul so much aa to raise a deadly weap
on against the life the Creator gave, I
will not. Let him shoot; It la meet tha
son should perish as well aa the father,
through Annabel Marston’a means.”
The kind-hearted Homerset was real
ly grieved and troubled,
“Is there no way to avoid It? Dacre
demanded the reason for such Insulting
conduct; csn I not hint something that
will satisfy him?”
“You may say to that woman, I
could not take her band, because I am
Paul Kirkland's son, who knew Anna
bel Marwton of Lincolnshire In days
gone by. Mark her face when you speak
the name.”
Throughout the next day Walter wsa
In no enviable state of mind. All things
looked gloomy and threatening. The
sorrowful fate before Kleanor—the
mystery of the motive lhat. should make
her thus voluntarily Immolate herself
upon the altar of duly ihe hard strug
gle and desolate, loveless life before
himself the bitter resentment for his
father’s wrongs all disheartened and
dismayed him. He was In no mood to
grieve when bis friend returned saying
Dacre would only he satisfied with a
full apology. The lady, he said, remem
bered seeing once or twice In Lincoln
shire a drawing-master named Kirk
land, but was not aware how that
should affect Hlgnor Vernonl’s conduct
In the least.
"Let him ahoot a dozen time* If It will
comfort him any," said Walter, sarcas
tically. "I can’t aay but i shall be the
greater gainer by the operation. 1 will ,
leave him an explanation of her ‘once
or twice.’ Oo back, and let him fix the
place and time for the horalc deed. I
will be on the spot, and I will aland as
quiet, be sure, as the beat target he ever
abot against. Life has no cbarma; let
him wnd me out aa quick aa poaallile."
"What would all London aay to hear
thla!" cried the vlacount In despair.
"Hlgnor Vernonl, the worshiped, petted
artist, already crowned In youth with
the laurel wreath, ready to throw away
hla life ao recklessly. Ab, my friend, 1
might hint at a more powerful reason
for you to seek eacape from thla. Lady
Eleanor Collin wood, our pride and star,
before whom ao many plead In vain,
looks upon you alone with favoring
eyea. Will you forsake that enviable
poaltlon?"
"Hush!" Interrupted Walter sternly.
"No more! Go at once and settled this
wretched business!"
The viscount left him, and Walter
flung himself upon the lounge and tried
to sleep to eacape the maddening tu
mult of thought- The effort wa» aa
vain aa if the soft damask bad been
lined with thorns. Then he rose and
paced to and fro, two houra or more
when his errand boy handed him a
brief line from Somerset.
"To-morrow, at eight In the morning,
at Ulackhealh."
He read the line two or three tlmea
and then said aloud;
"And thla, then. Is the end of all my
high hopes, my unceasing endeavor*—
to die In a duel! I must see Eleanor
•gain; she need not know It Is a fare
well Interview, but it will be a consola
tion to me— poealbly to her also—If the
worst happens."
<10 SB COSTING BO. I
LANG’S WONDERFUL DOG.
Dill Hum* Vary ICaiiiarkabla Thing* Ac
cording to tin Vsrsclnua Narrator.
A Newfoundland named Oscar be
longing to myself had often listened
with much Interest to stories of rescue
(II urunlllllK |#ri mini* uy uu|i, nmym
|,utik In Ixyngnmu's Magazine. I han
|u*n to possess an engraving of Land
seer's "Member of the Humane So
ciety." Oscar would contemplate It for
hours and study the pose In the mir
ror. One day two little children were
playing alone on St. Andrew's pier and
i was sketching the ruins at a short
distance. Oscar running about on the
pier. 1 happened to look up and saw
Oscar, aa If inadvertently, hut quite
deliberately, hack one of the children
(Johnny Chisholm by name) into the
water, which la there very deep The
animal then gave three loud howls to
attract attention the had been taught
to give "three cheere for Mr Iliad
atone"). Jumped Into the water, rescued
the child sad carried bint, "quite safe
but very wet," to the local photog
rapher*. obviously that the deed might
be commemorated by art Nabodv sow
tbe begtaatag of this tragedy enepl
myself Oscgr, when brought home,
deliberately rapped out "Humsue So
riety" with Me tall os tbe floor but
mo>b aa I appreciated M» lateliigeac*
I could not, la commoa buses!> give
him a ieellacoaisl Thla preyed us Me
miad. be eccsmpaaied a party ta the
tog at PI Mutes tower sad dwltbersiety
leaped frsm tbe top being dashed is
pieces at tbe Net of aa emlaeat dicta*
s hose erorba he bad aftsa, but uaour
cesafully. etiiealed ms ta rwvle* ta aa
I uafavorablo eeawe *•'* plaa was t«
, bring tbe bswb. tar It at my Not aati
rwturu with the carviag half* ta M<
( moutb
|
Asgsanpeaw
1 t sgediiaess always lead* ta lawlwsw
ae«* sad M destru-Uiu It ag**t» iM
> home, lbs cwmmuatly. sad lb* life m
i lb* aatt** W* >** *aly Mhi as t
I ssitea whea w* fester aad cbsttal
morality aad rvltgisa - M»e ■ I Mat*
I Isr
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
•dm Up-to-ilata Hint. About Cultlra
tlM mt |ba Sail aad Tlalda Thereof
- Mertlealtare, Vltlrullare aad flerl
aaltere.
HIM subject was
discussed at a meat,
log of Canadian
farmers, as fol
lows:
“Celery growing,
Is It profitable to
the market garden
er? Whet Is the
beet method of
growing and
blanching? Which
ere the best varieties for the amateur;
for marketing; and what Is the best
way to pack and keep for winter
use?”
Mr. Bucks I believe It has been gen
erally said that the proper soil to grow
celery In Is black swamp muck. I have
seen It grow repeatedly lu such soil,
and have never seen a bad crop, it
grows fine and strong, and the muck
does not appear to rust the celery.
Mr. Rose Any one who wishes to
grow celery should not attempt It In
dry soil. I have for many years plant
ed more or less celery. Our soli Is high
and dry, and I have never yet with per
hape one exception had a good crop
It Is not as good as what la grown on
mucky aoll. It does not blanch quite as
wall, and it Is Inclined to he tough. I
In fact abandoned the cultivation of it
fail year; init f»y mistake of one of the
men we had a piece planted with It,
and the seaaon being a wet one the
celery waa the best we have hud for
year*. We have a gentleman who Uvea
In the eastern part of the town here,
who has a piece of mucky land—it Is
I remain on ft, taken It Into the root
houie, and packs It close together
standing perpendicular. He s&ys that
celery keeps without any difficulty
whatever, and continues to blanch and
grow. I do not think he puts any soli
or moss around It; only packs It close
together, and uses It as he wants It.
Mr. Wellington—I Just pack the moss
at the bottom, for an Inch or two up.
Mr. Goldie- That plan would hardly
suit the large growers. The way they
commonly do In New Jersey, and I
think about New York, too, Is to dig a
trench and stick It In as closely as they
can without putting any earth In at
all, and then cover It over with hay
that is taken off the salt meadows.
They can then pick It out at any time
during the winter. I think the way
Mr. Wellington mentions would be the
best for small families.
Mr. Woodward I have a different
way of keeping celery from any I have
heard mentioned. I used to pack it In
sand In boxes. Then I got to packing
It with moss. Kor the last few years
I have taken shoe-boxes and made the
bottom of them water-tight for about
lam nr ihr— Inches un I have then
bored holes In the boxes so as to be
sure never to hare water come above
that. I lift the celery with a moderate
amount of soil sticking to It, set it in
the boxes on end, and put a little water
In eo as to puddle the eartb. I then
set the boxes on top of each other,
and take the celery out for use as I re
quire it. I had some of It for my break
faat yesterday morning, and nobody
could have asked for better. The secret
for growing celery is to have the
ground rich and keep It damp.
Mr. Beadle—I like beat the variety
of celery that le sometimes called the
Prince of Wales sometimes called the
Sandringham dwarf. 1 think that la
the sweetest and nuttiest celery I have
tried.
A Kortint from Moles.
The biggest mule deal that ever took
place In this country occurred at Salt
CultUnttnn rrn«ri*i th« Moisture.
That cultivation of the upper cruM
of the soil tends to prevent evaporation
of the moisture below, is a fact that
every practical farmer Is well aware
of, writes F. C. Barker In Irrigation
Age. It is dally being proved In actual
practice, but the scientific theory upon
which this phenomenon Is based Is lit
tle understood. Men will tell you It Is
so, but why, they do not understand.
Now, it Is well known that the soil is
composed of Innumerable and Infinite
ly small particles. When the soil Is
dry each little particle Is surrounded
by a vacuum or air space. Whenever
the particles come in contact with
moisture, they have the power of at
tracting that moisture and of sur
rounding themselves with a thin film
of water. The particles ne*t to the
water first draw the water around
themselves, then the dry particles nest
to them in turn attract It, and so a
continuous stream Is set up, much
in the same way that a wick of a lamp
draws up the oil. This goes on until
the whole body of soli Is saturated,
but as soon as the water reaches the
particle* on the surface of the.boh,
this water Is evaporated, and the sup
ply below is again drawn upon, until
the water stored below Is ao exhausted,
or left at such a depth that the dis
tance overcomes the power of attrac
tion, and the soil becomes completely
dry. This la the process which goes
on In uncultivated soli. The object of
cultivation is to break up this attrac
tion, usually called capillary attrac
tion, In the upper crust and so prevent
the moisture from being brought to the
surface and evaporated. To understand
how this Is done, one must take Into
account another scientific fact, and that
Is, that if these little particles in the
soil be widely separated from each oth
er they lose their power of attraction.
Now, when the top crust of the soli
is loosened and reduced to a line tilth,
these particles lie less closely together
and do not attract moisture from be
THB NOTED SHIRE STALLION HEN DRE HAROLD (15,630), PROPERTY OF LLANGATTOCK, MONMOUTH,
ENGLAND.
muck down a foot and a half to two
feet In eome places - and he grows on
that year after year the moat magnifi
cent and succulent celery It was ever
anybody's pleasure to eat. He grows
It In large quantities, and 1 presume
there le no town that has enjoyed bet
ter celery than the Woodstock ppople
have for the last few years from that
place. In keeping celery for the win
ter I find very great difficulty. If I
put It ouUlde which the moat of those
who grow It largely do- -put It In
trenches—1 find great difficulty In get
ting at It. About five mlnutea of severe
frosty weather damages celery so that
It Is net fit to eat.
Mr. Wellington- I do not thluk the
growing of celery Is so difficult aa U
the keeping of It. After trying a uuni
bar of plans placing It In sand, and
stacking It up very compactly together
without anything about It. but merely
allowing the root* to rest on soli I
found the best wny snd only way I
could keep It perfect wee to pack It
In damp moss, the same aa uur*er>m*n
use for their trees snd shrubs 1 Itsve i
tried that now three years with suc
cess. and the celery seems to keen
growing and bienchiug as It grows, r ltd
I cannot buy celtry In Toronto equal
to what I hate on ray table every day
We pacb It la the damp muss in isses
.■,0 ihsu out It In the cellar I have
n*»«-r U» ilawt* lb* woaa ah*r I l»«i «b»
.•lrt> away. aad 1 bara Ur da* aa Baa
.alary aa I ran Bad la tb* raaain Van
on «»i iba Wiiaa lr..*u »a> »»dlaar>
ttlftk
Mr UlUbtlai «»» that r*tar> ibal
Mr Walllafiaa »«l »a iba »aUar
blaa. bad ?
Mr Walllaaiaa It • aal> abaai
kail Want-ha»l abaa II aaa d-i aad |M(
la iba au*aa
Mr Olkbrbrt I ibiab a araa» am to
ataba a raiaiaba la Maa^blag ibair rat
art balara r««ii*a II a»ay
Mr Maaa Whal laaryrratara 4a tan
• aa# raar aallar al’
Mr WatlW*taa I ba** aa ardiuai*
.•Hat anab aa aa b*i* la «niaa. a |*M
•t.ad altar I baa# II aa naal aa #aa
albta •llbaak taltla* Iraal la
Mr Ural Mr Maaa *#»rba al a pat
am aba la a ran a***aaa#a» l»*tr al
alary la iba ia»a af W aliliH; Mr
irlabay la kb aaara I aabal b*a» iba
aibat day baa ba ba#i M Ma aa»« ba
Iaaa aa* arkr ar»b -al al I* »br«a#b
• ba a-ariaar bat ta ibr alalar Ha
labaa a# bla rabrry a*4 a #»*al 4aa»
al M la fall# aabtaa.M4 II* rabwa II
•Mb a* »a*b dm aa iba r*ala aa aUl
Lake City In 1860, when at public auction
Ben Holliday bought from Uncle Sam
4,500 head of big stout Iowa and Mis
souri mules, says an exchange. These
fine hybrids bad been taken to Utah
in the famous expedition against the
Mormons, which crossed the plains In
1857 under command of Albert Sidney
Johnson. When the expedition proved
a fizzle and had been reca'lod, the gov
ernment found it had no use for so
many mules and they were consequent- I
ly condemned and ordered sold. They
were put on in blocks of 50 and sold
at prices ranging from $50 to $100 a
head. Ben Holliday had the stuff to
pay for the elubialU and seeing a spec- |
illation In them he took the whole cav
a|lurd at hia own price. On the first
day of June the mules were started on
a drive to California. They were
driveu In bands of 500. a week apart,
and only 500 were kept In Utah for sale
there. The mules were reudlly sold In
California In lots to auit pun baser* at
the average priee of $500 apiece and
Holilda) cleaned up more than $l,ooo.- i
Out) on the dicker, which goes down in
history as the biggest mule deal ou
record.
||u|« •!*«*
About P*binary. IkM. W»y wife said
to ate. I want a pig, says a eurreapoad
eat of titork Journal I atu feeding
- a- —-fane a n»i ft* loan lilts* M fill' % Ota
and (ha hoi a. and I would wu» h rather
t»ed a |d« lur ittyeelf l tried t* t»
in roe upon h*>r the Idee that Ihe ft*
would be the Mturte ef more *nu<»
ante than M«tt. I thuu«ht. a* eh#
tuode au *#p»>. that ah* had ahaadoaed
the Idea ol heepln* a pi* > haew
howeter that eh* had the peculiar
fcnoth ul t<arnlafa her petal, and waa
wot tarpelaed a tew day* later oa die
r«retina >• the hath lard a dlailau
Ilya pta Mt • »ht*haa'a eoep I aatd
Mtwina. hut hept a* «ia aa lha pta
It atoa *olarewi He aariew iltolte. ant
I hull! It a rcatfur table atf. Thouah
air wita water rolled os me tor mare
thaw aa* WoeWel ml rora that pta hi
tioeaaiher taraad the *>*!** at **•
Muade The weethleea doyt at* aa
loo**' aa the tor* hat there are three
ptga la the «v that wtM pan oat frwat
tad la I d** poaada of path, heatde*
teed and eaoaaa* fatee*
Idea >om tha faraeer a treat deal ml
thi *#t toad the hoa aa ***** lha
tea* re**4
low. The moisture now rises as high
as the upper tilth, and there remains
to a much longer extent than in the
case of unfilled soil, for, owiug to the
blanket or mulch of loose soil on the
top, the soil below the surface Is much
less exposed to the action of evapora
tion. Some of our farmers here are
unwilling to accept the above theory,
alleging that adobe or clay soil, that
has never been 'cultivated for years,
will have more moisture below than
cultivated soil. If this be so. the fact
does not clash with the theory of par
tide attraction. On such soil the top
surface bus been packed down ho cloae
ly that the aurface Is practically pud
dled, In which case the attractive new
er of the particles Is destroyed. It Is
the same ns though the surface were
covered with a large rock or n board,
whereby the evaporation were sus
pended. Kvery one knows that moist
ure may almost always be found un
der a large rock. The idea U to cover
the soli with something that will sus
pend the sttiactlv# power of the soil
particles and retard evaporation llere
iu lies the whole secret of why land
should be cultivated after each irriga
tion or heavy rainfall If the fariarr
wishes to conserve the moisture in th«
soil. There is also another and very
important reason why rrope should bo
cultivated after each Irrigation the
route of pleute require atr quite a*
much as they vlo water, and when the
— i» irn. ka,l car ilal b
U> it i Italian iba null »a* a*« * full
»uppl> ul air ualaaa ibla aurfa.a «nM
la brabaa up.
Whaa la Hall flnpa b« • »uta arllaa
II p Wttaaa la Pvadlael I'waa iba
baal him la aall bap. la al ala ar .i|M
awaiba al apa abub la *a»> *«aU)
loaa If I bar ara fad all iba amarla
fwiaiiai fa»4 iba> «UI aal aflar baiap
•aaaa4. a bub .ban 14 ba abaa atpbt ar
aiaa ***ba aM Tba ubjaai aba«l4 ba
L haap iba pip arualaa Wbaa iba pi«
aiapa praatap ba la laaiac a»<*a«» far
ata aaaar Wbaa four wuaiha at 4
ibalt lalbaa mi ba pan «ara Tba
ba tout aaaba bafara aailla#. Iba toa4
mi ba aUaaal aailrati aara Tba> amai
ba«a piaaii •» aaiai al all tlciaa Hap*
that ara aa fall f**4 aapbt la ba*a
••baa aa4 «b*r**al al la«M taua a
aaab atlb aall «u«*#*aaallf
b r*aaab an*paw* baa raaaa*a4 a
kaitai f*aa» iba a»a al a «btl4 aiibaai
i UaaMti tap iba »ipbl
