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TBeCm&of (MNPLIM ft JAMEJ OUVER OJSWOOD ttoroww » magffcKnngR PYKOPbt*. “ ; rt*bt - la tba letter ta read K with aa Ha owner away Instead of Urn Cap Ha felt raaUac la hie fare and was ta recaver tbe aa tiplmdoa la It occurred to bin wcarfd probably spoil paaall il.nnw his ai*bts ad bate far hm. Pa be . Tba oil maa was mo bis perusal of tbe fetter that the end at bis bouked nose almaat wr raped tba table He west over tbe bw. partly abiHerated wards Ime by •*»*. ebwefcHcy wow aad the*, sad ap parently witerly obbrlous of tae oth er's percac*. When be bad «wt ta the end be Inded op. bis eyes *i:tter tac wltb unbounded satis! action. cars fclly faldtd tbs letter, end handed It “That's tba beat ntrodwrtlu* in the •arid. Cipsa Plus—the very best! Ha. bar—It couldn’t be better In dad I I sued He cbarkled pleeful »r. ai d rested bis cerdd bead in the paina of bis sfeelrtua-fike bands, fits tbpi i aa tbe table Ao jroa r- * . :z* ~t hstrs t made op my mind yet dad.- r» iietli d CspUu Plum, j ui..ng •d M* pipe aad tetane Toti te read *kt letter pretty carefully. 1 gueaa. m'baf would row 4oT Twmaat?- «<g«ucmed the old m*a “TheTa U~ Td fa. and rery axe. Cap tarn Plata, eery aooa. Indeed Ye*. I d beer: The old mas jumped up with tbe of a cat. So tudden «• It startled Cap Raia aad he dropped his tobac ee t* By tbe l .rue be had rrcor jered strange com pea tom i ta L i seat scats bolding a lea bag Is h:s band. Quickly fc* • the knot at hs top aad term at tbtMhf gold epos the table tr-.juu u and gold.” be -applly rubbing his this ! twisting hi* fingers until psey * racked “A pretty sight, eh. Cap tain Plum’ Saw. to oar account! A hundred eartdaea. eh? Aad a tbou awnd at powder and a toa of balls Or 4s !t ta lead’ It doem't make any dif a hit. It's three tboa s lb* account, eh*- He fell rapidly Per a fall mlaste Captain Plum re mained la atcished bewilderment. si V-weed hy the sadden and unexpected tars ha adventure bad takes. Fasci waxed, he watched the sk*-l*toc firg-r* •a they clinked the gold pieces What was the mysterious pint into which he had allowed fclmweif to be drawn? Why were a hundred guts and a toa aad a haS of powder and bails wanted by the Mormons of Bearer Island? tasiisrtHwly be reached oat and closed oeer the counting fingers of iso Their eyes met. And ft iluwA, Ljdf und* rsUa4 _ _ i la lb* Mark orbs thst fixed Ca*e*j* pies tn an uaSlXK-hiag chal lenge Par a little space there was •Brace It was Captain Plots who . r* seine to ten yoa for tbe last time that you're made * Tre s«t eight at tbe best la America aboard my sloop oat Bat there's s mas for erery Asd Tee fat somethin* hidden oad>rd»rk that woald Wow ay tmea In half an hour And there la powder and ban for tbe whole out *t Bat that's all 111 sell yoa shat r»e sat—for a good price Broad ttat yoa re (at the wrass *aan'~ He settled bark asd blew a volume from bis pipe. For another - tbe old mas continued to ad hiss. his eyes twink’inx. and hr fell to countir.* tr:.in was sot jt.vea orer to at rsraiss But sow be to las feet with as oath that Jarred tbe table The old taaa chuck W The sWd pieces disked between tb tastn Coolly be shored two CMnertc* pBcs aicwsslde tbe candle stick tumbled the rest hack into the leather has. deliberately tied tbe end. asd smiled op into the fare of tbe ea as.u rated esptais. "Ta he aare you're not tbe mas." he said, soddirx kis her f aU bis elf locks daacu around bis lace. “Of eocrse yovCpe wot the man I ksow it —ha. ha' yam earn wag r thfv | know *l! A l.t .e rase at mlac. Cartrn Warn PardcmaMo—< *tarable eh?- I wasted to know if yoa were a l.ar. I -wasted to are If ytm were bor*-sC“ tilth s at estoi-liim- m Cap tala Per vtak bark into bis cha r. His Jaw drrprod atd Mt pip* was held Brri.fi la his hnnd. "Tbe dewH you s*y!“ “Ob. rfTtiia’y. certainly, if yoa wish tt.‘ ckuckl td the Lttie mat. in t xh humor ~f would hare visited year floor today. Captala Plum, if yoa hsdz t mar ashore so opporuady this morrinx Ha. ho. ho! a pad Joke, eh? A mighty gcod Joke?" Chcdste Hta n nlard hi. con-o rcre by rr*‘gfctlr« I r*re He beard Che chirk of rv'.d fim sad whts he bii^rri :t > J the two piles of r or- f ware close to tbe <df; of hut r!J of (be t*h> -That's tar pi Captala Plum. There a a }*»i »a these two • - There eras tense earnestness !now in the old man's (ace and voice. Tvs imposed on you." he continue d. speaking aa one who had suddenly 1 thrown off a disguise. "If It bad been any cither man It would have been the same. I want help. I want an honest man. I want n man whom I can trust. I will give you n thousand dollars if you will take a package back to your vessel with you and will promise to deliver It as quickly as ■ you can " "111 do HI" cried Captain Plum. He lumped to his feet and held out his hand But the old man slipped from his chair and darted sw iftly out Into the blackness of the adjoining room. As he came back Captain Piutn could Lear his insane chuckling. "Business — business — business —" be gurgled "Eli. Captain Plum? Did you ever take an oath?" He tossed a bock on the table. It was the Bible. Captain Plum understood. He reached for the book and held It un der his left hand His right be lifted above hit h»-ad. while a smile played ' about bis lips. "I suppose you want to place me under oath to deliver that package." he said. The old man nodded Ills eyes gleamed with a feverish glare. A sud den beetle Bush had gathered in his dewth like cheek*. He trembled. His : vtrice rose barely above a whisper. "Repeat." be romnfanded. "I. Cap tain Xatbacie! Plum, do solemnly swear before Cod—" A thrilling inspiration shot into 1 Captain Plum's tmiD. “Hold I" be cried. He lowered bis band. With something that was al most a snarl the old man sprang back, bis bands clenched "I will take this oath upon one other con.-ideration." continued Caj.iiin Plum. "I came to !> aver Island to set- something of the mas straightened himself and stood u rigid as a gargoyle, his gare penetra ting Into the darkness of the room beyond Captain Plum, his head In clined slightly, every nerve In him strained to a tension of expectancy. His companion involuntarily gripped the butt of his pistol and faced the narrow entrance through which they bad come. In the moment of absolute silence that followed there came to him. faintly, a sound, unintelligible at first, but growing In volume until he knew that it was the last echo of a tolling bell. There was no movement, no sound of breath or whisper from the old man at his back. But when it came again, floating to him as if from a vast distance, he turned quick ly to find Obadiah Price with his face lifted, his thin arms flung wide above his bead and his lips moving as If in prayer. His eyes burned with a dull glow as though he had been suddenly thrown Into a trance. He seemed not to breathe, no vibration of life stirred him except in the movement of his lips. With the third toll of the distant bell he spoke, and to Captain Plum it was as if the passion and fire in his voice came from another being. "Our Christ, Master of hosts, we call upon thy chosen people the three blessings of the universe—peace, pros perity and plenty, and upon Strang, priest, king and prophet, the bounty of thy power!” Three times more the distant bell tolled forth its mysterious message and when the last echoes had died away the old man’s arms dropped be side him and he turned again to Cap tain Plum. "Franklin Pierce, president of the United States of America,” he re peated, as though there had been no interruption since his companion’s question. “The package Is to be de livered to him. Now you must excuse me. An important matter calls me out for a short time. But I will be back soon—oh, yes, V5ry soon. And you will wait for me. You will wait for me here, and then I will take you to St James.” He was gone In a quick hopping way. like a cricket, and the last that Captain Plum saw of him was his ghostly face turned back for an in stant In the darkness of the next room, and after that the soft patter of his feet and the strange chuckle in his throat traveled to the outer door ~That's for You, Captain Plum.** life and something of the people of St. James If you. in turn, will swear to show me as much as you can to night I will take the oath." The old man was beside the table again in an Instant “I will show it to you—all—all—■ he exclaimed excitedly. 'I will show it to yon—yes. and swear to it upon the body of Christ!” Captain Plum lifted his hand again snd word by word repeated the oath. \\ ben it was done the other took his place. “Tour name?” asked Captain Plum. A change scarcely perceptible swept over the old man s face. Obad’ah Price." Hut you are a Mcnaoc. You haYe the liible there?’ Again the old man disappeared into j the adjoining room. When he re turned he placed two books side by side and stood them on edge so that he might clasp both between bis bony f- g-.rr Or— was the liible. the other the Book of the Mormons. In a crarL d. ed ited vo ee be repeated the strenuous oath improvised by Cap tain Hue “Now." raid Captain Plum, dtstrib 1 1 "Jc* the j<,id plr es among his pock '■-* IH take that package.’ 'I Li.- time the old man uts gone for ftt’rxi minutes. When he returned be placed a small package tightly island sum! sealed into bis companicn’s hand. "More precious than your life, more priceless than gold.” be whispered *» nsely. “yet worthless to all but the -- <o shorn it is to be delivered." There were no marks on the pack “And mto is that?” asked Captain Plum 1 ■ e old mar. cane so close that bis hr * *h f»-H hot upon the young man s '•beek- He lifted a hand as though to ward sound from the very walls that closed them in. “TraekHn Pitre*. rrc&ident of the In.ted Statu of America!" CHAPTER II. Tie Sevrn Wives. Hardly b; d the words fallen from : the Ups of Ctsdiah Price than the old and died away as he passed out into the night. Nathaniel Plum was not a man to be easily startled, but there was something so unusual about the proceedings In which he was as yet playing a blind part that he forgot to smoke, which was saying much. Who was the old man? Was he mad? His eyes scanned the little room and an exclamation of astonishment fell from his lips when he saw the leather bag. partly filled with gold, lying where his mysterious acquaintance had dropped it Surely this was madness or else another ruse to test his hon esty. The discovery thrilled him. It was wonderfully quiet out in that next room and very dark. Were hid den eyes guarding that bag? Well, if so, he would give their owner to understand that he was not a thief. He rose from his chair and moved toward the bag. lifted It in his band, and tossed it back again so that the gold in it chinked loudly. In front of the cabin he found the stump of a log and seat ing himself on it where the clear light of the stars fell full upon him he once more began his interrupted smoke, it seemed to him that he had waited a long time when he heard the sound of footsteps. They came rapidly as if the person was half run ning Hardly had he located the di rection of the sound when a figure ap peared in the opening and hurried toward the door of the cabin. A dozen yards from him It paused for a moment and turned partly about, as If inspecting the path over which it had come. With a greeting whistle Cap tain Plum jumped to his feet. He heard a little throat note, which was not the chuckling of Obadiah Price, and the figure ran almost into his arms. A sudden knowledge of having made a mistake drew Captain Plum a pace backward. For scarcely more than five seconds he found himself staring Into the white terrified face of a girl. Kves wide and glowing with sudden fright met his own Instinc tively he lifted his hand to his hat, but before he could speak the girl sprarg back with a low cry and ran swiftly down the path that led into the gloom of the woods. (TO BE CONTINUED.) - — ■ i .i- if ■■ f For the Winter □ HANDSOME long coat of plush or fur, finished with shawl collar and deep cuffs of fur, leaves nothing to be desired trom me point of style or comfort, j It is surmounted by a round turban I of satin with a velvet coronet, on which a Persian band, embroidered I with gold cord and studded with mock< Jewels, is mounted about the crown { and across the brim. When the lat ter shows an indentation over the left j eye a stifT aigrette is placed. These j turbans set down over the head and | are worn at a dashing and some I times a little rakish angle, by the ; more youthful devotees of fashion. Equally full of style, more adapta ble to Individual wearers and the per fection of comfort and convenience, is to be found in the soft velvet hats and turbans (which might as properly be called hoods) and can only be ac curately named as turban-hoods. They are not made over a frame but are supported by an interlining of some sort, warm and soft. They are lined with silk and worn far down on the head. A little fringe of curls about the forehead and neck is about all ' the hair that is visible with them. A soft hat and muff of beaver cloth j in mustard color, trimmed with dark : brown fox fur. is shown in the sec ond figure. The fur is bordered with old gold lace and the turban finished with two standing plumes in brown and green. This set is from the atelier of the renowned Carlier of Paris. By such clever effects the French rightly earn and keep their prestige. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. SMALL WAIST NOT NEEDED Women Gladly Follow New Law of Parla, but Their Hips Must Be Reduced. Most certainly very small waists are not today a necessity In beauty culture; indeed, some classic statues dressed in Parisian inodes might pass muster now; twenty-six inches is none too big. even twenty-eight inches. Paris made the law. and every one ; followed It joyously; even the stays, pull as you may. will not give you a small waist. It is even rumored that Frenchwomen pad the front of the fig [ ure. to cause it to appear straight. It | is not the waist we have to reduce, but the hips; the one desideratum is to keep them to the straight line. Catherine de Medici, when she in troduced the bone corset, made thir j teen inches the right size for the waist, and many a woman at court sacrificed her life to attain it. There Is no necessity to have long bones to keep in the hips; coutil or brocade may be cut so as to confine the di mensions. Digestive organs are now left full and easy play; but we do not want to get too tubelike, which seems the special danger of the mo ment. Diet and Beauty. Diet has much to do with the condi tion of the pores of the face. If food is not suited to the individ ual and Is too rich, the system may try to throw It off by an exudation of oil through the pores. It is this which causes oily complexion, and the first step, of course, is to change the diet. Such foods should be adopted as are nutritious, easily digested, and lacking in grease. The list Includes milk, eggs. fish, rare meats, rich spinach, beans and the like. Thick soups, pastries and elaborate desserts should be banished, and plenty of fruit eaten. Fresh air and careful washing of the face are. of course, necessary ac companiments of the treatment. FANCY BLOUSE. Worn with a serge or cloth skirt of the same color this blouse would look very well. It has a yoke of silk and lace ornamented with fancy buttons and loops of cord; the velveteen is arranged in flat pleats that are carried from yoke to waist; the sleeve to be- | iow elbow is of velveteen with cuff of silk, the under-sleeves of lace tc match the yoke. Materials required: 2>X yards velve- ; teen 24 inches wide, \ yard silk. ^ j yard lace. Carry Few Toilet Articles. Women frequently carry many more toilet accessories than are needed. It 1 Is perfectly fair to assume that the hostess will h%i-e a dressing table equipped, or that she will possess enough pieces for the wants of her i guests. Every woman wishes to carry her own brush and comb, but a hand j mirror is heavy, and it is expected that one will be provided. Jaunty silk ties, both in black and colors, will be worn with cloth suits. BLUE AND BROWN ARE SMART These Are the Year’s Popular Colors, the Latter especially in Its Darker Shades. Certain colors never go out of fash ion and others are doomed to a short life by the very quality that makes them popular. Navy blue Is one of the colors whose popularity never seems to fluctuate from season to season, probably because It Is so universally becoming. The browns are more vari able, but this year they are consid ered extremely smart, especially In their darker shades—Kaffir, nutmeg, seal and walnut. In fact, all the new colors are per ceptibly darker. Black Is the smart est color of the season, but Its effect la far from being sober or somber, because It Is always relieved by whits or by some vivid color. It has had Its effect cn other colors; the smart blues are almost black, the new greens are (lie deep shades of tea-leaf and win tergreen; and prune Is the most popu ar shade of purple. Black used to be ept almost entirely for older women. but dressmakers are beginning to ap preciate the fact that it is not becom ing unless a woman has youth, health and a good color. Kven then it has to be broken with blue, green, gold, etc., to give it tho life it needs—Delin eator. Life of Underskirts. When making or buying a petticoat, have It 'two inches longer than the re quired length. Put In a one-inch tuck above the hem. which takes up the two Inches. When the bottom ruffle or the hem of the skirt wears, let down the tuck, cut off the ruffle or hem and hem ui and you will hare a nice clean skirt again, as the bottom always wean first. For Blunted Scissors. When your scissors become blunt ed and require sharpening, take an or dinary knife, upon which place the scissors as if In the act of cutting. By drawing the steel along the blades In this manner several times, you will bring your scissors again Into good condition. MINNESOTA STALLION BARN FOR G PURPOSES Safa Harbor of Refuge Is Provided for Boys and Timid People With Mares—Also Aids in Se curing Patronage. noAth wall OF BARN 2T____ A Minnesota Stallion Bam. The following description of s Min nesota stallion bars is given by M. T. Grattan in Breeder's Gazette: The stallion barn fronts to the south and after passing office and carriage ■pace comes the stallion boxes with stout plank doors opening in and double doors opening out. The stallions stand with their beads out at liberty, and as they never bite mares, trying is done by leading the mare to the stallion’s door. If found in season she is led to the northwest corner of the barn, off from the plank, onto a space 21x16 feet with cinder and earth floor and 14 feet to ceiling. A solid slide door 10x14 feet shuts this space hff from the rest of the bam except s big box stall in which mares can be tied. For the breeding pen or chute proper the north wall of barn pro vides one side and the west wall of barn the end toward which the mare is led. Sink a couple of solid posts so as to have a pen 8 feet long from west wall and 4 feec wide inside. Lay sound 2 inch plank from the ground to a height of 3 feet 3 inches. Have the two posts outside of plank sawed to their height and edges smoothly round ed, as well as edges of planks at ends and on top. Sink another post from middle of pen south 4 feet. Just in front of this wing make a couple of holes to run & pair of 5 feet 6 inch gas pipe bars through and make a couple of holes in north side of wall to receive them. The wing affords a safe place for party with mare. The bars make a pen for foal so the mare may keep her head to It The bars also keep the mare from being shoved ahead and cramped. The top one will be at her breast and the bottom one a. her knees. These bars should be strong, say 2 Inches, and work easy. Mares are bred in this pen or stall, those for the trotter always being hop pled. but rarely for the draft horse. The dimensions given may be varied and the part of stall back of wing binged if desired. However, the hinges are not much of an advantage; the stall is wide enough so a mare's heels, by a sharp turn os her head, may be turned into the wall. Often boys, or timid people, bring mares and the safe harbor of refuge behind the wing is much appreciated. It will help a stallion's patronage where competition is sharp. The floor of the entire space should be covered with short stuff and chaff and kept scrupulously clean, wet straw and droppings being wheeled out after each visit- This arrangement is ad mirable also for handling a bull with safety. I'p to this date this year— August 22—7-t mares have been bred to the brother, 9S to the draft horse and 62 cows to a Red Poll bull without injury to man or beast. Homs Not Wanted. Buyers of fat cattle discriminate sharply against steers with horns. On a recent market where all other cat tle fonnd buyers readily two lots of steers with big horns did not receive a decent bid. Horned cattle have to sell below their real value as killers, and on a dull market It Is hard to sell them at all. Feeders should either buy dehorned cattle or dehorn them before they put them into the feed lot. Buyers do not like to run the risk of having bruised carcases from shipments of horned cattle, and they take more than enough from the price on foot to pay for any such loss in the cooler. Comfort for Pigs. Every fall sees some very cold rains that last often two or three days. At such times fall pigs may be seen on many farms humped up. taking the rain and picking com off the ear in the mud. The nest they have to go to is very little more comfortable than outside—a mud bole under a leaky roof very probably. For any farmer to think that he could raise pigs profitably under such conditions seems absurd. But many do think so—at * least they practise it. Pigs must have clean, comfortable quarters, they must have a clean feeding floor and troughs and they must have clean water and feed for largest profits. Feeding the Calf. The calves should be fed well, but a lot of calves are fed to death. Four quarts of skim milk a day is enough for a four-weeks-old calf. As soon as any signs of bowel trouble shows in the droppings reduce the quantity of milk. Give the calf all the hay and bran It will eat. and let it run on grass, but do not overfeed on skim milk. The calf that is reared natural ly gets only a small quantity of milk at a time, and the wild cow does not give much at any time. Feeding Cows. It is easier to keep the cows from getting out by fixing the fences be forehand. than it is to break them of the fence habit after they once get it. If you have not already set apart some space for field pumpkins or mangel wurrels, you have made a serious mistake. It isn't too late now. HEREFORD OF APPROVED TYPE The Hereford shown In the Illustra tion has the true beef form, straight back, good under line, well filled quar tors and compact barrel. Cattle ot this build are money-makers for their owners. ORCHARD TREE PEST KILLED San Jose Scale Controlled by Nat ural Enemy tn Form of Disease of Fungus Growth Checks Its Spread. IBy C. R. SANBORN. RntonwU^M. Ok talioma Agrlculturml Kspertmem I5te tlon.) During the l#?t two or (hrrf yemm this department has been experiment ing with a natural enemy of the San Jose Scale. This enemy la a disease In the nature of a fungous growth. In southern latitudes It has been used even to a eommerelal extent for con trolling the scale, hut on account of the weather conditions of this state It has been supposed that such a disease would either fall to propagate Itself during the summer or be entirely too delicate to withstand the low winter temperature. Careful experimentation, however, hat proved the disease Is very hardy and capable of propagatior to a very beneficial extent in our in fested orchards. Oftentimes diseases of a serious r» ture are introduced and scattered hy Insects and other agencies in general This disease, however. Is not capable of doing any damage to anything ex cept the San Jose Scale and allied forma. Its use in orchards, groves and publie parks, as shown by our ex periments. will be of a very great ad vantage in checking the local spread of the San Jose Scale. It is of the same nature as the chinch bug disease but Its appearance on infected insects ts not nearly as conspicuous as the latter. To an or dinary observer It appears to be no more than the mold which ts common ly present on damp bread a few days’ old. Our experiments have been so con clusive In regard to the practicability of checking the San Jose Scale with this disease that w* are now propagat ing It to an extent sufficient to enable us to supply gratis all interested rid '.ens of this state who may request It.