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ta read K with aa
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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.