THE I PRODIGAL JUDGE 1 } (^^kV^uohamKester. ; /ui sr/tATravs fri'D.M£ivii£ * COM0*~r f 5 ;-. _ jMLjuMag'g^TgTrr^r:- 'hxstjifks? SYNOPSIS. ▼W • 'owe at the vfrnitic of the rfnrv !« hM in the tariff of an old worn-out awwthree ptar<’«!Wn knm »■ the H*r JgP TV# *4*te la to be *old and It* M*lari and tU! *.f the own era. the WHlartb. n f. •* subject *>f 4t»cumon by JMMithaa Crewahaw. a tiu> r.rti man. * •drmwgev fcromn «• B Vn. and Bob Ybwr>. a fare-t »hn ilanhtbli Wayne Haa«fd a « >* rrf*»ua t hild of the old ■M "r • * mmM+rn i « *r-r* *r*n. e fancy t* ■ * * >* tine adopted file boy Si fb«w*e! K.tn» bov* the Ifor mv but tha 'Jvtwlar*. «e»y any in***led^o of the **•? la»j to keep Itinmluii. Captain ■ei' a f* -t.d * f the i^umtardk. ap » *wd J .» *|vt*:«v:« aUlif ( • Bar Tn*yW at hnl i Hill arhen Ilia •'*■ kid* Aped |»i 1>«H- CUoWfkt. «*»p Murcv * 1r • v overtake* dm »••♦«! a thradunx mt»d *ecnre* i** Tivjr appears before Sou ire Haiaatn. and t» f-viurc«d with coots for • be alam* r IPm Malrjv a ft .end of •he r»cet»**. baa an eft* «• unlar m:th i'as> tohi Miwho (otres t.u attend >n* on h* nnd la r*-*» oed by Bnau Carrington ■tttf art* out for her Tran eases home <*arrtafi«a tai*o the same »ia«r Ysocf *od Ha nr.ft, disappear *r»th Murrel! on •heir trail llii nitai arrive* at ?n« home •f #tod«e Mvnifli Pries The Judge m ot •Ose* it. Che t* . the «rr*t»da«*ci of an old t«awr friend Marret! nrrtv** a’ Judge** home 4*a%'t»4t»h family wd raft r*wut Tapry via i* apparently 4e*,! price feewnha J**l Befit and (Vrlfitton arrive M HrO> I'tain llamiitaal * rifle dtncUweo o«me atari 1*kc thing* to the ju4r- Han •Hal and Hetty n «—t again Murrell ar rive la MW Plain la playing for btr o Taney awakes from k»r.g dream shop «n burl the raft. Jud£~ Price startling d - uva«.»* tn looking up Uag r#t lea Cturky Norton a yotang plaarter w ho ar».*t» the fudge. ♦* mva •erlnnely oMu'irC Norton informs Car ringioo that Bet tv ho* pr*«ml«ed to marrv h'm. Non -* I# mysteriously shot. More i*«ht •* Mb t ana uprts* a«d negr<*e» Jpdg Pit t. with Ifatml viwit> Ibtfjr. and she keens the hoy •• • camf Ataetwa In a stroll Betty 'akes •ffk Mit-tal the* m*-et Bey» ffkk* f*Ugh ter if •># temper WHO Harris Hetty *«f larcrr and prisoner* The *0.* *fr »• i to if k»* eat;»m. in an aJanne *♦.•«. re t**e »|*»4 and there Mur refl %*♦'* H- i and rev * «■* id- part :n the |4«t and lus «b*e, * IV tv s’urn* Ida pcwfSsml Wve and 4lie tftimt w is ewded t. t *rival of Ware lerrtlsd ai jw**'-.-# ‘ £ *f the atef j-*t .**ti plana *r Tie Je:.- takr* charge «*f the sstturt < r inf *• arrh for the rata*:t*g one* la ImmMuted Cam.igi *« visit* the judge ami sitae* af» diaut emd Judge Price •Mb Cokmel Fratraas. where he meet* lobf and Cavsmfiah CHAPTER XXIV. (Continued). When they entered the library Fen tress turned and took stock ol bis Curst* Makif; be bad seen before; Taocy and Cavendish *ere of course stranger* to bun. but Weir appear soce ear is med t ten.. last ol all hi* glaare Wilted to We Judge He nad beard something at those activities by means el shirt Slocum Price bad strife* to distinguish himself, and be bad a certain curiosity respecting tbe man It was Immediately satisOed. Tbe Judge bad reamed a degree of skabbwess seldom equaled, and but foe bis mellow, effulgent personality >4ghi wed bare passed for a common vagabond, and II bis dress advertised tbe mate of bis finances, bis face n platted hi* habits So misconception • a* possible about either “May I offer you a glass of liquor” ashed Pent rets, breaking We silence He stepped to We walnut center-table ■ here there *a# a decanter and gWanes By n gesture We Judge de « bed We Invitation Whereat tbe •••oneI looked surprised. but not so surprised as Mahaffy. There was an other silence 1 dont Wink w# ever met be!ore” obnenred Fe*’res* There was some thing I* the Hied stare bis visitor was bene.:.-: upon him that be found dis «metu*g Just why. be could not have •etd But Wat fixed stare of We judges eowur-aed So. the man bad not changed—be bad grown older certain *y. b_t age bad net come ungraceful *». be became (be glossy broadriotn •od spotless Use* be wore Here was a nun who eowtd o.-mmand We good thing* of it!*, using item with a ra Ooe* temperance Tbe room itself was ta harmony wtw bis cnaracier; H was plain but net in Its appoint mesrs at ooce bis library and bis ©r *oe. wbtie the well filled cases ranged about the walls showed bis (astes to be la the main scholarly and ntel lactaal “Ho* long bate you lived here T •skad tbe p-idge abrufly Fentress aawsned to berltatd. but tbe judge t glance, ecrmpetttng sod insistent, de manded aa answer . “Te* years* “Ton have known c.my men of all oWs.es as a lawyer sod a planter T~ Mid the Judge Fentress inclined bis bond Tbe Judge toon a atep nearer “People base a great tnck or •omteg and going in these western atates—at: sorts « dunned riffraff drift in and out of these new lands."] A deadly earnestness lilted the Judge's words above mere rudeness. Fen tr*-r The of Mil apertet of Mrda dune* •prt**—rust la. durtag tbe mating tea fft-W directly roe bee’ed with tge pt.-wwiogica: condition of I be birds at 1 this t.'e and «a nous theortea bare bees tome-eied to account tor The facia l*ia» Joorp* Grtanell baa found lb tbe CaMlorwta* linen some farts llmi fe set agree »ttb tbe common belief la tbs* bird tbe male presents a bftniahi red breast and seek during tbe Ksftsg season. wberras fa the au Usi sad • inter tbe feathers bare a Ball grayish coloring with a mere suggea' ;«i of ptsk. But the bird doer •or moult «change ns feathers I In (be asrlsg oar la There new pig meet germ id la tbs fsatbera By cnllectlr.g a aeries of feather* trots August when tbe gird does mo oil. to the ! olio wing vpr'ng and examining these care fully. It was found that In the new feathers the brilliant red is confined to a narrow band, which is overlapped hy the edge of the adjacent feathers The overlapping portions are white and brittle During tbe winter these delicate portions are rubbed oil and lost, so that when tbe mating season *rr,*e* the bird has its brilliant coat. Mr Grlnneli emphasizes especially the fact that this brilliant coloring Is ac tually produced In the autumn, after the mating season, at a time of the year when the vitality of the birds Is supposed to be at Its lowest ebb. New Thoreau. Prank S Black, former governor of New York, haa proposed a pleasing system of philosophy "Men sit at their desks," says Mr Black, “and year after year trade their vitality for money they do not need." He aayt that after a certain point time, not money, ta what should be sought. A man who continues to work beyond that point trades his vitality tor money with no possible prospect of adequate recompense So. at 58. in perfect health and with the prospect of many years of remu neratlve activity ahead of him. Mr Black has decided to slop working. He has all the money he needs. He is de termined to do now only the things he wishes to do. Out in the country, on a farm. Mr. Black expects to spend the rest of his life. He looks upon this as a le getimate reward for years of work, a reward he would be foolish not to ;ake. He hopes to dismiss every ma terial care as finally did Thoreau at Walden. Simplicity, ease and rest are what be now claims from life. All He Got. “When I was a boy.” says Cohn, “there were seventeen of us at home. And being so many we had to eat at two tables. And It was always my luck to have to eat at the second ta ble And do you know I was sixteen years old before I knew a chicken had anything but a neck." “I know nothing about the boy." and Fentress took a atep toward tbe door. "Stay where you are!” commanded the judge, /if you attempt to leave tilts room to call your niggers Fil Klil you on its threshold!” But Yancy and Cavendish had stepped to the door with an intention that was evident, and Fentress' thin face cast itself in haggard lines. He was feeling the judge's terrible ca pacity, his unexpected ability to deal with a supreme situation. Even 3la haffv gazed kt hts friend In wonder. He had only seen him spend himself on trifles. "1 tell you 1 had no hand in carry ing off the boy," said Fentress with a sardonic smile. "I look to you to return him. stir yourself, Gatewood, or by God, I'll hold so fierce a reckoning with you—" The sentence remained unfinished, for Fentress felt his overwrought nerves snap, and, giving way to a sudden blind fury, struck at the Judge. "We are too old for rough and tum ble," said the judge, who had dis played astonishing agility In avoiding the blow. "Furthermore we were once gentlemen. At present I am what 1 am., w hile you are a hound and a blackguard! We ll settle this as be comes our breeding" He poured him self a second glass of liquor lrora i Fentress' decanter. "I wonder if it is possible to insult you." and he tossed glass and contents tn Fentress' face. The colonel’s thin features were convulsed. The judge watched him with a scorntul curling of the lips. I j am treating you better than you de j serve." he taunted. ■'Tomorrow morning at sun-up at | Boggs’ race track!" cried Fentress. The Judge bowed with splendid cour j tesy. "Nothing could please me hair so well," he declared. He turned to the others. "Gentlemen, this is a private matter. When 1 have met Golonel Fentress I shall make a public an nouncement of why this appeared necessary to me; until then I trust this matter will not be given pub licity. .May 1 ask your silence?" He ! bowed again, and abruptly passed irom the room. His three friends followed tn nis stops, leaving Fentress standing by ; the table, the gnost of a smile on nis thin lips. As if the very place were evil, the judge hurried down the drive toward the road. At the gate he paused and turned on his companions, but bis features wore a look or dignity that forbade comment or question. He held out his hand to Yancy. "Sir,” he said, "if I could command the riches of the Indies, it would tax my resources to meet the fractional part of my obligations to you" "Think of that!” said Yancy. as much overw helmed by the judge s manner as by his words. "His Vncle Bob shall keep his place in my grandson's*life! Well watcn him grow into manhood together" The judge was visibly affected. A ‘ smile of deep content parted Mr. Taney’s lips as his muscular fingers closed about tbe judge's hand with crushing force. , "Whoopi” cried Cavendish, delight-; ed at this recognition or Yancy’s love lor the boy, and he gleeiully smote the austere Mahaffy or. the shoulder. But MaijafTv was dumb in the pres ence of the decencies; he quite lacked an interpreter. The judge looked back at the house. "Mine!" he muttered- "The clothes he stands in—the food he eats— mine! Mine!” CHAPTER XXV. The Bubble Bursts. At about the same hour that^ the judge was hurling threats and Insults at Colonel Fentress, three men were waiting ten miles away at the heart ot the bayou which served to isolate Hicks' cabin. Now no one of these three had ever heard of Judge Slocum Price; the breath of his lame had never blown, however gently, in tbetr direction, yet they were preparing to thrust opportunity upon him. To this end they were lounging about the opening in the woods where the horses belonging to Ware and Murrell were tied. At length the dip of oars became audible in the silence and one ot the trio stole down the path, a matter ot fiity yards, to a point that overlooked the bayou. He was gone but a mo ment. "It's Murrell all right:” he said tn an eager whisper. "Him and another fellow—the Hicks gtri is rowing them.” He glanced from one to tfi.6 other of his companions, who seemed to take firmer hold of themselves un der his eye. “lt‘11 be ail right." he protested lightly. "He's as good as ours. Wait till 1 give you the word." And he led the way into an adjacent thicket. Meantime Ware and Murrell nad landed and were coming along the path, the outlaw a step or two in ad vance of his triend. They reached the horses and were untying them when the thicket suddenly disgorged the three men; each held a cocked pistol; two of these pistols covered Murrell and the third was leveled at-Ware. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Maid's One Good Quality. Servant girls know their own good points, and ihey take care that every body else shall know them. One maid who was obliged to lock for a new sit uation because her employers were leaving town, listened critically to the enumeration of her virtues as set down in the recommendation that had just been written by her former mia treas. “There's one thing, you've left out, ma’am." she said. “1 never cut my fingers. I wish you’d put that right up at the bead of tbe list. Ladies will like that Some girls cut their fingers terribly, and it looks bad.” “Why, that Is true, you never do." said her mistress. Mid the unusual point of efficiency. “She never cuts her fingers," was inserted as request ed. Recognized His Limitation. “But," her father objected, “you have never shown that you are capa ble of supporting a wife." “Oh." the young man replied, “if you want her to marry a widower I'll have to confess that 1 can't qualify." PROPER ATTENTION TO BREEDING EWE DURING AUTUMN SEASON IS DESIRABLE Extra Labor and Care at This Time Will be Repaid Many Times Over at Lambing Time^r-Rape Makes One of Most Excellent Feeds for Flock. (By EI.MER HENDERSON.) A Book of ewes just weaning lambs and in thin flesh at the time of con ception are apt to be very poor -sub jects for maternity in the spring. No matter how well the' ewe may be fed just previous to the time of lambing, she will not be in her best condition to nourish her offspring unless she is in fair condition at the time of mat ing. The reason is at once apparent. If a ewe is thin when she is bred the burden of growing the young is too much of a strain upon her to allow of her gaining much flesh. This brings us to what is known as “flushing" among old shepherds. Flushing may tie defined as putting the ewe upon highly succulent and nutritious feeds just previous to mat ing. I have said before that it was neces sary to have the ewe in good flesh at the mating season. This is just the object of flushing. It has been found by all practical shepherds that a pint of grain in September is worth a quart at lamb ing time. The reason is that the ewe fed grain in the fail has very little burden to bear in the shape of the growing young, while in the case of the ewe heavy with lamb all the food eaten goes mostly to nourish the foetus. It will be inferred that if grain will make the difference in the new- vigor which puts her in much the same condition that she is In the ad vent of cool weather. Whether this is the reason or not does not matter to the farmer if he knows whether this or some other reason applies, he gets the results looked for, which is of vastly more importance. Oftentimes the means nearest at hand are the best and this is true in our particular case. The meadow is always at hand and could easily be I used for fall feed for the ewes. The aftermath that springs up in the fall makes good growth and furnishes a very nutritious and highly palatable food. If there is some clover in it so , much the better, as there is no food ' better for sheep. Rape makes a very excellent food | and I am very partial to It. A small patch of rape sown in the summer, ! by this time is large enough to make | a lot of good feed. Another way is to sow rape in the corn at the last culti vation and turn the she'ep in the corn. If a few sheep are turned into a lot j of rape and corn they may be allow ed to run there for some time before | they will in any way damage the . corn. Then, too. this furnishes One feed for the lambs after the ewes are tak I | en out. They may be allowed to run here all fall and will live on the rape : and lower blades of corn, and If the 1 i Flock of Hampshire Oowns on an English Farm. condition of the ewe. grass will do the same thing—and this is just what happens. The ewe that has plenty of good nutritious grasses In the fall Is almost sure to come to lambing time In good heart and raise a good, lusty lamb, while the reverse Is true of the ewe that is not given a good chance. Flushing is especially desirable In large flocks where it is desirable to have the ewes all lamb at nearly the same time. With many fiockm&sters it is con sidered desirable to have the ewes bred as early as possible so as to have the lambs ready for the early j and therefore best market. it has been found that by flushing the ewes they may be made to breed earlier than they would otherwise, and most of them will lamb la a compar atively short period. It Is well known that ewes come In heat with the coming of cool weather, and it Is probably true that the fresh, palatable grass, by cooling the sys tem and Invigorating the ewe by a fresh flow of blood, infuses into her corn is not down too much they will not bother the ear. Where it is intended to make rapt and corn serve this double purpose 01 pasturing the ewes and the weaned ; lambs it is well to plant a lot ol | pumpkins for feed for the lambs later in the fall. They will do their own ; gathering and they are the best pos- j sible vermifuges. However well your fall pasture Is it ; is always well to remember that a lit tie grain will not come amiss, and I • believe it would pay every sheep own er to feed a half pound of oats to his sheep every day during the fall and winter, even though they are on lux urlant pasture. There are many other ways of car ing for the ewes than the ones men tioned. The only point of great im-, portance is to give good, green food and lots of it. What the kind of food will be. every farmer can best decide for himself, but this much is certain: A11 extra labor with the ewe flock at mating season will be repaid many times over at the lambing period. PREVENTING DISEASE IS MOST DESIRED Many Farmers Realize That When Hogs Are Taken Sick the Case Demands Quick ■ Action. It ts of the greatest Importance In the care of the swine that the owner should always have in view the pre vention of disease rather than the cure. Hogs are subject to but few diseases, and these are malignant, epidemic or contagious of the most serious type. It is very difficult to give medicine to a sick hog, and this, combined with the rapid course of the disease which affects them, makes the treatment of disease very unsatisfac tory in severe cases of hog cholera, pneumonia, etc. The average stockman calls every disease hog cholera which affects his bogs. A well-known professor of Cor nell gives fifteen different diseases that are generally called hog cholera. Many of these diseases are very seri ous. and run their course so rapidly that sometimes a few days' neglect causes the loss of nearly an entire herd of -hogs. This explains why one farmer will take a remedy and cure his hogs, when perhaps his nearby neighbor will take it and not obtain such good results, in nine cases out \ of ten it will depend on whether the i farmer is careful and systematic in following the directions not alone in giving the treatment, but also in using disinfectants and the general j care. Many farmers realize that when | hogs are taken sick the case demands j immediate attention if they expect to save any of their hogs. Some farm ers are very careless and wait till the disease is *ell started, and even then do not pretend to follow direc tions. It is surprising that these careless farmers save any of their hogs after disease starts. All these facts simply go to prove that the sensible way Is to handle your hogs in such a way as to pre vent disease. Build up and Improve the constitutional strength. This is what will save you great loss from hog cholera. When your hogs are j sick with the worst kind of hog chol era we do not believe ahything will help them, and the safer way in such j cases is to take an ax and kill them at once, and then burn the remains. This is for the malignant form of hog cholera. In a majority of cases they do not have this very fatal form, and they can be cured with the proper treatment. Sets Strawberries Late. I have had good success setting strawberry plants in the fall If they are set late enough and some miser able failures from setting them in August or the early part of Septem ber. I think if the plants are left growing until their crowns are well formed and then set out as late as November 1. I have gained something, says a writer in an exchange. Unless I had time to set them very eajly in the spring I would trust to late fall setting. Vegetable* by Weight. In Cleveland. O.. all vegetables and other farm produce Is sold by the pound, eggs being the only exception Customers are so well pleased that grocers say they will never go back to the old style of measurement Exceptional Apple Orchard. In a Virginia orchard of 4.000 tree*, the owner says that during the past 26 years there has been only one fail ure in apples. The 1909 crop sold for •’fi.000 cash on the tree*. A New Plow. An Ohio genius has invented a new plow that will stir the soil to a depth of 12 or even 16 inches, without re quiring any more power than Is nec essary to run an ordinary plow 7 in ches deep. Cheap Machine Shed. A cheap machine shed may be made of a few posts and poles and rough boards. It will cost but a trifle—less than it will to repair or replace weath er beaten macbinery. Pure From Start to Finish. There Is perhaps nothing In dally us* In the home In which purity Is so im portant as it is in baking powder. On its purity depends the purity of the ma terials used, the success of the bakings, etc. And possibly the one thing that has served to make Calumet Baking Powder so much of a favorite with the critical cooks of the country. Is the fact that Calumet Is pure from start to finish. You can rely on Calumet's purity for the simple reason that every ounce of the materials used Is first tested by ex perienced chemists and then mixed with the utmost care to insure‘Its uniformity. And standing in the can or changes of weather, etc., cannot alter it in any re spect. But perhaps the best thing of ail, is the fact that Calumet never fails, livery baking in which Calumet is used, is sure to come from the oven as light and as IlufTy as you ran wish. This not only means wholesome, tasty foods—but a big economy as well. Try Calumet next bake-dav—it’s the best baking powder made—for two World’s Pure Food Expositions, one 1n Chicago, 1307. one at Paris. France, 1312-have given it the highest awards. Adv. Daddy’s Whack-Whack. On the occasion of her last visit to a certain I^ltimore household a young matron of that city found a liule friend in tear3. ‘‘What’s the matter with little Ma rie?” she asked, endeavoring to con sole the weeping child. “Daddy has just given me whack whack,” the youngster replied between sobs. "Thoughtless daddy!” exclaimed the young woman, repressing a smile. “And where did he whack-whack little Marie?” “On the back of my tummy,” was the answer. Reason Was Plain. "My husband has deserted me and I want a warrant,” announced the large lady. “What reason did he give for desert ing you?” asked the prosecutor. “I don't want any lip from you. I want a warrant. 1 don’t know what reason he had." “I think 1 understand his reason.“ said the official feebly, as he proceed ed to draw up a warrant. Not New. First Neighbor—Have you heard tell of them new-fangled trial marriages? Second Neighbor—I don’t see noth in' new-fangled about ’em. 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