BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF i 1 1 1 u I, h e I Hi i,... . Prodigc il 4 4 O WW'M Vt'MagQ 1 Jv MkfiNi'' Fig rvitig w -:je f?.y.?"I. '?.2 ILLUSXBA.TIONS BY IBWIK MYERJ'. I IKVIMU UHbtlULbN CHAPTER SEVEN Continued. 11 "My Godl" she exclaimed. "Wlmt ft nasty liar you are!" It4 was not ladylike but, at that moment tlio lady was temporarily absent. "Mother, I'mjjlnd you say that," the fjlrl answered still very calmly, nlthougli her lliiKurrt trembled a little n.s she felt the violets, and her voice was not quite Htrndy. "It shows that I am not so stupid at home as I am nt school." The Rlrl rose and .threw down the violets and her mild and llstleos man ner. A look of defiance filled her face and her llf,'ure. Mrs. Hlng arose, her eyes nlow with aner. "I'd like to know what you mean," 6he said under her breath. "I menu that If 1 am a liar, you taught me how to be It. Kver since I was knee-hltfh, you have been tench Ini; me to deceive my father. I am not koIiik to do It any longer. I am KoIiik to flint my father and tell him the truth. I shall not wait another minute, lie will give me better ad vice than you have Riven, I hope." The words had fallen rapidly from her litis and, as the last one was Moken, she hurried out of the room. Mrs. BIiir threw herself on the couch Avhere she lay with certain bitter memories, until the new maid came to tell her that It was time to dress. .She was like one reminded of mor tality afler coming out of ether. "Oh, Lord I" she murmured wearily. "I feel like roIiir to bed I How can I live through that dinner? l'lease bring me some brandy." l'hyllls learned that her father was nt his olllce, whither she proceeded without a moment's delay. She seat tu word that she must see him alouc and as soon as possible. He dlsadssed the men with whom he had been talk ing and Invited her Into his private office. "Well, girl, I guess I know what Is on your mind," he said. "Go ahead." Phyllis began to cry. "All right 1 You do the crying find I'll do the talking." he went on. "I feel like doing the crying myself, but If you want the Job, I'll resign It to you. Perhaps you can do enough of that for both of us. I began to smell n rat the other day. So I sent for Gordon King. He came this morn ing. I had a long talk with him. He told mo the truth. Why didn't you tell me? What's the good of having a father unless yon use him nt times when Ills counsel is likely to be worth hav ing? I would have made a good father, If I had had half a chance. I should like to have been your friend nnd coulldnnt in this Important en terprise. I should have been a help to you. But, somehow, I couldn't get on the board of directors. You and your mother have been running the plant all by yourselves and I guess It's pretty near bankrupt. Now, my girl, there's no use crying over split tears. Gordon King is not the ma'i of my choice, but we must all take hold and try to huld him up. Per haps we can make him pay." "I do not love iilm," Phyllis sob bed. "You married him because you wanted to. You were not coerced?" "No, sir." "I'm sorry, but you'll have to take your share of the crow with the rest of us," ho went on, with a note of sternness In his tone. "My girl, when I make a contract I live up to tr and I Intend that you shall do the same. You'll have to learn to love and cherish this fellow, If he makes It possible. You and your mother believe in woman's rights. I don't object to that, but you mustn't think that you have .he right to break your agreements unless there's a good rea son for It. My girl, the marriage con tract Is the most binding nnd sacred of all contracts. I want you to do your best to mnke this one n success." There was the tinkle of the tele phono bell. Mr. Hlng put the re ceiver to his ear and spoke Into the instrument ns follows: "Yes, she's here! I knew all the facts before she told me. Mr. De lane? lie's on his way back to New York. Left on the six-ten. Charged me to present his regrets and fare wells to you and Phyllis. 1 thought It best for him to know and to go. Yes, we'ro coming right home to dress. Mr. King will take Mr. Delano's place at tho tahlo. We'll mako a clean breast of tliu whole business. Uraco up and eat your crow with u smiling face. I'll mako a little speech and present Mr. nnd Mrs. King to our friends nt tho end of it. Oh, now, cut out tho sobbing nnd leave this un finished business to me and don't worry. We'll bo homo In three min utes." CHAPTER EIGHT. In Which Judge Crpoker Delivers a Few Opinions. Tho pride of Iilngvlllo nnd fnllcn In Luc dust! It hnd arisen and gone ou Ml V Bachellej with soiled garments and lowered head, It had suffered derision nnd defeat, It could never he the snmc again. Sneed and Snodgrnss recov ered, In a degree, from their feeling of opulence. Sneed had become po lite, Industrious and obliging. Snod grass and others had lost heavily In stock speculation through tho failure of a broker In Hazelmead. They went to work with a will and without the haughty Independence which, for a time, had characterized their at titude. Tho spirit of the Little Shep herd had entered the hearts and home of Kmauuel Haker and his wife. Pau line and the baby were tbero and being tenderly loved and cared for. Hut what humility had entered that home! Phyllis and her husband lived with her parents, Gordon having taken a humble place In the mill. He worked early and late. The IMngs bad made it hnrd for him, finding It dllllcult to overcome their resentment but he stood tho gnff, as they say, and won the regnrd of J. Patterson, although Mrs. Hlng could never for give him. . In June, therp had been public meet ings lu the town ball addressed by Judge C'rooker nnd tho Iloverend Mr. Singleton. The Judge hnd spoken of the grinding of the mills of God that was going on the world over. "Our civilization hns had Its tlmo of trlnl not yet ended," he began. , "Its enemies have been busy In every city nnd village. Not only In the cities and villages of France nnd Holglutn have they been busy, but In those of our own land. The Goths nnd Vnn dais have Invaded Illngvllle. They have been destroying the things wo loved. The false god Is In our midst. Many here, within tho sound of my voice, have a god suited to their own tastes and sins un obedient, tract able, homeless god. It Is my deliberate opinion that the dances and costumes and moving pictures we have seen In Hlngvlllo nre doing more injury to civilization than nil the guns of Ger many. My friends, you can do noth ing worse for my daughter than de prive her of her modesty nnd I would rather, far, rather, seo you slay my son thnn destroy his respect for law and virtue and decency. "The Jazz band Is to me n sign of spiritual decay. It is n step toward the Jungle. I hear It In the bentlng of the tom-tom. It is not music. It Is the barbaric yawp of sheer reckless ness and daredevillsm, nnd It Is every where. "Kven in our economic life wo nre dancing to the Jazz band with utter recklessness. American labor Is be ing more and more absorbed In tho nianufacture of luxuries embroid ered frocks and elaborate millinery and limousines and the landnulets and rich upholstery and cord tires and golf courses nnd sporting goods nnd great country houses so that thero Is not enough labor to provldo tho comforts and necessities of life. "The tendency of nil this Is to put the stamp of luxury upon tho commonest needs of man. The time seems to bo near at hnnd when n boiled egg and a piece of buttered bread will bo luxuries and a family of children an unspeakable extrava gance. Let us face the facts. It Is up to Vanity to moderate Its demnnds upon the industry of man. What we need Is more devotion to simple liv ing and the general welfare, lu plain old-fashioned English we need the re ligion nnd tho simplicity of our fathers." Later, In June, n strike began In the big plant of J. Patterson Hlng. The men demanded higher pay and shorter days. They were working under a contract but that did not seem to matter. In a light with "scabs" and Plnkerton men they de stroyed a part of the plant. Kven the life of Mr. Hlng was threatened l The summer was near its end when J. Patterson Hlng and a conimltteo of the labor union met In the olllce of Judge Crooker to submit their differ ences to that Impartial magistrate for adjustment. Tho Judge listened pa tiently and rendered his decision. It was accepted. When the papers were signed, Mr. Hlng rose nnd said, "Your honor, there's one thing that I want to say. I hnvo spent most of my life In this town. -I have built up a big business here and doubled the population. I lave built comfortable homes for my lnborers nnd tnken an Interest In the education of their children, mid built n library where anyone could find the best books to read. I have built playgrounds for the children of tho working people. If I hnvo heard of any case of need, I have dono my best to relieve it. I have nlwnys been ready to henr complaints nnd treat them fairly. My men hnvo been gen erously paid nnd yet they have not hesitated to destroy my property and to use guns and knives nnd clubs nnd stones to prevent tho plant from till ing its contracts nnd to force their I will upon me. How do you explain It? What havo I dono or failed to do that hns caused this bitterness?" "Mr. Hlng, I am glad that you usk mo that question," the old Judge be gan. "It gives ,mo n chance to pre sent to you, nnd to these men who work for you, n conviction which has grown out of lmpnrtlal observation of your relations with each other. "First, I want to say to you, Mr. Hlng, that I regard you as a good cit izen. Your genius nnd generosity hnvo put this community under grent obligation. Now, In liendltig toward the hidden cnuso of your complaint, I beg to nsk you n question nt the out set. Do you know thnt unfortunato son of the Widow Mornn known ns the Shepherd of tho Uirds?" "1 hnvo heard much about him," Mr. Hlng answered, "Do you know him?" "No. I hnvo hnd letters from him acknowledging favors now nnd then, but I do not know him." "We have hit ut once tho source of your trouble," the Judgo went on. "The Shepherd Is n representative person. Ho stnnds for tho poor nnd tho unfortunnto In this village. You have never gone to seo him becnuso well, probably it was because you feared that the look of htm would distress you. The thing which would have helped and Inspired nnd glnd dencd his heart more than anything else would have been tho feel of your band and n kind nnd cheering word mid sympathetic counsel. Under those circumstances, I think I mny say that It wns your duty as n neigh bor nnd a human being to go to see him. Now, he never needed money. In the kindest spirit, I nsk you If thnt money you sent to hi m' In the best of good-will wns not, In fuct, n species of bribery? Were you not, Indeed, seeking to buy Immunity from n duty Incumbent upon you ns a neighbor nnd a human being?" Mr. Hlng nnswered quickly. "There nre plenty of people who hnvo nothing else to do but carry cheer nnd comfort to the unfortunate. I hnvo other things to do." "Thnt, sir, docs not relieve you of the liabilities of n neighbor und n humnn being, In my view. If your business hns turned you Into a shaft or a cog-wheel, It hns dono you n grent Injustice. I fenr that It has been your master that It has practiced upon you n kind of despotism. You would hotter get along with less far less business thnn suffer such a fnte. I don't want to hurt you. We nro looking for the cause of a certain re- Jill WmmMSmK "I Have Heard Much About Him," Mr. Blng Answered. suit nnd I can help you only by be ing frunk. With nil your generosity you hnvo never given your henrt to this village. Some unkind people hnve gono so far as to say that you have no heart. You can not provo It with money thnt you do not miss. Money Is good but It must bo warmed with sympnthy nnd soma degreo of sacrifice. Hns It novcr occurred to you that tho warm hand and the cheering word In season are more, vastly more, thnn money in tho Im portant matter of making good-will? Unconsciously, you have established a line nnd placed yourself on one side of It nnd the people on the other. Hrondly speaking, you nre capital and tho rest nro labor. Whereas, In fnct, you nro nil working men. Some of the rest hnve como to regnrd you ns their natural enemy. Thoy ought to re gard you as their naturnl friend. Two kinds of despotism hnvo prevented It. First, thero Is tho despotism of your business In making you n slnvo so much of n slavo that you haven't time to be human; soeond, thero Is the despotism of tho labor union In dis couraging individual excellence, In demanding equal pay for tho faith ful man and the slacker, nnd In deny ing the right of free men to lnbor when nnd where they will. All this Is tyranny as gross and un-American as thnt of Georgo tho Third In try ing to force his will upon tho colonies. If America In to survive, wo must set our faces against every form of tyranny. Tho remedy for all our troublo nnd bitterness Is real democ racy, which Is nothing mora or less than tho lovo of men the lovo of Justice and fnlr piny for each and alL (TO DB CONTINUED.) Never nttoropt to kill tlmo unless you nro satisfied It ought to be put out of Its misery, TOMATO PLANTS DEMAND WARMTH Early Ripening Can Be Secured in Most Sections Only by Starting Indoors. KEEP MODERATELY WATERED Just Such Soil as Will Grow Crop of Corn or Potatoes fa' Recom mended Little Welt-Rotted Manure Will Help. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) There Is perhaps no product of the garden that Is so refreshing or palat able as well-rlpeued, fresh tomatoes, nnd they enn be used in such n va riety of ways. While fresh tomatoes nre preferable to canned ones they lose very little flavor or quality In tho canning nnd good canned tomatoes add very materially to the food supply of the winter months. To Get Early Tomatoes. Knrly ripening adds greatly to the value of the tomato crop and early to matoes can be secured In most sec- Hardy Tomatoe Plant Started in Pot tlons only by stnrtlng the plnnts In doors. Garden specialists of the United Stntes Department of Agricul ture say it is easy to grow plants In doors by sowing n small packet of to mnto seed In a cigar box filled with mellow soil about sis or eight weeks before the usunl time of the Inst kill ing frost In spring. The seeds should be covered nbout onc-qunrter Inch nnd the soil kept moderately watered and the plnnts will generally como up In less than a week after planting tho seeds. Keep the box neur a window where It will get plenty of sunlight, nnd turn it nround each day to mnke the plans grow straight. When the plants begin to crowd each other, which will be In nbout 15 dnys nfter they come up, secure a Inrge, flat box, say threo Inches deep and Just long enough to fit Into tho window, fill It with rich, sifted soil nnd transplant, giving each plant nbout two Inches of space. With proper care to turn the box from time to time and also to keep the soil mod erately watered tho plants will bo nbout four Inches high, strong, nnd stocky when the weather has warmed enough to mnke It safe to set them In the garden. Warmth Is Required. Tomatoes naturally prow In a warm climate and require plenty of wnrmth from the stnrt. The plants should bo kept nt about a living-room tempera ture until n few dnys before they are to bo set In the garden; then they Bhould be gradually exposed to out door conditions to harden them. After they nro set In the garden it may be necessary to cover them for n few nights with several thicknesses of newspnper to protect them from the cold. Tomatoes require a moderately rich soil, not too rich, but Just such soil as will grow a good crop of corn or potatoes. A Uttlo well-rotted manure can be worked Into tho spot where ench plant Is to bo set and a table spoonful of hlgh-grndo fertilizer sprin kled over a space about one foot In diameter nnd mixed with tho soil will nld In giving tho plant n good stnrt. Plnntlng distances will depend upon whether tho plnnts"nre to bo pruned to n single stem and trained to stakes or nre to bo allowed to grow nccord Ing to their nnturnl habit of spread ing over tho ground. If tho plants nro to bo drained they mny bo set In rows ns close ns three feet, nnd spaced 18 Inches In the row. If they nre not to bo trnined the plnnts should bo sot three to four feet apnrt In each direc tion. CATER TO MARKET DEMANDS Shipment of Unsatisfactory Stock by Growers Seriously Anects Prices Offered. Shippers of potatoes would profit by heeding market demands nnd prefer ences, say specialists of tho bureau of markets, United States Department of Agriculture. Dealers nnd consumoro, thoy And, do not dcslro bn'dly cut, mashed, frosted, or decayed potatoes, or those damaged, by sunburn, blight, dry rot, or nn oxcess of scab or second growth. Markets frequently aro over loaded, it is said, prices seriously af foctcd, nnd unnecessary losses suffered by growers because of tho shipment of such unsatisfactory stock. TO WAGE HARD FIGHT AGAINST CORN BORER Steps Taken to Prevent Spread of Insect Pest. Specialists In Charge of Work Have Completed Plans for Carrying on Work Infested Area Borders , on Lake Erie. (Prepared by the United Stntes Depart ment of Agriculture.) Suppressive measures against tho European corn borer nro to be applied vigorously this spring In the western part of New York state to test tie pos sibility of preventing the natural spreud of this pest. Specialists of the United Stntes Department of Agricul ture In chnrge of the work have com pleted their plans, which will be car ried out in co-operation with stato agencies. The Infested area where the experi ment is to be tried out borders on Lake Kile nnd partly on that section of Can ada where the corn borer made Its up pearance last your. The light Is to be carried against the Insect while In its winter quarters. The corn stubble and refuse that have been lying lu the fields since last year's harvest will be cleaned up und burned. Meanwhile, as another method of at tack, thousands of cocoons of u small, wasp-llko Insect whoso grub has been found to be a parasitic enemy of the corn borer nre being sent to tho Uni ted States by a representative of tho department who is in southern France studying the enemies of tho pest. Thus far about 0,000 cocoons hnve been re ceived at the Hoston olllce of tho de partment, where they nre hatched out and the winged Insects liberated In hundreds In Infested fields. The Eu ropean corn borer, which hns been known In this country but a few years, Is looked upon as one of the most dangerous Insect pests thnt hnve mnde their nppenrnnce In the United Stntes. Some fears arc entertained thnt It will eventunlly mnke Its way to the corn belt. Infestations of the pest occur In sections of New York nnd Massachusetts, where federal quarantine to check the spread of the lusect nre In force. CHUTE FOB HANDLING STOCK Comparatively Easy Matter to Con. struct Device as Illustrated Old Wheels Useful. Farmers who ship many hogs, sheep nnd cnlves during the year know tho vnluo of a movable chute for loading Loading Chute on Wheels. nnd unloading live stock. Mnke the chuto ns shown. A pair of old buggy or cultivator wheels mako It easy to handle. GOSLINGS NEED GREEN FEED Very Little Grain Is Required Until Fowls Are Fully Feathered Water Is Essential. Goslings do not need feed until they nre HO hours old or more, when thoy should be given stulo bread soaked In milk or water, to which llnely chopped boiled egg may be added. Feed three or four times dully for tho first two or threo weeks, with chopped grass or some other green feed added, this lat ter to be Increased in quantity from tho first. Plenty of fresh, clean wn ter should be supplied, and live per cent of lino grit, or shnrp sand muy bo added to tho feed or kept In a hopper before the goslings. Aftor two or threo weeks, If the goslings havo n good grass range, they need only one light feed dally of n mash mado up of two parts shorts and one part of cornmenl or ground oats or ground barley. After they nre six weeks old, if they still need extra feed, chnngo tho mnsh to equal parts shorts, cornmenl and ground oats, with tlvo per cent meat scrap. Whore the pasture Is good, many goslings nre rnlsed from tho time thoy nre two or three weeks old to fattening tlmo with out nny grain feed, but the nddltlon of n mash as described above Is an ad vantage at all times. Whole grains nro not usunlly fed until tho goslings nro well feathered. CARE OF LAWN IS IMPORTANT Mowing, Rolling, Fertilizing and Watering Have Tendency to Ex. elude Noxious Plants. The genernl core of tho lawn Is Im portant In controlling nil Inwn weeds, Including crab grnss, United States Dopnrtment of Agriculture experts sny. Mowing, rollrtig, fertilizing, nnd wnterlng, In other words, everything which contributes to the growth of tho desired grasses, will tend to e cludo weeds. Purchased mnnure, be cause of tho seeds contnlned, la a frequent source of weed Infestation In lawns. In sowing, tho seed used i should bo as pure as can be obtained. Help That Bad Back! Why be miserable with a "bad back?" 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