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By FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of Tho Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monrooa Doctrine Etc
CopynifiHT 1003 ur
Fbedkuick Uiham Adams
All rights
reserved
CHAPTER XXV Continued
Tho valet opened the door and John
Burt entered
For a moment Blake did not recog
rize him The moustache and beard
had disappeared and the strong regu
lar lines of John Burts face were In
perfect harmony with the keen calm
and discerning eyes
Hello Jim whats the matter with
you
Mall right John ol fellow mall
right Glad to see ye dear ol John
Have a drink John Glad to see ye
Blake swayed and fell into John
Burts arms His flushed face and
reeking breath told their own story
without the help of the emptied de
canter Blake weighed two hundred
pounds but John picked him up and
laid him on the couch as if he were
a child
Youre knocked out Jim he said
Take a nap old man and youll be
all right when you wake up
With a dull smile on his lips Blake
sank into a deep slumber
Tho minute hand of the little clock
crawled half its way around the circle
before John Burt left the side of his
friend His eyes were fixed on tho
motionless figure but his thoughts
wandered far away
Blake groaned and muttered In his
sleep At first his words were inco
herent but as his excitement grew his
voice became distinct and in a higher
key he exclaimed
This is awful awful What shall
I do what shall I do I love her I
love her and no one shall stand be
tween us no one by God no one
rot even The sentence ended in a
moan and again he sank into quiet
slumber
Pacing up and down the room John
stepped on a crumpled newspaper He
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and choked him
CHAPTER XXV
Hawkins Makes a Discovery
John Hawkins strode into the office
of James Blake Company at an
early hour the following Monday
morning and after greeting the nomi
nal head of the firm was shown to
John Burts room
Mighty glad to see you my boy
his deep voice rumbled as he laid a
giant palm on the shoulder of the
younger man
They talked for several minutes on
commonplace topics Mr Hawkins
studied the face of the younger with
a scrutiny which did not escape John
Burt V
In your new disguise or lack of
disguise you strangely remind me
of some one said Mr Hawkins sud
denly You told me once as I re
member that you were born in Massa
chusetts didnt you
I did replied John and I also
told you that Burton was not my
right name Now Im going to tell
you who I am though you must guard
my secret for a while yet a short
while I hope
John Burton is good enough for
me asserted the magnate grimly
I know youre all right and Ill bet
a million on it Dont tell me my
boy if you run any risk by doing so
There is no reason why I should
not tell you said John after a mo
ments pause Here is an advertise
ment I recently ran across in a San
Francisco newspaper Read it
John Hawkins adjusted his glasses
and real the following
To John Burt of HIngham Mass
All rewards offered for your arrest by
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picked it up glanced carelessly at the
date and name and ran his eye over
the pages
The first words that caught his at
tention were Miss Jessie Carden
John Burt stood like a statue and
read the paragraph which had thrown
Blake into a frenzy of fear
Every word burned itself into his
fcrain Instinctively he drew back like
one menaced by a blow struck in the
ark Then the enormity of the thing
same to him Crushing the paper in
iris hand he strode across the room
and towered over the figure of the
man who had requited years of friend
ship with an act of treachery
Blakes face was turned toward him
the handsome clear cut features of
the one he had known since boyhood
For an instant the impulse to strike
this man dead in his sleep came to
John Burt Then a flood of feeling
rhecked the swelling tide of his rage
How could you do such a thing
Jim he exclaimed unconsciously
uloud
For hours John Burt concentrated
iis mind on the strange problem which
had so suddenly arisen At times a
wave of anger swept over him but
in the end charity won against odds
which seemed overwhelming
It was dark when Blake awoke from
his stupor He raised himself on his
elbows and stared wildly about the
room until his eyes rested on John
Burt John laid aside the book he had
made a pretense of reading
Do you feel better Jim he ask
ed as Blake struggled to his feet
and passed his hand wearily across
his eyes
I beg pardon for this foolishness
bxclaimed Blake looking ruefully first
at John and then at the decanter
As you know Im not given to drink
ing I felt very bad this morning and
took some brandy on an empty stom
ach Are you sure I said nothing to
offend you John
You have said nothing to offend
me since that day we had the fight
near the creek in old Rocky Woods
leturned John looking Blake frankly
in the face The latters eyes dropped
in confusion
Well say no more about it added
John Take your bath and by the
time you are ready I will see that
Roberts has dinner served
During and after the meal John led
the conversation back over the years
ihey had spent together Blake was
strangely silent As a rule he took
the lead over his quiet companion on
such occasions but this evening when
he attempted to join in the
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Randolph or Arthur Morris are hereby
withdrawn and you are exempt from
prosecution at our hands
Signed
Randolph Morris
Arthur Morris
John Hawkins read it slowly and
looked searchingly into the face of the
young man
So your names Burt Ever have
a relation by the name of Peter
Burt
My grandfathers name is Peter
Burt replied John
Was he a whaling captain
He was captain and part owner of
the whaler Segregansett answered
John
Hawkins vented his surprise in
rtrange exclamations and John Burt
was silent in puzzled amazement
John Burt grandson to old Cap
tain Pete Burt This is too rich My
boy theres a feud between the houses
of Burt and Hawkins but it shall not
extend to your generation Well bury
it right now Did the old man ever
mention the name of Jack Hawkins
to you
Never
I suppose not It isnt likely he
would and again Mr Hawkins seem
ed vastly amused Well I was his
first mate on the Segregansett Cap
Burt was nearly sixty years old then
and I was about twenty six There
was an idea abroad that no man who
rod a deck beneath an American flag
could lick Jack Hawkins and barring
one man I guess they had the facts
rized up about right Do you see that
scar
He ran his fingers through the iron
gray locks and pushed them back
from his forehead There showed a
livid mark with four black circles
Those round black marks are the
prints of your dear old grandfathers
knuckles he said letting the hair
drop back into place Theyve been
there thirty odd years Ill tell you
how it happened Captain Burt was a
very religious man according to his
own standards He was particularly
down on swearing A cuss word drove
him crazy and Ive seen him pound a
man nearly to death for a harmless
damn
We had a sailor named Bilson
continued Mr Hawkins He was one
of those clumsy aggravating fools
whose very looks were an incentive
to profanity It came on to blow one
right and I sent Bilson aloft He man
aged to foul the fore royal clew lines
and when I yelled at him he laughed
in his idiotic way ana I was boiling
mad all over While I was relieving
my mind I felt a hand on my shoul
der and it wasnt a gentle one either
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Not another word from your bias
phemous mouth Jack Hawkins salo
Captain Burt
I You go to hell I said so mad
I didnt know what I was saying
He gave me a cuff on the side ol
tho head with the palm of his hand II
was not heavy but it made me crazy
il Go below and pray God to forgive
you he said
No man had ever struck me before
snd I swung at him with my right 1
caught him a glancing blow above thf
eye He didnt even raise his hands
Hit me again Jack Hawkins he
said calm as if asking me to pass him
the salt
I aimed for hi3 chin but caught
him on the neck It was like striking
a brick wall His arm smashed
through my guard and his fist landed-
full on my temple It was a frightful
blow and I went sprawling to tne
deck Before I could make a struggle
he picked me up and hurled me over
the rail As I came up I caught one
glimpse of the Segregansett through
the mist as she heeled to port in the
pale
The water revived me and I suc
ceeded in kicking off my boots I
swam in the direction of the ship and
by sheer good luck bumped into a hen
coop which some one Captain Burt
most likely had thrown overboard
I floated around on that hencoop until
morning
Along about noon I heard a splash
ing and a big canoe filled with na
tives came in sight I yelled at them
and after much palaver they took me
in They were friendly savages on a
visit from one small island to another
I went along as a guest and it was
months before the boats of the Jane
M came ashore and took me off
A year later I landed in Frisco
just in time to be in the gold excite
ment Thats all If your grand
father hadnt thrown me overboard
in the middle of the Pacific ocean its
not likely Id have located the Chal
lenge mine I forgave him years ago
and you can bet I harbor no grudge
against his grandson
He has been the one to suffer
said John He imagines himself your
murderer and for years has prayed
for forgiveness I expect to go back
to him in a few days and you must
go with me
Then he told John Hawkins the
story of his boyhood and of the shoot
ing of Arthur Morris He told of his
love for Jessie Carden and of his de
termination to restore to General Car
dent the fortune filched from him by
the elder Morris
When last I saw Miss Carden
said John she was the heiress to a
comfortable fortune I had nothing
but health strength and ambition but
she believed in my future and some
thing has told me that she would wait
lor me I shall see her in a few
days and I wish her to be as proud
and independent of my wealth as on
that night I left her side five years
ago She has been robbed of her
birthright but if my judgment of the
value of L O is accurate it will be
restored to the keeping of her father
I have news for you about L O
said John Hawkins but first tell me
exactly how you stand
The company is organized with one
hundred thousand shares of a par
alue of one hundred dollars each he
said with bonds to the amount of
five millions more Morris holds
thirty five thousand shares and his
associates twelve thousand That is
three thousand less than control but
he imagines that General Carden can
not exercise his option on ten thou
sand shares As I wrote you Ive had
Blake acquire this option trom Gen
eral Carden but of course Morris
knows nothing of this By private
purchase and in the open market our
agents have picked up twenty nine
thousand shares
Lets see mused Hawkins I
have 7460 you have 29000 and an
option on Cardens 10000 That
makes a total of 46460 shares You
yet lack 3541 of control Go into the
market and buy em my boy Youve
aone a great piece of work a bigger
one than you realize
To be continued
Good Reason
Two little bojs and two little girls
were playing house the boys being
the papas of course All went well
until the papas insisted upon coming
home to luncheon although their
wives repeatedly told them that they
should stay down town in their offices
and kill bears until 5 oclock The
argument finally grew so noisy that
auntie came to investigate
Boys why do you come home when
the little girls ask you not to Is
it because you are so fond of them
you cannot keep away
No said Tom disgustedly
Is it because you wanted another
look at your beautiful children
No said Rob with even more dis
gust in his tones Its because the
girls eat chocolate for lunch and we
want some
Reason for Marrying
They were talking about a friend
of hers who had married a bishop
stationed in Kamchatka or Timbuktu
or some other heathen land
I never could understand why she
married him said the young woman
She seemed the last girl on earth to
marry a bishop She cared so much
more for having a good time than she
did for church work and sewing cir
cles
Girls are pretty wise nowadays
said the young man and they gener
ally have a good reason for marrying
the way they do A girl friend of
mine married a doctor so she could
always be well for nothing and may
be this girl married the bishop so she
could be good for nothing New
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Tree Growth on Sand Dunes
In various parts of Illinois and
aeighborlng states tho sand dunes
ormed by tho winds in past centuries
and not now blowing are covered with
growth of trees such as oaks and
maples Tho writer saw such dunes
in Kankakee County Illinois last
week There is no better use to put
these dunes to than to grow trees on
them But an improvement could be
made by cutting off the present growth
of trees and seeding to white pines
The latter would make a much more
vigorous growth Or what Is better
the pine seeds might be sown in the
groves now standing and the trees
now standing on them cut off for fire
wood or various other purposes as fast
as the pines push up The oaks and
maples do not make a large growth on
such land One man said that if the
Almighty wante pines to grow on
such soil they would have been placed
there But this hardly settles the
matter In the minds of most people
as they realize that the Almighty has
given us a few problems to work out
It is commonly believed that the nat
ural growth of trees indicates the
character of the soil and that the
kind of trees will grow on any soil
that do best there This is a safe rule
to follow generally but there are ex
ceptions to this rule and such excep
tions are to be found on these Isolated
sand dunes They are like islands in
the sea All around the surface of
the earth bears trees suitable to a
loamy soil rather than to sandy soil
If some birds had dropped the seeds
of the pine cone on this land the pines
would have taken the lead and crowd
ed out the other trees and the result
would have been a stately forest of
pines on each dune But whence
should the seeds come when the land
was covered in all directions with
trees of a nature differing from the
pine The natural thing happened
and these dunes became covered with
a growth little suited to them It will
pay better to start upon them trees of
the kind that find sandy soil the best
medium in which to grow
Fall Planting of Trees
For a large part of the north fall
planting is profitable especially for
that region lying south of central Illi
nois and east and west of it In Mich
igan the line of territory in which fall
planting is safe swings to the north
on account of the mildness of Michi
gan due to the influence of the lakes
We have urged farmers in the past
to be careful about tree planting as to
season and we still have to give this
advice Fall planting should not be
followed in Wisconsin northern Illi
nois northern Iowa and above that
as the trees are more likely to live if
planted in the spring But where the
climate is milder as in the region in
dicated fall planting will be found
to be preferable to the other for a
number of reasons There is more
time to do the work in the fall than
in the spring for the farmer finds it
necessary in the spring to use every
fine day for the putting in of his reg
ular farm crops If they are put in in
the fall there is more time in which
to prepare the ground Then too
there is a longer period in which to
receive the consignments The far
mer that is fortunate enough to live
near a nursery can visit it while the
trees are still in leaf and pick out the
ones he wants for planting If any
of them when delivered are not what
he bargained for it will be much easi
er for him to obtain new ones in time
for planting than it would be in the
spring
Summer or Winter Apples
The question is sometimes raised
whether it is better to grow winter or
summer apples The answering of
that must depend on the market for
their disposal It is generally regard
ed as a bad policy to plant largely of
summer apples because they must be
disposed of in a hurry and if there
are numerous other farmers that have
summer apples it makes it necessary
for them to all be put into the market
at practically the same time They
cannot generally be kept well in cold
storage The farmer that intends to
grow summer apples must be able to
look far ahead and determine for him
self what will be the state of the
market in his vicinity when his sum
mer apple trees come into bearing
Most of us cannot do that with suffi
cient certainty to make it safe to do
extensive planting With the winter
apple it is different It has almost
a world for its market It can be
kept in storage for half a year and in
some cases can be kept even longer
It can be shipped and reshipped
packed and repacked The summer
apple will not stand much handling
Here and there men have a market
for summer apples if they produce
thenr but the market is not so good
as it is in the winter The summer
apple has the late peach and the
grape with which to compete as well
as the banana The winter apple has
only the banana and the orange and
the latter can hardly be called a com
petitor on account of its high price
and often indifferent quality As a
safe proposition we would say put in
the winter varieties for a commercial
orchard
Sweet cream butter is coming much
into use in this country This kind of
butter is not made as might be sup
posed from the name from cream
from sweet milk but is generally
made of ripened cream It is called
rweet because it is not salted
POULTRY
Improving the Common Fowls
If farmers would adop some gen
eral method of breeding up It would be
possible to eliminate tho scrub fowl
In a very few years This can be done
with very little outlay tho main cost
being that for new male birds each
year Infour or five years tho farmer
would have a flock of practically pure
breds of far more value than his
present collection of birds both for
the production of eggs and of flesh
At the end of a year the farmer will
thus have birds half pure at the end
of the second year birds three fourths
pure and at the end of the third year
birds seven eighths pure at the end
of five years thirty-one-thirty-seconds
pure Beyond this selection may do
the work though it would be advis
able to purchase pure bred males for
heading the flock after that
For work of this kind only strong
vigorous propotent males should be
selected This will be found to be o
considerable importance as such
birds Impress their individuality more
noticeably on their progeny than do
weaker birds When a vigorous male
is used with a lot of females of mixed
breeding and color the uniformity fre
quently developed in the progeny is
remarkable Many a flock has become
well colored after the male at the
close of one year In some ways birds
from such matings are the most de
sirable for the farm having the hardi
ness sometimes lacked by pure breds
But it is a mistake to breed with a
pure bred male at the head of the
flock one year and the next take some
member of his progeny to head the
same flock There is frequently a
temptation to do this and some peo
ple find the temptation irresistable
The result is that the breeding oper
ation ceases then and there No mat
ter how long the process is carried or
the outcome will be a lot of mongrels
The farmer must make up his mind
in the beginning to spend a smal
amount of money each year for the
best males he can get and then sticN
to his resolution
The progress of the grading up proc
ess can be accelerated by choosing
the females that are to produce the
eggs for hatching purposes Aftei
the end of the first year there will b6
found certain females the progenj
of the first year that bear a strong
resemblance to the male parent Such
should be selected the second yeai
for mating with the new male of the
same breed as that begun with
Breeds should not be changed as b3
so doing much time and effort are
lost If this process is continued
during the three or five years referred
to at the end of that time the progeny
will bear all the characteristics ol
pure breds In the breeding up it is
best to use only mature fowls as the
chicks of such have more vigor than
the chicks of pullets To continually
breed from immature stock is to final
ly weaken the vigor of the flock The
bird at the head of these mature hens
however may be a cockerel If pullets
are used a mature male should be
used with them Never use cockerels
and pullets together
Raising White Holland Turkeys
My method of raising White Hoi
land turkeys is about as follows Ir
the start I select about eight or ten
early hatched strong and healthy pul
lets with plenty of bone and fine
style Then I want an extra large
vigorous healthy yearling or two year
old torn that is not akin to the pullets
I do not want a pullet weighing less
than fifteen pounds nor a torn that
weighs less than twenty five pounds
The feathering of both must be prac
tically clear white or pinkish white
The mature torn should not weigh less
than thirty three pounds and the hens
not less than twenty three pounds Tc
do well turkeys must have free rangei
Ours have unlimited range Theii
roosts are constructed by placing forks
in the ground and putting poles or
rails on them and this arrangement
does for both summer and winter The
first layings of turkey eggs are set
under chickens and we break up the
turkey hen the first time she begins
to sit The next time she wants tc
sit we let her sit on her own eggs
and we allow her to raise her own
poults When the young poults are
hatched we place the mother hen in
a square pen made of planks set edge
wise The planks are a foot high and
twelve feet long This pen is placed
partly under the shade of a tree in
the orchard We also have a coop
in the pen in which to shelter them
at night and in times of rain
I do not feed the young poults till
they are 24 hours old The critical
time with poults is the first few weeks
of life I find that it is best at that
time to keep them out of rain and
dewy grass especially early in the
morning We feed them sour milk
cheese at first squeezed out very dry
and mixed with fine bread crumbs
We also give them a little fine oyster
shell grit The food mentioned also
contains some salt and pepper We
keep the poults in the klnc of a pen
I have mentioned till they can fly out
To their feed we add wheat and
cracked corn gradually until the poults
are about three months old Then we
give them unlimited range and let
them roost out on the nigh roost with
the old ones It pays while they are
young to grease the tops or their
heads lightly and also at the roots
of their wing feathers using common
lard I do this about every week or at
least every ten days till they are two
monthfl old and this keeps lice from
bothering them After the poults are
three months old I feed a liberal al
lowance of corn T J Piter
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Mrs Newlyweds Complaint
What will wo havo for dlnnor
dear said Mrs Nowlywed to her
husband as he started for tho office
Oh make your own selection
sweetheart ho replied clvlng her a
fond caress as young husbandswill
But George dear wo had roast
pork Monday roast lamb Tuesday and
roast beef last nigbt
Well
Why cant they Invent somo moro
animals Its so hard to choose from
just those three
Fork Fad
Marker The spread of tho opium
jabit is something terrible I am told
hat women of the highest class havo
been seen going into the opium joints
Parker Oh thats all nonsense
Ladies of fashion go to such places
to watch tho Chinamen use chop
sticks They want to learn how to
eat soup with a fork- -New York
Weekly
Situation Summed Up
Wifey How do you liko my new
hat George dear
Hubby Oh I suppose Ive got to
like it or else buy you another
Lomic Cuts
The Old Question
Shadrach Meshach and Abednego
had spent the night in the fiery fur
nace
Good morning they remarked
when the doors were opened Is it
hot enough for you
With a savage baflled yell their
persecutors fled the scene Judge
Better Plan Than That
The young clergyman was under
the impression that there had been
some criticism because he preached
sxtemporaneously Do you think I
ought to write my sermons he
asked
No replied the sarcastic warden
I think you ought to buy them
By Doctors Advice
Excuse me Softly remarked Pen
lennis curiously how is it you al
ways wind up your watch immediately
after dinner
For the benefit of my health You
see my doctor has recommenced mo
ilways to take a little exercise after
iinner
Ideal Laborers
She What gave you nervous pros
tration
Weary Will Overwork mum
She I never heard of a tramp over
working himself
Weary Will I spose not mum
They be generally too tired to tell
of it
After the Auto Accident
Mother Oh doctor if you trepan
my boys skull and put in a silver
plate what effect will it have on his
mentality
Surgeon Well maam his brain
may perhaps Be clouded but the cloud
will have a silver lining Judge
A Difference
In Egypt when a girl is born they
throw her into the sea so the lobsters
can get her
Well over here we wait till she
grows up and then the lobsters get
her Philadelphia Bulletin
Approved Prescription
Sufferer I have a terrible tooth
ache and want something to cure it
Friend Now you dont need any
medicine I had a toothache yester
day and went home and my loving
wife kissed me and so consoled me
that the pain soon passed away Why
dont you do the same
Sufferer I think I will Is your
vife home now Albany Journal
Easy to Sec That
Will you direct me to Farmer Skin
jers house asked the newly arriv
jd summer boarder
I will if ye want me to replied
she station lounger
I shall have to ask you for ex
plicit directions because Ive never
een there before
Gosh I know that seeln yere de
ennined to go there now
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