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must end Blake gallantly raised
Jessies hand to his lips
Good bye until Im better he said
almost- gaily You and John have
saved my life
John escorted Jessie to the door
whispered a few words and returned
to Blakes side
Youre a god John said Blake
in a low tone You are the only
man in the world worthy the love of
such a woman
It is merciful to draw the curtain
aver the two hours which followed
At last a moment come when the
grave face of Dr Harkness was
touched with a smile of professional
pride as he drew from an incision a
flattened jagged piece of lead The
patient glanced at it with pain-distorted
eyes and then sank into a
sleep the awakening from which
meant so much in deciding for life
or death
CHAPTER XXXIV
The End
Peter Burt stood by the gateway
and shaded bis eyes with his hand
as he gazed down the road Two
weeks before that day he naa re
ceived his first letter from John It
briefly and modestly recited the story
of his struggles and of his success
and ended with an account of the
tragedy which resulted in the death
of Arthur Morris and the wounding
ot Blake
The old fashioned clock had sound
ed the midday hour and Peter Burt
looked beyond the turn of the road
where the yellow brown of dust had
dulled the green of foliage Respond
ing to the touch of a whip a spirited
team of horses dashed ahead as they
reached the summit of the hill
Sam Rounds was driving and a
stranger to Peter Burt was beside
him John Burt and Jessie were in
the rear seat
God is very good to us John said
Peter Burt as he took his grandsons
hand and looked through glad tears
into his face His stern old face grew
tender as he turned to Jessie Carden
An old mans blessing on your
pretty head he said gently touching
the folds of her hair with his huge
palm You are very beautiful my
daughter and it is Gods will that you
shall be happy I am glad to see
yoir again Samuel
He looked searchingly at the silent
man in the front seat
I do not know you sir he said
-By FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
Author of The Kidnapped Millionaires Colonel Monroe Dcctrlne Etc
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CHAPTER XXXIII Continued extondimr Ills hand hut anv friend
You are very good to come at this of my grandsons is welcome to such
iiour me suilerer said I snnkn to
you this evening of my dear friend
Irom California Miss Carden allow
me to present him God bless you
both
And thus they met after the weary
night of years Tenderly laying
Blake back on the pillows John
clasped Jessies hands and looked in
her face
John
Jessie
Take her in your arms John
Dont mind me She loves
His voice died with a whisper and
with a long drawn sigh he closed hi3
eyes
Hes dying Call the doctor ex
claimed Jessie fear and pity chasing
the love light from her eyes
Dont send for him Im all right
now pleaded Blake opening his
eyes Let me lie here and talk to
you The sight of you two is better
than all the drugs or instruments I
have something to tell you Miss Car
den I
You promised not to talk inter
rupted John Burt with a look at
Blake which had all the effect of a
command
Let me say just a word he ex
claimed To see you two together
and to hold your hands in mine af
ter all that has happened gives me
new courage and renewed ambition
The subdued sound of conversation
came from the adjoining room All
of Blakes faculties seemed abnor
mally acute
Is not that Ediths voice he
asked
She is in the other room said
Jessie
Let her come in pleaded Blake
John made a gesture of disapproval
I should like to see her but you
know best I suppose John he said
Dr Harkness entered the room and
signaled to John that the interview
hospitality as a Burt can offer
Aye aye sir Captain Burt My
names Hawkins John Hawkins and
Im coming ashore said the gentle
man stepping from the carriage
Peter Burt grasped him by the
shoulders and stared into his face
Jack Hawkins Jack Hawkins of
the Segregansett The dead has come
to life and God Is good to his serv
ant Forgive me Hawkins as He
has forgiven me
Nothing to forgive Captain Burt
exclaimed John Hawkins heartily as
he grasped the patriarchs hand You
dropped me off the Segregansett in
the right place and at the right time
Destiny orders all these things and
old destiny and I are chums Ill tell
you all about it Captain Burt when
we have lots of time
Linked arm in arm the old captain
and his first mate entered the wide
door of the Burt farmhouse
Never had the great oaken table up
held such a dinner Mrs Jasper was
temporarily supplanted by a chef from
Boston Rare old plate came for the
first time in Johns recollection from
mysterious chests stored away in the
attic Those who surrounded the
board never will forget the invocation
offered by Peter Burt when he blessed
the food The shadows which dark
ened his life had all been lifted and
the austere cloud passed from his
features as fog before a quickening
gale
Glistening in a new coat of paint
the Standish bobbed at the landing
when John helped Jessie on board
They had accepted Sam Rounds in
vitation to a clambake at Churchills
Grove and Sam asked all his old
friends and neighbors For the first
time in the memory of the living gen
eration Peter Burt attended an out
ing Under the giant pines he sat
with John Hawkins and told and lis
tened to tales of the sea
The Standish pointed her bow out
towards Minors Light and picked her
way between threatening rocks Un
der the shadow of Black Reef John
dropped the anchor and watched the
line until it became taut as the incom
ing tide swept them near the rocks
Above his head he could see the spot
where he had knelt as a boy and
listened to Peter Burt while he prayed
to the God who ruled the storm For
some minutes no words were spoken
Do you remember the last time we
were here Jessie he asked
Yes John without raising her
eyes
Do you remember what I said to
you that day Jessie
I I think I do John It may
have been the reflection of the sun
but a touch of crimson came to her
cheeks It was a long time ago
John and perhaps Ive forgotten just
what you said Can you repeat it
An arm reached cut and the little
hand was firmly clasped
I told you that I loved you Jessie
he said The imprisoned hand made
no attempt to escape I told you
that that love was my inspiration
that no woman on earth should share
it that no matter whatever befell
you sunshine or rain happiness or
sorrow that my ambition was to see
you showered with all the blessings
God can grant to a good woman I
said that If a day came when I had
a riht to ask your love in return that
I should do so making no claim on
our old friendship And then you
said something Jessie do you re
member what you said darling
I said that I wanted you to love
me but nc4 to speak of it again
until I said you cculd said Jessie
lifting her laughing eyes You can
say it again if you wish to John
Two soft arms were around his
neck and two sweet lips met his
You knew I would wait for you
John didnt you
John Burts most mansion stands
on the crest of the hill which slopes
down to the old farmhouse It com
mands a superb view of the crescent
sweep of ocean beach and also of the
more quiet beauties of Hingham bay
Verdant terraces and winding paths
and roads come to the edge of the
yard surrounding the old homestead
but no gardeners hand has been per
mitted to touch the quaint surround-
lngs sacred to the ancestral founder
of the house of Burt
In the long summer days Jessies
children play about Peter Burts
lnee3 Nearly five score years have
passed over his head His shoulders
are bent and the voice falters at
times but his eyes preserve the spark
of their wonted fires
Watched and cared for by those
who love him he calmly awaits the
coining of the reaper into whose gar
ner long since have been gathered the
atoms of his generation
A few miles away another mansion
fronts the ocean James Blake and
his fair Edith have been blessed with
two children and with each others
love A roguish boy bears the name
of John and a dainty little miss re
sponds to the name of Jessie Jame3
Blake is now in fact as well as in
name the head of the great firm so
conspicuous in this narrative In a
thousand ways he has merited the
confidence reposed in him by John
Burt Generous as yet almost to a
fault he has acquired with responsi
bility that breadth of view and poise
of judgment which found its highest
expression in the man who made his
success possible
Retiring from active business when
most men are making a start John
Burt has devoted his time to the
study of statesmanship in its purest
sense Political honors have crowded
upon him There are thousands who
share the confident faith of his lov
ing wife that the highest place in the
gift of the people shall some day
crown his career
There are frequent reunions in the
old farmhouse or on the spacious
lawns surrounding John Burts resi
dence Once a year Sam Rounds su
perintends a clambake and John
Hawkins always manages to be pres
ent To the latters inquiries con
cerning the future Mrs Rounds Sam
turns a grinning untroubled face
No man in Rocky Woods is a bach
elor until he is way past sixty Sam
declares an Im spry yet as a colt
in clover Sometimes Ma Rounds is
a bit doubtful erbout my matrimonial
chances but I has hopes I still has
hopes Edith may I help you to some
more of them clams Jessie please
pass young Master Burts plate its
empty already How that boy grows
Hes coming up like sparrowgrass af
ter a rain
Mrs Rounds bustles around her
eyes bright with the joy of being
busy
You set down
Ma Rounds com
mands Sam in a hopeless tone You
set right down and let us young folks
wait on the table I cant break her
of workin John I swan I just cant
do nothin with her Well raising
a glass of sparkling cider heres God
bless all good people an happy days
tew all of ye
The End
HARD WORK TO KILL BEAR
North Carolina Men Evidently Not
the Marksmen Their Fathers Were
Some of the citizens of the Ashland
section had a novel experience in
killing a big black bear recently He
was discovered passing across the
bottoms of the Bushnell plantation
about noon by Alfred Jones a color
ed tenant on the place who notified
all the farmers in the neighborhood
A number of men came with their
dogs and their guns and proceeded
to locate the beast
The dogs soon struck the track
and several of the hunters got within
close range at 2 oclock Five or six
loads were fired into him before he
had apparently noticed any onslaught
Firing continued for several hours
with slight effect and several fierce
fights between the dogs and the bear
occurred but he apparently made no
effort to attack any of the huntsmen
Late in the afternoon after consid
erable dodging in a thick swamp he
climbed a largo tree Several shots
were fired at him from below and
he went oct on a limb which was so
small it broke under his weight
When ho fell to the ground Mr Ed
Harrill was at very close range and
got a good aim at a point just below
the heart which ended the conflict
Mr Summers who sent for his
wagon carried the bear to the near
est scales and found that he weighed
267 pounds Charlotte Observer
Scientific English Farming
At Faringdon Berkshire farming
has been raised to a science Mr
George Adams of the royal prize farm
Wadley house farms some 4000 acres
of which about half is arable and half
pasture He employs from 200 to 250
laborers milks 500 cows daily keeps
about forty Shire brood mares a score
of breeding sows and from 3000 to
4000 laying hens grows about 1000
acres of grain besides attending to
other multifarious items in the ordi
nary course of farm practice About
1000 acres of meadow hay are har
vested annually All the work cut
ting carrying and ricking is done by
piecework Tid Bits
Lind Resembles Lincoln
Representative John Lind of Minne
sota who has twice been governor of
that state and has been nominated
for justice of the Supreme Court is
said to bear a marked resemblance
to Lincoln In fact he seems a per
fect double of the martyred Presi
dent even the expression of his face
is similar as well as its contour He
is extremely tall and gaunt and has
a shambling gait
The Woman of It
She I had a splendid half hours
chat with young Simpkins last even
ing
He Indeed Why everybody says
he is stupid and never says anything
She True but hes an exrellenf
listener
anri i n
Invention
Convenient Trunk
Everybody has helped to pack a
trunk at some time or other and the
most inconvonient and troublesome
part of it all is the insertion of the
tray which most all trunks contain
into its proper position It is prac
tically impossible for one person to
do this alone without vexation and
hard work and often two have trou
ble enough
If all trunks were constructed ike
the one shown herewith all this in
convenience would be done away AVith
and the packing simplified The tray
is supported by four bars or levers
two on each side so arranged that
when the lid of the trunk is opened
the tray is elevated simultaneously
with the raising of the lid By the
insertion of a number of lugs to con
nect with the levers the tray when
once elevated is held firmly in that
Raises the Tray Automatically
position and cannot slip but must be
released by the hand When the lid
is closed the bars still hold the tray
in position and no stationary support
is necessary within the body of the
trunk Often when it is thought that
the trunk is packed it is suddenly re
membered that some needful article
has been forgotten and what a job to
haul the tray out in order to put it
in some corner This will occur a
half dozen times which means a
whole lot of trouble With this de
vice the opening and closing of the
lid with the consequent raising of
the tray can be done easily and
quickly
Peter Steiger of Baltimore Md is
the patentee
Valuable Scientific Tests
The public which gathers around
this testing plant to see a locomotive
which while it is standing still is
doing its carefully measured work
of hauling a large or small train at
a low or high speed as the investi
gators require thinks that this is all
being done that it may see the
wheels go round The engineer and
the railway man see in it a new era
of technical study Over the pant
ing tugging locomotive twenty five or
more men are engaged in observing
what is going on inside of it what
work it is doing for the fuel con
sumed what weaknesses it is
L oping and what good points When
their computations are completed
they can say with accuracy what the
locomotive can do and at what cost
They are gaining information which
expressed in technical terms is in
valuable for the locomotive designer
of the future It means in its ulti
mate results the obtaining of the
greatest amount of work for the least
expenditure and a consequent reduc
tion in the cost of transportation
This kind of scientific investigation
is of the utmost economic value The
greatest technical societies are assist
ing through advisory committees and
the results of the tests will therefore
meet with universal acceptance
Twelve of the most important types
of recent locomotives are to be tested
during the exposition and the results
published to the world W A Smith
in the World To Day
Silver Plating Liquid
A liquid by means of which articles
of brass copper etc may be- plated
with silver without the use of a bat
tery is prepared thus Dissolve one
ounce of nitrate of silver in crystals
in twelve ounces of soft water then
add two ounces of cyanide of potas
sium Shake the whole together and
let it stand till it becomes clear
Have ready some half ounce bottles
and fill them half full of Paris white
or fine whiting and then fill them up
with the liquid and it is ready for
use The metal to which it is ap
plied must be perfectly free from
grease otherwise it will not hold If
the articles are at all greasy they
should be boiled in lye then washed
in pure water In any case the coat
ing obtained with this liquid is not
as teuacious to the metal as when de
posited by means of a battery The
liquid is very poisonous and should
be handled with great caution
Measures Powers of Motors
Col Renaud of army aeronaut and
automobile celebrity has just per
formed another service for automo
bilism There has been laid before
the French Academy of Science an
ingenious contrivance invented by him
for measuring the power of motors
It is an apparatus which is attached
to the axletree of the motor and as
the action developed is in proportion
to the cube of the speed it is enough
to register the number of revolutions
n order to determine the speed acl
Self registering tablets are provided
to obviate all necessity for making
calculations The apparatus is capa
i le of registering up to 150 horse
power
Not for Us
Rev Goodman You know what the
golden rule is of course
Pyrett Oh of course Its a rule
of conduct we ley down for other
Jn to fellow
IMPROVEMENT FOR THE HALL
Arrangement That Is Both Useful
and Ornamental
The hall is certainly more seen
than any other part of the house
since not only can no room be gained
without going through it but the oc
casional visitor who gets no further
has also to be reckoned with
One difficulty to contend with Is
the harmless necessary hat and coat
These are a serious handicap to a
pretty hall yet we must admit that
it is part of its duty to harbor them
They are generally tucked away in
the darkest corner and only dimly
discerned as a bulging unsightly
mass those In least frequent use hav
ing a fine opportunity of collecting
dust
But at very small outlay an arrange
ment can be made to hide and pro
tect the hats and coats and afford an
incident pleasing rather than other
wise in the hall Two shelves about
twelve inches wide are the founda
tion of the affair they are connected
with a back and two sides and the
top one is fitted Jn front with a small
flip tfwizziwi fa jh i tvfii j i inw
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brass rod On the bottom shelf rests
the headgear of the master of the
house amply protected by the shelf
and the little silk curtain hanging
down in front Below this shelf art
two side pieces and under it a stront
lath is fitted with brass hooks
whence hang coats probably both
masculine and feminine for it is a
luxury to have an old wrap handy tc
throw on before a turn in the garden
A curtain of some handsome tapes
try runs on a second rod across the
cupboard part and by the time some
bits of bid blue willow pattern or odd
pieces of brass and copper work have
been stood on the top shelf the ercc
tion must be declared quite an impos
ing feature in the hall
To Fasten a Kicking Cow
A dairyyan describes his method O
tying the hind legs of a cow to prevent
kicking while being milked as fol
lows
The method I shall describe is ef
fective and humane and generallj
only a few lessons are necessary tc
convince the most unruly cow tha
she must stand still while beinc
milked I take a hame strap from i
harness which is one inch wide anc
about two feet long Standing on the
right side of the cow the strap is
taken by the buckle end on the lef
and passed around the cows left hint
leg just over the gambrel the end o
the strap is brought back between the
cows legs and is given one or twr
turns around itself It is then passec
in front of the right leg brough
around and securely buckled Ugh
enough so it cannot be pulled dowi
over the joint but not tight enough tc
prevent the cow from standing com
fortably as long as she behaves her
self
The cow is not so badly frighten
ed with her legs confined in this waj
as she is with one tied to the floor
and it is impossible for her to kid
or lift either foot sufficiently to dis
turb the milker If no harshness i
used she soon finds that being milk
ed is not such an awful hardshii
after all and gracefully submits
Planting a Hedge
E P Please describe how to laj
out a thorn hedge How far aparl
should the plants be set
The soil should be properly prepar
ed before planting the hedge Every
thing else should bo in good condi
tion The soil should then be turnec
out into deep furrow where the hedge
is to stand and the plants should lit
set in this and the soil drawn up tc
them and firmly tamped about the
roots of the plants The distance
apart which the plants are to stanc
will depend somewhat on the style o
the hedge If a low small hedge is
wanted as one most often noes ir
England the plants should be eigh
or nine inches apart If the trees are
to be allowed to grow larger say five
or six feet tall the plants should b
set wider apart not less than eight
een inches
Chemical for Destroying Woodchucks
C R Some time ago I read of a
method of destroying skunks ano
wcodchucks by the use of a chemical
placed in their burrows Please name
the chemical and describe its use
The chemical used for killing wood
chucks etc is the same as for de
stroying bugs in peas viz carbon bi
sulphide This is a liquid which read
ily evaporates into gas which is heav
ier than air To kill woodchucks oi
skunks in burrows about two or three
ounces of the chemical should be
poured on to a piece of cotton waste
or rag which should be thrown down
the hole The hole should then be
quickly filled in with earth and well
tramped down The gas will settle to
all sections of the burrow and destroy
the inmates This chemical is very
inflammable fo that no fires should
be brought near it when exposed
NOT MUCH OF A REMEDY
Preoldent Finnertys Apt Parable Re
garding Irish Legislation
President FInnerty of the United
Irish League of America was talking
at the recent New York convention
about a remedy for Ireland of which
he did not approve
It is a senseless romedy ho 3ald
It is an Illogical remedy
He smiled then went on
Suppose you were a gardener and
suppose you got a position with a man
whose front garden contained a heap
of stones and rubbish the ruins of a
wall or outhouse or something or
that sort
And suppose your employer should
say to you
James my son I dont like the
looks of this great heap of refuse here
in the front garden I want you to
dig a hole and bury it
You would reply naturally enough
I can dig a hole and bury it sir
but what will I do with the dirt from
the hole that will be left over
Suppose in this difficulty your em
ployer should consider a little while
and then say
Dig the hole big enough to hold
dirt and rubbish both
You wouldnt think that much of a
remedy would you
A True Story
Ex Judge Thomas F Noonan of Jer
sey City was describing his experi
ences while traveling across country
to his mining property in Arizona and
told how the party while on one of
the ledges of a canon descried three
wild ducks wabbling along shoulder
to shoulder
Well have those for breakfast
said Joy Ray a famous cracksman of
the frontier and Aquila Nebeker
president of the Utah State Senate
who is equally handy with a gun
seized a repeater to take aim at them
You dont intend to kill em one
by one Ray objected Bring em
all down with one shot
Nebeker waited till all three necks
were in one range and let fly
And would you believe Judge
Noonan asked his friends that he
cut off all three heads with one bul
let
Well returned ex Judge Al Day
ton hesitatingly if you say so
Well Noonan concluded I wont
say it This is a true story He miss
ed all three
Twas Too Much
The time for the singing of a great
song which had made two men iamous
had at length arrived The singer
a dainty creature in simple white
appeared Her voice clear as a flute
and supple as the lash of a whip filled
every corner of the big theater with
lovely melody The applause which
followed her last sweet note was thun
derous The sunburned man in the
audience turned to his wife
Did you ever in all your life hear
anything so beautiful he asked It
was almost divine wasnt it
Oh I spese so she replied indif
ferently But Jack look at that hor
rid chorus girl with a hat on just like
mine
Lafitie of
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one of the moat popu
lar books of the day
BT
MARY DEVEREVX
author of Up and Down
the Sands of Gold will
be commenced in these
columns next week Re
plete with interest from
beginning to end Read
the opening chapters
1200 IN A NAME
n
Mexican Veterans Pension Depends
Upon Its Spelling
Is it McNite or McXight On the
spelling of his name hinges 1200 in
cash as a pension for service in the
Mexican war
Anthony McNite of Sioux City la
is one of the few survivors of the cam
paign against the halls of the Monte
zumas He not only served seven
months and thirteen days in the Mex
ican campaign without receiving pay
but also spent thirteen months in An
dersonville prison in the civil war
He has now a pension of 12 a
month for his civil war service but
oply since the order granting service
pensions to veterans more than CO
years old became effective
The name appears on the rolls of
the Mexican war in the war depart
ment but it is spelled McNight and
the old veteran will have to prove his
identity before his claim is consid
ered This it will be difficult to do
as his officers and comrades are all
dead and his discharge papers have
not been kept New York World
Diamonds and Radium
A good many fairy stories regard
ing the possibilities of radium are still
being circulated but it seems to have
been clearly established that radium
rays may prove of great commercial
value to jewelers since by this means
diamonds which are of an indifferent
and defective color may be appreci
ably increased in their commercial
value by treatment under the rays
It is further asserted that prolonged
action of the radium also increases
the intensity of the pale colored gems