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have some converse. Interesting anl enter
taining to us both. You can scarcely Imag
ine my Joy at seeing so lovely a visitor In
my poor apartments."
"Sir, you said you would bring the king.
A gentleman keeps his word."
"Oh, the king In good time, my pretty
one. Charles Is but a doleful companion
Just now, and we are well quit of him. As
fur a man's word, the fashion seems to he
the breaking of It, example set us poor
gentlemen In the highest places. For In
stance, our last discussion related to mar
riage, but times have changed since that
day. and you will not be so cruel ns to ex
pect me to carry out the good domestic in
tentions I then expressed."
"Sir, I am very glad I shall hear no more
of them.'
"Truly? Then so much the better. I ex
pected tears and reproaches, but am
pleased you are not given to compluining.
By my honor, I love you the more for It.
So, then, I'll steal a kiss from those ripe
lips to seal the new compact we are to
make, and I warn you that a scream is not
likely to be heard from this chamber."
"I do not need your warning. You shall
neither hear me scream nor see me weep."
"By St. Denis, I like your spirit. Some
scream and some weep, but they all end by
clinging."
"Sir, a warning for your warning. Ap
proach not another step nearer me, or my
father shall know of this Insult, to punish
It when he Is free."
"When he Is free?" echoed De Courcy.
"Powers of heaven! Then you have not
come to reproach the king, but to plead
with him!"
"Why should I reproach him?"
"It would surely be useless enough, but
feminine. Why? Because Gregory Bran
don, with one good stroke, severed tha
king's word and Strafford's neck on Tower
hill this morning."
The girl's face went white as the kerchief
about her throat, and swaying half an In
stant, she leaned against the table for sup-
Main Agricultural Feature
ROWING on six acres of a gentle
f I southern slope of Tesson hill at
I f ha Tilltsiiinil PlirrhniiA nvrinul-
tlon, St. Louis, is the largest
i geographically correct maD ever
constructed.
This map Is 0 feet long from east to
west and extends from north to south 240
feet. The map is the main feature of the
large open air exhibit by the bureau of
plant industry of the Department of Agri
culture and is personally superintended by
D. A. Brodie, late superintendent of the
Western Washington Experiment station,
under the direction of Prof. W. J. Splllman,
agrostologist of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The bureau of plant Industry Is made up
of eight offices, comprising vegetable
physiology and pathology, fiber plant In
vestigation, poisonous and medical plants
Investigation and every phase of plant life.
Each of the eight offices is presided over
by a chief, and by vote of the combined
offices W. J. Splllman, professor of agros
tology, was elected to have complete con
trol of this exhibit authorized by an act of
congress. Mr. Brodie was selected to have
supervision of the planting and cultivation.
Tho several acres were fenced off early
In April, and the entire tract was richly
fertilized. The ground was plowed and har
rowed, the soil pulverized, and the entire
tract Bowed to cow peas. This crop not
only enriches the soli, but prevents the
growth of weeds and will render the sub
sequent plowing unnecessary. As the crop
to be grown will be required to be planted
at intervals up to a short time before the
opening of the exposition further plowing
would prove impracticable. When an ex
hibit is ready to be installed the gardeners
Bimply pull up the cow peas covering the
space required. The ground Is found to be
In receptive condition and requires but
little work upon it.
The monster map Is, of course, the main
feature of this comprehensive exhibit, and
the crop grown on this small farm will
cost the government considerably more
than $1,(100 per acre. A belt of blue grass
lawn twenty feet wide establishes tho
boundary and coast lines of this gigantic
map. Tho boundary lines between the
states are marked by cinder paths three
feet wide. The territory compiling tho
fourteen states and territories of the
Louisiana Purchase is marked by a white
gravel walk. The states themselves are to
be planted In growing crops of the principal
agricultural products of the state. The cin
der and gravel walks serve us promenades
and are of sufficient width to permit the
free passage of visitors. Thus a labyrinth
of passageways is created and the visitor
may wend his way through the maze nnd
seo by actual demonstration Just what
rrops are grown In every part of the I'nlted
States and how they are raised. The
cereals will be the feature of the great
northwest, while down In Florida will be
seen growing the pineapple and orange and
other semi-tropical fruits and crops. To
bacco will be a prominent feature of Ken
tucky's allotment, while sugar cane and
cotton will be found growing in the plots
of ground representing other southern
states.
THE ILLUSTRATED HEE.
port Something In the brutal method of
the announcement convinced her of Its
tiuth more surely than if he had spoken
with all the solemnity, of which he might
he capable. Yet she struggled not to be
lieve. He had been edging toward her. cat
like, but she paid no heed to htm. Then
with a spring he caught her wrists, but she
did not move, nor make any effort to free
herself. She looked dul'y at him, as If
wondering why ho acted so. "You will be
pleased to withdraw yourself, sir, and let
tne go. My heart Is broken."
She spoke with forced calmness, but there
was a. tremor In her tone that cast doubt
on her former assertion regarding the tears.
"Your heart Is not broken, and if it was
I'd mend it for you. Absurd! Why. you
know the man for scare a day, and that
time la full short for the growth of any
large affection."
"I shull never love any ns I have loved
him."
"Tush! How little you know of your
self. You are a very goddess of love, and
I will"
Ho was off his guard for a moment. In
that moment she whisked herself free of
him, und, darting to the other side of the
room, whipped down a thin rapier from
the wall.
"You will be well advised to put an end
to this fooling. I am now In no humor
for It, and with you, never. If you have
not the gift to see It, I would have you
know that I detest you and despise you,
and have done so since first I saw you."
"Indeed," cried He Courcy with a laugh
os he possessed himself of a similar weapon
to that which threatened him, "are you
for a duel, then?"
"If you ore coward enough to lift blade
ti a woman."
"I meet kiss with kiss, and steel with
eteel; always ready for either. Guard
yourself, madame."
His pretended antagonism was but a
feint to throw her off the guard he advised
Not only will the products of each state
be shown on this map by growing crops,
but the section of the state on which each
commodity Is most grown will be shown.
In the great northwestern state of Wash
ington the map at St. Louis shows that
wheat, corn, potatoes, hay and the wild
grassses that thrive in the semi-arid dis
tricts are more largely grown In the east
ern portion, while in tho west hay, clover,
vetches, timothy, orchard hay and grasses,
hops, strawberries, raspberries and black
berries are more grown. Thus on the small
plot of ground that represents one great
state will bo found a score of different
crops growing. There will be no actual di
viding line between the growing crops,
though in the cases of the various grasses,
wheat, barley and buckwheat the line is aS
distinctly drawn by a wave of color as is
the line that divides the muddy waters of
the Mississippi from those of the compara
tively clear Ohio at the Junction of the two
rivers at Cairo, 111.
While the arrangement of the exhibits
In the form of the monster map will fasten
the eye more quickly and will challenge
the admiration of every visitor to the fair,
the agriculturist and horticulturist will
find in the exhibits surrounding the map
other exhibits of equal interest and im
portance. Pathology of plants is treated in an ex
tensive exhibit in the territory of the map
that would be British Columbia did the
map extend further than the United States.
This exhibit Is under the personal direction
of Prof. Woods of the Department of Agri
culture, and illustrates how the growing
of plants of economic value are affected
by diseases peculiar to plant life. Experi
ments will be conducted for the benefit
of the agriculturist. Economic plants that
nre already affected nre growing on the
tract, and other areas of strong and healthy
plants of the same species are inoculated
with the spores of tho disease and the ro
sults are carefully noted. The blight of
the pear, the black knot on the plum, po
tato blight and all of the other diseases
of plant life will be shown, and practical
experiments showing the methods of treat
ing will be carried on and the results
shown.
riant breeding Is given a large section
to the east of the pathology exhibit. Here
Is shown the effect and value of cross
fertilization. Varieties of plants are often
benefited by crossing. Cherries, for in
stance, fertilized by their own pollen, show
no change In their fruit, but when fer
tilized by the pollen of other varieties
of cherries show a marked change. Rome
times the result is good and sometimes
otherwise. A strawberry that yields boun
tifully but is soft and will not bear ship
ment is cross-fertilized with a variety of
firmer berry, with the probable result after
much patient experimenting of securing a
large increase in the yield, while the fruit
will bear long shipment. From the seed of
the fruit grown by cross-fertilization many
of the valuable hybrids are obtained.
A unique feature of the government's
open air exhibit is the school garden that
occupies a large section extending (on the
garden map) over tho Dominion of Canada
from Mains to Minnesota. This exhibit
her to maintain, for being one of the best
swordsmen of his time, lie knew by her
holding of the blade that she was Ignorant
of its practice. lie brushed her sword
aside, dropped his own and sprang in upon
her, grasping again her helpless wrists,
her arms pinioned thus transversely across
her body, her right hand still clinging to
the useless hilt, with the blade extending
p.ist her shoulder nnd Inhliul her. His
sneering; grinning face so chse to hers
that his breath fanned her cheek, ho
pressed her back and back against tho
wall, the sword bending and bending le
Iilnd her until the blade snapped off some
rix inches from the hilt ami fell ringing
to the floor.
"There, sweetest of Amazons, you nre
stlngless now, and naught but the honey
Is to be gathered."
The vry ease with which he had over
come her hoodwinked him to his danger.
The proud, dominant hi nod of the Wcnt
worths flushed her face with an anger
that steeled every nerve in her lithe body.
As, with a victorious laugh, he released
her wrists and slipped his arms around
her. she struck him twice with lightning
swiftness, first across the brow, then down
the face. Nothing could well be more
terrible than the weapon she had used,
for the jaggod Iron tore his flesh like the
stroke of a tiger's claw. The red cross
showed for a brief moment, then was
obliterated In a crimson flood.
"Cowardly poltroon, wear the brand of
Cain."
He had warned her not to scream, but
now his cries filled the room as he stag
gered back, his hands to his face. Yet
grievously wounded ns he was, he seemed
resolved she should not escape him, and,
after the first shock, groped blindly for her.
She flung the broken weapon to the further
side of the room, and the noise of Its fall
turned him thither, striking against the
table, and then against a chair. She tip
toed cautiously to the door, turned the key
and threw It open, before he could recover
at St. Louis World's Fair
Is under the personal direction of Prof.
Wheeler of Michigan, of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The llbernl
space allotted to this exhibit has been cut
up into numerous subdivisions, nnd each
of these subdivisions In turn is turned
over to the various St. Loui3 schools. A
class of pupils is selected by the principal
of the school so honored, and the actual
work of planting und cultivating the gar
den Is left to tho pupils, under, of course,
the general direction of Prof. Wheeler.
Liberal prizes are offered for the best cul
tivated garden nnd for the best results.
The sight of the little tots in their knicker
bockers and gingham dresses, their sailor
hats and sunbonnets, equipped with hoe
and rake, is a sight all too seldom seen.
The immense grass garden grown under
the personal direction of Prof. Splllman,
who was selected by the Bureau of Plant
Industry to have charge of the entire open
nlr exhibit. Is one of surpassing value and
Interest. This grass garden occupies on
the five-acre plot all of tho space in tho
Atlantic ocean from Maine to Florida, and,
rounding the peninsular, occupies a large
portion of the Gulf of Mexico, oft Florida's
west coast.
In the northern section of that exhibit
are a series of sand dunes, constructed so
as properly to exhibit the sand-binding
grasses. These grasses send their strong
and vigorous roots down through the shift
ing sands and finally entrench themselves
in the solid soil. As the plant becomes
more firmly established and sends up its
super growth, the roots firmly nnchor It,
protecting it from the ravages of the wind
and hold it in its place. The plant enriches
the barren sand on which It wss originally
planted, nnd in the course of not a great
many years a rich soli takes the place of
what was once a barren sandy stretch of no
value.
Off the east coast of Georgia Is a circular
collection of twenty plots of an average
size of 10x20 feet planted to the best tested
varieties of lawn grasses. These plots
are artistically arranged and are vep-irated
by gravel walks. The small lawns ore
marvels of tho landscape gardener's art
and tho turf is so thick and so well kept
that It appears as a velvet carpet.
Still further south is the section devoted
to the ornamental grasses. Here Is nhown
the pampas grass growing up ten, twelve
and fifteen feet high and all the other
ornamental grasses, including tho ribbon
grasses, attaining a height of Ihreo and
four feet, down to the dainty little sweet
vernal grass that seldom reaches a foot
in height. In this section, us in all the
others, tho shorter grass is grown In tha
plots nearest the hugo map center
piece, while the taller grasses occupy tho
spuccs on the edge of the exhibit. This
adds to the artistic and uniform ap)e tr
ance of the display and the view of no
section is impaired.
In the 83ction of the Gulf of Mexico, west
of Florida, are the sections given over to
the cultivated grasses, such as timothy,
red top, orchard grasses, English and
Italian rye grasses, etc.
The seed production section will be of
immense value to the agriculturist. This
exhibit occupies that portion of the Gulf
of Mexico extending from Florida to the
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himself, for he had lost all sense of dlreo.
tlon, and could see nothing. She took the
Immediate risk of pulling the key from the
door, to ward olT tho greater danger of
pursuit, and calmly locked him in. If
screams were as Ineffectual as he had In
sisted, ho would take little good from hi
baturing of the door lor some tlmo to
come. Frances now threaded her way
through the mazes of pasages, meeting no
tme, for tho gloom of death pervaded the
palace, at leust in the direction she hud
taken.
Sho dared not hurry. In spile of the
urging of her quickly beating heart, nut
must proceed leisurely, as If she had a per
fect right to be where she was, should any
Inquisitive servant encounter her. At last,
with a deep breath, she emerged upon the
great courtyard, and so came to the gate.
The officer bowed to her, and she paused
for a moiner.t to thank him for his kind
ness to her in the earlier part of the day.
"It Is true that that lAird Strafford"
She could get no further.
"Yes, my lady, and grievea we nil are
that It should tie so. This morning on
Tower Hill. The lords refused to reprieve
even until Saturday."
Frances bent her head and struggled with
herself to repress undue emotion, but, find
ing that Impossible, turned abruptly and
walked fast down Whitehall.
"Her bright eyes, bliss her," snid the
officer to a comrade, "are not the only onea
dimmed with tears for this morning's
work."
Two hours later Frances was on her way
to the north. She paused on Hlghgate hill
and looked back on the babel she had left,
vast and dim In the rising mist of the mild
spring evening. "Oh, cruel cltj ; oh, faith
less man! The bloodthlrst of London may
be whetted and not quenched, perjured king
of England!"
She bowed her head to her horse's man
and wept helplessly.
(To He Continued.
Interior of Mexico. Here the seeds grown
In all parts of the world arc tested aids
by side. As an example, seed wheat grown
in Washington, tho Dikotas, Mu'ne,
Florida, and In Europe. Asia and Arrica,
uro planted In adjoining sections. The
growth and results are carefully noted and
it Is thus accurately determined lor the
region where the experiment I conducted
from where tho seed should bo obtained to
get the best results. Other experiments
Willi all the other important agricultural
products ure similarly made and the te
sulls may be noted by the visitor to this
City of Knowledge.
Anothei section west of that devoted to
seed production Is one equally Important
and Interesting, illustrating the fiber
plants, their growth and tho best approved
methods ot handling. Here may b- ten
growing In the same manner us In their
native homes, hemp, flax, cotton and other
Important plants grown for their filer.
Scarcely less interesting aro tho appli
ances for picking und handling the cotton
and the retting of the stalk that contains
tho flax fiber.
West of this, in the deadly parallel col
umn, uro displays of the poisonous and
medicinal plunts. Growing side by side
are the poison and its antidote. Prominent
in the poisonous section nre plants that
are Injurious to stock, notably the famed
loco weed. This plant when eaten by a
horse cruzes the animal and drives It
frantic and sometimes even produces death.
Another dangerous plant is tho wild
parsnip, little less desirable than tho loco
plant. In this section Ure shown the best
methods for the extermination of the
poisonous plants and also the best remedies
for tho treatment of horses and cattle
after they have partaken of the poisonous
growths.
In the medical section beautiful beds of
popples are to lie seen and the methods of
obtaining opium and all of the medlcinals
and poisons produced from the weird drug
are shown. Here, too, is the foxglove,
from which is made digitalis, and the
deadly nightshade, from which Is produced
belladonna and numerous ottier medicinal
plants and herbs.
Prof. Carleton of the Department of Agri
culture has churgo of the immense exhibit
of cereals thut grow In tho space west of
tho map. Here may be seen tho various
specimens going to make up wheat, corn,
oat, ryo and barley families.
Each sectional exhibit outside the map
is divided from the section adjoining it by
a broad gravel walk, while the beauty of
the exhibit Is enhanced by a strip of
smooth blue grass lawn completely sur
rounding it.
Reflections of a Bachelor
Oood figures are not what they are;
dressed up to be.
When they are down In the world a maq
is cowed, a woman defiant.
A hammock Is built for two, even when t
Isn't big enough for one.
The more sinters a man has the more meif
he feel sorry for as they get maxrloiL-e
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