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THE LAPSE OF
ENOCH T WO RTH
By ISABEL GORDON CUR TIS,
Author of The Woman from Wol}rertons "
CHAPTER. XVIII,---tCont"ti).
"Ilere'e the whale situation. If
Abe Wentworth and yuu do not
faney having me here as a--gueet, no
better word than that ueeurs to me
now, Grant Oswald might be interest-
ed; at least he might insist on paying
the royalties to the ---author. Or, I
could gait a fancy price fur the story
friars a New York paper. I am told
they pay tremendously en this side
fear a ripping sensation. This would
mare one, don't you say so yourself ?"
"1Iy God!" Enoch stared at her
with desperate eyes.
Miss Paget rose, unpinned her hat
and tossed it upon the table. She
steed surveying Wentworth with a
Team of amu: ement in her eyes,
Then she eras sed the 'win and leaned
gilt at the window. "Hi, there. t'ab-
by," she called. ,.wake up, Bring in
the rest of that luggage,"
i"HAPTEF. XIX.
'There is another bit of baggage."
itureas spoke to the eaImnn, wino
toed beside a carriage in front of the
Waverly Place ho.ase. He lifted lit-
t:t• Rubin and set him un a seat with
a grip beside him. Dorcas paused
with her hand on the carriage door.
"Wait," she ordered, as the than
turned to go in the house; "here
,;rimes Jason with a valise."
The cayman lifted it from the hand
of the old negro and swung it up un
the front seat.
"Jason; " said the girl, beckoning to
him as she ran up the steps of the
house, The servant followed her.
They stood under the dull gleam of a
lamp in the vestibule. She laid her
fingers on the nob of the inside door
and held it as one does when in fear
of an intruder. "Jason," she re-
peated, "I want to talk with you for
a minute."
"Yes, Missy." There was a tremor
in the old negro's voice. •
Dorcas stood gazing at him steadily,
although a quiver in her chin belied
the bravery,
"Jason, don't asic me again to take
you with me," she pleaded. "If you
do I shall weaken. I do not know
where I am going myself. 1 have
nowhere to take you. I shall miss you
terribly, you understand that. But
you must stay here and look after En-
och and the house and everything.
You are needed here as you never
were in your life before."
"Fo" de Lawd sake, take me wid yo,'
Missy. I'll sleep anywhar. A cor-
ner in a cellar '11 do fo' me."
"Uncle Jason, do you remember the
story you have told about mother leav-
ing you to care for Enoch and me?
Sometimes I think of that day. You
wheeled mother out on the piazza
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self."
"Yes, honey." The tears rolled
down the negro's wrinkled face. "She
galled to Luey to bring yo' out. Ye'
wan't naffin but er little pink face en
two doubled -up fits dat wan't ez big
ez a cotton Blossom,"
The old man pawed to wipe his
eyes with a red bandanna handker-
chief.
• "And she said?" continued Dorcas.
. The girl was trying to smile.
"She said, •Promie me, Jason, ex
long ez yo' lives, to care fo' my baby,
my sweet little gal baby, she'll never
remember she saw her mother. Take
care ob her, Jason, ez if de Lawel-his-
self had gib her in yo' charge,' I
promised, honey," the husky voice
died away in a sob; "I called de Lawd
to witness right than dal I'd look nut
W yo' all my life. ez well ez an or
darky could do.r'
"You have done it, [Uncle Jason."
Dorcas took the sooty hand between
her palms. "If mother could know
• how faithfully you have filled your
promise—and somehow I feel, Uncle
Jason, that she does know—she would
say that you have the whitest soul
God aver put into a Meek body."
"Oh Lawdy, Missy, ain't I come wid
yrs'? I don't need no money. Yo'
ueedn t pay fu' me anywhar--"
"Jason. you blessed old saint, it isn't
money I am et,neidering, I have plenty
of money. Mother left Enoch in
your care as much as he did me.
You have told me that,"
The negro bowed his bead solemnly.
""ii'on't you stay with him?"
Jason pointed to the inner door of
the vestibule. "Honey, what's a-goin'
to happen? Do yo' reckon dat Marse
Enoch's a-goin' to marry dat—pus-
son ?"
"Jason, I don't know,. Only you
must stay here."
"I will." The old servant spoke
with slow impressiveness. "Fore de
Lased, I will, Missy."
She ran down the steps. Jason fol-
lowed to close the carriage door when
she entered. As they moved away,
Dorcas leaned out to glance at the
home which had been hers since
school days ended. She caught a
glimpse of Enoch through, the dusk.
He was leaning from the library win-
dow. The room behind him gleamed
white moth a blaze of electricity. Be-
fore the mantel mirror stood a woman.
Her arms reached above her head to
pin back waves of shining yellow hair.
The cabman pulled up his horses and
looked through a window in the roof.
. "You didn't tell me, lady, where you
want to go."
"Drive me to the Gotham Theatre,"
said Dorcas; "then 1 wish you to take
this little boy to Harlem."
CHAPTER XX,
That night, when the curtain fell
upon the third act, Dorcas turned eag-
erly to Merry. "You are my friend?"
she whispered.
"Miss Dorcas," the actor's voice
was profoundly grave, but his eyes
smiled, "I would bestride the whirl-
wind or set my foot upon a cyclone for
you."
The girl lifted her eyes with a swift
glance. She remembered the line—
it was one the actor used to speak in
"The King at Large."
"I believe you would." Her voice
was low and impetuous.. "I need a
friend, a strong, patient, wise friend,
as I never did in my life before."
"Miss Dorcas, you make me wish
this moment that I were a Samson
and a • Solomon. I am not strong
1 or very wise, but I ani patient, and
there is no task upon God's earth that
1 would not try to do for you. You
believe me, don't you?"
The crimson blood flushed into her
' face.
"Yes " Her voice was scarcely aud-
ible, The curtain began to ascend
for an encore. "Come to Miss Bil-
lerwell's to -morrow night. I am go-
ing there to stay with Alice over Sun-
day. I needyour help."
Re regarded her curiously for a
moment.
"I will come," he answered gravely.
Then he took her hand and led her
down to the footlights.
On Sunday evening Dorcas sat sear-
ing down intoa crowded street of
Harlem. Under the vivid glare of
eleetrietity the etly looked sordidlyf
ugly. It . was a strange contrast to i
her own home. The house at War-
erly Place had retained nnich of its!
stately old-time dignity and its oat -
look upon the three -shaded square'
was quiet and pleasant. Upon Har-
lem's sidewalk throngs of children
romped and shrieked in the midst of a -
city's din, A balmy wind had been
blowing all day long and had driven
a wintry chill from the air. Knots
women omen sat talking on doorsteps or
they leaned out to gossip from ad-
jacent windows It was the hour for
Sunday night suppers and a rush of
business had. begun in delicatessen
stores, Strange odors erept in at
the open window, a blend of garlic
with stewed meats,, pungent pickles,
and cosmopolitan cheeses. •
•A gilt clock on the mantel struck
seven. Dorcas rose, opened the door,
and stood listening. On the lower
floor sheiheard a door slam, She was
trying to separate insistent noises of
the street from everyday household
bustle. She heard Mrs. Billerwell
give an order to a servant, then Julie
laughed merrily, and a Iight footstep
rounded on the stair. Or. the ether
side of the wall a servant was pre-
paring a room for her. She heard
the girl slam a window and begin to
move furniture about, while castors;
squeaked rebelliously. Then she fell;
t'o sweeping, end Dorcas counted ab-
sently each quick scuff' of the broom.
Once the maid dropped it and the
stiek fell an the floor with a startling,
rap. Occasionally her dragging foot-
steps clattered across a bit of bare'
floor er she pa"sed to themp the pil-
low.; vigorously. I:)oreas seas roused'
from her reverie by the imperative
call of the telephone. She listened
while Mrs. Billerwell answered it.
Then the dt^:rrhefl rang and :she heard
Merry's voice, She began to grope'
about the dim room in search uf'.
matches to light the gas. She was still
in darkness when he tapped at the
eioor.
Andrew seated himself in a shadowy
corner beside the window. A glimmer
of light from a street lamp fell upan'
the girls face. In her eyed was zn
appealing loneliness which be Wad
never seen before.
":Hiss Dorcas," he began with grave
gentleness, "what can I do for you?
You know me fairly well. There is
nothing heroic about me. I doubt if
I could fight a duel. It makes me
shiver even to to.wh a pistol—but I
am really to stand up to be shot at if
it will make things easier for you."
""1 believe you would," said Dorcas
with an unsteady laugh.
"I swear I swuld, " he assured her
with simple gravity. The girl felt
deeply moved.
"There will net; be any shooting, and
I don't know exactly what you can do
fur me. I don't even know what to
ask you to do. I thought of turning
to Mr. Oswald at first, I didn't. I felt
I could come to you more easily."
"Thank you for saying that." An
eager happiness flushed into the man's
face which seemed to warm each fen;
tare beneath the surface.
Dorcas stood before him trembling
and irresolute. "It is so hard—loving
my brother as I do—to sit in judgment
on him or to discuss him, even with
you. You love Enoch, or rather—you
did once?" she asked quickly.
Merry nodded.
"Since things went wrong between
you," Dorcas hesitated for a moment,
"since that time he has changed; you!
cannot realize how he has changed.
Still, we were together and alone, and
I kept thinking that the old happy
She stopped short and Merry's'
days would come back."
brows wrinkled into lines of perplex -1
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I do to help you?"
"Yesterday," she began hurriedly,1
"when I went home after matinee,
Jason stood waiting in the vestibule
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The (`are and Handling of Milking
Machines.
Seven different kinds of mechanical
milkers have been operated under
varying conditions for periods of
from six months to five years by Prof.
Larsen, of the South Dakota Experi-
ment Station. The results of his
experience are summed up in the fol-
lowing nine Points which contain many
valuable suggestionsboth for users
of the milking machine and for those
who contemplate installing them,
1. Before the milking machine is
installed, cull out the cows having
very uneven quarters, and teats that
are extremely small and extremely
large. Even though the milking ma-
chines may have a large range of
adaptability in this respect, uniformly
shaped udders and teats are advant-
ageous.
2. The operator should know how
each cow in the herd gives down her
milk, and how she milks mechanically,
and adjust the wort; of the milking
machine according to the individual
cow.
The eows that gave only a small
c.mount of milk and habitually re-
lease their milk little by little are not
beet suited for rneehanieal milking.
4 .breed and rare cows that are
adapted to mechanical milking by,
first, selecting a Herd sire that comes
frons ancestors having good udders
and teats and that milk well, or select
a tried bull that is known to pat good
udders and teats on their daughters;
secondly, by not raising the daughters
of the cows that have abnormally
shaped mam'naty organs and that are
known to give down the milk irregul-
arly.
5. The operator of the milking ma-
chine should understand how to ad-
just the parts and the workings of the
milking machine to the different cows.
He should have a mental picture of
how each cow in the herd releases the
milk, and how the work of the machine
and the cow must work together and
not at cross purposes.
6. The operator should take time to
prepare the cow. Hes hould see that
the teats are all in normal condition.
With most cows, the machine should
I knew that something had happened.
I pushed him aside and ran upstairs.
I could think of nothing but that
Enoch had been taken ill. As I pass -1
ed the hall rack I noticed the queer
umbrella Miss Paget carries, It has
a tiger's head for a handle you re-
member it? Even in my anxiety I
thought how strange it should be
there. When I reached the library
she sat beside the fire, reading a
magazine?"
Where was Enoch?"
"In his little study, with the door
locked. He came out when she began
to talk to me."
"What did she want?"
"Andrew," the tears sprang to the
girl's eyes, "that woman has come to
live in our home." -
"To—live—in—your—home!" Mer-
ry's voice had an incredulous tone in
it. "Enoch has not—married Zilla
Paget?"
"I do not know. I cannot. under-
stand. I think that Enoch hates her."
"Then why is she there?"
"I do not know."
"He didn't explain?"
"No. He looked like a thunder-
cloud. She talked. She said she had
come to live in our house. Her
clothes were unpacked. She has tak-
en the spare room. Her things, a
lorgnette, and a scarf and gloves
were scattered about the library,"
"Enoch must be—insane!"
"Oh!" cried Dorcas: Sudden horror
flashed into her face. "Oh! you,. don't
think—that ?"
"No. I'm a beast to have frighten-
ed you. • It is not that. Enoch is as
sane as you axe."
"Then what has changed him?" Her
eyes searched his face with a piteous
scrutiny. "You know. Won't you tell
me?"
"I think it is—" The man hesitated
for a word which would not hurt.
"Yes, he has changed. He is not the
same old Enoch.. I cannot account for
this. He promised me faithfully to
drop her for keeps."
(To be continued).
•
not be attached until the cow has giv-
en down her milk,
,7. With some cows, and near the
ed of the milking process, the teat
cups will climb upwards. The low-
er part of the quarter is thus wedg-
ed in to the upper part of the teat cup.
This may shut off the flow of milk.
The operator should gently pull down
on the teat cups to release this grip
or pressure before the machine in en-
tirely detached. If this bothers
much, a weight may be suspended
from the lower part of the teat eup
during milking. By gently lifting and
pressing the halves of the udder in
the latter stage of milking just pre•
views to detaching, It will help the rain
chine to milk the cow dry.
8. If the above points are observed,
mann cows need no stripping. The
operator soon learns from the amount
of milk, andfrom the looks of tate
cow's udder whether the cow is milked
glean. However, to be sure-, the opera-
tor should try every cow by hand.
This should be done at once after milk-
ing. It may be accomplished by
shutting the vacuum off and stripping
directly into the teat cups, holding the
cups in the left hand and stripping
with the right; or it may be done 17
stripping into the pail.
J. The different parts of the milk-
ing machine should be kept sanitary
by thoroughly cleaning, and by keep-
ing the parts in a disinfectant solu-
tion between milkings such as pre-
viously described,
Deep Stirring v. Deep flowing.
Deep plowing is not so much
preached now, since the bringing up
of the substratum to the surface is
not altogether wise. Deep stirring,
however, is another thing—and this is
encouraged to give air to the roots,
hence the success of dynamiting. At
the same time, as pointed out by the
"Field," London, the fact that deep
cultivation is not always advantage-
ous should not be regarded as justify -j
cation for going too far in the oppo-
site direction, as unquestionably many
do. In this connection it is well to
observe the distinction between deep
plowing and deep stirring. The
former is often a risky proceeding,
but the latter hardly ever, and the
more it is perseverer with the great-
er becomes the rooting area and the
cropping capabilities of the soil, The
important thing to avoid, and which
proved the undoing of the deep fur-
row theory, is the transposition of
top and under soils. As far as prac-
ticable the latter should be kept at
the bottom of the tilled stratum until
it is improved mechanically and che-
mically through bacterial action,
promoted by tillage and judicious
manuring. •
An example of the room that ob-
tains for discretion in regarding the
depth of furrow is provided by a
simple experiment carried out in
Morayshire in connection with the Ab-
erdeen College of Agriculture. A field
that had been two years in grass,
chosen for its suitability for the pur-
pose, was plowed at depths of 4% in.,
6 in., and 74 in., and sown with oats,
the treatment in every other way be-
ing the same throughout. It is in-
teresting, and may even be a little
puzzlin,', to note the influences of the
varying depths upon the crop. The
best return both of grain and straw
was obtained from the 6 in. furrow.
the fng sec-
M ond, whiledeeper it was
urrow evidentbeiat thatgood 4t:eine-.
wasan insufficient depth for that field.
Theonly point in favor of the shat-
, lowest furrow war that the crop rip-.
ened rather earlier than on the other
portions. This advantage, However,
was gained at too big a sacrifice of
quantity and quality of yield. All
the samples gave the same weight per
bushel, 44 lbs. of dressed grain. The
returns of dressed grain were seventy -
!one bushels, 8 lbs.;' eighty-five
bushels 5 lbs.; and eighty-three
bushels, 4 lbs., per acre, respectively;
of light grain, 170 lbs., I5G lbs., and
130 lbs.; and of straw and chaff, 48
cwt., 45% cwt., and 43% cwt, The
soil is described as of a sharp black
gravelly nature of a good depth, but
whatever might be the result of deep
" stirring, it is evident that no inime-
1 diete object is to be served by ex -
,needing on it a fi in. furrow,
Saving Pastures For Next Sum nler.
.
In order that the live stuck which
have been doing well on pasture dur-
inl; the summer months may maintain
" their gains, and for the salve of sav-
ing the pasture for another season, the
farmer should take care that his ani-
; mals are brought in and started on
winter feed before the season becomes
too late. Cattle and horses, more es-
pecially the latter, if left out in Octo-
ber and November are very likely to
1 crop the pasture so close that there
will rot be sufficient winter protection
for the roots of the plants, and in
l spite of their efforts to secure suffi-
cient nourishment by this means, will
go back in flesh,
Mitch cows are particularly .,useep-
tible to the action of cold or wet
I weather, and one or two nights of
frost while they are lacking the shel-
', ter of the barn will set back the milk
' flow to such an extent that the work
of restoring it by extra feeding will . 4
prove very costly. The best results
` from added feed can always be ob-
tained when the animal is kept up to
top notch all the time.
If the land is firm enough late in
the fall to allow of the stock being
turned out without doing damage to
the surface, then the plan of turning
out during the warm hours of the day
is a good one, but in this practice pro-
vision must be made for feeding of a
plentiful ration of green feed in the
barn, as the pastures after a heavy
frost has occurred are not to be great-
ly depended on for feed.
—,
Draining Belgium of Men.
The agony of Belgium continues,
and even deepens in horror•. The
latest news is of the gradual evacuee
tion of adult men from Ghent and
other Flanders towns and the villages
along the Dutch frontier. They are
deported into Germany, there to be
forced to work for the enemy states ;
and a lesser aim, doubtless, is, in case
of a retreat, to leave behind no male
population capable of bearing arms.
Not Guilty.
Little Charlie had been spanked by
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cousin who was present, wishing to
comfort him, said: "Poor Charlie;
you have my sympathy."
Looking up through his tears, he
protested: "I have not! I didn't
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