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peeseseton of a vetteel wheee to cecen
mighe 1141.11racr almost, any utivehee
evtleetinded nattvee, ready with the
Info to deeend their ciaft, vyas
Undeetolting that mighe well appall any
plan.
Due Plyrepton cern° at arasee noted for
its daring -Ate- could taco his anceeiry
Titaete tee that hold uteriner, Sir Frames
Dralzee and White the., same class of
perils, !might no one exist, oceasions
were. hound to present eltentselveee call -
far just as. Vigorous aetion. •
i-Plempton, haVing stialten off thee but?
denturned to discover whether L,qry
had:Made , the teap" in safety, fOr is,yet
"• %yea quite in !gm:trance 'with regard
to. tide matter.
040 A shrill vdice close at his'elbow gave
skirts, of the great niais of floating wa's' "Olt deck" and ready to
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gt+gEeKEtfAkt+X;1(+041140e404440-4:glEttiCk4A - himt immediate assure.nae; the little' man
'CHAPTEliXIL
It was with. considerable interest that
Larry glanced around hem. ,
They '4,vere in the heart of the niost
densely populated portion of the city,
and in one of lite most picturesque, as
well as remarkable, sections. 'Daylight
would have discloged to wondering eyes
a thousand strange features that went
to make up a. blended picture such as
mest long have haunted, the memory of
any one who cherished a love for the
quaint, the bizarre, the Oriental,
It must be admitted, however, that at
least one or the senses title no love for
these animated' scenes in eastern cities
—eyes may delight In. the rich group-
ing of hright colors rivaling the prisma-
tic hues of the rainbow, and ears evert
be forced to ,admire the wonderfulbar-
baric music to heardeon every hand,
but 110 cultivated 'European or American
nose has ever been 'emdern, to sniff the
abominable odors tb be detected in such
marts with any other feeling than that
of disgust.
Still, familiarity often breeds con-
tempt, and people grow acoustomed to
almost everything in time.
• Larry knew instantly that, as Lord
- Beckett had intimated, their chase had
•'brought them to the regions of boats.
.•He had them before him—boats by
scores—aye, boats. by hundreds—tisually
of the sampan order; and lashed side by
side, just as coal barges may be seen un
American rivers. •
L Where, in' ah this vast 'concourse,
, were they to seek for Avis, even pro-
viding she had been brought to this spot,
.-whtch fact must still remain an open
question?
It was a feature of the matter that
now began tg assume appalling pro-
portions to Larry, and somehow he be -
genet° depend upon his companion, for
means to bridge over the abyse.
Fortunately, Lord Rackett did not fail
him.
• The big, bluff Englishman ,seemed to
havegained complete mastery' over. the
• Chinaman to whose engineering shill
*they owed their preeence here—in fact,
he appeared lo have partly hypnotized
him.and was in a position to secure
• whatever informetion the • fellow pos-
• sessed. •
Fortunate, it was , that such a thing
thhould be so—indeed, it 'promised, to
prove the .most valuable element in the
game.
At least Plympton seemed to have a
fair amount of enthuelasm when he left
the native and whirled upon Larry,, and
the very sight of his confidencearoused
new hope in -the breast of the other.
"Then, all is not lost yet?" he de-
manded., as though seeking a sign.
."Well, I should say not by a great
sight," returned the hearty Briton, only
withconsiderable more emphasis than I
have ventured to give; "it may look des- Thus they reached the last sameian—
perate enough, God knows, hut we'll the open water yawned between; but
change ah that in 'double-quick order, brave hearts could not be daunted, and
'and the time has come to make a Move, with a roar. Lord Beckett leaped the
• so follow me and fear nothing." gulf, followed by Larry, and landed on
. That NitaS the sort of talk to revive the deck of the floating junk.
drooping spirits and put new confidence
• In a man: Larry's feelings underwent
a decided change, and rose from zero to
summer heat.
A burning desire swept over him, a
mad longing., to get at those who were
responsible for this outrage; it was the
grime savage feeling, that the hungry
wolf experiences. as It leaps at the ,throtit
of a buck at bay.
Larry had been down in the depths,
• but he would not again know despon-
dency while this strange adventure
lasted, • thanks to the cheery way in
which his companion buoy.ed him up.
It, is • worth much to have such a
friend in Rine of need.
Lord •Rackett was as good as his
Word.
He began to advance.
Hie course seemed to be, laid out just
le, directly as ever a skipper could mark
his upon a chart after the use of • qua-
dxt
rant and seant.
say "amen"' to all•that he might propwe
or do
craft.
It eves no tune to discuss the question '
The junk' he'd drifted so tar from -the
pro . anti con, te ascertain how much •
other craft that nothing was to be feared
chance there could he of success falling in thie quarter.
to their share; duty lay before them,
and at such et crisis the brave man Their troubles would all come from a
pushes on, eager to reach the goal. Point closer at home.' •
.e
The occupants of ;the various boats Even when sweeping his eyes armlet],
Who had been so rudely aroused had in this search for his companion, Lord
set up a lively chorus of sharp, queru- Reekett had discovered shadowy figures
bus ode% very natural to John China- clustered near, and knew the respite they
man when angered, and this was beteg veere enjoying was only Aemporary—that
constantly augmented by new voices as by the time they had taken a few ,quick
others took in the shrill refrain.
breaths the,storm would burst and they
On the whole, their dance across the must be ready to face it.
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interlocked boats was accompanied by The Englishnian bad meceived baptism
a,s weird and uncanny a refrain as mor- of fire in the war with japan,' and was
tal ears ever harkened toby nature gifted with the, spirit of a
Therewas much anger hi the chorus leader.
that rose and fell with such fierce, men- He could grasp all:details with orie
otegtous ferVor, but neither of those who comprehensive glance, and throw his
could count themselves the cause of the forces into a position to meet the emer-
clamor appeared to lose heart because gency, and this is usually reckoned the
of it. • finest trait of a master mind in military
Indeed,strange though it may ap- circles. •
pear, they were paying little or eici heed If Avis 'were, as they had fair reitson
to matters around them, all attention to believe, upon this boat, then she must
being concentrated upon the boat toward of necessity occupy the cabin,.
which they so vigorously pushed their This being- the case, their rinterests lay
way. •• wholly in that quarter; the enemy
By this time, mere or less lights have- perked have control of all else; but It.
Ing been diffused around the immediate was their bounden duty to cover this
vicinity, owing to so many curtaips he,. section. .
Ing drawn aside, they were enabled to Lord Beckett did not lose. one instant
make out that the vessel was a small of time in drawing a weapon—desper-
junk, the matting sails of which were ate cases required like remedies, and he
stewed up in theepeculiar style to those expected a hot time must follow thie
boats used for general Chinese •naviga- boarding the junk. '
tion and.coast cerrnmerc,e. •• . 'Even if the vessel were not What they•
' All this tallied with whet they had had good reason to suspect, the crew
learned from the man Lord Beckett had would look upon them as pirates, and
hypnotizedfeel justified in opening hostilities.•
It was evident that the increasing con- Not an atom of doubt assaitecletheme
fusion among the houseboats and col- they could hear among • the clatter of
lected sampans had ere now attracted Chinese tongues that rough. Russien
attention on board the junk. . voice; it might not belong to the Couht
Signs of life were to be seen in figures himself, but, nevertheless, the presence
that flitted past the shining light, .and of such a man aboard was prima facie
Larry also felt positive he heard loud evidence that they had not gone amiss
orders given in a foreign tongue, pre- in their search. ' •
sumably Russian. "Back upethis way," said Plympton, as
The sound stirred his heart, for it an he edged, tothard the door of the 'cebin.
flounced the -fact of their haying laidea, Larry grasped his 'meaning; even in
direct course through all the beastly this exciting moment his senses. were.
tronblee with which they had been bee pecullArly clear aidonthe alert. •
set. • . ' . Long cometanionghip with Dr. Jack
• It was also lihe the clear notes ofea had taught him, the only way to take
bugle urging the charging soldiers on in hold et a situationlike this ,and the ab
the eace of stinging bulletsand roaring solute necessity of maintaining a per
-
bombs; only a little spurt and they fectly cool demeanor.
wtoulei clear the remaining distance. This 'movement on -their part seemed
There was need of the utmost haste, to be the signal for an attack. ' •
for already the hempen ropes that held They saw a sudden forward move
the junk to the flotilla were thrown 'off, Ment On the part of the hovering mess.
and the vessel had commenced to open It was like the plunge of .the lightning
a gap between, urged on by the currentexpress into the mountain defile—with
Lord, Beckett saw this and put out a a hissand a roar the deluge was upon
little more 'energy, while behind him them. • ' ,
Larry was doing mnervelleus things in At any rate those at bay 'teemed dis-
ekipping from bon. to boat with the posed to de their part from the start.
agility of a mountain chamots. When a man findhimself Attacked
by a meth of ferocious t"Chinkte" he is
not apt to halt upon lets convietions as
to whether or not he is averse to the
shedding of human gore; at such times
necessity drives him into defending his
life, and all law has long since decided
that a:human being is justified to any
extent in thus standing up to save' his
existence. e
On these grounds alone they felt the
right was on 'their side, even if Avis and
her safety had not entered into the
question.'
So they opened upon the shadowy line
that had. pushed forward—Opened with
• a vengeance and earnestness that pro-
mised speedy results,: •
The junk was not in abeoluee dark-
ness, although no lights were to be seen
save the one far aft, and which had
doubtless been intended to illuminate
the passage of some expected pereon
across the crowded campans and house-
boats near by.
Thus II was feasible for our friends,
now Hutt their. eyes were no longer
'blinded by ,this brilliant light, to par-
tially distinguish the ugly yellow feces
of, the advancing Chinese snilore, and
even see the shining wenpone they
grinped so fiercely In threatening hand.
Under these conditions it 'eves possible
to show their mettle end skill. and no
bullet flew Without, findine its billet.
Still the litiesian stormed end raved
as he urged his deluded slaves on.
• Neither Larry nor his comrade were
linguists, and. jointly _possessed but a
mattering of the, Itimian language
but both of thorn Were ready to weer
Mat .the Coesaelc was laying down the.
law to the accompaniment of the most
lltioinstLe.swe7, words known to his
CHAPTER XIII.
It was a close shave. ,
Had they been delayed just ten
secends in their progress, it would have
been utterly impossible for them to have
cleared the rapidly widening breach
and gained the deck of the moving junk
as they did.
. Which might be considered an espe-
cial piece of geed luck in their favor. ,
Although thus enabled .to awry their
point, it could not be said that they had
won ft victory—indeed, the preliminary
skirmish had only been fought, and the
real battle,was yet to come.
No one realized this better than Lord
Raakett, whose .past life had been some-
what of the tempestuous character, a
checkered career M which there were
many red cros.ses that marked scenits of
ternmil, where a quick wit was as ,ne-
It led hint nerose a tangle of heals ePSsary as the .good. English brawn to
that were huddled &mettle like a by bads it up.
' of frightened partridges. The men Poseibly in thus boarding the 'enemyse
from Britain eienheri teem tine tri, enee boat they may haye been ,placing them -
thee without as much as hy yeer teae'et •SeiVegin a trap from which there was no
and behind him skipped Larry es
blithely "tets bis new -horn eloptee would
allow.
Though, this woe the ordinary method
/of, crossing to the outer beats Ahem
teseemed to be .something out of the corn-
e.scane-
At any. roAe, it had been done. and re-
treat was now out of the question.
In times of ,id, when the legions of
Rome went a,ginst a hostile country, it
was the policy of their generals to burn
• mon run in the mode of Lord Hackett s the -bridges 'Or the boats behind them. ,
advance, perhaps, not being tweets- This was done to . convince the sol-
• torned• to such work, he may have rolled (tiers how desperete watt their venture,
elle boats more than was entirely neces-
• sary, by stepping with. his weighty
• figure upon the gunwales. •
At any rate in many instances the
. curtains that concealed the covered part
,of • numerous sampans were angrily
thrust aside, and the tight from within
disclosed yelloW lam that expressed
the uttnoet astonishment at sight of two
foreign devils thus 'teeming the ,string
of hastened beats.
All this while. Lord Beckett Icept one
ye upon a light ,that was beyond. as
though his hopes were centred , in this
tette rime .•6
• Larry, tee, seemed tet Icaow, that this
was the object of their mad advance
aerose, houeeboate and sarnpati5; and
heti enthusiatan had peered to se& a
lofty piteli, that lie woeild have fellowed
Plympton anywhere, in a Quixtttic
The stiepenee eruel. but there was
at least a satiSfaction lalowiteg d
410. f
collionee torin. ee7hether for better
or woieet, they :would presently be able
to amide the !wetter, siteet tide rapid
progreee wet speedile diminiehing the
.illetaneee between thenteelvet; and tho
efetelet whette tight beyorett °
Already teary had &Omitted that
tide tenet etationed upon a futile or
*MO vessel tteetireei it the old- wed it Was. of no. mean order—to taw
,ttne that they must conquor or perish-.
It invariably caused them to. fight with
greater fiercenees; even e a cornered rat
Will give battle. and men who know they
must Will or die are desperate antam.
oniste. ,
• When Plympton gained the deck of
the Chinese junk, stieh ,was the impetus
of his leap, that he fell forward on his
bands, and knees.
A dusky fight() sprang forward and
fastened like- a human leech upon his
back. '
• As a 'great Mastiff emerging from the
sette shakes the water, from hie hide,with
a tremendoun convulsion 'of his frame,
so Lord Beckett dislodged this unwelt
conie burden, and the wretela, sturet
bling over the near -by, to* bulwarito rf
the.vessel; plunged' inta, the dark waters
• of the elver.
,It wae a remarlOthle beginning, and
must surely give encourimereent to any
man, since a fair ,53trt, means ,rtitiele tie
race.
As yet they had tidten a leap in the
, . .
dark in More way a hari One.
It Will) not peeeible Id -declare peg -
lively that they were even on the right.
fro:Mc, thoualt certain Intlicatiette proved
that coritecture
At all events, their wort: wan nut teat,
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' CONPERNING FARM, HELP,
A . &owing 'demand " for competent
afttoradhsiolemihe pprecovralitts,: metal iovveler, attleethcishiustitaryte,
eit pleura. It js mien to. remember 110W -
ever, that it takes brains. ,fpr a hired
Zan, even ore the farna, to satisfy ,tus
employer -all ways, and, that the one
ahnodditio'de's ell: souoPrietrU 'ortilleterre, qtuoi.sditoe
Letter by ettiking out for himself.
Whereupon, nether than being any long-
er a man to tetra out he becomes, per -
hales, a man who wants to hire help.
The sum and substance or the met-.
ler is, the hired man Is sometimes a.
treasure not highly enough esteemed.
.Partieularly is Attie so if he has been et
a place several years, where he. has per-.
formed his duties faithfully, and then .8
turned off sitnply because he asks „
few extra clatters a month, which would
be more than repaid in the course of
the year by the differen,ce in the .work
between spch it hand and an indiffeeent
one, it costing about the same to board e
one asethe other. A man; in -truth,:
needs to stay longer than a single seat 1
son to become familiar with his em -
player's methods of work, and. the' long-
er be remains the better hand, as a rule,
wile he be. Hence the reason- why hir-
ing by the month is In some respects '
the -most, advisable. But this' cannot be
done will all. help, as, for instance, that .
required for extra work in the summer;
still even then it is policy to secure the
same hand, wherever pra.cticable, for
succeeding seasons, if te reliable one can
be found.
The kind. of man wanted is heephom
the farmer is not atratd to-Aeave, in
charge of things if he geoe8 away from
tome• occasionally; who makes him. .,
feel thate the work. will go on in his ab-
sence the ante as if he were there;
whom, le.anything gives out, knows how
to repeir the breakage; Whose judgment
can be. relied upon as to hiew' much a
team should do in a day, and who Will
see thet they do it, although at all times
kind and careful in .handling horses,
,end, tn caring fore,all other
live stock on the farm; Who will work
cheerfully :and heartily as long as no-
thing unreasonable is. asked of him,
and, it any little kindne.sses from time
to time are .bestowed upon him, will in
cne way or another show his aprecia-
hone of them. •
The fact is the • hired man should he
treated as well as if one of the regu-
lar' members of the family: If he Is not
worthy' of this, he is not desirable to
hire at ail. • Indeed ,otAierwlse he will
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an opportunity go by because he could
.not, realize his highest...ambitions.
'With him the policy of half a loaf be-
ing far better than no bread at all ap-
plied vigorously. „
And sqehe Manfully kept at his •task
of alleyiating, the miseries . of the
wretched' Chinese &Wore, As fast as he
could pat finger tb trigger. •
It was a merry. time while it lasted—
at least to Ahose who held the upper
hand in the affray.
Doubtless the miserable' sailors could
not. se anything worth laughing about
in the contest—but, then, they were pre-
judiced, and hardly in a position to give'
an accurate. opinion. '
As Larry had managed to keep Pace
with his companion, the music_ heel beeil
quite up to date, and must have proved
a sore test to the nerves of those who
had atarted to advance so sturdily. °
Their movements became slower; per -
.hap h It was ' because those who fell
formed something of a barrier at their
-feet, but fear must have had a deal to
'do with the 'matter. .
Larry saw them going down so rapid-
ly that It was utterly ,outeof reason to
believe they could have been stricken.
Then he realized that the. arena na-
tives were taking this method of saving
their precious hides. '
In another thirty seconds not, a figure
stood erect upon the slippery 'deck ef
the hit*, and all that remained of the
tato desperate assault was the lusty
voice of the ttneeen ..Russian that still
continued to hurl objurgations upon the
heads of the cowards for failing to ac-
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not be a bired,tana.n in the proper sense rnixed in .a thin slop with about one
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of the term, but merely a substitute; -one third bran. I also, use buckwheat and
who only performs his duties perftinctor- wheat for chop when it .is .not too ex-
ily, shirking and slighting work when- pensive. I generally let my pigs suck
ever he can, and having but one object until they are seven or eight weeks old.
in view—to 'draw Its_ pay as stein as I let them have all the ' skip they want
,
possible. It is lamentable to. relate, but
this is what a large percentage of our
hired help has fallen le, anti to some
extent the employee is to blame: Alasi
too often he loses sight of his best in.-
terests by hiring what is 'called "cheap'
help," thereby driving the ,really good
• hands out pf the field and; prompting
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The sheep business le a safe invest
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the price of land is getting higher every
year, nearly, •everybody ' wants them.
'they are considering -everything except,
perhaps, wool, no more profitable now
than they were when nobody wanted
theme • •
It appears to me that farmers' do not
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sheep. We base our claim for this as
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during 'lambing time there is lesg work
in caring for them than any nther stock,
la some locelities there are fields where
ether animals could not' live, but sheep
would do well. In caring for sheep, it
well bedded and kept dry as they shorda
be, it is not 'necessary to clean the
stable every 'day ea it is for other ani-
mate.
For thoee Bud now contemplale go-
ing' inte Inc sheep bueiness, I would
say, do not be disappointed if you do
not reach -the •top, but tonsidine your
gainn coitIpardtl with other stodk.
sheep slioukt havo..stilt before them of',
all time:;. A sheep will consume more
feed as. cornp,ared with ,Its "weight than
it cow but consider it is producing it
crop of wool and lambs at the same
time. Sheep should have exercise every
day for some wec191 before lambing,
ttme.
;
y ;giving them a small trough on the
opposite sideeef the fence. I have my
pens for brood 8ows on the southeast '
side of a building. By keeping them
warm and dry, my hogs do well any
rot of the winter.
I have had 'sows farrow from ,,October
to April with. good suecess. •Each pen
has a yard with About eight rods. t
feed in the yard the year around. The
pen is tight, except the entrance, and
the pigs can go out and. in at Will. Brood
sows do well by adding some pumpkins
or heel§ of some sort, to their feed once
a day. r use a great Many 'small apPies
and find' the hogs like them. I believe
they keep e the animals in better trim
when fed sparingly.
FERAING SMALL PIGS.
t feed Mostly chopped grain the whole
year to small pigs, writes Mr. John S.
Naugel. 1 Ilse corn, Oats and rye about
equal parts, chopped together. This is
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LINT STOCK -NOTgS. ••
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If" well, wintered, the horses will be
Lotter fitted for labor, Or win sell fori
more money. It is not economy tee
Skimp any animal.
There is no such thing as rally
good scrub cow, but there are lots off
poor thoroughbreds. Name does not al-,
ways count. Buy thr the sake of ,what
the cow will do, and not because she
has a high sounding name.
.Treat a thorse the best; give hint 0*
want blanket in cold weather; give
him anwarm barn to sleep in when it
is cold, a good bed of straw, to lie orie
in eurnmer, a shade to sleep under, with
green grass for a bed. 'Nothing is too
good for the horse; it has served yOut
well. •
BUTTONS FROM POTATOES.
A. large number of 'he button now
in use, purporting, hi be Made o t •of
horn or bone or ivory, are in iality ere
made 'mit of the common potato, wiircli
when treated with certain acids, becomes
almost as hard as stone. 'This quality
er the potato adapts it to button-malcing
and a very good mac of button fit now
made tram the well-known tuber. The
notate button cannot be distinguished
from others save by a careful examine
-
tibia, and even theu only by an expert,
since they are catered to suit the goods
on which they are to be used, and are
every white as good looking as a but
ton of bone or ivory. •
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Mal6e1: "Such a joke with Mr. Gay.
boy. We were out on the balcony be.
tvveen the dances and he got the odeevo
of hie dr: .:i -e' all over tel paint, from
one of the pottte that was jtist painted."
Maud : "And did you go near the post t't
Mabel : "No. Why?" Maud ; "Oh, no-
thing; only you have teid paint all over
the beck of yolit' IdOist." • , .
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