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OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
CHA_PTEB, XXX.—(Conact)
"Sigrid and Swanhild have been
away with Madame Lechertier, have
they not r' aaked Cecil, after a in
lence.
"Yes, they went to Hastings for
lortnight. We shut up the rooms,
and I went down to Herr Sivertsen,
who was staying near Warlingham,
a charming little place in the Sur-
rey hills.
"Sigrid told me you were with
Inna, but I fawned she meant in
London."
"No; once a year he tears himself
from his dingy den in Museum
Street, and goes down to this
place. We were out-of-doors ntos
of the day, and in the evening
worked for four or five hours at a
translation. of Darwin which he is
very anxious to get finished. Hallo !
what is wrong t"
He might well ask, for the horse
was kicking and plunging violently
Shouts and oaths echoed through
the murky darkness. Then they
would eurt make out the outline of
another horse at eight angles with
their own. He was almost upoa
them, struggling frantically, and
the ratan of the cab belonging to
him would have struck Cecil vio-
lently in the faoe had not Frithiof
seized it and wrenched it away with
all his forma Then suddenly the
horse was dragged backward, their
hansom shivered, reeled, and finally
fell on its side.
Cecil's heart beat fast, she turned
deathly white, and just felt in the
horrible moment of falling a sense
of relief, whea Frithiof threw his
arm around her and held her fast ;
then for an interval realized no-
thing at all, so stunning was the
'violence with wheal they came to
the ground.
"Are you kurt I" asked Frithiof,
anxioueler.
"No," replied Cecil, gasping for
breath. "Only shaken. Dow are
we to get out?"
He lifted her away from him and
managed with some difficulty to
scramble up. Then, before she had
time to think of the peril, he had
taken her in his arms and, rashly
perhaps, but very dexterously, car-
ried her out of danger.
"Won't you put me clown? I am
too heavy fot you.," she said. But,
even as she tip° e, she felt hint
shake with laughter at the idea.
"I could carry you for miles now
that wo are safely out of the
wreck," he +said. "Here is a curb-
stone, and—yes, by good luck, the
steps of a boucle. Now, shall wo
rims up the people and ask them to
shelter you while I just lend a hand
with the cab V
"No, no, it is so late, I will wait
hero. Take care you don't• get
hurt."
Be disappeared into the fog and
she understood hen well enough to ,
know that he would keenly enjoy j
the difficultyof getting matters
straight again,
"I thank accidents agree with
you," aho said, laughingly, when 1
by and by he came back to her, •
seeming unusually cheerful.
"I can't help laughing now to •
thank of the ridiculous way in which
both cabs went down and both hors -1
es stood up," he saki, "It is won-
derful that more damage was not,
done. We all HMO to have escaped
with bruises, and nothing is broken!
except the shafts,"
"Let us widir home now," Said 1
Cecil. "Mee any one know where-
abouts We are?"
"The driver says it is Battersea
Bridge Road, onto way from Row- t
en Tree House, you soc ,• but if you
would not bo too tired it would h
certainly be better not to stay for i
another crib,"
So they set off, and with much' t
difficulty at length gimped their f
way to Brixton, not getting home!
till long after midnight. At the'
door, Frithjof saki good -hyo, end a
for the first time, slim the aecelent a
"You w
Cecil remembered his trouble.
newt nob go back ithout a,
resting and having something to
eat," she saki, pleadingly.
"You are vory kind," he replied,
"but I oan not oome
'Bnb 1 shall be so unhappy about
you if you go all that long way back t
without food , o.orrai in, if only to w
pleaxe Me,"
Something an her tone touebed
bire, eirld at 'Oak Maltreat thts door
was opened by Mr. Boniface him-
self.
"Whv, Cecil," he cried. "We
have been quite anxious about!
you."
"Frititiof saw me home because
of the fog," she explained. "And
our hansom was overturned at Bat
tersea, so we have had to walk!
from there. Please ask Frithjof to
come in, father, we are so dreed-
fully cold and hungry; yet he wi
insist on going straight. home."
"Ib's not to be thoughto ,Y 2 sal
Mr, Boniface. "Come in, come in
1 never saw such a fog."
So once more Frithiof fouls
himself in the familiar house whie
t always seemed so home -like to him
and for the first time since his dis
grace he shook hands with Mrs
Boniface.
"I am sure we are very gratefu
to you," said Mrs. Boniface, whe
she had heard all about the adven
ture, and his rescue of Cecil. "
can't think what Cecil would hav
done without you. As for Roy, fin
ing it so foggy and having a bad
headache, he came home early an
is now gone to bed. But come in
and get warra by the fire. I don'
know why we are all standing in
the hall."
She led the way into the drawing
room, and Cecil gave a ory of as.
tonishment, for, s an sug on s
hearth -rug was a little figure in a
red dressing -gown, looking very
much like a wooden Noah in a toy
ark.
"Why, Lance," she cried, "you
up at this time of night!"
The little fellow flew to meet ber
r time," said the giel; "it'8 the long 3. OGDEN ARAI 0 UR.
hut's of the trams he's dying of. „
There's never any rest for them, ,i, Ogden armour, who new 5.0
you ,it.,, sir; winter and summer, wdrtli approximately $300,000,000,
-Sunday and week -day they hale to 'nu 11"t, begin as a Poor man. Ho
emege wit Iva a kind husband was rice ss hen he started, but he
o
and a pod father too, and he will helped tel make the Arinoura 0..10
go on working for the sake of keep- of the greatest of American es -
nig the twine together, but it's little tates.
of the home he ,,Liee when he has to i Philip Danforth
Armour, foundo
be away Ervin it sixteen hours every of lite groat Chicago packing house
day, They may they're going to had not intended teat 3, meeese
give more holithiyand s
ahoi•ter his youngest eon, eholial assum
hourvit
s, hthere's a long time spentmi
exetive control of the vast husi
in talking of things, it corms to me, nese that hes eszeltloetione in al
and in the meanwhile John's dy- parts of the world. The logioa
iug," limecessor to the founder was Philip
Frithiof remembered how Sigrid Danforth, Jr., lint his death in
had mentioued this very tbing to 1900 changed the plaits of the elder,
him in the sununer when he had J. Ogden Armour was born in
told her of his disgrace. 1 Milwaukee forty-nine years ago.
Perhaps they will want the due- Stnee he has taken charge of the
tor fetched. 1 will come with you business he is known as "the head
to the door, and you shall just and shoulders of the beef trust."
see," he said. i He went to the Public schools un -
And the girl, thanking him, til prepared for oollege, and then
knocked at her sister's door, spoke entered Yale, where he clici not re -
to some one inside, and returutnra main to be graduated.
asked him to oome in. To his sur -1 After an extensive European
prise he found Sigrid in the little tour he returned to Chicago. The
kitchen ; she was walking to, and second day after his arrival his fa -
fro with the baby, a sturdy lit" ther invited him to visit the stock
fellow of a year old. I yards. From that time he has
"You aro baok at last," she said, I worked steadily.
"I was gettiug quite anxious about' ins first job was that of office -
you. Mr. Efallifield was taken so boy, but he was soon promoted to
much worse to -day. and hearing the a clerkship at $10 a week. Under
baby crying, I came in to. help."
"How about the doctor? Do they
want him fetelied?"
"No; he came here about ten
o'clock, and he says there is no-
thing to be done; it is wily a quem -
tion of hours w "
IL ; At this moment the poor wife
came into the kitelien; she was still
1, quite young, and the dumb angu,.
I j ish in her face brought the tears
; to Sierid's eyes.
d ; "What, Clara!" she excia,imfel,
h perceiving her sister, "you back
again !"
1
"I was too late," said the girl,
• "and they had locked me out. But
, it's no matter now that the gentle -
i man has let me in here. is John
2 worse agate ?"
"He'll not last long," said the
1 ' wife, "and he be that set on got -
:e ting in here to the fire, for he's
- mortal cold. But I doubt if he's
, strength to ye/1.1k so•far,"
a; "Frithjof, you could help him
said Sigrid.
t I "Will you, sir, I'll thank you
, kindly if you will," said Mrs. Hal
I afield, leading the way to the bed-
- I room.
'I Frithiof followed her, and glanc-
1'
1
•
4100 clung ro0n<i tier nee .
"Had you not better stay here
for the eight " said Mrs. Boniface,
presently. "I 'can't bear to think
of your having that long walk
through the fog."
"You are very kind," he said,
"but Sigrid would be frightened if
I didn't turn up," a,nd kissing
Lance, he set him down on the
hearth -rug and rose to go. Cecil's
thanks and warm hand -clasp ling-
ered with hire plemently, and he
set out on has walk home all the
better for his visit to the Rowan
Tree House.
--
CHAPTER XXXI.
Had it, not been for the fog his
long walk might have made him
sleepy, but the necessity of keep-
ing every faculty ou the alert and
of sharply watching every crossing
and every landmark made that out
of the question. So he tramped
along pretty cheerfully, rather en-
joying the novelty of the thing, but
on account of •Sigricl. He had just
making as much haste as he tould
reached the outer door of the model
lodgings and was about to unlock
it with the key which was always
furnished to those whose work de-
tained them beyond this hour of
cloeing, when he was startled by
something that sounded like a sob
by hint. He paused and listened • it
came again.
"Who is there?" he Raid, drain-
ing his eyes to pierce the thick cur-
tain of fog that hung before him.
The figure of a wennite approached
him,
"Oh, sir," she said. "Have you
the key. and can you let me in?"
Yes, I have a key. Do you live
here 9"
'No, sir, but Irni sister to Mrs,
Hallifield. Perhaps you know Hal-
iflold, the tram -conductor, I name
to me him to -night because he was
alien so ill, but I got hindered set-
ting out again and elldn't allow
ime to get back to Matelougars.
'In in his shop, and the rule of
is boarding-houses is that the door
s closed at eleven and mayn't be
pened, any more, and when I got
here, sir, being hindered with the
cg, it was five minutes past.'
"And they wauldn't let you in ?"
!eked Frithiof. "'What an abonrin-
ble thing --the man ought to be
shamed of himself for having such
rule! Come in ; why, you umet, t
o half frozen! I know your sister
quite well."
"I tan never thank you enough,"
said the poor girl. "I thought I
should have had to stay out all
night! There's a light, I ace, in
he window ; my brother-in-law is
orae, I expect."
"What is wrong with bitni" asked f
'vitiate!,
"Oh, he's been failing this long
Mr. J. Ogden Armour.
eo exacting a taskmaster as his fa-
ther, the struggle to the top was a
mlong and wearying one, toward the bed could hardly it - , but when
Ogden to n Armour had The pigs were allowed run into is of feed 1431(15to ch
aais seasce of the
seized him as for the first time he a pasture, but wore always fed in
or:intro' the awful surprise which Wee over J. acquired a. first-class business edu-blood, liver and bowels.
'
cation this filthy hole. We suggested to Using the tank heater need out
I saw a man upon whom the shadow
of death had already fallen. I Philip D. Armour, the elder, did the farmer that he give the place be wholly an sot of mercy on the
not long survive his favorite son a thorough cleaning up, scald his part of the dairyrnaa—it, too, has
"The Norwegian gentleman is
the and up -on his death J. Ogden was
' whey barrels and keep on hand only its commercial side,
here and will help you into h Th If,
silfavaa'adtwadeeliesieeseeseeesalovesaeieweette
••••nrrf-01.0.,..er vornt•••••asertoordmw•Wo•*••••......
• • . . . , . . . .
ass thst the trots leak to an r vary plass.
11 ‘11?,
IThenever you See a welt reeved
hand think of
PERRIN GL
VES
On t Far
erago farm operated under 'an in.
I° tensed system.
Whey Bid for Pirdir In this case more revenue must
be secured from a cow during the
year than that produced In the
eleawaseeeseaseaatesereetazsesesseatiges jet:14.Hz product of the mother rear-
Sourfeeder steer or heifer receiving the
I
It is true that pedigreed animals
We once visited a farmer who had especially of the beef classes, rear:
about 75 pigs of various ages, The ed for sale for breeding or for show
youngest; were about two months old purposes can be profitably emekled
and they ran in age up to about by their dams because of the higher
six months. j price they bring. The rearing of
The farmer who lived near a town ' cheap feeders by the pail method
of about 5,000 bought slop front the has become an important question
hotel and in addition fed a great with;the beef producers.
deal of whey, which he obtained' Dairymen, of necessity, have long
from it neighboring cheese factory, practised rearing calves on skim
He also fed some skim milk and a milk supplemented by grain, hay,
little grain, He complained that silage, etc., and some have even
many of his pigs suffered front dispensed with pure milk feeding In
what he believed to be rheumatism quite a large measure.
and many of them, particularly of As a general thing the pail -fed
the younger ones, were limping
around stiff in their joints and a
few quite lame.
A sniff at the barrels containing
the whey and shop disclosed the
cause of the trouble. Sour whey
will cause stiffness in pigs and this
man's whey was about as sour as
fermentation coulsd make it. It
had that queer sharp pungent odor,
almost strong enough to knock a
man down and it 'was swarming
with bacteria, some of the stuff ac-
tually foaming, where the barrels
were exposed to the sun.
elf suffers from neglect and want
of sufficient feed of the proper
character, but there is no secret to
success in rearing calves on skim
milk and supplementary feed when
it is combined with judicious man-
agement.
Little Helps on the Farm,
It is not bad practice to treat the
wheat seed to a liquid spraying of
one pound of formaldehyde in 20
gallons of water. It will prevent
the smut damage.
The slop barrels were equally as There is one big advantage in
bad. The farmer admitted that he sowing the winter wheat late, and
never cleaned them out, but added that is, you stand a good chance to
slop to them from day to day as it escape the Hessian fly, which does
came from town. Some of them so much damage to the wheat fields.
smelled to heaven. The troughs in Plow the garden this fall and see
which the pip were fed were equ- how it goes to be able to work the
ally as bad. They contained decom- soil which, in the early spring, had
position material of all kinds and this fall
the slop had been spilled over tho Don't forget that the hogs eon
plowing.
sides on the floor and even into the be overfed, Overfeeding the pork -
dirt forming a putrid rnass. ors is an easy matter and the ex-
kitch!en, John," said the wife, be-
ginning to swathe him in blanket
"Thank you, sir," said the man
gratefully. "It's just a fancy Iv
got to die in there by the fire
though I doubt I'll never get war
any more."
Frithiof carried him in gently an
set him down in a cushioned chef
drawn close to the fire. '
"It's a nice little placer h
saicl. "I wtoh I could think yo
would keep ib together, Bessie, bit
with the four children ou'll nav
a hard struggle to live '•
For the first time she hroke dow
and hid her face in her apron. Bit
Sigrid, who was rocking the bab
on the other side of the hearth, ben
placed in full charge of a gigantic
as retie as could be fed in its na-
tural state and before it became
sour.
As to the slops, while we do not
much favor this sort of feed for
pigs, still if it is fed while fresh
and before decomposition sets in it
is all right, but we do not relish
pork made from sour and filthy
slops, which have stood for days,
because they contain very little
food value and much material that
is not fit even for hogs.
efallca , colt and pig will
see rough weather, and now is a
good time to make preparations for
their protection and the getting
them through to their best advant-
age.
The original cost of the machin-
ery found on the scrap heap of many
of our farms would set a young
couple up in business in very 'com-
fortable elume.
Many a men who howls for jus-
tice would probably try to sneak
up an alley if he saw it coming.
s: plant. From the fist he showed a
remarkable business faculty and
e judgment in affairs in excess of hie'
, years.
m I Once at the head of the packing
!institution there was never again
d a question about his financial sta-
✓ bility. He gains especial recogni-
tion through the fact that he worked
o hard for years, despite the advant-i
a age offered him through the wealth
of his father. It was not entirely
• through the lift his father gave him
that 3. Ogden Armour has become
m one of the leading financiers of Am-
t erica, and one of the nineteen
7 richest men in the world.
forward and spoke to hen soothing-
7"
"Don't you trouble a,bout the
part of it," she said. "We will b
her friends. Though we are poor
yet there are many ways in which
we can help her, and I know a lady
who will never let her want."
He thanked her with a gratitude
that was pathetic.
"I'm in a burial club." he said,
after a pause, "she'll have no ex-
penses that way; they'll bury me
very handsome, which '11 be a sat-
isfaction to her, poor girl. I've of-
ten thought of it when 1 saw a well -
to -do -looking funeral pass along-
side the tram, but I never thought
it would oome as soon as this I'ni
only going in thirty -Bye, which isn't
no great age for a man."
"The work was too much for
you," said Frithiof.
"Ves, sir, it's the truth you
speak, and there'e nutny another
in the same boat along with me,
lb's a oruel. herd life. But thee,
It is said that the Sultan of Tur-
t key is skilled as a pianist. It is
e probable that those who had to list-
, en to him gladly welcomed the war.
you see, 1 was making my four -and -
six a day, and if I gave up I knew
it meant starvation for the wife and
the children there is thousands out
,r)f work, and that makes a man
think twice before giving in—spito
of the long hours."
He had hear) talking eagerly, and
for the time his strength had re-
turned to hint, but now his heed'
dropped forward, and his hands!
dutchod ommulsively at the blaze!
kets.
With a great cry the poor wif0!
started forward itud flung her erne;
rimed him.
11,., going!" alu7solthed, "He's
going! john—oh, John f"
"Nine per cent. on their money!"
hrnzght Frithjof, "My Godf if they
ould hut son this!"
(To bo continued.)
The Oppoeite.
"My dear, lite coal icr all ont,"
"Then the coal's very different
MITI me,"
"'What do you mean I"
"I'm all in."
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Calves en Shim Milk.
There has grown up a necessity
for the application oreconomic me-
thods in beef production. Though
feeders may be produced from cows
with calves at the side on large
areas of cheap grazing land, it is
doubtful whether this method can
successfully be employed on the av-
Boys1day for, how to make
Send Pomt Card to -
and "Easy Pocket
Oiris Money"
end at once befog, the-, are
rill gone, Adder. .P.O.
Box Mototre.d. Cu.
Wrilhoolormahroyn.
There's no need to point
out the advantages of
good roads.
It used to be that there was little choice,
Macadam for the country and smaller cities was
the only material used. Then, twee*, years
ago concrete was introduced. And for these
twenty years concrete has been proving
its0&
It is now acknowledged to be one of the
best known materials for roads or for street
pavements—to be as far superior to ordinary
macadam as macadam is euperior to sand.
Estimating the Cost.
It is not the first cost of a toad that dome -
mines w rt al cost; nor is it the first six months
of service that determines whether ies a good
road or a poor one.
The only sure way to find out what a road
has cost, is to add to the first cost all that is
spent for repairs in fifteen or twenty years.
Now, that's where concrete roads win
every argument—their first coot is practically
their only costs they require little or no upkeep
Ai:Woes—Good 12oads Zepa
The kind of good road,
however, is another
matter.
cost, Concrete, instead of needing repair,
actually becomes stronger with age.
How You Can Hdp.
You can help your community to come to
41 wise decision the Jima tune the question of
roads comes up, Your influence will he a
factor in providing yourself and your neighbors
with thoroughly satisfactory li ghways.
wish to convince you first—we know
that when you are "backed up" with facts
which we von. gladly furnish you, you will be
able to convince your neighbors.
Make it your business to get these Nem.
1.Ve have a special department which will
not only give you the facts, but will aloo
supply valuable assistance to any corn- t
triunity desiring to build concrete
roads. 00
e Please I
Ask for " Good Roads mad me 1
Literature" ar use the • t e (sets
coupon.
about coucttto
e" highways.
rtment,
Canada Cement Company, Ltd., Montreal ,"
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IKKAR3 IN VENICE 'SCARCE
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MA itS11 LAN .0 8 RE C I, %IMO
AND 111.3,111sSIG RETURNS,
There Are Many Signs of Q ulekened
Arth ily and elparity, in the
Venice is beginning to proepee
again, as in the days of the Doges.
Many signs of renewed commercial
and industrial activity in Venice
have appeared in the Mat two years,
writes a correspondent, and they
are rapidly increasing.
Palaces and houses, he says, have
been restored in the sumptuous old
style and improved by the addition
of modern comfort& Streets and
venal* have been enlarged, new
bridges built, and &greater number
of steamers, larger in size, have
been plying recently between dif-
ferent parte of the city and the is-
lands. There are also more private
motor boats, a growing number of
shops which sell a better class of
goods, and an almost total absence
of street begging,
Worlcing Classes Housed.
The city authorities have realized
the necessity of providing cheap
and proper lodgings for the work-
ing classes, and therefore many of
the old, insanitary houses have been
replaced by large buildings contain-
ing small apartments of three to
five rooms, fittest with modern hy-
gienic conveniences. Villas and ho-
tels are multiplying rapidly at the
Lido, and the but -melted selling of
land there haa tweeted many specu-
lators.
Fanning is Stimulated.
Both the Government and private
land owners have been devoting
much attention to the enlargement
and improvement of the farming
districts. Vast tracts of marshy
land, which formerly at high tide
were covered with water, have been
reclaimed and are yielding good re-
turns. The yield of wheat, of which
764,000 acres were under cultiva-
tion iu 1911, reached 508,830 bus,
showing an increase of about, 41,000
tone over the previous year, but in
Spite of the increased production,
prices were higher than in past
years. The amount of barley pro -
<Weed was 1,147 tons ; of rye, 4,631
•
, 5110 01 oac 10,040tons, a
considerably more than in 1910. In-
dian Cern, of which 748,000 acres
were .grown, amounted to 567,460
tons, and was of a considerably in-
ferior quality to that of the year
before, being injured by hailstorms
during the spring and much dryness
diming ;July and August.
The production of sugar beets,
the cultivation of which is growing
in popularity in the southern part
of the dietriet, where several impor-
tant sugar factories are established,
reached only 560,00n tons, a good
deal less than in the previous year.
The amount of hemp was also clieem-
pointing, the crop having been dam-
aged hy hail early in the Beason;
the production was reduced to al -
neat half of that of the year before,
amounting to 7,177 tons, The
damp weather With unfavorable to
the development of the silk worm,
and cocoon production fell to 9,790
tons, whereas that of 1910 amount-
ed to 11,300 tons. The wine vintage,
on the other hand, was very satis-
factory, and amounted to about
00,000,000 gallon. Prices remain-
ed unusually high, probably on ac-
count of the growing exportation
into the interior.
Railroad Lines Completed.
No new railway lines were stert-
ed, hut several important ones were
brought near completion. Much
importance is attached to the near-
ly finished Belluno-Pieve di Cackles
Beltway, which will answer both for
military purposes and for convey-
ing goods and preseneers to and
from the already popular Alpine
elistriet. -Another line which is
nearly finished is that from Motta
di Livenzi to Portmernardo, wheat,
on completion, will provide rapid
means of communication between
several of the productive farming
ip,lettiitasan
. d the larger towns of
Independent itt Tourists.
enTrvhed iNiv'oarn)dutratfrtnuilt.(;trerif, (gAlca.s,s'lae
ouffcer:
ed cousalerahly from lack of foreign ,
patronage caused he the appear -
fleet: of cholera hi liely, but out,
side industries were carried on with
sneeess, and several new companies
were started, anThkIrr Whiell WAS ono
with a capital of $aa.nDo for build-
ing vitas with gardens at the Lido
lelansle; one to provide automobile
service, with a metal of $30,000;
lone for snaking onernalographic ep-
1 naratits, with a capital of *60,000,
lO nd au iativetrial resciety with a cap-
ital of $100,064, for fir rnishing
building materials. Venice is de -
1 voting all her energies to industrial
1 enterprises in the hope that her
prosperity will eventually beeorne
juchmendent of toerist patronage,
A man never hoe to be driven to
drink but once ; after that ha stands
there without Melting
rre,erro.r.,•e
Appearance are deceitful. Even
Froneh pee try d.wsn't costa Aa
suoil Aa it Ionics.
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