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TNF RICO FIELDS OF INDIA
IBR IGA'PION SYSTEM 4 RE BE-
IhG EXTENDED.
ifeueficiai Results of the C'ha'bm of
d'i'lls Constructed Are
Seen.
In many parte of India irrigation
work ie being rushed to lessen the
terrible effects of the frequently re-
curring femine, aeeording to Con -
cul Henry 1). Baker, stationed at
Bombay.
C'onyahtted tinhe wells designed
to meet the difficulty experienced in
many parts of India in obtaining a
sufficient supply of water from or-
dinary wells are being sunk by the
government in large numbers. Mr.
Baker quotes the report of famine
operations in the Baroda State for
1911-12 to the effect that in that of-
ficial year 3,300 wells were con-
atrurted with the aid of Baroda
government loans and 2,100 wells
with private capital
"A speeial grant of $6,500," con-
tinues Mr. Baker, "was allowed by
the government for boring wells in
several villages where no water was
obtainable, and 812,900 additional
was allotted -to the director of ag-
ricultere for purdmsing boring sets
from t'aw-npore, and another $2,000
for purchasing small ehain frumps
fur demonstration and to induce
cultivators to get such pumps with
the help of the government loans if
necessary. Also, during this period
y aruotc district local boards in Ba-
roda, Appropriated large sums for
sinking new and for repairing and'
deepening existing wells for the wa-
ter supply of cillagas.
Interest st C harges Reduced.
The ge.vernnent also appropriat-
ed $1.200 for piping, which will be
gradually recovered from the cul-�
trvatore whose wells have been
successfully bored, An expert bor-!
ing establishment was maintained
to guide these operations, and a set!
of rules, based on the British model
rules, was sanctioned for charging;
the expense of working to the culti-'
voters applying fur the use of bor-1
ing tools,
l3-ith a view of extending well
sinking in Banda as a means of
surance against famine, the Maha-
rajah of that state has now perman-
ently reduced the interest charges,
on loans necessary- for well -sinking
operations to only 31-8 per cent. )
His Highness has also ordered that;
gifts to the value of ten per cella!on the total expenditure may bei
given t•' agriculturists who sink
wells with their own capital without
resorting to the government for
loans.
Speaking of the effectiveness of
the means now taken to make avail-
able for crops the remarkable fer-
tile Bail of much of India, Mr. Ba-
ker eaye:
"With the improved chain pumps
now being worked, especially in
northern India, in connection with
smaller wells, it is said that 2,400
gallons per hour ran be lifted 30
feet by a pair of bullocks, and the
rate for these with an attendant
averages about. 33 cents per day, To
put down steam or oil plants to
pump such ,small quantities of wa-
ter is said not to be eeonontical, but
if a few landowners combine and
put down a medium-sized well cap-
able of yielding. say
25.000 Gallons Per I€oaa
and lifting about :30 feet, the cost
solid be greatly decreased. In the
Pnnjali, for in -tante, where 1:+0 -de-
gree kerosene costs about nineteen
seals per gailon, it is estimated
that water can be pumped in this
way at the rate of about two cents Minister he was solemnly bound
per ..eon gallons. The cost of a over not to publish a Lina. Mr.
plant pumping 25,0;x) gallons off Fielding is awfully particular in
water per hour, far a lift ref :30 feet, these matters,
is estimated at ahout $2.000, 01 Well, the journalist failed to find
whielr 01,000 is fin• u]I engine and lir. Fielding when he had prepared
pump, aline, $530 for complete tubethe interview, and, faithful to the
well and sinking of same, and the agreement, did not publieh a line
balance fur engine-hr,use driver's in his paper•, But an entirely differ -
quarters and other Amalie- require-
ments, There are now man such ent interview• with fir, Fiekling,
conroiut5ti tube wells working in occupying a column of space, ap-
rtnrth5rn India, especially the Pun—
jab pre ince, both for public water the next morning.
supplies and for irrigation pur- Now, rt said Mr. Fielding, I
pc,Qes, had not, acen another newspaper
'Ji -c cataingtte of the engineeeing man and had given no other inter -
firm in l:awnpore whielr martufae- crew."
tures the tube wells droeribed, But tl'e best of the story is yet to
suttee that the c:a volut».d well, ;Lav- came. "When I got back to Ottawa,
ing undergone exhaustive trials in going intu Council that day, I was
the 'Punjab. is proved to have tete rangeadulated by one of my col-
ad1aurage of yielding an exception- leagues, whohad seen the publish -
ally la l'IrP
ublish-all;y.ler;ar supply of water, of corn- ed interview, on the diplomacy of
binhig lightness with strength- and it, and the shill with which I had
of being suitable either for inmate- avoided the pitfalls in discussing
ing the water supply of existing the very delicate international mat -
wells or for direct pumping froth tore then at issue between the two
the tube. One, tube delivering 43,- countries."
000 ga.t'uns of water per beur is Mr. Fielding added that the in-
cleimed to he tamable of irrigating terview ]oust havebeen written by
40° 4"5`, rind the cost. of "le tube a man who was very well infermrd
fixed complete is less than .lire -tenth en Canadian affairs Ho told the
ranged for firmly screwing into the
bore tube, the continuation of the
f knife -edg-
ed
i i socks ft rm n a lir
r r i
t t l S
) g
g
ed seating for the valve, which ion
Snits of a vet+tionl steel spindle work-
ing in's bracket,
'A rubber pad attached at the
base insures en air -tight joint on
the knife -edged seating, and a con -
cal shield over the pad throws the
sludge downward as it is forced up
through the bore -pipe. The action
of the sludger is like that of a
pump working a•t each stroke of the
boring pipe and chisel. When the
sludger is lifted the valve is lower•
ed, forming an air -tight joint by the
rubber pad pressing on the knife•
edged seating; the sludge is there-
fore lifted bythe pumping nation
and is thrown out on the downward
stroke of the sludger, Iron der-
rieks are generally used in connec-
tion with hoeing tools, being de-
signed to take apart for transport.
Other tools used inclncle chisels,
pipe cutters, hammers, files, etc.
"(Thain pumps are manufactured
by this C'awnpore firm and sold.
largely throughout northern India
for short lifts from canals, rivers,
or wells up to 30 feet, with hand
power and with bullock power up to
45 feet,. One of these sells for about
$20 a pump, with fire -foot depth,
approximate capacity 9,000 gallons,
diameter of pipe, in inches, 4;.:, and
irrigates 30 acres per day at ten
hours per day."
J
HON. W.SS. FIELDING.
Holy Former Finance Minister Got
Credit for Fake Interview.
A St. Petersburg editor hearing
that Mr. H. G. Wells was in Russia
a eouplo of weeks ago sent a re-
porter to interview hint. The inter-
view was duly published and cabled
to England, Now Ittr. Wells writes
Iron. W. S. Fielding.
to the Daily Express that he was
not interviewed at all, adding: "I
do not see interviewers,"
This reminds the writer of a story
that Hou. \V. S. Fielding tells
abort interviews. Be. had just de-
cliued to be interviewed on the
newspaper situation in Montreal,
and hoped he would not be treated
as he was once in Washington. Mr.
Fielding had gone to the American
capital on business connected with
the High Joint Commission, and
was in New York on his way back
to Ottawa. Ile was seen in his ho-
tel by a representative of one of
the large daily newspapers, who
persuaded him to give him an inter-
view. but on condition that the copy
should be brought to him and ap-
proved before publication, and, in
case the scribe could not find the
(fon. Ti'. 8. Fielding.
of the east of ordinary wells of the
same. (tofracity,
Charges for nimble, Wells,
"The charge:, for putting down
these tithe wells are estimated at,
from $2 tter foot fur boring up to
nn
10 f t depth ...with an ele,ht u,.r
casting tripe, up to 55,30 for boring
up t., lee feat; rwithfifteen-inchrens-
ing. pipe, For itesreaeing the sup-
pply of wafer iiievicting wells 11'neve
hoeing ra,mnencws et the bottom of
the well. the chargee art,' 00 cents
per 'forst extra, For boring these
wells steel aleeedgera are used, ar-
story to illustrate how well news-
paper ,nen keep their word when
once it le given anal not. as he smil-
ingly added, to encourage fake in -
ten news,
t oder the homestead laws of Al-
berta a curious situalion has mitten
in regard to oil lease•s, from which
inneh litigatir.m may arise. It is
claimed that holders of oil leasee
may find them invalid, and that
owners of the lands may prove to
be the real owners of mineral
rights,,
FROM
BOPS
SCOTLAND
NOTES OP INTEREST FROM LIEU
RAM'S AND BRAES.
What Is Going on In the Itlglilandr
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
The cost of Perth's new academy
is estimated at $173,000.
A second outbreak of diphtheria
has occurred at Langholm,
ui .tle is to be
The ofdchurchat Rt
repaired at a cost of $1,250.
Rothesay police force is now one
of the highest paid in Southend,
Rents in Glasgow are to be in-
oreased soon by 3 to 10 per cent.
Mr. Robert Harris has retired as
a. member of the Glasgow Herald.
Rothesay is to have a complete
new sewerage system at a cost of
$120,000,
Leith constables are requesting a
reconsideration of the reale of their
Pay.
Last year the population of Glas-
gow was 1,032,20, an increase of
17,063 over 1912,
The Kinross Town Council have
agreed to postpone the purchase of
the gas works for a time.
Glasgow harbor rates have now
been increased, and shippers are
now registering their complaints.
Mr. Geddes, headmaster, Robbie -
may School, has handed in his re-
signation on account of ill -health.
The death has occurred at Loch-
maddy of Mr. Douglas Mitchell Gib-
eon, Deputy Proeurator Fiscal,
At Grantown an Angling Associa-
tion has been founded recently to
regulate the fishing in the River
Spey.
$500 is to he spent on medical at-
tention for school children in Dum-
barton during the coarsing year.
Plans have been submitted for the
erection of a Tuberculosis Hospital
at Coatbridge at a oast of $5,525.
Report for Peeblesehire shows the
number of crimes committed in 1913
at 290, as against 375 for 1912.
Dr. Wilton Johns, Nairn, has
bean appointed medical officer and
vaccinator for 'the parish of Ard-
ciach.
In the death of Color Sergeant
John Hearn of the Scottish Rifles,
another Crimean veteran has pass-
ed away.
A handsome new school, which
has been erected at Kirkoonnel has
been formally opened by Mrs.
Swanson.
A Pathological Research Institute
in memory of Lord Lister is to be
erected in Edinburgh at a cost of
$500,000.
Ere the year is out Callander will
be in possession of an 18 -hole golf
course, controlled by 'the munici-
pality.
Itt is probable that Erichtside
Works, Blairgowrie, which were to
have been disnlan±led5. will be re-
sta rted.
The return of Dumbarton vital
statistics for the year 1013 dis-
closed: Births, 646; deaths, 291;
marriages, 125.
--33'
NOT A MIRACLE
Just Plain Cause and lifted.
There are some quite remarkable
things happening every clay, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking so severely as to cause
spells of unconsciousness. And to
find relief in changing from coffee
to Postum is well worth recording.
Tea also contains caffeine, the same
injurious drug found in coffee.
"I used to be it great coffee
drinker, so much so that it was
killing me by inches. My heart be-
came so weak I would fall and lie
unconscious for an hour .at a time.
"My friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
canned the trouble, I would not
believes it, and still drank coffee un-
til I could not leave my room.
"Then my doctor, who drinks
Postern himself, persuaded me to
stop coffee and try Postum. After
much hesitation I concluded to try
it, That was eight months ago.
Since then I have had but few of
tbose spells, none for more than
four months,
"I feel better, sleep better; and
ani Better every way, I now drink
nothing but Postum and touch no
coffee, and as I am seventy years of
age all my friends think the im-
provement quite remarkable."
Name given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windstar, Ont. Write for a
copy of the famous little book,
"The, Road to Wcllvillo:"
Postum now cOros, in two forma i
Regular Postuni --- must be well
boiled.' 15c and 9.5e packages,
Ittsttint Potion.- is a soluble pow-
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quick-
ly in a cop of hot water and, with
cream and sugar, makes a delicious
beverage instantly, ..110c and 50c
tine.
The crest per etlp of both kinds is
about the gamete.
'dI`]nore's a, :IB,e•caort for Peef•IIm,
---.sold by Grocers,
":AAIB)"S TWIN,"
lu American Girl in England SizeF
1'I r Princess liar y.
"A princess in Piet fresh youngg
1.1505, with blue eyes and golden
hair, sounds like quite a fairy-tale
sort of creatnt•e, doesn't sues" an
Americau girl in England, who had
recently had several opportunities
to obsercc the royal family at close
range, wrote home the other day,
"Well, Princess Mary is sixteen,
a rosy blonde, and is blessed with
glorious, shining hair, wltiulr, after
the English fashion for girls in
their middle teens, still aabreame
loose over hero
sh ulclers much
of
the time, She has, undeniably,
marked points of beauty; but she is
not beautiful, and does not even
strike you as pretty, although if
somebody who knew how could
catch her and dress her, it might be
a different story. But taste in dress
was not a eharaoteristic of her
grandmother, Queen Victoria, or of
her mother, Queen Mary; and she
is said to take after bout of diem,
with the added drawback that she
doesn't caro about.clothes anyway,
and considers them just a bother.,
That mightn't be a drawback, after
all, if it meant that her dress-
makers were allowed a free hand;
but they are not. Queen Mary has
decided ideas, and disapproves the
present styles, and the duds the
court dressmakers evolve under her
direction are simply awful 1. Lady
who knows, tells me that the
London modistes actually hate to
have the court custom, instead of
being proud of it, and never let
their more stylish customers know,
if they can help it, that they have
made gowns for the Queen and
Princess!
"On horseback,—riding habits
can't be easily out of taste,—
canter-ing gracefully beside her father in
the park (for she and the King are
inseparable riding companions),
Princess Mary really does look both
pretty and princessy enough to sat-
isfy our republican ideals ; for, since
we regard royalties as ornamental
merely, we quite naturally demand
more of them in that line than
their subjects do. But on formal
occasions, she fails to look the part
as well; she has an air both stiff
and shy; and, if it's anything out
of doors, not Sairey Gamp herself
could cling more passionately to
ber decrepit green utnbrell' than
does the Princess to her neat, cor-
rect, tightly rolled, eminently pro-
per, but somehow unroyal and dis-
illusioning umbrella."
Perhaps, with time and maturity,
the little lady may acquire more of
the superficial graces whose absence
Loyalty makes always disappoint-
ingly conspicuous. Perhaps, also,
her mors than British devotion to
her umbrella may wane. At present
it is so marked that as all England
has learned with .a smile, her bro-
thers commonly refer to it as
"Mary's twin."
WP
COLI) SAVES MILLIONS.
Populace Moves .posit Quicker in
Zero Weather.'
Cold weather costs millions of
dollars for extra heating and cloth-
ing, but it pays fur this many times
over by saving us time. Nobody
loiters in cold weather, we take
short -cuts and hustle so that each
of us saves something by extra
speed . All work done outdoors or
even in chilly rooms is speeded up
to the limit of efficiency.
All this acids millions of dollars
to the suan total of effective work
done by the nation on it cold day.
But greater than this is the indirect
result of compelling •the dawdler in
a crowd to wake up and move
briskly.
Going in and out of trains and
oars or wherever there is'a crowd
the whole multitude sets its pace
to. accommodate the slowest and
most worthless person of them all,
There may be ninety-nine people
whose time is valuable, who have a
purpose in life and 'hate to waste
unnecessary moments in transpor
tatien. Yet in clement weather
every one has to wait till some fat
or sleepy old "futldy-duddy" wad=
dies up or clown the stairs. To push
these sleepy individuals aside is
considered rude and ill-mannered.
In cold -weather the temper of the
crowd changes, and even if the
dawdler cloeen't wake up of his or
her own .account, the others will
push along with scant ceremony.
Half a minute saved for 120 people
in this way means one hour's time
rescued holm going to waste.
It is probably this occasional
speeding up which acconnte for the
difference in character and efficien-
cy of northern as compared with
southern rac•rs.
On this theory one might expect
the Eskimo to be the most efficient
of. all. Of -course ho is stunted and
handicapped by almost insuperable
natural dihenities, Yet, if he were
not extraordinarily efficient be
would not be able to keep alive at
1
fi ds,
barren Arctic eco e
his bans > c1c
all on r
The Maeitgba Legislature amend-
ed: the Mortgage .Ansi•., striking out
the clause which provides for six
months' interest, to be paid on over
clue playmont.s. The object, is to pro -
tett farmers from linterliplt1011a Ctrr-
poratioti8
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IN BAKING POWDER SEE
THAT ALL INOREDI&NTS
ARE PLAINLY PRINTED O,N
THE LABEL,AND THAT ALUM
OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA
OR SODIC ALUMINIC SUL-
PHATE IS NOT ONE OF
THEM. THE WORDS "NO
ALUM" WITHOUT THE IN-
GREDIENTS IS N0T SUFFI-
CIENT. MAGIC BAKING
POWDER COSTS NO MORE
THAN THE ORDINARY
KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY
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MONTREAL
•
FLATS ARE "IT" EN WINNIPEG
350 Apartment Buildings With 21,-
000 People Living in Them.
Winnipeg is a city of apartment
hooses, The devotees of a life free
from coal bills fill every new block
erected'there, and new ones are go•
ing up all 'the time. In this respect
Winnipeg partakes more of the
characteristics of the typical Ameri-
can city than any of its eastern sis-
ters, and it may be that the pres-
ence of large numbers of Americans
there has something to do with it—
or it may be the weather,
There are approximately three
hundred and fifty apartment build-
ings in Winnipeg, some big; some
little, some—a few—solidly con-
structed, others with walls and
floors which keep out the noises
from adjoining suites about as well
as would paper partitions. It is
safe to assume that these strue1ures-
would average twelve suites to the
building, which would give 4,200
self-contained apartments, and the
assumption of five members to the
family means that something like
21,000 Winnipegites are "eliff-
dwellers." There are, in addition
to the real apartment houses, luta-
deeds of private dwellings with sep-
erato quartore for families to let,
and one is probably nob far wrong
in estimating that not far from
thirty thousand people in Winnipeg
live in suites. If their rent aver-
ages, as it easily will, $35 each a
month, they are paying something
like two and a half million dollars
each year to the landlords. Truly,
there is money in building blocks in
Winnipeg.
At the same time, a suite is an
expensive luxury. The standard
price for one of four rooms and bath
is $45, and for three rooms, front
$30 to $42. A few are lower, but a
good many are higher than these
prices. It is not difficult, of course,
if one has the cash, to pay from $60
to $100 and more for six or seven
rooms on a fashionable thorough-
fare, bat there are more people pay-
ing $45 than auy other figure, it is
probable, The tenant figures that
he saves a good deal in having his
heat and hot water supplied, but
he pays well for all he gets. This
winter has been particularly .for-
tunate for the landlords, with mild
weather up into the first of the
year, and still eontinuing at that
that time, Even the oldest of the
old-timers can searoely recall an-
other winter such as this, and they
wonder what the West is coming to
when it can't beast of forty -below
weather by the middle of January.
The old prejudice ageing, child-
ren in apartment blocks seems ' to
be disappearing, with the competi-
tion which has arisen in the last two
or three years, Ordinarily one is
no longer asked regarding the state
of his family, though a story is told
of a tenant being requested a short
time ago to cancel his lease because
of a juvenile addition to the family.
Such eases, however, are rare, and
landlords and janitors are inclined
as a rule to , be lenient.
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M0\TitEtT, TO TORONTO.
C.P.R. Short Litre Almost Coin-
Witted.
The Campbellfard, Lake Ontario
& Western Railway, in o-tluir words
the Canadian Pacific's short line be-
tween Montreal and Toronto, will
bo practically completed on the fif-
teenth of the,preeentmontlt, and on
the first of the year afreight service
will be inaugurated over the line,
although it is not likely that the
promised 'fast passenger train ear -
vice will be put intri ComlillSieln be-
fore the early spring. Ail the .track
is laid from Glen Tag, fifteen miles
west of Shiiths Fan115, to Agincourt,
thirteen miles east, of Toronto, a
distance of 182 miles except on the
erassine of. the Mud Lake. se -called,
:some eleven miles went of Glen Tay.
this bridge being an important
strtieture, '.There are, in fact, five
bridges on the new line n15ainring
687, 1,493, 1,3100, 916, and 256 'feat,
all of which are completed and rail-
ed except the one at Mud Lake, and
that is well under way. When this
road is completed there will be no
higher class line on the entire sys-
tem. The permanent work on the
bridges and culverts is of the most
massive and complete character all
along the line. 133' the old roan] the.
distance frum Mond'real to Toronto
is 338.7 'miles, and while the new
awed is 340.3 miles, the grades,
which are only four -tenths of a foot
le the hundred, and the enrvatures
111 prep0i'tiarl, it ceeltis evident tllet
the company will he able nut only
to draw much heavier trains, but
will cut down the time very consid-
erably between the commercial me-
tropolis and the Queen City of On-
tario.
The contractors, are the Dominion
,Construction Company, and the
work has been carried out, under the
supervision of Mr. C. W. 1'. Ram -
sae., chief engineer of construction.
The short line passes through tate
leading towns of the sister province
east of Tovrnbe, the following being
their names and population: Belle-
ville, 9,860; Trenton, 4,000; Co-
bourg, 5,079; Port Hope, 3,000;
Bowmainvillc, 2,81.4; Oshawa, 7,413;
Whitby, 2,24.7.
1 f ,I
When a Woman Suffers
With Chronic Bcaliacho
There is Trouble Ahead.
Constantly on their feet, attending
to the wants of a large and exacting
family, women often break down
with nervous exhaustion.
In the stores, factories, and on a
farm are weals, ailing women, dragged
down with torturing backache and
bearing down pains.
Such suffering isn't natural, but it's
dangerous, because due to diseased
kidneys.
The dizziness, insomnia, deranged
menses and other symptoms of 'kidney
complaint can't cure themselves, they
require the assistance of Dr, Ilamll-
ton's Pills which go direct to the seat
of the trouble.
To gave vitality and power to the
kidneys, to lend aid to the bladder and
liver, to free the blood of poisons,
probably there is no remedy so suc-
cessful as Dr. Hamilton's Pills, For
all womanly irregularities their merit
is well known.
13eo1Luse of their mild, soothing, and
healing effect, Dr, Hamilton's Pills are
safe, and are recommended for girls
and women of all ages. 25 cents per
box at all defilers. Refuse any sub-
stitute for Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Man-
drake and Butternut, ^
Catching the Car.
We notice absently the flaring
lights of a moving train cinemato-
graph show on the other side of the
street; we are jostled by the pass-
ers-by, till at last we decide to go
Go the Carleton and have another
light meal. We reach the Carlton,
which is now crowded with theatre-
goers, half -tune being on, Yon
stroll out shortly afterwards, and
wander back to Pritchard Street,
which you find fast emptying.
You make your way to Market
-Square, and you find iii is nearly
eleven o'clock, and decide to else
-go home. Yea catch your car,
which leaves every fifteen minutes
fro Turfontein, and one More Bathe.
day on the (land is passed.
D1l we ever heat of a married
man who flattered hits wife,
True love is never too good to
be true.
Dhere are some good husbands,
but most of thein are dead.
Why present an old .oppear-
arise be ore your time
?
Ery uslr,t
HAIR RESTORER
Your Gray Hair can be re-
stored to its Natural Color,
THOUSANDS HAVE *ENEI'ITTED'
BY tis USE.
At all DrUgglets Boo. a ,Sot.
I , Ski'
tater ;rsxv,
High Claes Profit -Shoring r3ondet. "Ea. -Sao -310o, ssoo, 5(000
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The roan who walked beside As-
t.istarrt-Warder Harker looped up
with a queer expression on his face.
He was at quaint little figure-
small, old, and shrunken—but w,itsli
5759 .as height as a boy's. His blue
collar and cuffs showed that by
good i ached the
ltd comcuc le had ie
l t
r at
1 a r
highest stage that any t prisoner
penal servitude can arrive at
while ins sprouting beard was proof
1.11at he WIWI serving the last three
months of his sentence. His name
was Jerry 13•rant, but =tong the
w•al4lers, with whom he was a fa-
vorite, he was generally known as
"Daddy."
"Yes, sir; they're a -burning of
me out again," he answered.
"What 1 Don't you want to gel"
asked Harker, ohaftingly.
"You know as I don't•, sir," re-
plied Jerry, reproachfully. "What's
the use of putting me outside 1 I
can't make no living. They knows
that .as well as 1 do."
"Yon mean you'd really prefer
to state, here in Moorlands for the
rest of your life I" asked Harker,
incredulously.
"And why not, sir 1 Here I gets
toy three meals, it day ; 1've a room
tt nlyeelf, books to read, nothing
to worry me, and plenty to de
a -looking after the sheep. Fond of
the sheep, I be, and they kniowe
me, too. A chap has a oh'ansce dao
keep straight in quod, and that's
more than he's gut outside."
"Well, it seems a rum stunt for
a man to want to stay in prison,"
said Harker, musingly. "But, af-
ter all, there's something in what
you say, Daddy.,,
While they talked the two had
been tramping across the great pri-
son farm. Presently they reached a
gate in a stone wall, wluch led into
a big pasture with a email brook
running through it. Beyond was the
big boundary wall between. the
farm and the. open =or.
A number of sheep were grazing
in this field. Thcy'were old Brant's
special charge, and just at present
his duty wile to change them into
another pasture,
The warder remained by the
gate; Brant walked forward and
gave o. couple of shrill whistles,
The graying sheep raised their
heads and with one accord began
to move slowly towards their ahsp-
ltevcl.
Jerry' waited, whistling every
now and then, ,and, as the flock
came filing past, counted them, ono
by one.
"There's two a -missing." be re-
marked peeseutly, with a frown on
his wizened face, "That there
specklady-faced ewe and her 1'aauh.
They'll hare gone out over the wa.11
on the moor, I'm afraid."
"You'd best get them up, then,.
Jerry," Answered the warder. "I'll
look after the rest while you're
gone."
Jerry walked off. Harker had no
misgivings. He knew that the old
chap was no more likely to make a
bulb than the sheep were. He
watched hint cross the field and
look over the opposite wall.
Jerry turned dad waved his arm,
signifying than the missing ewe and
lamb were out on the moor, aand
then proceeded to serauible active -
ever the dry stupe wall. He gave
his usual whistle, and presently be-
gen purling tome big.blocks of gra-
nite off the top of the wall to make
a gap, ,over 'which a minute later,
he helped the two strays.
It was ebb this moment t.lnat.Here „.
ker caught sight of a. little girl can-
tering on a rough puny across the
meor, She was coming clown the
far slope towards the brook: As lie
watched, she gave her shaggy little
beast a rut with her iwitoh, and
set it sharply at the water,
The two came 011 at great pace.
Harken. eaw diem take off ; alien, Sas
the pony reached the far side, .it
peaked and stumhied • forward,
pik'hiug its .rider over its. head.
The pony picked itself up at once
and trotted away, leaving la little
fissure lying motionless among the
iodise and heather,
"Come tloug--quick, sir !" shout-
ed old Jelly, amass the :fields.
But Barker was Alread3' running
as head as he could pelt towards
the scene.of the accident.
The pony cams • r'ight Op onwards
Jerry, and fro oanght it cleverly,
and, with the bvidie over bis arm,
hurried after Harker, ile found
the wstrdee on his 1r11155,9 beside the
child, laic had h : hendkership out,
and was trying to rd•ttnnch the blood
which was spouting in jets front a
deep out 011 her .left temple,
"It's ('Elsie, Deeldy," said 'Har-
ker in a broken. \'oic:e--"Elsie,
daughter of my h1rAer as lives 'at
W'hitcrn Fenn. She'e bleed:3g ter-
ribly, and I can't sloe it."
Jerry' gave a. quick gra<!re at the
li brae .wit l0 face, twig so. i+h 'ekingly
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