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At the Best Stores in most Every Town L. E. Wotorman Company, l.;nuted, Monona! The Green Seal 13y CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The lY ne Lock," etc. FAO The result was the least expected of 1 floor, 'Here, take that,' he said, 'It i to say,athe older ladyiWas�chieflyaills Maybe it w ll brings the kidluck.'time; ed with nameless fears and a dread That's ell. That is the sort af. of the mystery that seemed to bang creature my only living b}•other• was over not her niece alone but also hers hie own brother's murderer. I was self, and she really knew very little sick et heart for the poor thing who of the past that might be of use to had been Lois's mother; I hoped that us, She was 0 nervous, timid woman she; Bt ight b ebe dea . box that he and no doubt of a disposition to mag- nify, in the light of later develop- threw at Jim. I kept it—I don't meats, the few !'acts in her posses- know why; perhaps because I thought skin, until she had come to be obsess- it really might be worth something." ed with a perpetual nightmare of toAsleavSotrI detected uber and in uneasy ere otrin ok in terror. These few facts, however, unsatis- Lois Fox's eyes and fancied she was £ging as they proved to be,were new reluctant to see me go. even to Miss Fox and hae a direct • "Are you afraid to stay beve?" I bearing upon subsequent develop- asked, lingering upon the porch. , "No, no. But I am troubled about mentis, that automobile following you. Please CHAPTER XVI, 1 be careful." According to Mrs. Fox's account, l My heart leaped at the thought that she should be concerned about me. 1 her younger brother, Stephen, had al- impulsively caught one of her hands ways been wayward, and worry over in mine, and she made no move to his frequent escapades, more than one withdraw it, of which had amounted to serious "I shall," I promised. "Since my hreuehes of theplaw, had hastened the own unpleasant experience I am not death of his arents, Before arriving likely to walls into any more traps— at maturity, he had been obliged to not if I ]snow it. But, my dear girl, flee the country when suspicion point- you two women must not remain here ed to him as the murderer of his older alone, unprotected. I'll find out from brother, Samuel. Struber a reliable man and have him 1 Miss Fen whispered to me in an watch the house." agitated way: "This is the first 1 Although she protested that there knew that 1 ever had an Uncle Sam- was no need of my doing so, I was eel." resolved that she was not going to be The two brothers, it seemed, had the next victim of the scoundrels who It is well known that the progeny' O. been upon some expedition of their had enveloped us in their coil. And' from mature parents are superior to j3 _ t„ Steve aceoixnted for had x own—fishing, yet, when the snare was finally laid those descended from young pyogen-' Et1,k,. ,M E]C off San Pedro, from which Steve had for us we both walked into it as tors not fully developed. Boars and returned home. A Portuguese fisher- blindly as moles! sows, for breeding, should be kept in , CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd). ' "Do you suppose," I asked, "that man talked in the Wilmington bar- Our taxi had proceeded perhaps two a good thrifty condition, but not fat, j Struber loolced at me. "What do the two Chinamen would have assault- rooms of having seen two men fight- blocks on the return to town when �" ing in a catboat after dark, and Struber muttered: writes a well-known breeder of hogs, j you know about. that! that Steve's story was disc There she is a butterflies. You ..*€� y be deceive some day by an imitation oa 13 114 and possibly rots will not detect this imitation until the teao.pot reveals ita Demand always the genuine "Salade.f 9 in the sealed aluminum packet, and that you get Re kir yens want that unique -flavour' sad fresh, clean leaves properly prepared and, packed. Hold on to the Good Breeders. Beat me to it," ed me this morning • , discredited. The The waiter has -always been troubled n•as his comment, Then he asked "No, I don't. It's my guess 11 right, all right! y be - tiles Fox: "How do you know they they came to find out what they could; body was never found, but . Steve's They stay just far enough behind se's to keep his breeding sows frock :0o11 it?" they meant to question you. But the flight was accepted as conclusive evi- a fellow can't see their number. grey too Eat, and consequently, fat= "While you two were talking, he- ';cid gave them an opportunity, and dente of his guilt and the grand jury I looked back and saw the gray rowing a small number of scrawny fore I came out on the porch,1 paus- they ,weren't overlooking any safe later •returned an indictment against automobile perhaps half a square in pigs, ed long enough to look into the front bete. him. From the day of his disap- our rear, painstakingly accommodat- I once took a large sow to fatten ;nom myself. Right away I missed Conjure our brains as we would, pearanee nothing had been heard from ing their pace to ours, as a few ex- for one half the pork I did not know the little hex from the mantel, where the whale thing remained inexplic- him until nearly fourteen years later. periments on our part—speeding up she was with pig and fed her all the h always stood I able• so presently I asked Struber Meanwhile the Foxes had moved suddenly and abruptly slowing down Republic from San Francisco to L A g 1 s again demonstrated. cornmeal and wheat middlings she purposes, should ever be wintered over. A little alfalfa makes the corn stick to the pigs' ribs. The well-fed litter of pigs must have an opportunity to exercise or else thumps are liable to claim the plumpest. d There are 20,000 different kinds of # as a , s whether be had found the Repu isios nee , — "Did you or your' aunt keep any -]hotel's missing guest. and had been in the latter city barely (To be continued.) :king in it?" He scowled and shook his head. n fortnight when late one night Steve! 3 "Nothing of consequence: only a "He just disappeared. There's no- Willets appeared unannounced at few choice Peseadero pebbles and thing to go on but his description, their home—the same cottage where CANADA'S LIVE STOCK INDUS- agates—her precious stones, Aunt and that's brought us nothing. We we were now gathered—bearing in TRY. leis jokingly called them. But you ran only wait and see if anybody turns his arms n girl infant three years old. In competing for the markets of know what they are; ours were ex- up dead. It isn't the same as if yuh IIe displayed no trace of tender -lowed to run with the fattening hogs eptianaliy pretty, but of no portico- was huntin' somebody that's well gess or affection for the child, which the world there is no branch of indus fed on corn, but kept in a pasture by lar• value." known; we haven't any idee who this he declared to be his, ,and in answer try that exceeds in importance that of We continued to discuss the episode guy i,,' to his sister's inquiries respecting live stock breeding and raising. Para- themselves and given a plentiful sup - al length, but with no very satisfac- My glance met Miss Fox's, In hers the mark on the little one's breast, he phrasing ply of slop, made of equal parts of tory results. The unavoidable theory I read understanding. • denied that it was a birthmark. P g the old Jingo cry, we have `sheat shorts, cornmeal and wheat that Mrs. Fox's assailants were Chin- "Suppose I tell him," I proposed. 1 "It's her brand," he had sardonical- the land, we have the will, and we bran. rise explained nothing whatever. Any-' "If youthink it best," she aequiee- ly declared. "I put it there myself have the climate. What is needed is I Most young sows will breed when way it was only an assumption that cell, so I can tell her if I ever lose her. the means, and ever more means, and three months old, if allowed to run they were Chinese; the laundry wag- Whereupon Struber listened with When a fellows on the jump all the simultaneously the ways of market - 0n :night have been a blind. Steve marked attention to a recital of Miss time, like I am, a kid's the easiest ing. However divergent in views and with a boar, but sight •or twelve Willets was not a Chinaman, although Fox's mysterious correspondent. He thing in the world to mislay. If she theories people may be, it cannot be months is as young as it is judicious masquerading as such at the time he seemed to regard the circumstance as ever wants to know what it means,' denied that they are all united in a to breed them. met his death. of vast importance, but one that for he had maliciously added, "just tell common effort to improve both eon.- ' r•- The pigs from large -bodied, old One factor, however, now seemed the time being merely added to his her it's the 'Kiss of the Silent Death. !cultural and industrial conditions. gIn I sows will be more in number, and fre- clear, namely: the object of the per- mystification—especially when he be- It's her mascot" quently double the size of pigs from sistent, secret search, directed at first came convinced that neither the girl "Bu,t, Mrs. Fax wistfully explain- helping the one the ether is being young sows when farrowed—and this at the unknown Republic guest's gar her aunt had the remotest idea ed, "T couldn't ever tell her anything aided. The interests are inextricably with the same feed and care—and room, next, at my person, and my own who Strang could be. • so awful, so I always said it was a involved. If either is especially pros- I will frequently weigh 50 per cent. rooms and office, and then carried "Trouble is," he laid his finger upon birthmark. Steve was base enough perous, both ultimately must be, al-' more at a year old. Not only this, into Miss Fox's home, was closely the crux of our difficulties, "we to lie about it, and I thought if any- though one may feel the benefits of but it stats or dwarfs the growth identified with the carved ivory boxes; haven't anything to work on but loose body would go to the trouble of tat- extra demand and high prices before h Id 't would eat. Imagine my astonishment and vexation when she had three lit- tle dwarfed pigs—not only smaller than pigs usually are when first far- rowed, but emaciated.. Sows for breeding should not be al - but as Struber observed, "There ends; there ain't a blamed thing that toeing a little ba t ey woo the other. :corned to be no end of them." can be made to serve as a connecting waste time over a silly, meaningless •i 's ) In the past few years especially, a k 1'k Lo " My mind flew back suddenly to the link. Suppose Strang and the guy at mar r e s . early morning. For the first time the Republic are the same. Suppose Struber's curiosity was getting the deal of scientific effort has been de- an old sow in the spring for $10. She 1 connecter) my two Chiescallers ithe sent you the diamond—why did he better of him, so I went over to where voted to the cultivation of the land had ten fine pigs in April, which were with the box missing frommy do . Why did he write those let- he was seated and told him about the and improvement of productions of fattened and sold to a butcher in the drawer, a conclusion with which Stru- tern to Miss Fox? What's she to tattoo -mark. He gave me a bewil- the soil, and sight has not been lost fall of the same year, bringing him her promptly agreed. him?" i dered look, but made no comment. 1 of the needs and necessities of that $116, and he still has the sow for a "It', like this," lie voiced an idea "I know—beggin' your pardon,' The entire episode of Steve Wil- other branch of inestimable worth—' breeder. of his own: "in some way or other Miss—that you're Steve Willets's lets's visit to his sister had been so live stock, meaning thereby horses, S number el- Sows should be kept for a r b ogle P the Chinks 's mixed up in the whole daughter. That don't help us any, cold-blooded, so brutal andcattle, sheep and swine. In the lot - business, but whether they're the main either, except that Steve gets croak- ing, that the woman had needed no ter direction pure-bred animals have, of years until their places can be fill - guys or just tools I don't know. But ed by a Chink ring while cracking Mr, urging to accept the little one as a recent; been placed in various die- ed with younger ones which have there's this about it—we don't know I erris'a safe where one of the boxes charge. Icer husband ordered the un- 3' proven to be good breeders. whether it's only the boxes they want, is. P.ight now everything's so dog- natural father from the house with a triets where their services were pre- i heavy pork from hogs, one particular box, or what they be- goned tangled up that—unless—" command never to show himself viously difficult to obtain, the regis- twelve to 24 months old (and the fat- Formerly,lieve is inside some particular box." He trailed off into silence and sat again under pain of being turned over tration of pedigrees has been nation- ter the batter) was demanded. Men "The diamond?" I suggested, revolving something in his mind. We to the police. Willets had laughed, alized, systematized and subsidized, who worked hard in the op en air, "Sure it might he the diamond," waited for him to continue, but at apparently unimpressed either by the gran s towards greatly liberalizing Struber admitted; "I've had that ;dee length he shook his head once more threat or the wholesome loathing with the premiums at exhibitions have been said there was a wasting quality in my skull right along. and merel ' said: which these good people regarded made, a special branch has been es- about pig-pork—that it shrunk in the "But as I was g"ing to say, if it '•1 was thinkrn' o' Strang; some- him• wae Mr. Ferris's two Chink callerstablished in connection with the Ex- Pot •"and did not stick to the ribs." haw he sticks in my mind. T almost "I brought the kid here—and I Fortunately, this call for heavy ''oo—because perit F menarm system at Ottawa of such young things permanently, and they never attain good size. A neighbor of mine last year bought that frisked his 'leak for his box --- had an idee about him, but it ain't les se mY nee k to do 1t, the one the diamond was in—they clearyet; I got to work it out a little I knew she would be well taken care didn't have time to open it to see . of," he had said. Then followed a p further." what was inside, or to look far enough All at once he was struck with a threat of his own: "See that you do to find the one with the ring. They thought. He turned to me abruptly. it too, for if she dies hell will be a didn't know what second the kid d , "Seen anything more o' the gray cool retreat for you compared with be back. !auto?" he asked.this happy home when I'm through ":Same right here with your aunt, "It followed us here," I told him. I with you. Some day I'm going to Miss Fox. Mrs. Fox surprised who- "Say!" he exclaimed, but relapsed have use for the kid, and when I want ever it was trying to get her box, into silence without saying it. In a her I'll want her in a hurry." They must a -had it already when she moment he went on: "You just go on With no word respecting the baby's came from the kitchen to the front about your business without letting mother, nor his own hidden wander - door. If she hadn't a -done that on you're wise to them trailing yuh. ings and flittings to evade the law, they'd a -blew without l,,,therin' her. I'll get them oinks anyhow." Willets faded away into the night a$ She forced them to fix her so's they Before 'Struber and I returned to secretly as he had appeared to the could make their get -away. They ; the city—Miss Fox was to remain surprised and dismayed Foxes. tiirin't stop to find out what was in at home—I obtained the desired inter-+ They were not troubled by him the box." I view with Mrs. Fox, again; at least he never directly bothered them; and it was not until the came to be connected with various crimes and outrages, a el 1 grown to maturity, that Mrs. Fox learned anything of her evil broth- Without inquiry and investigation er's subsequent career. 'nothing can be methodically and sat - It was when his name began to isfactorily accomplished. With this adorn the newspapers that terror principle in view a marketing commis - crept into her soul and took up a per- sion was appointed, the duties of manent abiding place there. Her which were to ascertain advantageous husband was now dead; she had no points of sale and to effect and protector; and she could not banish bring about the most convenient and from her mind her brother's veiled promise to return some time and de- economical arrangements for disposal, viand his daughter, Recollection of shipment and carriage to destination. the man's vicious nature was stamp- Owing to high freight rates, distur- ed indelibly upon her memory, and banes in shipping and scarcity of she was in a constant state of gnaw- boats, unwonted difficulties have re- ing anxiety over, the girl. I Gently been experienced in exports- But now that he's dead," she tion and even in handling across the pointed out pertinently enough, "who could have inspired to -day's dreadful continent. It is towards remedying attack on me? Why should anybody these and placing matters in a much want the ivory box badly enough to better light and on a greatly improved do such a thing? Surely, it isn't footing that the commission has been worth much." created. In many Ways there is evi- "Where did you got the box?" 2 dance that this is being accomplished, asked her. I although undoubtedly there are ob- "I forgot to tell that part," the re- stades to overcomo that will be eon - ply came slowly. 'Her father left it lineally cropping up. Nor is the ap- hadthe night he brought Lois to us. IIs pointment of the aforementioned mar - when guns part way dawn the walk kcting commission the only step that 1 and sumo when he turned suddenly hack into the lamplight—my husband is being taken for the advancement was still standing in the open door, of the live stock and agricultural in - I crouched behind Jim, hugging little-terests, but a commission of influen- 1 ois so tightly she could hardly tial, widely -known and experienced breather for I was terrified at the business mint has been appointed to possibility of. Steve changing his go into the whole subject and to re- mind takingher away again. I mind and port upon the most advisable mea - to lcile, though, he would have had sures to be taken for the advance` thanme before he could have done meat of farming, breeding and rais- th"t. d finance Apyway something ethingd at the steps ing, saandtfor the aggregate prosperity and pitched something at Jim's feet, ing, something that clattered upon the of the country. to' pork is decreasing, In the farmer's to investigate the cause of disease, give counsel to breeders and to con- family, and with people generally em- trol outbreaks of infectious or con- Played in indoor occupations in the tagious ailments, judges and lecturers towns and cities, pork from younger have been appointed free of cost, cold, hogs is preferred. This pork is not storage facilities have been arranged I only the best, being the tenderest and and refrigerator cars equipped and sweetest, but it is the quickest pro - paid for, grants have been made un- dosed, at a lower cost and at better der the tremendously beneficial Agri- profit to the producer. cultural Instruction Act, with its ten 1 Young animals grow faster and million dollar attachment, for the en-; with less food than when they become couragement of veterinary education older, and pork from a hog less tban and research, and everything possiblea year old does not cost so much to has been done for the development • produce as the pork from old hogs. and increase of co-operation. I To make the most money from hogs, But one of the greatest lines of none, except those kept for breeding endeavor has yet to be mentioned, namely the improvement of market- ing and transportation facilities. FOR HEADACHES, BILIOUSNESS CONSTIPATION, IN I STIO Nearly all ourminorailinents, and many of the serious ones, too, are traceable to some disorder of the stomach, liver, and bowels. If you wish to avoid the mis- eries of indigestion, acidity, heartburn, flatulence, headaches, constipation, and a host of other distressing aillnents, you must see to it that your stomach, liver and bowels are equal to TRy the work they have to do. It is a simple matter to take 30 drops of Mother Seigel's Syrup daily, of ter meals, yet thousands of former sufferers have banished indigestion, bil- iousness, constipation; and all their dis- tressing consequences in just this simple way. Profit by their experience. As a digestive tonic and stomachic remedy, Mother Se:gels Syrup is unsurpassed. 2015 MOTHER YL' i TSB New Leo 017.1 CONTAINS S nine AS 81111(1 A5 TUE TRIAL. SIBS SOLD AT551Yla norms. Fashion Hints Gossip on Winter Models. It is to the period of the socond empire that the notable dressmakers have gond for inspiration for the winter models. One great couturiere bus gone even further back and has revived the redingote. In this con- nection it is interesting to note that be is the grandson of the man who created the redingote for Louis Phil- ippe, a coat that a few years later re. presented the smartest attire for the Parisiennes of that day. In its ttew- est form it gives to the figure the small waist effect; the skirts, how- ever, aro wide, with gathered panels 11t the sides. Many original touches are introduced in the arrangement of the revers, collars and other minrir details. Fur is extensively employed for decorative purposes. The cuffs are hemmed with it and so are the many varieties of the choker collar. Among the new fur coats are the long garments with La Mode's sanc- tioned flare at the hem; in others the influence of the early Victorian era is noticeable, A beautiful man - beau is trimmed with cross fox; also a sealskin trimmed white fox and an- other seal -trimmed clear gray Aus- tralian opossum. Again, the short Goatee has not been neglected, and the guises in which it is to be viewed are as original as they are fascinat- ing. Natural and dyed musquash coats are just now in very great de- mand. EWE{ 004Z M 11 1: zoo t' Pains? Here Is a testimonial unsolicited "iztIf I had my will It would be advertised on every street corner. The man or women that has rheumatism and fails to keep and use Sloen's Lini- ment is like a drowning man refusing a rope." -4. J. Van Dyke, Lakewood, N. J. 9 %+t Litr�,i{ p rat to Y 3 li,.4: !f riff"'., i9 a t.t� or, r� Fi �U2 Z1.. TL t SonaMus pfowsmasmac r 1.I 111111111111111 Flat envelope handbags are in high favor. Women of fashion like these long, narrow pocketbooks to carry with tailored suits. Fine seals, vach- ettes and glazed leathers are used and the sills linings are sometimes plain and at other times gay, with birds of paradise,, parrots and the like. Some of these bags have eight or nine pockets to recommend them. Ilip or seven -eighth lengths prevail in coats, although various lengths are shown. With the three-piece suit the redingote is invariably shown. The side closing is seen frequently in coats, usually with the high collar. Usually the collars are of the same material as the suit, but often they are of velvet or fur, fastening at the side in line with the one-sided fasten- ing of the jacket. The waistline occupies its normal place with a nipped -in effect and belts are placed at the sides, front and back or all. round. Jackets also have the long, tight, fur -trimmed sleeves and furs are cut in Russian effect. ,z A NEW IDEA FOR RED CROSS FUNDS. In this, the 16th month of the war, it would seem an impossibility to think of any new way by which to the s add to Red Cross funds. Picnics have been held, concerts given, for- tunes told, tags sold, innumerable other money -making devices put into practical execution, so that the inge- nuity of Canadians has been put to the severest of tests. It has remain- ed for Mr. Henry Pearce, of Victoria, to suggest an original idea. Mr. Pearce, in delivering a recent Red Cross speech, stated that many thou- sands of people possess many super- fluous articles of convertible mone- tary value, such as pictures, jewel- lery, furniture, china, curios, books, glassware, which they would be pleased to donate to the Red Cross. His suggestion is that the Red Cross everywhere hold a series of "Super- fluity Sales," which, if run on proper business lines, with some popular ef- fects of auctioncering, would bring largo sums of money into the Red Cross coffers. This seems on the face of it an ex- cellent idea. It would turn property which no one would grudge into wealth which the Red Cross could use. The contributors would assist the Red Cross without cost to them- selves and the buyers would secure bargains. It is certain, indeed, that Use Canadian Rod Cross, with its steadily increasing responsibilities, can make good use of any increased revenue. LIV 1S CONTRABAND. What Neutral States lllust Not Sup- ply Countries et War. Most of us, at the outbreak of the terrible war now raging, read the King's Proclamation concerning con- traband of war. Contraband is an al- most pure Spanish word ("contra - beetle ') meaning smuggling, and was for many years only applied to that offence. But towards the latter part of the eighteenth century it was extena]ed to arms, stores, and, in fact, anything that might be used for hostile pur- poses. Those were forbidden to bo supplied by neutral states to any of tho countries actively engaged in war- fare. The term contraband has also been applied to human beings. This was War, during the great American Civil 1'i nr, which was fought over' the question of negro slavery, and resulted in a vic- tory for the Northern States and tho abolition of a degrading tra11'ic in men and women, en, During this war a martial court in Dt 6 , 1861, formally declared negro staves to be contraband.