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ENOCH WENTWORTH
By iSABEL GORDON CURTIS,
Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons "
CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd).
"Who was George?" asked Merry.
"George took care of me on the way
over on the big ship. I slept in a
little bed over his. I hope I will
never see George again."
"Wasn't he kind to you?" asked
Dorene.
"Not—very kind." The child paus-
ed a moment. "I don't believe George
understands little boys—blind boys, I
means."
"Was George a relative.?"
"No. IIe came to the home to take
me to America. That was what
Father Shannon said."
"What' home?"
"The home for little blind boys.
There were Ieandreds of little blind
boys there,"
"Haven't you any relatives?" ask-
ed Merry.
"Why, yes, I have my mother. A
mother is quite a close relative, isn't
she?''
"She certainly is," agreed the actor
hastily. "I mean, haven't you any
other relative in England?"
"There is Aunt Fannie. She is
not a real aunt, though. She used to
know mother, and sometimes she came
bo see me at the home."
Dorcas lifted him into a chair be-
side the table. Mrs. Volk set a plate
in front of him. She had cut the
chicken and potato into small pieces.
"Can you feed yourself, dear?" she
asked hesitatingly.
"Why, yes." There was atone of
grown-up dignity in Robin's voice. "I
have fed myself ever since I was a
little boy."
There were tears in the girl's eyes
while she watched him eat. He was
still such a little boyl He had dainty,
well-bred ways. Once he apologized
as he accepted a second helping of
meat.
"I could not eat on the ship to -day,"
he explained. "Things were nasty.
Besides, I could not think of anything
but meeting mother. Do you think
she will be in soon?"
Merry pulled out his watch. "Julie,
it is half -past six. Run upstairs again
and see if Miss Paget has come in
Remember, not a word about the sur-
prise for her."
The child returned in a few minutes
"She has just come in."
"Oh," cried Julie, "there's ice cream.
You have not had any ice cream."
"I am not hungry. I want to go to
my mother. You see I have been
thinking about my mother for years
and years."
"Do you remember her?" asked
Merry.
Robin hesitated. "Aunt Fannie says
I can't because I was a little baby
when she, went away. I think—I re-
member her."
"Come with me," said Merry.
"Don't you believe that I had better
take him?" said Dorcas. "Miss
Paget may have began to dress."
Merry nodded.
"Am I spick and span?" asked Rob-
in anxiously. "Aunt Fannie said
mother is beautiful and elegant and
famous. I want her to see that I am
nice enough to be her little boy."
Dorcas dropped on her knees be-
side him. She untied the small bow
at his collar and made it into a
fresh knot. "Why, you will be her
pride and joy."
There was a look of tense anxiety
in the child's face. "Do you thins: so
really? I am more trouble than lit-
tle boys who—can see, I can't dress
myself all over, and I can't part my
hair straight. • I can't always find
things. Sometimes," Robin's voice
dropped to a whisper, "sometimes I'm
scared when I'm alone; I get afraid
on the streets if they are noisy."
Dorcas laid her face against the
!soft cheek and whispered something
in the child's ear. Robin's face
shone with joy. "I am glad you
think so. There is just one thing,"
1 his voice had a regretful tone in it, "I
wish you had been my mother, I like
you.'
I The girl held hint out at arm's
length for a moment. "I am wishing
! the name thing. I like you!"
He took her hand and they climbed
the stair which led to the upstairs
dressing -room. Dorcas felt an out-
spoken terror. She looked back from
the head of the stairs. Merry stood
watching them. She beckoned him,
and he followed with a few springing
' steps. They paused for a moment
outside the door of Miss Paget's room.
When Dorcad,tapped, Robin.was cling-
ing to her hand witha grip which al-
most hurt.
Zilla Paget stared at them with stilt
curiosity. She sat in front of the
mirror while the colored maid Emiline
brushed her hair. It hung to her
waist in levg, shining waves, Her
forehead wrinkled for a moment as if
in perplexity. She could not sce
Robin's face. He was hiding behind
Dorcas with his head wrapped in her
gown. A sneering smile hovered
hor mouth,
"This irl a rare pleasure, Miss Went-
worth," she said abruptly. "Some-
thing uncommon must have happened
of make you honor me with a visit.
Who is your young friend 1"
Dorcas laid her hand upon Robin's
shoulder and turned him gently so
he ccald face his mother,
"This is your little boy," she said in
a low voice,
Zilho. Paget sprang to her feet with
a ery of rage. In a second she fbood
at Dorcas' side, She turned the
child's face up to her own and stared
at it, The sightleas eyes seemed to
plead and search for something they
did not find, Robin lifted his hands
and groped till he,caught his mother's
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fingers. She flung them aside ang-
rily.
"Don't touch. me!" she cried starch-
ly. "Take him out of my sight!"
Dorcas grew white to thelips. Rob-
in was clutching at her in terror. She
put her arm about hien, sheltering him
as a mother would have done,
• Miss Paget turned her eyes fiercely
upon the girl, "Who hatched this in-
fernal plot?" she cried. "Who brought
this libtle brats to America?"
The actress lost control of herself.
She dashed up and clown the narrow
dressing -room like a caged tiger,
"What is the matter?" asked Dor-
cas coldly.
"It's hell and the devil—and all his
angels. That's what'o the matter.
What right had you to stick a finger
in my affairs? What do you suppose
I want of that blind brat? I hate the
sight of him. Ile is the image of his
father, and good God! how I did hate
him! I suppose you and your saintly
Mr. Oswald are bent on ruining my
career."
• Dorcas opened the door and pushed
the sobbing child gently into the lob-
by. Merry stood outside, where he
had overheard the woman', shrill
abuse. He took Robin by the hand
and led him downstairs. Dorcas re-
entered the dressing -room. Miss Paget
was tossing through a heap of letters
which lay on her table as if in search
of something. She picked up a sheet
of paper and stood reading it. .A sav-
age smile convulsed her handsome
face.
"I know now who did it," she cried.
"That was the revenge he meant, the
belly old rater! I'll get even with
him!"
"You don't want your little boy,
then?" asked Dorcas.
She turned on the girl in blank
amazement.
"Want that blooming, batty, imbe-
cile Rob Tully's child? Not on your
life! He goes back to the asylum
where he came from. I can get the
law on them for giving him up with-
out his mother's consent"
"His mother!" cried Dorcas. "You
do not act the part of 'Mrs. Ester -
brook'!"
There war an ugly tone in Zilla
Paget's laa,gh. "I have•heard that
before. Mr. Oswald was once so corn-
plimentary as to tell me something of
the sort Now, perhaps you will be
polite enough to clear out. And be-
fore you go, let me give you a bit of
advice, my lady; keep your nose out
of my business if you have any re-
gard for your own happiness!"
Dorcas turned to the door. The
woman laughed as she closed it be-
hind her. She poured for a minute in
the empty hall trying to think of what
could be said to the child downstairs.
If the woman had struck him in the
face, it would have been easier to re-
cover from a.tch a blow.
Dick came dashing up the stair's.
"First call," he shouted hoarsely.
She ran down to her own room.
Mrs. Volk sat in a low chair with
Robin in her arms, cuddling him
against her breast and crooning to
hint as if he were a baby. She. look-
ed up at Doreen with pitiful eyes.
"Let me take him, Alice. I have
plenty of time to dress after Julie
goes out. She needs you to button
her frock and fix her hair."
Robin did not speak when Alice laid
him in her arms. His slender body
was limp and quiet. Dorcas had nev-
er known any little boy intimately,
and she did not know exactly how to
comfort him. Ib occurred to her that
if she were in Robin's place she would
not want anybody to speak of what
had happened. She bent down and
touched his face with her lips. When
the door closed and Mrs.. Volk went
out with Julies, he asked in awhisper,
"I don't belong then—to the—lady
--upstairs, do I?"
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"No, dear,” there was a thrill of
assurance in Dorcas' voice, "no, you
could not possibly have belonged to
her. Somebody made a mistake—an
awful mistake."
"Then—db you know—who I do be
long to ?"
"Robin," asked Dorcas gently, "d
you still wish that I were your moth
er?"
His arm: clasped convulsively about
her neck, and the slim body shook
with sobs.
"I would like to belong ,'to some-
body."
"Well," said the girl decisively, "I
want you—forever—as my own little
boy. Shall we shake hands on ib?"
The small fingers were thrust into
her own with a clinging grip.
That night at the close of the sec
and act the audience sat breathlesff
for a few moments. "Cordelia,'
with her face glowing beneath the
rouge, turned in response to "Mrs
Esterbrook's" last plea.
"Stay with you because you are my
mother? How dare you take the
word 'mother' upon your lips? Do
you know what that word stands for?
I wonder if it would be possible to
make you understand. Ib means
Love -self-denying, strong, tender de-
votion; it means faithful wifehood.
Have you ever given that? The wo-
man who is a good wife and mother
forgives and forgets and loves. Be-
hind it all stands love, simply love, un
selfish love. I believe in God, bub
to -day I cannot understand why he
should have allowed a woman such
as you are to have become a wife and
a mother—my mother!"
The curtain fell,, Dorcas had reach-
ed her dressing -room when she had to
turn and fly black bo the stage. The
applaiose had grown to a tumult, Zilla
Paget stood by her side when the cur-
tain rose. She was smiling a stage
smile upon the audience, but the
glance she turned upon Dorcas was
on of malignant hatred.
(To be continued).
EASY GOING REVOLUTIONISTS.
Little Disturbance In the Capture of
Ch inese'Town.
Loss in Shipping Uncleaned Grain.
About 40 per cent. of bhe dleanings
removed from grain at the terminal
elevators consists of fine seeds cap-
able of passing through a zinc
screen containing perforations 1-14
inch in diameter. This means that
° 40,000 tons of small weed seeds are
shipped in western grain each year,
on whieh the grower pays the freight,
and for which he gets no return.
This represents a loss of a quarter
of a million dollars which could be
obviated if these fine seeds were re-
moved before the grain is shipped.
The manufacturers of threshing ma-
chines are unanimous in stating that
their machines are or, may be fitted
with screens and operated to separate
a large part of the screenings at the
- time of threshing. The remairyng 60
per cent. of the cleanings is good feed,
' and if it could be retained on tbe farm
would mean a double saving bo the
. grain grower. At least the fine
seeds should and could be removed at
threshing time.
Sugar Beet Tops for Silage.
Silage beet tops cut and left in piles
in the field after harvesting the beets,
will make a fair grade of silage when
run through a silage cutter with an
equal amount of corn fodder. At
the Wisconsin Station it was found
that the silage had a somewhat strong
odor but it was not offensive. The
cows seemed to relish it, and did as
well as on the regular corn silage.
Chemical analysis showed that the
'silage had practically the same com-
position as clear corn silage.
By throwing the beet tops onto a
pile of corn and cutting both togeth-
er no difficulty was experienced in
ensiling. Enough water was added
to the cut material to give it the pro-
per moisture content, and make it
pack well when two men tramped it
during the time of filling. The silage
kept well. ,..
The province of Chekiang, where I
was "interned" for four weeks, writes
a correspondent of the Christian Her-
ald, gives a good illustration of the
revolutionary spirit all over China.
About 4 o'clock one April morning we
were awakened by the tiring of three
or four guns. I lazily said to myself
as I turned over to go to sleep again,
"The revolution is on," but I did not
really believe that with so little dis-
turbance anything serious could have
happened.
But in a few hours I found that I had
guessed right ; that the tutuh, or
military Governor, had been called out
of bed by the leading revolutionists
and had been given his choice to join
them or leave I'1angehow. He chose
the latter horn of the dilemma. Where-
upon the independence of Chekiang
was declared, the civil Governor was
chosen tutuh and proclamations were
posted on the walls declaring the pro-
vince independent and that law and
order must be preserved and looting
would be punished,
To be sure, during the first hour or
two the old Governor's yamen or
palace was looted by his former body-
guard, who, I suppose, thought it was
their legitimate booty ; but otherwise
there was no disturbance, no blood-
shed, only excitement and uncertainty
for a day or two. After this business
weut on as usual, except that the
banks were naturally ehary about loan.
lug money.
She Had Studied the Species.
A maiden lady of uncertain age en-
tered a shop with the idea of purchas-
ing a parrot. She inspected several
and at last decided upon one of parti-
cularly bright hue, "That's a good
bird, ma'am," said the dealer. "But
he has one fault. Ile always grum-
bles a lot if he doesn't like his food,"
The spinster's faded eyes brightened.
"Then I must have him," she said
promptly. "It will be almost like
having a man in the house.'
• Gave Her a Lesson.
"Have you any rags to sell?" said
the ragman to a thin -looking woman
who was standingat her door. "No,"
replied the Woman, "excepting those I
am wearing at the present time. If
you want them, you'll have to take
me, too." Tha ragman scanned the
householder up and clown, and a
triumphant smile lurked around his,
lips. "I'm very sorry, ma'am." he
replied, as he made for the gate, "I'm
only buying rags, hot boneflt"
Oh, Won't They.
A man won't wear a thing that
makes him look funny just because
it is stylish. But a woman would
rather look like an organ grindler's
monkey than be out of style.
When a man- is looking for trouble
few of his friends are too busy to
assist him in the search.
menonnescsearsoseasserarsam.
AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION.
Amounts Allotted to Provinces for
Year Ending March 31, .1917.
The allotments to the different pro
vince5. under The Agricultural In-
struction' Act, passed by the'Domin-
ionParliament in 1913, has been made
for the year ending March 31st, 1917.
It will be remembered that by the
terms of this Act ten million dollars
spread over a period of ten years was
to be divided between the nine pro-
vinces of the Dominion, according to
population, for the encouragement of
education in agriculture and domestic
science. In the initiatory year, 1913-
14, $700,000 was to be divided. Each
year the amount was to be increased
by $100,000, until 1917-18, when the
grants under this arrangement will
have reached a total of $1,100,000, at
which they aro to remain until 1923,
when the ten million dollars will have
been exhausted. The sums received
by the different provinces for the year
ending March 31st next will be as
follows:
Prince Edward Island ...$ 30,443.75
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec .
Ontario
Manitoba .
Saskatchewan .
Alberta 61,747.22
British Columbia .. 03,732.50
By the aid of these grants agricul-
tural education and domestic science
knowledge has been greatly benefited
and extended all over the country.
School buildings have been erected,
college buildings have been extended
and'increased in number, experienced
teachers of a high class have been
engaged, District Representative and
county agents' expenses have been
met, demonstrations in all branches of
agriculture and short courses have'
been liberally arranged, agricultural
instruction on both public and high
schools has been extensively pro-
moted, much useful literature has'
been circulated, veterinary science
has been benefited, knowledge and
practice of domestic science extend-
ed, manual training received an im-
petus, competitions of many varieties
helped and initiated and school and
home gardening greatly developed.
In short the beneficial influence of the
Act is making itself felt in every
direction that agriculture and home-
making take.
ON THE FARM
A Few Drainage Pacts.
There are thousands of acres of
land. in Ontario that is only pr'oduc.
ing a small proportion of the amount
of fodder or gain it is capable of be=
cause of the extra amount of water
held in bhe soil. We frequently bear
farmer's remark that such and such a
field is cold and sour and that it does
not produce the crops it shoal(!. After
a field is drained the same work 'and.
expense will often produce double the
yield ib formerly did. Many fields
now left in pasture would, if they
were properly drained, give hamper
crops of grain, roots or corn.
An example of how .this has been
worked out is found on the farm of
Mr. D. W. Terrill, Victoria County,
Ont. A twenty -sere field of sloping,
springly land had only produced half
a crop for many years, and was us-
ually kept under hay or pasture. Dur-
ing the summer of 1915 Mr. Terrill
had the field surveyed and a plan of
drains mapped out by the district re-
presentative, This plan called for
' 600 5 -inch tile costing $13.00, 3,000
4 -inch tile costing, $54.00, and 1.500
3 -inch rile costing $18.50, or a total
cost for tile of $85.50. The digging
coat $106.00, making a total of $190.-
50. The cost of hauling and other
;team work is not included in this
i statement, but would not amount to a
very large sum.
This rammer I drove past the field
and there was a very good crop of
grain growing on it. In spite of
the wet spring, Mr. Terrill was able
to work this one time wettest field
on his farm by May 10. He said re-
garding it, "I know that if it had not
been for the tile the field could not
have been sown last spring, and from
the present prospect we shall more
than have our money back next fall
from the .crop grown this yea."
Evidence like the above is quite
859 28 convincing. •If all such land would
69,209.20 be made bo produce what it le capriole
243,212.23 of doing when thoroughly drained it
301,158.46 would mean a considerable increase
70,757.21 in the output of the farms of the pro -
74,8G9.70 vince.—W. C. Orvis in Farm and
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Feeding Grain on Pasture
i The man who is in the dairy busi-
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his cows are going to yield him the
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grain or meal while they are on pas-
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be. The ordinary farmer who only
keeps rix or seven cows, these usual-
ly grade Shorthorns, on the other
hand, usually tries to mala his cows
get through the summer without any
grain. If the pasture is good and the
cow is giving under sixteen pounds of
milk per day, this legitimate. but if
the cow is giving over sixteen pounds
of milk per day it should be fed some
grain.
Prof. C. H. Eckler, of the Univer-
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35 lbs. of milk daily.. 8 lbs. of grain
40 lbs. of milk daily..10 lb'. of grain
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25 lbs. of milk daily, . 3 lbs. of grain
30 lbs. of milk daily.. 6 lbs. of grain
35 lbs. of milk daily.. 7 lbs. of grain
40 lbs. of milk daily:. 9 lbs. of grain
50 lbs. of milk daily..10 lbs. of grain
While this is, of course, an arbitr-
ary rule and variations should be
made to suit different conditions and
individual cows, it is in accord with
good feeding practice and probably is
as good a rule of its kind as has been
formulated.
For cows of medium production it
is usually more economical to feed
silage or some green crop rather than
grain for supplementing short pastur-
age. In rupplementing pasture with
grain it should be remembered that
the percentage of protein in the grain
ration need not be the same as for
winter feeding. Good pasture is an
approximately balanced ration. The
grain ration to be fed with pasture
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ximately the same proportion of pro-
tein to other nutrients. In the ease
of extra heavy producers the percent-
age of protein in the grain mixbue
should be somewhat greater,
Utilize Your Horne Power
The annual cost of keeping a horse
was found bo be $90.40 in Rice Coun-
t', Minnesota; $87.00 in Lyon County,
nd $75,07 in Norman County. These
(urres are averages for the years
004.1907. In Rice County thse
,.bargee were as follows: Interest on
'vestment, $5,54; depreciation, $5,50;
arness dept'eeiablon $2.10; shoeing,
1.42; feed, $03.49; labor, $11.88, and
iscellaneousl; 40e., malting a total of
$00,40, These costs have increased.
This emphasizes the need of keeping
horses busy and of having no ichors
on tho farm.
An Anolonttluy's 0,dviob,
"Never brood," atrill Elptotetus to lila
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