HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-04-09, Page 6The Lady of Lanc:I°ster
Or, Leonora West's Love,
CHAPTER VIII.
"Indeed?" she said. "But that does no
shatter atall, sir. I consider myself quit
competent to take care of Mise West any
where."
"Does she mean to be impertinent?" h
thought; but a glance at the demure
downcast face reassured him. It was only
the high self-confidence of ignorant. inno
cent youth.
"You must excuse me; 1 don't know how
they do euei things on this side of the
water,' he said, feeling mean within him-
self, yet not at all understanding why
it was so. "But, you see, it ie ell different
in England. There one choosee a woman
of age and experience for a nurse. Now,
I remember my own nurse was at least
fifty years old."
"Indeed?" replied the girl, dropping
him a demure little courtesy that some-
how again filled him with an uneasy
senee that, under all her pretty humility,'
she meant to be impertinent. Hie face
felt hot and burning. Be did not know
how to pursue the conversation.
Seeing that he made her no answer, she
looked ni with a pretty, appealing air.
"Do I understand that you object to tak-
ing nie to England? that my youth counts
against me she inquired.
"Oil, no, no; not at all, if you are sure
you can take good care of the baby," be
replied hastily. "You see. the whole
thing is a great bore and nuisance to cue.
1 object moet decidedly to being encum-
bered with that child, but, most unfor-
tnnately for me I can't get out of it. So,
if you can really be of any use, pray go
along with it to England— Oh!"
The sudden exclamation wee wrung
from him by a glance at her face. The
hearingsctrese those swift, r ehementr wmords k of
alis. A hot color glowed in her face, two
pearly tears started under her dank
lashee. She put out her white hands be-
fore her as if to ward off a blow.
"Oh. Captain Lancaster, say no more!"
she cried. "There has been some wretch-
ed mistake somewhere, and I have only
team n lnobody s nu se these
h alt. $ Theren minute
t
ant^ child nor anybody. It is a grown-up
young lady. I am Leonora West."
Tableau!
"If only the earth 'would open and swal-
low; me up!" sighed Lancaster to himself,
miserably- It -e not pleasant to be made
fun of, and the most of people are too
thin-skinned to relish a joke directed
against themselves. Lancaster did not.
His ridiculous mistake flashed over him
instantly at the deprecatory words of the
girl, and ha. scarcely knew whom to be
most angry with—himself or Leonora
West.
Be stole a furtive. glance at her, wish-
ing in his heart that he could subdue the
memeon flush that glowed on hie face. He t
was glad that ,she was not looking at him. e
She had sunk into a chair end buried her
face in her bands. Evidently she was not t
enjoying her saucy triumph much. Those
lost impatient words of his had cleverly
turned the tables.
He glanced at the drooping figure 'in the
• arm -chair, and it flashed over him that
De Vere would never be done laughingif
he kncv that he, Lord Lancaster, a e,v-
' 'wily .,nicer;' and a "swell party" •alto-
gether, had been made a target for the
amusement of thie lowly born girl. How
dared she do it? and could he keep De
Vere from finding out? he asked himself
in the same breath.
And just then Leonora West lifted her I w
wet eyes to his face, and said, with a sob l m
in her throat:
0
e
•
e
She palmed a moment, then added, with
a rising flush:,
"It was for those other words you s
"I do not blame you at all. I was
ular arute, said Lancaster, penite
"Do say that you forgive me. I
should have said it if only I had kno
"'Known what?" she inquired,
"That you were the baby I had to c
to England. I should have been oat
happy to be of serviceto you. De
will be distracted with envy at my p
lege. There, I have said several p
things to you. Will you not forgive
now?"
Yes, I will forgive you, but you
not deserve ie" answered Leonora,
was not kind to talk about me so,
if I had been an unconscioue baby"
"It was not," be admitted. "But t
a moment, Miss West. I am a, bath
and I know nothing at all of babies
have forgotten all the experiences of
own babyhoid. I was wretched at
idea •of having to .convey one of t
troublesome little problems acrose
ocean. I would tie soon have been
rented with a white elephant. I eh
have known quite as much of one as
other. Can you find it in your heait
chide me for my reluctance?"
Leonora reiiected, with her pr
brows drawn together.
"Wall, perhaps you are right." she
knowledged, after a moment. 'They
troublesome--ba'biee, I mean—I think
called thein problems. Yon were ri
there, too, for one docs not know wha
to make of them. nor ,chat they will do
next, nor what they will become in the
future,"
'Then you can not blame me, can no
be Angry with me. And you will be ready.
le go with me tomorrow?"
"No. I think not. •I am afraid, after all
you have said, Captain Lancaster, that
you really are vexed in your mind at the
thought of taking me. I do not believe I
ought to take advantage of your pretend-
ed readiness," she replied, sensitively,
and with that perfect franknese that
seemed to be one of her characteristics.
"And you refuse to go with me?" He
gazed at her despairingly.
"I would rather not," decidedly.
He looked at the pretty face in some
alarm. It had a very resolute air. Would
elle really carryout her threat of staying
behind? He did not know mach about
American girls, but he had heard that
they managed their own affairs rather
more than their English sisters. Thi one
looked exceedingly like the heroine of
that familiar ballad: •
"When she will, she will, depend on't,
And when she won't, she won't,
And there's an end on't."
'
a reg-
ntly.
never
wn."
arry
y too
Vere
rivi-
ratty
me
do
"It
even
bink
elor,
. I
my
the
hose
the
pre-
ould
the
to
etty
are
you
ght
tell him how unieercifully yoti quizzed
me awhile ago. Ile would never have done
chaffing me if he knew, and lie would tell
lin
theglendwhol
."
e regiment once we landed in
•
"Would they tease yyou tnue]tP" inquir-
ed Leonora highly interested.
"Unbearable," he replied,
ellen not .know, then," she an.
ewered promptly I will not tell. your
friend about it."
"Nor any one? he entreated,
"Certainly net," she answered, tooth•
ingly, and involuntarilyhe caught her
hand and pressed It a, moment in his
own, not drepleaaed to see that she blush,
ed as elle drew, it hastily away,
He went away, and wheelie looked at
hie watch outside the :door lie was hon-
estly eurpi'leed.
"Two hours! I really do -not know how
the time went," he said to himself.
When. he went back to hie betel he
found De Vero in a state of surprise, toe,
You have' been gone almost three
hours," he said. Did youfind the baby?"
"Yes, I found -it." be replied,, carelessly,
"Was it well? Shall we have the pleas -
ere of its company to-moerew ?" pursued
the lieutenant.
"Yee, it was well, but it le a. spoiled
child. I am afraid we shall find is a
source of trouble to ue," replied Captain
Lancaster, smiling to himself at the sur-
prise and delight ba store foe De Vere to-
morrow, when he should find that it was
a .beautiful young girl' instead of aerose
baby who was to be their compaguon du
voyage to England.
CHAPTER IX, '
Lancaster electrified his friend next
morning by informing hire that he must
got their traps aboard the steamer him-
self, as he would not hare time to attend
to his own affairs, having some commis-
sions .to execute for Miss West. •
"The nursing bottles and the cans of
condensed milk, you know," he said, with
it mischievous laugh, and De Vere stared.
"1 should think the nurse would attend
to that," he said.
"Nurses are forgetful, and I wish: every-
thing to be all right, you know,!" replied
his friend; so .I shall see to everything
i "Well, you -wail have plenty of time to
do so. We do not sail until four o'clock.'
I
"Well, I shall have plenty to do in the
t meantime, so you need not waist for me,
Harry. You may juet go aboard at any
time you like. I shall take 'a carriage
a"You d call
are getting very kinon d all at once,"
De Vere said, carelessly.
"Yes, I mean to be. Savin undertaken
it, I mean to see the poor" little thing safe-
ly through."
"Well, I wish you success," De ,Vere re-
plied, as he lighted afresh cigar and
turned away. -
The tickets and state -rooms had already
been secured, and Lancaster hurried
down -town, intent en securing all the come
Ports possible for his, fair charge, who
had suddenly grown very interesting in
his eyes. He bought a. steamer -chair,
some warm rugs, and it gayly' colored Or-
iental wrap that was both .pretty and com-
fortable. Then he provided himeelf with
some nice novels and poems and books of
travel. When be had provided everything
he could think of that was' conducive to a
lady's comfort, he repaired to a. florists
and selected an elegant and costly bon
quot.
"I have noticed that ladies always like
a bunch of flowers when they are travel-
ing," he said to himself, "But what will
De Vere say to such reckless extravagance
on my part?"
He smiled to himself, thinking how the
young lieutenant would chaff. -
"Anyway. I 'shall have got the start of
him," he thought. "He will be on the qui
vivo for a flirtation with Leonora --West."
Then he looked at his watch and found
that he had consumed so much time in
making his purchases that he only''^. had
time to take a carriage and call for hie
charge. Having cent all his purohasee to
the eteadier, and being encumbered with
nothing but the flowers, lie made all haste
to execute his last and pleasantest task—
accompanying Miss West to the steamer
on which they were to embark.
"Drive fast." he said to the man on the
box; and when they paused before the
genteel boarding-house where he had
made Miss West's acquaintance the day
before, he jumped out with alacrity and
ran up the steps.
The door was opened by the simpering
maid of the day before -who had giggled
at his ridiculous mistake. He could not
help coloring alt- the .remembrance as he
met her recognizing smiles, a little tinc-
tured with eurpriee.
He assumed an air of coldness. and hau-
teurpriety., thinking to freeze her into pro -
I have called for Miss West to take
her to the steamer. Will you please see
if she Is ready?"
"Oh. sirl" tittered the maid.
"I have called for Mise West," he re-
peated, more sternly. "Can you inform
me if she is ready?"
The maid bridled resentfully at his im-
patient air.
Why. law.e a mercy, she was ready
ages ago, mister!" she said, tartly;
'Then ask her to come out, if you
please. We have barely half an hour to
go on board," he said, glanoin•g,hurriedly
at his atch.
I canw't ask her.: She is not here," -wee
the anew,
Nat hereer? then where—" he began, but
the pert maid interrupted him:
"Lor', sir, MiceWest went down to the
o.
steamer two bolus ep"
An audible titter accompanied the in-
formation.
Lancaster bounded down the steps with-
out it woad, sprung into his carriage,
and slammed the door with a vim.
"Drive down to the steamer just as fast
es you can, coachman!" he hallooed,
eharlily.
(Tobe continued.)
IIOW PA EIS WAS SAVED BY
She glanced up and saw him pulling at
he ends of his moustache with an injur-
d air, and•a dark frown on hie brow.
"Why do you look so mad'? I should
hink you would be glad I'm not going."
"I am vexed. I waen't aware that I
Looked mad, In England we put mad peo-
ple into ineaue asylums," he replied, ra-
ther stiffly.
"Thank You. I understand. Old Eng-
land is giving young America a rhetorical
hint. Why do you look so vexed, then,
Captain Lancaster?"
-Because there will be tie end of a row
in Lancaster Park when I go there, be-
cause you have not come with me."
"Will there, really?"
"Yes; and my aunt, Lady Lancaster,
ho has promised to give me all her
oney when she diee, will cut me off with
n shilling because I have disobeyed her
niers and disappointed Mrs. West."
The blue -gray eyes opened to their
widest extent
"No!" she said.
"Yes, indeed," he replied.
"Then she must be a. very hard woman, '
said Mies West, in a decided tone.
"She is," ho replied, laconically.
"You are certain that she, would not
give you the money?" anxiously.
"Quite certain,' he answered.
"And—have you none of your own?"
"Only my rap in the army," he admit-
ted, laughing within himself at her naive
curiosity. .
"Is that much?" she went on, gravely.
"Enough to keep me in boots and hats,'
he answered, -with an owl -like gravity.
"And this Lady Lancaster—your aunt --
does she give you the rest?" persevered
Leonora.
Re did not want to be rude, but he
burst out laughing. She looked up into
the bright blue eyes and reddened warm-
ly.
1I1
I am gl..;. now that I didn't tell you
have tfound outiperhape that youmthought
me a bore and a nuisance, and that you
didn't want me to go to Europe with you."
Captain Lancaster winced, All she had
said was quite true, yet he had not cared
to have her know it. It is but seldom
one cares to have people know one's real
opinion of them"
'and—and"—she went on, resentfully,
"you may be quite, quite sure, after this
that I will not go with you. You will
have no trouble with me. My aunt might
have come atter me herself, I think. I
was afraid, when I got her letter saying
that you would come for me, that some -
To thiwould that wrong- ou Now should call me a
baby!"
While she poured forth her grievances
hie wool-gathering withad
a What upon earth
was he to do if she really refused to go
with him? He pictured to himself old
Lady Lancaster's fury. It was quite like-
ly that, after such a contretemps, she
would cut him off with a. shilling.
mond.zvShill e shallgofto Englandtuolenthiso..
lens," he resolved.
The zludicrousee de to
be
hehicase f damned
upon him,
I have made a tremendous faux pas,
certainly, and now I must get out of it
the beet way I can," he thought, grimly.
Leonora's eharp little tongue had grown
stilt now, and her face was again hidden
in her hands. He went up to her and
touched her black sleeve li-gbtly.
"Oh, come now," he said; "if you go
on like this I shall think I made a very
make isuchi a declaration as yours no the
face of the circumstaneee? Of course you
are going to Europe with me?"
"I am not," she cried, with n mutinous
pout of 'the rich red lips.
"Yea, you are,' he replied coolly. "You
have no business to get angry with me
because I made a slight mistake about
your age. And after all, I remember now
that it was really De Vere's mistake, and
not mine."
Who is De Vere?" inquired Leonora,
curiously, as she glanced upat him
throttgh her wet lashes, .and showing the
rime : of her eyes very pink indeed from
the resentful tears she had shed.
"De Vero is my friend and traveling -
companion," ho'reptied.
"And does he; too, consider me a bore
and nuisance?."
"Well" confidingly, "to tell you the
truth. we both did --that is, you know,
while we were laboring under the very
natural mistake that you were a very
small baby instead of—a grown-up one.
But all that is altered now, of course,
Since I have met you, Mise West. We
tOen be only too happy to have you for
ur compagnon du voyage." •
Ho was speaking to`her quite as if she
were 111 equal, and not th3 lowly born
niece os the houeekee pp at his a icestra1
toe. It Was inipo6siuie to keg Dnaa, .7.7-."
in his head. She was so fair, so retined,
to well-bred, in spite of the little flashes
of e-pirit indicative of a spoiled cinld,
Rhe ;lid not answer,. and he continued
pleaaantly'
T. ant 'Set's sort for the mistake
part that caused you so much anoyanmcc.
I desire to offer you every possible apor
ogy for it."'
She looked up at him quickly, "Oft, 1
wasn't mad because you thought Leonora
West was a baby, she said,
"Then. why --because 1 thought you were,
I dare say you think me curious and
bred," she said.
Oh. no, uo, not at all,. I am intensely
flattered by the interest you take in my
affairs."
It ie only because I do not want to be
the means of your losing that money, if
you want it. Do you?"
"indeed I do, Anybody would be glad
to have twenty +holland a year," he re-
plied.
"So much as that? Then, of course, I
must not be the cauee of your losing it;"
said 1eonora, grevely,
"Then you will go with me?" he cried,
with quite a load lifted from hie mind by
her unexpected concession.
"Ye -es. I suppose I shall have to go,"
she answered.
A' thousand thanks. I thought' you
would relent," ho said. "And will you be
ready to sail with me to -morrow?'
been "Oh, pinked several 'uite weeks,, andnls have
been only,waiting for you to come;" she
answered, promptly.
And then she elipped her small hand
into the folds of her dress and drew cut
a netted silk puree, through whose meehes
he caught tho. glitter of gold pieces. She
counted out a number of shining coins
into his hand with quite a business -like
air,
"That is raze price of my ticket. Will
you please buy it foe- me? I will have
my luggage sent down all right," she said.
He took the money mechanically and
rose, thinking this a dismissal. Then
something that had been on his mind all
the time rose to hie lips.
"I want to ask a great favor of, you,
Mies West."
She looked at him with a alight air of
der, and answered: Yes,"
ou will meet my friend, Lieutenant
ere, on board the steamer. He ie a
nice youth indeed. He will be good
nd with You directly.
eed?" said Leonora, in a low, itr�
ing voice tat implied Et distinct
t on�t�heeeub ect,
Gh, Li 'seed not look 'Iso in-
lotys. Noll wi "ie sure to like him.
ladies all adore
o looked up at h m with the' dimples
tag into roguish play around her
rid you wish to warn me not to fa
m to 'hie manifold perfections?" fall
h, dear, rto, not at all. I never
ght of such a thing" You see, Mies
, my friend intensely enjoys a joke."
me?" she gazed at hint with an air of
uggh mystification.
t, intensely enjoys a joke," repeated .,
aster.' "I want you to premise me
::pon your honor, that you will not
wenn
De V
very,
free
Quir
deb
credtt
TSh
coma
mon
vioti
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.
thou
West
a nurse?'
there
Not that either. 1 wet only aintteed at. Lane
those mistakes of yours.
now;
THE ENGLISH.
By Chaff. M. Bice.
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The retreat of General French and
his army from Mons, is, one of the..
grandest and most b•idlli,alnt mili-
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history. It odds a brand, new pig
to British � gallantry, and puts tae
mule of Fair John French on the
lli'gheit pinnacle for military ac-
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The charge of the Germane
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great .struggle — teat sweep to-
wards 'Paris beats anything the an-
nals of War have 'ever known, The
Allies and Germans had just touch-
ed "Watts," in the parlance of pug-
ilistic n'oalienclature, before the tern
slaught began, and then the enemy
with overwhelming numbers and
equipment, rushed in with a torn.
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ado of blows they had been, saving:
up for over forty years.
Germany had calculated that this
first round- would. be a knock -out,
and probably no army in all history
has ever taken, the beating and lived
through the milling, keeping its'
legs and head, as did the English,
army through the thirteen awful
days in which tllre Germans put in
their lightning strokes.
It was an all but irresistable on-
slaught. If General French had
stood his ground and fought, in all
probability it would have been a
clean knook-out, for he had greatly
inferior numbers, if he ran it
would be a complete rout`and;pro•b-
ably annihilation.
Foot -work and a cool head, ,side
stepping 'amd protecting his body
would have been the tactics of ' a
great ring fighter. "French followed
these tactios exactly. But the thing
that makes Britain gasp, and will
make the world wiondler -hen ap-
prised of the details of that great
retreat from Mons, was not a prize
fight, but the most frantic and ter-
rible rush of the greatest and best
disciplined army • the world has
ever known. For a mean to have
kept his head in ,all that, as if the
event were a. mere prize fight, with
only a knock -out ,at stake, in'stead.
of the annihilation of 80,•000 inen, is
the thing that the world wiill'wond-
er at. It was on August 22, 1914
that the English and Germans first
met in battle' at Mons, the English
having only arrived on the scene
the day before, ,and 'were informed
by the French that "There are not
than 'two German corps in
front of you." General French and
his men had just comae to the scene
and he had taken the Frenchmen's
word for it. 'Sunday afternoon
eame the surprise. A courier
brought a message to General
French from Joffre, the French
General. .It said in effect; "Four
T erman army corps are coming up
against you. We have fallen book."
The strong Freneh line had gone
and was 30 miles in the rear.
French's army of 80,000 held out
against the .oncoming tide of Ger-
mans.
Ten. thousand Custer Massacres
all rolled into one were at hand or
a rout such as History has never be-
fore known. Some must, stay and
fight, while the others fall back and
prepare the trenches. The hercu-
lean talk may be realized wihien we
consider that there was artillery to
move and thousands• of tone of sup-
plies •aqd ammunition to be trans-
ported. in autos•.
There were horses to save, and
the roads would hold only so much
traffic,. and there must be no jams,
cool 'heads must plan it all. Some
must fall far behind and dig tren-oh-
es, so that the retreating army
could hide and put up their daily
•
and nightly fight with the Germans.
Others nuns' have time to eat and
sleep, and the .wounded must be
taken care of. All these .things
were done perfectly and no general
in history ever had such a. perilous
retreat to direct. General French
was dashing about everywhere in
his auto, .arid measuring the physic-
al force his little army had left. Ho
knew not only the exact Strength
of his own a.nmy but the strength
of his opponent as well.
The lightning blows sent in by
the Germans . 'tvere terrific, the
Ninth Lancers were mowed down
like grass, the 8th Hussars were
almost wiped out. Bullets flew
around General French as around
the most ordinary soldier. For
thirteen days in this great running
battle, he kept hie men as cool-
headed almost las himself. At last
the English reached the Marne.
This gave them a chance for much
needed rest, but the Germans were
tired out, to. The cool foot -work
of the English had exh'aus'ted them,
they were tired out trying to hit
the tiny foe which always eluded
their blows.
The German general, Von Klock,
made his mistake, he turned his
flank to the , English, intending 'to,•
pass before them, and move oven
to join the array of' the German:,
Crown Prince and advance on Pae
ni•s. French was watching, and
saw that Von .,Flick had dropped
his guard and had expo•s•ed his jaw,-
an•d the lightning English sparrer,,
the man whose fists were armies,
struck like a -flash, The Germans,
off their guard, received a, blow
they could not parry. '.Phey lost
hundreds of big guns and thousands
men. 'The French: were doing
their part, 60,000 soldiers in taxi-
cabs and" autos 'came to back up
the English, but General French's
blow had taken' the nerve all out of
the German's, and their retreat b.e
came an ignoble rout. Thus was
Paris.. saved and the German plans
completely £ru•str.ated • by a mere
handful of England's first expedi-
tionary force. -
CHAS. M. BICE.
Denver, March 30, 1915... '
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Removing Silage From Slioii.
-From two to 'three inches
age should be removed from the OA -
tiro :surface of the silo daily durtti
the aufnmer months and at les*
half of this • amount in the winter,
In the above ground silos the silage
may be dug loose with a silage fork
and allowed to fa11 down tbroti,g'h
the chute to the ground, where ib
may be loaded into the cart or car-
riers and fed where desired; or ib
may be dropped directly into a
ooartht, e carristocker,, ' r owagon, and takent
If the silo is adjacent to the barn
and there is a smooth way from silo
to feed manger, ,a,si'mple silage cart
is the most convenient clevice for .
taking the silage to the stock, The
cartcan be left beneath the . silo
c!hu•te and filled .from above without
reshoveling the silage. Loose silage
weighs albeit ounds
foot, and this shou18.5pld be given
tcon -
'sideration. when building a cart for
a definite capacity. _
More often than otherwise in Ne-
braska the ,silo stands either in or
adjacent t=o'the feed yard, in which
case there is very seldom a. smooth
way from silo- to -bunks. An over-
head carrier is then generally ad-
visable. • This depends upon the
numiber of stook to be fed. Such a
carrier may easily be arranged. 11
the yards are small a swing trach
Maybe attached to the silo and the
silage distributed to several bunks.
When several carloads of stock
are being fed silage, the most con
.venient scheme is to throw the feed •
into a wagon and distribute it to
the feed 'bunks with a team.
Some -sort of hoisting device
should. be used in .pit and semipit
silos. Where the pit' is more, than
ten feet deep hand hoists and pow-
er hoists are being used for this
pi}rpose. The simplest hoist is that ,
of the 'bucket raised hand over
hand, but this requires one person.
in the pit and another nonce
ground. A better scheme and ane
which is practical where the silo
is located in the barn between the
mangers, is to obtain several bas-
kets and equip them with stiff bails
then use them as follows; Fill the
baskets and place them in the silo
convenient. for raising, climb :tuL of
the silo, and by means of a hook:
on a rope; hook a basket of silage:
to it: and hoist it out. After the,
basket is emptied, drop it back inti
the silo, release the hook and hook
another 'basket,
A home-made hoistiing device =.1r
semipit silos and which can be
adapted to pit silos as well, con-
sists of a three-inch pipe carrying
a, wooden•wheel and two drums. An
old milk can filled with scrap ii,on.
is used as a counterweight. r
should be slightly lighter than the
weight of the cart and the silag•
A horse -power hoisting device is
easily used for silos entirely below
ground. These silos have an open -
ng in the roof through which silage
s hoisted. The carrier is a box
about four feet long by two .;:est
wide, having a hinged bottom. The
ox is hoisted and pulled over the
ump chute by means of one horse.
A trip rope allows the •operator to
ump the silage through the chute
ori return the carrier. An ordin-
iy hayfork `cable and carrier are
sed. This same arrangement may
e used for feeding into several.
inks.
A hoist which has been success -
illy operated for a number of
ears on two pit silos built close
o,gether, may be easily construct-
d. It consists of a frame work set
pon the edge of the silo and firmly
used in position. A length of hay
arrier track leading to each silo
supported 'by a. piece of four by
x inoh timber. These timbers are
id upon the two two by eight inch
ors pieces 'which are supported by
o eighteen-footlengths of tele -
one poles. As the rope unwinds
cin the drum, one carrier may, be
n out, tripped, and the box is
awn out. Pull,eys keep the ropes
out of the wind and guide them
the drum.
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paying eorllpliments.
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success.
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