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Or "The Adventures of Ledg rd."
By the Author of "eanest He Cost Her."
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' C;HAPT.ER XXXIV.—(Cont'd).
"And his interest?" Francis asked.
«Well, he is a large shareholder in
the company," Trent said. "Of course
he could upset us all if be liked, I
should say that Da Souza would try
all he could to keep him in the back-
ground until he had disposed of his
shares!'
"And how does your stock hold
"I don't know," Trent said. "I
landed yesterday. I'm pretty cer
though that there's no market for
whole of Da Souza's holding."
"He has a large interest, then?
"A very large one," Trent answ
ed drily.
"I should like," Francis said, "to
der stand this matter properly. A
matter of fact I suppose that M
is entitled to half the purchase mo
You received for the company."
Trent assented.
. "It isn't that 3 grudge him that,'
. said, "although, with the other fin
cial enterprises I have gone into
don't know how I should raise hal
million of money to pay him off.
don't you see my sale of the char
to the company is itself, Monty be
alive, an illegal act. The title will
wrong, and the whole affair mi
drift into Chancery, just when a v
orous policy is required to make
venture a success. If Monty w
here and in his right mind, I think
could come to terms, but, when I s
him last, at any rate, he was qu
incapable, and he might become a t
to anything. The Bears might g
hold of him and ruin its all. In sho
it's a beastly mess!"
Francis looked at him keenly.
"What do you expect me to do ?"
asked.
"I have no right to expect an
thing," Trent said. "However, I sa your life and you may consid
yourself therefore under some oblige
tion to me. I will tell you then wh
I would have you do. In the fir
place, I know no more where he
than you do. He may be in Englan
or he may not. I shall go to Da Souz
who probably knows, You can cora
with me if you like. I don't want t
He pushed open the swing door and
found himself face . to face with 13a
Souza's one clerk—a youth of un-
kempt appearance, ;shabbily but flash-
ily dressed, with sallow complexion
and eyes set close together, He was
engaged at that particular moment in
polishing a large diamond pin upon
the sleeve of his coat, which operation
?»' he suspended to gate with much as -
only tonishznent at this unlooked-for visit-
tain or. Trenthad come straight from As -
the ; cot,. straight indeed' from his inter-
view with Francis., and was still wear-
ing his racing -glasses,
er- ; "I wish to see Mr. Da Souza," Trent
said. "Is he in ?"
un- "I believe so, sir," the boy answer-
s a ed. "What name ?"
onty "Trent! Mr. Scarlett Trent!"
ney The door of an inner office opened,
and Da Souza, sleek and curded, pre-
' he sented himself. He showed all his
an- white teeth in the smile with which
I he welcomed his visitor. The light of
a battle was in his small, keen eyes, in
But his cringing bow, his mock humility.
ter "I am most honored, Mr. Trent,
ing sir," he declared. "Welcome hack to.
be England. When did you return?"
ght "And you have come," Da Souza
ig- continued, "fresh from the triumphs
the of the racecourse. It is so, I trust?"
ere "I have come straight from Ascot,"
we Trent replied, "but my horse was beat-
aw en if that is what you mean. I did not
ite . come here to talk about racing
001 though. I want a word with you in
•et private."
rt,! "With much pleasure, sir," Da
Souza answered, throwing open with
i a little flourish the door of his sane -
he turn, "Will you step in? This way!
! The chair is dusty. Permit me!"
Trent threw a swift glance around
▪ the room in which he found himself.
er ; It was barely furnished, and a win-
.: dow, thick with dust, Iooked out on
at the dingy back -wall of a bank or some
st; public building. The floor was uneov-
is ered, the walls were hung with yellow
d : naps of gold -mines all in the West
a, Africa district. Da Souza, himself
e, spick and span, with glossy boots and
o ! a flower in his buttonhole, was cer-
sob the man of a penny. . He sha
have all he as entitled to—only I d
want to arrange terms with him qui
ly, and not have the thing talke
about. It's as much for the other
sake as my own. The men who ca
into my syndicate trusted me, and
don't want 'them left."
-'" Francis took a Iittle silver cas
from his pocket, lit a cigarette, and
smoked for a moment or two thought
fully.
"It is possible," he said at las
she mopped her ey,'es and looked ba
ward, Julie disappeared.
Even Julie, as she ascended.
stairs with the key of the locked ro
in her hand, was' conscious of
usual tremors, if her position w
regard to her father was not the
solute condition of serfdom i
which her mother had been grou
down, she was, at least, afraid
him, and she remembered the sti.
commands he had laid upon them
The room was not to be opened s
by himself. All cries and entreat
were to be disregarded, every, one e
to behave as though that room
not exist. They had borne it ' alrea
for days, the heart -stirring moa
the faint, despairing cries of the pr
oner, and she could bear it no long
She had a tender little heart, and fro
the first it had been moved by
appearance of the pitiful old ma
leaning so heavily upon her' Pathe
arm, as they had come up the gard
walk together. She made up. her ml
to, satisfy herself at least . that
isolation was of his own choice.
she went boldly up the stairs a
thrust the key into the lock. A' in
ment's hesitation, then she threw
open.
Her first -impulse, when she ha
looked into the face of the m
who stumbled up in fear at her e
trance, was to then and there abs
don her enterprise for Monty ju
then was not a pleasant sight to loo
upon. The room was foul with th
odor of spirits and tobacco smok
1Vlonty himself was unkempt and un
washed, his eyes were bloodshot, an
he had fallen half across the tabl
with the gesture of a drunken ma
At the sight of him her pity die
away. After all, then, the sthey had heard was the maudlin cr
ing of a drunken man, Yet he wa
very old, and there was something
about the childish, breathless feet
with which he was regarding her
which made her hesitate. She linger
ed instead, and finding him tongue
tied, spoke to him.
"We heard you talking to yourself
downstairs," she said, "and we were'
afraid that you might be in pain."
"Ah, he muttered. "That is `5.ift-
then! There is no one behind you—no
one who wants me!"
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Nothing But Leave&'
Not Tea Leaves intermixed with Dust,
Dirt and Stems but all Virgin Leaves.
Fashion Hints
has 'the reputati,n. a being the eleaz esta
and most perfect tea sold. - E 147
BLACK, GREEN OR MIXED. SEALED PACKETS ONLY.
Potatoes as Hog Feed.
Many experiments have been con-
e to determine the value of pota-
_ ; toes of feed for swine. In Ireland and
d Germany farmers feed Iarge quanti-
e i ties of potatoes annually. From ex-
perimental data it has been conclud-
d ed that four to 4% bushels of pota-
sobbin
hoes when cooked are equal to about
shone bushel of corn for putting gains
on hogs. Therefore, if : corn is worth
r 80 cents a bushel, potatoes when fed
',to hogs would be worth only eighteen
- to twenty cents a bushel. There may,
"There is no one in the house," she
assured him, "save my mother and
myself."
ed
up
1
ago I fancied that 'heard M:z. Walsh's
ice, and he wanted the mission -bo;,
e wooden box with the cross, 'you,
ow. I keep on thinking I hear lzinl.
upid, isn't it?"
He smiled weakly, and his bony
zs stole round the tumbler w _
ood by his side. She shook her Is
He drew a little breath which end -
in a sob:
"You see," he said vaguely, "I sit
here hour by hour,. and I think that
fancy things. Only a little while
it i tinily the least shabby thing in the t VO
o ; room. th
et- ! "You know very well," Trent said, ! kn
d "what I have come about. Of cotu'se ` St
s' you'll pretend you don't, so to save
me ! time Pll tell you. What have you ge
1 done with Monty?"
Da Souza spread outwards, the : t
e palms of his hands. He spoke with hi
well -affected impatience,
! "Monty! always Monty! What do eh
I I want with him? It is you who ; I'm
IC
him smiling, and -dressed gave
in. She was not afraid any more `;''
"I wouldn't drink i£ I were you; `"
e said, "it can't be good for ye i,
t, l should look after him, not I!"
that you are air honest man. On th
other hand you must admit that tlz
balance of probability from my porn
s seized him. His eat, white face was ni
= pallid, and his knees were shaking. go
Trent's band fell upon his shoulder,
e` Trent turned quietly round and :p
e locked the door. Da Souza would have 4
t called out, but a paroxysm of fear had ; pu
of. view is on the other side. Let u
travel backwards a little way—to my
first meeting with you. I witnessed
u and Da Souza felt as though the claws •
sure!"
`Good," he answered slowly, "it s
Dison --rank poison" I
'If I were you," she said, "I would
t all this stuff away and go for a
ce wall;. It would do you much more
od."
Te shook his head.
`I daren't," he whispered. "They're
king for me now, 1 must bide --
e all the time!"
the granting of this concession to yo
by the King of Bekwando. Aceordin
to its wording you were virtuall
g of a trap had gripped him. ' loo
Monty's heir and Monty was lying.Trent said oi�• listen ry
y "If you call out I'll throttle vou," liil
C. T
r tapers is ;
drunk, in a climate where strong was
tors and death walk hand-in-hand.
You leave him in the hush, proclaim
his death, and take sole possession. I
find bins, alive, do the best I can for
biro, and here the first act ends. Then
what afterwards? I hear of you as
an empire -maker and a millionaire.
Ncvertheless, Monty was alive and
you knew he was alive, but when I
xeach Attlee be has been spirited away.
I want to know where! You say you
dont know. It may be true, but it
doesn't sound like it:'
Trent's under -lip was twitching, a
sura sign of the tempest within, but
he kept himself under restraint and
said never a word.
Francis continued, "Now I do not
wish to be your enemy, Scarlett Trent,
es do you an ill turn, but this is my
word to you. Produce Monty within
a week, and open reasonable negotia-
tien� for. -treating' him fairly, and I
will keep silent. But if you can't
,�-utluce hien at the' end of that 'tune
must go to his' relations and lay all
these things before them."
Trent: rose slowly to his feet.
"Glee me your address,"' he said, "1
will do what I can,"
- Francis tore a leaf out from his
pocketbook and wrote a few words
Wen it,
"That find
" he
si id. "One lmoment, Trent. t When I
caw you first you were with—a lady."
.`'i elir
"1 have been away from England so
ac:.ig',' Francis continued slowly,
"that nay memory has suffered. Yet
filet lady's face was somewhat fansil_
i,r. May I ask her name?"
Miss. Ernestine Wenelermott,"
'Trent answered slowly.
Francis threw away his cigarette
::d lit another,
-`Thee ik yeti,'" he said:
hc,1. nor located With the idea of
i7-npressing t',a;iitial visitors.. It Was in
lv„ck-Strect off an alley, and als
thongth within n stone's throw of
I. et lees re• its immediate surroundings
it, greengrocerts shop shared
-•• -a. the benor ite more immediate I
i meet. Trent, whose first visit d
• ebout 'him with sur
however, be instances where it would
be more advantageous for the farm-
er to feed to hogs right on his own
place at Ieast part of his crop rather
-'than to hanl,these potatoes to an al-
ready overloaded market.
According to the consensus of opin
ion, potatoes are fed to the best ad-
vantage when cooked or steamed and
mixed with other feeds. Experiments
in which raw potatoes were fed alone
have been reported. In certain in-
stances the raw potatoes are said to
have caused
potatoes in small quantities and in Farm Notes.
ng succulence may be con-
ducive to health in pigs.
In cooking potatoes, only
scours. However, raw
To grow. the kind of potatoes the
public wants, then, is the thing to do,
and the way to begin is to plant the
kind of potatoes you.wish to,grow.
This means careful cirlection from the
, hills, observing the following- rules;
1 Select only from hills in which a
larger part of the potatoes answer the
description mentioned.
IPotatoes from
f such hills are more certain to breed
1 true to type,
Select potatoes weighing from five
to eight ounces.
Use for seed no potatoes grown in
fields showing a considerable amount
of wilt or rosette.
Avoid potatoes showing brown ring
discolorations at the stein end.
Save for planting no potatoes which
are bruised, cracked or decaying or
which show discolorations at stein
end.
Store carefully in moderately warm,
dry and well -ventilated place.
Treat with corrosive sublimate four
ounces to 30 gallons of water—for 1%
hours before planting.
diet laeki
enough
water should be used to make a mealy
mash and prevent burning. The re-
sultant meal should then be mixed
with cornmeal or other grain supple.
eat. •-''i'ankage, skim milk 'or me
meal would probably add to the profi
of the mixture. Potatoes when pre
pared in the manner described and un
der the conditions mentioned can often
be fed to,pigs with advantage.
Profit in Good Seed Potatoes.
The right kind of potatoes bring
better prices than the wrong kind,
and the right kind can usually be
grown with very little added trouble,
The right kind of potatoes is the
Cover crops can be converted into
hay.
Quarrelsome cocks are a nuisance
on the farm or in the poultry -yard.
A good: cow is better than two poor
ones—yes, better than three that can't
more than pay for their feed..
•
at A liberal system of management of
t a good dairy herd is necessary to
- achieve satisfactory milk production..
Keep plenty of broken or crushed
one before the growing thickens. It
will. help to develop strong, healthy
fowls.
Ventilation is absolutely essential
for the health of the cows, but is one
of the hardest problems to solve in
most barns.
The: farmer should receive the same
returns for his capital it
P al invested and
labor performed th
in England and, unless Monty is pr• "Who are looking for you?" she kind the public wants To .incl
e-
duced, will tell the whole story, I shall
do the best I can for all of us, but I'm
not going to have Monty done to
death. Come, let's have the truth."
Da Souza was grey now with a fear ,
greater even than a physical one. He '
had been so near wealth. Was be to
lose everything?
"Mr. Trent," he whispered, "my
dear friend, have- reason. Monty, I
tell you, is only half alive, he hangs
on, but it is a mere thread of life. ,
shall be dead!—oh, quite naturally.
'1
There shall be no risk! Trent!
Trent!" •
His cry ended in a gurgle, for ';•
Trent's hand was on his throat,
"Listen, you miserable hound," he
whispered. "Take me to him this mo- ,
ment, or P11 shake the life out of you.
Did you ever know me go back from
my word?" •
Leave it all to me! Tomorrow Iz
Da Souza took up his hat with an
ugly oath and yielded. The two men
left the office together.
"Listen!"
The two women sat in silence, wait-
ing for some repetition of the sound.
This time there was certainly no pos-
sibility
of any mistakfi. From the
room above their heads came th
feeble, quavering gobbing of an of
man. Julie threw down her book and
asked.
' "Don't you know? Mr. Walsh and
his wife! They have come over after
me!"
"Why ?"
"Didn't you know," he muttered
"that I am a thief ?"
She shook her head.
"No, I certainly didn't. I'm very
sorry!"
He nodded his head vigorously a
great many times.
"Won't you tell me about it?" she
asked. "Was it anything very bad?
"I don't know," he said. "It's s
hard to remember! It is somethin
like this! I seem to have lived f
such a long time, and when I to
back 1 can remember things that hap
pened a very long time ago, but the
there seems a gap, and every thing i
all misty, and it snakes my head ach
dreadfully to try and remember," h
„
out
the taste of the public• as to potatoes,
D. E. Willard of the Northern Pacific
Railway company not long ago made
an extended investigation—in homes,
hotels, restaurants, and commission
houses. He found the demand was
for sound potatoes, of good flavor,
medium size, and regular shape. He
also found that such. potatoes cone-
manded higher prices than mixed lots
of large and small, -diseased and
sound, regularly d'irreaularly sh
Gossip About the Styles.
It is quite heartbreaking this sea,
son to take out the wraps and frocks
of last year; for, almost without ex,
ception, they lack the necessary ful. ` -
siess.. Particularly in the case of an
evening wrap,. where the material is
in good condition, it is provoking to
find thestylepassee. The majority of
the coats of last season were narrow
of shoulder and continued along a
straight narrow way to the bottom of
the dress. This year shoulders may
still be narrow, but the bottom .` of
the wrap must be flaring. Therefore,
a good scheme in remodeling is to
add a broad circular flounce of a
contrasting material to the coat. The
same plan! may be followed in giving
width to the bottom of the sleeves. A
new collar on the order of the monk's
cowl' may be added to the neck, and.
the turn -over sections on each side of
the collar may be faced with fur;
perhaps some of the fur from a last
season's coat may be utilized in thie
way. Bits of embroidery make a -
lovely trimming for the top. of the
flounce and the sleeves, and also for.
the collar, but this is not necessary.
A band of fur, or a, gold cord;, may
conceal the joining of the.set-on piece
and the old part of the wrap; It is not
necessary, moreover, that the new ma-
terial .should match the old; it may
harmonize in color, or it may be in a
vivid contrast. In any case, it is bet-
ter not to try to match the material.
In a velvet wrap the hem should be of
faille, and in a faille wrap the hem
should be of velvet.
The rag of tulle fluttering string-
ily about the neck is played out. The
daintily shaped shoulders of the new' •
gowns and waists, quite as transpar
ent, quite as dainty, as the gathered
tulle or net or chiffon, now show a bit
of handwork, an edge outlined with a
darker line and something to give a
more substantial silhouette to the
shoulder, covering without taking
' away from the delicacy of the cos-
tume. It is remarkable to note how
much elegance the restoration of the
shoulder has in the anatomy of. the
dress.
Little insets of white leather and
hand embroidered eyelets are used as
trimming on some of the dark dress
boots, and black patent. kid .sandal
bands and trimming of inconspicuous
kinds are popular, ,
Then there are the sturdier beets
for street wear, boots with high tops
or tops of ordinary height, with
Cuban, Spanish or less practical Louis
heels. These are all in black, all
tan, in black or tan,- with contrasting
tops or contrasting trimmings, Tan
calfskin with dark wavy tops and
tan trimmings is about the most in-
nspicuous of the sportier walking
Dots; but tan, fawn or gray tops
ith black patent or leather vamps
re still much worn. Of the white
d black boots 'so distressingly
bused last season little is seen where
ally well-dressed women gather,
YOUR WRIST WATCH.
me of the Great Wonders of Its
Mechanism.
It is a marvel of minute workman -
p. It is one of the most wonderful
ngs the human hand fashions.
So
of its screws are so small that
0,000 go to the pound!
The pivot of the balance -wheel has'
iameter measured by the two-hun-
dth part of an inch, and, more =r-
ims still, in order that the pivot
ma
to
tho
T
don
par
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wit
have
co
b
as other inert do in
other business. W
Go over .
r the .crate corners and un- .i
used yards with a scythe and remove an
the burdock and other weeds that have a
found a home there. It will reduce the re
weed crop next year and makes the
place look better.
The successful dairies. are the ones
; represented by vigorous cows that are
liberally treated in the matter of ap Su •
propsiate rations, generous treatment
o ed potatoes. ar and ap- { and methodical management in the
hours of milking and feeding. sh'
g--- _ u ilii
0
grace enough upon
r •
ole I have brought die
and rules of conduct were wholly un-
like those which prevailed in Imperial
China. Specific regulations were
drawn up as to the height of the
stovepipe hats which - men were to
wear on state oocasioris. Tho old
Prince Albert coat, which European
capitals have tong ago discarded, -was
elevated to a place of distinction. In
Warm weather distinguished gentle-
men calling upon the President were
permitted; to wear a Prince Albert of
unlined alpaca.
So
_ her. Listen!"
n ± There were footsteps upon the
$ stairs. He clung to her in an agony
e of terror.
i "They are coming!" he cried. "Hide
me! Oh, hide me!"
moaned. -
"Then don't try," she said kindly
Ill read to you for a little time
you like, and you shall sit quite quiet.
He seemed not to have heard he
He continued presently --
"Once before I died, it was all
wanted. Just to have heard her
speak, to have seen my little girl
grown into a woman, and the sea was
I But she too was almost equally ter-
zf rifled, for she had recognized her f
„ ther's tread. The door was thrown
r. ; open and Da Souza entered, followed
i by Scarlett Trent..
I (To be continued.)
CHINESE, STYLES.
e always there, and Oorn Sam would a1-;
d ways come with Li__,- cursed
i Sever Fashions of the Republic 4'6'ill �� was
settled by mandate, of the
Disappear. and there was great confusion when 280
s dressmakers, milliners incl
t tailors are all in a flurry over the an- and imitate the dress of western na• att:
;.;,,.,n calf
sprang up.
"Mother, I cannot bear it any long
or," she cried. "I know where the
key is, and I am going into that
room."
Mrs. Da Souea's portly ft•ane quiv
erect with. exciterncnt.
.Tulie, do remy ember! Yourled. "don'
father will r
know, and then-.oli, I shall be fright- ' •
ened to death!"
"It is nothing to rho with you mos
ther, , the girl snid,-"1 ani going,'
Mrs. Da Souza prtdticed a caps-' s
cions pocket handkerchief,; reeking
with scent, and dabbed her eyes with
it. From the days when she too had' t
been iike Julie, slips and pretty, she t.
had been every hour.. in dread of her
rum
Then one day came Trent and talke
o money, and spoke of England, an
when he went away it rang for eve
in my ears, and at night I heard he
calling for me across the sea. So
stole out, and the great steamer wa
, lying there with red fires at her fun
' nel, and was mad. She was crying
t for ism across the see, so I took the
She patted his hand y.
vas a lump in her throat, and hes
eyes wee° wet.
o much to see ?" she asked softly.
"My dataghter! My little girl," he
enswereds "And I heard her calling
o me with het. mother's voice across
he sca. Sp I took the money."
"No one would blame you velar
meth for that, I am sure,' she said
cheerfully. "You „ are frighteniag
eyourself needlessly. I will speak to
ather, and he shall help you."
He held up his band,
"Ho is hiding me," he whispered.
' "It ie theough him I knew that they
ere 'after nse, I don't mind for nier-
Practically every detail of the cos-
tumes which members of Parliament you
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dre
vel
y have free play, the jewel -hole in -
which it fits is exactly one five-
usandth part of an inch larger!
he gauge which enables this to be
e measures to the ten -thousandth
ut not only are the screws of a
eh as 'minute' as its bolts, but they
a thread, just like the big screws
diive into the door but theethread
mest eeseary
to ehelve their native gall.) s • Sive monarchy fashions will be quite ' whe
' unlike those of the Republic. So sere President' Yuan Sisili Kai, has -jai- of t
'ure the government officials of the re- mated that there lAdll be no restoring 000.
turns to the inch!
hat do yoe think the jewels in
Wrist -watch weigh.? What is
ed a pallet jewel weighs a ponied
n theee are 150,000- ,of there, and
he mike jewel it .eyouid need 250, -
suit of the coming electione that ill° of the, gorgeous attire assumed under T
O bureau of Rates has been iostructed,
' to prepare regulations for the eti-
quette of the monarchy.
i Under the Republic the costumee
he largest round hair -spring etud
eur -watch is four -hundredths of
inch ia diameter and 'inne-hern-
ths of an inch in length.'
ou did not realize till ,now whet a
venous piece, of heman ingenuity
skill yoa 'were carrying about
you. Yet the strueter° of the
of the eommon house -fly is to- the
t-we.teh what the watch is to a
ty old. beam engine of the days
att!
ink it oVer.
the Manchu yegitne, hut it is generallY in y
behayed That the: new nionarchy 0,11
not adhere to the strictly eeveee dred
of tho Republic. 7
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