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By HENRY BETON MleRRIMAN '42ar
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AnftTluring tItese three darn wherein
they never took eta organized meal or
.three conseeutiVe hours of. rest, Joseph,
Meredith and Oscard rose together to
that height of manhood wbere master
and eervant, eaucated man and COM-
• 11304 soldier, stand equal before their
Maker.
Owing to the promptness with which
measure, had been taken for isolating
the affected the terrible sickness did
not spread. In ell eleven men were
stricken, and of these ten died within
three days. The eleventh recovered,
but eventually remained at Msala:
• . It was only on the, evening of the
third day that Jack and Guy found
time to talk of the future. They bad
In triontha your go-.dounts *fa be
'full .it?'
went on defiberately, "I do not know
bow It was, but they did not hit It off
together. she was too houest to throw
berself at his head, 1 suppose, for
imagine a pretty glri can usually 40
what he likes with an old man if shO
takes the trouble."
1'Not with him, I think. Eieemed to
• be rather clown on girls 11:1 general,'
said Oscard coolly.
"Then you know himr
'Yes, a little. I have met hint once
pr twice -out, you know. I don't sup -
•pose he would know me again• if he saw
me."
Which last remark does not redound
to the credit of Guy's power of obser-.
vation. •
• They paused, It is wonderful how
• near we may stand to the brink. and
look far away beyond the chasm. Years
afterward they remembered this con-
versation, and it is possible that jack
Meredith wondered then what instinct
it was that made Min change the diree-
tion of their thoughts. •
. "If it is agreeable to you," he said, "/
think It would be wise for me to go
down to Loango and gently intimate to
Durnovo that we should be glad of his
• services." 0'
"Certainly."
By 7 o'clock the next morning the
canoe was ready, with its swarthy
rowers in their places. , The two Eng,.
lishinen breakfasted together and then
walked down to the landing stage side
by side.
O "Take care of yourself," said Oscard
gruffly as Jack stepped into the canoe.
•- "All right"
"And bring back Durnovo with you."
• Jack Meredith leoked up with a
vague smile.
"That man," he said lightly, "is going
• to the plateau if I :have to drag him.
there by the scruff of tbe neck." •
climiTlt :on
IT le poesible even in Loango to have
: a fling; but the carouser must be
prepared to face, even in the midst.
of his retcgiry, the haunting thought
that the exercise Of the strictest, emu.
. only,. itt any • ether part of the -world
• anight be a preferable pastime. • -
1• During. the three days f011ewhig' his
. arrival 'Vector Durnovo indulged,' ac -
•cording to his lights; • in the doubtful
pleasure mentioned. .He purchased: at
• the best factory the. best . clethes ob.
. tainabie; be lived he a fighting cciek In,
the' One ao called hotel, a haste 'phiefly
'. affected and, supported by ship cap--
• talus. 'He spent freely of inon•ey thst
Wiaziot his.andimagiped himself .th be
leading tbe life of a gentleman. He
• rode round. On a hired horse to call. on ,
• hit friends, and,on the afternoon of the
- sixth day he alighted -from this. quad-
ruped at the gate of the Gordons' bun-
'
netet left DurpovO's house, and On
this third day they foiled time to dine.
together. • • : •
'Do you think," Oscard asked .blunt-
ly' when they were left'aiOne to'smcike, .
"that Durnevo spotted: What was the
matter?" . . . • •1 ,•. • 1.• •
an afraid that I have. not .the
slightest • doubt : ot e It," replied jack
• lightly. • ••
' • - '•••• •
• Guy °Said gitye a :contemptuous' lite
tie laugh which had a deeper insult in
It than be could havipet Intowords.
'"Ilriiphi" he elueted. "It Is •rather
disgnitieg," lie. said after a pause. "I
hate. dealing With Cewards."
. • "And I witn. fines. For everyday
Use give me a coward by preference,"
"Yes, •there is something in that• .
Still, l'd throw up e the .whole... thing
••• • •• • • . . - •
"SO would said: AO, -turning
sharply in hie .Chale,' "If"-- :.•• . :
-Oscard. laughed curtly •and. Waited.
"If," _continued .Jitele •"/ But
I am more or less:bbtind.to: go on, noir.
Such chances, on this do not turn up
every day I cannot afford to let it go
by. Truth is, I told -Smite one whit
, shall be eameless-:-that would make .
Money to keep ber In that state et life,
wherein her godfathers, etc., have
placed her; ,
dher; and. akethat Money
m
"That's, about my size, too," said Guy
Oscard, .seinewhat Indistinctly, owing
to the fact thet he habitually stookeO
thick stemmed pipe. •
le it? I'm glad 'of.that It gives tui
sonietiting In common to.Work for." .^
•• "Yea", Guipansed and 'made a huge .
effort,. totiquering that taciturn-
• ity which was. almost an ntlliction to
• •"The. 'Mason I gave the .other
n nt_to you-and-tharehap • urnovo
was honest enough; but have another
I watt -to Ite-lon-nreir, months, but
• also Watt to make Money. Pie 'as
good as . engaged fp be .married. and I
'find that 'I :am . not so Well. off as I
thought I Wits. ;People told me that
should have three thousand a- year '
when theguvelor died, but I find that.
neoplertthow less of my affairs than I
thought.'!••• '
•
ev
• "They lariablY do,"'J put In Zack
enceuragingly. .. • • •' ••
..•• •
• "It is barely tWo•theusaeil,' and -and
slat has. beenbroUght to something
better than that." . •.
"Um! They inostli_am Jailnehas-J
-been----blulightTina-ta something better
than that too. That is.the Worst of it."
. "I belleve.implicitly in, this • Scheme,"
• eald Oscard. "It 4s a certain feet that
the men whci can- supply pure simiacine
have only. to mune their price' for it.
They will make a fortnne, and I be-
lieve that.,Dernovo knows Where' it is
growing ha quantities."' • •-
• "1 cannot see how inwoutd pay .hint
to deceive as in tbe matter. That is
• the' best way of looking at It," mur.;
mitred • Jaek reflectively. "When I
first Met him the Man thought he was
dring, and for the time really be
-
neve Unit he was honest Some men
are honest "when they feel 'unwell.
There wag so little doubt in my mind
that Urea into the thing at .once."
"It'�u will go op with It I Will
• stand by you," said Oseard ishortly.
"All right. Ithink We two together
are as good as. any half bred, sharper
en this coast,td put it oacefullyi"
• Duriug the erminetm
silee Jack woe
,appaterttiy meditating over the debt
Of confidence Which he still °tied to his ,
O eompanien, fot he spoke first and
qtlite nerlouely about hiteself, which
waa somewhat agairist his babit
"It dare say you hate heard," he said,
"that 1 bad,a--a disagreemeet with my
- tether,'"
"Yes, heard something ef it" replied
Weed in n tone Whidh seemed to
(Ily• that the "something" Weil cyulte
tuftlelent for his recoirements.
"It Wits abed my engagement." holt
.A few minutes later Jocelyn' came
• into. the drawing room, where he was
waiting, with a brazen face and a sink -
leg heart., Somehow: the very room
• had power to bring him down toward
his own level. • When be set eyes on ••
• Jocelyn, in her fair Saxon beauty, he
regained aplomb, • . • • •
She appeared to be rather glad to
see him. ..t • •
• "I thought," she said, "that you had
gone back to the expedition?" -
. "Not without Coming to say goOdhY,"
he ansivered. "It is not . •
just to :demonstrate bow 'fully he
.felt -ret ease • he took a chair. without.,
• waiting for an invitation and 'sat tap.
ping, hia boot 'with his whip, looking
her .furtively up • and down all the
while with an appraising eye...
And when do you go?" she asked,
with a subtle change in her bine which
• did not penetrate tbrougn• his mental
:epidermis
• I suppose in R few • days now. But
111 let you know all.rigbt, never fear."
Victor .Durnovo stretched Out his
legrmicl•pade himself quite at home,
• but JecelAit_doxi,e ..-On-the
--caTiet ai-if•-^she remained standing per:
aistently..and...significantly.7. -
"Maurlee gone away?" he Winfred.
"Yes," " ' . • . •
• "And, left you all alone,'; in atone Of
light badinage.
"I am accustomed to being left" she
ans•vvered gravely. 0 • ••
•"I don't quite like it, you know."
•
She looked at .him with a steady sur-
prise which made lira feel a trifle un-
centfortaltie. •
"Weil, you know," he was "forced, to
explain, shuffling the while uneasily itt
• his chair and dropping his Whip, "one
naterally_takes-an--interest-in-one's--;
vveleare. Yoh and Maurice are
the best friends I have In Loango." •
"Maurice has always spoken of you
with gratitude." she sal&
"To deaf eara-ell?"-Yeerhetas rea-
son to be. grateful, though perhaps I
• ought not to say it. I have put him
into several Vet7 good things on the
coast, and it Is In my power to get hitia
into this new scheme. It Is a big
• thing: he would be a rieh than In no
thee." • •• •
tie rose from his seat and deliberate-
ly tressed the moo to the sofa where
she bad sat down, where be reclined,.
with one Man stretched out along the
• backof it toward ber. In his other
hand he held his riding whip, with
vthich he began to stroke' the skirt ,Of
her dre8S, which reached along t
floor almbet to his feet:
"Would you like Ulm to be in it?" he
asked, with a meaning glanee beneath
his lashes, "It is a pity to throw awaY
a good chance; his position is not so
'• very secure, you know.""
She • gave a strange littie hunted
glance round the room. She was
wedged into a corner and could not
rite Without incurring the tisk ef hie
saying something she did not wigh to
hear. Then she leaned fotWard and
deliberately WithdreW her dreas front
the teeth of his Whip, Which Was, in
• Its way, a tibtle cares.
• "It he throwing away the chewer
She Asked.
"No, but you are
4-;
Then she rose from ber seat, and.
standing lo the middle of the room,
faced IMO with a eleiden gleam iu ber
eyes. •
"I do net Nee what it hags to do With
me," she saki; "I do not know arty -
thing about Mauriceli bileinese
rangemeote awl very little alioat his
business friends,"
"Then let me tell you, Jecelya-well,
then, Miss Gordon, if you prefer ite-
that you will know more about one of
his business friends before you have
finished with him. I've got Maurice
more or lees la my power now, mid, it
reets with Vile --
At OW moment a ShadeTY darkened
the floor of tbe veranda and an Mama
later Jack Meredith walked quietly In
by the wiudow,
''Enter yeung map," be said drarnat-
leally,Pby vvindpw-center."
"I am seri," he went an in a differ-
ent tone to Jocelyn, "to eorae in this
unceremonious Way, but the servant
tom, nae that you were on the veranda
with Durnovo, and" •
-
He turned toward the bat; breed.
pausing.
"And Durnovo is the man I want,"
weighing each word.
Durnov,:es right hand was in his jack.
et pocket. Seeing Meredith's proffered
• salutation, he slowly withdrew It and
shook bands.
The Mist of hatred was still in his,
eyes when Jack Meredith turned upon
Wm vvith aggravating courtesy, The
pleasant, half cynical' glance wandered
from Durtovo's dark face very delib-
erately down to his jacket ',ticket,
where the stock of a revolver was lin.
Perfectly Coneealed.
"We were getting anxious •about
• you," be explained, "eeeing that you
did not Verne back. Of gorse, we
knew that You were capable of taking
care of yourself," 4
•
He was still looking Innocently' at
the telltale jacket pocket, and Dur -
novo, following the direction of • his
glance, Mistily thrust his hand 1nt It.
• "But ono can never tell With •e:
treatherous elimate like this what a
day man bring forth Howeeer, 1 am
• glad'to find you lookineto..yery fit,"
Vietor 'Burney° gave. an awkward
little laugla„ extremely conscious of the
factory clothes. , •' • •
• fi
"Oh, yes; I'm aright," be said. "I
was going to start 'this evening." •
' .The girl steed behind them, with a•
flush. sleWly fading 'trona .• her face.,
.There are some women who become
suOdenly beautirul,..not by; the glory of
a beautiful thougnt, not by the elcalta-
tion of a lofty virtue, but by. the mere
• praefical human flush. Jack Meredith...
When he took his eyes from Dernote'l. •
*lancing at Jecelytt, suddenly . becathe
aware of the .presence of' a beautiful
woman.•• • : • • • •
The , crisis wee -pest, and, if Jack •
knew it, se . else . did Jocelyn.. ahte
• knew' that the imperterbable. gentle -
manliness of- the Englishmen• had.coni
y ore .p ss e West
Indian the simple, downrightfact that
Ili it lady's drawing mem there 'was to
be ge raised voice, no itching fingers, :
fekflash •••Oi
"Yes," he said; "that Will suit, Me
• splendidly. • We will travel together." •
He turned to Jocelyn. ". ••
--- "I ' hear 3e:ter-brother is Amity?".
•4'Yes, for a feW ileys. ,He hoe *Coe
up the coast."' •' • '
Then there was a silence. They both •
• painied, 2helping •each. other its if ..bY
prearrangement, and , Victor.. Demeter
suddeely felt thathe mustgo. He rope
arid picked up the whip which .be had
dropped.. on the matting. There :was
no help for it -the United these
two people were too strong Tor him.-
• ' th
Jack Mered]..pessed out, of the ve-
randa With hint, Murmuring something
about giving hine a leg up.- 'While they
e
werwalkieg round the hotise 'Victor
Durnovo made • one of •those •bideoint.,
mistakes Whieh . one remembers all
• through life with a sudden . rush of.
_warm shame .and 'self -contempt The..
very thing that was. uppermost in his
"Enter, voutto man," he said Oran:tat• '
iCattf/.
mied'to be avoided- suddenly buhbied
to his lips, almost, it would seem, in
defiance Of hiS own will.
"What about the smalleethe smell -
pox?" he asked. • • ,
• "We -have got it Under;" replied jack
qhletly. "We had a very bad time for
three days, but we got MI the cases
isolated and prevented it from spread-
ing. .01 course we could do little or
nothing to save them; they died."
DurtioVe had the air of n whipped
dog. His mind Was a blank. Ile elm.
-tily hail nothing to say. 'Me intrnilite
lion of Utter self contempt wee hie
"You need not be afraid to come
bthik now," Jack Meredith went Ott,
tvith a Strange refilientent Of cruelty.
And that was ail he ever said about
it.
"Will it be eonvenient for you to
Meet the on the beach at 4 o'clock this
afternoon?" be imbed when Durnovo
was in the saddle.
,
"Ali right; 4 o'elock."
lie turned and deliberately weat
back to the butigaloW:
There are some friendshipe where the
intereeuree 10 only the geed which ab-
sence duly germinates, ,Jocelyn Oor-
non etuLiack had netted as atuabit.
awes; they diet 000'1110148. There IN
no exPlalning these thing% for tbere is
no towing the depthe Of the Ininuta
mind. There hi no getting 4OW4 to tbe
little bond that lies at the bottom of the
Well -the bond of sympetily. There 10
ne knowing" what it is that prompts us
to say, "This man or this WOW= of all
the millions shall be my friend."
"I nth WM," be Mid, "that be should
have had a chatIce of causing you un-
easiness again,"
Jocelyn remembered that all ber life.
She remembers still, and Africa has
ellPhed away from her existence far.
ever. It is one of the mental photo-
graphs of her memory, standing out
elear and strong amid a host cif minor
• recollections. • '
"I do not believe," she said, "that
you know the risks yell are running
• into Even ha the short time that
lefaulice and I have been here we have
O leareed to treat the cliraate of western •
• Africa with a proper respect. • We have
known so reeny people who have one-
, numbed." •
! "Yes, but 1 do not mean to do that.
In a way Durnovo's-what shall we call
• it? -lace of nerve Is a .great safeguard:
He will not run into any danger."
"No, but be might run you into it"
I "Not a second time, Miss Gordon.
• Not if we know it, Oscard mentioned
a desire to. wring Durnovres neck. • I
am afraid be will do it one of these
deys."
! mistahe that -most people make,"
the girlwent on more lightly, "Is a
! want of care. -You cannot be too care.,
ful, you know, in Africa," '
"I am careful]; I havereason to•ben
She watt; looking athim steadily, her
blue eyes searching his:
I"Yes?" she sale slowly, and there
were a thousand questions in the word..
"It wonld be very foolishfor me to
.be otherwise," he said. "I am engaged
to be married, and I came out here to
, make the wherewithal. This expedition
Is an .expedition to seek. the where-
withal," , . ; •••
"Yes," she: said, "hild therefore you
1. must be more careful than any one
else, • because, you See, your life is
; something which does not b'eleng to
' you, but with which you are trusted.
Mean if there is -anything dengerousto
be done let•some one else do it. What
,is she like?.. What is her name?" „
"Her name , IS .Millicent-Millicent.,Clyne."• •
"And -what -is she like?" ' •
I He leaned back and, interlocking his
; fingers, stretched his arms out with
i the palms of his !Mikis outward, • a
[habit, of hli when asked a •,question
• needing consideration. • '
•
• "She is of mediem height Her •halr.
Is browa, Her Worst enemy admits, I
believe, that she is pre*. Of course .
• I am convinced of it," •.
• "Of course," replied Jocelyn steadily.
"That is as it should be. And I have
no doubt that you and her worst ene-
• my are both quite right" '
•
. 04.0).TEit. XITI•
*CMOIL 4net lagriee !Gotten al-
•neist ittibe:Outiet of his Jour
•• neY: northNittrd. • "Sraallpoic is- •
raging on the Ogowe river," •
they told hind. • "The. English expedi-
tiere it strieken down :With. It.: •The'
three leatieth are dead." •
• Maud* Gordon had not .lived our
. .
•
years. .on the west African' Mast In
vath.He took this for what it was
• Worth: • But if he bed ucquited skepti-
cism be. had loft his nerve. He .put -
4boutand sailed -back to Loango.
,.•"r Wonder," be muttered as hewillie,
e41 up from the beach: to, his office thet •
same afternoon -"I wonder if Demote
amoog:them:"
:And he was consciops Of a ray. ef
hopein hie Tided. He was a kind
hearted man in :his Way, this Maurice
Gardiea of Loango ; but he could not
disguise from itimself the :simple feet
that the : death .44 . Victor Durnovo„
• would be a distioet convenience and e
most desirable relief. • . •
Tlibakingthee thoughts, Maetiete
:Gordon errited at the factory 'awl
went straight to 411 cavil office,' where
he found -"the objeet of theta, Victor
Durnovo sitting itt consunalifion of the
Office sherty. ' • ' •
• Gordon 'sawat once that the tunMe
was tree, •' There. Was 1 a hunted; un
wholesome leek id .Dureeto's eyes 'He
looked Shaken. and , failed .to convey.
it °suggestion of persentd.dignity:
. "Hellor•exelatm.ed the proprietor of.
the decanter. "You look a bit thipny.
_X-Ve-hea-yd-you've-got
Msela." • ' •
Stiltifiretr-ri-eTrustheard.•it fin
Meredith". • • , •
• "Just beard it! • Is 'llereditti down
hem. too?" . •
"Yes, and the foie *Etats to go back
tonight I have to meet hini on the.
b,eacb at 4. o'clock.". •• •
, •
Maurice Gorden eat dowit, 'Pouted
out for himself it glees et sherry and
draiik it thoughtfully, ,
"Do you ' knOW; Durnovo," be said
emphatically, "I have' my doubts about
Meredith beinga feel." . ••
"Indeed!" with a derisive laugh.
• Maurice Oordon leaked • Over his
,
shoulder to see that the dOor wag' stint;
"YOu'll here to be very careful," he
said. "The least slip might let it all out.
Meredith bet e (Piet way -Of looking
•
at one Which ,disqulets me.e might
.find out," ',!*•'' •
"Not he,". replied Derricivo confident-
ly, "especially if We succeed, and we
shall succeed; We shall!"
. Maurice Gordon made it little move -
Ment of the shOtilderis as indicating •0.
certiiin • uhealdnees, but he said noth-
ing. , ;.
There wan a pause of considerable
duration, at the end of Whith.Dernove
produced 4 paper from his pocket and
threw it down.
"That' good business," 'tepid.* '
"TWO tholleand tusks," milinnired
Biantlee Gordon. • "Yes, Abaft geed.
'Through Aimed, I suppose?"
"Yes. We can outdo these AtabEi at
their Own trade."
An evil smile lighted up Demote's
sallow fade. When be .smiled his droop -
ins, curtaimilke miisfache projected in
a Way that made keen observes of
the human face wonder what his
mouth was like. •
Gordon,. Who bad been handling the
aper with the tips of big fingers•as if
t Were somethingunclean, threw It
own on the table again,
"Ye..es," he said slowly, "but it does
ot eeetri to dirty blaelt hands as it
eel white. They know no better."
"Lerdl" ejaculated Durnovo. "DOn't
let Mibet& the oldAstratinenta tilLOVAc
VIlioughr vt5 auifNkr Chin)*
trade was there. We couldn't prevent
it, and therefore the best Wing is to
make hay while the sun shine* and
then clear out 01 10 country,"
"But suppose Meredith finds POPP
reiterated Maurice Gordon, with the
lamentable hesitation that -precedes
Joss.
"U Meredith finds *tit It will he the
:worse for bint."
(*tertian' eententratIon of tone
aretleed Maurlee Gordon'e attention,
and be glanced uneeelin at hie tom -
Penton.
"No one knows what goes on In the
heart of Africa," mild Durnovo darkly.,
"But we will not trouble about that,
mammal won't find .out."
"Where is be now?"
"With Yeltr eleter at the htingaloir..
A lady's man -that is what be is."
On bearing that Oltele Was at the
bungalow with Jocelyn; Maurice Ger-,
don glanced at the dock and wonder*
ed bow he COUld get away from hist
preeent visitor, The atmosphere et
Zack Meredith's presence was prefer.
able to that \diffused by Victor Durno.
vo. There wee a feeling of personal'
safety and dignity Irt the very sound
of his voice which eet a weak and
easily led man upon his feet.
But Victor Durnovo had something
to say to Gordon, which clreinnstanees
had brought to a mists. --
"Look here," he alibi, leaning for-
ward and throwing awaY,-the-agiri,
rette he had been srooking,,I'flilS, airolat,
• clue scheme ie *going to bellne'biggest
thing that bus ever been run on this
coast."
"Yes," said Gordon, with the MM.
tererfee that comes from nonparticipa.
thin.
"And I'm the only busine,sit man In
It," significantly.
• Gordon nodded his head, awaiting
further developments.
"Which 'mecum that I could work
another man into It. I 'night find out
that we could not get On without hint."
The Keck eyes seemed to probe the
good natured, sensual face ''df Manrice
Gordon, so keen, se searching was
their glance. •
"And 1 would be Willing to do It,. to
make that man's fortune, provided
that he was my brother-in-law."
"What the' .devil do you mean?"
asked, 'Gordon, setting down the glass
that was belf"ralsed to bis lips.
l'I,Inean that I want to marry 'Ioce-
• And the Taddern school or realistic,
mawkishly foul =rusts, who hold
",73esides4'.' he said, t may- sackeed
• out any of 'that,--:eht,
that Wye •erousetb all, would have
• taken delight in the passionate render-,
..ing of the girl's name. •
"Want • to • marry -* Jocelyn, do your
answered Maurine, with nderisive little
laugh On the first impinge, of the mo
-
:Limit be gave no thought to himself (try
• his own leteresis and spoke -with un-
disguised.contempt s' He might bare
been speaking to a beggar on the road- .
nide • . . '
• DurnovcerreYes flashed dangerously
and his tobieeo 'stelned teeth climbed
for a montent over his lower
• "That le lay desire and intention."
• '.!..Look........here,Durnovor-exclaimed
..Gordon, "Opel be a fool! Can't you
• see:that it Is quite out ot the question ?"
"No," he skid, "I can't hee that it is
out of the question. On the eentrary.,
CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE,
. Postal, Progress. '
• Commenting on Postmaster -General_
Buxton's new arrangements with -the
Canadian Government, by which Brit-
ish magazines and newspapers :will be
carried at a lower rate, The London
-Standard says !--"There is a note "of
ecturid Imperialism in the -proposal,
since it will help to keep in sympathy
the thought of the 'English -thinking
race.' But if theta is money to be •
spent in the readjustment of the pos-
tal system at home there are :wider re-
forms which might mete profitably be
undertaken. While every littje Dutch
village has, its telephone, there ins
scores Of villages in this country
which have not even a telegraph, and
We have nothing, even in the metro -
pone; which answers to the petit blew •
of Paris. To increase rapidity of com-
munication is of far greater import-
ance that to reduce the .cost of trims-
mitting Money -loaders'. circulars. But
eheephese is the craze of the day."
- '
Silage For Beet Cattle.
• Feeders of beef cattle have always
had 4 prejudice againet silage. Be-:
cent experiments have shown thati
steers will, make an excellent growth;
if led sotrte rich feed along with eorni
silage and will gain quite as fast as
when on good pasture. The dairy tyPel
steer is not so profitable for beef, as;
he shows tti low dressing percentago!
and a high 'percentage of offal. Vat on
the internal organs increases the'i
weight of the cheaper parte. The beef
steer puts on fat on the higher priced4
cute, •
4 4.010....004064.1••••,ft•s***,*00
• An inference.
"When I awoke from the operation'
I felt as if 1 was burning tip."
"I see. Yen must have thtmght that
It had been nneuccessful."
A &tee day grants what it whole
year deniee.-boteh Proverb.
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