The Wingham Times, 1901-07-05, Page 9_, ,
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MYSTERY of
AGATHA WEBB,
By Anna, Katharine Green,
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Frederick's arrest 1144 been conduct-
ed so quietly that no hint of the mat-
,tel: reached the village before the nest
morning. 'Then the whole town bra,
Into uproar, and business was not only
`suspended, but the streets and docks
overflowed with gesticulating men and
.excited wonlen, carrying on in every
-corner and across innumerable door.
}steps the endless debate which such an
-action on the hart of the police neees-
sartly opened.
But the most agliated face, though
the stillest tongue, was not to be seen
In town that moitaing;, but in a little
,cottage on an arid hill slope overlook-
ing the sea. Here Sweetwater sat and
•commuued with his great monitor, the
ocean, and only from Ills flashing eye
-and the firm set of his lips could the
mother of Sweetwater see that ,the
,crisis of her son's life was rapidly rp-
preaching and that on the outcome of
this long brooding -rested not only his
'.owu self satisfaction, but the interests
of the inn most dear to them.
Suddenly from that far horizon upon
which %veetivater's eye rested with a
look that was almost a demand came
,an answer • that flushed him with a
' hope as great '-?s ft was unexpected.
-Bounding to his feet, lie confronted
his mother with eager eyes and out-
stretched hand.
• "Give me money; all the money we
:have in the house. I have an idea that
. I
I t \
' S'cre Stvectivater sat and communed with
I his preen morttor,
may .be worth all I can ever make or
,'can ever hope to, have. If it succeeds,
we save Frederick Sutherland; if it
, fails, I have only to meet another of
f`Knapp's scornful looks. But It won't
f fail. The inspiration game from the
sea, and the sea, you know, is my see-
; and mother." •l
What this Insl,igttion was lie did not
•!say, but it carrMol him presently into
town and lauded him in the telegraph
.office.'
* • w ,a a a *
, The scene later In the day, when
I Frederick entered the village under the
liguardlanship of the police, was inde-
••serlbabie. Mr. Sutherland bad insisted
upon accompanying him, and when
!'that well loved figure and white head
;,were recognized the throng which had
.rapidly collected In the thoroughfare
leading to the depot succumbed to the
`feelings occasioned by this devotion
:and fell Into a wondering silence.
Iyrederick had never looked better.
"There is something in the extremity of
.•fate which firings out a man'sl best
characteristics, and this man, having
i mach that was good in him, showed It
at that moment as never before in his
' short but overeventful life. As the car-
.•rlage stopped before the courthouse on
Its way to the train a glimpse was gIv-
•en of Ills handsome head to those •cello
, had followed him closest, and as there
became visible Por the first time is his
C'face, so altered under his troubles, a
.likeness to their beautiful and com-
'ananding Agatha a murmur broke out
'stround him that was half a wail and
half a groan and which affected him so
I that he turned from his father, whosel
;-hand be was secretly holding, and; tal.•-
ing the whole scene in with one flash
! of his eye, was about to speak, when
a sudden hubbub broke out in the dl•
rection of the telegraph office, and it
plan was seen rushing down the. street
:holding a paper high over his head. It
',vas Sweetwater,
"Newsl" he cried `"News! A cable,
:gram from the Azores! A Swedish soft,
,or"—
But here a man with more authority
:than=the amateur detective pushed Ills
way to the carriage and took off his hat
to Ifr. Sutherland.
"I beg your pardon," sold he, "br' till,
rrisoner ,v111 not leave town today. In,.
portant evidence has just reached us."
Mr. Sutherland saw that it was in
Frederick's favor and fainted on his
U s6n's neck, As the people beheld his
'head fall forward and observed tete
1look with which Frederick received
11m in his arms they broke into a great
:shout,
"NeWsl" theft shrieked. ,.xewsl
Prederick Sutherland Is Innocenti See,
the old man has fainted from joy!''
And eaps event tip and tears fell before
-4 mother's son of thein knew what
•grounds they bad for their enthusiasm.
Later they fouled they were good and
-substantial ones. Sweetwater had ro-
fn OMbered the group of Matters Who
had passed by the cot -not of Agatha's
house just as patsy fell forward on the
+tulu:lntc attl arret oabllt,v to tht+ cantata
THE W-111GRAM TIXES1 4ULY 5, IN] 0 � I .
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dff the 'Vessel at
rho t'I;t rt at 1
the ,Pere like! to put O 3vas �Ol'tll- a 1l'otllAlt t!Y!»'Y, j1p Lord ,A'.U31glilly ', ' �t>r 1 i �i:� (` .`' +"]allilfily, etulingy,"' quANQr01� �Bflflr Vii.
y y p knows I do, I want you, to let toe .tllar, �kks t' ** I t
Hato ertotlgL t9 receive !n reply a corn• 1� aq. ' ... but sUe l,tiew the lnlseblef ,vas done. WE6T POINT - OLS , -_
ntu ilcation from 9110 of the. ;nen ,vllo fy ?'ou' Jess. I ;1 alit to. h. A right , �f if / ii±,; bad to comm. All her tenderness
;remembered tine words she shouted, to take care a you, .Jess. Jess!' and, for sight could not ward It off. Tile West Pofat o'aoats 04ould alar 1.
They wel'o In. Swedish, dna 0949 of his IIt, Unci but riea over the little speech I r 0+1'4uny had out), precipitated It a little. crodit for bquat:t lntaclitiop to kaap qi _
alifft "I
as If flab iters, precious, but the cry - ,. I p}pzuise to altr,licu haxiux, l.ut a -,.
plates Itaa understood thein, but he re- at the t'nd came froln Ills soul, 1:19 lead , + � tl I1oW less Uad ,%4tched fife LerriUle agttiust klle pia, ki(le will Jzltrrat as o -mazes.
oalledthcinwell. i`lzey ,tela; _ Ivounds heal slowly Into usly seAtns Indianapolis Press, "
"Ilijelpl IIjelpl Fruit huller pa .alb bis hard brown Uatlds aux fip her. 'F , . ' • and suffered for Johnny.' Not for her, %*he pled e p SVeat point cadets to + ,
4044 sig, T.Iou bar an lrniP, 1r alp! " "Let t me •g q past, Johnny; lot me go '� self, Pot ;chat 414 less care for the u '
,
j past, cried Jess, fiercely, She could. r. ;' tr' "top hazing and not .lutraduce slrr�tttsc1.
I3jelpP ilness flint Ulit=bke4 Joh s b4adsom0 prgctices 1A p14CC of tbtws >alxtce pad
In l4laglish: ' . riot trust herself to loos: ,at him. '� fl;ca forever? rt ryas still. Jollnuy's gives satisPlekion. ine haYa kla cTtzabt
"Help'. IIelill iUy mistress kills hers Was bac 9417 safe,Iunrd. � . , fpce, and Johnny belonged to 40x. Site that they will keep their word and. abaft
self! She bas a knife', help! Ilelpi "Altswer we stt•ttlltht out, Jess Iihn- i � � : � W138 going to marry Johnny, i1 clearer conception of kronor at kin(!
goy'.' dematlded' Johnny, with stern I;ut her heal'- aahea fpr him. She biilitary academy will date from thla , sg
The Impossible lead occurred. Busy despair. "Ain't I gat the right to be �' ' agreeable lacldent, New York Tribune,.11
w4s not dead, of At least liar testimony •71 ", . < could har4ly bear it. Today, speeding ,
anst%erea same as Otl}e}' Incl}Y Aiu't I? ,y �'� Own rho 10ng st1'etch of roadway from „File reCOgniti0n by the cadets that tleik
still remained and 1144 come at Sweet , - egde pf honor" !s a false glte and tl}Gtr 1.
1
water's beck from tiro other side of ho Aln t I waited long enough for 4n fill, , tlla works, site has wishe4 het fact,
sea to save her mistress' son, saver? No, no.; not that, Jess,' Don't T,,. •r� too, could be seamed. and Marred !tl*e pledge to tsiend their ,vat's .iai tbo futures
*III r • • est Point
* • say you don't love ma. 1-1 1�170w tbilt. A. 1• �^. �(= ` , � Jubuny's. Jess knelt' the fresh, sweet In�1popular cestimat on but threbAbIlItitte e�Ze will be
But I ,vont you anyway, I'll be thin f• I •beauty of liar own face, antl the con- Leen. �vatchfujuess hereafter that t6sr
Sweetwater Was a made man. And good to you, little girl! I'll take that l %>�•�/.(G
Frederick? In a wool; be was the Idol care o' you"— 4''�' � ,k �: Y:r bast hurt her for Johnny, prop}it;e is faithfaily kept:
oP the town. In a year—but lot Agnes' ' I f a "Poor Johnny!" murmured Jess. An.
contented fact: and happy smile show Jess stared down file white roadway r other difficulty loomed over her—ber Ndtvard VII has written poetry- for
W114t he was then, Sweet Agnes, who urtsceingly. Even the little un's bowed public avowal before the glen and girls private circulation.
first despised, then encouraged, then figure, waiting, did not cattle within ._� ' Lite (lay of Jolmay's sacrifice, Every Queen Henriette of Belgium, ;who bale
her vision. She began to speak in a - .'� �• word of it stood out like cleat* hand- been suffering from acute bronchitis, it •
loved him, and who nett to Agatha harsh, strained voice. . ,„ ,. recovering. „ , wrttln. on .the wall, They had all g
commanded the open worship of his "Yost want me to answer straight Ile belongs io ate, I m porn to r►}anv hoard wall bat Jpbnlly. (V1iAt would The Empress Frederick thinks that
heart. out—ain't that what you said, Johnny? llittl' there is no perfume in the world which
Aglttlia is first, must be first, as any y„ were sobbing Ilkc tliellt'tie un. Ile t11[tik when be heard of it, too,, out- egtxtils that of the best can de epint;na,
one can see who beholds hina on a cer- Well, it wont take long, its so short," '"Where we gain to carry him to?" side, its be would be sure to do? Ile The boy Lint of Spain sent of !input- tain anniversary of each y( bury bis For one instant Tess let her eyes muttered Tim Bradlee busklly, ",!ohm %vas getting strouger ail the time. Soon 'slue letter to the I'rtyce of eat as a shot.*
face iu the long grass which covers the meet Johnny's. She tdwlijin aed, straight sty didn't have no home nor no folks," lie would be ont again, add some of the time ago promising, his sympathy and
dna pitiless, between hint and file sun. Ile used the past tense unconscious- boys would let the secret out, suppv-'t in any difficulty. His change of
saddest tinct most passionate re -of "�No," "she said quietly. "Now let me 1 But that trouble settled itself wtille• estate must present this incident with
that ever yielded to the pressure of g „ y. This runs not Johnny nosy—It had Jess stood and looked down 9tt John- -taw interest to Edward VII. •
life's deepest tragedy. bo past, Johnny. been. The girls stood about,. wring-
• TUE >~xn. The little un was whimpering softly Ing their hands hysterically. ny's hidden face. The pity and the The prince regent of Bavaria collected
to himself. Jess held out her hand to"Ile narn't worth 1t—such a little in liar soul crowded out ever,'- the pitchers and vessels of peasants cit 1
Mini ,vlth gentle conciliation. Sha was ' humpbacked thing," somebody said thing else. She kept mouthing the big Bavaria during the middle ages. Ile has
iu;1v tPtmsPs tr,>w otatLr atb;t tp,ve;tet4pnl }go. always gentle with the little un, and 8111'1117, white hands' with her fingt+rs over and but one superstition, which is toillima w
IP; ,� Por her sake every one also was gentle ,, on. Fridity. His grandfather, the spirit:
( �i too. Ile was Liu n(I weird, tied his SU, cunt you? Do you want Jess ovor• dna thetl she leant cl (Iowa uud cd King Louis 1 of Bavaria, was an I'p-
El Joss Johnny,y to bear?" cried some one else. But kissed them. Johnny quivered frotu satiate coilectp} of old umbrellas.
I little cilllciish face peered out through ,. ", ,,,
r. a tangle of yellow hair. It was nota there was no danger. Jess was wiping b('a i to foot Johnny. Jess cried. The German emperor has often proved
• A LOVE STORY. the blood from Johnny's face, She ''lohnny, look up. look up! Please, that Ire in not In the least afraid of ride
t' misfit, this name. Ile would always had pally -heard Tim Bradlee. With a dear!" rule, and surely neve(• more so, remaricat
By Annie Hamilton Donnell. be/a little un in body and in mind. sudden movement she stood before She Yorced away his bands with gen- The Sketch, than when he allowed h�'iiil;
Er eu Ism hunger -y, he wailed. "'You'd him tle firmness. She was looking down at self, as lie did the other clay, to be 11410•• ,
CoeYnron, IMQ, 9 just's Beres I'd be hunger-y—yes, you „ Isim, lilllg lrtng a. little, Fh 1 1
t� BY.AIQNLu I ,%_%m PoN DONNELL. "Carry Johnny to my house, Zinc y' y'• A ware graphed in full lulnttng costriue, holdlnl;
J7 would too! Xou—you want me to be g of crimsurt crept up across her swot in one hand a cigar, while fire ether ig
f�E�rp77°�d�liatliRitt°�Q°a+iitdo4:9°W"S:""-°stl'�^i°sS�i3Q°R}.E hunger -y!" • she said quietly. "He belongs to me.
I'm goin to marry him,'• face. "What I've got to say Is that 1-- cusconced in a handsome furry muff.
"Miss It? Johnny? That he will!
Ho's too likely n chap—goim to be fare -
man, certain—to be wastin himself like
that. B'gosh, man, it'd be the ruiva-
tioc o' Johnny!"
"You quit'comin down on Jess, Tim
Bradlee! There ain't no other girl
tendin looms to these works"—
"Ob, Jess is good enougb; site's all
right. I wouldn't look further myself
if I didn't have lay little old woman
Wready. Jess is all right, but.tbere's
the little un and the granny. That's
where Johnny'd miss it"
"Yrs, sure; there's the little un and
the granny."
The second voice had dubious notes
Ln it, There seemed no room for fur -
titer argument.
Nconiugs, at the Liberty woolen mills,
the men stood round "in little groups of
threes or fours, clinking their dinner
pails as a needless what to their appe.
tites, *It was a breach of etiquette in
the unwritten code of Liberty woolen
mills' law to open the dinner pails too
soon. The girl operatives collected in
the open windows or by themselves out
in the yard—all but Jess. Jess went
home at noon, though it was a long
walk back and forth. She shot past
the two speakers now, her little, beau-
tiful figure 'balanced straight ahead.
Of course she had heard. The little
shabby man. who had taken her part
64getecl nervously.
"You'd ought to watch out, Tim," he
mattered.
"Watch out!" retorted the other.
"Yon can't watch out for comets scoot -
in accost your tracks. Jess Is a reg'lar
comet "
The barren road, thick with white•
dust and scorching with stored ftp suet
rays• stretched away from the great
looming bulks ' of the "works" as if
makingn. bee line to escape from them.
Dic:ly, at its terminus, one could dis-
tinguish the rows upon rows of little
houses flanked by two big bearding
houses that made up Liberty. Liberty!
The name was such a mistlt. It was
the one thing wanting in the little set-
tlement—liberty.
Jessie Binney—or just Jess, as every
one called her—sped down the hot
roadway, She was going home to the
little tun and granny, and trying to
outrun Johnny. Both spurs urged her
on with equal incentives. She knew
Johnny was behind—She could hear
the pound of his big fact on the road,
muffled by the carpet of wliite dust.
•She Was so familiar with the sound.
Ahead—way ahead—the little un was
waiting. Jess was familiar with that
too. The tiny, stooped figure always
waited.
Jess, Jess!" Johnny called, pleading-
ly. A little flavor of injury was in the
sound of Itis voice. It was Most a
pity after braving the men'8 jeers, to
be treated this way. Johnny cherished
the* sweet memory of • three reel letter
qo-mins;;K When Jess• like the little uu.
had waited. Ile made the most of
:licit—it seemed so likely they would
have to suffice for him.
Jess[ I say, Jess!"
The girl foeged ahead steadily, "Brit
the-°e's the little un anti the granny-••
that's where Johnny'd miss it," sound-
ed in liar cars. She had known it bis-
Pore—yes, yes, eartainly—but the meat's
rI cleat, •Its made t distinctly d c r to her
voices
Y e
now. The reiteration in her brain—
,,There's the little Un and the granny-
tl•"` little un and the granny"—only till
derdned it. .
"I've found it out in plenty* o' time,"
Jess congratulated herself grimly. Iter
thin, handsome face was set in lines of
train. The pounding; steps behind
changed their time abruptly. With a
,spurt of speed Johnny shot by her, and
faced her in the dusty road.
,,jags, little girl," lie said humbly.
Ills good, brown- face was wistful in
its pleading, "You'll let me speak to
you a minute, Jess? A, minute ain't
much to ask, now, Is It?"
"No,, no; let ine go past, Johnny. I've
got to. Granny's waltingf for her tea,
and the ilttle ant, •
11381ust wait too: I'll make it up to tho
little un, Jess, ''!Phot I've got to say
is that I—I lova you, Jess. I do it as
hnthns� Ann lsn,sl•ty Ila a man +ovor loved
"Why, little un! Why, little unl"
crooned Jess soothingly, the
The girl's voice rang out distinctly.
love you. Johnny. The Lord Alm',, !lty
St. Petersburg's churches are fisc most
.mpthur
sound in her voice. The little un could
There was no quiver of doubt or of
shame in It. She Paced them all splen-
knows I do. I want you to let ale r/lils••
•ry you. Johnny, you've g of to! I said
splendid of any modern ,churches Ili the,, '
world.
not remember any other mother but
Jess. II'or six of Ills seven years sho
didly. One of tete girls uttered a ner-
I was goiu to. I told thvill all 1 watt
DI'Alop Po!ey (Roman Catholic) of Do. -
Do. -
had mothered his misshapen, stunted
vows sound that might have been a sob
that clay yqn saved tae lilt!,- un.
trait the other day paid it tribute of lore
tittle body tenderly.'
or a laugh, Jess caught the look on
b
The rest ,rhe! t:•ttt�pered with hes- f:tc•e
and admiration to the late Bishop Bode
"Why, little un, and sister was gain
g
her face.
I am gain to 1nnrP Johnny," she
lu Isis neck as Kbo knelt bv%id a tilt, 1;od,
1. �, ,.
Johnny. au..,wtl nit, rtti;lig:bt our."
of the \lethodist church.
The large private library of the late
to give you such a nice puddin todayl
repeated sharply. "Oh, you needn't
Fit(* breathed. "Baven't I „ c•t a r'i;;ltt
•bishap of London, Dr. Creighton. will be
` Site
took that way, Icioll Dixey! Johnny
to be answered same as—other Wats-
left to colleghe e, oosthe
v..y (fittve
bent over and whispered some•
.
ain't dead. Jae belongs to !lie, and I
en-?"
encu etl of t%lhant
in„ In his ear.
th"
'Plums!" shrieked the tittle un
tell you I'm gain to marry him. Won't
She wits lau-blur softly under liar
a inanlbor,11
, _
The Rev Dr. Elias Biggs. t%•bo 0,d at =
„ Plums in it—plums!"
somebody carry hilt to guy house? Has
breath, but he could feel the hat lilaud
In bar face.
his home in Scutari, a suburb of Cunstan- -
_
"I+'ive. of 'ern, little un—all In your
anybody gout for n doctor? „
"Yes, ycZ.s, two of the boys," volun-
I m „oin to marry you. •luhnu3:' ,
tinople, on J1n, 1T, was the oldest grad =_
suite of Amherst and was a mtssfon; ry fn
piece," Jess said, smiling in her patu,
for her beast was like, a stone In her
tecred many voices. "He'd ought to be
whispered Jess. "I love you. clew►:"
Turkey for 60 years. He was known 1st
breast. She could look back and sec.
here inside o' the 'arf 'our. Stidd ,
y
The little tin stooped stealthily out to
Europe and America as a theologleat
"Granny, I'll get out o' bed If you
boys ---easy!"
granny. HIS uncanny. strange eltild's
scholar, a linguist and a missionary. LIe, -
Johnny slouehltig back along the white,
If Johnny had been a baby instead
Pace was full of awe, and lie prodded
was bora in :dew Providence, Ir'..I.. fie -
gIariug road. She lead sent hila away
of a brawny. . crushed giant, they could
granny's arm excitedly with a tittle
1810. was graduated from Amherst ire
from her. How could she mind the
,
not have carried hint more tenderly
sharp forefinger.
a
1829 and from Andover seminary is
IS„1,
looms clay after day without Johnny's
down the straight road outlined in
„ My, Jess is kiss's Johnny!' Ile
.
.
tender words in her, ears and .Johnny
crimson and ;old. Relays followed,
shrilled. "Au Johnny's kissin Jess!"
146wMa Cali'sd �0Ad
to wait outside and wail: home with
her? Raw could site bear the upend-
and the poor, uumnscious load was
111a M.1inumt1stg;' Pose.
''------- -
ln„ grind or her yonnb life without
Ing "
:.lohnny :
shifted occasionally with the gentle
. _Hess of mothers handling their babies.
"Henry bad to go to bed after that
,
To TIM Dr Ar --4 rich lady, cured of
Tile vista of years that opened be-
'less and the little�tin -vent on ahead
visiting clergyman went away."
",t h tt Was the matter:'
liar Deafness and Noises in the Head by
• Poi.e her and reached into the dim pet•-
The el, a was Fittletg still under his
�
breath, arul his little torn clothes trail-
"He prostrated himself trying to give
.
Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums
' ><
1:pective of old age—old age like gran-
1 uy's—stifled lier•and killed her courage.
ed, uunotictd, behind.11im. 'i'ht llor•
I
the clergyman the impression that be
.
, was a pillar In our church."—Chicago
gave2Ii000cloLtm•otohisIustitrta,sothat.
deaf unable to
Eley feet heavily be
ror of the terrible ultuuta before Jotm•
people p:ocuie the Ear
stumbled along
: nr spl:tng to his rescue was overkecn
Record.
Drums may have, them free. Address,
side the little un's.
was waiting too. There was
for his unbn,hinced little.nlilid.
—
The Nicholson Institute, ;'�0 Einlith. 14
,Granny
scarcely time to get the plain little
- "I'm killed! I'm killed!" he moaned
Fur:uer'a L'ettor oft
Avonne, New York.
meal and hurry back at the clang of
with patient reiteration. "You'd just
as (!eves Cd be killed, .less: yes, you.
Mr. Hamilton, of the Toronto Globe
-
,
the factory bell. There wag no time for
,
would Loa. Yon ain't sorry."
stag-, has been contributing a number of
b
To Prol"l bil; Tratmag Fn4tzt %.
Jess to eat, but it did not matter to
And Jess was not even thinking of
letters to that journals s to the agricul-
At the laic iluet^ne of tl:a Gutlpll.
her
the little un. She had forgotten him
Lural condition in i ork county. He
City Cour,cit a by-1mv %vas it:troduced
Weeks crept by until they were
months, and it was crisp, late fall.
,
for once, Isays
of the improvement in the sootal
to prohibit the use Of Tradiug'st;tlups n
Since thht hot, white day when John-
When Johnny ,,voice out of his stupor,
condition of the farmers: '
£lie City. The Oaclph Hoard says:
ay overtook her and the little un wait-
he thought Ila had gone to beaven and
"All consulted unite in declaring that
Aid. Day introduced and h.,el read no
ed, whimpering, Johnny bad never
P
one of the angels war: bending oval
b in. She Was very Sweet tin(] gentle,
the Standard of living; of the farmer has
first and second runt! it by-law nrohibil;-
wailed home with bar. He bad taken
�` he, tt is Jess! `!'hen .less batt gone
greatly improved. He lives in a better
in- the nee of Trading; Stamp.;. This
his answer stolidly and gone about
to heaven too? Johnny ex,I.
erienced a
]louse, has better furniture, has better
by-law was ]ttrrsed in contnlitt,�a with;
among his looms with the plodding
sense of relief at the thought It
domestic utensils, Such as cooking stoves,
Aid Crowe its the el.air. I It wa?:es it
step of nn old man. Jess had missed
Wouldn't be real lscaven without Jess.
dresses better, has better vehicles. IIe
illegal for any ():r.son to give, s;Il, dis-•
his sweet, shrill whistle above the mut-
fled thunder of machines. Johnny had
•",fess, t[ttle girl;' he tvhispere,l,
•lwhan'd
eats more fislnmeats; whoa convenience
tribute or ler., ice ttadiu, �tauipax
always whistled loudly for .less t
you come?"
"Slit Johnny, don't talk. Yes, it's
serres, the butcher riakrs periodical
coupons or siwiirr devices. Firms or,
hear.
hear, She bad told litn, once that It
me. It's Jess. Iilm taking care o' yon.
journeys from the villages and in a good
the sta
corporations issuing, mpsnlerch-
,
shortened the hours. Now he never
Yott've Uad a kind o'—o' sickness. Sh!„
mmly places the beef association is the
Ruts distribraint; them!, and enstotuer9
whistled at all. When he met Jess, it
And Johnny closed his ayes again,
means of supply. The latter is an
receiviul; them are all made violaters of
was just a grave nod of his head be
with a. great joy ,mastering his pain,
association of farmers who each devote
law, a proposition which !net with Alda.
gave her.
Slowly, very slowly, his awful bruises
one beef animal to the common good,
Slater's approval as Making the re -
On one -of the autumn days Jess took
yielded to the gentle ministry of na,
bringing; them on so as to kill one a wee!:
ceiver ecjual:y guilty with true thief.
the little un to the works with her be-
tare—and Jess. Very slowly Johnny
and distributing the meat. The baker,
The by -lacy eaeepts, however merchants
cause granny was ailing and his noise
fretted bar sadly. He had never been.
lumbered back to fife. The little settle•
went of Liberty had been under snow
too, finds customers in the country, to
or manufacturers who issra tine:r own
among the looms times enough to get
a month or more before he saw It
thelesseningoftholaborsofthe farmer'e,
coupouns and rei.et,lll them themselves
Used to their whirring-, ceaseless aetly
a- in
wife. For more reading is done and the
in crash or morahan,Ure%, -Aid. Carter
it.T. The novelty of it amused hien, and
A.t first Jess had staid away from
daily newspaper is encroaching upon the
thought thesis tealpresmiums were as bad
for a long time he crouched, contented-
the works. to nurse hila; then she had
domain of the weekly. A daily mail
as the trading stamps, !tut Aid. Day ex-
ty by Jess. He was so still she forgot
gradually trusted him more and more
delivery is managed in some ruraj sec-
plained that thL. Act did not ,:lluty the:
at last that he was therh, and when he
to granny. She could not lose the man.
tions. The amount of dlinkino is $n all
Council to -;top that. "lioic+ is tllo
crept away on a little trip of discovery
ey she earned at the looms.
sides declared to be far less than was the
pity" said Ald. Carter. Aid. Day
she slid not notice. She was minding,
her loom in a daze of broken dreams
One day Jolnny sat up in bed and
dotnanded a looking glass. Jess was
case twenty years . ago, public opinion
thought that the c•;gihty i nerchants who
and only the mechanical training of her
at -.he factory. The little tall sat oil the
having turned against it. The amount
had Signed til %) 'PC titfon would Uo very
eyes to detect imperfections and the
foot of the bed playing with a Lit of
of total abst%nauce seems to have in-
glad to std tilt it tioltet seheiues if they
g P
prompt response of her fingers to cor-
bright string,
creased, and so has moderation on the
had. lip tradin:* stamps to can -pate v."Ith,
rect them prevented trouble. Her well
"Say, little un, .you. know what a
Part of those who do drink; lighter
This by -low wilt nc:t, cone into force,
drilled Sight an(! muscles stood guard
loolcin glass is. hay'? Well, you run
drinks, such its lager, Stinlost Unknown
ntlti,2nd ,rail. 1si0.?, so that 1t1e1e11:t11tQ
white, she dreamed.
and fetch me one." said Johnny.
twenty years ago, have come into use
will have t•u,u to (o:;o of their
In the middle of the afternoon a cant-
"I knowl'' the tittle un cried dell 11'1'•
and there era eomns.m.tirnt y fmv viola„t. ,
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motion arose at the farther end of the
great room. People ran about, and
there were excited shouts and one
shrill, clear, frightened cry like a
child's. Jess' eyes turd ears wore un-
trtthle:l to such sounds. They failed to
reach her, She worked on 'rcamily.
Some one beside her shook .er arm
and shrieked at liar.
u r
(
Jess. iii k Jes ! Sor�ebod H
c s
� > Y
caught in the shnftinn. Let's go—oh,
beat- ,am shoutinl Burry, can't you!”
But Jess woke slowly from tier!
dreams. She was the last one to alis
in the excited little crowd. The girls
and men were waiting for tier ,with
solemn faces, They made it straight
path for liar to the motionless form on
the floor, The little tin, with torn
clothes, stumbled out of somebody's
arms anti met her half way,
"I'm killed! Oh, Jess, I'm killed!" he
Sobbed tumultuously, Ills poor little
"twisted body was quivering like it little
shriveled 'Ieaf in the wind. "1'm killed
all to pieces--tt 'kept gofn round and
round.. It wouldn't. stop—,toss, ,'fess,
listen!"
But the girl had thrust him t lde on,1
dtirted nitend to Johnny, on the doter.
Ile lay in a OfUsbed heat), Will even the
moll hovered their eyes. One 'or two
odlyz "I've got one myself, it can:,,
ctrunsarcts.••
books. The fine for violatiuu was after
out o' a winder, and you can. loot:
Abotnt Co�ctt,
some discussion placod at froul $1 to $10,Gumption
through it and see the trees and the
scow"'—
Farm•Journal folks figure that a co -,y
though . -some thought k6 to $u0 would.
"\o, Hol Arlt granny. Granny°Ii
giving ti,000 pounds of 4 per cent hili;
suet the -.ase better.
know," the sick man said fretfully.
will produce only $50 worth of butter,
Granny carne Ill with the look!:,,;
while one that Will produce 8,900 pounds
Extrava„ duce alwttys forgets that peat•`
ghcss, as a last resort, bchllid her, for
of ti per cent milk will produce $1010
day will come socle Litue.
Jess had said no, She looked fright'
t,4 ed
�vottinof butter, and her calf is worth
Who 1
bl 1 O £ the hat , 1
e t t dee( ens tl,
"There, there, Johnny! Thera, thet'c,l
lira times s much 1
three o c . s that of the first.
brilliancy of the smile on thct iac:cs.
You go tight to sleep and git rested
There will be little difference in the
Illi, or, if you'd rather. I'll fetch You In
Cost of the keeping the tv:o cows, so that
" �"
Foote beautiful pofridge. Jess glade
It, she added artfully,
whore the first gives a profit of $30 the
latter will net the owner x;100, if vve
i' reit Or., -010—e
"II`etch me a loolcin glass!" roared
count the first cow's calf at $100 and the
Johnny. "I've been feolin over IuY
other at $310
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face—there's solncthin wrong with It-Itpeople
do not think there is Some
lb
Poor Johnny! It was all wrong. Ili'
had hazarded anti lost all itis rough
much difference iu cows, but some cows
°W.
manly beauty. 'Tito thin face on the
forget to pay their board bills, while
I')-, - ititill who doesn't, (give a fi;•'folr•
ililiew was wasted and marred,
others talte great pleasure in supplying
a• dart• %.ill laot be popll'Al. ill ,40did
"Granny, I'll get out o' bed If you
the table with luxuries, paying the iu-
circles.
don't fetch It," be persisted, and gran-
serest, clothing the baby and paying
. Dealt (!.0111plain when doing tlietasterut
tly Yielded weakly. ':Gilt, little un peel'-
ed over Johnny's shoulder as lie looked,
the hired girl,
wotk; do it (Irdel,•ly and bo (lone ?i+lthit
"Ain't you hombly, Johnny?" he piped
The good cow is n poor fatnter's
friend.
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