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, "The hardest I can ima,gine for a
I young girl so fond of open a,ir as you
are," he said, shaking his heads "It
is a great resaxinsibility. I wish the
young viscount were here," he a.dded.
. gravely.
"Can he not be fotutd?" asked
Norah, She had heard a great deal
of this nephew of the earl, this
young man who would be the next
earl—perhaps so soot:!—and master
of Santleigh Court. "It seems so
strange his keepiug in hieing ell this
time. Surely he must see the ao-
count of papa's illnees ' in the pap -
"Yes, he would if he were in Eng-
land," said Mr. Pettit:Reek, thought-
fully. "But I'm afraid he is not.
You see, he is a most extraordiner-
fly erratie young. man, and unless he
chooses to come forward and declare
himself, I'm afraid we shall not and
hilll."
At this moment Guildford Berton en-
tered the room.
"You are speaking of the viscount?"
he said„h a low voice. "Every effort
is being made to find him, Mr. nether -
Ida"
"Have you advertised in the news-
papers?"
"Well. no. Not yet. I scarcely—you
see, the earl may recover -1 mean suffi-
ciently to be conscious of what is going
on, and I fancy—Indeed, I am sure—
that he would be extremely angry if we
Look that step."
Mr. Petherick shook his head.
?Besides," said Berton, "1 am certain
Lord Santleigh Is not M England, and
unless we know to what part of the
world he has betaken himself, we can
ecarcely advertise."
Mr. Petherick was still afraid of the
earl, and he shrank from taking the
responsibiltly of advertising such a pub-
lic hue and cry.
"Perhaps we had better wait a little
longer. That is an extremely sensible
young man," he remarked to Norah as
Berton left the room. "1 don't think I
ever met a clearer head for business, and
he appears to have beerrvery kind and—
atten five."
"Oh, yes," assented Norah, trying to
eut some warmth of gratitude Into her
tone, and failing. "Mr. Berton is the
elose,st friend papa has, a.nd has done
everything since he has been 111."
"Very kind, very kind, Indeed," mur-
mured Mr. Petherick.
Ele went up and touched the thin
white hand lying on the coverhd by way
of farewell, and the earl looked at him,
anddfrom him to Norah.
"I—er—ahnost think his lordship is
trying to speak to me. I feel certain he
knows me. Do you wish to give me any
instructions, my lord ?" he asked, anx-
iously; but the earl stared at him vacant-
ly as before, and Mr. Petherick, who
remembered las client, a stahvart young
man, coughed, and blew his nose, as is
the fashion with men when they are
nearly moved to tears. Standing there,
looking at the wreck before him, he for-
got the many slights and Snubs he had
endured at the hands of "the superfine
earl," and recalled only the best side of
his nature.
"A most just and upright man, the
earl, your father, my dear," he said,
with a suspicious falter in his pipy voice.
"IL distresses me more than I can say
to see him in this condition."
And he went his way, as sadly re-
• gretful as if the earl had been the
• sweetest -tempered of men and the mild -
Iest of clients.
When a fortnight had passed Norah
noticed a certain vague re,stlessness in
the earl's glance.
"It is something he wants," she said
to the doctor, with tears el her eyes.
"And I cannot think what it is, tholigh
I try for hours at a time. Do you think
he wants to get back to the Court ?"
"It is possible," replied Sir Andrew.
"At any rate, the change may do him no
harm; indeed, it may benefit him. Try,
it, Lady Norah—that is, if you wish to."
Now, Norah did not wish to get back
very much, though she could scarcely
have told why- it certainly would seem
as if it could matter very little to her
whether she sat in a chair beside his bed
in Park Lane or Santleigh Court; she
would not acknowledge to herself the
true reason—that at Santleigh Court she
would not have to live in the same house
mile Mr. Guildford Berton.
•lie had been very kind, as devoted te
the earl and herserf as a rnan coelcl be,
and yet---! She knew that he never
entered the room but that a chill swept
over her, that she Could scarcely meet
the glance of his dark, sombre eyes with-
out showing the repugnance which his
presence awoke in her.
Lady Ferndale was strongly in favor
of the removal to the Court.
"London is the worst place in the
world to be ill in, dear," she said; "and
len thinking of yourself, too. You will
be able to get out into the garden, and
on the terrace. Oh, yes, let us take him
back. Poor, poor Old mant I used to
laugh at his proud, haughty, F.:ing
George airs; I wish he's let Inc. laugh at
him now I" And her eyes filled •with
tearS; not, so much for the earl as for her
dear girt, as She called Norah, -
Mr. Guildford Berton, as Usual took
charge of all the arrangements; got the
invalid carriage, ordered the special
train, bad nother invalid earriage in
readinees at Santleigh station, and he.
bayed, es Lady Ferndale said, as if he
were the earl's son.
"Really, dear," eh(' eaid. to Nortile
"Guildford Berton has behaved Wonder'
fully, and he fins me with shame and
fernorse. Not one man in a thousand
Would have done it In a better mariner.
He Makes no fuss over anything how.
over Mich tratible it iney give him, I
wOilder he hasn't insisted Upon sitting
up with the earl I"
"He has, but that WaS my plate, Lady
Ferndale, and T Mild not resign it to
any one, not MU to Mr. Gifildford Bor-
ten."
OliAPTIeR XXX.
For days Norals seercely left the
earl's aide. Paralysis does not always
destroy Met it is sometimes satisteed
with kill' s tho b depriving its
victim of the use of his limbs and
rendering him helples.s and expres-
sionless as a ehild.
The earl had lived a life of ex-
treme quietude and care for some!
years past, and it came to his assis-
tance a.nd kept death at bay; but he
was speechlees end almost helpless,
Gradually a slight improvement set
In; they were able to prop him ep
with pillosve, and it seemed to orah
that, thougb be could not speak, he
understood what she said to him..
She noticed, with the imprevement
In his strength, a certain change tn
his manner --if indeed, anything so in -
'expressive could be called manner—
toward her. She found that his dim
eyes brightened slightly wheu she
spoke to him, and often in the night
watches, when she thought him
asleep, she would find his eyes set
on her fixedly, as if he were tryiug
to rentembee or say something.
She would have loved her father
with all a daughter's love from the
first moment of her home-cominee in-
deed, she had loved him thoug% he
had done his best to freeze all „ten-
derness within her; but now that ho
was thrown upon her care the treas-
ures of love and tenderness in her
heart welled out toward him, and
she loved him as only a woman ems
love the being who is dependent upon
her.
The nurse and 'doctor, who had
looked upon her as just a fashionable
and perhaps spoiled beauty, were
inwardly astonished at her devotion,
and the doctor declared that it was
not he,, but Lady Borah, who kept
life going in tbe feeble, stricken
frame.
Guildford Berton remaine.d in the
house., and, as of old, transacted all
business for the earl.
'every now and then ho paili a visit
to the sickroom, and stood beside
the lied murmuring words of condor
te the old man; and at such times
the earl fixed his eyes upon him with
a strange look whicl: Borah could
not interpret; but he miter attempt-
ed ta speak, and showed neither plea-
sure nor impatience at "his youcte
friend's" visits.
Mr. Petherick had been sent for
slirectly the improvement set he and
feed to awaken a gleam. of intelli-
el'ence in the old man, but failed. The
earl looked at him with the same
vacant, fixed stare, but disple.yed no
eoectenition.
'`Thieeis very sad for you, ray
elearee saki the old lawyer to Norah,
his eyes blinking behind his glasses,
as he looked at the lovely face so
Pala and patient, and recalled the
young girl who came so brightly in-
to the sitting -room of the Devonshire
cottage. "I am afraid you will
knock yourself up. They tell rae thee
you scarcely take any rest."
"Oh, but I do, and this is not
Bard work sitting here."
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Tee change from Park Lane to the
Court did the earl neither goad nor
harm; biit, os Noma) step* out on the
haloony en the evening ol their return
she (trete a deep breath of thankluinees
and relief, arid tried to pereeade ilerseir
telt It was because of her fondness for
the grand old place that she vves so glad
to gel back.
As she stood, leaning on the stone rail,
and looking sadly and wistfully across
the velvety lawns to the woods over
which the autumn mist was gathering
in a thin, veil-like cloud, GuildfOrd Bee -
ton came out and stood beside her.
"1 have come to say good -night," tie
sa4diou—you aro going hotne?" said
Norah. "Will you not remain the
night?" she ended as cordially as she
could.
"Thank you, no. I don't think I shall
be needed; indeed, y,pu will not allow me
to help you. But If 1 should be, you will
send a message to the cottage, will you
not?"
"Yes, 1 will," responded Norah, •anti
her tone was more genial than usual,
for she could not help remembering all
he had done for the earl and herself'.
"1 should like to try and thank you, Mr,
Berton."
"Please do not. I have done so little."
"YOU have done a great deal --every-
thing," put in Norah.
So little compared with what I should
have liked to have done 1"
"When my father is well he will be
able to thank you better than 1 can,
said Norah.
" He cannot thank me half so well,
even if 1 deserved or desired thanks.
One word from you, Lady Norah, out-
weighs a world of gratitude, and would
repay me for the sacrince of my life."
Norah flushed. "1-1 must go back
now," he said.
"I' should like to say good -night lo the
earl," ho said.
The earl was sitting up, looking none
the worse for his journey, which had
been rendered as easy as gold—the great
smoother of all things—could make .t.
He glanced from Guildford Berton to
Norah and back again, and his Ups
twitched.
"[-le seems no worse," he said. "In-
deed, I think the change has improved
hirn."
"You are better, papa?"
The old man looked at her for a mo-
ment, then at the pale, sombre face be-
side her, and his lips twitched again.
"Do you think—sometimes 1 cannot
help thinking—that there is something
on his mind? Something that he wishes
to tell me of you? He looks from one Le
the other of us so strangely."
Guildford Berton was silent for a Ina-
ment. An idea startling in its audacity,
flashed into his mind.
"Can you guess what it is ?" Norah
asked anxiously, forgetting in her eager-
ness that it was Guildford Berton she
was addressing.
Still he remained silent, and Norah,
struck by his silence, looked at him.
"You have some idea. Please tell me
what it is It may be something that, ne
wants me to do for him. What Is it?"
"Yes, I have an idea," he said. "But"
—he paused—" I do not think I can tell
yon to -night."
"Why not?" asked Norah.
"Not to -night,' he said; "to -morrow,
perhaps. No, Lady Norah, 1—well, I
haye not the courage."
"Not the courage 1" repeated ,Norah.
"No," he said. `If I told you my in-
terpretation you would be angry; and I
cannot afford that you should be angry
with me."
"I do not understand. Why gfioulcl 1
be angry, Mr. Berton"
"Will you give me your promise that
what I may say to you shall not make
you angry with me?" he asked, in a
low voice.
• "I do not think you would say any-
thing that would make me angry, Mr.
Berton," she said, quietly.
"Then I will tell you. I have your
promise, remember, Lady Norah 1 You
ask me if I can interpret tee expression
which the earl's face wears when he
looks from you to me. The answer
bears reference—close reference to you."
"To me?" said Norah, mechanically.
"Yes,/' he said, looking at her from
under his eyes. "Will you carry your
mind back to the night of the earl's
seizure?" '
Noma inclined her head slightly.
•"You will remember that I came In
late, and went to the earl in the library.
I went to consult him about some best-
ness matter, but,. I found him strangely
averse to discussing it. He seemed to
have something on his mind. I have no
doubt that the presentiment of his dom-
ing illness was upon him, and it was
only natural that he should be dwelling
upon the subject nearest his heart--your-
self."
orah's hand went forth, and found
the earl's and held it.
" He spoke of you, Lady Norah, of the
joy and comfort your presence brought
him, and then"—he paused and hesi-
tatedbut if, was too late to draw back,'
and with a covert glance at her he went
on, smoothly, sof tly—"and then he spoke
of myself."
He waited to see if she would speak,
but Norah remained silent.
"The earl and I have been such close
friends for so long, Lady Norah, and he
was so quick to notice any change in
the demeanor of those abotit him, that
it was not surprising he should remark
an alteration in my manner, though 1
,
have tried to hide it from him, from all.
That night lie asked me what it was that
weighed upon my mind. 1 tried to evade
the qu.ostion, but ho had discovered the
truth, and he frankly charged me with
it. Can you not guess its nature, Lady
Norah?" '
Norah shook her head. '
" Ho had been watching Me it seems,
axle had caught a glimpse of 'iny heart,
though I thought that I had secceeded
in hiding it. Lady Norah, the earl, your
tether, asked me as bluntly as his cour-
tesy would permit, If Iho Change he had
observed in me had, any reierence to
you --end I admitted it. I told him the
truth. I eorlfeeseXthat 1 lotted you, Lady
N°rNeall'ialr:'s hand closed tightly on the
earl'e, and a shudder shook her. She
could not have, spoken to save her lire,
but eimely set, her eyes fixed upon him
urjlly wild incredulity and amazement,
"The confession was wrung from nice
could not hate, kept it back; but even
SS 1 made it 1 felt how hopeleSs Was the
love which I had fotight against and
had fondly trusted I had hidden from
every one. I knew --I have. never for-
gotten—the cliffereriee in Our poSitione.
I realize IL now, this rnement, as keenly
as
1 have 'eller dolma But there IS no
gulf too wide for love to bridge. I had
set my heaet epon one as far above me
as ate stars in tee Waveils. But, though
one may despair of ever reaching the
stats, one May love teem and look kle to
teem with longing eyes. You have »eon
iny star, Lady Norall, and I have wor-
shiped, 1 worship you, still, Thai wee rny
confession, Lady Norah, and I expected
to hear from the lips of the earl a de-
nunciation of my audacity and ---a clis-
missal. I waited patiently, as a crimi-
nal waits for the passing of the sew
tence which will consign him to lifelong
misery. thit It was not pronounced.
The earl was no -t surprised. Reneenbee
that he had discovered my secret and
read my heart. He was not surprised
and—he was not angry. Heaven knows
how much above my poor deserts he es-
teems me 1 So much that, in place of
condemnation and rebuke, he spoke—
Heaven bless him t"—he looked grate-
fully toward the wan, drawn face lying,
back on the pillows—"he spoke words
of comfort and encouragement. Ah,
Lady Norah none but 1 and those dear
Lo him can:fully, appreciate the nobility
of his nature! ' It was 1 who shrank
with unfeigned humility from confessing
my love; it was he, the noble father,
who, consenting to forget the difference
in our rank, bade me hope."
Norales ga^ grew more full of horror,
"Even more than that," he wera on
after a pause; "he was good -enough to
tell me, with all the frankness of a
father, that he had seen my love for you,
and that he would not only give his con-
sent to my suit, but his couraerianee
and generous approval ! Lady Norah,
it is with the sanction of your father,
with the knowledge that I have his best
wishes, that I kneel at your feet and
avow my love 1" and he dropped on one
knee and held out his hand to her al-
most in the attitude of worship.
"1-1 have surprised you, alarmed
you 1 I should have prepared you, and
yet—ah, .Lady North, surely you 'can-
not have been blind to the love I bear
you. During all these menthe you naist
have seen trow completely and entirely
I have been your slave. There is no
hour in which I have apt thought of
eau; no moment in which I have not
striven to end some way of proving my-
self less unworthy of you. Yes, thougb
I have tried to gush the love out of my
heart, and have told myself that there
could be no hope, no gleam of hope for
me, I could not succeed. Such love as 1
bear for you cannot be crushed; it is the
life of a man's life; it abides with hen
unto death. I could no more belp loving
you than I could help breathing. Think,
then, with what joy I heard that noble -
hearted man tell me that I might plead
with you, might lay my love and my
life at your feet, and, if 1 could, win you
for my wife! Lady Norah, it is not only
I who speak and implore you to say
'Yes,' but the father who loves you and
whom you love."
Norah woke from the nightmaee thai
eeerned to hold her in its grip, and her
eyes flashed.
"It—it is false 1" broke from her lips.
"You doubt me You .disbelieve r
he murmured, sorrowfully.
, "You say that—that my fdther sanc-
tioned, consented—"
"More than sanctioned," he said, soft-
ly, pleadingly. "Must I tell you all?
You force me. Lady Norah, it has long
been els wish that you should be my
wife!"
Heaven, aboveknows whether the
stricken man, whose presence Guildford
Berton had disregarded as completely
as if he had been already dead, heard
and understood; but at that moment a
sound like a faint moan broke from his
shrivelled lips, and, as Norah sprang up
and turned to him with a cry, a shudder
ranethrough Guildford Berton and his
face blanched. But in a moment he had
shaken off the dread which had seized
upon him.
"You see, you hear 1 Ali, if he could
speak—and would to Heaven he could!
—he *mild bear me witneee."
It was a fiendish stroke, and its very
audacity made it successful.
Norah looked into the earl's face,
working with a piteous effort to regain
the Power of speech, and she accepted
Guildford Berton's interpretation. With
anew cry of despair and horror she
flung herself down, and hid her face
•upon the old man's hands, for he
looked across her at Berton, his face
still werMn,g,. Out with ve,cant, expres-
sionless eyes.
"Norah, for tleaven's sake, for his
sake do not—do not treat me like this 1
What have I done—what am 1—that you
should shrink from me?" He stopped
sudclethly and started, for a voice, audi-
ble to his own ears only, seemed to whis-
per in ghastly tones, "Mutterer I"
"Norah speak to rae. Tell nme that
you forgive me, at least. Is it such an
unpardonable crime to have loved you?
Alm, how could I help it? I who lived
in the sunshine of your presence----"
"Go—go 1" dropped from her lips.
"You—you willnot hear me?" he
said, hoarsely.
"I—I have heard you," she saki., al-
most, inaudibly.
"[(-11 he could but speak ho mur-
mured, sorrowfully.
She turned to her father, and caught
at his arm, as if imploring him to recall
his consent or deny it,
"Why should you hate me so? Is fl—
it is because I have come too late, be-
cause there „Is another 7"
" You -shall not speak another word to
me 1" she said with parted lips, her
breath coming fast and furiously, her
hands clinched tightly. "Even --even' if
all you said be true, it would make no
difference. Take my answer, Mr. Ber-
ton. I"—she caught' her breath and
spoke slOwly, with a hauteur he had
never seen her exhibit before—" I cannot
marry you; and now, will you go,
please?" ,
"Is that, the last word between us?
You choose to disregard his wish, yon
fling my love 10 my NCO I Do you think
that I am the men to take such a dis-
raisal quietly, patiently ? You little
know---" tee pulled himself up, and
bent toward her imploringly. " Ah, for-
give me; 1 dcare know what I am sear-
ing. My heart -is torn and rent by your
cAcInesS, your disdain. Have pity on
me, Norah—"
She mOved forward slowly, painfully
as it seemed, arid her hand went to-
ward time bell.
"Stay I" he said, abeuptly. "I will
go. But fer God's sake, have some mer-
cyl rio not let us part like—like Ibis. if
I cannot be What t would to you, it
least do not take your friendship from
nue" His Vince grew cooler and more
coMpOsed. "Remember how tntich I buf-
fer be your rejectien, Lady Norall, and
—and let that plead for Me, I have
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LAMBS OR WETHEBS FOB FAT-
TENING,
Men who have spent long years in
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whether the fattening of sheep oe lambs
NViil prove the more profitable. Thie
difierence of view arises from the die
[event results obtained from feeding
under different conditions. The infle-
ences that ,affect the outcome should be
well understood by those who engage
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discussed, ,writes Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Quality as used here has reference to
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titan others. The lower the quality of
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The coriciltion of the animals at the
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than to purchase a lean wether for
feeding, other things being equal. rba.
lamb will make flesh more readily on'
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eer, presuposes that neither the lame
ror the wether has been checked m
possible future development, because
,if its leen eenclition. it is usually
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Wethers not only take more food to
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writer at the Minnesota station. The
dtflerence is conceivable and alwaysin
favor of the lamps. But under some
conditions it may be possible to Net
coarser and cheaper food to wethers,
and this will exercise some influence in
tlie comparison in some instances. lt
is plain, therefore, that, viewed froin
Lee standpoint of possible gains from
feeding, Iambs are a safer venture thrum
wethers. It follows that the younger
the lambs are, providing they can reanm
tee requisite weights When markets, 1,
the more profitable relatively will the
feeding be.
INFLUENCE OF MARGIN IN PRICES.
As everyone one knows, the margin
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on preilts. Now suppose a eether is
bcught at a certain rate which •'weiges
8e pound; and e Iamb is bought at a
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The two animals are fed and sold at a
price which is I centper pound above
tre ,,priee paid. flow suppose the two
animals had consumed the same amount
ot food and made the Rune increase in
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would have been attended with the
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consequently the original weight of the
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nt the animals at the thno cif purehase
on- profits is thus shown, and this fact
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more profitable than the feeding of
Imnalartbkmetb than wether meat, and usually
meat sells more readily in the
at a price considerably higher. Be-
cause of this the margin bettveerl the
buying " price and selling price c f
lainbe is considerably more 10 'he
ease of lambs than of wethers. When
it is, the profits are ,greater from feed-
ing lambs. But reeently lambs com-
mand a better price. when bought, rind
this change may go on until a point is
reached when the feeding of wethers
may become more profitable generally.
It does happen sometimes that more
profit comes from feeding old ewes. In
such instances; however, the ewes have
been 'purchased Very cheaply.
A very great change has been made
during recent years in the number of
wethers and lambs relatively that have
been fed. The fattening of lambs has
Moportionately increased, and there
1m8 beendecrease in the fattening of
wetbers. This on the farm, at least, Le
Abut th Farm 1
spoken wildly—madly; forget eehsie
have said, and—and—let (binge &teas
they were between us." ,
Iler hand dropped from the bell, and,
cringingly, like a whipped dog, he tried
to take her hand to lift it to his lips,
but North shrank back beyond his
react and pointed to the door.
"I—I will try and forget, for his sake,1
she said, with diffieulty; "but go I"
Then, es he left the room, she fell for-
ward, her head hewed upon her hands,
and one word broke from her lips:
"Cyril 1",
(TO be COntintted),
ae it ought tp be, howsoever it may oe
on a range. Time farmer can sell tt
good lamb reared on his feral at 4
greeter relative profit at, say nine
nionths old, than if tie inept the same
over and sold him at twenty -ow
nienths. It is also pretty certain that
11 pays Lime ranchmen best also to set*
tee tvethers as lambs.
He can pastuve a ewe almost as
obeaply as a -.nether. The ewe will give
Lint a fleece of wool about equal io
teal, of the wether and will also furnita
him with a Iamb.
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Higgins—Do you know anything Demote
young Burrows ability as a book-
keeper?
Digsby—Sure thing. I joaned him a
cony of Shakespeare more than a year
ago and he has kept it ever shwa
TWO OF A RIND.
"I am a self-made man," mid the bent
president. "I began as errand, boy and
worked my way up."
et, too, am a self-made man," replied
the ex -burglar. "I once rented a room
over a bank and worked' my way emend'
Dolly Swift: "Mamma is almost sure
she heard you kissing me last night."
Young logalong: "But I have never•
given her any cause to think so." Dolly
Swift: "Well, don't you think it ise
about time you did?"
E CA 11
hi Your Leisure Time
If you could start at once in a busi-
ness which would add a good round
sum to your present earnings—WITH-
our INVESTING A noesea—wouldn't
you do it?
'Well, we are willing to start you in
a profitable business and we don't ask
you to put up any kind of a dollar.
Our proposition is this : We will
ship yotethe Chatham Incubator and
Brooder, freight prepaid, and
You Pay No Cash Until
After 1908 Harvest.
Poultry raising pays.
People who tell you that there is no
money in raising chicks may have tried
to make money in the business by using
setting hens as hatchers, and they
might,aswell have tried to locate a
goldmine ia the cabbage patch. The
business of a hen is—to lay eggs. As
a hatcher and brooder she is out-
classed. That's the business of the
Chatham Incubator and Brooder, and
they do it perfectly and successfully.
The poultry business, properly con-
ducted, pays far better than any other
business for the amount of time and
money invested.
Thousands of poultry-raisers—men
and women all over Canada and the
United States—have proved to their
satisfaction that it is profitable to raise
chicks with the
us. 1— Ea Eggs
No. 2-120 Eggs
No. 3-240 Igo
CHATHAM INCUBATOR
AND BROODER.
"Yours is the 1rstiuubtorX have
used, and I wish to state I had N
chloks out of 62 eggs. This was nay
arstiot; truly a Joe per cent. hatch.
Ian: well pleasodssithany incubator
. and brooder. Isles. MoNesnineon,
Chilliwack, D.C.
"Hy first hetet% came oft'. e got
rte fine chicks from 120 eggs. Who
can boat that for the first trial, ana
so early in the spring'. 1 tun woll
pleased with incubator, and if I
could not get another money could
• not buy it from me. Every farmer
• should have a No. 3 Chatham Incu-
bater.—F. W. itAlliBAS:), Dunnville,
Ont."
"The inaubator you furnished me
• 'works exceedingly -well. It is easily
operated, and only needs about 10
minutes attention every day, It
McGursag, Moms JAM, Jissa."
The Chatham Incubator and Brooder
is honestly constructed. There is my
humbug about it. Every inch of material
is thoroughry tested, the machine is
built on right principles, the insulation
is perfect, thermometer reliable, and
the workmanship the best.
The Chatham Incubator and Brooder
is simple as well as scientific in con-
struction—it womaa or girl can operate
the machine hi their leisure moments.
You pay us no cash until after Xeod
harvest.
Send us your name and address on
a post card to -day.
We can surely you quickie from ceer
distributing warohoeses nt (Weary, Man.
don, Regina, Virinnipeg, NOW Westminster,
0.4 Montreal, Raft% Chathetn, Address
all correspondence to Chatham. 314
Th*Manson Campbell Co., Limited
Deptb 35, CHATHAM, CANADA
Factories at ONATNAMi Owe, and Dzenose.
Let us quote you prices
on a. doo6t.Panning Mill
or dood Farm Scale.