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TnE BEAVER nERALT). BEAVER, OKLAHOMA 1 fe -h 7C LOVEM nUDDY yGELETTDURGE55 ILLUSTRATED 4kPAY5LTTJ3 cooyvcstr arcszerr a,?arss V Nft si CHAPTER XII Continued. 15 Tho party was now In full swing. 80 mu twenty were In tho reception room, dancing or watching the dancors. Tho evening grow In life and merriment. Mr. Doremus, back from his interview with Flodle, was In fected by tho revels. IIo blossomed suddenly and unexpectedly Into hilar ity, and encouraged and stimulated by tho gayer of tho young actresses, be came, In spite of himself, tho center of tho party. Tho company did not let Mm off till Alfred Smallish, blushing furiously, appeared In the doorway. "Supper la roady I,mean or sup per Is served!" ho announced, and coughed Into his hand. Tho throe soubrettcs who had been pelting Mr. Doremus with pinks, now surrounded him, bound him with over green garlands and carried him off en slaved, through the office, whero Flo dlo was presiding over tables of salad and sandwiches. Into tho reception room, whero they enthroned him on an old Spanish chair, and waited on him like hourls. The gentlemen rushed back and forth with plates and nap kins; everybody began to talk and. laugh. Deer bottles popped. Hall was now becoming desperate. It did not seem at all 'so easy as he had expected. If only Flodle hadn't cot her back ud so foolishly 1 Well. 1ib must, at least, bo off with his old It so damned hard for mo what I loves beforo ho was on with the new, And, for that, he must havo the an swers of the two women. Ho left the company and walked Into the studio, now deserted, to look at tho clock. Heavens! It was already halt after eleven. Something would havo to hap pen In a hurry, If Carolyn Dallys appeared In the door way, smiling. She was wearing corn color, in a costume no man could havo described flvo minutes after be had seen It Carolyn's clothes woro always uot only original but characteristic of her. She sauntered In, and dropped upon the couch, to look up at him good-naturedly. Hall's hopes rose. It was go ing to bo easy, thank hoaen. She didn't at alt have tho smllo of a pros pective owner. "Well, Hall," sho began. "y6u don't seem particularly anxious to see your blushing bride. I had almost begun to think you were deliberately avoid ing me." "Avoiding youl Nonsense, Caro lyn!" Hall laughed easily and tosBed uer a box of cigarettes. "Really, I'vo been so confoundedly busy with all these people, and" Sho broke In placidly: "Well, you're not busy now, aro you!" " Hall began to be afrad. "Oh, no. of courso not. Why?" Ho watched her as If sho were about to strike him. "Well, then, I've mado up my mind, Hall." "What do you mean?" he asked, and assuming a carelessness he was far from feeling, be walked to the table and took up a flower, Idly. "Why, I told you ovor tho telephone, didn't IT Look pleasant, Hall," she said; "It's 'yes.' I'vo decided to accept you." Hall grow faint. It was not alone tho words that alarmed him. It was the cold-blooded tone In which they were uttered. Thore was a deliberate ness, a fixity of purpose In It that threatened Ms complacency. Carolyn still maintained her usual Jocular man ner, but there was something keen and steely beneath It that he had never be foro felt. He rose to moot It with all his skill at acting. "Lord, Carolyn," ho exclaimed, walk ing up to her lmpatlontly, "you didn't really tako mo seriously, this morning, did youT" He burst out into forced laughter. "Well, that is funny; think of you of all women getting cmight llko that! It's perfectly absurd! You can't mako me bellovo you thought I was In earnest, you know! That's ab ' surd!" So tho agile trout, when he first feols tho hook In his mouth, thinks 1 that by a bold struggle he can regain his freedom, and thrashw tho pool with hectic energy. But Carolyn, with all her humor, was a shrowd cool flshor of men. Calmly, surely, she kept her lino taut. She had struck four mil lions I, Not for a moment had she lost hor composure. Slowly sho spoke; she almost drawled. "Why, yes, I did, Hall! Surely. You seemed to havo a lucid Interval, you 'know, this morning, and I believed every word you said. And what's more," she added, "I believe it now!" Lazily, to and fro, her feather fan was sweeping. Hall floundered again, wildly. "Ob, come on, Carolyn! Can't you tako a Joke?" "Yes," sho nnswerod smilingly, "when I seo tho point of It Will you kindly explain!" - The point, Hall well knew, was In his own mouth. Ho dashed up and down tho room fretfully, making fer vent gestures. Poor flshl Ho still imagined ho could get away from tho hook, "flood heavens, I havo explained, haven't IT Why, I only wanted to hear tibat you'd sayl" "Wall, you'vo heard; I Bay 'ywl' Now what!" Sho took a cigarette from tho tablo and gracefully lighted It, puffed out the smoke, and yawned. As sho drew In her lino thus, his frenzied struggles were getting short er, but more violent. "Oh, hang it all, Carolyn, you know 1 vas only fooling, of courso! Why, we wero laughing all tho time, you know thatl I had no Idea you'd ever accept mo! Do you mean to tell me that you aro In love with mo!" ho asked bltlngly. "Not at all! I see no need of lying about It, whatever. Hut you certainly do amuse me." Her eyes danced. "Well, I should say It was hardly enough to accept a man simply be causo ho amused youl" This was the best Hall could do, now; he was get ting winded "Oh, yes," Bho replied Jauntily, "on tho contrary, I'm qulto suro that I shall want to bo nmuBed all my life especially when I'm married." "Heavens! Do ou consider that wo aro engaged?" Sho looked at him with surprised eyes. Her Ashing was approaching a climax. She began to wind In her lino to short length, speaking Incisively. "See here, Hall, you'ro not trying to get out of It, or anything, aro you?" Hall gasped, wearied with tho duel. "Now, Carolyn, let mo explain Just how it Is I'll have to tell you some- tning 1 want to nang 11 you mauo mean Is ' Carolyn rose and looked htm In the eye. She laid her band on him; and, soft as was Us touch, he felt as If It were gripping him llko a handcuff. "Hall, seo herol Aro you" trying to got out of it, or aren't youl Just tell mo thatl" "Why why, I think you'ro carrying tho Joko n ltttlo too far, Carolyn, that's all honestly I do!" Carolyn now had him at the edge of tho boat. She Jerked him In with a laugh. "My dear old Hall," the said, and her voice was honoy-sneet, "I'm carrying It only far enough to want to wear that ring you bought today for tno. Whero Is It?" Sho actually be gan to feel In his waistcoat pocket. He backed oft In terror. "I haven't any ring I" Carolyn smiled. "Well, never mind. We don't want anyone to know Just yet anyway, do we? Kings can wait Now come over here and sit down, and I'll tell you exactly what we're go Ing to do." She proceeded to lead him, too dazed to resist, toward the couch where they sat down together. "Now bo brave," sho said, smiling, "I'll let you hold my hand. You do Just what I say, and you'll never ro gret It. I liato engagements; they have neither tho excitement of court ship, nor tho satisfaction of matri mony. So, at Juat nine o'clock tomor row morning, you are going to call on mt pnd we'll toddle down to a Justice of the peace. We'll Just cut out tho whlto veil and downcast oyes and everything. All you'll have to do Is to put a gold band on my finger; and my share will be to say 'I will' and become Mrs, Hall Bontstello. What's tho mat ter?" Hall waB staring toward tbo door. "My couBln Jonas," ho said. "Oh, bother!" Carolyn's eyes shot Are. "Just as we want to arrange everything." Jonas Hasslngbury, tall and gaunt, eating a lettuce sandwich, strolled In, as cool and self-possessed as the most experienced cotillion leader In town. He was perfectly suro of himself; without wealth, or power or social training, he was blessed with an ego ism that a king might have envied. Jonci had never been embarrassed In his life. Hall looked at him, for the first time with relief, and rose. "Miss Dallys," ho said, "let me pro sent my cousin, Mr. Hasslngbury." Jonas put tho sandwich behind bis back, and bowed. Carolyn looked up at him, annoyed. "Dallys?" Jonas quorled, "never hoerd o' that name beforo, to my knowledge. What bo yo, Portuguee?" With tho graco of a veteran, he dropped down beside hor on the couch. At any other tlmo Carolyn would have welcomed bis quaint charm. But her eyes wero now for Hall, and sho was anxious. Hor answer was vague. Jonas, however, did not appear to notice' it. His work was plain. Ho bad to make himself attractive, and got rid of Hall. Ho launched forth, therefore, on a description of the town of Branford while Carolyn yawned be hind her fan. At tho first pauso Hall broke In. "By Jove, Carolyn, I'vo got to get somo nhotoeraDhs In my room I promised to show Mr. DoremuBl Cousin Jonas will tako caie of you all right, Carolyn. He's a great man for tho ladles!" and with this slid out of range of hor pro test. Carolyn pulled herself together to mako tho best of It This yokel must ba got rid of at or.ee. She leaned to ward him with ardor. "Oh, Mr. Hasslngbury, do you really think I'm pretty? You must have known so many beautiful wouon in Branford 1" "Yes, that's right!" said Jonas, with unction. "I certainly hac, miBS. Wny, I've burled three wives a'ready! I reckon I know pretty near as much about women as anybody." "Thon jou'ro Just the man I've been looking fori" said Carolyn. "I want you to help me; will you?" She Jumpod up eagerly. He roso also. "What appears to be tho trouble?" "Why, there aro two women hero that I'm Just dying to havo your opin ion of. Como out with me and I'll In troduce thum to yod, and let jou talk to them; will you?" "You bet I will. Just let mo see 'cm! I guess it anybody can size 'cm up, Jonas Hasslngbury can!" And with that ho followed her out Into tho other room, and Carolyn deliv ered him over to Itoaainund Gale. WATER USED BY MANY CROPS CHAPTER XIII. Hall, meanwhile, was near the boil ing point of his rage. Ho had been defeated by Carolyn's cleverness. Ho was furious at hor, at himself, at everybody. Hero wero two womon, now, who had a hold on him and be fore long there would bo thren! Never! Hall swore It with a round oath. Mrs. Itoyalton, at least, would not triumph. Sho hadn't Carolyn's brains, sho hadn't Mosamund's disarming beauty. She was, when It camo right down to It, moro or less of a fool. Why not Ignoro her, and mako a last attempt to win Flodle? Ho looked up at the clock. Good heavensl 'it was already twenty minutes to twelve! And his four mil lions wero no nearer tlfo,n over. Ho jumped up Impulsively, and strode to the door. The company had about finished supper. The llttlo orchestra had started up again, and had begun on a new turkey-trot. As a proof of Its In sidious charm, who but Jonas Hasslng bury himself had succumbed! He was dancing with the fair Rosamund. Mr. Doremus, still surroupded and petted by the three pretty actresses, was tell ing a funny story. There was a sharp squall of laughter as he finished. Where the devil was Flodle? Hall peered from behind tho portieres, so as not to bo seen himself. In a mo ment sho emerged from the stockroom with a plate of Ice cream, and, smiling, passed It to Mr. Doremus. Then she looked up, and caught Hall's eye. He M L , JtRfl fffllliiil 'lplfll''' to Alfalfa, When Once Started, Can Withstand Almost Any Degree of Drought for Long Periods. Drought rcslstanco In crops docs not Bocin to bo so much a matter of using n small amount of water as of ability to go after wator In tho soil or to wait until molsturo comes. This conclusion may bo drawn from Investlcatlons bo Ing mado by tho United States depart ment of agrlculturo In Colorado, to do termlno tho water requirements of different kinds of plants. Alfalfa Is goneralty considered a very drought-resistant crop; when onco started It can withstand almost uny degree of drought for long periods. But to produce tho samo quantity of dry matter alfalfa roqulros moro than twlco as much water as does corn. Alfalfa requires 831 bounds of water for each pound of dry matter It pro duces. On tho other hand, corn, which Is not consldorcd very drought-ro-slstant, requires only 368 pounds of water to produce a pound of dry mat ter. All of tho leguminous crops, Includ ing peas, beans, vetches, alfalfa, swcot clover, and other clovers, require largo nmounts of water In proportion to tho dry matter thoy produce. Somo of tho most common weeds, such ns tumble weeds, purslano and Russian thtstlos, roqulro a very Bmall amount of water In proportion to dry matter. Tin cereal crops como botwou tho legumes and tho weeds named. Wheat uses 613 pounds of water for each pound of dry matter, and oats uses 697 pounds. Buffalo grass Is ono of tho most economical of all plants In Its uso of water; It requires only 308 pounds of water to produce a pound of dry matter. In tho Colorado experiments It was necessary to protect tho plants from birds, wlndB and hailstorms by means of wire-covered tnclosurcs. Tho screen reduced solar radiation to about 80 per cent of tho normal. Undor tho conditions of the oxporlmcnt tho nv- crago amount of water required to produco ono pound of dry matter with oach kind of plant was as follows: Millet, 319 pounds; sorghum, 323 pounds; corn, 3G8 pounds; wheat, G13 pounds; barley, 534 pounds; buck wheat, S78 pounds; oats, 597 pounds; ryo, C8S pounds; flax, 1)05 pounds; soy beans, 744 pounds; sweet clover, 770 pounds; vetchos, 794 pounds; clovors, 797 pounds, and alfalfa, 831 pounds. SHEEP GROWINGMADE QUITE PROFITABLE BB3!MSX3!&&svL umsSk', WtX?i tev 1J w!rIJJJJJJB MBioPykdflHffiwsttsfrJM! Southdown Ram, Two Years Old First Prize Winner and Champion. (By It. H. SHKPAnD. Missouri.) Wo llvo on a hilly, brushy farm In tho Ozark roglon of Missouri. For several roars wo havo boon clearing up and fencing our farm, but wo havo had a tcrrlblo tlmo fighting brush and sprouts on tho nowly cleared land. Somo eattlo, hogs and horses havo been an aid In oatlng and kilting tho sprouts In the permanent pastures, which havo boon fenced with high and tight-woven wlro. Ono of our neighbors has been keep ing sheep for sovcrnl years, and has had splendid success with them. Last year ho had somo owo lambs for salo and wo purchased eight of thorn, and a buck from another fannor to mato TO CULTIVATE SUDAN GRASS It Was Already Twenty Minutes Twelve. beckoned and sho carelessly ap proached tho studio. As she crossed tho threshold Hall caught hor by tho wrist and drew in. She looked up at him, a little fright ened. "Flodle," he exclaimed wildly, "Flo dle, I can't stand It any longer. Don't keep It up any longer, dearl Say, yes,' can't you? Flodle,' fof God's sake " She looked him up and she looked blm down, and anger was In her eyes. "I gavo you my answer, Mr. Bonlstolle. Didn't you understand me, this after noon?" She backed off, preparing to leave. Ho seized her again. "Flodle, 1 won't take no for an answer. I love you too much!" Ho fumbled In his pocket and drew out the ring. "Here, tako this, Flo; wear It won't youl And, as soon as I can get Mr. Doremus In here, I'll put another one on your linger that'll make us man and wife!" Sho took It, and toBsed it across the studio. It bounded along tho flour, "No, thanks, Mr. Bonistelle! You'll havo to excuse me, I'm busy." "But heavens, Flo, look at tho clock! It's nearly twelve! I have only fifteen minutes more, Flo! Don't turn me down! Oh, I want you so, Flodio won't you" (TO UB CONTINUED.) Good Stirring of Goll After First Crop Is Removed Will Greatly Help Plants In Starting. (By It E. KArtPCH. Oklahoma Experi ment Station.) "Would llko to know If It Is advis able or necessary to cultivate after cutting first crop of sudan grass for seed." M. B.. Bliss. Okla. Sudan grass should bo cultivated as soon as posslblo after tho first crop of hay Is removed. A good stirring of tho soil at this time will bo a great help to the plants In making a good, strong start toward tho second crop. If the ground has been kept clean ard frco from weeds during the early purt of the growth of tho flrst crop It will not be neecssary to cultivate frequent ly during tho growth of the second crop. Jubt enough cultivation tit maintain the desired soil mulch will be needed in this case. By the tlmo tho first crop has matured tho plants havo stooled and spread out In the row to such an extent that It makes any cultivation a much less tedious operation for the second crop than is tho case with tho young plants during the early growth of tho flrst crop. Since the flrst crop Is to be allowed to stand for seod purposes the growing period of the second crop will be shortened several weeks at best, and good cultivation will help considerably toward Increasing tho yield of the sec ond cutting. 3BP!Si. r H2r ;- . Choice Lot of Lambs. with them. For tho eight lambs wo paid $3G and $10 for tho ram, making a total cost of $10 for tho llttlo dock. Since wo had tho pastures already fenced with woven wire for hogs, eat tlo and horses, thoro was no extra ox penso in providing pasture for tho sheep. In our brushy and sprouty pastures tho small flock of sheep ato and grow spendldly, refusing feed In tho lot or barn till tho mlddlo of January this year. Thoy mado practically all their living on the waste of tho farm and pastures, and tho actual cost of food ing thorn outsldo of what thoy secured outsldo was not moro than flvo dollars. Gxccpt when snow was on tho ground thoy proforrcd bolng out In tho hills and brush foraging In tho winter to housing and feed In tho barn. This spring wo had six lambs from tho eight owes. All tho shcop and lambs aro fat and In flno condition and excellent health. Wo sheared and shipped tho wool last week, securing 28 cents a pound for It from a St. Louis commission firm. Tho clip from tho nlno shcop gavo a not roturn, aft er oxprcssago and commission wero deducted, of $21.85, or a llttlo over $2.42 each sheep, for wool only. This was abput 60 per cent of what tho sheep cost us last August when thoy wero purchased. Counting tbo lambs worth J5 each by August, tto total lncomo from tho flock will amount to $51.85. Deducting $5.&5 for feed, tho flock will havo notted us $46 In ono yoar, or oven 100 per cent net on tho original Investment, which Is from two to ten times as much net profit as wo mako with any othor of our farm animals. Besides being highly profitable sheep aro tho easiest of all domostlo animals to handle Our children llko them Immensely, and can liandlo them with caso and safoty. Thoy clean tho land of woods and Bprouts, and they fertlllzo richly as they roam and for age They aro so good in so ruiny ways that wo aro preparing to in crcaso our flock to GO owes on the .t60- acro farm. Of courso, sheep and wool aro ei.tra high In prlco right now, but Indica tions point to continued high prices. Thoso having hilly and rocky land can turn It Into rich Income property by fencing It and pasturing with sheep. Money from tho animals comes In at least twlco each year when wool and lambs aro sold. Old sheep aro high priced, and lambs aro tho highest they havo boen In many years, and prices for both old and young sheep havo continued high without material change for many months. Whoru tho farmer has any spare land not suited to cultivation, shcop raising offers golden opportunities at presont, and perhaps will bo equally or mora profit ablo for years to come, MOISTURE CAPACITY OF SOIL Improved by Application of Manure Also Cheapest Means of Return ing Vegetable Matter. The application of manure Is the cheapest means of returning organic or vegetable matter to the soil and tho maintenance of a good supply of de caying organic matter Is the flrst and most Important step in tho mainte nance of tho productive capacity of tho soil. It gives the soil bettor tilth, Increases the availability of the min eral elements of plant food and Im proves tho water-holding capacity ot the soil, In addition to being a sourco of nitrogen as n plant food. North Dakota Experiment Station. HANDY BAG HOLDER SAVES MUCH TIME Light Materials May Be Used in Construction of Device for Granary or Barn. Every farmer should havo some kind of a bag holder, so that grain, chop or bran can bo sacked without requiring tho services of a second person. A square or round hopper, stationary In some corner of tho granary or a mov able ono supported by three spreading legs la easy to make and handy to uso. Light material may be employed In making such a holder. The height of the hopper from the floor Is regulated by tho length ot tbo bags usod, as tho bottom ot tho bag should not rest on tho ground while being filled. Dull hooks or nails ot such length and position as Judgment dictates will hold tho bag while It Is being filled. Such conveniences as these aro simple, but they save not only tlmo but much needed energy. Origin of Crescent. Professor Rldgeway, in England, ad vocatod a now view, according tc which the Mohammedans got tho Idea of the crescent, not from tho new moon, but from tho ancient and long continued ubo in Asia Minor of amu lets mado by fitting two boars' tuski together nt tho base. Tho figure thu produced certainly bears a closer ro semblance to a typical crescent, as it Is represented on tho Turkish flag than does a new moon. The wide dis tribution ot theso amulets, hdwever, suggests that they may havo had a common origin In somo symbol per talnlns to tho moon. Thoy are found as far away as New Guinea, while In Africa they aro In common use, mado, however, ot lions' claws Instead 01 boars' tusks. Dinners Cooked on Public Street In nearly every Btreet ot tho cities ot Japan thore Is a public oven, whore, for a small feo, pecplo raajr hare thelt dinnsrs cooked. Protect Against Cholera. The only means ot protecting the hog against cholera Is by Inoculation with hog cholera serum, or with hog cholera scrum and virus, Tho serum alono confers an Im munity lasting from six to eight wookii. whllo tho doublo treatment (Inocula tion of the hog on one sldo with serum and on the other Bldo wlt virus) shows a lasting or permanci t Immunity to hog cholera. FEEDING CHICKENS GRASS FROM LAWN In Case Fowls Are Not Accus tomed to Green Food They Engorge Themselves. Retain Moisture In Soil. The moisture that falls from tho ski ts likely to bo sucked up again unlesn prevented. Frequent, shallow cultiva tion means that it will bo retalnod in tho soil. Establishing Alfalfa. The sowing ot alfalfa In wldo rows and giving cultivation between the rows has proved to bo tho most cer tain way of establishing this etui crop In all the different areas. ALWAYS KEEP MILK COLD AS POSSIBLE Bacteria Increase Very Slowly at Low Temperatures Put Li quid Against the Ice. (By WALTER B. LEUTZ.) Tho colder milk Is kept, tho longer it will remain sweot. Bacteria are responsible for the changes which tako place, and bacteria Increase In num bers very blowly at low tomporatures. Therefore, do not leavo milk whero It will get warm. It possible, put It directly against tho ice. If this cannot bo dono, put It In tho compartment ot tho Ico box directly boneath tho ico, for tho air circulating through tho ico chest Is coldest direct ly after It passes over the Ico. If no Ico bos la -used, keep tho milk as cool as possible by putting it in tho cellar, or by wrapping tho bottlo in a damp cloth, and setting It out ot tho dlroct sunlight In a current ot air. I (By II. S. EAKINS. Colorado Agrlcul tural College.) In cities where chickens aro kept in back yards, .it Is sometimes a com mon practice, after mowing tho lawn, to throw tho cut grass into tho chick on lot to supply green food ,for tho fowls. In caso the chickens aro not accustomed to green food thoy will ongorgo themselves and frequently be come crop bound. Tho grass will be como Impacted in a largo mass in tho crop which becomes distended. Tho bird stralghtons Its neck and yawns, shows signs of distress, and it not properly attended to, may die. Provontlon ot courso should bo prac ticed, and It may bo statod that rower caBcs of Impaction occur, if Instead ot teodlng the'eut grass, tho chickens aro allowed the freedom of tho grass plot. Treatment should bo sought In con sulting tho local veterinarian. MANURE PILES ARE ' DANGEROUS PLACES Favorite Breeding Spot for Sta ble Fly Animal Refuse Should Be Spread at Once. Although straw is tho principal breeding place for tho stablo fly in, tho grain belt, thousands ot them de velop In manure plies. Tho house fly and horn fly also breed oxtensh-ely horo and therefore the greatest caro should be used In dealing with this animal refuao. Manure should be hauled out andj scattered at regular lntorvuls and any accumulations of Btraw or bay, usre clally adjacent to stables, should bo disposed of. Stablo manure being usually In close proximity to human habitations, tho flies from It have froor access to man to disseminata human diseases. , f 1 "V i a r i -:l u