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The Oxford Democrat. VOLUME 82. . SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915. NUMBER 50 CARL S. BRIGGS, Dentist, SOUTH PARIS, MAINE. Otli e Hours : 9 a. m. to 5 p. 11. Spe », attention *iven to children. Telephone 113 4 K. H. P. JONKS, 11 Dentist. NORWAY, . . MAINE, j.Ό Hour·—> to 12—1 to *. < I KKHItR Λ 1'ΛΚΚ. . ι Attorneys at Lav, KKTHKL, . MAIN·. MB R· HorTlck. KUery C. Park » LBKKT D. PAUK, Licensed Auctioneer, SOUTH 1Ά&19, · . MAINS. Terme Moderate. J. WALDO NASH, icensed Taxidermist, iple Street, rear Masonic Block, one Connection. NORWAY. LONGLEY & BUTTS, Norway, IV! alne, Numbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work. STEEL CEILINGS A SPECIALTY. Bisbee & Parker, vTTORNKVS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Rumford, Maine. ULNLRAL PRACTICE. corge D. Bisbee Ralph T. Parker ^•pauldinii Bisbee 10 1 y e. w. ( ii wDii n, Builders' Finish i Will furnNn I»o<»Ks *n I WINDOWS of auy lu or Style at reasonable prlcee. •\iso Window ά Door Framos. f In ά tat of any kîn. 1 of KlnUh for InaHe oi uMi wurk, *er. l !q your orders. Pine Luu· r and Shinnies on hand Cheap for C&bh. Planing, Sawing and Job Work. MaU-hc! Pliie Sheathing for Sale. t. W. (HI^IULEK, Wert Sumner, .... Maine. If You are troubled with heartburn, cases and a distressed feeling after eating take a «fexogg, DSf before and after each ni*»al and«you w ill ubt.au prompt rdicf. Sold unly by us.-5o Cha». H. Howard Co. HILLS, Jeweler and Graduate Optician. Lowest Prices in Oxiord Couniv. NORWAY, MAINE. He Removed the Danger Signal "I suffered a lonR time with very weak back." writes Fred nith, 325 Main St.. Green Bay. Wis. . few boxes of Foley Kidney Villa • mpletely relieved me of all soreness and pain in the back, and now I am as strong and well as « v.·γ." Une cannot help becoming' nervous and feeling tired and worn out when ; .· kidneys fail to filter and throw ι -it of the system the poisonous wasto matter that causes kidney troubles and bladder ailments. Backache is one of Nature's danger rijmals that the kidneys are clojiK· <1 tip and inactive. It is often followed l v rheumatism, annoying bladder or urinary disorders, puffy swellings under the eyes, swollen ankles and painful joints. Foley Kidney Fills get right at the source of trouble. They invigorate the kidneys to healthy action and when the kidneys properly perform ttielr functions the poisonous VUta matter id eliminated from the system. A. K. âUl'KTLKFF Α ΙΛλ, · South farts. L. S. BILLINQS MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALLR IIS Red Cedar and Spruce Clap boards. New Brunswick Cedar Shingles, North Carolina Pine, Flooring and Sheathing, Paroid Roofing, Wall Board. Apple Barrel Heads, and LUMBER OF ALL KINDS South Paris, - Maine. "I Don't Feel Good" TTint is what a lot of people toll us. Usually their bowelaonly need cleansing. 'texa&g.fftctetEiea, will do the trick and make you feel fine. We kDuw thia positively. Take one tonight. Sold only by us, 10 cents. Chas. H. Howard Co. Eyes Examined for Glasses SAMUEL RICHARDS Optometrist and Optician South Paris. Maine. Pianos and Organs Second hand Pianos and Organs for sale at a bargain. Two square pianos I will sell at low price. A lot of second hand organs that 1 will sell at any old price. Come in and see them. New Pianos, Stools, Scarfs, Instruction Books, Player pia nos always in stock at prices that are right Send for catalog. W.J.Wheeler, Hilling· Block, South Parle. AMONG THE FARMERS. "BPKKX> TUB PLOW." Correepondenoe on practical agricultural topic* U solicited. ΛιΙΟτβΜ »11 communication· In tended (or ttaU department to Humr D. Hammond, Agricultural Kdltor Oxford Dem ocrat. Parle. Me. Advocates Alfalfa and Clover. If there is any one thing that stands out above another in eastern dairying, it is the fact that farmers do not grow enough of the cow's ration on the farm. This fact must be apparent to anyone who takes note of the grain bill of the average dairyman. This constant pay ing out of a large proportion of the re ceipts keeps him in the haud-to mouth class. There are far too many in this class. Better break away from the tra ditions of the fathers, plow up the meadows, and start a system of crop ro tation. We have too long been bound to the "haying" class, that is, we keep our meadows in mowings and think we are thereby making the most of them. In the first place, forage crops of high er feeding value should be grown. This means that clover and other legumes should to a considerable extent take the place of timothy. As every farmer knows, timothy and other common up land grasses do not make the beet roughage for the cows. Alfalfa ?eems to be gaining in favor but so many fail· ' ures have been recorded that a good many dairymen hesitate about attempt ing it to auy considerable extent. We find, however, that those who have gone about it right invariably make a success of growing alfalfa. In a great many case the cause of failure is a lack of lime in the soil or attempting to grow it on poorly drained lands. It is pretty gen eially admitted that alfalfa does not ι thrive on heavy clay soils unless under· drainage is first provided. Sweet clover is another of the leg umes that can profitably be included in the rotation. While this clover does not, in the writer's opinion, equal alfalfa in feeding value, it is one of the most valuable plants that can be grown as a soil builder. Ked clover is easier to grow than either of the legumes uamed above. It is, however, of less feeding value but still rauks above timothy. It will usually succeed on any of the till able land m the Kast, except the un «trained meadows. On such lands it is better to grow alsike. One of the best reasons for growing clover on the dairy farm is that it en courages farmers to adopt a system ol crop rotation. It matures so early that a crop may be cut, the stubble plowed down and planted to ensilage corn or some soiling crop like oats and Canada field peas or buckwheat. Some seasons it is possible to take two crops of hay and plow under a stubble in time to sow the land to winter wheat or rye. It should be the aim to keep the land work ing to its fullest capacity. Comparative ly few dairymen practice "intensive" farming. Is it practical to raise grain in the Eist? Tins is a question that many are asking. Statistics tell us that all kinds of grain yield more bushels peracie thau in the states farther west. Perhaps it costs more to handle an acre, but on many of the best dairy farms a crop for threshing may well be iucluded in the rotation. It must be admitted, how ever, that cereals grown as soiling crops seem to answer the purpose of the eastern farmer better, in most cases, than grain. A Connecticut dairyman claims that he produces everything be feeds right at home with the exception of cottonseed meal. This he buys be cause he considers it the cheapest agen cy to furnish the protein needed in the ration. Alfalfa furnishes part of the protein his cows require, but this is sup plemented with the cottonseed. Were he dependent upon timothy and red top he would have to buy a considerably larger percentage of the protein he feeds. The silo is indispensable on the dairy farm. Storage room to handle forage of equal feediug value would be almost be yond the facilities of many farms. At the same time corn ensilage is one of the most valuable of feeds. The grow ing of corn for the silo tits into the rota tion to perfection Clover is cut and stubble turned under, thus making the land produce two good feeding crops in the season. The intensive dairyman finds it necessary to provide ensilage for both summer and winter, the summer silo helping to tide the cows over the dry period usually occurring in late summer.—C. H. I'hesiey, New Hamp shire, in Hoard's Dairyman. Canning Demonstrations. During the past summer, 557 womeu and girls attended canning demonstra tiens given by the State Leader of Girls' Clubs, University of Maine. Does it mean anything for the business of farm ing that the women are becoming inter ested in the utilization of utherwise waste products? That it is not economy to grow fruits and vegetables to be left in the garden or orchard to rut, and then to purchase cauned goods during the lung winter season is a principle we are coming to realize more and more. We have gone one step farther and we realize too the necessity of thpse fruits and vegetables to give variety to our diet if we are to keep well aud health ful. Furthermore, canniug on a larger scale for market is a question to be con sidered by the farm girl or woman «ho finds spare time aud wishes to make a profit. lu connection with the Girls' Agricul tural and Cannirg Clubs, directed bv the Kxteusion Division of the College of Agriculture, University uf Maine, 14 demonstrations were given. These were public and everybody in «commun ity was invited to come. In addition demonstrations were given at grange fairs aud field meetings for the women, while the men were constructing model poultry houses, holding plowing con tests, etc. Nor was the audience com posed wholly of women. Many men were inteusely interested. Although the canning at these meet ings was usually done out of doors by | means of an inexpensive portable ouitit, . it was also demonstrated that the Work might be done just as satisfactorily on , the kitchen range or oil stove by using a ( wash boiler, preserving kettle or an or ( dmary pail. In several instances, steam | pressure outfits wete used. , The principles involved in successful , canniug were explained as well as the , difference bet ween canning and preserv , ing· Types of jars and cauners were j discussed. The canning was done ac cording to the directions issued by the J United States Department of Agricul ture which are the result of iavestiga tions and experience of experts. ( Work with members of the girls'clubs < was even more worth while than the dem- ( onstrations, as here, each girl actually did the work, after being shown the lat- j est and best method. Canning was done in glass jars and in tin cans. Many ; kinds of vegetables, fruits, and berries were successfully canned. Instructions for the home canning of fruits and vegetables, windfall and cull apples and use of by-product, tinning, capping, and soldering; repair work for the farm home as well as the name· of the various firms supplying outfits and canning accessories were distributed among people attending the demonstra tions. Recently other directions, home canning of soups, have been received and over live hundred complete sets of these canning instructions have been sent to women and girls thronghoat the state. Directions for the canning of meats are now in preparation by the United Statee Department of Agricul ture and will be available for distribu tion in the spring. Few schemes of farming can succeed with the oow eliminated, and the better the oow the larger the profita. ! Take Care of the Manure Pile. (Hour*!'· Dairyman Junior».) Wby doee land wear out? Is cause some of the eoil is los,? - ' deed. Every one of you fellow· that worn-ont land le that *hic _ some of the elements of plan!itood.You know that the farmer who roUtea hie crops, and uses plenty of fertiliser will not have a worn out farm. That U why the dairy farmer does nov have worn-out land ; he keeps stock, a turns plant food to the soil η of manure. Instead of selling all the plant food off the farm in the «rain, be returns a part of it to the lana as barnyard manure. As the plant grows *°°?Jr0" v™" eoil is used in the roots, stem, and seeds. As a rule more Roe· to make up the seeds than to any °th if the «rain and hay raised were fed to tock s» «h, i«™. 5SSiJlZ*£ZZ p'" gj '·.?·.°o°r Jw ν°'τ « τ cr as* s* îrtt s» rA.:bT:r.r.o*^p-^j weias anyone else; most of them waste | ι large amount of plant food every y . rhev Dile the manure taken out each lav in one big. loose pile where it is ex posed to suu, w.nd, and r»i°- OnJeld°r •wice a year it is spread on the tieias, jut there is always some tbat is losfc η Te yard. Some of the plant food in nanure is easily dissolved in he rains washing the manure pile take ,ut a considerable amount !ou go to work to avoid tb.s loss? The limp'·est way would be to erect » she ιnii«r which the manure could be piled. Vnv open shed that will keep off t je ■»in would do, but it is often possible to »u°d U in so that it may also eerveasal belter for the stock running loose in hn vard In this way it will sene a louble purpose and will soon save °There Is another way io which plant ood may be lost from the P'J· κ·»» i« hv the action of bacteria, ι I nanure there are countlese nambers ο SS?sSiSè3 5L α» If vou have ever noticed the sme I ouie cases if the pile is projected from he rain The burned condition or re .ingiug Of manure is also caused by bac· L> How °shan we prevent all u i,resent it is hardly possible to pre „ η ιΟΒβ of plant food, but it is quite I lossible to reduce the l°ss> to.a Urge ^ex enttheLmanuVeee F^the covered shed KTirrffpïs SîSàaSa^Vst eut any of the liquid manure from run ?»i ôff it will be of still more value, jany of' tbe bacteria which c^us®ferjn^' S in the manure, need pleuty of air „ work well, so it is possible to stop nuch of their work by ehot**°* he air This may be doue to a large ex ent by packing the pile iirmly and keep-1 ok it moist, l'our enough water ou °ery few da>s to keep he whj ■· TVbSÎe1ΐ."«S5«p.--l;e -ays to ir iftical on the average farm, but . I ™ ,,, do nome of these I»·'!»·»1" M»*., "d«.ry fatal boy can help it. his matter. Utilizing the Potato Crop. "Ignorance and defective marketiug ystems are the greatest obstacles to ucceee id all tkinds of farming. Igno ance of production and possible indus rial uses is what is wrong with the po ato industry to-day, and is responsible or the lower .prices received by the arrners for their products," said Dr. H. Î. Horton, Agricultural Commissioner, American Steel and Wire Co., at the Conference of Marketing and Farm 'reditu, Tuesday, November30, at Chica ;o. Dr. Horton's subject was "Turning be Potato Loss into a Profit." "We know bow to increase production md improve quality in our crops, but re have not given proper attention to be development of the industrial use* f potatoes and other farm products, 'he intelligent use of fertilizer and ilant selection take care of quantity and [iiality. How to convert the excess •roduction of a year into nonperishable orm profitably is the problem that re [tiires study," said Dr. Ilorton. "In iermany the potato furnishes 25 per ent of the necessary food of the Ger nan Empire. The German working aen and their families are dependent ipon the potato for 50 percent of their ood supply. Potato tlour, potato lakes, and other nonperishable forms iave been used for years. United States * just starting to m.ike the same uses f this particular crop." In the present war, dried potatoes fur· lisb a great part of the German soldier's ations. They keep almost indefinitely nd are easily transported and bandied, mportatione of potato fiour to the Unit d States had reached 10 million pounds η 11U3. Dr. Horton urged the delegates ο the conference to start a campaign of ducatiou throughout the farming re lions of the United States for the de elopment in the United States of he same industrial uses of farm crops ο insure profitable returns, regardless if the year's production. Training Young Heifers. The young heifer mnst be kindly tandled and accustomed to having >eople work around her. I have my leifers so trained that they elevate their ails when tboy see me coming. They 'xpect me to pat tbem or scratch their lides, or otherwise give tbem a little at. eotion. How different this is than of itepping into a stable speaking harshly >r striking bard with the man or with a »hip! That practice keeps tbe animals tlarmed and they are always excitable he moment you step in the stable, imdness, therefore, is the one great bought in handling heifers. I have been surprised how quickly the roung heifer will respond when some lainty morsel is fed out of the hand Tbey change their mental attitude at ince. In beginning to milk I caress tbe roung cow, rub my band over her flank tnd sides and then on sitting down wait net a few minutes before beginning to iraw the milk. This method gains bei* :onfidence and you soon have no trouble whatever in milking, or in otherwise Handling tbe young heifer in any man ier.—L. E. Gbering in New England Homestead. / Notes. I wonder if all folks kuow that an air tight can of any sort Is not tbe best place to keep seeds? They need air, as much as talks do. They will keep beat done up in paper. Label the packages and bave a little box for tbem in a bandy place If yon bave any sqeds now in tight cans take them out. It Is not too soon to begin to plan for tbe crops of another year. Pignre well what you should plant, and why. Don't go at it blind and find you've planted the wrong crop·. If other people are planning big oropa, plan to hare not big ger hat better one·. Potash, Perlmutter and Others By MONTAGUE GLASS IX.—RED, THE ME DIATOR [Copyright The Frank A. Mun»ey Co.] ALOYSltTS WALSH, the same they caU "Ked," was playing the mouth organ. He exhaled ' the melody and inhaled the ac conipaniuieut, while Patsy Barry «at bealde him on the bench and kicked the wooden partition beneath, tempo mai-cato. .. Outside the cold was intense, and constantly opening door so lowered the tea perature of the room that the music fairly steamed from Aloysius lips litte Jets of vapor. Patsy's nose peep ed, cherrylike, from the «hade of hto enormous cap, and his whole attitude Wft3 one of absorbed interest In the performance. He admired good music, not so the manager at Forty-fifth street, who stuck his head through an opening in the partition. "Quit dat noise, youse two, he growled, "or I'll kick de botn yez out er lis." They quit Incontinently, for the man ajti r was of a decisive habit with mes se ieer boys. He had Just risen from a tender conversation with "B. Q." In thc< main office, who clicked him a viv id description of herself ae tall an blond, and he sighed as he pictured her laijruid eye and moist red lip. If n© bu: knew It, "B. G." was stout and forty, with a three days' growth of be:ird and more redolent of whisky than the manager at Forty-fifth street himself. „ . .. It was ecant half past 8, and the theaters were in. A light ^ and a bleak wind swept Broadway cloar of all traffic save the cars and one or two belated playgoer* The manager lighted a fresh stogie and prepared for a quiet evening. Aloysius and Patsy were "doping ι thd homes at New Orleans with the aid of a tattered pink newspaper. They w »re keen sportsmen, at least in de sire, and discussed In low tones a mark ed reversal of form shown in the fifth race that afternoon. "Dat ain't narten," said Aloyslu . "Iiouis d'Or was played down to even mjney yesterday, and she ain't finished Patsy waggled his head gra>ely.^ "Yer can't pick 'em dese days, he gj Id. "Dey git yer bote ways, comln uid goln'." . .. A bell tapped Insistently, and the n.anager drew a ticket from one of the many drawers behind the counter. e handed it to Aloysius without even glancing at it. "Here, you!" he said. -Chase your eelf." .. . „_j Aloysius buttoned up his coat and carefully drew on his torn mittens. j "Where to?" said Fatsy. "Hotel Altrlncham," Aloysius replied and ministered to a cold in his head v.-itb his left hand mitten. "Leave me have de moût* organ whi e ye're goner' said Patsy as Aloysius made for the door. »Aw, what fer?" Aloysius rejoined derisively. "All right, yer miz, said the dis gruntled Patsy. The manager again inserted his head through the partition. "Shake it up there. Four-ninety-two! he said. , , Aloysius opened the door and passed out with a blast of insulting discords on the harmonica. "Ho-ly cripes!" he muttered to him nelf as the wind struck him. "Ain't it cold?" A ... . And he broke into a trot, with hla head bent to the swirling snow. II. A few minutes later be entered the revolving doar of the Altrlncbam and saluted the clerk with the monosylla ble "Call." "Front" said the clerk, "take this kid up to 89." After a lively scuffle with the bellboy in the elevator Aloysius alighted at the eighth floor and knocked on the door numbered 89. A tall young man answered his sum mons. "Come in," he said to Aloysius. "Cold, isn't it?" Aloysius sniffed by way of answer and sat down on the edge of the bed. Ele made careful survey of the room while the tall young man wrote steadi ly at a desk in the corner. On the dressing table were two panel photo graphs, and scattered about the walls were four more, all of the same per son. Aloysius stared at them with the eye of a connoisseur, for messenger boys in the vicinity of Forty-flfth street are by association and environ ment excellent Judges of feminine beauty. The tall young man rose from his desk and went to the telephotte. "Send me a cup of hot coffee," he said to the clerk, and he returned to his writing. Soon there came a knock at the door, and a waiter appeared bearing a silver pot of coffee on a linen covered tray. He deposited it, .with sugar, cream and a cup and saucer, on the dressing table. "Drink this," said the tall young man. "You'll feel better when you go out" Aloysius expressed his enjoyment in long gurgling Inhalations until there was no more coffee left Evidently the tall young man found letter writing a difficult task, for he began four epis tles, only to tear them up. At the fifth attempt be concluded α short note and handed It to Aloysius. "Take this letter to the Benson," he said, "and wait for an answer. If the lady says tnere lsn t auy come back toil let me know. Here's 10 centa for tar fare and a quarter for yourself." Aloysius pocketed the quarter. 'Tanks, Jack," he said. "Ter all right" The tall young man sighed heavily. He had large melancholy eyes and fea tures bo delicately molded as to ap pear rather weak. Altogether he was good to look upon, and the dinner coat which he wore by no means detracted from his appearance. "Hustle, now," be said, "and If you come back In less than half an bout there's more coffee downstairs." Aloysius grinned and hurried for the •levator. On his way down he disco?-1 ered that the envelope, none too secure-1 ly sealed, had broken open, and in the street car be drew the letter from its ; oorertng and perused it with a frown.. Deareat—Tell me you didn't mean what you said thla afternoon. The boy will wait for an answer. HUBERT. "Dat's a hot one!" Aloysius mutter ed, replacing It In the envelope. The car Jogged along over the Joints In the rails, and Aloysius, seated for warmth over a grating of the electric heater, took his harmonica from his tunic and passed it furtively across his mouth. The only other occupants of the car were the conductor, who stood inside the door, and an old gentleman curled up in the comer behind the financial page of a conservative evening paper. At the first strains the old gentleman ' glanced menacingly over the celluloid rims of bis glasses, and the conductor ; darted up the aisle of the car. "Hey I" he yelled. "Yer wanter cut dat out See?" Aloysius rose slowly. "Who for?" he Inquired, and as the conductor grabbed for htm he dodged and Jumped nimbly from the rear plat form. Standing on the sidewalk, he carefully Inserted his two index fin gers in either corner of his mouth and sent a shrill defiance after the retreat ing car. Three times and with great solemnity he repeated the performance , and then turned and entered the por- ' tale of the Benson. "Dis is for Mise Ethel Wetmore," he said to the clerk, "an' dere's an an swer." Tho clerk handed the note to a bell boy, who returned a moment later. "She wants to see the messenger," he said. III. Aloysius was ushered into a room on the third floor in which a lady was sitting, a lady of such compelling charm that Aloysius removed his hat and gasped. "Are you the boy that Mr. Hol worthy sent?" she asked. "A tall guy wid a dress suit?" Alo ysius queried. The lady nodded. "Yes'm," he said. Slowly she removed from the third finger of her left hand a solitaire dia mond ring that sparkled brill iantly in the sub dued lighting ot the room. But Aloysius hnd no eyes for the gem He gazed open mouthed at two round drops that rolled gently down the lady's cheeks. "Now," he com menced huskily— "now, lady—don't yer, now." He recognized in her the orig inal of the six photographs in the room at the A ltrlncham, though the beau ty of her featuree was many times enhanced by the magnificent color ing of her oval face and the gilded wealth of her hair. She wrapped the ring in ELolworthy*■ note and handed it to Aloysius. "Take this to Mr. Holworthy," she eald, "and let me know what he says." She fumbled in her pocketbook and produced a quarter. "Take this," she continued. "Hurry back." "T'anks, lady," said Aloysius, plac ing the package in the lining of his hat He stood In the door hesitatingly. "Well, why don't you go?" said Misa Wetmore. "Now, lady," Aloysius stammered, "dcm't yer go ter beefln' no more." He blushed at his own temerity and ran wildly down the stairs. The tall young man was pacing nerv ously up and down his room as Alo ysius entered. "Well?" he blurted out "She gimme dis ter hand ter yer," said Aloysius, taking the ring from the lining of his cafl>. Holworthy seized It with shaking fin gers, and his face turned a ghastly white. Aloysius stood waiting In the door. "That's all," Holworthy said. "You may go." Still Aloysius lingered. "What are you waiting for?" Hol worthy croaked. "She told me ter come back," Aloy sius replied, "and let her know what you said." Holworthy swallowed In an effort to control his tones and made a gesture of dismissal. t>e»Mν® 8he Removed a Solitaire Diamond. "Uoi" ne lyanagea ιο wuiaper uuu, sinking down on the bed, covered his face with his hnnds, while hie shoul ders heaved with great choking gobs. Aloysius turned and tiptoed from tlie room. A quarter of an hour later he was again conducted to Miss Wetmore'e apartments In the Benson. She raised a tearful faco toward him. "Well," she said, "what did he Bay?" Aloysius shook his head. "Narten, lady." She folded her hands in her lap and gazed Into vacancy. "What did he do?" she continued, and her lips trembled plteously. "Now, lady," said Aloysius, "don't yer go ter takln' on about it de way he did. Ou de level, lady, he beefed sum pin* awful." Miss Wetmore rocked to and fro In impotent misery, and Aloysius, forget ting that he was α messenger boy, laid a comforting arm on her shoulder. Gen tly she took his hand in hers and press ed a dollar bill into it Aloysius turned red and choked. "T'anks, lady," ho murmured; "but I couldn't take it." He left the money on the table and backed out of the room. The manager at Forty-flfth street was Just finishing his stogie when Aloysius came back. "Well," ho grunted, "wher've you been loafing?" Aloysius was In no mood for correc tion. "Say," he piped, "me madder's sick, an' I'm goln' home. See?" "You are, hey?" tpe manager replied. "You stay right here till 7 o'clock." For answer Aloyelus flung down his oilcloth covered book and walked out of the office, banging the door behind him. Without hesitation, be made straight for the Altrlncham. "Say," he said to the clerk, *Tve got an answer for Mr. Holworthy in 89." The clerk looked at the pigeonholes frahlml him. "Gone out," he replied. "Where did he go?" Aloysius per sisted. "You might try the Criterion club," said the clerk. By this time the light snow had grown into a driving blizzard, and Aloysius shivered as he faced the —<i»y<ng particles. He turned into storm, juet ns α hansom dashed around the corner. The driver gave a mighty pall on his reins and swore horribly as Aloysius disappeared beneath the wheels. Young Holwortby jumped from the cab and carried Aloysius In his arms to the sidewalk. "By George Γ lie exclaimed. "It's -the messenger boy!** When the ambulance arrived the sur geon shook his head dolefully. "Must get him to the operating table Immediately," he called to Holworthy from the back of the wagon as it clang ed rapidly away. The Two Lovara Ware Clasped In Eaoh Others Arma. Aloysius awoke four hours Inter with the fumes of the ether lingering In hie nostrils. He turned his hend painfully toward the white capped nurse at his side. "Am I goln' to croak?" ho whispered. The nurse patted hie pillow cheer fully. "You're all right!" she said. "Say," he muttered again, "kin I send fer me friends?" The nurse nodded, and placed a linen screen around him. Slio bent her head while he whispered two names and ad dresses. It seemed like an age, but in reality It was barely half an hour before they arrived. Holworthy was the first to come. He leaned over Aloysius and pressed his hund In silent sympathy. Aloysius smiled gratefully. "Say, Jack," he murmured, "have yer got dat ring?" Holworthy took it from his pocket Knd laid it on the bed. Then Miss Wet more entered. She stood on the op posite side of the bed and a faint flush mounted to Aloysius' cheeks as he saw her. He closed his hand over the ring. "Put It on, lady," he muttered. With drooping eyes she placed the ring on the third finger of her left hand. Aloysius turned to Holworthy. "Git over on de udder side," he whis pered, and in a moment the two lovera were clasped In each other's arms. Aloysius beamed and half rose In his bed. "Kiss her, Jack!" he gasped, and fell back on his pillow. x. THE GINHOU· LIAC HEIRLOOM. [Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Co.] IT must be confessed that even as office boys go Bonfortunato Tag 11a tela was by no means of en gaging personality. lie was short for his fourteen years, and a tousled mop of hair hung low over his eyes, with which ho squinted horribly. So 111 favored was the boy that he moved easy going John Oakley to pro testations of disgust "By George.'" he suld to Freddy Fur nival. "That office boy of yours le a freak. May I ask what on earth In duced you to hire him?" "You may," Freddy replied. "The sole consideration was that he's a member of the Benvenuto Cellini cir cle of the Tasso Settlement on Matt street, at which your sister Mary Is a worker." I "Quite so," Oakley commented. "Bot Where's the connection?" "Spoken like a brother!" said Fred-1 dy. "I suppose you don't know Mary Is awfully down on me and calls me one of the idlo rich." "I do know It," Oakley replied. "Last night at dinner she said you were only playing at practicing law." "Precisely," said Furnlval, "and Tay- ' lor shall be the mecns of disillusioning her. He Is under strict Injunction to Inform her, first, what α large and lucrative practice I'm acquiring, and, second, how by precept and example I'm making a man out of him." lie felt In his pockets for some ciga rettes and found none them "Taylor!" he called. And when Tag llatela appeared In response he threw the lad a quarter. "(Jet some ciga rettes," he said, "the kind we're both partial to." "You don't mean to say you feed him cigarettes?" said 0"kley when the boy bad gone. "Not II" Furnlval answered. "He helps himself to 'em, together with what small change I may have, out of the pocket of my office coat, when I'm not here. Last week he developed a new trick. I found my library dwin dling volume by volume. He sells 'em at a book shop on Ann street I fol lowed him there last Thursday, and arranged to have him paid a quarter apiece for reports and thirty cento for digests. Very decent fellow, the pro prietor. He turns 'em back to me at a nickel proiit—and there you are." "By Jove! What won't a fellow do when he's In love?" Oakley ejacu lated. "You're quite right" said Freddy, "but there are compensations. I've In vited myself over to the Benvenuto Cellini clrde tonight as Taylor's guest and Mary will be there Here he la now," he broke off suddenly. "Greet ings, Taylor 1" The stunted youth entered, and, grin ning sheepishly, deposited a package of cigarettes on the desk, from which Freddy took It "Cigarettes used to come ten lu a box," he said, as he opened the pack age, "but—ha, as I thought there are only nine berel The trusts *g«<n Oak iâfjou caa* beat 'ear The Tflsso settlement on Mott street accomplished two results, neither of which was Important from the stand point of sociology. Imprimis, It pro vided Hector Glnhoullac, its founder and head worker, with a living, and, secondly, It catered to a laudable and charming taste for "social service" in various wealthy young spinsters. One of these Hector hod marked for his own. "What others have done 1 can do," he declared to himself and laid siege to the heart of Mary Oakley. I To that serious person there could bo no comparison between Glnhoullac, the Milanese of French extraction, and Freddy Furnival, only heir at law of Furnlval's dry soap and magic cleaner. Freddy's perennial flippancy served but to irritate Mary, who was nothing if not earnest of purpose, while the suave and polished Glnhoullac appeal ed strongly to her sense of dignity, j True, Gilhoullac had no money and even made melancholy Jest of his pov erty to Mary. I "But you are rich in your life work," she would say. j Glnhoullac would answer with a re signed smile. Induced, no doubt, by the aptness of Mary's observation. He j would, indeed, be rich if bis plans ma tured as he hoped. Moreover, he eln 1 ferely admired Mary. Her face was lovely rather than beautiful. I In most men her glance might well provoke a sense of their own unworthi ness, but In Glnhoullac it aroused only lelf congratulation. The proposition leemed delightfully easy, save for one obstacle—namely, the cost of a suitable engagement ring—and this difficulty to a person of Hector's Ingenuity might be readily overcome. Wlieu Freddy entered the settlement house on the Tuesday in question, in Mary's company, Gkihoullae felt no restraint. He greeted Miss Oakley ef Asively and acknowledged the intro duction to Freddy with an obeisance that blended grace and dignity in Just the right proportion. "Assuredly," thought Freddy, "this is something to be kicked." "How d'ye do?" be said aloud. "Cold, Isn't it?" Glnhoullac agreed that it was "cauld" and asked if Miss Oakley was to have the pleasure of demonstrating the set tlement work to Mr. Furnival. "Not exactly," Mary replied. "I met him by chance on the way over from the subway. He's hero αβ a guest of one of the clubs." "The lieuvenuto Cellini circle," Iftred· dy broke in. "Ah, so!" said Glnhoullac. "You pro nounce the Italian good." "At the invitation of my friend Bon· fortunuto Tagliatela," said Freddy, enunciating all the liquid syllables with practiced ease. "Too buddal" Glnhoullac murmured. "Too baddaJ" "He Isn't sick. Is he?" Mary asked sympathetically. "Notta seek," said Glnhoullac, "A-oh, notta seek. I should to be seek. He take from my desk six of my cigars, and I And him smoking them In my office." "I'm sorry to hear it," Freddy com mented. "It is no matter," Glnhoullac replied, with a smile and a shrug. "I keek him down to the street corner. He notta come back, I promise you I" "Then Mr. Furnival Is deprived of his host," said Mary. "Notta so, notta sol" Glnhoullac broke In hurriedly. "Mine shall be the pleasure to act as host" He turned to Furnival. "And to show you how it le we uplift the poor foreign boy," he said, with a line sweep of his soft, white hand. Freddy smiled at the Involuntary hu mor of the head worker's phrase. "Not with the foot," Glnhoullac hast ened to add, "like that unfortunate Tagliatela. Bad manners we condone here, but dishonesty must be treated —must be treated, ah"— "Summarily," Mary helped out. Glnhoulluc smiled his thanks, with a dazzling show of regular, white teeth. "Just so," he murmured. "My Eng lish is a little difficult at times, but with Mees Oakley to help me, I be comes like—how shall I say it—like another Shekspeer-al" At the compliment a faint shade of pink came over Mary's pale features, Freddy Took the Ring and ToiiM It Upon the Deak Blotter. nut unnoticed by Freddy, whose men tal attitude at tbe time might well have been translated by u low whistle. For the rest of the evening he watched Miss Oakley and the head worker closely» with u net result of six hand clasps and sis resulting blushes from Mar}', Inter· , mingled with a multitude of dazzling smiles from (Jinboullac. "Uinhouliac's a pretty good sort, ' he said at length—"that is, for a dago." "A dago!" Mary exclaimed. "Freddy Furnival, 1 beg of you"— "That's all right," Freddy explained, "lie is a dago, Isn't he? That's the popular name for an Italian, just as Vuuk is for a down easter. I'm α Yank, you know, and you cun call mo one if you want to." "I might be Justified In culling you any number of things," Mary rejoined coldly, "except u gentleman!" This time the low whistle grew audi ble, and Mary stopped short "I can go the rest of the way alone," she said. "I'll take you to the subway station," Freddy murmured huskily. "Thank you, no, Mr. Furnival," Mary replied. 1 As she passed on Frçddy raised his i hat with as good a flourish and bow as Glnboullac himself might have made. lie watched her till she disap peared down the subway stairs, and ouce again his lips shaped themselves to a whistle as he strode rapidly away. IIL On a Wednesday morning three weeks later John Oakley walked Into the outer office of Furnlval's suit, which he found entirely unguarded by efflce boy or stenographer, and passed without hindrance to Freddy's room. As he entered the young lawyer hastily thrust something into his waistcoat pocket and roee to greet his friend with rather forced cordiality. "Congratulations, old chap Γ Freddy cried. "I heard it this morning." "It isn't generally known yet," said Oakley. "Good news travels fast, you know," Freddy rejoined. "I had the pleasure •f meeting Ginhouliac some weeks ago. He is u splendid fellow!" j "Indeed he Is," Oakley agreed. "His people are great shakes In Italy. His father's a privy councilor." "You don't say!" Freddy commented, a trifle Incredulous. "He's quite an athlete, too," Oakley went on admiringly. "So Taylor was telling me," Freddy broke In. "He kicked Taylor down Mott street for a block and a half." "There surely must have been some provocation." "There was. Taylor smoked six of his cigars." "Six cigars oughtn't to disturb him like that," said Oakley. "He's the soul of generosity. Why, the ring he gave Mary Is absolutely priceless. Ifs an heirloom in his family—α large ruby set with four brilliants. Perfectly itunnlng thing—you ought to see itH "I have seen It" "What?" Oakley cried. "Impossible! He only gave It to Mary yesterday aft ernoon." "As α matter of fact," Freddy went on calmly, "I believe I have It In my waistcoat pocket right now." "What on earth are you talking ■bout?" For answer Freddy took the ring from his waistcoat j>ocket and tossed It upon the desk blotter. "Large ruby and four diamonds," ho eald, "according to plans and specifica tions. " Oakley lay back In his chair and gasped like a landed trout "Perhaps," he eald at length, "you'll be good enough to explain this—this"— "By all means," Freddy replied. "This morning when I came In I found Taylor tossing a small object in the air and catching it again with such rapidi ty that It looked like a lot of colored balls Issuing from α Roman candle. As soon as he saw me he pocketed it My curiosity being aroused, I proceeded to knuckle him." "Knuckle him?" "Precisely," Freddy went on. "A schoolboy trick. Hurts like thunder. Old Torquemada knew his business, Oakley, for it wasn't live minutes be fore I had it out of my worthy young friend, and there you see It" "How did Taylor get hold of It?" ask ed Oakley. "More knuckling made him tell," said Freddy. "He confessed that lust night he attended the lien venu to Cellini cir cle, having made his peaco with Gln boullac. Of course he noticed Mary wearing the ring, and when she went Into the anteroum to wash her hands and returned without it he concluded that she must have left it on tho lava tory. That's precisely what she bad done, us he found out immediately—und there you are. Lucky 1 cuiue In Just when 1 did." "And where Is Taylor now?" "I've tired him," said Freddy. 'Tve meant to do it every day for the pasl three weeks, but I've always forgotten about it until today." "Why on earth didn't you have him arrested?" "What's tho use?" Freddy yawned. "We have the ring, and now let us go and take It back to Mary." IV. The Oakleys dwelt In nn English basement residence ou West End ave nue. One glance at the white leaded faullght of the colonial front door and the curtained elegance of the upper windows established the Oakley re spectability as (Irmly as did the family Bible and the "Social It eg 1st er" be neath the big mahogany table hi the library. It was to this chamber that Freddy had been ushered by Oakley ou their arrival. "Light up while I go and find Mary," he said, and started for the door. Hardly had he reached It, however, when from the lower tloor came α cry, half of rage, half of hysteria, which at once halted Oakley and brought Freddy to his feet. "Now, what In tho world Is that?" Oukley ejaculated. Another wall arose, and then follow ed the words: "You lost eet, you lost eet" "Glnboullac!" Freddy whispered, "lie's got 'em bad!" "Ah, no, 110, no, no!" re-echoed through the house. "By George, he has Puse and Bern hardt simply skinned to death!" Fred dy chuckled. "Give me the ring, Freddy," Oakley said. "I th.'iik I'll go downstairs and kick him out." Mingled with Mary's soothing con tralto and Glnhoullac's shrill hysteria came an expostulatory growL "Confound It, sir, you're behaving like a fool!" It said. "The governor!" Oakley exclaimed. "When I was a kid ho always said 'Confound It, sir,' Just before he whal ed the life out of me. Exertion's bad for him, too. I guess I'll go down." He took the stairs four at a Jump, while Freddy went back to the library and closed the door behind him. For ten minutes the mutiled sound of voices came In faint waves from the ground floor, until a decisive bang of· the front door brought the conference to a close. Freddy bad been standing by the li brary window, gazing Idly Into the street, and he saw Glnhoullac leave the house. For one brief moment the en raged Italian stood muttering on the curb. Between his thumb and flnger be held the ring, which glittered and flashed In the afternoon sunlight; then, raising his hand above his heud, be flung it far Into the roadwuy. As Freddy turned from the window Oakley entered. "Sorry to have kept you waiting," be said, "but we've bad tho dickens of α row downstairs." "Only α lovers' quarrel, I hope?" Freddy suggested. "A very violent one," Oakley replied. "The fact is, when Mary snld she didn't think his ring was valuable enough to make all that fuss about, Glnhoullac grew rabid and actually swore at her. He apologized Immediately and said fef thought was calling bjf prjçe B Mes old heirloom a valueless gut ^it er that, of course, Mary refused to have anything more to do with him, and when I gave her the ring she In· elated oa his taking ths ptestsos thing·" I "Waa he glad to get it beak Γ Vtaê dy asked. "He mast hers been," Oakley replied , "The governor say· thai when h· J heard it was lost he acted like a man scared out of his wits. Apparently he valued It very highly." "Nevertheless I don't think ha d14" Freddy rejoined. "How do yon know?" said Oakhp. "Because I woe standing by the Win· dow on be went out, and I aaw him throw the ring Into the street." "Impossible!" Oakley ejaculated. A few minutes later the two young men, aided by the servants and half the small buys of the neighborhood, were poking in the dust of West End avenue for the discarded bauble. They searched without avail, however, until dusk. "I guess It must have gone down a sewer opening," said Freddy. 'Or Into the pockets of one of the searchers," Oakley corrected. "In any event It's gone." "Amen!" Freddy murmured piously. "I'm going home to clean up." Oakley shook htm warmly by the hand. "We're all very much obliged to you,* he said. "I hope you'll come around agnlu this evening." V. Not only on that evening, but on many succeeding evenings Freddy call· ed at tho Oakley residence, until, alx months later, Mary waa ready to wea* another ring. "No heirlooms for mine!" said Fred dy η s he took the measure of her third finger with a piece of string. It shall be tho conventional solitaire and the bluest whitest or the whitest bluest oa Maiden lane!" Accordingly, bright and early the next morning Freddy Jumped off a Broadway car at the corner of Maiden lane and caromed from a policeman to α stunted newsboy, who was vigoroo* "Dey wuz narten but winder glee·,* Taylor replied. ly shouting the latest afternoon edi tion of nn evening paper. He steadied himself by seizing the youngster's shoulder. "Easy there, my boy I" be cried, and then he recognized the youth, "as I live," he shouted, "It's Tagllatela! Greetings, Taylor!" The embarrassed Tagllatela wriggled and struggled to free himself, but Prod· dy held him close. "Come on to the sidewalk," be sold. "I'm not going to harm you." lie drew his reluctant captive to t shop window and proceeded to inter rogate him. "Do you ever go to the Taseo Settle ment these days?" "Naw!" Taylor replied. "It's blown op since Glnhoullac beat It" "Beat It?" "Sure," Taylor continued. "He went back to do old country." "You don't say!" said Freddy. "You must have been sorry to lose your old friend." "Old friend nartenl" Taylor cried. "He wuz a cheap skate." "There's gratitude for you Γ Freddy exclaimed. "You smoke Mr. Glnhoo llac's cigars and wear his heirloom ruby and diamond ring, and yet yoa call him a cheap skate 1" Taylor grinned broadly. "Quit yer kidding," he said. "Dem segars wuz de rankest kind of flor de smellerlnos." "But surely the ring"— "A lemon!" Taylor Jeered "I couldn't get two bones on it When you hooked It from me I wuz goln' to give it back to Miss Oakley." A great light bro&e over Freddy Fur nival. "You don't mean to say that that ruby and those four flashing diamond* were paste?" he cried. "Dey wuz narten but winder glass," Taylor replied. "I got It straight from de fence, Mr. FurnivaL" "And ho you were going to glv· It back when I took It from you Γ "I suttenly wuz," said Taylor. "I ain't no petty larceny guy, you betcber life!" "Then, my young friend, I did yoa a great injustice," Freddy declared, with mock seriousness, and tendered the lad a quarter. "Dat's all right," Taylor replied, pocketing the salving coin. "De best of us Is liable to make s mistake wunst in awhile." Freddy Furnlval acquiesced ta the sentiment with a solemn nod. Beyond Him. "I cawn't comprehend," said Cholly Tanspatts, "how It—aw—can be that the moon, doncherknow, makes the— aw—tides rise and fall—aw—when they rise and fall Just the same when we—aw—have no moon, doncherknow, deah boy Γ'—'Browning's Magasina. 8uitable. "So you think Katherine made a very suitable match?" "Yes, Indeed; you know what a ner vous, excitable girl she was. Wall, she married a composer." Not Too Obsoure. Artist's Wife (during quarrel)—To· were quite obscure before I marris# you. Artist—You didn't have any trou ble in finding me.—Boston Transcript Nothing 1a stronger than avecaloa— Wycherly,