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— The DOOM TRAIL ■ STORY FROM THE START rirp»rrtbf(l Harry Orme rod, traitor to tho British crown aa a Staart partisan, rstiimlns from Francs friands or pros pacts and la dan ser of apprshsnsl tlnn as a traitor, rsscncs Alder man Robert Juggins from a bond of assassina Juggins proves to ks tho grandson of a former steward of Ormkrod'a father, to whom Juggins fasla himself in debted. Ormerod tells Juggins ha has abandoned the Stuart cause, believing It to bo unworthy and Its raal aim tho aggrandisement of Franco nt the expense of Eng London without to CHAPTER II of Trade Before the Bow long I might h not. but the pallid sun that strove to pierce the fog-reek proclaimed high noon when Master Juggins waked me. He would not listen to my protests tlons of regret, but directed my atten tlon to the pile of clothes he carried "See. we shall make a 'prentice lad of you." he said. "I have a youth downstairs of about your build, and these are his Sunday clothes." "And must I In truth wear these?" I demanded with some disgust as I slept I know over his arm. felt their coarseness of texture. "Aye. Indeed. Master Harry." His tone sobered. "I have been abroa he continued, "and fj/4 *twas well for y Your cousin Is come up to London, frantic with fear lest you should suc ceed In replacing him, and he hath pulled wires right and left, so that all are convinced you are here for no less a purpose than the murder of the king." I cursed with a fluency conferred Ince rising," Ive roe If I say 'e met last night by two languages. "There Is no hope of a pardon now." proceeded Juggins. "I am not alto gether without Influence, and I had hoped— But 'tls doubly hopeless. If yon were Boots or Irish, It might be done. But few of the English gentry besides you and Master ChaHes rose In the '19. You are a marked man, and with your cousin's interest against you 'twill be Impossible even to gain ■ hearing for you." _**TLere is naug h t t o do, thgo t hayp go back to France and the friend* who now distrust me," 1 said bitterly. "Never say, so," remonstrated Mas ter Juggins with energy. "I have an Idea of another course which may commend Itself to you. Come, don these poor garments, which will none the less cloak you with safety, and j Join me In granny's morning room." The coffee which the old lady poured ns In blue-bordered china bowls put new life and hope In me. I settled back In my chair and puffed at the long clay pipe which Juggins had filled J for me. Granny Juggins gave me an approv ing pat on the shoulder. "That is well. Master Harry. Wor J ry never solved any difficulty. And now I must be going about my duties ; Put remember that what Robert tells I you hath my Indorsement." "And what la thatT' I inquired In some cariosity as the door closed be hind her. He smoked In silence for several moments. "I am resofeed to take you fully Into my confidence. Master Harry," he be gan at last, "and 1 should not do so if 1 doubted your discretion." He fell silent again. "Did It not seem strange to you that *nch an assault as you saw last night should have been made upon an or dinary merchant?" he as*ked suddenly. "I thought they meant robbery." "Robbery? Th^neVey mand upon me. They meant murder. The truth 1», lad.I « « Trip* with a deadly enemy "Tls a curious story concerned with high politics, great •poll, of trade, intrigue, of church and state-may hap the fotuntof a con Onent And as It happens Robert Jug gins Is at tbe hub of It. "Do you think you would like to play a hand—on England s behalf and to checkmate the very foreign Infln ences which sickened you of the Ja coblte cause? I need a strong arm combined with sn agile mind, a mind used to French ways and tbe French tongue." I would have ^answered. buf he checked roe. "If you accept you must be prepared to fight your old friends, for the ene my 1 have spoken of is Jacobite at heart sad works under cover for the return of the Pretender through the Weakenin'; of England and the para mount Influence of France. Reinem her that before you commit yourself. JT."" rI answered. "If such s plot as Fou l speak 0 / is under way. then surely I Tls for loyal Englishmen to thwart It. Count me with yon, I pray." "1 will." be «id quietly. "Now hark to these facta At the Instance of my self and my associâtes In the Company of Merchant Traders to tbe Western Plantations, the provincial govern osent of New York several years ago t to a law pro «cured the royal hlbitiug tbe sale of Indian trading | goods te the French in Canada. "Our object waa twofold The beet and chraprat trading goods are menu t factored la England If ws raa keep to oaraeivaa sad oompei the mote costly and Isa* French 1« the Continent { durable goods Arthur D. Howden Smith POKTO BELLO COLD. Etc. (g hr Broutano'o.) WNU Service the Indiana. I So the fur trade will come more and more into pur hands." Juggins leaned forward and tapped me on the knee. "North America," he went on. "Is the richest land in all the world—how rich it Is or how vast no man knows. Twill require centuries to exploit It. Since first we colonised there we have .contended with France, not only for further power, hut for the actual right to breathe. Our two countries cannot agree to divide this domain, llmltli though It be. Sooner or later one must oftst the other. I "The for trade Is the key to It all. It la sn. because neither the French nor w * are yet sufficiently powerful to Ignore the strength of the Indian tribes. The fur'trade Is the source of ( the savages for securing trade goods. They will be bound closest to the coun I try which gives them the best terms If we con deprive the French or the l ! I J, I*. U h k-j 'AND REMEMBER' HE CAUTIONED ME AT THE DOOR. Si ability to buy their goods aa cheaply as we do. then we shall be able to trade to better advantage with the In dians and so Increase their friendship for us. At the same time the volume of the provincial trade will be In creased.'' "I see," I answered. "But you spoke before of a twofold object In depriving the French of the right to obtain trade goods through New York?" "So I did. and that brings me to the enemy whom I mentioned. Heard you ever in Paris of one Murray—An drew Murray T' I shook my bead. • "He hath connections with the French, and. too, with the Jacobites; but they would be well covered, no doubt Murray owns the Provincial Fur company of New York, which Is the largest of all the trading agencies. j He hath set himself deliberately to drive out of existence all the Inde pendent traders and secure the entire trade for himself. The trade with the French in Canada likewise Is In his hands. »< « »«wer price than our own traders I .. _ , the law. In of ^ t0 enforce lt> M CO(Urtved to bnIId op , cIaDdestlo( , menn8 of ahlpping ^ to CaDada> whUe tbe French are more ^ for cb trade gooda than theJ were , nevertheless they are better off than tbejf 5 ^ and our traders are pm at a disadvantage. Now the time for whlcb the tavr waa pa8aed ,, plred and tbe pP0vlncU i government hatb pna< . t ed It again. It comes up thlg afterD oon before the lords com "Before the provincial government passed the prohibitive law of which 1 spoke, be carried on this trade open ly, and the French traders, helped by a government subsidy, more often than not underbid our traders—using Eng Ilsh goods, mind you, for the purpose. And then the French traders would sell their skins in the London market uilssionera for trade and plantations, j when Murray will petition for Us re jectloo." [ "Bbt surely be wUl lose." J juggins shook his bead, J -j fear not Tbe best ws can hope [ f or [* a compromise.'** "Yet you say be ts In alliance with tbe French and tbe Jacobites !" Sanity ond Insanity Matter of Emotion. ' .. Where mental disorder becomes In sanity It Is difficult to soy v Physicians today do not like to use the word In sanity, on account of tha difficulty of defining IL Sanity to a social concept. A sane person Is willing to co-operate with other people In the affairs of life and has confidence la others In varying degrees, as hto Judgment guides him. He has a of movement and purpose which ha Ja able to control. Insanity to the revere* of this Tat from this defini tfoo It to easily that a perfectly taae paraon can be vtotowtly otoo, or half of hto emotions be raa be cut off for V "I say that, Master Harry, bat I cannot pro re It Remember, even you who bare recently come from St Ger main, had never beard of him. More over, he la hand In (love with tha Pelhams and all the corrupt officials in Whitehall. He hath battered many a grasping hand, and if he can secure his operations a few years longer be will have laid the groundwork for Eng land'» o v e r th r o w In the New world. "1 leave to your imagination the ef fect upon oar people at home of a disastrous war with Prance at this Juncture. King George ta scarce set tled on hit throne, and to good an ex cuse would pav« the way for Ihf Smarts' return." "Yea, that la true." 1 assented. " Tls a dangerous plot." Juggins looked at me keenly. "Yoa are still désirons to Join In thwarting Itl" "More so than ever. Bat I see not how I can be of service to you." "If the lords of trade have received the orders I expect, then you can be of great service to me and to your coun try. Come, you shall have your first lesson. You may attend me to tha hearing before the lords of trade. I wish you to observe what passes at the bearing, and to study Murray. For if he wins fais stay, as l fear he will, thee it la my purpose to send rou to New York for such evidence as v will wreck bla cohsplracy." "And I will go gladly." I said,'a thrill of exultation in my heart at the bare thought of a man's part to play. He collected some documents end maps, placed them in a green strtng bag and gave It to me to carry. , "And remember." be cautioned me at the door, "do you keep at least two paces behind me. Speak only when I apeak to you and hold your head low and your abouldera stooped. Slouch. If you can. if any address you look stupidly at them and mumble an an swer. I will explain that you are slow witted." But none of the men who stopped Master Juggins during our vgalk deigned to notice the humble 'prentice lad who followed hlm. I avold^vt all scrutiny and reached Whitehall with considerable more aelf-coufldeuce than I had started with. The lords of trade sat In a lofty chamber of a dirty gray atone building over against the river. At one end waa a dais with a long, closed- In desk across it. Behind this nodded my lords In periwigged majesty, five of them, two fat and pompous, one small and birdlike, one tall and cadaverous and one who looked like nothing at all. "That Is Tom Pelham." whispered | Master Juggins, pointing at the lust tu we took our seats. But I had already transferred my gaze to an extraordinary creature who stood by a window on the opposite shit of the room. It was a black man. squat and enormously broad, whose long, powerful arms reached almost to the floor. As 1 watched him, fascinated, his eyes found ray face and he surveyed me. apparently without any human In terest whatsoever, but ss a wild beast might consider a fat stag when too full to care about a kill. He was a bright-red livery coat gold lace, and the cocked hat which he held was covered with silver em broidery, 1 felt Juggins tugging at my arm. "Do you see him?" he whispered. "1 never saw anything so hideous In my life," I answered. Juggins laughed, as hid eyes fol lowed mine. "No, I meant not the negro. Twas Murray I spoke of. He sits several tests farther on." I looked as directed and picked out a man who lounged back comfortably In a chair, talking with a group of merchants who seemed 10 bang on bU words. He was elegantly clad, yet very quietly, rather In the fashion of u fine gentleman than a rich trader. Though sitting, he showed himself to be a large mao of massive frame. He wore an Immense periwig In the prevailing mode, and there was about him an sir of pride and self-confidence. Though he must have been middle aged, be carried himself like a young man or a soldier. J That In Andrew Murray he is te find a foemsn worthy of his stool Is brought horn« to Orma rod In a convincing manner. But he has sot his ha id to the task and has no thought of drawing (TO BSOONTINDSD.I ——— of anything or co-operation with any body, and from any sense of ordered direction of his actions Bm or later his reason reasserts Itself, and In reprated circumstances of the same sort to likely to be on its guard. Ia seoe people have periodic or perms Dent Inability to overcome their «bo Moos, sooner Fature Thrill Who will ha tha fff« to go under the Worth pot« In a submarine? That's tha Mg Mar thrfll laft.—Syracuse Herald. What wa really envy I« a man s dr cumouncae. not his paraousiiL» DAIRY î AC' < SCRUB BULL IS FOUND "GUILTY M (Prepared by the United States Department -—— of »STlsulturs 1_ Scrub hull (rials, aa a means of cre ating Interest In improved live stock, acquired many diversified fea tures. according to rejtorta received by the United States Department of Agriculture. Such a trial, recently held In i'ortage county, Wisconsin, as described by County Agent H. U, Noble, at tracted an attendance of 8.500 persons. The triaL occurred tli connection with a dairy field day, a dairy bull being the prisoner before the bar. The Judge pronounced the verdict of "guilty" following the pres entation of evidence In which pure bred and scrub sires were compared. But, contrary to the customary sen tence of execution In such cases, the prisoner received a reprieve in the form of sale to officials of an adjoin ing county for a second trial, the sale price of the Inferior animal being 817.50. Thus the hull has begun to acquire a "court" record as a local undesirable.. A band which furnished music for the trial "drummed" him out of the county. The bureau of animal Industry. Dnlted States Depurtme^ of Agricul ture. has fostered such educational scrub sire trials and on request fur nishes an outline and guide for con ducting them. In the outline the bu reau recommends that persons who really desire to defend the scrub sire be given plenty of time and opportu nity to do aa This stimulates tho prosecuting attorney to his best ef forts and greatly Increases the educa tional value of the event. Feeding Frçsh Silage to Dairy Cow in Fall With the emphasis, this fall, on more and better milk from the same num ber or fewer cows. most dairymen cannot afford to let any green feed go to waste at alio filling time, according (o the animal husbandry department at the State College of Agriculture at Ithaca. N. Y. When the silo is filled and allowed to seal Itself by the heating and fer menting of the top layer, there Is au appreciable loss of feed. If the Silo is filled early in the full while there Is yet plenty of pasture or other green feed, it may not be practicable to avoid this waste. However, if the silo is filled later, when all the avail able green feed Is needed, feeding from it should begin Immediately. When this Is done, the labor and un pleasantness of removing the surface layer Is avoided also. For a number of years, the men In the department say, the dairy cows nt the college have been fed the green corn us It came from the machine when the silo Is being filled and then fed the silage when It Is heating and settling. So far as Is known, no bud effects from this method have been noticed in the herd. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dairy Notes >0000000000000000000000000 The "off-sgaln-on-aguln" dairy farin er will never succeed. In summer milk should be heavily watered—through the cow. • • A cow cannot eat enough pasture grass to supply nutrients for 25 pounds of milk. • • • Most cream separators will do a much better Job of skimming tbe milk when It Is warm. ..re ':sr:r». . The feeding of hay to calves can be started at the same time that they are being taught to eat grain. OOO Must dairymen who own as many as a dozen cows should build a silo. It will pay for Itself before long. * * • The University of Wisconsin has found through experimentation that sweet clover will not taint milk. Tbe organism that produces the tal lowy flavor in milk, cream, and other dairy products has been discovered by tbe University of Illinois. • » • Cow testing association menai rs feeding grain rations to cows on test see tbe difference between pasture and 00 grain and pasture with grain, and (he difference Is decidedly In favor of paotnre with grain. OOO It Is said that milk keeps sweet longer If cows have access to salt at all times. At any rale, they need the salt, inST If a bJoC'E, or a satt irmtRh f la kept under a shady tree, they will j P be found sround it often. Some dairymen who are unfortunate] enough to have good cows (hat are hard to milk, or that are klcfcent. util ize these cows to raise veals. » Dairymen who live near a rider press may profitably make use ol apple pomace as feed, which la usual ly ÀlownJ to become a total loss. » * * Do not use the milk room as a Junk room for tbe storage of all kinds of old equipment. Such things only ac cumulate dirt and encourage s genera) ta handling the milk. to POTOY -Sen PULLETS VERSUS HENS FOR EGGS It Is commonly believed that well matured palle t s wilt produce more eggs than hens a year older. How much more has been studied by the Maine department station. The results of this study add atrengtb to the em phasis on pullets as egff producers. The records covering several years and a considerable number of flocks show that pullets produced about 40 per cent more eggs than they did in their second year of laying. Not only was the production larger but the greater per cent were laid during the period of high prices. That la. prop* erly handled, matured pullets will, pro duce more of the eggs during the win ter months the first year than they will the second year of egg produc tion. Another factor In favor of "keeping as high a per cent ns possible of pul let producers In the egg factory la the higher death rate that cornea with each added year of age. Aside from contaglobs diseases that are no re specters of age. the deaths among ma ture birds mount rapidly after tha first year; more rapidly among the breeds than the Medlter ranean, probably. These three reasons should boost close culling of the farm flock during the summer and fall. Keeping any hen after the close of the second lay ing year Is generally poor policy un less she Is of proved value as a mem ber of the breeding pen. Conditions on moat farms favor the disposal of a high per cent of the hens In order to give the pullets adequate room for development. More pullets and hens kept than the houses end facilities warrant are ten times more frequent than a small flock that the housing and equipment Justifies. Mash Feed Is Important for Productiçn of Eggs "A large mash consumption Is neces sary for the maximum number of eggs," says R. E. Cray, extension spe^ clallst In poultry at the Ohio State university. Therefore, It will pay to Induce the hens to ea t as much mash as possible. One suggestion that Ur. Cray makes Is that the grain be fed only In the evening, which will cause the hens to eat more of the mash than they otherwise would. * Plenty of apace at the mash hop per* la also recommended as another means of, bringing about larger con sumption of mash. Timid hens will be crowded away If the space around the hoppers is small. One foot of hop per space la suggested for every five bens. If the mash Is moistened with milk occasionally, the hens will appreciate the variety and will eat large quanti ties. Late Molters Best Layers In culling a flock, It la first neces sary that something be known about the kind and regularity of the feed, the housing conditions and the care the birds have received. It Is well known that Improper feed, housing or care can easily throw a flock Into an early molt. The time that a hen goes through her molt will he a good Indi cation of her ability as an egg pro ducer. Those that molt late In'the fall are usually the best layers. •♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»«I Poultry Hints Dirty eggs coat the farmers millions of dollars s year. A-—-A-i-- xSiu* Turkeys of good breeding—that la, pnre-bred stock—are always in good demand for breeding. » a * Even when ducks and geese have a sand run it is well to put about 1 per cent in the mash once aday. 0 0 » Do not keep longer the old hens which have ceased to lay and have gone Into a molt Jj£!th very few exceptions, they are not high produc production the feeder should never fill tbe trough with more feed than will b( . consumed before the next feeding period. ers. o a a • The late hatched chicks neither add to your average egg production nor Increase the vitality of the flock. 0*0 For profitable and effective poultry Ground chess and wheat screenings Is heavy feed, and care roust be taken not to feed too much of it Pound- tor pound. It wlll^ ta ke the P ,ac * of mo,t ® th * r J raln » In order to succeed with turkeys It «• necesrary to start with strong, vig orous birds o The brat turkeys for breeding are those two years old or older, as a turkey to never at her brat until that »KC 0 O » * For a flock that to kept penned up, this to an excellent egg-making feed to give two or three times a week: chopped or ground alfalfa steamed until soft, and mixed with cornm**»' wheat middlines and bran. - 0 n y? î Gets Pretty Clothes Easy Way! Pretty, bright dresses and blouses. Always in the very newest shades. How does she do It? By the magic of boms dyeing. Why don't yon Diamond - dye tonight—end have a whole new wardrobe of stylish things tomorrow? Give your household things new color and fresh beauty, too; curtains, drapes, the bedspreads or table cov ers. Any material. Right over tha old or faded colors. Total cost a few cents 1 But be sura to use Diamond dyes —real dye—even for tinting. 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