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1' it SERIA OTORY Gfta Women's Candidate Br DTROM WILLIAMS I sec UorrtM tVU, WMtari UwspasM Dates SYNOPSIS. It: a spirit of fun Mayor Beills-nt. a summer visitor, la chased through tha wood hv (en IftiiKhlna; glrle, on of whom ka eateries and kleers. Tha irlrla form ' themaclvea into a court and sentence him to do tha Wrtillng of on of their number arh day for ten dara. A legislative measure opposing woman suffrage, which dropped from tha mayor's pocket. Is ussd to compel him to obsr' tha man-dates of tlis irlrla. Ms Brat day of service Is with May Andrews, who takes him "shins. Titer are threatened by ths sheriff with arrest. Mies Vlnlng sees what she con siders a clandestine meeting between one of Um irlrls and the mayor. Tha nest day he roes driving wl'h Mabel Arney. They meet with an accident, are arrested snd locked up. but escape. Tha mayor returns to the hotel, finds the sheriff waiting- for him. and takes refuse In the room of Bess Winters. He plans to set poMesslon of the Incriminating bill. With Harriet Hrooks the mayor goes to Inves tigate an Indian mound. They are caught ta a tbunder storm. CHAPTER VII. Continued. "I I'm afraid," almost sobbing. The mayor put his arm about her gently, soothing her aa only a tactful man may soothe a nervous woman. Unconsciously aba drew toward him. "Lightning seems terrible," he said evenly, "but aa a matter of fact there la always more danger on the cars. Statistics prove " "What's that?" cried the woman, apprehensively. "I heard a voice." The mayor peered out. "The sheriff!" be muttered under his breath. Three men were running toward them on the . beach, th-slr heads down, ducking the rain. Scrambling from under the boat. Mayor Bedight aet off at top speed p the beach, pausing at the start long enough to whisper. Til be back. Walt." . .. "The sheriff and his two deputies. weathering the gale with lowered eyes, had not seen the mayor's flight. In fact. o blinded were their eyes (hat they ran aimost Into the girl and the boat before they could stop. "Hello!" bawled the sheriff. "You're From Squirrel Inn, ain't ye? Where's yer beau?" bluntly. "We're lookln' fer him." Miss Brooks drew her feet back under her skirt and replied coldly: One of the best ways to find a man," wltheringly. "is to go where be la." The sheriff's chest shot out Im mediately. "Now, look-a-here, young lady, aone of your smartness or we'll take you along fer accessory before the act. Understand?" blustering. "You are wasting your time try ing to bully me," replied the girl, with out a tremor In her voice. "I am penectly harmless and I lave told yon all I know. The man has gone up the beach." "Aw. come on, Sid." broke In a alender young fellow, turning his back to the rain. "What the use of arguin with th' galT She alnt th' one we had ylstcrday." Without a word the sheriff veered around the boat and, following the fast fading trail, set out in baste af- ter Bedight Fifteen minutes later the mayor came up from the opposite direction. "I am sorry. Miss Brooks." he said, sorrowfully, "but I'm afraid youll get wet after all. We've got to get away from here! I circled around and found the boat these fellows left. I set it adrift with a gale blowing it across Aie lake, but they are not far behind. We must get under way aa soon as possible." "1 don't mind a soaking," replied the young woman, bravely. "It's the the lightning that frightens me and that's about quit" The man righted the dory hurriedly, ' piled tn their belongings and sot the boat from the shore with a sturdy shove. A half mile below, on the beach, he caught sight of three men running towaid them and far away on the wave-whipped lake, a tiny dot of brown could be seen rising and fall ing as It scudded before the wind. U was the sheriff's row boat "Bleeping eut of doors," said the may or, smlllug at the woman opposite, "Is very beneAcial to the lungs so peclally on an Island." , CHAPTER VIII. When tha waves are running freely It la a stiff pull from Mine Host's select little hotel la the Wisconsin woods to Glen Island, but on a perfect moonlight night. With Just breese , sufficient to ripple the fair hair of a pretty girl opposite, the man at the oars seldom finds the task arduous. Nor did Mayor Bedtgbt complain. -The running ripple slapped the prow f the boat rhythmically and from the hadews along the approaching shore Yf u Island the weird hoot of aa owl proclaimed tha witchery of tti& night. With a scarcely 'perceptible tilt. the boat grounded on the helving sandy shore. Bedtgbt sprang eut and pulled the eraft farther apon Its cushioned anchorage. The girl sat In the boat, Intently watching the mayor. That gentleman took from the locker a basket well laden. Quick ly gathering som dry wood, be stacked It over a bunch of Under like weeds, touched a match to the pile, set the basket at a safe distance and pulling a revolver from his pocket. fired In the general direction of the moon. Having maneuvered thus peculiarly. ho hastened back to tbe boat, shoved off and rowed from the shore a hun dred yards. Resting on his oars, ho let the boat toss Idly apon the lake. Five, ten minutes passed. The dry wood burned brightly, making a beacon of light. Into the circle ef which there came, at last, three shadows, followed by unintelligible conversation. "They've found It," said the mayor. picking op his oars and turning the boat toward the hotel. - It was midnight when the sides of the craft rubbed Its sister boats at Mine Host's dock. The mayor and the girl crept softly up the winding pathway toward the hotel. Suddenly, In the moonlight ahead, the form of a woman appeared advancing to meet them. The mayor and the girl saw her simultaneously. He stopped In stantly with a restraining hand upon the girl's arm. "Quick!" he commanded, springing In front of his companion and turning her about face. "Walk rapidly down the path to the boathouso." 8be complied Instantly. Over his shoulder the mayor saw the woman hesitate, then follow de terminedly through the shimmering moonlight "Go into the boathouse." directed Bedight hurriedly. "Walt until I en gage her In conversation. Then open the rear door and run for, the hotel. And be quiet!" "I understand," whispered the girl. excitedly. 81lpptng through the door, she closed It softly. Pulling a cigar from bis pocket the mayor scratched a match on the sole of his shoe and blew a puff of smoke at the same tar get which earlier in the evening ho had failed to hit with his leaden mis sile. The woman rounded the corner and came directly toward him. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Bedight' said "Judge" Vlntng In a cold, formal voice, "for following you. but as chap- erone of the young ladles at the hotel I feel that It was my duty to do so. I" The mayor bowed. "Duty to the one performing It," he Interrupted gallantly, "la oftentimes irksome,' bat begrudglngly dons fre quently conveys pleasure to another. r do not desire to appear selfish tn your eyes, but I find your duty pleases me greatly," bowing again. "Now, the moonlight " The "Judge" made a deprecating gesture. "Do not attempt to evade," she warned. "I am deeply in earnest Where Is the the " She seemed at a loss to proceed. Finally she threw diplomacy to the winds. "Who was the girl with yon alone at this hour of the night? I have a right to know and I had thought you a gentleman. though I should have known that no gentleman would have have " she finished lamely. "Kissed you?" questioned the may or, the frivolity scarcely gone from his voice. "Certainly!" she flashed. Bedight puffed thoughtfully at his cigar, the fragrant pungency of the Fired In the General Direction of the Moon. tobacco wafting to Jackie aa ahe stood In the moonbeam's path, ths light giving an ethereal beauty to ber trim, erect figure. "It was wrong, I admit." be aald impulsively, "I am willing to admit that but I refuse to believe that no gentleman could be other than hon ored by such a privilege. As one who has tried to be such. I would be will ing to do It again If" "Mr. Bedight" the voice was keea now and the mayor hesitated. "I did not come here to bandy words. I never shall cease regretting that I am In a sense guilty of a misdemean or which makes It Impossible for me to condemn you as I should bot I warn yon not to presume to Justify farther presumption." Miss Ylning passed effectively. "But jro have ne answered mj mwm question, Mr. Bedight." she enn Unwed "Who was the girl thst cam down the path with Jon?" The nan drew closer to her. Tint flippancy was gone from ata voice. His fao was earnest. "Miss Vlnlng, you have Inferred that I am guilty of contact nbecom Ing a gentleman. A few mornings ago you ran after me In a spirit of mischief, and In the same spirit I caught you In my arms and kissed yon; If I have hurt yens I am sin cerely sorry, but I, too, am reaping tha fruit of folly. Yon have chosen to arm yoarself with a distant do meanor toward me, you rebuff my at tempts at entering the circle of your real self, you are "Judge" both on and off the bench, distant, suspicions, haughty. Yon pursued me; . ol (oil. With your permission I protrtw to forget that you ran, but 1 cannot forget that I kissed yon. 1 am not a boy. I have seen some of the world. I do not know much about love. I have been too busy trying to do some thing, to fall In love, or else I never r v a, .T af f Alice Mason. have happened to meet the woman, Since coming here I don't know ex actly what sort of an enchantment 1 have entered but I do know that 1 cannot forget tbe ecstasy of the mo ment when our Hps met. You may scorn me and It lies within) your pow er to discipline me or defeat me but I shall not try to obliterate the thrill of that brief moment!" Jackie Vlnlng did not meet his eyes. In her heart she felt a strange, new feeling of elation, a softening of re sentment, but women were theorems long before mathematicians struggled with right-angle triangles and hypote- nuses. and all their non-understand- able descendants, beautiful and sweet and .charming as-rhey are; otHl er - - slut In being man's hardest problem, Yonr frankness In some things,1 she said without emotion, "Is as com mendable as your lack of it In others. Must I repeat my question still anoth er time T Who la the girl r ' The mayor spoke firmly and with decision. "As a man who Is at least that much of a gentleman, I refuse to an swer. The girl has done no wrong. She" "Mr. Bedight on Tuesday night I saw one of my crowd of young ladles leave the arbor after a clandestine ; meat and other highly stimulating night meeting with you. Tonight I j articles of food. chance to blunder upon you at mid- J While it will, In many cases, pro night again In the company of a dace the eggs. It will at the same time young woman. There are no others bring about an early decline. But by here, aside from our party. I feel a ! working for a strong winter crop we responsibility and -I. must Insist on your answering." The mayor shrugged his shoulders "Who was she?" asked the "Judge" for the fourth time. "Why don't you ask her yourself? said the mayor. "Where is she?" "The last I saw of her she went through that door," he replied, dog gedly. Miss Vlnlng stepped toward the door and opened it In the farther end of the boathouso a second door stood open and tt rough It the moon light streumed. "I see I have been outwitted," an grily. "May I walk to the hotel wltn your asked the mayor humbly. "I prefer to go aloce," she replied In a tone of finality, starting up ths path. "Miss Vlnlng!" It was tho mayor calling from the dock. t She stopped. "What Is it, Mr. Beilgnt?" Impa tiently. "You remember saying th. girl with me must ba one of your party because there were no other young Indies about?" "Yes," crisply. The mayor's voice had something of tha old rlug In It ss be asked: "Did you think of the colored cook?" But the "Judge," going up the patb briskly, did not deign to reply. TO BE CONTINUED) - Figs and Raisins. Consul Horton at Smyrna notes that the Keform. a Smyrna newspaper, es timates the raisin crop for this year at about 700,000 quintals (KT.U4.00u sounds) and that or ngs about 75,000 camel loads (36.0oS.500 pounds). ' Hut from what be has been able to learn it seems tuai exporters ana asien mostly are trying to keep the crop re Dorts at a low figure In order to be able to begto with faith prices, and that If the weather continues favor able the raisin crop will amount ap proximately to IM14.0O0 pound against 66.0J4.00 pounds last year and the fig crop to liM.000 eamel load as against llC.&Ot camel loads las' par. TRAP-NEST HAS DEVELOPED PROLIFIC EGG-LAYER AND BARRED LOW PRODUCER By Carefully Selecting the Best Cold Weather Performer and Breeding From Them Winter Supply of Eggs It Materially - Increased Experiment Tried With Brahmaa. B M. BOTER.) . For years the plan of the writer has been to each year pick out bis best hens to breed from. These are birds that not only show good charac teristics of the breed, but also have done good laying aa pallets. Trap nests have been the guide, and these are used aa a rule from Jan nary 1st to June 1st And again from October 1st to the end of the year. Occasionally they are used In some pens the entire year, but that is done only where a special test Is made of a, new selection or a new breed. ' What we mostly wish to know Is not how many eggs a hen will lay In a year, but how many .she will lay In tbe winter when the prices of eggs are the highest From tbe latter stock we breed. During the summer months ths traps are discarded, and only the open nests used. Now, by selecting our beat cold weather layers and breeding from them, we each year Increase our win ter egg supply. There Is more money In it and it Is a fact that our bens have, in consequence of our careful selection of winter layers, become poor aummer layers, a condition we would rather have them In than to have great year-around records and a poor constitution In consequence. . By the use of traps and careful se lection of the breeding stock any breed can be brought up to do pro- Trap Nect Closed View From Above. line work. We tried the experiment with Brahmae, and as a result have a strain that Is doing remarkable work. One bird In particular, as a pullet latd 100 eggs from Jan. 1st to June 1st As a two-year-old hen she did not begin laying "until February Gth. ,ut laid 14 eggs from that date to the end of the month. . During the H days of' March she laid 21 eggs; In the 30 days of April she laid 21 eggs; and In the 31 days or May laid 25 eggs; making a total j of 81 eggs In 114 days, j - We mention this individual case toa1row the -progress " that "can be made in careful trap-nesting and in a Judicious selection of breeding stock It each year we gradually build np the records of our flock and keep a close eye to the thrift and hardiness of the offspring, we show that even Brahmas so generally classed as poor and Indifferent layers can be made to become prolific winter-egg producers. Now where the great danger comes in is this ambition to secure 200-egg layers aa a flock. The Sock Is quite frequently forced by condiments. get the bulk of our eggs at a certain season and the hen has the rest of the season to recuperate. Another method adopted by some of those ambitious for great results Trap Nest Closed One 'Side Removed to 8 how Method of Operation. Is to hatch the eggs from one or more phenomenal layers and make up the offspring, brothers and sisters, and re peating for two or three years. We do not know of a surer way to BEETS THRIVE IN ENRICHED SOILS Good Fibrous, Well-Drained Gar den Loam, With Compost, . ! Grows Best Roots. Beets are comparatively hardy plants. ' Tbey may be planted early without much danger of Injury. They are rather gross feeders and thrive beetf ta well enriched soil. Good fib roin , well-drained garden loam, en rich id with compost and poultry drop pini s, will grow parfoct roots. 1' r the early crop prepare the sotl as arl) as It Is fit to work and plu: : tbe seed Immediately. If you bav a hotbed, start the young plants tbr and gain several weeks In ma turl v. With a little care iu preserv ing brous roots the young planta bear trai planting well, and they may be lift t and reset either from the hotbed or fom the open ground. Cf (rowing beets clean and thor onui cultivation, and thin tbe plants to sLad four to sis laches la the row. Tbehnn!ng may be delayed la the deteriorate tho stock than with sack Inbreeding. It may bring good results the first year or two, but It cannot hold out The trap-nest ased by the Maine experiment station Is 2t Inches long. IS Inches wide and It Inches deep without front, end or cover. A divi sion board, with a circular opening 7tt Inches In diameter. Is placed across the bos II Inches from the rear end and IS inches from the front end. . A straight board partition will answer Just as well. The front portion of the nest hss no fixed bottom, but Instead there Is a movable bottom or treadle hinged at the back. The rear section is the nest proper. When tbe nest Is open, the door extends horisontally In front. The side strips of tbe door rest on a strip of beech ltt inches wide, bev eled on the Inner corner, which ex tends across the front of the nest This beeoh strip Is nailed to tbe top of a board 4 Inches wide which forms the front of the box-nest proper. To the bottom or this Is nailed a strip 2 Inches wide, into which are set two 4-inch spikes, from which tbe heads have been cut The treadle rezts on these spikes when the nest Is closed. Tbe hinges used for the treadle and door are narrow, 3-Inch galvanized butts with brass pins made to work very easily. Hinges that will not rust should bo used. A ben about to lay steps apon the door and walks In toward the dark back of the nest When she passes the point where the door Is hinged to the treadle, ber weight causes it to drop, and at the same time pulls the door up behind ber. It Is then Im possible for the ben to get out of the nest till the attendant lifts door and treadle and resets It The nest is extremely simple. It has no locks or triggets to get out of order. Yet, by proper balancing of door and treadle It can be so deli cately adjusted that a weight of less than half a pound on the treadle will spring the trap. All bearing surfaces are made of beech, because of the well-known property of this wood to take on a highly polished surface with wear. The nests in use at the Maine station have the doors of hardwood, in order Side View, Showing How Treadle Operates. to get greater durability. Where trep-nests are constantly in use. flimsy construction Is not economical In the long run. The trap nests are not made with covers because they are used in tiers and slide In and out like drawers. They can be carried away for clean ing when necessary. Four nests In a pen accommodate twenty hens by the attendant going through the pens once an hour, or a little oftener. dur ing that part of the day when the hens are buslect Earlier and later in In day his visits are not so frequent. The bens must all havo leg bands, in order to Identify them; a number of different kinds are on the market. The double box with the nest in the rear is necessary. When a hen has laid an egg and desires to leave the nest, she steps out Into tbe front spaco and remains there until she Is released. With only one section she would be likely to crush her egg by stepping on it, and thus learn the pernicious bsbtt of egg-estlng. To remove a hen, the nest is pi'.l'ed part way oat, and as it has no cover sho is readily caught, the number on her leg-band is noted and the proper entry made on tbe record sheet After having been taken off a few times, the hens do not object to being handled, most of them remaining quiet, appar ently expecting to be picked up. home vegetable garden till the young beets are large enough to UBe, and thus the trimmings will not bo wastt-d. In tbe truck garden the thinnings may be ted to cows, calves and pis to good advantage. For a succession of tender beeta sow at Intervals or three weeka till the last of July. The mature crop may be held for winter storage. Alfalfa Fine for Horses. The Utah experiment station found that 1,400-poand horses at hard work could be maintained In condition on 32.6 pounds of alfalfa hay per day, and when at rest, 20 pounds was suf ficient for the same horses. Secre tary P. D. Coburn of Kansas says: "Tha Idea that alfalfa hay Is not suit able for horses has beeo proved er rontous by thousands of farmers, teamsters and liverymen; many use no other hay. If there Is aiy trou ble It cornea from feeding more than Is aeedud. With access to unlimited quantities horses may Injure them selves by eating too much. Prom 10 to 20 pounds of alfalfa bay per day. Bttb a small quantity of grain, will keep work horses In thrifty condition at a. saving of 20 to 10 per cent ta coat of msmtenasee." POULTRY HOUSE ABOUT RIGHT Building Deserlbed and Illustrated That Is Well Arranged to Admit Plenty Sunlight. I have a poultry house) I think Is about right. It Is 12 by 16 feet, and will bouse 75 birds with ease, writes Mrs. R. B. Ilammerll In the Farmers Mall and Kreeze. It Is four feet high on the north and sis feet on the south. The roof has a nine-foot slope on the north and a five-foot slope on the south. Studding were set every two feet and drop siding was used to board Bp the walls. The roof Is shingled. There are four windows on the south escb with a double sash 22 by 2ft Inches In size and arranged so the top ones may be lowered. We did not Exterior cf Hen House. want the open front style as wo want ed it tight for fumigating and also to keep out beating storms. The upper satin, are lowered most of the time, and during cold weather we have a muslin curtain to lower over the open ing. Roosts are hinged to the north side and may be raised and fastened to the ceiling where they are out of the way for cleaning, etc. A good dropping board below keeps the floor in good condition. Nests are placed along the east and west sides. This bouse has a good cement floor which keeps cut rats. This house admits .plenty of sun light and we have not bad a frozen comb or sick chicken all winter. CARE OF DUCKS IN WINTER Any Kind cf Green Stuff That Hap pens to Be Handy Makes Excel lent Feed for Fowls. During winter I feed my ducks any greon stuff that I happen to have handy. Turnip, parsnip and carrot tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, oa onion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender crab grass, lettuce, radish, mustard, cut fine, all make good bulky feed. These are dried in the shade during the summer and stored .J"1 toayjj When I want to feed them a quantity is boiled for twelve hours and mixed with finely cut roots, such as potato, turnip, pp.ranip, carrot - onion and beet. Apples are also used, says a writer In the Orange Judd Farmer. These are all cooked. Not much of one kind of plant Is given st a time. Four measures of any one with four of corn chop to each of wheat bran, red wheat shorts and boiled fresh meat are fed as a mash all tbe ducks will eat It up clean In a few minutes. If any of the mash Is Inft. it is at once removed to avoid He getting sour. This feed is given twice daily during the winter and three times in spring. It has al ways proved satisfactory. Clean soiled eggs. Get a reputation for selling fresh eggB. Do not keep eggs in a cellar or damp place. Let the old roosters go before they eat their hf ads off. About ten ducks are required to mr.ke u pound of leathers. If cbick'-n keeping doesn't pay don't be in too big a hurry to blame tbe chickens. Goo Be feathers being more oily aie apt to sootier turn rancid than chick en feathers. Crudo carbolic acid and coal oil make a fine dislnfcclaut. Use a con tinuous npiayer. A bovi'reisn ntraedy for limberneck is focr dro;s of turpentine In a tea spoonful of wuttr. CUurco::! is a, wonderful tonle at this time. Se that the fowls get all t!it'y nnt of it to eat. Poultry breeders need to know as much of tin- breodin); worth of a fowl as catt!t breeders of a bull. Tbe man with a fine lot of youug chicLei.s lo toll, now is the one who tv.H a sTuile that won't come off. One fcic rhlckeu soon Infects a whole dock. It la always safest to re move a bird Ht first signs of Illness, Tho esscntluls of poultry raising are cleanliness aud close attention, i-ould with hard work and com mon sense Supply kens with plenty of crushed oyster shi II Tho t bells costs little aud Uieans much If it's winter eggs you are working for. The hens rtltsh green food Of some sort snd will amply repay you for the trouble of chopping up cabbage, pota to peelings, turnips, etc. Any p,g ebteis in the flock? Make tbe nests aa dark ss possible; that v ill help If ttfut dotgu't 4lisoouraga tut culprit, haru up the ax. Iu tbe long continuous poultry buUeV Ing It Is desirable that so alley way be piotl-ted for the sake of eoaveu sue tn imaging tarvuxb lAe uU)na N ipLWlil i Pass U J IV.. w; K i i c