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Dick could only Judge of Its size and strength by the breadth of the shoul ders, bull-like neck and great hairy arms and hands. “Shipwrecked?*’ he asked, between two rollers. The seamon nodded. “What ship?" Dick added a moment later. “The yacht Pelican!” Dick almost lost the power of his arms In his surprise, and a big roller tossed him back a few yards before he could recover from the shock. They were In the worst of the break ers after that, and It took all their combined strength and skill to battle their way through them to the beach. When they were finally tumbled ashore beyond the reach of the sucking wa ter. Dick dragged himself to his feet and looked at the seaman. "You say you’re from the yacht Pelican?" he suld. “What happened? Were you knocked overboard?" "No, sir, I come to get help. I’ve been In the water for ten hours. Reckon I’d never made land If you hadn’t seen me, sir. I was nearly In. What part of the coast Is this?" "The coast? This is an Island — Valhalla!" The man groaned and threw up his arms in despair. "G —d, then I ain’t done no good!” he said. “That swim’s all fur nothing. I thought I was swim rain’ fur the mainland.” He appeared so genuinely grieved and disappointed that Dick said sym pathetically, “It’s too bad! But tell me about the Pelican. Where is she? And what’s happened to her?" "The usual thing, sir. She ran on the shoals In the storm last night, an’ she’s goin’ to pieces. Can’t last twen ty-four hours—doomed, sir. It’s a pity, sir, she being such a fine boat, and—’’ "Where was this?" Dick Interrupted. “Don’t know, sir. The captain he said he’d lost his reckonin', an’ couldn’t get It until sunup. That’s now. But a lot of good It will do hlmvnow that I’ve failed him He let out another groan, and strug gled to an upright sitting position. "You say this Is an Island?” he added. "You sure It ain’t the "I’d hardly make a mistake like that,” replied Dick. Then, "If the Pelican’s on the rocks why doesn’t she summon aid from the shore? She’s equipped with wireless.'’ "Yes, sir, but It ain’t working no more. The storm ripped the wires to pieces an’ flooded the dynamos. No, sir, the capt’n can’t send n message ashore. That’s why I volunteered to swim It. I thought I could do It with this raft, but the tide and wind must have drifted me out of my course.” Dick nodded and said nothing. He was thinking hard. Was this a part of the mysterious plot? Or had the yacht been wrecked and the seaman risked his life In an attempt to get help before she went to pieces? He eyed ‘the man furtively. He recalled his extraordinary strength In battling the waves until he saw Dick, and then his subsequent collapse. The man, In spite of appearance, did not seem so terribly exhausted. He was breathing almost normally. "Can you walk?" Dick nsked sud denly. "If so you’d better get up to the house and make a report to Mr. Cutler. It’s his yacht—" He stopped In the middle of his sen tence, and stared up at the rocks that rose abruptly from the beach a few yards back from the water’s edge. Standing on a projecting ledge within earshot, as If she had Just stepped out of the mouth of a sea cave that yawned back of her, was Alice Cutler. Dick whs satisfied that she had been there for some time, nnd had listened to the sailor’s story. “There’s Miss Cutler now," lie added, pointing. “You can repent your story to her, or"—slowly, smiling—“perhaps she heard you." “Yes, I heard." the girl replied grnvely. "It won’t be necessary to repeat It." She began muking her slippery de scent from the rocks. Dick offered a hand to help her. hut she ignored it. "You were one of the sailors on the Pelican,’’ she said, addressing the man. "Yes, I remember your face now. I didn’t up there. You’re a new man, nren’t you? Not one of the old, crew that uncle had under Captuin Johnston?” “Yes, ma’am, this is ray first cruise In the yacht." The man touched his forehead automatically as he spoke, hut Dick thought he detected a bold leer In the eyes. "An’ I’m afraid, tna'in, It’s the last." "You have no Idea where the yacht Is?” “If I had, ma'am, I’d tell you In stantly. The cap'n didn’t know either. Mebbe he does now. I*lty I hadn't waited until daylight, an’ then tried to reach land." “Yes, It Is a plty, v ’ replied Miss Cut ler, with n peculiar drawl In her voice. "All right,” she added briskly. "Go up to the house, and report to—to — Mr. Blake. Uncle’s not up yet." "Yes, ma'am I" He touched his head again with a By George Ethelbert Walsh (Copyrlcbt, 19J5. by W. O. Chapman.) WNU Service hand, and then slowly ambled away. Dick watched him In slleuce, expect ing the girl to follow, but she re mained standing until the sailor was out of sight. Then she slowly turned to him. "I saw him swimming in/’ she said significantly, "but he didn’t seem to need any help until you called. Then I noticed he lost his nerve. Rather strange, wasn’t It?" "Yes, It struck me so." replied Dick seriously. "Even when I hauled him In, I thought he had more strength than I. But the poor fellow may have been frightened. A night In the water would unnerve any one." "Do you think he was In the water all night?" she. asked a little bit too pointedly to suit Dick. “Why—he said so. I couldn’t say.” She gazed at him with a challeng ing look In her eyes. Dick returned It with a smile of admiration, for with her windblown hair logse, and her eyes flashing with strange emotion, shq made a picture of striking beau ty. Suddenly she smiled. “Perhaps I’m misjudging you,” she said, "and was harsh with you this morning, but the day’s happenings are getting on my nerves. Mr. Blnke as sumes all responsibility for the dis appearance of the yacht lost night." "Yes, he sent It away," Dick re plied. “How did you know that?” she asked sharply. "Are you in his con fidence? I didn’t suppose"—speaking "Go On, Please," She Urged When He Stopped. slowly—"you were particularly good friends—not after what happened on the dock the other day." Dick chuckled reminiscently. “You’re quite right. We’re not good friends." "Then bow’d you know he ordered the yacht away last night?" "I happened to be strolling around when he sent the signals to Captain Brent." t “What signals? I don’t understand.” He paused a moment In Indecision. Then he shrugged his shoulders. "It may have been a coincidence," lie ad mitted. "He, or some one else, flashed three bright lights from the yacht After that the Pelican got under way. I took the lights as signals." The girl frowned and wutchea him with grave, serious eyes. After a long pause, she asked: "What were you doing In front of the house at that time of the night?" "Oh, Just hanging around," he an swered lightly. "You see I’d been pretty cramped In my narrow berth on the yacht, and needed a little ex ercise.” There was still doubt and suspicion In her eyes when, drawing u deep breath, she added, “Where were you on the yacht, that nobody discovered you ?” "In —In— ’’ he hesitated. “Go on, please," she urged when he stopped. "You wouldn't believe me If I told you,” he answered, smling. “It would sound a bit too—too improbable." “Anything seems probable to me' now. Go on." "Well, It was In a secret compart ment that only two persons In all the world know of, If we except the archi tects and builders." She looked Incredulous, but nodded her head. "Who were the two per sons?’’ "One was the former owner of the Pelican, and he's dead now." “Mr. Van Ness, you mean?” Dick nodded. “And the other?" she added Inter rogatively. "I don’t think I’ll mention the oth er’s name," he replied, shrugging his shoulders. "Of course, you know It's I. That’s sufficient.” “Yes, that’s sufficient," she mused thoughtfully. Then raising her eyes to him, she added: “I wonder how you came in possession of the Infor mation, If what you tell me Is true. I don’t suppose you «ire to tell me." "No. Miss Cutler. I'd rather not." the COSTILLA COUNTY DEMOCRAT, CHAPTER VII Dick avoided the house and Its occu pants, though he hung uround to spy and pick up any stray conversation that he could overhear. He had reached the point where he was willing to play the eavesdropper on the slight est provocation. The mystery of the whole affair puzzled him, and he wished to get the thing struight. He was un uninvited guest on the island, and he did not intend to make himself a nuisance. There was some thing wrong up at the house. Mr. Cutler was at no time visible. Whether he was sick und confined to his bed, Dick could uot learn. Mr. Blake frequently came out nnd scurried around, sometimes alone, and at other times with Miss Cutler. Once Dick saw him with the rescued sailor, talking earnestly. But there was noth ing suspicious in this. If the yacht had been wrecked, it would be natural for him to quizz the sailor to get all possible Information from him. Once the three of them walked to the edge of the' highest bluff and sennned the ocean for some time. Dick watched them from a screened hiding place. Finally, at an order from Blake, the sailor left and returned to the house. Bluke and Alice remained standing a few moments, the wind tossing and whipping her skirts and golden hair. The man turned occasionally, and while he seemed to be talking to her Dick thought he eyed her greedily. They sat down on a sheltered rock, still talking and looking seuward. A great desire to creep up behind and listen urged Dick onward, but the venture was too risky. Suddenly another pair of eyes caught sight of them. Marie, from an tipper window of the house, was watch ing them Intently. Dick smiled anil shook his heud. “Jealous !” he murmured. “A woman scorned Is the worst enemy a man can have. I believe I’ll court Marie, for Information." With this decision made, he watched | every opportunity to meet her; but | she never seemed to leave the house alone. Once he saw her In con versa- , tion with the sailor, and from her manner lie Judged she knew him pretty well. But even that could be explained j without much difficulty. All the way down Marie hud been free and easy ( with the ore.w. , She was a nuturul | tllrjk. JbL& 4 Jr • night In a small cave m. for bis headquarters. U '** At for anyone to find him there, and rtore difficult to sur prise him. He reasoned that the sailor would tell Blake about meeting him, and natural curiosity, if not suspicion, would urge thf latter to seek him out. A complete strunger on the lonely Island would be quite a curiosity. Several times through the day, Dick had a feeling that someone was spying ; on him. watching for him, and follow- ; Ing him. Whether it was Bluke or the 1 sailor he could not decide, but it made him more cautloos. “I’ll have to be constantly on my guard," lie said to himself. "If Blake is up to some crime, he’d put me out of the way If be caught me. That sailor’s standing in with him." lie was wide awake long before dawn, and, anxious to take his dip in tlie oceun before anyone else on the Island was stirring, he scrambled down the rocks to the beach. Choosing a favorable spot for u swim, he threw off bis outer garments and stood ready for the plunge. Suddenly a distant, muffled hum like the buzzing of a swarm of bees aroused his Interest. He stood listen ing, turning his head this way and that. He looked np and down the face of the cliff, at a loss to explain the intermittent buzzing. After a while bis attention was directed to a thick grove of tall trees standing off by themselves on the highest point of the Islund, some distance away from the house. "That's a pretty big swarm of bees,” lie commented, "to make all that noise. I’ll take a look la that grove." Instead of plunging Into the surf, be threw on his clothes nnd walked up the bill There wus a peculiar me tallic quality In the Intermittent buz zing that bad more than awakened Dick’s curiosity; it had excited his suspicion. Therefore, Instead of making direct for the grove, he made a circuitous detour which enabled him to keep out of sight of anyone on the summit of the plateau. By millng the rocks and climbing along ledges he managed to reach the grove from the opposite side. Once within their shadows he crept from free to free, always following the humming ns a guide. It seemed much nearer and dearer, hut It was still muffled as |f coming from a consider able distance. <TO HR CONTINUED.) Meteoric Visitors It Is computed that between 10,000.- 000 nnd 20,000,000 Htrllio the enrth’i atmosphere daily. Two or three mete orite* are seen to fall yearly. Since “ lurpe ]n;rt of the earth la covered with water or uninhabited. It Is thought prohnble thut about 100 strike the earth annually. It la not known positively that meteors und meteorites ure Composed of the suine materials. Germany hns , union of Iron nnd steel pipe manufacturers which con trols th,. prices. FARM STOCK SILAGE VALUABLE AS CATTLE FEED Farmers usually regard silage as a dairy necessity, hut few of them real ize how valuable It Is when properly combined with other feeds In fatten ing steers. Indiana experiment station gave some interesting facts about silage In this connection as part of their Inter national show exhibit. They compared the economy and efficiency of a stand ard ration with and without silage. The feed required to fatten a car load of I*o two-year-old steers amount ed to 4.5 tons of cottonseed ineal, 43 tons of silage. 752 bushels of corn, and five tons of clover hay. The land required to glow this feed was 15 acres of corn grain, 5.4 acres of silage corn, and two and a hair acres of clover hay. This was a total acreage of 1212.9 acres. Without silage, it took 128 acres of farm-grown feed, made up of 19 acres of corn grain and nine acres of clover. Feed to make eueh pound of gain amounted to 5.6 pounds corn, 1.3 pounds clover hay, 1.3 pounds of cot tonseed meal, und 11.5 pounds of silage. The profit was reckoned along with hogs following the steers. For the car lot using silage the profit was $393, and for the car lot fed no silage the profit was $1299. Cottonseed meal Increases the finish and selling value of steers, while the silage used In the ration cheapens the cost of production. Less laud is re quired to produce feed for a car lot of steers when silage Is fed. Early Diagnosis of Hog Cholera Very Important Early diagnosis Is qne of the most Important steps In the control of hog cholera, which has developed on muny farms In Minnesota this year. Re sponsibility of a proper diagnosis nnd the method of procedure to follow. He with the veterinarian, who should be called as soon as the pigs appear to be sick. Emphasizing the importance of a correct diagnosis, I)r. H. C. H. Kcrn knmp of the division of veterinary medicine. University of Minnesota, says that If hog cholera serum were to be used on swine suffering from some disease other than cholera results would be discouraging. “In outbreaks of cholera anti* i cholera serum cannot he used too 1 soon," he says. “SeruiuAs not a cure, l but It may be given tp ill l/ie curly order. Even if only iWR* saved, the serum will pay for Itself." Cattle Need Protein to Make Profitable Gains A certain amount of protein is ab solutely essential In cattle-feeding op erations. Where alfalfa or clover hay is the sole roughage It Is not neces sary to use any protein feed, hut where alfalfa or clover Is fed In con nection with other roughages, the ad dition of one pound of cottonseed meal per heud per day will reduce the cost of gains materially. If no alfalfa or other leguminous hay is fed. two pounds of cottonseed meal per head per day will produce gains considerably cheaper than In the cases where none is fed, accord ing to Dr. C. W. McC'nmphell, liead of animal husbandry work at the Kansas State Agricultural college. Proper Feed Will Make Vigorous Litter of Pigs The greuter the number of pigs raised per sow the less the cost per pig. The unborn pig is built quite largely of protein, hence the neces sity of feeding plenty of protein to the sow from breeding to farrowing time in order that she may produce a large, strong, thrifty, vigorous litter, say live stock authorities nt the Kan sas State Agricultural college. The brood sow should have either one-half pound of tankage, one pound of lin seed oil ineul, one pound of soy beans or one gallon of skim milk or butter milk per day to furnish the needed protein, they advise. Live Stock Hints Young animals make the best use o/ feed. • * * The most effective method of rid ding cattle of lice Is by dipping. • • • I>o not fowl moldy hay to horses If you wish to avoid serious ailments. • • • A beef cow carries more fat under her hide than a dairy cow, and fat Is a most excellent nonconductor of heat. • • • Two severe tuxes on pig growth are worms nnd lice. Cleanliness aids mightily in combating both. • • Hog cholera ordinarily causes large losses to fanners during the fall and winter months. Vaccination Is a sure preventive hut must he done before the hogs get sick. • • • Too muny pigs should not he put to gether. Even though none may be hurt, a large number hunch up and be come so warm thut colds result from going out Into the winter weither. DAIRY FACTS HOME-GROWN FEEDS ARE THE CHEAPEST Corn nnd oats, both home-grown feeds are still the cheapest source of digestible nutrients nnd should be used as extensively ns possible In the dairy ration this winter; It is pointed out by C. S. Rhode, University of Illinois. Un fortunately, these two feeds do not put enough protein into the ration, un less the roughage that Is being fed Is good legume hays only, nnd conse quently It Is necessnry In most cases to buy some feed that Is high In pro tein to supplement the corn nnd oats. At present prices gluten meal nnd cottonseed meal are the two cheapest feeds for this purpose. When silage and legume hays are being fed as roughage, a good grain mixture con be made of 500 pounds of ground corn, 250 pounds of ground oats and 100 pounds of ground soy beans. Another good grain mixture for use with silage and legume hays can be made from 500 pounds of ground corn, 500 pounds of ground oats, 50 pounds of cottonseed meal and 50 pounds of gluten meal. Both of these grain mixtures should he fed at the rate of 2% pounds for each gallon of milk produced. When no legumes ure being fed, the grain mixture should he made of 100 pounds each of gluten meal, ground corn, ground oats and linseed oil meal. Another good grain mixture to use when no legumes are being fed can be made from 100 pounds each of ground corn, wheat bran and linseed oil meal and 50 pounds of cottonseed meal. These two should be fed at the rnte of to 8 pounds of grain for each gal lon of milk produced. When legume hays supply all the roughages, the gruln mixture can be limited to 100 pounds of ground corn and 100 pounds of ground oats. A sec ond grain mixture that enn be used when legume hays supply ull the roughages can be made from 000 pounds of ground corn. .‘IOO pounds of ground oats and 100 pounds of linseed oil meal. These two grain mixtures should be fed at the rute of 3 to 3*£ pounds for each gullon of milk pro duced. Corn Silage Found Best Substitute for Pasture Pasture grass Is the Ideal dairy rn tlon because of Its succulent nnd ap petizing qualities. In Northern states the short pasture season makes If ner-1 ossary to provide % substitute Experl- I mehts at thf fffdfnrui station show! very definitely that silage Is the I best substitute available. A ration containing u moderate j amount of silage was compared with one containing no silage, but double the ordinary amount of bay. When silage was withheld, milk production decreased markedly and the milk und fat costs were considerably Increased. The most economical production oc curred when silage made up part of the ration. Body weights were more uniformly maintained when silage formed a part of the feed. Those Interested In a more detailed account of this experiment may ob tain It from the Purdue experiment station, Lafayette, Ind., by asking for bulletin No. 297. Feed Value of Pumpkins Pumpkins have some feed value for milk production, and should he fed when there Is no market for them. They ure of Hbout the suine feed value as flat turnips. There Is nil old tra dition thut they tend to dry cows up when fed In large amounts. It Is con sidered advisable to remove the seeds when they ure fed In any considerable amount, us ihere Is probably more danger of trouble being In the seed than the other parts. Dehorning Young Calves When calves are a few days old clip the Imlr from the buttons where the horna start. This can he done with an ordinary pair of scissors. Secure a stick of caustic potash at the drug store nnd wllli It rub the buttons of the horns until the spot becomes quite red, but the rubbing should he stopped before the blood will run from the button. The end of the ruustlc potash should be Inserted in some water be fore the application la made. Dairy Notes ************************** A good dairy barn slogan is: "Feed them grain even If they ure dry." • • • In no way can the hills of our dairy farmers he reduced for purchased pro telu feeds so greatly as through fur ther Increase In the ucreage of alfalfa, the premier hay crop. • • • The cost of feeding a dairy cow Ip now about 15 per cent below a year ago, according to rurul economists at the Ohio State university. • • • lit all dairy work, the cost of produc Hon may be reduced by the most effl clent use and handling of the equip ment. • * * During the extreme cold weather see that the cows and horses have an abundance of bedding—enough to keep them comfortable and clean. 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