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JOAN OF THE SWORD HAND
BY S.R.CROCKETT Author of "The Raiders." & C
(Copyright. 1898. 1900. by S. R. Crockett.)
CHAPTER XXVlll.—Continued.
“How could be,” demanded Joan,
the soldier's daughter, sharply, "he
waa on duty!”
“Well,” answered Margaret, still re
centful and unconsoled, “he would not
have done that before we were mar-
Tied! And it is only the first day we
have been together, too, since—
since ”
And she burled her head in her ker
chief.
Then came a knocking at the door.
“Enter!” cried Joan imperiously, yet
not a little glad of the interruption.
Werner von Orseln stood in the por
tal. “My lady,” he said, "will you bid
the Count von Loen leave his work
and take some rest and sustenance.
He thinks of nothing but his drill.”
“Oh, yes, he does,” cried the Prin
cess Margaret: “how dare you say it,
fellow? He thinks of me! Why, even
now ”
Bho looked once more out of the
window, a smile upon her face, in
stantly she drew in her head again
and sprang to her feet.
“Oh. he is gone! I cannot see him
anywhere!” she cried, "and 1 never so
ranch as heard them go! Joan, I am
going to find him. He should not have
gone ,away without bidding me good
bye! It was cruel!”
She flashed out of the room, and
without waiting for tiring maid or cov
erture, she ran downstairs, dressed as
she was in her light summer attire.
Joan stood a moment silent, looking
after her with eyes in which flashed a
tender light. Werner von Orseln
smiled broadly—the dry smile of an
ancient war captain who puts no
bounds to the vagaries of women. It
was an experienced smile.
“ ’Tis well for Kemsberg, my lady,”
said Werner grimly, “that you are not
the Princess Margaret.”
“And why?” said Joan a little
haughtily. For she did not like Con-
Tad's sister to be treated lightly even
by her chief captain.
“Ah. love, love!” said Werner, nod
ding his head sententiously. “It Is
well thut I ever trained you up to care
for none of these things. Teach a maid
to fence, and her honor needs no cham
pion. Give her sword-cunning and you
keep her from making a fool of her
•elf about the first man who crosses
her path. Strengthen her wrist, teach
her to lunge and parry, and you
strengthen her head. But you do
credit to your instructor. You have
never troubled about the ifollies of
Jove. Therefore are ye Joan of the
Uword Hand!”
Joan sighed another sigh, very soft
ly this time, and her eyes, being turned
away from Von Orseln, wero soft and
Indefinitely hazy.
“Yes,” she answered, "I am Joan of
the Sword Hand and I never think of
these things!"
Von Orseln saluted, with a face ex
pressionless as a stone. He marched
to the door, turned a third time and
saluted and with heavy footsteps de
scended the stairs.
At the outer door Prince Conrad was
dismounting. The two men saluted
each other.
“Is the % Duchess Joan within?” said
Conrad, concealing his eagerness un
der the hauteur natural to a prince.
“I have just left her!” answered the
chief captain.
Without a word Conrad sprang up
the steps three at a time. Werner
turned about and watched the young
man’s firm, lithe figure till It had dis
appeared.
“Faith of Saint Anthony!” he mur
mured. “I am right glad our lady cares
hot for love. If she did, and if you
Lad not been a priest—well, there
might have been trouble.”
CHAPTER XXIX. *
The Broken Bond.
Above, in the dusky light of the up
per hall, Conrad and Joan stood hold
ing each other’s hands. It was the
“Death alone shall turn me back this
time.”
first time they had been alone together
since the day on which they had
walked along the sand dunes of Ru
gan.
Since then they seemed to have
grown inexplicably close together. To
Joan, Conrad now seemed much more
her own—the man who loved her,
whom dhe loved—than he had been
on the island. To watch day by day
for his passing in martial attire
brought back the knight of the tourna
ment whose white plume she had seen
storm through the lists when, a slim
secretary, she had stood with beating
heart and shining eyes behind the
i chair of Leopold von Dessauer, Am
bassador of Plassennurg.
For almost five minutes they stood
thus without speech; then Joan drew
away her hands.
“You forget,” she said smiling, “that
was forbidden in the bond.”
"My lady,” he said, “was not the
bond for Isle Rugen alone? Here we
are comrades in the strife. We must
save our fatherland. 1 have laid aside
my priesthood. If I live, I shall appeal
to the Holy Father to loose me wholly
from my vows.”
Smilingly she put his eager argu
ment by.
“It was of another vow I spoke. I
am not the Holy Father, and for this
I will not give you absolution. We
are comrades, it is true —that and no
more! To-morrow I ride to Kerns
berg, where I will muster every man,
call down the shepherds from the hills,
and be back with you by the Alla be
fore the Muscovite can attack you. I.
Joan of the Sword Hand, promise it!”
She stamped her foot, half in earn
est and half In mockery of the sonor
ous name by which she was known.
“I would rather you were Joan of
the Grange at Isle Rugen, and i your
jerklned servitor, cleaving the wood
that you might bake the bread.”
“Conrad.” said Joan, shaking her
head wistfully, “such thoughts are not
wise for you and me to harbor. We
must stand to our dignities now when
the enemy threatens and the people
need us. Afterwards, an it like us, we
may step down together.”
Joan.” said Conrad, very gravely,
"do not fear for me. I have turned
once from a career I never chose.
Death alone shall turn me back this
time."
"I knew it,” she answered; "I never
doubted it. But what shall we do with
this poor lovesick bride of ours?”
And she told him of her interview
that morning with his sister. Conrad
laughed gently, yet with sympathy.
"Leave me Von Orseln, and do you
take the young man,” said Conrad;
"then Margaret will go with you will
ingly and gladly.”
"But she will want to return—that
is, if Maurice comes, too."
J'lsle Rugen?” suggested Conrad.
“Send your ten men who know the
road. If they could carry off Joan of
the Sword Hand, they should have no
difficulty with little Margaret of Court
land.”
Joan clasped her hands with pleas
ure and relief, all unconscious that im
mediately behind her Margaret had
entered softly and now stood arrested
by the sound of her own name.
“Oh. they will have no trouble, will
they not?” she said in her own heart,
and smiled. "Isle Rugen? Thank you.
my very dear brother and sister. You
would get rid of me, separate me from
Maurice while he is fighting for your
precious princedoms. What is a coun
try in comparison with a husband? I
would not care a doit which country I
belonged to, so long as I had Maurice
with me!”
A .moment or two Conrad and Joan
discussed the details of the capture,
while more softly than before Mar
garet retired to the door. She would
have slipped out altogether, but that
something happened just them which
froze her to the spot.
A trumpet blew without —once, twice
and thrice, in short and stirring blasts.
Hardly had the echoes died away when
she heard her brother say. "Adieu, best
beloved! It is the signal which tells
me that Prince Ivan is within a day’s
march of Courtland. I bid you good
bye, and if—if we should never meet
again, do not forget that I loved you
—loved you as none else could love!”
He held out his hand. Joan stood
rooted to the spot, her lips moving, but
no words coming forth. Then Mar
garet heard a hoarse cry break from
her who had contemned love.
"I cannot let you go thus!” she cried.
"I ctfnnot keep the vow! it is too hard
for me! Conrad! I am but a weak
woman after all!”
And in a moment the Princess Mar
garet saw Joan the cold, Joan of the
Sword Hand. Joan Duchess of Kerns
berg and Holienstein in the arms of
her brother.
Whereupon, not being of set purpose
an eavesdropper, Margaret went out
and shut the door softly. The lovers
had neither heard her come nor go.
And the wife of Maurice von Lynar
was smiling very sweetly as sne went,
but In her eyes lurked mischief.
Conrad descended the stair from the
apartments of the Duchess Joan, di
vided between the certainty that his
lips had tasted the unutteruble joy and
the fear lest his soul had sinned the
unpardonable sin.
A moment Joan steadied herself by
the window, with her hand to her
breast as if to still the flying pulses
of her heart. She took a step forward
that she might look once more upon
him ere he went. But, changing her
purpose in the very act, she turned
about and found herself face to face
with the Princess Margaret, who was
smiling subtly.
"You have granted ray request?” she
said softly.
Joan commanded herself with diffi
culty.
"What request?" she asked, for she
had forgotten.
"That Maurice and I should first go
with you to Kernsberg and afterwards
to Plassenburg."
"I cannot go." Joan murmured, think
ing aloud. "I cannot ride to Kerns
berg and leave him in the front of
danger!”
"A man must not be hampered by
affection in the hour of danger!”
“Do you know,” said Joan, "that
Prince Ivan and his Muscovites are
within a day's march of Courtland. and
that Prince Conrad has already gone
forth to meet them?”
“What?” cried Margaret, "within a
day’s march of the c!ty? J must go
and find my husband.”
"Wait!” said Joan. “I see my way.
Your husband shall come hither.”
She went to the door and clapped
her hands. "Send hither instantly
Werner von Orseln, Alt Pikker and the
Count von Ixien.”
She waited with the latch of the
door in her hand till she heard their
footsteps upon the stair. They en
tered together and saluted.
"Gentlemen." said Joan, "the enemy
is at the gate of the city. We shall
need every man. Who will ride to
Kernsberg and bring back succor?”
"Your highness.” said Werner von
Orseln, respectfully, “if the enemy be
so near, and a battle imminent, the
man is no soldier who would willingly
be absent. But we are your servants.
Choose you one to go; or, if it seem
good to you. more than one. Bid us
go, and on our heads it shall be to
escort you safely to Kernsberg and
bring back reinforcements.”
The Princess came closer to Joan
and slipped a hand into hers.
“Von Lynar shall go!” said Joan.
Whereat Maurice held down his
"A man must not be hampered by af
fection in the hour of danger!”
head, Margaret clapped her hands, and
tlie other two stood stolidly awaiting
instructions, as became their position.
"At what hour shall I depart, my
lady?” said Maurice.
"Now! So soon as you can get the
horses ready!”
"Bub your Grace must have time to
make her preparations!"
"I am not going to Kernsberg. I
stay here!” said Joan, stating a fact.
Werner von Orseln was just going
out of the door, confiding to Alt Pikker
that as soon ns he saw the Princess
put her hand in their lady’s he kn**w
they were safe. At the sound of Joan’s
words he was startled into crying out
loudly, “What?" At the same time he
faced about with the frown on his
face which he wore when he corrected
an irregularity in the ranks.
(To be continued.)
NEW CURE FOR SNAKE’S BITE.
Follows Plan of “Hair of the Dog
That Bit You.”
“Take a hair of the dog that bit
you,” is an old saw that, as a sug
gested remedy, has led many a man
out of the frying pan into the fire,
and it cannot certainly be recommend
ed as a cure suitable for modern
times, when an antidote is more rec
ommendable.
Dogs are not, however, the only ani
mals whose bite is to be feared; and
those people whose travels have led
them to far lands know that poison
ous snakes are much more to be
dreaded.
Though by far the greater propor
tion of those persons thus bitten die,
there is a certain number who re
cover. thanks to prompt measures,
and thanks also to the administration
of the exact remedy which any par
ticular snake bite requires.
It has lately been reported that, on
the principle of the old adage men
tioned above—whieh thus serves a
turn —an almost certain cure for
snake bite is the injection of a small
portion of the bile ofi the reptile
which has attacked any one, and
which—the snake being generally
killed on the spot—is naturally at
hand.
The gall bladder is extracted. Its
contents filtered, and the fluid inject
ed under the skin. The method
sounds somewhat complicated; but
no snake-bitten person will complain
if by this means ho escapes a rapid
death.
The experiments made have given
the best results, tho!>e recovering
from the poisonous bite of a South
American snake coming off with noth
ing worse than an abscess at the
point of penetration of the serpent's
tooth.—Chambers’ Journal.
What Caused the Noise.
A lady, having occasion to consult
a friend, called at her home, but was
unable at first to obtain admittance.
Hideous sounds suggesting the cater
wauling of all tho cats, accompanied
by what appeared to be the trampling
of an -elephant upon the keyboard of a
piano, issued from the house.
The matter being imperative, and
w ishing at least to leave a message,
our friend redoubled her efforts at the
bell in the hope of ringing hard
enough to stop the clamor within.
Succeeding at last in her endeavor,
the din ceased abruptly and the door
was opened by a trim German maid.
The family, it appeared, was out, and
the maid said;
“Yen de cat’s avay den playe del
mouse der piano."
POULTRY NOTES.
You need not expect your hens to
lay regularly if you confine them to a
diet of corn. Vary their food as much
us possible.
There is simply no excuse on any
farm for not furnishing shade and
plenty of pure fresh water for the poul
try.
Millet seed is the finest food for
thickens as well as older fowls. Scat
tered among dry leaves it will make a
drove of chickens busy and happy for
hours. Not only is it a healthful food,
but it requires bealthfui exercise to
get it.
Lime is cheap, is a good disinfactant,
is easily secured, and is one of the best
purifiers, and should be used often as
n wash for coops, perches, nest boxes
and the sides of the house. Don’t fail
to sprinkle it liberally and often on the
floors of the chicken house and the
poops.
Go out to the hen house and look
at the pan you have been giving the
fowls their water in and see how full
of straw and other litter it is. Then
take an old cheese box, split it half
way round the side, put the dish of
water on top of that and note the dif
ference there will be in cleanliness.
The water pan ought never to bo
placed so that, the hens can dig stuff
over the edge into it.
If the poultry house is in such con
dition as to allow rats to run under
the floor, the farmer may as well give
tip the poultry business. They are
worse than any disease the fowls may
have. When the house Is built It is
very easy to put wire netting such as
is used for the small chicks under the
floors. If you have not done this, an
other easy way to keep out rats is to
put in a cement floor. It may cost lit
tle more than fixing up the wooden
floor, but it is safe against rats and
a wooden floor is not. If wire mesh
is put in with the cement when the
floor is laid it Hrill be all the better.
DILAPIDATED FARMHOUSES.
In driving about the country one
cannot help noticing many places
where the owner’s lack of thrift is evi
dent in the dilapidated condition of
much about the house, barn or farm.
'1 tie fences may need repairing. The
sheds may show signs of weakness.
Gates may have lost a hinge and be
come useless. The evidence of habit
ual neglect may be seen in many ways
about the place, and the aggregation
of these little things . which result
from carelessness or thoughtlessness
goes to give the farm a run down ap
pearance which it does not deserve,
and which it would not have if care
was taken to keep things in a condi
tion of good order.
Go over the potato patch with a
harrow when the young plants are be
ginning to come up, and you will de
stroy all the weeds and leave the patch
in such fine condition that but little
hoeing will be needed thereafter. The
potatoes will get the start of the
weeds, and the weeds may then be
kept down with the horse cultivator.
Axles run dry with surprising quick
ness in rainy, muddy weather. Look
after them daily, and never apply two
kinds of grease to a wagon. The water
washes it out faster in some cases, and
in others' I have known the two com
bine in a paste which quickly wears
out and powders, setting the wheel
Iby heating.
My neighbor is a good farmer in
most ways, but as I passed his horse
barn this morning, I noticed a large
pile of manure out In the weather. It
was a cool morning, but I could smell
the ammonia arising from the manure
pile for a long distance. He will lose
l one-half to two-thirds the value of the
manure.
If the small green plant-louse, the
aphis, infests the trees to any extent,
make a solution by dissolving one
pound of whale-oil soap in ten gallons
of water, and spray with this. First
dissolve the soap in a little hot water
and then dilute to the desired strength.
Give soft food, such as boiled oats
or potatoes, mixed with equal parts of
bran, shorts und ground corn twice a
week for breakfast, but not a full
feed of soft feed, as they will eat too
fast and then sit around with a stuffed
crop.
They say that the cow’s olfactories
are about ten times as acute as these
of man. If this is true, the necessity
of keeping the feeding trough, the
drinking vessel and all the surround
ings of the cow clean becomes very
apparent.
The eggs of geese, ducks, turkeys,
guinea* and chickens that are shipped
a great distance will hatch well If they
are turned upside down in the banket
and left for 24 hours and then put un
der a good hen or in an Incubator.
Some farmers sow clover seed twice,
half early and half late, to insure a
staad; but it is a question whether it
is not wiser to sow It all very early.
In this way the writer has not failed
of a good stand in many years.
Geese and ducks should have water
to swim In during breeding season, as
thfcy mate better in water than on
land. Scoop cut a place with team and
scraper and fill with water, if practic
able.
Mate one drake with five ducks, one
gander with three geese, one gobbler
with lour to twenty turkeys, one male
guinea with lour to eight guinea hens.
Give your laying hens milk and
meat scraps every four or fivo days.
It more eggs.
FARM, ORCHARD & GARDEN
THE FARMER’S CREED.
The following is suggested by Prof.
Irby, of the North Carolina State col
lege, as the sort of creed to which
all progressive farmers should sub
scribe and religiously adhere:
We believe In small, well-tilled
farms; that the soil must be fed as
j well as the owner, so that the crops
Shall make the farm and the farmer
rich.
We believe In thorough drainage, in
deep plowing, and In labor saving im
plements.
We believe In good fences, barns
conveniently arranged, good orchards
ond gardens, and plenty of home-raised
hog and hominy.
We believe in raising pure-bred
stock or in grading up the best to be
gotten: they equal the thoroughbreds.
We believe in growing the best
varieties of farm crops and saving the
choicest for seed.
We believe in fertilizing the brain
with phosphorus as well as applying
it to the soil.
We believe in the proper care and
application of barn-yard manure.
We believe that the best fertilizers
are of little value unless accompanied
by industry, enterprise and intelli
gence.
We believe in rotation, diversifica
tion and thorough cultivation of
crops.
We believe that every farm should
own a good farmer and every good
farmer will eventually own a good
farm.
RABBIT TRAPS.
One of the incidents and expenses of
orcharding on a large scale not likely
to be thought of by the casual observer
is the constant warfare which it is nec
essary to wage on the rabbits so likely
to work great destruction to young ap
ple trees. This is illustrated by the
operations of Wellhouse & Son, of To
peka, Kan., who are recognized as the
Apple Kings, as reported by E. D.
Coburn. For their orchard in Osage
county they used a carload of lumber
in the construction of 1,700 rabbit
traps; for their three orchards in
Leavenworth county they have 1,600
tiaps, and in a Miami county orchard
400 traps. These consist of a box 22
inches long, made of ordinary six-inch
lumber, one inch thick, closed at one
end, and with an inward-swinging wire
gate in the other end, which is shut
by contact of the rabbit with a trigger
after he has fairly entered. About four
feet of lumber and four feet of No. 12
galvanized iron wire are consumed in
the making of each trap, which costs,
complete, about 12V& to 15 cents. This
tiap, as now constructed, is considered
well nigh perfect, cost and efficiency
considered, and is the result of 20
years of experimenting in making
traps, and studying the nature and
habits of the rabbits. In this connec
tion the word rabbit applies only to
the ordinary cotton-tail and not to the
larger jack-rabbit, which the Messrs.
Wellhouse say is not especially
troublesome to the apple trees. Ex
change.
KILL THE WEEDS.
The best time to root out a trouble
some weed is the first time you notice
one growing on your land. It will Like
but a minute then, as it is just one
plant, or one little patch of plants.
Some of the meanest weeds that ever
pestered the farmer could be gotten
rid of if every farmer would do thus.
But the farms are large and the farm
ers are hurried and the weeds are left
growing until there is more time, and
then the seeds have ripened and been
scattered to the four winds to seed all
the farm and all the farms joining, and
weeds, bad weeds, are increasing all
the time. Such weeds as bull thistles,
cockleburs, ragweeds and burdock
should be rooted out as soon as passi
ble. They are bad. bad weeds, and
when they get a foothold are very hard
to get rid of. The burdock is the only
one that the root lives through the
winter, but the seed crop is so large
and not being destroyed before the
seeds are ripened is the cause of
spreading the above-mentioned weeds.
The average farmer does not allow
these to grow through carelessness al
together. The main reason is he un
dertakes too much and has his hands
more than full of work saving his hay,
wheat and oats, and these weeds ripen
and shed their seeds while he is so
very busy. How nice it would be if
every farm could be clear of all the
obnoxious weeds. There are new
weeds being brought into our country
by getting new seeds from other states.
THE BARBERRY AS A HEDGING
IXAlrt.
Among the many bright spots in
childhood’s memory there is none which
gave more pleasure than that of the
barberry hedge which grew near the
old schoolhouse; that hedge which fur
nished us shade during the hot noon
time play hour. The bushes with their
deep green foliage, racemes of yel
low flowers and hidden thorns that
prevented their destruction, aDd later,
• the bright scarlet berries hanging un
til late in winter, perhaps the glasses
of barberry jelly that graced our
mother’s pantry shelves and gave
relish to the bread and butter eaten
at school intensify that memory.
This was over 30 years ago, but the
ibcroerry hedge still stands, furnishing
..
shade for other children now. putting
out leaves and flowers, and maturing
its berries as then.
At a time when there is so mnch
call for hedging plants for our
ban homes why would it not be well to ▼
plant more barberries? Hardy, hand
some, easily cared for and protected by
sharp thorns from the depredation* of
stock It seems to me to be one of the
most desirable plants for the purpose,
while its fruit finds a ready market
wherever known.
WITH THE FLOWERS.
Stir the soil often among estab
lished plants and keep them free of
weeds.
Stake holly-hocks, dahlias and gladi
olis before the wind blows them over.
Liquid cow manure is an excellent
fertilizer to make bloom in the flower
garden, when soil is poor. Do not get
liquid on foliage.
Never allow grass or weeds to go to
seed on the lawn; keep the mower go
ing.
Hellebore dusted on rose bushes will
kill the second crop of worms and *
slugs.
Don’t let the pansies go to seed; it
will stop their blooming. The same
rule applies to nearly all summer flow
ering plants. 4
During warm rains, put the palms,
ferns and all house plants, In fact, out
of doors. The drenching rain will do
them good.
An application of kerosene emulsion
each week to the rose bushes will keep
them free from aphis.
Summer pruning of shrubs may be
made this month. It is easy to keep
back a too luxuriant growth by pinch
ing off the shoots.
If you want carnations for winter
blooming, nip off the buds now and set
the plant to branching out.
The first blooms on asters, verbenas,
stocks, drummond phlox, etc., should
be cut so as to encourage branching
and more blooms.
BULK IN SWINE FOOD.
Swine are by nature omnivorous
feeders. They eat flesh, herbage, ce
reals, roots and fruits. Their food in
their natural state has a good deal of
bulk. The bad results sometimes ob
tained by feeders is due to forgetful -
ness of this fact. The salvation or
pigs kept in confinement has been the
general impression that swill was pre
eminently a hog feed. This has given
bulk to an otherwise condensed ration.
The pig has to a large extent been the V
victim of a wrong system of feeding.
He has been too often confined in h
small space and fed a condensed ra
tion. As a result disease and death
have cut short the profits of the big
raisers. The feeding of a ration of
cereals is not in keeping with the
natural requirements of the porcine
money maker. It is not a difficult mat
ter for the swine feeder to increase
greatly the bulk of food fed. Silage,
roots and vegetables can be fed in the
winter. If the farmer have not these
he can feed clover hay. This should be
cut in a feed cutter and soaked by
pouring water over it. To this may
be added the meal or other concen
trate that is to be fed.
THE STUDY OF BEES.
Nothing on the farm, or anywhere
else for that matter, is more interest
ing than our honey bee. One can watch
them for hours and never tire in the
least. Nothing is busier, nothing ia
more exact in its work, no mechanic
could possibly be more exact in his
measurements than is the hon?y bee.
The life of the bee, though short, is
a busy one. They simply wear out
their wings in flight seeking honey,
and then give out by the wayside and
die. Knowing all this they are con
tinually rearing more young to take
the place of the ones that die. Thus
it is one continual workday in one
way or another for the little honey bee.
Every move counts for something.
Every bit of pollen has Its place. You
will seldom see one piece of work un
dertaken until the last one is finished.
Each cell is brought to completion and
then it is all over the section one
after another. From these little work-
ers one can learn many valuable les
sons that will be of great worth if we
only put Into practice what we learn
from them.
MEDICINES AND POULTRY.
We are convinced that doctoring
poultry is of little avail. Probably
birds could be cured if they would
have their diseases diagnosed as hu
mans do and then be put on a regular
course of treatment involving the giv
ing of medicine several times a day.
But that is not possible to raott of
those that keep poultry. Therefore,
the onlj system that is practical is to
kill all very sick fowls, especially if
they have a contagious disease. Then
keep and feed the others rightly, go
ing through the flock every month or
so and carefully inspecting every one
of the birds to see if they have roup
or other contagious disease. The roup
can bo told by looking into the mouth.
If the roup ie in process of spreading
the little slit in the roof of the mouth
will Le clogged with a colorless, thick,
stringy fluid, or there may be little
blisters, called canker, in the mouth.
Don’t put a poor fence post in a per
manent Cence.