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Show to keep her husband while she was away. Ised A Literary Theft By Wust On Liclen Laurence. Copyrighted 1902 by The Authors Publishing Company. Service of The National Publishers Supply Co. home on the Installment plan, and had it almost paid for. But for sometime her husband had been out of employment, and just as he obtained work, his sickness came on. The next payment would fall due January 1st and must be met, or their home must go. To meet It she was resolved, but how? That was the question which puzzled ber busy brain, as she did her household duties and cared for the invalid, never allowing him to see anything but tne most cheerful, bopelul expression on ber face. It was now the second week In December and, despite the heavy snow, the streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers. Delivery wagons rattled by, loaded with holiday goods. Holly and mistletoe, the season's inevitable emblems, were glancing from the Interiors of happy homes. The yopathy. "Cheer up, dear, . and don't think shop windows were brilliant with f things that, worry'. ' Make haBte their display of Christmas cheer. Co get well and it win all come right, The lively picture and the chatter In rood time. I'm sure." of the gay throng made Helen all the "Vou are more hopeful than I am more sad and disheartened, as she my dear what And toast In browned to perfection. Uelnaonlco couldn't do better, and 1 ect xpu to eat It all, to prove your , Bnieciatlon of you wife's Bkill in cooking." Smiling brightly, the young wife whisked a light table to the bed- 6ide, and placing the tray on it, ptpVVS the patient with 'pillows in a comfortable position to partake of the tempting food. Carving the bird Into dainty bits, she sat down beside tlm white be tried to eat a little vfQtt te please her. But the effort was a woeful failure, Ad be turned away with a weary 'tlgb, born of more than physical suf- His wife kissed his pale Tore-LeiffitfPfand ' strotted away' the brown curling locks with a touch of gentle Bee, fautiful ii8 boy fat bird, all broiled! - . ad f l ' 1 I1 I 1 company ' II II WHAT SUCCESSFUL FARMERS NEED. reaching the publishing house, she was shown into a private office Good Judgment, an Active Brain, Land for His Farm and and, fortunately, had a few minutes His Farm Stock, a Pleasant Home and a Good Wife. alone In which to think what sh 4 we wished to say. She had herself in hand, and was able to greet the" The first need of the farmer is a flower garden's for wife and children. gentleman who approached, in her sound, healthy body, strong and able Many ignorant farmers are much in own natural dignified way. to perform well the labors that are re- need of instruction which they might "I am Mrs. Mayson, 6ir," she said, quired of him as a tiller of the soil, secure by reading our farm papers, by way of introduction, as she picj and as the principal factor in this which treat on the different ways of duced his letter. of supplying 76,000,000 of peocountry farminng and of the best methods; "Pray, be seated, madam." For an ple with the necessaries and luxuries but they are bo prejudiced against instant he allowed hia keen gray eyea of life. what they term "book farming" that to rest upon her face, as if he woulj to of The farmer needs be possessed they cannot be improved. They will "size her up" at a glance. not read to inform themselves if a with a head Helen bore it without flinching, amj good judgment and cost them nothing, and are to active papers brain capacity manage her brown eyes met his frankly. That large, to most in farm the his and business purchase. Such farmers are one swift glance apparently satisfied at the spigot and wasting at manner. needs successful He also saving ) him. You cannot make them, eduthe and bung. "Madam," he said, In a kindly tone, proper training, experience sometimes for a few cents that believe A to be cation. farmer needs genuine "will you give me, briefly, all the for on for the born papers dollars will be and reared the expended farm, facts connected with your. writing thf to' them by lessons learned saved of childhood and youth experience story in question!" ex"With pleasure, sir," Helen replied, give blm an advantage over those who rim those who have 'bad large "Four years ago I took a course in' do not begin farming till of mature perience. Farmera have need to attend the literary work in a school of journalism) age. A farmer, to be a success, needs to farmers' institutes that are being held Since then I have often sought .thei$ aid, by sending them either my work love his farm, his work and his home for their benefit every winter In many -fully written out, or in outline onlyj surroundings. If he delights In keep- states. Much valuable knowledge caa j for criticism. ing stock, he should secure good be gained from able and experienced stock that please him, and should farmers, from instructive and educatol never "They any portion ed lecturers, and from teachings of it they simply point out the faults! take the best of care of them. A farmer needs a good wife to pre- our scientific men on the various matmake suggestions and leave me to alte j side over and take charge ' of . tbe ters pertaining to stock raising, dairythe work myself. "Ah! I see!" interrupted her listen' household affairs; one who is accus- ing, fruit growing, tilling the soil proer. "Have you that letter in youi tomed to farm life, and enjoys It; one perly and all matters of interest to who can make a genuine loaf of bread, the farmer. Farmers need all the possession?" "I think so," Helen replied, and pro who is industrious and frugal, who knowledge that can be gained from ceeded. "I had kept a copy of my plot will help him to preserve and care for books that treat on farming, giving what he produces. He also should experience and lessons from able men and, concluding the other had been 5 see that the wife has things handy for of the past and present. in the malls I went to work on m Farmers need to be ' Industrious, her comfort, and strive to make her story, and when completed sent It ta careful and systematic in all their arhappy in all her family relations. you.' and should be models of frank-nescs. of a rangements, "Thank you, madam, for your The first need young farmer In all himoff I see a light is to in progress life departments of farmYou know wa starting respect best the In true his ing, honest and farming tools and having publish nothing but strictly original self, by being machinery. stuff, and the house ia not willing ti dealings with all mankind. All farmFarmers need to appreciate the risk any chances of fraud. If you ers need to be men of moral worth, will give me the address of this plac$ having a character for honesty above privileges they enjoy in our America, I will write immediately. In the mean-- i reproach, commanding the respect of the grandest and best country in the time, if you can send me the letter everyone, known as the true salt of world for farming purposes. Its great extent, with millions of uncultivated you mentioned, it will be further the earth. The one great need of farmers Is acres of rich land ready to be occuproof of your claim. A letter was also sent to the other person, asking for an money for the proper transaction of pied, with its great variety of climate, interview, but so far he has failed to business, to purchase stock, tools and soil and productions, its beautiful call." machinery, to pay hired help, and for prairie soils, superior to anything on earth for stock raising, for grains "A man, was It?" asked Helen inrepairs on farm and buildings. man a of small fruits and vegetables. All these comTheneed of young dignantly. would-bIs means a to hire bined advantages will place our farmfarmer "No." slowly; hardly a man, if it is as I suspect You are sure no one elae to some. good farmer for a term of ers conspicuously before us as the saw the plot while in your possession?" years, save bis money till able to pur- world's greatest producers and bene"Oh, yes! quite sure," she answered, chase a suitable farm, rather than factors. Farmers need to organize and unite rising to go. "May I ask do yTa mortgage farm and probably lost it in as one body to place men in power think" she hesitated, "that the mat- the end. Farmers need to build good houses and position who will legislate for ter could be settled by January?" She In could feel the flush of confusion on her in which they may live comfortably, them and protect their Interests. cheek. "Pardon me if I appear over and pass the summer and winter with times past farmers have been considanxious, but it means bo much to me their families. Farmers usually need ered incapable of making laws or of just now." Bhe faltered, and the wist- large, commodious, well built barns In executing them properly. They have ful mouth and pleading dark eyes won which to store hay and grain and been called mudsills, clodhoppers, house their stock, besides sheds and hayseeds, etc., but their intelligence d a mental vow from the man too do all In his power to aid her outbuildings In which to store tools of today and their important position and machinery to protect and pre- are calling them out to take a hand in cause. "I believe so yes," he answersd serve them. Tbe buildings should be matters of legislation. Farmers need all the help we ran so arranged as to be convenient and kindly, as he bowed her out from our farm papers that are beto wlndbrakes get Matters proved as he suspected. The handy, forming protect ing published for their special benefit, name of tbe person sending the other stock while In the yard. Farmers a's a class need pluck, en- where everything of Importance In the A letter Biory was Henry Maybrick. was dispatched to the school of jourergy and push to succeed In all the farmer's line is discussed weekly by nalism inquiring if they were In cor- various duties on the farm, being ex: men of experience and Intelligence, posed to all kinds of weather sun- men scientific and educated, men respondence with such person, furnishing them with some of the facts, and shine and heat in summer, and the whose heads are filled with useful politely requesting them to throw any cold blasts of winter, which demand farm knowledge that farmers should light in their power on tbe matter. In such qualities to save from discour- know. A farmer needs that keen discrimindue time the reply came. They bad. agement In planning for tbe futuure that ation to from clear need steer Farmers last spring, as a pupil In journalism Is use of that acquired by constant practice and Intoxicating liquors, a man by that name living at that time tbe observation and the ruin the brain, befog through his past years, body in New York City. He was no longtc time and experience are to them that unfitting on their books, or within their knowproperly manage knowing A In developing and Is man factors business. drunken their necessary ledge. Yes, they knew Mrs. Mayson; out in of the worthless tbe that place any you may rounding capabilities she had bern a regular pupil of theirs A Yet farmer. him. needs and all his farmer brains genuine talk, people put .four years ago as Helen Dale, and In well almost order lo succeed that many suppose any person kept perfect since her marriage they had frequently who fails to succeed In any other hid dealings with her. The outline In his honorable calling. business is good enough for a farmer, need best of Farmers all the around rewas submitted certainly hers; they common sense of any class of people and may succeed, and perhaps excel, called the circumstance, and could acIn the world, on account of the im- in farming. Such an idea Is false; count for its being In Maybrkk's They only taught by people who are ignorIn but one way on account of portance of their occupation. soof ant of the needs of a farmer. all of need the respect classes a similarity of name. It bad, doubtan to obtain in honest Let us for a moment consider the striving lessly been mailed to him instead of ciety to Its rightful owner. They regretted living by hard labor, and by feeding farmers and stock raisers of our Westthe millions depending on them. Thus ern states, who raise horses, cattle, the mistake exceedingly, etc. ; are humanity's true friends; sheep and swine, wheat, corn and farmers This, with the letter to Helen (wbkh the to supply not only our great great saviors from starvation, proshe promptly forwarded, together with health and comfort, happiness America, but many other portions of the original outline), formed proofl moting In life. and this world, tbe habitable globe. N other such saving r notigh to satisfy even a scrupulous of to A a farmer needs tools class of strong, hardy. Industrious, envariety publisher and establish beyond doubt, land t till his and work ; properly, terprising and valuable men can be her right to the prize. acthe soil and cultivate found In the world, so necessary, so thoroughly Christmas! What visions of a happy helpful, so reliable, so useful and in and joyous New Year, and even of fu-- j cording to the most approved and Imlure fame and fortune by her pen.j proved methods to produce tbe best dispen sible, as our farmers, who (red flitted through the brain of Helen Dale- - results. He needs to learn to use these tbe world, and to whom America and Mayson., as she read the publisher's! tools properly, to keep them la order, many other nations should do homage as the strongest pillars on tbe earth. letter containing a check for 11,000.90' and house them when not In use. R. C. Trowbridge. and a polite hope that she would favori . The farmer needs to study the nature of different sells and their best them with further contributions. Mr. Davis, the American who ha She felt that she could almost fsr-- j adaptation for raising certain grasses, vegefruits, seeds, berries, expended considerable sums In exgive the culprit who had stolen hen grains, should and turn to strive etc., tables, ploring work near Thebes, Egypt, has plot, since be had not profited by it acre to of land best its every newd possible found a splendid chariot la the tomb as she hastened to tell the good use. of King Tbothme. to ber husband. , Farmers need plenty of fruit of good A salt footbath at night wonderfully arleties for their families and to furOne hundred and thirty kinds ofi wild flowers are found near Nomej nish for the markets. They should rests and invigorates the whole have well tilled vegetable gardens and Alaoka. too-sting- . . te 1 J e . , ' 'z2tt-'- : "re sure no one else saw the plot while posse ion?" then. How caa I help worrying. when I kaow that it is only a question of Art time, until we will probably he turned into tie streets. luring - Cat en ray back. helpless si.d Von to be homeless, with starvation strtng us ia the faoe! What's to oe- - us:" "KfP t.ulei, sweetheart, or cw$e of you will bring the pain again. It is Kit s bad as that, and something W ae that things will right themselves, If we do the best we can and patient" know I'm a brute, Nell, to be "I j cress with the dearest wife in the world, but how can a fellow If It were not for this lt!aatr?to ah" be be pa-tie- tt! accurst as a fresh twinge atodf him, almost yelled with pain. Helen applied the remedies, always at has 4 far sudden paroxysms, and Mkttmr gtt!ng bias somewhat quieted, fae took op a book and with one son. eool band resting on his feverish one. read te blm, diverting his mind from telexing thoughts, antll, under the pen of her musical voice, be fell sleep. falen Msyson peuees a decided talelt lor ceaablnlng her thoughts, rtglaal. Tlgorous and poetic, into short stories, poems snd special articles. With some training and much Olugant practice, eke had added, by tiie sale of her productions, small suxas from time to time to tbelr meager bank account Sometime during the preceding summer she bad placed a short story In competition for a rash prize, offered by the publishers of a popular Tbe contest was to clot magazine. November 1st, and as she bad beard nothing from it she concluded Is wss a failure. In fact, ber husband's and ber own distress and anxiety 'fcad almost driven It from ber mind. , Tbelr savings were about xhaistcl and but for a small sick benefit policy Jbey would be actually lacking dally taccSfKsf. laey Lad bought their 111-n- iii In your gray-halra- sped swiftly homeward from a visit to the real estate agent She had told blm the situation frankly, and been given a month's respite. With this time gained, tbe world looked a rhade less oark to her buoyant spirit, but an she compared the gay scene with a similar oce a year ago, In which she and Frank were so happy tne hot tears fell in spite of ber, as she entered a trolley car. The postman was going In as she came up to her gate. Glancln? at the publisher's name on the envelope which he handed her, she suddenly recollected her story and with eager trembling fingers hastily opened tbe letter and read: "Dear Madam: Tour story, kindly Submitted to us In the prize contest, was duly placed for examination After deliberate and careful conldor-atio- n the Judges have awarded It the second prize of $1,000.00. There wan another story, however, entered at the same time which, while Its general construction Is not up to yours and the working out of the plot Is different, yet the plot In Itself is to nearly Identical, In every point and detail, that we cannot treat It is simply a coincidence and, therefore, must withhold payment of prize until money Investigation. Kindly call on tis. and by a personal Interview we hope to get at the bottom of the mystery, and be enabled to determine to whom tbe plot belongs. We beg to remain. Yours truly. Union Pub. Co. As Mrs. Msyson read this letter feelings of surprise, delight. Indignation, determination followed one another. She concealed tbe letter, glad thai Frank knew nothing about It,, and resolved to keep the secret until a final decision was reached. She bad hard work to get up n to go out again that afternoon, but a friend dropped In, who prom- ex-e- ns - ps-sesni- on wl, ) |