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Show THE HEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY PRESS. BEAVER, UTAn THE IMPOSTOR '.(C fit, Jri I II -- , O't 3y THANK L. PAOKAED V. Vn, Jtt, st? Hm?",? iit" 'wi JflK. ,, 4l jJ.WjW, -- .'. Vri"i ir ifiViii M1U. . 'Vj 1, .M, .';iVf1'p'', ivjf, '4' v,c,,'V$,- - " 'Vi'in'- - -- i ii Wallen's laugh died away, and he self he wasn't fit to work his ma- sage. He began to regret that he had looked from one to the other, anx7 not accepted MacKnlght's offer of iously. ,.' Bvaopels-fitac- e? "I I dont understand, of course," first Wettea, money. After all he ceuld have paid mat of the bark "Upolo, In tha it back to tbe trader by mall sooner be said. "But the point Is, do you Mt, to the sol survivor of Jm or later. . think your skipper will give me pastha eraw, all victim of yellow But that was a vain regret! He sage? I I didn't save anything from fever. Ting Wah, Chine sailor, last man to die, tails Wallen ha hadn't taken the money the thought the Upolo, and I' was figuring on offerand five other Chinamen were sent that he would not be able to work his ing to work my way, but I'm afraid "Drink-Hounoaboard by Sara, passage If necessary had never en- I'm hardly up to' that for a spell." r; torious character of Singapore, to ' iI . '? II .t i '( V'' kill him. This retail to Wallen TCouId you ride a horse, d'ye think," tered his head. And bow, even sup' l an Incident of his childhood which ot VV v TJNDUEDS of millions I Irrele)Y, j the Mott with he 'would reached pose ship, Inquired they apparent t .1 seems connected with the confes" ' 4 K )T dollars of trtbute are to t Lt- take; not only a penniless passenger vancy, "if this Malay here and I held sion. While delirious, Wallen en' enemies ,' be levied by K ters In the ship's log- the tact of but a sick one as well? II "."""Hi; yon on?"-.V 4 bis death and abandons the vessel V 4 lust our midst, within Wallen He had no. means of Judging the said "Yes; eagerly. "les," In a small boat. , Wallen' boat ' 4 f when we looked conf';'r S U . k ) time there in the forest, save that It but the skipper " j Jl drifts to tha Island Ot Arra and a ' the - Scottish V II l forward as Aq the "Oh. ?; hotter all .that'll idently be advanced, I , trader there, IdacKntght, grew morning gnoses right cares for him. Learning that a nor had he any Idea how long it had said Mott queerly. "As near as I can 1 v ' I restoration of peace 111 f r . . t hII ship Is in port on the other sld of V ' us . x to IU home been had since one on the the , him, left earth the vo is it brought Malay figure w ' . you're tha Island, twenty mile away. that we have got to do when at last at the sound of voices skipper wants to see." Wallen, though unfit for tha task, starts to reach it ihat battle with other ..kinds of he raised up suddenly, supporting cannot be halted by threat or the pahimself with his back against the , CHAPTER ill. 7. rade of armed forces. Our antagotrunk of a tree, " CHAPTER II Continued. nists this time are hordes of the boll Came then the pad-pa- d of horses' Accident or Murder? hoofs, and the Malay, running, burst MacKnlght's caustic estimate of weevil and the army worm. Be walked on steadily, without Into sight around the bend of the the steamer's size had not been very From Wufchington comes the news sense of fatigue, his mind abnormally path a few yards away, while a girl's wide of the mark. The Monlelgh was that the army .worm has appeared active. And then,, with a little shock laugh rang out and was Instantly very small, and certainly again In Texas and that it has started of surprise, as the Malay made signs checked as she and a man riding be- certainly to- - work its way northward a frowsy, unkempt and weatherheaten right to halt and set about kindling fire, side her also came into view. little craft; and her general appear-unc- e through the regions where our wheat he noticed for the first time that it "Oh!" she cried. "There's someone bespoke her as one of those fields flourish. It Isn't a problem of had grown almost dark. here! That must have been what the homeless, vagrant waifs of the ocean guarding against the vast swanns And also, to his surprise, he noticed native meant And and I think he's that knew no schedule that took the which may have their. origin In the far that where he had experienced, no hurt Quick, Mr. Modi-S- he crumbs of the world's commerce South, for those particular worma will sat down, fatigue before, he was, as he had slipped from her saddle where she could find them and was really have but a circumscribed sone suddenly grateful for the rest. and was running toward him a little grateful for the crumbs. of aggressive movement ; the Jask Is He scowled a little over his dtpper figure In white, brown-hairedbrown-eye- Wallen had been afraid "that "morn- to watch for them everywhere. The of ten that the Malay had prepared whose face was now very anx- ing that he was in for a relapse, but mildnexs of the past winter baa fa and rubbed his leg muscles vigorously. iously puckered np In dismay and he had no fever now there was none vored the survival of many insects that They twitched nervously as he put his concern. Wallen wondered a little of that disquieting giddiness ln his otherwise would have been killed. weight upon bis legs. That was had ! vaguely who these people could be, :head, and he smiled to him- Therefore extra millions of these inIlls lips set grimly. Well, bad or not, where the Malay had found them and self a few days st happily sea would put sects are alive and multiplying their of wintering la of interest When full declare, was. beyond question in the they'd have to take him across the somehow he didn't like the man's face. him back again in his old form. ' . kind. . 7 . Cen- - . island before daybreak! ' "Hello!" exclaimed the man. "What's In He sat up his bunk as tbe ship's" Tbe army worm Is particularly de grown the larvae work their way into high plateau region of Mexico or Indicate from America. records a tral tbe The They started on again. to ground depth ranging bell sounded from forward. Two hells structive to wheat corn and other wrong? Hurt?" An hour went by, and be was He cereals, grasses and kindred forage a quarter of an Inch to an Inch and .a that the Insect In all likelihood oc"No," said Wallen, a little weakly; live o'clock In the afternoon. obliged to. rest and after another "done up, I guess, that's all. Nothing got up, went over to the wash basin Jta the spring the worms ap- casioned the abandonment of plants. It Is known to attack corn In quarter.work " start and many more after that, to rest serious, . I In parts of Mexico aod Centheir havoc and, after a pear, me If and plunged in hla head. Could tell you manner similar to. the well known , brief America. tral earth. again and again . with alarming fre--, that steamer that came Into Pobl yes the while, They How had Helen MacKay she had corn-ea- r worm. The young larvae deInform In the cocoon state for several queney. And, worse still, his progress terday is still there? I overdid It a told bim her name on the way, down vour remain Our authorities agricultural aa the tender folded leaves and, when he was walking kept growing bit has weevil us 1894 boll of which the at that the sln.ee conclusion weeks, they In to from MacKnlgbt'a to Pobl come to be not only on a the wormsjlncrease In size, they fre trying get less and less. 40 to 70 miles, extended Its as in from their turn, emerge moths, which, range across the, island In time to catch tramp like the Monlelgh but to be quently burrow right Into the heart It was black In the tropical forest. her." lay eggs and start again the evolu- having made Its first appearance near v.".-- - here at all? ne hadn't seen any of the growing ear and destroy It. He could see nothing, and he stum" In the Brownsville, - Texas, tional life of tbe army-worm- . ;!n :1W2; During "MacKnlght'sPr- echoed the girt other women on board f but then-- he made As far back as 1707 mention Is bled constantly In the vines and creepIts of active career the period army the first ten years after Its advent Into where we're wathat's was in the quickly. "Why, dellclously spluttering In of a the natural army history ers that everywhere overgrew the going. Isnt It Mr. Mott?" ter he hadn't seea much of any- worm's hurtful ways. During tbe sum- worm can do a deal of damage, and to this country the annual rate of spread eradicate the pest It Is essential to kill was 6,640 square tulles. ' Since ; 1901 path. He was at last forced to admit .7 "Yes," her companion answered, thing. 7 mer and fair of 1845 the army worm the that he was not making much nore looking curiously at Wallen. moths as well as to destroy the annual Infested territory has averd Helen MacKay bad busied Itself In Florida, and ten years the parent than a mile an hour, and twenty worms themselves. aged 26.880 square miles. In 1804. an Then to Wallen: "We met this na- even that queer-eye- d skip later it aroused apprehension. 7 miles at a mile an hour was he tive fellow on tbe some worm has the Luckily, army exceptional season, 51,500 square miles road, bnt couldn't per and insisted that he should go Im According to tbe entomologists there natural enemies, and among these the became infested. groaned. '' 77 . make out what he wanted." lie waa mediately to bed. may be from two to three generations sparrow Is probably the most effective It was breaking day when Wallen The weevil has a periodic thirst and Wallen's thoughts began to run riot of worm during a single because of Its numbers. the when will up gave gave finally bp there Is Just one liquid that The as he completed his toilet The "hip, summer.army bluejay apparently And tbe same experts as- comes next and then follow power, and the grit of the man that to Its palate. , tachlna the overwhelmingly appeala and everyone connected with It whom sure us that each succeeding genera fly and a certain did not know defeat, no longer suff beetle. On tbe underside of cotton leaves, on he had seen except Helen MacKay variety tion usually becomes more destructive These foes will not suffice to ficed for the physical strength to go had somehow got him wrong. He keep the the midrib, or principal vein, and somethan that which preceded it The au- army worm within bounds when farther. their times on two other veins, can be found hadn't liked that fellow Mott'a face thorities are commonly agreed that the name is legion, and It Is needful then a little elongated depression which The Malay, regarding him anxiousfrom the Instant he had set eyes on worm, especially the fall army to resort to e ly, offered by signs to carry him on expedients. usually looks sticky and frequently It in the forest And his momentary army is of southern origin, and this worm, where be had from back. his Wallen, a use holds a drop of liquid. On the outside the fields, Trenching generous Interview the 'with skipper, despite ' to explain why it does not of kerosene and. flung himself down upon the ground, of of the squares at the base of each ample spreading the same effusive attentions, had pro fact, helps - in conspicuously in arsenical half rose to accept the offer, then powders will aid In a crisis, bract or leaflet are other little cups. duced the same Intuitive distrust : appear yearly jurious numbers. Its instinct prompts but clean cultural methods will do and between the bract and the bud shook his head. It was no use atThey were still at anchor oftVthe it to strive too was far. it continually to obtain a much more toward eradicating the It gel f are three more cups. At the ; that tempting three traders storehouses and Veran- - foothold farther north than lta natural He was bitterly convinced that he daed bungalows that, were dignified hibernating or slumbering pests. This bottom of the flower cup still more of Is where weather con Is to here and range, more than had accomplished little the edges of the fields these tiny vessels are found. Tbey Pobl. name say, the of after all, What by ditions play an important part In its and the keep of the half the distance. did It mean? hedges gardens free are called nectar cups because they ( and its propagation in from But there must be some way out. and weeds, where the exude a sweet liquid. This is the tip-What was the Monlelgh doing at life history grass long latitudes. Ordinarily, If the larvae He wasn't beaten yet He had to Pobl? there was no sign of any higher lurk; fall plowing will kill pie that the boll weevil Is drawn to. Is season against them, they are killed those that have already entered tbe catch that steamer. The adult boll weevil Is about cargo being handled.- And, above all. off In great numbera during the fall ground for wintering. Of course these of an Inch In length, but Its Suddenly he looked up. bow had they beard of him and the ana winter ana tnererore compara- efforts will not avail if the parent alee Yes, of course. He had been a fool upon the amount of food depends Upolo and what was; their Interest few are left to multiply their molhs come from that he had not thought of it hours the 8outh In the that It contains while In the larvae in him that would account for the sec tively kind the following spring and summer. ond officer being sent to cross the ago when be bad first begun to realize springtime. - W cannot expect to de stage. The boll weevil passes the winThe early appearance of the army tect the eggs and to destroy thera be ter in- - tbe adult condition. In the that he was playing out instead of It island to MacKnlgbt'a to question a -worm In Texas may Justify the fear fore the worms are hatched ou- t. now when it might be too Jate, when supposed survivor of the bark about spring and throughout the fruiting to the north states that considerably are cotton the the rteamer might be already gone I when the of world of Just the him? season eggs deposited spindles 7 have become restocked by the flight of are "Drink-Hous- e He couldn't speak the Malay tongue, Kara of Singapore T preparing to resume their prewar by the females In "cavities formed by but MacKnlgbt would have told the the words unbidden ' came flashing the parent moths from tbe southern activities, Just when so many of the eating Into the fruit of the plnnt An breeding grounds In the warm swamp nations are anxious to obtain more cot- egg hatches under normal conditions man why - they were crossing the through his brain. Island. He could send the Malay on Wallen whistled In a low, perturbed lands. The tnot. which produces the ton fabrics, comes the unwelcome news in about three days and the grub Imfall army worm is a member of the ahead, and follow himself as fast as (bat tbe cotton boll weevil la up and mediately begins to , feed. In from way under his breath. Could there variety, and Is of the same doing (wlth Increased energy. Agnln seven to twelve days the grub passes V he could. be any connection? It seemed ab- night-flyin- g . which Includes the pa rests of we have the If he could write a message he surdly Impossible I And yet w hat had family past mild winter to thank Into Its pupal stage, corresponding to the baneful cut worm, an Importation in might even get them to send him help large part for this disturbing state the cocoon of butterflies and moths. happened was obviously not mere from the old world, with long years of of affairs,- - a i coincidence. tlVUI UUit very -- considerable - per- This' stage lasts from three" to five ' American acclimatization. , come . . .T-, .r-7- .Mt. In tila.. nwlwlL n. Nnthln n !':"' to bit the of when a "It's , queer you hibernating weevils days. - Then the adult Issues and Iri centage Half Rose te Accept the Offer, Than habit is It those of tbe nocturnal felwas an think of when with colder about five days begins the production he survived muttered Intelligent slowly. It Well, the. Malay having Shook Hia Head. Males and guess I'll hear what the skipper's got moths to develop their eggs In clusters weather they would bave been in great of another- - generation. low; he would get word to the ship on grasses, but when these Insects oc- measure exterminated. .7. . , ,, .. females are produced In about equal and a written message after all going toward the town, but turned and to' say.". ,, 7 7. . , , ... '? " lie opened the door of his cabin and cur In very 'large numbers they do The experts tell us that the boll numbers. The mnle feed upio the Wouldn't make any difference It all came back with us, and kept Tunning on ahead." Ton needn't worry about stepped out Into what was evidently this on leaves and twigs of trees si weevil in a single year may occasion squares and the bolls without moving : depended on the ship's skipper. re from her our the vessel's main saloon, down whose well as on the outer walla of build- a cotton loss of more' than 400,000 until the food begins to deteriorate. The skipper would wait 'or he the ateamer-r-w- e nnMii'i after hearing the Malay's selves. Tm second officer but, I sny, length ran a long mess table with five ings. Tbe eggs are laid In lots of bales, and at prewar prices this wonld The females refrain from depositing e from fifty to sixty. The larvae at first represent, amoneyjsacriflce, of would- - for--J you're--too- readily-aw-Jseedy to stand- ttory-jQrevolving chairs on either aide.""" quite eggs -- in squares visited- - by other no and requently SO dark "aa fd"escape .t2W,0t..Tooax was There to He ttlk Wallen In make tine .many ss. fifteen larva , the preswwt began message sight"' a written 4a m Wallen-'srasaloon "16"" the'doorway observation, ,,xecptwheu moving 'in price of .cotton, the toil levied by these .have. ba n found, in a single bolt swaylnr unsteadily as crossed.-"theelgus, polntln toand paused to get his bearings," Tl numbers, "and: theirr.wbeteubouta Tare Insects would be equivalent to fully Aconservative estimate - of - the the direction of Pobl, then to himself, he leaned .agninsLthe tree. r; "I'm all right," he said. "Just giddy rcctiy in front or turn a snort com further concealed by the normal habit JS70.000.000. No wonder the United proreny of a single pair of weevils "and then te the ground,' Indicating for a moment I'm I'm rather anx panlonway led upward. ne mounted of hiding In the deep grass during the States department of agriculture has during a season, beginning on June 20 that be would stay behind. lous to make the ship." Wallen this and found himself In a small box day time and feeding mostly at night. pronounced tbe boll weevil to be the and extending to November 4. Is Pobl,". "And hurry quick A ' ' ended anxiously. "Well, there's no hurry now." Mott like smoking or lounging room. Here This explains why one may go to bed worst cotton pest In this country and. with or his fle'id. lawn most garden, us. . on the doors shown onto have a side boat nodded. destructive Government sail reiurned. without either authorities "She won't coftou gave The Malay probably, and Look. here! ' You've come from only to arise at dawn to find Insect In the world. .Thin-ravagi- ng deck that was fairly spacious for the "Pobl that tbe boll weevil can beheld greatly quick." he repeated ' the place devasted. The mature army creature apparently will not feed upon In check by proper cultural processes " s . you say. We heard at Pobl slie of the ship. started off at a run along the path. . H stepped cut onto the deck and worm ranges from an Inch to nn Inch any other plnnt It Just Insists upon and also by the nse of InsoctlcMrs Wallen watched tho man disappear. that there was a survivor from tbe which can be sprayed upon the plant and after a little while started on bark Upolo there, and we were taking agnln paused , to survey bis sur and a half In length and la about a eiitlna the precious cotton boll. of an Inch throngh. nf I others ronvplru-imikIIt nnd Uke the Miss to mok qnnrter the over title then Forward from at certain stages of their growth. By the and gave himself up MarKay m:iny roundings. again The life hlxtory of the army worm Injurious lnwi prem-n- t In this the latter process the weevil'. drink completely. He was down and mit. Investigate. Is there any truth In ' the Ing room was a small house, very Is not a long one. , The Jf.rxt f loe country. Ih cotton ImII weevil la hot ctin be polson'-d- . and as It slakes It ' and he woa furiously angry with him- story evidently of temporary construction di of larvae or a worms United from tln are native Its nt Slates. In. once Wallen was least thirst What could eg bis It Interest on for rested he state , tbe every day lis gasped. eyes self for speculatively iIiMtin can be sealed. ton Instant, then he glanced quickly prelted the fall before. Their trimmer j, line of origin, so the entomologist have In the Upolo t There wasn't anything to do but they ' "A little," he said, with a faint aloft Wireless I. , wait. IU might make a mile before He hadn't noticed that in coming the Malay got back ut what good smile, "Seeing that I'm tbe aurvlvor." another. As fad as he hung them., Many Have Wished. That "Whatr ejaculated Mott "The aboard. 7 was that mile I summer guests bousht them up for nis big brother had Jnt Iwi-- disI One thing was certain, any further deuce yon a re .Well, then" excitdecorative purposes. Finally the lim- charged from service and Tom whs conse-of as "can tell serious became what i would you edly exertion bring Judson bad run a general store for it of J ud win's rHttence wa reached espiHially Interested In the treatment .."The Monlcigh't yours for quencea, If the serious consequences Stacey Wallen, who was tbe first matew w bm A he I ast woma n came in' " n d 1ht"fcn1dteriterveirih W.'n 20 ytura. The- - aame Itl dut il.cm wll." , 'were not" already an established facC 6n her?'"":"" H'wbT'mbhthMrt your fa-- " a lantern. tbe asked of He listened while his brother loi.l him much the xhehres. original jind reWallen no health . laughed a little hysterically. A tropical Island was "I ain't goln" to order no more," be how the doctor hud lnwtilatol bin stork.' When the plsre became a sum-n.e- r trier's place." . e "I am Stacey Wallen," he said. body, end 1 sort for a fever-shrenort Judson hung a red lsn!Tn sold decidedly. upilnst typhoid fever, folwas a of exciteThere amased cry of the alow fever that had of the Chinese variety In the mlddlo j "Why?" asked the woman. Hiee!" he excblnn-suddenly. lowed hi recovery from yellow Jack ment from the gtrL . Mott gsxlng in I (TOBKCONTIMJKD.) "There ain't no sense In It Cant meiutiertng the HUM trip m Hie of hi celling as a concession to 'he In his otter surprise at Wallen, tilted the would be he put It blthlly In slock. As darned cue uf r trade, Tho second day th j fcff-hnii joM tottaj;:, front' which "Go on, sir, go on i The dlfflcultlee milium u.ihid now good night to Singapore vicor of his cap back and mopped meliiiiti'i n was np a woman spied It and I fnst as I get m In mie blamed fool returned, where ilie rinwiuif,- - it:,, I meet a his will forehead resolve as at with themselves yon Ise.l iiii-- l chanically j woman cornet In and buys 'ein." Dal-- j hern especially active. "I I imii,( boiiKht It. " well admit It to hlra- - handkerchief. . you advance," lie mlKlii . , Judson pul up another Inntern. and lus NVwa. gel 'novututed .ipilnt iiuwij.iw iiiics." T A GIRL'S LAUGKl x . se 1 L" - I f &J 1 v7 J yv "rlrVl v . : -- fl Jf z5'f Jjp " y iv - ,.. V. -- .: d, - ' '7 cotton-growin- g re-ent- -- . ? side-tracke- thin-face- , f -- . , . man-mad- m , . -- one-four- th . ;........ tv-.- . ... , " . ,. -- -- . ir r up-ther- ref fetle.As it " s' -- -- , . 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