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Show (Copyright, i 1917, by W. O. Chapman.) Free!" an ecstatic word to utter, and lander conditions that thrilled the soul :cf a forlorn refugee, who for the first 'moment In seventy-twhours felt that he had crossed the boundary Hue of Imprisonment and misery. Plainly, Bichard Dale was an escaped convict As he skulked In and out among lines of freight cars at a railway junction center, he still wore the striped garb of the penitentiary. Looking back, his break from a gang working In a quarry outside of the penitentiary walls, his dodging of shots from the prison guards, bis leap through the open doorway of a moving freight car seemed like parts of some vivid movie set of scenes. In a dark corner of the car only half loaded he hud cowered. The train was not searched. Finally It halted alongside a storage warehouse. Here some additional freight was loaded Into the car. Then Its doors were doubly locked and the train began a long, steady Journey. A stowaway, and safe, soliloquized Richard Dale, alius Convict 5987, and there was a thrill of Immense relief j It ! u o I i ! alongside a freight shed. The side door was opened and light streamed In. Dale crouched In a far corner of the car, fearing discovery, but It did not come. He heard some orders given, and the two freight handlers thus Instructed, moved down a long platform after a truck. Dale clambered over the heaps of freight, glanced up and down the dimly lighted platform, made a run of It, dropped over the edge of a plankway and darted across a vacant space free. He was still In his prison uniform, and knew that safety lay only In getting away and 'evading the haunts of men, at least until he could secure new apparel. He enjoyably drank In great inspiring drafts of the sweet, balmy air as he struck a deserted country road. He must have gone as far as twenty miles, before utter weariness barn Impelled him to enter a behind a small, dilapidated cottage. He climbed to Its loft and the newly cut hay was to him a bed more Inviting lhan the downiest couch. It was bare daylight when Dale awoke. The first objects that attracted his attention were some rough farm working clothes hanging over a rafter, doubtless belonging to the owner of the place. What luck 1" he breathed. Ob, I can face the world now, and rolling his rejected convict garb In a bundle. Intent on sinking It out of evidence In the first pond he came to. . Dale descended to the ground floor of the barn and stepped Into the sunlight Who are you? clear and definite the challenge halted him as would a shot. A fair, earnest-face- d girl, a rake In her hand, confronted him. She stared askance, and, as he shrank back, she added keenly: And what are you doing with my fathers working Clothes T" Dale quivered. He was shamed, embarrassed. Then something in the wo'ihanly eyes of the other impelled him to a quick action. These are mine, he said brokenly, spreading out the striped garb. Lady, on the verge of a new life, I ask yon to believe that I shall make It a worthy one, unless you hinder. She understood. For a moment she reflected. Then she said: Ydu are welcome to the clothes, and os the early riser of the house I shall be the only keeper of your secret We are poor, but you can have the clothes as a free gift and yon shall share my breakfast and then God speed you on a safe Journey." One a new; Richard Dale approached the old cottage at dusk. He was well dressed, erect manly In form and feature. All through a year he had shared with a cloy worker with a large family, one hundred miles away, work that was fairly remunerative and he had saved money. All that time, day and night a single thought the memory of one face, had filled his mind the girl who had befriended him. Dale glided to an open window. Within he saw the girl of his dreams, her aged father, a young man, whom he soon knew to be the lover of the girl he loved as no other being on earth. She was lost to him. He bowed his head in pain. Then he listened, to learn that the marriage of the loving twain was hindered because of a small mortgage on the place. He reached within his pocket withdrew over three hundred dollars, the savings of a year, gave It a studied fling squarely into the lap of the astounded girl, and ran. It was a dreary place, the clay yards to which Richard Dale returned. The d home of love had been crushed, yet his was the peacefulest face, os, two days later, he resumed his monotonous toll. He had given happiness to the girl who had been his friend, and was content Only, for long after that a certain sadness would come Into his eyes as. In handling a lump of clay, unconsciously he would model the faultless contour of a comely face, suggesting the cherished being he had loved and half-ope- and only half suppressed exultation In his tones. After all the years I have earned It freedom ' Yes, by every rule of right and equity this unfortunate atom on the scrap heap of rejected humanity was entitled to his liberty. He had been amazed, stupefied eight years previous, to awake from a night of revelry to find himself the scapegoat of a band of trlminals he had never suspected. He had been sentenced to prison for 15 years. Friendless, helpless, he had mutely accepted his fate. His previous life had been uneventful; he did not know of a living relative In the world. Luckily, his cellmate was a gifted and intelligent man true, a forger, but making his sentence bearable by reading whenever he had time the library books of the Institution. So, to Richard Dale, engrossed in the delights of acquiring knowledge, the prison rot and degradation never marred his naturally simple and honest nature. He was a model prisoner, until that day near the quarry the circling birds overhead seemed to warble to him of the Joys of unrestrained liberty the waving trees and nodding flowers appeared to beckon to him to Join the fearless, flaunting votaries of nature pulsating with unshackled 1 glory. For three days Richard Dale was a close prisoner In the freight mr. The main doors were of solid timber, the small window at one end barred. Hunger and thirst came to him and he spent hours striving to pry apart the bars. It was vain. Then he made a rapturous discovery. He chanced to open a case among-thmany stored In the car. It contained 48 bottles of ginger beer. It was scarcely theft to help himself, under the circumstances. A second cose he found to contain packages of a breakfast cereal. He feasted like a prince. How far he had gone, what distant Iron-studd- ed e point he had reached, Richard Dale did not know, when, one dark night, the train arrived at lta terminus. 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TULIP IN POTS. Very truly yours. will not dry out for two or three days, OWL DRUG STORE, but a In soil the small become will pot well are Some varieties of tulips By R. F. Boies. Little moisture Clu-sla1916. every quite dry day. Swlalia, Missouri. Oct 8, The flower to the pot. adapted needed. 20 of vent grows to a height Letter to Fifth, a dormant plant requires but Dr. Kilmer bCa, Indies, with a slender stem. The little water. . It Is not In a condition to Binghamton, N.Y. leaves are very long and narrow and make use of much water, and an over-supplthe flower sometimes measures two WM Do For Yet of it will surely result In harm. hove What Swsap-lso- t Inches across. This variety Is of the Send to Dr. Kilmer k Co, cents ten InWhen the to then plant begins gow funnel form, with bright lemon-yelloBinghamton, N. Y, for a aampls aim crease the this and quantity proportion Yo bottle. will convince It anyone. flowers, with light shading of to the development made. will also receive s booklet of valuable ia streaked sometimes or white, green All these things must receive due formation, telling about tha kidneys and with pink. It Is very fragrant, and When writing, be sure ana mem consideration by the amateur who bladder. when properly cultivated la one of the this paper. Large and medium aim tion would know how to care for his or her bottles for aale at an most beautiful of all the tulip family. drag stores. Adv. Intelligently. plants as It to Is The tulip cultivate, easy 8ublime Orders. Study them. Experiment with them. thrives well In either heavy or light In soon become this familiar Colonel Cork! way you does'-bettewas, as colonels go, in rather soil. It however, and fairly rich. with the Individuality of each one and not a bad old stick to have about a light soil, Those grown in heavy, black soil pro- you will be able to give to each the regiment, says London Ideas. Recently be had three men of his company duce smaller flowers, and the colors care It needs. We are often some for asked rules In to help him remove the grand piano, of In so are not nearly pome bright the uplands of Virginia the Ideal tulip for watering plants. It Is Impossible and, as this gift of Aunt Elizas wai to make any rule that can be followed of hefty build, he signed a blank order soil Is found for the growing of bulbs, that the men might obtain beer from and it is said to be almost identical strictly. ever been able the canteen ; leaving the amount thereThe rule have I only this where with that of Holland, to give Is this: When the surface of of for the warriors to fill In themflower Is so successfully grown. the soli looks dry, water. Use enough selves. to thoroughly saturate all the soli In Here was a dispute. THE CARE OF YOUR PLANTS the pot Put down six pints, suggested PriYou can tell about this by the vate Dumps. escape of some at the bottom of the By L. M. BENNINGTON. More like a barrel! growled one Some persons labor under the delu- pot Then wait until the dry look ap- of the others. sion that water must be applied dally pears on the surface again and apply But at last the sergeapt came along to their plants in the window garden. water as before. with the right Idea. He filled the pa-pMore plants are killed every year But, as I have said, one will have up thusly : to other than modify this rule to fit the condiany by this process Please fill these men with beer. through means. Plants watered every day are tions. It Is a general rule, subject to literally drowned out, unless they hap- such change as may appear necessary Cure for Anemia. to the intelligent plant grower who A Scot and an Englishman who were pen to have the best of drainage. does not believe in treating all her Others go on the walking down the street together plan that Is, they apply water In small plants exactly alike. stopped to purchase a couple of rosy lost Give fertilizers to growing plants apples. The quantities whenever they happen to Englishman yi taking think of It only. A plant standing still needs bite of his Immediately began to "Safety Clothing" for Workers. The result Is the surface of the soil none, and will be Injured by the appli- ter. I believe Ive swallowedsput-a The Insurance companies which Is kept moist and from this the owner cations of the food it is not In a con- worm, he exclaimed. takes It for granted that the soil be- dition to make use of. sign blanket policies for employers WeeL weel, mon, an what If ye find factories most in that big neath must be properly damp. liability did? said the Scot Twill put new of the accidents for which they have Nine times out of ten examination PLANT JAPANESE LILY IN FALL life Into ye. Boston Transcript. to pay compensation are caused by the will show that an Inch or two below clothing of the workman 'catching In the surface the soli Is dry. Of qpurse When a woman Insists upon her While almost all lilies do better If some revolving gear orwheeL Some the roots of the plant cannot do their the time has come to stand vaIn some there are rights the fall, planted projecting fold, or Blackness In the work under such conditions. The plant from under. the which Japanese, notably clothing catches first and an arm or a soon sickens and eventually dies and rieties, do not reach this country until the leg Is drawn after It At the Instance the owner mmjers what caused the Many a man who acts like a bear is ground Is frozen. However, they can merely foxy. of these companies so called safety trouble. be planted even In December If you Now, In watering plants several clothing Is being designed to miniFirst prepare the bed as follows: mize this danger. Not only are all thing have to be considered. Dig the bed deep (two feet) and mathe nature of the plant. Some like a nure unnecessary folds removed, but necesheavily, using well rotted manure, to-savmoda others are only of deal etc., water, being great sary aprons, smocks, mix and thoroughly. When the bed is erate amount made so that. If caught In the machinWhite cover It with a foot or two of by Second, the solL A dose, loamy soil ready, manure. ery they tear apart Instead of dragwill This the fresh keep not will It ging the wearer after them. This re- dries out slowly, therefore from freezing. Lily bulbs desult Is achieved by using snap fastenrequire as frequent or as large appli- ground when kept out of the solL teriorate soil from ings Instead of sewing the parts of cations as a light porous WMATrABl which moisture evaporates rapidly. the garments together. Unless the chrysanthemum have YOU, Third, location and exposures must DOINQI be taken into consideration. Plants In been shaded during the hot months The Reason. will not come up to expectations Teacher Many of the presidents the sun or a very warm place, will they fmlL were lawyers, but George Washington need a good deal more water than this those In full or partial shade or a low was a farmer. How Was that! Never allow roses to remain on the temperature. was because ha It I suppose Pupil must be until the petals begin to folk bush the of pot the size Fourth, couldn't tell a 11a r Glanced Up and Down. mm PAIN? ot ot lift na w well-drain- ed half-forme- er . "Uttle-and-ofte- itahelpind bread eating more PostToasties |