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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH t DAIRY FACTS VALUE OF BULL ASSOCIATION In Farmers . . J - Enabled to Purchase and Use of Sire Lowest Expense. 4 f , "ONCE ' - I IB) LOVED HIM." Synopsis. Dick Morgan of Syracuse, N. Y., a failure In life, enllst-s- d In the Foreign Legion of the French army under the name of Henry Hilliard, Is disfigured by shrapnel. The French surgeons aak for a photograph to guide them in restoring his face. In his rage against life he offers In derision a picture postcard bearing the radiant face of Christ. The surgeons do a good job. On his way back tp America he meets Martin Harmon, a New York broker. The result is that Morgan, under the name of Hilliard and unrecognized as Morgan, goes back to Syracuse to sell a mining stock. He la determined to make good. He tells people of the death of Morgan. He finds In Angela Cullen a loyal defender of Dick Morgan. He meets Carol Durant, who had refused to marry him. !" : CHAPTER IV. Continued, And . . . and I want to thank yon cow, she said In a tone which would have fallen as a blessing upon the ears of any other man alive, for speaking as though you loved him. And for all you did for him. Perhaps you know already . . . perhaps you cant know . . . but Im trying to tell you, because he was he was one of my very dearest friends. His brain snapped ; he bent down "" to her. ,, You loved him too? ne said, un- ... controllably. Yes, she said. too! Once I loved him, Alone in the appointed guest room of the Cullen home for Mr. Cullen bad been as good as his word, and sent a car to fetch his visitors belongings Hilliard lighted a cigarette an acquired taste, but advisable as a minor deception, since he had been notorious for his taste In cigars) and grinned expansively. Leisurely he began to undress, but before his shoes were quite unlaced, he sat back comfortably in his chair and meditated. All serene so far, he said. But when Carol came In . . . He shook bis By HOLWORTHY HALL (Copyright by Dodd, Mead ft Co., Ine.) head, vigorously , .Its Well, over ." The doctor face darkened. Theres the man I want to get at ! Pious old hypocrite I And he didnt think I deserved to be in the family! Sort of hate to let him make money out of this deal, but Its all in the game. Coals of fire ! But ten thousands a lot from the doctor . . . weU say ten thousand. He closed his eyes dreamily; and bis thoughts reverted from Doctor Durant to the doctors daughter. Carol Carol ! he murmured. One minute there, I thought Id crack. And I was one of her dearest friends. I was, was I? And she loved me once. Once ! Pity It wasnt twice ! Pity she and the doctor didnt say so the night they kicked me out so neatly. Well, . . . business Is business . . . After theyve made their money out of it, and found out this man Hilliards d some little whirlwind all by himself . . . Gad! cant I see their faces when they get the truth of it! With the cigarette drooping from his lips, he stood up and swept a clear space in the table. From his suitcase he exhumed a tablet of thin transparent writing paper of a kind not sold in America; it was the paper on which the letter to Cullen from Richard Morgan had been written, and It was sheer luck that Hilliard had brought' the remainder of the tablet from New York with him. He tossed a blob of ink from his fountain pen and inspected it critically. Too black, he decided, and went to d the bathroom, where he the reservoir of the pen and refilled It with water. That ought to be just about right . . . sort of pale and mysterious and - . . anyway. Hll-llar- you would have them. And it may be that simply because ef that, Ive loved you more every day, and Hilliard sat back, and his eyes were sqftly luminous. Suppose, by the luck of the very devil, I should fall in love with her again? he said aloud. Suppose I should ! He tossed away his cigarette and rested his head in his hands. Oh, Carol! I did care . . .! His shoulders shook spasmodically; then all at once he flung himself out of the chair and took to tramping the floor in a hurricane of emotion. His face was set in granite ; he caught sight of it in a mirror, halted and himself was stunned by the transcendant mask which covered his soul in revolt The work of the surgeons was not far short of miraculous ; he couldnt upset It, not by any effort of his will. The eyes might flash, or lower, or chill the other features were still calm and strong in their splendid glory. Even now, the face which he saw reflected in the mirror was one to convert the most hurried of all passing strangers to a new, if unformed, assurance in the brotherhood of man. You dirty blackguard ! said Hilliard. showing his teeth. He went pensively back to the letter, studied it, gazed at the floor. But after all, he said, no matter , , fiat she or anybody else did to me . . and if I can kill two birds with one stone, and be what Ive wanted to be all except this damnable way of going about it . . . Shegacted as though this infernal lying letter would please 'her thats not the point ; its a quicker way to get at the doctor. . . . Well, it gets her a letter I never intended to write . . . and Dutouts war cross, too . , . that'll make it all the easier. . . . Ill give her that. Angela was going to have it, still. . . . So I was one of her dearest friends, was I? Whats that worth to Henry Hilliard, bringing back the news from the front? He sniffed Ten thousand dollars I scornfully. hope. And the doctorll make twenty out of it . . . Gad! thats turning the other cheek with a vengeance! Hanged if I dont almost wish hed lose his rotten money ! But that cant be helped Ill get some satisfaction somehow. He reread the unfinished note, folded it, creased it heavily for verslmill-tudand gave it the final examination. Business is business, he said, That was a pretty sporty musing. thing for me to do . . . to tell her there was a letter. Bit of a chance, too. And after smashing our engagement, she could stand there and tell me . . . oh, rubbish! So suppose we say . . . fifteen thousand from the doctor! But confound it the better salesman I am, the more I get out of him, the more he makes ! Whew ! Wheres the satisfaction in that? . . 'His pupils had narrowed again, giving the lie to the sweetness of his e, ... gold-plate- half-emptie- the remarkable performance was begun.. The Cullens, father and daughter, were waiting for him. They greeted him cheerfully; and he was glad that grief hadnt clung to their eyelids ; he would have felt depressed, even although he would have sensed the hidden compliment. Quick to grasp the nearest handle of diplomacy, he saw that cheerfulness on his own part would help the situation, for now that his duty as a courier was over, there was no need for long protracted mel- If theres anything you think Id better say, or not say He rose, out of sheer inability to endure this Ingenuous estimate of Carols heartache. Perhaps youll tell me because its time for me to be going over. Angela had risen, too, and stood beside him. Her features were composed, but still suggestive of Inward emotions a little too tender to convey. If theres anybody In the world, she said, who could give Carol any consolation just now, its you. I dont suppose you ever were a minister, but you look as though everybody could come to you and tell most everything, and youd help . . . anyway, youd try to. So I wish youd . . . youd sit and listen . . . Carols got to talk to somebody, and when youre hurt the way she is, you cant talk to your family . . . and you were a friend of Dick's. And . . . She swallowed, and went on more slowly. You can use your own judgment, of course, but If I were in your place Was Staring Fixedly. smiling mouth. Then the smile faded and Hilliard was staring fixedly at the document in his hands. I wonder who in thunder that man Armstrong is? said the masquerader who had prided himself that he no longer cared. - , Hilliard - CHAPTER V. He wakened early ; and in that state of half conscious revery which has less of worldliness in it than perhaps any other state of human existence, he lay vegetating, subtly aware that he Was very peaceful and content; but presently, when his brain had yawned and stretched itself, and begun to set about its usual functions (or, iq other words, when Hilliard was sufficiently aroused to resume his usual Introspectiveness) he was extremely unhappy, and not In the least vainglorious. He scowled, and struggled to remember what it was that had risen out of thin air and angered him last night, at the very instant of his dropping off high-roofe- black-marble- s. swan-nseke- DO AWAY WITH SCRUB STOCK ... ... st d ... ... . operative enterprise. Five, eight, or teu farmers in a neighborhood unite in the purchase and use of a bul-'- The number of farmers in a community proposition like this depends upon the number of cows each keeps and proximity to each other. A local organization like this is called a block. There piay be other blocks In the same township or county, all operating under the same constitution and After a bull has been used two years or so in one block he Is exchanged for another bull In one of the blocks. Through this kind of an organization, the purchase price of the bull per farmer Is low. The cost of the keep of the bull is distributed among a larger number of people, only good bulls are used and is , avoided. Farmers should look Into this proposition. It means much to them. the living room, disappeared In a quick flurrv of skirts; Hilliard, standing at d the end of the long, apartment, found himself surrounded by a thousand goads to remembrance. Not an Item was out of place; not an item was otherwise than as hg had often recalled it; his memory had been photographic. At the opposite end of the room, d flanking the fireplace, d was a graceful, sofa, beautifully carved and splendidly upholstered. Doctor Durant had ones remarked that Carol represented the fifth successive generation of her family to be courted on it. And evening after evening, in the ages that had gone before, Hilliard had sat there and dreamed and loved ; and sometimes when Carol had slipped away from him he had sat there and dreamed and Td lie. Lie! he repeated, aghast. He he Yes, I would ! must have sent her some word, Mr. Hilliard! He must have! She was desperately serious now, and thorIt means the whole oughly aroused. world to her! Its everything! Why, even Ive got more than she has, and she was waiting for him to come back to her! Id lie myself black in the face, but Id tell her something tell her anything I could think of to make ancholy. her believe he hadnt stopped caring! It was a cheerful trio, then, that sat It cant do any harm now. It cant down to breakfast; there was no exhurt you. And I wont even ask you hilaration about it, but at least there whether you do or not. Only youre was no somber cloud of mourning. here, and shell trust you " Angela, behind the coffee urn, had ocWill she? casional moments of pensiveness, but How could she help it? And . . . that was to be expected, and con- and thats all. Please dont let her doned ; indeed, Hilliard held himself to think he didnt care ! be greatly favored by even this. Hilliard stood irresolute; chaos in She was Imaginative, and Hilliards his brain. Ill . . . see, he said pose was calculated to appeal to a livewith difficulty. Ill see. He treated her not as ly imagination. Wont you promise me? I wont a young girl, but with the respectful ask you afterward, if jfou deference which belongs to a mature Does It mean so much to you? woman, a mistress of a household, and Ever and ever so much. a hostess in her own right. She was Wont you please promise? charmed find captivated, and so was He gazed &t her a moment, yielded her father most assuredly he was! with a show ofTeluctance. " " So charmed, in fact, that instead of Because Very well I promise. leaving for his office at half-pas- t eight, youve asked it And because its the he lingered until half-panine; so dearest, most generous, most thoughtcaptivated, that as his limousine slid ful thing I ever heard of in all my quietly down the long, steep hill of life. . . . And after that, cant we Janies street, he found himself ascrib- be truly friends? ing a new degree of credit to Dicky she Flushed, perplexed, honored, Morgan for the simple reason that him her hand with a hesitancy gave esDicky Morgan had gained the full which betrayed the deep sense of comteem of such a friend as Hilliard. she felt. A mighty nice young man, thought pliment I dont think I could be prouder of Cullen. A man of soundest judgment, anything that could possibly happen through and through. A man of brilto me, she said. liant intellect and razor-edgeanalyWas It worth the blatant mummery sis. Had he not said, and furnished ilhe had conceived and executed? Was lustrations from his broad experience, it not worth that, and infinitely more? exactly what Cullen himself had said, She was proud of his friendship in regard to labor, and materials, and . . . and she shared that distinctransportation, and production, these tion with no one else In the entire half a dozen years? Cullen sat back universe. and smiled triumphantly. It does a Proud of it! Hilliard was fulsome-l-y man good to hear his pet convictions abashed. Abashed yes, and simulapproved, expanded and laid down as taneously glorified. He had come to axioms by another wise man. Back on the wide veranda Angela make the city proud, ignorantly proud, had curled up comfortably In the ham- of the man whose deeds had merited no renown. Here, at the very incepmock and, beside her, Hilliard was ention of his plans, a seventeen-year-ol- d a joying cigarette. He was enjoying, was proud of him as he was. too, this rare interlude of respite;' he girl looked across at Angela, and thanked Courage. . Inspiration. Resolve. He had won her respect by the promhis stars for the invitation which had ise of a lie; and in this Instant he made this quiet hour possible. She lifted her eyes, caught Hilliard vowed to deserve, by other and insmiling at her and blushed furiously, creasing lies if need be, the prestige not for any shame accruing to her, but he was unalterably committed to gain, because she had arrived at the age of whereby the past should be as nothing, and the future should be a mageasy blushes. "I . . . suppose youre going over nificent citadel of reconquered dreams. She was proud of him, and she had to Carols pretty soon, she said, constrained to say something and grasp- approved the lie in behalf of Dicky Unwittingly, she Morgans memory. ing at the first available idea. So anxious to get rid of me? he had sanctioned the very purpose of his coming, and the method of his apasked, amused. Horror was In her tone proach. She had confirmed his own Oh, no! I wanted intentions, and given him the will to and mortification. Only to talk to you before you saw Carol. advance. He was to act as the stanch Because Carol doesn't I dont deffender of her playmate perished, think shell exactly feel as I do about and to make of himself a new and a this I know she wont Maybe better man, worthy of the eulogies its because Dick and I were chums, which, as trustee, he now accepted for and she and Dick were oh, you the unworthy Morgan. He consecrated Told himself know. Its different. You ought to himself to this end. take that into consideration when fiercely that he would succeed. And you talk to her, I mean. I don't mean she was proud of him! It was another omen. I dont care, because I do terribly I can see what it meant to but I Dick . . . and I know how hed have It was eleven oclock to the m!uute loved it, and picked this out of every when Hilliard, not quite so blithe as possible way, to . . . end things, but a wedding guest, and yet not altoCarol . . . shes .different.. gether as doleful as a mourner, waved How? Hilliards voice was even, his hand to a slender girl who stood on the veranda of a house diagonally but very low. she- said, looking away. across the street, and went slowly up , Older, And . . . and they were going to the Durants brick walk. He had anticipated the effect of this pilgrimage marry each other some time. But wasnt that broken off? upon his nerves, he had discounted Yes, but she was waiting. It; and Angelas advice had given him an artificial stimulus for the moment; Waiting? nevertheless, as the front door opened .Why, of course. to him, and he saw, over the head of Hilliards breath quickened. t, a hallway , I should have guessed that this Mr. a smirking and a vestibule unchanged, his breath Armstrong Oh, but that wasnt until she came a little faster than usual, and thought Dick wasnt ever coming back. his cheeks went a little darker. It And besides, she isnt really crazy was, so to speak, a return to a shrine, and a normal man might easily be parabout him just lonesome. Indeed. Hilliard compelled him- doned for a little sentiment on the self to relax. So you think shell be side, no matter how often he had . . . hurt? changed his religion during the meanHurt? Angelas voice was thin time. Rather! with emphasis. The maid, having deposited him in ... - left-hand- ... (By R. W. CLARK, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) The bull association is strictly a, co-- ... war-strengt- He seated himself at the table, took pen in his left hand and Inscribed circles on- the paper; scribbled a meaningless sentence and laughed . gently. r , Funny how some people can be and take so long to Ambidextrous realize it. If I hadnt caught a bullet In my arm, and tried to write in the hospital, Td give myself away up here in no time. Writings too blamed distinctive. But, as it is, Left Hand, very large and plain, is Henry Hilliard " Here he shifted the pen to the other hand And Bight and, small and curlicue, is one of her poor, dead Dicky Morgan dearest friends. Im glad I killed that chap off he never amounted to a hill of beans anyway. But this Hilliard person q live wire, boy, a live wire ! And with a grin of sardonic humor, he wrote on the flimsy paper, slowly and a little irregularly, as though in physical discomfort: . Neuilly, No matter what you ever think, no matter what you have ever thought, I have loved you. He grimaced, pondered diligently, kind made a correction. I have always loved you more than 'tny own life. You said my ideal3 had fallen do you think so now? I dont, dearest; I think theyre almost what to sleep. Not the Cullens, nor Carol himself, nor Armstrong . . . but wait a moment! Who was Armstrong? Whence and whither, Armstrong? A newcomer to' Syracuse (that Is, within two years) and already proprietary Hilliard frowned, and rubbed his eyes, and wondered anew. He was a trifle amused and a trifle ashamed of himself; was it credible that he could be jealous of a man who had merely appropriated what Hilliard had no further Interest in? How inconsistent , . . and yet how superbly characteristic of human nature! Hilliard chuckled to himself in recognition of it and dismissed the proposition as unworthy of further attention. Dismissed ' it, yes as a child dismisses a rubber bail with an elastic cord attached to it. From below stairs a Japanese gong chimed softly and Hilliard, without delaying another instant, leaped to the floor. Half an hour later, bathed, shaved and dressed, he descended complacently; the second day of his at ... Registered Bull CaT Can Be Obtained at Reasonable Figure Milk Flow Increased. (By O. H. HANSEN of the dairy husbandry division, Minnesota College of Agriculture.) Why should anyone be satisfied with scrub cattle? It is true there are not enough purebreds for all, but the heifers from a scrub herd will be wonderfully Improved over their dams if they are sired by a good purebred bull from a productive dam. A registered bull calf can be had at a reasoiiflble price from a dam which has made a creditable record, and the offspring of such a bull proves the wisdom of the Investment. It Is a known fact that In many cases the milk produced by the heifer of such a bull is more than double that of the dam. Neither these animals nor their offspring will ever be purebred, but the continued use of a first-claregistered dairy bull of the same breed will In a few years result In a herd that may equal In production many purebred herds. ss loved and smoked, while she played Chopin and Rubinstein and Moscowskl to- - him. - And the piano somewhat battle-scarre- d but withal a master instrument was still over in Its accustomed place, with the Military Polonaise perched open on the rack. Then his pupils narrowed to grey necks of ice; for memory, by one of those tricks against which there is no defense, told him that he stood , in this same position, in exactly this same spot, when two years ago the doctor had pronounced his sentence, and Carol, in terrible silence, had then and there confirmed it. His imagination conjured up that scene again; his blood chilled; he could fancy that Carol and the doctor were actually before him, and that he was staring at them in the flesh, and feeling the lash of the doctors quiet peroration. . . . At the threshold there was a faint rustle of fabric, and Hilliard turned. Carol! His hands went out mechanically, and hers to him; and Hilliard, tasting the acid of his somber mood, Gain of 58 Per Cent in Five Years la Shown by Reports of Bureau of Crop Estimates. The farm cow that gives milk for human food stands first, with a total value of $2,022,000,000, as compared with other classes of farm animals for January 1, 1920, by the bureau of crop estimates of the United States AveragePrice of Milk Cows Per Head Has Increased From $58.25 in 1915 to smiled benignly. I mustnt keep you waiting, he said, dropping her hands. Ive brought He you the letter I spoke about. gave It to her, and coughed hifc embarrassment. Im positive its for you. And I'm sure you dont want anything to prevent you from reading it at once, so if youd rather prefer to have me come back later for the talk you wanted He was plready moving toward the doorway ; , she restrained him gently, although her eyes couldn't be dragged from the folded paper he had given her. No, she said, please dont go. I particularly want you to meet my father, Mr. Hilliard. Hes anxious to see you, too. Wont you wait while I call him? He inclined his head; followed her with his eyes to the hallway, strained his hearing, and knew that she had opened the letter as soon as she was' out of his sight. His lips twitched cynically and then, as he remembered Angelas injunction, straightened. After all, this much was pure charity. Down the hallway, there was the reverberation of a closing door, and silence. $91.95 in 1919. department of agriculture. Not even the total value of all other cattle is equal to the value of the dairy cow. The average price per head of milk cows in this country has increased from $58.25, since Janaary 1, 1915, to $91.95, the rverage for 1919, or a gain of 58 per cent in five years, according to the bureau. PUREBRED SIRE IS VALUABLE First Cross on Average Herd Increased Income $32 Per Cow In Province of Ontario. The first cross of a purebred bull the average dairy herd Increased the Income $32 per cow. These figures were secured In the province of Ontario in comparison of 140 herds using grade bulls and 31 using purebreds. Mr. Rex E. Willard of the farm management department of the North Dakota Agricultural college, in applying these figures to North Dakota, shows that if one farmer with 20 cows using grade bulls received an Income of $1,680, his neighbor with 20 cows but who began' using purebred bulls five years ago should receive or $640 more. on $2,-32- 0, Justice to Dick Morgans, memory. WASH (TO BE CONTINUED.) For Musical Beginners. Builders of modern flats might well take a hint from a unique feature in Bucklands hotel in Brook street, now undergoing transformation to accommodate the new Guards club. This rooms was a suite of sound-proo- f called the Handel suite, after, the composer, who lived and died in Brook street, for the use of musically inclined visitors. This admirable arrangement enabled amateurs of such distressing instruments In the hands of the novice as the piccolo or the bagpipes to practice without disturbing London Times. their fellow-guest- MILK BOTTLE WELL If Allowed to Stand It Should Be Filled With Water to Prevent Casein From Hardening. - maid-servan- VALUE OF COWS INCREASING I The milk bottle If hot washed as soon as emptied should be filled with cold or lukewarm water'' till it is washed. The albumen and casein harden and stick fast when they dry as well as when heated. So that if hot water Is poured In the bottle or can that has had milk in It the albumen and casein will harden and stick. After washing with lukewarm water use hot water, which removes the fat, and rinse In boiling water or steam to kill the bacteria. Extension Division, North Dakota Agricultural College. , |