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Show D C have probably kept Mrs. Anstruther safely from murderous pursuit until I had settled the affair. But now this devilish letter has given her such a shock that we dare not Immediately subject her to the fatigue of the long railway Journey te London," As he shows It to them and they try to decipher It, Barnes hastily explains how he had purchased the mutilated letter from Maud Chartris with mar-ron- s glace. Mr. Barnes, "And that awful child concealed it from us! cries Enid. "Her mother should be told immediately. "What, snd have Lady Chartris rush tremblingly back to London when, without danger to herself, she can do us a grand turn In Nine." "In Nice? How?" Enid ssks, aston-(sho- American Br Archibald Claverinf Gunter A Sequel to "Tell you In a minute, rcpllea her fiance. "The fourth quarter probably contains the infernal portion that Mr. Barnes of New York caused the bride's alarm for you, Edwin, for her fears I know are not so much for herself, as for you. Now I, Awhor af "Mr. Bn of Nw York," with your assistance, am going first to Mr. Patter at Taua. make Enid and Marina safe." Tkat Fraackaiaa," Etc. "How?" demands the English girl, whose face has grown pallid. "Hyl-ad- y Chartris. She's going to Uipfrlglit, IMA. Uudd MaaC U N. IT. villa at take a secluded, water-washe8YN0PSI3. Vlllefranche In her own name. House rentals have to he reported to the muRiirton If. Barm-- , a wealthy Amerh-aofficials. With the name of nicipal Ilia jriiuiiK Kng tmirtnK Cuntlin, Halt llinilrnniit, I'M ward Anatrutli Lady Chartris attached to it, no one cr, andr Ida C'lirnlriin lirUlt, Marina, will guess that we will occupy it!" daiiKliti-nf Ilia Iuidla, from tint "Hut Prunella Chartris would fly vrndidla, nndiTMlandln that Id rawurd la In In- - Ilia hand of Ilia Klrl li a vendetta as she would from the from r Kim-llah alali-Ilia of love, Knlil Aiiatrnthcr, llrulKiuinl. The four fly frimi AJa.-rl- o smallpox," says Edwin. lo Manmlllo on hoard the "Quicker!" cries Enid. o kloainiT CoiiNlanllnn. Tlia vi'iulidlit and a Ilia qimrti-- t arc aliout, In Quite right, but Prunella Chartris Marm-llh-laiard Ilia train for at note shan't hear of a vendetta. We'll turn Mfirlna la handl'd a niyatarlou wldo It rauw-- liar to cnllapae and naai'aHl-lala-. a up at Vlllefranche, Edwin, In about a ioatiiinainiiit of the Jourm-yfour days, leave the ladles there, am1 Inina aid part of the myaii'riini note and receive lidler which Inform Idtn ply guarded, and then you and I, my that ho I marked by the vendetta, lie Jolly seadog, will turn out attention to employ an American dnterllve and plana In beat the vendella at tlielr own fnm, our Corsican friends. We will be footFor the piirpoae of net'll rl me the aafely can do the hunting and killof the women llarnes arramrea to have loose, and vllln at ing, if necessary, and settle the affair laidy Cliarl rl leaae a aeeludml Nice to which tho party I to ba taken In some way definitely and forever." In a yacht. Barnes' manner is lighter than his heart. CHAPTER II. Continued. You'll find me with you, answers The American' plan, as he whisper the English lieutenant. "This is the It to Emory. Is o adroit that the emits a triumphant whistle and second time, because she loved me, that my bride has been driven to desays: Gee whiz. Just the Idea!" But how do you expect to get spair. to"Everything must be re,ady for Enid and Marina from Marseilles unnight," directs Barnes. "No other Corsican steamer than the one on which noticed by the people that are already we arrived will come today. II y to- hunting us, to the villa near Nice? "What do wild animals do when they morrow I hope to have the ladies reaaro hunted? Take to the Kilter! resonably beyond pursuit. "All right. I think I can fix It for marks Burton. "That leaves no trail. Do you think, Anstruther, that - you you." can navigate a yacht? If "see "Meantime, says Dames, "Do you think that you can shoot a you can And what cables bearing on this matter have been received from pistol straight? growls the British naval officer. Ajaccio and to whom addressed." "That will bo difficult!" "Very well. A yacht will be waiting "Not If you give the telegraph clerks for us, engaged by Emory. There will be nothing but English seamen on enough money." ' "Yes, most anything can be done board, not over many of them. We'll We're the way you speud money, Mr. Dames. put the girls on board This last issues from Emory's smiling both armed and our party will not be lips as the American Is writing a noticed driving on the Prado, where chock. "Ill report progress to you not everybody drives. In a little bay, as I later than one p. iu.;. that'll give you have arranged it, off the Corntche time for your arrangements." road, near the Bains du Roucas Blanc, Coming from this to the Grand hotel, a boat will be waiting. There we'U Dames shortly strolls Into Lady Char-trl- s put the ladles on board and sail away. parlor and has an Interview with Then who'll be able to tell where we that matron which places her In the go to? Edwin rises, but at the door, which seventh heaven of delight. "You think of going to Nice? he had been left open so that the gentlesuggests; ho would have proposed men could keep their eye on the pas- aomo little Italian watering place, but r knows that the widow will only the spot where Van Dulow, the young German diplomatist, is located. "Yes, Ive concluded to remain there a few weeks until the season absolutely ends," responds Lady Chartris, "only the good hotels are so cruelly expensive. "Well, there are some lovely and retired villas on the little Bay of a 20 minutes carriage drlre from the Promenade des Anglais. Supposing you engage one?" "Do you think I'm a Croesus! screams the widow In horror. "Do you want to ruin me? Do you suppose I have your pocketbook, Mr. Dames of New York? "Thats exactly what I want you to supitose, my dear Lady Chartris. I'll pay for the villa; you occupy It In about a week from now, Mrs. and probably Enid will be your guests; perhaps Edwin and I also for a little while. But you are to say nothing about that. Youll keep Tomp son, Enids maid, and take her on with Then Mr, Anstruther Walks Off, Leavyou. The villa Is to be rented by you ing Mr. Barnes Confronted with a nd entirely In your name. Young Lady Whose Lilies Have "And you pay the runulng expenses? Changed to Roees and the Greatest "With pleasure." Temptation of His Lif- e"Oh, Mr. Dames, how magnificently sage to Marina's room, he turns, and generous." "Dont leave here earlier than the noting Barnes' longing eyes directed In fact, that is toward his sister, says with sailor day after the day you must leave, but make your bluntness: "Old man, you seem to arrangements quickly after you reach think of everybody but yourself In this Nice. Youll have no trouble in find- matter. Are you aware that this projected cruise won't permit you and ing an unoccupied villa at It's go near the end of the Enid to be spliced In London In three season. Be sure its grounds run to days from now?" "I had not forgotten that, replies the water and have a landing place. "How could I?" Ills eyes You will say nothing of our going to Burton. Nice to anyone especially your child, still on bis beautiful fiancee, who, nothe remarks, commandlngly, tempering withstanding her anxiety and trouble, his words, however, by adding: Maud looks lovely as a goddess and tempting , as a nymph. Is too young to keep a secret." will childish "Well," says the sailor, "we Jack-tar- s tongues babble," "Yes, have a custom of getting married umiles the widow as Burton goes before we start on a cruise. There moodily away. Mr. Barnes' features are still very are ministers In Marseilles as well as solemn, as early In the afternoon, after London." Then Edwin Anstruther another Interview with Emory, he says walks off, leaving Mr. Barnes conto Enid, who fs In consultation with fronted with & young lady whose lilies him: "You think Marina la well enough have changed to roses and the greatto be conveyed In a carriage a mile or est temptation of his life. The poor fellow thinks of the two? damnable document he has in his Is out of she bed "Why, certainly, now. Don't fear for her courage as re- pocket, proclaiming death to the woman who marries him; he gards herself. Burton. It Is my brothremembers Mateos horrible stateer tho dear girl is alarmed for." "This morning, remarks the Amer- ments as to the fate of females marryican, under his breath, "I had. hoped, ing Into a blood feud and forces the with Edwin's aid, to get you, Enid and desire from his eyes. His embarrassment Is increased by Marina to England, where three or four London bulldog detectives and the the superb manner of his fiancee. fear of the British baseman would Without a word she walks up to I d d inwr-tlnnn- m iur-au- a t. con-aide- Ville-frauch- Ville-franch- e, WINTER YOUR SEED CORN IN A DRY PLACE Barnes sod unaffectedly tenders blu her lips. "Dont think me forward, she wbl per sweetly, "hut If you think you can take better care of me as your wife- If you feel very much disappointed al the the delay." Her words are fal Much on ths Way You tered out bashfully. Vitality Next Sprlnar Win Depend The accursed earning threatening death to her he marries rustles lo his pocketbook as he crushes her to demonstrates that the best hla breast. It stays the mad rush ol There Is a difference of opinion as Experience can be secured when every seresults only bis passion. He forces himself tc to whether corn for seed should he of careful selection has been lected from stalks hearing two ears, phase calmness and whispers, his face pale On Urge farms It Is someobserved. his lips con toiled: "For God'e sake snd whether It Is possible by selecting sufll-dethe times practice to select a don't misunderstand me. I love yos such ears to secure Increased yields In manIn corn the amount of seed I Inclined more dearly than ever, but until this future crops. The writer described, to plant a porabove ner Increased yields that to the an opinion affair la settled, It would be Infamy and from this portion field, of the tion selecare procured by the Judicious If I married you." year Is selected, the for following seed You fear they ars tion of seed from stalks bearing two "Good heavens! stalk and from the the from both eurs. going to kill you?" of husking. The Ideal ear of corn should be shock at the time "No, If there Is any killing to b should he placed ears selected The In than tapering done, I propose to do It." For an In cylindrical rather the shortest in will where dry they nine ha)e; the ear should be about stant he Is about to show her the Inand various methods time reasonable cirIn Inches seven and fernal document. Ills band Is already Inches long for this purpose. on his breast pocket, when It stops, cumference, but the smaller breeds have been employed la no better method from the diThere these of short somewhat fall will Impalsied. llarnes remembers the b standpoint of efficiency than the old pulsive courage of his betrothed. "My mensions. The kernels should one of braiding the ear together by Lord, If she saw this," he thinks, deep and slightly spaced between rows, the huska left upon them or tying and filled at butt well "Enid would Insist on marrying me off and should be In lots by strings and hanging them hand. She'd think It her duty to stand Up. summer kitchen or In the attic In the not Indicated Is kernel only Depth of as my wife In the front of the skirmthe stovepipe. This, how- near above He saye slowly, by the weight of the ear but also by ish and defy them. almost brokenly: "You must trust m In this matter, dear one. Only Bevel doubt my love." "Oh, that would be too horrible," she falters, "Burton, that would break my heart. You know more about tbs affair than I. You are the best Judge. Her lips are tendered to him again, but Barnes notes with a sigh their salute Is colder, and that tears are very near the divine eyes of Enid Anstruther. Away from him, she wrings her white hands, and in the solitude' of her chamber, wails; "Oh, everything seems to be changed since yesterday." Then the natural pride of the maiden coming to her, she says haughtily to herself: "The next proposition as to the naming of the wedding day shall come from you, Mr. Barnes of New York. CHAPTER III. Playing the Enemies' Gams. Mr. Barnes attempts to forget his postponed nuptials In arranging the details of his darling's safety. Emory shortly brings to him an old canceled cheek upon a branch of the Credit Lyonnais bearing the signature of Correglo Clprlano Danella, but comparing It with Marina's mutilated note and also the warning sent to him, the American cannot be certain of the handwriting. "Perhaps it has been disguised In both the epistles," suggests the deteo-tive- , and continues his report. As far as I can find from a clerk In the telegraph office, Rue de la Republic, that 1 have sometimes hired before In such matters, there was a long cable came from Bernardo Sallceti at Ajaccio to Correglo Danella late yesterday evening. It stated that you and your party were to arrive on the Constantine; that you by your arts had murdered his brother, and that Madame for the defense of her husband against the Just vqngeance of Tomasso Monaldl, had produced his shooting by De Belloc's cavalrymen. This is only as the operator remembered It My emissary didn't dare to try and get a duplicate of the dispatch, which was already on file. The French government keeps a sharp eye upon Its telegraph offices. "Isnt It curious, asks Burton, "that there Is no account yet of the Corsican tragedy In the French Journals here?" "Politics! answers the detective. "There is an election here shortly, and they fear some complication with the I doubt If you English government. will hear of the affair In an official way at all events not till after the election for deputies. Perhaps thats what makes young Sallceti so eager to do you up. If he stood as a representative of the vendetta every rustic commune In his island would give him Its vote. "That belug the case," says Barnes, we have ouly ourselves to rely upon. Have you made all arrangements about the yacht?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) PICKING OUT THE LAYER How You May Ba Abl. to Till Whic Business Hn. An ezperlenced. closely poultry raiser knows at a giaI laying hen. The small feminine and head count, the bright, alert neck tells a tale, the drooping tall ten,!' other tale and when she picks feet up and Jumps them down h..1 have another pointer. How manage the hens? Thers several ways. The trap nest I, tlcal thing and would be especun, valuable to tho small breeder or m any poultrymau or poultrywoman who had tho time or would tuke the tlm to properly manage the trap. Moit people know the meaning of tun nests, but for the few that might m know 1 will mention that they ara a nest In a box that confine the het until the owner release her; henc h Is known what hen laid the egg. And there are other ways to ln. prove the Hock. A close observance and constancy with them enables u to know by sight what hens lay every day and those that lay every other day or do not lay at all. We must never lose sight of the fact that the coc- are kerels halfthe flock In breeding value. Many of the same rulea that apply to the race horse, the cow or the hen also apply to cockerels. The small neck and head, the alert eye and activity are all pointers In the right direction. . - ; I am one of those who believe the hen will never be excelled to great extent. But I do believe any ordinary flock can be Im- 200-eg- g any that proved to a point where the would fit where the now fits. It the time ever comeg that egg records will be a part of score cards, then the work of improvement will be on. PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE. That Will Comfortably One Accommfr date About Fifty Hens. the degree of roughness of the top of the grain. The experienced corn breeders of the country are strongly kerfavoring snd developing rough-tonels even among the breeds of corn that were originally smooth. Ears as ordinarily secured from the stalk in the fall will shrink as much as ten per rent. In both length and circumference. Seed corn should be selected from Btalks that mature just before the average time of the first frost which. In Michigan, occurs about the 15th of September. Corn that matures earlier than this falls to use all of the growing season, while that which ripens later la Injured. Some farmers select seed ears by removing them from the standing stalks, but a number of progressive s and some investigators, indeed, now hold to the opinion that corn that Is to be used for seed should be allowed to remain on the stalk until husking time and offer the reason that corn removed from the stalk at an earlier period Is larking vitality. In p corn-grower- ever, requires considerable room and is not altogether satisfactory to the workers In the kitchen. A furnace room Is a good place, providing It is well ventilated and an occasional fire Is built. Frequently the corn Is left In crates and while this Is usually a successful method, there Is more or less danger from molding; corn so stored should be watched carefully until It Is known to be thoroughly dry. One of our Illustrations shows a cheap rack for storing and drying seed corn. It Is 12 feet long and 10 feet high with capacity tor 30 bushels of ears. The posts which are two by four Inch hemlock, stand four feet apart. The horizontal strips, one Inch s by Inch, may be cut from sound hemlock or pine boards. They are set in pairs four inches apart, each pair carrying a tier of corn. Siz penny nails should be used in nailing on the strips. In our other Illustration we show two other convenient methods of storing corn for drying One of the plans was devised and brought to our seven-eighth- time-honore- f t Poultry House. nests for laying wllh scratching floor, arranged along the sides and in the coruers. A small door should open Into the yard at one end, but only in favorable weather need the fowls have access to this, and then not until It has been well carpeted with straw or hay, for to let hens onto the bare ground In cold weather will check their laying at once. Such a house, says Farm and Home, Should have either a good board floor or one made of cement, and bo constructed throughout of first-clas- s lumber. Kept well a painted. It will then last almost lifetime. A Comfortable ALFALFA MEAL. Is a Splendid Feed for Chicken All Agee. SHOULD HAVE SLEEP OUT. of fiD Alfalfa meal Is said to be a 1T and od for both growing chicks growing the as as g hens, good la through the summer, This III prove a boon to the poultry 8r0W' s In places where alfalfa Is grown Yrlter Objects to Custom of Arousing a Children Early. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, writing of Sleep In the American Magazine, criticizes boarding schools sharply for getting young people up too early In the morning. He says: "A baby or young child should have absolutely every minute of sleep that It can be induced to take, and sleeplessness Is even more emphatically a sign of disease In children than In adults. The necessity and capacity for large amounts of refreshing Bleep persists up to adult life and the amount required seldom falls below ten hours before the eighteenth or twentieth year. To make children or rapidly growing young adults get HP before they have had their sleep out, and feel thoroughly rested, is not merely Irrational but cruel, and when It la done as a routine practice at boarding schools, or other Institutions, by. those who pretend to be fitted to have the care of children IV Is little case this practice Is followed, each ear selected Is marked by tying upon short of criminal." It a bright string. The stalks beating these marks are cut and shocked with Name Sounded Familiar. I was turning over the leaves of a the balance of the crop, and at huskmagazine one afternoon and my little ing time the marked ears are saved by brother, three years old. happened to themselves. Some farmers follow the practice of be standing near. As I turned one page I gazed on a lovely painting of Selecting seed at the time of husking, Joan of Arc. "Do you know who this Iqwhlch case the .best ears are set He looked at aside regardless of the character of Is, Ralph?" I asked. It for a second and then he said, "Oh, the stalks upon which they grew, or yes, I know; that's that's oh, you the position and attitude of the ear know,' he Btammered, "she's the one upon the stalk. Though not comHe had mendable, this Is undoubtedly a much who swallowed the whale. confounded the two names of Jonah better practice than selecting ears from the crib the following and Joan. Exchange. spring. A good, comfortable house for the nens Is shown In the Illustration. It ran be built, up to a certain exteot, any size desired, or to accommodati comfortably from 25 to 50 hens. At suggested by the sketch, It should face the south or southeast, and, preferably, occupy a warm, sunny location. The front part should be five feet high, the center eight feet and feet above the rear four and one-halground. The roosts should be in the hack part, - leaving the front for One lady cures limber neck In foi s feeding dry feed only, and disinfect-i- t fine a etida. The latter is . at any rate. Extra warm houses are not as muc few yea ought of as they were a tha Iowa In ;o. One poultryman or low of, writes a correspondent t climate a In e Indiana Farmer, its 30 degrees below zero, makes hou iccess by using the open shed a with g, and the following feed so part of heef meal, and over meal, for the morning nca this Is cleaned up some to Ing Hunt thrown In deep Utter. n Is grain keeps them busy until In t noon more wheat Is raked o ter to keep them busy most corn of feed full a iy; at night ven, warming It in the oven g ildest weather. Once a week it bone, and hang up a cabbfe, p9 r them to pick at and at all esh water Is kept before them. Curtain front houses are used' an , irtalns sewed to rings, top ana n. two wires are stretched, f ese rings slide back and is ese wires. When weather atretcoe ement these curtains are are ugly, but on nice days they fast bottom and The ick. top event the curtains blowing t. hd. Grit and oyster shells gather are iys handy and eggs r feed-Afte- r Drying Seed Corn." attention by Mr. Orln Ypsllantl. The tern poiat lira ol which corn Is stored s talned at 75 or 80 degr dant circulation of .air removes the posslblilt and consequent loss of the drying is complex lure of the room may drop even below freezlr be observed that many ful corn growers net temperature of the root corn is stored to fall The room should be li dry. |