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Show r To tha Sheriff of Dllwell County, "She was a whole basket of peaches, Klldare, N. C.t I might bave married her to get and What la this I hear about your Inabilfrom my aunt If It were not away ity to catntt Applewvlght and the reat of rule hi bunch T Your Inattention to your duthat 1 have made it a life-lontlea la a matter of common scandal, and never to marry tbe orphaned nieces If you don't get anxlou pretty, aoon I of the husbands of my aunts. It's hall remove you from your Job and then been a good rule to me, and has saved otne. I iliall be down aoon to aee whether you are pltrlilng quoit at the black-smit- h roe no tnd of trouble. Cut If my sisshop or fishing for lobtera In Itao ter doesn't change her mind, and If coon creek. Instead of attending to your she really comes through Raleigh toknitting. Your conduct lis annoyed me mora vexed I than until am aomethlng by day In her car with those friends of The eye of the great hers, she will be delighted to bave your behavior. North State are upon you. Wire me at you Join her for a visit at Ardsley. length juat what you propoae doing or And then you would be near at band not doing In till matter. in case some special edict from tbe WILLIAM DANQERFIELD. Governor of North Carolina, governor seemed necessary." "What do you think of that?" be "But wouldn't your sister think It SERIAL THE LITTLE BROWN JUG IATI 1 KILDARE f 1 I I I V MEREDITH NICHOLSON lllaatralloaa D KAY WALTMS Copjrlf bt lint bf Tba K Outnpnr. 8YN0P3I8. Thomas Ardmora. bored mllllnnnlre, and Henry Maine arlauroUI. proffssor in th University of Virginia, take train out of Atlanta, Orlawold to his collca;, Ardmore In purault of a Rlrl who hud winked at him. Mistaken for 'a Gov. Osborne of Mouth Carolina. Ufa la threatened, lie Kova to Columbia to warn the governor and meeta flarbara Ottborne. Ardmora learns that hla winking lady la tha of North daughter of Oov. Carolina. He follow her to Raleigh I and on tha way Riven a brown jug at Klldare. In Kalelgh ha dlacnvera that tha Jug bran a meaaage threaten Ing Dangprtlpld unleaa Applewelght, a criminal, la allowed to go free. Ardmora becomra allied with Jerry In the affair of tha atate In tharunning absnnoe of tha governor. A acathlng telegram I aent to Oov. Osborne. Orlawold become advlaer to Harbor a Osborne, who la attending to her father dutlea In South Carolina. Order are aent to the aherllT to capture Applewelght Valuable papera are from Oov. Oaborne'a office. miHHlng Orlawold placea the theft at the door of the attorney general. Grla-wold- Dttng-erflel- Dan-arerfle- lil CHAPTER VIII. Continued. , He bad opened ao atlaa and was poring over It with a magnifying glass. "It's positively funny," be murmured, laughing a little to himself, "but I know something about this country over here. Here's Ardslcy, In the far corner of Dllwell county, and here's Klldare." ' "Yes; I understand maps. Dllwell Is green, and there's the state line and that ugly watery sort of yellow la Mingo county. South Carolina, and Turner Court House Is the county teat of It. Those little black marks are hills on the border, and It's right there that these Applewelght people live, and dance on the state line as thot'gh It were a skipping-rope."That's exactly It Now what we want to do Is to arrest Applewelght and put him In jail In South Carolina, which relieves the governor of North Carolina, your honored father, of all embarrassment." She snatched the and took possession of the map for a moment, then pointed, with a happy little laugh. "Why, that will be only too easy. You see thare's Azbell county, where the militia Is encamped, Just three counties away from Dllwell, and if we needed the soldiers it wouldn't hurt the troops to march that far, would " paper-cutte- r asked, his pride falling aa she scanned the paper carefully. "Isn't It pretty expensive?" Jerry Inquired, counting the words to ten and then roughly computing the rest "I'll take care of that, Miss Danger-field- . What I want to know la whether you tblnk that will make the sheriff sit up." "Well, here's what father sent him only about a week ago. I found It In his private letter book, and It's marked confidential in red ink." She read: Act cautiously In Applewelght cae. by crun.1 jury la undoubtedly faulty ami Foster threaten trouble In ae parties are arrested. like that! Papa "And there's n ver intended to do anything, that's as plain as daylight. Mr. Foster, the. treasurer, comes from that county. He thought papa was going to have to do something, so he's holding back the payment of the state bonds Just to frighten papa. You see, tbe state owes the Dronx Loan and Trust Company that $250,000, and If It isn't paid June first the state will be ever lastingly disgraced." "Ob, yes; I'd forgotten about that" "I don't see bow you could forget about It. That must be almost as much money as there Is in the world. "We've got to raise it, anyhow, even If we go to the pawn shop. I pawned my watch once when I waa In college and Hillings be was my guardianhad shut me off. Grissy he's my friend Grissy says pawnbroklng Is only a more vulgar form of banking." "I think your telegram to tbe sheriff Is all right" said Jerry, reading It again. "If you'll go to tbe door and whistle for the messenger we'll get It off." Ardmore addressed himself once more to the map. It was clear that the Applewelght gang was powerful enough to topple great states upon It had, to their foundations. own knowledge, driven a governor Into exile, and through the wretched Foster, who was their friend, the credit gravely menaced. "I'll wait for the sheriff's answer, and If he shows no signs of life I'll go down there this afternoon." "Then you will undoubtedly be shot!" Jerry declared, as though announcing a prospect not wholly deArd-more- 's plorable). "That has Its disagreeable side, but a great many people have to be shot every year to keep up the aver age, and if tbe statistics need me I won't duck. I'll call up my man on the telephone this forenoon and tell him to put my forester at Ardsley to work. He's a big fellow who served in the German army, and If he's afraid of anything I haven't heard of it If we can drive tbe gang Into South Carolina, right along here, you Bee" and Miss Dangerfleld bent her pretty head over the map and saw "if we ?" - "'Hurt them, nothing!" exclaimed Ardmore. "It will be good for them. You have to give orders to the adjutant general, and, being engaged to Mm, be would be afraid not to obey your orders, even If you told him to go in balloons." "Well, of course, rd send him an official order; and If he was disobedient I could break our engagement" It would have Interested Ardmore to know the total of Miss Dunger-field'- s engagements, but the time did not Beem propitious ' for such inquiries; and, moreover, his awe of her as a young person of great determination and force of character Increased. "Well, there's the map, and there's that Insulting telegram; what are you going to do about It?" asked Jerry. She seemed to be honestly Inviting suggestions, and the very thought of this affected him like wine, He deliberated for Beveral minutes, while he watched, him. A delicious country julet lay upon the old Btatehouse; In the tranquil park outside the birds whistled their high disdain of law and precedent. "A governor," he began, "Is always dignified person who doesn't bother nls head about little things like this unless everybody else has gone to sleep. Now, who's the chief of police In a county like Dllwell what do yog call him?' "Do you mean the sheriff, Mr. more?" n Ard- v He Deliberated can pass the chief outlaw on to Gov. Osborne, then so much the better, and that's what we will try to do." ' "Out you're only the private secretary, and you can't assume too much authority. I shall bave to go to Klldare to visit my aunt who is a nice old lady that lives there. The fried corn mush and syrup at her house is the best I ever tasted, and if papa should come when he sees that something is being done quite different from what he Intended, then I should be there to explain. If you should be killed, Mr. Ardmore, no one would be there to Identify you, and I have always thought It the saddest thing In the world for any one to die away from home" "It would be sad; but I hope you would be sorry." "I should regret your death, and I'd make them give you a perfectly beautiful military funeral, with Chopin's funeral march, and your boots tied to the saddle of your horse." "Hut I don't let them fuss about pulling off the boots, Miss Dangerfleld, If I die with them on. It would be all right for you to visit your aunt, but I shouldn't do It if I were you. I once visited my aunt, Mrs. Covington-Hums- , at Newport for a week. It was a deep game to get me to marry my aunt's husband's niece, whose father hud ton his money, and the girl was beginning to bore my aunt." "Was she a pretty girl?" asked "Certainly. give me those telegraph blanks, and I'll drop hlm'a few lines to let him know that the government at Raleigh still lives." It is in the telegram alone that we Americans approach style. Our great commanders did much to form It; our business strategists took the key from them. Telegrams were, however, with Sir. Thomas Ardmore, something more than a form of communication cr a mere literary exercise. Letter-writinseemed to him the most formidable of human undertakings, tout with a pad of telegraph blanks under his hand his spirit soared free. All untrammeled by the horror of the lay tariff, whose Bteep slopes have wrought so much confusion and error among the economical, he g;ive to the wires and the wireless what ho never would have confided to a stamp. He wroto ami submitted to Miss Jerry) Jerry. DangcflrW h" following: Now, g for Several Minutes. strange" "Not In tbe least Miss Dangerfleld. Nothing Is strange to my sister. And besides, you are the daughter of the governor of a great state. She refuses to meet senators, because you can never be sure they are respectable, but she rather prides herself on Governors are knowing governors. very different Since I read the constitution I can see very plainly that governors are much nearer the people, but I guess tbe senators are nearer the banks." "Well, I bave some shopping to do, and it's ten o'clock. It would be hospitable to ask you to luncheon, but mamma cries so much because she doesn't know where papa Is that our meals at the executive mansion are not exactly cheerful functions. And besides" and she eyed Ardmore severely as she rose and accepted her parasol from him "and besides, you know our relations are purely official. You have never been Introduced to me, and socially you are not known to us." CHAPTER IX. The Land of the Little Brown Jug. Caboose 0186, with three box cars and a locomotive attached, lay In the southeastern yards at Raleigh late In the evening of the same day. In tbe observatory sat Mr. Thomas Ardmore, chatting with tbe conductor, while they waited for the right of way. Mr. Ardmore's pockets were filled with papers, and he held half a dozen telegrams In his hand. The freight cars behind him were locked and sealed, and a number of men lounging near appeared to be watching them. The reply of the sheriff of Dllwell county bad precipitated the crisis. That official succinctly replied to Ardmore's message: Be good and acquire grace. ' ' While this dictum bad aroused Miss Dangerfleld's wrath and Indignation, It calmed her fellow conspirator, and for hours Ardmore had poured forth by telegraph and telephone. No such messages as his had ever before from Raleigh. The tolls would have bankrupted the commonwealth if Ardmore bad not cared for them out of bis private purse. His forester, with an armed posse from Ardsley, was already following the streams and beating the brush In search of Applewelght One car of Ardmore's special train contained a machine gun and a supply of rifles; another abundant ammunition and commissary supplies, and the third cots and bags. The men who loafed about the train s were a detail of from a detective agency, borrowed for the occasion. Cooke, the conductor of the train, bad formerly been In the government secret service, and knew the Carolina bill country as he knew the palm of bis band. Ardmore had warned his manager and tbe housekeeper on his estate to prepare for the arrival of Mrs. Atchison, whose private car had come and gone, carrying Miss Geraldlne Dangerfleld on to Ardsley. Ardmore had Just received a message from his sister at some way station, reporting all well and containing these sentences: "She is rather different, and I do not quite make her out She has our noble brother-in-laa good deal bewildered." Cooke ran forward for a colloquy with the engineer over their orders; the guards climbed Into one of the box cars, and the train moved slowly out of the Raleigh yards to the main line and rattled away toward Klldara, with Mr. Ardmore, pipe In mouth, perched In the caboose cupola. Not Capt Kldd nor another of the dark brotherhood sailed forth with keener xest for battle than Mr. Ardmore. Indeed, the trailing smoke of the locomotive suggested a black flag, and the thought of it tickled his fancy. Above bent the bluest sky in tbe world; fields of corn and cotton, the brilliant crimson of German clover, and long stretches of mixed forest held htm with enchantment. And when night came, after the long mystical twilight the train passed now and then great cotton factories that blazed out from their thousand windows like huge steamships. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Btrike-breaker- ALFALFA IN ACRES DRY-LAN- D of Crop Not Yet ThoroM9hly Understood iweinoo wi v Good Stand. Mission g STORY ! NEW 'DRYFARM1NG Central 'Idea of the Practice Is Capillary Attraction. The mission of alfalfa under dry out farming conditions is as yet s many perfectly understood. Very In auch cherish the Idea that. sucareas alfalfa can only be grown this That Irrigation. under cessfully have I truth the of view falls short In no doubt whatever, says a writer been grown has It Dakota Farmer. with measurin too many instances wide areas too over and able success But to leave this Question In aoubt that may success the of measure the methbe obtained from It and tbe best not bave aland a ods of getting been worked out. Tbe yields that it will furnish wbe" land properly established under dryas the conditions will of course vary tbe conditions vary. The number of sea-son with the also will vary cuttings two cuttings Instances In some have been obtained and evep three. In some Instances two to three ton! secured. But it per acre have been to say that so correct be not would looked for many cuttings should be auch areas in farmer The every year. should not complain If he only gets one good cutting in a year, and if the one to two tons yield Is not more than who can get farmer The acre. per to year from his that much from year alfalfa field, Is following a very safe line of farming, for It la storing his land with humus while It la furnishing him with fodder which Is not eaaily obtainable from some other sources under dry conditions. The best methods of obtaining a have good stand under dry conditions not been completely worked out Usto preually, however. It will be wise carepare the land the year before by or growing summer-fallowinby ful some kind of cultivated crop in good form. If the land has been manured previously so much the better. The alfalfa Is sown tbe following spring after all danger of frost Is past. The crop the first year may not be large. The crop the second year may not be full, but under favorable conditions of seagrowth It will be. The following sons the crop should be maximum for dry conditions from year to year. What has been said Is not meant to Imply that a stand of alfalfa cannot be obtained from newly broken land, for It can. But the fact remains that as a rule a good and complete stand Is not easily obtained en quite new land, and it will not yield so well in succeeding years. For Instance a stand may sometimes be obtained by simply disking up the sod and spwlng alfalfa on the sod thus prepared. It may also be obtained by plowing, that Is, breaking up sod In the spring, and after good pulverization of the surface, sowing the alfalfa crop. Here also the stand is not likely to be so perfect or the yield so good as If sown by the method first outlined. As a rule, It will be better to sow without a nurse crop. But this does not mean that a stand cannot be obtained when so wn with a nurse crop r Fatal to Moisture of Water Avoidance Conservation Waste Another 8lmple Rule' Thin Seedlnj Needed. Broken Under-Sol- l There are many who do not connew In what is called -to be dry farming," but there seems millions transform to It new in enough upon millions of acres of land that was once considered next to useless Into the most highly productive wheat land In the world. There is no doubt but that the Idea had an empirical rather thon a scientific origin as practice usually precedes scientific interpretation. The practice of cultivation for the production of prolific crops and for the destruction of weeds stood In good esteem long before the terra "dry farming" was heard, but cultivation had quite a different significance, being synonymous with general fertility, the scientific reason for It which was not well understood. was thought that the changing of soil particles made a greater store of plant food available to the plant whose position was fixed, but it was not understood that cultivation was putting the lid on against free evaporation and benee was a limiting of the upward traveling of moisture with all its store of plant food. The central Idea of the practice of dry farming is capillary attraction. Tbe exponents of tbe dry farming system, since the underlying science of the art has become known, have been favorable to changing the name of the practice to "scientific soil culture," but as Its central idea Is moisture conservation and economy, and the practice presumes the need of such economy, it is not wholly Inappropriate that the original title should be allowed to stick. Almost coincident with tbe dry farming movement came the diffusion of the knowledge of nitrogen forming bacteria and hence tbe need of a good condition of porosity In tbe soil to allow a free circulation of air to tbe roots of the plant This has been incorporated into the body of science which constitutes the rationale of dry farming practices. There are a number of minor practices of a more or less mechanical or physical sort For example, deep plowing Increases tbe moisture receiving power or volume of the soil. The texture of soil should be Improved by the use of the subsurface packer by which capillary connection Is secured after it has been rudely broken by the is fatal furrow. A broken under-sol- l to moisture conservation, or at least to proper moisture conditions In the root area of the soil. Tbe avoidance of water waste through the growth of weeds is another simple rule, and thin seeding is imperative. Where moisture supply is very light it is also found advisable to use two years' moisture for a single crop, and in the best of conditions three years' moisture for two crops. It Is but natural that the study of crops and varieties of plants suited to dry farm culture should become part of tbe interest and activity of the dry farming expert The developing of plants of heavy feeding capacity through large root systems will naturally lollow from the recognized need of selecting deep feeding plants. Right now there is a chance for the investigator to .explain the 61 bushol wheat fields In Alberta. Dry farming results have not simply demonstrated that what were called dry lands are useful, but that In crop production they have surpassed lands that have hitherto been looked upon as being altogether more favorably situated for practically all kinds of crop production. It looks as though the concentrated soil solution was away ahead of the much diluted one, and moreover it should seem reasonable to expect that paralleling the results obtained In the production of the highest types and varieties In animal biology by concentrated foods the practice of dry farming will contribute correspondingly high plant products to general agriculture. It does seem as though the latest and best word spoken In agricultural science will be spoken by the dry farming exponent, or at least the dry farming exponent Is doing his part In bringing into wider ken what the Investigators are finding, and so making farm practice betler by the light of science. cede anything Turkeys for Thanksgiving. Thnnksglvlng Is not very far off, We have the impression that we get When the Thanksgiving turkey will nervous troubles from rush be In demand. By feeding generously of life. Hut impressions and serious and Judiciously several pounds can he thought often yield widely different re added to the turkey's weight before a rush about We do but lot, suits. the time comes to kill It. It Is not man never went so little on his feet so much a large turkey that Is deas here and now. Cars, elevators, au- manded ns a plump, Juicy one for man llstctb Thanksgiving dinner. Olve tomobiles carry where the turwithout scarcely the crook of a knee. keys all the grain they will Pnt morn-InIn are men this city Actually, there and night and occasionally nmke who travel toward hundreds of miles a savory mash for them, composed of a day and scarcely get enough exer- corn chop and brim moistened Wth cise for the final cellular digestion of sklm-mllk- ; if some fat or tallow Is vinous viands Juicy, the rich, greasy, mixed with It, It will be all the And since never crea they devour. tlon's dawn, except in aldermanlc London, bit8tbe glutton's platter been so stuck under business men's noses all Sheep In Argentina. It may surprise many of n'r the time from the first thing in the morning to the last thtng at night .men to know that of th., Ih Once in a while the Frenchman, ihc 87.000,000 H,e,p In Arg,ti,,a stud tbe and Englishman 60,000,000 and CO.OOO.t.oo ore , f Vh Dutchman Lincoln breed. Js it the with these Intensely rich, Juicy gorgv strange thU this should he so when Ansrifiii But like Haffey's whisky they are hoi ' . is New Yor' land's thn, big for us all all the time. ; .,, ro y" fclHS Rl" most wholly b Merinos? Press. No Exercise. 's g ,,,. '' yt , yi per-son- Cream KJ : .. aooimng than Cod mora k. .:.- - Jw any lotion, liniment or more beautifying than ami cosmetic. CursMdrun and stops hair fro, lalllna ant for COUCH8 0 0 and Cfti L00EI i r ENGAGEMENT NOW OUT. 24 Am ql SUI ft For low 1m Ortol tlckt fori I Ethel Weren't you urnrl .v- about my horse ruwiljJ away with me? Ernest Not very. I'd do th. nJ uing myseii u j got the chance. 14 you heard Now They Sleep Inside, George H. Beattle, Jeweler In tl old Arcade, and L. E. Ralston, auditor of tbe News, have Jointly and seven!- ly decided that Bleeping out in open Isn't all that It has been declared1 to be, says tbe Cleveland Leader. Tber were both In a deep snooze out it tie Beattle farm, near Chagrin Falls, M limMjf i mil other night when a runaway teas from the county fair city turned into the lane leading up to the Beattle tate and came along at full speed. Sound asleep, but dreaming of b pending danger, Ralston rolled out cl hla cot toward the north, and Beattle from his cot toward tbe south. Tit runaway horses dashed between the sleepers, oversetting everything la tta way, but- missing Beattle and Ralstoi - Since that slept In his town has found shelter roof of hla bouse ured. night Ralston hi' house and Beaitii under the amp! on his big pluw Uon. Love's Crime. a mortlv follnw Tot ittN as it seem, be wu W may prising POULTRY NOTES. O of a grave charge, a criminal offense-for had he not many tlcu i comn theft It requires some extra skill to raise stolen kisses from his fair pa to ' early chicks. Florida heartf During the winter the hens should Maude, one of the most lovable kiorback be fed cut steamed hay. to tn girls, was equally guilty as an a n t ,l.1 n I u lu I ct vuu I ..!.). uuiu ..ft uuaio sory; she received the stolen pro of laih nf ui nils birds that eat about twice as much as ed a v a hen will and produce nothing. dence in the other, however, and &. pi the m Thanksgiving turkeys always bring sentence was pronounced by a propel "Well, 3 good prices and the sooner the fattenly qualified official, they decldei lained, " mb, ant ing process is begun the bigger will serve their time together. be the turkey. They remained loyal to the eK h hogs Statistics go to prove that the bens neither making any effort to hij m to c In Uncle Sam's barnyard produce as their sentence abrogated or BhorteMt the tree much wealth in six months as his Iron but during the course of their m ey first mines yield In an entire year. term together several small otM loodpecke An excellent soft food for laying were directly chargeable to theaH ings run hens can be compounded by mixing' W. B. in Puck. s wheat bran to I hate to see a thing done i Far be clover leaves wet with scalding water. boMlM igly ob If you wish to catch a duck drive inl.oo. If If ha rlrht. An it npi undone.-cIt be leave him Into a corner and catch him by It wrong, pored m, ir chlcke the neck, using a stiff wire hook if llertlves i A FOOD DRINK. necessary. General Which Brings Dally Enjoyment No two pigeons have had the in4y servi fluence on the general make-uof the A ln4v Anrtnf wrltpfl '. heavy-weiganly, bti squab producers, equal hnurlv With IDT 0( 'He was "TI,..V to the Homer and the Runt. Save all the cull potatoes, cabbage affairs, I will not deny myneU retorted 1 ft of Ml; and beets for the fowls this winter. pleasure of taking a few obtii teemed i Vegetables are as Important an addl-Io- tell of my enjoyment daily or. from as meat to the feed for laying my morning cup Is a food beverage, not a hens. Teach those turkeys that they have Mrs. NuP eight V no right to roost anywhere but at ' to loo T nnntOfl tO. DUt v t home and you will come nearer to . Uvik uecKuon " - ..1.1.1. - - ." hry day." finding all of them about Thanksgiv- cause) cuiiec, wuitu t itparlr r. Nup per weary time. ing made my nights long him yoi Some breeders make a handsome be dreadea and unfitting w m tales ness during me aay. profit by preparing cockerels for market at this time of the year. Feed ... pn I co un me aavico ui j It carerwi ii."-them heavily and force them 1 by 'a tried Postum, making A' Ti directed nn tha nackage. fattening process. Go and no iui If your flock Is Bill. "Tl composed of half a always used 'cream K dozen different breeds, most or bo. It er them mixed . my Postum unkno -.an and . ,w mongrels, sell off the whole bunch was ciear uuu Jim. "Ye cow cream and start at once with pure bred tfers wbc rantJ eggs pleasure to see the alway' and a few well bred fowls. friend my Kentucky Life. "v tfi f In the Blue Homer, tbe White her coffee to look 'uw Homer, the Mondaln and the several dle;l. . . i.i.iiv.for varl. ties of Runts, we have "Block "Then I tasiea k c offet yi present to a great degree, the , the nrl most desirable tried many 'auDsuiuifa qnallt'es for stiunh irrmi.in was pleased, yes, Dd f back ' 'HUB t me Postum In taste ana """Vu 1S1T",.ngvete,abtenring.bonM, u , mu.-Ft nf .... ".... ury uroad and other yet, being a constant "raps through a hone cutter each day thyr,',,-....mrfrlecan ha n to th hens, you will o"l tkP teeth continually have egg, hen others have . - that thev w'u . none fsed, y0 recw It dot a not pHy to be and ye gl constantly place of coffee,I have fining up the farm Implement from Its use. and carcely n i am Have a place for eve ' bav can sleep Bound and tl Bee to It that ... .i.ttr it! "Thnra'a a Reason." It. ... rt ln ease of the poultry" Read "The Road to We,Ij!"' A 'W(lp.. Kli On egg farms the -tver reaaj m i profit fin you derived from egRs obtained in j w . .. . one appear from time W" re rjenulne. true, and u.!re nas always been a Interest ..tl,ri wttlT f f8gS 10 thu ' Ere, read '"'I ano . ifl ane anprara from ClotiTva va. t rv' two-third- one-thir- d p n ntr - ..,! im6ii Wl,l' 1 J . are rnalne, Inlrrrat. lri ' Clev |