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Show PLEASANT .GROVE REVIEW . f ' -4 ; f r ' I J 1 mm- House SERVICt (TWO The r u-i - or Ttic- nree Ganders Irving Bachelfei . CHAPTER X 13 Miss Spenlow Expresses New Sentiments. Senti-ments. THE) benevolent spirit of Miss Betsy Spenlow had entered upon a great sentimental adventure, tier face shone with a new enthusiasm. She arose and threw her arms around the boy and kissed hlra. ller . affectionate greeting wag a bore to him, but he took It with a cheerful countenance. "lou are growing so big and handsome!" hand-some!" she exclaimed. "Sit down. I want to tell you what has hap pened. I have got the sweetest, lit tle, teenty, weenty baby that you" ever saw." ; Shad turned with a look of astonishment. as-tonishment. "The doctor brought it here so that I could take it to the Home for the Friendless," she went on. "The little thing has got hold of my heart 'I don't know how I'm ever going to part with it. Just come into my bedroom and take a look at her. It's a little girl.". The boy had no Interest In babies, but he went. The child lay asleep, with a nursing bottle beside It, In a swinging brasl crib. Miss Spenlow lifted it in her arms and said: "Did you ever see anything so cun ning In your life? Look at that little hand." " To Shad the young child was red and smelly and unattractive, but he ' would not take Issue with a lady in such a matter. He"agreed with her like a gentleman. "Look at these dainty baby clothes," she went on. "The doctor brought them and the crib and everything." "Isn't it a great trouble to you?" Shod asked. "Not a bit. The young girls come in and help me take care of It night and morning. I was never so "happy i in my life as I am with this baby." She put it back in Its crib and they returned to the sitting room. "Had you heard that Deacon ritimb was dead?" she asked. "Yes, I read of It in the Canton paper." "What a pity I" she exclaimed. "If there ever was a good Christian man in this world, it was Deacon Plumb. He left Ave hundred dollars dol-lars to the Home for the Friendless." Shad remembered how fussy the deacon had been about his mall. Wben iold that there was nonefor him he was wont to stare sternly at the boy as If he didn't believe it, and go away muttering. Miss Spenlow added: "I have written a poem which was read at the church sociable the other evening. eve-ning. Some said that It ought to --be published. I will read it to you." She went to her room and fetched the poem and read It In a tender voice. How appropriate was Its title: ti-tle: "Lurking Terlls"! The keynote of her life was.-caution a leal for safety. There were those who said it was In. part responsible for her continued maidenhood. She loved the people of Amity Dam young and bid. The chairman of the Infant committee com-mittee of the nome for the Friendless Friend-less had a deep solicitude for the welfare of her neighbors. Indeed It was impossible for any respectable respect-able person to be qult& friendless In this community. Shad was never to forget the poem. There was no magle In Us while Miss Spenlow stood beating time with a ruler : Around the throne of God In Heaven Tan thousand children stand. Children whose sins are all forgiven, A holy, happy band. Singing glory, glory, Glory be to God on high. "Hear that holy, happy band of little devils," said the cynical Bony. "She's now after the ' swelled thumbs an' rusty nails of sin. I'm glad that I don't git so scared about safety. I don't believe that Cod would like me any better If I stood on a crack in the floor an sang them silly songs. Gosh I The ol' maid gits worse an' worse. She's got that baby an expects me to hold It while she's airln- out the bedroom for the night an' monkey ing around fetchln' the milk from the kitchen. If I git a scratch on my finger it has to, be doctored an' fussed with an' done up. Sometimes Some-times she'll collar me an' make me set down while she reads p'otry to me or the sermon o' some ol' min Ister. It's awful.' She reads the Sunday newspapers an', believes everything that's in 'em. Sets and tells how the world is goln' to freeze up an' kill everybody or how It's In danger o' beln' run Into an' smashed by a comet. I don't know what a comet is, but It's one of her lurkln' perils. They're klllln' me. I can't stan it. One o' these days I'm a-goin' to. light out" "Don't do it. She's an awful good woman." ' "I know It, but I git sick o' beln' sniffed over an' doctored an read to an' prayer for, an' I hate babies." "It is awful but it might be' worse." Shad answered. "Stick to it I have hopes of amounting to something and if I succeed I'm going go-ing to take you along with me. That's what I'm going to do. I never forget a friend. You wait and see." Shad swore Bony to secrecy and told him of the late phases In the re-markabl re-markabl e problem t A h e . P eople lines. It was a plain-spoken herald and-, avatar of the new science of bacteriology to-which the good lady bad given her faith. Thus it ran : , LURKING PERILS j Demetrius Lorenzo Plumb . I Rafl a silver In his thumb And sought It with a pin. His hand arid arm began 'to swell. A fever on his system fell. Blood polspnjgset in. He died. O friends! beware, I pray, Of lurking perils In your way. I While you can draw life's breath. Wood silvers, pins and rusty nails. Eharp edges on old pans and palls, Jtfay bold the sting of death. "Lurking perils 1" she exclaimed In a tender tone. "They are constantly con-stantly taking their toll of precious lives. The people should be warned." ' She.enlarged the list of them, nec essarily limited in the poem, for Shad's benefit ' At this point Shad was rescued by the arrival of Bony, who had been mending Iiis canoe. Shad wrote a letter to Colonel Blake, In which he reported the news which had come out In his Interview with the doctor. This none, he and Bony talked a while. The. doctor's hired girl came in' to sit with the baby while--Miss 'Sren- ..low west to Sunday school. She was Its superintendent. Soon the boys set out afoot for ..Crown's cove As they passed the basement of the little church they could hear the -gunday school children singing and of the capture of Algyre. "It's wonderful what you've done," said Bony. "I heard 'em tellln' In the .store that the district attorney thought you was the most promlsin' boy that he had ever seen." Shad smiled and was silent for a little time. The words had quickened quick-ened the beating of his heart. They were bread to his soul. "I don't know what he thinks," Shad answered. "He's never told me. I ra going to do my best to please him. That's all I can do. "I feel sorry for poor ol' Bumpy He was up at the Dam while you was away to see if there was any letter for him. 01' Doran was In the store an' abused him shameful called him a liar an' a thief an murderer. Bumpy walked away an never said a word. When that ol' pup Dorah got out o' the store called" him every tame I could lay my tongue to." Shad answered: "The poor old man never said a word to me about it. He must have a heavy heart In him, but he keeps cheerful. There's something kind o' wonderful about him. I know a lot I couldn't tell not yet." "There ain't one o' them pin heads that does so much talkie that's fit to black his shoes." They were nearing the little house In Brown's cove. Bumpy, who had been watching the trail through a window as he worked, hustled out of the front door to greet them "Hurry up, you pair of young gan ders," he shouted. "The old goose Is ready an' gmokin hot Come on." It was then that Shad gave the little bouse a name which -passed into history. It was suggested by like names In the novels of Reade and Dickens. 4 "Let's call' It The House of the Three Ganders," he proposed. "I agree, an' that makes a majority," ma-jority," said Bumpy. "Hurry now an git washed up an' yer hairs combed." t slaps hlra on the back an' says, '01' boy, put 'er there. lou've done grand. Hereafter you'll have all the' land an' money ye . want an' nothln" to do but look as beautiful as ye can an' be a gentleman .an' my friend, an' yer oldest boy shall be a lord an' yer 'daughters shall be grand ladles.' "Ye see a kingdom was a kind of a doll factory where ladies an' gentlemen gen-tlemen was made an' dressed up an' sold to the people. An1 the people give 'em castles to live in an' horses an hounds to play with. The people peo-ple has to have some one that wears velvet coats an gowns an' looks grand an' does more or less cuttln' up. It gives 'em suthin' to wonder won-der at an talk about. What would the folks do In Amity Dam if everybody every-body was good. Their mouths would dry up an' their tongues would git partysed." When night tame Shad sa under the evening lamp with Bumpy and they discussed the great battles of the people for their .liberty with the State, the barons and the Church of which he had been reading. In three days he ;had a fairly good un derstanding of the background of the "Commentaries" of Sir William Blackstone. "I'd say your gun was tol'able well loaded," said the oldman in their last review. "1 guess ftie colonel colo-nel will Jump when you shoot It off at him. He'll break down an' holler hol-ler fer help." "I couldn't nave done half so much If It hadn't been for the doc tor," Shad answered. "It's a good thing for a boy to know how to pick out his friends," Bumpy declared." - Saturday morning Shad went up to the Dam for the mall and need- 4U "Let's Call It the House of the - -Three Gandere.'8 : ed provisions. He received a let ter from Colonel Blake which said: "My dear boy: I have some good news. lou look for me Sunday about one o'clock at Brown's Cove for another dinner with you and Bumpy. Tell him that I have not forgotten the Elysium of peace and CHAPTER XI Important Events In the House of the Three Ganders. TpHE weather turned stormy. At daylight the air was full of rain flying in the wind. Shad brought In a good supply of "wood and water and sat down with his task while the raindrops hissed upon the roof and window-panes. The doctor had sent, down his big Webster's diction ary. Shad got far along with "The Youth's History of England" that day. Bumpy was a real help to the boy while the reading progressed. pro-gressed. In his droll way he explained ex-plained how dukes, lords, barons an4 pope were Btade nahaw:as-wtttr"Sllg5"fiessing and" basting Its expected of them. "A lord was a man who fit good to battle," he explained. "The king buy a good fat turkeynnd whatever else you may need and charge the cost to me. Don't worry about the 'Commentaries.' You are young yet for that kind of food." Fowls were every day coming down from the hills to market. Shad found one to his liking at Smlthers' store. That done, he went to the doctor's house. The learned man In his great coonskin coat stood by his cutter at the door. He was about to begin his rounds of the country. He called the boy aside and said: "The young woman Is getting better. She has promised to com-, mft to me important revelations. I may get them on my next visit Say nothing of this to anyone. I don't want her to be harried by lawyers. She is not yet out of danger. - A moment of undue excitement might be fatal to her and to the hope I have of serving Justice.' We must be patlent" With that the doctor shook the boy's hand, got Into his waiting cutter and drove away. .. Shad returned to the store and, with a weU-fllled basket in one hand and a kerosene can In the other, set out for Brown's cove. He had Intended to Invite Bony down to dinner but with Colonel Blake coming com-ing for a talk his youngs friend would be In the way. However, the prospect of seeing his beloved chief allayed his disappointment Bumpy was elated by the colonel's compliment and the prospect of having hav-ing the distinguished lawyer at bis table again. "Talk about 'lysiumsl That's a long Jump ahead o' me, but I m a -goln' to cook him a turkey that'll make the hair grow on his bald head." Bumpy had a peculiar way of stor ing his meat In winter. There was a pulley In the roof-beam tinder the overhang outside the front door. The turkey, well, wrapped In cheese cloth and fast to the end of a cord, was hauled Jup to the peak, where It hung through the night beyond the reach of coons or foxes. After supper that night they sat under the evening lamp and went on with the adventures of Pip In the humble home of Joe Gargery until bedtime. " Nest morning Bumpy- prepared the turkey for the oven, stuffing it turkey was shoved into It and the doors closed. At that moment he began to look solemn and refused to talk or to allow any Interference In the matter of keeping the fire right "Now don't talk to me none," he would say. "This Job has got to be done right. . i'ou run down to Warner'a an' git a pint o' cream. Hurry up." He was almost Imperious when practicing his beloved art., Often be was reaching into the hot oven with a long handled spoon and ladling the drip over the upturned up-turned browning breast of the tur key. , As often he felt the boiling potatoes with his fork. Shad returned with the pitcher of cream. "Now set the table an keep an eye out for Colonel Blake," Bumpy commanded. "I don't want to be took by surprise. If he don't come on time we'll hang him without a trial." The table set, Shad stood by the window watching the trail. The turkey was hauled out of the oven. Bumpy peeled his potatoes. He put them In the spider and mashed and stirred them, adding cream and butter but-ter and salt and pepper with a cunning cun-ning hand. "Here he comes!" the boy called. "Throw open them doors quick," Bumpy commanded. "There's a leetle too much dinner In the air o' this room. He shoved his turkey Into the cooled oven and closed Its doors to protect It -from the draft. "Hello I" the colonel shouted as he came In. "I hope that, the dinner is as ready as I am." "We was scared for fear It would be too ready," Bumpy answered. "A good dinner loses Its temper If It has to wait It gits kind o dis agreeable. The old man stirred the fire a lit tle and put his coffee on the stove. "Watch It now an' don't let it bile," he said to Shad. "I'm goln' to git some cider fer the colonel that has a razor edge on It." H was especially careful in the making of coffee with a fixed rule . as to quantities and temperature. The second it began to bubble the pot was set in a pan of hot water, there to remain until It was served, but never long. It was a beverage to.be remembered. Shad and Colonel Blake sat down at the table. Proudly Bumpy stood at Its head betwe.cn them and carved the turkey. What a fragrance and flavor were in the tender flesh of the bird and the mashed potatoes 1 The coffee was a joy. They spent a delightful hour at the table. The turkey eaten, Bumpy brought on a pumpkin pie. "It's a surprise," he said. "I made. It yestorday-while-Shad was-away. was-away. A wedge o' that will finish CROWNS HIS QUEEN "Marie's hubby calls her a queen.1 "Yes. He's Just the kind who'd crown her when be gets het home ON AND OFF First Critic I hear they're going to give Scribbler's comedy a pre sentation. . : Second Critic When Is It com ing off? First Critic About a week after It's put on, I guess. NOT IN TALKING the Job." "That will require another cup of coffee," said the colonel. He ate' his pie and added:, ''You could do a good business In our town as a caterer. ca-terer. I'll give' you twenty dollars to come and cook our Christmas din ner for us." "Does your little daughter take after your wife?" Joy I found under his roof. Go and "My "clothes ain't fit fer goln' out In comp'ny." ''I've got that all fixed," the colonel colo-nel went on. "You and Bony are to go down to Ashfleld and get a complete outfit at my expense. You shall have a credit of fifty dollars at the store. See that you snend all of It. Don't scrimp." "It's liberal," said Bumpy. With a smiling face he began to pick up the dishes. The colonel lighted his cigar. When the dishes were washed and put away the old man excused himself as usual and went out to cut wood. The lawyer began his story.. "Shad, we' have been sitting at table with the most remarkable character h have known. I have been over to Burlington to see old Colonel Grimes of whom one day Bumpy spoke, perhaps Inadvertently. Inadvertent-ly. The colonel reports that WIU Ham Brown was the best and bravest soldier In his regiment; that he had told Lincoln of Brown's heroic he-roic fighting at Gettysburg and that the President had said that he would be glad to see the young sol-" dler at the White. House. Grimes told me that Bumpy refused to go for fear that he would miss a battle. bat-tle. "The first thing of importance that I have to communicate to you Is this : Bumpy is not the liar he Is supposed to be in these parts. He has pcohably been telling the truth. It is a fact that a man who has the habit of drinking too much ruins his, credit among the people who know him. He was getting no. pension. Therefore many assumed that his tales of heroic adventure were made out of whole cloth. The world we live In la rather harsh and tmeharitabl-e.'' - "I guess that Bony and I have been a little like that ourselves," Shad answered with a twinge of remorse. re-morse. ' (TO BB COXTINXED.) "Liverwort j "Wort" Is derived from the Anglo- j Saxon "write" and means plant The plant known as liverwort was so called from aa ancient belief that It wns a curative for liver trou- i bles. "Np. Wliy she's nearly three years old and she .can't say more than eight or ten words?" SHOWED HONESTY "Is he absolutely honest?" "Yes, Indeed. He wouldn't even take lumber from the new house that is being built next to him." HAD SEEN EVERYTHING Insects Cut Profits; of Vegetable Patch ' Gardeners Pay Big Toll to These Enemies. A tax of four or five million dollars dol-lars Is collected annually In Illinois by insects that damage vegetable crops, according to a circular which the college of agriculture, University Univer-sity of Illinois, has issued as a means of helping gardeners and truck growers save these tosses. Truck growers and gardeners are paying more attention to losses caused by insects than they did a few years ago and they will have to fight these pesta even harder In the future If the growing of vegetables is to be profitable, according to the circular. No vegetable crop Is without with-out lt pests. Damage ranges from 10 per cent or less on soma crops to SO per cent or more on others. Occasionally an entire crop Is lost Both' spraying and dusting sys tems and cultural methods that have been found most effective in combating the more common Insect pests of truck and, garden crops are described In the circular. Im portant points In the life history, together with a brief description of each Insect, are given In order that the grower may apply control measures meas-ures more intelligently. Each Insect In-sect is considered In the order of Its Importance under the crop upon which it is usually most abund?t and destructive. v r rr sj V. O'tr hill .od dK 1 Who know th, ZST ' And, i th, bnMT.it' arcaiiuiy, 3H Oats as Starting Feed Said to Prevent BToat Oats as a starting feed for beef cattle prevents bloat, according to information obtained by Louis Vlnke, Montana State" college. Trials were conducted with several fattening grains and alfalfa. The greatest number of bloat cases oc curred In the group fed barley and alfalfa. In most cases the critical period occurred when the . eattle were receiving from five to seven pounds of grain a day. Few cases occurred after this period had passed. Oats - as a starting feed proved 100 per cent effective in pre venting bloat at Havre and Boze-man Boze-man during two years. Similar experiments ex-periments at the Colorado experiment experi-ment station confirmed these tests. The plan which seems most effec tive among several tried Is to start the steers on two pounds of oats a head a day. As the appetite devel ops the amount of oats is Increased until the critical period is past. Then the fattening grains are grad ually substituted for oats. This change. requires about two weeks. Uncle Ba "Mebbe it's wrnn Eben, "to count a A' iavonn' unemployment to keep some pore nil; Dusy. Washington Capper'g Farmer. Taking Care of Wool Wool growers are again urged to exercise care in preparing the clip for sale. One of the first steps Is to keep the fleece as clean as pos slble before it Is taken from the sheep; keep the animals away from strawstacks anoLouLof hurry jweed patches as much as possible. Shear only when the wool Is dry and In a clean place. Clip off the tags and stained wool and keep out dirt and chaff. Roll the fleece with the flesh side out taking care to keep it In one piece. Tie each fleece separately with paper twine. a ever use binder twine or string. Pack the dead, gray, seedy, burry wool and tags separately. Ex change. "Don't yo know that smoking will shorten your life, my boy?" . aont care. . Tve everything dere is." seen CHEW IT CAREFULLY And Probably Win A -Michu-m-proiessur- assort that Sudan Emergency Crop feudan grass is a good pasture ana hay crop for emergencies. Since It is a hot weather croD. It should not be plantedi-until after me corn is in. Sudan can be drilled In rows or broadcast and will provide an abundance of feed. Some farmers cut two crops of hay rrora sudan by taking off the first crop as soou as the first heads appear. ap-pear. . The sudan Is more resistant to Insect damage than some other crops. Caution must be taken not to turn live stock onto It too early or the yield "will be seriously reduced. re-duced. Sudan seed should be used at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds per acre rrairie Farmer. . breast and sides with strirs of weli-cured weli-cured bacon. When the oven was judged to be hot enough the panned uu.ui 17 i (jiii it ii n r rnn - ori.y the nvntally carable should be doctor. It seems that I ,.,.,. permitted to vote, but the other kind, anything." of rmi r.'.i .. .II ..:., . . offic.-Daton Daily Xewi ! and be surTtfl ch.l ,t ?Hl i i u the fact that "eat deal 1 -- - - maQ 09 mr to chew It thoroughly. ! of labor was saved. i Agricultural Notes ' Clean-up the farm woodlot during dur-ing spare hours. Potato 'seed should be warmed thoroughly before planting. .- The best silage Is made from corn that Is glazed before the corn Is cut Use bacterial cultures sold for Inoculating In-oculating legumes while they arw still fresh, urges the New Tork ex. perlment station. For best success with orchards and small fruits, protection must be provided. A good shelter belt of trees Is an asset to any farm " Illinois has 56 herds of cattle accredited ac-credited as being free from Bang disease. More than 750 herds are j now enrolled in a cleanup project ! under the supervision of the University Uni-versity of Illinois department of agriculture. . : - W!sons!n tests show that Rtr9 , fed once a day gained just as rapid ly as tnose red twice a day in ad Ex-Cel'Ci. cv Beauty Cu!? 121-223 Mi iBllwiW YOUR OPPORTi! lumirsestBiHOScWrtbte " train, mm nan. mTriti Urteasi Typical Sera! Maybe they are ed servants because a seni mind wasting things $ to someDody else.-M . Times. Ask For 'FOREST DALF-Pcti THIS WEEK'S PRCS "Spring with lit pralit Cftecr". tunny dan, itanmj and ipring hosw-doiitr-l buy hoawMe witk twim meala continually tnUrnptiii Th solution ia simple, H ikt. and faithful ally. Interna Product. 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