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Show THE The SYNOPSIS. Arriving at the lon- ely little railroad station of El Cajon, New Mexico, Madeline Hammond, New York society girl, finds no one to meet her. While in the waitintt room, a drunken cowboy enters, asks If she Is married, and departs, He returns leaving her terrified. with a priest, who goes through some sort of ceremony, and the cowboy forces her to say "SI." fifing her name and learning her Identity the cowboy seems dazed, Tri a shooting scrape outside the room a Mexican Is killed. The cowboy lets a girl, Bonlta, take his horse and escape, then conducts Madeline to Morence Klngsley, friend of her brother. Florence welcomes her, learns her story, and dismisses the cowboy. Gene Stewart. Next day Alfred Hammond, Madeline's brother, takes Stewart to task. Madeline exonerates him of any wrong Intent. Alfred, scion of a wealthy family, had been dismissed from his home because of his dissipation. Madeline sees that the West has releemed him. She meets Stillwell, Al's employer, typical western ranchman. Stillwell tells her how Stewart beat up the sheriff to save her from arrest and then lit out for the border. Danny Mains, one of Btillwell's cowboys, 's has disappeared, with some of money. His friends link his name with the girl Bonita. Madeline gets a glimpse of life on a western ranch. Stewart sends Madeline his horse Majesty. She buys out Stillwell and "Her Majesty's Rancho" becomes famous. She finds ha life work under "The of Western Stars." Light Still-well- CHAPTER VII. Continued. Sometimes she thought of her parents, sister, friends, of how they had persistently refused to believe she could or would stay in the West, They were always asking her to come home. She wrote that she would return to her old home some time, of course, for it visit; and letters such as this brought returns that amused Madeline, soipetimes saddened her. Her father's business had been such that lie could not leave it for the time required for a western trip, or else. according to his letter, be would have come for her. Mrs. Hammond could not have been driven to cross the Hudson river; her Idea of the wilderness westward vas that Indians still chased buffalo on the out skirts of Chicago. ' Madeline's sister Helen had long been eager to come, as from Madeline much curiosity, thought, as from sisterly regard. And t lengtK Madeline concluded that the proof of her breaking permanent ties might better be seen by visiting rela tlves and friends before she went back East. With that In mind she Invited Helen to visit her during the summer, and bring as many friends as she liked. No slight task Indeed was It to over see the many business details of Her Majesty's Rancho and to keep a record of them. Madeline found the course of business training upon which her father had Insisted to be Invalu able to her now. "it helped her to as similate and arrange the practical as put forth details of euttle-rnlsin- g by the blunt Stillwell. She established an extensive vegetable farm, and she planted orchards. The climate was superior to that of California, and. with abundant water, trees and plants and gardens nourished and bloomed In a way wonderful to behold. Here In tne funning section of the ranch Madeline found employment f'r the little colony of Mexicans. Their lives hud been as hard and barren as the dry .alley where they had lived. But ns the valley had been transformed by Hie soft, rich touch of water, so tliflr lives bid been transformed ly he'p and syjVathy snd work. The children wr wretched no more, and many that tad been Mind could now see, and Madeline had become to them a new and Virgin. Madeline looked abroad over these lands and lUened the ebonite in them and those vho lived by them to the change In hr heart. It may have been fnft--y- , but the sun seemed to be brighter, tie sky bluer, the wind sweeter. Certain It was that the deep green of g'ass and garden was tiot fancy, nor fhe white and pink of blos som, nor the blaze and perfume of flower, nor the sheen of lake and the leaves. Where fluttering of new-bor- n there had been monotonous gray there was now vivid and changing color. Formerly there had been silence both day and night; now during the sunny hours there wan music. The whistle of prancing stallions pealed In from the grasey ridges. Innumerable bird bad come and, like the northwarra- Journeylng docks, they had tarried to and tay. The song of meadow-larblackbird and robin, familiar to Made line from childhood, mingled with the new and strange song and the piercing of the mocking-birblast of the desert eagle and the mel ancholy moan of the turtle-dovk heart-throbbin- g e. CHAPTER VIII El (ttt1lweir Capita. Interest In the revolntlon aero the Mexican line bad manifestly Increased with the news that Gene Rtewart had achieved distinction with the rebel forces. Thereafter the old cattleman sent for F.I I'sso and Dongla newspapers, wrote to rsnchmm he knew on the big bend of the Hlo Grande, snd be would talk Indefinitely to anyone who would listen to him. Tbwe appre4 to be bo doubt that the cowboy had performed some daring feats for the rebels. Madeline found his name mentioned In several of the border papers. When the rebels under Madero stormed and captured the city of Juarez, Stewart did fight ing that won him the name of El Capl tan. This battle apparently ended the revolution. The capitulation of President Diaz followed shortly, .and there was a feeling of relief among ranchers on the border from Texas to California. Nothing more was heard of Gene Stewart until April, when a report reached Stillwell that the cowboy hnd arrived in El Cajon, evidently hunting trouble. The old cattleman saddled a horse and started post-hast- e for town. In two days he returned, depressed In spirit. Madeline hap pened to be present when Stillwell talked to Alfred. 'Wal, it's sure amazln' strange about Gene. It's got me locoed. He arrived in El Cajon week or so ago. He was trained down like as If he'd been rldin' the range all winter. He had plenty of money Mex., they said. An' all the Greasers was crazy about him. Called him El Capltan. He got drunk an' went roarln' round fer Pat Hawe. You remember that Greaser who was plugged last October the night Miss Majesty arrived? Wal, he's dald, an' to lay people say thet Pat is thet klllln' onto Gene. I reckon thet's jest talk, though Pat Is mean enough' to do It; If he hed the nerve. Anyway, If he was In El Cajon he kept mighty much to hisself. Gene walked up an' down, up an' down, all day an' night, lookln' fer Pat Then Gene met Danny an tried to get Danny drunk. An' he couldn't I What do you think of that? Danny hedn't been drinkln' wouldn't touch a drop. I'm sure glad of thet, but It's so amazln' strange. Why, Danny was a fish fer red liquor. I guess he an' Gene had some pretty hard words, though I'm not sure about thet Anyway, Gene went down to the railroad an' he got on an engine, an' he was In the engine when It pulled out I jest hed an Idee, Miss Majesty. If I can get him, Gene Stewart Is the cowboy I want for my foreman. He can manage this bunch of that are drlvln' me dotty. What's more, since he's fought fer the rebels an' got that name El Capltan, all the Greasers In the coun try will kneel to him. Now, Miss Majesty, we hevn't got rid of Don Carlos an' his vaqueros yet 1 don't like the looks of things little bit. I'll tell you now thet Don Carlos knows somethln' about the cattle 1 lost, an' thet you've been losln' right along. Thet Greaser Is hand an' glove with the rebels. I'm wlllin to gamble .thet when he does get out he an' his vaqueros will make another one of the bands of guerrillas thet are This revolution the border. ain't over yet It's Jest commenced. An' these gangs of outlaws are goln' to take advantage of It We'll see some old times, mehbe. Wal, I need Gene Stewart. I need him bad. Will you let me hire him. Miss Majesty, If I can get him straightened opt" The old cattleman ended huskily. "Stillwell, by all means find Stew art, and do not wait to straighten blm up. Bring him to the ranch," replied NEPHI, UTAH S, western Starsir OF NEVER TOO LATE TIMES-NEW- By Zane Grey Copyright by Harper and Brothers valor with the fighting rebels, and all this strange regard for him, especially that of her brother, made her exceed ingly regret the cowboy's present be havior. Meanwhile Stillwell was so earnest and zealous that one not familiar with the situation would have believed he was trying to find and reclaim his own son. He made several trips to little stations in the valley, and from these he returned with a gloomy face. Made line got the details from Alfred. Stewart was going from bad to worse drunk, disorderly, savage, sure to land in the penitentiary. Then came report that hurried Stillwell off to Rodeo. He returned on the third day, a crushed man. He had been so Dit- terly hurt that no one, not even Madeline, could get out of him what had happened. He admitted finding Stew art, failing to Influence him ; and when the old cattleman got so far he turned purple In the face and talked to himself, as if dazed: "But Gene was drunk. He was drunk, or he couldn't hev treated old Bill like thet!" Madeline was stirred with an anger toward the brutal cowboy that was as strong as her sorrow for the loyal old cattleman. And it was when Stillwell gave up that she resolved to take a hand. She yearned to have the faith in human nature that Stillwell had in Stewart. She sent Nels, mounted upon his own horse, and leading Majesty, to Rodeo In search of Stewart Nels had instructions to bring Stewart back to In due time Nels rethe ranch. turned, leading the roan without a rider. "Yep, I shore found him," replied Nels, when questioned. "Found him half sobered up. He'd been In a scrap, an' somebody hed put him to sleep, 1 guess. Wal, when he seen thet roan hoss he let out a yell an' grabbed him round the neck. The hoss hnowed him, all right Then Gene hugged the hoss an' cried cried like l never seen no one who cried like he did. 1 waited awhile, an was Jest goin' to say somethln to him when he turned mad as fire. 'Nels,' on me he said, 'I care a h I of a lot fer thet hoss, an' I liked you pretty well, but If you don't take biro, away quick I'll shoot you both.' Wal, I lit out I didn't even git to say howdy to him." "Nels, you think It useless any attempt to see him persuade him 7" asked Madeline. "I shore do, Miss Hammond," replied Nels, gravely. "I've seen a few d an locoed an' and skunk-bitteIn my day, but Gene Stewart beats 'em all. He's shore runnln' wild fer the divide." Madeline dismissed Nels, but before he got out of earshot she heard him speak to Stillwell, who awaited him on the porch. "Bill, put this In your pipe an' smoke It none of them scraps CJene has hed was over a woman I It used to be tliet when he was drunk he'd Madeline. scrap over every pretty Greaser girl Thanking her, Stillwell led his horse he'd run across. Wal, Gene's scrap-pinow Is Jest to git shot up hisaway. Madeline had discovered that a good self, for some reason thet only God deal of her sympathy for Stillwell in Almighty knows." his hunt for the reckless Stewart had Nels' story of how Stewart wept Insensibly grown to be sympathy for over his horse Influenced Madeline the cowboy. It was rather a paradox, powerfully. Her next move was to persunde Alfred to see If he could not do better with this doggedly bent cow boy. Alfred needed only a word of persuasion, for he snld he hod considered going to Rodeo of his own accord. He went and returned alone. "Majesty, I can't expjaln Stewart's slngulnr actions," said Alfred, "lie has changed terribly. I fancy his once magnificent strength Is breaking. It 1 It actually hurt me to look nt him. couldn't have fetched him back here not as he U now. Hill did all any man could do for another. We've nil done our best for Stewart. If you'd been given a chance perhaps you could have saved him. But It's too late. Put It out of mind now, denr." Madeline, however, did not forget nor give It up. Days passed, and each one brought additional gossip of Stewart's headlong career toward the fMti Yuma ienltcntlnry. For he had crossed the line Into Cochise county, Arizona, where sheriffs kept a stricter observance of law. Finally letter came from a friend of Nels' In Chlrlcahua Us-saying that Stewart had leen hurt In a brawl there. This epistle Inclosed n 4 letter to Stewart from his sister. Evidently, It had been found upon hlin. "Gens Walked up an' Down, Up an It told a story of Illness and made an Down, All Day and Night, Lookirr appeal for aid. Nels' friend forwarded this letter without Stewart's knowlftr Pat" edge, thinking Stillwell might care to he thought, that opposed to the con help Stewart's family. Stewart had tinual reports of Stewart's wildness no money, be said. The sister's letter found Its way to at he cn roused from town to town were the continual expressions of good Madeline. She resd It, tears In her will and faith and hope universally eyes. It told Madeline much more given out by thosv. near her at the than Its brief story of Illness and povranch. Stillwell loved the cowboy erty and wonder why Oene had not Florence was fond of Mm ; Alfred written home for so long. It told of liked and admired him, pitied him; motherly love, sisterly love, brotherly the cowboys swore their regard for love dear family ties that had not him the more I.e disgraced himself. been broken. It spoke of pride In thli The Mexicans called him Kl Oran El Capltan brother who had liecinie Capltan. Madeline's personal opinion famous. It was signed "your loving of Stewart had not changed In the sister Ietty." Not Improbably. Madeline revolved least since the night It hnd been formed. Hut cprtsln attribute of his. In her mind, this letter was one reason not dearly defined In her mind, and for Stewart's heulitrong. the gift of his beautiful bursa, his abatement 1; hal been received har-assl- n' red-eye- d, snake-poisone- d n rs n' - too late after he had squandered the money that would have meant so much to mother and sister. Be that as It might, Madeline Immediately sent a bank-draf- t to Stewart's sister with a letter explaining that the money was drawn In advance on Stewart's salary. This done, she Impulsively determined to go to Chirlcahutt herself. Nels, when Madeline asked htm to accompany her to Chlrlcahua, replied, reluctantly, that he would rather follow on his horse. However, she prevailed over his hesitancy, and with Florence also in the car they set out. For miles and miles the valley road was smooth, and slightly And when speeding wus downhill. perfectly safe, Madeline was not averse to It And when the car stopped In the wide, dusty street of Chlrlcahua Nels gladly tumbled out. "Nels, we shall wait here In the car while you find Stewart," said Madeline. Nels crossed the railroad track and disappeared behind the low, flat houses. After a little time he reappeared and hurried up to the car. "Miss Hammond, I found him," snld Nels. "He was sleepln. I woke him. He's sober an' not bad hurt; but I don't believe you ought to see hlra. Mebbe Florence ' "Nels, I want to see him myself. Why not? What did he say when you told him I was here?" "Shore I didn't tell him that. I Jest says,- 'Hullo, Gene I' an' he says, 'My Gawd! Nels! mebbe I ain't glad to see a human bein'.' He asked me who was with me, an' I told htm Link an' some friends. I said I'd fetch them in. He hollered at thet. But I went, anyway. Now, If you really will see him, Miss Hammond, it's a good chance. But shore it's a touchy matter, an' you'll be some sick at sight of him. He's layln in a Greaser hole over here. Likely the Greasers hev been kind to him. But they're shore a poor lot." Madeline did not hesitate n moment. "Thank you, Nels. Take me at once. Come, Florence." They left the car. now surrounded Mexican children, and by guplng-eyecrossed the dusty space to a narrow lane between red adobe walls. Passing by several houses, Nels stopped at the door of what appeared to be an alleyway leading back. It was filthy. "He's In there, round thet first corner. It's a patio, open an' sunny. An', Miss Hammond, If you don't mind, I'll wait here for you. I reckon Gene wouldn't like any fellers around when he sees you girls." "Florence, you wait also," said Madeline, at the doorway, and turned In alone. And she had stepped into a broken-dow- n patio littered with alfalfa straw and debris, all clear In the sunlight. Upon a bench, back toward her, sat a man looking out through the rents In the broken wall. He had not heard her. Madeline did not recognize Stew-nr- t. The side of his face exposed to her was black, bruised, bearded. His clothes were ragged and soiled. There were bits of alfalfa In his hair. IIli shoulders sagged. He made a wretched and hopeless figure sitting there. Madeline divined something of why Nels shrank from being present. "Mr. Stewart. It Is I. Miss Hammond, come to see you," she said. lie grew suddenly perfectly motionless, ns If he had been changed to stone. She repeated her greeting. Ills body Jerked. He moved violently as if instinctively to turn and face this Intruder; but a more violent movement checked him. How singular Madeline waited. that this ruined cowboy hud pride which kept him from showing his fare! And wus It not shame more than hard-packe- rrlde? "Go away," he muttered. "Mr. Stewart '" she began. "I have come to help you. Will you let me?" "For God's sake! You you " he choked over the words, "Go nwnyl" "Stewart, perhaps It whs for God's sake that 1 catne," snld Madeline, gently. "Surely It was for your and your sifter's " Madeline bit r tongue, for she hail not meant to her knowledge of Letty. lie groaned, and, staggering tip to the broken wall, he leaned there with his face hidden. Madeline reflected thot perhaps the slip of speech had been well. "Stewart, plensn let me say what I have to say?" He was silent And she gathered courage and Inspiration. "Stillwell U deeply hurt, deeply grieved thnt he could not turn you bark from this this fatal course. My brother is, also. They wanted to help you. And so do I. I have come, thinking somehow I might succeed where they have foiled. Nels brought your sister's letter. I I read It. I was only the more determined to try to hilp you. and Indirectly help your mother Btd Ietty. Stewart, we want you to come to the ranch. My cowboys are without a capable leader. Will you come?" "No," he answered. "Hut Stillwell wants you so badly." "No." "Stewart, I want you to come." "No." Ills replies hnd been hoarse, loud, furious. All his motions, like hU speech, hnd been violent. "Will you please go he asked. "Stewart, certainly 1 cannot renin in htt longer If yoj Insist upon my go h-- be-trn-y injr Requirements Outlined for Good Dairy Ration ing. But why not listen to me when I want so much to help you? Why?" "I'm a d d blackguard." he burst out. "But I was a gentleman once, and I'm not so low that 1 can stand for you seeing nie here." "When I made up my mind to help you I made It up to see jou wherever you were. Stewart, com away, come buck with us to the ranch. When you are among friends again you will get well. You will be your old self. The very fact that you were once a gentle-mnn- , that you come of good family, makes you owe so much more to your self. Why, Stewart, think how young you are! It Is a shame to waste your life. Come back with me." "Miss Hammond, this was my last plunge," he replied, despondently. "It's too late." "At least make an effort, Stewart Try !" "No. There's ne use. I'm done for Please leave me Oank you for " He had been savage, then sullen, and now he was grim. Madeline all but lost power to resist his Strang, The requirements of a good dairy ration are: 1. It must be balanced. 2. It should be palatable. 3. It must be laxative. 4. It should be sufficiently 5. It should contain a variety bulky. of feeds. 6. It must be adapted for milk production. 7. It should b of lowest possible cost In order to feed cows economically It Is essential thut the roughage be. produced on the farm. Home grown feeds cost less than if purchased. Many farms cun also produce some grain feeds. A good cow will require the following feed for a year: ton Roughage 4 tons silage, 1 legume hay alfalfa, cowpeas or peanut; 1 ton sudan sorghum or kaflr. fed green when pastures are dry or an extra ton of silage provided for the dry season ; 1 acre wheat, oats or rye, for winter pasture. Grain Ration 700 pounds corn, kaflr or barley chop ; 400 pound cottonseed meal or peanut meat; 200 pounds wheat bran. (Some ground onts'can be substituted If desired, or the amount of bran Increased, depending upon the roughage available.) Heavy milk producers may ;need some grain even when on a good grass pasture. A Jersey cow giving the following amounts of milk per day can profitably ' be fed grain as Indicated: 20 pounds mlllk, 3 pounds grain; 30 pounds milk, 5V4 pounds grain ; 40 pounds milk, 8 pounds grain. Holstein cows: 25 pounds milk, S pounds grain; 35 pounds milk, 5 pounds grain; 45 pounds milk, 0 pounds grain. A balanced ration for dairy cow may be calculated by consulting a. table of digestible nutrients usually found In books on feeding and conv sldering the feeds available and obtainable. Here are a few helps to making m. dairy ration, suggested toy Professor Baer: After balancing the grain i mixcow In the 'herd, mix enough for a week's supply. 2. Have at least two laxative feeds . .. , . .a .. . w in me ration laiiuira nay are laxative feeds). 3. One-thirof the grain by weight should be of bulky character. 4. Add one pound of salt to eack 100 pounds of grain. ... 5. Adjust the amount of grain for each cow to the amount of milk. 6. Silage may be fed at the rate of 2V4 to 3tt pounds per 100 pounds 11t , weight of cow. 7. Feed one pound good dry rougnag for 100 pounds live weight of cow. A. C. Baer, Professor of Dairying, Oklahoma A. and M. College. 1. ture for the avenage d "My Cowboys Are Without a Capable Leader. Will You Comet deadly, cold finality. No doubt be knew he was doomed. Yet something halted her held her even as she took a backward step. And she became conscious of a subtle change in her own feeling. She had come Into that hole. Madeline Hammond, squalid earnest enough, kind enough In her own Intentions; but she had been al most Imperious a woman habitually, proudly used to being obeyed. She divined that all the pride, blue blood, wealth, culture, distinction, all the Impersonal condescending persuasion, all the fatuous philanthropy on earth would not avail to turn this man a from his down single ward career to destruction. She was going to fall to help him. She experienced a sensation of Impotence that amounted almost to distress. The situation assumed a tragic keenness. "Stewart, look at me," she asked. He shuddered. He wus abject He dared not show his crushed. swollen, blackened face. Ills fierce, cramped posture revealed more than his features might have shown; It betrayed the torturing shame of a man of pride and passion, a man who had bet n- - confronted In his degradation by the woman he had dared to enshrine la his heart. It betrayed his love. "l isten, 1'ien," went on Madeline, and Iter voj. was unsteady. "Listen to me, Stewart. You can shake oil this desperate mood and be u tuun." "No !" he criei' "Listen to me again. Pom.- -' ow I know you're worthy of S'Mtwi U s love. Will you come buck with us for hit sake?" "No. It's too late. I tell you." "Ktewort, the best thing In life Is faith in human nature. I have faith In you. I believe you are worth It." "You're only kind ami good saying that. You can't mean It." "I mean it with oil my heart," sh replied, a sudden rich warmth suffusing her body us she saw the first sign of his softening. "Will you come bin If not for your own sake or Still well's then for mine?" "What urn I to Mich a woman at halr's-breadt- , Cheese Lags in Bigger Use of Dairy Products United Statu Dcputmaa (Prepared by the of Agriculture ) h yon ?" "A man In trouble, Stewart But I have come to help ymi, to show my fallh In you." "If I believed that, I might try," b said. "Listen." she begnn. softly, hurried ly. "My word Is not lightly given It prove my faith In you. Look at me now and say you will come." He heaved up his big frame as ll trying to cssl off a giant s harden, nn then slowly he turned toward her His fuce was a blotched and terrlblt thing. The physical brutalizing mark were there, and nt lhnt Instant si that appeared human to Madeline wni the dawning In dead, furnace-likeyei of n beautiful light. "I'll come." he whispered, huskily, "Give me n fw days to straighten op then I'll rnme." e "But Majesty, remember he's tiger breed and a composite of forked lightning!" (TO n nOMT!Nl!EPI i While the consumption of "dairy products In the United States Is in creasing, there is still room for dairy Interests to expand through creating an Increase In the consumption of cheese, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Although the American people arextrge eaters of butter compared with Kuropean peoples, they consume relatively small amounts of cheese. The consumption of cheese Is approximately 3.8 pounds per person, while In some European countries the consumption Is four or five times this amount. Cheese of the American Cheddar type Is chiefly manufactured In this country,, but there Is a demand for cheese of foreign varieties, especially by persons who have Be we com from foreign countr'es. the war mere than nonoo.ooo prmnd of cheese, or approximately ss much ss was produced of all varieties In this country, was Imported annually. oT the comnimpflon Increasing cheese offers largi opportunities for the development of the dairy industry. If the people of this country would consume ns much cheese per capita the Dane, the Englishman, the Hofe lander, the German, or the Fren.Timsta, or half ss much ns tie Kwl. ft would crcHte n market for POfK.0Cs-0- o pounds of mi'k more than Is required at the present time. one-flft- DAIRY NOTES Klndnpss Is an Important factor profitable dairying. As Stirring milk and cream aids in ducing garlic and cmirn flavor. re- Cottonseed meal Is not consider s good feed for young calves. . Wild onions, garlic and ragweeds er not eaten by cows whn there Is plenty of other feed. 's a commas, Too much working butter. This five fault In farm-msJthe butter a tlcky and salvy body and a dull, greasy appearance. e A rich cream Is the best crenm. R will not sour as fpihkly ss a Ibtn cream. You will tiMt huve to handle oxh a lare volume of material. A cow pnya well f r good care. She lo-ne. 'ls f r plenty does tier best of ter, air and feed are met. and Ww b'xlllj comfort is considered. , |
