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Show I rr THE TIMES-NEW- : t he Br&ndrag 1.roil NEPHI, UTAH S, il Q Q Q Bt Katharine Neujlm Burt Burt Lloyd Taube, a seventeen-year-olboy from Marlon, Linn county, Iowa, nose a hideous man, surely a hideous father. He hardly ever spoke, but sometimes, coming home from the town which he visited several times a Next to the Impulses to satisfy Bang-eand thirst, and to rest year, but to which he had never taken when tired, the most elemental he would sit down over the stove Joan, Is to possess something; to acand go over heavily, for Joan's benefit, quire property. With possession the story of his crime and his escape. cornea the thought of protecting; and o marking the property as Joan always told herself that she beto distinguish It from that would not listen, whatever he said to others. The longing branding she would stop her ears, but always Iron is only an Improvement the story fascinated her, held her, eyes upon crude methods of marking in vorue since the beginnings of widened on the figure by the stove. the human race. This is a He had sat huddled In his chair, romance of the cattle country. gnomelike, his face contorting with Primarily. It Is a love story in which the passions of virile, the emotions of the story, his own strong-willedanger - defying brilliant eyes fixed on the round red and are realistically people mouth of the stove. The reflection of powerfully revealed. Katharine tills scarlet circle was hideously noNewlin Burt, the authoress, has had much experience of the West ticeable in his pupils, and finds great Inspiration for "A man's a right to kill his woman her work in the life and characters of that region. There are If she ain't honest with him," so the few writers who equal her In story began ; "If he finds out she's ability to make readers feel the ben trlckln' of lilm, piayln' him off emotions of hir characters and fer another man. That was yer the effects of life spent In close conjunction with wild nature. mother, gel ; she was a bad woman." There followed a coarse and vivid description of her badness and the manner of It. "That kinder thing no Book One: The Two-Ba- r man can let pass by in his wife. I Brand foM.id her" again the rude details of his discovery "an I found him, an' CHAPTER I cowI let him go for the v ard he was, but her I killed. I shot her dead after she'd said her prayers Reads by Firelight There is no silence so fearful, so an' asked Rod's mercy on her soul. breathless, so searching as the night Then I walked off, but they kotched silence of a wild country hurled five me an' I was tried. They didn't swing feet deep In snow. For thirty miles me. Out In them parts they knowed or so, north, south, east and west of I was In my rights; so the boys held, the small, They tuk speck of but 'twns a life sentence. me by rail down to Dawson an' I give gold In Pierre I.andis' cahln window, there lay, on a certain December 'em the slip, handcuffs an' all. Perchase right, this silence, bathed In moon- haps 'twas only a The cold was Intense: below they made fer me. Some of them fellight. the bench where I'lerre's homestead lers mebhe had wives of their own." lay there rose from the twisted, rapid He always stopped to laugh at this river a cloud of steam above which point. "An' I cut off up country till the tops of Cottonwood trees were perfectly distinct, trunk, branch and twig, against a sky the, color of Iris petals. The stars flared brilliantly, hardly dimmed by the full moon, and over the vast surface of the y- ., ; ? snow minute crystals kept up a steady shining of their own. The range of mountains, upsharp, lifted fourteen thousand feet, rode cross the country, northeast, southwest, dazzling In white armor, spears up to the sky, a sight, seen suddenly, to take the breath, like the crashing march of archangels militant. In the center of this ring of silent crystal Pierre Lnndis' logs shut In a little square of warm and ruddy human darkness. Joan, his wife, made the heart of this defiant space Joan, the one mind living in this ghostly area of night. She had put out the lamp, for Pierre, starting townward two days before, had warned her with certain threatening sharpness not to waste oil, and she lay on the hearth, her rough head almost In the ashes, reading a book by the unsteady light of the Humes. She followed the printed lines with a strong, dark forefinger and her lips framed the words with slow, whispering motions. It was a long, strong woman's body stretched there across the floor, heavily If not sluggishly built, dressed rudely In warm stuffs and clumsy boots, and It was a heavy face, too, She Followed the Printed Lines With unlit from within, but built on lines a Strong, Dark Finger, of perfect animal beauty. The head and throat had the massive look of a I come to a smithy at the edge of a marble fragment stained to one even town. I bung round for a spell till the tone and dug up from Attic earth. And smith hed gone off an' I got Into his she was reading thus heavily and place an' rid me of the handcuffs. slowly, by firelight In the midst of "Twas a Job, but I wasn't kotched at this tremendous northern night, Keats' It an' I made myself free." Followed version of Boccaccio's "Tale of Isa- the story of hla wanderings and his bella and the Pot of Basil." hardships and his coming to Lone The story for some reason Interest- river and setting out his traps. "In ed her. She felt that she could un- them days there weren't no law ag'ln derstand the love of young Lorenzo trappin' beaver. A man could make and of Isabella, the haired of those a honest llvln'. Now they've tuk an' two brothers and Isabella' horrible made laws ag'ln' a man's bread an' tenderness for that young murdered butter. I ask ye. If 'taln't wrong on bead. There were even things In her a Tuesday to trap yer beaver, why, own life that she compared with 'taln't wrong the follerln' Tuesday. I some fellers these; In fact, at every phrase she don't see It, Jen becosa law there made back has ag'ln' it ahead, and, crudely stating stopped, and Ignorantly visualized, after her to suit themselves. Anyway, the marown experience, what she had Just ket fer beaver hides Is still prime. read; and, In doing so, she pictured Mebbe I'll leave you a fortln, gvl. I've saved you from badness, anyhow. her own life. ller love and Pierre's her life be- I risked a lot to go back an' git you, fore Pierre came to put herself In but I done It Tou was piayln' out In Isabella's place, she felt back to the front of yer aunt's houxe an I come You was a an' days before her love, when she had afer you. big youngster. Says L 'What's yer lived In a desolation of bleak poverty, Says you, 'Joan Carver'; an' up and away along Lone river in her name? father's shack. This log house of I knowed you by yer likeness to her. Pierre's was a castle by contrast. By O dl I swore I'd save ye. I tuk John Carver and his daughter had you off with me, though you put up a shared one room between them; Jonn's fight an' I hed to use you rough to silence you. There ain't to be bed curtained off with gunny-sacklnIn a corner. She slept on hides and no man In yer life, Joan Carver,' says to I; 'you an' yer big eyes Is rolled herself op In old dingy patchwork quilts and worn blankets. On be fer me, to do tny work an' to look winter mornings she would wake cov- after my comtorts. No pretty boys ered with the snow that had sifted In fer you an' no husbands either to go of yon down fer yer sins.' between the logs. There bad been a stove, one leg gone and He shivered and shook his head. "No, substituted ' for by a huge cobble- here you stays with yer father an' stone; there bad been two chairs, a grows up a good gel. There ain't long box, a tnblo, shelves nil rudely a goln' to be no man la yer life, made by John : thi're hnd been guns Joan." But youth was stronser than the and traps snit snohoc, b!d". kln. the win" of birds, a com.le of 1iir.j. man's hnfrrszy will, and when she rods Jot n made his llvlnsf by legal was seventeen Jonn rnn away. She found her way easily enough to and lllepnl trapping and kMllng. lie hnd looked like a frormed or hunted the town, for she was wlae In Hie very frnrks of the wild ennntry. and John's crr.fnre.Mmelf. small, furtive, worV-trif rail townwsrds, though so rarelv niwxys lng drt.en--Wb i inert, was to her eye plain enough; to Uh i al FOREWORD d, white-livere- d -1-Jo- d half-henrte- d 7 wind-scrape- three-year-ol- ftn-'er- Champion Steer Lloyd Taube of Marion, Iowa, Wins First Prize With His Calf. d Copyright by Katharine N. hoar-froste- Youth Exhibits tmS and very coolly she walked into tho hotel, past the group of loungeri around the stove, and asked at the desk, where Mrs. Upper sat, If she could get a Job. Mrs. Upper and th loungers stared, for there were few women In this frontier country and those few were well known. Tills great, strong girl, heavily graceful In her heavily awkward clothes, bareheaded, shod like a man, her face and throat purely classic, her eyes gray and wide and as secret In expression as an untamed beast's no one had ever seen the like of her before. "What's yer name?" asked Mrs. Upper suspiciously. It was Mormon day In the town ; there were celebrations and her house was full ; she needed extra hands, but where this wild creature was concerned she was doubtful. "Joan. I'm John Carver's daughter," answered the girl. At once comprehension dawned j heads were nodded, then craned for a better look. Yes, the town, the whole country even, had heard of John Carver's Imprisoned daughter. Sober and drunk, he had boasted of her and of how there was to be "no man" in her life. It was like dangling ripe fruit above the mouths of hungry boys to make such a boast In such a land. "Your father sent you down here fer a Job?" asked Mrs. Upper Incredulously. "No. I come." Joan's grave gaze was unchanging. "I'm tired of it up there. I ain't back. I'm most eighteen now an' I kinder want a change." She had not meant to be funny, but a gust of laughter rattled the room. She shrank back. It was more terrifying to her than any cruelty sh had fancied meeting her in the town. These were the men her father had crinforbidden, these kled faces. She had turned to brave them, a great surge of color In her brows. "Don't mind the boys, dear,"" spoke Mrs. Upper. "They will laff. Joke or none. We ain't none of us blaraln' you. It's a wonder you ain't run ofl long afore now. I can give you a Job an' welcome, but you'll be green an' unhandy. Well, sir, we kin learn ye. You kin turn yer hand to chamber-wor- k an' mebbe help at the table. Maud will show you. But, Joan, what will dad do to you? He'll be takln' after you I reckon, an' be fer gcttin you back home as soon a he can." Joan did not change her look. "I'll not be goln' back with him," she said. Her slow, deep voice, chest notes of a musical vibration, stirred the room. The men were hers and gruffly said so. A sudden warmth enveloped her from heart to foot. She followed Mrs. Upper to the Initiation In her service, clothed for the first time In human hot-foo- t, sympathies. CHAPTER II Plerra Lays His Hand on a Heart. Maud Upper was the first girl of her own age that Joan had ever seen. Jonn went in terror of her and Maud knew this and enjoyed her ascendancy over an untamed creature twice her size. There was the crack of a whip In the tone of her Instructions. That was after a day or two. At first Maud had been horribly afraid of Joan. "A wild thing like her, llvln' off there in the hills with that man ; why, ma, there's no tcllln what she might be doln' to me." "She won't hurt ye," laughed Mrs. Upper, who had lived In the wilds herself, having been a frontlerman's wife before the days even of this frontier town and having married the r as a second venture. She knew that civilization this rude placa being civilization to Joan would cow the girl, and she knew that Maud's buoyancy would frighten the soul of her. Maud was large-hippewith a small, round waist much compressed. She taught Joan Impatiently and langhed loudly but not unkindly at her ways. "Gee, she's awkward, ain't she?" she would say to the men; "trail llks a bull moose !" The men grinned, but their eyes followed Joan's movements. As matter of fact, she was not awkward. Through her clumy clothes, the heaviness of her early youth. In spite of all the fetters of her Ignorance, her wonderful long bones and her wonderful strength asserted themselves. And she never hurried. At first this sluggishness Infuriated Maud. "Get a gait on ye, Joan Carver I" ahe would scream above the din ot the rough meals, but soon she found that Joan's slow movements accomplished a tremendous amount of work In an amazingly short time. There was no She pause In the girl's activity. poured out her strength as a python pours his. noiselessly, evenly, steadily, no bnste. no waste. And the men't npon her. eyes hron-te(TO ritC CONTINtTD ) lion-tamer- hotel-keepe- e Unfair Attack. Csbhy ffo chauffeur, whose car hs his horse) Ah. Info humped " hlsnkety hlnnk coward! Forty nga's one livening Transcript Hydrocyanic Acid as Fumigant for Pests Absorbed in Quantities Sufficient to Be Harmful (Prepared by th United States Department of Agriculture.) Because hydrocyanic acid. In the gaseous form, Is used extensively In the United States as a fumigant for had the proud distinction of exhibiting the destruction of Insects and rodents, the grand champion baby beef at the It often comes In contact with fruits, Iowa state fair, held at Des Moines, vegetables and other foods, and thus In what was probably the largest show may be absorbed In sufficient quantity of this character ever held. The boys to be dangerous to man. In recent Inand girls whose animals had won at vestigations the bureau of chemistry the various county fairs were entitled of the United States Department of to compete for state honors at Des Agriculture has determined the quanMoines, and a total of 446 head were tity of the fumigant which is absorbed lined up before the Judges when the and retained by various foodstuffs, all state contest was called. products examined being found to abThe steer with which Lloyd won the sorb the acid to some extent. Results of the Investigations are highest honor against this strong field was a pure bred Aberdeen Angus calf given In Department Bulletin 1149, named "Tlney". He was a February Just issued. No conclusions, however, calf, sired by Erin Boy II of Lone Ash. as to the safety of fumigated foods for Lloyd bought him In September and consumption are drawn In this bulletin. Chemical observations alone are rafed him largely on a home-growtion of shelled corn and clover hay. Included. Determinations of the quanThe calf did so well that his owner en- tities of hydrocyanic acid Injurious to tered him In the Baby Beef club in his human health He In the domain of the county, and at the local fair was pharmacologist. Those Interested In the subject may awarded the championship over 32 entries. This award carried with It a secure a copy of the bulletin from the free trip to ths International Live United States Department of AgriculStock exposition, which will be held in ture, Washington, as long as the supply lasts. Chicago the first week in December.. Took His Pet to Fair. Spurred on by this success, Lloyd Entirely Dry Fodder took his pet steer to the Iowa state Will Make Good Silage fair. This animal and one other were Farmers who do not get their silage Jie only entries from Linn county, which made his subsequent triumph made before frost may have good all the more noteworthy. After the silage If they will utilize the dry fodbeeves had der for this purpose, according to the large classes of been sifted down by the breed Judges, live stock men at the New York State Prof. H. H. Klldee was called upon to College of Agriculture. Fodder silage not only makes better feed than dry fodder, but It Is also more convenient to feed. Even though the corn fodder appears dry and wilted, the stalk will be found to contain considerable moisture. If there is not " enough moisture In the corn to pack the corn well in the silo, additional water should be added. By adding this to the fanbox the fan" thoroughly distributes the additional water. Even entirely dry fodder will make good silage, providing the water Is added in equal weight to the fodder. In any case, the fodder should be tramped down thoroughly. Silage made In this manner will keep well. The quality is not quite as good as that made from corn cut while still green and no extra water added, but It makes excellent feed. Silage made from corn fodder, further, is not nearly as sour. It has a pleasant sweet smell and the cows not only llko it, but thrive on It as well. n well-fitte- d ft' y j 'V V v'V I V ? Lloyd Taube and His Champion Steer. Rye Is Recommended as Economical Swine Feed The feeding of rye as a substitute for corn in fattening pigs Is held by Minnesota experiment station and agricultural extension men to be good economical practice In view of the prevailing market prices for the two cereals. constant attention. "As about 102 pounds of rye have Tiney weighed 025 pounds when given the same results as 100 pounds records were started on April 1, and of corn," says H. G. Zavoral, live stock at the close of the contest balanced the specialist, "rye at present prices would beam at 1,150 pounds. He was al- be the most economical feed. Accordlowed about eighteen pounds of shelled ing to Henry & Morrison's 'Feeds and corn a day and all the clover hay he Feeding,' ground rye Is worth 94 per would eat At Des Moines he presentcent as much per ton as ground corn ed such a highly finished appearance for hog feeding. that he could not be denied the vic"Rye is not as palatable as corn and tory, In spite of very strong competihogs will not consume It as freely. tion. Neither Is It as good a feed for horses Has Won Three Times. or cattle as It is for fattening hogs, Lloyd has been in club work for six but by mixing It with more palatable years and has won at a county show feed, such as corn and oats, It may be three times, always with an Angus satisfactorily fed. It Is harder to calf. Three years ago he was award- masticate than some other grains and ed a trip to the international, and It should be ground or rolled for best rewas the Inspiration received while at sults." Chicago that later proved a big factor In achieving his crowning triumph. Winter Cover Crop Will While he will again attend that preAfford Soil Protection mier exhibition of the live stock world this year, he will not exhibit Tiney A winter cover crop protects the there himself, as he had promised a land from washing during the winter Angus exhibitor living in months, and at the same time conhis home town to let him have the serves the plant food materials made calf at the close of the Iowa state fair. available during this period. Soil This breeder will continue to grow which remains bare during the winter out the steer and will enter him at loses much valuable plant food by Chicago In the open classes against leaching. A cover crop would make the highest fitted beeves of the most use of this plant food and release It skilled and experienced exhibitors. It the next spring In time for the crop of will be Interesting to watch how this cotton or corn to obtain It. highest type of boys' club endeavor Whenever possible the winter cover will rank when pitted against the crop should be a legume, for legumes finest products of the noted veterans are able by reason of their n of the Industry. ability to obtain nitrogen from the air to Increase greatly the store of this element In the soil. Should Corn for tie the ribbon on the grand champion of the show, and he selected Tlney for this high honor. Lloyd accepted the congratulations of the ringside crowd with becoming modesty and attributed his success to plenty of good feed and well-know- n well-know- Silage Be Practically Matured Storing Vegetables for Silage corn should be allowed to Home Use During Winter season or as the grow as late permits, until the corn Is practically matured, I. e the kernel has become hard and dented. The stalk la usually somewhat green as late as this stage. Many experiments have been conducted which show that a greater amount of feed of a better quality and that will keep more easily can be obtained from silage which Is made from corn cut at this stage of maturity. It Is to the Interest of every family to grow each season a supply of those vegetables suitable for storage, and to see that they are properly stored for use during the winter months when prices are high and vegetables often hard to get. Less work and less expense are Involved In storing vegetables than In keeping them by other methods, as canning, drying, and preserving, and the product retains Ita characteristic flavor much bet'er. Take Pains to Prepare Good Alfalfa Seed Bed Careful Handling Is of In sowing alfalfa, take pnlns to preImportance With Apples pare a good seed bed. Hsve It well firmed snd fine on top. Then sow 15 to IS pounds of seed per acre, but be sow sure to have It Inoculated. If your land Is ilfiilfa I'D sour hind 'r until next lot nrlpg snd In th meantime give It a l line tons of ground T"'fir ft In' sect see-lin- lo Care In handling Is of great Importance In storing apples. Rough handling results In stem bruises, broken skin A broken skin snd bruised spots. gives entrance to blue mold, which develops slowly st a low temperature, but causes considerable deterioration In the fruit. DAIRY, HINTS Dairyman's Formula for Milk of Good Quality "Feed, weed and breed" is the dairyman's magic formula for good milk, according to M. H. Keeney, dairy specialist . of the New Jersey State Agricultural 'college, In a statement stressing the present market demand, for cheaper milk. "The market will not pay a bigi price for milk," writes Mr. Keeney, "so' we dairymen must cut our production costs. The two factors controlling the economical production of milk are the adaptability of the cow for giving milk. Judged by her conformation, and by the milk scales and the Buhcock test, and the amount and kind of Tood taken. The feed bill Is the largest dl- rect expense, and the dairyman's high road to success lies In producing a unit of clean, wholesome milk for the least possible cost. "The first essential for good milk Is good cows, the other Is proper feed and care It may be summarized briefly In three words, feed, weed and breed. Silage and alfalfa hay are the best for cheap milk, and they are Ihe best and cheapest roughage fejaa. Every dairyman should have them and should follow these directions : "Feed all the roughage a cow will clean up. Part of it should be a legume, such as clover or alfalfa. "Keep a balanced ration. "Give sufficient feed, such as sllaga or roots. "Feed grain In accordance with, milk production for a Holstein or Ayrshire, approximately one pound of grain for each three pounds of milk. A variety of grains in the mixture la desirable. "Feed and milk regularly. "Give plenty of fresh water at all times. "Give access to salt dally. "Buy grain feeds on the basis ot their protein and energy, not simply by the hundredweight." Bred Heifers Are Often Best Buy for Dairyman Whut age of heifer Is the best buy is a question frequently asked of the New York state college of agriculture at Ithaca. The men there who are giving thought to herd improvement explain the advantages and disadvantages In the purchase at all three of the ages, as baby calves, as yearlings, and as bred heifers. Baby calves are cheaper and more easily shipped. However, they are somewhat less likely to live than older stock; and further, there Is more uncertainty as to how they will develop. With yearlings, the chances of living are better, and the type Is more likely to be fixed, yet a long time still remains before they will be productive. But since yearling heifers may sell at a disadvantage, they may be a good purchase. Bred heifers are frequently the best buy. They are developed as to size, and the possibilities for milk production can be estimated. Their mortality rate should be low; and the cost of carrying to production Is slight They may even be worth a slight premium where there Is a good market for milk, and It Is desired to establish a herd promptly. Timothy Is Not Favored as Feed for Dairy Cows Timothy hay Is all too frequently fed to dairy cows. There Is only one occasion when Its use for this purpose can be developed when the cows are to be dried off. Where dairy cattle are being fed and timothy hay Is the only dry roughage available. It should be sold and clover or alfalfa purchased. Timothy Is generally quoted on the central markets as high or even higher than the legume hays, and the dairyman can well afford to make the exchange even though he has the hauling to pay. The Improvement obtained In production will be remarkable, and will generally mean all the difference between paying to keep the cows and allowing the cows to aid In supporting you. Cleanliness Important in Production of Mill? Cleanliness is the most Important factor In the production of clean wholesome milk. Much of the dirt and filth that gets Into milk and produces deterioration, cornea from Improper methods of handling after being drawn. However, brushing off the loose dirt and dust about the flanks and udder and wiping the udder with a dry cloth materially assists In lessening the danger of dirt getting Into the milk at milking. Cows during th summer sea-soIf stabled at night or confined to a yard, become more or less dirty about their rear quarters and should be wall cleaned before being milked. n. Calf Naadt Much Cars. young dulry calves demand skillful attention In order to grow and Very develop to the best advantage. The three most Important rules to observe In hand feeding are First, cleanliness; second, regularity; and third, proper proportioned ration eklm Milk for ths Calf. The skim milk should be continued until the calf is six months old. If po. Iblt? also provide the calf with fa-vin- e hay, or alfalfa bay after It La four weeks old. |
