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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, EAVEN ARDEN ft By CLIVE THE CANNIBALS SYNOPSIS. Living; In the small English village of Darbury, and sedate place, Barbara Stockley, daughter of a widowed mother, la soon to celebrate her marriage to Hugh Rochdale, rich and well connected. Barbara is adventurous, and has planned, with an aunt, an airplane trip to Australia. Major Alan Croft, famous as an aviator, Is to be the pilot. At her first meeting with Croft Barbara Is attracted by his manner and conversation, different from conventions of the her small town. They set out. Barbara, her aunt, Croft, and a mechanician. Word In a few days comes to Darbury that the plane Is missing and its occupants believed lost. Croft and Barbara, after the wreck of the airplane in a furious storm, reach an apparently uninhabited island In the Pacific ocean. The other two members of the party The two casthad perished. aways build a shelter. TWO "You are not going far away? It it's like a vault in here full of Co. Copyright by The Bobbs-Merri- ll death " Her voice rose unnaturally. "I won't leave you at all," he said A mistake often made when crops of her mind his extreme pallor struck "There was not, O Chief. The white huriedly, but with a decision which not safe relieved her. "It's are harvested by turning live stock obviously her as woman if in Ills eyes my path hej forcibly. appeared pierced for us alone either of In on them Is to turn feeder stock ! tonight." like flnming steel. from The the sprung waving palm Her eyes wandered over his face. Into the fields and to leave the ani"Hadn't you enough sense to realize white man" he looked furtively round this possibility?" "did fall from the skies, sending his In the dim starlight. In a dazed man- mals there until the fields, are enner, while she sank back upon the tirely cleaned up of all feed. At the Now was the time to assert herself, bolt before him !" He stilvered, strokbeginning of such a feeding period she hesitated ; searched vainly for a ing his sore shoulder. "The great coats with a long sighing breath. One hand still clusped In hers, the feed Is relatively plentiful and the retort; opened her mouth; closed It white man Is a giant, O my Chief! He other arm passed under her head for stock makes some gains In weight. will not easily be killed." again. In her weak state circumstances proved too overwhelming. "How great is the tribe? Didst thou a pillow, he remained upon the ground Later, when the animals should be by her side. The turmoil of his own on heavier feed, the supply of feed Feeling utterly Insignificant, she mere- not see others, Babooma?" "None-othedid I stay to see, O spirit seemed unaccountably soothed. Is relatively scarce and It requires a ly turned her miserable eyes seaward. "I was only looking for you," she Chief ! Perchance they are evil spirits Though never sleeping, a comforting lot of moving around for an animal to come to haunt the huts where live the drowsy numbness replaced the sharp get enough ,feed to continue making murmured unsteadily. of his mind. . . . a gain. Sometimes animals come to Opposition may wear down a man, ghosts of our slain ones. Or perchance suffering But when the early light of dawn a standstill or even lose weight on as n fortress, with time; but help- they slay with like unto It this account Such a loss in weight pierced through the aperture. lessness silences all guns. lie stood, those other evil ones." with it the remembrance of a is a double loss. The chief sat In deep thought for brought hand-clasbreathing hard, still grasping her arm, man's the trust in one Let Stock Clean Up. gazing Into her face with eyes no some moments; then rose and waved honest brown the shade In place A better plan where a whole crop eye, smolhis with spear. longer flashing anger, but "The Vow !" he cried. "Let prepara- of the other. . . . The wonderful Is to be fed to live stock Is to harvest dering with something she could not define something composed of horror tions be made, my warriors. When peace which seemed to have descended the better part of the crop and allow next darkness hides the earth, we will upon the little hut. lulling his mind, the stock to clean up the remainder; and fear. "G d !' he muttered at last, in a fall upon this white tribe, true to the filling it, during those hours of close then, when this Is gone, feed the protection and companionship, with harvested part of the crop and avoid different tone. "If I had been too Vow !" something exquisitely beautiful, albeit losing any of the gains made from A confusion of voices resounded, aclate!" Vor a moment he stood silent, scan- companied by many furtive glances Incomprehensible, was shattered at one the cleanup of the field. Another way blow. of harvesting a crop with live stock ning the vicinity of the palm grove; Into the darkness of the forest ; the He his arm ; then, is to remove the fattening stock beperceiving no signs of the native, he savage Joy of revenge was yet tem- pausing, bent over the sleeping girl fore feed becomes scarce and replace turned with her toward the hut! pered with awe. Memories of the and looked upon the delicate fealong them with other stock to clean up means of warfare white "I most and of rescued the wireless by , adopted tures, the sensitive lips and dark what the fattening stock has left luggage," he said, turning the subject men caused them to follow their chief lashes. As he looked, an unbidden Water Is Essential. l excitement to the of her thoughts abruptly. "I brought in still A readily available supply of good thought flitted across his mind, bringsome of our things across, and left sacred palm grove. ing a slow flush Into his face. Had drinking water Is also essential when the rest on the reef. You were asleep. Presently the sound of native voices another taken Indisputable possession? stock is used to harvest a crop. When So I took the wireless up the bill, and rose once more, singing their Song of Had he reached to the very depths of a fattening animal has to walk a mile Hate. fixed up the aerial." her soul ; fired all the deepest fibers or so for a drink it won't always Sinking once more upon the coats, of her womanhood? . . . drink enough water, especially on man The she watched him carry In their suitsitting outside the little He drew himself up,t gently freeing cold, windy days. It takes a lot of hut raised his face, inhaling the soft cases and something else. his hund and arm. The question energy for a fat animal to walk any It was the old tin box of Aunt scents, grateful for the refreshing opened vistas down which he refused great distance and to produce this All wind. he had sat night . . motionless, . rose Tears Dolly's provisions. to look. A part of his nature that energy it requires feed, so a good head his in wns hidden There hands. conand to Barbara's eyes, her throat had been illuminated as If by water supply will save feed. E. H. In to see. his haggard features, night tracted ; but her companion's presence nobody many-hue- d candles; and he felt dazExtension Service, what Barbara had seen Huelskemper, that morning. caused her to wrestle valiantly with strange to himself, almost, for Colorado Agricultural College. Although his eyes hnd not closed, zled, the grief stirred up afresh by the once, afraid. sight of this familiar old bor. The this solitary vigil, with Its forced inacHe rose with difficulty, his limbs revived hnd and intensified the tion, ever' those are little homely things after long sitting; stretched' It's Very Necessary to cramped sense The of sufferings. morning's which bring out the full force of loss ; arms looked down once more upon Supply Egg Ingredients powerlessness which had attacked Bar- his or tragedy. form confident of his prothe sleeping such bara When we realize that a lien makes with violence in the afterHiding weakness from Croft's eyes, noon now attacked him. Again and tection. eggs containing all the twelve elements however, was becoming, unconsciousCroft was a lover of cleanliness, needed In human nutrition and makes he to turn bis thoughts strove again In now. life Barbara's Just purpose ly, fair but play, victory always victory them out of raw material, we see how from the wrecked mass out there upon Any display of It was, she felt Intuihonor. with back his head necessary It is that she be supplied Throwing In silence the reef; from the dark waters and In a characteristic tively, abhorrent to him. way, his eyes still with the needed Ingredients for produc she watched him unfasten the box, the monsters which infested them, resting upon the sleeping face, he ing eggs. Eggs contain iron, nnd most take out the spirit-lnmreach among where those friends, strong and full of smiled. It was the little smile which the other contents, and abstract a tin life not many hours ago, now lay hid- many men knew well, which enemies of this Iron must go Into the fowls' den. What awful fate, worse than systems through the green leaves they of milk. mere drowning, had been theirs? . . . feared, but which those he led had eat. That is why poultry must be supPresently he brought some stemm- He strove ever loved to see: that smile with plied with clover or alfalfa throughout to restrain his mental agony, ing milk in a small tin mug. She had him meant a challenge, and a chalthe winter. often used that mug upon picnics dragging his mind away, for down that lenge presaging achievement. Ground alfalfa Is used extensively with Aunt Dolly; the sight of It road madness lay. . . . There were naNoiselessly, he opened the door and In poultry rations, both In the dry caused another wave of homesickness tives, possibly cannibals, upon this island, to be faced sooner or Inter. went out. Seizing two old basins dis- mash and in wet mash, or sometimes and loss. to his mind, lay hope. For covered among the rubbish In the hut, as steamed greens. Greens fed In this Therein, "I can't drink It," she muttered, he strode toward the river. are good, but we find hay prefer surely they were In touch with civiliturning away. Save. for the distant surf, no sound way his zation? he hnd travels During able. In the first place, the ground "You must," he replied quietly, a good number of dialects was audible. From the palm grove he alfalfa seems rather heavy and the seating himself on the ground beside picked up keenly surveyed the bay: it was de- birds do not relish It as should. among Polynesian and employed countenance his Inexorable. She her, serted ; the world might have been Besides this you will noticethey With natives. he luck that when might no took notice. bamdead. through the tall the birds are fed hay, they leave the 'fmii0 nlnmrt t"Wm't ha etllv rtar find means of rescue through their en- boo he Plunging came out upon the deepened hard ,, w terprise, if they had any. But this was i. parts and eat only the uiii a i stretch of water glimmering faintly, leaves woody He knew well the characterand tender parts. Quickly she turned and faced him. doubtful. like moving darkness, below him. A little observation will show you Then rather too hastily she took istics of the Pacific: knew the trade throwing off his garments, he that any animal that Is in a reproducthe mug; but her hands trembled, and routes, the ports of call, the features Then, feeldived into the shadowy ripples, ing condition will consume more leaves the milk splashed over the edge. He of islands In touch with civilization. of many practically uning a primitive delight in the cold and green food than when It is not placed his fingers over hers and the features . . Intercourse with strange sting to his tired limbs. Afterward, reproducing. For this reason, a lien guided them; and the cool firm touch known. , too, meant considerable risk, slipping Into his shirt and breeches, is laying needs more green food that brought a peculiar sense of calm and natives, At thnt he filled his basins and returned to than when she Is not laying, as some with a woman In his enre. security. the grove. thought, the same strange thrill shot of these elements used In building eggs "It tasted queer!" she remarked. When he emerged from the bamhis frame which he had exare taken out of her system every day. KI.Mlng, he returned to the work of through perienced in the m.irnlng; the awful boo, the sound of voices fell upon his unfastening their luggage. ears. Hastily stepping back, he wait"Your case Is unstrapped." he said loneliness of spllrt seined to fall from Clover Hay More Than ed, listening Intently. The voices came him. now?" It "Will you presently. unpack .seathen receded toward nearer, the his a stranDoubles Gain in Lambs reflections, Scattering "Oh! I can't! Not yet." she said gled, terrified cry came from the hut. ward outskirts of the pnlm grove. A little clover hay and linseed oil wearily. He sat up, alert in a moment. All hnd "Shall I?" cake lowered the feed cost and more "No! Oh, dear me, no!" She start- been quiet hitherto. The draught than doubled the daily gain In weight milk Into the done had Its dropped ed up In alarm. when fed to iambs In tests In lambing had been In resHe fortunate work. down corn at the Ohio experiment sta "Well, but don't you want things cuing the case of medicines ahd first-ai- d for the night?" tlon. necessities from the machine. y test 24 lambs turned "No." In a another smote Uxm louder, cry Again, Into standing corn without additional lie looked at her In mute Inquiry. "You don't supHse," she asked with his ears. He sprang to his feet. . . . feed made an average daily gain of Reaction had come upon Barbara, cost of $14.89 per 100 .16 pounds at asperity, "I shall ever undress in this effects from the of heavy awakening A similar lot receiving place?" founds gain. also was she vividly that s As he turned away, she saw the the drug, pound of good clover hay same flash of white teeth In the dim most delirious. The little hut seemed to addition in standing corn made a to awing round and round, now darting .34 pounds at a cost of of light that she had seen the first time gain dally suddenly up toward the sky, now they met. $9.43 per 100 pounds. as a ft one. into limitless "I advise you to change, after such a dropping, Linseed oil cake added to the clover ev And from four the quarsoaking," was his only remark. He space. hay at the rate of .15 pound per ters of what the seemed glolje,iared stood near the door, a if uncertain, lamb still further Increased the dally To thousand trains. for a few moments, then pushed It like ten was gain and lowered its cost per hundred. lmMsllle, for somebody oK-n- . "I shall hnve my supper ouulle. escatK" . . . the had barricaded door the . , , Good night!" lie added. Kerosene Oil for Roup now toward the dark There was much sense In hla advice: hut rushed down . . . they closed Some people have had good results her clothes felt stiff and heavy. Wear- fathomless waters above her head, and everywhere black by treating roup with common keroily she opened her suitcase, surprised hands surrounded her black sene oil. Put a spoonful of the oil leering to find most of the contents dry. She faces came close. . . . With a shriek In pall of water and dip the heads hastily undressed and slipped Into of terror she cowered aaalnst the wall, of the alck birds Into It With a slow 9 cool, fresh garments. Throwing on a when the door oiiened; then perceiving steady motion, draw the bird's head loose Japnnese dressing gown, she lay she ran blindly toward the through the film of oil, withdraw down again, exhausted. All fears sank freedom, without. starlight slowly, and wipe dry. The oil seems Into oblivion. . , , She fell Into a deep, A pair of arms cnught l.er upon the to kill the germs of the local disease heavy sleep. threshold. she strugand stimulates the mucous mem gled In their hold, gasping hard sobs. branes to renewed action. Ill But they closed more tightly; and their The flare of many torches Illuminat- protective warmth shut out the lurking Waste Oil Made Useful ed the midnight darkness In the south dangers, Gradually she grew calmer; the Dark Forms of oil removed from the crank Discovering Waste of the Island. Chimahahol, the old the nightmare sensation of returning Three Natives. rase of tractors and automobiles can chief, sat In the leafy council chamber consciousness abated. Censing to strugnear the entrance of the sacred palm gle, she leaned exhausted against him. Croft took a few noiseless strides In be put to good use this fall freeing flocks of mites. grove, surrounded by his trusted war- her arms clinging to one of his, the their direction, aoon discovering the txMiltry An oil spray can be used effectively ! wave across of her dark forms of three natives among long hair falling rior. In the center of the large on and near his breast. cle of squatting figures atood Baboo-tthe trees. Soundlessly creeping In to kill the mites found So for several minutes they remained their wake, he hid again, close enough roosts. Almost any oil can be used but next In rank to the chie- f- retwo derelict beings hnrled, helpless to hear their apeech, while they since many flock owners have autola counting, in his muttering, sing sons mobile, the waste crank rase oil arousthe strange dialect, pawns, over the boundary line of civil- paused at the top of the slope. story which, the most practical material. Ina In Into Its ized world life consternayet ing trsglc memories, caused tion and forelMsling In every heart. fancyeach conscious f a sense of When he censed, Chtmnhahol sat comfort In each other's nearness. When Eggs Are Low The man acta about doing The becomes silenl, pulling his heard with wrinkled hysPresently he straightened himself. The thing. jirl ery low level to which the An agiWith two finders be felt her brow nnd dark hand that tremb'-- d terical. Will she be able to of eggs dropped this spring has price tated babel broke out all around, fierce cheek ; they were of little more than face real perils? awakened the country to the fact that native oaths blending with wails of normal heat. He stroked hnek the If we are to continue to produce egg over her forehead; and distress. hair clustering In the present quantify at a profit we The chief at last commanded silence she atlrred, raising her head. (TO UK CONTINUED.) must produce them cheaper, have less nd tke. "Ton must lie down again and sleep." loss bet ween producer and consumer, A wife Is called the better half tie"Wbenee came they, Babooma? Whs be aald. drawing her toward the bed reduce the cost of handling, and cre there no strange canoe (looting, like a of coats. But ber grasp tightened rs use she generally (eta the beat ot ate more market by msklng eggs vast Island, upon the lagoon T the other ball. upon his arm. eaora attractive to the housewife. ' r 'ound Very Useful as It Can Be Set Where Needed On farms not equipped with electric light the use of a lantern Is a neces. sity. In many cases the lantern is hung on a nail driven into the wall or a near-bpost, but this is not handy because the lantern is not alA ways in a convenient location. portable lantern stand of the kind shown In the drawing has been found very useful, as It can be set Just It conwhere the light is needed. length of sists of a pipe, inch iron rod and a disa piece of carded harrow disk. The pipe Is securely fastened to the disk by niean y wins HOOM ball-devi- Continued. Gradually, worn out, stie grew calmlost consciousness of her surroundings, falling Into a trouhled, restless sleep. . . . The sun hud moved round behind the hill find the hut seemed dark and oppressive when, suddenly, her eyes She stnrted up In some opened. iilarm. Surely it was not night, and Croft still absent? However autocratic and distasteful any companionship might become, the awfulness of solitude as for a moment that contingency swept across her mind made it desirable beyond all riches. She ran to the door. To her It was no longer barricaded. She pushed It open, and drew a breath if relief; for outside It was still broad daylight. The sunshine gleamed In bright patches upon the shore, alternating with long stretches of shadow :ist by palms which, singly or In small clumps, (lotted the buy. The time, she Judged, must be early eveand ning. If Croft bad returned opened the door, where could be be er; gradually she half-fearfu- sur-j-ris- c now? Unsteadily she walked to the water's edge, searching with straining eyes the shore and the distant reef, without result. Nameless dread at her heart, she turned to ascend the slope toward the pulin grove, thinking to get from there a clearer view of (lie wrecked machine. A movement behind, among the trees, presently caused her to look round quickly. It was, unmlstnkably, a footfall: evidently Croft bad returned and come to the river. With a sigh of relief, she left the tree and turned inland to greet him. . . . Then, for a moment, all power seemed to leave her body. She stood ri oted to the ground, her lips moving without uttering a sound, her eyes dilated. About ten feet away, a pnlr of fierce, restless eyes gazed upon her, face refascinated, from a sooty-blacpulsive by Its breadth of nose and thickness of lips. The dark, naked form, of medium height and sinewy build, glistened as if fresh from the water: the frizzy black hair clung damply about the ears and forehead. As he stood watching her, like an animal watching its prey, the coarse lips parted In a slow devilish grin. . . . With a quick stream of unintelligible words, he sprnng forward. The spell broke. With one shriek of terror, she turned and fled madly (liiwtr the slope. The unintelligible muttering ceased. A yell like some wild wj'r-cr- y pierced the still air, echoing around the bay . . . quick agile steps sounded close In her wake. The unearthly strength bom of emergency came to BnrharA. Everything save the distant hut faded from her sight; time ceased; coherent thought fled from her. Only one reigned that of the hunted beast to reach its Inlr. Thnt, once there, defense might prove equally Impossible, she never paused to consoler. The bare feet drew nearer In their hot pursuit; the weird cry again and aguln resounded over the bay. . . Closer he cHme; she heard his s!nTt snorting breathing . , . closer: warmth of It fanned her neck . . closer yet, and a hand cnught . roughly at the sleeve of her blouse, tei. ring the soft silk to ribbons ns she w renched her arm free . . . closer, end this time the sinewy black fingers grnblted the bare arm Itself. . . . A swift whirling noise smote across her reeling brain; something hurtled c her shoulder . . , with a snarling groan, her captor fell y r iwiing upon the ground. I'ar.edly she looked around. Springing over crags, scrambling through brushwood. Croft came down the hill bih:nd the hut at brenk-tiecspeed. The native, quickly regaining his feel, one nisi glance toward the tall white with blazing eyes, dropping, to muddled senses direct from the heavens; then, ' without a word, he turned swiftly and leapt, with extraordinary rapidity, back toward the k blood-curdlin- g te t Mistake to Leave Anhnals in Fields Until Crops Are Cleaned Up. . . PART Barnyard Suggestions on f Portable Stand for Lantern Feeding Forage sa-ns- k 1.1im grove. 'ler transient strength oor.ing away, staggered forward. Croft caught her by the arms. "What the devil made joti leave the lirfT' he demanded angrily. All tendency to faint left her. No lash of a whip could so have qulrk-eneher bewildered brain. She recoiled In his grasp, gazing up Into his face diimfounded. Amid the confusion l iirtiara d Melu-nesla- n ... three-fourth- ... n ST LOC K NUTS HARROW ' DISK Portable Lantern Stand Proves of Considerable Convenience on the Farm. of two nuts as indicated in the detalL r The Iron rod Is bent, as shown, to' form an eye at the top for holding the lantern, a wire hook being slipped through the eye for this purpose, and the ends of the rod are then pushed into the open end of the pipe. The whole outfit is light In weight and can be carried around easily. Popular i Mechanics Magazine. Don't Force Pullets to Lay Eggs During Winter Now that the pullets are housed and laying it behooves us to consider what we are going to expect of them. Usually we know what kind of breeding is behind these pullets and whether they can normally be expected to lay 160 eggs apiece or ISO or 200. During the next year many persons will get 20 eggs less thua the birds .ire bred to lay and some fclll get or try to get 20 eggs more. The supplying of protein In correct proportions Is a stumbling block to many. Experience shows that 10 per cent meat (20 per cent of the mash) Is necessary and any more is detrimental. If milk is fed, cut down on the meat. Bloody eggs from pullets are usually a sign of forcing which will result In high mortality. Late hatched pullets may have to be forced In order to get a winter production, but they are Injured for future years and for breeding both by late development and by forcing. The moral Is hatch early. O. C. Krum, Poultry Extension e. Speclalst Colorado Agricultural Col-leg- Sweet Clover Should Be Turned Under This Fall Sweet clover, In a field that Is to be used for corn next year, should be turned under this fall. This will give the green plants time to start decaying nnd become incorporated In the soil. If not turned under until spring, there will be so much material that there will be a layer of It between the plowed soil and the subsoil interfering with the passage of moisture and plant food. This condition would be particularly unfavorable if the season should be dry. To facilitate turning it under, attach a No. 9 wire to the beam of each plow letting It extend back Into the furrow 4 or S feet behind the plow. This method Is very effective In getting all the growth under the ground. fARM iACTSlfr iiumus in tne son is always wortbf ' more than It costs. " Everyone knows that pure bred animals pay; why not pure bred aeedaT Begin while eggs are hluli In prlfiA to find an Individual market for yoefj products. The most Important thin about farming Is the people on the farm and their problems. e e After crops are gathered Is a good time to help save farm woman power bv Orovbllni BS" botier h nr.. ...... ences. 'Jr . As winter feeding becomes neeea-sarkeep production records, and feed each cow In proportion to her site and the milk and butterfat produced. e e e Start culling out the boarder cowa. Set a standard of production not bey low 200 pounds of fat per year and cull ont every cow that does not meet this standard. e e The result of the experiment at the various state experiment stations and by the department of Agriculture have reduced chicken raising to a s ence. and yoa will find that practically all of your Individual problem have) been solved by the various |