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Show BEAVER CITY PRESS color, set close together at .be sides of a long, sinuous nose; they were lost In his great broad face which was shaped like a cabbage and pitted by smallpox. "Good morning, Erickson," he said, "how long you been here?" Then, one hot windy morning In "Two months, sir." "You're the lad from Madrid Bay? August, Captain Parish stuck his lean face Into tie tower door. I've got a report on you, report on a "I trot a new man. Sam'L" the coast fight Have to look Into It Come inguard captain said. "I been two short side, Stocking. Wait here, Erickson. I bad a Uttle time, I'll talk to yoo later." ait season. Ten minutes passed while Norman thought I'd run In and see ye. . . ." They walked down the beach, talk- fidgeted. That lying Baker . . . ing. he was near forgetting the unpleasThat night at supfer Samuel Stock- antness of that first night Qe walked ing shared the news with his daughuncomfortably up and down the sand. ter. Another five minutes; then Captain "Cap Parish's new number seven Stocking appeared with McGoogan. man come this week." "Remember, lad, you're on proba "Do yon know him?" asked Sue. tlon," McGoogan said. "The capt'n "Ed Baker," her father answered, here," he waved his long right arm, and kept his eyes on his pork chop. "has give me a good word for yon. "Oh," said Sue, "I knew he'd been It ain't seanianly to go bungHn' feltalking coast guard.'' lows In the dark, and you've the look Norman's fork picked up Its meat o' salt about you. Erlckson's a decent mechanically. He had no reason for r came. Capt'n says he flushing. What matter If ten Bakers don't think you did It Me, 1 don't came to the point? believe you did. either. Least I don't But he felt disheartened. How had to believe It. We'll call it closed. Baker managed that? And why? want Don't go fighting th coast guard. Had he contemplated enlistment In This is a decent service, need decent service before Norman men. Now the tower. the . . came to the lighthouse r He went outCaptain Stocking made a sign for side after supper and sat moodily on stiff-kneethe steps. The house smelted sleken-ingl- Norman to follow. He walked bum-head his at their beols, of fresh paint, with which Sue u Decent service, eh? Well, It had redecorated her bedroom. He went to bed at eight o'clock. At nine would have no cause to be ashamed of Captain Stocking, perspiring and ex- bim. McGoogan fussed for half an hour cited, awakened him. about the lamp. Wbe& he had finished "Parish called," he cried, "he got a tip that the tender with Inspector he said : "It'll do," as If disappointed aboard was to Skillagallee a week at discovering no fault and tramped come Monday. It'll be hert any time, up to the house. Sue stood In the Scrub down the tower steps, first doorway wearing a great white, thing tomorrow. See that your new starched apron with sleeves. McGoouniform's pressed and your shoes gan scowled when be saw her and blackened proper." gave her a thlo good mornlug. She Norman worked deliberately.' He showed him the parlor trst. Inspector was curious about the inspector. But McGoogan looked It over critically, the thought uppermost in his mind sniffed the air, kkktt back the green was the neighboring presence of Ed carpet and hunted for dust under it. Baker. Baker had some purpose in There was none. He looked at Sue wltb getting assignment to Blind Man's a little more approval. "Now the rest of the establishment Reet It was childish to think he had come Just to plague him . . . It might Lead the way, Keeper. The sleeping be on account of Sue Stocking? quarters first then the fog signal, and Friday morning, while Norman after that we'll talk requisitions." stood watch, he sighted a vessel Captain Stocking's bedroom, which moving from the northwest She car- Norman had never seen, was bare ot ried few lights and bore off the usual furnishings. The keeper scorned rugs track of passenger steamers and In sleeping quarters. There was a narrfreighters. He hurried Into the house ow bed, with two red woolen blankets and stirred out Captain Stocking. The folded at Its foot a table with a comb keeper squinted through the window. upon It a ftnail mirror above. Cat "That's her," he said and sighed eye McGoogan moved to the bed, ex amined the sheets, felt the blankets relievedly. "Well, well, well four o'clock of a morning. Now ain't and muttered, "Clean and dry, all that like Inspectors?" He went into right" then passed to Norman's quar the hall and howled: "Sue, wake up. ters. i, for the love o' the locks There were four bare rooms on the Get into your uniform, Erickson. And listen other side of the bouse, arranged for . . . if you're spoke to, speak. If the assistant keeper, should he be a man of family. Norman had scrubbed you ain't keep your hatch battened." the floors of bis unused apartment Norman changed to bis other uniform, combed his hair and put on twice the previous week. He bad bis new blue cap. He looked like a washed and polished the windows, tie had shined the doorknobs. His clothes seaman. From old Gustaf he had in herited bone and skin and com closet hung in order. There still remained Sue's bedroom. plexion and the Indelible saltv bninri of the sea, no matter what French Sue .opened the door with a proud farm blood his mother had left him careiess gesture. A strong smeU ol At the exact moment of sunup he fresh paint floated out Into, the ball-way- . flashed out the light. Just as a trim The walls gleamed a fresh sea-shewhite steam tender slowed down its pink. The floor was spotters, covered with rag rugs; the white curoff the point speed a quarter-mil- e The inspector's anchor plunked Info tains were stiff with starch. Ccrtuinly the water, spattering ui a white this room would find approval. The Inspector was scowling all over shower. The tender's round bottomed. clinker bout slid down from the davits his face. and three men dropped Into her. Two "Shell pink I" he cried. He turned of them hauled at the ours with a pettishly on Captain Stocking. "If lazy swing. The third hunched over that nin't the wit of a rabbit I You the tiller at the stern. painted the walls the w rong color. . ." "I painted them!" Sue Interrupted. Captain Stocking grunted. "It's bim." he said. "Yon? Well. I might have known It. "Who?' And what's a color chart for, I ask "The big boy. nisself. Cat-eyMc you? You got a chart? Aye. you have? Googan, chief inspector. Whv'ii lie Well, there's plenty of colors and come? Lord-- mercy. I bale the sigh, shades you durst use. plenty o' them o' his Sidelights I" But no You go plckln' your own The chief Insepclor was a lea" Irish kind That shade ain't on this year's man. sixty yeur& old with .mis that chart, ain't on no chart this side o stuck out like yards no a mast, lie Singapore. Think of mnrrln'up a rmm In a lighthouse with a color like that! walked like a seaman He's culled Er Got to be done over and done quick ! "My new assistant iekson." si Id Captain Stocking. Shell pink I" He pulled an olllclal paint chart The Inspector examined Nonniiii with one shorl Inquisitive glance. Norman from his mii kel and banded It to her knew at oner why they called bltn "Nice thing to lose the cnmini over." Cat-eyHis eyes. w-- i small ami light he snapied at Cupluiu Stocking In tvri A Romance of the Qreat Lakes By KARL W. DETZER THE STORY hit From W. N. U. Service Copyright by The French-Canuai- mother, Norman Erickson Inherit . a distaste for life on the wat-rwhich In beyond the understandveteran ing of his father, Gustaf, deep-watsailor. At Mrs. Ft Ickson's death CSnstaf determine to make Norman, who has been worklns for a grower, his partner In his Ashing-- boat, at onre In rehelllous mood, Norman seeks comfort from Julie Rlchaud, French Canadian playmnte of his BChool days. Gustaf, going to the aid of a drowning friend is crip-ple- d After months, Gustaf is in oc a measure able to resume his flfher-macupatlon. Ed Baker, youn Normans lifelong enemy, fans 111 feeling between father and son, and Norman determinese ; to seek employment In the service. Before he has accepted, Norman refuses to accompany his father on a flatting trip, during a berce storm. Gustaf accuses him of cowardice. Indignant, Norman goes to Blind Man's Eye. Captain Stocking Is In living with his daughter. Busan Ed Baker gives Stocking and his daughter a biased ac count of Norman's conduct. er n, llRht-hou.s- com-man- d, Bobbt-Mctri- ll Co, to tulk to you. 1 know what you want the pen for. You're going to write your report on what happened last ulglit. I want to talk to you first Why'd you hit Kd Baker?" , "I didn't l" he cried "1 didn't hit anyone." She looked at his perspiring face crliicully. Then with a wry gesture, Wie turned back to her book. "Somebody hit him," she commented suspiciously. Norman flushed. "I did not." he Insisted. Siie made no answer, lie Sat down wruthfull.v at the table and labored over the report. When he bad finished, he laid It down 6ilently and left the room. Let her believe what she wuntedl There were other things to think about, lie climbed up to the tower. "The lens first," Captain Stocking suid. putting him to work. "And remember, easy, easy I Ten thousand dollars It cost. A split bead will no mend, but these lenses mending then." Captain Stocking was not a driving master. He treated Norman as a su perlor should, a small superior commanding a small vessel. He watched like a hawk but he never bullied. It had been the bullying that sent Norman away from Madrid. Life was pleasant here at the Eye. "An' when the inspector comes he'll be asking The assistant beard the warning a dozen times, fifty, In the first two ' ... CHAPTER IV 5 Fire! Norman awakened, the morning aft er Bd linker wus hurt, with a sense that he hud drowned in his boots to a cold fifly fathoms. Only his head bad been snved. And that ached. Doctor McCarthy hud come and gone before one o'clock. "Not a bad cut," be hud sulci, after examining Baker's bend, "only a bit of a clout How'd you gut It?" Baker growled and no one else an 8 we red. "You didn't need me. with Erlckst-here," McCarthy said, "lie cun tie up a broken head, lugged and toted fot hi? father long enough to know how . ' , how long, Ei'tcltsou?" J'Not long enough." Sue Slocking put In with a sharp voice. , "No?" Ikicter McCarthy looked at her Inquiringly lie shrugged nla shoulders linlirterently at whatever he saw In het expression. "You'll be all right tomorrow.'' tie assured Baker. Sue Stocking hud not slept. She bad changed to a severe dress ol blue denim when Norman reported In the lighthouse kitchen for his breakfast. Nortnnii ate two drank two cupfuls of coffee. "More?" osked the girl. "No more.. ,' He left her angrily. She wus trying to humilluie him, eb? Culled him a coward al midnight, and next morning made no amends for It? Well, she need not. Let , her be superior, lie remembered thiit Julie liichaud bad told him he wus no coward- Evidence was agalm't dim. Hut be had work to do, a hard flrsf day's work. And there, itill sleeping heavily on the couch In the parlor wus Ed Baker to be settled! Normiin had swept down the tower stairs and was scrubbing the white atone steps when Sue Slocking summoned hi in to the bouse, lie dropped his pall and hurried. - Captain Stocking and Baker were tulking together earnestly In the parlor. The keeper's red forehead was- covered with large drops of perspiration. He wus plainly , i . bneomfortahle. , i "Baker's ready to start home," he said testily. "Me, and you'll have to get l is boat off. If we can (lout It Into eep water he thinks he can ' ' Dap-Jacks- ', ' , ..." weeks. "When's he coming?" he Inquired one morning. "When you expect him?" "I expect him." Captain Stocking answered, "when he's least expected It's the way of 'em. I've seen 'em a plenty. Lor, wasn't scared time I wus assistant at Spectacle reef? The Keeper My first light tha. was. got the pennant there that year, out the whole district he had the best I've never got it yet kept station. Think every year I'm going to. . . ." lie scuffed down the stair. Norman went on with his polishing He had served a month with no word, from Madrid Bay. He wondered about his father, usually at night It was good weather for fishing; If old Oustaf were out be was lifting heavy hauls. Several times, in the evening always, be heard the peculiar "chug . . . chug, chug" of Baker's engine putting In cautiously along the reet to the lighthouse, heard Baker's heavy voice and Sue's, Inughlng and But he never encountered talking. Baker face to face. Sue managed 1 that Sue sailed often In the coast guard to Mudrld. She asked him always If there was anything he need ed. There was only one thing, and at first he did not mention It to her. But the second time he gave her a letter and two pennies. "Put it In the post office, will you, please? Buy a stamp." Susac did not look ai the address until she was half across the bay. When she did. she saw that the name upon the envelope was Oustaf Erics bout son. Norman had offered to return to Madrid if his father wanted him. and Using no old stick ot wreckage as a lever, the keeper and his assistant pried the heavy tishUoal off the sand, while Baker Scowled on the beach. At last, after repeated rollings, the boat floated Into open water. Captain Stocking wltb Norman and Baker rowed out In a skiff and caught It; Its owner tumbled aboard. The propeller turned over, churning bubbles away from the fan tall stern. Baker climbed to the deck, set his boots down firmly on the tiller and eased ft to the left He called good by to Cni-II o it win lur niwiiiiui ruin xt ( t v it gloomily, fie rowed shoreward wltb the short nervous stroke of a deep warer sailor aboard a small boat , "And It will look fine on the report!" be growled as be wet his feet In the wash. "This business last night?" "And nothing elseP , "Why report It?" "Why? For the reason I've been In this service ten year, young man, ten year I tell you, and oever a Mack mark ag'ln' oiy name. If I was to drown this affair wltb Baker blubber-Ito headquarters. It would bring in spectors like gulls to a clcsaln shack. And I want your statement, wrote neat and careful . . .'and true, It Jt'a the same to yoo . V , to pin to mine. Best go la the bouse and do Jt now." i Norman "What's Baker polng to blabber?" 'be demanded. ."Those weren't my . tracks In the sand. Whoever hit Ba ker etime ashore In a skiff." "I kr.ow. Think I didn't look the ' ground over myself . Hist thing this , morning? That's why It's best to be f provln' It to headquarters afore be starts his private fog signal stpiealln'.' t! Sue had her morning's work an'( was reudina Jn. the parlor when Norman approached. . "Your father says glte me the en," he reHirted abruptly. Sue Stocking cloned the book, murk ing the place witti a piece of net twine. "Walt a minute," she suid, "I want pu-e- llnls-he- ' MEETING FA'(; Breeders Find Chicks Better Winter ... 1 ll Rare Bcok Secured by Library of ! One of the rarest of books on erne, the first edition ol Sit lsan Newton's "I'rlnclplii." was obtained by the Library of Congress, after years of search. Though only an inch nno a half thick and ten Inches high h seven nnd h halt Inches wide, wltb t .11(1 pages, It has been termed Important primed work on ex act science ever published." It mif published In ICS? In Loudon, and In li t Newton ttave to the world the results of his fuiiilnmeiiial si inly ol Two Issnen the laws of gravitation of the first edition were made In th year of Its publication, niie being In tended for sale In England, and th other on the ConCneiil. The l.lbry of Congress copy is of the llrsi However, the entire edition was and It Is relate. I by writers thai us early us lii'.H It wax "th-mos- fli-s- lue iiil coine-nipfita- Endurar.ce Riding The bureau ot anliiiiil ltidutr snv that, according to endurance rides held under the 'direction ot a hnnrd ot sponsors, ma le by the representativeo of the varloti!' bo; se and Jockey hkso cluilons. till miles a day U the distance peruilited for live consecutive day. he maximum time permuted on uuy ilav Is nine hours. The maximum time allowed for the entire ride Is M hums The horse Is nsuully carrying, from 2oo to -- Ui pounds. C.onyjresa very dlfliciilt ro obtain Is At almost preset completely unprocurable. The library's ropy was bought tot Wnt son Davis, managing editor ot Science Service but iiM.n learniiia ot the library's desire for a copy, be r It. The full title of the book. In Latin. I "I'hilosophle I'rliiflpla Mathematicn." An feature of the tlile page Is that It bears the Imprimatur, or approval, of Samuel I'epys. famous for his diury. who was at that time presi dent of the Itoyal society. Nat-mull- s Watch Yozr Weight The best Index of good health. say the Kansas City Times. the weight Mm her know this mid welgb Hieit babies regularly In order to be stir thai they are well People who are III usually lose weight. Bin it s heallhful to be overweight. Fat Q, pe(t pie nee les resist tint to disease To he too fat renulls in sliuln U,n t,e heart. Watch your weight ; keep It near the average for your uge and hclglii iiml you will have good health Recipei for Ma'.rimony llecies are all well for conk says a woman observer I. Worn Home Companion, but li Is court failure to try to live ones own and one' liiishunda according to reclye ot pattern. ing, nil's Ing life Layers, kt Island Red pullets which were In March gave a winter eg b tion of 42.35 eggs. lets cave a winter Drodnctinn .. eggs and May pullets gave a nr' tion of 22.50 eggs. . The -profit In nroducins BSD largely from producing them , season of the year when they highest In price. This means tl must plan to produce eggs during : winter months. The experiment i ferred to shows that, with the P breeds, the early yu chicks are the ones which matin time to start laying In the latter of October and continue throng the winter. Ma'jy people have failed to & early chicks for the reason that 4 have trouble with leg weakness brooder troubles. The leg weak,T can Pe largely overcome by the n advocated by the Wisconsin ei; ment --station as the result oil experiments In overcoming this trot This was reported at an earlier t;' but for those who overlooked it tti repeating the formula which the; j gest : eighty pounds ground yellow it twenty pounds wheat middlings, u pounds ground raw bone, Ave pit' pearl grit and one pound of consalt Skim milk, Is used freelj ri no water Is furnished. Infertile or cod liver oil is added in lie; quantities If the chicks do not i' access to sunlight The first experiment quoted st. that April pullets produced a It' good quantity of eggs. This f doubtediy on account of the fact they were well grown. This Is if that the producer who has li hatched chicks should take ton ; count Oftentimes lets which are well fed will nr., nro stli: that w.v To,K nrttlnfc uciuic tfiaivn jjunvw and poorly grown. J April-hatche- -- oral-purpos- pt Flames Twisted Up Her Skirts. did It make what color a girl daubed the walls ot ber bedroom? How'd It affect fhips on the lakes? -' McGoogan's tender lifted anchor and e?" sailed out to the open lake at fire o'clock. "And that's thatl" Captain Stocking growled. "Idee . . . glvin' an' old bachelor at Skillagallee the pennant. Another year spoilt Well, well . . ." Is lie knocked out his pipe. "D n that gal, anyway." His daughter was absent from the kitchen. But the table was set and on the back of the supper 6teamc-range. Captain Stocking, breathing and hard, tiptoed nolrfly upstairs Norman beard rapped on her door. hlin arguing. He came down quietly at length, with Sue at bis heels. Norman saw that she had been crying. And this was the girl who boasted to him the first night that she oever cried? Never did, eb? He felt at ease with her suddenly, as If for once they bad changed their positions. So here was the kind of affair that humbled ber, a silly woman like Cat-ey- e McGoogan and a can of s d April-hatched- . Crop-Boun- big-face- d pink paint Sue avoided his eyes. She did not sit down at the table. "I need kerosene," she made excuse "No, no, I'll get It myself." She went out nervously, carrying one small oil can nnd an empty brass lantern. "Sue's kind of upset herself." the keeper grumbled "She wanted that pennant as much as I did. Never'd admit it. but she did. She had things . and shipshape everywhere else." Norman emptied his plate twice. "Sue's gone a long time." be remarked. He pushed back his chair. "I'll go ste what's keeping her." In the light tower it was dark at the bottom of the narrow stair, except for a queer light that shone through the hole in the celling, a queer light for sunset He heard Sue running downward. "Norman I" she called. "Norman, separately. Pullets Require Green Feed When Con?;. Norman !" He raced upward. He smelled burning oil as be turned the first angle, lie met ber on the lauding. Flames rwisied up her skirts. "Norman 1" she cried aguln. Norman, eb? Not plain Erickson I "Let me go . get upstairs I i wus lighting my little lantern . . ." Norman beat at the flumes. She fought Id; hands as he freed her. Fear for herself had fled. In Its place surged ward. "Pilng pjuidl" Norman bellowed. The older mno retreated. Norma.i, working feverishly, Slogged at the miiiiII yellow flames. "Here's sand!" cried Sue Stocking. She staggered In. bearing two tin buckets. Her burned dress hung Id strips. "More I" Norman heaved one bucket. The edges of the pull were wet and sand hit the flood with a damp sucking hiss. A patch of flames smothered out, He heaved uguin. There were lenses "hove . . It must not reach the lenses. lie caught another pull from I'ai'luln Stocking's hands. "Sue's calling roast guard!" The keeper stamped at the flames InelTect-ual'- y etn-ug- "1 don't want const guard turned around cra.ily. I" Svr-ma- n "Here" he thrust bis bllmered arms into a pull ami aimed the sand In chunks "mora I" pulls, Capt'n TO 8B COKTINCKO. : Ft: &! good upstairs I" she screumed. "Buckets I" Norman ordered. "No water. Sand I" He plunged op to the lump room. She had upset a gallon of coal oil ou ilie shiny floor and had dropped her lighted lantern lino It Norman shed bis coat, flung It down on the fire, and stumped his feet upon It. Pungent unsavory smoke hit his nostrils, Ua heard Captain Stocking panting up- of Fowls Caused by Rough d "CroD-bound- " Is caused by er food too large to pass through' gullet from the crop to the piw cuius or true stomach. Chicks if fed whole wheat r too young. The wheat swells an;.. comes too large to pass out of? crop. Coarse feed with an esce crude liber often causes this tioa The paralysis of the muscle the crop Is another cause. W curs In cases of cholera. Sometimes the contents can tr moved by drenching the fowl, kneading the crop and holding feet head down and working li' tents out by the mouth. In cases an operation Is necessary. move the feathers, make a slit tin" the outer skin, spread apart.1 make an Incision in the crop move the contents; then sew up The? crop, then the outer skin. be ' should skin membrane and auger. "Get l Mi! The official results of laying recently concluded show thatV hatched chicks of the heavier make the best winter layers. Bk d 11 tlve-dollu- EARLY HATCHING y e. enclosed fifty dollars hall bis first month's pay. He never received a reply. After a fortnight be wrote Jim Nel r son. He folded a bill into this envelope. Instructing honest old Jim to buy Gustaf anything In the way o. extras that be needed, and to send word to I'll rid Man's Kye It ho emergency arose. Jim answered on a postal card. "Sure," be wrote. "I'm standing by I wouldn't Gus Is all right e back.' not yet I'm easing ut tils I'll leave you know mlml. lienor try seeing hlin," and that was nil n Twice days oft duty the anslsi ant keeper walked up the snml to the const guard station. Captain Cai'lsii neglected to recognize him the llnti time. The second visit be niwlded. s curt businesslike snluie as If hi mln utes were valuable a. to he feared iwx man might waste them SS-- s life-savin- g a "Why'd You Kit Ed Ba!:c. ruuid K pol-Ishl- deep-wate- e steer.' It. "Sure, yon had a chance to wtn All's to spare. Chance and leeway Tower else. shipshape everywhere shines like the sun. Who's been the tower?" The assistant," Captain Stocking answered. His voice shook, as If about him to break into pieces. 'Tve learnt better than my own gal, Inspector." Mc"Skillagallee's all right," said I shall. Googan. "Give It the pennant No woman up at Skillagallee. . . . "Sue's maw would never 'a' done such a thing I" "It's the way of most women, the Inspector growled, "a show of poor Stocking." Be ducked back Into the corridor. Captain Stocking, sweating amazingly, followed bim Norman felt sorry, for Captain Stocking. After ail, what difference I When the pullets are penned a to their work task of egg hi'ln&; need for succulent green feed met say the poultry speclali' the Ohio university. Succulent f t feed provided for the pullet r flrst few weeks after they will keep them In good phyM dltion. Uape, green clover, and fa are satisfactory for this P" If no succulent green feed able, the poultrymen recnnin dose of Kpsom salts for the niru after housing. One pound of tj" for each 1(X) birds should be In their drinking water, and t'1 water should be given untilCOlUU ... t..l lilM'fl o .1.. ...lis ; Care of Pullets who buy pullet!"' season should have facilities f"r erly housing the birds and ' them separate from old h'n wim pullets will be unfamiliar new locntion and possibly chn', tluiis. nnd every day that '"'' " derfed means a day or n"" win production lost during the thf learn to he may possible on" owner used by the former l he rati'' to changes gradually are using. Poultry-me- IT liVOO VV.v. Ihin't get the Idea tuai ' cold that your bens do not ,; r'-'-., thing but corn. Corn Is a" has Its place In the menu, want eggs, and also to gel J'" , in good condition for l'11";'1' must have something Ik1'1'''; filve them n good egtf "'sh " , , be better If It Is fed moist "(( once a day better still if . ror i Lminis ...nil r'ti not feed nil they want. M'1 dean It ud ...... ; i 5 |