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Show away. Curse ye! Ter mother was i nough, but yere worse. She rose up slowly to her full height and confronted him. Her soul was in , her eyes and his shrank from it you like of me;, Father, you shall not say nothing of my mother; she is beyond your power iu THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS JY KATE IVDtVW, JEAi Arthur Cirf, c "At m CHAPTER The I Girl. .. . The day was dreary when stye was because the rain was born, not only fashion and a falling ln a drizzling mist hung over the hills, but because Her mother, having ,he was born.. soft heart, felt all her tenderness weak daughter, and awaking for her thered her into her arms with a half But her mother did tying caress. sot live long, and some of her friends vent so far ass ta say that it was well would have spoiled she did not, for she the girl. Her father well, there was no danger of her father spoiling the girl He considered her with tenderness. birth one of the blows fate dealt him, and he said he had had many blows He said fate was against from fate he was shiftless, they said people him; said' also that there was hardly a doubt that the girl would be the same None of the Johnsons amounted to least that branch of the famLemuel Johnson, this mans ily. brother, was rich, rumor said, and they did not blame him for having npthmg to do with his shiftless brother. He lived in a fine house in New York; and shrewd; how was enterprising could anyone blame him for dropping brother? this differently, His brother thought Lemuel was rich; fate had been good to him; it was but right that he should lelp him; it was an unheard of thing that he had never offered to help him especially when this added bnrden was laid upoi) his already too heavily laden shoulders. Of what good to him was a girl? Girls were of little use. Had she was not a she been a boy-- hut hoy, and she was motherless from the tune she was three weeks old. With a phthetic appreciation of the fitness of things her mother named And from the time she her Dolores. was taken from- the dying mother's arms her large brown eyes, shaded by long curling lashes, looked out upon the w'orld with a stiang g.avity and a knowledge of what it meant to be brought into the world unwelcome and XLTdc. .. dreary garden a short distance up the mountain. Dolores was standing' in the doorway, her arms hanging down In front of her, her fingers clasped listlessly together. , The sunlight .was on her dark head; her brown eyes were looking straight before her, and there was a light in her face .that fairly trans. formed it. Usually there was little light in her face. Her lips were parted as though she had been speaking of pleasant things. '!' , Young Green took off his hat, and ran his fingers through his fair hair. The wrinkle of perplexity appeared and deepened between his brows. Johnson is she your daughter? The blacksmith straightened up in No one had ever before surprise. neer-do-we- ll - unloved. She seldom cried. She never cooed as other and happier babies do. And as she grew older silence grew upon her. She said little and the neighbors seldom ran in to gossip with her as they did with each other, for there was no use; she took no interest in them or their gossip; no one could talk easily with her eyes upon them. So when she grew old enough to attend to the household matters herself, they left her alone; even the children of her own age dropped her as though she had been dead. She was an excellent cook, and kept the house welL In these things her father had no fault to find. He seldom spoke to her; if the food were well cooked he never found fault; he never praised it or her; he ate his meals in silence, and went out of the house. She saw him only at meal times; his evenings were spent at the tavern; hers were spent at home mending his clothes or doing whatever was to be done. ' And to every one in the village out of it She knew no' one she was simply "that girl tjf Johnsons. CHAPTER II. ' ' The Stranger. When Dolores was twenty her father awoke to the fact that she was no longer a child. The knowledge of her age and comliness came to him suddenly one day. Johnson was a blacksmith, and young Green, whose father was Judge in the town across the mountain, was riding up the valley when his mare cast a shoe, and be stopped at the shop io have It replaced. The day was warm and sultry, and after a few minutes young Green asked for some water. Johnson sent him to the house for it, saying that Dolores would give It to him. Green returned In a few minutes. There was a strange He watched her face. asked about Dolores. ' With the back of his hand he wiped the drops from his grimy face. She my darter? Wal, I reckon. My cuised luck thet she waint a boy; boys is o use. A flash came into the clear blue Cursed luck? eyes watching him. Man, you should thank your lucky star that she is a woman and such a woman! Where did she get her learning? "Learnin I LIVESTOCK POULTRY say-wh- Mercy." Etc. Entered Accordinj to Act of Congress in the ye,r , the Office of the Smnan Congress fl now. g New Experiment In JillBuying Milk by the Test Prof. R. A Pearson, in an address nol. , , Raising Pheasants. We have received the following Tot pheasants take a medium sized recently said: Milk for the market communication from Prof. H. W. Mum-forhen, after she has been sitting two should be bought from the producers its and on content of a basis Its fat of the, Illinois experiment star three days, gently, lift her off of as a i , the nest and place not over 15 to 18 sanitary condition; Its value these tion: salable product depends upon rebe Js changing again to fine wool, and Oqe- - of the greatest questions pheasant eggs In the nest, gehtiy off two 4 things. Everyone knows that 8 fore the cattle feeders of the corn when that movement has progressed place her on the nest; if she files belt is, How can the. greatest profit a little further. the men that raise when replaced, let her go, she will per cent milk la worth more than that most likely go back of her own will. per qent to the dealer, and milkworth be secured' from converting our most Merinos will be an top. For instance, been carefully handled Is available foodstuffs, corn and clover silk have jgone up ten per cent If possible, select the tamest hens for has more than which has not. Why hay, into meat? It was to answer this sincegoods the outbreak of the Japanese-Russia- n hatching quail and pheasant eggs. should not that fac desirable two these question that' the experiment in progwar. Alfood and water should be place so tors paid fbr at a fair rate? ress. was undertaken. ,This investigaAs to the quantity of wool Merinos that the hen can subsist during Incu- most be payof favor In every argument tion involves mainly a study of meth will bation. Thia is especially essential the figures remain large. ing .for milk delivered to a factory, on ods Of preparation of cqrn and, clover We produce, If the hen is shut up In some 'outhave ewes that are shearing as force with a fat equal inbasis, and beef applies for Ts the food 'tfart of the hay production building, otherwise to market milk and there are Just cidentally of pork, as affecting cost of high as 25 pounds per head, and bucks not so essential, as she will soon find that are shearing as high as 40 ; as strong argumepta In favoi of hav- production, the roam over food If allowed to relative, rapidity of finish pounds.' Taking our flock as a whole, the also by value the ing governed finished and of the product quality yard, etc. If the hen Is quite tame, test they are shearing about 14 pounds per fed head, and this is a very The following rations examine the eggs frequently to.spe sanitary condition. The .Babcock acand good average shows content the fat quickly to ten different lots of steers: that none Is broken or whether she for a flock of its size. An occasional examihatlon has fouled her nest; If any of the curately. 1 Lot As to wool prices, we hope our conSilage, corn meal, gluten suppleof the eggs have been broken, remove thfe mented producing premises meal and clover hay. signment of a quarter of a million by tasting and smelling the broken eggs and clean all the others milk Lot 2 Ear corn, gluten meal and pounds will net us 19 cents per pound when delivered and the simple that have become dirty from the acid test or the fermentation test, clover hay. at the farm. This was unwashed with ft do daihs this broken eggs; Lot 3 Ear corn and clover hay. condition wool. For washed wool we have shows the sanitary clearly Never water. cloth dipped In warm are received as high as 60 sometimes A milk 4 Corn meal, gluten meal and nilk. of the few buyers Lot IB put the eggs In water. A foul nest of clover basis on cents now the milk pm per pound. chasing , hay. quite Certain to kill the young birds. its fat content and, roughly we may We Jiave sold one carload of sheep 5 Corn meal, gluten meal, cloIt takes 22 to 24 days for the eggs say, its sanitary condition. It is to verLot hay hay chaffed and mingled this year to western men to go onto to hatch.. After the eggs have beep the own inteiest to have with the grain. the ranches. The bucks are being , under the hen 20 days sprinkle the this dairymens extended. on the flocks in Montana, Utah, practice 6 Lot Corn and cob I find meal, gluten used water. eggs with A western creamery has built up a and other western states. They Texas clover hay. that this greatly assists the young In very large and successful business of meal, Lot 7 Corn and cob meal, gluten are found to be very valuable to cros leaving the shell. The hen should making butter from hand separator meal and clover hay- - hay chaffed and with the common range sheep. One always be set In a box whose sides cream which is shipped from all direcobject is to improve the quality of are at least six Inches higher than tions and from some points 600 miles mingled with grain. the wool. Our western range sheep S leave Lot will not if shelled Shock ear the nest; .the young corn, corn, distant. They pay two cents more per produce a good quality of mutton, and soon as as etc. to Common their foster mother they pound for butter fat that comes in corn, (according it needs only, slight improvement remove are out of the shell. Dont good condition than for that which practices), and clover hay. too, Merinos are good herders. the hen until the young ttre at least comes in bad condition. They make Lot 9 Shelled corn, gluten meal Then, will herd easily in large flocks, They 24 hours old, as by that time they Tbe and clover butter, hay (fed in ordinary dirt which is not the case with the mutwill have learned a part of their or mud lot). dairy Industry is rapidly developing ton breeds. This is an important facfoster mothers call . or talk When in tbelr section, showing that their Lot lO- - Shelled corn, gluten weal tor on the western ranges, where and remove to the desire of , ,,hen you methods are wise. The president and clover hay (fed in paved lot in many thousands of sheep have to be four to a coop, first get her brood that company told me recently that comparison with lot 9). kept together under the control of a boards, say 12 to 14 Inches wide, most patrons deliver the higher price A sufficient number of pigs to presingle herder. edge them up, making a square' cream, or soon, patronize another vent waste follow each lot. The I spoke of the range sheep being sure; nail the ends together and creamery, .where there is no discrim- records of this experiment should very good for mutton production. then throw dirt around the bottom ination between good and bad. If a show which of the methods; , You take the middle-woo- l sheep and edges of the boards, so that It la not creamery finds it profitable to differ1. Is the most efficient for beef there is a lot of fat put on the side to for cream a bird possible get'out; better, entiate between good and poor ' production. which you cant eat. Rut range sheep perhaps, to put dirt on both sides of at the rate of C td10 cents per hun2. Produces ithe maximum amount crossed with Merinos make a sheep the boards, as it often happens that dred pounds of milk, the buyer of . , with a high quality of mutton. other chickens may scratch the dirt market milk would find It profitable of pork. 3. Is the most efficient for meat pro There"is also another factor that away from the outside, thus giving also to adopt such a plan. duction or beet and pork production Is entering Into the problem of raisthe young a chance to get out. When ' combined. you are quite certain that you have ing Merino sheep, and that Is the deThe Fat Dairy Cow. , 4. Involves least labor. mand for wool from cross-breyour enclosure such that the young sheep. The milch cow that is iat, when she 5. Produces the most meat for a This demand is Increasing. cannot escape,, then take any old box We have fed not is either is milk, being end giving remove one that you may have, therefore sold from time to time a given unit of labor. 6. and one side, place the box In the Tight or she has not the proper charReturns the greatest profit to number of Merinos to go to Wiscona milch cow. a for BARBER WHO WAS A KING. acteristics center of enclosure with open side the feeder after considering efficiency sin and other nearby states to be used down, nail slats .over ,the front to If she fattens on any kind of food, of feed and labor involved. for crossing. In some markets what ConNervous Customer Jumped at wool sells Keep the hen In the box. When this then she is mors of a beef than dairy is known as "cross-breOne hundred thirty clusion and Fied. But it frequently happens steers of the choice Is all done, take the '. hen and her animal. the best of all. are grade being A queer reminiscential gleam crept brood and place them in the box, and that excellent cows fatten when fed used in this , George E. Peck. experiment They were into the eyes of the barber, with the the first thing to 'do after this has on foods of a 'certain- kind. It is not Kane County, Illinois. purchased in ihe Chicago market dursudas he rakish foods be theto that such hen is low, done espebeen all forehead, the necessary long, give of , October and ing the months denly rested his razor hand while corn she will eat. F. J. Wilson. , cially rich in carbohydrates. Some November at an average cost of $4 25 Plants Poisonous to Stock. of the lean, of them seem merely to stimulate the shaving the Adams apple per cwt. The experiment began Nov The government of the United nervous-lookinman in the' chair. Durham The fat forming proclivities. 28, 1903, and will be Crested White Ducks. I was King Louis XIV. of France cows and there are a good many ex- 28, 1904, or in a six completed Maj States has done a good thing in sendmonths feeding Crested White ducks are valuable cellent milkers among them, are pering inspectors into the western counlast night, said the barber, suddenly, period. to hunt for the plants that have the razor still poised about half an chiefly as ornaments, as they possess haps thg ones that fatten most quickIt will be remembered that the try proved so poisonous to stock. There inch above the lean customers Adams no qualities that are not found in ly when in milk. The writer once had steers fed Jn the market is a foolish Idea last winter one of this breed that proved a most existing among one apple. grade experiment at the Illinois sta- class of our agriculturists to the efThe customer blinked and breathed remarkable milk producer, both as to tion were on fed chaffed or cut hay hard. The shaved side of his Tace quantity and quality of milk. She mingled with the grain fed. The re- fect that animal instinct is so perfect that the range animal can be dependwas also a continuous milker and sults became nearly as white as the still following this system of ed upon to refuse the plant that would lathered other side. could, never be dried up on common were highly satisfactory, but feeding no at- be injurious. The belief is not foundfeed. But once, in the midst of her Wait a minute, he said, placing a was made non wag it possible tempt ed on fact, for thousands of domestic lactation period, she was given a to shaking hand on the barbers shaving from an economic standcompare means animals arm. He up sat straight In the chair large amount of pumpkins morning this system of feeding with the of tbe every year perish by eat. and night. She began at once to lay point poisonous with a wild look, and then made a bolt plants they method where hay is fed This is case when the the On fat at a most astonishing rate, and ordinary especially for the door. loose and uncut and unmingled with ( and in winter when to drop jn.the milk yield in the same Wow! he yelled as he went What the grain. From the above outline rangestheget short, tops of certain poisonous, an escape! . King Louie XIV! proportion as she laid on fat. It was it will be noticed that i. compari- only by the only tiine in her career when she son of tbe records of He wouldnt have done a thing plants have appeared above the snow, feeding lots 4 thousands of Bheep have died from a showed any signs of drying up. The and to me and, wlia the towel stream5, and again of 6 and 7, we shall single flock. pumpkins were discontinued and the be able to determine which ing in the breeze and one side of his system On the eastern farms there is some face, still lathered, he loped down the more commonly grown breeds. The roUlt supply began at once to increase will return to the feeder the greatest street. standard weight of the mature drake I again, and the fat on her sides to dis-i- net profit after taking into considera- need of this work, but the deman 1 is not m great as it is in the West On The barber with the long, low, rak7 ppunds and of the duck" 6 pounds. appear. The remarkable thing about tion the relative efficiency of the ra the farms that are it was that she was always highly tions and the cost fenced, and where ish forehead went to the door and of and preparing fed on middlings, starch feed, cornthe raising of animals is carried on stared after the galloping customer ' same. feeding for Orchard Cultivation. Tools stalks and the like, but all of these with amusement. Last season an experiment waa con- under intensive conditions, so much O. M. Morris, in' a publication of the were changed into milk and not Into muttered Well, Ill be ducted at this station to determine feed is fed from the barn that in times inNow what kind o cogs Oklahoma station, .says; The, ordinary fat the barber. of paving feed lots of scarcity the animals are not the Therefore the Individuality of the for advisability eat duced to of the great has that feller got In his conk? I was two horse plow 1$ the. best implement quantities fattening cattle, which resulted use in early spring. This will .stir cow must be taken into consideration. poisonous plants. In most cases the ony tryin to tell him that I was King to the soil to a good depth and put It in It is not always true, as has been very much in favor of adopting the plants are only mildly poisonous and Louis XIV. at the barbers" masquerade This is being practice. experiment such condition that the rain will sink claimed by some, that a cow with ball last night, and look at him gain eating them will not prove fatal to the down and not run off, the land. It disposition to fatten proves herself of duplicated this winter with lots 9 animal provided they do not form too Washafter Salvators mile record! 10. and also leaves the surface open and free no value for the dairy. We are great a proportion of the food eaten. ington Post. from trash and, litter that would be brought more and more to realize the This is true of such plants as 'horseOne Merino Flock. in the way of the cultivator. The fact that every cow must bo Judged MR. HENHECKS IDEA OF IT. I have a flock of Merinos that now tail, and is equally true of the leaves plow can be nin as close to the tree as an Individual rather than as one of of the wild cherry, which are somenumbers 1,400. This flock was startas team be can the. driven .without a general class. , There is therefore a times eaten by cows with fatal reRevised AccordWell Known-Sayinin ed I 100 of when head 1866, bought danger of. harking the tree or limbs perpetual demand for the use of milk Merinos of sults. ing Io His Opinion. Since that quality. high with the. harness.. ,If .the plow passes scales and milk testers. Mrs. Henheck looked up from the It has been no light task tor the we added to have time flock the by too close to the tree , it should be to obtain reliable data, paper she was writing on The Dealgovernment at different but purchase times, turned, out of the ground or raised Clean Milk Vessel. velopment of Modern Slang and Its so as to run from other flocks that were high and indeed this is only now in process ways A small shallow. very Influence Upon Our Daily Conversastockmen The value of clean milk pails and in quality. In this way we have got of 'being done. Although plow six or eight inches wide is very had known for a long time that certion. pans is recognized by all dairymen, new to blood keen the of stamina up . to finish around the trees and good not every farmer knows what is the flock. During the time this flock tain plants were poisonous, yet nothMy dear, she said to her husband, the dead furrows, but it is not but meant by. clean milk vessels. who had come In from the kitchen tq along, Tbe has been in existence there has been ing had been done in a scientific way Some form of a 'plow is on an ordinary a great change in the type of what to find just how poisonous the plants receive teli her that the dishes were washed necessary. they washing and the orchard cannot be' and put away, what is the conclusion necessary farm, in which one small lot of boiling we call the popular sheep. Yet we were or to find antidotes for them. In well cared for without it. The shal--lofor washing several milk haye found our Merinos holding their fact, in a good many cases the treatof that atrociously vulgar saying whle.h .summer cultivation can he done water serves ments used were harmful rather than begins with There is a sucker born with several different kinds of tool?. pails, does not clean them, but always own in. the public esteem. I remem. . In . certain every minute? The small shovel cultivator 1$ a very leaves large humbers of bacteria, ber that in 1882 we went to the state curative. For instance. especially in the cracks, ready to mix fair at Peoria and showed our Merinos cases of poisoning it was said that Why, Henrietta, I dont call it to good tool and can be used for a great with the next lot of milk drawn into mind at present.' against some of the best of the mut- the animal must be made to exercise many purposes. The, one five the pail. If possible they should be ton breeds We got our share of the vigorously. This proved to be the Surely you do, my pet.- - - It; is payt shovel, cultivator is one ofhoysq best the steamed daily. When this is not pasof the argot of the street They say tools for a premiums and sold about $600 worth opposite of the truth, absolute rest small place. ' It can be adshould be scrubbed with of bucks. The first buck I sold being needed to assist the curative There is a sucker born every minute to do almost any kindof work; sible, they justed boiling water and sal soda, rinsed in brought $100, and men wondered at processes. It is evident that the suband then I think the rest of It refers and ,to work Jn narrow places. It dewater and turned upside down the boiling to what the the suckers do. But that price, for the bucks of the mut- ject is onq requiring the best thought surstroys the weeds; breaks up the of our most competent veterinarians. to dry. They should not be rinsed in ton breeds showing part of it I forgot. What is it they face soil-anagainst us brought leaves (t level. There cold water and should never be all do? The about wiped was $25. wonder still only are several kinds of dik harrows and with a rag after In hot greater wnet I sold another buck for Hiram Henheck steeled himself for y Scaly Legs. harrows that 'do good work weather it may be scalding. necessary to take $125. was It he chance felt but the trouble, and leave the soil In an almost Ideal them Scaly legs is caused by a paraoccasionally to a creamery for of his life. A year ago last summer we shipped site and hence can be quite easily condition. The disk harrow Is one of 61 bead io Australia, Let me see, he mused. It goes, the best tools. for summer cultivation Bteaming. Prof. W. H. Conn. One of them eradicated from a flock. The trouble There is a sucker born every minute of the orchard. It sold in that country for $1,000. We does not spread rapidly and this again A Change of Corsets. destroys the weeds and they all they all have .ust shipped 250,000 pounds of indicates that it Is quite easy to conand leaves the sofl level ancf well pulA valuable discovery bas been made Yes, yes, dovey, I got that down. verized, thus forming a good mulch. that half of, womans ills come from Merino wool east. This may seem an trol. It is seldom met with in young Chica. And they all get married! The cutaway harrows are good for gearing the same pair of corsets enoroious quantity to ship from one fowls and leso in the light Meditergo Tribune. surface cultivation, but do not as a every day,' says Philadelphia Press. flock, but !t represents ten years clip. raneans fowls than tn the heavy bring us 20 breeds. Old birds of the heavier .rule work well if there is much trash There Is so. e truth in this statement We hope that wool will Explaining the Situation. or weeds and grass on the ground. for the rdasotrtbat pressure is always Cents per pound.' types are most likely to have it. The Memphis Commercial Appeal The common Sim e the starting of our flock there Fortunately for the raisers of water same exerted slantand the one and upon place , has cpme over the inexplains the advance in the price of toothed harrow straight fowls, ducks and geese are not subject is bf great value In gets tired In spots. meat by an Incident that recently oca beWhen we to it. As parasites of all kinds can dustry . great change. A of corsets would down the surface of change smoothing the naturally in hotel. a curred gan to raise Merinos of be killed by the use of grease and oil, means a change In pressure. Th soli after the plow and heavy cultiSee here, said an indignant guest vators. It is all the wool produced in the United these may be disposed of the same of.,value to break same holds good In shoes and hats. to the your waiter the crust of ajso proprietor, If jegpl would only consider these States was grown on Merino sheep. way. Probably the oil and lard themthe a after rain. soil, charged me 25 cents for a tomato. Is There are. several kinds of spring small things, much discomfort and So great has. been the change irmn selves would do the work, but to make that right? toothed harrows ' that, do good 'work annoyance 'could - be avoided. The Merinos to the mutton breeds that it the remedy the more efficacious, kerois now saf to say that the conditions sene is added. It is also sometimes No, it isnt right, replied mini and are valuable as surface cultivapoor liver gets credit for all our Illsbut thats what wi tors. The roller are host amiably, s reveised and that of well to make an ebiulsion of keroare of and drag hut the wool is now produced by sheep sene and water and dip the legs of the charge. French Shipping Trade. little value In orchard cultivation. fowls into this. Pure lard is good and The roller can be used to advantage The shipping trade in France was other than Merinos. The Real Cause. Our foreign trade lit sheep helps us if the legs of the fowls are greased sometimes on very loose, gravelly active in 1903, compared with the out greatly. We are shipping sheep with this till the spaces between the What makes yon so Maude eoils. previous year, the entries having risboth to Australia and South Africa. scales are filled the recovery should fully nervous, dear? en from 18,367,862 tons to 19,264,724 Clara We have sent 200-tThis is a matter that Why, Fred Is to have an in Africa and about be complete. Every farmer can Improve his flock tons, and the clearances from 13,734,-46tervlew with papa this afternoon. the same number to Australia. I be- should be attended to, as the birds of fowls by constant and careful setons to 14,320,113 tons. Maude "Oh, and you are afraid youi lection, always lieve that the time is again approach- doubtless suffer greatly from the inweeding out the poor- father will not give his consent? This is shown by ing when we will get good prices for cessant itching. of Palm. Leaves Large Clara No; Im afraid Fred wonl Merinos and for Merino wool. the persistency with which fowls afThere is no real creating without cocoanut palm has leaves The I was told by a Philadelphia man fected with this disease peck at their show up. hard work. Brahms. thirty feet long. connected with the woolm industries legs, often making them bleed. The book had slipped from his hand and fallen to the ground ; he kicked It The flash deepend contemptuously. in her eye, but she had had her say. and sat down. The moonlight was on her face and hair; Tier shadow lay long and dark behind her. , Lavjjia Ketcham made a gentle wife; she gave up much for peace, and at first She had loved her husband; .afterward she found out his brute nature. Her nature was fine, and she was true to him always, but love was out of the question then. He forbade her the use of her books, and in that only she would not obey him. For a nature like hers to die men; impossible. tally or even stagnate She was above him as the stars she loved were above her, and she knew it, and he knew it also; he hated her for it. , , . She was a school teacher, and as school teachers did not thrive that side of the mountain he offered her a home, and she accepted his offer, believing him noble because of this generous act, as women will believe of the men they love until they have been proved otherwise, when the sweet If rather blind faith In them can never return once being destroyed. Her daughter Inherited her nature only In a far higher degree. Her husband knew it' and the neighbors knew 1L Never, however, did the girls father know that her mothers books were her constant companions; that she lived in them and on them; that nearly every word of theirs was known to her by heart. Betsy Glenn had been her mothers schoolmate and friend. Betsy Glenn taught Dolores with all the power she was capable. She had lotig been dead, but the seed she sowed grew and grew; Borne time it would ripen and bear fruit. Had her father known of this he would have stopped it from the first. He did not know it, for he had never taken enough interest in her to know it. Had he asked her she would have told him, but, he never asked. , The' jealousy he had already felt toward his wife for her love of books seethed and scorched in his heart as he stood faemg her' daughter and his. She- - possessed not one of his traits; the mothers nature had deepened ten fold in his daughter. (To Be Continued.) ? The man was bewildered; he laughed She aint never had no scornfully. learnin s far as I 'know. Thar ain't no use in learnin t least I ain't never seen no, use o it. Wimmen specially air better oft thout it. Hyars yer mare reddy. Fine mare, she. A shillin, sir, thank 'ee The mare was full of life and spirits, and a beautitul animal. When her master mounted she reared and plunged; her tail swept the scanty grass at the door, her long silky mane swept his face; her eyes were flashing, her nostrils dilated. The girl in the dooway lost her listless attitude. She came down the steps, and called to him, and her voice peculiarly penetrating, but full of rare sweetness sounded like a note of music on the sultry air. He smiled at her. With a tight rein and a calm word he quieted the mare, then he rode up to the girl. His- - voice was pleasant; to her it sounded grave and almost sweet Themare is gentle as a kitten; she would not harm me for the" world. It is only one of her tricks. You are as fond of animals as of astronomy, are you not, Miss Johnson? ' Her gaze had strayed down to the shop: Her father was standing in the doorway rubbing his hands on his leathern apron and watching them. The flash died out of her eyes, the flush from her face; the listlessness had returned. His gaze involuntarily followed hers. He received no reply from her, and expected none; he understood with a rare instinct. she stood When he had ridden-awaa long time at the gate. The faraway look was in her eyes as she watched the black mare and her rider until the haze from the mountain hid them from view. When her father came into, dinner he watched her as she prepared the table f he watched her as "she ate. His eyes were on her .c'onstanly; she knew it, but gave no sign. As he took up his hat to return to the shop he (Tirnei) amHieked, abruptly, but with little show of interest: How old air ye, girl? ' Her large eyfes looked through and through him; her gaze was steady, his wavered; her voice, too, was steady and slow : I am twenty, father. Curse the girl! he muttered, as he passed down "the worn path to the shop witlf no haste in his slouching gait Curse all ther Wimmen! Borned fools, every one of em. Jest my luck thet she warnt a hoy; boys Is o use CHAPTER III. Her Learning. Dolores was sitting . on the door steps one evening. Her father was at Did ye get ther water? the tavern as usual, and as her house not did on he and his face, expression In enter the shop at once; he stood in the hold duties were finished 'she sat the flooded that mellow the moonlight doorway,1 watching the hammer fall on mountain with raidiance. She was no the glowing iron. were parted; Green had a college education, and longer listless.- Her lips his friends were to a certain extent her eyes larger and darker than usual; like all other young fellows, fond of her face, raised to the starry heavens, On her knees lay hunting and all athletic sports, but a was full of light. and one slender old an astronomy, strength like this mans he had pever readbefore seen. Green was a man, and finger marked the place of her men admire strength. The mouth was ing. She was lost to herself and her sursullen under the scant gray mustache; the eyes were small, and showed a roundings; she did not hear the heavy narpossible cruelty of nature brute cruel- footsteps approaching along the ty; the forehead was low and narrow. row path; she saw nothing until a There was not an Intellectual line in rough hand pulled the book from under bis face. her fingers. A deep oath smote the A wrinkle of puzzled thought ap- air. "Curse ye! her father muttered, bepeared between the young man's Curse em brows. He turned and looked long tween his clenched teeth, and earnestly up the path that led to as Invented books an learnin! Thes the tiny unpalntari house set In Its Is ther way ye waste yer time while 1 that there is a milling combine, tn agents of which declare that there is not enough fine wool to permit them tq run a year. One thing that affects, the production of fine wool detrimentally is that it can be mixed with shoddy and With cotton, and all are palmed off as fine wool.. They cant mix coarse wbol with either shoddy or cotton without the Imposture being apparent 5But when fine wool is mixed, as 1 hate said, it takeB an expert to tell it. A great deal also depends on fashion. For some time the coarse wools have been in fashion. Already fashion Beef-Makin- -- 1 ara-ljelng luke-war- high-clas- prize-winnin- g en-c- k d first-clas- d ' - g Bug-hous- I J ' , . -- d , cut-awa- -- g nine-tenth- s - nine-tenth- o 3 |