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Show THU! drew him nearer to her, brought his arm around her waist, his face close to hers. , Why, sweetheart," he crlei, his voice husky with all the emotion he was feeling. " Why ' Suddenly he leaned toward her and kissed her. .. By FRANK H. WILLIAMS Now, ows the time to do it," ho whispered to her a moment later. Wo must be married tonight Those three ( by McClure Nawspcpr Syndicate.) fellows might kidnap you, or that Harry Crenshaw glanced up at the masked man who- - helped me may be y znoon, a wistful, look In his another beau of yours and he may be eyes. Then his jaw suddenly shot out, contemplating kidnaping you. Well his hands clenched and a rather fierce be married tonight! look came into his deep blue eyes. But what will father say? cried Im going to win her or lose her Alice. , Hell probably never forgive me," tonight, Harry said to himself. Shes been playing with me and all her other said Harry, but I cant. help It I beaus long enough. , It's going to be want you you want me. Well tear now or never with me." around to the county clerk hes a Having come to this sudden deter- frierd of mine, said Harry, and see mination, Harry ran out to the curb, if we cant make him get us a license where his last years roadster was tonight Them we'll dig up a minis-- . parked and, jumping into It, sent it ter, and and While Harry was talking he was humming down the street It was Just eleven oclock. Just about rushing Alice Into his car. As he this time of the night Alice would be started the car down the street he suggesting to the particular beau who heard a cry behind him. Looking was favored for the evening that it back he saw hts three assailants, now was time for leaving. Harry smiled a reinforced by two others of Alice's bit to himself as he thought of the suitors, running toward him. scene. Alice, lovely In a summer Harry shot on more Juice and , gown and with the natural roses In smiled grimly. To Harry's surprise there was a her cheeks and the brightness of her brown eyes making the man of the light in the county clerks house when evening feel like gathering her In his they drew up In front of It. A moarms and making away with her, mentary wave of apprehension swept would be saying something like this: over Harry as they started up the You know my father doesnt like to path to the house. have my friends stay later than eleven Then, as the door was opened and oclock. Silly, Isnt it I But you know the county clerk smiled at them, the father hes pretty stem at times." apprehension gave way to a feeling of And the young man, knowing Mr. real fear. There was something wrong Richards by reputation If not In per- here. For a moment Harry felt like son, would hesitate a moment and then turning around and hurrying away with Alice. Then, telling himself he reluctantly take his departure. All the spring and summer this sort was merely silly, be entered the house of thing had been going on, and now it with Alice hanging on his arm. The county clerk pointed to the was going to stop, so far as Harry was concerned. His participation in parlor. As Harry and Alice entered the the comedy was going to come to its climax tonight. parlor Harrys heart dropped like lead. He was fairly trembling with ex- There, standing In front of them, with the masked citement when he drew up a short a smile on his lips,-wdistance from the Richards home and man I saw a light burning in the window he Gripping Alice by the arm, Harry knew to be Alices. turned to fly out of the room. But Harry whistled the call which Al- the county clerk blocked the door. e ice knew from school days He, too, was smiling. For a moment there was silence. together. After a moment Alice came to the window. Its all right, said the county Come down; I want to talk to clerk at last. Rev. Mr. Jones, please come In." you," whispered Harry. For a moment Alice hesitated, then A minister entered the room by she nodded. Apparently she, too, was another door. Harry gasped, then enamored of the night and felt more turned again to the clerk. like excitement than retiring to slumIts all right, the clerk repeated, -ber. Youve got a good friend a good Harry felt like rushing to Alice and helper. Your friend phoned me a half catching her tightly in his arms when hour ago to get out a license and have she came out upon the porch. But he a minister here. He said you were restrained himself. coming." Alice, he said, rather hating, now Harry turned excitedly to the that it had come to the point to cut masked man. The latter suddenly himself off, perhaps, from all further jerked off the mask, revealing Air friendship with her, you know Im ices father. crazy about you. . I suppose your Yes," smiled Mr. Richards, its father would turn you out of house all I overheard your talk with and home and cut you off without a Aliceright and decided to help you. cent if you married me, but wont I like tonight your spunkjand pep the way you? I simply can't stand It to have you go after what you want and things keep on the way theyve been get It. It's time Alice was getting going. I won't keep on being merely married. Im glad Its to you. And, one of the crowd. Tonight Is going afterward, theres a place for you in to settle things for me. Will you my plant. ?" as In a daze Harry felt himIt seamed to Harry that an answer- selfAnd pushed in front of the minister, at Alices this. eyes ing glow lighted saw Alice by his side and heard the Cut he had no opportunity to find out Just then what the glow in Alice's marriage service begin. eyes meant, for there came a sudden WOODEN GAS MAINS LASTING Interruption. From the shrubbery near the point where Alice and Harry were stand- Pipes Laid In New York Town More Than Seventy Years Ago Are ing there came a sudden rush of three young men. Harry recognized them Still Sound. at once. They were three of Alices most vigorous suitors. They ranged When a gas system was Installed in themselves around Harry belligerent- Canandaigua more than seventy years ly. ago there was laid tn the main street Are we going to stand for this, fel- a wooden trunk line 1,800 feet lows? demanded one of the three. long. - In a survey of the distribution Here we come to serenade the pret- system made recently it was decided tiest girl in town and we find this that, since this wooden trunk line had fellow butting In. Whatll we do with seen such long and faithful service, It .. him? must be time to give It a At this Harry noticed that the three rest. But when a section of the pipe was young men carried mandolins and guitars. uncovered the engineers changed their Throw him under a freight train, minds because there was disclosed a remarkable Illustration of the durabilsuggested one of the number. gas main. ; AlThrov him out in the street, said ity of the another. though this w'ooden pipe had been-iOf course there was laughter dur- Ing submerged in water. It appeared to ing all of this, but Harry knew that be as sound as the day It was laid. A under the kidding there was a tone hole was bored in It with an ordinary of seriousness. He wasnt, therefore, carpenter's bit. The Inside of the log surprised when a moment later the was Just as sound as the outside.' Its thickness was found to be nearly two three made a concerted rush at him. one-hainches,' making the outHarry knew how to handle himself, and but three were too much for him. He side diameter of the log eleven Inches. Chips from the boring showed there struck out- - valiantly and had the satisfaction of knowing that at least one had been no seepage through the fiber of the number would carry , a black and the wood was not Impregnated odor. There was only a eye for a while in remembrance of with a gas film on inside of the pipe. Oththe thin it the evening, but he realized that would be only a moment or so until erwise the wood was fresh and clean. In layi.ig, this 'fclntoHc p'p line one the three bore him down. end of the log was trimmed down for Then, surprisingly, there came an it few Inches to about half its original A wearfigure, husky interruption. a over mask the upper part thickness, and this was Inserted Into ing black of bis face, hurled himself upon the the enlarged bore of the next length, three. With the helf of this stranger then on Iron band was drawn tightly The Iron band had not the tide of battle turned. In a few over the joint.5 moments the three turned tail and survived as well as the wood. Several of the joint hands were found to have ran. . rusted through and had to be removed. unexImmensely startled by this Utility Bulletin. pected help and by the sudden turn In affairs, Harry turned, breathing Father Was Right. heavily, to the poipt where his mysThe oldest son was home on bis terious helper bad last been. But the stranger was gone!; Only Alice was first vacation since he had attained there, her eyes shining like stars, the dignity of class president. Ha her hands clasped excitedly in front and his father were discussing the affairs of the day. of her. Oh, it was wonderful wonderful ! Finally the boy remarked, Say, dad, she cried. - I never knew you could I hope when I am as old as you are that I'll know lots more than you do." fight like that ! At the light in Alices eyes all Yes," answered the father, I only thought of the three assailants and of hope that when you are that old you his mysterious helper left him. The will kuow as much as you think you tight In Alice's eyes fascinated him, do now." Chicago Tribune COUNTY NFWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH BATTLE A6AIIIST FULTON. Wilt, Species of Attack Immature Fruits. Snout-Beetl- 7 Must Be Complete and Thorough in Order Not to Leave Pieces of Roots. Digging 1 far-awa- as RS. LIUVAIII BARBERRY PLANT Helper . WALNUT AND HICKORY TREES HURT BY PEST His Mysterious - mew DIFFICULT BUSHES 10 NIL es TO FIGHT GOOD ROADS Methods of Controlling Curculics Include Burning Fallen Nute and 8praying With Arsenate of Lead. (Prepared by the United States Department o Agriculture.) s Several species of nearly related . to the common plum curcullo attack the Immature fruits, tender shoots and leaf petioles of walnut and hickory trees. A discussion of four such species, all belonging to the genus Conotrachelus, which closely resemble one another In appearance, habits and seasonal activities, is given in United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1066, Curcuilos That Attack the Young Fruits and Shoots of Walnut and Hickory, by Fred E. Brooks, entomosnout-beetle- Large Number of 8eedlingt Sometimes Are Found Growing Under Dead Plante That Wera Dug When in Fruitage Stage. ' (Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.) In carrying on the fight against the common barberry, the plant that harbors stem rust of wheat, the United Suggests to Suffering Women States Department of Agriculture has found that it Is very important to do the job of digging thoroughly and to destroy plants having berries, even logist though they are only partly matured. Special characteristics of the butThe bushes are hard to kill, and seeds ternut curcullo, the t, curcullo, the hickory nut the hickory-shoo- t curcuilos are separately described. Methods of controlling curcuilos include burning the fallen nuts, spraying the leaves which they eat with arsenical poisons, and spraying the nut trees with lead arsenate. While, the dropping of walnuts and hickory nuts before the larvae In them mature affords an opportunity for destroying the young Insects by collecting and burning or otherwise disposing of the fallen nuts, this method is successful only in cases of Isolated trees or plantations. Lead arsenate applications, on the stems, leaves and frait, soon after growth starts In the spring, can be counted on to give good results In reducing injury from butternut and black-walncurcuilos. Spraying walnut trees with lead arsenate at a strength of six pounds to fifty gallons of water Is an effective method of controlling the butternut curcullo. black-walnu- . the Road to Health FOES Fulton, National Campaigns Launched Against Ancient Enemies of Motor World Many Sign Up. ! used Lydia E. Vegetable Compound for soreness in my side. I would suffer so badly every month from Arkansas.--- Pink ham . my waist down that I could not be on my Officials of the newly organized National Motorists, association declared war on a number of ancient enemies r of the motor world following an organization meeting at Chicago. They launched national campaigns against political interference with highway building programs, overloaded trucks which are breaking- up paved roads, and on increasing motor tax levies and declared that the campaigns will be carried out consistently In every section of the country. Their attention was called to the damage done by illegally loaded trucks to roads about Chicago by Senator H. C. Kessinger, who predicted that the new organization will become the champion of 50,000,000 people if its program for Improved motor conditions is carried out. EL E. Ertsman of the Illinois association, and Fred H. Caley of the Ohio State association were named secretaries of the new national body and delegated to open national headquarters shortly in Washington, D. G An immediate survey has been ordered to determine why gasoline prices should continue at their present peak. A number of the 350 delegates sent to the initial Chicago convention were empowered by their local clubs to apply for immediate membership in the new national body. The first to formally sign up was the Ohio State Automobile association, with a membership of 60,000. The Illinois State Automobile association, Including 45,000 members outside of Chi- - feet half the time. 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Some of the grubbed bushes were completely severed from the soil, but there was enough earth left on the Toots to hold moisture until secondary - roots were formed. This condition happens most frequently In wet weather or In moist woodlands. : 8eedlings Under Dead Buehea. Great numbers of seedlings sometimes are found growing under dead bushes that were dug when in fruit. The last of September berries were collected from bushes dug August 1, and 1,000 of them (about 2,000 seeds) were scattered on loose earth and lightly covered with dirt and leavesf The following June there were 282 seedlings on this area. The same number of berries were collected from standing bushes at the same time and sown under similar, conditions. The following June there 'were 30? seedlings .on the area, showing that the immature seeds were almost as viable as the matured ones. It is probable that seeds from bushes grubbed out even before August will grow, and for this reason it is Important, says the department, to destroy them. Advisable to Watch Sprouts. It also is advisable to watch the sprouts that may come up where old barberry plants have been taken out. These sprouts produce seed much earlier than bushes that grow directly from seeds. Bushes were dug In the fall of 1920. That same fall sprouts were produced, and during the following year they grew vigorously. By 1922 these plants were bearing flowers In abundance. This summer, therefore, special attention must be given to places' where bushes were dug In 1920 or earlier, says the department. KEEN INTEREST IN POULTRY 50 and 75 Letters Seeking Information Received by Animal Industry Bureau. Between requests for Information on poultry raising averaging between 50 and 75 letters a day since early ta. the year are reported by the bureau of animal industry, United States Department of Agriculture. In addition the supply of poultry literature distributed by the division of publications has surpassed the records of all previous years. The departments literature on poultry raising Is unusually complete, ranging from discussions of the principal ' breeds of poultry to management, housing, Incubation, brooding and culling. The departments poultry publications Include more than thirty bulletins for general distribution and many others of technical character on special phases of poultry work. Many (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) On the Scottsbiuff reclamation project, Mitchell, Nebraska, where the grasshopper pest has been particularly bad this year, various methods of control have been tried out One of the most successful methods observed so far was used by a farmer who has A T LUBRICANT-NO- A LAXATIVE If candles were made in the shape a cross some people would burn them at all four ends. if a quarter-sectio- n of land. Five hundred chickens divided into lots of 100 were kept In colony houses on; 80 acres of the farm and moved about as occasion required. As a reW. D. Meals of Cleveland, sult on the half of the farm where Judge President of the National Motorists The spectator often sees better than actor. Lhe The most uncommon thing Is - mon sense. com- Association. members of the Illinois Automobile club, was the second unit to make application. Several other units also have applied for immediate membership. cago and 16,000 Chicago NEW IDEA IN ROAD BUILDING Cement Mixed With Certain Types of Soil to Alter Characteristics Being Tried. Chickens on Free Range Devour Many Harmful Insects. chickens were pastured there were only about 20 per cent as many hoppers as on the other 80 acres. This is a better showing than has been made on most of the fields where poison was distributed. The owner and the renter found the method profitable. After they had used what they needed of the poultry for domestic purposes, and after the weasels and coyotes had taken their toll,' the rest were marketed and brought In about 75 per cent of the original Investment. This year the owner Is stocking the farm with 1,000 chickens as Insurance against the grasshopper pest the . PRODUCTION OF YOUNG TREES Unless Allowed to Overload, They Will Not Be Injured by Rather Early Bearing. of fruits sometimes are alarmed because very young trees may set rather hnavy crops of fruit. Since it is perfectly natural for fruit trees to bear, they will not be Injured by early production unless allowed to Growers overload. As long 'as a tree makes a normal growth, fruit production will not hurt It. Peach and plum trees may produce considerable fruit at two or three years of age ; even when only one year old they sometimes begin bearing. Under the long system of pruning, which is now being so generally prao tlced, there Is a tendency for trees to bear more heavily and earlier than under the old system of heavy cutting back. It has been noticed that despite rather heavy fruit production at an early age, such trees will make a fine growth and apparently there is no interference with their general condition. While heavy thinning may be desirable in the case of young fruit trees, they may be allowed to bear some fruit, and the practice of those who pull it off seems to be unwarranted in the fece of extended observations. United States Department (Prepared by the Of Agriculture.) cement with certain types of Mixing soil to alter the characteristics of the soils and make them more suitable for road surfacing and subgrades is an experiment recently conducted by the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture, which is now proving its value In actual use. 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