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Show -- N,. v v' - - " PORTABLE MACHINE FOR BORING POST HOLES Tfj Hff Two Men and an Outfit Will Accomplish Work of Gang of a Dozen Men, Without Usual Back Btnr 0 ' Breaking Labor, I BCNNET tiwmoffjwmwms r MKtKM W. her. Sbe went not more than half aa hour ago." 8o thats it Well, while I eat you , go and call her and say, you keep this aide the point. I'm looking out for Miss Leslie now." Wlnthrope hurried away, clenching bis flats and almost weeping with Impotent rage. '.Tyuly, matters were now very different from what they had been aboard ship. Fortunately be had not gone a dozen steps before Mis Leslie appeared around the corner of tbe cliff. He was scrambling along over the loose atones of the slope without tbe Slightest consideration for his ankle. The girl, more thoughtful, waved to him to wait for her where be was. As she approached, Blake's frown gave place to a look that mad hU fact positively pleasant He bad already drained the cocoanuts; now he proceeded to smash tba. sheila lntc small bits, that b might eat the meat, and at the tame time keep hie gase on tbe girl. The cliff foot being well haded by the towering wall of rock, she bad taken off bis coat and was carrying It on her arm; so that tharo was nothing to mar the effect of her dainty openwork waist with its elbow sleeves and graceful, collar and the filmy' veil of lace over ths shoulders and bosom. Hey skirt had been washed clean by the rain, and ahe bad managed Ut, stretch it Into shape before YNOPlik. opens with the shipwreck at Mduner un a turti Mtee UfMvlt Win Smite. on American Wmn, nyc. on Kntliahmoa. and Tom Blake, o Oruatoue American, met paeeenerre. were taaaa4 upon an unlnnab-ae- d Ita three Inland and wnra tho only oono not daawitad Blake recovered Iron o drunk wo stupor. Blaka. atiuaned on the boot. of hta roufheeee. barama a hero Aamw wo pero never of tba belplaao pair. Tba Kncllahman waa aulna for tba band of Lmile. Blaka atarted to awta back Bbr a tbo ahlp to recover what waa left. Blaka returned aafaly. Wtnthropa waatod wan loot match on a cloarelte. for which Bo won ecu red by Blaka. Their drat meal waa a dead ftih. Tho trio atarted a tan aatto hlka for higher land. Thlret at Tbe atory 14 Blaka waa compelled to on account of wnnri-wHa taunted Wtnthropa They e lithe Jungle. That night waa paaaad mere-th- e neat The In a tree. high open again, tham-troahield to kata the auo. They than feaatad wo ooroonuta, the only procurable food. Mlaa tioalla (howed o liking for Blaka, But defeated hta rouglmaaa fad by Blaka oatobllahad a home la aoma t llff. oaakod tliem. carry Mlaa Laalla et Bf I CHAPTER VI Continued. Alone tho south ild of tb cliff tho mb extended In twice safer ai on the worth. From the end of the ielue the ml let to oat trended off four or In n shallow (ho bight, who southern extremltjr was -- Bounded b.a eecond llmetone head-9aaThis tided ran Island parallel do the first, and from a point some little dtetanoe back from the shore was ordered with a growth of leafless i In south-southwe- Between the two ridges lay n plain, open along tba shore, but a abort Inland covered with a Jungle f tall yellow grass, above which. Bare and there, rose tba tops of scruband the graceful crests of palmt. Blake's attention was drawn to tba latter by that feeling of artificiality which their exotic appearance eo often .wakens la the mind of the northern-Breman even after long residence In slender-shafte- k, d the tropics. Bat In n moment he named away with a growl. "More of !M He those darned feather-dusterwaa not looking for palms. The last ragged hit of cloud, with "You Eeaetly Cadi tts showery accompaniment, drifted past before the breeso which followed hit club nearer and st; bed himself you! he stammered. But in the the squall, and the end of the storm out for a catching night of Blaka'a be up. was proclaimed by a deafening chorus tare, be suddenly flushed c of squawks and screams along the CHAPTER VIII, and burst out In ui s cliff. upledges 8lar!ng "'higher Tou you bounder you beast ward, Blaka for the llret lima observed 4sm MHnwtih.Mi.aMmteaAA Cswctt T Blake uttered a Jeering iiugh ewafowk Wow! Hark, bow theUrl Odilon "Tbat'a Inch!" ha muttered. "Guaas when hi tail's twisted! ' I Invent forgot how to rob neats. Bet. "You beastly cad! war fine ladyU ahy at sucking them repeated the T was past two o'clock when Englishman, now purple with rage. raw! All the sam. she'lt have to If ' 3 the sun, striking In whtre Blakes unplesssnt pleasantry gave 1 doat run across other rock than this, Blake lay outstretched, be place to n scowl. His Jaw thnst out or girl!" , to scorch oae of hts legs. He Uka a bulldog's, and he beat tewards He advuoed again aleag the talus, and did net atop nattl ha reached the stirred uneasily, and sat upright JJka Wlnthrope with a menacing look. For and beach. Thera he halted to make n sailor, he was wide awsks the mo- a moment the Englishman facet him, Obvrful examination, But Only Of the ment be opened bis eyes. He stood sustained by bis anger. But there waa leoeo dabrta, but of the solid rock up sad peered around through ths half n steely light in Blakes eyes that h above. Finding no sign of flint or leafless branches. could not withstand. Wlnthrope' deqaartVM growled out a curse and Over tbe water thousands of gulls fiant star wavered and' fen s He 'backed off along the beech to get a and terns, boobies and cormorants shrank back, tbs color fast ebbing wlew of the cliff top. From a point a warn sktmmtngmnd diving. while from hlaeheeka: little beyond him, outward to the ex above them a number of graceful frigate Goes you "Ugh!" growled BJal piwon't hint any mqn about cade! Too (realty of the headland, ha could aaa birds those await, scarlet-throate- d (hat the nppar ..lodges and the. crest rates of tbe air hung poised, ready to damned hypocrite! Maybe Tli 'not f (he cliff, as wed, were fairly swoop down and rob the weaker birds on to bow youye been banging around evowded with eeafowl and their nests of their fish. All about the headland Mlaa Leslie Just because she's an His smile of satisfaction broadened and the surrounding water was life heiress. Aaythlng (a fair enough fbr whoa he glanced Inland and saw, lees In fullest action. Even from where you swells. But let a fellow m much than half a mile distant, n wooded he stood Blake could hear the as open hta mouth about your exalted !eft "which apparently ran up to the harsh clamor of the seafowl. set, and Ita perfectly dreadful YB ' Summit Of the ridge. From a point : In marked contrast to this scene the know!" ear the top a gigantic baobab tree plain was apparently lifeless. When He paused for a reply. Wlnthrope tewered up against tba skyline like a Blahs rose, n small brown Usard only drew back a step fartker and darted away across the aud Other eyed him with n furtive, sidelong Brobdlngnaglan cabbage. wise there was neither sight nor glance. This brought Blake beck to , "Say, we may have a rea for our money, after all," he murmured. sound of n living creature. Blake pon- hta mocking Jeer. You'll lear. Pat, Shade, and no end of grub, and. by dered this as he gathered hts clothes me by. There's lots of thlngsff show Into tbe shade and began to dress. the green of those trees, s spring up different to you before we get "Looks , like tbe eteets la tbs all- through this picnic. For on thing, limestone water at that. Next thing, round style In this God forsaken bole,' I'm boss here president, congress and ,ru find n flint!. He alapped his leg, and both sound be grumbled "Haven't seen so much supreme court. Understand?" ; and feeling reminded him that his as a rabbit, nor even one lend bird. "By what right, may I ask!, mur--clothes were drenched. Mny be n drought no; must be the mured Wlnthrope. tJuesa well wait about that flint, dry season Whee, these things are "Right!" answered Blake. "That Be said, and be made for a clump of hot! Im thirsty as a shark. Now, hasn't anything to do with the questflkorn scrub a little way inland. wheres that softy and her ladyship? tion It's might. Back In drillsed here not did grow 'Frald she's la tor n tough time!' As the tall grass parts your little crowd has the drop mils Of the shore, there was He drew on his shoes with n Jerk, on my big crowd and runs within things to him. The to obstruct at dub creeping their stiffness, and, growled swthlag suit themselves. But hero we're sort senses In hand, stepped $ear of tbe brush to of reverted to prlmttlve plants which daring the rainy society. This had matted over the sandy noil were look tor bis companions. Tbe first happens to be tbe ClubAg and I'm heat the withered and udlff the foot of sow leaflets by glance along the the Man with tbe Big Stick, fie?" Kvea the (horn showed him Wlnthrope lying under tbe ( the dry season. "I myeelf sympathize with the lower shade of the overhanging ledgei, h few classes, Mr. Blake. Above ,- scrub was half bare of leaves? all, J think Blake walked around the clump to yards beyond tbe sand beach. Of It barbarous the way they punish on she shadiest side, and began to strip. Miss Leslie there- was no sign. Half who Is forced by circumstance to alarmed by this, Blake started fot tbe appropriate part of the . fin quick succession one garment after amber vu flung across a branch beach with his swinging stride. Wln-tbro- of the rich upstarts. But do yougains bewas awake, and on Blakes ap- lieve, Mr. Blake, that brute nrhera the sun would strike It Last strength" rainhim. of to were sat shoes up emptied greet proach. Tf alt tbe "You bet! Now shut up. Where'r "Hello!" he called. "Where have the cocoanuts? water and .get out to dry. Without a pause, be then gave himself a quick, you been all this time?" Wlnthrope picked up two nuts and Just safllcteat to In"Sleep. Where's t Miss Leslie? ngVit " handed them ovee "SbeVlfougrTBr-polnwtgonuedT" iklsf wilhduf ItirtlhfTte Thor Blake grinned mockingly. "Indeed! perspiration. plained. 1 Physically tbe man was magnificent But fswncy she won't be tor long. "All right I'm He would have passed on, but Win His muscles were wiry and compact dustry." him. before moved as be trope stepped rather than bulky, sad "Ah, true; yon said we had reverted "Pon't go out there, piake, he proplayed beneath hlf whit skin hy. bet- to barbarism. rejoined would be It ah think "I tested. of ease s sad Wlnthrope, smoothness the with venturing an attempt at sarcasm. ter It I went vUgera. "Lucky for you! retorted Blake. "Why? demanded Blake. be squatted on After tbe "But where's Miss Leslie an some this time Impala heels and spent trying Wlnthrope hesitated; jbut bat back Into tient movement by Blake forced an time? Her clothe must have , dried bead bis palm-lea- f hours ago. shape. When he had placed this also answer: "Well,' you remember, this "They did. We bad luncheon togethclothes.' us our to himself dry .nut la the sun he found morning, telling side of the point - j to yawn. Tbe dry, sultry a'r "Tes; I remember," said Blake. ,8o er Just this did! "Oh, you Then why shouldnt wlfh valet?" as carve A to touch want him lady's you mad made drowsy. I go for her? Us hare foot showed him that the Wlnthrope' plump face turned "I I there was shaded pool aickly yellow. sand beneath tbe thorn bush had around the point,- - and she thought a n offered do valet? and mean, What "I ah absorbed tbe rain yon dry surface. He glanced around, drew air? I protest I do not understand dip in the salt water would refresh s -- of-th- tttvJacarf. The Interesting post-holboring out- gine, la also on the tnarket Two mea fit shown to tbla Illustration will and one machine will accomplish tho make a hole uniform In size at top work of a gang of a dozen men, withg spd bottom and of any depth to six out the usual amount of feet. It consists of n boring mschlne, labor. The holes can be bored at aay mounted on n truck In such a way that It can be worked at either aide or back of the truck. The holea are made by a large auger, or chisel bit, operated by a gear working In n toothed shaft, which furnishes the means for raising or lowering It The power la applied by . two friction clutches, which permit this raising or lowering of tbe auger without reversing lta motion. The engine and gasoline tank are placed on the front part of the machine, In this way providing sufficient weight to balance the other end, and the power is transmitted from the engine to the drive pulley by means of a belt The machine will dig drying. Refreshed by a nap in the forenoon holes In anykind of soil onto which the truck can he driven, cutting readand by her dip, she showed more vivacity than at any time that ily through bardpan, shale and soft sandstone. Two men are required to Wlnthrope could remember during angle desired. Tbe Oluatrationa show their acquaintance. Her suffering dur- operate ft The machine Illustrated ie provided the machine to two positions. On ing and since the storm had left lta not In opera engine and shows lta position-whe- n mark In the dark circle beneath her with a and the other ahowa It In posh hasel eyes, but this In no wise weighs about 2,500 pounds. A smaller en for boringr lessened their brightness; while the lse, driven by a 7 elasticity of her step showed that she bad quit recovered her well-breease and grace of movement. She bowed and amlted to the two roeq impartially. i gentlemen." re"Same to you. Miss Leslie! sponded Blake, staring at her with frank admiration. "You look fresh as n daisy." A. coNciiuf YfMierf Genial and sincere ns was his too, the familiarity Jarred on her sensitive ear. Sbe colored as sbs turned from him. : S. 2'sflf PLANK "Is there anything new, Mr. it a tbrope?" she asked. "I'm afraid not, Miss Genevieve. Like '.fjiyeeiHt ourselves, Blake took a nap. "Yea; but Blake flrstlook a squint at the scenery. Just's If youve got &2sfruooiNO everything, and fix your hats. Well be In tbe aunfor half a mile or aa Bettor get rw the cost Mlaa Leslie WVIH6 MICK, tit Ita hotter than yesterday. "Permit me, said Wlnthrope. ltke watched while the - English-maMff'ftANKtfiMiirftttSii held the coat for tho girl and rather fussily raised the collar about her neck and turned back the sleeves, Alch extended beyond tho tips o( her 6. CONCXtn fOUMMTtM nger. The American's face waa atolld; but hi glance look In every little look and act of hit companion. HO was not altogether unversed in the ways of good society, sad U eeeaaed to him that tho Englishman waa somefCTIBN what overasslduoui to Ha SttenUoii. INNIfl sruooirft "All ready, Blaka," remarked Wlnthrope, finally, with a last lingering d drain tiles It Is not n difficult problem to con- bo had good touch. struct hollow walls of concrot so the may make the connection between ihi "Bout time!" grunted Blak. inner air apace Ip large enough to per two walle, or short pieces of iron rods "You're fussy aa a --tailor, Got tho mtt of comfortable or oven very heavy galvanised wtrea worklcg. The flask and cigarette case sad the design ahowa how a wall aay about No. 1 alio, cut aad tha aadi knlfer may be readily built of two walla each bent over. Such a wall ie built up "All safe, air r all safe, Blake." three inches thick and an air apace few feet at a time and allowed to eel "Then you two follow mo , alow between them of ten Inches. The only and harden somewhat before the to enough not to worry that ankle. 1 trick la to get out the plank of the to- ner forma are taken out and raised dont want any more of the pack-mul- e ner form, and tbla la readily done np. It will prove very In mine." The Inner surwhen the toner studding of two by six and damp-realata"Where nr w going, Mr, Blake T lnehs Is beveled so that It may readily face will he plastered; the outer aur exclaimed Mlaa Leslie. "You will not be twisted to loosen the planking. It face mny be simply roughened n llttls leave ue again!" should not be struck hut gently and with n tool mad for that purpose m Miss Jenny. evenly twisted, when It will release washed with the proper acid to make "It'a only n half-milThere's n break in the ridge. I'm go- the planking. - The ties acroM tba It rough and of uniform surface, or It ing on ahead to fiad if Ita hard to wall are best mad of vitrified paving may also be plistored, though this climb." brick. If they can he gotten II or 14 does not usually give so pleasing "But why should b climb laches long; If they cannot ho had of surface as the rough one. "Food, for on thing. You see, this that length the Inner fora may be Of course, at top and bottom ths end of tho cliff is coveeed with walls will bo hollow. The two walls narrower. Another thing, I expect to strike Wires which should be galvanised art bridged over for the top, tiles oi n spring. hold the outer studding together; these slat being used, taking car that they "Oh. I hope you do! Tbe water la wires are cut and remain Imbedded to do not cover more than about one lack : rain pools j already warm.' tbe the wall If no paring brick are to of tho wall at tb Inner tide. back-breakin- d d i lores Peat Holes. salt-wat- dls-(ano- n by, leafless tree Machine e yJhvz, a -- -- i , rub-dow- rub-dow- i - HOLLOW OF CONCRETE Good-afternoo- t hand-burne- cold-reatsta- ni e. r aea-btrd- (TO BE CONTINUED.) ACT AI IPUft TO MANI PEI 01. SKUHKFARl.UNG Leva and Belief Are Pewerful Agents fer Reformation. Lot and belief ta n man can never hurt him. It will always act as a pur to hla pride. which la Invariably close to a mans lovewbllat It haa little or nothing to do with n woman's. love with the little girt to pinafores, hit 'first Instinct la to acquit himself In her eyes in some magnificent way to knock out some other boy, or in tlmldnt a foe. This instinct remains with men until they die. Just aa girls from the cradle or inspired by love seek beauty to appear lovely in the eyea of their IS PROFITABLE Fatrly Low Fence, with Plonk Under Bottom, Will Keep in Knclossri Ket Almoet Anytkinsr. , . wall and dig down and If they come to n solid board lying flat on tho ground under the surface they become die cou raged And quit mining for liberty. Bkuuks will eat scraps of -- bread, meat 'or almoet any refuse from the table. They will also feast on almost aay dead carcasses and will do well In confinement and soon become quit tame. TThej:lirhotcAusensagrebI kept" several skunks odors If dogs are kept away and the over one summer In order to learn on who caret for them la careful not excite them. their habits and possibly to grow some to ' They may he kept at a profit, but I foi their fur. think there are many discourageEverything went well until he cara My brother- - ( . lessly left a board leaning against the fence from the inside and the skunks no sooner discovered this than they climbed up and dropped down from adorers. And tbe mascallne pride and prow- the top of the fence to the outside. ' A fairly low fence will Inclose them ess and strength are what the wise U reform to against It desire nothing la to her ue girl will and n plank la put fiat Just under the some man who Is merely weak. around the fence. Nagging drives such men into the ground clear ekunka undertake to dig anub. the When of look derision, depths. Every Inault, sinks the Iron deeper Into their out of the pen they go close to. the soul. Exchange. left-leanin- g ments which the keeper la likely to meet with before they will yield much profit Chickens by Natural Process. farmers raise chickens by the natural process, and that la nil right so long an you do not car to raise more than, aay, on hundred chickens; hut when you get up Into large number Incubators are necessary. Moat . & |