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EOF ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, = Author of "The Woman from Wolvertons " ih . better word than that occurs to me. now, Grant Oswald might be interest- ed; at least he might insist on paying y ties to the--author, Or, I i get a fancy price for the story ia New York paper. I am told "pay tremendously on this side for a ripping sensation. ' This would make-one, don't you' say so yourself?" y God!" Enoch stared at her esperate eyes. pe Paget rose, unpinned her hat "tossed it upon the: table. She stood surveying Wentworth with a gleam of amusement in. Her eyes. Then she crossed the room and leaned out®®&t the window. "Hi, there, Cab- by,® she called, "wake up, Bring in the rest of that luggage." $ CHAPTER XIX. "Phere is another bit of baggage." 8 spoke to the cabman, who 8 'beside a carriage in front of the Waverly Place house. He lifted lit- tle Robin and set him on 4 Feat with a grip beside him. Dorcas paused with her hand on the carriage door. "Wart she ordered, as the man turned to go in the house; 'here comes Jason with a valise." The cabman lifted it from the hand of 'thé old negro and swung it up on Hront seat. "Jason," said the girl, beckoning to him 8s she ran up the steps of the house. The servany followed her: where the locust trees were in bloom, I almost. balieve that you did not Cell 'me, buf phat I remember it my- self." on 4 a st Yes, " The tears rolled down the negro's wrinkled face. "She called to Lucy to bring yo' out. Yo wan't nuffin but er little pink face en two doubled-up fists dat wan't ez big ez 'a cotton blossom," ¥ The old«man paused 'to wipe his eyes with "a red bandanna handker- chief. dS #And she said?" continued Dorcas. 'The girl was trying to smile. 5 i She said," 'Promise me, Jason, ez long ez yo' lives, to care fo' my baby, my sweet little gal baby, she'll never 'remember she saw her mother. Take care ob her; Jason, ez if de Lawd his- self had gib her in yo' charge. I promised, honey," the husky voice died 'away in a 8ob; "I called de Lawd to witness right thar dat I'd look out fo' yo' all my life, ez well ez an ol | darky could do." ; "You have done it, Uncle Jason." Dorcas took the sooty hand between her palms. . | "If mother could know how faithfully you' have filled your promise--and somehow I feel, Uncle Jason, that she does know--she would 'say that you have the whitest soul God ever put into a black body." = "Oh Lawdy, Missy, can't I come wid yo'? I don't need no money. Yo' needn't pay fo' me anywhar--" l. "Jason, you blessed old saint, it isn't money Iam considering, I have plenty of money. « Mother left Enoch in your care as much as she did me. Julie and a light footstep On the other sounded on the stair. side of the wall a servant was pre-| paring a room for her. She heard the girl slam a window and begin to move furniture about, while castors squeaked rebelliously, Then she fell to sweeping, and Dorcas: counted ab: sently each quick 'scuff of the broom. |. Once the maid dropped it and 'the stick fell on the floor with a startling rap. Occasionally her dragging foot- steps clattered across a bit of bare floor or she paused to thump the pil- lows. vigorously. . Doreas was roused from "her reverie by the imperative call of thé telephone, She listened while Mrs, Billerwell answered it. Then the doorbell rang and she heard Merry's voice, She began to' grope about the dim room in search of matches to light the gas. She was still in darknéss when he tapped at the door. ! Andrew seated himself in a shadowy The Care and Handling of Milking . Machines. get Seven different kinds of mechanical milkers have been operated under varying conditions for = periods of from six months to five years by Prof. Larsen, of the South Dakota Experi- ment Station. The results of his experience are summed up in the fol- lowing nine points"which contain many. valuable suggestions, both for: users ,of the milking machine and for those who contemplate installing them, 1. Before the milking machine is corner beside the window, A glimmer of light from a street lamp fell upon! the girls face. In her eyes was an| appealing loneliness which he had! never seen before, "Miss Dorcas," he began with grave genbleness, "what can I do for you? | You know me fairly well. There 'is! nothing heroic about me. I doubt if| I could fight a duel. It makes nfe shiver even to touch a pistol--but I] am ready to stand 'up to be shot at if it will make things easier for you." "I believe you would," said Dorcas with an unsteady laugh. "I swear I would," he assured her | with simple gravity. The girl felt: deeply moved. | "There will not be any shooting, and I don't know 'exactly what 'you ean do] for me. I.don't even know what t ask you to do. I thought of turning to Mr. Oswald at first, I didn't. I felt I could come to you more easily." installed, cull out the cows having very uneven quarters, and teats that are extremely small and: extremely large. Even though the milking ma- chines may have a large range of adaptability in this respect, uniformly shaped udders and teats are advant- ageous, 2. The operator should know how each cow. in.the herd. gives down her milk, and how she milks mechanically, and adjust the work of the milking | his machine according COW. iE ee: 3. The cows that gave only a small amount of milk and; habitually = re- lease their milk little by little are not best suited for mechanical milking. 4 Breed 'and raise eows that are adapted to mechanical milking by, first, selecting a* lrerd sire that comes: from ahcestors having good udders rand teats and that milk well, or select the individual of the 1 © process, the cups will climb upwards. The low- er part of the quarter is thus wedg- ed in to the upper part of the teat cup. This may shut off i & flow' of milk. on the teat cups to release this grip tirely detached. © If this bothers much, a weight may be suspended during milking. 'By gently lifting and pressing the halves of the er th stage of milking id Fn chine to milk the cow dry, 8, If 'the above points are observed, many cows need no stripping. The operator soon learns from the amount of milk, and from the looks of the cow's udder whether the cow is milked clean. However, to be sure, the opera- tor should try eves cow by should be done at'once ing. . It may be accomplished by shutting. the vacuum off and stripping directly into. he teat cups, holding the cups in the left hand and stripping into, the pail. sis '9. The different parts. of the milk- ing machine should be kept 'sanitary by thoroughly cleaning, and by keep: ing the" parts iin a disinfectant solu- milk, fd ARB § WE x With some cows, and near the 'The operator should gently pull down |b 'or pressure before the machine in en- | the latter 2 0 vious to detaching, it will help the mas ¢ with the right; or it may be donc by | tion between milkings such as pre- from the lower part of the teat cup. il. have been doing well on p ing the summer months may mals 'are brou in and started or SEEREASEE e s for er 0 Fd ig soph nie | ought in on for the roots of the plants, spite of their efforts to secure su go back in flesh. In order that the live stock which cient nourishment by this means, will 'a tried bull that is known to put good udders and teats on their daughters; isecondly, by not raising the daughters (of the cows that haye abnormally You have told me that." viously described, J The negro h his head solemnly. "Won with him?" © Jason pointed 'to the inner door of They" stood under the dull gleam ois lamp inthe vestibule. . She laid Ls fingers on the nob of a door |" and held it as one does when in fear « - Mil¢h 'cows are' particularly suscep. ; tible to the action of cold or wet | weather, and one or two nights - 6f frost while they are lacking the shel- "Thank you for saying that! An eager happiness flushed into the man's face which seemed to warm each fea- Deep Stirring v, Deep Plowing. Deep plowing is not so much of an intruder. "Jason," she re- peated, "I want to:talk with you for a minute." "Yes, Missy." There was a tremor in the old negro's voice. Dorcas stood gazing ab him steadily, although a quiver in her chin belied the bravery, "Jason, don't ask me again to take you with me," she pleaded. "If you do I shall weaken. I do not know where I am going myself. 1 have nowhere to take you. I shall miss you terribly, you understand that. But you must stay here and look after En- och and the house and everything, You are needed here as you never were. in: your life before." id "Fo' de Lawd sake, take me wid yo,' Missy. I'll sleep anywhar. A cor- nk in a cellar "ll do fo' me." "Uncle Jason, do you remember dhe story you have told about mother leav. Ing you to care for Enoch and me? Bometimes I think of that day, / You wheeled mother out on the piazza the vestibule. "Honey, what's a-goin' to happen? - Do yo! reckon dat Marse Enoch's a-goin' to marry dat--pus- son?" "Jason, I don't know, must stay here." "I will" The old servant spoke with slow impressiveness. "Fore de Lawd, I will, Missy." She ran down the steps. Jason fol- lowed to close the carriage door when she entered. As they moved away, Dorcas leaned out to glance at the home which had been hers since school days ended." ' She: caught a glimpse of Enoch through the dusk. He was leaning from the library win- | dow. The room behind him gleamed white wth a blaze of 'electricity. ' Be- fore the mantel mirror stood a woman. Her arms reached above her head to pin back waves of shining yellow hair. The cabman pulled up his horses and looked through a window in the roof. "You didn't tell me, lady, where you want to. go." "Drive me to the Gotham Theatre," said Dorcas; "then I wish you to take this little boy to Harlem." 3 Only you _ CHAPTER XX, That night, when the curtain fell upon the third act, Dorcas turned eag- erly to Merry. "You are my friend?" she whispered. 3 "Miss Dorcas," the 'actor's voice smiled, "I would bestride the whirl- wind or set my foot upon a cyclone for you." % The girl'lifted her eyes with a swift glance. at Large." ; "I 'believe you would." Her voice was dow and: impetuous.» 4I need "a as Inever did in my life before." ' was profoundly grave, but his eyes: She remembered the line--|i | it was one the actor used to speak in "The King at friend, a strong, patient, wise friend, | | -» "Miss Dorcas, you maké me wish| . 1 this moment that IT were a Sami d a Solomon. very wise, but 1 &m' patient, and there ig:no task upon God's earth: fm Ny I am not strong ture Beneath the surface. Dorcas stood before him trembling and irresolute, "It is so hard--loving my brother as I do--to sit in judgment on him or to discuss him, even with you.: You love Enoch, or rather--you did once?" she asked quickly. Merry nodded. { "Since things went wrong between you," Dorcas hesitated for a moment, "since that time he has changed; you! cannot realize how he has changed.' Still, we were together and alone, and I kept thinking that the old happy days would come back." | She stopped short and Merry's, brows wrinkled into lines of perplex-| ity. "What has happened ? What can] I do to help you?" "Yesterday," she began hurriedly, "when I went home after matinee,|1 could think of nothing but Jason stood waiting in the vestibule! for me. . He did not say a word, but shaped mammary organs and that are known to give down rregul- 5. The operator.o chine should unde just the parts and workings of milking machine t9 thie different cows. He should have a mental picture of how each eow in the herd 'releases the milk, and how the work of the machine and the cow must work together and not at cross purposes. il 6. The operator shenld ta time to prepare the cow, Hes houl 3 the teats are all in normal ition, With most ecws, 'the machin 53g PRA X 7 I knew that something had happened, I pushed him aside and ran upstairs. that Enoch had been taken ill. As I pass- ed the hall rack I noticed the queer umbrella Miss Paget carries, It has a tiger's head for a handle--you re- member it? | [thought how strange it should be Grapes green or ripe, in jelly, spiced con: . serves, or simply "9 preserved in light . syrup, make a delicious and inexpensive addition to.your winter there. When I reached the library she sat beside the fire, reading a magazine?" A Where was Enoch?" : "In his little study, with the door locked. He came out when she began to talk to me." ¥ { "What did she want?" "Andrew," the tears sprang to the girl's eyes, 'that woman has come to | that live in 'our heme." 71 ¢ i+ "To--live--in---your--home!" Mer- ry's voice had an incredulous tone in it. "Enoch has not--married Zilla Paget?" Even in my anxiety I tl preached now, since the bringing up of the substratum to the surface is mot altogether wise. = Deep stirring, however, is another thing---and this is hence the success of dynamiting. At the same time, as pointed out by the I "Field," London, the fact that deep ke cultivation is not always advantage- ous should not be regarded as Jjustifi- cation for going too far in the oppo- site direction, as unquestionably many do... In this connection it is well to' , observe the distinction between: deep 'plowing and deep stirring. The former is n a ui Pp n | but- the aia oly ue did | mors it is pen: e great- er beccmes the rooting area and the cropping capabilities: of the soil. : The important thing to avoid, and which proved the undoing of the deep fur- row theory, is the transposition - of , top and under soils, As far as prac- | ticable the latter should be kept at , the bottom of the tilled stratum until (it'is improved mechani nd..ch mically through ba promoted by tillage manuring. simple experiment carried out - in Morayshire in connection with the Ab- erdeen College of Agriculture. A field suitability for the Sine and TE 4h on Si in, the treatment in every other way: be- ing gh de! t encouraged to give air to the roots, | flow to. such an extent that the work of restoring it by extra feeding will prove very costly. 'The best results tained when the animal is kept up to top notch all the time. ra If the land is firm enough late in turned out without doing damage to out durin The g 3 vision r a plentiful ration of green feed Ain the the m hours of the day. ly depe rs iil The agony ; of' Belgium contin and. even deepens in horror, 7 latest news is of the gradual g tion of adult men from Ghen : An example of th room hat obs : tains for' on i roxari, ¢ the depth of farrow ' is p ed "by Little Charlie had been spanked by his mother for stealing cookies. "Hig pur- oats, ter of the barn will set back the milk = from added feed can always be ob- a the fall to allow of the stock being == the surface, then the plan of turning barn, 'as the pastures after a heavy FRR +" Draining: Belglum-of Men, % Py 1 TORS PRISE SRR [DIRE] Bap rh SR a