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THE EARL'S SECRET Or, a Martyr to Circumstances. CHAPTER XIX.--(Cont'd). "Come along, then!" exclaimed the folk if a cask o' wine and a bundle °" cigars is run in now and then without the customs knowing it?" roe sed on, 3 d Btarling alone going in the direction ¢ ¢ He paused, to let his words, slowly their full weight, and not find heart to see you. I de' ed to wait until you had gone to bed; you would be stronger in the mofh- 5 carry make their due impression, then con i tinued: ? ~ dis "Then I came on home, but I could! get it out of him," he once grimly marked af one of his subordinates > was supposed to have more apti- inherit his barony of | will Rave e, and his brother Alfred, his junior'by his viscounty of Scarsdale, ck Gerson is a man of most im- Raising a Calf on Skim-Milk. A mixture chop gives good results. There is no getting away from the fact that whole milk is the ideal feed for young animals. It is rich in pro- two parts ground corn and two parts crushed oats gives as good re- sults as any grain that can be suppli- dahon : : the insult." been good. For many years he suf-' tein and ash, in fact every nutrient 4 : F Baal ee noes eed the captain} "Ah!" said Leicester, the whole ing to bear tude than liking for work. Combined required to build up a strong, healthy ed. The calf can be allowed all it i at the same moment raised his, and,| secret breaking in upon him. "That's with his monumental industry he pos- | body is contained in correct propor-| Will eat of this mixture up to about : happening to stumble at the moment) the villainy, is it? So you honest CHAPTER XX. sesses driving power not less excep-' tions. Whole-milk calves usually are| pounds, which should be the limit unti over a loose stone, his hand struck Leicester's hat off. "Tut, tut!" he exclaimed, with an- noyance. "How stupid and clumsy of me! I thought you were going to take my arm, and I stumbled over astone. I wonder whether I can get it?" and he neared the edge. "No, no!"' exclaimed Leicester, im- patiently. '"Confound the hat! What does it matter? Come away, or you'll stumble again, perhaps, and pop over. It's death if you do," "Ah, well, Iam afraid it has gone said the captain, apparently much vexed at his own carelessness. "T wish it had been my hat instead of yours," "No matter," said Leicester. '(Come on; remember that she is waiting there all alone." Arm in arm, Captain Howard Mur-; point and Leicester Dodson descended the cliff. fishermen are a parcel of thieves,with a scoundrel at your head! That's the key to the mystery, is it? What! and you dare to ask me to connive at your rascality! Job, you know me better! You waste time and words; you should know me better. If there are any others round me who can hear. me, they, too, should know me better than ito hope I would make a paltry villain lof myself, even to save myself from | their trickery. . I repeat it, if I live | through to-night, I will bring you to 'justice, Job, and all your gang." | "Bah! Waste of time, indeed!" said The captain slept the sleep of the innocent and just. Fs elf with an iron hand. He trained ? He did not even dream of'a white, mangled face lying on the ja 'ocks . bad In the morning he came down, dress- with his usual care, smiling and serene. , The breakfast threatened to go off as quietly and uneventfully as usualy But suddenly the sound of many voices broke the monotony, and the captain, looking through the wind saw a small crowd approaching up ti & smooth voice behind Job. "You still here!" said Leicester. "I | knew you for a villain when I first saw your vile face and heard your false 'voice. You triumph to-night, Cap- ptain Murpoint, if that is your name; but have a care! The gallows lies in your little such paltry 1a short one! |path, and every A rogue's day, is} lane. nee Presently, after the lapse of a & |moments, the footman entered. -- "You are wanted, sir," he said, ad. dressing the captain. ; (To be continued). ¥ LORD CURZON A" 'himself to be absolutely methodical 'in everything he undertook. It is safe to, removed. say that no public man of his standing 'ever wrote so many letters with his own han "His papers," says one who knows him, "are always a miracle of orderliness. Some one has said that his capacity for work is inhuman, and certainly to unmethodical men he seems to toil with the unswerving certitude of a machine." The Real Ruler. I have often been struck with the erroneous idea that many people in- terested in India have formed of Lord Curzon as a ruler there. Those who want to know something of the real nature of his rule ought to read Lov- at Fraser's "India Under Curzon and After." -If they expect to find Curzon as Indian Viceroy an autocratic ruler, striving for the maintenance of "Im- fleshier and look smoother at wean-|it is weaned. It is not necessary nor ing time than calves forced to subsist | advisable to feed high-priced nitrogen- on milk from which the fat has been| ous feeds to skim-milk calves. A ca Six months after weaning | commences to pick at hay when quite the difference is not so marked if the young, and as it grows its first stom- calves have been. properly fed. Those ach or paunch develops and consider- fed on whole milk make most rapid able roughage is required. Well cured gains at first, but it is at greater cost. Clover or alfalfa hay is preferred for In a trial at the Kansas Experiment; growing calves, and at five months of Station the average daily gain for a) age about 5 pounds will be consumed inumber of calves fed skim-milk was|daily. The manger or tack should | 1.5 pounds at a cost of $2.26 per hun-; be cleaned before cach 'eciling, as dred pounds gain. Whole milk leaving the hay to accumulate from calves made an average gain of 1.9| day to day soon turns the calf against } Pounds at a cost of $7.06 per hundred | its feed. Pulped roots are relished pounds of gain. At the present price! by the youngsters and can safely be of whole milk the cost is greater.,fed. Silage can also be fed in limit- These same calves were turned in the ed quantities; some calves are-very = feeding lot after weaning and those fond of it. A calf requires water to -fed skim-milk made an average daily drink besides skim-milk. Many dairy- gain of 2.1 pounds and required 439 men find that it pays to have water pounds"of concentrates to make 100 accessible to the calf at al! times. It pounds gain. The calves raised on requires salt as well as the grown anl- whole milk averaged 1.9 pounds per; Mal. ; day, and required 470 pounds of gain.' The following ration ' shoul? give -- t The heart of the latter was beating. triumph as this draws you more swift- TIRELESS WORKER perial" pomp and power, and out of This is an argument in favor of rais- fairly good results for a calf from f fast with joy horn of hope. | ly do "oe ate "th A sent . sympathy with the aspirations of te ing calves on' skim-milk 'except the three to six months of age: Skim- t _In a few minutes he should be near} Bah! : said +e. soit ee Rice ee common people, they will find srt fat. This ingredient can be substit- Milk about 15 Ibs. a mixture of two his sweet Violet; should, perhaps, clasp temptuously. Fine wor os ibe * . expectations strangely falsified. Zea ~-uted- by~-various~ feeds. " However, | parts corn and one part oats, feeding her in his arms--for might she not in! Better waste no more time. e100)! WEIS'A-MAN OF MOST IMPOSING 'ous for the welfare of his subordin- the-excitement of the moment be won to confess that she returned him love for love? "Come along!" he said. moment " , "Every 'ig raving mad with fear, and doesn't i know what he says." Two or three hands slipped the gag over the captive's mouth, and he was raised on two pairs of stoyt shoulders 'J APPEARANCE. ; Monumental Industry and Wonderfal ates of the lowest class, ever ready to investigate and redress the griev- sure justice to all India's teeming and toiling millions--that was Curzon jn ances of the humblest, resolute to en- many feeders make a dismal failure 2-5 lbs. per day; clover or alfalfa hay, of rearing calves, unless they have a: 4 or 5 lbs., and a couple of handfuls of liberal supply of whole milk. In most. Pulped roots or silage. A thrifty calf cases the fault is in the feeder, not the Should gain from 1.5 to 2 Ibs, daily feed. "No hard and fast rules of UP to six months of age. To make feeding can be given, as the success of the calf fat should not be the aim, but eae "Gently!" replied the captain, cheer-| '""Good-night," said the captain. "T) ra _ Hi 1 India. "We are here," he said once, raising calves depends a good deal it is necessary to keep it vigorous and { ily. "Remember this path is narrow, leave you in good hands, Mr. Leicester Driving pci His Rule "to give justice, and one single act ypon the skill aon Sodiemart of the ina growing condition. Strong bone } and somewhat dangerous; a false step, | Dodson. jae Be ai ih of you. In India. of injustice in India is, in my ee feeder. It has been demonstrated and muscle is required. At six -- ' and over we should be." ; Good-night. will make your excuse : +41,'a greater strain upon our rule than ¢j 1 F of age the calf should be ready for ; { - ts with : 5 ime and again that heifer calves care- 4 x "Nonsense!" exclaimed Leicester,! to the aa whi Haare dai: -- neve ee Sd tae ite mnie on Much larger errors of policy or judg- fully fed on skim-milk and some fat Weaning, and 2 lbs. es te ihe inte who felt fit for any mad thing. "I, met," and, with another mocking grin, 'Sa a >ment." | substitute develop into a large framed, of 75 Ibs. corn chop and 25 Ibs. oats could run down it blindfolded." {the captain, having waited until the aig sg day this mesiis Cos we * He had a genuine sympathy of the heavy srodaeiag. cows as do those oF bran, together with all the clover Thus exhorted, the captain quicken-| crowd of figures were Jost in the 4 W shi aE and leader in the "deepest kind with the patient, reared on whole milk. j hay the calf will eat should keep it in f ed his pace. | gloom, turned on his heel and walked ¢ e War Council an ul d George humble, silent millions" of India, an ie : : j good growing condition. Good pas- f While going through the village,| rapidly away. aa " iggy ba aad that he his labors on their behalf were un-} Minimum Cost For Feed. ture without concentrates will keep it i . 4 "Pp ietly he ., Government. ; : i 3s0- | ; dace i i Leicester nodded toward 'the "Blue| So quietly had the capture and " Had betdioe eagaged to. he married, | Casing. Those who delight to of Daitymen shipping creamsheve® a thrifty. From six to ag =a Lion. | moval of Leicester Dodson been eer Sie fa & widower. and be 'wil be 5g ciate his rule in India male wi ' splendid-opportunity to raise calves at of age the gains will not be quite so " - i = ae TI ' " 'k : fo i hi i re aint id. Pier this bes Rg ny were nor Sates "st the exeoein stenting years old on the 11th of next month. , gto aaa een hat a minimum cost for feed, but there are | "a Good Food Necessary: coming out. By the way, your old. on the lawn, waited until he saw the! His first wife, who died in 1906, after India had never previottsly known a wedi "gag which must be A. calf been fx Ye fall uimally wets servant still remains at Penruddie; he! signal which announced the success of 11 years of ang pn "i ke rule so benovolent, so humane, and pcntinct e fait cana xlenes a @: better stark.in: life thati-one born in : was drunk, as usual, to-night, and, the undertaking, then entered the beautiful daug on hi "4 "|so progressive as his. The great given milk of its own mother fora few the spring and at Jess cost. By noisy." | house, and stepped quietly upstairs. Levi --"s S be ft +." his first) 8Ties of reforms which he _intro- ys. The first milk is not normal, 5Pring it is large enough to turn on "Oh, he is quiet now--I dare say Not so quietly but that a pair of His -- 'to bi "oh " moreover duced into the land revenue policy of but is prepared by Nature to stimulate Pasture with the rest of the stock. asleep," said the captain, with a sar-| ears heard him. wife, an being Be ro ms Da nthe government of India, the estab-' the calf's digestive organs. It pays The spring calf will require very much donic grin in the darkness. "As he passed Violet's door, it open-| widow, being Mrs. Grac &88M, | 1s shment of co-operative credit 50-45 feed whole milk for the first two the same treatment as outlined for the Leicester made some rejoinder, and| ed, and Violet stepped across the} --_-------- cieties, the promotion of stvientific' |. ee weeks at least, and then fall calf. To get the best results he walked on until the chapel came in| theshold. agriculture, all testify to the sincer- | change gradually to skim aaiik: The it must be kept in a paddock or stable sight. "I had hoped that you would ng, : ity of his declaration that "the peas-) +0121 jistake of changing too rapidly throughout the summer where it has : "Strange," mused Leicester; '"an| have waited," he said. hasciicy for which T Hive Beer+ ae p t ' ani . "g ana = iva foe. afnions|-oSttalahs3 EET aL in his ey A et > % [kept in mind that whole milk is a e it with the old- or ten un ane worlds." ' of peace, and a grayer tint came over Mend 0 th eal ae taney natural feed and that the calf's stom-, er stock. The first winter it will re- ? "The wind shifts rapidly," said the! her face. iach is so constituted that it can digest quire some high-priced feed in the by captain, with his soft, laugh, "and the weathercock obeys it with all cheerfulness." Leicester was too happy to resent the sneer, and the next moment they entered the chapel. "Dark as pitch," he said. "Here is the torch. Ido not see--where are you?" he broke off to ask, for the cap- tain had suddenly left his side, "Here," said the captain. Leicester turned, but before he could utter another word he felt his arms pinned to his sides, and a bandage thrown over his mouth. He struggled hard and furiously to treacherous "You have seen him?" she said, in a low, strained voice. The captain inclined his head. "Yes," he said, "I have seen Leicester." "And you gave him the message? Oh, tell me, please!" and. she clasped her hands, with a gesture of despair. | "T know not how to tell you," said the captain, brokenly. "At least, I can assure you this, that Mr. Dodson is not worth another thought of yours, You--and I, also--are utterly mistak- }en in him. He is neither generous, jnoble, nor forgiving," Violet interrupted by a gesture. Mr. England was the out-and-out reformer | it readily. The digestive tract must stable. The calf must be fed well | undergo a change with the change of and kept growing at all times. A fe Ten pounds or four or five poorly-fed calf will not make as good quarts. of new milk per day, fed in two 8 cow as it would have, had it receiv- feeds for a strong calf, and three for ed proper attention. While badly ------ a weakling, is sufficient for a start, stunted calves may recover somewhat Many Are Now Replacing Mén Near, When changing to skim-milk best re-. from the effects, if well fed inglater . Firing Line. sults have been obtained by substitut-: life, it is poor practice to try to raise ing one pound at each feed until the calves on a limited amount of feed. calf is entirely on its new diet. -At The second year the heifer is able to four weeks of age 12 pounds of skim- rough it, and can be brought through milk can be safely fed, and as the calf the winter in good condition on a lib- grows this should be gradually in-, eral supply of clover hay and silage | creased to 15 or 18 pounds; the latter!/or roots. The first year is the most | amount is sufficient for a five-months-| critical time "of the calf's life and old cal¥. the time which exerts the greatest in- in India--that his rule in the East will be enduringly remembered. --_-- FRANCE ENROLLING WOMEN A woman's committee presided over by Mme. Emile Boutroux, wife of the celebrated philosopher, has been or- ganized to enroll women volunteers in the service of the country. It is ap- pealing to all women to inscribe their names, with a statement of their apti- tudes, and the time they will be able, free his arms and mouth, but his un-| "Will you tell me what he said?" seen assailants were four to one, and,| "When I left you," said the captain, after a few moments, he gave up the | "I walked up to the Cedars, hoping to ineffectual resistance, and knelt, for | find him at home, but a servant tgld he had been forced on to his knees ; me he had gone for his walk. I wént at last, nevertheless glaring impot-! down to the village, and waited there| ~~~ ently round him. : | for some time, and at last looked for| widow of Alfred Duggan, of Buenos He could see dark figures flitting him on the beach. I could not find! Aires, and daughter of the late Mr. about, but a dead silence reigned. {him there, and, as I was determined|Munro Hinds, formerly American It was broken at last by a voice,!not to return to you until I had seen| Minister to Brazil. Lord Curzon has which he knew well. |him, I made my way back to the vil-;no present heir to his earldom. But Lord Curzon. {| Scours is the common ailment of the "| skim-milk-fed calf. This can large- jly be controlled by paying attention 'to the cleanliness and temperature of the milk. It should always be fed veet and at a temperature as near be made to enlist all the women of **°° . France in the services of the nation. j that . peed ae ae nose. Too French women are playing a vastly aalase! 1a ae pone op ti Mae nge : several de e time it is en ap sons oa Ske keane drawn until it comes from the separ- 'ine, "The activities of the fair sex are ator, even under the most ideal con- to devote to work in different categor- ies when their services may be nee e Enrolling offices will be opened soon and a comprehensive éffort will] fluence on the size and capacity of the mature animal.--Farmer's Advocate. di RS THE CIGARETTE IN WAR. Both French and English: Soldiers Are Fond of Them. Those among us who believe that the cigarette is one of those factors It was Job's. : ; : - ; fe hes oa ditions. | Sometimes the milk is al-| that lead a man to perdition, wilj i ba thisaal $d a lage, and waited by the cliff road. (in the absence of any male heir be-! not confined to Red Cross work and lowed to staid Yor come tiie betara lay that thelr contador he ceritar, Maester Leicester, it be of no use to| He paused a moment to snuff the; ing born to him) his eldest daughter | operating street cars and a few taxi- i+ is fed; cold milk chills the stomach | after reading reports from the varl- struggle agen too many. Do you give candle and to glance at her face, jfered from a painful spinal malady,' cabs; they are creeping into every de- hoe ; i in quietly 2" | He could see she was listening at-| but he never allowed his ill-health to Leicester thought a moment, then tentively, and he wished her to do so. | interfere-with his devotion to work. nodded, pointing to the gag. | "I waited some time, and then walk- | Works Like a Demon. so that the digestive processes are : : see : checked and disturbances are bound to haps, into the actual firing line, al- ¢oiow. Cool milk, or failing to feed |partment of the nation, except, per- ous battle fronts and viewing picture¢ from the trenches. The one ruling desire of: all,"oficers | | though there have been cases where "it at a constant. temperature from day and men, is to obtain. the banefal "If we take it off, will' is 2 i F bw Se. Fe Sek < ' pattae! . i ( 1 ke i Bart nbn ring € promise not ed up the hill. There I met him, and) For it is his industry--industry of ; Supposed poilus" have proved to be to day, is a direct cause of many un-|"fag." From the moment a man }e- |--and--oh, that I could spare you the the most effective kind--which is Lord | Young Women masquerading as men. | t Again Leicester hesitated, and again made a motion in the affirmative. | "Take it off; he'll not break his word," said Job, and some one from behind slipped off the gag. "Now, Maester Leicester," said Job, "we've got your word. Mind ye, you're not to speak till ye get permis- Sion, \ Leicester nodded. "Do you know me?" asked Job. "I do," said Leicester. "You are Job, the carrier, and a scoundrel! Why am I decoyed here and treated thus?" "For a good reason, to be sure," said Job. "Maester Leicester, you've been prying about too much lately, Hema L Bel aaa acot ene | Curzon's outstanding -- characteristic. | y s - irs pat. | i i me with a seni ae of his incredulity. \ gic eget gale "OA He was suspicious of I know not what, | all with whom he has been brought in | and it was not until I took your flower | contact he has made the, same impres- and put it in his hand that he consid-| gjo0n--in the House of Commons, _ in ered"Y had any authority to speak to) the Foreign: Office, in India, in the | hi concerning you. oy ack AR Cabinet--an impression of tireless in- \. Ror took the flower?" sajd Violet,| dustry which is almost stupefying. | aintly. . "Yes; he thrust it in his coat, witha 'eynical, mocking laugh. 'Tgll her,' said, he, 'that I will keep her" flower, but will have none of her love.' You would have me tell you," he added, hurriedly as Violet staggered slightly 'and flushed a hot crimson of shame him in India. No doubt the life of every Indian Viceroy must be one of ceaseless toil. But no Viceroy, in love of work and power of getting through it rapidly, has ever been his equal. Particularly was this the case with] | In the hospitals the women are not j only nurses, they~are frequently doc-; and very often Giraud Mangin is the second class at tors and surgeons, dentists. Mme. Aide Maor of ing all that nine months' battle. Mme, Thyss Monod is a doctor in charge of a hospital in Verdun. | Of course, in all the departments-- war, munitions, Interior--there thousands of women doing the work formerly done by men who are now in the army, but it is at the depots, or the barrack bases of the various army corps that the women are engagefl in their most picturesque work. | Verdun, and has remained there dur-! are) hrifty, skim-milk calves. Over feed-' comes a recruit until he is put @way ing may cause trouble. It is not either under the earth or in the hos- | kindness to the calf to give it all it pital, he is after cigarettes. He is de- will drink, as a calf's appetite for milk picted in the field hospital having a \is hard to satisfy. The scales should wound dressed, and the surgeon hands , be used frequently, if not all the time, him a smoke to puff while the painful | in order to be sure thiisthe calf gets job is being done. While awaiting at- the proper amount. ails cannot be tacks from the enemy, or'prior to an , kept sweet unless they are scalded offensive movement, provided it is | regularly. The condition of some daytime, the troops, both French and , calf pails. is enough to put the young English, are always smoking cigar- animal off its feed. Sweet skim- ettes. milk in the right quantities, at uni-; Those privileged 'visitors to the form temperature, fed in clean pails font have always recognized the at regular invervals, in conjunction magic of the weed, and have taken a with some concentrates to furnish fat, large stock in their auto and have will produce thrifty calves, provided found that a packet has brought cheer .and you've discovered summut as you "mask the villian who lured me here captain. } It is not too much to say of him that all his life long his interest in all kinds of political questions has - been literally insatiable. Politics is with him a passion. And all through his life he has been closely in touch with history in the making. Yet, surprising as it must seem, in view of the vast number of political topics--ranging from the partition of Bengal to the Welsh disestablishment -- bill--over which his interest has ranged, the last charge which could ever be justly brought against Lord be that of superficiality, ee And not only ce Lord Curzon work like a demon, but he makes prying into what don't concern you, and indignation. "TY did not give you any such mes- shouldn't a knowed anything of. Don't sage!" she burst forth, with a wail I speak the truth 2" 'of wounded pride. "I have discovered nothing," said "Nor did I say a word which should Leicester. "But, trust me, I will un-! call forth\such an insult," replied the ' "Do not think of it. He and the scoundrels in his pay!" * }|was mad at the time, I fully believe. There Was a tening t. Mad, raving mad! What could I say behind him, but Leicester's courage or od when he uttered that insult? I did not flinch. | turned and left him. I could have Job shook his hes.:. felled him to the ground, but my mis- "D'ye mean to threaten us, Maester' sion was one of peace." . eicester?" he said. "I'm sorry for| *"And he said no more?" asked Vio- t. I'd hoped we'd come to some terms, let, huskily. Suppose u discovered this little} "No more," said the captain. "I game aad ou've done it, for a cer+| watched him ashe went down the] others work like demons, too, - tainty--I puts it to-you as a gentle-| street and past the inn. The men|tient of stupfdity, he reserves it~ man, what: barm can it do to you and| were coming out, and I fearey that,/terest scorn for indolence. "If there yours? Dc it matter to you gentle-| perhaps, in his mad, {i-tempere state, | Curzon would | 2& they_are kept in a clean, well-ventilat- ed stall or yard. The feeder- must watch the young animals and rectify any disorders the moment they are no- Behind the lines, but not always, safe from shell fire, the women act as camp cooks, bakers and waitresses and handle many regimental messes|ticed. Prevention of calf aliments is entirely. They peel potatoes and easier than effecting a cure. 'clean carrots and wash dishes and{- perform all the other duties that the soldier hates. It is not permitted to estimate the number of women engaged directly helping the army, as the figures To Replace Fat Removed. Some feed must be given in conjunc- tion with skim-milk to take the place of the fat removed. The nutritive ratio of whole milk is 1:4.4 and for FE ee ory ne ee: skim-milk 1;2.1.. This shows the lat- nf ter to be richer in protein than the former and requires a carbonaceous food rather than one rich in protein to make a suitable ration. It is the heat and energy-producing factora that have been removed, and fat or carbohydrates are required to replace the fat removed from the milk. Whole front, but the figure is very large a {s growing daily, aetna resis If you bring up your boy in the way he should go, it won't be your fault if he takes some other path after he {is any work in him, I will undertake} grows up. and grateful thanks from the recip- jent. The English and French always give the German prisoners cigarettes, and this is regarded by both giver and receiver as. the best gift that can be bestowed. : Altogether, cigarette smoking ap- pears to have more potency to boost the fighting man's comfort than ' any- thing élse. Courageous Tommy. Mother--Tommy,, if you eat any more of that pudding you will see the bogie map. to-night. Tommy (after a moment's reflec- tion)--Well, give me some more, any- how. I might as wel set my mind at rest about that story, once cd for all. ; ' }