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j chapter xxiv contd thank you anstruther will you take his feet here rolt strike a light weve got to chance their shooting rolt struck one and in the short gleam of it the others saw jim aim anstruther lift the body from the door and put it upon the table where the red fire had been thats the irst to go muttered jim always wanted the lejvl and would have it shot through the head from behind some of the devils must have been behind when he lit his ire i heard no shoot not likely to with the noise we were making whats wrong with your neck anstrjther cut it just touched i fancy i got it when they hit him shall we take him into the house better not and better say nothing about it to them upstairs we cant do any more for him now boss and jim drew a large worked table cover over the dead mans face and turned to see that the barricades were as strong as they could be made the men had better bleep in watches during the day jim we shall want all hands on guard to night if toma does not bring help be fore then horsely and his posse could hardly get through by daylight if they came jim made no reply dont you think that they will get here today in spite of his courage there was a shake in rolfs voice which he could not hile for himself he cared lit tle but the thought of the sweet wo man who was all the world to him broke the strong mans nerve is no good fooling ourselves rolt any longer no i don think any of our messengers are alive today the younger fairclough turned very white but he pulled himself to gether and laughed bravely you dont know my brother combe theres no fear that any pack of niggers will wipe him out i hope not he is a good man and i daresay that you are right in which case we shall have help before nightfall but we must not calculate upon that weve calculated too much on such things already weve got the farm silver gloss the canada starch co limited montreal cardinal brantford fort william makers of crown brand ana jlhy white com symps and bensons corn starch ripe cherries and when he was at his post again he g dotometfctngsi for ourselves now drew from his pocket that which the doctor had given him it was a com mon playingcard and on it was writ ten in pencil a london address be neath this the doctor had written in big letters which wandered uncer tainly over the blank space so long jim see you again some day so he knew it was coming did he mused jim and he took it all back at the last all his tall talk about science and annihilation of matter well i guess the handieapper knew the docs handicap and will be the best judge of his running and then as he looked out in the reddened gloom whilst his eyes tried to pierce through the fog his mind tried to peer into that next room where the doctor now was and if he failed to place the doctor he at least managed to place himself he saw the triviality of the things which had so embittered kim for the last few- days and even confessed to himself that when it came to fighting his rival was not much of a muff after all if that which had made the scratch on anstruthors neck had been an inch or two to the left jim combe felt that his memory of the last few days would have been a load for him to carry all the rest of his life but the first grey- light of the morning brought jim back from the unknown to the present with a shock as the mists rolled away the temporary ab sence of the indians was explained they had withdrawn to gather force for their real attack whatever an swers to the fiery cross amongst the red men had been flying around the country in the last two days and jim combe had never known until that moment how many indians there were scattered through the timber of bri tish columbia the hogs back was dotted with their camp fires and tents aline of them stretched across the big mea dow another body of them held the road to sc la creek the ranch was as regularly invested as if its foes had been european troops instead of mere redskins with infinitely more cun ning than even combe had given them credit for the chilcotens had allow ed the white men to return unmolest ed to their lair only o find themselves in a trap from which there appeared to be no escape unless toma or fair clough had won through and could bring help until this last morning jim had felt certain that one or other would suc ceed in getting hrough but now see ing the methodical way in which the indians had conducted the campaign he not only dojbtcd he disbelieved it and when he met kitty a little later her prety face pale and troubled a great wave of pity and remorse al most unmanned him in his anguish of mind he tried to speak to this little friend in the old right away thats talking assented al and theres only one thing we can do what is that shoot the women and die fighting or save them it was brutally said but it had the advantage of bringing the issue plain ly before every one how can we save them theres only one way the in dians are all here now if a man could get through that ring hed have a clear course to sody theres five horses in the kitchen but we cant leave the place un guarded no of course not its got to be one at a time till we do get through and if no one gets through well then boss wed most os well take a turn at praying for a moment there was silence and then someone askcyl is it to be by daylight or at night i guess it dont make no odds replied al we should have had a good show last night but the fog has all gone they wont do much at tacking in broad daylight our people shoot too straight and the injuns know it tut theyll do mighty little sleeping at night id leave that to the man as goes kin i have that roan as jim rode for a first shot boss it was said so quietly that no one ignorant of the circumstances would have guessed that the rough and grizzled old rider was offering his life but the color came to the bosss eyes as he answered the stakes are mine al and i play them pardon sir i think you forget said anstruther courteously the stakes are not all yours volunteers for a forlorn hopes should be unmar ried men the captains duty is to stay by his ship to the last al and combe have had their tirn you will let me 0 nonsense boy you couldnt sit a horse now nor couldnt find his way if he did get through see here rolt its al or me for this job and als wound ed so its me and combe turned to leave the room but anstruther caught him by the arm no by heaven you dont combe it is for mr rolt to decide you are not master here what do you say sir will you shame me is it not i my right combe went for me the whole trouble is my fault i can ne ver hold up my head again if you dbnt let me go there was such a genuine ring of entreaty in the young fellows voice that rolt looking at him wavered he understootl that to a man like make delicious and economical preserves order lantic sugar by name in original packages 2 and 5lb cartons 10 and 201j bags pkeservinc labels fkee seed rl ball trademark fur lioul of 5 1 jriutcd guiamcil labels to atlantic sugar refineries ltd rower hide montreal 40 importance of good pasture in livestock farming the pasture land is becoming a very important factor with ample silo capacity plus soil and climatic conditions favor- iteable for the production of corn a farmer can winter a goodly number of j live stock on 100 acres ho thenj gradually cuts into the pasflarc to crwn from becom provide more available land only toi unsa find that his wintering problems have when shortening a branch leave vanished and have been replaced by i a few fcyjgg at the end to draw the the difficulty of procuring sufficient sap to the freshly cut wound and grass for summer when labor wasj thjs ena the growing layer under reasonably plenty the old pasture land tne bar to heal it over could bo made to yield more abundj j trimming small branches antly under hoed crops or grain than ghoots the cut must be made under grass and- for several years i above a bud more blouses lingerie and skirts mora table linen more sheets and pillow cases more curtains are starched with silver gloss than any other starch in canada your grocer has it 233 vajngj too tall and or just there was much breaking of the sod and a continual diminution of the per- 1 manent pastures at present with i few farm- laborers available one man on 100 or 150 acres will find it difficult to maintain the balance he has adopted between his cultivable and j trees american forestry when several branches come out from the trunk in a whorl they should not all be cut away at the same time lest the tree be girdled this arrangement of branches occurs most frequently in the coniferous dairy wisdom as soon as the flies begin to put in an appearance be ready with your spray spray the cows all over from head to heels before putting then in pasture in the morning and do the feeding the growing chicks when chicks are confined in a pen or small yard near the house they us ually receive plenty of feed and clean water but after they are six or eight weeks old and put out on free range it is more difficult to give them the re quired attention frequently they are not all around for feed at the regular feeding time and some birds of the flock get more than their share although the growing chicks have the run of the place and can pick up a v good deal of feed special care is igj quired to force development and pre pare the pullets for early laying a same after milking in the evening sbxntcd ch will never make a pro the fles keep at ther deadly work fitame hen gr at nighttime as well as durmg the meat food ean usua be th in day so spray at night also i the fieus for gram therc is no one grain that will take the place way that had been so dear to both of anstruther there might be worse them but his tongue failed him and things than death she not realizing that it was the old couldnt to settle it by drawing zing jim treated him with the coldness he had been at such trouble to teach her chapter xxv you cannot hide death any more than you can escape it there is a subtle influence which spreads from a dear man so that even the dumb last speaker it will only bo on the lots thats what ihey always do in bookss it was fairclough who spoke and in the impasse to which they had come the suggestion met with some favor if i agree to mr faircloughs sug gestion said rolt seeing that tho feeling of the meeting was with the beasts feel and acknowledge it and this atmosphere of horror has spread through the ranch house in spite of the mens reticence the women knew though they ask ed no questions their eyes counted the men as they gathered for their morning meal but if they guessed they said nothing indeed scarcely a word passed be tween them until the men gathered in the long room after the meal and even then for a while no one spoko i though for the moment the besieged were unmolested cveryono knew thut i the ring which surrounded them was intact and their destruction but a question of hours understanding that all draw i will waive my right to go first if you will all agree to that otherwise i go for a few minutes combe and an struther tried to argue with him but though the easiestgoing man in bri tish columbia as a rule rolt could be sufficietly resolute upon occasion it aint no use argufying said al irritably seems to me we had ought to know the boss by now hes that blanked contrary that if every one else was keeping christmas hed put in the day hauling gravel may as well cut for the deal if he says so this settled it and rolt turning to anstruther asked him to gt a pack of cards from mrs rolt when anstruther had gone to get the cards rolt turned to combe is it any good keeping this from the laides they might prevent his going if the lot should fall to him nothing else will and i dont believe that he could sit a horse for a mile his ribs cant be knit yet dont you worry about that colt boss he aint useji to our range yet but hes a bit of good stuff and harder nor yoh think let him be and give him a fair show its five to one against his getting the deal anyway but you kin tall the ladies they arent the sort to holler thank you al old friend i knew we might come in it was mary rolt herself who spoke having come in quietly while the men were talking with kitty by her side whose young beauty was woefully marred by the strain of the last few days if any one had had time to notice such things then he might have been struck by the contract between the two women a face is after all only the window which a soul looks through so that whereas the pink and white had 0ied from kittys soft check the pretty curls lost their soft coquetry the dimple become almost a hollow and she herself a very worn and wistful shadow of the spoiled darling of the ranch in the other wo man the strain had only emphasized every brave line in her clearcut face made firmer the curve of her sweet lips and given depth to her fearless eyes rolt looked at her and in his eyes was the pride without which love is not perfect you know what we are going to do mary an you know that i am cut ting with the rest of course you could do nothing else i will cut first for you dick lowest deals of course she had cast the cards on the table and now stood facing the men a tall slight figure as calm to all outward seeming as if this were but the be ginning of a game of bridge to be continued grass iani and will probably be ob liged to relinquish some fields pre viously cropped too often the pas ture receive no consideration except adequate fencing and here is where we lose through neglect a farmer is a busy man in summer and has itvo time to devote tohis store or growing cattle nevertheless they should be thriving and putting on grains for if this is not accomplished during the grass season they will make costly cows or feeders in some instances j it requires 3 acres of grass for one cattle beast this is too much often i two head are maintained on each j acre and we have seen grass lar 1 j that would and did support one head per acre the latter condition is getting near the ideal on jersey is land with an area of 28717 acres there were about 40000 head of cattle kept for years but the soil is fertile working horses in hot weather in hot weather many horses that are put to strenuous work will be un seasoned and shouljl be given light work at first this should be gra dually increased until finally they are doing the amount of work required daily a horst not in condition when only slightly exerted will perspire freely and the perspiration will be of a lathery consistency he will soon become fatigued and if continued at work will later show respiratory dis turbances which also occur in any horse that is being over worked the respiratory symptoms can be detected by jerky exhalations overworking of an animal predisposes him to hear dilation pulmonary congestion heaves and diseases of the bones joints and tendons in warm weath er it is very important that the horse and the climate mild undoubtedly housedyn aweirvevtn7tedstabter german people suffer an editor blames the newspapers for the present condition a significant light is thrown upon the present state of public opinion in germany by the following publication published in the tag of berlin over the signature of hcrr julius bichem the editor of the volkeszeitung of cologne even for the sofar victorious central powers and above all for germany which carries the- heaviest wsfeht the war is very hard the battlefields are soaked with tho blood of our youth and more and more one feels the terrible void left in every domain of our life it is not surprising that everywhere in ger many there is manifested a pessimis tic opinion about our situation the main responsibility for this state of spirit rests with the german press which has always underestimated tho strength and courage of our en emies our german papers are respon sible for the pessimism which in creases every day in germany as they also were responsible for tho openmouthed and foolish optimism not less dangerous which preceded the present depression that statement suggests that they see things more plainly in cologno than in berlin vw fill headache excuse does your wife suffer from head aches much only v hn i want her to do some thing that she doesnt want to do the character of the soil and the ria ture of the summer weather are infiu ential factors in determining the pos sibilities of our pasture land yet viewing these from the stankponit of averages we do not so handle our grass lands as to induce them to car ry the numbers they shoukl if there is to be an increase in pasture land as we expect there will some thought and attention should be j given to the matter first as re gards seeding a clover and timothy scd is not the most productive when to be used for pasture land it should be seeded with a mixture of grasses and with the kinds that are likely to bear in different periods of the season on lowlying land red top is useful and alsike clover does well both to be sown with timothy and red clover in diminished quantities a mixture of red clover timothy meadow fescue kentucky blue grass white clover and red top grass will make a far better pasture than will timothy and clover sod second as regards fertization there is much that can be done up land pastures can be improved very much by a topdressing of barnyard manure and where this has been done it has paid handsomely sheep man ure however should not bo applied to land where sheep are allowed to graze disease and insect pests are spread in this way basic slag is a good in- vigorator and bone meal is service able particularly where phosphates are required limej too will often effect a change for the bettor a whole book could be written on the care of pastures but it is our ob ject here only to direct the attention of our readers to the importance of their grazing lands they are be coming an important part of each farm holding and when the maximum number of animals per acre can be carried over summer a step will be made towards the maintenance of more live stock- farmers advocate s otoole north dakota experi ment station if cows are sprayed before milking be careful to omit the udder as a disagreeable odor will get into the milk there is no such effect if spray ed after milking tho result of the of wheatj but it should be good wheat a successful poultryman when speak ing of feeds for poultry remarked tormenting of flies is a very great j p or grain is ex- lessening of the milk flow p at j he 11 feed frozen or burnt wheat to his fowl do not git the calves in a pasture but endeavors to get the best on tho- to be tormented with fles the markct an f young calfs skin is thm and the cnd whj chick attacks of flies wil retard the three times a day do well better young calves should have clean resuus af q roomy box stalls they shoukl be fed regularly and be kept comf ortable f f eed ata tmes t a j v i of feeds is necessary for the quickest can be used if any cow is to drop a calf be stire to keep her in a quiet box stall a week or ten says before she is due feed her carefully and watch her udder never allow a cow to calve in the open pasture how to prune your trees always use a pole saw and pole shears on the tips of long branches j anrl use the pole hook in removing dead branches of the ailanthus and other brittle trees where it would be too dangerous to reach them other wise do not head back or cut oft the top of a tree except where the tree is old and failing and then under special instructions be as sparing and as judicious in pruning as possible and do not raise the branches so high as to make the tree look like a telegraph pole commence pruning the tree from the top and finish at the bottom make every cut as close and paral lel to the trunk as possible to make the cut perfectly smooth the saw most be well set anh sharp leave no stubs dead and dying wood or funguscovered branches behind you do not fail to cover every wound with coal tar not allowing it need lessly to run down the trunk do not remove several large branches on one tree at a time they must be removed gradually the work extending over several seasons prevent tearing the bark off tho trunk in removing 2 large limbs by first making an undercut make the cuts on a slant some trees like the elm sycamore linden and willow will stard the process of heading back more than others and the poplar is a tree that must bo cut back every few years to keop its caetcan be very unhappy in a fjsw dingy dirty stinking pen anil they h- b f ound taad cornmeal show their discomfort as plainly as th about 5 per cent of meat food words could tell such conditions make a s rot tojeeep m the mean loss to the careless owner p ho r u these feeds furnish i material for the development of bone a pasture near the farm buildings mjsce and feathers miadiing3 with a good shelter and little stanch- m flour corn j ions to confine the calves wlule hey j sour are eating and drinking their rations i suppiement the fowl of all ages require a consid erable quantity of water and it should be supplied them fresh every iay dirty water or dirty drinking foun tains cause and spread disease the birds should frequently be examined for lice and if any are found grease could be applied to their heads and under the wings and the sleeping quarters sprayeh with kerosene or some prepared louse killer with good attention and plenty of feed cockerels should be ready for the fat tening crates when between four and five months old and the pullets suf ficiently developed to commence laying when six months old about 4 pounds of grain including dry mash will produce one pound of chicken where birivs are neglected it may take a good deal more grain than this to put on a pound of flesh the method of feeding that will give quick de velopment is the most profitable sys tem farmers advocate using natures methods that the hen is not likely to be displaced altogether by mechanical methods for rearing chickens is the opinion of a successful poultry far mer who does things on a large scale this man hatched over 3000 chicken with incubators and hens this year when each 200egg incubator was set he planned to set also 12 hens so when the eggs hatched he could give the inauhator chickens to part of the hens aiyl save artificial brooding troubles six hens would usually take care of the natural hatched chicks and the artificially hatched ones were given to the other six hens this plan worked out very satisfac torily and fully sixty per cent of the chickens live to maturity artificial brooders according to this poultryman are not however an entire failure if good men can be had to look after them electric heated ones are far more satisfactory than hot water or hot air styles as they give a s teady dry heat that can bo evenly distributed thus preventing crowding a satisfactory system of ventilation can also be operatqd which is very beneficial significant is the fact however that with elec tric and all other styles of brooders at ihs disposal this poultryman still uses the clucking hen for rearing chickens on the large scale chicks must have ash a rapidly growing chick gains not only in flesh but makes bone at tho same rate and in order to make this necessary bone growth a large amount of ash is required in tho form of lime and phospates some of this is fur nished from vegetable juices but it must also be furnished from animal and mineral sources shell and grit are the two most common mineral sources while beef scrap and granu lated bone are the most common ani mal sources beef scrap should not be fed in excess so bone is th em03t reliable source from which to obtain the bulk of this animal requirement r the blushing brides why are brides generally expect ed to be blushing as they walk down v the aisle i suppose replied suffron long glancing cautiously about and lower ing his voice that a good many of them blush to think how they are go- i ing to subdue the lord f creation after theyve safely got them if you must put them in pasture plcise dont put them in a pig pasturo