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Turkey Raising Profitable
Where Free Range Is Available
THE
COPYRIGHT, 1915.
While tt does not attain the size and
weight of the American bronze variety,
the .Narragansett turkey is superior In
quality of flesh and is lighter of bone.
It matures more rapidly and Is, there
fore, quickly available for market. It
meets the large demand for medium
weight, fleshy birds.
The plumage Is metallic black, each
Costly Buildings Unneces
sary; Open Shed Furnishes
Ample Protection For the
Flock
Whole Corn -Ideal Feed For
Increasing Weight; Birds
Should Not Be Fattened in
Confinement
By Reese V. Hicks
Former President of the American
Poultry Association.
COPYRIGHT. 1915. X
While turkey raising does not re
quire the amount of care necessary to
>ueeess in other <iei»artiiicnts of the
poultry industry, there are certain
points that must be observed. In tlds
article. Mr. Hk-ks gives some valu
able suggestions about breeding, feed
ing and earing for the flock. He also
tells how to prepare birds for the mar
ket.
THE turkey Is in all probability the
only one of the domesticated
fowls of purely American origin.
When the early explorers first came
to America they found large flocks of
turkeys roaming in the forests. The
Spanish explorers carried live speci
mens back to Spain and in a few years
turkeys were prolific in Southern
Spain, the climate of which was in
many respects similar to that of the
West Indies and Mexico. Sir Walter
Raleigh carried them to England.
All of the seven popular varieties
of turkeys have grown out of the
original wild turkey. These wild tur
keys were black and bronze in color.
In the sparsely settled sections of the
South and Southwest flocks of wild
turkeys are still to be found. In such
localities it is difficult to keep tame
turkeys, as they are inclined to go off
with the wild birds in the Fall. The
wild turkey Is not as large as the tame
variety, but, living under natural con
ditions. is very vigorous and hardy.
One trouble with the tame turkey is I
that where kept under artificial condi-!
tions. they are liable to depreciate in
vitality. Some breeders have intro
duced wild blood into the bronze va
riety to re-establish vitality. The wild
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feather ending in a broad light steel
gray band edged with black flights,
black barred with grayish white; tail
black barred with brown and ending
in a broad back band with a light gray
edge. The primary coverts where they
show are white, forming a broad white
band across the wing when folded.
Full-grown hens weigh from 12 to 18
pounds, males from 20 to 30 pounds.
turkey has also been domesticated,
and is known as the black turkey.
Comparative Weights of Breeds
The bronze turkey Is the most popu
lar and also the largest. A two-year
old cock will frequently weigh as high
ias flftv pounds. The standard w eight
| required is 36 pounds. A yearling
I cockbird should weigh three pounds
! under this, white a cockerel should
weigh twenty-five pounds by the time
he is a veftr old. A year-old hen
should weigh twenty pounds to be up
to standard, while a pullet should
weigh sixteen pounds. The majority
of bronze turkeys, however, are from
five to ten pounds under these weights
in the males and from three to five
pounds in the females.
The Xarragansett turkey runs a few
pounds lighter in weight and is black
in color, with steel-gray bands run
ning across the ends of the feathers.
The Bourbon Red. as its name im
plies, is a product of Kentucky and is
cinnamon red in color. It is of com
paratively recent origin and has not
yet demonstrated any superior points
over the regular standby variety of
bronze turkeys.
The white Holland, black, buff and
slate, as their names indicate, have
respectively white, black, buff and
slate plumage. These are the smallest
and range in weight from 20 to 28
pounds for the males and from 12 to
18 pounds for the females. They have
no special points of superiority over
the bronze, and it is merely a matter
of faijcy for any particular color.
Production of Turkeys
No accurate figure of the production
of the turkey crop annually in the'
United States is obtainable, but it will
run into millions —probably as high as
$25,000,000. In very few States are
the figures kept separate from those
of poultry, ducks and geese. The
main territory for the production of
turkeys is in the Middle South and
Southwest and also In a portion of the
Central West, comprising Kentucky.
Tennessee, the northern parts of
Georgia, Missouri. Alabama. Arkansas.
Kansas, Oklahoma,, parts of Texas,
Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. There are
also large numbers of turkeys pro
duced In Rhode Island, parts of Ver
mont and Massachusetts. These have
established a name for themselves, be
ing known as Rhode Island turkeys,
and command a special price on the
market, even above those produced
in the South and West, owing to the
special care with which they are fed,
fattened and put on the market.
Free Range Im|H>rtant
The two most important things for
raising turkeys are, first, an abund
ance of free range where they can
wander over the field and through the
woods and thus secure a largre part
of their living and, secondly, an
abundance of cheap grain, like corn.
Corn is an ideal feed after the poults
(as young turkeys are called) are
about half grown.
Xo expensive houses or costly build
ings are needed, as they will "do best
if allowed to roost in the trees, or on
poles laid under a tree. If desired to
protect them at all from snow and
storms, a shed open on all four sides
will be quite sufficient. For breed
ing young stock in the summer, while
the hens are setting and hatching,
and for the first few weeks after the
hatch is completed, a small box or
barrel to protect them from the
storms is all that is needed.
Turkeys are a source of profit where
an abundance of free range can be
had, as they art- enabled to pick up
their living in the way of bugs. In
sects, weed seeds, bits of grass, etc.
Tor the first six to eight weeks of their
lives young poults are more care than
young chicks, but after that they re
quire very little care, except to see
that they are fed and fattened in the
Fall, just Before they are sent to
market.
Selection of Breeding Stock
In breeding turkeys the vitality of
the breeding stock is of even more im
portance than in the breeding of any
other pou4try. They have been inbred
very largely, and many of the trou
bles of turkey raising is caused by
this inherited weakness. In selecting
breeding stock, only thrifty, well-de
veloped males and females, weighing
I within a pound or so of the standard
requirements, should be chosen. It !s
seldom advisable to use birds that run
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i
What Happened to Jane ■
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water <
CHAPTER IV, ,
j Monday morning! Who does not
know that It Is the dreariest, inotit de
pressing morntng of the entire weak?
The morning following the Sunday
night on which Augustus Reeves had
accompanied Ezra Hardy home, in the
hope of seeing Jane, was no exception
to this rule. Sound-vy had been a per-i
feet day. Monday was dull and lower-1
Ing, with a chill in the air that boded
rain.
Indeed, as Jane awoke andNooked
out of her window a few sullen drops
were beginning to fall. She recollect
ed that Edward Sanderson had to re
turn to town early this morning, that
he had probably already gone. She*
heard the whistle of the six-forty-five
train up the road. That was perhaps
the very train that was to bear htm
away from Milton. He had not said
when he would be back again. He
had mentioned that he hoped to spend
his summer vacation of two weeks out
here, but had not suggested that he
would be out for any week-ends be
fore then.
A sense of dullness and staleness
came to the girl. Life was fearfully
tame in the country, she thought. Yet
only yesterday it had seemed ideal.
She dressed listlessly; then, hearing
her mother moving about below, hur
ried a little that she might help in the
preparation of breakfast. Hor father
was bringing in the milk when she
reached the kitchen, and she took the
pail from him preparatory to straining
it and setting it in pans tn the cellar.
Her Father Complains About the
Family Cow
"That cow's not doing well this
year," Ezra complained to his wife.
"She's getting old. I guess. We'd real
ly ought to sell her while she's, worth
something and buy a good cow. It
would pay, too, for some of the sum
mer folks would buy milk from us."
"Well, why not do It?" asked Jane.
She was a little irritated at her fath
er's dissatisfied tone. Was it not bad
enough for her to feel depressed with
out other people feeling the same way?
"Because the old cow won't fetch
near what the new one'U cost," Ezra
explained. "And just now money's
mighty scarce."
"It has been for some time, hasn't
it?" remarked his daughter. "It seems
to me that for several years I've heard
that sentence over and over."
She had not meant to speak sharply
and regretted having done so as she
saw her father's face darken.
"Well, Janie," he returned, "it isn't
my fault. I've done the best 1 can—
but I'm playing a losing gaqie. There's
no money in farming, unless you have
lots of money to begin with and to
keep going with. That's why I've sold
so much land. 1 make more hy that
than by cultisating it. The house is
mortgaged, too, you know, and it'll
have to be mortgaged still more soon.
If not—l don't know how we'll get
along."
"Oh," Mrs. Hardy declared wtih de
termined optimism, "we'll get along
somehow, father. You stop your wor
rying. In the first place, we'll sell th'e
cow and we've pot enough money to
pay for the new one. Then we'll sell
milk and cream to the city folks as you
said. So that will put us through ihe
summer—for I've had quite some or
over standard weight, because usually
the extra large birds are poor breed
ers, just as the extra small birds make
poor breeders.
Id mating turkeys none under twen
ty months old should be used for
breeders, while birds that are two
years old are far better. It certainly
will not pay to hatch from them in
their first year, and thfey should be
carried over at least until the second
year. • Turkeys can be used for breed
ing from five to six years, as they are
longer lived than chickens. In mating,
one torn should be mated with not to
exceed ten liens, while six to seven is
productive of better results.
It is absolutely necessary that, tur
keys used for breeding have an abun
dance of range, or the eggs will lack
(fertility and the young stock will
lack vitality. While breeding they
should be fed a grain ration, com
posed of equal parts of wheat, corn
and oats. It is not necessary or ad
visable to feed them any mash during
the breeding season.
Natural llut<-liing Best
It has been found unprofitable to
attempt to hatch turkey eggs in an in
cubator or to raise the young under
brooders. They should be hatched
and raised under natural conditions in
order to do well. Often when a tur
key hen has laid out her "clutch" of
about twenty-five eggs she will start
setting on all the eggs. This is too
many, and she should not be allowed
over twenty eggs at most. The others
should be set under hens—ten to a
large hen. As soon as the little poults
are hatched out by the chicken hens
they should be given to the turkey
mother hen. It is best to allow the
turkey hen to <nake her nest and to
let her set and hatch where she will.
It is well to cover the nest with an
old box or barrel, open at one end. to
protect it from storms. From 28 to
30 days are required for turkey eggs
to hatch.
The young turkeys do far better if
allowed to go with their mother hen
than with the chicken hen. A chicken
hen does not range enough for them
after they are a few weeks old. For
the first two or three weeks the tur
key hen should be confined so she
will not range, especially in the damp
grass and weeds, but after that she
may be allowed to range at will
The young poults should not be fed
anything for twenty-four hours. Their
first feed should be some grit or
coarse sand. Then give them some
dried bread crumbs with which a small
amount of hard-boiled egg has been
chopped up. Some successful raisers
give each small poult a grain of black
pepper for the first feed. Finely chop
ped onions, either the bulb or stalk
are also good for the first few feeds!
For the first week the bread crumb
and egg mixture should be fed every
three hours. After this fine cracked
wheat may be fed. and in addition they
can be given three times a day a mash
of cornineal, wheat middlings and
wheat bran, in equal parts, mixed in
milk and cooked. They should be fed
very sparingly for the first three
weeks After three weeks cracked
com, hulled oats and whole wheat
may be fed four times SL day.
When the poults begin to range with
the mother hen, feeding is necemsjirv
only twice a day, mornings and even
ings, unless the range is limited and
they have but little opportunity to
pick up their living. It is necessary
to feed them in the evening after they
have ranged freely In order to keep
them tame and easily approachable.
NEAL OF THE NAVY " f „. "i
colonial sftassf
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HARRIS BURG TELEGRAPH
derg for eggs, and some for chickens,
too."
"Oh, the summer's well enough."
Ezra admitted. "We don't have to
heat the house then, so don't need coal
for any stoves but the kitchen one;
and we have our vegetables in the gar
den, and our own chickens and eggs.
But what about the Fall?"
"Oh, well," hi« wife reiterated,
"we'll get along somehow."
Jane Talks About Trying to Teach
"Yes," said Jane gloomily, "perhaps
I'll get a job somewhere as teacher on
the munificent salarr paid a country
school-marm. I try to think I like
the prospect of leaving home —but
somehow I don't manage to get the
proper mental attitude.
"I was homesick while I was at the
Xormal School, although I came home
for Sundays then. If I am settled
away off In some Squeedunk-kind of
a place. I can't get home often."
The picture seemed dark to her,
and her words increased the general
depression. When the trio sat down
[to breakfast, Ezra sighed heavily.
"I don't just feel as if I could stand
having you teach off In some outland
ish place, Janie," he mused. "Per
haps if you treat him well Ous Reeves
might put In a good word for you with
the School Board and get-you a place
In the Milton school. He is a big man
on the board,, you know."
Mrs. Hardy glanced at her daugh
ter, but saw no blush or tremor at the
sound of Augustus Reeves' name. But
the girl looked grave.
"I had not thought of that," she
said slowly. "I should think, however,
that his friendship for you and moth
er would make him try to get me the
position—even if I was not what you
call 'nice' to him. But I am always
polite and agreeable to him, father."
"You wasn't particularly agreeable
to him when you went off to bed last
night—and you knowing that he was
coming," observed her father reprov
ingly.
Jano laughed, her depression dis
pelled by the memory of how she had
esraped her pompous admirer.
"Well, no—perhaps I wasn't" the
girl confessed. "But, honestly I didn't
feel like talking to him. He is a good
man, of course—-and he may have lots
of influence in the village and in tht
church—but he is an awful talker.
And having gone to church twice, and
to Sunday school besides. I was rathei
tired, so went off to bed. He wasn't
vexed at my disappearance, was he?"
He would have been if your mother
liadn't smoothed him out by telling
him that you were very tired, and so
forth. But Janie, Reeves has influence
and money, too. Remember that tie
fore you turn him down agaiu. And
he likes you. Remember that, too."
The girl flushed hotly, started to
speak, then closed her lips firmly.
Could her father be thinkiry; Just what
Ned Sanderson had expressed last
night? And could he be displeased
with her for evading Reeves' atten
tion? Ridiculous! Surely he would
not want her to encourage a man of
that age, even though Augustus
Reeves was a good man and her
father did need money!
Resolutely she turned the conversa
tion into other and more pleasant
channels.
Fresh water should be constantly ac
cessible.
Fattening For Market
The best tims for marketing tur
keys is from two weeks before Thanks
giving until the Christmas holidays.
This means that young turkeys should
be fed an increased amount of
from about the first of November. It
does not pay to fatten them in con
finement. They should be allowed
their usuak range and fed four times
daily. It is especially important when
fattening turkeys that the last feed at
night, just before they go to roost, be
abundant. Whole corn is an ideal
feed for fattening them.
The best price can be obtained
usually in local 'markets If the birds
are properly killed and nicely dressed.
They should be killed in the same
manner a chicken is killed—by stick
ing them with a knife and allowing
them to bleed to death. They should
be dry-picked, leaving a few of the
feathers on the extreme ends of the
wings. Dry-picking must be done as
soon as the bird is killed.
Select Small Birds For Table
Large turkeys, weighing twenty
pounds or over when dressed, are
usually old ones, and are not as ten
der and delicate as the smaller birds.
In selecting a turkey to eat. it is wise
therefore, to select one of medium
weight. The wing feathers also are
an indication of the age of a turkey.
If the points of these feathers are
sharp it is a sign that the turkey is
young; if the points are rounded the
bird is a year old or more. The breast
bone in young turkeys is soft and tun
der, while In old birds it is hard, firm
bone. In the old bronze variety the
legs of the young fowl are dark, al
most black, while in old birds they
are of a pinkish shade.
Actual Instances of
Success With Poultry
In next weeks article, Mr.
| Michael K. Boyer, Practical Poul
j tryman, will tell how mon who
I started in a small ray achieved
i success in the poultry business. He
I will cite several specific Instances
| that have come to his attention.
| The illustration by Louis Paul Gra
ham will be of White Wyandottes.
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IHPHTHERIA AT OIIPH.W lIOMIi
Special to The Tcheraflt
Plain. Pa., Nov. 13.—Eight cases of
diphtheria are reported at the Troisier
Orphans' Home at Loysville, t6n miles
east of Blain. Children between the
ages of 6 and 12 are ill and the matter
has been reported to the health au
thorities. The children have been
placed in the hospital of the insti
tution and are reported to be getting
along well. Antitoxin has been ad
ministered to nearly all the children
at the home.
HTRT BY POWDER EXPIJOSIOX
Special to The Telegraph
Elizabeth town. Pa., Nov. 13.—Ap
plying a lighted match to some powder
which was found In the back yard of
the. Wise home, having been put there
by an elder brother some time ago,
Alvin Wise, the youngest son of Mrs'
Sarah Wise, is In a strious condition
from an explosion. The explosion tore
the wall apart and the lad is badly
burned. %
INEAL of th NAVY
By- WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
Author •/ 'Rea Mcuie, ' "Running
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'Til tie this man myself," Mid Her
nandez, approaching Joe Welcher. He
leaned oyer Joe, and wound some cord
loosely about his hands.
"IH need you," hs whispered, "but
make no mistake. Mistakes are fatal
when I'm around."
He left the Brute on guard and
marched the crew back to the engine.
"How near are we to the nearest sta
tion?" he queried, "tell me truth." |
"Not for miles, sonor," they gasped, !
"only a little farther on in a deserted
station, Montrada. No trains atop
there. It is discontinued."
"Any occupants?" queried Hernan
dez.
"None—it is deserted. It is even j
haunted, senor."
"How—haunted?"
"Something there goes click—click
—click —click —always when we pass."
Hernandez chuckled to himself. "A i
telegraph instrument," he said to him
self. "I thought so—that's the shack |
we passed this morning. Now," he
oommanded, "come out here and clear |
tile track of these obstructions —no, j
you do it," he commanded the Brute.!
The Brute ran from his position In the 1
oar, leaped to the ground, and with a
twist or two ot one hand tossed the
felled trees from the track.
"Now," said Hernandez, "run us |
down to that shed. 1 don't know what
I'm going to do Just yet, but I'll find
out there."
He whistled softly. A third figure |
emerged from the forest, tripped
across the rails and entered the bag
gage car. This was Inez Castro. She
passed on into the passenger end ot'
the coach. She smiled geatly at An
nette. «
"So, my charming friend." she said, 1
"at last you have seen fit to intrust
your treasures to Senorita Inez Cas
tro. Good, my little one.''
They reached the ancient shed. Over
its closed doorway was an old sign, i
"Montrada."
Hernandez broke open the door by
means of his usual agency—the Brute
Hernandez darted to the keys—he
was a soldier of fortune and this learn
ing was one of his equipments. Bound
as she was in the car, Annette could
hear what the instrument said, for,
singularly enough, Hernandez, when
he first called, used the Spanish
tongue; later he clicked in English
words. It was clear that Ponto was
at the other end of the wire, and some
where near La Plaza.
"What news, good Ponto?" he in
quired oyer the keys. "Any danger of
pursuit?"
And Ponto answered: "That," he
said, '1 cannot tell. But much activ
ity. There is talk of war. There is
talk of a detachment coming over
land."
"By train?"
'By train," said Ponto, telegraph
ically speaking.
"And i:he next train?"
"Days ott," said Ponto.
"Good!"
"Walt," said Ponto, "there is more
news. I shall call you up again."
"What news?"
"I do not know. There Is something
going on. I shall find out in an hour."
CHAPTER XLVII.
The Troop Train.
Ponto's information was qnite cor
rect. It had to be. or he could never
have quanfied as the partner of Her
nandez.
On Neat's return from the railroad
station at La Plaza he found an under
current of excitement present upon the
cruiser Albany. Half an hour after his
return the captain of the cruiser had
received a wireless from Washington.
It was significant its tenor. The
wireless operator handed it to him as
It was received.
The captain glanced at it. "It looks
important," he said; "decode it at
once."
It was decoded. This is what it
said:
GENERAL ORDERS FROM NAVY
DEPARTMENT. »
Deciphered From Code "G. M
War Imminent with Aliemania. Keep
all chlpa prepared for aotlon. Trans
fer all poaaible men to Pacific aquad
ron. Recommend meritorious warrant
officers for promotion to commission.
HUTCHINSON,
Chief of Staff.
■ An order from Washington is an
order. An order when war is imminent
Is a double quick order. The captain
of the cruiser Albany had been wait
ing for double quick orders —he had
smelled them in the air. He had felt
them in his bones. In one hour he had
picked his men. The first man he
summoned was Neal.
"Neat" he said, calling him by
name, "I've recommended you for a
commission."
Neal jumped out of his shoes al
most. "I —a commission," he gasped;
"why—l thought—l can't understand
"Don't think," said the captain
sharply; "we've got to act.' 1
He handed Neal typewritten instruc
tions. "You'll get your commission
In due form. AJy recommendations go
—particularly at a time like this. Take
fifty men/at once—and proceed to Join
the battleship Missouri at Chantillo.
That's all."
Neal saluted t.nd swung about.
"Walt," said the captain. Neal waited.
"I Just want to shake hands, old man,"
said the c&ptaln. "You deserve your
luck If ever man did. Good-by."
An hour afterwards Jfeal and his
squad were at La Plaza once more,
consulting the railroad master.
_ "We VUt a tr&in, and right away,"!
NOVEMBER 13, 1015.
said Neal. "The road will make lta
fortune. It will declare a dividend.
When does she go?"
"Not for two days or BO.' The en
gine—the good one—she is be repair."
"What can we do?" said Neal.
The station master brightened. He
desired at all costs to get this squad
of Americanos out of town. They were
rioters—at least so Ponto had in
formed him. Yes, they must go.
"Ah, senor," he said. "1 have idea
There are dirt train cars—no engine—
but what you call, almost gravity road
from here to Chantillo—all downhill
almost all the way."
"Show me," said Neal.
He was shown. "Well," he said to
his men, "what do you say, boys.
They'll rock us some, but they're the
best we can do. Is the road clear?"
"Clear all the way, senor. The last
train —the little train —she have ar
rived at Chantillo now."
"We're game," said his men; "come
on!"
They came on—that is they got on
—the whole squad. A crowd of natives
saw them ofT. One of these natives, hid
den from view by the othera. crawled
under the foremost car and did some
thing. He crawled to the second and
did something—to the third and did
something. What he did no one Knew.
Down the line at the deserted shack
labeled "Montrada," Hcrnaniez came
out from within, with complete satis
faction written on his face.
Hernandez sauntered out and
glanced up the track. The track was
straight and downhill all the way. It
was like a canyon cut through a mass
of undergrowth and heavy trees. Ther<_
was nothing to distract the attention
—it was a clean cut avenue as far aa
the eye could reach. He watched.
Up the track somewhere the troop
train was shooting curves with spright
ly lurches. "Getting a bit too lively,"
said Neal; "better apply the brakes."
The order was obeyed—so far as the
will was concerned. But the man at
the brakes shook his head. "Brakes
won't work," he said.
"No matter," said Neal, "we reach
the bottom of this hill three miles
out of Chaptlllo. Then we go up.
We're bound to slacken up some
time."
One of his men plucked him by the
sleeve. "What's that?" he cried, point
ing down through the canyon, flanked
by trees. "Look ahead."
"By George!" said Neal, "a train.
The brakes—every man jack of you—
the brakes!"
The brakes wouldn't work. "Funny,**
Mid Neal; "we tried before we started.
Funny they won't work." It may or
may not have been funny—but It was
the fact The brakes would not work.
"We're In for It," said Neal. "Boys,
every man Jack of you—you've got to
face this. That Jungle is soft stuff —
It's a velvet lining. We may get
scratched, but we can't get hurt. Every
man of you get ready and when 1 say
the word slide off —as easy as you
can —but slide. Guns and equipment
first—then yourselves—when I say
the word." '
Squatted on the edge of the Jungle
was the Brute. He looked up the track.
Idly following Hernandez' gaze. Sud
denly he rose—quivering with excite
ment.,
"Look—see," he said. His glance
turned dumbly from the onrushing
troop train to the stationary one. An
other man might have rushed to the
latter and warned its occupants or car
ried them out. But not the Brute. He
had a glimmering. He started off.
"Come back," said Hernandez, "you
beast."
The Brute never heard him. He
only heard the onrushing train. He
seized a locee rail lying by the track.
He thrust it under the stationary rail
—the nearest him —he thrust it into
the roadbed. He Jerked and strove
at it like a demon.
Within, Joe Welcher heard it com
ing. He looked now. He gave one gasp,
made one dive, and plunged into the
safety of the Jungle.
Hernandez dared not move. Bafety
lay in his remaining up track —out of
the danger zone below. He felt that
the Brute was doing fruitless work
that no man, no human agency within
a minute's time could raise that rail.
He didn't know—there was something
superhuman within the Brute. He was
more than a man—he was a man
driven beast —perhaps God-driven.
He plied his giant lever like a giant
Neal realized at last what was meant
He knew now that that train was An
nette's train. were off—all
of them. He alone remalued, rooted
to the spot. He was powerless to do
anything. Suddenly—obeying the in
stinct of Bafety—for he could do noth
ing else —training had taught him
that a foolish risk of life was suicide
—obeying the instinct of self-preserva
tlon, he leaped, leaped safely.
• At that instant with one final grnnt
—one final heave —the Brute bent his
mighty shoulders in one last desper
ate thrust—and sent the rail spinning,
loose, detached, uprooted, to one side.
The next Instant the troop train —
empty as It was—reached the broken
track and left it With the roar of
thunder It plunged, plowed through
the soft earth and plunged pell mell
through the deserted nhed, missing
the train by a mere hairshreadth.
An instant later Hernandez plunged
into the Jungle. The Brute followed
him, as a guilty dog follows its master
—whimpering with fear.
[To be continued.]
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