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Grand Clearance Sale
Of Summer Footwear
At BICKEL S.
We have commenced a grand c'c ance sale- of oil summer foot
wear. We have t>o many tan shoes and Oxfords and not cai:y a
pair ovci E very pair must be c.osed out during this sa'e and will
g<> during this sale at away down prices. So look out for seme
great shoe bargains at nickel's.
Men's %0.00 Tan Shoes at 52.50
Men's $4 00 Tan Shoes at $2.25
Men - $3.50 Oxford Shoes at 32.25
Men's S2 50 Oxford Shoes at 51.50
Ladies' Fine Russett Shoes at. $2.00
Lad' Pine K . »<:tt Shoes at $1.25
Mi uk i; >.'tt Shoes at 90c
Misses Fine Strap Sandal Slippers at 50c
Men's Fine Vic; Kid Shoes, Patent Leather Trirncd at $125
Men's Fine Fan Coin Toe Shoes at si.2o
Men's Fine Slippers at 75c
lioy's Flu: Shppers at 35c
I-adies' Fine S'ippers at 40c
Boy's Fine Tan Shoes at SI.OO
Children's Fine Shoes at 50c
It will pay you to visit this great sale
and secure some of the bargains being ottered,
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128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA
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Two spe ial lines of Nainsook
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40c ones 25c.
50c ?nd 60c ones 35c.
Too large a'id extraordinary
lots of good and pretty wash
goods.
36 inch Batibtcs 12 l-2c.
Amebic tn Dimities 10c.
Fine lot of 25 t nt wa&li goods
in hiding French Organdies, 15c.
Handsome new corded wash
s'lks 35c, 45c, 50c.
85c for nice cr;j:h wash skirts.
$1 50 for fine plain white P. K
skirt*-.
$2.50 fo. Hir ed, gor d
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Slalilinj; in Connection.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
AS UXFIXISHED LETTER.
Gregory Rose Lad lx-cu pone seven
month®. Em sat alone on a white
sheepskin liefore the fire.
The August wind, weird and shrill,
howled round the chimneys aad
through the crannies and in walls and
d<K>rs and uttered a long, low cry as It
forced Its way among the clefts of the
stones on the "kopje." It was a wild
night. Tlie prickly pear tree, stiff and
upright n« it held Its arms, felt the
wind's might and knocked its Hat
leaves heavily together till great
branches broke off. The Kaffirs as
they slept In their straw huts wills
pered one to another that l>efore morn
ing there would not be an armful of
thatch left on the roofs, and the beams
of tii- wajfoa house creaked and groan
ed .1 - if H were heavy work to resist
the iinif.rfunity of the wind.
Em bad not gone to bed. Who could
pl«-[> on a nipht like this*/ So In the
dlninc room she had lighted a fire and
sat on the ground before It, turning
the roaster rakes that lay on the coals
ti> bake It would -ave work In the
morning, and she !*!e\v out the light
bec-aiis.- fhe wind through the window
ebink* uiade It flicker and run. and she
sat to her.elf a-, she watched
the cakes. They lay at one eud of
the wide hearth on a bed of coals, and
at t!i<* of her end a fire burned ui» stead
!!;. Its ami.er glow over Em's
ligl 1 lialr :nd black dress, with the
ruffle ~r <-:.ij»«- about the neck and over
thi* wi 1 • curls of th'.- siui-fi/ikin on
whit-h . • >ai.
Lt/iiiii-r :ni<! more tlerei-iy yef howled
ihe sfoihi. but Em -<ang on and heard
noThlllß but li wurdjs of iter
end bi-:i: ! Ill' :: -»s«! -• faintly, as m-i i.-
le flj! il w;> 111 old. ehj|di-'i
soiiyr - • !i:nl ii -ard her mother
sing I',: , :IJ:O
"«• t. tii.- 1 !« /tawt- by tl.r river.
VII • •!,« -liix in tiki.
fprt li Tj- -ol II;.- mornlrij? wali-r.
\* f i'-'I 3 whit*- flowi-r'n tn-a<!."
She folded Iter hands and sang the
next verse dreamily
*"Wt»' -re thr fCfil ri I y iJ» - riv r,
Whirc th" roc»/D»icbt*i uiu-*tt U s)i«d.
Ori II tu ' <tti ' . « pinic waN-r,
1 n v»« 'f a uJ.tc firmer t\o;t t «!/«'!.
V<-*d.
She wliowl the refrain softly till It
died at ay ;iti<l then repealed It It was
aa If. 11 f> ! ••«.*,% ti to hei -elf, it hai 'iioni/.
•"I -..iilj is. pi-ture and thought t',.,t
sat Willi ire: there nloue in the flrellgiit.
She turned the cakes over while the
wind hurl" d down a row of brlcUu
from the gable mid made the walls
tremble.
Presently ».h« pan <•<! und llntemKl.
Tliere v. as a sound as of somei(iing
kt.'-' !n;,' at tiie i*a> doorway. Hut the
wind had raised it* level higher, and
she went on with her work. At last tiie
sound was repealed '1 hen she rose,
lighted the candle at the tire and went
to see, only to satisfy herself, she said,
that nothing cotild lie out on such ti
night. *
She opened the- door a little v. ay and
lit Id the light b< hind her to defend It
from the wind. Tiie figure of a tali mnti
Mood there, and before she could speak
he had pushed his way in and was
forcing tiie dooc to eh) . behind him.
"Waldo!" she cried In astonishment.
lie had been gone more than a year
and a half.
"You did not expect to see me," he
answered as lie tune d loward her. "1
should have slept in tin* outhouse and
not troubled you tonight, but through
the tthutler I saw glimmerings of a
light."
"Come into the fire," she said. "It is
a terrific night for any creature to be
out. Shall we not go and fetch your
tilings In first V" she added.
"I have nothing but this," he said,
motioning to the little bundh In his
hand.
"Your borne?"
"Is dead."
"The cakes are almost ready," she
said "I will get you something to
eat. Where have you been wandering
all this while?"
"Fpaiid down, up and down," bean
swi red wearily, "und now the whim
bus seized nit; to come back here. Em,"
be Maid, putting 1114 hand on tier arm
as she passed him, "have you heard
from Eyndall lately?"
"Yes," said Em, turning <|Ulekiy from
him
"Where is she? 1 had one letter from
her, but that is almost a year ago now,
just when sin- left. Where Is she?"
"In the Transvaal. I will go and g< t
you some supper. Wo can talk after
ward."
"Can you give me her exact address?
I want to write to her."
But Em had gone Into the next room.
When food was on the table, HIIII
knelt down before the fire, turning the
t alu s, babbling restlessly, eagerly, now
of this, now of that. Slu- was glad to
sets him Taut' Haniile was coming
soon to show her her new baby. He
must stay on the farm now and help
her. And Waldo himself was well eon
tent to eat his meal In silence, asking
no more tjucstlon -
"Gregory Is coming back next week,"
she said. "He will have been gone 10,'{
•lays tomorrow. I had a letter from
him yesterday."
"Where has he been?"
Hut Ids companion stooped to lift 11
cake fliiin the lire,
"How the wind blows! One can
hardly heat one's own voice," she said.
"Take this warm cuke. No one's cakeH
are like mine. Why, you have eeteii
nothing!"
"I am a little weary," he said "The
wind was mad tonight."
will write 11 few lines," lit* salfl,
"till you are ready to sit down and
talk."
Fm us she shook out the tablecloth
watched lillii bending Intently over his
paper. Ho luid changed much. Ill*
face had grown thinner; his cheeks
were almost hollow, though they went
divert d by a dark growth of beard
She sat down on the skin beside hlui
and felt the little bundle on the bench.
It was painfully iinall and soft, l'ei
haps It held u shirt and a book, but
nothing more The old black hat had
a p:< ee of uiihemmcd muslin twisted
p. I it. an I <,n ids elbow was a largu
pa, so h I tin with yellow thread
thut 1.11 irt allied Only his hair
was not changed and hung lu silky
beautiful v.aves almost to Ids shoul
ders Tomorrow she would lake the
lUggeil <-dgo nil ItlPt collar lllld put II
new haii 1 round IIIK luit Kite did not
Interrupt hllu, hut Mie wondered how
It viiii that lie >;it to write MO Inteutly
after hu lout', • enry urilli ll'* *vin
not lll'id now. IIIn lieu hurried tpilek
l.r mid ieii |. t»i • over llie pn|n r, ami
Ms eye was bright. Presently Em
raised her hand to her breast, where
lay the letter yesterday had brought
her. Soon she had forgotten him as
entirely as he had forgotten her. Each
was in his own world with his own.
He wa; writing to Lyudall. He would
tell her all he had seen, all he had
don . tljough it were nothing worth re
lating. He seemed to have come back
to her end to be talking to her uow
he s:it tliere In the old house:
"And then 1 got to the next town,
and my horse was tired, so I could go
110 farther and looked for work. A
shopkeeper agreed to hire me as a
salt small. He made me sign a promise
to remain six months, and he gave me
a little empty nioin at the back of the
store to sleep in. 1 had still £3 of my
own. find when you have just come
from the counti*' £:s seems a great deal.
"When I had been In the shop three
days. 1 wanted to go away again. A
clerk In a shop has the lowest work
to do of aH people. It Is much better to
break stones. You have the blue sky
above you and only the stones to bend
to. I asked my master to let me go,
and I offered to give him my and
the bag of mealies 1 had bought with
the other i>ound. but he would not.
"1 found out afterward he was only
giving me half as much as he gave to
the others. That was why. 1 had a
fear when I looked at the other clerks
that I would at last become like them.
All day they were bowing and smirk
ing to the women who came In, smil
ing. when nil they wanted was to get
their money from them. They used to
run and fetch the dreuses and ribbons
to show them, and they seemed to me
like worms with oil on. 'Wiere was one
respectable thing in tlint store—it was
the KalQr storeman. His work was
to load and unload, und he never need-
Ed to smile except when he liked, and
he never told lies.
"The other clerks gave me the name
of (lid Salvation,' Imt there ,/as one
lierson I liked very much. He was
clerk In another store. He often went
past the d«»or. He seemed to me not
like others. Ills face was bright and
fresh, like a little child's. When be
came to the shop, I felt I liked him.
one day I saw a book In Ids pocket,
Hfid that made t, 1-- feel near him. I
tisked him if he was fond of reading,
Stnl he said yes, when there was noth
ing e'fce to do The next day he came
f' nit' and asked me If I did not feel
l on -ly He never saw me going out
with the other fellows. He would
come and see me that evening, he said.
" 'You've got a rummy place here,' he
said.
' Yon see, then* was nothing Iri It but
pa< king cases for furniture. i.nd It was
rather empty. 'A bile I was putting the
food on tie- box lie looked at ,my books.
He rent! their names out aloud 'Ele
mentary Physiology,' 'First Principles.'
" '«Solly!' he said. 'l've got a lot of
dry stuff like that at home I got for
Sunday school prizes, hut I only keep
them to light my pipe with now. They
come in handy for that.' Then he ask
ed me If I had ever rend a book called
the 'Black Eyed freole.' 'That Is the
style for nit*,' he salt] 'there where the
fellow takes the nigger girl by the arm
and the other fellow cuts off That's
what I tike.'
"But what lie said after that I don't
remember, only It made me fe« l as If
I were having a bad dream, and 1
wanted to be far away.
"After lie was gone my little room
got. back to Its old look. I loved It so.
I was so glad to get into It at night,
mid it MI- met I to be reproaching me for
bringing him there. The next day he
took tin- gray mnro. On Thursday he
did not bring her back, and on Friday
I found tiie t-.addle and bridle standing
at my door.
"In I 1M- afternoon HO looked luf<> the
*hop anil called <,ui 'Hope you w>t
your Middle, Farticr. Your IIIIK of
bone-i kicked nut KIX UIIICK from thin.
I'll fund you 11 couple of HlillllnKA to
morrow, though tin- old hide wnHii't
worth It. tJood morning.'
"Hut I Hprnnjf over tin? counter and
GOT lilin liy IIIM tliroat. My father wan
HO gentle with lier. I f<• never would
rifle lier up lilll, iiml now IIIIK fellow
liii<l murdered lier, I nuked lilm where
he had killed her, and I Mliook hi 111 1111
lie Hllppcd out nf my hund, lie Mtood
In the door grinning.
"'lt didn't take much to kill that ha#
of lioneM, whom.' nuiMter MlccpM In 11
pin k Inn ettHe and waltM till MM compa
ny'H llulHlied to eat on the plate.
Shouldn't wonder If you fell her on
Miliar ImgM,' he Htild 'And If you think
I've jumped lier you'd better go and
look youixelr. You'll liml her along the
road by the "aim vogcln" that are eat
Inn her.'
"1 caught h1 in by IIIH collar, and I
lifted him from the ground, and I
threw h 1 ll i out Into the Htreet, half way
yri'OMH It I heard the bookkeeper May
to the derk that there WUH alwuyM tho
devil In thoMe mum fellow*, lint they
never en lied me 'Halvatlon' after that.
"I II in well IRK to you of very Ntnull
thlfigM, but there IM nothing clue to twll.
It IIIIH been all Kiuall, and you will like
It Whenever anything him happened
I have aiwityM thought I would tell It
to you. Ihe lui' k thought lu my mind
IM alway M you. After that only one
old man etilne to VIHII me. I had Hecn
him lu tin- Htreet M often. Il« alwayn
worn very dirty black clothcH and a hat
with i rape round It, and he had one
eye, MO I noticed him. One day Im
eauie to my room with a Niilnirlpllou
lint for a itilnlHter'H halary. When 1
Miild I had nothing to give, he looked
at me with IIIM one eye.
" 'Voung man,' he wild, 'how In It I
never MCO you In the hoime of the
I«ordlr' I thought he wan trying to do
good, <• I f< It orry for him, and I told
him I never went to chapel. ' Youug
man,' he mild, 'lt grleveH mo to hear
Hiieh goilli H wordH from the llpM of
oil" in youui?, f"i Kouc In the patliM
of ile.itruction, Voting man, If you for
get <iod, <iod w ill forget you. There 111
a neat on the right hand hide an you Ko
at the bottom door that you may get.
If you are given over to the enjoy
iiientM and frlvolltlfM of IIIIM world,
what will become of your never dying
MOIll V
"He would not KO till I gave htm half
a crow n for the IIIIIIIMII-I 'M Miliary. Aft
erward 1 heard lie wan the man who
collected the pew relit* and got a per
cciilnge I didn't get to know any one
Clmc.
"When my lime lu that Mliop WUH
dOlle, I hired niyi > II lo drive one of a
traoHport 11<l« r'x wiigoUN,
"That 11 I'm t. morning when I Mat In
'ln front and called to my oxen and
saw ai.out me but the hills
with ti.-.' -,t fueung down to them
~u■] th« br.-hes I was drunk,
i i My heart was beating till It
nun me. I shut my eyes tight, that
.. lien I oiH-Ui (1 them I might see there
were no shelves alxjiit me. There must
bi a In-auty In buying and selling if
there Is beauty in everything, but it is
very ugly to me. My life as transport
rider would I.ave l>eeu the best life in
the world if I had had only one wagon
to drive. My master told me he would
drive one, I the other, and he would
hire another person to drive the third.
•'At the places where we 'outspanned"
'here were sometimes rare plants and
flowers, the festoons hanging from the
bush trees, and nuts anil Insects, such
us we never see here, but after a little
while I never looked at them. 1 was
too tired. I ate as much as 1 could
and then lay down on my face under
the wagon till the boy came to wake
me to •inspan,' atid then we drove on
again all night. So It went, so It went.
1 think sometimes when we walked by
my oxen I called to them In my sleep,
for I know I thought of nothing. I
was like an animal My Itody was
strong and well to work, but tny
litiiin was dead. If you have not felt It,
I.yndail. you cannot understand it. You
may work and work and work till you
are only a body, not a soul. Now, when
I see one of tho- evil looking men that
come from Europe navvies, with the
beastlike, sunken face, different from
anj Katllr's I know what brought that
look into their eyes, and !< I have only
one inch of toba<-co I give them half.
It 1 work, grinding, mechanical work,
that the} or their ancestors have done,
that has made them into beasts. You
may work a man's hotly so that his
soul dies. Work is good. 1 have work
ed at the old farm from the sun's rls
iii„- till Its setting, but I have had time
to think and rime ft) feel. You tnny
work a man so that all but the animal
In him is gone, and that grows stronger
with physical lalior. You may work a
man till lie Is a devil. 1 know it, be
cause I have felt It. You will never
understand the change that came over
me. No one but I will ever know how
great It was. Hut I was never misera
ble. When 1 could keep my oxen from
sticking fast and v. lien 1 could find a
plaee to lie down in, I had ull 1 want
ed. After 1 had driven eight months a
rainy season came. For 18 hours out
of the -I we worked in the wet. The
mud went up to the axles sometimes,
and we had to dig the wheels out, and
we never went far In u day. My mas-
Iter swore at me more than ever, but
ivlien he had done he always offered
hue his brandy flask. When 1 first
came, lie had offered it me, and 1 had
always refused, but now I drank a«
tny oxen did when 1 gave them wafer —
without thinking. At last I bought
brandy for myself whenever we passed
a hotel.
"One Sunday we 'outspanned' 011 the
banks of a swollen river to wait for its
going down. It was drizzling still, so
I luy under the wagon on the mud.
There was no dry place anywhere, and
all the dung was wet, so there was no
fire to cook food. My little llask was
filled with brandy, and I drank some
and went to sleep. When 1 woke, it
was drizzling still, so 1 drank some
more. I was stiff and cold, and my
master, who lay by me, offered me his
flask, because mine was empty. I drank
some, and then I thought I would go
and see II the river was going down.
I remember that 1 walked to the road,
and It seemed to be going away from
tne. When I woke up, 1 was lying by a
little hush on the bank of the river. It
was afternoon. All the clouds had
gone, and the sky was deep blue. The
Bushman boy was grilling rlba tit the
lire, lie looked at me and grinned
from ear to ear. 'Master was a Utile
ulce,' lie said, 'and lay down In tho
road. Something might ride over mas
ter, so I carried him there.' lie grinned
at me again. It was as though he said:
'You and 1 are comrades. I have lain
in a road too. I know all about It.'
When 1 turned my head from him, 1
saw the earth, so pure after the ralu,
so green, so fresh, so blue, and I was
u drunken carrier whom his leader had
picked np In the mud and lain at tint
roadside to sleep out his drunk. I re
membered my old life, and 1 remem
bered you. I saw how one flay you
would read in the papers: "A Oermau
carrier, named Waldo Earlier, was kill
t-d through falling from Ills wagon, be
ing Instantly crushed under the wheel.
Deceased was supposed to have been
dtunk at the time of the accident."
There are those uotlces in tile paper
every month. 1 sat. up, and I took the
brandy llask out of my pocket, and 1
flung It as far as i could Into tiie dark
water. The Hottentot boy ran down
to (see If lie could catch It. It had sunk
to the bottom. I never drank again.
"1 do not know why i kept on work
ing so hard for that master. I think
It was as the oxen come every day anil
stand by the yokes they do not know
why. Perhaps I would have been with
him still, but one day we started with
loads for the diamond Uclds. The oxen
were very thin now, and they had been
standing about in the yoke all day
without food while the wagons were
being loaded. Not far from the town
was a hill. When we came to the foot,
the first wagou stuck fast. I tried for
a little while to Urge tiie oxen, but 1
soon saw that one 'span' could never
pull It up. I went to the other wagon
to loosen that 'span' to join them on in
front, but tiie transport rider, who was
lying at the back of the wagon, jump
id out.
" 'They shall bring II up the hill, und
If half of them die for it they shall do
It alone,' he said.
"lie was not drunk, but lu a bud tem
per, for he hud been drunk the night
before. He swore at me and told 1110
fo take the whip and help him. We
tried for a little time. Then I told
him It was no use, they could never
110 It He swore louder and called to
the lenders to come 011 with their
w hips, and together they lashed. There
was one ox, a black ox, MO thin that
the ridge of his buck bone almost cut
through his flesh.
" 'lt Is you, devil, Is It, that will not
pull?' the transport rldm- suld. 'I will
show you something-' He looked like
11 tlei 11.
"lie told the boys to leave off Hog
glng, und he held tho ox by the horn
und took up u round uuoiio and knock
eil Its nose with It till the blood dime
When he had done, they called to the
oxen and took up their whips again,
and the oXeti strained with their backs
bent, but tin; Wagon did not move an
huh.
" 'Ho you won't, won'tiyouV lie wild.
'l'll help you.'
"Ho took out IIIM chiHp luilfo illiil run
It Into the leg of the trciullllug ox three
t lnieM up lo the hill, Then he put the
knife In IIIH pocket, nod they took their
Whlp:< The oxeu'a lliiliku quivered,
and they foamed lit the mouth Hiraln
lllg, lliey moveil the wagon n fi iv feet
forward, then Mood with lienl liiniiH
to keep It from wllillng hack I'roin
the liliui. O\'K 110 liil F< >il lll iind hlood
were Mt r< :i ui 111J4 on lo llie ground II
turned 1114 lien I 111 |l alil'Ulwh and look
I'll 111 me IVI 111 It ;.!vil Martini: eyea
It ÜBM praying fni lielp In IIH I gouy
lllld Weill 111 and lliey look their
whips again. The creature bellowed
out aloud. If there is a <iod. It was
calling to Its Maker for help. Then a
stream of clear blood burst from both
nostrils. It fell on to the ground, and
the wagon slipjied back. The man
walked up to It.
"'You are going to lie down, devil,
are you? We'll see you don't take it
too easy.'
"The thing was just dying. He open
ed his clasp knife and stooped down
over it. I do not know what I did
then, but afterward I know I had him
on the stout s, and 1 was kneeling 011
him. The boys dragged me off. I wish
il.ey had titif. 1 left him standing in
tie sand in the road, shaking himself,
ami I walked back to town. I took
nothing from that accursed wagon, so
I had only 1 shillings. But it did not
matter. The next day 1 got work at a
wholesale store. My work was to pack
and unpack goods and to carry boxes,
and I had only to work from (5 in the
morning till (I in the evening, so I had
plenty of time.
"I hired a little room and subscribed
to a library, so I bad everything I
needed, and in the week of Christmas
holidays I went to see the sea. I walk
ed all night, LyuilaH, to escape the
heat, and a little after sunrise I got to
the top of a hill. Refore me was a
long, low, blue, monotonous mountain.
I walked looking at it, but I was
thinking of the sea I wanted to see.
At last I wondered what that curious
blue thing might be. Then It struck
tne it was the sen. I would have turn
ed back again, only 1 was too tired. I
wonder If all tiie things we long to
see—the churches, the pictures, the
men in Europe—will disappoint us so.
You see, I had dreamed of it so long.
When I was a little boy, minding
sheep behind the 'kopje,' I used to see
the waves stretchlug out as far as the
eye could reach in the sunlight. My
sea! Is the ideal always more beauti
ful than the real?
"I got to the beach that afternoon,
and I saw the water run up and "down
on the sand, and I saw the white foam
breakers. They were pretty, but I
thought 1 would go back the next day.
It was not my sea.
"But I began to like It when I sat
by It that night in the moonlight, and
the next day I liked It better, and Ik?-
fore I left I loved It. It was not like
the sky and stars, that talk of what
has no beginning and no end. but it Is
so human, of all the things I have ev
er seen, only the sea Is like a human
being. The sky Is not, nor the earth.
Hut the sea Is always moving. Always
something deep In Itself is stir* It.
It never rests. It Is
wanting, wanting. It on, and
then it creeps back slowly without
having reached, moaning. It Is always
asking u question, and It never gets
the answer. I can hear It In the day
and In the night. The white foam
breakers are saying that which I think.
I walk alone with them when there is
no one to see me, and I sing with them.
I lie down 011 the sand and watch them
with my eyes half shut. The sky Is
better, but It Is so high above our
heads. I love the sea. Sometimes we
must look down too. After Ave days I
went back to Ornhamstown.
"I had glorious liooks, and In the
night I could sit In my little room and
rend them, but I was lonely. Books
are not the same things when you are
living among people. I cannot tell
why, but they ore dead. On the farm
they would have been living beings to
nie, but here, where there were so
mnuy people about me, I wanted some
one to belong to me. 1 was lonely. I
wanted something that was flesh and
bliss). Once on this farm there came
s stranger. I did not ask ids name, but
hi; sat among tin; 'karroo' and talked
with me. Now, wherever I have trav
eled I have looked for him. In hotels,
In streets, Iti passenger wagons as they
rushed In, through the open windows
of houses, 1 have looked for him, but I
have not found him, never beard a
voice like his. One day I went to the
botanic gardens. It was a half holi
day, and the band was to play. I stoisl
In the long raised avenue ami looked
down. There were many flowers, and
ladles and children were walking about
beautifully dressed. At last the music
began. I had not heard such music
before. At first It was slow ami even,
like the everyday life when we walk
through It without thought or feeling.
Then It grew faster; then It paused,
hesitated; then it was ijulte still for an
Instant, and then It burst out. Lyudall,
they made heaven right when tlicy
made It all music. It takes you up and
carries you away, away, till you lmvo
the things you longed for. You are up
close to theui. You have got out into
a large, free, open place. I could not
see anything while It was playing. I
stood with my head against my tree,
but when it was done I saw that there
were ladles Hitting close to me on a
wooden bench, and tho stranger who
had talked to me that day In tho 'kar
roo' was sitting between them.
"The ladles were very pretty und
their dresses beautiful. I do not think
they had been listening to the music,
for they were talking and laughing
very softly. 1 heard all they said and
could even smell the rose on the breast
of one. I was afraid he would see me,
so I went to the other side of the tree,
and soon they got up and began to pace
up and down In the avenue. All the
tlmo the music played they chatted,
and he carried on his arm the scarf of
the prettiest lady. 1 did not hear the
music. I tried to catch the sound of
his voice each time he went by. When
1 was listening to the music, I did not
know I was badly dressed. Now I felt
HO ashamed of myself. 1 never knew
before what a low, horrible tiling I
was, dressed In tan cord. That day on
tin; farm when we sat on the ground
tinder the thorn trees I thought lie
tpilte belonged to tne. Now I saw lie
was not mine. Hut he was still as
beautiful. Ills brown eyes are more
beautiful than any one's eyes, except
yours.
"At ln*t they turned t<> k<>, and 1
walked nftor them When they «ot
out 'if tin- Kate, he helped the liidlen
Into a »ii nutl Mood for u nioineut,
with IIIK foot on the wlcp, tuIk IIIK to
them II" hud u little emus lu lilu hand,
uin 1 mi 11 >• I tin i urcyliound run after
him. .1 tint when they drove uwny one
of th"' llidlew dropped her whip.
" 'lick It U|i, fellow,' Hhe wild, lllld
win ii I hrouifht It in her ahc threw nix
police III! I lie ground. I lllllfht hit VI)
gone hack to llie gulden theU. Hut I
did Hot Wlllit IliUxle. I Wlllltcil linllleM
mid to l>e fiiwhloiuihle mid line | felt
11in I my lilllld'i were coili'Mo mid that I
wnm vulgar. I never tried to nee lilui
iiKitln I Htnld In my Nltuatloli four
mouth* ufter Hi.IT, lull I WUH not haii
py ' I lllld lio rent. The people iiliout
I preßHed on li}o lllld luilde me IIIN
nut lulled. I could not forget tlu lu.
"only one dtiy HoinothluK made me
happy. A IIUL «« eitme to the Htore with
11 little Kill licloliglliK to oue of our
clerkM While the iiiuld went Into tint
office to KIUI A mcMMiigc to IIH father
the Utile child Mood looking "I inc.
lii' Kent ly Hhe en me dime |o tin and
peeped up 11110 in) flu e.
. "'Nice curl*, pretty curln,' who Mild.
i like etirln.'
"Hlii' felt my Imlr nil out with her
IIi(le lunula. When 1 put out my ann,
she let mo take her ami sit her on my |
knee. She kissed me with her soft :
mouth. We were happy till the uurso
girl came and shook lier and asked Uer
if she was n>t ashamed to sit on the
knee of that strange man. But 1 do
uot think uiy little one minded. She
laughed at me as she went out.
"If the world was all children, 1
eoold like It, but men ami women draw
me so strangely and then press mo
away till 1 am In agony. I was not
meant to live Among people. Perhaps
some day, when 1 am grown older, I
will be able to go and live among them
and look at them, as 1 look at the rocks
and bushes, without lettiug them dis
turb me and take myself from me, but
uot now. So I grew miserable. A kind
of fever seemed to eat me. I could not
rest or read or think, so I came back
here. I knew you were uot here, but
it seemed as though 1 should be nearer
you. anil it is you I want, you that the
other people suggest to me, but cannot i
give."
"It has been a delightful Jouruey,
this journey home. I bare walked on
foot. The evening before last, when it i
was just sunset, I was a little footsore :
aud thirsty and went out of the road to j
look for water. I went down Into a !
deep little 'kloof.' Some trees ran along
the bottom, and 1 thought I should find 1
water there. The sun had quite set
when I got to the l>ottoni of It. It was •
very still. Not a leaf was stirring
anywhere. In the bed of the moan- i
tain torrent I thought I might find wa- ;
ter. I came to the bank and leaped
down Into the dry bed. The floor on .
which I stood was of tine white sand,
and the banks rose on every side like ,
the walls of a room. Above there was j
« precipice of rocks, and a tiny stream j
of water oozo<l from them aud fell j
slowly on to the flat stone below. Eacb
drop you could hear fall like a little
silver bell. There was one amoug the
trees on the bank that stood cut out
against the white sky. All the other
trees were silent, but this one shook
and trembled against the sky. Every
thing else was still, but those leaves
were quivering, quivering. I stood on
the sand. I could uot go away. When
It was quite dark aud the stars had
come, 1 crept out. l>oes It seem strange
to you that It should have made me so
happy? It Is because I cannot tell
you how uear I felt to things that we
cannot see, but we always feel. To
nlglit has been a wild, stormy night. 1
have been walking across the plain for
hours In the dark. I have liked the
wind, because 1 have seemed forcing
my way through to you. I knew you
were not here, but I would hear of
you. When 1 used to sit on the trans
port wagon half sleeping, I used to
start awake because your hands were
on me. In my lodgings many nights 1
have blown the light out and sat In
the dark that I might see your face
start out more distinctly. Sometimes
It was the little girl's face who used
to come to me behind the 'kopje' when
I minded sheep and,sit by me In her
blue pinafore. Sometimes it was tho
elder. 1 love both. I am very help
less. I shall never do anything, but
you will work, and I will lake your
work for mine. Sometimes such a
sudden gladness seizes me when 1 re
member that somewhere in the world
you are living aud working. You are
my very own. Nothing else is my own
so When I have llnlshed, lam going
to look at your room door" —
lie wrote, aud the wind, which had
spent Its fury, moaned round aud
round the house, most like a tired child
weary with crying.
Km woke up and nt before the lire,
rubbing her eyes and listening as It
sobbed about the gables and wandered
away over the long stone walls.
"You have many letters to write,"
she wild.
"No," he answered. "It Is only one
to Lyudall."
Blio turned uway uud stood long lie
fore the fire looking Into It. If you
have a deadly fruit to give, It will not
grow sweeter by keeping.
"Waldo, dear," she said, putting her
hand on his, "leave off writing."
lie threw back the dark hair from
lilm forehead and looked at her.
"It Is no use writing any more," sho
said.
"Why not?" he asked.
Hhe put her hand over the papers he
had written.
"Waldo," she said, "I-yndall Is dead."
[TO BB CONTINUED.]
ON THE BACK PLATFORM.
An liialruotlv« I.lttle Chut on the
Sulijrot of A iiloiiiolil!«*■.
The Broadway car philosopher smil
ed up nt the sunny sky and seemed In
an excellent humor.
"Veil," he said, "I haf lately Inter
ested mluselluf In dot broposed plan to
rcckullate iloso automopcels. tlml I
vlll say <lot I pellet dere Is somedlugs
vorlh vhlle In der Idee."
"Do you own an automobile?" In
quired the dyspeptic conductor with a
sarcastic laugh.
"No, I ton't," replied the philosopher
placidly. "If I (lit, 1 vouhln't be di
viding oop nickels between you uud
der gompany. Who gets It dees morn
tagt"
The conductor scowled blackly, but
made no reply.
"It allid't elTry man dot Is gwallllcd
p.v nature l<> run an aulomopeel," re
sumed (he philosopher. It alud't a part
of a college education. It alud't like
running a street car. Any choomp can
learn to do dot on either hlatform."
"J'crimps you'll better try It," growl
ed the dyspeptic conductor.
"Veil," said the philosopher, I know
I vouldii't in/live a good gontlurtor. I
Hot me too tender conscience. But, of
course. It Is gwlte different apout run
ning mi nutoiil'ipcel. Conscience vas
got uoddlug to do mlt It. Veil you are
a motormau you know chust vere you
are going. All you to do Is to slick
to der rails, lint you take a cross eyed
intu who cau't remember Ills right
haiiil from Ids left, iiml boost him oop
on der sent of mi aulomopeel, unil who
knows villi vay he vlll go feerst? 1
pellef In der foreign stylo vere dey glf
dlplomys lo der drivers von dey pans
der examinations. Uud, py chinks. It
lu tW kumu vu,v mlt « ■ lll l mnuy driv
ers of horses! I ley ton't know enough
to lioldt der reins ofer a hoppy horse.
I ton't vonder dot some horses run
avny. I ley are nshamet to be seen lu
sooeh gompany."
"Uver drive a horse?" luipilred the
Ulilli In tile ulMtcr.
"Who, Hie? Vy, I hrf Im'fii run aviiy
Willi no It.sM than nine tillioai"
"1 don't iruudcr Nome horM* run
uway," hoarsely chuckled tho conduct
or.
Tim phliomipUer smiled.
"l>ot'M vim on uie, mire enough," lit*
mild, "only It h«liu>ciled «tot vou der
riiuavii.vM took plucu 1 vnmi't driving. I
VIM only it i>U*sutig«r. Four times 1
vox runnvuy mlt lu n horse car, dwlce
In iiu elevator, vonce In a merry go
rouuil uiul two time* on u topogguii
slide. or courso IIOI'H K< >t nodding to
do in it iiutotiio|ieel rocullntlons. If dry
licet rcikollatlng, rcckollute 'cm. Hut
tuli't In .ii down on 'cm too Imrd. All
toiuo|/ccli) hiif come to Htuy, und dey
(Boost | HI given fnlr ldity."
"I'ubllc mjtiui'c!" yelled the couduct
or. - ('luvi-htnil I 'lnln lu uliT.
No . 2C,
IRRIGATION CANALS.
IntfU-ntlnß FVntnren In Their t>|)erii
n Clou—The Ditch Rider.
The. owner of an Individual ditch
sses It as lie pleases, subject only to
he state laws governing the diversion
ind use of water. The practical opera -
:lon of corporation canal systems is
under the control of executive officers
>f the company, but the representative
FIO. I—DIVISION GATE OX LATERAL,
with whom the farmer and Irrigator
comes Into most frequent and Intimate
contact Is the dltcli rider, who is gen
erally appointed by the manager or
president. Ills duties consist In pa
trolling the ditch throughout the sea
son of actual operations for the pur
pose of seeing that the works are In
good repair and to superintend the
proper distribution of water to the va
rious stockholders from the system.
The larger Irrigation systems gener
ally have several distributary canals
leading from the main one and follow
ing as nearly as possible the highest
ground of the areas designed to be wa
tered from them.
At various points along the main ca
nal or distributary lateral branches are
diverted for conveying the water to
land of Individual consumers, nnd it
becomes necessary to place regulating
structures at the points of diversion for
the purpose of regulating the flow into
these laterals. These consist of wooll
en, boxlike structures In which sliding
gates are placed, by which the size of
aperture from the main canal Is regu
lated and the flow of water therefrom
controlled. Where accuracy of results
Is attempted there is also placed In the
lateral ditch below the regulating gates
a weir whose flow for all depths is tab
ulated, and a graduated scale Is so
placed with reference to the weir that
the depth can be conveniently read off.
When it Is desired to deliver Into a
lateral a given volume of water, the
ditch rider consults his weir table and
finds the depth over this weir neces
sary to discharge the required amount.
He then Increases or lessens the open
ing from the main canal by moving the
sliding gate until the required depth
over the weir L realised. This Is the
most Important duty of the ditch rider,
and for Its proper execution he Is ex
ported to make a trip dally over the
entire canal or his division of It. lie
usually travels on horseback or In a
two wheeled cart and carries a shovel,
a hatchet, a small sharp pointed bar
and a number of empty sacks. The
hatchet Is used to repair structures, the
FKJ. II DIVISION ItOX ON I.ATKKAL.
bar is for raising gates which may be
ditlleult to move by hand, and the
shovel and sacks are frequently re
quired for the repair of banks and the
stoppage of holes caiisoa ly jJHßhors,
inuskrats and other burrowing aul
luals. The holes thus made are usually
lnßlgnlflcaut at first, but become rap
idly enlarged by the escaping waters
ami If not Btopped carry away a por
tion of the embankment.
Upon the discovery of a leak the
ditch rider's tlrst efforts are directed to
the location of the point on the Inside
of the bank at which the water enters
the hole. This Is frequently detected
through the eddy appearing at or neur
the opening The orifice, if small, can
be closed by pushing Into the hole ouo
or two empty sacks; If already large, It
can usually be closed by first filling a
few sacks u half or a third full of loose
earth and ramming them Into the
mouth of the opening.
The regulating gates are frequently
kept looked and the key carried by the
ditch rider. When a water consumer
has completed his Irrigation for the
time being he may desire that the wa
ter be shut out from his lateral. In
such cases he leaves a note tacked to
his head Kate requesting the ditch
rider to shut It off at a specified time
and In the same manner notifies him to
turn It on when lie again needs It. The
ditch rider gets these messages when
he makes Ids dally round over the
ditch.
Nueh are some of the Items In the op
eration of ditches as described by J. O.
Ulrlch In a recent bulletin.
formalin Treatmrnl for tiratn.
Hot water treatment for oat smuts
must be done Just right, and all farm
ers do not have the facilities. Formalin
Is easier to use, one pound to T>o gal
lons of water. This Is either sprinkled
on with a watering i«>t, one gallon to
<1 bushel or oats, or the oats an- dipped
In the solution. In each case they
should stand two hours liefore being
dried out, says au exchange.
All In the Kituilly.
Culler Doc, I'm awfully annoyed by
Jheumatlsm.
1 uietor ll'm! You don't look like a
rheumatic.
Caller Oh, I'm not. It's uiy wife!—
4«w York Journal.
In Thiil I.In».
Manhattan-There are sorno frlendi
of mine Just around the corner win
live In their studio a'ud servo tho moa
delightful little luncheons. They ari
Interior decorators.
Provincial—Well, that Is about In mj
lino at this particular time ot day.-
Tl'DC*.