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of
RALPH CONNOR
I HA I' 1 KK AIV.
(;i:ai i:i;'s nkw nnrrn.
T
n!:Ui: was more loft In that
.ravi than old man Nolson's
tleavl lnxly. It soouiod to me
t'.iat Iriii'i:u loft part nt loast
f bis M M'lf tliojo with his th'iid
friend ni.d etmiiaik- in tho quiet coun
try cburrhyard. I waited Ions for the
i!d carol -ss. rrekh'ss spirit to appear,
but be was never the same imnlii. Tho
than'o was unmistakable, luit hard to
dt'Qno. lit? Koeineil to have resolved
lits lift? Into a tlotinitt? ptirposo. He
"iras hariHy so comfortable a fellow to
ke with; ho uiaile 1110 feel even more
izy and I'stless than was my wont,
Sut I respected him mure and liked
titu nor.e ;ln less. As a lion he was
wt it success. Me wmild not roar.
This w;; di'appo:!it!n to mo and to
5i8 friei. is ami mine, who had boon
trailing l.is reiiini wi:h e:
:.'er expecta
and hlood-
tloa of :::!' of thrillin;
thirsty at! venture.
His first tlays were spent In making
dsht. it i.s nearly rijrlit as ho could,
the biva!. tlt drive him ti) the west.
His old 1; -a- :i:ul 1 have h.-.tl more re
spect f 'f t':e lnniani
elnce- I't ln v 't rr. :;
?d the r ::.!. i-'
in his ,.rl;y ;,:
nlm 11 1 'mop in tl;e
ever, he wokM 11. .t a
:y t,f lawyers ever
well. They prov
!' tlii'ir cunr.ilenco
;r ;ii;y by tili'erin
firm, which, how-
I't. Then, when
he ft.-'', iV.m, as l;e said, ho posted off
bnin nie v.-iih him. During
the railway J.n::T,ey of four hours ho
h.inKv
t.t.t .v'-;i w.. li'iil lefl-
'!
1
the t- -.
upon 1!
the h..-:
-ai:ie I -its
ran
turn!
very 1.
?er.t, e .
liCtl to
Yli del'
he svt .
was v '
wo t'.::
old da.
Kv.-I v
Their :!
liia 1'
hru'.e. ;
pine s"
bf.hr l:..
I Jo."'.
and i
rti.l had fairly cot
country road that led toward
l"i in:!'s away his speech
!.'.: ) in a n at t!ow. His spir
it er. 1 ! v. as like a I. y re
.': :: hS I'.'-t c-.llece term. His
. v. re ti e I.tiy's open, Inno
.: t l.io'; that used to attract
l.ini in !.;- fust I'ulleL'e year.
::.t in t1..' :.-', and v.im.W. In
. : wry : ': : --d the sniili.-ht.
nit !- How eften had
tl.N rsii! t".L:i't'.ur in the
mm v.-.is f .miliar. Th" swamp
'.. t:;t:.arre'.;s sitie.l s'raiu!.: and
f f. ir ! e.'s of mess; the
' "-e v.-" ..'; it, where the
s. l.u-e an ! l.la.'Ueiied. werc
. i.n I y the ! "v j.r"v. :h . f pn;i.
.Is ft s; the 1 ! hiil,
V-e t'sod t et t.stt nivl walk
-catls were ba' too M-vharls.
i..o l.arvtr-t iipleg .w:-re bet
where
Rock
and ill t ;ocis:V:e-a:Ji t'.v. -r
Xicuif : i s.
It va one of t'..--e per.. :
mus t 1 ofieli in I n .-I.-Cimai.i.lli
s':.::::.t r ! 1 I . " I'"
weary wi!:t :i.e 1.. at. T!.e v.
ro.id v: .- ::e- l 0:1 either .! !. ii
turf tf i.'.i:. iT'-i :.. i"-e ere; ;-t'i by
tho 11 !'..::: wai. ' red in Sock's n Ion's
I its V.-L ..c h rj-h. r.ey..::.l the 1 ictur-
'p:e si.: ke fe:.eis i .'. fields
1 f sj i i 1. r i 1 - irrain. if'' . i-'..:.is of
green, . i'h 1.. ro .v. ; ;!.. . a dark
Irown ; ;:. i:.a.r'..i: a tur:.'; field or
fun.tm: f. w. r.i. 1 f..r baek v ere the
w. of !:.a; v:: beech r.r.d e!i:!,
w::h h. r. ai d t!.- re the tufted to;, of a
niiiih'y ; ':. the I'C iy rt pr.-seiitatlve
jl u ": ii.i-'..td r:. ' stand;::;; clear
cl-jvo 1... !. r ::. .
As . i. e '-.'.i the bis swamp,
1 yaw:.::..'. l.a-j:.t 1 cully
ftii-.'.s -l.yxu "i' o:..y depths
Gr:..-:... M:.!i..:ed 1. e of that l.iht
who:, , :r . . ri.-thir in that
:;. i ' v m i r ' -l to pas. and
I f-it a.' .::, 'h it was br-a.'l day
i'jl.t. ' ''i.ii j of :. er-wsotnenf ss
that si r- '. oov :. : y 1 :.ek rs I saw
ill the 1 ' :.ni of a white
0 i f. r t -he ; ii.e tret.ks.
A' rr ' r r- r !. !!.; the houses
Ik. -i!.. r. !: r; h had !t3
ai". " !.; '. " r f t:i most
-Ju .. :.' ! ! rp: '.- c:.d
cf.-:: - ::. ; -in . f: :.i their or
' e ij.. 1 r . 1 . 'v ; or p..er, -ly as
K.ar.- ' -. -r h: ' -r of t.vht-the
t v :. y. I f rr. Ah. hap-
t py ; .- 'r.r...-.--r.t -riu.es
t ir:d f ' ' ' r- - h w bravi'y wo
'a ! . 1 1 ,v . ; y v.e livi.-l
j ! !.'-v : -. -j'y v: lv.U
tj'-t : ". rh'Ti. : ' '.' I t:i w? Jct
a Ji; ;. . . :.: " t:- : of tl.e :.-tar.t
Ti-ii. i'.'r ! .' '' '.e th" t'lp
u A xiir ' : hii' t':.- o-1 r -':"! th-- va!-
0 ' fj ::. '..f h .-y v.: if Il-ver-
:e'e. .;.- ! - u f,n
a '..' ' : ! v . r-: ti'- !.;: f.-.d'.-d
t - - by .p.' I ; .fij anl
...;. 't. I1..-- T; .-v;ch the v:!-
,U -v ' ! ;: ;:-k- the
4b -aI'J e : 1 Vi th white
jtr ; ' : ' :. tr'-i Thit
5. .. - 1. " ' '. for
' . , v ,
r" : - ' - - ' l "t t. : t'J
aa V,t ' :::: y. v.'.'li Pji
yr :' ' ' ' -!.:i-:r;c
w; -x-t-' : -' -:.'-'r. Th
L ' ; wsr-j. J-v::.j
' . ' t: '? : !y'jt
1 .'. . w;: e.ytt:
1 , -v.
rr "!. ; v ;"' ; C--'-:e. tj;'J dvwD
v ft : - " : ' : r-.-i.f2 .vJ Kwsy-
w; j-. .ft '.- k'-s2y
-a-- - . , :. ' vv ' .' . rlv r.i-
1 . ; '.- -2 ; -... -2 vj- r. I'.elr
S .e .,. , : -v , ;-e,;.;..;, t,t
jfj . t e; 'f-fuhj 2va a
j til!. ; ' M ' !' " ' -J '.f 1 ijr wr.
jjjj' I'Lrv. : : it- ' I'jM'3 ,-f 'J'Jtt,
'e .. ; '.. -. V-L -' i ; ''rj.Jwt .f a w21
tiv a lw 'vJ 54 t.z'.u'4
I hai'U'.f.ivo t btrl;. th
VM tel 'f 1 JijL' t'jtAi Vl V j ls.'. Ja
KdurhiAX va is 1C v'4 Jiaw, kuvu
reckless manner. Only old Dune Mc
Leud waa equal to tbe moment, for aa
Uraoine called out. "Hello, DuncT tbe
Did man lifted up bia nanda and called
back lu an awed voice:
-Bless my aoul! Is Jt yourself V "
"Stands bis whisky well, poor old
chap!" vrns Graeme's comment.
As we ti oared the church be pulled
up his team, and we went iiuletly past
the sleepers there, then again on tbe
full run down tho gentle sloe, over
the little brook and up to the gate. He
had hardly got his team pulled up be
fore, Illiicins mo the Hues, be waa out
over the wheel, for coming down the
walk, with her hands lifted high, waa J
a dainty little lady, with the face of !
1.11 ancl. In a moment Graeme bad
her In his arms. I board the faint cry,' 1
"My hoy, my boy!" and tot down on
the other side to attend to my off
horse, surprised to find my hands trem
blinj; and my eyes full of tears. Back '
upou Uie steps stood ail old gentleman,
with white hair and flowing beard,
handsome, straight and stately, '
iJraome's father, waiting Ills turn. '
"Welcome home, my lad!" was bis
greeting as he kissed bis son, and the
tremor of his voice and tbe sight of the
two men kissing each other, like worn- '
i'U, sent me again to my horses' heads.
"There's Connor, mother!" shouted '
out Graeme, and the dainty little lady,
in her black silk and white lace, came
iut to me quickly, with outstretched
hands.
"You, too. are welcome home," she
said and kissed me.
I stood with my hat off, paying some
thing about being glad to come, hut
wishing that I could get away before
I should make (juite a fool of myself,
for as I looked down upon that beauti
ful face, pale, except for a faint Hush
upon each faded check, and rend the
ttory of pain endured and conquered,
and ns I thought of all tho long years
t'f waiting and of vain hoping, I found
aiy throat dry and sore, ami the words
Would not come. But her quick sense
Heeded lit) words, and she came to my
help.
"You will find .Tack at tho stable,"
she said, smiling. "He ought to have
bte-i here."
" ' : Me! Why bad 1 not thought
t
before? Thankfully now my
"Yes. ln!v. I'll
find him, Mrs.
s as much of a
And I went
young I'i'other.
' r:.. I. a-. I bllppt 'SO he
seaiiegiaco as ever."
to look up Graeme's
who h ul given every
promise In the
old tlays of developing into as stirring
n rascal as one could desire, hut who,
as I found out later, had not lived
these years in his mother's home for
nothing.
"(Hi. Ja
SWelVtr, -
towar! tht
her upon 1
The wee .
cue f ir us
vras full :
w sweet fa
lier eyes
.'s n good boy!" sh- an
"ng again, us she turned
u r two, now waiting fur
walk.
. .hat followed was n happy
: ". but for the mother it
; brim with joy. Her
.s full of-coreiit, nmlvr
:.ed a great peace. Our
spent driving about among
days we;.
t' hills or strolling through the 111a
; wooils or down into the tamarack
. ivntap. where the pitcher plants and
the S'
waved
'. i-nii'
ip lilies and the marigold
I've the deep moss. In the
we sat under the trees on the
the stars came out and the
h.wu t.i;
l:i-'ht (lew
lis. Gr.ie
drove us in. Like two lov
e and his mother would
wander off tog-ether, leaving Jack and
me to each other. Jack was reading
for divinity and was really a line, man
ly feli iw, with all his brother's turn
for Bugby. r.nd I took to him amazing
ly, but after tile day was over we
would gather about the supper table,
and the taik would be of all things
tinder heaven art, football, theology.
The mother would had In ail. How
quick she was, how bright her fancy,
l.ovr subtle l.er Intellect, an 1 through
ail a gi-ntle grace, very winning' and
beautiful to Sec!
I'o what I would. Graeme w ,;:id
t.iii little of the mountains and bis
life there.
"My lion will not roar, Mrs. Graeme,"
I ( linpi.iit.ed. "He simply will not."
"You should twist his tail," said
Ja'k.
"i:
Ja-k.
r.t seen.s to be, the difficulty,
' said Lis Uiotber, "to get hold of
Lis t..!.,."
"uh, mother," groaned Jack,
"you
cevtr did f
couid y-u?
i:,:.'ui ii'.i.':"
;eh a thing before! How
' Is it this baleful western
reform. Jack," the replied
"I t
bright iy.
"B it, seriously, Graeme," I rernon-strai'-l.
"you ought to tell your people
of y-..ur l.fe. that free, glorious life in
the l.'jount.'iins."
"i'lei:! Glorious! To Borne men jer
l.tpsi'' s-id Graeme and then fell into
fc.iel.Vf.
Hut I aw Graeme as a new man the
right Le talked theology with bis
fa'.h.r. The old minister was a spien
ti. i ' i.lvinist, t.f heroic type, nv.'l as he
ihsco irs' -2 cf God's sovereignty and
ei'ci.i,-, Lis face glowed and his voice
rang '.ut.
Gr.i' i;j? listened Intently, now r.nd
ti.j pi;..-.g lu a 'ju'htion, as one
wo-.jM a k- n k:j!fe thrust into a foe,
but tlu- oii li-tn knew Lis ground and
i.;o-. i 'gslly tmoijg Lis i'le.-iK. demo!-i-hi.-.g
the -teu.y as be appeared with
Jaunty grace. In the full Cow of Lis
tr.uinph.jr.t argument Graeme turned
to him with sudden B'-rloUHness.
"J.Vi Lere, father. I wai born a
fVviiiiist. trid I can't see bow any one
v.th a level Lead can bold anything
! than that the Almighty has wrue
la n to Low be van' to run bis unl-v-rt-r,
t:.d Le mum to carry out bia
hi. a s.v! I r-arryijjg Jt out But what
vmmM yo'j J in a case like tbisV"
TL' U be M the st- ry of i o,r Billy
Li ;;Lt ai-d his defeat,
"Wouid you jn-atb elwtiou to that
cL: pV
TLe motijer'a eyes were abiaiug with
iMt t .
1 The trl'l !;nMKan blew 1s uit like
a fr.ut';;t ttd they m'A gravely:
"No, my boy. Tou don't feel babeaY
with meat. But what cam-to MinT"
Tben Graeme asked toe ta finlsn Uw
i,',.. . V .T11"- TJ"1
Billy's
. ,rl """"V" w vr' "
In It bey sat .dong allent till the
part
minister, clearing bia throat hard and
blowing his nose more like a trumpet
than ever, said, with great emphasis:
- "Thank God for such a man in such
a place! 1 wish there were more of na
like him." '
. "I should like to see you out there,
sir.' said Graeme admiringly. "You'd
got them, but you wouldn't bave time
for election." ',.
"Yes. yes," said bis father warmly:
"I should love to have a chance Just
to preach election to those poor lads.
Would 1 were twenty years younger!"
"It is worth a man'a life," said
Graeme earnestly.
His younger brother turned bis face
eagerly toward the mother. For an
swer she slipped her hand Into bia and
said soflly, while her eyes shoue like
stars:
"Some day, Jack, perhaps God
knows."
But Jack only looked steadily nt her,
smiling n little and patting her band.
"You'd shine there, mother," said
Graeme, smiling upon her, "You'd bet
ter come with me."
She started and said faintly:
"With you?" It was the tirst bint he
had given of bis purpose. "You ore
going back?"
"What as a missionary?" said Jack.
"Not to preach. Jack I'm not ortho
dox enough," looking nt his father and
shaking his head "but to build rail
roads ami lend a band to some poor
chap if I can."
"Could you not find work nearer
home, my boy?" asked the father.
"There Is plenty of both kinds near us
hero surely."
"Lots irf work, but not mine, I fear,"
answered Graeme, keeping bia eyes
away from his mother's face. "A man
must do his own work."
His voice was quiet and resolute,
and, glancing at the beautiful face at
the end of tho table, I saw in the palo
lips and yearning eyes that tho mother
was offering up her firstborn, that on
i vut sacrifice. But not all the agony
oi sacrifice could wring from her en
treaty or complaint in the bearing of
her sons. That was for other ears and
for the silent hours of the night. And
le xt morning', when she came down to
meet us, her face was wan and weary,
but it wore the peace of victory and a
glory not of earth. Her greeting was
full of dignity, sweet and gentle, but
when she eame to Graeme she lingered
I'V, r him and khscd hiiu twice, Mid
that was all that any of us ever saw
t.f that sore light.
At the end of the week I tool; lt rA'0
of thorn and last of all of the motlM.
She hesitated just a momeut,il -en
stwjenly put her hands upon my hil.ul-
dors and kissed me, saying softlji
-ion are ms menu, lou will th:
tne-
Timw-fHine to me?" - vvA
"Gladly,' if I may," I hastened to an
swer, Jmt the sweet, brave face was
too much to '..ear, and till she left us
for that world of which she was a
part 1 kept my word, to my own great
and lasting good.
When Graeme mot mo In the city at
the end of the summer, lie brought me
her love nnd then burst forth:
"Connor, do you know, I have Just
dis. overed my mother, I bave never
known her till this summer."
"More f..ol you," I answered, for of
ten ha 1 I, who bail never kuown a
mother, envied him his.
"Yes; that Is true," ho answered
shortly, "but you cannot see until you
have eyes'."
!'" he set out again for tho west
I . . e him a supper, asking tho men
v I. had bein with us in the old var
t y days. I was jloulitful as to tho
v i-'oni of this and was persuaded
only by Graeme's eager assent to my
lM..s,.h
"Certainly; let's have them," he said.
"I shall bo awfully glad to see them.
Great stuff they were."
"But I don't know, Graeme. You see
well, hang it you know you're dif
ferent, you know."
He looked at mo curiously.
"I hope I can still stand a good sup
per, and if the boys can't stand me,
why, I can't help it. I'll do anything
b it roar, n:nl don't you begin to work
off your menagerie act. Now, you bear
me!"
"Well, It is rather hard lines that
whoa I have been talking up my lion
for a year and then finally secure blm
he wiil i,ot roar."
"Serves you right," he replied quite
heartlessly. "But I'll tell you what
I'll ! I'll feed! Iion't you worry,"
I:..- jailed soothingly. "I lie supper will
K'"
And go It did. The supper was of the
h- the wkim f:rt class.
I had usked
Gi:.eme about tie; Wines.
"1 10 us you like, old man,'
was his
answer. "U's your suppor. But," be
a ' ieil. "ar" the mm all straight?"
1 ran tLei.i over in my mind.
"Yes, I thi:;!: mo."
"If i.ot, tloii'i you help them down,
arid anyway you can't be too careful.
!'. a don't mind me, I am quit of the
whole bn!:i'hs frot.-i th;s out."
So I ventured wines, for tho lust
time, as it happened.
Vie were a quaint combination old
"Beetles," whose nlckuame was pro-ph'-tlc
of hf future fame os a Lugnmu,
. as the fellows irreverently said; "Stum-
py" Smith, a demon bowler; "Polly"
I Lindsay, Blow ut ever and aa euro aa
jwhen be held the halfback lino with
. Graeme cud used to make my heart
B'uiid Btlll at bis cool deliberation. But
; bo was never known to fumble or funk,
I and somehow he always got us out safe
J enough. Tien there were Kattruy
"Bat" for abort who, from a swell,
bad deviloji'l into a cyme with a
Kiieer, awfuiiy clever and a good
enough fellow ot heart; little "Wig"
Martin, the nhiirpect quarter ever seen,
and Barney Luudy, center scrim muse,
wboe terrific roar and ruth bad often
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will change a sickly baby to
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Only one cent a day, think
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struck terror to the enemy's heart and
who was Graeme's slave. Such was
the party.
As the supper went on my fears be
gan to vanish, for if Graeme did not
roar be did tbe next best thing ate and
talked quite up to his eld form. Now
we played our matches over again, bit
terly lamenting the "it's" that bad lost
us the championships and wildly ap
proving the tackles that hail saved and
the runs that had made the varsity
crowd go mad with delight and had
won for us. and as their names came
up in talk we learned how life had
gone with those who bad been our
comrades of ten. years ago. Some suc
cess bail lifted to high places, some
failure bad left upon the rocks, and a
few lay in their graves.
But as the evening wore on I began
to wish that I bad left out the wines, ;
for the men began to drop an occasion- ;
al oath, though I had let them know
during the summer that Graeme was '
not the man ho had boon. But Graeme
smoked and talked and hooded not till
Uattray swore by that name most sa
cred of nil ever borne by man. Then
Graeme opened upon him in n cool,
slow wuy:
"What nn awful fool a man Is to
damn things as you do, Bat! Things
are not damned. It Is men who are,
and that Is too bad to be talked much
about. But when 11 man flings out of
his foul mouth the name of Jesus
Christ" here he lowered his voice
"it's a shame; it's more it's a crime."
There was dead silence. Then Bat
tray replied:
"I sr.ppo-'o you're rhght enough, it Is
bad form. But crime is rather strong.
I think."
"Not If you consider who it is," paid
Graeme, with emphasis.
"(Hi, come now!" broke in Beetles,
"lleligion Is nil right. It Is n good
thing and, I believe, a nocossary thing
for the race. But no one takes i;crlous
ly liny longer the Christ myth."
"What about your mother, Beetles?"
put In YVIg Martin.
Beetles consigned him to the pit and
was silent, for his father was an L'pis-
ronal cerirvnian and his mother n
faintly woman.
"I fooled with that for some time,
Beetles, but it. - ,lt do. You can't
Uaiki'tf religion twt will take the dev
il out of a man 011 n myth. That won't
do tho trick. I don't want to argue
about It, but I am quite convinced tho
myth theory is not reasonable, and, be
sides, it won't work."
"Will the other work?" asked Bat
tray, with a sneer.
"Sure," said Graeme. "I've seen it."
"WhM'o?" challenged Kaitray. "I
haven't seen much t f It."
"Yes, you have, Hattray; you know
you have," said Wig again.
But Itattray ignored him.
"I'll tell you, boys," said Graeme.
"I want you to know anyway why I
believe wbot I do."
Then lie toltl them the story of old
man Nelson, from the old coast days,
before I knew him, to the end. He
told the story well. The stern fight
and tht! victory of the life and the self
sacrifice and the pathos of tho death
appealed tjj these men, who ' ived light
und cou!d understand sacrh'ee.
"That's why I believe in Jt . us Christ,
and that's why 1 think it a crime to
liing his name about."
"I wish to heaven I could say that,"
Bald Beetles.
"Keep wishing hard enough,
nnd it
will come to you," said Graeme.
I "Look here, old chap," said Battray.
, "You're quite right about this. I'm
willing to own up. Wig Is correct. I
know a few ut least of that stamp, but
most of those who go in for that sort
of thing are not much account."
I 'Tor ten years, Uattray," said Graeme
In a downright matter of fact way,
"you nnd I have tried this sort of
thing," flipping a bottle, "and wo got
out of it ull there is to be got, paid
well for it, too, and, faugh, you know
It's not good enough, and the more you
go in for it the more you curse your-
self. So I have quit this, and I am
! going In for the other."
, "What? Going in for preaching?"
; "Not much railroading, money in It
1
anil lending a baud to fellows on tho
. rocks." '
1 uou 1 you mini u center lor-
wnrd?" said big Barney in his Ceop
voice.
"Every man must play his game In
bis place, old chap. I'd like to sec you
tackle It, though, right well," ald
Graomo earnestly.
And so be did In tiro after years, and
good tackling It was. But that is an
other btory.
"But, I Hay, Graeme," persisted Bee
tles, "about this business do you mean
to say you po the whole thing Jonah,
you lif.ow, and the rest of It?"
Gr.:i me iitvilated, then siiltl;
"I h.'V t '! i.iui-h of 11 creed. Beetles;
1! 1 i-.-.i 1 now bow much I believe.
' . 1... 1110 lie was standing
DM. k'ktNNKWH
lUieumatlnm.1
KIDNEY'
liuckucliM.I
Lin tuny.!
ur&vu.n
BACKACHE
All Bladder snd OTT'OT?!
vvsra."HSTR vju jlv mu
I do know tbat good la good, and bad
la bad, and good and bad are not tbe
same, and I know a man'a a fool to fol-
low Ue one and a wise man to follow
r the other, and.- lowering his voice, "I
GoJ , ,t the Uck of
wbe wanta to get done with bad. I've
tried all that folly," sweeping hla hand
over tbe glaasea and bottles "and all
that goea with it, and I've done with
It."
"i'll go you that far," roared big Bar
ney, following hla old captain aa of
yore.
I "Good man," said Graeme, striking
. liu mis with him.
"1'ut me down," auid little Wig cbeer
irully. '
Then I took up the word, for there
, rose before me the scene In the league
I saloon, and I saw the beautiful face
i with the deep, shining eyes, and I waa
speaking for ber again. I told them of
1 Craig and bis tight for these men's
; lives. I told them, too, of bow I had
i been too Indolent to begin. "But," I
I said. "I am going this far from tonight."
j And I Bwept the bottles into the cham-
pagne tub.
I "I say," said Tolly Lindsay, coming
1 up in his old stylo, slow, but sure, "left
1 all go in, say, for five years."
j And so we did. We didn't sign nny
; thing, but every man shook hands with
Graeme.
1 And os I told Craig about this n yeor
later, when he was on his way back
from his old hind trip to join Graeme
: In the mountains, he threw up bis bead
; In the old way and said: "it was well
I done. It must have been worth see
ling. Gld man Nelson's work is not
done yet. Toll me again." And be
made nn' go over the whole scene, with
till the details put lu.
But when I toltl Mrs. Mavor after
two years had gone she only said, "Old
things are passed away; all things are
become new," but the light glowed in
her eyes till I could not see their color.
1 But all that, too. Is another story.
I To he coxTixi nn m-ixt wkkk.
iti.tr ironlil' 111 Ftnvlft.
j "Bowel trouble," says the Com:ry
j Gentleman, "is frequent in some.
poultry yards dining the hot season,
j In most, cases it is preventable. I-Voil
ilriiil;iiigwator, putrid meat and sour
1 fonil all tend to produce diarrhea in
; the floek. Observe strict cleanliness
in the houses and yards, and give the
1 birds only pure food and water, l.'low
or dig over the runs frequently, sow
them down to rye or other grain and
'so keep the ground sweet. I't ml runs
are n prolific source of tlhenso. Keep
jthe grit nnil char oal box full, so that
tho birds may have free access to
I them, lieniember that one "keep
'clean Is worth many 'clean tips." Do
I not feed meat fu.-d too heavily whilo
! the weather is hot, and be sure that
I the fowls have plenty of fresh green
j food or a clean grass run. Don't over
feed. Quarantine all new arrivals."
A. Word About Comb Defects.
Side sprigs on u comb are a serious
defect, and it is not advisable to UF.n
a bird in tbe breeding yard that has
them, as they ore very apt to "show
up" on the combs of the chicks from
such birds, says the Poultry Herald.
We have experimented with such
birds and have found that even where
this defect did not show nn very
I strong in the chicks of the first sea
son, yet by the use of these chicks
I the next season, the side sprigs would
j lie ory iiMmerons. It is better not
j to make use of a bird that has them,
unless such a bird is one of unusual
merit otherwise. Then one might, be
excused for taking' chances in using
it. But as n general thing one must
livoid such defects if possible, they
will "no numerous enough without
1 breeding from birds that have them.
Slnrt In n Small ny,
Nn man that has not bandied hun
dreds of fowls should start in with a
big poultry plant, it is better to be
gifi the poultry loiness as n side is
sue anil gradually develop it. The
sitle issue v. ill teach many lessons
that will lie valuable when it becomes
the main issue. The oust of learning
is considerable even with a small
flock. With a large flock it frequent
ly becomes so great that the whole
enterprise is abandoned. Many a man
has sunk a large sum of money in
this kind of enterprise because he
tried to learn bis lessons en masse,
with consequent disaster.
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