fy Younger Set Copyrighted, SYNOPSIS 01' PRECEDING CHAPTERS riiAp 1-Ueturnlng from Manila. Captain twvn formerly of the army, is welcomed toe by h " sister. Nina Gerard, her wealthy SSmmS Austin, and the! r mimerous t i lu ten. Kilecn Krroll. wardof Nina and Austh . Is part of their household. Selwin has "ffi" divorced, without cullt on hi? part, bj -his wife Allxe. who Is now the wire oi jbck Ttathvc i. with whom she ran uwuy from MwVn. H-Kllcen. who Is very fond of her SSHSr. Gerald, despite the wnsn, nioii'i't of her. makes friends witu nciwin nf-Geruld ls worried about yoims KrrolVs mlnsllne In the fast set Gerald Is employ bv Jullu" NeVreard. a realo state operator inalarceway. Helwyn promises Kilecn he win look after her brother. Ho tells her about Itoots Lansing his ar tiis - chum In Manila, who Is coming to New ork. In the Mile Eileen and Selwyn ride past Allxe. IV iuin'a deceased father wus an archacol wstfwid sh? has inherited some of his Scholarly dualities. Helwyn helps (fcrald tosettfe a Ambling debt and determines to widertake his reformation. V-Allxe and jSSwvn meet and discuss their altered rela ys lie Is Int to Mrs. Rosamund Vrae'Vaderof thefastset and Alljosclos &end,iHe appeals to Allxe to he ip .him kzep Gora d from carabllne. VI Tlio friend Sip of Eileen and Selwyn progresses. VII nrnmlses Selwyn he will stop Bambl- iwr. Nrcrgard discloses to beiwyn. m o is iSfercstedin his oUlce. a plan to control the Btta Country club by buying up farms essential to metmua u'dh liJ :ic plun SSS1. ot anneal to SeTWyZ and he consults Anatln who denounces rsccrcaru hi m uib tho!is)V VII-At night tahtaigomteUmi snowers a knock at his door. iA77inoc,?,ler ffiTlxe . who is very unhappy with Kuthven Snd wai tstu i talk with Selwpn. For a mo men titr old ove flashes ut). but at the mention of Eileen he knows that It Is past resurm'tlc n. X-Hosamund distresses EI by telling her society Is gossiping about AHxe and lelwyii. Allxe gets froni Gerald, who liu awlnifcst heavily, a promise not o nlav aealn at her house. XI Allxe aim ttufhvcnqonrrel over the gaming by which bo lives and he reveals his knowledge of her 5lslt at n ght to her ex-husband's room. Jui-Gc raid's increasing Intimacy wltti Mjcr sard displeases Selwyn. who breaks with the real estate man over the Slowltha matter. Neeeard i Is trying to break Into society, xni-llnslng Invites Selwyn to make his mime with him In the modest house tie has bought. Selwyn declares he will no longer tet the past mar his chance of happiness, and Nina declares her belief that Eileen has fallen lu love with hini. Nina fears that Allxe. restless and disgusted with Kuthyen. will Sake mischief. Selwyn Is experimenting with v haoslte. his discovery Is explosive. XIV-Eifeeii Tasks Selwyn to remove Gerald from Neereard's ntluence. XV-Through KuUiven i and the Fanes. Ncergard forces himself" little way Into society and tries to money as well as his own. Trying to save him. Selwyn quarrels with h ni and then up Seals hi vain to Neergard. Uosaniund and kuthven. lie almost kills Kuthven. whose heart is weak, when the latter hints at a ios rible divorcesnit. with Selwyn "respond eut XVI-Correspondenco between Allxe ad:..i... Un -infirm Nina's belief that SelWV ex-wlfe is. as her late father wns mentally unsuuiiu. ch.-iji JSRI; :!.rnl V .nil holnshlm out financial y. seriously impatringhis own resources. A ii -At Sllve?sPde. the Gerards country place Kileen declares she cares for belwyn, out "he will not "ay that Bhe will marry Mm. Her brother Is now turning over a new leaf. XVHI-Kilcenand Selwyn make a "life one SeUnperlmtswIthcw.osM S3rvS e toPl 1P. d Eileen hasatouehof T5SuslV. Sxii-ho reck ess ..behavior of Allxe who has lelt uuinveii uuu in yacht ri.lsl.es osslpfor oclety. Ninaand her brother are now convinced of Allxe s Ir resista tv. Selwln proposes to Kilecn, but the sir 1 1" not sulllclently sure of herself to iiu Bin in """. rf.hnv nirrpe to remain Ve..S --Xx'i-Gerald'sai; with the fast .set. ""' k 'hV S S with NeeVg;" .' to whori he owes much nmnl.v Viiui with Kuthven. who has accused mime irji'iuihiiiii nun The boy has been helping Allxe. ai aiiuoiira final clally by Kuthven. with money borrow ed from xVergard and Is In desperate straits. rq ironi ."'-."" - , ",,, i,in...f nl helwyn aius nun """"'v'vii i Vi. li In i. Sf Neergard. Selwyn Informs Kuthven that Allxe iSr whom Selwyn ussumes responsl hiinv li mentally very 111. having become chlldVsh and threatens to kill Kuthven If he tries to cast her off. Chapter S3 .jlI Ha .rfEMVYN'S lodslngs were (I JW not Iu'IosIng In their l 'fplfek furnishings or (lliucn- sIons a very small bed vfffed' roo,n in tue neiBhbor- hood of Sixth avenue and Washington square but the heavy and Increasing drain on his resources permitted nothing better now, and, what with settling Gerald's complications and providing two nurses and u private suit at Clifton for Allxe Kutbveii, bo bad been obliged to sell a number ot securities, which reduced his income to n liguro too absurd to worry over. However, the government bad at last signified Its intention qf testing his In vention cbuoslte and there was that chance for better things in prospect. Also, in, time, Gerald would probably be able to return something of the loans made. Night after night, patiently per plexed, he retraced bis errant path way through life back to the source of doubt and pain, and onco arrived there ho remained, gazing with impar tial eyes upon tho ruin two young souls bad wrought of their twin lives. Dreadful his duty because he knew that ho bad never loved her, never could love her! Dreadful doubly dreadful for ho now knew what love might bo, and It was not what ho had believed It when he executed the con tract which must bind him while life .endured. That she had strayed under man made laws held guiltless could not hatter the tie. That he, blinded by hope, had hoped to remake a life al ready made and had dared to mas querade before his own soul as a man tree to come, to go and free to love could not alter what had been done. Back, far back, of It all lay the death tew pact-for better or f or worse. And now, alone, abandoned, help leesly sick, utterly dependent upon the decency, UiVcbarify, the 'mercy of -tier Segal paramour, the yo4og girl who 11 I By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS, Author of "THB FIQHTINQ CHANCE," Etc. 1907, by Robert W. Chambers. bad once been his wife hnd not turn ed to him In vain. Ik-fore the light of her shaken tulnd bad gone out she had written hint in coherently, practically in extremis, and, If ho had hitherto doubted where his duty lay, from that moment he had no longer any doubt. And very quiet ly, hopelessly and Irrevocably he had crushed out of his soul the hope and promise of the new life dawning for him above the dead ashes of the past. It was not easy to do. lie had not ended it yet. He did not know bow. There were ties to be severed, friend ships to bo gently broken, old scenes to be forgotten, memories to kill. Thero was also love to be disposed of. And he did not know how. First of all, paramount in his hope less trouble, the desire to save others from pain persisted. For that reason he had been careful that Gerald should not know where and how he was now obliged to live, lest the boy suspect and understand how much of Selwyn's little fortune It had taken to settle his debts of "hon or" and free him from the sinister pressure of Necrgard's importunities. For that reason, too, he dreaded to havo Austin know, because If the truth were exposed nothing in the world could prevent a violent and final sep aration between him and the foolish boy who now at last was beginning to show the flrat glimmering traces of character and common sense. So ho let It be understood that his address was his club for the present, for he also desired no scene with Boots, whom he knew would attempt to force him to live with blm in his cherished and brand new house. And even if he cared to accept and permit Boots to place him under such obliga tions It would only hamper htm In bis duties, because now what remained of his Income must be devoted to Allxe. Even before her case had taken the more hopeless turn he bad understood that she could not remain at Clifton. Such cases were neither desired nor treated there. He understood that And so ho had taken for her a pretty little villa at Edgewater, with two trained nurses to care for her and a phaeton for her to drive. And now sbe was installed there, properly cared for.urrounded by every comfort, contented; except In the black and violent crises which still swept her In recurrent storms Indeed, tranquil and happy, for through the troubled glimmer of departing reason her eyes were already opening In the calm, un earthly dawn of second childhood. Out side of that dead garden of the past; peopled by laughing phantoms of her youth, but one single extraneous mem ory persisted the memory of Selwyn curiously twisted and readjusted to tho comprehension of a child's mind, vague at times, at times wistfully elusive and Incoherent, but it remained always a memory and always a happy one. He was obliged to go to her every three or four days. In the interim she seemed quite satisfied and happy, busy with the simple and pretty things she now cared for, hut toward the third day of his absence sbe usually became restless, asking for him and why he did not come. And then they telegraph ed him, and be left everything and went, white faced, ftern of Hp, to en dure the most dreadful ordeal a man may face to force the smile to his Hps and gayety into the shrinking soul of him and Bit with her In the pretty, sun ny room', listening to her prattle, an swering the childish questions, watch ing her, seated In her rocking chair, singing contentedly to herself and play ing wlt'i her dolls and ribbons dress ing them, undressing, mending, ar ranging until the heart within him quivered under the misery of it and he turned to the curtained window, bands clinching convulsively and teeth set to force back the strangling agony in bis throat. And the dreadful part of it all was that ber appearance bad remained unchanged unless, perhaps, she was prettier, lovelier of face and figure than ever before. Thinking of these things now, he leaned heavily forward, elbows on the little table. And suddenly unbidden before bis haunted eyes rose the white portico of Sllvcrslde, and the green sward glimmered, drenched In sun Bhlne, and a slim figure In white stood there, arms bare, tennis bat swinging In one tanned little band. Happily for Eileen, happily for him, alas, love In Its full miracle had rp malned beyond her comprehension. That she cared for him with all her young heart he knew; that sbe bad not come to love him be knew too. So that crowning misery of happiness was spared him. Yet he knew, too, that thero had been a chance for blm; that her awakening had not been wholly Impossible. And now, leaning there, bis face burled in his hands, hours that be spent with her came crowding back upon him, and In his ears her voice echoed and echoed, and his hands trem bled with the scented memory of feer touch, and his soul quivered and cried out for her. Storm after storm swept him, and In the tempest be abandoned reason, blinded, stunned, crouching there with head lowered and hi clinched bands across hU face. , But storms, given right of way, pass on and over, and tempests sweep hearts cleaner, and after a long while he lift ed his bowed head and sat up, squar ing his shoulders. Presently he picked up bis pipe again, held it a moment, then laid It aside. Then be leaned forward, breathing deeply, but quietly, and picked up a pen and a sheet of paper, for the time bad come for his letter to her, and he was ready. The letter he wrote was one of those gay, cheerful, Inconsequential letters which from the very beginning of their occasional correspondence had always been to her most delightful an easy, light hearted letter, ending In messages to all and a frank regret that the pursuit of business and hap piness appeared Incompatible at the present moment. His address, he wrote, was his club. He sent her, be said, under separate cover, a rather interesting pamphlet a monograph on the symbolism displayed by the designs In Samarkand rugs and textiles of the Ming dynasty. And be ended, closing with a gentle jest con cerning bluestockings und rebellious locks of ruddy hair. And signed his name. Nina and Eileen, In traveling gowns and veils, stood on the porch at Silver side, waiting for the depot wagon, when Selwyn's letter was banded to Eileen. The girl Hushed up, then, avoiding Nina's eyes, turned and entered the house. Once out of sight, she swiftly mounted to her own room and dropped, breathless, on the bed, tearing the en velope from end to end. And from end to end and back again and over again she read the letter at first in expectancy, Hps parted, color brilliant, then with the smile still curving her cheeks, but less genuine now, almost mechanical, until the smile stamped on her stiffening lips faded and the soft contours relaxed, and sbe lifted her eyes, staring into space with a wistful, questioning lift of the pure brows. What more bad she expected; What more had she desired? What was she seeking there that he had left unwrit ten? What was she searching for of which there was not one hint In all these pages? And now Nina was calling her from the hall below, and sbe answered gay ly and, hiding the letter In her long glove, came down the stairs. "I'll tell you all about the letter in the train," she said. "He Is perfectly well and evidently quite happy, and, dear?" "I want to send hlin a telegram, May I?" "A dozen if you wish," said Mrs, Gerard, "only if you don't climb Into that vehicle we'll miss the train." So on the way to Wyossett station Eileen sat very still, gloved hands folded In ber lap, composing her tele- gram to Selwyn. And once in the sta tion, havlig It by heart already, she wrote It rapidly: Nina and I nre on our way to the Berk- shires for a week. House party at the CralES . We stay overnight In town. E. E. But the telegram went to his club und waited for blm there, and mean while another telegram arrived at bis lodgings signed by a trained nurse, And while Miss Enroll In the big, dis mantled bouse lay In a holland covered armchair waiting for him, while Nina and Austin, reading their evening pa pers, exchanged significant glances from time to time, the man she await ed sat In the living room In n little villa at Edgewater. "How long has she been asleep?" asked Selwyn under his breath. "An hour. She fretted a good deal because you had not come. This after noon she said she wished to drive, and I had the phaeton brought around, but when sho saw It she changed her mind. I was rather afraid of an out burstthey come sometimes from less cause than that so I did not urge her to go out. Sbe played on tho piano for a long while and sang some songs -those curious native songs she learn ed in Manila. It seemed to soothe her. She played with her little trifles quite contentedly for a time, but soon began fretting again and asking why you had not come. She had a bad hour later, She is quite exhausted now." As he went out tho nurse said: "If you wish to return to town, you may. I think. She will forget about you for two or three days, as usual Shall I telegraph If sho becomes restless?" "Yes. What does the doctor A say today?" The slim nurse looked at him undor lovel brows. "Thero Is no cbang e," sbe "No liope, Captain Selwyn." said. "No hope." It was not even a question. "No hope, Captain Selwyn." He stood silent, tapping bis leg with the stiff brim of bis hat; then wearily. "Is there anything more I can do for her?" "Nothing, sir." "Thank you." He turned awa, bidding her good night in a low voice. To be Continued, Would Urn Hsva Found GAmt MIt niust be remembered,1' rflmarked the observer of events and ''things, "tnct wneh DiosecM went 'about vain ly 'lootsuMF 'for cometklKg be cotilda'l flafe it was bfore tmi tlma of "depart- Bat'Ai"-ToiBefti Statesman. PIG MAN'S EASY JOB. Average Family Eats a Quarter Ton of Pork In a Year. By Professor HAItltT HAYWOOD, Dela. ware. That pork production Is an Important agricultural Industry Is shown by the fact thut In the year 1000 the average private fnmlly ate u little over half a ton of meat, nearly half of which wu pork. This fact Is explained by anoth- fr fact pigs for various reasons are more profitable animals to rnlse than beef steers or sheep and on this tic- ount always have occupied and prob ably always will occupy a prominent place in Amerlcnn agriculture. In the first place, pigs are more pro lific than nny other class of farm ani mals. They niaturo moro quickly and can thcrcforo be turned off sooner than any other live stock save poultry. Again, the pig produces its meat upon considerably less feed than any other Vent producing animal, much of which feed could not be used advantagcousl.v lu any other way. A pound of pork enn bo produced upon half the amount of feed that Is required to produce a pound of beef and two-thirds as much as It requires to make a pound of unit ton. Another point In favor of the pig Is that the percentage of dressed weight Is higher In pork than In cither beef or mutton. There Is probably no branch of ani mal husbandry that can be taken up with as small capital as raising pigs. They can be kept in comparatively large numbers In small lnclosures or they will do well on pasture, which furnishes part of tbelr feed; and they ire subject to but few diseases. As population Increases the demand for pork will also Increase. It Is one of our most pnlatable and nourishing meats. Practical experience shows that one good man can handle quite a large herd of hogs If he will properly ar- ange his pasturing and feeding sys tems. Some pasture seems essential to success. This palls for a very small area of tillable ground per bead. which In course of time should become very rich and productive from the droppings of the animals and the grow Ing of legumes for feed. CEREAL NOTES. Productive and Earliest Spring Wheats Quality In Wheat. For many years the experimental farms of Canada havo pursued most systematic, careful and extensive work TUltKEY BED. DISIIOl'. with cereals. This year's report con tains tho following in regard to the most productive varieties of spring wheat and the earliest varieties. Ex cluding the durum wheats, the follow ing varieties of wheat havo shown un usual productiveness for a series of years on this farm (Central. Ottawai: Preston, Pringle's Champlaln, Huron, llcrlsson Bearded and Bishop. The tlrst four of these are red wheats with bearded heads. Bishop is a white wheat and is beardless. Of the live varieties Pringle's Champlaln Is prob ably the best for tho production or strong flour. Somewhat lower In yield, but su perior in the strength of their flour, are lied Fern (bearded), Red Fife (beardless) and White Fife (beardlessi. Several very early varieties of spring wheat are being grown on this farm, but they are not at present recom mended for ; Aieral cultivation. Farm ers should re "ember that extreme ear lluess Is frequently associated with a rather small yield, short straw, liabili ty to rust or some other defect to which tho more vigorous wheats are less subject. Tho earliest wheats which are as yet Included In the regular distribution of seed grain from this farm ere Prin gle's Champlaln, Preston, Huron, Stan ley and Percy, These nro all some what earlier than Red Fife. Stanley and Percy arc beardless sorts. Tho practical Identity of the flour made from White Flfo wheat with that produced from Red Flfo wheat has been established. It has also been shown that these two varieties produce Dour of the very highest baking strength. Among the winter wheats It has been ihown that Turkey Red yields flour of quite remarkable strength, very little Inferior to Red Fife. Broml Qrats. Brome grass i(Brotnus inermls) la tat present of mosMmportance in the 'Da kotas and aectloM adjoining these states, but Is , grows to some .extent throughout the -general region from Kansas north 'to the Canadian bounda ry and wkst 'to 'the 'Pacific coast. Its taportance'in the 'timothy region i'$k fet Very lUtJttL NEW SHORT STORIES Calve and the "Sups." When the grand opera company goes to Boston it is all the rage among Harvard men to go on the stage as "supes." So keen Is their desire to get behind the footlights that on nights when tbc big stars sing as high as $2 is paid by each "supe" for tho priv ilege of carrying a spear, clinking a tin cup or figuring as one of the com ponent parts of a stage mob. "Supes" have to be watched core folly by those In authority behind the scenes because they treat the whole thing as n huge lark and are always on tho lookout for chances to do mischief; henco small consideration Is shown for their feelings. Back and forth they are hustled like sheep. They have lit tle chance to see the show. But they always use great ingenuity in dodging the' dragonlike Individuals who watch over them. Once a "supe" succeeded In eluding the stage managers eye when the "WON'T 'VOU PLKASB WALK BIGHT OCT?" time came to leave the stage. Ensconc ing bluiself In a dark corner behind the scenery, he listened rnptly to the nightingale notes of Calve. When she finished there was a storm of applause from tho audience. Again and again Calve came forth, bowing her acknowledgments. Fasci nated, the "supe" edged away from his biding place, over nearer to the stage, when suddenly a hand plucked his sleeve. He turned. Beside him stood an infuriated stage manager. Tho two eyed each other. Then the stage manager, with Icy courtesy, re- ! marked: "Won't you please walk right out, ' on the stage, behind the footlights, and take a curtain call yourself? Please do! Ob, I Insist!" For the rest of tho evening that par ticular "supe" gave little trouble. New York Times. j No Dead Heroes For Them. I William Hanley, a well known Du- i luth cruiser and tlmberman, tells a good story of Indians and tho impor tance of personal publicity In a red skin. Hanley was lu charge of a big drive on the St. Croix river, and in the vicinity of Taylor's falls a big Jam occurred. Among the drivers were half n dozen Indians. They were good men on the river and held up their end with tho white men. One day while inspecting the Jam Hanley passed tho six Indians. In n spirit of good nature ho bailed the Indians and said: "Break that Jam, boys, and I'll put your names in tho paper." "Ugh!" responded ono nfter n pause. "Six Indians dead lu paper, but we no eeo it." Minneapolis Journal. He "Thlnked" Right. Professor George Porter, principal of tho Hallsvllle schools, has contin ually told the pupils that they should think twice before they speak. One cold morning last week Professor Por ter backed up to the stovo after hav ing given expression to bis famous adage when n little boy on the front seat, after having been given permis sion to talk, said: "Professor Porter, I've thlnked once." "Think again," he replied. "I've thlnked twice," said tho young Bter. "Then speak." "Yes, sir. I thlnked your coattall was a-scorchln'; now I think It Is ablaze," replied the obedient urchin. Hallsvllle (Qa.) News. Cuss Word Worth a Shilling. Herbert Gladstone says that a fel low member of parliament Invented a plan whereby he kept his eight or nine year old son from repeating swear words. Every time the little fellow did so the father gave him a penny on the promise not to uso the word again. She M. P. had great faith in the pow er of this system until ono day when bo was chatting with half a dosen gnoses before dinner. His home ad tolas a golf links, and little Ous, who had been out walking near them, burst fnto the drawing room, his blue eyes -faa&af with nthsctam. '"Ob, parMpapir Ho 'criea. "Pro se 'biarfl a ar tSWs 'fcafs 4roMa !a rfriniSrwt HUM. Farm and Garden HATCHING TIME. Science and Art In Successful Testing. Egg By VICTOR FORTIER, Ottawa. The roadway to successful poultry keeping is strewn with the wrecks or effort In attempts at attaining profita ble results without tho requisite knowledge to do so. Just one simple yet very Important detail egg testing requires knowledge and practice. The eggs must bo tested on- the fifth or sixth day of the incubation. Where only one or two sittings are to be test- PIO. I EGO TESTING. ed, this can be done by Holding the egg In the band half closed and placing It in front of the light of a candle. For a larger number of eggs the test ing Is done more quickly and more easily by means of the egg tester, Fig. 1. The testing must be done in the dark. If the egg is fertilized, the germ should be seen very distinctly, us in Fig. 2. If the egg Is not fertiliz ed and Is freshly laid, it is almost quite transparent and does not seem to con tain any yolk. If not freshly lnld. the yolk seems to float in the midst of the white. If the egg Is fertilized and the germ has not enough vitality to de velop, the germ will bo seen surround ed with a circle or half circle of blood. Such eggs should be rejected. While testing the egg must bo kept in a horizontal position, not with one of the ends downward before the egg tester, A, in Fig. 1. This is sometimes a cause of death and certainly in creases the percentage of deaths In the shell. The embryo Is held In place in each egg by two minute elastic threads, AA, In Fig. 3. Wheu tho egg Is In a hori zontal position, both of these threads hold the germ lu place and net evenly ns clastic springs. Besides, the yolk, on the top of which the germ is float ing, plays the part of a cushion and deadens the shock. But if the egg is turned with ono end downward only ono of these elastic threads Is support ing it. Under such circumstances tho mere shaking of the hand of the op erator may break It, and a living healthy egg Is thus often returned dead into the machine after being tested. When an egg is to be tested, place toward the tester that side which did not receive tho heat when it rested on tho tray in the Incubator. The yolk, being lighter than tho white, Is thus nearest the upper wall of the egg and consequently Is more easily seen. After the fifteenth day nothing Is distinguishable any more In the egg TWO VIEWa OF AN EGO. Fig. 2, fertilized egg; Fig. 3, germ and elastic threads that hold It in place. but an opaque mass, quite dark, with a very transparent portion at the top toward the thick end. This Is the air space, which at tho end occupies near ly one-fifth of tho whole shell. Plant Insecticides. Young strawberry plants of several varieties wcro dipped In various strengths of kcroseno llmold emulsion, whale oil soap kerosene emulsion, whale oil soap alone and tobacco wltb or without wbalo oil soap. The mix tures containing keroseno Injured tho plants quite seriously, while thoso con taining tobacco or whale oil soap wero relatively harmless, according to tho experience of Professor Close of Dela ware. i 1 Alslks Clever. Allsike clover (Trlfollum hybridum) is a perennial clover whose appearance suggests a hybrid between red and White clovers, but It Is not a hybrid. It will thrive op soli too wet for red clover, but oh ordinary soil is proba bly not to be 'so 'hlrhry 'rtcoftjmea4id. tt'iBOutd be sown -with grasses -to ,-gtr tho beat rsttaU. mi
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