JUOttHOttUOSUDaUBVUUWyww .
0?e Younger Set
By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS,
Author of "THE FIGHTINQ CHANCE," Etc.
Copyrighted, 100", by Hobert W. Chambers.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTE11S
Ciiap. 1-Keturnlng from Manila. Captnln
Seiwyn, formerly of tho army, is welcomca
home by hla sister, Nina Gerard, her wealthy
husuaiiu Austin, and their numerous icti; u
ren. Klleen Krroll. ward of Miia and Austin,
Is part of their household. Selyln haeen
divorced, without guilt on hi? part, uy his
wife. Allxe, who Is now the wife of Jack
Kuthvcu. with whom she ran away from
Selwvn. II-Eileen, who Is very fond of her
brother, Gerald, despite the young man s
neglect of tier, makes friends with Seiwyn
Jlf-iierald is worried about young hrroll's
mingling in the fast set. (k-rald s employ
ed by Julius Neergard, a rcale state operator
tnalnrueway. Seiwyn promises Klleen lie
will look alter her brother. He tells her
about Hoots Lansing, his army chum In
Manila, who Is coming to New ork. In the
park Klleen and Helwyn ride past Allxe. IV
Klleen's deceased father was an nrcliiicol
OBlst, and shu has Inherited some of his
scholarly dualities. Seiwyn helps tlera hi
to settle a irainlillng debt and determines tii
undertake his reformation. V-Allxc and
Seiwyn meet and discuss their altered rela
tions, lie Is Introduced to Mrs. Ilosamuiul
Kane, leader of the fast set and Allxe'sclos
eat friend lleappeals toAllxo to liclplilm
fcoopflcraltl from gambling. VI -The friend
ship of Klleen and Seiwyn progresses. II
fcrald promises Seiwyn he will stopirambl
liur. Neergard dlicloses to Seiwyn. who Is
lnterested1nhlsolIUe.il plan to control the
Hlowlllm Country club uy liuylng up farms
essential to the club's existence. The plan
docs not appeal to Seiwyn, and hp consults
Austin, who denounces Neergard and his
mniv..w)(i vti At niniit In Ills room Selwvn
answers n knock at his door. IX 1 he caller
It Allxe,. who Is very unhappy with Kuthven
and wants to talk with Selwpn. lor u mo
ment their old love Hashes up, but at the
mention of Klleen he knows that It Is past
resurrection. X Kosamund distresses Kl
leen by telling her society is gossiping about
An iitwi Mi.ivvvn. Alfxo pets from Gerald.
who has again lost heavily, a promise not to
play again at her house. XI Allxe ana
lliifhvnl, niitirrnl fivnr the (milling DV Which
bo lives, and he reveals his knowledge of her
visit at night to her ex-husband's room.
XII-Gerald's Increasing Intimacy with-Ncer-card
displeases Seiwyn. who breaks with the
real estate man over me niowium uiuiiui,
Necgard Is trying to break Into society,
YTifr.n,iitnfr invltnQ Kflwvn tn make his
home with him In the modest house helms'
bought, seiwyn declares ne win no longer
let the past mar his chance of happiness, and
Nina declares her belief that Klleen has fallen
In love with him. Nina fears that Allxe.
restless and disgusted with Kuthyen, will
make mlseniei. seiwyn is expennicimiis:
will, fhnnuttf, llU fllqpnviTV Is OXtjlOSiVC.
XIV-Klfeen asks Seiwyn to remove (icralcl
from Neergard's Influence. XV Through
Kuthven and the Kanes, Neergard forces
himself a little way Into society .and tries to
compel the Slowltha to elect him. erald
loses more and more at cards, sinking Klleen
money as well as his own. Trying to save
him. Seiwyn quarrels with him and then ap
peals in vain to Neergard, ltosanuind and
kuthven. He almost kills Kuthven. whose
hnnrf In wwili. when thi latter hints at a mis-
slble divorce suit, with Selwynnscorrespond
ent. XVI Correspondents' between Allxe
and Seiwyn seems to .anllrm Nina's belief
that Sehvyn's ex-wlfels,as her late father
was. mentally unsound. Seiwyn makes up
witn ueraid auu ueipsnim out uuaiu-i.uiy.
seriously linpalrlnghls own resources. XVII
At Silvers de. the Gerards' country place.
Klleen declares she cares for Seiwyn, but
she will not, fay that she will marry him.
Her brother Is now turning over a new leaf.
jtvui-Kiieen and seiwyn make a "lifelong
ana aiiii-seniimeniai compact." aia ucr
aid renews bis frlendshln with Neergard.
Helwvns experiments with ehaoslle are very
promising. The. yountrer setof ulrla becomes
devoted to Philip, and Klleen has a touch of
jealously. XX The reckless behavior of
Allxe, who has left Kuthven and is cruising
with the Kanes and others on Neergard's
yacht, furnishes cosslnfor society. Nina and
her brother are now convinced of Allxe's ir
reslstabllty. Selwln iiroposes to Klleen, but
the girl Is not siilllelently sure of herself to
give him her promise. They agree to remain
friend?. XXI-Gerald'sappearance In public
with the fast set, among whom Is Allxe,
angers hlsown neonle. Selwvn takes the boy
away from them and learns that he has tjuar-
rcieuwitu iveergarn, to wnom neowcsniucn
money, and with Kuthven, who has accused
him uniustlv of undue friendshlnwlth Allxe.
tyrhe boy has been helping Allxe. abandoned
financially oy jiutnvcn. witn money oorrow
ed from Neergard and Is In desperate straits.
Kelwyn aids him again. leaving himself al
most without money. XXII Allxe Is in a
sanitarium, and Kuthven Is in tho clutches
of Neergard. Seiwyn Informs Kuthven that
Allxe, for whom Seiwyn assumes responsl-
llllltt. la r.w,,,IWr ,'..,. Ill 1,ii,.,wp ln.nf.mii
childish, and threatens to kill Kuthven if he
tries to cast her off. XIII. Seiwyn paying
AUxc'sblllslsInhard financial straits. There
Is no hope of Allxe's recovery. Seiwyn sees
1113 own peopievery seiuoni. aai y i.ansing
rescues Selwln from smmllil lod?In?s. com
pelling him to share his own home. XXV
fcclwln sends a revolver to Allxe's nurse,
tbelr retreat being In a lonely place. Allxe
may live many years, her general health being
very good, but her mind permanently cloud
ed, belwln tells Klsie. who is beginning to
love him, the full story of Allxe, deelarlngho
feels himself bound to the woman who once
nore nis name. The two agree to part.
Chapter 28
kUTHVEN was after hla
divorce. That was what
It all meant. His first
check on the long trail
came with tho stupefy'
lng news of Gerald's
runaway marriage to
the young girl he was
laying his owu plans to marry some
day In the future, and at first the news
staggered him, leaving him apparently
no Immediate incentive for securing
his freedom.
But Ruthvcn Instantly began to real
ize that what ho had lost he might
not have lost had he been free to
shoulder aside the young fellow who
bad forestalled him. The chance had
passed that particular chance. But
he'd never again allow himself to bo
caught In a position whero such a
chance could pass him by because he
was not legally free to at least make
tho effort to seize It.
Fear In bis soul had kept him from
blazoning his wlfo's infirmity to the
-world as cause for an action against
her, but ho remembered Neergard's
Impudent crulso with her on the Nio
brara, and bo bad temporarily settled
on that as a means to extort revenue,
not Intending such an action should
ever como to trial. And then he
learned that Neergard had gone to
pieces. That was tho second check.
Ruthven needed money. He needed
ft because he meant to put the ocean
between himself and Seiwyn before
commencing any suit, whatever ground
be might choose for entering such a
nit Ho required capital on which to
lire abroad during the proceedings If
that could be legally arranged. And
meanwhile, preliminary to ony plan.of
campaign, he desired to know whero
his wife was and-what might be her
actual physical and mental condition.
But Kuthven was totally unprepared
for the report brought him by a pri
vate agency to the effect that Mrs.
Ruthvcn was apparently in perfect
health, living In the country, main
taining a villa nnd stall of servants;
that she might be seen driving a per
fectly appointed Cossack sleigh any
day with a groom on the rumble and a
companion beside her; that she seem
ed to be perfectly sane, healthy in
body and mind, comfortable, happy
and enjoying llfo under the protection
of a certain Captain Seiwyn, who paid
all her bills and at certain times was
scon entering or leaving her house at
Edgewatcr.
Excited, incredulous, but hoping for
tho worst, Ruthvcn bad posted off to
his attorneys. To them he naively
confessed his desire to be rid of Allxe.
Ue reported her misconduct with Neer
gard which he knew was a He her
pretenso of mental prostration, her dis
appearance and his last Interview
with Seiwyn in the card room. He
also gave a vivid description of that
gentleman's disgusting behavior and
hts threats of violence during that in
terview.
To all of which his attorneys listen
cd very attentively, bade him have no
fear of his life, requested him to make
several affidavits and leave the rest
to them for the present.
Which he did, without hearing from
them until Mr. Hallam telegraphed
htm to come to Edgewatcr if be had
nothing better to do.
Mr. Hallam was a very busy, verj
sanguine, very Impetuous young man,
and when he met Ruthvon at the Edge-
water station be told lilm promptly
that he had the best case on earth;
that he, Hallam, was going to New
York on tho next train, now almost
due, and that Ruthven had better
drive over and see for himself how
gayly bis wife maintained her house'
hold, for the Cossack sleigh, with Its
gray crimson tchug, had but just re
turned from tho usual afternoon spin,
and tho young chatelaine of Willow
Villa was now on the snow covered
lawn, romping with the coachman's
huge white wolfhound. Ruthvcn drove
to tho villa.
There were clumps of evergreens
about, tall cedars, a bit of bushy fore
land and a stretch of snow. And
across this open space of snow a
young girl was moving, followed by a
white wolfhound. Once she paused,
hesitated, looked cautiously around
her. Ruthven, hiding behind a bush,
saw her thrust her arm into a low
evergreen shrub and draw out a shin
ing object that glittered like glass.
Then she started toward the house
again.
At first Ruthvcn thought she was his
wife. Then he was not sure, and he
cast his cigar away and followed.
slinking forward among the ever
greens. But tho youthful, fur clad
figure kept straight on to tho veranda
of the house, and Ruthven, curious
and determined to find out whether it
was Allxe or not, left the semi-shelter
of the evergreens and crossed the open
space just as the woman's figure dis
appeared around nn angle of the ve
randa. Vexed, determined not to return
without some definite discovery, Ruth
vcn stepped upon the veranda. Just
around the angle of the porch he heard
n door opening, nnd he hurried for
ward, impatient and absolutely un
afraid, anxious to get ono good look at
his wife and be off.
But when he turned the angle of the
porch there was no one there. Only an
open door confronted him, with a big,
mild eyed wolfhound standing in tho
doorway looking steadily up at blm,
Ruthvcn glanced somewhat dubious
ly at the dog; then as tho animal made
no offensive movement he craned his
fleshy neck striving to see inside tho
house.
He did see nothing very much, only
tho same young girl, still In her furs,
emerging from an inner room, her
arms full of dolls.
In his eagerness to see more Ruthven
pushed post the groat white dog, who
withdrew his head disdainfully from
the unceremonious contact, but quietly
followed Ruthven Into tho house,
standing beside him, watching him out
of great, limpid, deerllko eyes.
But Ruthvcn no longer heeded the
dog. His amused and Bllgbtly sneer
ing gaze was fastened on the girl In
furs who bad entered what appeared
to bo a living room to the right and
now, down on her knoes beside a
couch, smiling and talking confiden
tially and quite happily to herself, was
placing bcr dolls against the wall.
Then tho great white dog growled
very low, and the girl In tho fur jack
et looked around and up quickly.
Allxe! He realized It as she caught
his palo eyes fixed on her, and she
stared, sprang to her feet, still storing.
Then into her eyes leaped terror, the
living horror of recognition distorting
her face. And as she saw bo meant
to speak she recoiled, shrinking away,
turning In her fright like a hunted
.r'"r." "V.
5S2r it wIT;
In a-red wr.
"W-what's the matter?" he stam-
mered, stepping
forward, fearful
of tho weapon
she clutched.
But at the
sound of his voice
she screamed,
crept back clos
er against the
wall, screamed
again, pushing
tho shining muz
zle" of the weap
on deep into her
fur jacket above
her breast.
"F-for God's
sake," ho gasp-
At the sound of his ',t
voice she screamed. , .,
Sheclosedboth
eyes and pulled the trigger. Something
knocked her flat against the wall, but
she heard no sound of a report, and
She pulled the trigger again and felt
another blow.
The second blow must have knocked
her down, for she found herself rising
to her knees, reaching for the table to
aid her. But her hand was all red and
slippery. She looked at it stupidly,
fell forward, rose again, with the acrid
smell of smoke choking her and her
pretty fur jacket all soaked with the
warm, wet stuff which now stained
both hands.
Then she got to her knees oucc more,
groped in tho rushing darkness and
swayed forward, falling loosely and
fiat. And this time she did not try to
rise.
It was bcr way. It had always been
her way out of trouble tho quickest,
easiest escape from what she did not
choose to endure.
As for the man, they finally con
trived to' drag the dog from blm and
lift him to the couch, where he lay
twitching among the dolls for awhile,
then stopped twitching.
Later in the night men came with
lanterns, who carried him away. A
doctor said that there was the usual
chance for partial recovery. But it was
the last excitement he could ever ven-
turo to Indulge in.
INE days is the period of
time allotted the human
mind In which to won
der at anything. In
New York the limit is
much less. No tragedy
can hold tho boards as long as that
where tho bill must bo renewed three
times a day to hold even. the passing
attention of those who themselves are
eternal understudies in tho continuous
metropolitan performance.
As for Seiwyn, n few people noticed
his presence at the funeral. But even
that episode was forgotten before he
left the city six hours later under an
invitation from Washington which ad'
mltted of no delay on the score of prl
vdte business or of personal perplex
ity, for tho summons was peremptory
and bis obedience so Immediate that a
telegram to Austin comprised nnd con
eluded the entire ceremony of his leave
taking.
Later he wrote a great many letters
to Eileen Erroll, not one of which he
ever sent. But the formality of his si
lence was no mystery to her, and her
response was silence as profound as
the stillness in her soul. But deep into
her young heart something new had
been born.
In April the armored ships left the
southern drill ground and began to
move northward. A destroyer took
Seiwyn across to the great fortress In
side the Virginia capes and left him
there. During his stay there was al
most constant firing. Later ho contln
ued northward as far as Washington
but it was not until June that he tele'
graphed Austin:
Government satisfied. Appropriation
certain next session. Am on my way to
New York.
Austin, In his house, which was now
dismantled for the summer, telephon
ed Nina at Silverside that ho bad been
detained and might not be able to
grace the festivities which were to
consist of a neighborhood dinner to
the younger set In honor of Mrs. Ger
ald. But ho said nothing about Sel
wyn, and Nina did not suspect that
her brother's arrival In New York bad
anything to do with Austin's detention.
As Seiwyn came leisurely up the
front steps Austin, awaiting him fe
verishly, hastened to smooth tho florid
jocoso mask over his features and
walked Into the room, big hand ex
tended, large, bantering voice undis
turbed by the tremor of a welcome
which filled bis heart and came near
filling his eyes:
"So you've stuck tho poor old gov
ernment at last, have you? Took 'em
all in forts, fleet and the marine car
alryr
"Sure thing," said Seiwyn, laughing
in tho crushing grasp of the big fist.
"How are you, Austin? Evcryhody'i
In tho country, I suppose," glancing
around at tho linen shrouded furni
ture. "How is Nina? And the kids?
Good business? And ElloenT'
"She's ail right," said Austin. "Gad I
Bhe's really a superb specimen this
summer. Whero's your luggage? Oh,
is It all here? Enough, I mean, for us
to catch a train for Silverside this
afternoon?"
"Has Nina any room for mef asked
Seiwyn,
"Room! Certainly! I didn't tell her
you were coming, because if you
hadn't the kids would have been hor
ribly disappointed. She and Eileen
are giving a shindy for Gladys that's
Gerald's now acquisition, you know,
Bo If you don't mind butting into
. Badw we'll, run down. It's only
the younger bunch from Hltherwood
Houso and Brooltralnstor. Whnt do
Chapter 29$j
you say, Phil?"
Seiwyn said that he would go, hesi
tating before consenting. A curious
feeling of age and erayncss had sud
denly come over him, a hint of fatigue,
of consciousness that much of life lay
behind him.
So Austin went to the telephone and
called up his bouso at Silverside, say
ing that he'd be down that evening
with a guest.
Nina got the message just as she
had arranged her tables, but woman is
born to sorrow and heiress to all the
unlooked for idiocies of man.
"Dear," she said to Eileen, the tears
of uxorlal vexation drying unshed in
her pretty eyes, "Austin has thought
fit to seize upon this moment to bring
man down to dinner. So if you are
dressed would you kindly see thnt the
tables are rearranged and then tele
phone somebody to fill in two girls,
you know? The oldest Craig girl might
do for one. Beg her mother to let nor
come."
Whom is Austin bringing?" Eileen
asked.
"ne didn't say. Can't you think of a
second girl to get? Isn't It vexing?
Of course thore's nobody left nobody
ever fills In In the country. Do you
know, I'll bo driven Into letting Drlna
sit up with us for sheer lack of ma
terial. I suppose the little imp will
have n lit If I suggest It nnd probably
perish of indigestion tomorrow."
Eileen laughed. "Oh, Nina, do let
Drlna come this once! It can't hurt
her."
And so It happened that, among the
jolly throng which clustered around
the little candle lighted tables in the
dining room nt. Silverside, Drlna, In
ecstasy, curly hair Just above the nape
of her slim white neck and cheeks like
pink fire, sat between Boots and a
vacant chair reserved for her tardy
father.
For Nina had waited as long as she
dared. Then Boots had been summoned
to take in Drlna and the youthful
Craig girl, and, as there were to hnvo
been six at a table, at that particular
table sat Boots decorously facing Ei
leen, with, the two children on either
hand nnd two empty chairs flanking
Eileen.
At dinner Drlna and the younger
Craig maiden also appeared to be bent
apon self destruction, and Boots' eyes
opened wider and wider in sheer
amazement at the capacity of woman
,n embryo for rations sufficient to
maintain a small garrison.
"There'll be a couple of reports," ho
said to himself, with u shudder, "like
Selwyn's chnoslte, and then there'll be
io more Drlna and Daisy. Hello!"
He broke off, astonished. "Well, upon
SiyMvord of words! Phil Seiwyn, or
I'm a broker!"
Phil!" exclaimed Nina. "Oh, Aus-
:iu, and you never told us!"
"Train was late, as usual," observed
tVustin. "Philip and I don't mean to
butt Into this very grand function
Hello, Gerald! Hello, Gladys! Where's-
jur obscure corner 'below tho salt,
Mna? Oh, over there!"
Seiwyn had already caught sight of
the table destined for him. A deeper
:olor crept across his bronzed face as
ho stepped forward, and his firm hand
;losed over the slim hand offered.
For a moment neither spoke. Sho
jould not He dared not.
Then Drlna caught his hands, and
Eileen's loosened in his clasp and fell
r. i(-
For a moment neitlier spoke.
away as the child said distinctly: "I'll
kiss you after dinner. It can't be done
here, can it, Eileen?"
Seiwyn, beside Eileen, had ventured
on the formalities, his voice unsteady
and not yet his own.
Her loveliness had been a memory,
tic bad supposed he realized it to him
self, but the superb fresh beauty of
the girl dazed him. There was a
strange new radiancy, a living bright
ness, to her that seemed almost unreal.
Exquisitely unreal her voice, too, and
tho slightly bent head, crowned with
tho splendor of her hair, and the slow
ly raised eyes, two deep blue miracles
tinged with the hues of paradise.
"Are yon remaining to smoke?" ask
ed Eileen as Seiwyn took her to the
doorway after dinner. "Because if you
are not Pll wait for you."
"On the lawn out there farther out,
in the starlight," he whispered, his
voice broke, "my darling"
Sho bent her head, passing slowly
before him, turned, looked back, her
answer in her eyes, her Hps, in every
limb, every line and contour of her, as
she stood a moment looking back.
Austin and Boots wero talking volu
bly when ho returned to the tables now
veiled in a fino haze of aromatic smoke.
Gerald stuck close to him, happy, ex
cited, shy by turns. Others came up on
every side young, frank, confident fel
lows, nice in bearing, of good speech,
and manner,
And outside waited their pretty part
ners of the younger set, gossiping In
hall, on stairs and veranda in garru
lous bevies, all filmy silks and laces
and bright eyed expectancy.
Tho long windows were open to the
veranda. Seiwyn, with his arm through
Gerald's, walked to the railing and
looked out across the fragrant starlit
waste. And very far away they beard
the sea Intoning the hymn of the four
winds.
Then the elder man withdrew his
arm and stood apart for awhile. A lit
tle later ho descended to the lawn,
crossed It and walked straight out Into
the waste.
The song of the sea was rising now.
In tho strange little forest below, deep
among the trees, elfin lights brolje out
He flatted to Ustm.
across the nnsecn Briar Water, then
vanished. . He halted to listen. He
looked long and steadily into tho dark
ness around him. Suddenly ho saw
her a pale blur in the dusk.
"Eileen?"
"Is it you, Philip?"
She stood waiting as he came up
through the purple gloom of tho moor
land, the stars' brilliancy silvering her
waiting yielding in pallid silence to
his arms, crushed In them, looking into
his eyes, dumb, wordless.
Then slowly tho pale sacrament
changed as the wild rose tint crept into
her face. Her arms clung to his shoul
ders, higher, tightened around his
neck. And from her lips she gave Into
his keeping soul and body, guiltless as
God gave it, to have and to hold be
yond such incidents as death and the
eternity that no man clings to save In
the arms of such as she.
THE END.
FERTILIZER FROM ROOSTS.
Scientific Teits to Ascertain Value of
Poultry Droppings,
The average farmer does not appre
ciate as he should the value of the
fertilizer made by poultry. This may
be mnlnly due to the fnct that many
times it is not properly stored, so that
much of Its chemical constituent ma
terial is lost.
Professor Morse of the New Hamp
shire experiment station, after refer
ring to the loss of fertilizer value and
answering the question how best to re
tain It, saystho best materials for this
purpose are gypsum or land plaster,
acid phosphate nnd kalnlt, a cheap
potash salt. Each of these chemicals
has the power to form new compounds
with the ammonia ns fast as.lt Is set
free from the original combination
Wood ashes und slaked lime should
never be used, because they cannot
combine with ammonia, while they do
force It out of Its compounds and take
its place. Plaster Is apt to produce n
dry, lumpy mixture when used In large
enough quantities to arrest the ammo
nln, while kalnlt nnd ncld phosphate
produce the opposite effect of a moist
sticky mass.
Bulletin OS of the Maine experiment
station says that, using their results
as a basis of calculation, tho weekly
droppings of a flock of twenty-live
hens when scraped from tho roosting
platform should bo mixed with about
eight pounds of kalnlt or acid phos
phate and a hallpeck of sawdust. If
one desires a balanced fertilizer for
corn and other hoed crops a mixture
of equal parts of kalnlt and acid phos
phate could be used Instead of either
alone. The same authority tells us
that "good dry meadow muck or peat
would bo equally as good as sawdust
If not better, to use as nn absorbent.
Fresh poultry manure at the present
values of fertilizers would bo worth
GO cents per hundred pounds. Figures
from different experiment stations
would give the product of twenty-five
hens for the winter season of six
months ns 375 pounds for tho roost
droppings only.
Poultry manure Is especially adnpted
ns n top dressing for grass because of
Its high content of nitrogen in the form
of nmraonla compounds, which nro
nearly as quick in their effect ns nt
trnto of soda. A ton of the manure
preserved with sawdust and chemicals
would be sufficient for an acre when
compared with a chemical formula for
top dressing.
On the same basis of comparison 100
fowls running at large on nn acre
should in a summer season of six
months have added to Its fertility the
equivalent of at least 200 pounds of
sulphate of ammonia, 100 pounds of
high grade acid phosphate and sixty
pounds of kalnlt.
A Novelty at Cards.
Those who give card parties are al
ways anxious to get new nnd clever
methods of keeping individual scores.
Everything that can be thought of has
been done in the way of Ingenious
cards.
At a recent card party n novelty
was introduced by giving each guest a
wire bracelet. Every time a game was
won a colored bead was strung on it.
Theso made rather pretty souvenirs to
tako home.
As gold wire was used and vivid
stones of large size were chosen, the
bangles of the winners were quite gay
ornaments before the evening was
over.
Another hostess elaborated this idea
by using tiny ten cent toys Instead of
beads. These wero hooked on the
bracelet with bits of gold wire. This
Idea was enthusiastically received, and
it might mako a good suggestion for
hostesses of coming card parties.
Her Specification.
Ho So you think married llfo ought
to be one grand, sweet song?
She Yes.
He What air would you prefer for
this matrimonial song?
She I think a millionaire. Balti
more American.
Playing Safe.
Tom I say, old man, are yen super
stitious about dining with thirteen at
tho table?
Jack Well, that depends.
Tom Depends upon what?
Jack Whether the supply win equal
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Farm and
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FOR FARM EQUIPMENT.
Cheap and Efficient Helps For Coun
try Ulfe.
The successful management of a
modern farm depends largely upon the
efficiency of tho equipment with which
the work Is performed. In addition to
tho outfit of tools obtainable from u
hardware dealer, there are a number
of special devices that may be made
on the farm nnd that will prove of
great assistance In general repair
work. A workbench of some kind will
probably be the first essential. For the
construction of a workbench like that
shown In the first cut there will he
needed four boards seven-eighths inch
thick, twelve to fourteen Inches wide
ami nbout twelve feet in length. The
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icugui oi me ueucu, nowuver, win ue
pend upon the size of the shop or other
space that may bo available for use as
CROSS SECTION WORKBENCH.
a workroom. Two pieces of 2 by 4
inch scantling, each sixteen feet long,
will be- sufficient to construct the
framework of the bench. All lumber
entering into tho construction of the
workbench should be thoroughly sea
soned nnd dressed to uniform width
nud thickness.
A clump for holding materials should
be constructed from a piece of hard
wood and attached by the aid of n car
penter's bench screw. This clamp
should bo provided with notches or pin
holes at the lower end so that It can be
set to hold materials of any thickness.
Along the front of the bench two or
three holes should be provided, Into
which pins may be set for supporting
boards or other materials that are too
long to be held rigid by the clamp
alone.
A "stop" for holding materials that
ore to be planed can bo inserted in
tho top of the bench, near the left
hand end, ns shown in the cut. If a
regular stop is not employed its place
may be taken by a small piece of
notched board nailed on top of the
bench.
A pair of trestles or sawhorses, each
consisting of a piece of 2 by 4 inch or
2 by 0 inch timber, about four feet In
length, supported upon four legs, as
Illustrated in the second figure, are
very convenient for working upon
while marking, sawing, boring or chis
eling. Tho sawhorses are an nccessory
to the workbench and should be con
structed nt the same time. Tho cost
of tho materials with which to con
struct both tho workbench nnd saw
horses should not exceed ?5. Among
tho accessories to the workbench
there Is no device that will give great
er satisfaction than n good miter box,
to bo used for sawing small wood ma
terials either square or at an angle.
For the construction of a mltcr box
three pieces of board one Inch thick,
six inches wide and three feet in
length should bo selected and nailed
together In the form of a square
trough, taking care that the nails are
driven well out toward tho edge of the
boards. Vertical cuts are sawed
through the sides to the bottom board
to guide the saw when the box Is in
use. Near one end a cut is mado at
ruTEBion op wobkbhop wrrn twenty-fivb
DOLLAR OUTFIT,
the right angles with the length of the
box to be used in making squaro cuts.
For making hovel cuts for a right an
gled mltcr joint tho sides of tho box
should be sawed down on oblique
lines running nt an anglo of forty-five
degrees with tho length of tho box.
For the benefit of those who contem
plate tho purchase of tools for use on
tho farm tho following combinations
are suggested:
For a two dollar and fifty cent out
fit a hatchet, a handsaw, a small
squaro, a screwdriver and a pair of
pliers.
For a ten dollar outfit a hatchet, a
hand ax, a twenty-six Inch handsaw, a
twenty-four inch steel square, a draw
ing knife, a brace and six bits (one
quarter, three-eighths, one-half, five
eighths, three-quarter and ono Inch), a
pair of pliers. a screwdriver, a cold
chisel, a twelve Inch flat file, a monkey
wroncb, a Jack plane, two chisels (ono
half and ono inch), a rivet punch, a
riveting hammer, a leather punch and
a small oil can.
Other outfits, according: to the arti
cles desired, can be bad for from ftt
to 528L
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