IN THE In those dowey, twIUuM vntlcys, Whcro but mellow simlieum stray, (llnlf of BUnfthln, half of slKirlnw, lJlend of eve Bin! blt-nd of il;iy). Grow the swoeUwt womilniul llonvrn, Waxon-pctnloil, soft a ml wliltt'. r Palo, ps though tin inmm In pussing' Ilurfctl tlnTu Its sllvpr IIrIU And a, pcrfumo inllil. i-x. u Iwl t. Ever from thi-lr hloom exhuli'ff, Fmiminco rnro nnd vaue ami ilronmy, Lent from JMin's Dowered vulva. il HEARS MITCHELL, By Isabel Graham Bush. It's tho regular price." Silas Griilley looked shrewdly over bis glasses at the 1ml. his eyes nar row, black nnd senrchlng. Meats hesitated a moment. He wondered If two cents a bushel was really a fair price. Hut there did not eem to be any other work In sight; why not try It? Of course, his bunds .would be blistered before he had work ed half a day they were rather white and shapely now, In spile of vigorous athletics. , The old man Instantly Interpreted tho glance "Ullstery work for a chap like you. Nothing soft nbout husking corn. If you're looking for an easy Job, like driving borne (he cows, Just .pass on." Tho thin-llpped mouth curv ed scornfully as Farmer GrUlley thrust a pair of horny thumbs under his sus penders and eyed the town-bred lad from head to foot. . Mears straightened. "I'll begin to morrow morning," he answered with dignity, then turned and disappeared down the lane. For some time he Siardly noticed the undulating field of 'corn-shocks stretching for ninny rods along the country road. "If it wasn't lor the folks, I wouldn't knuckle down to lae old chap," he thought Indignant ly. "I can see he's a regular skinflint, but I mean to make him do the right thing by me." Tho square boyish jaw took on a look of determination that plainly niranit defeat to Silas Grldley should he meditate dishonesty In his dealing. , Sudenly Menrsd' gaze wandered from the corn to the straggling pumpkin Vines Btretchlng their network In patches across the amber-colored field. Beyond, tho sheep were feeding upon the meadows freshened by the fall equinox. Unconsciously, tho lad drift ed into touch with nature. His step grew brisk, a tune bubbled out In little catchy whistles. He hadn't even thought what It would he, but there It was, the soldierly air of: "We march, we march to victory " The rhythm possessed him. As he reached the sidewalk, Lie time grew more pronounced with the click of his heels on the boards, and when a cer tain low-roofed house on a side street appeared, it had reached a climax of triumphant melody. "I've got a two-cent Job," Mears an nounced jubilantly to the figure bend ing over the flowers near the gate. "A what?" Mrs. Mitchell raised her head, but her son had bounded past her. erne foliwed Blowly. In the spot less living room his twin sister sat Reading with one finger upon the pic ture f Sir Galahad. "Oh, Mears!" sho cried in dismay at his sudden onslaught, "you mustn't! Wasn't he handsome! I'm at the Jovellest part! Did you say you had a" "Job," finished Mears. "Oh, tell me all nbout It no, just let me guess. It's a pro-fes-sion-al one." Ruby's eyes danced as she rounded out tire word. Having once resolved to see tho humorous side, Mears greeted the Yenture with applause. " 'It sure Is,' as Mike used to say. Requires experi ence,, too, and dexterity." The tono was a close Imitation of Ruby's. "Here's mother. I couldn't tell either of you alone. You may both have a guess." Mrs. Mitchell looked Indulgently Into the boyish face on a level with her own. "It's a salaried position, I think you said when you met me at the fate" "O-o-h!" Ruby looked Incredulous ly happy. "My, how big that sounds!'' fThen Mears told the whole story touching very lightly on the disagree able parts. He had tried everybody but the farmers, and, he diplomatically added, be bad come to the conclusion that out-of-door work would be better (or blm than an office for awhile. Hadn't he been in school for eleven years, ever since be was five years old? And that was the prettiest road out of town! The long lane leading to Mr. Gridley's house was edged with maples, and the cornfields! well, you know that picture we saw In the gallery last spring? The corn al most rustled. It was so real, and the pumpkins made me want pie." . Ruby laughed at her brother's Im agination. "And the lane with the maples In the distance I can see It all," she added. "But mother, why don't you say something?" Mrs. Mitchell looked serious. "Did you say the farmer's name was Grid ley?" she Inquired soberly. "Tes; Silas, bis wife calls him. She came down the lane wearing a blue unbonnet, and told him supper was ready. Do you know him?" 'Grldley is a familiar name," answer ed his mother evasively. "There's the Grldley school bouse In that neighbor hood. But, my boy, I wish you didn't have to work so bard for so little pay. Perhaps but let us have supper now. When do you begin?" Mears attacked a roll with great 8HAD0W. Put they trrmhlcv ah. they tremhK In the tliounhtlens. wnnderlnpr winds, And thev wither, nh. they wither. At the llrst frost winter lends, Wlillo the Imrdy hillside llowurs, Jn the aim-rays humer Mown, KnowliiK not tint transient uenuty, Hut rt ihe.uler, histhiK doom. For that wild, exquisite rniRrnm-e. l.lmters 'round the valleys . . . Vamie nnd liuimtliiK. I'"' and .lea th ess, ThioiiKh tho winter s liHi;hllnu chill. From Undo l'.oraus'i Mi'.eazlne. SCIENTIFIC FARMER. f cheerfulness as he replied: "My work begins at 6.00 a. m. tomorrow; the remuneration for the week," ignoring Ruby's surprised exclamation, "up penis Saturday at COO p. m. If yon both will kindly walk out to the Gild ley estate, bringing suitable handbags', I will nllow you to as3lat ma In bring ing it In." No one could resist the ridiculous aspect of the sltuntlon, and the boy's undaunted good nature. It was a hap py trio that finished the evening meal. Tho misty grayness of an early full morning found Mears walking briskly toward the Grldley farm. The whole world seemed enveloped In a fog that turned into purple hnze as the east brightened. "The chariot of of Auro ra!" exclaimed Mears, remembering the picture In the high-school room. "But several of tho morning hours nro out of sight even ut this time of day." And then his thoughts turned to the real purpose of his work. "I'd do al most anything to have father well ngain, and he'll never be any better while he worries about us. I believe worry Is half that nils him, anyhow. He's been almost killing himself to give us nn easy time." Mears looked very sober 09 he thought of his absent parent. After unavailing efforts to keep (ho family fortunes on the top wave, Mr. Mitchell hnd been Imperatively order ed West. This was the first autumn of nil tho boy's eare-freo life that he hnd shouldered grnve responsibilities In stead of lending his cluss In school, lie had counted on the last year so much. Perhaps now there wouldn't be any last year. Perhaps but no, he wouldn't allow himself to believe it for a moment it might be Ills father's last year. " Meats found Ihe farmer finishing his morning chores. The barnyard had been awake for hours. The brilliant Domlnlek rooster had finished his morning announcements from the corn crib ridge-pole, nnd was buBlly eating the remnants" of a scattered breakfast. A litter of squealing pigs disturbed the serenity of tho scene and Interfered with conversation. But at last Silas Grldley found time to pilot his new help to the field and start him out with his first bushel of corn. "Ef ye stick," he said, by way of en couragement, "ye'll be the fust city chap I've had that did. They're lur rlble afraid o' work an' dretful tender." Mears looked at the slouching, Btoop shouldered figure and roughened hands. A boy who led In athletics ought to amount to something' at farm work. Yes, be intended to Btlck as long as the job lasted. All through tho morning the corn flew into the basket with unerring ac curacy. Wasn't he captain of the basketball team last year? After all, bllstery hands wouldn't last forever. They'd soon get tough and tanned a badge of his servitude. By that time, perhaps, a bank account might be to his credit. By noon Mears hnd what seemed to him a large pile of yellow ears and a pair of red hands. Under a hick ory tree the small wicker hamper con taining his dinner was opened. Tucked in one corner was a cup of his favorite custard Ruby's make. The basket was full of surprises small ones. Mears enjoyed them gratefully, even to the last crumb. HIb first day of ac tual hard work was half over. For just ten minutes he stretched himself luxuriously on the grass and studied the surrounding country. The woods skirting the cornfield made a beautiful background for the Intervening browns and yellows. The sorrel lent a dash of burnt sienna to the stubble field ad joining. Mears turned toward the yel low farmhouse, with Us unpalnted barns and stacks of straw. The farmer was doing the noon chores. At his heels bobbed a little figure wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat. "Grandson," thought the lad, remembering the small black eyes peering at him through the barnyard fence that morn ing. "As much alike as two foxes! Wonder what mother meant by look ing so solemn when I told her the name?" At 6.30 the farmer came around with horses and wagon to measure and gather tup the corn. It seemed to the lad as if the heaped basket represented almost two of honest measure. "Fif teen bushels," reported the old man, and Mears saw bis day's earnings dwindle. Wrathfully be started home ward without a word. "No wonder he wanted to bait me by talking about city chaps! I'd never go back, only mother and Ruby'd feel bad if they knew." Before he reached home, Mears resolved to keep his Job a few days while he bunted for another. The next day there were twenty' bush els. "Seems to be gaining a little," re marked Silas Grldley, still giving him self very generous measure and eyeing lha blistered hands cynically. All the rest of the week the lad stuck ' to his work manfully, but lu splto of every effort, could not get beyond his previous record. Mears met his moth er's nnd sister's questluiiB evasively. He had a secret Hint Ihey should know Saturday evening not before. He knew now the old fnrmcr needed blm mtiro than he would admit. "S'poso you'll be on hand Monday morning?" was tho casual remark ut the close of the week. "That depends upon you, Mr. Grid ley." The lad looked straight Into his employer's narrow black eyes. In school Mears bad been known as a born lender. Nothing fired him liko being "downed." Here was a foe wor thy of his steel, a man voted by his neighbors "a born skinflint." The lad squared bis shoulders for the conflict ns tho shaggy brows In front of hi in lowered ominously. "Mr. Grldley, I find that other farm ers are paying three cents a basket and give fair measure to the husker. You haven't " "Thnt will do, young mnn. I didn't hire ye to go sneaking around the country trying to find out what other folks were doing. I run my own farm to suit myself," and Sllus Gridley's shrewd old face fairly purpled with wrath. "I have the same light," Insisted Mears, "that you or any other farmer has to get tho market price for what I sell. When it comes to a case of selling my work, the samo rule holds good" Menrs measured every word. "I have husked ninety-five bushels of corn for you the last five days, by your own measure more limn a hun dred by any other farmer's. I heard you say the other day thnt help was hard to find, nnd If you could get enough boys like me to husk your corn, you could sell It nil at more than the market price. Now don't accuse me of listening. You talked loud enough for anyone to henr who was husking within twenty yards of the barn. Please remember the buyer was a trifle hard of hearing." In vain did Silas Grldley fimio and interrupt. The cool, self-possessed lad talked on to tho point. "If you'll pay me what you owe that extra cent on a bushel and fif teen cents for the extra five, I'll promise to have five boys here by Monday morning. We'll finish your corn In time for you to get the ad vance price." "You'll be likely to, you young ras cal!" fairly shouted the farmer. ' You'll get your money nnd run!" "All rlalit," said Mears coolly, cer tain that lie saw signs of weakening. "I can't expect you to trust anybody when you haven't been honest your self." And the lad walked away. A quick vision of the financial loss ho was about to sustain flashed through old mnn Gridley's mind. It wasn't a pleasant picture to contemplate, In view of the recent poor crop of wheat. Mears had nearly reached the road when he heard an Imperative summons to stop. The farmer came panting down the lane. "See here," he sputtered, "If you put a statement down In black and white that I can depend on five good husk eis five, remember I'll pay you what you ask, though It's ngin" my better Judgment. A bargain's a bargain." Mears Ignored the last sentence. "I'll make out a paper agreeing to furnish five boys they'll finish your corn by Monday night lfyou'll give me a written agreement to pay each boy three cents for every bushel he husks, fair measure." Silas Grldley knew that he was caught by a boy of sixteen. It was fortunate for him that he had a saving sense of humor. "Think you're pretty foxy, don't you?" he chuckled. "Guess you're no lamb in a horse trade. I'll git that paper in a Jiffy, but mind, you'll have to furnlBh the boys or you're up against It. And say," he added, after counting out the addition al silver, "while you're hurrying around for boys, jest drop into the Barnes House and tell Mr. Scudder that's the buyer that Silas Grldley wants to see him; that he'll be down 'bout eight o'clock." "Sure .. you can trust me?" flashod Mears, with a Bjy twinkle as he started home. "I'm glad I stuck It out," he thought; "but I didn't really expect held give In." The fall months passed quickly. Much to Mears' surprise, Mr. Grldley Insisted upon his staying and paid him good wages. There was the milk route to look after, and when his employer's cows shrunk In measure the lad took a dally drive of ten miles to buy from the surrounding farmers. Mears' progress In farming was the source of much merriment at home. Many were the questions Ruby inno cently asked. "Were Holstelns better than Jerseys? Did he think the best laying chickens were Buff Cochins or Leghorns?" Mears borrowed farm journals and pored over them after supper. "There's no reason why I shouldn't learn to do something well," he said. "Book-learning Isn't everything, but If I can't go to school, I can get a scien tific knowledge of farming. It's good, healthy work, and pays as well as half of the professions." Mr. Mitchell's letters were growing more encouraging. He had Improved rapidly since all cause for worry had been removed. One evening Ruby met her brother at the door. "What do you think Is going to happen? I can't keep It an other minute. Father's decided tc settle in Benton. He has a good posi tion out there. But that isn't all. There's the finest agricultural college in the West, and he says Mother, Just let Mears read it that a boy who can get along with Silas Grldley and be the head of the family for three months ought to have the best kind of a chance to become a scientific farmer." Young People's Weekly. Now York City. Tho loose box cont Is a pronounced favorlto of the season and Is peculiarly well adapted to fur nnd to the many fur plushes are of the fashionable three-quarter length and the coat Is so loose and ample that it can be slipped on and off with the greatest ease. The coat is made with the loose that are exceptionally beautiful this year, although its usefulness is not to be confined, for it Is also adapted to broadcloth and to all suitings as well as to the various other materials used for separate coats. In the Illus tration It is made of broadtail plush with trimming of handsome buttons and with braid and is an exceeding ly smart little garment that can be worn over. any gown. The sleeves fronts and backs that can be made with the seam at the centre as illus trated or without, cut one piece, as liked, and Is finished with a wide roll over collar at the neck. The sleeves are made in one piece each, gathered into bands to which the roll-over cuffs are attached. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven, two yards forty-four or one and three quarter yards fifty-two inches wide. Dressy Evening Hats. For evening wear dressy hats of lace or mallne will be worn. Gilding the Rose. After a vision of gold roses one can but wonder if faded old roses and their leaves could not be treated to a coat of gold paint and then used for trimming evening frocks or for hair ornaments. Clinging Skirts. Of course the vogue for the cling ing French skirts sounds like econ omy In the way of petticoats, and U la as the French wear them. Wu 1st cont. The separate walstcont Is not alone a fashionable feature of the season, It Is also an eminently prac tical one. Few, If any, of the coats are really sufficiently warm for actual cold weather, and this extra garment allows of varying the weight as the day demands. Velvet broadcloth, brocade, embroidery, all are called into requisition. Broadcloth Is used both plain and elaborately braided, velvet both of the plain and the fancy sorts Is well liked and, Indeed, almost every material of a similar sort Is used, and the garment can be mode plain or elaborate as the cos tume demands one sort or the other. This model Is peculinrly desirable, as It allows a choice of single or double breasted closing nfcd of the regular or round collar. A third style also can be evolved by using the single breasted model, omitting tho collar and meeting, In place of lapping the front edges. In tho illustration the single breasted waistcoat Is made of broadcloth with trimming of sou tache applique, while the double breasted one Is shown to the same material simply stitched with beldlng silk In tailor style. Both aro closed with hnndsomo buttons, however. The waistcoat Is made with fronts and backs and the fronts are fitted by means of single darts. 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