Money to Burn
By Peter B. Kyne
e trr P*t?r B. Krnc.
??nu I?rr1(?
THE STORY
Hiram Butterworth. miser, de
c i s to leave his fortune to a
n-i-o -v. Elmer Clarke, of whom
h- received favorable re
;,r - Butterworth tells his
l.t-A'y- r, Ahsolom McPeake. of
h.vni; swindled a man out of
j l forty years before, and
,rra: -es for payment with In
Butterworth dies sudden
!> Tin- town of Pilarcltos. In
;?l lt Elmer's sweetheart. Nel
; . Calhcart. learns of his in
fi -r*' ii'-e before Elmer does. Nel
lie x is Elmer his inheritance is
a million dollars.
CHAPTER III ? Continued
Elmer sat down *Tve decided not
to 1:0 into that business after all. Mr.
M<? d.v," he announced. "Since speak
ing with you this morning 1 have re
ceived a teleKnim from a lawyer In
Musratin**, Iowa. Informing me that
un<l'?r Ihe last will and testament of
my Cncle Hiram Butterworth. of that
e|fj, I am. with the exception of two
man r bequests, the sole beneficiary
el tn estate conservatively estimated |
at a million dollars.**
Of iil I the congratulatory hand
shake he had received that morning
nor.e equaled in promptness and in
ten -11 y of grip t tie one which old Ansel
gave him now. "By gravy !**
crie-1 the hanker. "By gravy! If this
aln t the best news I've ever heard,
Elmer. You're the ricliest man in
Pilar* itos an' the second ricliest man
In the county. I congratulate you with
all my neart."
"Thank you, Mr. Moody. I must
say I do not feel depressed about it
myself. The first thought about it
to uie after receiving that telegram
was that I had ln?en going sixteen
hour> a day for five years without a
vacation ; and during that five years I
have had to heat back a long way to
regain my health. I was struu?lin;;
for a prize ? and now the necessity for
further struggle Is ended. I have
come to the conclusion, therefore,
that I'll leave Sam Llaskins in (losses
sioi; of his monopoly."
At that moment Nellie entered to
return the telegram to him. "I'm aw
fully happy for your sake, Elmer," she
t?'!<l him. "Still, tills Is not .1 surprise
to me. I told you last night that with
in a week your ship would come in."
M I hank you, Nellie. I came down
to tell you first, but of course you
know it already. Old Lady Bray had
broadcast it."
"Yes, she telephoned me first, El
inor"
Ansel Moody turned to his paying
teller and trust officer. "Why didn't
you telephone me this great news,
Mks 1 at heart?" he demanded.
"I would have informed you when 1
reached the bank this morning, Mr.
Moody, if Alice Goodfellow hadn't
tol?| rue she had telephoned you at
your home."
Old Ansel could have stabbed her ]
hio paper knife. To cover his
confusion he picked up the telegram
?r.rt studied it carefully.
Sur-. somebody ain't tryln* to play
a practical joke on yon. Rimer?" he ,
asked finally, "if y0u want. I'll wire |
?ome bank in Muscatine an* ask them
to ^investigate an' report."
If you will be kind enough to do
U,a' Mr- Moody, I will be under obli
gation to you."
' ertainly. Miss Cathcart, attend to |
mat matter, please. Elmer, If this
ank can serve you in any way. always i
rem ember that that's what we're here |
to serve our customers. Good
wck to you, boy. an' God bless you!" i
ie shook hands with Elmer again, j
*ery cordially, and answered the tele
*7one- Elmer followed Nellie out Into
the lobby of the bank.
"Don't be misled by Mr. Moody's
^ endliness. Elmer," she warned him.
' ,s af,er your account. If he hadn't j
? advance information he would not
a\e waylaid you this morning and
offered to finance you."
"Think so?" Elmer was a trifle
doubtful.
Know so. The man's a shark. Be
of Wni- Hell try to get your
dence and unload some of his own .
of "HI dogs on you under the guise
In If sinK you in your investments,
act, you'll have a great number of i
P e sacrificing themselves to the
emn duty of safeguarding that mll
on dollars, Elmer. Heretofore you
f a host ?' ^?nd# who loved you i
* KIWhal yo? are- You will now
e the number of your friends,
careful of them, Elmer. They will
th e y00 *or what you have. That, by
? w?7." she added, "is the first, last i
only advice I am going to give
- and 1 prefer to give It to you be
l 001116 lnto your inheritance.
">athe competition."
mer wa* about to say something
'wu\":vTu',
'he lobby of a bank v* ll,af
?"?ce ,:j;r\rr no' *?*"
lenden, the cashle^TT" Mr ('r,<
^issi
-KISS;
,n
Promptly corruled him Wbo
h, 't- Elmer, conserve i, ?
his Honor hoom?j |? hu ~T" "'
tund voice that hadn't In. t
ceritv in if ih more sin
iy in ir than near beer ?u/?
onKtl"rrwu,j"',,Kuit n"t' ""d Prwe?,e<'
Kldwell. tl, chief ofVlkl Suert'^m
over his rar
T" all pence officers:
"The bearer. Elrne, |$ C,.lrk(. .
personal friend ot mine Al? cmi?
sles .extended will ^ n|>|ireclated.
*""" eettlna yourself
?, 1er ' 'he <"h,,'r Prophesied
"ntZ" S"' h""'yn" ",,h
Elmer tucked the card an, m his
wallet, a ||,?e pleased to have U ln
?* ??????*?. Arriving home he
chunked Into an old ?Ult and -,im
jj'i" clln,bed '"<? his second h??d
It was dark when he returned to
tllarcltos. Me changed Ids clothes
and drove around to ,|,e Tully house
plirch" !"-a,e<, ?D "" rronl
sJZlT h"d J'"Ur <1lnn*r' E"??T
"No Nellie. Thought Id com.
around and take you to dinner out ?
Joe Angelina's. Been Hsblng. nidn'l
have much luck, hut go, enough
for us!" me' Wl11 -" 'hem
She climbed Into the coupe and took
the wheel. I II drive. Kliner. some
thing tells me you hnve had a hard
hu;e' Nellie. I've been experl
tmlng the burden of wealth. Alreadv
0 d enemies show a disposition to let
sleeping dogs lie and the Elmer B
Clarke Benevolent and Protective a,
soelation Is In process of organization
exactly as you foretold."
"What are yon going to do, Elmer?"
I m going to Muscatine as soon as
? can, have a consultation with Mc
leake. learn what the estate consists
of and then decide what I am going to
do. While I'm away you can use the
flivver."
"Thanks, Elmer. Want me to teed
your dog and the canaries?"
He turned toward her Impulsively
and laid his hand over hers, where It
clasped the wheel. "You're a sweet
heart. Nellie." he murmured.
Nellie looked at him with love lights
In her eyes, but suddenly remembering
that he was now a millionaire and she
must not he guilty tonight of a ten
dency toward a seniiment she would
not have bothered to repress If Elmer
had been as poor as Job's famed tur
key, she withdrew her hand from un
der his and asked him how many
trout he had caught that day.
"Ten nice ones. Nellie. Somehow '
1 couldn't keep my mind on the flsh
today. It's quite a shock to become ?
millionaire without warning."
"You'll grow accustomed to It. By
the time the novelty at buying what
ever you want has worn o(T. you'll
have learned much of men and mo
tives. Pi .ably, too. you'll have
learned much about women. And of
course you'll not live In I'llardtos."
"Really. Nellie, you wouldn't blame
me for leaving this little country town
of three thousand Inhabitants. I've |
been weary of It for a long, long
time." i
"You've had the wanderlust ever
since you went away to the war." !
Nellie complained. "However. I sup
pose you'll come back occasionally to I
vislr your real friends in Pllarcitos."
"Of course. Nellie. By the way. did
Moody receive an answer from the I
Muscatine bank?" |
"Not up to the time 1 left the office" I
j "I'm not going to make any definite
plans until that telegram comes,
i Nellie. Suppose McPeake's telegram
has been garbled in transit Suppose
some trick clause should develop In
the will Suppose I have to do some
I fool thing before 1*11 be eligible as a
residuary legoree; suppose I decide
not to do It and the million dollara
i goes to charity."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Crop Rotations
Aid to Alfalfa
Progressive Farmers Plan to
HI.et Good Stand Re
main Six Years.
Crop rotations which permit a good
stand of alfalfa to remain longer than
two years are being developed by pro
gressive fanners ? ?f the state, accord
ing to T. (i. Stewart, extension agron
omist at the Colorado Agricultural
collide.
Many are planning rotations In
which alfalfa is allowed to remain for
perhaps live or six years. If planned
according to some systems, five or
six years ot alfalfa, together with
four or live other crops makes a 10
or 11 year rotation. Such a system
provides more alfalfa than Is desired
and too little of cash and feed crops.
Stewart points out.
Plan for 160-Acre Farm.
A simphr plan tor a HJii-acre farm
l::i\in^ :i m :: re farmstead, would in
clude ;"?0 acres of alfalfa, allowed to
remain five or six years if satisfac
tory hay yields are obtained. The re
maininir 10!? acres ran be divided into
four fields of 2y * acres each and ro
tated with corn. followed by sugar
beets, and then barley as a nurse crop i
for red clover. A *?eed crop of reo |
clover and a cutting of bay can thus i
be secured from the fourth field each
year after the rotation is under way.
A -."??acre field of alfalfa can he
brought into the rotation as oerasion
demands by seeding the barley field to
alfalfa instead ot red elo\er. The 2"? j
acre strip of old alfalfa is then fall
plowed. The red clover crop cannot
he itieludcd during the two years re
quire.! to change the location of the
."h? acres of alfalfa, but the original
plain can ne revived as soon as the
change is completed.
Potatoes, vine crops or small grain
may he substituted for all or a part
of the corn acreage In some districts.
Stewart suggests. Sweet clover may
he desired Inst end of red clover and
the red clover may he cut for hay.
At lower altitudes In Colorado, red
clover will make two seed crops in a
single year and has proved to be a
satisfactory cash crop.
Field for Each Crop.
1 "A well-balanced rotation will al
| ways provide a good field for each
crop that Is grown, furnish i proper
balance between cash and feed crops,
i and maintain n desirable balance he
I tween cultivated and non-cultivated
crops," Stewart says.
Aver Sweet Clover Will
Keep White Grubs Away
Right alongside of the old sayings
I that an "apple a day keeps the doctor
| away" and its parody "an onion a day
| keeps every! tody a way" there is to he
! added another ? "sweet clover hay
| (hay used for rhyming only) keeps
j white eruhs away."
That is what L. F. fSraher of the
j agronomy staff of the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture told visitors to the
Farm ami Home week. What he pro
posed was not to use sweet clover for
hay hut for pasture because it has
heen found that where sweet clover
and. to some extent, red clover Is
growing by itself in thiek sands or
in blue grass, the grubs are generally
scarce, while right in nearby June
grass or timothy sod they may be
present at the rate of 300.000 to 400,
000 per a ere.
This, of course, brings back the Idea
of growing sweet clover and red clover
In blue grass without plowing the sod
? a matter which has been discussed
pro and con for some time in the agrf*
cultural press, declared Graber. This
means of course the liming of pasture
lands that are too sour for these
clovers and often this liming needs to
be done a year In advance ?>f seeding
in the pastures. On poor lands Is may
also mean phosphate.
Feeding Cow According
to Production Favored
The low prices of dairy products
makes it more than ever necessary for
dairymen to feed and manage their
herd with care in order to find a profit
able market for feeds, states R. A.
Cannon, Purdue university.
The first step in meetng the present
situation is to feed properly. Kach
cow should have a balanced ration,
based on her individual production.
The roughages available will deter
mine the grain mixtures to be fed in
order to balance the ration. Where
legume roughages are available, a
grain mixture containing 10 per cent
digestible crude protein will be found
satisfactory. Where legume roughages
and silage are fed. the grain mixture
should contain 14 per cent digestible
crude protein. With mixed roughages
the per cent should he increased to 15.
Where roughages such as timothy hay.
straw and corn fodder are fed the
grain mixture should contain 18 to 22
per cent digestible crude protein.
I
Valuable Protein Is
Found in Skimmilk
High-Grade Cottage Cheese
Offers Outlet for Product.
1 1'ftMrrd t>v t ho (.'tilted states Department
?>f \?:ri' altur.- ? ? VVNU S?rvic<-.
Profitable utilization of milk by
products is now more important than
usual I ?? the farmer and the dairy in
dustry. and the bureau of dairy in
dustry, United States (department of
Agriculture, is trying to tind profit*
able uses for skimmilk. says O. EL
lleed. chief of the bureau.
"In one year's volume of dairy by
products. which Includes skimmilk.
buttermilk, and whey ? skimmilk be
ing by far the most important ? there
is about IMMi.iHKMMN) pounds of valuable
food protein, a large part of which
Is not being utilized to the best possi
ble advantage." says Mr. Iteed. "Cot
'ago cheese, which is made from skim
milk and which is largely protein, is,
when properly made and merchan
dized. one of the most profitable out
lets available to the dairy products
plant f??r utilizing the skimmilk. In
the past many plants have lacked a
standard method for making a uni
form. high-grade cottage cheese. The
bureau of dairy industry has. by expe
rimental work both in the laboratory
and on a commercial scale, demon
strated a method which has consist
ently produced excellent results.
"This method produces what is
called tiie !;:"*-?cid rennet-type of cot
tage cheese. When bis type is made
properly it has a rich, creamy appear
a nee. a low acidity, good keeping qual
ities. and distinctive curd particles,
and is a product attractive to the con
sumer
"The bureau is Issuing a mimeo
graphed circular which gives detailed
information on how to make this type
of cottage cheese. The title of this
circular is The Manufacture of Low
acid Rennet-type Cottage Cheese.
Copies may he obtained free by writ
ing the bureau of dairy Industry. De
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C."
Cow's Health Indicated
by Coloring of Her Eye
When buying cows or heifers ? or
any kind of animal foi that matter
it is well to l??ok carefully at the
eyes. Many a man has gone pains
takingly over an animal's udder and
bought when a single look at the eyes
would have warned bin. of trouble to
come. The normal eye is full and
bright. The secretion of fluids about
the eye should he normal, it an eye
Is swimming in water, the animal may
be going down with a cold and. when
chronic, may be indicative f tuber
culosis. Look out for "pink eye." a
very contagious disease that soon
spreads to all members of the herd
Into which the Infected animal may be
introduced. The affected eye is pearl
gray in color. A dull eye may Indi
cate that the cow is anemic or tem
porarily olT feed. This Is just another
point to remember when buying new
members for the heard.
Allow Ample Space for
Moisture Among Trees
In planting currants and gooseber
lies. It is quite common to find these
set over against the fence or grass
growing border of the garden. In
some few instances this plan Is all
right: hut where moisture is scarce
these plants should he set in rows
where they can he cultivated on both
sides, having a space of nearly 10 feet
between any plant and other crops.
If planting apple trees at the same
time ? and setting these rows 30 feet
or more apart, as they should be to do
tho best in later years ? one row of
the small fruits may he planted mid
waj between each two rows of apple
trees. These will have passed their
best years by the time that the apple
trees have reached a size that requires
all the space between for drawing on
for moisture, so they may he dug out.
FARMJIOTES
A honey nee must visit 56,000 clover
blossoms to make a pound of honey.
? ? ?
If poison ivy is troublesome, start
an early campaign against it with
calcium chlorate.
? ? ?
Pasturing the farm woodlot Is a
poor practice. Trees and live stock
do not mix. The trees are likely to
suffer more than the stock.
? ? ?
Damping oft of vegetable seedlings
can be controlled by treating seed or
soil with chemical solutions. Ask
your county agent about this.
? ? ?
Fattening cattle which get good leg
nme hay ? clover, alfalfa or so. bean ?
and corn will make excellent gains for
three or four months without the ad
dition of such feeds as cottonseed meal
or linseed oil meal.
Dodge Old Age
Have weariness, "nerves," and sleep
lessness nude you old in the prim^ of
life? You can m over youth ? and hold
it ? in spite of the passing years.
All you need to do is to help Nature
keep up your vitality. Perhaps vvur sys
tem larks certain valuable elements,
which Fellows' Syrup will restore. Soon
you can eat, work, plav, and sleep ? as
heartily as when you were twenty-one.
After the first few doses you t>erotne
more cheerful aiul energetic. Your
stamina increase*. Ask your druggist
for the genuine Fellows* Syrup, winch
yh ysicians have been prescribing for
years.
FELLOWS
SYRUP
Only Thing
"How are those new bumpers?**
"l ine; I hutnp*'<! two ears already
and never g??t n scratch."
Nobody ever sees a good set of
sheets and pillowcases offered at a
rummage sale.
GIRLS DIZZY
SPELLS
"When I was a girl, I suffered
from pains in my back nnfl
?? aides," writes Mrs. A. L. i
\ Frier, of 123 Williams St, j
i Columbia, S. C. **My face j
\ would burn and I would get J
\ right dizzy. My mother /
\ was taking Cardui, and j
\ thought it might help me. j
\ After taking it a short j
\ while, the pain was I
1 gone nnd 1 quit having /
\ the dizzy spells." l"
i Cardui is a purely /
\ vegetable medicine /
i and may be safely j
\ taken by women of J
[ all ages.
SOLO AT ALL OOOD DRCO STORKS
STOP THAT
SPRING COLD
Don't continue to sneeze and
sniffle, to feel feverish and miser
able because of your Spring cold.
Stop it with StJoseph's Lax-ana
(double strength). This doctor's
prescription contains best cold med
icines known to science together
with quick-acting laxatives. And
it's doubly effective bccause it ie
double strength. Overnight result#
or money back. At all druggists.
ANA
SZ3323Z
Worms caufte much distress to children and
anxiety to parent*. Dr. Pcery'a "Dead Shot"
removes the caune with a single dose. 60c.
All Drutociata.
HABITS CHANGE
Buying habits continually change.
The public is anxious to get their
money's worth for every dime they
spend, and when they sec an unusual
product at an unusually attractive
price they recognize the many ad
vantages it offers. This keen sense
of values applies to practically
everything people need, clothing,
food, furniture, and even aspirin.
That is one reason why more than
nine million boxes of StJoseph's
Aspirin have been sold in a single
year, why thousands of people every
day walk into drug stores every
where, put down then* dime, and ask
for StJoseph's Genuine Pure As
pirin. StJoseph's Aspirin is both
genuine and pure and it meets every
government standard. No wonder
people are realizing that it is nei
ther sensible nor necessary to pay
more than 10c for 12 tablets of "St.
JoMph'f" genuine pure aspirin.