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SYNOPSIS
Hartley Wiggins Is Ja tove wkh Cecilia
Bolllstsr. His friend Arnold Ames mssts
an eldesly lady at the Asolando tea rooms.
She la Cecilia's Aunt Octavla, an eccen
tric woman, of wsalth. She Invites Ames
to Hopefleld Manor. Amea Is fascinated
by Francssca, a tea room girl
Ames sses Wiggins msstlng Cecil la se
cretly at Hopefleld Manor. Aunt Octavla
la a great believer In the potential Influ
ence of No. 7.
Antes sses mysterious men watching the
house. Hs hears of Heseklah, Cecilia's
sister. Wiggins calls upon Camilla. The
ohlmney smokes mysteriously.
The house Is said to bavs a ghost Ce
cllls Ulla Ames she Is In dsep trouble and
asks him to urge Wiggins not to eall upon
her again.
Wiggins regards Ames ss a rival. Aunt
Octavla dislikes Wiggins because his an
cestors were Tories, Wiggins Is Interest
ed In both Cecilia and HeaekUh. Cecilia
■ has nine suitors.
Anise, meets In sn orchard
.and Jseraa y»at she Is .Heseklah. They
ess nine silk hats cross a stile.
Aunt Octavla shows Amss the pie pan
try. Cecilia fears Heseklah loves Wlg
gtne. Her nine suitors csll.
Cecilia rejects Professor Hume and
makes a record In her silvsr book. The
butler tells Amss a British oncer's ghost
haunu the house.
. Ames Snds CasOla and her father. >W
ford Holllstsr, fencing on the roof. Hot
llstsr Is there unknown to Aunt Ootavla.
Holllstsr'vanishes mysteriously through
ths hall wall. Heseklah tails Amea tftuto
, prohibited from mtlag-l*f«MWd "saoe.
~ .Amss seeks plana of. th+ho^fcbfet
Aunt Octavla has Just seearea tneta. OK
sllla's suitors are Jealous ef rtrttai I | )
Amea aaaurea Cecilia that Heseklah Is
not In love with Wiggins. Ajnes sssksa
another •*»« Ks. «eie.(r»hs o*4*l l , .
Ames learns that HopefM* Manor se
cretly Incloses an old ReToftitlooary.house.
Apparently tbe ghost Is Lord Anmot
a rejsctfd suitor. U\
Tb# chimney smokss a gala. ' Heseklah I
la the mischief maker. Amss halae Hese
klsh to slude her Aunt.Ostaila. Hsse
klah mysteriously dlsapcssra. , u ,
' Cecilia, m great dlstrss, asks Amss to
flnd.hsr silvsr notsbook, which hss been
...takaa-from-her room. Amse suspects
, Hsssklsh.
Heseklah seares the suitors with a lack
i ST lantern, spsaks slightingly of Wiggins
1 aad gives Ames ths notebook.
Ames learns through Hsssklsh that ths
ssvsnth man wbo proposee will win Cs
. sills. She and Cecilia /sar, Wiggins will
( ,propose too soon.
Ameejs In Jovs with Hsssklah. John
(Itawaxt nick, Mr suHor, has sppareatly
gnssaed ths sssrM ooeicemlng tbs sevSntH
proposal.
[ Mat Oftasln averts a Sght bstwssn
t Ames and three of the juitors. Architect
•, Pepperton tails, her all about the hidden
fcousa^,
J . Pepperton, Octavla aad Ames find a Ist
l| t»r In a-toirtafl ahsst senrlnr that Wlg
>. gins' ancestor was njag'tlssnlsl selQsr.
. Tbe broken , heartea wigghft hss
>1 psarsd. sad frantic efforts are mads to
> find him. Pepperton protects Cecilia from
' proposals
• the hidden rasas tar mora than thrss
; hours.
r -"Wo-shall hava mucb to talk about
toalght, aad 1 fsnoy ws a|s aU a good
daal shaken, It's not often wo racalva
' .a lstter from a 4ead man, so wo shall
admit no callers tonight unless. In
deed, Mr. Wlgglqa. should chance to
coma,T announ«»d Miss OcUrla. "The
. a«Kt tins Hart lay Wiggins visits this
bouse he shall coins as g conquering
barn.'* '
.*XAopaso»" replied Cedlla brokanly.
Wf wetje still at dinner when ths
carda of Dick and ths other suitors I
bad last aeon at tba Prsdeott Arms
•wsrs brought In; bat Wlgglis mads so
sign, and I wondered,
ss.s s e e e
Tba man arbe looked after np needs
banded me a note tb* next morning
wblcb. added freak hssards to Cecilia's
already perilous plight
I "Uft tfltb tbe gardener before «
o'clock by a boy „tea ' tbe village,
laid It waa moat confldendaX sir."
' I waited till be bad left tbh room be
- fore opening It. It read:
I > srr, \ . Qsfasksny Bungalow.
. .. Dear Chlssnsys i re> stoppsd bsrs yss
. tsrday to sss B. H. Hs and C- aid pale.
1 Watch him. Where's Wis* H. H
Tbe Information As conveyed waa
, startling soosgb. Wf* had bsan deal
ing with a compapy.of suitors outslds
the barricade, now came warning of
. tbe pessence of a strange knight wttb
, In tbe gates /wbo greatly multiplied
tba perl la of tba situation. The com
psct smoag tbe suitors st ths Inn wss
a thing of ths psst, sad I now n
1 pected them to sxsrdse all tbs la
ke gsnslty ot which desperate lovers u»,
capable In pressing their claim. Tbe
fast that bath Wiggins aad Pepper-,
I ton were old friends of mlas did not
srnke my taak easier. 1 not only felt.
• K UKumbent ea me ts ptwvsnt Pick,
s tbe'boldsr of ths clsw, from takteg ad
vantage ot H, bat kaswing Cecilia's
• rwa attitude of miad and baart tswaid
| Wiggins I wlolisd to SSVS Psppsrtoa I
) the pala of rsjestlse If- It eosld bs
I Bat whst dld Hsssklsh msan by tbs
question with which she ended for
' note 7 If Wlgglna, smarting under Ce
: cilia's traatassat of him tbs dajr before,
1 had quM tbs Said JMSS WSS S pretty
I how-d'-/ado.; Miss sstassl
ta ctnitsauff meppsass maas w asc-,
ssssry for me to loses HofSflsld to'
Isara what hsd become of Wiggins,
and I issUstd that 1, oust est prompt
ly If I saved the day tor Mat. Hisses-
SaT TrwKfce'
knew It sad wsald lay his plans ec
!£smdZ' ' w tb * l UW " MiT £
ss3uSse, ItCT M «10 not know fhsi|
Pepperton, whose acquaintance wltl-
Cecllls antedated the European flight,
had to be reckoned with. 1 wished
Pepperton had kept out of It.
. Brae kf sat that moraine was Inter
minably long. Miss Octavla was never
mora thoroughly am using, never more
droily Inadvertent She attacked Pep
perton for all the evils in American
architecture and In particular took him
.tft task for soms house he had built al
Newport which she pronounced the
most hideous pile of marble on Ameri
can soil.
When we left the tabl* at about half
past 10 Miss Octavla Insisted tbst we
moat visit the kefmels. A friend had
L.. "I'm gelng te be married."
Just ss»t-4er..s fine Airedale, snd she
• Wlsfefd t* make sure the kennel mas
ter wss,tnMltag tbs de* properly. Lat
er we were all to ride.
I made Itagte to excuse myself, say
lng that matters required at
tention.
. "Csrtalnly. Arnold; you sha.l do ss
yon i Iks. Mr. Pspperton 1s s difficult
bird to cstcb, so ws hope for you at
luncheon, ssd of course we expect you
for dinner."
Pepperton looked ,st me inquiringly.
I Judged tbst he hsd known Miss Oc
taris a good many years—tbe tone ot
their Intercourse was Intimate, and yet
be plainly wss st s loss to understand
Juat how I came to be so thoroughly es
tabllsbsd In bar good graces. I confess
tbst ss I gtsncs beck ovsr tbsss psgss
It looks odd to ms!
As I pscsd tbs hsjl wsi ting for s
horse to be ssddlsd, Pepperton led me
eat on the terrace sbovs tbe garden.
"I'm bursting yritb s great secret, old
men. I'm going to bs married."
"Whstr
"I'm going to be married."
I grasped a chair to support mysslf.
This wss si most too much. Could it
bs possible tbat Heseklah bed mtocsl
culated the list of rejections In the sil
vsr bound book, or tbst Cecllls herself
hsd bssn deceived? Pepperton mtorasd
my sgltsUon and with s hearty laugh
stopped me on tbe shoulder.
"Ob, I'm not intruding on your pre
ss rves, old man! Cecilia to tbe second
finest girl In tbe world—that's sll. I'm
engaged to Mtoe Gaylord of Stock
kridge. I'm tolling a few old friends. In
advsacs of tbs fonnsi announcement
to be made next week at a dsncs tbe
Qsylords srs giving."
I crushed bis hsnd lb both my own
snd. ssslng that hs misconstrued tbe
tsrver of my emotion, I hastened to set
sayeelf aright
"You're s lucky dog ss usual. Pep.
Bnt you don't understand about Cecilia
HoU lster. It's not I—l'm not In tbe run
ntng gt sll, but Hsrtley Wiggins to!
Pm bsre trying to help him score."
"What's this? You're here to repre
sent WlggyT .
"Well, be didn't exactly send me
bsre, bat when I came I found tbat
Wlggy wasn't playing tbs game with
quite the aecessary ripology. There'/
mora required tbsn appears-a little of
the daah and snap of ths old sdvsntur
an—the reedy tongue, the eeger, thirsty
swstdr— -
Pepperton poised bis lips snd loeked
ms over csrsfnlly wltb s twinkle In hto
srs contributing those elements'
Ten sn Oetavtotoed-to that Itf Pep
paction tongbsd until tbs tears came.
„n prefer Holltatsrtoed ss ths broader
term. Brother Baaaford has It, too.
aad thers* slwsys Hsssklsh!"
"Ah, Hsssklsh the unpredictable: I
knew there wns s skirt fluttering some
where. I ssw hsr yesterday—stopped
to sss Bessford. who's a good eld chop.
TTi n"-" of the teasing eyas wss
, whitawsshlng the ckkken coop, and
Mlchslsngrio eouldal bavs done It bat
• tar."
» "Pep," I mid. loweriag my voice, "V
, yen torn ms kssp done te Cecilia sll
. Tours aa sagsgsd ssan and In
practice. Otoe ae Imitation ef devo
doa. Keep her eat ef doom-keep
, male human belnga away from bar.
1 Don't fan me to tbie. I'vs get to pull
, off toe greatest coup of my life today.
' There's a band at outlaws baagiag
mad hare who trill propose to Cscllto
tbe first chance they get, snd tbsy
■net MOT Wig's get to apsak before
night or toss sot forever. We-not s
wad of exptoastioa. Teo've get te
•Sake my woed far It."
. 101 be the gent. Oe ahead, bat
a toe aader Wiggins. I can't
stay hen forever."
PsMsctaa's gmwMMt samotbsd oui
sae wrtakie, sad I fsH sere tbst I
ceald traat Urn ss aa ally. Tbe groom
waa holding my hems la the, port*
eechsre. snd I mounted snd rods stray
te the Praeeett Arnw.
I found Ormsby. *alienber*e», Ar
bathnrit Hendsraoa, Beam aad torn
GBAfIAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1913
"Bsu imivsj"
"I menu Mhta HollUter—Miss Cecilia.
We were all deeply grieved last nlgbt
to bear of her sudden Illness. There's
always something so terrible la tbe
very name of diphtheria."
My wits had been so sharpened by
my late adventures' tbst I readily ac
counted for these false tidings. Dick
was abseut. Dick alone would bare
been equal to this diabolical plot fa*
keeping his rivat suitors away from
Hopefleld. The despair in those feces
taxed my gravity severely.
"It is extremely sad, bnt the 11 rat
diagnosis was erroneous," I answered.
"I think it more likely to prove to be
chicken pox when tbe truth la known."
"Not diphtheria?"
"No immediate danger of diphtheria,
I assure yon," 1 replfcd, "though of
course with winter coming on and all
that, one must be prepared for the
worat." H
While he repeated this to tbe others
I sought the clerk, who promptly hand
ed me a note which Wiggins had left
late the previous afternoon, to be de
livered In case I called. He had gone
to spend a day or two with Orton. the
playwright, *Vho was at his country
house, In tbe hills beyond Mount Kls
co, rehearsing a new piece. In which a
friend of Hnrtley's was to star. I gain
ed the telephone booth In one Jump,
and In Ave minutes I was bnwllng
wildly into Orton's ear. I had known
him well In the Hare and Tortoise, and
he answered my demand for Wiggins
With the heart breaking newa that
Hartley had ridden off with some oth
er guests in the house. Orton didn't
know where.
' "I threw them out. I've got to re
write my third act I don't care wheth
er they ever come back." boomed Or
ton's voles.
"If yon don't send Wiggins hack to
me at Hopefleld aa fast as he can get
there, my third act Is ruined."
VWhatr
"Tell Wlgclns to come hack on the
run. Tell hint the world's coming to
sn end any minute."
"I'll be glad to get rid of him," snap
ped Orton. In tbe hnrried tone cf a mas
whose third act hns wilted in re
hearsal.
QHAPTIR XXIV,
Heseklah PsrtiUene the Kingdom.
AS I came perspiring out of tbs
telephone booth I found tbe
l suitors engsgsd In subdued de
bate by the hearth, 'i'liey could
hardly have beard my blestlnga over
tbe telephone, but they were greatly
concerned alrnut something. Hballen
berger, wbrf was upparently the only
one willing to approach me, followed
me to tbe veranda.
"Those fellows In there don't under
stand this. DU-k told us lust ulgtit, aft
er we bad called at tbe boyse and been
refused admittance; tbat Miss Cecilia
was 111 wlib diphtheria. I remember
tbat It waa Dick wbo rang tbe bell and
gave our cards to tbe footman. It was
quite singular, yon know, our bring
turned away, urfless something bad
been wrong."
1 bowed gravely. They bad been
turned away for tbe very simple rea
son tbat after unearthing Adoniram
Caldwell's effects in tbs secret rooms
of ber btmse Miss Octavla bad not
cared to be troubled with suitors. Tbe
haughty Nebraskan bad drawn upon
hto Imagination for tbe reat.
"And i underatood you to say a mo
ment ago tbat Miss Holilster's malady
to not diphtheria, but ihlcksupoxr
Sballenbcrgcr |ierslsted with almost
laughable trepidation. 'These gentle
men, I regret to say, go so far as to
doubt your word."
"That, Mr. Sbullenberger, to tbelr
privilege. But It ssems to ms'thst
when I merely tried to mltlgste tbe ter
rible news Imparted by Dick you are
rank in grates for questioning my far
less doubtful story. Anything between
you gentlemen and Mr. Dick Is. of
course, none of my sffslr, for whether
• considered ss s set. group or bunch I
sm dons with tbs wbole lot of you.
Fsnwsll!"
I decided as I rode swsy tbst noth
ing wss to bs gslned by going In
search of Wiggins. Orton had purpose
ly made bis house difficult of access,
snd tbe roads In that neighborhood are
many and devious. Orton had banished
hto guests that bs might tlnksr wltb bis
plsy In peace and. knowing bis temper,
I waa sure that Wlgglbs and the rest
of them would keep oot of his way till
tbs psngs of bungsr drove tbem back.
I bad ridden belt s mils towsrd
Hopefleld wtpn 1 espied s womsn rid
tog rapidly towsrd ms. Snd ss sbs
drew nearer I Identified ber ss Hexe
klab, mounted on a boras I recognised
ss one of tbe best is Miss Octsris's
stablss. Heseklsb rods sstride, ss s
womsn should, her bicycle skirt ssrv
big well as a habit. Sbs rods as s bdy
rides wbo lovss freedom and quickened
poises and tbs rush of wind scross hto
late. Ibe was batlsss. for which tbs
sun snd I were kotb grateful. Tbs big
brnr at tbe back ef ber head turned ths
disl back to sixtsea. .
She drew rein end fished whet seem
ed to bs asited almonds from her
sweeter pocket She filliped one of.
these lato tbe sir snd enngbt It Is bef
maoth with a lasy toaa of Ibe band tbet
showed lbs firm contour of her lovely
tbruet 1 bad never aees her more aelf
"Do you cars jaech tor this homer
She ssked carelessly.
"It s a good boras. J fancy Htos Oc
tet is thinks so herself. There srs,
pieces, Heseklah, where they bang
people fur horse steeling."
"Thought I might need ooe today, SO
I borrowed blm through the beck way
to tbe old red barn. Tbe coachman to
sn ancient eh am, gad Annt Octavla
would nevar mind erea If sbs knew.
And she trill know, all right! Any
how, my reer tire bad been patched
eaee too often, aad there to a eattsfac
tlon In a hone. Wbere'e our aensltlvs
and Impressionsbte Wlggy? Saw him
lldlag ever toward Ktoco ysetsrdsy
p. m. wltb chin en hto cbeet-dmedfut
riding form."
"Wiggins to nt Orton's-the play
wright's, yon know. I'vs telephoned
him to bustle back, but he's oat ef oar
ranch samsehsrn. I couldn't speek to
him direct; bed to tones a aimsngs tor
"Just I Iks Wlggy to die on tbe tost
top. Wbst did jreu tusk* out of Brutb
sr Psppcrtou?"
•your note seared ine-tl.anke so
much for your tut be s all right.
Kngaged to iS;aFflri.'
"Ah." she sighed. "It's comforting
that Cecilia couldn't keep tbem all
going all the time."
We rode along together, our horses
In a walk, and I told her everything
I knew of tbe condition of affairs. In
cluding a true account of my ex
periences at tbe Inn tbe day before
and of tbe finding of the old chest be
longing to Wiggins' great-grand father
—her brown eyee opened wide at tbla
—concluding with tbe diphtheria strata
gem and Dlck'a menace to Cecilia's
happiness.
"He's really a bright little boy. Com
ing home on tbe steamer he gave tne
a poet graduate course In pragmatism
that f"ve found helpful In keeping
kouse for papa. Ifa too bad we have
to lay a trap for Mr. Dick." * ,
"la ItT Just how aro we to manage
that. Heseklahf
"Oh. that will be easy enough. He's
pretty deaperste. and since tbe com
part between the suitors has gone to
pieces lie kuows he will bate to show
hla band pretty soon. He thinks you
•re wild alMiut Cecilia. He laya great
stress on his thinking powers. Snd bs
probably argues tbst yon are bound to
pop pretty soon. It's Just as well be
thinks so, but we must finish this up
today. I'll he s nervous wreck If we
don't doss the books tonight. There's
your friend Dick now."
Bhe Indicated a blgb point in the
main road, where It crossed tbe ridge
from which she hnd shown me—lt
seemed, oh. very long ago!-the pro
cession of suitors crossing the stile.
Dick, mounted, was gaging off across
the fields toward HoneQeld. Man snd
kens wsrs so dlstsnt aa to create tbs
Illusion of as equestrian statue on a
blgb pedestal.
"Napoleon before Waterloo." I sug
gested.
"He does look Uke Nspolsos, doesn't
he?" sbs Isugbed. lies s bit fusssd
todsy. Hs knows tbst Wlggy's not st
tbs ino snd that yon are up to somo
tblng. snd to little Mr. Dick ths srehi
tsct probsbly looks like one of tboss
mysterious knights you read about,
wbo suddenly appears st tbs tourns
ment all canned In an ice cream frees
sr, with s tin pall ovsr bis bssd. Mr.
Psppsrton's presence no doubt worries
him. es I don't think tbsy ever met.
Cecllls snd Mr. Pepperton srs riding.
I dodged them Just befbrs 1 struck
yon. walking their horses In tbe most
lovsrllke fashion In a lane over yon
der. but If Mr. Peppepton Is rsslly en
gsged It's sll right, though If 1 were
tbe other girl I think I'd be snxlous."
"Pep's playing tbe game, that's all.
What are you going to do now?" •
Bhe glanced at tbe sun. I fancied
that It waa with each a scanning of
tbs besvens tbat her sisters a thousand
years before bad noted tbe time.
"Tbla la my pie day. There's un
doubtedly a gooseberry pie waiting for
me at tbe bungalow. And paps will
sxpsct me for luncheon. I'd ssk you to
tome too. only yon'll have all you caa
$o to keep Mr. Dttk from persuading
|o me body to be tbe elxtb man, so he
tan allp In aa number seven. It we vet
through todsy sll right, you may corns
for luncheon tomorrow, msybs. Pspa
told ms be liked you. Hs ssld yoa
wsrs very decent tbst nlgbt yoa mot
blm."
"My compllmenta to your fstbsr. I
hops to bs sble to persuade htm to ex
tend bis peternal arm to Include ms-
Annt Octavla must be my annt too!"
"Really!" cried Hexeklab. with Inde
scribeble mockery, snd she wheeled ber
borse and was gone like the wind.
Lnncbeon at Hopefleld pessed with
out Incident, and afterward Cecilia re
tired to help ber aunt with ber corre
spondence, while Pepperton snd 1
lounged sbout tbs bouse snd «rooked.
I told blm of my InejTectusl efforts to
rsscb Wiggins, snd be volunteered to
find s motor snd searcb for blm, but 1
pointed out tbe futility of tbla and re
newed my appeal tbat lie stay on gusrd
st Hopefleld.
At sbout 8 o'clock-Cecllls reappeared.
Her color was high and ber eyee were
unusually brilliant. I knew tbat she
fully resllxed that tbs crisis wss near,
bat sbs ssksd no qusstlons, snd bet
msnner reaesured me of ber confidence.
We Idled'on ibe atone terrace sbovs
tbs frost smitten gsrgsn.
We were hardly seated before Dick
entered tbe gnrelen. fallowed imme
diately by tbe six other suitors I hsd
"NspeJses befere Wateriest I sog
* gistsd.
tost sses st ths inn. They ranged
themselves on s. stoos bench faring
tbs boose st tbe end of one ef the
paths. Tbsy wsrs sock costs ssd hats
los variety of stylss, so tbst tbsy did
not present quite tbe btosrrs effect pro
duced by their frock costs snd silk
tflss. They surveyed tbe boose ssdly.
bowed tbelr besds npoa their sticks
sad sssmsd to bsvs corns to stay. Ths
stsgs hsd become s practical msttsr.
"Why don't tbe gentlemen come tar
asked Cecilia, peeriag through tbs
a^^r^^th^yw
lng in too gnrtleu. You naa oetter gq ,
quietly Into tbe bouse. The abock of
seeing you lu ytmr usual heallb might
be too much for them."
"But I can't. I must be acceselble at
all times." she cried, looking helplesaly .
from me to I'eiiiierton. wbo waa all at
sea for nti exielauullou. "If that Imprse
slou Is sltroad I shall ap|>ear at once."
"Theiji you and Pepperton must pa-,
trol the terra'-e here. * You art loVSVs
for all I know. Ignore tbem utterly in
your absorption with one another. If ''
any one approaches you. Pepperton,
! ask Miss Hullister to mnrry you." .
"Me!" gan|>ed Pepperton.
"No. It can't lie done that way;"
Cecilia lntcn>osed. "Mr. Pepperton has
told me fit Ills engagement. I csn't be
party to'e fraud—a trick. I cau't coun
tenance It at all. It wonld ruin every
thing."
"Then stay rlpht here I'ace back
snd forth and I'll manage ths rest i
dost for tbe life of me know how, bat
I'll di It."
As Cscllls snd Pepperton stepped
from beMud tbu screen of vines tbe
men ou tbe benthos lifted tbelr besds;
then I heard murmurs of smsiement
end chugriu mid caught a fleeting
glluipse of Dick teurtng through tbe
hedge with his late companions tum
bling after In Hetis pursuit.
1 ran to the stable and found a
horse, feeling Hint 1 must be In a posi
tion to move rsplelly If 1 ssw Wiggins
a pproii filing. If Dick slnded his
ahrstbful pursuers bs would be on fhe
lookout somewhere, swelling bis own
time, snd If be saw Wiggins rushing
madly for tlie house be might yet clr
cuuiveut ue.
I sstlsfled myself tbst Cecilia and
Peppertou were still plainly vlalble
from tbe garden, and I knew tbat for
tbe time she wss safe. I gained the
high |>olnt lu Hie road from which
Ilesekbth and I Intel otieerved Dick on
gusrd at uoeiii and waited. Remember
ing tbe fine figure tbe philosopher bad
made against tlie sky, 1 dismounted
and reeled by a stone wall where I
could watch with less risk of being
seen from s distance.
I at one-e saw matters tliat'lnterested i
me Immensely. I)lck had thrown off
tbe other suitors and was rapidly
crossing tbe Ileitis toward nopefleld.
When 1 caught sight of him he was
Just leaving the orchard where Heie
klah and I bud held our memorable
Interview. A long stretcb of rough
pasture lay before him. and he settled
down lo a quick trot. He took several
fences without lessening his gait,
crossed the stile like a flash a llttls
ister snd was out of sight.
As I turned to my horse I hesrd the
swift pstter of hoofs and saw a man
and womsn galloping furiously toward
me. They were rapidly nearing the
ridge, and tbelr horses were springing
over the firm white road In prodigious
leaps. Wiggins bad gut my messsge.
Heseklsb had met him In tbe rosd
snd wss urging him on. (As they csms
nearer I ssw that Wiggins bad taksn
flrs st Isst CvT
"Orton ssld some oak'wss killed—
wbo—what—who"—
"I Just picked him np five minutes
sgo. fie doesn't know soytblng," ssld
Hesektab. "and you dareu't tell blm.
Rememlier the rules. What's doing?"
sbs Inquired coolly. *
** . "i
JR ITS ss twmsrml F
Farm and
Garden
FOR A GOOD WINDBREAK.
Austrlsn sr |ls«k Plus Hss ASvsn
teges Over Seme Other Teeee.
Tbs Aostrisn pine, sftsa spoksn of
ss ths blsck pins, Is commonly plsntsd
throughout tbs Unltsd Ststss ssst of
ths Kocky moontslns for oraamsntsl
sod windbreak purposes. Uadsr fsvor
sWs conditions It Will sttsln s height
of slaty or ssvsnty feet, with a diam
eter of fully two feet st tbs stomp. It
Is plssslng 1s sppssrsucs, grows srsct
with a straight, bssvy trunk snd regu
lar whorls of bssvy limbs. Tba Issvss
srs tooas flvs to ssrsn Incbss long,
vsry dsrk grssn sod retain tbsir green
aess throughout lbs yssr.
Is ksspiag with ths geoersl sppssr
ance of ths tree the foilsge Is dense,
sad bssvy, which mskss It oas of tbs
Vsry best ef tbs plnss for wtadbnsk
purposes it Is resdlly propagated
Photograph kg Ksssss guts Agricultural
TStarv taui aw aosrsus ru am am
in nt— rsaa.
from seed, but the sssdllsgs srs
dor aad suscepUble to sevsrsl fsngoos
dinar sea SHS la nnrsstiss. Ths
sistlllsgg trsnsptsat with mscb dim
salty. sad there is asoslly a bssvy loss
la ths tost transplanting, hot only a
smsll psr rest of less h> ths sobss
qesnt plsptinga Only trsss tbat bsve
bsso transplanted ones or twice sboald
hs bought for permsnsot pUn tings,
ssd tbsss sboald bs from fiftssa ta
twenty Inches Is bright.
Tbs Austrian plos Is generally prop-
by sll saraerymsa bsodllng
soeltorous stock sad esa bs obtalasd
la say desired numbers. Ths tree re
qotrss spsrisi care to ths ssedllng
stsgs. It to ImpractU-able for say ex
cept ekllM nurserymen to attempt to
.?. V T.I: ■- .-4.Vv'y. v '- *•• ■■
Children Cry for Fletcher'
The Kind Too Have Always Bought, and which has Imß
la nw for over 80 yean, ha* borne the dmaftm of
- and has been made under
&#%&£
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Juit-M-gooa **
Experiment* that trifle with and endanger the
Infanta and Children—Experience against Kxperimifl
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless snbstltnte for Castor Oil, Par*-1
gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syraps. It is pleasant. 39
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narecttfl
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms!
and allays Feverlshness. For more ftan thirty Te*rsflE9
• has been in constant Use for the relief of Conranatftsibfl
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles aa2|
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and 8i«39
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleepw l
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAVfI
. Bears the
The Kind You Dave Always BoogJ
In Use For Ov«r 30 Ymm
I THK PARMER'S PROBLEM. ;| I
According to Pormer Secretsry '! I
| Wilson, every dsy In the crop j [
i growing sesaon Is worth WO.OtiO. >
i 000 to the fanners of the United ; [
i States. This wesltb, however. . >
| represents tbe work of nsture '
> ss well as it men. The big e >
| problem for the farmer Is to so J ]
' arrange bis affairs tbat he can  1
I keep nauire working for blm all ] |
| tbe time.
Per the Aeparague Red.
Tbe land for an asparagus bed uiust
be well drained, warm, rich soil nnd
thoroughly worked. Kor a home patch \
deep spading may do, bnt care must be
taken to get the manure well mixed
with the soil if best results are desired
For larger buds the mnnure should be
turned under with s plow. Deep plow
lag la advantageous In most cases. The
first plowing should lie done Isle In the
fell, ths second esrly In the spring
Good, strong one-yesr-old roots are tbe
best. A long bed. slngls row fof the
borne gsrden. la better and more mail
managed than a short bed of a nun
ber of rows The plants should bsve
plenty of space.—American Agricultur
ist
Let Out the Ose.
la severe case* of flatulency or wind
colic the life of-the horse may be sav
ed by prompt tupping for the removal
of gss Tbe trocar and cannla need
for lbs piirpenw are threat Into the
moat distended part of the right flank,
blgb up near to the rib and nt the edge
of the feather of li.ilr wblcb runs tbe
opposite way of tbat on tbe riha In
s cow tapping Is done on the left side
There Is little danger in using tbe In
strument. bnt It most be sterilised be
fore ose. snd tbs wuitnd should be die
Infected after re morel of tbe tracer/-
Fsrm Journal.
It's a Ussful Ssrvsnt
Where e farmer OWUS H wood lot
and burns wood he eeii mike an excel
lent Investment hy purchasing s gaso
line engine and wood sewing mnrhlne
Kves s two mid one* fourth horsepower
engine will do a lot of work, but It Is
Sdvlsabis. partialis, to gel s suniewbst
isrger one bee-sine* tbe cbsace* era tbst
sftsr s fsruier gets sn engine be will
And other wotk for it lo do.
Dent Grew Scsbby Spuds.
One thing Is sure—lf your potatoes
srs scsbby lu the gsrden ooe yssr yoa
had better not plant any on tbs same
ground another year Pot tbem some
where else or yoa trill hers rore trou
Me
Psrsdexiesl Prudence.
"There Is certainly ous thing strange
Shout s boat"
-wbst is thstr
"When s men dossn't wsnt It to go
St sll be mskes it fast"-"Bsltlmore
American
_. —————
Itch relieved la 20 minutes by
Woodford's Sanitary Lotion.
Never fails. Sold by Graham
Drag Co.
The strike of street car em
ployes in Cindnnsti, which result
ed in much rioting snd a good
desl of troubls, has been settled
by sg res ment between tVe strik
ers snd the company.
fssKaew What TeaAreTsktag
When yoa Uke Grove's Tssi
less Chill Toniebeeause the form
ula Is plainly printed on every
bottle showing that H is Iron and
Quinine in a tasUees form. Mo
cure, Mo Pay. 50c.
"f 1 '
Lee snd Moore county dewber-» 5
ry growers are shipping their ber
ries to the Northern markets.
Osn. Mario O. Menocsl has been
fnaugurated President of the Cu
ban republic, aucceedlng President
j yo
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