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EXPERT LIVE STCCK MEN Are Employed by the Southern RalK , way to Aid the Farmers Along Its , Msny Lines. 1.1 1 " " 1 "1 7 y ' , '. .1 1: .y . '. laj w SYNOPSIS. Alnrnon Jonos, vlco- rmldwit of tha Metropolitan Orlantal Rue company of Now York, thirsting for vomanoa, ia ra Cairo oa a busman trip. Horaoa Rvaone arrtvaa at tha hotal la Cairo with a car fully auaroad bundle. Bran im Mlla Jonas tha famous holy Thl ordas nig which ho admits bavins stolon from a paaha at Bafdad. Joom maots Major Callahaa and lator la Introduced to Fortune Chadaoye by a woman to whom ha had loaned 1M pounds at Mont Carlo soma months previously, and who turns out to bs Fortune's mothsr. Jonas takes Mr Chadaoye and Fortune to a polo nan Fortune returns to Jones the money borrowed by her mother. Mrs. Chedsoye appears to be onaaced la some mysteiioua enterprise unknown to the dauchter. CHAPTER VI (Continued.) Soma on was sitting down beside him. It was Ryanne, In evening clothes, Immaculate, blase, pink ahseked. There are soma men so hap pily framed that they can don ready made suits without calling your atten tion to the fact George saw at once that the adventurer was one of these fortunate Individuals. "Makes a rather good picture to look at; eh?" began Ryanne, rolling a flake-tobacco cigarette. "Dancer "No. Wish I could. Tou've done quick work," with admiring Inspection. "Not a flaw anywhere. How do you do itr Thank. Thanks to you, I might say. I did some tall hustling, though, 8trange, how we love these funeral toggeries. We follow the dance and we follow the dead with never variation In color. The man who in vented the modem evening clothes must have done good business during the day as chief-mourner." ; "Why dont you send for your lug- afr Ryanne caressed his chin. "My luggage is, I believe. In the hands of the enemy. It Is of no great import ance. I never carry anything of value, save my akin. I'm not like the villain In the melodrama; no incriminating documents, no lost wills, no directions for digging up pirates' gold." "I suppose you'll soon be oft tor America T George asked indifferently. "I suppose so. By the way, I saw you at the game today." "Not Where were you J" Top row. I am going to ask a favor of you. It may sound rather odd to your ears, but I know those two ladles rather well. I kept out of the way till I could And some clothes. The favor I ask Is that you will not tell them anything regarding the cir cumstances of our meeting. I am known to them as a globe-trotter and a collector." That's too bad," said George con-, 6W "And You Arent Afraid to Admit Itr tritely. "But I have already told them." "The devil you have!" Ryanne drop " per his cigarette Into the ash-tray. "If I remember rightly, you asked me to say nothing." "I know," said George, visibly em- tarrassed. "I forgot" ""'ell, tie fat Is In the.flre. I dare " "'t I can pt round It It was ' n 1 9 to talk. I expect - ) - f some one ar- t t' r the Holy Thlordes was given; Ma-homed-El-Oebel, the Pasha's right. hand, a sheik In his own right." "But you havent got the rug now." "No, Mr. Jones, I haven't; but on the other hand, you have. So, here we are together. When be gets through with me, your turn." George laughed. Ryanne grew thoughtful over this sign. Perclval Algernon did not seem exactly wor ried. "Arent you a little afraid?" "IT Why should I ber Inquired George Innocently. "Certainly, what ever your Arab friend's arguments may be, moral or physical, I'm going to keep that Thlordes. Was be bluffing T Ryanne wondered, Did he really have nerve T Well, within forty-eight hours there would come a test. "Say, do you know, I rather wish you'd been with me on that trip that Is. If you like a rough game." Ryanne said this In all sincerity. "I have never been In a rough game. you call it; but I've often had strong desire to be. Just to find out for myself what sort of a duffer I am. Ryanne had met this sort of man be fore: the fellow who wanted to know what stuff he was made of, and was ready to risk his hide to And out His experience had taught him to expect nothing of the man who knew just what be was going to do In a crisis. "Did you ever know, Mr. Jones,' said Ryanne. his eyes humorous, "that there Is an organization In this world of ours, a company that offers a try' out to men of your kidney T" "What's thatT What do you meanr "What I say. There is an established concern which will, upon application for a liberal purchase of stock, ar range any kind of adventure you wish." "What?" George drew in his legs and sat up. "What sort of a Jolly Is thisr "You put your finger upon the one great obstacle. No one will believe that such a concern exists. Tet it Is a fact And why notr "Because It wouldn't be real; It would be going to the moon a la Coney Island." "Wrong, absolutely wrong. If told you that I am a stockholder In this company, and that the adventure of the Thlordes rug wss arranged for my special benefit, what would you say?" ' "Say?" George turned a serious countenance toward i the adventurer, "Why, the whole thing is absurd on the face of it As a Joke, it might go; but as a genuine affair, utterly Impos sible." No." quietly. "I admit that It sounds absurd, yes; lut ten years ago they'd have locked up, as Insane, a man who said that he could fly. But think of last summer at Paris, at Rheima, at Frankfort; the Continental air was full of flying-machines. Bah! It's pretty difficult to Impress the av erage mind with something new. Why shouldn't we cater to the poetic, the romantic side of man? ; We've con cerns for everything else. The fact la, mediocrity Is always standing be 1:1 t' e corner with brickbats for t ? ! Ive. Eo'Srve me or not ;r. . i t t' '3 c 1 , -ny ew'.'a. The ' t t ynu lave tie rug and I s f 1 r 1 i.yanne. i. 1 ' "j t r '-'t-i, t ' 1 ' a Ttores 1 P ' ' ,' 8 (i n t f . - tf y at t a 1., Kl t t r 1 cf t a ! 1 y f a s- ' 1 . i jf t "7 I t 1 li t' a Axifhor of HEARTS M .MASKS Oi AAN Ort THE BOX ct&. llhisirolioiYS by COPYRIOMT 19U Ay BOBM - MERRILL COMPANY than a man can do. ' They gave me the rug. Tour bones, on such a quest would have been bleaching upon the banks of the Tigris." "What the deuce Is this company called V George was enjoying the con versation Immensely. 'The United Romance and Adven ture company, Ltd, of London, Paris, and New York." Have you any of the company's paper with your George repressed his laughter because Ryanne's face was selious enough. "Unfortunately, no.' But' If you will give me your banker's address 111 be pleased to forward you the prospec tus." "Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne. I am shortly leaving for home. Better send It to New Tork. I say, suppose a chap buys an adventure that Is not up to the mark; can be return it or exchange It for another?" "No. It's all chance,' you know. The rules of the game are steel bound. We And you an adventure; It's up to you to make good. "But once more suppose a chap gets a little too rough a game, and doesnt turn up for his dividends; what then?" "In that event," answered Ryanne sadly, "the stock reverts to the gen eral fund." George lay back In his chair and let go his laughter. "Tou are mighty good company, Mr. Ryanne. Well, well; we ll say nothing more about It But a moment gone you spoke as If you were game for an ex ploit" I still am. But if I knew the ad venture was prearranged, as you say, and I was up against a wall, there would be the inclination to cable the firm for more Instructions.' Ryanne himself laughed this time. That's a good Idea. I don't believe the comoany ever thought of such a contingency. But I repeat our busi ness Is to give you the kick-off. After that you have to light for your own downs, The stock Isn't listed V again laughing. Scarcely. One man tells another, as I tell you, and so on. "Tou send me the prospectus. I m rather curious to have a look at It" I certainly shall do so," replied Ryanne, with gravity unassumed. Ah! Here come Mrs. Chedsoye and her daughter. If you don't mind, IH make myself scarce. I do not care to see them Just now. after your hav ing told them about the stolen Thlordes." Tm sorry," said George, rising eagerly. "It's all In the game," gallantly. George saw blm gracefully ma neuver nls way rouna ue crusn to ward the stairs leading to the bar. Really, he would like to know more about this amiable free-lance. As the old fellows used to say, he littler dreamed that destiny, one of those things from Pandora's box, was pre paring a deeper and more- Intimate acquaintance. And what has been amusing you. Mr. Jones r' asked Mrs. Chedsoye. 1 saw you laughing". I was talking with the rug chap. He's a droll fellow. He said that he had met you somewhere, but con cluded not to renew the acquaintance,' since I told him that his adventure In part was known to you." That Is fooiisn. 1 ratner enjoy meeting men of bis stamp. Don't you, Fortune?" Sometimes," with ' a dry little smile, v "I believe we have met him, mother. There was something fa miliar about his head. Of course, we saw him only from a distance." I do not think there is any real harm In him," said George. "What made me laugh was a singular propo sition he set before me. He said he owned stock In a concern called 'The United Romance and Adventure com pany;' and that for a specified sum of money, one eouid nave any adventure one pleased." '. , , " -,r:S Did you ever hear of such a thing?" cried the mother merrily. For tune searched her face keenly. . The United Romance and Adventure Com pany! : He must have been - Joklnavt What did you say his name Isr "Ryanne. Joking Is my Idea exact ly," George agreed. The scheme Is to plunge the stockholder Into a real live adventure, and then let blm pull himself out the best way he can. Sounds good. He added that this Tug business was an Instance of the suc cess of the concern. There goes the musio. Do you dance. Miss Ched soye?" "A little." Fortune was preoccu pied. She was wondering what lay behind Mr. Ryanne'a amiable Jeat "Go along, both of you," said Mrs. Chedsoye. "I am too old to dance. I prefer watching people." She sat down and arranged herself comfort ably. She was always arrar: ' her self comfortably; it was one of 11. a se crets of her r-prennlal youfh. She was very low , but George tad eyes for the daughter only. Mrs. Ched soye saw this, but was not in the least chagrined. "It is so many years since I tripped the light fantastic toe," George con fessed, reluctantly and nervotisSy, now thBt he had bravely committed fclm- s -if. "It Is quite r :K;!e that '7 El'on the V accent t -." will fca prl:; J .O.Ii-rwie-. She, couldn't hsve suggested any thing more to his liking. And so, after a little hurrying about the two young people went outside and began to promenade slowly up and down the mole. Their conversation was desul tory. George had dropped back Into his shell and the girl was not equal to the task of drawing him out Once he stumbled over a sleeping beggar, and would have fallen had ahe not caught him by the -arm. Thanks. 'Pm clumsy." "It's rather difficult to see them In the moonlight; their rags match the pavements." . 1 The Egyptian night that sapphlrtne darkness which the flexible Imagina tion peoples with lovely and terrible shades, or floods with mystery and ro mance and wonder, lay softly upon this strip of verdure aslant the des ert's face, the Valley of the Nile. The moon, round, brilliant strangely near, suffused the scarred old visage of the world with phantom silver; the stones of the parapet glowed dully, the pave ment glistened whltely, all things It touched with gentleness, lavishing beauty upon beauty, mellowing ugli ness or effacing It. The deep blue Nile, berlbboned with the glancing lights from the silent feluccas, curling musically along the sides of the frost- like dahabeahs and steamers, rolled on to the sea; and the blue-white are-lamps, spanning the Great Nile bridge, took the semblance of a pearl necklace. From time to time a cara van trooped across the bridge Into Cairo. , ' ' "Do you care for poetry, Mr. Jones?' "I? I used to write it" "And you aren't afraid to admit Itr "Well; I shouldn't confess the deed to every one," he answered frankly. "We all wtfte poetry at one time or another; but It's generally not consti tutional, and we recover." "I do not see why any one should be ashamed of writing poetry." ' "Ah, but there Is poetry and poetry. My kind and Byron's Is born of kin dred souls; but he was an - active genius, whereas, I wasn't even a pas sive one. In all great poets I find my own rejected thoughts, - as Emerson says; and that's enough for my slen der needs. ; Poets are rather uncom fortable chaos to have round. They are capricious. Irritable, temperament al, selfish, and usually demand all the attention." me little vocai stream died up again, and once more they listened to the magic sounds of the night She stopped abruptly to look over the para pet and his, shoulder met hers; after that the world to blm was never go ing to be the same again. Moonlight and , poetry; not the safest channels to sail uncharted. The girl was lonely, and George was lone ly, too. His longing had now assumed a definite .form; hers moved from this to that still Indefinitely. The quick ness with which this definition had come to George rather startled him. His first sight of Fortune Chedsoye had been but yesterday; yet, here he was, not desperately but consciously In love with her. ' The situation bore against all precepts; it ripped up his preconceived ideas of romance as a gale at sea shreds a canvas. He felt a bit panicky. He had always planned a courtship of a year or so, meetings, separations, and remeetlnga, pleasur able expectations, little Junkets to the aters and country places; 13 brief, to witness the rose grow and unfold. Somewhere he had read or beard that courtship wag the plummet which sounded the depths Of compatibility. He knew nothing of Fortune Ched soye. save that she was beautiful to his eyes, and that she was as different from the ordinary run of girls as yon der moon was from the stars. Again she stopped, leaning over the parapet and staring down at the wa ter swirling past the stone embank ment Mo did likewise, resting upon his folded arms. Suddenly his tongue became alive; and quietly, without hesitancy or embarrassment, he began to tell her of his school life, his life at home; And the manner In which he spoke of his mother warmed her; and she was strangely and wonder Ingly attracted. Of course, ,th mother meant the best lh the world when she gave me Perclval Algernon; and because she meant the beat I have rarely tried to hide them. What was good enough for Sal Put to Invaluable to Mankind Though as a Condiment It Should Be Em ployed Sparingly. If food is tasteless without salt It Is ruined with too much. Unappetizing cooking is often due to guesawork. A level teaspoon' il of salt is sufficient for a quart of soup, sauce, of vege table Salt used once a day la an excellent dentrlfrlce, ten - ? to kepp off tar tar. It Is sa 1 to retard rece:rg gums. A half teaspoot .1 of salt ad Jed to a cup of hot i sons t ': each ) r which many per- :g will make It p.-' ' .-. lie. I 1 rot gnr-" ".a salt wr.'or. i:. If; ,!: f :ns:,r It ! .'I- I'll i-oi.a ri: 1 her to give was good enough for me to keep. It Is simply that I have been foolish about It, supersensitive. I should have laughed and accepted the thing as a Joke; Instead, I made the fatal move of trying to run away and hide. But taking the name In full.1 lightly, "It sounds as Incongruous as playing Trafimerel on a steam-piano. He expected her to laugh, but'her heart was too full of the old ache. This young man, kindly, gentle, Intel ligent, If shy, was a love-child. And she? An offspring, the loneliest of the lonely, the child that wasnt want ed. Many a time she had thought of flinging all to the winds, of running away and hiding, where they never should And her, of working with her own hands for her bread and butter. Little they'd have eared. But always the rebel spirit died within her as she stepped outside the villa gates. Tdj certain assured comforts, things of which she was fond, things to which she was used, she couldn't do It she Just couldn't Morally and physically she wss a little coward. ', "Let us go in," she said sharply. Another moment and she would have been In tears. ' . - CHAPTER VII. Ryanne Tables His Cards. During this time Mr. Chedsoye, the major, Messrs. Ryanne and Wallace, officers and directors In the United Romance and Adventure Company, Ltd.. sat In the major's room, round the boudoir-stand which had tempo rarily been given the dignity of a table. The scene would not have been without Interest either to the specula tive physiognomist or to the dramat ist To each It would have represent ed one of those astonishing moments when the soul of a person comes out Into the open, as one might express It Incautiously, to be revealed In the ex pressions of the eyes and the mouth. These four persons were about going forward upon a singularly desperate and unusual enterprise. From now on they were no longer to fence with one another, to shift from this toplo to that with the indirect maneuvers of a house-cat Intent upon the quest of the Friday mackerel. The woman's face was alive with eagerness; the J oldest man looked from one to the I "It's the Excltemsnt of Getting It other with earnest calculation; Wal lace no longer hid his cupidity; Ryanne's immobility of countenance was In Itself a tacit admission to the burning of all his bridges that be might become a part of this conclave. Varied Uccs embroidery - cottons soak them In strong salt water. An excellent tonic for nervous peo ple is to take salt rubs twice a day. As sea salt dissolves slowly, some of it can be kept in solution in a glass Jar to be ready when needed. When a child ia inclined to bow 1p-s or to have a weak back, rub it night and morning with strong sa'.t water. . A f.d(d carpet Is freshened if wiped c T with a wet cloth, wrung from strocg salt water. EprinUe floor with d.u . 1 ga't and wwp well. I' 1 dyspepsia can be helped by dia-sohi.'-g pinches of salt on the tongue after e&un;, or when there Is a sense of oppression. T t 'I 7 1 "Smuggling," said the major, with prudent lowering of voice, evidently continuing some previous debate, "smuggling is a fine art. a keen sport ing proposition; andthe consequences of discovery are never serious. What's a fine of a thousand dollars against the profits of many successful excur sions Into the port of New Tork? Nothing, comparatively. For several years, now, we have carried on this business with the utmost adroitness. Never have we drawn serious atten tion. We have made two or three blunders, but the suspicions of the secret-service were put to sleep upon each occasion. We have prospered. Here Is a gem. let us say, worth on this sld a thousand; over there we sell It for enough to give us a clean profit of three or four hundred. Forty per cent upon our Investment That ought to be enough for any reasonable person. Am I right?" Mrs. Chedsoye alone was unrespon sive to this appeal. "I continue, then. We are making enough to lay by something for our old age. And that's the only goal which never loses Its luster. But this affair!" Talk, talk." said Mrs. Chedsoye Im patiently. , "My dear Kate, allow me to relieve my mind." "Tou have done so till the topic Is threadbare. It Is rather late In the day to go over the ground again. Time Is everything Just now." "Admitted. But this affair, Kate, It big; big with dangers, big with pit falls; there Is a hidden menace In ev ery step of It Mayhap death; who knows? The older I grow, the more I cling to material comforts, to enter prises of small dangers. However, as you Infer, there's no going back now." "No," assented Ryanne, his mouth hard; "not It I have to proceed alone." She smiled at him. "Tou talk of danger." speaking to the major. "What danger can there ber "The unforeseen danger, the danger of which we know nothing, and there fore are unable to prepare for It Tou do not see It my dear, but It Is there, nevertheless." Wallace nodded approvingly. Ry anne shrugged. "Failure Is practically Impossible. And I went excitement; I crave It as you men crave your tobacco." and Coming Away Unscathed." "And there we are. Kate. It really Isn't the gold; it's the excitement of getting It and coming away unscathed. If I could only get you to look at all sides of the affair! . It's the Rubicon." (TO BET CONTINUED.) The Time of Her Life. The new colored domestic fresh from Kentucky, took her first "Thurs day afternoon off" and failed to re turn to prepare the seven o'ciock din-, ner tor the family. Next morning she reappeared rather "donuie." "Why, Slbble," said the lady of the house, "you look sick. What Is the matter?" "Tes'm, I done been Bick, awful sick, but it was wuth lt Dat dollah you given me, I spent every cent of. It an' I done had de time of my lift What I done with it? Well, missus, I tell de truf an' no more'n tie truf. I bof.at ten glasses of soda and went to tea of does movable plctuh shows, i'y, my, one caln't have no slch time in Kalntucky." Indianapolis News. In pat Berth. Towne No; Grafton doesn't work at all now. Erowne He doesn't? Why, when I knew i ' n he seemed to be a young rn!i considerable push, . . tn A'! t' -t's c' -- 1 !". Atlanta, Oa. To give practical aid to live stock growers along Its lines, the Southern Railway Company has secured (he services of two experts la animal husbandry; Dr. Walter Sor rell, who will be stationed at Greens boro, N. C, and will work In Virginia, North and South Carolina; and Dr. C. D. Lowe, who will be stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., and, will work la Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ken tucky, and Mississippi They will be ' known as assistant live stock agent and will report to Mr. F. L. Word, live stock agent Atlanta, Ga. ' Both Dri Sorrell and Dr. Lowe have had years of practical experience In animal husbandry work. Both have been In the service of the United States government ard are thorough ly conversant with conditions through out the Southeastern states. V The duties of these men will be to advise farmers as to feeding, breeding and caring for live atock under con ditions that exist In the territory along the Southern Railway, to assist farm ers In organising live stock clubs and associations,' to give -practical demon strations, and to be at the service of farmers without any cost to them, giving any Information, rendering as sistance, and co-operating In any man ner that will tend to aid and encour age the raising of more and better live stock. - - SILO REDUCES FEED, COST How to Build a Good One With Ordin ary Farm Tools Told In Southern Railway Folder. How the average farmer, using or dinary farm tools, at an expense of only (65.00 can, construct a silo with a capacity of SS tons enough' silage to feed 20 cows 40 pounds per day tor four months Is told In a booklet Just gotten out by the Live Stock Depart ment of the Southern Railway, a copy of which will be mailed free to any farmer addressing request for same to Mr. F. L. Word, Live Stock Agent, boutbern Railway Building, Atlanta, Ga. v "Where there Is Live Stock on the Farm There Shout be a Silo" Is the title of this booklet which tells of the advantage to the farmer of having a silo and the great saving which It enables him to make in the cost of winter feeding for his live stock. The figures given are taken from the prac tical experience of a Tennessee farm er who built a silo on 'the lines indi cated twenty years ago, who finds It as good as new, today, and feels that It has paid for Itself many times over every year. ' y , Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has . recently declared that the Southeast era states constitute the ideal section of the United States for . live stock raising and must be looked to In fu ture years for the nation's food sup ply. To stimulate interest in the live stock Industry and to aid farmers to successfully follow this line, the Southern Railway has established Its Live Stock Department which Is giv ing undivided atten,Uon to this work. ' Production of Copper In 1912. Washington. Statistics and esti mates received by the United States geological survey from all plants known to produce blister copper from -domestic ores and from all lake mines indicate that the copper output of the United States In 1912 exceeds that of any previous year in the history of the industry. Not only is the total output the largest ever recorded, but six of the large . copper-producing state Arizona, Michigan, Utah, Ne vada, New Mexico, and Alaska have each exceeded all former records of production, white Montana and Ten nessee have nearly equaled their pre vious record productions. - , The figures showing smelter produc tion from domestic ores, which have Jeen collected by B. 8. Butler, of the geological survey,- represent the ctual production of ' most of the companies for eleven months and an estimate of the December output " , Taft Order, May Be Revoked. 'Washington. President Wilson's ad visers have hit upon solutions of two of the political problems confronting: the Administration, which promised to be most troublesome what kind of Democrats shall get plums from the political tree and how thousands of Democrats can be given a fighting chance at least to get near the tree. Within the next few days Postmaster General Burleson Is expected to pre sent for the President's consideration a plan which will open to Democrats the 35,000 third and fourth class post pnasterships covered into the civil service recently ordered by Mr. Taft Wants Aid of Progressive Forces. Washington. President WJlson be gan his campaign for the support of progressive Republicans In the new Congress. He arranged to consult with Senator LaFollette at the White House when legislative policies. Includ ing tariff and conservation measures will be discussed. The president will consult the progressive Republican group in Congress freely and endeavor to obtain their aid in pushing" through progressive legislation. The corfor ence with Senator LaFollette win be forcmuoer of other conferences. People of Napoleon. San Francisco. While the Critten den Memorial Society of San Francisco was running dowa a reputed grandson of Napoleon Bon;-.; arte in Los Angeles, other defendants of the great Corsican came to light around San Francisco Bay. All are children .of the late John Gordon, a San Francisco jeweler, who the Crittenden Society aSlrins, a son of Napoleon, born at Ft. 1 . Ap"s"on v ' t f t ; ' ' r
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