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JOURNAL.JKA^^iiiikl). N. C. dr C^IAPTER IV—CoatmMd 1 reri' Vi >-10— Bm tli« Udy Haiiet de’ flonvantl Bcver li«ard ids last words. She Ml « step, and rested, as if*^ sup port, against one of the d^nattve (tUara of the porrh. Her/nce bad' become deathly white, her eyes stared f dotty at the soldier, “Bhat . , . What Is hts name, did yoo say?” she faltered. **Lorenso Oastrocaro—a captain of * Valentlntds’ ” he repeated. ‘lAjrenso Castrocaro?” she said in her tom, but on her lips the name seemed another, so differently did she Otter It “Ay, Madonna." he replied. Snddenly she gripped his arm, so that she hort him. "And he Is wounded—to the death?” she cried with a sudden fierceness, as It seemed to him. “Nay; not wounded. He Is to die, having been captured. That Is all. Messer Tolentlno will have bi™ Jump from the rock. Yon will have a good view from the battlements. Ma donna. It Is—” She released his arm, and fell back from him In horror, cutting short his praise of the entertainment provided. •*^ke me to your captain,” sh^ commanded. He stared at her. bewildered. “And ttie priest?” he Inquired. “Let that wait Take me to your captain.” The command was so Imperious that dw^ not disobey her. He bowed, mottoing in his beard, and, turning, arent up the passage again, and so out Into the courtyard, the lady and h« women following. Across the Intervening space Ma donna Bianca’s eyes met the proud igance of Me^r Lorenso’s, and saw m sudden abatement oi that pride, saw,the faint flush that stirred at sight of her in those paie cheeks. For to the young man this was a star ring vparltlon, seeing that—as Ce- sare Borgia had been careful tc pro vide—he bad no knowledge or even snqiicion of her presence in San Leo. A moment she paused, looked at htan, her soul in her eyes; then she swept forward, past Bernardo, her women ever following her. Thus came she, very pale but very resolute of mien, to the captain of her fortress. ' Messer Tolentlno bowed profoundly, nfleovmlng, gtnd at once explained the altuatlaa. "Here is a young adventurer, Ma- dtmna, whom we naptured last night within these walls,” said he. "He is n captain in the service of Cesare' B»gia.” , She looked at the prisoner again standing rigid before her, and from the prisoner to her officer. “How came he hereT* she asked, her v(flce curiously strained./ “He climbed the rock on the south ern side at the risk of his neck,” said Tolentlno. “And what sought he?" “’Tls what we cannot precisely as certain," Tolentlno admitted. "Nor will be tell us. IVhen captured last ni^t he pretended to be an envoy from Duke Guidobaldo, which plainly be was not That was but a subler- frigh to escape the consequences of his rashness.” And the captain explained, with a pardonable parade of his own shrewd ness, how he had at once perceived that had Messer Lorenzo been what he pretended, there would have been BO need for him to have come to San Leo thus, in secret. “Nor need to risk his neck,'as you have said, by climbing the southern side, had he been employed by Cesare Borgia,” said the lady, ‘That is too hasty a conclusion, Ma- dmina," ^lentlno answered. "It 'Is only on the southern side that It is possible to climb the wall; and along the summit Itself there Is no w’ay round.” “To what end, then, do yon con ceive that he came?” ‘T'o what end? Why, to what end but .to betray the cattle into the hands of the Borgia troops?” cried Tolen- tlnOi a little out of patience at such 1^ superfluity of questions. “You have phwf of that?" she asked him, a rising inflection In her voice. ‘To common sense no proof is need ed of the obvious,” said he senten- tlously, snorting a little as he spoke, out of his resentment of this feminine interference In men's affairs. “We •re about to fling him back the way be came," be ended with ^a certain grim finality. But Madonna Blanca paid little heed to his manner. By’ Rafizel Sabatini (ODPTVlirbtll WNUSarrio* He had weighed them, seeking to re solve the riddle they contained, and— .be it confessed at once—wondering how be might turn the matter to his profit In this present desperate pass. 1 fear you may discover Here some thing of the villain in Messer Lorenzo. And I admit that he showed himself but little a hero of romance in that his first thought now was bow he might turn to account the lady’s.In terest In’ him. But if It was not ex actly heroic, it was undeniably hu man. and. if I have conveyed sto you any notion that Messer Castrocaro was anything more than quite ordi narily human, then my task has been ill performed Indeed. It was not so much his love of her as his love of himself, youth’s natu- ral love of life, that now showed him how he might Induce her to open a door - for bis escape from the peril «at encompassed him; And yet, lest you should come to think more ill qf him than he deserves, you are to re member that he had raised his eyes to her iqng since, although accounting her far beyond his adventurer's reach. She looked at him in silence for a moment. Then, with a calm too com plete to be other than assumed, she spoke. “Will you give me your arm to the battlements, Messer Lorenzo?” A scarlet flush leapt to his cheeks; he stepped forward briskly to her side. Tolentlno would still have In terposed. ' "Consider, Madonna,” he be^n. But she waved him ^remptorily hsHle; and, after all, she was the mis tress In San Leo, . Side by,side the prisoner and the lady paramount moved away toward the staircase that led up to the em battled parapet. Tolentlno growled his impatience, cursed himself for be- She Looked gt Him in'Silence for a Morpent. Ing a woman’s lackey, dismissed his men In a rage, ajid sat- down by the well In the center of the courtyard to await the end of that precious in terview. ♦ Leaning on the embattled wall, looking out over the vast, sunlit Emli- lan plain. Madonna Blanca broke at last the long spell of silence that had endured between herself and Castro caro. "I have brought you here, Ser Lo renzo,” she said, “that you m^y tell me the true object of your visit to San Leo.” Her eyes were avefted from his face, her ftosom heaved gently, her voice quivered never so slightly. He cleared his throat to answer her. His resolve was now clear and defi nite. “I can tell you what I did not come to do. Madonna,” he answered, and his accents were almost harsh,, yi did not come to betray you Into the hands of your enemies. Of that 1 here make oath as I hope for the sal vation of my soul.” It may seem perjury at the first glance; yet It was strictly true, if not "Not until I am satisfied that his Intentions were as you say," she re-i l«o or plied; and her^ tone was every whit" W firm as his. and was Invested with • subtle reminder that, she was the mistress paramount of San Leo, and be no more than the castellan. Tolentlno glower^ and shrugged. “Oh, as yoo please, Madonna. Yet 1 would make bold to remind you that iny ripe txperlence teaches me best bow to deal with soch^ a matter.” The girl looked that war-worn vet eran boldly in the eye. ; “Rnowledge, sir captain, is surely •f more account than mere experl- coce.^ Jaw foil.* “You meaq.that you—tha* yon have ktovledge of why he ' Tt is poasible,” said she, rad turned tb^ astonished captain to the more astoAHbed prisoner, itlly she stepped up to Messer .p'hose deep sapphire eyes as they regarded her, re- aome of the amazement in w listened to ber words; the whole truth. As we have seen, he had not dreamt that she was in San that in delivering up the castle to Della Votpe’s men he would be delivering up Madonna Blanca. Had be known of her presence, he would noL it is certain, have accept ed the task. Therefore was be able to swear as be had done, and to swear trniy,. though he suppressed some truth. "That much I’think I knew,” she annyered gently. ' ^ The words and the tone if they snrprlssd..bim emboldened hii| in his deceit, nrged him .along ttie path to which already he had set his foot At no other time—considering what be was, and what she—^would he haver dared so much. But his was now the courage of the desperate. He stood to die, and nothing in life daunts him who is face .to face with death. -He threw boldly t^at he might fit the eleventh hour win back tbei right |o live. "Ah, ask me not why I came," he implored her hoarsely. “I have dared ,much, thinking that I dared all. But now—here before you, under thfe glance of your angel eyes—my cour age falls me. ITim become a coward who was not afraid when they bro\ight me out to die.' “Look, Madonna.” He held out his hands, bruised, swollen and gashed. “I am something ip this state fr^ head to foot.” He turned. “Look yonder.” And he pointed down the sheer face of the cliff. “That way I came last night—in the dark, risking death at every step. You see that ledge, where there Is scarce roona to stand. Along that ledge I crept, to yonder wider spach, and thence 1 leapt across that little gulf.” * She shuddered as she followed his tale. “ByNhat crevice I came upward, tear ing kn^es and elbows, and so until I had gained the platform oiv the south ern eide, there." _ " "How brave I” she cried. - "How .madT'.said he. “I show you this that you may know what courage then was mine, ^hat indomitable Ihi- pulse drove me hither. You would not think. Madonna, tbal having braved so much, I should falter ndw, rad yet—” He stopped, and covered his face with his hands. She drew nearer, sidling toward him. "And yet?” said she softly and eoconragingly. “Oh! I dare not!" he cried out "I was mad—mad!” And then by-chance his tongue stumbled upon the very word$i to suit his case, "indeed, 1 do dot know what was the spirit of mad ness that possessed me.” He did not 'know! She trembled from head to foot at that admission. He did not know! Bnt she knew. She knew, and hence the confidence with which she bad interposed to brush Tolentlno aside. For had he died, had the executioner driven him over the ledge In that horrible death- leap, it would have been ber hands that had destroyed him. >• For was It not she who had be witched him? Was it not she who had drugged him with a l6ve-phllter— the ellxirium aureum procured .from Messer Corvinus Trismegistus? Did .^^she not know that it was that elixir, burning fiercely and nnappeasably in his veins, that had possessed him like a madness and brought him thither, reckless of 1 all danger, so that be mfght come to her? «“Poor—poor Lorenzo 1”. she mur mured fondly. He started round and stared at her, very white, “Oh, Madonna!” he cried, and sank upon one knee before her. “You have surprise my secret—ray unutterable secret! Ah, let me go! Let them huri me, from the rock, and so end my wretchedness!” It was Blrpremely well done, the vil lain knew; and she were no woman but a very harpy did she now permit his death; He was prepared for a pitying 'gentleness toward an afflic tion which she must now suppose her -own beauty, had Inspired, and so he had idoked Jor a kindly dismissal. But he •was not prepared for any such answer as she made hinh “Dear love, what are you saying? Is there no other happiness fo^: you save that of death? Have I «!\owu anger? Do I know aught but gladness that for me you should have dared so much?” He gave utterance to his overmas tering amazement. “Oh, It Is impossible!’’ he cried; and this time there was no acting In his cry. "Whaf Is Impossible?” quoth she; and, setting her hands under his el bows, she raised him gentlr from his kneeling posture. “What Is Impos- slble?” she repeated when they stood face to face once more. (TO BB CONTINUBD.) r 'fidy itofit fa Pciultry Rfasing Best Records in i,Illinois Show Avera|:CGain of ' $2.45 on Each Hen^ »x»x>x»x»x»x»x«x»x»x»x»x»x«r»x>x»x»x»x»x»x»x»x»x»x»x' Sasrings That Cannot Be Termed Gallant DOW A Spanish rhyme runs—Were /a woman as little as she is good, pea pod would make her a gown rad a hood. An old English saying—If a man lose a woman rad a farthing, be will be sorry be lost the farthing. French adage—A man of straw Is worth a woman of gold. German—There are only two /good women In the world—one dead, rad the other can't be found. - • Scotch—Honest men marry soon, wise men never, In Fife they' say—The next best thing to no wife Is a good wife. Arabian—Words are women; deeds are men. A Persian sage says that a woman’s wisdom is under her heel. The Persian asserts that women and dragons are best out of the world. Qprslcan-Just as a gOod and a bad horse both need the spur, a good and a bad woman both need the stick. —Londbn Tlt-Blts. Nicotine in Tobp''co The percentage of nicotine varies with the kind of tobacco and with the district in which if^ is grown. Our domestic^ “cabbage’-fBaf’ brand con tains froih ,94 to 5 per cent of nico tine. This ou the authority of the United States pepartmen^ AgrlcuL ture. The French/department of agrl. culture states that it ihfds 2.2 to lO.ii gr. In tobacco examined their ex perts. Chickens may be a side llne on some forms, but 234 Illindis farmers who' (!d%l>erated last yea^”WJth the exten slon service of the collefp'of agricul ture, University of-Illinois, in/kec^ing records on their floqks realized total profits of $43,778.01 Itom their poultry raising, acesrding to summary of their records prepared by John Van dervort, poultry extension specialist. Receipts and Expenses. The total labor income ' which the farmers realized from their poultry amounted to |66,588.S4. Cash receipts frpnregga atone amounted to $86,154.70, v^hile the sale of market poultry brought in cash receipts totalling $42,- 778.78. The total cash receipts from all sources amounted, to $148,598.07. The bill for chicken feed on the 234 record farms amounted to $73,276.26. Thpre were 39,126 chickens kept on the 234 record farrti, while 4,164,568 eggs- were laid. This was 347.047 dozj eggs, 11,568 cases or a little more than 28 j|i;arloads of eggs of -400 pses each. The object of the flock record proj ect, under which the records were kept, is to point out success-ptomoting practices In farm poultry raising. In this connection the summary of the recqrds brings out some striking con trusts between the best one-thiiM of the records rad the poorest one-third. In the case of egg production per hen, I for Jnstrace, the average for that third of the records which were best was 118 eggs a hen, while the average for the poorest one-third was 100 eggspj^ a hen, or one rad one-half dozens a year ■^lespi. With eggs at 30 cepts a dozen, the average income from the .hens In the poorest one-third of the records, therefore, would average 45 cents less a year than that from the hens in the best oqe-thlrd of the records, Vandervort pointed out Culled Flocks Best. Farmers who turned in the Tiest one- third of the records culled out 63 per cent of their hens while those who turned in the poorest reco^s culled only 40 per cent. Only 11 per cent of the hens died on the farms making up tlie best one-third, while i4- per cent died qn the. poorest one-thlrA Perhaps the most striking difference between the best one-third and the poorest one- third 'of the records was in point of profitg from each hen. Farms from which the best records came realized an average profit of $2.'4.5 on each hen, Vhlle -’Hfiiat one-third of the ^farms which had the poorest records realized an average profit of six-tenths of (me cent on each hen. The best one- third showed meat receipts of $1.68 a hen in contrast to 88 cents from the poorest one-third, while the feed cost per hen on the best farm recor(J)r was $2.01 as compared to $1.99 on the prar- est cne-third. In otl^er words. It coqt the farmers who had the poorest rec ords about the same for feed as It did those who had the best re(K>rds, Van- dervorl said^. Farmers who turned in 'that one-third of the records which were best realized an average of $1.41 return for each hour of tlielr labor, while those who turned in the poorest records got only 25 cents for each hour or their labor. ' Close cuUIng dld/lts full share to- ward! boosting the profits of the farm ers who turned in the,best one-third of the records, Vandervort believes. These best flocks paid a profit of $2.4,5 a hen, while the poorest Slocks paid less than one cent a hei). In the best flocks, 63 per cent of the original number of chickens were culled out and disposed of during the year, while in the poorest flocks only 40 per cent ^f the birds were culled. Booklet Describes ^ Best Uses for Salt Ad^uate Supply Cat tle Develop Better/^ (Preparad tha United BUitaa Pepartmant -- . at Aarievltura;) x Why and how salt should be used for grazing fli^imals is told In a new publication, “The Use of Salt In Range Management,” jnst Issued by the United States Depattmeat of Agri culture. The auth^iA, w. R. GhapUne and M, W. Talbot of the forest serrice have brought together the results of experimental work, careful observa tions, rad studies of existing prac tices In the salting of live stock on western ranges. ^ “With an adequate quantity of . jBalt,”f they say, “grazing animals de- 4reIop better than they woul|d otlier- wlae, are more contented, find, are^ more easily handled. Also, -proper quantity and distribution of salt qn the range go a long way toward con trolling the grazing of live stock and obtaining satisfactory use and main tenance of the forage.” In addition to describing the re sults of actual experiments, the book let gives many details regarding the oper salt allowances, kinds and des of salt to use, kind and con-/ structlon of salt containers, and the’' principles of adequate range salting methods for cattle, horses, sheep and goats. The use of proper salting In the control, distribution and range management of cattle Is given spe cial attention. The ^iTCTilar, numbered 379-D Is now available free, as Ibng as' the supply lasts, upon application to the United States Department of Agri culture, Washington,. D. G., or upon application to any district dflice of the/ forest service. Follbxring. the exhaustion of the free supply the pamphlet can be pur chased from the -superintendqnt of pnbllc documents, Washington, O. 0, for 10 c^ts « copy. v- . 'VS'I \ "People wfio are cateful of healdi and sttengdi on Wrigte/a ^ Oiewiag Sweets. Because buddes being • delightful confection, doffir^tectb of food particles and aiu ^esdonl It rem(rtta odota of gating or smoking. ' . Mouth cleanliness benefits young and old. Pcppcmdnt!- « PlaTOV G142 Notion That Farm Seeds Run Out Is Dispelled The old notion that seed runs* out if grown many years In succession on a single farm and that new seed must be brotj|ght in by purchase or by trad ing with the nelghbora has been wril dispelled from the minds of farmers. This Idea was one of the worst ob stacles to the rause of good seed and It took years oi education rad demon stration to convince crop growers that was all wrong. Now,' Instead of trading seed rad getting some of the breeding of which Is unknown an'd which may introduce weeds onto his own farm, the grower keeps his seed clean, grows pure-bred varieties, cleans and grades his seed Jihoroughly withv the fanning mill to get rid of the small weak kernels and any foreign seed, and as a result has high grade of pure-bred seed adapted to his particular conditions by being grown and selected on his own farm. ~ The effort to provide farmers with good seed, harried on by the Wiscon sin Agricultural Experiment associa tion, has not only gone far toward accempllshing this purpose, but has made the state an ontstaiidlng source ^ supply for I seed gi-ain. Cheu’ it ‘after every' men! Chlorine Bomb tor Home • A VdilorIne.^gas bomb has Just been perfected by a couple of chemists of San Francisco by which the sanje resuUs may be obtained in a treat ment at home' as that provided by mord elaborate apparatus. AH that Is necessary is for the patient suffer ing from a cold to sit in a. (dosed room for an hour after breaking oft the ends of ttie gas bomb, which Is a glass globe filled with pure, filtered chlorine gas. The escaping gas mingles with the air of ttie room and. It la claimed, will cure a stubborn cold. i Cultleura for Pimply Faces. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cutlcura Ointment. Wash qff In five minntes with Outl- enra Soap and hot water. Once clear keep your skin clear by using them for dally toilet purposes. Don’t fall tb In clude Cutlcura TalcAm. Advertisemeitt ■ I ■ 1 Auto Enthueiaete Martha’s Vineyard, , an island 25 miles long and 5 miles wide, claims the largest'per capita antomobile own ership in the United States. The Is land has a population of 4,720 and there is one antomobil^^ to every 3.77 persons. West Tlsbury, one of the largest towns on the iisirad, having a population of 882; has one automo. ■' r bile to every 2.7 persons. I Joyous Hours “Is Bernice happily married?” “Yes, indeed, her husband’s nwa} most of the time.” v I V f.njoH GOOD HEALTH r Kafir for Dairy Feed A very sUght advantage found in ground corn as cpmpared with ^ound kafir during tests conducted at the Kansas Agrlcultura4 college. How ever, the advantage in producing milk and butterfat was very small. One was practically as good as the other in maintaining body weights. A basal ra tion of alfalfa hay aed sorgo allage was used. In addition the cows re ceived a grain ration consisting of four parts of the grain to be compared, two parts of wheat bran and one part of linseec^ oil meal. ' 7=" Grease Cures Lice If your chicks begin to shov/ signs of having some secret*-’ sorrow and seem wcAtried and unthrifty and nerv ous, examine them carefully for head lice. The head louse Is a peculiar pargslte and quite destructive. There la a sure and easy remedy for him. He cannot endure grease. Rub the beads of affected chicks with lard aft er you have verified the presence of bead lice by examination, and they will get almost immediate relief. Do this again in a week. -Hogs Utilize By-^Products Hogs utilize the animal by-products of the farm which would otherwise be wasted, such as milk and dairy waste, garbage, and the peat' from apimals lost on the farm. Moreover,rthey con sume profitably garden waste, the non-marketable grains, and the feeds made from the by-products of animal slaughter. Hogs multiply more rap- {(hy than any other farm animal, and may prepared tor market more quickly than any other animal. Feed for Young Calf Until the calf is about one month of age it should Jbe fed sparingly about four to six pounds a day. The milk can be fed morning and evening. Some persons prefer feeding young calves three or four times a day, but this Is not necessary unless the calf is a w-eakling. By the time the calf Is ia month old the milk can be increased gradually, so that by the time it is six weeks bid it can be receiving ten to fifteen pounds a day. Turkey Ii^^Dainty Eater Turkeys are naturally dainty eat ers. Not only as to quantity, but also as to quality. The turkey’s food must be clean, or it sickens and dies. Glean food and live meat Is the lure free raqge holds ffr turkeys. It Is not proved that they won’t live and thrive in confinement, but the flocks''‘of tur keys thatvhave thrived, though fenced in comparatively small quarters, have been given free range conditions as to fresh air, cleanliness and food. FARHJIDTES M(iney spent In culling chickens Is money saved. Who pays for advertising? Nobody, It pays for itself. Tell the world what you have to sell. —• * * * . All work and no play makes Jack' a dull farmer boy. Give the whole family a vacation this year. • • It Is npt too late to thin fruit on trees that set heavily. The color, size and general quality will be improved by thinning. ^cld soils need an application of lime before seeding to alfalfa. Your farm bureau or^ state agricultural col- legKjrill ^est your soil. rad ^OCCCM Relieves constipation, tiiliousness, sick headache A SAFE, DEPEJIDABLE LAXH1VS Mofaer! Many Baby Ailments Can Be Easily Avoided ' ■Teethlns Is an ordeal that is most painful to babies at any time. But In. summer the trials of teething are worse, for baby le so likely to suftef' Intensely with stomach and bowel troubles. ■ I luch of baby's terrors and mother’s anxiety can be avoided, however, ir ^ethlna is used reguUrly. 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