ep«n*s*ra preTatl* / «IUtri« to Wtmtrv t the •intcrr bouodarj » to tb* slope* of ;be Bockj » tbe foram bote boon bus} | weoks «j> ooedlbx operation* , er«j for W**!*nj Can' il*. ’ n flooBl one. TUreoblnt td at on MHr date and R of fbtt plow!a* made ready n fifteen to t-aeoty-five pet e than to any year to 7 ot tiw co«t,try. Tbere i reedy for aeedlns tbh bi aereace away beyond any*

e farmers there. Molatore were good, a was to the e ettodlUas. Mow tractors rati.wi thiin to ae parts or tn* , boweeer. there vrat a rtaje of labor, but to the the country ae a ntloofc was bricht wmmak * wed nn-'er F part of Western Canad* h of Atrfl. Tho prac'i to that country te xw ai the frost is ci< vongh to allow the few » be worked op web. « ground may rtlll Lw a tbto Croat the yound r wheat roots got tfca mols-

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i day* of aprto* and of bar

• wtth it ihaw the f root out t pay to the growiaf [ moisture a.* « to needed. f BOUttHO to a one of the a why Western Canada has mona as a whMt-pro> What may be said : can as truly be said of r, and yea. In fact, corn, d and strong growth Is stim- | fhl* manner. Hi-ary spring • after seeding to e grain well above ground, a i-eport has been received, □ 20. that a farmer nWr Cahad IS) acres of ; and sturdy wheat whoa it to oxi will be produced a i crop Af wheat 1 weigh out Its the measured t wheat conditions rop-

Oneda hat jthls spring thcuMnd bushels of Marthe variety that holds * world'* championships, to t It to to be tried .at » thousand bushels the r has been sent to Francs 1 for seed. t lands of Woatern Canads Ibly the most underralned ol |bf continent. raUveli small acreage rf nads s lands hss been sold s fSO an acre. The greatei ’ the best farming land tn >v -d state me” ■* purchased i acre. The coin"-uia'-: bo e prices and an annual rev <1 from grain-growing stone ■yields end present prieei. cat | firml. Impress one with tb« I of a rrpld Increase wlthto

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8 FOOT'EASE DOES .T. • shoe* pinch or your rorn* *■ h get Allan* Fooi-Bae*. II »o»S«r to U* (haken into sho —Oed In the fooi-h«tb it w„ ■Minx out of com* and bunien* Rsetani relief to Tlre«. A.'hlny ■ Trn<!*i feet. Sold everywhere kc. — f (.tarKste -ASr.

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What •attar t ■at to your hicbeat amblttoo' I fact one and 1u»t reieaaed

CHAFTUt XVi CSthmssL “One day the ol' ^u‘re got me to dig thto gnman' past up tha haadstoce an' tben h* toT me the story. He turned the poor gal tut o' doors. Otd V ZMMlt Et was la the night—yto. slr--U woo In the night that he sent her sway. Goldsrn hint! Ha didn't hare no toor* httsct than a graaalmpper-no. •tr-not a hih Z cegdd f brained Mb with ay shovel, bat I didn't. T Potud out where the gal had guns an* I fullered het—yto I did—found her la the noorhoaae way over on Pnatoey Hlli—eh huh! She Jeff put her arras ‘round my seek an* cried an' cried. I geese twaa ’cause I,looked Mad o’ frfemay—uh fash' I toT her rite ahoedd coma right ever to our house (in' stay Jest as long as she wanted to as open as atfe got well—

yto sir. Id'1.

“She was rick all sumr-er lohg— Mud o* out o' her head, ye know, tn' I need to go over hossback an' take things fer her to eat. An* one day when I was over there they was wonderin' whit Uwy wax goto' to do with her Bttie baby. T took It in my arms m be gel dammed If It didn’t grab . ..'.d o’ say note an’ hang on nice a puppy to a hoot.' When they tried to take it away tt grabbed its fingers Into my wfclAnrs an’ hollered like a panther—yto sir. WaL ye know I Jes* fetched that liule baby boy home to my arms, ay nhl My wife scolded me like ham HU1—yls. sir—she had five

I tor her I was goto’ to

take It back to a day er two but after U had been to the bouse three days ye couldn't ‘s’ pulled it away from her

wtth s windlass.

“We brought him op an' be wax alwnas a good boy. We called him Enoch—Enoch Bone—did ye ever bear

the nameT"

“‘No.'

1 didn’t think twas likely but I’m alwtias bopto’. • Early that fall Kate got better an’ left Che poorbouae afoot Went away sotnewheres—nobody knew where. Some said she'd crossed the lake an* gone away over Into York state, some Raid she'd droaasd herself. By*m by we'beard that rim’d gone way over Into St Lawrence county where Silas Wrlgut lives an’ where young QrlmBhaw had settled down after he got “Wal. 'boot five year ago the agnire buried his second wife—there 1U over In there bade o’ Kate's with the little apeckled angel on tt Nobody had the squire outside o' his boose for years until the funeral—he was crippled so with rheumatlx- After that ha lived all 'tone to the big house with ol' Tom Llnney an’ his wife, wbo’ve worked there for ’bout forty year. I “Wal. sir, fnst we knew Kata war there to the boose livin’ with her father. We wouldn't 'a' knowad It. than. If it hadn't been that Tom Llnney come over one day an’ said be guessed the ol’ squire wanted to sac me—no, air, we wouldn't—tor the squire ain't sociable an’ the neighbors never darken his door. She must 'a' come to the night. Jest as she went—nobody see her go an’ nobouy see her come, an* that's a face Wal, one day las' tall after the leaves was off an* they could ape a comer o’ my house through the boshes, Tom was walkin' the ol' man ’round the room. All to once be stopped an' p’feted at my bouse through the winder an' kep' p'totln'. lorn come over an' said he callated the squire wanted to see me. So I west there. Kate Bet me at the door. Gosh 1 How old an' kind o' broke down she looked! Bat I knew her the minute I set my eyes oo her^-ub huh—an'

uy hand like aha wanted to tell ms that she hadn't forgot, but she never said a word—not a word. The ol’ squire had the palsy, so't be couldn't use his hands an' his throat waa paralysed- -couldn't speak nor nothin'. Where do ye suppose ha waa when Z

found himr

“to bed!” I asked. “No. sir—no, rirse! Ha wm —that's where be waa-reg'lsr oT fashioned. down-east hell, burnln’ with fire an hrlmston, that he'd had the agency for an’ had recommend .d to every sinner, to the neighborhood. He waa settin’ in his room. God o' lar’el I You otto 's' seen the notions he made with his hands an' the way ha tried to apeak when I went in there, but all I could hear waa Jest a long yell an' a Mod of a ratito to his throat. Heavens an’ alrthl bow deepertt ha triad to spit out Ue thing that was gnawin' hU vitals. Agin an' agm he'd try to tell me. Lord Oodl bow be did wotk T “All to once It come acroet me -vhst he wanted—quick as ye could say seat. He wanted to have Kate's bradstun took down an’ put away—that's what he wanted. The stun wus kind o' toyin' on his stummlck an' painin' of him day an' night. He couldn't slat*' It. He knew that be waa goto' to df.., :nf •ooe an' that Kato would <ome bw' an* ece It an’ that cverybou/ would see her atandln' here by her cwn p ave, an* It worried him. It was kind o’ like a fire In his bally. “i *u«m. too. ha couldn't i

Idas of toyin' down far *ts las’ rirop d! beside that hell bole he'd dns fer Kats u “Wal. ya knew, mirier. I Jes- shook ay beat' an’ never tot oa that I knew what he meant an' let him wiggle an* twist like a worm on a b-t griddle. W

a cut bull til he fall back to

beHer Bkea

J tt don’t give, him

r*ri- He tries to tell everybody he mo*—that's what they aar. He bailers day an’ night si' If yon go down

« supper on deep bine china, cooked •a only they could cook In old Ntw ftagfead. Meanwhile I could hear the voice of the seed squire—a weird,

amply. Inhuman voice ^ wa cut oS from his Intelligence,

act of the troubled depths of Ms

what it s about, but the others don't.

•Too an’ me are the only <

So that house—the seme of his ! great e in which would presently 1 down with him to the dust—was flood- i •d. a hundred times a day, by the u

dear to me up In the Mr*. I spent the night with the Ha chats and the scheoltaaster and I sat en boor together after the family ha4%aoe to bed, “How are the Daakelbergsr I

ukad.

“Sank in the soft embrace o' torary." he answered. "Grlmshaw made him; Grlmshaw liked him. He war always ready to Uck the boots o' Grlmshaw. it turned out that Grlmshaw left him an mnnolty of three thousand whies he can enjoy as long as be observes one condition.” “What to thatr “He must not let his daughter marry one Barton Bayne*, late o' the town o' BaBybaen. How to that for mite, my boy? They say lt*s written down to the win.” I tbtak that he must have eeen the is of color playing oa my face, for he TBlekly added: “Don't worry, tod. The win o' God la greater/than the will o' Grlmshaw.

she will be true to ye. a needle to the north star."

. _ -j... ar ,— “Do yon think so?”

knows the secret, I guess. Some day, happy gpirU of Its master. In the "Sure I dp. Didn’t she as much as

tell me that hero In this room—not a week ago? She loves ye. boy, as true a% God loves ye. an' she's s girt of a

'fore be dies. I'm goto’ to take up headstun an' hide It, but he'll n know It’s done—no. sir—cot til La gits to the Judgment seat anyway.”

The old

himself and blew out his breath brushed his hands upon his by way of stepping down I world nyaln out of the close and loft of Ms memory. But I

of the night I heard its despair echoing through the silent chambers. Kate said little as we ate, or as we •at together In the shabby, great «ft?r supper, but she seemed to enjoy my talk and t went Into the d*tails of

. The look on her face, even while I «■*>_ .was speaking. Indicated that her d him thoughts wandered, restlessly, In the - gloomy desert of her past I thought hf I of that gay, blrdllte youth of hers of

leh the old man with the scythe told rne.wsd wondered. As I was king of this there came a cry from cgvd squire so loud and doleful

it It startled roe and I turned and

*- e<1 toward the open door,

of a qusee streak to Kate rose and came to my ride and

leaned toward my ear whispering:

“It Is my father. He Is nlway* thinking of when I was a girt. He wants

“Wal, sir,

•bout three year ago an* we ain’t heard a word from him since that x word, mister. I suppose we wffl t'me. He grew into s good

there was a '' "

sides kind o’. We’ve wrote letterr eat to Wisconsin, where he was platin' for, an’ to places on the way, but wt cant git no news 'boot him. Habbd fle was killed by the Injuns." We walked oat of the graveyard together in ritonie. I cocKS see a glimmer of a light to the thicket of pines down the valtoy. I unhitched end mounted my horse. “Take the first turn to the right,* ■aid the old man as he picked op Ms

scythe. Tm rei

She bade me good night and left Hie room. Doubtl.ss it was the outraged. departed spirit of that golden rime which was banning the old ■qnlre. A Bible lay on the table near Be and I sat reeding It for an hour or Mo. A tall clock In a corner solemnly tolled the hour of nine. In came the tan woman and asked me In the

.brogue of the Irish:

Obliged to you," I “Would you like to go to bed?"

“Yet, I urn tired "

She took a candle and led me up a broad oaken stairway and Into a room cf the mo*t generous p.-oportions. A big four-post bedstead, draped In srhlte, stood against a wall. The bed. sheeted la' old linen, had quilted covers. The room was noticeably dean; its furniture of old mahogany and Its

“No ye ain’t, nnther," be answered. “Leastways there ain’t no reason why

ye should be."

My horse. Impatient as ever to find the end of the road, hurried me eloeg and In a moment on two wo were down under the pine grove that aurroundad house of old Squire Fullerton—-a

big. stoop bouse with a graveled rood carpet comparatively unworn.

around li A «

When I undressed I dreaded to put

barking and growling at ma from the cut the caudle. For the first time In front porch. I rode arotmtf the booee

uofi be followed. Beyood the windows I could see the gleam of candtoilgfct

of tU back door as I neared It “Who's therer ha demanded. “My name 1a Barton_ Bayses from

St. Lawrence eocnty.

la my friend and 1 wish to see her."

to the stepa, aor. IWt

git eft yer horse-’tU I’ve chained the dog. Kata'll be out In a minute." Ha chained the dog to tha hltcMng poet and as he did so a load, long, wslltog cry broke the alienee of the booee. It put me In mind of the complaint of the damned which I remembered hearing the minister describe years before at the little schoolhonse tn UdcltyspllL How It harrowed me 1 The man went Into the house. Soon e came ont of the door with a lighted candle In his hand, a woman followlrg. How vividly 1 remembet tha little murmur of delight that came from ker

I had a kind of Alld-fcar of the night But I went to bed at tost end rlept rather fitfully, waking often when the cries of the old squire came flooding through the walls. How I longed for the light of the morning! It came at tost and I rote and dressed and

Kfcts «n t me at the door when I went beck into the houss nod kissed my ehsek and again I heard tt.jse “akfggekcn word*: “My boy." I ate my breakfast with her and when I was uboot to get Into my saddle at the doer I gave her a bog and.. as she tenderly putted my cheek, n smile Ugh tad her countenance so that It teemed to shine upon me. I have nerer forgotten Us serenity and sweet-

CHAPTER XV;i.

I fitart In a Long Way.

_ ^ Wa reached Canton at six o'clock In when he held "the candle" ao that**iU ,he ®™ ln * ° r 8 beautiful summer light fell upon my face! I Jumped off d * y * r w * Bt at once t0 0,11 u * x>n ^ my horse and gave the reins to the J^Wk^bergs end learned from a man man and put my arms around rite poor: or ^ ^ doonnrd that they had woman, whom I loved for her sorrow* I ' on * mw *T tor the summer. How and for my oebt to her, and rained ,:e * n W8 * “F dlsappo’ntment! I went kisses upon her withered cheek. Oh t0 *** tavern and got .my sapper and God! what a moment It was for both ,hen OTer ™ Ashery lane to see Mlof us’ chuel Hacket and his family. I found Tt, tt. wa o. f, bo- bnut j u< «oUn. and patted my shoulder and said “mv J ' ow ®° l5 ^ Praised—here to boyIn a tow. faint. trebla^Sca so ! j*J**£J» «cU!med 88 he put doom like that of a child—U la one of the llU harirnment and took my bends beat memories that I taka with me Into ‘ n “f- ‘7’ Te b ** rd - “J bojr ' ho T tha new Ufa now ao near, from which br *relf yeTe weathered the capes an’ there Is no returning. , 1 ® 0 ye-that/ —

She led mo Into tha houxa. She looked very neat now—in a bU gown over which was a spotless white ; apron and collar of lace—and much 1

than when I had aeon

am I"

what he mean! for a second and then asked:

“How go those days with you?" “Swift a* the weaver's shu'tle," be -oewared. “Sit yon down, while I call

her last she rook me intA~.~ii.ett.. ,(l8 * 8 «llT They're out In the kitchen

tto»u,'u,.!L,T«a»LoS.

carpet and furniture, handsome once but now worn and decrepit. Old. Um<- , atalned engravings of scenes from the Bible, framed in wood, hung ou the >OBa * waUa. | “F

uiako light labor.*

They come quickly and gathered

•—a noisy. hapi>y group. The children kissed mo and sat on and gave me the small news

. all that I had heard from " f ■MfiMwhood.

horns and of my Ufa In Cobleririll but 11 '” r «°od •eve the look of those observed, presently, a faraway look In ,rl *®dly fares and the full-hearted her eyes and Judxed that aha was not i' 1 ""* 888 ol tha whole famUy at my

boa ring me. Bhe whispered:

“Sally?" “What a Joy for the spare room! “She has been at school to Alban) ' lri 'l«»»d the s-tuxilmaeter. “Sore I for a year." I auid. “She la at homo ' ■^MaY wonder If the old bed waa now and ! am going to are bar" daacto' on Its four legs this very wln-

“Tou love fially? ’ *h« wbiqiered. ut8 -“

“Batter than I love my life." “I Intend to walk up to the hills toAgsln aba whl*iH-red: “Get mar- I saM- • ried r* ' L’p to the hill*!" be cxrtuImjd mer“ft« hope •« In IMi. I have agreed rt| F. “An' tha llsckets lyin' awake ta meet her by tha big pine tree on Ibr thlnkto* o’ ye »n tha dark road 1 Try river bank at rUren o'clock tha third n. bay. an' yr*U get a crack with the of Jnnr. 1M4. Wo are looking for- role.- and an hour after school. Yer ward to that day." aunt and un«ie will be rtnmger t« A tall, rilm woman entared tha room *i«nd yvr cornin' with the nlght'a reel I then and said that sapper was ready. "|ioa them. Ye wouldn’t be rontin Kate rose with a smile sod I followed 'hem out o' bed an' they after a hard j her Into the dlulng room where two day with the hayin' I Then, my kind^tables were spread. On* had certain , heartad tod, ye meat give a thought to

“Why did they go away? Was tt because I was coming?" “I think it likely, mj fine lad. The man heard o' It some way—perhaps through yer unde. He’s crasy for the money, but he’ll get over that. Leave him to me. I’ve a fine course o' !na tract I on ready for my lord o’ Donkaiberg." “X think i «h*n go and try to MoA her,” I said. “I cm to counsel ye about that," said the schoolmaster. “She’s as keen as a brier—the fox! She says, “Keep awry. Don't alarm him. or he'll bundle us. off to Enrope for two or three years.’ “So there's the trail ye travel, my boy. It's the one that keeps away. Don’t let him think ye've anything up the sleeve o’ yer mind. Ah, my la<i I know the heart o youth! Ye’d llk«k to be pairin' yer arms around her— wouldn't ye, now? Sure, there’s time enough! Ye’re In the old treadmill o* God—the both o’ ye! Ye’re bein' weighed an' tried for the great prize. It’s not pleasant but it's better so. Go on. now. on' do yer bent an’ whatever comes take it like a man." A little silence followed. He broke it with three words:. “Ye're done with that business in CobleritiU, an’ I’m glad. Yt didn’t knovf ye were bein’ tried there—did ye? Ye've stood it like a man. What will ye be doin' now?” • “I'd like to go to Washington with the senator." He laughed heartily. “I was hopin' ye’d «ay that" he went on. “Wdl, boy, I think It can be arranged. Ill see the senator as soon as ever he comes an’ I believe hell be glad to know o’ yer wishes. I think he’s been hopin’, like, that ye would propose It Go up to the farm and spend a happy month or two with yer aunt an’ uncle. It’ll do ye good. Ye’ve been growtn' plump down there. Go an' melt it off In the fields" A little more talk and we were off to bed with onr candles. Next morning I went down into the main street of the village before leaving for home. I wanted to ate how it looked and. to be quite frank, I wanted some of the people of Canton to see how I looked, for my ciothes were of the best doth and cut In tb: latest fashion. Many Flopped me and shook my band—men and women who had never noticed me before, bnt there was a quality In their smiles that I didn't quite enjoy. I know naw that they thonght me a little too grand on the outride. What a rtem-souled tot those Yankees were! “All ain't gold that glitters.” How often I had heard that version of tho old motto! “Why, yon look like the senator when he U Just glttin* home from the capital," sold Mr. Jettison. They were not yet willing to take me at the par of my appearance. I met Betsy Price—one of my schoolmates—on the street. She was very cordial and told me that tha Dunk elbergs had gone to Saratoga. “I got a letier from Sally this morning." Betsy went on. “She said that young Mr. La tour was at the same hotel and that ho and her father were good friends." I wonder If rhe really enjoyed sticking th! thorn into ny flesh—a thorn which unde It difficult for me to follow the advice of the schoolmaster and robbed ue of the little peace I might have enjoyed. My faith In Sally wavered up nud down until It settled at Its wonted level and reassured mu. It was a perfect summer rooming and I enjoyed my walk over the familiar rood and up Into the MU country. The birds seemed to sing a welcome to me. Men and boys I had known waved their hats in the hoyfields and looked at me. There are few pleasures In this world like that of a boy getting bom* after a long absence. (TO BK CONTINttKP.) Wrist Blotter. In three days of wrist watcheu there seems to lx* a caU for the simple wrist Motter recently Invented by Hartand W. Cardwell of Texarkana. Tex. This device consists merely of a curved Motter back, blotter and a write strap, so that the blotter may be wurn oa the right liaud of the user. Thus tha bio.ter Is Instantly available for use. and the pen does not bave to be laid down. Optimistic Thought. If illness has Us trials U also hnt Ha

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