CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY. N. 1.

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COW PUNCHER

By Robert J.C.Stead kitchener, uul ether :

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"Whet U your pl*nT" nld Dav^ klntlly. “Aoy I'lan. no matter h'lW had. t» alwar?Jitter tlitin no jilnx" •‘I thoochtsaid Mer.im timidly— “I Uu.v.ctt If I oodld hulUl a little shark ou tha lota l could live there with the hor and **e could raise a very Bar carded. The *>11 is very fertile and at l**st we aheuU not starve. And the mtrdeulug would be r od for

CHAPTER X.—Continued. | ouce bcea heslcscd hv customers eacer : me. and I could pcrfca|« kee;> sonic —15— to buy. was now a center of Rroups u-t .-hlcketis and work out at odd Jobs os TbMr eyes met. and each of them ] less cater to sell; and wh-m then ,-]|. But It takes money to build what It meant. It meant an- could not sell they contrive,! to lay . ..-n a very .'cuinll shack." ment to her mother that six- the blame upon the firm whl'-li had 1 “How i;:t:ch money?" demanded

nave downtown. It meant originally sold to them. Although, for l>.

did him little credit—"I had n plan, but It cant be worked oftt. I have been trying to raise a little money on my lot*, but the mortage people Jo*t

look

rvcle

5an\:“\&invmf IKtrvtc

iH rba|>s a supposition on her mother'! art that she had tone downtown f.w th:.t purpose, li was far-reaching lint he said simply. “I should tnjoy

driving home with yon.''

the most part, these were men and | -if i bad a hundred dollni women who had bought purely from “Bring your title to me tomorrow: J the gambler's motive, they behaved | to me jH r.-oiiaUy. yon understand. I'll j toward the real-estate d,-a!,T as , advance you live hundred dollars." |

though he had done them an Injustice

Ibc way they plnnaed that the i when the Bngcr of fortune turned up lowing Sunday they would drive a loss Instead of a profit. For ruch .. -lie foothills together. Of course people Dave bud little sympathy, and old ask Mrs. Hardy to accon-' If they persisted 'n their raunnurlngs

r ihcm. Of course. But it might n that Mrs. Hardy would be laIrene was of the opinion that ’ r her .mother needed now was rest, it bapiiened Mrs. Hardy wes at c. S'.i, 1 greeted Have cordlslly

be told tbem so with becoming frunk-

Then there was Slerton, the widov.iT with sick lungs and the motherless lioy. who had brought his little savincs to the West in the hope of

Encouraged by her mood.! husbanding «-ut his life In the dry. detenu!nod t» settle the-Cun-! clear atmosphere and saving his son gran: a, once. from the white death that bad already > »• was good enough to bring mo ‘ invaded th-lr little family. With a said. “And Jos' cruelty almost ncbdlevable Contvard He luvlsea us to drive Into the had miked this man Into the purchase •vlth him nest Sunday. Will of property so far removed from the

city a« to possess no value cscep: ns farm land; and the little savlngii which were to went off sickness and death, or. if that could not Is', minister uodcM comfort in the declining hours of life, had been exchanged for property which, even at the time of th<* transaction, was valueless tad cu-

Mertoo sprung up. and thci

more enthusiasm In his eyes than had j seemed possible. “You will? But I

don't need that tucch—"

•Then use the surplus to live on." ] So the Merton affair was * might : ened nwuy in a manner which left I Dave more at peace with his science. But another event, much ]

.. a come? it will be delightful. Or

you feeling—" '

•Mr. r.'.dc-n is very kind.” said Mrs. i..i. y. with dignity. "I have no doubt '.r. t inward will accompany us. He . to call this evening and I will as!: :.>.... Yes, I think It very likely

The Mtinnicr wore on, and autumn lowed on its be, is. The processes which had been discerned by Con ward Li..l other astote operator* were now •ij parent to the mob witch forever i ins in the wake of the successful. t>a: usually at such a distance as to i- overwhelmed In the receding flood. Tee forces which had built up fabui as fortunes were now in reverse . ar. rnd the same mechanism that had built up was now tearing down, .t the boom had fed upon itself, cr.rriing prices to heights JustlBable only the most Insau** optimism, so ; ? sulxiequent depression bear down oi>on values until they reached depths .'.'tihatil* only to the most nliandoued di-pomlency. The rosy bubble, inBat-<-J with the vapors of Irresponsible speculation, hud dissolved Into thin

Mrs. Hardy was among the last to stlub: that she had bought on an _• tide. She contended th&t bet lua-e was well worth the price she l ii paid; what If speculation hid come to a stop? So much the better: r house was still worth Us price. fi;e would stand firm. Mrs. Ka-dy consulted Con ward. 1. d grown to be her habit to consult ■ ; rd on all mutters in which she

! trad a.i Interest.

• How Is it. Mr. Conward." Mrs. Hardy said to him one evening over i fancy work—Tor she practiced ou • .■•.'altgaMe Industry In mutters of i tio importance—“how ts It that there :• to demand for property? You are a r,ul-estate expert; you should bo > to answer that. Isn't this city - n-od today ns it was a year ago? i' etti't It occupy the same site? Are cot the forms s'lll producing?" That's Just It. dear Mrs. Hardy 'Vhy, indeed? Simply because the ! Jtcr has given way to the calamity bowler. Its psychological explanation I- rimple enough. The world lives by faith. Without faith tiu'-e would be neither seedtime nor harvest. That 1* true of raising cities as well as of raising crop*. But there are always 'hose who ridicule faith: always wcr,-. C.v-ays will be. And as soon as felt I, di-appears things begin to sink." “Ah!" said Mrs. Hardy gently. "So we owe all this- these empty house* end shops, unsalable property und everything to those who have lost faith—or never bad It. To men like Mr. Llden, for Instance. You rerocui'•er how he tried to discourage me from th- very first—tried to break down my faith—that was It. Mr. Con•'ard—l see it all very plainly now— ana be and others like him have I r 'ugh; things to their present P“»*"’•'II. they hove a great respcnslbil-

Merton hsd called on Dave with re>ect to his Investment Dave had at -s; been disjiosed to tel! him frankly that the prr>:>erty. for which he had paid twenty dollars a foot was barely worth that much aa acre. But a second look at the man changed his pur-

pose.

T know you were stung.- Merton.' he said, “shamclcsily stung. You an _ cf those unsuspecting fellowa ww» think everybody l* going to play fair with them You belong to the class who keep all kinds of rogues and scoundrels la easy circumstances. You might almost be charged with being acre sories. >'ow. Just to show how I feel about it—how much did yon pay for those lot*T' • Three thousand dollars. It was all I bad." ‘•Of course It was. If you had had more you would have paid more. I suppoio Coaward Jusuficd himself

'I Think You Are Absolutely Inno-

cent," He Said Gravely.

i..re dramatic and far-reaching in its •ffects upon his life, was already ripe ;

for the enacting.

There were oases that could not j l>e turned away with a idinrp answer. Bert Morrison, for instance. Bert hod mentioned her “Invca'inent" since the occasion already recorded. She greeted Dave with the sociability due to their long-standing friendship; r.ud her calm avoidance of the subject hurt him more than the abuse of all \

bis irate patrons.

Business conditions had necessitate,'. : unwonted economy In the otbee affair- 1 < f Onward & Etden. aa a result of j which many old employees had been 1 laid off and otliers hud been replaced . by cheajier und leu experienced labor. Stenographers who had been recelvtnr a hundred dollars a month could not ( readily bring themselves to accept j fifty, and some cf them had to make way for new girls, fresh from the buainew college*. Such a new girl was Gladys Wardla—pretty, likable, inexperienced. Her country borne hud offered no answer to her ambitions, and she had coroe to the city with the most dangerous etjulpmeut a young woman can carry—an attractive face and an unsophisticated confidence in the goodness of hnmanlty. Conward had been responsible for her position In the ofilce. and Dave bad given little thought to her except to note that she was a wining worker and of comely-

appearance.

Returning to the office one Saturday evening Dave found Miss Wardln making up a bundle of paper, pencils and carbon paper. She wus evidently In high spirits, and he amllinsly as!'*d If the Intended working nt borne over

Sunday.

“Oh. didn't Mr. Conward tell you?" ■he answered, as though surprised that the good news had been kept a secret. “He Is to spend a day or two at one of the mountain bote’.*, and I am to go

i along to do his correspondence. Isn't ! it Just lovely? I have so wanted to go ! to the mountains, but never felt that ! I could afford it. And now I can com-

I bine business with pleasure."'

| The smile died out of Dave's eyes, j and his face became more set aud

'■ stern than she had ever seen it. “Why. what's tha matter, Mr. El-

I den?" sho exelalmcd. “Is anything ;

wrong?"

He found It hard to meet her frank, unsuspecting eye*: hard to draw back

i the curtains of the world so much that ^ w , onld never again be quite J this"way

In destroying wolves, coyotes, mo

tin lion*, bobcats, and other stock- I ducted iu the great sheep-growing killing ar. tuals and for the suppres- j tlons In Arizona. Colorado. Nevada, slot: of wild animals affected with j New Mexico. I'toli and Wyoming. This

An f

rabies Ir the western slates,

tract fro > the recently Issued annual

report of this bureau follows: Durtnr the fiscal year a force of

from 400 to fiOO skilled hunters was employed under the direction of the various Inspectors. Toe salaries of a part of the hunters are paid from the federal treasury and of the otliers from eo- peratlve fund* supplied by the stalo or by contributions from local orgar'sat Ions and Individuals. As beretofor.-. the hunters are not permitted to re-tive bouniles. ami the skins taken by each become the property

,f t ,, frtor.1 . ih, raa , ^ of or I!,, .i!,-,ul«atii>o or lo. Ivlduol pro- Xor, , bL , d „. «Ulor IP ■ moor- tor vilorj. SP n. | |n ^ >tn|c> M.l.ourl, ,o0ro l„ tod-rol hool-t- aoMn, tlo- ^ , , w ,,„ la year not ed the federal government .yr ihr lolt, ! s o:e. mat,, looklor to.- e th „ j „ „„„ „„„

! p»« i—o t.r.vo„,ii. o„ a n. „t

domestic animals and per*.

this sour,-" to date $107^$S7-t7. r|

The number of skin* or srolps taken 1 “ anlma i R ha * m ^dl;y by official hunters during the year (creased unlil nt present the number If

as follows: Wolves. 5S4: coyotes. ^,1. wben 27.100; m untaln lions. 14P; bobcat*. ^

4123; Cat ada lynxes. 4.1: bea. c ’ 1

three month* his losses amounted to nearly 300 sheep, valued at $3^100. caused by six coyotes, which one of the government hunters captured dur-

ing July.

estern Colorado, lu an area of

about 73 uiil«-s In diameter which was poisoned two successive yean, through co-operation between local stock growers and the bureau, sheep owners reported formerly a loss of about 25 sheep a day throughout the season, but the destruction of predatory animals has been so thorough that nt present the losses are nominal, and sheep are reported to range free'/, sometimes unattended for several day*

in succession, without loss.

In New Mexico, the wolves, which were estimated to number between 30i) and 400 at the time the campaign becar. there, have been reduced to less than 30 Individuals, and this number Is now being steadily decreased br the persistent campaign against them. These remaining wolves are mainly esperienred adults, causing annual losses of live stock amounting to about fS.000 each. In southern New Mexico the stock of wolves is coo-

stoutly renewed by stragglers from 7n any"district.'hunt- ih.- mountains of northern ChihuahuaImmedlately concentrated ! I* 1 addition to the ravage? from t h “

followed by r. marked decrease In the number of coyotes In the sections polsored. with a corresponding decrease In the losses of sheep, pigs, colts and poultry. Reimrts have been received from stockmen stating that on many ranges and lambing grounds the former heavy animal losses have become negligible or have been entire-

ly iJItnlnated.

For a number of year* rabies has lieeu prevalent among predatory animals In California. Idaho. Nevada. Oregon. Washington and Ftah. A part of the money available for predatory animal control has !>een appropriated for

u outbreak of the

As a result of this discussion Dave found himself rather le** popular wi.li Mrs. Hardy than before. Dave C'xepted her displeasure with a lightheartedness that was extremely trying to the good woman's tempei. Had It not been for bis desire to spare Irene •toy unhappiness he would have treat“d It with open Tlppancy. He was •-ngaged In the serious business of capturing the heart of Irene Hardy— > task made none th? easier by tbe ,self-imposed condltlou that he must 'tidnot no offensive bnt nr, st await v.nh such jwttenre a* he c old com blind the voluntary capitulation of the ' • eg d. On th'* whide he told hlm- ■- If be bad no ren<on to b“ dlssatisfl.-d v 'th the progress of events. He and Irene often motur -l together, frequent-aci-amtmnied by Mrs. Hardy, tsimelime* by Conward as well, but ooc«- - Dally alone. And Irene ma le no sc- ' ^ of the fact that she preferred tbe ; 'P* tr which only she and Dave ptirHctpated. The gradual sorlnkugp of values

with the argument that If be didn’t take your easy money someone else would, which Is doubtless true. But Ju*t to show yem how I fed about It— I'll buy those lots from you. for thfee thousand dollar*.” -1 can't do it. Mr. Iflden; I can't do IU" said Merton, and there was moisture or. hi? check*. “That would be charlt*—end I Can't take It But I'm much obliged. It shows yoo're s.|iinre. Mr. Eden, nnd I bold no Ul

will to you."

“Well, can I help you In some way you will accept? I'm afraid—I don't iuean to be unkind, but we may a* well be frank—I'm afraid you won't need help very long." Merton answer,d as one who ha* made up his mind to the Inevitable, und Dave thought better of him. Thi.Utile wreck of a man—this child iu business matters—could look deawi bi the fuce without a quiver. “Not so long." he said. “I felt eve: BO much better when I came here first; I thought I was really go.ag to Ih- well again. But when I found what a mistake 1 had made I began to worry. not for myself, you know, but the bov, and worry 1* Just whst my trouble lives on. I have been working a little, and hoarding out. nnd the boy is going to school. But I "j- 1 ’ 1 <l0 heavy work, and work of any kind is hard to get. I find I can't keep going

that way."

Merton looked with dreamy eyes through tbe office window, while Dr was turning over the bojadewnes* ' his position and inwardly cursing system which made such conditioi , possible. Society protects the physi bally weak from tb.* pbysh strong: the physical highwayman I »v re's bl* de-ert*; but the m<

* a “Miss I ,h f D : controlled 1* indicated by the fact ti.nt wolves, nnd the half-breed offspring In-

, ™ n ^ . 8nd unsu^ .ing. Mt* equaling tha approximate 32.000 pre<la- | |n fls< ^| TPar 1915.18. when the . crease tbe pecks.

Wardln. b- said, “did Conward ten torj . an i m al.s of which the skins -»"d .., r | nc |pal outbr,-.ik In Nevada occurred. Numerous species of ground sqnlryou that r . | sculps were'aken. It wM estimated that live at.ick In that rels occur In the West, several of them

Predatory animal hunters are dl- ! stat( . va ] U i-d nt nbout $500,000 w-ns having wide rang-s and existing In

In addlth'a. as a result of poisonous ^ete. so that the wild animals carry- ! native predatory animals, live stock la operaiion* so many dead coyote* nro j )n(: |lie rnl(lf . nlv summarily de- | parts of Texas. Arizona and ther | rejiorte,! l y stock grower* to have j anJ aplvod of , ht . disease >mt,-. suffer from depro*iatlons by I been found on the range* where pol- u ' ,p'lv stopped. dogs which have gone wild nnd havs , Boning operations were conduct.*! that ^ w . rion! , situation resulting from taken up the predatory Ilf- of wolves. It is safe to estimate the naivb-r de- (he outt)rvak nf ruble* before It was | In some places the dogs Join tha

I In fbta wnv n* more than , ... ....

•‘VYhnt? About goluc to tbe moun-

tains? Of course. He said he was | reeled to consider bears under ordi- j | llSt through being bitten by rabid such abundance that their dej -edataklng some work with him, and he Bnry circumstances as game animals I „ n imal?. Some ranches lost from 200 tlons , n crops and forage are most wondered If I would mind going along ' Uave positive Instructions to take , ^ p ea ,i 0 f on ttle. serious, according to the biological suro to do It, and he would pay the ex- ^ . rJ . precaution not to kill any ex- | j- p to tbe present time approximate- ; vey. As with the prairie dogs, conpenses, and—and—" There was a those known to be destructive 1 ]y j 509 persons nre known to have tlnuous Investigations are be Ing made quick, bard catch In her voice, and ah- to Uro s .ock. L*nfortuuately. occu- : bitten by rabid animals and t" provide Improved methods of seized Klden’s arm violently. Her eyes nional unoffending bean, are taken In , - routed for tbe disease, and at least poisoning und of organization for were big and round; her pretty face {raps jet for other animal?, thus mak- ^7 are known to have died rrom it. their destruction. The poisoned grain had gone suddenly white. [tag the number of bears killed during without f.-deml Intervention for the j used for operations against ground

“Oh, Mr. Eden, you don’t think— 1 ti, e year considerably larger than

. suppressii... — . — „— . .

you don’t think—that I—that be— would otherwise be the case. The | brought about by it would have been ^ under tbe supervision of field rep You wouldn't believe that—” , vast majority of bears are Inoffensive ' vastly Increased. | sentalives of the bureau and burnished "I think you are absolutely Inno- ( «, fur as Injury' to stock Is concerned, 'special effort* are being made by In- oo-operating farmers at cost through cent." he sa.d. gravely, “but—it’s the , but occasionally Individuals In nil ! spectors of the bureau to destroy bull- ; local organizations. In Oils way 1.349 innocent thing that gets caught.*' ! part* of the range country become ! v |,]ual predatory nnlmal? which have tons of poisoned grain were prepared The girl had -broken into violent stock killers, same of them being no- | become notorious for their stock kllliitg and distributed during the year, end tear*. “Ulut'ever shall I do? What tortously eunnln. and destructive In | exploits In various states. Near Du- nearly 119.000 fennert, took p -r in the can 1 doT' s. e moaned. “Oh. why their activities. Naturally such ani- ] |„,i s Wyn.. a mountain Hon was killed | campaign ilidu't somebody tell me? What can j male must be eliminated, and tbe more | n the spring of 1019 which was known Through the plan Inaugurated by

of ruble*, the ravages ! squirrels on private lands Is prepared

imptly this is done tbe less preju-J lo have destroyed $1,000 worth of live the bureau of cooperative purchase dice there Is likely to be .Tented 1 stlK . k th,. preceding October and to ! of pe'vou supplies the saving In the among the stock growers again*! nil 1 have killed a number of cattle during squirrel campaign, as well as in the boar*. j the winter. This was a much-hunted destruction of other rodents, has been

From much study and experimenta- | and bnttle-seanvd nnltnnl which hud , 1 lion, great Improvements In methods 1kh-:i wounded .. number of times by j ’ of poiMiiilng predatory animals have I private hunters. Another mountain I

ward may do. I will settle this score , r ,. su! ,,.j. Larger und more thoroughly j lion taken in April bad killed seven with him." organized poisoning campaigns tlirn ] colts during the spring. In the same > She controlled berself. but when shr ,. v , . hefore attempted were conducted state a pair of wolves were killed—the spoke again her voice b: ' fear and , during the year. Their success was j female by a government hunter and shame in lb "I—I hate lo tell you. t h a t In mavy areas stock grow- ' the male by a private hunter—which Mr. Eden, but I must tell you—I—I . ,. r> , r ,. urging the extension of tills ! hud destroyed fore than $2,500 worth

I do'

He let her passion run on for a fe-v minutes, and then he sought, as gently as he could, to win her back to aorj' composure. “Some one has told you." be said—“In time. You don't have to Don't be afraid of anything Con-

took—1 let him give me seme money— to buy things. He said maybe I was short >f money and I would want to buy some new clothes—and be would pay me extra, la advance—and ht gave me fifty dollars—and—and—I've

spent ttr

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

being the

one for the rwntrol of coyote tended poisoning ope-ratlons vv.

ost practicable of stock dtr'.ng the preceding y

The* owner of a ranch near snerixon. Tex., re pored that in less Umn

•cry great, as illustrated by Idaho, rhere It amounted to about $18,500. Daring the year ground squirrels vere poisoned and mostly destroyed it: more than 1.294.O00 acres of pt bile domain und ou more than 13,405,008 acres of private lands. This resulted materially Increasing the Percentage of crops harvested In all ti e states

conducted nnd In In-

creasing the forage output ct* .hr pub-

lic domain.

many bos’ _**s dutit 'ild very sL.dly have wi of Coaward 4 Eden, v

: und a success.

| “I had a plan," Merton co;

’ ball apologetically, as though his nl»n I stige

Tricks of the Trade. Lawyer (to fair client, a defendant)—"Wbn a young Juror looks nt you. weep; when an old one looks of you, flirt."

Nothing New.

'All the worid's a sti.ga." and ye: some people took upon the revolving

a rood am Idea,

Elf Arrows

I land at the present day. Elf arrows j' set In silver, were frequently wot

talismans, and were considered roost with the back of a knife. Etuu feathrt- efficacious us preventives against pol- er must be done separately. Of . ourse ' and witchcraft. They ore also ; goose or other feathers for cushions

pillows may be put Into a cotton

Ef arrow is a name given to

jrsrjss^ i *« *«*•«—-

of Great Britain and Europe generally. •' If stones.

It was once believed that these barb? j

of fl int were shot by elves or Invisible j Taking Blood SUins From Feathers, beings at cattle or men to bewitch | Make n strong soluUon of

them, hence the name. Cattle dying j ter. i udden'y la the fields were said to | cloth

have been struck by on elf arrow-

ant this fcUDc

bag and washed and dried, but n preliminary soaking in brine wlU be of

advantage.

,lt In wr- '

saturate a large and thick '

i It Wrap feather* up lo , Mistress—D

^ ^ cloth and keep until blood gets soft ! atlc effort? .wUtion Ungers Fn Ire^ i When soft rub out with gentle erese-1 Maid—No t

xi: I work by tbe day,