The Oxford VOLUME 77. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY,

Democrat. NOVEMBER 29, 1910. NUMBER 48.

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Correspondence on practical agricultural topic Is solicited. Address all communications In (ended for this department to Ukmby D Hammond, Agricultural Κ 11 tor Oxford Dem ocm, Parle, lie.

Big Exhibit.

CORN, SMALL GRAINS, BEANS, POTA-

TOES, AT ACGl'TA.

The Maine Seed Improvement Associa- tion was organized scarcely a year ago, but during chat time much has been ac-

complished. A foundation has been laid for an exceedingly important work, oue that will be far reaching in its effect up- on Maine agriculture.

The first annual meeting will be held in Augusta, Friday and Saturday, Dec 9th and 10th. A spleudid programme is being arranged for that will include the discussion of such subjects as Corn Breeding—Oats and other Small Grains for Maine—How to Raise Beans at a

Profit; demonstrations in Corn and Pota- to Judging. Every indication points to a large exhibit of corn, small grains, beans, potatoes, etc. The one made by the as«ociatiou at Worcester will be brought to Augus'a for this meeting.

The Maine Dairymen's Association which meets in Augusta earlier in the week, begiuning Dec. 0th and closing the morning of the i'th, have offered pre- miums for flint com—ten ear and single ear lots—the same as last year. No premiums will be offered this year for small grains, beans or potatoes as the association has no funds at its disposal Exhibits of these latter products will be made for their educational and adver- tising value alone.

Every farmer and every person in- terested in agriculture in Maine is in- vited to attend the annual meeting. It will be worth while sending, or, better «Mil, bringing exhibits of seeds of vari- ous kinds; it will pay.

Remember the date, Dec. 9th and 10th The place, Augusta. The speakers, Mr F. U. Morse, Water

ford; Hon. C. S. Stetson, Greene; Prof. H. (.J. Bell, Or on»»; Mr. A. S. Cook, Au- gusta; Mr. L. Ε Mclntire, East Water- ford; Dr. Raymond Pearl, Orono; Hod A. P. Howes, Palmyra; Mr. John Pease, Cornish.

The object, The betterment of Maine agriculture through increasing the per acre yield of farm crops by the selec- tion, breeding and distribution of superior stra.ns of seed.

The exhibits, Open to any person in Maine, providing seed exhibited was

grown within the xtate. The judging contest, A silver cup for

winner of judging contest in corn and potatoes. Other premiums also offered id contest. Open to all persons in Maine excepting professional judges.

The premiums, Cash prizes for corn. Silver cup for judging contest. Special premiums offered by Mr. C. Ε

Tripp, Ripley; Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, Auburn; Turf, Farm and Hume; Maine Fariuor; Lewiston Journal.

Inquiries, Cheerfully auswered. The programme and details concern-

ing meeting, exhibits, premium», judg- ing contest, is now published and ready for distribution.

Apply to Leon S. Merrill, Secretary.

Orono, Maine.

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It ig an interesting fact that the great I extension of fruitgrowing, in all parts Infthe country, has been attendee!, nor I by a decline in price·», but by a very con· I «iiivrable advance. The question wheth I er or not the multiplication of orchards

J »nd berry pitches will have the effect of I producing a glut, so as to render protit- I 'ess the labor and expenditures of the I fruit grower, sennas, then, very likely to

I meet a negative reply. In the first place the demand for all

Ι Ίλ fruits of North America is world- wide. The world's appetite for them is

I insatiable; and as the facilities for die- I tributing them are better systematized I through intelligent co-operative arrange I luents between growers and transporta- tion agencies, and selling agencies in the Icities, it seems as though the problem in

I to be, not how to get rid of surpluses, I but hew to get enough of any kind of I good fruit. In years of great abundance I m American apple orchards, good apples I have sold in Mexico at 1.» cents apiece I In L >ndon they have retailed at 25 cents

I apiece. Oilier fruits, capable of bearing I transporta'ion for l< n.; distances, have I commanded proportionately high price*. I Of course, these i ;b prices have b"en for ! choice fruit. In New York and Boston. I even 10 and 15 cents apiece has been I readily obtainable for choice apples.

Such exceptional figures as those above I quoted are not, however, ueceeeary as a

I basis for profitable fruit growing. The moderate prices paid by the mass f

1 American consumers are sufficiently I high for that, as in thousands of homes I our people are learning to prefer fruit, I at such moderate prices, to many an- other article of food which they have

I heretofore demanded. I he improvement of canning process-

les and the cheapening of apparatus I has also its effect in insuring a market I for fruits. Fruit farmers are not now I dependent on "canneries." Recent in- I ventions enable them to do the canning I themselves.

It would seem, then, that the grower need only see to it that his fruit is of

I good quality, attractively put up and intelligently marketed, to be certain of a

reasonable reward. But the day when

j neglected orchards and bushes could be I depended on to produce salable crops I has passed. The grower of to-day must

be equipped by study for battling with insect pests; muse be insistent in culti-

I vation and in the use of the sprayer; and must, in short, give as close atten-

I tion to his trees as the stockman does I to his cattle, the doctor to bis patiente, or the merchant to keeping his stock of goods fresh and in salable condition.—C.

I K. Barns in Country Gentleman.

Some Potato Picking Yarns.

II H. L. Foster informs the editor that the recent story about the picking of 177

I barrels of potatoes in one day for How-

j ard Thibeau, by Isidore Bouchard, in •I hie opinion, is hardly worth telling I He says that in bis neighborhood an

I iudian. in a day of nine hours recently, where the potatoes yielded only 85 bar rels to the acre, picked up 284 barrels ol

L potatoes, and took time out besides for I several good long smokes.

Mr. Foster also informs us that tht

j I man did not have a man along with hire I to empty baskets, another pne to thro* I the toj a out of the way, and another on«

>1 to throw the potatoes up into one clost

I row. The weather that day was not verj

favorable for picxing either and the In diau himself was not very well having

J rheumatism, dyspepsia, chapped haodt and other infirmities. Mr. Foster sayt

I he is aware that this story ia not so gooc I as some that can be told, so that it ii I really not worth printing, but that be ii

"I going to look up the doings of some ο

I the smart men around Mouaon's mill and let us know about them pretty soon

I —Ft. Fairfield Review.

-1 Not since the building of the great wal

I of China, says a despatch from Douglas I Ariz., has a barrier been put betweet

_ I two countries of such an extent a· tba

I which is to be erected along the line be '· tween the United State· and Mexico, ex

ι» ι tending from Caiexio on the Pacifie Coas I to El Paso, Tex. This fence will be pu

j up to protect the United States range I against the danger of fever ticks, whicl

I infest some of the wild cattle roamity I the mountains and hills of Sonora am

y I lower California, which at present hav

M access into Arizona, California and Nei

I Mexico. The announcement of the build

.ling of tbic international barrier follow I a consultation held in the City of Mezl I co between Secretary Wilson and th I Mexican minister of agriculture.

A Hen Peculiarity.

ONE OK THE THINGS SUE OAS NOT

LEARNED.

There ia considerable to bo extracted (rum poultry culture besides dollars and cents, by the keen-eyed observer. True, the ordinary hen isn't so very interest- ing. but did you ever stop to study why any hen when a bunch of tender green stuff is given her proceeds to act like a

«impleton in her endeavor to eat it? In s'ead of placing one foot on the green stuff, to hold it fast while she pecks leisurely at the remainder, she will toss

it wildly back and forth with her beak as if she only possessed that one weapon of attack. Yet she will scratch like χ

fiend in tlie mellow garden soil, or on

the soft turf of the lawn. All instinct, nothing more or less. The original ben acted in this way and so the hen of to

day does the same, just as the dog of to

day turns round before lying down be cause the wild dog of ages gone b id to

make this movement in order to form a

bed of brakes or rushes for itself. Says Naturalist Julian Burroughs, in Fores and Stream :

"My flock of Buff Wyandottee are

great pets, and their bouse being next to my workshop, I have chances to watch them very often. Frozen chick-weed is a favorite winter food with me and I have noticed that the hens wilT toss it about, throwing it over their heads and

working hard to try to tear off a piece, instead of standing on it with their feet and so easily pulling it apart. It makes me nervous to see them 'muggle' an un-

dertaking so obvious. Now, ■ in truth, the race of hens have always found their

green food fast at ouo end, and so it has not become an instinct with tbem to stand on their food while pulling it apart with their bills, as is done by crows, hawks, eagles, owls, etc.

"What the race of hens has not learn ed to do by instinct apparently individual hens cannot learu. How long, do you suppose, would it take the race of hens to learn to stand on their food while eating it, provided all the food fed to the hens was in the form that made standing on it necessary? Judging by the intelligence of hens aud by the te-

nacity with which they cling to acquired instincts, neither you oor I would be here when they had acquired this new

instinct."

Good Advice: Sell Finished Products.

One who takes not a little interest in rural betterment and agricultural de-

velopment generally, asked us who made the best speech at the dinner given at the West End Hotel, Portland, by the Industrial Department of the Maine Central railroad recently. Without a

moment's hesitation we replied "A. B. Kicker."

He replied "That is iust my idea and at the same time Gov. Pernald as usual made a tine talk as did a dozen others but A1 Kicker got right down to the bread and butter facts. When he told us to buy less and sell more be was

barking way back to the cry of our

fathers. When he told us to eat up the most of what we raise and sell a Hnished product in tbe form of pork, beef and lamb, he was getting right down to the basic truth of things. We don't like to sell finished products. It's too much like work to feed steers and hogs. It's a good deal easier to sell bay and buy phosphate. The trouble is manufactur- ing finished products is a good deal like work on the farm and most anywhere else."

"Yes siree" he continued, "Mr. Ricker told more truths than any one epeaker of the day and they were all good, far above the average. Why, just think for a moment and tell roe what would hap- pen here in Maine if fifty per cent of our

farmers in Maine would accept the pre- cepts be laid down and began farming next spring upon bis plan. What a revo-

lution it would make inside of 5 years. Nothing like it has ever been known and I fear nothing like it ever will be known" he sighed and went his way.

It is pleasant to know that Mr. Kicker practices what be preaches and has done so for a good many years. They milk ICO cows and often more, and with their

arroy of horses employed, not to speak of the swine kept, manufacture a vast amount of valuable fertilizer that is utilized to the very best possible ad- vantage. They know that they can raise a great amount of the "stuff" consumed in their hotels much cheaper than it can

be bought and then it leaves the by product or dressing right where it is worth the most.—Turf, Farm and Home

Mow Farming Pays. Let me say that farming does pay

when rightly mauaged. All men have not the name capacity along any line of business. Some are so endowed that

they can handle large propositions in whatever way be their chosen field of

operation; and again, many can pnly be successful in a smaller way along the same line, and some can! ot succeed at

all. It ie the same with the business of farming, for it is a business and calls for a broader education and experience than

any other calling. And although one

cannot sit down at the evening hour and count up the profits for that day, when the year swings around it is a rare case

where the careful, intelligent tiller of the soil finds that he has been working, as I once beard a farmer say, for a

"cent a day the year around.1' Many instances have come under my

observation where lands have always been cold and wet, the owner barely making ends meet. These same lands, under modern and intelligent manage- ment, are giving most magnificent re-

turns in the way of crops, and every such instance has been an object-lesson to the community, and an uplift and en-

couragement to others to go and do like- wise. I have always lived in an atmos- phere of thorough farming at home on

the old farm, and afterwards on my own

farm, and therefore do not have to theo- rize, but know that it pays to invest mouey, even if oue goes in debt, in drainage, the best seeds obtainable, thorough cultivation and fertilization. The difference in crop returns from the selection of seed is often of great bene- fit, and the difference in cost between the cheap seed and the best is small compared with the final result. This is

very noticeable in corn if onc6 you had corn lie in the ground during a cold wet

spring for three weeks and then come

up, and although there were some miss-

ing hills, I had the only corn in that

neighborhood that ripened before frost in the fall.

All around us are instances where much capital has been invested in im-

provements such as have been mention- ed, and doubtful ones have said that it would never pay; but when they have seen the returns that always come, the; are ready to acknowltdge the better way aud profit thereby. A few farms profit- ably managed in every county will soon

make the farmer the envy of the citj 1 dweller, if he it not so already.—Coun- ! try Gontleman.

Some Farming:. David Rankin, called the world'· mosl

extensive farmer, died at Tarkio, Mo.

I Oct. 18th, In hia 86th year. He operat ed 25,040 acres, and employed 250 men

He started for himself In farming it Illinois in 1844), going in debt for a plow

1 In 1853, inspired by the McCormiok reaper and John Deere steel plow, h<

t began operations on a large scale, on<

ι year planting 19.000 acres in corn. Hii present farm require· 1000 horse· anc

, males, and 250 carloads of cattle an

being prepared for market. One oori

i field contained 6000 acre·.

Nothing ever happens without a cause

One of the thing· that will surely causi

slckuess among ohiokena is crowdin) 150 fowl· loto a house large enough to only fifty or at most seventy-fire.—Farm Journal.

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Silver Horde By REX BEACH

COPYRIGHT. 1900, BY

Author o! "The Spoiler·" and "The Harrier"

HARPER C» BROTHERS

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The breath of the wild north- west is in this great story of love and life and hate and death. Rex Beach and Jack London have revealed the hidden mys- teries and romances of the Alas- kan wastes as have no other au-

thors, and in this stirring, grip- ping narrative is shown the best work of Mr. Beach's career.

Boyd Emerson and his superhu- man efforts to win a fortune for the woman he loved; Cherry Malotte, the captivating, ener-

getic young woman who combat- ed desperate men on the battle-

ground of their own choosing; Mildred Wayland, the imperious beauty and society favorite, whose hand was sought by bitter rivals who did not stop at mur-

der ; George Bait, the sturdy fisher hero, whose voice was

like the roar of giant waves on a

lee shore ; "Fingerless" Fraser,

whos$ quaint humor alone pre- vented him from going to jail, where he really belonged, and Willis Marsh, unprincipled in-

triguer and a betrayer of men

and women—these are some of the characters and elements that make this story one of the great- est tales of adventure ever writ- ten.

CHATTER I.

HE trull to Kalrik leads down from the northward mountains over tbe tundra which Hanks the tide tints, then creeps out

upon the salt Ice of the river and across to the village.

A Greek church, a Russian school with a cassocked priest presiding and about u hutulrod houses beside the can-

nery buildings make up tbe village. Early jne December afternoon there

entered upon this trail from the tlm- berless hills far away to the northward α weary team of sis dogs, driven by two men.

The travelers had been plodding sul-

lenly hour after hour, dispirited by the

weight of the storm. "Fingerless" Fraser broke trail, and

Boyd Emerson drove. "Another day like this and we'd both

be snow blind." observed Emerson

grimly as he bent to his task. "But

it cau't be far to the river now." An hour later they dropped from

the plaiu dowu through a gutterlike gully to the river, where they found a

trail, glnss hard beueath its downy covering. A cold breath sucked up from the sea. Ahead they saw the

ragged Ice upended by the tide. One

branch led to the village, which they knew lay somewhere ou the farther side, bidden by a mile or more or sift-

lug snow.

lut* gUIUg UUV nus DU tvu^ti

bcth inen leaped from their seats and

run beside the sled. They mounted a

swelling rld^e and rushed down to the

level river ice beyond, but as they did so they heard a shivering creak on

every side and saw water rising ubout

the sled runners. Kiuerson shouted,

the dugs leaped, but with a crash the

Ice gave way, and for a moment the

water closed over htm. "Fingerless" Fraser broke through in turn, gasping us the Icy water rose to his armpits.

Kadi mau alined to secure an hide-

Itendent footing, but the efforts of all

only enlarged the pool. Emerson shout- ed:

"Cut the team loose, quick!" But the other spat uut a mouthful of salt water and spluttered:

"I—I cau't swim!"

Whereupon the first speaker bulf swam himself through the slush to

the forward end of the sled and, seek-

ing out the sheath knife from beneath his parka, cut the harness of the two

animals. Once free they scrambled to

safety and rolled In the dry snow.

Emerson next attempted to lift the nose of the sled up on the Ice, shout-

ing at the remainder of the team to

pull, but they only wagged their talis

nnd whined. Each time he tried to

lift the sled be crashed through fresh

Ice. finally bearing the next pair of

dogs with him and then the two ani- mals in the lead. All of them became

hopelessly entangled. Suddenly rang out a sharp command

ottered In a new voice. Out of the enow fog from the direction In which

they were headed broke a team, run-

ning full and free. Emerson marvel-

ed at the outfit, having never seen the

like in all his travels through the

north, for each animal of the twelve

stood hip high to a tall man, and

they were like wolves of one pack, gray and gaunt and wicked. A tall Indian ruuner left the team and bead- ed swiftly for the scene of the acci- dent. The man run forward till he

ueared the edge of the opening where

the tide had caused the does to sep- arate; then, flattening his body on the

Ice, be crawled out cautiously and

seized the lead dog. Carefully be

wormed bis way backward to security. It bad been a ticklish operation, re-

quiring nice «kill and dexterity, but now that bto footing wan sure the runner exerted his whole strength, and >s the dogs scratched and tore for a

firm foothold the sled came crunching closer and closer through the half Inch

skin of ice. Then he reached down and dragged Emerson out, dripping and nerveless from bis immersion. To-

gether they rescued the outfit The person in the sledge bad watch-

ed them silently, but now spoke in a

strange patois, and the breed gave voice to ber words, for it was a wo-

man.

"One mile you go—white man house. » Go quick—you freeze." 1 "Ain't you got no dry clothes? Our

stuff is soaked." Again the Indian translated some

words from the girl. I "No. You hurry and no stop here.

1 We go quick over yonder. No can stop at all."

Be harried back Ço bis qktofQf·,

cried once to the pack of gray dogs, "Donah!" and they were off as If Id

chase. As they dashed past both white men

had one fleeting glimpse of a woman's face beneath a furred hood, and then it was gone.

"Did you see?" Fraser ejaculated. "Good Lord! It's a woman—a blond woman !"

"Nonsense! She must be a breed," said Emerson.

"Breeds don't have yellow hair!" de- clared the other.

Swiftly they bent Id the free dogs and lashed the team to a run. They felt the chill of death In their bones, and instead of riding they ran with the

sled till their blood beat painfully. Their outer coverings were like shells, their uuderclothes were soaked, and, although their going was difficult and

clumsy, they dared not stop, for this is the extremest peril of the north.

They swung over the river bank and

into the midst of great rambling frame

buildiugs. Their trail led them to a

high banked cabin. Another mile would have uieaut disaster.

"Iiout out the owner and tell him we're wet." said Emerson. "I'll free the dogs."

Before he could reach the cabin the

door opened and Fraser appeared, a

strange, dazed look on his face. He was followed by a large man of sullen countenance.

"It's no use," Fraser said. "We can't

go in.'· "What's wroug? Somebody sick?" "I don't know what's the matter.

This man Just says 'ulx,' that's all." The fellow growled. "Yaas; Ay got

no room." "But you don't understand," said

Emerson. "We're wet. We broke

through the ice. Never mind the

room. We'll get along somehow." "You can't come in liar. You find

auoder house^t'ree mile furder." The traveler pushed forward. Invol-

untarily the watchman drew back.

whereu|K>n the unwelcome visitor crowded past, jostling his Inhospitable host roughly. Emersou's quick action

gained him entrance, and Fraser fol-

lowed behind into the living room,

where a flat nosed squaw withdrew before them. The young man address- ed her peremptorily:

"Punch up thai flre and get us some

thing to eat. quick!" Sour obedieuce followed. Fraser had been watching the fel-

low and uow remarked to his compan- ion:

"Say. what ails that ginney?" The assumption of good uature fell

away from Boyd Emerson as he re

plied: "1 uever kuew anyltody to refuse

shelter to freezing men before."

The watchman reappeared. "You can't stop bar!" he said. "Ay

got orders. By Yingo. Ay trow you AM*!'»

He stooped and gathered up the par mente nearest him. then stepped to-

ward the outer door, hut before he

could make good bis threat Emerson whirled like a eat, his deep set eyes dark with sudden fury, and seized his host by the nape of the neck. He

Jerked him back so roughly that the

wet clothes dapped to tbe door in four

directions, whereat the Scandinavian let fortb a bellow, but Emerson struck

him heavily on the Jaw with his open hand, then hurled him backward Into

the room so violently that he reeled,

ind, his legs colliding with a bench, be fell against the wall. Ills assall- Λ*ί stepped In anil throttled him. beat

ing his head violently against the logs Emersou, stepping back, spoke in η

quivering voice which Fraser had nev-

n heard before: "I'm Just playing with you now. I

ion't want to hurt you." "Get out of my house.' Ay got or-

Jers!" cried the watchman and made

for him again. Emerson dragged him to his own

doorsill. Jerked the door open and kicked him out luto the snow, then

barred the eutrance aud returned to

the warmth of the logs, his face con-

vulsed and his lips working. When the slatternly woman bad

slunk fortb and wus busied at the Htove Emersou observed musingly:

"1 wonder what possessed that fel- low to act as he did."

"lie said he had orders," Fraser of- fered. "If 1 had a warm cabin, a lot

of grub and a squaw I'd like to see

somebody give me orders." Their clothing was dry now, and

they proceeded to dress leisurely. When they had finished their coffee Emersou laid two silver dollars on the

table, aud they left the bouse to search out the river trail again.

The darkness was upon them when

they crept up the opposite bank an

hour later toward η group of shadowy buildings. Approaching the solitary gleam of light shining from the win

dow of tlie watchman's bouse, they ap

plied to him for shelter. "You can't stop here," gruffly. "Is there a road house near by?" "Try the next place below," said the

watchman hurriedly, slamming the

door In their faces and bolting It. At the next stop they encountered

the same gruff show of inhospitallty. "I'll make oue more try," said Einer

son between his teeth gratingly. "If

that does'i't succeed then I'll take pos session again."

A mile farther on they drew up be-

fore a white pile surmounted by a dim-

ly discerned Greek cross, but their sig nais awakened no response.

"Gone!" They wasted no words when, for the

fourth time their eyes caught the wel-

come sight of a shining radiance in

tbe gloom. "Unhitch!" ordered Emerson dogged

ly as be began to untie the ropes of tbe sled. He shouldered the sleeping bags and made toward tbe light that

filtered through the crusted windows,

followed by Fraser similarly burdened. But as they approached they saw at

once that this was no cannery; It look ed more like a roadbouse or trading poet. Behind and connected with it

by a covered ball or p^sageway crouched another squat building of tbe same character, lt« roof piled thick with a mass of snow, Its windows glowing.

They mounted the steps of the nigh building and without knocking flung the door open, entering. With a sharp exclamation ar. Indian woman regard- ed them round eyed.

"We're all right this time," observed Emerson. "Ifs a store." Then to the woman he said briefly. "We want a

bed and something to eat." On every side the walls were shelved

with merchiindise, while the counter carried a supply of clothing and skins.

"What you want?" demanded the squn w.

Boyd and Fraser, divesting them selves of thnlr furs, noticed that she was little more than a girl—a native undoubtedly.

"Food! Sleep!" Boyd replied. "You can't stop here." the girl as

serted firmly. "Ob. yes, we can." snid Emerson. The squaw called, "Constantine!" The tnll flaire of a man emerged, ad

vancing swiftly. It was the copper hued native who

had rescued them from the river ear

Her in the d;iy. The Indian girl broke Into α torrent of excited volubility.

"Yon no stop here," snid Constan tine. Mnking toward the outer door he flung It open.

"We've coaie a long way and we're tired." Emerson argued. He faced the Indinn with tils hack to the stove, his voice taking on a determined note

"We won't leave here uutil we are

ready. Now tell your 'klootcb' to get us some supper. Quick!"

A soft voice from the rear of the room balled the fdvanciuff Indian.

"Constantiue." it snid. The travelers whirled to see, stand

lug out in relief against the darkness of the passaue whence the Indian had

Just come a few seconds before, the golden haired girl of the storm to

whom they hud been indebted for their rescue. She advanced, smiling pleas nntly.

"Those men no stop here!" cried Con stantine violently.

I I—bog pardon," began Emerson. "We didn't intend to take forcible pets- session. but we're played out—we've been denied shelter everywhere—we felt desperate"-

Slie addressed the Indian girl In

Aleut and signaled to Constantine. at which the two natives retired.

"We're glad of an opportunity to thnnk you for your timely service this nfteruoon." said Emerson.

"Oh. that was nothing. I've been ex-

pecting you hourly. You see. Constan- tine's little brother has the measles, anil I had to get to him before the na-

tives could give the poor little fellow

a Russian bath and then stand him out

In the snow. They have only one

treatment for all diseases." "If your—er—father"— The gir!

shook her bead. "Then your husband-I should like to

arrange witli him to hire lodgings for

a few days. The matter of meney"— Again she came to his rescue.

"I am the man of the house. I'm

boss here. You are quite welcome to

Stay as long as you wish. Constantine objects to my hospitality and treats all

strangers alike, fearing they may be

company men." "We throwed a Swede out on bis

neck." declared Eraser, swelling with

conscious importance, "and 1 guess he's 'crabbed' us with the other square- heads."

"Oh, no! They have Instructions uot

to harbor any travelers. It's as much

as his Job is worth for any of them to

entertain you. Now, won't you make

yourselves at home while Constantine attends to your dogs? Dinner will

soon be ready." He murmured "Gladly" and then

1081 miuseil 1U w unuui Ml, ι.uio «.v..

gowned girl living amid such surround-

ings. Undeniably pretty, graceful In

her movements, bearing herself with

certainty and poise, who was she?

Where did she come from? And what

In the world was she doing here?

He became aware that "Flngerless" Fraser was making the Introductions. "This Is Mr. Emerson. My name Is

French. I'm one of the Virginia Frenches, you know. Perhaps you have heard of them. No? Well, they're the real thing."

Emerson forestalled her acknowl- edgement by breaking in roughly:

"Ills name Isn't French at nil,

madam; it's Fraser—'Flngerless' Fra-

ser. He's an utterly worthless rogue and absolutely unreliable, so far as I

can learn. I picked him up on the Ice

In Norton sound with a marshal at his

heels." "That marshal wasn't after me,"

stoutly denied Fraser, quite uuabash· ed. "Why, he's a friend of mine—

we're regular chums. Everybody knows that. He wanted to give me

some papers to take outside, that's

all." Boyd shrugged his shoulders indif-

ferently: "Warrants!" Their hostess, greatly amused, pre-

vented any further argument by say-

ing: "I suppose you are bound for the

States?" "Yes. We intend to catch the mall

boat at Katmai. I am taking Fraser

along for company. It's hard travel-

ing alone In a strange country. He's

a nuisance, but he's rather amusing at

times." "I certainly am," agreed that cheer-

ful person, now fully at his ease.

By and by the girl rose, and after

showing them to a room she excused herself on the score of having to see

to the dinner. Wheu she had with-

drawn "Fingerless" Fraser pursed his

thin lips into a uoistl \ss whistle, then

observed : "Well, I'll—be—cussed 1"

CHAPTER II. " jit HO is she?" asked Emerson,

yy "You heard, didn't you? V ι She's Miss Malotte, and she's

kaJ certainly some considerable

lady," answered the crook.

"Yes, but who la she? What does

this mean?" Emerson pointed to the

pro\lslons and fittings about them.

"What is she doing here alone?" "Maybe you'd better ask her your-

self." said Fraser. For the first time In their brief ac-

quaintance Emerson detected a strange

note in the rogue's voice. The Indian girl summoned them, and

they followed her tLrough the long

passageway Into the other house, where, to their utter astonishment, they seemed to step out of the frontier

and Into the heart of civilization. They found a tiny dining room perfectly ap-

|K)inted, In the center of which, won-

der of wonders, was a round table

gleaming like a deep mahogany pool, upon the surface of which floated gauzy hand worked napery, glinting silver and sparkling crystal, the dark

polish .of the wood reflecting the light from shaded candles. It held a deli- cately figured service of blue and gold, while the selection of thin stemmed

ρΐιιssi's all In rows Indicated the char- acter of the entertainment that await- ed them. The men's eyes were too busy with the unaccustomed sight to

note details carefully, but they felt soft carpet beneath tlielr feet and observed that the walls were smooth and har-

moniously papered. "This Is m-marvelous," murmured

Emerson. "I'm afraid we're not In keeping."

"Indeed you ore," said the girl, "and I am delighted to have somebody to talk to. It's very lonesome here."

"This is certainly a swell tepee," Fra- ler remarked. "How did you do It?"

"I brought my things with me from Nome."

"Nome!" ejaculated Emerson quickly. "Yes." "Why, I've been in Nome ever since

rhe camp was discovered. It's strange we never met."

"I didn't stay there very long; I went

back to Dawson." Again he fancied the girl's eyes held

a vague challenge, but he could not be sure, for she seated him and then gave some instructions to the Aleut

girl. Boyd, becoming absorbed in hie own thoughts, grew more silent as the signs of refinement and civilization about him revived memories long stitled. This was not the effect for which the girl had striven. Her

younger guest's tncituruity, which grew as the dinner progressed, piqued her, bo at the first opportunity she bent her efforts toward rallying him. He an-

swered politely, but she was powerless to shake off his mood.

At last he spoke: "You said those watchmen have In-

fractions not to harbor travelers.

Why Is that?" "It is the policy of the companies.

They are afraid somebody will discov- er gold around here. You see. this Is

the greatest salmon river In the world. The 'run' Is tremendous and seems to

be unfailing; hence the cannery people wish to keep It all to themselves."

"I don't quite understand"— "It Is simple enough. Kalvlk Is so

Isolated and the fishing senson Is so

short that the companies have to send their crews iu from the Stales and

take them out again every summer.

Now, if gold were discovered here- abouts the fishermen would all quit and follow the 'strike,' which would

mean the ruin of the year's catch and the loss of many hundreds of thou sands of dollars. Why. this village would become a city In no time If such a thing were to happen. The whole

region would fill up with miners, and

not only would labor conditions be en-

tirely upset for years, but the eyes of

the world, being turned this way, oth- er people might go Into the fishing business nud create a competition which would both InHueuce prices and

deplete the supply of fish In the Kal- vlk river. So. you see, there are many reasons why this region Is forbidden to miners. You couldn't buy a pound of food nor get a night's lodging here for a king's ransom. The watchmen's

Jobs depend upon their unbroken bond of Inhospitallty, and the Indians dare

not sell you anything, not even a dog- fish, under penalty of starvation, for

they are dependent upon the compa- nies' stores."

"So that Is why you have establish ed a trading post of your own?"

"Oh. dear. no. This isn't a store

This food is for my men." "Your men?" "l'es. I have a crew out In the hills

on a grub stake. This Is our cache. While they prospect for gold I stand

guard over the provisions." Fraser chuckled soft I y. "Then you

nra hiwlrlni' rhp salmon trust?" "After fashion, yes. I knew this

country bad never been gone over, so

I staked six men, chartered a schoon- er and cnine down here from Nome in

the early spring. We stood o(T the watchman, and when the supply ships arrived we had these houses complet- ed. and my men were out In the hills

where It was hard to follow them. I

stayed behind and stood the brunt of

things." "But surely they didn't undertake to

Injure you?" said Emerson, now thor-

oughly interested in this extraordinary young woman.

"Oh, didn't they!" she answered, with a peculiar laugh. "You don't ap

predate the character of these people There is no real code of financial mo-

rality. and the battle for dollars is the bitterest of all contests. Of course,

being a woman, they couldn't very well

attack me personally, but they tried

everything except physical violence, and I don't know how long they will

refrain from that. These plants are

owned separately, but they operate un

der an agreement with one man at the

head. His name Is Marsh—Willis Marsh—and of course he's not my friend."

"Sort of 'united we stand, divided we fall.' "

"Exactly. That spreads the respon- sibility and seems to leave nnlnnly guilty for his evil deeds. The tirst

thing they did was to sink ray schoon er. In the morning you will see her

spars sticking up through the Ice out

in front there. One of their tugs 'ac-

cidentally' ran her down, although slit-

was at anchor fully 300 feet Inside the

channel line. Then Marsh actually had the effrontery to come here per- sonally and demand damages for the

injury to his towboat, falsely claiming

IriTH A QUICK BTHOKK 11Ε OUT A SINGLE LKAP.

there were no lights on the schooner. When I still remained obdurate he- he"— She paused. "You may have heard of it He killed one of my men."

"Impossible!" ejaculated Boyd. "Oh, but it isn't impossible. Any-

thing Is possible with unscrupulous men where there Is no law. They halt at nothing when in chase of money. They are different from women In that. I never heard of a woman doing mur-

der for money."

Λ

Was 11 really murder?' "Judge for yourself. My man ™ine

lown for supplie», and they got him iruuk-he was a drinking man-then hey s ta hi.ed him. They said a China- man did It lu a brawl, but Willis Marsh was to blame. They brought the poor fellow here and laid him on

my steps, as If I bad ™°se

»f It Oh It was horrible, horrible. "And y«-u still stuck to your post?*

jald Emerson curiously. "Certainly! This adventure means a

ereat dee I to me. and, besides, I will not be beaten"—the stem of the glass with which she Imd been toying snap- ped suddenly—"at anything."

The unsuspected luxury of the dl iQK room and the excellence of the din- ner Itself hud in a me.sure preiuired Emerson for what he found In the,llv

Ing room. One thing staggered blm-a

piano. The bearskins on the floor, the big sleepv chairs, the reading table lit

book», even tiie basket ot funcy work all these be could accept without fur- ther parleying, but a plano-ln Kalvlk.

Again Boyd withdrew Into that si- lent mood from which no effort on the nart of his hostess could arouse him. find it soon became apparent from the listless hang of his hands and the dis- tant light in his eyes that he had e\en

become unconscious of her presence in

^After^n hour, during which Emer- ,οη barely spoke, she tired of Fraser s

anecdotes, which had long ■10

be amusing, and. going to piano shuf- fled the sheet music Idly.

"Do you care for music. Her mark was aimed at Emerson, but the Xr answered: "My favorite hymn ta the 'Maple Leaf Rag.' Let her go.

PCben7 settled herself obligingly and

played ragtime. She was In the midst of some syncopated measure when

Boyd spoke abruptly. "Please pla.

TbfSwoo-. «■'·»> ω ZT'en began really to play, realizing terç soon that at least one of her gues knew and loved music. Ouder deft Angers the Instrument b*-came a

medium for musical «I*eob. Gay roundelays, swift, passlouate Huuga rian dances, bold Wagnerian strains followed In quick succession, and the

more her utter abandon the more cer-

tainly she felt the younger man re

Buond Then her dream UUtd ejes widened as she listened to hta voice

breathing life Into the words, lie sang lui"be ease unci «oxlhlllty ο r an

artist. bis powerful baritone UlentllOB nerfectly with her contralto. Tor .be first time she felt the man s

personality· U. «» ^ bail dropped 111» '' ""J 01 iide lu his true semblance

-Oh. thank you." she breathed •Thank you." he said. 1-1-tb-J■* the first time In ages that I ve had

b«rt to SU,,, ι was liuiutry lor ,ou.

,1c; ι was starving tcr it. 1 *ew.t

my ,·«·.In at night longing for I until

my soul fairly ached with the slleu,-e lie ti.ok a seat near the gir au <-o

Unued to talk feverlshiy. tniable

give voice to his thoughts rapidly

^Fraser ambled clumsily Into the con-

versation. Emerson lls.ened tolerant-

STS v ru,,uiu«tl,roupl1 tLo T,S" ,(nes at his hand, his hostess watch

lug him covertly. Suddenly the smile of amusement that lurked al»out Ills

Hp corners and gave him a pleasing look hardened lu a queer fashion lie

started, then stared at one of the

pages, while the color died out of hta

urowii cuueiis v,uunj ou»» iuc »«'»·

Hint held the magazine tremble. Ile

looked up at her and. disregarding Fraser, broke lu harshly:

"Have you read this magazine?" "Not entirely." "I'd like to take one page of It."

"Why. certainly." she replied. He produced a knife and with one

quick stroke cut a single leaf out of

the magazine, which he f<J|Ied and

thrust into the breast of his coat.

"Thank you." he muttered, then fell

to staring ahead of blm. again heed-

less of his surroundings. This abrupt relapse into his former state of sullen

and defiant silence tantalized the girl. He offered no explanation and took

no further part In the conversation until, noting the lateness of the hour,

he rose utid thanked her for her hos-

pitality in the same deadly, indifferent manner

"The uiuslc was a great treat." he

said, looking beyond her and holding aloof, "a very great treat. I enjoyed It immensely. <iood night."

Cherry Mulot te had experienced a

new sensation, and she didn't like it.

She vowed angrily that she disliked men who looked past her. Indeed, she

could not recall auy other who had

ever done so. Her chief concern had

always been to check their ardor. She

resolved viciously that before she was

through with this young man he would

make her a less listless udleu. She as-

sured herself that he was a seltish. sul-

len boor, who needed to be taught a

lesson In manners for his own good if

lor uoihiug else. She darted to the ta-

ble. snatched up the magazine and

skimmed through it feverishly. Ah,

here whs the place! Λ woman's face with some meaning-

less name beneath tilled each page

Along the top run the beadlug, "Fa-

mous American Beauties." So it was

a woman! She skipped backward and

forward among the pages for further

possible enlightenment, bnt there was

no article accompanying the pictures It was merely an Illustrated section

ilevoted to the photographs of promi- nent Actresses and society women,

most of whom she had never heard of.

though here and there she saw a name

that was familiar In the center was

that tantallzlngly clean eut <-dge which

had subtracted a face from the gal- lery—a face which she wanted very much to see.

She shrugged lier shoulders careless-

ly Theu. in a sudden access of fury, she Hung the mutilated magazine vl

tlously Into a far corner of the room.

The travelers slept late on the fol-

lowing morning, for the weariness of

weeks was upou them, and the little

bunk room they occupied adjoined the

main building and was dark. When

they came forth they found Cbukawa·

na In the store and a few moments

later were called to breakfast "Where la your mistress?' Inquired

Boyd. "She go tee my sick broder." said

the Indian girl, recalling Cherry's mention of the child III with measles.

"She all the time give medicine to

Aleut babies," Chakawana continued, "all the time give. give, give some-

thing. Indian people love her."

They were still talking when they heard the jingle of many bells, nnd the

door burst open to admit Cherry, who cuinc with a rush of youth and health

as fresh as Ihe bracing air that follow-

ed her. The cold bad reddened her

cheeks and quickened ber eyes. "Good morn lug, gentlemen!" ah·

cried, removing the white for hood which gave a betting to ber sparkling eyes and teeth. "Ob, but it's a glori- ous morning! We did the Ave miles from the village In seventeen minute·."

"And how Is your measly patient?" asked Fraser.

"He's doing well, thank you." She stepped to the door to admit Cbaka· wuua, who bad evidently hurried around from the other bouse and now

came In, bareheaded and heedless of the cold, bearing a bundle clasped to ber breast. "I brought the little fel- low home wltb me. See!" ·······

"I dare say Kalvlk is rather lively during the summer season," Emerson remarked to Cherry later in the day.

"Yes: the ships arrive in May, and the flsU begin to run In July. After that nobody sleeps."

"It must be rather interesting." "It is more than that; it is inspiring.

Why, the story of the salmon la an

epic In Itself. You know they live a

cycle of four years, no more, always returning to the waters of their nativ-

ity to die. And I have beard It said that during one of those four years they dlsapitear, no one knows where, reappearing out of the mysterious depths of the sea as if at a signal. They come by the legion, In countless scores of thousands, and when one·

they have tasted the waters of their birth they never touch food again, nev-

er cease their onward rush until they become bruised and battered wrecks, drifting down from the spawning beds. When the call of nature is answered and the spawn Is laid they die. They never seek the salt sea again, but car-

pet the rivers with their bones. When they feel the homing Impulse they come from the remotest depths, bead- ing unerringly for the particular par- ent stream whence they originated. If sand bars should block their course in

dry seasons or obstacles intercept them

they will hurl themselves out of the water In an endeavor to get across.

They may disregard a thousand rivers one by one, but when they Anally taste the sweet currents which flow from their birthplaces their whole nature

changes, and even their physical fea- tures alter. They grow thin, and the head takes on the sinister curve of the

preying bird. "Why. you Just ought to witness the

'ruu.' These empty waters become

suddenly crowded, aud the fish come

in a great silver horde, which races up, up, up toward death and obliteration. They come with the violence of a sum-

mer storm; like a prodigious, gleaming army they swarm and bend forward,

eager, undevlatlng, one pur|H>sed. It'n quite Impossible to describe It, this

great sliver horde. They are entirely defenseless, of course, und almost

every llviug thing preys upon them. The birds congregate in millions, the four footed beasts come down from the hills, the Apaches of the sea harry them In dense droves, and even man

appears from distant coasts to take his toll, but still they press bravely ou.

The cl?.nk of machinery makes the hills rumble; the hiss of Rteam and

the sighs of the soldering furnaces are like the complaint of some giant overgorglug himself."

"IIow long does if all last?" "Only about six weeks; then the

furnace tires die out. the ships are

loaded, the men go to sleep, after which Kalvlk sags back into its ten

months' coma, becoming, as you see It

uow. a dead, deserted village, shunned

by man." "1MJI 1 UUII I St't* uun luuir uu^c

plants can [>uy fur their upkeep with such a short run."

"Well, they do. and. what's more,

they pay tremendously, sometime» lu>

per cent a year or more. "Two years ago a ship sailed Into

port lu early May loaded with au army of men with machinery, lumber, conl. and so forth They landed, built the

plant and had it ready to operate I «y tiie time the run started They made

their catch and sailed away again in

August with enough salniou in tiie hold to pay twice over for tiie whole thing Willis Marsh did even better than that the year before, but of course the

price of tisii was high then Next sea·

son will be another big year." "How is t lin IV" "Every fourth season the run Is

large; nobody knows why. Every time

there Is a presidential election the tish

are shy and very scarce; that lifts

prices Every year in which a presi- dent of the United States Is Inaugurat- ed they are plentiful."

Emerson rose. "I had no idea there were such prof

its In the fisheries up here."

"Nobody knows it outside of those interested The Kalvik river Is the most wonderful salmon river In the world, for It has uever failed ouce. That's why the companies guard It so Jealously."

It was evident that the young man

was vitally interested now.

"What does It cost to install and op-

erate a cannery for the tiret season?" "About $*200.000. I atu told. But I be-

lieve one can mortgage hi* catch or

borrow money on It from the banlu.

and so not have to carry the fall bur-

den." "What's to prevent me from going

into the business?" "Several things. Hare you the mon-

ey r

"Possibly. What els·Γ "A site." "That ought to be easy." Cherry laughed. "On the contrary,

a suitable cannery site 1» very hard to

get, because there are natural condi- tions necessary, fresh flowing water

for one, and. furthermore, because the

companies have taken them all up." "Ah! 1 see." The light died out of

Emerson's eyes; the eagerness left bis

voice. He flung himself dejectedly Into

a cbair by the Are, moodily watch- ing the flames licking the burning logs. AH at once he gripped the arma

of his chair and muttered through aet

Jaws. "God, I'd like to tak· one mora

chance."

[TO BE CONTIjrO*D.]

Topiy Turvy Land. The Topsy Turvy doctors have

A very curious way. They do not euro folks of their ills,

But of their health, they «ay.

For instance, when a boy feels well The doctor he comes by

And makes him stay at home rrom school And doim hlmn-ir with pi·.

And that to why. 'twin you and me. An UteUJewnev I would be.

A Rival. "Why do you always say, 'As scarce

as hen's teeth ? "

"Because they are about the scarcest

things in the world." "More scarce than men who enjoy

hearing about the cleverness of other people's bcbles Γ-Chicago Record Herald.