that woman so fashioned in thy image! excellent remedy. She followed me, and laid her hand up­ He had taken from his pocket a D'ri and I on my arm tenderly, while I shook brown pill of the size of a large pea, By IRVING BACHELIEI with emotion. * ' and sat rolling it in his palm. Had he "Captain," said she, in that sweet brought me poison? Author of " Eben Holden." "Daml of Discussing the comparative food value tho Blessed Isles," Etc. voice, "captain, what have I done?" "I suppose it is better than—" It was the first day of the Indian of roast beef and turkey, the English Hegshot a glance at me as if to com­ Lancet says: VQqpjngkt, MB, by Lotluttp Publishing Company.) summer, a memorable season that year, mand silence, then he put the pill in when according to an, old legend, the First, it may be said that weight for my palm. I saw it was of brown tissue weight the flesh of the turkey is more Great Father sits idly on the moun­ rolled tightly. CHAPTER XXIV—CONTINUED. tain-tops and blows the smoke of his "Don't take it now," said he; "too nourishing than that of beef, but the "War—it is forever war," said • Subject Which Is of Deeper Inter­ latter is, generally speaking, cheaper long pipe into the valleys. In a mo­ soon after breakfast. Wait half an est to the Grower Than the l Therese, when I told her at dinner. ment I was quite calm, and stood look­ than the former. The mofeture fn beef, hour. A cup of water," he added, turn­ Potato-Bug Pest.* "There is to be a coaching-party to­ ing off to the hazy hollows of the far ing to the guard, who left us a moment. however, exceeds the amount present in morrow, and we shall miss you, cap­ the flesh of the turkey, and the latter field. I gave her my arm and without He leaned to my ear and whis­ The spread of potato blight is of tain." speaking, we walked slowly down a pered:— contains a better percentage of proteid 'Can you not soon return?" said the garden path. For a time neither broke deeper Interest to the potato grower or flesh-forming substance. In either "Remember," said he, '2 is a, and than the spread of the potato bug pest, baroness. the silence. 3 is b, and so on. Be careful until the case the percentage of moisture is sel­ "I fear not," was my answer. "It Is "I did not know—i did not know," because the blight is more insidious dom less than 70 per cent guard changes." ' and harder to check. to be a long campaign." she whispered presently. He handed me a small watch as he In lean beef the amount of fat is much "Oh, the war! When*' will it ever Spraying is the most effective meth­ the same as in a not too well-fed turkey, "And I—must—tell yoa'," I said brok­ was leaving. od of preventing potato blight, says end?" said Louise, sighing. enly, "that I—that I—" "It may be good company," he re­ but* it must be pointed out that the flesh BY JAMES RITCHEY. "When we are all dead," said "Hush-sh-sh!" she whispered, her the Farmers' Review, but it must be of poultry differs from that of beef and (Instructor In Woodworking and Pattern- marked. \ used before the blight has appeared, Louison. hand over my lips. "Say no more! I unrolled the tissue as soon as I mutton in not having its muscular fibers making, Armour Institute of Tech­ that the tender fungi may be killed as permeated by fat, and, moreover, the nology, Chicago.) "Of loneliness?" said the old count, say no more! If it is true, go—go quick­ was alone. It was covered with these (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) with a smile. ly, I beg of you!" soon as they reach the surface of the fibers in the flesh of the fowl are short, figures:— potato foliage. The Major—Sambo, do you know why chickens are like curses? "No; of old age," said Louison, There was such a note of pleading in 21-24-6-13-23-6 and readily yield to the disintegrating Shellac varnish, or shellac, as it is Sambo—Dunno, boss, less'n it's 'cause de po' cullud man gits mo* dan The blight plant grows %up inside commonly called, is a solution of shel­ quickly. her voice, I hear it, after all this long 21-16-15-10-8-9-21 4-6-13-13 5-16-16-19 action of the digestive processes. A uis share of bofe of um! ' When the army goes into Canada time, in the hushed moments of my the potato plant and is not noticed till large amount of fat in either case is apt lac gum in alcohol. Pure grain alco­ 22-15-13-16-4-12-6-5 13-10-7-21 20-14-2 it begins to produce seed, drawing all hol only is used for the best grades, it will go into trouble," said the Comte life, night,or day. "Go—go quickly, I 13-13 24-10-15-5-16-24 10-15 4-1G-19-19-10 to interfere with the digestibility of the de Chaumont, speaking in French. beg of you!" We were/both near of its sustenance from the potato meat. The fat of beef is more digesti­ wood alcohol being substituted in the 5-16-19 3-2-4-12- 21-16-24-2-13-13 8-16 19- plant. When the black spores appear cheaper grades. These cheaper grades pianos, etc., after they are made, as may antique colored filler, after which two* "We shall have to get you out of cap­ breaking down. 10-8-9-21 21-16 19-16-2-5 13-6-7-21 200 ble than the fat of turkey. The fat of be inferred from the description and coats of wax, as directed above. ~ tivity, captain." "Vive le roi!" I whispered, taking the mischief is then mostly done. That birds, in fact, is harder, and, owing to its should be avoided, because they de­ 17-2-4-6-20 21-16 17-2-21-9 13-6-7-21 21» is why spraying at that time is large­ teriorate rapidly and do not produce instructions given regarding varnishes - Flemish oak. weathered oak and other 'Louise would rescue him," said her her hand. 16 19-10-23-6-19 19-10-8-9-21 21-24-6-15- tendency to beensa* rancid, is unsuitable and how to use them, is not only com­ colors are produced in the same man­ sister. "She has influence there." "Vive le roi!" she whispered, turn­ ly ineffective. for the dyspeptic patient a good finish, besides being very hard 21-26 21-16 21-9-10-4-12-6-21. to spread evenly with the brush. plicated, but requires years of expe­ ner—by first staining the wood, then "Would pay my ransom?" I in­ ing away. Spray with Bordeaux mixture, which Perhaps the most Important differ­ rience and practice, and is far in ad­ filling and lastly applying two coats of I made out the reading shortly as is made by combining four pounds of Shellac varnish must be brushed on quired, turning to her. follows: ence, however, from a dietetic point of vance of the work of the vafhisher or wax. "With my life," said she, solemnly. CHAPTER XXV. copper sulphate, four pounds of fresh view,; between beef and turkey is that quickly, since the alcohol evaporates painter who finishes the interior of our "Twelve to-night cell door unlocked. lime and 50 gallons of water. The rapidly. It must also be diluted with The whole process is so simple, and "Greater love hath no man than this," How empty and weak are my words Lift small window in corridor. Back to whereas beef contains a high percentage houses. the results so satisfactory, that no one, said the good Pere Joulin, smiling as wall so right to road. Left two hundred spraying should be, done during the of extractive matters, turkey contains alcohol when necessary, until it will after using the wax, will think of. re­ that try to tell of that day! I doubt paces to path. Left to river. Right twen­ first two weeks of July. Get ready flow freely and spread evenly. Yet with these facts before him, the the others laughed. hardly any at all. The extractive mat­ beginner may with care and patience turning to varnish. ^ if there is in them anywhere what ty to thicket.' now. Shellac varnish alone makes an ex­ "And none has greater obligation," may suggest, even feebly, the height ters in beef account largely for its pe­ in following these simple directions The use of wax is equally successful said Louise, blushing with embarrass­ Having read the figures, I rolled the The earliest potatoes are not gen­ culiar and marked flavor, and owing to cellent finish for either soft or hard on any of the hard woods. When and depth of that experience or one tissue firmly, and hid it in my ear. erally affected by blight. The medium pine or for white maple, without the produce a passably fair finish on ar­ ment. "Has he not brought us three ray of the light of her face. There are their absence in poultry generally, and ticles made by himself, and bearing on marred or in any way injured, the wax out of captivity?" It was a day of some excitement, I re­ and late varieties are the ones that in the pheasant and partridge, the flavor use of a filler.