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mm 'rig '*•'* t W .H-i VENGEANCE! w*w. Opie Rsad Puppoilni you Were a young man who had served in a. war and ©scaped Its perils and that the future wero rosy with promtee, excepting that fate had called upon you to execute a grim and terrible purpose: the Clrc umstancea being that during the conflict, an outlaw operating under the semi-sanction of guerrllle warfare had raided your home and murdered your father, and then, hanging his body to a tree, had Insolently pinned a card to it bearing the outlaw's name! Would not you likely do as Virgil Drace did--swear a solemn vow to And that outlaw, hang him as high as Hainan, and decorate his corpse with your own card? Then, While you were setting about to execute that vow, suppose you met a fascinating girl with whom you fell in love and had the satisfaction of finding your affection sincerely reciprocated. Then supposing it developed that the girl were the daughter of the man upon whom you had sworn to wreak vengeance. What would you do? Is it not a satisfactory web upon which to waave an intensely interesting story of romance, especially when the incidents occurred in the South following the Civil war. the young man a northern officer, the girl a beautiful, flery southerner, and all the other fcharacters and episodes of the South and that turbulent period which marked the days of reconstruction? Would It not be more absorbing If, as in this case, the author were one of the greatest of American novelists? Tou will And thia stirring romance worked out in the most charming way in "Periwinkle House," by Opie Read. No man in the United States has written as many stories as Opie Read, and no author has had a larger number of readers. He was born In a •mall town la Tennessee In 1852, followed newspaper work for awhile In Kentucky, and then moved to Little Rock, Ark., where he edited the Arkansas Gazette from 1R78 to 1881. He was next on the staff of the Cleveland (O.) Trader and then returned to Little Rock, whera he established the Arkansaw Traveler, a humorous paper which attracted the attention of the entire English-speaking world. Mr. Read furnished most of the material .'{hat went Into the publication. He i-onducted it ffom 188S to 1891 and then tnoved to Chicago, where he has since resided, engaged in literary work. . It is doubtful if Opie Read himself could recall the titles of all the books he has written; without referring to a list. One or more of them Is in nearly every home where Action is indulged In throughout the land. *They form a conspicuous part of the Action section ®f every public library, and are carried in stock by every enterprising book dealer. During late years he has been less prolific, due to the fact that he has not had the leisure for writing, for he has become one of the most .sought after lecturers, and his time is practically filled with Chautauqua, Lyceum and special platform engagements. In this work he has covered practically the entire nation. iflll in - i Bq OPIE READ n--i Ulil fh* Ml dr><l«ita Oa it was thia moment that Fate chose to bring him face to face with one who was to change the whole course of his life. For as he turned into a long passageway, aflame with light but deserted, there suddenly entered at the far end a girl thrilling in litheness and almost barbaric in dress. In swift unconsciousness of him she approached, a great handful of roses in red glare hiding her features. She lowered her hand; he caught full view of her face; and It seemed to him that his heart ceased to beat, like a pendulum caught nnd halted, then thrown again into motion. She did not look at him as he slowly passed her. He gazed Into her eyes as she bent them upon the roses held out in front of her; and then he wheeled about to follow her. She turned into a cross-passage, was gone; he ran to the entrance, but she had vanished. In the young man's heart was a struggle to call her, but there was no appropriate word; and then sobered, the Yankee smiled at himself. But the smile did not balm his delicious wounds, and he continued his search into the ballroom. There were many handsome women, belles of proud villages, but to. none did he give a sec ond glance. Again he passed out toward the upper deck. For a time he stood gazing down upon the never-s6lved mystery of night on the Mississippi. The fiddles were going again, and he heard slippered feet whispering over the floor, but It } _ CHAPTER I Out upon the sheen of th$ mighty ^^flrthrer the pine-torch flames fell, in . *rippling streams, and the full moon, peeping over the tall timber, made tnouths at herself in the wrinkled mirror of flood. On the steamboat Leona the negro deck-hands were , chanting the buoyant anthem of the June rise. In the gilt, enameled sa- , Soon, a sweet-stringed waltz, centuries removed from the melodic bellow of the black bucks" below, swelled out ' Upon a breeze that seemed eager to mingle with it, while sentiment smiled •nd gallantry bowed in the studied graces of a floating ballroom on the Mississippi. All ceremony was precise With the' inherited observance of precedent, save when son\e hair-greased . pud less refined dandy of the woods, ., having lingered too long at the bar, 5 Jet liquor fly to his heels to cut a rebellious pigeon-wing. "Th« Hfiimble; I Shottls." Am Liberty sedmec etyywa ted to him that this scene of gayas forced, like a melancholy laugh; it reminded him of a book of poems in tatters, of a love-letter In faded ink. ^ Built about one of the smokestacks was a shanty of boards called the "dog house." Turning a corner of the shanty, the young man stumbled against some one; a man growled in The boundless ranch of the West fpas unknown, vand along the lower Itississlppi lay the great plantations ..jflf America. Except for the toll of the Slaves, industrial life had been only a •ort of happy indolence; but society Meld many a thrilling charm, and with ' ;jts libraries from irope, intellectual Hfe indulged the luxury of ceremonl- 1*^ jfus romanticism. . This atmosphere still bredthed on the big Missis- , **' *lppl steamboats, for fantasies which tender poetic the condition as all ^ . |jinger on the water after having been driven from the land. In the ballroom of the Leona the <lress erf the men and the women was » ;^variegated With the odd ends of dif- & ferent periods of style. Old chests, I tildden during the Civil war, only a HJSjvfew years past, had been opened to jgive up the faintly scented fluffs and gourd-flowered vests of Andrew Jackson's day; and the brigadier in ruffled *hirt poured gallantry's extravagant figures of speech upon the graceful jyoung dame arrayed in the silk that lhad adorned the form of her grandmother when in the village of Wash- , Ington she waltzed with Lafayette. r . During a lull in the music-measured #4* jcapering a tall, handsome young man, . £Jj\ garbed" In the fashion of the day. '.'M : y X' ^passed with long and careless strides { ;*' from one end of the saloon and out \ V;vtoward the upper deck. Admiring eyes were bent upon him; SpF , If* t Hand one lady turned to her partner & /' ,1and sald: - ^ X ' " O h , p l e a s e , C o l o n e l , t e l l m e w h o h e •****" *C'% ' > Colonel placed his right hand 1- ' ^ ":°n the bosom of his ruffled shirt and' gi 1 'tl * r»^bowed. "Miss Lucy," he said, "it would, f | ' v-v S'be one of the satisfactions of my life » "• • ,f to gratify your more . than natural : < .1, »• curiosity, but that pleasure is denied I-'? iiwrffei.',* me. I can't tell you who he Is." ^ And then--because the Colonel had | sighed his own sentimental distress In • the presence of Miss Lucy and because V: her curiosity concerning the young stranger stirred a •Jealous qualm--he added: "lie tapks like a Yankee to pie." The young man was a Yankee. And because he was Journeying to the South upon a grlin and terrible mission, the gayeties of the ballroom had grated upon him and' he had sought {be solitude of the upper deck, let resentment. "I beg your pardon!? ~ ! "I should say you dot* A' yftttBig fellow of unusual height and of humorous slimness came forth out .of the shadow. The boat was landing, and a turpentine-torch on the shore revealed him, pale and long of face, with collar cut low and chin standing high. "Yes,, sir," he added, "and although It may not be necessary on this' occasion, yet if you knew who I am, you would apologize some more." "Ah, you don't say P replied the Yankee, smiling. "And as you seem to be fond of the music of apology, will you please tell me who you are?" "I can do that easy enough, but I don't wish to frighten you." * "You are considerate. But the fact Is- I rather enjoy the sensation of fright." 'Then tremble; I am liberty Shottie." "What, you don't meaa that you are really Liberty Shottle!" "I swear It.". "Well, well! And now. will you please enlighten me as to who Liberty Shottle is? And why do you suppose that people who have heard of you, tremble in your presence? What hare you done?" "Sir, modesty puts a clamp on me. . . . And now would you mind telling me your name?" "Not at all. My name Is Virgil Drace."* . "You don't say? Well, well! But I never heard of you. either." "Now they laughed, the Joyous aad unsuspicious *-• - v"... m 1 -» 1 mirth of youth. TtOMwdlooting down upon the ilnrlrSnitu loading freight, listening to the^trstm of the second mate's profanity, who swore his emotion by tbs stars, the moon, the river, the unlvenMt; and when the Leona was on her way again, the fiddles going, the muddy roustabouts singing, Liberty Shottle and Drace seated themselves on campstools, eagerlng toward swift acquaintance^ the friendship of two natures far apart In aim and principle. "If you've got two cigars. 111 join you In a smoke," said Shottle. "Thank you. You see, my people, what few of them are left, say that I don't exist. They haven't cast me off, or anything of that sort, but being of staid habits themselves, they swear that I am too unreal to exist. Lord, what Is the world but queer? What's your game?" "I haven't any--any game," parried the Northerner. "But what are you doing on this boat yourself?" "I'm going down to New Orleans," replied Liberty, "to see how long 1 can stay there. I had a pretty fair Job a couple of months ago teaching a school near Memphis. They liked me, too. I've got a sheep's hide from Chapel Hill university, North Carolina, with all the wool singed off and the board acknowledged my qualifications, but they caught me shaking dice with the boys and told me that as there were some branches of learning they didn't care to have instilled, I'd better get a professorship in some higher institution. Have you been In there?" Liberty Shottle waved his hand; and Drace, thinking he meant the ballroom, answered him: "Only passed through. I've been rather worn with that sort of thing." "Oh, you think I meant the ball I I. meant the poker-room." "Yes, I sat In there for a'time." "How did you come out?" "Not very well. Lost two hundred." "You speak of losing two hundred as lightly as if it were a matter of breath Instead of blood. Would you mind holding my hand till you say it again? Two hundred! Why, you know, a fellow would teach bulletheads and sissies for two months for two hundred dollars . . . Now, let me lay down a proposition: I am lucky tonight. I lost fifteen dollars, all I had, but I'd just got up to the point of winning when I lost my last dollar. JUst one more ante, and it would have come my way. I saw it coining, but a blundering fool headed It off. Now, here's my scheme, and It's a good one: you want your two hundred back; you stake me to a hundred, ahd I'll go in there and make a cleaning. Don't refuse, now, until you have let your mind digest the situation. Most of the errors in this life come from snap Judgment." "Ah, you think you can win, because you lost?" "My dear Virgil, there is, you might say, a psychology in everything. Who wins a fight? The man who believes he can't? No, the man whp knows he can. And I know right now. Why, I'd stake my life on It. You give me the hundred and stay right here and wait. As for my honesty, I can give you references-- the mayor of New Orleans and Judge Hebblns of Memphis--but he died last.week. No matter -- I'd jump into the river and let the paddlewheel beat me into sausagemeat before Td deceive you. Liberty Shottle, that's my name!" Drace leaned back and laughed. "Liberty, a thing astonishing to me Is going to happen. I'll stake you to the hundred." . No supeiretttlous devotee ever received from the priest of the gods a libation with more of emotional strain than Liberty Shottle evinced when he closed in tight clutch on Drace's adventurous hundred. Then he bowed and disappeared. v Drace sat musing,' and soon he began to wonder why he had been so weak as to give $100 to this peculiar fellow, a stranger. Well, Liberty had amused him. Made him laugh, and in this world there is- more money spent for the promotion of laughter than for the relief of tears. , Presently Shottle returned. He sat down and though physically he was lights, the camp stool groaned beneath htm. Drace waited. The Leona blew her great horn and all the world seemed to tremble. When the sound had died, echoing miles atfay, the crambler coughed lightly and groaned. Drace wondered why he should be tickled Qver any one's misfortune, but he felt a merry tingling in his blood. "This boat's got a good bass voice," he remarked. "Bass voice! Do you know what I'd like to do? Td like to bore a teninch hole in her bottom and let her go down." ""'You must have lost Liberty CTIONOF CPrspsred fey t^St»t»« Department While the Ice house is a common thing among the outbuildings now found on many farms, yet there are many terms which do not have it. Farmers not enjoying this useful piece of equipment have need to consider, as fall comes along, what arrangements t-hould be made so that they may have a place ready to store ice when cold weather arrives; -- Tim selection of p site for an Ice house Is very important. Other conditions being suitable, the ice house on a dairy farm should be placed as near as possible to the milk house, in order to reduce the labor of handling and to encourage the more liberal use of ice. On a general farm the Ice house should be located near the residence. To facilitate drainage thfc ground on which the ice house stands should be porous and slope atvay from the building. Advantage also may be taken of the nearness of hills, trees, or buildings, which often afford protection from hot winds, dius saving ice,' •'?'$ Type of Building \ The construction of the we hctisfe depends to a great extent upon local conditions, the size of the house, and the difficulty of obtaining Ice. These factors help tc determine the sum that may wisely be spent for such a building. Where ice Is expensive or hard to obtain, a better constructed and Insulated and therefore more expensive ice house is advisable. Where natural Ice can be harvested and stored cheaply a cheap structure is usually satisfactory, and the loss from melting Ice Is a small consideration. The cost of harvesting and storing, the interest on the money Invested, to tl#;-|pg|iP<6nd . (immqiisiUb 1; <<•••* - ?the lee j must be heat by or a form of construction which will reduce the transfer of heat from the outside to the inside. No material known will entirely prevent the passage of heat, but several kinds of material, called non-conductors or insulators, offer a< Farmer's lea House With Milk Room. high resistance to Its passage. • The best insulators appear to be those that contain entrapped air In the greatest number of small spaces. As to the size, this must depend upon the amount of ice that will be needed. A cubic foot of ice weighs about 57 pounds, so in storing Ice it is cusf-'- r sit VV v. -' . -VA, j ' , ^ -<1 Ice House Is Useful Piece of Equipment on Any Farm. and repairs and depreciation on the building, are to be considered in relation to the ice loss from melting; and the type of house to be built depends upon these factors. It never pays to build permanently In other than a substantial manner, and careful thought ?, i* <:\ •Getting ia the Ice Crop for Next Summer. should be given the Matter before erecting a cheap makeshift that wUl Dot give adequate service. An lee house should be built Where It will be shielded as much as possible from the wind and from the direct rays of the sun. The object is to prevent the outside heat from passing intomary to allow from 40 to 50 cubic feet per ton for the mass of Ice, but the quantity that an ice house "f a given size will hold depends upon the manner in which the ice is stored. Generally speaking, in the* north it will take one and one-half tons for cooling the milk from each cow, and two tons per cow In the South. Allowing 60 cubic feet for a ton of packed ice, ten tons will require about 500 cubic feet >of space. Detailed figures as to capacity, together with directions and building plans, are found in literature issued by the United States Department of Ag« riculture, which is always ready & answer Inquiries on this as on other subjects pertaining to farm practice. BENEFITS OF FALL PLOWING It Qives Better Distribution] Of Work, ^ ReUeying Rush E&ring |j|*.; 8pring 8eaaoiv Sn Thiffe Ure several advantages to fall plowing. It gives a better distribution of, farm work, relieving the spring rush. Soils that are inclined to be wet and cold will warm up and be ready for working earlier in the spring If fall plowed. Where sod, coarse litter Qr a heavy growth of vegetation is to be turned under the material will partially decompose duttng the winter, thus making it possible to prepare a better seed bed in the spring. Fall plowing also helps destroy certain insects. Soils that are heavy and inclined to be cloddy will often impnotre In tilth with fall plowing. PREVENT MOLD IN BUTTER TUBS q^USD «f Much Annoyance auj ' Source of Big Losses,* . "Alfred Drace, with the compliments of 8t«pho la Vitte." (TO BB CONTINUED.) \ SIZE OF BRAIN DOESN'T COUNT Men With Small Ones May Have ^ Larger Mind Capacity i*.;J?' ' Many Others. f fi ' ------ r-:\ V"' • As the action of the brain has not, as yet, been see^ by man, no one at present knufrs Just what it Is, beyond its merely physiological or mechanical substance. It is said that the,brain of the normal man contains over 300,- 000,000 ceils, and Jhat about 3,00ft are destroyed every nilnutv. If this Is the case then a new brain appears about once in sixty days. The normal brain has a volume of 58 to 105 cubic Inches. The brata of the Anglo-Saxon and the German, and of other civilized nations, averages the larger number, while the negro brain oc- I cuDles a space of about 96 cubic inches, and some Australian natives have brains of only about 58 cubic Inches. The male brain is about 10 per cent heavier or lugger than that of the female. The most Intelligent animals have only about sixteen ounces of brains. The size of the brain, If it is not below normal, does not appear to Influence the intellectuality of its possessor. Men with Small brains may have larger mind capacity than some of those posseting brains weighing several ounce? more. It would appear then that the size of the brain, unless It he unusually small, has little to do with Its quality.--Seattle Dally Timea, . Most of our "n»»- thought** are eld the p> vaudda. Receptacle Is Steamed for Thirty Seconds and Inner 8urface Paraffined j|pl Rubbed With 8alt MssliH Need of Creameries. ' • r\'". ' (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The growth of mold on butter in tubs is a cause of great annoyance to dealers and a common source of loss to creameries. Preventive treatments designed to do away with this trouble have been' devised by various people, and these have been carefully studied by the United States Department of Agriculture. The treatment that has been found most successful consists in soaking the tubs in cold water, steaming them for 30 seconds with live steam, paraffining the inner surface, and then rubbing over the paraffin with salt. In addition, the liners for the tubs are soaked for 30 minutes in a saturated solution of boiling brine. Under the supervision of the department several million pounds of butter have been packed In tubs and liners treated In this manner and no cases of mold have been reported. A number of methods of treating tubs and liners have been tried out in comparison with the one just described, but no other has been equally successful. Some tubs and liners were merely soaked In cold water, and In these the moid made an abundant growth. When the tubs and liners were, soaked In a saturated solution of cold brine the growth of the mold was somewhat reduced. Butter In tubs that w«w soaked in water and steamed for 90 seconds with live steam, and lined with liners that > hdd been dipped In a saturated solution of boiling bribe, developed very little mold; but results were still better when paraffin and salt were used as described above. The treatment found most satisfactory la Inexpensive and meets the needs of creameries of any type aad |n any part of the country. v Bears Signature *¥•1 Orer Thirty Years Twi" Cof7 of Wrapper Italian Telephones. 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