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ifl ^r¥:f^r ̂ ^ W^W *>v^ fw,jp* x • p- >f<«r «*? v - * v r / ' > v > e e v T * " ' * * 1 ? ^ * *¥V->f f « y. >• i ' '. *, ' > •' O '„• i ,.•'•->! • - ' • '. i 1 > iv ' '•*, i The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conquest. By OTTIjLIE A. LILJENCRAWTZ, authOf of The Thrall of Lief the Lucky. "' Copyright, no:!, by A. C. McCI-UKG & CO. ,. CHAPTCR II.--Continued. Snatching: up her slackened rein %ltli MIH« IIHIHI, bin rider manasotl to •mm III«' Imr lt>a|iliin r«|» with tho other; jutul nriI he fli'Mt hdiinrr nho caught lh» |«»hjr MNll litfttlnrtlvoly And sway- * hot Imily Itilii If* tint*ven awing, huttli *• il at once a-throb In a *m »• thin what a boy -iMUal #I|Mh .» Ihane other men , finlwvp sn, It ti lit my ui I ml to tell tliPiu that I am a wnmati," sh« decid­ ed. "Mlurr Uify nt»t my own people, tio evil ran ronir> of their knowing; and t «1 IhIIko the othor feeling." The recollection that she had al­ ways this escapo open gave her a new lease of boldness. When a sentinel stopped her near the top, she faced him with a fairly firm front. "I have war news for King Canute," she told him Myghtily; and he let her pass with no nroro than a grin. She had come in by the back door, but now she had begun to reach the better quarters. Her nose reported sooner than her eyes that a meal was in making; and a glow of anticipation braced her famished body. There, a dozen yards to the left, the meal was nearly over; between the gnarled trunks the fire shone like a red eye; and bursts of merriment and snatches of boisterous song marked the begin­ ning of the drinking. Sometimes a woman'H lighter laugh­ ter would mingle with the peal. Some­ times*, through llin swaying branches, Randalln naught Might of tho flower-fair face or an ICIIMIIHII Kill bending be­ tween the «IINMM,V yHlmv head* of the captor*, OIIOH uliw on mo upon a brawny Vlldiig miti-iMvii.* IiIn butt" fingers to twine a mm) leu «>|imIn mound u white tliront. The MIITH fare \vu« dimpling bewltehliiKly HI aim held aside her shlnltiK ball1, tlandslln bad on im­ pure of triumph, "I wish that Bister Wynfreda could see that, now since It is her belief that Danes are always overhearing. tent was very like a trader's booth. Spears and banners and gold-bossed shields decorated the walls, while the reed-strewn ground was littered with furs and armor, with jeweled altar- cloths and embroidered palls and won­ derful gold-laced garments. The rude temporary benches were spread with splendid covers of purple and green, upon which silver lilies and gold-eyed peacocks had been wrought "with ex­ quisite skill. Randalin'S gate lingered, dazzled, then slowly rose to examine the master of all this wealth. He was not so easy to pick out. Of the three men around the table, only one was a graybeard; ajid^of the two striplings left, either nc^ght have been the son of SVfen '"Of Denmark. Both were finely formed; both were dress­ ed with royal splendor, and the hair of each fell from under a Jeweled circlet in uncut lengths of shining fairness. The hair of the shorter one, though, was finer; and no red tainted the pur­ ity of its gold. When one came to look at it, it was like a royal cloak. Perhaps he might be the king! Then she noticed that his shoulders lacked the breadth of his companion's by as much as a palm's width; and her mind wavered. Surely so great a king as Canute must be broader- shouldered than any of his subjects! Though the men were too intent to notice her, In some sub-conscious way her moving seemed to rouse them. Their discussion had been growing gradually louder; now tne bearded man and the young Jotun rose sud­ denly and faced their companion, whose voice became audible in an obstinate mutter: "Nevertheless, I doubt that it was wise to join hands with an English traitor." The. older man said in a tone of slowly gathering anger, "I told you to make the bargain, and I stand at the back of my counsels. Have you be­ come like the wind, which tries every in me that tells me to loathe myself for being so. Even as I loathe you-- both of you--and all your howling pack! Make me no answer or, by the head of Odin, you shall feel my fangs. Oh, leave me, leave me, before I lose my human nature and go mad like a dog! Leave--You laugh!" • As he . caught sight of Rothgar, he Interrupt­ ed him with a roar. His hand shot to his belt and plucking forth the jew­ eled knife that hung there, hurled it, a glittering streak, at the grinning face. If it had reached home, one of Rothgar's eyes would have gone out in darkness. But the son of Lodbrok had kno his royal foster-brother too long to be* taken by surprise. Throwing up a wooden platter like a shield, he caught the quivering .blade in its bot­ tom, whence he drew it forth with good-humored composure. "If you wish to give a friend a pres­ ent, King, you should not throw it at him so angrily," he suggested. "Had you given me the sheath, too, your gift would have been doubly dear." Gradually the color flowed back to the young king's .eyes and softened them; gradually his mouth relaxed from its fierce lines and drooped fb bitter curves. When at last his fin­ gers stopped their nervous beat, it was to unfasten the sheath of chased gold which was attached to his waist, and stretch it out to Rothgar. "Have it your own way," he said gravely. "It is right that I pay some fine; I have a troll's temper. Take the sheath. But do not make the mis­ take again of laughing at me because you cannot understand me. But one person may* do that and live, and that person is a woman, and my ^ wife. There is a strange feeling in my heart that we have begun to travel different paths, you and I--and that it is be­ cause we no longer walk on the same level of ground, that we no longer see any object in the same light. And my mind tells me that in time to come your path will lead you d^wn into the valley and my road will take me up the mountain-side, until even our voices shall no longer reach across." He came out of his dreaming abruptly. "It is not worth while to speak further. Leave me, as I order­ ed you. There is no unfriendliness in my mind at this, but I can command myself no further. Go." Rothgar said, with some approach to formal courtesy, "I Ask you to par­ don it that I have done what you dis­ like, for I wish that the least of all the world. And I give you thanks for your gift." Their hands clasped strongly as the trinket passed from grasp to grastf. Then the sage and the soldier turn ed and strode past the cowering fig­ ure of Randalin and out of the liner doorw:ay. 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Another sentinel hailed her and she gave him absently her customary an­ swer. He pointed to a great striped tent of red and white linen, adorned with fluttering streamers and guarded by more sentries in shining mail; and she rode toward it in a daze. More revelers sprawled under these trees, and she looked at them curi­ ously. The women here did not seem to be amusing themselves so well. One was weeping; and one--a slip of a girl with a face like a rose--was trying vainly to rise from her place beside a drunken warrior, who held her hands and strove to pull her lips down to his wine-stained mouth. In imagination Randalin felt again Nor­ man's arm around her waist, and a wild pity was quickened in. her. This was worse than drudgery, worse than blows! For the credit of Danish war­ riors, it was well that Sister Wyn­ freda could not see this. Again her own words raised a start­ ling apparition. What had been the Sister's last cry of warninjg?' "It is not their cruelty I fear for you. Child, listen! It is not their blows--" Could ft be possible that this was what-- Like a merciless answer came a •cream from the girl--a short, pierc­ ing cry of horror and loathing and agonized appeal as she was drawn down upon the leering face. At that cry, childhood's blind trust died for- - ever in Randalin. As she rode past the pair, with clenched hands and flashing eyes, she knew without rea­ soning that tortures would not tear from her the secret of her disguise. When the sentinel before the tent challenged her roughly, it was her tongue, not her brain, that answered him. "I have war news for the King." In a twinkling be had dropped his speaf, plucked her from her saddle, and was marching her toward the entrance by her collar. "In the Troll's name, get in to the chief, and let nothing hinder you!" he growled. "Prom your snail's pace I got the idea that you had come a-beg­ ging. Get in and set your tongue wag­ ging as speeding as you can! Why do you draw back? I tell you to make baste!" Before she could so much as catch her breath, he had raised the tent- flap, pushed her bodily through the entrance, and dropped the linen door behind her. "I have war news for the King." she told her- CHAPTER III. When Royal Blood l« Young Blood. Three richly dressed warriors, clink­ ing golden goblets across a table--so much Randalin caught in her first glance. On the spot where the senti­ nel had released her she stopped, stock-still, and with eyeft bent on the CTOund tremblingly awaited the royal attention. Her first thought was that a kin*** quarter of the sky because it knows not its own mind?" While the young man warned in his heavy voice, "You will have your will in this as in everything, King Canute, but I tell you that if you keep the bargain, you will act against my advice." He raised from his hands now a face of boyish sullenness, and sat glaring over his clenched lists at his counsellors. "Certainly it would become a great misfortune to me if I should act against the advice of Rothgar Lod- broksson " he made stinging answer. "*It was he who gave me the advice, when the English broke faith, to vent my rage upon the hostages. Men have not yet ceased to lift their noses at me for the unkingliness of the deed." His eyes blazed at the mem­ ory. They were not pleasant eyes when he was angry; the blue seemed to fade from them until they were two shining colorless pools in his brown face. The son of Lodbrok shrugged his huge shoulders in stolid resignation, but the wrinkled forehead of the older man became somewhat smoother. He said in his measured voice, "In that matter my opinion stands with Canute. When bloodshed is unnecessary, it becomes a drawback." Over the brown fists the fierce bright eyes bent themselves upon him in his turn. The biting young voice said, "It is likely that Thorkel the Tall speaks from experience. It stands in my memory how well craft served hin* when he deserted my father for Ethelred and then became tired of the Englishman. To procure himself peace, he «»• forced to creep back to my feet likr a dog that has been kicked. Was there gold enough in his bribe to regild his fame?" The gnarled old face of Thorkel the Tall grew livid; growling in his griz­ zled beard, his hand moved instinc­ tively toward his sword. But Roth­ gar caught his arm with a boisterous laugh. "Slowly, old wolf!" he admonished. "Never snarl at the snapping of the cub you have raised." The King had not moved at the threatening gesture, and he did not move now, but he echoed the laugh bitterly. , A snort of impatience distended the nostrils of Thorkel the TalL "At such times as these/' he said, "are brought to my mind the words of Ulf Jarl, that a man does not really stand well upon his legs until he has lived twenty-live winters." Up came the King's yellow head. There was no question now about his temper. A spot of fiery red marked each cheek-bone, and his colorless eyes were points of blazing light. "Better is it to stand unsteadily upon two legs than to go naturally upon four," he retorted. "If I also am a beast, at least there is a man's mini Musicians' Oddities Make Amusement for Companions. Among such a mass of players as comprises a great orchestra there are "characters" enough to supply a new Dickens. One of these characters, ac­ cording to the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post, is noted more for his love of big words than knowledge of their meaning. During Mr. Seidl lifetime he played in the orchestra at ferighton beach. One day the tuba player, who sat back of him, had very difficult part to play in Liszt symphonic poem, "Mazeppa." Hearing his heartfelt sigh of relief on its con elusion, Mr. . Malaprop turned and asked, "Barnum had one, hadn't he?' "What?" was the query. "A Mazeppa, of course," was the an­ swer. He had confounded the hero of Byron with a zebra. "Do we play this with or without reputation?" be asked one day of colleague. Playing in a new theater on tour, the man who sat next him looked up and announced: "The acoustics are bad here." "Are they?" he said critically, sn fing the air. 'I have such a cold that I can't smell. But I take your word for it." THE LOCU8T PARTY FAILED. Fly "Mixed In," and the Excitement Was Over. The last years of Justice Dykman* life he delighted to sit in his yard and watch the insects and all the small life with which the summer teemed He was especially interested last year in the locusts, which would burst out of their old skin one by one, and one morning he invited a party of his neighbors over to ^rateh a particularly fat locust break out of its old prison As the shell slowly cracked the judge became more and more excited, until suddenly a big fly pounced on the lo­ cust and stung it through the crack, on its fresh, new .back. 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The more highly developed of our domes­ ticated animals show it more than the wild ones, for the reason that their t>pea are of more recent creation. In the case of the wild animals thousands of generations have helped to fix cer­ tain characteristics. Even the wild animals are not precisely alike in all respects, else they would not be able to recognize each other, which it is 6V!f ^ey ^°" *n our own ®oc^s and herds, it is easy enough to recog­ nize the different animals. All this^ goes to show that the law of variation is forever at work helping to create new animals and new plants. Nature is thus evolutionary. This tendency to vary is inherited just as is any other quality. This has been one of the two great instruments in the hands oi' tho animal and plant improver* The breeders have a double task--that of making the law of heredity more effec­ tive so far as the good points of ani­ mals and plants are conccrned and of making the law inoperative so far as the undesirable qualities are con­ cern edi The variation desired is to have the animal transmit his desir­ able points and not his undesirable ones. Progressive variation is what we are after in the improvements of poultry as In the case of the handling of other living things. In this we are seconded by nature. When a breeder ofjJotittry wants to improve his flock he selects those birds that show a tendency to vary, because he is not satisfied with the type he has. What are the chief factors in directing this variation upward rather than down­ ward? In the main, good feed and favorable surroundings. This should not be forgotten in attempting to Im­ prove any lot of fowls. If tney are being developed for egg production, they should have an abundance of egg- forming material, and prevented from getting fat. The law of variation should then produce in the flock so kept now and then a phenomenal egg producer. This would be a variation from the usual, and this quality would have to be used as the basis for the oneration of the law of heredity. Feeding Corn to Poultry. Corn has been the main feed I have used ever since I have been in the poultry business for twenty years and past, though I don't feed corn only, but at least once a day. I think a great many make a mistake feeding hot feed in the mornings and corn at night. I have tested this and find ' have better success to feed corn In the morning and hot feed at night This gives the fowls a chance for plenty or^ exercise and gives good digestion where it would not if fed at night, as they would have no ex«»p- cise, and that causes indigestion. Some think feeding corn is the fault of egg producing on account of hens getting too fat from eating corn. I think breeders should watch carefully the hens that lay and find out the num­ ber of eggs they each lay before be­ ginning to set, as some hens only lay eight or ten eggs before wanting to sit. These eggs shouldn't be set. for the pullets would most likely follow laying the same number and then be ready to sit. But set the hen's eggs that lays the largest number of eggs before wanting to sit. This will in­ crease their laying strain, and you would be surprised to see the in­ crease in the number of eggs. I don't think best to feed corn too much, but I do think and know it to be a great benefit to laying hens, as they naturally lose flesh while laying. I also think it a great benefit to parch corn two and three times a week, and feed while hot through cold weather. Some believe corn causes disease more than other kinds of grain. I think they are surely mistaken in this, as corn is npt blighted in the fields as oats and other small grains are. Fly puts disease in oats and other grain that causes fowls to grow thin ' and poor in flesh, nothing to stimulate and * build flesh on, and causes disease. For hot feed I gen­ erally use chop feed wet with hot water just enough to wet it through, not to be sloppy. C. H. Andrews, Champaign County. Illinois. Rye for Dairy Cows. When rye is in be u%ed for feeding JOWS in the spring it should be sow* in th«j latter part of August or in the. e^rly part of September. So sown it will get well started and cover the ground well before winter comes on. If it grows too well, it is easy enough to reduce its thrift by turning in the calves, sheep or cows for a few weeks In the fall. TMg pasturing should not be continued lonig enough to, reduce the covering to a point where the roots will be injured later by the severities of winfilr. 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Reliable and reasonable accommodations; ad- Joins World s Fair Rrounds on the south side, jnth private (ratf; direct from Union Station by Market street car. Write for reservations. Uraud \ lew Fraternal Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. What a jolly world this would be If every man came up to the standard of perfection he fixes for his neigh­ bor! HOW TO GET A HOME Send for a copy of pamphlet tr: \ ii-g full isfori tion as to dates of oponiuj. and liow to wenre MS : acres of 1 and at nominal cost, with full descrip­ tion of the soil, climate, timber and mineral resources, towns, schools and ehurches. oppor- , tunlties for business openings, railway etc., free on application. W. B. KNISKKRN, Passemrer Traflie Manager, NWJOC CHICAGO, ILL. rV-v : K'i w. ti When You Buy 8tarch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 OS. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. The rule of self-obedience to the right'will bring all things Into order. --Gladstone. IELLOW CLOTHES ARB VN8IGHTLY. 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HALT., t 'lialrniao Hoard of Super- tilwt, ULADhlONK. the Coouty 8eut. FBERGR UCK, WEST BtDEH, AT RI11K ?Sc. A wonderful remedy used for fort>i years !• Ryan's French Lick (Anti-D>&peplic t iiis. ^ Cifei They embody the best element* contalncri ir t thrr« great Wiitera, and one box gainc bc a tw< vwt'i course of them. No remedy olTcrcil j-owhtw* » tfev characteristic value of there Pllit in < t ib« : ' jjafl Stomacli. Li ver and BoweU--and nil catarrh*, dUlons of the digestive or^tm*. Th< y clcan < .:t the system wllhout dlHturbance or hiii'irancc f-tiin bu«t- •; ne«8. aud place you on a paying lia»if. If ynr <1rng. , : gist cannvt su pply yuu, or if be advue* s-kiLtutiea, -- -v i«nd 85 cent-i to the TRENCH LICE DRUG CO., • frcsck Lick, 1*4, - V -r-v THE DAISY FLY KILLER <•' $ fcome--in dining-room, sleeping-room and file* are tr« point* rlfun. ./f Is ao<i « Ul n<»i k 11 or 1 Injure w.vtlilog. Try tbem <iii« *• ytm xnil fi« V»T - thru; If DO# ; IHIiOl II , 11& Ih kuU- AWMfc . '• CALIFORNIA GOLD. % A 8ILT EDGE CHANCE FOR MINING INVESTMENT. ̂ A limited number of ehare* of the OM-ei.la Mlntc* . v|« and Development Company, (Incorporated) *1. te •old at 25 c.cniH per aJiare. Thin stock will k»> It pa* ' SSi (»1 per share), wltbln one year. For full lufonnatlw call or write, OSCEOLA MINING AND DEVELOPMENT fit, ^ 414 Croat ley Bids., San Franciaca. C»L .jt Klpans Tabulea are the beat 41* peptla medicine ever n>a4hv A | hundred millions of theu. bava , I been aolU in the 1'nlted £Mt«* tm a single year, c^nstlpiuli u heart- Vj'.® burn, tick headache dliii 1IOF. breath, sore throat, and every ID- new arttlna fr m a tfiaortiere« stomaci) are relieved or cured br Rtpanv Tahotaa. - \jM One will generally rive relief within tweotr u.t»- :Vr % Mm The flre-cent packagf l» cmKjgh lor t/rtUnaiT ' 'A-yi oooaslons. AlldruxKlstb tell thrui. ' Id _ y Unltford Knaw C*Um FilM f«lka We absolutely K»arautee It to ! cure and prevent (Jails or Bore ,'V; shoulders. Nostopplut; the pk>w, for It doea Its worlr wbtle tba animal does bis. <.'•• Har and P«4 »-'"skjl combined. Economical u| cheap. I^aata two to n ve aeaaeM. If your dealer doesn't baadl* the in send us »i.as and ret 1 prepaid to your station. Write ft* : circular and memorandum book. Tin rnui 1%. Wtirri,,, Iw. v.; W. N. U., CHICAGO, No. 28, 1*hT~ When Answering Advertisement# ; Kindly Mention This Paper. 4 ytjja There are but two'kinds of starch. Defiance Starch, which Is the best starch made and--the rest. Other starches contain chemicals, which work harm to the clothes, rot them and cause them to break. Defiance is absolute- DEFIANCE S T A R C H ly pure. It is guaranteed perfecdy satisfactory or money back. The proof is in the doing and Defiance does. 16 ounces for 10 cents. Your grocef sells ifev MANUFACTURED ST THE DEFIANCE STARCH COri OMAHA. ICE. • Immediately after separating, tile cfeam should be stirred and cooled. Hasy who formerly smoked 105Cigars no* smote LEWIS'SIHGLE BINDER STRAIGHT S* C IGAR SWT X*"* tnm rMna»iB' A -i % '*« v} i'St > ^