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Hh "What do you think of changing in her part?" asked Wentworth brus- quely. "I was going 10 suggest you make - She is the very opposite of 'Cordelia,' with her love and tenderness or a broken father." "How do you account for 2 woman of that sort having such a child?" "Really now, Wentworth, that's up 'to you; both of them are your crea- "Yes. certainly;" Enoch laughed grimly. "Still it is an ¢ ly you . don't often see in real life." "It is" assented Oswald. "Heres Miss Paget--watch her in .the scene © FPve mentioned.' The eyes of both men fol'cwed the Mpemage= the moved slowly across the no training." "That's where the mischief lies," Oswald quietly. The rehearsal went of. Miss Paget took her cue. Both men witched her critically. Wentworth drew a I breath when the scene with " in the second act was over. The wom- you? Is she strong enough? It doesn't seem to me as if she saw all the pos- sibilities of 'Cordelia.' " : 'Wentworth, your sister is going to surprise you. Take my word for it. She is nervous now, but--" "It's a devil of a risk. "Cordelia's' such a big part and Dorcas has "She's does not need training--the conventional training you have in mind." "If she ails it puts me in a nasty "She won't fail." Oswald spoke with quiet assurance. "Think over my sug- gestion about 'Mrs. Esterbrook', part. It is there "where 'Cordelia' leaves her--the mother knows the daughter well enough to realize it is good-by forever--that you want to cut out every spark of motherly feel- ing. Once or twice she almost pulls on the audience for sympathy. When "Cordelia" shows her contempb for the mother and shatters her every ambi- gs' | good fellow, there had been pleasant "{ blockade by' a huge safe that was be. .|He sat down with a sense of eatis- | voices of children on the sidewalk. i | reality. If they were, he had them. / | ready to begin rehearsals. A | exasperated him when he remembered how stabbornly she had refused de- '| the Gotham, when he came face to future no. What do you lay it { "Don't ask me," murmired Went- worth. "He's a man of moods, I gave up trying to understand him yéars agb." : : "Even when it came to the of salary he didn't show any intere: He wouldn't set a figure. 1 don't know yet if he thinks the price I named was right. He closed with my first offer, signed the walked out." : i "It's the biggest wad he ever drew". "He'll prove himself worth every ha'penny of it." Wentworth rose and pulled his hat from under the seat. "Don't you want to see the rehead- sal out?" asked Oswald suddenly. "No, I'm going home. I may put your suggestion into shape while it is fresh in my mind." Enoch paused in the theatre to light acigar. A newspaper man, who was an old riend, approached, full of eager inquiry aboat the progress of the play. Wentworth brushed him aside, quick-, ly and strode out to the street. A moment later he felt a twinge of re- morse, The man's congratulations had been heartfelt. He could not shake off the memory of a startled astonishment that came into his face at the brusque reception. He was a companionship with him in the old days. The old days seemed ages ago, further back then the gaiety of child- hood. He left Broadway, walking with quick, nervous strides until he found himself far over on the East side, wandering aimlessly through wretch- ed streets, populated by the drift from nations. The sidewalks were thronged with children... Occasionally, Enoch swore beneath his breath as he. es capéd tumbling over them during! his hurried, headlong progress. When he turned a corner he found his way ing hoisted into a warehouse." He glanced at. the street, it was ankle deep inslush. Suddenly the odor of hot bread was wafted to him, from a little restaurant cavern below the sidewalk. He remembered he had eaten no breakfact, and it aroused a sudien sense of hunger. He .ran quickly down the steps. The small dining room was remarkably clean. be faction which seémed alien to such a place, "Bring me coffee and a steak, a first-class steak done rare," he order- ed. "Cook it carefuny." . , He was alone in the small room. It was ° quiet excepb for the shrill He had not known a moment of peace or solitude for months. All his life he had scoffer "at nerves asa delusion He wondered if ha had been wrong whether nerves might not be a stern His mind went flashing over the events of the past fortnight, since the night, when, 'weary, harassed, and hopeless, he returned from Montreal to be met by Dorcas with' the news that Merry-had returned and was It still tails of Andrew's home-coming. ~All learned 'was that the actor had :Oswald [and was rehearsing "morning till night. : # A few days later In the foyer of Ag contract, then| and more suspicious. glance had thrust him outside the pale of acquaintanceship. Within = ten days "The House of Esterbrook" would have its first production. Enoch shivered with apprehension as he thought of it:® A queer thing had loomed up in his'mind. during the past few days. A decade ago a club friend 'with. a fad for palmistry had insisted on reading his hand, The man prophesied a physical and moral downfall in the course of 12 years, Wentworth laughed at the idea, forgot it completely, then one night the memory. of it came to him like a shot, He would hava given all he possessed to return to the morning when Merry burst in upon him full of gaiety and hope. He could not go back; it was like unsnarling® a tangle of string when one found ng visible end where the task could be commenced. = ° He was aroused by a clatter of dishes. The waiter set the breakfast before him. As he ate he laid a morning paper on the table and be- gan to read; there had been no chance earlier in the day to glance at it: The first. thing his eye fell upon was a -eolumn, about "The. House of -Ester- brook." The public seented to awaib the production with unusual anticipa- tion, Merry had the enthusiastic fol- lowing which is so often bestowed up- on an erratic, lovable genius. Went: worth's fame as a journalist wag of long standing, and Oswald, English- tan as he was, had already won Among newspaper men. Went= then he turned 'Nothing in- 1 him--the sparkle had, gone. ife as the bead dies on cham- He drank a second; then a cup of strong coffee, which aced him as whiskey does on some (To be continued). Merry. at one w make 'the best use of the water that falls. | The' bare . to be-gone over th plow, cultivator "or disk. : Many annual weeds ripen their seeds before the grain is harvested. 086 | then be destroyed with later cultiva- tion. ~ There are also varieties of weeds that appear to grow up and produce. seed after the crop is harvest. ed, Bagweed is a representative of this class. Many of the perennial weeds as - twitch grass, sow thistle and bladder campion can be material- ly checked in their growth if not en-| tirely . eradicated by thorough after- harvest cultivation. Usually there are several weeks of dry, this season which soon a@estroys any roots exposed to the surface, More fall cultivation would aid in leesening, the numbers of weeds and-withy many soils would tend to increase the crop yields. - : Time to Cultivate. It is important that the work be done as sapn as possible after the crop is removed from the fleld, On some | farms this phase of the Beason's work 1s considered to be se important that the binder is followed with the dise or- cultivator. I'his' 18" not practicable on 'most farms owing to the lack of] sufficient: } : b "should be done soon af the crop is removed from the field. It 4s not u | in a catchy Johdon; to sés; the- oulti' | vator or plow being used: between the rows of stooks. .The sooner the work is done the greater the :opportunity 'of conserving soll molsfurs and of des: troying weeds." ' i . Methods of Cultivation Followed The gang plow. Js 'the implement seeds fall to the 'ground, and if the! C r soll is stirred many will germinate and | t Bot weather at, fal eral use: of thig small Hows|-ne broken up tn'the stuble field requires gr Then, there Is the weed problem. many cultivated plow pecially when on their plow when giving a. use all growth is turned not only does the furrow have a ce, but weeds and grass completely buried. Without the ] few plants survive long. A more the plow. would aid in keeping the fields freer from plants, which may be towed soll-robbers. os "In some sections, after-harvest cull! yation consists in plowing deep, 'and; . following up with surface cultivation until winter sets in. 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