horse's feet, so that when he is led tin the Night: & 2 , OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE CHAPTER IV.--(Cont'd) During the drive, Carne spoke of the impending race, a among othergtings of a letter he had that morning received, warning him of an attempt that would probably be made to obtain possession of his gocd horse. The trainer laughed good-humoredly. **Bless you, sir," he said, "that's nothing. You should just see some of the letters I've got pasted into my scrap-book. Most of 'em comes & week or piss ieeh before a big race. Some of 'em warns me that if I don't prevent the horse from starting, I'm as good as a dead man; others ask me what price I will take to let him finish outside the first three; while more still tell me that if I-don't-put *im out of the way altogether, I'll find my house and my wife and family. fly- ing up to the clouds under a full vharge of dynamite within three days of the race being run. Don't you pay any attention to the Tee ters you receive. I'll look after the horse, and you may be very sure I'll take good care that no- thing happens to ae "I know that, of course,"' said Carne, "but I thought I'd tell you. You see, I'm only-a-novice-at-rac- ing, and perhaps I place more im- portance just now upon a threat of that kind than I shall do a couple of years hence.' "OF course," replied the trainer. "T understand exactly how you feel, sir. It's quite natural. And now here we are, with the missus standing on the steps to help ine give you a hearty welcome." They drove up to the door, and when Carne had alighted he was received by, the trainer's wife as her lord and-master had predicted. His bedroom, he discovered, on being conducted to it to pepare for dinner, was at the back of the house} "overlooking the stableyard, and possessed a lovely view, ex- tending across the gardens and yil- lage tuwards where the Downs end- ed and the woods of Herberford began. "A pretty room," he said to Bel- ton, as the latter laid out his things upon the bed, "and very convenient for our purpose. Have you Py rahi where you are lo- cate Mes door, sir.' "T am glad of that and what room is beneath us?' "The kitchen and pantry. sir. - With the exception of one at the top of the house, there are no other bedrooms on this side." "That is excellent news. Now get me ready as soon as you can." During dinner that evening Si- mon Carne made himself as plea- sant as possible to his host and hostess. So affable, indeed, was he that when they retired to rest they confessed to each other that they had- never entertained a more charming guest. It was arranged that he should be called at five o'clock on the morning following. in order that he might accompany the trainer to the Downs to see his horse at his exercise. It was close upon eleven o'clock when he dismissed his valet and threw himself upon his bed with a novel. For upwards of two hours he amused himself with his book; then he rose and dressed himself in the rewgh suit which his man had put out for him. Having done £0, he took a strong repe ladder from his bee. blew out his light. and opened his window. To attach the houks at the end of the ropes to the inside of the window-sill, and to throw the rest outside was the work of a moment. Then, having ascertained that his door was se- eurely locked, he crawled out and descended to the ground. Once there. he waited until he saw Bel- ton's light disappear, and he: ard his window softly open. Next me ment a small black bag was lower- ed, and following it by means of another ladder, came the servant himself. "There is no time to be lest," paid Carne, as soon as they were together. "You must set to work on the big gates while I do the other business. The men are al asleep; nevertheless, be careful that you make no noise.' Having given his instructions, he left his servint and made his way across the vard towards the box where Knigt of Malta was con- fin When he reached it he un- fastened the bag he had brought with him, and took from it a brace and a peculiar- shaped bit, resemb- ling a pair »f compasses. Uniting these, he oiled the points and ap- plied them to the. door, a little above the lock. What he desired to do did not occupy him for more than a minute. Then he went quictly along the yard to the turther Fe veege de wie he had that~ y then lifted it up after him and low- ered it on the other side, still with- out making any noise. Instead of dismounting by it, however, he seated himself for a moment astride of it, while he drew on a pair of clumsy. boots he had brought with him, suspended round his neck. Then, having chosen his place, he jumped. His weight caused him to leave a good mark on the soft ground on the other side. He then walked heavily for per- haps fifty yards, until he reached the high-road. Here he divested himself of the boots, put on his list slippers once more, and returned as speedily as possible to the lad- der, which he mounted and drew up after him. Having descended on the other side, he left it stand- ing against the wall, and hastened across the yard towards the gates, where he found Belton just finish- ing the work he had set him io do. _-- With the aid of a brace and bit. similar to that used by Carne upon the stable door, the lock had been entirely remov and the gate stood open. Belton was evideutly satisfied with his work; Carne, however, was not so pleased. He picked--up--the- circle 9f-wood- 'and showed it to his servant. Then, taking the bit, he inserted the screw on. the reverse side and gave it two or three turns. "You might have ruined tvery- thing," he whispered, '*by omit- ting that. The first carpenter who looked at it would be able to iell that- the work was done from the inside. But thank goodness, I know a trick that will set that right. Now then, give me the pads and I'll drop them by the door. Then we can return to our rooms. Four large blanket pads were handed to him, and he went quiet- ly across and dropped them by the stable door. After that he rejoined Belton, and they made their way, with the assistance of the ladders, back to their own rooms once more. Half-an-hour later Carne was wrapped in a sweet slumber from which he did not wake until he-was aroused by a tapping at his fram: ber door. It was the trainer. "Mr. Carne," cried Bent, in what were plainly a agitated tones, "if you could make it convenient-1 should be glad to speak to you as soon as possible.' In something under twenty min- utes he was dressed and downstairs. He found the trainer awaiting him in the hall, wearing a very 6¢rious face. , "If you will stroll with me as far as the vard, I should like iv show you something,"' he said. Carne accordingly took up his hat and followed him out. yall. "You look unusually serious, said the latter as they erossed ihe | garden le "An 'attempt has been made 10! get possession of your horse. | Carne stopped short in his walk! and faced the other. | "What did I tell you yester- j day?' he remarked. 'I was cer-| tain that letter was more than an say th: at there js ne galnsaying the fact. A moment Inter they had're ached | entrance to the stable- -vard, is the "See, sir.' said Bent,. poritiag | to a eireular hole : hich now #Nxist- | ed where previvusly the Jock had, been. "The raseals eut out the] and thus guined an entry to) urd,' { lock, the y "One thing is very certain, the man who eut this hole is a master} of bis trade, and is also ihe pos- sessor of fine impleme: atc "So it would appear,' eaid| Carne grimly. "Now what else is: there for me to hear? Is the horse | much hurt 2 Net a bit the worse, Sir, swered Bent. "They didn't get in at him, you sée. Somethi: ug must! have frightened them befere they | could complete their task. Step) this way, sir, if you please, and) exar'ne the door of the box for your If. Ihave given strict orders that nothing shall be touched until you have seen it." The: crossed the yard together, and approached the box in ques- tion. On the woodwork the com- mencement of a circle similar to that which had beeu completed on the yard gates could be plainly dis- ting: 'shed, while on the ground below lay four curious-shaped pads, one cf which Carne picked up. OW are as ia an- | "| were broken into last night, but H way, idle warning. But how do you know--that--an--attempt--has--beea inade ?" | "Come, sir, and see for your- self"? said Bent. 'lam sorry vol. the stbject. by inquiring whether, He picked | uP ne round piece of Garno had ever had any tranme-'| woed with he lock still attae meds tions with his next- door neigh- tv it, and showed it tu his employ-14,0.. Klimo. er | (To be continued.) | out of his box his plates whip when they got him out, auarte The double-dyed rascals, to try such a@ trick upon a horse ia my charge!" "T can understand your indigna- tion," said Carne. "It seems to me we have had a very narrow es- ca "Narrow escape or no narrow ¢s- cape, I'd have 'em safely locked up in Merford Police Station by. this time," repli Bent vindictively. 'And now, sir, let me show you how they got out. As far as I can see they must have imagined they heard somebody coming from the house, otherwise they would have left by the gates instead of by this ladder He pointed' to the ladder, which was still standing where Carne h placed it, and then led him by a) side door round to the other side of the wall. Here he pointed to some heavy footmarks upon the turf. Carne examined them closely. "Tf the size of his boot is any criterion of his build," he said, 'the must have been a precious big fellow. Let me see how mine com- pares with it.' He placed his neat shoe in one of the imprints before him, and smiled as he noticed how the other. overlapped it. : hey then made their way to the box, where they found the ani- mal at his breakfast. He lifted his head and glanced reund at them, bit at the iron of the manger, aad then gave a little playful kick with one of his hind legs. 'He doesn't seem any the worse for-his-adventure, said Carne, as the trainer went up to him and ran his hand over his legs. "Not a bit," answered the other. "He's a wonderfully -even-temper- ed horse, and it takes a lot to put him out. If his nerves had been at all upset he wouldn't have licked up his food as clean as he done.' Having given another look at him, they left him in charge of his ad, and returned to the house. The gallop after breakfast con- rmed their conclusion that there was nothing the matter, and Simon Carne returned to town ostensibly comforted by Bent's solemn = as- surance to that effect. That after- noon Lord Calingforth, the owner of Vuleanite, called upon him. They had met-repeatedly, and con- sequently were on the most inti- mate terms. "Good-afternoon, Carne,' he said as he entered the room. "I have come to condole with you up- on your misfortune, and to, offer pened 2 areal ge ol as he of- fered his visitor a ciga "God bless my soul, my dear fel- low! Haven't you seen the after- noon's paper? Why, it reports the startling news that your stables were broken into last night, and that my rival, Knight of Malta, was missing this morning.' Carne laughed. wonder what they'll say next," he said quietly. "But don't let me appear to deeeive you. It is perfectly true that the stables the thieves were disturbed, and de- reg te just as they were forcing the lock of the Knight's box.' 'In that case I congr atulate you. What rascally inventions come of these sporting papers «lo get hold of, to be sure. I'm indeed glad to hear that it is not true. The race would have lost half its interest if your horse™were out of it. By the P suppose you are stillas con | fident as ever! "Would you like to test it?' "Very much, if you feel inclined j to bet.' "Then I'll have a level thousand pounds with that my horse beats yours. Both to start or the wager 'is off. Do you agree?' "With pleasure. I'll make a note of i The noble Ear! jotted the bet | dowa in his book, and thea changed } we. THEORIES IN WHEAT. Experiments Being Made With Six- ty-Three Varieties. There is a touch suggestive ~of | Omar Khayyam in the idea of three- | and-sixty conflicting varicties of | wheat, but in the quiet heart o/ ag- 'ricultural Essex, England, there has been proceeding with silen: in- tensity throughout the present sum- mer a singular combat, says the London Standard. The part's; are two rival theories f agricu ture, the weapon is wheat, and the ficlds of battle are of various points on the seven experimeatal farms o Messrs. John K. King ane Sons, the Essex seed growers. The Meidc- lian theory of cross breeaing has re- cently be2a making great headway among agriculturists as well as stock rearers, and this season Messrs. King have been growing ex- perimentally two new varieties of Mendeli wheat. Bra on , | system ee jor bridge, one tercossing and side by side with fessor Biffin's new varieties groving a new one of their own, ! rocuced selection over s num- of years. Professor Biffin's wheats were Red Joss and Burgoy- es, soiliand under the peculiar climatic confitions of the summer their ap- ance was not @ kind to "shake Mesers King's belief in the older systems, which was represented by Snowdrop, a new white-chaffed red wheat with a good close head. The Meidelian varieties are smaller in the'ear, shorter in straw, and grew less closely together, while they are said also not to remain true to type. Messrs. Kings hold it to be a clear triumph for pedigree selection ; but, on the other hand, of several 'agri- cultural experts: with whom one of our representatives went over the ground, those adhering to Profes- sor Biffin of Cambridge are not dis- turbed. In two or three of the var- ious trials the Mendelian wheats certainly get the worst of it, but the Cambridge men point out that many factors enter into the consid- eration, that on another soil and in another kind of _weather the re- sults may be altogether different, and that the fital wheats are after all not yet harvested and weighed against each other. Another ex- cellent wheat among the 63 tria growths on the same ground is a new selection from Squareheads Master which has not yet received a name Those of the unsophisticated to whom wheat is wheat merely would have been struck by the sight of these sixty-three varieties, growing} in strips side by sde, of all colors, from greenish white to deep old gold and orange red, square-headed wheat and long-eared wheat, beard- ed wheat and plain wheat, wheat from France, Flanders, Egypt, from all over England. The constant search for new and better varieties which goes on throughout the coun- try is slowly making wheat better and better, but the chief reason for the activity in experimental grow- ing is that all varieties tend to de- generate after afew years, and need to be regenerated again by special, selection. ne attempt which the Mendelians are now mak- ing is being closely watched by farmers. English wheat usually fetches a few shillings less per quarter in Mark lane than wheat from California, and certain kinds from Canada. The reason is that these foreign wheats are '"'strong- er,'"' that is, rise better in the loaf, than English wheats. The explana- tion is believed to lie in the differ- Gage eeogittety * known, 'and the Mendelians are now trying to bree edy a new English variety, which shall equal Californian wheat in strength. ole. SCIENTIFIC, DRY-FARMING. That dry-farming methods, when properly followed, are successful has just been demonstrated by Professor Briggs, Kearney and Shantz, of the Department of Ag-' riculture, who in behalf of the de- partment, have completed an in- vestigation of the dry farm in Idaho, U. 8. Professor Briggs, be- fore leaving this city, stated that in all of the travels of the commit- tee it has not seen either irrigated or non-irrigated farming which produced better results than were to be found on the dry farms here, in the face of the fact that the year has been one of severe drought. The Woodsmansee and Webster Farm of 5,000 acres is producing 2,- 400 acres of Turkey red wheat, that will average not less than 40 bush- els when threshed. This result is obtained under dry-farming tillage methods, and the use of 30 pounds of aye to the acre. Mr. H. Woodsmansee of Rex- burg, Tako, has been invited to address The Sixth International Dry-Farming Congress to be held in Colorado Springs, October 16 to 20, explaining his methods of til- petigcse tlottion and tet certainly in this particular ; '(ere OF 'ASON IN THE MAKING TO HIS DAD. --By REX McEVOY : Alas McEvoy will write for th paper a s>ries of letiérs from the west, appear from time to time un- de: the above heading; and will give a picture of the great Canadian west from the standpoint of a young. Ontario man going out there to make hisway. 'These let- ters should be full of inte. est for every Outario father. ] No, 2. Winnipeg, Aug. 20th, 1911. My Dear Dad:-- . I am a lovg way from home now, but I didnt remember it when I got off the train here, and: almost the first person I ran into was Bill Dodson, who used to keep store over at the corners. He's been out here three years now, and he has a fine house on one of the best streets in town and drives an automobile. He took me in it up to his house to dinner and asked about all the folks round home. He may be east next winter. He has done pretty well contracting. My last letter was from Heron Bay, after our first glimpse of Lake Superior. That same night, before it got dark, Bh stopped at Jackfish to take on coal. c. P. R. has an immense coaling tase hore pérched by the side of the line on the steep slope of a hill. While we were waiting there we could see a large steam- er lying at the wharf below us. The coal was hauled up ont of its hold in great buckets, which were hoisted by cables far above our heads to where dump cars were standing on a track on a lofty trestle. As soon as the cars were full they were run off down the track to a pocket or hopper, where they were auto- matically emptied. These pockets have chutes over a siding on which coal card are put to be loaded. These cars are sent cast to supply the engines of the Cc. P. BR. on the long run through placeu where coal is not obtainable. After leaving Jackfish we passed round a most remarkable horseshoe where the track looped right round the bay on a bank built up a long way above the water. While going round the curve I could see the engine and the first aix cars of our train from my window. At first I thought the engine belonged to another train. That night I waked about one o'clock and found that the train was standing still. I raised the blind at my window --that is one advantage of having a lower berth--and looked out of the win- aXor towePed AB ri PAY IUE ak! uf SFR dow, and I recognized them at once from Apeaies as the~ grain elevators of Fort illiam. They are tremendous build- ings and they reminded me from the outlines that I could see dimly against the night sky, of the pictures of Notre Dame cathedral iu Montreal. Our barn wouldn't be knee high to a grasshopper beside one of these elevators. They are enormous. They were the first thing to remind me that we were getting pretty near the West and ita great wheat fields, and you may be sure I was pretty in- terested. I just gazed at them till we started off again, which was not long, and the last i saw of Fort William was a great black rugged hill standing out against the sky with ele¢tric lights twinkling in the town beneath it. I am told that this mountain was thought by the Indians to be a sleeping giant, Well, he will sure be a surprised giant if. he ever wakes up and sees Fort Wil- liam and Port Arthur at his feet, for they must be pretty busy places from what I could see from the window, and they say that their development hag practically Il been in the last ten years. I_ woke up at Dryden. wher: the On. tario Government has an experimental farm, so you can judge that there niust be some quantity of good agricultural Woods. The: E lake, and there are pretty houses: They . will |; land in this end of the Province. It is in a good lumbering district, too, ond the large piles of lumber in a wood yard | near the station are the most prominent; things to be seen from the train. There ; is a brick yard here, too, that seems to turn out quite a lot of bricks for the} country round. I was up and ready for breakfast by) eight o'clock by my watch. I thought! I would have breakfast in the dining | lage anl business, utilized on his big ranch. Mr. W oodm: ansee is said to be one of the most ex acting farm | operators in the West, and is able! to tell at the close of each year to) a fraction of a cent. the cost of ploughing, harvesting and handling his crop. In the vicinity of Idaho Falls Government men found 50,000 acres of. dry Jand grown grain that will run from 30 to 50 bushels to the acre. In addition to this, the val- {ley is now harvesting 150,000 acres of diversified dry-farmed crops, all of which are: producing heavily. The valley already has about 200,000 acres of dry-farmed land under what fs known as summer tillage or fallow, which will be' seeded this all . CONSOLING. Struggling Passenger (on rail- road train)--"This window sticks so I can't get it up." Conductor--"Yes. Wood swollen a little by the rain. be all right in a few days."' is It'll Give the average man half a chance and he'll want the other ear for a change, but I found that 1, was an hour too carly, as at Fort Wil- i liam the watches of westbound travels lers must all be put back an hour. is the nearest thing to living your life | over aguin that can be imagined. 1 would rather not live it over again just |, before weals, and I decided not to w ue a 60 got my own breakfast out of half; hidden by the trees. A cher, who was in our csr says' twenty-one hméen were by the Indians on this lake by 'the & Tn ns in 1736, An caplet ieovered the bones of the You don't think of Indians and Saad on in you oe at the pretty, quiet < saw tho shies the Government is building for the transcontinental rail: way at Transcona, ust six miles out Winnipeg. They are tremendous out here-and quite a town has crown. up round them. We got to Winnipeg not. long after noon. The teacher said that) present site of Winnipeg was a man named La Verendrye, who here 180 years ago. They gay that are 170,000 people here now, and place looks to be going ahead at a great! rate. Building is going on in every di- rection, the hoe is going to have lots of money, for they are putting up a fine building that Ij- saw, right in the heart of the town, and feet square, the floor of which will eighty feet below the street. That will) | hold a considerable amount of nore and valuables. You meet all sorts of people on "the streets of Winnipeg. You can tell what a mixed population there is when ths word "Office" at the Emigration bureaw has to be written in eight languages. I -took-a- copy of it. Heré it ICE. SKRFSTOFA KONTOR BUREAU KANZELEI URIAD KONTOOR " IRODA Everybody seema to get along with English, however, so I guess the foreign- ers must mostly be sent out to the prairies. Good-bye for the present. Loving son JIM. KING GEORGE A CRICKETER. As a "Middy" He Used to Indulge In' the Game and Subsequently Played In a Match There is only one otcasion recorde: In which tho late King took part in formal match, namely, when in 186 he assisted I Zingari to defeat Gentlemen of Norfolk at Sandringham and was bowled by the first ball bi received. Early in the 'sixties, when the p bridgeshire player, F. Bell, he wag in to Windsos,- and the uther young and bers of the household. Bate Sleat it has to' bo recorded that on his return from one of these expeditions he made the direful announcement "couldn't make a job of 'em at all." ; King George, as well as his brother, the late Duke of Clarence, took an ac- tive Interest in the game. His Majes- ty, indeed, who as a "middy" used to indulge in the game on the deck of the Bacchante, at the conclusion of one day's racing at Goodwood some years ago played in a match in Goodwood Park tbat was got up between the guests at Goodwood House. The team included His Majesty and an eleven captained by M. Cannon, the famous jockey. The former is credited with having possessed one of the most ex- pensive bats in existence, the blade being of walnut and the bat being mounted in silver. A peculiarity with regard to the King's favorite bat, by the way, lies in the fact that high up on the blade on either side of the» splice appear the famous three fea- thers eee form the crest of the Prince of Wa Queen Victoria witnessed more than one cricket match, but never one that may with accuracy be described as a first- class fixture. On August 3rd, 1866, she, together with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal Family, witnessed a very close game at Osborne between the Royal Housebold at Osborne and the otficers and men of the Royal yacht, which was won by the former by the harrow margin of twelve runs. 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