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ZA4 -. I foundnimurdered In *4l6w -*rk. Mrs. Wran dste itysad Mden ou woman who ae totbe'inn -and sub 4 a suslpected: back for New York duershow storm eetebe- the Woman enugd that the heloved him -- l great sorrow. to *shiel -4ber bome- Mrm; "o: fetty cas the story of to bu& ntec Oft ofsthe and e -fter an - esne, - .u. sinisco IUot. XAn fo s he bkit -- s11o0th Been s ac . back6w -and - aaedgbism -f cnteent *tooBegthAt omn tc id o lin e se ah ook ite vtoe. &.1 6then' .e.. andh an Th itt otn nttmens at wol e dtwn wal. Aaszc~se.-3. a-sean y~i(ttysen a awI -or -f ecstasy butdmlywrprt en dmwn the sid she wtould4h woudn / T thesdirwe ad ~ltnssinm e ips. haettys ty senta a wn.r, as oe go * t'spupoey attertedoo osd In& u~at pnaerprth - meedf.~ an -upairsh on of-hngs hmehe in fom te.,eo wougdnt ~a6~~inhad ben leftoid. he e. You oeIll ~U oo tsideorad thn descei, do t he l torde ta -l nd ert as ne-go ~st n~the os:an atros a taoo' loe oftor, bewidernt - ieo ar a ghstlyr onl lipshne.Smm s ditallt. 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She satly -tredteote to oenin ~~~ewa uhoed2 Hertfayls nar -' u t0edat as othie onl snd ohe '1-!'ca-' bele- hel begad eiiuious Omwat' in hic se 3Se oiaveme 'ad he'mncremo 1a~hmgt stnomhin toom i. )ariro s'l ide itoo foe herde ~t o'f-r ;terbed! er"n Bs'dropedheaviyento a hairl teudofthre tabe d'own." a ~whas uied.He eyes shnsard butg that asheny pecpinlof :t~l cn'the bhling- raher limply omhdtm Hfae sme.dodhaI'mtrst aing of at sma symtrterwas a osees abt he othnd cin. tet mhd! ever bet tr frorte. sTde OAUDRE EQUALTO OCCASIO red hfavinlyo Aintona chin - endi of Ths table nW!kast glrease theen, bA ig stard rher age haodngt the Waioshfeeg ta hed Yet shren w ercptiabhly, t-~inhrsabsoithstun frasth lNmpl br.hi. os he seme tfoo how, wbN ofis heldannuammety; ther Wasg loones aout o the utha that thatel nvrbeady ther befeate oche ar oRmin evrom mring sn-h geuityof This Lpteouaoh h- rentdon rith ti.i for her acrdingule tonte aing to Herald. cre hea sticon ncil n he ab~sorn lssfonwes. ut d tan;was goinlgln, and soon foeatha weeponsof caesjlie n her way to ho pst thea --uour~ quatseuad one yard * ~~lieoo~ crosse 2"~the Ruio on ~2 ~thoit ben toe pu her pla onarh of-a (h 5 COCPAW//9/2 4i saucyv arrogant mustache sloped de jectedly. "I fancy you must have gone about it very badly," she said, pursing her lips. "Badly?" he gasped. "Why-why good heavens, Sara, I actually plead ed with her," he went on, quite pa 'thetically. "All but got down on my knees to her. D-n me, if I can understand myself doing it either. I must have lost my head completely. Begged like a love-sick schoolboy! And she kept on saying no-no-no! And I, like a blithering ass, kept on telling her I couldn't live without her,' that 'I'd ImalT her happy, -that she didn't know what she was saying, and- -But, good Lord, she kept on saying no! . Nothing bat no! Do-do you. think she meant to say no? CoPld it have been hysteria? She saflit so otten, 'over and over again, that -it might fiaoVe been hyster I never thought of that. I-" "No, Leslie, It waen't hysteria, you may -be sure ot-hat," she said de iberately. "eLe meant -it, -old fel low," - He eagggd deeper in the chair. "I-I oi't get it thWough my head," he before, you did it badiy," she/d. "Y u took -too much for ed. Isn't that true?" ,"God knows I didn't expect her to /refuse me," he exclaimed, glaring at her. ."Would I have been such a fool as to ask her If I thought there was the remotest chance of being-" The very thought of the word caued It to itick in his throat. He' swallowed hard. "You really love her?" she demand ed. . "Love her?' There was a sob in his voice. "I- adore her, Sara. I can't live without her. And the worst of it Is, I love her now more than I -did before. -Oh. it's appalling! It's horrible! What am I to do, Sara? What am I to do?" Be a man for a little while, that's all," she said. coolly. Don't joke with me," he groaned. "Go to bed, and when -you see her in the morning tell her that yoU un derstand. Thank her for what she has done for you. Be-" "'Thank her?" he almost .shouted. "Yes; for destroying all that is de testable in you,- Leslie-your self-con; ceit, your arrogance, your false no tions concerning yourself-in a word, your. egotism." - He blinked incredulously. "Do you ~knw what you're saying?" he gasped. She went on as if she hadn't heard "Assure herst.hat she is to feel no compunction for what she has ,done, that you are content to be her loyal, devoted friend to the end of your and glorinied." "What utter tommy-" "Wait! Believe me, it is your only chance. You will have to learn some time that you can't ride roughshod among angels. Think it over, old fel low. You have had a good lesson. Profit by It." "You mean .I'm to sit down and twirl my thumbs and let some other chap snap her up under my very nose? Well, I guess not!" -' 1 IMIE "Damn It All, Sara! She-She Turned Me Down!" "Not necessarily. If you- take it manfully she may discover a new In terest in you. Don't breathe a word of love to her. Go on as if nothing had happened. Don't forget that I told you in the beginning not to take no for an answer." He drooped once more, biting his lip. "I don't see how I can ever tell mother that she refused-" "Why tell her?" she inquired, rising. His eyes brightened. "By Jove, I shan't," he exclaimed. "I am going up to the poor child now," she went on. "I dare say you have frightened her almost to death. Naturally she is in great distress. I shall try to convince her that her de cision does not alter her position In this house. I depend on you to do your part, Leslie. Make it easy for her to stay on with me." adult Now, adults in such cases be ing regarded as necessary evils, the girl determined to be one herself for the occasion. Down at the ten-cent store she bought a diamond ring and a smaller one of plain gold. Then she hied home, arrayed herself in her mother's best suit, put on a picture hat with a big veil and went to the food show. The doorkeeper passed her In unnoticed in the crowd of others streaming in, for the figure seemed that of a short wom an. Inside, Audrey did her duty. There was not a bit of food in the house she did not sample, nor a cake nor candy. of which she did not bring away speci mens. When she went horne she was one of the fullest and happiest chil dren in Washington. And yet men talk about woman's lack of inventive power. _ _ _ Blucher Solved Problem. One hundred years ago the potentaries of the allied nationsf c conferring on the future of 7/the H ollov ore-Bar He mellowed to the verge* of tears. "I can't keep on coming. out here Ifter' this, as I've been doing, Sara." "Don't be silly! Of course you can. rhis will' blow over." "Blow over?" he almost gasped. "I mean the first effects. Try being L martyr for a while, Leslie. It Isn't L bad plan, I can assure you. It may nterest you to know that Challis -pro posed to - me three times before I ecepted him, and yet I-I loved him !rom the beginning." "By Jove!" he exclaimed, coming o his feet -with a new light in his yes. The hollows in his cheeks eemed to.fill out perceptibly. "Good night! "I say/Sara, dear, you'll-you'll help nei-bit, won't you? I mean you'll talk t over with her and-" "My sympathy is entfrely with Aliss Castleton." she said from the loorway. His jaw dropped. He was still ruminating over the :allousness of the. world in respect to overs when she- mounted the stairs md tapped firmly on Hetty's door. * * * * :* * * - ketty- Castleton was standing in W =!dW& of her room when Sara mtered. From her position It was wvideit that she had stopped short in ier nervous, excited pacing of the oor. She was very pale, but there was a .dogged, set expression about er mouth. "Come in, dear," she said, m a manner that showed she had been -pecting the visit. "Have you seen im?" Sara closed the door, and then stood with her back against it, regarding ier agitated friend with Seous, com sassionate eyes "Yes. He is terribly lipset. It was L blow to him, Hetty." "I am sorry for him, Sara. He was ;o dreadfully in earnest. But, thank lod, It is over!" She threw back ier head and, breathed deeply. "That iorrible, horrible nightmare is ended. : suppose it had to be. But the mock ry of it-think of -It, ara-the lamnable mockery of it!" "Poor Leslie!" sighed the other. Poor -old Leslie." Hetty's eyes ,flled with tears. "Oh, am sorry for him. He didn't deserve t.- God in heaven, If he really knew )verythingl If he knew why I could 2ot *listen to him, why I almost ;creamed when: he held my hands in iis and begged-actually begged me o- Oh, it was ghastly, Sara!" She covered her face with her iands, and swayed as If about to fall. Sara came Quickly to her side. Put ing an arm about the quivering houlders, she led the girl to the arad window seat and threw open he blinds. "Don't speak of It, dearest-don't he girl lying still and almost breath ess against the other's shoulders. She ras still .wearing the delicate blue inner gown,. but in her fingers was :he exquisite pearl necklace Sara had gven her for Christmas.. She had :aken It off and had forgotten to drop (t in her jewel box. "I suppose he wlll. go up to the city arly," she said monotonously. "Leslie is a better loser than you hink, my dear," said Sara, looking out >ver the tops of the cedars. "He will iot run away.". Hetty looked up in . alarm. "You nean he will persist In-in his atten :ons," she cried. "Oh, no. I. don't believe you will ind him' to be the bugbear you Imag ne. He can take defeat like a man. HIe Is devoted to you, he is devoted ;o me. Your decision no doubt wrecks is fondest hopes in life,'but It doesn't nake a weaing of him." "I don't Quite understand-" "He Is sustained by the belief that ue has paid you the highest honor a nan can jay to a woman. There Is 1 reason why he should turn his back m you, as a sulky boy might do. No, ny dear, I think you may count on im as your best, most loyal friend ~rom this night on. He has just said o me that his greatest pain lies in e fear that you may not be willing accept him as a simple, honest, un presuming friend since-" "Oh, Sara, If he will only be that mnd nothing more!" cried the girl -won leringly. (ara smiled confidently. "I fancy you haven't much to fear in that direc ion, my dear. It Isn't In Leslie Wran all's .make-up. to court a second re pulse. He Is all pride. The blow It uffered tonight can't be repeated-at east, not by the same person." "I am so sorry It had to be Leslie," murmured Hetty. "Be nice to him, Hetty. He deserves hat much of you, to say the least I should miss him if he found it impos-, ible to come here on account of-" "I .wouldn't have that happen for the world," cried the girl in distress. "He is your dearest friend. Send me way, Sara, If you must. Don't let nything stand in the way of your riendshp for Leslie. You depend on 1m for so much, dear. I can't bear the thought of-". "Hush, dearest! You are first in my great task undertaken by the allies, had been accomplished, and there now remained only the march upon Paris. So far the coalition had accomplished its work well. But at this point the ealouses of the allied nations began to come to the surface. The most of the plenipotentiaries favored pushing an to Paris without delay. But the A~ustrans were not eager to hasten the advance of the armies and thus in sure the triumph of Russia and the passionate vengeance of the Prussians. At this juncture Marshal Blucher solved the problem by boldly continu Lng his advance on the French capital without waiting for the plenipoten tiaries to agree. Why He Yurned Pale. "Wretch," exclaimed his wife. 2Show me that letter." L "What letter?" replied the Innocent pokng husband. "The one in your hand. It's from woman. I can see by the writing, dyou turned pale when you saw brHa: r McCutch Mr!5,1>/2 BY A0,MDD OAD CAfPAA love. Better for me to lose all the others and still have you." a The girl looked at her In wonder for a long time. "Oh, I know you mean v it, Sara, but-but how can it be true ?" c "Pat yourself in my place," was all 3 that Sara said In reply, and her com- b panion had no means of translating t the septence. ' She could only remain mute and V wondering, her eyes fixed on that il other mystery, the cameo face in the e moon that hung high above the som- d ber forest. s "Poor Leslie," murmured. Sara, a long time afterward, ;. dreamy note in her voice. "I can't put him out of my thoughts. He will never get over it. I have never seen one so stricken and yet so brave. He would C have been more than a husband to t you, Hetty. It is in him to be a slave to the woman he loves. I know him 0 well, poor boy." Hetty -was silent, brooding. Sara q resumed her thoughtful observations. "Why 'should you let what happened months ago stand in the way of-" c She got no farther than that. With b an exclamation of horrcr, the girl b sprang away from her and glowered at her with dilated eyes. "My God, Sara!" she whispered , hoarsely. "Are you mad?" The other sighed. "I suppose you must think it of me," she said dis mally.. "We are made differently, you and L If I cared for a man, nothing t t in all this world could stand between me and him." Hetty was still staring. "You don't mean to say you would have me marry Challis Wrandall's brother?" she said, in a sort of stupefaction Sara shook her head. "I mean this: vou would be justified in permitting Leslie to glorify that which his broth er desecrated; your womanhood, my dear." "My God, Sara!" again fell in a hoarse whisper. from the girl's lips. "I simply voice my point of view," erplained Sara calmly. "As I said before, we. look at things differently." n "I can't believe you mean what you said," cried Hetty. - "Why-why, If r loved him with al my heart, soul and C body I could not even think of- Oh, C I shudder to think of it!" "I love you," continued Sara, fixing 0 her mysterious eyes on those of the , girl, "and yet you took from me some thing more than a brother. I love you, knowing everything, and I am paying in full the debt he owes to you. Leslie, knowing nothing, Is no less your debtor. All this is paradox ical, -I know, my dear, liut we must remember that while 'other people may be indebted to us, we also owe something to ourselves. We ought to take payatrom ourselves. Please do not enneln1ida that T y '.-" give you in this world of ours-we women all are, for that matter." "I was sure that you couldn't ask me C to marry him. I couldn't believe-" "Forget what I have said, dearest, ~ if it grieves you," cried Sara warmly. ~ She arose and drew the girl close to C her. "Kiss me, Hetty." Their lilps met. The girl's eyes were closed, but Sara's were wide open and gleaming. C "It is because I love you," she said t softly. but she did not complete the ~ sentence that burned in her brain. To herself she repeated: "It Is be cause I love you that I would scourge you with Wrandalls!" "You are very good to me, Sara," sobbed Betty. "You, will be nice to Leslie?" "Yes, yes! If he will only let me be his friend." "He asks no more than that. Now, you must go to bed." Suddenly, without warning, she held the girl tightly In her arms. Her breathing was quick, as of one moved by some sharp sensation of ter ror. When Betty, in no little won der, open~ed her eyes Sara's face was turned away, and - she was looking over her shoulder as if cause for alarm had come from behind. "Wlhat is It?" cifed Betty anxiously. She' sa the look of dread in her companion's eyes, even as It began to fade. "I don't know," muttered SarE "Something, I can't tell what, came over me. I thought some one was stealing up behind me. How silly of me." "Ah," said Hetty, with an odd smile, s "I can understand how you felt." s "Hetty, will you take me in with you tonight?" whispered Sara nery- t ously. "Let me sleep with you. I lI can't explain it, but I am afraid to t be alone tonight." The girl's answer was a glad smile of acquiescence. s "Come with me, then, to my bedroom t while I change. I have the queerest y feeling that some one is in my room. I don't want to be alone. Are you y afraid?" Hetty held back, her face blanching. x "No, I am not afraid," she cried at once, and started toward the door. "There is some on 'In this room;" c said Sara a few moments later, when y they were In the big bedroom down I the hall. "I-I wonder," murmured Betty. I GROCER EXPLAINED THE HEN r Man Man Might Have Been a Little I Wiser, But He Was Also Mad- I der After it. "How much f'or eggs?" asked the kicker, as he entered the grocery with I a basket on his arm. "Same prica-35 cents," was the re- 1 ply. "You mean that. do you?" 11 "Sir, I have always suspected you of being a swindler, and now I know you are! Look at this newspaper. j Read that article. Doesn't It say that t owing to the season being a month e ahead of time the hens are laying to I beat the-band, and eggs are down tod 20 cents? Doesn't It say that, sir?" "Oh, yes, but this paper is two 1 weeks old." -c "And what of that?" c "Why, two weeks ago the hens did d begin laying, and eggs went down to t ieon And yet neither of them looked bout in search for the intruder! Far into the night Sara sat In the rindow of Hetty's dressing room, her hin sunk low in her hands, staring ioodily into the now opaque night, .er eyes somber and unblinking, her ody as motionless as death itself. 'he cooling wind caressed her and rhispered warnings into her unheed 2g ears, but she sat there unprotect d against its chill, her nightdress amp with the mist that crept up with inister stealth from the sea. CHAPTER X1. In the Shadow of the Mill. The -next day but one was overcast. ln cloudy, bleak days Hetty Castle an always felt depressed. Leslie was to return from the wilds n the following day. Early in the xorning Booth had telephoned to in uire if she did not want'to go for a mng walk with him before luncheon. 'he portrait was finished, but he ould not afford to miss the morning our with her. He said as much to er in pressing his invitation. "Tomorrow Leslie will be here and sha'n't see as much of you as I'd ke," he explained, rather wistfully. Three. is a crowd, you know. I've ot so used to having you all to my elf, it's hard to break off suddenly." "I will be ready at eleven," she said, nd was Instantly surprised to find iat her voice rang with new life, new iterest. The grayness seemed to lift rom the view that stretched beyond ie window; she even looked for the un in her eagerness. It was then that she knew why the rorld had been bleaker than usual, ren in its cloak of gray. A little before eleven she set out riskly to intercept him at the gates. rnknown to her, Sara sat in her rindow, and viewed .her departure ith gloomy eyes. The world also ras gray for her. They came upon each other unex ectedly at a sharp turn in the ave ue. Hetty colored with a sudden ash of confusion, and had all she ould do to meet his eager, happy yes as he stood over her and pro aimed his pleasure in jerky, awk rard sentences. Then they walked n together, a strange shyness at mding them. Shei experienced the dntness of breath that comes when e heart Is filled with pleasant larms. As for Booth, his blood sank. [e thrilled with the joy of being near er, of the feel of her all about him, t tbe-delicious feminine appeal that iade her so wonderful to him. He ranted to crush her in his arms, to eep her there forever, to exert all t his brute physical strength so thatf hie might never aain be herself huti aw the color fade from her cheeks; er eyes were able to meet his' with ut the look In them that all men love. hen he seemed to get his feet on the round again, and a strange, ineffably weet sense of calm took possession f him. "I must paint you all over again," e said, suddenly breaking in on one f her remarks. "Just as you are ,day-an outdoor girl, a glorious out or girl in-" "In muddy i boots," she laughed, rawing her skirt away to reveal a She Made No Response. hapely foot in an American walking hoe. He smiled and gave voice to a new bought. "By Jove, how much better oking our American shoes are than he kind they wear In London!" "Sara Insists on American shoes, long as I am with her. I don't bnk our boots are so villainous, do -out" "Just the same, I'm going to paint ou again-, boots and all. You-" "Oh, how tired you will become of "Try me!" "Besides, you are to do Sara at ne. She has consented to sit to ou. She will be wonderful, Mr. booth, oh, how wonderful!" There was no mistaking the sincer ty of this rapt opinion. ight back to old figures. You have o idea how quick the best of hens rl get discouraged and quit bust ess." "So the hens run this country, do !ey!" muttered the kicker. "Alas, they do, sir, and all that a cor grocer can do is to follow hum ly after and hope to make a bare ing for his family. Sorry that I'm .at a hen, sir, but I must put up with t Did you say one or two dozen?" Shackleton's Expedition. Sir Ernest Shackleton's proposed ,urney across the antarctic continent is year involves 1,700 miles of tray 1-as far as from New York city to )allas, Tex. Shackleton himself has escribed his projected crossing as a longer journey than to the pole and ack and Infinitely more diffcult, be ause we shall always be advancing ver new ground, with no depots to raw upon." It Is possible, however, at the party will not have to depend tirely upon Its own resources dur "Stunning," uas his brief comment She was silent for a long 'time, so long indeed that he turned to look at her. "A thoroughly decent, fair minded chap is -Leslie Wrandall," he pro nounced,, for want of something bet ter to say. "Still, I'm bound to say, I'm sorry he is coming home tomor row." The red crept into her cheeks again. "I thought you were such pals," she said nervously. "I expect to be his best man if he ever marries," said he, whacking a stone at the roadside with his walk ing stick. Then he looked up at her furtively and added, with a quizzical smile: "Unless something happens." "What could happen?" "He =night marry the girl I'm In love with, and, in that case, I'd. have to be' excused." "Where shall we walk to this morn ing?" she asked abruptly. He had drawn closer to her in the roadway. "Is it too far to the old stone mill? That's where I first saw you, if you remember." "Yes, let us go there," she said, but her heart sank. She knew what was coming. Perhaps it were best to have it over with; to put it away' with the things that were to always be her lost treasures. It would mean the end of their companionship, the end of a love dream. She would have to lie to him: to tell him she did not love him. Coming to the jog in the broad' mac adam, they were striking off into the narrow road that led to the quaint old mill, long since abandoned in the forest glade beyond, when-their atten tion was drawn -to a motor car, which was slowing- down for the turn into Sara's domain. -A cloud of dust swam in the air far behind the machine. A bare-headed man on the seat be side the driver waved his hand to them, and two women in the tonneau bowed gravely. Both Hetty " and Booth flushed uncomfortably, and hes itated In their progress up the forest road. The man was Leslle..Wrandall. His mother and sister were in the back seat of the touring car. "Why-why, it was Leslie," - cried Booth, looking over his shoulder. at the rapidly receding car. "Shall we turn back, Miss Matleton?" "No," she cried instintly', with some thing like impatience in her voice. "Andspoil our walk?". shetadded in the next breath, adding a nervous little -laugh. , "It seems rathr- hebegandu ously. "Oh, let us hav s our day," she criedi sharply, and led the way into the by road. They came. In . he course of a nuar incidents of the Revolutionary war, when eager patrh ts held secret meet ings inside Its walls and plotted undler the v'ery noses u ' Tory adherents to the crown. *Pausing for a -'ow minutes on the bridge, they lea ad on the rail and looked down int , the clear, mirror like water of thba race. Their own eyes looked up a L them; they smiled into their ow:2I i aces. And a fleecy white cloud pass4 d over the glittering stream and swepi through their faces, off to the bank, a ad was gone forever. Suddenly he lo' ked up from the 'wa ter and fixed his eyes on her face. -He had seen her clei .r blue eyes fill with tears as he gazel into them from the' rail above. "Oh, my .dear!' he cried. "What Is It?" She put her ilandkerchief to her eyes as she quid :ly turned away. In another instant the was smiling up at him, a soft, leading little smile that went straigi t to his heart. "Shall we sta : back?" she asked, a quaver in her "oice. ."No," he excli ined. "'Te got to go on with It n sw, Hetty. I didn't intend to, but-ct me, let us go up and sit on that fazrz liar old log In the shade of the mil. You must, dear!" She suff'ered h im to lead her up the steep bank beyond and through the rocks and re tten timbers to the great beam that protruded from the shattered found! .tions of the mill. The rickety old 'i heel, weather-beaten and sad, rose ab ve them and thra ened to topple a .Jer if they so much as touched its flu ,sy supports. He did not rd'.ase her hand after drawing her up i eside him.. "You must knm n that I love you," he said simply. She made rio : sponse. Her hand lay limp in his. She was staring straight before hi z. (TO BE ( CNTINUJED.). Perfecty Justifiable. A somewhat la ggard and procrasti nating student E no Sunday evening went to his inst uctor for aid in one of his studies, asking him If .be thought it was 'w ong to study on Sun day. .He was s inmewhat surprised to receive the repli; "If the Master was justified in pulling the ass out of the ditch on the Sabbath, was not the ass justifable in frying to get himself out?" sea' and sledge southward along a previously arranged meridian as far as latitude 83, If possible, to meet the explorers coming from the pole. The expedition will have two ships, driven by oil fuel, for the main and auxiliary parties respectively. The sledges, which will perhaps be constructed of steel tubing, will be drawn by dogs, except two, which will be driven by aeroplane propellers. Evil of .Gossip. Every man and woman will be en titled to think better of themselves and will have a stronger claim to the regard of others.:;If they cease to be on the lookout far something to find fault with, to treasure up and repeat and magnify evey scandal, little and big, and to ret l and spread every small item of te~ tabl e gossip, which carries with it ri icult- or censure for some one. Suppos~ all that were drop ped, and really i is u nworthy of in telligent, well m ni ng people, and the habit formed ofon' y speaking well GOOD. WORK ROADS IN THE SPRING Mistake to Put Off Task Until August or September When Surface Is Dry, Declare Experts. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) It is a great mistake to put off working roads until August or Sep. tember, according to road experts of the United States department of agri culture. The roads should be worked when the soil is damp so as to make the soil bake when It dries out. 1] the roads are worked when they are dry, it takes more power to, raw the machine and besides dry earth and dust retain moisture and iuickly ral after rains. The use of- clods, sods weeds or vegetable matter in build ing earth roads should be avoided be cause they also retain moisture. If the working of the roads is de ferred until the latter part of the sum mer when the surface is baked dry The Kin'g Road Drag. and hard, they are not only diftcul to work, but'the work is unsatisfac tory when done. Earth which, I loos and dry will remain dusty as long ai the dry weather lasts, and then turz to mud as the rains begin. By using the toad machine in the spring while the soil is soft'and damp, tie surface is more easily shaped and soon packi down. into a dry hard crust which -i less liable to become dusty in sum mer and muddy in winter. Repairs to roads should be made when needed and not once a year after crops are laid by. Because o Its simplicity, eficlency and cheap ness, the split-log drag or some sim ilar device is destined to come into more and more general use. With the drag properly built and its use well understood, the omantenance of earth and gravel roads becomes-a sim ple and inexpensive- matter., Care should be taken to make the log so light that one man can lift It with ease, as a light drag can be drawn by two medium sized horses and re sponds more readily to various meth ods of. hitching and the shifting posi tion of the operator than a heavier "'n '!" - -MM~~~ tnv the draR ten inches in diameter. It should be split carefully as near the center as possible and the heaviest and best slab chosten for the front. When the soil is moist, but not sticky, the drag does the best work. As the soil In the field will bake If plowed wet, so the road will bake-if the drag is used on It when It is wet. If the' roadway Is full of ho'les or badly rutted. the drag should be used once -when the road is soft and slushy. The earth road can best be crowned and ditched with a road machine and not with picks and shovels, scoops and plows. One road machine wit11 a suitable power and operator will de the work of many men with picks and shovels, and in addition will do It bet ter. If the road is composed of fine clay or soil It will sometimes pay i resurface It with top soil from an ad Jacent field, which had sand or gravel mixed with It. This method, called the "top soil method," is now in suo cesful use in Clarke county, Georgia Storm water should be disposed o: quickly before It has had time to pene trate deeply into the surface of thi road. This can be- done by giving-the road a crown or slope from the en ter to the sides. For an earth roae which is 24 feet wide the centel should be not less than six inche: nor more than 12 Inches higher thai the outer edges of the shoulder. Th4 narrow road which is high In the mid die will become rutted almost ai quickly as one which is too flat, fo: the reason that on a narrow road al the traffic Is forced to use only a nar row strip. Shoulders are oftes formed on both sides of the road which prevents storm water froti flowing into the side ditches, retair lg It in the ruts and softening the roadway. These -ruts and shoulderi can be entirely eliminated with thi road machine or split-log drag. The width of the earth rood wil depend on the traffic. As arule~, 2 or 30 feet from ditch to ditch I: suficient if the road is properl: crowned. Ordinarily the only ditche: needed are those made with the roa< machine which are wide and shallow Deep narrow ditches wash rapidly, es pecially on steep slopes. The earti road should not be loosened, dug up or plowed up any more than is abso lutely necessary. WIde Tire Law Benefits. Results of experiments In different states indicate that the wide tire law Is not only a benefit to the public high ways, but gives the teamsters a big advantage. Reports from various states show that with the wide-tired vehicle 30 to 60' per cent, less power is neces sary to move a given load than with the narrow tires. Farm productions are increased ir value by getting them where needed at the proper time. Good roads Irn crease values. For Unplesanft Odors. Burnt coffee will free the house from cooking odors. So will a smoul dering piece of string. A handful of lavender flowers in a bowl with lemon peel covered with boiling wm.-e im parts a gentle fragrance te an entire apartment What the Earth Ia Made of. Nearly half the earth IS oxygen; a -~-- arly eight per cent. of it ~.and nearly 5% per cent. 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