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^iip â- â- â-  w^mtm ^,,-! ? â€" i K \t. I ir THE LAP5E OF - ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of •• ThtJ Woman from Wolvertons " ^^ 'I bwe it to you," there was (rrim de- j ! termination in Merry's voice; "to you | nnd Oswald, he's a prince of a good j fellow; now Alice Volk and the child ! come into it'." "Anil yourself." "Yea, myself. If 1 succeed, it means ' retievinK more than you imagine. " ' "And you will confess you wrote the ' play 7" "Notâ€" vet." "Why?" "Miss Dcrcas," Merry's voice had a tone of onOreaty in it. "I want to ask , one thi"K of you. I ask it because ON THE FARM t« SILVER gloss: (EDWARDSBURO) CHAPTER XI.â€" (Cont'd). "I don't blame you,'" Osw.".l.i smiled, one t^a ^'"â- â€¢",„, . , „ "I can't imagine why we made such a "Poor soul! snul Merry blunder. Merry puts it just the way ^ho conductor en .red du.tt,ng the , „ i>oor behind him with a crash. "lAven- . T-v ,. », « "1. ,= ty-third street.!" he called. -Thank you. Mr. Merry. Don as \,j^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^,, ^^^^. j;^^^, turned to the actor wifh a grateful , ^^.,^^^,.^^^^,, suggested the actor. ed thinprs that cannot help drawing | your faith in me '• so great and up- lifting. Drop the authorship of the play. I cannot explain, I cannot flghb the thought.-i you have of me. You said once, 'I believei in you.' Do you remember?" smile. "I am ready lo go with you any time to see Mrs. Volk." Dorcas had a new insight in Mer- ry's character when she fo.md h w hia vant t'j talk to you â€" for hours." Dorcas looked at him with stead- I I fast eyes and nodilfid. "Go on believing. It's the kindest thing you can do for me, andâ€" for Enoch." Their eyes made a compact though The orchL'stra, which had rested for a i few minutes, began again â€" not one of , it'.i long overtures, but a prelude to the florid music in an Italian opera. : Through the murky atmosphere a CHAPTER XII. Dorcas and Merry paust'd for a mo friends held him in pst-?em. There \ ment before a flight of steps which led ' no word was spoken, was not n touch, in Mrs. Billerwell's i^p ^ what had once been a fine priv- j They lingered over strange dishes grec-ting, of hero worship or deference late residence. Its exclusive days that came and went. Food seemed to the man who had won fame. It -were past; it was beckoning with all merely a circum.sUince, an excuse for was merely a droll blend of loving de- pari.'^h blaze of light) to every passer- , being alone and toget-her. Tliey felt votion and motherly tyranny. \,y^ Through the open door came , curiously isolated, for the noise made Merry jum))ed to his fet-t' when Mrs. | strains from the overture to "William j a retreat for them as silence does. A Volk entere 1 with Julie clinging shyly Tell." sud.ltn lull fell on the babel of sound to her gown. Dorcas felt instantly a "What a queer place," said the girl" throb of sympathy and warm friend- "You can't realize its queerness un- ship. Merry had lo!d her somel-hin'.^ j \_\\ ^e are inside. The crowd that? of the pitiful story on the way up- ! gathers here is as motley as any yoj. town. ^ j find in New York." "Y'ou said once, Miss Dorcas," he j Dorcas ran lightly up the steps. | woman's voice shrilled out with rare reminded her, "that you were never so jThe cafe, shabby and ^.•e^'.therl beaten sweetness. | happy as when you had some one to out-doors, was bizarre inside. At l)ho i Dorcas rose to her feet for a sec- | mot+jir. .Mice Volk needs mothering father end a daub of painted canvas | ond, searching for the singer; then I doubt if .'he has a friend in the | attempted to create the illusion of | she seated herself wit-h her back to worlil except Mother Billerwell and â-  sunlit fields, .\gainst it rose a theat- i the table. The cra.sh of dishes, the i myself. Mrs. Billerwell is pure gold, , ,-ical apple tree, k hundred electric ' rattle of silver, and the popping of but Alice needs a woman like you." lights blazed inside crimson apples on ' corks continued, but tongues were Half an hour later they waited on I its widespread branches. Under it, j stilled excepb for one voice. It was I the pla'i'form of an L station for a ' at a huddle of tables, people were din- singing the tremen<lous aria from | downtown train. 1'hey had scarcely jng vociferously. "The place shriek- ; "Fmani.'" The girl drew a long j spoken since leaving the Harlem cd its antagonism to t>he civilized breath as the last note died away in- l house. Merry realized how deeply the ceremony of fee iing. Humanity dug ' to silence then she turned eagerly to girl's heart had been stirred. They its elbows into one another while it Merry. entered the train and took a seat to- handled knives and forks, and scream- "%Tio is she?" gether in silence. She sat gazing at ed its conversation. The rooms reek- "I'H tj^U you in a minute." the city below. Then she turned ©d with a hundred odors of highly- she turned again to look at the | suddenly. seasoned food and bobacco smoke. It ] singer, who stood crushed into a nar- , "LitMe Julie is to begin rehearsals w-as a bewildering blend of light and ' row balcony which was crowded to to-morrow morning," she said. "The smells and noise. Dorcas followed discomfort by a piano and four mu- ] mother made only one condition; Ihcy Merry through the labyrinth to a â€" . .- . ai-e to be known under anothei name, small table in a silent corner, hedged She is in terror lest her hjsbaiid finds t+icm.' "That's all right, but do you tliiiik about with palms. "1 come here time and again," con- fessed Merry after they were seated. sicians. The woman was absurdly fat and absurdly gowned. Years ago, in the palmy days of a concert boar, she- had swept upon the platform in a robe of burnt orange velvet Bpla.shed gor the child can play the ^:mall 'Cordfc- |"I love the place; the crowd is so in- ' jjeously with silver lace and scintillat- lia'?" asked Merry anxiously. ' teresting. People let themselves "You can do anything you wish with loose in a coop like this; they enjoy thab child. She has a soul and ;iweet- life frankly." ncss. and she understamls. T!iere i.; | "1 should think they did." Dorcas something in her â€" we call it magnet- laughed gaily, ism in older people â€" which will reach Across bhe room a party of college ing embroidery. It hail seen years of service, thon grown tawdry, unfash- ; ionable, soiled, and grotesquely queer It n minded Dorcas of the stately poOr in the last stage of shabbiness. The , woman's straw-colored hair was giith- lads were humniing a ragtime song grpj i^to a ridiculous pompadour, in utter inharmony to the orchestra's Across t-he <lining room, through mur- â-  music. Corks were popping amid the j^y waves of tobacco smoke, the girl r«tttle of dishes and silver while ; could see careworn wrinkles about the laughter in a hundred tones, and bhe | woman's eyes. The vivid scarlet of ! delia' is simply the little girl grown languBges of all the old Latin races, her cheeks was pitifully falhc, false as 1 older and wiser, with more love for were blended in the strange i)ab(d. ' the whiteness of her vast bare .shoul- ^ across the footlights and grip every m::n and woman in the audience. The child will help me woiiileiful'y. Now I won't' have to create a new 'Cordelia' when I come on the stage. My 'Cor- hor father nn'i a larger knowledge of life." "You understand perfectly." "You and 1 oughb to understand 'Cordelia' if any one could." Dorcas sat in silence while they rushed over the lighted city with its insistent glimpses of sordid life, Mer- ry saw her chin bremble once and her eyes grow misty; then she spoke sud- 'It's a droll little world," said Mcr- I ,ij.,-n ry." Dorcas pulled olF her gloves and sat smoothing bhem between her fingers. "I remember," Andrew gazed about him in a reminiscent mood, "one sea- son f was tied up with a summer pro- I .Again she l)egan to sing, some- ; j thing which came thrilling from the • , wonderful throat with perfect coiora- ; j tura. She threw back her head and tilte 1 her face till Dorcas saw only the profile. For one moment' the gross I lines disappeared; instead came a I duction, and it was horribly lonesome ' ^^Hmpso ,>f beautv and picturesque- \ in New York. There was not a soul i ,,^,3 a ai^rnity which bob.nged to the' in our company I wanted to fraternize 1 ,|„y^ „f y„uth and power, the royal wit'Ii. Enoch was West. I u.sed to j^ys of a singer. I I The room rang with an encore, then | I came a shriek of command. "Dance!" I shout'.}d the group of students in a ' denly: "She must have lived thro.wh awful experiences." | come here night after night and work "Alive Volk has seiii the very ' my.-elf into alight-hearted mood. I (Upth.s. She suffered mure than mis- ha 1 a part I hated. I did not go on cry an i neglect; there was act^ual until the second acb. so sometimes I brutality. I knew her before Volk stayed hero until half-past seven. The came into her life. She played with place waked me up. I got into a queer the first New York company I was in. humor while watching people. Before She was the gayist little creature it wore off I used to dash to bhe thea- thoii you can imagine â€" a whimsical, tre, as one acts when you are over- laughing, care-fr«'e, happy child." j powererl with sleep, and try to get to "(iay!" Dorcas spoke ncredulously. bed before you go wide awake again, struck a few bars "Tlie gaiety has gone." | Usually 1 don't have bo hammer my "It has been wrung out of her." ] self into the disposition for work. â-  "I never had a real woman fiiend When I am cast for sohie role that ejccept the .listers at I'he convent," said makes one fairly snort with impa- Dorcas. "I think Alice V<dk and I 1 tience, it is horribly hard b.) feel like will be friends. We can help each other." "Each other? I had not thoughb of it in that way. ^'our friendship will mean a great deal to her. It is like reachir.fr oub a hand to ome one who is drowning.' "Alice V(dk is differ .nt from any it. If I get a human character, I love it.' "Like 'John Esterbrook?'" "Yes, like 'John Ksterbrook'. Miss I Dorcas," Merry went on eagerly. "I went tramping yesberclay -alone. I found myself within sight of another state before I pulled up. I was-â€" one lever rrt. When little Julie ran : heaven knows how many miles from out to speak to you, I followed her. ) anywhere. I thrashed things out with The mother laid her hand on my arm, | myself. I'm going bo make 'John Es- drew me liack into the room, then she closeil the door and ^'ssed me. She did not say a word. Any other wo- mpn wo.ild have kissed me while I was iaying 'tiood-by,'^ before you and Mis. Billerwell. She does unexpect- terbrook' the biggest thing that has stru'-k New York in years." "Dorcas laughed. She felt foolishly happy. "1 am so (flad," she said. "It's up to me to do the best lean; corner. | "Oh!" crieil Dorcas piteously. "oh! I how can they do it?" The musicians huddled themselves I ani their instruments clo.^er together, i indifferently as if it were parb of every night's program. The pianist of some tinkling thing in a musical comedy, then the singer began to sway her huge body. â-  There was no space for her feet b.T ' move. She sang to the nccompani- ' ment, but the physical effort made her wheeze. The orchestra dashed into a tripping chorus, an<l the enbhus- iasm of the guests waxed high. Cheers ' were intermingled with laughter and : screams of derision. "Oh!" cried Dorcas, "oh! the shame of it!" (To be continued). FAMILY GETS BIG PRIZE. KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT f. f. DALLEY CO. OF OANAOA. LTI3., HAMILTON, CANADA Paris Woman Raises 19 Children â€" Seven Boys at Front. } Etleiino Laniy, nieinbrr of llie French Academy, has recently given $100,000 to found prizes for the largest families iiiiioiig the peasants of France. Ho has suffered more criti- cism for linillliiK ills prizes to Catholic families than praise for his generosity. As long ago as 1841, a philanthropist, M. de lleverdy, founded a prize, %(M\ every second year, to be given to the most deserving family in the city of Paris. This prize has JusI hern awarded to Mnie. Devlerry, a widow, aged 60, who lias raised a family of lll'tecn 1 eight boys and seven girls) out of the nine- teen horn to her. She has provided for lliidr needs hy selling vegelaliles from a pushcart. ^ Mnio. Uevlerey was horn In Paris and lior husband, a mason, died soon after the birtli of her nlnp|(>eiith child. One of her ')oys Is paralyzed, but the other seven are ai the front, as are two of her sons In-law. The youngest,' belonging to the class of IJllfi, has just lieeu Invalided fnun Verdun. He has , been at the front fourteen months and ; has been cited In the order of the day.' j Another son has alse been cited and a' .third was W(niiiiled. The prize win iier has already twenty-eight grand children, one of her sons having sup ! piled fourteen. I VVh pping does nob always separate a lioy fr( m his bad habits. Growing Buckwheat. Buckwheat is the least common of the grains. Probably because of bhe fact that it has been overshadowed by other crops more universally grown, buckwheat has, until recently, been given but litble attention by experi- ment stations and consequently the crop has been quite f requentlly grown in a very haphazard way. Buck- wheat has been called a "poor land" crop. It is brue that buckwheat will frequently produce a profitable crop onland too jjoor to produce cither oats or rye profitably, but it will do still better if given good treatment. In fact, the New York Experiment Sta- tion finds that "buckwheat when grown on poor land responds well to moderate <iressing3 of even low grade fertilizer and many farmers who do nob use fertilizer on other crops find it profitable to purchase it for buck- wheat." Soil Requirement.s. Buckwheat is well suited to light well-drained soils, such as sandy and silt loams. lb needs but little lime, gn"owing well in acid soils without lime, whore alfalfa and red clover could not succeed. The plant seems unusually active in taking plant food from poor and rocky soils. It needs alarger proportion of pho.^i-jhoric acid and potash bhan of nitrogen, since large growth of straw is not desired so much as profuse bloom and early filling of seeds. When to Plant. Under the most favorable condi- tions, buckwheat will mature in 10 weeks, bub the average time is about 12 weeks. It does best when seeded i late, but is very sensitive to cold and j is killed by the first heavy frost. The ' aim should be to bring the crop bo | maturity just before frost. In the latitude of southi-rn New York this | means bhat the crop should be plant- I ed about the first week in July. Buckwheat should be sown on land | prepared as for corn. It is an excel- \ lent crop to sow where corn has been ' planted, but where a stand has not been secured. Besb results are ob- tained where the land is plowed early, but fairly good results can be obtain- [ ed by sowing immediately after plow- ' ing if the land is well prepared. Buckwheat is ^lsually seeded at the rabe of three to five pecks per acre. If a drill is used and the seed is of good vitality, as little as three pecks may be sufficient if the soil is fertile. '. It is best bo use a grain drill, bat good results can be secured by broad- casting the seed and harrowing it in. Three varieties of buckwheat are I commonly grown â€" ^Japanese, Silver | Hull and Common Grey, the first two being bhe most generally used. Jap- ; anese has a dark-colored seed, while j the Silver Hull has a smaller seed, ; glossy or silvery in appearance. These I two varieties are of about equal value, 1 when yields are considered. I Because of its plantfood require- ments and the exceedingly short sea- ! son of growth, manure h;is not been ' found satisfactory as a fertilizer for buckwheat. Fresh manure contains a larger percentage of nitrogen tK.in it does of phosphoric acid, just Cne reverse of what buckwheat needs. For most profibable results on stony and sandy soils under normal condi- tions about '200 to 300 pounds of a fertilizer containing one to two per- cent ammonia, ten to bwelve percent phosphoric acid and two to four per- cent potash should be applied at time of seeding. On loam or other s(mIs rich in organic matbcr, use less am- monia. Buckwheat, tinlike other grains never straightens up after it once falls. Potash makes tne stalks strong and prevenbs lodging. Under present abnormal conditions a fertili- zer analyzing about one percent of ammonia, eight percent phosphoiiic acid and one percent potash may be substibuted or the potash may be omitted entirely in wdiich case the phosphoric acid should l)e increase i somewhat. One grower says, "I like to raise buckwheat liecuuse it is the only grain for which I can buy fertilizer on a 90-day nobe and pay for it out of the crop it makes.' Buckwheat blooms for three weeks or longer and the grain ripens as unevenly. This often causes quite a loss during a wet harvest season or from early frosts. Phosphoiic acid cau'i's grain to form and hastens ma- Kirity, hence an available supply of this plantfood hastens ripening, thus preventing loss from early f rost i and exposure ordinarily caused dui ing wet seasons while waiting for all the grain lo ripen". The farmer does not need expen- sive iri'ichinery for harvosb'rg the liuckvvheat crop. An ,(d 1 h â- .-liinnod cradle, although it requiroi hard la- bor, does the harve!-,ting well. The drop reaper, however, is one of the most satisfactory machines for har- vesting. Cutting is begun as soon as the first blossoms have disappeared, or often just before the first frost is , expected. Buckwheat will mature its seed in a few days, if, after cut- ting, the crop is left in loose b indies where they are dropped from the ' cradle or reaper. it should bhefl b6 ' set up in small shocks and tied near I the top with some strando of the straw bent upward from the -ddes of bhe shocq. ."he cut buckwheat is usually left in the field in the shocks ) until threshing time, when it is drawn in and threshed cithsr with tha flail or by machinery. "Silver Gloss" has been doing perfect starching In Canadian homes, for nearly 60 years. In one pound packages and six pound fancy enainelled tins. THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED MONTREAL, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD. FOHT V.MLLIAM. Laendry Sfarcti Makers oj "Crown Brand" and "Lily mite" Corn Syrups, and r..,.,.,«,n. 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