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“But I see the part I’m cast for with- out being told. Extra spells in front of the siphon-recorder, while Scarbor- ough goes treasure-hunting. That’s the form of excitement I’m billed for, isn't it, Horace ?" “That’s all right, sonny. Of course We’ll chip in and help you to beat the widow. You're boss in this show. Just tell us what you want us to do, and we‘ll do it. Is that right, Mr. Scott?" These two, then, would be staunch recruits. Scott he could vouch for himself, and Mona had vouched for Montague. It was all rin‘ht~ When he said: centrates all available forces, leaves the leading of forlorn hopes to the enemy, and never requires to lead one himself. Scarborough did not despise the glory which is won by making a gallant fight against odds, but he was a good enough general to prefer safe- w to glory. Had he been fighting for his own hand, he would probably have reasoned differently; but just now he was fighting for Elsa. is not he who brings off forliafirhopes by gallant fighting, but he who conâ€" “Yes,” said Scarborough, “there is a crisis. But not in your affairs this time, MoMntague. I'm going to ask for your help, that's all; and Miss de la Mar told me I should find you would give it. But finish your game first” Montague had thrown down his cue. “No,” he said “If Miss (16 la Mar promised that I should help you, I opine that she did not calculate that I should let a game of snooker delay me. Lead the way to your room, sir! Mr. Scott and I will follow.” “Very well, if you prefer it." “I do, sir.” Scarborough kept nothing back in what he told these two; he gave them the whole tale simply, and did not fear that he was violating confidences in I‘ so doing. He guessed that he prob- ably had a clever adversary in Gillies, | and he was quite sure that he had an extremely clever one in Mrs. Carring- ton; and he judged with acool pruâ€" dence that was characteristic, that the : heavier the battalions which he could} bring to bear against them. the more likely was he to win in the end. He would have liked, of course, to win without the heavy battalions, but it was safer if less glorious, to be as strong as possible. The best general , «Ohy “Is your game nearly over?” Scarborough asked Scott. “Yes. Want to join in?" “No, thanks; but will you bring Montague to my room when you've finished? There’s something I want to tell you both” Val. B. Montague looked up quickly. “There is a crisis!" he said. “I was sure of it.” Combination? Or does yofivrwgfipear- ance merely pertend that I am about to Iniiss this easy shot that snooker?” “Try the shot. and see,” sgiidwgc-avr- borough. v “nu: been shaking something into my lap out of her bag of worries. Whab is it, sir, this time? Any misfortun- atxe happened to my schooner, or to: any children of Val B. Montague’sl ‘â€" y ’7 ‘ " ' “ ‘ ‘ V Y ‘ would say Iwas glad to meet you if I dared. I told you I was not asup- erstitious man, but what is the crisis in my affairs this time? You and I never meet except when fate has been shaking somptmna :nan w"- nesses. From me he doesn’t deserve that. Elsa, shall we go back now. “You will come back for us at half- past five, Horace," said Elsa. The girls went back, and Scarborâ€" ough rode on to the Cable Station. He found Montague in the billiard room, playing snooker-pool with Scott and another man. The Yankee circus- man welcomed him characteristical- ly. eyes. “I am sorry I suggested that you should play upon one of his weak- nesses. From me he doesn’t deserve that. Elsa. shall “70 trn konlr M“. Mona hesitated, and then held out her hand. “You are right,” she said with a oft-aight look from her hazel ‘ ‘It's safe to trust Val 13. Montague in anything," said Mona. She drew herself up, and it seemed almost that she said it proudly. “He is eccentric, perhaps, but he is the trues‘uâ€"heal‘ted gentleman I have ever met." “Then I think I prefer to tell him the truth.” CHAPTER XXLâ€"(Cont’d). Mona became suddenly grave, and the moonlight flashell in her eyes. “Yes,” she said simply. “I mean," said Scarborough, ‘would it be safe to ball him, not what you. suggest, but the simple truth? Can we, make him one of us in this mat- ter?” “Mr. Scarborough, sir," said he. “ .Jfi'i yes," said THE CABLEMAN T It was 3.11 right had finished Montague AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE ‘5”, an, aanu ue, 81ad_to meet you if Scott. laughing BY WEATH ERBY CHESNEY Phil Varney, lying on his back un- ; der 9. golden roof formed by toldae of maize cobs, found the morning very pleasant. The dying maize, strung in bundles on three poles stacked in a -tripod, whispered safely as the breeze ‘crept through the air-spaces between tthe cobs. The sun was not yet hot : enough to be unpleasant, and the View in front of him was perhaps the most beautiful in all the insland. He found nature’smorm'ng mood restful, his pipe was drawing well, and Muriel Davis had promised last night that she would ride over the course of the day. Everything, therefore, was peace; he indulged himself in dreams, and sentry though he was, he show- ' 8d unmistnkeable signs of a tendency to sleep at his post. Beneath him in the valley lay the lake of Las -Furnas, three miles in circumference; and the roofs of the long straggling village, half hidden by the trees which grew everywhere on the lower ground, made dots of darker color on the landscape. The village is situated in the bottom ofa vast crater, and the steep pointed hills once active volcanoes, but clother now with a dense garment of pines, form a complete ring round it. Down the flanks of the great Peak of the Ced- ars, and its twin mountain the Peak of the Locust,- waterfalls flashed in “By jove!” said Scott, when Monta- gue had bowed himself out of the room, ‘he really means it! I don’t think all the fun will be at Furna to- morrow, Horace!” Montague turned to him solemnly. “Mr. Scott,” he said, ‘you don’t show the intelligence which I have gathered, from your conversation on other subjects, that you poSSess. 1 am going to call at the Chinelas to- morrow morning early, and present \this admirably won'ded letter of in- ,troduction to the Widow of the late Richmond Carrington.” “0h, nonsense, man!" “I am sir, And I anticipate that as a result Ishall enjoy avery pleas- ant day. It may be a somewhat strenuous one, thought. so Iwill wish you goodâ€"night. My room is two doors away, I think." “By jove!” said Scott, when Monta-‘ gue had bowed himself out of the ‘lnn rnnll" w-.‘__ :Ll rmm “Oh, they're capital! \Vait till you taste! It was Davis who put me up to the idea. The place swarms with them, and they’re the real edible kind, though the natives haven’t found that out. Davis is thinking of starting a pickle factory and exporting them to Paris. By the way, did you show him ‘ the scratched stone'i" llYes.’, “Well? What’s his idea?” “He fancies that he can make some more of it legible. He’s going to dust lycopodium powder over it, and then photograph it, and he thinks the powder may show up in the photo- graph where the pencil marks were. He’s working at it now.’ (To be continued). : “Now tell us what you really mean to do,” said Scott~ Montague turned to him solemnly. “Mr. Scot‘o," he said, ‘you don’t Show the intelligence which I have gathered, from your conversation on other subjects, that you pOSSess. 1 am going to call at the Chinelas to- morrow morning early, and present this admirably worded letter of in- “Maybe she will, but that’s the way I’m going to do it. You said Icould have a free hand, and I said it was going to be my pie. Don’t) know how to word it, don't you? I’ll dictate. ‘Dear Madam,â€"During my unavoid- able absence on apicnic with your daughter and Mademoiselle Mona de la Mar, our Mr. Val. B. Montague. of Val B. Montague’s American Circus Combination, is fully empowered to represent me, and to make any ar- rangements that may be necessary for your comfort. He is a man in whose ability I have perfect confidence, and I have given him afree hand in the Scarborough threw down his pen, and hear Scott burst into a roar of laughter. Val B. Montague gravely picked up the paper, blotted it, and put it into his pocket-book. matter. He requests me to inform you that this is his pie, and though the metaphor is not very clear to me, he promises that you shall understand it before the day is over. Horace Scarborough, Cable Station, Ribiera Grande.’â€"Sign it!" “What’s the good of the Scarborough laughing. laugh at you." “Then get up and go to that writing table, and write me aletter of intro- duction to her.” “Oh, yes; short: of actual violence. We may come to that in the end, but I don’t want our side to begin it." “No, sir," said the circus-man. “That’s not: my way of doing business. It I put my finger into this pie, it’s going to be my pie. I shall arrange the programme, not the Widow Car~ rington. You give me a free hand?” Any partlcular way of doing it?” w Canadafor more < “The most effective you can think THE CANADA SI! of, please,” said Scarborough. “I leave MONTREAL. it to you to decide. Better wait till BRAMWRD' 2‘ you see bo-morrow what she means to do.” “I do want- you to relieve me to- |morrow morning at five, if you will," isaid Scarborough. “I’m afraid it'sa ‘deadly slow part for you, old man." “Never mind, I’ll do it. I’ve just laid in a fresh stock of modern French ficâ€" tion in paper-backs, so I’ll yawn through an extra spell all right with their help. Give me a chance of being in ab the death, as areward‘, if you get any real fighting.” “Now, Mr. Scarborough, your ord- ers to me!!" said Montague. “I gath- er that I’m to look after the widow. Any particular way of doing ib?" CHAPTER XXII {11, your ord- gue. “I gath- r the widow. >ing ib?” ou can think at?” asked “She will 7L2? :iéiéfii Of Course You Need kind On an assistant showing him that the dough was full of these vermin, Rabitz contented himsel‘ with cover- ing them up beneath a layer of dough. “No need to remove the maggots,” he observed, “people will eat the cakes all the same.” The méggot paste was thereupon duly baked into A master baker, C. A. Rabitz, the owner of one of the foremost fashionâ€" able establishments in Leipzig, has been found guilty of the most shame- less transgression of all existing laws and regulations. His worst practice of all was to bake live maggots in his cakes. German Baker Also Mixed Ants and Bugs in His Cakes. The Berlin Vorwaerts sayszâ€"The unscrupulous manner in Which - the preparation of various articles of food is being carried on has again been strikingly exemplified in Leipzig. 3?‘ I‘- II 'uwt “All right), but give me some break- fast first. Got anything?” “Frog‘s’ legs,” said Varney with a grin: “I’ll heat you apanful in no time. Ever tasted them?" “No,” said Scarborough, and added doubtfully: “Not: sure that I want to now.” “Here, hold hard!" Vafne yex‘claim- ed. “1 don't understand this. What's Mrs. Carrington coming for? Explain. please!” “That is the idea,” said Scarbor- ough. “And Mrs. Carring’ton and ValdB. will join us later, Ifancy.” “The other two girls?” querried Varney. ““Mona and Miss Carringâ€" bon? They coming too? YOu’ve turn- ed it into a regular picnic!” ‘She and the other two girls are behind. I left them at the Casa Davis, packing luncheon baskets, and came on first.’ white spray; and the Ribeira Que the “Hot River,” wound through valley, changing color continually it received bhe tinted waters of many vocanic springs by which i fed. “Any sign of Gillies yet?" asked Scarborough, when he reached the maize stack. “No. Where is Muriel? She said she would ride over with you.” PUT IN LAYER OF MAGGOTS‘ A voice hailing him from the lower level broke the reverie into which he was drifting. He raised himself on his elbow and saw Scarborough push- ing abicycle up the rough ground of the hillside. Nature was beautiful, but somno- lent; and Phil. Varney, feeling quite contented with his lot just now, was inclinql' to be somnelent ‘boo. MONTREAL. CARDINAL, annnrrono. 216 FORTWILLIAM- 3ream comes out of the freezer also prepared 'ection, styled CANADA STARE” ED. than summer and frown. ‘hen it waters of the by which it is LIMITED is made >ther ssert ury. at That pigs require a. considerable! amount of mineral matter in their foqd is prefity well known but that cows will sometimes suffer from want of it is not so well known Salt, of course, is always fed to the stock by careful feeders all the year round. The late Herr Kellner estimated that a cow giving twenty pounds of milk per day should recelv} about three and a half ounces of ‘lime per, day. Many cases have been observed i where cows had abnormal appetitiesi and developed the habit» of eating; wood, etc, that when a. sufficientl amount of lime was fed the desire to ' gnaw wool and eat filth stopped. l “w manna“ Writing in time ago, M! University Of use of clover, In sections where the water is soft many good dairymen put lime in the water trough so as to make sure that the animals will get enough of this very important food constituent. The old saying that “a limestone country is a rich country” emphasizes the value of the lime, and it is awell known fact that the bigest boned and thriftiest cattle are raised where the soil has an abundance of lime. Writing in Wallace’s Fame: some In order to secure the best results the separator must be worked at the correct speed, which must be main- tained at a uniform speed until all the milk is separabed. Immediately after use all the parts with which the milk comes into con- tact should be taken apart and washed with lukewarm water. Hot water should not be used, as it causes part of the milk to cake on, and form are- fuge for germs which taint milk. After this the parts should be Washâ€" ed in fairly hot water contam'ing- a little soda, and then be dipped in scalding- water. The creamy matter left in the bowl may be pub in the pig tub, and care must be taken to thoroughly clean the bowl of all the slime present after se- parating. The amount of slime in the bowl is a good indication as to1 whether the milk has been obtained in a cleanly manner or not The dirtier the milk the more slime there will be present in the bowl. inberior of the bowl, and then more time and trouble are required to re- move it than if the cleaning were af- fected as soon as the milk has passed through the machine. The milk should be separated as soon as it leaves the cow, as fab is lost in the skim milk when the milk is skimmed below atempereture of 85 deg. F. If cold milk has to be dealt with it should be warmed up to from 100 to 120 deg. F. just before being separated. The separator should be washed immediately after using. If left for some time, as is often done, it gives the slime a. chance to dry on the inberior of the bowl. and than mnra Wibh care a separator will last for many 'years aml it is generally through carelessness or ignorance that it breaks down. It is import- ant that the separator bearings be well oiled in order to avoid friction and wearing out of parts. Before starting to separate all the sight feed lubricators should be full, and tested to see that the yare in working order. The separated should always be start- ed very slowly, and the speed work- ed up gradually, and no milk let into the bowl until it is running at full speed. When the cream separator is care- fully managed the skim milk should not contain more than 0.1 per cent. of butter fat, and thus the butter yield is increased by 10 to 12 per cent. as com- pared with the old pan setting system. This makes aconsiderable difference in the course of a year where good dairy cows are employed, and would soon pay for the separator. [ prog’re ' It requires very little demonstrating to convince anyone that a cream 86 parator is a great saving over the old pan method of securing cream. A sea para‘tor takes up much less room in the dail“ than the setting pans, and it obtains greater yield of butter from the milk used. Moreover, the cream from the senaratnr in nnifa aurnnf “A mg xs carried on separator, even running them In: regard to their x spects. mg ll 'ows Need Mineral Mattel: luring. w ver The C won . C. H. Eckles, of the Missouri, wrote: “The alfalfa, or cowpea hay, ery few farms where dairy- ~ied on that have not their even though the people Vem may be antiquated in their methods in other reâ€" t the cream 56 the last few v ream Separator. .eparator will last for) n11 it is generally :sness or ignorance s f; . h flown. 711: is Import- h ful to reflect t upon the )arator has cars. There here dairy- : not their the people Madge (reading letter from brother at the front)â€"â€"“ John says a bullet went right through his hat without touching him.” 01d Auntieâ€"“ What a blessing he had his hat on, dear.” ‘ “Yes, George is seventeen and a. smarter boy never was raised on any farmâ€"if I do say it. You ought 80‘ hear him in debate He can hold his end with the best of ’em. He raised that colt and the sale money saving for a course in an agricultural college, then I’ll step down and out‘ :he’ll run the old farm. Here‘ George. this man is looking at your two-year-old." , The bargain was soon convsluded,> but not before the buyer had learned Ithat the seventeen-year-old boy was akeen judge of horse flesh and knew the worth of his colt. ’em any longer. Which boy made a tented farmer, and Farmer. ‘ “Yes, sir, them steers are as good as ever was raised in this town; That boy over there calls ’em his, and has fussed with 'em ever since thoyj were calves. Hey? Oh, that makes no difference when it comes to selling.) They were fed from my mow, and I reckon the cash goes into my pockets." Boys are ungrateful nowadays. He‘ keeps talking of quitting and I can’tg‘ keep him longer than he is twenty-4' one. He might take the old farm? and let me have a rest, but he willj not listen to that. Wellâ€"it can’t be helped as Isee. You don’t offer- quite what I consider the steers worth, but there’s no use in fps-rum. “Yes, sir, that colt is for sale, but ihe belongs to my son in the field yon< ’der. You’ll have to bargain with him," said the farmer, motioning to‘ the boy. “He’ll be here presently and you can talk to him.” “That boy!” ejaculated the strang- n.- Two men ture bars. er. Two men were leaning over the pas- ture bars. Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd. Power Bldz.. Montreal “We found a herd of dairy cattle in this state suffering from alack of limeâ€"and on investigation it was dis“ covered that the cows, which were‘ producing 35 pounds of milk a duff were actually giving off more lime 11' their feed. Probably no trouble would have resulted except for tha fact that the preceding summer had been dry and the grass short, making it impossible for the cows tyo accumu-‘ late a reserve supply of lime.” 2 and 5-lb cartons 10 and 20-11) bags PRESERva LABELS FREE Send red ball trade-mark cut from a bag or canon to the pure cane sugar which dissolves at once. Order by name in original packages. in the ration will make certain that this trouble (lack of lime in the feed) will not occur. These foods are tha‘ highest 1n llme content of any which‘ we ordinarily feed. Corn, on the. other hand, is the moat deficient in lime of all grains ordinarily fed. A. pouml of alfalfa hay contains practi-t cale theeame amount of lime as 100 pounds of corn. Preserved Raspberries will keep their natural color if you use Which of The 1 consider the steers there’s no use in feeding )nger. They’re yours.” made asuccessful, con- were leaning over the pas- ese is why ?â€"â€"Westem the Better ?