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The Reward By Hester Vaile Deane

5 5 1 (Copyright, 1916, by W. O. Chapman.) ? "Quick, Marcy, the medicine!" "Is it another bad spell, Mr. Treshatn?" "No, I'm better now," said Gregory Tresham, after taking a deep draught of a cordial the doc or had left. He sank back among the pillows gasping for breath, but the momentary stimulus had given him strength and the waxy color in his face partly disappeared. "I had beuter go for the doctor," suggested Lucius Marcy, but the old man nodded his head negatively. "It would be of no use," he said. "My hours are pretty near numbered, lad. There is something on my mind, Marcy, and yet I hesitate to speak it to you." "Surely I will Jionor whatever you may Impart or direct me to do," replied Marcy. "I know that you have been a faithful honest help to me, Marcy, and that is why it cuts me deep to think that I must do something that may look like ingratitude." "Speak out, Mr. Tresham," encouraged Marcy. "You owe me no special gratitude. Your kindness and appreciation have repaid me for anything I have done for you out of the ordinary." "Well, Marcy, I made my will last week." "I did not know that." "It Is at the lawyer's, and It leaves you everything I have." "You astonish me," said Marcy sincerely, "I do not deserve such consideration. You have no relatives, Mr. Tresham?" "None I care for or who care for jne, and, If I had, I would ok first to those who have been by my side and have made my declining years comfortable. No, no, Marcy for live years you have been a true and loyal servant. More than that, like a son. But The Voice Died Down. there is something, there is something " The old man faltered, his eyes closed and his mind wandered. After n few moments lie seemed to again got the connection. "Oh, yes,M ho spoke low and nuimbllngly. "It was of Uester Valle I am thinking. Poor lass! I have wronged her. Two years before you came she was my nurse, like an own daughter. She was my dead sister's child. I promised to cafe for her. She was sensitive, proud spirited. I was high tempered, unjust. I spoke bitter words to her. I taunted her with waiting for my property. She gave me one look of reproach and then she left. I have never seen her since. Then you came and oh ! what has become of her to whom I promised protection? I made n will In her favor once, but 1 changed It In your behalf in your behalf In your The voice died down, a convulsive shudder crossed the old man's frame. His jaw dropped. In alarm Marcy ran to the nearest neighbor to telephone for the doctor. He was too late. When he returned to the house Gregory Tresham was dead. Marcy missed him, fur he had been a kind and Indulgent friend. He had trusted implicitly in Marcy. giving him the entire management of the little farm. Tho village lawyer came to see Marcy one evening a week later. He announced to his client that he was the solo heir to the farm and that a thousand dollars in the bank had also .been left to him. All those days Marcy had been thinking over the last significant utterance of Gregory Tresham. It was ;obvlous to him that the old man, had his strength lasted longer, would have Suggested some change In his will to favor Hester Yaiie. "Mr. Morse," he spoke out now, to .the Infinite amazement of the lawyer, "can that will be destroyed?" "The will destroyed?" repeated the attorney, marvellngly "why, what do .you mean?" . "Well, can It?" persisted Marcy. "Certainly not it is on record." ". Marcy proceeded to tell Mr. Morse ,of the Incident attending the last moments of 14 öuiployer. He stated defi

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coptiug the legacy, when unmistakably tU& dying Intention of Mr. Tresham was to leave It to. the girl he had driven from his love. "Nonsense! sentiment! ridiculous!" stormed the hard-headed lawyer. "A whim of his delirium, that about Hester Vaile. You are entitled to what you've got, and, as I am lad to say, for your own good, you cannot change the bequest." All the same Lucius Marcy quietly went to the city the next day and paid an advance fee to an Information bureau to try and locate the long-nbsent Hester Vaile. ' ' Then he bought n ledger and a day book. Exery night Marcy put down the expenses and receipts of the day, and one Item always: "Cash for one days labor, Lucius Marcy, $1.50." "We have located Hester Valle," came a telegram from the city finally. "Await orders." "Send word that she Is wanted at her former home with Gregory Tresham," was the return wire which Marcy sent. ' He was working at digging a drainage trench for the garden one day when an automobile drove up. A lady alighted, young, handsome, but her face was that of one who had seen sorrow. "I am Mrs. Newland," she spoke. "I was sent for," and then, as she noted a puzzled look in Marcy's face, she added "but, perhaps, I am best known here ns Hester Valle." "That Is right," bowed Marcy In his frank, direct way. "Will you take a seat on the porch, please," and, seated, also, he told his story. "I have kept the place just as It was as a worker for you," he explained. "If you wish me to remain " He paused, she was staring at him in a strange way. "You mean to tell mo," she faltered "that you wish to give your property to me?" "As Mr. Tresham desired on his deathbed, certainly," gravely responded Marcy. She continued to stare at him. Then he noted a dim moisture come to her eyes. She addressed him : "Will you do mo a favor?" "Certainly, madam." "Let me go Into the old room where I used to sit with Mr. Tresham. Let me rest rest after all these years of turmoil and sorrow. Ah, dear old home would that I had never left it!" She came out at the end of half an hour. She put her hand in his own at parting. She looked steadily Into his eyes. "You are a good man," she said. "I will see Mr. Morse and send you word of my decision." "Thank you," bowed Marcy. The lawyer came to see him that evening. He recited a strange story. Hester Vaile had married a man of large wealth who had left her a fortune, but, as well, a legacy of mis treatment and neglect. SI12 was a widow. To her the humble farm liome as a value was less than a trifle, but its memories ! They came back to her poignantly now. She lingered at tho town with an old friend for nearly a month. She was wont to come to the little farm and wander over it and talk with Marcy of the later life of her old uncle. And then one day she broke down, tired of tho hollow worldly life that awaited her in the city. His heart went out to hers. Ho tried to console her. Perilous pity! Sweet sympathy; longing love! through these the world-weary Hester came to be mistress of the only true home she had ever known. MERCIFUL NURSE TO MANKIND Charity Follows Heels of Calamities and Walks In Wake of Ravages of War. As a merciful nurse to mankind, Charity springs up in desolate places, cheerily and heartily bestowing beauty under most adverse conditions. It follows at the heels of calamities and visitations; It walks In the wake of the ravages and atrocities of war: It comes after the fall of the thunderbolt, after the concussion of the earthquake. It rides the tempest, the whirlwind, the flood, the tornado, and In the hours of threatening anger and dissension It covers un the scars of the past and thrusts prejudices and "vested rights" away In the blackness of midnight darkness. 'Tis Charity who lays the coin In the beggar's hand. 'Tis Charity who takes the orphan In Its arms, houses the Indigent and the aged, clothes the naked, feeds the hungry and lifts the fallen. We find It, as the late Urion B. Hunt once remarked, "standing at the prison gate, as It seeks those who have vlo lated the laws of God and man, to counsel and aid in a proper reforma tion ; we find It in the bowels of the earth, in the forest, upon the mountain top, in the shop and counting room, unon the creen fields, in the valleys and upon the streets the wide world over wherever sorrow and misfor tune has placed Its blighting grasp, it brings comfort to the tortured soul and spreads Its rays ot hope and en couragement." "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence," George Leon Varney, in National Magazine. A War Oddity, On perusing a letter handed to him In Mesopotamia, Private Philip Nowell of the Somersetshire regiment, discov ered that It had been written by his schoolgirl sister, who, In accordance with the practice of her schoolmates, had merely addressed it to a British soldier, leaving its destination to chance.

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Putting Postal Guide Among the "Best Sellers"

WAötiirsuxuiN. as a nook ana magazine seuer tne government nas not always kept the prices of its wares down to a point where the pocket-

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monthly supplements, and a very small percentage of postal patrons have felt justified In buying it. Believing that greater use of the volume will make for

greater efficiency in the utilization of the complicated mall facilities, the post office department has taken steps to place the guide in the list of "best sellers" among government volumes by radically reducing the price. Instead of ?3.50, the maximum price for the best bound of the books with all supplements will be 75 cents, while abridgments constituting a postal handbook sufficiently comprehensive for most users can be obtained for as little as 15 cents. The department is anxious to have its constructive step accomplish the desired purpose, and hopes that a copy of the heretofore little known guide will soon be found In the office of every concern engaged In domestic or foreign business, every school and Institution, and, in fact, in the hands of every person who makes use of the postal service. Persons who use extensively the parcel post will find the guide of special value, the department believes. The dis; bursing clerk of the post office department In Washington is the subscription agent for tho government's new low-cost guide' book. Last Sculptures Placed on the National Capitol AT LAST the pediment of the east portico of the house of representatives' wing of the capltol has been adorned with its sculptured group. The figures which Paul "SVayland Bartlett has been engaged upon since 1909 have finally been carved and settled in their final

places. It is gratifying in these days of supreme patriotic interest to know that the whole piece of work, from start to finish, is essentially American. Mr. Bartlett Is a native son, despite his close association with France and French art. The figures themselves symbolize phases of American life and their treatment emphasizes this In their minor details, facts which are singularly representative of this coun

try and its ideals. Lastly, the group has been cut from Georgia marble In preference to the generally used Italian marble, and this is a completing touch to the general keynote of Ameiicanisjm. The general theme of the group Is the democracy of the United States aa expressed in types of her working people. This is distinctively an American conception, and is in line with Mr. Barllett's desire to escape the banality of much of the modern sculpture which relies solely on classical types for expressions of American ideals. The entire group may bo divided for purposes of description into three sections, though the general theme is so dominant throughout that all the parts nro fused Into a harmonious whole. The central group expresses the idea of Peace protecting Genius, and the armed figure of Peace, a majestic woman, clad in a coat of mall and draped about with a mantle, extends a protecting right arm over the winged and youthful figure of Genius, who nestles on the floor at her feet, holding aloft a flaming torch, the light of his power. Sustaining this group on either side are the figures which represent, on the right, agricultural and pastoral life and, on the left, the industrial life of tho shop and foundry.

Uncle Sam Will Seek Heirs to Many Millions T' HE United States government Is planning to aid in tho task of finding missing heirs to the millions of dollars of unclaimed accounts which are lying dormant in national banks throughout the country. Consideration is being given to the problem of discovering the

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their existence. The plan to restore this money will provide for a system of advertising by banks of lists of accounts which have lain dormant for a period of years to be determined upon. Falling In this manner to find claimants who can prove ownership, the money will escheat to either the state or federal government and probably be used for philanthropic purposes. Officials recognize the opportunity for fraud In the claiming of accounts, but the legislation

planned will throw safeguards around presentation of evidence indubitably

Officials state that these unclaimed accounts arise largely through the denoslt of money by men without their wives' or heirs' knowledge. Sudden

death Intervenes and leaves no connecting link of information, so the account goes unclaimed. Some American banks have unclaimed accounts half a century old and more, It is stated.

How Government Clerks

4 SPECIALIZE, get your money in advance and cut the corners on handling, is the only way to conduct co-operative buying to a successful end," is the

advice of G. K. Weston, who buys groceries for more than a thousand government clerks, and thereby cuts tho cost of living for each family from $15 to $25 a month. A saving of from $15,000 to $25,000 a month on the cost of living to a thousand of the eighteen hundred members of a single club sounds exagfrernrod. and vor it is holnrr rinn hv that number of the employees of Uncle Sam. Mr. "Weston was employed by Sec

retary Lane, president, and other officers of the Home club, made up of employees of the department of the interior, to manage the club. He has long been a student of social economy, and, com

ing in contact with large bodies of government employees through being in the

government himself, and then through solving the problem of the high cost of

which is the usual suggestion, but studying a way of spending a certain amount

of money to get the most good out of it. His one idea was to form a connection between the producer and the consumer at just as little cost as possible ; and it was with this idea that co-operative buying was taken up as a special feature of the Home club. There was considerable controversy over the advance cash system when

it was first suggested to the officers of the club, even Secretary Lane putting in his protest. But eta meeting of the club director Mr. Weston so ably presented his reasons for such an unheard-of proposition that he carried his point. The special plea for this pay-in-advance proposition is that it saves much time, and enables the manager to accompany his order with cash. The value of the latter is seen at a glance and the time saved is almost incalculable.

would not be strained by acquiring them. As a result some publications, the wide dissemination of which would be for the public good, such as the Congressional Record and a number of departmental reference books, have had a relatively narrow circle of readers. One of the latter Is the United States Official Postal Guide, which Is filled with Information of great Importance to Individual as well as commercial users of the mails. It has sold for $3.50 and $3 a copy with them statute ' LOOK PiiftTY dOOD rightful owners of unclaimed money by the treasury department, It is announced, and as a result of tho work hundreds of poor people may be enriched in a manner which will give material to fiction writers. The comptroller of the currency's office has estimated that unclaimed bank accounts to the extent of millions of dollars are lying in banks merely because persons who have a rightful claim to the funds are unaware of unclaimed funds which will require establishing identity. Cut the Cost of Living certain products of the farm and staple k! his work for the club, set himself about living, not by doing without necessities,

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CANADA THISTLE PEST

Prickly Plant Is Found in Almost EveryPart of Country. No Other Weed Has Ever Received So Much Unfavorable Attention. Roots, Rather Than Tops, Must Be Destroyed. In the states north ,of the Ohio river, probably no plant bears such a bad reputation as does the so-called Canada thistle. This marvelously prickly plant abounds in grain fields, pastures, and meadows throughout the central West, and is locally common in the northeastern states. ItIs found in parts of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, and of late years has been increasingly troublesome In the grain-growing sections of the Northwest. Canada thistle, or simply "thistle," has been condemned in the laws of 25 states, and at least one hundred local communities, no other three plants together having received so much unfavorable attention. Certainly no plant Is more generally and heartily disliked, unless It be the sand bur of the southern coastal plain. The cause of the remarkable vitality of Canada thistle and the point that distinguishes it from other prickly plant's that are commonly mistaken for it is the long cordlike perennial root. This root penetrates the soil at Canada Thistle. a depth of eight to fifteen inches, or more, and gives rise at frequent intervals to leafy shoots. Thus it will often be found that an entire patch of thistles is attached to one root, and Is in reality but one plant. The root is exceedingly hardy, and can live over winter or through a prolonged drought in a dormant condition. Pieces of the root that are broken ofC by a plow or cultivator and carried to other places will await a warm, moist period, and then begin to send up leafy shoots, thus establishing a new patch forthwith. If the leafy stems are cut down, others will be sent up to take their place, and this process may be repeated from two to eight times before the root becomes exhausted. The point that must be kept in mind In fighting Canada thistles is that it is the roots, rather than the tops, that must be killed. Simply cutting oft the tops a few times has much the same effect as pruning an apple tree. But If the tops are cut oft deep and frequently, the root must eventually suffocate through lack of leaves. BETTER PRICES FOR PRODUCE Bringing About Improved Methods and Closer Attention to Scientific Growing of Crops. Better prices for farm products are bringing about better methods and closer attention to the scientific growing and handling of crops and soils, according to A. N. Brown, editor of Fruit Belt, who declares that the first and fundamental step is to know soils and to know what elements of fertility should be supplied to aid growing crops. If care be not taken to keep the soil supplied by the addition of manures and fertilizers, the yields become smaller each year, but when the soils are managed properly the fertility is maintained and productiveness is increased. BREEDING FOWLS ARE CHEAP Possible to Purchase Birds Nov for Half What They Will Cost Next Fall or Winter. Many breeders are giving special value on their breeding birds at this time of year and if you are in need of a good cock bird, a hen or two or a pen for breeding next year or for exhibition this fall or winter you are overlooking a good bet if you do not buy now. The same quality along in December will cost you uouble. SYSTEM OF FEEDING CALVES Animals Should Not Be Fed Together Any More Than Bunch of PigsFix Individual Stalls. Skim milk calves ought not to be fed together, any more than a bunch of hoggish pigs, for some of the calves soon learn to gulp down their share of the feed, then crowd others away from theirs. Individual stalls or booths form the only correct system of feeding the skim milk calves, so that; eachone will be assured of its portion

CULL ALL DEFORMED FOWLS

When They Reach Marketable Size Fatten and Sell Them Keep Them Free From VermlW. Handle the chicks, and market deformed birds as soon as they are of market size. Crooked backs, hip joints of unequal height, crooked toes, long beaks, combs with side springs, 'duck feet, ofiT-colored eyes and a pronounced tendency to oft-colored feathers cannot readily be detected without handling the birds. It is well to sew a band of red flannel, or mark with colored paint the legs of birds destined for the early market. A dab of paint on the wing bow Is also good. Let these birds run with the others till about the size needed, and then, pen and fatten. Many a sale can bemade at the door If the chicks arecooped and ready. Keep them free from lice and growing every day, but get rid of them quickly. DESTRUCTIVE TO THE SWINE! Scours in Pigs More Feared Than Outbreak of Cholera by Prominent Nebraska Hog Breeder. Scours in pigs is declared by one of Nebraska's prominent hog talscrs to be more destructive to the swine industry of the state than hog cholera. The causes are overfeeding, change In feed, decayed feed, lack of exercise, or dirty water. Sometimes filth In pons and bedding is an additional cause when It is taken into the pig's system from the sow's udder or from the navel. The college of agriculture says that the correction of these conditions is tho first measure to be adopted, and that in case scouring has started, the sow's feed should be cut down to a small amount of oats or bran. When t he trouble is corrected, the ration should be Increased gradually. CONTROL OF CABBAGE WORMS Mixture of Air-Slaked l.ime or Wood Ashes and Powdered Arsenate of Lead Is Favored. Dust a mixture of one or two parts of air-slaked lime or sifted wood ashes and one part dry powdered arsenate of lead through a cheesecloth bag or apply with a blower. Apply while plants are wet with the dew, after each hard rain or once every week or ten days during the season of attack. Paris green can be used, with 15 times its bulk of Ihne or ashes. A week or two before using the cabbage quit applying the poison, ns a precaution against getting any appro-, ciable amount of the poison in the portion of the cabbage eaten as human food. Practically all of the poison Is removed in stripping the outer leaves. No one need be afraid to use this treatment. OREGON HOG-BREEDING CRATE Device Shown in Illustration Can Be Made With Little Cost by Man Handy With Tools. Effective mating of swine, especially where young sows are mated with old and heavy boars, Is a point too often overlooked in hog raising. The Oregon breeding crate shown here can be made with little cost by anyone handy Hog-Breeding Crate. with hammer and saw. The crate should be well made of strong material, however, as It is necessary to restrain the sow, hold her in an accessible position, and take away all danger of injury to the boar through slipping. Farming Business. FEEDING OF MOLTING FOWLS Material Adaptable for Eggs Will Also Make Feathers Some Oily Food Is Necessary. The feed of molting hens should not differ greatly from that of laying hens. Both eggs and feathers are rich in, nitrogen, so a food adaptable for eggs will also make feathers. However, the latter are richer in oil than eggs are, and some food of oily nature should beadded to this ration to supply this want It has been conclusively proved that a liberal amount of sunflower, flaxseed or oil meal to the ration makes hens molt faster and leaves them in a stronger condition and with more vitality. FAULTY SYSTEM OF FARMING Cows Would Conserve Fertility of Soil and Convert Feed Into Food Products for Market. One of the faults of our system of farming is that there are too few cows on farms. More cows would mean more wealth. The cows would save the wealth (soil fertility) that we already have and would convert our feed and pasture crops into food products for home use or for sale. Who ever heard of a dairyman or a farmer with several cows forced to mortgage his crops for supplies?