New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-05-12
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They are at the safe belowr' cried
Martin. . Agnes, the money-the mon
ey for orr boy! Oh! if my life Is lost
for its sake, / cannot lose that. I can
not-l cannot y
Martin! Martin! Stay-do not 70.
What eau you do, one man alonee''
screamed Agnes.
Bnt he was gone; she was alone in the
darkness. 1t was all over ina moment.
There were shots, oaths-a fall-si-
lence. She crcpt down stairs, trem.
bling SO that she could scarcely stand.
Leaning against the safe was her hus-
band, blood upon his sleeve; on the
floor lay man in . Grape mask, stiffen-
ing in death.
!" Martini sobbed the woman. MAR.
TIM
II have killed hlmr' cried the man.
!" Fasten the door put up the great
bar. Had I not forgotten that, they
could not have entered. Oh, it is terri
ole, but I could not lose every chance
of my boy. They fired at me, l at them.
l wounded both. This one is dying. l
am q little hurt-not much-and the
money is safe 80 untouched. Oh, to
think I should have killed man! r.
/" Martin, he may not be Dead SAID
the woman. "IIe is young. Ihope he
is not dead Perhaps he has mother
somewhere. Let me bind up your hand.
Then we will try to restore him. Dear
Martin, even if it is so, who can blame
you? Poor, poor boy!'
She hound I'M tho u,.o1o ~, hor h,,.
bands hand. Then they lifted the
young mans body to the soft rug and
undid the mask. A face was revealed,
young and handsome, and pallid as mar
BILE. ~.
"Oh, it is terriblev said the wife.
No older than our poor boy. Oh, Mar.
tin, he is dead, fear. will loosen his
neck-tie. You take of his shoes and rub
his feet. Oh, morning is so far away.
This is such lonely place. Martin,
what is it?'' a r.
She stared at her husband in horror.
His face was as the face of death. He
sat CHASTITY and terrible to look upon,
holding in his hand one Of the feet that
he had undressed.
"Deadr' he said, wildly. "Deadl
md I shot him-Ir' ...a...
"Martin!' shr;eked the wife. She
laid the dead mans head down on the
rug and crept up to her husband. God
will forgive you,' she said; and then
her eyes fixed Themselves upon the
point at which her husband stared.
1t was the foot of the young burglar.
The left shoe was oE-the stocking, also.
The high, white instep was uncovered,
and on it she saw the little tattooed w
with tiny cross beside it. 1t was her
son who lay there.
"Mart,n!" she screamed again, "Mar-
tin, remember what told you. He had
not us to teach him what was right-re-
member" 4a
But Martin only moaned:
HE is dead, and killed himr'
He felt blindly for his pistol. "For-
give me, Agnes, for l cannot live," he
said; but at that moment the woman,
with her hand upon the breast of the
PROSTATE man. screamed out:
"Hls heart beats-Martin-he lives!'
The next day q strange story flew
about the ncighborhood. The child
those two strange people had lost years
ago had returned to them. That very
night burglars had entered the house
and wounded him. His life was in
danger. The doctor had been there all
the morning, but the mother had no
fears.
"God had sent him back, and he
would not die" she said.
It is never too late for repentance,
and the love Of those poor parents was
very strong. Strange as the beginning
was. the end was peace, and tho house
hold. ~ strangely reunited, was a happy
fresh Eggs During Winter.
How to secure eggs during the win.
ter season is again the anxious query Of
young and inexperienced poultry grow
ers. It is estimated that $4,000, 900
eggs are consumed daily in the United
States, New York alone appropriating
10000, 900 dozen annually. Such fig
ures as these naturally incline every
body owning poultry yards to consider
the way and means by which the great
est number of eggs shall be gained.
The production of eggs during cold
weather is largely under the control OF
the one who has charge of the fowls.
Hens supplied with warm and comfort.
able quarters and an abundance of suit.
able food as rule reward the owner
with bountiful supply of eggs. In
connection with liberal care should be
observed the ages of the fowls. Geycli1
and other scientists who have looked
into the matter state, and Professor
Miles quotes the following proportion
IS applicable to the average of poultry;
"First year after Matching, Is to 70
eggs; second year, 100 to 120; third
year, 120 to 1876, and the fourth year
after Matching, 100 to lis eggs, after
which time there is q visible decrease,
the fifth year being accorded only 60 to
80 eggs.
Fowls require variety of food. Corn
fed alone tends to the production OF
fats, not the production of eggs.
Wright in his book on poultry places
Underground oats, thoroughly moist.
ened, but not made into a slop, at the
head of the list as standard food fol
poultry. He furthermore recommends
the mixing OF all soft food with boiling
water and the feeding of it while it i
yet warm. OF the whole grains he
gives buckwheat the preference, and
next to this he advises good sound bar.
ley. Laying hens should also have q
liberal supply in way of fresh vegetables
and any green food obtainable. Scraps
of meat chopped fine and mixed with
bits of food from the table are also de.
sirable. The food may be further
varied by using wheat screenings Of
middlings and shorts mixed and wet
with water.
Burnt bones or oyster shells or bits
of pounded lime, mortar and gravel
must be regularly furnished. These
substances prevent the occurrence Of
soft-shelled eggs and are relished by
the hens. A box of dry ashes placed
where it is always accessible insurea
freedom from vermin.
In climates where the weather i
mild and the hens ere allowed to run al
large they are not cut of from theil
natural supplies and will generally lay
yuol1 withO1rt any anooia1 AID hrf <1,n