Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-08


tenderness for the fragile girl; but, even
| SO, it was infinitely precious-it was the
| cup Of water to the thirst-maddened, the
crust of bread TO the starvingl
You are a brave chiId!'' ne said. in the
| same tone-''a true soldiers daughterr'
| OH if he had but followed the wild i'm
| pulse that almost mastered even the iron
| restraint he had put upon himself; if he
| had only spoken the words that quivered
| on his lips, only compelled her eyes to meet
| the love that glowed in hist It was sll-
| preme moment; but the mans pride, the
| girls terror of self-betrayal flung it away.
| 1t was a gossamer web that hung between
| them, but to each it seemed a stone wall
| And in few minutes all danger was
| past. The people in the stalls succeeded
| in preventing stampede from the pit: and
| the stage-manager, rushing to the front.
| proclaimed that the fire was very slight,
| and had been subdued and, indeed, the
light behind the curtain quickly diminish
| ed, and, even while the stage-manager
spoke, died down altogether Many who
had hurried to the doors returned to their
seats, half-ashamed of their terror. and
Others, who had been standing, sat down
again
GA causeless panicr' said Hal Dallas,
who had had some difficulty in keeping
Lady Elinor quiet. by Jove, Miss Her
bert, you are brave"
Max Beauregard had released her hand
the instant it was perfectly clear there was
no peril. She turned to Dallas with half,
laugh.
'How brave?' she said. 81 was not
| frightenedr'
II was-horribly!' exclaimed Lady Eli,
| nor, still a good deal agitated. II can't
think how you can be so cool, Valerie.
You didn't seem to mind q bit"
''She is a soldier, Nellie" said Colonel
Beauregard, ''and SO not afraid of fire.
How the girls heart throbbed at these
words Of praise from him; q second time
he had commended her bravery, and yet tc
her it seemed there was nothing to praise.
she had never been less conscious of fear
But am not soldier" said Lady Eli.
nor, land I don't feel fit for much more to-
night. I would rather return home at
ONCE
You'll do nothing of the sort, Nellie
said Beauregard, decidedly. 81 am sure
Miss Herbert wants to see the play out"
''But don't let me stand in the way If
Lady Elinor wishes to co." said Valerie,
quickly.
''But Lady Elinor doesn't, said he cat
any rate, don't mean her to go. You are
under my charge, you know, Nellie" he
added, to her, laughing, ''and you are go
ing to remain
81 suppose I must, you tyrannical fellow,
but shan't enjoy the play bit. Is it
really all over? And, Max, if I return
home, there is no need for Valerie to go,
Zoo, she can remain"
But you would want me to take care of
you, Lady Elinor," said the girl, hastily,
speaking laughingly, but in terror at the
possibility of being left alone with Max
BaaUregard.
Nonsense, NelIier said her brother-in-
law, quite impatiently; "dont imagine
yourself frightened. Valerie-Miss Her
bert-will remain, and so will you. You
can't turn coward when even the pit and
gallery are keeping their places.''
Every well" said she fluttering her fan
a good deal. valerie, my dear, you see
me a martyr to a soldiers will Max al
ways makes me do what ne likes
ITO be continued
Machinery on the Farm.
Prof. A. j. Cook, of Lansing, writes to
the Rural New Yorker:
In these days when help is so scarce,
and often so unreliable, it behooyes every
farmer to cast about for all those labor
saving helps that will aid to make him
independent in his work. With what
satisfaction we see our good wives work
the excellent sewing machines, doing in
hours what it would take days and even
weeks to do by hand! 1 know of one of
these good wives, that makes the machine
darn her carpets and the children's clothes.
This is not only done very quickly, but
often SO neatly that it is not easy to find
the place of the old rent. This same
wife has lately purchased button hole
worker, with which she can do at least
four times as much work as she could in
the same time by hand. It is not only
good economy, but often wondrous
comfort and satisfaction to so add these
helps in the equipment of home that "the |
glrl' may be dispensed with.
But it is not only indoors but out on
the farm as we'll that machinery may be
profitably added. A year ago plowed
up piece of Doggy marsh land which |
had been very thoroughly drained.
had done the same the two previous years
and found that the preparation of the
land in the spring for corn was tremen-
dous task. Last spring read Mr.. Ter
rvs account of the Clark disc harrow. I !
purchased one, and believe it almost paid
for itself this one season, and it is still |
as good as ever. It cut or mellowed the |
soil very quickly without disturbing the |
sod.
Gov. Luce told me year ego that he |
considered a hay loader as one of the |
very desirable additions to his farm ma
chinery. One of our best Lansing farm |
ers who has had loader for ten years |
says he values it nearly as highly as he |
does his mower. He considers his ma |
chine, after ten years, really as good as
new. So I purchased a loader, and find |
it an excellent investment. It is |
hitched to the wagon in moment. With |
heavy grass it takes it just as left by the |
tedder, otherwise it takes the hay from a |
small windrow and puts it onto
the load as rapidly as two smart |
men can handle it. am glad !
I purchased Keystone loader |
One of the serious things On farm is |
the going to mill. For US, to feed profit |
ably, our grain must be ground. At least |
we feed our cattle at great loss unless |
we do grind our grain. If We drive of |
four or five miles the delays, tolls, etc, |
make the thoughtful farmer wonder If |
there is not better way. I have looked |
about and found q mill which grind5 |
twelve to fifteen bushels an hour, and |
grinds well. No more going TO mill at |
our house. The work is done byss colts |
which are the better for it, and on stormy |
days, so there is little expense.
But how about power? Steam las
costly, dangerous and unhandY. Wind |
power was unreliable. The wind might I
not blow when 1 wished to fill my siIo. /
I investigated 'tread powers" and found |