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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
CHAPTER XVII.
To the Rescue.

To the Rescue.
1t was the hour of the evening meal
at Isle Rugen. At the table head sat
Theresa Won Lynar, her largely mold
ed and beautiful face showing no sign
of emotion. On either side of her
we're Joan and Prince Conrad-not
sad, neither avoiding nor seeking the
contingence of eye and eye, but yet,
in spite of all, so strange thing is
love once declared, happy within their
heart of hearts.
1t had been growing wilder and Wild
er without, and the shrill lament Of
the wind was distinctly heard in the
wide chimney top. Now and then in
a lull, broad splashes of rain fell sol
Idly into the red embers with sound
like musket balls "spatting" on a
wall.
Then Theresa Won Lynar looked up.
Where is Max Ulrich?" she said;
why does he delay?"
my lady," one of the men of Kerns-
berg answered, saluting, 'he is gone
across the Half in the boat, and has
not yet returned"
II will ge and look for him-nay, do
not rise, my lord. I would go forth
alonei"
Theresa stood upon the inner curve
of the Half at the place where Max
Ulrich was wont to pull his boat
ashore. She looked long southwark
under her hand, but for the moment
could see nothing.
And though Theresa Won Lynar was
yet in the prime Of her glorious
beauty, one could see what she must
have been in the days of her girlhood,
And as memory caused her eyes to
grow misty and the smile of love and
trust eternal came upon her lips
twenty years were shorn away, and
the woman's face which had looked
anxiously across the darkening Half
changed to that of the girl who from
the gate of Castle Won Lynar had
watched for the coming of Duke
Henry.
She turned and walked back facing
the storm. Her hood had been blown
from her head by the furious gusts
of wind. But she needed not. She
had forgotten poor Max Ulrich anC
Joan, and even herself. She had for
gotten her son. Her hand was out il
the storm now. She did not draw i
back, though the water ran from hel
finger tips. For it was clasped in al
unseen grasp and in an ear tina
surely heard she was whispering he
hearts troth. "God give it to me Il
do one deed-only one before die
that, worthy and unashamed, ma!
meet my king"
When Theresa re-entered the hal
of the grange the company still sat a
she had left them. "There is no sigl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
sTRIPPlNes.

A calf dropped through the fall
months will usually make better
growth during the year than a spring
calf.
The coats and skins of cows are too
generally neglected, but it is a mis-.
take to use a currycomb at any
time
No COW will yield a full flow Of
milk, no matter how well fed, If she
is in any way uncomfortable-so see
to her comfort.
One night and day exposed in
cold, wet weather will injure COW
more than ten nights in good quar-
tiers can repair.
The dairy cows that get out only
occasionally and only then to get
muddy should be brushed regularly
every morning.
The keeping of cows means reten.
ton of soil fertility. the raising Of
maximum crops and prosperity fol
any farm community.
The COW and the SOW are certainly
great combination-the COW giving
the milk and the SOW and pigs grow
ing on the skim milk.
Unless cleanliness is observed in
the highest degree, we admit hun
dreds of uncertainties in the manu-
facture of dairy products.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Wooden Gutter in Cow Barn.

ing floor for the COWS is shown at
left. Back of this is 16-inch gutter
eight inches deep. To the extreme
right is the floor of the alleyway.
The gutter is made by framing sides
and bottom; supports are every three
feet at sides. Inside of the frame
work, including bottom, the ceiling
is made of Pinch matched stuff, care
fully planed and pointed so as to not
interfere with the work of the stable
men. When one desires a wooden
gutter this plan is said to work
satisfactorily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
A slLo SHOWING.
For Consideration Of the Man Who
Doesn't Believe in Silos.

Here is a nut for you to crack. G.
P. Goodrich took a close, accurate
census of 4S patrons of creameries
around the city of Fond du Lac, Wis.
He figured up all the items of their
expense in keeping their cows, what
they fed, etc. Then he went to the
creamery and got just what each herd
earned and compared them. This is
what he found:
There are five creamery patrons
who fed ensilage. No. 4, who made on
butter s29.18 profit per COW; No. z,
who made on butter $14.05 per cow;
No. II, who made on butter $12.69
profit per COW; No. q, with $20.17
profit per COW, and No. 25 with S27.79
profit per COW.
One cheese factory patron fed en-
silage. No. 4, whose profit on milk
delivered was $22.23. These six silo
men averaged $21.02 profit per cow.
while the average profit of creamery
patrons was only 1854 per COW. The
gross returns for the silo men aver.
aged $52.52 per COW, while those who
did not feed ensilage, received on an
average of but $4,000 per COW. a diff
ference of $1S.52 in favor of the en-.
silage men.
Can anyone doubt, in the face Of
these facts, asks Hoard's Dairyman
that it will pay to build silo? Is
it possible that all this gain in gross
receipts and profits is because these
men feed ensilage? Or. is it in part
because these men are more progress
sive, up-to-date farmers, have better
| dairy COWS, study to feed a balanced
ration, and, in short, have less of ole
| fogyism than many of those who dc
not have silos? These are questions
for you to ponder on and answer Ny
own opinion is that, although thinl
any man is making a great mistake
who keeps herd of dairy cows with
out having a silo, the feeding of en-
silage did not, and could not, of itself
make this astonishing difference o.
over 81 per cent. in gross receipts and
more than 500 per cent. in net profit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

This man TO die In my stead? We
will go to CORTLAND. We will tell
Prince Louis that l am no duchess,
but only the sister Of a duke. We
will prove to him that my fathers
bond of tage-brotherhood is null
and void. And then we will see
whether he is willing to turn the
princedom upside down for such a
dowerless wife as I"
For such a wife," thought Conrad,
81 would turn the universe upside
down, though she stood in a beggar's
kirtlei"
But being Loyalty bound by his
promise he said nothing.
1t was Theresa Won Lynar who put
the matter practically.
"At farm on the mainland, hidden
among the salt marshes, there are
horses-those you brought with you
and others. They are in waiting fol-
such an emergency. Max will bring
them to the landing-place. Three OF
four of your guard must accompany
him. The rest will make ready, and
at the first dawn we will set out
There is yet time TO save my soni'
She added in her heart, "Or If not
then to avenge him.
Strangely enough, Theresa was tbs
least downcast of the party.
Her heart was proud within he
with great pride.
HE is Henry the Lions son. HI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
[EA % o. ~ GA
GATHERED SnlD[L[5 IS
NHEN HER SHOE cAMg uNrIED.

When her shoe came united. what could
I do but stoop
And tumble the strings till I'd fashioned
loop
That would serve for a bow-and then
knotted IL tight
The while she was blushing, confused at
her plight?
Yet Cupid, the scamp, might his darts
have shot wide
Had / not thus stopped when her shoe
came united.
For after the knot I'd adjusted. it seemed
Her eyes with a spirit of ROBUSTNESS
beamed;
And, of course. being down on my knees,
II occurred
well might ask something I long had
deferred.
SO / said a few words, and she something
replied
That sounded like 'Yes"-when her shoe
came untiedi
Roy Farrell Greene. in Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
ACTED TO THE LIFE

Now Henry" said the bride. 'T
want you to understand distinctly that
do not wish to be taken for a
bride. / am going to act exactly as
If were an old married woman So.
dearest, do not think me cold and
unloving If treat you very praci-
cally when there is anybody around
Il don't believe 1 can pass for an
old married man." said Harry. 81
am so fond of you that / am bound
to show it 1 am sure to betray my
self"
mo, you mustn't. It's easy
enough. And insist that you be-
have just like all old married men do
Do you hear?"
We'll darling, I'll try, but know
shall not succeed"
On the first evening of their ar
rival at their hotel the bride retired
and the groom fell in with a whist
party, with whom he sat playing
cards until four o'clock In the morn
ing. His wife spent the weary hours
in weeping. At last he turned up.
and met his grief-stricken bride with
the hilarious question: We'll amt I
doing the old married maH like a
daisy?"
She never referred to the subject
again, and everybody in future knew
that they had just been married.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

The little company which set out
from Isle Rugen to ride TO CORTLAND
had no thought or intention of rescu-
ing Maurice Won Lynar by force of
arms. They knew their own impot-
ence far too exactly.
If her remuneration of her dignities
were laughed at, as she feared, there
was nothing for Joan but to deliver
herself to Prince Louis. She had re-
solved to promise to be his wife and
princess in all that it concerned the
outer world to see. Their provinces
would be united, Kernsberg and Ho-
henstein delivered into his hand.
On his part, Werner Won Orseln was
prepared to point out to the Prince
of CORTLAND that with Joan as his
wife, and the armies and levies of
Hohenstein added to his own under
the Sparhawk's leadership. he would
be in a position to do without the
aid of the Prince of Muscovy alto
gether. Further. that in case of at
tack from the north not only Plassen-
burg and the Mark, but all the Teu-
tonic Bond must rally to his side.
Conrad, who was intimately ac-
uuainted with the character of his
brother, and who knew how entirely
he was under the dominion of Prince
Ivan. had resolved to use all powers,
ecclesiastical and secular, which his
position as titular Prince of the
Church put within his reach.
Ito be continued.)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Poor Richard.

Ben Franklin was experimenting
with his kite and key.
Wonderful" exclaimed the curious.
throng, when they saw the electric
spark on the key. But could you per-
form the same experiment at night?"
"Oh, yes" replied Franklin. but
suppose l would have to use a night
key"
For even in those days poor Rich
ard was known as the man who wrote
jokes for his aImanac-Chicago Daily
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
There TO Stay.

We'll. said the tattoo artist, as he
dropped his needle, Il have put an
elephant on your arm and a ship on
your chest and now want my
money"
Il amt going to pay you cent,
lad" chuckled the old salt, "and what
is more, have the advantage Of you"
I'm what way?"
why, you can't take it out Of my
hide. Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
wearv,s Woe.

Weary Wiggles-Lady, can't yer
help poor Teller what de coal strike
has knocked out of his Twin?
Mrs. Kindart-Here take this six
pence; and so you are a miner, eh?''
Weary Wiggles-No, ma'am. make
a speciality O. fallin' down open coal
holes an sum fer damages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
In the VILLAGE Store.

Hiram Hardapple-The oldest in
habitant" says he remembers when
snow was four feet deep around
here.
Silas Crawfoot-That's nothing. I've
seen snow around here over my
head.
Hiram Hardapple-Come on When
was that?
Silas Crawfoot-When 1t was on
the roof. Ha, ha hal-Chicago Daily
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Docs Your cow Do rhis2

Any COW failing to provide eight
pounds of milk day now. when win
ter and high-priced feed-stuff are
here, can hardly be considered q
profitable one. OF course, this does
not apply to the heifers or to cows
almost due to freshen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Accounted Enr

Your wife doesn't worry about you
when you are sick nearly so much
now as she did when you were first
married"
Nope"
Hard to account for woman's va
carries, isn't it?"
Not in this case; have my life in
sured now and l did not then
Houston Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Its ADVANTAGES.

Maud-There is one thing I like es-
peeially about this fad Of women's
fencing.
Jack-What is that?
Maud-None of you horried men
can say to a girl How like womanr
when she feints-Baltimore Ameri
can.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
And They Have ! RulfY Time.

Some Of the women of New
York take stuffed bears with them
whenever they go out anywhere
now"
Il suppose they are in most cases
the wives of men who make q spe-
cialty of lambs Chicago Record
Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Kindly Critical.

Biggs-Have you read Clipp's new
novel?
Diggs-Yes.
Biggs-Is it historical or classical?
Diggs-fm not quite sure which it
is, but nearly all the epigrams are to
be found in ancient history.-Chicago
Daily News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
A Good suaaesrlon.

Prof. Henry of Wisconsin makes a
good suggestion: Let dairy communl
ties by neighborhoods. keep either Jef
sey, Holstein, Guernsey or Ayrshire
COWS exclusively for profit and con-
vsnience All are good dairy breeds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Strange Birds.

"The kiwi, an AustEalian bird, has
no wings at all"
We've got lots of 'em at our board
ing house"
Lots of kiwis?"
Eyes, but we call 'em bedbugs."-
Home Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Changed Her Mind.

She-And will you quit teasing me
for kiss if give you one?
He-Yes.
She-Then l won't
He-But after / get the first one
I'll be too busy to tease you.
She-Then / will.-Chicago Daily
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

Always do right, young man" said
the parson. and your friends win
stand by you"
Yes, that's always the way" re-
Joined the young man, but what I
want is friends who will stand by
me when l go wrong Chicago Daily
News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

Captain of Liner (good naturedly)-
Waiting for the moon to come up.
Ell?
Surferer-Oh, dear me! Has that
got to come up, too?-Home Maya
zine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

For the moment she could see nothing
of Max" she said, perhaps he has
waited at the landing place on the
mainland till the storm should abate-
though that were scarce like him,
either"
Joan and Conrad spoke they scarce
knew what. all for the pleasure of
eye answering eye, and the subtle
fiattery of voices that altered by the
millionth Of tone each time they ad-
dressed one another. Theresa an
swered vaguely but sufficiently and
allowed herself to dream, till - her
yearning gaze honest sturdy Werner
grew misty and his BLUM figure re-
solved itself into tlrat nobler and
more kingly which for years had
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
usefuI.

Madge-Have your gymnasium ex-
ercises proved of any real benefit to
your
Marjorie-Indeed they have. my
dear. am now able to fasten my
waists in the back.-Puck-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
A WOODEN GUTTER.
How Most serVieeabIe One Can Be
Constructed in Cow Stall.

A correspondent OF Prairie Farm
er tells of his method Of constructing
a wooden gutter in his COW stable.
The general plan is brought out In
the accompanying illustration. As
shown no cement is used. The stand
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

NO." walled the woman, she will
never forgive me-"
Perhaps you m,sjudge her. re-
piled the man. Surely she has pity
In her breast"
"But once snubbed her In society
Chicago Record Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Managing ! Bow.

Anxious Mother-I am so worried
about my boy. He is on the street
the whole time, rain or shine.
should think he might sit down and
read occasionally. as his sisters 10.
Old Friend-Tell him reaGZAg Ia
bad for his health.-N. Y. Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
Myer-You don't say!
No Wav to BaIk Them.

We may patch, we may broaden
Our laws as we will.
But the lawyers viii find
Technicalities still
Chicago Record-Herald-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23
A Fling in sina sinu.

A newspaper man named Fling
Could make cory from any old thing;
But the copy he wrote
OF a fivG-dollar note
Was so good he has gone to Sing Sing.
Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

Mamma. is it true that rain is the
tears of angels"
so they say. Bobbie. Why?"
20. | was just thinking how sad they
must be to make it rain for week"
-Philadelphia Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

Gyer-Since JobSon's marriage he
has been leading a regular dogs
life.
Myer-You don't say
Gyer-Factl His wife pets him
from morning till night.-Chicago
Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

was born a duke. He has married
a princess. He has tasted love and
known sacrifice. If he dies it will be
for the sake of his sisters honor.
IT'S no bad record for twenty years.
These things he will count high above
fame and length of days!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-23

Daughter-Odd! Why do you ask
your patients what they eat? Does it
assist your diagnosis?
Doctor-Yes, my child. When /
know what they have for dinner, can
form some estimate what to charge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09

In the spring a city woman's fancy
lightly turns to fresh new fats.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09
Held Their Own.

A regiment of regulars was making
a long, dusty march across the rolling
prairie land of Montana during a re-
cent summer. 1t was a hot, blistering
day. and the men, longing for water
and rest. were impatient to reach the
next town. \ rancher rode past. Say,
friend" called out one of the men,
far is it to the next town." ooh,
a matter of two miles or so, I reckon"
called back the rancher. Another long
hour dragged by, and another rancher
was encountered. How far to the
next town." the men asked him eager
ly. ooh, a good two miles," A weary
half hour longer of marching, and then
a third rancher. Hey, how FAIRS the
next town:' Not far" was the en-
couraging answer-"only about two
miles, WELL" sighed an optimistic
sergeant, we're holdin' our own any
how"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09
Paid In Full.

Two young ladies, evidently stenog-
raphers, were having an animated dis
cussion while on their way to work
the other morning in a Market street
The discussion reyolved around
the question as to the best method to
impress their respective employers as
to the value of their services.
DO you know" said the smaller Of
the two, my former employer was
the worst old granny. He could not
spell the simplest words correctly, and
he couldn't pronounce them. One day
l thought | would impress him with
the value of my services. He gave
me a letter to typewrite, and I just
went along and copied 1t as he handed
it to me. Then 1 made a second copy
with all the misspelled words correct
ed. With beaming c~ountenance I hand
ed him both copies"
what did he do?" breathlessly ask
ed her friend, forcing the conductor to
hold his q so that she might alight
at her corner and at the same time
hear the answer.
HE fired me- was the reply.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09
The Story of a Word.

A comparison of old editions Of
SCOTS monastery" with one of later
date will reveal a slight alteration in
the text of a sentence in the tenth
chapter. For the word morse an
other is substituted. A tale of comedy
attaches to the word which has gone.
Hardened wretch" says Father Eus-
tace, "art thou but this instant deIiv-
bred from death, and dost thou so soon
morse thoughts of slaughter?" The
origin of the word morse seems sore
ly to have troubled the etymologists.
Two learned correspondents of Notes
md Queries, Mr.. Wheatley tells us,
accounted for the word. One explain
I'd it as ITO prime" as when one primes
4 musket, from o. FIR. "amorce," pow
Ter for the t%ouchhole (Cotgrave), and
the other by Ito bite" (Lat. "%mordere');
hence "to indulge in biting, stinging
Oh gnawing thoughts of slaughter" On
the other side We're those who said that
the word was a misprint for something
else. THAT the word as a misprint
should have been printed and read by
for fifty years without being
challenged and altered exceeds the
bounds of probability" exclaimed the
npologists for morse. But when the
manuscriptwas examined there nurse"
was the word, plainly written.-St.
James Gazette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09
stinctive sbeifer, tamed into convIt.rop.

~st1nctlve belief, named into conv,c.ro,.
Eve" he said Involuntary.
With a quick gesture she raised her
head. moi! she exclaimed. mo; don't
say anything. You r going to see
things as / see them-you must do so
you have no choice. No real man ever
casts away the substance for the shad-
ow." Her eyes shone-.the color, the
glow, the vitality, rushed back into her
face.
"John," she said softly, Il love you.
and 1 need you, but there is something
with a greater claim-a greater need
than mine. Don't you know what it
isl"
He said nothing. He made no ges-
ture.
"It is the party-the country. You
may put love aside, but duty is differ
ent. You have pledged yourself. You
are not meant to draw back"
Loder's lips parted.
Don't" she said again. Don't say
anything. l know all that is in your
mind. But when we sift things right
through it isn't my loye-or u happi-
ness-that's really in the balance. 1t Is
your future Her voice thrilled. You
are going to be a great man, and a
great man is the property Of his coun-
try. He has no right to individual &C.
ton"
Again Loder made an effort to speak,
hut again she checked him
"Waitr' she exclaimed. "Wait! You
believe you have acted wrongly, and
you are desperately afraid Of acting
wrongly again. But is it really truer,
more loyal for us to work out a long
probation in grooves that are already
oYeralled than to marry quietly abroad
and fil the places that have need Of us?
That is the question 1 want you to an
swer. Is it really truer and nobler7
Oh, l see the doubt that is in your
mind! You think it finer to go away
and make a new life than to live the
life that is waiting you-because one is
Independent and the other means the
use Of another mans name and another
mans m%oney-that is the thought in
your mind. But what is it that prompts
that thought" Again her voice caught,
but her eyes did not falter. II will
tell you. 1t is not self sacrifice, but
pride" She said the word fearlessly.
A flush crossed Loder's face. "a
man requires PRIDE" he said in a low
voice.
Eyes, at the right time. But is this
the right time? Is it ever right to
throw away the substance for the shad-
0w? You say that I don't understand
don't realize. realize more tonight
than l have realized in all my life. I
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-09
G Ghe 8
MASQUERADER
BY Katherine Cecil Thurston,
Author of THE Circle" Etc.
Copyright, 1908, 1901. by Harperd Brothers
Copyright, 1908, 1901, by Ha,perA Brothers
CHAPTER XXXIII.

~lOR awhile there was silence;
then Loder, bitterly aware that
he had conquered, poignantly
1 conscious of the appeal that