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Memoranda.

ing tank barge No. SO, light, for Baltimore
to load oil in bulk.
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Americans have lately been giving mucf
attention to tone testing as applied t
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The violin has long been the most I'M
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CHAPTER II.-Dan meats Lily, Ouch
ess Of Breakwater, a beautiful widow,
who is attracted by his immense fortune
and takes a liking to her.
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tea-cup down; and as he did 50 the
duchess observed his strong hands,
their vigor, well-kept and muscular,
but not the dandified hands Of the
man who goes often to the manicure.
IF 1t hadn't been for one thing, +"
the boy went on, II would have
thought Of nothing else but you, every
minute I've been away"
"Mr. Ruggles?" suggested the duch-
ess.
mo, the Gaiety girl, Lefty Lane.
You know l told you in the box that
she was from my town."
The young man. who had flown
back to 0sdene Park in answer to
a telegram, began to take his compan'
ion into his confidence.
81 knew that girl" Dan said, when
she wasn't more than fourteen. She
sold me sodawater over the drug
store counter. | always thought she
was bully, bright as a button and pref
ty as peach. Once, | remember,
took six chocolate sodas in one day
! just to 90 in and see her. had an
awful time. | most died Of that Jag
and yet" he said meditatively, 81
don't think ever spoke three words
to her. just said 'sarsaparilla' oil
chocolate or whatever 1t might hap
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Il suppose II abe wasn't from my
town" At his words the vision Of
Lefty Lane with the coral strands on
her dress, came before his eyes, and
he said honestly: But | do take an
interest in her Just the same, and
she's going to pieces, that's clear.
Something ought to be done"
The Duchess Of Breakwater was
very much annoyed
Are you going to talk about her
all the timer" she asked with sharp
sweetness. You are not very fat
tering, Dan"
] And he returned peacefully, why. |
thought you might be able to help her
In some way or another"
mel" She laughed aloud. Me
help Lefty Lane? Really"
why, you might get her to sing out
here" he suggested. That would
sort Of get hold Of her; women know
how to do those things"
His preposterous simplicity over
whelmed her. She stirred her tea,
and said, controlling herself, why,
what on earth would you have me to
say to Lefty Lane?"
"Oh, just be nice to her." he sug'
gested. Tell her to take care Of her
self and to brace up. Get some nice
woman to"
The duchess helped him. ITO re
form herr"
DO her good" the boy said gently
You're too silly for words. II you
were not such hopeless child would
be furious with you. Why, my deal
boy, she would laugh in your face anC
in mine"
AS the duchess left the tea-tablt
she repeated: rs this what you came
up from London to talk to me about?'
And at the touch of her dress as sh,
passed him-at the look she gave hin
from her eyes, Dan flushed and saiC
honestly: Why, | told you that shO
was the only thing that kept me from
thinking about you all the time"
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little creature held London with. her
voice and grace. Higgins knelt down
by Lefty Lanes side, quiet, capable.
going about the business Of resuscitat-
ing her lady much as she laced the
singers bodice and shoes. IF you
would be so good as to open the door,
sir, and send me call page. They'll
have to linger out this entr'acte or put
on some feature"
But exclaimed Blair, she cRn't
60 back tonight?"
Lord, yes" Higgins returned.
Here, Miss Lane; drink this.1 (.
At the door where he paused, Dan
saw the girl lifted up, saw her lean
on Higgins shoulder and assured
then that she was not lifeless in good
truth, he went out to do as Higgins
had asked him. In a quarter Of an
hour the curtain rose and within half
an hour Dan, from his box, saw the
actress dance to the rajah her charms
ing polka to the strains Of the Hun,
garian Band.
j Continued next week.
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CHAPTER VII.
At the stage Entrance.

Ruggles, from his stall, for the
fourth time saw the curtain 90 up
on "Mandalay" and heard the temple
bells ring. One Of the stage boxes
was not occupied until after the first
act and then the son of his friend
came In alone and sat far back out OF
sight of any eyes but the keenest,
and those eyes were Ruggles'. Lefty
Lane, delicious, fantastic, languishing.
sang to Dan; that was evident to Rug
giles. He was a large man and filled
his stall comfortably. He sat through
the performance peacefully, his hands
In his pockets, his big face thought
full, his shirt front ruffled. To look at
him, one must have wondered why he
had come to 'Mandalay" He scarce
ly lost any of the threads of his own
reflections, though when Miss Lane in
response to a call from the house,
sang her cradle song three times, he
seemed moved. The tones of her pure
voice, the grading in her arms Of an
imaginary child, her apparent dove
like purity, her grace and sweetness,
and her cooling, gentle tone, to judge
by the softening of the Westerner's
face, touched very much the big fell
low who listened like a child. At the
end he drew his handkerchief slowly
across his eyes, but the tears, or
rather moisture, that rose there was
not all due to Miss Lanes song, for
Ruggles was extremely warm.
He could see that in his box the
boy sat transfixed and absorbed. Dan
went out in the second entr'acte and
was absent when the curtain went
down. Ruggles, as well, left before
the performance was over, to make
his way outside the theater to the
stage exit, where there was already
gathered a little group, looked after
by a couple Of policemen. Close to
! the curb a cleaning motor waited, the
footman at its door. Ruggles but
/ toned his coat up to his chin and tool
his place close to the door, over which
n the electric light showed the words
stage Entrance" A poor woman ell
bowed him, her shabby hat adorned
by scraggly plume, a gray shaw
wrapped round her shoulders. A cir
s. or two, who might have been fowel
n sellers in Piccadilly In the daytime,
); couple of toughs, q handful Of othe
e Migrants. smelling Of gin, a decen
e man in working clothes. child in hi
4 arms, formed the human hedge Lett!
Lane was to pass between-a singula
group of people to spend an hou
Q hanging about the streets at the ext
y Of theater well toward midnight. s
d the naive Ruggles thought, and bette
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understood the appearance Of the
young fellows In evening clothes who
lowered on the extreme edge Of the
little crowd. Dan, however, was not
of these.
Look sharp, Cissy," the working,
man spoke to his child, holding her
well up. When she comes bout shell
pass close to yer, and you sing bout.
God bless YER"
"Yes, Dad, | will" shrilled the child,
The woman in the gray shawl drew
1t close about her. Jaw she's true
Idly, all right, amt she? l expect
you've had some kindness on her as
well?"
The man nodded over the child'a
shoulder. Used to be a scene shifter,
and Miss Lane found out about my lit
lie girl last year-not this lass, not
Cissy, Cissy's sister-and she sent 'er
TO place where it costs the eyes out
of yer head. She's gettin' well fast,
and we, none of us, has seen her or
spoken to Miss Lane. She doesn't
know our names"
And the woman answered: "She
does a lot like that. She's got heart
bigger'n her little body"
And a big boy In the front row said
back to the others: well, she makes
q mint of money"
And the woman who had spoken be-
fore said: She gives it nearly all
to the poor"
Ruggles was evidently on the poor
side Of the waiting crowd; the hand.
full Of riffraff around him with its
stencil of dirt and gin. A better look
ing set collected opposite and there
was the CLEAN Of white shirt fronts.
Nov, there she comes" the father
saw her first. "Sing out, Cissy."
The door opened and a figure quick
! Ily floated from 1t, like a white rose
blown out into the foggy darkness. II
Ifoated down the few steps to the
street between the double row of spec
tators. A white cloak entirely GOV
cred the actress. Her head was hid
den by white scarf, and she almos
ran the short gantlet to her motor, be
tween the. cries Of God bless you'll
"Three cheers for Lefty Lane"-"GoC
bless you, LADY," She didn't speak o.
heed, however, or turn her head, bu
held her scarf against her face, ant
the man who slowly lounged behinC
her to the car, and put her in and go
I'm after her, was not the man Joshu
Ruggles had waited there to see. H
hung about until the footman ha
lsprung up and the car moved softl
away, the stage entrance door shut
then he followed along with tn
crowd, with the few faithful who ha
waited an hour IN the cold mist t
Icry out their applause, not to a SINCE
IN 'Mandalay," but to a woman
heart.
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bearable, and sent him a wire so
worded that If he had a spark Of in
terest in her he must Immediately re-
turn to the Park. She had never been
more lovely than when Dan found her
waiting for him.
She had ordered tea IN her sitting
room. She told him that he looked
frightfully seedy, asked him what he
had been doing and why he had
stopped so long away, and Blair told
her that old Ruggles, his fathers
friend, had run over to see bin with
a lot of papers for Dan to read and
sign and closed with smile, telling
her that he guessed she didn't know
much about business"
Il only know the horrid things Of
business-debts, and loans, and bills
and fussing."
Those things are not business,
Dan answered wisely; they are just
common or garden carelessness."
She asked him why he had not
brought Ruggles out to Osdene, and
he told her he couldn't have done a
stroke Of work with the old boy down
here at the Park.
i Stirring his tea, he appreciated the
duchess. The agreeable picture she
made impressed him nightly.
DO you know" he asked suddenly
what you make me think OFF,
And she responded softly: mo
dear"
"A box of candy. This room will
its stuffed walls, and you in It arr
good enough"
ITO eat?" she laughed aloud. "Oh
you perfectly killing creature, what
an ideal"
And as he met her eyes with hi
clear ones, with a simplicity sh'
could never hope to reach, he put BIZ
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in soft dirt He thinks that as soon
as there is a good rain the worms
will leave. Some people have been
calling this worm the army worm,
but Mr.. Durcan says the army worm
is found working on top of the ground
and they attack the green part of
the wheat, while the gTanary worm
goes after the grains. Army worms
are so named on account of the man
ner in which they tDavel, as they al
ways go in body.
Mr.. Duncan says he put some blue
vitrol in water and then put some
of the worms in it, but the poison
did not kin the worms He then put
some of the worms in coal oil
which killed them, br1. they lived for
some time after being put i'm the oil
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But the actress waited nevertheless
and said to Dan: who's the girl!"
What girli"
why, the girl you come here every
night to see and are too shy to speak
to. Everybody is crazy to know" !
Lefty Lane looked like little giri
herself in the crocheted garment her
small hands held across her breast.
Dan put his arm on her shoulder
without realizing the familiarity Of his
gesture:
I Get out of this draft-get out Of it
quick, say" and pushed her toward
her room.
! Gracious, but you are strong" She
felt the muscular touch, and his hand
fiat against her shoulder was warn
through the wool.
81 wish you were strong. You work
too darned hard"
Her head was covered with the
coral cap and feather. Dan saw her
billowy skirt, her silken hose, her lit
tie coral shoes. She futtered at the
door which Higgins opened.
why haven't you been TO see mel'
she asked him. you are not very
polite"
| Il am coming In now"
mot a bit Of It. I'm too busy, and
1t is a short entr'acte. Go and see the
girl you came here to see."' .
Dan thought that the reason she
forbade him to come in was because
Prince Poniotowsky waited for her In
her dressing-room. It was his first
jealous moment, and the feeling fell
on him with a swoop, and its fangs
fastened in him with singing pain,
He stammered:
i 81 didn't come to see any girl here
but you. | came to see you"
Come tomorrow at two, at the So
voy."
Before Dan realized his own pre-.
cipitation, he had seized the door
handle as Lefty Lane went within and
was about to close her room against
him, and said quickly:
I'm coming right In now" :.
why, l never heard Of such O.
thing, " she answered sharply, angri.
ly; you must be crazy! Take away
your hand" And hers, as well as his
seized the handle Of the door. Hen
small ice-cold hand brought him to hia
senses.
II beg your pardon" he murmured
, confusedly. DO 60 In and get warn
II you can"
But instead Of obeying, now, thsl
the rude young man withdrew his i'm,
portuning, Miss Lanes hands fell
, from the knob, and close to his eyes
she swayed before him, and Dan
caught her in his arms-went into hel
!. room, carrying her. He had been
wrong about Prince. PoniotoWsky;
, save for Higgins, the room was empty
The woman, though she exclaimed,
: showed no great surprise and seemed
. prepared for such a fainting spell
Dan laid the actress on the sofa and
= then the dresser said to him:'
|. please 60, sir; Lean quite manage
She has these turns often. III give
! her brandy. She will be quite right.
= But Dan hesitated, looking at the
. bit Of humanity that he had laid with
great gentlsness on the dlvan covered
u with pillows. Lefty Lane lay there
l. small as little child, lnanimate al
o death. 1t was hard to think the quiel
Z little form could contain such life
3 fire and motion, or that this senselesi
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Confined next week.

Alrs. Rex werttenberg visited in
Newton this week.
Mrs. Mary Slim is here from Lyons
stopping at the home Of Mrs Button
during the htteris Illness.
Conrad, Philip and ]. P. Ochs
were down from Wheatlhnd Monday.
Louie Sessler was up from Comanche
Monday taking in the sights Of the
county seat.
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pen to be. Ever since that day, ever
since that jag" he said with feeling,
81 couldn't see stick of chocolate
and keep my head up! Well" went
on the boy, Sarah Towney sang in
our church for a missionary meeting,
and l was there. / can remember the
song she sang" HS spoke with un.
conscious ardor. He didn't refer to
the hymn, however, but went on with
his narrative. "She disappeared from
Blairtown. never had a peep at her
again until the other night. GOSH"
he said fervently, when I saw her
there on the stage, why, I felt as
though cold water was running up
and down my spine.
The duchess, as q rule, was amused
by his slang. 1t seemed vulgar to her
now.
Heavens" she lrawled, you are
really too dreadful"
He didn't seem to hear her.
She's turned out perfect wonder,
hasn't she? A world-beater! Why,
everybody tells me there isn't another
like her in her specially. OF course
J have heard Of Lefty Lane, but I
haven't been out to things since |
went in mourning, and I've never run
up against her"
Really" drawled the duchess
again, now that you have run up
against her what are you going to
do with her? Marry herr"
His honest stare was the greatest
relief she had ever experienced. He
repeated bluntly: Marry her? Why
the dickens should II"
you seem absorbed In her"
He agreed with her. II am.
think she's great, don't your"
Hardly"
But the cold voice of the duchess
did not chill him. Simply great" he
continued, "and I'm sorry for her
down to the ground. That Is what Is
the matter. Didn't you notice hel
when she came into the Carlton thai
night"
What of It, silly2 / thought she
looked as thin as shad in that blacl
dress, and the way Poniotowsky goel
about with her proves what an ass b
is"
We'll, l hate him." Blair simpl!
stated; 81 would wiring his neck fo
twenty cents. But she's very Ill; tina
Is what is the matter with her."
They all look like that of tn,
stage" the duchess assured indifieI
emily. They are nothing but foot
light beauties; they look CHASTITY Of
the boards. l dare say that Lett,
Lane is i'll, though; the pace sh'
goes would kill anybody. Have som
more tea?"
He held out his cup and agree
with her.
"She works too hard-this playin
almost every night, singing and dane
ing twice at the matiness, | shout
think she would be dead"
"0h, don't mean her professions
engagements" murmured the duchess
A revolt such as had stung hir
when they criticized her at the Car
ton rose in him now.
1T is hard to believe" he sal,
when you hear her sing that dow
song and that cradle song"
But his companions laugh stoppe
his championship short.
you dear boy, don't be a silly, Dan
She doesn't need your pity or you
good opinion. She Is perfectly satil
fed. She has got a fortune in Poni'
towsky, and she really is a perfeS
, terror you know"
Affected slightly by her cold dil
missal Of his subject, he paused for
moment. But his own point Of Vie
was too strong to be shaken by thl
~ woman's light words.
-
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THAT WORM IDENTIFIED.

That pesky little worm which is eat
ing up the seed wheat and making it
necessary for a good many farmers
in this region to re-sow their wheat,
Is the Eleodes opaca. says the Hutch
lnson News.
The Kansas Grain Company sent a
jar Of the little worms, gathered from
some wheat fields near Garfield, to-
the department of entomology and 20
ology at the Kansas State Agricu[
tural college, with a query as to
what they are and how best to stop
their Uavages.
The following sreply has been re-
ceived:
Manhattan, Kan, Oct. 10, 1911.
"AIr. Robert W. Vance, Secretary Kan
Sas Grain Co., Hutchinson, Kan.
MY Dear Mr.. Vance: In reply to
your letter of October 10, l beg to
say that the trouble is OccaSiOned by
a wire-worm-like creature which is
closely related ito the common meal
worms and known as Eleodes opaca.
The creature has no common name,
but the term wheat field meal worm
would serve the purpose. This crea-
twe is distributed throughout Wes-
tern Kansas and during each of the
past four years has been reported as
doing some damage of the type you
describe. This year the damage has
been larger than usual, although last
year in Southwestern Kansas much
harm was done. This creature has
been reported in a few instances as
feeding on young wheat.
Whether feeding ON seed lying I'M
sprouted in the ground or on sprout-
ed seed. its damage appears inyar-
iably to cease with the advent of Suf-
ficieut moisture to make the plant
grow vigorously. No measure of con-
troll has been tried, but it is evident
that the type Of seed bed preparation
which will conserve the soil moisture
and cause the grain to Sprout as sOol
as sowu will enable the grower to es
cape serious damage.
In our field examinations of the
work of this creature this fall, We
find that land upon which seed has
been grown continuously suffer fal
more injury than that upon which
crop rotation has been practiced. Jus
now We are trying treating the SEED
with various repellents and poison
to prevent the work of these wormt
but thus far nothing worth much hai
been developed.
If l can be Of aid to you in an,
other way, do not hesitate to call o.
me. Very truly yous.
(Signed) ''T. ]. HEADLEE.'
Samuel Duncan, farmer of Paw
nee county, sent the following d.
Scription Of the worm to the lame
Tiller and Toiler.
The worms are small, ranging
length from II to S-4 of an inch, an
about as big around as wheat graz
and very tough. They work almost {
tirely in soft ground and work yer
fast, making it difficult to cate
them. They have three legs, or claw
on each side, next to the head. Whe
they attack grain of wheat they u
ualy eat all of it, although son
farmers report that they find whe1
the worm has only destroyed a pa
Of the grain.
Mr.. Duncan says these worms a
what is known as the wire granaI
worm, and are nearly always fou
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CHAPTER VII.
Dams Simplicity.

The Duchess Of Breakwater was not
sure how close Dan Blair's thoughts
were to marriage, but the boy from
Montana was the easiest prey that
had come across the beautiful and
INSCRIPTIONS womah's range. He had
told her that he stayed on up in Lon
don to see q man from home, and
when after four days he still fingered
In town, she found his absence I'M