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SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening of the story is
laid In the library OF an old WORKOUT
southern plantation. known as the Bar
Ssory Tns pass Is 59 fs so oxnsrs ths
Quintards is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw. a business man,
stranger known as Blsden. and Bob
aancy,. farmer. when Hannibal wayne
Hazard. mysterious child OF the old
Eouthern family, makes his appearance
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma
fhaniel Ferris buys the Barony: ovt t he
boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Quintards, APP
pears and asks questions about the Bar
nibal is kidnapped by Dave Blount. Cap
tain Murrell's agent Yancy overtakes
Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures
shs boy Yancy appears before sos ssu foS
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. = friend OF
the Ferrises has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell who forces his attentions on
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home
Darlington takes the same stage f1ncy
and Hannibal disappear. with Murren on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
OF Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recox,
Mics in the boy. the grandson OF an oio
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judges
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
breaks Jail. Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. Hannibars rife discloses
some startling things to the judge. Han
nfbal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
rive in Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries In looking up
planter, who assists the judge, IL mys-
teriousiy assaulted Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton 10 mysteriously shot- More
Hight on Murreirs plots. He plans upris-
Ing Of negroes.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Betty Leaves Belle Plain.

0StAy ISavCS 0SttS ridlns
Hannibal had devoted himself 10y
ally to the judges glorification, and
Betty heard all about the letter. the
snufiing of the candles and the re-
ward of five thousand dollars. 1t vast
ly increased the child's sense of i'm
portance and satisfaction when he
discovered she had known nothing OF
these matters until he told her OF
them.
Why, where would Judge Price
get so much money, Hannibal?" she
asked, greatly astonished.
He won't have to get 1t, Miss Bet.
ty; Mr.. Mahaffy says he don't reckon
no one will ever tell who wrote the
letter-he lows the man who done
that will keep pretty mum-he just
dissent tell" the boy explained.
NO. l suppose not" and Betty
saw that perhaps, after all, the Judge
had not assumed any very great finan-
cial responsibility.
He can't be coward, though, Han
nibal!" she added, for she under.
stood that the risk of personal VIC
lence which he ran was genuine. She
had formed her own unsympathetic
estimate Of him that day at Boggs
race-track; Mahaffy in his blacklist
hour could have added nothing to it.
Twice since then she had met him in
Raleigh, which had only served to Fix
that first impression.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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GOOD CROPS FOR PIGS
Interesting Report Of Expert
ments at Arkansas Station.
Result Shows Pork Can BE Probably
Raised BY Feeding Rotation and at
the Same Time the Soil
Can BE Improved.

IN many sections of the country
pigs are allowed to run and are fed
corn or grain in addition to the food
they can gather. In regions where
corn is not abundant and is not sufa-
GENTLY cheap for this purpose there
has been considerable interest in
studying forage crops suited to pastur-
age for pigs.
In connection with this the effort
has been not only to learn what green
crops are relished by pigs and would
produce satisfactory gains in weight,
but also to arrange the crops in such
succession as to furnish food through
out the season, Several experiment
stations have been working along
these lines with reference especially
to the conditions and practices of the
south.
An interesting report of experiments
In fattening pigs on a succession of
forage crops has been published by
the Arkansas station. Rye, red clover.
sorghum, peanuts, and sweet potatoes
were the crops used in the test. They
were grown on worn sofia sandy
loan deficient In vegetable natter
which in good season would produce
about twenty-five bushels of corn to
the acre. The pigs were confined in
a movable pen while grazing. A grade
Poland-China SOW with five pigs was
turned into the rye March %. The
rye had been sown the fall previous
and was about six inches high. The
sow did not relish the rye and was
given some corn in addition. Com
paratively little rye was eaten, and
after a week the pigs were put on red
clover, which was in its second year.
The pigs grazed over 1t twice. They
were fed some grain in addition. The
sow remained with the pigs until the
middle of May and a record was kept
of all the food she consumed.
Toward the end of July the pigs
We're put on sorghum which had been
planted about the middle of April and
was headed out and in bloom. They
showed a preference for the sorghum
heads and toward the last would not
eat the stalks, which had become rati-
er hard. Late in September two of
the pigs were put on sweet potatoes
and three on peanuts. The sweet DO
tatoes were not relished, and the pigs
did not make satisfactory gains on
them. After two weeks they were
therefore put on peanuts with the
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tive, yet for some days he had been
sensible of the fact that what be
called the commercial class was view.
Ing him with open disfavor; but he
| must hang on in Raleigh little long.
er-for him it had become the abode
OF hope. The judge considered the
matter. At least he could let people
see something OF that decent respect
with which Miss Malroy treated him.
They were entering Raleigh now.
and he ordered the coachman to pull
his horses down to a walk. He had
decided to make use of the Belle
Plain turnout in creating an atmos-
phere Of confidence and trust-espe-
cially trust. To this end he spent
the best part of an hour interviewing
his creditors. 1t amounted almost to
mass-meeting of the adult male pop
ulation. for he had no favorites.
When he invaded virgin territory he
believed in starting the largest pos
sible number of accounts without de-
lay. The advantage OF his system, as
he explained it's workings to Mahafry.
was that 1t bred noble spirit OF emu
lation.
He let 1t be known in a general way
that things were looking up with him;
just In what quarter he did not
specify, but there he was. seated in
the Belle Plain carriage, and the in
ference was unavoidable that Miss
Malroy was to recognize his activities
in a substantial manner.
Mahaffy, loafing away the after
noon in the cous,ty clerks ONCE,
heard of the judges return. He heard
that Charley Norton had left a will;
that Thicket Point went to Miss NAL
roy: that the Norton cousins in mid
die Tennessee were going to put up
a fight; that Judge Price had been
retained as counsel by Miss Malroy;
that he was authorized to begin an
independent search for Charley Nor
toms murderer, and was to spare no
expense; that Judge Price was going
to pay his debts. Mahaffy grinned at
this and hurried home. He could be-
lieve ali but the last; that was the
GROWING touch of unreality.
The Judge explained the situation.
Il wouldn't withhold hope rom any
man, Solomon; it's the cheapel thing
in the world and the one thinA I'VE
are most miserly about extending to
our fellows. These people all feel
better-and what did it cost me?-.
just little decent consideration; just
the knowledge of what the unavoid-
able associations OF ideas in their
own minds would do for them!"
What had seemed the corpse of cred
it breathed again, and the judge and
Mahaffy Immediately embarked upon
characteristic celebration. Early
candle-light found them making be-
ginning; midnight came-the gray
and purple of dawn-and they were
still at it, back of closed doors and
shattered windows.
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he would come, and l hadn't the
heart to forbid it. II can be OF any
service to you, ma'am either in the
capacity OF a friend--or professional
iy-l trust you will not hesitate to
command me-" The Judge backed
toward the door.
Did you walk out, Judge Price?''
asked Betty kindly.
Nothing more than healthful ex-
ercise-but we will not detain you,
ma'am; the pleasure OF seeing you is
something we had not reckoned on"
The judges speech was thick and
unctuous with good feeling. He wished
that Mahaffy might have been there
to note the reserve and dignity OF
his department.
But you must let me order Iunchl
con for you" said Betty. At least
this questionable old man was good
to Hannibal.
Il couldn't think of It, ma'am-"
You'll have a glass OF wine, them"
urged Betty Hospitality. For the mo-
ment she had lost sight o. what was
clearly the judges besetting sin.
The judge paused abruptly. He en-
dured a moment of agonizing irreso-
luton.
On the advice of my physician 1
dare not touch wine-gout, ma'am.
and liver-but this restriction does
not apply to corn whisky-in modera-
ton, and as a tonic-either before
meals. Immediately after meals or at
any time between meals-always
keeping in mind the idea OF its tonic
properties" The judge seemed to
mellow and ripen. This was much
better than having the dogs sicked on
you. His manner toward Betty be-
came almost fatherly. Poor young
thing. so lonely and desolate in the
midst OF all this splendor-he surrep-
titiously wiped away tear, and when
little Steve presented himself and
was told to bring whisky, audibly
smacked his lips-a whole lot better,
surely!
Il am sorry you think you must
hurry away, Judge Price," said Betty.
She still retained the small brown
hand Hannibal had thrust into hers.
The eastern mail gets in TODAY.
ma'am, and | have reason to think
my share OF 1t will be especially
heavy, for it brings the bulk of my
professional correspondence" In ten
years the judge had received Just
one communication by mail-a bill
which had followed him through four
states and seven counties. Il ex-
pect my secretary" boldly fixing
Solomon Mahaffy's status, lis already
dipping into It; an excellent assist
ant, ma'am, but literary rather than
legal"
Little Steve reappeared bearing a
silver tray on which was a decanter
and glass.
Since you insist, ma'am," the Judge
poured himself drink, my best re-
spects-" he bowed profoundly.
IF you are quite willing. Judge, /
think l will keep Hannibal. Miss
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Bank Of England Employees.

There are about 1000 persons on
the stan of the Bank Of England. Of
whom $40 are at the head ONCE in
London and the remainder in the
branches throughout the country.
Five hundred porters and mechanics
are also employed. The bank prints
its own notes and Indian rupee notes.
together with all postal orders and
old-age pension orders; this work u
done at the head ONCE.
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Bowen, who has been here-since-~
her voice broke suddenly.
I understand, ma'am,' said the
judge soothingly. He gave her a
glance of great concern and turned
to Hannibal. Dear LAD, you'll be very
quiet and obedient, and do exactly
as Miss Malroy says? When shall
come for him, ma'am?"
IN send him to you when he is
ready to go home. / am thinking OF
visiting my friends IN. North Caro-
lima. and l should like to have him
spend as much time as possible with
me before | start for the east"
1t had occurred to Betty that she
had done little or nothing for the
child; probably this would be her last
opportunity.
The state of the judges feelings
was such that with elaborate alb
sence of mind he poured himself a
second drink of whisky; and that
there should be no doubt the act was
one of inadvertence, said again. MY
best respects, ma'am," and bowed as
before. Putting down the glass, he
backed toward the door.
Il trust you will not hesitate to
call upon me If l can be of any use
to you, ma'am--a message will bring
me here without moments delay
He was rather disappointed that no
allusion had been made to his recent
activities. He reasoned correctly that
Betty was as yet in ignorance of the
somewhat dangerous eminence he
had achieved as the champion OF law
and order. However, he reflected
with satisfaction that Hannibal, in re-
naming, would admirably serve his
ends.
Betty insisted that he should be
driven home, and after family protest
ing. the judge gracefully yielded the
point, and few moments later rolled
away from Belle Plain behind a pair
of sleek-coated bays, with a negro in
livery on the box. He was conscious
of great sense of exaItation. He
felt that he should paralyze Mahaffy.
He even temporarily forgot the blow
his hopes had sustained when Betty
spoke of returning to North Carolina
This was life-broad acres and mig
GEOGRAPHICALLY to trot after you
toting liquor-and such liquor!-he
lolled back luxuriantly with half
closed eyes
Twenty years in the wood If an
hour!" he muttered. I'D like to have
just such taste in my mouth when
come to die and probably she has
barrels of it," he sighed deeply, and
searched his soul for words with
which adequately to describe that
whisky to Mahaffy.
But why not do more than paraiyze
Solomon-that would be pleasant but
not especially profitable. The Judge
came back quickly to the vexed prob
lem of his future. He desired to
make some striking display OF Miss
Malroy's courtesy. He knew that his
credit was experiencing the pangs OF
an early mortality; he was not sensi-
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FARM NOTES

Bank barns are usually dark and
damp.
Gypsum makes good absorbent for
barn floors.
There is no animal more unproft-
able than poor sheep.
The cheapest way to feed young
pigs is through the SOW.
Milk vessels should not be allowed
to become dry before washing.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
1t is poor practice to run valuable
colts in large punches at two years
old.
The real dairy COW turns her food
INFO milk and butter-fat instead OF
meat.
Yoc can hardly push pigs too fast.
providing you use the right kind Of
food.
1t Is the income from each sheep
that should determine the value Of
the flock.
Strong. vigorous pigs when q week
old will care for themselves, barring
accidents.
SCOT busted on melon plants when
the leaves are wet with dew dis
courages insects.
Dandelion green ere AEe thing for
the chicks. And 1t helps to get rid Of
tAe worst lawn pest we have.
Cows that are well cared for and
well protected are not seriously at.
fected in their yield by the cold
weather
If you are doing much hauling b
careful not to overload the teams
when the mud is deep or the roads
slippery A strain may quickly ruin
the best horse you've got.
Don't be one Of the farmers who Est
the little things off till tomorrow.
There is no gain. while the loss at AZ
end Of the year would buy scrA pure
>red '.ca3 s- lssrthoys bull
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other pigA They grew very sapidh
on peanuts and continued on this feet
until the ground froze in December
They were then fed all the soaked
corn they would eat until they were
slaughtered. January 3. During the
test the pigs had grazed over one
fourth acre of clover, one-fourth acre
Of sorghum, and two-fifths acre OF
peanuts, making in all less than one
acre. The fact that the pigs were in
perfect health during the test indt
Gated that the crops we're well suited
to them. In addition to the forage
crops the pigs were fed some grain
until they were FIVE months old to In
sure rapid growth. They were also
given a mixture of charcoal. salt.
ashes and Stacked lime.
At the close Of the test the pigs
weighed 1875 pounds, the average
weight being 243 pounds. During the
seventy-two days on which peanuts or
sweet potatoes were fed the average
daily gain per pig was 1.31 pounds
During the thirty-one days on which
corn was fed the average daily gain
per pig was LIS pounds.
The total value of the grain fed the
pigs and the SOW (while she ran with
them) was s10.61. and the value of the
green crops was $3.50. The rent Of
the land was assumed to be SO. max
ing the total cost of fattening the
pigs s1S.11. The average cost of pro-
ducing pound of pork was is cents-
No estimate was made for the labor
of tending the pigs since. in the au-
thor's opinion, it was too small to take
into account.
The pigs were slaughtered at the
end Of the trial January 3. They we're
valued at 1925 per 100 pounds. maxi
ing their total value $39.4S, and q
profit of $21.37. Nothing is said in re-
gard to the quality of the pork.
When pigs are fattened on forage
crops the manure remains scattered
over the soil. This. together with the
fact that clover and peanuts arc
plants which increase the nitrogen in
the soil, is great advantage. In the
opinion of the author red clover. sor-
ghum and peanuts were the crops best
adapted for rotation, since they were
cheap and easy to produce and their
season of maturity convenient. With
the above rotation of forage crops only
&C bushels of corn was required to
produce pig weighing 243 pounds at
ten months old.
The experiment shows that under
the conditions existing in that region
pork can be profitably produced by
feeding rotation of forage crops,
and that at the same time the soil can
be improved. The Importance of MS
ing good stock instead Of scrubs 10
urged. Alfalfa, oats and cowpeas are
briefly spoken Of as forage crops
which might also be valuable for fat
tening pigs. Work at some other
southern stations has shown chufas
to be also well adapted to this pur-
pose
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Culture Of Rhubarb.

Is the rhubarb failing to make a
satisfactory growth? II SO, it likely
needs manure. Apply plenty Of man.
ure and top-dress with nitrate Of soda
at the rate of $50 pounds to the acre.
Subsequent dressings of nitrate may
be needed to obtain the best results.
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Care for Young Hogs.

II yo.rg hogs are kept In close coz
fnemezs. .sd heavily on cesr aloEe.
they vsl most likely develop a leg
weakness. as they require heterogeneous
foods, in which skim milk should take
large part, in order to grow good,
solid bones
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A woman in Vienna has been sent
to prison for three months for speak.
ing disrespectfully of Maria Theresa,
who has been dead for 131 years. In
Austrian law royalty IL protected from
criticism. written or spoken. for 100
yeaxs after death.
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Place for Boar.

The boar should always have larxs
lot to himself and never be confines
ia dark, damp quarters. :.
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GUARD A TILE OUTLET DRAIN
Live Stock Do Considerable Damage
Unless Some Provision 10 Made
to Protect Opening.

Considerable damage is apt to be
done by stock tramping on or about 1t,
where the outlet Of the tile drain
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comes into the open. unless some pro-
vision is made to protect 1t.
Drive few stakes at suitable dis
lance from the outlet and stretch
barbed wire over them.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-25
ANOTHER RAVlSHER OF
GIRL BABY Is SOUGHT

Dassha Malakoff, particularly
bright and pretty Russian girl of five
years of age, is now in the Children i,
Hospital suffering from loathsome
disease supposed to have been commu-
nicated to her by Filipino. The ease
was discovered yesterday by DIR. A.
N. Sinclair in the government dispen-
sary and he notified Chief Kellett at
once. Kellett shortly afterwards ar
rested ID. FlorenciO, Juan Kama, Este:
ban Piniano and Ramos SimpliciO, who
Jointly occupied the room the little
girl pointed out as being the one
where the assault upon her was com
mitted. All, however, cleared them
selves, and KeIlett will wireless to
Sheriff Paa of Hawaii today for the
arrest of another member of the group
who left on Wednesday. The Mala-
koff family lives in the All Leong
block on Halekauwila street. The IA
Their is well educated and has papers
showing him to have been a contractor
on big jobs in Russia.
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TERRITORY Gets
BACK PUNCHBOWL

The Territory of HAWAII has receiv-
ed from the United States the title to
Punchbowl reservation to be used sole
ly as pubic park, an executive order
having been received yesterday morn
ing at military headquarters. The Unit
ed States reserves for war purposes
the rim and the slope facing toward
the sea, bringing the reservation line
close to Prospect street and passing at
right angles to Hackfeld and other
streets which run up toward Punch
bowl.
The war department reserved by ex-
ecutive order pursuant to authority Civ
en- the President under Section 81, Act
of Congress approved April 80, 1900,
the entire Punehbowl. An executive or
der of January is, 1906 further defined
the lines of the reservation. By the
President s. order which arrived here
yesterday the reservation is returned
to its original status as a territorial
park. The military will not only re-
serve the rim but also the area extend
ing half way back into the bowl of the
crater. 1t is proposed to use Punch
bowl as a signal station.
Much of the land returned to the
Territory 10 under lease to the Kapio-
lani Estate. This lease viii expire in
August, when I'll the lands become the
property of the Territory
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JUNE MARKET|NGS
TO DATE $4,000 TONS
From Saturdays Advertiser,)

d AoN
A cable received by the Sugar Fac
tors Company yesterday morning stated
that the first half of Alaskan No. 80
cargo which left the Islands May % ar
rived at the Delaware Breakwater, June
20. 1t comprised $500 tons and sold
at 1856. When this sugar left the ISL
ands the basis was 1892, and so there
was a slight loss in transit.
This makes 10000 tons of Sugar Fac
tors sugar that has arrived at market
this month. OF this, 10000 tons went
to the Atlantic Coast and the balance
arrived at San Francisco.
Only about 10000 tons have been
shipped this month to date.
The last of the 1912 Cape Horn sail
ing feet will be the William P. Frye,
which will be towed to sea by the Clau-
dine Tuesday night and sail from Ka-
hului for the breakwater. The Frye
will take cargo of 5000 tons.
The Worlds Crop.
Willett s. Gray's estimate of the
world IS sugar production, under date of
June 6, has not changed materially
from their estimate dated April 20.
Regarding the Cuban crop they state:
1.-THE rains of the week ending May
% have been very beneficial for the
cane. New cane planting is going on
wherever practical. A large number Of
| factories have now completed the
crop From Santa Lucia in the Prov
ince of Oriente it is reported that the
cane remains poor. If the spring does
not bring more rains, things look bad
for 1913.
They also report conditions in the
Philippines rather bad for the sugar
crop of 1918, owing to droughty condi
tions. Several cane fields which wer'
not cut in March have burned up.
Regarding the San Carlos Company
they say: "Reports state that plans
are about completed for the equipment
of the new San Carlos Central with
nine-rol mill of 900 tons capacity, Il
be operated in 1913.14."
The American consul at Panama re
ports the receipt of samples of the frs
attempt at sugar manufacture at Pese
Los Santos Province. The product il
said to be high grade muscovado.