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FAYETTEVILLE NEWS, FAYETTEVILLE. GEORGIA. TRe COW PUNCHER By Robert J.C.Stead ClutRor of kitchener, and other poems' Iflurtotions by Irwin Mycr* cjmkwrr 4/ none CHAPTER X.—Continued. “15 ■ Their eyes met, and each of them knew what it meant. It meant an nouncement to her mother that she had met Dave downtown. It meant perhaps a supposition on her mother’s part that she had gone downtown for that purpose. It was far-reaching. But she said simply, “I should enjoy driving home with you.” On the way they planned that the following Sunduy they would drive into the foothills together. Of course they would ask Mrs. Hardy to accom pany them. Of course. But it might happen that Mrs. Hurdy would be in disposed. Irene was of the opinion that what her mother needed now was rest. As it happened Mrs. Hardy was at the gate. She greeted Dave cordially enough. Encouraged by her mood, Irene determined to settle the Sun day program at once. ‘‘Dave was good enough to bring me up in his car,” she said. “And just think! He invites us to drive into the foothills with him next Sunday. Will you come? It will be delightful. Or are you feeling—” “Mr. Elden is very kind,” said Mrs. Hardy, with dignity. “I have no doubt Mr. Conward will accompany us. He is to call this evening and I will ask him. . . . Yes, I think it very likely we will go.” ****** * The summer wore on, and autumn followed on its heels. The processes which had been discerned by Conward and other astute operators were now apparent to the mob which forever follows in the wake of the successful, but usually at such a distance ns to be overwhelmed in the receding flood. The forces which had built up fabu lous fortunes were now in reverse gear, and the same mechanism that had built up was now tearing down. As the boom had fed upon Itself, car rying prices to heights justifiable only to the most insane optimism, so did the subsequent depression bear down upon values until they reached depths justifiable only to the most abandoned despondency. The rosy bubble, inflat ed with the vapors of irresponsible speculation, had dissolved into thin air. « Mrs. Hardy was among the last to admit that she had bought on an ebbing tide. She contended that her house was well worth the price she had paid; what if speculation had come to a stop? So much the better; her house was still worth its price. She would stand firm. Mrs. Hardy consulted Conward. It had grown to be her habit to consult Conward on all matters in which she found an interest. “How is it, Mr. Conward,” Mrs. Hardy said to him one evening over her fancy work—for she practiced an indefatigable industry in matters of no importance—“how is it that ther& is-no demand for property? You are a real-estate expert; you should be able to answer that. Isn’t this city as good today aS it was a year ago? Doesn’t it occupy the same site? Are not the farms still producing?” “That’s just it, dear Mrs. Hardy. Why, indeed? Simply because the booster has given way to the calamity howler. Its psychological explanation is simple enough. The world lives by faith. Without faith there would be neither seedtime nor harvest. That is true of raising cities as well as of raising crops. But there are always those who ridicule faith; always were, always will be. And as soon as faith disappears things begin to sink.” “Ah!” said Mrs. Hardy gently. “So we owe all this—these empty houses and shops, unsalable property and ev erything to those who have lost faith—or never had it. To men like Mr. Elden, for instance. You remem ber how he tried to discourage me from the very first—tried to break down my faith—that was it, Mr. Con ward—I see it all very plainly now— and he and others like him have brought things to their present pass. Well, they lmye a great responsibil ity.” As a result of this discussion Dave found himself rather less, popular with Mrs. Hardy than before. Dave accepted her displeasure with a light heartedness that was extremely trying to the good woman’s temper. Had It not been for his desire to spare Irene any unhappiness he would have treat ed it with open flippancy. He was engaged in the serious business of capturing the heart of Irene Hardy— a task made none the ensier by the self-imposed condition that he must conduct no offensive but must await with such patience as ho could com mand the voluntary capitulation of the besieged. On the whole he told him self he had no reason to be dissatisfied with the progress of events. He and Irene often motored together, frequent ly accompanied by Mrs. Hardy, some times by Conward as well, but occa sionally alone. And Irene mude no se cret of the fact that she preferred the trips In which only she and Dave par ticipated. The gradual shrinkage of values to the vanishing point imposed upon Dave many business duties which he would very gladly have evuded. The office of Conward & Elden, which had once been besieged by customers eager to buy, was now a center of groups no /ess eager to sell; and when they could not sell they contrived to lay the blame upon the Arm which had originally sold to them. Although, for the most part, these were men and women who had bought purely from the gambler’s motive, they behaved toward the real-estate dealer as though he had done them an injustice when the finger of fortune turned up a loss instead of a profit. For such people Dave had little sympathy, and if they persisted in their murmurings he told them so with becoming frank ness. Then there was Merton, the wid ower with sick lungs and the mother less boy, who had brought his little savings to the West in the hope of husbanding out his life in the dry, clear atmosphere and saving his son from the white death that had already invaded their little family. With a cruelty almost unbelievable Conward had talked this man into the purchase of property so far removed from the city as to possess no value except as farm land; and the little savings which were to ward off sickness and death, or, if that could not be, minis ter modest comfort in the declining hours of life, had been exchanged for property which, even at the time of the transaction, was valueless and un salable. Merton had called on Dave with re spect to his investment. Dave had at first been disposed to tell him frankly that the property, for which he had paid twenty dollars a foot, was barely worth that much an acre. But a sec ond look at the man changed his pur pose. “I know you were stung, Merton," he said, “shamelessly stung. You are one of those unsuspecting fellows who think everybody is going to play fair with them. You belong to the class who keep all kinds of rogues and scoundrels in easy circumstances. You might almost be charged with being accessories. Now, just to show how I feel about it—how much did you pay for those lots?” “Three thousand dollars. It was all I had.” “Of course it was. If you had had more you would have paid more. I suppose Conward justified himself “I Think You Are Absolutely Inno cent,” He Said Gravely. with the argument that if he didn’t take your easy money someone else would, which is doubtless true. But just to show you how I feel about it— I’ll buy those lots from you, for three thousand dollars." “I can’t do it, Mr. Elden; I can't do it," s said Merton, and there was moisture on his cheeks. "That would be charity—and I can’t take it. But I’m much obliged. It shows you’re square, Mr. Elden, and I hold no ill will to you.” “Well, can I help you in some way you will accept? I’m afraid—I don’t mean to be unkind, but we may as well be frank—I'm afraid you won’t need help very long." Merton answered as one who has made up his mind to the inevitable, and Dave thought better of him. This little wreck of a man—this child in business matters—could look deev • i' 1 the face without u quiver. “Not so long,” he said. “I felt ever so much better when I came here first; I thought I was really going to be well again. But when I found what a mistake I had made I began to wor ry, not for myself, you know, but the boy, and worry is just what my trouble lives on. I huve been work ing a little, and boarding out, and the boy is going to school. But I can’t do heavy work, aud work of any kind is hard to get I find I can’t keep going that way.” Merton looked with dreamy eyes through the office window, while Dave was turning over the hopelessness of his position and Inwardly cursing a system which made such conditions possible. Society protects the phys ically weak from the physicully strong; the physical highwayman usu ally gets his deserts; but the mental highwayman preys upon the weak and the Inexperienced and (he unorganized, and Society votes blin a good citizen and a success. “I had a plan,” Merton continued, half apologetically, as though hi* plan did him little credit—“I had a plan, but it can’t be worked out. I have been trying to raise a little money on my lots, but the mortgage people just look at me.” “What is your plan?” said Dave kindly. “Any plan, no matter how bad, is always better than no plan.” “I thought,” said Merton timidly— “I thought if I could build a little shack on the lots I could live there with the boy and we could raise a very fine gnrden. The soil is very fer tile and at least we should not starve. And the gardening would be good for me, and I could perhaps keep some chickens and work out at odd jobs as well. But it takes money to build even a very small shack.” “How much money?" demanded Dave. “If I had a hundred dollars—’’ “Bring your title..to me tomorrow; to me personally, you understand. I’ll advance you five hundred dollars.” Merton sprung up, and there was more enthusiasm in his eyes than had seemed possible. “You will? But I don’t need that much—’’ “Then use the surplus to live on." So the Merton affair was straight ened away in a manner which left Dave more at peace with his con science. But another event, much more dramatic and far-reaching in its effects upon his life, was already ripe for the enneting. There were cases that could not he turned away with a sharp answer. Bert Morrison, for instance. Bert had never mentioned her “investment" since the occasion already recorded. She greeted Dave with the sociability due to their long-standing friendship; and her calm avoidance of the subject hurt him more than the abuse of all his irate patrons. Business conditions had necessitated unwonted economy in the office affairs of Conward & Elden, as a result of which many old employees had been laid off and others had been replaced by cheaper and less experienced labor. Stenographers who had been receiving a hundred dollars u month could not readily bring themselves to accept fifty, and some of them had to make way for new girls, fresh from the busi ness colleges. Such a new girl was Gladys Wardin—pretty, likable, inex perienced. Her country home had offered no answer to -her ambitions, and she had come to the city with the most dangerous equipment a young woman can carry—an attractive face and an unsophisticated confidence in the goodness of humanity. Conward had been responsible for her position In the office, and Dave had given little thought to her except to note that she was a willing worker and of comely appearance. Returning to the office one Saturday evening Dave found Miss Wardin mak ing up a bundle of paper, pencils and carbon pnper. She was evidently in high spirits, and he smilingly asked if she intended working at home over Sunday. “Oh, didn’t Mr. Conward tell you?" she answered, as though surprised that the good news had been kept a secret. “He is to spend a day or two at one of the mountain hotels, and I am to go along to do his correspondence. Isn’t it just lovely? I have so wanted to go to the mountains, but never felt that I could afford it. And now I can com bine business with pleasure.” The smile died out of Dave’s eyes, and his face became more set and stern than she had ever seen it. “Why, what’s the matter, Mr. El den,?” she exclaimed. “Is anything wrong?" He found it hard to meet her frank, unsuspecting eyes; hard to draw back the curtains of the world so much that those eyes would never again be quite so frank and unsuspecting. “Miss Wardin,” he said, “did Conward tell you that?” “What? About going to the moun tains? Of course. He said he was taking some work with him, and ho wondered if I would mind going along to do it, and he would pay the ex penses, and—and—” There was a quick, hard catch in her voice, and she seized Elden’s arm violently. Her eyes were big and round; her pretty face had gone suddenly white. “Oh, Mr. Elden, you don’t think— you don’t think—that I—that he— You wouldn’t believe that—” “I think you are absolutely inno cent,” he jjald, gravely, “but—it’s the innocent'thing that gets caught." The girl had broken into violent tears. “Whatever shall I do? What can I do?” she moaned. “Oh, why didn’t somebody tell me? What can I do?" He let her passion run on for a few minutes, and then he sought, as gently as lie could, to win her back to some composure. “Some one has told you,” he said—“in time. You don’t have to go. Don’t be afraid of anything Con ward may do. I will settle this score with him." She controlled herself, but when she spoke again her voice had fear and! shame In it. “I—I hate to tell you, Mr. Elden, but I must tell you—I—I took—I let him give me some money— to buy things. He said maybe I was short of money and I would want to buy some new clothes—and he would pay me extra, in advance—and he gave me fifty dollars—and—and—I’ve spent it!’’ (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tricks of the Trade. Lawyer (to fair client, a defend ant)—“When a young juror looks at you, weep; when an old one looks at you, flirt." Nothing New. "All the world’s a stage,” and yet some people look upon the revolvl-ig stage as a modern Idea. WINTER POTATO CONSIGNMENTS MUST HAVE AMPLE PROTECTION FROM SEVERE WEATHER Above, a boxcar properly equipped with false wails and stove to protect po tatoes from frost. Below, a car improperly loaded, and equipped with false walls so constructed as to interfere with air circulation. they are In the region where the frost first becomes effective if the car is not properly heated. It Is recognized that prepaiation of the car in the manner indicated in volves a considerable initial expense. Usually, however, shippers plan to use botli the stove and the lumber for repeated shipments. In Maine cars are equipped substantially as above and used by shippers repeated ly, the cars being returned to the start ing points free of charge to the ship per. The general rule west of the Mis sissippi is to permit the return of lin ings and stoves by freight free of charge. In other regions the regular freight rate usually is charged. An effort is now being made to have an arrangement, similar to that existing in Maine, applicable throughout the country, and where the ear lining and stove are removed It 1ms been recom mended that the railroads return them to the shipper at one-half fourth-class rate. SHIPPING BY MOTORTRUCKS (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) In the big battle which he wages every winter to destroy a portion of mankind’s food stores, Jack Frost finds the careless shipper of potatoes an effective ally. Potatoes, sweet and white, are shipped to market in large quantities throughout the cold season and demand thorough protection, since a touch of frost renders them practically worthless. While the farm er himself is not directly responsible for faulty shipment if lie sells to a dealer who does the loading, lie is in a better position to demand a square deal if he understands how to protect winter consignments properly. If the crop is being marketed on a commis sion basis the grower is sure to suffer the brunt of the losses when the frost gets in effective work. The directions for preparing a box car for potato shipments given here with are in accord with recommenda tions of the bureau of markets', and apply to winter shipments of sweef potatoes destined for northern points, as well as to white potatoes. Importance of Circulation. A stove will warm enough air to pro tect a enr of potatoes from freezing even in severe weather, providing the car lining is built and kept in such a condition that the warm air enn get down to the floor and sides where it Is needed. To accomplish this a com plete air passage must be formed en- t’*$ly around the load. When pota toes are loaded in bulk It is necessary to construct wlmt are in effect two bins, one on either side of the central area whore the stove is placed, if the shipment is likely to pass through se vere weather. In many enses, of course, it is entirely safe to ship with out artificial heat in the car. Before constructing the bins, the walls and celling of the car Itself must lie covered with building paper. Fol lowing this a false floor is laid on sup ports running lengthwise, thereby cre ating air channels 4 to 0 Inches deep, extending beneath the false floor from the center of the car to either end where they connect with vertical air passages formed by false walls built 4 i o G inches from the car ends. Likewise, false walls are built a few, inches from I be sides and a false door Is erected at one side for a stovepipe. Bulk- beads are put across the car at either side of the door to form a well for the stove. These walls, ns well as the cen ter bulkheads, rise well toward the ceiling. The bins are lined with pa- nnoDCD eTODAPC ron cdiiiy per. the snme ns the enr walls. The j PROPER STORAGE FOR FRUIT false floor supports permit the cool air to settle below the false floor and to move toward the base of the stove where it rises as it Is heated and cir culates towards the end of the car, between the load and the celling. Material Needed for Lining. A rough estimate of tiie lumber and paper required to line an 8 by 814 by 80 foot car, with doors 5 feet wide, is as follows: 33 pieces 2 by 4 Indies by 14 feet long. S pieces 2 by 6 inches by 16 feet long. 1.300 square feet of 1-inch lumber, 16 feet long. 2.250 square feet of building paper. The 13 “two-by-fours” should he sawed in half, making 2G pieces 7 feet long. Six inches should be sawed off the length of ench of the eight 2 by G inch pieces. Enough of the lG-foot hoards should he sawed into 8-foot lengths to make a total width of 57 feet of 8-foot board.?, and other of these hoards sawed into G-foot lengths to make a total width of 4 feet. This will leave a few 4-foot lengths. One foot should he sawed off the remaining 1 G-foot hoards, leaving them 15 feet long. This lumber is all that Is re quired by an experienced loader to completely equip ft car with false walls and bulkheads. Detailed directions, easily understood, are contained in Markets Document 17, issued by the United States department of agricul ture. Proper Placing of Load. Tiie shipper of potatoes must re member that they should not be loaded close enough to the ceiling to block circulation. There must he a large, unobstructed opening for tiie warm air to pass down to the floor after it Inis spread the length of the ceiling from t he heater. The circulation is* slow aud labored, and to limit It by j piling the sacks so they extend beyond j the false wails causes serious Inter- j ference. In placing tiie sacks on tiie fnis.c floor next to the walls, care 1 (fliould lie tnkea to set them a few 'm ine from these partitions, since j Much Valuable Time Saved by Group of Farmers in Maryland, Near City of Baltimore. (Prepared by the United Statc-s Depart ment of Agriculture.) A suggestion which should prove of value to many communities of farm ers, particularly those who are desir ous of building up a retail trade in a nearby town or city, is found in the organization of n co-operative motor truck route perfected l>y a group of farmers near Baltimore, in Harford county, Maryland. Shipping by motor truck 1ms saved much valuable time for tiie co-operators. Previously they were obliged to take milk shipments to the railroad shipping points. Ex cept for those more favorably located, this usually meant the loss of tiie services of a man and team two to five hours every day. At present the co-operators’ trucks pass the doors of many of the farmers ench day and pick up their milk and produce. Those living back from the maiu highwny bring their products to the highway only. This saves considerable time. Full particulars regarding the manage ment of this truck route are contained in Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1032. copies of which may be had by addressing a request to the United States depart ment of agriculture. Sunshine, Fresh Air and Whitewash Are Important Aids fdr Abso lute Cleanliness. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Tiie first requisite of a storage place for fruit is absolute cleanliness. This ennnot be assured by soap and water alone. Sunshine, fresh air and white wash are important aids. The shelves should be washed clean and then dried, but undue use of water should lie avoided, ns moisture Is one of fhe chief requisites of mold growth. A cellar may he kept dry by placing in it dishes of unslaked liinq, which rap idly takes up the moisture. When the lime crumbles apart, losing entirely Its crystalline character, It lias become "slaked” and will take up no more wa ter unless it Is renewed. 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