Chickasaw Capital. (Tishomingo, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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The Mystery
of
Carney-Croft
By
JOSEPH BROWN COOKE
IOorhhV IWI Wr HWf-rrwCoreiUU
CHAPTER XXIV— Continued
I pussled Ions and deeply over these
wordi (or they - brought a new and
hitherto unsuspected person Into the
case Whom did the widow mean by
'she?' It could not havo boon Miss
Weston who was too III to leave her
lied and aftor considerable thought
X was forced to believe aa the only
possible explanation that the pronoun
referred to one of the aervanta in the
bouse This to my mind addod ma-
' terlully to the gravity of the affair for
if unknown members of the domestic
staff were concerned In the matter
there was no telling how far the con-
spiracy might reach nor to what pur-
poses It was carried on
I bad become so accustomed to mys-
terious happenings of this sort and
my bead was so filled with visions of
Miss Carney and with the words 1
was now determined to say to her
si 4 that no Impression could have been
made on my mind by anything short
of a most startling phenomenon
Aa I have said the message was
evidently Intended for Jenks and was
from the widow who It teemed equal-
ly clear either was or bad been in the
subterranean passage bolding con-
verse with its loathsome inhabitants
From my window I could see that
there were no lights in her cottage
nd I was on the point of venturing
forth again and from a safe distance
watching the pit until she emerged
and started for home when a realisa-
tion of my physical exhaustion took
bold of me and I adopted ' the wiser
jlan of remaining In my room
Tho night was far from restful and
at the first glimpse of daylight I
dressed and returned to the manholo
There was a light fall of snow on the
ground and 1 was not surprised to see
that someone had climbed out of the
shaft and gone across the lawntoward
the Bruce bouse but the lid of the
manhole was securely fastened down
as before
In my efforts to raise it or at least
to assure myself that It was locked I
found at the sides two openings in
tho grating larger than the others and
slipping my revolver easily back and
forth through one of tbese I was no
longer at a loss to understand how it
bad appeared so mysteriously the
night before
It was quite evident that it had been
passed up through the opening and
turned until It lay flat on the grating
the person below doubtless mistaking
me for Jenks and misconstruing my
efforts to raise the lid Into a signal
from the stage driver that he had ar-
rived and was awaiting orderB That
I did not understand this simple
maneuver from the first and appre-
ciate the situation at a glaace was
because of my highly excited nervous
state and my subsequent encounter
with Jenks himself
On my return to the house I found
the following telegram which had just
arrived:
“Wire received' Will not await let-
ter Sure to arrive on time
“CARNEV
This message was dated New York
and apparently had been transmitted
thence from the cable over the local
wire to Carney-Croft It must have
been In response to my dispatch of
the previous day and served to set
my mind at rest as to the where-
abouts and purposes of John Carney
which had been troubling me In an In-
definite way for some time past
The only thing now left for me to do
seemed to be to remain virtually pas-
sive until be arrived keeping a sharp
watch on things bnt taking no posi-
tive steps iq hi absence unless un-
foreseen circumstances arose to call
for Immediate action My bhlef desire
was to see Miss Carney and make
clear to her my feelings but this
teemed to be out of the question ss
she remained' consantly with' Miss
'Veston and no longer came to any
weals or showed herself about the
house' £ ' j j
: 'The country was fast taking on the
mantle of white under which It was to
sleep-for so many long weeks 'and It
was with a comfortable shiver that I
entfered the library Just before lunch-
eon and strode up to the fire to warm
my hands and toaat my shins aqd
back successively
I found Miss' Weston's' physician
similarly engaged and asked him 'so-
licitously concerning hla patient
Hla face clouded and I even thought
X saw a tear in the corner of hla eye
for like all doctors with the right kind
of stuff In them familiarity -with hu-
man suffering had only warmed his
heart and softened his nature’
"I had hoped" he continued “tbit
young Carney’s return would have a
good effect on her but when we told
her of the message that came this
morning she only drew the sheets over
her face and broke down completely
There Is something more to this Mr
Ware than the mere absence of her
gweotheart but what It Is 1 cannot
oven Imagine" - ‘
Then yon know nothing of the mys-
tery of Carney-Croft?" 1 asked cau-
tiously dosing the door and speaking
Is a Iowa tone
“The mystery of Carney-Crejll" he
exclaimed In bewildered surprise and
than his face relaxed and he amlied
pleasantly as he said: “Oh! you moan
the ghost sthrles that were told about
here after Mr Carney died?”
“Well" I returned “jghoats or some-
thing of the sort were really seen
about the place were they notf’
Hts smile broadened as' he replied:
“Oh yes some of the boys did rig
themsolves up In shsets and play
spook for a time until 1 took a band
In It myself and drove them out 1
was going to send you word about it
but I found It was only a lot of boyish
pranks and that thsy hadn't done any
harm beyond getting into the old tun-
nel by the river and of course that
didn't amount to anything"
“The old tunnel!” I exclaimed In
well-feigned surprise “Is there a tun-
nel by the river?"
“You never beard of It of courso”
he went on “and I fancy nearly every-
one has forgotten It by this time
When Mr Carney began to build here
he located his bouse some 200 yards
farther down the hill toward the wa-
ter He had a plan of running a little
tunnol from the cellar to the river so
that ashen and other refuse from the
house could be taken out thafway and
not clutter up the lawns or ho seen
from the windows
“Just as this work was partially
completed the old dam tome two
miles up the stream was demolished
and a new one built about a mile be-
low This raised the water level un-
til the far end of his tunnel was com-
pletely submerged and so be gave up
the scheme entirely and began a new
cellar quite a distance back from the
first The partly finished tunnel end
the excavation for the original cellar
were covered over and had practically
been forgotten by everybody except the
boys who used to dive down and awlm
Into the hole In the -summer
“Then as 1 ssy they got the Idea of
playing ghost and would run down the
hill in the moonlight with nothing on
but a sheet or a piece of old fish net
“Wa Cannot Hops
which waved out far out behind them
When they got to tho edge of the bank
they would emit some sort of a ghost-
ly yell and dive down out of sight
Finally when all the young girls In
the neighborhood began to get hys-
terics I discovered what was going on
and put a stop to It by gtvlng two or
three of the rlngloaders a sound
thrashing and Installing a family of
beavers In the tunnel who vigorously
attacked all future Intruders"
The doctor laughed heartily as he
finished his little tale and concluded
by saying:
“There have been occasional rumors
of ghost since then I know but 1
fancy that Is the biggest mystery Car-ney-Crdft
over had" -
“Doctor" I returned seriously “there
Is a far greater myitery than that go-
ing on here this very minute Tint
tunnel Is again occupied by whom I
do not know but the man or men who
are down there are In league' with that
Bruce woman who lives la the new
cottage and with Jenks the stage
driver Moreover these people are
connected In some Inexplicable -way
with Miss Weston and the Bruce
woman who seems to be the head and
front of the whole thing has written
letters to Miss Weston and even to
me most of which contain vague ref-
erences to Miss Carney and threats
that—"
"The Bruce woman written to you I"
exclaimed the doctor -‘Why my dear
sir It Is Impossible! I have known
the woman for a doxen years and she
cannot read a word or write a letter!"
t that mom eat he was summoned
hurriedly to Miss Weston's room and
1 wss'handed a telegram from Mac-
Ardnl which read:
Keep away from that bole and do
nothing till you get my letter Your
life may depend on It Wire If yon
wish me to come"
Ihe messenger was waiting nnd
with no thought of the letter to which
he referred hut only to hasten the
time when some one would bo with
me to whom I could talk I replied
with the alngle word “Come"
CHARTER XXV
A Drive In the (term
A moment Inter the doctor returned
hurriedly to the library (or hla medi-
cine case and aald:
“I wish wo could get consultation
here In the country" he continued
measuring out some powdsrs with a
critical air and depositing them on
bits of paper which he had cut for the
purpose “Most of tho deaths In this
part of tho world are from accident or
old age nnd a man with a largo city
practice and extensive hospital expe-
rience might possibly suggest aoms
nouns of prolonging her life for a
time Wo cannot hope to save her
but I wish we could keep her till Car
ney comes"
“I hive telegraphed my friend Mac-
Ardcl to come and help me solve the
mystery of the place" I ventured cau-
tiously not wishing to hart hla pro-
fessional pride “You know bo was
with me here last summer and we had
a number of very peculiar experiences
then so he knows a good deal about
It already and I thought we could
work together to advantage Perhaps
ho could be of service to you at the
same time”
“The very man!” exclaimed the doc-
tor "1 know him well by reputation
Wben will he arrive?"
“If my wire Is delivered promptly he
can get here on the midnight train” I
replied “I know he will start at once
for I sent for him at hla own augges-
tlon In response to a letter from me
telling him of the tunnel affair and I
think he has some very definite the-
ories an the subject
“Just tho thing!" cried the doctor
picking up the powders and hurrying
toward the door “Let me know the
minute be sets foot In the house I
shall he here all night"
to Sava Hsr”
As he left the room I strdve to col-
lect my scattered thoughts and deter-
mine the present aspect of the situa-
tion If the widow could not write
who In heavon's name did send the
notes? It did not appear probable that
the doctor was wrong In what he had
said and moreover the statement
served to explain the merriment of
Jenks whon I had accused her directly
of being the author of the letters
BtlU she had assumed all responsi-
bility for them which was tantamount
to writing them as far as their prac-
tical features were concerned and I
finally decided that If they were not
her own work they must have been
written at her dictation which really
amounted to the same thing
1 spent the afternoon in the library
hoping that I might aee Miss Carney
and at least offer her my sympathy in
her present trouble even If I aald no
more at this time but she did not
come down stairs during the entire
day and at dinner she sent me word
by Mrs Randolph that Dr MacArdel
would be very welcome not only be-
cause I had asked him to come but for
himself as well and In the hope that
he might be of benefit to Miss Weston
The storm had Increased steadily all
day hut In spite of Its fury and the
drlfta that were piling up and block-
ing the roads at every point I an-
nounced my determination to go with
tho sleigh to meet MacArdel
(TO BE CONTINUED)
A Splendid Prospect
“Do yoq see any great future fot
Panama?"
"Certainly Look at the great ex-
cursion resort It has already become"
—Washington Star '
TO THI CHEERFUL MAN
Hie Praise Rung In Cheerful Tone by
Cheerful Mr Knooldten v
“I like the cheerful man" said Mr
Ksocsleton “the man who refuses to
be cast down but takes always
cheerful view
“ ‘D'you ever tee such weather aa
this?" says the dismal man wearily
bedding more sultriness all around
‘DM you fsel that breeser says
the cheerful man smiling sad as a
matter of fact there waa the faintest
flicker of a movement In the air Just
at that moment nnd he caught 't
because he Is receptive to all good
things nnd he magnified It to all hla
hearers by his breesy cheerfulness
“The cheerful man for me every
time— be makes life worth living
nnd X like especially to see him
around In hot nnd bumld weather
But he's helpful at nil times
“So many people are so easily de-
pressed good people but with only a
narrow margin of courage so that If
any little thing goes wrong they
think that everything's going to
pieces and the world la coming to aa
end but then— -
“‘Pooh!’ aays the cheerful man
'what's that?’ and be actually laughs
at this little picayune trouble and
Just brashes It away and forgets It
making the faint hearted to laugh
and forget IL too and In time be
may bring the easily discouraged
man to acquire the blessed habit of
laughing at nil the petty troubles
-that pop out at ns on the road of
life and no driving them away in-
stead of gloomily letting them climb
on him to ride on hla back Good
man to have around la the cheerful
man
“'I haven’t caught a fish to-day'
says the disappointed man In the
fishing party and you'd think from
hla general castdownness that catch-
ing fish was the main object of life
and that if you didn't catch any life
waa a failure
“ ‘Well I haven't caught any
either' aays the cheerful man 'but
I've had a darned good time and I’ve
caught an appetite like a team of
horses and what I want now Is to
get back to where they cook those
blueflsh the way they cook ’em here
and if I don’t eat 17 of ’em 1 mlsa my
guess’ Does the cheerful man perk
np the whole party? Why sure and
when they’ve got a few of those blue-
flsh Inside of them they all think
they've had a great time"
While You Walt
- “Yes" aald a florist “I can work
miracles in my business For In-
stance I can grow you lettuce while
you wait — sweet crisp lettuce that
you may eat' for your dinner with the
broiled spring chicken
“I do It In this way: X take a hand-
ful of lettuce seeda that have been
soaked over night In alcohol and I
plant them In a box containing three
Inches of loam and quicklime I water
this soil and In ten minutes the aeeds
burst
“They burst and in 20 minutes two
tiny leaves push through the earth
The leaves grow and multiply In half
an hour they are as big ss n half dol-
lar Then you may pluck and eat
them They are delicious — a fairy
salad
“Somtlmes when I give a dinner
party I have one of these little pre-
pared lettuce beds In the center of
the table The guests see the lettuce
grow and when the time comes for
the salad coarse there is their salad
blooming before them all ready for
them to pluck"
Autograph and Holographs
“An autograph" said an antiquary
“Is worth nothing while a holograph
may be worth $1000 or more An au-
tograph of n man is his simple signa-
ture His holograph Is one of his
signed letters and its value depends
on Its Interest
“Some men are such fools that they
think autographs valuable and holo-
graphs worthless
“I know a man who found la bis
grandfather’s chest a lot of Important
letters of Franklin Washington Aaron
Barr Hamilton Andre and Jefferson
He read these letters then he burnt
them first cutting out the signatures
“For the signatures he got 50 cents
apiece or thereabouts For the letters
In their entirety he would have gotten
from $106 -to $500 apiece
“By this loss of about $24000 the
man jearaod the difference between an
autograph and a holograph"
Hla Daring Bluff
“Who was Jupiter Pluviua dear?"
“Eh? Why you know who Jupiter
was?" -
“Yes dear but who was Pluvius?"
"pluvius? Why Pluvius Is a family
name J Pluvius see? Jupiter was a
Pluvius on his father’s slde“
- “But I thought It had something to
do with rains?"
“Eh? Oh that's different That's
another Pluvius He was an early
Roman emperor They always called
him Pluvy for short He named him-
self Jupiter because he wrs a good
deal struck with hla Job aa emperor"
“Did be have anything to do with
rains?"
“Of course he did His reign was
one of the long oat on the Roman cal-
endar" Thank you dear"
Cured ’ :
“I thought that prisoner was reported
la a dying condition” said the visitor
pointing to n husky specimen
“He was" replied the warden “hut
t when he found the public didn't care'
j whether he died or not he teemed to
I Iom Interest In the plan" -
DIETS AND DIET PULP AS ES'
FOR COVS AIIB UVUSTCCI
e ‘
Ey R 7 Clark Utah Eacpertsaesi Ctattoa
State the establishment of sugar
teet factories la several of the states
considerable Inquiry has arises re-
girding the food value of sugar beets
sad the by-prod sots ef the factories
The Utah experiment etatloa has re-
cently completed a thorough Investiga-
tion of the sabjccta and has conducted
test feeding experiments from which
the following facta have beca ad-
duced: (1) Sugar beets sad beet pulp for
dairy cows art nearly equal la value
(2) Sugar beets and beet pulp had
a value of from 10 cents to $100 per
ton
(3) Milk from beet nnd pulp-fed
cows was a trifle higher la butter fat
the Increased percentage being very
small
(4) Milk flow and dally yield of
butter fat-were maintained as well
mmf4 H
fi-:
Risers Feeding on Rugar Beet Pulp
without beets and pulp as with them
(6) In feeding 1000-pound steers
all the alfalfa and beet pulp they
would take larger and more economi-
cal grains were secured by adding
four pounds grain to the ration per
steer per day
(6) In a ration of alfalfa and pulp
with steers limiting the pulp one-
fourth to one-half with all the alfalfa
that they would take Increased the
Rains and reduced the cost of produc-
tion (7) In a ration of alfalfa and pulp
with ateera limiting the alfalfa one-
half with all the pulp that they would
take Increased the cost of production
and decreased the gains
(8) In feeding 80-ponnd wether
lambs all the alfalfa and pulp they
would take one pound of grain added
to the rotation per lamb per day In-
creased the fealn and also the cost of
production
(9) One-half pound of grain per
Jamb per day compared with one
pound of grain gave lower gains and
also lower cost of production
(10) One-half pound of grain per
lamb per day with all the alfalfa and
pulp that the animal would take com-
pared with no grain increased the
cost of production but not the gain
(11) In a ration 6t alfalfa and pulp
with lambs limiting the pulp one-
fourth to one-half with all the alfalfa
that they would take Increased the
gain and decreased the cost of pro-
duction (12) In a ration of alfalfa and pulp
With lambs limiting the alfalfa one-
half with all the pulp that they would
take increased the gains and de-
creased the cost of production
(13) In feeding a ration of alfalfa
and beet pulp to sheep and ateera bet-
ter results were secured In every In-
stance when either the alfalfa or the
pulp was limited Larger gains and
cheaper production were secured wben
the pulp rather than the alfalfa waa
limited
(14) Sugar beets fed to steers with
alfalfa and four pounds grain per head
prr day had a value of $238 per ton
(15) Sugar beet fed to eight
months old lambs with alfalfa and
five pounds grain per head per day
had an average value of $341 per ton
(16) Beet molasses fed to pigs with
green alfalfa skim milk and shorts
had a value of $112 per hundred
(17) Beet molasses fed to pigs
with shorts sad beet pulp had a value
of 84 cents per hundred
(18) By substituting 11 pounds
molasses for one pound shorts with
pigs fed shorts and on alfalfa pas-
ture the consumption of the latter
was Increased the dally gain per pig
increased from A pound to 72 pound
and the cost of production per hun-
dred reduced from $499 to $318 By
further adding six pounds skim milk
per pig per day to the ration the dally
gain was Increased to 113 pounds and
the cost of production per hundred re-
duced to $378
(19) For swine sugar beets had an
average value of $353 and pulp $357
per ton
(20) As high aa 20 pounds of pulp
was fed to horses per animal per day
without any apparent Inquiry In a
ration of alfalfa hay and oats nine
pounds of -well fermented solid pulp
saved 15 pounds oats
(31) Pulp fed to sheep did not pro-
duce a weak bone
(23) In feeding dairy cows a basal
ration of four pounds of grain (13
shorts 23 bran) and 12 pounds hay
13 pounds good alfalfa hay fed along
with It was nearly eqpal In value to 11
pounds of grain -Thirteen pounds of
alfalfa fed In connection with the
basal ration produced 9 pound of
milk and 08 pound of butter fat per
cow per day less than did 11 pounds
grain when so fed but the cost of 100
pounds of milk waa red need 19
sad of butter fat 0T cents
- (II) la feeding alfalfa to ewwaM
milk and butter fat were produced
cheaper on four pounds of grain porj
eow per day than on eight panda
The dally yield of milk and fat was
Increased by the larger ament 9
grain 01 sad 07 pound respectively
The milk flow waa maintained better
on the larger than on the smaller
amount of grain
(24) Apples fed to pigs In two ex-
periments with skim milk and shorts
bad a value from nothing to Xi cento
per hundred In one experiment ap-
plet were only equal to grass pasture
(25) As Erasers pure-brad Tam-
worth swine were moet nuperlor
Berkshire Poland China and Tam-
worth grades were about equal Pure-
bred Yorkshires were not equal to the
other breeds in feeding qualities espe-
cially as graters
(28) The average cost of spring
litters of six pigs each including the
cost of the keep of the sow for one
year when disposed of at a weight ol
893 pounds was $2942 The average
cost of fall litters of seven pigs each
Including the cost of the keep of the
sow for one year when disposed of at
a weight of 1088 pounds was $3890
The cost per hundred lor spring pigs
from weaning to a weight of 15R
pounds was 9270 and of fall pigs fed
through the winter to a weight of 135
pbunds waa 9277
(27) The average cost of raising
cattle to one year of age waa $19 pes
head and to two yearn of age at
which time they averaged 1037
pounds In weight was $3897
(28) Sheep can be kept on Irri-
gated farms at a good profit when hay
sells for $5 per ton grain 918 per ton
and wool and mutton at 20 and 4fc
cents per pound respectively At
these prices there was greater profit
In pasturing the land with sheep than
in raising alfalfa and selling It
ADAPTATION
OF PLANTS
By PROF E P SANDSTKN
We are In the habit of speaking of
adaptation as something entirely
apart from variation Adaptation
stands for the slow changes Induced:
by the environment If the -TtMwf
plant forms are largely the result ofi
adaptation to the ever-changing en-
vironment then we have strong evi-
dence that this adaptation or varia-
tion of plants can be utilised to con-
siderable advantage by the horticul-
turist to acclimatise plants -which tiro
not hardy to onr climatic conditions
1 fully realise that this view will bet
criticised sad derided by those who
have experienced losses and disap-
pointment in the growing of fruit
trees not adapted to our soils and
climate It may to be sure require
a longer period of time than Is al-
lotted a single person but we should
bear In mind that we are not working
tor this generation bnt for the gen-
erations to come Further I am hot
quite convinced that the sad experi-
ences of the past are of sufficient argu-
ment for us to draw the sweeping con-
clusion that results cannot be accom-
plished within the span of one per-
son's life The large number of old
eastern apple trees now growing In
the eastern and southern parts of
Wisconsin are eloquent witnesses to
the kind of adaptation I have spoken
of Not only this but those trees are
old and have stood -tbs test of tho
most severs winters on record I do '
not mean to ssy that eastern varieties
can be grown successfully all over the
state but I do say and believe that
certain sections along Lake Michigan
are adapted to many of these tvaz-
letlea Boat Garden Rpot— A sheltered
nook for the kitchen garden is one of
the things most to be desired about
the farm house Ws know whereof
we speak for we have tried gardens
both in the open nnd under shelter
For real comfort and the best results
commend us to a well-sheltered gar-
den spot
Wind Breaks — The strongest argu-
ment In fnvor of wind breaks la the
shelter and cover It tarnishes the
form premises during the winter' bet
there Is a strong secondary reason
for having such a shelter for without
It a fruit end vegetable garden
not possibly be at Its beet
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