Canada Has Sufficient Coal for 6090 Years It Has Enough Agricultural Land for the Settling of Millions. Ife V: A report dealing with the coal resources the opening up of this rich Held of a* of Canada has been issued by rlculture, and it is a high class of agriculture, the Dominion Department of Mines. carried on by the use of \BY VAUGHAHKESTER. The estimates given are only based on brains, and, where energy not what is known. In the western and been endowed, it has become in that SrA/teinu JUVSTMTWS northern regions, which have been splendid air a case of inoculated energy. little explored, there may be vast deposits of which nothing whatever Is The rapid advancement of railways known at present. The officials of the makes the situation easy. Today one SYNOPSIS. "She'll be sent down river tonight," forth an empty sound, and he sighed seer had just fetched the into newB department estimate that of bltumlnoua may be located thirty miles from one said Murrell. again he attempted to peer into it, town." coal there is in Canada 73ft of the many branches of the different watery eye closing one as he tilted it The scene at the opening of the story Is "Captain," ligan Slosson, who up Again they were silent, all their billion tons of anthracite 461 million systems. A year from now, the whistle laid In the library of an old worn-*ut toward the light. to this had taken no part in the conversation, energies being absorbed by the physical tons sub-bituminous and lignite southern plantation, known as the Barony. of the locomotive and the lon^ "I wonder no Yankee has ever The place Is to be Bold, and its "when are you going to exertion they were making. The over 100 billion tons. The quantity train of cars may pass the farm, the history and that of the owners, the thought to Invent a jug with a glass cross to t'other side of the bayou 7" road danced before their burning of coal now annually mined in Canada Qulntards, is the subject of discussion by elevator is but a short drive from the bottom," he observed. Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man, a "Soon," replied Murrell. Slosson eyes, it seemed to be uncoiling Itself Is about 12 million tons. With an estimated home, a splendid market is established, Stranger known as Bladen, and Bob "What for?" asked Mahaffy. laugher!. serpent-wise with hideous undulations. quantity of unmixed good coal, Yancy, a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne and all the advantages of an old set "You astonish me, Solomon," exclaimed Hazard, a mysterious child of the old Mr. Mahaffy was conscious that the "I didn't know but you'd clean forgot of 74 billion tons, it would require tied community are at hand. southern family, makes his appearance. the judge. "Coming as you the Clan's business. I want to Judge, of whom he caught a blurred 6,166 years to exhaust the supply. If 5Tancy t»lls how he adopted the boy. Nathaniel The prospects this year from an agt do from that section which invented Ferris buys the Barony, but the ask another question—but first 1 want vision now at his right side, now at the inferior grades were Included, supply ricultural standpoint are exceedingly Qulntards deny any knowledge of the the wooden nutmeg, and an eight-day to say that no one thinks higher or his left, was laboring .painfully in the would last for 14,575 years. Of boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain bright, and, relieved of untoward conditions, clock that has been known to run Blurreli. a friend of the Qulntards, appears more frequent of the ladies than just heat and dust, the breath whistling course the coal demands of Canada the farmer is already counting and asks questions about the Barony. as much as four or five, hours at a me I'm genuinely fond of 'em, and i'rom between his parched lips. will keep on increasing, but it will be Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Hannibal his bank roll, planning for more extensive stretch. I am aware the Yankees are is kidnaped by Dave Blount. Captain I've never lifted my hand ag'in 'em "You're Just ripe for apoplexy, a good many years before the quantity operations for next year, and Murrell's agent. Yancy overtakes an ingenious people I wonder none except in kindness." Mr. Slosson of Canadian coal mined will equal Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures Price!" he snarled, moderating his figuring on paying out for his farm. of "em ever thought or a jug with a the boy. Yancy appears before Squire looked at Ware with an exceedingly pace. preeent output of the United States is He calculating what the increased Balaam, and is discharged with costs for glass bottom, so that when a body virtuous expression of countenance. mines. Their annual output is about value of his holdings, as a result of & the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. a frl*nd of "Go on," said the Judge, with stolid holds it up to the light he can see at the Ferrises, has an encounter with Captain He continued: "Yo' orders are that 500,000,000 tons. At that rate it successful crop, will add to his assets. resolution. Murrell, who forces his attentions on a glance whether it is empty or not. we're to slip out. of this a little afore would take only 145 years to exhaust her, and is rescued by Bruce Carrington. Already some fields of wheat have been Two miles out of the village they Do you reckon Pegloe has sufficient Betty sets out for her Tennessee home. midnight, but suppose there's a hitch the estimated Canadian supply of harvested, barley has been cut, and came to a roadside spring here they Carrington takes the same stage. Taney confidence to fill the jug again for —here's the lady knowing what she good coal, and about 350 years to get is the yield above his expectation. In end Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on paused for an Instant. Mahaffy us?" their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home knows and 'here's the boy knowing to the end of the total supply. And fact, the feeling at the time of writing scooped up handfuls of the clear water of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recognizes But Mahaffy's expression Indicated what he knows." with the increasing population, made is that never in the history of any in the boy, the grandson of an old no great confidence in Mr. Pegloe's and sucked it greedily. The judge time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge's up of about four hundred thousand persons country on the continent has there "There can be no hitch," rasped out dropped on his stomach and burled home. Cavendish family on raft rescue confidence. a year (and it looks now as if this been such a prospect of a large average Yancy, who is apparently dead. Price Murrell arrogantly. "Credit," began the judge, "Is proverbially his face in the tiny pool, gulping breaks jail. Betty and Carrington arrive number would be reached this year), "I never knew a speculation that crop, all over the three central at Belle Plain. Hannibal's rifle discloses shy still it may sometimes up great thirsty swallows. one hundred and seventy-five thousand couldn't go wrong and by rights we provinces of Canada, as will be harvestr lome startling things to the judge. Hannibal "If anything happens to the child, be increased, like the muscles of the and Betty meet again. Murrell arrives should have got away last night." the man responsible for it would better in Belle Plain. Is playing for big body and the mental faculties, by judicious •takes. Yancy awakes from long dreamless "Well, whose fault is it you didn't?" never been born—I'll pursue him use. I've always regarded sleep on board the raft- Judge Price demanded Murrell. Pegloe's as a cheap mind. I hope with undiminished energy from this inakes startling discoveries In looking up land titles. Charley Norton, a young "In a manner it were mine, but the moment forth!" he panted. have done him an injustice." He put planter, who assist* tin judge, is mysteriously ark got on a sandbank as we were "What could happen to him, Price?" on his hat, and tucking the jug under assaulted. Norton informs Carrington fetching it in and it took us the whole that Betty has promised to marry asked Mahaffy. his arm went from the house. him. Norton is mysteriously shot. More damn night to get clear." Ten or fifteen minutes elapsed. Mahaffy "God knows, poor little lad!" light on Murrell's plot. He plans uprising Murrell, with a of negroes. Judge Price, with Hannibal. "Well?" prompted considered this a good sign It "Will you shut up!" cried Mahaffy visits Betty, and she keeps the boy sullen frown. didn't take long to say no, he reflected. savagely. as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks, "Suppose they get shut of that potion Another ten or fifteen -elapsed. "Solomon!" daughter of the overseer, who warns of theirs that the lady's Acs* Mahaffy lost heart. Then there came "Why do you go building on that •Betty of danger and counsels her to leave Belle Plain at once. Betty, terrified. drowned herself suppose they take It idea? Why should any one harm him a hasty step beyond the door, It was acts on Bess' advice, and on thslr watching the river? Or suppose the —what earthly purpose—" thrown violently -open, and the judge way their carriage It stopped by Slosson, the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and whole damn bottom drops out of precipitated himself Into the room. A "I tell you, Solomon, we are the •Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners. deal? What then? The lady, good glance showed Mahaffy that be was pivotal point In a vast circle of crime. The pair are taken to Hicks'-cabin, in an almost inaccessible spot, and there Murrell looking as she is, knows enough to This Is a bldw at me—this Is revenge* laboring under intense excitement. visits Betty and reveals his part In amhealthy make west Tennessee mighty sir, neither more nor less! They have "Solomon, I bring shocking news. the plot and his object. for some of us. I say, su^ aa the plot and his object. God knows what the next few hours struck at me through the boy, it is pose it's a flash in the pan and yon may reveal!" cried the judge, mopping plain as day." CHAPTER XX (Continued). have to crowd the distance in between his brow. "Miss Malroy his disappeared "What did the overseer say?" "Let me go!" she panted. He you and this part of the world, from Belle Plain, and Hannibal "Just that .they found Miss Malroy laughed his cool laugh of triumph. you can't tell me you'll have any use has gone with her!" gone from Belle Plain this morning, "Let you go—ask me anything but for her then." Slosson paused impressively. "Where have they gone?" asked Mahaffy, and the boy with her." itbat, Betty! Have you so reward for "And here's Mr. War* and his long jaw dropped. "This is like you, Price! How do A patience such as mine? whole summer feeling bad, feeling like heC*" he resumed. "Would -to God I had an answer you know they haven't spent the night has passed since I saw you ready for. that question, Solomon!" "Him and me don't want to at some neighbor's?" -first—" answered the judge, with a melancholy The Dairy Helps the Farmer In Western Canada. be left in no trap with you gone God "The Bear est neighbor is five or six There was the noisy shuffling of only knows where." shake of the bead. He gaze$ miles distant. Miss Malroy and Hannibal oelng an estimate of the immigration ed this year. The railiuadr^are adding 'feet oz« the stairs, and releasing Betr "I'll send a man to take charge of down on hfs friend with an air 6^ Wfers seen along about dusk in from the United States for 1913, the to their already large mileage and ty, Murrell swung about on his heel the keel boat. I can't risk any more large tolerance. "I am going to Belle the grounds at Belle Plain do you consumption of coal will naturally Increase. have got ready Mr handling the crop and faced the door. It was pushed of your bungling, Joe." Plain, but you are too drunk. Sleep mean to tell me you consider it likely -5 thousands of boxcars. The government open an Inch at a time by a not too it off, Solomon, and join me when! that they set out on foot at that hour, "That's all right, but you don't answer The agricultural districts of Canada agents sluT the rlllwayB are making confident hand and Mr. Slosson thus my question," persisted Slosson, have now1 become so well known arrangements for from fifty to sixty guardedly presented himself to the with admirable tenacity of purpose. throughout the world, and the vacant thousand extra farm hands in order •ye of his chief, whom he beckoned "What is your question, Joe?" area of splendid land is still so great that the crop may be successfully and from the room. "A lot can happen between this and that it may be expected that the numbers quickly harvested, business men are "Well?" said Murrell, when they midnight—" mentioned' will increase from laying In larger stocks than usual, real »t*»od together on the landing. "If things go wrong with us there'll year to year.^and it will not be many estate men are active, preparing for "Just oome across to the keel be a blaze at the head of the bayou years before the immigration figures the rush of business that is sure to Iboat!" and Slosson led the way down Does that satisfy you?" will reach the million mark. follow, and everywhere there is the 'stairs and from the house. "And what then?" It may be asked what is there to note of optimism, which seems to be "Damn you, Joe, you might have Murrell hesitated. warrant this large immigration? With perfectly justifiable. "waited!" observed the outlaw. Slosson about the "What girl?" insisted millions of acres of land, capable of gave him a hardened grin. They There is, as has been said, a vast Slosson, dragging him back to the producing twenty-five to forty bushels .crossed the clearing and boarded the area of the country still open for settlement point at Issue between them. "As a of wheat to the acre or, if in oats, Jieel boat which rested against the and homesteading lying in the man I wouK&'t lift my hand ag'in no from forty to ninety, and even as high ibank. As they did so the cabin In center north. Speaking of this part good looking wnman except, like 1 as a hundred bushels per acre, or the Ithe stern gave up a shattered presence a writer, who made the trip when the said, in kindness •, but she can't be same splendid yields of flax or bar.ley, in the shape of Tom Ware. MurIreil crop was in its green stage, said: turned loose she knows too much. there is ample inducement to attract started violently. "I thought you "Just now, the whole country is a What's the word, Captain—you say these hundreds of thousands who (were hanging out in Memphis, Tom?" beautiful sight, as it presents Itself in it!" he urged. He made a gesture of are filling the present agricultural settlements )he said, and his brow darkened, as, full dress of living green, varied in appeal to Ware. and pushing forward into the Islnister 'and forbidding, he stepped shade, many places elegantly fringed "Look for the light better still, newer settlements year by year, and 'closer to the planter. Ware did not and Interspersed with pleatings of look for the man I'll send." And with leave room still for, the hundreds of lanswer at once, but looked at Mur­rell shrubbery and patches of sweet scented this Murrell would have turned away, thousands who will follow. There remains out of heavy bloodshot eyes, his flowers In rose, yellow, white, pink but Slosson detained him. not only the agricultural wealth face pinched and ghastly. At last ha scarlet, cardinal and purple. In traveling "Who'll he be?" of the country, but there are also the •aid, speaking with visible effort. over the virgin soil, I have seen "Some fellow who knows the river." social advantages, the iiome-making stayed in Memphis until five some of the most charming rolling "I "And if it's the light?" asked the privileges, apart altogether from the o'clock this morning.** prairies, sloping hills, deep ravines, tavern-keeper in a hoarse undertone. financial opportunities, there is the life "Damn yaw early hours!" roared mirrored lakes, artistic flower fields, Again he looked toward Ware, who, and the energy/ born from the knowledge Murrell. "What are ywi doing here? and natural parks that one could wish dry-lipped and ashen, was regarding that the settler is more than a 11 suppose you've been showing that to behold, and all placed there without him steadfastly. Glance met glance, unit in the upbuilding, In the making •3F dead face of yours about the neighlorhood—why the aid of man. The land In general for a brief Instant they looked into of a country that will soon rank didn't you stay at Belle is heavily matted with grass, mixed each other's eyes and then the hand amongst the first in the nations of Plate, since you couldn't keep away7" with vetches and pea vines, nearly up Slosson had rested on Murrell's the world. There is no desir« on the "I haven't been near Belle Plain 1 to the knee, and many millions of shoulder dropped at his side. part of the writer to dwell upon the came here Instead. How am I going acres of which are going to waste success that has followed the American 'to meet people and answer questions?" while beef, pork and mutton are soar^ CHAPTER XXI. settler in the Provinces of Manitoba, His teeth were chattering. ing at prices heretofore unknown. The Saskatchewan and Alberta and "Is it known she's missing?" he comparatively small acreage under cultivation The Judge Meets the Situation. added. the Province of British Colum­ coaBt reminds one of a few small The judge's and Mr. Mahaffy's celebration bia, or to speak of the thousands of individuals "Hicks raised the alarm the first garden patches. of the former's rehabilitated whose hundreds of dollars thing this morning, according to the credit had occupied the shank of the "When we consider the estimated have made them thousands, but attention instructions I'd given him." evening, the small hours of the night, crop of 300,000,000 bushels of wheat must be paid to the fact that these "Yes?" gasped Ware. He was dripping and that part of the succeeding day for 1912, to be produced on these, westem people have done well. They are followed from every pore and the sickly which the southwest described as soon prairies from these garden patches, 4! by their families and their color came and went his unshaven in the morning and as t&e stone Jug, some faint idea can be formed by an 011 It friends, who also are doing well ^cheeks. Murrell dropped a heavy In which were garnered the spoils of imaginative mind as to the immense Where, a few years ago, seemingly Okand on his shoulder. the highly confidential but entirely possibilities and rich heritage of a glorious only months ago, there was nothing "You haven't been at Belle Plain, misleading conversation which the western Canada." but the open prairie, or If we speak of you say, but has any one seen you on judge had held with Mr. Pegloe after The estimate of the wheat crop, aa the mere central portions of these the road this morning?" his return from Belle Plain, lost In made by the writer quoted, is excessive, provinces, the park districts, there are "No one, John," cried Ware, pantlug weight, It might have been observed but with even 250 million bushels, today well tilled and cultivated farms, between each word. There was a that he and Mr. Mahaffy seemed to large farms, too, and the herds of cattle. there will be a great deal of satisfao* moment's pause and Ware spoke gain in that nice sense of equity which Try Squeezing It, Price," 8aid Mahaffy. Cities and towns are the result of again. "What are they doing at Belle tion on the part of the settlers. should form the basis of allhnman relations. your brain Is clear and your legs Plain?" he demanded in a whisper. and without a word to any one, to The Judge watched Mr. Mahaffy steady." Uniforms and Diplomacy. in zigzags across the field in a manner Murrell'# lips curled. make a Inquired the Judge but vlBlt?" and Mr. Mahaffy watched the The gazettes have announced that Mahaffy jerked out an oat!u. Jdrjd scarcely correct They were the Mahaffy did not cro£end for this "I understand them Is talk of sutcidc," Judge, each trustfully placing the regulation the emperor of Germany has deigned lifting himself off his chair, stood hussars of M. von Buelow. "Ach!** be said. point. .. of his private conduct In the to name Mon. de Klderlen-Waechter erect. He snatched up his hat cried William II., "mlt Buelow immer "What are you goicg to do fcrst. "Good!" cried Ware. hands of his friend, as the one most major of the Seventy-first Thuringian "Stuff your pistols Into your pockets, die fcrumme wege der diplomatic!" Price?" "They aro dragging the bayou down likely to be affected by the rectitude infantry. To please his august master, and come on, Prtce!" he saia, (Oh, with Buelow, it is always the below the house. It looks as though "Have a look over the grounds, and of his acts. the minister sometimes wears his uniform, and stalked toward the door. crooked ways of diplomacy.)—Le Cri, you were going to reap the rewards talk with the slaves/' Probably so extensive a consumption but in it he gives no illusion of He flitted up the street, and the de "I of the excellent management you "Where's the brother—wasn't he at of Mr. Pegloe's corn whisky had wake. elegance. The other day, to console judge puffed and panted In his Belle Plain last night?" have given her estate. They have never been accomplished with greater himself, he said: "I believe my colleague, They gained the edge of' the village 1 ^HIs Occupation Gone. 4 "It seems he went to MempMsVeeterday." been trying to find you in Memphis, highmlndedness. They honorably M. Poincare (the French ambassador) without speech. Hungry. Herbert—1 would work, so the sooner you show yourself the glass, llfS split the last and would appear more ridiculous "There is mystery raschlltf ma'am, but there is little doing in my They plodded forward in silencer bettor," he concluded significantly. The Judge sighed deeply*. tie teok here!" said the judge. than I do If he were obliged to profession at present. "You are sure you have her safe, now and again they were passed by A up the jug and Inverted It. stray you know, 'race, anl5 dress as an artillerist." "What do The Housewife—What is your pn* John no chance of discovery?. Ifior some man on horseback wL».*wedestlnatlon glass. drop or so fell languidly into his Prlaoe von Buelow, who colonel of where did you Wi tblsT" Mahaffy is fSBSlon? was the tame as thisir own. God's wake gel her away from here "Try squeezing it, Price," aald Mahaffy. shot the question back over his shoul- hussara, rode: In the grand review at Hungry Herbert—Taking care of tht and then at last they caught sight of as soon as you can- M's an awful *rlsk j't the bead bis regiment. Some years of jroij B*I!e galloping horse effects In a theater. Plain In its grove at tree*., The Judge shook gave the ago, at Slraaburg, the emperor remark- At Pegloe's the Belle Plata ow I CTQ The automobile plays have just tboulrulned CONTXKUtttM MOM squadrons that were moving my busin WM. 1 MiS