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In any business there is 
a “best way” and that way 
pays . So in life insurance: 
the best way is the up-to- 
date, non-agency way, 
because it saves for you much 
of the money that generally 
goes for agency-expense. The 
leading non-agency institution 
in this country—the one that 
thus saves for you is the 
Postal Cife 
Qmurance Company 
RESOURCES, MORE THAN $10,000,000 
INSURANCE IN FORCE, $43,000,000 
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You arrange for your Postal Life Policy direct —'by mail or per- 
| sonally at the Company’s home office: you’re not bothered by a 
| life-insurance agent nor misinformed nor misled by anyone and your 
| Policy is not saddled with yearly commissions. 
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1 to arrange your insurance-protection with the Postal Life: its 
| policy safeguards the family, lifts the mortgage on the home; keeps 
| the young folks in school; ensures old-age independence; is safe 
| when banks fail. And the net cost is low. 
You’ll be interested in finding out just what the Company can 
| and will do for you , personally , 
Just write and say: Mail me life insurance particulars as mentioned 
I in American Agriculturist February 2, J924. 
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And be sure to give: 
1. Your full name 
2. Your occupation 
3. The exact date of your birth 
You 'll- receive full official informa¬ 
tion promptly by mail. No agent 
will be sent. The Postal Life does 
not employ agents. The resulting 
commission-savings go to you because 
you deal direct—the best way. 
Postal Life Insurance 
Company 
WM. R. MALONE, President 
511 Fifth Avenue, Cor. 43d St. 
Postal Life Building New York 
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FOR WINTER ROADS 
Woodworth Double-Grip Tire Chains 
They hold on ice, snow and deep mud—where others fail 
utterly. The cross members are made from thick sheet steel 
formed so that the edges of the metal grip the road and a per¬ 
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Less than y%" thick, they cause no bumping, even on pavements. 
The side chains have springs in them which automatically tighten the 
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Fasteners on both ends of side chains double-lock them and prevent 
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For all 4 in. tires. 7.00 per pair 
For all 4J 4 in. tires. 8.00 per pair 
For all S in. tires,.. 9.00 per pair 
Delivered Parcel Post prepaid on receipt of above prices. 
Good Agents Wanted 
Here is something •Rath which you can earn big money this Winter; for every automobile 
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Order a set or send $ 1.00 for agents’ sample, or write for agents’ proposition. 
WOODWORTH SPECIALTIES 
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
American Agriculturist, r eoruary 2, ly 
The Broad Highway 
{Continued from page 110) 
the summer morning, but left her weeping 
in the shadows. 
CHAPTER VH 
WHICH narrates a somewhat 
remarkable conversation 
T O find a man in Cambourne Woods, 
even so big a man as Black George, 
would seem a hard matter; the sun crept 
westward, the day declined into evening, 
yet I persevered in my search, not so 
much in the hope of finding him (which 
I knew I must be guided altogether by 
chance) as from a disinclination to 
return to the cottage. “It would be 
miserable there at this hour,” I told my¬ 
self, “miserable and lonely.” 
Yet why should I be lonely; I, who had 
gloried in my solitude hitherto? 
While I stood thus, seeking an answer 
to this self-imposed question, I heard some 
one approach, whistling, and, looking 
about, beheld a fellow with an axe upon 
his shoulder, who strode along at a good 
pace. He gave me a cheery greeting, 
but without stopping. 
“You seem in a hurry,” said I. 
“Ah!” grinned the man, over his 
shoulder, “I be goin’ ’ome.” 
“Home!” said I. 
“To supper,” he nodded, and, forth¬ 
with, began to whistle again, while I stood 
listening till the clear notes had died 
away. 
“Home!” said I, and there came upon 
me a feeling of desolation such as I had 
never known even in my neglected boy¬ 
hood’s days. 
Home! truly a sweet word, a comfort¬ 
able word, the memory of which has been 
as oil and wine to many a sick and weary 
traveler upon this Broad Highway of 
life; a little word, and yet one which 
may come betwixt a man and temptation, 
covering him like a shield. 
And, because I had, hitherto, known 
nothing of this, I was possessed of a great 
envy for this axe-fellow as I walked on 
through the wood. 
Now as I went, it was as if there were 
two voices arguing together within me, 
whereof ensued the following triangular 
conversation: 
Myself —Yet I have my books—I will 
go to my lonely cottage and bury myself 
among my books. 
First Voice —Assuredly! Is it for a 
philosopher to envy a whistling axe- 
fellow? 
Second Voice —Far better a home and 
loving companionship than all the philos¬ 
ophy of all the schools; surely Happiness 
is greater than Learning, and more to be 
desired than Wisdom! 
First Voice —Better that Destiny had 
never sent her to you. 
Myself {rubbing my chin very hard, 
and staring at nothing in particular) — 
Her? 
Second Voice— Her!—to be sure, she 
who has been in your thoughts all day. 
First Voice {with lofty disdain) —Crass 
folly!—a woman utterly unknown—a 
creature born of the tempest, with flame 
in her eyes and hair, and fire in the scarlet 
of her mouth; a fierce, passionate being, 
given to hot impulse—even to the taking 
of a man’s life! 
(“But,” said I, somewhat diffidently, 
“the fellow was a proved scoundrel!”) 
First Voice {bellowing) —Sophistry! 
even supposing he was the greatest of 
villains, does that make her less a mur¬ 
deress in intent? 
Myself. Hum! 
First Voice {roaring) — Of course not! 
Again, can this woman even faintly com¬ 
pare with your ideal of what a woman 
should be—this shrew!—this termagant! 
Can a woman whose hand has the 
strength to level a pistol, and whose 
mind the will to use it, be of a nature 
gentle, clinging, sweet— 
Second Voice {sotto) — And sticky! 
First Voice {hording) —Of course not! — 
preposterous! 
(Hereupon, finding no answer, I strode 
on, but, when I had gone some distance, 
I stopped again, for there rushed over 
me the recollection of the tender pity o! 
her eyes and the gentle touch of her 
hand, when she had bound up my hurts, 
“Nevertheless,” said I doggedly, “her 
face can grow more beautiful with pity, 
and surely no woman’s hand could be 
lighter or more gentle.”) 
First Voice {with contempt) —Our Peter 
is like to become a preposterous ass. 
(But, unheeding, I thrust my hand into 
my breast, and drew out a small handful 
of cambric, whence came a faint perfume 
of violets. And, closing my eyes, it 
seemed that she was kneeling before, her 
arms about my neck, as when she had 
bound this handkerchief about my bleed¬ 
ing temples. 
“Truly,” said I, “for that one sweet 
act alone, a woman might be worth 
dying for!”) 
Second Voice— Or better still—living 
for! 
First Voice {in high indignation)— 
Balderdash, sir!—sentimental balderdash! 
Second Voice —A truth incontrovertible! 
(“Folly!” said I, and threw the hand¬ 
kerchief from me. But next moment, 
moved by a sudden impulse, I stooped 
and picked it up again.) 
First Voice —Our Peter fellow is be¬ 
coming the fool of fools! 
Myself —No, of that there Is not the 
slightest fear, because—she is—gone. 
And thus I remained staring at the 
handkerchief for a great while. 
{To be continued) 
Puts 2 H-P Engine on 
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Ed. H. Witte, Famous Engine Manufac¬ 
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Throttling-Governor Magneto- 
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_ Farmers, now more than ever, appre¬ 
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know they can make $500 to $1,000 addi¬ 
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engine.. 
Ed. H. Witte, nationally-known engine 
manufacturer, has announced a 2-horse 
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This new WITTE ENGINE has revolu¬ 
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To introduce this wonderful new engine 
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Pa., for full details of this remarkable 
offer. You are under no obligations by 
writing. 
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BABY CHICK 
Advertising 
> On Pages 118 and 119 
