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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-08-04, Page 6T82 • I"*3 ORANGE PEKOE H On the near side sat a swarthy young gentleman unknown to either of the ladies. He was smiling as he spoke to his companion. A moment later and the man sitting beyond came into view. He was not smiling. His face was white and set, and it was the face of the Marquis de La Tour d’Aayr. Not- a long moment, in speechless horror, both women stared at him, until, perceiving them, blankest sur­ prise invaded his stern face. In that moment, with a long shud­ dering sigh, Aline sank swooning to the carriage floor behind Mme. de Rlougastel. Wilson Publishing Company OUT OF THE ORDINARY ■ CHAPTER VII.—(Continued) Andre-Louis stepped back. His eyes gleamed a moment; the next they were smiling up into the face of his tall enemy. “No better* than the others, after all! Well! Well! Remark, I beg you, how history repeats itself—with cer­ tain differences. Because poor Vil- morin could not bear a vile lie with which you goaded him, he struck you. Because you cannot bear an equally Vila truth which I have uttered, you strike me. But always is the vilcness yours. Apd now as then for the striker there is . . .” He broke off. “But there. I will meet you if you desire it, monsieur.” “What else do you suppose that I desire? To talk?” Andre-Louis turned to his friends and sighed. “So that I am to go an­ other jaunt to the Bois. Isaac, per­ haps you will kindly have a word with one of these friends of M. le Marquis’, and arrange for nine o’clock to-morrow, as usual.” CHAPTER IX. By fast driving Andre-Louis had reached the ground some minutes ahead of time. Thereto found M. de La Tour d’Azyr already him, supported by a M. d’Ormesson, a swarthy young blue uniform of a captain in the Gardes du Corps. Their preparations were quickly and in silence, yet undue haste or other sign of ness on either side. “AUez, messieurs!” The slender, wickedly blades clashed together, and after a momentary( glizade were whirling, swift and bright as lightnings, and almost as impossible to follow with The Marquis led the attack, awaiting gentleman in the made without nervous- delicate terday’s rejection. He interpreted the flush quite otherwise. “And he?” he asked. “M. de La Tour d’Azyr’s obliga-, the eye. was beginning: then impetuously and vigorously, and al- answer shortly: “Oh most at once .Andre-Louis realized J | that he had to deal with an opponent put ’his head in at very different mettle from those I successive duellists of last week, not But we excluding La Motte-Royau, of ter- j rible reputation. I As with a breaking sweep Andre- Louis parried the heavy lunge in i which that first series of passes cul- She was minated, he actually laughed—glee- 589 A MODISH CHAPTER VIII. Monday morning, at a quarter past eight, as with Le Chapelier, Andre- Louis was rising from, table to set out for the Bois, his housekeeper startled him by announcing Mademoiselle, de Kercadiou. I-Ie looked a his watch. Although his cabriolet was already at the door, he had a few minutes to spare. He excused himself from Le Chapelier, and went briskly out to the ante­ room. She advanced to meet him, her manner eager, almost feverish. “I will not affect ignorance of why you have come,” he said quickly, to make sthort work. “But time presses, and I warn you hat only the most solid of reasons can be worth stating.” “But . . . Oh, Andre, this meeting* must not take place!” She came close up to him, to set hei* hands upon his shoulders, and stood so, her face within a foot of his own. “You know, of course, of some good reason why it should not?” said he.! “You may be killed,” she answered him, and her eyes dilated as she spoke. It was far from anything that he had expected that for a moment he could only stare at her. Then he thought he had understood. He laugh­ ed as he removed her hands from his shoulders, and stepped back. This was a shallow device, childish and unworthy in her. “Come, now,” said he. “There is too much between La Tour d’Azyr and me. There is an oath I swore on the dead hand of Philippe de Vilmorin. I could never have hoped that God would afford me so great an oppor­ tunity of keeping it.” “You have nj; kept it yet,” she warned him. He smiled at her. “True!” he said. “But nine o’clock will soon be here, each other on that threshold. Mme. Tell me,” he asked her suddenly,! de Plougastel looked white and hag- “why did you not carry this Request gard, a nameless dread staring from of yours to M. de La Tour d’Azyr?”.her eyes. “I did,” she answered him and “rp'in ’ flushed as she remembered her yes-* tions . . she ’she broke off to he refused.” Le Chapelier the door. “Forgive the shall be late, Andre, unless you . .” i I “Coming,” Andre answered him J ; “If you will axvait my return, Aline, you will oblige me “deeply.” She did not answer him, __ . . , _numbed. He took her silence, for fully, after the fashion of a boy at a assent, and, bowing, left her. , I sport he loves. Standing there, half-frenzied by They settled . down again; and her helplessness, she caught again a-affa^n oa the principle this time that sound of vehicles and hoofs on thei+1''’ cobbles of the street below. A car­ riage was approaching. She sped to the door of the ante­ room, and pulling it wide stood breathlessly to listen. It was a wo­ man’s voice asking in urgent tones for M. Andre-Louis-—a voice at first vaguely familiar, then clearly recog­ nized, the voice of Mme. de Plou- gastel. Excited, she ran to the head of the narrow staircase in time to hear Mme. de Plougastel exclaim in agita­ tion : o ® “He has gone already! Oh, but how long since? Which way did he take?” Ped suddenly forward, right within Aline ran down that steep staijx'4't‘" “1 case, calling: “Madame! Madame!” The -----------„ -------------------tr-- . ■ Tdrew aside, and the two ladies faced This time Andre-Louis did not intrusion. i the soundest defence is in attack—it was the Marquis who made, the game. Andre-Louis allowed him to do so, desired him to do sg.; desired him to spend himself and‘that magnificent speed of his against the greater speed that whole days of fencing in succes­ sion for nearly two years had given ‘ the master. With a beautiful, easy I pressure of forte on foible Andre- Louis kept himself completely cover­ ed in that second bout, which once more culminated in a lunge. Expecting it now, Andre-Louis par­ ried it by no more than a deflecting touch. At the same moment he step- J the other’s guard, thus placing his man so completely at his mercy that, as if fascinated, the Marquis did not portly, comely housekeeper even attempt to recover himself. CAME-CLOSE UP H M, TO SET HER HANDS UPONTOSHE HIS SHOULDERS. laugh. He just smiled into the d'ilat- ISSUE n7/3L-.^7 i “The assignation is for nine o’clock ! in the--Bois de Boulogne,” Aline in­ formed her. “Could we follow? Could we prevail if we did?” “In the Bois!” Madame was flung into a frenzy. “The Bois is nearly half as large as Paris.” But swept breathlessly on, “Come Aline: get in, get in!” Then to her coachman. . “To Bois de Boulogne," she commanded, “as fast as you can drive. There are ten pistoles for you if we are in time. Whip up, man!” She thrust Aline into the carriage, and sprang after her with the energy of a girl. They were speeding through the open country now. following the road that continued to mug the river. Mademoiselle broke at last the sil­ ence of hopelessness that had reigned between them. “But it is long past nine, madamet Andre would be punctual, and these . < . affairs do not take loflg. It . . * it will be all over by now.” Madaffie shivered. Then she put her head from the window. “A car- riaeg is approaching,” she announc­ ed/ and her tone conveyed the thing she feared. In a cloud of dust an open caieche was speeding towards them, coming from the Bois. r - both pale, neither venturing to speak, Aline, indeed, without breath to do so. Minard’s Liniment tor earache. Prizes offered for improvements in lumber milling methods have result- i ed in inventions which will save 100,- 000,000 feet cf timber annually. A “multiple guide dimension mill” ef­ fected the greatest saving, won first prize. z « 0 * The crow of an army cable ship, sent out to repair'a break in tho cable between Seattle and Alaska, discover­ ed a twenty-ton J-'iller whale entang­ led in the heavy wires. The core had been severed in eight different places by the giant’s teeth. # * * Five-piece or one-—It's all the same to the bathing-suit censors at Atlantic City this summer. City fathers have announced that any kind of bathing costume that does bo all right with * James Hocking, is after the walking ward Payson Weston, ed 1,500 miles thii ing 40 miles in a single day. year he walked 4,000 miles. << * * Bridge has aroused sueff a storm of interest and rivalry among women in Budapest that they are barred from card clubs by an official decree. The decree was prompted by a free-for-all fight in which two prominent women exchanged blows over an erroi* in their score. >x ♦ * Linen may be made as cheaply as | cotton goods if a new variety of flax J produced by the Ulster Research As­ sociation proves to be all-that is i claimed' for it. The fibre of the new i flax is twice the length of ordinary • flax; also is of such texture that it ng sieves, cuus on ruo be lmndled entirely by machin- and patch-pocket. The) . 1 'm------j oa SEPARATE BLOUSE AND SKIRT. Exceedingly smart is th© blouse shown here, of unusual design, having tucks at the shoulders, anclia square neck. Contrasting material for the bands under the scallops at the left side of the blouse and on the long tight-fitting sleeves, cuffs on the short sleeves, : blouse is No. 1589 and is in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 2J/a yards 39-ineh or 1% yards 54-inch material p-U yard less 89-inch for short sleeves; % yard 39- inch contrasting material. Price 20c the pattern. is used * The skirt, having an inverted plait' jia]f miles, ctrla +-Vw> ’Pvrtv.4’ nnrl cli n'ti+Wr I . . . Quicks safe, euro relief from painful callouses, on the feet. At all drug and shoe stores i. Fils’ SMALL HOLDINGS MffiD TO AID zCEM NAW|. Governor Introduces System of Land Tenure Suited to Native Habits m't cause a riot will! them. |* a youngster of 73,! records of Ed- ■ Me has year, often cover- walk- Last ih * The greatest depth ever recorded In any of the oceans of the world was plumbed by the German cruiser Em­ den, bound from the Dutch East In­ dies to Japan. The sounding mea­ sured 34-,416 feet, about six and one- . The greatest depth pre­ viously known was 32,644 feet. * i, t France’s modern alchemist, Jollivet Castelot of Douai, again is sure he is hot on the trail of the famed but un­ found Philosopher’s Stone with which the ancients believed base metals could be transmuted into* gold. Out of six grams of silver, two of sulphur of antimony, one of orpiment and one of tin, he affirms he has produced ten milligrams of gold.■> * * An inn keeper on the Italian Riv- oria has placed a sign outside the en­ trance which reads: “Remember that: at egch side of the front, and slightly gathers at the back, is joined to* a dart-fitted under-bodice having a shaped top, or shoulder straps. The skirt is No. 1590 and is in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 1% yards 36 or 39,-inch ma­ terial for skirt; 1% yards 36-inch material for shaped top, or 1 yard for straight top with shoulder straps. Price 20 cents the pattern. Every woman’s desire is to achieve that smart different appearance which draws favorable comment from the observing public. The designs illus­ trated in-our new Fashion Book are ____ .... __ .. _______. _ originated in the heart of the style (Four glassfuls make one merry. Two centres and will help you to acquire quarts lead to intoxication and in- that much desired air of individuality, j toxication to discussion. A discussion " 1 ’ " leads to a quarrel and a quarrel leads to a fight. A fight leads to the Police Court and the” Police Court to jail. Apart from this come here as often as you like, drink moderately, honorably, depart in friendship return home in peace." Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain­ ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address ycur order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade­ laide St.,- Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. A Happy Home in- Japan Now let me write my mother’s life, just roughly. Her father was a great scholar of the ancient Chinese clas­ sics. When she was born he named her Katsu. The meaning of Katsu was from some ancient Chinese odes. He wrote that ode on a parchment. It runs like this: When the vine of Katsu grows in the deep valley, birds com^ to rest on its leaves and they sing sweet songs; When the vine of Katsu grows in the deep valley/ its leaves are so green and. its vines get so strong. Let us cut the vine and take its Let us beat the fibre and make to threads; us weave a cloth with thread, cloth. fibre, it In­ pay and HONEY LOAF CAKE One cupful of sugar, 1 cupful strained honey, 3/> .cupful of shorten- ng, 2 egg-yolks, 1 cupful of milk, 2J/2 cupfuls of flour, to which are added 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. v Cream the shortening and sugar, adding the strained honey. Then add the yolks of the eggs. Beat well and stir in the milk and flour. Add a pinch of salt. Bake in a shallow pan about half an hour. Icing — Ono cupful of strained honey, cupful of sugar, a lump of butter. Boil until thick and spread over the top of the cdke.’ of Let that and let us wear the A Forced Landing. A new cavalry recruit was asslnged to a lively horse for his first drill. He tried his best to hold on, but at last the horse kicked up his heels and off went the recruit. “Did you have orders to dismount?” asked the sergeant, riding up hastily. x“Yes, sir.” “From Headquarters?” “No;; hindquarters.” ing eyes of M. de La Tour d’Azyr,) AVe shall never complain how poor it and made no shift to use his ad­ vantage, “Come, come, monsieur 1” he bade him sharply. through an uncovered man?1 erately ho fell back, whilst his shah opponent recovered himself at last. (To be continued.) is!Minard’s Liniment for scaly scalp. Bombay—Sir Hugh Cliffoi^t. Gov­ ernor of Ceylon, has prepared a scheme for -encouraging the growth of • small holdings in the colony, and has Mississippi Area Almost Bare Placed it before tho Financial Com- f JL/f ’ T-nklfliHvo While tho loss ot wild animal life may seem unimportant in comparison with the appalling property loss from the recent disastrous floods in tho Mississippi, valley, yet it Is onq of the distressing features of this un­ paralleled calamity, declares an ar­ ticle in the August Issue of “Field and. Stream Magazine,” which quotes an estimate made by the United States _ __ Bureau of Biological Survey that at' siderable hardship to the indigenous least fifty per cent, of the small game population. As wage-earners the«fo I a'nimals in the flooded districts have have to compete with the South Indian been killed, | “All floods destroy ground-dwelling! has either to reduce the standard of game and furbearing animals, neats ' r ’ and young of ground-nesting birds, and even many of the birds them­ selves," points out Field and Stream, “Enough is known to be able to say that in many wide areas all such wild life has practically" been wiped out. The flood came at a particularly un­ fortunate time so far as animal life is concerned, because the young of most species were too small.to savo them­ selves from' drowning. The same can be said of young birds such as wild turkey, quail, grouse and innumerable species of song and insectivorous birds which nest on or near the ground. The loss of quail and wild turkey is particularly unfortunate, as these two species of valuable game birds are at a rather low ebb anyway, and many years of care and protec­ tion will be necessary to bring them back.” Immediate Effect. Increased prices for furs need not be anticipated because furriers must have quantity and quality of pelts to start a fashion for a particular fur, but the Mississippi situation should enhance the value of breeding musk­ rats, mink and coon. This the' Ontario fur farmer will our neighbor’s catastrophe, mand for breeding stock is be great and incidentally appear that the prices of good foxes should advance in sympathy. The rusty, non-discript patch silver fox will meet its Waterloo simultaneous­ ly with tho advance of the higher grades. Now, more than ever, is a good time to face facts squarely and “clean house” on the many worthless so-called Ontario. i mittee of the Leislative Council. I Ceylon would now appear to be ' passing through an economic crisis. In the wake of the prosperity ushered in by rubber, teak and coconut, popul­ ation has increased and is steadilySn- (creasing. On the other hand, the (growth -of plantations and the competi- j tion of neighboring countries have ob- ! llged the Ceylonese steadily to be- come wage-earners. ! This development has caused con- As wage-earners the^ immigrant, and in the competition he is where profit by The de- bouud to it would silver foxes being bred in BICYCLE BARGAINS ■ Sd sn^’tiy * ubCAUL-^10 upwards (-wn*a«sportation Pre- Vor P ■ Writ° loi Price List. PEERLESS BICYCLE WORKS 1S3 Dundas Street West, Toronto living or swell the ranks of the unem** ployed. Natives Prefer Ownership The Governor gives it as Ills experi­ ence that no peasant in the tropics will work as a wage-earner, however Attractive the- wage scale may be, if the alternative of cultivating land, of his own be open to him. Hav’ng re­ gard alike to the genius of the Sing­ halese and the trend of economic de­ velopment in the island, statesman* ship, in Sir Hugh Clifford's opinion, de­ mands that the Government should de­ vise “means for the mutiplication of^ small holdings and the bringing inKF- existence of q. prosperous., self-support­ ing and self-respecting ’multitude of peasant proprietors.” The machin­ ery he proposes to set up to enforce the policy is a board of development. This board is to act, on the one hand, as the trustee of the State and, on the other, as the friend and guide of the peasant proprietor under the new scheme. The board is expected to allot lands, see that they are suit­ ed for cultivation, recruit men to culti­ vate them, grant them loans to pur­ chase seeds, manure and other neces­ saries, provide- them with technical 5 advice and do the several othei* things that serve to promote successful agri­ culture. Scheme Not for Profit ' >■ The board is to remember that its primary interest in the scheme lies! not in the production of a balance- sheet or of revenue, but the creation of as large a number as possible of small landowners, solidly established in circumstances of permanent .pros­ perity. The board will have 200 square miles of excellent Crown land vested in it and, to begin with, a sum of' 500,000 rupees will be placed at its disposal. Crops grown are to have a permanent economic value. It will he the aim of the board to imbue the scheme with a vitality of. its own, suf- ficient to enable it, when opce it has been fairly started, to grow’ and de­ velop almost automatically; it being recognized that if it is to become a permanent feature of the economic and. agricultural development of Cey­ lon it must succeed in winning a large measure of spotaneous public support from those sections of the community whose interests it is specially design­ ed to serve. i 1 PERFORMERS presentAwJW the Grand Stand Spec- ...» MR' FISH AT H(W Homelife of Our Salmon Soon to be'Bared! Tn line with the trend of modern novels, The Private Life of A. Salmon may soon be published by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. The Bureau is beginning to study the movements of salmon, and particularly in relation to their domestic affairs. “It is capturing the young salmon and tagging them to learn how long they remain at sea before returning to the fresh-water streams to fight their way to their mountain sources that they may reproduce their kind and die,” reads the article. “It has already been found that they do not remain so long at sea as heretofore believed, and that they do not at all return to the same stream in which they were born. .♦ “Throughout all past centuries,” continues Field and Stream, the mys­ terious movements and migrations of fish in the sea have been accepted afe unexplainable facets. In these modern days, however, man has become more curibus and inquiring, and is no long­ er satisfied to accept these mysteries as such, but is Peeking out the rea­ sons for the many heretofore unac­ countable phenomena connected with the life of the inhabitants of the deep. “The life history of the cod, that humble yet glorious fish which is the foundation of so much of the pros­ perity of the North Atlantic’ coast, is being studied scientifically, while the North American Committee on Fish Investigations is studying the move­ ments of the schools of mackoral, the reasons for which heretofore has hazarded a guess.” ..............Ju. .... V" Prominent Figure. “lie's a man that makes count in this World.” “What does he do?” Recognized. making out the bill____She might have met with many a “Am I to run my blade ] rough storm i nthis world, but she Delib- always persevered everything to her- 1 self, and let all merry birds rest on her and sing. She always dressed herself in quite plain cloth, and never ( complained. She gave all comfort to the rest of her family. ... | My parents were so happy. There was always some sweet fragrance in my home. Between my patents there was always existing some sweetness, abundant sympathy, and much re­ specting to each other. . . . We all had to abandon our dear home. It was decided quite “sudden! I was told to join my father In Mi- yoshi village. Just a few weclks be­ fore, my brother bought nice lotus plantsln a beautiful vase and some buds were coming out. I‘used to get up very early every mornipg in hope to see the flowers quite blossomed. On the day when it was fixed to leave Our home the lotus had not blossom­ ed yet. I begged my father to post- pone^our departure until they Would open, and despite of all the luggages - packed up my father consented to wait. , After two mornings they all blos- ____■_____DLZL, as if they were [ bidding farewell to us.-yYOShio Mark­ ing in “When I Was a Child.” “Don’t you think he Is a convinc­ ing talker?” “I did, till he talked back to a traffic cop*” _ | :en The waiter was for a customer. “Did you have sir?” he asked. “I don’t know,” tasted like soap to me.' “Ah—that’s it, sir,” waiter, writing hastily, be the’ pea soup, like paraffin. oxtail or pea soup, said the diner; "it n answered the ’, “that would The oxtail tastes I Awful Fate. Tomato—“Great Scott, there he canned, and I was just talking to him a few days ago!” *--------—_____ is The Ideal Mrs. B.—“Mrs, Binks/always the price of everything.” Mrs. C.—-“And what’s she beei ing to find out now?” Mrs. B.— much I paid for thia dress.” Mrs. C. “Such inquisitiveness! They watched it, How much did you tell her?” asks ----- What to Expect, Friend—“Why did you send that dish back if there was nothing wrong with ft?” ' Scotchman—"Well, mon, if ye gie : the impression that ye’re no satisfied j wi’ the service the waiter’ll no expectI such a big tip.”—Passing Show, j -----— j Please---------------------------| Magistrate: “You say this man! stole your watch. Do I understand ' that you prefer the charge against ■ him ?” Pat: “Well, no, your worship, I prefer the 'watch, if it’s all the same to you.” c taele “Canada” a vivid dramatiza- • tlon of Canada’s Historic Develop­ ment, $50,000 World Championship 21- niile Swim—the second Wrigley Marathon—on Wednesday August 31st. Nearly one hundred modern per­ manent buildings, costing $8,50<k- 000, contain exhibits from the world over and ^provide an educa­ tion beyond' description. 2,000-Volce Exhibition. Chorus casts a divine spell, leaving the spectator with a catch in the throat and a glow in the heart. A fascinating, picturesque, W day exposition that etuns by its magnitude, amazes by i ts compre­ hensiveness, enthralls by its Var­ iety, and fascinates With its noble* brilliant pageantry. W’rf/c hep't of Publicity, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto 2, Ont., for all particulars. 'She. wanted to know how somed beautifully, AUTO PARTS Shaw’s Auto Salvage carries largest stock of slightly used parts for most makes of cars. Batteries, Carburetors, Coils, Springs, Wheels, Tires, at small portion of original cost, back if wanted. 927 DUFFERIN ST. no one Your money TORONTO joun. x brtoN President Celebrating 'vf Canada's ti - (l0(h Birthday JOHN C. KENT IHrsctw Ycnr o/ tha C.N.&, things "Makes adding machifios*”— News.