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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1923-09-20, Page 2you may obtain 3 cups of I! todayAsK for a trial pacKage Delicious! Eco Zr- GREENMANTLE BY JOHN BUCHAN......... (Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.) CHAPTER XIII.— (Cont’d.) ; touring in those parts, so Moellendorff “What about the Germans here?” I was the biggest German in the city.' asked. Blenkiron laughed. “It is no sort of a happy family. But the Young Turks know that without the German boost they’ll be strung up like Haman, an? the Germans can’t afford to neg­ lect any ally. Consider what would happen if Turkey got sick of the game , and made a separate peace. The road would be open for Russia to the fEgean. Ferdy of Bulgaria would take his depreciated goods to the other market and not waste a day thinking about it. You’d have Roumania com­ ing in on the Allies’ side. Things would look pretty black for that con­ trol of the Near East on which Ger­ many has banked her winnings. Kaiser says that’s got to be prevented at all costs, but how is it going to be done?” Blenkiron’s face had become very solemn again. “It won’t be done un­ less Germany’s got a trump card to IS I He was a thin, foxy-faced fellow, cleverish but monstrously vain, and he was not very popular either with the Germans or the Turks. He was polite to both of us, but I am bound to say that I got a bad fright when I entered the room, for the first man I saw was Gaudian. I doubt if he would have recognized me even in the clothes I had worn in Stumm’s company, for his eyesight was wretched. As it was, I ran no risk in dress-clothes, with my hair brushed back and a fine American ac­ cent. I paid him high compliments as a fellow engineer, and translated part of a very technical conversation be­ tween him and Blenkiron. Gaudian was in uniform, and I liked the look of his honest face better than ever. But the great event was the sight of Enver. He was a slim fellow of Ras-; ta’s build, very foppish and precise in I man on this ruler in Israel.* The next| night I got another from Blenkiron! on a greater than Enver. He had been out atone and had come back pretty late, with his face grey J and drawn with pain. The food we ate—not at all bad of its kind—and the cold east wind played havoc with; his dyspepsia. I can see him yet, boil­ ing milk on a spirit lamp, while Peter worked at a Primus stove to get him a hot>water bottle. He was using hor­ rid language about his inside. “My God, Major, if I were you with a sound stomach I’d fairly conquer the world. As it is, I’ve got to do my work with half my mind, while the other half is dwelling in my intestines. I’m like the child in the Bible that had a fox gnawing at its vitals.” He got his milk boiling and began to sip it. “I’ve been to see our pretty land­ lady,” he said. “She sent for me and I hobbled off with a grip full of plans, for she’s mighty set on Mesopotamy.” “Anything about Greenmantle?” I asked eagerly. “Why, no, but I have reached one conclusion. I opine that the hapless prophet has no sort of time with that lady. I opine that he will soon wish himself in Paradise. For if Almighty | God ever created a female devil it’s Madame von Einem.” He sipped a little more milk with a grave face. | “That isn’t my duo-denal dyspepsia, Major. It’s the verdict of a ripe ex­ perience, for I have a cool and pene­ trating judgment, even if I’ve a der­ anged stomach. And I give it as my con-sidered conclusion that that wo-! man’s mad and bad—but principally, bad.” (To be continued.) Power of a Thunderstorm. | ! play. Her game’s mighty near bust, his dress, with a smooth oval face like! but it’s still got a chance. And that a girl’s, and rather fine straight black' chance is a woman and an old man. eyebrows. He spoke perfect German, I reckon our landlady has a bigger and had the best kind of manners, i brain than Enver and Liman. She’s neither pert nor overbearing. He had the real boss of the show. When I a pleasant trick, too, of appealing all came here I reported to her, and pres- round the table for confirmation, and ently you’ve got to do the same. I__ "" :2„ j curious as to how she’ll strike you, Not that he spoke a great deal, but all, for I’m free to admit that she im- be said was good sense, and he had a I pressed me considerable.” | smiling way of saying it. Once or “It looks as if our job were a tong way from the end,” I said. “It’s scarecly begun,” said Blenk­ iron. That talk did a tot to cheer my spir­ its, for I realized that it was the big­ gest of big game we were hunting this . . ,__________„ time. I’m an economical soul, and if Yas no Sood denying his quality. The &iion Of a bomb I’m going to be hanged I want a good Jf“11 *■ stake for my neck. ’ Then began some varied experi­ ences. I used to wake up in the morn­ ing, wondering where I should be at night, and yet quite pleased with the uncertainty. Greenmantle became a sort of myth with me. Somehow I couldn’t fix any idea in my head of what he was like. The nearest I got was a picture of an old man in a tur­ ban coming out of a bottle in a cloud ____ ___________ __________. ~ of smoke, which I remembered from 1 destroyed the whole British Army if it a child’s edition of the Arabian! hadn’t been for somebody’s cold feet— Nights. But if he was dim, the lady which Moellendorff looked daggers, was dimmer. Sometimes I thought of They were so bitter about Britain and her as a fat old^German crone, some- ah her works that I gathered they times as a harsh-featured woman like were getting pretty panicky, and that a schoolmistress with thin lips and made me as jolly as a sandboy. I’m eyeglasses. But I had to fit the East afraid I was not free from bitterness into the picture, so I made her young! myself on that subject. I said things and gave her a touch of the languid about my own country that I some- houri in a veil. I was always wanting i times wake in the night and sweat to to pump Blenkiron on the subject, but think of. he shut up like a rat-trap. ' He was' Gaudian got on to the use of water looking for bad trouble in that direc- power in war, and that gave me a tion, and was disinclined to speak chance, about it beforehand. I “In my country,” I said, “when we We led a peaceful existence. Our'want to get rid of a mountain wej servants were two of Sandy’s tot, for wash it away. ■ There’s nothing on I Blenkiron had very rightly cleared out earth that will stand against water.' the Turkish caretakers, and they Now, speaking with all respect/ worked like beavers under Peter’s eye, gentlemen, and as an absolute novice till I reflected I had never been so well in the military art, I sometimes ask looked after in my life. I walked about why this God-given weapon isn’t more! the city with Blenkiron, keeping my used in the present war. I haven’t eyes open, and speaking very civil, oeen to any of the fronts, but I’ve The third night we were bidden to studied them some from maps and the dinner at Moellendorff’s, so we put on our best clothes and set out in an an­ cient cab. Blenkiron had fetched a ~ - — ____________ dress suit of mine, from which my general I reckon I would very soon own tailor’s label had been cut and a make it. no sort nf nnciHnn ” New York one substituted. General Liman and Metternich the - - - ________j Ambassador had gone up the line to tbe fourteen feet of soil down to the Nish to meet the Kaiser, who was When a great storm is raging, with flashes of lightning illuminating the sky and thunder crashes deafening our ears, we realize semething of the stupendous powers of electricity. | If a cat’s back is rubbed in the dark 1 during hot, dry weather, sparks will often fly from it. They are perfectly i hairmliesis, though they are identical with lightning flashes, and the crack­ ling that accompanies them is< thunder on a small scale. In a thunderstorm the earth repre­ sents your hand and the clouds are the cat’s causes a much as 5,000,000 back. The pressure that flash of lightning may be as 1,000,000,000 volts—that is, t__ , # __________,___ , ___ times greater than that I am so everybody into the talk.; which is used for household lighting. Could we collect and harness the power set free by a single flash of I lightning, we should have at our dis­ and I could ‘see"there wasTo'tove tost posal a force neater than anything between these two. I didn’t think 1i can be Produced by man. wanted him as a friend—he was too' a famous scientist’s laboratory cold-blooded and artificial; and I was the experiment was tried of producing pretty certain that I didn’t want those J a million-volt spark. It leapt a ten- ®y6S .as„aa- enem?L f'oc,t gap with a noi&e like the explo- K-+4.1 e h 77 -----J‘ r**”i vi a lhjhid and came near to ™°,‘s I fancy I was rather a success at lllgll®st Pressure that has so far that dinner. For one thing I could; een Produced artificially. speak German, and so had a pull on! Most of the lightning in a thunder- Blenkiron. For another I was in a! 6’torm does net come near the earth, good temper, and really enjoyed put-! but flashes from cloud to cloud. Oc­ ting my back into my part. They talk-! casionally a fork tongue leaps from cloud to earth, and then anything in its path is destroyed. | smiling way of saying it. ___ twice he ran counter to Moellendorff, I i ed very high-flown stuff about what' they had done and were going to do,1' and Enver was great on Gallipoli. I remember he said that he could have newspapers. Take your German po­ sition in Flanders, where you’ve got the high ground. If I were a British Nr Evidence Too Strong. "So they convicted your friend of selling bad butter? Was there no way for him to get out of it ?” "No; the evidenc? was too strong.” -------------A------------ Mr. Man make it no sort of position.” j Moellendorff asked, “How?” “Why, I’d wash it away. Wash away '--------X- — <• . , ,_____ | stone. There’s a heap of coalpits be-1 hind the British front where they , could generate power, and I judge there’s an ample water supply from rivers and canals. I’d guarantee to wash you away in twenty-four hours —yes, in spite of all your guns.1 It beats me why the British haven’t got on to this notion. They- used to have some bright engineers.” Enver was on the point like a knife, far quicker than Gaudian. He cross- examined me in a way that showed he knew how to approach a technical subject, though he mightn’t have much technical knowledge. He was just S’ving me a sketch of the flooding in esopotamia when an aide-de-camp brought in a chit which fetched him to his feet. “I have gossiped tong enough,” he SHI Cl L’l Z? T 11 n L xx The flavor of tea deteriorates rapid­ ly if the tea is exposed to the air. You should never, therefore, accept bulk tea when you can buy “SALADA,” which is sealed in air-tight aluminum to preserve its delicious freshness. -------------------- - Pert Clerk. Customer—-“I’d like to try on that pair of shoes in the shoecase.” Clerk—“Better try ’em on out here, lady; 'taint big enough.” Why Brag. 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LIFEBUOY HEALTH SOAP .bee largest ex- the world, My kind host, I must leave you. which has an area of 31,800 square Gentlemen all, my apologies and fare- miles, splendidly appointed passenger wells.” , steamers of nearly 4,000 tons ply, Befoie he left he asked my name wfiere only Indian canoes sailed 300 and wrote it down, healthy city for Hanau,” he said in lish. “I have some This is an un-tyears ago. strangers. Mr. very good Eng-' small power of ]Grease spots on wall paper can bei with camphor-'protecting a friend, and what I have removed by rubbing it is at your disposal.” This with the ated chalk, condescension of a king promising his t favor to a subject._ __,__ . Marry the woman whom you would The little fellow amused me tre- choose for a friend if she were a man.j mendously, and rather impressed me too. I said so to Gaudian after he1 had toft, but that decent soul didn’t agree. “I do not love him,” he said. “We1 are allies—yes; but friends—no. He' is no true son ©f Islam, which is aI noble faith and despises liars and boasters and betrayers of their salt.” t That was the verdict of one honest Corrugate! Galvanized i. teal D*reci tom Manufacturers to Consume, WHITE FOR PRICES W. E. BILLON CO., Limited! 189 - 191 Georgs St. A universal custom that benefits every- Aids digestion, cleanses the teeth, seethes the throat. FLAVOR LASTS MINING SITUATION A VIEW FROM AUSTRALIA Humanity—"See, she is sinking! Are you not going to help?” Uncle Sam—“Don’t fuss, sis—the body will drift to the shore.” —From the Sydney Bulletin. 'UK? 1) Woman’s Sphere SEVENTY. The laughing welcome on Julia’s lips died unspoken at sight of Maisie’s face. For after a bewildered glance at her Maisie stared past her down the street, and her eyes were sharp with anxiety. “What is it, Maisie? Has Benjie run away? Can’t I hunt for him?” “Oh, Benjie’s all right,” Maisie re­ plied. “I*lidn’t mean to be rude, Julie. Do come in. You see, I’ve been ex­ pecting Aunt Rebecca for the last two hours. She’s been gone since ten o’clock, and I’m so worried!” “Good for Aunt Rebecca!” Julia re­ torted. “I hope she’s having a great old time. She must need it if you watch over her like that.” “But, Julia, she’s seventy!” Maisie’s voice was full of consternation. “What’s seventy if you don’t feel it? Aunt Rebe has all her faculties and more interest in life than half the people you know. Do let her alone, Maisie!” “But she may get run over! don’t seem to realize— “As far as automobiles are concern­ ed, seventy isn’t half so dangerous an age as seven. I’ve known at least two old ladies who counted hospital ex­ periences the great adventures of their lives! Don’t rob your aunt of any fun that’s coming to her!” “Julia Durant, you’re positively flippant!” “Not inside, Maisie; truly, I’m not. I’m just thinking how I’d loathe being watched and worried over!” “There she comes at last!” cried Maisie, running to the door. Aunt Rebecca came in ; her hair was disordered and her hat awry, but her eyes were bright, and there was a happy color in her face. And then at Maisie’s greeting all the happiness fell from her like a garment. “Aunt Rebe, where have you been? I’ve been nearly wild!” “It was such a nice day,” Aunt Re­ becca pleaded, “I thought I’d just run out to ’Liza Saunders. I was so glad I did, for she’s had such a hard win­ ter—” But Maisie was not at all interested; in ’Liza Saunders. “You go right up/ stairs and lie down till dinner,” she ordered. up.” “But I ain’t tired a mite,” her aunt protested. “I feel freshened up. All' the light had faded from her eyes. i “Maisie,” Julia said abruptly, “I’m going to take Aunt Rebe home for the night. We’ll be back sometime! You needn’t worry; if we die, we’ll die to­ gether!” “But you haven’t room,” Maisie pro-: tested. “I’ll make room!” Ten minutes later Julia and Aunt Rebecca were headed for the subway. “Aunt Rebe,” the girl said to her solemnly, “can you sleep on a couch? And go to a show to-morrow? And—” The sudden flooding joy in the old lady’s face brought tears to Julia’s eyes. “I’ll never tell her she’s old,1 she vowed to herself. ‘“Never, never! Not if she lives to be a hundred!” A PRACTICAL ONE-PIECE MODEL FOR THE GROWING GIRL. ■V After Every Meal a good thing to remember Sealed in Its Purity Package one more task. That is why hinged! furnishings, especially for the side or back verandah, prove so convenient. They also save space. A table hinged to the wall makes a handy place to do sitting-down kitchen tasks or to hold the stewing materials in the afternoon. It is well to have it large enough to hold Sunday-night lunches. Seats at either end of the verandah ! that let down are generally handier than stationary benches, as they are out of the way when not needed and shed rain and snow better than bench- of hinged are always away in the es. Another advantage furnishings is that they ready for use—no storing fall until spring comes. 4442. Linen or ratine, with em-' broidery or contrasting material for collar and cuffs, would be good this style. The closing is at the side under the plait. This Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 12,! 14 and 16 years. A 14-year size re­ quires 4% yards of 40-inch material. Collar and cuffs of contrasting ma­ terial require % yard 40 inches wide. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. for left I I “Be sure to cover yourself. ! PLANNING THE LAYETTE. i i My three young sons have necessi- J ' tated my obtaining considerable mis-' eellaneous infbrmation concerning a I layette. I have always preferred a simple, ' practical outfit, as it is less wearing on the mother to prepare it, and is so quickly outgrown. The money saved this way can be much more advantageously used for a skillful doctor and nurse, a two weeks’ complete rest for the mother, and the advice of a food specialist for the baby’s feeding if the mother is un­ able to successfully feed her baby. The baby’s life and future health are too important to neglect giving him the best possible start. Three of each of the following Toronto articles are necessary, four would bet DEVELOPMENT AND EX. PANSION IN 1923. Canadian minerals, with the very fair in the generality' of prosperous year for Substantial Progress Indicated With Especially Bright Pros­ pects for the Near Future. The mining situation In Canada con­ tinues bright, and there is left no ves­ tige of doubt that the figures recorded at the end of the year will show a substantially increased production of practically all This, combined prices prevailing cases, augurs a the industry and the definite emer­ gence from depression of Canadian mining affairs. The outstanding feature of 1923 is essentially development and expan­ sion, and the full effect of the new works undertaken this year will not I be experienced until 1924 and subse- I quently. Never before has foreign capital exhibited such an interest in Canadian mining. Not only is Ameri­ can money coming into Canada at a very healthy rate to promote this de­ velopment, but a large share of Bri­ tish funds which are beginning to find their way to Canada again are being directed to new mining areas. The mining report for the first quar­ ter of the year in Ontario very encouraging increase, though there is a decrease of gold and silver, creases are reported in of nickel and copper, oxide, nickel-oxide and nickel-cobalt. Important Interests have taken up op­ tions in Goudreau, a comparatively new field, and development work on this claim is proceeding. Favorable Conditions Extend Into Quebec. It has now been definitely proven that the geological conditions that have produced the important mines of the Porcupine and Kirkland Lakes areas in Ontario extend over the pro­ vincial boundary into Quebec on a belt some hundred miles in length and several miles in width in the country of Temlskamlng. In consequence, a de­ cided rush of prospectors has taken place and upwards of 90,000 acres of claims have been recorded, as many ns 300 having been staked within six weeks. On several of these properties important development work, backed by both United States and British capi­ tal, will be carried out this season. There is every reason to confidently anticipate that this development work will disclose possibilities of important productive mines on some of these properties. Assays of samples from this area are remarkable for the gold values which they have disclosed. In Nova Scotia some interest still attaches to gold prospects and exam­ ination is being conducted by Govern­ ment authorities. Coal mining which was at brisk activity, s temporarily disorganized from labor troubles. Ship­ ments of iron ore from Newfoundland to Germany, temporarily discontinued, have been resumed, and create bright­ er conditions in that area. Prospects are particularly rosy In the Province of British Columbia, where an unusual amount of new de­ velopment work is taking place. Mines long closed down are being reopened, and fresh areas being opened up. The amount of American and British capi­ tal entering into the mining develop­ ment of this province is particularly heavy. Activity in Prairie Provinces. A greater diversity of activity than usual prevails in the Prairie Provinces, which are receiving a larger share o-f attention than in prior years. A spe­ cial investigation of the whitewara clay deposits of Southern Saskatche­ wan is being made for the benefit of a British syndicate which contem­ plates establishing a pottery In the province. In Alberta, experimental work is being continued, taking placp on the bituminous sands north of Ed­ monton, a campany being engaged at the present time in testing the output of crude products of bitumen for street-paving and road-making pur­ poses. In a year that is outstanding in many respects in Canada the mining situation is gratifying. Not only ig »there every indication that the end of the present year will show outputs of most minerals with substantial incre- lvents over the immediately preced­ ing years, but developments are tak­ ing place and expansions being under­ taken which will have their effect only in th8 years to come and aug­ ment greatly the Importance of the Canadian mining industry. shows a I CAN GREENS FOR WINTER USE. To can kale or greens for winter use, one should be rather careful with every detail as a very poisonous bac­ teria forms sometimes. To prepare the greens for canning, wash them carefully in cold water and hjanch 4 to 5 minutes in boiling water. This allows them to shrink so that they may be packed very easily in the jars. The jars should be well filled, but not too firmly packed as they may not be thoroughly sterilized in the centre of the can if the mass is too firm. To each quart jar add one teaspoon salt and what other seasoning desired, chipped beef or other meat; then ad­ just rubbers in position and take one turn back. Process them three hours in hot water bath, or 60 minutes under 10 lbs. of steam pressure. -------------♦;«------------ Minard’s Liniment for Dandruff. — > ------•3*— ———— . Busy Si6ter. And how is your little baby sister, Ronald?” asked the vicar, who was making a call. “Oh, she’s only fairly well, thanks. You see, she’s just hatching her teeth.” THE FREEMASON, Toronto. Forty- third year of publication. Subscrip­ tion $1. Sample Copies 10c. Cowan : & Co., Publishers. safer in case daily washing were de­ layed. Flannel bands; skirts; pinning blankets; flannel skirts, “Gertrude” style; wrappers or nightgowns but­ toning in back; stockings; bootees; warm jackets or sweaters; three dozen diapers, twenty-seven inches square, will be required; so will nainsook skirts and dresses; a cap, cloak; blan­ kets; pads, and a small hot-water bottle. Some points in baby’s care I have been most watchful of: No Find warm relief See bowel rule for nursing mothers. Regular feeding hours for baby. No excitement and unnecessary handling. In changing and dressing baby I put him on a softly padded card table, slipping his skirts and dress up over his feet. As scrupulous cleanliness as pos­ sible in the personal care of the baby; handling utensils for his feeding, and particularly the hands of whoever cares pacifiers or soothing syrups, the cause of its discomfort; water enemas offer wonderful I for gas pain. that baby has at least one good j movement each day. The same' i for him.—Mrs. G. C. 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When people speak c! a “fond pal*- ent,” they would often be more cor­ rect if they saids “fool parent” I of course not. of all the nice how horrid of