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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-1-17, Page 3tt s1v ti r -i .. Co;TELLt. (Copyright, 1.8g0, by C. Applctati & Co. Alt;rlghts reservad.1 "Aye," answered Cradde, with a tigh.; "The beautiful daughter and all. Would I had been the captorl" "Niece," corrected the captain. "Not Don Enrique's daughter. 13ut that matters not." "Niece, then," said Cradde, with a; atelancholy'air. "It° helps not the ease. That rascally Blyte . secured her." "Capt. Blytel" I exclaimed, in sur- prise. My ,heart sanle withal. He was another like Towland and' Cradde. "And how was that?" I continued, in my former tone. "Why, the fellow must come up from the water while we were making tom - fools of ourselves a -searching the house," answered 'Cradde, ."`cud, lol they fairly walked into his arms. Still, all is not quite settled. He does not yet possess the prize." "And how is that?" put in Mr. Tym. "Why, Towland disputes; his right," answered Cradde. "Ave, and that fiercely. The two all but came to blows." , "Towland, claiming under the law of first hand -laying?" pursued ;,141r ym. "The same." "And Blyte?" "Well', I am not very clear, but some- thing in this sort," answered Cradde: "Blyte would have it that the men' on that first day were sent into the city solely to secure the ;place, and not to spoil, acrd that, in consequence, Tow - land 'has ow•land°has no rights dating from that time." . "And how is thisdispute to be set led?" asked the captain. V e breathlessly listened for the an- swer. "Morgan will do it," answered Cradde. "He htas taken the lady out of their hands and locked' lier up. He swears he will not pass jud'gment,till the morrow,i. when they shall have commanded their choler." We had some aclo to conceal our re- lief and vast satisfaction. "But there were others?" resumed, the captain; after a little.' "I refer not to the poor don, for we know he is slain, but how as to his wife? Aye, and; there .t as an old servant." B dead, lilcetyi.se st!.id Cradde, 1udifferently. "The old dame must run before a sword, when it was aimed at her husband, and "was grievously wounded. She diedin a little time after reaching the castle. Theslave- I, know not just how .it was, 'but heof- :fended Blyte, and was presently dis- ,patched. They flung both the bodies into the water, where, Idoubt,not, thesharkssoon made an end of them." We questioned him a little further, but brought out nothing of present moment. The old don, as :we had sup- posed., proved to have been slain While trying to escape. The dinner 'ended we presently' parted with Cradde, and in a little time—avoiding an appear ance of haste -returned again to the. beach. Here it was: note intensely hot, but we 'continued till we came to an old boathouse, in the shadow of which we sat down. Our talk ran on at some Iength, bat there is no need that I should give more than the substance. The chief thing was that we were re- solved to hare done with Morgan and his crew. We were also of one though this, indeed, was pretty des- perate ---to deliver, if we could, the poor Lady Carmen.'• "Well, then," said Mr. Tym; when we had reached, thin ,point, "these gener- als being vsettled,•1et us to the details. Speaking after a broad fashion, for we may not yet lay exact plans, seeing that we do: not know all the facts, Z. counsel same swift and audacious pro- ceeding. Say to watch Our 'opportun- ity, and, having quietly forced the lady, 's'door,.slip her boldly out under' the buccaneer's noses? Remember, she will be disguised," "That is to my mind," said the cap- tain, "A bold and speedy stroke it "flernomb©r, She Swtn bo aio'Kuioa," ithoulcl be, In truth, there is Idttle time for any other. "Why-, that looks: feasible," said "But now a bit further. Say, you liacd her o,i t, vvhat then?' -'Whither would` you lly? It may mot he possible to pro- cure horses, •andafoot would lio too slow. Again, sere suspicious gang' 'aright challenge es," "iVell, then," said the captain, "why, neck` to go by Manch?• Why not by wa.n 'ter?" `By water?" said I, in some stir- prise. "Is not that still more -hazard- ous? Besides, where can we come by a suitable boat?" "That," said Sellinger, "would be no feat. Betwixt now and sundown I war-, rant indownIwar- rant I can lay hold on one that will suit our purpose." "Whither would you go?" asked Mr, Tym, "Well, perhaps to Delasco, which i a 'place but a few leagues to the south, or to Buenaventura, which may be two hundred," answered the cap- tain. "I suppose these or any other ,wotild serve." We went into the matter a little further, but in the end came to the "Then do you go now," he asked "and try to find out the location of the senorita's room, and likewise fetch what you, can of stores and water, Doubtless you can obtain enouegh fox the, purpose, as ae are not likely to make. a.loig voyage, arid, moreover„ there may be somewhat of the kind aboard. Meanwhile I,will search fox, the craft herself." CHAPTER XVIII.' s OF -T HJS :PROGRESS Or OUR' PLAN. On the way to the castle we came to a resolution es to the fashion of our proceeding. Mr. Tyin was raspy out the whereabouts of the senorita, and Mac Ivrach and I were to secure and conceal tie stores. This done,' we were to meet -and take ' further counsel. Having concluded on this plan, -we "forthwith set about carry- ing it arry-ing'it out. We parted just inside the gate, and while Mr, Tym made for the great door -1 mean that to the chief structure itself -Mac Ivrach and .I slipped around to the offices. here. we'found 'the sante confusion as be- fore, only now there were :fewer about, andhaving slyly secured two great sac&s, 'we" carried out such food as was at hand and speedily filled them. We took care to :do this unobserved, thjppgh I think the might safely have been bolder, for 1`hose about were near all in liquor, or busied with their own concerns. We took the sacks to one of, the rear offices and concealed then. and returned' to' the outer region of the court. We.scarce expected to see Mr. Tym,, or to learn'that he had finished his part .of the b i'siness, and in this we were not mistaken, for he did not at once appear. We lounged about, af- fecting little interest in what was do- ing ' (playing this; part that we might seem 'consistent with our conduct be- fore), and so continued till at, last Mr. Tym came out. Re moved in an indifferent fashion,, not very fast, but yet not overdoing: his part, and so drew presently along to us. MypuIse ran with some disorder, by this time, for the delay was trying, and, more- over, this was almost the heart of. the business. "All, is well," he said, With a•' care- less -seeming node—it was niarveldus how my blood started in my veins; let us see if we eau tear' now it saran with the captain. In truth, I have !tome an;zdety.' So, indeed, did Mac Ivx'aoh and I, and. I may say that this matter was crow uppermost in my mind since the other was concluded, ' We thereforc,dropped the discourse and set off once more for the water,. As yet the captain was net in sight, though we scanned the water in all di - reel ions i-rections for him; wherefore we judged that he had not yet succeeded in hie, undertaking. At last, just, as we were beginning 'to feel some disquiet, abmali boat popped out of the concealment of the neigh- bor jetty, and there, to be sure, was the captain, Ile shot his craft up to the beach find leaped out, and as we made for- ward gave us a abeerfi i nod. "1 have secured an indifferent little sloop," he said, "flow fired you?" We had him into the shade, and in a; few wo nds made hien acquainted with our success. Then he gave us his no - count, tt seemed that he meant to have no commerce with ,the buc- caneers 'fearing uc-caneers''fearing lest be might roils, susplcion, but instead watched for a native fisherman, and was at last for- tunate enough to bring one to. With liim, after a little bantering (each had some trouble in understanding the other), he managed to conclude a bar- gain: The craft 'was a clumsy affair, it eeeined; in length it might be 7'and•20 feet, by above ieight in the beam, and was undecited, though; `it hada rude' sort of cuticle,. .The single sail was old and patched, but looked to be fit for moderate service, and was set to a boom and a short gaff. She had vessels ,or any lciiid of tools or imple- nrents aboard, being. furnished solely with a pair of rude oars. Nevertheless she appeared stanch, and would, lie: thought, be likely to do the work re- quired of her. "Very well, then," said Mr. Tyxn, ellen the matter lead reached this stage, "we seem to want nothing now but to ' complete the details of 'our plan. Let us go at once about it." We were at a_good deal of pains here debating many thines but after all oss A bua' weighs a,20O Denude and costa ,E145. It Is wade of ash and oak except the paneling, which Is mahogany, and:. the windows are of.plate glass. Before a bus is allowed to earn its £g los. a day it has to be licensed, or; as they say, "you have to get a number plate; for it." This numberplate is the white p n t 'Wick figures Surmounted by a crown aeon at the tail` of the bus. It is provided by the police and costs £2. Then there is a wheel duty of 15s. per annum to be paid to the inland rein-: nue. After making these payments any. one can run a bus in London wherever he likes, subject of course to the gen- eral rules and regulations bearing upon all vehicular traffic. Attached to each bus isa stud of 12 horses, of Which on- dy ten,' or five pairs, are worked in any one day, thus :securing a complete day's test for each pair every sixth day. As a bus runs (34' miles .a day, and five pairs of horses are used it follows that i a bus' horse's%day's work is 13 miles, which he 'does in ' less, considerably less, than three hours, the rate at whichwhich he travels being between five and six miles an hour. This 'does not seem a great deal to. exact from a horde, still the work is hard, often involving ;a prolonged dead pull at the trot, and the crowded condi- tion of the London streets makes it harder by,necessitating continual devi- ations out of the way of obstacles and ' abrupt stoppages to avoid collisions.- Cassell's Magazine the Matter sifted down to this: To- ward the .middle of the 'before the moon should "rise—which it did now ve"ry late—we were to slip up to the Tassage leading to the senorita's room, 'beguile and overpoweig the, guard, gag and hind him, and force the senorita'S door. A few words from wouldaexplain what was afoot, and, having thrUst the guard into the chamber and secured him there, we wotild quietly deseena to the hall and boldly pass put.' 'Of course our main reliance must be -upon the general carelessness and disorder, and upon the fact that nothing of the business 1.1.as suspected. As for the miu or details, it eeerried best that Mr. Tym should lead off, and at,the point 'where he wished . us to fall upon thesoldier should make By this thim it was close upon sun- down, and late °hough for us to thinkingtaf returning fa the castle:. In fact; we had still some peeparations to Make; sUch as bringina down the stores—not forgetting a breaker of Water—eand extre supply of clothing and „weapons. Incleded in the cloth - could be of a Bert suitable to her sex. We likewise thought of an iron bar,. or pry, with which to force the cham- ber door. Ala these mat -Ctrs. I will saY in brief, we attended to, in no way encountering any mishap or seeming to arouse any sUSpieiOnS. WC • hid the little, skiff, and returned for the, last time to the ,caetle. It was now quite dark; the twilight in -those parts being exceeding brief, and wanting, no great while of the hOur we had set for our undertaking. This, it will be remembered, was the early part of the night, before the eon fusiOn and 'disorder were like tothave abated, and ere yet it was moonrise. At last it wanted only a few minutes of nine, and as we deemed thatenothing was to be gained by waiting long,er, we saw to' oua weapons and made along to the arched gate. , The door at the end of the passage OW a Woman Lovers.. faint. When I see Win I could sink into the .ground. At the sight of his handwriting; I grow cold from head to foot, I tremble, 4lay heart aehes so that tt seems breaking in two. long to be with him, yet when I am with him I and be miserable all alone. He is my thought all day; the last before,' sleep, the first when -1 awake. I could cry and cry. I try to read, and I remember not a word. I like playing best, for then I can almost, imagine that he is listening But when 1 atop Playing and look around 1 find myself in an empty room. It istawful. I call his name; no One a.nawers. I whisper' it: still no en-, and I saY, "Think of me, think of me; you, 'shall; you niust; you do think of ate!" It is great torture and a great despair. Perhaps it is a madness too, But it is my way of lOving. want to love wbile I live. If I knew for Certain 'that' he loved me—nle only—the joy, I think, w,ould kill me. Love! Do you know, poor little angel, what it means? Sometimes it is a curset•LFrom "Robert Orange," by Airs. Craigie. , Cured by Forgetting%, This is an English story, and, strange as it may, seem, it made a hit when it was told at the Lambs' club, says the NeW York Telegraph.' It Was perpe- trated by Lawrence d'Orsay, the Eng- lish actor. Several members of the club spun yarns 'of dubious merit, when Mr. d'Orsay in his peculiar way Now, eentlemen, relate a story." One man present pulled out his watch, and they all thought it was go- ing to be a,serial. One or two started lo go, but the actor stormed them lay his assurance that 'the story wouldn't be very long. "There was a friend of mine in Lon- don," he said, "who was an incessant -cigarette smoker. Finally he lost his Memory. Then, he forgot to smoke nig- arettes, and he got well again." Mr. d'Orsay effected his escape through the assistance of a friend who knew Lim when he didn't tell such sto- ries. THICK OR THIN SEEDING. A New Drift lo tixe Matter Fo While some of tile largest recorded jetelatliirsei (t,111siiuldge' ealibitteLetd0._ through a long term of years, Indleate that the larguast average yields of most • crops ate ol)tairied Lon). heavy aeedine. Bilden favora.ble and. climatic con- ditions half the usual amount of seed has been made to produce an enormous crop, and some such instances in tire case of wheat, of coen, of potatoes and of the grasses have been given a Prom" Menet? ha the titian jouritals that doubt- less has misled „thousands who could There has been too inuch drift toward light seeding for the good of the Ma- jority, and I believe that we shall see • aiore advocaey of thicker seeding in the future. Three pecks of wheat can be made to peoduce a big yield from ono acre of land, and six bushels of po tatoes can be made to do tlie sante i soil and -weather are all right, but on MAF KET GAROENUNG''- I'rotif in . ' Grry� 'ft i Celep Vl%.#tJ4 l►linlel►"tutdl'Irxi�rtyly "; One of my in ill rnono;>tEoil� I.,gruw by a method wei ysitnilar to the orae which hasbecnmea ed the "newest 'celery* culture." is W. II, Jenkins in ifarm and 1+1ir'ealt The celery was planted on very'r ground in rows, with alternate spat " between them of 12 and 1S, inches. Aft er the celery had :grown a few ineheq 4�1 high a mulch of, manure was placed in .r the 1S inch space, and the blanching boards were set up when the eelery • , Was about one feot high so that the most farms double thtit amount of Seed will give a surer crop. The' man who counts only on the grain in a corn crop and wants big eaas tor husk- ing argues for light seeding, but where (no ontect is the -hest feeding alue front an aere experiment -shows that we have inclined toward too few rath= or than too many stalks ou an acre of ground. In seeding to grass we are learnmg that the heavier the seeding; tbe surer the catch even up to point of doubling tbe customary quantities of seed per acre. In seasonable years with good soil in tine tali all this may not amply, but On nine farms out of ten in a\ iaae ycaas I bel avc that it — T , thus boars out the usual results from experiments at the various state stations. Alva t'1,gee fortifies the foregoing opinion, expressed in National Stock- man aad Farmer, with the experience of Professor Hickman of the Ohio sta- tion. Among tests which tile. latter bas bpen making with wheat is one of thick and,thin seeding, ancl.the results for six years agree In showing that on the soil at Wooster a seeding of eight pecks per 'acre is none too heavy for the best reeults. Indeed nine to ten peeks per acre gave tile biggest •yields and best quality ef grain, but the re- sults frOm eight peclas are nearly as good while those from seVen six five and four pecIti are decidedly infeiior. Mr. Agee'g comment is: "I do not think that our alluvial soil needs as much seed as the Wooster soil, but.the experiment,points toward heavy rather than light seeding. If this he correct for nOrMa1, years,titnts even more ,desirable in a- Year t1ii-lierf we seed wheat on the shares with the Hessian fly. . In respect to time of ,seecung Profesa- or Hickman says: 'In the early and late- seeding of tbe last two years we have had Liessian dies most abundant- ly, and their work has been very daln- aging. The early sewn wheat has giv- en them every opportunity, yet mit. yields ..have been higher in every in- stance from the earlier titan from the late seerI.Ing.' This is in line with ob- a,ervation,of many others that soil must be exceptionally fine and fertile for - "Contrary to' the belief of rnest peo- ple, the camel's hair brush used by art - said a manufacturer of eoft brushes to for the,purpose. The ship of the des- ert, however, has long been superseded by the homely little squirrel. Net only Is squirrel's hair very much less costly,. btit it is better, softer, more pliable and far more durable.' .A.t the preaent day it la doubtful if you could land a pound 01 camel's hair in all tile brush facto- , ries in this country. Ilovvever, there is I no cause for fear that the gratieful lit- tle squirrel will be externainatc,c1. It is I ' the European squirrel that furnishes , thci Li foi the blushes, tile co -sigma of the American squirrel being too fur- ry and soft for the purpose." its master? Lawyer—Did you do anything to irri- tate the dog Lawver—Wete you on Its owner'S glimmer"of light and heard voices, Pushing on, though I confess with some uneasiness on my part (for I thought of Morgan), we presently found ourselves in the g-reat hall. Here were perhaps a score of our fellowe, the most sprawled ahout or sitting on calking, A few had horns or fiagons by them, and others were smoking, but I perceived that nearly the half seemed to be heavily asleep. Perhaps three or four candles were binning, put in a cloud, indeed, by the tobacco smolce, and bringing out little of the immediate surrpundings with distinci- one lay flat On. the table and, by the bandage about his head, silo -rad he wounded, and another paced op an down, his arni in a s g. "In chief these are fellows whp are therefore in the beiter case, as far as we are concerned." ; rows that were 12_ inches anart were between the boards, thus boarding two a nut so they wonid not cover the phintsnintil they had grown above the boards, ,whicli were about 18 inches '1 wide. The field of celery was irrigdted by pouring the water on the mulch ' hose. The plants on 0 part of the dell • have ego \vii more than three feet high., and scene of them \vitt) roote on wegtii- el eight pounds. grow the White Equine argl Goldet Self Blanching by this method, and the readily for 50 to 00 cents a dozen. aly salesman, who goes on the road for tne, tells me that there is no competition ou such goods, and the price is not trees - timed. Because of lack of help to de the work a small portion of the dell was nOt Mulched ano irrigated, and, the season being very dry, the celery made so sntall a growth that it \vas hardly marketable at any priee. The only difference in the culture was in the mulching and irrigation. This cost about $35 an acre and by expending ; was nettle to pay a good profit that growing without the mulching and irri- I Cauliflowers I have al -Ways folind in good demand and at remunerative prices. The naarket is not generally ovQrstocked because few people under= take to erow them for market think - hag their culture is too dffilcult. I have treatnient as cabbages, except when the plants are about half grown 1 place : a mulch of manure between the abws and then irrigate them ' in the sante way as tbe celery, and this generally insures the (mop. If a drought shotild 001110 when the plants arc heading, the crop would be uncertain, but the mulch. ing aml irrigation prevent their suffer ' ing for lack of moisture at ttlis time and make the crop a profitable one. Barrels of apples or potatoes are um handy things to carry, but with a de. vice like' that shown in the cut, from The Farm journal, they can be utoved with ease Three-eighths inch round very late seeding. "Vol. rich, alluvial soil the stationrec- men/lends the Valley. For my .soll the straw is.too soft. After two years' ex- perience with it we go back to the Poole, which has lone well with us and is accounted by the station one of the very best varieties." Digging Horse Riolish. '1:be roots may be dug at any time after September, the later tbe better. They' need not be stored during the winter. In fact, they will usually be better if left in tit ground aud re- nioved only as need a. They are not injured by frost ,and may be taken up with a pickax if •the soil is frozen hard. !they generallY be found to dete- riorate as the growing season advances, but may be used up to and even after the appearanne of the leaves. A dozen :oots should be plenty to start with. After they are 01100 established the only attention they will need will be an-occasion:11 dressing of fertilizer and, he prevention pf their smeading to eontiguous'•parts cf., the garden, This— nay be easily accomplished by digging 1 trench about the width of the s 1 around the, patch and removing all horee radish roots in it, before return- ing 'the eartli tO the trench. A theOry which Seems: to be spread- , ing at present' in regard' to sorghinn poisoning cattle. is that the fatalities which (mem' ,cotne from, the' use of if true places a reinedy in the hands of The 'Wealthy apple, •is growing in popularity to such an,extent that It Is k • leader for northern planting, :If it IS entiternd "With Care and a little, early, just' as the seeds turn brown, "it, can be, kept front three, to four inontlist ettsy enough with main ,the ordinary Means 'of Storage, says lo •ta •It To be Continued. EXCELLENT PROSPEC11S." Tim TTeiress—Oh, 'papa ! The duke DISOC1? RI). abiout No case. Man (to lavy,yeri—I've been badly bit - full barrels Of fruit:or vegetable,. form shoEllAv:.DYTI3:::;RIBUL'e1,1°A, et: alnall, cuts the band, it can be wraL1P'll" with a. piece of cloth where the N e ;Ws and Notes. tion has ,securecl control 'of all the un sole_ itrunes,in.theestate and is thus it position to fix vales 'This alem 'tint •ei the shipment of only -the best grade!. The immense wine crop of has brought prices very far clovvne Such, abundance has .not beet Int.ozr for half a century,: Brit sonic. grerWeta attrilgute the extraordinary exceas is wines witit the wines of 6,,yrittge. Much of the 'So palled Frenef?.?Iniue used P lite secured Melt" nutilbet. Perimeuts in different parts of tit; country are quite uniforin tut s tow! the good' effeet:s .early fall wheat. caseS of sickness ,in stocketvitielt are a .tributed, to eating ino,irly earn' are Ll'ai totother,,causeS., the eorttlaudil use. .stitii 'food 'May 'result:in intestinal" ant rieforesting 'operations, .011 ate vt 1,1 that section, Especially in 'shire' are' toWlit's, lit the leuriber reg,1011 Lawyet•—in what tie aicit -? As ft Lend -Urge Alan—Of course' this is strictly confi- ,• La wyer—C.ertainly. his liouse.—,Pick-Aie-tip Not ttite Clear. driving at this evening./ • Ltolden-dWliat.did he say? , wtis at tite .0111b, and on was having a 1)rolled lobster. nStilson suggested that ,I \ti'iseit sort Of cannibal, Intl half inclined to stistiect 110—was making inn of me. ;1'1 tong , see ye r y -day k 111- t lit b , 'Ilityseeds:eLift you go to bear tile 'bowling dervishes while "C'Veee Ail the City"? Tite "'other sic of .,elgian hare 01.1150,',f1, tile press is now qttite .,\-11at the ititpreSsion of a burst bubble Still it may be re- •alled that many' enthusiasts came to' that industry settled ou a',coltintoai, tiPase