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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-2-15, Page 2f +0+0+ t?t0+-g 3GE+ 6 +0+ !+04.00.# E+ +0+0+-tt+-0+0+0+0+ f} 4 - THE STEWARD'S SON 11. iNf NEIN OF SANiLEIGN f a iia+0+04-04-ki+o+ f rf+? + +0+ i+04-o+rf+tae+o+0+0►t:N,:f+04 CHAI'TEII XX.XIV.. If Guildford Berton had expected his ominous words to produce any effect upon Norah, he was mistaken. She looked at him with the same calm surprise and displeasure. To her the question sounded like an outburst from a frenzied man, nothing more, and she tried to remain patient and restrain her anger. "I don't !understnd you," she said, quietly enough. "Perhaps you do not understand yourself." "You will soon understand," he said, with a sinister smile; then he seemed to make an effort to control his temper, and said, more softly; "Will you not s1t down, Lady Norah? 1-1 spoke more wariftlaa_ ,precipitately, than I Intended, Norah declined the chair with a ges- ture, and stood schooling herself into patience.. ' She would listen to what he had to say; she was, if the truth must be told, just a little curious. She glanced at the bell again; it was within her reach, and she could dismiss tum in a moment if she chose. But she intended to listen to all he had to say. Guildford Berton laid his hand upon the mantelshelf, and looked down thoughtfully for a moment; then • he commenced: "I fear 1 shall cause you some pain. Lady Norah. Heaven knows I would have avoided this revelation, but you have forced it upon me. If you had listened to hie, if you had consented to be my wife, the story I am going to tell you would have been locked within my bosom, and I should have remained silent till death." Norah did not speak, and he went on, slowly and impressively. "You remember your mother, Lady Norah?" Norah inclined her head slightly. "You are aware that she and the earl separated soon after their marriage?" Norah's face burned, and her eyes be- gan to flash. "Please do not misunderstand me," he said. "I am not going to speak dis- paragingly of either the earl or the countess. The separation was caused by no graver reason than the r:possibil- Ity of their living happily :together. I do'not wish to speak i11 of the dead, but I do. not think a3Ty woman could have lived with the Earl of Arrowdale. That is all I intend to say on that point. As you are aware, the countess was ac- companied in her exile by a faithful servant, Catherine Hayes. She was de- voted to -the countess; it was one of the instances of affectionate fidelity which are as rare as they are touching. You were born after the separation, and saw nothing of the earl until the death of --your—shall I say adopted mother, Catherine Hayes? I fear I am taxing your patience rather sorely; you are wondering why I should repeat all this, which you know already. Bear with me a little longer, please, Lady Norah. I am right, am I not, in stating that a very strong affection existed between you and Catherine Hayes; in fact, that after the countess' death, she took the place of a mother to you?" Norah assented by a gesture. His words recalled the quiet, peaceful life an the cottage at Norton, and all ttie dead woman's devoted care of her, and the tears were very near her eyes; but she specially desired to repress any emotion in, Guildford Berton's presence, and forced the tears back. "Can you tell me where you were horn, Lady •Norah?" he asked. Norah started slightly. "No," she said, answering her own thoughts .rather than his question. • He suppressed a smile. "Nor when—the day, the month?" "No," said Norah, a faint surprise ris- ing, "Did it ever occur to you that there was something strange, unusual, in your ignorance of these facts?" She shook her head. "Why do you ask me these—these questions?" she replied coldly. "My reason will be obvious directly," he responded. "Did you know that Catherine Hayes was a married wo- man?" "L do not know," replied Norah. He unbuttoned his coat, and, taking the photograph from his pocket, held it out to her. "Will you take that in your hand and loots at It carefully?" Norah took it after a moment's hesita- tion, and looked at it. "Where did you get this?" she de- manded with a start. "I found it," he replied, quickly. Norah's eyes flashed unbelief. "It is menet" she said. "I am very glad to be able to restore it to you," he said, suavely. "Will you tell me whose portrait it is?" "You know whose it is, she said , "it is Catherine's --Catherine Mayes'. 1 do mot believe that you found it. It --it has been' stolen." "Very likely," he assented, coolly; ' "It is of little consequence -you have it Again. Doubtless you will treasure "t far more preciously and carefully than you have hitherto. done, now that you know it is the portrait of your mother.' For a moment the words did not con- vey their, proper significance to Norah,' and she looked at him vaguely—she was thinking of Catherine; then she started,. and her eyes opened upon hint. "What /tee that you said?" she asked. "I said ,hat it is the portrait of your !nether," the repeated, with a sinister senile,: xnd a gleam of triumph In his eyes.. nMy n ttherl This is Catherine Hayes, not • my mother, not the Countess of A• rowdaletr she .exclaimed. "ft is not the Countess of Arrowdale," he said; "but it is Catherine !ayes, your• Mother." Norah held the portrait, tightly, and looked at him. "Are yon—are you mad?" she .gasped. Ile "It is not an unreasonable question. i can appreciate your astonishment, and I sympathize with you;. indeed and in- deed I do. 1 am notmad, and 1 ant speaking the sane and sober truth; that: is the portrait of your mother you hold in your hand, Norah." She did not notice his intentional omission of the "Lady;" she was toe amazed, too overwhelmed. She sunk into the chair, still looking at hhn as if she were waiting. "It is a terrible shock," he said, in a tone of gentle sympathy, for one wtto has always regarded herself as of noble birth, to find that instead of being the. daughter of an earl she is only the daughter of a•contmonplace lady's maid, companion--" Norah began to tremble. "It is not true," she said, almost in- audibly. "Why have you told me this falsehood?" "It is quite true, alas!" he said; "and It is better that you should bear it from me, who love you and can sympathize with you, titan from the lips of stran- gers, • who would simply enjoy the romance of your disappointment." "1 do not believe it," she faltered. "I am not surprised al that," he re- torted, in the sante slow voice, easy, cool as that. of one confident in tate truth of what he asserts. "I de not ask you, expect you to believe it without proofs. 1 Have come prepared for your incredulity; though, If you ask yourself what purpose 1 could hope to effect by telling you a string of falsehoods, you will find it difficult to find an answer. In a word or two, the facts—the lament- able facts!—are these: Just before the Countess left the court and went into exile, Catherine Hays committed the folly of marrying. She married a man —a gentleman—named Woodfern, James Woodfern," he added, taking a paper from his pocket, and glancing at It. "Catherine had asked and obtained a holiday, and had spent It. in Plymouth. There she met this gentleman, Wood - fern. He was a lieutenant in the navy, on a few days' leave from his vessel"— he looked at a paper agate]—"the En- chantress, then stationed at Plymouth. It was a case of Love at first sight. Mr. Woodfern wooed with the ardor of a sailor, and Catherine Hayes, being pre= sumably as much in love as himself, consented to marry, him after the short period of courting which .the exigencies of Her Majesty's naval service pe r milted him. Theywere married—this Lieutenant Woodfern and Catherine Hayes—at St. Stephen's, Plymouth. Permit me to hand you a copy of the church register. The original I have seen within the last week, and I can testify that this is a correct copy." [ie placed the slip of paper in Norah's hand and waited. She looked down at it, and meclrarti- catiy read the formal document. "What—what has all this to do with me, with my mother, the countess?" she asked, with a catch In her voice. He raised his eyebrows, as If aston- ished at her dullness of perception. "You will see presently," he replied. "Lieutenant Woodfern's leave was a short one, and the ,husband and wife separated. He went on board the En- chantress; she who was Catherine Hayes, but now Catherine Woodfern. returned to the Court and the service of her mistress, the countess. They hal agreed to keep the marriage a secret. Possibly the lieutenant wanted to pre- pare his relatives for the surprise in store for them. 'It was nota very good.mar- riage for him, and he thought that he would break It to them gently, •and pre- sent his wife when he ,cattle back from the -voyage on which theEnchantress started a few weeks after the wedding. It was a closesecrei, Only one. man was admitted to his . confldence, the first mate of the vessel, a man named Fur- long. You will find him duly set down in the certificateas a witness to the marriage. They parted. Catherine went back to her mistress, and when the earl and countess separated --which they did soon afterward—Catherine ' ac- companied the countess. They went. to London. Some months afterward a child was born, a girt, the. daughter .tf Lieutenant Woodfern and Catherine, his wife; in fact, yourself, dear Miss Norah!" and he inclined his head gravely. Norah caught the arm of the chair' and grew deathly white. In .the space of .a moment, even as he had been speaking, the .scene of Catherine's death rose be- fore her. She understood now what those words of anguished parting meant. She realized now tire meaning of the dying woman's oft -breathed ques- tion: "Dou you love me, Norah? Have 1 been really like, a mother to you?" I'ler head fell upon her hands, and her bosom heaved with choking sobs. "Do not cry," said Guildford Berton. "it Is all so long ago. Shall I go on?" She raised her head and set her teeth hard. "Yes,' go on," she said. "Your mother had very little difficulty in winning the countess' forgiveness for the Concealment she had been guilty of, and very soon the countess grow as fond of the little girl as her own rnother was. Indeed, the solitary lady clung to the child with a loving tenderness which seamed to surpass that of the ntother; and I can imagine how easy it was for the countess to believe that if the child had been her own and had been born before the earl andshe had separated, no separation would have taken place. It must have occurred to her that if the earl could be made to believe that the child was his own—you see? Yes1 So these two wotnon conspired in all affec- Dion; fhe little girl was tb be regarded as the daughter of the Countess of Arrow slab; and wihen they left London and took up their abode In the country, tt wets as the young lady, Norah that the Child of Catherine Wbodfern Was pre- sented to the world. 'here was no limit to Catherine's devotion�, she even re- llnc(ttlsthed her child! it was very fens, ibie. No knew of the marriage ex- cepting the man Furlong, and he would not hoveknown of the birthof the child tf :he had not 4httnced to meet Catherine in L..ondon before the two women had decided .:upon the excll utge of mothers, and heard from .her that the tietrtenaut had a daughtter. Norah caught her breath, Her father! He knew—he must have been written tot flashed through her mind. Guildford Berton seemed to divine the. thought. "Yes, the lieutenant would !nave known, of course; but, unfortunately, tie contracted yellow fever at St. Kitts two months after his rnurriage, and died there. The man Furlong was with him when he died. There is the certificate," and he handed her another paper. "I have nearly genie to the end of my story, Miss Naruh.," he said, wiping his tips, and eyeing her white facewith a watchful keenness. The plot was . not a bad one. If the earl had only pos. sessed the smallest of hearts, the an- nouncement of his child's birth would have touched him and brought about u reconciliation; but the' earl—well, you knew him long and intimately enough to render it unnecessary • for me to say anything further. He declined 10 hold any communication with his wife; tie deolined to receive her back or see the claw. This was a startling disappoint- ment, no doubt, and if it could have been effected, you would have been re- stored by the countess to your mother and acknowledged as the child of the widow of Lieutenant Woodfern; but, you sad, that could not be. What was done could not be undone. The countess had presented you to the world as the daughter of the Earl of Arrowdale, and the daughter of the Earl of Arrowdate you had to .remain. t don't think it mattered very much to Catherine; per- haps she consoled herself for playinng the part of nurse Instead of mother by reflecting that her child would tlgure as the daughter of a peer. That is very like- ly to have been her feeling. Any way, she died keeping the secret, and it was buried with her. Only one num could have revealed the truth—the sailor, Fur- long; and he had disappeared. as sailors do. Probably she thought he was dead. But he is alive; it is from hirn that I have learned this interesting story of your birth, and it is in my power to compel him to remain silent or tell the story in a court of law. That the proofs may be complete, t have got from hire a plain statement of the caste; here it is. You will like to have it, 1 have no doubt." He crossed over to her and placed it between her unresisting fingers. Then he went back and leaned against the rnantelsheif again, and sleeked down at her. Norah, with the papers in her band, sat with her eyes fixed on the ground. She was scarcely conscious of his pre- sence. She was simply crushed and overwhelmed by the revelation. Of its truth she dial not doubt fore moment. Even if he had not produced the certlft- mites and other documents, she would have been convinced of the truth of this story. Catherine's—her inelher's—last words were testimony enough. She was not the daughter of the Countess of Arrowdale, but of her companion, Cajhe- rine Woodfern. And at that moment there was only room for one feeling in her heart; en overflowing love for the woman who had hidden the secret of her maternity in her bosom even to the gates of death! Oho raised the portrait to her lips and kissed it, and her tears fell upon it: Guildford Berton accepted the action as her acknowledgment that he had spoken the truth. "You are satisfied?" he said, in a low voice. "I thought you would be. But 1 fear you have scarcely realized the dif- ference, the change, In your circum - . fevery I Two Minutes Physicians tell us that all the blood in 'a ` healthy human body passes through. the heart once in every two minutes. If this- action be- comes .irregular the whole body suffers. Poor health follows poor blood ; Scott's Emulsion makes the blood pure. One reason why SCOTT'S EMULSION is such a great aid is because it passes so quickly into the blood. It is partly di- gested before it enters the stomach ; a double advan- tage in this. Less work for the stomach ; quicker and more direct benefits. To greatest get. thegreatest amount of good with the least pos- sible effort is the desire of everyone inoor health. Scott's Emulsion does just that. A change for the better takes place even be youexpect exp t it We will seed you a sample free. Be sura that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrap- per of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scorr & Bow19 Clretniats Toronto, Ont., so cede and ittoo Ali drugglata +'++++++++++++t++++tit+r -r Crit. , About the Farm+ 1 • ++++++++++++++++++++++ HANDLING LAMBS. •1n the feeding and fattening of Iambs for ntarket rather distinct methods are pursued by the English feeders, Those who rear early lambs aim to grow there rapidly, so that they will be ready for market in June or the early part of July. The •advantages elairired for -this method are that it yields quick. -returns. that the larnbs are sold before parasites become troublesome, and that it gives an opportunity to purchase a bunch of sheep or lambs for fait feeding, thus in- creasing the sheep -carrying capacity of the farm and bringing in larger returns. Those who prefer tale larnbs believe Unit they da not require the same amount et attention as early lambs, tlhat the ewes donot need so much special feeding, that warns sheds are not a necessity, and that the larnbs can utilize the waste of the farm during the summer and tali, especially that of the etubble field.. Where late lambs are ream(' much care is necessary driving the summer months, and old pastures- crust not be used as grazing grounds as in them parasites are almost sure to attack the flock and cause serious losses. In rearing early lambs the mothers are very liberally fed on clover, hay. grain and succulent feed. The amount. of roots fed • is surprising, in some in- stances es much as twenty pounds per ewe per day, but from len to fifteen pounds daily is considered very liberal feeding. Winter rye, winter barley and kale are gtilized • before the grass comes. The lambs are taught to eat grain at a very early age, most of then eating well at Three or four weeks. Special lamb pens or feeding creeps, are provided for Luis purpose, In some in- stances a self -feeder is used, but the majority of farmers prefer such feed fresh every day. The amount cif grain fed is gradually increased gntii the Iambs are eating from three-fourths 'n one and one-quarter pounds each per day al three or three and a half months of age. This method of feeding is main- tained even when the grass is abundant. The lambs are marketed when front three to four months old, weighing from 60 to 100 pounds each. The more prevalent custom in feeding late lambs is to withhold all grains and utilize the pastures and stubble fields. with perhaps some green crops in emergencies, until after weaning time, which occurs in September. At that lime lambs are generally folded on rape. kale, cabbage or mare often turnips. While close folding is not deemed ad- visable in the case of Iambs intended for breeding, it is admirably sailed to fattening purposes. in addition .to the succulent feed suppl'td in the folds the lambs are given a grain allowance ..1 from three-fourths to one and one-quar- ler pound each day. Cottonseed or lin- seed cake or a combination of the two usually forms one-half to two-thirds of the concentrated feed. The remainder of the grain ration is oats, barley, beans, peas or corn, depending on market price. As a rule not much roughage •3 used in fattening lambs during the fall, but those who do furnish such feed use either clover hay or straw chaff. The chief reliance is placed on the use „1 green crops and roots, especially tur- nips. FARM NOTES. Spring is approaching, and no doubt some farmer readers are thinking .tf giving up the farm end moving off to the city to pass the rest of their life in ease and retirement. Now, don't you db it, because it frequently works dis- astrously. • In purchasing seed that has not been tested there should be suspicion of any seed offered at an unusually low price. There is nothing deserviig of more se- vere condeninalion than offering for sale seed that is lacking in powers of ger- mination. And Yet it is done year after year, and farmers buy it year after year because it can bes.^bought ata low pride. Such business not only causes the loss of the money paid for seed, but causes the loss of labor and use of • land. - Evergreen sweet corn gives very large yields. The growth being shorter than that of field corn, and the stalks smaller, there is not so much waste in feeding. stances which this discovery must cause." Norah scarcely heard him as she wiped her eyes and stifled her sobs. "You have to realize, Miss Norah;" ne went on, "that, you are no longer the Lady Novell. daughter of the late earl; that you are not the mistress of his im- mens;e wealth." Norah raised her head and Looked at him, and put her hand to her brow. "Why have you told me this?" she said. Was. it for the sake of revenge? I do not understand—1 do not care. f feel that you have told met he truth; that I am not the daughter of the court-. teas, but that Catherine" -her lips quivered -"was' my dear, dear mother! But I do not see --it is all dark." Ste field out heti hands like ono striving le put aswide a veil. "You do not comprehend that not only are you not the daughter of the Earl of Arrowdale, but -penniless, and to al' intents . and - purposes a beggar?" he said, suavely.. Norah's face flushed, and she rose. I do • not care -nit is nothing!' she said, wearily. But you forget 'that the earlhas left me money—" "Pardon me," he interrupted her bro- ken ,words, , "rt is a natural mistake in the confus;ion of your thoughts; but the late Berl of Arrowdale has not left a penny---" "I do not care, I do net wish to speak or think of t3; but your revenge cannot go sofar," Atte said, as wearily as ba�� fore, the earls s will "Left his vast wealth to his daughter,' he said, with a sinister Smile;"�to. his daughter, not to a person named ur known as Norrtht Do you not remain* bee the blank In the Will/ If he had written your name there I think—I am not sure -'you would have been secure; hut he did` not. Only to 'my daughter. You ate not his daughter, Miss Norah WoodferniY'. ('L'0 be edtttinuedy. CEYLON NA'T URAL GO E11 TEA to a perfectly -pure tea of the highs t quality. LEAD PAETH. r1Qo,0 630 t PLA Qt:LD. S OATLYALL CROCL5CI AND S. i 1.IW(LOIT N OJ ST. 1.0015190 to The yield of total dry matter to the acre is far in, excess of either stent or flint corn. and the fodder is more palatable. If drilled thickly inrows the crop is not as likely to ledge under the influence if wind and caro as if sown bronrleast, This makes an excellent crop for fall feeding, on account of its evergreen nature renting its succulence longer than any of the other corns or sorghums. and making an excellent fodder when cured. The urine is the most valuable pati f the excreta, con latning 010011 nil rowel and potash in easily available forms. The nitrogen easily escapes into the ter unless the . manure is mixed with the solid excrement or straw. Salting has a very marked effect on the color of butler, unsilted butler being of a much filthier color than salted, and hence, if the salt Is nol evenly distri- buted Throughout the butter, the result will invariably be mottled butler, and it mottles appear when the trier is drawn from the butter, you can bid good -by to all hopes of getting a high score with that sample. Do not plant: or sow poor seeds of any sort, just because you have them on hand. Better feed them up, or throw t.hern away than to trust then for use In growing crops. Poor seed. as a rule, produces poor crops; like produces like every time, and it is poor economy par- tially to lose the use of the soil in such e manner. Root out the poor yielding sorts, and replace them with something better and something that the rnrtrkels demand. In changing seed we general- ly get better crops. A man has a different sort of a chance or himself on land that he owns„tha ofn land that he rents. If he owns the land he is his own master concerning what he shall sow and plant, how lie shall plow and cultivate. how he shell fence and build. Everything he puts on the pince is his, and he can consult his own wishes and convenience as to bow ne shall arrange Things. He feels that he is independent, and no man can mnlest him. 1 -lis feeling of 'freedom ani confidence is worth more than one would suspect. BOOKS WITHOUT PA1'EIt, Description of Three of the Most Be. merkable Productions. The three most remarkable books at the world were prepared without pen, tuk, type, or paper. One is a Prayer - hook mttnufecturcd by a brae of weavers al Lyons, i'rarice, it. is woven of the purest silk, the letters appearing In black upon a white background, a black torder surrounding the page: and with such nicety is the work done That, In spite of the difficulty of weaving such o pattern. the letters are perfectly regu- lar in shape and clear to the eye. The hook Is now said lo be in the Govern- ment library al Naris. Another very remarkable book, also snid to he in Paris. Is a •homily of same medireval monk. whose name does not tipper on Its title-pnge. its pages are or vellum. and the tellers composing the wards are cut In the materiel. the work having been done elther with a very small. sharp knife. or pair of exceed- ingly delicate scissors. The vellum pages are interleaved with very thick blue paper, so that the letters appear blue. II is said now to be the property of the descendants -of Prince de Ligne. The third book which .carne not from the printer's hands is a Sweedish trans - tenon of the four Gospels. The pages are parchment: the letters are cat frotn very thick silver leaf and fastened to the ranges with a cement tent has suc- cessfully witlhsiood the test of time. The initial letters are of gold leaf, very thick. and fastened to the page in J•he manner mentioned. The age of the work is unknown, neither does it bear the name of the laborious toiler who. pro- bnhly during years of time. patient! cul letter after letter and fastened them In order on his pages. Tack: "I hear she speaks every known language." Tom: "Must. be a mistake. Last night 1 asked her to give me a pin in English 'Yes,' and she said she couldn't." � Boxes of dol 300 Boxes of Greenbacks For the most words made up from these letters Y = 1 = 0 = Grape = Nuts 331 people will earn these prizes. Around the . fireside or about the well - lighted family reading table during .the winter evenings the children and grown- ups can.play..withtheir wits and seen= many .words can be made. 20 people making the greatest num- ber of words will each recelve a . little box containing a $10.006. gold piece. 10 people will each win onebox con- taining 'a $5.00 gold piece. 300 .people will each win a box con- taining $1.00 in paper money and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will re- ceive a box containing $100.00 in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of fun to take up the list evening after evening and see how many words can N.. added. A few rules are necessary for abso- lute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster's dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plur- al can be used, as for instance "grape", end "grapes." The letters in "Y-1-0—Grape Nuts" may be repeated in the same ward. Geographical names authorized by Webster will be counted. Arrange the words in alphabetical cias ses,all those beginning with 'A togeth- et and . those beginning with E to come under E, etc. Whet you are writing down the worcls leave some spaces, in the A, E, and other . columns to fill in later as new weds come to you, for they will spring into mind every evening. It is almost certainthat some contest- ants will lie with others. In: such cases a prize identical in value and character with [that offered in that class shall he awarded to each. Each one will be re. quested tosend with the list of words a plainly written letter describing the ad- vantages of Grape -Nuts, but the contest• ent is riot required to purchase a pkg. Theca Letters are not to contain poetry, ar fancy flourishes, but simple, truthful statements of fact. For illustration: ' • A. person may have exeperienced some in- cipient or chronic ells traceable to un- wise selection of food that failed to give the body and brain the energy, health and power desired, Seeking better con- ditions a change in food Is made and Grape -Nuts and cream used In place of former diet, Suppose one quits the meat, fried potatoes, starchy, sticky mes- ses of half -cooked oats or wheat and Cuts out the coffee. Try,say,. for break - bast 'a bit of fruit, a disof Grape -Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast and a cup of Posture Food Coffee. Some amateur says: A man would faint away on that, " but tiny dear friend we will put dollars to your pen brain than he ever had on the old diet. nies that the noon hour will find :a roan 00 our breakfast huskier and with a stronger : heart-beat and clearer working Suppose, if you have never . really made a move for absolutely clean health That pussies you along each day with a spring in your step and a reserve vigor in muscle and brain that makes the do- ing of things a pleasure,, you join the army of "plain old common sense" and start in now. Then after you have been 2 or 3 weeks on the Grape -Nuts train- ing you write a statement of how you used to be and how you are now. The simple facts will interest others and sur - ;arise yourself. We never publish names except on permission, but we often tell the facts in the newspapers and when requested to give the names by private latter. There is plenty of time to get personal experience with Grape -Nuts and write a sensible, truthful letter. to be sent in with the list of words, 'as the contest sloes not close until April 30th, 1906. So start in as soon as you like to building words, and start in using Grape -Nuts. Gut this statement out and keep the lets lees Y—I--O_Grape-Nuts before you and when you twrite your letter you will have some reason, to write on the sub- ject "Why I Owe Grape -Nuts." Rernember 331 persafls will win prizes, which will be awarded in an exact and lust manner as soon as the iist can be catmted after April 30th, 1906. Every contestant will be sent a printed list sf names and addresses of winners on an- edication, in order td have proof that tie prizes are sent as agreed. The conmany at is well know alt over the world for ab solute fidelity to its , agrebtztonts ani every single one of the 031 winger depend on receiving the prize won. Many persons might feel it useless to contest, but when one remembers Treat number of prizes-.-(331.--.tltthe csity of seeing how many words turn "really be made up evening can ing and a good. natural fun afterevert. in the cotnpetit[on, it seems worth! the trial; there is no cost nothing lose and a fine opportunity to Win to of the many boxes of gold or OAS backs. green Wo make the prediction t win a prize of gold or hat some who also win book health and greenbacks, wig More strength wort to Chert than, a wagon full of monprizes, Thereey are no preliminaries, cuto title staternent 'and o at it of the list and letter before`nod send h, April 30f . 10116. to Pnstum Cereal ,Co,, Ltd., Battu Creek, Mich, attd let vette mime tt� a '. a azfdreigs be plainly` written,