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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-8-30, Page 6Al WANG; trained, blessing Nina who gives and him who falces, when both parthos to the deal are civilized beings, °enable it appreeletft g its wondrous powers, Ira many oases, however^, raaen who. 1rav,Q allowed the dictates :of- their heart to overcome the prudenoea their rea- son have lived to bitterly regret having practiced mercy toward those semi - barbarous enenanes who were not built *.� J< to appreciate the kindness bestowed ge upon them. Perhaps. Lord. Hackett night be in this boat. I•Ie knew what chanes he was taking even while stubbornly refusing to see the "thumbs down" of the idol -maker, and hastily securing the fallen foe with a piece of native rope that came forten- 3 'f:,tP +ti:+re+30i+3ef-f E+ (44: f3l +Xeet E 3tf`�3 +i�f+04.e:WrE+04IE+041 ately to. his band, he arose, breathing. heavily. . CHAPTER XXXIIl. of that same lantern, no one felt like ilei ee. tang never said a word, but his look was one of reproach, as though he could not understand how any one could harbor scruples against taking a worthless life that had been given into their hands by the fortune of war, especially when safety demanded such removal. At the same time he realized that Plympton had .carried out his work grandly, and was a man well -fitted to decide for himself what linea .he should follow, • Kai Wang dropped down . beside the fallen guard, and his' hand hovered over his heart. At first Plympton was under"the im- pression that thee Chinese guide meant to carry out his own,ideas' with regard to removing a living obstacle in. their successful march forward. 4. Then he was as heartily ashamed of the suspicion when he saw Kai Wang suddenly hold up a big, rusty key, that was secured to the girdle of the soldier. by a leather thong. , Larry's excitement increased when he saw by this that they were given theen- tree to one of the dungeons, at least. As he . held the wonderful lantern now, ' his one aim was to • discover 'a door, and this proved to be an easy problem, since the light disclosed such an object only a few yards away. Kai Wang had also` discon;ered the same, and advanced theatrically upon it, armed with the ponderous, key,: which was of a size to make a creditable weapon of offense, should the occasion arise when its service in this line were really needed. It was a moment of some suspense. Even Larry held his breath while the key was being turned in the rusty lock. Kat Wang took the light, and as the door swung open he held it up, while every eye in the little group .at the door eagerly endeavored to see what lay be- yond the threshold. Plympton ha& a glimpse of .a thin - faced Chinaman reclining upon a divan, and apparently either asleep or dead. Something about his rich silken vest- ments and the gold ornaments to be seen upon his person aroused a vague suspicion in his mind. As for Kai Wang, he seemed to to shaken by the sight like a mulberry tree in the wind. "Wait for mo outside, C1u.uren of the West," he said, quickly and hoarsely. So he stepped into the place, taking the lantern with him, and left the trio in the appalling gloom of the corridor, for the .guard's feeble light had been overturned and extinguished during " the scuffle - that followed Plympton's on- slought. Naturally, when the door closed be- hind Kai Wang the three crept closer together, and hands were outstretched and groping for each other as though in this way to gain reassurance by person- al contact. "Courage," said Larry, as his hand drew • Avis closer to his sturdy little form. Since he was; all she had to stand, between herself and harm. he must be protector as well as cousin. "This is very queer," remarked Plympton, with the air of a man who was puzzled; who suspected, and yet could not quite prove the facts wholly to his own satisfaction. ' "What is ?" asked Larry, eager to be in at the hunt, if there was one. • "Our friend's actions. Why does he desert us, even temporarily, and go in to see that remarkable prisoner ?` I say it's queer, and not altogether fair. Still, I have a suspicion—you know Kai Wang i5 a Li Hung Chang man, heart and soul. Didn't you recognize the gaudy chap on the divan, Larry 7" "By Jove 1 I failed to see his face,' exclaimed the little man; "but I'm be- ginning to have suspicions myself, remembering what event is. supposed to be taking place here to -night." "Well, it's my honest conviction the man in yonder is the fallen Emperor ; that he has been given a sleeping po- tion and carried here, or else lowered through some opening, and that a now ruler reigns in his stead, though it may be weeks or months before the true state of affairs will be known, so secretly are all such events carried on under the flag of the yellow dragon." The impressive manner in which Plympton spoke carried . conviction with ' it. "Granted that this is true, what does it matter to us One man is no better chair,so the imperial' another in 1 e thann longwoman's orders are obeyed thaty as by the mandarins. who fear her tweets and crawl on their stomachs before her.", u True. Ail we have to regret is that the palace should be such a scene of our mattes this night, which on , turmoil. g " i curt. -tine more d ill tall* Thunder. 1 I don't like thus dark why don't Kai Wang come out of that?" and Larry gave a couple cf smart raps on the door to call the atten- tion of the other - to the fact that they wailed. "Cee1 around with yout' foot and'. see if the fellow is still lying where I' lett hien," said the Briton, a little anxious; for the game was M just such a condi- tion, , like l lahorneee coffin,,' suspended in space, that a veey little thing was `re- quired to turn it one way or the other. And when Larry, " groping with' his foot on the spot the guard was sup- posed to occupy, failed to discover any- thing, Lord. Beckett, unable to stand the suspense longer, serached a: vesla and was able to see to Ms own satisfaction that the fallen soldier' lay like a mum- my',etva.thed in hemp rope, It was Avis who uttered an exclama- tion, end her tone was so full. of star - tied surprise, yes, even of alarm, .that on t� A TALE OF SOUTHERN CHINA. The worst crisis was apparently past, and Lord Hackett had hard work to realize that they had come through with dying colors. How they were to go back again was another question entirely, and one that aright present some tougL problems; but thre time tract not arrived for them to wrestle with what the future held -e rather should they rest content with the glorious success which had rewarded their present efforts. If Kai Wang had been able to steer their ship safely through the breakers on this occasion, surely he could be trusted to bring them over the .next difficulty as well. Besides. it was .not Piympton's usual method to borrow trouble. 'Why cross bridges until they had reached them? The collection of high-class mandar- ins and their attendants had been fairly dazzled by the meteol'le a passage of the stranger and his suite. Doubtless they would begin to com- pare notes, now tha+ the coast was clear, endeavoring to discover who the other was, what his coining might por- tend, and whither he had gone. These were important questions, and when an exchange of ideas and suspi- cions had been effected, perhaps some- thing in the line of an awakening might take place. PIympton hoped not. Ile did not fancy having that mob of soldiers and retainers descending upon them, filled with fury and a desire for bloodshed. Should such a wretched contretemps occur, it might be possible they would find considerably more difficulty in leaving the Forbidden City than they had encountered in entering it. Sometimes it is harder to drop a bur- den than to assume it. The suspense must have borne par- ticularly hard upon Avis, and Larry was glad more for her sake than his own when the fact became patent that the old idol -maker had piloted them through the hostile assembly without even one hand having been outstretched to detain them. Perhaps such a move, however clever and bold, could never have been sic- ceasfully engineered in any land under the sun save China. Here such a wide domain: exists, peopled with tribes and petty nations, that dozens of different languages are spoken. It is impossible for a Cantonese Chinaman from the South to under- stand a native of Peking unless he lies been peculiarly, educated as a linguist. Such things as this sometimes serve to a good end, and our friends certainly had cause to rejoice that they existed. The wily real Wang knew thos pas- sages like a book, and could get more benefit from his knowledge than most men. Awning sharply several times, he plunged down a flight of stone stairs. This began to look like business. If the prisoner were in a dungeon, this must mean that he was below the surtace of the ground, and the sooner they peregrinated in that direction the more speedily would they accomplish their end. The big EngIiehman had taken part in numerous dangerous forays during his checkered career, but he could not re- member one that contained quite as ex- citing elements as the present. Had he dared to give it serious thought, to have .remembered how cruel and relentless the Chinese were toward those they consider enemies, and how sacredly they were wont to guard this holy of holies, the imperial palace in the heart of the Forbidden City, he must have been more or less appalled at the magnitude of the task they had so cheerfully assumed. But men of his stamp are not accus- tomed to looking back, or even counting the number of barriers to be crossed, when once they have put their hands to the plow. Thus far from the central palaver chamber through these marble passages they had not suffered through a lack of illumination, thanks to the liberality that sreemed to govern the actions of those in whose .hands the lighting of the place was given, and who certainlyout- did themselves on this particular night. When the steps leading to the sub- terranean depths were reached, how- ever: this generous policy came to an end. Blow all lookedgloomy and for- bidding. Evidently the governor of the palace did not desire to attract attention to- ward this part of the great building, lest some rne Of the visiting mandarins, in s in e x- Plorafthe place, discover the dungeons prematurely. . Y DOnkitleSs most. of them sooner or later would make the acquaintance of these strong rooms. It is the usual fate of Chinese petty rulers who incur the severe displeasure of the authorities at the Northern. oapi- tat Rai Wang apparently anticipated• just such a call. Doubtless he had it in view when he thrust the lantern into Larry's hand. The little man had inwardly maligned that same antique affair more than ogee when he banged it against his shins in walking but he was now to receive the reward that would compensate for alt the fills done in the flesh, e. When they had carefully deseonded the fight of steps, the guide called for a light, and Larry, producing, a match, soon had the venerable lantern sput- tering again. - roar as was the illuminating power finding fault with it, since their object was accomplished, At least they could make sure that no yawning abyss opened at their feet, This was what Larry dreaded worse than anything else. 11e had heard so much of the traps which Chinese in- genuity laid for trespassers upon royal property, that invagination kept him constantly on the alert for such dan- gers. Kai Wang did not drop an Iota of his haughty hearing. and from this fact Lord Hackett was of the opinion that they had not seen the last of their enemies. Perhaps guards were to be encountered in these gloomy corridors, especially upon this night when weighty matters seemed on the tapis under the imperial roof, and the will of the woman who reigned back of the throne was about to find expression m the way of a quiet change of puppet sovereigns. If the mock mandarin had this idea in his mind, subsequent events justified his extreme caution. They had not proceeded far, and made only a couple of turns, when a dim light. was discovered ahead, beside which the. figure of a Chinese soldier could be seen. Perhaps he stood at the door of the dungeon' to which they desired to find entrance. Lord Hackett did not know, and could only give a shrewd guess. But something seemed to warn him to get ready to enact his part in the game. It had been previously arranged with the clever guide in anticipation for just such a condition as now confronted them, and the big Englishman had volunteered to take care of any pilgrim. whom Kai Wang night desire to remove from their path. All he wanted was the signal, and he felt able to guarantee the result. A man has to have considerable con- fidence in himself to be able to thus dis- pose of such matters before the emer- gency arises. Plympton did. He knew the prehensile power of his strong hand, and had no fear of the re- sult once he was given the order to act. So, while Kai Wang at once engaged the sturdy guard in animated conversa- tion, and by means of some cock-and- bull story, possibly connected with the cliange'of emperors. or the reputed mar- riage of Li Flung Chang to the great dowager queen, aroused his startled interest, Plympton worked his way to the rear of the unsuspicious man. Really, it quite disgusted the English- man, the Chinaman seemed so soft a mark. Ile was accustomed to rating obtsacles according to the difficulty ex- perienced in overcoming them; and yet he could notelfor has reason refuse to. accept the easy prize the god of war hash delivered to him. Meanwhile Kai Wang was asking questions, having succeeded in arous- ing the wonder of the guard, and awed him also with certain statements which he delivered. Perhaps the amount of information which was to be gathered in this way would -not be at all startling, for such men of the line in the. Chinese army are, as a rule, most lamentably stupid, and ignorant .of all important Occur- rences, having just aboutsense enough to drill after a fashion and make fair soldiers. In China the mass of the army has been under foreign Officers and learned many of the methods that go to stamp the soldiers of Germany and England as model troops; but the lack of intelli- gence hampers the Celestials in their ambition to vie with the best. Lord Hackett coolly selected his hold with the eye of a connoisseur, and no sooner did he hear Kai Wang give the prearranged signal, in the shape of a slight cough. than he went in to win. Perhaps the soldier on guard believed a ton of rock had suddenly fallen upon his head from above, or his gun taken upon itself to open up a premature. battle on its own account, malting him the first victim. The chances were, however, that he had little time to indulge in even the most trivial spectflation. Plympton had hurled his full weight against the fellow while taking hold .f his thick neck. As a football player at Oxford lee had making just such i of mai n thescience learned ) g a forward plunge, Ma n Ya time had Piympton, as a full back, forced his way through the opposing lines with the hall. e, i m his lite Nor was this the . first time, s that these college tactics had served him well. Such an a rCte must inevitably ion training inin his a he decided rtt tine d bless Yg muscular abilities. l r etc crashed down. The guard gave an involuntary litter cry and turned her head, possibly believing that it might he decrrled necessary to finish the wretch in order to advance their cause. fleet Plympton • raised hie eyes to lint Wang, es the gladiators in the ancient arena did to Caesar when an adversary was under their knee, he would doubt- less have foundthat worthy ready '!o utter the fatal decree of "thumbs down," since the Idea of mercy is set- dome found in the Chinese lexicon. But Lord Sackett did not lake his ' at'ordersfront suchCh a source when It Came to hatchery, and hence, leaving choked: his victim into a state of unconscioris- ness, be proceeded to bind him. CHAPTER XXXW. Mercy may beetr, quality that is riot the impuisoof the instant Plympton .dropped the wax match and °lapped his foot on it. The result was immediate darkness, deep and fnpenetrable, almost Stygian in its density, "What was it?" asked Larry, fear- fully, for well he knew Avis would not have uttered such a cry unless she had made some discovery. "I saw a, man," she answered, eager- ly. `.eveere 7" "Down the passage." "The way we came?" asked Plymp- ton, believing they had 'been followed from the great palaver central chant= ber by some emissary of a mandarin who had suspicions. "No, no; in the other quarter—further On:e, "Then that is a right, for if 1' have guessed the intentions, of our friend, it is his design to let nothing escape us in that quarter," declared the Briton, calmly. HIs confidence was enough in. itself to restore any shaken feeling of belief in the ultimate result of their campaign. A men who thoroughly believes in the success awaiting him does much to bring about the very result for which he strives, since such confidence is half the battle. Larry was not quite -so easy in his mind. . He had vague fears lest the other might slip past them in the dark. "I say, Lord Hackett, yvould you' mind giving me your hand? By. Jove 1•,now we can stretch quite across the passage way, don'tcher know, and prevent the wascal from getting to the rear." Lord Hackett saw the point, and did not hesitate to give the desired grip; all the same, he was not altogether easy in his mind, knowing what he did of these Chinese soldiers when cornered, and how apt trey are to copy their Malay cousins, who, open knife in hand, run "amuck;" slashing right and lett. (To be continued). 4 - NO CAKES WERE MADE. - "George," said the young- bride, "I'm going to melee some rock -cakes for tea this evening. But you must promise me you won't say that they're not as good as your mother used to make." "If I eat the cakes, it's a promise that• 1 can't help but keep," said George, gravely. "Why,e she cried, "whatdo you mean by that?" . "I mean," he answered, in a hollow voice, "that dead men tell no tales." EXTRAVAGANT CONSTRUCTION. The rails of the Mexican Gulf Railway are laid on mahogany sleepers and the bridges built of white marble. In West Mexico is a line with ebony sleepers and ballast of silver ore drawn from old entrees- beside the track. The engin ears constructing these railways had no material on the route, and found it cheaper to use these seemingly extra- vagant materials than to import the or- dinary kind. NATURAL ARM -CHAIR. A gardener in Korea has formed a natural arm -chair by twisting a. growing vine to the required shape. It is also studded with seeds of the gingko tree, which have grown intoethe flbre of the vine. After -the chair was fashioned fu this way it was cut from the ground, dried, and polished •until it resembled mahogany. It is 3 feet 4 inches high, 25 inches • wide, and weighs over 100 pounds. MEALS FOR NOTHING. A curious custom is still in force at Norwich, England, in virtue of which, on three days in the year, anyone can claim a substantial meal for nothing. The - only qualification is that the appla cants shall repeat aloud in St. Giles's Church a prayer for the Sovereign's health. Afterwards ,they partake of a meal of broth, beef, and bread, finished off with a liberal allowance of beer. FAMILY ANNIVERSARY. . A man named Lambert was married recently at Gorgier, in the Canton of'. Neuchatel, Switzerland, on the same day that his father and mother celebrated their silver wedding and his grandfather and grandmothed their golden wedding. Lambert is twenty-two years old, his father forty-eight, and his grandfather eighty-nine. Mrs. Marmadulce Brown was enter- taining some ladies at a select five o'clock tea, and her little son Jacky, who had been exceptionally well-behav- ed, was inhigh feather. "Ma," he said, as cake was being handed round, "may. 1 have some tongue, please?" "There isn't any tongue, Jacky." "That's fun- ny!" said ,Jacky. "I heard pa say there would be lots of it." Brannigan—"What's the matter, Wil- liltin?" Willitcin-"Matter enough. You know some time ago I assigned all my property to my wife, to—to keep it out cif thehands of—of people le T owe, you u know?" "Yes." "Well, Wellshe's taken the money and gone off—says she won't live with me because I swindled my credi- tors." - "Can you give me any evidence in re - (h character and to e aha. eter f the deceased?" g o said the judge. i Yes my lord,"i d „ replied ed the witness; • he was aman without el a blame, beloved ve d rid respected by a es acted all men, pure in all his thoughts, ond--' "Where did you learn that?" asked the judge, "I coped it from his tombstone my lord.,, ea.e...w.�.e..iw CONTINUE Those who are gaining flesh and strength by regular treat-. anent With Scott's Etriuilsian' should continue the treatment In hot weather; smaller dose end alll tleO ll milk with t cot will 1441:nVil rtt lithe 'tQ t t ra- a i�y a Y Urine t�b �eated aa!son.. Sand for. No enpp1���. vofonlu t)'i°r' dt WN, Gh.ot,Ontow. OC, end �t60r.i l !if idnusabtL BE WISE and have a Glass of ICEC 11 When you TEL you feel warm a small piece of lemon will add to the flavor, LEAD PACKETS ONLY 400, 500 and Goo per Ib. At all Gropers.' +t++♦+++++++++++++++++ from -his best aged cows. I believe in t• keeping young stock growing thriftily and this is the secret of success in most # cases. I usually breed my heifers from is to 21 months old. M rriatur aril tr c e are kept tine base- ment About ou ��h Farrn nee merit 50x120 feet. My buildings are shown in the accompanying illustra tions. These are equipped with con .4.+++♦+++♦++#•++#'+4•♦•♦+en Crete walls and floors. The gutters are cleaned daily. The cows • are bedded DAIRYING SUCCESSFULLY. with oat straw and sawdust. I do not I became interested in dairying as think a dairyman can be too careful about the sanitary conditions surround - soon as T was oldenough to understand the details and tke hold of the wort:, ing his herd, Clean rows and clean writes Mr. E, A. Vandervoort From the stables are necessary for best results. first I was determined to have a herd My cows are groomed daily. . The ani - of pure-bred Holsteins. I .was brought zxials are ,et out of (he stable every day up with a herd of Jerseys, my .father for water. owning a fine lot of pure-bred cows, but My cows are fed grain and milked at 4.30 a.m. After the mincing is they were not my choice. When I was of ha old enough and ad saved a little mon- they are given their allowance of hay. ey, I bought three Holstein calves, a They are watered at it o'clock and fed bull acid two heifers, much against the hay. At 4 p.m. they get their grain ra will of my father. This was really the ,iron and are milked at 5 o'clock and immediately after are fed silage, My foundation of my herd: I do not tie to official backing, but grain ration consists of equal parts cows with great o busyness cows that have proved to be wheat, wheat mixed feed, hominy and large yielders and high testers: My herd Buffalo gluten. I add 25 pounds oil now comprises 75 head of pure-bred meal to every 300 pouhds of the mix - and grade Holsteins. I have stuck to tura. I feed fromeight to 15 pounds to the Holsteins all these years, because I: Each cow per day, according to the size believe they are the best all-round and capacity of the animal. dairy cows for a farm. I say this from The bull is kept in the barn and is experience, for I .have owned a good fed about the sera as the cow, but not so much grain. many cows of other breeds, but find He "' is exercised daily many superior to any other breeds and on. -being let out in the yard is tied" that have ever beenon my place. Thy to a swinging pole. are long and large milkers. I receive S cents per quart, for my ,Pure-bred bull calves sell readily, but milk. My average rally procfuctron is I do not make a practice of selling my over 600 quarts.SILAGE A SPLENDID FEED. heifers. My null calves are sold at from $25 upward, the prices depending on I have four silos with a capacity to pedigree back' of them. One of my over 500 tons I have found silage very registered Holstein cows, Nancy Par- satisfactory and would not want to run thenia Jewell, gave in 360 consecutive my farm without la It is a mystery to days 18,200 pounds milk. The best me that farmers do not understand the daily record was 76 pounds. She was great value of silage more than they do. not fed especially for 'this record, 'but 'A good silo, properly managed, is one was with the rest of the herd, under the of the best paying investments a .pian same conditions, and was milked twicecan have on his place, especially if he daily. I have several other cows giving has cattle to feed. I plant my silage over 6.0_pounds milk eacher day. One corn in drills... fertilize it well,. and two-year-old gave 50 pounds in one day usually cut it before frost. When put - and, tested 4 per cent. butter fat. In Lin it into the silo ft is cut fn half- inch 1905,,.the average test for my herd was lengths. I usually feed 25 pounds s(1- 4.2 per cent. age per cow once each day. It is my The bull et the head of my herd is Sir custom to feed - silage in this manner Pauline Paul Colanthus, 2740. His dam from the time they are put in. in the fall:.y� has a record of 78 pounds milk in one until they are turned out to pasture in day and 72 pounds butter in seven the spring. this bull is the son I think most farmers make a mistake days. The sire of of Pauline Paul 2d, one of the highest by not keeping purl -brads. There are testing cows of the breed. , My bull has too many scrubs on farms that are not never, been beaten in the show ring: paying for their feed. It costs less to I do not believe in inbreeding, bot when peep a good cow than a poor one, to one has a good .bull, it is better to keep say nothing of the satisfaction of having him as long as you can without fn an aminal that is kept at a profit rather breeding on the members of the herd. than. one '`drat is not paying"for her Every dairyman should get the best sire .feed. With good silos and proper equip - that he can buy, from a butter and nicnt, one-balf more cows can be kept milk strain. By saving the calves from on the same sized farm than when con- the best cows it will not be long before ducted without them. In addition I find silage insures a steady flow of a good business herd can be built tip. mills, as CARE AND FEED OF, THE CALF. well as being a good flesh producer when fed steadily. I prefer to have the largest number cf my cows freshen in the fall. I leave the HOW TO SAVE -THE YOUNG. calves with the mothers until they are Fairies stilt play a prominent part in abut 24 hours. old. The calf is then life and belief of the Irish people. It Aetna away and taught to drink out of is lucky to spill milk, a servant assured the pail. For the first three weeks 1 her mistress, when she once dropped • feed the calf six quarts new mills per a jugful. "Them little people will be day. I then commence to add a little pleased with th' sup•ye're lavin them,". ori meal and wheat middlings scalded. she added. It was the same servant This is increased 'as the calf grows older who said that the good folk were car and. after ten weeks the mills is grad dainty in their habits, and would not ually taken away from it. M- .soon as touch anything that was soiled or dirty. the calves are weaned I give them to "Let me tell ye," she continued,. "Me drink a mixture of oil meal which has own little nephew in the County Tip- been scalded and water. Dry grain is also Rept wawa reach. This is corn-perary, a lovely young b'y of three posed of wheat, mixed feed, hominy weeks, was plain' away, an' th' poor and Buffalo gluten mixed,,equal parts. mother was distracted to know what They are also given what hay they need was aitfn' him, 1111 she called in a wo- to keep thein growing. man who had th' name o' bein' wise— an' she told me sister th' fairies was For the first two years 1 give my taldn' th'child. young stock the best possible care. This "`Air' Whalen I do?' asked me sister: is a vital period during their lives and to "`Smear him wicl dirt,' said til' wo- get a. good dairy cow or even a good man, 'for whatcver's annyway dirty th' hull, special attention must be paid to fairiesll lave after them.' the animals during this time. I select "A'fe sister done that, an' the young my heifers so as to have them give. as child recovered, for when they seen tie much milk as my father used to 'get dirt th' fairies let him be." nn• I- ,a/` 1en l 14 r .� smss- ( i i 7 � 7 The Minister (suspiciously) --John, have you L,:en on John—Not' yet, sari.—Life.