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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-6-8, Page 2++++++++++++++ FORTIJNE AV�RS go' . lk I OR, A LOOK INTO TIIE PAST r* - ▪ +4 4-4 -ilses±* 4-04...efirfeh-4.--sefeHr4-404-0-4-se+ g+e, -,lee+ • CHAPTER XVIII. The rain clouds had vanished the next morning, and the sunshine, though it was but a faint likeness to the golden light that used to dwell in the bygone summer tirae, still shone bright and pleasantly over the grounds and lawn. arnley WaS up early; he had paid his visit to the sick -room, and had been lee -ded for his pains by the evident, , -ind comfort his uncle experieeeed in his peesence. The yonng man was inexpreseibly ehocked at the chariee wrought in the vigorous, florid,laappy-looking Hunanhre.n; and de.spite his manhood, a mist tif unshed tears taished to his eyes as be ,gazed at the white, drawn face, with the shadow of reteeating death linger - g, as it were, reluctantly ou it; could not speak at first, but steed ehasping the thin, trembli- hand hi ncle extended to him, "This—this is a bad lookout, Derry, my lad," Sir HumplireY whispered, in his faint, weak voice, "I've had a. narrow equeak, ay, a narrow one.. I thank Heaven you Are here, My—my darling waits some one to look after her, and " His streng,th would go xw then, The young man began elieerily, in the tiearest, approae his old frank manner he could mus- ter up; it as a hard struggle, for it hit him very deep to see? the ac tire, healthy, gexii,le-natured man, who lied seemed the very quint- eseence of vitality, lying there a cripple for life, a terrible wreck. He said everything he eould to cheer Sir Humphrey—sacrificing his own inclination, which was bat - inns to be out in the open air, try- ing to solve the problem which Dorothy's words of last night had conjured up. The sick man lay back contented, a, more peaceful look on his wei:. countenance than had come during his short respite from pain. "I am glad," he murmured, over and over again; and once, when Darnley bent over him, he caught the whisper; ‘`Dolly has fretted about Nancy—you must cheer—" When he had left the sick -room, having first inquired for Dorothy, and learned that she was sleeping soundly --a condition of things which pleased him beyond all des eeriptien—the young man put on his hat, and, whistling for the dogs, who were mournful and de- pressed at their beloved master's illness, he sallied out into the open air. It 11 as a wonderfully bahny day—one of the few slimmer days that are sprinkled here and there in au English winter. he very iirt person he saw ',vas the old head gardener, Mr. Murdock, from whom he received a warm greeting --in fact, everybody was pleased to sec him again. "Eh, but it's Miss Dorothy will be right glad, sir," he said. "We were just. at our wits' end two days sen that puir bairn's white face made our hearts bleed. And sen his lordship went she's wanted some one yarn?. badly." "Well, I am here now, and here I shall remain," said Derrick Darn- ley, quickly. He shrank from hear- ing some unkind remark on Nancy's eonduct. With this new and per- plexing condition of his mind, he determined he would judge her no pore till he had fathorned someing of the truth. As he moved away, followed by the dogs, his thought went to Mere - field, and he wondered what could, have taken the other man away from his cousin at such a crisis. It was very odd; and then his mind went back to the one all -potent sub- ject—Nancy. He was too truly a man of honor and of delicacy to have -pressed Dorothy further last night,- although in the girl's shat- tered state a less generous -minded person might have learned all he wanted to know. In fact, he had changed the subject immediately, and Nancy's name had not been mentioned again. But Dorothy's staunch love and loyalty had awak- ened fresh impulses in the man's heart,. It sent a pang of self -re - preach through him—reproach that she should be faithful to Nancy, while he had already judged and conderxmed her, and it also brought pain—deep, lasting pain and the agonizing ectleetion came, that were he to discover new that his love had never enangod----that she was still his fair. pure ideal—was there not the torture of :knowing she was lost? Ile was so completely in the dark he elan not even know w11oriney s ar- -1 on and on, until iso.i'eacited the eed of the lawn, then returned and BOVRL S thQ COO - looked at the Hall, standing sur- centrated goodness of xiiinded with its dismantled trees , , beet their tnr empty eranenes to and fro in the soft, ruild air. "Dolly's blind is down, Good. A long sleep is the best thing for her, poor child! I can't bear te see her face as it was last night, 1 feel restless. A few miles mora will dct; me good. He whistled to the does who pricked up their ears gladly and raeed round him, delighted at the prospect of a walk, and seeing in GIVES oath an Beauty H It is a valuable tonic. It reuews the blood, tones up the nerves and produces high vitality and buoyant health. did net quite recognize his sur- roundings. . True, there were doubtless many portions of the Hall grounds and lands which he had not yet seen; but there was an indefinable feel- ing in his mind that this wile not like the rest of the property. For one thiug, it was unkempt and neglected. Evidently the board tais—poor animals !—a sign that to trespassers was not needed, tor better times were coming, Derrick this spot was not inviting, eveo te Walked en rapidly, Ile gave no tramps. special heed to the path he chose, "If 1 go this way 1 shall reach but let bis feet lead him involun- th lake," Darnley eommuned with tartly whither they would. He himself, as: he 4,,N1.111C to one point. was soon oitt of the grounds ioto The eunshine had suddenly gone, the muddy country lanes, but once and the air felt like rain at any there he awoke from his musings, moment, and, with a (inieli iiinVeinent, turned A shiver, horn of what seneation away from the village. Solitade was he did not know, passed through bad, but gossip was Worse, and lie him. De etood still, and looked eould not by any eininee aeo tbrugh round, and at that rnontent one of Ripstoue village without stopping to the dogs gave a sharp cry and a greet, first one person and then an moan of pain; and in one anee ether. the young man saw that the poor He strode along licedles,9 of the animal had its forepaw locked in Although he had been at the a trap which had been hidden in Hall a great deal the earlier part the long grass. of the year, he was net very ecu- "This is shameful ! he said, versant with the neighborhood, as flushed with anger, as he knelt his walks had been eonfined princi., down and unfastened the cruel ina- pally to the Hall grounds, and Sir I chine, '41 shall eertainly give Mur- liumphrey had been .abroad sodock a piece of my naind, Poor much that bud no chance of ex- Dick !—poor Dick! It isn't so bad ploring tho country during the old fellow! You were more fright - hunting season; therefore, it was ened than hurt, thank goodness. not at all surprising that, evben Mr. But if this infernal thing had closed Daruley found himself at a• corner as it shonld have done, you would Where two lanes Tan diverre ways, have bad a br-oken leg, old chap!" he came to a sudden standstill ad With infinite tenderness Darnley hesitated. patted and soothed the frightened He stood and reconnoitred, hair• animal, ing first ascertained that it was- It was as he said. The dog was still early by a glance at his watch, not really much hurt, for the trap and then determined to take the had fortunately failed to a.et pro - right -hand lane. perly; but his brow darkened as he "I must, have made a regular de- rose from his knees, tour," be said to himeelf. "That "Sir Humphrey would be simply mass of trees evidently belongs to ;beside himself if he knew these the east part of Ripstone, 1 can horrible things were scattered get back that way." about. I wonder who has done it./ So, sniting the action to the word, It's not like Murdock, for with all he made for the spot mentioned. his grumpiness, the eld fellow hits When he reached the trees, how- es soft a heart as any one I know. ever'he came to a stop. A gate Perhaps Lady Merefield has beee was before him, but it was chained exercising her authority. This is and padlocked, with ominous iron just the sort of thing I could im- spikes ornamenting the top rail, agine her doing. Well, at any late, The young man gave a short whis- when Dolly knows, everything v ill tle of surprise, which deepened as be altered in the twinkling of an his eyes rested on a board with a eye. Now I must get on. Surely warning to trespassers printed on the lake must be over there." it in gigantic letters. With another tender caress for "This is very odd ! Uncle Hum- the dog, who was going very lame, phrey can know nothing of it, I am the young man strode over th.e rank sure. One of the keepers has taken weeds and grass, keeping a sharp upon himself to be very cautious all lookout for more traps, and making at once. It's the first time I ever the dogs follow sharp at heel, a remember a board like that, or proceeding to which the sagacious spikes like those ugly ones, to have beasts were nothing loath, since a place in Ripstone property." their companion had experieuced He rattled the gate as he mutter- such difficulty and .pain. ed this • but though the chain was Derriley walked on for about fifty loose. ;here was no movement ei- yards, and yet the lake did tot t.her *backward or forward. come in sight. "This is, to say the least" of it, "It is very odd," he muttered, "1 annoying—deuced annoying!" mus- seem. to be all wrong. Hallo! what's ed DarnleY, his wrath rising visibly that ?—looks like a woman's drees; against the imaginary keeper, who it must be one of the maids—so had arranged all this apparently to much the better, she will put me on thwart him. the right track. Come on, dogs!' "I don't feel like retracing my His steps were necessarily soften - steps at all. I am sure this is a ed with the thickness of the herb - near way to the Halt." age upon which he walked, and as He stepped back and reviewep the he pushed through a short clump I gate, the dogs watching him witb of low -growing shrubs, Mr:Darnley eager eyes and hanging tongues, saw immediately that the servant marvelling as to what he was going maid not only was unaware of his to do. presence, or, indeed, tlae presence "Hum!" mused the young man, of any one near her, but that she with much deep thought; "it's bad, was evidently overcome with fa - certainly ; but it might. be worse. tigue or grief, for she sat crouched. I think I'll have a shot! At the on an old gnarled tree root, her el - worst I shall only tear my clothes, bows planted on her knees and her and I hate to be beaten. Now to face hidden in her hands. see if want of practice has destroy- With the instinctive elelicacy.that ed My former agility V' . was ' so pre-eminently one of Ins He retraced a few paces farther, chief characteristics, deepened by fixed his hat on firmly, then start- the, rush of Sympathy that, came up- ing at a quick, even pace, he leaped• on him as he beheld this figure, ee the formidable barrier as lightly, as expressive of utter despair and de - though it had been a few inches, solation, Derrick Darnley turned not a five -barred gate. to withdraw silently without in- ... There was a flush of pleasure on truding on the girl's sorrow, for he his face and a thrill of satisfaction saw the figure was both young and in his breast. I' slight; but before his thoughtful ie - "I said I, weulcl not be beaten," tention could be carried out, an in - he mentally declared, as he coaxed eident occurred to prevent' it alto - the dogs ,to, squeeze through the gether. The dogs, who were ilot bars and join him.. "It uld. have actuated by so nice , a tense of deli - been awfully hard lines woto have had cacy went up to the silent form to tramp all down that lane again ; and past giving a sT,Iiff, of wariness, and .1 must get on now. Poor Dolly next 'began to jump up and lick the will wonder what ,has become of small hands with short barks and ma."ciies o canine tt, COM.C. e - He picked up his hat, which had light. falion off in his jump, ancl replace he man'sn t stood still, a mist it on his dark . wav,y- locksrose before his eyes then his bufseS 'I'll have Mulidoek about began- 4„tbrola at ts rate the.V ha that,gnt ,Jove, e 4,o, otig s, tturned to .. . - ended in `0, cr, • and: vom t44, J.` 49' S ran through the girl's frante'mak- ing her start to her feet and turn her white, tear -stained face to their master, .A silence that was as deep as death lived then. What words could come at such a moment be- tween these two'? It was not weak- ness alone that tied Derrick Darn- ley's tongue, as his da,rk 'eyes gazed into Nancy's great, sad bine ones; it was it sense of fear, of honor that compelled, his sileuee, for in that one glanice he read how much he had wronged her; and that, no matter what motive had caused her to separate herself from him she loved him with even more intensity than in their brief summer ha.ppi- ness. (To be continued.) -anamrs--PLEASEl" UM the Operation is Done on a Japanese Railway Train. To seo Japan thoroughly, to mas- ter its problems, to probe its soul, to pluck the whole heart of its mys- tery, would probably need—so a fellow "globe-trotter" assured Mr, A. M. Thompeon—"all of a fort- night." So entire thoroughness is not claimed by the author of "Jain, an for a Week." Still, Mr, Moral), son was there long enough to get a vivid impression of Japanese courtesy—how the "please," so frequently entirely omitted from stern demand in the Occident, is emphasized into an art. The guard, in the train to Tok- yo, who affords us much informa- tion by the way is exceedingly in- terested in us. He stands by my side on the platform, and laughing- ly points out that the top of his head—he is of mOr,e than average size for a Jape -barely reaches my shoulder*, "Me big," he says in Ids quaint Elle)), "hilt you much mere He is, like all the Japanese we met, amazingly polite. When he collies round to exam- ine tickets, he begins by standing at the end of the ear, takes off his cap to the honorable assembly, bows to the ground, rubs his knees with his hands, draws in his breath audibly, and delivers himself of an announcement in Japanese which I imaginatively translate as follows: ' "Your most honorable exeellen- cies and most augustly -deigning - to -be -pleased ones, I hope you will pardon this ereature of mud for having been born into this world to ask you, most gracious and sup- I erior ones, to how your augustly I blessed tickets; after which I beg , you will honorably deign to grind } and crush me, who am but as a I snail of the soil, beneath your kind- ly sandals." The passengers, ceasing for a moment from their rice and chop- sticks, how profoundly in return, rub their knees with their hands, suck in their breaths with the peculiar whistling sound which is the special expression of a Japanese greeting, fumble among their loose layers of clothes, and ,ultimately produce their honorable tickets. After this there is more bowing on both sides, and the guard, still bowing, vanishes. NOT LOST. The Marketer—"Aren't you wast- ing a good deal of that steak in trimming it" The Butcher—"No, ma'am; I weighed it first. brass -headed tack driven into each of the lower corners of picture frames prevent pictures from leav- ing marks on the wall. When sweeping Turkish, Axmin- ster or any thick piled carpet, 'al- ways brush the way of the pile, and it will look fresh and bright for years. A solution of one teaspoonful of peroxide into a teacup of water makes a sanitary wash to use in the • mouth every morning and evening. 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RAMSAY & Seal CO., TC E PAINT Montreal. ravia. 1042. THE FARM Useful Hints for the Tiller of the Soil STARTING ALFALFA, Alfalfa is the king among hay crops, the queen among soil im- provers, the prince among drought resistant plants. It comes nearer to giving something for nothing than anything else on the farm, It will produce more hay per acre, and hay of a high feeding value. While giving that valuable crop of hay it will at the same time leave the soil richer in nitrogen and hu- mus every year that it occupies the land, and supplies the very things that the grain crops take out the fastest and leave the soil in the greatest need of. Still the whole story is not told, as weeds cannot grow readily after the alfalfa gets a good stand and if they should grow a little the alfalfa is cut be- fore the weeds are ripe so they can- not go to seed. The roots go deep and so open up the soil better than the subs,oiler. The one disadvant- age in ii growing alfa ta is that t s a little difficult to start; so when a good stand is secured it ought to be left for several years. It is not a good rotation crop like clover. This is really no great drawback though, as it will produce a crop that is worth more than any other crop that can be growl]. Alfalfa, will grow on any good soil that is well drained; in sand it will not do so well, and hard pan interferes with its root growth. Standing water is death to it. When starting alfalfa it must be kept in mind that alfalfa has bacteria liv- ing in nodules on its roots. These germs furaish the plant with nitro- gen which they take from the soil air. They put it into a form that the plant can use and so supply the alfalfa with the nitrogen that it needs and more too. The alfalfa plant has in a measure lost the pow- er of taking nitrogen from the soil as the other crops do, so it can not mako much- growth alone. It in turn furnishes the germs with food of a different kind so it is a co-op- erative affair, each furnishing that wiich iv.ivhenjt theca n a Isfeael fuar e is the hset a retai ns ige s it does not have tbe germs on its robts and so is very delicate and must be giveii good care. The best way to do that is to get some soil from field -that has been growing a.lfal- uceessfully for a few years and 'irpon the new field at the rate 2 ' '•racre, oa tit z.; 10‘ te ° 1srcee:call:the] o 1cl°j°fc::°°in1lenv ofns pc, s ver acre—and with the drill so as, to get the seed buried, caw to two inches—do not sow any parse crop, with it. A bare fallow that haa been kept free from weeds will also be a good preparation, as will also, potato ground. But in any ease it. should be manurcd. 'When' the al- falfa is up eight to ten inches it should be cut back. This willnot hart the alfalfa; in fact will do it good—but will be hard onthe weeds. The amount of seed sown should vary with the rainfall; un- der irrigation, or where the rain- fall is abundant, more seed than. specified above should be sown. It has been found by experiments that where the plants were nine inches apart three cuttings were secured. in 1910 and the 'yield was nearly! VA tons, while where theplants, were . only two inches apart only one cutting Of about- half a tonwasi secured. In digging out the roots' it was fannii that Where the' ,planta were far apart the roots went dowm seven to eight feet while in the case of the plants that were close gether the rootsdid.. not go clown: marc than thtee feet. NOTES OF THE POULTRY YARD Do not try to force "Natrirc. fitting young fries for the market give the chicks proper foc.)(1, plenty of room, clean quarters, treedonl ice from land Nature will do the rest. A correspondent who raised 300 chickens hast year says they are the, best potato bug traps ho over used4 except clucks, which cannot be beaten for this purpose. Sow a patch of cow peas near the poultry yard. Do not harvest the peas when ripe, but turn the hens into them when the green grasa disappears and they will thrive up- on them, Summer selection should be kept up until the fowls are fully grown. Disp01s: i ben e\gr ce. ar ts„; s 63 1 ititileru ieyan.t.e t :a) wort .1)0 not wait ufiLii the broody fe- ver hen becomes chronic, but dis- .'eourage her as she, shows signs of it. Tt isn't necessary to use an axe or club or cold .water ar any such things o break her up She is OIIIY obeymg the caii of Nature. gltoi lliade and keep ht open alt day Feed n6,),, corn but sPar- , , , if:c71.1,Y ke as10)limetnehte,yo )111. antg,e r obocc! her '4.