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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-8-24, Page 3t++ ++++++++++++++++++ gt-.-,4-++++++++ +++444% -4-3. 'T OR, A. LOOK INTO THE PAST 4. err:APTER, XXVII. forward and extinguished the flames with his hands. The servants' ball want off - "And -and. has holt himself ! Oh, mr0,1y, and Jenet was heard to dfisend �O a'n fetch brandy; sen ane , deetare that never -no never - with hut and white 'oanda es a lid any one ever daince e Morefteld, go quickly Derrick Darnley I mat'alm, and wishes to se you ver,, badly; will you go, ma'arn?'' "Yes, I will go." Nancy's heart was beating so wijdly ehe could scarcely speak, Without a glance at her reflee- tion Iic glasel, she weet dow file broad staircase, a lovely vi ion, with her white neck and arm gleamin gfrena out the black velve gown, her hair falling- in soft, ruf- fled curls on her brow aid rd her throat She hesitated an in- stant before she opened the library door, Derry was lying baoh in a chai as she entered, lea as his ears caught the sound of her dress, he rose slowly and with some diffi- whet' beth harnds were boued op her. And then they were silent-- ia the heart of both. there was prayer and a great thaaksgiving. THE END- - g • wit i1and cotton wool, Oh, Lord There was a flesh on his face and N'f' On ea during the evany s ace was white to the ening Nancy im)peared, mee ' eiye lips, and, as Lord Merefield rush had a - t"'" -ed away to do her bidding, she crepb back to that still form and bent ever :How brave, how noble, be had been! He was her hero again-hhe best beloved: The memory et his treachery was forgotten altogether in that moment. AVitit shndder she glaneed at Poer, burned hands, then, kneeling down, elle bent till lower ever the white lips. Not a breath escaped in, A agony, an Ameria agony of fear eame Over her. "Oh, Derry, Derry, my darling, &peak te:neSpoak, only.epeak me Oh, Cod, if he eenld b deadl" lUg seareii, found her in the la - rary, with pen in hand, writing, 'or pretending to do so, at any tete, "New what is it? ---what are you worrying about, darling?' Nauey seemed to wake from some IPPIthJed thoughts and -start, ',ars, Starr tells me that Fen- ton hs been askang for me; she 'says the poor man iS U great L'XTV- trt..y aly,1 distress..." "41d ytwa are 4;041 fz,rt4) help him, of eoureo'," Dorothy wwasfull of rightonous itnlignation, "A crea- ture nig; never loet an opportunity a ity,ulting yon whenever he g,ot the, ehane-: who was a spy on you *Involuntat•ily her touched Still, Deily deer, I can't let his, and, as thongh he had been him starve; and I have so much; eleetri"Oed by that touch, Whitt do a few pounds more nil' less ran through the WAR'S frame, wad matter! It is Chrisemas time, re- he opened his eyes. member; and, you know, v e must At Ara. there was nothine hO ellal4tza410 aff,1 TOrgi,Vo wagueneSe, Uke one who is bid, tiow, 7 A 41 then a swift contraction, bul'otky 3, only vaspin and sense returned. kiss, and a very tende one. sed the lids for a second, the 4.1 Way arguo just as much as 1 OPeUed them again, before she h like, but you will bo _arm all Uw tiine to move frOm, her knees. ta4tut; I know yen. NO1V I must go s strange loek his eyes. "This is kind of you, Mrs. Craw- shap,r,'" he said, in quick, low " toner, 'I dared. searcely hope yon wouldcome so soon," Hie eyes went to her delieate throat; was it a dream, or had bis lips re" --ted eloee to it just now' “yeme-you want to eee Trier Nancy replied, standing, with one hand leaning on the table, 4, grace - fed, lovely figure. The man bowed, "I lia.ve a, very painful task to perform," be said, after a pause; "but OWC it h.,/ 11ISSelf to do it." Re heaved a short sigh, "A year ago, Mrs, Crawsbaw, you went to se my mother, -and itt thia inter- , until to -day was lit- orly ignorant had taken place', she --she made a statement to you, du Ale notl" How pale ha face had grown - white to his very laps! "She did." Nancy, to, had become, Paler, Darnley moved a )05 nearer. "On the table, „Nancy, there li letter'. It is from :my ihothet ad it -read it, ttnd give me you 1Pathy, for Clod knows nee o -night; it is not ofte na man made to suffer through his mother as I have suffered through miner Xancy pieked up the letter -with trembling hand. It was a very ar one, Urs. Dnley had writ - it many days ago, and, accord - Ing to 'his cabled ortlers,, it had .1)cen forwarded. to him with his other correspondence to Itipston from his club. It was. a eonfess-ton, pureand imple, a her sl the fraud vhieh had induced' Nancy to be ome Thomas Crawshaw's wife, 411t1 a second one, fell of hitter contrition for Itor falsehood to sh Nancy, Wheroin e had dishonor- ed her son to save herself.. 111 and utterly miserable, thc mother had at last found strength to own her $in at 'thie Christmas mured ; and, coming forward', she time, anim d to plore her sou's for - put her white arms round' him. giverloss. Tito man's pale face flushed, his Nancy's live quivered as she put breath cam'e in quick gasp, It the letter down. A flood of SV7I- it you -really you, beck; yott will come, darling,u darIio1" came in faint accents soon I" 'In ed, She filled up the eheqnc she had written for Fenton, then, putting zt In an envelope to give to the housekeeper, she roe* to move ttway, when an uncontrollable int- pulee made her turn to the, Are and 0,tand there. Site wee very miserable; with all het heerd resolutions and bitter contempt, her love lived as strong- ly 04 et or for this man. Yes, despite everything, and 'the long year`s training she bad given herself, she knew she loved hin-i a,)- still, her heart wast still thrilling with the eviteinent Dernley's presence brought, Even .while she knew him, by his Own mother's word, to be unworthy and dishon- ored in ber sight, she yearnedefor him; his near presente tortured hole While she was standing quietly, ,Tanct came in with son & letters in her hand. "The second post has just come, Ma' ant, and brought these, Mies Dolt thy thotieht 1-^ might like to ev them, Tho ptor man is so erweighted tv.th t.' istmas cards 10. eould n t net 1 -ere before!' Nancy thanked Ize- ma.;•1 and took the letteee etire weee• enly three t r her; ene from her 'uncle, another, fell if reateful thanke:, Iron the vicar of the parish, whom ?he had helped o gen erouely.;aid the third, with lov'nee greetings, /row her old friend, rD. Grantley: Her new relations, Sir John, and uldy Hamilton, had senl: her .a GOStry present before she left town. Matiey received it with pleasure, for` she had a kindly thought for these people, through her sincere liking for her cousin,'Dary. She little knew what hopes were built en that liking by the ambi- tious eidther and father 1 The. inclination to remain alone and continue . her sad, hopeless thoughts deepening, Nancy deew up a .ehair and sat down in it be- fore the. fire. • ' The back was turnedto the door, and'half-an-hour, Perhaps an hour had oaesed, when some one enter- ed abruptly and Lord lkierefield's voice said, sharply and anxiously, as Nancy rose with a start: "There, old fellow, sit there; be back with some brandy in a second." He pushed, or helped shine one to the (emelt as he spoke; and ga.11ey, grown very pale, caught ireircei -whisper : "Leave-- e-nre quite alone, Plerefteld---euite alone----for--mo- The whiseer ea, so eager, Lord tlerefield could do Dothing less lhan ohey ; but, as he tutned, Parnley's head fell back against lhe ellair, and he had fainted dead 01 " Nancy answ eway. In a second Nancy had moved liurriodly forward. e whet; is it rt she cried, agitat- dly "What has liapperiedl" Lord Meeefield muttered an ex- planation hurriedly. One of the wreaths of evergreens had taken n lire, and, in falling, had caught a coitoe gown, setting it on fire. hi whole place threatened to be in it', lelezo had Dot Deettev'SPitirie mitts It y came her, even 11 You are betier,» she whisper ed, as she rose softly. He gave a qukk eIgn, "Iteeit is nothing. 1 ani ineNt. I told Duncan not to mak o fuss" --not, to frighten I/011y, or- oe any Ile was trying to move himself in to a sitting position. He could not touch anythrog with his hands; they were covered with blisters, and we* conniletely useless. Nancy saw his difficulty, and lientp rose in her throat. "Let me help you," she mur- while such a look of his oyes as bewilder - the midst of her -4.11:,•eietece-e1.1146/et-edk.in A Crlit-i oekeoistesiote‘elenweeeneseetesotos,e) SHINGLES. A person of an etymological turr of mind, seeing a ease of well - marked shingles, with the little lsters so closely set as 3.1010St to eriap one another, might thiee the affection well named from the shingles of a roof, bat the word is really a corruption of the Latie ciegulum, meet -tine' a girdle. The term was applied' because of the arrangement of the eruption, which neireles the body, or one hitera half 'of it, like a belt-- The se. tiae term is zeeter, zena, frem, the Greek werde for girdle or belt. Shingtee, or zeeter, is a skin eruption due to disease a one of • the eutaneone nerves whioh run TOP% thc spSo eord round, the, body to the middle line in front. The ernption always f.v110,,vt the eotte of tbq oreeted nerve, eea-s- ing abruptly at the front, unlef,.s tloe rves on both $idea are an. who) in eneirelea the body • just likea girdle. This eomplete orrnis fortunately are The untie)) eoneiets of a eeseion of herd blister e like those o a eeld-sore or lever -Laster so common on the lips. It begine the form of reddish patches, upon which pimples and then mall blis- rs form. These lifieters are nged in groups aleeg the vourse the affected eorre, or they may, severe togethe haf, 311 almost k -half of the lest thre f was like a glimpse of bea,ven to be held in that embrace. "1-1 flan S.0 .heaVY," he panted. "I!sau, must net. Yen -you will hurt yourself!' ' He put out his right and to gent- ly push her back, but as the in- jured flesh rubbed her gown, he uttered a groan, and his eyes elosed again, as in another faint. Naney'e own eyes were full of tears, "Oh, what shall `I do 2 -what shall do'?" eite cried, in anguish. "Derry'. Derry!" The dark lashes were lifted for an instant. "You arc sorry, dear" he ask- ed, with a look of unutterable ten- derness. 'You are •sorry for, me, Nancyl 'My darling !-my Jar- !" gis head sa*rik forward, and was pillowed oaethe girl's soft, w bite_ throat, as the door opened, and Lord Merefield, followed by Jantt, came hurriedly in. Merefield madoe,tio sign as he saw Na,ney's arms Yeterid,.: th sunken, forma ; he 'only pOured out some raW brandy and 'put it to Darnley".'s liPs. Then, as''Nandy. saw Jtarretalready :busy with the poor,. tedianed-ehande. she gently disc tigaged h ersell and . went ftly aWayet-a.: broken , sOb- in her 'throat and a enist of tears in her:eyes; .* , „ . . - An hour later knock at her doer aroused her.... She. had .flueg herself, down in .an agony of .grief \ellen she reached her zoom. Her ears rung still. e,itli-T..lerry's, ten - reproach. and remorse rushed Into her heart. She moved forward'.. "Derry," ehe -whispered, "Derry." As she lifted his ,clark eyes she , .flung herself At his feet. "That I should have been so eas- ily ,deceived That 1 should have 'wronged you so, my owa-rey best beloved Heedless -Of onjueing them fur- ther, he stretched out his maimed hands to help her to rise, and see- ing this, she got up quickly and clung to • him. "Nancy, don't tempt me -is it - love that makes you turn to inch Is all 'doubt dead, dear? Can e-ou take the son, remembering what his mothex has—" She silenced him by putting her fingers on his lips; aud, as he open- ed his arma, she buried her face on his breast and burst into tears. "Forgive me! Oh! forgive me!" she .seibbed. ' As he kissed her brow, her wet eyes, and lastly her sweet, tremb- ling mouth, with all the old pas- sion and joy restored, 'Derrick an- swered.: "Forgive you my precious ! when I. too, have wronged you! I have called you worldly, mercenary, hard, cruel, .I know not what. AT ! we have gone through a great trial, my darling. Thank God! oar love has lived :through all. Lift up your lips and kiss mo, Nancy ; if you could only know how I have long- ed, hungered for their touch, my deare,st one!" , Nancy neetle'd to him heavine: Itappy sigh not: and then ; and der, loVillg ...words;• p1se. 'by .sow degrees; Derry ,clrew t.hriiled.yet. With tha ruemory. of , from -her the story . of what had how -close his dear 1"-4.c,'° hafl: irtassed betWeen his mother and , to hers. . ,herself. She glanceo, up at his love 1:" she darkened face, as She finished. ,- said; oVer and over, ag,ain "Bet you will forgive her,. deari), E'elf:' "Ere' has .`;`''''"tigha'r" ..xnr're, she urged, irivolutarily, as She roe - than 'any, woman was wiongc. Oe - fore ; still I love him ! Oh; 'Deizry,I -if-if only you had been true and noble, as. i thought you 1" She .started to her 'feet as the knock came. '' I :lease, ma'am, Mr. to ask you and speak :to careful 'not to white face and . you Darnley sent nee would. kindly go him," said Janet, notice her niistress' disrodered hair, "Is he 1,-.,,e,tter fain tly "He seems ,muce. Miss Leicester has :UP new, but ha asked Nancy, easier, ma'am; . been wbhlim le! alpue :egeene lized, what, Arnie Darnley must have „suffered ebefore s',e. had brought herself make' atone- ment.: "Please ----please say yeti Will forgive. her.'' ,T1 e man pausee. ' She has kept !is apare a whOlc year -a whole terrible year. Ah, Nancy ! even now liad not quite believed y ou were really in iny arms., Yes ---yes, my .,sweetheart, .will ,forgive and we must teach c.rarselves to. ,forget -we have so Much to forget!" , He held her very tightly iuhis 'arms, and kissed her 'softly, with Whispered words ,at joy that dazed in tbe the clkthe they bo orne es t hi' rs elou and form N^ w days or a weeii preceding neunigic pains are o fleeted, am the pain is oenrif Children Often d a !axative-liut yoti carino careful what.you give -there purgatives itieire the bowels pave the w2y for life-long troubles, 11WAInvuantb 'doels the work, most effeekivety without irritatipg the bowels or calls. g any discomfort, Tke chedren like them for they taste like caody. Or,te of the most poptIler of the NA-DRU,,CO preparations. 25,e 4 if Y°4 drullf.:131bA$ not rat stocked them, at,.74.5o, and ,m,„,40 aigk cilera. 20 Natppad prug and. ecrapany of Ca da Zylo.atrort. .,77.$7112" ICTS 0 1,T1?. UO311,:,MiJt o Need to Turn Elsewhere for -Trade it num Prelnets. The old fa pieee o e about the dog wietn meat his mouth, mpicg hit the water after a adore-, and in the end Iesieg the goed spphied vers morsel :bilexeitt,1%.,,d,_:,,.t.7thc treli;v. way be 11. /it, a noree, beeemes discontented, and although net hai•I re.alizing the Importance .of its flatural heritage. looks abroad for trade knows not Snell is the periiiee -A11:3e,it , people her present wed the one, Canadjan fame pretty eleeely his own hem ?earket. The surplus production of thi United States farmer would be li- able any time to demoralize the 4.0Me market of the Canadian fen - r. It will cost the American rmel no e to bring ms mem produeV adian tOWY:fi and cities than -cost the Canadian farmer th„.„, carry his to the (.7nited States./ These A'alrariean produepe( pretty well kept out now by thf teriff wail, With this remorod they eill enter to 000, We t too, that, the C'aneda Anemic enth the end that • etited States, But the foete do net -Fere he linen our markets befere prOcitteiS are salable and gel early price. o tiniv,*r $e0+5011. Ifq:Soiil there- 'arrent Canada Ittehing y from r home market, The hem ^ket is taking eigh-. • per eent. he prodnen aaatliall %VMS at good privese The demand of this market is i creasing and it will continue to rease the country grow. It has the advantage of nea,rness, stabilityn eheapness of transporta- tion and quiome,,s a returns. The Canadian fa vith its SVIKlit;911ti nts be upl elt in 11111?part to -urXng " nsly enough, the Pa nt, The attack is usually ushre4 in by fever, sometimes sight. chills, and a feeling of general illnese. The eruption may appear all at nee, or Mar occur in several sue- eessivo crops, taking a week or more for its full •development. The most serious form is that of the face, for it often results in se- vere scarring, and may even atitaek the eyeball. The path usually sub- sides when the eruption appears. There is no treatment which win rtainly out short, the, attack, and the most that can be dune usually is to protect Ithe- blisters from irm- Itation of the clothing or other in- ljury. This is done by applying 'soothing powders of stareh or meld 'of zinc, painting the blisters with 'collodion, or applying court -plas- ter. After Ole, atstack the patient may need tonic treatment for a whi e. There is generally only one 2). - ;tack. Where there are repeated reourrenees there is usually some underlying fault of constitution ;which ealls for careful, systennekie medical treattment.-Youth's Com- panion. en-4— AT TI1E PARSONAGE Coffee Runs Riot No Longer. — "Wife and I had a serious time of it while we were coffee dri-nleers. "She had gastritis, headaches, belching and would have periods of sickness, while I secured a, daily headache that became chronic. "We naturally sought relief 21b drugs without avail,.for it is nn-ev plain enough that no drugwill cure the diseases another drug (coffee) sets up,, particularly, so long as the drug which causes the trouble is continued. `Tinnily we thought we would try Jeaving off coffee and mine: Postum,. I noticed that my heal - aches disappeared like magic and m3, old `trembly' nervousness left. One clay wife said, 'Do you know my gastritis ha -gone I' "Oue can hardly realize what, Postum has done for us. "Then we began to talk to .others. Wife's father and mother were both coffee drinkers and suf- ferers. Theim headaches left en- tirely a short time after they changed from coffee to Postum. "I began te enquire among ray parishioners and found to my aston- ishment that numbers of them use Postum in place of coffee. Many of the ministers who have visited our parsonage have become enthu- siastic champions of Postum." Name given by Postern Co., Battle 01.'CC1C, 1\111C11. Bead the little book, "The Road to Well ville," it pkgs. "There' roasOli.' ,or read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. A ,,etitch at 9 ma,y prevenba rip at 10, yet, withal, thn 'as is el;ned to buk beyon with longing eyes of the 'United States, perhapsnthat the Urdt- - 3s looking With 'es at the Cana - ter r ht the longiaglv a to ne farmer in Canada, leoking nt the -United States market,. Let us remember that there are' nt least twelve times ai many • in the -United States a there are in Canada, and so, wh' one Canadian farmer will get en trance into the markets, of the 'United States. twelve American farmers will get entrance into our home markets. They have already succeeded in selling Immense flue a- tities of farm products iu Canada. in spite of, the duty. They have sold twice as much in CallS413, IS Canadian farmers have sold in the ;United States. With reciprocity in farm preducts the twelve American farmers will nt ea t twelve farm United States looking Lhe Onnadian market mog via LITTLE HINTS', Fu rriit nec Pelish.---Tbe best an4 apeet furniture polish is cedat . It earl be purchased from any furniture house. Take a yd cheeseeletli, divide it in half; e p'eee eeld water_ lien peer on as Itluch NV water; now nib the nmntute Ittly ; fonew with dr,Y s h be used on the ieSt , and SISC) ON polish. .quires very, littlC wiches. dainty ve wait iee4 tea is .of Take a slice of ay; . 1 verner to eor- making little dia- - sbtpe pievesh Spread the b 4 )11111ellti pleCCS of ton. Thie two pires 2fl 1 t, a f ter- sp,00:;n:N‘1tfUll a I --One pful et co 0:::miveal, twe1ve eloppeltd banched d* _haiften of ' sal e egg, pepper Mix, tl !qui of toma,ka e, mnuee. to taste, and one meat, tbnouda,— ad '-' seasoning nd moisten with heatee g. Itoll into 11 II I a he size of a walnut and sot a baking pan. Pour over them the hot tomato eauce. Cook in a, hut oven twenty minutes. Serve on a platter garnished with watez cress. t WHEN !RESERVING a USE EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR "THE SUCAR OF NEARLY 60 YEARS STANDINO." Since, 1854 this prime favorite has made the preserving season fruitful source of pleasure in thousands of Canadian homes. e ORDER FROM Y0111 GROCER. ing • 2 • • • M I • • E I a • THE CANADA SUAAR RiriNING CO., UNWED, Montreal Established in 1854 by John Redpath. ltmormitiletEME - - 1 Vet ...;te..o.e4e4 rlhe Weekly Sun, the farmers' bus i ess paper, is giving un laseci and reliable hiformation regardbig this great ques- tion; Snell as is not given in any' ether Journal. 10 WEEKS FOR 10 GENTS • 'Were, eilteereteeelee: eeneee eve Sere nua SEND IN , VOIL.; R ORDER AT ONCE ,