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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-10-10, Page 2NLY a. MONTIi; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER X first really gay scene which had met if any One had told Roy that his; Sigrid's eyes for nearly a year, and tate was to be seriously affected by she enjoyed to the full thequaint Mrs, Jarttes Horner, he would little cavaliers, . the tiny court' scarcely have crediteel the idea. ladies, with their powdered hair If the life at Bowan Tree Douse had and their patches the Red Riding-- gone idinggone on without interruption, ,if hood and Bo -peeps; the .fairies and Si ri 1 had been unable to f'x,d work the peasants; the .Robin Hoods and and had been at perfect leisure,to Maid Marinas. The dancing was consider Ray:'e wooing, it is quite going„ on merrily when Mme.Lech- probable that in a few weeks their ertier was announced, and Sigrid friendship might ,have, ended in be, looked up with interest to see what trotbal. But jjrs. James Horner the lady who was . ,pronounced to gave a ch ldreet'b party, :and this be "quite a character" was like - fact changed, the whole aspectof . She saw a tall and wonderfully affairs, t graceful woman, with an e;~ prea- "It is, as yon say, rather soon save but plain face. In repose her e pf ession was decidedly auteera-,. aftter• my poor uncles death ,for its tic,` brat sine haet a moos# ciaarnninn to give a dance," rad rs, Horner, saanxle, and as perfect manner.. The as she.sat in the drawing-room.o€NQ2wegaaa girl took a great :alley Tree Bowe discussing the to her, and the feeling was mutual,various 'arrangements,"But you for the great Mute. Lechertier, eeo it is dear �tI lnaie„ s birthday, wllo, it was rumored, was of a, and I do not like to disappoint, her ; i einly critieai disposition iaasteinat- and Madame Lechertier has taken .ly noticed her, and turned to the tine idea up so warmly, and has hostess with an eager gneetion, promised to coonae as a spectator. It; 2. khat r7 a ehanins. face that gol„, was at her suggestion that, we, mado • den -haired girl has 1' she said, in it a fancy-dress a affair, i "Who . • „ y her outspol;.en and yet courteous. F4ho is Maclaine Letthextiel.7„,1 l u ways. "With ;all her simplicity there asked Sigrmcl, who listtsaned with au” is such tti pretty little roach of dig - the interests of a foreigner Po theca pity. Set:: haw perfect her bow is!: details, !What is her name? And may I, that ", :�r. introduced to heel" She is a very celebrated dancin„ . bf"Sheafriend usin's " AN AUT I;1N FROCK. mistress," explained Cecil. 1 �is f of my oo _ French fa°ok should like, you to see her, ,for she explained Mrs. Horner, "She ib a The little French trotting , is quite a character." „Nrorwegian, end her 'name is illustrated above shows the pannier , overskirt, whcis really only ar;Mass Fele will, ho a, o meto; Fakir."_ , section of drapery turned in olid our little entertainment," said Ural agr�d liked the bright, clever, r . a i sl'. r • e oue ' majestic-laokiu French -woman bet- tiiwn'ard all round, The lavish Use 33o ver, gn, c aai v I'o , sal In of buttons and the huge size of the slxe detested Frxtlniof, she laud been, � ter .than ever after she. had talked g. ' by • ' with her, There was, indeed, in, big blaek. velvet osprey -trimmed against her will, charmed allal, _ hat u'e also featurea of the Season a "It is. you knoti�, quite a small oaf- . Mme, l c,ehextier something very re fancy. fair—about fifty children, and only.freshuaa. from seven to ten. 1 would not foxy T -h Pianist, a pale, worn-lookin the world shock the cangregetioli, i lady, whose black dress had cies Sigrid iveant home in , to© Loveda mean to make it all Y y emireitel T shin baek which tel nxnd the ,naaa It daffy, Sv' I : as simple aspossible- 1 do not i s tale of poverty, all at onee Broke' slie and 1**ritlnito'f were know .that I shall even have ices." down, and her white face touched "My dear, 1 do not think ices Sigrid's heart, l think she le faint,"she ex would shuck fihera, said. Mrs. Boni. "though: 1 should think per" claimed. `loo you think 1 might haps they s might not be Fholesonne l� w, 3 offer to play forher:.e� for little children who have got! "It is a kind thought," camd�,mrn . heated with dancing," Lechertier: She played extremely h I don't reallythink they'll well, and being herself a born dan- be ' a " said y , cer, entered into the spirit of the tae alaocked at 311;. Mrs. Ilor- p ner, emiling. "James . could do al- waltz in as way which her predeces most anything before they'd: be shocked. Yell see, he's .such a be- nefector to the chapel and is so en- tirely the Ieading spirit, why, where would they be without him " l�Irs. Boniface murmured some kinaTy reply. It was quite true, as she knew very well. James Hor- ner . was so entirely the erich and generous head of the congregation that everything had to give way to him, and the aninieter, was not a little Hampered in consequence. Whether Mr. Boniface entirely approved of this children's fancy- dress dance, Sigrid could not feel sure. She fancied that in spite of all his kindly tolerant spirit he had an ?Abate love of the older forms of Puritanism, and that his quiet, home -keeping nature could not un- derstand at all the enjoyment •: of he ought :tralive .alone." ' dancing or of character-dxesses. "What sort of work do you 'wish 4t length the great day came, for?" asked Mme. Lechertier. and Mr. Boniface and Roy on their "I would do anything," said Sig - return from town: were greeted by rid: "But the worst of it is every- a bewitching little figure on the thing is so crowded already, and I stairs, with early hair combed out have no veryspecial talent," to its full length and a dainty suit "My dear,t sail Mme. Lecher - of crimson velvet trimmed with gold lace. "Why, who are you?" said Mr. Boniface, enter.,4ng almost uncon- sciously into the fun of the mas- querade. "I'm Cinderella's prince," shout- ed Lance, gleefully, and in the high- est spirits the little fellow danced in to show Frithiof his get-up. Fri- ' thief, who had been tired and de- pressed all day, brightened up at once when Lance, who was very fond -of him, came to sit on his knee in that ecstasy of happy 'impatience which one only ,sees in children. "What is the time now?" he asked every two minutes. "Do you think it will soon be time to go? Don't you almost think you hear the carriage coming?' "As for me," said Sigrid, "I feel like Cinderella before the fairy godmother came. "You are sure Mrs. Horner will not mind this or dinary black gown ?" "Oh, dear, no," said Cecil. "You see, she herself is in ` mourning and be,sides. you look . charming, Sigrid." "Iwish you could come too," said Cecil, glancing at Frithiof, while she swathed the little prince in a thick plaid. : "It will be very pretty to see all the children in costume.'. `Yes '' he replied ; "but my head, would never stand the noise and the heat. I. am better here.", "We shall take great care of said 141xs.' Boniface; r, and you must tell us all about it after- ward. Don't keep Lance up late if he seems to get tired, dearie. Good bye, Band mind you enjoy yourself." A cleldrsn'-s ': party generally . tf pall ouC wdzate'ver good there is *` In People, j Fb wws, moreover, the tle Swittihild,, and when you Dome to me each afternoon bring her Al- a) in this fascinating costume, She shall be my little pupil -teacher, and though, of course, her earnings would be but small, yet they would more than cover her education at a highasohool, and she would he 'learning a useful profession into the bargain," (To be continued.)., tra Granulated Sugar contains 5 pounds fell weight of Canada's f est sugar, at its best.. Ask y'our grocer rgrocer for the 5—Pound Package. ' CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO.,, iuxniter, Montreal. 11 'WHEN- TO SELL HOGS. I write only from ray own eepe-ri- ence of over twenty years in rais- ing hogs for the market, writes Mr. W. C. Holstead. ,Different localities and different feeds make a great deal more or less profit in the keep of the hog. Some feed too long and consume part of the profit, while others feed not long enough or liberally enough to make what they ought• to make. I ,run ell my bogs on alfalfa from birth until eold, either for breeders for he peeker, and as soon as hey weigh 200 pounds each, or bout that, I sell er kill thorn, If yoan a,re 'feeding pure-blooded hogs, (especially if the blood is red) aey will weigh from 171 to 225 undertaking to reeler them, says pounds each at six to eight months Mr. A. 3. Legg, 1 think coven months old is If it he undertaken to kill them and the most profit- by grubbing out the briers and sor had wholly failed to do. Mine. Lechertier wars delighted; andwhen by and by Sigrid was released she rejoined her, and refused to be borne off to the supper -loom by Mr. Horner. "17o, no," she said; "let the lit- tle people bo attended to frust. Miss Feick and I mean to have a quiet talk here." So Sigrid told her something of her life at Bergen, and of the na- tional love of music and dancing, and thoroughly interested her, "And when do you returni" ask- ed Mme. Lechertier. "That depends on whether T can find -work in England," •replied Sig- rid. igrid. "-What I wish is to stay in London with my brother. He has been very ill, and I do not think 1 tn© she ,pro• they iti faro still:' sing the matter the good lady. annoquneed, aav, like many people, Mme, ertier was benevolent by im- Mtge. Iled Sigrid been less .at- iraetive, she. would net have gone out of her way to help her; but the, Norwegian girl had somehow touch- ed her heart. "It will be a case: of `Colors seen by candle -light ,rill rot look the same by day,' " she bad reflected as she walked to Rower Tree House. "I shall find my pretty \orsegirlquite eammonplace and uninteresting, and any eastlo : in rho aa'r willfall in ruins." 33ut when she was shown into the room where Sigrid at at work, all her fears vanished, "The girl has bewitched mel" she thought to herself.' "And the brother, what a fine-looking fellow ! There is a his- tory behind that face if I'm not mistaken," "We have just been talking over what you said to me last night, madame," said Sigrid, brightly. "The question is," said Mme. Lechertier, "whether you are really in earnest' in seeking work, and whether you will not object to my proposal. The fact is, that the girl who for some time has played for me at ivy principal classes is going to be married. I should only need tier, "it seems to me :you have a you inthe afternoon, and during, able hog we can sell, The younger you sell, the less risk disease, the less trouble, time nd feed it takes, ',fho sooner you 11, the amore room and the better care for the next litter, The eheapest gain is made -while the pig is small, A pig weighs ` ►. about three pounds at WW1,'.nil rf+asonable care it will gain en ar age one-fourth pound, a da er the first tee ten twenty, days. So yen see it doubles its wesghl twelve hairs, and at ga emits per ushel ;for earn, and S1,19 for 100 wands ' fair shorts the first three pounds of gain Dost about 334.`cents ser pound. allowing eight pigs to litter for emelt row. gure on the rule that it takes very decided talent.- You play dance music better than any one I ever heard, and that is saying a good deal. Why do you not turn this to account?" "Do you think I could ?'' asked Sigrid, ' her eyes lighting . up eager- ly. "Do you really think I could earn my .living by it ?" "I feel sure of it," said Mme. Lechertier. "And if you seriously think the idea is good I will come and discuss the matter with you. I hear you are a fxiend of my old pupil, Miss Boniface." "Yes, we are staying now at Ro- wan Tree House; they have been so good to us." "They are delightful people—the father isone of nature's true gen- tlemen. 1 shall come and see vou, then, and talk this over. To -mor- row morning, if that'' mill suit you." rtls ,the CLEANEST, SYMI'LLST, and BEST HON DYE, one can 'buy—Why you don't even have to „-nawevhnt'ION!) of Cloth your Goods and .made of -So Miotakca are impossible. Send for. Free Color Car 1, Story Booklet, nod Booklet givingreeults of Dye,ngok cr oil €colors. Tho JOHNSON-RICf-Y pSO$rCO,CL eitr,d" montteatoena'ttnm.,• KotiliAralaff the three terms of the year. Bach term is of twelve weeks, and the salary I should offer you would be 224 a term—£2 a week, you see." "Oh, Frithiof 1" cried Sigrid, in great excitement, "we should be able to keep Swanhild: We could have her over from Norway. Surely your salary - and mine together would keep us all?" "Who is Swanhild?" asked Mme. Lechertier. "She is our little sister, madame. She is much younger—only eleven years old, and as we are orphans, Frithiof and I are her. guardfianis." Mme. Lechertier looked at the two young faces, smiling to think that' they should be already burd- ened with, the cares of guardian- ship. It. touched her, and yet at same time it was almost comical t hear, these two young thin. talkie avel Y : ; about their ward. g "You see," said Frithiof, he re would be her education, oe must not forget that." "But at•the high -schools it is very )cheap,is it not, madame ?" said ;Sigrid. "About ten pounds a year," said Mme.' Lechertier. "What is your little sister like, because if she is at all like you-" "Here is her photograph," said Sigrid, unfastening her writing case and taking out , Swanhild's picture. ``This is taken in her pea- sant costume which she used to wear sometimes for fun when we were_ in the country. It suits her very well. I think." "But: she is charming," cried Mme. Lechertier. "Such a dainty little lige: e—suah well -shaped lege:! dal - dear. 1 haven bright thought— Send for your lit - brush it is indeed a. hard job, and the briers will sprout for years, lint if the brush is llaekecl down and let dry, then burned over, the land can 'be effectually cleared by pasturing it with cattle and sheep. A few years ago I had a field overgrown with greenbriers acid ine. Tiler e were petebes of greexnx (Ars £o dense that it was iinpossa- get through 'them, let alone them out, se thickest patches were burn- gh. The fire It lied other enin a few months they burn, so I made it a rule' never 1 found ai paateb of dry enough to burn 1 fire to it. pines were all cut down, and only as small amount, of fire to he when. they got dry, they too were a baling wire, but it would ttalce a burned, let of fare to heat a 300 pound ,rod The briers were kept down by tho of iron. So 1 say it takes a. little,' to snake a pig gain a pound per day. But it takes about eight to ten ears of cern per day and sone slop to make a :pig hold its own. Some men say, it the market is low. feed longer (oven though feed is high), prices may go up. Others Will . say, "Teed is high, 1 will sell (while they are not fat); prices may go down." Don't try to get the market ready for your hags, but get your hogs ready for the market. Sell thein when they are fat and not before. Keep the kind that top the market and you will make money if feed is high. Registered hogs gain faster, bring more money for the breeder, and make more pounds of meat out of the grain fed thein, than any other.,; animal onearth. stock grazing over them. 'Whenever a young brier appeared it was rip-, ped up. By the end of the third year the brier roots were all rotted and the pine stumps were pretty well rotted, so that the land could be ,plowed, STRANGE AGE OUST©MS OF IND A, Superstition This a Gooal Holed on the Natives. Parrots are taught in India to spend a large portion of their time itn repeating the navies of gods, and such a spokesman brings a great price, eslteciall y Tong business men, who imagine that by owning such a parrot their spiritual trees. snares aro aooutnnlating while they attend t their usual occupations. Many of the dancing girls in In- dia, belonging to the temples, aro' called the wives ofthe gods. 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