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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-2-6, Page 2T33 laGve 'ldealer a ;leg profourii, . », It dos leave a pasting favorable impression upon the paNat of all giving It a trial. CEYLON TEA eseaeme mean PAOKETS Optl,Y, O D IN Nuu ONLY A M NTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER XXXIV.--(Con.t'd) "But," exclaimed Roy, `'wheys you were ,once more out of•lebt how was it that you did not confess, and do what you could to make tip for your shameful conduct?" "Well, sir, I hadn't the -c nut aeg•. Sometimes I thought I would; and then 'again I couldn't make up my mind to ; and I got to hate Mr. Falck, and I hated him more be- muse he behaved well about it; and I got into the way of spiting him and making the place disagreeable to him; and I hoped that he would leave. But he stuck to his best through it all ; and I began to think it would be safer that I should leave, for I felt afraid of him some- how. So at Michaelmas I took this situation. And oh, sir, for my wife's sake don't ` ruin me; don't expose all this to my employer t" "I promised you just now that :you should not be exposed; but you must write a few words of confes- sion to my father ; and be quick about it, for I want to catch the express to London." Darnell, who was still pale and agitated, seized pen and paper, and wrote a few words of apology and a clear confession. Roy watched him with some eurio- sity, wondering now that he had not suspected the man. sooner. But, as a matter of fact. Darnell had been perfectly self-possessed until his guilt was discovered. "I don't know how to thank you. enough, ser, for your leniency," he said, when he had written, in as tew words as possible, the state- ment of the facts. "Well, just let the affair be a lesson to you," said Roy. "There is a great Ileal said about drunken- , mess being the national sin; but I It can not fail to convince era heaven of happiness; Sigrid, with believe it is betting that is at the cine''';said Mr. Boniface. tis her own secret now once mare a joy root of half of the evils of the day. all blame, and the that at u we free from and not a care, moved like one in Fortunately, things are now 'set err*err possible apology and repar fr,on the miserabl•eile clotPtldtoflsfuspiice straight as far as may be, yet re- tien.„ member that you have wronged a"You think that Mr. Horner will ion, freed, moreover:, by all that he and perhaps irrevocably injured a had lived through from gl the hops - perfectly innocent man.” be content, ,and will really sign the lessne•ss of the struggle, was the fresh deed of partnership? said I bitterly regret it; sir ;Ido, in- most perfectly happy of all. Some - into a hansom and. drove as quick- ly as possible 'to Regent Street. Frithjof just glanced at hint in- quiringly as he passed through the shop. He wondered much what had. passed at Plymouth, and when at last he had got rid of his customer, Roy returned to the shop with su.oh evident excitement and triumph in <<I rnean that he has offered mehis Fri - he must manner be takinglhald leaveter his sen- the junior partnership," said Fri- ses, thief, watching her face with keen "My father wants to speak to 'delight, and rewarded for all he had. you, Frithjof," he said. been through by'her rapture of hap- And Frithief followed hien into pines and her glad surprise. the little inner room which had As for Swanhilal, in the reaction been the scene of such. disagree- able interviews in the past. A. the autumn, she was like a wild t'�hen his Excellency arose, a burst strange dream-like feeling came, thing;she laughed and sung; of handclapping made him hesitate over him as he recalled the wretch- danced and chattered, and would in his spoken introduction. That ed summer day when the detective certainly never- have eaten any sup instant spelled his doom, for, when opened the door of the parlor lie heard such talking and laughter as there bad not been for strne tiino past,, despite Sigrid's laudable en - cleavers. Swanhild earns) dancing to meet hun. "Look! look !" she cried, '"we have got the very dearest little Christmas -tree that ever was• seen. And Madame Lcchertier� has prom- ised to Gonzo to tea to -morrow after- noon., and we are going out pre- sently to buy the candles fur it." "Unheardof extravagance," : he said, looking at the little fir -tree upon which Sigrid was fastening -the candle -holders. "Only a shilling," she said, apo- logetieally, "And this year we BARI GREY'S ll IQRL'. When Earl Gray was Governor- General of Canada he never spoke public .without first "memorizing his remarks, As most platform speakers well know, the "meznori tor" system has the' disadvantages incident to a.nervous breakdown, as well as distinct advantages, Ibis Excellency, however, adhered to the' one method and carefully coma' mitted every phrase of his speeches to meal ry, It is not generally known that, ripen his appearance .at one of the Ottawa Canadian Club's luncheons a curious .catastrophe occurred. He had taken great pains with a speech dealing with a most important subject, and an really caeildn't do without one. But' extra large audience Was on band. you have bro'ught some good news —I can see it in your face. Oh, tell me, Frithiof---tell me quickly just what happened." "Well, Darnell has made a full confession for one thing," he re- plied. "Be the last vestige 011ie cloud hes .diseppeare.d. • You can't think how nice the other mien were when they heard about it ! • Old Fos- ter gave me such a hand -shake that nay arm aches still." `'And Mr. Bonifaee ?" "You can fancy just what he would be as far as kindness and all that goes. But you will never guess what he has done. How would you like to count our savings toward the debt -fund by hundreds instead of by units?" "What do you mean?" she cried, after the long strain of secret anxi- ety which had tried her so much all r • A Ye Old Sutter oars of e * 4 THS CANADA SUARRUINiNGC9. IM,TF^t,r 1F newest thing 'in sugar 41* —and the best—is this 5 -Found Sealed Fa‘kage of Extra Granulated. In this carton 5 pounds full weight of Canada's finest sugar comes to you' fresh from the RRefluery; and absolutely free from any taint • or impurity. Ask your Grocer for the 5 -Found Package. CANADA SUGAR REFINING. COMPANY, LIMITED, MONTREAL. Earl u!rey. had searched him, ancl' in horrible, bewildered misery he had seen the five -pound note lying on that same leather -covered table, an inexplic- able mystery and, a -damning evi- dence against him. But visions of the'past faded as Mr. Boniface grasped his hand. "How can I ever apologize to you, Frithiof ?" he said. "Roy, has brought back a full confession'froni Darnell, and the mystery is entire- ly cleared up. You must forgive 'me for the explanation of the affair that I was. content, with last sum- mer—I can't tell you how 1 regret all. that you have had to suffer." "Here is Darnell's letter," said Roy. handing it to him. And Frithiof read it eagerly, and asked the details of his friend's visit to Plymouth. "Will this satisfy Mr. Horner do you think ?" he said, when Roy had told him all about his interview with Darnell, per had she not set her heart on the sound of applause died down, going out to buy Christmas pre not a word coma: the speaker re- sents ata certain shop in Bucking faced her perhaps half a minute he ham Palace Road, which she was s audience, trying desper- would still be open.•ately to get the introductory , sen - sure "For itis just the sort of shop tences out of his memory, but they for people like us," she explained, refused to obey, The silence of the ..`people who are busy all day and xoom was painful. Finally, his Ex can only do their shopping in the cellency sat down .without,, uttering evening" more than a few indistinct pleas- So precisely they locked up the entries, and the chairman, an ofd rooms and ,all three went out to - over of resource, glossed the incident gether on the merriest shopping ex- .over by calling upon another inem- pedition that ever was known. sex to say something. There was a feeling of Yuletide in ► the very air, and the contentment and relief in their own hearts seem- PERSIAN RIVERS. `ed to be•reiiected on every one with: — • whom they came iu contact. The Traveller Says It Is Difficult to shops seemed more enticing than Learn Theo Right Name. usual, the presents more faseinat- In Persia a river is generally ing, the servers more obliging and called by the name of the town on ready to enter into the spirit of the its banks, and therefore changes its thing. Swanhild, with five shillings name .at each -town it reaches. This, f her own earning to lay out on Christmas gifts, was in the • seventh writes Colonel Stewart in "Through Persia in` Disguise," makes it very difficult to learn the right name of the rivers. My. groom was an Armenian, and very much more intelligent than or- dinary Persians, since he had been educated at a mission school at Ispahan. •One day he was swim ming about in some water we pass- ed, and I said to him, "No doubt you learned to swim in the Zayeu- deh Rud"—the river that flows by Ispahan. "No, sir," he replied, "I did not learn to swim in the Zayen- deh Rud, but in the Ispahan Riv- er." He actually did not know that the large river' passing his na- tive town was.called the Zayendeh Rud, or, in other words,` that the Ispahan River .and the Zayendeh Rud were one and the 'same. Another instance of this confusion is shown by what people call the Abrishmi Haver. The name of the river is the Kal Mura, but the ma- jority of Persians and also .Euro- peans cross it on the main post - road between Meshed and Teheran by a bridge that was' built by a silk merchant, and that is called " Pul- sed !" said Darnell. Frithiof. „I hope you do," said Roy ; ,;I "He will be forced to see that times he forced himself to remember am sure you ought to." And while Darnell still reiterat- ed thanks and apologies, and ab- feet regrets, Roy stalked out of the 1 t t depths Sd had saved him your honor is entirely vindicated," that it was through these very said Mr. Boniface. "But I shall streets that he had wandered in utter misery when he first came to not renew the offer of partnership London; and recollecting from what to hint. He b:as behaved very ill he thought of her with a new and strange reverence --there was no- thing he would snot : have done for her to you. We want you, if nothing His reflections were interrupted better has turned up, to accept a junior partnership in our firm.,, Frithiof was so staggered by the unexpectedness of this offer that for she said' • a moment or two he eould not say ``And Herr Sivertsen," added a. word. Sigrid, "He .must certainly come, "You are verygood," he said, at because he is all alone," "F • too good and "And whatever happens, we must kindtt. . "Far far to Dave old Miss Charlotte," said Fri - "but it strikes me we shall do Se much for n e--2how. can I let have to ask .people to bring their you take •as partner a man who has own mugs, like children at a school-" no capital to bring into the Basi- treat " He"s? But Sigrid scouted this sugges-. "My dear boy; money is not the � only thing wanted in busin•es," tion, and declared that the blaze - said Mr. Boniface, laying his hand and -white china would just go. on Frithiof's shoulder. "If you round, while, as to chairs, they bring rip capital with you you bring could borrow two or three from the good abilities, a great capacity for neighbors. shop and made his way back to the station. "To think that I believed in that cur,.. and doubted Feick!" he said to himself, with disgust. "And yet, could any one have seemed more respectable than Darnell, more thoroughly trustworthy. And how could 3 disbelieve t11e evidence that was so dead against Frithiof 1 Sig- rid and Cecil trusted him, an•cl I ought to have done so too, I sup- pose; but women scent • to me to have a faculty for that sort of thing which we are quite without." Then, after a time, he remember- ed that the last harrier that part- ed .him from Sigrid was • broken down; and it was just aw well that he had the railway carriage to him- self, kir he began to sing so jubi- laintly that the people in the next compartment their hien for a school- boy returning for his Christmas holidays. It had been arranged that if he could catch the express from Ply- mouth he should meet his' father at the shop, and arriving at Pad- dington at half past six, he sprung "I dare not refuse your: offer ,, y and I am glad that, as far as busi- ness goes, our connection is at .an end. All that is quite settled. And now we have a proposal to make • by Swanhild's voice. "We will have every one from Rowan Tree House, won't we?" hard work, and a high sense of hen Then came the return home, and ill 13ritag too; what i the dressing of the tree, amid much. or you w , value very much ---a keen sympathy with those employed by you, and a real knowledge of • their position and it dig, cuhies ." 1-6,074,0 fit -,z6.- Jfl ! it othe cLIiAN5ST, SIMPLEST, nod 23555` HOME TB, ono can buy. W5 you don't oven havq ter know wlrat KIND o1 Cloth your woods ad mulct I. -So Mntuttas «ro im„oosL1,Jo, t.-tt:l f r i;oo C7tor drawl, Story ll6okJot, Rod nq,r of ,testa ro.r", Oyrtn(; twee oth:r colors. „Itt"JSdoN 00., milted, t ,, rets.itAtiar'•r. .) PN,ti.W✓arKti,l.4MrY nlr'lwt•.,IeNRIMWWYbYe kY fun 'and laughter, and the writing of the invitations, which must be posted that night. In all London there could riot have been found a merrier household. All the past said Frithiof. "1 can't do:anything 1 cares were forgotten; even the sor.- I but gratefully accept it, but have done nothing to deserve such kind- ess from you.” rows which -could not be healed had lest their sting, and the Christmas! promised to be indeed full of peace j "It will be a comfort to me," and good will. said Mt'. Boni ace, -to feel that How ten people—to say nothing of Lance and Gwen --Managed to stow themselves away inthe little parlor was a mystery to Frithiof, But Sigrid was a person of resourc- es, and while he was out the next day she trade all sorts of cunning arrangements, decorated the roon'i with ivy and holly and so disposed the furniture that there was a plane for every one, (To be oontinued.) Solve men never .whilst mislakes $imply because they never do any- thing,' Roy has seine one with whom he van work comfortably, I aux grow- ing old, and shallnot be sorry to do a little less, and to put some of -nay burden on to younger shoul- ders." An dthene after entering a little more into detail as to the proposed plan, the three parted, and Frithjof hurried home,.. eager to tell Sigrid and Swanhild of the great; change that had come over their affairs, CHAP'1`Ert XXXV. ,Chec,tfulrtess relgzed once more at the model lodgings. &s Frithiof f,.500 Manufac- turers of in N, Y. 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