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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-3-6, Page 2OR,. A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CIIAPT XXXV1I.--(Cont'd) Swanhild, already dressed in her 'white cashmere and pretty white beaver hat, {lancedin and out of the room fetching and carrying-, and before long the bride, too, was dressed, a;rd with her long tulle veil over the dainty little wreath of real orange blossom from Nine "They aro late this evening," said Sigrid. "1 wonder whether Herr Sivertsen has caught Frithiof. I hope not, for the tennis does him so Much good."' ',Is he working very hard?" asked Cecil. "He always works furiously; and just now I think he has got what Leehertier's green -house, and the some one called 'the lust of finish - hope -made dress which fitted ail- ing" upon him; we see very little of mirably, she walked into the little hint, for when he is not at business he is hard at work over Herr Siv- ertsen's manuscript. But it really seems to agree with him; they say, you know, that work without worry sitting -room to show herself to Fri- thiof. "1 shall hold up your train, Sig- rid, in case the floor is at all dusty," said Swanhild, much en- harms no one.' joying the excitement of the first "A very moral precept," said a wedding in the family, end deter- voice behind her, and glancing up mined not to think of the parting she saw Frithiof himself crossing till it actually came. the little lawn. "Gwen is to meet us at the. The two years had not greatly al- tered him, but he seemed more full of life and vigor than before, arid success and hope had entirely ban- ished the look of conflict which for so long had been plainly visible in his face. Sigrid felt proud of him as she glanced round; there was something in his mere physical strength which always appealed to her. "We were just talking about you," she said, "and wandering when you would he ready to play." "After that remark of yours which I overheard, I almost think I shall have to eschew tennis." he said, laughingly. "Why should I gfve a whole hour to it when Herr (Sivertsen is impatiently waiting for the next installment 7" "Herr Sivertsen' is insatiable," said Sigrid, taking off her garden- ing -gloves. "And I am not going to allow you to return to your old bad ways; as long as you live with church," explained Cecil. "Do you know, I think the carriage must be waiting, for I see the eldest little Hallifield tearing across the court- yarrl " "Then 1 must say good-bye to every one," said Sigrid; and with one last look round the little home which had grown so dear to them, she took Frithiof's arm and went out into the long stone passage, where a group of the neighbors stood waiting to see the last of her,.. and to give her their hearty good wishes: - That chapter of her life was end- ed, and the busy hive of workers would no longer count her as queen - bee of the establishment. She was quite silent as they drove through the busy streets, her eyes had again that sweet, dreamy look in them that Cecil had noticed ear- lier in the morning; she did not seem tosee outward things, until after awhile her eyes. met Frithiof's m and then her face, which had been rather grave, broke into sudden brightness, and she said a few e words to him in Norsee which he re- 1 plied to with a look so full of lov- s ing pride and oontentment that it carried the sunshine straight into Cecil's heart. i "This marriage is a capital thing p for him," she thought to herself. "He will be happy in her hadptAteeasaaleat orlen''s commonest ailment —the root of so much of their ill-health—promptly yields to the gentle but certain action of lea -pre -Co Laxatives. 25o, a box at your druggist's. NATIONAL *RHO ANC CHEMICAL GD: es CANADA, memo.. t 6; not take them. away for a few days, but you had better bringthem down to see him." "He is out of prison 1" exclaimed Frithiof, "But surely his time is not up yet. I thought be had five years 7" "The five years would be over next October, I knew it would come some day, but I never thought of it so soon, and to take them away in a few days !" "I remember now," said Frith- iof; "there is a rule that by good behavior in prison they can slightly shorten their time. I am so sorry for you; it will -be a fearful wrench to you to part with Lance and Gwen." She locked her hands together, making no attempt at an answer, "How exactly like the world," thought Frithiof to himself. "Here is a, girl passionately devoted to these children, while the mother, who never deserved them at all, has utterly deserted them. To have had them for five years and then suddenly to lose them altogether, that is a fearful blow to ]ler ; they ought to have thought of it before adopting the ;children." "Is there nothing I can do to help you?" he said, turning toward her.. "Shall I go and fetch Lance and Gwen 7" With an effort she stood up. "No, no," she said, trying hard to speak cheerfully. "Don't let this spoil your game. I aria better, I will go and find them," But by a sudden impulse he e you will have to be something sprung up, made her take his arm more than a working drudge." and walked to the house with her. "Since Sigrid has begun baby's "You are still rather, shaky, I d ucation," ,said Fritltiof,turning_ think,"he said. "Let me come aughingly to Cecil, "we notice that with yeti, I can at any rate save he has become very dictatorial to you the stairs. Howstrange it was the rest of us." that you should have known be - "You shouldn't make stage asides forehand that this was dttnei ag 7 Didn such a loud voice," said Sigrid, yoit ever have , presentiment of retending to box his ears. "1 amJthn'c - i over anything else V' going to meet Roy aead,„,tet tetch'•isle "Never," she said. "It was s;. liti-y`uu take him into the such an awful feeling. I wonder arden Cecil, and make him .be- what it is that brings it." 13y this time they had reached the church; Lance, in the dress he had worn .at Mrs. Horner's fancy -ball, stood ready to hold the bride's train, and Gwen came running up, eager to take her place in the lit- tle procession. r A few spectators had dropped in, s but the church was very quiet, and up in the ohancel there were only Roe, and his best man, Mone. Lech- h ertier, old Herr Sivertsen, and the father and mother of the bride- groom. Charles Osmond read the service, and his pretty daughter-in- law had begged leave to play the organ, for she had taken a fancy not only to little Swanhild, but to f the whole family, when at her fa- hl ther-in-law's request she had called upon them. After the wedding was p over and the .procession had .ince y more passed down the aide, she still went on playing, having a love of finishing in her nature. Charles Osmond cams out of the vestry and stood beside her. "I am glad you played for them," he said, when the last chord had been strnek. "It was not at all the sort of wedding to be without music." "It was one of the nicest wed- dings I was ever at," she •said;' "and as to your Norseman --he is all you said, and more. Do you know, there is a strong look about think mademe somehow which him of my father 7 Oh 1 I do hope he will be able to pay off the debts." "There is only one thing which could hinder him,". said Charles Osmond! "What is that?" asked. Erica, looking up quickly. "Death,'' he replied, quietly. She made no answer, but the word did not jar upon her,,for she was one of those who have learned that death is indeed the Gate of Life. Silently she pushed in the stops and locked the organ. 11 e ave properly." He left her in. the hall and ran "Are you really so specially busty upstairs to the .nursery, where -he ust now?" ask•cd Cecil, as he open- was always a welcome visitor. Both d the .little gate and joicei her; children rushed to meet him with 'or was it only your fun?" cries of delight. "No, it was grim earnest," he "Cecil.has sent me up with a mes- eplied. "For since Herr Siv':rt- sage to you," he said. en has been .so infirm I have had "To say we may come down," most of his w•'rk to do, But rt is shouted Lance. "Is it that, Herr well-paid work, and a, very great I'rithiof 7 els toward the'ttebt-fund.' In ten "No," ;cried Gwen, dancing rotund years' time I may be free." him, "it's to say a holiday for to - "See I" exclaimed Cecil, "there morrow, I guess." is the first narcissus. How early it "No, not that exactly," he said; is! I must take it to mother, for "but your' father bas come, and she so fond of them." Cecil wants you to come down and He stooped to gather the flower see him." or her, and as:she took it from "m, he just ;lanced at her for a +moment; she was looking very retty that evening, her gray eyes vere unusually ,bright, there was a soft glow of color in her fair face, an air of glad contentment seemed to hover about her. He little guess- ed that it was happinessin his sue - cess which was the •causeletf all this. Even as he watched her, however, her color faded, her lips began to quiver, she seemed to be on the point of fainting. "Is anything the matter 7" he asked, alarmed by the sudden Change in her face. "Are you ill, Cecil 7" She did not reply, but let him help her to the nearest garden -seat. "It is the scent of the nareissas; it is too strong for you," he -sug- gested: "No," she gasped. "But a most awful feeling came over me..Some- thing is going to happen, I am sure of it." Ile looked perplexed, She drop- ped the narcissus from her hand, and he picked it up and put it on the. further side of the bench, still clinging to his own theory that it was the cause of her faintness. Her face, which •a moment before had been so bright, was now white as the flower itself, and the look of suffering in it touched him. His heart began tobeat a little uneasily when he saw a servant ap- proaching them from the house. "She is right," he thought to himself. "What on earth can it bel "Master asked me to give you this, Miss Cecil,'' ;aid the maid, handing her a little `penciled note. She sat up hastily, making a des- perate effort to look, 's if nothing were wrong 'with her. The servant went back to the house, and Frith- ioff waited anxiously to hear what; the note was. about.She read it through and then handed it to him. It ran :ze i"olloyys., "• Grantley hag cone, and "Mr. Gfr» y wishes to see psi, children. I: Te will CHAPTER XXX.VIII. One spring evening, rather more than two years after the wedelin.g, Sigrid was working away in the lit- tle back garden, to which, now that her household duties were light, she devoted a good deal of her time. It joined the garden of Rowan: Tree Rouse, and, for greater conveni- ence, an opening had been rnacle in the hedge, and a little green .gate put up, Upon this gate leaned CcciI, chatting comfortably, her tennis racket under her arm, and with a F1exsnt Co n.arous s that the work of the day was over, and that )toy and Frithjof might soon be expected for the nightly game which cuing she Mason, they rel. (Ise: c;t 2'es,.l to nliaa. (To be continued.) DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE.` • Sweep—"Hi, Matey, just give us alift outer me shoulder with this 'ere bag—I don't want to drop it !" Irate Corporal --"When you're serving your country you ought to know better'n• • grumble just be- cause some dust has blown in your dinner?" Recruit -"I don't mind serving my country, but I ain't go- ing; to eat it!" AnrAjobatoirved tt's tho Ol:lbCST,SIMPLEST, and eve, one con boy -Why you don't even have to know wheat 14.11410 of Cloth -your Ooods ere,medo bf,•-Sn,bilstakeo are Impossible. Send for free Color Cord, Story tooklat, sad nootilet-elvtniresults of'Dyeiriaoverother crilore. The .IOHNSO7I.nICHf+n)SON C0„ i,in11to.1, Montt cal. Canada, On the Farm Care of the Farrowing -Sow. Special farrowing pens are pro- vided onlywhenmany breeding sows are kept, but where there is to be a removal from the ordinary quarters to a special place it should be done ire good time, so that' the sow may become thoroughly accus- tomed to her new surroundings, writes Mr, W. It, Gilbert. There is considerable difference. of opinion as to why sows kill and eat their young, and no doubt the causes are, as diverse as the theor- ies advanced to account for it. One of them, however, and not the least common, is insufficient space. A. sow, when she lies down in close quarters, is apt to catch an unfortunate youngster between her carcass and the wall against which. she generally places her back when suckling her pigs, The farrowing -pen should, of course, be, regulated to some ,extent by the size of the breed kept, but generally the space allowed is too, limited, and we frequently see big heavy sows with hardly room to. turn around in the diminutive 'apartments that, previous to far- rowing, served them as sleeping quarters. Small breeds should be allowed a. space of not less than eight feet by eight feet, increasing in the case of the larger breeds up to twelve feet by eight feet, or twelve feet by ten feet; and to prevent the young pigs from being crushed against the wall, it is a good plan to fix a strong rail' around each side of the farrowing -place, at a height of from seven to nine inches from the floor, and a similar distance from the wall. This will prevent the sow flound- ering down with her back against the side of the pen and provides a refuge for the youngsters who can get under the projection. It is a great mistake to provide the farrowing sow with a large quantity of bedding. Under ordin- ary circumstances there is no bet- ter bedding material for pigs than good wheat- straw, but. for the far- rowing sow a moderate quantity of short stuff is preferable to -the long materials .joe which. -pig eete -apt to g`t • tangled and unable to escape quickly out of the way of a clumsy mother. The question whether at farrow- ing time the sow` should be left to her own devices, or assisted in any way in taking charge of the pike, until the birth is complete is much debated by pig -breeders.. She should certainly be watched. In many cases the sow farrows during the might and is found with her pigs all right and comfortable in the morning, but it is not always • so, and not a few sacrificed sows are the result of a want of a cap able attendant. If the sow has Marrowed all -right, she should be fed in much the same way as during the closing days of gestation. It is a great mistake to feed for milk before farrowing, and equally an error to begin to stuff the sow with heating or milk -pro- ducing fooddmmediately afterward. The inexperienced breeder thinks he must brace up his sow with plenty of good food to meet the de- mand on her system and produce plenty of milk on ' which the pigs can grow and thrive. In theory this sounds well, but experienoe goes to aho'`w that it is a poor sort of sow, and one that should not have been bred from, that does not, at the start, produce enough milk for her" pigs without an extra or special feeding. The time forthis is later on when the pigs are growing and require a large quantity of rich milk to sat- isfy their 'requirements, and in°pro viding which, if not assisted by bet- ter food, the sow is dragged down in condition. ,.,_ To commence this high feeding directly the pigs are born is not only unnecessary, and therefore waste- ful,- but it is injurious. It really defeats the object of view, or it overstimulates the milk -glands and inflames the udder while the effect on the little pigs is to sicken them and cause scouring and liver de- `rangement,to which young pigs are prone. . . The majority of cases of so-called milk fever in sows in which the se- cretion disappears altogetherand leaves the youngsters practically motherless, are due to high or overfeeding prior to and immediate- ly after farrowing. The diet of the sucking sow should be gradually increased in quantity and richness, and as the pigs grow, a little meal composed of wheat, barley or oats may be added to the shorts and bran, which is about the best diet at this period, and the num- ber of times of feeding iecreasee. An important feature in the ,sue- eess1ul management of the sow and litter is too get the youngsters to feed as early as possible, This pays in two ways --it saves some of the drag on the sow, aid it gets the ' releasing g pigs fit to :wrap earlier, releasln,,.. r' ... duties. the soul .from Iter maternal Moreover; when the pigs are t+e- rttoved from the sow, w hien is gen- erally a iortnig t too sofin, they r Your Guarantee of Goodness ; The name "SAL AA" on the sealed lead a r' ages isDur strongest guarantee of t . x 1, best . and most fragrant in tea IS THE CHOICEST TEA GROWN ON TW ISLAND OF CEYLON —clean, whole Heaves -with the delightful flavor of the fresh leaves brought to y.s ur table by the sealed lead packages. BLACK, GREEN OR MIXED 05,3. are much better fit to do without her milk, and also much less liable to the convulsive attacks so cone- mon in newly weaned pigs, whose stomachs are unaccustomed to deal with the coarse food often too plen- tifully supplied, to them. 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