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Exeter Advocate, 1913-5-15, Page 2Onc of the Garrison; Ort A Mysterious Affair, 3 seewealeeoesseeesesayaialawaeavoiegellaWas GIIAPTBR, General lleather•stone put his hiend,UP, as if afraid' that is cox ))anion might Pay too much. must thauk you, Mr. West," b. said, 'for having shown this alma my door. I would not willingly al- low au oldcomrade,• however Bumble, to g¢a to the bad, and it Ir did not melinow- ledge his claim more readily it was simply beeline* I had my doubts ae to whether ll•e was really what he represented him. self. dust walk up to the hall, corporal, and I shall fellow you in a minute." "Poor devil!" he continued, as he watch: ed the newcomer' hobbling up the avenue in the ungainly manner which I have described. "Be got a 64 -pound shot on his foot, aril it crushed the banes, but the obstinate loon' would not let the doc- tors take it otf. I remember him now as a smart young soldier in Afghanistan. Ile and I Were associated in some queer adventures which I may tell you of some day, and I naturally feel sympathy to- ward him, and would befriend him. Did he tell you anything about me before I 'cense?" "Not, a word;" I replied "Oh," said the general, carelessly, but with an evident expression of roiiof, 1 thought perhaps he might have said something of old times. Well, I must go and look after him, or the servauts wi:l be frightened, for 11e isn't a beauty to look at. Geed -bye!" With, a wave of the handl the old man turned away from rue and hurried up the drive after this au - expected addition to hie household, while I strolled on round the high black paIing, peering. through every chink between the 1)/auks, but without seeing a trace Dither of Mordaunt or of hiesister. I have WAY brought this statement down to .the coming of Corporal Rufus Smith, which will prove to be the beginning of the end. I have set down soberly and in order the events which brought ue to Wigtownshire, the arrival of the Heath- erstones at Cloomber, the many etraxni;e inoidente which excited first o+u curiosity and finally our eateries iuteres; in that family, and I have briefly touched men the eircumetances which brought my sis- ter and 'myself into a closer and more personal relationship with them. I think that there cannot be a better mo- ment than this to hand the narrative over to those who had means of knowing something of what was going as inside Gloomber during the months that I .gas observing it from without. The eviio'tee of the two individuals whose statements I shall now lay before the reader des not, it is true. amount to very much, but there are a few notable facts contained in it. and it corroborates and amplilea my own experience. Israel Stakes, the coachman, proved to be unable to read or write, but Mr. Mathew Clark, the Presbyterian minister at Staneykirk, has copied •down his deposition duly attested by the cross set opposite his name. The good clergyman has, I fancy, put some alight polish upon the narrator's story, which I rather regret, as it might have been more interesting, if lese intelligible, when reliorted verbatim. It. still ere- serves, however, considerable traces o. Israel's individuality, and may be re- garded as an exact record of what ho saw and did while in General Heather- • stone's service. CHAPTER "VIII, (Copied and authenticated by the Bever - end Mathew Clark, Presbyterian Min- ister of Stoneykirk, in WIgtownehire.). 3iaister Fothergill 'West and the mean - toter say that I maun tell all I Can aboot General Heatherstone and his hoose, but that I maunna'say muckle aboot mysel' because the readers wouldna'.eare to hear aboot me or my affairs. I am an sae sure o' that, tor the Stakes is a family weel kennel and respecked on baith sides. a' the border, and there's many in Nithe- dale and .Annendale as would be gey pleased to hear news, o' the son o' Archie Stakes, o' Ecelefechan. I maun e'en do as I'm tined, however, for Mr. West's sake, hoping he'll no forget me when I chanes to hae a favor tae ask.* I'm no 'The old rascal was well paid for his trouble, so he need. not have made such a favor of it.—J. Fa W. able the write mysel' because my feyther sent me oot to scare craws instead o' sending me tae school,, but on the Mei hand he brought me up in the preenei- plea ' and 'practice o' the real kirk o' the Covenant, for which may the Lord be praised It was last May twel'month, that the factor body, Moister McNeil, cam ower tae me in the street and speared whether I was in want o' a place as a coachman and gaird'ner. As it fell'.. cot I chanced tae be on the look oot for eomething o' the sort mysel' at the time, but I wasna ewer quick to let him see that I wanted it "It's . a guid place, and. there's mony would be glad o't. If ye want it ye can come up the my office at twa the morn and nut your min questions tae the gen- tleman." That was a' I could get frae him, for he's a close man and a hard one at a bargain—which shall profit him ieetle'•in the next life, though he lay by a store o' sitter. in ,this. When the day tomes there'll be a hantle' o' factors on the deft hand o' the . throne, and I ehouldna' be surprised if Moister McNeil found Meagel'amang them. Well, onthe morn. I geed up to the office and there foond the factor and a lane . thin dour man wi' gray hair and a face as, brown and crinkled as a wal- nut. Re Iooked hard at me wi' a pair o' een that glowed like two epunke, and then he says, says be, "You've been born in these pairts, I underetan'?" "Aye," eays I, "and never left them neither." Never been oot o' Scotland?" .he spears. Twice to Carlisle fair," says 1, for I am a, man wha loves the truth; and be- sides I kenned that the faetor would mind my geeing there, for I Bargained for twa steers and a stirk that he wanted for the stockin' o' the Drumeieugh fairm. "I learn frae Maister McNeil,' says General Heatherstone—for him it was and nane ither, "that ye canna' write." "•Na, says I, "Nor read?" "Na," says I. "It seems tae me," says he, tur. sin' too "F Y STOMACH IS FINE Since TakingNa-Drs-Da Dyspepsia _" Tablets Mrs, J. Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont., enthusiastically reconxnieniis Na -Pro -Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them, as she outiinee it, explains why. fc I was greatly eat) trouble • with m stomach", elxe writes. "I had taken so much. medicine that X might say to take any more would only be making it worse.' My stomach just felt raw. 1 read of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told me they were very easy to take, so I thought 1 wonlr give them atrial and really they worked wooden -4 Anyone having anything wrong with his stomach should give Ile -Dm -Co Dyspepsia Tablets a. trial, the will do the 'rest. My stomach is fine nein and 1 ten eat any food!" One of the many good features of Isla• 'lru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is that they are so'ppleasatit and easy to take, The relief they give from heartburn, flatulence, biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try one after each meal—they'll tnuke you feel like a new person. see, a' bon at your dtu'giat's' Goin• e , fe .d theNational h .Dsu and t.hernieal Co. of CaAada, Limited, Mo�eCita,). 14.2 the factor, "that this isthe, vera Man 1 want. iiervaxite is spoiled noo•ardays, " says iia, "by ower anuekle cddloatiou. I h;ivo nae doobt, Stakes, • that ye will suit Me well eneugh. Yell hue three pand a month and a' teen& but 1 shall resairve the right o' givin' ye twenty-four hoors' notiou at any time. How will that suite ye?.t, "I's vera different frae my last place:" says X. discontented -like. And the words were true eneugh, for auld Pairpier Scott only gave um a pund a month, and par- ritch twice a day. "Weal, weel," saya he, "Maybe we'll gds a a riee if ye suit,. Meanwhile here's tghe. arise/ sbiilin` that Mauler Me_ ell tolls me it's the eastern tae give, and X shall expec' tam see ye at Cloomber on lt4oudoy." When the Monday cam roond. I' walked oot tae °bomber, axld a. great muckle hoose it is wi' a hundred windows or mair-, and space enough tits . hide awa' half the parish. As tae gaxrdeniug therm was no gairden for tae work at, and the horse was never taken cot o' the stables frae week's end tae week's end. X was busy eneugh 'for a' that, for there was a deal o' fenoin tae be put up and one thing or anait ler, forbye oleanin' the knivee and brushin' the boots and such like jobs as is weir at for an auld wife than for a grown xnan. There ivae two beside myser in the kitchen, the eek Eliza, and Mary the housemaid, pair s benighted things baith o' thim, who had wasted a' theirlives in Lannon, and keened leetle aboot the world or the ways o', the flesh. 1 hadna' muckle tae ss'Y to them for they were simple folk wha could searco understand: English. and had hard - [the mair regard for their min souls than the tads. on the moor. When the cook , ns-' think muckle o' Sohn , said she did IKnox, and the ither that she wouldna' gig saxpence tae hear the discourse o' 'Meister Donald MoSnaw o" the -true kirk, I kenned it was time for ane the leave them tae a higher Judge. There was four in family, the general, my teddy, Moister Mordaunt and Miss 1 Gabriel, and it waens,' lang before I found that a' wasna' just esaetly as it should be. My teddy was as thin and as white las a ghaist, and mony's the tura as I've come on her and found her yammerin' and greetin' all by hersel'. I've watched her welkin' up and doon in the weod where she thought nane could. see her and wringin' her handslike one de- mented. There was the young gentleman tae and his sister—they baith seemed to hae some trouble on their minds, and the general moist of a', . for the ithers were up ane day and down anither; but he was aye the same, wi' a face as dour and sad as a felon when he''feels the tow roond Ins neck. I speared o the hussies in the kitchen whether they keened what was amiea wi' the family, but the cook she answered me baek that it vs na' for her tae Enquire into the affairs o' her superiors and that it was naething to her as long as she did her work anti had her wages. They were puir,,feckles bod- ies, the two o' them, and would scarce gig an anewer tae a ceevil question though" they could clack lood eneugh. when they had a mind. Weel, weeks paceed into months and a'. things grew waur instead o' better in the Hall. The general he got mair nairv- ous, and his teddy main melancholy every day, and yet there wasna' any quarrel or bickering between them, for when they've been togither in the breakfast room I used' afters the gang round and prune the rose tree alongside o' the window, so that I couldna' help hearin' a great spirt o' their conversation, though sair against the grain. 'When the young folk were wi' them they would speak lit- tle, but when they had gone they would aye talk ae if some webs' trial were aboot to fa' upon them, • though I could never gather from their words what it. was that they were afeard o'.. , I've heard 'the general say mair than ante that he. wasna' frighted o' death, or of any danger that he could face and have done f wi', but that it was the tang weary wait- in' and the uncertainty that had taken 1 a' the strength and the mettle oot o' him.' Then my teddy would. 'console him and tell him that maybe it wasna' as bad as ha thought and that a' would Dome richt in the end—but a' her cheery words were clean throwed away upon him. As tae the young folk I kenned weel that they didna' bide in the groonds, and that they were awa' whenever they got a chance wi' Moister Fothergill West tae Brank- some, but the general was too fa' o' his min: troubles the ken aboot it, and it didna' seem tae me thaut--it was pairt 0' my du- ties either as coachman or as gaird'ner tae mind the bairns. He should Leve lairned that if ye firbid a• lassie and a laddie to dae anything ins jus: the surest way o' bringin' it aboot. The ford 'coed that oat in the gairden o' Paradise, end there's no muckle change between the folk in Eden and the folk in Wigtown. There's ane thing' that I havena' spoke aboot yet, • but that should be set doon, The • general didna' share hips 'roan -wi' his wife, but slept a' .,lane in a clam. ber at the far end o' the house, as der mit as possible frae every one else. Tbiri room was aye lockit when he wasna' in it, and naebody was ..ver allowed ize gang into it. lie wculd mak his ilia Led, and red. up and dust it et by himself1 but he wouldna' <,o muele as allow ane ,. us to set fut cm be passage' that. ,td tae it. At nicht he would walk.. a' ewer the hoose, and he had lamps• hung in every room and corner,: eo that no pairt should be dark. Miony's the time frae my room in the garret I've heard his futeteps' comm' and gangin', comm' and gaugin' doun the passage and up anther frae midnight till cockoraw. It was weary wank to tie listenin' tae his clatter and wonderin' whether he was clean daft, or whether maybe he'd learned pagan and idolatrous tricks 'oat in India, and that his conscience neo was like the worm which gnaweth and dieth not. I'd ha' speer frae him whether it wouldna' eace him to speak wi' the holy Donald Mc - Sneer, but it might ha' been a mistake, and the general wasna' a man that you'd mare tae mak' a mistake wi'. An',e day I was workin; at. the grass border when he comes up ` and he says, says he, "Did ye ever have occasion tae lire a pistol, Israel? Godeakee!" says I "I never had siccan a thing in my hands in my life." -'Then you'd best not begin neo," says he., ];very' man the his min weepon," he says. Now 'I warrant ye could dae something -wi' a guid orabtree cudgel!" Aye,.00uld I," I answered blythely, "as weel as ony lay on the border." 'This IN a lonely hoose,' says he "and we might be moleeted by some rascals.' It's weel tae be ready: for whatever may come. MO and yea and my son Mor daunt and Mr. Pothergill West of ]3rank- some, who would come if he was require od,: ought tae ho able tie' show a bauld face --what think ;ye? ". Deed err sY st n X'. a s fes i ' to better than sir," if aye yell re?.ae mo a pund a month, I'll no'• shirk my share o' ither." "We won't quarrel ower that," 'sage be, and agreed tam the extra teal' pund a Year ad easy as though it were as many bawbees. Far be it frae mer tae think evil, but I couldna' helm eu-ernisin' at the time that money that: Was so Tightly taairted wi' was •naybo no very h(nostly cam by. , tin to' curious or apryin' man be nature, but X wits, sair puzzled in my min mind tae tell' why it was that the general Walked aboot at nicht end what kept him feasi his sleep. Weill, We�day I was cleanin down the pftesagere when my, o'e fell sin a great muckle )reap o' curtains and weld caiypets and sic like things thatwere piled away ire a korner, no vera frae the door 0' the general's room, A' o' a sudden a tboclxt cam int:i'.o my hold earl I Ras tae mysel, "Israel, Tad - die,,' says 'I, what'd tae stop ye frae ladle' behind that' thio vera nicht and seem' the auld )nun when he dome' ken human en is on him?" The lash.X th'ocht o't the mair sessmple it eiss argil and. x xnadc up any xnincltao ,part the 1' r lace, intate.in tan e t eiY ee t'xt5ri othehen ttcba�Wttalwcot ftik'hatlws bdI'hejaw "S LADir Tea is sold only in sealed lead packets to reg serve its native' purity and goodness. Black, Green aiid Mixed. 065 ache, and would gang airly the my room. X keened fine when ane* I got there that there was ria chance o' ony one, disturb- in' me, so I . waited a wee while, and then when a' was quiet, I slippit aff my boots stud ran down the ither stair until 1 cam tae the heap o' auld clothe% and there I lay doun wi' cue see peepin' through a kink and a' the•• rest .covered up wi' a quiet as reat a, rotteged n until et hes general passed ane on his road tae bed, and a' was still in the hoose, My-certie1 I wouldna' gang through wi' it again for a' the . siker at the Union Bank o' Dumfries! 1 canna think o't nee without feoliu' oanld a' the way clown my back, sIt was duet awfu' lyin there in the eleid silence, waitin' and waitin' wi' never a soond taebreak the mono- tony, except the heavy tickia' o' an auld dlock,eomewhere down the passage. First I would look dour the corridor in the one way, and Syne I'd look down in tither, but it aye seemed to me as though there was something miming up frae the side that I wasna' lookin at. T had a oaudd sweat on my broo and my hairt was beatin' twice the ilka tick o' the cloak, and what feared me most of a' WAN that the dust frae the curtains and things was aye gettin' douti into my lunge and it was a' I could doe tae weep mysel frae coughin'. Godsakes! I won- der my hair wasna' gray wi' a' that X went through! I woaldna' dae it again to be made Lord Provost o' Giasgie! Weal, it may have been two o'clock, in the mornin' or maybe alittle mair, and X was just thinkin' that I wasna' tae see oxYthing' after a'—and I weenie' very sorry neither—when all o' a sudden a soond cam tae my ears clear and distinct through the stillness o' tke nicht, I'ye been asked afore neo tae describe that soond, but I've aye foond that it's no' very ones- tae gfe a clear idea o't, though it was unlike any other soond that ever I wasa shat ria in' I hairit:ano tae. t shatter ring in' clang, like what could be caused by flip - pin' the rim o' a wine glass, but it was Tar higher and thinner than that and had in it the a kind o' splash; like the tingle o' a rain drop intae 'a waterbutt. In my fear I sat up amang my cairpete, like a pudelock amang gowan-leaves, and I listened wi' a' my ears. A' was still amain neo, except for the dull tickin' o' the distant clock. Suddenly the soond cam again, ;as clear, as shrill, as shairp as ever, and this time the general heard it, for I heard him gfe a, kind o' groan, as a tired man might what has been roosed 'oot o' . his sleep. He got up frae his bed, and, I could make oat a rustling noise, as . though he were' dressin', himsel', and presently hie footfa' as he began tae --walk up and clout in bis room. lidysakes!. it didna ' tak long for me tae drop doon amang the call -pets again and cover mysel'' ower! There 1 lay tremblin' in every limb, and: sayin' as mons prayers as I could mind, wi' my. e'e still peepin' through the keel tele; and fixed upon the door o' the general's` room. - I heard the rattle o' the handle' pre- eently, and the door swung slowly open. There was a licht burnin' fn, the room beyond, an' S could just catch a glimpse o' what seemed the me like a row o' swords stuck' alang the side o' the wa', when the general stepped: Det and shut the door behind him. He was dressed in a dressin' goon, wi' a red smokin' cap en hie held, and a pair o' slippers wi' the heels cut off and the toes turned up. For a moment it Celli into my heid that maybe he was welkin' inhie sleep, but as. he cam toward me I could see the glint o'- the. licht in his sen, and his face wile a' twistis', like a man that's in sair dis- tress o' mind. On my conscience it goes me the shakes nee when I think, o' his tall figure and hie yelley face comm' sae solemn and silent doun the Lang 'lone passage. I hand my breath and lay close watehin' him,- but just as he cam tae where I was IIiy vera hairt stood still in my breast, for "ting!" --lead and clear, within a yaird o' me cam the ringin' olangin' soond that I had a'ready hairk- ened tae. Where it cam frae fs mair than I can tell, or. what was•• the cause o't.. It might ha' been that the genera] made it, but I was sair puzzled tae tell hoo, for ! Itis hands were baith doun by his side as he passed me. It cam frae his di- rection, certainly, but, it appeared tae me, the .come frae'.. ower his heid • but it was siccan 'a thing eerie, high-pitched, uncanny kind o''-soond that it wasna' easy tae say. just exactly: where it did come frae, The general tak nae heed o't, but walked on and was soon oat o' sicht, and "t didea' loom a minute in creepin' oot frae any hidin' place and eoamperin' awa back tae. my room, and if. a' the bogies in the Red Sea were trapesin' up and doun the hale nicht through, I wad never pat my held oot again tae hae a glimpse o' them. 1 didna' say a word. tae anybody aboot what I'd seen, but I blade up my mind•. ~that I wudna' stay muckle larger at Cloomber Ha'. Four pund a month is a mood wage, but it isna eneugh tae pay. a man for the lose o' his peace o', -..mind, and maybe the loss, o' his soul as weel, for when the dell ie aboot ye canna' tell what sort o' a trap he may lay for ye, and though they say that Providence is stronger 'than- him, it's .maybe as weel no to risk it, It was clear tae me that the 'eneral - and hie hoose ;were baith under' some curse, and it WAS fit that that curse should "fa' on them that had earned it, and no on a righteous Preebyterian, wha had evert trod the narrow path. My hairt was sair for young Miss Gabriel—for she was a bonnie and a winsome ]a,seie-but for a' that, I felt that my duty was the myseP and that I should gang forth, even as Lot ganged oot o' the wicked cities o' the plain. That awfu' cling -clang was two dingia' in my Inge,' and couldna' bear to be alarm in the passages for fear o' hearin' it anee again, I only wanted a chance or an excuse tae gig the gen- eral notice, and the gang bask to same place where I could see Christian folk, and have the kirk within a stone -east too fa' baek 01)013. (To be continued.) Tho only people 'who have no re gl'et for, anvthing they ever gait] are those who have never said anything of importance. oT °Whig Shoes For Everybody THE PERFECT SHOE FOR SUMMER SPORTS As1E YO1*DEALEit, On the Farm Pi►'q►'�MMW1►►�R+t1r�lk �4?N►+ i'Itr>lu 11t.otos. => w Weeds in tke orchard are nei- ther profitable nor' pretty, There is pleasure and satisfao- tion both in well bred stock ori the fare), ' Plants have greater need for their leaves and can be more easily killed in the growing season than when partially dormant. Sometimes little leaks dead to large ones, which eventually turn profit into loss. It is the success fol roan Who looks after the leaks, The farmer' .often makes a mis- take by trying to do too much. Till less ground and cultivate it bet- tor and there will be more profit in it. No class- of commercial fertiliz- ers will be able to do the work of farmyard maniil;esi, and the more that is made upon the farm the bet- ter. When mares are bred much will be gained if they aro mated with some ggeneral object in view—that the colt shall be a draft horse;' sad- dle horse,farm horse or something definite. Grindstones' sometimesbecome so hard that they are almost useless. If they, are buried in the ground for a while 4t will soften them. I the stone is large, it will require several months. Nature 'cry seldom makes a mis- take. Like is as sure to produce Getlieb Von Jagow. Foreign Minister of Germany, from his latest picture. like in stock raising as in, planting seed. The weak and poor will not produce good results anywhere. The tendency is downward rather than upward. Barnyard manure gives the beat results: of any of the fertilizers. In some way the ,soil is most benefici- ally affected` by it. It lightens up. the soil and lets in the air, which. is necessary to the vigorous life of the rootlets. When cows are salted only once a week, they eat' too much at a time, and it causes looseness of the bowels.-- Th'ey. will eat a littlesalt nearly every day 'if it is kept where they can get at it especially when the grass is fresh and abundant. Probably no animatis so valuable as a weed eradicator as the sheep. They not only eat a large variety of weeds and grasses, but they mas- ticate so thoroughly that almost all the seeds are destroyed or digested, and do not sprout from the manure. Don't have any stagnant water about the place -or you will have more' mosquitoes than is 'pleasant or profitable. The rain water bar- rel, if uncovered, -will often act as a mosquito hatchery. A little coal. oil thrown on the water once a week will prevent hatching. 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After supper, one of the trio' tried to climb e, ledge of white spar that could be plainly seen from the camp, After an hour's hard work, he reached the place; but it proved disappointing. He then saw that he could not descend' without eyes. in his toes. If' he could as,rend a few hundred feet, he might lower himself down a draw by the help. of scattering alder brush, He spent another hour in getting to the.t place, only to discover, a' precipice` in the path he had expected to de- scend. There was another chance left; he might climb to the top of the spur, far above No living man could have clung to the face of that precipice a minute if it had not been for the moss that ways rooted in the small ''crevices. He continued climbing until about ten o'oleele,, when he paused to look down on the camp -fire and the water, more than '.a, thousapd feet below him. He felt asickness come over him, ' so he turned his, gaze to the• rock wall, a foot from his face. - When near the summit,' he found himself face toface with a"perpen- dicular wall about twelve feet high. There appeared to be a small bench 'on top of this wa11, on which he. might rest if he could reach it. ' He sat for a few moments on a large rock that lay at the foot of the wall; then with his knife he cut niches for finger and toe -holds. Holding on by these, he climbed up and du?g a, :sort of trench through the moss on the rim above, through which he might draw his body. Then he de- scended tc"the rock for a long rest before making the final effort. He finally nerved himself to the task, put his fingers in 'the niches, and drew himself from the rock which, with the pressure of the de-. parting foot, said good-bye, and went bumping down, down, down. The mean was left clinging to the. niches—hope and life above, sure death below. Big ,1rope of sweat stood on his forehead as he s'teartlily worked up, up, and held with one hand while he dug the other into the moss above, Half of his body /finally rested on the edge. while the other, half bung in space without a foot; hold, It seenle• d impossible to move from that position until he saw an alder . stem, an inch in diameter, that had grown on the little flat bench apparently for the purpose .oii-. giving help on this occasion.. He tried itsstrength.e n itis It .enabled him to> pull himself 1 h ms�eand lie on p up n th narrow bed of nioss, where he thought of childhood gays, friends far away, and his own. `folly. There was but one way out, and that was along a six-inch shelf about one hundred feet to the west- ward that ended on the sloping ridge, Along this a man could edge hisbody by holding on. to the jag- ged '.placesin the rock' wall. 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