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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-3-26, Page 6The doer Of Mr. Willistin Deaeoo's grocer's. store'criaraied behind joe : Paxton; and Joe, with an angry flush on this youthful fame, strode down, tb:e only street that Ingleside possesses, his head very high in the air. • lied been eacked. Sacked! And for what? For no thing at Dea,con had a grudo against him, urged Joe Paxton, Ever since Mr. Deacon had found out that Joe wanted to marry his daughter Dol- ly ;he had had Ms knife in him, That WaS all the thenks gob for stay- ing from motning to aight hi a wretched little country store ! Old Deaeon would find out what was what. He, Joe Paxton, would thew lam! .At the foot of the street Joe met Dolly herself. Dolly was nineteen, and Joe was twenty-four; but Dai- ly had the advantage of him in looks. She was an tincOmnioniy pretty girl. Jile'e ftuth deepened as he 'saw her. "Hallo, Joe!" cried Dolly. • "Where are you off to?" "Home." ``You're terribly eerie*, aren't your Joe swallowed 'something, "I've got the sack," he aid shortly. 'Your father's. in a rare mood ;this morning. I reckon he got up on the wrong side of the bed.' 'But surely, Joe— What ev d• id you do to get the sack 7" ask Donee "Nothing. Nothing at all. But your father's been looking out for this chance. Well, I hope he'll bet- ter himself; and I can't do much worse. I'm off home!" •"But, Joe—" "Yes 7" • "You are not angler with me, are • you I 'can't help what father does. He's the same with me sometimes. "Your father is—" Joe cheek - the vivid description that rose to his lips. "But I'm not angry with you, Dully. I'll get another job quiek. You see? And we'll get married, in spite of your father. be at. the two big trees to -night, Dolly." - "Well, Joe, maybe I'll be passing that way me -self,” the replied de- murely,. And thee parted. Farther down the street Joe ran aerese Charlie Dodd, whose father was the local auctioneer and estate agent. euppese your father eouldn't find me a job:" ventured Joe, when he had teld hie tale of woe. •-Nor him. We're terrible sleek juat now. A man was in the office teadaa. He's the first for weeks." -What was he wanting?"' "Jut asking if the sweetshop near the railway halt was to let. told him I didn't know. He's to be bak on Friday.'' go to London:" said Joe decisively. after a pause. "That's the place tat get on in. Ingleside is no use at all." -Father says it going to be de- veloped. When thee- build a sta- tion instead of a Joe interrupted; with a snort of dieguet. ..They've been gt,ina to develop this plaee ever since Pre been beret,' he said. "And rn believe in that railway station when I see it. So -long. Charlie!" On his way home Toe had occa- sion to call at the halt to cullet a. pareel. On the rude platform two men were waiting for the train. He coual not help overlie ering what the man whose back was towards hiln! was saying. It is true he did nob try very hard. "At present this ia the moat one - eyed place I've ever struck 1" the man wae saying. "Derld was •out, so 1 muet come back on Friday. The riliege idiot 'who represented Dodd • realdn't tell me if the shop is to let or not. Bot 1 don't etnticipate isny difficulty hi getting it. It's the finest site in the place; and we want to get in 'here, right on the !around floor, so to epeak, .eer- rain the place will boom. With a maid service of trains—and the eon- • pane' bee promised us that—Ingle- eide will boom like Old Harry!" Jut then the speaker turned, and hie glance fell upon Jee Paxton. "There'e a train due, isn't there r he cried, • "Yes, sir," replied Joe; •and he made off with his parcel. Joe was 00 dull-witted eonntry • lad, He realized •that he was on •the traek of a big discovery. For the man whom 1i bad overheard ha • recognized as, Mi.. True in , the 'menage r of Shin gin torn E1t02es. 81.,,rioas month he had week - ed at -Shingleton's head 0. tab1i$11:, etent. in Lendoe, +and bad left, eo be thought, to better himself All the way home lie (boogie, over what be had heard. Sbingielon's St ores re every- where; •and .4 wee fere clear to joe Pa Oa that Sbingleeal 'a eel -am. p fa ed -mai; :ng.a upo In- gleside . lfurc man • thab‘ they, ravoied the sweetshop beide the hali. alase Baker and he were on friendly terms. To her he made n 10 tp o 1' that fairly teok her brealn away. Tt wee quite Tate befere reeele ed hie home, where he11 ti will, Ins PI+ ,'19,1, • • "14V,11 111 (111S 1`01 er ed ia tb.e enquiry'?" eried sharply. "I the ease hat you've got yoor leave 7') "QuIte right I" replied Joe eheefull r. ''You ehould think ehame of your- self !" eaid his mother, ''What will you get to do now r "I've arranged that," said Joe glatetlY, "Me and 31es. Baker ar going into partnership." "Into what "Into paannierehip,'' "You in a eweetie-shop 1 I'm tell- ing you, Joe-----" "lam leave me alone, mother," interrupted Joe, +so seriously that Mrs. Paaten was impressed, in spite of herself. "You leave me alone I I Inmw what I'm about." Joe entered upon his new dirties early next morning, He had seen Dolly Deacon the night before, and even she had been inclined to belit- tle his new enterprise, She also had to be shown what was what. With his eoat off, he set toNveork. on Mrs. Baker's shop. • He scrubbed it clean, he polished the window- pane, he rearranged the goods. But even then the place wee not, to hie taste.s .At the end of the .weeic brooding over be aciek of enter- prise in the shop, Anci the •even •greater leek of customers, when Mr, Dodd called. Mre. Baker ia 7" he asked. "Not to -day, Do you want •to buy some •ehocola,tee? • We've got isome fine fresh ones in to day Mr. Dodd frowned. This levity displeased him. "I've got an ioquiry about these premises—" he began. "Well, I'm in partaterehip with What Mrs. Baker now," eaid joe. Mr. Dodd hesitated. Then he said: "I ean make yOu a good offer for this shea:"' :"How Mach?" • 'Twenty pounds a year' "For the .hop alone 7" . the entire prerniees."; Zoe laughed. . "Not mach 1". he said. "Do you mean it's not enough 7" cried Mr. Dodd, aghast "We're pot on the market," said Joe. "If you had 'said s hundred yeatee-e—" "My limit ie thirty pounds," "We've a lease of seventeen years," warned Joe. "I ean't help that. That's the joe hesitated. Then: "Nothing doing l" iie said. : And Mr. Dodd took hisdepart- , , are. • Joe waited a .week, tberi . two weeks, for -Shingleton'S to make,. another overture.He began to re gret not having cliiiched with Ma Doeld'a. offer. After a three week'e silence he faeed az bra eh as pose sible his position, which was that.of a partner in a. very unremonerative confectionery businees, It was now ihat Joe's aptitude for eonainerce came to his rescue. - • He waylaid the travellers who. !journeyed to Ingleside in order to eall on Mr. Deacon, and to them lie explained.his plan. In •a merrellouely abort. time it began to be apparent that Mrs. • Baker's shop had undergone a. ohange, and that in Ingleside there was nova a rival to Deacon's gro- cery establishment Then Joe put • on his beet clothes and ealled on everybody Who lived within a rile dius of six miles, end.courted their patronage. • Things began to hum at Mrs. BD. Shortage of capital was .their greateet werrye and the peo- ple in the big houses near Ingleside' were not very prompt payers. Be- fore the winter was •Out Paxton realized that he. had .quite a geed business and not enough Moneyto keep it going. With several threat- ening letters before him Joe sat down one day to think a way out. He was puzzling thus *when •the shop bell eang .and there entered Deily Deacon. There were 'freers in her eyes. "What's amiss, Dolly?" he ask- ed quickly. The girl heetitated a moment, and then: "Why ever did you start this hateful shop?" she cried. ,"What made you do it? What made you do it?" Jae s eyee opened wide. "What made me do it?" he ee- eated, "For a living, I suppose." "Couldn't you have found one some other way? Some other way that didn't mean taking the bread out of another man's mouth?" • ((Whose mouth am 1 taking the bread Out. o±?'' he demanded 'Tour father's 7" ':You know perfectly well." "Then he's feeling the draught." "ft is cruel ef you lo brag:abo.ot it," cried Doller indignantly, "He's an old man, Joe. And you've reifi- ed To moistened his lips. 1 sortv.' he said "I'm real ,sorry. ,And if it's 11171 COI:ISO:fat ion to him he may as well know that I'm done in. too, We're cutting eaeh other'e faroate That's what eve:ire doing." The ebop bell aloe; again, end a tted mai 1 en levee, nee', hula beat faeter as he l'ecognised :krt.. 'freeman, ,or Shingle to o "Mr. I'axtonl" a sked Mr. 'nate. ma n, "Yes. ' "fa onld 30 11 erare m e a tow MITI- S "Certainly," ;foe gnawed to - ;verde DellY, and the girl left, the la?' • .Leiv,re. Mr. Trueman 'came to • the point." • t once. "X want to bake over these pre- ises," add. "'Aro you epee, to to offer " '`If ICA good enoegh," gr 1111,1k' Joe. "We're doing bigbusiness here now." Mr. Trueman smiled a trifle con- temptuously, .you don't believe me you ease look et our beoki," 'contiooed Joe. Everitualla Mr, Trimmest did ex. amine the books. "'What's your price ?" lie asked. "Meke an offer," replied jee. Mr. Trueman's offer was coe- siderably more than Joe axpeeted Time was of more importaeme lo Mr. Truemaan'than money and he wanted to clinch the matter there and then. • aceept,'' eaid roe, ehortly, provided the deal Le °eeriest through before Thursday." • Mr. Trueman turned to the door. "Our solieitur will call an you te- morrow morning," he said. `Go'oci- - day." On Thursday morning Mr. De con was despondently ,servesiog fly -blown stock when Joe Paxtu entered his thop, a - The old man's face grew Ina with wrath. Good -morning" said ;roe 1„)40a44'e antly. "I thought you'd like to know that I've given up the than over the way." The old man's eyes glittered veno- mously. "I thoughb you'd come to that, he growled. "Mrs. Baker's bee talking." "That's one of her faults," said Jee. "And how -are things going with you ' ‘"Mind 'your own bu sin e so. " "That's just what Inn trying to do. As a, matter of business, Mr. Deacon, could you do with fifty pounds 7" • ".None of your theek, you young jackanapes! If you don't •get out of my shop---" "I've got ib with me." •Joe spread out ten crisp oetes on the counter. - Mr. Deacon looked envioitaly at the money. • "Away with you 1' he shouted suddenly. • • "Look here, let's get to business, Mr. Deacon. • I've gob an offer to make," said Joe. "I've sold the busioes.s to +Shiogleton's. Mrs. Baker is going to London with her share. I'm prepared to pay your debts and take ever your besiness. There's one condition." a- s 11 Well, what is it?" Mr. peacon spoke inore gently. ' • -That you let Dolly aid Me get married right sway. You may as well," he urged. And Mr. Deseonfinding eireana etantes toostrong for Min, gave hr. Is it quite fair to ,staat in oppo- sition to ShingIeton'i when you've sold them your business'?" Dolly asked, later on. "There'll be plenty of room for both of us," said ;foe. And guess keep my oa-n. customers," —London Answers. IIE '1'11,1:NEP U E. 30}!N. Old Age Not to Blaine for Every 111 that Flesh is Heir to. 'How are you, to -clay 7" said a Scottieh landlord to one of his ten- ants on meeting him on the road. "Vera weel, sir, vers., weel," an- swered john in his usual way, "gin it wasna, for the rheumatism. :in my richt lege" "Ah, -well, Jelin, be thankful, -for there IS ne mistake youeare getting old like the rest of us, and old age does not come alone." ((Auld' age, sir" replied John. "I wonder to hea,r ae,' Auld age lha,s nothing to do evith it, Here's my ither leg' jest as auld, an' it ii; quite eoorid and eoopple yet.' - N'1111) TO liNOW The Truth About Grape -Nuts Food. 114 doe.sn't matter so much whet You hear about a 'things it's what you know that counts. Arid ecerrect knowledge is most likely to tome froni personal experm.nce. "About 0 year ago," writes an Eastern man, "I was bothered by indigestion, especially during the forenoon. I tried several remedies without 'ally permanent impre went. !`ialy breakfaat usually consieted 01 oatmeal, steak or ehops. bread. coffee and some 'fruit: ' 'Hea ring SO nirich about Grape-. Nubia I -ooncluded to giVe it a ti 'd and find oi t. if all I had heard of it was 'true. ; "So I began with Grepe-Nate and 01'ea.fli, 1011 hnile.d eggs, toast, 41 cap of Posture and, some fruit, .11efore the end of the first week I Team rid of the acidity of the stcanca'a and frit. 1)111011 relieved. "By the end of the ,secemri we elf ,t; ra indigeetion had disep. peered and 1 was in tirkt,tate, health once more. Before beerring that -course 1diet, 1 never had any ap. petite for "lunch, but new 1 <?:ur cn joy hi le 211e0.1 at neon time," Name given by Can tl nrin 1,),oelturiv Wifideo a (.)nt, Bead Bead to Wellville," pkgs, "There's it Ileasoe," Ever read the above fetter?' A new end appeari from tints to flute. %%ay gentiinet and full el bantam Liaterlian• D. W. Moss. Formerly County Crown Attorney of Bruce, one of the early gradu- ates of Toronto 'University who died' in Toronto recently. BENEATH THE WAVES M OD N :11,111A 8! APILED TO 8 111111,ARINT, Tet.S.K. S. Dangers 'Which •Divers' Have Face and How They arc Overcome. t 0 It is doubtful if the •public know very much of what has been recent- ly ,accnnaplished by the eubmaririe clivee; now and again a few lines appear 10 the daily papers making brief reference to the work, • but that is all. It is, therefore, the purpose of this article to present more detailed particulars of what is being done in the way of sub- marine work than is given in the above short accounts, writes 11. Deeds, in Uncion Answers. I would Area make reference to the work -carried on 'during the ex- eavations beneath 'the foundations of 'Winchester Cathedral; England. Diving Underground. • The question is often :asked: "Ilow can a diver be employed -on solid and dre- ground such as that on a-hich •the cathedral stands?" In explanation of the lerocess, it may be said that if a shaft be sunk in almost coy place •the level of wa- ter will be reached soener or later, and the excavation practically be - :conies a W ell In'order to reach a lower depth, -one of +awe courses must be adopt- ed; either a. puinp roust be used to lower the water, or a diver mint be employed to excavate below the water level. ln the ease of Win- chester •Cath.edral, it was at once apparent that pumping was inad- missible, as by so doing silt, or sand, would beadra.wn. from beueath the ()thee portions of the fablic, and the building would be pumped down 1.0 deetruction. • The Problemthat presented itself was as to the beet method to be adopted for the removal of the pelt and -the +substitution of concrete or J1016s-oury without pumping. •, • The walls Of the cathedral hav- ing first been grouted up with liquid "cement, by means of the ',`Grdat- head" grouting machine, to fill all the -cracks a length of wall aft. to eftwas attacked. In Absolute 1) arkness. A pit was sunk, and by its means the- old foundations were uncover- T ed. Water was then reached, and, amp 'with the aid of ordin ay e -cavation mei and light pumping the elay was re- mar moved and the peat bed uncovered. T Pumping had then ted cease. ible The water was allowed to rise to with its normal level, and a diver con- the tinued the work. He exeavated ohm the peat beneath the wall, the with length, as -before statedbeing filtinsie to. 6ft., whilst the extent of the fitte drift beneath the water and below. dive the walls vaeied from 9f 14 to 2f 1, ted He carefully mit down the peat prod to a vertical line, removing every • Napz;ratoti_dtsayas used in he ,Britisli it la quite a cornmeal impression that 'the depth to while g diver may deseeoct is practically nnlirnited. But 06 greatest . authenticated depth to wirieirdivere have descend- edi 10ft; The deeper a diver deseends, the greater the pressure to Which he is suljected, Ilbe water preeeure 01 creasee at +the rate of about Wile, fer every 10f14, of depth., •and the air pumped dowa to the diver is kept eit a, pressure slightly in eacese 'Wiley's() as ao easter° yeetilation of the helmet. It is +abeolutely necessary that the diver elaitild breathe compressed air, otherwise .lis breathing would be instantly 'slopped, and the blecal wind(' flow from his nose and 111011,Lh. As' a elive,r „enters• the vva- ter, the superflueus air in his dre,ss is driven out ;through, the outlet valve of his helmet be'.. the pressure of the water on his legs and body. If the valve is fi•eely open he will -feel his breathiig. rather labeecat by the -time it is just uncle): water. The reason of this is that the pressure in his lunge is that of the water at the valve outlet, whereas the, pressure on his +chest and ab- domen is greater by somethinglike a foot of water. • Apia to the Surface. He is thus breathing against pressure, and if the has to breathe deeply, as daring exertion, the ef- fect beoomee serioas. One of the first things, therefore, that a diver has to learn is to avoid this adverse pressure by adjusting the preesure of 'this spring ou the outleteialve, so that the breathing is always • quite free. The spring on 'tale valve at the same time regulates the amount of air in:the, dress, and therefore the buoyanca of the diver. The breathing is. of course, east - eat when the dress is full of air clown to the level of the abdomen, but vohen this is so the diver runs a risk of being "blown It may be added thait horizontal, or near- ly. horizontal, position, is the easie est one for a, diver's breathing, anti many divers work crawling on the ground. • Divers who work at •a deptit of, say, 30 fathoms-180fte-eare expos- ed to a pressure of about 801b per square inch. Now, if a diver works at -this pressure for even a few minutes his body tissues arid blood. vessels become saturated with ni. trogen, and it therefore becomes ime perative 'that lie should return to the surface Very slowly. For hietance, after an exposure of, say, fifteen mix -totes, at a depth of 180114., the diver **•-shoulti allow himself ,thirty minutes to come up. If lie failed to carry' out th1s. for - melee, and camee`up' too. quitkler, the chances are that he would suf- fer" from what is variously known as "bentls,"..or "caisson disease." • When 'Weather Prevents. What would happen would be that the abnormal pressure of ni- trogen, in its efforts to . escape, would set up a scat of effervescence in the blood -vessels, stop the cir- culation, and cause paralysis. Tlee only cure for a bad ease of this sort is to +scald the diver down again into deep water, and after a few minutes' exposure there, bring bine sheirly• to the -surface again in accordance with the rules. Owing to weather conditions, however, this may be :impracticable, and to i meet suoh a contingency a special climpber ol steel—a kind of port- able hospital—isbrought into use. Into this chamber the afflicted di- ver is 'placed, and, after the door has been securely fastened; air is pumped into it , at a pressure of about 451bper square inch. he- weiedest, 'submarine contriv- e is that which +serve', to enable to escape from disabled sub- ines. •• he apparatus consists of a flex- • watertight •jacket, combined a -metal 'helmet. Surrounding jacket', inside,- is a flexible tuber communicating by a tube a mouthpieee which is placed le .the helmet, the tube being d with a valve controlled by the r. Inside the jacket is also fit - an air -regenerator and oxygen- ucer containing a chemical Ox.ylithe. when breathed upon, gives off pure oxygen gas; which the diver inhales. Another strange contrivance is that used for reecue work in mines after 'explosions. 'e g particle from the surface of the gravel. So, soon as tbie eiscitaation was completed, jute bags, filled with etinerete in cement., ready Mixed, were lowered down to him, and ,these lie placed 6ide by side until the whole area was paved 0 v.eff with bags. These were then Slit open W R11 a knife to alio* the be,l' Cal ' 'to • be spread by the diver oVer the ,sUrface. .Four such layers of hagswere time plated -in pveisition ; and When it is remembered that the whole flie Work, both •of- excavation .stral concretiesg; was atione tibeolate darkness and entirely by feeling, the greatest credit, 18 dne to the diver for the way in which he ea.r- vied out this task. Ou Solid 'VON ' When, the four layers of ha as had [hos' been placed in position; it suf.- neient lengtli of time wee allowed ela.pse for the, coneteto lo et, Ufa 11 f1yw 011» che eked, 11 d the water in the hole' pumped out. The work \var..; then continued ordinary inasons, and brieklayers III .to •the 'underside ef the origin al. F,oundations, Ilia cathedral elande for all time On 1.1 solid and satisfactory foundateion.. N'eXt Tria reld 'the' diving 49" 00.08e OP ma,. rum of talois NM F P AKING AP *SOFTENING WI&TE DISINFECTING CLOSETS,DRAINS ec In the. reports of the recent 'ter- rible 'disaster in South Wale& free quent mention has been made of the operations eonducted by rescue - brigades equipped with apparatus of this description ; but the paia- ciple on which it works has not be en men tioned • Safe Amid Danger. Briefly, the apparatus consisbs of Iwo steel cylindercontaining pure oxygen compressed to a pressure equal to 1,800lb. per square inch; breathing -chamber divided into two compartments containing caus- tic soda; a. mask fitted with inspire', atory and expiratory valves; a re -1 clueing valve which passes the oxy- gen at normal pressure into the in- spiratory .side of the breathing chamber at' the Tate of awe litres per minute. . The wearer's exhaled air passes through the eseuatic sodawhich fixes the carbonic acid, and it, is then re -inhaled along 'with the freeh oxe-gen, whica is constantly being delivered from the cylinders. Thus equipped, a man can work, safely in the most poisonous phere. e MEASURE LIMIT OF FA TWIT. The Bounds of- Streagth. May Now. Be Astertained. Professionat.fatigue can be tome surer.]: frona the •variation of •tne tracing or sketch of tbe. movements of the heart. Accerding to. the eie- Perla:lents Julee Amax, explained . by Professor Dastre, it has been men that aa the power developed by the muscles increases, the form of the cardiograms is thanged Their summit become More and more Pointed The undulation on the right, that hi -eupplicel by the cone traction of the heart, lowees pro- greesivelly. 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