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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-11-12, Page 6Or, A Strange Stipulation. CHAPTER V.--eContinueele Mee doctor .arrived, the one who had, beeu called in to etttend him when. lie heel been taken so "I 134ve 'been axing ni bed too loug," egad. Belnent to hum ."elive me ownetlaing to make me(drone. it is hateful to feel al feel now. "AM this is ea iraprovement," sma .1:110 d ieter, "We leave only been waiting for Yoe to make a little effort on your own accouut. Mr. Bryant." "Whitt ba e been happening to nie?" eels: ed Julien Bryant. The <lector detailed his elneee, "Partunetelv, " he said, you are se healthy and so yoang that we have avoid- ed complieetions; but you had unalstY turn for about, ten -clays, Mr. Bryant, 1 Wia.G very anxious about you." 'You brought me Imre, I euppose?" "Yes," eaid .the doctor, "I am reelmn- sible for that." "You are ell very good to me." said Ju- lian Bryant. "Perhapa you don't khow that I am -that I am a pauPer, 1 cau't pay for all this." "Well. we ean wait untie you are quite w elle wee the brisk reply; and in another moment or two Bryant wee left to him- tielf agaizt ie slept bronight; 'wee detestable to lam, het he wont devil- etaits deliberately, and he retie up Iney. dell and Ceeteeme and asked to Opeak with the innior portlier, "I want news of my 'wife; where is tsher he demanded, When he Wile. Tont in GPM, lam/Ma:Oen with lir, Teaderten. 'v Er. Brant is perfeetle Well, but I pan eorry minuet give you her addreese "Yon eity tshe is 'well; what is elle de. We, end how is slie living?" '"I am very ',sorry, Mr. Beyent," the other Men anewered. "1 ean really gtre yoe no information, beyond the 'tact Mutt I know Mrs, Bryant Is in good heeltle" Julian Bryant eut, back the .reeelver roughly; then he .rang for Stephene. "I ant going out,' ite Gata "I doe% quite know when 1 shell be in. Not,doe't eall me a cab; treu going to wall:" He made his way ,witb. a heart that beat and thrilled to that little Maga' street where he and Enid had lodged iaet. tU et once it 'seemed to him •tbat could not live through another night •witlitnit trying for dirot news of her, Ile Wats eielt with anxiety when be eietured the -ort of exieteuce ehe xnuet have beeneliv- ingwhere had. ehe gone? To whom lead she turned? What 1N'LLS she doifig? Bad she known of his Mina's, or had theymade l but each dkenly throUgh that ay he eeeratee grew a little her believe teat of hie own free will he. stronger. A eertein smelt wee. fife:hang had turned away front her and bed <hes- for hint. a epirit that hat misery le en the money Insteede • and anger, and eaeh day fresh evideute it Vile 1111 ao fituailiaxly ugly to liiiii W88 brought te hun of the .poeition whiela when he reached the c.rowded, ehalibe• he 11 OW held, • neighborhood in which he and his wife Ife had known froM lifr. Pleydell that had made their home. Bow many times Beeliael Marnork's bequest to him ern- he hael walked this way with deoaie eat - braced more to him than money invested ing at kis heart, and darkening the oue And lodged in banks, The lawyer -ad lookt It was ell eo fiunifiar, and yet told him that Mre. Mternook had 'Met Jxtm teady it wee much -uglier than it had her Londoa house,, two of her motoroare, a yacht and eerie honee intrainingat Newmarket. Some one had oraanized everything during hIEZ ainees; he learnt incidentally that his house was open wait- ing for his return. Daily the ears Galled with hie former landlady the (motion Ju - in ease he amend. reouire them. :bating lian Errant had eorae to ask wae, not on someone's authoeity, Stephens lead put epoken. voield net expose himself to together a, wardrobe suitable for a man hew this eeeret of his heart 'discussed by of Mr. Breante, tseefal and financial pee).- the unkempt, vulga.r, but kindly woman tion. On every hand luxury met him. At time; indeed he felt ante one airing iu 1111 enehanted land. Ile had but to move hie hand, and hie ,e1ig31teet wish was grati- fied; and against the etrength of that spirit of misery peed anger eutubined was The house had never been so meagre and so dirty. The a•emosphere never eo disagreeable, When lie was face to face who -wee eyeing lam with a.lineet eager ourioeity; and there flashed baok to en- lian's miird the last time be had seen this woman and the mental agony ha had en. dared therrugh every hour .ef that deead ful night. struegling a conemouts element of eats- Ile estanienered out, eome eaquiries abont faction, a delightt in, the ease, e.he chorea eetteies: but the woman of the house told him that everything had been Bent on, as directed by himself, to late care of lue <lawyers. . "And Mre. Bryant, eie? You foend her again, didn't eon? Oh, I lthew 'twas ne- tting but a tiff. She -wasn't 'the ene to turn and go off and leave you, not elm! Why, X don't want any ,man ,to have 'wanted a better eort e wile. You'll for - glee me, sir, for eaying it, but times MI changed with you, that's cleav to see, and I'm glad of it, for your eake •ancl, pa.rtieu. lar like for M113. Brarlialt'S Y01.11. Oiti rooms its still unlet, sir. I suppcee you wasn't thinking of toming back?" said Bryant, almost roughly. Then lie thanked tlie. wornan, and teemed away; bet as he was going he -walked beck again, and he put. a ,SaVeZeign -11 her hand. , The eight of her was repulsive to him, and he had hurt him in a, way that She visit to Torquay, -would have been the last, to have un ei. if Mr. Bryant preferred , stood; but lier lei -0.'3y end her aleralea- The young man listened to all the -doe- s doe for Enid gave her a certain elanta on not to go abroad. tors %said to him, but made no remath. On hiln' He hurried away from the narrow the day that everything eme packed, and street, el/Wien-is stuffy ,.atincepliere aencl its he ;vas ready to go, ' Stephens ' brought ugly 'Little heauseee hand aa: cihrieveuhariLepditiba. him 0 small leather box, i motor -ea an a. G `W . . that you woeld prefer to write Yettr own :teeth a little grimly. lee , nee_ _ baek to hie owieand new hwoasme, heybreetpharie. "Mr. Tenderten eadel that he thought chequee. eir,' ; ed with the exact ISCOrd Wall 1171.11011 to de. Ha landed at the same tiene,a sheaf ot ee,ribe hie preeent attitude, butlete _w_es bille. Julian Bryant turned vexy.pale and pretty tertaie that he eould never ...Plows at for an instant Wit410.11,t /11111.111g; but own free will go back to that old iai . Stephens had unlocked the despatchebox A certaiii new seneation filled hien as he and taken out a big eheque-book, and alighted. from the cab and was admitted put blotting paper, ,pen and ink, in front onee again to the exquisitely appointed of hie Blaster. place of whieli he -seas role master. The "If you will put your signaeure, sir, I vision of hie evith had grown eo faint the , can easily till tin the rest. Theo are all it had almost faded out. He wee can- Inet for an instant Bryant hesitated isgousistian thls moment only of the meter. the items, again, then he took the pen and -wrote hie eieneeihiaSet'pi°rIelienwilipellonstehlielatiroirigetitiztlte; firet scheriue. "I will file You shallthem put thall in myself," lie said, em in then- hiHme. had been etified so long, he felt that " 1010000."e various , he wee breathing freaheair for the first .1-tr,e before he left, 'when he was alone, time' Bryant etood in the middle of the room, "Yes, I whedine at home," he read to and covered his face with his hands. He Stephens. "Ring through and tell them ed himesele and eath his hatred there was is. that I ehall want -a. ea 13 Imre tit nine hated himself for his weakness, he deep lningled a 'engine, that longing which had woven iteelf into ever- conscious mo- ment of bis life, a longing for the creat- ure who had ,left him. He had aeked no he felt he could of his etteroundings, a. re-e,stablishinent of personal vanity, a sense of the knowledge of power. He advanced a little every day, and it laet he •perreitt•ed himself to be oonduct- ed downstairs and put into his luxurious car, and with Stephens beside him was bowled through the glory of the autumn sunelaine, the autumn that still had the embrace of summer in ite oft genial au'. Mr Tenderten heard of the advance of convalescence; and be smiled as he was told of the daily drives. of the visite to tailors. and of the other tradespeople whom Stephens had introduced to his master. Be smiled again when he realiz. ed that Julian Bryaet refizeed to see him. It wee all so in keeping with what be had imagined. The day tamwthr, e en MBryant was pronounced well enough to leave the nues- ingemme. The specialist (of course, Mr. Tenderten had decreed that more than one doctor 'wee neceeeane) prescribed. a o'clock. CILA.PTER VI. questions, becauee that It ha,c1 been the easiest matter in the tenet Pleydell, that the lawyer would world to teitee Mrs. Julian Bryant. Mr. there Pleydell had fallen hack 011 a weel-tried here had been the need to com have broken 'his silence before this if and astute clerk, 'Who happened tobeone with him. The fact tha.t Mr. Pleydell of the few people who knew the. fpail s .__ Y said nothing -proved to Julian that hie of Mrs. Maenock's legacy to Julian Bre- -wife had been traeede beyond that he clar- , ant. . . ecl not let himself think. ! In .tc, couple of days' time this dere Ha ercve away from the nursing home, ! brought the information that Mee. Bryant leaving the impreesion that for a men ' was etaying in Hempstead with a cer- eo ric.lily endowed as he was he wee par- i fain Mies Sybil Jackson, who :was a mu- tiowthaey =erase; and he vats received in !Mean and gare 808480115 in singing and his own house as though he had been liv- ,• the piano. ing there all his life. It gave Bryant a I . Mr. Pleydell debated with himself tor elall feeliug to find himself passing into 60010 little Bryantvrlaileattow,Iliv,isttihioeurthewalehnoilalg ter. Hew d that •hall where he .had eat that begone . day. and had -written that despairing let- , her of his *waxing. It was jest possil3le I -mining- the curious turnhad been from lin- fate had Deemer- 1 that if she keew he intended to call she far away he ed in kis lite. The hill feeling lingered. might avoid seeing hina; on the other gaiety. Ilis aorteliness took on a nevr sig. nitellt°.hwera,6 ilfoilin•sheile2 be-Yollnea0gIlluee"sane8reegpere aa he entered this exquieitely appomtea . ht: Louse. with its air of brightn.ess and nifleanee. Such a house deraanded a, pro- tttte action with. regard to Jellian Bryant per mietress, something young and freeh bad. made the position very difficult for and .excatiaite, SOM0011C1 who laughed like 11:18-iic. Pleydell., d p omieed •definitely to carry out Muse', and in whom the joy of Bee ran Jeilraill.': wirshes -with _regard to his wife. ea vividly that the little feat supporting It seemed to him a, breach of f aith to the elender limbs danced When thee should draw back from this promise, yet whet have walked could he do? Bryant turned to his valet. • . Mr. Tenderten had been too <Mich 101' "Ring througe," he <mid, "and see if him; apart from the fact that julian luta- Mr. Pleydell is borne. Beg hini to come to self 11130 too ill to give eleanite orders the Me at once." • installation of him as a patient in a 111188- P3148 men rettirned almoot et wide end lag home, the element of luxuee which brought the same answer. 311?. Pleyden lir. Tendertan had so eleverley introduced wats still away, but would be returning about 311013m; the wholeeireetrastances_ e.od now in' it few daye. Mr. Tenderten was at the ca,se put it ont of Mr. ePleardellr.rs Mr. Bryant'e clieposal, power to approach. Enid m the em at "I will welt,' exid julia.n Bryant. "it 'which Julian had c esirod. is Mr. Pleydee I -mesh to see Mr. Pleydell did not hesitate to MMus There wore lettere for him eread opt on plainly to his partner what he felt about tee table in the hall; -writing which he the proceedings. on oe hie lewyers !rein hie old homehe . did net know, and *there just a few sent -you have gone too far, much too far,'" 'd "It is eearcely • fade treatment, Tenderten, as yeti nmet be prepared to he 148 ell When Stephens left him he made a pil- grimage 'round the holm, and the vision of Enid grew <clearer and dearer before each .sten he took. -I mien see her I meet knownvbat 18 cloieg," The mete thotight, of George treneterten T CUR oUd Gold Locket and chain trent t Aud emenebee, there.1.4 nothing to reeeent B b r2.. 0 GI Van Rtvg over - as meth money arc he likes to his wife. Three, are no restric•tiene attached to lite deal. We will give this beentiful rolled gc‘ld ege .with what he bas, gremted tho, 310 3acket' ahd iree ei ehalrg...e a"1 futile; the one big eonditiou tbe rest fri who will <coll 30 sots of iseeettefill , lire in hi own earule, 11 limiter which I 1.reae Post Cards at 10 cents a set (six lerely cards In eaoh tieV, take it lie was slier') enottge to seeec We think dIffermitly on thie Send us your name an wo will eend you ",wo the enede to eat. When geld end us the Pir'Ydere "ee mntleY and we will send yon the locket oreflt1y 0)1M'e""Ir en'n bet repeat that I .vegeet Meet: eincerelY a..rd tr. Addrese. aft that you have donee ' • • wen," (laic' Me. Ten -decree air; ty, 110.AlEllaWA11)11lIN CO ,, am. orry," •, ee TON/rite, 011t. But ho wee trot tho lewd; bit serry, t lle New no end of good Chingt corning to hear from Mr. y enough to diecure the matter."' But Mr. Tendeeten 1)04 <only laughed, "I am a freed,' he ariewered. 'You've got one view about this matter and I've got another, that's all. We'll wait and eee who's likely to be right.'' "That ie aborted!" answered Mr. Pleedell. with. seine heat, "You heve teken aeteey from the men the power of tteting pentleetly." "Virtill, he den be ass independent as lie likee 'when gete better," the Mamie lawyer eaid hriekly, • It amused him to lee how perturbed his eartner was. *I arose what you nee wove:rang about," be said; "you are thinking what you are going to eay to the Wife; felt seedy, me dear Pleyelell, eou °eget to know fleece - thing of human nature. X tell' you X am tot at all 801'0 that it Wait net a, puthip thing' between there that elle elleela dis appear thisemanner; at any. rate, see chose tn < blouself from Bredkriti eliengh Wee OP mueh Yortgee did Intent hest •ie little More about Iranian nature thee 'Mr. 19,0Ydelit, Thad' tlid net sneak ttirctitt em the sub. Pale bet -the, yoztillese man amused lime self be' evetclunat g wh. lies partner Jler, 0,10e4011 waited two -GT 'thine dere end 'then he feat that lie ought reelleLt,,e„ make eome move in the Metter of 'nem, Bryaut. b'e mede aos way to the Week of dale in ItampeteedA•Where Arise Sybll Jaelegen , It wae with 1,01110 relief that Ploy- deIl -wee infereeed that Mrs. Breent wee 110 t boaue. wale, letwevee eeeeiveta by eller; j aekeou, and. it, waeovi'dent thet .slte, hue uot the 1104 intention of being. pleashirt. „ "1 don't. enow who you are, and I. don't know evliy you have come; but if you have bee -o. <mire by that mamletente tell You that yon lieve mede•aegreite suietake. Bold ErYant isn't goirtg to 11y 18111 More to do with her huebauel. He has dragged Iter dowe quite long eneagn as it ie. 11 is high tone that he etoocl '1 itate copte *1 3117 01011 ta.°eedoordi";:'lar. Pleydell eepoed '1 1,14p, anxioue to erpeak lo Jur.% orynt." • "Well, yeti eeaft epeek to her, enalelled Miee Jaelema, 1.ramencie 6110 'sift here, and she 'won't be here' tor some tinie, either; ehe is ap in the uorui o Engtend, work- ing for berseIf and working in the proper evay; and if yera are eeeing Mr. Bryeet, noe tan tell him been me that his wife's done with ecioking 'and eer-abbing and turning nereelf Auto a altive for a. selfish, , idle beaeb. Ile mey try all he will to get tures directions for dressing every bee baok, but she won't go. She's done sore 0 f wo u nd When a Seidler is wounded either he or some comrade rips open this package aod applies at onoe the life-saving dressing, which will la,st at any rate until- the soldier ie broaght io a station, where the first scientific attention is given. TERRI-U: SCENIS OF WA3 E.tVU.GERMA.1% .-scume. • , r. itiv's",INERST AllPe . -Ilo pitels Crowded and Red Cross Trains Ran Daily From the Front. The methods of 'handling the wounded in the German any are described by a, eorresponcleot of the OhiCago.News who is with the right 'wing of the Germany army .France. He eays : Every soldier in the German army has sewn under a corner of his eoat a strip of rubber cloth Under this strip is eapiece of antiseptic gauze. a strip of bandage, and plas- ter and cloth for the outer band- age. This cloth bearsin simple pic- ' 1.1 f d ' When lire Pleydell mildly veetured, to -aek if he anight have Airs. Bryant's ad dress in tbe north, this was refused. "No," eaid, Mice Jaekeon, "Buid made ane propeee e‘elemely not to tell eanyone where elle wile. If Ton want to write to her you eau seed a letter here, 111. see that elm gets it" Mr. Pleydell etalleee away from the flate, leeiing very much annoyed. Ile had un- dertaken this little journeyactua,ted by the Isixeleees, t motiv. Hi ie ntention had been toputthingemooth and right ae he could between Julien and his wife; above Eull, he intended to let Mrs. Bee -ant know the truth, and to tell her • that though apparently her husband had made las choice, this Teeny had been 4eoided for hian, and, that, he was quite unableett the 3.110men1 to deal with Ude matter or with aux other - It, had creseed hie mind to inform tnat very eherp-tongued young women that Mr. Bryant was very ill, seriously ill; but she (had been eo unpleasantay hoetile time he had 1831 11 better to eay nothing. In hie oldfaehinned mina, however, he was greatly disturbed. In the fleet place the *Ieitement vrbich had. crept into his uneventful life was, a most disturbing element. In the second, the eppeal that Julian Bryant had made to him se far- eibly came back every now and then to prick his conscienee. Por, after all, he had not done, what the young man had expected of Ulnae he -was to find Mr's. Bry- ant, to find ber in thereal settee of the word; yet thougheshe had been traced she was no nearer returning to he,r husband. Mr. Pleydell did not hesitate to confess to himeellf -Wet it was a cowaa g , gestion hit part; but„. all the eame,he Who remove the temporary band- -was coneiderably relieved that this hetV ages and put on dressings whicli Through this simple and inexpen- sive device many German soldiere who have been slightly ev!bunded 111 battle have returned to their com- rades,within a few days completely well, and have taken their 'place in the ranks once more. , Sanitary Corps Gather Wounded. The ordinary procedure of caring for the wounded in the German army is for the sanitary corps, which is well provided with..stretch- ere and bandages, to gather up the wounded on or near the firing lines and bring them te a gathering point a little way behind the lines. Here the army surgeons a,re ready to begin work at once upon the most urgent cases. They are assisted by members of the corps the eve of his usual holiday, he '1001114 out of town when Mr. Bryant -would be well eneuga to ask questions. - "Proliably Tenderten understands this eort of 'thing better than I do," lie said to One thing he 4111 40, howe-ver; he wrote he e will la,st until the -soldier reaches a hospital. Then from this gather mg paint the wounded soldiers are put on stretchers in Red Cross to liked informing her that ' wagons and earried to the field hos- best-meted ber her huaband to -obtain the petals a few miles farther hack, knowledge of her es erea etilted phraseology he spoke of Mr. Bry- ant's distress of mind; but lie did not go into any details; an,d he eniehed his r,ote by begging Mrs. Beyeat to be so good as to itiforin him as to 'whether she stood in aary need. of aesistance 141163 Jackson hesitated a little while before sending on the letter to her friend., She had been very kind to Enid Bryant. As the eat thinkingthat, memorable dee' when the truth of -what was paseing with her husband had been revealed ta Enid in such eneorapeemising -fashion, she had realized that there was only one pereon evlio emelt" help her; and though again and again she rejeetetl- evith a little shiver the thought of having to confess to SY '1 jaeleson that her mauriage wee • . a failure that she eael found hee- d- compelled to eeparate from her hue. rTh 1115 wohrekre. doctors and nurses Are at w These hospitals are usually estab'- lished in village churches or town halls One room is eleared and ar- ranged for an operating rooin, wheee bullets and pieces of shell are removed arid amputations are made if necessary. Village Church as Hospital. I visited such a 'field hospital. It was a little .whitewashed .village ehurch heated .by a stove. .Every- where were white beds made of straw and -covered with sheets. Perhaps twenty wounded were here including two captured Irishmen. They lay quite still wh.en the army doctor ushered us in, for they. were too seriously wounded to pay much attention to anything. Near this hospital was another i'n a town hall. While we were there a consulting sorgeon arrived to investigate the condition of a seriously wounded lieutenant, whose leg might peed amputation. Two orderlies put the patient on a stretcher, and he was taken into the next room for ex' - amination . Later in the day the amputation was 11 erlormed. • From these little field hospitals, as soon as the men can be 'moved, they are taken to some general hos- pital in the nearest large city, where' several thousands can be cared for. Such a, hospital exists in this neighborhood io the build- ing of a normal college where every oorner is used in housing wounded men. Heartrending Pictures. I made a quick trip through this building, and the memory of it is of the most heartrending pictures I have' of the war. Room after room was filled with -the victims of the conflict. Every man was seriously wounded. Some, had suffered am- putations and the heads of others were so bandaged that no features could be seen, only a tube to the note Permitting 'breathing. In one room a surgeon had,a sol- dier on the operatingetable and was pullipg pieces of shell from a hage hole in the inner side of one of his legs On a stretcher on the floor,, waiting for his turn .to come under the surgeon's care, was an officer. Hit face was eovered with blood, he was' waving' his arms wildly and gasping for air. This scene left an need, no ether evay presented itself to : nd finality -when elle had wrieteti the4eittle better to Julian end lad eatte ally e1 her home, Enid had found her- self travelling to find Seibil Jackson 'in alanost involunbary fashion. There had been an element of COIITGO- tional practical •commoneenee about Mess Jackson that drew Enid to her in this moment fraught with so Inn& emotion arn+:1‘ suffering. 01 00113138, she could never tell Sybil the tette etete of affe.ire. She reeolveh.to put all the blame on herself. "X must make her understand that it was my fault that we married so hurried - ay. and that I ,aan. no -use foe anything. I -I must not toll her the truth, and I can't bear to 11E410 11031 blame Julian." (To be eontinued..) • Not Her Pie. Hostess (at party)—"Does your mother allow youLo have two pieces of pie when you are at home, Wil- lie 7" Willie (who" has asked for a sec- ond piece)—"No, "Well, do you think she would like you to have two pieces here 1" confidentially, "she wouldn't care. This isn't her pie!" Wise. "I don't want, to brag about my- self. I've done maw foolishthings in iny time, but I've been wise in one Way," ``What's that 7'' "I never had the idea that I could paper a, bedroom myself." Few men get -far enough up the ladder of fame to make them dizzy. The man that does most has the least time to talk about what he has done. Cheerful husband, entefine the kitchen singing—"My love is like a red, red rose." Wife, looking 'up from the -steve—"You'd look red, too, if you'd been bending- over a frying nan for twenty minutes." 111 11 "4' 44 tte' "'''..,feet,Oereeteaeseelese,•.(e„ -C'CeWcee..e.a.,eateiege , 41, 0. •,,,••••••, • ^ )11, , •,144.%/tietieV0404:04W,44",,'•,(<41b1.q/ '",:,P1'04•1*,e,••11P1'.1'.• „ . . Su lotittrilte 110 is Utitdiel tindee Li u COM . Ilortoro..ehe Sank the lIela on September 13, Ootober7 sank a. deetroyer. Torpedoes are her iteeepeele, ttid oil PACKAGE WhY take chances by asking for. 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Near. the large' hospital 'I visited was a ‘graveyard where there were scores of neatly marked fresh graaes, each bearing a cross or tab let with the name of the soldier anti his regiment, - division, •and Corps marked on it. ' The identity of each 'soldier is easily determined from ' the name plate which he wears in a little leather purse suspended from around the neck. After a battle these plates are gathered from the dead and from these the death lists are macle out. -- After a battle.where the deaths mount into the thousands some field will be shut off for a oemetex-y, and there th,e bodies are buried, each grave receiving some kind of a cross wherever it is. possible, but here no -names -.canbe attached. -There will be many h.oroes in which there' will not even. be known where the absent ones are buried. II R TAIN ' S BATTLE' SONG. Nearly Every PubUshcI'4 in London " Turn ed Down 'Tip perary ." The:route to Tipperary is devoid of any strategical -importance, but it is playing no mean part in up- holding what military experts terin the riaora.le of the l3ritish. troops. Th Germa,ns thundee "Die Wacht e am Rhein," tho French Ohaelt the "Marseillalie " impeessive and son: orous, a,ncl the Belgians fight gal- lantry with theirbeantifnl "Bra- banoonne" on their lips. ' But the British sing no national air; they go gaily into battle shouting an in- consequent music -hall ditty that has" nothing whatever in it about death or glory or the Bulldog Ereesdre. Ris ehorug of the song: "It's a long way to Tipperary, It's,a, long way to .go ; , long way to Tipp,erary, To the sweetest girl I know ! Good-bye, Piecadilly, Farewell, Leieester-square, , It's itt bong, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!" The author -composer of this. lyric is Jack judge, a musio-hall artist ie London, and there is probably no man in the world more surprised t an he—unless it is his publisher, Bert Feldman— at the popolarity it has so eliddenly achieved. The Bri- ton 'sings it when reveille eoudds; .he sings it route marching to down the monotony ef "Boots -boots - boots -boots, eloggin 'up and clown segain''; he has familiarized his French comrades with "Le chemin Teepera,ire," ; and he sings it when he takes his position in, the teeth of a raking shell fire. But why he chooses this 'particular air nobody knows. . "It's a, good song of its kind—a good marching tune," Feldman says, "quite simple, and it eloesn't require roiech breath to sing it, for there areTIO, pa.rtkularly high or low notes in it. But there are other songs with all these qualities; the fact is, we oan never say with .any certainty whether a Isong will eatch on or not. . "The Tipperary' -wing -only st managed th be published at all. One day a tomparatively tinkriowe oomposei, jack Judge, brought it, to me: elle plaice] it over, and I liked its Jilt, so I undertook to pub. liSio it. But before coming to me, Judge had tried his song on practi- cally eVill palblieher Itt Londony and thee' all -turned it down. .„.. "N,oev we re all singing SO cattily, Simple, and Irighthellrted— and I'm priiiting 10,000 eopiee li day, whioh doesn't meet the de- mand. Guess we'll deafen the Itaiser with Ih before we've, clone !" Including locomotive, tend, two mes- senger coathes, track making large oval. Locomotive has strong clockwork meo.h. anism and coaches are of metal, litho- graphed in oolors. Send us your name and address and 'we win send you 40 sete of Setae and other aostearai to sell at 10 cente set (six beautiful carde Wilt eet)• When Reid send no the money, and we will eead you. tb.e prize, ao chargee prepaid. Addreee Homer -Warren Co. DEPT, 47. TORONTO. 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