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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-10-14, Page 2z;• The Green Seal By Cl Ap2LES EomoltDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc, rt-grn my office had not been overlooked. ,,earee But I could not see Struber's motive n for asking that particular question. "also," I replied at length; "but I • had intended going there," Then II went on: "Fact is, I haven't told you the ex- tent of last night's, happenings. While I was being forcibly hauled around.' the countryin an automobile, some- ,„ enbody broke into my rooms and ran- i sacked them high and low, "I'm clear up �a stump about that,, too; so far as I've been able to ells - cover, nothing was carried away. I tell you this because it suggests the possibility of my office having been entered also, during the night— though not having been there yet I; matter with a few words. As inmost don't know this to be so." but several seconds elapsed before I Mr. Struber's countenance took on was free of it. a similar establishments in Californian a curious expression that I ryas un - I was sitting at one side of a coun- ° our club's subordinate servants were ; able to read;, longer acquaintance with try road in a hilly .region. In no mostly Chinese; and when any (Ilse him suggested that it might have direction was there indication of lib- eovery of anything hidden is depend-; been a pale outward manifestation of .man habitation, and no sign .of the eat upon a Chinaman's communica-, some inward excitement. But the automobile, except that away in the tiveness when he chooses to remain, chief all at once stabbed the with one distanee I could hear the purr of a i secretive, it must stay forever unre-, en bis steady disconcerting stares. $ motor rapidly growing fainter: i vealed; at once the investigator col- "Have you some particular thing— Overhead hing - ' Overhead the stars; behind me a fides with a wall ofsuppression and paper, document anything of the straggling hedge of ancient giant .concealment that neither diplomacy kind that some, person is especially cacti, relies of a byegone period still or coercion can penetrate. CHAPTER VII,--(Cont'd). Half dazed and frantic with rage at the indignities I had been made to suffer, I tore and clawed furiously at the confounded thing about my bead, However, dead for sleep as I was,. I put off investigating the matter un- til later in the day, welch, doubtless it will be recalled, was Sunday. I may dismiss this phase of the anxious to get hold of V' he question - to be seen here and there about Los Thus it was after I had complained R ed. Angeles; across the road, in an un- ' to the steward: our Chinese room ser- I "Nothing worth taking such desper.- fenced expanse of waste -land, the vents either in fact knew nothing of ate risks to secure—at least, not out - 'Hewer stems of three century plants the invasion of my apartments, or' side the bank," rearing ghostly aloft; empty distances else they would not tell Whatever they ! "But if such a thing exists," was and unpeopled hills and ravines; the did know. The difficulty the steward the chief's comment, "nobody besides and ravines, the vaguer blur of the had in suppressing his amusement t yourself would know positively where farther mountains—these alone met suggested that the night elevator 1 it was.), 'rue e my vision. I might have been in the operator had not been discreet. " nough," I admitted. "But middle of the Mojave desert, for all A Sunday morning walk up Hill i the person who would restore my the idea. I had of my whereabouts. Street to First Street is not the least; watch and purse and break into my In one respect at least all roads enjoyable exercise one may indulge ^; rooms without stealing objects of are alike: one and all they lead some- in, for in Los Angeles, where the air! unquestioned value, is plainly Iodic- where; ookwhere; and so, with the mountains as is always dynamic with that ethereal.ing for something. of stili greater a Iandmark, I set my back to them fluid which enters into the veins and 1 value --something common sense and commenced walking': I shall not transforms the blood to Olympian j would tell him I would not guard theell upon that long painful pilgrim- ichor, most Sunday mornings are ; carelessly." age back to the city. When, some- p}lei•:eart, was still constrained to keep time after two in the morning I came I soon arrived atpolice head q nor- epee about the diamond, for I was sit - to the end of a trolley Brie far out f q i ' filed with conflicting doub s and mi - at the northern edge` of town, the sharp in a mellow t mood fiercehsense f givings, among thebeing an absen e ..hal p contrast vi h the cars had long since stepped running, outraged dignity that some hours pre-; of certainty that after all the die and I footed the remaining wear; dig- viously bad made me resolve upon mond was the cause of the inexplic- ;mr `A ray there. y club. It was dawn when this errand. I entered reluctantly,. able machinations being aimed against ;mired and sought out the chief of police, a me. The period, however, was not with- with whom I hadsome acquaintance. ; It was Mr. Struber who put a per- 'ut its alleviation. It gave my use- Upon this official, to my surprise,' hod to the situation, With surprising lees anger time to cool and afforded the enormity of the offense against ' animation, he clapped his hat upon en opportunity for rational reflection. me produced no very marked im- his head and moved toward the door. If to the diamond was to be ascrrti- pression. In fact, he checked mey.. "Leave it to me, Chief," he said eat the motive for the outrage, then it before I had fairly launched upon my bluntly. "I'll go with Mr. Ferris." wa: no longer to be doubted that my kidnapping narrative. 'And addressing me. "rd d like to lamp psn- t- ion of it was downright- -an- "'Just a moment, een Ferris," said that office o' yours again before any- gtir tes for me. The nature of to- he. "Didn't one of our plain -clothes body has a chance to mess round in rigl:t'.s attempt ova, ;tifficient to re- men call on you a day or two ago?" it. Lets beat it. ver. the e trenie lengths to which "Yee," I acknowledged; "chap nam- I As we walked down the slope to omebiady was recklessly daring ed Struber, I believe." 1 Broadway I observed that my come enough to go. to obtain it. And this The chief nodded. "I'll find out if , pinion moved with a Peculiar shuf-; could he looked upon, probably, as he's in; I want him to hear your i fling gait, apparently indifferent to I perforce waited, for the chief im-+ laziness andslovenliness iness produced by' • me.isures might be next adopted:' merely a beginning'. What desperate ;Ivry," ;things about iiia. The impressionlof' ehis vete • th se characteristics was quickly die- 1 11" mediately left me alga in pit � � how happen that the And did it search was directed toward nie at :elle ; It was possible that at present the office and `vent in search of Mr. Striape ed however when I found that r bei. In a minute or such a matter he had to hurry to keep up with him, At the corner we took a car that carried us to the monolith of steel and con- crete that housed my offices.. (To be continued.) AURORA WAS FEARED. Ancients Looked Ilpoii It as Omen of Direful Slaughter rascals were not certain that the die- returned with that hatchet-faced in - mond was in my keeping, and were dividual, which made me regret still only trying to niche sure of its , more that I had brought my griev- ivliereabouts; this being the case, I . ances to the police. I didn't want might look for an attack from some ' Struber to hear my story. other unexpected source. Not a He took my presence quite as a pleasing thought; but there was re- matter of course; as if I hadcome by lief in knowing that hereafter I appointment instead of unexpectedly. would be on my guard, and not to be This superior assumption of fore- uared so easily as I had been to- knowledge and omniscience by a fel- night• low of his apparent calibre impressed The comforting reflection had just me in a way, I might have told him. entered my mind that my suite at quite contraryto the one intended. I the San Gabriel Club, owing to its.as aggravaed and provoked .at the more or Iess public situation, to say nothing of the guard of servants on euty at all hours, was next to inec r'essible to any unauthorized inva- sion, when I limped into the elevator. Inspection of my disarray and gen- era battered appearance brought the sleep -drugged operator broad awake. The knowing leer that finally overspread his features invited friendly confidences, an exchange of passwords that denoted us as being on an equality in the Universal Or - ler of Gay Birds who know a thing or twc of the city's night life, but which, in my present frame of mind, only annoyed me. I inec my own particular haven, with a in. us in time to catch him said A Long Farewell. Many people believe that the aurora borealis is a phenomenon peculiar to idea of being supposed to lay a mat- modern times. But this is not true. tee requiring skill and finesse before ,The ancients used to call it chasmata, a man who, with all his insolent cock - pressed and trabes, names -which ex sureness, could not even put up a con- vincing front. lights. The scarlet aurora was looked On the other hand, you at once re- on by the superstitious barbarians as cognized in the police head an extra- an omen of direful slaughter; so it is ordinary strength of character; his not unusual for descriptions of bloody magnetism you instantly felt as a battles to contain allusions to northern big and moving realty. He was an li hts. In the annals of Cloon-mac- enarmous man of erect bearing, his noise it is recorded that in 688 A.D., dark curling hair graying at the tem- accompanying a terrible battle be - trimmed his moustache and carefully trimmed Vandyke of a reddish hue. ween Leinster and Munster, Ireland, Briefly, he was the sort of man to a purple' aurora lit the northern skies, whom one could confide one's troubles foretelling the slaughter. A second or two laterletmyself with confidence that `they would be e• ri htl and ca abi attended t muttered praeer of thanksgiving. It, the chief of police. "Struber was Private Doherty was six feet four was gray dawn.�, Straightway I became conscious of dust going home. Now go on. in his socks; the sergeant was much an unfamiliar atmosphere, I could The chief focussed his calm gaze shorter. The sergeant looked along upon me. His eyes were blue and „ not for a time define the feeling or .usually bore a humorous light; but the line. Head up there, Dooley' fix upon its cause; but by and by 1 they possessed a trick of suddenly he cried. Doherty raised his head. came to realize that the general as narrowing at times into a fixed and "Up higher," said the little sergeant. pect of my rooms did not appear just uncomfortably penetrating regard. "There, that's better. Don't let me as it should. Here, in the midst of behind which one felt the whole force surroundings that were as intimately of the man's virile personality. Theysee your head down again." "Am I common to me as my two hands, I assumed thiscold,discerning looto be always like this?" asked Do - was filled with a sense of strangeness. herty, staring away above the little more than once as I proceedd, It was a nightmarish experience that From the time the page notified me sergeant's head. "You are." "Then made me impulsively turn on all the of the telephone call until my return Ill say good-bye to ye, sergeant, for lights. to, the clubI recounted circumstan- I'll never see yez again." In the brilliant revealing glare I tally what had happened, I held had it brought home to me precisely back the facts of the burglary until how difficult of access my rooms real- I could hear some expression upon Land in Bond Street, London, has ly were. what to me wasthe more heinous fetched £35 per square foot, or more Somebody had been in them during crime. But for some unexplained than £1,500,000 per acre. my absence. reason the two officers remained apathetic. The chief glanced ques- CHAPTER VIII, tioningly at Mr. Struber, who stood Not until about six months after I am rather finicky in some respects holding his derby hat, crown out- his marriage does a man begin to and it is almost second nature with ward, pressed against his chest, while realize that courtship may be a pee - me to have a place for everything he regarded me from time to time face to hardship. and everything iii its place. with a far -away, detached look, as if I could not say that my belongings engaged with his own thoughts and not heeding me at all. I was nettled at this show of indif- ference. "Is it possible," I demanded, "that you will make no move to apprehend the scoundrels?" Once again now I was subjected to the detective's cool, deliberate, com- prehensive scrutiny, as if I were some strange species of fauna brought to his notice for the first time. I resented it. "Well?" I curtly urged them to respond. The detective's regard shifted to the. chief. They exchanged a meaning look. Struber coughed deprecatingly behind his hat and raised his eye- brows in an expression of disavowal. as if his unspoken thought were one• of wonder that I should have burden- ed him with a recital of my misad- ventures; then for the first time since entering the room,he spoke, address- ing me. "S'pose yuh haven't been to your office this morning what?"' Now as a matter of fact, I had in- tended going there from police head- quarters, but as yet I had given no hint of my intention, nor had I men- tioned the burglary. It had already occurred to me thatlast night's mar- auders had made a complete 'job of their - enterprise, and consequently —including all the odds and ends of junk that in time accumulate to litter a bachelor's quarters—were disar- ranged, but at the same time I knew that every movable object had been disturbed and not replaced exactly as it had been before. I made a hasty examination of drawers and closets: my linen and other clothing were still neatly. fold- ed or hanging from their hooks; my papers were all in place; but there were numerous little details: of evi- dence that made it plain to me that everything had been overhauled and the place thoroughly ransacked by an adept at the game. I could' not dis- cover that anything had been taken; but if a letter, say, or some article as small as the diamond, had been the object of the search, it inevitably must have been brought to light. Of a sudden I recalled Struber's de- scription of the burglarized room at the Republic Hotel. There were cer- tain striking features of resemblance between the two episodes that " made the one affecting me something more than annoying; it became positively disquieting with a hidden, indefinite note of menace, It was as if I were encompassed by maleficent unseen forces bent upon my undoing. ' My faith in the permanence of establish- ed coizii`ition'; was rudely shaken. Ruffles 'and' reales. . Many of the velour coats for chil- dren of 10 or 12 years of age are made with considerable fullness, the skirt portion being cut circular, with a straight thread in front. and the back seam cut on'a true bias. For juvenile wear, the broad belt remains good style. A stunning coat of two -toned: plush in brown has its skirt part extremely. full, the sleeves. are set in at the arm stye, and a standing collar sof fitch comes up straight and snug about the throat like a bandage, Another coat is beaver trimmed upon a foundation of Joffre blue broadcloth. The belt is novel, as it is very wide under the arms, and narrows front and back. Flat, smoked pearl buttons are used, Wide -wale corduroy, trimmed with black skunk, is employed extensively. It wears well and looks well, and what more can mortal woman ask? Velvet will predominate this winter and faille will be strong. Short hooped petticoats are attach- ed to same of the abbreviated dancing frocks that have corns from Builoz. They produce a flaring silhouette that is very daney and quaint. Tulle continues the best material. for dancing gowns and designers have found that it is .particularly beauti- .fill when draped over metallic tissues. The new evening frocks are elaborate- ly trimmed with paillettes, and un- usual laces and embroideries. A petticoat, which is gorgeous enough to be a frock itself, is made up of peachblow silk, veiled in spang- led tulle. The effect of iridescent fish scale spangles, rosy -hued silk and white tulle is flowerlike and beauti- ful. Another fancy petticoat is made of jetted net over black pussy willow taffeta. The flounce is outlined in close quilling. A charming costume in Nile green taffeta has the base of the skirt caught up with ovals of pink roses and leaves, giving a scalloped effect to the hem. The short-waisted,bodiee is decorated with rosebuds—white straps of crystal beads go over the shoulder and end in tassels at front and back. There are very short sleeves of Nile green tulle and a large butterfly bow with sash ends of tulle extends from the centre -back closing. An afternoon dress of black crepe has a princess effect obtained by straight folds hanging from the bust nearly to the hem of the skirt, the fullness being held by a dull gilt girdle. A cuirass of taffeta is shrouded in crepe and headed by bands of dull gilt. Festooned crepe gives extra full- ness to the skirt. A simple semi -mourning dress on princess lines is of black crepe de chine with collar and cuffs of white organdie embroidered in black. A dress of striped poplin, brown and black, has ane overdress effect shorter at the back than at the front. The sleeves and vestee are of crepe de chine. A model in white striped taffeta, brown and black, is cut with a very deep yoke empiecement front and back, but shortened very 'materially on the hips. A full, circular skirt joins the yoke and follows its line with two rows of piping on the hem to accentuate the fullness and short- ness of the skirt. The chiffon drop sleeves have oversleeves of the silk. There are two styles of fur coats thio year, the coat that fits and the coat that doesn't. Both 'ripple in godet folds below the waist. As for furs, two kinds are in vogue, caracul and Hudson seal, but this is only the first style feature of a fur coat, for they are to be trimmed with a contrasting fur this winter. The collar, which is a big, soft, high chok- er, into which one can sink the chin; the cuffs, which arewide bands about the long sleeves, and the bottom edge of the fur coat are made of . a con- trasting fur. This contrasting fur on a• Hudson seal coat is generally beaver, otter or nutria. An attractive boudoir in very pale SPARTAN MOTHER WOULD GIVE ALL HER SONS TO THE EMPIRE w: 115.1.mel*.... 1l d xei�'S1 X� . )CT52p)1. kiaYYC X111, . dbove are Mr; H. Hamelin, Aylmer, Quebec, and two of his sons, all three of whom are with the colors: There are four other sons and one of these has enlisted. The mother writes that she wishes all idx were able to go and fight for King and country. ......-.dam "Whats In A Name" x• Well, if the name is it means irreproachable quality and value. 41.6 Foods for Growing Poultry, One of the most important things demanding m ng the special attention of the pdultry raiser at this season of the year is the matter of developing the young stock and of securing rapid, healthy growth. There are several items of care and management which affect the growth of the young chicks but none is more important than in- telligent feeding, and while this is', true, it is well to remember that food' alone will not accomplish the desired result. Our remarks at this time will be confined to the question of feeding, but we cannot refrain from calling attention to the fact that feed- ing is not the sole factor, as many people suppose, and who consequent- ly do not get results because of lack of attention to other details. j The list of poultry foodsis long and is very generally known. Briefly, it consists of all kinds of grain, whole and ground, including small grains, such as buckwheat, millet, kaiiir corn, etc. In addition to the various grains, there is green food, such as grass, clover, alfalfa and all kinds of growing vegetation andall root vegetables. Animal foods form an- other important group, andunder this head may bd included all forms of insect life which is usally acces- sible to fowls that have free range and the meat -foods in the form of fresh meat scraps, which many pout - try raisers can procure at' a.reason- able cost. Bowel Regulators. There are also various meat meals, beef scraps and concentrated meat foods on the market that are of value if procured and fed in a fresh condi- tion. Oil meal, linseed meal, cotton- seed meal, etc., are valuable only as occasional additions to the rations, and they serve principally as bowel regulators. Condiments and similar prepared foods are not necessary and frequently are harmful in their effects. Skimmed milk, buttermilk, and other milk products are of value. The beginner in poultry raising is bewildered when he starts to investi- gate the feeding question and is con- fronted with the long list of avail- able foodstuffs. He is apt to become discouraged if he gains the impres- sion.that he must have everything in the list, which is, of course, impos- sible and undesirable. Each section. of the country has its own local con- ditions, and no matter where the poultry raiser is located, he can find sufficient variety in the foods at hand to serve his needs. He should not be misled into thinking that there is a set formula comprising a few special feeds, which is better than any other combination that can be secured. We make that statement because readers of poultry literature have no. doubt found certain combin- ations described and recommended as being the most satisfactory and pro- ductive of greatest results. They are therefore Confused hi Their Ideas and do not know what course to fol' low. For the benefit of all such breeders and those who have not yet learned the facts, we wish to state that there is no one formula which can be said to be positively the best under any and all conditions. What has been said thus far applies to the food question in general, regardless of whether the object be to obtain in young stock or for any other special purpose, Feeding for growth requires differ- ent rations than would be the case if the object was to fatten fowls or to encourage egg production. The mis- take which most people make is to assume that flesh -producing foods, or rather fattening foods, are more de- sirable for growth than any others. They overlook the fact that growth means the development of bone and muscle quite as much as it does addi- tional flesh and especially fat. 'Young chicks c h l.s intended for broilers or fries may be confined and pushed to the limit with corn and other fattening rations, but much handling fits them only for table poultry, andethey are. ruined for other purposes. The young stock should be given as much range as possible, and the poultry raiser should start his plans with that thought in mind, A plentiful supply of green food should be within reach, and if it is not growing in the runs or yards, it should be supplied from the list of articles previously men- tioned, Good General Formula. Readers who prefer to have a regu- lar formula and who do not wish to be bothered with trying to provide a changing variety will find the follow- ing a most • excellent combination: Cracked wheat, '25' parts; pinhead oatmeal, 15 parts; millet seed, 10 parts; granulated charcoal, 5 parts; chick size grit, 10 parts; buckwheat, 5 parts; rape seed, 5 parts; broken rice, 5 parts; cracked peas, 5 parts, and ground beef scraps or ether meat meal, 5 parts. Some of the above articles are not easily obtainable in all localities, and the mixture should be made with the ingredients at hand and considering cost. A dry mash consisting of ground wheat, corn and oats may be kept in hoppers where the chick can go to it at will. A little. granulated charcoal and cottonseed meal make- a• desirable addition to the dry mash; the former sweetens the crop and aids digestion and the lat-' ter is a good regulator. blue crepe de chine has .wide, deep armholes, edged with . fringe. The fichu shawl collar is also edged With fringe, which- follows down one side of the front opening. On the upper front, over the shoulders, and across the back there is a decorative design in rope silk embroidery of the same color. WILL USE PRUNING KNIFE. British • Government Will Cut Down Expenses. - That the British Government actu- ally means business inits inaugura- tion of a national campaign of thift is proven by the fact that, when, in the House of. Lords; a,..resolution was moved in favor of economy in public expenditure—the mover, Lord Mid- dleton, sharply criticising many im- portant items—the . Government, in- stead of resenting the action, actually accepted the resolution and made the vote in its favor unanimous. Lord Lansdowne, a prominent member ` of the Government, while declaring that the first' rush of preparation for war meant extravagance and loss, yet ad- mitted frankly that there were ways in which present expenditures could becurtailed, and promised that the re- solution in favor- of economy should bear: early fruit in the way of real, economies.: It is pointed out by the Economist, one of the greatest., au- thorities on financial.questions in the world, that • the expenditure of the Government has immensely increased .on many new services, while old ser- vices, on which economies might be expected, ected call for just' as much money J as ever. The wisdom of. much of the new expenditure is sharply questioned and the use of the pruning knife to bring the whole tree of public expen- diture down to the requirements fixed by present conditions is strongly re- commended. MOLASSES AS MUNITIONS. Large Quantities Wanted for Making; Explosives. There has been an ,unprecedented; demand in the United States recently for blackstrap molasses. It is needed in making alcohol and is part of a for- mula for the manufacture of powder.! A Cincinnati dealer in sweets placed.. an order for 'ten tanks of :8,000 gal-' Ions each, or a total of 80,000 gallons of this blackstrap grade of Cuban' molasses that is to be used by a large powder concern in 'the making of ex- plosives for war purposes. • The price of blaeketrep molasses has doubled since the orders begani pouring in from the powder mills. This is the third large order that has been placed by the dealer within' a few days.' As to where the powder is to be used he does not know, only that he also has received other orders for future delivery, and the sales are be- ing made to several powdermanufac-' turers not only near Cincinnati,' but in other parts of the country.,` One babyout of five dies before ' it is a year old. Over one-half of all the women i; England between the ages of fi fteo and forty-five are unmarried.