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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-12-30, Page 2At. The Green Seal I iiBy ClIARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc, RtFe CHAPTER XVIIL—(Contl). Fascinated as I was, however, by the unvarnishedttl ne, this same tale was continually affording distinct shocks of surprise. This in - fent, I learned in a moment, was Marion—Marina• -ter the Ma- rian for whom a quarter interest in something was to be reserved if mar - der had to be done. When my father pencilled that en- try, had it been conceivable to him that this tender babe could have sur- vived the final catastrophe when all but a handful were slain? If this were not enough, there was that long, long, terrible journey back to civiliz- ation, without the care of either parent. The circumstance was profoundly perplexing. The details of the end were not satisfactory. Before the party moved on from Yalung Mrs. Sylvester was buried; hardship had unfitted her for that last ordeal. After some weeks of recuperation, a few yaks and sheep were obtained —brought in by natives from Heaven alone knows what remote distances of that poverty -blighted region—and the party pressed northwestward in the hope of retailing ;spottier settle- ment known as Kegudo. They were now in an uncharted country, well among the lower up- lands of the Himalayae; too lofty themselvee to be called fiat -hills, yet dwarf.! by the ragged, majestic peaks, that swam for above them in the iminearrerahle distance; and here, upon e lonely, barren, windswept peak of reele, they came upon the lamaeery of irao.eu. For the sorry iittie betel it proved to be o Neede- stamides, a hell crowd- ed with enriehing amens. Some ac- counts verred that they rested here two weeles. iehere a month. At any rate. it is certain that from the out- set they were sidaeettd to all sorts of inlignities by the wild tribesmen of the bins, savage Tartar and Mon- golian brutes speaking an uncouth dialect that only one it the party in any degree could. understand. Lao Wing Fu, it seemed, could converse with ilium Then one night it happened. The exhausted little band was set upon by an overwhelming force. The gal- lant heeler was among the very first to fall. Only four names were men - tinned as being survivors of the slaughter: two of these are now fam- ous and leaded with honors for later exploits and for huewledge given to the world; the third has passed into obscurity. The fourth was Lao Wing Fu. CHAPTER XIX. • is it not remarkable that Lao Wing Fu should have chosen the very next afternoon, after my night of poring over my father's papers and diaries, to favor me with a call? What g friends. A feeling of obligation car. i not exist where friendship is. CM' SU t Ram- NIXON. "I hoped that you would have some His Campaign In Mesopotamia Is keowledge of this. that you would Highly Praised, " • . . • know there were times when he im- posed confidence in me—amid criticel Any day now we may hear from circumstances, if it is proper for me Sir Jean Nixoncommander-in-chief , to say se—and that 'he neveii had of , ' cause to regret his trust. tne British army in Mesopotamia, I Please permit me to explainYour of the fall of Bagdad, the great Mo- ". • Imetdfth d t 1 hannirtedan capital of the Far East lector of Chinese curiosities and Most of Sir john s work hes been ie i•MIM. works of art—antiques, old porcelain*, India, South Africa, where he led a bronzes, ivory, jade, brass earviage cavalry division with great distinction n e a er was an ar en co • the other room is Lao Wing Fa — boss of Chinatown—the same you've heard &tether speak of. While I can't hope that he will unbosom him- self more freely tome than he did to the police emissaries, I at least have a lever the police did not have; whe- flier it will work remains to be seen. And there is some slight advantage in his having come to me: he wants something. Please invite him in. Lao Wing Fa entered. My first im- pression of the outward man, I must confess, was favorable. However ex- alted may have been his position in the eyes of his fellow-countryrnee, there was nothing about his habili- ments to inspire awe, or even undue notice—unless it were the red button surmounting his skull -cap, which de- noted him as belonging to the rank (Struber has since told me) of a red - button mandarin. His blouse was simply of a rich, dark -blue material, the long, loose sleeves of which were folded hack, re- vealing a lining of lighter blue silk. The breeches were of dart -green fig- ured satin, gathered chose at the angles; while his feet were encased in the thick -soled, heelless and noiseless slippers that are peculiar to the Chinese. - As for his coloring, it was Scarcely darker than old ivory, and excepting for this, and that his ageless counten- ance wore a look of uncommon intelli- gence, I could not discern wherein Mr. Lao Wing Fu differed from scores of Chinamen that I might have gone forth and picked up on the street, ' then anti there, Could this have been the man that hail eeercised such an extraordinary influence over "all classes" of his people during that memorable trip up the Yang-tee-ltiang river, more than a score of years ago? I could not believe ft. I was disappointed, and my high expectations began measur- ably to sink. Be it understood that Miss Fox, at my word that he might enter, had at once opened the door and spoken to him, whereupon he advanced so rapid- ly that she, instead of passing on out, :OM with her hand upon the ,knob waiting until he had entered my pri- vate room. And just at this juncture there oc- curred a trifling incident which, though I observed it indifferently at the time, was destined to come back to me later as vividly as any memory of my life; often and often have I specu- lated upon what this strange man's • thoughts could have been during that fleeting second. • The incident was this: As Lao Wing , Fu approached, Lois, naturally !enough with our conversation fresh in mind, was watching him with some curiosity. Just at the instant of pass- ing he bent upon her a most peculiar searching look. Lois's back was to- ward me; but I could see that she psychic wiive went forth to summon started, and with her free hand , "I think I understand," I said, re- able distance of Bagdad I do not gretful that I had mentioned the topic think that in the whole course of the at all. "I shall not interrupt again." • war there has been a series of opera - But the Chinaman himself did not dons more carefully contrived, more allow the subject to drop. I brilliantly conducted, and with a bet- "No—pardon me—you don't un- , d tan d. A t ti n I ter prospect of final success." hi sessed Major Sylvester's friendship honor, Mr. Ferris"—he made a grave v:— and esteem also—that was my high STAR Memorial Urging Better Industrial AnoNIN POLAND. that brave man realized that death: would be our portion, that I was the Conditions. only one that bad the least influence with the beasts that beset us, he en - Pleading that 3,000,000 persons de - trusted his child to my keeping. I lost pendent on the industries of Poland her. Now, perhaps you understand." are starving, the Workmen's Union of This speech was uttered with such Poland has sent to the Governor Gen - impressive simplicity that I sat quiet Peel Herr von Beseler, a memorial for some time, respecting his silence, urging the re -opening of the factories, (To be continued.) • the adoption of a protective tariff and HANDLING THE BANANA CROP, the return of machines mechanical -.fit - and the like—and I, as you may 1111- was an interlude—a welcome enough agene, had opportuuitiee midjadvent- interlude in the dusty business of sole ages for procuring rare obects, of . , tint), wineh he could uot have bad, dieting uadei the sun of Southern that saved, ham many a dollar, and on India. Educated at Wellington, he one occasion at least, his life," first served in the King's Own Bor- "I should like to hear about that derers and the Bengal Lancers, One last, I said umetly, staff appointment after another kept "When I hive stated and explain- ed the object of my' errand here this him in the East, and though cam - P'; nin " Afri afternoon, you will have the story, I took bto South trust you are now convinced"—he ea and several times to the Hills, he laughed naturally—"that I am not has been long years in the heat. disingenuous, despite a 'smile that is When in April be took over the coin - childlike and bland.'" mend of our forces in Mesopotamia, I laughed with Mau. "Go on," I: he found himself in the hottest spot urged. on earth. Thirst and sand storms— "It is something like thirty-three years ago, when I was a. very young sand storms that carry no refreshing mane that I first, met Mr, Peter , wind with them, but only sand—have Ferris. I was ambitioue for 'mewl -among been . his troubles Ile has edge, but at the time had not the , means of gratifying ray ambition. "To be sure, I had studied as I could, without guidance; I possessed a fair smattering of English; but 'I bad acquired only enough, learning to know that I needed a university edie-e cation. I wanted first to go to Pee ! kin, to imbibe all the noble historical and literary traditions of my own country., and then take a course at either Oxford or one of your own ex- cellent schools, This last I never got! to do. "Well, during Mr. Ferris's travels I as a tea -buyer we were breught to- gether through the good offices of a I friend of your father's—" "Major Hector Sylvester?" I could not refrain from interjectieg. But Lao Wing Fu showed no surprise. I see the name is familiar to I you," lie observed in a modulated I voice. "Not only the name, but something of his tragic fate. You were there, I believe," I was watching the man keenly.1 His eyes dropped and he sat for some time silent; but his countenance re- i vealed only pensive lines, as if my ; words called up a sad memory. Pre- sently he roused himself and once more met my regard. "Yes. I was there," hi e admitted n overcome them, and overcome the Turks into the Bargain, Germany Is growing a little less confident about a Berlin -Bagdad thoroughfare, and we all know in what terms Mr. Asquith, in his statement on the war the other day in Parliament, referred to Sir John's victorious campaign. "In April," said the Prime Minister, "a second division was added to the force, and the command was assumed by General Sir John Nixon. After a brilliant series, and an absolutely un - chequered series, of land and river operationt, the Turks were driven Gencrai Rfr john Nixon a quiet tone. "And if you will pardon me, Mr. Ferris, there are some things so horrible that even my tried philo- sophy falters. The mind shrinks from dwelling upon them. That ill-fated expedition is such a memory," I confess that this view -point from the man facing me was unexpected and surprising, and I was not a little abashed. "I'm sorry if I seemed carelessly to intrude upon your feelings, or to awaken bitter memories," I tried hast- ily to make amends; "but I'm not dis- interested. I had hoped that you would be willing to talk about it—at least to telt me the fate of Maier Syl-1 back both up the Euphrates' and up vester's infant daughter, Marian." the Tigris. In July their final eiosi- "Thate! said Lao Wing Fu, is the a ribh i bitterest memory of all. What could ms on rivets were captured,. you expect would be the fate of a with heavy casualties, and General babe in arms—in the circumstances?" Nexon s force is now within a measur- him? Still, I have come to observe that Life is perpetually preparing just such little shocks of surprise for us, Nothing eould have been more re- mote from my mind than that he . swept away some stray lock of hair . that must have been inopportunely teasing her eyes. I , , My caller, on the other band, was !facing me; and I wish I could find i words to describe—how shall I say should call on me at all, for any reas- it'?—the intense vitality of the look. on; but that it should have been this ; It was soul -probing, magnetic, hyp- particular day of days struck me at lnotic; as if unsuspected inner fires the time as being little short of mar- had for the time being spurned con- trol and betrayed themselves at the Yet, after all, why should it have windows of their tabernacle. been marvellous, or even strange? 1 It all happened in a flash; next in - The pebble had been thrown into the stant he was salaaming to her with pond away back yonder, years ago, in !grave Chinese courtesy. He came on China; the ripple bad grown into a into the room; and Lois, as she slowly stupendous wave; we were all caught closed the door on departing, stared by the same undertow, struggling in strangely at him across her shoulder. the same tiderip; so it must have been My attention now, however, was inevitable at the beginning—before I all engaged by my caller. The brown was born—that he and I should be eyes were merely friendly as they;. brought together some day. His easte regarded me. For the moment his ern fatalism no doubt, would have face -was no impassive Oriental mask,. accounted for the meeting in some , but smiling and animated, as he be- euch fashion. I gam in excellent idiomatic English, , He arrived at my office so soon an apology for his intrusion. His after my return from luncheon that manner was so respectful, his whole! one might have suspected that • he attitude so self-possessed and easy had familiarized himself with my and confident, that I could meet him daily movements. I was in no hurry upon no less a level. I invited him to when Stub brought me the card—a:sit down. perfectly proper and elegantly em -1 "Thank you," he returned, accept- , bossed bit of pasteboard. I was pro- . ing the chair and deftly tossing his foundly curious to see the man who long braided queue across his shoulder: had played so conspicuous a part in so that it lay over his knees. Even a grim tragedy whose stage had been this slight act, so foreign to American ! the oldest and yet, perhays, the least ways, was so unobtrusively done as known portion of the inhabited globe; ' not to attract attention to itself. still, even before the door opened, be -I. My visitor pursued without a break:! fore I had an :opportunity to glimpse "No doubt you are wondering, Mr. him, an unaccountable repulsion Ferris,. why I have trespassed upon made me hesitate. • I your time this afternoon; and, indeed, A restless movement by Stub jog- the object of my call is of such a deli - god an idea into my brain. "Ask him mite nature that I would hesitate to to wait a minute or two," I said. "Tell broach it were I not confident of win - Miss ox to come here. I rung your sympathy." 1 She responded promptly, closing He paused; but I waited, profoundly the door, I curious. He eyed me briefly, and't "I'll detain you only a second," I added: told her Have you noticed the "Perhaps you already know that, I Chinaman who is waiting to see me" , years ago, in China, I was quite well "Why, yes," she returned wonder- ' acquainted with your late father"" ingly. I There was just sufficient rising in - "What sort of looking chap is he? flection to the declaration to betray I mean, does he show anything differ- that he was not positive about the ent from the ordinary run of Chinese ? extent of my knowledge on the point. How did he impress you ?" I realized that he -was feeling his The wondering look grew deeper in' way, that he had deliberately under - her eyes, but she replied: taken t� draw me out Well, I would "He seems to me to be one of the follow the lead until more cards better sort, of Chinese; a well-to-do were -exposed. - merchant, I should say." I "No," I replied, "I did not know it "Did he seem to be observing you Bat," I added, ."I recently had reason paaticularlY ?—show any especial to suspect as much." Nothing iii his curiosity in you at all?" .manner betrayed how this impressed "No. I don't believe he even look- him. ed my way, suppose you know you 'Then," he continued smoothily, are making me awfully curious." "you can not of coui•se, be aware that Fox," went on—and must on one or two occasions I was able, in I seoken solemnly, if her counten- a modest way, to be of some slight c.ace reflected my tone—.'•I believe we service to him." ere on the brink of important dis- "Indeed?" I shai.ply interrapted. erios; I have that feeling. I learn-. "Am I to infer that any undischarg- scrn-i facts last night which, while ed obligation exists?" It O Gn t clear up the essential' ''"No, no,'? he quickly protested. 01`rigs e want to know, seem to me "Pray do not misunderstand me. I neet to point a way to finding out., 'merely wanted to show you that our • tell you more about, it later acquaintance was more than tran- t Lrir..; now. That chap in sient; we were, as a matter of fact, = ' ers AS a es mo ,trthatpos-1 obeisance—"I will tell you this: When How the Planters Rush the Product to Market. tings, and especially belts and gears, which were taken out of factories and workshops during, the early days of The value of the yield per acre of German occupation. The memorial states that "the bananas in the Ceilba district, Hondu- working population of Poland includes ras, is less than that of wheat, but, 350,000 workmen in factories, 60,000 Alike wheat, the banana cannot be in the building trades and 590,000 in stored. It must be marketed when it small industries." Including the fern - is ready for marketing, as the demand ilies of these workmen, this industrial in the north fluctuates with the ex - population reaches a total of 3,000,000 tent of the fruit crop. persons, with a normal income of The banana planter does not go into his fields and pluck his bananas about. $150,000,000 a year. as he thinks they have properly ma - A certain proportion of this popu- tured, but receives telegraphic orders lation, it is stated, has been sent to from the railway or ste.amship come Germany, and another section is re- pany to cut bananas on a certain da ceiving aid from former employers— not more than thirty-six hours- in where the latter are still able to help. advance of the scheduled departure of "But there is still a great mass of the ship. Cars are placed on his people Who are actually starving," sidetrack, usually directly in the says the memorial, "and for the sake plantation of these persons it is advisable to put . The planter goes over his fields and at least some of the factories into cuts all fruit ready for ipping,, operation, especially the sugar, vine - ton -neither too ripe nor too green, has it gar and yeast factories, mills, brew - Disinfecting Stables, In any outbreak of infectious dis- eases among animals thorough disin- fection of the premises is essential to prevent the spread of the contagion. Certain substances, such as fresh slaked lime or unslaked lime in pow-. den form, chloride, carbolic. acid, corrosive sublimate, formalin, formaldehyde gas, and compound sol- ution of cresol possess the power of destroying bacteria with which they come in contact. To make the use of such substances of value, however, the work mist be done .with the utmost thoroughness. Careless disinfectihn is probably worse than none, for it merely serves to give a false sense of security. In the disinfection of stables and ,premises the following directions should be carefully observed; First—Sweep ceilings, aide walls, • stall partitions, Awe and other sur- faces until free from cobwebs and dust, Second—Remove all accumulations of filth by scraping, and if woodwork, has become decayed, porous or absorb- ent it should be removed, burned and replaced with new material. Third—If the- floor is of earth re- move Apar inches from the surface and :in places where it shows staining with urine a sufficient depth should be re- placed to expose fresh earth. All earth removed should be replaced with earth from an uncontaminated source, or a new floor of concrete may be laid, which is very durable and easily cleaned, ' Fourth—AU refuse and material from stable and barnyard should be removed to a place not accessible to cattle or hogs and covered with fresh-• I ly slaked lime. If this manure is spread on fields it should be turned under immediately, while the wood should be burned. Fifth—The entire interior of the stable, especially the feeding troughs and drains, should be saturated with • a disinfectant, as a three per cent. solution of compound of cresol, which would be four ounces of the corn - pound to every gallon of water. The best method of applying the disinfectant is by means of a strong spray pump, such as those used by orchardists, 'Allis method is efficient in disinfec- tion against most of the contagious ' land infectious diseases of animala‘ and should be applied isumediateW ft 1'1.1 ooNfv ipn rge caanuyt loount,birte amt ya nd,aus's ead I no nact- e- or twice yearly. • Orchard Helps. It takes about eight years to get :An apple orchard int) -goad bearing, but if during this time the work is • well done, a permanent income is practically insured, It is a mistake to set out trees more than two years old. Many good or- chasdists prefer yearlings, but two- year -olds generally produce the best' results. A young apple tree does.aot require Much pruning until it is four or tate- , years old, and the tree can be shaped - better at that age than when early 'pruning is resorted to. The orchard that has been properly cared for requires very little pruning • after it comes into full bearing, New Alfalfa. New seedlings of alfalfa should not be pastured. The ground in these fields is not firm and considerable damage is done by the trampling of the plants, especially during wet weather. Fields established a year or more may be pastured lightly in the fall, but should never be eaten down close, • If the growth of alfalfa is not very strong the field may be top -dressed any time during the fall, preferably just after the third cutting has been removed. New seedings may be top. dressed at any time except daring wet weather When the ground is soft. hauled to the waiting cars on mule- cries, sawmills, brick yards and fou. , back or ox -carts and inspected. dries*" At the close of the day the waiting The memorial deals briefly with the cars are picked up by the banana question of articles commandeered by Clean Water Essential. Au important factor in dairy feed- ing is the supply of water. In the • summer, with plenty of grass and green forage, and in the winter with roots and silage, the consumption of water is relatively less than when the cows are <in dry feed, but cows must always have plenty of pure, fresh water if they are to produce pure milk. Unless the pastures and yards are watered by a brook or a spring, the water should be procured from a well, kept clean and not sub- ject to surface drainage and free from foreign matter and taints of any kind. MYSTERY OF HEREDITY. Startling New Theory Shows Vnex. pected Results. Scientific studies of heredity are showing some very interesting and unexpected results. We know that the typical character of a man under- goes variations at different periods of a long life, and that the son is likely to "take after" his father. But we notice, often -with surprise, that — capacities that were dominant in a father, which gave him sometimes great reputation, frequently are en- tirely lacking in his son. Literary distinction, genius in any particular direction, -which distin- guished h certain father are quite frequently absent in the case of his son. In wondering at this we fail to take note' of the period in. the father's life when he "made his mark." After patient investigation science has come to the conclusion that the son inherits from his father only the qualities that were dominant at the time of his birth. These conclusions are set forth •in the book called "Dynamic Evolution," by Caspar L. Redfield, recently pub- lished. The author writes: "As a general proposition the man between 20 and 30 is aggressive, am- bitious and conceited. He would rule the ivorld with a club. This stage gradually merges into another, eo that as a general proposition the man between 30 and 40 is in the artistic stage of life. He is a lover of poetry, music painting and sculpture. • "The artistic stage gradually merges into the • practical •stage, which may be generally defined as be- tween 40 and 50. The practical man looks at the dollars and cents, wishes to improve government, and has the qualities of statesmanship. As he passes beyond 50 into his older age he becomes philosophic in his senti- ments and moral in his maxims. "These different qualities are sim- ply different forms of one and the same mental energy within the man, and they ere spread out through his tlife much as red rays, yellow rays, trains and hauledo the coast A d ay the German military authorities, ' • d to load the shi d three stating that the complete confiscation . days later the vessel is in New Or- leans. Helping Uncle. She came down to the drawing room to meet her special young man, with a frown on her pretty face. "John," she said, "father saw you this morning going into a pawnbrok- er's with a large bundle." John flushed. Then he said in a • low voice: I "Yes, that is true. I was taking Of all raw materia wou pare yze dustry, and that enough machinery should be left in the factories to' en- able them to continue in partial oper- ation. Thecustoms tariff promulgated on ,Tune 22 by the German commander is criticised as unsuitable, because it fails, to protect Fetish industry, and even in normal time would bring about its ruin. Therefore the estab- lishment of the old tariff is asked. There is a further demand for a lole/ 0 my o1 ering of railway rates, which are 1 - clothes. You see, he and his wife leged to be now on a burdensome and are frightfully hard upimpossible scale. ' "Oh, John, forgive me!" exclaimed ..1* the young girl. "How truly noble you Pumice stone is a mineral t are!" out by volcanoes. • rown blue rays and violet rays, all from the seine white light, are spread out by the spectroscope." That the son will partake of the father's type of mental energy that was dominant at the time of the son's birth is shown to be substantiated by history and biography. Mr. Red- field presents a classified list of world celebrities together with the ages of their respective fathers at the time of their birth. For example, !Alexander, Bonaparte, Charlemagne, Grant, Hannibal, Pompey and Roose, velt were all born when their fathers were at the age of less than 31, the age of militarism and aggressive- ! nese. At the age of 31 to 40, the artistic • age, their fathers presented to the • world such geniuses as Bach, Beeth- oven, Goethe, Shakespeare, Raphel, Carlyle and others of their status. In 1the list of statesmen these were born when their fathers were aged from 41 to 50: Bismarck, Cato, Cromwell, Machiavelli, Webster. Great names in I philosophy born when their fathers I• were over 51 are: Aristotle, Bacon,' Buddha, ,Confucius, Franklin, Moses and Solomon. "While men born in one of these divisions," writes the author, "may, show the type of character represent- ed in the next adjacent division, above or below, the extremes do not meet. No mild-mannered moralist of the type represented by Buddha and Con- fucius is found in the son of a man less than 31 years of age, and no ag- gressive military commander of the type of Alexander or Napoleon is found in the son of a man more than 31 years of age." . 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