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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-2-3, Page 2yK R13; Ai tP The green Sea: By CHARLES ED1YMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade,,' "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc. CHAPTER XXiiL. ;"Not a word .not a sound from!. We were a cheerful party of three, You—if rf you want to get out of this: —the aged producer of miracles in i alive!" ivory, the as yet unidentified chauf-d, Nov he was kneeling upon his seat'. feur, and Brice Ferris, Esquire at- ` while I sat staring at hint in silent' Corney and counsellor at law. Not tie stupefaction, Simultaneously With Word had any of us uttered since my. the rapidly uttered words he snatched aide had threatened to bid me good...! at the bundle of rugs, which shot y and leave me when. I faltered at up from the floor to meet bin, the automobile door before entering. A powerful tug at my feet nearly So when he broke the long silenee by jerked me from my seat, and when. 1 addressing the shapeless driver, and 1 instinctively tried to move farther the latter grunted an inarticulate re -'away from this alarming, suddenly. ply, I jerked out of a gloomy reverie' developed centre of violence I dis- Ninth a start to listen. Nothing more i covered that my feet not only were was said; but I knew that the driver anyhow was not Chinese, and this, for sorne cause, afforded me a grain of comfort. Next the machine began to slow, hie. t7 swift, thudding blows the down; then it stopped altogether. The . motor was killed, and .a dead silence driver struck with some short instru- rushed gown upon us out of the night ment. A hollow groan issued front closing upon the pistol grip, "nor bound together, but were made fast to something animate that was tugging away at them in a fashion that made' me cling to the top supports for dear VaseiTh'e' ,..iw c CCAtipTinr ice SQethee and smoothe chapped hands and lips, Keeps the skin soft, Sold In metal boxes and tin tubes at Chemists, and genera stores everywhere, Refuse substitutes.. Free booklet on request. CHESESROUQ. i MFG, Co. fconsoU4itcd 1850 Chabot Ave, Montreal fling Amite on the ground, But be-. ore he heti time to explain i saw and Understood. The queues of the two unfortunates had. been assed around a spoke of one of the wheels and the ends tied te- gether, The Captives all at once fell guiet, one regarding Struber with a maligns. ant, murderous look, while the other impassively ignored our presence,, "Funny* thing," the detective come mented, impersonally, eyeing the two, "but it seems to be only the bad 'tins that've kept their pigtails since the new order to cut 'em off has been in force. Blame seldom we pinch a; Chink who's trying to sprout a Jim' Corbett co#luxe=which, take it all', 'round, by and large, is a bandy thing for us bulls," My regard, however, had again wandered to the stranger who sat so, unconcernedly upon his unusual seat, calmly miffing away at his pipe, and obviously, ruminating; but at this juncture the ehauffeur'of our own car joined Strutter and me, and I had my. first distinguishing view of him. (To be continued.) WORK OF SWISS RED CROSS. How Prisoners Are Exchanged Be- tween France and Germany, Madam Bohny, the wife of Col, that was like the smothering folds of , the formless heap of rugs, which at any other, unless you have something Bohny, Physician in Chief to the Swiss a velvet mantle, ; once sank back to the tonneau floor. better to show me than this gang of, Red Cross, has written the following The old Chinaman was craning this The tugging at my feet ceased, Hast- cutthroats."account of the manner in which total, way and that, as if trying to make ily the driver rearranged the rugs, In his. eagerness the old rogue laid lyInca acitated prisoners of war are out something that lay beyond the' and again:adjuring me to silence, re- a shinny claw upon my anti nearest p sharply defined limits of the head-! sinned his place at the steering -wheel. him and gave it animpatient tug. exchanged between Franca and Ger, lights' area of illumination. Another and his soundless, motionless attitude. You bully, you," he snarled, ee no many, by way of Switzerland. In one subdued curt utterance from him,i But taught as I was in such a wait, period of two weeks the number of and the tights were switched off. And thrilling situation, I was not to be His barefaced impudence was too those thus repatriated amounted to then I, too for the first time in i silenced, though I slid follow the much. I jerked the arm free and aim- over 9,000, don't know' how many minutes, again' other's example to the extent of not eeci asmashing blow at him. But he The selection of prisoners to be took note of my surroundings. raising my voice. avoided it, He leaped nimbly down exchanged was made at Constance on It was the season of the new noon, The devil!"I gasped. "My feet and yelled something that seemed to `the German frontier ,and at Lyon by which, of course, had set hours ago; are tied -•-caught in some sort of be. the Si al for bedlam to break . ' but the night was one of those trans.,: snare•'"• loose. two doctors belonging to the Swiss parent, star -lit marvels that are Com This intelligence apparently was an' Siinultaneously, the motor started Army Medical Corps, The Swiss Red mon to California's dry atmosphere, unwelcome surprise to my companion ` with a splutter, all the lights flashed Cross organized two hospital trains, and the landscape lay disclosed in; —for no reason that I could put into , forth, the ear leaped forward, and I one at each point, to carry the wound - every direction like a vast relief map: words I was accepting him as an ally! was struggling with four yellow fiends ` ed released by the medical examine - set in luminous black crystal. Larger --for he exclaimed profanely under ; who had swarmed into the tonneau tion. objects not in absolute shadow, even his breath. He passed en open pocket' without pausing to open doors. But The personnel of each train was when at a distance, could be descried knife across his shoulder to me, I had my pistol out, and though guar -4 composed of a doctor major, incoin- with surprising distinctness. But by Cut the rope," he whispered with-ters were too close for me to shoot and by, I perceived that the broken` out turning his head. But forHeav-' without endangering the only person piete command of the train; a doctor nature of the ground, a clump of ° en's sake, act as if you i,eren'.twise upon whom I could reasonably count; captain for medical services exclu- agave or Spanish bayonet here and to anything that's happening. Y ou re as a friend in this crisis, it proved to steely, and a secretary, whose task' there. a scattered growth of chapparal; fast to that Chink on the floor that I be a handy weapon when wielded with was to draw up an accurate list of and poison -oak, an isolated live -oak.; just slugged. Remember—don't ��lett the exuberance with which I laid. the wounded. The feminine person - or outcropping of rock:, made of the on that lou re loose. Quick, nowabout me, nel was composed of a nurse in each whole region a checkerboard of sepia! I dove and found the cord. Anoose l In the same second 1 heard the chef -'carriage, or fifteen to every train, un- splotches where nothing bat light it- had been laid about my ankles int a such feur's revolver crack three times. der the supervision of a Red Cross self could have been visible to us.' a way that my first movement Then quite as abruptly as it began matron, who had complete charge of One ,letaii, however, impressed me im- taut. This was ofed ink an e `acid my own struggle ended. Clio equipment of the train and the mediately. we were no longer upon' eyed therugs1 e car had turned oil the road the highway, but upon a dirt road, moved farther away ire= it. +and was malting a wild detour across°distribution of the presents received an no building' of airy sort was to be ,.Got a gat . - a gtiu . the follow! }the rough, broken, stony ground ~with at the railway stations. :seen, b now flung at me."You may need it.d complete and reckless disregard for: Meals were arranged for in the f ol- Suddenly the Chinaman leaped to I assured him that I had, at thei any, and all obstacles. We in the ton- lowing manner: The French received his feet and peered backward, the way same time transferring the weapon to• peau were being hurled and catapulted d coffee and white bread at urieh and we had come. I knew what had start -r my overcoat pocket. awarm' furiously this way and that like so: warmill. at Geneva, The Germans fed him. I too bait been sensible of: Again, and' quite irrelevantly` , he, many seeds in a dry, wind-blown pod.received supper at Geneva and break:- the cessation of a faint sound; a, swore under his breath. M I made a final desperate effort tosoraracl so thin, so diminished by clic-" "The dirty Chinks: The've found! fling the last of my iwsailants from fast at Zurich t wive, that only its abrupt Class ontinu-' out in some way that we're beim me, but a violent lurch brought us to c. Our ti i.ru was overflowing. No 'less mice iiia"le it noticeable. But I had trailed. I'm afraid everything's ail i the floor together in a heap. i than 320 severely wounded distributed heard, and recognized its nature. unless; we can find their hole. It can't - -� in to cars. Amongst them were macl- Somewhere, back: on the road over 1, far away. Beep your gun handy, � CHAPTER leXIV. i men, tuberculous sufferers, and many wheel we had come, beyond the range but don't use it unless you have oto, l T am piecing out the details of this sick whose lives were in hourly dan- of eyesight or in one of the areas . Just listen at 'em!"His tone was part of my narrative with 'whit I, ger. The good nurses had certainly of utter darkness, another automo- expressive of profound disgust. . learned afterwards; my own imine- work in abundance. As soon as we bile had halted, even as ours had. Heaven knows that the meaning of diate concerns were much too pressing ;had crossed the German frontier into Then right ahead of us, perhaps a all this was uniatelligibie to me; but and enacting for me to think of what" hundred yards, I caught a tiny spark, it was- elear enough that danger in was happening around me, much less'Switzerland we were overwhelmed of li¢•iit. It gleamed a seeoncl, like a. some guise was imminent and that I have an eye for it. with ovations. A veritable cyclone of firefly, then vanished. The chauffeur was expected to be prepared to meet l Any tray, no mere verbal description, gifts fell on our train from station to nudged the Chinaman, who was still it. If my enemies'plans were mss-, however accurate and faithful it may, station. Soon our carriages were standing and looking with fixed at -carrying, the perplexing question be, can reproduce the thrill of those transformed into moving gardens, tention toward the rear. . ran in my mind, were not my own Iwild tense seconds. Since then I have fragrant with flowers. Ai along the "Hey, John," he growled, "the light' plans, or any that circumstance might oineed out the route our car took on way enthusiastic crowds acclaimed us flashed again—if that's what you were mature for me, being Correspondingly that memorable night to experienced even in stations where the train did tryinw,•,to see." advanced? •drivers; not one of them would risk From which I gathered .that it had' The man can the front seat quickly' his neck trying to follow it at the' not stop. Sashed before, probably had been the disabused me of this idea the instant slowest possible gait and by daylight. Only those provided with a card of cause of our stopping. I voiced it. Said he: And not one of them believed that I admission from the State Department, The Chinaman now opened the door's "Our one best bet was to take ad- had gone over it at night at high had the right to enter the train. This and climbed out upon the road. He' vantage of the way old Lao playedg went ahead ata trot and presently; into our hands—Keep still! Listen'." perfects core out at the end withga privilegeembers of wasenjoyed various ind diplomatic was swallowed by the gloom where. He broke off abruptly. And I would not voluntarily repeat bodies and by the Swiss Red Cross. the Iiglrt had shone. i While events were piling up with the performance. These visitors made themselves useful I had collected a sense of my sur- such bewildering rapidity in the auto- It was,in all truth,onlybya soundings, and the instant we stopped mobile, something manifestly hadthe pro- by distributing gifts and speaking became conscious of a tension, an! gone wrong off there in the darkness digy of manipulation that car was words of consolation t6 the wounded. acute feeling of apprehension, as if' inhere the Chinaman had disappeared. broughtoback into the road again, but After leaving Geneva the wounded something had gone amiss that could I could hear voices gabbling excited now facing in the originallydhadg been go- received at Bellegards the first wel- not be accounted for, or else some- ly in the high-pitched singsong of the to the way we go -'come from their compatriots. To the thing unexpected and equally inex- Chinese, although they did seem to be ing. As the brilliant beams from the strains of the Marseillaise the train plicable was threatening; some clan- trying to repress their agitation. headlight swung swiftly round, a flee - ger lurking off there in the dark, that "How do you know they've found ing Chinaman was outlined for the drew slowly into the railway station, had not yet revealed itself, but which out something?" I asked. "Do you fraction of a second, and the remark- which was sumptuously decorated, as nzenaeed the successful outcome of mean to say you understand what able man at the wheel tools a pot shot on great festival days. The guard this midnight adventure. I found my- they're talking about?" at him; with what result the dark- presented arms. Handkerchiefs and self all at once keyed high with an -"Yep; that's why I'm here"—an an gess that instantly encompassed the hats were waved. All voices were ticipation, and I was correspondingly swez that only deepened my mystifica- target concealed. mingled in a thunder of patriotic wel- tion. "Quiet! Here they come!" The lights of another automobile come. were now visible. It had arrived and It is impossible to describe the re- hadhalted upon the very spot where we paused, and in a moment I real- ception which we received at Laron, ized that it too must have been a tem- An innumerable assemblage,—officers porary storm -centre of turbulence in resplendent uniforms, high furies andexcitement. It must have plung- tionnaries of category, numerous ed right into the midst of the rascals ladies of the French Red Cross in ele- we left behind. A man with hair and mustache as grizzled as a badger, with one arm in a sling and a perfectly contented expression irradiating his counten- ance, was sitting upon a Chinaman who lay face downward in the sand, and calmly puffing a short briar pipe. alert, my receptive faculties keen to record the first premonitory impulse. The silent chauffeur alone appeared to be unmoved and unconcerned. Yet what ensued during the space of the next two or three seconds was quite as startling, exciting and con- fusing as if I had been taken alto- gether unawares. All at once the chauffeur twisted round toward me. and whispered a terse command, I saw perhaps a half -score shadows rushing toward us. Next instant the old ivory carver was standing upon the running -board and addressing me. The others crowded round the car. "You get out dis place," he said curtly. This impertinence served to crystal- lize all my uncertainties, "1 do—not," I retorted, my hand A hl T 1 -When your head is dull and heavy, your tongue furred, and you feel. done -up and good for nothing, without knowing what is really the /natter with you, probably all that is needed to restore you to health and vigour is a few doses of a reliable FOR TI .E digestive tonic and stomachic rem.: edy such as Mother Seigel's Syrup.' Take it after each meal for a few, days and note how beneficial is its action uponthe stomach, liver and bowels ho;. it t e ,tc res tonna and healthy activity to these important organs, end by' so doing enables you to gain new stores of vigour, vitality and health. e VW.t9)THER• STOMACH AND .LIVER L The new 1.00 size contains three limes as much as the trial size sold at 50c per bottle. 5015. HORSE SALE DISTEMPER` You know that. when you sell or buy through the sales you lraVe, about one chance in fifty to eaeagge sale stable' clistra,nper. 'SPORN'S" is your true j�retectlon, your only afeguarcl, for as sure. as you treat all your horeeS with it. .you will'sjoon he rid ai:'the dlsease. It, acts as a sure pro- •centative,: no matter how they are "ex:oyed" BPOBN'!1 is sold by all good druggists, .horse goods houses, or de - it erect by the manufacturers. SPORN MEDI0AL• 00., Chendat5 anti Bacteriologists, Goshen; gant white costumes, the richly de- corated station, all formed a setting of extraordinary brilliance and mag- nificence. As soon as the train was emptied of French prisoners of war, it was filled with Germans and proceeded on In another figure, to my amaze- its way to Switzerland. Every night. enent, I recognized Struber. He was front station to station were renewed standing .over • two other Chinaman the, joyous demonstrations above men - o side of the second automobile, and who lay sprawled in the road at and tioned, aswell as a rain of gifts of who were going through 'a series of every variety. During all these journ- extraordinary gymnastics. The de- ies to and fro, animated by' an en- tective, with derby on the back of his thusiastic feeling of charity, the in - head and hands upon hips, stood pant- habitants of the districts through which thetrain passed flocked to the railway, station at no matter what. hour of night.. Thus journeyed for three weeks. from Constance to Lyon and from Ly- on to Constance . a whole series of trains, exhibiting always the same spectacle and giving rise to sympathy, the same demonstrations and the same heartfelt .welcome, but also affording always the same spectacle of the same misery, of maimed unfortunates, gal- vanized into a, momentary life, by the joy of seeillg heir native land again. Once, during ° this period of lugu- brious exchanges, two trains stopped for a moment onopposite tracks in the middle of the night. Heads lean- ed out of windows. Flowers were thrown from one train to the other. The one train sang the .Marseillaise,. the other Deutschland: uber' Alles. Then the wheels moved Deutschland, the trains I returned, watching the two wrig- disappeared in the darkness. ing and surveying this strange spec- tacle with undisguised delight. As we stopped close to them, the mart seated upon the Chinaman nod- ded and grinned ;amiably. "We bagged three," he announced in a matter-of-fact voice. "How many'd you get?" Then tothe pro- strate creature beneath him, who had developed fresh signs of protest,, he aclded a curt word or two in Chinese, accompanying it with a 'cuff upon the head that had an immediate quiet- ing effect. II gave the man a sharp look, for a white man speaking the Chinese lan- guage was strange to me, and here was my second experience of the kind to -night. Struber drew my attention. "Coma- esta, usted?" he hailed me in Spanish. "Either o' these Chinks friends o' yours?". Regard for his inquiries was swal- lowed •up in curiosity. "What the deuce does that mean 1" Fresh...rom the Gardens� of .the finest Tea -producing country in the world.. 1 '13G* 31E1 Sealed Packets OAIy. Try it—it's delicious. BLACK GREEN or MIMED. e- 13 74 Farm Notes, Sheep are very dainty. Keep the feed troughs clean. The legumes gather nitrogen from the air for the building up of the 8011, Prevent waste and make every pound of feed bring the best results possible, Before calving, the cow's food should be reduced in quantity and of a laxative nature. Fat .hen produce fewer eggs and at the Baine time a large percentage of them are infertile, Carrots and beets keep better if a little dry sand is put ever them. This prevents drying out. Discard the cow which has failed at the end of the year to pay market' price for all the feed she has con - Exercise is an important factor in keeping liens healthy and in laying condition, Scatter all .grains in deep litter. Better have a stable too cool from too many cracks than too close and no fresh air at all. This has proven true in poultry culture The production of milk is a great draft on .a cow's vitality and she needs to be a rugged animal to endure the strain for a succession of seasons. Dock the lambs at a week or ten days old. A block, a sharp hatchet, a whack, and it's done. Pull theskin towards the Iamb before giving the whack. In behalf of every living thing, your stock and your family, eve plead for a good supply of fresh air, the staff' of life. It is free. Make use of it in the barn, the home, day and night. The milk of cow,, goats, mares and camels, is used as an article of food consumption, but in the economy of production cows stand at the head of the list of milk -producing animals. At the Ohio station, silage pro- duced milk for 68 cents per 100 pounds and butter fat at thirteen cents per pound. The grain ration produced milk at $1.05 per 100 pounds and butter fat for 22 cents a pound. Have little bedding in the pen at farrowing. Wait until the piga get large enough to take care of them- selves before bedding heavily. Have the pen dry and clean and keep it thus. Make liberal use of the well- known disinfectants. Prevention is cheaper than cure. Caring for the Colt in Winter. As the pastures dry up and winter approaches, the question of how to care for the growing colt through the winter confronts the farmer. Many colts will be taken from pasture with a goodly store of fat only to be turn- ed out toa straw pile for feed and shelter, and will come out next spring lighter in weight than they are in the fall. On the other hand, not a few colts may be ruined by heavy feeding in stalls, where they cannot take ex- ercise. The ideal shelter for colts is tightly built shed, open to the south, where the animals may go in and oui at their own pleasure, and where they may have the run of a good big field for exercise. Idle farm horses car, best be sheltered in the same way , A dry bed and protection from cold winds and rain is all that is needed, Two parts of oats (preferably crushed) and one part of bran, make$ a very suitable feed for growing colts. In cold weather a little corn may be added not to exceed 25 per cent. of the ration. If clover or alfalfa is used a$ half of the roughage ration, no oil meal will be needed, but if the rough- age consists of wild hay or corn stover, about eight per cent,. of oil meal should be aclded to the grain ration, Where oats are high in price and barley is plentiful, a ration of crushed barley 6Q per cent., bran 30 per cent„ and oil meal ten per cent., should give good results. Sunflowers for Poultry. This feed for chickens is not valued as it should be. It is easily grown and very productive of seed. In the winter and spring It increases laying to a marked degree. One- fourth of an acre will give feed for a large flock the season through. Some plant the Mammoth. Russian variety. It will grow even under great neglect, and a little attention makes it very productive. The seed finds a ready market in the States at five or six cents a pound for use by poultry men. The plant thrives best on •sandy soil, and the cultivation is similar to that of corn. Birds begin picking out the seed before ripe, On a small scale one can prevent this by covering the heads with mosquito netting. When the seeds begin to drop, the head should be out and hung in a dry place; never put in a heap after cut- ting. Keeps Hogs Well. Len grain, more pasture, less con- finement and more exercise in the pure air of the alfalfa, clover or blue- grass fields will tone up the system so that disease is not readily contracted.. Yet with the best of care and feed new forms of disease appear to baffle us, and when it comes, it is not safe to daily with it, especially if it seems infectious. Letting sick hogs have the run of the herd is sure to spread disease, therefore, it is a safe rule to lose no time in removing the first sick hog 'to some remote lot where it can not infect the herd as its disease pro- gresses. A Well -Braced Gate. Nothing more surely gives a farm a rundown appearance than sagging, poorly constructed gates. A little more care when building the gate will save time, money and labor, and greatly • improve the looks of the place. oes 114 in Interfere? There is a remedy Ltan9s nt )11 Read this unsolicited grateful testimony— Not long ago my left knee be came lame and sore. It pained me many restless nights. So se- rious did it become that I was forced to consider giving up my work when l chanced to think of S1oan's Liniment. Let inc say— less than one bottle fixed me up: Chas. 0. 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