The Exeter Advocate, 1916-3-2, Page 2The ureen Seal
By CHARLES EDMONDS 41 ALle
Author of "The Silver B1aile," "The Paternoster Ruby,
"The Time Leet:," etc.
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CHAPTER XXVL---(Cont'd). that mere troebled I grew. A per-,
es
Sone minutes later I was ceateal in•intent, peetif4rous gnat of doubt be-'
one of Mrs. Fleming's state chair., g:un to tornmerit me.
I.ois stood pensively beside me. it \%ith this freslx annoyance piled
nu seemed :so wonderful, so incredible, upon top of the night', whirlwind of
that I could not at once realize such excitement, I never felt less like
happiness as being mine, 1 fie«t tier sleep; so I went to any rooms and dis-,
hand fall gently upon my hexad; her . carded the ruined evening clothes for
fingers toyed idly with my hair. : to, business suit, selected a soft hat to
"Boy,:" she said, "you promised to replace the lost opera -hat, :and then s
listen. Nov., then—keep your word!" started 'to walk my nerves into a des
"I always shall to you," i assured teent state of calmness.
her•.
you realize what at dreadful CHAPTER XXVII.
thing came upon us to -night?" 1 That morning I saw the city wake:
I glanced up quickly, alarmed by a�avatched it progress through all the:
portentous note in her voice. She stages, from the brooding silence of
went on, her lovely eyes meeting mine slumber, before the sparrows renew
wistfully: their quarrels and mating, to noisy.
"In referring toy a life crisis so un- activity; from darkness, through the
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creased my anxiety a thousandfold.
i
She was determined to go away some -1
where where I could never see her l
again, Could a situation have been!
more exasperatingly hopeless?
"Never in my life have I received i
a genuine love -letter," she told me
when I betrayed my curiosity about
the one upon the blotting -pad; "never
have I. written anything that even
pretended to be one—until this morn -1
ing. This is my first love -letter, Boy,,
and I wanted to write it to you, seat-
ed here in one of the very few spots;
that are hallowed for me by any ten-'
der or sacred memories." 1 blends. Every leafs is fresh, fragrant
I stili have that letter; I shall al -
!ways keep it. It too is sacred, much` hill of its natural deliciousness. Sold
too sacred to transcribe any part of in sealed packets only. a 107
it here; but I venture to say leo doting'
lover ever before received such burn- ear_
ing testimony of his loved one's love '
for him. Dear girt, she overlooked .
nothing. It even contained, anticipat-
ing my worry, a statement of her
finances, and the assurance that an ac-
ceptable stenographer would be on
hand to take her place without incon-
venience to me. My heart throbbed in
' my throat as I read it.
Another fragment o£ our long,
grievous argument is recorded be -
'cause it clearly sets forth the poli- Social. Conditions on the Farm. 'ers, Since then, Mr. Crockett has
my x, ey Flavoury Teas
are used to produce the famous
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.'zrpassabiy splendid mad intense that Pint: opening bud of dawn, to'the full holding a handkerchief to her eyes• tion she had taken and which she During the year 1915, the Commis-' done well. His accounte showed hue
mere words can rest give the faint- Whits flower cef broad day; rand a few Instantaneously I took ea the details clung to with tense€ty of a Christian sion. of Conservation conducted an how. Without them, he would long
test glimmer of an idea about it, I minutes before six same benign panel- of her appearance. Since I left Mrs. martyr to his faith, agricultural survey on 400 farms in: ore now have lost his farm.
have he:t:•d you call it a .sepr,rme mo- dense guided my wandering feet to, Flemings ..lie had changed to the Said Lois. "At Mrs. I leming's 1 Qntarie. The survey included 1001 There is room for similar system-
aneente' I lila, that phrase. It is so my office building. i stylish tailored costume I had first know you thought I was bold land for- farms in each of the Counties of Dun-,atic business accounting an every
rich with meaning. It has ,stayed with On this day of days 'what mysteri- seen her in; she had on different hat, ward, but you will understand now das, Waterloo, Northumberland and' farm. The average farm. of Canada
me. welt, this hos been my supreme t+us, unseen influence operated to modestl as what le appropriate in and forgive. I told you it was my Carleton, Various. phases of farm, is a mixed faun, with many source t
o uninreeeclented an women seheadgear ,goes, but still ,lis- supreme moment. It was. I just had life were investigated, and some 'in -hof income, On almost every fauns
moment."' She pruned, her eyes dark,.. urge me there at
ening and deepening' until they were hour? From half -past eight to nine tinetly smart and, of course, be- to have that consecration of our love tcresting conditions presented. ,'ate believe, one or more branches are
evenclerfatl. ller Yrdee tircappeti "But, e''as met customary time for arriving, coming, like everything else about to carry away with me, to uphold and: Social conditions, and other incen-;being run at an actual loss and the
Des, aio yeu thine: 1 worea ever marry but stix o'clock --.-I had never alone such her, She wore a veil, which just now support rue, to inspire me with ideals fives to keep the young people one income would he increased by its
yen?"
a thing before'. And if I had arrived was pushed up. • I could not see much that are worthy of it, and to strength- the farms are to a great extent reg-! elimination. Other branches aro
I trial to rise, but the hand upt'n only :a fees minutes later—at ix- of her face, being nearly directly be- en me in the effort to live up to them.": looted,. as may be seen from the fol- particularly profitable, and these
any heed lead ane back thirty, say - ---I woubd have been too hind her, and dame seconds passed be ieAnd i,ti11 you can deliberately go ;lowing report of the surKey.should be enlarged. The only way to
elves r:.s--„,ret forget. Wait till late, :a::41 this story would have had fore 1 gathered the significance of her away from me” —I was pleading des -1 Ten per cent, of the farmers visit -,know which branches to eliminate
I'm tl,rcy.,rli„ an ending sir different from the one abrade. `perately--•"thrust me out of your life.ded have had boys leave and go to and which to enlarge, however, is to
••I knew," I nevertheless said, -you it has that I :hatldaer even noes to. My regaled wandered back to the Think dear heart—think! Stop 'and the city. Seven per cent have sans' keep hooks. There is no better time
hard �+."me idheic quirk in that pre- think taf it. hand upon the blotting pad. It 9s re- consider what a eold, starved, hullaw married who are farming, Nineteen to start than the present, -Farre and
cion, head c•f yonar.e. But lvhateeeer I had keen walking ever :;ince part -markable how expressive. the human mockery- of lune it a:oon will become! per cent, stated that they were fol- Dairy.
it ie. you ate ;rnil:e just the ,:dill.." ing froze Lade, in the vain hope that hand may be, L.oie's was a beautiful Ashes—••retread---mildew-it's worse - lowing some form of book-keeping,
"S;npl,,a-i"i;:S, Wiese. ,vteur ierotlie' ----if the dhiel , it of morning would cool hand, the long, delicately #aperztag than death. but only one man was following a
r.ea, ni ever had tele 11' seen. elese-.t the fe:'er in my 1-einil. I was tired, Sart that is said to denote an artihtie.. "Oh, Boy, don't believe 1 aim VOW,' complete method. Sr..ty-seven per
t:eerie eats .-l:t'3u1,1 (Nene to yen aa:41 jackal, haggard.; but interest in the temf+erarment. At first it hay listless -'harsh, unfeeling; for indeed, indeed, eent take agricultural papers, gt+ingseven-
i::tera rn, .e-c,ra lie ::a:; t marry il:ay'e promised elaeveleprneiat' had re- ly half open, ecu' eying to me an im- I'm not! Me- heart aches for you. I teen fact cent take story magazines,
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`•ser Wine ;•e al:zayslltt>:•: hea 1t+a
tia'�i .vive+l in a measure. selae:tdWW1 ti 1 pression of infinite weariness. both'ofax not not putting you out of aria lifep and seventy-seven per cent. take a
Growing Potatoes Without Potash.
Potato growers in past years, at
least those who have made use of
commercial fertilizers, have always
favored a fertilizer with a large pro-
y:.nat aeleise him?" beginning', impatiently t:? hope that the flesh and the spirit; but, in the that would be impossible. I am tak- a daily paper, portion of available potash. The
Till, emus I av43. repeal foxy feet iaefeere Stna.,7g would nee be dilatory. brief time i stood 1e atching it, trying ing my elf away from you, In a3 per cent. of the families visit- closing off of the German supply of
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alae . :a?,lsoneliar. I was fri h"eueai. And Leis—weal alae be on hand :nt tomal a up nay mind hoes to annauneei Listen, Brice. I have ahva'' beeax«ed there were young people over 14 potash has rendered this fertilizing
f
"Loie'. Ileo/sou imagine I'even eon- her usual floats? It was indeed a my presenee without startling her, it a pretty level-headed :tort of person, yetis of age while 31 per cent. had constituent extremely expensive and
convulsively and not much potato growers are now face to face
:iaiered 1n'1' t;a1 kataws it nevem good deal to tesp.•a:t from her Dowser; closed :ur1denly and given to dreaming dreams a horse and buggy* or an automobile
entered ray head: I have l,ce>n for- of endurance; least after all that had quivered with the abnormal tension of are seeing v]aionts, But I knave what far the young people. Sixty-one per with the proposition of growing po-
gating it < ,i;, t iintly that it i:3 tai happened lie mutt net !,e allc,lvc al to the mu tie., Then I knew she was [your ambition. are. D1ine would lie "cent. of the farmers attended some tatoes with nitrogen and phosphor -
if it wore-n't so." miss the culmination ,"f tear adven- crying. is poor weak mockery of a love in very land of community event or eventsous only. In this connection, an ex -
HI l.tn, ev. V,.,tsr attitude i5 that t,f tures, t1u' (1ex:c,nement of the nays-° She was crying softly, for hers was'truth-if 1 eouldn't divine them. And during the past year, chiefly church periment conducted at the Maine Ex -
:he tele : eel:ine adviee. But try to' tcry that troll intrtndeed into -our an undemonstrative nature; but the I have looked ahead into the future.^ socials and picnics. ' 1 perimental station will be of interest.
I'.t ytat:- '1f in the all 1 was eloquently >x- �3a1 churches have a
(.'t•me—be h"i,est now—what •would ^ What. Ilan she meant by that secret the blotting -pad 1 , , loqu ly agreat oppoitun-
th+s advisor :ay? What lvanaltl be his', mile? What hidden purpose did it pressive of the tempest of emotion tolerable will our relationship grow ity to develop the social side of their
a.eunn el"•, nortenal? The maggot of disquiet that raged in her heart. I know it to be. I shall be more severely criti-1activities, to reach more of that young
• I don't care a hang what he'd d:i}."s,ii1 gnawed at my grain. mta�t be truly terrible to overcome 1`er eised; my antecedents will be dragged people in the country and interest
th 1 m ata q art9 and
vixiu Mace. lis z iq asmodie elenching of the hand upon Tlae higher you rico, the mare honored Here it may be stated that the ru- ° Chas. D. Woods sums up the results
your position just that much more in-,
of the experiments as follows:
'"Throughout the growing season
the vines on both the no potash plots
were a distinctly brighter ,green and
had a thriftier look than on the ad-
joining plots. Tho difference was so
marked that it attracted much at-
tention from visitors at the farm.
Although some slight irregularities
occurred in the yield from the differ-
ent plots, the average figures show
fairly consistent increases with the
increase in potash, The plots 'without
potash yielded 110 barrels, or 302
bushels of merchantable potatoes.
- The plots with two and five per cent.
SOLDIERS SING IN TRENCHES homes had no musical instrument of potash gave practically the same
any kind; 39 per cent. had pianos.— yields of 116 barrels, or 320 bushels
F.C.N. in Conservation. i per acre. The eight per cent. potash
plots averaged to yield 120 barrels, or
Systematic Farming. 1331 bushels per acre. . This is an
Poor health drove Morris Ii, Crock- increase of 10 barrels from the eight
ett from the city to a little five -acre per cent. plots over the no potash
fruit and poultry farm in California. plots. This amount is undoubtedly'
Previous to his removal to the coup- large enough to be significant, and to
Yew. question le unfair to me :,lid un -1 An elevator boy, only half awake, latalntu:tl Pease and self -contra
11tithy of yourself. I simply Alan% cc:ntemialated my unseasonable an- to tideextent.
'eel fur-' " rar,ee . th surpriee, ; Involuntarily I started forward.
answer it eel ! .ae.us. t a sun3 • Y ," „
#h $ "r'ce 1Ir. Ferris" he saluted me Lois, I called softly- Aiid • -she crease the humiliation and emarrass- events attended by the fa
out into the open and the spotlight em in c can amuse e . , » p
kept constantly upon them. Your ad- recreations. The local fairs also
in are prominent among the community
vancement will correspondingly
Her eyes : earehed my face, then "this must be your busy day!" started up quickly it was to find her- anent of having your wife the daugh- Dundas and Carleton counties no or -
her lips marred in a secret little smile.i "'I expect it to be," I told ]rim. iself encircled by my arms, "MY ter of a murderer, a thief, a creature ganized clubs for games were met
'`Very well," elle saidquietly. "We'll 1 A few seconds later I was startled, darling girl—what does this mean?" whose very name is synonymous with with, while in Waterloo, 13 reported
never mention it again.In an unci- ' at finding my office door not only un-' But even while asking the question all this is base, ignoble, mean, wicked a football club, and in Northumber-
feeted way that set my pulses gallop.; locked, but a trifle ajar—barely I knew what it meant. All at once I and cruel." land, six reported 'baseball clubs.
ing, shte held up her mouth to me, ; enough to emit a thread of light. TThe divined the origin of everything in Only one of the 400 farmers visited
(To be continued.]
"Ries me ohee more. . . . Good -by." : discovery gave me a distinct shook. her conduet of the earlier hours that mentioned attending a literary so -
"1.: ntil 1 see you at the office, you • The circumstance, whatever the had been inexpuicable to me. The eiety. Twenty-five a per cent. of the
nitron," 1 amended. !cause was irregular. Rarely if ever fight between her inelination and a
She didn't say what she meant; the ° was the door unlocked before eight noble, if mistaken notion of duty to
cryptic expression remained upon her , of a morning. ; me; the impulsive abandonment of
ceuntenanee, When I left 1 carried : `What fresh viliaincy was afoot? herself to the passion that burned in
with me a vivid memory of it—bef-; Prudence suggested that I would bet- her own heart; the infinite tenderness
fling, inscrutable, the reflection of a ter not undertake an investigation with which she had said good -by, all
deep -laid purpose, she meant not to 'without the supporting presence of were now accounted far—she had re -
reveal. The longer I thought about it someone else; but this recommenda- solved to run away, to take herself
'tion of timidity was promptly dismiss- out of my life. My heart was over-
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'voter boy, it was more than likely II She was scarcely startled. She re-
' could find nobody in the entire build- garded me with tear -dimmed eyes.
ing above the street floor. I was not, "Brice," she said in a voice list -
`moreover, proud of the figure I had so less with despondency and discour-
far ,cut in every crisis. agement, "of all mornings, why did
However, with the memory of whatyou have to choose this one to in-
liad recently happened beyond this,trude upon me here?"
!same door fresh in mind, candor; I tried to answer lightly, holding
obliges me to confess that I did not her close to me and smiling into her
1 at once enter. I had to summon all distressed eyes.
my resolution before I pushed open' "Have you made a practice of eom-
`the door and sent an apprehensive ing here so early and crying on my
'look skirting round the room. desk?" I asked. At once, ,though,
There were just two things I no -1I soberly added: "But I know what
ticed as being out of place or un- ` you, mean sweetheart; I understand
1 usual: a fresh -looking traveling -bag a good deal at this moment that has
'stood upon Lois's typewriter desk, puzzled and grieved me. Thank God'
'and the communicating door between for having brought me here in time
the two rooms was also partially, to prevent you from doing anything
• open.so foolish as you have been contem-
Again I had to muster up courage' plating."
before I could tiptoe half the room's! My glance went back to the blot -
length and peep in at the aperture. I' tin -pad. Where her hand had been
halted upon the threshold, prey to a lay an envelope addressed to me, up -
mixture of emotions that ranged all i on top it her key to the office door. -
The British Are Undisturbed By Mins
Explosions.
A correspondent at British Head-
quarters in France writes: Soule
curious structures of concrete, like
pepper castors in 'shape, have been
built in places along the enemy front.
try, Mr. Crockett had been a success- indicate that the
They naturally get the attention they y' potash increases
deserve. At one spot our men no-
ful business man. i the yield of potatoes in Aroostook
Beed a cupola had been constructed, For the first. three years he lost county. On the other hand, 110 bar-
er rather a hurtle back, not very ap- money. He had fancy and utility rels (302 bushels) per acre is a good
parent. One of our howitzers was poultry, early and late apples, Logan , yield—considerably above the aver -
asked to try his weight at the object, berries, strawberries an: rh'ibarb. age, and nearly double the average in
and put over some shells. with excell- Just why he was losing money, .oe did the county in 1915. So far as the re-
enb aim. One went through the tar'- not know: The fourth year he decid- sults of this one year are concerned,
et, throwing up indistinguishable arg- ed to apply to his business of farm-' they indicate that a profitable yield
bish. When the smoke and dust ing the same principles that be had of potatoes can be obtained on Arco:
cleared the turtle back was seen to applied to the city business of which -stook soil without the addition of
be smashed, showing twisted iron i he had been manager. Thal Involved potash for at least one year." •
girders bed, nn and a mass of wire,' a bookkeeping system, and during all What is true of these soils applies
withwhich looked like insetted springs, of that year he kept accurate - ac- in no less degree to our soils in Can-;-
counis for every department of his ada. There are -few soils indeed in
evidently the reinforcement of the little farm. At the end of the -year•
Possibly the nervousness of the
concrethe did away with fancy poultry,
.
Germans also accounts for their in- plowed up his rhubarb and straw-
dustry in mining towards whatever berries, and specialized on early ap-
salient gives us some vantage. These pies arta utility poultry. These his
mines are peculiarly horrible, for one books revealed, were the money Mak-
never knows now, when interested in _.
a corner Of a fire trench, whether or > ,a
not there is a volcano underfoot. The
unconcern of our men, who cannot al-
ways be sure that such an unpleasant.
which there, are not thousands of
pounds of potash in the first few
inches. This potash can be rendered
available by incorporating humus into,
the soil and through cultivation, eon,
serving the moisture.
the way from astonishment to ten-; But you can prevent me, she development of trench warfare has
derness. ,protested w ""
-with sudden intensity, you reached them, is astonishing.
There was a shabby old leather-' can't—you can't! My mind is made Recetly a colonel informed me with
seated chair, remarkably comfortable,' up; nothing can stop . me now. I a grim smile that when, many. hours
which my stenographers had always know—" She broke off and hid. her after the German mine had exploded,
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used when taking dictations. It stood face upon my shoulder. Oh, why did his working party got at a few of his
facing my own swivel -chair across the' you have to come!" she moaned. men who were imprisoned, the fel-
wide table -desk, and until Lois's ad- "My way was best.You would not lows were grinning when hauled out,
vent had been something of an eye-' listen to me last night. This only and then began to sing amusing non -
sore. But it had been consecrated by. makes is so much harder—so bitter,' sense. Singing, indeed, is common in
her use of it, and 1 would not have bitter hard." I our fire trench. ,,,.
discarded it now for worlds. So much I pressed her head to me and gently 1 The 'Welshmen not to he worried
had happened since first she sat in caressed the sunny hair, whose rich, by any thought of hidden dynamite,
that old chair. shimmering abundance ;neither ;.hat make Eisteddfodau of their spells in
And at thie very instant she was nor . veil could entirely confiner She the front line. The Germans are
seated in it. Her right arm was ex- did not resist; butthere was a hope- welcome to what they can -make. of
tended across the desk so that one less, apathetic note -iin her voice, a men who, inwinter trench warfare—
little gloved hand lay upon my blot-. drooping dullness in her bearing, that and the second, year of ib—sing in a
ting -pad. The other arm rested upon .gave me a pang of alarm, Endear-, way which attraets the pleased atten-
the desk, and with that hand she was ments and caresses alike bad lost their tion of listeners who are musical.
potency to touch her now. It would 1 And these mines are generally less
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Intestinal forms. Yearly as had as distemper. Cost you
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be no easy taskto shake her de -'successful than one could possibly
termination. I guess. Our communique gave news
It would be useless to recount at' of no fewer than five that had been
length all the arguments .I brought sprung recently on quite a short front
to bear to overcome her, misguided re- ; near the parries north of Loos. The
solve; she met them one and allin the Germans must have hoped for great
same lifeless tone and dispirited'nian-' results from five mines not far' apart
rtes;, but the resolve remained stead and simultaneously fired on one night.
fast. She talked with a frankness, an Actually we had few casualties, and
utter freedom from reserve, that fan- the Germans never hada chance of
ned my passionto white heat and in- occupying the craters.
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