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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-7-27, Page 2THE LAPSE ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABCL GORDON CURTIS, Author of "The he Woman from 'Woivertons" CHAPTER VIII.--•(Cont'd). Dorcas lowered the carriage win - dew and gazed out. Oswalt watch- ed her. The girl's face mirrored her feelings so keenly he could feel what was passing in her mind. Her Ups quivered and tears hung on her lashes She could not trust herself to speak. "I shall never forget how that piti- ful line appealed to ane the first time I saw it," the man continued, "al- though 1 had known the poor of Lon- don since boyhood. This homeless, famished. orderly* column, growing as one man after another comes creep- ing from his burrow to hoIil. a place was toe much for me. I stood watch- ing it from that corner," be pointed across the street, "night after night I used to try to help, In a few cases I did manage o put a man on his feet, The task was generally hopeless, ex- cept that 1 could :satisfy the hunger of the moment. During hard winters in New York I have seen the line grow till there were hundreds in it. Sometimes it goes down Tenth street and around the corner:" Dorcas turned to look at him. Tears stood in her eyes and her Pips gaiv- eyed. understand," he went on. "You are wondering wby we, well clothed, fed and sheltered from the wind, are here, and they are—there. 1 do not know,. It is a problem as old as the world itself. All we can do is to help individually, man to man." Dorcas' gaze went back to the bread line. Oswald sat in thoughtful silence "Don't think me sacrilegic ns. %Ir. Oewnld:' she confe:seal,. "but when I see such misery it makes me wonder if the Eternal himself has a con- science." She sae watching the line of patient, pallid inen. Stragglers crept up to join it from every direc- tion. "I simply cannot imagine a Ged who—Mr. Oswald." She grasped his arm with a half -stifled scream and laid her trembling hand upon his. "What is it?" asked her companion, rising. "What frightened you, Hiss iCentworth?" He stared past he out into the street. The block of vehicles had begun to move. They were again driving slowly clown Broadway. '•Nothing," she answered quickly, "nothing but a chance resemblance. I thought I --saw some one whom I once knew. It must have been a mis- take," The Englishman glanced at her cur- iously. She began to chat about the play and other things. She was try- ing to forget whatever had startled her. She said "Good -by" at the door of her home. Oswald realized that she was eager to have him go. As he drove away he tried to recall anything which could have happened. A wom- an of her poise would not be disturbed by a trifle. Dorcas shut the street door and ran upstairs to her brother's study, where the 'phone stood. She searched dis- tractedly through the directory for the address of a livery from which oceassionally she called a cab. The name had escaped her. She stood for a moment trying in vain to re- call it, then she rang the bell. Her wait seemed en Iless before the old servant appeared. "Jason," she cried impatiently, "who is Mr. Wentworth's livery man?" Ripe Cherries and make .delicious and economical preserves. Order LAPITIC SUGAR by name in original packages 2 and 5 -lb Cartons 10 and 204 Bags PRESERVING LABELS FREE --Send red b■it trede.mrk for book of S4 printed gummed iebeta to Atlantic Sugar Rethieries Ltd. • Power Bldg: Moutreaa 40 his face towardsfame, happiness, and °-^^ an honorable life. Not'a thought of love—the love of E a woman for a man—stirred in her ,heart. She had forgoten her broth -1 ex's question. There was something • singularly childlike about Merry. With his magnetism was blended a strange dash of childish dependence which a few men never lose. It had appeal- ed to the maternal instinct in Dorcas the first time they met. From morning till night she waited anxiously for news from her brother, "Costello, missy." ¢¢ but none came. She realized that he lay here a minute," she said as R was on the wrong clue, but he bad left no address, and Dorcas could she paused for 'central's answer, Then ► merely welt" After her walk she lay she stooped to the 'phone, 6 down to rest on the library couch. A "Send a cab,please, to 26 Waverly ' few minutes later she was sleeping' place, immediately." i peacefully as a child. When Jason She turned again to the old servant. I eame in he closed the shutters noise - ',Jason," she asked, "you have • cait+-' lessly and covered her with an afghan. ed on Mr. Merry when Enoch brought The city lights were ablaze when she him here.--sick--.haven't you?" woke. She waited impatiently for the `"Deed 1 has, missy. ?kiany's de hours to pass. The policeman had '' oxts told her ib was of no use to come to ab waitin' on him, when he's done ' his corner until eleven or later; it was been sick, pufieetly missuble, missy. past midnight when = the brew!, was Yo' -x11 don't know how Tnissuble." r dispensed. The clock struck eleven when a carriage Dorcas had ordered :`Can you help to -night? I may stopped at the door. Jason hovered bring Mr. Merry back with race --nils- arixiousiy about her. erable." "You mus' put on yo' big fur coat, " 'Deed I can," cried. the old man, missy, please." He was trying con with eager sympathy. "Yo' des leeb stantly to manage her as he had done i me. bawd •i I 'Via ez much when she was a little girl, him to �n ob Morse Andrew mos' as I do ob"; "Jason, I don't need it; I'm perfect - yo' -all. Ile's been mighty good to ly warm." me." "Yo' do, sure ez yo' breetrhin', "Thank you," said Dorcas grateful- missy," be pleaded anxiously. "'Ilit'a ly. "I am not sure whether he will grown bitter col,' fo' November. Yo' I come, but in ease he does, be ready -all 'II freeze ef yo' don'," for him. He may want a hot bath All right, laughed the girl, and and supper. Have a cheerful fire; she slipped her arras int* the wide it is bitterly cold outdoors. sleeves. "Just to please you, Jason— She turned and ran t awnstaira remember that not because I'm cold. • Now," when she beard the rattle of wheelsshe added, "don't get nervous en the street below.if it is an hour or two before I return, "Don't yo' want me to go {dd yo", 1 shall be quite safe. Mr. Merry will missy' suggested Jason. "Hit's come back with me to -night, I know eer- powerfu' late fo' a lady to be goin' lve oversible.g a And---JaQoti cow and1il've "No;rowouidn' New krather�'have e you her© got my key, I'll riati when I want you. Don't bother about opening the waiting for our return:' door." The girl's intuition told her "'Tenth and Broadway." she direct- that Meny might have fallen to such cd, as the cabman shut the door. IIe low state that it would hurt for cten pulled up at her sig -nal opposite the the old servant: to sec' him. The ne- bakery. The place was closed, the bread line hal dispersed, and the, understood`. " gaiet gray of early morning had be- ° I know, miss., 4'31 de des ez yo' say lout fo' de Lawd's sake do teaks care gun to creep over the street. Om- ob yo'se'f. What could I say to ;dares snaky a tail dashed past eta trolley EnoM I if anyt'ing happened to mit- went on its clamorous way, but there �,, were few stragglers to be seem. here a sy and there a man on foot, wa llced Nothing's going to happen, good briskly, as if a shelter waited •bftn , old Jason," cried the girl, as she ran eomewhere. On the sidewalk stood a i Gown the steps.. tall policeman. Dorcas studied bis . The officer was waiting at the eur face for amoment, then she beckoned ncr. Ile beckonedthe cabman to pull him. He came instantly to the cab : up where an electric light would not • window•shine into the eaITieee, then he . "Is this your beat every night?" stopped for a minute at tbe window, "Eevery night this week," said the `"I'll stay near by and Imo p my man in blue. eye on you. When you see your "The men in the bread Iine have party, signal me. Ill give year dispersed. Do you know where they cabby the order, and he can drive go?„ around a blocak or two and take you ime aiarse Enoch en I s one all s 'Where they go lady'?" The police- up Tenth street. Then slip out and : man smile.: "1 couldn't tell you no get your—your—friend that way. more where they go than if they were There ain't no chance of him seeing rabbits scurrvinc to their holes " you come up behind, as ho would if Dorcas shivered. "Are they abso- yo � crossed the street. lutely homeless—on such a night as "Has the bread line begun to gath- this''„ er yet?" she asked. "A d ha f th +, "Hardly, ma'am. There's a few goo s re o ern are. 'Inc man spoke with little interest. The stragglers hangin' round, Them thatcome first get the first chance, of misery in the streets of New York course, only it's a nasty night to wait was an old story to him. outdoors with an empty stomach." "Do the same men come to the ling (To be continued,) night after night?" "A man has to be mighty hungry MORE WOMEN THAN MEN. when he stands an hour or two wait- _ Expected That There Will Be a Majority of 1,750,000 in France. The latest statistics of the French Labor Department show that while women outnumbered men in France before the war by 756,682 (in a total population of 39,602,258), the war will probably decrease the number of men at least a million, giving the women a majority of 1,750,000. The additional million excess fe- male population will be obliged, in part at least, to support themselves, increasing considerably the percent- age of female wage earners, which, according to statistics of the year 1912, was one-fourth of the total number of employed in commercial and industrial establishments subject to inspection by the Labor Depart- ment. Never Too Old. Miss Plain="May says I'm too young bo marry." Miss Pert—"Well, you won't be by the time you get a proposal," ing for a hunk of bread. If his luck turns he drops out. Still, I've seen the same faces there every night for a month. Are you a settlement lady?" he asked respectfully. "No." The .girl's face flushed. "I thought to -night when we wore pass- ing that I saw some one in the bread line I knew, somebody we can't find." "That happens many a time." "Do you think," Dorcas asked ea- gerly, "there woul be any chance of his being here to -morrow night?" "The likeliest chance in the world. If a man's wolfish with hunger—and you'd think some of them were wolfish the way they eat—there's a heap of comfort in even a mouthful of bread and a cup of coffee." j "If I should come to -morrow night PI I "rn give you any help you -want," said the officer kindly, as Dorcas hesi- bated. ; "I don't believe I'll want help. The only thing is—I wish to do it as qui- etly as possible. It is altogether a family affair." "I understand. You'll find me here." "Thank you. Good night," said Dorcas gratefully: "I didn't bring Mr. Merry to -night, Jason," she said, when the old servant opened the door for her; "bat to -mor- row night I think he will come!" The following {dray seemed to Dor- cas the longest she had ,ever lived through. The weather was crisp and cold. She went for a long walk, tread- ing for the first time a tangle of streets in the vicinity of the docks. It was a part of the city which belongs to the very poor. She searched everywhere for one figure. Poverty, famine, and hopelessness seemed to create 'a family resemblance among men, women, and children. Stiill— shefoundnowhere the man forwhom she looked. When she reached home at noon she felt tired physically and mentally. She had spent an almost sleepless night. As she dropped off le a drowse she dreamed of finding Merry, oif bringing him back to the world where he belonged, of . setting 0 • elKii "TAR AND FEATHERS." —London Opinion. • ON THE FARM Silo, a Paying Proposition. It is safe to say that more silos will be built in Canada this year than in any previous year, Corn silage has proved to be superior to roots as a succulent feed for dairy cattle, and When it is realized that a ton of corn can be grown for anywhere from thirty eents to one dollar more cheap- ly than a ton of roots, it is ap- parent that the man who keeps cattle and bas not got a silo is not making the best of his opportunities, says the Canadian Countryman. If growing corn instead of roots ef. fects a. saving of half a dollar per ton when eighteen or twenty acres is reserved for suueculent feed each year (which is by no means an .excessive acreage), by growing corn, over $150 would be saved in the season's crop. This is enough money to put up a silo. Although for many years silage has been regarded as one of the best succulent feeds for dairy cattle, it is only comparatively recently that it has received proper recognition as as, feed for fattening steers, Some carried on in the States re- cently thew that cattle that are fed as , much as fifty and seventy-five pounds of silage per day sold for almost as much as those fattened chiefly on grain, while the cost of making one, hundred pounds gain was from $2 to $3 less. We quote from Wallnee's Farmer: "At the Missouri Station, one lot of steers which received an average daily ration of 37.6 pounds of silage, 4 pounda of alfalfa hay, and 5" pounds of oil meal sold for $9.65 per cwt., while another lot received an average daily ration of 16.3 pounds of silage 3.9 pounde of alfalfa hay and 16.3 pounds of shelled cern, sold for $9,75 per cwt. In other words, the steers getting no corn, but a large amount of silage, together with ell. meal and alfalfa have sold within 10 cents of those getting 15 pounds of • corn a day. These high silage steers acatally sold 6 cents higher per cwt. than another lob which received an average daily ration of 17.5 pounds of silage, 3.7 pounde of alfalfa hay, 15.6 pounds of shelled corn, and 2.6 pounds of cottonseed meal. It is interesting' to note also that tbe steers receiving; the larger amounts of silage did not shrink any more than those receiving the smaller amounts, The dressing percentage was almost: but not quite so high in the cast of the low silage steers. "The Missouri experiment, when talcen in connection with Iowa and Pennsylvania experiments, indicates very strongly that the beef cattle men have finally reached the point where they are almost compelled to rely on large amounts of silage. For years, the Englishmen and Seotmen have fed their average steer 70,100, or even 120 pounds of roots, together with not in •e than eight or nine pounds of �,• .tin. "Silage is a little more concentrated than tbe roots used by Englishmen and Scotehenen but it looks as though the corn felt feeders had at last been driven to adopt the methods of the feeders across the weber.t! These Fall Pigs Were Profitable. Fifty-seven fall pigs fed at Univer- sity Farm, St. Paul, last winter and marketed recently, left a margin of $4.56 a head to cover cost of labor,. risk, interest, profit, etc. R. C. Ashby of the animal hus- bandry division at University Farm, began a series of tests two 'years ago to determine whether raising fall pigs is profitable in Minnesota. The margin of nearly five dollars a head is the result of the test. Eleven sows farrowed fall litters for the tests, and the pigs were wean- ed December 16. They were pet on feeding tests two days later. The records kepb cover all feeds consumed by sows and litters from farrowing to weaning and from the time the act- ual feeding test was begun until it was finished. ee Silver Gloss" THE CANADA STARCH CO: LIMITED MONTREAL, caRi NAL. B RANTFOtt.4. roar INI41,1Afil. Makers of "Crown Brand" ata "t try Wfa2a" Corn Syrups, and Benson's Corn Starch. More Blouses, Lingerie and. Skirts—more Table Linen- more Sheets and Pillow Cases more Curtains —are starched with "Silver Gloss", than any other starch in Canada. Your grocer has it, Bands 23' Starch rays of the sun falling upon the skull A horse so affected may die suddenly as though stricken with apoplexy or he may have a gradual paralysis of respiration. The symptoms which 'usually present themselves are rest- lessness, pawing, spasms, and a mark- ed redness of the raucous membranes lining the cavities of the head. The temperature in sunstroke may not rise above normal during the whole course of the disease. Another condition very similar to sunstroke is that known as beat stroke or heat exhaustion, This is brought about by over-exertion and insuffici- ent t ant heat elimination, Thedirect r rays of the sun are not responsible for this effeetion, which very often occurs to an animalonacln cloudy, dap, Some of the more prominent syunp- toms of heat stroke are weariness, profuse sweating, difficult breathing, an extremely high temperature, and a rapid pulse, which grailaaily grows weaker and upon the approach of death muscular tremors will be noted. The treatment for sun stroke and heat stroke are the same. Remove the animal to a cool, quiet, well ventilated place andpermit n stream of cold water to flow over the horse and, if possible, apply ice packs to the head, If ice is plentiful apply it all over the body.—S. O'Toole, North Dakota Ex- periment Station. The total cost of feed for the sores and pigs up to weaning time was $186.81. From weaning time to the time marketing the feed cost $577.88, making a total cosh of $13.42 a head. The feed was counted at these prices: Sheller corn, 75 cents a bushel; ground barley, 66 eents a bushel; shorts, $26 a ton; tankage, $55 a ton. The pigs averaged 191% pounds when sold May 6. They were sold at $9.65 in South St. Paul, a price equi- valent to $9.40 at home, The sell - price of $17.98 left a balance of $4.56 each No account of manure is taken in these figures. The pigs were fed in five lots, three lots from self feeders and two lots fed by hand. Those in bhe lots in which the self feeders were used did better than those in the other lots. The corn -fed lots required about seven bushels of corn, forty pounds of tank- age, and from bhirty to forty pounds of shorts for each pig from weaning time to the close of the test. The pigs were fed grain alone. They were` given no milk and did not have access to the cattle yards. lfr. Ash- by thinks that when milk is available or when the pigs can pick up after cattle the margin will be correspond- ingly increased. Heat and Horses. Sunstroke is caused by the direct Farm Notes. Don't turn a good cow off just be- cause She is getting old. Give the good old cow s. little better care. Every calf she gives you will more than repay you for any extr care" -. If you show fight with a balky the Jig is up, Keep cool, and to • one the horse will cool off in a ietlf minutes, toe. Unprofitable :cows and unprofltabl acres keep a -fellow all the time thinkJ,� ing about the poorhouse. It isn't very pleasant either. Too bad that a horse should evert be galled, but if it occurs have -rit pinch of powdered samba ready sprinkle over the raw place. It soothing ane; heals it almost jmthedi-t ately. A little wheat bran, or some mix; taro of grain in the feed box at even-, ing milking time, is a good an bit bring rho herd promptly up to the gate. Irregular T.nilking time is iii damaging ,practise. The Tharp that Is to become s€ mother must have considerate treats+" meat and good food. Avoid ;ai3 r that may be musty, drive reasonably/ and, if drawing loads, let her stoop oe- casionally to get breath. If we watch hogs closely we may learn many lessons front them. They know their needs better than we do. When they are out of eonxlibion they will doctor themselves, if they have a chance. It is easier to keep a horse'.t' slaoublers healed up than it is to maks' them so after they have onee been sore. Some horses have Thinner skin than others and it breaks through eau. ler. Watch every spot that is likely to be chafed and pad tete harness to protect 'It BLACK -WHITE -TAN - 100 KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT F. F. DALLEY CO. OP CANADA, LTD., HAMILTON, CANADA That is the end of the sealing process when you use Parowax. No, papers or strings to bother with—no irksome labor with jar tops. 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