HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-3, Page 2THE LAPSE OF
ENOCH WENTWORTH
By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS,
Author of " The Woman, from Wotvertons
silence after Jason had carried away ' rt
the dishes. Their quiet was broken ( j
when the clock struck one. The man
started.
"Miss Dorcas, you wanted me here
to talk, I cannot rob you of a night's y,
sleep."
"I um as wide awakeas a eric1tet. I
slept all the afternoon." .,-
"First of all," Merry asked gravely,
allow did you find me? Scores of men
and women best results
people I have known for years. Not n elfin to reflect upon .ilea separatormust be worked at the
one of them, recognized me." progress that the cream separator.has correct speed, which must be main-
"They. were not searching for you," made during the last few years. There tamed ata uniform speed until all the
. CHAPTER S IiI--(C'ont'di.. !and beckoned Merry to enter he hest- =;You were?" are note very few farms where dairy- Wilk is separated.
Dorcas glanced
at the handful of fated the blood flzishin" into his wan i
Dorcas nodde:i, frig is carried on that have not thein
v d rornez, face. �„ "Hon did you find me?" he per
T
passed me day :after day, The Cream Separator, In order bo secure the
It is Wo 'd the
sap: t )tor, even hough tale people
•
men cowering to a shadowed „�'4hat do you want, Mee Metras , , listed, running them may be. antiRlaiated in Cows Deed Mineral Matter,
A euilden fear seized her, the feminine
he asked V. etly. ` ';Last night on myre^1r
ferret t>f midnight streets. ,�I want to tent with you," answered g waw home from _., d to their methods in other re- S That pigs req=uire a considerable.
., ou a an, e,, she w hi,per-
the theatre with ... r. Oswald our cab Gl1erta• ` amount of mineral matter in their
bl � the p;•ir . o ge in, p wise --o v ° stepped in n block and it was opposite It requites i• • little demonstrating: ti o f 1 ' • It 1- but that
ed, "t , the storm. Fy : cows :will sometimes suffer from want
It is possible 1 am utaking a mistake , nliere--that hue of men stood. I Was to convince an ane tlt;at a cream se-
Merry handed her in, then io11oa- looking at them \Then 1 s :n yeu pull parator is a great savingover the old of it is not so well knave -n, Salt, of
in the man. Are they dangerous : COW1t your hat. When Mr. Oswald pan method of serartng ream. A se -1 course, is always fed to the stock by
ch them?"
t ecu anti shut •the ` door. "I cannot
et
- 1 t int igint� a t . 1 + p t 1 ut x e
hat I eha11 have any trouble? • , - pl• , t q very i e einors ra. atg. oa. is pretty we known a
characters among i home with you, he announced stub- . left
me here I drove ba 1 to Tenth aerator takes up much less room bin careful feeders all the year round,
-. s
• lar
to
dot exactly + g bornly. street but the line had dispersed. I the dairy than the setting
officer slowly. "1£ they're danker- i ,.k nech in away. Tie's in Montreal _ y pans, and it ; The late Herr Kellner estimated
oats it frtsnt hunger.It ain't once went again to-night—dust hoping." obtains a greater yield of butter from , that a cow giving twenty pounds of
v=:t.i trod a rr4a�li in the bread and there is nobody at home a sept ' "Who is Mr. Oswald?" asked Merry , the milk used. ltforeover, the cream milk per day should receive about
a tar . Jason and me. I have so much to )say abraptly, from the separator is quite sheet, and three and a half ounces of lime per
line=, 1t' too sly to sla nt them, to you,' ' sale cried appealingly. "� e , "Don't you know? Hai. en you been therefore the ri eking of it is more. day, Many cases have been observed
waiting as they do for all hoar or 1 can't talk dieting through the streets reading the papers? Mr. Oswald is easily controlled than where pans are' where cows had abnormal appetities
t\ that light.'
� the ,wit
two in
t t it en .ueh a night as this."_, employed, aThank you., said the girl, shethe man who is putting on your pllay, p yed, which eevelop a certain' and developed the habit of eating
i :lea•ry , tared at her for a minute ; "'My play?' Andrew dropped his amount of acidity or other ferments wood, etc., that when a sufficient
era arched behind a h al_-drlwm curtain `with dogged obstinacy in his amaze. half -smoked cigar on the table, due to bacterial activity while the' amount of lime was fed the desire to
in the shadow of the c trr'sagre, watch. „`j on't you dime?" urged the girl
„ • >. cream is rising.
mg a';ig,"e0 • the gathering of homeless, aouiv, Ilei color dee limed owl "Your play, repeated Dorcas in a gtia\v \rani and eat filth stopped.
n ire Wren. Tlrcy began to t�rcerp ;impar s ' her Ives, quiet tone, "They have been search- When the cream separator is care"; In sections where the water is soft
tut g, , ,.tT• • — fraant every three. an eager light , hone an F ing t' ery\vhere for you to play 'John fully managed the skim nrrllt should :many good dairyrnen put limo in tate
tanwarel tart 1, "There is so murk I want to .ay. '►fie Esterbrook: Enorh is in Montreal not contain more than 0.1 per cent, of . water trough so as to make sure that unscrupulous manner in which the
tie+tt, nro�t of them with a :I:amt+ling ` dhoti be q.:ite alone. You can trust noir, looking for you." butter fat, and thus the butter yield is p
ar �ltam- '
rsy
I Of Course You Need 1
10 9
+RINT STARS
k Cream comes out of the freezer
with a velvety srcaihness—•anal a
with dBENSON'S. ciourneso—When it is rrada
And it Is pretty hard to ask for any -
thin more delicious than a Cixoolata
]liana Mange or Cream Custard with
Fruit, made of 6ec s„a'sC rnStarch.
Our new Recipe a3rci "Desserts and
Candies" tells haw and how much to
use Write for acosY to ourMcntresal
Office—and he dere to tellycur grocer
,.
to
3, i
the stand!.
O
S,Y
send DENSON N
to re
Gara..a for more than h n half a canary,
THE CANADA STARCH C. UNITED
il10Nr[teat,
pommel,
apAH7FOR0, 216 )ORT WILt._YAW,
►a
PUT IN LAYER QF •13MiGQTS,
German Baker Also Mixed Ants and
Bugs hi His Cakes.
The Berlin ti erwaerts says: The
sten that told c+f 113-shaad fta a Jason, Afterwares You may go; ;ilerry lzughk�d.harshl3r. Increased by 10 to 12 per cent. as corn-
ed reluctance to beg for food. The )nay:-�if ytat wish --and 1 'll pro- pared with the old pan setting system,
sltit:s hal been lowering for hours, The girl clasped her hands to„e,h-
before t midnight the first mise never to atterptuo fine you. I er. "Mi Meriy, tell me, are You and This makes a considerable difference
and ju: h I Lfor< m i. will try to forget you. Enoch no lunger friends?" in the course of a par where storm ref the nintir came elo\vn. It :ilerry stretched out his hand and good
:•:r l !wen, tits ales+�+lies atf icr, Andres• picked up his cigar and dairy con, are employed, and would
1 ie ar, w itl S leanita fara'\va -1 an soon for the a rator.
but they st:ang anal froze. for the wind touched her atm, a. putted it until the tart spark revived. may' s -pa
drove '.hem in merciless, piercing fiur- til his face wa sc1Ose to hers. ";hiss Then he laughe i again. "We are
ries. The loih>ring men crem,lea3 to- Dorcas, don't say that. Since I left not exactly friends. Has he told ou
gather and turned their faces sullen- you that night on Juniper Point 1. anything?"
Item ly Pre each furious cloudt of sleet have lived a lifetime of happiness and ; fro be continued).
H tiaec'l• was hitter meinglt without the horror and remorse. One think
sterna bit
watched throegh alone has :.avec me from wing ewer' ATL; RE GUARDS SECRETS,
ntis.y ey oes. she nenialered t the :till the Pr ink of the precipice, simply one
tiff*•'* •' He Iifte+• hie eves to
the animals will get enough of this preparation of various artieles of food
very important food constituent, The is being carried on has again been
old saying that "a limestone eountry strikingly exemplified in Leipzig.
is a rich eountry" emphasizes the A. master baker, C. A. Babitz, the
value of the lime, and it is a well , owner of one of the foremost fashion
known fact that the bigest boned and able establishments in Leipzig, has
thriftiest cattle are raised where the been found guilty of the most shame"
With rare a separator will last for soil has an abundance of lime. less trtfasgression- of all existing laws,
many years and it is generally Writing in W allace'a Farmer. some and regulatione. Hie worst practice
through carelessuess or ignorance time ago, Mr, C. H. Eckles, of the of all was to bake live maggots in
that it breaks down. It is import- University of Missouri, wrote: "The, his cakes.
ant that the separator bearings be use of clover, alfalfa, or eowpea hay, On an assistant showing him that
well oiled in order to avoid friction in the ration will make certain that, the dough was full of these vermin,:
and wearing out of parts, Before this trouble (lack of lime in the feed) Rabitz contented himself with cover -
.hers.
Centuries of Study Yield Little to starting• to separate all the sight feed will not occur. These foods are the
frig them up beneath a lawyer of dough.
i:,s tio: as tai flaw, Ill art 1 poen. her "The one thing," he repeated. "that ;Moon. lubricators should be full, and tested highest in lime convent of any which
"No need to remove the maggots,'
an a I>;,scin.nt as waren Tedi light i+llrza- 1 could not Piing array \va t]ao> mem- ` to see that the gate in Working: order. we ordinarily feed. Corn, on tile• ho observed, people will eat the
e3, ,.t a ;.; a�z. lr ,an ..pelt doer the v., tr=astai me, that vau i+;- sGreeniela England, observatory The sepalatod should always be start- other hand, is the most deficient in' cakes all the s:ame." The maggot
wSr.,l t�^:+r: the fragrance el Wiling o,ry Haat . mal were waiting far Was urposfounded by Charles II, mainly for ed very slowly, and the speed work -'lime of all gianur ordinarily fed. A"paste was thereupon duly baked into
ce la + ,s the street. SLe .div a rne
` i n n o the purpose of tri\ es#i4 tang tide mo\ e- ed up gradually, and no milk let into pound of alfalfa ha contains Fraeti- :calces.
man there: a :nine \�Itite-faced boy are to m wife gooal:' meats of the moon in the interests ofy Rabitz had oleo prepared another
iaat,, ;a ane e:• between the wail and 'I treed you naw," cried the girl. her navigation, but though generations of , thebowluntil it is running at full aQily the swag amount of lime as 100' kind of confection, d "dessert
'o e breaking into a sob. "1 din still astronomers hang in the interveu n - speed.p t nds of corn..
liiaaa=e?:.
The milk should be separated as I "We found a herd of dairy cattle' Bake,,, from gror:nd wood ani potato
,,, i wait lag; Tor y ou to •make Rea>ai. �'a ai t ttiro and a half centuries been Working sown ars it leaves the CO,was fat is lost in this state sutlerin frctn a tart: of flour, in. Which quantttles of ante Land
'if I were �...Pvitz 1 ctiu,alai 1 e y4a came hem \4 tth me ?" at the problem, the moon has not yet
l�at`e,,t :at:d ca�t.a teous, rhe tltt�tiyht, t to the skim mill: when the nulk le `lime—and on investigation 3t was dis eves hugs were present.
r• >it f e i would melee), tae, me The cab 9.a�ppeii in fx..n, of the I ten :amenable to their mathematics. Qkimnted below a temperature of $5 covered that the cows, Which were' This infamous specimen of the
The astronomer royal, all his report of deg. F. If cold mil • toproducing baker tribe received five months'lm-
the work at Greenwich. during the last . k has be dealt p $u pounds of mill: a day,
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year. dills attention to the increasing- u:•ath it should be Warmed up to from were actually giving• off more lime in prisoiinrent taesidea being condemned
c a h e; separated, to 120 deg. F. just before being their feed. Probably no trouble to palatine of Q81.
ly big deviation between the calculated The separator should bei \would havo resulted except for the
position of the moon in the sky and washed. immediately after using. If fact that the preceding seramer had
Kitchener Predicted Death.
its real Greenwsth observations. sition as shown by the left for some time, as is often done, it , been dry and the grass :host, making
This deviation has Iately been in- gives the slime a chance to dry on the it impossible for the cows to accumu- When Lord Kitchener was in Franco
creasing m a serious manner, the er- interior of the bowl, and then more Y late a reserve supply of lime," some three months ago, visiting the
ror last year being mare than 12 times time and trouble are required to re- British front, he met his friend the
rhe
s ..t a' -a'a'• t ' . a '
1 \\'o id batter :t loot down.'Waverly Place home. Merry followed
. f. her reiuct'anely up the steps. She
She ~^t , t -t da aa>i\ then
ar ar
nie+uu'nt she ,.. areeet. breathed. Down paused for a moment while ;ht' ad -
Tenth -trach sit+ueheai a tall. stoopingau ��'� t1i e gent in
ase ins Jason?"
flvere The that: were a :1'-ibb- she asked hesitatingly. lie can help
ov. rcoaat which ct�\ i col his 1+.43y aT
moat to the feet; its ce',Iat Was tarn- you with lty. clothes. He will be as
ed high about his neck ani an old glad to Sao you as I am.
slo�urh hat shadtweil his face. Dor s - •'Ring for him," an•nered Merry
could : ee little between but a bristling , o}ttietly. "Jaeon and I are y pale '
beard. The iteenest• detective search- ' Half and hour later :Berry walked
ing for Andrew Merry would not avoid; into the library Where Dorcas was
glanced twice atthe figure; Dorcas' , waiting for hien. It seemed as if
eyes followed it with grave perplexity. ; the mere resumption t1f clean, com-
She had been startled into reeog ni- ' Portable clothing, even though hunger
tion the night before when the man still marked him, had given the man
pulled the shabby hat down over his , fresh valor ,new dignity_
fare. She caught a glimpse of Mer- ; Ile laughed nervously.""Ie is a re-
ry's Iong, white, slender fingers and juvenatior., isn't it?" he asked as he
noted an inpatient, peculiarly grace -
:hal gesture whish was characteristic ; "Jason unearthed some duds I once
3T
of him, ,reas had seen it freelz:ent- i left Jason was an excellent• valet, and a
Ty, sometimes when he was en the ' ,and fresh raiment
stage. stnmetimes while he had talked hat hath, a shave
with I :r, had made a man of Merry. The lock
Ho paused before faring the ;glare of fair hair which habitually* fell over
cf £taoeiw:ay and pinned the hat beim`
his forehead made him loos: almost.
r: re:z By alu ut his face; it might ?boyish. although his face was pallid
have been for shelter from the szing- ' and careworn.
ii l :a is of sleet i r lir better con- ' "I have eaten nothing since morn-
cas`me nt. Thee he seemed to gather ,trig*' Dorcas said. "I told Jason ata
loathe f t, getaer with energy bona of serve ``upper here, n a little thine be-
deepa'r. He stepped quickly foa is and side the fire, where it is cozy and
ern t ail: his :lace at the end of the cheerful'' }
beeni3i rine. A hundred men steed be -
Merry dropped la chair. He
t'i sen him and tae beneicerce of food. the good
if the intense enjoyment of '
the
Others were closing in behind him. good thinga of life was pure sensu-
IIe,e and there one man surra i to ousness. The oddor of hot coffee, the -
sp:; k tai another; the Haan Dorcas wassight of a daintily set table, the ra-
tvatcz:irg stood immovable. He thrust diance of a coal fire, the glow of red -
h s hands deep in his overcoat pockets shade° lights, and the storm shut out -
his eyes were fixed en the whitening doors brought a tingling pleasure
side\calk Beside him. Dorcas turned which seemed like mere animal grani-
tt� the oppvsita window and nodded fication. He shivered for a moment
with an eager gesture to the officer.. as he listened to the storm. He won.
His hand went up. He spoke to the dered what had made it possible for
cabman in a low voice. him to brave homelessness and hun-
ger and squalor. Looki g back on it
place ea Tenth—then up toward he realized he had borne it as a man
lives through pain under the power of
Broa'.way. Pell up half -war down ; an anesthetic. The misery of his
the block."
!mind had dulled the cordid wretched -
The man turned his horse and mov- iness of mere existence.
ed down the street To :Berry that supper was a fes -
CH
CHAPTER Il. tival, not wholly because it was the
satisfying of ravenous appetite, but
Dorcas breathed a sigh of relief because it was the crisis of his life.
when her cab drew up beside the Dorcas sensed that if her own hunger
bread line. She had thought during i was real, Meloy would not feel that
her brief chive around the block oft she was feeding a famished outcast.
the possibility that the man might Jason beamed upon them in sheer en -
leave his place; but there he stoodri 3oyment- when he brought in full
against the stinging eddies of sleet. I tiishes..and carried away empty ones.
She stepped from the carriage and Dorcas was light-hearted and gay, as
passed swiftly along the sidewalk be- happy as they had been during their
side the line of a city's poor. She fust acquaintance at the shore For
hesitated far a few seconds when she .a moment. while Merry drank his cof-
reached the corner, then she stretched , fee, the memory of a few horrible
out her hand and laid it on the wet
sleeve of the man before her. lie
turned and stared at her for one dna-
ed moment: He did not speak. In-
stinctive courtesy reminded him that
)'this was no place for a woman in a
midnight stern-, and his desire to pro-
tect her causal; that hunger to be for-
gotten. He stepped quietly from the
sidewalk and without aword moved
beside her down- the street. The
movement caused a score of men to,
turn with quick ourioustty, but sud-
denly. a cry ran down the line; ;`The
door's open!" Everything else yield-
ed to the march toward food.
Dorcas swiftly led the way to the
carriage. When she opened the door
as large as it was 20 years ago, the , move it than if the cleaning were ef- naval Capt. Testa de Balincourt, then
average annual increase amounting in fected as soon art the milk has passed Which of These is the Better 7 on service at Dunkirk, whom Lord
throu h the machine. Two men were leaningover the as- Kitchener asked to be his special aid
the two decades to half a second of g p if lee should need tate later L uring the
arc in longitude. The cause of the Immediately after use all the parts ture bars. end,
zfener told lain i
failure of astronomers to make the with which the milk comes into con- ( Yes, sir, that colt is for sale, but how war. Lord Kitchener
heavy shahh had burst sIrto
moon amenable to their exact mathe- tact should be taken apart and washed 1 he belongs to my son in the field. yon-
maties, based on the dynamical laws azth lukewarm water. Hot water der. You'll have to bargain with him while on this visit, but added,
of gravitation, is believed to be some should not be used, as it causes part' him," said the farmer, motioning to "that did not disturb me, for I know -
attractive force of which we are at of the mill. to cake on, and form a re- the bay, "He'll he here presently
present ignorant, though in all prob-
fuge for ,*arms which taint milk. and you can talk to him."
ability one factor is the true shape Attar this the parts should be wash- "That boy!" ejaculated the strang-
of the earth, which still awaits aecu- ed in fairly hot water eontaniing a er.
. rate determination. Fortunately the . little soda, and then be dipped in "Yes, George is seventeen and a pondent quotes an American Froin
chronometer and wireless telegraph scalding water, smarter boy never was raised on anyBrussels as saying that the conclusion
have made seamen virtually independ- The creamy matter left in the bowl farm—i{ I do say it. You ought >a0 of that city is outwardly little cluing-
' ent of lunar observations in aster- may be put in the pig tub, and care t hear him in debate. He can hold ed; that the chief privation is the ab-.
taining their position in the trackless must be taken to thoroughly clean the his end with the best of 'ern. He sence of news, Food commands ex -
oceans. bowl of all the slime present after se- raised that eolt and the sale money travagalit prices, bread being thirteen
a parating. The amount of slime in saving for a course in an agricultural cents and meat of all kinds a dollar
leo man is too poor to give advice. the bowl is a good indication as to college, then I'Il step down and out a pound. Chickens are from $2 to
If a man doesn't marry a woman \whether the milk has been obtained in he'll run the old farm. Here $4apiece. Butter is a dollar a pound.
because she is pretty or because she a cleanly manner or not The dirtier George, this man is Iooking at your There is mach distress and even star -
has money, it's a pretty sure sign the milk the more slime there will be two-year-old," nation in the surrounding country.
he is in love with her. present in the bowl. The bargain was soon concluded
that I shall die at sea."
Chickens Now $f Apiece.
The London Times Berne corns -
weeks intruded on the present
"Miss Dorcas," he began .abruptly,
"Why did you ---n
She stretched out her hand appeal-
ingly.
"Don't bring in whys—now. We are
so comfortable. I don't ask for an ex-
planation: I don't 'want be give any...
Can't you see I'm in Happy Valley for
a little while? I am so glad, to have
you here again,"
Merry smiled into her eyes. "I'll
Obey you, bless year gentle heart!'
The girl rose and reached to a shelf'
behind her for abox of cigars. Merry
lit one, lounged back in s cushioned
chair, and
puffed rings
or
smoke
towards the red fire. They eat in
:...,zt° ane assent" ,tari.nteee,..r
DAUGHTER OF LATE PRESif3ENT CLEVELAND NOW A NURSE 14
EUROPE. •
-
Miss Esther Cleveland (tett), a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland, on,
time
e'
Prc..i,xe t
rt of the United States, as l2 appears
s e fn
the uniform of a :x.ts<
Iar the European war zone. On tiieA;rig`stt le Sister Pat, a, nurse who has Ucey
.:e.::gr ted for bravery on the allied front. •
but not before the lnayer had learned -
that the seventeen -year-old boywas
a keen judge of horse flesh end knew
the worth of his colt,
Two men were leaning over the pas-
ture bars. '
"Yes, sir, them steers are as good
as ever was raised in this toum.
That boy over there calls 'em his, and
has fussed with 'em ever since they
were calves. Hey? Oh, that makes
no difference when it comes to selling.
They were fed from my mow, and I
reckon the cash goes into my pocket.
Boys are ungrateful nowadays. He
keeps talking of quitting and I can't
keep him longer than he is twenty-
one. He might take the old farm
and let me have a rest, but he will
not listen to that. Well—it can't be
helped. as I see. You don't offer
quite what I consider the steers
worth, but there's nouse in feeding
'em any longer. They're yours."
Which boy made a successfult con-
tented farmer, and why?—Western
Farmer
HUNS ARE GLUTTON'S.
Eat. Far More Than. Other People,
When Possible,
Though the Huns are beginning
to complain that they aro :. being
starved, yet what ie • starvation to
them is plenty to most nations, says
London Answers.
Before the warn the Germans, both
men and women, were the biggest eat-
ers of any one the Continent, Tate
average German begins with coffee
and mills between seven and eight it
the morning. About ten there le e
meat breakfast, at otre o'clock a, really
heavy Meal, as a rule about twice alt
much as , an English lunch, with be*
or wine,' or both, At tea, cakes, cite
colates and marzipatxs, are invariably
eaten.
At 8 p.nt. comes supper, afloat as,
heavy as the midday diinner, and coir::
listing of cold halts, rm tton, beat eh
veal with wine.
Madge (reading letter from brother
at the front)—" John says a bullet
went right through his hat without
touching hiini," Old Auntie—" What
a blessing he had his hat on, dear,"
Prqserved
Raspberries
will keep their natural
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•
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