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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-17, Page 6THE LAPSE OF ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of "Th'. Woman from \Votvertons " it– CHAPTER X.--(Cont'd). She had. She came in, after drift- gaited for her cue. She dte not look ing through the provinces in small the t,'ad,tional adv entaie =s, She had parte, and chalice the.. w in her way a euelouely pale, transparent sK,R, in - one of the most 1iester::iy fereele parts to which, during excited raeinerats, the ever put en the stage. She made it blood flushed rosily. Maeses of vel- so real chat, blase old theater geer as low silky hair were brushed back in I cm, I longed s:o throttle her, one simple waves from her forehead. She night I ihapper.ei to :Meet her socially. used little make-up or artifice o any - Zile Paget assured me that, in one sort, Her eyes were intensely blue. case at least my theory was Right, She There was a lovely cleft dimple in her was everything she portrayed on the `chin. Although well along in the tllir- st+age, and beyond this, she was abse- ties she retained her girlish face and lutely drunken with vanity." figure, "Are you sure she is so bad?" Wentworth turned to Oswald with a Ewell spoke coldly- "Sire is one of flush of irritation. "It doesn't seem fair most beautiful women I ever saw to make a degenerate of such a worn - thein my life." an; she doesn't look it." "That makes her more daneraus. "That's where the mischief lies," have actually doubted vrlleeher Ned answer,d Oswald oil;ietly, right When I brei ght her to a new The rehearsal went, on, Miss Paget country and put her among decent tools: her cue. Both men watched her people.' ; critically. Wentworth drew a. long "Have you anything against the breath when the scene with "Cordelia" woman except—theor a ?" in the newel act was ever. The worn - stage. She dropped into a chair end "Merely scraps of her history, which a certainly could netl are authentic. She came from the "Only," 11 do, said Enoch heartily. for esi sti�atam of factory file in Only, he ",added after a moment's Leena and married above her. The hesitation, how does Dorcas strike young husband waseddevoted to her. A you? Is she strong enough? It doesn't baby c me, a little hey who was blind. Seem to ole as if she saw all the pea- baby that sort of woman neither child sibil ties of Cordelia. ' nor husband is a tie. She broke 'Wentworth, your sister is going to loose, a year or two after her mar_ surprise you, Take my word for it, nage, and lost any self-respect she ,. She is nervous now, but -- nage, had ever ha;. The husband shot "`It's a devil of a risk. 'Cordelia's�' hinrse f, she abandered the child and such a big part and Dorcas has. bad left London. Then she went on the no traunng," stage. d '•.he's does not need training --the "There was nothing then actually conventional training you have in chiminal in her career?" asked Went- mind." worth. He was conscious of a cer- "If she ails it puts me in a nasty tale absurd irritation. ;light with the public—proiucing a Oswald hesitated. "Not actually' play simply to exploit my sister." criminal, I suppose, The law has not Enoch's tone was curt. made so fine a point as to indict a "She won't fail." Oswald spoke with woman when she driven a. man to sin- quiet assurance. '"Think aver` my sug- cide.'' gestion about 'Mrs.. Esterbrooles' " V'hat do you think of changing in part. It is there . where 'Cordelia' her part?" asked Wentworth brus- leaves her—the mother knows the quely. daughter well enough to realize it is "I was going to suggest you make good -by forever—that you want, bo 'Mrs. Esterbrook' coarser, more Elam- cut out•every spark of motherly feel- boyent, more heartless. Do not give ing. Once or twice she almost pulls her a solitary trait of motherhotel. on the audience for sympathy. When She is the very opposite of 'Cordelia,' 'Cordelia.' shows her contempt for the with her Iove and tenderness or a mother and shatters her every ambi- broken father." tion, there could not be a solitary "How do you account for a woman throb of pity, remorse or love—it is not in her," Oswald dropped the subject. Went- worth began to twist his hands nerv- ously, a habit he had when disturbed. The Englishman sat back in silence grimly. "Still it is an anomaly you watching the rehearsal intently. Mer - don't often see in real life." ry stood leaning against a stucco pil- "It is," assented Oswald. "Here's laze In this act he dile not appear, Miss Paget --watch her in the scene but occasionally against the shay p I've mentioned.' commands of the stage manager, his The eyes of both men foilewetl the voice rang out in brief, concise sug- woman as :he moved slowly across the gestions. of that sort having such a child?" "Really now, Wentworth, that's up to you; both of them are your crea- tion!" rea-tion1" "Yes certainly," Enoch laughed EfiEn WAr to wreEL VIE V Is the best way, and the best way is the Parowax way. Jellies and preserves that are sealed with PURE REFINED PARAFFINE keep their luscious flavor. They never mold or ferment. They are as good when you want to eat them as they were theday you sealed the jars. Just pour melted Parowax over the tops of jelly tumblers. It keeps out all dust and germs, It keeps the preserves 'air -tight. FOR THE LAUNDRY -See directions on Parowax labels tor its use, in valuable service in washing. AT DEALERS EVERYWHERE THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY Litnited B,ttANexes SN ALL CITIES "What a remarkable conception Merry has of every charaeter," whis- pered Oswald. Enoch did not speak 1 "Gilbert resents my orders—in a fashion," continued the Englishman ' "I bold him to act on Any suggestion that Merry offered. Gilbert would not say a word if you went back and •threw in an idea here and there; stage manager expects that from the author, I should think you would ;oleo it occasionally,' "It isn't in my line;" Wentworth i spoke sullenly. "Every /neve iv pub l into the manuscript as plain as a pike- ! ste. ." "Yes, but– ." Oswald glanced at his f companion curiously, then he dro Y pP 'the subject. "It strikes me Merry i has changed. The night I spoke to him on the L he was like a boy with i some grand secret up his sleeve. To.. day be takes nothing but a half -ran guid interest in the whole thing. Ile is going to give a remarkable por- trayal of 'John Esterbrook,' but when, he is not acting he seams to have no iinterest in life. What do you lay i. to?" "Don't ask me," murm:ared Went- worth. "He's a man of moods, I gave up trying to understand him years ;ago„ I'"Even when it came to the question " of salary he didn't show any interest He woul,:n't set a figure. I don't know yet if Le Stinks the price I named was right, He closed with My first offer, signed the contract, then walked out," ON THE FARM. After -Harvest; cultivation, a By the gine the last cultivation has been given the corn and root -fields there is usually one of more fields au the farm, Isere which, the seasou's harm vest has been ;gathered. The aim on . many farms is to give such fields, as aro not seeded dowu, some form of tillage during the early' fall. TVs used "Silver Three generations of Canadian .. housewives have used "Silver Gloss" for 911 their home laundry work. They know that ""Silver Gloss" .always gives the best results. At your grocers, • THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED Montreal, Cardinal, ilrantiord, fori:al!llam, Makers N '"Grown Brame' and " LU��t, rime Cerro Arnex7. and Iteruiwea Porn St¢rcl.. I ves Canada's finest Laundry dry Starch d to be the general practice, but of late years it appears to be going out of vogue. Scarcity of labor is one reason' why the amount of early fall eulti-: nation is decreasing. The acreage de -e voted to corn has. increased greatly of recent years, and the harvesting of this important crop commenees soon after the grain clop is garnered and encroaches somewhat on• : the 'tuna previously used. in stirring tate surface; t soil. 1 Cultivation at the right time is one'. of the most Effective means elf keeping noxious weeds in check and when the' surface soil is ioosereit the evapera tlom of moisture is reduced to a. gum mum. By eapillay, action et the sail.' moisture is being continually drawn from the great reservoir to the sur-• face for the use of growing crops.! The plants shade the ground and there; is very little moisture lost by direct evaporation, but so soon as the crop is harvested there is nothing to cheek; the escape er water from the soil un - "It's the biggest wad he ever drew." "He'll prove himself worth every ha'penny of it." Wentworth rose and pulled his hat from under the seat, "Don't you want bo see the rehead- sal out?" asked Oswald suddenly, "No, I'm going home, I may put your suggestion into shape while it is fresh in my mind." Enoch paused in the theatre to light, a cigar. A newspaper num, who was an old rien,i, approached, full of eager inquiry about the progress of the play, Wentworth brushed him aside quick- ly and strode out to the street. A moment later he felt a twinge of re- morse. The man's congratulations had been heartfelt. He could not shake off the memory of a startled astonishment that came into his face at the brusque reception, He was a good fellow, there had been pleasant companionship with him in the old. E days. The old days seemed ages ago, further back then the gaiety of child- hood. IHe left Brorelevay, walking with !quick, nervous strides until he found himself far over on the East side; wandering aimlessly through wretch.- ed streets, populated by the drift from nations. The sidewalks were thronged with children. Occasionally Enoch swore beneath his breath as he es- caped tumbling over them during his hurried, headlong progress. When he turned a corner he found his way blockade by a huge safe that was be- ing hoisted into a warehouse. He glanced at the street, it was ankle deep inslush, Suddenly the odor of hot bread was wafted to him from a little restaurant cavern below the sidewalk. He remembered he had eaten no breakfast, and it aroused a sullen sense of hunger. He ran quickly down the steps. The small dining room was remarkably clean. He sat down with a sense of •satis- faction which seemed alien to such a place. "Bring me coffee and a steak, a first-class steak done rare;" he order- ed. "Cook it carefully." , He was alone in the small room. It was quiet except for the shrill voices of children on the sidewalk. He had not known a moment of peace or solitude for months. All his life he had'scofrer at nerves as a delusion He wondered if he had been wrong whether nerves might not be a stern reality. If they werehe had them. His mind went flashing over the events of the past fortnight, since the night, when, weary, harassed, and hopeless, he returned from Montreal to be met by Dorcas with the news that Merry .had. returned and was ready to begin rehearsals. It still exasperated him when he remembered how stalibornly she had refused de- tails of Andrew's home -coming. All he learned was that the actorhad seen Oswald and was rehearsing from morning till ,night. A few days .later in the foyer of the Gotham, when he came face to face with Merry, the plan of their future intercourse was determined instantly. Wentworth had been in a mood to welcome reconciliation and friendship; Andrewwas cold, court- eous, and singularly unapproachable. Enoch's warmth was chilled and, his pride aroused. He plunged fiercely into work, scarcely snatching time to eat or- sleep. More than once Oswald had remonstrated; he could see that the man was working beyond the limit of human capacity. Work was the only thing that would whip re- trospection from his mind. Drink had never been a temptation to Wentworth -it wr,i nothing but a ssua issue to sociability -so he did not take to it now. He realized he was los- ing old friends; he had tossed one of them aside to -day. The intuition which is bred by a guilty conscience began to play strange pranks with him. He felt a% if Oswald had guessed his` secret' and was driving him into a corner by the suggestion that he remodel the play. He . saw Dorcas each day grow colder and more suspicious. Merry at ane glance had thrust him outaide the pale of acquaintanceship. Within tun days "The House of Esterbrook" would have its first production. Enoch shivered with apprehension. as he thought of it. A queer thing had loomed up in hie'mind during the past few days. A decade ago a club friend with a fad for palmistry had. insisted on, reading his hand. The man prophesied a physical and moral downfall in the course of 12 years. Wentworth laughed at the idea, forgot it completely, then one. night . the memory of it came to him like a shot;, He would have given all he possessed to return to the morning when Merry burst in upon him full of gaiety and hope. He could not go back; it was like unsnarling a tangle of string when one found no visible end whore the task could be commenced. Ile was aroused by a clatter of dishes. The waiter sot the breakfast before him. As he ate he laid a morning paper onthe table and be- gan to read; there had been no chance earlier in the day to glance at it. The first thing his eye fell upon was a column about "The House of Ester - brook." The public seemed to await the production with unusual anticipa- tion. Merry had the enthusiastic fol- lowing which is so often bestowed up- on an erratic, lovable genius. Went - worth's fame as a journalist was of long standing, and Oswald, English- man as he was, had already won friends among newspaper inen. Went- worth read it quickly, then he turned to the news of the day. Nothing in- terested him—the sparkle had gone out of life as thee bead dies on cham- pagne. He drank a second, then a third cup of strong coffee, which acted upon him as whiskey does on some men. (To be continued). less a, dust mulch is made by some means of cultivation. It may seem ab- surd to commence in August to save moisture for the following season's crops. However, in the average sea- son it is necessary, as only about one bait the amount of moisture required to grow and mature a crop falls dur- ing the growing season. The fall, win- ter and spring rains must be depended upon to. All the sot with moisture to furnish the crop with a drink when It most requires it. The soil should be Looked upon as a great reservoir, that not only contains plant food, .but also holds vast quantities of water, With- out water the plant food does not bee coma readily available and the plant loam wilts. It is the duty at the tiller of the soil to make conditions right for the tilling of this reservoir with water as well as plant food, and late summer or early fall is not too soon to commence, A hard, compact sur- face soil does not absorb the rains that came as readily as a soil with good Filth. QC CQtlrse, a SQII covered with a luxurian growth of clover or other growing crop, that completely covers the surface, is in a. condition to make the best use of the water that falls. The bare stuble field requires too be gone over with plow, cultivator or disk. Then, there is the weed problem. Many annual weeds ripen their seeds before the grain is harvested. These seeds fall to the ground, and It the soil is :stirred many will germinate and. then be destroyed with later cultiva- tion. There are also varieties of weeds that appear to grow up and t produce seed after the crop is harvest -1 ed. Ragweed is a representative of this class. Arany of the perennial weeds as twitch grass, sow thistle and bladder campion can be material- ly checked in their growth if not en- tirely eradicated by thorough after - harvest cultivation. Usually there are several weeks of dry, hot weather at this season which soon aestroys any roots exposed to the surface, More fall cultivation would aid in lessening the numbers of weeds and with many soils would tend to increase the crop yields, Time to Cultivate. It is important that the work be done as soon as possible after the crop is removed from the field. On some farms this phase of the season's work is considered to be so important that the binder is followed with the disc or cultivator. This is not practicable on most farms owing to the lack of sufficient horse power and men. How- ever, the work should be done soon after the crop is removed from the field. It is not uncommon, especially In a catchy season, to see the culti- vator or plow being usedbetween the rows of stooks. The sooner the work Is done the greater the opportunity of conserving soil moisture and of des- troying weeds. Methods of Cultivation Followed. The gang plow Is the implement. most generally used. It can be set to` cut andturn a shallow furrow. If carefully handled every weed will be' cut and turned under- thus exposing; the roots to the hot rays of the suns This is an advantage when it is demi sirious of destroying weeds with run- ning root stocks. The plowed land; should be harrowed a couple of times' to form a nsuleh. Where weeds aft bad, a broad -share cultivator can be. effectively used. If time will permit.' a cultivation every week should be given a weed infested field that has- p been gang -plowed. Careless plowing. and failure to cultivate will not tend to eradicate weeds. where it is not tboiight advisable to use the plow, two or three times over the field with a sharp disk will pulverize the soil and put it in a con- dition so that moisture will be absorb, ed and retalued and weeds will comm' mance growth, The spring or stiff - toothed cultivator has also been used to good advantage on the bare stubble' field. If a month er more elapsee be-' tween breaking the crust and deep fall plowing there will likely be a crop growing which will indicate the num.,' ber of weed seeds which have started growth only to be destroyed before they have au opportunity of reproduc- ing themselves, Without cultivation many of these seeds would never have germinated until the following spring where. under shelter of -the growing crop they would have a better oppor- tunity to complete their life cycle. Fields not in clover, grass or other crop are benefitted by fall cultivation., Invariably the fields that have been' cultivated plow easier in the fall, es- pecially when the weather scats in dry. True, it may be a slight disadvantage in a wet season as it is possible for a field to be too wet to plow, but thin is the exception, not the rule. Too few' plowmen use a "Jointer" or "skimmer"; on their plow when giving a fieldits final plowing for the season. By its' use all growth la turned under and not only does the furrow have a better appearance, but weeds and grass argil completely burled. Without the light! few plants survive long. A more gen eral use of this small attachment to. the plow would aid in keeping the, fields freer from plants, which may be termed soil -robbers. In some sections, after -harvest cults= vation consistsin plowing deep, and following up with surface cultivation until winter sets in. Sod, as well as stubble fields, are treated this way. As soon as time will permit after the hay or grain is removed the fields to be broken up in the fall are plowed the usual depth, varying from five to seven or eight inches, depending on the nature of subsoil. It is essential that a skimmer be used on the plow. These fields are gone over with the cultivator or disc and harrows several, times during the fall. No growth is allowed to get a start and many weeds are destroyed. 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