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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-31, Page 2E THE LAPSE OP ENOCH WENTWORT1-1 By IS ABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of ". The Woman from \' olvertons "• •CHAPTER NL—(Cont'd). "I don't blame you," Oswald smiled. "I can't imagine why we made such a blunder. Merry puts it just the way f ed things that cannot help drawing one to her." "Poor soul!" said Merry. Thecor.Kucttxr entered, duetting the you do." i door behind him .with a crash. "Twen- ;'Tirailk j ti=E7. ii'. I ti°i'rC." i:• laas ; tL third ;?treet!" he called. "Let. us get oT and have dinner turned to the actor Nwit i a grateful G m4 , 4, M•„ , , A s , lunge ,ted the n tot l "I smile. "I em ready to go with you want to tall: to Lou—for hears." any time to see Mrs. Volk." Dorcas hada new insight in :fifer- CHAPTER XII. ry's character whea she fo: nd hew his D t" c :s; and 'Merry paused fer a mo» friends helot him in esteem. There merit bef, se a flight of steps which led woos not a touch, in 'Mrs. Billerwell's , up to what had once been a fine priv- greeting, of hero wor:chip or deference ute reside:aee. Its exclusive days to the masa who lead won fame. It were Feet; it was be•cltoning• with all Was mer.ly a droll blend cif 1"iug de- !garish l' ze of light to every passer-- vatien and motherly tyranny. •• by. Through the open door came' Merry jumped his feet.. when Mrs. strains faun the overture to "William Voll: eetere : with J. ie clinging slut,' Telt." to her gown. Delves felt instantly a "‘;bet a queer place," said the girl" throb of sruptitlay and wav;i friend- ; "You can't realize its queerness un- ship. liderry lead toll 111'-'10 sclnlel.:tt; r tit we are- itadd, . The erovv,l • that of the pitiful etory on the way tip- • gaolers here is a.; male!: as any yoa, tew.n. ; find in New York." "You said once, Miee Delves," Dorcas ran lightly up the steps. reminded her, "thee you were never so The cafe, eha?:by and 1, e .therlheaten happy as when you had some one to out ieers. was bizarre inside. At the mother. A'.iee Volk needs mothering ? fat thee evil a daub of painted canvas I doult if she has a friend in the } attempted to create the illusion of world except Mother Billerwell and sunlit fields. Against it roee a theat- my cif. Mrs. Billerwell is pure gold, `,tail apple tree. A hundred electric but Alice needs a woman like you." i lights blazed inside crimson apples on Half an hour later they waited on !its widespread branches. Under it, the plaRform of an L station for a at a 1iwhlle of table:, people were din - downtown s•n t' . n. They had seareely ing vociferously, The place shriek- spt'ken since serving the Harlem ed its antagonism to the civilized house. Merry re•a ized how deeply the ceremony of fee iing. humanity dug. girl heart had been stirred. They its elbows into one another whiles it ent?rc:d the .:gin and tot'k a seat W- handled knives and forks, anti screaam- gether i . sir.v;A'(•, :Ile suit gazing at ed ite conversation, The rooms reck- the city lit ».>:v. Then silo turned ed with a hundred odors or highly- steldenilea sea,-c?nad food and t• baeco smoke. It "Little• Julie is to login reheatala was a bewildering blend of light and to-megrow meriting," ebe said. "The smells and noise. Dorcas followed mother made only eme condition; they, Merry through the labyrinth to a are to l: fere en tinder meeting oosome. .mall table in a silent corner, here. Sew ie i to -,dr e•rs her hasioasel `.h,d. about with palms. them: I "I came here time and again," con - 'Times ell right, bat do you deet; fessed Merry after they were seated. the criers exon play the email •(.'oa?le- ,+'I leve the place; the erowd is so hi- tiaa' ' chew Merry anxieusly. . thereting*, People let themselves "1.:eta e„ n do anything' you wish with loose in a coop like this; they enjoy than chill. She has a soul and. sweet- life frankly." avee. alai iiia• :rrt eertataie,'nen.' i ••I should think they did." Dorcas ..ar,rt41i1. in l, -r--- we call it nrigh_t- .laughed gaily. ere, in older people---whieh will reach Q Across the room a party of college et nee e the fele lights and grip e ny lads were humming; a ragtime song Int.lo t::,al weman iin the audience. The in utter inharmany to the orchestra's k r iicltl ::ill heli, rle wanole:•f•.11ly. Now . nluei.. Curies were popping amid the i t n';' have to mute a new 'Cord ria" rattle of dishes and silver while ohee I :e411Q an .the .-tagt•. My 'Cor- laughter in a hundred tones, and the ii?rl'ut' is. simply th" little girl ;crown ; langua:ges of all the old Latin races, t;Lk'i and wiser. ;v;th more love for l were blended in the strange babel. 1:.. tither t.n c as larger knowledge of r, "It's a droll little world," said Mcr- Iif<." , ry " °.V..: ,annlerstand peefeetly." 1 Dorcas pulled off her gloves and sat -Yen and I ought to understand 'smoothing them between her fingers. g-ereetiad if any tee could." "I remember," Andrew gazed about itt etee .eat in :silence while they him in a reminiscent mood, "one sea- rtirrteel ever the lighted city with its: son Iwars tied up with a summer pro- iesi-nen g=•lir.ipses of sordid life, Mer- duction, and it was horribly Ionesome ry .-,zvv he: elfin tumble once and her in New York. There was not a soul t yes clow misty; then she spoke sud- - in our company I wanted to fraternize ee ly She mut have lived throe:eh ' with. Enoch was West. I used to t+1 eepo rienees." i come here night after night and work "Alive Von: has seen the very ` myself into a light-hearted mood, I tit t tri . i;ire suffered more than. mis- had a part I hated. I did not go on eiy en , needeet; there was actual until the second act, so sometimes I e+' t tility. I knew her before Volk stayed here until half -past seven. The erne into her Iife. She played with : place waked me up. I got into a queer the first New Ya, k company I was in. humor while watching people. Before She was the gayest little creature ; it wore off I used to dash to the thee - thee you can imagine --a whimsical, : tre, as one acts when you are over- laughin-r, care -free, happy child." I powered with sleep, and try to get to etley!" Dorcas spoke *credulously. bed before you go wide awake agatn. "The gaiety has gone." Usually I don't have to hammer my It has been wrung out of her." t self into the disposition for work. I ne.ver had a real woman friend When I am cast for some role that except the sisters at the convent," said makes one fairly snort with impa- T+erez s. "I think Alice Volk and I 'tience, it is horribly hard to feel like wil'I he friends. We can help each it. If I get a human character, I other." love it.' "Each other ? I had not thought of "Like 'John Esterbrook?'" it in that way. Your friendship will "Yes, like `John Esterbrook'. Miss mean a great deal to her. It is like reaching oub a hand to • ome one who is drowning.' "Alice Volk is difxer;nt from any one I ever met. When little Julie ran out to speak to you, I followed her. The mother laid her hand on my arm, drew me back into the room, then she closed the door and ;-:ssed me. She did not say a word: An'y other wo- men would have kissed me while I was saying `Good-by,'—before you and Mrs. Billerwell. She does unexpect- i I owe it to you,"" there was grim de- termination in Merry's voice; "to you SS and Oswald, he's a prince of a good fellow; now Alice Volk and the child come into it." "And yourself." "Yes, myself. If I succeed, it means retieving more than you imagine." "And you will confess yon wrote the play ?" ',Nat—yet." "Who?" "Miss Deices," Merry's voice hada other crops more universally tone of entreaty in it. I want to askp y grown, ' one this ; o you. I ask it because buckwheat has, . until recently, been your faith in me h. so great and up- given but little attention by expezi- 1lfting. Drop the authorship of the merit stations and consequently the piny. I Gannet explain, I cannot fight, crap has been quite frequentlly grown the thea ;hts you have of nee. You in a very haphazard way. Buck; h d 1' ON THE FARM Growing Buckwheat.. Buekwheat is the least common of the grains. Probably because of the fact that it has liken overshadowed by d. a poor said once,' I believe, in you.' • Do you c op t 1 It lsis been trucane bucl vheatan will remember . frequently produee ap i Dorcas looked at him with stead- ' q y profitable ego fast eyes and nodded. onland too poor to produce either oats "Go on teetering. It's the kindest or rye profitably, but it will do still thing you can do for me and—for better if given good treatment, In Enoch." ;fact, the New York Experiment Sta- I tion finds that "buckwheat when Their -eyes made a compact though o grown on poor land responds well to no word was spoken. !moderate dressings of even low grade They lte:area over strange dishes fertilizer and many farmers who do that came and went. Food seemed not use fertilizer on other crops find merely at circumstance, an excuse for #t profitable to pul•chas© it for buck. being aer.re and together. They felt vwheat " curiously isolated, for the noise made Soil Reeuirements. a retreat for them as silence does. A - sucl<en lull fell on the babel of sound. Buckwheat is well suited to light : The orchestra, which had rested for at . well -drained soils, such as sandy and few ninilutes, i''gen again -not one of silt foams. Ib needs hut little time, itn long overtures, but a prelude to the growing well in acid sone without florid uu ie in an Italian opera. lime=, where alfalfa and red clover •Through tete Inuit:y atmosphere a . could not succeed. The plant seems voi n's voice ehi•illed out with rare unusually active in taking planl£ood sweetness. • ; from poor and rocky soils. It needs Dorcas rose to her feet for a see- alarger proportion of phos j 11orie acid one, scorching for the singer; then : and potash than of nitrogen, since she seated herself with her back to large as growth of straw is not d rred . the table. The crash of dishes, the h profuse bloom al n early rattle of silver, and the popping of filling of seeds. corks coatinued, but tongues were When to Plant, Allied except for one voice, It was Under the most favorable condi- singing the tremendous aria inertia tions, buckwheat will mature in 10 "Frnani." The girl drew a long weeks, but the average time is about • breath as the last note died away in. 12 weeks. It does best when seeded to silence then she turned eagerly to late, but is very sensitive to cold and Merry. is killed by the first heavy frost. The "Who is she?" aim should be to bring the crop to "I'll bell you in a minute." { maturity just before frost. In the • She turner again to look at the latitude of southern New York this singer, who stood crushed into a nar- means that the crop should be plant. row balcony which was crowded to ; ed about the first week in July. discomfort l4y a piano and four mu- Buckwheat should be sown on land sieians. The woman was absurdly fat prepared as for corn. It is an excel- and absurdly gowned. Years ago, in sent crop to sow where corn has been the palmy days of a coneert hoax, she ` planted, but where a stand has not , had swept upon the platform in a robe been seeured. hest results are ob- of burnt. orange velvet splashed got.- tained where the land is plowed early, geously with silver lace and scintillat- { but fairly good results can be obtain- . ing embroidery. It had seen years of ; ed by sowing immediately after plow - service, then grown tawdry, unfash- i ing if the land is well prepared. ionabie. soiled, and grotesquely queer, l Buckwheat is usually seeded at the It rtminded Dorcas of the stately poor rate of three to five peeks per acre. in the last stage of shabbiness. The If a drill is used and the seed is of woman's straw-colored hair was gath- good vitality, as little as three pecks ere:l into a ridiculous pompadour. may be sufficient if the soil is fertile. Across the dining room, through mur- It is best be use a grain drill, but Icy waves of tobacco smoke, the girl good results can be secured by broad - could see careworn wrinkles about the .casting; the seed and burrowing it in. woman's eyes. The vivid scarlet ofe Three varieties of buckwheat are her cheeks was pitifully false, false as commonly grown—Japanese, Silver the whiteness of her vast, bare shout- Hull and Common Grey, the first two dors. Again she began to sing, some- i being the most generally used. Jap - thing which came thrilling from the . anese has a dark -colored seed, while wonderful throat with perfect cobra_ ° the Silver Hull has a smaller seed, tura. She threw back her bead and i glossy or silvery in appearance. These tilte 1 her face till Dorcas saw only two varieties are of about equal value, the profile. For one moment the gross 1 when yields are considered. lines disappeared; instead came a 1 Because of its platntfood require - glimpse of beauty and picturesque-' ments and the exceedingly short sea- nees a dignity which belonged to the son rf growth, manure has not been days of youth and power, the royal found satisfactory as a fertilizer for days of a singer. The room rang; with an encore, then came a shriek of command. "Dance!" reverse of what buckwheat needs. ehouted the group of students in a For most profitable results on stony sorrier' and sandy soils under normal condi- Dorcas," Merry went on eagerly. "I went tramping yesterday—alone. I found myself within sight of another state before I pulled up. I was— heaven knows how many miles from anywhere. I thrashed things out with myself. I'm going to make `John Es- terbrook' the biggest thing that has struck New York in years." "Dorcas laughed. She felt foolishly happy. "I am so glad," she said. "It's up to me to do the best I can; BLACK 'WHITE TAN nat i5t l .. r,. a .. i1111 i � ? .� atlllll! fol flttl8(lUi B U IIL4Iirlltli6ull Il RIRIi(U! lhii iIIIiII R i! I1 �an a rte Ilii IfUO triiwin .„ta ill III IIIMill KEEP YOUR. .SHOES NEAT F. F. DALLEY CO, OF CANADA, LTD., HAMiLTON, CANADA buckwheat. Fresh manure contains a larger percentage of nitrogen than it does of phosphoric acid, just the "Oh!" cried Dorcas piteously, "o," tions about 200 to 300 pounds of a how can they do it?" fertilizer containing one to two per - The musicians huddled themselves • ..,,t, ten to twelve percent and their instruments closer together, phosphorie acid and two to four per - indifferently as if it were parts of cent potash should be applied at time every night's program. The pianist of seeding. On loam or other soils • struck a few bars of some tinkling rich in organic matter, use less am - thing in a musical comedy, then themonis. Buckwheat, unlike other singer began to sway her huge body. grains never straightens up after it There was no space for her feet to once falls. Potash makes the stalks move. She sang to the accornpani- strong and prevents lodging. Under ment, but the physical effort made her present abnormal conditions a fertili- wheeze. The orchestra dashed into zer analyzing about one percent of a tripping chorus, and the enthus ammonia, eight percent phosphoric iasm of the guests waxed high. Cheers- acid and one percent potash may be were intermingled with laughter and screams of derision. "Oh!" cried Dorcas, "oh! the shame of it!" (To be continued). GETS .BIG FAMrLY PRIZE. Paris Woman Raises 19 Children— substituted or the potash may be omitted entirely in which case the phosphoric acid should be increased somewhat. One grower says, "I like to raise buckwheat because it is the only grain for which I can buy fertilizer on a 90 -day note and pay for it out of the crop it makes.' Seven Boys at Front. Buckwheat blooms for three weeks Etienne Lamy, member of the or longer and the grain ripens as French Academy, has recently given unevenly. This often causes quite a $100,000 to found prizes for the largest loss during a wet harvest season or families among the peasants of from early frosts. Phosphoric acid France. He has suffered more criti- causes grain to form and hastens ma- cism for limiting his prizes to Catholic ttirity, hence an available supply of families than praise for his.generosity. i pripening, his lantfood hastens thus As long ago as 1841, a philanthropist, M. de Reverdy, founded a prize, $600 preventing loss ;from early frosts and every second year, to be given to the exposure ordinarily caused during wet most deserving family in the city of .seasons while waiting for all the Paris. grain to ripen. This prize has just been awarded to The farmer does not need expen- Mme. Deviercy, a widow, aged 66, who sive machinery for harvesting' the has raised a family of fifteen (eight buckwheat crop. An oFl-h:ashioned boys and seven girls) out of the nine- cradle, although it require: hard la- teen born to her. She has provided. for their needs by selling vegetables bor,does the harvesting well. The from a pushcart. 'drop reaper, however, is one of the Mme. Deviercy was born in Paris most satisfactory machines for and her husband, a mason, died soon vesting. Cutting is begun as soon as after the birth of her nineteenth child.the first blossomshave disappeared, One of•her boys is paralyzed, but the+or often just before the first frost is other seven are at the front, as are expected. Buckwheat will mature two of her sons-in-law. The youngest, its seed in a few days, if, after cut - belonging to the class of 1916, has just, ting, the crop is left in `loose -bandies been invalided Prom' \, erdtln. He has r been at the front fourteen months and where they are dropped from- the has been cited in the order of the day. cradle Or reaper. It should then be Another son has also been cited and al set up in small shocks and tied near third was wounded. The prize win -I the top with some strands of the ner has already twenty-eight grand- straw bent upward from the ;ides of children, one of her sons having SUP"' the shocq. "'he cut buckwheat is: plied fourteen. Wii pping does not always separ a boy from his bad habits. ' usually left in the field in the shocks } until threshing time, when it is to drawn in and threshed ether with the flail or by • machinery, @Q I (EDWAli".DSBUHG) "Silver Gloss" has been doing perfect Starching in Canadian homes, for nearly 60 years. In one pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins, THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED MONTREAL, OAROINAL. BRANTFORD. FORT wILLIAM. 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