HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-9-7, Page 2; 1 throbbed from head to toot, and she SAME FORGOTTEN TREASURES,.
THE LAPSE OF
ENOCH WENTWORT1-1
By ISAB1 L GORDON CURTIS'
Author of "The Woman from Woivertons. "
CHAPTER lr,-- tGont'cll.
The singer sank in a ellaie eehaust-
over I want to mn ke a dicker with
you."
Wentworth stared at him blankly.
down efrolm e rthe ose abate ny,id pushed
InUorwtas '.' d'ielie_•? he repeated. "Is it
atehed her with apitiful gaze. Per- „ money?
w
j ai
"'Money!" Andrew's face grew harsh
p•", •iw el n was washing white streaks with seem
thretigh the patches of rouge on her'! "What is it then?"
shacks. "I was diniicg last night at Colgax-
ii ho is the woman?" she asked. , zits, I----"
"Twenty-five years ago her name Wentworth's free gh•ew sue -aerie
was f mous from one end of Italy to scarlet, then it whitened.
the ether. ii'hen she west to t:enoa; ,•I saw you there," elerry:'s voice
to Il} an ergagemEre the whole town was reIenttes. •"I don't knoll a
tarred oat to meet her, the shops blessed thin!, al;out the Paget woman,
etc a 1, and it was a addle holie-ar; for or against her. Ido knave this,
's rMe people pence.! Iter with flowers tl eteg1h, every inure eiho has lived
se reamed themselves. hearse in a among geed weniert knows she is not
weieeme. She was the :tar of the tlt company for—,your sister for in -
Bellini in 'conies. She serer in Paris stnce'
as : Lencion. She t ' r e here, grew **Who said she eras`' snarled Wenteseek arab issued rate till her engage- wort!', `•1 lied rot tho.:ght of th gw-
. ts, A i+t.a!!c3€rt'r esen_t 1?ac k on her, ing her into mi sister's staves.
scan }ttta. t veil at mews' she had, friends Herers evouel not have to t•:•ler:ute
cit : rtee her, he reline eleven tt v e c ° a
this." even a p., ,ing tie }a,e,ntance with hie
"Oh. the 'Dorcas' behind! the.seenes if I had my way."
poor soulvoice „
era, z ee•Il"ape»..
p She is net fit to be Peen with a de-
l r', t s an unusual ease,` ' void cent man."
be -
Merry, y, •Slid is only ,fifty-three now,.
**You give me the credit then of be -
o I've heard. It makes you realize : nig—a decent ne er(t 1 Enoch.
into what a shot bit t. our lives fame
"To eextabr. limit- I uo,"
is crew,(** -•--if fame nu.s to us. The , `'V-t3l, what do you want?" Went-
worth lig e c in our profession are an worth turned an apprehensive glance
;army a pitiful army. t'nlese one has upcln him,
a r...me end some t, ;e in it to cherish "I want you to promise, before I
and }eve. the Ionety. clays of 04 age': tern over this manuscript, that you
Zalla
are--- Andrewleunhed will Helve .tuning to do with
cheerlessly. „
"Weil, I t(ver think of then:." Paget except in a business way.
He stretel1eti out his hand t , in- Why. are you is iereete:l in hes
yc'1;r e".f'."
te- (sl rtt :i ?'"e" whoe9'l:lier4:3 1>S: tee t'a're
the ;at Pie evo.ln al try fell of %'"crab,; 1E �iE(1, :n(�i"h;*• �Y(�"fe� c'a:ifY( I
SeS. Ile katal a alma cf there as, thea reit to parer it ea, peetiet creel
fere o Qi` -� a .,? her it: p:,;1 eat hit' feel+
f .,. � Ii r,�;i ,..at l tirri(.. l.c r ia,•a� in -
the care ramie. "Here. sloe:+wr3 I went this affair
-Shea. s,t a"" (3 he^i Merino, strei "htenell oat rQey.'
t .
they ln., (.e;? their way tare Pugh Meaty did not anew's:r, He Wa ite,:
m 3 'e y i t _ e:.f6 ae1 t .lies tih y parr_ cltr a :t the eft ice anti : tt•t• sl 1'e441e (3
" werl'ln n:l:t, sae Pian" -ng alone. gin. "tatsie where a Utter a photograph
e'e e en ohtatlge valve* f gown, :hint r liete ilc picl:e'1 or.e up cear(IE'"rt•'e and
+1:eeity lace seerf e .'ere(I her nelie"1 ; l�lm,'r,l tat it. It vies an (°stgeaisite
Sita Plc ere. Veva; peuseal flit , Porte:lit (-'f Dorms. Her toree gazed
menieiut, !said her ivied even the evi"i inti lits with a straigia:tmw;dlu• ;
r r'S arm. an'i ,�}toot:e a fa•w wont; in which was ehareeterietie of the girl.
Iia?tan. The :.inner locked up anal Will yea tell me." there was stern
Pat a '„"r"mt, ri:i" lt(atli?.t'eal lianas up. alernan:.1 1'3 S eneiviTties y4?lf?, "will
;es the girl's fingers. Mem. steed yte;i (tipl:lrtl evhy yi,°i art ,iia (vtaeetrc=l
watchihig them. The woman looked allele my morals?"
very tee and failed under th ewhito "I ck.n't care a rleme. lout your
glare e.f the electrieity, but her fact. morels." answerl°'i :ill r"y ventempte-
nret: eaiter and trvniultaus while she (gusty. "I was tlhinklll r al *it yt,,ir
paired -(;rt her soul in her own Ian- si,ter. I em st:°.1 fool eat t1!h t.t 1'(e-
gu: ."e. Daren. took one i oite from liese that ya43 ht:ve ;.t nae decency left.
the, .'aster in her arm and lain the ; I brill hand over thin act. rtwi•itten as
tee- ,,f the f : arrant Itioesome beside ytiu want le, whte you promise ye
the sineer's plate. :havt, nething to (lo with Zilla Paget."
"Yc,,i'lt
forgive me for parting with When elerry PtApped yearling he
yo le tlew', ' she whispered er tele took a seat opposite Er.( (.h aril ewaiteil
rei, ;neat M(•rry. for a rt•ply.
i m elat1 you d'el it. Once upon a A visiting earl 'lay on the table.
lime stage bouquet: were a worn-out Wentworth picked it up and tore it
acre ration for that woman; to -day I into halves. Ile sat tearing and re -
guess she is sllowered with n•(oseo tearing it in perfect' silen,'e. 'When it
shout once, in a blue moon." was reduced to fragments, he gather-
Percas paused near the door to nod ed them into -the hollow of his hand
eared -!"y* to the singer, who sat gaz- and dropped them in the wast_ basket; '
hg niter them with her chin burial , then lie looked across at Merry.
in the red roses. Suddenly Doreas ; "That was Miss Paget's ear&" lie
turned to Merry. Her face had said harshly. "Im through with her."
;grown whit, and she put her arm Merry took the manuscript from his
within hi.;. He clasped it with a' pocket, laid it on the table before
strong grip, but neither of them 'Enoch, and walked out.
spoke. At the same moment they had I A few minates later Enoch opened
caught sight of Enoch Wentworth. !the door which led into the boxo ffiee.
He wn.o seated in an alcove at a small IA young man sat beside the window.
table hedged about with palms. Zilla "Dingley," he said, "I have locked
Paget sat facing him. Enoch's the outside door. Don't let a soul in
hands clasped one of hers which lay ! on me. I can't see Mr. Oswald, even
upon the table. They were engross- Tell him I am busy, writing."
ed in each other.
Dorcas stopped abraptly when they
reached the foot of the steps. "Oh!"
she evhisperei appealingly. "Andrew
save Enoch from that woman!"
Wentworth locked the door of the
office, sat down in his big chair, and
picked up the manuscript. He read
it rapidly, slipped a blank sheet of
paper into a typewriter, and began to
copy it with slow deliberation. When
CHAPTER XIII. it was fifinished he read each typed
page carefully, He tacked them to -
Wentworth sat in a small room at gether and rose to his feet. He be -
the theatre, which he had appropriat- gan to search the office- rapidly with
ed as his own. It led directly off the his eyes, then he -turned to a wash -
box office. He was glancing over a bowl in the corner. He crushed into
heap of press clippings when the door a loose bunch each of the sheets which
opened and Merry walked in.
"Good morning," There was a sur-
prised glance on Enoch's face while
he spoke.
Andrew nodded a response, then he
drew a package of manuscript from
his pocket. Wentworth's eyes turn-
ed on him curiously while he flattened
it °tat on the table before him. No
unnecessary courtesies passed be-
tween them.
"I rewrote the scene as you sug-
gested," said Andrew carelessly.
"That was good of you." In his sur-
prise Wentworth showed an impulsive
friendliness. He stretched out his
hand for the manuscript.
There was no cordiality in Merry's
face. He glanced quietly through the
written sheets.
"You caunb this change in the play
a necessity?" he asked brusquely.
"I guess that's what it might be
ealled.' Wentworth's voice was impa-
tient, and, )frown chaseli across his
face. "Oswald's been asking for ib
this morning. When a quiet fellow
like him makes up his mind to have a
thing, he's apt to be confoundedly in-
sistent.»
"Then you want it?"
"Certainly."
"I sat up until daylight to write this
It's ae improvement on the other act:
I can see that myself. Oswald will
tell you, I think, that ib carries out
hive ieeas exactly. Before 1 hand it
held Merry's writing and touched the
paper with a match. It leaped into
a red blaze. He watched - it care-
fully, poking the sheets over with a
paper knife until each one fell away
into a shivering back ash. When
every spark had. died he turned on a
faucet, and the light ashes were swept
down the waste pipe. He rubbed a
speck of grime from his hands and
opened the box office door. Oswald
sat on a high stool beside the window.
"Here is the second act," said Went-
worth brusquely. "I imagine it will
suit you. The changes are exactly
what you suggested.' -
"Oh, splenh.iid!" Oswald's voice was
cordial. "I'm ever so glad you felt
like it. You will say yourself it is
an improvement."
"I hope so." Enoch spoke listlessly.
"And, Dingley, while I think of it send
a' message bads, to Miss Paget. Ask
if a can see her now, in her dressing
room for a. few minutes." He turn-
ed to Oswald. "I must explain to
her the change we're making. - Bet-
ter have the part copied at once;' it
must be put into quick rehearsal."
CHAPTER XIV
Dorcas sbood motionless in the
wings, with Merry beside her, leaning
against a table. The curtain had
fallen on the third act of "The House
of Esterbrook." The girl's body
felt as if the emotions of a lifetime
had been crowded into that single Studying Life et Ancient Egypt
hour. There was a babel of noise be- From Cast Away Papyrus,.
hind the scenes;; in front the applause
sounded like a tempest. At intervals.
It is a strange story that reads
the handclaps died away as from more like a romance than cold fact,
weariness, only to begin again with how the most intimate thoughts and
tremendous vigor. emotions of two thousand and more
":Come,'. said Merry; ewe must go Years ago lay buried in the rubbish of
et again." ancient cities to come to light in our
"Again?" whispered the�"rl, day. Papyrus was the writing ma Important to Wit Grower)
D
vy
441
"Yes" Merry smiled; "this time the ,chat of ancient Egypt, •used in of- .
Vo of us alone" ficial and private correspondence, in This is important to you because it
business transactions in legal ac- means dollars. to you. In a short
"The two of us?" , time
a, '� you ill be• re ri
seeding of your fall wheat, and it is
necessary to keep in mind the danger
of loss from Smut, Especially last
year, Smut was very general in On-
tario. Grain dealers advise um that
that it has meant a difference of as
much as 1Oc. per bushel for the grain
delivered at elevators, aside altogeth-
er from making scree of the wheat
unmarketable. This means a loss of
$3 to $5 per acre, while the cost of
treating to prevent smut and prevent
this loss is only a few cents per acre.
Be sure this, year azul treat your seed
for smut,
p. i'" io p, i s ov rc sen ou o „o" The method usually adopted is as
tur"n:eat tc> Merry, Oswaid was beckon- over every inch of geared and ger follows:-Mix-Mi;� one pint of formalin
ing to hitt front the wings, but the then the renhwins. A host of scholars with 40 gallons of water, or two table-
ae > r stns ole his hemi, set themselves the task of deeirher- spoonfuls to one
pail of water. Place
I wad not tnztke a speech to night ing and interpreting the documents.
if r' -•-y life '"enendled on it," he wilLia „ But still an immense amount of ma.-
perecl, vied the curtain descended 'loos- '' e i� s stored e
a i r "1 iaway in Oxford, th.
ly. i I$riti h tiroseuum, Berlin, Paris and
e." -
who are just making a start ,oust of
course buy their foundation stock,
t anti it is important that these be sel-
ected with care. A bunch, of culls i�
not averr good start in the building
up of :a dairy herd.
This Ohio. report also shows that
fall calves can be raised more cheap-
ly than can spring calves. This
should fit in well with dairying on the
general farm, for there is always
more time to devote to the cows and
calves during the fall and winter
months than during the busy season
when the crops are demanding a
great deal of labor.
Pure illiik For Butter -Making.
It is most essential to use only pure
uncontaminated milk for the pro!luc-
tion of butter when the finished pro-
duct is to be of prime quality. In a
great many cases where butter has an
objectionable flavor it is due to the
milk employed being badly contain-
mated with undesirable bacteria,.
Cream is ripened by bacteria, and
it is only when the right species of
germs predominate in the cream that
• it will ripen properly. The germs
which produce ladle acid, and thus
ripen cream, have the power of over-
coming other species of bacteria un-
less the cream is very badly contam-
inated, in which ease the eream-
ripening organisms could not perform
their functions.
--
Why Milk Sours.
The two of useealone." There was dons, When it had served its pure preparing for the
• a low, tender thrill in Merry's voice. pose it was thrown away.
He took her haat1 and led her out Much of it also was used to wind
upon. the empty stage. The curtain the embalmed bodies of the dead.
was lifting sloevl} From where she Fragments of it passed westward in
stood she sane: Enoch standing in the , the early part of the last century
tviu7.s. His face vias flushed with ex- without attracting much attention,
citement, The audience looked to the • says the Christian Herald. The schol-
girl like :a blur of color and human ars of those days were interested in
, forms. The people swayed forward classical lore and literary remains,
and could not foresee the infinite pos-
eagerly, and the applause became eh1 sibilities for studying the life of a
roarious. A voice cried. Speech. .
Speech.?" Ie began to come insistent- past age from its private correspond-
• ly front the back of the house. The Within the lastdecades,
cry v<as torken tuo by men and women , , g however,
interest changed completely. Ex-
eyerywhexe in the audience. Dorcas ro t o i t e e t t t *
epee.
the grain to be treated in a heap un
clean canvas or floor. Sprinkle the
formalin solution over the groin, then
shovel. Repeat this unt'1 Pier
A new cry e.'tne from the clamor • ,other }:laces. grain is moistened, by the ;elution;
one louse. Stelae one was shouting C Inn };roup recently examined there then cover the pile with s•eckihrg and
'+Terry' ' arm.
"They want you," she cried. teary e�:amination and were taken thinly to dry; '-gavelling it over three
lie smiled and shook his head, from simple Koine surroundings to } or four times will hasten the dr in .
Y g'
;al:thtir. »oreas laid her hand upon ; are three letteas - from recruits, leave for three or four hours. At the
young men who had passed the mill- end of this time spread the grain out
fihe heard Oswald urge Enoeh to the cosmopolitan Roman army. The Forty gallons of the formalin solution
go in front of the curtain. The noise first is a letter from a youth in Alex-- is sufficient to sprinkle thirty or for -
in front grew louder,. The girl flew audria to his mother. He writes: ty bushels of gram' smaller amounts
aesroos the stage and put her hantl "Send me two hundred drachmae, I in proportion. Bags, machinery, or
upon her brother's shoulder. have nothing any more. When bro- anything with which grain conies in
Enoch
"take ;Berry ith you and explain," hundred drachm". They are all gone. , should be thoroughly treated.
Wentworth left her without a word. I bought a team of mules. Send me Immersing the grain to a bag is
O.�wald and the stage manager back- ;, monthly allowance soon. When I was sometimesy practised and is equal! ef-
onee to him front the wing,. She with you you promised to send my festive.
t'at,k a few flying steps as if to hold brother before I came to the garrison. Of course smut is not as prevalent
hint lack, then stopped, 'Merry had But you sent nothing. You left me' some years as others. being inilueneed
called her. She paused, staring into : to go as 1 stook, nothing in the pec- to some extent by weather condition
his eyes with terror. ket. Also my father on his visit gave . Treatment, however, is a form of in-
tTo be continued).
' , hw
e pleaded in a whisper, ther Gemellus came I still bad four contact before being put in the ground
410
JERUSALEM IN WAR Tle
Dumping Ground for You .
of Higit Family, , mother of aleritis; elle sent him a eat time, not only on your own ac-
pair of abdominal bandages and a ; count, but t n account of the Ism ire
To loVe.stern minds the idea of the cruse of oil, a basket of meats, and which p
Ger
z penny:. All laugh at the and surance. You do not expect to have
pp say: Your father is a soldier himself your barn burned down every year be -
It and still he sends you nothing,' M • ca.
n b cause you pay the insurance every
father tells me when he gets home he year, and it is equally impertanb to
will send me everything. But you keep up your insurance on your wheat
is aunt nothing•. Why? There is the crop. This is important at the pros-
1
hick requires the maximum supply*
Holy t. '-crying as a ban for mod- two hundred clrachmte. Send quickly- of high glhaltty foodstuffs. The shi
p-
crn military operations must be full I already went and borrowed from a ping of smut wheate
incongruities. �,u t • sb ty not only rices
of i I, a, a matter of , comrade. Also Brother Gemellus sent this Province a bad name but reduces
fact, it waren amazing thing to see me a pair of trousers." the price you receive for your wheat.
the streets pae :e.I with Ithahl clad
Further information on the subject
Millers and ht 11' the broodingatie°ice TITLES orTEN DUPLICATED.may be se:ure(1 for the asking,
of ano`i'nt walls 'shattered by tlh. k n};, stilet
11.
;from the Local office of this Depart-
Various Lords Greys, Two Lords !tier- meet in your County or from th eun-
crerh of steel shod army boots. Here, t
for the first time, I oatu the German a dersigned.-.Tion. Jars. S. Duff, Minis-
ofi ie(r. r}uantities of them, says ; ley, Two Earls of Mar, Etc.
ter of Agriculture, Toronto.
Alexander Aaronsohn in the AtlantisSir Edward Grev will probably be !
Monthly. Strangely out of place they known by the title of Earl Grey of a Cost of Raising Del
that no .amount of hot sunshine could osell-stocked withpeers of this name. One of the important things for the
quite burn off. They wore the regi- There is, of course, , Earl Grey, for- ! farmer to know is the cost of the
lar (:4:rman officer's lienor-, ex ertt' merly Governor-General of Canada, ,i thing he procludes, sheher it be a crop
that the piekelhaube see; replaced who is himself llama Grey of Howick. i or an animal. Profits are g' creed
by a khaki sun helmet. I eme struck Neither of these must be confused as much by the cost of production as
by the youthfulness of them; many with 'Lord Grey of Ituthyn, nor with the price for which the n dismissed
sells.
were nothing but boys, and there Lord Grey of Wiltoll, the eldest son of One of the questions often discussed is
were weals, dissolute faees in plenty the Earl of Wilton, nor with Lord t the cost of raising young stock, Sev-
-a fact that was later explained Grey of Groby, eldest son of the , enol of the United States Experiment
when I heard that Palestine had been Earl of Stamford. And all these are Stations have taken up the question
made the clamping ground for young quite distinct from Earl de Grey, who 'heifer findin • out what it costs to raise a
men of high fancily whose parents succeeded to this • father's Marques- heifer calf. The question is an im-
were anxious to have them a; far re- . sate of Ripton in 1909. ;portant 0110 an 1 should interest Can -
moved as possible from the danger - There is really no copyright in i adian dairymen, We would also be
zone. Fast's Hotel was the great titles. There are two Lords Morley, glad to have the' experience of any of
meeting place in Jerusalem for these ; an Earl and Viscount. There are two ' over readers as to the cost of raising
young bloods. Barons Monteagle, voting as such in heifer calves for the dairy herd.
Every evening thirty or forty the Lords, though. one is known as hTe Ohio station has just conclud-
would foregather there to drink and the Marquess of Sligo and now Earl ed such an investigation. The fig
talk women and strategy. I well re- of Clanricarde in the Irish Peerage, uses given are the averages of the re-
member the evening when one of them Scottish Representatives Peers in -
and
kept on 51 heifers -20 Jerseys
a slender young Prussian with no elude the Earl of Mar and the Earl and 22 Holsteins. This involves
back to his head, braceletted and of Mar and Kellie. There are Baron large enough numbers to merit con-
monocled—rose and announced in the Clifford and Baron de Clifford (a sideration.
louse&, with their rink and whiteness Falloden. The peerage is already Y Heifers.
decisive tones that go with a certain minor); while two other titles which
stage of intoxication: are often confounded because of the
"What we ought to do is to hand spelling are Viscount Midleton and
over the organization of this cam- Baron Middleton and the Earls of
paign to Thomas Cook & Sons." Desert arid Dysart. Lord Midleton
sits as Baron Broderick in the Peer-
age of the United Kingdom.
The running track at the Canadian
N tttional Exhibition is one of the few i -
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on the continent giving a 220 yards Giving up smoking brings one great
course straight-away. Many records compensation with it --the joy of be-
have been equalled or broken on ginning again. This is not to be de-
Atbletic Day in past years..seised.
COMPILING THE CASUALTY LISTS.
An 'official British photograph taken "somewhere", along the region of
the Di ngitsli drive showing a British company lined up for roll -call in one
of the advanced trenches after the gruelling battle of July 14th.
The items other than feed are as
follows: Value at birth, $5, labor
$11.50, bedding $4.50, service fee $1.50
tools, etc., $1.50, shelter $4, interest
and taxes $4.68, or a total of $32:86.
Nine dollars is credited for manure,
leaving the net cost $23.68. To this
must be added the feed cost. The
total cost of raising the Jersey heifers
to two years of age was $78.10, and
the Holsteins $81.80, the difference
being due to the larger animals eat-
ing more feed. They were charged
30 cents a month for pasture the first
year, and 90 cents the second. The
pasture had to be supplemented with
grain in order to keep the heifers
growing properly.
The heifers were bred to calves at
twenty-six and one-half month of age,
anti at calving time the cost averaged
$91.39. •
The high cost of heifers as brought
out by these' different studies, clearly
shows the folly of raising inferior in-
dividuals. It costs just as much to
feed a heifer sired by an inferior
bull as one sired by a high class bull.
The figures also show why dairymen
are justified in asking good prices for
well-bred dairy stock. As a dairy
farmer recently stated, they -cannot
afford tosell really good heifers for
$60 or $70. The dairymen who insist
on buying only cheap stock will get
only culls, and would - be - better off
without them. They 'must expect to
pay good prices for well-bred heifers
that have been properly grown and
developed.
The economical thing for the dairy-
man who is just getting a start, is to
give the most careful, attention to the
feeding of his heifer calves, saving
only those having the right kind of
parents. Even though the cost of
bringing a -'heifer up to calving, time
does seem high, it is the safest and
most reliable way of adding to the
herd and is cheaperr in the long run
than to depend on buying. , Z$ose
Bacteria cause the souring of milk.
Bacteria usually gee into milk in uirt
and the bacteria develop fart when
the milk is warm, To keep the bac-
teria out, keep dirt out of the milk.
This means care in milking and care
to have the milk utensils clean. Keep-
ing the milk cool will retard the de-
velopment of the bacteria, that dpi
get into the mill.. Gans or ,vessels
that have hnd milk in them should be
rinsed in cool water first, as hot wat-
er hardens the albumen of the milk
and makes it hard to remove. - W. t'.
P., North Dakota Experiment Statin.
Grain for the Skim -311}1( Calf.
Calves are usually fed whole mills
for two to three weeks, then }natlua ily
changed to slim -milk. Ai cut the
time of changing, begin to feed a lit-
tle grain, but do not think that it i -i
necessary to use oil -meal or eny uth-
er high-priced feed high in protein or
fat, or both. Experience at the Mis-
souri Agricultural Experiment Station
shows that a mixture of two parts
corn and one part oats, by weight.
gives as good results as oil -meal and
ready -mixed calf -meals oft, hn purchas-
ed at much higher price:-. Bran is
not especially good for the young calf
because it is too laxative. The grain
mixture should be fed immediately
after the milk, and neither should be
fed too liberally, or scours may result.
S'roRMs HIS MOTHER'S HOME.
Son Knew Germans Had Driven Itis
Parent From It.
The Chateau La Maisonette, France,
so often named in recent bulletins on
the Somme fighting, is the property
of Mme. Fernet who has lived there
for many years. The property is close
to Biaches and Peronne. The owner
was there in August, 1914, when Von
Kluck's forces passed through during
their rush upon Paris. She remained.
in her house and for months after-
ward no news was beard of her. One
of her sons, Victor Fernet, son-in-law
of Gen. Boisdeffre, although free from
military obligations, volunteered at
the beginning of the war, and the
hazards of war sent him recently to
the Somme front, where he has shar-
ed in all the attacks made.
A letter from Germany had inform-
ed him that his mother, who had re-
mained until a short time ago at La
Maisonytette, had been sent away with
almost all her aged servants, so that
he was able to take part in an attack
which meant the destruction of his
home without the fear that his mo-
ther was still there,
The Germans made six desperate
efforts to retake La Maisonnette be-
tween 11 p.m. Sunday (July 16) and
Monday afternoon. Each was made
by at least a battalion, but each was
defeated.
3000 SHIPS UNDER JELLICOE.
Tightness of the Blockade ' Sur-
passes Expectations.
In an article in the current number
c- "Cassell's Magazine of Fiction" on
British effort on land and sea, Mr.
Frederick Palmer, the well-known
American journalist and war corres-
pondent, tells that "including the re-
gular naval and the auxiliary vessels,
soine 3000 ships are under Sir John
Jellicoe's command. Success in keep-
ing tight the blockade between Ice-
land and the North Sea surpasses ex-
pectations. - • It was feared that. a
number of raiders might get by, and,
considering that the fog in the North
Sea is often so thick that a man can
hardly see his own hand held out -be-
for e' him, it is amazing that only one .
raider has got through at the time of
writing. The fuss made over that
single one is proof of the pudding to
naval experts, who realize' the diffucil-
ties if the layman does not It was
as unusual as in the saca of the man
biting the dog."