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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-9-28, Page 2s osier (3,r1 en OSIER.Y'that will stand 1 1 up and look welt e —. that's what a marl wants. It's an - 'toying tt.t be everlastingly pulsing a toe through a sock.----" why on earth don't they make 'ern to wear? "----.-Penmans do, Good s.ts to lock at, good to wear —a color, and weight for every. purpose. Simply way Penniaus for Hosiery insurance. Peautans Limited x'arix Also makers of Preierwear ma.i Sweater Coats ,O.Rbtonae#:'Car. TIE LAPSE OF ENOCH W NTWORTH I3y ISAIBEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of " TheWoman from Wa,vertons " CHAPTER XV tt. tant'tiI. 1 The child returned in a few minutes. "She has rust come in." "Oh," Brie] Julie, "there's ice cream. You have net had any ice cream." "I ram not hungry. I want to go to my mother. You see I have been tliinat^.g about nay mother for years and years." "Do ytau remenxb leer?"' a-?. ecel Merry. Robin hes itatecl. "Aunt Fannie says I can't because I was a little baby ' when she went away. I tidal. -I re- ; member her.' "Come with nae," eeM Myra. "Don't you believe that I had better I take him?" said Dorcas, "Miss Paget may have begun to dress." s.." Merry nodded. "Am I spick and span'"asket] Rob- . in -anxiously. "Aunt Fannie said ' mother is beautiful and elegant and , famous. I want her to see that I am nice enough to be her little boy," Dorcas dropped on her knees be- side him. She untied the small bow at hie collar and made it flora a fresh knot. "Why, you will be her • pride and joy." There was a Iook of tense anxiety in the child's face. "Do you think so really? I am more trouble than lit- tle boys who --can see, I can't dress myself all over, and I can't part my hair straight I can't always find things. Sometimes," Robin's voice dropped to a whisper, "sometimes I'm t "` •het w:. Gt •see? .asked Merry. "George end. cart.' t DUO on the wey owe on the big ,'hilt. I slept in a little bed fewer his. I hope I will never ser' George again." -Wasn't he !rind to ecu?" asked "Not• .-very kind." The child pau„ ed a moment. "I don't believe George underst;ads little boys—blind boys, I means." "Was George a relative?" "No. Ile came to the home to take me to America. That was what Father Shannon said," "%Vhat home?" "The borne for little blind boys. There were leandreds of little blind brays there." "Haven't yon any relatives?" ask- eti Me 1r. "Why yea. I have my mother. A nrusher is quite a close relative, heft r .. CI '1 he t e>rtairdy is." agreed the actor tastily. "I mean, haven't you any 'ther relative in England?" "There is Aunt Fannie. She is tut a real aunt, though. She used to -now mother, and sometime= .lie came ye see me at the home." Doreas lifted him into a chair be- side the table. Mrs. Volk set a plate :n front of him. She had cut the rhiekcn and potato into small pieces. "Can you feed yourself, dear?" she asked hesitatingly. "\Vhy, yes." There was a tone of grown-up dignity in Robin's voice, "I have fed myself ever since I was a little boy." There were tears in the girl's eyes while she watched him eat. He was still such a little boy! He had dainty, well-bred ways. Once he apologized as he accepted a second helping of meat. "I could not eat on the ship to -day," he explained. "Things were nasty. Besides, I could not think of anything but meeting mother. Do you think she will be in soon?" Merry pulled out his watch. "J,ilie, it is half -past six. Run upstairs again and see if Miss Paget has come in Remember, not a word about the sur- prise for her." THE LON0O J i L Fire Insurance Co. of Canada ESTABLISHED 1859 Surplus to Policyholders, - $404,046.07 Losses Paid over $8,250,000.00 FARM INSURANCES We paw full value for Live Stock Losses N Our Rates Have Not Advanced Consult our nearest Agent and get rates or write F. D. WILLIAMS, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO r•cared when I'm alone; I get afraid on the streets if they are noisy." Dorcas laid her face against the soft cheek and whispered something in the child's ear. Robin's face ' shone with joy. "I am glad you 'think so. There is just one thing," his voice had a regretful tone in it, "I wish you had been my mother, I like you." The girl held him out at arm's length for a moment. "I am wishing the :same thing. I like you!" He took her hand and they climbed the stair which led to the upstairs dressing -room. Dorcas felt an un- spoken terror. She looked back from the head of the stairs. Merry stood. watching them. She beckoned him, and he followed with a few springing steps. They paused for a moment outside the door of Miss Paget's room. When Doreaa, tapped, Robin was cling- ing to her hand with a grip which al- most hurt. Zilla Paget stared at them with still curiosity. She sat in front of the mirror while the colored maid Emiline brushed her hair. It hung to her waist in long, shining waves. - Her forehead wrinkled for a moment as if in perplexity. She could not see Robin's face. He was hiding behind Dorcas with his head wrapped in her gown. A sneering smile hovered her mouth. "This is a rare pleasure, Miss Went- worth," she said abruptly. "Some- thing uncommon must have happened of make you honor me with a visit. Who is your young friend?" Dorcas laid her hand upon Robin's shoulder and turned him gently so he cold face his mother. "This is your little boy," she said in a low voice. Zilla Paget sprang to her feet with a cry of rage. In a second she ;stood at Dorcas' side. She turned the child's face up to her own and stared at it. The sightless eyes seemed to plead and search for something they did not find, Robin lifted his hands and groped till he,caught his mother's ithwers, She flung them aside erg - thy. "Don't touch me!" she cried harsh- ly, "Take him out of my sight!" Dorcas grew white to the lips, Rob- in was clutching at her in terror. She put her farm about him, sheltering him as a mother would have done, Miss Paget turned her eyes fiercely upon the girl. , "Who hatched this in- fernal plot?" she cried.'tWhe brought this little brat, to America?" The actress lost contrel of herr.elf. She dashed up and do''r, the narrow dressing -room like a caged tiger .`What is the matter?" asked Dor- cas coldly. "It's hell and the devil—and all his angels. That's what's, the matter. What right had you to stick a finger in my affairs? What do ybu suppose I want of that blind brat? I hate the sight of him. He is the image of his father, and good. God! how I did hate him! I suppose you and your saintly Mr. Oswald are bent on ruining my career." Dorcas opened the door and pushed the sobbing child gently into the lob- by. Merry stood outside, where he ' had overheard the woman; shrill abuse. He took Robin by the hand and led him downstairs. Dorcas re- entered the dressing -room. Miss Paget was tossing though a heap of letters which lay on her table as if in search of something. She picked up a sheet of paper and stood reading it. Asav- age smile convulsed her handsome face. "I know now who did it," she cried. "That was the revenge he meant, the belly old router! I'll get even with him!" "lou don't want your little boy, then?" asked Dorear, She turned on the girl in blank amazement. "Want that blooming, batty, imbe- cile Rob Tully's. child? Not on your life! He goes back to the asylum where he came from. I can get the law en them for giving him up with- out his mother's consent." "His mother!" eried Dorcas. "You do not act the part of 'Mr. Ester - In oak'!" There w'' an ugly tone in Zilla Paget s k sit "I have heard that before. Mr. Oswald was once so coms plimentary as to tell me something; of the sort.. Now, perhaps you will be polite enough to clear out. And be- fore you gb, let me give you a bit of advice, my lady; keep your nose out of my business if you have any re- gard for your own happiness!" Dorcas turned to the door. The woman laughed as she closed it be- hind her. She pau ed for a minute in the empty hall trying to think of what could be said to the chill] downstairs. If the woman had struck him in the face, it would have been easier to re- cover from each a blow. Dick came dashing up the stairs. "First call," he shouted hoarsely, She ran down to her own room. Mrs. Volk sat in a low chair with Robin in her arms, cuddling him against her breast and crooning to him as if he were a baby. She look- ed up at Doreen, with pitiful eye.. "Mother Says We Couldn't Run The Farm Without May we send you a copy of our new book, "Desserts andCandics"? ---practical—helpful—and free. 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CARDINAL, RRANTFORP, FORT WILLIAM, Makers' -f ••Ill Iriat-" C' ,r .487up Re:$ou'S Corn S :,ch --•Sir r Gim' Ferber} Stock, 114srcemrnyr_crtFJ,ucsr.311S: =ISPI,at„m,,,a "No, dear," there was a thrill of Loss in Shipping !AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION., About 40 per cent. of the cleanings assurance rn Dorcas' voice, "no, you could not possibly have belonged to her. Somebody made a mistake—an awful mistake." "Then—do you know—who I do be- ' Icing to?" "Rubin," asked Dorcas gently, "do you still wish that I were your moth- er" j His arm : clasped convulsively about her neck, and the dint body shook :with sobs. "I would like—to belong 'to some- body ," 1 '•\Ve]l," sett! the .girl heels avely, "1 { want ou—forever.--as my own little boy. Shall we shake hands on it?" The small fnigei's were thrust into her own with a clinging grip. That night at the close of the see - end act the audience sat breathless for a few moments. " Cordelia," with her faee glowing beneath the rouge, turned in response to "Mrs. E•tcrbrook's" last plea. "Stay with you because you are my mother? How dare ye'i take the word `mother' upon your lips? I)o welt a new ' wh•tt thnt worts .hand. f r I wonder if it would be possible to make you understand, It means love -self-denying, .strong,. tender de- votion; it means faithful wifehood, Have you ever given that ? The wo- man who is a good wife and mother • forgives and forgets and love,. Be- hind it all stands love, simply love, un- selfish love. I believe in God, but: o- a� cannot undei.tand why ho should lave allowed a woman such as you are to have became a wife and ';i mother—my mother!" The curtain fell„ Dorcas had reach- ed her dressing -room when she had to ' turn and fly black to the stage. The appla.ise had grown to a tumult. Zilla Paget stood by her side when the cur- tain rose. She was smiling a stage smile upon the audience. but the '; glance he turned upon Dorcas was on of m'ilignant hatred. (To be continued). GTitcleaeed Grain. "Let me take him, Alice. I have plenty of time to dress after Julie goes out. She needs you to button her frock and fix bar hair. Robin did not speak when Alice laid him in her arms. His slender body was limp and quiet. Dorcas had nev- er known any little boy intimately, and she slid not know exactly how to comfort him. It occurred to her that if she were in Robin's place she would not want anybody to speak of what had happened. • She bent down and touched his face with her lips. When the door closed and Mrs. Volk went out with Julie,, he asked in a whisper, "I don't belong then—to the—lade- -upstairs, he—lady—upstairs, do I?" ,,�=fir "��~,�k�''�'_•."�:i°"�'� nrean Peaches are the most valued treasure on the pre- serve shelf. 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But in a few hours I found that I had guessed right ; that the tutuh, or military Governor, had been called out of bed by the leading revolutionists and had been given his choice to join them or Ieave Hangchow. He chose the latter horn of the dilemma. Where - iii upon the independence of Chekiang k was declared, the civil Governor was chosen tutuh and proclamations were posted on the walls declaring the pro- vince independent and that law and order must be preserved and looting would be punished. To be sure, during the first hour or two the old Governor's yamen or palace was looted by his former body- guard, who, I suppose, thought it was their legitimate booty ; but otherwise there was no disturbance, no blood- shed, only excitement and uncertainty for a day or two. After this business went on as usual, except that the banks were naturally chary about loan- ing money. She Had Studied the Species. A maiden lady of uncertain age en- tered a shop with the idea of purchas- ing a parrot. She inspected several and at last decided upon one of parti- cularly bright hue, "That's a good bird, ma'am;" said the dealer. "But he has one fault. He always grum- bles a lot if he doesn't like his food." The spinster's faded eyes brightened, "Then I must have, lzim,", she said promptly. "It will be almost like having a man in the house." { Gave Her a Lesson. "Have you any rags to sell?" said the ragman to a thin -looking woman who was standing at her door. "No," replied the woman, "excepting those I am wearing at the `present time. If you want them, you'll have to take me, too." The ragman scanned the householder up and down, and -a triumphant smile lurked around his lips, "I'mvery sorry, ma'am." he replied, as he made for the gate, "I'm only buying rags; not bones.'' removed from grain at the terminal elevators consists of fine seeds cap - i able of passing through a zinc °screen containing perforations 1-14 inch in diameter. This means that, 40,000 tons of small weed seeds are shipped in western grain each year, i on which the grower pays the freight, and for whieh lie gets no return. This represents a los: of a quarter of a million dollars which could he obviated if these fine seeds were re- moved before the grain is shipped. The manufaeturers of threshing ma- chines are unanimous in stating that their machines are or may be fitted with screens and operated to •separate a large part of the screenings at the time of threshing. The remaining 00 per cent. of the cleanings is gond feed, and if it could be retained nn the farm would mean a double saving to the grain grower. At least the fine seeds ehnuld and could be removed at threshing time. Sugar Beet Tops for .Silage. M1 1 i s 1. t and left in pike Silage tett cit1 t s, 11 in the held after harvesting the beets, will make a fair grade of -ilage when run thrttagh ;a silage cutter with an equal amount of corn fodder. At the \Vieeonsin Station it was found that the silage had a somewhat etrnng, odor l;ut it ywas not offensive. The wows seemed to relish it, and did as well as on the regular corn surge. Chemical analysis showed that the •,ilage had practically the same corn - position as clear coin silage. By throwing the beet tops onto a pile of cern and cutthag both togeth- er no difficulty was experienced in ensiling. Enough water was adder] t,e the cut material to give it the pro- per moisture content, and make it pack well, when two men tramped it during the time of filling. The silage kept well. Oh. Won't They, A man won't wear a thing that makes him look funny just because 'it is stylish. But a woman would rather look like an organ grindler's monkey than be out of ;..tyle. When a pian is looking for trouble few of his friends are too busy to assist him in the a'earch. Amounts Allotted to Provinces for Year Ending :March 31, 1917. The allotments to the different pro- vinces under The Agricultural In- struction Act, pas -'ed by the Domin- ion Parliament in 1913, has been made for the year ending long 31st, 1917, It will he remembered that by the terms of this Act ten million dollars spread over a period of ten years was to be divided between the nine pro- vinees of the Dominion, according to population, for the eneoarag_ mcnt of edueation in agr'rcvlti're and ttomestic science. In the initiatory year, 1913- 14, t 7tm,000 was to l+e tri , lett. Each year the amount wee to be increased i by $100,001, until 1917-18, when the grunts under ti i arrangement will have reached a tots.! of $1,100,(i((1, at which they are to ie main until 1923, when the ten millio i dollars nil! have ' been exhausted. The sums: ret•a•ved by the different ,4B'ovincee cos the year ending March 31st next will hras follows: Prince l dwar•d Isiaan^t Nueva Saitta 7.1,839.?t't Nees Brunswicl. 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