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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-12-7, Page 6It has the reputation of nearly. a quarter of a century bend every packet sold --- Black lack Green- -O Mixed E 204 THE LAPSE OF ENOCH WENTWQRTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons " t'IIAPTEII X.XVI teert 1) "Are you sere?" 'let ny spoke ;:coat ty "Yes, sure." The rt'tlt't,tive tient? had „c> to fr•t*ln !:nosh's veleta, it was em linitis. ••Out there in the e:n ither, he eartinued, "1 realized what el::fseat ire iet , I finew m erati,•n was nere- 'y a babble of ,c,,i.e,leee weerds, there was nota thrc.b in it. Beshlee. I iwrtew that I could regi melte it Letter SittleienIy., On the eluic•r id:11.441ce. a value elute be• a+Ie tun. '' There was :t rti g peuee. Wentworth turned his eyes rrce>;n Merry and stared - eat at the window. ti A trumpet viae e;'snipe' over the have: elf the Waverly ly Pities house end et,.E .soviet bac :ern hang vivid .,}4t,eeea: kin; diel the . as -: hens. ` ti :; 1 t fereetv,t .a9 ? Me ,` L4 vert t t "vn aral 1 :tee Attar i•.. .'(,,Star friends then uN evee were. 1 hex's they us:, of r;i'.int; rga a .tl rite.^.i vee if they hurt The siege. of eeine- thii g you Ohl when yen we.•,s n;•041:.44 - Ting t• ..rl- 1"tsar; 4 teats: e deeen't b gent , Ii. `h it:" • 'lt etoes e#:tart' aneWert,.l 1't:r:t- •:e nth stolidly. "i tee;! you it hitt'.= e•tltl:rt. It is the hely thing that t'ti- plaint- what I 4i1 -w1; tr yee:r varied my :ff. Y have torthe.e,-IEe bed Lye rel r..ighi 7 with welling to do hat to think. ;and to shalt :» things. Why, ail morn, I haven't hard a stair . e t:ne tit fc•: y, tr. before. Let me tell yea my story; it's rt,tereetir„g eveui if it ,n t ma to my credit." "All right, have your own way." '•1 eat there in the eha dtnv t'f the wall listening. It wee young David Ross practising his oration. Dave e tune def what the niggers called 'pre' white tresh,' but he had ambition and genius and was working his way through Geh;eol like a man. He had t•hosen the death of Caesar, as I had. I crouched there, :careeiy breathing; I was afraid he would hear me and stop. Iiia speech was great! As I sat looking out over the valley I rould see the Roman warrior whip he stood there in the Senate. down and out, hooted at and reviled, yet haughty and defiant, facing the enemies who had dance been his friends. I began to sob' as a boy does in a shamed, huky,i choked fashion. Suddenly a thought tai me: to nee. I leered ed over the wall ard held before Dave a new twenty-' &il:ea geld -prove father had given me that Moeda.* It heaght xt}ti," Wi: a.v.'or iii l .user€ if 51 .rrt t 1 e•raz n,ent .,ac aha n t. Merry i :ete•h- e,a him in eilerce. ••I feel ---even rats the reluctant grit, with which Dave held on to those ltet'te fef iduer'ed f,1Olee•ap. 1 never gave a the, fight to wallet I had done. Every moment for t=.rcltts-ft.,ur hours was needed to waninrit Dave's epe'eh to memory. My father, proud and 1":.lpy, g'.eve me another twenty -dollar, a;t,ldpieee. I carried it to Dave. Ile' r f ase 1 it, ratting his back on me with engin- geom. Twenty years late er 1 met him again. He had gone to at ;-tete , tot€ wee wasting his wee wards NAvi.rtiS f,.rne I was a. igned tee int.r ;%:r him. Ile :e..embered me r:sta'.tly. I'c:r a moment he stared .it Me from heae to foot. then he turn-' ed away without a word and -Bever, needled led the halal I effeere.i him. My Goer. how that hurt!" ,dhivor went through the man'e hedge. ••That heepened tee eataaftve years' ads," eeiti 'Stogy l: eitlrtnr:triy. "Yeas (ain't I:ry up u boyhood Kiri at:i.inat a gran. He eideren.: —!ic: almost art ,.the: human i eirig." 'No, lira is r * " answered Wentworth tle,ggedIy. ••1 want to show you that the peyehole great feliuw was in the right. net wits my firer fall from ;,race; but there was t second Ie; ion. It wee wore e even than—then what I did to you, Merry. I was out in the' Balkan mountains where the blamed ldarbarian Turks go tearing at each other's throats oitce in eo often. The world looked on, waiting fate a story of war. I had none to tell, neething hap- pened hut a skir•mi-•h er two once in a while. There aas nothing a man r•oul1 make into a, story. It was a wretched eampaign. Young Forsyth, of the Tribune. and I hung together through it for morale, living like stray dots, sick to death of our job, and ready to throw it up at any mo- ment. One morning at daybreak we were awakened by ;hooting. We scrambled from the cave where we had slept tend looked down into the valley. -I: We were in the very heart of a battle, and these savages were climbing over the rocks with their cutlasses hashing, They shrieked like maniacs, the bul- lets went flying about our heads. I. crept back to the hole among the rocks where we had epent the night, I couldn't see what was happening; I didn't want to see. Death shrieks echoed all around and above me. It was the most hellish din of battle I ever listened to. I had turned cow- ard. I lay there with every tooth in my head chattering. A nice confes- cion for a man to make, eh?" asked Wentworth with a grim smile. 11lerry half rose then dropped back into his chair. "Ilold on, Enoch, I swear you're not At for this sort of thing! Your temperature will go up, then the nurse—" "Damn the nurse. I'm fit enough; keep still. I want to finish my story. Forsyth, the intrepid young fool, went creeping along the face or the cliff. He had never seen a battle before. I called to him to lie low, but he never' heeded me, Through a crevice in the' rock I saw him stretch his head over' the chasm and crane his neck, then; plunge down and begin to write as if he were mad. Once I sneaked out' and tried to drag him in beside me. 1 He fought like a wildcat, so I went t back to e helter. The bullets pinged' on the rocks all round me. Suddenly I heard a low, gurgling awful cry and somebody called my name in a hoarse shout. It was Forsyth, I crept oat. Ile stood on a cliff above nae, clutching at his throat, then he toppl- ed and fell. lie came plunging down dyer the rocks until he reached my feet. He was dead, stark dead, when' I pulled him into the cave. His note. book was clutched so tight in his hand that I tore a corner from ogle page as I took it from hie. fingers. I burind him right there. "After a little while the battle flz-t zled down to a stray shot or two, That night under the gleam of a sput- tering little torch I read Forsyth's story. It was tremendous—perfectly tremendous—perfectly tremendous! It read like inspired stuff. I had never ; dreamed the fellow had such a voeab- Moray, And he lay there close beside , me, asleep—under the damp, warm, soft earth. i had a fit of the horrors. - I put out my light, stuffed the pages o£ writing in my pocket`, then went: doubling and twisting down those wild mountains, dodging the enemy's camp-' fires and their infernal bullets, until I reached the miserable little town in the valley we two men had our head- quarters. I hurried to the telegraph office to send out Foray th's. story to the • Tribune, with the news of his death.1 I was waiting to get the wire when somebody handed me a cable. I look- ed at it half -dazed. It came from' my own paper, erazy because I had sent them no story; they were hungry as vultures for news, As soon as I could get a wire I sent out Forsyth's story." "'Under his name?" asked Merry Iuietly. "No," Enoch lifted his head, looked! Cereals. at his friend with guilt and shame in' Seed Grain.—Early attention should his eyes, then he turned away, ''No,' be given to the seed grain which is to I signed my own name to it. I sent be sown next spring. If no special it to my own paper. I wired the news' fields for seed purposes were grown, of Forsyth'sdeathto the Tribune," ! last summer, next season's require.' 'either of the men spoke for some ments may be met by very careful re- mfnutes. When Merry turned, Went- cleaning of the main crop harvested worth lay staring at him with a pray last autumn. One can never afford er for pity, comprehension, and for- ` to sow weed seeds, and one can seldom giveness in his eyes. I afford to sow grain more or less mixed taste. Itis palate dictates what he will eat, There is a.' moral palate, and if you `go on slaking your appetite, there's 'weakening of the moral tis- sue.' Isn't that what your psycholo- gists call it? If it had not been for you, Enoch, I might have been worse than dear to -day." Merry uttered the last sentence in an undertone, "I have a feeling, though, that I can never go so low again, because--." He sat silent for a minute. Went - worth's eyes were fixed upon him like an insistent question, "Because Enoch," he went on in a steady voice, "because Dorcas has. promised to be my wife." "Oh!" cried Wentworth quickly, 'Oh, thank God for that!" CHAPTER XXXVII. It was a wet night in October. A line of carriages moved slowly over the shining asphalt to the door of the Gotham. Grant Oswald stood in a corner of the foyer watching the throng pour in. "This beats your first night in Lon- don, doesn't it?" queried a newspaper man who stood beside him, "Yes," acceded the Englishman. "the first night or any other night." "Wentworth's escape from death was a great ad—if you look at it that way. He had a close call," "Yes." Oswald spoke absently. That morning he had arrived from London. Although he was the least curious of men, he felt as if the Peo- ple from whom he had parted four months ago were living in a different atmosphere, Before the ship docked he had discovered a group waiting to welcome him. Dorcas was there, her beautiful face glowing with happiness. He watched her untie a gray scarf from her hat and wave it. Merry stood beside her, but the girl's hand was clasped inside her brother's arm. Wentworth was wan and thin. Across his temple gleamed a wide red scar. Merry lifted his hat when he caught sight of Oswald and the wind tossed down, almost into his eyes, the wavy lock of long fair hair which proclaimed his calling. Alice 'Volk stood in the group, with Julie jumping impatiently beside her. Little Robin clasped her hand, while he searched for the ship with his sightless eyes. With a courteous "Good night" Os- wald left the man and walked into the theatre, where a gay, chattering crowd streamed past him. The throng was so dense that he was pushed into a , i g corner. When t1� avcrt,u _ began he fumed to•'•ard the a rail and took his place among a group of men who had not been able to buy seat:e. 1'e found Singleton, of the Timer, at hi: elbow. (To be continued). with other t es. The Fannin mill I want you to understand one yp g thing," pleaded the older man. "When should furnish plump seed free from you called my bluff that morning and 'weeds. If other grains are present, I wrote that bond, I was innocent of . such as oats in wheat, or barley in any thought of injury to you. I don't ; oats, it will be necessary, and quite know what was in my mind. It was' worth while, to hand-pick two or three nothing in the world but an idle fancy. bushels during the winter so as to I told you so at the time. I did not have a field of an acre or two to fur - dream that you could write a play. If nish pure seed for the following year. anyone had told me you were capable Hand-picking may appear too labor - ions to any one who has not tried it, , of turning out The House of Ester - brook' I should have laughed at him. at a time a great deal can be accom- readthat day, when you came and a plished in the course of a few weeks read the manuscript—I had just given up all hope, as I did with the oration . and without undue strain on the eyes. ilio for ; It there is any doubt about the vital - an t aesar• 1 had. been to g years and years on a play. There' ity of the seed, a test should be made was one—it had seemed to me like a bef ore the winter is very far ativane- great plot --but I had begun to realize While the laboratories of the Domin- that labor doss not mean everything.1ion Government are always available You want inspiration, or genius or art,for farmers who desire to have an of- -or something, and I didn't have it." ficial report on their grain, any one Enoch paused, wrinkling his eyes as I can make a test for himself without if in an attempt to remember some- ° delay by placing about two hundred thing.' "I was trying to think of seeds between layers of blotting paper something Ellen Terry wrote on the ! 1or cloth, and keeping them damp for a back of a photograph she once gavefew days. An ordinary dinner plate me. It ran like this: `is very handy for this purpose, with " 'When am I to 'he an aetress? 1 anotherr late set on it in reversed Well, after fifteen years' labor, per-, position. haps, Labor! Why, I thought it was 1 The grain after being moistened all inspiration. 'No, labor and art are must not be allowed to become dry, the foundation; inspiration—a re- and must not be exposed to frost. sot.' " ; and about- six days the sprouts "Terry .wasn t altogether right. Lae from the seed of strongest vitality bor alone won't laud the prize. You've will be sufficiently developed. Seeds proved. that, Boy.." "I don't know," said Merry vaguely. "I do." The man's pale face flushed. "When you dropped in on roe, eager •as a young victor for a laurel wreath, ibe necessary to sow such an increased which take -an unusually long time to sprout generally give weak plants. If less than about ninety per cent of the seed produces strong sprouts, it will w as a judge I knew surely as if lid e had passed sentence an me that my years and years of -toil meant nothing but waste paper. Then,suddenly, as temptation had clutched at me twice before in my life, came arevenous de- sire sire for fame—the fame that _another man bad labored for an—" "I understand," cried Merry. There was a thrill . of compassionu 1a his. voice. "Now, dear old mail, , let's forget it. The one thing I can never .forget is that you have raked me from the depths more•than once. I might have been worse than dead to -day -if it hadn't b"een for you. "You never` descended.to the depths I did,'" , Wentworth abruptly. • "Sin—iny variety of' it or` yours—is. quantity as veil'bringthe strongly. vital kernels up to the usual number per acre. Change of Seed.—The best advice in regard to change ofseed gis this:---- Change only when you are sure you are getting something super for to your old stock, The new grain should be true to variety and free from weed seeds;, A'very great danger in obtainingseed from a long distance is that it may contain new and dangerous'wee'ds. If you have reason totbelieve that the returns from -your fields are less. than they should be, considering the character and fertility of the soil and the time given to its preparation, it might be advisable to. test some new nothing but the ;difference in a ;man's j: variety of grain from .the listof r"^Sti ;i8r,woo N; dIUHaW 1lU 1i4111111111111111NIN11(HII H1 I .., ,.rtS.1'%' hi stt AI ta, • 1111V. 1r1imnrrnautu4ni tbINIMOIMauCIa re - DON Jit TL, Gift That .3 A Smile because it guarantees unequalled service—from f r'orn Christmas to Christ- mas ---• over and over again — is il1etteSafrtr a r it's the "safest" gift you can select, for every roan shaves, and knows that in the Gillette you are giving hila, the best equipment that money can buy. His appreciation will be SURE and LASTING. Christmas. Gillette displays will be in the windows of all the hustling Gillette dealer's --Drug, Jewelry, Hardware and General Stores—everywhere—in a dozen styles or more—priced from $5 to $25. 225 Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada, Limited Offhand Factory—GILLETTE BUILDING, MONTREAL "0'st 71R WORLD CO'SA ° .. md111UNglael+rlultatrellte eII' THREE VITAL O il' E STI A N S pression in stomach and chest alter eating, a gilt Are you fun of energy, vital force. and general coaatiaatloa, headache dizziness, aro sync hints Rood health? DoYou knowthat gooddigestionIndigestion. Mother Sei el'a Syrup, the groat is the foundation of good health • ,,in and op- herbal reinsd and tonic, win cute you. A'FTETHER`� ANDI ; . ... MEALS TAKE eats SYRUP, BANISH STOMACH TROUBLES At all Ilruggttts, or direct on receipt of price, 50c. and SIM. The largo bottle contains three timet as much its the smaller, A.3, \airs & Co. Lnwrnp, Craig Street West, Montreal.. varieties recommended for your dis- trict. For the first season the new sort should be sown beside the old, and a careful comparison made of their relative merits. Purchase of Seed.. --If new seed is to be purchased, inquiries should be made early in the winter from those who have grain for sale. No large pur- chase of seed should be decided upon without first seeing a sample and ob- taining a statement as to its germina- tion, and as to the quantity of other grains present. To intending pur- chasers of seed grain the Dominion Cerealist will be glad to furnish in- formation as to possible sources of supply of the varieties they desire. Farmers who have seed grain for sale are requested to communicate with us. Free Distribution of Samples.—A free distribution of samples of seed grain will be made from this Farm for the season of 1917. • Farmers who desire to test some other variety than those they are already familiar with may obtain a free sample in this way. The quantity of seed supplied is 5 pounds in the case of wheat, barley and peas and four pounds in the case of oats. Only one sampleof grain will be sent to each farm. For an application form, write to the Domin- ion Cerealist at Ottawa. No postage is required.—C. E. Saunders, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. - Adding Fibre to the Soil Everyone who has had experience in breaking up new land has noticed hove soon the rich black mould disap- pears after the soil has been brought under cultivation: The reason for this is that the vegetable matter in such soil has been reduced to humus of a very unstaple condition. It is readily attacked by bacteria and brok- en down so that soon not a trace of it is to be found. The exclusive grow- ing of grain crops, so general on new land and by which but little vege- table matter is returned to the soil, hastens this process of depletion. The process is also most rapid in soils that are naturally rich in lime, a this neu- tralizes the acids formed by the decoy of humus and provides ideal working, conditions for the organisms that break down organie natter. In restoring humus to the soil by the growing of legumes, the plowing down of green crops and the application of manure, vegetable matter of a more fibrous nature than that which is fo.rnd on the forest floor, is added. This is not readily reduced to humus. It contains considerable cellulose or woody matter, which offers consider- able resistance to the attacks of the bacteria of decay. This fibrous mat- ter, when added, to the soil, provides a store of vegetable matter, which is broken down into humus and finally into available plant food -very gradual- ly. Vegetable matter from this origin does not disappear from the soil as rapidly as the humus found in newly cleared land. permanent produc- tivity in soil demands a supply of this fibrous material. The Ideal Citizen. "I neither argue politics nor re- ligion, but I'll tell you what I do." "What's that?" "I both vote and go to •church." Some women are as flighty .as sora men are cranky. 141114 Ais1VMszz��MSX•Ik. 4.NVAtesasA� en anted f- r the Navy •o The '" oyal Naval C. nadian Volunteer ese.rve9 wants men for imme- diate service .verse :s9the Imperial a1 Navy Candidates must be sons of natural born British subjects and be from 18 to 38 years of age. • • p A Ar $1.10 per day and upwards. Free Kit: Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. Apply to the nearest Naval Recruiting Station or to the Department of t)le Naval Service, .OTTAWA, 1 Rubber Supply Steady While Leather Gets Scarcer This Explains Low Price of Rubber Foot- wear in Spite of Increase in Cost of Chemicals, Fabrics and Labor. The war is tsyng up enormous quantities, both of leather and rubber. At the same time it is seriously restricting the output of the former, much of which came from Russia—while rubber production keeps pace with the demand. From the great plantations now reaching maturity in Britain's tropical Dominions • will conte this year 150.000 tons of raw rubber -75% of the world's production, and an increase of over 40,000 tons over last year. Thus, thanks to the British Government's foresight in encouraging these plantations, the Allied armies have been abundantly supplied with all the rubber products they need—Germany and her allies have been cut off :and the price -to -the world at large has actually been -reduced. Meanwhile leather has been getting scarcer and more expensive -80% higher- than in 1914 r ---and the end is not yet. At normal prices a pair of good shoes cost about `four tunes as much as a pair of rubbers—and would last twice as long if rubbers or overshoes were worn to protect them. Or a pair of heavy rubbers for the farm cost much less than heavy shoes, and would stand much more wear in bad weather. So even before the war rubbers were a mighty good- investment, to say nothing of their prevention of wet feet, colds and doctors' bilis. Now,- when leather <eosts so n'iuclr more in proportion, he saving from wearing rubber footwear is so outstanding that no one who believes in thrift will think of doing without rubbers, overshoes, rubber boots, or whatever kind of rubber footwear heat suits his needs. Nor will he who is anxious to help win the war, for by wearing rubber he conserves the leather that is so scarce, yet so absolutely necessary to the solcliei s. Wear Rubbers and . Save Leather for our Fighting igen' Y...�.- 17 -I: We were in the very heart of a battle, and these savages were climbing over the rocks with their cutlasses hashing, They shrieked like maniacs, the bul- lets went flying about our heads. I. crept back to the hole among the rocks where we had epent the night, I couldn't see what was happening; I didn't want to see. Death shrieks echoed all around and above me. It was the most hellish din of battle I ever listened to. I had turned cow- ard. I lay there with every tooth in my head chattering. A nice confes- cion for a man to make, eh?" asked Wentworth with a grim smile. 11lerry half rose then dropped back into his chair. "Ilold on, Enoch, I swear you're not At for this sort of thing! Your temperature will go up, then the nurse—" "Damn the nurse. I'm fit enough; keep still. I want to finish my story. Forsyth, the intrepid young fool, went creeping along the face or the cliff. He had never seen a battle before. I called to him to lie low, but he never' heeded me, Through a crevice in the' rock I saw him stretch his head over' the chasm and crane his neck, then; plunge down and begin to write as if he were mad. Once I sneaked out' and tried to drag him in beside me. 1 He fought like a wildcat, so I went t back to e helter. The bullets pinged' on the rocks all round me. Suddenly I heard a low, gurgling awful cry and somebody called my name in a hoarse shout. It was Forsyth, I crept oat. Ile stood on a cliff above nae, clutching at his throat, then he toppl- ed and fell. lie came plunging down dyer the rocks until he reached my feet. He was dead, stark dead, when' I pulled him into the cave. His note. book was clutched so tight in his hand that I tore a corner from ogle page as I took it from hie. fingers. I burind him right there. "After a little while the battle flz-t zled down to a stray shot or two, That night under the gleam of a sput- tering little torch I read Forsyth's story. It was tremendous—perfectly tremendous—perfectly tremendous! It read like inspired stuff. I had never ; dreamed the fellow had such a voeab- Moray, And he lay there close beside , me, asleep—under the damp, warm, soft earth. i had a fit of the horrors. - I put out my light, stuffed the pages o£ writing in my pocket`, then went: doubling and twisting down those wild mountains, dodging the enemy's camp-' fires and their infernal bullets, until I reached the miserable little town in the valley we two men had our head- quarters. I hurried to the telegraph office to send out Foray th's. story to the • Tribune, with the news of his death.1 I was waiting to get the wire when somebody handed me a cable. I look- ed at it half -dazed. It came from' my own paper, erazy because I had sent them no story; they were hungry as vultures for news, As soon as I could get a wire I sent out Forsyth's story." "'Under his name?" asked Merry Iuietly. "No," Enoch lifted his head, looked! Cereals. at his friend with guilt and shame in' Seed Grain.—Early attention should his eyes, then he turned away, ''No,' be given to the seed grain which is to I signed my own name to it. I sent be sown next spring. If no special it to my own paper. I wired the news' fields for seed purposes were grown, of Forsyth'sdeathto the Tribune," ! last summer, next season's require.' 'either of the men spoke for some ments may be met by very careful re- mfnutes. When Merry turned, Went- cleaning of the main crop harvested worth lay staring at him with a pray last autumn. One can never afford er for pity, comprehension, and for- ` to sow weed seeds, and one can seldom giveness in his eyes. I afford to sow grain more or less mixed taste. Itis palate dictates what he will eat, There is a.' moral palate, and if you `go on slaking your appetite, there's 'weakening of the moral tis- sue.' Isn't that what your psycholo- gists call it? If it had not been for you, Enoch, I might have been worse than dear to -day." Merry uttered the last sentence in an undertone, "I have a feeling, though, that I can never go so low again, because--." He sat silent for a minute. Went - worth's eyes were fixed upon him like an insistent question, "Because Enoch," he went on in a steady voice, "because Dorcas has. promised to be my wife." "Oh!" cried Wentworth quickly, 'Oh, thank God for that!" CHAPTER XXXVII. It was a wet night in October. A line of carriages moved slowly over the shining asphalt to the door of the Gotham. Grant Oswald stood in a corner of the foyer watching the throng pour in. "This beats your first night in Lon- don, doesn't it?" queried a newspaper man who stood beside him, "Yes," acceded the Englishman. "the first night or any other night." "Wentworth's escape from death was a great ad—if you look at it that way. He had a close call," "Yes." Oswald spoke absently. That morning he had arrived from London. Although he was the least curious of men, he felt as if the Peo- ple from whom he had parted four months ago were living in a different atmosphere, Before the ship docked he had discovered a group waiting to welcome him. Dorcas was there, her beautiful face glowing with happiness. He watched her untie a gray scarf from her hat and wave it. Merry stood beside her, but the girl's hand was clasped inside her brother's arm. Wentworth was wan and thin. Across his temple gleamed a wide red scar. Merry lifted his hat when he caught sight of Oswald and the wind tossed down, almost into his eyes, the wavy lock of long fair hair which proclaimed his calling. Alice 'Volk stood in the group, with Julie jumping impatiently beside her. Little Robin clasped her hand, while he searched for the ship with his sightless eyes. With a courteous "Good night" Os- wald left the man and walked into the theatre, where a gay, chattering crowd streamed past him. The throng was so dense that he was pushed into a , i g corner. When t1� avcrt,u _ began he fumed to•'•ard the a rail and took his place among a group of men who had not been able to buy seat:e. 1'e found Singleton, of the Timer, at hi: elbow. (To be continued). with other t es. The Fannin mill I want you to understand one yp g thing," pleaded the older man. "When should furnish plump seed free from you called my bluff that morning and 'weeds. If other grains are present, I wrote that bond, I was innocent of . such as oats in wheat, or barley in any thought of injury to you. I don't ; oats, it will be necessary, and quite know what was in my mind. It was' worth while, to hand-pick two or three nothing in the world but an idle fancy. bushels during the winter so as to I told you so at the time. I did not have a field of an acre or two to fur - dream that you could write a play. If nish pure seed for the following year. anyone had told me you were capable Hand-picking may appear too labor - ions to any one who has not tried it, , of turning out The House of Ester - brook' I should have laughed at him. at a time a great deal can be accom- readthat day, when you came and a plished in the course of a few weeks read the manuscript—I had just given up all hope, as I did with the oration . and without undue strain on the eyes. ilio for ; It there is any doubt about the vital - an t aesar• 1 had. been to g years and years on a play. There' ity of the seed, a test should be made was one—it had seemed to me like a bef ore the winter is very far ativane- great plot --but I had begun to realize While the laboratories of the Domin- that labor doss not mean everything.1ion Government are always available You want inspiration, or genius or art,for farmers who desire to have an of- -or something, and I didn't have it." ficial report on their grain, any one Enoch paused, wrinkling his eyes as I can make a test for himself without if in an attempt to remember some- ° delay by placing about two hundred thing.' "I was trying to think of seeds between layers of blotting paper something Ellen Terry wrote on the ! 1or cloth, and keeping them damp for a back of a photograph she once gavefew days. An ordinary dinner plate me. It ran like this: `is very handy for this purpose, with " 'When am I to 'he an aetress? 1 anotherr late set on it in reversed Well, after fifteen years' labor, per-, position. haps, Labor! Why, I thought it was 1 The grain after being moistened all inspiration. 'No, labor and art are must not be allowed to become dry, the foundation; inspiration—a re- and must not be exposed to frost. sot.' " ; and about- six days the sprouts "Terry .wasn t altogether right. Lae from the seed of strongest vitality bor alone won't laud the prize. You've will be sufficiently developed. Seeds proved. that, Boy.." "I don't know," said Merry vaguely. "I do." The man's pale face flushed. "When you dropped in on roe, eager •as a young victor for a laurel wreath, ibe necessary to sow such an increased which take -an unusually long time to sprout generally give weak plants. If less than about ninety per cent of the seed produces strong sprouts, it will w as a judge I knew surely as if lid e had passed sentence an me that my years and years of -toil meant nothing but waste paper. Then,suddenly, as temptation had clutched at me twice before in my life, came arevenous de- sire sire for fame—the fame that _another man bad labored for an—" "I understand," cried Merry. There was a thrill . of compassionu 1a his. voice. "Now, dear old mail, , let's forget it. The one thing I can never .forget is that you have raked me from the depths more•than once. I might have been worse than dead to -day -if it hadn't b"een for you. "You never` descended.to the depths I did,'" , Wentworth abruptly. • "Sin—iny variety of' it or` yours—is. quantity as veil'bringthe strongly. vital kernels up to the usual number per acre. Change of Seed.—The best advice in regard to change ofseed gis this:---- Change only when you are sure you are getting something super for to your old stock, The new grain should be true to variety and free from weed seeds;, A'very great danger in obtainingseed from a long distance is that it may contain new and dangerous'wee'ds. If you have reason totbelieve that the returns from -your fields are less. than they should be, considering the character and fertility of the soil and the time given to its preparation, it might be advisable to. test some new nothing but the ;difference in a ;man's j: variety of grain from .the listof r"^Sti ;i8r,woo N; dIUHaW 1lU 1i4111111111111111NIN11(HII H1 I .., ,.rtS.1'%' hi stt AI ta, • 1111V. 1r1imnrrnautu4ni tbINIMOIMauCIa re - DON Jit TL, Gift That .3 A Smile because it guarantees unequalled service—from f r'orn Christmas to Christ- mas ---• over and over again — is il1etteSafrtr a r it's the "safest" gift you can select, for every roan shaves, and knows that in the Gillette you are giving hila, the best equipment that money can buy. His appreciation will be SURE and LASTING. Christmas. Gillette displays will be in the windows of all the hustling Gillette dealer's --Drug, Jewelry, Hardware and General Stores—everywhere—in a dozen styles or more—priced from $5 to $25. 225 Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada, Limited Offhand Factory—GILLETTE BUILDING, MONTREAL "0'st 71R WORLD CO'SA ° .. md111UNglael+rlultatrellte eII' THREE VITAL O il' E STI A N S pression in stomach and chest alter eating, a gilt Are you fun of energy, vital force. and general coaatiaatloa, headache dizziness, aro sync hints Rood health? DoYou knowthat gooddigestionIndigestion. Mother Sei el'a Syrup, the groat is the foundation of good health • ,,in and op- herbal reinsd and tonic, win cute you. A'FTETHER`� ANDI ; . ... MEALS TAKE eats SYRUP, BANISH STOMACH TROUBLES At all Ilruggttts, or direct on receipt of price, 50c. and SIM. The largo bottle contains three timet as much its the smaller, A.3, \airs & Co. Lnwrnp, Craig Street West, Montreal.. varieties recommended for your dis- trict. For the first season the new sort should be sown beside the old, and a careful comparison made of their relative merits. Purchase of Seed.. --If new seed is to be purchased, inquiries should be made early in the winter from those who have grain for sale. No large pur- chase of seed should be decided upon without first seeing a sample and ob- taining a statement as to its germina- tion, and as to the quantity of other grains present. To intending pur- chasers of seed grain the Dominion Cerealist will be glad to furnish in- formation as to possible sources of supply of the varieties they desire. Farmers who have seed grain for sale are requested to communicate with us. Free Distribution of Samples.—A free distribution of samples of seed grain will be made from this Farm for the season of 1917. • Farmers who desire to test some other variety than those they are already familiar with may obtain a free sample in this way. The quantity of seed supplied is 5 pounds in the case of wheat, barley and peas and four pounds in the case of oats. Only one sampleof grain will be sent to each farm. For an application form, write to the Domin- ion Cerealist at Ottawa. No postage is required.—C. E. Saunders, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. - Adding Fibre to the Soil Everyone who has had experience in breaking up new land has noticed hove soon the rich black mould disap- pears after the soil has been brought under cultivation: The reason for this is that the vegetable matter in such soil has been reduced to humus of a very unstaple condition. It is readily attacked by bacteria and brok- en down so that soon not a trace of it is to be found. The exclusive grow- ing of grain crops, so general on new land and by which but little vege- table matter is returned to the soil, hastens this process of depletion. The process is also most rapid in soils that are naturally rich in lime, a this neu- tralizes the acids formed by the decoy of humus and provides ideal working, conditions for the organisms that break down organie natter. In restoring humus to the soil by the growing of legumes, the plowing down of green crops and the application of manure, vegetable matter of a more fibrous nature than that which is fo.rnd on the forest floor, is added. This is not readily reduced to humus. It contains considerable cellulose or woody matter, which offers consider- able resistance to the attacks of the bacteria of decay. This fibrous mat- ter, when added, to the soil, provides a store of vegetable matter, which is broken down into humus and finally into available plant food -very gradual- ly. Vegetable matter from this origin does not disappear from the soil as rapidly as the humus found in newly cleared land. permanent produc- tivity in soil demands a supply of this fibrous material. The Ideal Citizen. "I neither argue politics nor re- ligion, but I'll tell you what I do." "What's that?" "I both vote and go to •church." Some women are as flighty .as sora men are cranky. 141114 Ais1VMszz��MSX•Ik. 4.NVAtesasA� en anted f- r the Navy •o The '" oyal Naval C. nadian Volunteer ese.rve9 wants men for imme- diate service .verse :s9the Imperial a1 Navy Candidates must be sons of natural born British subjects and be from 18 to 38 years of age. • • p A Ar $1.10 per day and upwards. Free Kit: Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. Apply to the nearest Naval Recruiting Station or to the Department of t)le Naval Service, .OTTAWA, 1