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The Exeter Advocate, 1920-3-4, Page 2rused .�a,,,m-�-1010: A mea -Pots Daily Its Intrinsic goodness in Tea Quality 9. makes it the most Economical in Use 11 5577 ,1®,110.. THE EXPLOITS„ OF Lieut. -Col. KIol Boyle d�1� BY DOUGLAS WATSON VI. neetakeenseeteeesatteaseese In passing, it is pleasant to be. aisle -.bat though 'Lle 'Lsgreatest achieve- to . relate that Madame Pantezzlis stent lead. been perroraied, leis- ozet-i xteerless eoaa iuet reeultett.in her being standing enpleit 1was yet to conte. i Personally decorated. by the King t'ai i Beth Roumania and Russia were : Roumania. la, lc ing; pi'isanexs, and 1010-- ()deem tlaerc Eventually the. ship seat _zt',I Theo -1 ;were some 'fifty odd Roumanians what tlosia, rn the Crimea. *twee Boyle and had .been detained, practically. as :his paree Were interned in .the:- Naval hostas, r'neluded tunong thein were: Quarnntinb ; Gitounds, close te the generals, a zrtmber of high naval a'-; docks. Boyle at MVO got in touch facials, a fe, • at n ator , and :members twill), the British ice -consul, who of paruanvnt, ant various wealthy , hurried oat to he• am wale: it l type of Iausiness men. Celenel Bey ie wax;;,' man, and- together they discussed the given: authority to effect the ,ex_' e,nn used political *nation of the Change of this party fora similar towel. and host laze to• exploit it. As; 2 €Item'_ of Rua.ale, and, a$ hell, -co us el, 'edeas Lolehe'rili. parties were; i 1:perintend the safe-voreitaet or 1010,- Ighiin�� forS.iprelaza€y. The Rou-1 t ttic Itu -"_`n, tetetes !tile tem. being inammi revolutionary scoundrels were a;ist.rzreil mei eeteitrea to their ewe.. alettime with some le^<il anarchists country. Ito get t {itrel big up lo Lhoe moment, Ra;.itovelei gave him authority for the reit Ica,k t Vat; a worleitgeman, ` spee.ial train t i take the Rottman.' who. ei,,,,1:;latt.1 tverytii ng by innate.] lane Seem Calci a to Ilencierle It it thio I'ehacaailt". Dar one c f the Boisheti attern, B rle 1W;.k, t,)1 seee this nzazia who" was a;, ' ate Dan agent, and not only not oaly eaprt eigel hie dee re to help i lied to Boyle about the 1't si*Ion (a the prat eerd, hut, se Wetly gave the the enrol, eat test Petrograd ret- Cattadi;tn pezani cion to leave the ly a day before Beyle. As a resit to tea, and to procure twcnt * Chinese, F } early one morninga gang of Bo1s.b - members of the International Azarny,l a ks, i uowu as the Roumanian Revo- While these Orieat;.a1 gentlemen were Intionar3r Battalion tin reality as nun-- lament by this euphonious name, they leer of Bus,, a ian e ,aped eibeinal'l, were actually paid murderers of ab- went to the prieo,,, mut taticieg the eolutely unblassezi minas.' With -this Roumanian prisoners, placed theist on merry band Bayle retureed to the • board tine eteanishmi ,In2perater town, and. (gemmed to make arrange- Traian, meats with a little ship,- the C'herna- At ago that :horning P oylo rebel'- nl;,re, to take the ai'•isaners to Sebes- ed • tlsi;a inforniatiu,►rew Madame teras, One hour before : ailing -time tfrom to • the hli e for of the Rona a en town, megebed his, party to the ship, Navy, who wag himself one of the .and leaving tin Chinamen at the en - fifty „zaere. Pluckily offering her ir'late of the doer. tohold it ng.. nst '-r:ices a a. intu-pre".er, she tceom- attack by the re velu•tionariee, he man- etin ed the " K.lomiike King" as he pre- aged to get av , with his ,fifty," pris- teeded to turn things upsul -tlowin ; eners and ten Clilnese. • He fir`i procured an order of re-.' On arrival at Sebastopol he' wag lease Froin the Bolshevik reader notified that the prisoners belonged Beashanaw, and succeeded in getting to the Black Sca• Fleet, who would the prisoners from the ship to the take charge- of them,' but that he dock, although they were :till guard- coultt have a special train for hitt- ed. At that time they were • loading self to any destination he chose. As the Imperator Traiart with the villain- this meant certain death for his ous Roumanian Revolutionary Bette.- eh.ateges, Boyle lined up his ten war - lion, and things began to asst:me an liars and addressed them something ugly aspeet. Tide band of amen della- after this fuel:doa.t "Gentlemen, there Bred the uitimetum that the fifty is 5eing to be a >~;,•rap, end I intend prisoners ehould accompany them to it to be a fight to the finish. Will the Crimea, cr be shot Where they y'ou -stand by and help me?" thaw his journey, 13rovidetl he could get a safe-eonduct from General lala�r..eneen, To secure thio ha tele- phoned to the Prime Munster, of ln ltouaitaa, •who was suecesrta 1 , in ge�tela i t Mackensen. Armed with the document, Boyle set sail, and .Banded his prisoners at 'Salina (at the anouth of the Danube), where • the Russians from the Rouluanian prise. Ons were waiting under guard of two officers, The Klonduker announced hi intent tion of sailingwith his new cargo an the Thursday morning, it being then Tuesday, when• a fresh and ' fornzid- able situation pzsenteed itself. • The port was in the hands of the Austriania, who 3Rd.four monitors and two laic ,seaplanes `thee. One small Roumanian eruiser was also ane cor- ed in the harbor, and' on Tuesday evening the e mreander of this ..sup notified Bogle that the Austrian coxrt- mender had ordered hire: to inform the Canadian that he could not sail. The reasons given were that it was a Bolshevik ship, that Austria was at war with the Bolsheviks, and that a British oftcer was on board.. Boyle prote.ted that bo had Mac-` hensen's safe-eor.;luet. The Austrian was not only adamant, but arrogant.. Boyle demanded that the netriants Case he put in NVritin.,g. The com- mander' did so, amidst a verbal duel 'Which was marked by lack of polite. Deas on both sides. The tietuian claimed that he was under orders from the • Austrian High Caw -land(, and not from Mackensen, ? othing al -minted, Boyle refused to t;:zatage his sailing, and sent the fol- lowing historic rnessagc to his •cn- etnys "I am a Briton, and. therefore I keep my word, I say i am going to sail at ten o'�loeli_ to-tnorre* morning, and I will sail at ten o'eioek. to -morrow morning. You • are an Auntrian, and therefore you will not keep your word. •I say I am going to rail at ten- o'clock to -ether -row morning, You say you will prevent me, You shah not prevent ane." lately on .Thursday morning Boyle got steani up, and thc'four monitors cleated for action. One dropped down-rtrear . one'tool: positicu oa the opposite side of the canal, and the ren aining two drew un d redly in front of his little ship. In addition to these manoeuvres, the two seas, planes were mtinned, and thei ma.' (hino-guns trained on •the 4 nturein "1 sized the situation up,"13oy1, said to a friend of his in London soma Months afterwards, "and figured that from a fighting .standpoint 1 hadn't much chance. My boat was only a poor little freighter with one 2 -inch gun in the stern, nut I thought that , if they sttnk me it would be excellent propaganda in stirring up trouble ire- ' tween the Germans and the Austrians. Sb I pat.. my ' prisoners . on sl -one, cleared. all the lane., but .one at the 1'anazzi, at Canadian •wanzan a zaz r'ed ha cttt the telephone -et 6res to the — _ -- •.---'.--••-1010 .. stood. ( A huge ft11u.Y on the right with Boyle held his ground until a riot two 1mire3 in hi;: belt was appointed started and about eighty armed men spokesman. liners the side cf the snip, when he' "You pay us two roubles a day?" r- said. ordered the prisoners 0 board; he . ales. p ones n boa :l, then, though the revolutionary leaders tried I Yes," said :Ire eolonel. to stop him, he forced his way on to I".Very well; we fight." the ship a;. well, con.,cious of the fact , With this substantial backing, tikat what little chance the captives Boyle refused to give up his prison - had of life rested entirely in his, ers. and after some heated coiitro- a? :s. 1 verge the fleet agreed to let hire con - bow and ane at the stern;-aud wait- ed for ten o'clock." At o:oO a message arrived asking the colonel to meet the Austrian corn - meander en board the Roumanian creaser, and.as the Canadian had sug- gested that ship as a suitable meet- ing-ground, eet- ing• ground, be went aboard. The Austrian was extremely nervous, and rn jerky eenteneee informed Boyle, that he had received confirmation of Mackensen's telegram, and his part3' would be allowed to proem'. "Very well," said the colonel; "but 1 want you to understand that I should have sailed with or without your permission," And having thus lead the last word, he boarded the Chernahioro with his prisoners, and steamed from the har- bor. Throughout the affair -.Com-, mender Lazu, of the Roumanian -cruiser, proved a si,;aunt% and fearless friend, Words are ,strange things, The' Most care -Zuni planned phrases fre- gneaitly fain. to convince. Oiteasio-pally, a roan writes .a sentence almost with -1 out thaugllt of construetion, and it' lives for centuries, "I am a Briton,. and therefore t he } map 'my word." We shall not roan forget that. . VII. • Boyles. s xbsequent activities *oral confined to Roumania and south Rus-• sia, but his later work was of a pati-� tical nature, and the War Office will not authorise its puiaaieation.. In Rou-'. mania he took charge of the food situation, and performed such a Dem- ser of offices for our Ally that he has been called "The Saviour of Tien-, mania; and Toe Boyle of Dawson (:city was created Duke of Jassy. Thera is no space to deal, with WSlast great exploit whoa he organized., an exae.ition to save the Russian royal fani'iy. As usaal, he broke down nil obstacles,: and nothing but. the unwillingness of the ill -fates royalties to venture frena their pals • ale -prison in the Crimea etood in the way of their freedom. The King a£ Roumania had asked Boyle to under- take the task, and intende:I to place the Palaeo of Sinaia at the ex -Tsar's • t?isposal, .lend that i; the story of "Klondike". Bogle, It is doubtful if Canadian' bistory tan show a man more feat-. less and audattious, or one whose .a,l-i ventures have been more dt''xonair and chivalrous, I had almost forgotten this. The 1i'renali Government bestowed the Croix: de Guerra en i°Klondil.e" Boyle for invaluable eery -ices .in connee ion with the French. But that exploit is yon -tithing t'riat will have to remain a mystery until the "Klondike King" tasks. And, from my knowledge cif to help mother out when I was not not pruned are a source of loss is tusks. And, flora my knowledgeor at; home. Besides the ccznmlinion their owrers ,r,;::1 to their neighbors. me now?" but "What will be best for my child fifty years from now?" HOW 1 itiade Money. Winter Fancy. In these barren shut-in days Fancy !urea menial -1r ways; I live on a farm quite a &stance Fancy with its necromancy, from town, and as father is always Prodigal the part it plays. busy attending to farm work, and as Per it shows me how the Spriugg mother is still busier with housework, Prom the south -land Journeying I nearly always had to snake the trip With the northward -faring bluebird,. to • town in our little auto, to make win return on azure wing. the necessary purchases. On the way to town one Saturday Tells me tales of pimpernel, morning I stopped at a neighbor's Where the white wake -robin dwells, place a few minutes. While there I And reveals the hoarded honey heard her exclaim; "For pity's sakes Hidden in the wild. -phlox cells. I will have to go to town to -day, and Of its 'Wealth bids me to share Orient aromas rare, All the ectasies of April With the daftodiliau air. I have so much work to do that I don't see how in the world I can spare the time." - Right then and there I bad a great idea. I asked her what she needed in tonal, telling Ler that I would do her shopping for her. She was much pleased, and insieted upon paying me for nay trouble, I refused to take pay, but told her of my idea. She thought it was good, So, as, soon as I had attended to my parehases I returned by the neigh- bur's house, and then went home with our own goods, Then I drove to each farm house within a radius of ten miles, and explained to each pros- pective client that if she was too busy to go to teen, I would go and do the purchasing for her. I charged noth- ing less than twenty-five cents, no matter how small the order, as I could not afford to ;;o by out-of-the- way places for less, Sometimes I. made as numb as $1 from one client on a trip, the amount depending -upon the weight of the purchases. As the farms here aro connestee", by Colne, then, Pettey, bide with me Till the hoar when I shall see The eternal vernal rapture in its clear reality. RC SHE THOUGHT DYEING WAS OLD FASHIONED �F But "Diamond Dyes" Made .Her Faded, Yr Shabb Cid Garments Like New. .0,0.10,14..,. Don't worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond :Dyes." guaranteed to give a new,.rieb, fadeless calor to any fabric, whether it be wool, silk, 'Haan, cotton or mixes goads -^ dresses, biomes, stce?tin;,s, skirts, children'e, coats, -feathers, draperies, coverings, ---ewerythiug! The Direction Book witheach pack - ago tells bow to dia noud dye over any telephone, I never had to go by a color: farm to see what was wa ted—1 To match any material, have dealer merely took the order by phone, then show you "Diamond Dye Color Card- deliverel the goods. From that time "-"" •, """'""'- on, I had all the eommissions I could Take tare of the orchard or use it attend to. I hired a girl in my place for fireweed. 'frees unsprayed ami long Wine. The End. E3lnaril'e S raiment Zelxevcs i7e irelaln. `:Papa Does It." IIow can I bring up my children to cls right alien their father does not do as he should?" 'asks many an anxi- One would almost feel like asking the 'without principle, unless at the same time I teach then- disrespect of him?" is It is n sad state of affairs when things come to such a pass in a home. from each client, as soon as nay busi- ness nue well 'established, merchants Of Danishinvention is apparatt:5 began to allow nae good commissions that bottles !silk under pressure :'a on the big orders I brought them.. that it keeps fresh two years ox I transact all sorts of errands, and mare, I sin- busy front meriting until night. I Dake good stoney at till seasons, The ebeapest way to prote•;t c.tt:• but during the busy season I average, standing haystacks flora stock is to clear of expenses, about $15 a week. weep six feat woven wire fencing And during the few idle hours I had around the steel., hast spring and summer, I raised a garden of my own. From this I cleared ,cs45, besides a lot of canned tomatoes. -3. C. ,, Kinard's Siniaaent for sal. overylvhere. ons mother. "How can I teach them the evils of drunkenness, when he breaks the law to get whiskey? How can I• make them see the bad cffcets of smoking, when he ahvays has a pipe in his mouth? How can I teach. them politeness when he is a boor, or table manners, when his are outrage- ous? In short, how can I teach them uprightness, when their father is n "Papa does it." How many moth- s Survey ers are told that when they correct • And what shall the mother do? Shall she cling to the old standard of ethics, never to hint to a child his father. is anything. short . of perfect, and let him do the ging he should not, just because "papa" does? Or shaIl she make herself 'a new standard, and be brave enough to tell the child he must do what is right, even if sae must tell him his father is doing wrong? Isn't the latter course the only, right and just one? Why should children be allowed to come up with- �! out proper . training because their father chooses toi f ignore the .rules o.. right conduct? Why should they be allowed to think wrong is right, simply because their father doe., the Wrong? Why should they be taught to think any man can do no wrong, even though that man is their fa,ther? They are going to be terribly d:isillu- sioned some day if they are given thio idea. Isn't, it better to start them right? No snottier has the right to refrain from giving her children a start to- wards the best, simply because she is afraid they will learn to think diste- spcetfully of their father. If he is 'not worthy of respect they will quickly learn it. Indeed, the womp:: who• takes this course is not fully shoulder - Mg her responsibilities It is her ;duty to te2ch'her children the things right thinking 'people demand of them, even if she must tell then- the !hotel truth. of her own mus -marriage, Some time the children are to go into the world and learn what is de- manded, of ti"ue.' 'nen and women. What will they, dills": then of: the Mother .'lie failed to do her duty' In ;their minds she -will be on a par with the father she taught them to, ,. reject. But if she has trained then..-' aright they will have only Iove' and fi ' pity los her, for they will understand at what :a cost she taught them. �, . d �_1I1 r ii i toxin s not just is for the gJ day It is for the future -=the eternal future. The mother's one thoughi shot.ld he not "Whet is easiest for mother why she ever married such an excuse for a man, were it not for the fact that we have so many mis- inated couples -in our midst; were it not that every day girls are deceived byfalse Knowing se show.:Rno'tvin„ this 'tve tan but feel sorrow for the woman who must endure life with a boor, and see miniatures of him growing up around her, whom she seems powerless to change. Duro; ilia summer of 1831, we. ;were locating and running trail lines :for the twain line of the Canadian Pacific Railway alone Nosbunsing Lake and down the Vase Creek to- wards Lake Nipissing. A Mr. Regan. 'was in charge of the party, that glut- ton for work, Mr. E. J. Duchesnay 'was transitmen, and Emile Teta leveller. At that time th re was but one settler on Nosbunsing Lake, and what fishing there was in its While we were camped along the =lake we used a lumberman's red boat Ito take us 'to and from - our work, ;when we invariably trawled with a thead lino and common spoon. r_ recollect while rowing to work 'one morning, Duchesnay trawled. I sal looking on. Suddenly There was a itremendous tug at the line. Uttering Rin exclamation Duchesnay. began "hauling' it in, but it was no easy mat- ter. "Twas evident .lee had hooked a big one. Fortunately, however, the !line was a stout one and the fish securely caught. After. a brief and 4deeperate struggle on the part of the Il fish, he was brought alongside of the boat. The question then was, how. to eget him on board? for we had neither ?gaff nor landing -net. At his belt, (Duchesnay carried a neat little 32 'calibre Smith and -Wesson revolver. ?A brilliant idea occurred to me. "Shoot it, Mr. Duchesnay," I called put. Promptly acting on my sugges- Bion, at a range of a couple of feet, or so, he broke his back with a bul- liet, killing hIna 'immediately and a anaskalunge'of thirty-two lbs. weight —weighed on our return to camp 471 i ie evening—was lifted into the boat without any trouble. The following Sunday. rlorning, Du- eehes.-ay and I• took a bark canoe and nvent traveling. We had' but one line ,and took 'it turn a'aote to flsh and paddle. 1 do not recollect how many ,we caught,. but I do remember that. tenor fishing, fol" only a portion' o1' the morning, we brought back to scamp more black bass and dord than ;the whole party of abo tt twenty-two iealthy men could eat, before a good 'part ofthe catch 1went bad andhad Ito be thrown away. 1 do ant know bow many settlers gee), a..;ty ac liv'i. f, about the lake, or. ar a 5a til • a child for something radically wrong. how•much tubing has been done since those days, but unless it has been much fished it should still well repay. a visit of any enthusiastle dis- ciples of the gentle art. .Recollect we had but one common, large red and silver. spoon. How the fish must have swarmed in the lake, then. What sport inlght not expert - fishermen have ,today, with rods and proper tackle? Where could they - find finer camping grounds either, or lovelier • wild scenery of lake and woods? When we had left the lake a few miles with our survey we got into the umdulating":bruTh country along The Vase. Creek.. What a, paradise that country was fora ertemen, then, before its world old sileaace had been disturbed • .Iiy the 1odomottye's wris- ts. Moose, bear, lynx abounded. Never a day •passed that we did not see fresh tracks of them, The bear andlynx we never. 'saw- . What aki- mals ere more shy or wary? -A moose oecasioanally We did; One day, while rennin`";the line along a side 11111,-.ia1 the open. bruits country, we sacs sin magnificent r ioore. But, of 'coar'se, no rifle was ever carried on teline cu dive could only watch them trot away, What strides they took,.. with what ease they negotiated fallen timber; men"•1vt � s abOut mid -summer, if re- tbci rightly, Of that year 1881, somewhere:,''otg stile "Vase. We had rodnan on that serve y; that morn.: ing, however, one of the chainmei* was laid off, for _sickness or some- thing, and I was told to fill li.3g place. As usual, that morning, Duchesnay set up his transit, and as usual the axe.en lolled About, lighted their- pipes, heirpipes, or gave a final touch witb' whetstones to their axes, -while the 1010 waited for line. In a few momenta! the transit was int readiness and Dai e-liesnay turned to inc. "Get a good stout - four by. fours inch, four foot dry stake, like a hub - stake, blaze it like a hub-atalee;' eta mark an it with red keel, i,n big lets tars, `O.I'.E. Station 0.' Prom now on this line 'win be known as The Canadian Pacific leaiiway, not '.t;a'cl Canada CotitIal:" He turned to the men, `All `'rt 'itt, 'boys, stick up A • picket and get Ikite now.!' ` iof '!stns I had. the dis.� notion na a7r ing and driving in the iii' t station stake marked, C.P,11,, Etzlnk there $R a stationation no somewhere ,bout there, ealletl Cale gone out to rote' at usual, 1•was at • The sugar crop of British Guiana s 1101V estimated to be twenty per cent. less than that of last year. The production of 1915• was 107,560 tons. If this forecast is correct the sugar available for e iport will not exceed 75,500 tons. 41101111r. When Fatigued Acupof OXO is both re- freshing and invigorating. Ready in a min- ute --the minute you . want it. -a% `129 i 100., 25o,, 13, 3,15, 52.25.. .4, 4 .-i Au URE, The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto Office 20 King St. West 4% allowed on Savings. Interest computed quarterly. Withdrawable by Cheque. We% on Debentures, Interest payable half yearly. Paid up Capital $2,412,878. ALT All grades. Writs for priaei TORONTO BALT WORKS G, L CLIFF TORONTO i Not A Meanie mars the perfect appearance of her cam- plexion. Pemu anent and temporary sldn troubles are effectively concealed. Reduces -un. Natural color and corrects greasy skins. Highly antiseptic, used with beneficial results as a curatives for 70 years. Oa Jia . , !;ri;1 197 -17 - de = 1 J-1nee • MrS laNgkie ottamearsiliera 1010 lag 1 ea ea 11 avianWspiiiiff {ii IMMun'e%:i:itxr Have Your Wea h Done by Experts Clothing, household, draperies, linen. anddelicate fabrics can be cleaned and made to look as fresh ait•d bright as when first •bought. 1 a i . • ..Is Properly bane at -Parker's. , It niaLes no dieierence where, $ran Bye; ' pa; cels can -be sent in by mail or •expre'ss; 'I1ie: same care and atten- tion is given the work ,as though you lived in town-, -We will be pleased to advlsc you en eny guesticn regarding Cicening or Dyeing. WRITE US. a._.. orks Limited ye W !ewers �e �rs "s`i`il31s St. 6 Qi'Oii't I