HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-7-21, Page 61,•11,
B.y The Law of Tooth
and Talon
By 10.ERLEST
OORE r.A. yLoR
(Gopalotited)
CHAPTER
Quickly and quietly, bailiffs' he:sled
the 'stunned prisoners out of the room.
At a side. deereof the building- motor
--ears-were in waiting - and in them the
prisoners were rushed to a special
railroad coach attached to a train that
would take them -to the prion.
All of them but one.
Neileon found himself separated
from Ms fellows and shunted dawn a
hallway to a small room., bare except
for a tablo and two chairs. And in
one of those chairs sat his wife. tShe
held up a tear -stained, haggard face
as the door opened, then she rushed
across t1e. room and flung herself into
the convicted mart's arms. His hand
gently stroked her head, until she hid
exhausted the fountainhead of her
tears and as able to look up into his
eyes. Then. he led her back to her
chair andt, reaching out for the other
for himself, discovered that they were
alone.
The guards, who had accemp.anied
Neilsen had stepped out into the bane'
way and closed the dear behind them,
But &though neither Neilson nor his
witUe knew it, invisible ears heard
their every word and carried them to
Chief Milton, sitting in an adjoining
room with the receivers of two dicto-
graphs clapped to his ears. Beneath
the table the sound -transmitting little
instruments were skilfully concealed
and the wires which connected them
to the receivers hidden from sight be-
neath the fleeringe
Chief Milton had laid a trap to try
and learn from Neilson's own mouth
the hiding place of the million and a
quarter dollars which the Bolshevist
Inner Council had confided to his care.
But not even that astute and far-see-
ing man was prepared for the revela-
tion which was to eome.
"Don't worry, mother, don't worry,"
Neilson begarr, seething,ly. "I will be
all right and you and the children are
provided for. Every month a certain
trust company will send you a cheque
ample to provide for all your needs
while I am—am 'away. And when
Dome out there will be more to take
care of us all for the rest of our days."
"That is just what I want to talk
to you about, dear," she replied. "I
will never touch a cent of that money,
either while you are gone or after
you return. Fur 1 ii/TOW its source.
-Thc night that man Lebrune came to
our home and you talked. to him in
th.e library I overheard every word.
I was not asleep as. you supposed. I
heard his voice and Ievent downstairs
and listened. 1 did not trust him.
is eleaa money. 1 earned it in the
business, apd--I laid. it aside for you
and the children in ease I had to leave
you, I did not think then that any-'
thing; besidestdeath 'ever would cause
mci to leave . The otherre I
did not fix go you could get. Deep in
my heart I did trot want you or the
children ever to have to spend a cent
of it, for it was tainted, as you say,
• and I feared that the sorrowsof wo-
men and the tears of little children—
the things which it was intended to;
bay—would be the sorrows and tears;
of my children. That Is all.' 1
A moment later the door swungl
open, and Chief Milton confronted
them. He cros'sed, the room and upon
I the shoulders of each of them he laid
a hand,
I "Mrs. Neilson," he addressed her
first, "I happen to have heard every
-word you two, have just spoken. From
your lips I have learned. a lesson in
patriotism which -always will stand
out for me as a shining- example of
the worth of most of our fareign-born
who have taken out 'citizenship papers.
I did not know how yau felt about
your husband's ease. I knew of the
money he had hidden away, but I did
not know whether you did, I laid 2.4.
trap for you and him to -day .in the
hopes that if I had net told you be-
fore, he would de so here when con-
vinced that he c-ould not escape prison.
My men have trailed yeu, and I am
glad to testify right here to the fact
that your loyalty is unquestioned.
"As for you, Neilson," he turned
to the convicted man, "you, too, have
learned a lessen. You,• own con-
science will flay you an.d punish you
more for what you have done than will
the discipline of the place to which
you are going. Some day, and pray
Gad it will not be long, you will have
the opportunity, in a measure, to
make -up for this thing you have done.
When that day comes, I shall visit
you in your -cell and offer you a chance
to go on the witness stand for the
Government and assist in tearing
down the monstrous machine you have
helped to build. Will you take it?"
"I will," said Neilsen, stoutly. "And
that day will be the happiest of my
life, sir.''
Then, for the first time in his life,
Chief Milton s -hook hands with a man
Whom he had helped to convict.
R 9 E S
The Toronto rf000ttal for Taeur-
ab1Q5. 10 aCtlliatlon \VIOL 13e11evue and
Allied .11.08,Pltals, New York City,
01-'17(rs er three Years! Course of Train_
ing to young 'women, baving tho re-'
quieed education, and desirous of be..
oeming nurses., Thle Hospital haS'
adopted the 0g:11r-5)our oysteln, ,The
pupils receive uniforms of the. School,
a monthly allowance and travelliror
expenses to and from New York For .
. further information apply to tho What Interests' Fariti
"What tree subject is of,the greatest
! interest to , the -farm Nvornen of year
Superiritendotit,
anything went wrong and Charlton
, was enable to make a prompt report to
Chief Milton.
"The day of the big doings is set,"
began Stella. "It is next Friday, [onitPl three days away. In some way the
Inner Council has learnecl that Neil-
son and Lebrune got away with ail, its -
funds, and it has been decaded to steike
with all its strength at onee before
the men who have beer promised large
suras for their part begin to demand
their money. If all should a'o off ac-
cording to schedule, which aye know
it is not going to do, the Council fig-
ures on getting enottg;11 money in its
hands to pay off. If the plane should
fall through, •as the fat president re-
-marked, the Council doesn't care
Whether the I.W.W. leaders ever get
their money."
"Which sirnple statement of fact
Ill bet is a quick way of describing
whatmeet have been a riot when the
C,ouneil met," grinned Charlton.
Stella laughed at the recollection
that evoked.
"Riot is a mild word," she replied.
"Fora mornent I thought the fat man
was going to swell up and burst. The
news wee broken by a woman member
of the council. Seems like she had
been given a cheque for five hundred
dollars signed by Lebrune and Neilsen
weeks ago andelm,dn't cashed it, or
even tried to, until yesterday. There
was something funny about that, too,
according to her story. The Council
had voted: to give her the morrey and
she had insisted upon getting it at
once. That,was at a meeting of the
Council. Neilson tried to put her off
until the next day, saying he would
give her cash then, but Lebruno sided
in with her and so Neilson gave in,
wrote out a cheque which both he and
Lebrune signed', and Lebrune handed
it over to her: Neilson tried to talk
her out of it on one pretext or another
before they parted and finally got her
to agree to bring it to his office the
next day and, get cash for it. That
night Neilson was arrested.
"Well, Mrs. Peabody went down to
the bank on which the cheque was
drawn yesterday, and I'l bet she raised
an awful howl when he was told there
never had been any account there in
the name of the company behind which
Neilson and Lebrune were supposed.
to be hiding. MTS. Peabody is no fool
and she knew in what banks the fund
was supposed tot be derposited. She
made the round of them and every-
where she learned the ;same thing. She
was fairly boiling over last night and
she- could hardly wait for the Council
to be gathered together before she
hopped to her feet, and shot off her
mouth. Finally the fat fellow got tired
of trying to stop her line of talk and
he pulled out five hills from his pocket
and threw them at her. That stopped
her all right, as soon as she had count-
ed the money and found it amounted
to five h'untired dollars."
"That seems to he what they are all
after—money," remarked Graham,
dryly. "Go ahead. I &MIA mean to
interrupt."
"The Council decided it would never
do to ask the President's Council for
more money at this time. A million
and a quarter is big money, and the
high moguls might think some one
was milking them if they were told
that the Council here was broke. Oh,
I put up a beautiful speech to them
along that line. I figured the less
money they had the less they could
do. So we Bolshevists," sarcastically,
"are planning to give you a little bit
af the hot plate on a bobtail flush. In
other words, the Council is going to
bluff along without the money.
(To be continued.)
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Day is Set.
Stella was bubbling over with ex-
citement and news the next time that
You had never remained away from
from she met Charlton at their rendezvous.
home at night until you met hi
They no longer met in the park upon
had never been worried or cross' or the secluded bench. The place held
nervous before. I feared for you, my too many unpleasant recollections as
a result of the cluel between Lebrune
dear; I did not knew what wa._ wrong.
You would not admit it to me and so and Vogel, recollections which not
even the fact that it was there that
1 could not learn that you were plot-
ting against the country which had they had told each other of their love,
given as both shelter and a home and; could overcome. Instead, Charlton
liberty and privileges we never could had asked her to, write him when she
have had itt the old country. I be-awashed to see him and he would ar-
heved that you loved this country as range a meeting place.
He •arrol Stella had agreed that they
much as I did. Had I known that you
were breaking your pledge to her I' rn, ust put aside their personal feel -
would have turned you over to the ing-s for a time, that duty must take
law myself. Don't shrink from me,1 precedence over love and that it would
dear. I love you. I will always lase be most unwise for them to be seen
you, no matter what yon have done.I together until after the Government
You are the father of my children. I had struck with all its might at the
But I cannot and. I wild not raise those' Bolshevists and rooted, them out. To,
children on money which is not right_ I meet openly might prove dangerous
far, for the girl if they ,should be watched',
fully ours', money which was given
the purpose of harming our country. because Charlton feared that stpies of
I will wait for you, dear, and 1 Tem; the Red's might have learned his idem -
work my fingers to the bone to give i tity and he felt sure that death, swift
my children a -rid your children all thel and sudden, would. be Stella's portion
advantages which they would have if the Inner Council once suspected
had otherwise." that she was betraying them.
Dry-eyed, she held his eyes with her So a new method of meeting and
own, while she waited for him to re- talking without interruption was' de -
ply. Suddenly the man's head sanik cided upon. The girl took a taxi to
to the table beside him 'and Chief Mil- the edge of town and there dismissed
ton's ears told him that great sobs it. -When the driver had turned, the
were wracking his frame. machine around and was on his way
Then Neilson raised' his he'acl again back to the city, a big touring ear,
and faced her. driven by Alfred Graham, drew up,
"My wife," he said, taking her face, paused only long enough for the girl
between his hands .and kissing her full to step on board and was off again
on the lips', "you have taught me to- like a shot, to prowl along slowly upon
clay a lesson that 1-cannever forget. lightly travelled, ro'ads, while Stella
You have shown me as courts., an•clt anal Charlton talked. When they had
juries, and
judges, and iron bars can finished Graham would' drive them to
never Shaw, just what I have done. 1 a little town upon an interurban rail -
go to prison joyfully- to pay the debt road. On its edge, the girl would
I owe, to expatiate in hard labor and. alight 'and walk to the station where
remorse the wrongs that I have spon- she, would take a train back to the
sored.. Take the money and give it to city. Charlton and' Graham would re -
the Government. Let it be used for turn by motor. The latter part of the
balking and -blasting its enemies, the scheme Charlton explained as soon as
rnen and women who duped me into She was seated, by his ',side in the car.
believing that they 'and. I could make "It's rather rough on you, sweet -
a 'better count -1T than. this already is. heart," (he whispered, the last word
I will give 'yeti a list of the banks in lest Graham overheard), "but it's best
which it isdeposited and I will write that we take no chances. Now go
out the orders which Will turn every ahead and tell me all you know." •
cant of it over to you to do with what Graha.m had throttled down the eno
you say is best. gine until it was barely audible, for
"But 'the monthly cheque which the it was thought best I that he should
trust company will turn over to you hear the entire conversation in case
INtritr-Ctuality.Incpttorny
e 'combinati:rm ofpurity
has made Ma'S
iic atin
qoallty and ecottomy
Powder the rtandarclg
111' baliitid powder of Canada':
Positive!y cont4ns no/
alum or otherlujutious
substitutes:fts use insures -436.1'e4
satisfactii
"Costs' no more thotn tbe
oritimaty kinds"-
- Matte ;Ira 'arra.cila
TS W. 022,71Zrir COMPAITY UMITID
• WINNIPitc$ TOICICTITOy CAM mot,emaa.s.
"Beyond the Pale."
The expresson. "Beyondthe pale"—
meaning "outside the law" or "beyond
jurisdiction"—owes its origin to the
fa.ct that the word "pale" is used in
history to denote a circumscribed limit
of authority, a definition which dates
back to the time of King John.
This monarch divided that part of
Ireland which was subject to English
rule into twelve counties, and the en-
tire district was known as the "Pale."
Inside the "Pale" English law was ac-
knowledged and obeyed, while the
land outside was in an almost con-
stant state of uproar and dissension.
For this reason there sprang up a
reference to matters being "within the
pale"—or managed according to law
and order—as 60trairy to those which
were "beyond the pale," or in a disor-
dered condition.
Minard's Liniment for Dandruff.
'Porter -House" Steaks.
Many people have attempted to
trace the origin of the term "porter-
house" steak to a man naaneci Porter,
who is supposed to have kept a res-
taurant in New York.
The real reason for the term was be-
cause, in the early part of the last cen-
tury, there existed 'in New York "a
number of public -houses wnere ale and
porter were the favorite beverages Or-
dered. These taverns or saloons camp
to be known as porter -houses.
The proprietor of one of these es-
tablishments, on being asked for a
particularly tender and appetizing
steak, made the experiment of' eating
the top off a joint which had been set
for his personal nae. The customer
was so pleased that lie called a day
or two later and demanded another of
these steaks.
The fame of the tavern, and its
steak soon spread, and it Was not long
before epicures throughout the city t
were asking for porter -house steaks,
and butchers, learning the Se.cret cf I
the out, adopted the teini themeelves,
• se i
Y • re writer iecently
iI acl-
dressdd this inquiry to a number of
women prearine.nt in rural affairs and
celculated to • know the inird of tee
I average farm worami.
"We are interested chiefly in help,
'igoctrhus1)id5) make a good living
071 the "farm in order that we can have
more of 'the comforts ancl luxuries
that, are now denied the farm family."
In nearly every instance, this was the
reply to our'inquiry. While edueation,
recreation, 'health end many other
topics are of the greatest interest to
the Sarni women, the most absorbing
problem in her mind at -all times is
apparently the problem of helping
her husband to make more money so
that the farm may be made a better
place to live.
We haVe frequently 'observed that
the farm woman knows more about
her husband'; business than is the ease
of the wife of a man in any other oc..
cupation. 'While tfhe city man's wife
usually knows but little about her
husband's store or 'factory or office,
the country wife knows and under-
stands all the ins and out of the tasks
on the farm, net infrequently helping
her husband with these tasks. One of
the great cornpensations in farm life
is found in this close fellowship that
exists between the farmer and his de-
pendable Ihelprnate. Because this fel-
lowship is not always found in the
eity home explains in many cases the
steady grind of the divorce courts. The
proper relationship between man and
wife is always -possible in the country
while in the eity, in most instances,
the wife is onlearemotely interested in
the business life that holds her hus-
band during each day. A -well-managed
home; a healthy family, comfortable
and clean living conditions—these are
the things that help the husband suc-
cessfully solve his own problem of
making -the farm produce the enaxi-
mum results.
Hot Weather Recipes.
Lemonade--Rearn out the juice of
one-h.alf dozen lemons and remove the
seeds. Do not disturb the pulp that
was reamed out with the juice. Turn
this juice and pulp into a pitcher and
add one cup of sugar. Stir to dissolve
an'd then add three pints of water,
Otto cup of finely -crushed ice, one-half
cup of -finely chopped mint leaves
stripped from stems. Stir well and
serve. ;
Punch—Six leintYS,- five' 'oranges,
Ream out juice and then place in a
large howl arid add two- quarts of
crushed ice, three quarts of water,
two and ane -half cups of powdered
sugar, one smell can of Crushed pine-
apple. Stir with a wooden spoon to
blend and then add one small bottle
of maraschino cherries, cut in tiny
Cherry Ice Cxearn—This recipe
makes one gallon. Wash one and one-
half pounds of cherries and rethove
the stones. Place in a saucepan and
add one and one-half pounds of sugar.
Cook very slowly Until the cherries
are soft. Cool and then rub through
a coarse sieve. •
Place three pinteof milk in 'a sauce-
pan and add orte-half, cup of corn -
'starch.' Dissolve the starch arid bring
to a bail. Add yolk§ of three eggs and
one-half cup of sugar:. Beat to blend
and then beat in very slowly the pre-
pared cherry pulp..,. Turn into the
freezing can and place.in the freezer.
When frozen to a seftenush, add stiff-
ly' beaten whites of;eggs and one cup
of whipped cream.; • give a few turas
to blend and then iemove-the dasher
and pack. Allow to stand 1 or two
hours to ripen. Use three parts of
ice to one part of salt for freezing.
The Reason.
Madge rushed upstairs as if she
were storming an enemy—upstairs,
across the hall ancl atraight into Aunt
Kate's room. "Aunt Kate?" she cried.
"Yes, child?'
"Why don't people like nie? I've
come to you bccause I know, you'll tell
me the truth. Don't try to let me down
easy. It's bour.d to hurt, and I wani;
it over. They don't like me, and
yeousoaninde re
Iboostohnk„now it. There must
b
t• hey
ypedrolint
apsiiikti—,snI,tMadge Fowler that
Mudge- avide an irnpationl: gesture.
"Don't!" she cried. "I've been left
out of three things in two weeks.
That's a proof. I want the reason."
was going to say that it wasn't
Madge Fowler, but one 11;;1 e trait. of
Aladge Fowler's that they dread."
Madge lifted her head.
"Well ?" she said sharply.
Po yen remember the photographs
that Mai'ie flenson took of you last
The one with my hair thallfling
nown t1 sup s
hrier a4nndotimheeltinegrise two111;lerPeY1thaftlat
jumping the brook arid lool; all „feet?
I'm riot likely to forgot them,. Marie
gave me the 'films after I went up in
the 'air 01,76T them, hut he wouldn't
give inc her own prints. So' there they
are in her 'boek, shown to anyhodY she
tikes a notion to show them. 'to It
makes me hoil to thirik of theM even
low."
"Whyl"- Madge turned astenislied
eyes upon her an it, "Because' they
aren't fair. I don't pretend' to be a
r113.73,11elltY1 I blAusi
kI tnh-t
te 1 °°4-c e • N
di 8a1 ye°1 ehd° claY1);
st
know, just seeing,these snapshots!"
lsangryentIC„atoo'ene:.teatly eyes met the
gi
"And1Iadge1.11crwavli'
erin g
is c4biligg t n%a yit,flned eaanrci
pbscky and can love einsellishly, but
she makes people uncomfortable be-
cause her mind is,like Marie Henson'S
prints. She likes to tell jokes upon
people constantly; and to some•people
the jokes seem no more lair than
Marie's snapshot of you coming feet
foremost aoress the broolc."
For a moment Madge stead in stun -
:1(eay
dteS.,i,lerr,co. Then she spoke: "It maY
be hard to digest, 'but I've swallowed
your dose. You're a brick, Aunt
A Hume Motto.
- What better verse could we 'frame
and hang ou our walls as a motto of
our hunie, titan this, by 'Max' Ehae
mann:,
Wheeer thou 'art that entereth here,
Forget the struggling world'
And every trembling fear.
Take from thy heart,each evil thought,
And all that selfishness
Within thy life hall wrought.
For once within this place thou'lt fina
No barter, servants fear
Nor Master's voice unkind.
Here all are kin of God above—
Thou, too, dear heart; and here
The rule of life is love.
•
Taking the Poison Out of
-
Printer s.ink.
The United States Bureau of Stand-
ards' .has been helping the Public
Health Service, by making analysis of
inks, to find out the cause of skin
trouble which commonly afflicts the
workers in printing and e.ngraving
plants. It affects those parts of the
arnis, and hands which are constantly
in contact with colored inks.
The trouble in some cases is a-naere
rash on the forearms and hands; in
others the skin assumes locally a scal-
ly appearance, followed by blisters
'with itching and burning* Occasional-
ly ulcers develop.
It is a serious matter, and has long
been a puzzle to physicians,. The
printers have been Mclined to attri-
bute it to the introduction of substi-
tutes for oil of turpentine. Persons
who have a dry skin suffer most;
those whose skin is oily are least af-
flicted.
A thorough experimental inquiry
has now Ied to the conclusion that the
mischief ' is due to. absorption of .the
oil and pigments in the ink, and to the
methods commonly a•dopted for remov-
ing the ink from the hands and arms.
A dry skin is comparable to a blot-
ter, which readily ab.sorbsthe oil- in
the inks an•cl the pigments carried
,with the oil. On the other hand, the
pigments are less easily removed from
a dry skin than from a skin that is al-
ready oily. Therefore, in the case of
a dry skin more scrubbing is required,
whereby the skin is irritated.
Removal of the ink from hands and
arms at the. end Of the work period ,is
usually 'accomplished in rather brutal
fashion, washing with mineral oil be-
ing followed with soap and hot water
—perhaps san.dsoap or pumice soap
helped with a stiff 'brush.
Sawdust mixed with liquid green
soap will be -found much more effec-
tive for the purpose, used with warm
water; and, if lanolin (wool -fat) be
rubbed over the arms and hands be-
fore beginning work it will 'make much
easier the subsequent removal of the
ink.
The uns.hot of the experiments is a
recommendation that a mixture of
lanolin and olive oil, half and half,. be
kept in the washroom where printers
change their street clothes for work
clothes.. Before entering the preSs-
roorns• each Worke,r should_ be required
to rub the stuff well into the pores of
hands and arms. At the end of each
shift be .should remove the ink with
a mixture of soap and sawdust, which
will accomplish the object readily, and
without injury to the skin. •
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Did You Ever See a Deal
Tree?
Canadians whose country owes so
Much to wood, should pride them-
selves on knowing what the different
timber terms mean. Sometimeper-
sons speak of a centain article as made
of deal, When they are asked what
kind of tree deal is they are at a loss.
As a matter of fact deal is not a kind
of tree but a pieoe of wood. Aboard
is one inch thick; o plank, two inches
thick; and a deal, three inches thle,X,
The. word is not need in the lumber
trope in the States, and in Canada it
isr.clirietly used in connection with the
siiii4pM“,ke,rahltn(2 1" t Britain.
a convenient size for certain British
woodworking industries. Since deals
are chiefly -made from spruce, balsam
fir, pine,, • and sometimes hernlocic a
secondary use ot the word in ISIngland
s to indleate some kind of "soft" wood
or wood 'from a cone -bearing tree. In
Canada, howeVer, the:word is not used
in this sense and "deal" always nieans
a piece of wood of a certain" thick-
ness.
na rale Liniment for 13tirns etc..
•
11.11444XV. WW.Y.4j. • NOT'
oars Cit' all types; '41 'ears riold. F
jec5t, to doircery ua,to ;09 ei1190,,er ofor
run 'Of'' distaxqual it you wish. re'
.6:664 0.:r0r`•44", or
rico rortinglei):
RING, Meohanio of your -own cholera,
to took them over, or ask tui' to
,take any ear to at* rolorest*tatlY13,-Pr.,
Voi-y larre
Wind.
arealteZil` lift4'Aar illarkst...___.-
d0a Tear. Str9014 '
The Debt of Hpnetr;
Onr nation's ,debts,are,pilingettp, the
war debt is iminenso,
But one 'great debt ,we have to pay re,
• gardlesst, of expensey:.
It is the debt we 'owe the , men who
fought far,ms andibled,'
And'wha Lor healthy living Limbs wear
wooden ones instead. •
It is the debt we owe the men who
,
come" with "broken lives,
To struggle 'once again to keep their
ohildren-and their ,wl r es ;
Ain„engthtelier a tinlairi'llitee_sn;c310tIrieomteaarkosf, these,
And 'daily in the streets, aditl'isquaree
c a 1_41,1:v1 oeltaa
pass e 10 • Walks.
The; mat tic:aie,c'ttplliialfa
cgsi s, sproucl he e
ee mftnon-
and -children at the lure°,
And suffering W0/.11011 pinchetl ar,d
starved in hauses cold and bare,
While wealth and' ease go,rolling by
without a thought or care? '
Across the sodden plains „oil death
thess men. have charged and
Sought, .
They bare the agony and strain ansi
our salvation wrought;
They did not swerve, - they did not
flinch, but on and on they.
pressed
Till in the rain of splintering shells
came one that gave them rest.
Shall we, then, now forget the peat in
selfishness' and ease '
And ,say they have no claim on us,
such glorious .men as these?
If on it nation's throne to -day' our coun-
try takes her seat,
It is the work of broken men that pass
us, in the street.' h -
Bestow not on the dead your praise,
they heed it not above,
The men that live aud suffer still are
they who need your lova;
The very stones cry out to us, too long
have ws delayed,
The debt of honor faces us and that
debt must be paid.
Quebec, 3 -elle 21, 1021, Canon Scott
•
Catching a Bear Cub.
Some time ago a surVey•or in west-
ern Pennsylvania captured a bear cub
after a lively ard amusing chase. He
was walking quie,tly, along wheu he.
saw the little hear not a dezeu yards
away. It s-eemed not the least afraid
and he started toward it, expecting -an
easy capture, but -when he was ,within
a few feet of it the cub turned tail and
scrambled up a chestnut tree, from
the crotch of which it gazed clown u-
011 the man_ as if challenging him to
continue the pursuit.
The' surveyor threw off his coat and
shinned the tree. The bear waited
until he was .elose upon it, then walk-
ed out upon a limb. The man crawled
cautiously atter it,, again thinking of
an easy capture. But he was
taken, for for the cab, ,Seeing him too
near, doubled itself into a ball and
droped to the ground. The than got
to the ground in ,slower fashion. Mean-
while the baby -bear had climbed an-
other tree.
The surveyor, then assuming that
the cub would repeat its tactics, took
his pocket tape line, made a slip noose
in one end, and placed it beneatit the
limb from which, as nearly as he could
calculate, the bear would drop, if it
tumbled froth the second tree as from
the first. Keeping the box end of the
line in his hand the surveyor climbed
the tree.
• The cub waited until its pursuer was
almost' upon it and then walked out
on a limb, as it had before. The man
cautiously followed,, and the bear
walked nearly to the end then dropped
tot the grouna. As luck would have it,
the cub ,c1ropped. outside the noose,
but when he turned stepped inside
with: his fore feet. The man instant-
ly drew the line, and 'there was baby
bear caught by its fora begs. It strug-
gled and snarled, but only drew' the
slipknot tighter.
The- man descended to the ground,
holding the line taut. He had quite a
fight, with the cub, but finally con-
quered, and the little fellow submitted
tobe led honie, where it ,soon became
tame.
Friends.
Friends, in every human heart
That heats, beneath a breast,
There isstill a secret part
Where truth 'and goodness' rest,
Jewels of surpassing worth
Lie waiting you to bring f.
Them to the light of men and earth'
If you but•touch the Spring.
Bandkok, the capital of Siam, is a
fl Le • t' city containing 70,000 houses
eacn ..
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greaseaml dirt, Magnetos, gears,
springs, .complefe tires, eta.
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RR I T 15 fl CPV:ERNIVIENT
HAS SIXTY ON LIST.
FOreignersPI,ayNow Purchase
Ships Hitherto Offered to
Aritish Citizens Only:
The British government lia,s now de-
eided, to put on,the market far sale to
foreigners as, well xis td jiritlsh bilyers
all the ex -German -ships -whieh,' it has
been oanflfyei..ing ,ffitherte to British cite
• Ten small cargo steamers have al-
readybeen reported sold back to Ger-
Many, and it is .expected that a cen.
siderable number of the otb,er ships
turned over td Britain, ae a result of
the war, will go back ,to Germany.
II Lord Ineheape, who hits had charge
of the sales, on behalf of the British
government, announced that at .the
beginning of this nianth the ex -enemy
shins would be - offered for sale, gen.
erally, As a res&t, not only cargo
vessels but some large liners 'built in
Gernsaii yards may again fly the Ger-
man flag in the tranreatlantie 'trade.
May Purchase Liners. ‘r -
According to the lateSt available 114
of the vessels for -sale, there are
chided the Cap Polorzio, of 20,597 gross
tons, built in 1914; the -'rirpitz, of 19,-
300 gross tons, conapleted last 'Year„,
and the IVItinchen, of 18,000 tons, still
under construction in Germany.
Other well-lmown ex -German vessels
on the sales list are the Pretoria, Graf'
Waldersea, Patricia and Bremen, rang-,
Ing between about 11,500 and 14500
gross toes. There are sixty steamers
on the list and eight sailing vessels.
The ten vessels previously announced
as sold to German interests are an-.
flounced to have been purchased by
Rob Slontan, Jr., a -well-known German
shipowner. These vessels, which e.re.
understood to be for the Baltic trade,.
are reported to' have been distributed
antong various German. companies,
one of them going to the Hamburg -
American Line, Good prices are said
to have been. realized.
German Funds Available.
"Looking around the circle of pos-
sible buyers," says.a British shipping
paper, "it seems to as that the Ger-
mans are the most likely to endeavor
to obtain possession of these ships.
, They have a certain az-noir:at of M011ey
available for the purpose, being 10 per
cent. of the reparation fend paid to
German owners by 'the German gov-
ernment,. This is the niaximum pro-
portion of the fund which is allowed
to be expended outside of Germany. ,
"What sort ofa price VeSSOIS
fetch on. a free market remains t be
seen, but there is reason to believe
that German OWIICTS can afford to pay
much more for the ships than British
owners can at the present time. An-
other possible purchaser to whom re-
ference may be made is the Argentiue
government, which has recently intro-
duced a measure into the Argentine
Congresg for the, establishment .of a
mercantile merino and for the vote ot
a considerable sum of money for the
purchase of tonnage abroad.'
"Whether it is a wise policy to sell
the ships back to Germany is another
cluestion. Objection is being made to
these sales, but it rather missee rhe
point that British owners have -been
forbidden to sell,their vessels abroad
and still are. If they had been allowed
to do so the prospects for British ship.
barilding would be. very much bettea
than they 'are to -day. As it is, old
British tonnage is a drug in the man
ket arid heavy losses may be madeon
reparation toima,ge. We think Lord
Inchcape is wise to let some one else
hold the baby."
They -Enjoy Taxes!
Whatever the lot of the taxing au-
thority in Canada, his way in Papua is
cast in plea,sant places.
The Papuan feels himself insulted if
he is not taxed, Most of us would be
quite willing to suffer the insult.
This desire on 'ale part of the native
to contribute te the revenue is re-
enedtf0by
Judge
geMurray,t
Governor
The money raised is used for the
direct benefit of the Papuans.
The object -of the tax is always ex-
plained to the people, and not only is
no resentment shown, but the natives
seem to regard the payment of tax
as conferring F...ome distiection upon.
them.
The tax -gatherer is .received with
cheers, and exemption from the tax
is bitterly resented,
The tax -collector had finished his
work in one vOlage, and, in pouring
rain, was proceeding on his way to
another place. His carriers well
ahead, he was resting by the road,
when he was overtaken by a breath -
les native, who tendered him £5, ex-
plaining that it Was the tax for himself
end four, other men.
7'he messenger said that they had
been away trading, and, on returning •
and finding the tax -gatherer gone, his
c„ont..).,pftriinciloailisanhdadr,,d,etphreltetadx,him. to find
-11
The "a- ,
could not talre the mom*,
paperS were it long way ahead, and
even if it were, otherwise, receipts,
could not be issued in heavy rain, The
natiVe was greatly distressed.
The tax -collector then „suggested
that fhe five rtarnes she:aid be scratch-
ed on his tin match -box with a pea -
knife, anti the receipts sent later. no
natiVe aceep,43t1 rhis solutlo,ti of WI
ditliete,ty ineaNtra,