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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-12-7, Page 2BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH 011(14AR ly that he thought be was with the threw of his bat and brushed his hand .osses or at Mrs. Haeterty's for the ear-0es his forehead, dancing, "[tight, mother," he said elewlY• , Iiis voice was tmck. She smelt whiskY On 11-i hath as he turned to the next room. Hurrying hock-Nee:le and forwerds from the fire to the table, lifting the dirmer she had kept warm for hin-i by the fire, she did not hear the first words of, the storm that was 'brewing in the inner room. I.fifting the tray she eateled it in, but on the threehoicl ehe stood 'still, her heart coact at the sight a her husband and son. They were facing each othcae all the antageni,am • that bad, been latent for menthe, between them, ablaze in their . • CIIAPTIent XXVI, When Davey came in from the Wirre,e, the night after- Mrs, Cameron had been to see .Deirtiee and: the Sehoolmaster, 'Donald Cameron was .etanding before the •fire, ki He had saeething all the way of the long drive from Nifirreefeest; 1 lart his wife, by the eet Of his leee, Cepyright by Hadder ed Stoughton keew that sentething unes,u,a1 had CHAPTER XXIV,---(Cont'd.) done verY well in hie Place. He had happened. Ho steed: before the fire, Nab taeee'a, some, affair with Mc- bro,u,glit. oft one hargain sot- place waiting for. D-av,ey ceme home„ Nab troubliag Devey," Mrs. Cameron nes.s that his lather vaguely resented+, listening for the sound of hh is oese's went me. "1 don't know whet it Is. and Davey wes cheek:Cul of . OYi feet, the yelping f ti g in theeves, hetrayed„by eyeey laps, et then Oh, dordt< know what be's been dwou o- nride over. - lyzad thaasrsi t ld annaunee his arrival. ing to get mixed tle with MeNeb in There had been chafings and creas`» Before' they had left the salpon-white faces. She put her tray 1 -yards, on the tame. _ packet o. enything—I know he can mean DaveY ings of will, two or three times. Mary as he was sitting in the high boggy DCa f no geed whatever. He has sworn rn to Geeeen treeMed when she heard before they cleave off, he had e'etit her onald ameron had , eapersin his hand. The torn enveloPe have vengeance en his father for long them, Anxious feers fluttered' and htiek to look far Davey and tell -him eo he had eteeen them from „lay on the euough, They say you're the most filled her with foreboding every time coMe home as seen as the sales were floor. dee. If only you'd help me to keep ed helplessness and crippling- pain \ems the edge of a group a stockmen, had h;e14°°'1holik,4t, t4ellierh.,;; y,1°Ake.:trk'tet.hanlynle" beautifill, WOrnan in the country, Deir-1 her husbandr's ireitability at bis chain- over. Davey, a lean, lithe figure, on , Davey away from itieNal3's! You directed at Davey. The boy's short recegilieed the urgency in her voice, Davey's heel beee when. he kissed her atter there had. been high words be er°nr" Mli1e-k 1.)°s's 11'14 said' The Dye 1,Failed Sweater "Davey, dear, e la sa once, 4.--1's she gave the meaning' of them." 4:0 °°°--ldi He'd do dnYthing f°r Yn°u in answers with an underlYing contempt the aPPeal bf her eyes, David took the papers. He peshed the old days, Wbat, is it bets come in -them fanned his father's sinoulder'.. I lliM the message. , . • • oamt a chair staring at them. between you?, ing wrath, 1 "We were just fixing -Up to ,hava a (Tc: be eontirmed.) Mrs. Caineron's es were. verY like " sh 1 d id game of p,oker to -night, Mrs. Cam- tween them, "try a.nd be 'a little morel * She .seught DaveY's eYes• under the trees, Deirdre thought, She put her band u-1. Mrs. Cameron's. p,atient with your father. It's hard shadow' °X his hat was tiVer,thern• He • • -hi b rik f the unlight be- f • th eti life•he's led He's ginge with the lash ef the 'long whip, Skirt, Draperies '7, -n -°\v,, en him having te sit in a chair like stood for sa mement flicking his leg- Diamond',Dyes A shadow darkened. the ri d Ineaking the la o a this a -tei e a ye • Yond it. The Schoolmaster came in fretting his heart out to be up and, cu•rled on his arm. at the door that overlooked the roe,* doing things, and seeing them done "Right, mother! I'll come along An exclametion drew his, gaze uu presently," he said. the far end of the room. the way I l'k " "There's no pleasing. him, mother," She y le a es, went back to her husband, her heart .sooth.ed. Mrs. Cameron held out her han'd Da.vey said, shaking her arms from But his to him. him. ' s face all the way 'home had She had not seen him since the night She knew he was right, but Davey filled her with fear. of the fires. Deirdre -went to her lit- "Has :anything happened to upset tie lean-to of a kitchen and busied father these days. Donald Cameron was almost DS S1111 en and surly as his yea, Donald," she asked. „. "Aye, matter enough," he replied'. herself making tea. kept him going all day. The by was When she returned, Mrs. Cameron doe -weary when he came into the "What is, it?" she ventured,. was sitting as she had. left her, on house at nightfall; then there were the wicker chair with her back to the entries to make and book-keeping to light; but there was an added pain in do, accounts of sales and movement ef her eyes: her hands la.y limp in her stock to render, and nothing but carp- -Deirdre had a, tray with tea and At time, ing and fault-finding for his pains. the h late the cups on it. he set it down en one me, in e evenings, e being ached to know. She hurried on with the dinner so that his the table in the middle of the room, used fo take out his books and read Jenny would be warmed and they gathered their &airs about interitly for hours, sprawling over the father's inner man tahle, till the candle flickered down and comforted before Davey arrived. it. i and his mother eaid sof bly; "Won't He was an hour or two later -than Mee Cameron said, smiling at the they were. When he came into the kitchen she "What a nice home you've got,"• you go to bed. now, dear?" knowing that late hours were -never an excuse, Schoolmaster. "Deirdre has turned in Donald Cameron's eyes, for failing i went up to him and put her arms all." d him. to he out after the cows before the rouri out a wonderful hou2sekeeper after 1 sun was up. But now he lay in his "Whatever you do, don't cross your The Schoolmaster laughed. 1 ehair, long legs stretehea out before father. Davey dear," she said. "He's t h He "You'llehear soon." He lapsed intusilence again. She knew that there was trouble sthead for Davey: What it was she could only imagine; every fibre of her "She was always more eager to be him, after he had given his father an 'possuming and ehasing calves with account of the day's work, and got Davey than to be learning to °°°k and , from him direetioas for the next; and sew, wasn't she?" he said. 1 there was a sullen, brooding leak on "But after a while she made butter his face, an expression in his eyes as well as I could." Mrs.. Cameron. that it hurt her to see. smiled. "And as for spinning, Deir- i Deers face had change.d so within dre could take ray old wheel and twist the last few mo,nths. It was a revela- up a yarn for me in no time. Will you tion to her. There was a firmness of let her came seen to stay' with nie for line about his chin and upper lip that a while?" eyea.,, ea.used her to glance from. him to his The Sehoearnaster's eyes dwelt father. Little of the boy was left in on Davey now, she realized. What there the gml for a moment. n was ley in his eyes and about his "There are not enough ehildre mouth. It was as if the child in coming for schooling. We won't he 1:11rad eventful day when you were at t e he for much longer," he said, ewea „, were dying hard. Something na hint him bitterly, she surmised, and same time 'happy, sad and scared to e,ruseg,...• up to Steve's soo7n." she wondered whether it was bitter death? 1- 'mean Yeur vredahlg* clay' aseeraTswhupen,,, Steve's ." Deirdre thinking hard riding or the life he It was all too good to be true; at least, - , - t - f -1,t, i " in accordance with hi- temper t The S,cheolmaster did not answer at was leading with strange, rough men it seemed that way, and you e n- e , amen , once. that had brought those cra•ases about clined to ,piech yourself to see if you Don't he,' to make him over. Love him as he ie. .If he is a smoker, light his his nose, given his face its dour man- were dreaming. Wasn't it fenny to "When Conal gets b•aela I want to limns pipe or. cigar for him, and let him see him first," he said. "We'll just ---iiiis man D see the big husky fellow you loved, be staying a few weeks with Steve for aveY waseia stren?'er t° mostly for his very strength and, knock thg'_ashes anywhere he pleases. over him, as a holiday and then be leaving the clis- h''r. g-idehrerbs'eabitabrarnhad been snatched i ' thou. h ' - manliness become paniesstricken -with! You• asoYe-lhirn better" than y-ou love , t-riet again" from her arras. She wanted to know' fright Why, his knees popped to -1 Your, house furnishings. Let him know, h every chalice you have, that you didn't in. a queer temper to -night. Davey looked a er stupidly Every "Diamond Dyes" package tells how to dye or tint any worn, faded garraent OT drapery a new rich color that will not streak, spot, fade, or run. 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Cameron sat talking to them him, to understand his ways, of think- ef the every -day affairs of her life, a in,g. But he had a new and strange little longer. Then she got up to g°.' manner with her. His mind was shut. get -her like a s, oe makes his first speech. And you were marry him merely to make you a liv- scared too, but somehow it sweetened ings If he is not adapted for such things (and, many men are not) don't complain at him because 'he doesn't assist you in cleaning up the dishes or nursing the baby while you are busy or doing anything that is properly a woman's job. No matter how busy "Is it true what they say --that he He kissed hei.- in a perfunctory fa.sh-, the episode for the two of you to be when they were outside. him, he stiffened under them. In round -1 nervous. It is neither here nor there will lose his sight?" she asked Deirdre ion, and, when she put her arms as to whether the preacher included Deirdre nodded. She could scarcely sympathetic sensitive fashion she 1 the the world would be blotted out for "obey" in the ceremony, but • speak of the time when the light of knew that he was guarding the king -1 word dom of himself against her. She had when he asked you if you would cher- ever fatom „Dan. some subtle warning that he was "We saw a doctor in Rene. He said afraid of her love, of her tenderness, so," she replied. which, with its fine edge, might pry Mrs. Cameron's exeltamatIon was in open the in-ner shell of his being and the soft tongue of the spinning song discover the trouble and tremulous she sang when, she sat with her wheel eery of emotion which lay hidden In the garden. Deirdre did not know within. the words, but ehe -understood their , She was afraid of offending him, went with them. g m with her castle spirit, but .pueely for your afraid of approaching ha th h °WTI these little nothings in holding two distress and the little gesture that affection and sympathy, afraid not to sake and for the sake of the happiness people together and endeal. e them respect the reserve that he had put of your husba.nd. When the minister — - *ille more and more to e,ach other! We can CHAP 1 leR XXV. between theme Yet her anxiety- tor- asked, "Do you promise to love, cher- Donald Cameron was made of the menting her, one day she.said: inane 01.1T liVCS one 'Continued' 1 v '`. stuff that gives confidence a.nd appre- "Tell me what is tr•oubling you, ish and ,cornfort this man in sicknes:s ' • • ° e- -, story just, the same as we can make -; anci in health?" your "I do" sounded them told dreary, sordid' and scarcely t ,the question 1 ' ' ' ' elation grudgingly. He was obsessed Davey? Tell me. It is breaktng my . , , e by the idea that no one could do any- heart to see you like ,bhis."."- nlign'Y -wee • .s worth the living. d t • thing as well as he could. He could "There's nothing to tell, mother," want to ask in all g°° `-na, ine 1 ' only s,atisfy his own reckless desire he replied sharply. Have you'kept that promise . 1be- up be and doing by girding at all For a long time he had net been lieve that in a great measure you Make a Bead Necklace. that was being done for 'him. If corning home till late. The silence of have. I venture to assert that you A pretty •bead necklace may be have fulfilled your "I do" as well and made of sealing -wax thus: Heat a perhaps' better than Husband has. goo 6 -sized steel , knitting -needle over Household responsibilities are so an ekeeel -heap „and press alai -ahoy numerous, so monetonoue, so nerve- into a piece of sealing -wax about the Lrying that much allowance must be siee of the head desired. Hold the made for little omissions, and for a piece oe wax which is on the needle degree of what might be ealled oeca- above the flame, turning it slowly sional oversight. But if neeessitY until an even reued bead, is formed, compels us to be a trifle negligent, then dip it in water to cool. IS the let's see to it 'that our negligence ls beads are to he made in blended cal - ish and comfort the man y your , you are while he is at home, keep up your "I do" sounded mighty sweet a lively conversation all the while. even to the spectators. Ilow it must Cultivate an interest in what he loves have thrilled the noble _fellow by your to talk about.' Let there be lots of side!harmless fan., innocent joking and The, question I am about to ;ask you playfulness every day. Originate some is not put in a shritical tamitine sar- nonsensical byword. Oh, the value of PRO lar A Gillette shave is now everybody's for a dollar --within the reach of all. Nothing stands between you and a genuine Gillette. 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Place the butter in cracks that have been seeildect with boiling water. Use one or two -gallon, crocks. tPack the butter in firmly, then wrap each ,erock- with muslin, sterilized by 'boiling. Place each crock or several crocks. to- gether, in a larger crock that has been scalded, and let cool: Pour over the crocks, containirig butter, a brine made ef water, salt, sugar and saltpeter. Make the brine strove enoughte floa.t an egg. FOT," every. °three pounds • of 'salt, use one pound of sugar and one- fourth pound of powdered saltpeter. • Minard's Liniment for Warts. It takes a gallon of milk to make a pound a -cheese. Davey had been less efficient a stop - p it weeldehave pleased him better. He would have liked to see mistakes made which would assure him that no ene but himself could run Ayrrmair as lt ought to be run. But Davey had the long evenings when she sat and sewed by the fire and. Donald Cameron glowered into it, .smoking, had been unbroken. 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In fact, let's .allow P'everyiliing to go wrong before he is slighted. Oh, I clatizt mean "sli,ghted" as to his meals or hi's ,cloth- ing or as to a comfortable bed, but - . ore, heat e.acfh atick of wax in tern and dot a little wax on the cool bead; then hold the, head over the flame again and turn.The 'colors, when warm, wila ,flow around the bead', he - slighted in those little loving ,aftten- terming -ling and forming pretty tions which are snob, trifles, but which stripes and designs. Coal the bead as are ;,the very life of a husband. °all before in' the water; (117 and pass, over men oveiagrown babies, say they are spoiled and unreaionafble, ar what not, the feet is ,and will ,always be that they net only dike to be "Made over," but must be made over If you get along -with them: One of the sweetest traits of a sweet wernan is to recog- nize this little whim of hex husbancl and humor it. . 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Malte8 yotir Skin sOft4 lirhifte, clear and smooth. 411 dru ggisis. sell For Nerv us Headaches Ts THE RELIEF from head - 1. ache or neuralgic pains worth one cent to you? That's all it costs for an application of "Vaseline" Mentholated Jelly. With the first indication of a headache.rub e small atnount of it gently on thp forehead and temples. So convenient, effec- tive J1,nd economical 1 CHESEBROUGE MANUFACTURING, COIVIPANY (Comelldated) 1850 Chabot. Ave. Montreal 11,,wahtlf,111s..9ki,sn, ase, - Trado ‘„ FIark E I C)I. TE etit'Otatee JElLY ' 11921M161211123.619X..Opiteemaranweasteppfaelle115112.! IIIMSAMINAsa, 'eves gorenes by warming and circulating blood Stop ti dull, insistent aches, by relieving the' painful con- gestion. Skeet's does thhe Without lubbine, it quiekly penetrates Me sere spot, stirn- Wadies the cireulation to and through it. Congestion is re- duced, 'aeretlerei ;Allayed, the pain. relieVett Sloan'r; relit:yeti newo,0115 totioclog, l)aaislicq the panel Qf rhetunal iron end nee 55101, 'Been k P Id] GIS 111 51)r:61, Slops 15 i we-elm:ever CAtlaWiOrt rou800 wan, blade to Cetitarire LighirrienVitiiispain4 LET F LL 35c "DaRderine" Saves Your Hair—Ends Dandruff! Delightful Tonic HOW LONG SHOU WE SLEEP'? Many people, concerned at what they believe to be loss of emelt vale. able time in eleep, are anxiono to ltn.ew a ow rnany hours are absolutely neeefe 4ary for this regularly recurring loss Of conSciousness. In (neer t() hive ,et all we„niust,have tind PlentY of it, Sleep is as neceseery es food...A. physiologist kept eolue puppies awake tor five deys, at the end of which time tliey died, though they were taking food; where» as controls whicli were allowed ,to sleeP it MUCI1 as they liked, but from which food was withheld, survived te the twentieth day. A certain amount ef sleep is equiva- lent to a certain amount of food. Pee - vie who sleep past breakfast time 'arp oftest not particularly hungry when they awake, and are quite willing to wait until lunch-time before partaking of food. This period of unconsciousness, 'dur- ing which the whole of the exhausted central nervous system undergoes re- construction and renewal, becoraleg recharged with fresh stores of nerve - energy, varies in quality in different P eriofls. Sons e are h eavy sleepers; oth.qrs are light sleeper's,', and between, these there are a large number of gradations, It is obvious that persons engaged In heavy manual tell during the clay, their nervous systems loaded with fatigue products which act to some ex- tent as toxins, will require mere sleep at night than 'those at the other ex- treme who have been merely engaged in killing time with the least possible expenditure of ppysical or mental energy. Hence the impossibility of Iaying down any general rule with re- gard to the hours of sleep for adultsi.,,cr The personal factor is such a domin- ant one, Napoleon is said to have done with no, sleep worth talking about; I-Iere- obeli, the astronomer, slept little; Dr. Graham Bell, of telephoned fame, spl- cloth slept for Mare than four hours at night. Indeed, there are scores of in- stances of great men who took but a few hours' sleep. Its quality, however, Is not on record, and, moreover, the great central nervous systems of these famous men were in seine respects ab- normal. The nervous organization of the average man seems.. to require about eight hours' sleep out of the twenty -four ---either more or less, in accordance with his degree of fatigue. heathy person who sleeps undis- turbed has had su Lb. cien t sleep when lie wakes in. tbe morning, and should then get up rather than yield to the temptation of another forty winks. To do so is to over-thael.,g,e in sleep, a Imabit which fosters• weakening of the mental fibre. Oirthe other p1.4,•, peo- ple who habitually go to bealb late th,a,t they'have to be awalterted..in-pa morning .by the ringing of an alar Probably• -f -do not have -enough Sle'ef -add will:feel the bad effects of this deprivation in due course. Of the Particular hours out of the twenty-four considered raost suitable for refreshing slumber, tradition avers that those prior to midnight are best. Probably, however, the real advantage of the "early -to -bed" habit is that it enables' thoseew-ho practise it to enjoy the definitely tonic effect of gentle exercise in the -fresh, stimulating, and exhilarating air of a fine morning. Individuals can ascertain for them- selves how much sleep they require. If, when they awake spontaneously, they feel refreshed, they have had enough sleep and- should get up, but if, on the other hand, they feel dr.oweasi a,nd depressed whea they open aiergr eyes, they require more sleep, and must go to bed earlier. Hurry! It's your duty! Bach day you see a little more hair falling out and you are making no effort to avoid baldness. What a pity. Palling hair me,atue your aair is weak, sick, --pos- sibly dandruff is- strangling it, or the hair root pores In the scalp, are not firm and tight, thus wastIng the „hair - growing oils, ,Danderine ,almost instantly stops falling hair •or men or women and cleans, every particle of dandruff away, then the hair takes, on new life, vigor a‘nd strength to grow strong, thick, and long. - , Da,nderine is delightful ----not sticky Or greasy.' Cl -o to any drugstore now and get a bottle, Use it I-Iave healthy, heavy, beautiful hair ancI lots of it. R uptu re Kills 1 GOO ainnti Seven thousand persons each , year are laid away—the burial certificate being marked "Rupture." Why?" Be- cause the unfortunate ones had neg- lected themselves or had been merely taking care of the sign (swelling) of the affliction and paying no attention to 'the cause. What are you doing? Are you neglecting yourself by wear- ing a truss, appliance, or whatever name you choose to call it? At best, the truss is only a make -shift ----a false prop against a colltipsieg wall—and cannot be expected to act as more than a mere mechanical support, The binding pressure retards blood cir- culation, thus robbing the weakened muscles of that which they need most ---nou rishmen.t, inveiet:asctoience has found a way, and very trussro A8311;eff eareliesitn right in the privriey of their own home. The PLA.PAO method is unquestionably the most ecientific logical and success- fet fi a' Ean, 0111; for rdpture the world has ever known. 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It occurred to an -inventor some,tints ago that it woulid be possible by usirug several layers' of,wood, -cut at various angles to the- grain, to produce.a ma- terial of enormous strength. end so plywood -wits made, which, weight for weight, as vastly stronger than steel. r.elie layers., sometimes -no more than oneactinclredth of an ineh thick are glued together axle subjected to great pressure,. The result le a material lit- tle thiekr than stout paper which will bend but not break. It is 'being- used nowadays for all kin,ds of•puxposes where strength and lightness axe, required. lt ie even em- ployed for making ,the wings of :tem. illaiollU Stices,s,ful was the idetaot -using several layers ef materialIt has now not only Ty7wood but m . Lo metals. fox they also have a, grain fav You kn,ow bit nicael or silver plat- ing is clone by means of electricity, a thin coat of metal boittg depesited by means of battery- curxents. The same precasts is being used to build up "piy- imil,00it:atlels,"a,br;totootioineisttsyt of aonlynoIa.syoolirl meseby maug metals of varl0it0 0110 he ea nsistprocluded.of amazing streng* erlal capital, its Moat above the swMi thaP er1:7 oth•I'