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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-7-16, Page 8GREEN TEA `7C`hose who have used ,japan, ,Yaun�d Flyson or Gunpowder Tea will fppre. elate the superiority of this delicious blend, always so pure and rich. Tw ' it. Love Gives Itself THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD BY ANNIHI S. SWAN. "!Lave gives itself and is not bought."-Longteilove CHAPTER XXII.-(Cont'd.) When they filed out of the dining room he found Miss Dempster in the lounge, and they bade one another a friendly good evening. 'Well, have you had any luck?" she asked, for Rankine had confided to her during their stroll along Broadway on the previous evening that he intended to start his search for work that very day. "None," he answered in a low voice. "I should like to tell you about it, but the rain was pouring when I came in. many hues were visible on her face Can we talk here?" and that Tier pretty hair was plenti- "No, we can't. I have a sitting - room upstairs. I had to, you know, fully streaked with grey. But it was in self-defence, for, if one has to live a strong, fine, womanly face, the face of a woman with a heart which the in a boarding-house, one must have some haven to escape into. Will you bitterness of life had not altogether come up?" seared. Rankine assented with the liveliest "But first of all, of course, Mr. Ran- feleing of satisfaction. There was no kine, a man -or a woman either for nonsense at all about Jean Dempster. that matter -has got to know his job. A man could be perfectly at his ease Now if it's a fair question -and of with 'her, without the fear of foolish course' you needn t answer it unless. complications. Then the fact that she you like -what; is your job?' was, in a sense, a married woman, "L haven't any. I suppose I must further defined the relations between write myself down as a member of the them. They were simply fellow -exiles great unskilled and unemployable whom chance had thrown together- community whom nobody wants," he exiles belonging to a nation which is the most clannish on earth! Rankine could not forbear a little exclamation of pleasure when he. en- tered Miss Dempster's sitting -room for the first time. A little.. wood fire had, been lit on the white tiled hearth, and its pleasant glovr and crackle seemed to fill the room. It was not large, and it was very simply furnish- ed, but the colors were restful, andit was essentially a woman's room. A work -basket stood open on. the centre table, with a white blouse, on which she had been working when the gong sounded, lying carelessly across it. A lamp with a pink shade helred the suggestiveness, and Rankine felt a sudden sense of homeliness and com- fort. • "I think it is most awfully good of you to treat me like this," he said gratefully, as he took the chair to which she pointed. "Oh, no; it's nothing! Heaps of Scotsmen and Scotswomen have sat in that chair. We have a Scotch Guild at our Church, and I look after the girls in it. 'I hope you will come to Trinity one Sunday and be intro- duced to Doctor Wardrop. You may smoke, if you like, while you tell me about what happened to -day, I knew, directly I saw' you come in, that you had been disappointed." Rankine, with increasing gratitude, took out his cigarette -case and lit up. "I haven't a very exciting story to tell. I've come to the end of my `intros,' as Affery irreverently called them. He was right about them every time. They're not worth the paper they are written on." "I could have told you that," observe ed Miss Dempster quietly, as she took her seat at the table and began to finger her work again. "Then how de people get work in a place like this?" Jean shrugged her shoulders, but in her quiet eyes untold depths of pity bay. She was a very observant wo- man, and :had had exceptional oppor- tunities for the study of human na- ture; she had therefore had no diffi- culty in placing Rankine, and she won- dered what could have happened at home to throw a member of what is veiling space at flim, anfl he niet her eyes with an underst€inding sympathy,' !'HO'W long: if, i; rosy' venture to :ask the question -how long before you expect to migrate to Hueter's Quay?" She crew in her breath with a little catch. "In another three years I'm hoping to be able to do it. Mother .and Mamie, they are werking and saving too/ I get two letters a weep from them. I had one te-day. Have: you written home yet?'! "Not" ''he answered 'heavily. '"I wrote . on the beat, befgre we landed, tho hist nicht I spent on her. I and waiting I iiiiist wait ,until I have something d'ilnite to tell them.", "Yes, of course, Blit they'll'be very anxious," she said, and ,waited half a moment. But when he did not res- pond, leeereee and, from a.drawer in the little •oak;+•bureau, took out some photographs,. "The two I'ni working for," she said as she handed him the pictures -ono of an elderly woman with a sweet face framed in a widows cap, and one of 's a little hump -backed girl. with the i pinched, thin face and the haunting eyes so often seen in those who suffer. "They're all I have in the world, and I'ni all they have, but God is tak- i ing care of them for me till I go " back." Rankine, more moved than he dared Ishow, regarded the pictures with rev y i creat eyes. .. "You area good woman, May you had through her hands in New York; G get your heart's desire! he said quickly. madeans- wer. she An you. wer. Whereat he rose rather abrupt - but then they had sunk chiefly through their own'folly or vice. This man, on whose face was set the stamp of clean- living and honorable dealing, had to ly and said he must not trespass on be placed in a different category al- her time or hospitality longer. together. But he was not one you could She 'Understood that a wave of rem- question. She, however, . could wait, embrance had swept over him. Her having proved- in her life that most deep eyes grew very pitiful. When things come to these who wait. the door closed and she *as left alone, "The same way they get it in other she at quite a long time without put - places," she answered, and as she ting in anotlxer stitch, puckered her eyes to thread her needle nearer the light he saw that a good CHAPTER`C1`tII. FRIENDSHIP IS A ,BREL TERING TREE. Judith Rankine,, curled up on the window -seat of a little; old-world house in Cambridge, was knitting her brows over a letter which had come in by the forenoon post. It was not a long ,etter, and most certainly it contained nothing she wished to know beyond. the assurance that Alan was quite well and work- ing hard. But what he was working at, or whetherhe was achieving any sort of success in that work,.were the two point conspicuous by their ab- sence of assurance. It was November now, and all these months, although they had never.,been left .absolutely without news of ; their. dearr vagabond, it was only news of sorts, and did not satisfy. There -was undoubtedly something absent from these letters, some note of hope and definiteness which had, more than once, laid' an ice-cold touch on Judy's heart. • "Now I wonder," she muttered to herself, `"whether Carlotta has got one to -day, and whether it is like that? I'd' give much to know." uin-from the read, it all over a She g mysterious Forty-second ''Street ad- dress to the signature and then'be- gan to weep. ""There's something wrohg! Some- thing omething frightfully, hideously wrong! I'll have to go to Carlotta." As she'sprang up the door opened to reveal old Christy, who had waited for what she considered a decent time before she came to inquire for him who was undoubtedlythe dearest of all her bantlings. "Well, Miss Judy, an' hoo is he the day; an' when is he coming back?"' There was a monotony about Christy's inquiries, and she persisted in talking of Alan's journey as if it were a ;mere pleasure trip, a sort of - grand tour of the world, such as young gentlemen of his class were wont to take in the old days before their edu- cation could be considered complete. It was admittedly difficult for an old retainer to associate the idea of seri- ous or paid work beings performed by a member of the family she had served for two generations. "He is quite well, Christy; but ori, I wish I knew what he's doing, and that I could see him! nil not com- fortable or happy in my mind, Christy. I've.• got a horrid, sickening feeling that there's something wrong." "Let me see his hand o' write? If he can write, there canna be much wrang," said the old 'woman, stretdh- ing out a somewhat: shaky finger. Judy passed over the letter. "You may read it, Christy. That',s what's the matter with, .it! There isn't --a word that matters in it from beginning - to end -anybody might have written it! Ile `says the winter is going to be hard, and that there have never been ,• so many birds seen in the Central Park and that the squir- answered with a swift bitterness. "Not necessarily. You must have gifts that can be used somewhere. But judging from what I see, I don't think New York is the place for you. American business methods are very different from ours, and they affect a profound contempt for our capacities. I don't think you would fit in., If I were you, Mr. Rankine, I wouldn't stop here." "But should I be better elsewhere? I have no technical knowledge of any- thing except state management" ""You have always lived in the coun- try then?„ .. _ .... W "Most of my Iife." "Then if 'I were you I would go West and get on the land. There are plenty of ranches and wheat farms there, and the owners. would be glad to get you. And there's a chance out there. In New York there's none un- less you part with your principles and your self-respect. That's what I hon- estly believe." "It seems a poor look out: for the city," he said briefly. '"I wish I could explain, buti can't! I've been here just on four years, and I've come in contact with all sorts and conditions. The standard is low -the moral standard, I mean. You have heard of the'graft system? It's the curse of New York life from attic to basement. Don't stop here, Mr. Rankine. If you've got:the world to choose from, get out into a bigger, fresher air. Into God's air -to put it straight! I should, if I were a tearer I'd go where I could help to build up, instead of pulling down. Rankine listened, considerably im- pressed, yet Jean observed him set his jaw with a kind of doggedness which seemed to proclaim that he would conquer New York. ""Your friend Affery' didn't want to stop in New York, did he?" she asked. "No, he said it was a- bad place to starve in," answered Rankine with a slight, hard laugh. ""Had' he sampled it in that way?" "Apparently, from what he said. He had some extraordinary bee in his bonnet about gold'in the Klondyke. He's gone out there to try"- and find some buried treasure a dead man had popularly known as the upper classes hidden, taking . the secret with him, to Se completely on his beam ends. Many the grave. He asked me• to join' him ttocial derelicts from Scotland she had "Well, and why didn't you? It would have been better -than New York." "I had several reasons, the chief it m . being that it would have taken all y spare cash to get there; and from what I could gather there did not seem much prospect. Queer chap he was; ,. but you couldn't help liking him! We were room -mates on the steamer and it was a godsend for me that he was tolerable." Prom these words Jean' Dempster gleaned what she particularly' wanted to know -whether. the man who inter- 'be- esied her deeply had any resources hind him. She had decided that they "titer every meal'" 7 ;Parents:- encourage the 7dren to care t ,�iZ their teeth/ ivc theart Wrigley"g t re/nerve5 food X parti�eles► front the teeth. Strengthsns the tuns(. dombats acid Mout reshing, and beneficial!. f82 TILT J aP T �eFIT nowt towit urr Nd, 2a- 15. must at least be limited, else Mrs. Isaacstein's house would never have ,received him. She now surmised that there must be a story of some poig- nant kind behind all this, for certain- ly he was not now in the eirawn- stances or environment to which his birth entitled hind �" „ I can't understand, he said pre- sently, "how, if you tike such a low you drifted York ifs estimate of ew Yo lf N life,. here, or that you stop in hill ""Oki that's easily explained, I told you already I had to get away from Scotland. America seemed the easiest and the quickest front Glasgow. And when I got here I found some good ,friends whoshave stuck to ,me. I snake a good living; I know exactly where I am, and what my prospects are. The onlychane I shall ever make is to thacottage on the Clyde I told you about last night." She smiled bravely across: the inter - to Carlotta, who had received it with' a starting tear, "Carlotta is too tired to go any- where . an Sundays now, Christy. They're killing her up there in Lon- don with two performances three tildes a week, and rehearsals for the new piece. I thought her looking thin andetired last time I saw her. I think. I'll go up at twelve -thirty; It isn't a matinee day, and I'll perhaps be for- tunate enough to catch her. She's given up `Society "functions for the time being, thank goodness, so, if she isn't rehearsing, she'll be at home," (To be continued.) GIRL'S PRAC.,TICAL SCHOOL AND VACATION FROCK. This delightfully simple one-piece frock having side -front closing is made of apretty design in'checked gingham, with collar, cuffs and belt of plaid contrasting material. The fulness 'over the hips is held in place by a narrow. belt starting at the side front and circling. the back of the dress, fastening under opening at the opposite side. The.pattern is cut for short kimono sleeves, but provides an extension for long sleeves which are gathered into, a narrow band. Sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. 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Gotrd' gra- cious! What have you given the child? There's no medicine in the cup- board." "Oh, yes, there Is, mum. It's written.. on it," and the girl triumphantly pro- duced a bottle labelled "Kid Reviver!' eyes were dim; -and the long, flowing' handwriting with its careless flour mou" s acreage at :'present abandoned fishes confused and wearied there. and free it for migrants, but to pro - ("There, Miss Judy, My e'en, are vide power alcohol for Australia from not soillimitable and local' sources. • guidas they were. Jist tell nee whats in t. • "I have told you," said Judy, with a note of defiance. in her voice. "There, are more birds than usual in the Cen- tral Park, and the squirrels have ven- tared in lyladison Square. And next week, probably, he; will tell us that bears and wolves are walking down. Broadway! It's all of a piece, I tell you, Christy! Something's gone wrong and rotten with the State of Den- mark." "When is Miss (,ofty coming doon?" inquired Christy. "As like as r " _„ riot she'll ken mar(. Ita w s annwrllin mission and u g ad it had taken Carlotta a long time, and all her eharm, to win the suffrages of the hard -faced ;old woman who had mothered Stair. But she was won, and. Christy, on the tad quiet Sunday Carlotta had spent inthe little house at -,Cambridge; had confided to., Judy that she wasna half bad, an. that, eften,, a', the laird niich,t hae dune wain..," Thereat, Judy had laughed, and passed on the judicious commendation. 1• V f,, IIR /!//i drt � //if1fe ■; !foul .Y,MONOI CANADA•CAW CO. .T D. t baN 00.TONOMO I 'MO7tL .: UVE h I{ VAN00 M AT.J011N�r N.E.1,1.11 Cord Wood 5,amr Users Write Simonds Canada Saw -Co., Limited, 1660 Dundas St. West, 'Toronto, Ontario, for prices on Simonds upecisl Circular Cord Wood Saw Cats are proving very satisfactory in keeping London's rats in check. One firm of wharfingers maintains , an army of fifty feline guards. 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".d T'E S1Uti Y SIDE We humans are really' very funny when we think of itt We are always yearning for the sun and saying; ''',Ir only the sun would shine how different things would be!" So they would, for there's a new world in •a beam of sun- • shine. But as soon es the sun comes" out, we put parasols up and draw down the blinds and find the shade .at the earliest momont. i • Yet'a ray of sunlight spells "Health" in large letters. It has a way of giv- ing everything its proper dimension; and exposing all things in' their real colors, 'Ile shadows tend to diecalor. Our eyes are too easily deluded by the shade, That is why we always' go to , the daylight - when we are: in doubt about the distinguishing color. Shadows affect everything, They are 'unnatural. We sleep amid tlie shades of nifht, for they are not of primal m- portance to our labor and service ex- pcept to give us the opportunity for re- cuperation. Men walk safely in the light. Darkness is a fearsome thing, and we shrink from it. We rather value "the bird of dawning that sing- eth all night long."' We thank God for morning and. its freshness and hope. Then a new world begins. The shining difference to of the sun Again makes a dr ence our overnight resolves. ' The shadows, too, get into oaf• life. We find this to be so as we listen to talk. You say to a business man: "Well, how's business?'r..7e replies: "Oki', I can't grumble," or "I can't com- plain,' as : though grumbling.' and cone plaining were to be the outstanding; things of .his career. Why should he expect to grumble and complain? Who is he, who is anyone,td assume that right? Life is a sweeter, bigger thing than that. lien only murmur when they live amongst the shadows. Sun- light would make all the difference if these fellows would but go into it. Disease 'germs are prolific among the shades.. It is the sun that becomes the finest disinfectant the world knows. It cin cure anaemia ,in all things and make the blood supply pure and .life-giving. A sun bath . is one of "Heavens best gifts. If, instead of deliberately selecting the thing that is drab and sombre, peo- ple would walk where. the shadows fall attheir feet, they would be better in every way. In life generally, and our associa tions ' particularly, we need. to use • every ray of sunlight.. If a man is 'go- ing to discover the flaws be need not look -long. There are many of them, and a man need not be a' genius to find them. Let him but live amongst the shades and he will soon qualify for fault-finding.- Irl the. sun a. Than has little disposition' to finderror;' he is overwhelmed iizl'th the brilliance of the moment. . He will there learn to throw light on life in general: Unless we can -do thia we shall mist our way. •�,. As a rule, we find what we look for. Tho most beautiful or devilish thing in this world is human nature. It is all according to where we Took and what ,we look for. That is the differ- once between the optimist and the pessimist. They both -look at the saipe e are s its •ench d hot. s his small fresh d, in mark. a o,' '. • ra..a„as,•.-,garia prefer$ Turkish methods. In Brittany the housewife things no coffee worth drinking unless made from beans she has roasted herself. The Italian idea combines the methods of Brittany and Prance. The Austrians : are more original and make delicious coffee with milk topped with whipped cream. The Mexican drinks a brand of cof- fee peculiarly his own. Ground coffee- is placed in a cloth bag, which is im- mersed in boiling milk and water sweetened with brown stick sugar. In Brazil, Chile; --and Paraguay they like their coffee black and -often. The Cuban pours and"repours cold water world, bat not in r the sante way., There over finely -ground coffee' contained in are beauty, love, trail(, and honor a flannel bag and uses the extract ob- tained for making cafe au lait or "cafe shine. We shall never find them if- noir. we retire to tale shades when they ap-,, The native of Algeria takes strong Pear. black coffee in the street, purchasing the beverage from venders who boil it over portable stoves. Coffee from Ye- men has an especially free flavor, duen it is •said, to, the fact that the Arabian waits until the ripened pads fall to the ground before gathering the fruit. The choicest products of Yemen are 're- eer.ved for the -exclusive use of `the Shah of 'Persia. No Den. My husband certainly- does enjoy smoking,° in his den. Has your hus- band a den?", Other Sire -"No, he growls all over the house. fie. Value Vse it in cooking as tveU Use it cooking well as on meats, sandwiches and for salad dressings. Keen's Mustardadds spice. and zest to cooked dishes -brings out hidden flavors -puts a relish into familiar dishes, and aids digestion by stimulating the flow «saliva and of the gastriciuices. 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The Babylonians used the decimal syste' for businesspurposes, but counted time by sixties., The rea-- s•on may be that no other number haw' so many divisions. These people divided the sun's daily journey into twenty-four parasangs, a •parasang being roughly the distance a good walker could cover in an hour, and divided each paralsang, or hoar, into sixty rnin>:tes. :,The; system : was banded on to the. Greeks :• and: intro- , duced ntro=,duced into Europe in the second ten tory B'0.: ; When clocks began to be made", -the dials were divided accord- ing to this systemee In theh as• thirty ty ye s ar, several. at- ; p t tempts have been made to ' adopt a decimal system tor dividing bine. The idea is to divide the day into a hung dred unite, each called a "run," Each rine would be divided Into ten "deci ruin" or "mar," A '."filar" would be 1.99 Minutes and a "run" 14.4 minutes., or almost a quarter of alt hour, a 4a. 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