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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-10-1, Page 6.Drink Bovril" the goodness of Beef. ' Bovril gives you strength and energy :to resist cold and illness, Bovril keeps you warm from within. Bovril is made in Canada under Government Supervision. Sold only in Bottles. aiiVell Paha The choice teas used exclusive.' 1) in a s a y el richly of their delicious goodness Say Salada. L.ve thves THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD BY ANNIE 8. SWAN.. *Loire gives itself and fa not. bo¢Ighi.P—Longfellow. :.xxA TER XXIX.—(Cont'd.) "I couldn't believe them : when they told me at the station, yesterday, that you had arrived," said Bobbie, chang- ing the subject, because Judy's graphic words moved him more than he cared to show. "You might have written." "There wasn't time. And, anyway, did it matter? For if we were away a thousand years from Stair, we should come back to find you and Edie just the same! Say, Bobbie, I've just met Peter Garvock at the march. dyke, at the very place where he and Alan fought that dreadful Sunday after- noon, which you and I will never for- get !,x Bobbie leaned up against the stone balustrade, looking the deep interest he felt. "So you saw old Peter—eh? Well —and didn't he look a sick and sorry man?" "He did. Among the changes that are going, Bobbie, the greatest, I do ueelieve, has taken ,place in him!" "He has never had a day's peace of mind, I believe, since it all happened. How did he take your coming back? And does he know that Miss Cariyan` is actually Alan's wife?" "I told him. I don't exactly know what is inside of Peter, but it is some- thing deep, and very different from what was there last time I saw him! But do come inside now and have some tea, and see Carlotta." Tke man of whom they had talked was still out upon Barassie Hill, the prey of a thousand conflicting thoughts. He spent hours roaming there, in the sweet spring, solitude, and finally, out of the chaos of his thoughts, there rose the image of one strong desire. Shadowy and almost , incoherent at first, befoxe many hours ✓ere -over It had taken shape and`had become the purpose of a life. Between eight and nine o'clock that night, one of the `reduced household of Stair was surprised when the front - door bell rang, to find -Mr. Peter'Gar: on the step. - "I wish to see iters. Rankine, if you please. Tell her that it is Mr. Peter Garvock, and that the business is urgent." "Yes, sir. Come in," said the wo- man, who was a stranger to the fam- ily history of Stair and. The Lees, and was simply surprised that a caller should came so late on a Sunday even- ing to the house: Carlotta was alone when the mes- sage was brought, and after reflecting for a moment, she rose and went downstairs. _withotitt consulting Judy, as was her first impulse. Judy was in the Pool, as it hap- pened, alternately refreshing and har- rowing her memory with old things and old .dreams; and thus so remotely hidden at the back of the house that she did not hear the clang of the bell, Dior the entrance of the visitor whom the maid had put into the little morn- ing -room. Carlotta, In a sweeping gown of black velvet, with a turned back col- lar of old lace, looked a perfect pic- "You are surprised, doubtless; at this late call," he began in his- slow- est, most guttural and difficult voice. "But the matter is urgent. . I have called to ask whether you will be so good as to give me the latest clues you have concerning your --your hus- band," he said deliberately, though undoubtedly he faltered on the name. "We have no recent clues," she answered simply. "The only address we got, when we went to New York,: was that of a cattle ranch in Alberta, belonging to a man named Fordyce. But Alan never went there." "But he went in that direction, I understood from Dr. Sanderson?" said Peter with.painful eagerness. "Oh,,, yes. We believe that he is somewhere in' Western Canada, or; more likely still, in the KIondyke. He met a man on the boat going out, who asked him to go up to the Yukon with him, and I believe that is what he has done." "That is all the information you can give me? Do you happen to know the name of: that man?" "Artery. And he had ,an address at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Dawson City. I have written there, but got no answer." Peter Garvock took out his note- book and made a note of all the names and addresses a d see of which Carlotta • had spoken. "Why do you want them? I've told you it isn't any use writing. We've done everything in the writing and cabling line that it is possib:e to do, but without result." Peter Garvock's face wore a strange expression as he closed the book and replaced it in his pocket. "I don't want to write. But I shall go, Mrs. Alan, and bring. , him back if he is alive. If he is dead then shall assure myself of the fact before I come back to Scotland, so that your mind—and mine -may be at rest." Carlotta's face visibly paled. "But why should you do that?" she asked unsteadily. "Do you know what you are undertaking? It is a fright. ful journey to the Yukon. It wi�l take you six months, and untold money, and then—and then—will it be of any use?" "I have to make that journey. You have heard the word atonement, Car- lotta? Well, it is atonement I seek to make," said Peter Garvock, and pass- ed from her astonished dyes out into the night. She did not see him again, but by the middle of the week it was known in Ayr that Peter Garvock had left Scotland for America, and that the object of his journey was to find the lost Laird of Stair. CHAPTER XXX. Till; TRAIL. Some wise person has observed that the only way in which to learn the geography of the earth correctly is to travel in leisurely and observant fashion over its entire surface. That being an impossible feat for most of people, the great majority lave to live in a state of comparative ignorance regarding the conditions of zfe at places remote from their own iabitation and environment. Peter Garvock was reminded of this many times as he made his moment - us journey to the Yukon territory, Following in the tracks of his lost kinsman. The railway over the fam- es White Pass was not lomg opened, and in London he had been able to obtain very little information regard- ing the journey. In New York he fared little better, and was obliged to push on to Vancouver, where he had been informed he could take his tick- ets to cover the journey and obtain the fullest information regarding it. By the time he reached Vancouver May was drawing to a close. In the railway journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, he had ample opportunity of being impressed. by tho lazed of vast distances and oundess apportunities, which has urcd so many of our hest and bravest ture, but Peter Garvock's pulses did not stir at sight of her. The fierce 1 passion which had devastated his life, and the lives of others, had burned. itself out, and left but an empty ker- nel behind. Carlotta was completely mistress of o greeting, but she neither g g, r offered •her hand nor did he. o herself, and gave lum a quite kindly AFTER EVER` MEAL aeords - benefit as welt as pleasure, Ieaithfai exercise for the teeth and a spur to digestion, ;'A long• lasting refreshment, soothing tG nerves and stomach. The,World Patmops Sweettneat, ttntt6uhtd by hand's, fros'1.1P of flavor. 125 ISSUE No. 10 lits culiaeious heart. He talked with his fediow-ttavelIei's, for, though the t,t;ec1 of his journey had little to do with the future development of Can- ada, lie took a Briton's interest in it, And each step of the way, meetingi with some fresh interest, face to face with tremendous problems both econ orale and racial, he feltthat even should that object fail„the adventure would not have been in vain! It is good for the stay-at-home man to real- ize how vast is the surface of the globe, and how small an atone he is upon it. Carefully weighing, up all the meagre scraps of information his cou- sin's wife hadbeen able to give him, 1,e concluded that his best plan was to lose no time in coming up with Affery. When Alan found himself utterly on his beam -ends, what more likely than that he should ponder on the offer that had been made to hitt, "'and strain. every nerve to avail hz self of it? The only doubtful poli was Its genuineness, and even th of the Canadian Bank oaf Commerce at Dawson City, while .' 'gave an air of reality to the who eyffaite seemed hardwy iii itself suffz cleat to justify a marl .taking a Ion and costly journey for the purpose o verifying the bona fides. of one of ita m- the White Horse Pees, be see d fol-. pole tlaw, in imagination, the .:desperate he trail of the gold -seekers in. 'ninety seven end 'ninety eight, zt The .dzetsance over the. Pass. was one: le hundred; and, eleven mimes; then those - who :actually retched the banks of the g Yukon were faced by an alternative-- f either they must mace camp anti wait for the Ilavigatiee - of the river to begun,. or they must continue the trail over the frozen mountaies to. Dawson, Arrived at White Horse City where Garvock spent the .night, he set. out on the stege wh:ich'was to carry him over the final reaches of• his jotrrirey. It was very -finely equipped, !splendid,- 1.: plendid- r XY., orsed, and every precaution taken " to maintain the efficiency throughout the whole distance. Horses were changed every ;twenty miles the rest - houses, where they, invariably stopped to sleep,- were comfortable and ade- quate, and .the dayh, driven through the most stupendous, scenery of tae world,. -so remote, inaccessible,' so un- touched, undeeecrated by the hand of man, made the most 'profound im- tpression on Peter Garnock. It had he odd effect of thrusting him back upon himself, of making him shy of Meech even with hie fellow -travellers. But these experiences he never for- got, and lives; to this day in the hope of repeating them. Dawson, at the junction of theYu- kon and IKlondyke rivers, he found to be a bustling, cheerful little place, though all the feverish haste and hor- ror of the .gold -seekers'` time was now a thing of the past. Wide streets,' comfortable homesteads, quiet, well eqquipped hostelries for the traveller had taken the place of the bars., and hoarding -houses, and dance -houses that had .yawned to receive the.miner and relieve him of his gold. The gold -born city was now emin- ently respectable, and while its .growth must necessarily be iestricted by the. nature of.its climate and . other con- ditions, -,still it provides home and livelihood for :a.large number of res- pectable and self-respecting citizens. (To he continued.) London's �, L, on s R®r,�an Relics. The Bank .of England ie., to be clas.ed shortly - for. extensive repairs and additions., and as a good deal of excavation will . be involved the - Soy eiety of Antiquaries. has appointed a committee to examine any Roman re- lics that may be: unearthed. It is almost impossible to dig•to any depth in the city' area without finding some trace of the Roman city. One of the •surprises awaiting visitors, •to the London Museum, as well as to the Guildhall Museum,is the enormous number of artioles and relics, of all I descriptions which have been found in the ver ri and dui•` excavation mg w oric for the foundation o city !work t i offices. A recent site excavated, close by the Safe Dep.csit building, proved one of the richest mines of Roman. relics; ever discovered, -and the bank site ought to yield much of interest. That London ,in . Roman tfni,es was no mean •city is shown in a remark- able way. • Not • only, have many,artic- les bean found; but -upon them no l fewer ,than three liunc"eed names of makers have been deciphered. Only the other day, in. Tokenhous,e Yard,. a, plate of Soman ware was dug up with the: maker's name upon it. Over two years had now elapsed sinee Atery's offer wee made. to Ran- Mine en the steamer in mid-Atlantic, What might not have happened in two years? So it was really Affery's track Pete Garvock was on, and as he drew near er to his destination he became con soious of that t ickerced eagerness of spirit which takes possession of the. man who: aims at some particular and momentous goal. If the prairies.and mountains im- pressed him, he was still more amazed at the flourishing cities he found lo- cated on the Pacific coast which had opened up its golden waterways to the commerce of the world. He had to stop two days in Van- couver, waiting on the boat to take him to Skegway, and there he learned all the tortuous windings of the amaz ing journey in front of him. Four days by sea to Skegsvay, eight hours' rail over the White Noise Pass, then another steamer down the Yukon to Dawson—seven or eight days In all; just the same time as it had taken im to. cross the Atlantic, At the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Vancouver he learned, to his satis- faction, that Affery had certainly"been in Dawson as late as the previous summer. That was something to go on with' at least; and he prepared to enjoy the novelty of his journey with a little less of the impatience which had marked its earlier stages. , There ' are few experiences which lay a greater hush on the spirit.of a Yvan than to. travel over vast laces in which he is made to realizezthe power and majesty of Nature and the boundlessness of her resources. Garvock, though a quiet, stay -at- home sort of a man, had made the usual travel journeys in Europe, and had been once to India on business to the Bombay house of his firm; but he had never desired to explore or study India. To him it was merely a busi- ness place of call. Now, however, he tasted for the first time the delirious and obsessing lure of the trail—if I may put it so. Each fresh picture unfolded to his gaze on that wonder- ful journey from Vancouver round the Pacific coast filled him with awe and a strange kind of joy that was half pain. The weather was glorious. In these surprising lands, summer comes with an outburst whit can be little under- stood h er stood on this.side. If she is long in corning, at least she is 110 laggard when once she sets out in earnest, nor is she niggardly of her stores. The largeness of her gifts in the_ matter of flowers and perfumes and beauty is indescribalbe. Garvock felt and moved in an en- chanted land. Such wealth of flowers, such riot of coloring, such sunsets. and sunrises have to be imagined since they cannot be described. Not now in any particular haste to get to his destination, he even grudged the hours spent in necessary sleep, fearing to lose one item of that vast -and mew- ing panorama of snow-capped moun- tains and precipitous lulls rising sheer from the waterways, often so closely land -locked that it looked as_if the boat must perforce have to make pause et the limit of the world! It was Norway stupendously magnified, and it' . seemed to have neither boun- dary nor end. Any ordinary aman in whom the in- stincts of feeling and reverence are not dead must be uplifted by such ex- perience, and be brought, in spite of himself, nearer to the eternal verities. By the time Peter Garvack reached the White Horse -City, where he had to entrain over the famous Pass which so many thousands had converted into a trail of blood and death during the. tremendous early onrush to the golds- fields, he was a very different man— e humbler, better man—than when he quitted the narrow confines of his office in• Renfield Street, Glasgow, on the morning of the day on which.he had left Scotland on his strangle quest. At White Horse City he learned be- yond doubt that the ice had not 'yet gone out on the Yukon, and that once over the Pass, he would have to make , the last three hundred miles by stage-' coach instead of by steamer. That , sort of thing in. the twentieth century lifts a man clean out of the rut in, which his life has hitherto been set! He had few fellow -passengers on the train which carried him over the a Pats. The season was very early yet, and the few desiring to reach Dawson wanted to make sure that the .Yukon was • navigable first. . Peter had pro- vided himself with a certain amount of literature, such meagre stuff as he could find about Alaska and the frozen north•but s h th " ams Ow, a 'reality seemed to drive all the written ac- j counts -out of his mind. Sitting in his luxurious parlor -car, as the tour- list train climbed the rocky steeps of prevention is •bptterr than cure,. why not adopt something which will'stop the strain from: coining? Once it was thought that closing the eyes at intervals"fdr a short time was the beet anti strath. device; but that .has now been discarded, it be- ing found. that the cutting off of the rays of light, and their sudden return, is bad for the. eyes. The proper anti -strain method is not to close your eyes, but to change their focus. Thus, if you are reading a book e j.�,� �;; ll• '4�,. or studying •aee4untS, and foci eye- ,,;±�����:t+ ,. t •� strain, loon from the book or figures to some object teu"to fifteen feet away. Two or three,• Seconds suffice. The change of °focus .takes the strain off the eye by giving it the rest which, conics from a new focus. The eyes; muscles, iii short, are not kept in one position ,and at 'ono tension. To remove soiled spots on a rubber raincoat cut a raw potato into s:ices end rub it well on the marks, This'i ' will also remove rnud stains from clothing: ' Modesty. The dashing yaungiady was anxious her aunt, who was rather aid-fashion- ed, idfashion-ed, should look as presentable as pos- Sible in her bathing suit., "Surely, Aunt Ella," saidthe girl rather cautiously, "you're not going to wear your spectacles in°the water?" "Indeed, I am," replied her aunt. "Nothing shall induce me to takeoff another thing." Minard's• Y Liniment used byPhysicians. You and Eye. We are fast becoming. a bespectac- led ration, and the culprit responsible is—education. That, with the enorm- lens growth in popular literatuve, has made us a race of readers. The ` re- sult-edisadvantage, to be set against many advantages—is • eyestrain. Spectacles' may ,chrethis, but -as QCk - e A handy, size pack• age for occasions when half a pound is `cjust right." nso dissolves completety• makes rich soapy solution > soaks dirt out 8.449 No. 3.1.68—Children's Kimono -sleeve Dress, with panelfront, tucks at the shoulders, square neck, patchpockets, and long or short sleeves. Sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. Size 4 years requires 1% yards of 32 -inch or 86 -inch ma- terial. Price 20• cents. No. 1177 -Children's Kimono -sleeve Dress, or apron without sleeve sec- tion, having a sash tying at the back, and pat ch pockets. Sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. Size 4 years requires 1% yards of 82 -inch, or lis yards of 36 - inch material. 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Bread. is the staff of life, but that doesn't justify a roan making his life one continuous loaf, Once Sunday was a day of rest; now we spend all the other days ofthe week resting after Sunday. We cannot turn "be it resolved" into profits.,—Harry N. Owen. "Makes old like New" Staon Ste v'e Polish Odorless Stove Pipe Enamel The Cao Polish P Polishes, Ltd.,Hamilton Write your name and 'address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c is stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) . for each number, , ani address your order to Pattern Dept, Wilson Publishing Co., 7a West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. Keep Minard's Liniment In the house. Persiflage of the Pavements. A large ,horse-drawn dray had been held up by a policeman to allow the cross traffic to proceed. The police- man, for no:apparent reason, kept the dray waiting _ somewhat longer than. was necessary, so, although the, signal was against him, the driver deter- mined to proceed. Didn't you see my haud up?" shout- ed the. policeman. ( "Well, I suttenly noticed that it got retorted h driver, dark sudden-like,"t d t e d ve , "but I didnt know It was yer 'and. Yer see I had all my work cut out to keep` the hosses °front shyin' at yer feet." ' rc J,nfe s greatest idiot is the man who refuses to have anything to do with the man who holds :different views from his own. Cooking experts figure that. the SMP Enameled Ware Roaster will save the average Canadian family fully $24.00 a year in meat bills. The secret is, it roasts the' meat with very little shrinkage: Also, it makes cheap cuts taste like the best ones. , You place the roast in the roaster, ptitori the cover e the roaster, does the teat. No basting required. Every roast is perfectly cooked. . The cover fits erose, so that cooking odors cannot escape. Grease can't spatter out, which means a sweet clean oven. Prices range from 85c. to $3.50 each, depending on size and finish—and don't forget the saving of $24.00 yearly. ;114i4Firg;a1g;. TERof 20$ •�..,.�-;^-�••�... illi.-�-..*�: - .�:. WHAT ARE YOU WORTH? - Someone asked about a wealthy man who had died, "How much did he lhinge.2"' eavThe lawyer rop'1'ied: "Bvery t,'• It is s•emarkable that people alwayf Judge it mean's worth by the amount of nionoy h'e leaven, • . r ~' True value is not easily calculated,' One .m•ay have all and be valrtelese'R whilst another may have little or noth' ing•-Vaecording to the world's standard --sand yet be supremely valuable. We pare nevso l°one as when we limit. worth Flo mer oneyw, After all, money is only it form ofbarter and IS almost worthless of itself! Buttons, or boots, or beads could be honored inethe same *ay, though they might not be so , convenient, One bit of paper is worth five dol lama Anther bit is used for hooking a fire, One piece of metal isn, sceptre foil a king. Another of about the same length and weight is used as..a poker, Wherein lies the difference in these bits, of paper and pieces of metal? Only the worth we set upon' them. What is it that makes one ;fellow indispensable to a business or owns inunity whilst others, come and go and, are .not missed?. The answer is not found in terms of money or property or oven ability, but—sheer worth. These differences ace found every- where -in cricket, golf, legislation,. and social life.' Worth, then, .is really the amount of our usefulness to the world. 11 other people are not better because of our being amongst them, then we are worthiese. A man can get as much :as he can Barry -and more than that, as so many do—and be of no worth at all. It is giving that makes him of value. Withholding is et'er an im- poverishment To 1iee sea that our fel- low men and women may find life east, is, to live worthily. It is a heartrending: thing to have it raid of us: "He's no use!" It meanis that we have no place in the game, that the world 'could get on quite as -well ;without us. Of course, it all de- pends upon who says it! One might say it and be• no• better than the per- son about whom he is speaking; an- other might misjudge us or do it ac- cording to wrong standards. .A man's . worth does not always lie on the surface. How often we .hear. it said: "You have to know him to value him." To` udeh fl ase. of anyone ! i g n ne is un- fair, � fair, but: we all do it end we never quite' value each other. Th one who knows! .us, we niay be of pre-eminent value, and that brings out the best' in . • When you of the value of a per- son, what do you entertain in your mend? Do you think of his salary, position, family, upbringing,. :'house• and car? A scoundrel may have itI14 these things, whilst one minus them is an asset to the nation and is ever living to make men free. Professions and possesaeons:of them- selves never make men valuable. It is always 'what they aid and never what they have which conditions' men's worth. The most wonderful book • in the world declares, that we are only of • use as we "do unto others as we would they should do unto us." But we inlet always "be" before. we clo. Worth is first a matter of character and not reputation. What we are, and not what others think US to be. "To thine own self be true, and it follows as the night the day, Thou const not then be false to any man." Bird Had Crossed Atlantic. The Canadian. National Parks Branch, which keeps a .-record of all wild bird banding operations of ea- terest to Canada, has had brought to its attention an account of a bird. local= lyecalled a "tickolace," which was kill- ed on the 12th 'of Augukt, 1924, by Mr.. L. Curtis, of Horse Island, in the Dis- trict oil St. Barbe, Newfoundland. On the bird was found a thin silver band inscribed : with the words: "Inform Witherby High Holborn, London." On writing to Messrs; H. F. & G. Wetherby, 326 High Holborn, London W.C.1:, England,' it was learned that this ring, Nd, 67,423, seas, put on a young kittiwake (Ris,sa tridaotyla), on 12S11. June, 1923, on the Farne Islands, I Nertliumberland. England, by- one of Jr. 'Witherby's oorrespondwents. The - foot of the bird was examined and was pronounced to be that of a kitti- wake, which agrees, with Mr. Wither'. by's, records. The. record is extremely -• interesting,iboreespecially as this bird is the first under Mr. Witherby's, ringing schemer -which has been is operation for 16 years—reported from" this side of the Atlantic. Nastyl They had not been married very, long, and so it is not very strange that until this day they had,lneyer had a warren However, now they had their first'"- little tiff, and.. she turned to hien' with tears in her eyes. "Well, John," she said, "even though I have been extravagant I got a bar- gain to -day." "Yes?" he replied. "I'll bet it was a bargain!` You have no idea et the value of money, I suppoe'e you think you got s•oineth.!rig fci• nothing?" 1 -Ter eyes gleamed for a moment." "Yes, dear," she said sweetly.* "L ot present for yon," No wonder labor is highs with so many good farm hands v hiking bad poetry.