HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-5-20, Page 2THE: YOUNG FOREST GUARD.
BY BERTHA A, ZEDI WINKLER.
Bertram and ..Margery were sitting
around the huge poreela.in stove in.
rather, adisconsolate mood. Their
father had not yet made hie appear-
ance, though it was long past the hour
which has duties as night -guard of
the forest commenced. •
Both knew that he was at the tav-
ern. They also, knew that Baron von
Wolf, who had charge of everything
pertaining to the game -laws, would in-
stantly discharge him if his suspicion
of their father's negligence was con-
firmed,
"If only mother was riving, she could
tel us what to de; for I'ni sure I don't
know," spoke Nlax'gery, flying her knit-
ting -needles swiftly around Bertram's
half -finished stocking.
Her brother, a comely youth, went
on plaiting hie wicker basket in silence
—thou.gli the frown on his face 'Leda,
sated the prey.,.. —f eerrons thoughts.
At length. Iia tali an eager
look:
"Margery, would you be .afraid to
stay here alone?"
"I should try and not be, if you
want to go for father."
"No, I have done that too often:sit
•it
will do no good, and I am sick of going
to that smoky, beer -smelling den, to
he questioned and pitied for father's
fallen condition by the very men who
lured him to it. No, iVlaigery; if you
wiii consent to stay here alone, I wt1Q
act as guard to -night. The poachers
have grown very daring since they
know where father spends his time,
and any game trapped now *ill be the
signal for Iris discharge."
"I am not afraid for myself;• Ber-
tram. But you -what can you do with
the poachers? You are not near as
tall and strong as farther, and you
know why he came home with many a
bruise," replied his sister,, fuse of a
hundred fears., "Besides, what will
you do if the baron should see you?"
Instead of replying. •Bertram went.
into the adjoining room,' and in a few
minutes returned, fully 'equipped in
bis father's forest garb; with the ques-
tion: •
"Now, how do I look?"
Margery smiled.. T
"It seems a little loose and long, to
be sure, but nobody will ever knew the
tiafference in the dark; and, Bertram,
you look wiriest lake a real forester."
garb ill becomes you. It's most too
. small !or such a lordly figures'
Bertram, who was not prepared far
lively sallies and sneering comments
from detected lawbreakers, felt cle+•id-
eclly uneomfortab,e..
He would' rather have encountered
a lively resistance than the broad.,
good. net:axed smile of the handsome,
stranger; swingan„ Hs captured game
in a manner indicating anything but
• guilt .or fear.
A dozen vague surmises flashed
I through his brain, and, with a con-
' posure he was far from feeling he
ordered the stranger to "larch along."
"Where are you going to take me?"
asked his prisoner, still milling.
"To the prison, for a hearing before
the baron in the morning," replied
Bertram, ooniident that this revelation
would put an end to his tantalizing
smile.
To his surprise, the stranger laugh-
ed again, and asked if he could not see
the baron at once. But upon -informa-
tion that it was impossiblehe sudden-
ly grew very serious, to Bertram's
great relief, as he said: -
"Look here, I'm. not accustomed to
prison lodgings! I rearay don't care
about spending a whole night among
rats. Let a fellow clear this time."
It was Bertram's time to grin now.
But he was. too much absorbed with
the dangerous business into which he
had entered with more haste than de-
ldberation to allow himself such an
expression of triumph.
Reassured,
ho W•
everbstrang-
er's
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a
Y the str n
g
er s sudden change of attitude, and.
confident that his _former nonchlance
was but a xuse, he shook his head de-
cidedly, anal marchedhis prisoner be-
fore him.
Hiss plan w_as made. The baron
would never know but that his father
had been on duty if heI
scut ham, sober
and well-posted,to appear against the
prisoner in the nierning.
But Bertram counted without his
host. They had scarcely marched a
hundred yards when the prisoner sud-
denly turned, and; gazing the young
would-be forester full in the face,
said:
9 don't know you, but I know the
regular forest; -guard, whom I' left'
dead drunk at the tavern. If you are
authorized for duty, here is more gold)
-Thee, cionutfuI compliment wee : ac-; than yon ever had in your :life; let me
cepted ingood faith; an a an half h 'oil."
hater, he was walking in the depths of A. heavy purse was held out to Ber-
the
grand oId forest, with its robber;tranx, whose hands dropped from the
traditions and weird legend of ghostly' prisoner for an instant. t
hunters riding in the air. For a moment he
stood stupefied.I
Was he afraid? Not a hit of it! A. i His hand was raised as if to dash the
lttle uneasy, perhaps. for who would purse in angry fury to the ground.
not be, in such vast loneliness and: for Then he dropped it again. What did
the 'first time, too? it avail? His father dared not appear
Ile clasped his gun closerand trudg-i againstthe prisoner, whoknew him
ed noiselessly on the mossy ground, and would testify against him.
trying to think of everything else but! He hmself could not, without be -
the bothersome robber stories, which tray+ing all to the baron. The bright
made him cast furtiveglances behind,','rnoomaght shone fuil,on his paleface,
despite himself. Finally, however, the and Bertram knew, by the keen eye
rising moon throwing bright gleams whieh the stranger bent upon hue,
through the thick 'branches—dispelled' that he would" be recognized by him
some of those niysterious shadows, and anywhere.
the young would*e fereste - forgot his 1 It was an awful situationin which
superstitious fear in contemplating; to be'tempted. There was but one way
the novelty of has position and the to escape, and that was—wrong. The
necessity which prompted the step-°• gold would provide their '. pressing
"Father's position will be kept yet 'wants; the escaped prisoner would tell
aeaaile," he thought; "and then when no tales, and his father could retain
he knows how Margery and I have his position, perhaps, a little longer;
tried to hold it for him, it will perhaps but it was wron and that small voice
change him for the better." in I3ertram's and
heart battled
He sat . down under a tree,' but an bravely:
unconquerable drowsiness canie over „ ,
tie had gone out to fill a neglected
hint. He had worked hard during the duty, not to assist in crime,"
day, and now Nature asserted her
claims. He stamped his foot on the ground,
How long he had . slept he did not to -give force to the small voice within,
know. But hewas wide awake now', an S said, firmly:
with his "heart in his mouth," as he "No, sir,ekeep your gold; th'e.,baron
heard the dry twigs. crackle udder the must decide," •
heavy tramp of feet, and n,x w a moving Silently through the .
anely forest,
shadow some distance ahead: out upon the highway,' down the vi1-
Bertram was after it hi hotursuit, lege road, and into the prison -cell he
p marched his tempter,
Has warning "Halt!" was answered.'who had once..
with a laugh, and the young forester's more assumed his carless, bantering
blood .was up in an instant, , as he tone, and, as its heavy iron doors were
quickened his steps into a run, when closed behind him, :laughingly prom-
the
romthe fugitive suddenly paused, turned, ised has young iesn'er a pleasant stir -
and, viewing his pursuer from head to prise in the morning.
foot, burst into e. loud, laugh. Once more at his lonely watch in the
"Who are you, anyway? Your green . forest, Bertram's firmness gave way
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to a flood of apprehension" He knew
he had 'delle right, but it was "am his
own responsibility, and the baron was
not the man to approve, or even toler-
ate, an unauthorized -action, no matter
how necessary.
The scheme,to pass for a ox the regular
guard, by dressing himself with hie.
father's official suit and getting himto report as usual`in the morning,
must fail. The prisoner knew the old
forester was not on duty, and Ber-
tram, obliged to appear against the
pe sorer himself; trembled as • he
thought of the baron's anger at his
presumption. --
The next morning found Baron von
Wolf in no pleasant mood. His desk
was covered with papers and letters,
one of which he ..crumpled impatient:et
hi his hand, muttering' to himself as
he did so
"He should have been here day be-
fore yesterday, according to this. On
a lark somewhere; I suspect."
A timid knock was heard at the
door. Without raising his head, the
baron growled:
"Come int"
The door opened and shut aaneost
noiselessly, and ,Bertram stood pale
and motionless.
`,`Nell, who are you? What do you
want?"
Bertram had to swallow a' big lump,.
in his throat, before he could speak.
"I am the son of forester Bruno,
come to say that a detected poacher is
awaiting his hearing."
"Let the forester Bruno, and not his
son, attend to his duty then."" :
"Sir, my father was' unable to at -
teed his calling last night, and, as . it
was too late to notify you, -I took the
responsibility of guarding the forest
upon myself,', replied Bertram,
strangely composed, as he felt for once
in his life the indifference of despair.
The baron, for the first time, looked
surprised over his gold spectacles, and
measured the bold speaker from head
to foot,
"Yod, a mere boy, takecharge of the
king's . forestry without my author-
ity?" • •
He rose, and, leaning halfway .over
his desk, continued, with an incredu-
lous smile, half anger, half contempt:
"I should like very much to see that
prisoner of yours. Bring him in at
once."
A. few moments later, when Bertram
made his appearancewiththe smiling
prisoner of the previous night,- still
smiing as if it was his natural state
to smile, there was an unexpected
commotion. -
The ballon weltover his desk with
more haste than dignity; the ensiling
prisoner flew to the old gentgentleman'sarms, ,and the room was filled with ex-
elamations of "My good, best of fath.-
ers!" "My dear, dear: boy! home at
last! I was quite impatient over your
delayed arrival. But how tall you
•
A
have gx own. Your mother will scarce
ly know you: Come, we must sea her
at once, But wait—"
The baron, suddenly ,recollecting
Himself, turned to Bertram, who gazed.
in bewilderment from one to the other.
"Well, young lien, where is your
prisoner? Make haste!"
"I amhe, father," explained the.
young man, allowing himself a fresh
burst of merriment, as he saw his
parent's wide-eyed surprise. "You see,
I remained at the inn until nightfall,
intending to eel:li is•e you and provide,
myself with a breakfast of venison en
my way through the forest, when this
young chap very deliberately c talared
"Seeing that, be did not know me, );
kept up'th-e joke—you know how much
I enjoy a good one—and offered him
my whore—worldly possession of; fifty
ducats, which he refused, insisting on
my spending a night with the rats. So,
father,' he continued with a look fulltra
of honest admiration" at Berm, "if I
am your 'prisoner, I bear this young
man no malice: atleaegood and true
as gold?,.
.
=�h,,e
zest of the conversation was
carried on in low tones by the window
and resulted in Bertram's dismissal,
with a discharge 'for his father as
guard, and an appointment for himself
as the younger baron's keeper of the
hox se.
It• was • a, position which every one
might well envy him. Foe, as head of
the stables,' he was companion to the
baron in hunting season;beside the
good salary, which would keep ,Mar-
gery, and his unhappy father, frons
further want.
When Bertram was on. his first ride
through the forest with, the younger
baron, the latter, pausing in the place
where he had stood a week before,
vainly oi•£ering his purse for his re-
lease, said, with a smile: •
Remember, master of the horse,
you did itot obtain your appointment
for playing forest -guard , without
authority and arresj;ing the waong
person, but for your. 'determination to
face the consequences :of actions yote.
believed right at any .cost: It was =a
brave heart that dared to spurn gold
whereyou knew that your father's dis-
charge'would be the result."
Five year later. •there, was a grand.
wedding at the castle, Margery was
madadearoness, and Bertram,, now the
yioung":baron's 'brother-in_.1aw, and
"best man" et the wedding ceremonies,
Was shining in the full dignity of his
new appointment as superintendent of
the king's forestry.
Needs Rest.
Hubby --"I'm afraid, my dear; you'll
have to do tho cooking again."
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.rife-"Wh ?".
y so
Hubby—"The doctor says 1 ani eat•
ing too much."
asyLessons ren AIJCTION
BRIDGE
cw Series by- WYNNE FERGUS ON
author or e ergusn on C':tiim; r' .
Copyright 1525 b3' Hoyle, Jr,
ARTICLE No.
A large proportion ofthe questions
submitted by correspondents are in
reference to a take-out of p"artner's no-
trump when second handnhas' passed.
Every piaeer. has his own pet theory
and the writer is no exception. Ira his
'opinion, a player should overbid :part-
ner's no-trump under the following
conditions:
(a), I•Iaving an original bid in
either major suit;
(b) Any six or more cards in either
major suit; .
(c) Any two five card suits;
(d) Any five card major suit if the
hand contains a void suit, a
singleton or no help for part-
' ner's no-trump.
In any discussion as to the advisabil-
ity of taking out partner's no-trump
bid with 'a bid of two hearts or two
spades, careful consideration should be
given to what the no-trump bidder
should do. That is, if the dealer bids one
no-trump, second hand passes and the
dealer's partner bids .two hearts pr
spades, with what type of hand should
the dealer bid two no-trump or pass?
Any theory of the take-out that you
may adopt is incomplete without a
thorougleunderstanding between part-
ners as to the procedure dealer should
follow subsequent to the take-out. I am
of the opinion that if this procedure be-
comes thoroughly understood, there
will not be the various differences of
opinion as to the take-out. With a part-
ner
artner who understands what to, do after
a take-out, it is much easier to arrive
at the best bid' of the two hands. The
purpose of the take-out, of course, is to
bid a suit that offers a better chance for
ani than an the
no-trump.
If, however,i
the original no-trump bidder still con-
siders the no-trump offers a better
chance for game, he should bid two no-
trump. If: you adopt this procedure it
Hearts — 7, 5, 2
Clubs -ala, 10, 6
Diamonds—none
Spades K, 7.:-.
is much sa►,irtto take out the no-trump
with any five card major suit. Such a
bid gives that information to partner
and if he doesn't consider it the best
-bid .for game, he should bid two no-
trump. Such a procedure can never do
any harrni and in many hands will en-
able partners to make a game not other-
wise possible. Auction is a partnership
game and gives the best results whea
partners endeavor to bid twenty -sax
cards cortectly, rather than thirteen.
The free take-out of partner's no-trump
handled by both• players as just out-
lined seems to obtate the best bid of the
two:, hands, and for that reason seems.
to be the right thing to do,
• In the following .hands there is no
score, partner has bid one .no-trump
and second hand has passed. Do you
think you should take hire, out? Think
it over and compare results in the next
article,
Hand No. 1
Hearts -10, 8, 2
Clubs -7, 5 _-:
Diamonds—A, 10, 8, 5, 4
Spades — 8, 4, 3
Hand .No. 2
Hearts — K, 6, 5
Clubs -9, 5
Diamonds —.J,; 7, 3.
Spades-•-- J, 10, 8, 3; 2
Hand No. 3'
Hearts — A, 4
lirlas — 7
• _ : Diamonds — --�1 10,9 ; 4
Spades —A, K, Q 4 ' , g_.
Hand. No..4
Hearts—A, j, 9, 6, 5
Clubs --A, 5
•
Diamonds -0-7, 6, 5, 4
} Spades — A, 3
-Here is a cleverlittle problenl that
will tax your ingenuity:
Problem No. 16 .
Hearts—Q
Clubs— Q,J,8,2
Diamonds—•Q, 10, 7
Spades —none
Z
Hearts— K, j, 3
Clubs = none. .-
Diamonds —8, 2 ',
Spades A, Q, 4
Hearts, ---9, 8, 4°
Clubs—none
Diamonds — K, -j, 6, 5, 3
Spades — none
Hearts are trumps and Z is in the lead.'How can YZ win five of the eight tricks
against any defense? Solution next week.
Eyes of Azure.
The. Springs 'sweet, eyes of azure
My downward gia,noes meet,
They are the lovely violets
A -bloom for nosegays sweet. .,
I. pluck then while I.cherfah
Deep thoughts •and long, so long—
The thoughts which sighed, in secret,
A. birdling told ,le song.
Yes, what I'thought, lie chanted,
And loud and louder sang,
Until my heart's dear secret
'Throughout the whole wend r s g..';
—Translated irate Keine, by Alice la
Tapley:
She—"Teddy, you're
0101 heart." •
He--r"Goo•d:"
She—"But'' that's net saying
get 12,^,though:"
nxar after nary•
Loch Katrine.
{ The Sura ter' da'vs'n's reflected ,hue
To purple changed Loch. b'atrine bine;
Mildly and soft ,the western breeze
Just kiss'd the lake, just, ethsed the.
' trbes
The mountain -shadows on her. breast.
Were neither broken nor at rest; -
In bright mieertainty they die,' •.
Like future joys, to Fancy's eye:
The Water -lily to the light
Her chalice rear'el`of silver bright,
The doe awoke, and to the lawn, :•
Iiegemm'•d with dew -drops, led -her
fawn; • ,
Tlie gray _nest leftthe nountain-si
de,
The. torrent showed its, glistening
pride;
Invisible in flecked sky.
The lark sent down .her revelry;
The blackbird and the .speckled thrush
Good -morrow gave from brake and
bush;
In answer coo'd the cushat dove
H•er,notes of pease, and -rest, and love.
--Scott. "The Lady of the Lake,"
Smallpox is Ancient Disease.
Smallpox, which at one time or an-
other: has been endemio in almosat
every laud, was recorded in the earli-
est historical` records of, Egypt and
Arabia, but it was not introduced into
Europe until about the sixth. century.
At'•the end of the eighteenth ,century
the, death rate on the continent was 210
per thousand, while in Russia two 'mil-
lion persons die of smallpox in .one
year. -A Hindu physician, Dhanwan-
tari; is believed to. have given the first i
yuu'.i1 intiocul n r smabout 150013.C: C•otttiognfoMathera111xox ilrst reromnniend-
ed this means of righting` the disease
fax the United States.
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s softened by using a,
tabiespeonful of borax to about .two
gallons of waeer.
Agreed.
'`People :don't .get enough sleep`
nights."
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GARDENINc.
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By Mrs. Jeanette I,,ea,der,, for the ale.
tario Horticultural Association
An amateur gardener has far more
thrills in the game of gardening than al
professional grower, The.ietter luxows '*+ ,f" -
exactly whet to expect 'When he sows
seeds or plants bulbs or shrubs, The -
amateur reads catalogues and orders
something' he has apt had before, Per
haps he has not even hear,;) otthe
varieties he orders. The desoxtption
appeals to him. He plants and waits
impatiently for the, first bloom, Some-
times he is disappointed but more, ot=
ten he is delighted with hie new trete-
sure:
Sometimes it would eeem that the
elaborate preperatioa•u .recominended
by expert gardeners for the growing of
flowers firi,ghtens the •omit) beginner
and he does not get es much a•s he,"
might out of this. faseinating game of;,
gardening. It is not "didleult to grow
any kind of flowersif you really love
them. There may be failures some-
times but the mistakee will only-serVe
to leaks the game inose interesting,
Ito not be; afraid to try to grow any
kind of flowers. You will be able to
met information about ahem from cate,.
loguse, flower magazines, o'f neer-by
lioris•bs will be glad to give free ad,
vloe. I never knew a flower grower
who was not eager to 'heli) promote
the growing of flowers. Try something
new every year. When your plants in-
creaee and need dieklieg, give some of
them to your friends. The biggest in-
fluence on the human race it is.s•aid is -^•
exercised by flowers. Become an en-
thusiast in growing them and ee'cour-
aging tike love of them. The best anti-
do • ,.
to for, headache, heal taches, -tvor•
ries, dis•couragements and nerves Is a
garden full of colorful flowers, .Geal's
wonderful gift to us.
Faint, mix><t, Yei Pursuing.
Leonidas and his three hundred ";• •
Spartans' fought bravely and perished
at Thermopylae; Gideon, and his three .,
hundred men fought a greatly superior
'host and won a memorable victory,
There. is no more brilliant piece of
strategy on record than that by Which
Gideon plaoed his men on hillsides ,. •
around the camp of the enemy and dis-
,played their simultaneous • and diverssi-•
fled activity .at a glebe signal that
pealed forth at dead of night. Three
hundred lights flashed out. Three hon
dred trumpets. pealed. Three hundred
earthern pihchers broke with crashing
',sounds against the Palestinian rocks.
The enemy woke to sudden terror.
)lily were surrounded! Organized
resistance was not '
o to of.
they fled through the dark,. and Gideon
and his men occupied the. camp_
That •is the part Oahe story which
we all know If all�ife s battles att es noxi
i tI
be won inthat fashion, we might take -
a leaf out of Gideon's• book, and; all of
us • being heroes for lane night, we '
might' make for ourselves' illustrious
names -and have little to do thereafter.
But the .enemy could not be relied up-
on to continue its flight forever with-
out •stopping to inquire just how large
an army. Gideon probably had azul
whether' it was necessary to run for-
ever frein< the sxudden terror of to pos-
sibie'iilusion. Gideon knew tacit this
would happen if hg let the enemy stop
and -think, "and he knew what, was
necessary to prevent his victory from.
.rolling back upon.hinr and• crushing
The rest of the stole- is .of the hard,
daylight pursuit. Before, the .enemy .,
had time to stop and. rekon ilii : the
probable sire of. Gideon's host, Gideon
and his. little army were hard on their
rear. No longer did the nigilt protect
them, or deceive the enemy- by that
process'of multipl.icationwhicheaystery
lends to the imagination, It ,vas stern
fighting none and in the daylight, with .
wearisome pursuit and no time to stop
for food or rest.. Butit was. last that
process which made Gideon avictory.
permanent.. Had:he failed in this -pur-
suit, the lamp -and -pitcher •'incident
would have been:a Ilas•co in the light .31
what would, have happened aftervsar;i•..
Itis not always the brilliant.sircceas
of a single end,sa%vor, however noble.
or well planned, that makes a man a
here. I•Iitigereds of men Tail because ..
a
the are not able to felicity, u x �st.h 3 ,:
a r r
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initial success with steadi., pens•{stent
labor. Sonie of the best: victories of lite
haver been 'soon by the persistent cour-
age of the f aintr
King George at the Circus.
Barn rim 'ssuccess, •svtt:h royalty was
s hoes great becauseof the ihoffen
si+e familiarity of his manners, says
el. R. Werner in ;his 11fe of B ciainure.
Painiliarity was, unusual, and what
would' have .been insulting and ;nisre
spectf-itl1n a native subject was accept-
ed it an Americau• showman is quaint
tied' amusing thsi ,interesting enter-
tainment of a court fool with an in-
ternational reputation and it may be
that, he was e,dfaxired unive sa ly by
royalty because it was unpos ible;ioi•
them to'' -envy hes• achieveine mtg. -
When the yoxtng Punct; Geerge, now
King Geoi"ge i7, attended a perform-
aitce of the circus ?Vii, Barnum asked
him whether he vvias going to' stop un-
til the ned of the„ -performance, IIe
looked aroitncl cautiously, iaausecl;'for a
nioineut and,, leaning towards Barnum
said, "Mr,I3aruum, 1 shall acm in Here,
uatll they sing- God Savo Grand, I
mother)”
Dgp ewers with boiling water and
allowed bo stand fax sevenroinutee are
orwdagestible than thos4 allowed to
boil' for 'three minutes.
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