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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-10-14, Page 6„ 04,****7‘.*:***,;:*•***r. • GREEN TEA the most delicious flavour. Try it. Thc Walnut Tree BY ROSE WILDER LANE. PART IL It was a week before the men came for the tree. Aunt Sally trembled all over and clasped her hands tightly together wider her apron. She heard the men discussing what they were about to do. The young man said, "I want the roots. They work up into veneer. Dig as far as you have to to get them." "Better use the axes first," Henry Simmons said. "Tice way it stands, we can fall it away from the house all ri ht " , I "Yes, leeks safe enough to me," the young man agreed. "Then some of you'll trim up the log while the rest are digging. Oh, good morning, Mrs. Gordon I" he ,said, taking off his hat, to Aunt Sally. "Fine morning, isn't it?" Aunt' Sally couldn't answer. She stood looking at the keen, bright axes. ! The t-aung rnan took a bill fold from his pocket, and counted out some bills.; "Here you are, Mrs. Gordon," he said. !!. Aunt Sally didn't moye. "I don't know as we just Want to sell that tree," she said quietly. Th - I e young man said, "Why -oh, thatt all right, Mrs. Gordon. Your husband sold it to nie last week.. He knows all about it. He told me just e.to hand you the rash and go right ahead." "I won't touch your money!" Aunt e Sally told him. She let go of the door jamb and stepped out among them. "I won't touch a. cent of it!" She was al- t most crying, she was So ashamed to be acting so, but she couldn't help jifa y Thereeehe was, acting like one possess- at :before all %Vise leen, end alleGreen n Valley would talk ab4t it. a "Take - your money and go awiy!" she said. s The. hired men looked, at each other embarrassed. The young man frowned uncertainly. Then they all heard a wheels and sa* James driving They waited till he drove up and got a down over the vrheel. Then the young ma.n said, "There seems to be -a little a misunderstanding. Seems Mrs. Gor- A don doesn't understand you sold me o this tree here." • y • "Sure, I sold it to you," James said, a looking at the young man tinder his in eyebrows. "One hundred dollars, cash down." te "Here you are," said the young man. s "One hundred dollars in good green.- se backs." w "Wea, then that's all right," James said, stepping up to take the money. "What was the trouble?" Aunt Sally screamed, "James, don't you touch that money! I won't have In it! I won't have that tree killed! It's failed to stand by his bargain. "A bargain' ' s a bargain " he always said: He said it now, doggedly, "A bargain's a bargain." Aunt Sally said, "James, I won't have that tree killed." "You better go into the house," James said to her, She stood right where she was, "We, wet," the young man said. "Well, ah -we'll, there's no need of I guess we might as well go along over to Rogerses', I've got some trees there. See you later, Mr. Gordon. No hard feelings at are, The offer stands good- any time you want to take it, Come on,• men." They all pied into the truck and went, glad to get away, but vriskiing they -could stayto find out what would happen next. m James staped into the kitchen. Aunt Sallylad gone back to her work. she was wiping dishes out of the rims - ng water. Her lips were shut tight, and there were red spots on her wrink- ed cheeks. She wiped each dish quickly and set it donwith a little thump. She hardly knew' what she was doieg. "What's the meaning of this?" James said fiercely. Aunt Say went on wiping dishes. "Making a fool of me, before .the whole county!" James said. "I told you I'd sold that :tree. WeN, it's sold. 've never gone back en a bargain et, and I'm not going back on this." Aunt Sally put down the dish towel. 'I guess," she said, tremhling, "I've worked as hard on this farm as ever on have. I guess, come right down to t, rve wcirkeclebaeder. I've worked all ty- life. on this farm That tree's as much mine at 'tis ,yours, and it's not old. Nor going to be." James stared at her., "I guess I've got as much to say bout what's done on this place as you have," Aunt Sally went. on. "I'm n old. woman, and seems to me I ever have got what I wanted. I event got many more years left. fost any time I may go, same as that Id walnut would've gone to -day if ou'd had your way. I've tried to lead goad Christian life, and I hope I see y way clear to heaven hereafter. But ow, while I'm alive in this vale of ars,.I want things my way for a pell. I guessg've got .as much right be paid some attention to as if I as a hog." What's the matter with you?" said Jamas. "Talking as if yeti were out of your head. Who said anything about a hog? I tell you I'm not going to be murder. I won't have it, I tell you! I won't!" They ajl stared at her. Henry Sim- mons said, "Geed gosh!" After a min- e ute the young man pushed his hat off his forehead and looked at James. tr James said, "What's ell' this non- tr sense " as Aunt Sally said, "You tell them to take their axes right away from here, an I'm not going to have them chopping th ade a laughingstock of for some fool otion you've got into your head What's wrong with selling that tree? That's what I want to know." I guess I've got a right to a fool action if I want it," Aunt Sally said. And I guess I've get a right to that es if I want it. And I want it. that ee's not going to be sold off this place long as I'm living here." After the dishes were done Mary d Aint Sally settled themselves in e dining room, Aunt Sally with bee into that tree." They all looked at James. His cheeks w were dark red under the stubble of , gray beard. He was not a man who be ending and Mary with her fancy- erle The dining room f:t chilly from not ing lived in, though really it was warm and bright with sunshine pour- : g through the windows. "Such a lovely place for plants," Mary sakd. "They'd bloom all winter in • In, jell 1 in this sunshine!, "I used to be gifted with plants, as a girl," Aunt Sally said, rocking. "But afterward I never had time to fuss with therm Nowadays just taking care of the milk thin,gs, and getting three mea:s a —" Aunt Sal:y stopeed and eaid quickly, "That's a real pretty piece you're working on, Mary." - Canada 6t41 quenches thirst, cools the parched throat and by its de- • iightful flavor and r,efreshinent restores the joy d life. gale After Eiret'Jf Meal ISSUE No. Mary was embroidering a tab:ea:call She was a plump, pretty young vro- man, with bright quick ways and clever hand. She had been the first married woman it! Green Valley te bob her hair. Her hens laid all winter, and she had bought the runabout with her egg money. Aunt Sally had always been very fond of her, but not quite approving, To -day, somehow, she ad- -mired her. "Yes, r :ike the pattern," Mary said, spreading it out for Sally to see. "I've got one altnoet like it," Aunt Salty said. "I've got quite a lot of nice things laid by that you girls have given me, You aren't going to use that one every day, are you?". •"Indeed ane" said Mary, "1 thin Wasteful tot. to is nice things. r*, tell jira thaVe the onlY way te get the goed (lean" "I'd like to Use nice things," Aunt Sally said. "But it makes se inttch extra waehing----" Mary said, "Yoti know we girle have been at yeti for nee to hire yogi, washiag dexte." Aunt Sally mureePned as, usual, "Well, I don't Itaow. You girle-You're different. .And James doesn't see any tiee---" She stopped egain. AK that (ley, alla the next, and the next, James did not have a word to Bey. All the time Aunt Sally grew more and more desperate. On the fourth night when JAIlle$ came to the house, Aunt Sally met m at the back door, "You might's well bring in a, stick for the heater," she said. "I built up a fire to take the (*hilt off, but• it needs another stick." Janie& looked at her., She wore a fresh house dress and a white apron, and ,lier gray hair was crimped. "Who's corningr said jellies. "Nobody," said Aunt Sally. "1. just took a notion we'd eat in the dining room heeeether. Jaime lookerrat her again under his eyebrows that strange look. Then he went to the tvooclpi:e. After supper 'A.wit Sally gave • James his paper and sat down to her mending. "It's real nice and cozy in here, WAii-'"she said, "It's a', lot cf foolishness, al tills fuss and folderol," Jarnea said. "Makes more work than.it's worth." "I like to live nice, while I'm here to enjoy niee. things," Aunt Slally said placidly. "I'in going to hire, out the wnshing, and get the little Simmons girl to come help clean." "Yes, and what'll all this cost?" .A unt Satiy's hands shook so that the needle went wildly through the sock she was darning, but they were -under the edge of the table; James. couldn't See thorn. , She said, "Seems to me, James, there's some things inthis word you've lost sight of. You and meewe've worked -together these many years, saving and getting ahead. We've been getting ahead so long we ought to be where we're going to, by now. We've got enough money. There's some things more valuable than money and what have we been getting ahead for all these years, if, not to get to 'em? I Want to -live different. -I want to live nice'. ' 1-1 want--" Aunt Sally would ,have gone on, but she couldn't. Her hand came out of its 'hiding place and went across the table toward James. "Oh, James, you aren't mad, ate you?" she said eagerly. "1 don't -I dont' want you to be mad." James said, "Pahaw, Sany!"- He got up and Wined the damper ef the 'heater, turned it back again. "I guess you've get a right to have things the way you want them," he said gruffly. He did not look at her. "Walnut trees," he said, caer anything else, f' -a- that matter." He sat down again and saaeeetaeraeat. *paper. "I guess we can afford it," he" gala- after. a while. "Hogs are up another cleat." " He turned a sheet and snorted -Aunt Sally saw him looking at her under his eyebrows, that strange look,- as though he saw something -.new. 'These fool girls won't have a hair 'left on their heads pretty seen,' he said. "There's not one of 'am can hold a candle to you for looks yet." (The End.) • Minertas Liniment for toothache. The Gentle Lives. , Count yams riches as you may, Seek your fame where'mayou will, Peace must mark the close of day Or you'll -be 'unhappy still. ' Friends must trust in all you do Or no joy can come to you. Gold is good to have and own,. . Fame is worth the winning, too, But if these you gain alone Little will they do for you. Friends must be and love must stay Or your life is thrown away. Poverty is grim and stern, Wealth is sometimes cruel, too,. Here's a lesson all must learn, And before the end we do: Rich or poor for joy depends, On his loved enes and his friends-. View it howsoe'er you will, Life le more than wealth or fame, Mere than cunning, more than skill, Peace 'requires an honored name. Theligh the heights you stand upon Love and faith must follow on. Gentle deeds must mark the strong, Thought for others grace -the. wise, Skill cannot conceal a. wrong, Oft with triumph frie,nciship dies. Happiest they, -svhate'er their place, Who have touched their lives with graPe. • Edgar A.:Guest. • Mystery for Archie. The telephone bell rang and five- yeer-old Archie thought he could ht- . ewer it. 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Then, cant the thought: Why should one not se the many carillons of the Lw Coun tries, eaca in its own historic Otte and write them down for forelen wax deringe? . , Thereupon we set forth to find th eerillonaeur at the Hague; courteous ly he gave us. suggestions and a,clvisec us to consult the bell-xuaster at Gouda So we betook.ourselres 0,ouda, an sought ,put theaceerillonneur, who tol us a friend ok- his had COMO. upon con siderable^ information about carillon in some old volunaes la the library.,B the best of good, fortun.e it tarried met W that we Were at Gouda on one of the two days of - each week when the library was open., - • Outside i it was a deluge of rain with a bleak sky. 'Within -the librity we were dry, it is. true, but there were no lights. • Just' at closing time the book of most importanee to us was discovered. We made good use of the minutes lea, and With a fair list of carillon towns safely recorded in our notebook we went back to the Hague. Taat very night, the most convenient of ines,seges, the poetdafcle with paid reply, was, adispatched to "Den Meer Klokkenist" of , the principal Dutch and Flemish towns. . . . • By noon the next day replies ben to come. . . . Aanorning or two laaer thee long tans old "portier" at the hotel, affectionately regarded by many a treveler, aeldeup a dozen answers to hfs ear; as if listening to their mes- sage, and greeted me with; "Hush, I hear °carillons ringing. through all the lead." With the ans,wers came many w s - h The Set '4:4' No Regrete. e Radio Satisfaction A . You wouldn't buy an Automobile or " household accessory whieh was gQieg, a, • to be practieallyeut, 9f date next year 1- -would you? Then why buy any Rdio, but an up-to-dete Radio and e save your sorrow.- . 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Several 'Until both eyes and brain are tired. Oh, never Noma,- • times a bel -master volunteered (if the i Hong-kong or Rama burgonaaster gave permission to play Gould show me finer sights thanhome! at some other time than the regular h. our, ix it would conveniecee us. . . . 'In the Low. Countries all the carillon towns are so near one another that little foreplanninges needed. he ea:Il- ion, re-Oon, indeed has an. area, only • ., about twice that of. Wales or of the state of New Jersey. It is An foam almost a. rightetrIangle wiala Mahne,der, southeast of Liege-, -at ...ith right angle, and with its hypethenus,e, running" from Boulogne to the mouth of the , ms, northeast of Groningen, ahing E the North Sea coast -line of "Beigium wed,. Holland. ---William Gorham .,Rice, in "Carillon Music and .Singing Towers -of thed 01 World and the New." • Sleep by Chart in Berlin. , Canadian tra.velers, unaccustomed to sleeping on feather beds with wedge- shaped bolsters beneath their pillows, have described the first, night in a German hotel as a struggle to escape euZeeetaere., A Berlin hotel is aow supPliing ppon 'which are described half a dozen ways of making up %a. bed. If a Canadian ' wants to seep in a Canadian style, he checks the proper diagram onethe card and leaves it to the chambermaid to do the rest. ; -Badger Carla Liniment for, brels.es. Ichabod Old Tesstament Name. Ichabod is a character. in the 01d Testament. The storyaof his...birth is f t elated in I San -mel 4: 9-22, says "The Pathfinder," in answer to a query. Eli, who had judged Israel forty years, fell dead when he heard from a messenger that his two sons, Hoplini and Phi -pe- as, -had been killed in the battle of APliek an,d that the ark of Clod had been taken by the Philistines. It was itheriethat tile wife of Painehes ga,ve birth of Teliabod. He was so nanied b,ecause -the glory is departed from Israel," and the "ark of God is, taken." Australia Has Tallest Tre.e. The tallest tree in the world is a species of eucalyptus growing M-Aus- tralla. Individual trees of this species have been known to attain a height of 400 feet. The • manunoth • sequoia -which grows on tbe US. Pacific Coast, has been known to grow a Little over 80(1, feet tail.-.. ' • '"" • ecause you realty live with, your Eace Curtains,' they should he Caunclerecl in LUX rVERY hour of the day you 12, see them. If they have been poorly launder- ed they are a constant annoyance. Lux laundering will keep them true in both colour and shape— . will permit them to drape. in . soft graceful folds. * Be carefill toget the genuine Lax. It is ,cold oni'y in packages ,...-7-2ever in bulk. Lever Brothers Liriiited Toronto --, • • - - " 1,544 matanzineasiatemettla 'DEVELOPING ONE'S OWN STYLE Style le like, happinees, Every one recognizes it,. every one describes' it, but no two people agree as to its ,eXact. natureIndeed, literary etyle ' ha boondilsousted so dace as ,the rare and, fine flower of .aerfece"writing that . tb.ere le a common ,bellee that ,style is like -a top hat, sextethieg .avery one may like to peseeseebet rani very wefl do without. Style in its inore'exquielte forms' le, it Is true, rare, and. so Is ex. quisite writing. But style as an 04- companlineat of good writing is :not: a . grade superuled to- what 'aoes well enough, without it, but a part of ax- oalleane itself. It , le .not a effuse but a result of good writing, and is no more beerad" the reach o the ;aspirant -than clearness or force. Who does not attempt to form n style,.doe.e not try to write- ad^ tve,1i as hie subject • mends and his intellect permits. . . Difficult to Define., ,, Style isnot ornament. To defiae, it positively is, not so eeity. Buffoa serted -that order and 'movement were , two .of its' chief attributes. Perhaps the simplest mid most inclusive ac- count of, It, is to sayathat style is ihe measure of control over what is being written. rl'he contrielaits,elf comes from a firm handling of the idea and a masa tery of expression, -btit when power- - over the ord'er of thought and of words, and over words themselveseap- peoaches completeness the result is felt aa a perfection and harmony of the whole. That measure of complete- ness is style. There is an exact equiv- - ale,nce between tae style of an able writer and the style 'of an accomplish- ed golfer or a perfect °anima. It is not what th-ey do that give -them style, but how they do it and the feat of their doing.' Thus' style is beauty -but not the beauty of pretti- ness. Its beauty is akin to the beauty of arclaite,cture where, a steer struc- tureof most uncompromising lines has beauty_ of its own, the same in cause as the beauty of the Taj Mahal theugh sodiffereet in effect.\,, . . _ Do Not Copy Others. Style of a sort is possible for every houest writer, and 'he meet get his own style if, he is ever to be effective. But fineness of style, especially in the chole and 481k:e1'ti-on:of words and in the harmohies of diction, is possible only for the fine nature. A literary' style is gaite as impassible for theun- literary as excellent music for the men without an ear. This, is one difference between the necessity tea accarate ex- eression: eliseussed in the last ehapter and. the desiribility of an excellent and personal style. The distinction is important, and disregard of it has pro- aaced a rece, of would-be. ,r literay a a. a it a lo fi. th tl of bi fr th 3f St • 311 tili 113 gi pi th ha st wi up a th th 00 eo re no 55 111 erie'.ers "who learn to imitate 'd gaeat' - tyle badly -when they might develop ' n honest, if =dee:a style of their,4 wn. Dr. Johnton's advice to sit up e , ights with '`A.d.disen never meant hat togwrfte 1Ikt Addison was desir- ble for every man. Models may be ece,stary at the beginning in order to now 'what can. be dome, a:though it s fax better to e•ead. thena , not es modela of style, but as- good reading; evertheless, style is the result of say - ng what has to be said. as well as it an be said by you in your own way, ere one .can expect SUCCeSS without eing either Addison or Shelleeseea.re. -Henryrtiag.,, Seidel Canby, in • "Better v Reaping a. Neighhcr's Field. Across the .fawn roawh dwhich separ- tes my farm from_ my, nearest neigh- or's, I sawa field, familiar, yet trangelyaneW and Urifamaliar,lying up o the setting sun, all red with ant- mn; abevelt the incalculable heights . f the- sky, blue, but. not quite clear, wing to the Indian sumer haze. annot convey the sweetness and soft- „. esi of that landscape, .the airiness of , the mystery of it, as it came to me t that,moment. It was as though," coking nt an acquaintance long nown, I should discover that I toyed int. As I stood there I was conscious f the cool tang of burning leaves and rushheaps, the lazy smoke of which oaten down the long valley and found e In my field, and finally I. heard, as ough the sounds were thenenade for 10 first time, all the vague murmurs • 41.__ the countryside -a cow -bell tome- here in the distance,. the creek of a agora the blurred evening hum of rds, insects, frogs. So much It earts for a man .to stop and look up oxn his- task. As I etood there I glanced across e broad valley wherein :lies the most my farm; to a field of buckwheat hieli belongs to Horace. For an in - ant it gave ire the illusion of a hill fire ; far the late, sun shone. full • on - e thick ripe etaaas of the 'buckwheat, ring forth an bundant red ,,.glory al blessed thc.eye. Horace had been •ciul of his crop, smacking his lips at e piespeet of winter pancakes, and ' arc I was entering his field and tak- g without hincirante another crop; a, op gathered not with hands not ored in granaries: a wonderful crop, tich, mice gatherea, may long he fed On and yet remain uneonaunied. So 1 Icoked acmes the countryside; group of elms here, a tufted hilltop ere, the smooth vendure of pastafee, e rih' brown of new -plowed fields ---- d the odrs, and the sounds of the entry -all cropped by me, How the fences keep ele out: I do got greet titles nor eoneider boundaries, ' enter either by day or night, but t seoretly. TalUngaany fill, I leaee hal.*: as 1 find-Foni "Adventure Caateetinent," by Davi. Graysion.