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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-11-25, Page 6A R BY RAFABL SABATI II. The Master Take -'Geller, Author of "Barclelys the Magnificent." Another' Stirring Story of Adventure and Love In a itiew Setting— M The Peninsular War. NURSES The Toronto 1foipltal for intarnbtoe, is *Milano watt Seawall and A111ea notp3t31s, Ker York City, offers a three year'' Oqur#e. of Tratniva to youno womun, havino ;She. emoted tatoatioe Ona dectrolta of b000mtnc Auris'. This Hataital hat adeptcd the tips,,„, hour 9ystcm The puoile reedvo onitornw,s of the Sohoai, a tyonthiy alter+ancp and traveltnn pxponse to, and from New York. For further lntprnation write the. Supertatondent 1 "What of Richard Butler? Tell me at WHO'S WHO, between O'Moy and the offender, un -'once." Lt. Richard Butter of the Irish dra- aii;e to guess the sources alba heli - Seeing the Men 'stricken speech ess, Wien �vliicli he now Beheld such Samoval freta. ,laewiidered astonish goons, on a foraging expedition duxin'i; Wellington's campaign against the unmistakable mistaky bleide aft, misunderstood .eitminister na- led Ito O Al conclusion from onistres ,motivessmp h fetich in sed by al, hears of a rare "There must be no• flinching in this, lniodesty. accounted for their silence. wine possessed by seine monks, Drunk,' general," g he eluate out ta, get wee of it. Hog ," he cried. "If you know Prim-; "Leave as, Sylvia, please,", she said, mistakes a nunnery for the monastery he seeks, When admittance is refused, believing the place is a "hotbed Of treason," he forces his way in, Shook - ed and sobered when he realizes his sacrilege, he turns to go, but strikes Ms head ona pi'r+lar and falls uncon- scious Sergt. Flanagan, who with a few troops accompanied him, meanwhile is attacked by peasants enraged at what they supposed was a deliberate viola- tion of the convent. Outnembered ten to one, he manages to escape when the abbess appeals to the peasants. Sir Robert Crauford, commander of the light division, hears Flanagan's report that Butler was left for dead. "It 1sdust as well,," he says, "for Lord Wellington wou{d have had him shot." Sir Terence O'Moy, adjutant -gen- CHAPTER YI, f eral of the Irish dragoons, learns that LADY 0'1/10Y. Butler, who is ails young wife's bre- I as cipal Souza at all, you must know that . "Forgive me, dear. But you,see they he will not reliquish his position with- will not mention these things -while out. a fight. Give me now, that I may you are present." publish everywhere, your official as-; She waited until the obedient and suranee that this man, Butler, will be discreet Miss Armytage had passed shot, and I assure you that Principal from view. Souza, thus deprived of his stoutest "Now," she bade -them, "please tell weapon, must succumb in the strugge , me," that awaits tis," I And O'Moy'delivered .himself husk- "Then usk "Then," said O'Moy slowly, "you i•y of the hideous truth, may publishffcia assurance that Meanwhile Miss Arrnj•ta e took her y myon al as x � , y g the officer in question will be ... , way to Sir Terence's workroom, know- shot now- n ing 1 Capt. Tre- h t tat she would find s a when taken." m wo w a ( g P "General, I thank you. My country Mayne there, and assuming that ho thanks you. Yori maybe confident of would he alone. this issue:" He bowed gravely to "May. I come in?" she asked him O'Moy and then to Tremayne. ,'Your from the clearway. excellencies, 1 have the honor to wish He aprang to his feet. "Why, cer- you good day." tainly, I1iss Armytage" For so im- perturbable a young man he seemed oddly breathless in his eagerness to welcome her. She closed"the door and ! Across the frontier in the northwest came forward into the room. ther, left the convent alive, but h _ `.`I want you to tell me something, not returned to his regiment. was gathering the third French army Capt. Tremayne and I want you to be Capt. Tremayne, regiment, s secretary, of invasion, commanded by Marshal frank with me." reminds Sir Terence that Richards Massena, while Wellington, at the I hope I could never be anything death would break Lady i.ehary's head of a British force of little more else." than one-third of the French host,"What has 'Dick Butler been heart. O'Mev has always been jealous watched and waited, maturing "hidoing?•' of the staong friendship between Una, stupendous strategic plan. Behind He looked into her face with sharp - his wife, and the young captain. the Britsh armyand immediately to 1 Principal Souza of the council of Y y questioning eyes. What have you the north of Lisbon,in an are sorne 30 heard?" regeney is opposed to Lord Welling- miles long, the lineof y Torres Vedras 1 "Only that he has done somethingat tons elan to. devastate part of Portu- were being constructed under the di -1 Tavola for which the consequences gal, and interferes with, military op- rection of Colonel Fletcher a.nd this { Tavolamay be grave. Una sent me aay on t ardaams until the British commander- sosecretly to remain -unknown to Brit -'the plea of ;n youth and innocence,. in -chief has issued the ultimatum tht ish and Portuguese alike. i`vh]cii were not tbe offended. But I unless Souza be removed from the To these lines it was the British 'can trust you to tell _ me without government he, Wellington, will with commander's plan to effect a slow re -'offending." oaaw from the country , t "Sylvia!" !„ Miguel Forjas, Portuguese secrtary treat before the French flood when it! njyavi&. It was a curious e�elatna= of state, warnsO'142ay that Butler shcould sweep.forward, thus luring the tion of satisfaction and of gratitude enemy onward into a country which for the implied confidence. must be punished. he had commanded should be laid re -1 She stiffened perceptibly. "Won't Ientiessi * waste, that there that enemy you tell me what I want to know?" CHAPTER III. (Cont'd.) might first be starved and afterwardsHe toad her quite simply the whole In himself Dom Miguel Ferjas was-destroyaii- Such was his terrible de -1 story, not forgetting to give pronmin- +shrewd enough to apprehend to the mend upon the country for its own enee to the circumstances ee.tenuating full the military genius of the British savation. it in Butler's favor. ander-in-chief, fruits of which ( The northern nobles "whose lands 1 "And when he is taken," she asked, comm , Emust suffer opposed the measure vio-"what—What will happen to hint?" he had already witnessed and he knew , lently. And Antonio de Souza made He looked at her, hesitating for a that unless this man and the troops , himself their champion until he was moment. then answered her: "O'114oy under his command remained in Por -,broken by Wellington's ultimatum: to has pledged his word to the Poitu- tugal and enjoyed complete liberty of 1 the Council. ,, i guese • government that Dict. Butler action there could be no hope of stem- Souza quitted the government and shall be shot when taken." ming the third invasion for which , Massena—the ablest of all Napoleon's .the capital as had been demanded, `But l "Terence did that : Sylvia's face i if Wellington hoped that he would was white. marshals—was now gathering his di- visicns in the north, and. Portuguese i quit intriguing, he misjudged his man. 1 "He was compelled oto it. Honor So that he ruined Wellington it mat -and duty demanded no less of him." independence would be ground to duet tered nothingto Antonio de Souza' "Honor?"' u-, der the heel of the terrible emperor. I Honor She uttered the word al- t, „ . that he should ruin himself and his most with" contempt. "And what,of h -lie-ealid at length in a voice• that was awed, "is an ultimatum:' 1 own country at the same time. In that Una?" "It is that," O'Moy admitted readily. !raced he passed out of the councils of I "I ani thinking of Una when I say "It is e it is as well," he said. :the Portuguese government into - a I I should welcome the news of Dick's. "That Lord Wellington should go?" • m of ingo and secretly active, retire- i death somewhere in the i ls. �� It is cried O'Moy. ,• ,- the best that can be„hoped for. As a result' of Souza's downfall 0 l I had better go to her at once. She "That Lord Wellington should an- t nounce intentions of going,” Forjas Moy was able to breathe more freely. will be needing me, poor child. Ilam Then, too, as the weeks passed, the fateful to you,Capt. Tremayne, for .t g And admitted 'so •• fined. „ exp_ahaving shadow overhanging him with regard your confidence and for 'telling me. much, he now stripped off the official to Richard Butler gradually lifted.'nd thus she left him very thoughtful mask completely. He spoke with his : No further word had there been of 'own voice, and not with that of the as concerned for Una as she was hex - council whose mouthpiece he was. "Of the missing lieutenant, and by the end self. ' course, -it will never be permitted. of May both O'Moy and Tremayne (To be continued.) Lord Wellington has been entrusted had come to the eoncluthe that he with the defence of the country by the must. have met death gat the hands of Prince Regent; consequently it is the some of the ferocious mountaineers. duty of every Portuguese to ensure O net dreaded the . moment when at all costs he shall continue in explanation must be made to his wife, that office." I of Richard's absence. O'Moy was mystified. In, the end, 'however, he was spared ' understands the necessity of falsehood For the "But your excellency truth itself the terms—the only terms upon which itself reached Lady O'Moy in an his lordship will so continue?" unexpected manner. It came about a month after that ve"Perfectly. yPerfe tl res to the1 shall hasten council. It s day when O'Moy had first received also quite clear that I may convey to news of the escapade at Tavera. my government your assurance that He, with his wife and her cousin, the raid Sylvia Armytage, were breakfasting the officer responsible for one morning when Mullins broke in on the convent at Tavora will be shot when taken?" !upon them with the announcement of Knowing nothing of the relationship a visit from Count Samoval. CHAPTER vir. . F 1 HFDEOUS TRUTH. � or the Heaviest Woolens or the Finest LaCeS and Silks orthe whole Family Wash. pa �athng Cleanses so Thoroughly and Safely asl Ar LEVER BROTHERS L1 M ITEM TORONTO 1517 ;SSUE N. 47-444 f4, The Portuguese nobleman, a slend- er, handsome, swarthy roan of 30 was introduced. His friendship with - the O'laloys, now some three months. Old, had been considerably ,strengthened of late by that he bad unexpectedly be- fact the come one of the most hostile crities of the council of -regency as lately con- stituted, and one of the finest ardent supporters of the Wellingtonlan'pa:aicy. Ile bowed with supremest grace to the ladies, ventured to kiss the fair, smooth hand of his hostess, and took o wasproffering. it M. the cha 0 y `Good news, I hear, general. ' An- tonio de Souza's removal from the government is already bearing fruit. The mills in the valley of the Mondego are being effectively destroyed at last." "Yere very we] informed," grunted OI'ivioy, who .himself had but received the news. There was a note alinestef suspicion in the words, and he was vexed that select matters should So seen bee put abroad, ad, r n "Naturally, i i`eason 1 aS and with v , the »answer, delivered with a rueful smile. "Am I. not interested? J. not • some of my property in question? But I bow to the riecessities of war. The individual must e1 thata t thenation may triumph, A Roman maxim, nip dear genera • "And a Bietish one," said O'May. e, Oh, admittedly, replied the ami- able Samoval. "You proved it by your inicolnproraising firmness in the affair The Hill. "1 thoughtey'au would like it," Was what you said, And dumb with beauty, I bent my head. Whispering poplars, Moon -shade playing, Our hushed voices, Moon -light graying. • Grass -green meadows That darkened down To far lights marking A little town. —Beauty murmured; We heard leer cold -- Yet only the poplars Spoke ai•1. p'0' at have People h e given Me lovely things., Books, and pictures, Brooches, rings.' Of all my gifts I would rather see The moonlit hill You gave to me. —Ethel Louise Knox. of Tavora, ;And irl your own interests, Too Close. m dear general, .1 trust there will be n0 weakening when this Lt, Butler is taught, and----' "gg l' hat ladyship asked sharply. and— "Wheal' .. y P my -• C,erioral�-••xticli�ard Butler, answ'ez'- ed Samoval' in the .scared' hush that .followed the count perceived that he had s•ttttnb!aied headlong route a reystery. 1 -ie saw Lady O Moy's face turn whiter' and whiter as slue regarded him. A SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL GIRLS' DRESS. 'If you are thinking of making a new little frock for :your young daughter, you will find this smart design very simple to fashion. The dress has the popular kimona shoulders, and long sleeves gathered k to narrow wrist- bands. The neck has a front opening and is finished with a neat round col- lar. An inverted plait at each side of the skirt gives .added width, and a belt and patch pocket complete this trim little dress. 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Ont ' 43c per 1/a LORD AND LADY BYNG TRANFLANI CANADA TO THEIR HOME IN ESSEX Lord and Lady Bypg have carried shall never forget the kindnesses of back to England with them many of the Canadian people. I sheds miss the physical andmental associations them all." which they experiencedduring thews tenure of o e at Rid�u Hall, ll, Ot- —Thorpe Hale le situated tuabei in ancient Almost utgirost Stranger to Their Home, tawa; and they aro endeavoring "to mon:ilstic lambda, with fish -ponce creat - make Thorne Hall, their 'old home, "a ed by the monks in bygone centuries, bit of Canada transplanted to Essex."in ordler to ensure a supply of fish for Aftea mealy years orae, g w-foh he er Ii'ridaas The estate was selected by had no permanent home, the dormer Lady governor-gene�ra3 of the dominion la Byng when,1i�r, husband w�ls iu horns at last and "would like muchto have a real rest:" Plant. Canadian Flowers. 91s we salt in the 1ibraey of Thorne HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.. Write your name and address plain. ly, giving number and size of such Enclose 20c patterns as you want. nin P stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide 'SL,' Toronto. .Patternssent by return nail. Norwich Cottagers Breed Canaries. Norwich—this quiet old English pity —is the headquarters of one of the world's quairntest cottage industries, the breeding of hundreds of thousands of "canaries, whose songs are heard in nearly every •country ' in the world. Little is •conminctily known of the sur- vival of this industry through the changes and upheavals or -the indus- trial age, but sinoe the Flemish wear- ers were d iven from. their country in 1534, and settled at- Worsted, now a decaying village about 12 miles, from Norwich, bringing their canaries with them and teaching their English neigh bors how to handle thein:; the canary industry has been an important source of income to;thousands of families. There is said to be scaroely a work- ingman's home in Norwich that does not house growing colonies 'of can- aries. Tlie owansrs'give .tiie Most lov- ing care sand thoughful attention to their birds, who repay by. flooding the' if one" should fall tom the nailing and e cottages and tenements With , their ! str11. a human being the victim would songs. When the young btmds are I aio .within twenty-four hours. Through; re'adiy for sale they are slaik�rid, each slZ,eer • cu,osity 'w.a attempted to re� in its own little c,as:e. with a threedtays' surlily of toted and with .a sponge! Inoue Pomo of them from the (SedJ.ing. �* a b using teal sticks but found it wasin the watercup LO assure moisture and drinking suppliess impossible to do so because of their This is the shipping semen end as a-lertn•ess anti a•a ility "Th•a pliospborescent fishes which a� �j 13.•ay about the shores making rings of 'Loves a$st She the birds are gathered for shipment THE WAY TO KEEP LOVE A young mall writes 'c am about to be married,' My iianoee and I ere very much in love with each other, but ala we leek around among our married acquaintances we see that Rome hue,bands and wives have lost all the fine romance. and .sentiment with which they must have etarted out on the matt imouial voyage They are indif- feindif- ferentto 'eaolt other. Sometimes they are even. hostile. Nearly'always they bore each other. We do not want this calamity to happen to us. What...oan we do to. keep our love as fresh when We are fifty as it is now?" Ee Lovable. If we wish to be loved 'W must, make ourselves lovable, You can't turn the entire business of keeping in love over to the other party. You have to lend a hand at the task yourself. . womanshould do all she possibly can tokeep her husband fascinated. A man should make every effort to keep his wife. thrilled at the sound of his footsteps. But when both Have put forth their ut- , most endeavor to keep love alive, the individual must supplement it by inak-. ing a. few hypnotic passes over him - Egypt, l9 ,, in13. Tha the outbreak of the self! very world war, they converted' the estate Fort love is largely a matter of self- hypnosis. Even when we are in love,` we know, in our lucid moments, that 3 years they the men and women tiro i ave set our Hall, Lady Byng• could be s•aeu through, have their home as aslreme. Part of hearts` upon are not really more the window, attired in ;a beaded moose- : the building is being' reconstructed, beautiful, inure intelligent, more an - skin coat, a Canadiaal ,gift, directing and Lfady Byng insisted on having all 'gelic than the remainder df humanity. the- operations of gardeners who were the woodwork of Canadian hemlock., But for the time being they -seem like creating a rock -garden off- Canadian Canadian:niep'les, papawta•, cedar andthat•to us because .we have conoen- plants and flowers. ' firs are also being planted in the The former governor-general spoke grounds, and the Seh-ponds are no* of his many friends in Canada, end' of populated with Canadian geese•, .test, his great affeotions for the dominion. mallards and .other wild fowl. On their last ,vi,ceeregal trip, the Byngs took their English gardener, who refected tpttrauts,.limnetrs and trees from ail parts i of the dominion, in order to make' Thorne Hall a real "bit of Canada." into a hospital. Then they came to Canada, and. now for the flre,t time in mane The constitutional question, he. said, "IS past and gone. It would be futile to discuss it now, and I have too great an affection far -the Canadian people to wish for .further controversy. I COOKING POTS •oer Ii1 u•trails h GROWof mmikesaterival wefor thbeirilt fn i>lushro•onisearcbeds. t TREES "Having found a suitable tree, the branches will be entirely defoliated b ONTRINIDAD y these active••cueartures ina single night land the leavee carried back in bits to 1 their homes, where they are made into NATIVES PLUCK UTEN- ` a compost and used :tis a: garden on SILS FROMPLANTS which certain fungi are grown and S. used. by *them as food. "The stingless bees which .one often• encounters in the tropical jungles a sunrise to one who is accustomed on their bad. qualities and gaze upo trated all of our thoughts upon their; -perfections and have declined even to consider their defects. - Nothing would do more to promote domestic felicity. and to keep hus- bands and wives in love with each 'other than far them to carry this state. of -mind into their wedded lite, and to refuse to wake up from the trance in- to which. they have ' thrown them- selves. Therefore I can give no better. advice about how 'to retain your af- fection for your ,wife than just to focus your eyes upon her sniaing virtues mind willfully blind yoiuself to her fault's. It is literally true that we can think ourselves iu love, or out of love. We 'can glorify the good qualities of, our husbands and wives so that we see them as we want them too he, and,not eas Mei- are, or we can turn a spot -light �- at Never n _ lu�ane • of Bees '�'� e to the war-lilre m•eth•ods and the en them until they become unendurable Stingand-Fish That Lassie fe'ctive weapons, of their northern re afflictious- ,Water. Flame at i l ht,: satires. It is when a man begins to let his Vines y -which produce' sponges and ; dle-aged his wife -has become, .instea trees from which natives may pluck 1 �f of how' faithful and devoted' she is' to cooking atensils were described by Dr. him; it is. when -a woman begins turn - cooking Scurator at the New ingover and over in hem mind how Fred J. .leaver, . York Botanical Garden, in a 'lecture. Jf jlt « seldom her husband takes her- out -to . i•a' t:.. ,. any place of amusement, and how long . th.ouglits dally with how stout and mid• - Dr. Seaver, who with several other mycologists recently competed a sur- vey ur y_e _ it has been since he paid her aeon,- vey of the fungi of Porto Rico and the x piiment, instead of remembering how t bard ha Works to daee herr comfort - Virgin. Islands, said many new fungi 1 o had been collected in Trinidad,where able,. that. love falls sick anti pines he passed eleven weeks studying tropi- away. - c:111 v elation. i:;. Another way to keep yourself in eg 1 "The curiosities'of Trinidad are -not `" �love with your wife it to fanny t h3 •confined to the animal kingdom," said Boy Scouts' motto, and 'do some good Dr. Seaver. "Thera are not only the deed for her every day. ' The more we "When she's out with a man at banyan tree with its many trunks and Pretty Fast Girl. the `cannon -ball tree with its peculiarnight she's the s1o}vest thing at get- -fruit, but also villas which produoe ting home I ever knew." "Yes; I've heard she's a pretty fast girl." - sponges and trees which grow cooking utensils as though nature had com- bined to make it as easy as poseible for the residents of this tropical land." "The' great cavern of the Guaoh' aros," he said, "is populated by a rare, wi•erd bird known as the guacharo, vrhicli: fires only ..by night and 'which when disturbed by day makes the cave resound like an. inferno with its 'wild shrieks and cries. Still other caves are ' .pollulate'd with the vampire, os blood -sucking hat. ' "Other queer forms of animal life are Vhe oysters which grow en .trees, the hugellightning bugs, which, it is claimed ase used see candies by the Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia. Toll of the Seas. Daring the first three months of the pear k 139,766 tonsof shipping were totally lost by. wreck or stress . of weatber;'ears a Lloyd return. -- Live fresh -water shrimps, 'wild arti- mala, including tigers, a panther, and a bear, one hundred steam rollers, and twenty great locomotives are among usual freightBritish carried on the und railways recently. peasants, and .the 'twenty -four-hour lizard," which• runs over the ceilings • s pickingoff." flies ieh ' of 'the l.oue1r., tivh are gree.dilyd•t fou red as .foody i "They aro called. ''twe'nty-fourhour ; - lizards' because of a superstition that by motor trucks they sing and adcle fire. In the water at night are another their quota to - the din and eaottetneu I attraction. The leaf -cutting ants' also of leevetakiing io a rule they go to• arouse'their share of interest. They wholesale dsa.hera in Germanyanl' five: in great, mouncl.s;• alrnos�t' an ,large from there are Sent a11Over o war a..•asa small house traveling often fo x The breeeiders of the canaries devote ' •--�• much. time ,and patience to teaching I the birds •to sing. It hats beenfound that by drawing a cors along a glass bottle tna,certain way the canary clann he elosely imitated. The owner site in front of the cage and patiently rubs the cork until the canari,ee, 'unable' 10 1 resist the swinging tone's, join in the' Chorus and are soots w•arbling all day: long. sizeom an economic standpoint the industry Is mere important teen might- be though and it. Is es,timate,d the e birds sold. -by the Norwich , 9 breeders during the ,7t e,selnt sea§ion i will bring about aa:00,000 to the cles-- 1 Wet. 1 .._..•..Wal.>..:. -.,r.:.. 0f. London's bridges, slow-moving horse traffic: is beatvieat on the Tower 73ridgo, With Waterloo Bridge next. 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It is well known that the surfaoe .o.f the earth is always on the move, and there can ba no doubt that our conoeptions , and of the locations of our,oan nd .tountaies: are, to a- great extent, in- ccrrect. As .a.. basds for the weak, what Is called -lull flee a fundamental poly g • o 'teen set up, consisting of the United States Naval Bats at San Diego, Cali- fornias ali fornr_a, .the Algiers Observatory, in - Africa ,end the Shanghai Observatory, in China. These places are all In ap•p!roxiniate - m latitude, and are about lY the same stztrul a eight hours apart in longitude. Time eignti-s are being sent out all oyer the world by wireless, and it-- will be the nteh dfecrepancies in the reception of them that errors in the present no - tines of location will be discovered. In, addition to the stations compris- ing the "fundani:ent ml polygon, otber obs, ,_vatcries taking el't iii rho -ars. are Greeiiwigh; Parrips;.- ashIngto:ton A i3 lliu 'a twoie in. (U.S.A.) e nd (.i Ville . (e vario: e paled' of Aueeralia and New' 7.ea,.and. Am a'unuf rm'it•eles. s e:lthusiasts who are interested in this matter should note that, in connection with it, long-' rvttvc e,jgnals are helve sent out three tunes daily frotn Annapolis (.1'7.141 metes), Arlen gtoe , �'a•i ou•. 13eilvu,e I(74. 70e me•tree ), Honolulu (11 .600 , m'e'tres), Saigon (17.000 metres), Bode ( detux (18.900 metres), and Issy, near Paris (32.000 in:etres), If, os is expected, the experiments disclose 'cavort . in the. eimebes of lough tude as aIre aey established, the result Will be a ge,l letai ovoehlaul of the c•:_arIs• and neaps u'ow in tuee. 'Dust :trout voicanlf; fru tions halt been : known to tr ive1 600 miles i through' the air, I