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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-10-31, Page 240♦0.0144)i0N0.0♦0+0♦0+401♦Ai♦040♦0•lQ♦0♦4•0+0♦0• 0 0 A MAN'S REVENGE; • OR, THE CONVICT'S DAUGHTER. 101♦0+0♦0•*4IR•0Ni0t♦101♦jOt♦i0.•1 +iCht+ .0 $0t10.0.0it•IO.0.0t♦i (:IiAI'I'ER \1I. At that precise moment the Eileen of (Hoerr smelter's thoughts was hruking CC)ty dip into a young mai:. enrndsl fare. til►e stood at the open w irehi w• of a truer. in a house en the right side of Ili' park, and ilio clustering sweet -peas (il ttir bale:onv were not more frash- looking. more brilliant in their coloring, than her beautiful, sparkling face. "How strange that you alio should be lencl►ing here to -day r she had just ,aid RI the stvo('h:,L of voices, with Timm up- ward glance !lull had driven more than one youth mad ,with love for her. "sirango !" ,earulale'd her companion. ',fleet -telly demi., most providential, Mia, liivlerei. L little expected such a pleasure." She laughed. The rich e(.lor in her cheek. deepened. "What a tirade a" she exclaimed, stretching out her hand and picking a se cel -pea. which she lied caressingly against her cheek. The Ik.wer seemed to pule instantly. lord St. Rubin filed. "Feer the (lowers acknowledge your csuprema. y !" he murmured. "Agninsl your cheek that nue grow; white. Your complexion is an envy 10 the woolen of Loudon.'. "1►h, a truce to your flattery, my lord," replied the girl mockingly. tossing her dusky head. "fell ii& what you Iutve been doing since wo Wet stet." "And parted at four this morning. wasn't iter Stich an age age 1 But that belt was certainly the nicest of the sea - sen. At lens!, 1 thought so," he added with emphasis, "Why?" asked Eileen. plucking the Kink of the flower with that most cruel insouciance with which women (so alliin employ their fingers to hide their feel- ings. "ran you ask? Because you were kind It. an old friend ; becau.co your Duncan was not (here. That is wily, Nil queen." "You must not speak like that." she ex- -claimed, reprovingly, lhottgh a Ini.chiev- oue smite twitched the corners u( ht'r full red lips. "You forget that Duncan Sinclair is try fiance, my future hus- band.' Ile drew buck with ostentatious hor- ror "I forget! Never! The memory of tori is with me night and day. Eileen, why were you so creel as to take hien and leave me inconsolable?" She sighed. "Are you inconsolable? You hide it well. And, really, now, such questions are rather e.ul of place. Duncan is a deer fellow, and -well. 1 need) not ex- plain -1 Ohio. hon. Voila lout!" "Yes, of course. But isn't lie rather remise.? \Where is he now, in the mid- dle of the gayest season we have hid for years? Ile should be with you, by your. side contint.all'. neo 'neigh pro- clninlfng proudly: "This is my future bride. look at her, ye jealous nudes; niark her pe'erieesnees! She Ls mine, mine! Ali, low happily would 1 act that rc ler "ford SI. Aubin, I'm surprised at you r "Lord St. Aubint It used to be Jim, plain Jim!" he ejeculalel sadly. "\e'ell. Jim Then, dear Jim. don't be so sar•a(..ic. 1 was saying that [tuneful bole: Lcritkon. II neaktts him 111. Ile's sr kern on his painting. We under - sheet en^h other s•, perfectly. Thal is why 110 not mind his lemig: why 1 not oenh•n1 without his 04411111nudl presence:' "But h•: How cin he do it? These lits, Eileen! blow can he forget trim 7 Little girl. yeti should mit have dent. it. Even now i1 is not to tate to r(ny: 'Jun. (fear Jim, 1 kiwe you; 1 will le yours.' 'Can you nit? Surely no lukewarm lover is worthy of you. 1 k.ve you; 1 can give you eternal ss .r.hip, Eileen. you must see it; you must be trine. Forget that absurd engagein'nt, my own dell - Mg." Willi a quick glarce behind hint Into the eniply room. he nerved nearer lo tier and put his aril 1 (11141 her sIKeutdcrs. "Eileen. I atone !eve you. 1 11141110 ran reke you Mime Come to nee!" he nnlr- )tued. droning her (-loser lo pini. hi. lace ablaze with passion. Tho•n. art she began 1( spenk anti put out her hands to push bun off, he seized her 111 hint and crushed her lips with his Pi t.ne king passionate lose. She struggled wildly in his entente, but he waves big end string. more than n niaech for her. it stewed a year refer' he release her and met her indignnnl eves with nn exlr11n141 ensile. "11uw dare pm: -she ga•pad, pulling lier Heels to her disotdere d hair. "Have you no respect for me? 1 will newer sleek 141 you egnin." 11e looked tensible. uble. '1 he :mete van- �tihtel fun► his Inc.'. "1 Novo ytei. Killen' Can you punish 1T•ee lir that? 1 wee mrd. I knew. (lilt 1 hive yon.. . 1)f course you will speek to ire. Hate we not leen friends for years?. Send for your Thirteen. it 1 leas net (speak to you. 1 swear I shall tie this ngtnin. it not." "It is ft oltsh of you. and ailing," she t(ai.l in a tun voice, the anger dying out of her face. "Awl you are tae sure of my friendship to stand in nrr of me. Out a n1100 1.4:1 of Ibis will Ir' the death- blow it ot.r intinnney. Remember !hitt." "Then 1 am k,rgiverer "TIM lime. )es. Bill suppose dole Teel rnrne In and seven you. What w,.111.1 she have sake! She its his sister, and would tuner t.ergive (48' per (wing d,'l.yal to hi►n, for she would ',lams' mr. She would not patife to think Ihnt you are as sir eng as a -a wire, and r- aislks. when Housed." She blushed as she "peke. and gtancd'l at him from under her king carted :rtslpe'. The desire to seize her again n.sa Miring within him, but re- editing that it would nt.: be so easily overI.vked. he restrained him'elf, say- ing- -- "But whey did you c000ee Mm. Eileant?" She made an impatient movement. "Why! Because 1 lows hint. Yet., sir, leve limo, That is my rtsisoli " "I will not believe it. You fell in with family wiStl. You accepted hire for that aline. For you will love me some day. I do net du,peer." She opened her Tip; with an expres- sion of (li:tent. the hot blued rushing t > iter Wow; but u solea behind U►e►tt re- called them both le heir senses. 'their Wishes had appealed. "Forgive mt., f•:ihxou, fur leaving you so kntg. i had to interview snide troublesome perish worker eallu►g Inc Lunde. I knew you tumid amuse emelt ether. it's a pity my enter couple failed me. But you like these, inlor mal tun^h- eoons. and :so dt. L" Adele Larki11, the wife of Sir Charles Larkin and shier of Duncan Sinclair, Was a small tea -haired wein0n. with a breed, 'cheerful face and dan. ing blue eyes. Most people dot ho! her homely, but those who knew her well -that is to say. pierced beneath the outer crust - found her staunch and true, of great. nasal strength and unselfish generosity. ti.( honest was she herself that she WAS lh.- Iasi to 'uspa•t another of evil doing. She sew nothing but boundless good in humanity. Therefore Lord Si. Aubin's embarrass- ment and hales n's sudden nervousness revealed no guilty motive,. Perhaps slie ndiced nothing peculiar in either of them, or, if she did, altriUuted it to her apparent lack of hospitality in leaving thorn so long alone. ilnd she known what had really taken place she would have been horrified. The rumor that. Lord SI. Aubin had for years admired Eileen hid certainly reached her, but, sinc-e the girl had eho- ser. Demean, her cot.sin, in ac4Lrdance with the wishes of the family. she at- tached no importance 10 it, nn11 !relieved entirely In the integrity of loth her poste. Lord St. Aubin was a special friend of Iter hushniel'e, and mien launched will' ttietn. Mere coincidence had brought him and Eileen there to- gether. Resides. she knew that Eileen wee !Haiti!' in love with Duman, whom. :! must be confessed. ,she Thought rather a casual tower. "Have you heard from Duncnn. Adele?" asked Eileen, suriling across the lunch tattle at her. "1'e,; tints- this morning 1 hid a long letter. Ile seems to like the place he is in --St. Lawrence, an out-of-the-way fishing village. Bi,t, of course, you know that. Il' writes overy day, 1 sup- pose-" Eileen Meshed. She wished now that had net broached 11►e subject. Feel- ing ► j Lord St. Auhin's keen eyes an her, she answered nonchalantly - "Oh. dear no! \We'll' not so demon- strative as flint. Adele. (ince a week 1 write, and receive my answer. That is alit" "Then you know nothing about the village he is in. nor that ho has discov- ered Uncle Ralph living about a mile off. in a lonely cottage. nor about Suniesein. the'beautiful. highly (deried girl w1Ke is the daughter of nommen people? She might be a Vero de \'ere, he 011115:' The color ebbed from Elleen's fuer. Lord SI. ,\utin alone noticed that. Sir Charles was loo abeenl-rniuded to see anything, and Ankle hid not koklxI up as silo spoke. or perhaps she might have realized that something was mints. "lie. strange!" murmured Eileen. wills n poor attempt to smile. Then hie eyes met lines In proud appeal. ile plunged headlong role a descrip- tion of the Bibs t play of Ilse dry. mit-ret- ie keeping the hall of the ceentelrulion on his side of the table. Eileen shot him n grateful kook ass, n few minutes lah'r, 11' 110111 the diem open for her. Hui whilst Adele deified lightly about "Where are you going to lake liar?" uset'd hie staler. "As it gets duck the sea fret will get weree. You don't knew the place enough to run risks Ina uua what's as bad a, a London log at times." "Rosh 1 1 know my way like a cut. 'Sides. I know what I'" about. Don't y.su blurry. Guru Sunbeam. and 'urry up er we shall be Isle. I've to skeet omits one al 'all way ',epee and you'd 'sorry to muss '1111. I know." The a nil*) aecoulpanying leis worts struck a chill into tee girt's heart as elle turned to the door. She knew w1K.lu They would meet. Also that in a very saved time liar talker would) ask ler what Idle had decided to da, nl141 their email). slicing wills would again collie 11110 con- tact for the second time that day. A shiver ran Ihro'►gli her as she enteral hie; little room. 11 only lie wol,kl kill iter! Ile had been so good i( her that 510 did not like• to thwart bun, and yet what else a,u1d sire do? thud not Mr. Snielair sed that cue must defend one's !tenor at all otitis? \\'lth a cry she Thing herself on her knees by lie) bed and prayed for help in the coming struggle. The same feces had aasa1104 her aunt. Fee in her brothers face she saw no- thing but obstinate determination, and trembled for the child she wor•.sllipped. She could not understand Hill's altitude at 141. flea his seven years' imprison- ment killt.l the luwe that had wo softened Lim in the clays Of old! 'beiis ruslucd 10 ter eyes, but she blinked them back, saying huskily. : "1'uu don't mean 1•, be to 1 haret on her, 11i11. Won't you give her n liter longer t:. decide? That cddicalion she's had wouldn't lit her for such ideas. 1'e.u'lt he patient. won't you, '005 yeti levy her." He frowned. "S110 must settle one thing or t'ollter to -night. 1 went seise return for what I've cone." "Rill you won't frighten tier. will ysou° Yeti ll be peienI! t \vu.ht you'd let me come. tco, 1 might help lira• to give in." "No. 1 don't want two of you. You've had your ciusnct' fill day. 1 left you alone a pUrp(se. That whippor.napikr t+ ilh 'is laugh hein' 'ere 1 couldn't hying Ilan as far. Fur all yau know !hie gen- tleman ain't as himi•ocent as be looks. We can't be loc. careful. Me an' Dan meet to -night to fix up plans. If she givie- i11 ' be w ll►em. 1f she (1081 sh. Il bo frightened enough to make her glut: i11 tn-shentor(vllwv-" "Poll don't mean Gentkrnnn Dan le rti'nlly marry her, then?" Belted the women. n gleam of hope in her eyes. "'Thal depends;' he replied in a lc.w voice. "i don't show all my 'and at once. you bet. You don't catch me by the lull, Ilotty Green. i can tell you. Now shut up, 'ore she conies. And give over 'venin'. I haven't kept her so tong to suddutly get rid of her now she 11,14 Int re value than ever before. If 1)44(1 'elp • we might be millionaires 111 Ito time." She kissed Sunbeam carne in sniffing. her aunt affectionately and turned !o her [ether, who was watching her thought- fully. "1 ant quite ready now. daddy," she said in her old bright voice, which brought a lone of relief to her aunt's anxious ince. "11 will be quite like limes In go for n walk with you." An expression of he::ilatien flashed n, rots his face. Then, turning his eyes from tier ince, he slouched) Inwards the .1o•►r. shying over ilia shoulder: "Al any rate. well show these bloom: ire villagers that you ain't ashamed o yet.r ticket -o' -leave mare eh? And pre - shoes few of Then can walk alung.•tide such a fine set-up young woman as yer- self. 1'ou might he a duchess if you play your cards right." She paled slightly, "1 don't want to be anything but myself. Sunbeam, your 11111e dnughler," she replied, fucking Iter timid into kis. 11e grunted in"redulously, but threw himself up nevertheless with pride. For her sweet steads were tcney to hint, and. for a nioinent, an overwhelming heeling of love for her possessed his 1it110 soul. Reply had asked hint M be patient with her. Of course he would be. Gentleman Dan was herd to circumvent, tut even if Sunbeam refused In net ns necomplico in their pines she would mol really marry Dan. lie would save her from !lint somehow. 111 n day or Iwo he could allay her feelings, niter the threat had worktsl the result he wankel. Mit the threat vcot(Id not be required. He felt sum 111111 she had deckled to obey. Ifer very smile told hien so, Ile Mlle knew that her renseurel men- ner was due to Ile d.r•isk.n she hid Innde: 1,. the pence that 1184 seemed to mine suddenly as she arse from her knees to her Mlle retell. For she telt cv•nw•ince11 lied she hid chosen the only most things ptensing In the feminine 1111181. I:Ilcen's thought; were with Dun- can. the man she toyed. A sudden wild jealousy ngniiist Sunbeam. the child of common panel's. "who might be n Vete de Vero" had sprung up in her heart. Fora moment she fell like n egress ►tleiul to. shield her young. Dun- can wee hers No other woman should take hint from her. She had son hint after year. of patience. She would net give 11111► up.' "Eileen," said Lent SI. Aubin, when 11:0)• welt alone again for n few min- utes. "you will tome to me yet. 1 'eve y. u! No village pxaligy should lake me' from you!'' "1)tui Ir she !Demirel. ()nipping her c•see fr.un his. an\lolls 10 111(10 the agony in then,. "1 nen hie. Village pre liigy or we. Ise ►. mine." The ratan of the world smile) to him- self. 11e prided himself on kri. st ing Eiiee'n teller Than she knew herself. In his inner heart he was sum she owed him helper Than Duncnn, and Mile 411 Wiled what s fount of p.nsannnl0 love the girl concealed for this neglected artist -cousin. Eileen Ifwk•m w\ -n, rich. Ilex cousin right way the world and her owe, heart ('(•Illd npp1.ve. A decision that 111018it That her body trust suffer to keep her soul pee and Mtn '1. Gentlemen Den wens preferable to sin. terrible Though he seetne'I. and n1 the list mingle her fro !lice could not force her Into 'inch a hate- fe,1 marriage. "[bough she did not rely 01 that Iluiught. Costal net he hid a1 - way' been M her she knew that. as Ilrlly had said. tie. woe "terrible when reuse)." She \vas young and in his pewee. He had n right et 410 with her at he a i-hed. She might retire In mer- ry Dan. but 1►. 01u1d still force her to that. 11' knew that she would newer be- tray hire by milking a scene. "Nevertheless I Shull hnwe strength," she "weal. es they waietel silently al ng the steep road lending from the village to the lows of Olna). five miles ohend. "And lie 10504 me still too mulch to he realty unkind'" Once her thoughts new In Durban 1♦♦♦♦♦♦••4e*lti••••••••• • - 4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ Abouf the Farm ♦ 4 4. i1N♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦♦/•♦•♦••♦ uuAI.-I'URI'osi: CATTI.l:. Those Sh►r•ehern and other beef breeders in Eastern (:encode who hnwe beguiled themselves into a anutorltllg !eel comfortable belief (hut they could 410 on indefinitely ignoring milk pro- duction, yea, actually diecrintimatingf ogamst dairy lenden•'y in their show - Tani selechun, as well a.s in herd man - /Ligament, wee do well to read an=t port- lier carefully the following logien!, in- keeiv0 and prophetic couununicati4'11 111 "The Fanner:, Advocate and Ilome hernial," of Winnipeg. by one elm signs himself Il. R. Sheldon. (1 por- tends clearly that. with the pissing of the rang.' and the relegs►lVon o! the tu111104s of bee! production to farriers. the Western as well as the Eastern demand will be not for the all -beef strain. but for the dual-purpose cow -0 eco which, despite the jeers of faddists, .s an entirely feasible end. 111 many cir- cumstances, a very profitable proposi- tion, although. unfortunately, becom- ing; rare in Canada. "The day is conUng, and it is not very far distant. either, when the men who are engaged in the beef -producing business will have Io give more atten- tion to the milking qualities of their herds. The days of ranching on a large scale In these Northwest Provinces are (Hawing to a close. TAe range territory is being invaded more and more every year by the grain -growers, and the field that at one lisle promised to become a great market for beef bulls is gra.inal- 1g- being narrowed. Mixed farming and cattle -feeding in the future are going to become niers general. Grain -growing and live stock are going 10 blend into one industry, just as they are conlhineel in Ontario, in the great prairie Slates to our south -Kansas, Iowa, and the rest. The great influx of immigrant Ls going to make ranching unprofrtabh' and i►npreclicable. 'Towns will spring isp and cities grow of some of the vil- lages that now dot the plains. Thee, communities will be filled with a pur- chasing population, the principal and staple needs of which will be BUTTER, AIII.K AND MEAT. Milking cows will be required to supply e , uwfcrcn typeth10necessitythat whitchbt noowsw of generalladlfy nbt• tains--0ows that will milk well during their lactation period. and fed rapid- ly intn beef when they go dry. Cows capable of producing stock that will make good butcher cr export cattle. (A.w•s Ilat combine in the highest de- gree the milking with the feeding tune. tion -not the kind That are for beef or for milk alone. "The general Tendency. we believe, +=t the present gime among Shorthorn breeders, who are not blindly billow- ing the old show -ring Merits of beef and nothing else, fs toward a deeper - milking type of cattle; and as the coun- try develops. y p as the demand for dairy products becomes greater, as it assur- edly will, farmers generally will give more attention to this phase of the live• stock industry; they will keep records of some kind of the performance of their cows. l.el Them do this but for n single )•err; lel them once awaken to Me tact Mat one good milker is worth two er three inferior producers, and (here will be a demand in this country for boils from deep -milking dams that will be- come greater in ever-increasing ratio. The farmer, when he finds he cannot secure such sires among the beef breeds. will turn, naturally, In the dairy breeds for his hulls, and it is right here the danger piers. 11 k easier to devekip n heavier -milking Shorthorn than it IS 10 produce a deeply -fleshed 11n1.slcin. It is easier. because milk production ;s a natural characteristic In 1111 breeds. while the tendency to lay on mettle Yee been developed by breeding and se- lection. 11 is cotter, because, on one hand. all that is required is to bring it;lo action a characteristic which hes been more or lass dormant in the breed Ice something like a century. while, en the other, It would be necessary, first (e' all. lo overcome. to some extent, n character which hes been predominant inn herd FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS. Dam -au was ihr s.plile of a 1ni(11(111(1 sinclnir. 11.' leo promised help. If the village end the yeller of touch land. w•►r+t came 10 lee w•,ree she mild g1, Iiae his pur=e was meagre and the p)nre to him and remind hits of his premise. heevily nertgagn1. EItetvis "H" 5%11 The Sell fret deepened as they walked. t.: alter all Thal, and tiring lack n reign 11 hung nee a heavy grey pelt over land of splendour to the dilnpidaleed hall. and sen. :\ Min drizzling rain 1 nn In gry Since their chtlditoxd their nnmos had fall Darkness crept up from the indent Thbeen coupled by des'ing retells es. tuns. Tee mad %slimed guile forsakers. ep Melvin. feeling deal Eileen did not (1'o be cunth lied). rnmp'1 "la grime.?pns ton" In lois heart, �' 4...._..♦ Mad sttKls'usl• nyo.der1 her, and only, n, the yenrs went by and he "et no The stranger paused ns he cnme up- nomen that he' could reefer In her. del ,,n Two tramps 411 nes weary ..neer hark• he erne. to kook upon Lite pneIslsiti'•n ink in the sunshine elle witting pall - with willing eyes. Firmly. rtalliug 1110 eine for entwining l0 turn up. "1\'<' girl's strre4 in her tell-tale face, anddbre so hungry, mister." pie reel Tirol concluding that great love was not for •hmi. •'i•hen why ,10n'1 you g+► nut ts'g at him. he proposed, and their engage.lis mares" fate te.ii'c?" asked the shear• the seateso neem sti n. anrwuncd at the beginning of "\W n so ser tired mister hreMers of live stock In this country'-- est eller particularly 1.o the beef hrctsl• wwll have tounleurn a lot of Ili;. eneeeelee which serine hitherto 1, l•aw c,nstlluled the foundation of their work. We have no desire just here t. shier into a duseussion el the iheuret cal 'teat-puriewel cow. What 5)8 al. lying to say, isn't what we want to em phasize is simply this, ilial the Cee! heeds men ht these threes Wester' Provinces---in the whole Ik•minien, foe Nedmetier- -have pat to get an4+y from this old idea white' so king ha? p(,ssessed thein. Hutt the beefing qua lilies of their stock is the only factor lo be considered in breeding up a turd. '1'h' mien who, in the yearn to come, are going 10 make the largest success in pure-bred lie stock are the ones who now will lead aright the signs if Changing c.reiniislance•, who will break Away from the old belief that lee: pro- du'•li.on is 1110 only function of such Treed: of cotlle as 1110 Shorthorn. "Milking lasts and advanced registra. tout might not be a bad way of encour- aging leer breeders lis develop 1h•• Ilnllklltg qualities of their cattle. Some- thing ought to be done to induce breed - (TS 141 treed along these Innes. The t?r:glish and American Shorthorn Breeders' Ass.>ciatiu►Is offer prizes, we understand, for milking test,. \Why - could our Dominica' Asoclalioll not f.al.osv their example, and devote some •d that idle surplus of theirs 10 useful purposes? Our experiment stnlions in This country are giving seine nitenti.en to the matter -the new \tac(lonahl r'ul lege at Ste. Annie, Que., particularly - Mg they can occomplish nothing un- less farmers and breeders also look dor some means of improving their stock along These lines. The problem is an acme one, and it will become mor(' so a., the years go on. Twenty years from new. we doubt not, farmers will 'nerve!at the shortsightedness of breeders -11 not seeing the trend 0f c'ircune nlstae and in preparing for it. e -The demand cf the future is for milk, as well as ! r of, in our beefing !needs. What are we doing to provide for ill" and then. when (lila Ls accomplished, ;o engraft upon that breed the tendency in produce ileal. which fur hundreds ( 1se year,' has been (ho one thing thecat- tle were bred pnreu.ulnrly not 14) do. "We must slny with the beefing wov breeds, but e must bread them not for Geed alone.m"There ere some 41141 ideasr, which we must eradicate from our minds end methods. The old and to oninen way of niklwing the calves i0 441 the milking must cerise rp se if devek• me11t is to be looked for in milk preduc- li en. ti.. long ae it prevails. no develop- ment can be nude in the ►niiktng func- tions of tiny breed. Iletrogre<slon nlunr in tori r.'specl can be larked Mr. 9144' cat! -milking sy'tern In pure-hrerl Sh4Mherns is largely responsible for the fact that Thu limed of cattle, nn the lime e nothing like the milking capacities now which they had half n century ego. 11 is a system which. of perilstcd in, will re.ult inevttnbly in Vie milklees Cow. Deep -milking ('owe are never produced by such method* as this. The heifer calf designed for n cow must be fed tor flesh. and not for tat. (ewe milked by the calf froin year too.d year go hack In Their milk -producing rapacity instead of improving. I1eiters tired loom such cows, sired by bulls that lice tome Ir>m such cows. ant/ fed in such a manner as this in their cnlftrsndt, cannot be expected bo be Bet- te; milk producers than their dame; in iacl. they cannel he as wee,. It w eon - nary in all the few* of nature that they sh1,uld. and to flint fundamental law of heredity upon winch the acienoe ( 1 ger, a arc y breeding is hived. If this be true, it is teal neither of us will volunteer. so we little wonder that the number of beetle are ge.in' kr shrike dict• to see who mull lerf'nn The painful duly." "Weil. elent is the delay?' 'M.11. Wise. we, are wreliug tie an enrlh•luake le come si ng and shake ttie dice -Lett." (:Ib.\ITF.R VIII. "I'ut on your hal, Sunbeam. find come with me." said Rill. rising from lits ien- 1able and pudting his cheer back noisily. milking cows In practically all tom beef leer Is is steadily grnnwing less. t^.i where is it going to end? WIIfh11EI1 ARE WE DRIFTING? "It seetns Iu me, Mr. Editor, WAS UN MAKE THIS YOURSELF GIVES RECIPE FOR SIMPLE HOME- MADE IKj(i,ZEY CURE. Inexpensive MAIO 01 Vegetable In- gredients Said to Overcome kidney and Bladder Trouble. (fere is a simple home-made mixture as given by an eminent authority on Kidney diseases. wh:o crakes the state- ment in 0 Toronto daily rew.spaper. that it will relieve ahnost any case et Kidney trouble, if taken before the stage •.1 Bright's disease. He states That such symptoms as lame back, pain in the side, frequent desire to urinate. especi- ally at night; painful and discolored urination. are readily overcome. Herr is the recipe; Try it: Fluid .Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup p aIs aril a three ounces. Take a teaspoonful after cath meal and al bedtime. A wed -known physician is author- ity that these ingredients are all 'harmless and easily mixed at home by shaking well in n bottle. This mix- ture Inas n peculiar healing and sooth- ing effect upon the entire Kidney and Urinary structure, and often overcomes Ike worst fornis of Ritcumallem in Jusl a little white. This mixture is saki lo remove all blood disorders and cure the itheun►nti,n( by forcing the Kidneys to Mier rind ?Irvin from the blood and system all uric so id and foul, d C ,nip'>sed waste !natter, which cause these unc- tions. Try it if you aren't well. Save he prescription. IIUMRt'GGI;D RACK TO HEALTH. A w.l!-known ',redeemer recenll' Confessed That he \wens "bilged I, use n great deal od humbug to get his pall• cups well. "There are tinny 014 ladies who w•41111(1 worry Ihe►nselwes into de - Cline it they did not lake some sort of medicine daily." lie said. "As i am n.uch against medicine Inking' except when 11 is required. 1 have devised a specint prepnreton to meet their meek. it concise; of pure water, tinged with harmless coloring matter, rind 1 have made an arrangement with the chcmiel to wh•Iln l send Them for it. Ihnl he fiends eleven -twelfths of the ,honey re- ceived to a hospital. The other day the grandmother of a little girl who sprained her ankle fold Ire the ingreli• elite of an ernhre:010n which she had rnnnufneture.l for the benefit of the !.n• Pent. The mixture conclltle.l of the white of an egg and I don't know what. and there Is no question that it tens .king the injured limb a deal of good. Of course. there was no surf of merit in the stuff. but It worked a species of tailh cure." 2NGLISHMEK IN COBALT .14:11'&+ 111 I)VF: OF TIlI. ‘1S111\1; ll`l It\A WM1 Cuutin Jack. in Rrd whirr and Preen . rn:uu• �ho.olin,J it Not lis derive in in Canadian Comp. 11. ilamilten Fyfe, in the London Mail. In an article on Cobalt, segs: 'ilio til. financier. have got into 4 itaill by now. The caunp 14 settling du\wn. and Ili:• wildly .s. ilulg days of first finds aro ever. But all the ground-16ei worn were pw:ur men, lupi there are chances for the 1a or noun yet. Engineers elm hac •• Leen, et every silver meting camp in iht''5)1 say that this hooks like beteg the richt region yet discovered. It that prophecy is instilled. there are hound to be many. more exciting "hinds." Ilut it is un "if" u, which there is murk vier, The dam- ier is that (MI'all niey "pinch out," as ether saver fields like it have 110110 in Ile past. 'There is su much prPCious oro right on the surface that there are places where you can rub your bore on the neck and see it shine like a brighi nee silver sispe•Ik'r. led most geollgisl.t l.,eht w0 that the rich values Ile only near the sur. face, reel will soon be exhausted. blow ewer. geol..gislts, tike (that people, are as often wrong iis right, aro at present Its 1111111 who shield express a dctile en the .g.; 1 as to Cobalt being a dere-leseL preposition would be well aeviserl 10 1-1.5 camp by the next renin. 'Tile cantle. : tiles with lovwer't4 voice of truck kiwis,. \'. h: -h fetolied their owners gen hh,ou- sand. fifteen tin usand, twenty thousand }wound(+. That three mines alone tunes rind, already 8211,000.01N) between Mein! i; an authentic furl. It is nothing out of lite way for the ore to yield 75 per cent.! .e! ,elver. and there are by-produ'Is. toe.' • .-- An Irishman whl hid starlet photn- p raphy went into a stop to pur- cl ase a entail bottle in Odell to mix >r me of his s•,lutinns. firing ono he wanlrol, he asee,l how much i1 w••euld be. "Well," said the chemist, "it will 1•' 3 cents as it is, but if you want nnything in i1 1 won't charge you fur the bottle.' "Faith, sore." "then put a Cork in ttr itevenge may be sweet. but seeking it is apt to sour one's dicp...itien. SMAL.l. FELLOW FLEECED. The pitied part of ft is that the small investor streed be so fleeced. It may he lh'- richest siker mine field in the wa01(1, bol it it were capable of yielding a gl.ar- Irr of what the wild -cat prospectuses f :,we promised it would have to be four i.dnes richer than even the optimistts be- lieve it In be. Already more honey has been lost over worthless properties than ha.. been nettle out of paying mines. A mania seized the Canadian public. The newspapers were gilled with alluring baits for the get -rich -quiche, who "'will. MaaJ them with fatuous avidity. Now they are beginning Lo leo what tools they were. Even if the production for le07 totals up bo $10,(100,000, the figures predicted by the most hopeful, 1 have tee at.thority of Mr. Nicholas, of the lauutdian (leolegieal Survey, for saying the' this will not serve to pay n reason - elite dividend on more than half the c•np- flal invested. And it was not "a reason - Male dividend" which prospectuses pro- mised -it Was anything; from 15 to t!5 eel 'int. The profile dnngkd before the eyes t,f -The o' whit are out to buy claims os yet unworked are even more alluring. 1 had 11:-1 leen len minutes in Ike camp -I had only strolled from 1h' s1a(un on the cage 1 f the lake lip the muddy read to Thr hotel just above -before a persuasive pr..sprctor was trying to sell' me n n*e� property \lu.h was morally I• ce tui turn out a cinch. And ns We went off lo leek at it -tor 1 liked) the prospector's tympany, although 1 did not wine his mine -up t.hnnlhled n rough fellow. a French-Canadian miner. and pulling n hit of ore nut of his shirt. Tried the same game on my persunsive friend himself 1 NO [MET IIAIITE ELEMENT. II is nn easy place In see. O,Ieill, for l' the big propositions lie close around the lake. whteli is iiselt to he hurrew•ed under in the IK.pe that beneath its vw a- tter? lie rich deep veins of silver. The flight -of -Wily and Lanese shaft.' are within n biscuit -toss of the station. The Nipissing, just across the Mkt.. Il,e Uni- versity bol a short walk. anal so, 0n. Tt r IIIIIICIK' WIVA1011 sl►ncks mill, hotel, reslnurant. stick exchange (which is also the 'theatre), and is few slims, all cluster together on one little hill just above the railway track. It looks, 01 liken pin'c 111111 enc .,m!y .ended 54.1 -r lay. UIat11 the p•rrmane1le,' 411 1114 \4111 11011g. the (l11t"l101) whet11:•1' fi shall grew filo n big town or wiirllar the hill- eele. now a busy human 08l•hille shall in a few years lie deserted rig/dreamt the w,ealen l•Itildings 1•'11 1., i'4,t hi silent 'Viennese. \Whotever linpptiis ii al ways be tel interesting memory by reason of certain ptveulknriu.'a which Innrk it off fruit all timer mining ('mops. There is no Bret blade element aired d -- no Ceiteln Jacks in red shirtse nit pro. n►Iseismis revolver '1 ong nre , lawless- ness. very Bto ilis g, ngt. l g. cat of nil. no drink. 1 never i)tonght to eiei treletal mining comp. hue Ihnl is what Cobalt professes to IM. The hotel prtnvales no stronger .stimulant than ginger nle. Al the restaurant y•,is drink sealer or go dry. There is snu.ggle11 whiskey in some t.1 the shticks -arid, cnpilnl whiskey. h'o. es 1ens severed. My prospector Iwing a tdrspilnble soul. raven' when he found I was gel n toyer. 111 tie ligmier is openly on sale, and any. Thing like disorder I. put down with a heavy Mona. A prison visnur n'eenllt risked •ere off the prisonere hew he 081110 lo 1.e There. \1 tool," was the ans\verw. dHnw ens 1!0:11. pray!, "\\'ell. 1 nut. 01: ,1her renne watch. Ile wrier)" willing 1 el ould neve Ii. and the judge w (1116 11 to ala) there five )'errs." 5 Lots of men andt• hings seem easy lilt you try 14) do theta. Rickets. Simply the visible sign that baby's tiny bones are not forming rapidly enough. Lack of nourishment is the callable. Scoff., Emulsion nourishes baby's entire system. Stimulates and makes i bpoe. Exactly what baby needs. ; • . AIL DiIUOGIIITS a Ma. YM Slab i