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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-07-08, Page 2THE MYSTEBIOIIS KEY OR, PLANNING FOR THE FU I'UItE. ....awl fere balked me on a case But " "But hew about 1 h 'it m mother?" 1" • with a muttered oath, "1'11 make • cried Anna in a breathless 1 voice; FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND a hot fight for them, and spend for it had only just occurred to her a big pile of the Brewster Money that her mother, having been an ac- L-efure I get through with them." 1 cuutplice of her husband. tonight NOTES OF INTEREST 1'1t011 "But 1 suppose, even if you have baste to share his punishment, if the to give it up in the end, you will s'•<'rst was proved against him. HER BANKS AND BRAES. have something handsome of your '1 am hoping that she cannot be !_and Lowlands of Auld own left," said his wife, with evi-� f,•und,'' Mr. Hubbard replied, "and What la Colas On In the Highlands dent nervousness. I sou utust discover some cleans of "Oh! it's money you're thinking cutumunicating with her secretly as of, is it, Anna?" the man snarled, soon as we land and get her into growing very white. "You don't some safe hiding -place, or it may go seem to be troubled by a thought hard with her also. And now let of the consequences to mo if the me give you a little good advice charge of forgery is proved " ' while we have a chance to talk by • CHAPTER Y.-(C'unt'd) I whipped. out a rcvu{vcr and "Oil, yes, I do, John," she an-+ ourselves. You have your jewels, cocked it. ''I ant prepared for any swered, addressing him thus for the and they are very valuable, for I 'Can I have a few moments' conhave bought you none but the fin- rersati,:n with you?" ho inquired emergency, as you perceive, and 1 first time since their marriage; s Hit est. If fate should turn against us, ''Certainly, Me. Nichols," re thoohall outsidesinscasolsave two sthey waitsng hould night help ayou m3s woman escape tiif that sou can take them to Tiffany, where klied the lawyer, glancing, for be needed." should happen ; then,if you have they were purchased, and turn them 'rni's sake, at the card. "Step in- __ money enough, we could go to into money, which will slake quite ride, if you please. Yuu are an CHAPTER x1. some other country, change our a respectable nest -egg, with which American, I perceive -It struck e names, and snap our fingers at sett can establish yourself in some. is 1 passed you on the stairs before Mr. Hubbard saw at once that bolts and bars." well -paying little business -such as sinner that you mast be one of my resistance would bo useless; that "Don't flatter yourself. child, 1 thling of thatinature rand thes, or us get ome- sw YesuItarrived in Paris this af- he"t1'ho rest fert to s this charge?" the itroetl"ble. he that your woman's wit will avail a good living without having to lerno s, 1 quietly observed the questioned weakly, as he wiped the me anything if I am found guilty, I work, as you used to." stranger, as he slipped ed into the moisture from his face and then be- ho said, with a bitter laugh; yet Ho elaborately considerably upon room, g aquick, though repressed, an to remove his loves. he spoke more gently than before, this suggestion, giving her many 'Sleuth of elief escaping him as -the g "Richard L •ttleton of New for her twenty-yearughts had touched ideas which afterward proved very icier closed behind I►im York." y ' him. "A sentence will valuable to her ; but, although it "Allow me to present you myto "Aha r' -with a start -"in whose be the result, and I shall to was very good advice, it did not (rife," said Mr. ubbard, turning behalf 1" servo it -if I live. But 1 haaveve no ,tither of them, and it was with have a very cheering effect upon fortune of my own -I haven't ten with pardonably pride, to the bril- "The nearest of kin," was the thousand dollars to my name—" Sant vision standing in the centre non -committal reply of Mr. Nich- "But I thought you were very landed in hearts earw srthat they the des if the room. "Mrs. Hubbard, Mr. els, who added: "Now, I can't an- rich, even before you came into the, Nichols, of New York City." swer any niore questions, and you Brewster fortune," she gasped. pressing news of "Mrs. Brew - Tile lady bowed with formal po- will have to hustle if you wish to "Yes, and others have 'Sought' of coursar rest awaited d to t their gloom. Iiteness. Somehow, the appear- take your baggage with you. A car- the same; but the truth is, for a Wee of this stranger at that inop-stage has been engaged to take us (To be continued.) g ogood many years I have only made portune moment sent a cold chill to the station, our tickets are pur- a big bluff at being rich. If people treeping over her. Mr. Nichols chased, and a section chartered for think you're making a big pile, it Courteously returned her greeting; our especial accommodation. Every- keeps your credit good, and many then stepping quickly between John thing will be conducted quietly and a sharper has won a rich wife in Iiubbard and the door, he touched without any publicity or annoyance that way." him on the shoulder, remarking to either yourself or Mrs. Hubbard, "And that was your object?" i. it h continued politeness, but au- unless you see fit to make a rune- "Yes. You may as well know the lhor•itatively: pus." truth about nie, Anna," said the It will astonish most people to "1 ata sorry to interfere with Mr. Hubbard saw that there was man, a sullen look on his face. "I be told that the British Government your arrangements, as you appear no alternative but to submit quiet- have 'Sired by my wits all my life. in addition to being a maker of to be on the point of goingout,ly to his fate, and accordingly be- gotlaws is the greatest tailor in the g y After I in with Brewster, I had lut my duty compels me to tell you gan to make preparations for their a chance to pull the wool over a army clothing factory at Pimlico's world, says London Tit -Bits. Thei s that you are my prisoner!" departure. In a little more than good many persons'eyes to my own the biggest, tailor's shop in Eng - John Huhbard shrank back as an hour they left the hotel, not a advantage, and if that man had land. Last ver Tonirny Atkins' from the sting of a lash. soul in the houso suspecting the laved I would have fleeced him pret- • tailor's bill amounted to £355,375, 'mean 1" he demanded, t dwio you rteal reason for their sudden flit- ty thoroughly before I got through During the Boer war the clothing g. with him. I had inveigled him into of the army cost nearly £5,000,000. den anger, while his wife seemed"Bad news from home by cable,"one or two transactions which, if 1 Trousers are the most costly item like one who had been instantly was the explanation given to the they could have been carried out,. in the soldier's wardrobe, and for transformed ansedito she becomeatltthe proprietor, wentdownto the office)n to settle Ina would have so placed him in my their nether garments last year rigidpower that I could have made al- bill-whothe nation had topayno less a sum sou td of that word,"prisoner." over the the as proisfc mifuse sfortune s e- - most any terms with him, for he' than £73,2;ti. This ecalls the fact "I mean that I arrest you here was a great stickler about honor and now in accordance with the called the "princely monsieur and and an irreproachable name, etc, ! that it is less than ninety years r,uthority vested in ire by the Unit- the beautiful madame" back to But he died before I could clinch) itsctroluserse -thatUthe Britishtt in ed States of America, and in com- their country before their tour was matters. Then I made up my mind Pantry soldier, that is, first sub- pliancc with the international laws completed. that 1'd play a desperate game for stitutcd trousers for the old fash- pertaining to extradition." Two days later found this luck- his whole fortune. I had every' ioned knee breeches. rind throwing back the lapel of les couple again crossing the broad chance in the world, for I drew up, The British soldier will be clothed his vest, he revealed his official Atlantic. Mr John Hubbard and the roan's will, and fixed it so that on an entirely different system to badge to confirm his statements. his bride were two very different I should be sole administrator of what, has prevailed for so many "Upon what charge?" demanded people during their homeward the estate and guardian to the girl. years, and the innovation will prob- John Hubbard, with a ghastly face. bound voyage from what they had I meant to marry her—" ably be it great deal more satisfnc The officer glanced pityingly at Leen going over. "Marry her ?" interposed leis wife tory to the rank and file. Every the beautiful vision in the back- The man was grave, moody, taci- aghast, this being the first intima- man will receive his free outfit on mound as he replied in a somewhat turn. Several times he had made tion she had had of the project. enlistment as heretofore, but he will subdued tone: an effort to worm himself into the "Yes; that would have been the be requirel to prove his personal "Forgery, conspiracy and embez- good graces of Mr. Nichols, and easiest way to accomplish my pur- clothing and necessaries out of an ziement." pump hint regarding the pro- pose," he went on stoically; "but allowance credited to him :" whispered Anna cccdings which had been instituted when I found that she was likely ly in advance. Instead of his Hubbard, with white lips; a shud- ngainst hien. But the officer, al- to kick over the traces, I planned present kit allowance of twopence tier shaking her from head to foot though gentlemanly and affable, to have another string to my bow. a day after six mouths service he a.i she realized all that the word and willing to converse freely upon So when I discovered that Allison will receive at the end of his first implied. all other subjects, was very non- had never been formally adopted, I year a lump b1111) equivalent to the Her husband was stricken dumb committal upon this topic. worked up this scheme to slake it accumulated twop.nces, in addition for the moment. He did not open He frankly said that he was appear that Adam Brewster had a to the separate clothing allowance. his mouth. He tottered feebly to a s•mply acting under orders -it was wife and own child living." The maintenance of kit and cloth - chair and sat down. The blow had his business to make the arrest up- "Well, you have been a tough ing will be a ,natter between the almost paralyzed him, coming as on the charges specified in the war- customer," was Mrs. Ilubbard's soldier and his commanding officer. it did. so like it thunderbolt, when !rant ; but he was not disposed to complimentary comment as her bus- It. is intended that the present ar- ia, seemed to be at the very zenith enter into any explanations regard- band paused. "And so all the bitrary periods of wear allotted to of rho enjoyment of his stolen for- tog the attitude of • the plaintiff, money you have in the world - if each garment shall be abolished. tune. even if he had been posted regard- you lose this fortune --is ten thou- Under the old system a pair of flat he was not a man to yield ing the recent evidence acquired, Land dollars," she added, looking trousers might be serviceable to - meekly to an emergency, and ruak-, and which had led to an applied- pale and distressed. day and "time expired" to-mor- ing a mighty effort to regain his tion for a reopening of the Brew- "I should think that is about a row• eomnosure and still the terrible ster ease. fair estimate," he replied. Even in the piping times of peace throbbing in his temples, he turned Thus, with an almost intolerable "And if you lose this case, it will Tommy Atkins's tailor's hill would again to the officer. suspense hanging over him, it is not Ise likely to take it all to pay your make a millionaire poor in a year. "Pardon tone," he said urhanely, strange that the pian should have own costs?" Roughly speaking, it, costs £1,000, - "•hut I am so astonished 1 find it been deeply depressed. His wife was "Yes ; for I intend to tnako a big 000 every year to clothe the Brit - difficult to believe in the reality of also very much exercised over the fight. as 1 told you." ish army. The headgear of the the situation. Of course. this is situation. and day after day she -What, then, will become of the troops, embracing everything from Pli an absurd mistake, and You would question him upon the sub- if the worst conies 1 Oh ! shall i a simple cap to a bearskin helmet, 11350 unwittingly arrested the jeet• have to go back to that dreadful exhausts nearly £50,000, and boots, s;rung man." "Have you any idea who is the eld grind 1" and the girl's voice was shoes and legging, which are pur- "Oh, no, sir, there is no mis- prime mover in this matter ?" she full of angaish and dread. chased ready made, cost nearly take; you are the man I want," inquired upon one ocensi,o')• It would be herd on £.'bt).O00 The cost of a soldier's r,.olly responded Mr. Nichols. ''Oh, 1 suppose 1'••e. --e Mannin s you, dear, PP g brat's a fact," returned her bus- uniform varies from just over £10 "You have stated that the charge are at the bottom of it -there are band, giving a regretful glance at les. to Tess than £3. according to is forgery," sternly observed Mr. -to ether relatives that I know of," the stylish but dejected-Icoeking fig- the regiment in which he may be Hubbard : "what is the nature of Ler husband replied, with some im- terry opposite hi►n. "I'►n deuced sur• serving. For instance, the annual the devilment, or documents, patience. toy, for we were having a jollytailor's hill for the rank and file forged !" "But I thought they exhausted g� in the Life Guards is just over £7 ' I am not authorized to enterduring Ume together. Howeverrial., you will h.inutcly into the particulars of the })o moa tat theythe caer n hate the satisfaction of knowing iswlule in the nd r £; infantry of the line it y' imaginethat you have been at the top of rase:lint the crime is said to be as secured any important evidence the ladder for a little while ;no one it tinted with your adininistratien against you?" Anna questioned can take assay from you the mem- et the hireester estate," was the anxiously, calm reply. ory of the experience and plca- 1 "Of course, I do not know what sure of the last few months," he There was a quick. sharp yrs to think. Anna -Nichols is so loyal- concluded philosophically. Anna Hubbard ly mum I can't get a single point. ",1h: it has been like a fairy "Do not be alarmed. alma.' The only thing they could possibly dream of delight ; 1 have been said her husband re.r.surrtigly. and base a suspicion of fraud upon are afraid that it was too beautiful to foaming to her : "it is all a s retch- those records in New Haven, and last." said the igrl, choking hack 1,1 hliinder which i aur sere will unless some one who knows about a sob of despair ; "and now to have s, , shortly be rectifiedPerhaps that first marriage has unexpected- to go back to the slums will be un - y,.11 had het ter withdraw ss hilt. I Iy turned up with incontestihle endurable. The memory of my good IJ', the matter osis with Mfr. proofs. I would defy any one to times will only snake my torture so •dse -•prove that Adam Brewster did not notch harder to hear." t..arry Louise Simpson.'' John Jlubbard's face was ghast- And yet. even as he asserted it 1v as he listened to this wail of bit - so confidently. a thrill of fear shot to rness. He had really become quite through him as a sudden suspicion fend of his dashing young wife, in flashed into his mind. s.,ite of his previous love for Alli - "Rut I thought that you present- son. Se had been more congenial .•d a certified copy of those records, and after his own style, because she andit was accepted as evidence, ' s,as less conscientious and refined, said his wife. and had thrown herself heartily in - "That is true. and that work was t., all bus plana and pursuits, ar•d all so cleverly done i hat e never 119(1 thus his regret for her temporarily a fear that it would ever he detect- 6.erbalanced his fear for his own ed. There is only one man living fate: - whom i should shrink from hissing -wen," he moodily obserye•d, af. examine those records." said John ler s few moments of silence, during Hubbard. with an ugly frown. • which he had been absorbed in "And who is he 1" eagerly in- thought. "you may think pais,,,!, retired Anna. h.eky that a fel,o;►'s We does tiet "His name is Thomas Pium --- a stare yon in the face -you v.:11 es- e,evilish little expert, who once beer caix that. at all events." --may TOMMY ATKINS'S UNIFORM. Trousers 31ost Costly Item -New Rules for His Kit. 1 am very sorry to seem preci- pitate, but we have no time to talk anything over,'• the officer inter- posed. "1 atm here simply to obey orders. which are to slake this ar- e, st and then start immediately for America with you. \ train leaves Park at nine o'clock for Calais, and 1 have made arrangements to lake that You will have ample t inc to pack your trunks and set- t e your indebtedness here before 1',at hour ---" "Never!" almost shouted John Ifubhard. as he sprang to his feet in a tea ering passion. "Do you inolvine for a moment that i—'' "It will be utterly useless for •t to snake any resistance. sir,' i .,•r;•„scdMr. Nichols, as he cool. THE GLASSY STARE. In a recent railway accident an old Irishman was severely injur- ed. For some time after the acci- dent he was left unattended to, Do you rise in the morning merry, 1 ut at last some sympathetic look- Or gloomy and cross and sad f ets-on picked hien up and carried Do you growl and snarl at your him to the station waiting -room morning meal until the arrival of the doctors to Because the coffee is bad 1 rffrcially pronounce on his condi- Don't do it, for life has troubls', tion. By and by a surgeon bustled Ah, many. and greater, too, in, looked at his prostrate form and For the simple things in the mor i• pallid face, and then exclaimed, ing hours -That poor fellow is done for. I'm To bother a man like you. afraid.” Then he knelt down, lift - t -41 up an eyelid. and saw a dull. Oet up with n smile and whistle, expressionless orb. "Very sad. Get up with a cheery word; He's as dead as a deer -nail. Take , For a morning grouch, when you the poor old fellow away," ex- think of it, claimed the medico. No sooner had I My brother. is so absurd. he spoken, however. than the sup- I Reserve your growls and your bi:- posed corpse began to tnove his ter words hps. The startled doctor listened. ' For the time when a real grief and this is what he heard : "Be- frets you; dad. doctor. that was me glass eye What chance have you in life's to g ye vias looking at." affairs if a trifling thing upsets you t Met her Bird : •-}'un nleng and `+ play now; but be careful you don's "itoes Mrs. P.'s husband rem• get run over by any of reef, flying mend a good salary 1" "He earns machines." a good salary. She commands it." Scotia. Tho Dalhousie sword fur Archery at Edinburgh has been gamed by Dr. J. C. Dunlop. Last month there were 36 cases of whooping cough notified at Greenock, 11 of which proved fatal. Coatbridge has lost by death one of its oldest inhabitants is tha per- sen of Ur. ha, id Young, of Garth- sherrie. A meeting held recently in favor of Presbyterian reunion was one of the largest of the kind ever held in Edinburgh. A fine capture of fox cubs was trade by Mr. Rankine, keeper on the Birnock hills, on the farts of Wandel, Douglas estate. The magistrates have resolved to offer the honorary freedom of Glas- gow to the Might Hon. H. H. As- quith, M.P., Primo Minister. "White glove" days are getting ro common at Alloa Burgh Court that it is becoming unfashionable to provide the white gloves. It is claimed that Greenock is the only town in Scotland white has no branch of the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Mr. J. T. Morrison, of the Coun- ty Council Office, Hamilton, has been appointed Chamberlain of Coatbridge. He is a native of Airdrie. Plans have been submitted to the King for the erection of a Chapel of the Order of the Thistle at the southeast corner of St. Giles, Ed- inburgh. The Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company have booked an order for a cargo steamer of 7,500 tons deadweight capacity fur Bel- gian owners. Free overshoes for the players on Glasgow Corporation bowling greens is the latest demand made by several who desire the country to be really free. Mr. Will C. Smith, K.C., the chairman of the East and North of Scotland Unionist Association, is spoken of as the Unionist candi- date for Linlithgowshire. Mr. Macgregor Henderson. the well-known Scottish singer and en- tertainer died at his residence, Fast Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh. A banquet to commemorate the completion of fifty years of volun- teering was held in Edinburgh, and was attended by a large company of old volunteers. On the railway journey between Glasgow and Wemyss Bay, Marion Cunningham, a Bute farm servant, alone in a carriage, gave birth to a baby boy. Princess Alexandra. elder daugh- ter of the Princess Royal and the 1.....•..•••••••••••.••t, .1 • ♦. • +. • About the Farm • i1•IH+•+•••e••••••••♦♦! I'AS1'URING HOGS IN SUMMER. Feeding hogs these days is a v cry important matter, grain is high and so is every ether feed, and as a eon - sequence farmers are looking more and more to the hog pasture for relief. All pasture grasses are not et equal value. The poorest kinds are much better than none, but the be- nefits received from any depends - largely on the nlanagctnent of both hogs and pasture. Alfalfa stands at the head of the list, June clove/ a close second, with white clover, June grass and timothy in the order named. H allowed to roam at will ovet a large field the hogs will soil and waste a considerable amount of feed. They will eat only the sweet- est and freshest and will trample on and leave the balance to get teugh and ripe, after which time they will not 'at it at all. Divid- ing off a small patch at a time with hurdles or movable fence works well, providing the hogs can be sheltered front the hot sunshine in the middle of the day. It is a mistake to compel the hogs to depend entirely upon the grass ,alouo, even though the prices of grain and mill feeds are high. Tho stomach of the pig is not like that of the sheep or cow and cannot be used as a repository for a largo amount of coarse feed at one time. It has been found by experience and experiment that hogs fed a half ration of cornmeal while running t4- clover will slake as rapid gains as they will if confined and fed a whole ration. and that, too, of a better quality of meat than that made wholly from corn. The grass bulks up the mass in the stomach, enabling the gastric juices to circu- late more freely through it, and di- gestion is more completely accom plished than if grain constitutes the entire ration. And, further, the clover contains the elements that promote the growth of bone and muscle, which helps to make up a pretty well balanced ration. Just as quickly as the soil is thor• oughly warmed through, sow a patch of rape, and it will be ready for the hogs when the pasture is pretty well played out. BEST WAY WITH POULTRY. The farmer should give his mind es far as circumstances will pos- sibly allow, to a continuous egg sup- ply all the year round. He should endeavor to select a breed, or breeds, or crosses of breeds, best suited not only to general egg pro- duction, but to his individaal cir- cumstances and conditions. Ho should so. regulate the various ages of his layers as to ensure not only Duke of Fife, trade her debut at the aforesaid continuous supply, Lady Farquhar's Royal Ball on tho but the greatest possible number night of Derby Day. • f eggs in the winter months, when Dr. Neil Munro, the novelist, had they are scarce and dear, and to the freedom of Invernry conferred do this he must produce pullets of upon him for a second time last various ages, and also select pos- week. The first occasion was on sibly different breeds for winter I is birth, about 45 years ago, and summer laying. He must also A party of 63 cripple children, all study the food supply, and endea- from the Tow•nhead centre of tho ser to fit it to suit seasons and Crippled Children's League, enjoy- circumstances. ed a drive to Hamilton and picnic All these little items make a dir- e: Staneacre recently. [erence in the number of eggs, Messrs. William Hamilton and ro- 1 (Need, and in the consequent pro- fit, Port Glasgow, have contracted fit, to say nothing of the care nec- to build for English owners a steam' essary to ensure the possession of a good laying strain --which is an even more important factor than I rc:• 1. To produce table fo.vls at a profit when they have to be put on the market in the ordinary way (with perhaps the exception of a kw very early spring chickens) re- quires practically the art of a pro- fossional. Every fanner can with ,f,- comparative ease, market a largo number of new laid eggs every week ii the year, with great pecuniary advantage to himself and also with benefit to the community at large, for there are always more wanted than can be procured. er on the Isherwood principle, of s.o0o tons deadweight carrying ca- pacity. The Brandon Bridge Company, :Motherwell, have got the first con- tract for steel -work for the new na- val base at Rosyth. It is expected to keep the works running night and day for a year. THE MORNING GROUCH How do you rise in the morning? Gloomy and sad and dour, Or glad fur the rest that was given you And brave for the battle hour? Do you rise from your couch at day break With a smile for your loved ones true 1 Come, tell nie, now, is a churlish frown The best that they get from you 1 FARM NOTES. The farmer should plan to make his farm a little better each year. It may be done by making the soil a little more productive, draining some wet 'Solace, improving 11.0 1•uildings, or even by setting oute some trees. Cultivation of corn should always be shallow, at least after the plant has obtained any considerable size. As the roots begin to reach out in search of food they should be pro- tected, and instead of deep culti- vation to cut off and lacerate them, they should be fostered and pro. tested, and induced to grow by shallow work to make a fine mulch .•l the top soil. This will keep mois- ture near the warm surface. In this day it is Nighty import- ant that the farmer be a trained man of business. He is beset on all sides by sharpers, a -ho are try- ing, en one pretext or another. to get his money. and he is constant- ly tempted to make outlays on the farm which are of doubtful expe- diency. We should put back into our business no more than will add to its efficiency, and that is a point which calls for deliberation and wise judgment ; and it is a questsi-n i 1 which the good wife should have Ler •ay. for in 99 cases ort of 100 ler judgment is sound.