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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-08-05, Page 6r THE MYSTERIOUS KAY OR, PLANNING FOII THE FU I'U It E. CHAPTER X IV. -(Coned) A few days later the fair invalid was found to be doing so well that Doctor Latimer gave Lady Broni- 1, ' permission to pay her a short visit, for she was continually asking questions about herself and her blends fends a hick it was thought best to have answered, and thus stt her mind at rest. Accordingly, her ladyship was ad- mitted and introduced to her, whereupon she explained her posi- tion and her friendly relations with Gerald. From the moment she en- tered the room, Allison betrayed• great pleasure in her presence. "You know Gerald -you are fond of him, they tell me," she eagerly remarked, after they had greeted each other. W'on't you sit here, close beside ine, and toll me every- thing that has happened since I saw him last? Can it be possible that it is almost the last of Decem- ber, and that life has been an utter blank to me ever since July'?" So Lady Bromley told her what• ever she could think of to interest her, Allison listening with almost breathless interest to all that con- cerned Gerald, and every day after that her new friend went to sit with liar for one or two hours, as they thought best. On the tenth day after the op- eration, Allison seemed to bo doing se well and was so impaitent to sec Gerald that Lady Bromley was authorized by Doctor Latimer to summon him. And so the follow- ing telegram went thrilling along the wires to Mr. L ttleton : "All is well. Tell Gerald, and send hien on immediately." The young man was out when this •••••=— sister's recent letters and messages together, and, rising, laid them be- side the prostrate lover. "Here, Gerald, read these when st•ou can pull yourself together a hit," he said huskily ; "they will explain everything to you. Mean- time, I am going down to the City Hall to look over some records." Then he went out, softly closing the door after him, and Gerald was left alone to master the temporary weakness caused by reaction, and tc try to realize the blessed hope and great joy that had come to hl:.: A % unexpectedly. Strong and ninuly though he was, his love and gratitude were temper arily stronger than his will -power, and, bursting all barriers, had to have their way. The wonderfu•. news had taken him so unawares ho had had no opportunity to "brace" himself, and. the reaction from the iron -clad endurance which he had hitherto manifested was in exact proportion to that unyield- ing fortitude. But, with the emptying forth of his long -pent emotions, his heart began to rebound, and an eager de- free from then. The rodents de- sire to learn tl•e blessed truth in , The old gentleman and his state- %„ured everything which camp in all its details took possession of 'y wife received him with hearty their way -fruit, plants, and even him. cordiality, their beaming faces trees -so that for two years the Ho was weak and trembling from Mainly indicating that they were people were destitute of bread. A his excessive agitation, but nervi- in no wise, disappointed in the be law was passed requiring every men ing himself as best he could, he gathered up Lady Bromley's letters and messages, and, looking for the earlier dates, read from the begin- ning the wonderful story of Alli- son's preservation as she had given it to her brother. toilet than he had been in the ha- bit of devoting to it during the last six months. Ho had ample time to catch the five-o'clock boat, and reached Boston about seven o'clock. Going directly to a hotel, be had breakfast, after which he started forth, first going to a florist's, where a basket, very like the one sent to Yonkers on a certain fete day FO long ago, was ordered. Withthis snugly packed in a box, he took a Brookline car, the city clocks chirping the hour of ten just as he rolled through Boylston Street, to- ward the goal of his hopes. Ho Rent first to the hone of Mrs. Bry- ant, where Lady Bromley was im- patiently awaiting hint, her brother having telegraphed her of his com- ing. She greeted hint almost as fondly as a mother would have greeted a son, then presented hien, with no little pride, to her friend. "Helen, this is 'my Gerald,' and, Gerald, this is my old school friend, who was my confidante at the time of my marriage, the romantic his- tory of which you already know,'' she remarked, by way of introduc- tion. "Mabel," cried Mrs. Bryant, flushing, "I fear that knowledge will be a poor recommendation to animals multiply greatly; when Mr. Winchester's respect. All the this food fails they aro forced to same," she added, with a charm- the cultivated districts kr subsis- ing smile, "we have always loved tence. In 1878 almost the entire each other very dearly, notwit}t- crops of corn, rice and ntandioca standing our early mistakes. But in the State of Parana were de - I am not going to keep you here strayed by rats, cunning a serious chatting with rue. I know what famine. your impatient heart is saying to you, so you are privileged to go your way at once." Five minutes later he was on his may, with Lady Y. romley, to Mr. Lyman's residence. in this flood. In the fall of 1903 much of the district was visited by hordes cif rats, which remained dur- ing the winter, and by the follow- ing spring had so increased in num- bers that serious losses of grain and poultry resulted. No doubt the majority of the so- called migrations of rodents are in reality instances of unusual repro- duction or of enforced migration owing to lack of fold. In England a general movement of rats inland fromthe coast occurs every Octo- ber. This is closely connected withthe closing of the herring season. During the fishing the rodents swarm to the coast, attracted by the offal left from cleaning the her- ring, and when this food supply fails they hasten back to the farms and villages. In South America periodic plagues of rats Fave taken place in Parana, Brazil, at intervals of about thirty years, and in Chile at intervals of from fifteen to twenty- five years. These plagues in the cultivated lands follow the ripening and decay of the dominant species dbamboo in each country. The ripening of the seed furnishes for two or more years a favorite food for rats in the forests, where the An invasion of black rats in the Bermuda Islands occurred about the year 1615. In a spa^e of two years they had increased so alarm- ingly that none of the islands was • CHAPTER XV. trothed of the fair girl whom they it the islands to set twelve traps. had learned to love most fondly. In spite of all efforts the animals Leaving hiin with his host and increased, until they finally disap- peared with a suddenness which could have resulted only from a pes- tilence. hostess, Lady Bromley, armed with the floral offering, went up -stairs to announce the lover's arrival. Allison, arrayed in spotless white s. -a fine cashmere robe handsomely Dimmed with soft,fluffyswansdown STATE OWNED RAILWAYS. and reclining upon an elegant By the time he concluded the pc- couch of pale -blue satin, looked al- rusal of these missives he was a dif- most too lovely to bo mortal as her ferent man. His dejected air had fi iend opened the door and entered message reached the office, and his all disappeared, his listless manner her room. Government railways are having employer could scarcely wait for his : was replaced by the old-time vigor, But she gave vent to a very mor- rather a hard time of it in Europe. PAYING PATTI. return. The poor fellow had been and energy, his eye had grown tal little cry of joy as her eager Tho experiment of ownership and veru brave -that is, ho had tried ' bright, and hope was written upon eyes fell upon the basket of forget-aperation by the State, as far as Zi Was No Joke When She Re - to bear his trouble patiently and every line of his beaming face, even hoe -nuts, and eagerly extended her it has been attempted, not only eeived 50 Cents a Note. uncomplainingly, but it had worn though it was still pale and thin trembling hands for it. in Europe but elsewhere, seems to upon him sadly, and the look of • fromthe wearing grief of the last "You perceive that I am the her- have failed, and time and trial t•toical endurance which his facesix months. ald of glad tidings, dear," said her more and more demonstrate its in - bad seemed to take on, like a mask, He refolded the lctttrs and re- ladyship. evitable and inherent inefficiency. was painfully pathetic to the kind- stored them to their proper envie- "Gerald has come!" Allison mur-State operation is lett; ted lawy• r.lopes, tied them together, and laid inured, with tremulous lips, a little criticized, and every year proves At times, when they were eon- them upon Mr. Lyttloton's desk. suiting about the approachi.ig trial, Then he arranged the papers on his which both felt confident would re- own desk, putting his work in an cane coup crpar o o e t salt in Gerald's favor, the expres- orderly manner, but laying eller sent me on a certain eventful day glum the financial situation has' The musical miracle was the spuil- aion of bitter anguish %which would t side such papers as he knew his cm- ever so long ago. How lovely of grown so bad that the railway ad- darling of her day, says tho sweep over his features told Mr. Iployen would need during his ab- him to remember and remind mo ministration is now contemplating! l.uu,.uian, and she never failed to Lytticton more Plarnly than words Bence -fur he no longer felt that he u= it like this! Lady Brumley, let tthat is practically impossible -al obtain exactly what she wanted. could have done that the fortune was "too busy" to make "the little mo kiss you for bringing it tome, substantial increase both in freight the was first engaged in London ti: 186! by Mapleson which was then silliest within his nights on approval"and in ease visit to Boston" which Lady Brom- then please go and scud him up and passenger rates. It is that or to sing four grasp would give him no real satin- ley had suggested. just as quickly as :ou cull.,' bankruptcy for the scheme. ruction, that it would bring humI When Mr. Lytticton returned, his Three minutes Inter the door In Switzerland Government ex- of success to obtain £40 a week. only pain and regret, since he bad own face shone with pleasure ou be- opened again, when, with a cry of ploitation regularly works an an - only This contract was not filled, how - lest the bride for whom alone he holding the change in his young inexpressible joy, Allison stretched nual deficit. With less than 3.000 ever, for being hard pressed tinan- hnd coveted wealth. clerk. forth her hands to her liner, who miles of lines the budget for 1900 c;ally she had borrowed £50 from At length his steps sounded on "Tian !" %, ith a glance at Gerald's for the nnornent was scarcfrly less showed a deficit of about $925,000, ' a rival manager and her receipt the stairs w1tl,ilt, and sent anervi- trim-lvokinG desk. "You do not white than the fair girl herself. and in 1909, of about *1.20 .000, proved practically a contract. This •ous thrill through the heart of the appear to feel yourself so pressed "Gerald :" without taking account of the inter- was the beginning of a career so lawyer. The message he had re- for time as you were a couple of "Allison :" est on the bonded debt amounting i dazzling that its successive steps ccited from his sister was crumpled hours ago," ho observed, with a The next moment site was sobbing to $240,000,000. Government neer- are simply a series of increasing bank notes. Li his band, his breathing was ra- quiet chuckle. in his arms, which encircled her in atian in that compact little coun- I,id, and his temples beat almost "No. Of course, I can find time an embrace which plainly indicat- try, with only about 3,000,000 of in- In 1872 she obtained in London audibly -at least to himself. to go to Boston under existing cir- ed that from that moment he claim- habitants and an area only about 200 guineas a night, sines she in "Gerald," he said, after thetwice that of the State of Massa- sisted on having more than ('hris- cumstances. I would go to the ends ed her as all his ow•n. young man had removed his hat ,;[ the earth upon such a mission,,' chusetts, has given such unfavor- `.iso Nilsson, who was receiving J R Im (To be continued.) .C200. She sang twice a week. Ten lhe public are cry - able results that t and coat, and was in the act of zit- returned Gerald, with a luminous would smile, a ring of joy in his voice that w' ing out against it, and it promises S ting down to his desk, "hocars later she got $5,000 a night: a wonHer famous coo like to take a run on to Boston had long been a stranger there. to be a leading issue in the coining contract to sing ia for a day or two 1" "But whatderful e. MIGRATION OF RATS.e:ectoral campaign. America provided that, the money 'To Boston:'' repented the young is!" he went on. "It seems storyahnst it —' In Japan State ownership has should be paid her at 2 o'clock on man, astonished. "Wei have nor, en proveso disastrous the finances the clay she sang, also a drawing incredible Marches of Rodents Observed Iddiatus t ''room and sleeping business to. call either of us there, -It does, indeed, replied his Various ('oonlri(•y, of the country that the Government P o car was to bo have we T" friend. "But I cannot understand it now looking to a syndicate of especially fbuilt fur her with con - '•No, but toy lister thinks she riher death could have been re- In nearly all countries a seasonal foreign capitalists to help it out. rcrtatory, fernery, etc. Further, movement of rats from houses and The statement is made that (lov- there was to be deposited to her would liko a little visit from you,' ported in the Boston paper. \'•,u barns to the open fields occurs in credit *50,000 for payment of the replied Mn. Lytticton, heating help- know it was claimed t hat a Miss g, eminent ownership there has int- 1frs1 about the bush, and nut Brewster was identified and repo,% -Frill and the return movement periled the national finances pre- last ten performances-i'atti's knowingfav- how toget down to his 1 takes place as cold weather ap-tented railway improvements and orite device. She thus received ed from the morgue by her friends. . proaches. Tho movement is notice -checked efficiency of the service. al t twenty times what Marioduty. "lass, that has always been a able even in large cities. In Italy the results of the State and Grisi gut. smiling; is very but reap,, I tai Gerald, aro mystery," �� will said ll Gerald; later, i Moro general movements of rats eperation are thus far notoriously ller private car, incidentally, too busy just now to spare limo for l explainedoften occur. In IOC''I a multitude bad. The operation results, of cost $60,000 and contained a silver PIt was a very close shave, though, ut migrating rr.ts spread over acv- course, in an annual deficit, and bath. and gold keys to the doors - pleasure -trips." for the poor girl, and 1 shall bel eral counties of western Illinois. ksay nothin of a *2,000 piano. "1 think you 'night bo spared for grateful to this Mr. Lyman as lung For several }ears prier to this in- although the traffic constantly in. R 8 couple of days. I -I— Ger- aj 1 live•" P creases, the receipts constantly di- Patti only gave to the manager her ald"-with a desperate effort -"do "He has certainly raced him- rasion no abnormal numbers were minish. During a recent month's facies and her costumes. Her (Iraw- :ou think you can brace yourself s, p ,, seen, and their corning was remark- operation, out of 1,000 passenger irg capacity justified this. "Lucia," elf to be a Christian gentleman, ably sudden. An eyewitness to the trains 486 were an hour or more as an example, was sung to an av- for some -news r Mr. IA ttletnn admitted; then ad- phenomenon informed the writer late, and there is constant and bit- erage of 914,000. "Traviata" drew "Ha :•• cried the startled fellow, (1((l, as he looked at his watch : that as he was returning to his ter complaint both from shippers more, since she sang more notes; and,t(lc•h,igal%ean` is(Ifect he stared to interest, Now, what are :our pilins r 1Pill }fume by mvi►nlight he heard a gen- and passengers as to the unsatis- it was a frequent occurrence among leapingyou take the fife o'clock boat. or cral rustling in the field near by,factory character of the service. the poorer music lovers to buy a wildly at his companion. "News- the evening express? I think you and soon a vast army of rats crossedIn France the least satisfactory slab ticket and each take turns at (f"\cs, of -her; of Miss Brew -might as well make tracks for home, the road in front of him. all going operation is that of the State, and hearing her fur twenty minutes; if pack :-our grip and be off.' in one direction. The mass stretch- is Germany thins go from bad to One of them overstayed his time he 'ter." "I think I will take the boat. 1 cd away as far as could be aces The ma •leis of her fate is soh' ;,all have a better night's rest it the dim light. These animals worse, in spite ofthe strenuous et- paid for tho entire ticket. eel --you Il t, a learned how she than on a sleeper, and will reach remained on the farms and in the forts of the Imperial Government, Some mathematicians computed, with an exceptionally competent died i"by dividing number of notes sung Boston in good Reason, and be able villages of the surrounding country, and accomplished general staff of by sum paid, that in "Sernira- •'No- how she was -saved: Ger- t,, get out of Brookline sone time and during the winter and summer superior railway officials to get nide" Patti received 42!,,, cents for aid. she is alive:" during the forenoon, '• Gerald re- cf 1901 were a veritable plague. A around .the increasingdifficulties each note ; this was found to bo just •• Ali%e : My God : How 1 Crip- sponded reflectively. local newspaper stated that be- Ic<I, disfigured. maimed :" the and to make a good appearance. 7 1-10 cents a note more than Itos- p R "All right. (lo ahead. and j'13 twcen March 20 and April '20, 1901, aini got for writing the whole opera. eeenised lover articulated in a hor- g„ with you. my buy. You can have f'. U. Montgmnery of Preemption, ,I,�.-_-- tihle whisper• t couple of (lays as well as not. and Mercer county, killed 3.435 rats on d• "No, Gerald. no! Don't look like 1 nm glad for you from the bottom his farm. Ile caught most of them WHAT DID HE :1fE:1\ T that," said Mr. Lytticton. turning , f my heart,•' said Mr. Lytticton, in traps. away with n shiver from the white, as he heartily shook hands with (hewn face. "Sheis alive and well hint. ;.r Rill be %cry soon.'• Gerald gasped and dropptd hack into his chair. his head falling up- on his desk. while his powers of en- dura,tc•c at last utterly forsaking Record of .Annual Deficits and Sur- plus Complaints. MILD WHITES. IMS•••••••••••••••••••• Descendants of Ilnnaway Punt lets • in Australia. • • The wild white met, of the vast "Never Never Land'' cf Northern • Ali-tralia, to whom the Hey. T. , a M:ij.�r is conducting a mission, are About the Farm • ♦' • • • • • knee as "white blackiellows," an 4't)♦F♦•••••••••••••••••` expression that, while involving a HINTS FOR FIELD STACKING. certain cont ra(liction in terms, nevertheless fits them to a nicety. It is necessary to be thinking of. Some of these voluntary outcasts the best and cheapest methods for from their Lind are present-day handling the crop. The horse forkA fugitives from justice. Others are Ir, the barn is certainly a very use the descendants of runaway con- ful implement, one that saves much viets who "took to the bush" in the time and heavy work pitching. bad old days of transportation. Seldom is this great labor -say -1 They live amongst the aborigines, ing device used when stacking in aping their manners and customs the fields. One is used in this way' and subsisti:2g on the same always er the college farm with great sue scanty and frequently loathsome cess. It is made as follows: Take food. According to Mr. Major, ens long cedar pole similar to the they are exceedingly shy and difli- ordinary telegraph pole; attach cult of approach, fleeing at tho first three long guy ropes cr wire to the; sign of a "tame" white man. tcp, also the pully and rope that Tho mere idea of indivduals of out is to bo used for hauling the hay. race and color sinking to this low Attach one end of the rope to a level is revolting. Yet the Austra-. lice or firm post. Hitch the horse, lian white blackfellow has his coun- to the other end of the rope. The, terpart in other quarters of the pole is now ready for hoisting., globe, notably in the Guiana hill- Caro must be taken to have thou terland, where whole colonies of holo dug in such a way as to keep white savages are known to bo in- the pole from going sideways when terspersed amongst the bush negroes hoisting. In starting the stack the' than whom no more degraded race bottom should be four feet from tho exists anywhere on earth. Like bottom of the pole. The top of the pole should be slanting sideways, towards the centre of the stack, as' it does not work as well as slant- ing two ways. When unloading the load should bo outside the rope. Should the heavy forkfuls of hay disturb the side of the stack stand a few boards against the side of the stack. Another plan that Is used with: success, especially when round' stacks are made, is the following: the wild whites of the Never Never Land, too, these unhappy people descended from runaway convicts, mostly French. Then, again, there are the small isolated communities of white In• diens, so called, which recent re search has revealed living at vari- ous points near the head -waters of the Amazon. Ethnologists have been completely puzzled as to their origin. They possess the Caucas- ian features, and in the dialects Take threo long telegraph poles; they speak can bo traced many and fasten them at the top in such morn or less archaic Spanish words a. way that they will give a few in-' and phrases. rhes. Next make a shoe eight feet This has led to the theory being long of 4x6 scantling; attach ono broached that they are the descend- to the bottom of each pole. This ants of some of the followers of will admit of a horse being hitched Orellana, the discoverer of tho to each when moving to a new lo - Amazon, some hundreds of whom oality. When clear of the stack, are known to have deserted their I would advise attaching to poles leader and wandered aside into the a reasonable distance apart to keep' pathless forests during the first them from falling. Two pulleys and stago of his arduous and ever -me -a single rope with horse fork at- morable journey. Cached aro all that are necessary for either stackers. -John Futter, McDonald College. Adelina Patti never suffered from the financial timidity of a Jenny Lind. Not only was she a supremo vccalist, but, as Col. Mapleson re- marked, "no one ever approached sub of gladness breaking from her ; it increasingly unsatisfactory to her in obtaining from a manager "and, oh! this basket is almost the everybody, except the politicians the greatest possible sum he could t t • t f n that lie and the functionaries. Thus in Bel- 1'J' any Possibility contrive top y." in 1ti77 a similar migration oc. \ccordinsrlc, Gerald.started forth stirred into parts of Saline and t• c lure for her (Fist the worth Lafayette counties, Mo., and in P f 1 teal another can10 tinder the writ - searing a %cy different aspect et's observation in Kansas Rivet to hint from what it had worn three valley. This valley for the most h.iurs previously. r in was flooded by the great fresh- bini. :ice rt ending sobs burst from Leaping upon a Par. he went de et of June. 11403. and for about ten Li• lite reedy home, where he was sO.,n (1,.. wa, c,•,•,,,1 •.:,•'i .e%eral teat ai 1. tit.•t.,n (saild bear no packing his portmanteau, tied , f •:cater 11.1 re . 1:4• iia; ,ly gathered all his p,. i l: i - %.•i ; . 1 t! fat ,she ! p spending far more time upon his AA the ran in the ; a.l,: perished Mr. brown and his family were standing in front of the lion cage. "John," said Mrs. Brown, "if those animals Rere to escape, whom would you sa%e first, me or the chaldron 1" "Me," nns%tcted John without "Oh, ye -es," remarked Ketchley, in a self-satisfied way, "Lulu and 1 will start out in married life under very favorable circumstances. Iler mother gives us a neat little home, her father furnishes it, and her hesitation. Uncle de Long has given a carriage and pair. i!csides, Lulu has a snug �-' income in her own name." "What .\ graft by any .other name Is just part do you furnish?" "Well. ns apt to land sense men t:ehind the principally the name --principally bars• the name." CHANGE TEED GRADUALLY. It is fundamentally sound to con- sult the tastes of animals when en- deavoring to get them to cat and digest the greatest amount of feed,' says the Breeder's Gazette. It is not exact to say that it is a. mistake to force an animal to ac- quire an appetite for certain foods. Most animals are notionate in their tastes, just as are people, and they are apt to sniff at new foods. Did you ever notice that farmer at a hotel, where a wide range of prov- ceder is offered, including advanc- ed season delicacies which they can- not get at home, generally stick right close to haps and eggs T Ap- petite is much of a habit. Hence it is sound practice to change feed gradually. In preparing feeds for animals, however, it is certainly desirable to consult their appetites. Much difference of opinion has been expressed over the time to cut timothy for hay. Dean Waters, of the Missouri Agricultural Col- lege, submits the results of some very clever work on that point and clinches it with some convincing evidence recorded unconsciously by the animals themselves. Cattle do rot care for woody, well -ripened hay when they can get that which i- cut at an earlier striae, consti- tutes a very creditable bit of study .:f a disputed point. POULTRY HINTS. ('lean the house daily. Remove the males from breeding pens. Separate the growing ceelcerels from the pullets. Feed the cockerels a little heav- ier than the pullets. Now is a good time to get rid of the surplus old stock. Better cull out all undesirable old stock 50 as to give more room to those to be held over during the %;inter. Keep the drinking water in the coolest place possible. Sun will quickly affect the water. See thst the houses are properly. of ntilated at night. To compel' feels to roost in a close, filthy pinee is a good way to have unhealthy stock. Cooling. non-fattening foods, plenty of shelter, well -ventilated, houses, and cleanly within, should he, the order of poultry keeping ter the next ninety clays. It is lieu not to use trap nests during the summer unless they can be looked after every half hour, sr the hens may suffer from the con- finement. SOME CONSOLATION. "Madam," shrieked the excited individual, "your husband has been hurt end they are bringing him home in an ambulance now." 'Are his injuries fatal T" asked his wife. "No. Buthis kg 15 broker, " ''\Pell•" replied the wnrniuk "that i• one night. I suppose, t hr be will le home to supper ou time,'