Exeter Advocate, 1909-08-26, Page 61
THE MYSTERIOUS KEY
OR, PLANNINU FOR TIIE
FUl'URE.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tho key was inserted, turned
half -round, and the mystery was in-
stantly solved as that painted iron
plate sprang outward from its
place.
"Aher, ! that is indeed a very cle-
ver arrangement!" remarked the
president, in a tune of satisfaction;
"and I ant exceedingly obliged to
you, Mr. Winchester, for taking the
trouble to come to puiot it out to
me!"
"You aro very welcome, sir,"
Gerald courteously replied.
"1 wonder if there is anything
in the place now?" said the other
gentleman curiously.
"I ani quite sure t here is not," "Have written a long letter to
said Gerald. "Mr. Brewster did my dear girl over yonder, which 1
not mention anything but tho two shall mail the moment we land;
boxes when he cornmisstunca use to but I feel as if I can hardly wait
for the next vessel to arrive, when
I shall surely hear from her."
for ►ueh a cosy time all by our-
selves. The Germanic is a dandy
boat, every convenience, fast sail- ter. She is a very winning little, ing girl, and has promised no cur-
er, first-class table. The only thing b sly -she appeared to divine at r respond with me.'
lucking is the heart to enjoy it all; once that 1 had some secret sur -I
but that Use left behind tine." row, and her manner was full of Thoro were various entries after
a gentle, indescribable sympathy. this, but nothing of especial impel -
en makes me think of M. more and muco until at the cad of threeincubator establishment at Ply -
She
utero.'' months, when the following was mouth recently.
written : An unsigned donation of $125,-
•
The next entry of any interest d : Ah, me! There I found a newtnttye ► � MERRY OLD ENGLAND 1"•••••••••• • •• • • •• • ••,,
to Gerald was mode on shipboard : grave, which told its own sad slur
• •
My heart was torn asunder again, +
"Hato been terribly seasick for and I carne away without asking a — • •
two days -something unusual fur single question. Ain sorry now, NEWS BY 111A11. ABORT' 'PORN •
nie; but when the body suffes, the though, that I did nut• hunt up the• About tha Farm
heart lets up a little. Went on sexton and get the date of her
BULB AND HIS PEOPLE. •
death and burial, but that I can ••
di later."
deck fur a while this afternoon, tied
met a Miss furter and her sister.
The latter's a sweet little blonde
who reminds toe strongly of M.
They are rete: uiug from a visit to
some friends in England."
'Three gays afterward occurred
this :
"Had an enjoyable promenade on
the upper deck with little Miss Por-
Tcc~' mouths after, and written
at tee Parker House, Boston,
Mass.:
"Caere to Boston on the tenth to
attend the wedding of an old chum.
Met the Porter sisters again. Miss
Alice, strangely enough, was a
1 ridesinaid. She is really a charm -
Every day of the ensuing voyage
was noted, van ioun items of interest
recorded, the captain, crew, and
passengers described, and in almost
every entry there etas also some al-
lusion to "M.," which plainly re-
vealed a heart huugering for some
loved presence.
On the lent :lay at sea there
'this record: •
was
conte here for them.''
"It cannot do any harm to iuves-
ltigate,"' the hanker observed, as
he thrust his hand deep into tho
aperture. "Aha;'' he suddenly terest for several pages, until, un -
ejaculated again, in a tone of tri- der date ten days later, in Paris,
umph, when, upon drawing it forth, Gerald read:
Gerald espied a small book clasped
ii' his fingers. "No letter! What can it mean?
Bringing the light to bear upon Toni brought Inc in a whole pile this some places for the sole purpose of
it, they saw there was a label on morning, but. not, the one 1 wished getting me out of the way, to en -
the cover. for above all others. Surely \f. able !din to mature some scheme
"Notes of European travel, cculd not have neglected to write, to separate me from my darling.
lh--," the gontle.nan read aloud. knowing that I would bo wild with alas! grief and death aided him in
Gerald started violently, tho hot anxiety if I did not hear from her
color rising over his face. by every steamer."
That was the very year of his
mother's marriage.
"May I look at it, sir?" he ques-
tioned, with repressed excitement.
"Certainly -certainly," said his
companion, as he cheerfully passed
There was nothing of special in -
Occurrences In the Land Thal
aterclal World.
Reigns Supreme In the Cons.
There were recently seven sui-
cides in twelve days at Leicester.
It is proposed to raise a memorial
to the late Sir W. 11. Curzon
Wyllie.
Lieut. -General Sir Leslie Rundle
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SPRAYING POTATOES.
.\s is well known, both early and
late blight on potatoes are mush
less prevalent in dry than in est.
seasons. In the State of New York
the season of llw3 was dry through-
out, and iate blight was practically
uuknown ; nevertheless, the eonclu-
has been appointed Governor and 61011 (4 the Experimental Station,
Geneva, N. Y. is that even in 4er.
Commander -ie -Chief at Malta. years it pays to spray with puiso
Thouau,ids of eggs eel-, destroy- ed Bordeaux. This voiclenion was -
ed
in a fire inch damaged a chick- reached from observation, not only
that of their own experiments, but
also those of farm=ers in different
GOO was received for the Queen Al-
parts of the states who joined with
them in conducting experiments af-
cxandra Sanitarium at Davos (High ter the fashion of the experimental
union at Guelph, Ont.
In the words of a report from the
Geneva Station : "It is unwise to
neglect spraying in dry seasons.
Even when there is no blight, five
or six sprayings should be made
during the season. In dry weather ti',
the wounding of the leaves by bugs,
flea beetles, and other insects, is
more injurious than in wet. weather.
It is an established fact that
through spraying at a proper time
will lessen the damage done by flea
beetles. If Ilea beetles are not at
least partially checked by spray-
ing with Bordeaux mixture, it. is
positive proof that the work has
been done properly. With us the
opinion is steadily growing that
very few farmers spray thoroughly
enough to secure the maximum
profit from the operation. There
seems to be little danger of over-
doing the matter." There were
shall. It is an episode in my life Pot, o ler arts when arrested. words per of acre,r30 bushels and seupa-
When searched in a London police even in the dry sea -
which I believe no one else living court, a female shoplifter was son of 1909, as a result of spray -
knows anything about. Life once found to be wearing a "shoplift ire with Bordeaux, c •mnared with
more looks very inviting to me, and
er's" apron, a garaicnt with cane -
areas on which insectiticides only
I will try to atone by my devotion cious pockets worn beneath the were applied.
There was nothing additional for
a couple of weeks, and then there "The governor died this morn -
were three or four pages that were ing; sent for me last night, and beg -
full of fire and passion : ged my forgiveness for the wrong
done me. I tried to be kind, but
"Made a discovery to -day that in my heart I could not forgive hint ;
has almost made a murderer of but I promised hint that I would
use, and 1 trust let off steam, or do always caro for my mother. Ilo
some desperate deed. I have been has loft everything to pie, and I am
hoodwinked for months. I have to carry on the banking business
been the victim of the most dia- just the sante as ho had done for
bolieal plot that was ever conceiv- the last twenty years."
co against a hutnals being. My
father, by sonic means unknown to There was very little more rolat-
sue, discovered the fact of my mar- ing to Gerald's mother, althougn
riage to M. some time last sunimcr, the diary was continued irregular -
and, instead of ranting and tearing ly for more than a year. Then
and denouncing me, be craftily set there was a skip of nearly two years
himself at work to part us, and he before another date was added, and
succeeded but too well. Pe plan- that was the last record in the
ned that trip abroad to Norway, book:
Sweden, and all those other tire -
Page after page (Jerald. turned,
searching for these significant allu-
sions to the dear oro so reluctant-
. to do an errand for hie this H=orning
this but too effectually; for, of
course, she must have grieved her-
self to death over the belief that 1
had cruelly deserted her.
"Tho cat was let out of the bag
ly left behind. in a strange way. I wanted Tom
it to hien,
There were serious bri▪ ght and and when he did not answer the bel
1Vith a hand that trembled vis- animated accounts of people, places' i set aboue, hunting him up. I
tidy, Gerald opened it and hastily and things. Paris was described in found hint in his own roost, over-
s' tinned a few pages hero and there,a vivacious way, which betrayed hauling his trunk. He had just
that the writer thoroughly a prcci-
leit. heart beating with great, start- nted the gay city and its i�thabi- turned it upside down as I entered,
led throbs as he read.anti among a lot of rubbish 1 espied
re -
"Mr. Bancroft," ho at length tants. The affectionate welcome re i a letter that had a familiar look.
ceived from his mother and other Icaptured it. It was one that I
remarked, "1 believe that this lit- friends who were to comprise the i ad givenhim to mail to M. when
tie book will prove to be of the most party which was going to the land
vital importance in the forthcom'tf the midnight sun" was faithful- I first reached London. I pounced
ing contest for the Brewster for- ly and vividly recorded; but upoandnhim like (Iemanc eclat) et aon a not 1 it.
tune, and with your permission I through all there ran that plaintive meaning
will take it to Mr. Lyttletun'
note -"No letter from al." At first lie swore that it must have
Certainly you have my permis- pot into his trunk by mistake. But
shot. I have no right whatever to The reader followed the writer my suspicions being aroused fright -
the book, and if there is anything through Norway and Sweden, and entad the fellow almost to death,
in it that will bring that rascally many other places en route, and his . and he confessed that, by my fa -
guardian of the late. \Ir. Breweter's own heart ached in sympathy with 1 titer's orders, ho had intercepted
pretty daughter to justice and give that of the impatient and unwilling • every letter addressed to New 'tee-
the rightful heirs the property, no tourist, whose hopes were never ; en. He could easily do this, as it
ono will be more glad that I. I realized.! had always been his duty to attend
have believed from the first that 1 It was evident that his anxiety i to the 'nailing of all letters, as
the pian was guilty of the foulest so preyed upon his mind that ho; well as to the collecting of them,
fraud. That was a sad fate tho was at times really ill on account
peter little girl met with:" Mr. i1 it, for mention was frequently "Having gleaned that much from
Bancroft responded. made of having peen "laid up for a hien, I went downstairs and faced
It bad been th night best not to day ur two," avid also of his mo me father, and we had it out be -
reveal the facts regarding Allison's a thor s annoyance at having her trip •
twee n us, hot and heavy. He saw
wonderful escape and recovery tn- interrupted because of it• that the truth must cone, and he
tel she should appear in court to Their tour had evidently been concealed nothing. He had heard
confront the man who had so deep- extended far beyond the time at of my attentions to M. while 1 was
!y wronged her. fist determined upon, for months in college, and he commissioned
The young man then bade the were passed in traveling from plass some one to watch me; but it was
banker gond morning, and, with =r place. only when I Was 011 the point of
the priceless little book buttoned Mention was made several times graduating that ho learned that l
close against his heart, hurried t.1 a determination to break away ens actually married to her. Ile
back to Mr. Lyttleton's office. from the party and go directly was in a terrible rage at first ; he
"What on earth is the matter, home ---the "anxiety and suspense could not endure the scandal of
Gerald 1" that gentleman exclaimed were becoming intolerable" ; but st=ub a misalliance, for he at unci•
the moment he opened the door; these resolutions were always ap- sot his wits to w.,rk to find some
"you look as if on had seen a parently overruled by the entreat- way for me out of the scrape. Hence
ghost !"
ter or commands of his mother. Lis plot and his orders to go
"I have --a very tangible ghost At last there came an entry that abroad. Tom, the valet, was sent
of the past," said the young man, was almost paralyzing. for it con- along to act. with my mother, as a
with repressed excitement. "1 he- prised but one word. and was the spy, and with instructions to i'i-
Lece that I have in my possession only one upon the page : tercept ecey letter that was mailed
ell H=issing links connected with my- to or sent from New Haven. This
mother's history, and ample ora- •head "' he felt sure would result in snaking
lrrial, as woll, to solve the mystery M. feel that she had been desert -
of my father's apparent desertion The next entry was two days lat ed in cold blood if kept up long
of her." er, and read tiles: enough, and so he rested and left
And eagerly drawing forth the matters to take their own course
precious book which had been dis- "Good heavens! How have I for a while.
covered in the secret vault, he laid Used since receiving those home ',at length he thought the time
it before his friend. and explained rapers 1 Who could hate sent mo ripe for action, and Ile went to see
where and how he had come by it. that New Haven paper with that her and try to browbeat her into
"Gerald, if that is the case, you paragraph marked? It looks as suing for a divorce upon the ground
are a lucky fellow," cried Mr. if some one had discovered our sac- of desertion. Bet she had &Gsap-
Lytticton, starting up, all on the ret, and was flaunting it with cruel peered from Nee paten, and tie
nlert. spite in my face. Dead ! my- dar- one could tell !rim anything about
"But here," he added, after ling dead! No. no! Icannot-will her. Later he received n paper
glancing at the label and passing not believe it. And yet there it is from his spy in New Haven. and
it back ; "you must first read it by in black and white, and branded on found, to his great relief, teat it
y.'nr:elf--there may be some things my brain in letters of fire : '\\'e contained a notice of M.'s death.
i. ;+ that no one but yourself should It am with deep regret of the recent That settled everything. 1 was
L.r,oes" death. of quick consumption. of free, and there was no further need
(Jerald stood regarding it a pee Miss Miriam Harris, who was a of making excuses to keep Inc
ment with an air of indecision. leaittieul and talented young lady, abroad. The same trail that bore
Then he toe,k it mechanically, and. and a resident of this city for many that fatal paper to me c•entained a
sitting down at his desk, opened it -cars.' That is all vague. mys- letter to my mother bidding her
criuus. maddening! u c 'c sue come home, a summons which she
The lirst entry 10 the book. which tele. and when. and who eared for would gladly have obeyed immedi-
was et ideetly- a diary. hard been , her 1 There is no date given! I ately, but for my long illness. This
made on shipboard, and read thus
is the cursed story which 1 wrung
from my father. When it was fin-
ished I left the house in a white
heat of passion. swearing that I
would never enter it again.''
Two days later :
"Have been to New Haven to
seek some tidings of my dear one.
Could get no trace of her. She Dora--- 'and so you quarrelled 1"
left the little house on --- Street Lottie -`'Yes; and 1 returned all
some time during the winter. The his presents. Aqd what do you
place was sold shortly after. and think he did ?" "geiutethiog for
nothing wan ever known tit her af- rid. I'm sure." "He sent me half.
terward. except the fact of her a -dozen boxes of face powder. with
death Then 1 went to .\•hte•n. a a note explaining that he thought
little teen in Rhode island, where he had taken as much as that home
i knee her parents were buried. on his coat since he first knew me."
wherever wo went.
and began tee read t Where ere li 1 1
"Grrmanie. C p m...Tune 3c,
Sailed at 12 M , but 1 am blamed
is 1 li'ce tib' way in which I have
shall go mad! i must go home at
(+nee. to learn the truth. Oh, my
hive! my love :"
record ended abruptly here,
he's hustle,' e. f1: hut Bober in»isted and fur upward of six weeks no.
that I rtth•t j•''" 'nether in Paris thing mere was written in the
1.1, the eigth of .duly. and no ottecr diary.
cenrel mould leave i'i sense's. I'm Then the journal ss a• resumed,
in London :
(!euC1't loreeo-ne. 1a shute Of the
feet r'e.i: the gel smar sent Tom.
his alo•►g w 1:11 me -to pre -
r' • ,c irnnorta.1.'" of the family,
1 y „e vin.•e we are going to had conte ; but my dreary life seems
►
X. rth (''1•:• t it h a •well crowd. ilene to be prolonged indefinitely.
1 ! ..1,. r ; see st::le. and 1'`e 1 thank the fates, however. that
fes a vol •t. Peer my mother is at last weary of wan -
1 !•_ ,, '� en b t11 et 1=s, e,,.riHer. n'Iti we are to go home Borne
%.Len Nw :.ad everything planned trine within the next fortnight."
' • )lave been ill for mane weeks
and would have been glad if the enc
Alps), for British consu:np,ives.
Mr. Claude Ilay is to introduce a
bill into the House of Commons to
make further provision fur tho ex-
pulsion of aliens convicted of cer-
tain offences.
The lato Mr. Ellis Abraham
Franklin of I'orchester Terrace,
Hyde Parke London. and of the
banking rim of Samuel Montagu &
Co., left $120,000 to charity.
The official returns for June show
an improvement in trade in Bri-
tain. Both imports and exports
aro higher, and considerably high-
er than they were last June.
An expanse of 250 acres at Cas-
tle Bromwich has been acquired as
a playing ground by the Birming-
ham and District Housing Reform
"To -morrow Open Spaces Association.
To -morrow I am going to marry A respectably dressed woman did
lovely Alice Porter. She is very 8050 damage to plate glass win -
like my lost one, and 1 have grown
dows alongthe Strand, London.
very fond of her. I have never told She had a piece of as piping strap
her of my marriage, and I never
to Alice for the great mistake which
I made three years ago. Secret
marriages are a device of his sa-
tanic majesty to trap the unwary
and ruin the, lives of innocent girls.
dress skirt.
Royal Humane Society medals
were prevented at Bristol recently
to Win. Jones and John Gane, cor-
poration
Now, goo.l-bye, my companion of worktnen, for rescuing an
many sarruwful hours! I should unconscious comrade frau a sewer
never have had you but for my manhole.
Lon -
promise to M. to keep n diary while Work has been begun by the Lon -
t was abroad I shall never talk don, Tilbury, and Southend Will-
i
you again, for I ani going to burn hy Company on a new stajion
you as soon as the fire is lighted which will enable passengers to join
in my office its the morning, and so
end forever the first volume of my
life, which no one must ever read.
T trust the sequel will bring me
happier days."
(To be continued.)
4
SEEDS .t ('F:\T .1I'IE('E.
They're From Ginseng Though and
Are Mighty Scarce.
Ginseng seeds aro worth ono cent
apiece or from eighty to one hun-
tired dollars a pound. Dried root
is worth $025 a pound.
When first growing from the seed
the ginseng plants have two forks
or stalks and one leaf on each stale.
The second year it adds another
leaf on each part and the third
year the plant grows in three parts
with three leaves on each part and
this year a seed ball fortis.
This grows direct from the main
stalk of the plant and from four
to five inches above the foliage.
The average plant, says a writer
in Outing, produces from fifty to
sixty seeds. Wild plants yield bet-
ter than cultivated.
The fourth and fifth years one leaf
is addend to each stalk. The fifth
Year the plant. is full grown, hav-
ing three forks and five leaves on
each stalk. It grows frorn one to
tan feet in height; some tines as
high as twenty-seven inches. Tito
leaves are broad anti flat. about
femur inches long and two inches
wide when full grown with escal-
loped edges.
it takes five years to grow the
root from seed for market and eigh-
teen meenths to germinate the seed
for growth. There is more culti-
vated root now on the market than
wild. The plants are found on
Leigh, dry land in the woods and
never in swampy' places.
If actions speak louder than
words, what a lot ..f ne•ise deaf
mutes trust stake alien they talk.
in after years, when a man's
wife springs an old love letter on
him that he wrote, he is apt to
sneak up an alley and try to kick
himself.
Lady Teacher (drowsily) -"What
is it, Tom 1'' Tom -"Jimmy's swear- eta a squatter to import a few for
ing!" Lady Teacher (.till drows- sporting twitters. These became
ily)--•'\\hat diel he say 1" (Pause.) the pregolrite,rs of countless mil -
Tom --"Well, miss, if you say over lions, and the "rabbit plague''
all the had words you know. 1'11 brought about the ruin of thousands
tell you when you come to it !" of farriers. The prize of £a.nen for
a►' effective exterminator ha. never
been won. Among those who had a
shot for it vias M. Pasteur.
or leave the main lino trains at
h pmimster.
Several women and children were
bruised in rushing out of the Hip-
podrome, Blyth, Northumberland,
where a cinematograph fire, al-
though it was easily extinguished,
caused a pari:
Owing to an accident at Blaen-
sy-chan colliery, near Newport
AN EFFECTIVE WEED DE-
STROYER.
With the introduction of improv-
es' spraying machinery and better
methods of nanufact. io, sulphur of
iron is coining more and more into
use as an effective weed destroyer.
Formerly when applied with a
brush, any solution for the pur-
pose would form in largo drops,
c•1 in smaller drops which would
form large ones and drop off. Now,
with the improved sprayer which.
are available, a spray is trade that It
settles down on the stems and
leaves of the weed aid stays there.
Many farmers do not realize the
extent of damage done to crops by
weeds. It is Ftated that every ton
(Mon.), recently, a cage containing ' 1 dry matter produced on a field
20 men was for a time suspended five hundred tons of water is taken
ir. the shaft ; 700 other men declined
to work in consequence.
An offer by an unknown gentle-
man to give twenty-five prizes of
10s. each to the tidiest children in
the schools was accepted by the
Education Committee of the Lon -
thin County ('eeuncil.
from the soil and discharged into
the air, water that is needed for
the growth of the legitimate crop..
It is civar then how important ib
is that the weeds bo destroyed.
Where crop rotation is possible,
weeds are not so touch of a me-
nace, but crop rotation, as a m=eans
Lord Kinnaird recently turned of weed destruction, is not always
the first nod un the site of the new possible on account of climatic and
headquarters of the Young Men's labor conditions. For instance
Christian Association at the corner rotation calls for a money crop, and
of Tottenham t'ourt. road and a manurial crop as well as a clean-
ing crop. The cleaning crop --corn,
potatoes, beets. etc.. cannot be
used over great areas on account
of labor and market conditions. So
it appears that spraying crust re-
main the only practical means of
weed destruction for many years
Great Russell street.
At the baptism of the twin chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gilling-
ham, at Kirkham, near Preston,
the father's twin sisters acted as
godmothers, and the mother's twin
brothers were godfathers.
Britain and France base cone's el to conic, or until our population
ed an agreement, Mr. Gladstone increases to the point where our
announces, by which a 1:I ish I vast prairie lands nue held as small
workman in France will get co=n- farms, making erup rotation prac-
ticable.
Sulphate of ire,n is a by-product
ir, the manufacture of wire and is
put up for the market in conveni-
ent -sized sacks like, plasters. in-
stead of coming in huge crystals as
pensation fur accidents there and
similarly a French worker in ilri-
tain.
More than 1.700 prison officers
have subscribed to the fund raised
for Miss Itegerson, former matron
ut Beading Priem). London, who l formerly.- American Farrn Rev sew.
was recently injured by a woman
prisoner throwing vitro! over her.
In the presence of a large number
of sh•ewnien, the funeral te,ok place
recently. at Tow f.aw, Durham, of
Mr Walter Scott. proprietor of a
well known travelling circus, who
at the age of fifteen received a com-
mand to appear before the late
Queen Victoria.
WHAT 1t.\Bit ITS t'OST
AVS'fIt.tl.i.\.
The rabbit is an expensive little
DEHOiRNiNG CATTLE.
Bather than to cause cattle to
suffer the tortures of pain by hav-
ing their horns removed after they sr
have attained their normal growth
and sewing to the fact that it is an
advantage that an animal be tie -
horned in order to protect there
from each other, it is advisable to
',resent their horns front growing.
This can be successfully done by
clipping the hair off of the little
knobs' where the horns appear and
carefully applying a dehorning pre -
animal. .\ return has just been s'entative to a small surf ice not to
presented to the Parliament of exceed the size of a quarter of a•
Queensland showing how much the dollar.
destruction of the pest has cost that If on the other boost the horns
State. The figure is a tidy one- hate been allowed to grow and the 1
£1.252.591. Until the early 'tiOs Dant -r nks ithest to rernose
there were no rabbits in Australia. sa•,.e. itthii• »d �isahle to place ani -
Then some malignant fate prompt. mal in a Mansion, carefully secnr-
iug the heed. then apply the de -
horning shearx far enough down in-
to the head so as to remove enough
of the horn to prevent any further
growth. To present infection ap-
ply an antiseptic solution to t he
afeeted part4.--1)r. David Roberts,
RARE EXCEPTION.
"I rather pride myself on one
thing." said the young father. •'.11-
theeugh i lace tRe !•tightest, smart-
est, cutest, best tee=ngster. 1 e. er
saw. 1 never brag about bin."
.\ two weeks- vacat:en never
seem, long ellen ce,nepered to the
same time it take to get money
enough to finance it.
1 jentui's man appears f oitnion
n+ good advantage air a jealous ea.
Man.