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Exeter Advocate, 1909-09-02, Page 6marriage certificate is identical wi'h that of a 'similar document which t o:►ce before figured in court to prove the mythical marriage of the said Adam :)rooster to erre Louisa Simpson." THE MYSTERIOUS KET OR, PLANNING FOR TUE FU 1'UItE. CHAPTER XIX. Why Adam Brewster had neglect- ed to carry out his purpose to de- stroy this diary, or how it cause to be hidden in that secret vault, will never be known ; but as Goraiu closed the book Ito gave a long breath of thankfulness that it had not ben destroyed, for it proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, all that he wished to know, and also cleared the mon whom he had rev- erenced as an employer from the suspicion of all dishonor in connec- tion with his young wife, and ,wade bila proud to claire him as father. He pasted the diary to Mr. Lyt- tleton, and desired him to read it. Tho man devoured it eagerly, and turned triumphantly to Gerold tho moment lie finished it, observing: "I felt euro enough of the case before, but this just clinches every- thing. No one will now presume to question the fest of your being Adam Browstcr's son and iegitimate heir, and that rogue is surely doom- ed to a felon's cell for the next twenty years." "I think you aro right, but--" "But what?" "I am really sorry for those poor dupes of his." "Well, they should have known better than to become accomplices in crime, especially the old one," said Mr. Lyttleton shortly. "But. according to Ellee Carson's story, they were terribly poor, and it was but natural that they should jump at a chance to better their condition. I cannot boar to fight against women," Gerald concluded. looking greatly disturbed. "Nor I," said his friend ; "and —well, we will see if we can man- age to let them off comparatively easy." Meanwhile, John Hubbard was straining every nerve to meet the corning trial with a bold front. Ho had employed an export criminal lawyer to assist hien in preparing for his defense. He fondly believ- ed that it would be a difficult task to prove the charge of forgery against him, for he was confident that he was the only one living who know that Adam Brewster had been married previous to his un- ion with Miss Porter. He had dis- covered the fact by chance while looking over the records in New Haven when he was working up an- other ease, and then, observing how easily the naruo Alan Brown whose widow was his tenant, could bo changed to Adam Brewster, and this latter to Adam Broustern, ho had conceived the cunning plot which has already been explained. It had never once occurred to bins that Mi:`.am Harris alight have had a child. Of course, ho was wholly in the dark regarding her hitt. ry ; but Adam Brewster never hating referred to the fact of a previous marriage, and having had her lover's hand. To it was at- tached the golden key which has Leen previously demo-ibid. Gerald regarded it curiously. ''It is a very peculiar ornament," be said. "I wonder if it was made to unlock anything 1" "I wish it would unlock the mys- tery of toy birth," sighed the girl wearily. "My darling, we will not allow it to mar our futuro in the least," said her companion, as he refasten- ed the chain about her neck; "and Ale will start with no mystery in our lives. Everything shall be open and above -board in connection with our marriage, and perfect confi- dence in each other shall be our motto. I think it will bo best never to speak of this secret, even be- tween ourselves; it makes yon rest- less and unhappy to refer to it, and so the fewer who know it the better. It is, of course, known in '► general way that you aro not Mr. Brewster's own daughter; and there we will let the matter rest. Havo Mr. and Mrs. Lyman seen these things Gerald inquired, glancing at tho contents of the box. "No, I think nut. Tho box was locked and the key was in my purse and Mrs. Lyman has never refer- red to it in any way. I sometimes wonder if aho did not examine it with tho hope of discovering my identity, but presume she thought it held only girlish finery, which I did not need and she would not disturb." "W ll, put it away, dear, and we will not think of it any more. I do not like to see this shadow on your face," and bonding, he soft- ly touched his lips to her forehead as ho closed and relocked the box and put it ono side. Tho subject was not referred to again during his visit, nor when sh ► rejoined him in Ncw York, after which the Limo slipped quickly by until the dawn of the fifth of Feb- ruary, which was the day set fur the second hearing of the Brew- ster case. CHAPTER XX. John Hubbard, the arch -plotter and forger, was destined to receive a number of shocks during ti. • few days which it took to conduct the trial of trio great caso of Brewster vs. Brewster. Tho first resulted from tho call ing of the case in that form. When the sonorous voico of the crior rang through the court -room with that announcement, tho man gave a great start, and looked around at Mr. Lyttleton amazed. Allison was dead, ho believed, and t.cn had she been living, she had no real claim to the naive of Itrewster. Witu, then, was this new claimant of whom ho had never heard until this moment? A few iso children of his ow u, he took whispered sentences between hips - it for granted that no such ob-] self and hie counsel resulted in the steel° would ever ries up to con- front hien. Thus he had no; the slightest suspicion of the crushing developments awaiting bin, and was even hopeful ut times of com- ing out %, t 'riot's in the end• Lady brumley and Allison re- turned to Ncw York during the third week in Jnnuu•y. Twice pre- vious to this Gerald had been oil to bit Ston to spend Sunday with his etrothed, each time finding her greatly unproved. Iter checks had taken un a healthful hue, while, as to manner and ten►peratment, she was the bright, breezy Allison of old, greatly to the delight of all her friends. During one of these visits, Alli- son had brought forth the mysteri- ous box which contained the proofs that she was not the child of Mr. and Mrs. Brewster, and Gerald had examined them with a great deal of interest. "I wish I might be so fortunate in discovering my origin ns you have been, Gerald," she remark- ed during this investigation, with a wistful look at the little note which ..tie belie% rd her e'en mother had written. nil ht. clear ' }' tenderly res ►ended` "l- <,ould give a great deal to have that mys- tery solved. But you were very fortunate not to have lost these relies during the railroad acci- dont,'' he nddcd, with sudden thought. "How were they preserv- ed 2" "That was a very simple mat- ter," Allison replica. "My check was in my purse, and when Mr. Lyman decided to bring me here he simply gave it nr and secured tnc portmanteau. which was in the rising of the latter to inquire the moaning of that proclamation. "It is all correct, your honor," quietly replied Mr. Lyttleton. "I ani conducting this case on behalf or tho nearest of kin, who is by name, as well as by birth, a Brew- ster." "Produce the plaintiff, then," sententiously demanded the coun- sel for the defense. "Certainly. your honor," return- ee' Mr. Lyttleton, with contrasting courtesy, "and I take great plea- sure in introlueing my client, Mr. Gerald Winchester Brewster, who is the son and heir of the late Ad- am Brewster." Ho niotionsal to Gerald who arose and calmly confronted his old en- emy—the man who had once sworn that he would crush him as ho had crushed the delicate rosebud. John Hubbard sprang to his feet, white as a sheet. "It is a lie!!" lie shouted. '•Tho i.oy is the rankest impostor ! i've known hint for years. Ile is only a beggar whcrn the late banker res- cued from the gutter'" "OrderS, r# ' IaLthe f, er'e s• -i -s t •'cry wlucn ....re inter- rupted the excited than and re- minded hint that he was liable to runishrnont for contempt of court; %thereupon, trembling with excite- ment and passion, ho sank back rip- en his seat, but glaring bitterest hatred at his youthful rival. "We will proceed to prove our position," Mr. Lyttleton, who was tetill standing, observed, "and will submit these papers to the court for examination after I shall have read them alord." He then read. for the benefit - 1 his hearers, the certificate proving baggage -car. it being elle '1 the the marriage of Adam Brewster to John Hubbard was now pale as death. A long wrangle and much evi- dence followed these statements, but with the too certificates, .Hiss Winchester's letter, the relation of the facts regarding the erection of the monument over the grave of Dlirian► Harris lirowster, together with extracts from the diary which Lad recently been exhumed from the secret fault in the bank, it was ve ry clearly shown that Gerald's claim to the Brewster naulo aid fur - tune was a very strong one. There was a sharp contest over the admission of these documents as esidence, John llubbard's counsel claiming that his client had been arraigned upon the charge of for- gery, while the evidence thus far submitted had no bearing whatever upon that imputation. "It has everything to do with it, your honor," Mr. Lyttleton assert- ed, "for the very authenticity of these documents proves beyond question the forgery of those which the prisoner produced in a previous court in order to gain, for the pre- tended Mrs. Adam lirowster, fraud- ulent posseesiun of the banker's es- tate." This view of the matter was de- cided to be reasonable, and the do- cuments were accordingly admitted. Mr. Lyttlntol then observed that esen bad the court soon fit to dis- card them, there yet remained abundant proof of the charge pre- ferred, and which he would now produce, whereupon Mr. Thomas Plum, the chirographic expert, was called as a witness. John Itubbard gritted his teeth savagely as the funny little man trotted smartly up to the witness - steno, for ho had dreaded his ap- pearance more than that of any other person. Mr. Plum had provided ,himself with a blackboard for tho purpose of giving an object -lesson along with his testimony. Ho was duly sworn, and upon being asked if ho regarded the record of tho marri- age of Adam Brewster to Louisa Simpson a forgery, replied emphati- cally : "I do, and believe that I can prove it. so to the satisfaction of the jury." He then wrote up,►n his black- board the record of two esonts which had been copied from the New Haven register of marriages, both having been entered under the same date in tho year 18—. "The first of these reads: 'Alden Bronstern to Miriam 'Harris,' " he said, writing the name as ho talked. "Now, the first name, if it had nev- er been tampered with, should read 'Adan► Brewster.' Observe, as I have written the 'Adam' there is a little space between the capital and the first :''mall letter, the clerk who was in office at that time having had a habit of so separating all his capitals, as can be seen by any one who chooses to examiuo the regis- ter. Now, between the 'A' and and 11' was inserted, so; the 'a' war deftly changed to an 'o,' the ins( curve of the 'n►' very care- fully erased, thus producing the name 'Alden.' The name 'Brew- ster' was cleverly n•anipulated in the same way. Tile 'e was made into an 'o,' the 'w' into 'n,' and another 'n' added after the `r.' Thus you have 'Broustern.' In the second record the name of the gen- tleman should rend 'Alan )crown.' In this case the base of the letter was very easily inserted between the 'A' and '1.' an extra curve ad- ded to the 'n,' thus making a very perfect 'Adam.' The 'o' in 'Brown' was changed to 'e.' the tsto curves of the 'n' made to represent 's' and 't,' thus: 'o' was tali VA to these, and we have'Breweter' complete. it was all very cleverly dente your honor, and by an expert at such work. Thus not one in a threoand Looking at these names would be nide to detect the fraud. 1 have sheer* you on this hoard hot it was done, but the record-le,eok is here, a powerful glass also. and I can easily point out certain unmistak- able signs to prove w hat t hate as- serted. Adam Brewster married a woman by the name of Miriam: Har- ris. Louise Simpson married a man by the name of Alan Brown, and if she will i•rKlu; e. the ori- ginal certiheate .1 her marriage, I will guarantee that I can show situ the same changes upon that coaches that was uninjured. R,'t Miriam Harris. also the baptismal even if this hex and its contents certificate of Gerald Winchester find beets destroyed, T still have a Brewster. who was the only child key a peculiar ornameste by whir h <.f the above-mentioned couple. 1 might he identified, if there i4 ''It will be found later on," he an, body living to whcrn 1 belong. continued. at he surrendered these As she concluded clic unclncpcd a two itnf+ortr.nt bite of paper for ex- chait. (rem her ucck and laid it in amination. "that the d,ite upon the .1110. Fall and Winter StyleBook McKendry's EE FR The daintiest hats you ever saw, the very latest styles, and at prices which cannot be equalled anywhere in Canada. At great expense this book has been prepared for our out-of•town cus- tomers. It contains lovely hail -tone drawings of the most approved lists to be wom during the fall and winter season, suitable for any age from tot to matron. Thousands of ladies in every part of Canada have proven the excellence of our work, and at the same time have made a moat sub- stantial saving in price. 1 he list of customers is gross nig each season. You should be on the list. Write to -day as the demand for our "Style -•� B.►ok is very great. McKendry's Limited 226 - 228 Yonge Street Toronto, Ont. McKendrys "T he Ilome of the Hat Beautiful" plaintiff asserts that the same hand 2,1w5 miles. Before the close of the which forged the changes in the ser• tilicate already consideree) also forged a portion of the document now in the hands of the witness." A vigorol.s squabble, legally speaking, ensued, but all protests were finally m enured, and Mr. P1um was allowed to proceed. "Thisdocument, as 1 have already stated, was signed, and witnessed on the fou `h of April, 18—," ho repeated inipressit.ely ; "but I claim that the whole of the first page of the instrument was written at a much later date --just how long af- terward I aur unable to say. Nei- ther have 1 any means of knowing khat the original subject -matter of this portion of the will may have Leen—tto present reading may be an exact copy of what was writ- tc s at Mr. Brewster's dictation over eleven years ago. The proof of what I have stated lies in the iuk, which shows traces of an ingredient which was never employed in any ink until 18—, or some six years after this will was signed and witnessed. Tho ingredient is called eosin. It is usually enlpleyed in tho snaking of red inks, and 1 have never before detected its presence in any black ink. I recognize it by a fainttinge of bronze which appears in the writ- ing upon this page, and to mo it proves one of two theories—first, that the writer sometimes used red ink containing eosin in his fountain - pen, or that at the time of this writing ho kept his black ink in a bottle that had once contained red ink, and was not cleansed previ- ous to being used for the former. I will add that this same bronze tinge appears in certain letters of the names Alden Bronstern and Adam Brewster on tae Now Haven register. It. can also bo shown in certain books which belonged to tho late banker, where various figures among tho assets of runny Insur- were changed to represent others, l aneo Companies and other finance and by means of which an uttemlOt. al institutions. Of the $16,000,000 was made about a year ago to rule' Canadian Northern Equipment oh ligations which love been issued, Canadians have taken the largo proportion and tho United States investors have been generous in their assistance towards the linen • ilei; of these loans. The credit e f 'Inc'' In ce,nnectiun with the recurda." "We n ill have that shown later, if you please, Mr. float,.' Mr. Lyt- tleton interposed. "fust now I would like you to tell the vont. what you have diseotered in con- nection with this document." As he coneluded he passed a leg- al -looking instrun:eat up to the gen• tlentan. "This," olixervcd Mr. Plum, al be took and began to unfold it, "is what has been claimed to be the lag will and testament of the late Ad- am Brewster. It was dated, signed and witnessed en the fourth of April 18—, more than eleven years ago." The witness ens here interrupted by the ohjectien that the will of the late banker could have no iNossible Bearing upon the charge against the defendant. '•it tons just this bearing upon the charge. your honor." Gern.d'r year 248 additional miles were com- pleted and utilized—a total of 3,- 143 miles. Tho C'aiadien Northern Ontario Ilailway owns a line—Toronto to Sudbury—which, with extensions and branches, totals 310 miles. Tho Canadian Northern Quebec Rail - e ay—an amalgamation of several smaller roads in the Province of Quebec—has a total mileage of 350. Other railroad companies aro own- ed in the Provinces et New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia. To the fig- ures mentioned, will be added, this year, the length of the various ex- tensions and brunches of 1909 con- struction. How have these mon been able to construct a big railway system. and that without issuing any stock to tho public? In the first place they have shown great shrewdness in choosing locations, and it is their boast that all their lines have paid from the start. In the second place, chiefly through the shrewd and economical borrowing, have Mackenzie and Mann been able to construct this lig railway system. Both the Do- minion Government and Provinci- al Government of Manitoba ha eo lent their aid to the Railway by guaranteeing the bonds. In tno later days the Province of Ontario has similarly treated lines withen its boundaries, as have also ill(' Provinces of Saskatchewan an I Alberta. Most of tho financing has been dune in Great Britain, that mitre to which all tho world turns for fin- ancial aid ; but Canadians have done much for this and other Cana- dian enterprises. The Canadian Northern Railway eon- didated mortgage bonds, guaranteed by the Province of Manitoba, are found the character of the present plain- tiff." Tho pretended Mrs. Brewster was then commanded to produce the c•er- tificato of her marriage, also the old iet.ters which she claimed had been written to her by Adam Brewster the Canadian Northern Railway previous to their union. They were is the world's market, stands high reluctantly submitted to the expert' %.ho easily detected the changes up- on the former, and then asserted that the date of the year had been changed upon every letter. to mike it appear that they had written much earlier than wee th • fact. 111r. ' Plum said he firmly b,;lioved that Z the letters had been written to the • second Mrs. Brewster, and that 4 John Hubbard, having unearthed thein during his exanmination of Mr. Brewster's effects, had cunningly employed thein as evidence for his client during the previous trial. (To be continued.) tt►t++♦++++•+' set+tit«$ • • • • • • • •• • iN1444+•1++•+•4441+4f41 -- i THE ('AN.1111N NORI AERN. Bids Fair to Shortly Become Ttan,seonttne•ntat (Inc. Ono of the most interesting of the romances in Canadian develop - meat is the story of the modest be- ginning and rapid growth of tho Canadian Northern hails ay. in 11,96 Messrs. Markentie and Mann formed a partnership as railway contractors and nine years later they took their first steps tow ards the Canadian Northern. Marling in the heart of Mani- toba, with its wheat 'nearing lines radiatii fr,•m the (i'y of Winni- peg. the ('uuad,an :orthern has grown 1.• a Ini'r•.nd with over 3,000 ntilcc of track in the terrtt,uy to the West of the Great Lakes, and there aro other integral party already constructed and ere -tome in On- tario and the Provinces < i the Ewa.. Viewing a snap of the rend with the lines already couctructcd, with the extensions ur,eler the contrac- tors' hands. nt,d with the proposed new lines. the (nradiin Northern hide (ai, to she•rtly become a trans• continental line sending its traffic from tidewater to tidewater. A About the Farm VALL'E01'' BARNYARD MANURE its crop-prodt•cing power is reduc- ed. Tho ploughing under of clover has also been most effective in in- creasing the store of plant fond in the soil. The beneficial effect of this treatment has been manifest by increased crops. A clover sod supplies the soil with a largo ad- dition of humus whereby the land is made more retentive of •moisture, and the soil deepened and mellow -t ed. In the preparation of land for crop in the eastern provinces fall ploughing is now generally follow- ed, as the seed can thus be sown earlier in the spring. In the north- west it has been found an advant- age to summer fallow a portion of 'the land under cultivation each year. This practice conserves the moisture, destroys weeds and brings the farmer larger crops. In the efforts to maintain the fer- tility of the soil on farms in the eastern provinces barnyard manure Flays nn important part. Expori- Iaents carried on for twenty years in succession with all the more 1rn• portant farm crops, have demon- strated the value of barnyard ma- nure and have shown that a given weight of inanure taken fresh from the barnyard is equnl in core pro- ducing'meet to the sank weight of rotted manure, while the fresh ,ma- nure legis during the process of rotting front 50 to 6e) per cent of its weight. Economy in the use of barn- yard manure is of the utmost im- portance in connection with success- ful farming in this country, and the fact that it is estimated that the solid and liquid excreta of animals in Canada amounts to about 100,- 000,000 tons per annum indicates wbat enormous losses must result from a wasteful handling of such a forge quantity of valuable fertiliz- ing material. The results obtained from experiments with artificinl fer- tilizers have not been so satisfac- tory as from those with barnyard manure. They have been carried c.0 for a long period of years so that the conclusions drawn from them may be said to be very safe. The best results obtained from artifi- cial manures have seen had when they have been associated with Many can recall when there was barnyard manure Ono reason why no ('nnadian Northern Railway — artificial manures used alone do when the name of Maekenrie and! r.ot produce the effect on crops Mann had no great import An which might l}c expected from the analysis therefore <,f the railroad Lire^ proportion of tniunb;r t.;i►r.t properties of these two Wren can- food they convoy to the soul is that not but be of interest to all ('ana I lacy contain no humus and the pro - diens. portion of vegetable matter in the The Canadian Northern Ontario Moil having been redneed by frequent roper (from last annual report, cropping, its capacity for tv.ld counsel calmly observed. "The 3une, 1908) operated to the est ing moisture is iessened sad tat.; More attention is paid now than former- ly to the systematic rotation of crops. This method economizes the use of the plant food in the soil; since different crops take tho ele- ments of fertility in difforent pro- portions, the rotation helps to maintain a balance. A four years' rotation is perhaps the most fol- lewed. This is begun with a hoed crop, which is well nusnured; clo- ser and timothy are sown with the grain the second year, a crop of bay is taken off the third year and oho fourth year the field is used as pasture and during the following w inter manure is spread on the sod and this is turned under in the spring in time to begin the course again with a hoed crop.—Dr. Saun- ders, Dominion Experimental Farm, Ottawa. FARM NOTES. The merchant and manufacturer plan ahead, but the successful farm-' er must both plan and plant ahend.i Any tree or shrub planted on thug p1emises that adds to our comforts' also adds to the money value of the place. Whatever will 11 ako a place worth more to us, wilt also to others who might like to possess it. This is a consideration that should stimulate activity in provid-I ing the place with trees and vines. Ono of the advantages of a hila-; wash is that it renders the poultry-' house light and cheerful. which in-! duces the hens to stay indoors on stormy days. Although whitewash; is liberally used during the sum- mer to guard against lice, yet it is equally as sett icenhle in winter. in rendering the quarters comfor- table and in partially serving as a disinfectant, but. for winter wash more glue should be used in the mixture. Ono proof of unbusinesslike hab- its was that a large por cent. of farmers kept no accounts. They do not charge the merchant with pro-, duce sold him. or even carry a pass- book, but depend en the merchant's1 books entirely. letting the account;, run a full year. and often du net, know within a hundred dollars the amount of the account. To a still greater extent they do not keep ar account of their own busine-s, and while the manufacturer knows ton penny what it rose him to pro• duce the article he offers to the pub - he. and the merchant can strike a balance and tell just what he has made -or loot-- during the year, with the farmer it is mostly guess - n ork NOT ItIS TURN. A miner to.,k his boots for re - 'airs, but way not in n hurry to pay for (hent. Atter a few weeks had elapse.( the shoemaker called to ask fur the money. The miner's wife answered the. door, and on being told by the ehe'rrnnker that he had called for, the ineney for the bouts, she shout - e<1 into the house, aril told her good plan what was required. "What!" exclaimed the miner. ' lie wants paying kr repairing the, boots! Toll him it's mot his turn.• «hyl the man thnt made therm, hasn't got paid yet'" A BUSINESS FORMULA. 'I must say he was very business. like with his proposal." ".1s to Isow. my dear?" "Toler me to eo n'icier tnysalf ea•t eraee'i — 1 ' '••t !t.41 hist boat are k- ed sepal t.