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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1910-01-13, Page 2t li 1HE MYSTERY CLERED UP ; OR, THE HERITAGE OF MADAME YALTA. C;HAPTE If 1.—(Cont'd) "I do not know whether he is free, bat I Leese flea he is in Paris, er at latest he was the ..lay I waited for hint en the route des Pouleaux. He may have ccucluded to cross the frontier." "I do not believe it. I believe he has been put out of the way to prevent hint from vindicating him- self." "What ! you think he has been killed?" •"I hope not, but he may havo fallen into the hands of those who we re interested in his disappear- ance." "The real rogues? You suppose they have sequestrated—confined him?" "Perhaps; but if he is alive I shall find him. 1)o you see now why I wish to know Mlle. Dorge- res:" "Not very well, I confess," said Maxime, timidly. "You do not see that I have pledged myself to break off a mar- riage which will be the misfortune of her life, for sooner or later the innocence of M. de Carnoel will be recognized, and I count on your aid to establish it." • "Mimi!" cried Maxime. "You wish me to second you in this im- possible enterprise—I, who am ful- ly con';{inced that M. de Carnoel is guilty!" "Your conviction will change; I am certain of it," replied the countess, unmoved by this pro- testation. "I hope so, with all my heart, for I beg you to believe that 1 have no feeling of personal hostility to- ward M. de Carnocl. At the same time I must confess that it is not my wish to break off the marriage of my cousin. I cannot forget that her betrothed is nay best friend." "But would you not better prove your friendship by averting a mar- riage which would prepare for him everlasting regrets ? Would not his situation be frightful if, after this marriage, M. rte Carnoel should return car.,pleteh• justified--- 1I. de -Carnoel, whom your cousin has loved with all the ardor of a first love? Do not deny it. If she has rt nounetd this love it is because she belbeas him dishonored, but she has not forgotten hire. Tho imago of her former lover is still present to her thought, and it is to drive it away, to save herself from revert- ing to this past, that she hastens • tom, bin 1 herself irrevocably. I am a woman, and know the heart of wotnan. Rest assured that Mlle. Dorgeres, weary of the struggle against an inclination uhich dis- tnays her. takes refuge in marri- age, because she hopes to find there tranquility and peace. If she should recognize too late that she has been deceived, she will curse for the rest of her days the do she is now im- patient to contract." Tho countess spoke so earnestly, her beautiful eyes so full of elo- quence, that Maxime felt her emo- tion gaining upon hint. Ife was not convinced, far from it ; but he was perplexed, like a judge who has just heard a skilful lawyer plead for a etiminal. At the same time, lie had the mortification to ascertain that he—an earth worm in love with a star -held a very insignificant place in Madame Yalta's thoughts. It she bad set her heart upon see- ing him ie was that she might speak of de Caramel, and the discovery twcen us two. And now that our nstonis!aed as much as it distressed treaty is now that our him, for he could not conceive who tnreaty ally, concluded, me she espoused so warmly the cause are I i you notyfriend.o Luse a pardonome of this young mac, whom she had g ment never seen. The statement of Dr. is seeing Georget." ♦'illegos that her father had known Maximo rose. Ile understood the father of Robert seemed a vets, that the countess dismissed him po- Insuf6cient reason why she should, litely, but he still waited for a to the face of everybody, espouse word, a took. It seemed to hire the cause of the son who was tic- he deserved something more than toted sf theft. this friendly farewell. An idea suddenly occurred to - "Du you think I should hold this hint. It was Georget who had re- language if you were indifferent to counted all this to the countess-- me?" she resumed, penetrating his Georget, whom the servants of M. thought. Dorgeres accused. Mieht it not be Maxime fell on hie knee', but at that the odd little gamin had made this moment the femme de chambre cc ufession to his protectre=s, which entered just in time to arrest a iris',lved a proof of the young sec- Premature demonstration. retary's innocence 1 This hypothe- "Au revoir, monsieur." added sae admitted, the conduct of a- the countess, with a smile full of dame Yalta appeared quite na i. promise; "I hope you will not make She would not denounce Gessellet, me wait for your visit, and perhaps but she owed it to herself to assist I may have the pleasure of seeing M. de Carucci in the misfortune in- J•ou 500n at your uncle's, for the t , which a fatality hnd thrown him, first day I ant able to leave the t ► repair the evil caused by the lit• house shall be the oecasion of a tie scamp whom she had patroniz- visit to M. Dorgeres and his cd if it were so the cause of Hob- charming da;ighter.- ert was just, and Madame Yaita CHAPTER I I. wa, right to seek to save Alice from a fatal error; she was right to say the day would come when she would cure her union with Jules Vignory. N•.teethetanding his oddities, Maxime was above and befc•re all ee benefit man. and he also would beet a life-long regret if he had ,.taftered a wrong uhich it rest- ed sv th him to resist. Friendship has :t.; li,nits, and in order to serve his friend, Maximo could not go so far as to refuse to fact tho truth. At any rate he roust reply t this countess, whose captivat- ing tongue had well nigh converted him. "3fay I count on you?" she re- peated, after allowing him a mo- ment's retie -tem. "Absolutcie he exclaimed, car- ried away by an irrepressible en- thusiasm. `'Tell me what I am to do and your orders shall be obey- ed." "First, I beg you to assist me to find M. de Carnoel. "There is nothing I should de- sire more, but how can I go about such a search?" "I will tell you. You spoke of the child whom I placed at your uncle's. Georget is very bright, and was devoted to 3I. de Carnoel. I feel sure he would havo been able to tell us what had become of him if he had not been the victim of some mysterious accident. He is on his feet now, but his memory is not yet restored, and in order that it may be, I thought of you." Maximo opened his eyes wide in astonishment. "•I know you are not a doctor," she resumed, laughing, "and I ate not expecting to have him treated according to the rules of the fac- ulty. 31. Villagos has already done in that way all that could be done, but his task is now ended and yours begins. Georget is attached to you, is he not ?" "I believe so. He proved it re- cently. He saved me when I was pursued by villains." seining calved whatever scruples he "Well, you could not show your may have entertained, did not he - gratitude better than by going to sitate to jump into a carriage for see hien." Rue Cardinet. Persons under the lead to the largest amount of milk "I havo been there three times, influence of passion have always at with the greatest proportion of but his grandmother would not hand an assortment of aophisims butler fat, at a minimum of trouble to the milker.—W. R. Gilbert. conuteas, than he began to gesti ( mil,c new and sweet and saves vitiate and talk to himself like a lunatic or a poet, the two classes of men whom lovers most resemble. This time he was captured by the heart as well as the head, and if Madame Yalta in saying farewell i ad coninianded hint to throw him- self into the Seine, he would have hastened to obey. Happily the had contented herself with sending huin to Madame Piriac's, but there was hauling a heavy load to the cream- ery each day. If a man has but one or two cows and does not patronize a creamery, it will not pay to buy a senarator. With good, cold. deep MARVELS OF te'.1 UTEN I:SB. Microscopic Writing -Ship lliiddea leader Fly's Wing. On the Farm There is on exhibition in the setting ,the milk may be skimmed Arms. Medical Museum at Washing - closely and just as good butter toe, a .pe;'illlen of micro (epic write made as with a separator. int; un glass. This writing consists The glory of our country is rt., c'! the words of the Lord's Prayer, small fanners; in their homes have and o"'eupics a reetaegular space Rea/ember that coo aro dealingbeen developed rnen who havo measuring I.FD! by 1.441 of an some merit to be attached to Max- with a living machine and that learned how to work, how to !mac - square• inch. or an area of 1.129G54 of a ul ime's acquitting himself of dee elle- therefore kind and quiet treatment lice economy. If our farmers are iI-50000 ofcan Teh. ich apare t are aboto ,ion. It was to act precisely con- willproduce more milk with less�t, remain the b,t^khone of the coun- trar to the sage resolutions ,:.t try, it will only be by remaining in- g• t some idea of the minuteness of Y g' 7' trouble than harsh methods. kilned with a thorough tinder The machine can onl work at dependent, and not by work -ng for thea writing: There are in the standing of the subject. Maxime ite best when properly handled. corporations, whose board of dir^c- Lord's Prayer 227 lot+or•, and if as was rejoicing in the morning in Every drop of mi!k should bo tors will do all their thinking for fere this number occupies the: the prospeetire marriage of his drawn, for only by this means will them. Times tiny be hard, much' 1.12 C54 of an inch there would be friend, Jules Vignory, and in the the udder be indiccd to work at. economy may have to be exercised, i room on an entire square inch for. afternoon Being to work to put a, full pressure and give a sapply of I and much hard work and privat:oa='•r•43`-' 438 such letters similarly atop to it. alis conduct was much the same as that of a lawyer who, is the midst of a to tech, should desert his client to go over to the opposite party. IIINTS FOR MILKERS. It was actual treason. And still he felt no remorse. What were now to him the ties of friendship? All such sentiments had dissolved like sealing -wax before the first fires of rising passion. out the operation as quickly as pos- After all, the affair was hill of sible remembering that generally a obscurity, and one might. easily be good milker is a fast one and that mistaken. He concluded also that the cow is liable to become impa- a supplementary inquest would not tient after a time. be out of place in the interests of Pay attention to the cow's health. Alice, who did not deserve to bo If her teats are sore, if there is any allowed to make a marriage like this, out of pique, if her first lover were not unworthy of her. 3f. Dor- geres could not deem it a cause of reproach that his nephew had sought to repair a cruel injustice. Thera remained Vignory who would assuredly owe him no ill -will for bringing to light a rival whom the poor cashier could never havo sought to supplant while he was still Alice's lover. And Vignory was of a quiet, conciliating temper; hie love for Mlle. Dorgeres was a tranquil love which time would ap- pease. Moreover, he possessed a nice little bit of consolation seeing his patron had just made him his partner. Whatever happened, this advancement which he owed to the project of marriage between Mlle lv the result of allowing too long an Dorgeres and himself was secured interval to elapse between milking. te him. Dfaxinio having by this res- But whatever hours are ch•,sen see richest milk. It should always be endured on small farms, but better ;space . borne in mind that the last milk is this than loss ,f independence. IThe entire Bil.le, o!d and new the richest. One -fifty a day in a shop or factory, . tett^'rents, contains bet 3,566,480 Observe cleanliness in all things. tending a machine, may seem eas'cr ! letters. and these would therefore Rinke sure that the milking uterithan holding a plow, but holding a be roofs, enough to «•rite the entire Bile arc above re roach. Cleanse plow snakes a loan and not a part of Bible ^i :ht times over on one square the cow's udder and your own a machine. inch ,.f glass in the same manner hands before commencing to milk. as the words of the Lord's Prayer Draw the milk by pressure, not have been written on this specimen. by the stripping method. Carry MAYOR WAS A, FORGER. Such n statement staggers the im- agination, but the fieures are easily Was ('hief of a Gang Operating la verified and are certainly correct. Sicily.Along this same lino of almost incredible minutene'" is the story of one Mark Scallot. a alacksmith, who in We, in the twentieth year of Queen Elizabeth's reign. made a leek consisting of eighteen pieces of steel. iron and brass. with a hollow discoloration or unusual feature about the milk do not mix it with the rest. Take care that the buildings in which milking is carried on are well aired and free from avoidable dust. Fresh air and sunlight should be constantly admitted, and litter or food should not be handled dur- ing the milking hour. Be punctual. The cow knows as well as you when the hour has ar- rived for milking, and delay will not only cause a diminution of her yield but also a decrease of fat per- centage. Milk at as nearly even intervals of time as possible. A good deal of attention has been given to this question and it has been found that milk poor in fat is very large - that they are very strictly adhered t) Observance of these rules should permit me to see him." "She is a woman born in a posi- tion superior to that in which her marriage has placed her, and has preserved of that origin a pride that is almost fierce. She distrusts all the world but myself, hitt she which they make use of to justify the least logical of their acts. From the Avenue de Friedland to the, Batignolles is not a short tranait, but it did not prove wearisome to Maxime, for he contemplated with- out ceasing the ring the countess THE VALUE OF STRAW. One of the features of the land- scape which is sure to attract the Dramatic incidents are linked with the arrest of Signor Diego Cutrufelli, mayor of Graniti, near Taormina, Sicily, ns chief confeder- ate in a big gang of "gentlemen" forgers. For months past the ltal key to it, that altogether weighed Inc Government has tried to track but one grain of gold. He also made a gold chain, composed of forty- three links, whiel. he fastened to the lock and key. In the presence of the Queen he put the chain about the neck of a flea, which drew it with case, after wlech lac put the lock and key. flea and chain into a pair of scales, and they together weighed but one grain and a half. This is vouched for by an old writer. Many instances of rreehanical in- genuity really remarkable to us in these drys, when we are supposed to havo advanced in learning, aro related by various ancient authors. The silver sphere, "a most noble with a squad of carabinieri, from and ingenious performance," which Palermo, with instructions to make was presented to Suiten Solvman a thorough search for the forger's the Magnificenteby his Imperial den. In order to keep the towns- MajestyyFerdinand is mentioned by folk off the real scent the brigadier availed himself of a local tradition which says that the notorious Sici- lian brigand Castro who ended a the disseminators of an immense number of false bank notes, where- by hundreds of the Sicilian peas- antry have been victimized. Whenever a suspect happened to be taken into custody the mayor of Graniti would -almost invariably put in first-rate testimonials on be- half of the prisoner, or he would attend the hearing of the charge in person, and laugh at the "stupid- ity" of the police, and demand the immediate release of the accused. His worship has played the trick once too often, and the suspicions of the magistrates were aroused. The government, acting upon secret information, despatched a brigadier Paulus Jovius as showing and keep- ing time with the notions of the ce- lestial bodies in various configura- tions. It was carried to Constanti• dare -devil career be murdering nople by twelve men. and there put Commendatore Ferrari, a rich land- together by the art:=t that made it. acrd, of Graniti, buried his booty Mymecid^s, an ancient carver, was somewhere in the neighborhood, be- so proficient in microscopic mech- fore his hasty flight to the United anism that he made an ivory ship, Sta'es. with all it decks, masts, yards, rig - The brigadier explained that the ! ging and sails, in so small a coin- •abinieri had a clic and had pass that it might have poen hidden never refuses a request from me in had just placed in his hands. As attention of the traveller through °a' sunder the wing of a fly. He also memory of my father's kindness to suredly it was writte : that Maxime the West, is the large straw stacks. Come to dig for the h dden treasure. �1'ben' however, the exploration'made a chariot with four wheels her son. You will show her this should pass his life wearing jewels O, Perhaps there is to be seen only work began to be extended to theand as many harnessed horses, ring, which she has seen Inc wear, that were. not his. Atter the brace- the smouldering remains of one of(which took up scarcely more room and sac that I begher to leave you hal, the ring;after the turquoises, these stacks, and at once Inc mayors own premises, cunsterna tthrifty, tion was caused by the swift disc than the ship. alone with Georget—to confide in the amethyst. But what a differ -saving traveller from the P I Geo. Whitehead. an Englishman, you as she would in myself." once! The bracelet called up only Fast is sure to enquire if the straw pearnnce of a nuulbcr of leading reads a ship, with ::11 per "Well, but what hall I say to disagreeable recollections; the ring does not contain sufficient value to seen in local aguaffaes. Such of the taming to it, to with el things it sailed t warrant its use. mayor's colleagues as remained the child? was nearly a promise! Madame anon n table. "All hands awere iled "Whatever seems calculated to Yalta had not requested him to re The American Farm World has were closely watched by the police. aloft, a women mode mood music on aanken his memory. You will turn it, and he was ready to nc- this to say about the "Manuriel The efforts of the diggers were a lute, rind n little penny cried in to him of this sad sten•, ec t as a pledge of reciprocated • value of straw" : "Straw contains soon rewarded, for, striking upon the te, nn all of which variety," speakPI t3 1 enough fertilizer a ton to cost acv- a massive marble slab that c••nrcal- p' which he appears to have. forgot- love this talisman which was to re- gencs the old writer, "wa3 pleasant ten, of Mlle. Dorgeres and M. duce the restive Madame l'iriac to oral dollars if bought in a eommer- est the entrance to the forgers' cave, and diverting." do Carnoel, and I am sure you will obedi. nee. Maxime's imagination tial fertilizer. While the fertilizer they found a laboratory, well pro- frequentlr pieced him such tricks elements are not so available as vided with acids, a printing press, --. as this. those found in the commercial ar- and engraving blocks, awl, in fact, title, yet the straw furnishes hurn- all the usual apparatus of the pro - He easily found the old house us to the soil, which is an advantage fessionnl forger. Twenty thoesand and enteral with deliberate step. that the commercial fertilizer does pounds' worth of exquisitely -forged The alley was dark as ever, and not u,s5ess " bank notes were ready for circula- through the glass door of the little l tion. lodge he saw the grandniotlier of go_- Georget at her needle in the cor- ner of the fire. He concluded to succeed in obtaining some useful hint. If 1 charge you with this de- licate mission it is because I be- lieve you would execute it better than I should do. Georget is de- voted to me, but I intimidate hitn. With you he will be more at ease. I have, besides, another reason. Villages is the strictest of doctors, The author goes on to show the composition of wheat straw anti calculate its value at the regular and forbids me everything that he open the door and enter without rats charged for commercial fern• liters and demonstrates that it con - considers a dangerou' excitement." knoekin.e. She rose up quickly, as tains plant food to the value of "I know it, for before permit- if with the intention of barring the 82 Q', 1 ti i k A student at a medical college was under exxamination. The in- strnctor a.ked him: "Of what cause, specifically, did the people die w•lio lost their lives at the de - ling a ccs not to a into ting me to see you he made vie account its effect upon the physical struction of )furculaneunl and promise not to spell: of 31. de Car- passage. "Mdame," he said, unmoved by 1I n i9 illy „I • condition of flee soil Pompeii 1" "I think they died of an eruption sir," answeretl the student. noel or Georget, and cave . this discouraging reception, beg While the above is undoubtedly witness that it is not my fault if you to excuse the liberty I have I have broken my word." taken. I have been several times true in some sections of the country "'I1 shall know nothing of it, for applying straw to land in some I count on your discretion. The secret of our plans shall rest be - to see Georget, and yret have not parts of tho semi -arid wheat belt "No," drawled the mayor of the done me the honor to receive me. usig}it be a qucstionnblo racti• e. To -day I centore to intrude on you • P (no �1'estcrn settlement, "the hays for reasons that 1 will inextrude if It niight have a tendency to make had sortie money tied up in that you will listen to me." ;the soil to open and dry it out with- thar bankrupt telephone company, er ,sees out liberating the plant food it con- an they just didn't like the way the receiver was handling the b,,2i- ness." "Didn't, eh 1" commented the tourist. "Well, what did they do about it?'' ''Oh, they just hung up the receiver." Most moral men would rather spend twenty-four hours in jail than one hour at a pink tea. Although Maxime succeeded un- til he had passed through the gate- eay of Mine. Yalta's mansion in preserving the appearance of de- corum. no senncr slid he find him- self on the public sidewalk out of sight of the majestic porter of tho Maxime was ca e u o - f • .tanned. himself in the most respectful tone, that he might show the ancestress of the groom that he was not simple enough to mistake her for a real portress. She guessed his intention, for she framed her reply as if she were simply the salaried guardian of a house occnpied by laboring peo- ple. "Rut. my good sir," she said humbly, "everybody may enter my lodge. and if you have not seen my bov it is because the doctor has for- bidden him to Pee any one. Ile is not yet iu a condition to talk." "Not even with the Countess Yalta ?" (To be continued.) CHEERFUL. "Whet happened to me?" naked the Chronic Optimist, when he woke up in the hospital. "A shark bit your leg off,•' said the nurse. '•Oh. well," he mined. "1 had rheumatism in that leg. ans how." Mistress -- "I:ridget, it always seems to me that the crankiest mit tresses get the best cooks." ('oc,k-- "Ah, go on wid yer blarney 1" FARM NOTES. The calendar upon the wall, the memorandu^i book in the pocket, the piles of bags at the depot, the all-prevading odor in the air, all tell the story that spring is coming and that fertiliver'k are for Pale. Most farmers buy them mixed, ready made. Such are the easy fer- tilizers. They are quite generally b.uirht without regard to their char- acter or their fitness. The name and—above everything else — the price are the controlling factors in the purchase. ('lose buying i' all right, but it seldom happens in any trade that the cheapest is the best, though it almost always happens in the fertilizer trade that the best is the eh-eape':t. Goldfinches have been melee(' busily feeding upon the seeds of the Scotcl,thistle, the hull thistle, wild sunflowers, cone flowers, wild let- tuce, prickly lettuce, catnip and mullion, and when killed their stomachs were found filled with these seeds. For at least three- fourths of the year weed seeds are the principal fond of these birds. The use of the separator on the farm benefits the owner by close skimming. make' few utensils to wash, permits the use of the skim It's better to know more than you tell than to tell more than you know. Mo =dime No true woman will stand kr the may het husband arranges the furni- ture in a room. r -- _ NO GENTLEMAN. "I'm afraid we shall never be able to make a gentleman out of your father," sighed Mrs. New•rieh. "What's the matter now. moth- er?" asked Daughter Newrich. "He still insists on having all his gelosis served on one plate." "Nulla, Brown. settled in your new house yet?" "Yes. Everything is unpacked now, except, the things we really need." 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