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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-03-30, Page 21 • ► ► le 0 The Price of Liberty L OR. A MIDNIGHT CALI: 4 1'_ CHAPTER Xl.lr.-(Continued.) But Chris wos in no way cast down. She bad carefully planned out her line of action, and the more she thought over it Gm more sure of success she felt. A few lours more and -but she didn't care to dwell too closely on that. It was after luncheon that Chris's opportunity came. Lord Littimer and (:race !towline had gone on to inspect something especially beautiful fn the way of a waterfall, leaving Chris and ltawlins alone. Tho lat- ter was talking brilliantly over his cigarette. Js Lord Littimer any relation of yours?'' he asked. "Well, yes, Chris admitted. "I hope he will be a nearer relation be - 'pre los "Oh, you [Wean to say -may I ven- ture to congratulate---" "It isn't quite that," Chris laugh- ed, with a little rising in color. "I am not thinking of Lord Littimer, but of his son. Yes, 1 see you raise your eyebrows -probably you aro aware of the story. as most people are. 1nd you are wondering why I ant on such friendly terms with Lord Littimer under the circum- stances. And 1 am wondering why you should call yourself John Smith. The listener coolly Molted the ash from his cigarette. His face was like a mask. "John Smith is a good name," he said. "Can you suggest a better?" "lf you ask me to do so I can. I should call myself John Rawlins." 'There was just the ghost of a smile on Raelin's lips. "?'here is a man of that name." Ito said, slowly, "who attained con- siderable notoriety in the States. People said that ho was the (fernier° cri of refined rascality. Ho was sup- posed to be without feeling of any kind; his villainies were the theme of admiration amongst financial magnates. There were brokers who piot.ly thanked Providence became Rawlins had never thought of going on the Stook Exchange, where ho could have robbed and plundered Rawlins impunity. And this awlins al - you aro. I need not have told you anything of this. 1 need have done no more than gone to tho police and told them where to find you. But I don't want to do that; I hate to do it atter what I saw last night. You have your child, and she loves you. Could I unmask you before her eyes?" "You would kill hor," Rawlins said. a little unsteadily; 'and you would kill mo, I verily bolievo. That child is all the world to me. I com- mitted my first theft so that she could have the change the doctors declared to be absolutely necessary. 1 intended to repay the money -the old, old etory. And I was found out by sty employer and discharged. Thank goodness, my wife was dead. Since then I have preyed on society. But I need not go into that sordid story. You aro not going to betray me?" "I said before that I should do nothing of the kind." "Then why do yon lot me know that you have discovered my identi- s. ty?" "Because I want you to help me. I fancy you respect my sex Mr. Raw- lins?" "Call me Smith, please. I have always respected your sex. AU the kindness and sympathy of my life have been from women. And I can lay my hand on my heart and de- clare that I never vet wronged one of them in thought or deed. The man who is cruel to women is no man." "And yet your friend Reginald Henson is that sort." Rawlins smiled again. Ho began to understand a little of what was passing in Chris's mind. "Would you mind going a little more into details?" he suggested. "So Henson is that sort. Well, I didn't know, or he had never had my assistance in his little scheme. Oh, of course, 1 have known him for years as a scoundrel. So he op- presses women." "Ilo has done so for a long time; he is blighting my life and the lite of my sister and another. And it ways baffles the police. It he baffles seems to me that I have that rascal them a little longer they won't bo under my thumb at hast. You can - able to touch him at all. At pre- not save him -you can do no more sent, despite his outward show, het than place obstacles in my way; but has hardly a dollar to call his own. oven those i should overcome. Anti But he is on to a groat coup now, you admit that I am likely to be and, strange to say, an honest. ono. Do sou' know the man. Miss lee?" Chris met the speaker's oyes firm- ly. "1 [net hint last night for tho first titue," she said. "In that case you can hardly be said to know him." Rawlins mur- mured. "if you drive hint into a corner he will do desperate things. 1f you tried that game on with hint you wwould regret it for the rust of your life. Good heavens, you aro like a child playing about amidst a lot of unguarded machinery. Why do you do it?" ' 'l lint 1 will tell you presently. 11r. lfnwwlins, you have a daughter." The hard look died out of the lis- tener's eyes. "11,hont I love better than my life" he said. "There are two John itaw- lins's-the ono you know; and, well, the other one. I should be sorry to show you the other ono." "For the sake of your daughter I don't want to see the other one." "'Thee why do you pit yourself against me like this?" "I don't think you aro displaying your usual lucidity," Chris said, coolly. Her heart wos beating fust, but she did not show it. ".Just re- flect for a moment. i have foetid you out. i know pretty well what AlWllij$ 1115101 Crowded street. People passing by. Old and young. All eager about their own affairs and always somebody in plain sight who needs Scott's Emulsion. Now it's that white-haired old man ; weak digestion and cold blood. Ile needs Scott's Emulsion to warm hire, feed him, and strengthen his stomach. See that pale girl ? She has thin blood. Scott's Emulsion 1': ill bring new roses to het face. There goes a young man with narrow chest. Con; sunll)tion is his trouble. Scot is Emulsion soothes rag- ged lungs and increases flesh and strength. And here's a poor, sickly little child. Scott's Emulsion slakes children grow—makes children happy. dangerous to you." "You can kill my daughter. I am in your power to that extent." "As 1f I should," Chris said. "It is only Reginald Henson whom I want to strike. I want you to an- swer a few questions; to tell mo why you went. to 1Valen's and induced thea[ to proe'tro a certain cigar -case for you, and why you subsequently went to Lockhart's at Brighton and bought a precisely similar one." Rawlins looked in surprise at the speaker. A tinge of admiration was on his fare. 'There wa.v a keenness and audacity atter his own heart. "Go on," ho said, slowly. "Tell me everything openly and freely, and when you have done so 1 will give you all the information that lies in my power." CHAPTi:R L. "So Reginald Henson bullies wo- men," ltawlins said, after a long pause. 'Tore was a queer smile on his face; he appeared perfectly at his ease. lie did not look in the least like it desperate criminal whom Chris could have driven out of the country by one word to the police. In his pct feet ly-fitting grey suit ho seemed more like a lord of ancient acres than anything else. "It is not a nice thing to bully women." -Reginald llenson Iinlls it quite a congenial occ►pat ion," ('hris said, bitterly. Rawlihs pulled 1houghtflrlly at his clgat'etto. "1 ant to a certain extent in your putter," he said. "You have dis- covered sty identity at a time ashen I could sacrifice thousands fur it not to be known that I ant in Englund. How you have dlsco.eretil me mat- ters its little as how a card -player gets the at a e.f trunnps. And I 'rn- derstnnd that LI ° price of your sil- ence is the betrayal of Ilei:son?" "'That is about what it Conies tat," said Chilli. 'In the partner% of the lower tyi,o of rascal, i stn to 'round on my "If you like to put it in that way, Mr. Smith.•" •'1 never did such n thing in my Ilfe Is fere. Anil, nt Lite same time, 1 dots[ mind admitting that i Was never s► sorcl3 tried. .1t the present moment I ant on the verge of n largo fortune, and f nm tunking my grand roup hone-[ IN. Would you deem it exaggeration 00 my part if 1 said that i was exceedingly glad of the fact?" ''Mr. Smith," Chris meld, earnest- ly. "I have sin how fond you aro of your daughter.'. -That is an exceedingly clever re- mark o-mark of your., Young IttrIw Itnw- lins smiled. "1'ou know that you have f d the soft spot in my na- ture, and You are going to hammer nn 1t till you reduce inc to submis- sion. i am not a religious man, but tn3 one prayer is that (:race shall never find me out. When my coup comes oft 1 nm going to settle in England and become intensely re- eipec•table." "With Iteginnld Henson for your secretary, I suppose?" "No, i ern going to drop the peat. But to return to our subject. Are you ranking me to betray Henson to the police?" "Nothing of the kind," Merle cited. haelily •I -I would do anything to avoid a family scandal. AU I want is a controlling power over the man. "The van who bullies women?" "The same. For seven years he has w re eked the lives of five of us - throe women. lie has. parted hus- band and wife. Ito has driven the 'nun I love into exile. And the poor wife is graelvally going hopelessly mad under his cruelties. And ho blackmails uv, he extorts large sums of money from us. 1f yo•► knew what we have sutTered at the hands of the rau'al! " Hatvlins nodded in s3 months. "I did not imagine that," he said. "Of course, 1 have known for years that llenson was pretty bad. You may smile, but I have never had any sympathy with his methods and hypocritical ways, perhaps because 1 never (lid anything of the kind my- self. Nobody can say that I over robbed anybody who was poor or defenceless or foolish. lly heavens. I ant a more honest man than hun- dreds of London and New York cap- italists. It is the hard rogues amongst us who have always been my ►nark. Bit to injure and wound women and children!" "Which meatus that you are going to help me?" Chris asked, quietly. "As far as I can, certainly. Es. pecially as you are going to lot Henson down easily. Now please ask mo any questions that yo't like." "Phis is very good of you," said Chris. "In the first place, did you ever hoar Mr. Henson speak of his relations or friends?" "Nobody beyond Lord Littimer. You see, Henson and I were extreme- ly useful to ono another once or twice, but he never trusted me, and I never trusted him. I never cared for his methods." "Did you go to Brighton lately on purpose to help him?" "Certainly not. I had business in Brighton for some considerable time. and my daughter was with me. When she went away to stay with friends for a short time I moved to the Metropole." "Then why did you go to Walon's in Ilrighton and ask thorn to show you some gun-metal cigar -cases like the ono in Lockhart's window?" "Simply because llenson asked mo to. Ile came to aro just before I went to the Metropole and told rho he had a big thing on. Ho dkln't give mu the least idea what it was, nor did I ask hint. lie suggested the idea of the cigar -case, and said that I need not go near Walen's again. and 1 didn't. I assure you I had no curiosity on the matter. In any case a little thing like that couldn't hurt me. Seine days later Henson canto to me again and asked me to go to Lockhart's and purchase the cigar - case 1 hard lrreviousiy seen. Ile wanted toe to get the case so that I could not be traced. Again T agreed. 1 was leaving the Metropolo the next day, so the 'natter was easy. I called and purc'hase'd the cigar -case on approval, 1 forwarded dollar -notes In payment from the Metropole, and the next day 1 left." "And you did all that without a single question?" "I did. It was only a little con- sideration tor an old confeilcrate." "And suppose that confederate had played you false?" Two tiny points of flame danced in Rawlins's cycn. "Itcugun would never have dared," ho said. "My mind was quite easy on thut score." "I understand," Chris na►rimmed. "And you kept. the cigar-caso?" "Yew, i rather liked it. And I could afford a luxury of that kind just then." "'then why did you dispose of it to ltutter's in Moreton Wells'' And why Moreton Wells?" - 'tee lilts laughed as he lighted a fresh cigarette. "i came to Moreton Wells knowing that llenson was at IJttinter Cam - tie," he explained. "I went there to borrow £2(N) from Henson. Unfor- tunately I found him in great need of money. Somebody who hid pro- mised bin, a large sunt of money had 1 disappointed him." ('hris smiled. She had hoard all about Lardy 1.ittirner's advent lit r with the ring, and her stubborn re- fusal to give Henson any further sup- plies. "Presently i can tell ;sr' who dis- appointed Henson," she said. "Mit fancy you being short of—" "Of ready stoney; 1 frequently ant. One of your great millionaires told me lately that he wns frequently hard up for a thousand pounds cash. i have frequently been hard up for five po h. Hence the fart that I sold the cigar -caw at Moret on Well i. "Well, the ground is clear sat far," said ('hris. "Ito you know 1 an Sneck?., "I know Van Sneck ver. will, Itawlins ~•aid, without h.mita lion. ":1 wonderfully clever man... ".1nd a great scoundrel, 1 pre - some''" •Well, on the whole, 1 should say nut. %teak, rather than wicked. Van Stied. has been n tool and creature of Ilen-ea's for years. If he could only kern, away from the drink he might make a fortune. But what has Van Snec': got to do with it''" ".1 great deal." ('hris said, drily. "And now, please, follow carefully what I nth going to sal. A little time ago ee poor, persecuted women put our heads together to get free from Reginald llenson. We agreed to ask Mr. David Steel, the well- i.now'n novelist. to show us a way of escape. Unhappily for es, llenson got to know of it." Itawlins was really interested at Inst. "Pardon one," ho said, eagerly. "II i ask a question or two before you pruce'tsl. Is Mr. avid Steel the gentleman who found a matt half murdered in his house In Brighton?" "The same. But don't you know Who the injured marl was?" "You don't mean to say it was Van Sneck?" Itawlins Oiled. ('hrls nodded gravely. Rawlins looked like a man who was groping about in a sudden dazzle of blinding light. '•I begin to anduteftt , be lout. tired. "Ile ereta.tdtdlu •'Ansi * i its rmiam'L Poo INCUBATION REQUISITES. One of the most important things in running an incubator is to begin right. la the first place, get good fresh eggs, for without such material nothing can be dors. They may be eight or ten days old if properly bundled, but no older if possible. 11 necessary to purchase the eggs, got them from neighbors who keep enough male birds to insure strong, fertile eggs. 1f brought from a dis- tanteo store them for about 12 hours before setting the machine. writes a correspondent. Ily all means get a reliable mach- ine. Sot it where the temperature varies as little as possible, but in a well ventilated room. Be careful to avoid a drafty place. After it is Placed in position use a spirit level to insure an oven distribution of the heat. Fill and light the lamp and regulate the 'machine. Place thermo- meter as near the centre of the machine as possible, with the middle of. tho bulb resting against an egg. When it registers 103 degrees and remains at this heat fur several hours. tho eggs. inay he put In the machine. The cold eggs will lower the temperature for a short titne but will heat up gradually. After they reach 103 degrees keep them at about this temperature. • When they are hatching, wo gener- ally run the machine at 104 de- grees, o-grecs, as we have found by experi- menting that we get more chicks in this way. We don't let the machine run below 103 degrees if we can possibly avoid it. Although some chickens will hatch at 102 degrees they are not usually as strong as it the heat had been higher, while some will fail to get out of the shells. We formerly turned the eggs twice a day, but now wo turn them only at noon, and they seen[ to hatch better. We test out all. tho infertile oggs the seventh day and boil therm after the chicks hatch. Tho yolk is fed to lite little ones for their first meal or two as long as they last. About the 14th day wo test again and take out any eggs that have dead chickens in them. '1'o test, we hold them hc•for'o a web lighted window, on a clear day, with the aid of a loather tester. After they have been tasted, there will probably be space enough to allow them to lie flat in the tray. We fill the lamp every morning, clean the wick by simply pinching the char off and make it slightly roundels down at the corners. The sleeve of rho burner is always kept clean, so it will work smoothly. Wo fill the mointuro pans full of waren water on the li3th day and after 1110 chicks once commence to pip, we do not open the machine until they are hatched. We have a nursery beneath our in- cubator. Into this the chickens drop soon after hatching. if we were run- ning an incubator not provided with a nursery, wo would not, open the tnachino unless so many chickens have hatched as to interfere with tho thermometer. 'Then of course they would have to be taken out and put in the brooder. The more speedily the removing is done the better, as the escape of heat and moisture is very rapid and the chicks still un- hatched may suffer. f1Ft.'ELOPING SIlI KI'. To develop a good flock of breed- ing sheep for wool and mutton I would begin with owes that aro half Merino and mate them with a Muck that is a full blooded Shropshire, writes Mr. Frank G. Hughes. In this cross you get a grad° of sheep that Is hard to beat for both wool and tnutton. lly this method I once said. "You must understand that Mr. Steel was a stranger to us. We hit upon the idea of Interviewing Mtn anonymously, so to speak, and wo were going to give him a gun- metal clgar-case mounted in dia- monds. A friend of mine purchased that cigarctse at, Lockhart's. Mind you, Reginald Henson knew all about this. The same day Reason's tool, Van Sneck, purchased it similar case' from Walen's-a case It')lly procured for your approval -and later on in the day the case pas.-tsI from Van Sneck to Henson, eho dexterously changed the cases." "complex," Itatt•II,i i 'mit tete('. "But 1 begin to see what in conning. "Tho casts were changed, nrel the one from Walen's in due coarse be- came Mr. Steel's. Now mete where 'lemon's diabolical cunning comes in. The same night Van Snack is found half murdered in Mr. Steel's house, and its his pocket Is the re - cella for the very cigar -case that Mr. Steel claimed as his own pro- perty.' ' ro- pertw,.,. "Very awkward for Steel," lins said, thoughtfully. "Of course it wns` And why wits It dove? So thnt we ghoul.' he forc- ed to come forward and exonerate 11r. Steel from blame. We should have had to have told the whole story, Arad then llenson would have learnt what steps we were taking to got rid of him." Rawlins was quiet for some time. Admiration for the scheme was up- permost in his mind, but there was another thought that caused him to glance curiously nt (.'hris. "Anil that is all you know?" he asked. "Not quite." ('hris replirnl. "1 know that on the day of the at- tempted murder Van 5nerk quarelleil with Reginald llenson, wt he sal,' had treated hint badly. Van Sneck had in 'some way found out that Reginald llenson meant mischief to Mr. SNZurl. Al.o he couldn't get the money ho wanted Probably he hail purchased that cigar -cited at. Wales's and Henson could not repay hint for the purchase of it. 'Then he went oil and wrote to Mr. Steel, asklag the latter to nee Lim, as he had threat- ened Aetetoos he would do." +'Aht" Rawlins exclaimed, eudden- V. "Arsou mere of tette!'' LT* IN/ Mstkws.l Raw - For the Sake Drink of Good Health LAIA" It's the purest tea In the world. Sold only In lead packets by all Grocers. Black, Mixed or Green. Highest award St. Louts, 1904. got a twin lamb that sheared. when a little more than a year old, 16 lbs. of good wool and when a y ear and a half the carcass weighed 100 1 pounds. I cross my sheep back and !forth as my judgement tells me is boat. If the sheop are getting too wrinkly and the wool too short I get either a Cotswold. Oxford or Shropshire buck, and if the fleece is I getting too hairy. and light in weight I treed back to tho Merinos. In caring for the flock I prefer green pastures for theta as many months in the year as possible. MIM - I grass makes tho best permanent pas- ture. Dear( cssex rape e'uu be sown as soon as the ground will work in the spring and if sown alone five or six pounds of seed will be requir- ed per acre. Six or eight weeks after sowing it will be ready for pasture which will last until freesing weath- er. A smaller amount of reps can bo sown with oats and after the oats crop Is removed I have an excellent fall pasture. Sheep like rape, but .I would not advise anyone to keep them on rape alone. They should have plenty of pure water at all tunes of the year. Pumpkins aro good feed for them in the fall of the year. When winter comes on and the pastures do not furnish enough teed to keep these thrifty and growing nicely, I begin feeding corn and fodder, cowpeas, and clover hay and sometime thresh- ed oats or sheep oats. I believe ten sheep will eat as much as ono cow and I aim to fend accordingly, I pre - for to feed on the ground unless it is muddy and wet when I fend in racks; the threshed oats of course I feed in a trough. I prefer to have the Iambs costo in February and although it may re- quire o-quire care to save them in cold wea- ther, when fall come.' T think I am ahead for they go through tho win- ter better and make better sheep than do late lambs. FATTENING HOGS. 'l'o fatten swine quickly and with tho least feed, one must go to con- siderable expense at the beginning. This will come back soon if managed properly. I believe a hog is some- thing like a human being writes Mr. O. .1. ltrown. lie likes a change of diet. It has boon my- experience that in cooking feed once in a while the best of results were secured. I teed largely of wheat middlings. An eight or ten -horse power steam engine comes very handy in grinding feed. Turn the ground teed into a tank or barrels and turn the steam into tank or barrels. in five minutes the feed is cooked ready to feed when cool enough. If in cold weather, feed warm. Tile animals relish it better and it keeps up the animal heat. Keep salt, ashes and charcoal handy and give a little two or three times a week. In watering swine I think spring water best, for the hogs like pure running water. if the spring is convenient, put in a hy- draulic ram and pipe to where you want it. Swill and milk, mixed with wheat middlings and some corn make a good ration. Keep in loose condi- tion. Do not put more than three in one lot, for they are apt to injure ono another. When farrowing time approaches separate them and put each sow in a lot by herself. l'ro- w ide a good -sired lot with a shed inclosed and g6ive plenty of good, bright straw.A.Aa Rxt1 shed will do with a lot large enough for exercise. When the pigs come they will thrive on sunshine and the teat until they get large enough to cat with the sow. They will soon learn to oat. When warm enough provide a place for the sow to- wallow. Treat her with kindness and she will bring forth abundance. When the pigs ars four or six weeks old, turn them in- to a grass lot, either clover, oats, or rye. Keep the rings out of her nose. for 1f she roots much, there is a lack of some food element which you roust provide. AMERICAN CANDY EATERS. Big Increase in the Consumption of Sugar in Five Years. The consumption of sugar in the United States has been steadily ris- ing for 20 years and now exceeds that of any other country. It amounts to '72 pounds a he.id of po- pulation. the figures being as fol- lows for other nations' -England. 68 pounds: Denmark, 35; Fiance, 80, Holland, 30; Switzerland, 27; Ger- many, '20; Sweden, 20; Italy, 10, and Spain 6. The consumption of sugar in the United States exceeds in a year 2,- 500,000 tons, and it approximates tho toted consumption of sugar un the whole European continent -equ- alling that of all Europe, exclusive of Great Britain in which the con- sumption amounts to 1,500,000 tons a year. The American craving for sugar, so far from showing any indications of decline, seems to be on the in- crease. as is shown by the fact that the average consumption per capita has increased half a pound in five years. 4 A "SKYSCRAPF.R" SCHOOL. After years of deliberation the school authorities have decided to build a "skw•sc'aper" school in New York, which will accommodate 7,- 500 pupils. The structure will be ton storeys high. Each floor will have fifteen class -rooms, each accommo- dating fifty children. The structure will be fireproof, only the furniture of the rooms being inflammable, and oven if a lire should break out all that would be necessary, It is claim- ed, would bo to close that particular room and. let the flames die out. IIOOT-CLEANING AS A IIOjl11Y. An extraordinary hol:by is that of a gentleman living in ono of Lon- don's suburbs. It takes the form of bout -cleaning. le:very member of his household is subject to his whim; even the servants aro not exempt. Nor does his eccentricity stop wwith the wwlelcling of the blacking -brush, since, for polishing each pair of boots, he exacts a penny payment. These pence are, however, put aside. to be returned, largely augmented, to the givers at Christmas. CHRONIC CASE. "Has your wife complained very long?" asked the do(t.or. "Ever since we were married," replied Meekly, sadly. Western Assurance Company Financial Statement for the Year Ending December 31st, 1904. ASSETS United Staten and State Bonds Dominion of Canada Stock (lank, Lean C puny and other Stocks Company's Buildings Municipal Bunds and Debentures Railroad B d ....$ 159,30.3 20 05,350 110 2:37,300 RO 110,000 00 9 1,180,576 6 ons 501,449 08 215,1098''i Bills ltecetwahlc i)R.'i57 21 lte►ttgagea 21.74'_ OO 'Due from other (!ompanie e-iteitteuranc4 15A.:4 i2 1 i Interest Due arta Arcs Iasi l0.2gR 10 Orotic Furniture. Maps. Plans. etc. 4n,J92 d:3 Branch OJlice and Agency Italanot s and Son Iry Ac'ts 506,723 48 $3,3O5,5enl 9,s Cash un Ii and and un Deposit LIABILITIES. Capitol Stock . 11,'rut.rtrte) 0e) 1.ess Ca1111 in course of payment ... ,., .. :11,27(4 1)0 ----------$1.164,7 16 Losses under Adjuatns'nt Dividend peeyable January 6th, 1005 Resetve Fund 4) !1'1 2!) 73 $;1,305, ,UI os Capital iten're Forel 11.504) mei (ur 1,608,765 7:3 Security to Polley Molders 11-4,108,;et5'473 Losses paM from orgeniaatlon of the company to date 140,785,766 78 DIRECTORATE. Hoa. Cleo. A. Cos, Tion. S. 0. Wood, O. It. R. Cockburn, E. R. Wood, H, N. Baird, Jamas Kerr Osborne, J, J. Kenay, W. R. Brack, (lee. MoKureitl. 111014. G1!'.O. A. OOX. PresIAtsnt. .1. J. 11 F31(WY, bleu- rolde tt end Wassg1+ Director. O. O. r er1 n, tisaretery. Head OfBoeie—Oorrr Welllagton sad Soo. 11.11811211. OIwrNe, 1 '