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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-02-14, Page 2led I down Being y say khow very relieved .wdalful expres- 'Qxed on her. you would caro nothing are for ever $ndeed, 1 like pre so kind t InE�rall- er people such ut- you ton! your own Itself, as she tion. the others," said roach. "They all 1 —Do I look hap - d see." with a tooth--" t his as sound as 11 you 1 am the at alive. Am i to y what you say, that you still intend to continuo you enoiur- ngenient of all three of therm?' "1f you can call it encouragement," mournfully. 'Though hew you cant And .ne for that, you might as well make it four when you are about It, as I am sure I like you as well as any of there." "As well! Oh, 1)nruthyl" "Quite as well," kindly. "Don't you believe ate, then? 1 assuro you 1—" "I don't want to hear anything more,' trirsch'.et you can do, witli your soft Interrupted he, brusquely. "Four in •gooks, and soft words, and—" your tralrl and to be only one of then)! "Do you ever think of how much fol- No, thunk you! 1'11 take myself out of iy you can crani into one sentence " your way at once." Too aren't ging thls moment, are you?" said she. "Oh, the sooner the better." Ila had said this pretty often.and MIss Aylmer, though she sighed profoundly and managed to look aggrieved, was not terribly upset by the threat. She was a little at a loss perhaps to know what to say next, when there came an interruption from the eastern side of the garden that reduced both her and Farquhar to silence. It consisted of a succession of pierc- ing shrieks, that, but for the excessive heat of the day, would have frozen the blood In their veins. Mr. Blair, overcome by the pathos of "Old Bob itid!ey," and a specially high ncte, had over -balanced himself and fallen backwards In to the fountain, t•.•njo and all! Ile was at present being extricated by his adnilrers, and even now, as Dorothy end Farquhar stared panic-stricken In the direction of the spot from whence the shin ks had come, he appeared, drip- ping Indeed, but still apparently in the highest spirits, holding his banjo nloft as though In defiance of Fate. and ree- 1:%v d by n bevy of sympathetic maid- ens. Catching sight of Dorothy, he waved the streaming banjo towards her, as ne was swept into the house. "Dear ilobby," sail Miss Aylmer, len- lerly, who had mot Mr. Blair to Town on varinius occasions, rind who was In- deed a dietnnt connection of his. "What a intsfortunel 1 hope they wilt see that he is properly dried. But what cour- age under advcrsltyl Now i do love hi►nl" She spoke In low but beautifully d!.stlnct tones, clear and full of reeling. That WAS the end of all things. "That makes fiver said Farquhar. with n groan, not loud, but deep, and. with it last indignant glance, ho turned and left her. 111 1 life or deli de - 1 you )night say to to hang upon your ke you so?'' She regarded earnestly. "Do you know that 5'lheught, too, occurred to me. Yet I Avotild be sorry to believe it really was so" "A coquette's speech!" bitterly. "Good 1leavensl do you ever dream of the ,rhe Interrupted Impatiently. "Soft s•ools, soft lucks. After all, I don't think yet can complain of a surfeit of them." "You evade what I would ask," said Lite, still angry, though a little puzzled v her manner, which was not as In- etouciaute as usual. "Do you mean to tell nie that St. John was not slaking love to you?' She : cemed to reflect awhile; her eye .evas on him, and she seemed to enjoy the despairing anger that was fast get- ting the better of him. "Well, 1 dent think tie was," she said at Iast. "You say that honestly?" "should 1 say it dishonestly?" "How should 1 know!" Torre was such misey In his face that sho could rot consider hire as rude as ho really ssas. "1 can only say that there is el - mays Vesey beside you, and if not Ve- scy, Sunderland, and now—your couein. }Ou can't exLst, it seems to me, without one or the other of them." "Yeti should put yourself in; I'm sure I endure a good deal of you," said she, 'thoughtfully. "Endure! That Is a good word for tree nothing at all for you. Endure! A`' for the others----" "i conclude from all this that you aro accusing me of being a flirt," said she, miry calmly. "ll would save trouble if Voll snn! it outright, but 1 know 1t !s the habit of some people to duck, and swerve, and---" "1f you mean that 1 shrink from Raying what I think, you are wrong," ralti he holy. "!f It is to be the last word hi •ween us, i declare most sob cunt% that I believe you to be the crucl- le� flirt 11% Mgr "t\ht' She meditated a little. "Now e girl,: are Indignant," she said at f that epithet Is applied to them; slot care. 1 confess 1 tun of ✓ close. 11 argues a want of oral tone in me, no doubt, but 1 con - ss, h o, that 1 am quite willing to run lone without that. 1l is shameful of me, 1 suppose, but 1 really should not feel in the lenst aggrieved if you were ho- ge even further, and try to wither ene with the wnrd 'coeuelfe.'" The -e was something in her lone that, though it increased his anger, bit hire .11 ut a word, save one single protest. "Have 1 no reason?" he said. ho spires for stetson?" returned she "It Ls an obsolete thing. You • of many things that hale no them, so why should you ar- id point? 1 tell your," there w.ekc•i little light In her sroke. "that i like you, nil Afr. Sunderland, much, very much you seen to doubt d get on without n lune." She Ili a settled af. of bringing upon his CHAi'Ti•:R VII. Lady i essy Gifford was a smell we. pian, lively and fair; and one of the most c/ultivaled coquoltes In Europe. She was not in the least pretty, but she was het far more desirable thing, at- tractive. Her nose had a distilnclly tractive. Iler nolo had n distinctly her teeth indeed perfection; and, as elle laughed a gond dent, this counle•I. tier Chair was so light as to be almost grey. and her eyes were loo dark to suit i1. Iter complexion was indeed all sip had 10 boast of, and certainly Abe said Almuch lis she decently could abnul it, on nil occasions. it was undeniably lovely, find it was her own; whether her eyebrows were-- iler lintels and feet were exquisitely formed, and she had n perfect talent for dressing herself. 11 was whispered Isere and there amongst her many cro- nies that even the immortal \\'ortl► had once been indebted to her for a vette able hint—a "wrinkle," as she called it --when reduced to despair over the beautifying of n hideous blonde. She was one year younger than her wither, who was Twenty-nine. but etie al len-1 fl%e years This junior. this %%es because he showed hie years, or because of her pnged to the claw caljcd ," let who will de. invldtous nne hr.dy Ilcssy, , so s%m- I r, taps, el what will n degrde, lively so, w d di,l exactly what she providentially. she had d: nwn line. and had •erehing contkrnne- s-minded por111on said, "proved disl:nguu- or re, vel in luck that she in that she e lynx -eyed band once, but . ers had claimed had ed life. It seem - mo 4 ' • ago now' - gm:te u, ellen swell -bre d to hijm;sltee m once again de e since sign of grist in hig• disgraceful lif himself ort of it •br•fcrr• d time to squander' more t of his income. The other liel his widow, and left her sic must. She held herself as having f in the world when she could c than fres strings to her iew, deed, Fhe cr.0 d no more help h tries than a bird could help fly Captives were her social b cheese, her daily sustenance, not hat- existed without them the w hole her successes wr•ro enough, and aha could see ak an asp rant to her hand who, e rejection. was now her friend proved, not only cleverness hu heart; end one other ,h!nq la Credit, Cad she never wilting) to annex the legitimate pre other woman. "Ther.' was always n !One two •bout, thunk heaven:' s say; "n few lost, unattached c rind these suited her well. S not have it on her Cnnecl•'nce a very elastic band) to deprive women of what was rightly h would, indeed, swear by all h that she had never done on shabby a trick as that. Pert hadn't! She adored St. John. and good deal of her superfluous ranging marriages fur him thn keep hint at home, and put nr his eternal wanderings. [lithe had been unsuccessful, But n• he was home again, with a pre staying there for some con period, hope flowed freely in h again, and she wes as keen a ranging of him ns ever. This desire of hers le sec hi fortably established, ons the n Ec1113h of her, because, during It prolonged absences. she was the mistress of The Chase. come down there every autumn special wish, bringing her Lien her, and had there need chntela entertained the country %%ith hand, and on the whole, had vei enjoyed herself. The Chase was a very desirab in wh ch to put in a month or even three; and her reception gentry round was always most fngly cordial. She had two seats of her own; but none, that she loved as she did The and, of course, the corning of n S1. John would put an end to h there. Yet, tor the sake of keep brother near her, and for Ile his welfare, she sought most 1 to get him the woman who shot her from a very coveted positi yond doubt there was good in 1 She arrived somewhat Irate ll ternoon, and having hurried to tl that vas lay's kept sncrcd f and thrown aside her dusty writ mule herself lovely in the new gown, she sent for her brethe hurried to answer her summon Quite a little mass of white Iti dead -lea satin flung Itself into hi 04 414444.4 11,r 0FM1f iTheFirm "1 -H"1 -}'i MANL:lilt.: tenure, he iirst keel) in .e1 the 1 e the 'the on clo- •Ic., is t„ 1110 - limy, el. in lure el ai le, ,Led to torpor - le mud 1111'41 i.`. he uitt- lo cut ntlwru- ng the at the Iicrehy Ilse of Invest in Coal Stocks More money has leen made from Investing in Coal Stocks at low prices than from any other class of in.esimenl.. 31311C7 "Sr ALM" OZiff Oa British Columbia Amalgamated Coal Company Stook AT as CAINTS raw •MAMA. COAL - COAL - COAL This has been the cry from the Atlantic to the Invent and although eve -y coal mine in Canada and the Coke! States is s'+±ppng every pound 01 Coal they can produce, still the dentaud lar exceede the supply. For- tunes will be made during the next few years by investing in Coal Stocks at low price:. The Britit,h Columbia Arealgarnaled Coal Comy'any control over 17,000 acres of valuable Coal Lands situated in the famous Nicola Valley, British Colurnlla, about 180 unites from Vancouver, 11. C. We only have a hunted amour t that we w.I1 sell in btosks of 100 or over at the above price. To any one who intends inve ting in these shares we advise you to wire us at once stating the number of shares you wsh us to reserve, then remit by express order, bank draft or registered marl. Write for bookie4 giving full information about Nicola Coil District. For further information write c.r wire us iuitrled:alely. SHARP & IRVINE, Brokers, r„..3 wit," Spokane, Washington W give as our reference as regards nue standing Bank of Montreal, Spokar.e, Washington. FEEDING LONDON GI'LiS. Flocks of Birds Alono the Thames — Sprats Sold by Ilawkers. C run- There is a man to %%lion the sight if almost the coining et the sengulils on the cc,w Thames has suggested possibilities of red In ret trade, and for several hours every day ne ret er s for to Say '1 he that it luable pint* when and in- urince lipped. g, eo tug on et gar - n our 'heeled ! and rigging wheels i1h side %%erects by the now is ed, be - here Is spread the all in the l from 11 that 1f the a fu11 led et est of , +gid ipreci "Why, how charming you lurk he, holding her hark from him, n fifth embrnce vehemently presse hon. "'Pees tie, what a get -in you want to turn the heads r)f rustics? And as for the rest, w!, lie•e lime has skipped you. Y a lade girl still." ''An odious contplirnent!" lei "Wily should you think me you fess something in my appearan suggested age! Pouf! you courlicr." "1 nm only honest. Whitt real w•ns ever Roll? Beside;. you wro Elie nal youth scans to be yo lien. Come! you should give precept." "A quiet cr.nseience," says sl city. "Deer dear Ililary. how• s is to see you again. Sit down me here niel till me 011 the news Is plenty of lune; they canno their lea yet. Well, to begin el • hippo yell mean slaying llrl and Mel we skull not sec an an nienl nest week in those vile papers saying you are riff to Ih with Isles, or any equally sl.,l,'• "1 shan't go without giving address. certainly," said he In "What nn an.wer! Why ca mak" me hrippy? Why can't 3 Ile down like other Wren and anchor''' said his aLster imp "50 ninny delightful people wa riven %011 meth ripen arms, 11 Iiirry,1 g hither and thitivr c fuer , 1 the unknown globe wi Acne; +,,: ,• of meaning an y.,ur cur. el, wing al wild beast., ever .1 %"1 remnants of orcin, out or I.r' . and one of mind, Ihnt . -u 1. . 'Must? \\'lube able V% hy' 0 marry. Hilary, 1.Ie other lion tile, end drop into a possible life:'' ha pr+ouu•nades the Embankment with a tray, on which are set out small paper bugs full of sprats, says the London Emil% News. "They esti like hot cakes," he told a reporter. "People will always spend a penny on a bagful to fell the gulls with. They like 10 see them dart on the fish and catch them before they reach the water. "I'm just a hawker, end make niy liv- ing this way. It's a brisk trade while it lads, which is most of the winter, and Fin not denying It pays pretty well. Even giving len for a penny l'ni able lo make a living profit out of them." It may be added that he provides a considerable amount of amusement for those who patronize the Embankment during the luncheon hour also. The feecl:ug of the gulls is now a recognized pastime, and one which attracts a large nunl1 cr of visitors. The birds Ily around the buttresses of the bridge in flocks, entitling a continuous chorus of hoarse cries. By Illackfriars Pier they perch en the uniting of the deserted gangway, not single spies, but in battalions, all facing up -stream, all keenly awake to the chance possing of a morsel of bread ee a sprat. The fast ebbing tide cnrries the float- ing birds down with it. They shoot, passive and uninterested in their fate, through the arches by dozens. but once below the bridge they rise on the water, is 1,'"' swoop wide wings spread out and up they swoop over the mass of cabs and 'buses, Y deep drays and trolleys that streams across during the bridge, Away to the edge of the Em - e w•e's brnkment again. where a newcomer has just opened a ling of sprats. A fish is thrown up into the air, three birds dart simultaneously from different age. 6110%% sled, of ice sides in its direction. A collision seems of be inevitable, yet npparenlly by ntutunl in the consent Iwo of the birds turn aside with 5, sharp flick of the wing, and the third coaches his prey with a downward flash. Nis gray back shimmers in the sunshine, a moment and he is lost to sight again, htdisltirgti shnble in the ewira4ng mass. Some of the birds are tante enough le stand upon the parapet on the Eno 1,ankinent and pick up crumbs while Hien stand by end watch. 1 that int, is it is du the verged. ed In would good and of a wheel - wed, a (ter - mg lei l••r.1ig made. nils to when more Ire in where 1 • de- cy of toulsje heifer 1 Con rouglt ins de- rkn1de ns one breed. urs tr 1 won - d first to and ig the inrilhs tested I milk `pined it WAS to the There heifers 48 firs. ig 3.68 of fel, (To be Continued.) NO HOLIDAY. Ca.s h--"II.IIo, C'n‘sey, how' wid ye these day s?' Pusey—"Uh. busy. very tru'y, Cassilty -_"Ye don't tell neo." Casey—"Aye. Sure. iv'ry tilt lapure 1 her somielh:n' to do." 1115 LONGING. "1 su1'j -e," .nice Singleton, "I em:e►nes long for n little ex rel e%e the monotony of mnrri. "On the contrary," r' o!i .I \V '1 frequently long fora little m• to relieve the excitement." Twins occur one ;n 60 Melba. The garden snail has 11,135 1 HI tows. ed by College Ont1►; salving 1, 1I Oro re- n)s or 1 milli .e7 tbs. 1,-' ., f et. at the ogee tomes hefails aturily Ik and whc ON W0111t. Some men work for honor, Some men work for fame; But they take the money They may justly claim. Anil are glad to get it, Just the same. Some men labnr daily, Urged by grilnfill lust, Some because the doctors Tell them that they must. Soine because they cannot Buy on trust. Some men work Who are near Some tnen work So it would ap Sonic d.splaying Some in fear. for others and door; for art's sake, pear. courage, Seine men labor nobly For the public good. Some because the Bible Tells them that they should; But if no one hail to CANADIAN TRAPPERS' EARNINGS. 'te here Fur Bearing Animals Abound— Endurance of Indians. The last few years of the life of John Macdougall, son of the Bev. Jehn Mac- dcugall, the first missionary who work - et! in the Canadian Northwest, and L. C. S. Ward are brimful of adventure. Mr. Macdougall lias been working for the Hudson's Bay Company in the. Far North, while for the past six or seven consecutive years Mr. Ward has been hading on his own account with the Indiatie and hull -breeds. In this wild country it is no uncom- mon thing for a trapper to spend months without seeing a soul excepting the so- litary mail carrier who tuudges along with his dog eled, often covering as much as 1e0 rniles in a day. The coun- try is in the district where these old nuppers live abounds with nioose, elk, musk ox, arctic foxes—in fact, it Is a veritable hunter's paradise. During the season the trappers, who are composed almost solely of Indians and half-breeds, make from $500 to $1,- 000, according to the plentifulness ef furs. During the summer months they pass their tinie spending this money. /torsese are uliknown among the Rib and Beaver tales, dogs, snowshoes and canoes being the sole means of transpor- These Indians are also marvels of en - mance, and one half-breed Ls credit- ed with having covered more than six- ty miles on foot in less than seven days, but such instances are rare. Attempts have lueen made to harness moose, and a trapper named Poacher Purdy has succeedel in taming a team which te drives regularly either to sleigh or hLs home-made wagon. SENTENCE SERMONS. Tho life reflects the love. Lazy folks never have any leisure. Grealiteos is revealed In gentleness. Every soul either serves or shrinks. You do not acquire moral muscle by dodging duly. Censecraled ignorance is only slothful Working for men Is the best way of waiting on God. This is a sad world to him who looks a! it with sour eyos. A man must be judged not alone Ty les attainments, but To' his Ideals. The chesty man senlorn has accommo- &lions for a full grown heart. The sermon of the Men is mightier than even his Festoon on the mount. There is a world of difference between a tender heart nnd a soft head. People who always have bones to pick go through life looking famished. Every time you do a worthy thing yoli make it easier for others to be Many men who are talking about iheit Ni.sions nre referring to nightmares. Mnny a door of opportunity is closed In a men on account of his imagined chest measure. Man was not niade for the snice f 'morels, leit morals for tho milking of the perfect man. Small wonder entne go to heaven 'slowly when they are crawling there as "worme of the dust." The only reason snme have tender coneOence on Sundey Is because they teep it in cntInn nailing n11 the week. A good mnny who think they are tuilding feria for the Inn will find they are but barricading the pathway of pro- gress. PT. ROYAL'S EARTHQUAKE CAN. CIttieliEr St\1 r. Rector of the Parish of Port 110R1 De - The earthquake Out destroyed Port- lioyal, Jamuica, on June 7, lone, iiple&s ei hetet made a far move complete r, .1 It than iha shock that damaged hing- es n receaily. Out of 2,0e0 Isouees tit, town only aLout were lett stand - tug, and the loss of life %vas Iona 2,000 Mier that came a fire, and a few years - later a hurri:ono that put the Itnishinis. touch Lin the teen's disceuragemeni. '1 he storm was eo bevere that uut of Illty vessels in the !minor only four nien-of- war and too merchent vessels were siblo to ride it out. The result of this triple disaster was that Me people of Port Roy al threw up the eponge and abandoned the long sand eilit that hail Leen the eite of their tewn, and moved seven miles to the spot where they founded Kingston. The clergyman who was rector of the par:sh of Pert Itoyel nt that time wrote a earrative of whet occurred, in whicti he says: "Whole etreets with their inhatintinte were .577allowed Oy the opening of the earth, which when shut upon theta squeezed the people to death. and in that manner several were left with their heads above atiound. "it was 0 !lid sight to see the barber covered with the ead bodies of people of all condiUons floating up and down wIthout burial, for the burying place was destroyed by the earthqueke which dashed to pieces tombs and the sea washed the careasses of those who had been buried out of their gravel." "Yes. s'r." said the rinlillerIy-lonking man. "I have spent fifteen years of my life In the service of my country." "So Lave 1," volunteered the low-browed in - &victual, offering his band. "What wore you in for?" Don't neglect your cough. Statistks show that in New York City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. And mo3t of these consumptives might bc living now if they had not neglected the wesning cough. You know how quickly Scote.: Emulsion enables you to throw off a cough or cold. 4. frott0000....foot0000loiee4). REMARKABLE ESCAPE. At Green Bay, not far away, is still the grave of one Lewis Goldy, who, ac- ccriling to the inscription on his tomb- stone, "was swallowed up by the earth- quake and by the providence of God was by another shock thrown into the Felt where he was saved by swimming until boat took him up. He lived many years after In great reputation, beloved all who knew him and much la- mented at his death." Tho only pictorial account of the Port P.nyal earthquake in existence is n rude sketch drawn by fl certain Capt. Crock- & This sketch Is now in the British Museum and was reprtelliced abput twenty years ago in a historical pam- phlet pulilished in Kingston. Capt. Crocket was no great artist and perhaps the most that one can say of his performance is that it indicates the pos- session on the part of its perpetrator of much earnestness of purpose and a con- scientious regard for detail. Capt. Crockair et accompanied his sk-leh with a lets let to friend In Engjand and thLs is how he labelled his achievement: "A True and Perfect Relation of tent most Sad and Terrible Earthminhe, It Port. B,iyal in Jamaica. Which happen- ed on Tuesday 7111 June, 1692. Where, Two Minutes Time, the Town was sunk under Ground, and TWO THOUSAND SOULS PERISHED. With the manner of it at I.arge: In s Letter from Thence Written by Capt. Crocked: Being a dreadful Warning to the Sleepy World: Or God's Heavy Judie Fore -runner of the Terrible Day of tLe 11 will be sem from the dietntion 111119 employed that Capt. Crocket was at least suMciently noose of the pictur- esqueness of his sublect. Di'. Heath was the nnly clerg.yman in Port Royal nt the time of the earth- quake, but he must have been an (minx- higly fictive minister, for Capt. Crock - ens sketch represents him In one place with 1110 "ground rolling under his feet.' in another place kneeling In prayer oitli the people nround lihn, In another pla-e 1 -reaching in a tent and in still another as golig from ship to ship to "visit the blusined people." "About hall an hour after Eleven oclock in the morning," Capt. Crneket wrote In hia le ter, "the earth suffered a Trepidation or Trembling. whielt In a minittee time wns increased to that de- gree that te‘ern1 !wises berm to nimble down and In a Mlle time after the Church and Teiwer, the grouril open- ing in several pniees at Once Swallow - e1 up multitudes of pent& together. whole Street.; sinking tinder water. with men. women nod Children in theme and those howes which but Just now rppeared the faire.st and loftiest in these pests end 'night vie with the -t /mailings, were in n moment sunk down into lite Earth. and nothing In he seen ef them; such crying. such SHRIEKING AND MOUIINING I never heard. nor could anything In my operon appenr more Terrible 'in the Eye of \Inn; Here Company of Peopire swallowed tip at once; there a whnle Street lunibling down; and In another pine., the trembiing Earth opening her paoen us Jaws. let in the mercilirs sen, F.1 that town Is I.erimile henp of mows; Capt. Itualeins house was one cf the First that Sunk, with him, Ine wife ar.d Enmity aid emeral Others in lei he add..: "Rut 1 8111 very well satis- fied beeause It is the Imrd's (1,4ng." Port vnl up In the time of the earth. irinke„ the haunt and mart of allp f,,miiils !! turbulent days of the Spanish \I , from flartholoini tf, the Porlugueso en to Henry Ntortinn, the Englfahman. who for his exploits re- ceived a knighthood anil was made Lieutennnt•Governor of Jamaica. HIS MIST \EE. A glil "In the faeo r° Ler protest.' If he fret kissed het eiere he ought she girl likes kJ Le kissed in the \\