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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExter Times, 1910-06-30, Page 6The Diamond Crescent Or, A MODERN ROMANCE. PART 11. CIt.1PTEIt 11.—(Cont'd) I was late, but not so late as tsctne. Breakfast was still going ce Evelyn and Ralph had been up ttn see their friends off, but, Gener- al and Mrs. Marston and Carr, who were staying on, came in after I did. Lady Mary and Aurelia wcro having breakfast in their own rooms. I think nothing is more dr, ary than a long breakfast -table, laid for largo numbers, with half a dozen picnicing at it among the debris left by earlier ravages. Eve- lyn, behind the great, silver urn, looked pale and preoccupied, and had very little to say for herself whe- I journeyed up to her end of the table and sat down by her. She asked me twice if I took sugar, and was not bright and alert and ready in conversation, as I think girls should bo. Carr, too, was eating his breakfast in silence beside Mrs. Marston. It was not cheerful. And then Charles came in, listless and tired, at. -t without an appetite. He sat down wearily on the other side of Evelyn, and watched her pour out his coffee without a word. "The Carews and Edmonts and L'idy Delmour and her daughters have just gone," said Evelyn, "and Mr. Denis." "Yes," replied Charles, seeming to pull himself together; "Denis came to my room before ho went. Ho looked a wreck, poor fellow, but n t worse than some of us. These late hours, these friskings with energetic young creatures in the schoolroom, these midnight rev- els, are too much for tae. I feel a perfect wreck this morning, too." Ile certainly looked it. "Ifavo you had bad letters?" said Evelyn, in a low voice. He laughed a little—a grim laugh —and shook his head. "But I had yesterday," he added presently, in a low tone. "I shall have to try change of air again soon, I am afraid." 1 was just going to ask Charles what he had been doing walking about in his soeka the night before v hen the door opened, and Ralph, whose absence I had not noticed, carne in. He looked much per- turbed. It seemed his father had been taken suddenly and alarming- ly ill, while dressing. In a moment all was confusion. Evelyn preci- pitately lest the room to go to him, while Charles rushed round to the stables to send a groom on horse - lack for the nearest doctor. Ralph followed him, and the remainder of the party gathered in a little knot round the fire. Mrs. Marston expressing the sentiment of each of us when she said that she thought visitors were very touch in the way when there was illness in the house, and that she regretted that she and her husband had arrang- ed to stay ever Sunday, to day be- ing Friday. "So have 1," said Carr; "but I am sure I had better have refused. A stranger in a sick here° is a pcs,itive nuisance. I think I shall IN to town by au afternoon train, if there is one." 'Upon my word I think we had better do the same," said Mrs. Marston. "Mint do you say, Ar- thur1" And she turned to her husband. ' • I roust go to -<lay, anyhow—on bosi eys," said General Marston. hope no one is talking of lcav- tt,g." said Charles, who had re- turned snddlnly, rather out of breath. As he spoke his eyes were fixed on Carr. "Yee. that is exnc•tly what wo are doing," said Mrs. Marston. "Nothing is so tiresome as having visitors on one's hands when there is illne's in the house. Mr. Carr •.n= thinking of going up to Lon- don by the afternoon train ; and 1 Late a very good mind to go away v ith Arthur. instead of staying on, Red letting hirn corse back here for me to-fnorrow, as we had intend - 4<1." "Pray do not think of such a thing said Charles really with et necessary enrnestness. "Mrs. Marston, prey do not alter your p:any. ('a rr 1" in a much sterner le, "i roust beg that you will not think of leaving us to day. Your friend, Colonel Middleton, is stay - ;lei en, and we cannot ell„w yon, to desert tis so suddeni,y.! It lynx mere like a cirn?)ind than An invitation : but ('arr. usually AO tia-ick to take n slight, did not seem to notice it, and merely said that Le should be happy to go or stay, v bichever was most in accordance 'with the wishes of other% c;,lt re,ok take to him from the lcry first; sue Carr certainly did not appear at ease in the house. Perhaps Charles k It that ho had rather failed in courtesy to him, for dur- ing the remainder of the morning ho hardly let him out of his sight. Ile took him to see the stables, though Carr openly declared that he did not understand horses; he showed hint his collection of Zulu weapons in the vestibule; ho even started a game of billiards with his) till the arrival of the doctor. I did not think Carr took his nttcu- ti;,ns in very good part, though he was too well-mannered to show it; Lot ho looked relieved when Charles wont upstairs with the doc- tt r, and pitched his sue into the rack at once, and camp to the hall tire where I was sitting, and where Aurelia presently joined us, fresh ned smiling, in the prettiest of morning gowns. Everyone fret in tltc hall. It was in the centre cf the house, and everyone coming up or down had to pass through it. Just 110W it was not to tempting an abode as usual, for the flowers and part of tho stage had already been removed, and tho bare boards with their wooden supports gave an air of discomfort to the whole place. Aurelia opened wide eyes of hor- ror at hearing Sir George was ill. She even got out a tiny laced pock- et -handkerchief; but before she bad had time to weep much into it and spoil her pretty eyes the doc- tor reappeared, accompanied by Charles and Ralph, and wo all learned to our great relief that Sir George, though undoubtedly ill, was not dangerously so at present, though the greatest care would be necessary. Lady Mary had under- taken the nursing of her brother - in lass, and in her the doctor ex- pressed the same confidence which parents are wont to feel in a stern schoolmaster. In the meantime, the patient was to be kept very quiet, and on no account to be dis- turbed. is- turbed. When the doctor had left, Ralph and Aurelia, who had actually seen ncthing of each other that morn- ing, sauntered away together to- wards the library. Charles chal- lenged Carr to finish his game of billiards; and Marston and I retir- ed upstairs to the smoking -room, where wo could talk over our In- dian experiences, and perhaps doze uydisturbed. We might have been to occupied for half an hour or more when a flying step carne up the stairs, the door was thrown open, and Ralph rushed into the room. "General Marston 1 Colonel Mid- dleton!” ho gasped out. breathing hard, "will you both of you comp to my father's room at once; He HOW THIN FOLKS CAN GET FLESHY New Accidental Discovery Giros Startling Results -Puts Flesh os Thin People and Rounds Out Imo perfect figures. • Simple Prescription Given. For women—and men too, for that matter—whn can never appear stylish with anything they wear, be- cause of abnormal thinness and an- gularity, this remarkable prescrip- tic n is destined to solve the prob- lem As a beauty maker for the figure it is simply wonderful while it adds brightness to the eyes, and cc•lor to the cheeks and lips. 1t requires no particular dieting, but act:; as an aid to nature by its pe- culiar action on the nerves and blood supply. The blood and nerves distribute over the body all the ire urishment or flesh building ele- mcnts obtained from the food. The trouble with thin people has always been that they do not absorb or re- tain cnongh of the fleshy matter to make there gain in weight even to a normal extent ; but this new dis- covery of blending certain harmless (Busts is a revelation to science, and hundreds hese gained from ten to ftity pounds in a few weeks. There is no clanger of becoming too tat. When you get the right weight then stop using. The general health and strength is greatly improved in anyone from the age of sixteen to sixty. Wo- men Poon get plump, with well rounded arms and full bnst, and men become straight, strong look- ing and healthy. In a half pint heath, get. three ounces of essence of pepsin And three ounces syrup of rhul';iris 'filen add one f once Ceffepound es- sence earshot, shake and let stand 1 Se hours. Then nc1(1 one ounce tincture endomene compound (not up the newspaper. info and ivarles ra►(lamom). Take a teaspoonful he- e'id not s: -'m to get est well. 1 could f,ire and after meal°, and weigh be - rice that Charier nsd not sr•clt d to fore beginning. Doomed to Suffering RESCUED BY " FRUII.A-TIES" CHARLES BARRETT, [a0. Harbor au Douche, blares 24, 1909. "1 suffered terribly from Biliousness and Dyspepsia for fifteen years, was treated by physicians and took mails remedies but got uo reli. f. 'Then I took "fruit -a Lives" and this medicine completely cured toe wilt 0 everything else failed. To all sufferers front 1nd►- gestion, Biliousness and Constipation, I stron}ly advise them to try this fruit medicine" Charles Barrett. See a box, ti for 12.50 ---or trial lux, a e At all dealers or fwul ).'ruit-a-tivee Limited, t)ttawa. has sent for you." "Good gracious! Is he worse 1" I exclaimed. "No. flush! Don't ask any- thing, but just costo," and ho turned and led the way to Sir til orge 1)anver's room. We followed in wondering silence ar_d, after passing along numerous passages, were ushered into a large cak-panelled room with a great carved bed in it, in the middle of which, bolt upright. sat Sir George Danvers, pale as ivory, his light "Not one. They had all gone to ► 1 < d except ono of the footmen, who was putting out the lamps in the supper -room, miles away.,, Another silence.. "'That is the dreadful part of it," burst out Ralph. "'They trust have Isar' taken by someone staying in 1h.: house—someone who saw me rut thou there. The first thing I <•id was Go send for tho house- maids, and they assured me that they had found o1'ery shutter shut, turd every dour locked, this morn- ing, as usual. Anyone with One and wits might have got in through one of the library windows by tak- ing out a pane and forcing the shut- ter I suppose a practised hand fright• have done such a thing; but I went outside, and there was not a kotstep in the snow anywhere rear tho library windows, or, for that matter, anywhere near the Is use at all, except at the side and (fent doors, which aro impractic- able for anyone to force an en- trance by " "When did it leave off anowiagi" n'ked Marston. "About three o'clock," replied Ralph. "It must have snowed heav- ily till then, for there was not a trace of all the carriage -wheels on the drive when we went out last night, but our footprints down to the lodge aro clear in the snow rt w. There has been no snow since three o'clock this morning." "It all points to the same thing," said Charles quietly, speaking for the first time. "The jewels were taken by someone staying in the house." "Ono of the servants—" began Marston "No," said Charles, cutting hien short, "not one of the servants." "It is impossible it should have been one of them," said Ralph, af- steel eyes (so like Charles's)seers-lea. some thought. "First of all, into bo the onlylivingthin i r.pne of them saw the jewels put in- afoot him. As wo cauton, he ! t , that drawer. and secondly, how looked at each of us in turn, a•tilt' they suspeet inc of hiding "Where is Charles " he said,t. t n1 in a place where I had nevi•' speaking in a hoarse whisper. thought of putting them u:} _, if till "Dear me!" Sir George." I said sympathetically, "how you have lost your voice!" Ho looked at :ne for a moment, P and then turned to Ralph again. "Where is Charles?" lie asked a second time, in the same tone. "Here!" said a quiet voice. And Charles came in, and shut the Els or. PLEI 6di eorlog used tare eases* 11010a or ve•1I1 / (traselatad euate tar In Wall/ ens adding 'pietas, a el' au* syrup hump tied s,metp baits: to►taante te. Mop'cla i ecId `x grocers If lWit» %eek. Cameos Ws Co.. ir I Seaaia, Wad 1(cKenzie mine at Elk Lake Has Startod Bagging Ore Successful Operations at the Mine Which Make the Property a Coming Shipper. ELK CITY. May 1.–With tho open. MC of navigation, whirs is now in full swing, the greatest or activity prevails at the various mines and prospe.te in this vicinity and the city i% rapidly recovering from the recent fres. The district is likely to become an- other Cobalt and the veins run to depth with values. Among the ship- pers and properties bagging oro are too Lucky Godfrey, the Borland- Tlinnp%on. the Devlin and the Moose Born mines. The Moose Born mine put in a new plant this spring and are uo'x sinking • wlnzo at the 125 -loot level on a zein which has shown values from the surface. In the midst of the mines as the McKenzie. a group of five properties on which work wits begun last Jan- uary. They have been fortunate from the start and soon hope to rank with the shippers. Thr cugineer in charge. Mr. ifarry McMa%ter, reports that the vein nn location 816 of the company's group at a depth of 50 fret continued stead- ily the whole distance and ,bowed free silver all the way with the exception of four feet. Several hundred feet of stripping has already been done, re- sulting in the discovery of two ad- ditional veins. one of which is 7 in- ches wide, rutting at en angle of six degree% It is the intention to con- tinue this shaft to the 71 or 100 foot level, then drift to the McKenzie vein, where the new 7 inch vein crosses. Mte. McMaster states that in his opinion (his week will result in the placing of the value of the mind beyond question. Tho necessary builuings have now all been erected. including bunk house. c«,king camp. maunget'a dwellipg, blacksmith %bop, powder house, and the ueces-ary machinery is being in- stalled. A good wagon road lois been built from the rnufu road which par- allels the road from I:1k Luke. The McKenzie company are in a very fortunate position. owning a group of five properties which have been thor- oughly tested. Siz ansaya made from the veins on Which the company are now working hi le shown results of from 400 owlet -pi of silver up . as high an 15,000 ounces to the ton. This company is under good manage- ment, and at is the opinion of the en- gineer in charge mud those who have peen the property -Mat It should be brought to the thlpping stage in a very short time. (00 pounds of good ore having been bagged by May 1, and the work In this regard being pushed ra- pidly from day to day. Application is being made to list this stork on the !Sew York ('urs. The Transfer Agents are The Trusts and Guarantee company of Toronto and the Guarantee Security and Trans- fer Company of New York. I ant offering 50.000 Shares of this Stock at 25e. per share. subject to prior sale. Write or wird ma your subscription at once. P. S. I-HAIRSTON Manning Arcade Toronto, Ont. CHAPTER III. The two pairs of steel eyes met ani looked fixedly at each other. A tap came to the door. Sir George winced and made a sign to Ralph, who rustled to it and bolted it. "I am coming in, George," said Lady Mary's voice. "Send her away," came a whis- per from the bed. This was easier said than done. But it was done after a sufficiently long parley ; and Lady Mary retir- ed under the impression that lialph mat sitting alone with his father, who thought he might get a little sleep. "Now," whispered Sir George, motioning to Ralph. '•The fact is," said Ralph, "the jewels are gone. They have been st•,len in the night." He blurted out with this one lien - tepee, and then was silent. Mars- ton and I stared at him aghast. "Is there no mistake 1" said Marst to at last. "None," replied Ralph. "I put thein in a drawer in the great in- laid writing table in the library last night, before everybody. I went for them this morning, half an hour ago, at father's request. The lock was broken, and they were gone." Thera was another long silence. "I was a fol, of course, to put them there," resumed Ralph. "Charles told me so; but I thought they were as safe there as any- where, if no one knew—and no one <lid, except the house party." "Were any of the servants about:" asked Marston. Thee. • s•Nefaetion to a pMeetly pas, .,.1 ho•l.a..Ituilarfnwh.n =ratr.17 1. DM1•r04 by h+•1 stmt ek.thu./, raln•rrat. t,•p-eo t and sturdy b..", a. •rb. erot•rtloo &Rot :edpr ,;.-,-, •icor 1),, .tnt ,•at.ng 1e 5 , dart 0. lh• tyre ■0 ..1 15 t.. er.at•r ILao /artaeata worn dowo lw the Palo/. Paint 100% Purr •roeerta yreN't r en Mei 11 Weary** rim w.n,., as hard?. re/fad snit arae/ Y 11 •r.lerad. (manly d',.. 11. 1t with. stand* lh• ,yore of ,intoe •nein•, 'ems `ata. ,arl4 shoes. o1 I.mperatrua. ►nrnl 1!I ar,1 0.. dwiokarano/ •e.rta of son •I n1 rola, rain, hail sod ennw. arerrIbin/that •-. tr le patty re.,,• thing :1.1 dot ittr a Wt .wr That, why the Quality Iwai. Dyne, d.al.r cannot s.ppl r 7(1111.n-41 ty salmi .• win gladly dust yoj eu where 00: palate are to t.. 5.4. )fir Dactis.all Subetihrtea Writ. for L'la.'•.,.d %♦ Vint let. •'Itnm. NeautifeI." sad �Int-r.alrng h.'or e card. free toe til. baking. Mat tM•Sesos r fa M.ntrea) P Canadian Appreciation Langham Hotel, London. Gentlemen, --I wish to express my appreciation of the 38 h.p. Daimler which you have delivered to me. Before ship- ping the car to Canada I made a three weeks' trial of it, cov- ering some 1,200 miles. The car ran perfectly, and I never had the slightest trouble of any kind, and 1 think it quite lives up to the many claims you make for it. The silence, smooth- ness of running, and power of acceleration on hills is really remarkable. My petrol consumption was 10 miles to the gallon, includ- ing a great deal of driving in traffic. The tyres show no ap- preciable signs of wear, and I think it will prove light on tyres. 1 am really delighted with the car.—Yours sincerely, (Signed) C. A. BOONE, of Toronto, Canada. "The Most Successful Cllr of the year1909" The Daimler Motor Co., (1904) Limited, COVENTRY, ENGLAND. 1 TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND "CATCH MY PAL" 11O1F.:t1ENT 1S SPREADING. Had Ila Origin in a Chance En- counter—Has 120,000 Members in Ireland. Ireland was the birthplace of the first great temperance move- ment when the Father Metthow crusade was started more than a generation ago, and to -day she has again the ho.:or of giving the whole kingdom a lead in the matter of tcn)perance. The "catch my pal" bievernent which began in Armagh leis than a year ago has spread to England and Scotland and promis- es to have an effect there quite as revolutionary as it has had in Ire- land. Branches of tho organization have just been established in Lon- do-. and the founder of the move- ment, the Rev. It. J. Patterson Armagh, is in so great demand start fresh branches that it is e dont lie will soon have to give u his pastorate and devote his whole time to the work. "CATCH MY PALL" MOVEMENT Tho "catch my pal" organiza- tion which now has 120,000 enrolled members in Ireland owes its origin to a most trivial incident. Mr. Pat- terson, who is a Presbyterian cler- gy man, had been lecturing on tem- perance in his church in Armagh, but the lectures were just part of h's ordinary work and he had no idea that they were to be the start - leg point of a great wave of reform. On July 13, 1909, he was going along the street when he noticed six men lounging about a lamp -post. One of them carne over and spoke to Ilam. "There aro five men, your rev-rence," lie said, "that you ought to get to take the pledge." The incident struck Mr. Patterson as peculiar and he crossed the sheet and had a chat with the men. The result of it was that they all called at his house later in the day and expressed their wil- lingness to become total abstainers. Mr. Patterson was pleased, of course, but he pointed out to the men that they ought to do what they could to get others to follow , their example. "All right," said one. "I know a pal I can catch." that moment 1 Besides, that one drawer only was broken open ----the centre drawer in the left-hand set of drawers. All the others were untouched, though they were all locked. No ono who had not seen the jewels put in would have found them So easily. That is the frightful part of it." For a few minutes no ono spoke. At. last Marston raised his head from his hands. "'There is no way out of it." he said very gravely. "The robbery 9111, committed by one of the visi- tors staying in the house." "Yes," said Charles. "Yes," echoed a whisper from the ltd, (To be continued.) The season for le ated nrgulnent% 13 r►ow >,•n. TWO FA('TORS. ADOPTED A LABEL. Another thought that he also ' cculd "catch a pal" and before they left everyone of them had promised to bring in at least one pal." The expression stt uck Mr Patterson and he determined adopt it as the label of his move nu nt, which from that day spree ith amazing rapidity. The in- fluence which it exerts can be judged from statements made at Lembeth Palace, London, the other day at a conference of the bishops if the Angelican Church. Tho Might Rev. Dr. Crozier, Bishop of Down l't.nnor, and Dromore, declared tl,at he could name dozens of towns in the north of Ireland where there had been no petty sessions this year on account of the influence 9eliqur "1 was surprised to hear of the "catch my pal" movement. that the Smith -Jones engagement One of tilt m is Armagh, and it is had been broken. Do you know mminon knowledge that in the past the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland what caused the rupture!" has net been notably free from drunkenness and crime. Lacquer --"Yes, It was caused by two sirultaneo.is discoveries made by the girl." Selique - "Two simultaneous dis- cclerics? What were they l'' Lacquer --''The discovery that it has brought all religious denom- her fiance was short of mercy and inatiols together. The Roman Ca - the discovery that she was •sur: of tholic priests are Just as enthusias- kte." tic "catch my pallors" as their ,g, Protestant conferes and constantly Th..star 11l o dislikes you nearly appear on the same platform with alwny likes those y.nm dislike. them. 'The different Protestant de - There is n tradition to the effect n muwtuus seers to have sunk all a baby in ubvtcr that onto upon a time a woman in, differences and instances are com- a crowded car got.upand offeror' now of Church of Ireland ('ler- her seat to a man 11 iii► gymen taking the services in Fres- her Churches and vice versa. his nrmv• Hundreds of publicans have gone out of business and hundreds more aro thinking of doing so. and the Irish pawnbrokers are also buffer- ieg from n diminution in the vol. eine of their trade. --- Mlft.t(•I,E of A S1iIP. ALL SECTS JOIN. 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