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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-06, Page 2°mottling Superior TO THE FINEST JAPAN TEA GROWN. . CEYLON GIWXN TEA. . iso!3 °nil, .saatad kpad pukota at 40o, 500 and 60o por lb an grocaro> +o+o-Saa-S4--,0+o+o+o+0+.04-4)+04•9k 7; i+ 0 0 4-io4o4ece , OR, A §AD LIFE STORY toe>ieseeiee4o4-o-ieo-0-0-40.40-e4o4-0-1a4,04.0+0.+04,0+0+0+0+0+77,4* CHAPTER XI. A. reconciliation is seldom effected without some price being paid for it, linfs with Elizabeth, if it can be called such, is bought at the cost of a small sacrifice of principle ou his part. NQ later tlian this morning he had laid down as aMedian rule, that he should avoid opportunities of finding himself in Miss Le Merchant's •eompaey; and yet, not only tas he spent the, major part of the afternoon in her society, but, as he: walks away from her door, he finds that he has engaged himself to help Bypay, on no distant day, in doing the honors of the Certosa Monastery, to her and her mother. On reflection, he cannot quite explain to himself how the arrange - meat has come about. The proposal certainly did not originate with him, and still less with the two ladies so strange- ly shy of all society. The three have somehow been swept into it by Byng, who either with the noblest eltruksea, or because he feels justly confident that he has n caus fer jealousy of his friend cynical' reflection is that •the latter ia the much more probable reason), •has insisted on drawing him into the pro- ject. • Jim Burgoyne Is not a man whom, as aerule, it is easy either to wile or. cudgel bile any course that does not recom- mend itself to his own judgment or taste—a fact of which he himself is per- ks Ily aware, and which makes him re - Vaulty acknowledge that there must • in led nave been a traitor in the citadel of (tis own heart before he could,have weakly yielded at tile first push to what his reason 'sincerely disapproves: But yet it is not true that remorse is the leading feature of his thoughts,as he walks silently beside his friend down the Via di Servi.. IVought to be, perhaps, but it is not. The picture that holds the foreground of his memory is that of Elizabetn sitting on the floor, and send- ing him peace -offerings froxn her pathe- tic eyes and across her serisftive lips. It was very sweet of her to think it necessary to make him amendsat all for her trifling incivility, and nothing could be sweeter than the manner of it. How gladly would hi buy some little rudeness from he ever;eeday at such a pricel But yet, as he thinks it over, ihe Manner of it, the groped on which she rested her excuse, is surely a strange ope. That ,she should attribute her light lapse from courtesy: to want of know- ledge of the world comes strangely from the mouth or 'a woman of six -and - twenty. If it be true,—and there was a naive' veracity in liP and eye as she spoke—how is it to be accounted fol? Has her mind, has her experienee of life remained absolutely statinnary - during the last ten' years/ Her tell-tale face, over which 4orne pensive story is so plainly 'written, forbids the inference: It is no business ot his, of course - Amelia, thank Heaven, has no story; but, , oh l some one veoleId tell him what that history isl And yet, three days later; he v.oluntarily, puts away arom himeelf the -opportunity of hearing It. During those three days he sees n,o more ot .her. Ile does net again seek her out, and accident, does not throw her in his way. He buys his Centagalli dinner -service in company with Amelia; chooses the, soup -tureen out of which he, is to ladle'inutton broth for the inhabi- tants of Westbourne Grove; he tastes of the wedding -cake that has cost Cecilia, so dear, andhe avoids Byng. Ori the third day he ean rto longer avoid him, since he is to occupy, as on the San Mihiato oceasiori,•the,,fourth seat.in the 'fitter°, Which conveys himself ararthe Misses Wilson to the garden-perty at the villa in Bellosguardo inhabited by Mrs. Roche, the mother of the amiable Bertie. The Wilsons' acquaintances in Florence tare few, and, as far as Burgoyne 110 at present had the opportunity of judging, kvil. It is, therefore, with a proPortion- ate dation that Cecilia dresses for a party at which she will meet the bulk, orl' at least the cream, of the English society. It is to Ilyngss good nature that 811e and her sister owe 'the intro- duction to a 1io,5tess whose acquaintance is alreacty.loo large to Make hor eager for any causeless addition to it but whose hand has been forced by Byng, In the Mistaken idea that he is doing a Eervice tcr his friend no. They are late itt cetting eft, as Xinelia Is delayed by 'the necessity of ,soothing Sybilla, who has Leen reduced to bitter tears by a tete-a,tete with bi.r father, itt which that weltaltentioned but incau- , lions gentleman has been heti-eyed Intel euggeeting to her thet all0 may posfillily be suffering from ibitiourateeo. The ad- ministering of bromide, to mint ter temes under such a $11(se%; the rciter *lid auraiies that every member of the family eNeept itt head reali7.eq the atonstioaily of the suggestion, take. up so /dud, time that Amelia herself has to reduce to a minimum the moments al- lotted to her own toilette. She has cried leslittie With Sybilla, for company part- ly, and partly out of weaeiness of spirit. That and hurry, have swollen her eye- lids and painted her cheeks with a hard, tired. red, 8o that it is an even more homespun figure, and a. homelier face than usual, that seat themselves eppo- site Burgoyne, when at length they get under weigh. He, Burgoyne, has been impatieet of the delay, impatient to set off and to arrive; yet he would be puzzled to say why. He knows, on no 'less authority than her own word, that he shall not meet Elizabeth; and yet the mere feel- ing that the mistress of the house to which he is going is of the same blood as she e that he shall seo the rude, spoilt child whose' ill -temporal pinch made her utter that low cry of pain, suffice to give a tartness to his tone, as he inquires the cause of her lagging, of the panting, flushed, apologetic Arnelia. Byng and .Cecilia have been 'gifting waiting for soine time in the salon, from which Sybilla alas removed her prostrate, figure and tear -stained face; but they have been entertaining each other so well—she in paying nine a series of marked attentions, and lie in civilly. and pleasantly accenting them— that the half-hour has not .seemed long to either. But the party, in motion at last, has passed the Roman Gate, and is climbingup and up between the high walls, each step giving it a. greater vantage mend over the Flower _City, before Bisrgoyne recovers his equani- mity. . The spring comes on epace. In the gardens above their heads laurestinua bushes, with all their flowers out (as they are never seen in England, where always the east wind nips half the little reund buds before they can expand into blossom),stand inwhite and green ; rosemary trees, covered with grey bloom, hang down; and against the azure ofthe high heaven purple irises stand up arow. It is One of those days on which °fie can with bodily eyes see the Great Mother at her quickening work; s can seeher flushingthe apple boughs, unfolding the fig -leaves, and driving the lusty- green bleed .through the sappy vines. And in tne slow creep- ing of the fiacre up the twisting white road, each turn lay . the divine Tuscan city before them insome new aspect of arresting loveliness. , • ese At Florence, one is like Baleam with the Israelites One is taken to see from one point after another, each , point seeming fairer than the last; but the likeness ends there, for no wish to curse the sweet town could ever arise in even the inoroseet he'art. The hills have put on their surruner look of dreamy warmth and distance. BefOre they have reached the hill -top, the bode.' Italian air has kissed most of the creases out of Jim's temper,' and the brick -red from Amelia's cheekbone.s. He looks remorsefully from the triumphant beauty around into the poor, fond face oppOsite to him -L -1(41's At ller with a gort of compasion for be- ing so unlovely, mixed with a Com- punctious admiration and tenderness for her gentle qualities. Ile may touch her hand without fear of Observation, se wholly is Byng enveloped in the mantle of Cecilia's 'voluble tenderness. "Hare you forgiven me?" he „asks, smiling; "I will make any'aPologies, eat any dirt, say anything, short of allow- ing that Sybilla is not, bilious." They have reached the .villa, and turned out of the duSty highwty irito a great cool courtyard, that has tv Moor- ish look, with its high. arches, over which the Banksia roses tumble in cas- „cedes of yellow . and white. It seems Wrong that the voices which eome from the tea -tables under the Loggia should be chatting English Or 'Yankee, in- stead of -cooing that "sweet bastard Latin,” that better suits place and day. Tho hostess' shakes hands absently with Burgoyne, offers his fair charges iced coffee, and then, having discharged her conscience toivards them, draws Ilyng away for an intimate chat. Prom her hands he passes inte those of 86v.. eral other willing matrons and maids. and it seems likely tliat the party who brought him Will BCO him no more. Amelia, unused to, and unexpectant .of attention, is perfectly *content to sit silent, capping Jr. cold coffee; but Ce- cilia is champing her bit in a way whicbi frightens her futuro brother-in-law so much that he cowardly takes the oppor- tunityl Ofher looking in another threc. tion to lure his docile fiance on to the broad terrace, whenee all The young green ,glory of the MI16'6 plain, and the empurpled slopes and drearaftil breast of Morello, are to be seen by 'the Iooliers Leauty.drunk eye. Upon this ..eirae many pesple are evalldlig and sitting in twos and threes,.aial in one of htUf). Arrzelin 17.-;:cacnty ccjEc:Ma0 %;;LI) ui at;tc,ns E4v, r0,E1JA a r bileft bv ,f,:d,v of iILU4 l063M° Zia. qaL-0 �.3 hPi'' to a t,careizing awi tivO cateni6in os 1) thf_N. nflInrc of herc:AeiZ1-3 riymptonni .6,yzni; hand, Have inva;''iahly the pra- porty of ditvin iin into dort placos t tho prcsont seein no 121Miliuod an,orad lo tho relation of ho turns iimpatii4114 away, and, withont muefl thOtitftit of where bo if -3 oing follows a oteep downward path that ends in a dweent uf pid stone steps, between wilds° crevices green plants and little larclkweed blow -balls .flourish undisturbed, to a largo square wall, framed by a low broad parapet, with flower beds se 4 around it, and the whole closed in by rugged stone walls, No ono apparently has had the SallIC in. pulse c4. he, for, at first, helms the cool solitude ,to himself. He sits down on the parapet of the still well, and drops in pebbles to see how deep the water is; and anon lifts his idle look to the empty niches in tile crumb/hag wall—niches where once wood -god, or water -nymph, or rural Pan .stood in stone, now empty and forsaken. Out ,ot,theesivell Inea ilexe.e`!.groeSe and -lift theineelVes against the eariphire iireii, which yet is no sap- phire, nor of any name- that belongs to cold stone; a blue by which all other blues are but feeble colorleee ghosts oi that divinest. tint. He is roused from the vague reverie into -eviiich the coot silence and the brooding beauty around have lulled him by the sound of approaching voices. He Is not to have his well any longer to himself. Be looks up with that scarcely latent hostility in his eye with which one regards the sudden intruder ,into a. railway carriage, when—counting on keeping it to oneself for a long night jai:env—one has -Iliffused limps and parcels over its whole area. The owners of the voices having descended, as he had done, the age -worn steps, eome into sight. They are both 'Mein and one of them he recognizes at° once as a Mr. Greenock, a. well-known e'tock figure in Florentine society, a. mature bachelor diner -out, a not ill-natiared retailer , of news, collector of bons -mets, and harm- less appendage of pretty women. Of the other, at whom he scarcely glances, all he grasps is the feet that he is dress- ed in clerical attire, and that the first words audible of his speech, ,as he comes within hearing, is the neine of an Eng- Iish county—Devonshire, The answer comes in a tone of keen interest: "Ah, I thought there must be a screw laese 1" As the new arrivals beet:line aware of the presence of a, third person, they panso in their talk; but, presently Mr. Greenock- having recognizM Jim and meted` him with a friendly nod and a trivial rematk mean the splendor of the day, ' they resume 'their interrupted theme ; standing together a efew yards distant from Inmeon, the walk,,resume it in a rather lower but still PeritotlY audible keer'. . ei thought there must be some reason for their shutting themselves up so re- solutely," .continues Mr. Greenook in the gratified tone pf one Who, hag de length solved long -puzzling 'riddle. "I thought that there must he a. screw li(t);e, in fact;.but are you quite sure The other gives a sigh. and a shrug. "Unfortunately there can be no doubt on that bead; the whole lamentable occurrence took place under my own eyes. the Moat 'sin my parish." "evonshire!" "A screw looser "The Moatl" Burgoyne is eating on the well -brim; but he no loager sees the lapis vault above, not the placid ,dark :water below. A Sort of horrible mist is swimming before his eyeseitds of Eliza- beth le Merchant that they are speak- ing, Through that's's/1st he snatches a scare took at the speaker; at him whom but two minutes ago he had glanced at with such cursory carelessness. 'Does hie reeognize him? Alas! yes. Though changed by the acquisition of a bald head and a grizzled beard, he sees lihn at once to be the man whe, at the time of his own acquaintance with the Le Merchant family, had filled the Office of vicar of their parish; under whom he bad eat on several drowsy summer Sun- day mornings, trembling at the boys' perilpus Antics in the great curtained Petv; and laughing inwardly at Eliza- beth's 'rnirth-streiggling efforts to. con- trolpthein. , "And you sayr that they never held up their heeds again afterwards? ' pursues Mr; Greenock in a tone.of good-natured compassion, that is yet largely tinged with- gratified euriosity, "They left the neighborhood at once," returns the clergyman. "Dear me, how time filesi it mist be ten years Eiga now, and 1 never saw them again until I met the unhappy girl arid her mother yes- terday, driving in the Via Tornabuoni; but"—lowering his voice a little more— "you will understand that this is strictly -entre nous; that it. must .go no thriller." "What do you think I am rnade Of ?" cries Mr. Greenock in a burst of getter- atis indignation; "but"—stepping a pace or two nearer to his interlocutor—"I am not quite sure that I have got the details of the story right; wettild you Mind Plat running it Over to me again?" Jim has been sitting in 6uoti a stunned .stillness that it to perhaps no wonder that ,they have forgotten his neighbor- hood. At all events the clergyman is, evidently about to comply with his corn- panion'e request and recapitulate the tale, If Thu -pre.serves his motionless attitude but five minutes longer, he will be put into possession of that story whose existence he has already heavily conjectured, and the imagining of which has made him often, within the Wet week or two, turn with nausea front his food, and Wu restlessly upon his bed, 'Without any trouble on his part, without any possible blame attaching to him, he will learn the poor sours se. eret. Never 1 If the devil wish to tempt him with 0 prospect of success, it must be with a leSS [unhandsome bait. Al- most before the two startled scandal. - mongers have recalled the fact of his aisteuce by the abrupt noise Of his„de- parture, It6 is half -way haek to the ler- race, that idist still bef( re his eyes, and a singing in Ks eara. (Toliqconti tied). The love of wealth Meals wa1th o vs. ,r s*.E SOVEREIGN BANK OF CANADA To Aeio She holdOre, ()Film u 2ad VICE-PALSIDENT AND GE, TRAI, M.ANAGER. Montreal, 10iir November, IVO. , . Tb Q Soveeeign Bank of• Canada. We have pleasure in enclosing herewith statement of the Bank's position as at the olose of the fiscal half-year, ending atst October, weenier, with coinparative statietics for the past five yeane. Tho figures require no special expla, nation, and wo feel euro the proems and stability which they indicate will -afford the proprietors and friends ettao g,t1k omPlete satisfaction. The Bank's American and Foreign business has now attained considerable importance. Our connections abreachofe, as well as our facilities at home, enable us to handle British, Continental and Aznerica.n transactions entrusted to us -• favorable basis, and the results to far- have been satisfactory to all concerned. Our principal business is, of course, confined to Canada, and is concentrated La the province of Ontario and Quebec, which long experience has proven to be the safest territory in the Dominion for the conduct of a general and com- mercial banking business. In these two provinces the Bank has 55 branches and 22 sub-ofilcce, the Wine being managed from central points, and in some instances open only two or three days a week. We have not yet opened any branches in the North-West, as c ompetition there seems to be unpsually keen, but with the undoubted progress which tie country is making, these conditions with probably right thernselVes .later on, and in the meantime We have very satisfactory banking arrangements for the conduct of onr business threnglieut.11utt territorYe The capital eif. the„ Bank $4,00Q,O0(» wfil beJully paid -up in;a frAw nibirths, and it IS a Sotifee of great satisfaction ta knows, that' othe shareitoldere number nearly 1,200 and include some of the most powerful, finanial people in- the wprld. , The Sovereign Bank is at present the eighth largest chartered bank in Canada in point of capital. Its assets amount to $25,343,401, a large part if which are "liquid," and the continued growth of deposits testifies to the popu. larity of tht institution throughout the conntry. The Note Circulation shows an ed vane of 83 per cent, over last year, and both the Circulation and Deposits' have I increased materially since the present statement was compiled. The past half-year is the best the Bank has ever had, and we have every reason to think that the current hall - year will be at least as good, Yeur obedient servant, • IIAth-YEARLIt STATEMENT . gist, October, i9116. Capital Stock paid -.. $3,042,710.03 Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits .; . 1,335,847.22.. Notes of the Bank in dr- . culation - Deposits Payable .on De- mand.... „.. ...• $ DepOsits Payable after No- tice 000000 6 • • 0' • ... ; . Other Liabilities . 1 • • $5,278,557.22 2,850,675.00 5,685,321.09 9,893,508.66 15,578,919,75 ••.• • •••,••• ASSETS Gold and Silver Coin on hand .e.. $ 538,98948 Dcminion Government Notes on hand 1,121,447.00 Notes and Cheques of Other Banks 1,155,304.99 Balancqs with Bankers .. 1,101,101.00 ash Assets $3,916,842.57 Casll Deposited with Do- minion Government for Security Of Note Circula- tion 80,000.00 Provincial Government and other Securities ....'1,612,831.16 Call and Short Loan S Se- cured. by Bonds, eth. .... 4,614,067.00 635 249 $25 161.12 $10,223,70.73 Commercial Loans, (less re- bate of interest) .... ....$14,640,510.40 Bank Premises, Real E.s- tate, Safes, etc. .. ... 473,837.57 . Other Assets .... 5,312.42 15,119;660.39 • $25,343,401.12 n. M. STEWART, Gen eral Manager. ropo•niumnonYormourrommia......psommoomommo. t . D. M. S'I'ENVA.RT, General Manager, COMkRATIVE STATISTICS 31st Octo- Capital ber Paid -ma 1902 $1,173,478 1903 1,300,030 1904 1,300,000 190,5 1,610,478 1906 3,042,71� LIABILITI1S. - Reserve Fund an(1 Sovereign Undivided I3ank Notes Deposits. Prolit,s. in „Circulation $ 240,000 362,838 420,373 523,461 • 1,335,847 $ 750,035 1,237,650 1,284,840 1,550,700 2,850,675 $ 1,681,730 4,309,432 '7,106,741 10,134,209 15,578,020 31st Cash on fland Octo- and ber at Bankers 1002 • $ 3S3,097- 1903 622,774 1904 1,214,822 1905 -r 1,491,398 1906 • 3,916,342 8nt. ber Total- Assets. ASS• ETS. Bonds Debentures, etc. $ 439,363 713,397 672,034 791,153 1,612,831 GENERAL. Excess of Assets over to the Public 1002 $ 3,855,203 • $1,413,478 1903 7,209,920 1,662,838 1904 10,201,95i 1,720,373 1905 e,13,818,938 2,133,935 1906 25,343,401 5,278,557 N. B.—This Bank commenced D. business 1st May, 1902. ComMercial Loans at Loans Call and Discounts $1,630,109 • $*1,358,469 1,747342 4,074,048 1,179.540 7,014,123 1,563,144 • 9,518,850 4,614,067 • 14,640,510 , Branches and No. of , Sub -offices .Shareholdey 17 28 42 53 ' 73 ' 757 819 854 1004 1195 M STEWART, General Manager. • SEA BOOTS. Sceptical Crowd Watches Succession Water Walking Trial. The pessibility of walking on the water was successfully demonstrated, at Ten - by. England, by a Royal Naval Reserve . pensioner named William Henry Lle- wellyn, who hes devoted several years hi the subject. • Tife inventor's equipment was a pair of lightly .constructed canvas boots, with, waders resembling those of the angler. The boots are about -five 'feet in length, and sharply pointed at the toes, and to one 'of them is attached a. large rudder, controlled by means ef steering lines hitched to the walker's waist. To the bottom of each boot Is. fixed a series of • cross -bars, for balancing purposes; and the walker has the fur- ther assistance of a long pole; The demonstration' was given fri the presence of a 4cejit1ca1 CroWd, on the Tenby marshes, large portions of which are noF under water in corisequence of the recent heavy rains, Mr. Llewel- lyn ,glided rather than walked, a 'dis- tame of about a hundred yards, at a rate probably of about two miles an hour. More than once there seemed a p6ssibility of a turn -over, but the in- ventor successftilly maintained his equi- librium. Mr. Llewellyn claims that thougn there are several improvements which he might make in his appartu.s, he has effectually solved the problem of water walking. His son has also invented a • water-waildirg Machine, and recently gave a demonstration off the R,oyal Vic- toria Per at Tenby. • Om•i••••• 1.6 HONORED BY Tile KING. The Albert Medal for Gallantry Con- , /erred on Mr, Leslie Urquhart. e Mr. Leslie Urquhart (his Majesty's Vice -Consul at Baku) had the honor of being receiv„ed. by Xing Edward at Buck- ingham . „Palace recently, . when his Majesty conferred upon him the Albert medal for gallantry, which se thus de- scribed in the Court oeireular • "During the disturbances at Baku, in September, 1905, four Englishmen' were .surtounded by insurgents at Zabrat, the healquarters itt Balaeliani of the Baku' Russian Cornpany, and were In hruni- nent danger of losing their lives, The four Englishmen had already been Ise. lated for some time when news of their perilouS position reached the British Embassy at S. Petersburg, and Mr. Urquhart, accompanied by two Cossaeks and several Tartars from the village of Mushtagee, started to relieve the be- leaguered men. "The district was full or armed Tar - 0 fr. • • Ar.. Griiipe or infiu;iiirwhicheiveie to 'earl it, is one of the most weakening lliseases. known. Scoff's EthaLsiono 'which is Cod Liver Oil and liypophosphites in easily di.; gested form Is the greatest streugth.builder. known to zn;dical science. it is so easily digested that it sinks into; the system, making nor,- blood and new fa‘' and strengthening nerves and muscles. Use actril'a Anzt,e1.5-ton aft inflostua, ) invaharble tor' Coo:ha and COI& "AL DRUGGISTS* SOO. AND $1.00; • • • a tars, and in such a state of uerest that, when Mr. Urquhart Started upon his ex-, pedition it, was not expected by the minder of the British colony in Baku, that he wrilikt live to .return, . "On the night of his departure Mr. Urquhart proceeded to a farm which hie possessed in the neighborhood, where het hoped to be able to get help from hisi. own*ftirm hands, who were Tartars, and'. also to collect supplies; but notwith- standing that the party was stopped audi fired bn from tisne to time the supplieei were collected, and a start was made( . early the next morning for Balachani.. 1 "Mr. Urquhart's courageous and spon- taneous action was rewarded with,suc--, ceas. He got through and found the' four Englishmen in a dreadful ,condio tion, especially on accoarit, of water!, andi after feeding them he Persuaded them to, go with him in gaits whidi he had brought, wiiii as many. Armenians as.1 afterwards the whole' of the buildings they could take with them. Immediately a ' were, Carried by storm, and everyone found therein put to death. - ss .AEMAL NOATIS AMC miima.14.4 Remarkable Three -decker !lying Ma. chine Isi Soar Like Ilird. , A house that will take the air like a j bird, flap gigantic .wings, and shape its course eacording to the pleasure of the man in the conning tower, is the lates Variation of the flying machine. - The enormous threeeleeker of which these marvels are prophesied lies in .a. field off Sydney road, New. Southgate, England, The superstructure is come pletech and only the wings, arid the motor that Is to ilap them remoins to be constructed, Windows and doors have been Pitted perfectly, while the in- terior with its three storeys arid fliglita of 'stairs, is striking and comfortable. Over the top of all rises the conniag lower, with a railed -in space from whieh the skipper can directsoperations. The second floor is for four engines, emit of 23 horse -power. The ground floor will accommodate 100 paesengers. The persona reeponeible for Ude house that may fly are three French engineers, who anticipate making a short, trial trip front New Southgate to Panto late in the corning year. The =chine has been conotructed from plans drawn by Del - part, of Paris, who devoted many years and a large fortune to the invention. Ho died before operations began, and his pitiee has 141i taken by M. Jodellud. i f ....----- 4,, 1 .... Don't tf,,et diet/waged, No man le really (hewn anout .Ituttil t110 Unclad.' % Often a man etrtr, a shadow (Ivor hIs charitable actS iy talking about Weill. ,1 taker gets tom.