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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-1-21, Page 3\•:te. - NIV•11..{. amaassraMPIP.Paaaaall.a.Mslaaafaalaa666 Or, Felicity's Inheritance, CRAFTER 11. "Sister Ane, Sister Ann, do you see any- body calming?" Felicity's gay vole* floated down the long wildernees of it garden to weer° JoYoe Wae eotting out tne tea under the big berseoliestnut. She was coming: down U he grass-growa patha earrying a 3.1.1g Or ereana and a plate of 'Dread and batter. tier saining hair was asi beautifully ar• rang_ealsher white embroidered arena 'tam as attetety rite la visitor! were ,, expected, - but therre ans no one but Joyee to 'balk ,to -no one to admire and that was Pelicity'e grievance: BV.11414.1 her caano Eliza with the tee -Pot. Her severe faee was neated, not altogether with the warmth of the anne afternoon; 61to had beau too hard at work to change her lilac print for a Week drese-a, tate of thiuge that, stried her method -loving eoul; and abe disapproved of free -end everywhere waere it ehouldn't lea And wily aren't those lumbering cart -horses Lt work -that's whet I went to know. Theyae in the big meadow nal day, doing nothing but eat.' • "Isn't' that old malt looking ether thins? Won't at) toll you what you want to know?" "Rea lie sleet as a post. I tried hint this morning but I meal get •nothing out, of hint- I faarlY •sereamed at, last, bet he only ebook his head. Then I tackled the boy, but I'm sure he is half -'witted; he kepi on grinning -never said a word." 'Perhaea some one will oall toanorrew -a friendly farmer or a neighbor--' "Neighbor1"-with scorn, "There isn't a house for =ilea:et:a if there is, I can't eee Me, We are just left to oureelve,s in a, wilderness Of fields. It's quite Immune% • 'Marto lonely ' women! And • talking of easy meals in the open air. That she was not likely to have things al her OW/1 "MAY for the next few weeite , vats Elizaas grievance. But Joyce Ramilten had no gran -Inca at, will Life seemed sucldoely to have etime to a standstill in a green wilder - slew. Forgotten were the embarraesing events ofthe lest few days, the /ague forobselinge roueed by Miss Chester's weeds, the deubte as to whether she tvas doing right. Rer heart was so charged with the peace and beauty around that, •ehe felt tartest like one in a• trance, while something of the brooding eweetneee of tbe old garderi was reflected in her eyes. Iehe laughed in sheer gladness Di heart. as she took the things from Felinity and shook up the cushions of her frieeda their. • "I don't want to see anysbody-it would moil everything," said Joyce. "Beeidee, t us bowv dont command a view of the high road, Fatima, so that if a,ny one v,ere sparring to your rescue you wouldn't see% them." "High:toad. indeed! There's only a cart -track airmail the fields to a lane. We're cut off from our kind with a ven- geance! That little gets over there" - nodding to where its white bare made a break in the tall hedge -tis our next beet link witat civilization; there'e a path from attending theouah the fleade-I can see it from my, bechoont window." "I don't enppose it leads to a shwa' grumbled'Elna. "You'd better older some meek; along with the other things you're writing for -I can't do anything with that cld-fashioned grate." "Well, if you can't: nobody ca,n," Fe- licity said with artful -flattery. "Besides, we can do without cakes for a bit." , •"You. can't do without meat, and thtt grinning idiot of a. ticiy gays the butcher only calls once a week." "My dear Eliza no one calls at a farm! It is Supposed to be selfnupporting, We meet kill aaeheep ora calf and eat u1) one aide and 'down the other. That's what farmers do." "You'll have to do the killing, then, mamba," said the woman grimly. She still ea.lied Felicity by the name of her child- hood., "It'll be heal enough hexing to kill our own fowls when we want 'em." Felkaty made a grimace at her retreat- ing back. 'Croce old thing!" she exclaimed. "She has been grumbling all day. She nays the paelor chimney smokes, and that there are inice in the pantry, and ehets sure the house s damp with sal that ivy on r "Perhap,a vhe has teo much to do,' Joyce euggested. 'She may be better tem, pered when we get straight. I shall be only too glad to do anything to help -you know that, Felioity." "11-m!" re,plied Felicity doubtfully. "I didn't come here to work, my good child. mr bathe, perhaps, or I ellen hear t But I aank I had better earx7 up the we - ter rotai every lea about the inconvenience er having no bathroom And will you do the lamps? Eliza says she doesn't under- _ etaeue them and pretends to be afraid." • Joyce aesented so eagerly that Felicity looked at her almost curiously. "You're a. good sort." she said. "It's nice to beve you hero. You haven't grumb. 'led oi ce since we camea "What is there to grumble about? I'm so happy -I ean't tell you how happy! I think this place is perfeet-X love every bit of it a'reade. And if the house is rather bare, it's beautifully came zed neat. Isir. Carletonta houeekeeper meet havetbeen a treassure." "Sate tees. I believe she was wjft hau over twenty years. Re left her an an- nual). and sho went back to Scotland at ter the funeral, taking everything but the furniture and bare necessities with her- - 'Cecile George said he might.dona mind, but that is why the house looks; so unfurnished I expect." "Your pretty thinge would soon make a difference here." Felicity shrugged her ehouldere but did not alleWar. "Well, yen can't deny that the garden is a paradise whatever drawbaoks the house may have. Look at tb.e roses etid the eweet oldfaehioned flowers, to say nothing of t•he quaint little corners where we can eit in the Shade, and the fruit • trees, and the long sweep of lawn---" -Don't forget the vegetables all going wrong for want of eating, and the weeds a foot high," Felicity interrupted, laugh- ing "It must have beenlovely when uncle George could see to it -it waa his hobby; but it has been neglected all the timeane lay fl -'you ceases that. • 'I hope be didn't knew," the other saad softly But like the wildneee, the dis- order. It is my ideal of what a garden should be." a' • , Ione looked up with dreamy oyes et the bar horsiecheetniat above her; it. creamy blossoms, faintly touehed With pink; ayerninded her of lighted candles on a Christmas tree. Behind it, etretclang anvaa on either side, was a tall thick hedge up which bryony and bindweed ren raceesewhile here and there creamy diecs of tate eider flower brightened the greon.- n,cesea.n,d filled the air with faint eweet ,eeent. Felicity was sitting in a cushioued bas- ket•ehair she bad brought 'with her, but Joyce preferred the rough old bench with tweited boughs that stcod under the tree. She leaned her elbows on the rust•fc table 'a,e. rind wondered if the old man had eat there in the evening, smoking and matt- ing after hie day's work. They had ga- thered front one ol the lawyers letters that he had been failing ever emce Chriet- setae. It hurt Joyce to think how loaely he meet have been. Felicity looked at her Spe011.104.1.17ely over her teacup. Joao° wee wearing a dregs of mauve linen, made very plainly, and finished, off .at the meek and Waste with "Peter Pan" collar and ouffe. The choler suited her oreasny dein and eoftdark hair. "Some people would admire her more than me," Felicity thoughts "Me has a really beautiful mouth, and thoee abed. owe under het eyes ere very eifective. She looks so serious, so much •• In 'mamma, That's not nay vole, thank, goodness, but ga.not narrow, X can adtnittn it In other . ,p • atYoe look totter alroitdy, Joyce,' she ' aid, 'although we bee(' only.beee "here • two days. •Do you know, I wisa X, led,,let, Mr., Wylie come down with us, es sags • geoted." "The lawyer? eviler 'Reerstise I feel so Ignoritatte-1 know tio. thing et all about the alste.o.a'a 'Why didn't you let him Mater "Mize said It. was .throwing money sway. lie tvotild be enre to make me pay ael hie extremes. Ile vvill heye to come in it few weeks' time to talk things overand eedi *hal X heves •ilienided tit db, &tut.. . thought X had better nut him off till then. , Dia A Want' hie advice about the Mena" "The farm ? g "Well Whet there In left of la '-X told you unclo George had a big sale' Whell he knew he, couldn't get bettett.hiLl there - are lots of a,nlinals and . thingsleft, it. ' seems to 660, We eii,n am he 0OWSI de Yen field. I know uncle George didn't *mil ahem, and some or them ought to be 311016,11 by this time. We mew plouty of bay down aa we mine along in the train, now didn't we? MAY,' 3 is July next week, and who is going to mow nay ilelds-thare what I want to know?" awe() lo,olted at the presumptive owner of the Valley Farm with real coneern 111 her lovely eyee, "I never thought of that. What shall You do FelicitY?" Feaielty leaned fon-ward and spoke Ian" Preesively. "This is , what I want to know; where is Mr. Robert Stone?" gT0,700 repeated the name questioningly. lea. far, Robert Stems -uncle George s frienti and rightstend ram for the last few years. I didn't tell t e about him becenee-well, I wanted to spring him on you. I thought he would be a nice little allrPrise. "Creole trusted him implicitly - left evet7thing in hie hamlet I believe he lived here with him but I'm not sure, And in his will ho mid he hoped I should,. keep Lim cu. Now why doesn't he comes He knows! I'm here -I wrote and told hint whae day to expect me." "Perhaps be that old man nimeelf, perhape--" Felleity burst out laughing. "The very ideal As if uncle would make e friend of him. You abeurd child! Uncle may have -been a farraer, but he was a gentlemen. Besides, that man's name is Ike -old Ike. No, I feel convinced Robert Stone is young -or youngish, and nice. I feel sure or it." Joyce smiled at her affectionately, though she shook her head. "I don't, see what grounds you have for thinking se ran afraid the wis.h is fether to the thought." .""Dou'l bit titertjaaaRobert Stone must ma "eomething. Out of the' ordinary, for Or. l'airlle mentioned in one of bis letters tthat unole eeriousaY thought at one time 'Of leaving" everything to him. Oh, rve made-up my mind he will be quite an ao- quisition!" A distressed: little frown puckered Joyce's brow . "But you ,couldn't make a friend of your uncle's fermsballiff. or agent, or whatever he wae. You couldn't-er-tlirt with him, Felicity.' "Ootadn't I?" retorted Felicity gaily. "Not if he throws hie aitehes about. or touchee his hat to me, or tete with his knife, my dear, certainly not; but if he's what I think it is. he will do to pate the without a. 'man to :peak to? Now don't time away. Ilenv shall I exist for a month I look 60 prim and old-maidish-it spoil you. Ian sure you'll do for a ohePer011-1 You have • just the right expression.' She ; laughed • merrily at the thought, then yawned and stretched her ernes. '1 wish I some one wolaid walk in this very minute -Mr. Anstruthet or Bobbie Lowe for .n• I etante; wouldn't it be idyllic?" Joyce who kneW these gentlemen only! by repute, looked doubtful. At that moment. as if in•answer to lielty's speech the latch of the little white gate choked, and a. tall man came into the garden. ere closed the gate be - 'hind lima and was about to walk up to the honee whale he caught sight of am two vele, and atter a momenta besita. tion, came towards them. Ho bared hie head, cerrying hia straw hat in his hand as he eame on with long lazy etride. His clothes looked unconventional to the town -bred girle-b.ree,ches and leggings•of Bedford cord, and a well -cut t•hough shab- by Norfolk Jacket. They had a swift Ina preeeion of broad Ohoulders, of a tanned faco, and keen gra,y,eyes; of a quiet peeseesion that etaimped him- es belong- ing to bheir own -order: and then he was close to them, and Felicity rose and held out her hand. She had never beet ember - reseed Or illetamee in her life, and she was elate equal to situa•tion that pealed to her by its piquancy. She had never looked more lovely than at that mo- raent. ller eye; were as blue as the corn- flowers that rioted in a bed neer the walk, and herealieeke were like the wild- ecase,s that flushed the badge behind them with every ehade of pink. "Row do you do, Mr. Stone? I tves-just tadkine about you and wondering when you were. comlea to look me up. Ian eo very glad to see you." :••• For a moment the man stared down at tlie pretty smiling face, forgetting. eo drop the white hand, then he gave an out- barraseed laugh and looked twee; and Joyce noticed that he stammered e little -when he ;Mob% "What makes you think -how do you know—" "That you are Robert Stone? Well, I don't think there are many more men like you in these perte. Jorge, thiss is Mr. Stone. My friend and chaperon." Joyce bowed, nervously. She could not appro. elate Felicity's little joke or smile in 10' 0110080 to' the miechief in her friend's eyes. Will you sit down, Mr. Stone? Did you get my .lettoraa • 'Yes. have been'inwey for a few days or should have come' beforeat• Be sat down..at the ,end of Joyce's bench and listened with grave emile to Fe. lacit3a0 gay nonsense, swinging his nab between his knees and•airning It about in his, strong brown 'hands. Joyce felt that tor seine reason or o•thea• he was as 1106V- ous as•hereelf, though she eould not have said why. Re epolte little -indeed, there Ives nek; Felicity' was laying herself out, to be Maiming, and was talking away with a pretty mixture of friendliness and con•deeceneiou that „demanded nothing from her listeners -alma, appreciation, jam listened to her in growing wonder; elle even felt a little envious. She, wile alwaes ellyaand anent vattarnen, knewing, indeel, • very few, and being naturally re - screed. Row gauche and tonguatied she would have been if elm had had to enter. tiain this stranger igen& , It was not long before he thawed some. what under Felicity's' sunnsa nonsense, and 'grew quite talkativd When they touch- ed on farm matters, "You axe quite right," he Said. "It's snore than time the hay was down. I was waiting fOr Ordeas, you see, • We ,will be. in the long meadow at halapast four to- waVarapulesIrnfienugr..?. Whet an itneerthly. hour! Won't it be dark?" • ' Mr. Stone laughea, Joyce liked the seund of it. • "DarkP • We the loveliest teem of the 'day -the bloom IS atilt on everything. Be- anies, is beat for the horses to get It done before the atut le too etrong; it annuls them so when it habot-to oae. no. thing of nereear," • ',Ate you Roe* to delve Meier "Certainly-,wtt,h Your.perntixdon." There was a quizaleat mile in hie eYea, and Felicity bltiolte•d end clapaed • her, hands, eateep •thet mean yeti Witt OW ta ese toe orders? .0,114, be ta sesta taehmietrets• Mr. Stone X ehall be etyma beggiug YOU to leave off. X hate -work Myself., and alaii sorry for tho.se who have to de "'Volt tiettia, bee 'Bard Werk Is 4 pante telt, kw as of the 1118 Of life," he re- 6001115 the eheds 10 10. l•altr 1111tagebtyvt tAlk's - he Watts 'Mart ne—tanteeetvlut the boa G1141410( a ut IgnAth' 01 tabor and ..eittee ill every nation, who want to calls itenfor sulteer, and emelt the bleeeteditate of anditig Meta Week, land an alite a Mile affa laator the veal:try that noneonee," see reel e) ,eSe OW era r t b t th 1 'to • , The In the Wakeeof the War's Cyclone, picbure shows what is left of the once pretty village of Dornrerny, Department of the Marne, France. The mans keen eyee were turned full on Joyce for the flret time, and a element eagle showed a, peraseaset of teeth, "Potatoes liaise Hamilton • imeake from experience -like 1 de," he seid. -Yes, I have always had to work," she answered soberly; "bat I don't pity any - elf .a.t all. I should be mieeraatle if I were idle." "Do you think you could induce old Ike to try a, little of your panacea?" Felicity broke in. "He's simply crawling ebout whenever I see htm-that it night and morning -and he slisappeees ail day, goodness knows where" "I exposit he and Joe go singling tun' nips -I lett them at it when I went' a,way. • You frustaat be hard on him, Mise Gray. Ile's an old man, older than your uncle watt and I believe he has 'worked here for ftfty years." "Oh, Mr. Stone, I couldn't be hard on any one! I'M glad you told me -poor old fellow. Why didn't uncle pension hint off?' "Ile did, but ,the old man comes juet, the same. I don't think he meld live ;tweet from the place. Ifea; a good cowfain, and he will do -till you want to make changes." • They unmet pleasantly enough on it variety of subjects, but it eeemed to joyee that Robert Stone turned .restive when Felicity began. to grow personal. Ile answered her .queetions beiefly, but vol- unteered no inforrhation: Y66, he had lived withold Mr. Carleton, and haa emu to everything during he, laet Gleam. She was- quite right -he had felt his death very 41110.1a. No, he did not think her uncle had been lonely. Yee, Mrs!. Mftoclonald bad been 11 I ith.thfU.1 house- keeper; personally be had liked her and gat on tvell with her. Of course lie heel heard of Mies Gray. He had no friends about here -any more than her uncle had -and so on, till Joyee'e fate began to burn with shame. She we not surprieed when at length he got up to go. There was e grim look about his mouth, though he epoke quite courteouely to the i girl with her nnocently-inquiring ex - "Will Yon forgive me, Mia Gray, if I dou't t•alk about your uncle? It is rather a sore 'subject with Me. He was a tine man, a good man, and 1 loved him. You never mot him, I think, eo we needn't dis- miss him, need we?" • Joyce felt she should beve wanted to 'sink into the earth under such a snub,' but it was soon loot noon Felicity.. She Recounted for his werds-afterwarde in her own way. lou anay depend upon it, he feels verY bitter ;about being done out of things by a girl, ehe said to Joy•ee. 'nolo George attest have promised him the plate at some time or other, and he can't forgave him. or get over it all at mice." And although Joyce was convinced that thie wail not the true view of the case, she said nothing. They left her •sitting under the horse - chestnut when Felicity carried him off to be Introduced to Eliza. • Felicity explain- ed the situation with a charming mixture cif fun and earnestne , ss. 'Dliza-otherwese Mrs. Eliza Wilkins-ia our dragon; Me looks alter us 'not tvMely but too ivellt and rule,s 112 with a rod of iron. She Will rule you too, I expect, hope she -will 'take to you.' or Tte ataa-It'" see much of you -she wild eee to that. "I hope she mill," he replied. "Whet ean I do to propitiate. her?" Their voices ficet'ed back to Joyce as they went up the long garden -the girl'e laughing tones, the man's deep pleasant note, and again' that faint feeling of env's, 'stirred Omer heart. 11,obeet Stone had turned to.her and 'said "Good afternoon" on seeing sheswas not going with them, and, acting oze impulse, Joyce had risen anclashaacen hands. . • "I see you have been robbing the mow. in,g-grase, he mid. lair &Yee followerl -his and recti on the big bunch of white °lover she Inlet fasten - en an the boeosn (her. areas. Then she looked up ae,him, and somathing in the intentness or the mane gaze caused the wa•rrn color to flood her Meeks. "Yea," the •Ista.mmered. "I think theY are lovely, and they smell so sweet. I had no idea that anything.. growing iu Jamas could be so beautiful.' • She round herself going over the little scene again when their voices had died away and the old garden. was quiet, save for the humming of the bees and the dream twitter of birds. - "Felicity is so tweet, so pretty -1 don't wonder no ene Mai resist her," she mur- mured, aI Wish I -were not so stupid end so plain. It must be pleasant to -weak end talk with same one big' 'and Wong, and wiser than oneself If I had a friend or -or it lover I should like him to ba like Mr. Stone. Hie eyes are se kind-----' • She broke off in aontasion, billeting et her own thoughts, and buried her face in the posy of white clover. • (To be 'continued.) ' AMERICA'S PROTEST- TO GREAT BRITAIN. By Chas. M. B_iee, Denver, Colo. • Perhaps no single incident of tlie great war has awakened ,More, tereat• in the two great English- speaking nations 'than the protest filed by the United Sta;tes against the treatmenb of American shipping by the British fleet, • The desPittches oleo indicate that the protest is arousing keen inter- ese across the waters, as the Matter is being. widely discastied in ttie public press. As indicating t,be deep interest involved, a special „meeting of the British Cabinet has been ott,11,ed to consider the protest, and this utorning'e papers deoln,re the Cabinet near to dieruption in the debate on the.subjeet, . In this tiountry arnetig a Certain close, there is a suspicaon,that un- fortunately sanounte .a1znosb to a hope that this proteet holds a pro- mise of war between the two coun- triee. There • is always quite a large revenge are generally the last to enli4 when the trouble comes. They glorY in trouble and oontention, but 'they want somebody else to make it and to suffer the consequences. They are of the mole variety of heroes, ever ready to throw brinks when 'concealed from danger by the people surrounding them. Happily that class is not very strong in this tful, sensible men cosuonbtreyr: thousil. and women do not invite distress and suffering that would be sure to result were this country involved in the European .struggle. They are not influenced by false sentiments of so-called "National honor," and the "rights of American seamen," to .the extent of willing to see this country rush into a controversy that 'means great loss of life and property until, at least, that it haY been elearly established that the "national honor" has been insult- ed, 'or .our rights have been need- lessly interfered with by other. •-e. On the contrary, America's pro- • test to Great Britain was made in a spirit of friendship, and affords no basis for war talk, for it had been received in the same spirit. The • treatment of neutral ship- ping by belligerent nations is always a very delicate subject, and one re- quiring the best minds, thoroughly trained in the field of international law, and diplomacy, to adjust. It will,be recalled that troubles arose over shipping between this country and Great Britain during our great Civil War, and which were not set- tled till long after the war had ceased. ' Though . differing somewhat in character from those cited in the protest to Great Britain this week, they held a genuine threat of war, a true 'mums hellqs, for the reason that it was then openly charged that Great Britain was purposely aiding ‘the 'Confedera.cy in its efforts to de- stroy the shipping of the North. There is no suchclaim o'r contention involved in the present protest. The old controversy was pes,cefully settled,and the two countries have ever since remained on the most friendly terms, . There is nothing now existing that approaches the serieusness of the Alabama claims a,ncl, the dispute that arose out of them. I have no doubt that this country will insist upon full reparation for any real damage done to American shipping, caused by any unwarrant- ed interferenee of the British fleet; and I am equally certain that Bri- tish justiee will gladly recoanpense for such damages, when duly es- ta•blielied. It is quite inevitable that the fleet should wrongfully detain some shipping in its eagerness to find contraband goods and prevent them reaching the eieeney, and to this end, no doubt the year fleet has been in- structecl to detain and search ves- sels suspected ofhaving -contraband artioles aboard,. or conditional con- traband intended for the enemy. It looks as though the real ques- tion at issue is, regarding the treat- ment of conditional contraband goods. That this should be treated exactly as absolute conbraband and seized and conveyed to British ports for disposition, works a very great hardship upon shippers. But even so, I have no doubt that Greet Britain is willing to co-operate with this 'country, and with every other country, in living strictly up to the law % of nations in etheir treatment of 'neutral shipping, The protest is only a bueiness preoecture between' two friends, who have been fore- most in preserving tentietake of the world, That they ehould 'forgets their friendehip and undertake to sebele their hueinese eliffereneo by the sword is too ritlioulous for consid- eration, , The period that has elapsed since .the treaty Of Ghent was signed 100 years ago on Christmas eve, has not been withopt acute orisee in the re- lations of England and the United Stetas, gad BnglMd persued P410 eel eenotle greed, elle 'might of the Union imposeihre 1881.85 easily have made the preeervation by intervention Olt behalf of the ; Confederacy; and again in 1898 she I might have formed ai 'coalition wieh 'cl8oPnaeinSholivhsablit citaleTreetigheir t4f "Vilterehonnl between the two, nations, Marty -hove' been .0* explantetions oe the vast ',elates of American 'sympathy! • with England in the present great struggle, but the undying truth is that this syMpathy is rooted in the organic life of -the two great Eng- lish-speaking nations, and by itself affords a unique and surpassing celebration of the Century of peace just closed between these nations. America; knows that the indepen- dence of the neva world is due to the very conditions that reacl-e England an arbiter of Europe's destinies, and instinctively she knows that England's downfall would expose this entire hemisphere to devastat- ing wars from which it might never recover. • Why should the over-seademo- cracies hate England when every true democracy on the earth finds in England its prototype, its:pa- tron and its strength'? Ancl in turn, it may be said with equal trutia.that England's strength would not he what it is to -day had she not the sympathy and. moral support of -every true democracy on earth. That th...rounding out of the 'cern Aury of peace between- England and the United States finds the two countries nearer' together in politi- eal aspirations and common sympa- thy is a tremendous fact, and por- tends the gioly and triumph of both nations. • CHAS. M. BICE, Denver, Colo., Dee. 31, 1914. A ZOUAVE HERO. He Sacrificed His Life for France. A rare and stirring incident of per- sonal heroism is that recorded in a semiofficial notice given out in Paris on the afternoon of November 23rd. "The other day in Belgium, a Ger- man column was advancing to attack anosition in the forest of Brie, de. fended by a detachroent of Zonaves.' Our men noticed that before them the Germans forced a Zouave prisoner, and at the same time they heard cries of 'Stop firing!' For an instant Our riflemen and the men in charge of onr machine guns hesitated. Then from the Germanranks they heard the voice of the Zouave Prisoner, who cal- led to them 'shoot comrades!' . "There then flashed out from the ranks of the Zouaves a general .dis- charge of rifles am. machine guns. The fire laid low the assailants of the Zouaves, and with them fell the heroic soldier whose devotion made it possi- ble for his countrymen to checkmate the ruse of the enemy. "If the name of the brave man is unknown to the world, at least his regiment will retain forever the re. membra,nce of his sacrifice, which is equal to any of the most famous in- stances of personal heroism recorded in our glorious history." BeloVed • When a young man tells a girl that he'll love her for ever, no doubt he believes it. FROM MERRY 61.0 HEW NEWS 111' MA), ABOUT „1011"; 13E1.1, AI) 111$ PEOPLE. OVPurre,nees In the Land Thal VeIgns. Supreme ' be • COM, Mercini W001.. Thousands"' 0.l acres'of laud in Carlisle have been flooded as 4 re- sult of the recent heavy rains, , Owing to the depletion of staff caused by the war, the'General Post Offices at Rochester and Chatham Pit closing earlier 1101a. At 8hetlield the sale of intoxicat- ing liquor is prohibited after 9.30 pan. on week nights, and 9 pan. on Sundays in all licensed premises. The authorities have decided to increasI the establishment of the 7th Battalion of the Devon Regi- ment, by the addition of 96 ,oyelists. The 'skipper of the Fleetwood trawler Belmont, reports the find- ing of an ivory -mounted set of bag- pipes ill his trawl when. 'fishing 25 miles off Barra Head. Lieut. Louis Van Beton, , of the Belgian Artillery, - who died from wounds at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, was buried with full military honors at. Aldershot. .• Mr. Thomas Kidney, a well known Leeds ste.eplejack, has juet died at the age of 82. He was the oldest steeplejack in'England • and had &World's record in having felled ee8Hehimneys, •• • Mr. F. Sanford Thomas, deputy coroner for, the City .01 London, has been .appointed to command a com- pany in the 'ith Battalion of the City of London Regiment, .a.nd has been gazetted a eaptain.' Serious damage' was caused by fire at. the Manor House, 'Sedgley, Staffs, an ancient English. • resi- dence. The owner, 'Mr. G. E. Brown, and the servants removed all the valuable furniture tie the lawn. •• •• 1VIr. George Cronheini, a German merchant andprineipal of •a firm of lace- manufacturers at -Nottingham, was found dead a week ago at his residence at Nettingham with a bullet wound in his head. The Cemetery Committee of 'the Deptford Borough Co'uncil have re - 'commended that a portion of the ground on the local 'cemetery be reserved for the burial of sailors and soldiers who were residents of the borough. There is great dissatisfaction among the miners of County Dur- ham at the action of the coal own- ers in reducing; the wages of men 3% per -cent. at a, time when many have enlisted and others are work- ing short time. . Owing to the large number of local coal miners •who have joined thaecolors, there is a scarcity of laborers in some of the cbill mines 'lei 'Mend:teeter district, and many. Belgian refugee colliery workers are being engaged. • At Southampton Charles Bowden, cartage contractor of Eastleigh, was Baled $260 or three months' impris- onment for having purchased from soldiers* tie number of army blank• eti, rugs and • waterproof Sheets, the property of the King. The' ooal, cotton and engineering industries in the Manchester dis- tricts are now prospering so much that the city council have been asked to pass plans for extension of :over, a score of local works to which additions are necessary ow- ing to improved trade. Owing to the number oe men on war eervioe, the London Fire Bri- • gade Committee is experiencing difficulty at the present time in ob- taining recruits 'foe the brigade. It is proposed that 10s. ($2.50) be paid to -each Member of the bri- gade who introduces a suitable re- crtiit during the next three months. "Wormy" theta. witat',s 'the matter of 'en. 'Stomata end intestinal seams. Nearly :as bad as distemper. (lost you 1 too anuch tho feed 'ems Look .bad -are bad. Dona rhyitic 'era to death. Spohn's Cure remove the worms, imarove aba 1 a*, • 0 Li t Farm . eieseepeee Winter Feed foe the lettity'Vneee During the. vkinter months it 'is geuepally found difficult tp provide such food as is necessary for the tilioawiryofcmoIkto keep up the regular • At this -season of the year feed is generally searce---the .proper kind for the dairy cow --and that which fweerfolita:ZIoanlithrd is often, of ail., - After coining o(f the green fresh grass they do not relish such. dr,V feed and being of an inferior qual- ity one will soon notice a great de- crease in the flow of Milk. For this 'rett,son it very iMPort- vide an abundance of different, feeds to make up for this dry or inferior ant for the. failner to try and pro. Of course the flow ofi...uilk cannot be kept u.,p to what they give during the s-pring and summer when pas - tired, but with plenty of first-class hay, such as alfalfa and good.clover and fine feed of bran and cornmeal kept on hand that it may be fed liberally two or three times. a day as slops, there will not be so much decrease in the milk suPply, after all. That is, if it is given to them liberally and regularly. Do not think it is a waste to feed such feed when there isn't anything but dry hay of some kind to feed on. On the latter; the cow can barely maintain her flesh, inuch less keep up the milk supply, When we have good elever hey and alfalfa, not so enueh of the bran, fine feed or- meal is required, as both., when cured properly, are very strong feeds and cattle thrive on them. I am not going to attempt to give the amount that should be fed, as leave that for the dairyman to de- cide for himself, writes a ooree- spondent. What I wish to impress upon the reader's mind is this: The necessity of having on hand always a liberal supply 01 bran, meal, fine feed, etc„ to go with the dry hay or corn fodder, whieh is eenerally of an inferior quality, fed ° at this season of the year. - With the abuve feed mentioned, it is impossible for the dairyman to obtain geed results during the sea- son when cattle are not pastured. • Apples should be kept just above the freezing point in the 'cellar, if possible. Potatoes at a tempera- ture of 40 degrees and squash in a dry place • where they will not freeze. The squashes should be fed early in the winter, as under ordinary storage -conditions they cannot be depended upon for long keeping. . Of the apples, the culls of the ear- ly winter varieties are, otE course, rst used, Those of the longere keeping varieties may be resevect for later feeding. A. bran mash with 'chopped beets or carr•ote stirred into it is a great treat and is a beneficial form of feeding which should be offered oc- casionally. Be sure that the bran or meal offered to the cow is sweet and good or trouble may result Theecorn stalks may be fed once a day and clover or oat hay at an- other meal. The last meal of the day being the bran and vegetable mixture. Squashes and large beets should always be partly cut up as they are difficult for a cow to manage when whole. Barnyard Manure. Professor F. H. King, in his book Farmers of Forty Centuries,‘ de- scribes the methods used by the Ohinese, Koreans, and Japanese in-- oollecteng and preserving precious manure, both solid and liquid, also the system of composting used. In China the manure is placed in. glaz- ed terracotta, urns, some having a, capacity of 13000 pounds. In Japan cement -lined pits are used, the iquid excrement as well as the so- ld being carefully preserved. 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W.I. 232 SLEUR" ST., MONTReat. • III • 7 • When Frederiek the Great, at the beginning of 'nu,. Seven -Years' War, • was in possession of Dreaden, he went to view the works of art in the royal picture gallery. The gallery director,, Beide, took the king through all the rooms and explained each picture as they went along. Frederick worse, sed his 'unreserved admiration for all the pictures, but when he came before a certain painting. by Cerregio, he ; stopped and viewed it with particillar e interest. "If you are willing," he said wad- ! denly, "I should !Ike to have that plc, "i. . . Beidel gaped, for he expected the ''king tci Say that he Wished the picture ,kfer.'lifinseir. But til 0, kiwi: noticed his qAtilx.i*ty, and striking him on the hack •• ettideillieiglilagl • ineeireu are .Willinge 1 should like to .hayo.gpiat pjgture— copied!" Smarty,. ; 131x-4 heard 80Ma thing this • mb'rhitig that opened my eye. did1-011alarm -clock, s