HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-2-4, Page 7ALILY .FARM;
Or, Felicity's Inheritance.
CHAPTER IV.
"You leaven be worlcing in the gee.
dein Ior ,the laet two anorninge, KIES Ram -
Alton Why was that?"
Joyce etarted, fluelied clam:ion; and was
silent, Deep in thoeght arid aibsorbed An
her Oak ot 'weeding the pa/ley-bed, she
had not heard Itobert Stoneapproweh.
She c.OUld Rat teal hian that he shrank
from aneeting him -though elte could uot
have eaid why, She straightened liereelf,
and looked ap at him with eneh a grave
face that the mischleveras light died out
of hie •eYes.
"1 Milestal vou," he wild gently. "I caarie
both Meanings and waited a long time.
gel 'glad. You're here noiw 1 have some -
mg very particular I want to aek you.
"What ie it?"
. He looked dawn at her for a moaneat
without, epeaking. She had none of Fe-
lieity's beauty, teat here RMAS g. Awe tO
• truet a•Ild Jetta with ite 'beautiful
Oyes., sweeet mouth, and pure coan•plexIon,
untotiehed by oolor stye when it respond-
ed to some sudden thought or emotion.
Rer hair, soft and dark, 'wee a great 0071.
treat to her Mendes, with its earls and
Petite, for it wag simply perted down the
middle ancl arranged at the 'Seek et her
head, 'Rhein was juet as great a diffeeenee
between the two girls' dress. Joyce wae
rav.RYS dainty, it plain to severity; Fe-
lioitY'e laces and frills would not have
eueted her, and she losow It. lier figure
untamed conapareet with the otherie, had
yet a girlish trace of its own. email,
(died, and paha though ehe wee, hers was
• ipersonality that seems to have a peen -
Rea attiottion for big otrong men, de-
manding of their best in Tevereme and
chivalry.
Tho morning sun shone down on Rob-
ertStone's alcittresque if somewhat un-
conventional figure. Ho wore neither eoat
nor waistooat, and his soft turned -down
collar showed his firm round neek• to ad-
vant•age. 11 was deeply tanned, like his
face, and the crisp heir, when ho raised
hits battered straw hat, looked all the
fairer in consequence.
No, on Benne/ theughte 1 -don't think
I'll tell you.' be said, so whimsitiallY
•thet Joyce's b'eart. felt suddenly lighter.
HO eras 'still going to be her friend.
"Then I 'wont tell you why I didn't
come, • ehe retorted 1171th SPirlt,
The dark eyes met the gray, and they
both laughed simultaneouely.
"Come .and sit down," hesaid, turning
to the old beneh, "If you werk I must
needs help, and I'll OAYL1 Ian tired before
the day begins"
She abeyed'hina looking at him a, little
anxiously. Yee he did look tired, lie if
he :lad -slept' badly.
s Ile admitted it, when eheialsked him, but
• curtly,. as 12 he did net wislate, pursue the'
enibjeett ',Anxious to show a little sYna
paithy and interest, she began to talk in
as; ,friendly aone 'tie elle could command.
'I-eleep badly too. Iineetaltamed to con -
bee it, but I'm nervous. My 'room • is so
gloomy; and ' there aresuch strange
noises -I SUDDOSO it is becanee the house
is so old. I begin to listen -and. then it's
all up with trying to go to eleep 1"
"Whioh is your room?"
"The one over the poroh--old Mr. Carle -
11e gave a shaap exclamation, and etar-
ad at. her in concern.
"They should not, have put you in there
enough to try any girl's nerves. 11
uaed to be mine when I was nursing him.
Not that there is anything to fear," he
added quickly. "He was a good old man,
and the dead cannot return, or harm us -
you know that?"
"Yes,'" she replied, soberly. "I tell MY -
self so, but sometimes -in the night -it is
lather difficult to remember
"You anust MOTO," he said decidedly.
Ian not gtang to have you frighteried-a
little hit of a thing like you."
joy -explained to him that it was im-
Pestsible-ithey had only three hedrooras
furnishedese
"I don'te,believe I shall mind so much
new I have told you," she added. "I
damn% say anything to Eliza, and I don't
want to vex Felicity by complaining."
She might have been angry," he admit-
'Ked,•with a twinkle in his eye. "She pays
you, too, doeenit ehe?"
Then they laughed again like two chil-
dren. Joyae could not help 51, though se
vane conscious it was uniparrioniuble.ofhim
and Tether disloyal on her part
"I wish there were a few cotta) near,"
lie saidearresentl. "There's only old Ike'
s
shanty, .and. hes so afbominablydeaf.'
The old cowman lived alone in. a, tiny two
roomed dwelling that had once been part
of the cart -shed. "My place is so far away,
but it was the only one I could find when
quitted here. I can't leave at presene,
even id you could put me up, which you
cant. That reminds me -'I thiak I'11 tell
you after all, and chance your misjudging
me." He had got her permission to Smoke
and he stared hard at his pipe for some
irninutee before continuing. "Miss. alai-
licity wants to come end see my diggings,
and I 'want you to keep her away. Will
you?"
Joyce stared at him in amazement. "
"I'm afraid I can't. I haAve no influence
over her."
"Yes, you have, in this case. She hates
long walks, as you know, and she won't
conic without you -she said so. Now if
you'M refuse -make may .exouse you like
bat refuse firmly -then I needn't worry.
The thought flashed 'into "Joyce's mind
that perhaps his lodgings were very hum-
ble, even squalid. In that case it was only.
matural that he should not want the fat-
tidious anistrese of the Valley Perin to see
them. Felicity was not remarkable for
tact, and Joyce often felt. ashamed as she
heard her holding forth On the drewbaoks
of her present abede, as, if she had always
beeit surrounded witheluxurea
"Of course I will prenniee not to come,"
she eaid, "and Felicity sha'n't if I can
Iola it."
'Ile thanked her with such an 1111321iStRk•
Ale look of relief that: once more her
heart tele light
don't even know where it is," she ad
ded lightly. "I hbpe I sheen% stumble
upon it in my rambles-yolz •watilel.be sure
to think I had broken my word, and was
spying,"
A etrange look eroseed his face ate the
-word, hut he turned hie head and looked
at her steadily as she sat at the end of the ,
belch.
"I don't think I should mind you so
unable,'" he said slowly. "There'ts rfothing
radepieloira in your nature, , I think you
are the eort of girl to trust a. man
through thick and thin, even if appear-
ances wore against him."
"I hope.so-I think so -if he were mY.
friend."
Robert Stone earn° nearer, and pointed
to where the little white 'gate imede d. gain' ,
in •the ledge. Fields stretched beyond, ap-
parently for miles, but on the horizon
aeael'a thick belt of trees.
'tTliat's where I live for the present -in
a cottage the 'other side of that clump,
It's in what they cell -poesy Ditne-a oor-
mitten of igoreay,' I believe.' The plate is
ablaze with gorse"
'Are you quite alone there?" joyte ask.
or", wondering, women -like, if he wee() be -
frig Properly looked after.
'GreileeScott,
not There's a .housiefull
id
And then he went very red., and gave cin
embarraseed laugh, as if the words had
easpesed out unawares. •
"I must go now," Joyce, said, after a
anoment'e silence. "Eliza, Will have got
breakfast ready, and I dare sity' yoa ought
to be 111 the hayfield by now,"
"That's real nasty of you, Miss Handl-
eon," Ito ilVtle frequently guilty of it
sight eenericatasm . "If / aught to be,
there I should be • there -haven't . you
fund that oat? As a matter ef faot, we is
can't do anything yet There s euth
heavy- dew thie interning, and t ern't1
no sentile in Writing, Wet taiis of illay ion to
soaking ,greand, no* ie there?"
Jeyeto meekly " taspoeseel atet,". .
"1 wa sn't hi ri tine eh at 'you we're 'idle"
elle added, 'with a ensile, "I think you es
Work very herd, and your houru are eo e
long too"
"Oh, thates nothing! When wag 111
ee,
Manitoba 011S harveetiug I %vitae's' eight-
een henna out or the. twenty-four tor
weelesettat was froan sunrise to elm -
down. And this is child% 'play after luta-
, berang-that bOrd WOlt, 1£ you like, 1
ketilllet,91ta winter the Saute St. Marie
Bat begun to ,tell her something, ef his
life "out Wed, and in listening to his
simple yet graphie deeerietion Joys° for-
got Eliza and breaktaet-tinae-forgote too,
that add Pain that had gripped her /mart
three dal% ago, She had expeeted Felicity
to confide in ter, as ,she lied always done
-had awaited. it with a feeling oe appre
henelen, but everything had gone on ea
befea.u, end if that atomay scene 'had 'stint-
ed in a love-passeage-aS Folitelty had hint-
ed -if the two had come to an under-
etanding, she was evidently not to know
of 'it at present,
Joyce made a good listener. --far better
than Felicity, who dearly loved to hear
herself talk, and it was email wonder •fluat
the man at het Gide felt the tanoonerants
flattery of her intereiet Rad wa.rmed to hie
wo.rt. She made a peetty pieture, ber
dark eyes (shining, her eager time turned
to hint as she leaned 4)110 elbow an the
mate table and reete.d her eheek on her
hand. It wee with a, etart of dismay that
Robert Stoae wee tee:a:led ,to the present
by hearing the hayewagone ruinlalo and
°Teak oat of the tack -yard. lie looked at
' hie watch and roe* to his feet.
"By eeonee, bow the time hats flown! Do
fongrve ano for yarning liko this, Mee
; Hamilton. Yea =net be dying for your
brea•kfaet,"
"I had forgotten, it," ehe said simply,
The nervons color sprang to hex cheeete;
she longe,d to stele him the time, but dive
ed not. Perhaps Eliza would. be er,oss; per-
. hams Felieity might be downstairs! Shb
was preset:me te hurry away when he
! stopped hr with a. gesture.
"I brought, toinething for you this morn.ing. I wonder if you will have it,"
Without waiting for her reply he went
towa•rds the little, gate, and drew aelne-
thing carefully from the tall hedge where
it had been hidden. It, was 'wrapped in a
dookleal, which uncurled as. he put it in
her hand, revealing a pure white roee, of
the kind that as found on manY butsh
in cottage gardens, small but perfeatlY
foamed, Still fresh with dew, and almost
otieelin.g 111 its whiteness.
He did not:speak, and Joyce could. not.
Something • seemed to close her throat,
and ehe tared not lift her eyes from the
flower. Thoughte whirled through her
mind at lightniag speed -thoughts in
'which Robert atone,' Felicity, her mother,
Miss Chester, and Mr. Ellison all 'seemed
jinn:bled together. Oh, why hail, she been
brought up so like R nun? Whose fa,ult
was it that's:he should •tremble becaasee
man' had spoken low and given her a
riese? _Why did the look in hie eyee re-
mittal her of the 1711111 1010 had aeked itt
Vain' for her love? At that moment he
hated herself passionately. What had
come •to her that •she should weiete 11
thought on Felicityie lover? And oh
what Must bethink of her? This new tear
steiadied her nerve, and though she epoke
in a very small voice she managed to
smile up at 'him quite bravely.
"Thank you," she said "It is lovely. I
-I expeet by tine tune you know how fond
I am of flowers. And • a. white rose means
frieridela i a doesn't it ? Perhit,ps you
thought of that. I -I :shall be very glad
to be friends."
"No; I didn't think of it. The bush
where that grew is just under my win-
dow. I brought it baciause it reminded
Inc of you. I wanted yon 10 have it -to
know that is how I think of yon -as a
sweet white rase."
Zone gave a gasp. This was worse -
much worse! Has,voice had trembled, and
he had stammered like a boy. Without
another -word or look she turned and left
him, walking tea the long gasden with
bent head, her tears fellmg on the atom
he had given here but whether they were
tears of shame, or anger, or joy she could
not for the. world' have- told.
Breakfaed we; ready in the pleaeant
faxinhouse kitchen, and if Eliza had been
kept waiting she aid not say so. They
ate the meal. almost in sileineee ae they
ha.d done on other anornin.gs, but 'when
it was over Eliza, did etot begin to bustle
about. She folded her arms on the table,
and looked across ait Joyce with a wor-
ried expreeeion on her severe, deeply -lined
face.
"I'm about tired of thee carryings -one
Miss jeyce," she said. •
The girl flushed ,sonalet. Had Eliza oeen
her and Robert Stone talking, and was
she going to take her to task? The next
wards relieved her mind on that. Point. '•
"Mieele's going a bit too far. I'm afraid
ehe' getting fond of Mr. Robert. It's got
to be put a atop to, and. you've got to
help me."
"Ii"' Joyce said, in 'surprise. f`l can do
nothinee-Eliza. Felicity doesn't wane me
at all nowadays -you canesee that. I
Should not • dare to interfere."
"Some one's got to Interfere," the we
man said deggedly. • e:
'But it-eif yob. don't approve, Eliza, why'
have you. let Felicity be so much with Mre
Stone?" • - ,
"You don't know, missie. I dia. If you.
go against. her she's that keen on having'
h.er own way shell stick at. nothing. If
You let her alone she'll tire of a thing be.
fore yea can turn 'round. I'Ve loeu. it
scores bf times. Why, lest winter I was
that worried for fear she should marry
that .geociefee-ecithing..itetehariole.,-Tanking,
d'aneing. ehe was with hilt, meeting hina
everywhere. Then all at once abe make&
him off--Ibrget all nbrititehlen. And when
I aiskea her she says: 'I'm tired of him,
Eliza. Ile bores me- to deathle "• •
"I don't thank Mr. Stone 'would. bore
any one," joyee ventured •to say. .
Eliza. frowned.
"I've made o. mietaace-and.I don't mind
owning it. I thought she'd get tbed of
playing at farming bone batfore tine."
"She bias been vety happy here," joYee
observed quietly.
"Don't I -knosv,tit?" Eliza said, ,aerneet
fiercely. "That ie wrier X let her be: I love
to see the ehild 'enjoying herself. And
eyelet else wee there for her to do in a de-
serted hole like this.? I wieli We'd never
comet lent Ire gong tot put aestbp to it
now I'm net...gable,. to eet ;her spoil -hey
alf"D'o. you think her life would be oilt
if -if \she Tnarried 'Stone ?"! •
• "ot e,oerse it would!" snapped Eliza,.
"How' could she be happy here?, I', knew
'what miseie likes and it isn't what he
calls the simple- life, though it suits her
ita, play at d for a bit. •And when there's
a man only waitin•g to. give her all a gill'
tan poseibly went; it's' sheer flying in the
face 'of Providence to carry on as ehe' de
141g."
.:•Paunemiinea.M11—'r. •LoOlt. 'ace:
position he would give her; and they say
his gardens and eoneervatories area the
lineet Wilmtneter. I know his house-
keeper,' and elle showed me, over his heuse'
the other day. My, it was fit for a queen!"
The woman& .faee was tranefignred • with,
entansiaem. "MiSeie would.be in her. eke
1"11131titt,atEerlieiciend 110 mlsta.kol
, the
In.,a,Dno,'Inotibtyhoitta 1bo100611:4e it,' 0118s, ' Tlid
' 111811
dott:t- count -at • lenet, not erten a Women,
are like 'tate-more attached to alaces
thati !people- Sive a wcman a, good. home
aelvalte her comfortable -and she won't
tare ,what eort n; manes cutting round.
lee's kind of thrown in, so to ;meek. „..,
A distresSed loak dame oyer 3..ovee's son
sitiVo.fitee, She Would liaveliked to cam;
bat this vieee, statid up.forher seace hat
elle knew that traing to argtie
Was rather like h thrl i n g oneself a gains t a t
vall-ene could; etre move. het at 01 I. and f
'nelnYe*-Vaivcine;`,11'8kal'I'N'iSre.'earrnieheel ,ia still '
theociee of Felietity, illizar she itsiced rn
"51 he itit 1111 11 W1ltlItg 10 her
Isinve.. hseee ;1 . t P 1' ainee • els 0,
time here, '111(1 liy ate, he asap011
'
eliding ehoolatee, and bib 4ti: of e
fru a 1 1 e•
Remo WAS silent. She had wondered S
`eiseigeei00-e
•••
.",
commemildht.C4Aligialguy.
Husband and Father of this Family in Danger.
This pictureshows the wife and children of Private Lonadale. a Bri-
tish prieoner of war at-Doberitz in Germany, who was..sentenced to
death for striking a Gertnan officer in the ,cancentration camp. It was
only through the intervention of James W. Gerard. the, American am-
a..sr. or at Berlin, that his life was saved, and 14 le now' stated that
the .drastic sentence will probably not be earriedout Instead the
soldier may have to undergo the original sentenCe of ten, years' impri-
aanment. The entire Matter may be taken up by a. higher military
cpurt of the German army.
sometimes .tf the offerings that lett ex-. ,
citement to the postman's call came from
bim; but Felicity had not told her, ani
she had shrunk born aeking.
"She's/m(1 a letter from. him this morn
ing,' Eliza went on. "He wants ' to coin
down in his motor. I wish Shed let him
The sight might cure her et her folly
and bring her to her eeneee."
. Would it indeed? Joyce wondered. I
the sight of the short. aeon, complacen
man, with his bald head and' ,auspiciolie
ly black • nionstathe *Mild' make Felicity
forget a manly,- teroad-eliouldered: figure
a bronzed' time: and tWO keen gray eyee,
then 522'. Carmiehael must be a magician!
But perhaee it wae the motor that was to
work the miracle?
'I 'wouldn't interfere if I wereyon
1 Elizashe etaid, atter a pause "If Fe
,'
1 licity should choose love in a cottage--"
• "Love in it fiddleetick!" the other inter
rupted, with a snort, "She's got to
choose what'e best for her! and if she
decant knew "what's best Ian going to
show her. I promised her mother I'd look
alter' her, and I'm .going to do it. Take
•
cue ot her. Eliza she' said -they were
about her last wordseaDdiee let her -throw
here,ell away as I did.' She rnarried for
1 love, poor dear, and much good it and
1 her!" ,
Joyce' i face quivered, and be bit her
lips ae if something had hurt her. How
pitiful it eouncled! Had.the poor mother
in her lact moineute thought only of the
meterial welfare of the child slie was leav-
ing?
"Have you thought about Mr. Stone?"
she ventured to welt. "If you get, your own
way I'm afraid it will comp very .hard
upon him." '
she .woman looked at her curiously.'
you think Ilea in love with missle?
I think be just humors her as he would a
child. Of course he admires her -who
could help itraewith quick Jealousy for
her nuailing"--"hut I don't ,thiuk he lovee
her; he hasn't got the look in hie eyes.
Joyce was silent. Felecity had evidently
not taken Eliza into her confidence.
"It's plain to ,see what Mr. Robert's
atter," Eliza went on; "he meant to get
the place. I don't know that I blame him
tiltogethea. It's a nice enough farm for
thoee that haven't got the settee to prefer
a town. ' But anissio's not going to• be
married by any man for what shecan
bring him. She's -worth more than that."
"What do you mean? I don't under-
stand."
"Oh, it's easy enough to see throngh. I
dare' say you've heard that he thought
the old man would leave it te him-anissie
Bays the lawyer told her so. Well, he's
dieappointed ,and he's amide up his mind
if he can't ha.ve it one way he will 'an-
other." •
Joyce almost ,giie.ped. Strange as it may
seem, the thought had never once occur-
red. her. Could it- be . possible if or
man 'who locked ee true an,d honorable to
ietoop so 'IOW?' Perhaps he was poor, and
had no 'other ‘proepeets-it must be so, or
why Should. he stay on? But Eliot anust
be wrong- Felioity was beautiful enough
to turn any man's head. Robert Stone
loved her -she Was sure et it: An.ct Though.
the 'thought gave her an odd little twinge
of pain, it hurt her leee•thanto thinit
him designing., iaad'anercepary:
But Eliza -wee apeaking sigam-thie, time
in lowered tones eta if afraid of being.
overheard; and Jones wandering
thoughts 'were brought bock with a. etart,
and she lietened in groaring 'eonsterne
tion.
"Tat not one to eneourage gossip, as You
know, 'Wes Joyte, but he would tallt-it
was yesterday ramming -and he had .aelced
for a glass of milk, and•I .couldn't help
listening. He is ,a very civil pcatim•an too.
lie eaye the ma man -Mr. Oarletan, yoii
know -took against Hebert Stone at the
laet. He found out eomething about 'him,
and 'wouldn't let Sum near him. Postman
Said the old master eaten% the enly man
he had taken in. He days he -went away,
and was drunk for a -week when he .got
dietharge.d faom the Valley Farm."
"I •don't believe a word of 'it!" Joyce, ex-
clainied. her eyes full of indignation.'
"Nor I, mies. andiLtold the postman eta
I temappe.d..hie 'head ;off, and slammed the
door on him. 'Me won't 'bring any more
tales' here. But it showed me My eluty.'
What Ida we know oif Robert•Stoae? Muid
you, 1 don't ,dielike. hisa-heei haed-work,,,
in,e, and a nice,niannored Young m,0j, but
heei• not 'for Missies And I want you to
help, me tomalce 'her see at." • ' •
.fahe get upaa seie•epoke, and beigan•to
clettr•the'tahle, and Jena thankful that
no reply seemed to be expected of her,
made her eecape.
Her face was very sweet oYia serious as
She put the little white 'Tose la avater.•end
left, it to brighten, her gloomy, bedroom.
"/' .kold ,hinx I. wanted to ,be trieinda. and
I do, • site whispered. "1 ivon't believe -a
word against •Inm-I won't evep think
tbeent it any Mere."
1be.t*o_tranned_.),
• ...Always Forgetting. • •
The); hadAnst, been Married, and
were about- to estart on their wed,
ding :Grip. As ie. the custom with
brielegreoms, he, was embarrassed
to. the &int Of"fotgethiltiess, butbe
met the sititation like all expert.
'Why, , Her ry;' Sotight' only tine'
leket,",'saidethe. lerlefe eePt•otiChe
ullyl"JuSt'.140 me, clear," e,id
Haree..onickly;.,`,..always forgetting:
myself.".„
'A WAR QUESTION.
. Is Great Britain Justified iu Fight-
•
ing for Belgian. Neutrality?
' Posterity, is sure to hold the 'nee
tion that *ea responsible for this
the greatest and most 'devastating
War known to history, in great ab-
, horence, ai
and it s forthis reason,
mainly, that the German savants
have issued their special plea on!
behalf of the Kaiser, and thatPreSs ha,s come to their air in a
her,
stupendous endeavor to pla,ce res-
ponsibility anywhere, so long as
eGmeprmcy and her war lord are ex -
Neutrality as applied to nations,
means the refusal of a third power
to go to war in behalf of either of
two belligerent nations, and thongh
always looked upon by hard fight-
ing nations unfavorably, the right
is as old as history. ,
. The Napoleonic wars, broke up
very many of the, small states of
Europe; and when that war ended
he five great powers that success-
fully emerged from it „Ionized .a
combine for the future governenent
of Europe, and worked out a new
scheme for the surviving small
states whioh were especially impor-
tant as strategical ground from
their geograp,hical location.
.They called it a "perpetual neu-
tralization," the signatory powers
consisting of Russia, Prussia„ Aus-
tria, France and England, entered
into a, treaty that Certain designat-
ed small countries should be re-
served from conquest by every other
power, and they united in what they
called a "guaranty of neutrality,"
There were,nitie such areas, not all
in Europe, covered by this treaty„
among them Belgium, in 1821, Lux-
emburg, Switzerland, etc., eoming
in at different.dates later on.
The great signifiean,ce of these
treaties is that they indicate a, defi-
nite purpose on -the part of the
great powers to, remove tertain pos- t
sible points' of friction from the a
arena of evax.
The Belgian•treaty was superced-
ed by a laterone; ibearing date, in
1839, and all Were in lull -force and 8
effect when the present great war
began. The chief purpose of these
agreetnents was to remove.,the pos-
sibility of any one nation gaining an
advantage over its neighbor by de-
stroying or annexing a region in
which other , poWers were: intensely
interested, and not somuch to pro-
tect the weak nation from spolia-
tion.
, This systene of nentralization was
greatly strengthened by the second
Ha;g,ue Conference in 1907, which
adopted ehapter ;on "the Rights
and Duties of Neutral Powers," and,
the first signature to' this was by
distinguished 'official re,presentativP
of the German Government. EaCh
of the 'signatory nations (and this
includes Great Britain), gained the
right to demand and expectthat
none of the otherpowerswould vio-
late the neutrality of any of the,
states enumerated in the treaty in
ease of wara, Each'agreed to. keep
'hands off" " entirely, so that .the
others might have ne excuse, for
laYing hands on! But, independent
of 'all treaties or 'Hague, Conven-
tions, the right of anyestate to ree,
main neutral b,as evor been recog-
niz,ed thrdughent history. A state
hasa right &the treated ,a,s neutral
teimply beeatirse fit is in:fact neutral.
Switzerland ,has sitaceeicled in 1iflin
taihing het rientrality becaase of
the'epeculiar eouformation of .her
's4rictee, and while Belgitirre'„s nee-, ,
trigieation hite•.:beett threatexiad see,
eeiv".ae)r`y. ',beceeise the
nn
gotry is fiat atal.,easlIpinvaded SIlI
prtiido. '1
Oteet fi'elgium from the
.rield • gti)1 tifeerete fleatel.
France. England and Prussia (fle,
Many) front eath other, the afore
said five emit powerin 1831 signed
Bi'who gives too enrich attention
e the hasinees of other people is
tirely neglecting his owri.
.
a treaty that "Belgium Aral form
an independent and perpetually
neutral state, "and shall be bound
to „observe neutrality towards all
other states." The 4.1"St Se11•01.13
danger •to Belgium neutrality came
through the annexation of Hanover
and other Gerrnan states by Prus-
sia, in 1808, but the ,steoem blew over,
and Belgian neutrality was , only
strengthened .asel tefirrne,d by the
strong stand taken by the Glad-
stone c.kewernment eat the time, and
to which the'other great powers, in-
cluding Germany, 'gracefully ac-
ceded. •
Things rerrfained itt stain puo, as
the lawyers phrase it, until on the
4t1i of August, 1914, Germany, with-
out any othe1exoufe than "military
neeeseity," as her Chancellor ex-
pressed it, invaded Belgian soil,
well knowing that France, depend-
ing upon the aforesaid treaty, had
omitted to fortify her possessions
along the Belgian frontier, and that
invasion of •Fi•areee by the Kaiser's
forces froin that direction, would
meet with but little resistance.
Treaties, we were told by the same
great German Lend Chancellor, are
of no more importance than scraps
of waste paper, and thus he meta-
phorically tore up the neutrality
papers and contemptuously scatter-
ed them to the four winds of heaven,
The foregoing official announce-
ments and historic dates should set-
tle the question of responsibility for
the war, but this has been mot by
German critics and apologists in
unofficial assertions, printed and
scattered broadea.st throughout the
United States, .01a,irning that Bel-
gium, between July 24 and August
4, the date of German occupaney of
Belgium, was guilty of hostile acts
justifying German invasion,
CHAS. M. BICE.
Deliver, Jan, 18, 1915.
14
THE SOLDIER AND BIS WILL.
How the State Arranges Important
Hatters for Him.
The soldier, according to Kipling,
is an absent-minded beggar. The
British law itself eeemS to have the
prevalent idea about Tommy Atkins
being absent-minded, for it gives
him, a, speeial privilege which is de-
nied to the civilian. This is in re-
gard to the making of a will.
. If the Ordinary civilian in the Old
Country wishes to make his will he
has to °amply with all sorts of for-
malities and technicalities. He is
practically hound to go to a trained
lawyer—otherwise there will be
trouble and expense when he dies.
For Tommy Atkins none of these
terrors exist. He ha.s the privilege
of ignoring, them altogether, and
disposing of his•belengings in a very
simple way. He does not need any
witnesses, nor technical phrases,
nor elaborate clauses. He oan even
dispense with writing if he so de-
sires, and just say, by word of
inolith, what his will is with regard
to his property.
The law says that a soldier who is
in .actual military service may dis-
pose of his personal estate without
the usual formalities.
It can be either in writing or by
word of mouth. He need not wait
until he is twenty-one either, as a
civilian has to do. The important
point which is always cropping up,
however, is, when is a soldier in
actual military service?
There were some interesting cases
On the point, after the Boer War.
When the War Office wanted volun-
teers for South Africa a certain
,onng man offered himself. He
passed all the medical tests and
vent into barracks, which happened
to be in the same town. He then
made his will in barracks.
Later on he went out to South
Africa, where he was killed in ac -
ion. His ivill was disputed, and
n attempt made to upset it on the
round that he was not in acteal
iilitaryeerviee when it was made.
twas decided, however, that as
,oOn as he had taken certain steps
nder orders preliminary to going
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to the front he was in actual mili-
tary service, and the will was de-
clared to be a good and valid sol-
dier's will.
The privilege.extends not only to
soldiers, hut to sailors as well. In
the case of a sailor he must be at
sea when the will is made. As
usual in these eases, it is left to the
courts to say who it a sailor within
the meaning of the Act. For in-
stance, a purser on board a warship
had made a 'n ill without the usual
formalities. • Subsequently the will
was questioned and the question
was, Was a purser a seaman?"
The court decided that he was.
wiMll.ore than one will has been
wounds within a fe.w minutes of
scribbling out a dying message
which has been construed into a
made on the b.attlefield, and more
than one soldier has died from
During the Boer war, one of our
soldiers, before going to the trench-
es, told one of his officers that if he
were killed he wanted all his pro-
perty to go to a 'certain person. The
°Meer. happened to make a note
of it.
Later on the soldier's, name found
14 'way on the roll of honor, and a
ispute arose over his belongings.
The officer produeed his notes of the
dead man's wishes and it was held
; that they were a good and valid
wiLliastly, it mtay be remarked that
this privilege of the soldier is no
new thing, for it was introduced by
Julius Cmsar for the benefit of his
Roman army. It was introduced in
England in 1837.
cl
"You claim that you love me,"
said Gladys. "And so 1 do," re-
sponded Clarence fervently. "Do
you love me enough to die for me?"
she eontinued. "Well, hardly
that," said Clarence, "because
mine, you see, is an undying love.'
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1 Plau the Dairy Darn 1Oirefully. 4,i
Experienee has showi4 . taiti 01 10.).
orate and 'costly barns oe Act no- ,
cessa,ry for permanence, .santtatio,p, .
comfort of aows, or convenience 1.11
the production of clean minr.
Money invested in elaborate barns '
is seldom reoovered when the farm
is sold. Some of the most exPen-
&ere barns have been the most in- .
convenient and impractical. In
manyeases this is due to •the lad
that they were planned by eiby
architects knowing little or nothing
of the operations necessary in hand-
ling eows and milk. In building .
such, barns, display and fancy a,p-
pearance are often th.e 'first con-
sideration.
Ordinarily the building- of a bare
it, au event which oceurs Very sel-
dom in the iife of a farmer and for
this reason a great deal of thought' '
and study 'should be given before
beginning the project. By careful,
planning, 'the labor of oaring for
the cows ma.y be reduced one half.
Many mistakes may be made in
building a barn and frequently
these are not discovered until it is
too late to correct them. -Mistakes
in arrangement may compel a great
many unnecessary steps and require
work to be done at a great ,clisad-
vantage, day after day, year in and
year out. Mistakes may be made in
the location of the silo, in the plac-
ing of doors, or in the dimensions
and platforms, gutters'passage-
ways and alleys, and thelacation of
posts. These details should all be
considered beforehand and such
mistakes avoided.
The cost of the barn should be in
keeping with the value, size and
income producing capacity of the
farm, and within the bounds sanc-
tioned by conservative business
management. Money invested in a
dairy barn should he *required to
pay at least ten per cent a y.ear.
This is, necessary to cover interest,
depreciation, taxes, insurance, etc'.
Thus, if $1,000 were invested in a
barn to house twenty ZOWS, $100 a
year would have to he charged for
barn rent. '.i..iis would amount to
$5.00 per head. If milk is sold at
an average price of fifteen cents
per rjeallon, 33 1-3 gallons of the
yield of each cow would be required
to pay rent on the stall which she
.oecupies.
A good business farmer seldom
puts more than $50 per eow in a
dairy barn. Good substantial barns
are often built for much less.
Wealthy men sometimes built barns
which cost $LOW to $1,500 per cow.
If rent were charged the cows for
use of these buildings it would
amount to $100 to $150 a year for
each eoW. &Leh expense, of course,
makes it utterly impossible to se-
cure profits from such dairies even
with the most economical methods
of feeding and management.
Sometimes to•o little money is in-
vested in dairy buildings in which
case undue labor is required in
taking care of the cows. Work is
often done at a great disadvantage,
as, for instance, when silage must
be carried to the cows in baskets..
Dairy work must be done twice a
day, every day in the year, and a
slight fault in arrangement may
mean a large amount of extra work
in a year's time, ,
On tlic Farm
Stormy Days 3I111e Useful.
Instead of spending the stormy
day in lounging about and napping
atintervals, the farmer may find it
a day of profit to him. There are
broken pieces uf harness or machin-
ery that need attention. The har-
ness needs oiling, some sick stock
may need doctoring. The stormy
day is an apportunity for this work.
We know a man who has built a
toolhuuse for stormy day work.
Here he mends harness, makes new
parts for machinery, manufactures
new double and single to re-
place the broken ones. Often he
makes some article convenient for
the home. In' fact, hie workshop
often consumes more of his 'time
than the stormy days gave him.
Defective Vision.
She was of a somewhat haughty
eature, and, being on a shopping
xpedition with a °friend, happened
io catch a glimpse of an acquaint-
ance she did not wish to recognize.
"Let no go this wa.y past the silk
eeunter, I just saw someone 1 don't
etIre to meet." .
''Who is she?'asked her friend,
who did not see anyone near them.
"Oh, some horrid woman with 8,
smirk on her face. Of course 1 have
only a bowing acquaintance with
het, and although her face is famil-
iar 1 cannot remember her name."
They finiehed their shopping and
the twe women found theinslves itt
the same point where one of than
, hod seen her 'disagreeable acquaint-
ance.
-."There she is again. Why, 1 do
believe she's beet -here :all the
time,".. she enid pointing to the per-
son isi cpiestien.
"That...win:ea/a 1 Geodnese sakes,
1 hat's yoUrself you see in the mire
ror. there I" .
Pven the tbirsty ehap tris to
lge the bar of justiee.