HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-2-25, Page 3LEY FA
Or, Felicity's Inheritance.
CHAPTER, VL-(ContinnetI).
It was Kunst heleasehour before elle. saw
(livening of any kiud; then ottani teen
in the road brought her euddeillY to a
long low whilowashed. Cot/ayes, iltiaked
at the back by a wood. Joyv wlke4 up
e., pat% that led anparently to the treat
.doce, thee peposta, trembliug peel entitle;
lees, melee the Shelter o o lit.tle lean-to
of grelvanized iron, whicb hadt been built,
.on to theelide o,f the cottage. She closed
her eyes, ter fthe -felt. feint and giddy,
*dee tiler would lot her rest for a
b.. At, any rate.elle mutt get her
breath back before tlaillg tile way.
A feint sweet smell iessailed her nostrile,
and mede Itee open her eyes and look
remind. -Awe round the -corner, 60 olose
that sonie of the bloiseame touched her
,dreee, 111.1$ 11, white rosehtesie Heated as
they were by the storm, with petals sc,al-
tered, and some of the branehes bent to
the earth, Joyee would have known thoee
roses auewhere, for the one that Robert
Stone had given her was jest like them.
She' hid her face in her hands, and ode"'
Na- Wed cies° to the wall. She knew what
had happened. All utavittingly ehe. bed
-come to the cottage where he lodged. Oh,
• •for strength to get owner before be dee
oevered her! She felt that if she met him
at that, moment she would die.
e-, excl while ,ebe wetted 0, sound came no,
her from the open window round the cor-
ner -the sound of hia voice, stern, hazel,
terrible. He was there! The rein must
strilSaipa eheeworaread soot aim borne.
earlier then Weal. Every word came to
her dietinctly.
"ru lime no more nonsense, you hound!
I'm tired to death of it alll If you dare
eto diedbey me again I'll tie you down ,n
bed like I did before. Do you hoax?"
No elle answered, hut there wps the
,sound at a. souffle, fol•lowed by deep, pant-
ing breathe; and through it all Joyce
was sure she heard some one sobbing -it
.flountled like' a women.
For a. moment she steed transfixed, then
-she did it.thing for which she could never
afterwards account -a brave, a recklese
•fthing that any other time would have
been imeossible to her. She crouched
.down behind the rose bush, and peered in
at rine corner of the, _little window.
It was a strange scene that net. her eyes
• -a fearful seene, It seemed to her. Rob-
ert Steno had his back to hie He...seemed
to be wreetaing with a man as tall as him -
:self, while a slimefairhaired woman steed
in'.the background crying and wringing
her hands.
JOYCO could not teke her eyes away frotu
the man's face. She eould never Baer-
, wards recall It without a shudder. It
looked horrible, its pallor being accent-
uated by jet black hair. The lips were.
parted; in a snarl of rage. the bloodshot
.eyes started out of hes head. It was the
face of a madman. Ho had the buied of e.
Pewerful man, hut Robert' Stone seemed
to be a. match for him, for while she gaz-
ed, lerroestricken, he forced him back-
wards into a, chair, and ,proceeded to tie
hie hands and feet with ropes.
Trembling 10 every limb. Joyce turned
aed fled. Some instinct guided her to the
little path through the wood, and once
out -of it she knew that through the fields
ley the (Ivey to the Valley Farm. She ran
on and on as if for her life. Once he
014 for the grass was slippery from the
rein, but she stumbled on, though her
soaked aloes woeld barely keep on her
'feet,. She found lereelt moaning as if she
lea been hurt, and etopeed ae,haet. Was
she, too, going mad?
In what, eeemed en incredible short
time she found hereelf at the whiteagate
at the bottom of the garden. After time
'she had a dim niemory of going in by ehe
!back door, of seeing Elmits startled facie,
of saying to her in a voice curiously un-
like her own. Then she dropped in a lit -
t1 E 'heap on tho mat and remembered no
eats?.
CHAPTER VII.
Elizawas very geed to Joyce. It was ehe
who brought her back to consciousness,
(helped her off with her aoalted garment's,
and. get e seam bath ready. Deter she
insisted on her taking the basin of gruel
she brought for her, and sae with her till
She fell asleep. Joyce eelt thee after that
night it would be easy to forget the wo-
snasfe grumblinge and cross words, and
remeanber only her almost motherly kind -
nets. Felicity he did not see a.t all.
.Toyee slept heavily, for she wart exhaest,
ed in mind and body. but she felt listless
and unrefreehed when the morning came.
Her head throbbed, she ached in every
limb Owl. when Eliza brought her break-
fast upetairs and told her to etey in bed,
she acquiesced gratefully. The gloomy
bedroom she disliked so much appeared to
her now as a very heven of refuge. She
shrank from seeing Felicity. Ste hoped
never to meat Robert Stone again as long
aceshe lived!
Eliza looked, worried when she brought
her up steno elinner-dinner which Joyee
tried in vain to eat.
"Don't you get up to -day, Mae Joyce,"
"'she advised. "There's /hinge, going on in
tide house I don't, understand at 'all, and
you're beet where you are."
Joyce watt only .too glad to do as she
was told. She was juat tailing into a doze
?clean Felicity came in, shutting the doer
eitiefully behind ler •and taking up It pose
tion at the foot of the bee. 'She had never
looked lovelier. Her dress -a cream de.
laine, floe/erect with a design of pink
xooebuds, with yoke and sleeves of net -
fell round her in soft folds, Showing off
(her rether full figure to advantage, and
she had threaded a pink ribbon through
her elaborately dreesed baar. Hat Joyce
• 'noticed at oneethe hard look in the blue
.eyee, the tightening of the mouth, encl.
her 1 cart sank.
, "Are You better?" Felicity asked abrupt-
ly, "Eliza says you're not getting up to-
day. Shall you be all right to-raorrow?"
11111••••I,11011.11.0•42ffit.111••••••••••G
..1;t3f
"Yes, ea Coulee, Velieity," Joyce said
nervously. "1 will got, up new if yea
want me. Dist, Why do yint ask?"
"Beettuee I went von to go home to your
mother early tomorrow morning."
shalt be Nery glad to go," Joyee tee
levered, the tee 1' etatting to her eyce.
"I wish you had mover come," the cold
voice went on. "Yoteve spoilt everything
-made no end ed neistadef, It WSS OAS.
UAW. bringing you-Illiza :mid so at the
time."
"So did Mee Ceester. I witel now I bed
lietened to her."
• Felicity's% temper berme to rise. }Ler
eyes flashed.
"Wee Cheeter's n .t -a horrid old mitt!
?The always thought more of yen then of
one. I wonder what she would 'ay if she
oould heads about, you now -whet a sly,
derseitful gn'l. you. ve been. Oh, I m no
blind, ;Joyce Hamilton! I saw you in the
rickyard on Sunday night. I newitys say
'thet quiet girls are the deepest Here
.You've been preaebing propriety to me
and warning inc aye:tithe Robert Stone,
and flirting with him bebind my back all
the time.'
The color rushed to Joece'e white oheeks,
hut she sat up and looked steedily at
the angry girl.
"I heve done Twilling of the kind,
Fe-
.lijty anfacyou know it. Aria .1 ant not
Reheated of Sunday 'night. I was onle
taere a few minutes, and never dreamed
of seeing Mr. Stone. That need not trouble
you. We Ise -vet -en' hetes .cnuteelled.a. •
"And aren't Pei golag to -see 'hire and
melte it up?" . •
Joyce shrank visible; but whether from
the <steer% tones or the bare iden she
could not heve told.
"Oh, no, Felicity! I don't want to see
him over again,"
"ran mire I don't went you to. There's
a train to London iubout ten. to -morrow.
Can you be ready for that?"
"Yos; but how can I get to tbe station?
It's five miles to Steneeeroses. Isn't it. I
don't think I could walk."
"The ortrrieat will cell for you and your
box. He goes early toenorrow-it is mar-
ket day rn arrange it."
Follette- 'wait leaving the room as tamers,
enoniously as she had entered it when
Joyce milled her back. At that moment
she looked much the younger of the two,
with her wistful face, and her dark hair
hanging itt two long rears oyez her
Shoulders.
"Will you lend me some money?" she
asked, the color once more dyeing ber
•faoe, "I will send it back as soon as I
can.. I have onlY a, few shillinens, and
know the fare is quite half e sovereign."
Before leaving Wilmineter, Felicity had
said she should insist on paying Joyce's
fare both wayte but she had apparently
:forgotten all rebout it. Now she took half.
a sovereign from the sek purse haeging
on her ATM and throw It on the bed.
say goodasye now," elle said; "I
don't suppose I shall see you again before
you go."
There was positive disliats in the look
she east upon Joyce, and tihe girl was eat
to the heart,
"Oh, Felicity. why are you so angry with
me? We ha.ve been such friends -and for
ee many years -I catia bear to part like
this, I don't know What I've done, but If
I have hurt you I am sorry."
"Being sorry -won't give me my lover
baok."
"I haven't taken •hiret from you. How
can you say suoh t thing? I'm sure
everything will come right between you
if you will only be patient -only give and
take a little. Mr. Stone must oveelook 11
this about Mr. Carmiohael, end you must
forgive him about me -though, indeed,
there is nothing to forgiver'
It most Joyce something to say this, but
ohe felt it wee worth a, little ee.crince of
pride if only they could part friends.
Felicity did not reply, but the look on
her face as ehe walked towards the door-
way was so strange that Joyce lay quite
still, for awhile,wondering whet it reerent.
The conversation had not "tended to
raise her epirits, Felicity had not Raked
ono question abut her ariventere the day
before, and for aloe he was thankful,
but she might have said something kind
and sympethette,
'It serves 1710' right for being selfish and
takine my own WILY," the poor girl told
herself. "I never did it befestru.end I am
being puniehed. Oh, I hope 1 stall get a
situation soon! I will work so hard that
sha'n't have time to think." •
Unfortunately there was plenty of thee
in the present, for no one earee near her
all the long, dull afternoon. Her thoughts
tortured her, aaid Felicity's unkiudnetss
had effectually bamished all desire for
sleep -the eleep that would have at least
brought foegetfultiess.' She writhed as
she thought -of ,her reeept foolishness;
everything in jihe present combined to
depress her; and the outloek for the fu-
ture was gloomy in the extreme, Suppose
it was ecime weeks before she found a post,
and she had to itdd to her mother's bur-
dens instead of hell -sing her?
She cried herself to sleep at length, and
*Woke itt consternation tb find that she
must heve elept several hours, for the pale
Yellow light,outeide .the Window was not
the golden sunehine of the atternoon. She
felt parched with thirst, and wondered
why Eliza had not brought her any tea..
Perhaps she had loOked in and decided
dot to disturb her. There was .no bellin
the room, and she would not have liked to
ring it if tbere had been. Hee witteli had
stopped, so she told hereelf perhaps it wee
not so late as she thought, and she lay a
little longer, hoping that Eliza would
come.
me
house was very still.. Not a sound
could she heasr,. thotigth sbe listened with
Strained attention. The silence began to
get on her nerves, and she had just de.
eided to get up ..and investigate when her
eye caught What looked like it small .picee
of paper lying on the carpet, as if it had.
-, -.4 • • • . •
t been thrtest under the door. She went
and fetched It anti tree down on the Side
of tbo bed before. refuting it, for. she was
trembling, and the wave of appr011enftion
thee sweet °Tor her Mado her keel 111 and
dizzy.
It was a, ebort note -a short.; penoilled
scrawl from Uwe. •
"Dear Wes Joyce," it ran, "We have
gone. 141€010 won't let. ane tome told ex-
plain nor nothfug. Of course, I hove to
go with her, but 1 feel had Atbout leaving
you. She' sales you ere going to YOUT
in the morning, so you will be all right.
But I hope you won't com.e•to 00 haT.121.bo.
fore then, „ . .
It had evidently been written in a
greet hurry, for Eliza expreseed hereon
Muth better etc a rule, and eoyee, could
barely make out the -writing.. tibe gazed
at the paper with dismay.
"It cannot be true," ehe told , herself,:
NMOMMINI••••••...•••••••••••••11...P1\,,le.
•••••••••
FREE ! ! $200.0 IN CASH
AND 100 VALUABLE PREMIUM'S GIVEN AWAY!
1st PRIZE, $50.00 in Cash 3rd PRIZE $35.00 in Cash
2nd PRIZE, $40.00 in Cash 4th PRIZE $25.09 in Cash
51h to 9th PRIZES, Each $10.00'in Cash.
etig:
......................,,,..,...... .......,;_-. ....; .
....,..4cn;;.-7. -... :,;;.„....... :'-'0,04........\.,..„,,,,;;;:",,.:tr.,,f,;;+"...2-4.1.1,0 "."---•'-7.... 17,-.'"'"
471 Nem. .O.V.'!''''''',T..:.-..„'"T.,.e.=.-*' ---4.--".---..m,,;.•T, ,.'"•`...,....-"--,4" „........7..........„...-............., ..........L... ./..................,,,„,,,-,e
-* • ''''''' ••• 1=Pr''' ,........eove.. ..---,......---.... ... .
1,1(611bove picture shows a Torpedo Boat Desitoyer end an Aereplaite. The Aeroplane belongs
CO -the enemy. It has Just dropped a bomb on the deck 'of the war vessel. Some of the crew
have been knocked down by the shock, end some have jumped into the watt:: In en endenvour
to save themselves by getting aboard other boats that are near by. Can you find the fates of the
fotirteen menstn the picture./ Some will be OSSIIV found, bthers ore herder to discern, but by
patience you cad probably lied most of them. Yoe may Win a cash prize by doing so. 1VIan7
have done tiffs. Ifyou find the faces mark each one with an X ; cut out tee pictute mid send it
to es together rvith tt slipoepaper on Which you have written the words, I have found all the
010eS and-morked them." Write these Mee words plainly and neatly as in eases of ties both
writing and neeteess will be considered Septets in (hip contest.
. Tb15 may tax Agy 0 littll of yourtitire-but•as them Is $AttO . Ott. in cash and One 'Hundred
p
Premiums giveni Vly, ft is worth your while to (eke a Intotrouble over this matter.
We do not ask ..' Ala spend Otte Cent of your MotW,Viti.order to enter this Contest.
ir
•
Send 7001 no _aerie once; we will reply by return mnithayleg Whether you are correct or
noeihut will send Ait a complete Mize Vet together with the mestee and addressesof the persons
who have eeceni yaebeived ever Siti000.00 an cash prizes:front us, and will also send fun
partiesilars of a simple condition nig Must be f ;drilled in order that yoo may atedify in tins
contest e This condition does not involve the.speteling of any of your money.)
" Winners o(eash prizes in our late competitions will not be allowed to enter this one.
f a,...'illils Compelltfork3vAl he iedeed by two well knosva business 0)011 01 undoubted ittlegrity
'Who beet: no tonneetiodevith this Cotnpany. Their decisions ibliS be accepted as final.
-$Iserd Yefer kettle i '
• e. direct te-- HOUSEHOLD ,SPEOtALTY COnr, best W, MONTREAL,
,steineserse, i;:aireseiiisiresianwriesairia
shivering.
They <meld not be so' mei, 60 brutal 'me
to leave her to epend a night alone in the
'hot. e, with 110t n fii00(3, within call! But
even while she said it Sher knew thiet it
we true. The silent house Wes meet
enough. They had gone, without seyina
goodliye; or 'telling her their pains, leav-
ing her to ehift for hereetif; end if it had
not been fat' the impulse that, bad prompt-
ed her to ask Felieity for her *fare, she
woekl have been unable to get away. •
' She (Ire:zed- In trembling haste, teeing
hereon severely to task as elle did so.
Vlore et nothing 'to be fr.gbtened
teal herself; she 'vas as safe as if F.
liony ancl Eliza, were there. She had never
eonsidered herself a coward till she ciente
to the Valley Farm, but tow she dreaded
going downstairs, and shrank from the
very Omega of the coming nightwith
its mysterious noises, It's *fleeces end
shadows.
Yeerts elient in Poring over books; in
Diapering for ex'arninatione, had not fit-
ted hee to tope with an experience like
the; pieieent one, and -when presently she
found herself in the deeerted kitchen she
looked round timidly, es if expecting Estee
one to burst upon her through its elosed
''44)4gty must have gone early in tee alter -
noon, for the fire waft, almost out. Joyce
coaxed it into a blaze with some etieks.
end.rnade hereelf some tea, cater which
elle felt a little more courageous. She
wene out into the farrayard and looked
into the sheds. It was as silent there as
in the house, for the 00Wf1 had been milk-
ed and turned out, and the men had .vi.
dently gone hOme, the storm of the daY
before having atoned all haymaking for
!the present As she retraced her stees,
she woadered how Felicity and Ellie had
got away. Phe barrier's cart that had
been considered good enough for her,
would certainly not be thought suitable
for the former and her tuany belongings.
A sudden thought took Joyee up to their
bedrooms. Yes, their boxes were gone;
not a trace was left of either of them(
Either she had slept very heavily, or they
had stolen away with as little noise as
possible.
And all the time the answer to her vain
questions lay on the ttible in the sitting -
room in the form of a, note from Felicity.
When Joyce found it, a humorous thought
broke up the sadness of her face. It 6000).
to be her fete to fInd,notes lying about -
100.3 that brought her nothing but worry
and perplexity.
Elizies note, scrawl though it was, hod
at least Shawn some heart. There was not
a trace of feeling Ill Feheitys. She had
not even troubled to address Joyce by
DM O.
"As you are the only one_teat eares for
the farm, I aux leavieg you in undeseuted
eos'session of it. Pray don't tannic I have
run away with Robert. Stone. I wrote to
Mr, Cerrniebael yesterday. and he has
come in bis big toneing oar end is ta.king
us back to Werniuster. bag Rad baggage.
I shall let the lawyer know I don't went
the hateful faxen. I -wish I had never
seen 1t -�r goit either, Follett se"
"PeS. 1 am going to marry Mr, Vex-
miehael almost et once."
Jerre stool for a lone, time motioulees,
lest in tho•aglet. Could this cruel note
'ally have been written by her friend -
lovely. sunneetempered Felicity? Whet
bad so changed and embitteree bet? 0r,
Was it thee beneath nett falr rind smiling
exterior these lay n mean and spiteful na-
ture. a. renoinous disposition, ready to
show itself when ,Felicity was areseed.
when people tailed 'to nienee- herr land
Miele Chester Oen quite right, ;lifter all?
The news in the letter puzzled Joyce.
She fen that more lay behind. teo situa-
tion , th a n she (multi prowl ve. • She could
only conclude that when Robert Stone had
teem: Fel kitty te ta sk &bent Mr. Ca a
miebnel. nbe heti retaliated by taunting
nim about bereeloyce. She felt sure he
bed proved no metre: for Felicity in a• war
of NVOP(18, thkNy Rd ended by Quarreling
about berehow her cheeks burned al the
thole:MI-end Felicity lied revenged beie
self on him by ate -opting her elderly
11i,5lttc'r.
eroosod 1iere1f preeently. asei reeolr.
ed to spend tee few remaining hours of
sleylight in pocking her box and getting
ready far ber early setae in the mor.ning.
She was thenkful to here something, to
do to distract her thoughts. and she lin-
gered over the taste till she woe obliged to
light n candle, and Oust revealed such
'weird shadows teal she finished in frantic
Imetto and ruched down to t'he kitchen.
. Gloomy and uninviting as it looked, she
4ha1e resolved to speed the nigb.t there, but
,ou reflection, sbe felt she dered not do it.
A light :in the latver windowe might arouse
o-ariosity if any one came roboutale farm.
nor must elm burn- one in her bedroom. If
th.e men bad seen the Manes Jeeve-ae
was most probable -they would conolnde
she had gone to; end she felt she woe
eadest if no 0110 knew of her presence.
After .malting all tee doors end windows
secure, he went" back to her room. 'Every-
thing; wee ready; her box ware corded and
looked. and ehe WOG wearing the dreee .0
which she meant to tcra,vel. She put out
nbe candle and theew herself, jest OS be
wasupon the bed. She knew it wee fool- '
ish. but she dared not msdress. The night
We hot and /deletes. 'her roma felt. stifling
though the window -a easement one -was
as wide openas it would go. The moon
was at the full, so every -object stood oirt
eleerly as if le were daylight.,
-Joyce tried ln' vain to sleep,' but al-
though she felt tired and really HI, he
'could not even, doze -?perhaps owing to
her prolonged sleep in the atternoon.
When she began to feel' a little drowey,
she, was sure it, must be near morning,
thotegh 'in rertliey it was not much past
midnight.
Then all at once She sat up, startled, ter-
rified; wide aswake. There wee a noise un-
der her window -someone ,evne moving
about, some abject wae being tbuneped
ageenet the wan. Was it a burglar,
aware eltratethetsiiouse was again'. empty,
trying tneenetalettelle poreb? ,Toyee felt
thoroughly szonerved, and it, was only bY
11..614,071g' off orb tthe kept hermelf, from. faint-
shg:: Some instinct warned her to run to
thel windone and Abut it. .but she eOuld
'net move. Iler limns seemed turned to
stene, and she could only gime at the
zebo'n-lighted panes, paniceserickme fren-
zied br a terror e neared 'with winch all
' Itese rz evious team ,seenred •
Ae she gazed,. a .shape came slotvly into
view -a, ma,nei figure blotted out 'the
eil-
ver ligalt, a huge body heaved natal, rant,
frig, round the her -open window that
eted outon a hinge. Them she saw his
dace, and ,Toyce ever atter marvelled that
elie kept her reason. It was the madman
whom Robert Stone had struck and bound
in the cottage in the lane. •
A minute snore artd the roan eteed in the
room, hesitating as if undeolded vrhat to'
do next. Joyce felt that if It had been an
ordinary burglar, calm could have f alien
on her knees in thaolefulneee: but thie
man who stood /swaying and 'trembling
by the window had a long- knife le hie
hands 31t glittered in the moonlight es
lie lurched towards the bed.
Men Joyce half OTOZ04. RO she nvas with
feat, SW sometaing thee ,gave her elle first
gleam of hope. Ile did not see her. lite
ea-eis 'had the fixed glare of a sleepwalker.
With, a voiceless but agonized prayer for
heleeeshe•slid off. 'Um bed and (leashed .her-
self 'against the wait. Ile went tale other
gide. end elba saw his face distinctly. There
Was ne mistaking Ito expretesion-it 100115.
ed fiendish ingte hate and ferocity.
Ioyce.sarty him strike once, twice, thriee
et the pilloate with" hie knife aefore she
found Strengtlt to totter to the window.
110 her tertOr she wetild probably, have
thrown herself outp.;bat she reached' it,
she gave 11 wild stream -rt stream ot Ta•p•
allre end relief; 'kir Steening 111/ tholedder
W0.3 Robert Steno,
Ito periwig through the window ,with a
horrified exelamation at the sight of her.
then 'thrusting hea..pu one side, ihe reach-
ed the bed w4t1i bcillnd, Joyce stew very
little of the fierce efreagle thet followed,
-see etruggle leetween •a brave, strong
g111111 mind tuanitteeefor 11 mild eeeesed.
Writ out their straining, writhing figures,
thick.darknese descended on her, and 'xi
the corner 'where Robert Stone had ;thrust
ber She lay very white and still.
(To be (mutilated.)
WANTED -HOME LETTERS,'
By 8gt, Frank 8, Brown of Princess
Patricia Canadian Light Infantry,
• Now at the Front
What is the call,
`rhe bugle call,
The call that has no better ?
The silver call
That beats then). all,
The music call for letters.
You can Aalte a silver trumpet
And soimd the dread alarm,
T. A.* win spring in action
With his rifle 'neath his arm.
But if you want to see.him jump
Or run like a, streak of hall,
Just take the same old bugle
And sound the call for "mail",
No one who's not been there himself
Can tell just what it means
To have a live .epistle
From your home tucked in your jeans.
A. tripping slveet ,Tolin Collins
To a thirst you wouldn't sell,
Isn't in it with a ste:rying heart
That kets a; word frOin
Or if the maiden's name is Kate,
Or Jean or Marguerite,
A scented word Of love -him makes
A week's dull drudgery sweet.
Why, any mother's soldier son
Who learns the bugle, cry,
Just stops his heart and holds his
breath
For fear he!ll be 'passed by.
His hand is all a tremble,
His eyes stick out like pegs,
He goes all of a quiver,
With the ague in his legs,
And if his name's not on the list,
He wilts like a frozen bud,
Until another mail call drags
Him ploughing through the mud.
He's not ET correspondent,
And his answers may be few;
His opportunities are slim,
To write his "billet deux."
But when he does, it is beneath
A, spluttering pine knot taper,
With a broken nib and an ink -starved
pen,
1 On a scrap of cartridge paper.
Now the moral is for folks at home,
Don't wait for him•to.write
And don't say "Dear Tom -must close;
I hope this finds you right."
A good long newsy letter,
Is the beat that you can yield
In the way of down -right service,
To your Tommy in the field.
What is the call,
The cheering call,
That every other betters?
A. silver call,
A longed -for call,
The music call for letters.
*Tommy Atkins.
Salisbury Plains, Xmas, 1914.
‘CO..).DITIONS OF PEACE.
What the Allies Will Exact From
Germany and Austria. •
The peace treaty Which will end
the present, war will be imposed.on
Germany and Austria by the three
,power, -Great Britain, Rus-
sia and France -who wikl be actu-
ated by the following principles:
First -A war indemnity which will
represent . the darnaiges caused by
the war. Second ---As regards. ter-
ritorial acquisitions, the allies will
'show disinterestedness. Third -All
other considerations will be subor-
dinated to this one -viz., die elim-
ination of the -causes of future war -
fore. Fourth -This will be the sole
object in view in the reorga,nization
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Fifth -In bringing about this reor-
ganization the allies will take ac-
count of the groups called national-
ities1 but without giving them the
ftetitious importance attributed to
them by political anthropology. ,
In order that a, treaty have legal
force there must be a mandatory
wlhose duty it shall be to see that
the stipulations of the 'treaty be
strictly 'carried out,. writes Yvei
Xuyot -in North American Review.
In 1815, for instanee, the' Triple Al-
liance first and the Quadruple Al -
Hance afterward unclerboo'k this
task, and 'in the. present instance
the three allies .will have to•enter
into- a, similar agreement and dis-
FOR SALE
Contents of Large
f actory,
Shafting one to three Inches
diameter; Pulleys twenty to
fifty Inches; Belting lourtto
twelve inches. WIII eI en
tire or In 'part,
NO reasonable offer
refuised
S. FRANK WIL3ON & SONS
73 Adelaltlie St. Wett, Toronto
e Syrup or
Han fired
Use
Of course, "Crown Brand" is your
favorite Table Syrup. Of mime,
you enjoy its delicious, appetizing
flavor with Bread, Pancakes 914
Hot Riscazys.
But *lia.t about "Crown Brand" in
the kitchen r Do you use
.
EDWARDSBURG
for Gingerbread, Cookies, Cakes, Pies and Sweet
Sauces for all kinds of Puddings?
Do you always use it for Crindy-makz)ef?
Try it in all these ways. You'll And, "Crown
Brand" Corn Syrup handy,. convenient, econo-
mical, dependable, good,
"LILY NVIII.M" is just what its name implies -a clear
5 Corn, syrup -more delicateinfiavor than "Crown Braila",
,,that is equally good for the table and for candy -making.
ASK YOUR GROCER -IN 2, 6,10 AND 20 POUND TINS. .
The Canada Starch CO. Limited, Montreal.
.......,,.......Nowardamessaahosammass••••immorma
tribute the roles between•eillTs' st 44 they a•re not bent on' seizing
that if one of the 'conquered poweit's lerritory,
should try to escapa the tonse- The legislative *and economic tied-
quences of its defeat it will imme- fieseead ef Germany has been ac-
diately find itself in such a. position complished and should not be dis-
that a single injunction will suffice
turbed, for such an act would affect
to obtain strict observance of the every One of its inhabitants. If the
treaty. peaee ,'cleereases military taxes,
Such are the- outlines of the ar- lightens .service with the 'colors, re-
rangements which may guarantee a moves from every mind the worry
lasting peace to Europe. The set- of an impending ,conflict and leaves
men free to devote all their en-
ergy to productive operations, then
every German -citizen will see that
he has profited by the defeat of
Prussian militarism and im,perial-
ism.
ting up of sanall buffer states will
restrict the ambition of the great
powers, and certain governments
will no longer be able to make
France and Russia, fill the part of
bogy, for the latter will have shown
BARNS THAT
SCATTER LIGHTNING
Yes, we mean just that. If you want to know about a
reliable
Barn Roofing
that is fire, lightning, rust and storm proof -write us.
We'll give you some hard tants that ought to turn you
against wood and convert ydu to metal. Give us a
Chance -write us.
THE METALLIC ROOFING CO., LIMITED
MANUFACTURERS
TORONTO ad' WINNIPEG
• ee. ,eettelareetee.e.ease. esesteseared
PATHOGENIC GERMS
The -disease germs that resuee Dieteraeer, Pin•keye, Epizootic,
Influenza, Catarrhal Fever, are Do eaelly deetroeed and ex -
peeled 'from the seetem by using "SPORN'S." This remedy
also multi -pines and etrer.gthens the health germs in the eV, -
ten and fortifies the horse, mare or colt against an•y con-
tagious d'sertsee. "SPOIIN'S" is olvseys safe and ready, and
never fails to do essintended work. All elzuggitsts and turf
geode houeee, or delivered by menufeeturers.
SPOHN MEDICAL GO.,
Chemists dnd Bacteriologists, Goshen, Ind., U.S.A.
$500 FOR A NAME
. ' This is the beautiettl new perfume. Made in
)1.
Canada. endonsed and used exclusively by Mde.
Pauline Donalda. the famous Canadian Prima
. Donna.
We want a. suitable name for it, and so will
Rive.
8500 IN CASH PRIZES
Re f01101VS:-
$400.00 for tho best name,
50.00 for the best desetiption of the Perfume,
e5.00 for tee setiond best name.
10.00 for the second best description.
5.00 for tthe third best description.
and ten 51,00 prizee for thenext best desorip.
Mono.
The winner of the eonteet will be deeided by a
committee of Montle:are leading arivertleing men
and their deeisiqn will be final. Should two or
ifeore eoeteetants send in the winning nettle the
prize wilt no equally (Beetled, and assoiddleional
erizp to the velue of $5.00 VIII be given emelt ewe
cesefue coriteetaut.
No empley7 or member of
this fm Ir,shall en.t_ei the 000 06ti Tlke don.
test closee ea illidni ht, Mare alea lel.,
s
.f10IV TENTE
O R: 0 Cipa.ble every oonteatent
to try lqM4 3) ri
e 11°3' 'perfume htifore submitting their
engiteeta . amo weMake tbe following
specter nerl-Fer one dime, ten cents, we will
fiend one of our Softie] Souvenir Bottles of tbe
Perfume-i•egular S,,,5 eente etze-tegether With
, Free costeet, sup, end One Prentitua QoapOn
• All for 10 cents. Ibis necessary to 'have the Fres
°breast' Slib to enter,
,,, , • Write to -day, You will be doliehte,d with the
- nerfurne, end eaves a obance to Win the big prize
- , •,'
enRODCfERSI GRAY & STEWART, PERPUIVIERS
Not. vir,r.'.°14 '1'n $11.,EUIVr ST, MONTHBAL.
T ;.I ;ZI MI (.101) 1,)./ ••
•11011r0r.......*10,1111211%7
eseelit esee
•
141640•110001100elbrIMIli
On the Farm
.'4frAtookliego
Size of the" F41:flier's Rime,
Neither the massive drafter nor
the diminutiVe pony Are ,whait the
average farmer needs. Being an
'average man he wants 43 medium
SiZe4 litOnee, one that will do farm
and road work 'wobbled. One that
.will draw 1ow lka,vrow or wagon
and .posaibly a carriage orbaggy,
Lor the average farmer these days
goes Ito church, ,pays ,soine social
visits and likewise goes to the cowl -
try town, courthouse or post office
pretty regularly *'rites Mr. M.
Bell.
An 1,500 or 2,000 pound 'drafter
won't fill the bill for these varied
requirements; neither will a 700
or 800 pound scrub.
The average fa,rnier moats •some-
thing betwixt and between, as the
saying is. 1 shouldsay from 1,200
to 1,400 pounds -a team well built,
with some snap and spirit, one that
the owner' or the hired man will
holdOte reins over with .a, feeling c:if
pride ,and pleasure. Let the large
manufacturing 'concerns in the city
use the huge drafters.
I knew a team of 1,100 pounda
horses some years ago. One man
drove them 'consecutively fax nine
years hauling cord wood in the sum-
mer and fall months. Both of these
horses were by sires who had a,
eral strain of thoroughbred blood
in. their veins.
They did farm work regularly un-
til corn was laid, then they were
put to hauling on the road. They
were true..and 'staunch draft horses,
were never known to get stalled but.
once in nine years, and they -were
never driven with a Whip.
Atter 25 yea,rs of age each they
were serviceably sound and were
full of life.
Think of it! Twenty-one years
of hard regular service and still
able to earn their feed. They were
of the weight, size and breeding,
and, besides, had been well taken
oare of all their lives.
I know a young farmer this year
who is starting out and who b .ught
two heavy, awkward -drafters and
also a 1,000 pound mate of good
breeding. He worked the mare in
the team with the two big fellows
and Whenever he had occasion to
take ai trip in his buggy, always
drove the mare, letting the Others
rest, still she held her own and
kept in good order.
To much has been iritten and
said advising the average farmer to
use heavy -drafters. Let):: him 4sell
them at big prioes and..k,se a enure
inediurnesized horse ft/fa the far:x...
One year's expertience will show
him that he is right,.
WhitewashWittsit.tehllellsiohhea'pe'st of all
paints for farm purposes and may.
be used either for -exterior or in-
terior surfaces. It can 'be made by
slaking about ten pounds of quicic-
lime in a pail with two -gallons of
water, covering the pail with cloth
or burlap, and -allowing it to slake
fax one hour. Water is then added
to bring the whitewash to a con-
sistency whicth may be a,pplied
readily.
A waterproof whitewash fax ex-
terior surfaces ran.y be made as fol-
lows: (1) Slake one bushel of quick-
lime in twelve gallons of hot water;
(2) dissolve two pounds of 'common
salt and one pound of sulphate of
zinc in two gallons of 'boiling wa-
ter ; pour (2) into (1), then ad atv0
e-allons of skim milk and mix thor-
oughly. Whitewash is spread light-
ly over the surface With a broad
brush.
Test Tone cows.
A ifew of the many re.asons for
cow-testin.g are t
It enables the farmer to eliminate
rows that do not pay for their
fief A rd.
It lakesfl10ily 11 good csow from the
shatubl es.
It is an eneoura,ger of good feed-
ing end gririti CAVE..
it gives the farmer An opportrin-
ity to .kmild up a good producing
herd.
It increases one's interest in
ltrirying as a ;business rather than
2.5 a *teams of labor merely.
To short, it is plain common sense.
114
Very Moeh in Love.
P e te was IV colored gen tlema-n
and very much in love. But, great-
ly as he desired Miss Iohnson for
his 'wife, he was so bashful Ithathe
dared not ask for her in person, So
he bad to seek recourse to the tele-
phone to make known his love, Ile
rung lusr up at the house of her ein-
ployer, and inquired,. "Ts dat you,
Miss Johnson V ' was the
reply, "Well, Miss Johnson, X'ss
got a mail' important question to
ask you." "Yaaal'' "Will you
marry mo, Miss Johnson V' and the
answer came, "Yeas; who is it,
please I"
The poor man wants food for his
appetite ; the rich man wants appe.
the fax his food.
If a man is unable to boast of
What his ancestors accompaiehed,
it's up to hint to do something 10,forth
5
. Set
-
. _ ...
.
1
....
. ..." . ,. _.... ,.
..,..
i' :..7,--,vJ • _ ....' e.
BRUCE'S , Seit
• : els et t., '' ^,..
SEEDS A., ...:.. "2•-•-•
• ,,,,,.. , VIA,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS , •,..,..,..z ),,r
(Prices Prepaid) "ne ...,: • • • , • .. l',,e1-4
. •,. 1 ',N014.)8%
Bruce's Collection Floral Gems, r pkt. .
each 6 varieties, Fine Annuals, each separate,; k? 't°' • • • ee.
niany colors, for 25c.
Bruce's Peerless, Conte:lion Tail. Nastartinuis,
leskreach bc If silest,Variettectepatate;Colors, for Zee. elnaiaer '
BenceetetRayallIaliseseeir' doltiEttan Sweet Pans.
1 pkt. each 6 superb sorts, separate Colors, for 25c. ' .1.
.
Bruce's Peerless Collection Dwarf Sasturtinzus, 1 pkt. each of 6 finest
sorts, :separate colors, for 25e. • • .
Bruce's Empire Collection Asters, I. pkt. each of 4 magnificent varieties,
separate, alt colors, for ese. e„
Brucees "AI, Vegetable Collection. 6 pkts. different varieties, our selec-
tion, for 25c. . ..
Brncels "B” Vegetable Collection, 12 islets. different varieties, our seleo
tion, for 50e. .
Bruce's "C” Vegetable Collection, 11 pkts. different varieties and Se -lb.
each, Beans, Corn and Peas, our selection, for 750.
FRE E--PPLit7inVI;ZVP'Zp'1,1g,'(°,1.'dItalfcLatita, g..,1'ilTIO1154. 17,7 Zit
John A. Bruce & Co'1 Ltd Hamilton, Ontario
• Established Sixty-five years.
. _ ,.
'
14r
pil a
\
. .. _ ...... .... ..... ._ __ . • ---- • eseaseease.
$500 FOR A NAME
. ' This is the beautiettl new perfume. Made in
)1.
Canada. endonsed and used exclusively by Mde.
Pauline Donalda. the famous Canadian Prima
. Donna.
We want a. suitable name for it, and so will
Rive.
8500 IN CASH PRIZES
Re f01101VS:-
$400.00 for tho best name,
50.00 for the best desetiption of the Perfume,
e5.00 for tee setiond best name.
10.00 for the second best description.
5.00 for tthe third best description.
and ten 51,00 prizee for thenext best desorip.
Mono.
The winner of the eonteet will be deeided by a
committee of Montle:are leading arivertleing men
and their deeisiqn will be final. Should two or
ifeore eoeteetants send in the winning nettle the
prize wilt no equally (Beetled, and assoiddleional
erizp to the velue of $5.00 VIII be given emelt ewe
cesefue coriteetaut.
No empley7 or member of
this fm Ir,shall en.t_ei the 000 06ti Tlke don.
test closee ea illidni ht, Mare alea lel.,
s
.f10IV TENTE
O R: 0 Cipa.ble every oonteatent
to try lqM4 3) ri
e 11°3' 'perfume htifore submitting their
engiteeta . amo weMake tbe following
specter nerl-Fer one dime, ten cents, we will
fiend one of our Softie] Souvenir Bottles of tbe
Perfume-i•egular S,,,5 eente etze-tegether With
, Free costeet, sup, end One Prentitua QoapOn
• All for 10 cents. Ibis necessary to 'have the Fres
°breast' Slib to enter,
,,, , • Write to -day, You will be doliehte,d with the
- nerfurne, end eaves a obance to Win the big prize
- , •,'
enRODCfERSI GRAY & STEWART, PERPUIVIERS
Not. vir,r.'.°14 '1'n $11.,EUIVr ST, MONTHBAL.
T ;.I ;ZI MI (.101) 1,)./ ••
•11011r0r.......*10,1111211%7
eseelit esee
•
141640•110001100elbrIMIli
On the Farm
.'4frAtookliego
Size of the" F41:flier's Rime,
Neither the massive drafter nor
the diminutiVe pony Are ,whait the
average farmer needs. Being an
'average man he wants 43 medium
SiZe4 litOnee, one that will do farm
and road work 'wobbled. One that
.will draw 1ow lka,vrow or wagon
and .posaibly a carriage orbaggy,
Lor the average farmer these days
goes Ito church, ,pays ,soine social
visits and likewise goes to the cowl -
try town, courthouse or post office
pretty regularly *'rites Mr. M.
Bell.
An 1,500 or 2,000 pound 'drafter
won't fill the bill for these varied
requirements; neither will a 700
or 800 pound scrub.
The average fa,rnier moats •some-
thing betwixt and between, as the
saying is. 1 shouldsay from 1,200
to 1,400 pounds -a team well built,
with some snap and spirit, one that
the owner' or the hired man will
holdOte reins over with .a, feeling c:if
pride ,and pleasure. Let the large
manufacturing 'concerns in the city
use the huge drafters.
I knew a team of 1,100 pounda
horses some years ago. One man
drove them 'consecutively fax nine
years hauling cord wood in the sum-
mer and fall months. Both of these
horses were by sires who had a,
eral strain of thoroughbred blood
in. their veins.
They did farm work regularly un-
til corn was laid, then they were
put to hauling on the road. They
were true..and 'staunch draft horses,
were never known to get stalled but.
once in nine years, and they -were
never driven with a Whip.
Atter 25 yea,rs of age each they
were serviceably sound and were
full of life.
Think of it! Twenty-one years
of hard regular service and still
able to earn their feed. They were
of the weight, size and breeding,
and, besides, had been well taken
oare of all their lives.
I know a young farmer this year
who is starting out and who b .ught
two heavy, awkward -drafters and
also a 1,000 pound mate of good
breeding. He worked the mare in
the team with the two big fellows
and Whenever he had occasion to
take ai trip in his buggy, always
drove the mare, letting the Others
rest, still she held her own and
kept in good order.
To much has been iritten and
said advising the average farmer to
use heavy -drafters. Let):: him 4sell
them at big prioes and..k,se a enure
inediurnesized horse ft/fa the far:x...
One year's expertience will show
him that he is right,.
WhitewashWittsit.tehllellsiohhea'pe'st of all
paints for farm purposes and may.
be used either for -exterior or in-
terior surfaces. It can 'be made by
slaking about ten pounds of quicic-
lime in a pail with two -gallons of
water, covering the pail with cloth
or burlap, and -allowing it to slake
fax one hour. Water is then added
to bring the whitewash to a con-
sistency whicth may be a,pplied
readily.
A waterproof whitewash fax ex-
terior surfaces ran.y be made as fol-
lows: (1) Slake one bushel of quick-
lime in twelve gallons of hot water;
(2) dissolve two pounds of 'common
salt and one pound of sulphate of
zinc in two gallons of 'boiling wa-
ter ; pour (2) into (1), then ad atv0
e-allons of skim milk and mix thor-
oughly. Whitewash is spread light-
ly over the surface With a broad
brush.
Test Tone cows.
A ifew of the many re.asons for
cow-testin.g are t
It enables the farmer to eliminate
rows that do not pay for their
fief A rd.
It lakesfl10ily 11 good csow from the
shatubl es.
It is an eneoura,ger of good feed-
ing end gririti CAVE..
it gives the farmer An opportrin-
ity to .kmild up a good producing
herd.
It increases one's interest in
ltrirying as a ;business rather than
2.5 a *teams of labor merely.
To short, it is plain common sense.
114
Very Moeh in Love.
P e te was IV colored gen tlema-n
and very much in love. But, great-
ly as he desired Miss Iohnson for
his 'wife, he was so bashful Ithathe
dared not ask for her in person, So
he bad to seek recourse to the tele-
phone to make known his love, Ile
rung lusr up at the house of her ein-
ployer, and inquired,. "Ts dat you,
Miss Johnson V ' was the
reply, "Well, Miss Johnson, X'ss
got a mail' important question to
ask you." "Yaaal'' "Will you
marry mo, Miss Johnson V' and the
answer came, "Yeas; who is it,
please I"
The poor man wants food for his
appetite ; the rich man wants appe.
the fax his food.
If a man is unable to boast of
What his ancestors accompaiehed,
it's up to hint to do something 10,forth
5
. Set