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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-8-19, Page 6THE GOLDEN Or "The Adventures of L,edgard." By the Author of "What He Cost Herr: CHAPTER VL---(Cont'd). "The concession," he remarked, "is Mranted to Scarlett Trent, and to one onty jointly. Who is this Monty, and what has he to say to it?" e, et.;:Trsxtt set his teeth hard and he " never blenched, "He was my partner, . but he died „,1,, in the swamps, poor chap. We had e horrible weather coming back. It pretty nearly finished me." Trent did notmention the fact that amongst that dark, gloomy jungle ? He scoffed at himself! Was he becom- ing as a girl, weak and timid? Yet a moment later he closed his eyes, and pressed his hands tightly over his hot eyeballs. He was a man of little im- aginetive force, yet the white face of a dying man seemed suddenly to have floated up out of the darkness, to have come to him like a will-o'-the- wisp from the swamp, and the hollow, lifeless eyes seemed ever to be seek- ingfor four days and nights they were his, mournful and eloquent with form in holesaand uptrees from tre dull reproach. Trent rose to his feet hinatives whom the Kig of Bekwando from an oath and wiped the sweat had sent after them, that their bear- frog, his and hereurse Hem was trrti ers had fled away, and that they had ling,"notherefool's eI our himself this," heartily. he been compelled to leave the track muttered, "and the fever will have and make their way through an un- me. Come out of the shadows, you known part of the bush. white-faced, skulking reptile, you— "But your partner's share," the Jew bah! what a blithering fool I am! asked. "What of that?" There is no one there! How could "It belongs to me" =Trent answered there be any one?" shortly. "We fixed it so before we He listened intently. From afar off started. We neither of us took much• Mock in our relations. •If I had died, I came the faint moaning of the wind Monty would have taken the lot. It, in the forest and the night sounds of restless animals. Nearer there was no one—nothing stirred. He laughed out loud and moved away to spend his last night in his little wooden home. On the threshold he paused, and faced once more that black, mysterious line of forest. "Well, I've done with you now," he was a fair deal. You'll find it there! The Jew nodded. "And your partner?" he said. "You saw him diel There is no doubt about that!" Trent nodded. "He is as dead,"," he said, "as Ju- lius Caesar." cried, a note of coarse exultation in "If I offered you—" Da Souza be- his tone. "I've gambled for my life gan. and I've won. To -morrow I'll begin "If you offered me four thousand to spend the stakes." nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds," Trent interrupted roughly. "I would tell you to go to glory." Da Souza sighed. It was a hard man to deal with—this. "Very well," he said, "if I give way, if I agree to your terms, you will be twilling to make over this sixth share 8980 8988 • s • 8981 SMART CLOTHES FOR THE YOUNG GIRL. CHAPTER VII. The plaited skirt for the young In a handsomely appointed room of girl is proving a great success, if we one of the largest hotels in London a may take the great number seen at man was sitting at the head of a the summer resorts as a criterion. table strewn with blotting -paper and When the whole dress, shirtwaist and writing materials of every descrip- skirt,is made in plaited effect, the ro- to me, both on your own account and tion. Half a dozen chairs had been, on account of your late partner?" carelessly' pushed back there were suit rs very pleasing indeed. This "You're right, mate," Trent assent- empty champagne bottles upon the dress, Ladies' Home Journal Pattern ed. "Plank down the brass, and it's sideboard, the air was faintly odorous No. 8988, has a raised waistline, "I will give you four thousand ' still curling upwards towards a deal." of tobacco smoke—blue wreaths were and consists of a waist opening in the front with yoke finished with a turn - pounds for a quarter share," Da Souza said. Trent knocked the ashes from his pipe and stood up. "Here, don't waste any more of my time," he said. "Stand out of the way, I'm off." Da Souza kept his hands upon the concession "My dear friend," he said, "you are so violent. You are so abrupt. Now listen. I will give you five thousand for a quarter share. It is half my fortune." "Give me the concession," Trent said. "I'm off." "For a fifth," Da Souza cried. Trent moved to the door without speech. Da Souza groaned. "You will ruin me," - he said, "I know it. Come then, five thousand for a sixth share. It is throwing money away." "If you think so, you'd better not part," Trent said, still lingering in the doorway. "Just as you say. I don't care." received any training in those ar �BHaven'tI told you that before? For a full minute Da Souza hesitat- and practices which go for the mak-1 What did I say when you came to ed. He had an immense belief in the ing of one. For his earlier life had i me? You were to hear nothing and richness of the country set out in the been spent in a wilder country where i concession; he knewprobablymore; thesee nothing outside your duties. about it than Trent hiself. ut five j merely forr gold was Itr was a Scarlett' Speak up, ,man! Don't stand there thousand pounds was a great deal of I Trent who sat there in thoughtful and ( like a jay! money, and there was always the! absorbed silence. He was leaning a, The clerk was pale, and there was chance that the Government might not little back in a comfortably uphol- i an odd sensation in his throat. But back the concession -holders in case of ; stered chair, with his eyes fixed on a I he thought of his girl -wife and he trouble. He hesitated so long that ; certain empty spot upon the table. pulled himself together. Trent was actually disappearing be- ' The few inches of polished mahogany fore he had made up his mind. seemed to him—empty of all signific- "Come back Mr. Trent," he called • ance in themselves—to be reflecting in out. "I have decided. I accept. I join some mysterious manner certain frescoed ceiling. Yet the gathering down collar, full-length sleeves with had not been altogether a festive one. open cuffs, and a fitted lining, a seven There were sheets of paper still ly- gore skirt,perforated for deep hem ing about covered with figures, a brass -bound ledger lay open at the facing. The pattern cuts in size 14, further end of the table. In the back- 16, 18 and 28 years, requiring in size d a •oun man slim pale, ill- 16 11% yards 36 -inch material. Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. 8980 is a Ladies' and Misses' Peplum Waist, opening in front with roll col- lar or Quaker collar and full-length or shorter sleeves, and a circular peplum. The pattern cuts in size 32 to 44 inch- es bust measure. Size 36 requires 3% yards 36 -inch material. Pattern No. 8981 is a Misses' One - Piece Skirt, gathered to a three-piece yoke, with slightly raised waistline. Suitable for flouncing. The pattern cuts in sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 16 requires 3% yards 36 -inch material. Patterns, 15 cents each, can be pur- chased at your local Ladies' Home Journal Pattern dealer, or from The Home Pattern Company, 183-A George Street, Toronto. you lik ..: ath gee 3 rte seeete et 'eee -.SEALED PACKETS ONLY. BLACK, MIXED OR GREEN„ B 20 Cow Testing Associations. The cow testing associations is a plan of co-operation among dairymen for the purpose of regularly and economically testing their cows for production of milk and butter fat. A usual estimate places the average production of cows .at. 175 pounds of. butter per cow per year. In these days people who are familiar with dairying think in terms of butter fat, and if the above average be translat- ed to fat it makes about 150 pounds. At 30 cents a pound, which has been the average price for the last three years, the annual income per cow is $45. If the above Figures are taken as a foundation, it is very apparent that there are many cows which are not paying the cost of their keeping. The use of the scales and the Babcock test has discovered in almost every herd tested some co%vs that do not pay the cost of keeping. If dairying is to be made as profitable a business as it ought to be and as it has a right to be under proper management, these robber cows must be apprehended. There. is no means of knowing what a cow is producing without weighing and testing her milk at regular inter- vals. A dairyman selling milk by coi- groun y g , , dressed in sober black, was filling a ume may not be concerned in .the but - large tin box with documents and let- ters, a girl -wife from whose cheeks the HAS THE U.S. THE RIGHT TO It had been a meeting of giants. roses were slowly fading, and very SELL ARMS TO THE ALLIES? Men whose names were great in the soon would come a time when a bank- _ world of finance had occupied those note, even the smallest, would be a Much has been said and written in elaborately decorated leather chairs. priceless gift. It was for her sake our on the of this There had been cynicism, criticism, he had spoken. He saw now that he operiodicalstry (theUnitednt States)right ofto his and finallell yenthusiasm For the man had made a mistake. who remained it had been a triumph. "I am very sorry, sir," he said He had appeared to do but little in humbly. "Of course I know that the way of persuasion. His manners , these men have paid an immense sum had been brusque, and his words had for their shares in the Bekwando been few. Yet he remained the mas- 1 Syndicate. At the same time it is ter of the situation. He had gained not my business, and I am sorry that a victory, not only financial but moral, , I spoke." over men whose experience and knowl-! "It is not your business at any time edge were far greater thanr hadhis. Hr to remember what I receive for pro - was no City magnate, nor he ever! lett Trent said roughly. • t "You are quite right, sir," he said. "To any one else I should never have mentioned it. But we were alone, you." and I thought that the circumstances with y " ; scenes in his life which were now very might make it excusable." Trent slowly returned. His man- rarely brought back to him. The His employer grunted in an ominous ner showed no exultation. f event of to -day he knew to be the cul- . manner. "You have the money here?" be urination of a success as rapid as it , asked. had been surprising. He was a mil -`When I say forget, I mean for - Da Souza laid down a heap of notes lionaire. This deal to -day, in which' get," he declared. I don't want to and gold upon the table. Trent count- he had held his own against the be reminded by you of Amy own busi- ed them carefully and thrust them shrewdest and most astute men of ness. Dye think I dont know it?" into his pocket. Then he took up a the great city, had more than doubled r "I am very sure that you do, sir," pen and wrote his name at the foot of his already large fortune. A few the clerk answered humbly. I quite the assignment which the Jew had years ago he had landed in England see that my allusion was an error." prepared. friendless and unknown, to -day he had Scarlett Trent had turned round "Have • a drink," he asked. stepped out from even amongst the in his chair, and was eyeing the pale, Da Souza shook his head. chosen few and had planted his feet nervous figure, with a certain hard "The less we drink in this country," in the higher lands whither the faces disapproval. he said, "the better. I guess out here of all men are turned. With a grim "That's a beastly coat you've got spirit comes next to poison. I'll smile upon his lips, he recalled one by on, Dickenson," he said. "Why don't smoke with you, if you have a cigar one the various enterprises into which you get a new one? handy." he had entered, the courage with "I am standing in a strong light, "Trent drew a handful of cigars which he had forced them through, sir," the young man answered, with a from his pocket. the solid strength with which he had new fear at his heart. "It wants brushing, too. I will endeavor to get a new one—very shortly." His employer grunted again. "What's your salary?" he asked. "Two pounds fifteen shillings a week, sir." "And you mean to say you can't dress respectably on that? What do you do with your money, eh How do you spend it? Drink and music -halls, I suppose!" The young man was able at last to find some spark of dignity. A pink spot burned upon his cheeks. "I do not attend music -halls, sir, nor have I touched wine or spirits for years. I—I have a wife to keep, end perhaps—I am expecting— He stopped abruptly. How could he mention that other. matter which, for all its anxieties, still possessed for him a sort of quickening joy in the face of that brutal stare. He did r of conclude his sentence, the moment- ary light died out of his pale common- place features. He hung his head and was silent. "A wife," Scarlett Trent repeated with contempt "and all the rest of it, of course. Oh, what poor donkeys you young men arel Here are you, with your way to make in the world, with your foot scarcely upon the bottom rung of the ladder, grubbing along on a few shillings a week, and you choose to go and chuck away every chance you ever might have for a moment's folly. , A poor, pretty face, I suppose. A moonlight walk on a Bank Holiday, a little rnaudlie sentiment, and over you throw all your chances in life. No wonder the erd is so great, and the leaders so fe1v," he added, with a sneer. (To be continued.) They're beastly," he said, "but it's thrust weaker men to the wall and a beastly country. I'll be glad to turn had risen a little higher towards his my back on it" ! goal,upon the wreck of their fortunes. "There is a good deal," Da Souza Where other men had failed he had said, "which we must now talk about." succeeded. To -day the triumph was "To -morrow," Trent said curtly, his alone. He was a millionaire—one "No more now! I haven't got over , of the princes of the world! my miserable journey yet. I'm go- The young man, who had filled his in to try and get some sleep." 1 box and also a black bag, was ready Ile swung into the heavy darkness. ' to go. He ventured most respectfully The air was thick with unwholesome • to break in upon the reflections of his odors rising from the lake -like swamp ' employer. beyond the drooping circle of trees.) "Is there anything more for me to He walked a little way towards the ' do, sir ?" ' sea, and sat down upon a log. A ' Trent woke from his day -dream faint land -breeze was blowing, a mel- into the present. He looked around ancholy soughing came from the edge the, room and saw that no papers had of the forest only a few hundred been omitted. Then he glanced keen - yards back, sullen, black,impene- ' ly into his clerk's face. treble. He turned his face inland un- j "Nothing more," he said. "You willingly, with a 'superstitious. little can go." thrill of fear. Was it a coyotte call- It was significant of the man that, ing, or had he indeed heard the moan ' notwithstanding his hour of triumph, of a dying man, somewhere back , he did not depart in the slightest de- gree from the cold gruffness of his tone. The little, speech which his clerk had prepared seemed to stick in his throat. "I trust, sir, that you will forgive— that you will pardon the liberty, if I presume to congratulate you upon such a magnificent stroke of busi- ness!" Scarlett Trent faced him coldly. "What do you know about it?" he asked. "What concern is it of yours, young man, eh?" The clerk sighed, and became a lit- tle confused. He had indulged in sozne wistful hopes that for once his master might have relaxed, that an opportune word of congratulation Might awaken some spark of gener- osity in the man who had just added a fortune to his great store. , He had arms and munitions to belligerents in the European war. If the Govern- ment of this country were engaged in such a business, I can conceive that a very grave question would arise; but no one pretends to lay such a charge to the American Government. But it is claimed that the U. S. should prohibit her citizens from carrying on such a business, as she is on friendly terms with all the na- tions engaged in the present Euro- pean struggle. Granting this, it does not follow that it becomes the duty of this Government to interfere, as no buyers are discriminated against and all have an equal right to pur- chase the awns and munition of war ad libitum. The only reason that Germany and Austria have protested ite not because the sale is an un- friendly act, but because of the im- possibility of either of these coun- tries to receive the goods should they purchase the same. The general blockade of their ports is so com- plete and effectual that delivery is out of the question, and only because they cannot secure the delivery of their orders should they buy do they wish to deny the privilege•of buying by the allies, who are sure of a prompt delivery. We are accused of exporting arms and ammunition to the enemies of Germany. That would not be a breach of neutrality, if true, but the fact is the buyers do their own ex- porting and pay the freight, assum- ing all the risks of transportation. President Wilson very aptly replied to this accusation when he informed the Germans that "American citizens have always had that right and can- not be deprived of it. They will sell to you on the same terms." Ger- many replies, "We do not want your arms and ammunition, as we have plenty of our own. We only want your wheat and cotton, but Great Bri- tain puts a barrier in the way of our obtaining these things. We ask you to remove the barrier for us." In other words, Germany, true to her instincts, insists upon "hogging" the whole business. But, be it said to Germany's credit, that the Imperial Government has never made such an outlandish claim, nor ventured' to put such a narrow construction upon the great law of nations. The only objections have come from. the German newspapers and a few irresponsible persons in this country. 1 Officials of Germany well know that under the rules of international law they would have no right to object to the selling of arms and ammunition oto belligerents. They tell us that we could stop ' the war he short order if we would only prohibit these sales. Yes, by giving Germany the victory, perhaps. And we are asked to do' this in the name of neutrality. To help Ger- many because she alone was prepared for tlie war by a military policy pursued for many decades. if neutrality is to be placed on a higher plane than the law of nations, ! then we' are bound to inquire upon ter fat content farther than is neces- sary to keep up to legal standard, but one who is selling butter fat is vitally concerned in the amount each cow pro- duces. Each dairyman may test his own cows, but facing the condition squarely it is known that very few do. At a recent dairymen's meeting this point was raised—that a testing asso- ciation was not necessary, because each man could test his own cows. The question was then asked: "How many present have Babcock's testers ?" Twelve out of a gathering of 50 an- swered in the affirmative, In reply to the question, "How many of you who have testers use them?" only one answered in the affirmative. The object of cow testing associa- tions is to make the use of scales and Babcock machine a community affair —to unite dairymen into a partner- ship for the purpose of employing a trained man to visit each herd at reg- ular monthly intervals and weigh and test the milk of each cow. At the end of the year, this man gives each dairy- man a record of the individuals in his herd with little work or trouble to him and at the cost of about $1 per cow. The jester weighs and samples the milk of each 'ow at the evening and morning milking and tests the com- bined sample for butter fat. Before leaving, he makes calculations so that he may leave with the dairyman the record of each cow down to date. In European countries and some of the states in this country, one of the duties of a tester is to weigh and keep a record of food consumed by the cows: The cost to the dairyman for complete testing varies from 80 cents to $1.50 a year for each cow. This variation is due to the number of cows in the associations and to the size of individual herds, which side the moral principles pre f. dominate. Who began the war:11 Which of the contending parties is responsible for all these horrors and the awful •misery that follows in its We know the reasons advanced by Germany, and how spurious they have been shown to be. But Germany claims she is fighting for her own existence; and so claim the Powers on the opposite side. Who is to decide the moral quality in this strife? There is no tribunal constituted with power to enforce its decrees. We must each judge of the right in- volved for himself and herself. We know that Germany, after proclaim- ing her entry into the war, to defend and save her own existence, imme- diately, and without warning, stepped over her own border and invaded a little kingdom she had given her sol- emn word to maintain her neutrality, come what might, and she carried fire and the sword into Belgium. This has not the appearance of remaining on the defensive to defend her own existence, and this act casts suspi- bion upon the sincerity of her whole claim. t, The belief of fully 90 per cent. of the people of the U. S. is that Ger- many began this war without any just cause, and that when she invad- ed Belgium she committed an act that made her the great outlaw of the na- tions—a nation with whom no treat- ies or agreements have any binding force. It is the settled opinion of Americans that there exists the most irresponsible and incorrigible maniac at the head of the German Empire to be found in all Europe, and that it is indispensable that he be disarmed and throttled at any price, before peace can be restored. CHAS. M. BICE. Deriver, Colo. Business. Madge—Why don't you tell him frankly that you don't like him as well as you do Charlie? Marjorie—How can I, dear? I'm not just sure that Charlie will pro- pose. 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Plum shades and violet tinted %ilks are the most exclusive •selec- tions and are indicative of a View color _ note which shall govern the autumn modes. Grapes ix plump, well-filled round- nese, silk -made and larger than life, are the latest offerings for trimming the summer hat for milaidi of the most modish clan. Her sports hat, to be above the tilt of the ordinary, must be made of baby width silk ribbons in vivid colors stitched flatly to silk hemp and done so cleverly the hat may be roll- ed and stuffed into the coat 'pocket as easily as a man's felt may be. The right style tang is added with two dangling ribbon ends of white, placed anywhere you please on the crown.. Of course this sort of hat is small and round, but its shape, style and color are so adaptable and subtle it is as becoming to the woman in her glorious forties as to' - the piquant - faced debutante of 18: But then this last is a characteris- tic of all the successful modes for this season. If you are inclined to ques- tion the statement just study shoe styles awhile. For that natter a new mode for the summer girl is the all -white boot in Cossack style, which pulls on and is without adornment of any sort save long, silky white tassels which dangle from the top at the front. As the boot top is glimpsed only when the wearer is dancing, the tassels are a tantaliz- ing bit of modishness. These sorts of footwear are worn only 'with dressy sports clothes, and by this is meant the exquisite skirt of white taffetas or crepe de chine or gabardine tailored to a fashionable nicety, and worn for a beach stroll, a dansant or a country club festival, topped with a taffetas -made frivolity in the way of a coat, short, colorful, and Frenchy in style. The boots, by the way, are of white kid suede or doeskin. Scarfs everywhere. Every one is wearing them. They may be six yards in length, made of brilliantly colored tulles or chiffons and edged with regal looking embroideries of silver, gold or crystal, a la Lucille, or be two yards of satin edged with taffetas railings or become fascinating allurements of lace of the "real" or imitation var- ieties in Brussels or Spanish inspired designs. Velvet -topped hats are peeping into the millinery scheme of things entire for summer hats, but their pre- stige is to be severely tried by the growing vogue for hats with crowns of hatter's plush and brims of straw. Even if plush of this sort does not seem to be so heavy and winterish in appearance as velvet, it is every whit as abstruse; but then, when, if ever, did reason and fashion travel together except by common consent and sur- rounded by concessions made to. the government by the whimsical. .14 EASY TO MAKE CHLORINE GAS. Enough Can Be Made in a Day to Kill en Army. Whether we are justified in copying the German example in regard to the use of asphyxiating gases is a matter on which the British army will soon give an answer to the Huns in the field. It is interesting to note that there is no difficulty about producing chlorine gas—which is that mainly employed by the Germans --and dis- charging it at the enemy's trenches when the wind is favorable. Any British manufacturing chemist could produce enough chlorine in a day or two to suffocate the whole German army from the Yser to the Vistula, for chlorine is familiar to English chemical manufacturers, who, until a few years ago, were the only makers of this chemical. Chlorine is a greenish -yellow gas with a peculiarly unpleasant and suf- focating smell, and with those terri- ble effects on the lungs, throat and membranes of its victims which have been described by Dr, Haldane and Sir John French. The cost of suffocating our troops by the Germans is not heavy. Liquid chlorine costs about $125 a ton, con- taining 170 gallons, and this will pro- duce a large volume of deadly gas. It is interesting to note that the idea of "gassing" an enemy was sug- gested nearly half a century ago, by four Frenchmen, but at that bine it was thought that the invention was too horrible to be allowed ire field operations, although it was agreed that it might be used by small storm- ing parties 'at close quarters, when the gases might be compressed in shell and flung by catapult. Accord- ing to "Truth," however, the inven- tion came to nothing. His Way. Mr. Hennypeck (peevishly) --•-When yen tell me to do a thing, like a fool I ,go and do it. Mrs., Benny peel: --No; year go and do it like a fool.