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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1916-2-3, Page 61 HE GOLDEN KEY ter "The Adventures of Ledgard. " By the Author of "What He Cost Her," CHAPTER XL.--(Cant'd), whin s he had walked after nine Trent tore the letter into atoms, but he never quailed,. Telegraph and telephone worked his will, he saw all callers, a cigar in his mouth and flow- er in his buttonhole, perfectly at his ~ease, sanguine and confident, A few ai:inutes before closing time he stroll- ed into the bank and no one noticed a gre it bead of perspiration which stood out upon his forehead,: He made out a credit slip for £119,000, and, passing it, across the counter with a roll of notes and cheques, ask- ed for his shares. They sent for the manager. Trent +vas ushered with much ceremony into his private room. The manager was flushed • and nervous. "I am afraid you must have mis- understood my note, Mr. Trent," he stammered. But Trent, remembering all that he had gone through to raise the money, stopped him short. "This is not a friendly call, Mr. Sinclair," he said, "but simply a mat- ter of business. I wish to clear my account with you to the last half- penny, and I have paid in the amount I owe Let one of your clerks make out the interest account." The manager rang the bell for the key of the security safe. He opened it and took out the shares with fingers which trembled a good deal. 14 t =understand you Mr Trent way a moment, o'clock at night, l: Ie had not a single confidant, even his cashier had no idea whence came the large sums of 1 • money which he had paid away right and left. But when it was all over he left the City, and, leaning back in the corner of his little brougham, was driven away„ to Pont . Street Here he locked himself h his room, took off; his coat and threw himself upon a; sofa with a big cigar' between his "If you let any one in to see me, Miles," he told the footman, "I'll kick you out of the house." Sothough the bell rang often, he rem shied alone. But as he lay there with half-closed eyes living again through the tortures of the last few hours, he heard a voice that startled him, It was sure- ly hers --already! He sprang up and opened the door. Ernestine and Cap- tain Francis were in the hall, He motioned them to follow him into the room. Ernestine was flushed and her eyes were very bright. She threw up her veil and faced him haughtily. "Where is he?" she asked. "I know everything. I insist upon see- ing him at once, "That," he said coolly, "will depend upon whether he is fit to see you!" He rang the bell. "Tell Miss Fullagher to step this " he ordered ----thtiir you desired to absolutely close "He is in this house, then," she the account?" he asked. "Most decidedly," Trent answered. "We shall be very sorry to lose you" "The sorrow will be all on your side then," Trent answered grimly. "You have done your best to ruin me, you and that blackguard Da Souza, who brought me here. If you had succeeded in lumping those shares upon the market to -day or to -morrow you know very well what the result would have been, I don't know whose game you have been playing, but I can guess!" "I can assure you, Mr. Trent," the manager declared in his suavest and most professional manner, "that you are acting under a complete misap- prehension. I will admit that our no- tice was a little short. Suppose we withdraw it altogether, eh? I am quite satisfied. We will put back the shares in the safe and you shall keep your money." "No, I'm hanged if you do!" Trent answered bluntly. "You've had yollr money and I'll have the shaea . I don't leave this bank -without them, and P11 be shot if ever I enter it again." So Trent, with his back agse nst the wale and not a friend to help him, far' twenty-four hour- -the most •11 syndicate, • which had ga se/Aka-tee, a single m,Na , ,, .-. nes ass to his right of title ad posed in upon him, and to all of them he had returned the most absolute 'and final. assurances. Yet he knew when closing -time came that he had exhausted every farthing he possessed in the world—it seemed hopeless to imagine that he could survive another day. But with the morning came a booming cable from B,,ekwando. There had been a great „x find of gold, before ever a shaft had been sunk; en expert, from whom as yet nothing had been heard, wired an excited and wonderful report. Then the men who had held on to their Bek- wandos rustled their morning papers and walked smiling to their offices. Prices leaped up. Trent's directors ceased to worry hina and wired invita- tionsto„ l eheeon at the West End. The:rt1s were the sport of every- body. When closing time came Trent had made £100,000, and was looked upon everywhere as one of the rocks of finance. Only then he began to realize what the strain had been to him. His hard, impassive look had never altered, he had been seen everywhere in his ac- customed city haunts, his hat a little better brushed than usual, his clothes a little more carefully put on, . his buttonhole more obvious and his laugh readier. No one guessed the agony through which he had passed,no one knew that he had spent the night at a little inn twelve miles away, to ; cried. He took no notice. In a me- ment a young woman dressed in the uniform of one of the principal hos- pitals entered. "Miss Fullagher,” he asked, "how I is the patient ?" "We've had a lot of trouble withs him, sir," she said significantly. "He ' was terrible all last night, and he's very weak this morning, Is this the • young lady, sir?" "This is the young lady who I told you would want to see him when you thought it advisable." The nurse looked doubtful. "Sir Henry is upstairs, sir," she said. "I: had better ask his advice.". Trent nodded, and she withdrew. . The three were left alone, Ernestine and Francis remained apart as though by design. Trent was silent. She returned~ in a moment or two. "Sir Henry/ has, t- quite li"ri s1iedr his examinattbn, sir," she announced. "The yGang lady can come up in half an tour." Again they 'were left alone. Then Trent crossed the room and stood between them and the door. ' "Before you see your father, Miss Wendermott," be said, "I have an ex- planation to make to you!" For That Irritating Cut or 'Scratch There is nothing mote healing and soothing than ,v • Wade Mark hite Ktreldunt nifty Sold in glass' bottles and sanitary tial tubes, at chem- ists and general stores everywhere. Refuse substitutes.. Free booklet on request. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. (consolidated) 1880 Chabot Aye. Montreal s !GERMANS NERVOUS NOW, it.resit and Refreshin No Longer Jubilant Over Early Peace r With Victory. ceeded in obtaining the concessions we were working for. Your father spent all his time drinking, and play- ing cards, when I would play with him. ' The agreement as to the shar- ing of the profits was drawn up, it is true, by me, but at that time he made no word of complaint. I had no rela- tions, he described himself as cut off wholly from his. It was here Fran- cis first came on the scene. He found your father half drunk, and when he read the agreement it' was plain what he thought. He thought that I was letting your father kill himself that the whole thing might be mine. He has probably told you so. I deny it. I did all I could to keep hini sober! "On our homeward way your father was ill and our bearers deserted us. We were ptusued by the natives, who repented their concession, and I had to fight them more than once, half a dozen strong, with your father uncon- scious at my feet. -It is true that I left him in the bush, but it was at his bidding and I believed him dying. It was my only- chance and I took it. I escaped and reached Attra. Then, to raise money to reach England I had to borrow from a man named Da Souza, and afterwards, in London, to start the company, I had to make him n partner i theprofits of the con- � t x n cession. One day quarrelled with him—it was just at the time I met you—and then, for the first time, I hoard of your father's being alive. I went mit la :t.' : Ca•-t^v Ai ugiir-~'back; and Da Souza followed me in abject fear, for as my partner he lost half if your father's claim was good. I found your father infirm and only half sane. I did all I could for him whilst I worked in the interior, and meant to bring him back to England with me when I came. Unfortunately he re- covered a little, and suddenly seized upon the idea of visiting England. He left before me and fell into the hands of Da Souza, who had the best possible reasons in the world for keeping him in the background. I rescued him from them in time to save him from death, and brought him to my own house,: sent for doctors and nurses, and, when he was fit to se - you, I should have sent for you. I did not, I admit, make any public declar- ation of his existence, for the sim- ple reason that it would have crip- pled our company, and there are the interests of the shareholders to be considered, but I executed and signed a deed of partnership days ago which makes him an equal sharer in every penny I possess. Now this is the truth Miss Wendermott, and if it is not a story I am particularly proud of, I don't very well see what else I eould have done. It is my story and it is a true one. Will you believe it, or will you take his word against mine?" She would have spoken, but Francis held up his hand. (To be continued.) EASY TO LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS. CHAPTER XLI. She looked at him calmly, but in her set, white face he seemed to read already his sentence! "Do you think it worth while, Mr. Trent? There is so much, as you put it, to be- explained, that the task, even to a man of your versatility, seems hopeless!" "I shall not trouble you long," he said. "At least one man's word should be as good as another's—and yoti ! have listened to what my enemy"—! he motioned towards Francis—"has to say." Francis shrugged his shoulders. "I can assure you," he interrupted, "that I have no feeling of enmit towards you in the slightest. My opinion you know. I have never troubled to conceal it. But I deny that I am prejudiced by any personal feeling," Trent ignored his speech. "What I have to say to you," he continued addressing ' Ernestine, "I want to say before you see your fa- ther. I won't take up your time. I won't waste words. I take you back ten years to when I met him at At- tra and we became partners in a cer- tain enterprise. Your father at that time was a harmless wreck of a man, who was fast killing himself with brandy. He bad some money, I had none. With it we bought the neces- sary outfit and present for my en- terprise, and started for Bekwando. The whole of the work fell to my share, and with great: trouble I sue - ;Ai s ' ' Za(POIM)201(00 .. Tin e. ops Pay.n Interfere,? There is a remedy Tr Se J111l1 or express ordes •,, added.) an's ynt ~rueful tined So se- :tr Ti - 47; .o think of COMP Lxt d n7c ftp.ti� eny--- Pio crtc e . rt> 1 , 12( How to Iive to 100 years old is told by "Uncle Cape" Stanley, the centen- arian of Downer's Grove, III. Here are some rules that have gov- erned his own life: Mind your own business. Don't quarrel with your neighbors. Pay for what you get when you get it. Live within your means.• Laugh every time you 'find some- thing to laugh at. Don't eat between meals, Eat plain food and plenty of. it. Don't drink intoxicating liquors. Don't smoke or chew tobacco. Keep up your interest in the news of the world. Go to bed early with a clear con- science, and get up with the birds. Sleep eight to nine hours out of the twenty-four. Don't worry about things you can't help. Work and exercise outdoors as much as possible. Keep your thoughts pure. Memorize Bible verses, Remember your obligations to your Creator. Peace Hint in Wool Buying. Germans hope that the war will be over in a few months' time is believed in London financial circles to be indi- cated by' the fact ---news of which has leaked out in the city—that the bulk of the Argentine wool clip has been bought on German account and the re- mainder by American houses. It is understood that the wool bought for Germany is to be stored in Argentina until after the end of the war, and this action is taken to point to Germain preparations for the future and a hope that she May bo able to ship the wool Writing on conditions in Berlin, the. New York World's correspondent, who receutly visited Germany, says: A great change has come .over Ber- lin; Eight months ago you could scarcely notice while on a visit to the capital that Germany was engaged' in war and that she and her people were fighting for their existence. True, 'you noticed a lot of soldiers, many wound- ed and some crippled for lite, but the city itself, and the people, appeared to all outward indications as if nothing unusual was transpiring. The citi- zens looked. What a difference to -day! The Ber- lin people seem to have changed com- pletely. Last spring they appeared a happy lot, with no cares to worry them, certainly not so far as outer appearanceswere concerned. To -day you find only a solemn. people --a peo- ple who appear to; and who do, realize what this war means to Germany and her millions. They are no longer the happy-go-lucky and care -free crowd. They are stern, severely so. They are. no longer a smiling crowd. They are very; very solemn, indeed. They have come to look upon the entire situation in the most serious manner imaginable. They know that the longer the war lasts the More lives must be sacrificed. They realize, too, that many industries must suffer, and that fortunes will be swept away if this war should last for many More years to come. They are no longer of the opinion that peace is to come to them in the near future.. Pict ii of. a Fly DR.' ALBERT C. PEEV1IL, Brooklyn physician, who is ' slowly dying of "sleeping sickness." Re was bitten by the tsetse fly five years ago while in the Belgian Congo, and has been a helpless in- valid ever since. Seldom does a victim last more than two Sears. 1 SEX WARFARE IS PREDICTED. 'When the Great European Conflict Is Ended. Warfare between the sexes such as has been unknown since the days of the mythological Amazons is predict- ed for England after the war. by Prof. Marion Phillips, D.Sc. Prof. Phillips bases this gloomy prediction upon the great mass of women who will be de- pendent. A mighty commercial war is expected to follow the conflict in arms, in which unprecedented corn - petition will be the chief factor. The war has already opened• num- berless positions in the working world to women, and the contention is that they will fight against giving them up when peace is declared. The prediction is made that suffra- gette militantism on an enormous scale will follow, and there will be bloodshed if attempts are made to force women back into the niche they formerly occupied. The remedy suggested by Prof Phillips is absolute equality: the same work and the same wages for men and women; the same responsibilities and the same Competitions, "The scene which confronts us is a gloomy one," says Prof. Philips. "A horde of men and women, many wasted by the hard work of these years of. -trial, trade depression and a wave of poverty and exhaustion are all held by the future years. Men will return from the war to find their places taken by women, arid women will be displaced because the war work has ceased and peace work is not for them. "The very efficiency and adaptabil ity of the women is hi itself a danger, so long as it is not combined with the industrial pride which demands a fair return for the amount of labor given. In this scene are -all the ele- men.ts of sexx warfare ofa very ter- rible warfare i which nature s x n wh eh the male workers and the women...de- pondent upon them are ranked ageing!: B76 is composed of clean, whole young leaves. Picked right, blended right and packed right. It brings the frra.grance of an Eastern> galyden to your table. �e ®. i z 3i , I N The Feeding of Heifers. I have at various times dealt with the feeding of heifer calves during their first year, and have always placed the_emphasis on growth, writes "Herdsman" in Farm and Dairy. I believe in feeding calves liberal quantities' of whole milk, then skim milk, and then finally good liberal feeding with grain and the best hay that the farm produces. This same Ifeeding system during the yearling stage of growth would develop a fat, pudgy animal of inferior dairy qual- ity., During the yearling stage, I am to develop capacity. Good pasture is an excellent place tor the yearling heifer. During the winter months the very best roughage should be fed, such as alfalfa or well cured clover, corn ensilage, and roots, but I would strictly advise against feeding much grain during this period of the heif- er's life. For the small • quantities that are fed, I prefer ground oats, The.'soiling system of feeding yearl- ing heifers is no good. If the dairy- man has no pasture, I would advise him to rent pasture land. e" During the two-year-old stage, I would feed more -liberally, Our ' eif, ers are timedfreshen to at 30 xr�onths and the drain on the. heifer'~ ''system from the ,24th month to the 30th month is great. I would avoid get- ting the heifers overfat; at the same time I like to -have them freshen . in right good ' condition. During the last month or so I like to feed a hand- ful of ground flax seed in a very thin gruel of bran mash once a day. And right here I want to make a confes- sion. Every dairy cattle man with whom I have talked and who has had long experience, has confessed that he has had more trouble with heifers during their first calving period than with mature cows. A large percentage of the calves come weak and not a few are born dead. I have not had more trouble than most good dairymen, but this is a condition that has always puzzled me. May it be that certain feeds are more desirable than others at this period? In a recent issue of Hoard's Dairyman, the results of ex- periments at the Wisconsin Experi- ment Station are summarized, and I would like to have; their summary re- produced: Effect of Feed Parturition. "Sixteen young heifers, all of ap- parent equal vigor, were selected. Group No. 1 was fed the products of wheat; group No. 2, the products of oats; group No. 3, the products of mixed grains, wheat, _ oats, and corn; group No. 4 was fed on the products of corn. Mark well that each group was supplied with the same amount of protein and 'other feed constituents. It was not long before the effect of the feeding was clearly seen in the physical condition of the heifers. The wheat group showed the least thrift, the oat group next, the group fed on mixed grains next, The corn fed group was greatly superior to the others in this respect. "When it comes to calf bearing, this disparity of results was shown in a very 'marked manner, ' The wheat group and oat group lost all of their calves, the mixed grain group did a little better, while the corn fed group produced four well-developed and vigorous calves. There seemed to be something in the corn that 'aid- ed greatly in the pre -natal nourish- ment of the foetus,. as well as an im- proved condition of the mothers them- selves." This looks to me like -a careful, in- telligent experiment. ' I have never before next year's clip 15 available, women who must w'orlt or die. been very favorable to corn feeding, sticking close to my oats and bran with a little flax seed and oil cake. This experiment would make it ap- pear that it would be worth while to mix considerable corn or corn pro- ducts along with the oats. Let's try it. Cement Ice House. The following hints . for a small, concrete ice ,house are from Farmers' Bulletin 623, United States. Depart- ment of Agriculture: The building may be constructed of solid concrete or of concrete blocks. The foundation trenches should be dug 10:inches wide and 21/2 feet deep, and filled with concrete `proportioned one part cement, 21/2 parts sand and 6 parts broken stone, Above the ground. level the walls may be made either of eonc,rete blocks, laid up in a one -to -two cement -send mortar or of solid concrete. For the solid walls ab 1ve the ground level the concrete should be proportioned one bag of ?Portland cement to three cubic feet of sand and five cubic feet ofcrushed d rock, or .one part cement to six parts back -run gravel. In building up the concrete walls, movable forms are used for holding the wet concrete in place until it hardens, These forms should by three feet high and extend entirely around the building. After filling the forms with concrete it should be allowed to stand for a day in order to harden, when the forms may be loosened, moved up, and again filled. During the construction of the walls %-inch reinforcing rods should be used, spaced 18 inches apart,. running in both directions, -Stagger she rods by placing half of them three inches from the outside edge, and the other half three inches from the side edge of well. ' Embed two rods, or an old wagon tire cut in two and straight- ened, in the concrete two inches above the door. opening. For holding the plates on top of the walls sink a 1/2 -inch bolt 10 inches long, head down,' six inches into the concrete. Lay a 4 -inch concrete floor on the natural ground, and on top of this lay three inches -of cork -board insulators embedded in hot asphalt, followed by' two' inches of concrete sloped one inch in four feet to trash drain.. Tlie floor. should be finished with 1/2 -inch Port- land cement .plaster.. The cork -board insulation should be erected on the walls and ceiling in a 1/2 -inch bed of Portland cement mor- tar, mixed in the proportion of one part of Portland cement to two parts of clean, sharp sand. All vertical joints should be broken, and all joints made tight. A 1/4 -inch Port- land cement finish to . be applied to the walls and ceiling as well as to the floor, In many cases it will be cheaper to crib the walls to their full height in- stead of using sectional forms, as a part of the form lumber can be used in the roof and ceiling, .and the re- mainder can generally be used to ad- vantage on the farm. Social Aspirations. "She likes publicity, eh?" "Does she? Why, she thinks the society column ought to make an item of it when she gives a little breakfast to a tramp." Water always freezes on the sur- face first, because that comes into contact with the air, and its heat is carried away. 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Mast slcflitttl aeientiilc compound Largest sel• lung veterinary specific, Any druggist or delivered by manufacturers. . 8rr'OUN lana tcA.i X1o., GFopheit, zuai ``: �rr�■f■tie ONE YEAR MORE MANS VICTORY BLOCKADE BY THE BIUTISH NAVY EFFECTIVE. Germany Will Be: Beaten 'on a"ea in. 1917,Says s a Neutral Observer, A Scandinavian writer, interviewrAl by the Milan .'journal "Sccolo," says .he is convinced. that for the next 12 months Germany will be able to cope with her difficulties, external as well as internal. A poace concluded before the end of 1916 would be bound to be advantageous to her. But if the Bri- tish and their allies can continue the war for' another year the Germans will not .entertain any hope of vic- tory.. The greatest blows at Germany have been struck by the British—the loss of her coloniesr the loss of her coninerce. The British blockade 'is •much more effective than the Germans would like the , outside world to be- lieve. "This war,". says the ,Scandinavian, "will either be wort definitely in 1916 by the Germans en land, or in 1917 by the British on the sea. It would be.untrue to state, he went on, that public opinion in Germany is depressed. The contention of every- body is that the 'war has been carried on victoriously hitherto, as is proved by the positions of the German armies on enemy territory, but there is every- where a vague,sense of disquietude. Much Fault -Finding. The consequence is an attitude of criticism, ill -humor and fault-finding. Some find fault with the Chancellor, others with the Socialists, some with the farmers, others again with the speculators. The long halt on the west is condemned, likewise the arrest of the offensive in Russia; there are many who denounce as midsummer madness the high falutin' about the Asiatic undertaking. Some are for annexations on all sides, others con- sider it imprudent to think of perma- nently :annexing a single inch any- where, but these would insist on "ra- som." The enemy is beaten, but not domi- nated, say the Germans. Though one ally may speak evil of another (the Germans are always discovering dis- sensions among the allies), and the British speak evil of themselves, all seem to agree on one thing: they will go on until they win. Notwithstand- ing the Pact of London, the Germans place their chief hope in a separate peace with one or other of the enemy powers: The Chancellor spoke the mind of the nation when he described treaties 53 scraps of apper. Problem of Men. The casualty lists published by the military' authorities .are always three or four months late; they do not con- tain the names of the slightly wound- ed, and are suspected of being other- wise incorrect. Hindenburg fought his last battles in Russia with the Landwehr; Mackensen spared his men in Serbia, utilizing artillery almost exclusively. Germany began the war with eight million men; by December 1, 1916, ae- cording to the most moderate falcula - tion of her daily and monthly losses, she will have no more than 3,000,000, including the youths of the 1916 and 1917 classes, of whom, at least, one million will be required in the auxil- iary services. Germany doesnot lack alms and ammunition, it is true; but the people are well aware of the feverish, organ- ized activity that prevails in the allied countries and in America. A German officer told the writer quoted that the German army owed almost all its, successes to its heavy artillery. Now this advantage has been lost, for the French showed dur- ing their attack in Champagne that to -day they possess an excellent arma- ment of heavy artillery. In short, the. problem of men is disquieting, while the advantage in artillery and muni- tions is disappearing. Bismarck's View. Bismarck in • 1888 ;outlined the pol- icy upiin which he was firm and whieh probably led to his dismissal by the Kaiser. He was absolutely op- posed to another war with France and possibly Russia, saying: "After all, in such a war we should not be so 'very certain to win, while it wouldebe a great misfortune, .even if we were victorious, as in any case, we should lose a great deal in blood and treas- ure, and also suffer considerable in- direct .damage through the interrup- tion of work and trade, and we should never be able to take anything from the French and Russians that would compensate us for our losses. It is only the' English who would benefit by it." Bismarck would seem to have been something of a prophet. A Chance Yet. Tom—Is it true that you proposed to Alice and was rejeeted? • Jack—Not exactly rejected—she said when she felt like making a fool of herself she'd let mo know. It is colder in a thaw than in a frost. because when water freezes it parts, with its heat to the air, whi .h thus feels warmer. In a thaw hes is ab-. rom the ail. r e f a sorbed