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AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE
BY W.EATHERBY CHESNE,,Y
CHAPTER II.
!was, in her own dainty way, beautiful,
Two hours later Scarborough seV There was zi° 1leeee of coloring, ,but
out for •`tire Chinelasy play p la chess , the delicately -modelled features 4ere.
with Mr. Page as hehadpromised. perfect; her figure was'slight, but the
As he walked he again thought of *curves of it were exquisitely proper,
those two words in the cable message troned. She had the daintiness of
which bad passed through his hands. carved ivory. Hers was not the kind
Lovers are fanciful. Bras it possible of beauty which compels instant at -
s
that they were not code words at all, tention; but it was the kind which
but that the refet•ezice was to a real wears well. In old age she would still;
danger that was coming near to the be beautiful, when the merely hand - I
girl whom he loved? Scarborough some, or the merely pretty, would
framed the question in his mind, and have faded to the merely conimon-
then laughed out loud at the absurd- place.
ity of it. There meld be no tonne- "Elsa," said Scarborough again,
tion between Elsa Page and Val B. "I have not given you the right to
Montague, with his troupe of quarrel- call me that," she said.
some and probably tenth -rate stars, "1 cane to -night to ask you to give
Of course the message was only me the right."
code! I She covered her face again• in and made her shiver again. She
But when he was shown into the Dont, dont! she cried. corned suddenly to the young man.
drawing -room of the Chinches, and IIe came closer to her, drew her "Will you take m t •ro
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with a growing impatience, for the!
time when, her 'father;• should have all
the necessary proofs in his hands, and ,
should return to face his accusers, and
vindicate his. innocence. That he no
longer seemed anxious to do so was
a thing which she could not under-
stand. But lately the conviction had
been slowly Aiming. itself upon her
that he never meant to go back;
and for that weakness she alznost be-
gan to scorn him.
She was thinking of these things
now, as she stood at the door of her
father's house in the Azores and look-
ed out into the darkness of the night
--a darkness no blacker than the de-
spair that gilled her, She stretched
out her hands, and eried aloud:
"Horace, I love you! And even
when you tell me of your love, I have
to lie to you, and play. a part!".
A great sob shook her. She turned,
and went slowly to her room. Hel
father wanted her, and was` waiting;
but she could not go to him to -night,
(To be continued.)
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SOLDIERS . SING IN cl'RENC'RESnee ee . ee :
The British Are Undisturbed By. lli:. ' _ _ _
ers. Since then, Mr._Crockett has
done well. His accounts showed him
I how. Without them, he would long
Explosions. ocult Conditions on the I+`arm.
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A. correspondent -et' British Head -1 During the year 1915, the Commis -
quarters in 1{,rance writes: Some .Sion of Conservation conducted an
curious structures of concrete, nee agricultural survey on 400 farms iii;
Elsa Page came forward to greet hint, hands away from her face and took o -mot
see the circus which •has come to Ontario. The survey.included 100'
he saw at once, with the quickness to one of them in his. �� Ponta Delgada?" she asked. pepper castors in ,shape, have been
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apprehension whish love gives, that, Elsa, I love you.built in places along the enemy front. farms in each of the Counties of Dun
"Don't," Scarborough thought again of the clrts i'Jaterloo
site was in trouble. I "Dont! she cried again. , cablegram, and he feared for her—
deserve.
naturally get the attention they , ,Northumberland arid:
I would have sent to tell you not "What's the use of saying 'don't,'
deserve. At one spot our mien no- Carleton. Various phases of farm
„ ?„ feared for the danger which she could life were investigated, to come, she said; "but I had no when I do?" he asked, smiling; for ticed a cupola had` been constructed, gated, and some in -
not tell him of, but which seemed, in
spite of her denial, to threaten vague-
ly but ominously.
messenger." : she had not drawn her hand away.
"Is anything wrong?" ! "I mean, don't say it!"
"Father's gout is very painful to-! "Not when it is the truth? Elsa, „ asked; to try his weight at the object,' fives to keep the young people on
night, and he doesn't feel equal to will you be my wife?" ed Why do you want to go?„ he ask- and put over some shells with exeell- the farms ars to a great extent meg-{
chess. He asked me to make his ex- 1 The hand was drawn away now, ens aim. One went through the targ-]acted, as may be seen from the fol -
j "You said you would ask no more
Buses for him.” slowly; but there was no hint of . „ et, throwing up indistinguishable rub-, lowing report of the survey. !
questions, she reminded him, I' ,
exon sorry," said Scarborough. yielding in the voice, when she an- „ bish. When the smoke ancl dust; Ten pei• cent. of the farmers visit -
cannot tell you my reason.ed have had boys dear*e anti o to'
"But there's something more, isn't e swered: �� , "1 beg your pardon. I forgot. Yes, cleared the turtle back was seen to g
there?" "No, Horace. be smashed, showing twisted iron the city. Seven per cent. Have sons
I will take you. I have already booked!
4 Ile let her hands fall, and stood for' , „ girders within and a mass of wire, married who are farming-. Nineteen
try o seats.
"You are in trouble? Something a moment without speaking. He did "Thank you" she said, and then Which looked Iikeuncoiled springs, per cent. stated that they were fol
has happened?" , not plead with her. He knew that she added simply:,"I must evidently the reinforcement of the lowing some form of book-keeping,;
go back to
or rather a turtle back, not very ap- teresting conditions presented: •
parent. Oho of our howitzers was , Social conditions, and other incee- !
"Something more?"
Elsa looked at him for a moment was not one of the sort who say 'no,' father now. He is waiting for me." concrete. - I but only one man was following sl
without speaking, and a hint of dis- because they want to be persuaded to Possibly the nervousness of the complete method. Sixty-seven per;
Scarborough accepted the dismissal:,
tress showed itself in her eyes; but say 'yes.'And even had there been' Germans also accounts foe their in- cent. take agricultural papers, seven -
She went with him to the door, and
she shook her head. the least likelihood that pleading stood watching him as he rode away. dustry in mining towards whatever i teen per cent. take story magazines,"
"No,"she said steadily. "Nothing would make her change her mind, salient gives us some vantage. These and.seventy-seven per cent. take a'
She has said that she must return to!
has happened."Horace Scarborough would not have mines are peculiarly horrible, for one 'daily paper.
her father, but instead he stood looks. _
took up a piece of fancy -work and plead.
fingered it aimlessly, and he knew, "You call me by my Christian not there is a volcano underfoot. The years of age while 81 per cent. had
that she was not speaking the truth.' name," he said presently. "You have young man back to her side, and bid. unconcern of our men,who cannot al- a horse and buggy l
him tell his love again. For she lovedggy or an automobile
Yesterday when he had left her she
e never done before. Why do you him. But for one thing, she, too, ways be sure that such an unpleasant for the young people. Sixty-one per
had been happy and natural, and do it no ' „ might have avowed her love, and not development of trench warfare has cent. of the farmers attended some
night he had meant to ask her to be "May I not? You called me Elsa. reached them; is astonishing. (hind of community event or events
been ashamed: But there was some -
his wife. But to -night she was differ- 'eI was asking for the right to do so thing which he did not know of, a Reeetly a: colonel informed me with during the past year, chiefly church '
exit. There was a constraint in her always. You will not give pie the
manner, there had been almost a cold -right."
Scarborough watched her as she pleaded. He was not of the kind who trig out into the ni
ght sand a great never knows :now, when interested in I In 53 per cent. of the families visit=
longing came upon her to call this a corner of a fire trench, whether or; ed there were young people over" 14 •.
after the German mine had exploded,1 Here it may be stated that the ru-'.
ness in her greeting, and he no long-' "I will—Horace," she said slowly. possible; and her heart cried out with his working party got at a few of his ' tai churches have a great o ortun- !
a great bitterness against the fatepp
er felt his yesterday's confidence in! He made as though he would go to which denied her thus the right to men who were imprisoned, the fel- ity to develop the social side of their I
the answer which she would give him, her again, but checked himself. He lows were grinning when hauled out,' activities, to' reach more of` the young
love. and then began to singamusing non- eo le in the county and interest
if he said the words he had come to did not understand her, but her refus-!
say. Between to -night and yesterdayal of his offer had been definite. She' Two years ago she had been a sense. Singing, i p p y ,sports
g happy and careless. child; then the g g, indeed is common in •them in clean amusements and
something had happened, though she must explain. cloud came suddenly, and darkened our fire trench. i recreations: The local fairs also
denied it. And that something had" She cane and put a hand upon his The Welshmen- not to be worried , are prominent among the community
everything. She had come out to the
spoiled the understanding which had shoulder, looking up into his eyes. islands with her father who was, so by any thought of hidden dynamite, events attended by the farmer. In
been between them. "I will not have you for my his- the world said, a fugitive from Eng- make Eisteddfodau of their spells in' Dundas and Carleton counties no or -
He came a little nearer to her. band she said,but I want you for the front line. The Germans are ' ganized clubs for games were met
"Elsa," ifriend,SoI want to be allowed lish justice. But she believed then what EIsa, he said gently. ! my that the world was wrong. welcometo r at they can male of with, while in ' Waterloo, 13 reported
She gave him a hurried look, almost to call you Horace, and I want you She had landed in San Miguel, men who, in winter trench warfare—la a football club, and in Northumber-
he thought, of fear• and then she to call me Elsa. Other people call me b • h . d and the second year of it --sing in a i land, six reported baseball clubs.
ere now have lost his farm
There is room for similar system-
atic business accounting on every
farm. The average farm of Canada
is a mixed farm, with many sources
of income. On almost every farm,
we believe, one or more branches are
being run at an actual loss and the
income would be increased by its
elimination. Other branches are
particularly profitable, and these
should be enlarged. The only way to
know which branches to eliminate
and which to enlarge, however, is to
keep books. There is no better time
to start than the present.—Farm and
Dairy.
ONE num
MEMBERS WANTED
OBJECTS OE THE ANTI.G'+'RMAN
LEAGUE. •
Strong Manifesto Issued, and a com-
prehensive Programme
Urown Up.
Destruction of evory German in-
fluence in Great Britain, internment of
all alien enemies, and capture of all
German trade secrets are aimed ''
by the Anti -German League. This
organization is increasing in strength
daily, and has the backing of . in-
fluential business concerns in Eng-
land. It is attempting to gain a mil-
lion members, and its aims are set
forth in a manifesto which says in
part:
"Ten thousand seven hundred "and
twenty-nine Germans in London alone
still uninterned! These are official
figures, given by Sir John Simon in
reply to a question in the House of
Commons. How much longer is such
a state of affairs to continue? Neu -
I tial
ntixies consider .tis quite matt
in regard to the alien enemy peril,
and it is (amongst other things) the
purpose of the anti -German League
to bring pressure to bear upon those
�ponsible for such a crying
scandal.
Driving Nails in Coffin.
{ "Every true Briton joining means
another nail driven into the' coffin of
German influence in this country. A
million members are wanted, Enroll
at once, and help to raise the league's
vigorous battle cry of `Everything
Geramn taboo!' throughout the Bri-
tish Empire.
""Never before in Englands history
has the nation been faced with prob-
leets. so grave and complex. We
stand, or rather, shall shortly stand,
• at the parting of the ways. , On the
one hand ' lies a road to prosperity
and Empire -a road we are opening
at a sacrifice of blood and treasure,
the like of which' the world has
never seen—on the other, the as -
Growing Potatoes Without Potash..
Potato growers in past years, at
least those who have made use of
commercial fertilizers, have always
favored a fertilizer with a large pro -
porion of available potash. The •
closing off of the German supply of
potash has rendered this fertilizing
constituent extremely expensive and'
potato growers are now face to face
with the proposition of growing -po-i
tatoes with nitrogen and phosphor -1
ons only: In this connection, an ex-.
periment conducted at' the Maine Ex-
1perimental station will be of interest.
Chas. D. Woods sums up the results
of the experiments as follows::
"Throughout the growing season
the vines on both:the no potash plots
were a distinctly: brighter green.and
had a thriftier look than on the ad-
joining plots. The difference was so
marked that it attracted much at-
tention front visitors at the farm.
Although some` slight irregularities
occurred in the yield from.. the differ-
ent plots, the average figures show
fairly consistent increases with the
increase in potash. The plots without.
potash yielded' 110 barrels, or 302
bushels of merchantable potatoes.
The plots with two and five per cent.
potash gave practically the same
yields of 116 barrels, or 320 bushels
per acre. The eight per cent. potash
plots averaged to yield 120 barrels, or
331 bushels per acre. This is an
increase of 10 barrels from the eight
per cent, plots over the no potash
plots. This amount is undoubtedly
large enough to be significant, and ib
indicate that the potash increases
the yield of potatoes in Aroostook
county. h
y On the other hand,. 110 bar-
rels (302 bushels) per acre is a good
yield—considerably above the aver-
age, and nearly double the average in
the county in 1915. So far as the re-
sults of this one year are concerned,
they indicate that a profitable yield
of potatoes can be obtained on Aroo
stook soil without the addition of
potash for at least one year."
What is true of these soils applies
in no less degree to our soils in Can -I
ada. There are few soils indeed in
which there are not thousands of.
pounds' of potash in the first few
inches. This potash can be rendered
available by incorporating humus into'
the soil and through cultivation, con-
serving the moisture.
secret in her life, which made that im- a grim smile that when, .many hours- socials and picnics.
urmng wit a generous in ignation
covered her face with her hands. ! Miss Page; but I should like to feel way which attracts the pleased atten- I Only one of the 400 farmers visited
at the injustice of men and full of
She was not crying, but a shiver 'that to you I am Elsa—only Elsa—dotion of listeners who are musical.
• enthusiasm for the fight which she
mentioned attending a literary so -
shook her and then left her calm. you understand?" 'and her father would win together And these mines are generally less I ciety. Twenty-five per cent. of the
She took her hands from her face, and; "Yes, I understand!" he said bitter-• successful than one could possibly homes had no musical instrument of
raised her eyes to his with agrave , I "You are givingme one of the The cloud which had come over the
Y Y' brightness of her young life was guess. Our communique gave news I any kind; 39 per cent. had pianos.—.
look of questioning: !privileges of a. lover, and refusing all black, but she believed that it would of no fewer than five that had been I E.C.N. in Conservation. i
She was not one of those women' others. I understand all but your mo- soon be dissipated. The truth would sprung recently on quite a short front I I
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whom men, at first meeting, called tive. If you were a flirt, I could un -
near the parries north of Loos. The Systematic Farniing
be known and meanwhile exile in her
Handsome. Amongst a group of other derstand that too; but you are not. father's company was no real hard- Germans must have hoped for great I poor health drove Morris H. Crock -1
girls, she might conceivably have been You are not the girl who offers. an ship to a girl of seventeen.
overlooked or unnoticed; and yet she inch, and means an ell to be taken.; But two years had passed, and the
Why do you offer me the inch. Actually we had few casualties, and. Previous to his removal to the coup-
• cloud showed no signs of lifting"
She shivered slightly, for the re- Moreover, her father, so far as she the. Germans never hada chance of ire•v, Mr.Crockett had been a success-
sentment in his voice hurt her. After knew, had made no effort to escape ! occupying the craters. (fol business man. •
a brief pause, she said: .� y<' _ _
`fro'm under its shadow,had been I For the first three. years he last
the name Missis Page because 1 hateto nlips!ear
content to live in the gloom, and , QUEEN WATCHED BY BEDSIDE money. He had fancy and utility
g yourseemed to have lost all longing for the; •—• 1 poultry, early and late apples, Logan
Suppose that every time I hear it I light of day and truth. ! Consort of ItaTy's King Enabled Sick berries, strawberries and rhubarb.
fees a rush of shame. Won't your He had sunk, with seeming content, I Soldier to Sleep. J'ttst why he was losing money, he did
spare me that ? Wouldn't you be will- into the role of confirmed invalid,"l •
not lcnorv. The fourth year he clec di -
ing to take my inch?"The story of a complete tren.for" ed to apply to his business of farm
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results from five mines not far apart ; ctt from the city to a little five -acre
and simultaneously fired on one night. fruit in California.
and poultry farm
"Though nursing his gout and spending his'
I am never to have the i nzation into a iced Cross has
fitl s of the
philo-pital of pp Y _
?„ days in profitless study I the historic and richt appointed voluted • ing the sante principles that he had
ell?" i Herbert S fitl i 1 Palace Rome ti 11 t 1 ed cit- business
"Though probably—you are never sophy of pencer—pro ass, ! Quii.ina a ace in ie rviix ei•
applied to the ' of tivhich
d aI for meanwhile he
an even crimin • he had been manager. This involved
to have the ell," ' residence of the Royal family, is told
�, ' did nothing to remove the stain which, a bookkeeping system, and during all
tt Elsa, he cried, almost fiercely, lay upon his name. 1 by Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page of that year he kept accurate ac -
you say things which I find it hard to in the leading article in "The Azneri-
It was this—the mental apathy' „ t counts for every department of his
understand. You refuse me, and then' can Red Cross Magazine• Describ-
qualify your refusal with a eprob- whichdisguised
labolwh chi EIsatself in itdid riot' less in-- ing a tour of the hospital, with Queen lielittldid awayfarm.Attheend of the year
ablye you say that you feel a rush of Elena as guide, the ambassador ; y poultry,
understand. It was this which almost," plowed up his rhubarb and straw-
shame when I call you by your fa- writes: l
ther's name, and you ask to be only in spite her the loyalty of her love, "In a few minutes we were being berries, and ..specialized =on early ap-
caused to doubt. The facts, as she g pies and utility poultry. These his
Elsa to me. What does it all mean?"+ shown everythin • under thepersonal
„:had been told them, were these:books revealed, were the money mak
It means, Horace, that I want a : The firm of stockbrokers in which! guidance of her, who, had she not '
friend," she answered simply. her father was the junior partner had", been the Queen of Italy, might, from
"Are you in any trouble?" lie failed, and failed disastrously, ford er perfect knowledge of every detail
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thought of the cablegram and added an the simplicity with whichshe.
—"or danger?" "its operations had not been honest. conducted us, have been she
tel am in,criminal prosecution followed. The
trouble. I don't think am Its bankruptcy was fraudulent, and a
only a courteous and accomplished
in He danger."ame to her and took her hand' junior partner was out of the coon- to ttendostalmtot pre sely the tiained liduties life her of
again 1 try at the time, touring in Portugal
"F „•„ , lwith his dauglfter. An attempt was
that position. It"wa5 hard to tell
orgive me lie said genu I in which was the more interesting re-
fiction—that the Queen should be
so simple, natural and perfectly in-
formed as to every detail of the hos-
pital, or that this perfectly informed,
simple, natural mistress of a hospi-
tal was the Queen of Italy.
"One of the badly' wounded, we
heard, had' asked the Queen the night
they came to sit beside him, as he
thought he could sleep and his fever
downould staywith
wouldgo if she w
him. So she sab by his bed until late
the night when he had fallen to
in n g
sleep.”
Let us take care how we speak of
those• who have fallen on life's field.
pie therefore whose commercial stand- Help them up—not heap scorn upon
Y.
made to secure his return by extradi
a brute to bully you. I will ask no ;