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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-10-5, Page 2its, fl is riot ilr_ force. for the finest beverage of all For flavour, quality and richness there is nothing tor equal a cup of "SALAD,". Invigorating, refreshing, and so pure and clean. 8226 SOLD AT ALL GROCERY STOPES 40c.s 5O6., 6Oc. and 7 c. a pound ride's Name ; Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser ti CHAPTER II.—(Cont'd). I "Well, is that wrong?" asked the "Chuck some water over yourself," puzzled mate. he said, hastily, nodding at a jug; "He didn't buy it, he only chose it," which stood on the table. "I can't very; said the other, having recourse to her well get up to do it myself," ! handkerchief again. "He went out - The lady ignored this advice, and by Iside the shop to see whether dint of much strength of mind, regain-; there was one he would like better ed her self-control. She sat down, and when I came out he had disap- on the locker again, and folding her i geared." arms showed clearly her intention to 1 "He must have met with an accid- remain. j ent," said the mate, politely. Half an hour passed; the visitor ! ' "I saw him to -night," said the lady, still sat grimly upright. Twice she! tersely. "Once or twice he had men - sniffed slightly,• and with a delicate I toned Wapping in conversation, and handkerchief pushed up her veil and i then seemed to check himself. That wiped away the faint beginnings of a' was my clue. I've been round this tear. I dismal, heathenish place for a forte "1 appose you think I'm acting , night. To -night I saw him; he came strangely?" she said, catching the; on this wharf, and he has not gone off, mate's eye after one of these episodes. ; , . . It's my belief he's in that "Oh, don't mind me," said the mate,; room." with studied politeness; "don't mind i Before the mate could reply the hurting my feelings or taking my, hoarse voice of the watchman came characteaway." i down the companion -way. "Ha' past "Pooh! you're a man,"said the eleven, sir; tide's just on the turn." visitor, scornfully; "but character ori r,„ no character, I'm going to see into' Aye, aye, said the mate. He turned imploringly to the visitor. that room before I go away, if I sit t «Would you do me the favor just to here for three weeks.” I step on deck a minute?" Howie you going to manage about «What for ?" inquired the visitor eating and drinking all that time? + shortly. , inquired Fraser. "Because I want to get up,» said "How are you?" said the visitor; the mate. "you can't get up while I'm here, you l "I shan't move," said the lady. know, "But I've got to get up, I tell you," "Well, we'll see," said the mate, said the mate; "we're getting under vaguely. way in ten minutes." "I'm sure I don't want to annoy «And what might that be?" asked anybody," said the visitor, softly, the lady. "but I've had a Iot of trouble, young, "Why, we make a start. You'd bet - man, and what's worse, I've been made : ter go ashore unless you want to be a fool of. This day three weeks ago I carried off." 1 ought \o have been married." f "I shan't move," repeated the visit - "I'm sure you ought," murmured or. th"Travelling under Government onher. . the mate,Irm"George " to be rude," said secret service, be said he was!" she ! "Sir," said the watchman from continued; "always away: here to -day, + above. China to -morrow; and America the "Bring down a couple o' men and day after." take this lady ashore," said the mate, "Flying?" queried the interested) sternly. mate, "I'll send a couple down, sir," said I dare say,"snapped the visitor; , the watchman, and moved off to make "anything to tell me, I suppose. We a selection. were to be married by special license' "I shall scream `murder and —I'd even got my trousseau ready." I thieves,' " said the lady,her eyes "Got your what ready?" inquired•gleaming.bring "I'll the y the mate, to whom the word was new, ad caue a scandal. Then perhaps I shall see into that room." In the face of determination like this the mate's courage gave way,. new clothes, too; leastways, those 1 and in a voice of much anxiety he calI- that could afford it did. He evened upon his captain for instruction. went and helped me choose the cake." I "Cast off," bellowed the mighty voice. "If your sweetheart won't go ashore she must come, too. You must pay her passage." "Well, of all the damned impud- ence,"' muttered the incensed mate. 1 "Well, if you're bent on coming,". he said, hotly, to the visitor, "just go on deck while I dress." The lady hesitated a moment and , then withdrew, On deck the men eyed her curiously, but made no at- tempt to interfere with her and in a' couple of minutes the mate came run -1 nine: up to take charge. `Where are we going?" inquired the lady, with a trace of anxiety in her voice. ` "France," said Frasers turning away. The visitor looked nervously round. At the adjoining wharf a sailing barge was also getting under way, and a large steamer was slowly turning in the middle of the river. She took a pace or two towards the side. "Cast off," said Fraser, impatient- ly, to the watchman. "Wait a minute," said the visitor, hastily, "I want to think." "Cast off," repeated the mate. The watchman obeyed, and the leaning out of his bunk. "Everything to wear," exlained the visitor. 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"Her?" said Flower, curtly, "Who?" "The lady you didn't want to see," said Fraser, restlessly. "You let your ideas run away with you, Jack," said Flower, yawning. "It wasn't likely I was going to turn out and dress to see any girl you liked . to invite aboard." "Or' even to bowl at them through the speaking -trumpet," said Fraser, looking at him steadily. "What sort o' looking girl was she ?" inquired Flower, craning his } neck to see what was in front of ' him. "Looked like a girl who meant to find the man she wanted, if she spent ten years over it," said the mate, grimly. , "I'll bet you an even five shillings, cap'^, that she finds this Mr. Robinson before six weeks are out—whatever his other name is." "Maybe," said Flower, carelessly. "It's her first visit to the Foam, but not the last, you mark my words," said Fraser, solemnly. "If she wants this reseal Robinson—" I "What ?" interrupted Flower, sharp- 'lyr "I say if she wants this rascal Rob- inson,'' repeated the mate, with relish, "she'll naturally come where she saw the last trace of him." Captain Flower grunted. "Women never think," continued Fraser, judicially, "or else she'd be glad to get rid of such a confounded scoundrel." "What do you know about him?", demanded Flower. "I know what she told me," said f Fraser; "the idea of a man leaving a poor girl in a cake -shop and .doing a bolt. He'll be punished for it, I know. He's a thoughtless, inconsid-': erate fellow, but one of the best -heart - Ied chaps in the world, and I guess I'll do the best I can for him." • Flower grinned safely in the dark- ' ness. "And any little help I can give you, Jack, I'll give freely," he said, softly. "We'll talk it over at I breakfast." The mate took the hint, and, mov- Iing off, folded his arms on the tali rail, and, looking idly astern, fell into a reverie. Like the Pharisee, he felt ' thankful that he was not'as other men, and dimly pitied the skipper and his !prosaic entanglements, as she thought of Poppy. He looked behind at the 1 dark and silent city, and felt a new affection for it, as he reflected that ' she was sleeping there. The • two men commenced their breakfast in silence, the skipper eat-' ing with a zest which caused the mate to allude impatiently - to the last breakfasts of condemned men. "Shut the skylight, Jack," said the skipper, as he poured out his third cup ter, severely; "you ought to know bet- ter," (To be continued). PRISON READY FOR KAISER. He Will Be Incarcerated on Island of St. Helena. According to French papers the allies are as firmly determined as ever to capture the German Emperor and to incarcerate him for life on the j Island of St. Helena where Napoleon ended his career as a prisoner, Tho "Petit Provencal" says; I"The • plan to capture the Kaiser has never been given up by England and France, although this aim of the war has not been mentioned by the press, during the last twelve or fifteen months, The fate of the unspeakable chief of the Huns, this beastly modern Attila, will probably be decided before the end of the present war. If he cannot be caught in the field when the remnants•of his shattered armies are exterminated by the great offen- sive of the allies, his surrender by his people will be the first peace con- dition. The prison in which he will have to spend the rest of his miser- able life has long been prepared by the British Government on St. Helena. His quarters there will be far less comfortable than those of Napoleon were. His oldest son and heir, the Crown Prince, will be executed with Admiral von Tirpitz, and a number of the other beasts who are commanding the Bodies." of coffee, Fraser complied, and resuming his seat, gazed at him with almost inde- cent expectancy. The skipper drop- ped some sugar into his coffee, and, stirring it in a meditative fashion, sighed gently. "I've been making a fool of myself, Jack," he said, at length. "I was always one to be fond of a little bit of adventure, but this goes a little too far, even for me.2- "But what did you get engaged to her for?" inquired Fraser. • Flower shook his head. "She fell violently in love with me," he said mournfully. "She keeps the 'Blue Posts' up at Chelsea. Her father left it to her. She manages her step- mother and her brother and everybody else. I was just a child in her hands. You know my easy-going nature." "But you made love to her," ex- postulated the mate. "In a way, I suppose I did," ad- mitted the other, "I don't know now whether she could have me up for breach of promise, because when I asked her I did it this way. I said, 'Will you be Mrs. Robinson?' What do you think?" "I should think it would make ib harder for you," said Fraser. "But didn't you remember Miss Banks while all this was going un?" "In a way." said Flower, "yes—in a way. But after a man's been en- gaged to a woman nine years, it's, very easy to forget, and every year makes it easier. Besides, I was only a boy when I was engaged to her," "Twenty-eight," said Fraser. "Anyway, I wasn't old enough to know my own mind," said Flower, "and my uncle and old Mrs. Banks made it up between them. They ar- ranged everything, and I can't afford to offend' the old man. If I married Miss Tipping, that's the 'Blue Posts' girl—he'd leave his money away from schooner's side moved slowly from the me; and if I marry. Elizabeth, Miss , wharf. At the sight, the visitor's Tipping '11 have me up for breach of nerve forsook her and with a frantic promise—if she finds :lie," cry she ran to the side and, catching the watchman's outstretched hand, sprang ashore. "Good-bye," sang out the mate; "sorry you, wouIdn't cone to France with us. The lady was afraid of the foreigners, George. If it had been England she wouldn't have minded." "Aye, aye," said the watchman, significantly, and, as the schooner showed her stern, turned to answer, with such lies as he thought the oc- casion demanded, the eager questions of his fair companion. "If you're not very careful," said' Fraser, impressively, "you'll lose both of 'em." The skipper leaned over the table, and glanced carefully round, "Just what I want to do," he said, in a low voice. "flit engaged to another girl," "What?" cried the mate, rising his voice. "Three?" "Three," repeated the skipper. "Only three," be added, hastily, as he saw a question trembling on the oth-' er's lips. 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There are often times when, owing to a wet season or an early frost, fanners experience difficulty in say- ing the last cutting of alfalfa. At such times a method for converting alfalfa into silage may bring about a saving of the entire last erop. During'thet fermentation e'me nation process which takes place immediately after the silo is filled, the sugar in the green crop is converted by pacterial pro- cesses into a mixture of acids. The most important acids formed in silage, are lactic acid, the same acid which develops in the souring of inilk, and acetic acid, the same acid which gives to vinegar its sour taste. Several other acids are also formed in lesser amounts, but they are of little impor- tance in normal silage. These acids serve to preserve the silage mixture from further decomposition. The silage fermentation is similar to the fermentation which takes place when cabbage is converted into sauerkraut, The alfalfa plant is deficient in fermentable sugars. For this )reason, alfalfa alone does not make silage which will "keep." Acid is not pro- duced in sufficient quantities bo pre- serve the silage. Because of this de- ficiency of acid, putrefactive processes set up, and the silage acquires a dis- gusting taste and an odor somewhat resembling the odor of decaying meat. In September, 1914, the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station con- structed six small silos having a cap- acity of about 1 ton each. These were filled, -1 with corn, 1 with Black Amber cane, 1 with alfalfa, and 3 with alfalfa -cane mixtures in the propor- tion of 1 part alfalfa to 2 parts cane, equal parts of cane and alfalfa, and 2 parts alfalfa bo 1 part cane, re- spectively. The sorghum cane con- tains a higher percentage of ferment- aable sugars and makes up the difici- ency of the alfalfa in this respect. These silos were opened in Aug-ist, 1915, after having been filled for near- ly a year. The silage in all except the one containing only alfalfa was found to be in perfect condition. The silage made from 1 part cane and 2 parts alfalfa was just as good as that containing larger proportions of cane. Alfalfa 2 parts, mixed with cane I part, makes a highly desirable silage Siloing alfalfa with cane in the man- ner here described is recommended as a means of saving the last crop of alfalfa when conditions are such that it cannot be made into hay. Wheth- er or not it will be profitable be silo alfalfa is a question which can only be answered by the farmer himself under the individual conditions. What Is Practical. One of the most useful things we as dairy farmers can learn is a bet- ter understanding of what is really practical. About every man limits the meaning of this much abused word to the narrow dimensions of his own experience, Wiiat he knows to be practical is practised, that is the end of it. The Babcock test was not "practical" said nine out of ten far- mers in 1886; now, everyone believes in its practicability. The silo, the pure-bred bull, the growing of alfalfa, the King system of ventilation, and a host of other well accepted improve- ments in dairy practice have had to run this gauntlet of "practical" in the mind of the average farmer. Seager Wheeler, a Canadian Sas- katchewan wheat farmer, has had an 'ever. experience in this line that is well set. forth in the following brief paragraph which we take from an article in the Country Gentleman: "When Wheeler first began growing wheat from seed selected and bred by hand he was looked upon as a faddist. Many were not quite so charitable as that in applying names to him and his work. But since he won the $1,000 first prize at the New York Land Show in 1911 for the best wheat raised on the American Continent, and an- other international sweepstakes prize at the 1914 show in Kansas, and in- ternational prizes at various other ex- hibitions in the United States and Canada, they have stopped calling him a faddist. When he began to grow wheat at the rate fo forty-five to eighty bushels an acre on small plots and thirty to thirty-five bushels on his large fields, even in unfavorable sea- sons, and to sell his grain as seed for two dollars to three dollars a bushel, practically every one decided that he was a practical farmer and a;compet ent business man." Every step in the way toward great- er profit and greater efficiency in the business of dairy farming has been fought out and won againstthe nar- row judgments of farmers whose only cry was "not practical." This proves beyond controversy that the only im- practical man in the business is the one who is foolish enough to measure the question solely by what he knows and that' alone.—Hoard's Dairyman. . Speed of Animals. The kangaroo, supposedly a fleet beast, covers 10 to 14 feet a second, while the giraffe dashes along over 50 feet in the same time, and an ox attached to a wagon goes two feet a second. Some species of hare ruin 60 feet a second, others not more than half as fast, An examining optician is an eye- witness. t