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The Wingham Times, 1912-01-25, Page 7,=ems weensig TUE MOAN TINES, JANUARY 25, ff'12 • gip, The IRL By HAR at LD MacGRATH Copyright, 1900, by the Dobbs Merrill Company :up 0f a tllousano variant interests. No; man's love is never like a wom- an's. But remember this, Gretchen—I loved you the best I knew how, as a man loves but once, honorable as it Was possible, purely and dearly." He ripped a bunch of grapes from the vine, a thing no careful vintner should do, and held it toward her. "Have you ever heard of the kissing cherries?" he asked. She shook her head. He explained. "This bunch will do very well." He took one grape at the bottom in ,his teeth. Gingerly Gretchen did the GRETCHEN RAISED HER Cn121, 'Same, Their lips met in a smothered .laughter. Then they tried it again. And this Watteau picture met the gaze of two persons on the terrace be- low. The empurpling face of tine •threatened an explosion, but the smiI- tyg face of the other restrained this vocal thunder. The old head vintner kicked a stone savagely. Gretchen and :ber lover turned. CHAPTER XIII. A WIUTP: SCAR. . OU"— began the steward. "Patience, Hoffman!" warn- ed her highness, Then she laughed blithely. "Your bat, scoundrel!" cried Hoff- man. The vintner snatched off his hat epnlogetfeaily and swung It around on the tips of his fingers. "Is Mk the way you tvorki'' "1 here Melted nine baskets." "You should have picked twelve." It interested her highness to note that this handsome young fellow was not afraid of the head vintner. So this was Gretchen's lover? He was realty handsome. There was nothing coarse about his features or figure. The pause was broken by Gretchen. "Pardon, highness!" "For what, Gretchen?" "For not having seen your approach." "That was my fault, not yours. '(When Is the wedding?" "After the vintage, highness." • Her higbness then spoke to the bride-. 'CAUGHT HEAVY COLD. (Left Throat and Lungs Very Sore. 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"Dr. Wood's" is put up in * yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trademark; price 25 cents, Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited Toronto, Ont, ' groom her?" "Who could help it, your hilliness?" • The prououn struck her oddly, for peasants as a usual tbing never used it in addressing the nobility. "Well, on the day of the wedding I will stand sponsor to you both. And good fuel: go with you." She passed down the aisle, the head vintner following, wagging his head. The day was ended. The lad swung the basket to his shoulder, and the sun, Cashing upon its contents, turned the bloomy globes into dull rubies. He presented his card at the office and was duly credited with three crowns, which, according to Gretchen, was a fine day's work. Hoffman said noth- ing about dismissal. "Come day after tomorrow. Tomor- row is a feast day. You are always having feast days when work begins. All summer long you loaf about, but the minute you start to work you must find excuses to lay off. Clear out, both of you!" "Work at last," said Dietrich as he and Gretchen started for the city. Arm in arm they went on. Some- times Gretchen sang. Often be put her band to his lips. By and by they came abreast of an old gypsy. He wore a coat of Joseph's, and his face was as lined as a frost bitten apple. "Will you tell me how to find the Adlergasse?" he asked in broken Ger- man. His accent was that of a Mag- yar. They carelessly gave him specific di- rections and passed on. He followed grimly, like fate, whose agent he was, though long delayed. When he reach- ed the Adlergasse he looked for a sign. He came to a stop in front of the dingy shop of the clock mender. He went inside, and the ancient clock mender looked up from his work, for he was always working. He rose wearily. The gypsy smiled mysteriously and laid a hand on his heart. "Who are you?" sharply demanded the clock mender. "Who I am does not matter. I am he whom you seek." "God in heaven!" The bony hands of the clock mender clutched the oth- et's coat. The gypsy released himself slowly. "But first show me your pretty crowns and the paper which will give me im- munity from the police. Your crowns, as you offered, and immunity; then I speak." "Man, I can give you the crowns, but God knows I have no longer the power to give you immunity." The gypsy shouldered his bundle. "For God's sake, wait!" begged the clock mendee. But the gypsy walked out; 'unheed- ing. * s * * • * * Two days later, in the afternoon. "Grumbach," said Carmichael, "what were you looking at the other night with those opera glasses at the ball?" "1 was looking into the past." "Oh, pshawi Yon were following her highness with them. I want to know why." "She is beautiful." "You made a promise to me not long ago." "I did?" noncommittally. "Yes. Soon I shall be shaking the dust of Dreiberg, and I want to know beforehand what this' Chinese puzzle is. What did you do that compelled your flight from Ehrenateln?' Grumbach's pipe hung pendnleat in his hand. He swung it to and fro ab- sently. "I am waiting. Remember, you are an American citizen for' all that you were born here. If anything should happen to you I must know the whole story in order to help you. You know that you may trust mn:" "It isn't that, captain. I have grown to like yon in these few days. Those opera glasses—it was an idea. WeU, since you will know, I was a garden- er's boy. I Worked under my brother Ilermann. I used to ask the nurse, who had charge of her serene high- ness, where She would' go each day. Then I'd cut floaters and meet them on the road sothewhere and give the bouquet to the child. Thete was.never any escort -a foetniali and a +debet The little one Was ewer* petty pleased, and she would etta, wa Brans. t was in lole those da`ys.'' Gr ntbacb laughed with bitterness. "Tea, even I. Iler name was ,T'ekle, arta (rhe wale a jade. 1 scanted to run away, but Y bird no morel^. I had already sN caret( a passport—no matter host. It wait the !lest affair, and I Was desperately h rG One day a gypsy came to Me. 1 b always know him' by the yellow Spot in one of his bbiak eyes. 11 Was given a thousand Crowne to telt hint which' road her highness was to be denten oyer the next day. As wide I was mad with leve. Why a gypsy should want to know where her highness was going to ridge Wits at no consegttenee to me. I told hint. I was to get the money the r3ttme_ia.htw. It wart Wird elect. "You will be good to that tier higiltless was stolen. It wan thus that I became accessory before the fact, as the lawyers( say. Might with a band of Magyar gypstes; weary days in the mountains, with detach. meats of troops scouring the whole duchy. t+'inally I escaped, A fortune Was offered for the immediate return' of the child. At the time 1 heifer*, that it, was an abduction for ransom. But no one ever came forward for the reward. There was a price on my head when It was known that I had Sed." "And no one ever came for the re- ward? That Is strange. Was iwmu- nity promised?" Carmichael ask. ed. "It was infer- red, but not liter- ally promised." "Fear kept them away." "Perhaps. And there is Arns- berg," "Was he gull- ty?'" "I never saw his hand any, where." "So this is the "Was Lnimumer a t ore?! Wet 1 rsoeusen?" when a man's in love he is more or less in the clutch of temporary insanity, I've a wild streak in ine also. But what I can't under- stand is why you return and put your head In the lion's mouth. The police will stumble on something. If you are arrested I could do little for you. The United States protects only harmless political outcasts. Yours is a crime such as nullifies your citizenship, and any government would be compelled to send you back here if the demand was made for your extradition." "I know all that." "I suppose that when conscience drives we must go on. But the prin- cess has been found. The best thing you eau do is to put your passports into immediate use and return to the States, You can do no good here." "Maybe." Grumbach refilled his pipe, lighted it and without saying more went out and down into the street. Carmichael watched him through the window. "He's a queer codger, and It's a queer story. I don't believe I have heard it all either. What was he really hunting for with those glasses? I give it up." He was not angry with Grumbach. Rather he seemed to be drawn to hint more closely than ever. Mad with love—that was the phrase. He conned it over and over—mad with love. That excused many things. Grumbach was indeed perturbed, and this sensation was the result of wbat he had not told his friend. Gott! And after a time he was in the Adlergasse. And of all that happy, noisy family only he and Hermann left! In one of the open doorways, for it was warm, a final caress of vanishing summer, he saw a fat, youngish woman knitting woolen hose. Two or three children sprawled about her knees. There was that petulance of lip and forelefed which marked the dissatisfaction ,of the coquette married. "Tekla!" Grumbach murmured. He ,was not conscious that he had paused, but the woman was. She eyed biro with the mild indifference of the bovine. Then she dropped her glance, n a dh the shining needles g eed es clicked afresh. Grumbach forced his step onward. And for this! He laughed discordant- ly. The woman looked up again won- deringly. Now, why should this stran- ger laugh all by himself like that? Hans saw the sign of the Black Ea, gle and directed his steps thitherward. He ,sat down and ordered a beer, but did not touch the glass. And what right, he pondered, had conscience to drag him back to Ehrensteln, where he had known the bitterest and hap- piest moments of his life? And yet, rail as he might at this invisible re- straint called conscience, he saw God's direction in this return. Only he, Hans Grumbach, knew and one other. And that other, who? Fat—Tekla was fat, and he had treas- ured the fair picture of leer youth long years. Well, there was an end to that, Little fat Pekin, to have nearly over- turned a duchy! And then Bans be- came aware of voices close at hand. "Yes, frau, he is at work in the grand. duke's vineyards. And think, the first day he picked nine baskets." "That Is geed, but I know many a one who can pick their twelve. And you are to be married when the vintage is done? You will make a fine wife, Gretchen!' "And he a fine husband." "And you will bring him a dowry too. But his own people—what does he say of them?" "He has no parents, anly an uncle, who doesn't count. We shall live with grandmother and pay bei" rent." "And you bre wearing a new dress," admiringly. Gretchen preened herself. Hanel dropped the lid of his stein and pushed it away. His heart alwayis warmed at the sight of this goose girl He count ed down the small change for the beer, Slid back in his chair and murdered tothe M "Good day to yea, herr," was het greeting. "When is the wedding? I dhould like to cones to it." "Tau waft bei velem*, herr," "And May T bring along a tittle Pres. cat?" "if • it leo please you. I must be go- ing, " she added to Fraa Baur. Grtttinbaeh walked with her to the Rrumerweg, ant be asked her roe* questions, and &Mae of her artau-Sri surprised hits. "Never knew father or mother?' "bio, herr. I ata only it foundling velee . fte tett triad bends, Thad tts where I live." "And if 1 should ask to come in?" "But I shall be too busy to talk. Thts. !s bread day," evasively. 441 promise to sit very quiet In 11 ebair." Her laughter rippled. She was al- ways close to that a rreeslnn. "Yoe are a funny man. Come in, thea; but, mind, you will be dusty with dour when you leave." Into the kitchen she led him Site was moved• with curiosity. Why should any roan wisb to see a woman kuead bread? "Sit there, herr." And she pointed to n stool at the left of the table. Gretchen deliberately rolled up ber sleeves and began work. Upon Gretchen's left arm, otherwise perfection, there was a white s( rough and uu- Pean, more like an ancient burn t h a u anything else. Gruwbacil's eyes rested upon the scar and be- came fixed, "Where did you get that?" he asked. He spoke with a strange ea lin. "The scar? I "rite scnrt? 11)0 NOT do not remem- REME3tnER." ber. Grandmother saes that when I was little I must have been burned." "Gott:" ' "What did you say, herr?" "Nothing. You can't remember? Think!" tensely now. "What's all this nonsense about?" she cried, with a nervous laugh. "It's only a scar." She patted the dough into four squares. These she placed on the oven stove. "There! It's a One mystery, isn't it?" "Yes." But Grumbach was shaking as with ague. "What is the matter, herr?" with concern. "I gro.w dizzy like this sometimes. It doesn't amount to anything." Gretchen turned down her sleeves. "You most go now, for I have other work:" "And so have 1, Gretchen." He gained the street, but how he never knew. A great calm suddenly winged down upon him, and the world became clear—clear as his purpose, his courage, tris duty. They might shoot or hang him as they saw fit, This would not deter him. The gypsy, standing in the center of the walk, did not see Grumbach, for he was looking toward the palaces. Grumbach, even more oblivious, crash- ed into him. Grumbach stammered an apology, and the other replied in his peculiar dialect. The jar, however, had roused Bans out of his tragic mus- ings. There was a glint of yellow in the gypsy's eye, a flaw in the iris. Haus gave a cry. "You? I end you at this moment of all others?" The gypsy retreefed. "1 do not know you. It is a mistake." "But I know you." whispered Hans. "And you will know me when I tell you :hut I am the gardener's boy you ruined some sixteen years ago." CHAP"rRR Xi Y. ntscl.ost; ttEs. ARMiCHAI:L sat in the office of the consulate. Isis letter ofresignation wasouissv t ay, but It would be in November before he heard definitely from the department. Ily that time the great snows would have blanketed the earth and the nadir of his discontent would be reached. But whet to do till that tithe? 1tte could ride for some weeks, but riding without companionship was rather tt lonesome affair. His own de- fiance of the chancellor had erected a barrier between her highness and him- self. They would tract) him now, evade him, put small obstacles in his path, obstacles against witch he could enter no reasonable complaint. A Withered leaf, a glove and a fan --these representee] the sutra of his romance. Two tigures moved 1n the garden be- neath. When the two heads crime to- gether swiftly and then separated, both smiling. he realized that he had wit- nessed a kiss, Ah. here was the op- portunity. and. by the Lord Barry. he would not let it slip, if this fellow meant wrongly toward Gretclteu—Rud how could lie mean else?—he. Carmi- chael, would take the matter boldly into his bands to do seine on 'ling. He laughed, here would he another sou- venir, to nave caned— • He jumped to his feet, dropped his pipe on the silt of the whniow and made for his hat and sword ('acne. The clerk went on with his writing. "1"o gain the garden Carmichael would have to pass through the tav- ern. The first person he encountered was Colonel von \Valh'ustehl. Walton - :Stein spoke 10 Irrati Itnuer, who 11p- swered hiur with cold eivillty. \\'allen- stein twirled his mustache, laughed anel went Wei the gol'ilen Neither Gretchen nor the vintner saw \%811en. stein lle wnirhetl thelia with an evil smile. After Norte deliberation he walked lightly toward the lovers. "A pretty Iztc'I(1rt':" he sold "Lea ye nit, thee eben; (40lt 1110 Vint• ner, with a deceit 1tte gentle'nes's. tlretet.140) 111)11"41 t'r'iltrlauttly down the pant. As site stepped on' the pada to go round 11k• voluuel he grasped !1('r timely a110 kit•'sed her on the cheek, She seredtncd, and tails sermon- ta"aught (:arnihhau'f upon the event.. 11e saw the whittler ran forward and dash his tt:it Into the soltll"r'tt thee. \Vnllenitfeill fell btu'k Hurt turd blinded, 'i'i)e vint- ner, aotive aN n eat, saw (:nrntl('had earning on 0 rims Ile darted toward blur and before Cormiclleel could pre- vent him dragged the sword cane away. The blade,. ;thin anti .pliant, AC1( WAS SD LAME LIFE WAS A BURDEN FOR TWO YEARS, Mrs, Soscilu Tizroop, Upper Point da Bute, N.B., writes:—"I cannot speak too well of I)oan's Kidney Pills, Por two years I was so tired life was a burden and I got up more tired than when I went to bs1, and my back was so lame I could hardly straieliten up, I took dif• ferettt kinds of medicine, but nope of than did me any good until a friend 1 ri;a:1 rue to try Doan's Kidney Pills, I did so, and to -day I don't know what it is to be tired, and my latae back is all gone:` 'i can recommend them to any person sttifering with lanae back, and that t:rrible tired feeling," Doan's Kidney Pills are a purely vege- table medicine, realizing quid., penia' tient relief, without any iii after effects, Doan's Kidney Pills are 50 cents pet box, or 3 boxes for 81.25, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price, by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. If ordering direct specify "Doan's." ]lashed and none too soon. The colonel bad already drawn his sober. "Save him!" Gretchen wrung her hands, The two blades met spitefully. Ralf a dozen thrusts and parries convinced the colonel that the raging eolith knew what he was doing. Dawn ."wanpwl the saber cuttingly. The blade of the sword cane snapped like a pipestem. The latter came on, and there was death's intent, Meantime Carmichael had found a sbort hop pole. He hit the saber with good will. Back came the steel. The colonel did not care whom or what he struck at now. When Carmichael re- turned the compliment he swung his hop pole as the old crusaders did their broadswords. The saber dropped un- injured, but the colonel's arm dangled at his side. He was in agony. Car- michael's anger abated none. "You're a fine example of a soldier! Are you mad to attack a man this way? They will break you for this, or my name's not Carmichael. "I shall kill you for this!" "Bahl I have fought more times than you have years to your counting," with good, Yankee spirit. "But if you think I'll waste my time In fighting a duel with you, you're up the wrong „tree." "Go to the devil!" "Not just at present:. There's too much for me to do." Gretchen and the vintner had van- ished. Carmachael agreed that It was the best thing for them to do. The vintner was no coward, but he was discreet. Somebody might ask ques- tions. So Carmichael returned to the consulate, equally indifferent wbat the colonel did or where he went_ 02 the vintner he thought, "The hot headed young fool, to risk his life like that!" He would see later what be meant in regard to Gretchen. Poor tittle goose girl! "Are you Burt, excellency?" asked the clerk solicitously. "Hurt?" "Yes. I heard a woman scr,eam and ran to the window. It was a good fight. But that fellow—rich! To run away and leave you, an outsider,er to flgbt his battle:" "He would have been sliced in two if I hadn't come to the front. A hop pole isn't Half bad. 1'll bet that lady's man has ti bad arm for some time to come. As for the vintner, he had good reason, for taking to his heels," "Good reasons?" But there was a sly look in the clerk's eyes. "No questions, if you please." "Very well, exc'ellelll'y." And quietly the clerk returned to his table of tag ures. But later he intended to write a letter, unsigned, to his serene high- ness. Carmichael, scowling, undertook to answer Isis trail. but not with any re- markable brilliancy or coherency. And in this condition of mind Grum. bitch found httn—Grumbach, accom- panied by the old clock mender from across the way and a gypsy Carmi- chael had never seen before. ""i'ell your clerk to leave us," said (11•ntnhu('11. "Some: Bing serious, 01)?" Carmichael dismissed 1110 Merle telling him to re- 1urn after the noon hour. (To be continued.) 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'•The almost universal deony of the tecta is proof pusitt0e (hat our nation is snflerull; lime starvation," writes a chemistry lecture; in the Dietetlo end 11Yglent(' Gazette "1lnr dentists prescribe tooth )cashes tu:d tooth pastes. advocate leva1 (25;11 elle. till cavities and tit lmidetts, and 411 this tithe lettere the fact that the baste cause 1s 111m1e starvation "1lentisis will tell you that the silent - you tele- in ,roar mouth acts directly upuu :011r teeth Dentists shut their eyes ro 111e evident fart that decay starts tit•st in the pulp beneath the 01 tact enamel and honeycombs the in- terior tooth until the s140111)ke bridge of cna100I breaks beneath the strain. "The enamel gives a bsotnte protec- tion against the external attacks of acids and sugar. 1 bare immersed sound teeth for months in a solution of fruit a01ds end sugar and have been unable to detect any erosion of either the enamel or the pulp. "When you eat sweetmeats the sug- ar, with its irresistible affinity for soluble lime, combines with the cal- cium of the blood, and the blood re- taliates by sapping tbe soluble from the pulp and substance of the teeth. Druggists make use of this affinity of soluble lime for sugar when preparing the official sirup of lime. Lime forms a solution thirtyfive times stronger in simple sirup than in the same quantity of water. If you want your children to have sound, white teeth, see that their diet is rich in lime and poor in sugar." A Fine Savage Custom. The untutored mind of the Indian or savage often appears strange to us, but there is sometimes reason in what at first sight seems eccentric. A South African tribe has an effectual method of dealing with bores, which might be adopted by western people. This simple tribe considers long speeches injurious both to the orator and his hearers, so to protect both there is an unwritten law that every public orator must stand on one leg only when he is addressing an audi- ence. As soon as be has to place the other leg on the ground his oration is brought to a close.—London Globe. Generosity. Patrick worked for a notoriously stingy boss and lost no chance to let the fact be known. Once a waggish friend, wishing to twit him, remarked: "Pnt, I hear your boss just gave you a brand new suit of clothes." "I\e, said Pat, "ouly a par -rt of a suit-" "Whet part?" "The sleeves Iv the vest."—New York Times. The One Flaw. "I suppose you are engaged to the duke?" "Well. nearly." "Where the fatten? Awaiting his ftithcr's consent?" "No; he can't marry without A ma• jority favorable report troll) his erect. ttar:s."—Itansas City Journal. Comfortable. "Teat fellow lonks rather comfort. (1(11e in spite of the weather." "Yes: he takes things easy, tie's a piefcpoetet, you know." *New York Titres. A Pessimist. A pessimist is n iierson Who tells yeti that what appears to he a silver lining In your (loud is only a low grade of tin foil.—cialveston News How to Cook Rice. The Chinese m:'thed e,t 0: king rice differs from that of t.te ora:nary" housewife, and the 1iee w'],ci1 elene, instead of being a mashy, s:iokcy is spotlessly white, perfectly (try, with each grain standing b; it;eif. To attain these results pick the rice over carefully to rt trove: all refuse. then wash it thr•.,ng.i ten—teal waters, rubbing it betw'c,'u t:i.' nsn:is to re - ((1100 the e(atit,;' vi :t..r.:: • i:.. wider. When the wat •r is l er_eeriy (mar you will know that litr nee tit cuticli- tioa to be t ote:ed. Have Sone y 8. r buil:.;y ]'1 :1 ., nee - pan, the proper 1'r',y,"'rlr.as t. ging about two t'Unr1n t,1 uitsait:'tl water to each half ('let of tars'. p'i•ik:.) the rice in 1,0 s10e, ti111t 111war. will sc•u'eely stop boli n:..i visit :t at a gallop In or;l.'r t'.u.t iii tifrs 1:'•ly be kept in motion liken.. lotting. Do not stir or touch the rice in any way after the grains have coniiii.•n id t•) t,uft'n. \, 12011 they aro dune eraiit elf all the water and set the pan in the oven, that the rice may swell, Do not let it cook or brown, ai:'i serve it as soon as it hart become thoroughly dry, which will prebahly be in 10an ten minutes. Let each person salt the nice to suit his own tattle after it has been brought to 'he table. A Pistol That Stupefies. We welcome the thoughtful ought£ui Gr ratan inventor who is offering the Berlin police the sort of pistol we all re- quire. It is filled not with powder and shot, but with a c•imbination of chemicals. It does not kill—for good or ill—but only for ten minutes. You fire at your man, and, though you da him no permanent injury, he is at your mercy long enough to enable the weakest woman to tie his legs teeetiter with her handiest bit of rainy::t and run away or call for help. fiat on second thought we f air tele weapon might get into the wrong hands unless careful precautions were taken, On the right side it would bo invaluable :.s a protection of the just against the unjust. But it is pes>.ih:e that the adjust might find it a useful aid to .1:ghway robbery and berg:are' with• out tle' risk c1 the canit.tl charge, The (lemise'ntileth::l pist'lf shored be ::;sued ani:' under the recent:uettdation • f two matertratex and three clergy- men, with references to solicitor and 0811r:01'.-' t1'eetudnater kiezette. • Birthdays In Pharaoh's Time. Celebrating birthdays is one cf the oldest customs :.1 the world. How litany of you know teat our first re• cord of it is in Pharaoh's time? The Pentateuch given grallaic aecntults of birthday celebrations in Honor of the g. eat king. Look Before You Leap. Agitated Old Gent --Quick: try daughter is overboard! Save her, ant/ she shall bo your cafe t Blase fors•, —trout tilt a w?v(• r,:lls her over and I can see her face. TRAPPERS Send us your FURS and We will pay you the Highest Prides RRVILLON rants I.norrtD 134.138 McGILL STREET MONTREAL, P.Q. We will send free to every trap- per who sends us full, our book "'The Tr opper"s Loyal oott t. partitive,.