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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-6-24, Page 2THE MYSTEEIOUS HEY Olt, PLANNING FOR TIE FD `1'•URI?., OHAl"TEl1 VI. "Ellen!" exclaimed Lady 13rom- ley, somewhat sternly, although she,Wa s herself little startled not a a by the, girl's wild manner, her Strange and incehereet language, "get up from the floor at once, and sit upon this chair, There !+ as her young servant obeyed her; shookod into a semblance of compo- sure by her mistress' unusual tone, "now collect your thoughts and tell ire whet all this excited mumb- liug means, What is that you know'! Why were you so startled when 1 spoke of Mr, Hubbard'! What is it that you are going to tell, even at the supposed risk of your life'!" "Oh, it is a queer story, maria, and 1 didn't understand what it al! meant at the time; but now I see! now I see!" "Hush! be quiet! don't excite yourself again!" interposed Lamy Bromley. '1)o you know lilr. Jon Hubbard ?" "Don't 1 know him! I should think so; he kicked me once," said the girl vindictively. "Kicked your "Yes; 1 was letting him in ono day, and not meaning to, I knocked his hat, and it got jammed. Then he swore, and gave me a kick." "You wore letting him in— where?" "Into our house." "What was he doing at your house 7 Was he in the habit of cal ling there? 1 thought your aunt was very poor." "Yes, so she was; but we lived in a tenement that belonged to M. _Rebhard, and he used to come every month for his rent, After s, while he and aunt Lu got very thick over something they were planning between them. I couldn't make head nor tail out of it, though 1 used to listen when I could, ' said Ellen, as innocently as if lists - ening were the most proper thing in the world to do. "But one day I heard him tell her that if she'd help hint out, he'd make her a rich woman, and she'd never have to sew another stitch for her living; he said he'd come the next night and explain the whole thing to her. The thought of being rich almost took my breath away. I got all stirred up over it. 1 thought of no- thing else all that day and next, and finally made up my mind that 1 would know what was going on if 1 could manage it. There was an old-fashioned sofa in aur sitting - room; it had a valance around it, tet hide the legs, and it popped into my head that if I could slip under - teeth it, 1 could easily hear all that was said. So 1 pretended to have a toothache, so 1 could make an excuse to go to bed right after supper--" "Oh, El/en!" said Lady Brom- ley, regretfully, at this point. "Oh, of course, 1 know that a lady like you, or -her," glancing at Allison's picture, "wouldn't do anything like that; butyou just try being as poorand -abused as I've been, and sea if you wouldn't get to lying after a while; it's a good sohooi for liars," said the girl half -defiantly. "Well," she re- sumed, "1 just watched my chance, while Aunt Lu was in the bedroom changing her dress. Anna hart gone out--" "Stop a moment, !'ellen," her ladyship here interrupted; "who is Anna?" "She's my cousin; Aunt Lu's daughter." "Yes, yes, 1 see; now go on," said her mistress eagerly, and ting- ling in every nerve as she began to grasp oertain important points it, this remarkable story. "As 1 was saying," Ellen resum- ed, "1 watched my chance, crawled under the sofa, and lay flat on the floor. It wasn't very comfortable, especially after that man came and plumped himself down right over nit, For I didn't dare to move so much as a finger—hardly to breathe hill and !tiong .: "Now, wait just a minute, El- len," lively Bramley here interpos- ed, "When was t long ego was it when Mr. Hubbard paid this visit to yowl' aunt'!" "Oh•-lct me see," said the girl reflectively; "it must have• been somewhere about the last of July. Ib was on 'Tuesday night --the next day 1 went to Doctor Ashmore to have the splints taken off my arm. That was the time 1 fainted, and he told me 1 might go t olive with him. It was the second day after that 1 went, and l have never seen either Aunt .Lu or Anna since," ".But if there was a prospect of your aunt becoming rich, why did yon wish to run away? You might have fared butter if you had re,• mauled with her," her ladyship oh• served. "You'll see why, when I've told you what 1 heard that night," El- len replied, with a shiver. "'Wall, Mrs. Brown,' Mr. -Hubbard said, as lin set down --u "'Brown I" repeated Lady Brom ley. "Yes, that was Aunt Lu's name —she married my uncle, Atan Brown." "Ali I" 'Well,' he said, 'I guess .I've got everything fixed just es I want it at last, and you can ohmage your name and position just as soon as you oho-the—that is, if you think you've got grit enough to carry out this plan of mind.' " `I've got grit enough for sew - thing on earth that will get me will of this terrible grind,' said Aunt Lu. '!cave you been to New Jia• ven yet, to look at those records 7' " " `Yes,' he said, `and, as luck would have it, 1 found them exactly as you said, Brewster was mar- ried on the same day you were; how (lid you happen to know about it 7' " 'Why, Alan was one of tho jani- tors at the college, and knew young Brewster well; and when he went for our license, he met the swell just coming out of the city clerk's of- fice. He thought 'twas queer, but the book was lying open on the desk, and he saw nis name and his girl's --Miriam Harris—and under- stood what was up,' Aunt Lu ex- plained. 'But as he was a rich chap and not through college, Alan knew he had done it on the sly, and that it would be for his int.rest to keep mum; he never said a word about it; he didn't tell even me until years afterward. klow queer things do come about,' she said; 'I knew Miriam Barris, and she wasn't any better off than 1, even if her father was a musician, and mine a journey- man tailor; they were as prou as Lucifer, and as poor as church mice, and now here you propose that 1 step right into the shoes that were intended for her!' "'You think you can keep a stiff upper lip 7' said Mr. Hubbard. _ "'you bet,' said Aunt Lu. " `Well, get me your certificate,' he told her, 'and 1'11 fix. it up for you.' "Aunt Lit took a paper from her pocket, and handed it to him, i couldn't see what it was, but it rat- tled like letter -paper. " `kta!' 1 beard him laugh, 'it's a piece of real luck to have every- thing turn out so cleverly; when 1 found out that your husband's name was Alan crown, it struck me that it might very easily be made over into Adam Brewster.' " '1 don't see how you are going to do it,' said Aunt Lu nervously. '1 don't want to get caught in any law scrape.' - "'See here,' he said, and then he showed her how he could make an '1' into a `d,' and—oh, I can't remember all the rest; but when he got through explaining, she seemed satisfied and well pleased. " 'Yes, yes,' she said, '1 believe you can do it ; and if 1 do my part, you swear that you will hand over a• lot of money to me?' " 'Mrs. Brown,' he said, speak- ing very slow and positive, "you'll Clever need to do another day's work as long as you live.' " '0111 what a blessed relief that will be,' she told him, and just ready to cry. '1 don't think l could have stood it much longer without going mad. I've beenmore'n half - tempted to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River many a time—guess 1 should if it hadn't been for Anna; 1 thought ib would be cruel to leave her to struggle on alone.' " "Oh I" here breathed Lady Brom- ley, with a shiver, "what misery there is in the world! To what des- perate deeds poverty drives man- kind I" Yes' said Mr. Hubbard," len went on, without heeding the interruption of her mistress, ` 'An- na is too fine a girl to be left to hoe her own row alone. What have you to say to that other plan which L hinted at a few days ago?' " What About your marrying Anna'!' said Aunt Lu, when my heart gave such a jump that I came near crying out, 1 was so stirred up. But 1 caught m yselt just in in time, and shut my teeth together hard. 'Yes,' that man said, as if he thought ho was the Great Mogul, `don't you think it would be a rare chance for her i' "'1 know it would, of course,' she answered, 'but 1 can't tell how she may feel about it. I haven't said anything to her yet ; but I'm of the opinion that 5100'11 be reedy for almost anything that will imn prove her condition.' "'Welt, it strikes me that we had better all cast our lots into one box together, and have a gond time for the rest of our lives,' he went on. '1 will settle a handsome income on you the day she marries me, then 1 wilt take her al! over the world, and she shall have ev- erything she wants, !+bolll make a handsome woman dressed in her satins and diamonds.' don't believe there's a bit of elnnht about her doing as you want her Lo ; she's dead dtl'•ei•nragcd with the grind she's had Over since her Cathay died, 1'11 clo my best to per. suede, her. {Jit, I'd almost; give in eyes to see her wearing velvets a diamonds,' Aunt em said, elmos reedy to o ` again. iy 'it would be the most wither table way to settle matters, for e parties,' be raid; 'beet what wil you do with that little feel of niece iaf yours'!' "I tell you, maim, I was nearl choked again with the jump m heart gave at this," Ellen Here eb served, lief• face growing very pal with the remembrance of the ex perionce; "it told the right off tint 1. wasn't expected to have any shay in the good time that was coming. " 'Site isn't any'niece of mine and I'd have been mighty glia•! t get rid of her long. ago, if I,, badn needed her in the kitchen,' she tol him, in a spiteful way that madame just ache to strangle her." "010, hush I Ellen," reproving) bceatbed her conipanion. "1 know it's wicked," said th girl stoically, "but poverty is bl devil's t9•aining-school, and it lin ishes off more devils, than anythin iefse.'' "My ehild, you must not talk so,' said her mistress authoritatively. "'But it stirs up all the bad there is in me, whenever I look back and think of how that woman treated me," was the sullen reply. "Well, go on and get through with your story as soon as you can then we will try to find something better to think about," responded Lady Bromley, in a gentle tone. "You were saying that Mrs. Brown wanted to get rid of you." "Yes, and he answered, sharp and quick, 'We must get rid of hs now; she'd make it very hot to us if we kept her on the string; see would be sure to blurt out, some day, that your namo was once Mrs. Brown, and then our fat would all ibe in the fire,' "'But what can I do with herr Aunt Lu asked. 1 think 1 know of a—a school, in a certain town out West, where site could be sent, and would never he likely to trouble us again,' Mr, Hubbard told her, in a voice that umade me creep all over. But I. said to myself that neither of them would have a chance to work me on in that way—that 1 should light out all of a sudden, and then, if 1 ever saw my way clear to give them tee grand bounce for their golden stilts, 1'd do it. At first I thought I'd go that very night, after the house got quiet; but a few minutes afterward the told her that it might take a few days to fix things up before he eould bring them to a—a—" "tresis'?" suggested her ladyship, as Ellen appeared unable to think of the word she wanted. "Yes, that was it. So I told my- self that 1 needn't be in any great hurry. 1 could look about a bit Ior a place. 1 had that ten dollars that she," with another fond look at the photograph across the room, "gave me, and 1 knew 1 needn't suffer; 1 could take care of myself for a while, even if 1 ran away before I found anything to do. Before Mr. Hubbard left he told Aunt Lu that in a week or so, he should want her and Anna to move into a bet- ter place, and they must have some good clothes to wear—they mustn't get anything swell or showy at first, but a few nice things to make them look ladylike and respectable. he was going to New Raven the next day, `to file the records,' and when ho came back he'd he ready to push matters, and would give her some lessons on law points, and what she'd have to sayand stick to in court; for he expected there might P e g t be some tough fighting, as there was somebody else who would try to get the Brewster fortune." ".Diet he say who—did he men- tion any names?" inquires Lady Bromley. "No ; and he didn't talk as if he had any fear of them. Aunt Lu said she'd do whatever he told her —she was ready to swear to any- thing, for the sake - of having an easy time for the rest of her life. He went away then, and a little while after Anna came in. Aunt; Lu told her all about Mr. Hub - bard's call, and when she came to what he had said about marrying ear—Anna—she laughed until I thought she'd burst a blood-ves- soi.'' Oh, he's a clever one, mother,' she said, when the could get her breath. 'What do you mean?' Aunt Lu asked, ' He means to nail everything, so titers will be no fear of ever los- ing his grip on •that money,' said Anna. 1 don't understand you,' her mother told her. '' 'Why, 1 should think you'd have seen through his game from the first,' Anna snapped. 'Of course, John Hubbard meant to have the lion's share of this feast, under any circumstances; but lie was keen enough to see that it wouldn't do to leave any loophole for us to go back on him; so if he married me, our interests would be so mixed up with his that we couldn't blow on hini or be grinding more money out of him all the time.' " 'Yes, 1 see,' said her mother; then she went on anxiously, 'But 1 hope you will marry him, Anna— ho can't be such is great deal older than you; girls often marry men alder than he, 'Then just think 1 the good times you'll have -- the leave!, moa clothes, and jewels-- ";Uh, ,les, 1'!l marry him,' she said sharply. '1'd marry almost ;thy ether dried -lip, old bachelor for the sake of getting out of shah a hole y' es this, and having all the merely AP J want to spend, flood gi+agiaus l t I'. seems almost tem good tel be true, lilt! 1' 0 r �, g "They wont to bed soon after 11 that," Ellen resumed, "and I was ! Mighty glad of it, for I tithed in a every bone from lying still so long upon the floor. Then, as 800n as they settled themselves to sleep, 1 Y °rept out from under the sofa and y slipped away to my room. "But 1 didn't get much sloop that e night -1 kept thinking ever and over of what 1. had heard, and, be- sides, 1 wee triad through and ° through, to 'Flew teat when 1'd been doing alt the drudgery in the + house for years, Aunt Lu had no notion of letting me share the easy dtime and good things that were coming to her, i tt !lave' been glad 111 could have stopped their gains then and there, just out of spite, Y but 1 didn't understand it very wolf, so didai't know just how to go o to work. ie "The most 1 'could get through - 'nly brain was that by some kind of g trick they were going to get a' lot of money, but Mr. Hubbard was a great lawyer, and 1 thought nobody would believe me if I tried to give them away, and 1 might only gel; myself put in jail for modelling. 1 suppose 1 could have told that Aunt Lu's name had always been !frown, and she was only playing at , being Mrs. Brewster, if 1 had wait- ed until they sprang their trap ; but 1 was afraid of them all, and 1 knew they'd be just about ready to kill the if they should find out all that 1 had learned of what they were up to. At any rate, it was plain r enough that they meant to get rid r of me by sending me off to some horrid place, so when I fainted that next day in Doctor Ashmore's -of- fice, and he said 1 might go to live with him, 1 made up my mind right off what 1 would do. I made up my bundle that night and skipped out the next morning, as I've told you." "And you have never seen either your aunt or cousin since?" In- quired Lady Bromley. "No, and 1 don't want to," said Ellen sharply ; "1 want to give them a wide berth, and hope they'll do the same by me." ('To be continued.) 40 On the Farm 4.0 ALFALFA FOR SWINE. As a pasture or soiling crop for sows and young pigs, alfalfa proves a wonderfully helpful ration for milk -making in the sow ;and for growth in the pigs. Experiments have shown that pigs make better growth when the dam is fed con- siderable alfalfa than those from sows fed the best of commercial ra- tions, but with no alfalfa. Of two sets of pigs, one fed clover, rape and soaked corn, and the other with access to alfalfa, in lieu of clover and rape, those having alfalfa seem- ed to grow the more rapidly. For brood sows, it is a most valuable food, either as hay, a soiling crop, or as pasture. Tho litters of such sows are generally large and vigor- ous, and the dams have a strong flow of nutritious milk. Alfalfa meal in slop may be used with pro- fit where the hay > is not to be ob- tained. b-tained. It is also claimed that sows fed on alfalfa during pregnancy will not devour their young, its mineral elements seeming to satisfy the appetite of the sow while contribut- ing to the foetal development of the pigs. On a farm of former Governor Hoard, in Jefferson County, Wis- consin, all the brood sows have for several years been wintered on al- falfa hay of the season's third cut ting, and their drink skim milk from the dairy, without any grain until the last two weeks of gesta- tion. Mr. Hoard says the object is to give the sows a food that will keep them in a non -feverish state, and furnish pro?'iti sufficient to build the bodies of the forthcoming pi,.. A Finney County, Kansas, farmer reports having pastured pigs on one acre of alfalfa from May 1st to September 1st, when they weighed 100 pounds each, and were in fine condition fattening. Inc tttten n Another other Kansas farmer reports keeping 100 pigs from about the middle of April to September on five acres of alfalfa pasture. A little grain during the Iast two months would have gained hint many, pounds of pork. Many alfalfa -raising pig -growers insist that their pigs can be maintained from May to October on alfalfa for one-half what it would cost for al- most any other feed, The Utah Station found that young shoats gained one-third pound a day on alfalfa pasture, without grain. But the Station found, also, that the gain was not so groat in older hogs. A Wiscon- sin dairyman reported that be kept nine snws all winter and spring on alfalfa hay and skim milk, with- out any grain, and raised from them 75 pigs, all healthy and vigor- ous. The Colorado Ration cansidwys that a ration of three fourths corn and one-fourth alfalfa hay is the hest for fattening kings for market, but for young hogs not ready for fattening the proportions should be reversed, Tho Station sloes not re- commend grinding alfalfa hay for (cogs, probably on the theory that o notworth muoh, the li s time s aril. m ml at best, and he can do his own grinding;—Icrom C.oburn's "Swine in America." =LUNG CANADA THISTLE, Ab least enc experiment station in the United States has suggested a practical method of lighting Lata= ada thistle. An Iowa press bulletin says, truly, that a good method to eradicate the weed is to plow filial, low and cultivate frequently dur- ing the summer. It is pointed out that the roots of the Oenada thistle deeply clown into soil, y d K n in .othe hence for this, reason deep cultiva- tionwill be of no swell, After plow- ing, the soil, should be dragged, and the roots exposed to the sun and removed when possible. Itmay be necessary to rtin•over the field with a hoe to cut off stray plants that appear. This method was tried on a patch several years ago, and no, Canada thistles have since made, their appearance ' in this place, Various crops, such as clover and sorghum, aro said to be effective in subduing the thistles, Of the chemicals which have been.. used to exterminate Canada thist- les, none are more effective than sodium arsenite. It is applied at the rate of one and one-halfto two pounds. to 52 gallons of water. Carbolic acid, at the rate of ono part to one part water, destroys the root where it domes in contact with the mixture, lend for a little distance beyond. This is not an effective method, as the roots sprout out from below, In response to circulars of inquiry sent out J y the station, the majority of correspond- ents leoommended shallow plow- ing, disking and harrowing, and continuing cultivation and hoeing as long t1 the thistles make their appearance. Some report success- ful treatment with salt, when scat- tered thickly abotit the thistles, especially if cattle or sheep are given access to it. Some reported success with carbolic acid where it. is applied directly to the stem. THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE. Some original and striking state- ments with regard to the attitude of the public in general, and the medical profession in particular, to- wards humanity's common enemy, 'disease, are made by Berner Maefadden in the June issue of the Physical Culture magazine. The following quotations will serve to illustrate the standpoint from which this writer views .the ordinary method of dealing with pliysieal ill t d e• hisbeliefs nen s i mut of a ai are gainingiaeeeptanoe in the minds of those wlio think for themselves the world over: "Praotically every advanced stud- ent of 'medicine is prepared to ad- mit that disease germs ere in- nocuous or harmless t0 these who possess what might he termed a high degree of vital resistance. Such persons are glassed as immune, and it has always been an unsoluable riddle to me why the germ -seeking sgientists do not turn their atten- tion, to the study of the !tow and why of this immunity, They are socking a method of insuring im- munity against disoasq. Why do they devote so much time to the study of the minute details of dis- ease itself, instead of learning some- thing of the nature of the forces within the body which can render it practically immune from all disease? "Disease is not an enemy! It is a friend,! It comes as a means of bringing relief. It is an effort on the part of the body to right e wrong, It shows that .the body is struggling for life and health, and on many occasions, if it wore not for the disease that come as is means of ridding the body of the vile accumulations of poisons, death would unquestionably ensue. Therefore, disease in many cases actually saves life, To be sure, if there is but a small amount of for- eign material in the circulation and tissues of the body, the attack of the disease will be slight in char- acter." s ISN'T A FACT? That a cavalryman unhorsed is the most easily cowed? That one can show his temper only after he has lost it7 That -a contractor should be called upon to expand a house? . That no young man ever rose rapidly till ho had settled down 7 That the plow must be soiled be;. fore the soil can bo piowed? That a susceptible fellow is hard- est hit by the softest glances 'I That in everything (except base- ball) you must strike out to make a hit? That many students cannot state bald facts +without splitting hairs 7 That the papers often refer to a uman's double life as a singular ca- reer.—Success Magazine, Most people who cross the ocean for the first time find it a very swell affair. N AIS i LE �i ,# 1909 CH MMI • PRICES Dollusred C.I.F. Duty Paid to Montreal, 22 H.P. Chassis £620 Phaeton Car 770 Limousine Car 840 Lai:dauiette Car 850 38 H.P. 9i ft, Wheelbase Chassis £725 Phaeton Car 875 Limousine Car 945 Landaulett® Car 960 Chassis Phaeton Car 38 FL ■ . eoi It. wheelbase Chassis 790 Phaeton Car 980 Limousine Car 1050 Landauiotto Car 1095 48 K_P. Chassis £ 900 Phaeton Car 1085 - Limousine Car 1155 Landaniette Car 1175 57 H.P. Six Cylinder £1055 Limousine Car 1320 12251 Landaulette Car 131) For full particulars of any of the above write to The Daimler Motor Co., (1904) Ltd. COVENTRY, ENGLAND. • Ea Ii o l • FADS AND FIAIv.IES. Many long coats are seen in white serge,. N ot is to playa leading, part this season, For run-around Irwin) nothing is more popular than serge. Navy, blest veiling with dots in velvet are a feature of the season. The pompadours and Dresden sines are bewilderingly attractive. Black collars on white serge suits al•e not so often scan as earlier in the season. Mossaline sillsin exquisite Dres- den patterns makes charmingly dainty un lerskii'ts, Hand tucks and hand ;embroid-- ery are favored to be found among the now embroideries. The bottoms of sleeves are much trimmed, while ole upper parts are left absolutely plain. • Stripes are not as wide as they were last year in men's shirtings; nor are they as fancy, Frocks of stilt, crepe, and other unlined materials . are weighted down by broadcloth facings., Stockings of lisle with self -co ed "clocks" are generally the satisfactory for every day. Softest sheer satins are used underskirts with wool or s frocks, the tops being of s stockinet. The new veil is much shorter narrower. The designs with clic spots, finely dotted, are 'amon most popular, The pin stripe in linen law, positively faseinatiug for. wear the linen suit when it repeats gown color. Ohildren will wear cooks o brightest colors, and espe white once, blocked off with c ed stripes, this su,nmer. There is a new material call cotton voile. It is so fine and s that it must be hung in silk, but wear it is said to be unsurpassed Flowers promise to be worn mo than ever on summer hats, an among the specialties offered ar water lilies in combination -with other flowers. Millinery continues eecentalp, though sometimes extraordinarily pretty; but much depends upon the coiffure underneath and the tilt at which the !tat is poised. • While shoes colored to match the costume are rampant even to bold- ness, all shades of brown and tan may be worn'with mixtures or col- ored costumes; in fact, everything except black, Strings, usually not serving any practical purpose, but caught up and knotted in some graceful fash- ion, appear upon anumber of the most picturesque broad brimmed hats this season. Should the Louis XVI. ,modes re- turn to favor, it is likely that the lmig.e coiffure will be revived, with the hair brushed off the forehead, the many puffs and coils, and even the side ringlets of the period. EASILY C• OAXED. The new school -teacher had a talk with Mrs. Hobart one day in re- gard to discipline. I don't se how you manage Bobby as well es you do," said the teacher. ''1 like him, but he's such a mischievous little fellow, and he will not mind; yet every one says he minds you. I wish you'd explain it to me.' "Well," said Mrs. Hobart; doubtfully, "I'd just as soon tell you, bub I'm afraid it won't help you much. You see I kind of coax him." "Coax him I" echoed the teacher. "Yes," said Mrs, Hobart, "that's what I do. I say to him, 'Now come, Bobby, wouldn't you rather be mother's good boy ane have griddle -cakes and syrup for supper, and play games till eight o'clock, than have just plain bread, and milk that's been through the sep- arator, and go to bed right after it, with the curtains drawed so you can'e see the stars?' "I can always coax him that way. "Once in a while, if he's real St t to be naughty, I'll say, See here, !lobby, which'cl you rather, hare mother fry you some doughnuts, cit cut a little willow switch, nth :et very little, either ?' "I can coax him that way sure, if the other fails." HAD THE LAUGH, ANYWAY. A story is toe/ of a woman living in a lonely part of the liar \Vett, whoa husband had one day been away from home much longer than usual, She waited patiently, hoe, ever, when to' her • surprise an I einem a band of miliaria rock up and dismounted a little 'distance from the hut. • Approaching her, the lcadrr the party evalaimed apologeticnlly: "We've mime to toll yer, ma'am, that we've lynched yer husband. We admit we've, hung the wrong man, so you've got the laugh on 1.1 there,,, Women usuallyyq like to look on the bright side of things—especially mirrors.