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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-2-9, Page 2FORT]NE fOONS 1E 1BR1 OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST f p,,+i+0+a[}!Y-f,Ye¢,al+•4,I.frH,'T•a.T!11te+eAel,..se¢N,{.Ae•+"e+Ht+.At+H+N4M "No, nq," she whispered, feebly,. for her strength was almost spent, and her heart was beating like a sledge -hairline in her breast,: "let -let himto," "To return and insult yeti again," Darnley asked, his da ;k. face fixed and stern. "Who is the man, Nancy; clo you know hili? This matter must be put in t le police; ouch hands of the i h curs as • c this must be properly handled," Then he turned back to the girl; she had sunk against the stile, trembling in every limb, and had grown ashen white. Not until this moment did she realize how fright- ened she had been, "You are not hurt, dear?" Darnley asked, gent- ly and tenderly. "By Jove! I was only just in time, then !" he ad- ded, as she shook her head; "it was by the merest chance that I came here. I suddenly took it into my head to walk along and meet you as you returned. Dolly told me you would be sure to come this way, and—„ "And," finished Nancy, with a faint smile, though something in his words and tone had brought the faintest tinge of color to her pale cheeks, "and so you are enabled a second time to come to my rescue in the mest approved fashion. I am afraid, Mr. Darnley, you will think me an extraordinary person to be perpetually in need of your aid and protection." "I think you—" the young man began very slowly; and then he checked himself. "Do you feel equal to walking back? I would run and fetch a trap, or something of the sort; but I do not mean to leave you here alone." "I can walk quite easily," Nan- cy assured him; and, indeed, she looked her old self now. Not a trace remained of the disagreeable adventure she had just had, save that her pink waistband was almost torn in half by the rough treat- ment lavished upon the chatelaine. "We will wait a little. Sit down. Stay, I will make you com- fortable," and without any more ado Mr. Darnleey simply lifted Miss Hamilton from the ground to her old corner on the stile. • "Now, Nancy," he said, very quietly and determinedly, as her cheeks cooled slowly, and shewon- dered vaguely why her heart should beat so fast and nervously now, elf blow, ain't it? Weli, it's gos- when all danger was gone; "to re- pel true, all the same, and you turn to this man. Who was he? knows what to expect for 'suing 1 seem to remember bis face, Why done me as you slid. Come," ob- would you not let me go after him rr served Mr. William, coolly, out and punish him, the brute?" with the money, I ain't wishful to "Oh, please do not lett us talk stay 'ere all day." about him, Mr. Darnley," Nancy Nancy had grown pale as death; said, earnestly and hurriedly. the very mention of Moss' name That one menden of Thomas had fallen like a black shadow on Moss had alarmed her beyond all the brilliancy of the sunshine description. The thought flashed around, She loathed, she feared through her mind that if she were this man so much, that the mere to give the information Darnley thought of him being leagued with asked, and so get William into the other blackguard against her more trouble, that he would be re - seemed to sap all her courage. She venged on her in even a more her- dic] not trouble to ask herself what rible way than he had just at - they could do ; she only knew she tempted, and that he would be the feared Thomas Moss as the dove 'means of putting Thomas Moss fears the eagle, and that this man in her life again. had brought him up as a horrible Of course it was foolish of Nancy. threat. If she had been less nervous, she "I will give you the money," she would have seen how foolish it was said, in faint, low tones, "but I to think that these two men could have not get it here. I have not a affect her, situated as she was now. penny with me." If they dared to molest her, as "I don't believe you!" he al- William had done this afternoon, most shouted, "you've get your the matter would soon be settled purse in your pocket, 1 know, so by Sir Humphrey and the local police; but Nancy's mind had gone back in the last few minutes, to a certain extent, to the condition it was in the old Hie. Then Moss' power had seemed to her illimitable; and so she bacl per- mitted herself to magnify this; and the probable evils that might arise to her through him, until he was a veritable nightmare to her when- ever she permitted herself to think about him. Darnley saw her hesitation, and was just a little vexed with her. "Surely, you are not going to be quixotic enough to wish this fellow to go scot-free 1" ne said, with a shade of annoyance and impatience in his voice. "If I like to be quixotic it is my own affair, Mr. Darnley," Nancy replied, a trifle hotly. She was nettled at his tone, and her nerves and mind were so un- hinged, she felt it almost a relief to be cross. But Darnley did not know that, He could not see below the surface, and fathom the mental trouble with which she was struggling, and so ho was hurt with her, and not un- naturally. It would have boon well for Nancy if she had there and then put the whole matter before Derrick Darn- ley, and solicited his aid. She felt sorely tempted to 'c to eoet CHAPTER 'V.-(Cont'd) "Oh! no, I don't; not just im- predjet, my fine madam. Who are you, I'd like to know, as . should order me 'about, I ain't no en - poster. I don't creep into peo- ple's houses. Yen ain't no better nor me, when all's said and done. You little think I, knows so maps botY ou see I does. 'Grocers' thcps ain't, quite as grand as Ripstone 'All, is they, my fine young lady. No, you don't pass," as Nancy made a gesture to wave hila aside, "I ain't done with yer. 1 me rtn to be even with yer for the dirty trick yer done me—to make me lose my bread and butter, au.l— "Tell me what you wait me le do,' and if it is in my power it shall be done," Nancy said, quick- ly, feeling a not unnatu"n1 sense of alarm and deep ;ere::t+.inn at the man's vulgar abuse. She regi•et- ted suddenly that she had no metres with her. 'I had nothing to do with you losing year situation; you -have yourself to thank fur that, William." "I want no lies," the man re- plied, brutally; "you can keep 'em for yer grand £rile. I wants money, colnmensation; and money I mean to 'ave by 'oak or by crook, so I warn yer." Nancy cast a hurried glance from right to left. She was alone—not a soul was to be seen; this man was growing worse, and she had not a soul with her. What was she to dot "I tell you I am very sorry for you," she said, nervously; "be- lieve me, it was not my fault you were dismissed; but, as you seem to blame me, I will help you till you get another situation. I can say no more." "A very gener"us offer," sneered the coward, "but as you've made it, I accepts it. I don't see why I shouldn't live like a gennelman, as you are such a fine lady—come, hand us over some of the tin. Shall we say five pounds to begin withl— and look here, my young madam, hold a close tongue about this, or it will be the worse for yer. I ain't been a pal of Tom Moss' for nothing—ah—ah ! I thought as that would change you a little," as Nancy started back with a sudden exclamation. "Didn't know as we were pals, did yer? Come as a sort I'll look for myself. No"—as Nancy drew back suddenly with a wild, helpless longing for aid some- how or somewhere— no, as you've no money, I'll take this—it u'11 do just as well." His large, coarse hand closed over the dangling chatelaine with all the costly appendages. Nancy gave a little cry. She prized this most highly, not only because Sir Humphrey lead given 11 to her, but because the only portraits she possessed of her mo- ther and father hung in the little locket upon it. "No -no " she cried, eagerly, "do not take that—the money I promise. I—oh ne she was checked roughly and suddenly; her voice had been unconsciously raised, and the coward, fearing that its clear, meei!eal tones might attract at- tention, covered her month with his other hand; despite her strug- Kien he held : 0 Earn grasp on the watch and other hanging ornaments and had almost succeeded in jerk, Ing it from the slender waistband, when some one ran rapidly for- ward. A fist shot out against his disci or, making him loose his hold, and as Nancy, with a cry of Fcry, clung to Derrick' Darnley, the cur had time to pick himself to - gather and lean away clown the Ione at the top of his speed, Darnley prepared to follew, but but pride and modesty, mingled, *ea 0laney stopped him., strained her from letting thieeriel whom she already saw 'regarded her as sorrtething colieete and de- lightful—dive iuto the past, and know all the shame she had been called upon to endure ' through Thomas Moes. ' She felt that Darnley would be visibly shocked wore she to speak of that brutal kiss that Moss heti dared to press on her face the ev- ening of her flight from heti uncle's. home. Had it not been for this, Nancy y would have spoken freely, and told the young man exactly all she fear- eel; but, ]snowing nothing, it was not strange that Mr. Darnley should be both annoyed and pained at her curious hesitation to hand over the miscreant who had attacked her to be dealt with by the proper author- ities, for that she knew him he was, quite certain.' 'Ro kept silent for a few minutes; ocoupyiug himself, with chopping off the heads of the flowering, weeds, bluebells and other pretty: blooms rowin near. g g . Nancy saw that he was annoyed, and felt a sense of depression steal over her as she glanced now and then at his moody, downcast face. Presently she roused herself. "I—I think I must be going, Mr. Darnley," she said, almost timid- ly. The young man turned at once. "Allow me to help you; that stile is rather high," he said, with calm. politeness; but he diel not offer to lift her down, as he had lifted her up, and Nancy felt the chilly de- pression creep still closer upon her. As she smoothed down her pink muslin skirts and began nervously to put en her gloves, something fell from her chatelaine "You have dropped something," Darnley said, ,turck]y, and there- upon he stooped end handed her the little locket containing her treasured portraits, which must have been loosened during Mr. Wil- liam's vigorous handling of the chain. "Oh, my locket!" Nancy cried; then, with deep gratitude, "oh! thank you for telling me. I—I would not have lost that for any- thing!" Derrick Darnley bit his lips sud- denly. What secret did that tiny gold casket inclose that made it so dear to her, or whose hand had given it, that it should be prized above all else on earth "I am fortunate in having re- stored it to you,'' he said, curtly, but not discourteously. Nancy's blue eyes went suddenly to his face. What had come to him? A chasm seemed to stretch between them and the pleasant, friendly footing of only an hour ago. He did not seem the same man as the Darnley from whose hand she had vainly tried to extract the imagin- ary thorn. A mist of tears rose before her sight, and her lips trembled, but Mr. Darnley did not perceive. this; they were walking slowly along the homeward road, and her sunshade carefully screened her face, while his head was carried haughtily in the air the combined effect of in- dignation and something more dis- agreeable and indefinable. Re hated himself for doubting her even for an instant. Still, the unpleasant fact remained that very little was known about her past— only what she had chosen to tell them herself. Was it, then, im- possible that she should have some friend whom she cherished, e lover? He ground. his teeth, , and at that moment he caught a glimpse of her face as she lowered her sun- shade from the hanging boughs of a tree, and all his doubts went. "I am afrai.cl you are very tired,". he was beginning, but as she turn- ed to him, radiant to think that his anger was gone, he got no farther, but, with a quick smile, which transfigured his face, he drew her hand through his arm. "We are a pair of simpletons, aren't we, Nancy1" he observed. (To he continued.) MARItIkU LIFE.: "No more twain." "Joined to- gether." Mark 10: 6-9. Blest be the tie than binds Our hearts in wedded love; The oneness of united minds Is like to that above. Before Thy gracious throne We pour our ardent Troyer; And fol' the future yet uek•rown We trust Thy tender care. May faith andhope increase And fervent love abound ; And with the diadem of peace May all our days be crowned.' May we be one in heart Alike in ease and pain t While fleeting pleasures may de- part, May joy and truth remain. And as we thus unite To tread the perfect way Upon us may there shine tee light 0£ everlasting day. May wo the grace obtain With joy Thy face to see;. And may we with our Saviour reign Through all eternity, 3011N FAWCETT 1782, T. WATSON, 1910. 344014610e Q11te • LIFE IN CITY OF , C, 2000 QLD BABYLONIAN groan DS or CLAY DIiOU KI:R11D. They Relate to the Everyday Af' faille of the Citizens of Dilbat, A 'correspoedent of the leonden Standard gives some interesting de- tails of a store of cuneiform writ• ten tablets 'recently discovered at the ancient town of Dilbat, near Babylon. The tablets tell in gra- phic manner the story of the cite, zees, their business transactions, disputes and everyday life. They are not the usual royal edicts' and records, but what may best be termed •family archives. They relate to a very early period, being mostly dated in the reigns of theredo res nor p c s sof that mighty monarch Hammurabr, who codified the Babylonian laws, and so were composed at the period of the first Babylonian dynasty. Front these newly fauna tablets and previously deciphered 'refer- e:nees in the records of Babylon we now know ,that Dilbat was a small Babylonian town on that great mas- terpiece of Mesopotamian engin Bering the Arahtu canal. "The canal," says the correspon- dent, "must have kept near to the great river Euphrates, for•it wash- ed the southern face of Babylon's ramparts and upon it .opened one of the great city's gates dedicated to the god Uras. It led away south- ward to Dilbat, which, as the, new- ly found records inform its, was built between the canal and the. Euphrates, for some of the tablets refer to pieces of property . IN LAND OR HOUSES, described as within the city or its suburbs, as .bounded by the river, and others by the canal. As the present natives of the district will not reveal the site of their find we unfortunately do not yet know pre- cisely where Dilbat stood. "The Arahtu Canal not only wat- ered the soil and so produced the crops but carried upon its surface the harvests it had created. Thus an old text says it was the 'bring- er of life to Babylon.' Dilbat was probably the great southern gran- ary for the capital, for Hemmen.- bi, in his long autobiographical pa- negyric, boasts that he eextended the plantations of Dilbat and ac- cumulated corn for Ip.' "When the Arahtu was first coir- structed it wouldbe difficult to say, but its 'benefits to their people caused the kings always to keep it in repair, and viae versa, invaders of Babylonia in war time damaged it as a preliminary to starving out the capital. "Th special deity of Dilbat was Ip, probably a shortened form of Nintip, and his temple was called Imbi Anum, `Proclaimed of Ann.' There was a city wall coeval with the foundation of the city, and re- stored by King Sumu-Abu, prede- cessor of Hammurabi. The .town appears to have possessed three harbors or docks and a market, and one can imagine the busy hum of. commerce upon ITS STREETS AND WHARVES "The documents rescued from its Urr'5Y$ rt quickly stops coughs, cures colds. heals the throat and lungs. • • • 25 cents. t:•t 1*:t .P+i14 :'Yt�+rr.a,A r'do 4 Headaches -- nausea '-••- indlgestiollr-^muddy complexion—pimples-- bed breath—these are some of the effects of con- stfpation, The mild, sensible, reliable remedy le They contain the latest dlsoovered and best evacuant k fawn, which empties the bowels without the slightest discomfort and without cite- turbine the rest of the system, Constantly inereesed doses are not necessary, 264, a bon. 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A. as ori wed iiia 04 a as 1¢moa ar va 1 • pp Pi ut1 it o d� u 6r syr 111 51 clo ��yy tar YT P+ oAld,n � I - pHa�lggW i s sap! n syrup le d d 4 a p anon ac He l y batter n • )d 1 D Inap� oro Wald r� t re¢cors If Q0q'fa ,p cipe Seats. iseeaat Mie. 6 i l,, V/o ruins almost ell concern the sale, or renting of houses and -lands and fields, orthe hire and purchase of cattle and crops, Dilbat being the centre of a rich agricultural' dis- trict.„,The terms employed aro commoto all the Babylopian cit- ies. The ground and the houses are clearly defined by the enumeration of neighboring properties- and the names of their proprietors. "Frequently • the boundary is a street, a canal, a mond or harbor. Then, in eases of real estate, fol- lows a statement of value, the names of vender - and purchaser, and at the end of the bargain, the deed discloses, comes the oath sworn before the god of the city in the temple and also an invocation of the reigning King. The Dilbat. scribes also added a clause placing the onus of any'subsequent dispute of the deed upon the seller-. 'For all the contests concerning the pro- perty (A. B.) is responsible.' Fin- ally follow the names of the wit- nesses, and often alsoof the scribe of the tablet, and generally several signets of the persons concerned. `Legally the vender should al- ways seal the tablet, but if he had not a signet, then some or all of the witnesses applied theirs. Pro- perly -speaking, also, the tablets should have been in duplicate. The first was inscribed and baked and copied'; then a cover of soft clay placed over or aroundit, and the document re -engrossed upon this cover from the copy, so that it couldbe referred to at any time by paying the required fee at THE RECORD OFFICE. "In case of dispute as to its ac- curacy, for an extra sum the outer envelope was broken and compared with its interior duplicate text; and the litigant who proved to be in error in his allegation that the two versions were not identical paid a considerable forfeit, and a new. outer case was placed over the ori- ginal tablet and re]nscribed. This procedure is mentioned in the Old Testament as inquiring of theouter and the inner tablet of a .deed. "The fellahin with their picks and shovels have, however, broken most of the outer: covers' of the Dilbat documents. These methods for the enregisterization of transactions neceessitating legal formalities to enable them to be cited as.'evi- dence' in the law vourts, or the mu- nicipal unicipal tribunal (for in one case, at least, the Mayor was the judge) were similar to those"atother con- temporary neighboring cities, but they possess their own peculiar phraseology, proving that Dilbat had his own type of citizen, though comparatively an insignificant town, So a Nourishing school of scribes and solicitors doubtless crowded the shady .corridors of its temple and the,lrails of the god's tribunal.: "Truly its prosperity was but a reflex of that of Babylon, but the city's existence was not ephemer- al, for it commenced with the first regions- of the great neighboring cities' kings and endured eatil THE PERSIAN ERA. "The majority of the tablets found often merely reregister plots, areas or locations, for inose of the litigation was about bc'uuda'r,cs.. Others, however, are for loans er hiring agreements, one being for a period of three menthe only. Hare- lam hires a bull from the great tem- ple gods of Sippara, Shanlash and Aia for a year. Doubtless the joint deities had a shrine at Dilbat and a farm for sacrificial cattle and did a thriving trade in stud cattle and rams. '"People also bred oui, eharieta and agricultural implements, but loans were mostly in money and seed corn. The interest for the latter sometimes amounted' to 38 per cent., but et. was payable in kind out of what it provided, and' if the farmer h.,d parted in tee previous season with his reserve of seed, because of a specially high of- fer for it, he could afford ta pay such interest to obtain a fresh sup- ply. "Some creeds concern the hiring ,of harvesters, and they were often registered before the engegement matured by the crops ripening. A clause was therefore inserted that if the men contracted for failed to appear the farrier could hire others at the price paid that season by the king for his own estates, and it may be presumed that the person. who had promised to supply the men made up the difference if any. "Such was life at Dilbat about 2,000 years before the Christian era, as revealed by the small clay tab- lets that the patient industry of many intellects have for the love of science enabled es to read." autctd'y slope coudha. cures cold.¢. shoals the ibroot and lauds.. • e • 25 cents. Concrete is the est Material —from every standpoint—where- with to build things about the farm. This recently -published book, "What the Farmer Can Do With Concrete,” will "prove to you the superiority and "in -the -long -run" economy of "CONCRETE" as a Building Mtateviall You, as a progressive farmer, owe it to yourself to read this book before you attetnpt any' further improvements. 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Too large quantities, or. feeding it when in a bad condition, will many times produce seouriug, and sometimes ]sill the lambs.. The most experienced feedore and * sheep owners consider about two pounds of corn ensilage the maxi- mum amount that can be feel to a - lamb each day. This ami., c nt, in connection teeth elovei' hay and grain foods, will make a very sat- isfactory ration. Ensilage and clover hay will make a very good maintenance ration " and t rodent fairly good growth, but the iambs will lack the finien that is neces- sary to bring the top market erica. Many times, when the price of grain foods' is high, the lambs may be,.wintered in very fair condition' with a very little grain food, but. when it is desired to market the- lambs in the spring, it will be nec- essary to feed conerderable corn of grain foods in addition to the, roughage. One of the chief .eases of so many failures in feeding Iambs is due to. the fact that we clo not spend more. extra money for grain foods, and properly condition the lambs, so, that they will bring the very top'. market price. The extra time and feed used in finishing the lgmbs is. what counts when they are placedi upon the market. KEEP DOWN THE WEEDS. Weeds use• up the moisture.' Weeds use up plant` food. Weeds crowd the plants. Weeds shade the crops. Weeds make it difficult for the plant to grow. Weeds make it hard to work the, land properly. Weeds are at work- all the tinge; as soon as a crop is taken off the: weeds go right on pumping •out moisture; so that a grain field that would plow nicely at harvest will be too dry to plow well in a month or two and all due to weeds. And, tile weeds grow in the grain, rob the grain of moisture and the re- sult is, that much less grain. Ono way is to disc as soon as the crop is harvested. It is necessary to have the land free from weeds and this can be done of a crop of corn and a crop of clover is grown every four or five years. Manuring will also help in that it will make the. crops grow stronger and so he more capable of -smothering weeds, end. it also holds moisture. T' TIR1;D OF c.HICIt73I\,5 Start with Pckins—they are the handiest, and mature early. Pay well for a well-bred male; b-ut not accept a scrub as a gift. Pekin duelcs clo not need water for swimming, but they must have plenty of absolutely clean clrinldng water. Pekin duolcs do not make good setters—use a chicken hen. Place not mere than thirteen eggs under the lien. ,Sprinkle the eggs with slightly warmed water every day for a week before hatching, or the youngsters cannot come through, You must know that a duck has no crop, The food must be soft be- fore it passes directly into the giz- zard. Feed plenty, of sharp sand of grit with the l,,oc1. Ducks are. pigs for foal, and gob- ble down pretty nearly everything that comes in the way, Ducks must have plenty of green food, or they will not thrive, HELPS FOR THE ROU -RAISER,. Breeding animals that have weak constitutions end organic weakness- es will transmit 'Hese "defects to their progeny, anti' they will be- come racy prey to scout all the ail. meets that the hog is heir to. Never get tete idea in yetis Bead that drugs and .health are insep- arable, for iu neat casae it will be foetid that what we must keep out of the pigs' stomach ]las more to aro with their health time whntte we put in. Sunlight, crude oil, lime,' omelet carbolic acid, pure air, clean hous- es and ,yards, aro ehcapor thee dregs and elope. When the hogs are watered with patent waterers both tile chinking part and -the barrelsheelcl he Rapt clean and sweet. A lump of quick- lime dropped into the Lane' occa- sionally will leccp It parer, ,lye; '0