The Brussels Post, 1911-6-29, Page 7FOHTUNE f III'09S INtiRY4 ;
OI[P A LOOK. INTO THE PAST
CIIAPTL1t, XIX. Nancy's two )rands were (Jeweled
It watt Nancy who spoke first. together against her heart; two
fierce spots of color burned on .e. -
tiler white cheek; she was swaying
to and fro uncertainly in her agi-
tation.
"What if I say I will not answer
you?" she mur,n Bred, huskily.
Then, 'with a sucklen change, She
held out one hot, trembling hand
toward him. "Derry., my — my
darling !-yes, my darling 1—do you
love reel' she asked him, ;with
strange, unnatural. calmness. Then,
before his lips had time to open
even, while ho held her hand in an
iron grip bebwoen his own: "Yes
know I
—yesour You
y yo anewer.
are true, stanch, royal -my brave,
my hero! Then—if you love me-
you—you will not make me suffer
more you will not stay now to
question me on the past, the pre-
sent or the future! You will leave
me at once—when—when you know
what pain your presence brings!"
Derry stood for one instant si-
lent, motionless. He was barely
conscious of/what fieroeness he put
into the agony of•the grasp• that
held her hand;, a lump rose in his,
throat and nearly choked him her
pale, pathetic face, so sweet, . so
pure, so wholly gaven up to the in-
tensity of her love for him, struck
Ms heart with the deepest pain he
had' over felt in his life.
The sudden gleam of happiness
that would Dome when he learned
that this girl was still his—his, by
love's powerful right—did .not lin-
ger long. It was followed by a
rush of despair, of anguish.
p ,
Her eager, strangely nervous, ap-
peal gave him an additional pang.
"It is very, very hard," he mut-
tered, when at last speech came,
"to find you;'to know that all these
past weeks, when I have been revil-
ing you, you have been true in' your
dear heart—to nee !-to stand beside
you and hold your hands, and yet
to hear you say that I must go
at once!—go! Nancy, do you un-
derstand
n-derstand:what that means? We
may never meet again—try and
realize what that will mean to both
of us!"
He was quivering from head to
foot. The events of the 'last few
minutes had eompietely and utter-
ly unnerved him. The sudden
bshe was leaning against the ntas-
'Woe tree, a world of emotion and
,agitation expressed in her sweet
face.
"What—what are you doing
here?" she asks, feebly, almost in-
audibly., "(Low did you get in?"
Dorraek looker mystified, but
only for an instant; his heart was
beating almost to suffocation;
strong man as he was, he trembled
at theviolence of the joy and bit-
terness mingled that suddenly came
upon him,
"I, beg your pardon for intruding.
Believe me, I had no idea you were
here, or 1 should not have come."
Maury was breathing in short
gaeps, her eyes had left his and
we're wandering round in a nervous,
hunted way, which sent an angry
pang to his heart.
"You you have startled me 1"
she murmured. "No one ever
comes here, How did you come?
Why did you come?'
There was adesperate ring of sor-
row in that last question.
"I jumped the gate over there,"
he explained in 'low, eager tones.
"I'went to get back bo the Miall,
and thought this part of the grounds
was a short cub. I----"
"Part of. the Hall grounds,"
Nancy,ropeated, with her eyes still
going about nervously, as if in
search of something or some one.
"You—you have made a mistake-
this is not Itipstone property."
"Not Itipstono ! Then where am
If"
He wont a step bearer to her in
his surprise.
"These are the manor grounds,
anti --'and my home!"
Nancy's lips treubled as she ut-
tered the words that should have
-been pregnant with tenderness, but
which, uttered in her low,pathetic
voice, carried only too truly the
sad plaint of despair. •
Derrick stepped back involuntar-
ily; he was utterly surprised and
overwbelmed with pained annoy-
ance.
"I enbreat you to pardon me,"
he said, in tones that were choked
beyond recognition. "Indeed, I
knew nothing of this -it is a ter-
rible blunder to have made'e but,
behove me, I have blundered in ig- shock of coming. upon Nancy, the
norance. I did nut know that this anguish that followed' on the brief
was the manor property. I did not ecstasy awakened by her avowal of
know that—that you were even in love, all acting on a mind already
the neighborhood. I can but offer nervous and unhinged with the
my sincere apologies and depart at struggles it had undergone and en -
once." dured of late, robbed him of every
He • had half turned .: aside as he scrap of strength.
spoke, and, therefore, did not see His face had grown paler even
her sudden gesture of despair and than the girls wan one looking up
anguish—nor the -boars which welled at him. Tho flushed, stalwart
up in her glorious eyes and blinded young fellow who only a few mo-
her sothat' she had to press her ments before had leaped the gate
hand 'over them to relieve them; so lightly and easily seemed to have
but as he waited a moment' for her no kinship with this pale, haggard
to answer, and found she ;was si creature. •
lent, he turned again, and then he The very dogs seemed to under -
saw that she wasutterlypowerless stand that something dreadful was
to speak, for slie was weeping— happening, for they stood with sad,
weeping very silently, but none the patient eyes, gazing up at those
less bitterly. two distraught faces as though they
In one stride he was beside her offered silent sympathy and help.
-honor, self-restraint, everything The man's weakness gave Nancy
forgotten in the rush•of mad, pas- strength.
siohate love and emotion that swept "1 .know -I understand," she
over him, said, in quieb, low tones. "But,'
"Nancy Nancy ! Oh God ! don't even so—dears st—it yeb must be
—don't; I can's boar it—I can't done 1"
bear it 1" "Then your words were false just
He had her two trembling hands now ! You do not love me ! You
in his firm grasp, robbed of their could not love me, and tell me to
shelter, Nancy, bowed her head to leave you!"
hide hor tears. Now her self -re- He loosened hishold on hor as
proaoh, her remorse was gone, for ho spoke.
Derry did nob, could - not surely Tears welled into Nancy's blue
hate her if he spore like this. eyes and rolled down her eheeke—
For an instant they stood quint those pale, wan cheeks, shat were
ly, though the pulses of each thril- so different from the i osy ones she
led with mingled ecstasy and mis- !bad owned book in the summer
er,y,
months.
"I have frightened you by my She made a little gesture of der
sudden appearance, dear," the spair--so forlorn, so full of doso ve
man said at last, spooking in tones tion, that it struck him to the
of the deepest tenderness and sad- heart.
noes, "1 who would sooner cut off His anm went out suddenly to -
my righb Hand than give you a ino- ward her, as if to infold her and
monies pain. Can'you forgive me, hold her to his breast; but she did
Nancy?" not see the movement, for her head
Her fingers closed round his for was bent, and some innate touch
an instant, - • of purity and delicacy withheld hits
"Ohdon't speak like that!" she from his purpose.
cried, brokenly. "Forgive you— "Forgive me, dearest one l" he
you!" Then Ate wrenched her said, in low, hu erred tones. "'—
hands from his grasp. "Go—go at I did not know what I was saying,
once," she whispered, eagerly, in- Nancy ! Tell mo that you forgive
tensely; "don't ask Inc why—only me! dear!"
go. There is no need for forgive
He hesitated for an instant. mesa between us," the girl answer -
"1 can'e go,"" lie muttered, el- od, gently, choking her tears with
most fiercely; yon ask too much difficalby. Then she turned -Whim:
,of mo; think of all I have ondus:ed, "But you must go. Yes --yes, for
of all ('have suffered since that by salve, you will go ! Do bob make
summer night! Nancy, you wrecked my--"
my life then, No ,e than we have she stepped; it almosb seemed as
mob, I have a right to 1snew why if she choked herself,
acne did this; wl>wy you—yo who "Nancy—teal n,e-does—he--oh 1
• love mo ;yes., who love inc 6'6i11 --1 • can't say it 1 You are-cmlutppy feet In depth, These divers often
you .can t dont' it•.1—why you acted' with him. I will not ilskyou Aga* imceb with cxeitirig:advetttures and
ah, you did end marriedthis matt-- to give methe reason of this ural-' are constantly exposed to danger
this awful res""ute! Answer :no l: J riage, the reason for nuning our from sharps and other denizens of
• will know)" levee our life! flub this you -neves ,the deep, `rlteir pay is based on
Assists D0geotkrfi'
A rnaliOS a gravy or
sauce which is delicious
ill flavor and w1li(ll also is
a great aid to digestion.
A little Bovril makes
'Scups of all kinds more
&30 ariS ting, •
answer me—it is my right—I de-
ment' to know—.does he treat you
well ?"
lithe was silent for a moment. Ab 1
if she could but have flung herself
on his )road -breast, and have wept
out all the horrors, the miseries,
of her brief married career, what
a comfort, a relief, it would.have
been! But she dared not do this.
Were she to tell Derry one quarter
i s
of the truth of her wretched exist-
ence,
xt-
ence, who knew what he might not
do?
Besides this, her honor compelled
her to be silent. Whatever hap-
pened, she was Orawshaw'e wife!
'She had married him knowing
what he was. To utter complaint.
was therefore out of the question.
And even were this not so, she
would have shrunk from letting
Derrick Darnley, of all people, into
the Clark truths or her present life.
With a magnificent courage she
conquered her longing to cling to
him as the first' friend she had met
for months, to beg him, to shield
and protect her, to remove her
from the horrible surroundings
which made up her daily existence.
She even forced a wan, faint smile
to her lips.
"Don't—don't,". she said, though
the smile spore went; and a quiver
came instead. "1 have everything
that money can buy -and what WO -
man wants more?" •
Darnley's dark eyes dwelt on her
face tenderly.
Then, with a sudden movement,
full' of chivalry and homage, he
stooped and kissed her. hand; the
next moment he would have turned
away, but she stopped him.
"Derry, tell me -tell mo of Doro-
thy—my sister, my more than
friend! She is in trouble, and I
am here -hare, so close, and yet so.
far away from her! Ah ! in all my
trials, there has been none greater
to bear than this!"
The words seemed to esoape her
unconsciously, forced • from her
overcharged heart by the fulness
of her (bitterness, and Darnley was
more than 'answered. He knew
then that his fears had been only
too well founded ,and that Nancy
had more to fight against in her
present life than vulgarity and un-
congenial surroundings.
But as she had been. brave and
refused to complain, so . he would'.
honor her courage. He saw she
did notknow how plainly she had
given him the•knowledge for which
he had asked. She had been think-
ing of Dorothy, and in the sympa-
thy and love she gave to her girl-
friend, hersister, her bitter cry of
despair had escaped her unnoticed.
In a few gentle words he gave Ilei'
the last hopeful news of Sir Hum-
phrey.
she breathed, fervently,
clasping her hands together, "that
at least is a glimpse of sunshine to
mel They were so good—so very,.
very good to me. ,Sometimes when
I am sitting alone dreaming, it
seems as if all that happiness
which came to me through their
goodness never belonged' to me. It.
was some other creature who lived
up at the Hall at,d basked 'in the
sunshine and flowers, was beloved
by dear Dorothy, petted by Sir
Humphrey, made much of by every
one." Her voice had grown chok-
ed as she spoke hurriedly. "Then,"
she went on, feverishly -"then I
wake to know that the sunshine has
gone, that I have lost Dorothy, and
that though she is sn sore distress,
I do not even go to her and offer
her comfort. It _is a horrible
thought!" she said, with a shud-
der. She has called me—yes, I
have heard her voice, and yet—yet
I do not move- a stop to help her.
Oh, will God punish me for my
ingratitude? Will no make me sof-
for more?"
(To be continued.)
'1
A SPONGE ItIAltlCET.
Bids for "Strings" are Handed to
the Auctioneer.
Sponges grow to perfection at
tho bottom of the blue waters of
the Gulf of Mexico and are found
m greater. abundance within a
'adios of twenty-five ritilee of •Tar-
pon Springs than elsewhere in tho
waters of the. United States, and
are of a superior. -quality. They aro
excelled only by those caught in
the Mediterranean Sea,
-Sponges ars taken by divers who
go down in waters twenty to fifty
the value of the eponges taken,
and runs from $00 to $2O0 a weep,
When sponges are first taken
they a.,, died with animal life,
They are welled as °lean as pas-
sible., are assorted, and Placed on
"strings" four feet ten inches in
length. They are then ready for
sale. There are four grades, in, the
following order: Wool, yellow,
wive and grass,
The sponge market is a lot about
an acre in extent in the centre of
which is a large building or shed.
The sponges are placed in piles of
100 to 150 "strings" all round this
building. The sale is conducted in
a. peculiar way. The buyers exam-
ine the sponges and when the auc-
tioneer opens the market and (mile
for bids they write their offers on
slips of papers and hand them in,
The auctioneer examines the high-
est bid, which may be refused by
the owner, but the same sponges
are not offered for sale twice the
same day, They may be put up
once more, and of not sold then
moat be taken away and incorpor-
ated in a new lot. The sales take
place Tuesdays and Fridays, and
the amount realized averages ab-
out $12,000 a week,
THE DIET IN RHEUMATISM,
Red Meats Not the Only Article of
Food to be Avoided.
If there is a, disease more than
any other that is caused by im-
proper diet, and that can be l.'elped
most oftenby a diet properly ad-
justed to the capacity of the pati-
ent, it is rheumatism, in almost
every one of its forms.
There is a popular belief that
meat, especially: red meat, is the
only archfiend that carries into the
system uric acid and the other mem-
bees of the puringroup, but it is
not correct: •Tea, coffee, chocolate,
cocoa, peas, beaus, asparagus, on-
ions and a few other foods all con-
tain the purin bodies to some ex-
tent. Animal soups and malt li-
quors are also guilty. •
All alcoholic liquors are objec-
tionable,' some, of course, more
than others. By manythe white
meat orchicken or other fowl is
considered much less pernicious
than red meat, .such as beef,' mut-
ton, lamb, etc.; by others this is
contradicted. Excellent authorities,
however, state that whatever may
be true theoretically the so-called
red meats seem must objectionable
practically
Increasing the easily digested
animal foods, allowing milk, eggs,
a small amount of cheese, broiled
or roasted meats, beef, lamb an 1
chtaken in small quantities once a
day often brings a happy result.
Combine with these farinaceous
foods, such as rice, farina, tapioca,
wheat bread, etc., and suitable ve-
getables and fruits. Such procedure
may give just the relief the over-
worked machine is craving. During
acute attacks of rheumatism the
diet should consist of milk, butter-
milk, milk toast, gruels, etc. This
should continue so long as there
is any, fever. All meats and other
objectionable articles mentioned
above should be excluded until re-
covery is
e-covery.is assured. Alkaline waters
are valuable, and excellent results
follow the use of generous quanti-
ties (at least three pints daily) of
any pure soft water taken between
meals. •
When we hear some people talk
we wonder how it is possible for
then to change their minds.
",Get Scod dfestlan fvaft on appetite, and health an both/"
They will If you take Semen/mg
:r
Thy correct stomach disorders, assist digestion, and mage• itt. worth
1 vine again for the victirn of dyspepsia, 50o. a box. 11 your dru;;glst lits
not stecped theta yet; send us 500, and we wilt mai! them. @5
mooed terve sod Musics! Cop,00nv of Commie, Limited. • Montreal.
gaareasieneeatiteesatsaeateeteeeaveteeseeteee lievs it is more profitable and more
satis£acbory-to have the herd calve
in the fail,•-ifoard's Dairyman.
STOCK IN SUMMER.
Nothing contributes more to the
thrift of live stook then persistent
attention to its needs, • The spaa-
modio enthusiast whose devotion to
his os is in
g proportion to the
immediate impulse 13 never a real
stockman, Physical well being cane.
not be administered in bulk, The
animal which is comfortable, with-
out hunger or thirst from day to
day, and not subjected to disease,
maintains a healthy, steady advance
in growth, flesh or milk production,
Every period of hardship, however
short, is accompanied and followed
by stagnation of nutritive processes
and the possible loss of progress al-
ready made.
The pasture season is Bailed as a
relief from daily ministration to
the comfort of stock, but that idea
is .generally overworked. The na-
tural advantagesof grazing and
hospitable weather are easily dissi-
pated by carelessness. Short pas-
tare, a stale water supply, insuffi-
cient shade and protection from
fies, vie with the ravages of disease,
parasites and preventable accidents
in annoying the stock and robbing
the stockman.
As the summer advances there is
a strong temptation to allow ani-
mals to fare as boss they may while
the entire attention of the farm
help is given over to the crops.
This course cannot be safely follow-
ed. When attention lapses acci-
dents seen most prone to come.
Even if complete arrangements
are made for carrying stock past
the harvest rush of work with the
minimum of attention, responstbii-
ity cannot be laid aside. A few
years ago a farmer busy cutting
wheat did not see his flock of sheep
from one Sunday until the next. In
the meantime several lambs were
killed by dogs, ani a fat ewe, un-
able to got up after rolling over on
her back, had perished after an evi-
dent struggle of a day or two.
Ponds •and streams sometimes go
dry with amazing suddenness in
harvest time, with consequent suf-
fering to animals. Blackleg may get
in deadly work among the calves of
a herd when frequent inspection
and timely vaccination would have
nipped the epidemic at its incep-
tion: "';.
Ina hundred ways the revenue
from summer pastures may be lost
by the man who is too busy here
and there to attend to all of his
interests, The stockman can never
shake off responsibility, His fidel-
ity to it measures his success. The
Breeders' Gazette,
On the Far
TIME FOR COW TO FRESHEN.
Winter dairying has been advo-
cated for many years on the ground
that it is more profitable. In the
first place, there is not as much
work on the farm in the winter
time to claim the attention of the
owner as there is in the summer,
During the summer months the
fields must be tended, the crop
gathered, repairs made on building,
etc. while thewinter the dairy-
man
in 3y
man has an opportunity to devote
the greater portion of his time to
hie cows.
When proper methods are used
in preparing a ration for a cow, it
is very doubtful whether' it costs
any more to feed her in the summer
than in the winter, especially when
we take into consideration that a
drought is apt to come during the
month of July and August and
force the dairyman to feed grain
and hay. Moreover the price of
land has been steadily ,:advancing,
making pasturage more and more
expensive. With the use of the
silo the growing of clover or alfalfa
makes it possible for the dairyman
not only . to prepare a very
good . ration, but a very. eco-
nomical one. Further, cows that
calve in the fall will produce more
milk in a year, as a rule, than those
that drop their calves in the spring.
If a herd is properly fed during the
winter season the milk yield will be
sustained throughout the 'winter
and when they are turned to grass
in the spring the stimulating ef-
fect of the grass will usually in-
crease their milk flow and there
will be no heavy shrinkage in milk
flow until the cows are ready to go
dry.
Another reason for having the
cows calve in the fall is that it gives
the calf a better opportunity to de-
velop. When calves are born in
the spring they are apt to be trou-
bled considerably by flies to whose
ravages they are very susceptible.
Fall born calves receive closer at-
tention from the feeder than if
born in the spring, as there are not
so many things claiming his atten-
tion. For the first few months of
the calf's existence, it can make but
little or no attention, which is no
drawback, as the fields are demand-
ing all the time that a farmer can
give.
In many respects we consider fly
time the hardest and at least the
most aggrevating time to produce
milk and the more cows that are
dry at this season of the year, the
better, so far as the milker is con-
cerned. We recognize, of course,
there are circumstances and condi-
tions which make it mors profitable
for men to have their herds calve
in the spring, and dairymen supply-
ing cities with milk must have their
herds calve at all seasons of the
year, but as a general thing we be-
Most of us feel that we could get
along nicely on double our income.
"What is your idea of a heroine,
John?" asked the wife of his bos-
om, and she looked up from the
novel she was reading. "A heroine,
my dear," answered John, "is a
woman olio could talk back, but
doesn't."
Il.
4,0
off" c.o.d.
$3,600 in Cash Prizes for Farmers
NOMMEIM1011 .1.momm. .300•101 111113•1
RE.A.ID the condltlons
of the (Prise Con-
test we are con-
ducting for the farm-
era of Canada. .x400,00
In prlsres will lie award-
ed to each Province. These prises will be divided
into tour 'groups, conaleting of:
PIMP - "A"-9300,00 to 1e given to the farmer 1a each
Province who will use dulhslr 1911 the 'greatest mouton of
barrels of "CAN'ADA" Cereett , 50I39) "H"•--si00.0o to be
given to . the termer ie each Proving who uses !'CA NA775�A"
Osumi for the greatest neelber of purposes, Pn1ZS5 "0"—
$100,00 to be elvon to thefarmer in 'soh Preelnee who
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Provip,o tvhe submits the boot end mod
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Zvery farmer in Canada 1a
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you would have Ilttlo
chance against your
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bar, ?shies "C" and
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As a matter o1 fact, your meters in tP4e con-
test will depend to a great extent on your careful
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Slagle 'arenas 100 Xat'ds ',once
Weigh Only an Uu.ac* Apiece.
no mines of Canode, to -day pro-
duce the major portion of the oc-.
hestos used in the industrial world,
says the India )tubber World. icor
NIX decades or More it was known
that Canada posseaasd this miner-
al, but the feet was not considered ,
of commercial importance.
In 1877 a farmer named Fcctei n
discovered deposits of importance
and the first real mine began epee.,
Miens sliortlys afterward, It is said
that the enterprise was a paying
on'e from the start, Seven minor
fn all were opened in the first few
years. Ono of these is said to hey°
paid $24,000 net in one year upon
an investment of $0,000.
Asbestos was rat mined iu Itfialy
and prior to iti80 it was the oa1 -
country that produced it at com-
mercial profit. The Italian ashes,-
tos is very silky in appearance and
gray to brown in color. Often tho
fibres are several feet in length,
Asbestos after leaving the cob-
bing sheds is sent to the spinning' ..
mills in bags - holding about 100
pounds. Upon its arrival it is
first forecarded by a machine simil-
ar to the saw tooth gin used in cot-
ton mills. This separates the tan,
gled Oblate, after which a final
carding takes place on a reguiaf
carding machine. When the as'
bostos leaves the carding maehiis
it is combed smoothly and that
fibres laid parallel, in a uniform
mass. This mass is treated in a
rota spinning machine. -
This first spins it into a coaree
yarn and then draws and spats
'
thisam until it becomes fine a
quite strong. Where a hard etrossg
thread is required for certain fab.
ries the asbestos yarn is put into a
doubling ,and twisting machines,
where two - or more of ` the yarn
threads are coiiririn.,.a.... Of course
if the asbestos is to be iinpfegnated:__�__
with rubber a smooth hard finish
thread is not desirable.
The spinning of asbestos for a
long time seemed of great-diffioul
ty, owing to the manner in which
the threads persisted in slipping
past each other. Finally it was dia.
covered that under the microscope
a thread of asbestos showed a
notched surface, and that by means
of special twisting the spinning
could be made successful. Now
after much experimenting man p -
J facturers are able to spin a singro
asbestos thread of 100 yards en
length not weighing over an ounce.
COMPOSITION OF CORDITE.
Made of Two Powerful Explosives
Kneaded Into Paste.
Cordite is the outcome of the
strange paradox that if you mix
together two powerful explosives
the result is a smokeless, slow -burn-
ing powder. Nitro -glycerin and
gun cotton mixed together with a
little petroleum jelly melee cordite.
It is curious to see the two des43
explosives being kneaded together.
into a paste by women with b
same unconcern as dough is kitten
ed for bread. Indeed, machinee.
similar to those used in bakerale
take up the work and knead the
buff -colored cordite paste for save
eral hours. Then it is foret;d'
through molds and issues in long
cords—hence the name cordite—the
thickness of which is varied accord-
ing to the weapon in which it is of
be used.
For big guns cordite is half an
inch thick and cut into lengths o
thirty-seven inches. Rather' more
than a thousand of these cordite
sticks packed in two bundles make
up the cartridge for a twelve -inch
gun. For the rifle cordite' is pressed
into a very thin string, like the line
est macaroni,and sixty of these
strands one inch and a half tonagg
make the neat little bundle whia'olj
lies inside the cartridge case. For.
some European armies cordite is
made in fiat thin strips like whale.
bone. Kept away from fire, cor-
dite can be handled with impunity.
—London Graphic.
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NATURAL GAS FIRES.
Ono Has Been -Benning in India fox
Centuries.
Consul -General Miohael, of Cate
gutta, in a bulletin tells of a mune
try located about twenty miles
from Chittagong, British Indies`
where natural gas blazes from ore
vices in the ground, The gas has
been burning so lona that the olde
eatinhabitant can give no idea of ,
when or how it was set on fire. The
general belief among the natives ie'
that the gas has been on fire fest
eenturiee. At any rate it has beer(
burning as far back as any recordt
have been kept by white people. fif
is now suggested—and some stept
have been taken to oarry out th(
suggestion—that thet 11 1,9 tizcthea .'
guished and t -he gat be brei' ht USe
der control and puled don to
Chittagong for light and fuel pow-
er. The citizens of Chittagong
have concluded thet it wot-tla be
cheaper to utilize the gas than t«
introduce electricity,
hill—"What will ho do when al
the feels aro dead?' Jil[—'r8e'il
never live to see shift day."
A men never hiree st brass beltul
to herald his combo.* out at the Tito,
tie_ endof the Swot*,