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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-7-27, Page 2++,Two .-T +. T.+T. +++++++.0+++++++++++++-f+ 7 f+ fOfli�NE FOR8 1NE BHNVE; r OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST • et epiierdieeee.:eeee H eeeeepesee eeee-f ee+..,4.,,,. e+.4.44.0, •eeeeeeteee CHAPTER XXIY.--(Cont'd) every' limb,- the girl crouched back in th.e corner of the cab, and burst It was not oxaetly: the kind elf into lu flood of tears. letter a sin might expect to rse-. Janet cued not chock this; indeed, eeine from a mother who bad not she we1e0111ed it• as being a.•certain ween him •for months; bet Derrick relief to Nancy's overcharged knew his mother too well' by 'this heart and 'brain , she died keen; tune to be disappointed at any lack growing very anxious all through, of wourtanly ur •maternal warmth. the long day dust • passed as ,she He fokled ep the -epistle and put had watched the girl's white, mire it into' the envelope, with a tiny riligh that escaped him unconsci- ously, Perhaps, -had his mother boon' there to hear it, she might have ellanged a little in her wee- ver towards hien; for, as has been se ousnese in the lodge -keeper's *tilted 'before, with all her cold . otta,e, and Janet knew it w s worldliness, Mrs, Darnley had the beat thing that could happen to her: The past forty-eight hours had contained enough mental trouble to crush the stoutest heart. When Nancy has opened her eyes after her ,second fainting fit, she 'had been tun prostrate to utter a sound fur nearly an hour; het, of ter that, as the full horror of What had occurred returned to her, she mined suddenly to accept an in- had become feverishly awake, and vitation contained in another let- d'finding that she was actually free ter to go over to Ireland for a from the prison walls of the Ma- nor House, she grad determined, without a second's hesitation, to 'escape frt:m it ante and for all be- before finally returning to bis Afore she was drawn back into the work. :runt a cin. Hew little do we poor mortals ewe here, in this her hoar or know ,of the strange workings of greateet need, she suddtnly Lund life l • a friend. On the evening of tho day fo?• Janet graved once more the lowing the one that saw Darnley. irrnth c1 the ukl pracerb of not departure fur Ireland a four- ducb ng lrt gree:trances; her quiet, Wlieeller stopped at the door of his 'matter ,f -fact manner • was the Chambers, and a tall woman, re -(very bent nerve tonic to Naefey in 'epcetably attired, r-lielrtsd frust it her excited, distraeght cont eon. and rang the heli. Lr a few cart words she < .:p]ain- • On being told that Mr. Darnley ,eel how it w•as she had been able bad started the evening before for to come no efiectaal?y to her Pend; Ireland, she 50.:xu d perplexed as mistress' rescue—how ehe Leel sear to how she should net noet, and, that trawsh•rw had been oil the turning slowly, went back to the verge me nmdner:, as lie had been .caro, where she held a short, wee- •driulcing he Icily fur prred cun£erenco with some ane evetnearime hien in a, quarrel with Terh,n ' ue that be would brine h'. rove to her baring'- she Sind waited and ra .t?i:id out.:de Naney's l• rheum ie the paeeage fur hie coming. Her r lrei,^,ltt and stren +h steed her in geed gum ,e a few mo- ment., later, whe r, har;ng sheeted t Feet e to bring help without delay. sire had grappled with -tura infariatcd man herself, literally "tracted face, and saw the mental suffering in her eyes. This was the very first moment that Nancy's calmness had given way since she heel regained con - some love in her nature, and this love was all her son's. However, she diel not hear it, and Deriiek was never likely to woo mere warmth from his mutter in his present hopeless and unhap- py eondition of mind. The fifteenth ,:f December would be due in a week's time, and bear - in„ this in mind, Derrick deter - week with a few bachelor chums, their cheery •society would at least take him out of himself for a while in zee. ..Cen you give tree Mr. Darn- le•'s mother's eddreee, pls tie was the t'c iilt ef tete. The woman uf the house heeitat- cd. 'Is it very ireptel rzt1' 'she aWk- cd d,t'bionsly. • "Very," ere," Was tura curt reply. "Well, Mrs. Darnley limes at ei- ther 8017 or 005 Park Street, Park Lane, but she ain't at home nro . emetine him dawn by alnoet super - I know. S .'s enuring next week; 11'utmanr force while Nancy had man - so Mr. Darnley told nee" .aend to crawl away-. and Fenton, \Vith a word 01 t i rule;, the in- ,ur omit, frightened into eebriety, guir•er turned and re-entered tee hal rushed in with the two other .tab as the dour of the chpmbere Moe and secured the raging drunk - was closed. and with no little amount of dift "And now, ma'am what t`hall you do?" asked Janet of Nancy, as they progressed slowly through the streets back to the lrunzble lodging which had sheltered them since their hurried flight from the Manor House the previous night, "'I shall wait and see Mrs. 'Darnley," was the resolute reply. • Nancy flung baek the thick veil that had-shrc.uded her face, and sighed deeply. "(low .can. I ever thank you, Janet ? How can I over slow my (, etitnde to you?" she said, in few., hurried, nervous touei,. "What --what would have becume •af me but fur yonl" "Yon promised nee you would not talk of it again, ma'am," an- swered Janet, in her quiet, stulid way, "After all, I did no more than -my duty as ,a woman." "Anes to think I doubted you, and thought ,you hard and heart- less at times ;" the girl murmured. "Joliet, I shall never forgive my- self for those thoughts:" ''Blether turn your mind to others, ma'am, new that you are free from your troubles." "But shall I he free lung;"—tufo old • hunted look carne into those s. "Janet, I feel— M1teetlklllC erC 1 s 1 know—they will follow me, find Inc, and take me back, and that will kill me, Janet --it will kill me! 1 could not go back after all that horror 1" "Now, be comforted, my dear, h ulty; . "And now, ma'am, if you will let me advise you, you will go over to Ripstuee Hall as feet as you- ean be -'driven," she has. said, when all. was told; but to her sur- prise, Nancy absurutcly refused to do this. "No, I will not drag Miss Leices- ter into my trouble and disgrace," •the girl had answered, in low, quiet tones. I shall go to London; if have wort: to do there will you help mc, Janet?" she asked, sud- denly, turning to she woman ; and Janet's answer hacl been to hold out her roughened hand in silence and clasp Naney's slender one... - Without protesting or trying to urge the girl to what was obvious ly the easiest thing she could do under the circumstances --claim the protection of the house that had been her home --she had set abort arranging their speedy de- parture without more ado. It was impossible to leave before the morning—no one would stop them, for Penton had ridden over post-hastenearest art t -h. t the n ar own for a doctor, and Thomas Crawshaw was lying down tied to his bed, lust to everything in the mad horrors of delirium tremens. "Yes, I will go to London," the wife h. h girl mid once . u r t c as she had ba sat staring out at the gray, cold dawn that crept above the leafless trees uf the manor wuodi; "I will 10;,0 to London,' be comforted. I teil yon they 1 euddcn gleam of hope had _won't:fine yen, in the first place;1, cite to her. Those words of Craw - and, in the second, your husband shawls about tricking her into a• ]won`t be able to leave hisrkied for marriage—what if they should be 'weeks, maybe. 1 !mow something about delirium tremens, ma'am." Nancy shuddered, • "You are right, i will not think about it 'aay. more, orI Khali gn imacl' only 1 swear -yes, I swear are--•iif I am forced e, go back, Ja- net, to,.—to him,. I will kill myself sooner than .endure-- •- Surely--. eer'ely reshe..: exclaimed bitterly, "ib cannob"be right, it is not 1m. marl to force any creature to lead such• an existence l Olr ! Janet, T Orin feel Ins arms round me irow ! Teen see that knife fisuthing in the • firelight! It was horrible -•-.so hor- rible;,, • . ,5dtuddei'ing and trembling in true? They might be the ravings, ,of a lunatic -abut againtheymighb have escnpexl him when he was not -roaster ofhimself or his secrets. She would go in London, at amy rate, and search it- out ;.herr aunt. Ihy this time, might be returned from Australia. Dr, Grantley was there to help, and with grim deter - nine eon the girl resolved to go to tearnlev s mother and question her on the s ibjcet to fed nut if she really had Abad a share in the Matter., t3 Her heart' beat in a. gunk, eery nus way as Rho planned al] this de lrberMely. If it should be true ---then jur- tice and right Ai'Weld pr'ateet her born tliie man. L# she found Ale false—the mere meed ravings of a utr'unken mind• Well, them was always arra way of oseapo, and 400U—dark, mysteri- ou's and •,,newful death—would be (better than a continuance of hex past misery, eo together she nerd Janet ar•- .r'anged everything, aided and Whetted by the loclho-keeper's wife, Oho berself stood at the door and 'staved farewell and hearty good wishes to the young mistress of the Manor House 'no she was borne swiftly away in a humble cart with her new but faithful and good friend beside her. .thrived .In London, Janet had 'taken the girl to *Dane respectable though poor lodgings, kept by a re= elation of hers. This was done for 'Iwo reasons—to escape detection and to avoid expense, for the, only capital :they possessed •was a few pounds Janet heel .saved from her wages and the diamond rings which Crawshaw had insisted ,on Nancy wearing above the plain gold one that marked her as his wife. They heel done nothing all through the lung day that follow- ed their arrival. Nancy was ph;y- ,sically and mentally exhausted, end lay on the small, hard bed with such a, set, white face that tears :came uninvited to Janet's eyes as .she glanced at the girl every now and then. But the next mornieg: all lethargy was gone, and Nancy was excitedly eager to be out early. She was met by disappointment tat the first outset. D. Grantley was not in town, and therefore she could discover nothing about her aunt till two days later, when the doctor was expected home, and might be able to tell her if Mrs. Chaplin was back in England. No one else could give lier this infor- mation. Atter this Nancy sat down and struggled with herself. She did net know where to find Mrs. Dara - ley. but she had carefully trea- sured the card which Derrick had slip; --el into her hand that morn- ing in the woods. From him she could learn his mother's whereabouts at once, yet eh shrank from g ina to Irim at this moment. Her womanly mod- <et-3: warned her test it would be a revere trial to both of them, and yet -yet she hungered to know the truth, to learn if Crawshaw's words hacl been spoken in earnest; it nre tot so much rat her—se very mgr's. She never doubted that the law, thee juutive, would come to her re:tate if she eultid prove these word's true; or that freedom would he given het immediately, once it eras known that she had been tricked into her litteful marriage; and freedom was all she asked at this memeirt—freedom frem the horror of living as she had lived tlic last few mon ns. Her eagerness won the day, and so it came to pass that she and Janet drove to Mr. Darnley's chambers together as evening was drawing on. Nancy had decreed that he was to know nothing of her presence there. Janet woe to ask for him, and get his mother's address with- uut disclosing the. fact that her mistress was near, The result of the drive has been seen, and perhaps Nancy's tears came not only from the natural re- action, hut frons the sense of pain and disappointment that arose A SPOON SHARER. St.raightFrom Cotteedora. Coffee can marshal] a good squadron of enemies and some very hard ones to overcome. A lady in Florida writes: "I have always been very fond of good coffee, ani for years drank it apt least three times a day. At last, however, I found that it was injuring me. "I became bilious, subject to frequent and violent, headaches, and so very nervous, that I could not lift a spoon to my mouth without'apilling a part of its con- tente, e, "My heart got `rickety' and beat so fast and so hard that I could scarcely breathe, while my skin got thick and dingy, with yellow blotches on nee face -caused by the condition of my liver and blood. "I made up my mind that all these afflictions came from the cof- fee, and I determined to experi- ment, and see. "So I quit coffee and got a pack- age of Postum which furnished my hot morning beverage. After a little time I was rewarded by a complete restoration of my health in every respect, "I du nut Kneel from biliousnesu any more, my headaches have dis- appeared, my nerves are as steady as could be desired, my heartbeats regularly and my complexion has cleared tip beautifully ---tufa blotch- es have been wiped out :and it is shah a pleasure to be well aaain." Name given by Pastime Co., Battle -Creek. Mich, - Read tt'e little bee*, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "Theref') Y r a•' 1Hn -`env, le,•e..i A nmv AMA i -a 1't trr'1 1, VII ti tint, 'rit4'ant 5 -ie, and tail Of rrtr,natl Interest, 'ISSUE, 21)---11 "THE BEST HOME PRESER4/ES" memzemanntssamagnamewammonmasicamamenuestemnz WATER SUPPLY. The healthiness 'ef the household is largely affected by the eharaoter of the water simply, which must be eonsiderod both as regards its de- gree ef hardness and its purity. - Hardness results from the pros- ante of lime and magnesia dissolve ed in the water. "Tam ovary hardness," which is removed by boiling, is due to car- bonates, permanent haadneee to sulphates of lime and magnesia. Hard water ie readily detected by its •behavior with soap, Every householder knows how with eertain waters the soap pre- cipitates in flaky ,particles': before it is possible to produce a lather. This means that part of the soap is used up.in softening the .eiatei, or, hi other words, that there is a daily waste of soap. "These al'e male by rightly eotnbining luseloiie<tresh fruits with Hard water causes the limy de- posit in kettles and boilers, and in time chokes yip the hot-water pipes, involving danger . of explo- sion if means are not taken for clearing them from time to time. It is also unpleasant for domes- tic use, causing roughness of the skin and "chapping" in .winter, and is a fruitful cause •of many bod- ily derangements, including dys- pepsia, glandular swellings, gout, and rheumatism. Every grain of lime per gallon of water constitutes one degree of hardness, and it has been laid down by authorities that no public water supply should exceed 10 de- green. When this is exceeded it is worth while to instal a softening appara- tus in connection with the domes- tic system. An efficient water softener consists of a separate cis- tern in which a certain definite amount of "anticlaire," or other softening agent, is intro- duced automatically into the water as it leaves the main, and a filter system for intercepting the limy deposit which results. Well water may be similarly treated if forced into a cistern be- fore use. Even more important than hard- ness is purity. This may be affect- ed ley the presence of an undue amount of mineral or other mat- ter in suspension, generally visible to the eve, and the remedy is ef- ficient filtration. On the other hand, the water may be contaminated by the pres- ence of organic matter and disease germs. If this is suspected, it is hest to have the water examined by an expert. Generally, it may be said that water from surface wells should always be viewed with suspicion. Deep well water is safe if not con- taminated in the cistern. • when she learned that Derrick was not hi Laudon. 'Though she was firm es to their not inectieg, still it had been an indescribable comfort to her to think that she was near him—her dearest, her living realization of all that was good, noble and hon- orable. (To be continued.) EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR The best results are then assured, Ask your grocer for Redpath Extra Granulated Sugar, He knows then that yoti want the best. The Canada Sugar Refining Co.,imited f49olltreai � � e s . Established ie 1804 by ?oho Redpath. THE Useful Hints for the Tiller of the Soil UTILIZING FARM WASTES. When an animal dies upon the farm instead. of sending the carcass to the phosphate factory or dump- ing in some out o1 the way place, if the body isereducod by the owner, several loads of the best fertiliz- ing material will be the result. The carcass should be drawn to a suitable spot and placed upon a bed composed of four or five loads of soil or muck, then covered thickly with quicklime and at least a dozen loads of soil placed upon it. Let it remain undisturbed for nearly a year and the result will be several dollars' worth of a good fertilizer for all crops. In this way all dead animals may be utilized, using less- soil or muck as size of animals warrants. Bones furnish valuable fertiliz- ing material also, and elicited be saved. To 100 pounds of bones add the same quantity of wood ash- es, 20 pounds of lime, and 12 pounds of salsoda finely pulveriz- ed. 'Let remain about three weeks. Add water to moisten well. After decomposing it should he turned out •upon a dry place and mixed withdry Buil to prepare it for use. If diluted sulphuric acid is pour- ed over bones, they will be ready for use sooner, and will prevent escape of ammonia. Caustic lye may be used also in reducing bones speed i1 gooily.d fertilizer is made by gathering the: refuse from pigeons and poultry houses, with muck leaves and wastes of different kinds. Stable manure may be ad- ded. 1Jnsiaeked limo should not be mixed with manure, as better re- sults are had by; the use of line and ashes by themselves; if used to- gether a large portion of the am- monia will be liberated and wast- ed. But if a large amount of soil, mnek or other absorbent matter is added to the compost, then ashes 1 or Time may be- used, as the car- bonio acid will be produced in de- composition in sufficient quantity to take up the ammonia as fast as it is set free. A cow produced in a• year about 334 cords of solid manure, and three cords of liquid manure. This if all saved, would equal in value fuer milk. Yet not one out of 20 farmer's save or make an effort to sato the liquid manure. It is com- paratively easy to construct a wat- er tightbasin in the stable yard in which liquids may be deposited. Gutters can be made at the rear of cow stables and the liquid refuse carried from there to the basin in the yard. By turningto account all the farm "waste" mentioned many: dollars can be saved which have been heretofore spent in the pur chase of commercial fertilizers. FOR THE HOG RAISER. It is,cammon sense that a mature sow will produce°`larger and more Perfect pigs than a -very young one. Do not attempt to raise fall pigs without having first prepared a perfect: system of housing for the winter.. Spring; pigs can get along very well without shelter except from rain until fall, then if you are so shiftless as to fail to provide shel- ter they; are better able to stand cold and rain. Samleople claim that a hog is a scavenger by nature, bul' he cer- tainly thrives better on clean feed and decent surroundings, Free range for hogs does not mean that they should -be allowed to run in the highways and through the neighbors' fences. Every 'inolosure for the hog should be perfectly tight, and with the excellent wire fences that are now manufactured this is an easy matter. $32600 in Cath Prizes for Farmers ur Ph tPr r Wia AMONG the prizes we are offering in our big Prize Contest 1s one of $100,00 (Prize "C") for the farmer in each Province who fur- nishes us with a photograph showing the beet of any particular kind of workdone on ills farm during 1911 with "CANADA" Cement. For this prize, work of every description is included. Now Just as soon as you finish that new aIle, barn, ,feeding floor or dairy, that you've been thinking of ibulidtng, why not photograph it and send the picture to us? The photograph doesn't necessarilyhave to be taken by a professional er 00 expert. In fact, your son's er your (laugh-, ter's camera will do nicely, Or, failing this, you might use the-kodak of your neighbor's son near- by. In any event, don't let the idea of having a photograph made deter YOu e ''• from entering the competition, Par- oa tieularly as we have :rectuested ca��r4Q your local dealer to eel) In !a�act eases whore It Is not conveni- ent for the farmer to pro- cure a camera in the Canada Cement company, Limited,ltelD Bank Building, National Bs t NCorstroal e y ) ,r'fet LANM neighborhood. By this means- you are placed on an equal foot - MO with every other contestant. Get the circular, which gives' you full particulars of the conditions and of. - theother three prizes. Every dealer who sells "CANADA" Cementwillhave on hand a supply of these circulars—and he'll give you ono if you Just ask for it. Or if you prefer, you can use the - attached coupon --or a postcard will do—send it to uS and you'll receive the complete details of the contest by return mall. Ifyou haven't received your copy of "What the Farmer Can Do with Concrete,' write 101 - that, too. It's a finely illustrated book of 160 pages full of useful and practtoal.1n- formation, of the uses of concrete, Write us � Y receive to -night, and ouen g e Ve the book andthe circular promptly. 1)0 not delay—sit right down take your pen orDenoil, and fill r• out the coupon NOW. AIX CEMENT t1 nair Please send Cee. test Circular and book. ]fib Addreos,. PVT.I1.S 0111 SI11f"S PURSER. This binuy Dglies—lla Always 1*014 ite and Coiu'ttyrtc's, I - doubt whether aaieybody ons eartlebes a snore trying tithe than a drip'* purser, says :a writer in London Answers, Far the) last twenty-five years I have aoted that capacity on many first-class, mail -boats, and I am paid for be- ing polite and courteous, whatever happens, it should be easy to see that the life of a purser is not all beer and skittles, If any of the two thousand people on board find a grievance, they a. por•feet right to demand to see the. purser, and tell him all about it. (His duty consists of smiling, or' looking grave, according to' what. the circumstances demand, and convincing the passenger that the grievance will be removed, at any cost, if possible, The complaints aro weird and wonderful at times, and display the. most extraordinary ignorance.. Quito recently an apparently intel- ligent man cams} to me to tell him why we were avoiding the Iced Sea. We wore in those waters when he spoke, and.I told him so, but he lc r1 iinot believe nee until he c a y 4 d elxov had obtained 'corroboration .from others that the sea was not red' there. Another very odd thing is that an astonishing number' of people complain that they have not heel an opportunity of seeing the line when they crossed the Equator. What they imagine it could consist of is beyond rhe. Tourists are the band of a pur- ser's life. They regard him as a walking enclyoopaedia.. For some time I was in a boat that ran to the coast of Norway, and the quos- tion that I was asked more often than any other was "What time `docs the midnight sun riser It takes tact to indicate that the 'sun never sets there, without making the passenger look a fool. Often, when there has been a lot of work to do, the purser gets no sloep for two or three nights. It - would tax the patience of the mild- est of men if, after such an exper- ience, an hour after turning into • lois bunk, to be asked if he thought the ship were going • to roll, or whether he will get up and ar- rangea clock cricket watch, please. The smile with which the pursee. replies on tkose occasions is liable to be a little .strained: The pur• sees one reward is that the pas, sengor goes away and says the pun fiat is "one of the nicest then lrti has ever met," though he little dreams that the purser may hava had murder in his heart when he WAS apparently so amiable. One of the little eomedies of cut lives is that at the beginning of every long voyage we pursers us. uaily get two er three people who confrcle in us "the perfe t remedy for sea -sickness." Sometimes they offer to sell it. I am sorry to sae that my experience tells me than there is no remedy for sea-sicknessi - and when the ship begins to roll about, the adv orates of these won derful "eureeeg are usually amend the first to 1,telaire to their berths. RUBBER104 1100M. Ceylon Has Now Taleen to Rubbct Cultivation. One of the certainties of the fur oro is a'vastry increased supplyol rubber. Millions of rubber -trees aro being set out every year in the Malay Peninsula and in ti'e island: of the East Indies,erpecially Sum atra and Borneo. Ceylon i as tern ed from tea and coffee and cocoa nuts to rubber, in such large meas ures that the island will he en he portant factor in the rubber trach of the world. A similar rush of rubber -planting is going on in some districts of Bra, zil. It is a great and growing in, dustry in parts of Central America, There aremany rubber plantation) in Mexico. There will be rubber groves in bearing before long in tie Phillippines and Cochin China, If rubber becomes much cheaper its use in the tyres of vehicles wil increase -enormously, while it wit surely be used for pavements an< floors, particularly where there it spooial•r&tson to avoid noise. I( will be employed in large quanti, ties for making boots and shoes' and an increasing use of rubber will be shown in telegraph and tele, phone apparatus. More rubber it being used every year in aviation devices, particularly in dirigible • and ordnary balloons. Anothos novel use for rubber is in submar' ine vessels. It is probable tltit the product of rubber plantations will all find a market, though the price may have to come down far and fast when the many millione of trees growing lel various parts of the world come to maturity. ONE WAY 0]? ,PROPOSING. . "I plead not for myself, Ade- line, murmured the young mat passionately, ''`Ili is, for my bre tires Albert I speak." "What of your brotber?" aslccu the ma.rlcn, blushing deeply, "l plead for him, deare.t; he it my only brother, and he is lonely - oh, so lonely!" '`Yes, "And he wants yen to be a sis ter -in-law to him! Will yon, 'Ade lane 1 For his sake, will emu?"