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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-8-31, Page 10iL CLOSE QUARTERS ; OR, THE HOUSE IN TIM RUE BARRETTE CHAPTER. 1. Reginald Brett, barrister -at -law and amateur detective, had seldom been more ca peace with the world wed his ,ewn ceascienee titan when `rte cnterecl the dining -room of his cosy flat this bright October morn int., . Sincethe famous affair of Lathy Delia Lyle's disappearance anti death, he had nut been busy, and the joy of healthy :idleness is only known to the hard worker. Agrin, while dressing, he had received a Letter inviting him to a quiet shoot at e delightful place in the cun:atry. All these things ble:•aded with happy inconsequence to renter Brett contented in mind and affable in 'ma:i:rcr. "ht's a fine morning, Smith," he said cheerily, as he settled Himself at the table where his "man" was already pouring out the cuffee. "Bee-utiful, sir, said Smith, "Snails!" "Yessrr." "Not even the best English au- tumn weather can stand being ea11gcl 'bee-utiful.' Don't do it. You will open the flood -gates of heaven." Smith laughed decorously. He IV"D`<I not the slightest idea what his master meant, but if it pleased Mr.''iett to be jocose, it was the duty`M a servant who knew hi place to be responsive. • ��. p, The barrister v fully understood Posa t emitb's f1 s " Smithsurx+ h.. .•�ueaute appreciation—and ' '',e !;en "' ` its limits. He instantly noticed that the morning paper, instead of reposing next to his folded nap- kin, was placed out of reach on a ehdeboard, and that the eggs and bacon made their appearance half a minute too soon. As an expert swordsman delights' � to execute a pass en tierce with an • i{ umbrella, so did the cleverest ana- lytical detective of the age resolve to amaze his servitor. ''Smith," he said suddenly, com- posing his features to their most severe cross-examination aspect, "I think the arrangement is an excel- lent "What arrangement, sir." "That Mrs. Smith and yourself should have a few clays' holiday, while Mrs. Smith's brother takes your place during my forthcoming visit to Lord Northallerton's—why, amen,' what is the matter? Is it too hot?"—for the cover Smith had lifted off the bacon and eggs clat- tafted violently on the table. "'Ot, sir. 'Ot isn't the word. You're afair licker, that's what you are." • Smith invariably dropped his h'e when he became exeited. "Smith, I insist that you`shall not call me names. Pass the paper." "But, sir—" "Pass the paper. Utier another word and I refuse to accept Mrs. Smith's brother as your locum tenens." Smith was silenced by the last terrible epithet. Yet he was se manifestly nervous that Brett re- solved to enlighten him before plunging into the clay's news. "For the last time, Smith," he said, "I will explain to you why it is hopeless for you to think of concealing tradesmen's commissions from me." The shot went home. but the en- emy was acquainted with this me- thod of attack, and slid not wince. "You knew that Lord Northal- lerton had recently invited me`to his October pheasant -shooting. During the last few days a youth, who grotesquely reproduces Mrs. Smith's most prominent features, has mysteriously tenanted the kit- chen, ill -cleaned my boots, and bungled over the studs in my shirts. This morning a letter came with the crest and the Northallerton ,postmark. Really, Smith, consid- ering- that you have now breathed .the same air as myself for eight Iong years. I did not expect to be called on for an explanation. Be- sides, you have destroyed n mas- terpiece," "Sir—" began Smith. "Oh, I underslsatrd ; there is no- thing broken but your reputatio•a. Don't you see that the mere plac- ing of the newspaper at a distance, so that you might have a chance to speak before I opened it, was a subtle stroke, worthy of Lecoea. Yet -you demand feeble words. What a pity! Ifnow, Smith, that true genius is thumb. -Speech may be silvern, but silenee is surely *olden." The barrister solemnly enfolded the paper, and Smith 'faded. front. the reorn. On a page usually de- voted to important unmet-teems:sta.. •the following paragraphs stood forth in the .bolcl•nesa • of leaded yp "MYSTERIOUS OC7ifii.* C1 IN THE WEST END."' "An affair of suint magiaitutle- perhaps a remaelcable crime --has taken place in an Albert Gate man- sion. "Owing to the reticence of the authorities, it is at present impos- sible to arrive at a definite conclu- sion as to the nature or extent of the incident, but ib is quite certain that public interest will be much excited when details are forthcom- ing. All sorts ef rumors attalri ere•denee in the locality, the mur- der of several prominent persons being not the least persistent ef these. Without, however, giving currency to idle specuantion sever• al authentic statements may be grouped into a connected form. "Four weeks ago a party of Tur- kish gentlemen • of high rank in Constantinople, arrived in London and took up their abode in the house in question, after some struc- tural alterations, pointing at great security within and without, had been planned and executed, "Attending these Turkish gen- tlemen, er officials, was a numer- ous suite of Moslem guards and servants, whilst, immediately fol- lowing their arrival, came from Amsterdam some dozen noted ex- perts in the diamond -cutting Oa diary. These tverel'"-"zet neighboring In..' ' hotel, • where they Swan •"extremely uncommuni- catia}p 'as to their business in Ion - don. They were employed during, the day at the Albert Gate house. The presence in the mansion, both day and night, of a strong force of Metropolitan police, tended to excite local curiosity to an intense degree, but no clear eonetptien of the business of the occupants was allowed to reach the public. '''Whatever it was that took place, the full particulars were not only well known to the authorities —the presence of the police hints even at Governmental sanction — but matters proceeded on normal lines until yesterday morning. "Then it became clear that a re- markable development must have occurred during the preceding night, as the whole of the Dutch workmen and the Turkish attend- ants were taken off in -cabs by the police, not to Morton -Street Police Station, but to Scotland Yard; this in itself being a most unusual. course to adopt. They are unques- tlionably detained in custody, but they have not yet been charged before a magistrate. "The police, later in the day, carried off some of these men's Lac-: • sonal belongings, from both hotel and mansion. "A sinister aspect was given to the foregoing mysterious proceed- ings by the presence- -at Albert Gate, early in the day, of two police surgeons, who- were followed, about twelve o'clock, by Dr. Tennyson Cake, the greatest living author- ity on toxicology. "Dr, Coke and the other medi- cal - gentlemen subsequently refus- ed to impart the slightest informa- tion as to'the reasons that led the police to seek their services, and the Scotland Yard authorities are adamant in the matter. - "The representative . of a news agency was threatened. \with arrest for trespass when he 'endeavored to gain admission to the• Albert Gate house, and it is .quite evident that the police are determined to prevent the facts from leaking out at present—if they can by any means accomplish their wishes." Brett• react, this interesting statement twice slowly. It fascin- ated him. Its very vagueness, its admissions of inability to tell what had really happened,•its adroit use of such phrases as "Turkish gentle- men of high rank," "Noted ex- perts in the diamond -cutting in- dustry," "The greatest living au- thority on tuxieology," betrayed the hand of the disappointed jour- nalistic artist. "Excellent!" he murmured aloud. "It is the breath of battle to nay nostrils. I ought to tap Smith for my breakfast. Had I read this earlier, I would not have eaten a morsel." He carefully examined the page at the back. It contained matter of no consequence—a London County Council debate --so he took a pair of scissors from his pocket and tut out the complete item, placing the slip as a votive offering in front of a finely executed bust of Edgar Allen Poe, that stood on bookcase bellied him. Within three minutes the scissors were again employed. The new cutting ran— "There is trouble at Yildiz Kiosk. A Renter's telegram from Con- stnntinoule states that a near re- lative. of, the Sultan • has fled to France. The Porte have asked the French Government tp apprehend but hey Feepclz., Ambe.asaclor: this hes rnf•nrisiecl Ritz l'>shai thatt.lrs Cam -se is impracticable in the ab- woman's idea of a nsan's re. , solid reek, Iwould like to pee how bat ut tor, as be . turood +towards Nuke bust and laid �t q' slip by the side of its predeseseor, This Oro he had mutilated a critique of Tru Monad drama. The rest of the newspaper's eon - tents had no speeial interest for him, incl he soon threw aside the journal ijl order to rise, light a cigarette, arra muster suftieie*it en- ergy to write a telegram accepting Lord Nor thallertons invitation for the folloniisg day, He' was on the poll-dad'reaching' for telegraph form when Smith entered with a card. It bore the name nncl address— "The .tai -1 of Fnirt eine, ,Stanhope Gate." 'Curious.'' thought• Brett, "Where is his lordship?" h sail aloud—"at the door, or in the street?" (His'flat was on the second floor). "In a keb, sir," 'Bring his lordship tip,' A rapid glance at "Debrnit" re• vealed that the Earl of Fairhul;n s was thirty, mammies], a'the, fear- teenth of his litre, and the posses- sor of country seats at Fairholme, \Warwickshire, and Glen Spey, In- verness. The earl entered, an athletic, well-groomed man, one whose lines were usually cast in pleasant places, but who was now in an unwonted state of flurry and annoyance. Each man was favorably impress- ed by the other. Hie lurclship pro- duced an introductory,, caret, and Brett was astonished to find that it bore the name of the Under e en retary of , fslitl fyu'.- :,.sign Affairs. .-Ki'a$ rcome—" commenced Iris lordship hesitatingly. But the barrister broke in. "Yon have had ,a had night, Lord ?air- holme, You wish for along and comfortable' khat. Now, won't you -.start with a whisky and soda, light a tiger, •and draw an easy chair near' -',the fire?" „'Pun my honor, Mr. Brett, you begin well. You give- its' coda dente. Those are the first cheerful words I bave heard clueing twenty- four hours.'' • The earl was easily manoeuvred into a strong light. Then he made a fresh' start. • -"You have doubtless heard of this Albert Gate affair, Mr. Brett 1" "You mean this 1" said the.other, rising and handing to bis visitor the longer paragraph of the two he had selected from• the news- paapei'. 'That is very cru roux " said the earl, momentarily startled. But he was too preoccupied .by his thoughts to pay"rnuch heed to the incident. He merely glanced at the cutting and went on: "Yes, that is it. Well, Edith— Miss Talbot, I mean—vows that she won't marry me until this beastly business is cleared up. Of course, we all know that Jack didn't slope with the diamonds. He's tied up or dead, for sure. But —no matter. what may have become of him—why the dickens that should stop Edith from marrying me is more than. t -.;.n fathom. Just look at scree of the women in Society. They don't leave it to their rela- tives to be mixed up in a scandal, I can tell you. ,Still, there you are, Edith is jolly clever and aw- fully determined, so'you've got to find him, Mr. Brett. Dead or alive, he. must be found, and cleared." "He shall," said Brett•, gazing into the fire. The quiet, self-reliant voice steadied the yoming,peer. He, check- ed an imminent flow. of words, picked up the newspaper. slip again, and this time read it. Then he blushed. "You must think me very stupid,' Mr. Brett, to burst out in such a manner when you probably have never heard of the people I am talking about." "You will tell me. Lord Fair- hohne, if you get quietly to work, and try to speak, au far as you find it possible, in chronological se- quence." (To be continued.) A fellow never suffers frorn ennui till he gets tired doing no- thing. In s'icic'ty it is much casier to do the proper thing than the right thing. Es -cry church bas a nave, but, unfortunately, ib isn't alwnys spelled that way. If misery loves company it's up to everybody to get married. Many a man starves to -day while .feeding on the hopes of to -morrow. If the average man has any vir- tues "tie feels like apologizing for thein. There's nothing like the knife of candor for .severingthe bends of friendship. . Only' a wisp man kaio'ws grow 1it- tbo he -actually knows of tltd't atlrich .01,0,a.. he. k; rnen. LETTER$' OF. A SON IN THE MAKING TO HIS DAD.: ..,CY REX McEvoy [Mar. McEvoy will write for this paper a s3ries of letters from the west. Tliey will appear from time to time un- do the above heading, and will give n picture of the cleat Canadian west from the .standpoint of a young Ontario man goingout there to maize hisway. These let- ters should be full of into. et for every Ontario fattier.] 1 Heron Bay, Ont., Aug. 9th, My Dear Father,-- Perhaps ather,— Perhaps it would be well to ex- plain the shakiness of my hand- writing before going any further in this letter. Although everybody in our car is in excellent spirits,' we are all sober. The fact is, however', that in spite of the little uoovable table which the porter has fitted up for me, the motion of the ear 1 saw nsaaa1'st..eeett live Igcalan - Stop It In 30 minutes, without any harm tawny part of your systern, by' taking "NA -1 11U»CO"eheaadatche 'alert sdrugi iV.111 NATIONAL, Claim ANo CHEM'IOA. Co. OF CANADA LIMITGo, MOsirrig L, 27 p'1.1r1►11i+1►,�,y�'1►+sR+#v®+"li►.•e. sP � On the Farm as wtee►•e• wiraw.w,oe► P11.01�'I;T0IATG MAItICEY1' MILD, 01 .4104 br'anelte af.:tho dairy business the production Of a highs grade aa'ticle ss m+ai'ket milk is tho ffiBIERZEMEMEgterfigealig r "THE BEST HOME PRESIERVVES" i is . e; ,. mast exacting, writes 111x. W. M. • 1eAey.' Certified milk' rias its glace and is last becoming aril important fat- ter in the milk ,'Lead° of all thio• Jaeger oitfes; burs the' question of improving the qua'liby 'f the mar- ket milk is of far more interest, fors the reason that is concerns the - larger ' number• of consumers u,nd' the larger number of producers. Among the'oonditions that eon,- trol the value ofmarket milk aro the health of the cows, the caro of the milk, the quality of the milk, the flavor and baste, the color and. general appearance of the mills:. In actual practice I have found these condibions so closely rolatecL that it is difficult to tell where one leaves off and the ethos bogin% And all of the conditions must ba•' right if we produce a geed, whole- some grade of milk. The cows that are' producing: milk must be in good physical con- 4l9¢n,'cZn„_and have healthy surround ings and lrealthi attebdants' They should have an abundant- supply of pure water and clean wholesome, food, and some form of succulence ab all. times when `being fed a• heavy ration of grain fends. Corn ensilage will provide this succU- hence is5 tho beat and most econo- mical form: - The herd should be tested for tuberculosis ,at least. once every year and examinefP frequenttly".for ot7iei''diseases and'de'rangeiaents, "inch as :tumors, garget and skin diseases, That 'diseases may, be trapsinit- ted in milk is an undisputed fact, hence care should be exercised in all the work and• equipment that. pertains•t-o it. There mus]f be regularity in feed- ing and milking governed `accord ing to the time of trains, the die- bance to deliver and the size el,: tho herd. Market milk is' produtsed at e. price where a man mtist have: cows, that will' give a large quantity re- gardless of quantity, although its should at all times be reasonably gnod.. FARM NOTES. Crop rotation belongs to any system which seeks to better the soft, 1i the young turkey's prefer' to roost in the big tree in the yard,. le•t them. An umbrella on the cultivator is a better preventative of sunstroke Athan the cabbage leaf in the hat. The farmer who constantly robs :his soil will some day have to leave his land because it will not yield him a living. A blanket or heavy cloth fly ,cover is positive torture to a nerv- ous and chin -skinned horse. The ole] -fashioned leather or cord nets are better. The mon Nolo neglects to keep all of his farm buildings insured is taking a ,greater risk than he ' can Afford, no matter how well off he, way be. Many promising, colts are ruined ;by being forced.. on long .drives with their dams. This is not only e:' mete' 'practice,' but a senseless one. The price of. a.coak does not al - :ways determine his value and the Ibuyer must know what he is buy- ing or find he is paying out his good money to no purpose. Dirty, un -oiled collars during ,the hot weather season s'oou start a bill for gall -dire- and lay a firm foundation for excruciating Dam' to the work horses. Some people presume that young chicks, ducks and goslings ought to have as much sense as a grown ,man. Maybe they have as much as some men, but they must be eared for as if they had not. Intestinal • diseases are more abundant whenever and wherever you find flies and the flies and not the summer 'heat• are the, active • agea•ts in the spread of .such sick- ,ness and of infant summon eon-' plaints. Cleanliness is next t� flylessness. When cultivating the orchard no a short singlotreo with the ends curved back like a, half moon —no scraping the bark off with fh'ie. We all have to scratch when a mortgage ie on the place and the hen will aro her share toward lift- ing it if you will let her eeratch, too. If the soil is wet in the corn field use an iniplenient for culti- ,vaiion' that will not pack the gronrd, but will leave it es" loose ars possible. When the soil is dry ,paelc it tight, ''By•Iceepii-g ehe'ralcc, hoe and len �•handle;t above] ,at hand- 010;_,. g can -cleat oat the droppings from tan aioiltry' house every meanies-. in limb'against a few Moments and thus' a a r} accumulation guard gi est the aceutnanlu.t.o.5 v'f •filth for, the lice .and mite pests to harmer: in. These 810 matte by rigidly combining luseboua fresh fruits with EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR The best results are theu assured. Ask your grocer for Redpath Extra Granulated Sugar, Ho knows then that you want the best.' The Canada Sugar Relining Co., Limited, Montreal Established in 1854 by John Redpath. used to go t•o Winnipeg by ox=cart. WAR A]VD, BRITISH CREDIT. occasionally make-•m.sr 9,rj ige y. tf.5,. hsn "y are great little. tables that fit into the side of the car near the windows and they are supported at the other end on one leg. They come 'in useful for all sorts of things. We use them as dining tables, and just now an old man' and his three, sons just across the aisle are playing a game o cards on their little table. They are going out to take up some of the irrigated lands of Alberta which are watered by' the 0 P. R. irri- gation canal. I got acquainted with them through another not put- ting a cup in my valise when she packed the grub for me to eat on the trip. , I 'borrowed a cup is m them and traded two bananas for a cup of coffee and some dried beef. They a.re a fine jolly crowd in this car, and there is all sorts of fun all the time, especially at meal times. I am mighty glad already that we decided I should come out west this summer, even if I don't stop here. Why, 1 never realized r before what a . bigdace Ontario .1 is. Of course, that big map of the Dominion hanging on the school- house wall, showed that the Prov- ince was some size, but here I have been travelling along for pretty near twenty-four hours, and We have to go over fourtoen hours more before we get to Manitoba. We cross the boundary at Rennie, just 1161 miles from the Union ,Sta- tion, Toronto, where you saw. me off when I climbed up into this ear in the Canadian Pacific train for Vancouver. Do you know, Dad, for all they talk of the West, we have a good line of country in Ontario. We didn't see much of'Muskelca, as we passed through there at night, but I woke at Muskoka station and raised the blind at my window and saw the trunks of the nearest trees looking ghostly in the electric lights of the station. Behind 'them was black mystery. 0f course, 1 couldn't see mach, but it looked as though the folks that go there for their holidays ought to get a pretty good change from the cities. At breakfast time, on the first morning of our trip, we were in the Sudbury district, and it's some- thing to make us throw out our chests, and feel proud to think that the richest nickel and copper de- posits in the whole world are right here in Ontario. Moose Mountain Range is close here, too—the great- est known iron range in Canada. This ought to be a great manufac- turing district some day. There is not much timber round the line just near Sudbury. The trees die when they get to be six or nine inches through. Poplar trees grow about twenty feet high and then. they die, and everywhere you can see these young trees cov- ered with dead, shrivelled leaves. Low bushes give the only touch of green to be seen, and everywhere there aro rocks of all kinds, sites and shapes. There are rocks that you could play duck on the rock with, and others that are. bigger than our barn at borne, with all sizes in' between. It must have been a tremendous job, putting the railroad through here. It seems like railroad building was what mother says woman's work is -it's never finished. Every little while we pass a gang of men who are busy doing something to the track. They build culverts of concrete sections and •turn, streams through them, then they fill in solid all round them, so that a number of little bridges have been done away with. Long trestles have been filled in the same way with solid, banks in somo places thirty er fol'ty feet high, The line e?dsses deep valleys on these high ba'nk5. and if there is a stream in the. bot- tom of it, the„railway� inn •"cut; a. , l' . new channel for 'it through the Bence of any errminatl charge. ' spectability depends on twit he is they pseeaged to get civet tido "Theo two are one," said the tl reseed. country, in the deo philia :they '” There aro hits of lakes all Boer War Increased Debt Eight llssndred Million. Dollars. • In 1899 the debt of Great Bri- tain stood at the lowest point since the Napoleonic wars, wad for four years Government bonds bearing two and three-quarter per cent in- terest had sold ata premium aver- aging. about ten'per cent. Then' came the Boer War, increasing the sobs ;by-eight••hundeed million dol- lars and making the total nearly four billions. ..."This," the editor of the Eco'nomist• recently observ- ed, "was the highest point since 1867; so 'that the national savings of thirty-six years of peace were swept away by national borrowings during three years of war." And in April, 1903,. interest on consols Ives reduced td' two and a half per cent. For a good while consols have been selling at a discount of about twenty per cent., and in the. middle of July they dropped to sanctity - eight and a quarteir=the lowest price in eighty years: The drop was attributed to apprehension r it tio over the Morocco s ua on—which naturally raises a, question as to what would become of consols if there were a real war scare. Money cannot be had at two and a half per cent. because there are too many competitors for the world's savings. The relative pric- es of British two and a half per cents and French three per cents suggests that investors do not like a very low -rate bond, even at a discount. The more important point is that about a year of actual fighting with a handful of Boers caused Britain's debt to increase three-fourths as much as tnWelve years of fighting with Napoleon at the height of his power. That suggests the colossal destructiveness of modern warfare. through , this country, you' are hardly ever out of- sight of water in this part of Ontario, and just as we passed one lake I caught sight of an Indian tepee on; an is- landi with a squaw bending over a fire. There was a birch -bark' canoe —the genuine thing—drawn out of, the water and lying upside down, close to the tepee. You go for miles and miles in the train with. out seeing anybody, a.nd then you, may come on a little clearing'evit'li a -little bit of a wooden house, un- painted and,lookin'g more like a box with windows than a ,House. But there may be a flag -pole along- sidei where the Union Jack is run up on holidays. The children who run out of the -se, cabins and wave at thb train, as it goes by, seem quite glad to see someone, even if it's only t0 shout "howdy," as the train rushes by. We passed a grave to -day, where, I suppose, some settler is buried. It was all atone in a.small cleared space among the trees and bushes. It looked. eawfully lonely in that wilderness, but there must -have been someone to think kindly of the. man who is taking his last rest there, for wooden picket fence had . been built round the grave, and a weather -worn wooden cross stood at its head. Sea, Dad, I do wish you could have been with me this last half hour. We have just come into view of Lake Superior. A11 day we have been rolling along be- tween fairly high hills. Just as t' , shadows of evening were com- ing on we turned down the valley. of a river, and Suddenly came in full view of the wide expanse of Lake Superior. It was grand. The lake was a bright blue, far out to the horizon, where a blue moun- tainous island loomed up. a In shore, a hundred feet or so below us, the waves were dashing in snowy breakers an the rooks., All about the lake were high, rolling hills, their .wooded sides bathed in. the mellow ruddy .light of sunset:` The track: here winds in and .out around the. .hills, -and ..sometimes goes through - tupnels, while at •other times it runs along a precipit- ous wall, at the foot of which the waves constantly clash• For somo reason, the view of those great hills, and the mighty lake in the sunset light made me think of us singing "Abide Wit: Me" in the church at , home, especially that verse: • "Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim, Rs glories pass away; Change and 'decay in all arouncl I see; ' 0 Thou, Wha chap 'est not, abide with me." Perhaps it was the thought that the waves of this, lalce were dash - bog about that distant island, and at the feet of those hills, for un- told centuries without clrange,.that made me think of the hymn. It was a sort of glimpse of eternity. We are running on with coir• stantly changing views of the lake, which is disappearing in the gath- ering night. It is immense. I would sort of like to hear the hum of the separator at home now, and I can imagine that you are about hitching up Nellie to go to the post office. Well, 1 must say good- bye now as the porter is beginning to make up the beds. Tell mother I will write to her Your loving son, JIM. .1, UPSET HIM. Hull cin ril ','What! Thirt - .( g y) y 6ve.dollare fort' that newcts? Yon told me hats could be bought from 164 n. " —" hi i' kin dons this $ one of �+�Li' , hili au ak r OEN POWER. The Supply Conies From Food. If we get power from food why not strive -to get all the. power we can. That is only possible by use of skilfully selected'•food that es- actly fits- the requirements . of the' body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam producer, "Frons nal, knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, 1 suffered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town in Missouri. "It seemed as if I would saver be able to 'find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly any- thing that I could eat wotilcl stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heartburn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton and in tune was compelled to keep to my bed. • A few months ago I was per- suaded to try •Graps-Nuts food,' and it had such good effect.fl•otit the very ' beginning that I have kept up its nse-ever since• 1 was surprised at the ease with which 1 digested it. It proved to bojust what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn, the inflated feeling. which gave - me so much pain dis- appeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded out, My strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy it. Grape --Nuts food did it." Name given by Postum Co,, Battle Creek, Mich. ten days' trial will show any- one some facts about food. • Road the little bobk, "The Road to Wellville; in pkgs. There's a.reason." Ev@r reatl the above lot;ter. ? A novi appears /Qom time•to 5)010, Thal' are Deo• dine, 0104 and Itatl•.,55/ h1man•'Ititordat. It is oasior to accept a position ti15'an it- is to hold a'job