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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-10-5, Page 2CLOSF QUARTFRS; OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE CHA,PTTII, V. ',Brett told the driver to stop out• side the Carlton Hotel. The man Office -Wear of the Albert Gate whipped up his horse and drove *n mansion, the barrister was bound the diroetiun, of Canstitution' $ill, to eopfees to a sense of indefinite- evidently intendingto avoid .the y moss, a feeling of uncertainty which congested traffic of Picadiily and , seldom • characterized either his take the longer, but more pleasant, thetights or his actions. He ad route through the Green Park and netted as pinch to his companion, the Mall. ' for Brett was et man who would not „By the way," saki Brett, "did consent to pose under any circum- the driver of the hansom which , stances, , • convoyed Mr. Talbot and his cum - "E is quite true;" he explained, panion frum Albert Gate on Mon - "that our first duty must be to find day night tell you which road he h, •']1 more ut e ? bisu cl Mr, Talbot, :and it sit f 11 „r, ,�he • 'five thecleLec , certain that we will be able to ae- Yes, said eomplish that part of our task"; but went this way," there are elements in this inquiry Brett rubbed his hands, with a which baffle me at present." queer expression of thoughtful "And what are they, sir.!" said pleasure on his keen face. the detective, "Ah," he said, ''I like that. It "I fail to see why Mr, Talbot was is well to be on the scent." dragged into the matter at all. On He did not explain to his pro the straightforward assumption fessienal confrere that it was a that Turks were engaged in the positive stimulant to his abounding pleasant occupation of taking other energy and highly strung nerves to Turk's lives—an assumption to find that he was actually following which, by the way, I attach no the path taken by the criminal great amount of credence—why did whom he was pursuing. The mere they not allow Mr. Talbot to go fact lent reality to the chase. For quietly to his own home? It was a mile, at any rate, there could be not that they feared more speedy no mistake, though he might expect discovery of their crime. The hour a check at the Carlton. Arrived was then late; it was tolerably tor- there, Brett alighted. tain that he would make no move "Are you going to make 'any in - wlu.h might proveinjurious to themqui quiries m the hotel, sir? said Mr. until next morning,and then the • Vinter. whole aaffir was und to be dis- "Why should I1" said Brett. covered by the police in the ordin- "You have already ascertained ary course of events." from the management that no per - "I don't quite follow you, err," son even remotely resembling any said Winter, with a puzzled tone in of the parties concerned is staying bis voice. They itad, for the sake at the hotel." of quietude, turned into the Park, Yes, confound it, I know I did," and were now walking toward Hyde cried the other, "but I never told Park Corner, "What do you mean you so." by saying that Mr. Talbot would "That is all right,' laughed make no move in the matter until Brett. "Come and see me at my next morning?" chambers/this evening when the in - "Oh, I forgot," said Brett. quest is finished. Perhaps by that "Of course, you don't know why time we may be able to determine the diamonds were stolen 1" our plan of action.' "For the same reason that all Once left to himself, Brett did other diamonds are stolen, I sup- not enter the hotel. He made it an . pose." invariable rule in conducting iu- "Oh, dear no," Iaughed the bar- quiries of this nature to adopt the sister. "This is a political crime." French method. of "reconstituting "Political;" said the amazed po- the incidents of a crime, so far as • lieeman, such a course was possible in the ' "Well, we won't quarrel about absence uf the persons concerned. 3wurcls, and as there are perhaps He reasoned that a very plausible no polities in Turkey, we will call explanatiun of the unexpected ap- e:, dynastic or any other loud -voiced pearanee of the three strangers in adjective which serves to take it out the Albert Gate mansion on Mon of the category of simple felony." day night had been given to Jack "What beats me, Mr. Brett," Talbot. This young gentleman, it said the detective, viciously prod- might be taken for granted, had ding the gravel path with his stick, not been selected by the Foreign "is how you ferret out these queer Office to carry to a successful issue facts—fancies some people would such an important andetelicate mat - call them, as I used to do until I ter as that entrusted to him, with - knew you better." out some good grounds for the faith • • "In this case it is simple enough. in his qualities exhibited by his su- By mere chance I happened to periors. Brett thought he could read this morning that there had understand the brother's charae- been some little domestic squabble ter and attributes from his favor - in royal circles at Constantinople. able analysis of the sister, and :t I don't know whether you are ac- was quite reasonable, therefore, to quainted with Turkish history, Mr. believe that Talbot was a man not Winter, but it is a well-recognized likely to be easily duped. The principle that any Sultan is liable principals in this crime were evi- to die of diseases which are weird dently well aware of the trust re - and painfully sudden; for instance, posed in the Assistant Under -Sec- get lunch. A cigar and evening the last one is popularly supposed retery, and they, again, would not paper next claimed his attention, ,to ;have plunged a long sharp scis- underrate his intelligence. Hence but he had barely settled down to '.cars into his jugular vein; others there was a good cause for Talbot the perusal of a garbled account drank coffee that disagreed with to accept the explanations, whatec- of events at Albert Gate when his them, or smoked cigarettes too er they were, given him during the man again entered, announcing in highly perfumed. In any case, the conclave in the dining -room; the mysteriotts tones the presence of invariable result of these eccentri- effect of which, in Inspector Mr. 'Winter. Smith's attitude to - cities has been that a fresh Sultan Sharpe's words, had been to "puz- wards the myrmidons of Scotland occupied the throne. Now, don't zie" the young Englishman. Fur- Yard who oceassionally visited the forget that I am simply theorizing, eller, there must have been a very barrister on business, was peeuli- for I know no more of this business potent inducement held out before ar. He regarded them with suspie- than you do at this moment. but 1 Talbot would consent to drive off ion, tempered by wholesome awe, still think that you will find some with a stranger at such a late hour, and he now made known the arrival connection between my theory and and when the cab was dismissed at of the detective in such a manner that which has actually occurred. the Carlton, the excuse given would as caused his master to laugh at At any rate, I have said sufficient certainly be quite feasible. him. to prove to you the importance of "Ih must surely be this," enm- "Show him in, Smith," he said not being too ready to make er maned Brett. "The man explained cheerily : "ho has not come to ar- rests." that he was a stranger in London. rest me this time." "I quite see that," was the that he lived quite close to the Winter entered, and a glance at thoughtful rejoinder. "But you Carlton hotel, and that he found leis face brought Brett quickly to must not fm get, sir, that we in it convenient not only for the pan his feet. . Scotland Yard are bound by rules post of giving directions that would "What is the matter 2" he cried of procedure. Perhaps you will not be understood, but also for paying when the door had closed behind mind my suggesting that a word fares. to direct the drivers of hired the servant. "You have received from you to the Foreign Ofitce vehicles to go there and not tohh is important news?" might induce the authorities to cum- oven exact address, which he "I should think I Have," replied munieate officially with the Home found by experience many of them the detective, dropping into a seat. Departineut, and then instructions did not recognize, whilst his know- r'I was just writing a report in the could be issued to the police which ledge of the language was not am -yard when I was sone for by the en would leave the matter a little more plc enough to able him to de- Chief, and yon could have knocked open than we are able to regard it scribe the locality more precisely• me down with a feather when I uncles the existing conditions." It follows; then, in unerring se- hearth the reason. 'I suppose I am L trill see to that," said the bar- sister: "When Clues the inquest queues, that Talbot was conveyer) acting rightly in coming at once to to some place within a very short tell you, although in my flurry ab • take place?" distance uf the spot where I note the time I anile forgot to ask the "This evening ab six." stand." Chief's permission, but as you are "It twill' be adjourned, of Ile looked along Pall Mall, up mixed up in the ease at the request course Z" the Haymarket. and threngh Cock - of the Fot'eign Office, I thought you "Oh, yes; no evidence will be spur street, and he noted with some ought to learn what had happen - given beyond that necessary for degree of curiosity that there were e,l „ purposes of identification, and this very few residential buildings in "Well what is it?" cried Brett, can be suplan elry •the police them- thn neighborhood. Clubs, theatres, pi.ient at who oteor's careful seises and a7 ,,,,, sal (rem the Cur- t:m ,_,, ..,,,-„sal estahliahm:nts and imp lsus, kish. Embassy," • i -" ""- dt,.,.,, rvut„r,la,l +,i a 1,1114, lr insurance u ",Simply this," said the detective. of the available space. It was a "Mr. Jack Talbot 'bolted from Lon - pelt of his theory that none of the dap on Tisesda;} in company with n Other great hetclain this district -my.They crossed rivet' from Could harbor the criminals, oth""c"' er^ i);,vcr to ('elais By the midday 1)04, wise there would have been no .x and went direct to Paris, Mr. Tat- cusc to • stoic_ the hansom outside hoe calmly booked rooms for him - "Li 1 Yard." ' who Carlton. xnlf and the gir,i in who Grand " In that ease• I will eneonmafY Brett did not take long tomelte 1•Tnte.1, hsd the nerve to write Mr. yeti a portion of the distance." ug, itis mind once he hart deeicled nett 'titre. Tolhet, illi tither Gar - They had now reached Hyde Park upon a definite course. A call n,. ,1,•.- i ..,,r1 -,, W,.' in tho register, (turner, and, hailing a "hansom, 'the Foreign Office -procured him an and beth of them disappeared forth IEP T SKID CLEAR ict: Soap and Ointment No other emollients do so much for pimples, blackheads, red, rough and oily skin, itching, scaly scalps, dry, thin and falling hair, chapped hands and shapeless nails. They do even more for skin - tortured and disfigured infants. Although Cutloera Soap and Ointment aro Bold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a liberal ample of each. with 12 -pap booklet on who skin and halrrwill bo sant, post -tree. on applleatloe to "Outicurg," Dopt. 8Q, Boston, U. 6. A. iauthorization from the Unit- offic al hcir- cumstances inquire into the ed Unit- ed -Secretary to i Y q of Talbot's disappear- ance and a promise that the Home Office should be communicated lar -proof. While the room is be - with. ing completed the jewels are kept in He clesired to review the whole the Government strong -room, and of the circumstances attending this when everything is ready they will strange mystery of modern life, and be taken to the Wakefield' Tower the result of his reflections' quickly under guard and mounted for public became apparent when he reached exhibition in their new cases be - his residence, for in the first in- hind the grid. stance he dispatched a telegram, At one time it was proposed that and then made several notes in his a trap should bo constructed, so private diary. that, if necessary, the jewels could The telegram, in due course, pro- be lowered through the stone floor duced an elderly pensioned police into the dungeon beneath the Wake - inspector, a quiet, reserved man, field slower. This'dungeon, how- inspector, the barrister had often em- ever, is below the level of the river, ployed. Be explained briefly the and very damp; consequently the circumstances attending _ Mr. 'Tal- scheme was aoandoned. As a mat- ter of fact, nothing has been housed "I want you to find out the in this dungeon' since the Middle names, and if possible the business Ages, when prisoners languished in —together with any other informa- the Tower. tion you may happen to come across e' ---- -of every person who lives within FOOD AGAIN a distance, roughly speaking, of A. ' flighty • Important Subject to two hundred yards from the Carl- Everyone. ton Hotel. The Post Office Direc- _ tory and your own observation will • A Boston lady talks entertaining - narrow down the inquiry consider- le of food and the changes that can ably. It is the unrecorded balance be made in health by some know - of inhabitants with whom I am par- ledge on that line. She says: titularly anxious to become deft- r An injury to my spine in earl nitely acquainted. The man sa- womanhood left me subject to se - luted and withdrew. vere sick headaches which would Brett imagined that he would now last three or four days at a time, be left in undisputed enjoyment for and a violent course of dragging a few hours' rest before the Earl brought on constipation with all of Fairbolmesevkept the appointment the ills that .follow. fixed for seven o'clock. But in this "My appetite was always light he was mistaken, and uncertain and many kinds of Smith brought in some tea, which food distressed me. was refreshing after his walk, for "l began to eat Grape -Nuts food the engrossing nature of the morn - two or three years ago, because I ing's occupation caused him to for - liked the taste of it, and I kept on because I seen found it was doing me good. "I eat it regularly at breakfast, frequently at luncheon, and again before going to becl—and have no trouble in 'sleeping on it.' It has relieved my constipation, my head- aches have practically ceased, and I am in better physical condition at the age of 03 than I was at 40. "I give Grape -Nuts credit for re- storing my health, if not saving my life, and you can make no claim for it too strong for me to en- dorse•" Name given by Postern Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Bead the little book, "The Road to W ellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." with. But we will soon lay hands en the gentlemen, no feat', 1 have somehow suspected, Mr. Brett, that your notion of a political crime was all poppycock. It is a good big bs azen feeed steal." "Is it1" said Brett, ins face glistening `with excitement et the intelligence to suddenly conveyed to him. '"Would you mind explain- ing to me how this precious infor- mation reached you ? ' (To be• continued,). GUARDING CROWN JEWELS. r1 Reinarkehly Strong Room in the 'lower of London.. There has only been'one attempt to steal the Orown Jewels from the Tower of London, and that was when the famous Irish adventures+, "Colonel" Blood, attempted the feat in 1071. Tho clumsy motheds of the notorious "C'ololwi" are cot. to be compared with the subtle and scientific ways el the modoru latter—did '1 tf'r cranks but Mee the ai muu a he possess the gearn a of a d� zea Ratiloses—could seareely hope to steal the Crown Jewels from the new Jewel Room, which is now com- pleted in the Wakefield Tower of the Tower of London. • The `floor and walls are made of solid stone, while a new steel grid has been built to enclose the plate- glass regalia show -case. The bars of this 'grid are made of the finest tempered steel, the ends being em- bedded in the solid masonerry of the roof and flooring. Connected with this grid is a hidden electric alarm, which instantly warns the custodians of the Tower if a bar be wrenched ever so slightly. nomos For a trustee investaneni in Ontario a most satisfactory selection could he made from these high-grade offerings: City of Toronto 4's, due 1944. City of London 412's, due 19/3, Township of York 5's, due 1912-31. County of Simcoe (guaranteeing Town of Midland) 5's, due 1911.40. City of Fart William 41/2's, due 1927.' City of Si. Thomas, Ont., 4%2's, due 1912-41. City of Niagara Falls S's, due 1911- 30. Town of Port Hope 41/2's, due 1913•,' 50. Town of Petrale-' 41/2's, due 1911-34. Town of Walhterville 41/2's, due 1911- 30. Town of Welland 41/2's, due 1940. The income yield ranges from 4' pct' 3 cent. l0 4/ per cervi. A wider range of debentures of 'this character furnished on request. w tIf SEC CORPORATION -LIMIT 1, D TOR.OI-iTO . MOPITREAI.. LONDOPS.Et-fG. The doors of the Jewel Room are Q ®stest.crs��� svees t,e iron lined and fitted with ibe latest; in complicated locks. The jewels i all ill lie in automat e themselves w e the Y 11 closing steel cases, absolutely burg ,'U,nnr •,• . ,,,,�, 'You .will mention to no ono the theory I have just explanted to you1" "Not if ,you wish it, sir." ' 1 do wish it at present. '-Which waw are you going 2" "Straight to the ar . Ever read the above letter? a new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. TWO CRITICS. A speaker oft proclaimed aloud That Ire could always hold a crowd; He felt that he could prove it: But of a paper's work, said he, "Tho paper is no use to me; For I am far above it." An editor desired eo and In that great speaker's cultured mind Some gems for future leaders : But in the speaker's sounding brass He only found what is like gas, Despised by thoughtful reader's. The paper had no voieo to plead: The speaker bad no power to read With profit from another And then because they failed to see That etteh the other's friend should' tad They criticized each other.. T. WATSON. Iona Station, Ont., 7011. If a girl meets a man who desn't admire her elle imagines that he is a confirmed woman hater. Men have te. idea what funny ideas women hart, or until tioey eat marTlde ar THE FORMATION OF THE SOIL. Vegetation begins with the very simplest forms of plants, Stich as lichens and mosses, and is, of course, very scanty at first. These plants on dying become a part of the soil, all of the plant nutrients used by them being thus returned, writes Mr. Alfred Vivian. Food that has once been used by plants is very readily made avail- able to succeeding crops through the process of decay. The soil is now able to produce a larger crop, as it contains the plant food in the previous growth in addition to that added through the agencies detailed above In this way the growth gradually becomes more abundant. The plants upon decaying give _rise to humus, and this increases the fer- tility of the land both by being n source of plant food and by increas- ing the water -retaining power. Hu- mus is a very important factor in fertility. During the decomposi- tion of the plants, acid substances 'are formed which act upon the rocks in such a way as to make more- of the plant food available. One of the products of decay or fermentation is carbonic acid, and this is dissolved in the soil water, and this gas-containing water is an important help in disintegrating the rocks. As the nutritive materials in• crease from these various causes the lower simpler forms of plant life are gradually replaced by those which are more highly organized. With the advent of plants. like our common crops. which bear roots, other factors in the forma- tion of soils are introduced. The roots secrete an acid substance that has a solvent effect on the mineral matter of the soil, and the roots themselves also assist mechanical- ly in breaking down the rocks. -. All are familiar with the tre- mendous force exerted by plants in breaking apart rocks and stones if once their tender rootlets obtain a foothold in a crevice. The roots penetrate the soil sometimes to great depths. and as they decay after the death of the plant, they leave little channels in the soil which serve to carry down water laden with carbonic aei<l, as well as to introduce the oxygen of the air, that, in its turn, is a factor in bringing about chemical changes in the soil, which assist in making plant food available. Sooner or later in the process of soil formation, plants of the pulse family, (leguminous p1anrs)r such as clover, vetches, lupines, ete.,.are introduced. If you dig up some of these plants you' will find little nodules or tu- bercles on their roots. These nodules are the homes of numer- ous bacteria, which enable the plants to derive part of theirfood from the nitrogen of the atmos phere. This peculiar property of legum- inous plants is of great importance, for it is undoubtedly nature's prin- cipal method of increasing the sup- ply of nitrogen' in the ground. The nitrogen compounds accu- mulated by these plants• eventual- ly become ventual-ly'become a part of the soil through titheilityr decay, thus adding to its ler- It will readily be understood that the various agencies concerned in the formation of the soil do not act separately nor necessarily in any such order as that in whichthey have been discussed. As a matter of fact all the pro- cesses described take place simul- taneously. The lower plants do not wait for the rocks to be pul- verized, for we see -such organisms as the lichens growing on rocks from which one would think it impos- sible to obtain food. If the lichen is removed, grooves or furrows will be found on the surface of the stone, due to the action of the plant. Nor are all soils formed directly from the original rocks, for one of the effects - of weathering, etc., is to separate such rocks as the gra- nite into siriipler substances, with the result, for example, that huge deposits of limestone are formed in one place, and in another whole hills of sandstone. The soil is almost constantly moving, for some of the same agen- cies which form soils are continu- ally carrying them away. Running water grinds the rocks, but at the same time transports the fine par- ticles to lower levels. It cuts deep valleys in the surface of the earth and carries away the debris, de- positing it at various ,distances from its source. This study of the formation of the soil then suggests two things that tee. farmer can do.to ,prevent 'the: exhaustion of the fertility. The first is to treat the ec it its to assist and Basten nature in the process of converting the plant frod into available forms by mimes of good tillage. The second is to return t, the soil by means of manure tind ftrie• liters an amount of plant food equivalent to that r,mavocl l:y the crop. RWW FAMOUS LOVERS MEET ROMANTIC WOODi(S Oif 8031.11 GIUJA'I' MEN, ileo' They C'eutlucted 'Their (.'curt• Wng—Nrbilal,eon " cos Iiroihel''e J?Innece. "'That man will mars'y me!" Two schoolgirls were walking ono summer afternoon on the ramparts of Boulogne when there eame etrid- ing towards them' a tall, soldierly man, tanned by suns of the Last. As he passed his big Week eyes flashed on the older and more beautiful of the two girls, a quioic fiery glance of admiration which seemed to magnetize her, for it was a full minute before she spoke. Then she whispered to her compan- ion conviction. o r i aawe andcone A i t n tone ofto' "That man will marry me. On the following day the swarthy stranger of the magnetic -eyes again encountered the two girls on the •promenade, and taking up a piece of chane, wrote oil the wall, "May I speak to you 2" a question to which the elder girl chalked the ans- wer, "No, mother will bo angry." But Fate proved stronger than maidenly modesty or a parent's. disapproval. A few days later the soldier and the school irl were ine troduced by a mutual friend, and the following evening they met agate at a dance. • "It was a night of nights," wrote the lady in later years when she was the soldier's adoring wife. "I kept the sash where he put his aria round to waltz, and my gloves which his wore a never � hands had clasped, ed, I thein again" Under such strange and romantic conditions opened one of the greatest love -romances of the world -that of Sir' Richard Bur- ton, the world famous explorer and author, and of Isabel Arundell-•a love !which death itself was power- less to dissolve, When Dante Gabriel Rossetti paid a casual visit one day in the year 1850 to the studio of an ac- gitaintance, Walter Howell Dever - ell, he little suspected how that .chance visit was to ret'Olutionize. and transform his life. Mr. Dever- ell was not alone; a girl model was posing to him, and to her the young poet -artist's eyes were drawn as by a magnet, for she was to- hini a revelation of the possibilities of human loveliness, "A most beauti- ful creature, with an air of dignity, modesty, and sweetness; tall, finely formed, with a lofty neck and re- gular features, greenish -blue un - sparkling eyes, large perfect eye- lids, brilliant complexion and a lavish heavy wealth of coppery gold- en hair"—such is a description of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall as Ros- setti thus saw her for the first time and at` the sight surrendered bis heart to her. A few months earlier, Mr. Doverell had seen her -serving in amilliner's shop, and, struck by her uncommon beauty, had induced her to sit for him, never dreaming, we'may be sure, of all that was to follow this seemingly trivial incid- ent of a shopping excursion with his mother. How Rossetti immortalized this milliner -model ib many an imperish- able poem' and picture; how she be- came his idolized wife, and how bis hear.twasburied in her tragically . early grave the world knows well ; for the story is one of the most • beautiful in all the romance of Nye. A NAPOLEONIC WOOING. . The great Napoleon's wooing of Desiree Clary was equally romantic aed much more rapid. One day (ho was an obscure and shabby young soldier of fortune at the time) be was induced to accompany his brother Joseph to the house of M, Clary, 0Marseilles silk -merchant,, to be introduced to Desiree Clary, Joseph's financee. Tho bright eyes. and vit'aeioes manner of Desiree, contrasted with demure piainnese of her sister Julie, made such a speedy conquest of the future Em- peror that he determined to win her before he left the house. "In a well-conducted house," he said with startling suddenness, just before leaving, "ane must yield to the other. You, Joseph, are of a most undecided character, and Desiree just the - same.; whereto Julie and I know what we want. Therefore you had much bette't- tmt1geletenamarry Julie. As to Desiree," ho in added, "she shall be my vt•ife.". 'But in spite ,of this forcible woo- eatg , ing Desiree was net destined to share Napoleon's life and throne. He soon wearied of her rustio beauty and left her to languish while he knelt at the knees of the more splendid Josephine de 33eau- harnais. It was fated, however, that the silk -mercer's daughter should still wear a crown, and the way to it was opened thus romantically, Gen- eral Bernadotte was riding into Paris at the head of his troops, when, nn glaneine up, he saw afair youlig face illuminated by a pair of merry eyes, looking flown at him. 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