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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-3-21, Page 2Between Cousins; OR, .A DECLARATION OF WAR. be was conscious of having been call-( ed upon for sacrifices beyond those: of the mass of his fellow -workers; of I having been one of the chosen ones who are singled out for complete sur -I render, But before the order to quit, "everything" his renunciation hada failed. Touched by human passion,' he had sought to compromise with Divine eommands. Vividly, after all these years, he CHAPTER X.XIV.—` Cont'd.) A minute later John sat alone, a d f could recall his own almost indignant A growing, pressing earnestness; by the load in his breast and astonishment that day In the quarry spoke out of the tone's --almost a; by the clamor of accusing tongues n when Tim Ikl`I,aren had twitted him ous prayer. He seemed to be pleading with his head that one of life's great and ho4hhad lbeen wife.ture fthe Imisfltmv alln iiia his son for one word of self -justified -I most appalling moments was upon; picture ¢f the future haw determined tion. The brown eyes that hung upon'. him: a moment of self -enlightenment. oil 1V r;e fn sen' roe. determined u the hidden face elearly begged a. Straight in front of him he was gaz- tan ul ensues pen an Isn3 Jlosut1 1u favor. ing, not at the worn wood and dulled al esu oN �ulplll a Auu se dllsee nee But it was not granted. As Al -I varnish of his writing -table, but back, su pus Rl,luan su paqutaaans peq ati bert dropped his handy. John knew into dead years. From the vantage- pus 'sdll pad aan pus sa fa enlq s,vdl d the truth without his words. round of this day's crisis he looked "No, father," he said, as coldly and -back upon the road which lay behind amoo pen tote. puV • seeesee auc as sternly as though it were he who lam --back to the very starting -point, moment telftthe luxcusesmlght serve, was was the judge instead of the old man The sweetness of those early dreams but not now as seen from the ventage - in the arm -chair. "It is no use. I was upon him again for a little. Un - could blind you with excuses, perhaps, bounded devotion to a cause, and that: ground, ithntht &Bthe light ut of ex - but I could not blind myself. I did the greatest on earth—complete self-; virtues which had drawn him, it was did know what I was doing; I did eon surrender to one beckoning mission---; her bodily charms. To the flesh he eider, and even if I had made a mis towards these things his young soul had succumbed, not to the spirit. take about the boats that could not had yearned with a mighty, heart - justify me; for the intention was whole desire. That, then, had been; And the result? That of most com there—the full intention, And it is the starting -point. And the goal? I promises: the imperfect attainment the intention that matters—you Was it towards this that he had been' of both ends aimed at. Ile had been should know that—it is your business steering all these years? With Al-; St bad husband and a bad father, and to know it. I wanted this result. Do herr s confession still ringing in his; certainly not so good a priest as he you not remember how, on the day ears, it seemed impossible to connect had it in hint to be, He knew now when I found Penella here, in this the two moments. His son a mur-' that the uneasiness of his defection room, I told you that I should prevent derer; his daughter bereaved and al-, had it in him to be. He knew now the marriage --somehow? That most widowed by this son's act; his; that the uneasiness of his defection thought has not left me since then; household revealed to h'm as a very had never quite left him; and that and yesterday my opportunity came, hot -bed of baffled ambition and though he had worked harder than and I took it,—that IS ail." frustrated greed. Almost for a most men he had not worked with an John had fallen back again in his space he doubted his own identity.; undivided mind. His very zeal had chair as though the so mercilessly How did he,John M'Donnell, come to: in it a touch of fever, meant to con - positive words had been so many this pass?—he, in whose youthful I wince himself that his earthly ties blows. Now he gazed at his son with visions that thing called the "World"� were no impediment. The hidden wide eyes which seemed to be waiting had had no portion,—nor its prizes, sting had, upon occasion, put harsher for more. ; nor its cares? I words Into his mouth, more exaction "From the first that marriage had' Heavily his trembling under -lip into his spiritual demands than would been to me an abomination. It was the sank; for he knew the answer al-; have come to frim naturally. At such upsetting of a„ plan of life;—not for ready: by unfaithfulness. Not the, moments the fanatic within him had xnyeslf alone, but for us all—the sur- commonplace and palpable unfaithful gained the upper hand of the gentle rendering of all the advantages wenese of the lax pastor—not unfaithful -I shepherd of souls, had so laboriously gained. On her nese at all in the literal gird legs]' Presently he raised his head diel death -bed I had promised mother to sense of the word, but a far more; looked up towards the hill -side, where fight for them; to me v was a duty intimate personal defection from an between the leafless trees of the back on sacred. Hell could I lank individual vocation. With a clear garden the spire of a little grey on peacefully a the sante social de- ness undimmed by any haze of doubt, chapel was visible. What was that gradation? I feel the sante way about. i ' the funny old marl who dwelt up there myself --you see; not certain enough had said? "I am not sure enough of that my strength would suffice for the burden of earthly affections, along with the—other burden." ' There was another, then, who was afraid of his own weakness; but that one had acted accordingly. Not able to bear both burdens;—was any man I able? John would not dare to say No, being far too humble minded to judge of others' strength. It was himself only that he judged. Others, even in matrimonial fetters, might be "solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord," and for those alone; of himself, he knew that the Apostle had been right to call such a one "divid- ed." The unfaithfulness heti been his own private unfaithfulness. And the punishment was upon him now. The harvest of shame and tears reaped to -day had been sown on the day when ye yielded to Ella. Those laborious years of study, those pain- fully hoarded savings, had all led to this, because of one moment of weak- ness. The "step" which he had climb- ed with only spiritual objects in view had been used as a ladder to social success. The Pride of Life flourish- ed upon the results of efforts planned for its destruction. Unsteadily he folded his hands .in his lap. The confession, so recently heard, rang again in his ears. Who was he to absolve, whose own soul yearned for disburdenment? Once more his heavy eyes sought the grey spire on the hill -side, Up there was another old man,—one of those who had made no compromises, whose ear had listened to the tale of many fail- ings, whose lips were sealed upon them with a sevenfold seal. He, and such as he, might appreciate the acuteness of this intimate reproach, which to others would doubtless rank as a symptom of approaching dotage. For a moment John played with the fantastically impossible idea, then dismissed it with a smile that was no gayer than a sigh. (To be continued.) The strong smell in old fowls can be removed by washing in warm soda water. The secret of perfect frying is to have the fat hot enough to brown the outer surface instantly. When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another, the practical man relies on the language of the first.— Emerson. Watch dahlia and canna roots to see that they do not dry out com- pletely or have so much moisture as to cause them to rot. it just now; the abomination is still there just the same, but the sensa- tions of to -day are more abominable till. I am not able to bear the sight of Adam's and of Fenelia's faces with my secret upon me. A matter of nerves, I suppose. That is why I have spoken." With each word Jo'hn's white head had sunk a little lower upon his breast. When Albert ceased he did not move, nor give the answer which the young man's eyes more demanded than entreated. "Father!" cried Albert, in an alter- ed tone, after a moment of this numb silence. "Speak to me! Tell me: Is my crime past forgiveness? What is there T can do? Can my secret he kept—or would that be a second crime? Can you still think of me as a son, or is the sin too enormous in your eyes?" With a sudden sharp groan he once more covered itis face and waited. Thein, just as the silence hnd grown almost unbearable, he felt a weight Mani his shoulder. It was his fath- er's hand; and, Tanking up, he saw his father's face bending towards him., There was no condemnation in the brown eyes, rather a deep and humble trouble. "The sin is great indeed,—but I do not know that it is all yours, my son." "Not all mute? But, father—" "It is not you who have done this thing. It is the Pride of Life; and into this house the Pride of Life should have had no entry if—others had been faithful." His eyes wandered to the window vaguely, and to Albert's ears the very sense of his words seemed to be wandering. "Father!" he urged, for already it seemed as though the minister had forgotten his presence. "Is this all you have to say to me? Will I find forgiveness?" "There is forgiveness for all," mur- mured John, "but it is the unfaithful who will seek for it furthest." "And my punishment?" He had to repeat his question be- fore John looked back at him with a little start of remembrance. "Your punishment will be written in your sister's face. But mine? But mine?" In bewilderment Albert gazed: but before he had spoken the minister, with an effort, had recovered himself. "Go, my boy," he said in a tone of authority that was almost calm. "I. must be alone; I will speak to you again, but not now. Do what you can.; Keep your sister fxom despairing yeti and keep your secret from her and; Prone all. Do you not see that this second blow would kill her?" j I rvish thele was a Walker House in every little town I wish there was a WALKER HOUSE In every little town; Then I could travel merrily, And always sit me down At night in peace and comfort, Happier then king with crown, If there was •ust one Walker House In every little town. I wish there was a WALKER HOUSE In each place whore I go. The comforts of lay dear old home While ou the road I'd know. The meals the Cheerful Service, too, Would leave no cause to frown, If there utas just one Walker House In every little town; The gralker 'olrsi: 1'hvit aaa et Toronto Vni.vi"l.Vi Plenty 1,. fie. Carroll I HOUSEHOLD ;FORDS TO THE WISE. round the kitchen. Is it necessary to dicard your win- !dow shades that are soiled or wrinkl- ed at the bottom? • No, they may be made over by re-, ; moving them from the rollers, turn-' ing them upside down and, with a' ' loose machine stitch, hemming the . other ends. Run the sticks through ' these, attach the pull -cords, then tack I the worn ends to the rollers and set up again. How can you make ice cream with- out a freezer? Use the fireless cooker. Prepare in the usual way and pack in the cook- er. Use more salt than usual and pound the ice fine. After one hour, beat thoroughly, Three beatings I will mance it beautifully smooth. If your scissors are dull how can you.sharpen them quickly and easily? Cut the neck of a bottle with the scissors as if you were trying to cut ,the neck off. What would you do to protect your I garden seed while germinating if you were troubled with moles and mice? Preparatory to plantings, soak the seed for twenty-four hours in one quart of water to which one table- spoon of turpentine has been added. Have you an economical idea for mopping your hardwood floors? Saturate the ordinary fibre mop with crude lemon oil. Partly dry and , it is ready for use. This oil costs only from ten to fifteen cents a quart and is recognized as one of the best . treatments for hardwood. Have you an easy method of darn- ing large holes in stockings? Baste, on the wrong side, a patch of netting of the same color as stock- ing, Turn and darn on the right side. When baby sits at the table how may you protect the tablecloth with- out the use of the unsightly tray? Use a large piece of plate glass .with beveled edges, A square of white oil cloth is also neat and use- ful for this purpose. I How would you freshen a faded ear - pet? Ta'.ce it up, beat well and brush. I Spread it face down on the lawn, j When it is fastened down again, rub well into it with a dean floor cloth, 'a mixture of hot water and one pint of vinegar. What would you do if you found a rent in a conspicuous part of your raincoat? Lay the coat on a flat surface so that the torn parts fit perfectly to- gether and lay adhesive plaster over the torn place on the wrong side of the goods. Press together wish the fingers and let dry. A tiny hole in coat, cloak or trousers may be mend- ed in the same way with plaster of a similar color, kid gloves and um- brellas are better repaired thee than darned. IIow may you prevent the moisture front a potted plant marking the var- nished table on which it stands? Place under it a square pane of glass, hidden by a paper or linen doily. What would you do to render palat- able the morning cup of hot water prescribed by your doctor? Add a little celery seed and a pinch of salt and transform it into a delicate bouillon, Some persons prefer a dash of lemon juice. How would you take the shine from black garments? Rub the spots with pieces of raw potato. What would you do for the child whose tender heels are always blister- ed by new shoes ? Place over the heel a square of surgeon's plaster. This prevents fric- tion of the skin by,' the constant rub- bing of the shoe and is a sure preven- tive of blistered heels. When you need the whites of eggs only in cooking how may you pre- serve the yolks? Make a small hole in the shells, let the whites run out. Wet a tiny paper square in the white and seal the hole. The yolks may thee be kept fresh for several days, How would you make a good mus- tard plaster? Mix the mustard with white of egg instead of half flour. This will never blister and the plaster is lighter and more comfortable, Do you ]snow the "best way" to clean stone steps, stone window sills and kitchen utensils that have become discolored? Get a nickel's worth of sandpaper, coarse and fine. Use the coarse grade on sills and steps. The fine is excel- lentfor cleaning• almost everything School Luncheons. It takes time to pack school luncheons, hitt it is time well spent; and after the boys and girls are grown and out in the world, mothers look back on this as one of their pleasantest: duties. If the children are at school all day, they meet have substantial food, which ehould be carefully prepared and packed. Luncheon kits of fibre may be purchased, but a \basket is about the best choice, as it doee not retain food odors. Keep on hand a [apply of paper napkins and waxed paper. Provide an aluminum cup and spoon end, possible, a thermos bottle to hold hot soup or cocoa. In satisfying the craving for sweets, provide things which have food value, Raisins, figs, dates and prunes are ex- eellent :for this purpose. So is a bit of maple sugar or sweet chocolate, Buy the hest prunes, wash through several waters, spread out on a plat- ter to dry, then glut away in a tilt box and they will be ready for use. Raisins, figs and dates may be bought in packages. Hot, nourishing soup in the thermos bottle, bread and butter sandwiches, an orange and a cake of sweet choco- late combine to manse a wholesome and eatisfactory luncheon to carry to echool. Sandwichea should be wrapped in waxed paper, and the cruet left on the bread, for it is good for the chil- dren's teeth. Whenever possible, put in fre.eh fruit—apples, oranges and.banantts are wholesome and carry wall, Cookies (tot too rich) or bread and jelly are better for little "tummies" than pie or doughnuts. Vary the hrtu"heons from day to day, for something which comes as a sur- prise will be doubly weleome. v; ezietweee Food Control Corner During the next four or five menthe toed conservation on this continent $,"tvL, a T, aezrxxxes, renew] and among their own people must be nxrluittnt ael.l.l.nlr:s almost elle a01@ hope Of the Allied na- Ye pad 70 Cotner° stew's, Toronto, out, tions in Europe and of friendly neu- trals. No effort that can be made by the people of North America can add any considerable amount of new food 'to the available supplies before next fall. Stocks are dangerously depleted, particularly in the case of cereals and meats. The problem is to "stretch" these supplies over the in- terval until this year's crops are har- vested. While preparing for in- creased production, we must also do our utmost to help our Allies over the next few months when starvation will be threatening them dangerously. Articles Wanted for Cash Ola Jewellery; mate; ether; gurios; reiiniaturee; motutes; Needlework; Lacer Old Man; gut Cilias; Ornarnonte; Watches; Wage; '1% 410 : rsre.. Ex rase to Official information, much of it con- fidential, received during the past few days emphasizes the scarcity of sup- plies of cereals and meats and the necessity of avoiding at all costs en- croachment upon the supplies for the armies. In Great Britain, in France, in Italy, the people are alive to the anuatton. 'trey now some or what the next few months will mean. Their spirit was expressed by Lord Charles Beresford the other day when he said: "We are tightening our belts and we are going to win." A recent cable from London stated that the present meat ration in Great Britain is not more than one- half of the amount to which the peo- ple have been accustomed. ' Accom- panied as this is by the restrictions on the consumption of bread it cannot but entail physical loss and privation. Canadians too, must tighten their belts and help the Allies to win. Use should be made on this continent of every available substitute for wheat, beef and pork. Upon our food ser- vice depends the very lives of thous- ands of women and children in the Al- lied countries. (rod's Acres. Prom a first -cease war -story, "The Red Planet," by W, J. Locke, we have just learned a beautiful thing that we had not known before. It seems that the French Government has as- signed to the British, ownership for all time of the soil occupied by British igraves in France, Could anything be more appropriate, more touching, more magnificent? In time perhaps France will be studded, too, with the graves of American soldiers, Can anyone doubt that henceforth for all world purposes Britain, France and the United States will be bound to- !ssoluble ft.1 (ship 7 gether it Ledge it to Parker 1?E postman and expressman will i bring Parkcr service right to your ; home. We pay carriage one way. 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It is just as hard for us to give up milling "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" as it will be for youto forego your favorite brand; but our "STANDARD" Flour will nevertheless make. delicious bread, rolls, biscuits, cake, pies and pastry. If you have any diMculty—just drop us a fine; we have a staff of expert chemists and bakers, whose experience is at your service. Just as soon as the Food Controller will allow us -to mill "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" again, we will tell you of this happy fact. In the meantime, the new regulations—being in the best interests of the 13ritisll Empire—demand the whole -hearted support of the Millers and the Public. Certain stores and dealers have stocks of "ROYAL HOUSE- HOLD" stili on hand: In order to avoid any confusion or mis- understandint all "STANDARD" FLOUR will be plainly branded as such. When all your "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" is gone, make sure of getting the next best grade by ordering ORME% ST D Grocers everywhere have it,--tion't forget to stipulate "OGILVIE'S." It will be your surest guarantee of the highest grade obtainable. The OGIL VIE FLOUR MILLS Coe, United Montreal •— Fort William -- Winnipeg — Medicine Hat. Dully Capacity, 19,000 Barrels What Lozrgetst in the Br-iftsh Empire STORY OF A MAN WHO CAME BACK STRANGE CAREER Oh' LIEUT.- COL. ENGLAND. Deprived of Ilia Commission, Ile Rose Again Rrom Private to His Former Itanit. "Lieut. -Col. England relinquishes his commission, the King having no fur- ther use for his services," was the curt announcement that appeared in the London Gazette of December 11, 1911. No greater disgrace than that in- volved in such an announcement can befall a solclier in war time. At this point in the Austrian or the German army the disgraced officer would have a revolver thrust into his hahnd and ;would be conducted to some secluded spot, there to shoot himself. In England they have a more vindic- tive method. The London Gazette, the daily official list that circulates in Beery division, brigade, battalion and company of the British army and is printed in all the leading newspapers, may be read by the whole world. The disgrace is public. property. But, fortunately, the scandal is short-lived: The story of Col. Eng- land passed rapidly into the limbo of the forgotten. Nearly four years elapsed. Then, early in January of the present year, the London Gazette printed the an- nouncement that "Edward Parker England has been reinstated to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery." The restoration to honor was pub- licly announced on the very day that Col, England was discharged from the army a disabled private. His rein- statement, in the cold phraseology of the Gazette; was in "consequence of his devotion to duty and gallantry in the field while in the ranks of the Devonshire Regiment." Beginning Over Again. The story that was crowded into those four years has only been equal- led on one previous occasion in the re- cords of the British Army. Edward England came of a fighting stock. Three of his brothers were soldiers, and all three laid down their lives for their country. The only authentic re- cord of the affair is given by a stu•- viving brother, who is the rector of the church in a small village in Sussex. During the retreat from Mons, when Col. England was in command of a munition column, a staff officer gallop- ed up with the information that the column was in danger of being sure rounded. Col. England's chief thought tvas for the safety of his men and it was with this object in view that he ordered certain portions of the trans- port to be abandoned. In the confu- sion more was cast astray than he knew of and, though the column won through, retribution was demanded when the loss was counted. Physically for the time being Col. England was a broken man, and for weeks he was in hospital, but as soon as he was fit he joined the Army Ser- vice Corps as an ordinary private, giv- ing his ege as 40, although he was then over 60. Transferred to the South African Horse, he fought in Africa and later went to Fiance with the Devons. Here he took part in many fights, bearing himself like the brave man the icing has now declared him to be. OUR DEBT TO CHEMISTRY. It is the Real Basis of Human Indus- try, Says a Lecturer. In the course of a recent address ea chemistry before the Franklin Insti- tute, Dr. Allerton S. Cushman said that the 'general public has begun to understand the fact that chemistry is the real basis of human„ industry. Either directly or indirectly, chemistry as applied to industry affects the con- ditions and well-being of every civiliz- ed home. The clothes we wear, the food vve eat, the utensils with which we pre- pare it, the materials of construction with which we are housed and are transported from place to place, the medicines on which we depend in the struggle with disease and death, are all, in one way or another, the product of chemical industries. It is chemistry that has made it pos- sible to produce iron and steel on the enormous scale that makes modern civilization possible. It is chemistry that tdaehes ns to mance from ills smelling, viscid coal tar thousands of beautiful colors anti dyes, medicines and high explosives. The red -silk parasol of a summer beach and the red Wound of war have a common origin in that blackstielty mass. It is chemistry that has perfected that wonderful structural material, Portland cement, that enables man to mould his building stone in the jplace he wants it so that in a few hoer% it attains the condition of solid- ity and durability that belongs to rock laid down and solidified in the course of geological epochs. Man becomes a creator when he learns to apply the principles and ;edema of chemistry to the materials that surround him. Millie out lists of seeds and order them wiihoue. deity. Get the seeds. Manv kite cabers at the seer( stores will go away chsappoietcd and so also pereone who aider by mail later in the season. -