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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-10-24, Page 7LP us ver are worn. for their d Pinisl9. .:Mantark 1, on e. ROI NL, O W Il H• OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER XXI.—(Cont'd) That chapter of her life was 'over, and she was quite well aware that the next chapter would seem terribly dull and insipid. For a moment the thought alarmed her. "What have I been doiug," she said to herself, "to let this love get so great a hold on me Why is it that no other man in the world .seems to me worth a thought, oven he may be better, and may live a nobler life than Frithiof 2" "It is after all only natural to feel this going away," she reflected. "Like the tree, I shall soon grow .steady again." And then she heard Lance's voice calling her, and, go- ing to the nursery, found a child- ish dispute in need of settling, and tiny arras to cling about her, and soft kisses to comfort her. Meanwhile, Frithiof and . 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When sold, send us the money, and we will send you the watch, all charges pre- void, Address H011IIiR WARREN CO., DEPT. I.B. TORONTO. ! they entered the little sitting -room. The doer opened straight into it, which was a drawback, but Mrs. Bonifaee's present of a four -fold Japanese screen gave warmth and privacy, and picturesqueness, by shutting off that corner from view; and, in spite of extreme economy in furnishing, the place looked very pretty. A cheerful crimson carpet covered the floor; the huff -colored walls were bare indeed, for there was a rule against knocking in nails, but the picture of Bergen stood on the mantel -piece between the photographs of their father and mother, serving as a continual re- membrance of home and of a coun- tryman's kindness. Facing the fire was a cottage piano lent by Mr. Boniface for as long as they liked to keep it, and on the open shelves above a corner cupboard were ranged the blue willow -pattern cups and saucers which Sigrid had de- lighted in buying. "They were much too effective to be banished to the kitchen, were they not?" she said. "I am sure they are far prettier than a great deal of the rare old china I have seen put up in drawing -rooms." "How about the fire?" said Fri- thiof. "Shall I light it?" "Yes; do. We must have a little one to boil the kettle, and Swan- hild is sure to come in cold after that long journey. I'll jest put these flowers into Cecil's little vas- es. How lovely they are! Do you know, Frithiof, I think our new life is going to be like the smell of these chrysanthemums — healthy and good, and a sort of bitter- sweet." • "I never knew they had any smell," he said, still intent on his fire. "Live and learn," said Sigrid, laughingly holding out to him the basket of beautiful flowers—red, white, crimson, yellow, russet, and in every variety, "1 should like to come to King's Cross too," said Sigrid. "But per- haps it is better that I should stay here and get things quite ready. I hope Swanhild will turn up all right. She seems such is little thing to travel all that way alone." When he had set off, she began with great satisfaction to lay the table for tea. She put everything tidy in the bare little kitchen, where, in truth, there was not one unnecessary piece of furniture. At last She heard the door handle turned, and Frithiof's voice. "You'll find her quite a domesti- cated character," he was saying; and in another minute Swanhild was in her arms, none the worse for her .lonely pourney, but very glad to feel her cares at an end. "Oh, Sigrid!" she cried, with child -like glee ;• "what a dear, fuft- ny little room 1 And how cozy you have made .it I Why, there's the picture of Bergen! and oh, what a rn f his &Pound, Sealed Package Ask [Join" Orocerabout at CANADA SUGAR REPINING CO. WIRD, MOIRRCAt pretty -looking tea -table I I'm!ciety side. Tho Bouifaeee reverse dreadfully hungry, Sigrid. I was i the under and keep their beautiful afraid to yet out of the train fur fear it should go on. They ecem to go so dreadfully feet here, ev- erything is in a bustle." "You pour child:, you must be etarvin,g !" cried Sigrid. "Come and Ltee your things off quickly. She really looks quite thin and Pale, dues she not, Frithiof?" "She doesn't feel so very bony," he said, laughing. "Oh, and I did eat something,,, explained Swanhilcl, "There was an old lady who gave me two sand- wiches, but they were so dreadfully full of fat." "What do you think of your new bedroom?" Frithiof asked. "It's lovely l" tried iiwan.hikl. "What a funny, round bath, and such a tiny washing -stand, just like the one in the old doll's house on three legs. And oh, Sigrid, auntie has sent us three lovely eider -down quilts as a Christmas present, only she thought I might as well bring them now." "There's one thing which we had better make up our minds to at once," said Sigrid, when at length they rose. "Since we have got to wait on ourselves, we may as well try to enjoy it and get what fun we can out of it. Come, Swanhild, I will wash the tea things and you shall dry them." • "As for me," said Frithiof, sud- denly appearing at the kitchen door in his shirt sleeves, "I am shoe - black to the establishment." "You! oh Frithiof !" cried Swan- hild, startled into gravity. "I assure you it is in lire bond," he said, smiling. "Sigrid is cook and housekeeper; you are the ;ady help; and I am the men for tete coals, knives, and boots. Ever;,* respectable household has a man for that part of the work, you know." "Yes, yes," she hesitated; "but you—" "She clearly doesn't think me competent," he said, laughingly threatening her with his brush. "Order ! order ! you two, or there will be tea -cups broken," said Sig- rid, laughing. "I believe he will do the boots quite scientifically, for he has really studied the subject. There, put the china in the sitting- room, ittingroom, Swanhild, on the corner shelves, and then we will come and unpack." By nine o'clock everything was arranged, and they calve back to the sitting -room, where Frithof had lighted the pretty little Lamp, and was writing to Herr Siversten to say he would be glad of more work. "Come," said Sigrid, "the even- ing won't be complete without some music, and I am dying to try that piano. What shall be the first thing we play in our new home, Swan- hild ?" "For Norge,' " said the little girl promptly. "Do you know we had quite a dis- cussion about that at Rowan Tree House the other night," said Sig- rid. "They ware all under the im- pression that it was an English air, and only knew it as a glee called 'The Hardy Norseman.' Mr. Boni- face calls Frithiof his Hardy Norse- man because he got well so quick- ly." "Come and sing, Frithiof, do come," pleaded Swanhild, slipping her hand caressingly into his and drawing' him toward the piano. And willingly enough lie consented, and in their new home in this foreign land, they sung together the stir- ring Norway national song. CHAPTER XXII. "My dear, she is charming, your little Swanhild I She is a born dancer and catches up everything with the greatest Baso," said Mine. Lechertier one autumn afternoon, when Sigrid at the initial time en- tered the big, baro room where the classes were held. "You think she will really be of use to you, madame " asked Sig- rid. "If she is no good we should not of course like her to take any money," "Yes, yes," said Mme. Lecher - tier. "You are independent and proud, I know it well enough. But I aaanre you, Swanhild will be a first-rate little teacher, and I am delighted to have her. There ie no longer any need for her to come to. me every morning, for I have taught her. all that she will at pre- sent need, and no doubt you are in a hurry for het to go on with her ordinary schooling.' "I have arranged for her to go to a high school, in the mornings, after Christmas," said Sigrid, "and she must, till then, work well at her English or she will not take a good plaice. It will be a very busy life for her, but then we are all of us strong and able to got through a good cleatl," "And iter work with me is purely physical and will not overtask her," said madame, "Dear little maul! she has the most perfect man- ners. I ever saw in a child! :Flee charm to me is that she is so bright and unaffected 'What is it, I woe.. der, that snakes you Norwegians so apontanoona2 so perfectly simple and courteous 2" "In England," said Sigrid, "peo- ple seem to me to Wen two aides, ‘rough home aide, and a polite so - side for home and t rather slay aide for society, but still they, like all the English people I have met, have distinctly two manners.' In Nor- way there is nothing of that, I think perhaps we think less about the impression we are making; and I think Norwegians more naturally respect each other." Swanhild prospered well on that rivet Saturday afternoon, and Mme. Lechertier way quite r.atisl'it:d with her little idea as to the Norwegian costumes. They had only just re- turned and taken off their walking things when there came a loud knock at the door. Swanhilcl still in her Hardanger dress ran to see what was wanted, a:ncl could hardly help laughing at the funny -looking, old man who inquired whether Fri- thiof were in. "Still out, you say," he panted; very provoking. "I specially want- ed to sec him on a matter of ur- gency." "Will you not come in and wait ?" said the child. "Frithiof will soon be home." "Thank you," said old Herr Siv- ertsen. "These stairs are terrible work. I shall be glad not to have to climb them again. But houses are all alike in London—all alike! Story after story, till they're no better than the tower of Babel." "Frithiof has gone for a walk with a friend of his," she explain- ed. "But he will be home in a few minutes. I always persuade him to take a good walk on Satur- day if possible." "In consequence of which he doesn't get through half as much work for me," said Herr Sivertsen. "However, you are quite right. He needed more exercise. 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"If only I could make time for it," she cried. "But you see we. all have busy lives. I have to see to the house almost entirely and tlo're is always either mending or mak- ing in band. And Swanhild and I are out every afternoon at Madame Lecher'tier's academy. By the bye, that is why we have on these pea- sant costumes, which roust have surprised you," "It is a pretty dress, and takes me back to my old days at home," said Herr Sivertsen. "As to the work, do what you can of it, there is uo immediate hurry. Here comes your brother!" and the old man at once. button -holed Frithiof, while Ruy, who had returned with him, was ready enough to talk with Sig- rid as she stood by the fire mak- ing toast, little Swanhild in the meantime setting the table for af- ternoon tea, lighting the lamp, and drawing the curtains. (To be continued.) AFiliAQF fo A New and Brilliant Era Dawns for Madame yajan. The handy paste in the big can. Ready for instant use. 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TALL CARE OF THE EWES. A flock of ewes just weaning lambs and in thin flesh at the time of conceptiun are apt to be very pear subjects for maternity in the spring. No matter` how well the , ewe may be fed just previous to the time of lambing, she will not be in her best condition to nourish her offspring unless she is in fair eon- ' dition at the time of mating, writes Mr. Eluler Henderson. The reason is at once apparent. If a ewe is thin when she is bred the burden of growing the young is too much of n strain upon her to allow of her gaining much flesh. This brings us to what is knowne-as flushing among old shepherds. Flushing may be defined as put, - ting the ewe upon highly succulent and nutritious feeds .previous to mating. I have said before it was neces- sary to have the eye in good flesh at the mating season. This is just. the object of flushing. It has been found by all praotl-' cal shepherds that a pint of grain in September is worth a quart at lambing time. The reason 10 that the ewe fed grain in the fall has very little burden to bear in the shape of the growing young while in the case of the ewe heavy with Iamb all the food eaten goes most- ly to nourish the foetus. It will be inferred that if grain will make the difference in the condition of the ewe, grass will do the same thing— and this is just what happens. The ewe that has plenty of good nutri- tious grasses in the fall is almost sure to come to lambing time in good heart and raise a good, lusty lamb, while the reverse is true of the ewe that is not given a good chance. Flushing is especially desirable in large flocks where it is desirable to have the ewes all lamb at nearly the same time. With many floekmasters it is eon sidered desirable to have the ewes bred as early as possible so as to have the lambs ready for the early and, therefore, beat market. It has been found that by flushing the ewes they may be made to breed earlier than they would otherwise, and most of them will lamb in a comparatively short period. It is well knewu that ewes come in heat with the coming of eool weatl er, and it is probably true that the fresh, palatable grass, by cooling the system and invigorat- ing the ewe by a fresh flow of blood infuses into her new vigor which puts her in much the same condi- tion that she is in the advent of. cool weather. Whether this is the reason or not does not matter to the farmer if he knows whether this or some other reason applies, he gets the results looked for, which is of vastly more importance. Oftentimes the means nearest at hand are the best and this is true in our particular case. The mea- dow is always at hand and could easily be used for fall feed for the ewes. The aftermath that springs up in the fall makes good growth and furnishes a very nutritious and. highly palatable food. If there is some clover in it so much the bet- ter, as there is no food better for sheep. Rape makes a very excellent food and I am very partial to it. A small patch of rape sewn in the summer, by this time is largo enough to make a lot of good feed. Another way is to sow rape in the corn at the last anitivation and turn the sheep in the corn. If a few sheep are turned into a lot of rape and corn they may be allowed to run there for souse time before they will in any way damage the corn. Then, too, this furnishes fine feed fur the lambs after the ewes' are taken out. They may be allowed to run here all fall and will live an the rape and lower blades of corn, and if the corn is not down too. much they will not bother the ear. Where it is intended to make rape and corn serve this double purpose of pasturing the ewes and the weaned lambs it is well to plant a lot of pumpkins for feed for the lambs later in the fall, They will, do their awn gathering and they are the beet possible vermifuges. However well your fall pasture ie it is always well to remember that a little grain will not come amiss, and 1 believe it would pay every cheep owner to feed a 'half pound of oats to his sheep every day during the fall and winter, even though they are an luxuriant pasture. There are many other ways of caring fur the ewes than the ones mentioned. The only point of great importance is to give good, green food and lots of it. What the kind of food will he, gvory fanner can best decide for himself, but this nmeh is certain; All extra labor With the ewe flocks at mating time will be repaid many thrice over at the lambing period, It takes a brava men to fare rt Milk) wonlan at the head of the Stairs at two u,ari.