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The Brussels Post, 1913-1-23, Page 2NIX X A NTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER XXXIII.(Cont'cl) "Ballow," said Charles Osmond, you must be wondering through all this time what was the errand that brought me here. I brought you this letter from a little Norwegian girl—Swanhild Feick. In the midst of your great trouble I dare say her trouble will seem very trifling; still I- hope you will be able to release her from her promise, for it is evi- dently weighing on her mind." "That's another instance of the harm I do wherever I go," said peer Blanche, reading the letter, "and in this case 1 was really try- ing to undo the past, very foolish - 1y, as I see now. Tell Swanhild that she is quite free from her pro- mise, and that if it has done harm 1 am sorry. But I always do harm l" She began to cry again, to sob piteously, almost like a child. Charles Osmond spoke once more, and there was a groat tenderness in his voice. "You have found now that self - pleasing brings misery to yourself and every one else. I know you wish to do right ; but you must do more than that—you must resolute- ' ly give your body, soul, and spirit to God. desiring only to do His She looked up once more, speak- ing with the vehemence of despair. "Oh," she said, "it seems all real now while I talk to you, but I know it will fade away and the temptations will be much stronger. You don't know what the world is —you are good, andyou have no time to see with your own eyes how, underneath all that is so re- spectable, it is hollow and wicked." "It will be your own fault if you aro not stronger than the tempta- tions with which God allows you to be assailed," he said. "And now," he said at length, "unless you have any other friends to whom you would rather go, I am going to ask you to come home with me. I can promise you at least rest and shel- ter, and a welcome from my dear old mother, who, being very near to the other world, does not judge people after the custom of this one." "But," she said, with a look of mingled relief and perplexity, "how can I let you do so much for a mere stranger? Oh, I should like to come; but—but,--" "Yon are no longer a stranger," he replied. "And you must not re- fuse me this. My son and his wife live with us. They, too, will be so glad if we can be of any,use to you. Ocie, 1 ea n not leave you here in this loneliness." "Do you mean that I am to tomo now?" she said, starting up. Yes, if you will," he replied. "But I will go and call a hansom; and since I am in rather a hurry, perhaps you will let your maid fol•. low with your things later on in the evening." So in a few minutes they were driving together to Guilford Square, and Brandie was transplan- ted front her miserable loneliness into the beast of one of the happi- est hom+,s in the country. Leaving her in the st'.sely, Charles Osmond went in search of Swanhild. "It is all right," he said, hand- ing her a little note in Blanche's writing; and while the child eagerly real it he turned to his daughter - in -la c•, -Will y+.0 tell them to get the epee* rvotn ready, Erica, dear?" he said. "I have persuaded Lady Reiniaux to stay with us for a lit- tle while." Swanhild caught the words, and longed to ask to see Blanche, hut she remembered that Sigrid would net like it: and then with a sudden reit 1lf ction that the afternoon was aloe ,et over, and that she must go home; she thanked Charles Os- mond, reiuetantly parted with the baby, kissed old Mrs. Osmond and Erica, who made her promise to come and see them again, and hur- ried hack to the model lodging's. -Oh, how I wish it were over!" aIle thought to herself, as •:ate snerched on to her discgroeablc ivurlc like a little Trojan, Big 'Sen was striking five as she crossed the became a degree more miserable, for she had counted upon finding Frithiof alone. Clearly Sigrid must also have returned, and indeed things were even wofse than that, for as she opened the door and emerged round the Japanese screen she saw Roy standing by the fire. "At last!" exclaimed Frithiof, "why, Swanhild, where on earth have you been to? We were just thinking of having you cried." "We were preparing an adver- tisement to appear in all the papers to -morrow morning," said Roy, laughing, "and were just trying to agree as to the description ; you'll hardly believe me, but your guardi- an hadn't the least notion what col- or your eyes are." Frithiof drew her toward him, smiling. "Let me see now in case she is ever lost again," be said, but no- said. "Cecil was right, and I tieing a suspicious moisture in the ought to have known that this mis- blue eyes he no tenger teased her, erable affair would one day be ex - but made her sit down ou his knee plained." and drew off her gloves. Frithiof still looked half stunned, "What is the matter, dear?" he he could not realize that the cloud said; "you look cold and tired; had at last dispersed, he was so where have you been to l" taken up with the thought of the "I have been to see Mr. Os- extraordinary explanation of the mond," said Swanhild, "you know mystery—of the childish, silly little we often go to his church, Sigrid plan that had brought about such strange results. "Oh, Swanhild!" cried Sigrid, "4f only you had spoken sooner how much pain might have been eavecl." "Don't say that," said Frithiof, rousing himself; "she has chosen the right time, depend upon it. I can hardly believe it all yet. But oh! to think of having one's honor once more unstained—and this death in life over I" "What do you mean? What do you mean?" sobbed poor little Swanhild. "Tell her," said Sigrid, glancing at Roy. • So 'he told her exactly what had happened in the shop on that Mon- day in June. "We kept it from you,". said Fri- thiof, "because I liked to feel that there was at any rate one person unharmed by my disgrace, and be- cause you seemed so young to be troubled with such things." "But how can it have happened?" said Swanhild; "who took the note really from the till?" "It must have been Darnell," said Roy. "He was present when Sardoni got the change, he saw James Horner put away the note, he must have managed during the Eine that you two were alone in the shop to take it out, and no doubt if he bad been searched first, the other five -pound note would have been found on him. What a blackguard the., man must be to have let you suffer for him! T'll have the truth out of him. before I'm a day older." "Oh, Frithiof, Frithiof! I'm so dreadfully ' sorry," sobbed poor Swanhild. "1 thought it would have helped you, and it has clone nothing but harm." , (To be continued.) +k — Old folks who need something of the kind, find tiz LAX TIVET.5 most effective without any discomfort. increased doses not needed. 25o. a box at your druggist's. NdMnal Dior and Chemical Co, of Canada, limited, d164 i note which Mr. Osmond brought me from her," Frithiof took the little crumpled sheet, and react ie. "Dear Swanhild,—You arc quite free to speak about that five -pound note; I never aught to have made you promise secrecy ; and, indeed, gave the money just by a sudden impulse. It was a foolish thing to do, es I see now, but 1 meant it well. I hope you will forgive me. "Yours affectionately, "BLANCHE." Then Roy and Sigrid read the note together. and Rey grasped Frithiof's hand. fl "Will you ever forgive me?" he and 1, and there was something I wanted to ask him about, Last summer I made a promise which I thick was wrong, and I wanted to know whether I might break it." "What did he say?" asked Fri- thiof, while Sigrid and Roy listen- ed in silent astonishment. "He said that a wrong promise ought to be broken, and he man- aged tt get me leave to speak from the person to whom I made the pro- mise. And now I am going to tell you about it." Frithiof could feel how the poor little thing was trembling. "Don't be frightened, darling," he said, "just tee us everything, and no one_shall interrupt you.' She gave his hand a grateful Tit- tle squeeze and went on. "It happened just after we had come back from the sea last June. I was coming home from school on Saturday morning, when just out- side the court -yard 1 met Lady Romieux. Just Lor a moment 1 did not know her, but she knew me di- rectly, and stopped me mind said how she had met you and Sigrid at a party and had ever since been so miserable to think that we were so poor; and somehow she had found out our address, anti wanted to know all about us, only when she actually got to the door ehe did not like to come in. And elle said she was ea glad to see me, and asked all sorts ef questions and when ehe heard that you meant to pay off the debts she looked so sad, and she said that the bankruptcy was all }ler fault, and she asked how Hunch I thought you had got toward it, and seemed quite horrified to think what a little it was, .and what rears the work would take. And then she said to me that she want- ed to help, too,, just a little, only that you must never know, and she thought I could easily pay in a five -pound note to your account at the bank, she said, without your knowing anything about it. She made me promise to do it secretly and never to tell that it was from her. You can't think how kindly she said it all, and how dreadfully sad she looked—I don't think I could possibly have amid 'no' to her. But afterward I began to see that I eou.idn't very well pay the note into your account at the post - office, for I hadn't got your little hook that you always take, and be- sidea, I didn't know which office yon went tee So I worried about it all the next* clay, which was Sunday, and in the evening at church it sud. denly coma into my heed that 1 wonld put it with your other money inside your waistcoat -pocket." Roy modean involuntary movement, Sigrid drew a little nearer, but Frithiof never stirred. Swanhild cos rtin ted : "So the next morning, when T went into your bedroom to wake you up, I slipped the note intn your pocket, and their I thuuglsh,. just supposing you were to lose it, cx.,nrt-yard. She had been away It seemed so light :and so thin, and Ipinned ittothe lining tosnakeit She trurrred on fn the iio t.', S cd - freer 'home more than two hours. , quite rife. You iver•e sleeping vary rr net rleas " fee the resrr•ndly, and wrr.� quit,. hard to tier, and :inked bt .. tl s kali. • "'Me VII 1ek milt it ten minutes 1.1g.,;," aaic the nem. ;i nd Swanhild .turned,. au ay with si sal.+,h and ',+t little slit er, anti bre gen eery slowly ti, mrnurt, the Mono about it, and I was sura snnretli{nit etacirs. . bail troubled tem very mue}r, and (D11I what:, will be sae to ae T rise afraid ft must be that vet site thmight, es site tllaspaul ltlnnclte's note fast in her little r• ,?+.t hsnnd. wake appt�. At first I felt pretty happy about it, and I thunaht if you asd me if I had put; it there when. yeti found it out I should be able to say yes.' and yet els keep Blanche'i +ae, r et. But You never geld .r l,orrl (11 TTrli XXXIV. :Although ,,ho had climbed the rt.r ir:c Sa slowly, peer Swanitild was still out of breath when she reached the +poor leading into the little par- lor : she pa vivid if n etrtent to receiver herself, at"rd hearing values within, :dared 65+11 sneak about it, incl 1 tried in find out from Sigrid, but, she only: saki that you herd many troubles which I was ton young fe understand. It often made me vary unhappy, but I. never quite understood that, I had done wrong, till the night you found nue rending the paper, and then I thought that I ought not to have remelts the prom- ise to Lady l,trriktux, Titin 'is the MODEL CITY FOR INDIANS. Skidegates to Rave Electric Lights and Sewers. While the Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands have already a national reputation for enterprise the Slcidegates, whose village lies at the southern end of Vancouver Is- land, have in view the most ambi- tious undertaking ever projected by a coast Indian nation, During this year they propose in- stalling an eieotricai system for lighting their village and furnishing power for a variety of industrial enterprises to be carried forward on eo-operative principles. They will also put in a modern sewerage system, waterworks and complete fire protection equipment. The Skidegates are just a little ahead of the whites of British Columbia in the encouragement of a love of art, offering a tribal prize TWO POINTERS ON HOW TO DUDE A GOLD When you begin to sniff and feel a burning sensation in the nasal passages, or when a tickling irritation in your throat starts yon coughing, the first itnporten( thing is to act at once. it's the neglerl.rd cold that becomes trouble- some and dangerous. The second important thing to do is to take N1"Dru-Co Syrup of Linseed, hlr.,,ricc and Chlorodyire,and keep it up till the cold disappears entirely. Na-Dru-Co Syrup of .Linseed, Licorice and Chlorodyne is absolutely free from hatnsful drugs, and eau safely be given even to moderately young children. It is pleassurt testissg and meek acting, promptly relieving the irritation of the throat and nostrils, loosening the mucus, promoting expectoration, and checking the cold. Your dru gist has Na -urn -Co Syrup of Zinced, 14orice and Chlorodyuo in a c, and oc� Etles or eat* quicklyget it for you, Compounded by te Natoal Drug reel Clienticel Ca. ef CAuadn, Limited, #l6 annually for the beet apeoimen of original composition. Their band enjoys the reputation of being the beet Indian band in America. Its honorary president is B.R,H, the Duke of Connaught, Governor- General of Canada,. TUE KAISER'S DAUGHTER. The apple of Kaiser William's eye is his only daughter, the Princess Louise Victoria, about whose matri- monial future speculation is rife. She is already a prominent figure in Berlin society, having never been kcpt in the seclusion which has been the lot of many princesses. She has frequented, since her debut, the select theatres and concert halls of the German capital, and drives deftly her own pony -cart almost daily in the Thiergat'te.n, where she has ridden from the time she was quite a tiny girl. The princess is of distinguished presentment, and as full of pluck and spirit 'as any ohe of her six brothers—which is saying a good deal. Dressed in superb white satin, and wearing a simple ribbon wound Princess Victoria Louise of Germany in her Iuxurious tresses, the Prin- cess Louise Victoria was seen the other evening to have on the incom- parable string of pearls which her mother, the Kaiserin, has collect- ed and added to annually since she was a baby. She looked absolute- ly bewitching. Queen Alexandra, it may be not- ed, has also _given to each of her three daughters a precious pearl on every birthday. The fashion is a pretty one, but only practicable to royalties or the wealthy of less ex- alted rank, 31 veseeL"b'm ems eJr renew eese ervice e the Fins aeseesecieseeeeeeeteeeeetees Dairy Breeds. Although the general run of dairy cows are of no definite breed- ing, they are not necessarily the .worse for that. Good dairy qua- lity is a natural characteristic which is hereditary in an eminent degree. A long line of ancestors of dairy diameter on both sides of the fam- ily tree is quite sufficient to insure good dairy quality of the offspring, writes W. B, Gilbert. Dairy character has been devel- oped by careful selection. It is not a quality originally inherent in any one breed, although some breeds prove themselves more amendable to the influence of'selec- tion than others. Dairy farmers aro fully alive to the importance of heredity in this respect, and although they favor cattle or certain breeds, they fight shy of cattle of those breeds from pedigree herds. This is because they have found that pedigree bulls in many instances get calves far in- ferior nt dairy quality to the calves of locally bred bulls. The influence of an unsuitable bull is very far reaching, for his heifers do not show ef what they are capable until three years after his introduction. During these throe years, that bull, if he is a wrong one, will base been destroying the dairy charac- ter that probably took many years to establish. The reason why pedigree bulls in the past have failed ars popular sires .in the dairy herds is to be at- tributed to a groat extent to the cattle shows: Breeders of bulls for sale, naturally look to the show yards for publicity and success to Loring their cattle under the, notice of the: buyers. • Bulls of Dairy Steatite OA; one year old, the ustta? age for exhibiting, do not. 1111 tho eyes with OA same effect es the beef, type, ea they do rot appear in the prize lith 111Pr cern Give Vw u, Ceylon Tea when you ask for it, but there are others who would rather make a bfg profit than serve you well. Ask for "Salads" and see that you eget it. BLACK, MIXED or DRIVEN. ors Sold Only In Load P5015066. 1y alt groeaarea and are branded as inferior accord- ingly, In latter years, a great change has come over the cattle industry. Dairying has advanced by leaps and bounds, Breeders of pedigreed cattle have awakened to the fact of a new po- sition in the dairy industry. Jersey and Ayrshire cattle, having long been bred for dairy cattle, do not come under the ban already men- tioned, but pedigree Shorthorns, although there have always been deep milkers among them, have been regarded with suspicion in the beet dairying districts. Latterly, the herds of Shorthorns that were bred on dairy lines have been pushed very ranch to the front—cows of this breed have ap- peared at the dairy shows and have proven repeatedly that the right sort of Shorthorns can be first-class dairy cows. The following are good dairy breeds: The Jersey is invariably admitted to be the ideal cow for butter pro- duction. In all her points she shows dairy capacity. Light in the flesh she is big in the body, showing plen- ty of room for the vital organs anti also capacity for dealing with the full supply of food, so necessary for a dairy. cow. Island bred Jersey cows have an appearance of delicacy, but the cows bred hereabouts seem to be quite able to stand the climate. The Jersey is occasionally a vary heavy milker. As a rule she milks reason- ably well, but her strong point is The Richness of the Cream. The Ayrshire is a medium-sized cow. Her strong point" is the large average milk yield. Ayrshire milk is not unusually rich in butterfat. It is equally serviceable for butter and cheese making and for the milk trade. The point which recommends a milk for cheese making is the small size of the fat globules in the milk. When they are small, es in the Ayr- shire milk, they do net rise quick- ly so that they are caught in the curd when it coagulates. Jersey milk has large, fat globules which rise quickly, making the milk unsuitable for cheese snaking. The Shorthorn, particularly the Lincoln Red, is in, my experience, the dairy cow par excellence. Enormous yields of milk are quite the rule among good cows of this breed. True, the milk is not over'• it issufficient- ly butterfat, but mbtte rich rich to make the cow a large yielder of Mittel!. It is not uncom mon for Shorthorns to milk over 1,000 gallons in a year; but putting the yield at 800 gallons of eight per cent. milk, we get 240 pounds of butter, while a cow yielding 000 gal- lons of four per cent. milk gives a little over 200 pounds of butter. Shorthorns' milk is suitable fry,' any purpose that Ayesbire,r'iittor can be turned to. When h•,lie Short- horn bas done with the dairy she can bo profitably fattened to a good carcass of beef, w•hiclh is more than can be said of the dairy breeds, ex- cept the Dexter. WE HAVE STARTED A PRIZE C EMI AND D®t TB it's the “Bette tbeCaa Send Post Card to -day forir 74 St. Antoine St., Montre In the interest of purity of goods involv- ing en outlay o£55O, divided into 44 prizes varying from 81885 (first prize) down to g ITIATIII THE "NEW BOY" sACII TRADE Ii.AS A STOCK TRIC'K TO FOOL RM. Willie Tl'alchrs for Clock Tian— Johnny Iinnts Bucket Worn, o Ete., Etc. The butcher, the bar, andlostick maker have i particular jokes which upon the new *buy when 1 *d into 'office. One of the most ami newest trade tricks was et it jeweller's shop when eve 'rpprentioe, destines} to . and clean clocks, is put to work watch- ing for the little pest known as the "clock tick," Clock Pestered by Ticks. "Willie," orders the boss ell Willie's first day in the shop, "here is an old clock that has been pes- iered by tielcs. For to -day you eau work ou this and thereby learn the business from the beginning. Now take this rag and this shingle and :..cation yourself on this stool. I have opened the clock from the back and whenever you ace any of the ticks running out, why pounce upon them and ]till them with the. shingle and then all me. Watch elusely, now." • So Willie watches all day until o'clock comes, *ben the cat is� out of the bag rd Willi jeet for the eft a sub - r. r the shop. n is the :scket Worni.. But tho jewelle• is by no means fhs only tradesman who has a trick for the beginners in his line. Take the paperhangoir, Thus, when asnew boy is taker out on the job,,the conversation it likely to run something like this s "Johnny, that paste bucket there is wel •tife,,lin. e been apretty buckelt worm in--fimfer Thera, we or two, and I think you'eetter run back and get a new one "What's a bucket W011:11, sn timidly asks the eager new works "Never heard of the bucks` worm 1 Why, every paperhangert{ knows about that. It grows in the bucket. Want ±o see it?" Of course Jq, • does see it, and 1 the 1 „ want to d below ua117 is ton /!hrl9r ,MAPLE SYRUP t PRIZE CONTEST Competition is limited to users of the GRIMM CHAMPION EVAPORATOR. Should roc own a grove and want to set the best value out of it, and are not using one of our EVAPORATORS, write to tis, stating how many trees you tap and we will quote you necessary cost 'suited to your needs. Yost can than enter mutant and may wlu a cash prize, thus reducing cost of outfit. Prizes will be given for the best camp es of syrup and sugar gent in by April 16th, closing date of competition. Ssmplee from every competi- tor will he exhibited in the magnificent show windows of 'Tho Montreal Star,' Montreal, during the last two weeks of April. non.'t fail to write at once for cony of our "Prize Contest Clroular;' giving the fullest information. THE GRIMM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. 50 Wellington St., Montreal, Quo. ,ears-.-. -1 Help Y®rself to Health Get rid of' that outside closet on your farm.—it is the cause of most of the sickness in your fancily -- because it is a breeding place for disease. YouCan't Afford to ignore This Fact It stands to reason that by allowing the foul smelling, outside closet to remain within a few steps of your home—it poisons every breath of air you breathe. You andY our wife, daughters and sous—risk 11 health every time you use it. The outside closet 10 really a relict of barbarism --no pre - •gressive farmer should tolerate it. just think how your wife and daughters meet hate its shocking publicity, inconvenience and discomfort. Man -.-make up your ,mind now to blot the *utak% closet from your farm. Let us a how you how yen can install a Greel Health Sanitary' Closet -.-right in your own home -at a very small. oast, imagine the comfort, convenience and proteetinr tri health it moans to you and your family, .Maitf this Coupon to Us Nen' NO W w' HE GOOD HEALTH COMPANY Brockville Ontario COIJPQN l'ho (food Health Co, Gentlemen ee Meese send, me literature oReodnifnpss11 Banitulosoc e .41.6**l.L+Aa Olt 11N, 0 '' , 5550 w is, o the outside 1 r •i to the "make-up" men it is a reaction whenever a naw batch of galley boys coma into the establishment. The type louse is it creature which hibernates in type. If the small boy would see the type louse in his natural haunts he must atand over a form and peer closely into the crevices, Water always draws the louse from his hibernations, and for this reason the printer is considerate* enough to sprinkle wa- ter plentifully over the form. Then, as the boy looks closely between the form and the type, the printer pushes them forcefully together and sends a stream of water into the boy's eye. Tlsilor Inas Ancient Joke. But there aro other curiosities of this nature, not in the form of in- sects or *creatures of flesh and blood. When a new boy enters the tailor shop he seklorn escapes an order to go to e .certain place after a "cross-eyed darning needle." Of course, the next tailor knows the joke and sends the boy to somebody else, until he has made the rounds of the business aecti,ni, and then, glowing with honest effort, lie re- turns to the'effiae to find a howl of dorision greeting him. sh I A.RT1I AND SUN. Infhlenoe of the—Former on Clouds and Solar Ball. The manner in which comets' tails are driven off in a direction away from, the aunt is proof t:itat there is" a repulsive as well as an attractive .action exercised. by the sun, and the streamers and rays of the corona testify to a similar et - root. So, too, 'the recurrence of magnetic sterns on the ,earth at inira'vale ecrresponding to the steer rotation proves ilial the sun' is able. to drive particles in streams across the mighty gulf between it'and the earth. It . msy well ler, then, that the presence of the sun's radiation, which has a, strong repellent, ire tion on minute earth:Ise, may, :for the solar' clouds, alemet neutralize its gravitatitra. With the fomes acting ole these clouds almost in a state of balance, the feeble pull of the earth nine be quite sufficient to alter their dist vibe time incl time to hide, to sumo degree, small spiry in piasticular pod -hoes with rerearcl to it. 'Nevertheless it :is worlderflil and unexpected filet the earl•h should exercise any influence at all onthe wideeprered convulsions of the solar surface ; and yet more wonder'£ui and tlne:xpeated that the evidence ofriueh infix^rice should be visible to tta llinaty-three mil- Bone of Miles away, Q.. 'h ✓- r