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The Brussels Post, 1913-5-22, Page 2' `'rAt' ''�."@,�M"4t,'Y1r'b''M-•'B i%' ''r•':tl' 'e\•�!' ivamowitdeywoweO ti i 'i 1 Garrison& of t Or, A Mysterious Affair. CIIAPTCI' Viii:-•(Coat'd). Bat it proved tae be ordained that tn- etead o' my saying the word, it should. sate 'free the general lamsel', It wee nee day aboot the puri o' Soptpmbor, 1 was omen' cot o' tha stable, after g1elp' its oats tee the horse, when 1 seed -a groat mucklo loon come hoppht' on ane leg up the drive, mair like a big, M- atured craw than a man. When 1 clap- ped ray e'en on him I thocht that maybe this wee abs o' the reseals that the wuis. ' for had been epoukbi about, eu witltuct mail. ado I fetched oot my bit stick with the intention d' trying it mem the Ilm- mer's ]teed. He aced me comfit' toward him, and readin' my intentlen free my look maybe, or frau the stick in my hand, he 'need oot a long knife frae ltio pocket and swore wi' the most meth' oaths that if I didoa' stars' back he'dbe the death o' me, Ma conscieno, the words the ohiel used was enough toe mak' the hair sten' 5u'aight on your heed? I wonder he )?oke. In the center of this table there stood a large object of Irregular outline, whish was covered over with a sheet of linen. AU round the walla and in the 60rnere were arranged a very ,hetet, and varied coileotion of arms, principally swords, some or which were of the straight pattern in common use In the British army, while among tate °there wore scimi- tars, tulwars, ouehurri0,1, and a sore of other epecimone of Oriental workmanship. Many of these were richly mounted with inlaid sheathe and hilts sparkling with precious atones, so that there was a piqu- ant 00nt1'ast between the !impurity of the apartment and the wealth which glit- t ered ou the walls. I had little time, however, to observe the general's 0011or- tion, since the general himself lay upon his couch and was evidently iu sore need of my services. Ile was lying with hie head turned half away from us, breathing heavily, and apparently uue0tleelene of our presence. weenie struch doid where he stood. We leis bright, staring eyes and the deep wore still etandln' oppositeeach iota1 - hectfe nusit upon late alteek showed that he wi' his knife and me wi' the stick- his fever wan at its bright. I advanced whoa the general he cum up the drive to the bedside, and, stooping over him, I and foond us. Tae my surprise Ile began placed my fingers upon his pulse, when the talk tae the stranger are if he'd immediately he sprang up into the site keaued him a' hie days. ting position and struck at me frenziedly "Put your knife in your pocket, ear- with his clenched hands. I have never poral," says he. "Your fears have turned 'your brain." .. Blood and wounder" says the other. "He'd ha' turned my brain tae dome pur- p08e wr that muckle stick o' his. if I hadna' drawn my enickerenee. You ehouldaa' keep stcoan au mild aaeage ou your premises. The Moister he frond and looked black at him as though he didna' eolith advice eotnin' frae such a source. Then turutn' tae mo, "Youwon't be wanted after to- day, Israel," he says; "you have been a guid servant and I ha' nothing tae cam - plain of wi' ye, but eircametancea have arisen wheelt will cause me tae change my arrangements. "Very guid, 4410," says I. "You can go this evening," says he, "and you shall have an extra month's pay the mak' up t'ye for this abort notice." Wi' that he went intoe the boos,, fol- lowed by the man that he ca'ed the cor- poral, and frae that day tae thie I bate Hover clapped e'en either on the ane or the Ether, ety money was sent of tae. me lu an envelope, and Navin' said a few pairtin' words the the cook and the wench wd' reference tae the wrath tae come and the tl+eneure that is richer than ridden, I shook the duet o' Clombor frae my feet for ever. Moister Fothergill West says I maun- na' express en epeenion as tae what cum aboot afterward, but maun confine mysel' tae what I saw mysel'. Nae doobt he has his reasons for this -and far be it frau Inc the !tint that they are no guid axes - but I main oay this, that what happened didna' surprise me. It was just as I ex- ppeokit, sad so I said tae Meister Donald MeSnaw. I've tauld ye a' aboot it no and I havena' a word tae add or tae withdraw. I'm mnokle obleeged tao Meis- ter Mathew Clark for puttin' it a' doun in wrttin' for me, and if there's ony would wish tae sitter ouythtng made 0' me I'm well kenned and respeckit in Eeclefeehan, and Moister 3loNeil, the fac- tor o' Wigtown, eau aye tell whereI am tae be foond. CHAPTER IX. (Narrative of John Easterling, F.R.C.P., Edin.) Having given the statement of Israel Stakes in extensor, I. shall now append a short memorandum from Dr. Easterling, 710w practising at dtranraer. It is true that the doctor was only once within the walls of Clomber during its tenancy by General Heatheretone, but titers were Acup ofTEA that is a Safe, Pure,Stimula- frog and Wholesome Beverage. 080 SEALED LEAD PACKETS. ONLY.. seen such intensity of fear and borror stamped upas a human fare as appeared upon that which watt now glaring up at me. Bloodhound!" he yelled; "let me go - let me go,. I say! Keep your hands tiff me, Is -it not enough that my wife has been ruined? When is it all to end? Bow long am I to endure it?" "Hush, dear, .hush!" said hie wife in a soothing voice, passing her cool hand over his heated forehead. "This is Doc- tor Easterling, from etranraer. Ile has not come to harm you, but to do you good," The -general dropped wearily bnek up- on his pillow, and 1 could see by the changed expression of his face that the delirium had left him, and that Ile un- derstood what had been said. I slipped my clinical thermometer into bfs iu'mplt and counted his pulse rate. It amounted 1e.. 120 per minute, and his temperature proved to be 104 degrees. Clearly it was m case of remittent fever, suchas octant in men who have spent a great Part of their lives in the tropias. "There is no danger," I remarked. "With a little gain• iue and arsenic we shall very soon over- come the attack and restore his Health." "No danger, eh?" he Bald. "There nev- er is any danger for we, I am as hard to kill as the Wandering Jew. I arc quite clear in the head now, Nary; so you may Leave 1110 with the doctor." Mrs. Heatheretone left the room-ra- thee unwillingly, as 1 thought -and I sat down by the bedside t0 listen to anything which my patient might have to com- municate. "•I want you to examine my liver," he said, when the dor was closed. "I used to have an abscess there, and Brodie, the etaif surgou, said that itwasten to one that it would carr tae on. 114ave not felt much of it 011100 1 left the East. This is wthere it used to be, .just under the angle of the ribs." "I ,4111 find the place,'said I. after making a careful examination; "but I am happy to tell you that the aboeee has either been entirely absorbed, or has t urned calcareous, as three solitary ab- scess will. There is no fear of its doing You any harm now." lie seemed to bo by no means overjoy- ed at the intelligent*, "Things always happen so with me," he said moodily. "Now, if another fellow was feverish and delirious he would Barely be in some danger; and yet you will tell zee that 0 some circumstances connected with this am hi none. Look at this, now." He visit wbich made it valuable, especially ereddwound over the regit and ondof the heart, when considered ne a supplement to the ..That's where the Jezail bullet of a hill - experiences which I have just submitted man went in, You would think that was to the reader. The doctor has found time amid the calls of a busy country prac- in the right spot to settle a man; and ret what does at do but glance on taco to lot down his recollections, and I upon e g feel that I cannot do better than subjoin rib, and clean round and out at them exactly as they eland. hack, without so much penetrating ea pleura. .Did I have very much pleasure in furnish' ever you hear of such a thing?" ing Mr. Fothergill West with as account I "Youywere certainly born under a of my eot:tary visit to Oloomber- Hall,. "Th is a I observed, with a smile. not only 0u account of the esteem which "That's a matter of op"Dea;' he an- not have formed for that gentleman ever terror, shaking his head. Death has no since his residence at Brankeome, but terrors for me, if it will but come in also because it is my conviction that the some familiar form; but I confess that (note in the case of General Heatherstdne 1 the anticipation of some strange, some ore of such a singular nature that ft is'1pr'eternatural form of death is very ter - of the highest importance that they should I tibia am n," said be placed before the public in a trust- - You mean' at y I, rather puzzled a - worthy manner, her remark, 'that you would prefer a nn- It was about the beginning of Septem- iteral death to a deatb by violence." bet of the year before last that I resew Nd, I don't mean that exactly;' he an- ed a note from Mrs. Heatherp�one, severed. I am too familiar with cold Cloomber Hall, desiring me to make steel and lead to be afraid of either. D0 profeeeional call upon her husband, whose you know anything about odytic force, doter?" health, she said, bad been for some time , in a very unsatisfactory state. I had ...No, I dn not," I f there glancing sharp - beard something of the Heathere1onea of ht him to nee if there weis any 1tgua and of the strange seclusion in which they of his idntelligent, returning. and thexeavlon lived, so that I was very much pleased � lobe 11811 had de fro the fo.ter• at thie opportunity of making their 010- Mb (tush had faded Prom his cheeks. ser acquaintance, and lost no time in Alt, you western selentifie men are very, oomplyiog with her request. I had known much behind the day to some thierial the Hall in the old days of Mr. McVittfe, an remarked. "In all that le he body the original proprietor, and I was scion- and are pre., 0 the comfort of the body !shed on arriving at the avenue gate to you are pre-emineof, but in what concerns observe the changes which had taken the subtle force of unsure and the lett place. The gate itself, which .uaed to elle powers of the human spirit your best yawn so hospitably upon the road, was 'men are centuries behind the humblest now barred and locked, and a high wood- coolies ofeIndia. Countless generations on fens with nails upon the top encircled of beef -eating, comfort -loving ancestors the whole grounds. The drive itself was have given our animal instlnets the com- leaf•strotan and unsafe,) for, and the mond over our spiritual ones. The body, 7011016 place and a depressing air of 4100-+ which should have been a mere tool for Met and decay, I dog use of elle soul, has now become a I had to knock twice before a servant degrading prison in whibb it is confined. maid opened the door and ehowed mo The Oriental caul and body pro hat so through a dingy hall into a smart room, ''wedded together as ours are, and there whore sat an elderly, careworn lady, who .d far lase wrench when they part iu. introduced 'herself as Mrs. Hoatheratdne. 1 fleluth." With herr pale face, her gray hair, her They do not appear to derive moth benefit from this peculiarity in their or- ganization,I remarked, increduouely. "Merely the benefit of superior know- ledge," the general answered. "If you were to go to India, probably the very fleet thing you would Boo in the way of amnaement would be a native doing what long time ries been in a very weak state. is called the mango trick, Of Dorso you We came to thio part of the country in have heard 10 read or ft. The fellow the hone. that the ]tracing air and the ; plants a mango seed, and makes passes quiet would have a god effect upon him, hover it until it sprouts and bears Maws Instead el improving, however, he hue hod fruit -all in the space of half an seemed to grow weaker, and this as I hour. It is not really a trick -it !s a ing he is in a high fever and a little In. T twat, These men knew more than your cline,) to bo delirious. 'The children and yndalls or Huxley0 do about nature's e. I were se frightened that we sant for 1071 tar,) her and they can subtlaccelee 31 of at once. If you' will follow meI will take turd here was no by subt.e means of you to:the .general's bedroom" ;caste conjurors-�asa they yl are called -are ed on. 'rhea° -are She led the way down a series of earl• ;caste vulgar dabblers, but the men who dors to the obnmber et the sick man, have trod the !,)ghat path, the brethren which was situated in the exerelna wing of the Ragl•zog. aro far more our super!• of the building. 10 70418 a oarp00lcas, oro Yrs knowledge than we aro 00 the bleak -looking room, scantily furnished, Hottentots or Patagonians." With a ,mal} trnelcle bots, 8 0ampaignhlg i „you speak as if you were well ac- ehair, and a 0011' dim1 tab10, on which i quainted with thein," I remarked, , 004'4 seattcree nnmer0i18 papers and , "To my cost, I do," he answered, 'T have been brought in contact with them . 1n a way in which I trust no other poor devil ever will be, But, really, as re. yards odylle force you aught to knew something of it, for it bile a great tutor, before it fnyour profession. Yon should rend ltetchonbachet Iteseerohee on Meg, 6 ,i'.ain a.nl V10411 001X.0; and 'LettersOregeres on Magnetism,' These, supplemented by the twenty-seven Aphor. i0me of Moaner, and the works of Dr, .1uetinn8 Itcrnr, Of Weinoberg, would on - Inn° "Gilt ideas." 7 did not parti0ularly relish haring 4t� our8n of reading prescribed for me on a subject connected with my own profes- 'slon, so I made no 'comment, bet rose to take my departure, Ilef0rc doing NO I bit'111e pulse once mora and found that, the lover had 01111110 mit him, in the sudden anttecountablo fashion whi<th is peCuli41r to these malari0ue type, of alis. tem 0 turned my bum tpwarci Trim tti sad, colorless eyes and her faded ellk dres8, she was in perfect keeping with her melancholy eurroundinga. "You find us in much trouble, doctor," 0110 said la a quiet, refined voice. "My poor huehand has had a great deal to worry 11118, and his nervous system for a I. 00. Oufhto Shoe Far lsiiei:ybody. . THE PERFECT SHOE "Old SiJMMER SPORTS ASIC YOUR DEALER, 1 Black, Green and Mixed. congratulate him upon his improvement, and etretched out my hand at the seine time to Melt my glovesfrom the table, with the result that I raised not only my own property. but also the linen cloth which wan arranged over some object in the center. I might not have noticed w hat I had done had I not seen an angry look upon the invalid's face and heard him utter an impatient exclamation, I at once turned, and replaced the cloth so promptly that I should bave been unable. to say what was underneath it, beyond baying a general impression that it looked like n bride cake. "All right, doctor," the general Bald good htunoredly, perceiving how entirely accidental the incident was. "There Is no ✓ eason why you should not see it," and stretching out his hand he palled away the linen covering for the second time. I then perceived that wbat I had taken for a bride cake was really an admirably eveented model of a lofty range of moun- tains, whose snow -clad peaks were not ate like the familiar sugar pinnacles and minarets. "These aro the Himalayas, or at leant the Surinam branch of them," he remark- ed, "showing the principal passes between India and Afghanistan. It 16 an excellent model. This ground hue a special inter- est far me, because it ie the scene of my first campaign. There is the pass oppo- site lealabagh and the Thul Palley, whore I was engaged during tthc summer of 1841 in protecting the convoys and keeping the Afride in order. It wasn't a sinecure I promise you," "And this." said I, indicating a blood - red spot which had been marked on one side of the pees which he had pointed out -"this is the scene of some fight !n which you were engaged." "Tea, we had a skirmish there," he an- swered, lashing forward and looking at the red mark. "We were attacked by--" At this moment he fell back upon his pil- low ere if he had been shot, while the same look of horror came over his face which I had observed when I fleet enter- ed the room. 3t the same instant there came, apparently from the air homed!- ately above his bed, a sharp, ringing, tinkling sound, wbich I can only compare to the noise made by a bicycle alarm, though it. differed from this in having a distinctly throbbing character. I have never, before or since, heard any sound which. could be confounded with it. I etaeed round in astonishment, wonder- ing where it couldhave come from, but without perceiving anything to which it could be ascribed. "It's all right, doctor," the general said with a forced smile. "It's only my private gong. Perhaps you had better step downstairs and write my proscrip- tion in the dining -room," Be was evidently anxious to get rid of me; so I wart forced to take my ammo - jure, though I would gladly have stayed a little longer, in the 'hope of learning something as to the origin of the mys- terious Bound. I drove away from the house with the full determination of cal- ling again upon my interesting patient, and endeavoring to elicit eom° further particulars as to his past life and hie present circumstances, I wan destined, however, to bo disappointed; for I receiv- ed that very evening a note from the general himself, inolosing a handsome fee far my single visit, and informing me that my treatment had done him so much good that he considered himself to be convaleaoent, and would not trouble me to see Itlm again. This was the Inst and the only communication wbie.h I ever received from the tenant of Clomber. I. bave been frequently asked -by neigh - bore and others who were interested in the matter, whether he gave the the hn- President of insanity. To this I must un- hesitatingly answer in the negative. On the contrary, his remarks gave me the idea of a man wise bad both rend and thought deeply. I observed, however, during our eiugle interview, that his.re- flezes were feeble, his arcue senilis well marked, and his arteries atheromatous - all 010140 that his reinstitution was in an unsatisfactory condition, and that a sud- den crista might be apprehended. (To be continued.): A. Bore. "She doesn't think much of her husband 2" "No, She says, even the things he says in his sleep are terribly dull and uninteresting." She—But, Jack, dear, fancy eom- ing in such shabby clothes when you are going to ask papa's consent'? He —That's all right; I once had a new shit ruined. Mother—Are you quite happy, Bertha? 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He be- gan to earn his living when he was thirteen, and was for sev- oral yeare a clerk in the service of the North - East- ern Railway Company at Newcastle. Turning his attention to journalism he joined the staff of the "Nation," and occu- pied his spare time by reading for the Bar, His abilities attracted the attention of Mr. Purnell, who made him his private secretary, and then secured his election as member for Waterford, Mr. Healy's vitrolic methods soon attracted attention in Parliament. He has probably said more witty things than any of his contempor- aries in the House of Commons. On one occasion he described a bill as "the offspring of a headache at the Irish Office," whilst he declar- ed that the appointment of the late Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman as Chief Secretary was an attempt to govern Ireland with Scotch jokes. One day he convulsed the House by declaring: "There are two united parties in this House; I'm one of them," and there was a bit of per- sonal feeling in his plaint that the Speaker "sat on the pounce to catch errant I rishmen. Though Mr.Healy often displayslaY s great bitterness, he is a very emo- tional man, who takes a delight in the society of children, and the story is told of a ten -year-old girl who said to a gentleman who failed to attract her attention : "To tell you the truth, Mr. Healy has spoilt me for all other men I" 83003T YOUR TOWN DV ORQp,IV0Zlydtd A BRASS BAND Information on this oublect with printed Instructions for ama- teur bands and a printed forth of Constitution and liyel.aws for bands, together with our big catalogue, will be mailed PRISE on request. Address D•,gie,„rt A," WINNIPEGTHE TO MANITOBA I R. S. ILLI��NIS L M I T 411 I ONTARIO Mr. Titn Healy. Reason Enough. "But, Peter, you should be grate- ful that you were saved from drowning, and not cry like that." 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This can be accomplished largely by brushing off all the loose dirt and dust from the flanks and udder, but, if at all convenient, it is even better to wipe the udder with a damp cloth, This will take but a moment and will prevent large quantities of filth from get- ting into the milk. The milker interested in a pure, wholesome product should insist on wearing a special suit while milk- ing. This suit neer not be a white one, but such a one has the advant- ages of at least showing when it has become soiled, and further- more, if the milker is to keep it clean he will soon be forced to keep everything about him clean. The warm milk as it conies from the cow offers a splendid medium for the favorable growth of all kinds of bacteria which may gain access to it. In order to lessen this de- velopment milking should be done as carefully and quickly as possible and the milk strained through a metallic strainer Do not use a cloth strainer, for even under good conditions this soon becomes a hot- bed for bacteria, Milk bottles are frequently returned from homes where contagious diseases exist. To prevent the spread of epidemics the important work of washing milk utersils should not be intrusted to little children. Scoring the Seeds Tao Deeply. More seeds are probably killed by sowing or covering too deeply than too lightly. It is no uncommon thing to find small seeds covered with a quarter or over half an inch of soil. Thousands so deeply sown per- ish, germs either never collie t0 life at all or are quite unequal to rop- ing with such a weight of covering of earth. Only the larges seeds of vege- tables should be sown to a quarter to one inch depth. Peas, beans and such like seeds may go underground two or three inches, het the smaller vegetables and Sower seeds can hardly be cov- ered too lightly provided they are covered. It should. alw▪ ays be borne in mind that deep sowing ruins more seeds than any other fault or mis- take, Hints for the Hoe Raiser. Comfort is cheaper than corn. Pigs eholtld never be fed on the ground in a yard or pen where their own excrement abounds. Changing from place to place in the pasture does very well in the summer, but in the winter a good feeding floor should be provided. • Never compel hogs to sleep in straw stacks, manure piles or any place where they will come out steaming and sneezing in the morn- ing, Good care :means good breeding, good .feeding, -constant watelifulnoss tr, small details and filially mark- eting at the right time to geb the most dollars. We cannot grow pigs `profitably without feed enough to keep 'them gaining steadily. • 03 OIs, Judues. "I head' that this ,9iilens aro .cep; -crated," said Mes, Arnold to her hnaband, "Yee," replied. Mr. Ar- nold ; r-nold; "and after the separation be sent her a legal document, giving her control of their child." "Oh; James," gaid the wife, with a sigh;. wish we could get a doetiinent that; would give its control of 01111. 'children l" A failllyd ie a man who slag quit trying -bo find something he pari dot