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Or, A Coming Vengeance
OHAPTER XXIX.-(Oontfnued).
Lady' Edith gripped ho by the shoulder
As the knelt, and, bend ng forward, look
a
od into the duck, .glowing eyes with a,
exproaelon which reflected that In them
Ai'o you sure, are you sure?" she pant
ed, "Oen you -Dan you reach 11i,1 xeae
her—" She caught. her breath. "Ca
you make him suffor-through her? Wha
am I saying? what could we. do? And 1
wo could--- No, no, let him go—i An
yet—that ggirl—a. common girl!"
Sar distorted started fano 'twisted into
smile; dib laughed, ti low harsh laugh
and nodded two or vet triumph. with a
a "Clan
I of ldearie ve Triumph,
Can I not, decrier she hissed. "Yo
shall see. And seeing, you shall bo natio
fled. roe; satisfied. Be calm, misei0; nes
8008 your soul in patience. You will no
have long to wait. Sara 'promises you
that—Sara, who Pureed you on hor bosom
Sara who knows hew to strike when he
beloved one is hurt, and wounded to th
heart."
But Lady Edith scarcely heeded 01
head: or did she?
CHAPTER. XXX,
Clive did not go round to Grosvenor
Square that night; for he felt *.ha -t he
could 1101 meet. Lady Edith, and play hie
-part in what had become a tragedy. With
Mina's voice still ringing in his ears, the
remembrance of her tears, the touch of
her hand,.eo keen and vivid. He worked
at hie office up to a :very sato hour, and
of course, got very little sleep during
what -cemaiaod• of the 'night, 0?, rather.
the -early morning.
He was at hie office again a little after
ton, and looked w fagged and wan that
Iiiateeoretasy-was moved to rgmonetrate.
1`'.on're rushing on to a breakdown, lfi'.
Harvey,' he Said, 1 know the signs very
well: 1' caw them. in Mr, Mervyn" -Mr.
Mervyn was a former Home Secretary—"he
,Suet looked as you look, and he wouldn't
listen to any of vs when we warned him
but ho load to cave in: ho had a very bad
time."
Olive laughed indifferently, "I'm
stronger than I look. my dear fallow," he
said; 'hut thank you all the same. I'll
knock off for a bit when we get through
this present batch of work."
The secretary had tensely gone off
with his pilo of letteln when Lord Chee-
terleigh was announced; and the moment
he entered the room Olive caw that some-
thing was the matter.
"Edith?" he said, appr'edionatvely.
"Yea; it's, Edith," responded Lord Ghce-
terleigh. She is not well -there is no
cause ter alarm, my dear Clive --she was
taken ill last night. I sant for Sir An-
drew as soon as I could tliie morning; and
he said that she was suffering from some
strain,' that it wase a kind of nervous ool-
term, and that she must remain quiet,
aid Gee no one. He added that she ought
to go out of town, up North somewhere;
and Edith took it into her head to start
for Scotland."
To Scotland!" echoed Clive. "Do you
Moen that she is already gone?"
Y.e8.' replied Lord Cheetorioigh grave-
ly. "She ineiated upon going at oboe; she
would not let me send for you or evon
let you know. I have just taken her to
the station.
Clive rose, and paced up and down with
a troubled air at the 111808 of work on his
table, It le impossible for me to go to
her," he said.
Rhe knows that," Lord Chesterleigh
said quickly; "and she doe's not wish you
to. Don't be hurt, my dear boy, Sir
Andrew thinks it would bo better for her
to be quite alone for n. little while." He
reused -a. moment. "You know Edith,
Clive. She is --is different from most R1r10.
I wag going to say that she is peoulior;
but that isnot the word. You know how
highly strung she is, how sensitive, nod,
for all her apparent oo1nwees and self.
Possesaion. bow easily and d00niv she 1s
moved;. Tbo strain at the election, poor
-Delnh'e- death. the postponement of the
wedding --they have, to use a 8011111108 hut
expre give phrase, got on her nerves, She
has gone to our shooting box—it is come -
thing more thaw a box -at Talnymuir,
and there she will he Quiet, absolutely
quiet,_and well looked after."
"She will have Sara with her," murmur.
ed Clive thoughtfully,
`:No; site has not taken Sara; for some
'reason or other she did notwith to have
her; butellehas taken her maid, who is
8.110081 80 devoted to her ae Sora is.
There 10 nothing to be alarmed about; or,
-of coarse, I should not have let her go. or
- should have gone with her. As ie is, I,
thelf run up ae 00011 8e I can get away."
He was Foreign Secretary again, of
course. He sighed. One hears a great
deaf about' 'the sweets of office,' and we
fellows who are in' are envied by those
who know nothing about It."' Ile looked
at the, table laden with, papers and let-
tere. 'Hero are we Inc slaving as City
clerks never have slaved; and all the
thanko w -e shall get at the end of our
. term will . be vituperation and abuse.
Even at •this. moment I know that I must
not keep your and, Indeed, I must go back
to my own den."
"I'11 write to Edith at once," said Clive
in a low voice.
Lord Oheatorieigh turned, with hie hand
unoh the door. Yes do, But dont be
alarm/Lel .or worried if ebo should not re.
P17 quickly; for she told me, just ae the
train started, that Sir Andrew said she
was not to write letters or worry about
anything." .
Clive nodded, and eat down to life work
again. He was distressed by Edith's i11 -
nese; but, with a, settee of guilt and shame,
he w'a0 con•soious of a feeling of relief.
Ho wrote. to her; but he tore up the begin-
ning of two letters; and he knew that
the third which ho flurthed was, for all
hie 'protestations of grief at her illness
and their parting, cold and forced, No.
reply Dame to this letter, but on the third
day -he was dining at Grosvenor Square
lord Oheeterleigh told .him that he had
itad a letter ttrom ndtth
She was better; she wonid write to Clive
rr0101)10_ and he 211141 011 n0 88001101 to
-Lord Ohesterleigh and he spent. a quiet
hour or two, then Clive started for the
House. As be was pat;laittg through the
dining -room -Sara entered the hall. She
stood beide to let him pate as usual, and
'salaamed) profoundly.
I am glad to hear that your mistress is
better,, 8aaa;' ho egad. .
' She raised her oyes, almost hidden by
tato thin ellken shawl, and said, in her
80100111.voice:
r'Yel: she is better, eahib; she will be
quite well soon -11 Blot is left quite alone..
The sahib knows that, and will not go to
(1,
.'e frowned slightly; for there was 41
note of familiarity, of insolence, in the
woman's voice which r ,Jarred upon
I stn surpr'ieed thatyou ore not with
your misteese, Sara,". 110 said,
5110 threw out her hands; then creased
them meekly on her Voltam.
It le told where my' lady has gone;
and your n te'vant fettle Cho oold, sahib,
Olive' reseed, on, .and left ,the ]louse, AS
he did 8a he remernbered he wanted some
papers 'which he bad left on hie table at
Burlofah' Stekst; snit he took a' cab, and
told, the mai 10 drive quickly, He ran
up the Matra, and opened the door sharp-
ly; but eteppod dead ehort, for he was
ct ley the weird figure of Tibby.
Har 1008 was white, her hat awry', and
8114 }}qqaa•o evidently in a state' of terrible
05ttation.
=Tibli,,yl" `11e exclaimed."Why—I"
Sho broke' in noon him with a erg half-
tbre aton ing;haliImyiloring:
Whets to AWL" sh8 demanded fiercely.
".Where 10 she? what have you done. wit
her? 11've sett rooted for in your r00111,
S1ia'8 not .here—you n80,1r 't tell me that.
what have you d0110 witif her?"
Cllivo'a heart ea1lc with a terrible fore•
boding,
no you tlrean Mina,'fibhyP" he &eked.
"0' course I mean Mina I" the retorted.
"Ne Neel I went, hor. I want her at
.oncol You have spirited her away 00rn0-
where,"
Clive 061 hie teeth hard:, fear, dread of
ha knew not at, threatened to over,
2helm 1tim. alt WAS lost, perhaps In
danger -of what? -and it behoved biro t
retain- hie Balm, to command all his fa*
ultiea-to meettheNolo. 'fie bulled hlmsol
together, and. laid his hand. on: Tibbs
ehoulder.
Yon think I have spirited Mina away
Tibby?"' he said. "Look in my face, To
know that I have not done 0o, that I d
not know where robe is. Be calm, 'ribb
--it's easy to give way; 1 myself sou]
give way, but we must tot do 110; fon' w'
want all our wits, all our courage."
She had shaken his hand front Iia
shoulder; but ahc had obeyed Ills co
wand, and had looked into his eyes; an
she knew that he lvae speaking the truth
Her lips quivered, and her eyes fllle
with tears, but she dashed them 1flea
fiercely.
Whero is she, then?" she demanded
"I'm frightened out o' my life."
She was shaking violently. Clive gent(
forced her into a chair, poured out 8001
wine, and insisted, with a gesture, 01
her drinking -it,
Now. toll me everything," he said
"Mind! Everything."
Gulpingdown a sob and struggling for
her words, Tibbs said:
She went away this arternoon. She
was alone there -father had gone to see
after a place in' a band, and I was at the
factory, When I got home to tea I found
she'd gone. 8110 had left a letter for me
-I 6821 at once it was a spoof, though it
deceived her, For why? because shad go
to the and of the earth 1f she thought you
were in trouble, and wanted her,
In trouble? wanted hail" Olive cried.
"The note, Tibby, tho notal -Ah, don't say
that you've not brought it, girl!"
'I've brought, it right enough," Tibby
said chokingly; as she produced it.
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CHAPTER XXHI,
Ctive almost snatched the note from
Tibby's hand. It was written on ball a
sheet of notepaper, and consisted only of
a few liners. He read them aloud through
his clenched teeth:
"Mr. Harvey has met with an accident,
and 1e badly hurt. He has sent for one
and I must go—you know I mu01 g0. 11b•
byl I am so afraid, in eueh dread, that
I can scarcely write. I will comp back as
soon as possible, or send for you. 01.
Tibby, if he ohouid be badly hurt, dying!'
Clive folded the nota, and put it in kis
waistcoat pocket near his heart.
•I did not send for her." he saki, al,.
most to himself. "Who can ba.ve Clone it
-with what motive?"
I knew you wasn't hurt," acid Tibby.
"You wouldn't have sent for her and
frightened her if you had been; but I
thought it was a plant to get' her to come
to you."
Clive began to pace up' and down the
room; but he knew that he must remain
absolutely calm, and he eat down again.
And you came to me at once, 'ribby?
Quito right! Don't bo frightened. She
cannot be in any danger: how ran the?
It is tome foolish trick, Some practical
joke." But even 8e he spoke, he knew
that the explanation w'as a feeble one.
Is it. poseible -to 11nd out how she got
t1,e supposed 010018ge from me?"
A messenger boy brought it," replied
Tibby sharply. Of course, I asked the
landlady and. Amelia Gertrude -that's the
<decry. A messenger boy came with it.
He must have brought a letter; but if
he did, the took 1t with her."
Clive stifled a. groan. If she had only
Ieft it, if she had -only said in bar note
where she was going!" he said. Is,there
no other clue? Think, think!• Every lit-
tle thing, any little incident that may be
connected. however indirectly—have 1041
noticed any etrattgers about the Renta?"
Tibby made an impatient gesture.
"There's always etra.ngera going in and
out; an' I don't take no notice of 'em.
Why should I:"" She was - silent a, m0•
went, then obe looked up with an acute
expremi*n on her shrewd face. "Stop!
There was that man, that dirty furrin
chap that helped to bash you at the all
that night -1 saw him crossing the arch-
way-whY,-11 was the day I met you, and
let you go to Mina.
Koshkf!" said Clive.
"Yea," assented Tibby. ""An' come to
speaking of furrinere, there was -a kind,
of Italian woman or a Indian, au' old wo-
man wrapped up 1n shawls like, with
gold ear -range; .Ove seen her once or
twice, and I saw her walking on the other
aide of .the road to Hoohki; but they did-
n't speak to. each other."
"Sara!" murmured Clive inaudibly.
The introduction of Sara into the affair
only served to complicate and int.eneify
the mystery. And yet -could it be Pee-
tible that ohs was concerned in tho ab-
duction? Abduction! To the generality
of people the word would have sounded
an 'extravagant 010, one savoring of
melodrama and the far-fetched; but Clive
knew enough of the dark side of London
life to be aware that hot only abduction
but murder itself was often committed,
and that in some eases neither the crime
nor the criminals were disclosed. Men
and women disappeared almost daily and
were never discovered. Sometimes a body
was found floating down towards the
mouth of the Thames or lying under a
hedgerow in a. -remote country place.
Sometimes one of the quint and innocent -
looking foreign barques which sailed from
port of London curled a drugged
man, hidden away under the hatohe8. All
large cities have their dark and hidden
erimee; and no city has such mysterious
slams, such infernos of vice, such dens Lf
infamy, ae London.
His heart sank with fear, and yet it
throbbed with a sense of fury; but he
maintained a show of composure; for
Tibby'0 eyes were on him, full of pathetic
anxiety and e. nameless terror,
We will go down to the Rents," he
said. "Some one may have seen some-
thing. We may obtain some clue.""
They went down in a cab, and while
Tibby ran upstairs in the vain hope of
finding Mina there, or 00me memos re from.
her, chive looked about him .almost as
hopelessly. He had kept, the cab waiting
at the archway, and half a dozen urchins
were larking round it and chaffing the
cabman.
One boy, older than 111e rest, wall esp8•
dully impudent, and the cabman flicked
at him with the whip, and said severely:
"Ain't you Powe eeen a decent cab
afore, you young eavagcs? I 0 po0e yea
ain't, an' its a. 1081118)' treat, or you,"
"Garnl" yelled the boy. ""Whv, we've
got ry cabman ae lives here an' keeps is
ors° in that stable." Be kiced hie leg
n the direction of asked, "An', ways
more, he's judt gorne off on a job with a
young tidy"
:Fitt "blood rushed to Clive'e face, and he
r10d 111111.9 so that tho cabman and the
boys should not observe the excitement,
newild excitement of hope which he
displayed itself in his face. Then
10 -sauntered tnwarde the group, lounged
garnet the archway for a minute or twe,
and, eventually catching the boy's eye,
nodded to him.
The bog looked afraid at Aret; but Clive
added again, and held up a shilling, and,
fter a time, tate boy eddied towards iiia,
Look here," mid Clive, drawing him
apart, "1'11 give you this and another
no on the top of It, if 21011'11 tell me
where the young lady told tho cabman
d11111 her,"
Tho boy, eyed the shilling' hungrily, but
tis face fell,
"Wish I could, guv'nor," he eaid; "bot
&into. I eea b,er start; but ohs didn't
ova n0 Borders; rine seamed firOfored and
meet, en' elle 'andett up a paper to 8111,
a cabman,"
Olive's' heart anuli eagle, "I a ilmose he
n't mile back? He'll go on the oraw1 P"
d oa1d,
'No;' replied VA hey 'euttl.y; "hell
oma back tete, Dos he's a day Dab, tin
o nuts "iA 'or08 up early.
Abbey+, ,na ho spoke, Clive hefted the
sound aI wh001e. Ifo droit ed haif a
row•n 1010,18 iwy'a hand, and Went anlek-
p to the archway. A 080th and vont
heckle cab drove in and (flil'o went, ue
to it. lie 0821 a a glances t tat the driver
o drunk; and forcing 11tns011 to same
degroa of ilationee, lee etreited until the
fresh from the Gardens
of • the finest Tea -producing country in
the world.
t!
Ceylon Tea. Sealed Lead Packets Only.
Try it—it's delicious. BLACK, MIXED or GREEN.
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man had latched off hie perch before atd-
da'eesiug him.
"Had a long drive?" he said pleaaontly
anal c1011014%
The cabman stared at him, then smiled
and winked knowingly,
"lla- the1', guv.mer," he replied,
"And you left the young lady there?"
said Clive in a mntter.of•fact lay,
'I did,'" responded the man. "Took he
to her friend as was waiting for her, An
a very nice and liberal cove .h0 was
"raiu't orftena pose cabby has such a
good drink stoed i i, An' 110 'aggling
over the fare, neither," bo added utrctn•
ously. "Rum kind o' lace to take a
young lady, nut tinsel As no business o'
mine! Queer cattle, women, mieter. "
"They .are," aesontod Clive with e
laugh, "dome round the corner, and
have a drink,"
Ho led the way to Cho public-houao and
called for a small whisky and a large
soda. The cabman- stared at him with
tipsy tu-l`priee, -
If you was to order a sponge- and 'a
Diose of -.soap ae well, guv nor, I might
have a bath," he said deule
Quebec. His elevation to knight-
hood came in the New Year's hon-
ors of 1912,
This tells the story of how Sir
Joseph calve to bear so many titles;
but it does not by any means tell
': the story of the part he has played
in the history of Canada. He has
represented the Canadian people
around the Council Board in a
number of big diplomatic issues.
He was attaohed to the staff of the
British agent in the Behring Sea
arbitrationand
of ].893, had a part
in securing protection for the inter-
ests of Canadian sealers. He was
agent of the, Canadian Government
in the Joint High Commission
which sat in Quebec and Washing-
ton . during 'the early years of the
Administration of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier„ Ile was associate secre
tary of the' Alaskan' Boundary
banal. He accompanied Hon. Ro-
dolphe Lemieux on his mission to
Japan, which resulted in the limita-
tion of Japanese immigration to
the Dominion. And just two years
ago, he again represented Canada
in the international conference on
pelagic sealing, which advanced the
,work begun 'in the Behring Sea ar-
bitration,
This 'bare catalogue of some of
the salient national affairs in which
he has played 'a, part is in itself an
advertisement that there is a hin-
terland in "Joe" Pope's life which
must supply explanation. And as-
suredly the present, Under Secre-
tary of State for External Affairs
He took a gulp of the 'sobering mixture,
and !live waited with a brain on fire un•
111 it was finished; then he said slowly
and
gravely:
yliurself together, my man. I
want to. k..11iiow where you:; took thatyounglady.' - The cabman set dawn his - glass,
and Oared resentfully at Olive; but hie
Ease cottoned as Clive drew a five -pound
note from his pocketbook and laid it on
the counter. "Pick it up, and put it in
your pocket." he said; and take me to
place at which you left your faro,
I'll discharge you there and you can
drive away as if the business no further
concerned you. Refuse. and you'll end
yourself in serious trouble."
The man stretched his brows, and shook
himself ne if with .en effort to throw off
the fumes of liquor, and taking the note,
carefully- folded it, and put it fn his
pocket.
Hanggeod if I didn't think there was
something, wrong about it," he said.
"Jump' in, guv'ner, I'll take you .right
enough, You're' a 'tee. I suppose? But
mind! I don't take no hand in this. I
drives you to the place, and I drives orf
again; no .questions asked, no questions
answered. Te that stright?"
i'imt'e straight," said Clive. "I'11 be
ready In lees than one minute."
Ho ran up to Tibby's room, white and
breathless,
I have found out where they have tak•
on her, Tibby!" he said: "No; I Can't
wait to tell you! There's not a moment
to lose. Remain here. I'll bring her
back to you. please cod!"
As ho got into the Cab he gave the man
a sovereign anttteold him to drive quickly.
They went eastward, To Clive the way
seemed interminable; and his he8rt sank
lower and lower as they left the large
and respectable thoroughfares, and be-
gan to pierce into the dingy slums of the
far east,
(To be continued.)
•
SIIt JOSEPH POPE..
Canada's Debt to Hun So Great It
Is Difficult' to.Measure It.
Among the civil servants of the
Dominion • there is only one who
bears the title of Knight. Thatone
is Sir Joseph Pope, Under ,Secre-
tary of State for External Affairs.
Nor does he flaunt his title in the
face of the public. La;lk up his de-
partment in the telephone directory
of Ottawa and you will find him
down as plain "Joseph Popo," But
just as .a matter of simple historic
fact, he does occupy this unique
position, and he does not occupy it
without justification. He is Knight
Commander of the Order of 'St,
Michael and St. George for the
very good reason that he lips been
able in a number of instankes to
perform outstanding services -for
the Dominion, and he has been able
to perform 'these outstanding -ser-
vices because he possessed qualifi-
cations which are exqeedingly rare
on this side of the.Atlantic. -
The central fact of these special
qualifications is a wide knowledge
of the `-"navoir faire" of official life,
He knows how to do things. He
knows his way around Government
offices, and -he know'; his way
around royal courts. He is an au-
thority on the etiquette of official
and court circles—a branch of
knowledge which is ' highly useful
even in our democratic community,'
Of course, he did not pick this up
n a day, He had a long appren-
iceship under that master of -state -
raft and of the craft of managing
men, Sir John A. Macdonald,
The first occasion on which- Sir
Joseph was chosen to represent the
Canadian Government in the enter-
tainment of guests of State was in
901, when it present King and.
Queen viour
us as the Duke and
Duchess, of Cornwall and York.
Everyone remembers how success -
til thattour was, and mite success
Mr. Pope, as he then was, had a
arge part, It was fol -iris services
at that time that he received his
ret 'mark : of royal fayor and en-
tered the order of Si.Michael and
St, George as a Companion.
Five years later he accompanied
Prince Arthur of Connaught on his
tour through the Dominion, and in
968 he was selected to receive
rinco Fushimi of Japan on his
-fait to this country. In connec-
ion with the visit of Prince Arthur,
Mr. Popo had bestowed upon him
the Imperial Service Order, while
he Japanese 'Government recog-
ized his services to Prince Piishf-
mi by conferring on him the Order
f the Sacred Treasure of the sec-
nd class, In the same year as the
atter, hc, was made a companion of
ho Victorian Order by the Xing
eeause of his assistance in the or -
animation of „the, tercentenary at
Sir. Joseph Pope.
comes from a.vigoroxs stook. He is
a native of Prince Edward Island,
where he was.born on August 16,
1854. His father was the lion. Wil-
liam Henry Pope, who was one of
the Fathers of Confederation, and
his uncle; Hon. J. (it Pope, - was
Minister of Marine and Fisheries in
the Cabinet of Sir John Macdonald.
Pope the younger came into the Do-
minion servioe in 1878, and was for
a few years a clerk and private
secretary to his uncle. Then he
entered the service of Sir Johbi, and
made for himself a, name as the pri-
vate secretary par excellence in the
history of Canadian Government.
For a time after Sir John's death
Ire remained in the Privy Council
office, but in 1896 was made perma-
nent head of the department of the
Secretary of State. Here he .lraol
controy of such widely, different
functions of Government as . the
management of the printing bur-
eau, the issue of charters to com-
panies, and the issue of passports
Lo Canadians travelling abroad.
When the new department of Ex-
ternal Affairs was created in 1909,
he `wan placed it its head; and. it is
largely his own' creation. This .de-
partment it is which handles all re-
lations with the Imperial and with
foreign Governments; and all cor-
respondence relating to these'mat-
ter's passes through Sir Joseph's
hands, He is now directly r'espon•.
sible'for the discharge of his duties
to the Premier, who is the politidal
head of the department.
Of all Sir' Joseph's services to
Canada, perhaps the greatest is the
preparation of the "Life of Sir
John A. Macdonald," It will al-
ways remain a classic among Cana-
dian biographies, because of the in-
timate light it sheds upon the poll-
tical life of the Dominion. A com-
panion piece to it is a collection of
Confederation documents, includ-
ing ,a diary of the Quebec confer-
enoe, which is indispensable to the
man who wants to know how we -
dame to be. Sir Joseph Pope's la,
bots as a public servant, valuable
though they are, may be forgotten.
Eris services as the literary exeau"
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to work, and the lack of light and
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quickly and successfully finished,
Cool Work of Doctors in Hospital and the sufferer removed to a hos-
While Building Was pita(.
• Qperating Under Fire.
• Afire. Often in war time surgeons have
A :few weeks ago a workman en-
gaged on the top of the roof of a
tall building at Springfield, Mass.,
dislocated his shoulder. It was im-
possible to bring him down, so a
surgeon climbed up, and, coolly sit-
ting astride a girder, hundreds . of
feet above the crowded etreat, pro-
ceeded to chloroform the injured
man and reduce the'dislocation.
To the man in the street the skill
of the surgeon is always something
of a miracle. To carve living flesh
with steady hand and' sure eye, to
secure each streaming vein, to re-
move diseased organs, and then to
mend up the wound so perfectly
that hardly a scar remains, seems
to him to require almost superhu-
man skill.
Supreme Test.
And there is no doubt but that a
big
operation calls for the very
highest qualities that man posses-
-sea. Even in the perfectly lit and
perfectly appointed operating thea-
tres of a great hospital, with every
possible' aid. at hand that "modern
silence 'commands, the task is a
severe one.
Yet often and often the surgeon
is called upon to perform opera-
tions without any such aids, and
then the ordeal may be almost as
severe for doctor as it is for pa-
tient.
For instance, in a railway acci-
dent. One raw reinter morning,
two years ago, a passenger aught-
ing in a hurry from a train at
the little station of Earlestown,
near Warrington, slipped and fell
between the still moving train and
the platform.
A doctor, summoned in haste,
found that the only possible meth-
od of extricating the unfortunate
man was to amputate one of his
legs.
Instruments were fetched, and, as
it was not yet daylight, a ring of
porters ,stood round with station
lanterns, while other persons
struck matches to assist the sur-
geon.
What made the horrible business
tor of Sir John A. Macdonald area
permanent part of the life of Can-
ada,—Francis Carman in 'Toronto
Star Weekly.
had to operate onthe battlefield,
sometimes actually under fire. But
it was under fire of a different sort
that two doctors performed an op-
eration at the hospital at. Bidde-
ford, in the State of Maine, The
operation was to remove an inter-
nal ulcer, but t five minutes after
On the Farm
0.7 •ee+sis gsewesea .
Feeding Gluten to Cotve.
Gluten feed forms a good supple -
plenary food for dairy cows and
may be profitably fed to take the
place of bean meal in foraying the
concentratedpart of the ration,
Cows eat 'gluten regularly and
it may be safely given up ta;, seven
pounds a day, though smaller
quantities fed as part of a mix-
ture will probably give the better
result,.
ill -a
Bean
1 meal andrt
e tshed oats have
they had begun it w.as discovered fully maintained their past repute, -
the hospital was afire, tion of being an excellent food for
To move the patient was to kill dairy cows, but the mixture is more
her. The surgeons stuck to their expensive than an equal weight of
work. The roar of flames was gluten feed.
plainly heard, and the hiss of water Sugar beet is an excellent food
from the fire hose, Presently wa_ for the dairy cows. There is little
ter began to pour through the roof difficulty at first in getting some
and pieces of web plaster to fall animals to take to it, It shows a
thudding to the floor, The nurses very marked effect in stimulating
pub up umbrellas and held them and maintaining the yield of milk,
over the patient and the doctors.
even when the cows are advanced in
No one dreamed of moving until lactation.
all was finished and the wound
sewn up. Then the patient was re-
moved to a place of safety.
In February, 1911, a similar ease
occurred at the West London Hos-
pital, -but here the fire broke oub
just before the operation was. be-
gun, se there was time to remove
the manto'another department.
CHIPS WITH THE BARB ON,
No man is rich who does notthink
he is.
The man of few words often
keeps them busy.
It is pleasant to have a square
man 'round.
It is becoming orthodox to op-
pose orthodoxy.
Remember the fate of the steak
that is tough—it is made into hash,
H'
Her Long Suit.
"Mrs. Jinks says she never can
tell what any of the neighbors will
do next."
"Well, she loses no time in tell-
ing what they did last."
That's What They Do.
"Have you ever noticed one odd
thing about blunt people 1"
"What is that?"
"They are the ones who general-
ly come to the point."
More than a watch dog is need-
ed to keep the wolf from the door.
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Cows fed on sugar beets produce
a cream more difficult to churn than
those fed on' an equal weight of bur -
nips and the butter is very pale in
color.
Gluten feed is the refuse after
the extraction of starch from..)arrain •
and may be heel in two forms, either
as ghiten or as gluten feed, the lat-
ter consisting of -the hull, the glu-
ten layer and the germ, the hull be-
ing absent in the case of gluten
meal.
The gluten feed is naturally the
lighter feed of the two and may be
fed to the extent of seven pounds
or Dight pounds daily. In feeding
composition approximates fairly
closely to beans and peas and it
keeps well.
Selecting Brood Sows.
The best time to -select the young
SOW is when she is ready to wean.
Practical experience, both with
pure-bred swine and with common
swine, has convinced me that a pig
will show up more plainly what it
will look like when matured than
it will at another time before it
secured its growth.
Another advantage in selecting
the sows at weaning time is the fact
that they may be fed and grown in
a manner
that will insure their fu-
ture
u-
tura usefulness as breeders. The
sows that are to be kept for breed-
ers should be separated from the
others and fed plenty of flesh, mus-
cle and bone -forming foods, so that
they may develop good, strong con-
stitutions and not become overload-
ed with an excess of fat. A great
deal of the sow's future usefulness-
depends upon how she is cared for
and fed until bred for her first lit-
ter, . '
Sorin and bones, with the best of
individuality and pedigree, cannot
beget good, vigorous pigs, and, on-
the
nthe other hand, de sow that has-
been developed on a corn diet un-
til her'organs of maternity have not.
properly developed cannot be ex-
pected to bring good, vigorous pigs.
Strike to keep the sows in , good'
-flesh, but do not overload them with „
an excess of fat, -
Clover, alfalfa, blue grass, skim
milk and mill feed with a very little
corn will form an ideal 'combination
-of foods• to insure the young sow's -
usefulness as a breeder..Ground:
oats are' another excellent feed f,13g -
developing the organs of maternity
and. I believe that if more grbimd'
oats -tkere fed to young brood sows -
there would be very little trouble- -
experienced ingetting them safe, `
with pig.—T. H.
Taking Care of `the Harness. -
Harness should be cleaned thor-
oughly th
,at least once a year, -e
spring being the best time,
Take the harness all apart .and
soak.the parts in a wash tub of luke
warm water with a handful of wash-
ing soda in it, .1
Let the Harness soak fifteen or
twenty minutes and then scrub with
an or'dinar'y scrubbing bruish. When
the leather is nearly dry use edge
blacking. It can be obtained from )rarnessmaker; If you can not '
get it, Make half 'gallon vinegar and
put pieces of, iron in it for three or
four days or until the vinegar :is a
rich golden color: t
Give the leather a good coat, of
thisfluid, and rub the harness thor,
oaghly• •
Take a ,quart of ne8tsfoot oil and
a half pint of kerosene,,' Mix -and
warm them and give' the harness
two coats of this usitag'ib freely.
When the oil this,
dried, sponge
the harness' with lake warm water
mid` Castile soap, Use the import-
ed Castile soap, as the oil in it also
helps to soften the leather.
Harness treated in this waywill
t
look' like new and give about dou-
ble wear, and can be kept looking
well by sponging with the castile
soap frequently,
Foresighted.
New Maid—Would yez mind giv-
ing me a rilrom1adation, mum 7
Mistress --Why, you've only just
Conte 1 •
New Maid --But yea may not want:
to give me wan, vthefl tea lavin't
mumi',
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